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File:Arnold Schönberg Variationen für Orchester op. 31 excerpt.mp3

This was marked as "OTRS pending" in 2020 but was eventually deleted. Now that the composer's copyright has expired it would be interesting to know if you ever got any ticket regarding the performers' rights. On this note, the file is an audio recording from 1931 in Germany which was apparently provided by today's "Hessischer Rundfunk" broadcasting service. De728631 (talk) 23:55, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

This is supposed to be ticket:2020111210010443. De728631 (talk) 20:56, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

The information in the ticket does not include the recording of Schönberg, as it does for instance this work File:Antonín_Dvořák_Symphony_no._9_1st_movement_excerpt.mp3. Speculative, but can be that they were aware that the work of Schönberg was not in PD at that time (2020). A german speaking VRT agent might write them to ask if they can include that recording now. Ellywa (talk) 22:55, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
Thank you, Elly. @AFBorchert, Marcus Cyron, and Reinhard Kraasch: Would any of you be so kind and check back with Hessischer Rundfunk? De728631 (talk) 23:26, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
I guess best is, User:Gnom who initially uploaded the file, re-establishes the contact to Hessischer Rundfunk and asks for permission. --Reinhard Kraasch (talk) 23:45, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
That should work, too. De728631 (talk) 23:48, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2017072810018751 There is doubt in the author of the photo

There is doubt in the author of the photo File:Ilya Sachkov.jpg.

Group-IB press service is known as a spammer and advertiser: w:Group-IB

AgentTicketZoom & TicketNumber.
— Alexey Tourbaevsky, cheloVechek / talk 02:56, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

The ticket from 2017 appears to be okay. Spamming or advertising is not something which the VRTagents can or do generally check. They only check on copyright and permissions. Ellywa (talk) 23:00, 3 January 2022 (UTC)
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Logo Permission

File:Ria.com logo.png, File:Letyshops.jpg Uploaders are blocked for spamming. Please, check the permissions --Anntinomy (talk) 12:37, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

@Anntinomy Permissions is valid, no problems. Regards —MdsShakil (talk) 13:35, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
How is it possible to check who holds the copyright for the logo? Thanks for help pages on this topic Anntinomy (talk) 16:19, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
If the uploader did not provide this information, and if in the mail to the VRT system there was no request to add additional information, the VRT-agents will not give more information, because we all signed the m:Confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information. Ellywa (talk) 22:45, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2022010410004731

Can an VRT admin please excise the first image uploaded 2 Jan for which no permission will be forthcoming but keep the newer image uploaded 5 Jan that overwrote the original? The image is linked in the email #8. Thanks in advance. Ww2censor (talk) 11:10, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

✓ Done --Krd 17:50, 7 January 2022 (UTC)
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Images from From Thema Art Gallery (Bruxelles)

Are there permissions for these works of art?

Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 17:56, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

Supposedly not, otherwise there would be a link to the VRT-ticket on these files. Ellywa (talk) 22:40, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
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File:Laura Mohiuddin.jpg

Kindly let me know what steps need to be taken to verify that the person in the photograph has given explicit permission to use this file. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.147.204.12 (talk • contribs)

In most cases the copyright holder is the photographer, NOT the person in the file. We need permission from the copyright holder. Please see: Commons:Volunteer Response Team--Ganímedes (talk) 20:36, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
@J1477: Your file was deleted yesterday for lack of permission from the copyright holder for over 30 days, 45 days after you uploaded it. We use {{Personality rights}} to address the rights of photographed subject(s). Our email message re Ticket:2021112910006022 dated "Mon, 29 Nov 2021 13:36:01 +0000" with subject "Re: [Ticket#2021112910006022] Permission to use photograph" went unanswered.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:07, 12 January 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket #2014082010008941

There is an open deletion request at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Josef Lauten.jpg for a file which is using that ticket. Can a VRT member check what that ticket (probably in German) exactly says, i.e. whether it contains a plausible release? Per DR, it certainly can't be a 2010 image, as the person in the photo died in 1993. Gestumblindi (talk) 19:47, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Sphilbrick Courtesy ping to agent who tagged the image. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 20:10, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket #2013111510012093.

The file File:Spode Platter Aesop.jpg is licensed with a custom license that restricts reuse, requiring that "permission is sought from copyright holder for each use." It is tagged with {{OTRS permission}} tag (ticket:2013111510012093) which says "If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission...". This seems contradictory, and a license that requires permission for every use is not compatible with Commons:Licensing. Could a VRT volunteer confirm that the copyright holder requires that permission be sought for every reuse? —RP88 (talk) 22:16, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

The text on the file is exactly the same as in the VRT Ticket. The image was intended to be hosted on en:WP, possibly a sort of fair use (I am not aware of all details of use on en:WP). As can be noted in the history of the file, it was transferred from en:WP to Commons. I think the image should be locally uploaded on en:WP and deleted on Commons. RP88, can you take action, or do you need help? Kind regards, Ellywa (talk) 23:11, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Ellywa, thanks for the reply. I see you noted this over on the DR. I'll reply to you there (it is only in use on id.WP, and I don't have sufficient edits on id.WP for upload permission). —RP88 (talk) 04:49, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
yw. Ellywa (talk) 07:12, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2021061710008321

Could a German speaking agent please check the ticket in relation to Commons:Deletion requests/File:HH-200630-0388.jpg. Thanks, Ellywa (talk) 11:13, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

No response, so can be closed. Ellywa (talk) 21:33, 29 January 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2022010310004901

..is unanswered since one week, I think the first of those pictures (I guess roundabout 80) soon will appear in the deletion list. Thanks, --Subbass1 (talk) 08:40, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

@Subbass1: That ticket was merged into similar Ticket:2021122510001443, which is 19 Articles long, in German, and will be handled in due course.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:22, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Ok, thanks, no hurry, I just wanted to avoid having extra work with many (un-)deletions, but perhaps the open ticket blocks them? And if I'm misleaded with my wish for a "Allgemeingenehmigung" someone should tell me, having another similar case I got the impression that it's possible and this way we could (in this special case) shorten the procedere. --Subbass1 (talk) 11:36, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
Still unprocessed... Anyone? More than 200 photos waiting. --Subbass1 (talk) 18:33, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

VRT attention requested for files pending action since Jan. 9

Vashon Jordan Jr., whose publicly available email at his Twitter profile is vj@vashonjordanjr.com, sent an email on Jan. 8 to release the following two photographs under free licenses:

I suspect that the ticket may have been closed or ignored because he did not provide these links in the email. I would appreciate if an agent could look at this. Thanks,  Mysterymanblue  07:02, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

@Ganímedes: This is in reference to Ticket:2022010910001841.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:18, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
I know, I've took this ticket yesterday after this message, and I released later. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 16:09, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
The author has graciously sent in the originals, so please check this again.  Mysterymanblue  02:33, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and added the permission to the photos, this looks pretty clear-cut to me now. Elli (talk) 22:42, 2 February 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022013010005396

I see that uploader tried to add this ticket to File:Divanhana Zavrzlama 1.jpg. Can someone check if it's ok and add proper template, and also check is this permission valid for File:Zavrzlama cover.jpg, and other previously deleted images of same user, as user stated on his talk page. --Smooth O (talk) 12:56, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

@Smooth O ticket is still open, and ticket language is hr (I am not sure about language) —MdsShakil (talk) 21:26, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
I fixed File:Divanhana Zavrzlama 1.jpg and File:Zavrzlama cover.jpg as the permission seems correct. The files are from hr wiki and they used that wikipedias style permission templates. --Jarekt (talk) 05:34, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
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Picture from 1910 should be without any copyrights.

I have uploaded this picture which is taken somewhere around 1910.

Railway station Beek-Elsloo

. The railway station has been altered during a renovation campaign in 1915. The picture is, most likely, taken by the publisher who passed away in september 1959. https://issuu.com/ubachoverworms/docs/pjsimons. Does this picture belong to the public domain or not??

Pesch-konopka (talk) 11:34, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

Pesch-konopka, on this page your questions are answered relating to VRT. Please copy your question on Commons:Village pump/Copyright. You will probably get an answer there. Ellywa (talk) 06:59, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
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Michael Sender jetphotos photo

Hi, can a VRT member please check if Ticket:2013110310007255 applies to File:4X-ONJ Micha Sender 08-02-2014.jpg and File:4X-CII Micha Sender31-05-2005-2.jpg? Thank you, -M.nelson (talk) 11:35, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

@M.nelson: Yes, they should bear {{MichaSender}}.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:57, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, I've updated the files. -M.nelson (talk) 11:59, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
@M.nelson: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:06, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
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File:Najwan Darwish.jpg

File:Najwan Darwish.jpg has a VRT ticket (ticket:2019042410006899 added by Ww2censor), but there's a discrepancy between the description and the Exif metadata. The description claims that the author is the subject, Najwan Darwish, but the Exif metadata and the caption say the author and copyright holder is Véronique Vercheval, a Belgian professional photographer (Veronique Vercheval (Q99968221), http://www.veroniquevercheval.net). Does the VRT record shed any light on who the author and copyright holder are, and whether (if necessary) the copyright was assigned by Vercheval to Darwish? --bjh21 (talk) 12:27, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

@Bjh21: Yes; I clarified in this edit.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:50, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Brilliant; thank you! --bjh21 (talk) 12:52, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2009101510049171

Hi all

The file File:Zenos Frudakis Freedom Philadelphia.jpg is a photograph of a sculpture, so I believe that there are separate licences needed for both the sculpture and the photo. The file (which was originally copied over from en-wiki I believe) shows a VRT ticket, with #2009101510049171 but it is unclear if that covers the sculpture or the photo, or perhaps both. In any case, the file lists only one author, Zenos Frudakis, who is the sculptor I believe and has no other source details as to where the photo came from. Please could you confirm exactly what was covered by the above ticket? Thanks Amakuru (talk) 13:26, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

@Amakuru - The ticket refers only to the photographs, and makes no mention of the underlying sculptures. firefly ( t · c ) 12:36, 22 January 2022 (UTC)
@Amakuru - The text accompanying the image suggests that this is a self-portrait as Zenos Frudakis is listed as the photographer and he also appears in the image. Martinvl (talk) 16:21, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Provided wrong license for a image free to use... now tagged for deletion.

Hi!

I'm now 100% sure this is the right place to ask... but I uploaded an image file a few days ago:

File:City_of_Lincoln_Nebraska_flag_2022.png

...and it appears that I added the wrong license. It's been a while since I've uploaded something like this; {{Cc-zero}} is new to me and I thought that I had chosen the right license... but it appears that I did not and the file has been tagged for deletion by another user.

According to the city government's website -- referenced on the image file page, it states that:

"In the interest of fostering civic pride, the colors, design and theme of the City Flag of Lincoln may be creatively and enthusiastically promoted as an open-source design to be embraced throughout our City."

Also, free hi-res images are available for download on the city government's website for such use.

...so... with the design image being open source -- a.k.a. free to use... and with the licensing landscape now a little new to me again, since it appears that things have changed a bit over the years... what kind of license would apply to this free use image file; and with the deletion tag being placed on the file's Wikimedia page, how do I get that changed/removed, if the above is deemed sufficient for free use?

Any help, or any help pointing me in the right direction, is much appreciated. Thanks much in advance ^^ !!! Hanyou23 (talk) 20:41, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

@Hanyou23: I think that VRT isn't really relevant here and this was improperly tagged as "missing permission". The question is of if the permission given at https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/City/Mayor/City-Communications/City-Flag is sufficient to consider this public domain, and that deserves a deletion request to work out if in dispute. Considering that, I've removed the tag from the image.
Alternatively, you could contact the city and ask them to email VRT with a license for the image, which would clarify the situation. Elli (talk) 00:45, 28 January 2022 (UTC)
Ah, my apologies... like mentioned before, it's been a while since I've had to navigate this stuff and... maybe I'm just getting old / forgetting stuff ;o (probably ;p hah)??? Ah well, anywho, thanks much :) . I'll reach out to the Mayor's office tomorrow and see if they can either insert better licensing reasoning on the city page or preferably, email VRT. They're pretty flexible, so we'll see where I can go with it :) . Thanks much again ^^ !!! ^_^ Hanyou23 (talk) 01:42, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Find other Files with the same ticket number

See this discussion --Jarekt (talk) 22:13, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

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Wie legt man in einer Kategorie Unterkategorien an?

Ich möchte für die Category:Vitraux de la cathédrale Saint-Nicolas (Fribourg) Unterkategorien anlegen. 1) Wie geht das? Wie eng/präzis müssen die Unterkategorien benannt sein?

2) Ich habe bereits eine Kategorie angelegt, aber sie erscheint nicht als Unterkategorie von Category:Vitraux de la cathédrale Saint-Nicolas (Fribourg). Wie kann ich die Category:Stained-glass windows of the Apostles zu einer Unterkategorie der bereits erwähnten Category:Vitraux de la cathédrale Saint-Nicolas (Fribourg) machen? Danke für deine Hilfe. Matutinho 22:39, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

@Matutinho: fragen Sie das bitte am COM:Helpdesk. Ellywa (talk) 07:25, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
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Agents assemble

Can I get som agents to look at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Imdutch? Thanks! --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 19:46, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

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File:TomaPopovicistoricar.jpg

Can someone check is permission for File:TomaPopovicistoricar.jpg sent to the system. User informed me on my talk page that permission is sent. --Smooth O (talk) 08:17, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

@Smooth O Ticket:2022022310005844 —MdsShakil (talk) 08:27, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
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Best way to do this?

I want to reach out to political candidates and offer to help them get photos on Wikipedia, ideally by having the candidate take a picture of themselves and upload it and then having them send an email to the VRT saying they're releasing it with a creative commons license. What's the best way to prove that they own that picture? Is it enough if their email address is tied to their campaign website (like john@johnforcongress.com)? Is it better to have them post it on Twitter/Instagram and say in the caption they're releasing it under a CC license? Does the social media account have to be verified? BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 10:10, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

@BottleOfChocolateMilk: Hi, and welcome. Email from an official domain or posting with a verified Twitter/Instagram is best. Not Facebook because it hijacks the metadata.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:29, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you! BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 20:36, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
@BottleOfChocolateMilk: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:48, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket#2022021810005112

Hello, I requested spokersperson of organization to send e-mail authorizing use of files to permissions-fr@wikimedia.org and it seems this is number of ticket. Ticket contains broad permission to use files produced by this organization. How do I know if this ticket has been processed so I can use this to files from this organization? I already added one file File:CPCdeclaration.png with pending confirmation. Borysk5 (talk) 12:02, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Permission was sent on feb 18th. However, it includes no file, no file name or URL and named license CC0. In that conditions, it's impossible to link the permission to a file. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:09, 22 February 2022 (UTC)
@Ganímedes: Yes, but it's a permission for all medias by an organization and I would include this in a template for organization, like those in category Category:Custom license tags with ticket permission. Borysk5 (talk) 06:57, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think we've not longer accept this kind of permissions from a while. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:30, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
Hmm source? Borysk5 (talk) 08:25, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
@Ganímedes: Template:Abhivadhyah was created as recently as May 2021. I believe it should be okay. Borysk5 (talk) 21:02, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
It's for an user, not a full website. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:28, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
Yes, I've handled these fairly recently: Template:ECA Library. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:32, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
@King of Hearts: @Ganímedes: Thanks. I have created Template:CPCLicense. Is it okay now? Borysk5 (talk) 07:53, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
@Borysk5: A few issues: 1) The wording is vague about what exactly is covered by the license. It would be better to say something like "all media by CPC on XX website" or "all media by CPC uploaded by User:XX". 2) The sender is a Gmail account which we cannot verify. It will need to come from an official email account of the organization. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:14, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
@King of Hearts: The organization has no website. However, I can post proof that this e-mail account belongs to person in qeustion and that this person is official spokesperson of this organization. Borysk5 (talk) 16:36, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
@Borysk5: Sure, please send over the proof via email, remembering to include [Ticket#2022021810005112] in the subject line. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 17:25, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
@King of Hearts: On which e-mail should I send the proof? Borysk5 (talk) 17:26, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
I don't see any online presence for this group, so it doesn't really matter which email you use. Question: Is this group officially incorporated as a corporation under the laws of any country? -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 17:36, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
@King of Hearts: This is rebel group in the Central African Republic so I don't think so. Borysk5 (talk) 17:40, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
In that case, legally speaking the group cannot hold copyright, so such a permission template would not make sense. If an individual member of a group creates a work on behalf of the group, under usual circumstances copyright would belong to that group if considered a "work for hire", but in this case there is no legal entity in which to vest the copyright so the copyright remains with the individual who created the work. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 17:45, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
@King of Hearts: Are you sure about this? Copyright laws don't except rebel groups. Also I don't see a requirement that organization must be registered to hold copyrights. Borysk5 (talk) 17:58, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
A group without full legal recognition could be entitled to copyright if Commons recognizes it as a de facto country or legal jurisdiction, such as COM:KOSOVO or COM:TAIWAN. There is no indication that CPC intends to form its own country or is capable of holding territory in a long-term stable manner, so the copyright laws default to those of the CAR, which do not recognize the CPC as a legitimate entity. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:08, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
Hmm I think I will ask on village pump for reference. Borysk5 (talk) 18:20, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022020710002396

Получил разрешение на публикацию материалов Я.Дзена-канала "ПАНТОГРАФ" по лицензии CC-BY-SA-4.0. Прошу обработать запрос. MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 12:57, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Close, but no cigar

Hi folks, I just came across a weird thing: This image is confirmed to be free for use by the author Manuel Stettler. In the exif data however, the name of the photographer and copyright holder is given as "Martin Stettler". What's going on? --217.239.4.223 18:15, 9 February 2022 (UTC)

Pinging @4nn1l2 as Agent on Ticket:2018012910009394.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:11, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
I'm no longer a VRT agent and without reading the correspondences, I definitely can't remember what happened 4 years ago. Sorry 4nn1l2 (talk) 19:15, 9 February 2022 (UTC)
As the image is shown on the website of professional photographer Manuel one may assume the permission is given by the right person. The ticket shows permission of Manuel. Speculating the name on the exif might be a mistake, the camera might be owned by a family member... etc . No explanation was given for this. Ellywa (talk) 07:16, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
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Courriel d'envoi des permissions ?

Bonjour tout le monde, j'ai indiqué à l'autrice de deux photos que j'ai téléchargées https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albane_Lin%C3%BFer_(photo_Eva_Cagin)_01.jpg et https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albane_Lin%C3%BFer_(photo_Eva_Cagin)_02.jpg d'envoyer son autorisation à permissions-fr@wikimedia.org mais je vois sur la page VRT le courriel permissions-commons@wikimedia.org : il y a une différence où les deux vous parviennent ? Merci d'avance. --Eric Walter (talk) 09:26, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

SpaceX DRs

Hi, could a VRT member please take a look at these 3 DRs, where the nomination request is "No evidence that the SpaceX broadcast was released under a free license." Are the files covered by {{Cc-zero-SpaceX}} which references ticket ticket:2015032410033985?

Thanks, -M.nelson (talk) 10:44, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

We've already discuss this point some time ago in this same page (I don't remember the date exactly). This is the problem: the template names a ticket from 2015. In some point after that date (probably 2018 if I remember correctly), they've changed the license of they Flickr account from CC0 1.0 to CC BY NC-ND. One of our agents asked them in jan 2020 to reconfirm the license, but we've never get an answer. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 13:18, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
Beyond that, the license afaik never covered SpaceX live coverage or YouTube content, just their own website and Flickr. Both the Sherpa images are screencaps, and it cannot be determined who authored the JRTI image. — Huntster (t @ c) 15:30, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
This ticket has been discussed earlier:
Each time it was confirmed the ticket only refers to the Flickr account. Ellywa (talk) 23:07, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
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Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by DrThommo

Can someone look into Ticket:2021080710006678 and please indicate if it's valid or not on Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by DrThommo? Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 01:20, 20 February 2022 (UTC)

@Howcheng: : There are still unanswered questions. So I think it's not acceptable yet. --Ganímedes (talk) 13:23, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
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India's FOP

Could a VRT volunteer take a look at File:Building of Lalit Naryan Mithla University, Darbhanga Bihar.jpg and File:Monuments of Darbhanga, Bihar - statue.jpg? There's FOP in India for buildings per COM:FOP India which means this building and statue are most likely OK to photograph without worrying about COM:DW. So, I added {{FoP-India}} to each file's page. There's no EXIF data, however, provided for the photos which means the uploader might possibly not be the photographer. The same photos can be seen a couple of places online, but I can't tell whether those uses predate Commons. Are these OK as is or is VRT verification required for the photos? -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:32, 23 February 2022 (UTC)

FoP it's a secondary issue here, if it is at all. We need permission from the copyright holder. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:34, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for taking a look at this Ganímedes. The uploader uploaded three files in September 2013 and hasn't seem to have edited Commons or any other WMF project since then. I can add {{Npd}} to each file's page, but most likely that would simply lead to the deletion of the files. Would that be OK to do here in your opinion or should things be discussed as COM:DR. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:11, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
I've take a look to the other file. I think the best here it's to open a mass deletion request since all the files have got the same problems: no EXIF, probably retouched in color, no way to verify authorship, etc. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:12, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
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Spanish Ticket:2007042610015988

Can a volunteer who can understand Spanish confirm these films copied from youtube can be published with a free licence according above ticket?

The purpose is to add {{CC-AR-Presidency}} which relates to the ticket. The background of this question is Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with CasaRosada-RepúblicaArgentina posted by GRuban. Thanks, Ellywa (talk) 15:09, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Best is continue in the ticket. --Ganímedes (talk) 16:03, 5 March 2022 (UTC)
Ganímedes, I do not understand your comment. Do you mean in the DR? Can you understand the ticket? Ellywa (talk) 06:28, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
No, I mean "IN the ticket". Are you VRT agent? If so, you may have access to it. Yes, I'm native speaker of Spanish but I'll make no comments about the ticket here. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:36, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
thanks, clear now. And yes, I am VRT agent. Only working in my mothertongue, Dutch. Ellywa (talk) 19:08, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2022021110004626

Hi, can I have some volunteer to review the above ticket ? Mail sent (in french) by pictures author to allow the use of both uploaded images. Thanks by advance. --Eric Walter (talk) 14:43, 14 February 2022 (UTC)

Verifying usage of image

I was hoping somebody could confirm the permission of

@Ww2censor: —MdsShakil (talk) 08:49, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
The ticket it's 5 days old. We've got a backlog list. We've been delayed other times, even for month. Please be patient. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:40, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
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Christian Thonet's permission

Can someone check if the ticket #2022022210011722 has permissions for these three files :

as declared by Lucyin (the uploader and not a VRT member).

For the last one (a derivative work), the background is the cover of the magazine èl Mouchon d’Aunia (see here, or here), not under free licence. I don't know if the cover has been drawn by Christian Thonet or only the bird at the foreground. Reptilien.19831209BE1 (talk) 07:59, 28 February 2022 (UTC)

@Reptilien.19831209BE1: We have correspondence per Ticket:2022022210011722, but the client still has to prove that he is authorized to give that permission. So the case is still open, even apart from the problem with magazine cover. --Mussklprozz (talk) 11:09, 28 February 2022 (UTC)
Tanks Mussklprozz. And what about these other files (under ticket #2022012010009544) :
Reptilien.19831209BE1 (talk) 06:30, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
@Reptilien.19831209BE1: The email is from someone who claims to be the photographer, but I doubt it. The photos are from the 1950ies, and the email address of the client looks suspicious. I wrote back to them, awaiting their answer. --Mussklprozz (talk) 08:17, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

Should we have a form for contacting the VRS, similar to the "email this user" form?

I've come to the conclusion that individuals making requests for courtesy deletion need more support. I made a suggestion, at User:Geo Swan/An OTRS form.

I left a pointer and a brief explanation, at Commons:Village_pump/Proposals.

My apologies if I should have made the suggestion here, instead.

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 22:58, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

I just got a weird error message when I tried to use the crop tool - saying "abuse filter", and citing an OTRS ticket number

I just got a weird error message when I tried to use the crop tool - saying "abuse filter", and citing an OTRS ticket number.

It was shocking. In retrospect I should have written down that ticket number.

Instead I tried some searches, including variations of OTRS and "abuse filter", here and on en.wiki.

When I realized that ticket number was the key bit of info I repeated my attempt to crop, but it worked this time, rather than give me the error message again.

Am I correct that the abuse-filter keeps a log of every time it thinks it successfully guards against an abuse?

Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 02:31, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

But I don't understand it. Could some kind person explain it to me? Geo Swan (talk) 02:39, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
Register says: "02:20, 2 March 2022: Geo Swan triggered filter 69, performing the action "upload" on File:Steve Munro, prior to a ceremony at the Distillery Loop, 2016 06 18 (27751979955).jpg. Actions taken: Tag; Filter description: ticket permission added by non-VRT member". In bold, the problem. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:03, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
The licence informations on File:Mike Filey and Steve Munro, prior to a ceremony at the Distillery Loop, 2016 06 18 (27751979955).jpg (and the crops) are confusing. Why does it have a PD and a CC licence? And what is it with the OTRS link? If any there should be the template {{PermissionTicket}}, which may only be added by VRTS members. --Magnus (talk) 10:59, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Ganímedes, thanks for your reply. I'm sorry, but I didn't find it illuminating.
Does that mean someone made changes to filter 69, that affected this particular image, or a particular contributor (me!)? Why did I get one error message, and then, 20 minutes later, I was allowed to make that crop? I thought maybe someone was experimenting with the filter, but then, it seemed it hadn't been edited for several days.
Adding filters, or adding to filters - it requires authorization, but other people are authorized, not just VRS members, correct?
Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 22:35, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
No clue to all you've asked. Someone with experience in filters maybe can help you. But I suspect part of the problem can come from here. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:43, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Thanks for your interest. I haven't had anyone actually accuse me of a copy violating my own work in years and years, and I have cropped a couple of dozen images in the last week or so, so I think there must be another explanation. Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 18:20, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

ticket:2021100310005145

In this edit the ticket:2021100310005145 was added to the file description, but I can't find or access that ticket (not even a no access error, simply cannot find it). Can someone help find this ticket? Ping @King of Hearts: . --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 23:16, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Me neither. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:43, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
@Krd: . Is this lost somewhere in an inaccessable queue? Ellywa (talk) 20:40, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
I cannot see such ticket either, look like it doesn't exist. File is deleted, so I think this is resolved. --Krd 13:03, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
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Approved Images

Hi there,

I created a page for Dr Sean Bush but the original images were not approved. I have since reached out to Dr. Bush and explained what I was doing and he kindly submitted photos in which he had taken himself. I provided him with the template wording as indicated. He sent them to the permissions team along with his approval and me on the thread. I'd like to add those images to his page but want to make sure they are good to go on the backend. Is there a place to go where I can see if those images are approved and won't be taken down if I add them? If not approved, who can I contact for next steps? I have his email stating he took the photos and approve of their use and have reached out to wiki-commons to confirm they are approved but have not heard back.

It is Ticket#2021123110006267

Much appreciated, Nicole — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beansalad3 (talk • contribs) 15:58, 3 March 2022 (UTC) Beansalad3 (talk) 16:00, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

@Krd: —MdsShakil (talk) 08:51, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Ticket:2022030110010494

Could a volunteer (permission is in German) take a look whether something is missing with the sent-in permission or if the image File:Ulf K. auf der Comiciade 2016 in Aachen.JPG might be restored? --Túrelio (talk) 10:22, 24 March 2022 (UTC)

According to Google Translator, the permission match our default statement and license is right. I can't see the file so I don't know if we need permission both from the photographer and the artist. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:13, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
The photographer is User:Qwertzu111111, a Wikipedian. AFAIK, the problem was the comic-drawing in front of the depicted comic-artist. I have it temp-restored now, so you can judge the image etc.--Túrelio (talk) 22:22, 25 March 2022 (UTC)
The permission came from the artist. However, the permission has a CCBYSA license, and the photo is PD. --Ganímedes (talk) 00:24, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
hi together, i made the photo and changed now from PD to CC. I hope I made everything correct -- all the best and stay in touch Qwertzu111111 (talk) 09:57, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

@Qwertzu111111: , @Túrelio: : I've accepted the permission. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:40, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks. --Túrelio (talk) 10:42, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
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Newspaper clippings

Hi, Can someone check these tickets mentioned here. Yann (talk) 21:31, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

All these are merged to ticket:2022031510008499 which is not yet processed. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 23:22, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
@Yann: The ticket also applies to:
I have now processed this ticket, but permission email was not sufficient at this time and I've replied back to the sender asking for more details. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 23:32, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Dear Concern ive replied through email that I am Hasan Munawar, son of Artist Qamrul Hasan Qalon (1949-2003) working at Qaswabdgallery for representing artist Hasan Morshed who is my biological brother(elder).So All documents are from my personal archive and personal website from Hasan Morshed.Is this authorization enough to be processed for advance ? Qaswabdgallery (talk) 16:13, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
If you replied to the VRT email, then an agent will respond to you when they or I get to it. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 18:55, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
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Upgrading of GNU 1.2 Only licence to the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

I would like to use this photo for commercial purposes: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:McDonnell_Douglas_DC-9-31,_Eastern_Air_Lines_JP5960814.jpg.

I have one question. Is this GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 only, the only license I can use? I have noticed that several other GNU free 1.2 Only licenses, they have been upgraded to the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, like this example: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Air_Lines_Airbus_A300_at_St_Maarten_December_1986_crop.jpg

Is it possible to convert all of Jon Proctor's photos to the 'Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license'?

Thanks Ted707 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ted 707 (talk • contribs) 08:02, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

No, this can not be relicensed per the terms of the license. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 23:49, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. Ted 707 (talk) 12:40, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
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Unauthorised Picture

[[1]]

Direct art action, Cork Street, 21 May 1985

This picture is incorrectly attributed. I am the author and it has been marked as free to use without my consent. Andrew Catlin ac@andrewcatlin.com — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 146.90.169.112 (talk) 07:57, 27 March 2022 (UTC)

I have opened a deletion request for you: Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Chaosandvoid. Please make all further comments there. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 08:45, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2021122510001443

Hundreds of photos waiting - quite a few more than 4 weeks so there is the deletion warning. A general permission has been sent long time ago. Can someone please take care of that before the huge deletion, delinking, undeletion and relinking starts. Thanks, --Subbass1 (talk) 00:12, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

 Comment Permission is written in German. --Ganímedes (talk) 00:45, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
Still unprocessed - more than 300 photos waiting, the majority premarked for deletion :( --Subbass1 (talk) 18:40, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
Sorry, what's up here? The first ten have been deleted today, say 200 will follow.... Upset, --Subbass1 (talk) 13:58, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Update request

An update request for File:Mountain Shrike.jpg per the blue tag added there nearly 6 months ago (!), please - MPF (talk) 00:45, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

@Mussklprozz: as a relevant agent. Stang★ 17:35, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
Along with Ticket:2021092610003893 came a bunch of photos, many with watermarks and half a dozen without. I accepted permission for the ones without watermark. My request for versions of the other ones without watermark was never answered. So the simple fact is that we have no permission for this image and thus it should be deleted. – Cheers, --Mussklprozz (talk) 17:45, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
@Mussklprozz and Stang: - thanks! It's gone now :-) MPF (talk) 17:16, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2021111710001166

A few of those files have been deleted as I recognized just now (example), perhaps before the general permission was there. Please restore them all. --Subbass1 (talk) 18:30, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Don't worry about deletion, we can request undeletion if needed. @Mussklprozz: --Ganímedes (talk) 20:07, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
@Subbass1 Difficult for me to find out which files are affected. Is it possible for you to make a list, and send it to permissions-de@wikimedia.org with Ticket#2021111710001166 in the subject of your email? Mussklprozz (talk) 14:08, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
I don't know exactly, sorry. Does it help to know files in this category (also interior) are affected? Also an extra photographer category (see files). And the files are subsequently numbered, but I don't remember the highest one. Upload date should be the same as the visible ones. PS I wonder if one really gets a notification on *every* deletion. Can't remember a single one for this case... Thanks --Subbass1 (talk) 14:20, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
@Subbass1: Were they al your uploads? If so, that gives us a much smaller pool to look at. - Jmabel ! talk 01:22, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
This category (also interior): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Michaelskirche_(Gussenstadt) And this author: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Photos_by_Georg_Schabel Thanks, --Subbass1 (talk) 16:12, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

File:Mattia Binotto, 2022.jpg

Hi, the uploader of this file declared about three weeks ago that the Ferrari Press Office has contacted VRT to release this image for Commons usage; the file does have a {{permission pending}} flag in its license. I was wondering if there is any update regarding this matter. Cheers ---- BouncyCactus (talk) 09:30, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

@BouncyCactus and Ruthven: Hi, and welcome. We have open Ticket:2022031810005843 in this matter, mostly in Italian.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:00, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
 Thank you. ---- BouncyCactus (talk) 10:13, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
@BouncyCactus: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:16, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2014051110000891: Selfie?

For the depicted person to be the copyright owner - or, as this concerns the German Wikipedia and the German Urheberrecht: Urheberrechtsinhaber - , this image would need to be a selfie. Can someone please confirm that this is the case? --91.34.44.212 07:24, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

Same thing here.

Another upload by the same user would mean that the copyright holder took this photo four years before he was born. --91.34.44.212 07:32, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

 Comment Ticket it's in German. --Ganímedes (talk) 13:43, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
@DerHexer: as VRT user, see file page history. --Krd 08:19, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Wow, that's been handled 8 years ago. I cannot reconstruct the situation back then but when I look at it now, I agree that these do not seem to be valid uploads. I'm not against a deletion request on File:Otto A. Friedrich.jpeg. Not sure about the legal situation of the selfies, it might make more sense to ask the uploader = depicted person about it. I won't have much time to handle this, though. Best, —DerHexer (Talk) 09:54, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
The uploader has been addressed about this on her German WP user page days ago. It seems that she has not been active since 2017. So, unless someone can access her email, I am not sure how else we should contact her.
This, by the way, adds another issue: Her German account is an explicitly female one ("Benutzerin"). So, quite honestly, I assume that the uploader is one person, the depicted person is another, and the photographers/copyright holders yet others, and none is identical with the other. The uploader probably just got the images from Mr Andreas Friedrich who believed he held the rights to them by owning the physical images. --91.34.43.138 15:00, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Ticket:2021091410009785

Hi, Could someone check this ticket please? This concerns File:Un Long et dur chemin.jpg, and this request: [2]. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:25, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Yann. We also need a copyright release from Philip Bernard, the photographer. --Ganímedes (talk) 20:26, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
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File:SC Bruehl SG Logo.png

Wartum wurde diese Datei gelöscht? Es gibt eine Freigabeerklärung des SC Brühl! Und eine Bestätigung von Euch! --Peteremueller (talk) 02:37, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Weitergeleitete Nachricht --------

Betreff: Re: [Ticket#2022012710003162] Logo SC Brühl St. Gallen 1901 Datum: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:08:37 +0000 Von: Permissions - German Wikipedia <permissions-de@wikimedia.org> Organisation: Wikimedia An: SC_Bruehl [mail address removed] Kopie (CC): [mail address removed], Felix Mätzler [mail address removed], Christoph Zoller [mail address removed]

Guten Tag SC_Bruehl,

wir bedanken uns herzlich für Ihre Freigabe. Auf der Dateibeschreibungsseite wurde ein Hinweis auf unsere Kommunikation mit der Nummer des Tickets angegeben. Es wäre hilfreich, wenn Sie die Angaben zu Beschreibung, Quelle, Urheber und Lizenz noch einmal selbst überprüfen könnten.

Die Datei kann jetzt verwendet werden.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen Alfred Neumann

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01/27/2022 07:11 - SC_Bruehl wrote:

> Guten Tag > > Wir erklären in Bezug auf das Bild > https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SC_Bruehl_SG_Logo.png dass wir Inhaber > des vollumfänglichen Nutzungsrechts sind. > > Wir erlauben hiermit jedermann die Weiternutzung des Bildes unter der freien > Lizenz „Creative Commons Namensnennung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen > 4.0“ ( <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de> > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de). > > Wir gewähren somit in urheberrechtlicher Hinsicht Dritten das Recht, das > Bild (auch gewerblich) zu nutzen und zu verändern, sofern sie die > Lizenzbedingungen wahren. Uns ist bekannt, dass wir diese Einwilligung > üblicherweise nicht widerrufen können. > > Uns ist bekannt, dass sich die Unterstellung unter eine freie Lizenz nur auf > das Urheberrecht bezieht und es uns daher unbenommen ist, aufgrund anderer > Gesetze (Persönlichkeitsrecht, Markenrecht usw.) gegen Dritte vorzugehen, > die das Bild im Rahmen der freien Lizenz rechtmäßig, aufgrund der anderen > Gesetze aber unrechtmäßig nutzen. > > Gleichwohl erwerben wir keinen Anspruch darauf, dass das Bild dauerhaft auf > der Wikipedia eingestellt wird. > > 27.01.2022, Sarah Müller > > Freundliche Grüsse > > > > Sarah Müller > > Sekretariat SC Brühl —Vorstehender, nicht signierter Kommentar stammt von Peteremueller (Diskussion • Beiträge) 20:18, 10 April 2022‎ (UTC)

This file had no PermissionTicket here on commons but on the de.wp side. The reason was a missing transfer of the PermissionTicket before the file deletion on de.wp happen. Sorry, I will fix it. PS: More details & short description (in german) -> on de.wp--Wdwd (talk) 10:10, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
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Paintings by Werner Kauer

According to user SchiDD, a permission was sent to WMDE in 2016 by a certain Sigrid Kuntz who is the heir of a number of works by painter Werner Kauer (died 1972). These include files like File:Kauer-Winter in Jechnitz.jpg, File:Kauer-Selbstporträt Werner Kauer.jpg or File:Kauer-Marienbild-1.jpg. They did not have any OTRS/VRT tags so I deleted them as copyios. Can any of the German-speaking members please investigate this issue? De728631 (talk) 12:40, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Apparently this was emailed to "permissions-de" by SchiDD in 2016, and not by the rights holder herself (diff). I seem to remember though that forwarded permissions were acceptable back then. De728631 (talk) 17:01, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
For old VRT tickets, we can evaluate forwarded permissions on a case-by-case basis: if it smells fishy, reject it, but otherwise accept it. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 20:00, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
Thank you, King of Hearts, now we only need someone to look into the archives and check this ticket. De728631 (talk) 16:23, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
@Mussklprozz, DerHexer, Reinhard Kraasch, and Steinsplitter: I know this would have been handled six years ago but could any of you please check the archives if there is any such case at all? De728631 (talk) 17:00, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
If he really had sent it to permissions-de, he should have got a response by the auto-responder supplying the ticket number. I cannot find any corresponding ticket in VRTS when searching for "Werner Kauer", "SchiDD", or "Sigrid Kuntz". --Reinhard Kraasch (talk) 17:25, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Alright, thank you. De728631 (talk) 17:27, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
@De728631 @SchiDD @Reinhard Kraasch Same here, I was unable to find the ticket using the search words "Kauer" and "Kuntz". @SchiDD, do you remember the email address you used, and can you send us another email? Then we can do another search using that email address. Mussklprozz (talk) 21:03, 22 March 2022 (UTC)
Judging from User talk:SchiDD I may eventually receive some sort of permission. All I can do though is to forward it to you guys and leave it to your judgment whether to accept such a forwarded mail, or not. De728631 (talk) 14:54, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Permissions Approval?

Not sure if this is the best place to ask for this as I don't usually edit on Commons so please bear with me. Normally at the start of each F1 season we get a few people uploading official images as their own, these are usually deleted fairly quickly (see my contributions). Recently File:ZhouGuanyu-Shy.jpg has been uploaded and it seems to be legitimate based on @Ved havet: 's findings here. Now as this is a professional grade photo which closely matches other photos and videos (which is no surprise if the author does manage these shoots) (see [3] and [4]), would this require VRTS approval? I think it makes sense in this circumstance but I'm not sure of the guidelines to determine whether certain photos require them or not. Thanks! FozzieHey (talk) 23:41, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

I think a verification via VRT is needed here. --Ganímedes (talk) 00:27, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Approval for Ticket Number- 2022041410006188

Hi all, I recently noticed this image still doesn't have a creative commons license to share on Wikipedia. A few weeks ago, the image was uploaded, and the permissions letter was sent to permissions. Could someone look into this? Appreciate any help in advance--Chefmikesf (talk) 18:28, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2022041410006188

@Chefmikesf Are you talking about this image?Yahya (talk) 21:24, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
The customer sent the wrong image link. So the ticket owner has probably been confused. I left a note there.Yahya (talk) 21:26, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Done. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:38, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
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Files from Yasminkaa

Hi, Could someone please check the files uploaded by Yasminkaa (talk · contribs), notably

There are ticket numbers, but not the usual templates. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:03, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Ticket:2020091610019129, handled if I see correctly by @Jeff G.: . This ticket# concerns File:200901 EPFL Wendy Lee Queen Portrait.jpg, not the later immages. Jeff, can you check this please? Ellywa (talk) 20:54, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
@Ellywa: That ticket is for files uploaded by EPFL-MEDIACOM "from EPFL. © copyright EPFL - Alain Herzog or Jamani Caillet", as templated by {{EPFL}}. Yasminkaa is not authorized, as far as I am aware.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:18, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Just nominated for deletion per Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Yasminkaa. Ellywa (talk) 08:05, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello @Ellywa@Jeff G. Please check with User:Quaenuncabibis in charge of the EPFL WIKI PROJECT because he explained to me that if I need some pictures to illustrate some articles in this project, I could use the open media source from EPFL, only the pic of Alain Herzog or Jamani Caillet. I did some translation of EPFL wiki article and create some pages about the Campus.
Concerning the pic of File:Lorraine Pierrat.jpg, please check the [Ticket#2022012310002198] because the photographer sent an email with permission to wikicommons.
Thanks you for checking.
Please User:Quaenuncabibis, could you confirm it? Thanks Yasminkaa (talk) 19:52, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2015091210006696

Hello. I already filed this request on 14 February 2021.

Entire lists of photographs uploaded by Лобачев Владимир were deleted last year because they had not yet been tagged with the OTRS permission certification. The user who nominated them for deletion has since been banned and I have doubts that the nominations were legitimate in principle.

Many of them were very nice and useful photographs, used on multiple Wikipedia projects, in multiple articles. This is why I noticed forthwith their disappearance, and I would like that the photographs are restored.

Лобачев Владимир said 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). In February 2021 a volunteer found the Ticket:2015091210006696 written in Russian language.

I ask the undeletion of the files, which could then be selected by quality. Please ask Лобачев Владимир to help with the translation of the ticket or to provide a new ticket in English if needed.--Æo (talk) 16:59, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

 Comment That ticket includes a long chat of 25 emails in ru-. As far as I poorly understand, it involves next files:
@Лобачев Владимир: Are there other emails for the other lists of photos in the archive, or can you send other email permissions for their undeletion?--Æo (talk) 13:08, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
I only verified the content of this ticket. --Ganímedes (talk) 20:03, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
@Æo: See other deleted files of this photographer: Files_with_copyright_permission_-_2 and Files_with_copyright_permission_-_3.

--Лобачев Владимир (talk) 13:42, 19 March 2022 (UTC)

I'm not Commons admin, so I can't check those files in these conditions. You may ask to an admin to see the files and get the ticket number, if they've got. --Ganímedes (talk) 13:58, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
I don't understand why you've requested undeletion quoted Ticket:2015091210006696 when I've explicit told you the list of files involved in it. All these files are not in that ticket, so they'll be deleted shortly. --Ganímedes (talk) 14:40, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
I do not understand what I need to do to restore all the files of this photographer. Can you help me? --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 21:57, 19 March 2022 (UTC)
You've said the author sent permission; we need that ticket number. But you can't use a ticket number to undelet all files, even those not included in it. If you don't know the ticket number, perhaps you may request the author to send a new permission to all files. That will be fast and safe. --Ganímedes (talk) 00:24, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Can I ask the permission not to name the files, but to write "all my files uploaded by the participant Лобачев Владимир"? --Лобачев Владимир (talk) 07:44, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
The permission should come from the copyright holder (usually the photographer). You can't send the permission. In the other hand, how can we find the files without a list? Specially if they're so much. If they were in a DR, the list is not hard to copy, or yes? We can't go over there trying to figure out what files are included in the permission and wich one no. It's up to us to determinate what the copyright holder wants to release. --Ganímedes (talk) 13:23, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
It would be OK to say all files from File:Annunciation in KR 2015 Chebotarev 01.JPG to File:Annunciation in KR 2015 Chebotarev 50.JPG. Yann (talk) 10:45, 21 March 2022 (UTC)
I've searched using the file name and I've found nothing. It's quite hard to find something in this way. I can't understand why the photographer just cannot send a new email with a fresh permission for all the files at once, instead of forces to dig into dark over and over with tones of files. --Ganímedes (talk) 13:02, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
Ticket:2015061310008714 involves "File:Annunciation in KR 2015 Lyubchenko 12.jpg‎ and others", "(File:Annunciation in KR 2015 Lyubchenko 12.jpg‎ и другие)", with no further clarification.
Ticket:2015091210006696 involves
  • "File:Annunciation in KR 2015 Chebotarev 01.JPG and others",(File:Annunciation in KR 2015 Chebotarev 01.JPG и другие). There are other files named in the ticket but I've got problems to clearly understand the ticket, especially email number 24 and further. I think this need a close view from a -ru speaker.
Ticket:2015061310008714 involves
  • File:Семён-день в Красном 2014 79.JPG
  • File:Семён-день в Красном 2014 80.JPG
  • File:Семён-день в Красном 2014 81.JPG
  • File:Семён-день в Красном 2014 82.JPG
  • File:Семён-день в Красном 2014 83.JPG
  • File:Семён-день в Красном 2014 84.JPG
  • File:Семён-день в Красном 2014 85.JPG
I've already named content of ticket:2015091210006696.
Ticket:2015061010012385 involves File:Osenins KR 2014 Korbun12.JPG --Ganímedes (talk) 14:00, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
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Muséum de Toulouse

Hello, As part of our next temporary exhibition "Mummies: human and animal, natural and artificial", from October 22, 2022 to July 3, 2023, we would like to use this photo. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Chancay_-_Mummy_Mask_with_Wig_-_Walters_61355.jpg Number ticket #2012021710000834 I don't understand what OTRS is. We would like to know if this is possible? It has returned, it seems, to the public domain or CC BY-SA 3.0. This is the first time I come across "Authorization to use this file via the license(s) below has been verified and checked into the OTRS system". Do you authorize us to use this file and can you confirm the credit/copyright? Thank you Best Regards — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 194.4.7.132 (talk) 08:35, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. I can confirm that we have permission on file for File:Chancay - Mummy Mask with Wig - Walters 61355.jpg as detailed in the Licensing section there. Please see COM:REUSE and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:04, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
Hello,
Thank you for your comeback. Can you confirm that we can use this photo for our next temporary exhibition? indicating the following rights on the photo: CC BY-SA 3.0/ © Walters Art Museum
See you soon
Best Regards
Elodie 194.4.7.132 13:19, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
No, you would also need to link to the license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en (or include de:Datei:GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.3 dreispaltig.pdf) and share alike.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:50, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
Dear museum, if you use the photo in print you do not have to include the link of course. The OTRS or VRT refers to a mail system where we keep records of permission in some cases. Kind regards, Ellywa (talk) 14:22, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
Élodie, your attribution line is fine. You can add it in the photographic credits of the catalogue. Ruthven (msg) 10:20, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
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File:Jaber al Mahjoub.jpg

If I understand the French email conversation correctly, the Ticket:2022040610010081 was missing the specific file name and therefore the release has not yet been accepted. Could someone clarify this? -- Reise Reise (talk) 15:20, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

I've added the URL to the ticket. However, I see no permission in it, and the file seems not to be the original. Regards, --Ganímedes (talk) 20:28, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Entschuldigung ich verstehe das Problem nicht, ich habe die Datei nach besten Wissen hochgeladen sie ist von Raymond Michel der Jaber kannte und mit ihm zusammen wohnte. Das Bild wird auch auf https://www.artmajeur.com/jaber gezeigt, diese Seite betreibt der Galerist Raymond Michel. Vielleicht hilft das zur Klärung des Sachverhaltes. Vielen Dank --Armin Pangerl (talk) 10:42, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Sorry I do not understand the problem, I've uploaded the file to the best knowledge She is known by Raymond Michel of Jaber and lived together with him. The picture is also shown on https://www.artmajeur.com/jaber, this site operates the gallery of Raymond Michel. Maybe that helps to clarify the facts. Thanks very much
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:49, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Pinging @Ganímedes, Mussklprozz as Agents.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:49, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
better to use Deepl instead of Google to make it understandable:
Sorry I do not understand the problem, I uploaded the file to the best of my knowledge[.] it is from Raymond Michel who knew Jaber and lived with him. The picture is also shown on https://www.artmajeur.com/jaber, this site is run by the gallery owner Raymond Michel. Maybe this will help to clarify the issue. Thanks a lot
translator: Deepl.com via   — Reise Reise (talk) 12:02, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
I'm not handling the ticket (I don't speak French), but as far as Google told me, we need permission directly from the photographer, as best this one, but the ticket not include a permission, or even quotes a specific license (like CCBYSA 4.0), so we can't proceed with it, IMHO. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:42, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Yes in deed. I am handling the ticket (in french), and so far we did not get a valid permission. – In der Tat. Ich habe das Ticket in Arbeit (in französischer Sprache), und wir haben bislang keine gültige Freigabe vorliegen. Gruß, Mussklprozz (talk) 21:05, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
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File:HBL PSL Hamaray Heroes Award 2022.jpg

The photograph (File:HBL PSL Hamaray Heroes Award 2022.jpg) absolutely belongs to me as I took this picture during the Pakistan Super League cricket matches in Lahore, Pakistan through my mobile cell phone (HUAWEI ALP-L29). Please do not propose this picture for deletion and kindly exclude this picture (File:HBL PSL Hamaray Heroes Award 2022.jpg) from the list of proposed deletion. An admin (EugeneZelenko) advised me to ask help on this page. (I also have sent declaration of contest via email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org). Please check. Your kind help and support is needed please. Dr Paul Harrison (talk) 20:16, 8 May 2022 (UTC)

@Dr Paul Harrison ✓ Done, thanks for your contribution —MdsShakil (talk) 01:44, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Thank you really very much for your support and cooperation. Dr Paul Harrison (talk) 20:22, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:Manor.webp

Is the VTRS permission template currently on File:Manor.webp spurious? The image was flagged as a straightforward Getty Images copyvio, but had its copyvio template removed and replaced with a VTRS permission-insufficient template by a new user with no other edits. --Lord Belbury (talk) 08:46, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

@Lord Belbury There is no such ticket. Yahya (talk) 10:01, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
Thanks! --Lord Belbury (talk) 10:19, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022050410004394

(german case) This user is blocked, even without telling the reason, as far as I understood. I'm not sure if this is correct, she is an unexperienced but honest user and there may be problems from time to time with adding correct permissions, but I doubt that a complete blocking is the right answer here. (I do know that she has all permissions for the various authors involved). I think the blocking should be checked. Thanks --Subbass1 (talk) 19:12, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Which exact user is blocked? --Krd 13:38, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
Pinging @Subbass1.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:56, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
@Krd: Oh sorry, I totally missed it here - but in the meantime it has cleared, he is unblocked again (if I got it correctly it was some sort of IP ban, no clue why). Thanks! --Subbass1 (talk)` Subbass1 (talk) 14:06, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:20220115 Freigabe Wikipedia.pdf

This file (it's in German) is a permission, apparently for File:Selbstbildnis PV 1937.jpg (it is referred to as "Peter Valentin, Selbstbildnis, Montreal 1932", which corresponds to the image description in de:Peter Valentin (Maler)). See Commons:Deletion requests/File:Selbstbildnis PV 1937.jpg. Could someone please process it? Also, User:Micwolval uploaded several other files (family photos) which were not really meant to be public as I gather and should be deleted when the permission is processed. --Rosenzweig τ 21:11, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

@Rosenzweig: Danke für Deinen Hinweis. Ich habe User:Micwolval in der Löschdiskussion geschrieben, was er tun sollte. Gruß, --Mussklprozz (talk) 13:30, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
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El houari attar

Bonsoir, je suis ayoubi mehdi le fils de El houari attar j’ai l’honneur de sollicité votre haute bienveillance de ma corde l’honneur de vous demander L’aid concernant la photo personnelle de mon grand père alors j’ai une photo que vous pouvez la poster et la partager dans la Wikipedia Veuillez recevoir, Madame, Monsieur, l'assurance de mes sincères salutations — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.45.93.16 (talk) 01:51, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

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Ticket:2012112310007826

Could someone please verify who was the claimed author on this ticket? Please could you comment on Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Chaosandvoid with the clarification? TIA Gbawden (talk) 08:08, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

@Gbawden: User:King of Hearts "Reached out for clarification on the original permission ticket: Ticket:2012112310007826."   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:57, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks - I saw that. Was there ever any clarification? No mention was made on the DR hence me asking again Gbawden (talk) 12:00, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
@Gbawden: No, sorry.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:23, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket Number 2020042610002065

Can someone please check this ticket? I have a hard time believing that this should be a selfie. Thanks, --91.34.38.221 20:53, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

File:Sabine Grofmeier.jpg is a selfie. Please use mw:Help:Links#Internal links.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:51, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
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Gettyimages picture on the Arabic WP

I don't speak or read a word of Arabic, so I am somewhat lost as to how to go about this. There is a copyrighted image from Gettyimages on the Arabic WP, and I have a bit of a hard time believing that this is legal or that anyone wants to pay €475. Can someone please check? --87.150.14.146 11:33, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Indeed, :ar-image seems to be cropped from Getty image. On :ar it is tagged with a fair-use template. Somebody should add a "do not move to Commons"-warning.--Túrelio (talk) 12:06, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
I would have thought this needs to be deleted on the Arabic WP? I'd give it a shot if I would only so much as find the "nominate for deletion" button... :-) --87.150.14.146 22:25, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
If arWP accepts fair use and the file is locally uploaded, I think there's no need to be deleted. --Ganímedes (talk) 21:27, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
@Túrelio and Ganímedes: arwiki has an EDP at ar:ويكيبيديا:محتوى غير حر that allows local uploads and non-free content like enwiki per m:nfc.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:20, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:Sonja Longolius fotografiert von Phil Dera.jpg

Hi, There is a ticket, but no license. Could someone check please? Thanks, Yann (talk) 11:55, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

@Yann: Ticket:2022040710009297 bears license CC-BY-SA-4.0. I added the licenses to both files for Jarekt.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:08, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:Raft-of-Medusa, oil.jpg

Idem above. Yann (talk) 12:02, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

@Yann: Ticket:2022042810007688 bears license CC-BY-SA-4.0. I added the licenses to eight files for Jarekt. We have now permission on file for File:Anvil-No1, ink on paper.jpg, so I just asked for it.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:23, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:Stephen Hagerty.jpg

Idem above. Yann (talk) 12:59, 7 May 2022 (UTC)

@Yann: Ticket:2022050210007019 bears license CC-BY-4.0. I added the license to the file for Jarekt.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:12, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:Georgia Benkart.jpg

File:Georgia Benkart.jpg was uploaded by the photographer, Yvonne Nagel (whose username here I cannot remember at the moment), but was tagged for speedy deletion, and was deleted by User:EugeneZelenko a little over a week ago. The photo had been used for a memorial page by the math department at the University of Wisconsin, where both Benkart and Nagel worked. (It has since been removed from the memorial page: compare [5] and [6], I think it is reasonable to believe that this was an act from the department to make the copyright trail clearer.) It was also used for a recent article in the Notices of the American Mathematical Society, with clear attribution to Nagel. I will remark that User:David Eppstein observed the resolution uploaded to commons to be higher than that publicly available, which tends to support that it was the photographer uploading.

I understand the reasons for tagging the photograph. I believe that the uploader and other interested parties didn't follow quite the right procedure here to follow up on the speedy; as we all know, the correct procedures are sometimes a bit more complicated than new users expect. The photographer has since contacted VRT to provide more details. User:EugeneZelenko suggested that interested parties follow up at this noticeboard after this contact, and I am doing so. I understand the ticket number was 2022050610007486. (I am familiar with English wikipedia, but only glancingly familiar with commons, and hope that I am following the correct procedure here.) Russ Woodroofe (talk) 16:03, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

It was actually tagged twice for speedy deletion, by two different not-logged-in editors. As well as the resolution issue (the uploaded version was roughly 1000 pixels across, the memorial page version roughly 500 across), there is this: The memorial page was originally marked as copyright the regents of the university, with no attribution to the photographer. After contacting the people who put up the memorial page, they credited the photographer but left the copyright notice in place. My guess is that the photo was eventually removed from the memorial page to resolve this copyright issue because the photo was Nagel's and not the university's. Deleting admin Zelenko repeatedly refused to even address evidence that the uploaded version was not the version from the memorial page, and refused to do anything to convert the speedy into a contested speedy discussion, instead insisting that he had made no mistakes. David Eppstein (talk) 17:50, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
Yvonne Nagel posted the photo on Wikimedia Commons under the username May.Jeanne. She had no prior experience with Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons. I urged her to upload the photo, which she took and owns all rights to. She first wrote to Permissions - Wikimedia Commons and the ticket number for that conversation is posted above by Russ Woodroofe. I had asked her to use the VRT release generator and she belatedly used the link I sent her. I am sure we did not follow the official protocol but I hope we can now correct the situation and restore Georgia Benkart.jpg to Wikimedia Commons so I can once again add it to Georgia Benkart's Wikipedia page, a page I created when I first started out as a Wikipedia editor. Mvitulli (talk) 18:50, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
ticket:2022050610007486 is waiting for a permission created by VRT release generator (or equivalent), afterwards I see no issues in undeleting it, or for Yvonne Nagel to upload more similar images. --Jarekt (talk) 13:24, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Yvonne filled out the release form on the VRT release generator for a second time today. Please let us know when the photo is released. Thanks. Mvitulli (talk) 15:15, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
@Jarekt: Yvonne created two other tickets, which I merged into Ticket:2022050610007486. @Mvitulli and May.Jeanne: , does that meet your needs?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:07, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Yes, I think the issue is resolved now. Phew. Mvitulli (talk) 16:49, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:Mario Monterosso 2-11-2018 by Paula Borman.png

File:Mario Monterosso 2-11-2018 by Paula Borman.png was tagged with {{Permission received}} in December 2021, but it doesn't appear to have yet been resolved. Can a VRT member take a look at this since more that 30 days have passed since the file was tagged? -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:49, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

@Marchjuly the customer is not responding to VRT agents questions, maybe this file should delete because of no permissions since. —MdsShakil (talk) 15:25, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for looking at this MdsShakil. My understanding is that a 30-day grace period is given to try and sort out any problems with VRT regarding emails, but that {{Npd}} applies once again if things haven't been resolved after 30 days. That's also seems to be what happens per {{Permission received}}. If the supposed copyright holder isn't responding to VRT questions, then perhaps the file should be deleted. How to go about doing that, though, is unclear? Does it need to be re-tagged with "npd", discussed at COM:DR or can it just be speedily deleted by an administrator per COM:CSD#F4. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:11, 18 May 2022 (UTC)
@Marchjuly i think that can be just speedy delete per CSD#F4 —MdsShakil (talk) 05:52, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
Deleted by Túrelio —MdsShakil (talk) 10:06, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
@Marchjuly: The 30-day grace period is extended by the permissions-commons backlog, currently 7 days.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:10, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize 2022.jpg

This photograph File:Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize 2022.jpg is absolutely mine; as I am the owner and proprietor of Bambino Studio. I have also shared an evidence [to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org vide Ticket:2022052510009537 by submitting an undertaking on the official letter head of Bambino Studio via our official email id. Please check that email and do the needful accordingly. And please do not remove this photograph, as it absolutely belongs to my own work. Dr Paul Harrison (talk) 16:48, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

 Comment The first email was received less than an hour ago. Please be patiente. The process can take a while. --Ganímedes (talk) 17:15, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
@Dr Paul Harrison please respond the VRT agent questions —MdsShakil (talk) 18:48, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
Dear Sir, I have responded the VRT agent's question. Please check and do the needful. Dr Paul Harrison (talk) 19:30, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your contribution to Wikimedia commons —MdsShakil (talk) 07:13, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
Dear Sir, I have uploaded a revised version of that picture in order to replace it with newer one but the following template is still appearing with the same statement [This media file has been nominated for deletion since 25 May 2022]. Kindly do the needful for remove the deletion process. Dr Paul Harrison (talk) 15:27, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
@Dr Paul Harrison: It was kept at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Paul Bartlett Ré Peace Prize 2022.jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:32, 26 May 2022 (UTC)
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2008031710012506

could, please, someone provide details of this ticket? It is needed for Commons:Deletion requests/File:Council of Europe Palais de l'Europe aerial view.JPG to check whether we have permission from the architect rubin16 (talk) 13:14, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

@Rubin16: Re Ticket:2008031710012506, I opined on the DR subpage.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:35, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:Promises Film.jpg

Hi, Any ticket about this file? See undeletion request. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:07, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

@Yann: I found Ticket:2022042410006212, which remains open and assigned to Krd.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:13, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:Kimmel meets Hallo Hessen.jpg

Who released the image under CC? Was it ABC or the person who took what is most likely a screenshot? Themakfal (talk) 12:23, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

@Themakfal: according to Ticket:2016041910009151, the photographer who gave permission was present on-set and took the photo at that time. I indicated such at the DR.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:12, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
odd, should have been deleted, go look at the original image on Instagram, there is an abc watermark on the bottom right which indicates it was a screenshot off a stream, the person may have been there but she did not take the image... Stemoc 16:36, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

File:Pz III N.jpg

Could somebody please have a look at ticket:2019040610003952 and if possible provide some input at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Pz III N.jpg? Thanks. --Rosenzweig τ 23:22, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

✓ Done. Ellywa (talk) 11:44, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
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File:Salah_eddine_Saadouni.jpg

Could somebody please have a look at ticket:2021082410009928 and if possible provide some input at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Salah_eddine_Saadouni.jpg? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.86.153.54 (talk) 16:22, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

From their vandal edits to the image, referencing Sabri Ali, the above IP may be Alisabriofficiel (talk · contribs) evading a block. --Lord Belbury (talk) 16:41, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
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Please can someone verify my images please?

As I am both an artist and an editor, I contribute to wikipedia/wikimedia through any means possible, although.. because it's fairly rare for artists to contribute their art on top of editing, some editors will find my uploads suspicious and mark my work for deletion without asking for proof first.. which can be frustrating at times.


The work I need verifying are as followed (contains sources of images or my job title):


- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maye_musk_drawing.jpg (https://www.deviantart.com/rhyn-art/art/Maye-Musk-800642308)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contemporary_drawing_of_Gruff_Rhys_(2015).jpg (https://www.deviantart.com/rhyn-art/art/Gruff-Rhys-550575172

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Welsh_Lady_Painting.jpg (https://www.deviantart.com/rhyn-art/art/Welsh-Cymraeg-442723958)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contemporary_drawing_of_Rhys_Ifans_(2015).jpg (https://www.deviantart.com/rhyn-art/art/Rhys-Ifans-549638973)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brenin_Enlli_(tua_1915).jpg (I own the original photograph, I can supply you an image of me holding the photo with ID if needed)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photo1500405-Colorized.jpg (I'm the researcher for the trust mentioned in description; my identity has already been verified by trusted users, my name is shown in this article https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/gwrych-castle-im-celebrity-history-20793123)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CountessDundonald.jpg (same as above)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geifr_Dinorwig.jpg (https://www.deviantart.com/rhyn-art/art/Mountain-Goats-204985055)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contemporary_drawing_of_Nathan_McCree_(2017).jpg (https://www.deviantart.com/rhyn-art/art/Nathan-McCree-688333278)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contemporary_oil_painting_of_Debbie_Harry_(Blondie).jpg (https://www.deviantart.com/rhyn-art/art/Debbie-Harry-900157765)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iarlles_Dundonald,_Eisteddfod_1910.png (As above, I'm the researcher for the trust)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Contemporary_drawing_of_Gareth_bale.jpg (https://www.deviantart.com/rhyn-art/art/Gareth-Bale-568730208)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Llywelyn_The_Great.png (https://www.deviantart.com/rhyn-art/art/Llywelyn-Fawr-Llywelyn-the-Great-606721547)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lumen_Eisteddfod_yr_Urdd.jpg (I was the owner of the flag until I donated it to the museum of Wales, photograph was taken by myself in 2019)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lady_Jean_Cochrane.jpg (Same as above; Researcher for the trust)

- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CarlClowes.jpg (Original photograph lost, this image has been repaired, coloured and hand drawn in places)


Thank you very much in advance!. Hogyncymru (talk) 19:36, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

Please e-mail us using the template available at [7]. Thank you for your understanding! --Ganímedes (talk) 00:29, 7 June 2022 (UTC)
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File:David Firth.jpg

Can someone look at this ticket? Just noticed a deletion template was added and I'm a little confused. The image is a profile photo of animator David Firth, who I obtained permission to release the copyright over email. He forwarded a permission statement from his fat-pie.com email address (which is his official website, and email can be seen on that website). Thank you. JAYFAX (talk) 06:52, 12 June 2022 (UTC)

We are waiting for feedback from the copyright holder. Please encourage them to reply. --Krd 07:12, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket 2011101010016175 (Football.ua)

Hi, as there has been some editwarring about whether these images, File:Jota 4973.jpg and File:Leão 2022.jpg, are indeed covered by the permission from Football.ua, could a VRTS-volunteer please check whether said permission is indeed valid for these 2 Getty-credited images. --Túrelio (talk) 06:58, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

 Comment Ticket it's in ru-. However, it leads to 2 URL: [8], [9]. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:35, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
PS: This is a 2011 permission. Probably at these days, we should not accept files from this source under this ticket without a proper re-evaluation. A new statement may be necessary. --Ganímedes (talk) 13:51, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
Túrelio, ticket:2011101010016175 ticket, is very similar to soccer.ru ticket in the previous discussion, and the website operators claim to own the copyrights to all photographs in foto-galleries of footbal.ua ("всех фотоизображений, размещенных в фотогалереях на сайте football.ua") and released them under CC license. This ticket is used on 3 thousand images, See here. Nobody asked and nobody clarified how the website acquired the copyrights from the photographers. --Jarekt (talk) 15:59, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
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Commons:Deletion requests/File:Photo of Alberto Bustani.jpg

Is there any progress with Ticket:2022012810007442 from January 2022? Regards --Rosenzweig τ 14:34, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Negative. --Krd 15:20, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
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File:AlexisvonHoensbroech wiki austrian.jpg

Summary says: "Own work" of Author w:de:Benutzer:Peter N. Thier, but EXIF says: "Copyright holder"="Michele Pauty". How does that fit? --Jbergner (talk) 11:54, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

@Jbergner: Work for hire. I added some clarification to the author field.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:04, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2022052310003779

A permission statement has been sent by email on May 23, 2022, and was rejected by an agent. I later replied it on May 24, and got no response till now.--Borueichen (talk) 16:10, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

@Borueichen and SCP-2000: Sorry, but we do not yet have permission from the actual photographer or description of how that was conveyed to the subject, you, and us. Please have the actual photographer send permission directly to us with [Ticket#: 2022052310003779] in the subject line of the email message, or send copies of the legal agreements which conveyed such permission all the way to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:27, 4 June 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G. How can I prove that I’m the authorized representative? The copyright holder doesn’t want to do these tasks, so she ask me to help her upload. She send the file and request throught cellphone messages. Borueichen (talk) 11:11, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
@Borueichen: You could send screenshots of those messages.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:27, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2021102710004931

Can someone please have a look at this ticket please? It seems a bit strange to me:

  • The photographer has made it perfectly clear all over the metadata that he is the copyright holder.
  • The uploader (≠ copyright holder), on his German WP user page, has generously offered to get a written consent from the photographer upon request. So, obviously, such a written consent does not exist yet.

This makes me wonder: What on earth can this ticket contain if not the written consent from the photographer? Who decided that this work is "free" if not the copyright holder? --217.239.11.187 15:03, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

It appears File:VELLO 01.jpg was a work for hire, and the uploader is a representative of the hiring company.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:33, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't get this. Of course the uploader is a company person, but he has explicitly admitted that he is NOT the copyright holder, and that he does not have the permission from the photographer to publish it under a CC license (and I seriously doubt that he will get that).
So I still wonder what on earth this ticket can possibly contain, since it clearly does not contain the permission of the copyright holder. --217.239.2.67 12:09, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
The ticket contains permission from the copyright holder. If you have evidence that this is not true, please provide it in private. --Krd 02:04, 14 June 2022 (UTC)
I am sorry, again, I don't get this. Why would I need to provide evidence in private when the uploader himself said so quite frankly and openly, for everyone to read, on his Wikipedia user page (see link I provided in my very first posting, and again in his next edit)? --217.239.12.72 23:55, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
The uploader says that this is a work for hire, so he, as the hiring party, is the copyright holder. He is also willing to get confirmation from the photographer, but the photographer is not the copyright holder. It's true that the photographer of an image is the copyright holder in general, but not always; this, according to the uploader, is one of the cases when they are not. The metadata is generated automatically by the photographer's camera, and has no knowledge of the contract between the photographer and his employers. --GRuban (talk) 13:32, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022042710011166

I think I just made a mistake: I nominated this file for deletion and then saw that there already seems to be a VRT communication going on. However, this seemed such an obvious case to me that I thought I really should have done speedy delete. There is no way this is a selfie, and there is an extremely similar image on Commons by a photographer named Alex Demanin. So it seems that both images were taken in that same photo shoot, by the same photographer. --91.34.43.150 23:43, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

The agent has requested aditional information on may 31th but it's unanswered. --Ganímedes (talk) 02:04, 16 June 2022 (UTC)
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File:Fred Wudl.jpg

Please seeing Commons:Deletion requests/File:Fred Wudl.jpg. 191.125.27.152 23:03, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

Done. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 00:58, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
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File:Doug Mastriano.jpg

Can I get an update from VRT on the permission for File:Doug Mastriano.jpg? I raised it with the uploader on the talk page but they didn't seem to understand the process and I'm wondering if they contacted VRT properly. ― Tartan357 Talk 02:11, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Done. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 18:55, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
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User:KingJeya's uploads

Particular these uploads:

VRT: ticket:2008100510027116

I would like to question who released the photos in the VRT correspondence? soccer.ru? or the clubs? or the user? These photos are of different players in different soccer clubs, and are attributed/linked to the clubs' social media. Did the clubs release the copyright to the website? Or did the website engaged someone to take the photos and pass them on the clubs?

I am asking particularly because the said user had also recently uploaded possible copyvio images:

I have to question as it seems like license laundering to me at the first glance.

Yes, I am aware of prior discussions but they didn't answer the questions I have:

Thanks in advance! Robertsky (talk) 16:31, 23 May 2022 (UTC)

Robertsky, ticket:2008100510027116 was discussed in great detail at
The bottom line is that Soccer.ru supposedly had a statement in 2008 on the website that all the images on the website are released under CC license (I could not find actual archived link to verify this claim in true) and a person claiming to represent Soccer.ru ("единственным обладателем исключительных авторских прав на фото-материалы портала http://www.soccer.ru") filed standard VRTS permission form in 2012. At a time nobody asked for clarification about how the website acquired all the copyrights from the photographers. According to the discussion on Russian wiki, it sounds like they are very skeptical of this permission and proposed to nullify the ticket. Also even if all the images at 2012 were owned by the website, it is unclear if the images uploaded afterwards were. --Jarekt (talk) 15:11, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
By the way this permission is used on 11 thousands files, see here. --Jarekt (talk) 15:14, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 Comment The ammount of files in the ticket should not be a rationale to keep or delete. --Ganímedes (talk) 16:30, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
@Ganímedes agreed, but if these photos are found to be uploaded, not in order, and/or possibly more, shouldn't the uploads in this ticket be questioned instead then? Robertsky (talk) 16:53, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
I mean it doesn't matter if they're 5 or 500.000. If they're copyright violations, they should be deleted anyway. As I said downstream, we should not accept anymore files from this ticket without a proper clarification of his copyright status. --Ganímedes (talk) 15:55, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
@Jarekt I will attempt to reach out the clubs in question for clarifications. Robertsky (talk) 16:52, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
Robertsky I doubt clubs are the copyright owners of the images unless you have reasons to believe that they acquired the copyrights from the photographers. If you want to get any clarification I would try to identify the photographers and reach out to them. --Jarekt (talk) 16:58, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
@Jarekt the photographs are uploaded through the clubs' social media with no other identifying marks to be found. Going to the clubs is the next best option. Robertsky (talk) 17:18, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

I think the next step it's to contact the website and clear this problem. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:04, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

I have gotten response from one club with relation to the upload File:Kim_Shin-Wook.png. The file should be deleted. I have forwarded the email to commons-permission... which may be wrong. Ticket is 2022060110012718. Robertsky (talk) 18:53, 1 June 2022 (UTC) Also, I believe that the soccer.ru permissions should be relooked at. I have yet to dig into other photos, but the culture to avail materials to public domain or even Creative Commons in Singapore is still very much niche, outside of software development. Robertsky (talk) 19:00, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Please open the DR. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:24, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
Opened for Kim Shin-Wook file: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kim Shin-Wook.png. I have not received any emails for the other two files. Robertsky (talk) 13:22, 5 June 2022 (UTC)
@@Robertsky: : I've opened the other DR. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:27, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2022012910003024

Any progress with this January 30 ticket about File:Torgsin's shops closure - Newspaper Izvestia 18 november 1935.jpg? Rosenzweig τ 07:32, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

Permissions-ru has a loooong backlog. The old ticket "new" is 222 days old (2021112010005718). I'm afraid it will take some extra time... --Ganímedes (talk) 23:56, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2013110110014018

Please check not only this one but all the uploads of images by Kurt Tauber by user Rudolfo42. On his museum website (where most of those photos are published), Mr. Tauber makes an extremely clear statement to protect his copyright: "Bitte beachten: Alle Texte und Bilder sind urheberrechtlich geschützt. Jede ungenehmigte Veröffentlichung (auch im Internet, z. B. bei eBay) ist untersagt."

Of course he might have put this on his website later which obviously wouldn't undo his consent. Or the uploader gave his consent and the VRT person was not aware that this was not the copyright holder he was dealing with. --217.239.7.109 15:42, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

 Comment Ticket it's in German. --Ganímedes (talk) 08:50, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

I addressed the uploader on his German WP user page about this, and he replied that the VRT consent was in fact given by Mr Tauber himself, and that Mr Tauber is aware of the implications of the licensing, whatever he may write on his museum website.
This sounds trustworthy, and as far as I am concerned, we can close this request. Unless someone of course wants to take a glance at the ticket just to be sure. I would assume that even for non-German speakers it should be easy to see at a glance if the VRT conversation was actually with Mr Tauber himself. --217.239.2.29 16:54, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

The ticket contains a clear license statement by Mr Tauber that the files are available under the CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE, forwarded to us by the uploader. Back then our guidelines for accepting forwarded permissions were not as strict, so I think the handling was reasonable especially for a generally trusted user like Rudolfo42. Unless Mr Tauber sends us an email now complaining that the forwarded messages are forged, there is no need for further action. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:33, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
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Seeking permission for a photo collage and the covers of 2 history books.

Good morning.

I was sent a notification about providing a copyright for 2 images. I was instructed to to this forum if these copyrights could not be found on the internet. I'll explain my case for both.

Image #1. Collage of newspapers from the 1920s-1960s Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uruguay_four_times_proof.jpg Info: The collage shows the sports page of 4 separate newspapers: El Informador (Mexico 1950), El Grafico (Argentina 1962), L'Auto (France 1924), Chilean World Cup History Magazine (Chile 1930). I believe that it's not possible to find the copyright material for these publications.

2. Cover of 2 books written on soccer history Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arrighi_and_Trevisan.jpg Info: This is the cover of 2 recent books written about soccer. I personally know the author of the 1st book (1924: First Football World Championship) and I can get his approval on uploading it to wikipedia upon request. Do I need to get permission from the 2nd author as well?

Please let me know what further information you need from me.

Thank you. FutbolLeyenda (talk) 15:56, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

To be public domain, the articles should be written in 1922 or prior. I'm afraid you can't release them. About the second collage, we need permission right from both copyright holders. Please ask them to follow the procedure. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:52, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
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File:Carvana logo.svg

Can someone check if this file is related to ticket:2020041610010815 and permission has been given for use? --Minorax«¦talk¦» 14:38, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

I've got no permission to see it. Maybe we need a VRT admin? --Ganímedes (talk) 19:14, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
@Minorax and Ganímedes: I can read Ticket:2020041610010815, which has 6 Articles, in English, and is filed in info-en queue, and mentions that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carvana_logo.svg is used on enwiki. It contains no free licenses or PD declarations. Please delete that file per COM:FAIR and COM:CSD#F4.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:16, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
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Unclear request for File:Serhii Filimonov, Kyiv 2019, 02.jpg

Hi VRT,

Missvain user had recently added a "missing permission request" for my file here:

But it's unclear what I'm expected to do since the file was already originally uploaded to Commons under the free license.

Any help would be appreciated, VoidWanderer (talk) 13:22, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

@VoidWanderer: Could it be the five pages of Google Images hits or the lack of camera metadata? Did you publish the photo here, too?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:34, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
I already replied on their talk page. Our file was uploaded in June 2019, and unfortunately the IMDb version is undated so we don't know which came first. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:38, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
The IMDB page was most likely established in 2021, when the movie (en:Rhino (film)) was released: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12450457/ --VoidWanderer (talk) 10:05, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
Jeff G., I upload my own images without metadata. You could check another images, including from the same category: Category:Anti-police_rally_in_Kyiv_(2019).
The image itself was taken on a rally against police on 4 June 2019: https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/29980927.html , and was uploaded the same day here, on Commons.
As for the imdb - it seems they've used this picture without telling they took it from Wikipedia. --VoidWanderer (talk) 08:19, 6 July 2022 (UTC)
Further discussion on Commons:Deletion requests/File:Serhii Filimonov, Kyiv 2019, 02.jpg. No need to discuss it here any further. VoidWanderer, if you like, you can write to VRT for further explanation and to show without any doubt you are the author. Especially if you are planning to upload more images without the EXIF data. Ellywa (talk) 08:33, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
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File:SITEUR_L1_Auditorio.svg

Any progress on the VRT response for this file and for File:SITEUR L1 España.svg and File:SITEUR L1 Isla Raza.svg? It's been more than a month since I sent the permission. The logos represented in the images are public domain, and the pictures on which I based the svg's are public as well. If more papers or permissions are needed I can look forward to get them, but I'd really like to know what am I expected to do now, since I'd like to make more svg's but I'm afraid of my svg's being tagged for deletion. SistemaRayoXP (talk) 23:24, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

@SistemaRayoXP: This appears to be in reference to Ticket:2022061710001405. Please have the CRH send permission directly with subject including "[Ticket#: 2022061710001405]" without quotes, preferably with their official English translation (or Spanish language plaintext) and a carbon copy to you to keep you in the loop.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:27, 12 July 2022 (UTC)
@SistemaRayoXP: . The ticket is still open and under discussion between the VRT volunteers. A suggestion, if you want to upload more svg files, please first check whether the original files / designs are in public domain. This is not easy. Always link to the original source when uploading. When in doubt, first ask for advice on the Commons:Village_pump/Copyright. You could also read Commons:Copyright_rules_by_subject_matter#Trademarks and the links on that section. Regards, Ellywa (talk) 08:42, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G. I would need to contact SITEUR and ask them to send VRT a permission, but I don't clearly understand what do VRT need, the copyright ownership? I had requested a permission, and that's what I sent in my ticket, if it's not enough I'm not sure how far could SITEUR help me. I'd prefer to avoid doing this, but if it's really necessary I will do my best to make them contact VRT.
@Ellywa The designs are actually public domain, I've confirmed this with SITEUR and the document that I've sent in my ticket says so. My issue here is that an user has been tagging a lot of my uploads with Missing evidence of permission, and while in some cases it was justifiable (I was unable to get in contact with the original authors), in other cases it was completely unjustified (like the station logos for the public light rail system and other symbols of the public transportation system). I must clarify that the SVGs I made were based on pictures I took with my camera. SistemaRayoXP (talk) 14:05, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
@SistemaRayoXP: If a VRT Agent does not get what they need, they will reply via email message to that effect.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:26, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
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Alstublieft VTRS toestemming voor de foto's van Rwanda 2021 door Gerard van de Bruinhorst Ticket#2022052010007968

Beste VTRS-ers,

Excuses, ik stelde hierboven een vraag in het Engels.

ticket:2019033110002578

Please check if the ticket for the low-res photo File:Prem Rawat, Barcelone, mars 2018.jpg is also valid for the hi-res photo File:Prem Rawat 2022.jpg from the same source, thank you. --Achim55 (talk) 14:21, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

@Achim55: At first glance, no because the ticket is from 2019. A Francophone agent may have more to add.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:28, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: The year 2022 is wrong, it's the same photograph from 2018. --Achim55 (talk) 15:05, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

File:Prof. ddr. Irena Avsenik Nabergoj.jpg

Was there ever a ticket for this file? Based on description there should be one, but I highly doubt. Can someone confirm or deny there was a ticket? A09090091 (talk) 16:09, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

 Comment I've found nothing. --Ganímedes (talk) 18:44, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 Comment I've placed {{OTRS needed}} but response is unlikely. A09090091 (talk) 19:48, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
@A09090091: Thanks, but please use {{subst:nopd}} for that purpose in the future.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:29, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I think I am doing this via QuickDelete so everything should be fine. I must have mixed the names in my response above. A09090091 (talk) 10:09, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
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File:Yoo Kang-Nam.jpg

File:Yoo Kang-Nam.jpg lists its source as https://www.flickr.com/photos/koreanet/49911438117/in/album-72157624300668866/, which states This official Republic of Korea photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way. Also, it may not be used in any type of commercial, advertisement, product or promotion that in any way suggests approval or endorsement from the government of the Republic of Korea.. Does the VRT ticket listed on that page (ticket:2014070110000717) legitimately override the ND and NC disclaimers on that image? Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:55, 6 June 2022 (UTC)

@Ahecht: : I think the permission is valid, yes. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 00:50, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
I don't get the purpose of the custom template {{Korea.net}}. The ticket contains nothing more than a copy of a request for the Flickr account holder to update their license to remove the NC/ND conditions from their uploads, along with an reply that they have changed it as requested. So it's more of an informational statement than a legally binding instrument IMO. @Ganímedes: Where are you seeing that the ticket overrides the NC/ND conditions on Flickr? Feel free to email me or leave an agent note on the ticket if it involves any private correspondence. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 06:45, 30 June 2022 (UTC)
Filed a DR: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Yoo Kang-Nam.jpg. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 06:26, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
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Please keep photos Rwanda 2021 by Gerard van de Bruinhorst Ticket#2022052010007968

Dear VTRS people,

A number of photos are threatened by deletion although permission by the author has indeed been sent:

There is a proposed licensing template at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Gerard_van_de_Bruinhorst to be used for further photos of the same collection and author.

  • Could you please remove the deletion tags?

Thank you, Hansmuller (talk) 07:44, 22 June 2022 (UTC) Wikimedian in Residence Leiden University

By the way, i was not notified on my Discussion page of this threat, as would have been good practice. Cheers, Hansmuller (talk) 08:11, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
Hi, @Hansmuller. I've added the ticket number to the template in each file. That step was missing. From now, there is one month to finish the process. BTW, please note that files could (and probably be) edited to remove the data and hour in them. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 09:56, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, @Ganímedes ! A great consolation. I note that the message in the template: "However, the message was not sufficient to confirm permission for this file." is not correct, as author (and his employer Leiden University i work for) have granted permission CC-BY-SA-4.0 as you might check with Google Translate.
* So it would be great if you could conclude this matter and give your VTRS blessing... (Formally, i think i should have stated my request in Dutch, my apologies. I'll do so below in brief.) Thank you, Hansmuller (talk) 09:10, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
Yes, the language it's the problem. I can't finish the ticket because of it. Sorry. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:22, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2022071610002781

Could someone take a look and help me identifying the legitimacy of the document shared on Ticket:2022071610002781. I guess the language is German. Does that document confirm the transfer of copyrights? Thanks, ─ The Aafī (talk) 16:21, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

@Krd, would you like to help on this? ─ The Aafī (talk) 05:39, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
To be discussed in the ticket. --Krd 04:11, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
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File:President Tirésias Simon Sam during the Inauguration of the new Railway Line in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.jpg

I am uncertain if this is the correct noticeboard, but a purported copyright holder has requested an image (File:President Tirésias Simon Sam during the Inauguration of the new Railway Line in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.jpg) to be deleted, stating that it is not public domain, but part of his private collection. According to the image description, it was taken in 1897 and thus public domain both Haiti and the United States. The deletion request is here: Commons:Deletion requests/File:President Tirésias Simon Sam during the Inauguration of the new Railway Line in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.jpg. Thank you. -Zfish118 (talk) 18:19, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

@Zfish118: I opined there.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:53, 26 July 2022 (UTC)
Thanks! -Zfish118 (talk) 14:03, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
@Zfish118: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:49, 27 July 2022 (UTC)
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File:FC Schmiere Wimpel.png

Does ticket #2015091510017259 cover both File:FC Schmiere Wimpel.png and File:FC Schmiere Wimpel (2).png? They're DW's of each other. --Sreejith K (talk) 14:16, 28 June 2022 (UTC)

 Comment Ticket it's in German. --Ganímedes (talk) 08:51, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
@DaB.: could you please check if the ticket is valid for both images? Thanks, Ellywa (talk) 08:27, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
Have no access to the VRT at the moment, will look in about 2–3h. --DaB. (talk) 20:20, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
@Ellywa: It’s a little bit complicated. The ticket includes (as image) File:FC Schmiere Wimpel (2).png, but the permission-text is about File:FC Schmiere Wimpel.png. --DaB. (talk) 22:12, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
@Sreejithk2000: the ticket is not valid for both images, as you will note in the comment above. Best is to ask copyright holder to sent a more clear message, mentioning both images explicitely. Please ask him to refer to ticket 2015091510017259 in the subject section of the email. Regards, Ellywa (talk) 21:24, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
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HS2 Chiltern Tunnel Progress

I was just wondering if any progress had been made on the permissions for this (https://mediacentre.hs2.org.uk/resources/south-portal-of-the-chiltern-tunnel-after-launch-of-the-tbms-summer-2021-27337) file through VRT, only I'm not currently receiving anything from HS2 regarding it (although I did ask that they update me when they had sent their specific permissions off). Is the file still under review or do I have to send another request through a different route to HS2 to get the process restarted from the top? MajorScafellPike (talk) 09:57, 15 July 2022 (UTC)

@MajorScafellPike: As I wrote at COM:HD#Uploading images from HS2 Media Gallery, "If you can get them to carbon copy you on each message, you will keep in the loop." I have found nothing referring to that URL in our archives. If your communication with them is via email, you may carbon copy permissions-commons@wikimedia.org to get the ball rolling.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:51, 15 July 2022 (UTC)
Update - I resubmitted the application to see if that would help matters (I tried to spell out the process as clear as I could this time).
The reply I recieved is worded thus - "In response to your original email - This is not something we are required to do. The images are made available for re-use and free of charge via the Media gallery on our website."
I have a feeling I'm probably not going to get more out of them, so...what do I do now? MajorScafellPike (talk) 11:57, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
@MajorScafellPike: You may inform them that we cannot host that photo for use on their Wikipedia article(s) until 2092 per COM:UK unless we get permission from them. You may also try to follow en:WP:F.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:27, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
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User:Kuldeep Singh Deep

I wish to confirm this user’s verification of identity, could someone please help me? MxYamato (talk) 06:24, 17 July 2022 (UTC)

Pinging @TheAafi as applier of that template.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:57, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
@MxYamato and @Jeff G.. On the VRT, I reviewed a ticket that stated permissions about some images that were uploaded by MediaPunjab account, and subsequently said this account belongs to them. That's why I added the template because as I told them that the username was not a nice one and they should get it renamed, they successfully did it. I feel this is enough. If we need any sort of legal proof for that, I can leave them a note, but I think email suffices. ─ The Aafī (talk) 15:40, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
I left them a new note given the mass-uploads that have been done from the account. I'm still of the same opinion but the doubts should be answered and clarified. I'm sorry if this has caused any inconvenience. ─ The Aafī (talk) 15:56, 17 July 2022 (UTC)
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Clarification about the user VIvescovo and his rights to upload pictures

Hi at all,

I am kindly asking you to verify that user Vlvescovo does indeed have the copyrights to upload pictures of the wreck of the USS Johnston. He uploaded the following three pictures to commons.

The links to those three files were removed from the arcticle about USS Johnston during an meanwhile closed A-class review because it seemend suspicious that the user Vlvescovo is indeed Victor Vescovo and does have the rights to upload pictures under the appropriate Creative-Commons-Licence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Vami_IV#USS_Johnston

There were already discussions between Victor Vescovo and members of the OTRS team regarding about other pictures. please check here respectivly ticket:2021041310011587

Earlier discussions with Vescovo regarding his copyrights to donate pictures taken during his Five Deeps Expedition can be found here ticket:2019022510006855

I hope that the Volunteer Response Team can clarify that VIvescovo does have the rights to give the licence for this three pictures via the uploader. And so they could be used in the arcticles. Best regards Yeti-Hunter (talk) 11:42, 21 July 2022 (UTC)

Pinging @Mussklprozz and @Ww2censor who handled the two mentioned tickets. ─ The Aafī (talk) 13:55, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Concerning Ticket:2021041310011587, there were two agents dealing with it, and we both came to the conclusion that the permission is valid. The photograph of the two images, Tamara Stubbs, got in contact with us and sent us a PDF copy of the cession of rights. In my opinion that document is a strong clue that Vevesco is acting honestly. The two files concerned are
Cheers, Mussklprozz (talk) 14:27, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Yeti-Hunter: None of the 3 files mentioned above were ones I approved so I don't know what you want from me. I've never seen those underwater images before today so I can't say that Vlvescovo has permission or not. Ww2censor (talk) 15:58, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi Ww2censor, I thought that OTRS team members who had either worked on ticket:2021041310011587 or on the older ticket ticket:2019022510006855 are able to "judge" mostly based of the conversation regarding the deletion of the two pictures taken by Tamara Stubbs whether Vlvescovo is authorized to state that´s his own work and giving a usable licence to those pictures. Vescovo signed his comments overthere with the four tildes, the same way he did when he mentioned that he had correctly uploaded the three pictures of the wreck stating that these are his own work. The reviewer @Buidhe: and the user @Vami IV: could may be convinced that those three pictures are properly licenced if the OTRS team member put a ticketnumber in each description section once the pictures in question where double checked. If possible, I would like to avoid that those three pictures will be deleted and followed by a suggestion that Vescovo had to go through the whole licensing process instead of just using his correctly licenced and uploaded pictures for the article. If this solution is not possible, perhaps Vescovo has to confirm in an official statement via E-mail to the OTRS team that he is the copyright holder of the already uploaded and licenced pictures. Yeti-Hunter (talk) 18:36, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Yeti-Hunter: These files File:VVescovo at the Calypso Deep Prior to Diving Feb 2020.jpg and File:VVescovo_at_Calypso_Deep_Feb_2020_Prior_to_Diving.tif were approved by Ticket:2021041310011587 as can be seen by the ticket in the files. Ticket:2019022510006855 approved a list of several files but neither of these tickets verified the three files mentioned above. All we can assume is that there was never a ticket to provide a permission for them so they will need a separate permission statement from the copyright holder. It is not our position to speculate about other files. That's all I can tell you. Ww2censor (talk) 22:24, 21 July 2022 (UTC)
Hi there. I am (truly) Victor L. Vescovo, the pilot on the USS Johnston discovery and survey mission, and not an imposter. I'm no sure if this is the right forum to address the issue but the three images referenced were indeed taken by me . . . from the port portal onboard the deep ocean submersible Limiting Factor, specifically, using my Samsung Galaxy 9 phone. It looks like the three pictures are "live" and accessible again so I think this has been resolved. Just for future reference, any photos taken of the USS Johnston or USS Samuel B. Roberts and submitted to Wiki Commons are indeed mine if submitted under this user ID. Thanks! Vlvescovo (talk) 16:47, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
Hello, I think this topic can be closed now. All three pictures in question were doublechecked by a VRT team member.The conversation with Vlvescovo is available under the Ticket:2022073010001781. Thanks for your attention. Yeti-Hunter (talk) 19:08, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. --Ganímedes (talk) 21:08, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

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Hello?

(Ticket:2022072810007137)
Excuse me? I want to reclaim my File:Sungai Bakau Village.jpg, Please someone notice this message; Thank you~ Fazoffic (talk) 13:57, 31 July 2022 (UTC)

@Fazoffic: : Please answer to the agent in the ticket. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 17:28, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
(After edit conflict). An additional question has been asked to the sender of the email. No answer has been received on that email, so please note your inbox (if you are the sender). Ellywa (talk) 17:29, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
@Ellywa: Sorry, I didn't receive the message. just to make sure, did you send to the correct email address? (fikriahmadsafrizal@gmail.com). Thank You. Fazoffic (talk) 10:38, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
@Fazoffic: : I re-sent.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:56, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I send that, Thank you. Fazoffic (talk) 10:37, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
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Being careful about templates

Hey! I'm not 100% sure if this is the correct location to ask my question, but I'm not finding anywhere more fit. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I'm from the English Wikipedia, and I noticed that a couple users have started using {{subst:PP}} on it in relation to VRT tickets. Now, while on commons, this seems to be just fine, this is actually incorrect on the english wikipedia, as we use PP for the protection banner, with the correct template being OP. Anyone who does end up using the subst ends up just producing {{#invoke:Protection banner|main}} on the page (and being put in an error tracking category). I'm not entirely sure what solutions are available here, as I'm unfamiliar with how the VRT system works, but I think a solution might be required here, as users may be very confused when the substitution does nothing. Any comments? (Please ping me if replying as I'm not often on commons) Aidan9382 (talk) 05:19, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

I do not think we should change the name of the template:PP on Commons to avoid such an error. Do you envisage some solution? Commons is an international project, and we cannot avoid such problems in general. In fact, often used templates could be internationalized perhaps, through Wikidata, but this would require a major effort. By the way, OP seems outdated, as we switched from OTRS to now VRT. Regards, Ellywa (talk) 07:20, 11 July 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2014021910001719

This ticket was used to provide permission for book cover art: 1 and 2. These books were published by two different companies, and the ticket looks like it was filed by the book author alone. Joofjoof (talk) 05:17, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

@Mdann52: . --Ganímedes (talk) 14:17, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
Looks like Mdann52 has not edited in a few years - can someone else check the ticket? Joofjoof (talk) 16:05, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
@Joofjoof This permission was comes from Hemant Mehta. —MdsShakil (talk) 17:29, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
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Templates to use on image pages - offline authors and VRT numbers

  • Dear colleagues, please help me with the templates. To upload many images from some offline author, an editor needs to send the VRT message to confirm author's written license. Well, this is already done and the ticket is registered. Then an editor uploads the images from that author. What template this editor may use to mark these uploaded images with one and the same VRT number? Or maybe the editor needs to wait until the numerous uploaded images will be checked by some VRT member?
  • Looks like some controversy: on the one hand, an editor must provide VRT-numbered license for each uploaded image. On the other hand, an editor has no technology to provide this. What must be done then?
  • If no license if registered, an editor uses {{Permission pending}}. But what is the correct way with a license already registered at VRTS?
  • Thank you. --PereslavlFoto (talk) 01:07, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
The copyright holder can send one ticket including all the files. --Ganímedes (talk) 08:57, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Yes. Then the ticket is registered. Then an editor uploads the images from the author. Looks like some controversy. On the one hand, an editor must provide VRT-numbered license for each uploaded image. On the other hand, an editor has no technology to provide this. If no license if registered, an editor uses {{Permission pending}}. But what is the correct way with a license already registered at VRTS? What must be done then? --PereslavlFoto (talk) 16:47, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
I don't think understand. Someone uploads the files. The copyright holder sends the permission, adding all the URL of the files in one ticket. The VRT agent verify the permission and add the VRT tag to the files. It's not possible to add a VRT tag to a file not included in the ticket, i.e. send permission for a full website without no specific files names. That's not longer acceptable. We can't tag neither a file uploaded time ago the ticket it's approved. I'm not sure if this helps you. Please let me know. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:40, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Mr Copyright-Holder sends the permission and makes the ticket for all his images. Then Mr Other-User gets the images from Copyright-Holder, describes and classifies them, and uploads them to Commons. The permission covers all these images. Then Mr Other-User calls for Mr VRT-Agent to verify the permission for each uploaded file. OK, I see the way now. Is there a template to call for Mr VRT-Agent's attention to the files? --PereslavlFoto (talk) 20:52, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Mr Other-User uploads all the files to Commons. Mr Copyright-Holder (Commons user or not) sends the permission for all his images, adding the URL of all the uploaded files in the same template. He will receive an automatic answer with a ticket number, like this: "Thank you for your email. This is an automatically generated response to inform you that your message has been received. [BLABLABLA] If you want to send more emails about the same subject, please add the following to the subject bar of the email: [Ticket#: NUMBER_HERE]". When authorship of the photos it's verify, VRT agent tag with VRT permission all files. If there is some problem and takes some extra time, VRT agent add {{Permission received|id=NUMBER_HERE}} to the files. If files are deleted, the VRT agent will request undeletion when need it. If Mr Other-User wants to be in touch and to know all what VRT agent and Mr Copyright-Holder discuss, he can send an email to the same email address, adding "Re: [Ticket#: NUMBER_HERE]" in the subject line of the email. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:08, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Well, the permission from Mr Copyright-Holder is already received by VRT team, and the ticket issued. Now the images must be uploaded to Commons. What Mr Other-User must do after uploading those images? How must he call to VRT agents? Must he add the {{Permission pending}} template, or some other one, if the permission was already processed before uploading the files? --PereslavlFoto (talk) 23:30, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
@PereslavlFoto: If Mr Other-User was able to convince Mr Copyright-Holder and the VRT team to carbon copy them on the email messages to keep them in the loop, then Mr Other-User will be able to reply with the URLs of the new images, and the VRT team will have enough information to tag the new images as having permission.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:37, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2021111710001166 - missing files

It seems there were quite a few deleted, at least s"File:Gussenstadt, Michaelskirche (26).jpg" to ... (33).jpg - perhaps a few more. I somehow missed that (I guess the permission came too late). Please look into this and restore. There is a general permission for all files by this author. Thanks, --Subbass1 (talk) 18:12, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

The ticket appears to be handled by Mussklprozz. I can see images with this ticket, such as File:Gerstetten, Michaelskirche (01).jpg. And File:Gussenstadt, Michaelskirche (26).jpg still exist. But File:Gussenstadt, Michaelskirche (33).jpg has been deleted. Perhaps Mussklprozz can look into this. Ellywa (talk) 10:40, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
@Subbass1, the Gussenstadt images still exist up to #30, but #31 to #33 have been deleted. Is it possible that these images were uploaded or assigned after the releases were entered on November 26? Unfortunately, we do not have the means in support to monitor whether something is happening in a category or with an artist. At that time, I asked you then to send us a hint under the ticket number whenever new images would arrive. - Of course, it is also possible that I made a mistake and overlooked images. In this case I beg your pardon.
@Ellywa Can the files File:Gussenstadt, Michaelskirche (31).jpg to File:Gussenstadt, Michaelskirche (33).jpg please be restored? Or do I need to write an extra entry on the undeletion request page?
@Subbass1 Can you find out with acceptable effort if and which other images are affected?
Cheers, Mussklprozz (talk) 13:09, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
@Mussklprozz: , thanks for your fast response. These are undeleted now:
I thinks this was all, per uploads of Subbass1 during that period of time. Ellywa (talk) 17:59, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Ok, thanks, yes I think it's complete now. Another author, I confused that. Will take care of the missing permission mail. --Subbass1 (talk) 19:19, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
@Ellywa @Subbass1: Thanks to both of you. Yes, it is another author. I put "permission received" tags into the files to prevent speedy deletion. I am looking forward to the new permission mail. Mussklprozz (talk) 08:05, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
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Currently incompatibly licensed images, but change license to compatible on death?

Hi, I was wondering: if someone has images (on Flickr for example) and they currently prefer to use a specific license that isn't compatible with Commons, but when they eventually pass away, they're fine with using something like CC BY-SA or even public domain when they pass away. Is this somehow achievable? (obviously they can't update their Flickr to reflect the license change) What would be the best way to approach such a situation? Would it be enough if they emailed de VRT to say they give permission once they pass away (and then later verify their death using either obituary or official document)? thibaultmol (talk) 06:35, 1 August 2022 (UTC)

Who are "they"? --Ganímedes (talk) 10:25, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
Just any Flickr user. Nobody in particular. Just something I'm wondering thibaultmol (talk) 12:44, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
No. The VRT are no notaries and cannot verify if such will is valid. If somebody wants to release files after their death, they should arrange it accordingly that the heirs will issue the release. --Krd 11:08, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
Flickr themselves appernatly also has a way of marking accounts in Memoriam https://www.flickrhelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404071450516-In-Memoriam-Flickr-Accounts
If for example the profile page of a Flickr user has a line at the bottom that says that if the account is in Memoriam mode, all images change to a different license. And upon that photographers death, the Memoriam procedure for that user has been completed on Flickr. Would that be enough to then upload the images under that license, to Commons? thibaultmol (talk) 12:47, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
In any case this is out of scope if this page as the VRT has no business in that. Krd 12:58, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
Somebody has to do the uploads, and that is not the role of the VRT. The author should arrange with somebody to handle the uploads to Commons after their passing away. Their heirs should be informed, informally or through their will, and at that point VRT can be used to confirm the new licence. I don't know whether Flickr and similar sites have procedures to automatically change licences when the user's page is transformed into an in memoriam one, or allow heirs to change licences, but that isn't about Commons; once a heir is involved, it should be easy to confirm everything needed regardless of the other site's procedures. –LPfi (talk) 07:12, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
A Commons user could state at their user page what they want to be done after their passing away. Then anybody who reads the obituary or notices the in memoriam page could take action. For that to work, the identity of the user, or the correspondence between the user here and the one at Flickr would need to have been confirmed. –LPfi (talk) 07:16, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
The only with permission to release the files with a free license are the copyright holders: the photographer or his heirs via VRT. And to do that, they must prove they're the heirs of the copyrights. --Ganímedes (talk) 09:40, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
That should be easy to do for the immediate heirs, by sending a copy of the documents on distribution of the estate. –LPfi (talk) 10:37, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
(Given that they can establish the relation between the names in the documents and their identity. –LPfi (talk) 10:38, 2 August 2022 (UTC))
Regarding "A Commons user could state at their user page...", I think the public law will be of different opinion. After the death only the heir will be the copyright holder, and it will likely be irrelevant what the prior copyright holder had put on any user page. Again, there is no business for the VRT, besides that the heir can release the images after becoming copyright holder though the normal process. --Krd 11:11, 2 August 2022 (UTC)
OK, that might be a problem. If the statement is repeated in their will, then there shouldn't be any legal problems (unless the clause is contested). Still, the heirs (or somebody else involved) would need to tell the VRT that the images now are licenced as stated. –LPfi (talk) 11:26, 5 August 2022 (UTC)
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File:Campus Ahlem (c) Ulf Ostländer.jpg

Hi, There is a ticket number here, but no license. Can someone check the ticket please? Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:07, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

@Yann: I added {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:09, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2018101610003076

Can someone check if this ticket (example: File:Zabranjeno pusenje-1.jpg) valid also for File:Zabranjeno-pusenje-2021.jpg. --Smooth O (talk) 07:20, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

@Smooth O: Yes, I marked it as such.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:53, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket #2022062410004738

Would Ganímedes (who originally reviewed the ticket) or another VRT member mind re-checking Ticket #2022062410004738 for File:Metal Ticket Booth Olympic Park 2.png? The file is sourced to the New South Wales Police Force, and it seems a bit unusual (at least to me) for a police force to give VRT consent for a photo taken by one of its staff when it could probably make it freely available to the general public in so many other ways. Even if the photographer is a member of the force and is the one who emailed VRT, I'm not sure whether the copyright of it would be solely held by the photographer given that there's no attribution given for the photo and it's only described as "Government Information Public Access Act (2009) Document has been released by InfoLink, PoliceLink GIPA 2019-1086 2 Command, NSW Police Force". The file is currently being used in en:New South Wales Police Force strip search scandal which also makes me wonder why the police force would VRT verify a photo to be used in Wikipedia article written about its involvement in an apparently major scandal. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:00, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: The proper syntax here is ticket:2022062410004738. That photo is included in source 2019-1086.pdf, which is "licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence" per Copyright & Disclaimer - NSW Police Public Site. I adjusted the file description page accordingly. It appears the NSW Police did it to themselves.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:30, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Jeff G. for checking on this. If the police did themselves, then that's fine. Why would VRT verification be needed for a content that is clearly licensed as "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence"? Why wouldn't COM:VRT#When contacting VRT is unnecessary apply since the police would've known about the disclaimer on their own website, wouldn't they? It seems odd that someone would email their consent to VRT for content they've already released under an acceptable license. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:53, 14 August 2022 (UTC)
@Marchjuly: The email message was just pointers to that information.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:20, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks. You've been faster than me! Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 01:58, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
@Ganímedes: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:38, 15 August 2022 (UTC)
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Получение лицензии на изображение

Добрый день. Отправила запрос на получение лицензии на два изображения на Викискладе. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%91%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%91%D0%90-20%D0%9C_%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%91%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA_%D0%91%D0%A2-7_%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%B5_%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8.jpg В графе права вместо получения лицензии появился блок со ссылкой на VRTS-аккаунт. Я перехожу по ссылке, у меня нет пароля и логина, и зарегистрироваться на ресурсе VRTS нет возможности, так как там нет полей для регистрации, только поля для логина и пароля. Подскажите, что мне надо сделать, чтобы изображения были лицензированы и получили отметку с разрешением на размещение в Википедии. Elena89 345, 08:45 30.05.2022 (UTС)

  • На первый взгляд, это изображение вы взяли с музейного сайта. Давайте обсудим всю процедуру. 1) Вы обратились в музей? 2) Вы получили разрешение от музея? --PereslavlFoto (talk) 01:13, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Ticket:2017122110007506

I found that ticket in the file description of File:Mrtva priroda, Jovan Bjelić.jpg, which has been nominated for deletion (Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mrtva priroda, Jovan Bjelić.jpg). Does the ticket only cover the photo of this painting or also the painting (by Jovan Bijelić) itself? --Rosenzweig τ 19:55, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Pinging @Dungodung as Agent.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:33, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
It's actually both, since this was produced by a Wikipedian in Residence, so the museum provided them with this photo of the painting (the release is for the photo, but I believe the museum has the rights for the painting itself). Filip (§) 21:36, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Is the permission for the depicted paintings in the ticket? --Krd 04:19, 30 July 2022 (UTC)

Email message template for multiple files

- Same author sending the email

- media works only

- CC-BY-SA 4.0 only

Would it be possible to send one email for multiple files using a modified email template :

I hereby affirm that I AUTHOR, the CREATOR of the exclusive copyright of the media works as shown here :

URL1

URL2

URL3

(...)

, and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of these works.

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the following free license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 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.

AUTHOR

[Date]

Arflhn (talk) 19:11, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

@Arflhn: Yes, but that doesn't scale unless you include instructions on finding the files as uploaded to Commons (if they already have been).   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:11, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
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Watermark on your photos

I've gone through your disclaimer and I've taken in all your requirements that your photos can be used under the specified requirements. I have a question rearding your photos. Is it still possible to use them and they have watermarks of Bollywood Hungama? 154.152.20.100 12:39, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean. Please give an example. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:25, 12 August 2022 (UTC)
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Commons:Deletion requests/File:ChangeNOW2020Summit.jpg

Hi, can someone check the validity of the ticket mentioned at Commons:Deletion requests/File:ChangeNOW2020Summit.jpg? Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 17:58, 24 August 2022 (UTC)

There is no FOP in France, so at may 31th the agent request permission from the architect or to crop the photo to exclude building parts. Nothing of that was done yet. Not other answer was received as well. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:38, 24 August 2022 (UTC)
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Schreibfehler Deutscher Text bei jpg Metadaten "Y und C Positionierung" -> "Benachbaart"

Im deutschen Text bei JPG-Metadaten für Dateien ist ein trivialer Schreibfehler: "Y und C Positionierung" -> "Benachbaart"
Wird (Duden gegengeprüft) mit nur einem "a" im Bart geschrieben. Da es sich um auto-generierte Daten handelt ist das generisch und nicht per Bild, sollte daher auch einfach zu korrigieren sein.
Danke für Eurer Engagement! 212.12.37.98 17:51, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

✓ Done Damit erledigt, auch wenn es nichts mit dem VRT zu tun hat. --Didym (talk) 17:58, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2022041910006893

Is there any progress with this ticket? Commons:Deletion requests/File:ChangeNOW2020Summit.jpg will be decided any day now. --Rosenzweig τ 20:35, 29 August 2022 (UTC)

@Rosenzweig: We have permission for the photo itself, but no reply to our email message dated "Tue, 31 May 2022 16:26:53 +0000" about permission for the building interior parts (the metal superstructure, which could be cropped out as 34% off the top).   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:00, 29 August 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. I actually uploaded a cropped version like you suggested, but then found out that the building (Grand Palais in Paris) is from 1900 and all its architects died over 70 years ago. So I don't think we'll need a permission for that. If you could add the permission to the file, we should be done. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 09:21, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
@Rosenzweig: ✓ Done, thanks!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:16, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2012112310007826

Any progress on this one? Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Chaosandvoid is ripe for a decision. --Rosenzweig τ 09:38, 30 August 2022 (UTC)

@Rosenzweig: We have had no reply to our attempt to reach out dated "Sun, 27 Mar 2022 08:57:46 +0000". PCP should rule.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:23, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
✓ Done, thanks. --Rosenzweig τ 20:40, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
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Image not released to public domain

Hi there, apologies if this is not the correct place to be posting this. But I have discovered one of my images is on Wikimedia. The description says that I realeased the image to the public domain. I have never done so. The image is still held under my copyright and I can provide proof that I am the copyright holder. Please remove the image from Wikimedia. Thank you. Nliusont (talk) 15:14, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

@Nliusont: We have in Ticket:2018011110005984 an image of a signed statement from you releasing that image into the public domain, dated October 19, 2013. Pinging @Jarekt as Agent. You may send proof to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org with a subject including "[Ticket#: 2018011110005984]" without quotes.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:44, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
Thank you. I saw that ticket in the notes but I am unable to view, I have no recollection of signing such a statement. I will reach out to the email address. Nliusont (talk) 16:02, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
@Nliusont: it seems like in 2013 you were contacted by User:Dylanexpert (different real name) who asked you for the permission to release this image and you sent him a PDF file releasing that image into the public domain. Latter User:Dylanexpert forwarded us the PDF file. --Jarekt (talk) 16:07, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
As I said, I have no recollection of this nor do I have anything in my records. How do I go about obtaining a copy of this PDF? Hard to me to verify the authenticity of a document without seeing it. Nliusont (talk) 19:00, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
We are discussing this via email.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:57, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
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Please check

this template Template:PermissionTicket/2017823000107891, it seems to be a fake. Thanks, Achim55 (talk) 18:23, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

@Achim55: The pagename refers to Ticket:2017823000107891, which does not exist; in fact, it appears to imply that 2017 had an 82nd month. @Kevin Amaya Nacional: What did you do? Que hiciste?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:45, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
The ticket number ticket:2017823000107891 in that template was recently added by the same editor (a non-VRT member) to File:Kevin Andres Amaya Ochoa In elegant suit.jpg at Special:Diff/683699284. —RP88 (talk) 18:47, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, at File:Alyssa Carson 2.jpg they played the same game. --Achim55 (talk) 18:52, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
@Achim55 and @RP88: I think they need to be shown the door.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:57, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
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How to get the credit of a picture

I would like to know who took this picture bellow, ans whether or not I can use it. And if it's not free of use, who can I get in touch with the one who took it.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_polytechnique_f%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale_de_Lausanne#/media/Fichier:EPFL_campus_2017.jpg MarianneEsp (talk) 12:44, 25 August 2022 (UTC)

I think this is not for us. However, I think you may email to @Mediacom EPFL: using the link at left of his talk page. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 12:58, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
You are interested in the image File:EPFL_campus_2017.jpg. It states it can be used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Most likely, this means that you can use it, but you (or your lawyer) should review the actual license terms (English, French) to ensure that you comply with these terms in your intended usage.
As mentioned above, you can use Email this user functionality to contact with User:Mediacom EPFL by email.
Platonides (talk) 16:12, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
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Category:Permission received

It is severely backlogged. Do help to tag for deletion if the ticket doesn't exist or does not have the necessary information. Thanks. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 06:23, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

@Minorax: I cleaned up Category:Permission received as of 8 December 2021 for Carn.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:27, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
Sorry? ·Carn 15:19, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
@Carn: All of the files in that category and Category:Permission received as of 9 December 2021 had tickets assigned to you with email acceptance but no {{PermissionTicket}} or inaction by you. File:Мітченко Тетяна Євгенівна.jpg and File:Artur Mkhitaryan.jpg needed to be speedily deleted.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:04, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
@Minorax: can the files in those categories be deleted immediately or do we have to perform some check? Ellywa (talk) 17:49, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
@Ellywa: I think they should be checked. I got the impression that Jcb used to delete them rather quickly at midnight UTC.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:14, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
I will check before deleting or keeping, although it is a lot of work. Ellywa (talk) 07:28, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
@Ellywa: Thank you! Have I mentioned lately how much I appreciate what you do here? Of course, other Agents are welcome to pitch in.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:34, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
x2 :) I use to check that category from time to time. Today I've got a day-off, so I'll verify february. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:36, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
Apparently tickets in ru- are unprocessed. I'll see what can I do with Google's help :| --Ganímedes (talk) 12:06, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
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File:Anton R Williams of Kalamazoo MI.jpg

I tagged this image as lacking proof of permission, but a copy of the same image uploaded on English Wikipedia hints that there may have been a permission email submitted. See File talk:Anton R Williams of Kalamazoo MI.jpg. Do we have a ticket? Whpq (talk) 13:23, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

@Whpq: Not that I can find, sorry.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:05, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022082510001897

Waiting for someone to process this ticket. The author of the picture has already authorized the usage of it, and there is an active request for it's deletion that has not yet been cancelled. -R.Arden (talk) 20:05, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@R.Arden: I replied in Ticket:2022082510001897, which does not specify the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license on File:Paulo Kogos.webp. I posted as much in the DR subpage.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:07, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022082910012896

I want to know the progress of this ticket. Thanks! MiguelAlanCS (talk) 06:43, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Courtesy link: Ticket:2022082910012896. @MiguelAlanCS: We await a response to our email message dated "Sun, 4 Sep 2022 00:30:41 +0000".   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:35, 6 September 2022 (UTC)
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File:1-DRM-GH-Fassadenansicht-Sep2021-c-FDH-AP.Englert.jpg

This image file has been tagged for speedy deletion in 15 days because it is "missing verification of permission" and no email has been sent to the VRT. However, an email has been sent (and the file page also notes this), so can this speedy delete template be removed? Thanks Medarduss (talk) 17:39, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Krd: would you please consider having Krdbot remove {{Permission pending}} when adding {{Permission received}} as in this edit?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:14, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
✓ Done --Krd 12:43, 11 September 2022 (UTC)
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Getting an authorization to publish a painting

Hi, I'd like some guidance about a picture of a painting that belongs to my family. I'd like to upload it on commons because it would be useful on a Wikipedia page. It is by Eugène Delécluse. I happen to be in contact with Delécluse's son, but he is a very old man, over a 100 years old. So although he has all his mind, can write etc, not sure he uses mail. I thought about something, making him sign an authorization on a piece of paper, take a picture, send it to you. So 1) would that be ok? 2) what should be written on the piece of paper? Thanks for your advice! Kimdime (talk) 09:43, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

@Kimdime: Hi, and welcome. Please use our Interactive Release Generator (pretending to be him), print the text results, have him sign the printout, scan the resulting paper, and then email the resulting scan to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org with the text results.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:31, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Jeff G. ! could you point me out where I can find the Interactive Release Generator ? --Kimdime (talk) 14:32, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
@Kimdime: Sorry, the generator is here, and it is linked from VRT#Declaration of consent for all enquiries and COM:RELGEN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:33, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
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Commons:Deletion requests/File:2006 Malibu Calendar.jpg

Would a VRT member please take a look at Commons:Deletion requests/File:2006 Malibu Calendar.jpg and see if there's a way to sort this out? The uploader is claiming to have inherited copyright ownership of his wife's artwork after she died, which is quite possible. What I'm finding odd is that the uploader states he emailed someone (not clear who) a copy of his wife's will. So, maybe a VRT member should look at this to make sure the uploader didn't mistakenly send such a document to the wrong person. The uploader might be refering to the email that was sent in for File:Rita Asfour Self Portrait.jpg or the email that was sent in for File:Restaurant By The Sea.jpg. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:39, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Thank you for the alert. I opined on that page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:39, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
Thank you Jeff G. for looking into this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:40, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
@Marchjuly: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:06, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
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Verification of copyright

I'm trying to confirm the copyright for this image. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ilka_Ged%C5%91_Selbstportr%C3%A4t_aus_dem_Budapester_Ghetto,_1944.jpg

The page says that Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication. Is it possible to receive a copy of this email? We are looking to use it for a museum exhibit and need to verify the copyright status. The ticket number listed is #2017032310023609

Thanks! AllyMilly (talk) 20:01, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

No, I'm afraid we can't do that. But the copyright status it's very clear in the CCBYSA 4.0 license. --Ganímedes (talk) 20:37, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket:2009012110028387

Hi, Could someone please check this ticket? File:EmprsAnastasia Full.jpg and File:EmprsAnastasia Best.jpg do not have license. The permission was added by the uploader. Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:41, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@Yann: The sculptor of the depicted sculptures, George S. Stuart, is still alive (and some 92-93 years old), and made his sculptures in the US. We need permission from him, and that is lacking in the ticket, which dates from 2009-01-21.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:54, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. I deleted these files, and warned the uploader. Yann (talk) 16:57, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
@Yann and Krd: I nominated the rest for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with 2009012110028387.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:29, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
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Morning Again

I would like to inquire about 6 images that I uploaded on August 26, 2022:

The pictures' original photographer (who granted me permission to upload them on here) has assured me that he has been in contact with the VRTS team via email and has submitted to them the required permission at least twice (including a follow-up). However, the images still do not have the permissions added. Can someone please look into this? It has been nearly a month. Thanks in advance. Bricks&Wood (talk) 03:09, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

@Bricks&Wood: I found and approved Ticket:2022082610007184. Sorry for the delay.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:40, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Jeff! Bricks&Wood (talk) 00:20, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
@Bricks&Wood: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:27, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
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File:Toót-Holló Tamás 2022 áprilisában.jpg

Hi, This file has a permission (2022080810009564), but no license. Thanks, Yann (talk) 18:53, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@Yann: Fixed in this edit. Please use Ticket:2022080810009564 syntax.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:59, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022081410000561 - verify license

Good day. Would someone please check the stated license in this ticket, and whether it applies to File:Zeitschrift Podium 203-204.png? Image gives the ticket under permissions, but under license invokes fair use. Thank you! — Huntster (t @ c) 16:05, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Ticket it's in German. The agent it's waiting aditional info since august. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:04, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. Reinhard Kraasch, you added the VTRS template to that image. Can you speak more to this? — Huntster (t @ c) 22:17, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
The license given in the ticket is CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. --Htm (talk) 22:24, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
That license is not compatible with Wikimedia Commons. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:40, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
That is right. Perhaps Reinhard Kraasch has some more info. -- Htm (talk) 22:49, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
Sorry - I overread the -NC-. I meanwhile asked the rights holder for permission under another license. --Reinhard Kraasch (talk) 09:58, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
Thank you. I'll give the file another week to see if the rights holder responds. It seems to be the only one affected. — Huntster (t @ c) 14:10, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
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Category:Permission pending

Hello all. Can volunteers review the files in the category to reduce the backlog? Thanks. --Minorax«¦talk¦» 13:06, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Only two photos remains from july. The rest it's from august. The previous request for help, a couple weeks ago, we've got tickets from january, so I think we're ok. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:49, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
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What to do with files and user page of a verified user on DE-WP?

Please see Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Bayer. Staatsbad Bad Kissingen GmbH. User Bayer. Staatsbad Bad Kissingen GmbH uploaded three photos of someone else and claims he owns the copyrights. It turns out that on DE-WP he is a verified/trusted user. Now Rosenzweig and I wonder what to do and who should take action: mention this in the files and/or on the user page and what should be mentioned, is there perhaps a tag? JopkeB (talk) 13:55, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Do the same as if the account wasn't verified. Account verification only says the uploader is the one they claim to be, but it doesn't say they are copyright holder. --Krd 14:10, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, Krd. Good answer, I adjusted the DR. --JopkeB (talk) 14:21, 1 October 2022 (UTC)
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File:Nigel Pilkington.jpg

File:Nigel Pilkington.jpg has no formal VRT template, just a description written by the uploader saying jpg provided by Nina Rangoy (copyright holder), who provided the appropriate permission on 25 January 2021 to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. A related undeletion request [10] quotes a ticket:2021012510013004. Was this ever verified? Lord Belbury (talk) 17:19, 22 August 2022 (UTC)

@Lord Belbury and @Nigelpilkington: We never received the original, unmodified, unretouched file that we asked for on 3/28.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:15, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
Pinging @Ganímedes as Agent.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:16, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

User Nigel Pilkington has not received any request for an "original, unmodified, unretouched file". The permission of the copyright holder (Nina Rangoy) has already been provided to Wiki. The page links to my IMDB page, which has the same photograph. I'm not at all versed in how Wiki works, and find it very complicated. If you need anything further from me, please set out clear, detailed instructions of how I can provide it to you. Thanks. Nigel Pilkington. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nigelpilkington (talk • contribs) 08:07, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

@Nigelpilkington: Please ask Nina Rangoy (copyright holder) to provide us with an "original, unmodified, unretouched file" and see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:12, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
Please provide an email address to which Nina Rangoy should send the original file. 185.85.185.60 08:39, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
permissions-commons@wikimedia.org with subject including "[Ticket#: 2021012510013004]" without quotes. Also, please stay logged in.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:07, 23 August 2022 (UTC)
Jeff G - the original permission granted by the copyright holder on 25 January 2021 has been forwarded to permissions-commons today, 16 Sept 2022. It includes the acknowledgement from Permissions. Could the deletion request please be removed? This is a very annoying as the correct procedure was followed back in January 2021. Nigelpilkington (talk) 13:14, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
@Nigelpilkington: I emailed her about this again, carbon copying you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:33, 16 September 2022 (UTC)
Hi Jeff - it's simply not reasonable to request original, untouched images. The photographer never realises them, even to me, the paying client. She only provided lower-res images. She's emailed me to say her MacBook got damaged by rain last week outside Buckingham Palace. So until the insurance company pays up, there's no way for her to access any old images.
Could you please just take solace in the fact that she has re-confirmed to you that there is no breach of copyright here!
Nige Nigelpilkington (talk) 20:07, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
Quite often we do this kind of request. The photographer can email the originals directly to us, who sworn not disclossure. It's a very common and normal procedure. Now, if the photographer can do it and there is no other way to demonstrate authorship, so probably the file(s) will be deleted. BTW: we don't accept forwarded emails for legal reasons. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:53, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
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Porträtt, Rudolf II som Vertumnus. Guiseppe Arcimboldo - Skoklosters slott - 87582.tif

I am confused about the legal status of the painting "Rudolf II som Vertumnus" by Guiseppe Arcimboldo. On the one hand, the page of the painting states the photographer Jens Mohr, on the other hand, the page says: "This Swedish photograph is in the public domain in Sweden because one of the following applies: [...] the photographer is not known, and cannot be traced, and the work has been created before 1 January 1952".

Also, the page says that Skokloster Castle makes images available either as CC0 or as "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License". Which of the two licenses applies to the image is unfortunately not apparent to me. It would be great if someone can help me there. Unfortunately, I am not one of the volunteers who can see the email conversation (#2013081910005037) in the permission archive. SchraffelBaffel (talk) 10:03, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

@SchraffelBaffel: This concerns File:Porträtt, Rudolf II som Vertumnus. Guiseppe Arcimboldo - Skoklosters slott - 87582.tif. There are multiple layers here. The subject of the painting was Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Bohemia and Archduke of Austria, who lived 1552-1612. The painting was painted in 1590 by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1527–1593), and is thus PD due to age. The photo was taken by Jens Mohr 15:53, 21 April 2010, as work for hire for Skoklosters, which multi-licensed it, along with the rest of the uploads of LSHuploadBot, as CC0 and CC-BY-SA-3.0, as confirmed in our records for Ticket:2013081910005037. The photo is further usable in the US as PD per {{PD-Art}}. The confusing nature of the information you questioned comes from {{LSH artwork}}, which may be discussed here with author André Costa (WMSE) or via via creation of a new post to Template talk:LSH artwork.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:50, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Deleting files

Здравствуйте,

помогите разобраться и решить проблемный вопрос. Krd пачками удаляет файлы с полученным разрешением от автора. На личное обращение отвечает, что "..файлы будут восстановлены, как только процесс разрешения будет завершен". НО, файлы (кстати, используемые в статьях) удаляются и дальше (без всякого предупреждения).

Как пример: 15:29, 29 августа 2022 Krd deleted pageFile:... [Ticket#2022041010005669] Date: Monday, 11 April 2022, 0:11 +03:00

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Parygin_KGallery_2022_Lana_Konokotina_Photo-1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Parygin_KGallery_2022_Lana_Konokotina_Photo-2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Al_Parygin_KGallery_2022_Lana_Konokotina_Photo-3.jpg

Что скажете? Artcurator (talk) 11:53, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

@Artcurator: Привет и добро пожаловать. Ticket:2022041010005669 все еще находится в нашей очереди разрешений на русском языке для оценки. Это 156 дней, но длина этой очереди составляет 297 дней. Пожалуйста, будьте терпеливы.
Hi, and welcome. Ticket:2022041010005669 is still in our Russian-language permissions queue to be evaluated. It is 156 days old, but the length of that queue is 297 days. Please be patient.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:11, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Licensing status of a some files

Hello! It appears that ticket:2008042410024381 licensed a couple hundred files under the GFDL. Given that the category contains the tag {{GFDL}} without a migration= parameter, I wanted to ask if the files were only released under the GFDL, or if they were also released under CC BY-SA 3.0? In other words, should the category (and the images within it) be marked with {{GFDL|migration=not-eligible}} or {{GFDL|migration=redundant}}{{cc-by-sa 3.0}}? Thanks! HouseBlaster (talk) 00:58, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

@HouseBlaster: They were only released under the GFDL, not under CC BY-SA 3.0.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:26, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
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Request for verification of

My photos were tagged to be no permission in August, while most of the photos were taken by me, including:

Therefore, I uploaded the original files of the above photos to permissions-common@wikimedia.org of the above image on August 7. All my tickets are handled by a VRT named Valera Domínguez (as stated in her email), she said all the tickets have been combined into ticket:2022080610000629 (I have corrected the ticket number), but they have not been verified for over a month, while some of them were deleted by bot. When I asked her when the photos will be verified yesterday, she said she can't verify authorship since she cannot see the files with metadata. However, I can see there are Metadata when I download the images from that email on both of my Windows and Mac computers. To proof it, I tried uploading one of the photos again (File:Olympian City 2 New Atrium 2019.jpg) to Wikimedia Commons, which also shows Metadata. Could other VRTS Volunteer help me with this issue? Thanks a lot. Dhl130herman (talk) 15:46, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@Krd: The correct ticket number is ticket:2022080610000629 (Dhl130herman had too many zeros at right center). I don't know why these files have no {{Permission received}}. Would you (or another Commons Admin) please check the deleted files' metadata?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:47, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
The deleted files have no metadata. --Krd 07:33, 7 October 2022 (UTC)
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Permission Pending Liftfassäule Benda

Hello, for those two files: File:Litfasssäule Konzertankündigung Jenny Korb und Arthur Benda (Detail).jpg and File:Litfasssäule Konzertankündigung Jenny Korb und Arthur Benda.jpg an email of the copyright holder was sent to permission-de@wikimedia.org on Sept. 3rd, 2022 – the number was 4819-d7e6cbf3f4a210fa. Could you please check and clear the files? Thank you! Mepherl (talk) 15:23, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

There's no way a VRT permission has got letters. It should be yearmonthdayhour something. Please review the ticket number and let us know. Thanks. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:47, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
ticket:2022090310003148, sender did not answer our followup questions. Please encourage them to react or to send permission again. --Krd 08:46, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
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publish photo

I have published a photo of Engegård Quartet. The photo is from Engegård Quartet's homepage, it is taken by Phillp Dutton and the Engegård Quartet is allowed to use it, and it is allowed to download it. I get a warning that the photo might be removed due to lack of permission. But it is permitted to use. What do I do? Elizabeth Nygaard (talk) 18:47, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

There's no license in the website of Engegård Quartet, so we need permission from the photographer. Please ask the photographer to send this consent, or use our release generator. Thanks. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:44, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022022410011308

Could someone please have a look at this ticket? This is an image from a book published by a renowned publishing house (Dumont). There's no way anyone is going to make me believe this was published under a Creative Commons license. Thanks, --2003:C0:8F20:4000:9500:D8F2:52FB:D964 23:11, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

 Comment Ticket it's in German. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:48, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
Pinging @Ra'ike as Agent.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:33, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
While I can't speak German, I think it's likely that the permission is legit. Elli (talk) 00:58, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
Hello, unfortunately, I cannot fully understand the problem. It is possible that the picture was also published in a book, but that's not our problem. We have the permission of the originator/artist Peter-Torsten Schulz himself to publish the picture under the license CC-by-sa 3.0/de. Best regards -- Ra'ike T C 11:34, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
The ticket is valid. --Krd 08:45, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
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make vrts template

File:Asanga Udara(cropped).jpg

https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2022101310000674 123.231.111.98 05:02, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

Please answer the agent's questions. Yahya (talk) 09:28, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2021101610000116

ticket:2021101610000116 is used for File:Jessica Urlichs.jpg, which is a black-and-white photo. Does this ticket also apply to the colour version of the photo in File:Jessica Urlichs - Colour.jpg? See Commons:Deletion requests/File:Jessica Urlichs - Colour.jpg. Verbcatcher (talk) 17:34, 12 October 2022 (UTC)

No. --Krd 18:56, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2008011410005694

According to the image description, this is a photo of Patricia Szarvas taken by Patricia Szarvas. Seriously? A selfie?

This is quite obviously a professional promo photo which has equally obviously been taken by a professional photographer. Why is their name not mentioned? Does the VRT communication include the photographer's consent in publishing this photo without credits under this license? Maybe someone can kindly check the ticket. --217.239.9.222 10:24, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Over 14 years ago, we accepted the spoonfed claim that the subject owned the copyright to the photo. We would not be as accepting today.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:36, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick reply!
A copyvio doesn't cease to be a copyvio because it has been published here for 14 years though, does it? Having tolerated it during all this time doesn't turn it into some kind of costumary law.
This lady is Austrian, so in all probability, Austrian copyright law would apply. As far as I am aware, in Austrian law, the copyright (or Urheberrecht, to be more precise, since it is not quite the same thing) is non-transferable, so I don't see that there is any way around the photographer's consent. --217.239.9.222 11:33, 12 September 2022 (UTC)
"Urheberrecht" (Creators right) is not transferrable, but usage rights are. The ticket was valid at the time it was accepted, and I see no reason for deletion of this file. --Krd 08:42, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022090810009473

I want to know the progress of this ticket:2022090810009473. Thanks! MiguelAlanCS (talk) 21:24, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@MiguelAlanCS: It is the subject of an internal discussion, please be patient.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:01, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
What's wrong with it? This person sent me a photo, a selfie, and i uploaded it. MiguelAlanCS (talk) 07:52, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
@MiguelAlanCS: I accepted the permission, thank you for your patience.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:59, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
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Authentification pour photographie commerciale

Bonjour, serait-il possible de contrôler que l'auteur (photographe professionnel Matthieu Camille Colin) de Tristane Banon qui a fait l'objet d'un ticket OTRS a réellement été authentifiée car ce fichier ne comporte aucune donnée photographique et qu'il s'agit d'une série de clichés exploités commercialement. De plus, en France, l'autorisation de la personne photographiée doit également être fournie pour publication. Enfin, dans la légende rédigée par l'utilisateur qui l'a postée sur Commons, la mention commerciale de la marque "Mamouchka" est clairement précisée. Merci ! https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tristane_B_pour_Mamouchka_par_Matthieu_Camille_Colin.jpg https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2018073110004794 Tisourcier (talk) 13:39, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Pour info, les coordonnées GPS du fichier photo “original" correspondent à l'adresse suivante : 4 Rue de la Grande Truanderie, 75001 Paris, France dont l'aspect urbain n'a rien à voir avec le panorama en fond. Tisourcier (talk) 14:10, 9 October 2022 (UTC)
As this concerns Commons:Deletion requests/File:Tristane B pour Mamouchka par Matthieu Camille Colin.jpg I think we should keep the discussion centralised. My original comments are copied to the DR. Ellywa (talk) 22:27, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022090810010103

Re: File:Throngs Flocked to Britannia Beach in Early 1900.jpg - I am an admin on enwiki where this image was transferred from. I was reviewing it for deletion from the source wiki and notice that there is this outstanding ticket. Is there some question about this image being PD in Canada that still needs to be resolved? Is the issue stale and the file needs to be deleted because it cannot be verified to be free? Thanks. -- Whpq (talk) 14:23, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

I think every thing is fine, but confirmation from the user is still missing. --Krd 17:00, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
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File talk:Ore Aduba in 2018.png

File talk:Ore Aduba in 2018.png From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Jump to navigationJump to search [subscribe]Spelling[edit] Can somebody either delete this or spell his name correctly Oduba. My apologies, spelling never was my thing. James Kevin McMahon (talk) 19:44, 17 October 2022 (UTC) Here is where we are. It will not let me delete this photo. It will not let me upload this photo again so that I can spell his name correctly. It will not let me edit the title. And nobody has stepped forward with a solution. I would suggest that Wikimedia commons has a real issue here that needs some correcting. Not everything in life is perfect I know. But there is no reason why this is such a big issue.James Kevin McMahon (talk) 16:16, 19 October 2022 (UTC) James Kevin McMahon (talk) 16:21, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

@James Kevin McMahon VRT has nothing to do here. Please use the {{Rename}} template for requesting a file move. Thanks —MdsShakil (talk) 16:56, 19 October 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2021111710001166 - missing files

There has been a thread by this name already, now in the archive. Again, (restored!) pictures of this set were deleted (by Krd, no clue why. If I remember correctly, those files in that category do have a general permission. --Subbass1 (talk) 11:53, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

 Comment Ticket it's in German. --Ganímedes (talk) 12:47, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
Anyone? :( --Subbass1 (talk) 11:30, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Tickets #2022083010008013 & #2022083010008041

Could you tell me the status of the above two tickets as well as what files it applies to. Ccaec1920 (talk) 16:16, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Both were merged into 2022083010008041. We're waiting a response from the copyright holder about who is the photographer. --Ganímedes (talk) 18:52, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello Ganimedes, Thank you for your help.Two followups on this: I have been in touch with the copyright holder, who does not seem to have received this question. Would this correspondence have been by email or within Wikimedia Commons as talk? Also some the material associated with this ticket is drawnings not photographs, can they be moved to a seperate ticket and released? Ccaec1920 (talk) 17:03, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
There are 81 files in one ticket and 42 in the other, so probably it's better in separate ways. The question was made in the same email ticket 11/9/2022 9:55 (+3). --Ganímedes (talk) 23:59, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
Sorry I am still trying to reoslve this with the copyright holder. If they cannot find the orginal question on the ticket, is there some way to resend it, or do we need to restart the VRT permission process? Thanks. Ccaec1920 (talk) 18:19, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
Hi, @Ccaec1920: The CRH (and yourself, if you want) can email us using "Re: [Ticket#: 2022083010008013]" in the subject of the email and we will continue in the ticket. The question says: "Please advise who is the creator of the image(s), and by which reason you became holder of the full and exclusive copyright." Please ask the CRH to answer in the ticket, not here. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 20:40, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022102810013641

Hi! Could someone please check [[:ticket:2022102810013641]] to confirm that the permission has been provided by the true copyright holder? Thank you. --TadejM (t/p) 12:24, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

@TadejM Yes. Additionally, the VRT agent accepted the ticket, which means it's come from the valid copyright holder. —MdsShakil (talk) 10:05, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2016072010015191

I don't have access to whatever queue ticket:2016072010015191 is in; can someone please confirm what it says about Gruner + Jahr? I'd like to verify permission of File:Podcast Die vergessenen Drei P.M. History.jpg. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 03:21, 7 November 2022 (UTC)

The ticket is user verification of the mentioned user. I don't see how it can be used as permission for the mentioned file. --Krd 15:37, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I've tagged it as {{subst:Npd}}. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 15:48, 7 November 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2008032810015671

This ticket is used in Template:WEF. Does it mention any license, or does it just verify the copyright holder? Thanks, Joofjoof (talk) 11:32, 9 November 2022 (UTC)

@Joofjoof: It mentions a CC-BY-SA license, but does not specify a version number like one would expect in 2022. The template requires a license template name as a parameter (without one, the template displays "No license specified!" but does not categorize such info). Template author Lupo used it with {{Cc-by-sa-2.0}} in this edit, based on this FlickreviewR edit documenting the license from Flickr. Note that the Flickr uploader changed the license of that photo to "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)" on March 7, 2013, so I tagged the file {{Flickr-change-of-license}}. See also Commons:Village_pump/Archive/2013/03#Bad_news.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:37, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Jeff! Joofjoof (talk) 21:44, 9 November 2022 (UTC)
@Joofjoof: You're welcome!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 08:36, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2013042210001943

This is a bit of a strange case. A photographer by the name of Susie Knoll is given as a source. The exif data have a photographer by the name of Hans Buttermilch as the copyright owner. The uploader has his real name linked to his user page, and he is neither one, so he it is clear that he is not the copyright holder. Can you please check if the VRT correspondence at least includes a permission from either Ms. Knoll or Mr. Buttermilch? --2003:C0:8F08:3A00:55C2:619F:D893:7F28 23:12, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

It does.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:23, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2021101210012129

Could you please check if the permission on this ticket extends to File:Rebecca Abergel.jpg or File:Ruy Braga.jpg? TIA Gbawden (talk) 09:05, 16 November 2022 (UTC)

No it doesn't. The ticket only mentions File:Jay-wallace-2019.jpg. Ellywa (talk) 10:20, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
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File:Candlebox-promo-seattle2-1.jpg

This file is listed as "OTRS pending" for permission since 2008, but no ticket confirming permission is cited. Could someone with VRT access check if a ticket was ever entered for this file, and if so what happened with it? Seraphimblade (talk) 07:38, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi, @Seraphimblade: . The file was uploaded in 2009, so it's impossible to find a ticket from 2008. There is one ticket referring this group: Ticket:2009032810013475 include File:Candlebox-promo-seattle1.jpg and File:Candlebox-promo-seattle2-1.jpg, but has no mention of specific license and we've never received an answer. The first file has been deleted long time ago (03-29-2009); I think we've missed to delete the other file. I'll tag it accordingly. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:30, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for taking a look! Seraphimblade (talk) 19:43, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
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Uploading a photo taken by someone else with copyright transferred to me

I commissioned a photographer to take a photo. He has transferred the copyright to me and has sent me an email to this effect. Now, I wish to upload the image on Commons. Could you please advise me on the process to be followed? I have read the upload instructions, but find it confusing for this case. Thanks for your help. --KartikiGonsalves (talk) 03:34, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

Upload the file and send permisison per COM:VRT. --Krd 04:46, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2016070510009056

What happened with ticket:2016070510009056? See also this section on my talk. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 00:31, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

@Mdaniels5757: the ticket was closed without action, regrettably. Imho the permission can be accepted and listed on the files using {{PermissionTicket}}. Ellywa (talk) 06:05, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
@Ellywa: So how does one proceed from here? I suppose some undeletion requests, but since I'm not able to see which files the permission covers, another would have to. TherasTaneel (talk) 18:23, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
@TherasTaneel: The ticket was reopened and an email was sent to the uploader. Apparently additional information is required. We have to wait till the answer is received. @IV-barbara: please email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org if you did not receive an email today, perhaps the email address from 2016 is obsolete. Please mention ticket:2016070510009056 in the subject line in that case. Ellywa (talk) 18:38, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2020102410005054

Can someone check this ticket please? Can this really be a selfie? --217.239.0.8 13:16, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

It is not a selfie, but the subject is the copyright holder. --Krd 14:19, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
He can't be the copyright holder by German Urheberrecht law unless it's a selfie. --217.239.0.8 14:47, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
He can. He has purchased the Nutzungsrecht from the Urheber. --Krd 14:58, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Sure, he purchased the Nutzungsrechte from the Urheber. But he did not purchase the Urheberrecht, for the very simple reason that he cannot purchase them. The Urheberrecht is non-transferable. --217.239.0.8 15:18, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
Nobody said that. So the point is…? --Krd 15:22, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
The point is, he is not the Urheber, he does not have the licensing rights, the Urheber is not even named, this is a copyvio. --217.239.0.8 15:36, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
He is not the creator (Urheber), but the copyright holder (Inhaber der vollumfänglichen Nutzungsrechte), so entitled to release the image. If you disagree please quote the relevant part of the law. --Krd 15:40, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
I am in no way responsible for proving anything here. The uploader is responsible for providing proof that he has the necessary rights to license the picture, and from all I have heard so far, he apparently has not done so.
This subject of the image is definitely not the copyright holder, no matter what he or the uploader may have told you. For the very simple reason that there is no such thing as copyright in German law. We use the term "copyright" for practical reasons, but what we are really talking about is the Urheberrecht. You can read up on the differences between Urheberrecht and copyright here. --217.239.0.8 17:34, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2020060310004521

Would a VRT member take a look at ticket:2020060310004521? It seems to be for a file uploaded locally to Italian Wikipedia as it:File:Eni Gas e Luce logo.png. The same file was recently deleted from Commons as File:Eni gas e luce logo.png. If the VRT ticket is OK, the file should be OK for Commons, shouldn't it? Relevant discussion related to this can be found at User talk:EugeneZelenko#File:Eni gas e luce logo.png. -- Marchjuly (talk) 09:48, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: Sadly, the permission is for only Wikipedia, not Wikimedia Commons, and it specifies use on it:Eni gas e luce on Italian Wikipedia (now a redirect due to a name change in March 2022). Ruthven may have an opinion as to whether or not the permission extends to en:Eni Plenitude on English Wikipedia (or potential articles on other language Wikipedias); I don't want to trust Google Translate from Italian on that nuance. That is the old logo; for comparison, the new logo en:File:Logo Plenitude.png is fair use.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:45, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Jeff G. for checking the ticket. I'm aware there was a new logo being used in the English Wikipedia article. I was just trying to figure out why a file with a VRT ticket was not OK for Commons. I didn't know that VRT tickets could be "local-Wikipedia-use-only" specific. I'm wondering whether such a thing can be known from simply looking at a {{Permission ticket}} on a file's page. Lots of files that are VRT verified end up getting moved from English Wikipedia to Commons, and there doesn't seem to be any way to tell whether the VRT tickets are English Wikipedia use only. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:22, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
@Marchjuly: Such a thing cannot be known from simply looking at a {{Permission ticket}} on a file's page, but can be known by looking also at the license on such page, in this case it:Template:copyrighted, which (Google Translated) says "This file is copyrighted, and the copyright holder has authorized its use only for Wikipedia. The permission does not include the use of the image by third parties, even for non-commercial purposes and does not authorize derivative works." The English Wikipedia version of that template is en:Template:Non-free with permission.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:39, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
@Marchjuly The permission is for Wikipedia only. You can copy the file on your local wiki following the policy for non-free content. Ruthven (msg) 13:59, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
Thank you both for clarifying things. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:15, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2008032110005275

May I ask for checking ticket:2008032110005275, please? It should contain a statement that copyright holders of texts published in en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes released them under GNU Free Documentation License. However, I suspect that the rights were released only by the main author Andrey Lubensky, but not by the authors, coauthors and translators of individual texts.

These include Valery Asadchev for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/1.21, Andrey Derkach and translator Dmitry Sudakov for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/1.26, Andrei Dashkov for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.2, Vera Solovieva for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.9 and many others, Vladimir Mikheyev for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.3, en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.55 and en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.56, Maria Gousseva for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.4, en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.7 and many others, Dmitry Sudakov for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.2 and many others, Leonid Kuchma for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.19, Leonid Sauta for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.23, Major Melnichenko for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/2.24, Alexander Grigoriev for en:s:Ad notam. Diverse years' notes/3.11.

Thanks! -- Jan Kameníček (talk) 01:14, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

OK, so I will simplify my question: was there any communication with anybody else besides Andrey Lubensky or does the ticket include only a statement by Andrey Lubensky? --Jan Kameníček (talk) 22:02, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi Jan.Kamenicek, the ticket contains permissions from other people, notabily the translator of Lubensky's works. Ruthven (msg) 14:03, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. Meanwhile I have asked some other VTR volunteer directly by email and have learnt that there besides A. Lubensky two more people released their rights as translators, but not in connection with this particular work, but for some other works, and that none of the people I have listed above has released their rights. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 22:01, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
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Ticket: 2022110110011834

let me ask about Ticket: 2022110110011834. I have sent my declaration on the 1st of this month as requested by the copyright tag, but there seems to be no change in status. Will my submitted images be deleted at the end of this month? I would appreciate it if someone could let me know the status, whether there was something wrong with the declaration or it is simply being processed. I am prepared to resend the declaration or provide additional correspondence if necessary. 狄の用務員 (talk) 11:20, 23 November 2022 (UTC)

@狄の用務員: That ticket is in Japanese, concerns 13 files, and contains a zip file of evidence. No one has chosen to evaluate that evidence; instead, you have been asked to post to User talk:Shizhao (the user talk page of the tagging Admin). I suggest that you do that in Chinese or English, or perhaps in Russian. If instead you reply here or on your user talk page, please mention Shizhao.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:02, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
Perhaps Whym can help, being a Japanese speaking VRT agent. Ellywa (talk) 22:05, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
I am no longer VRT agents shizhao (talk) 02:13, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. I now know that the evidence I submitted was not chosen. Im going to talk to Shizhao, thank you.狄の用務員 (talk) 12:37, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

@狄の用務員: You're welcome. I see that the discussion continues at User talk:Shizhao#File:Tsundere.png.​​   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:41, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
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General image release

Hi, There's a Facebook group I've used to obtain images from. They're uploading new content on a regular basis and they've authorized permission to use their files on several occasions. The issue is each time I've had to ask them to fill out a separate release and it's a bit of a hassle to it this way. Is it possible to create some sort of general release or statement that can be sent through instead to expedite the process. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by OpticalBloom241 (talk • contribs) 01:56, 29 November 2022 (UTC)

@OpticalBloom241: Yes, please ask for a template in an emailed reply regarding an approved release, and see COM:SIGN.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:26, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
Sorry about that. Would you be able to tell me which email address I should send it to? Thank you OpticalBloom241 (talk) 10:40, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
@OpticalBloom241: The address is listed at VRT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:52, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
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Similar logo under the same ticket?

I have uploaded File:Game Workers Unite logo.svg under Ticket: 2022110110011834, which was originally used for File:GWU circle.png. Is this acceptable since they are fundamentally the same logo? I believe text change alone would not meet COM:TOO. Yeeno (talk) 07:33, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

@Yeeno Yes, because the original logo is published under CC BY-SA 3.0. However, as you are no VRT member, you cannot add {{PermissionTicket}} to a file page. Please remove it and add {{own based|GWU circle.png}} as a source. Thanks Ruthven (msg) 14:08, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
@Ruthven: It is not my work as I downloaded the file from their official website, but I have noted in the permission field that this logo is based on GWU circle.png, which is covered by Ticket:2022110110011834. Yeeno (talk) 23:42, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
@Yeeno: The correct ticket number is Ticket:2020041110004608. I have asked the copyright holder for permission (in Article 6).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:51, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you, I copied the wrong number when formatting the original message. Yeeno (talk) 00:33, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
@Yeeno: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:33, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022102510080879

Geehrte Mittstreiter, kann mir jemand den Grund nennen, warum die Freigabe Seitens der Marketing- und Presseabteilung von MAN im Mail vom 25. Oktober 2022 nicht ausreichen sollte? Vielen Dank, L.Kenzel 19:51, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Der Einsender der Freigabe hat auf unsere Rückfrage leider nicht reagiert. --Krd 04:01, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
der Einsender schreibt am 25. Oktober 2022:
Guten Tag Herr ...,
es geht um das Bild https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_MAN-Motoren#/media/Datei:MAN-V12X-1.jpg, welches hier öffentlich zur Verfügung gestellt wird: https://press.mantruckandbus.com/corporate/man-engines-releases-new-v12x-engine-series-with-30-litre-displacement-for-yachts/
Mit freundlichen Grüßen ... L.Kenzel 09:02, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
…was keine ausreichende Freigabe ist. Bitte weitere Diskussion darüber gern in der Freigabe-E-mail, da es hier zu nichts führt. --Krd 09:07, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
OK, danke uns Gruß, L.Kenzel 15:14, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2013102510001373

Could someone check the details of this ticket? Apparently YG Entertainment has released many of their musicians' album and single covers as CC-BY 2.0. I'm having a hard time believing that any record company would agree to this (but if they have, that's amazing). Is there a sufficient level of proof here? --Prosperosity (talk) 20:12, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

The sender has a ygmail.net domain, which a quick Google search seems to suggest is legitimate. They applied the CC-BY 2.0 license to "YG Entertainment album covers" but did not include links or attachments. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 20:27, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
Fascinating! I hope they understood what they were agreeing to (and good job to the editor who managed to get this through). --Prosperosity (talk) 20:43, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
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File:Le Peuple du Bois.jpg

Hi, This file contains a ticket, but it was tagged for deletion as derivative work by 1Veertje. Now Yasminkaa says there is another ticket. Any idea? Thanks, Yann (talk) 13:24, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

It sounds like you got the order of events backwards? I had tagged it as a DW and then it got a VRT ticket. Vera (talk) 14:30, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
Not really. @1Veertje: It doesn't matter now, but ticket was added by Jarekt on 16 May 2022‎, and you tagged it on 8 December 2022‎. See the file page edit history. Yann (talk) 22:06, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
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Releasing rights more efficiently.

Well done everyone. As I know, if anyone uploads an movie poster they have rights to, they would need to use the VRTS generator to release rights there after.

Is there a way users can release permissions simultaneously as they upload in order for the files not to be deleted? Danidamiobi (talk) 10:29, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

@Danidamiobi: How to streamline your licensing depends on whether or not you previously published your work. If you did previously publish, please see VRT#The image was first published on my website, or on my own space of a shared website. If you did not previously publish, please see VRT/CONSENT, especially the part about using {{subst:PP}}. You may also want to consider blanket licensing for all your work or a clearly defined subset of your work.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:22, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
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Emails are bouncing back?

Hey VRT! It seems like the messages to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org are bouncing back. Can you check if there is something wrong with the inbox? Thanks! Señoritaleona (talk) 23:41, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

There is nothing obviously wrong. Please provide details. --Krd 07:34, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
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Forwarded permissions?

Hi, I have been told that there is not unanimous agreement about whether forwarded permissions can be accepted. A few months ago, I forwarded an image, with an attempted permission to use it, from the official representatives of an actress - this wasn't accepted as it wasn't from the photographer, which I have understand. Subsequently (after some too-ing and fro-ing), the representative forwarded (from their agency email address) a CC release from the photographer to the VRTS volunteer. Unfortunately, the photographer did not reply to a couple of requests to email VTRS directly. Is there any way this can be reviewed to see if the CC permission forwarded by the agency to the photographer can be accepted? (I haven't put the case reference here in case there's no hope; and this isn't a complaint.) Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 22:06, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Between the volunteers of the dutch section we agreed that in forwarded mails the headers of the mail should be included so we can be convinced the permission originates from the photographer. Nothing on VRTS is 100% guaranteed. We do not ask for a proof of identity for instance. Sometimes I feel the uploader is not telling the truth and in such cases I would ask for more evidence. Sometimes I even suggest celebrities to make another professional photo and ask the photographer to sign a contract with CCBYSA beforehand.Ellywa (talk) 08:41, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you. In this case the header of the email from the photographer was included in the email that was sent to VTRS from the actresses' agency. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 15:32, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
BennyOnTheLoose, If you want one of the volunteers to look into this in more detail, please provide the ticket#. Ellywa (talk) 16:58, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Ellywa, the ticket number is ticket:2022052410008807. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:34, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
As far as I can see, the forwarded mail does not include the header, it is a simple forward. In addition, each queue of VRT can have their own policies. Best is to ask the photographer to send permission directly to VRT. Ask them to include the ticket no in the subject. Thanks for you efforts. Ellywa (talk) 21:42, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
OK, thank you. Regards, BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 23:10, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
@BennyOnTheLoose, Ellywa, King of Hearts, and Ganímedes: I have combined all the tickets to Ticket:2022051710010791 and have emailed the photographer for direct permission.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:54, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
My view on forwarding is this: VRTS is sometimes used to supply permission, and sometimes used to supply proof of identity, and sometimes both. Proof of permission is required when the uploader is not the copyright holder, and thus no legal contract was formed at the time they clicked "Upload". Proof of identity is required when the image has been previously published, regardless of whether the uploader is the copyright holder. When proof of permission is required but not proof of identity (e.g. someone uploads a new high-res photo with EXIF and indicates a different person as the author), then I accept forwarded permissions, since someone who really wanted to fool us could do so much more easily by just claiming "own work" when uploading. In all other cases, I do not allow forwarded permissions, and require the email to come from an address which has been publicly connected to the image. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:22, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
@BennyOnTheLoose: The headers I like to see are the full Internet headers as specified in Internet Standard #11 and RFC 822 "Standard for the format of ARPA Internet text messages".   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:25, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks @Jeff G. for take care of the ticket. I've told the customer several times to not forward the permission, but not answer was received. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 12:30, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
@Ganímedes: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:45, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
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File:Guangzhou Metro Line 3 Television New.jpeg and ticket #2020042810001188

The image was uploaded in January 2020 and modified a day later to blur out the copyrighted contents on the screen. A {{PermissionTicket}} tag was added a few months later. Is this permission for the photograph or the screen contents? Ixfd64 (talk) 20:09, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

@Ixfd64: The permission in Ticket:2020042810001188 is for the photo. The original upload could go.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:35, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks. The original revision should be deleted in this case. Ixfd64 (talk) 23:07, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
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ticket: 2021021210004144

Uploader is a serial copyright violator. the picture in the link here has been deleted several times, I would like to ask the respected admins in general, how can this be if the author of the image and the person in the picture are the same person? it doesn't look like a picture taken with a tripod. What do you think is the difference between a photo taken with a tripod? how to determine if this photo was taken with a tripod or not? 89.219.181.65 23:42, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Onyeddi has three blocks for uploading copyvios. The file will continue to be deleted unless the uploader acknowledges the name of the actual photographer in the "author" field of {{Information}}.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:42, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

{{Delete}}The uploader did not validate the name of the actual photographer in the "author" {{Information}} field.--85.132.29.163 09:17, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Dear Jeff G., are you in favor of deleting the image? User blocked but picture not deleted?--89.219.181.65 18:50, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
The question is moot. File:NamiqQaraçuxurlu.jpg has been uploaded three times and deleted three times. Note the redlink. Please use internal links.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:55, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
Dear admin, File:NamiqQaracuxurlu.jpg the author of the photo and the person in the photo can be the same person, but if it is taken from a tripod, then how can this issue be clarified? for some reason it seems to me that this picture does not look like a picture taken from a tripod.--89.219.181.65 17:09, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
That is technically a different filename, the difference being the cedilla on "ç". This one was kept at Commons:Deletion requests/File:NamiqQaracuxurlu.jpg. I see no information about a self-timer in the metadata for this one from a Canon EOS 5D Mark III, but I will ping the Admins and fellow Agents who have dealt with this file and uploader anyway: AntiCompositeNumber, Túrelio, Elcobbola, Krd, and Wdwd.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:14, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
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File usage of File:MGR Chennai Central - Mysuru Vande Bharat Express.jpg in the Wiki page

VRT team,

I request you to give permission for usage of this picture since I gave the permission to @Sanjeev4125 (Real name: Sanjeev Venkat, close friend of mine since school days) to use it in the Wiki page. This is the ticker number: 2022121610000674 and I had mailed this to the team since Dec 16 07:08hrs (IST Time). Kindly help me with this issue. Sameer2905 (talk) 17:44, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

What is the question? --Krd 05:29, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
@Krd: The image in question is: File:MGR Chennai Central Mysuru Jn Vande Bharat Express.jpg. There is a response but I'm leaving it to others. I won't be available for the next week. ─ The Aafī (talk) 05:50, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
@Krd sir,
I request you to give permission of usage of this picture in the Wiki page of this train. This is the ticket number 2022121610000674 and I had mailed to the team on Dec 16 07:08hrs (IST). I had given the permission to Sanjeev, a close friend of mine to use it in Wiki. Hope to get your response soon. Thank you. Sameer2905 (talk) 08:30, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
Please be patient, the ticket will be processed at it's turn. --Krd 08:49, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
@Krd sir,
Thank you for your reply. I'll wait for the turn. Meanwhile I just want to understand this statement:- This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Could you please let me know what does this say??? Hope to get your response. Thank you. Sameer2905 (talk) 14:34, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
@Sameer2905: It's being handled by email, so there is no need to keep this section open. If you disagree, please reply and remove the {{Section resolved}} template.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:13, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G. sir,
Thanks for the clarification. Sameer2905 (talk) 16:16, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
@Sameer2905: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:27, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G. sir,
Just wanted to know, out of curiosity, approx. how much time would it take for ticket checking and approval? Hope to get your response soon. Thank you. Sameer2905 (talk) 02:29, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
It depends of the queue, the time of answer of the customer, etc. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:47, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
@Sameer2905: I replied in the ticket.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:14, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G. sir,
I have replied to your mail. Kindly have a look and do the needful. Thank you. Sameer2905 (talk) 13:27, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
@Sameer2905: I accepted your permission. @Krd: Please undo these log entries.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:28, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G. sir,
Please let me know where to find the description details to check if everything is correct before I upload to the Wiki page. Thank you. Sameer2905 (talk) 14:52, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
@Sameer2905: File:MGR Chennai Central Mysuru Jn Vande Bharat Express.jpg#Summary specifically, but you are welcome to review the rest of that page.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:58, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G. sir,
Never mind, I got the info checked and it's all correct. Thank you so much for helping me rectify this issue. Incase I need any other help, I'll surely ping you. I'd like to thank @Krd sir, @TheAafi sir, for trying the best in helping me get this issue rectified. Once again a BIG THANK YOU.👍👍👍 Sameer2905 (talk) 14:59, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
@Sameer2905: You're welcome. Please be aware that some of our non-male users may not take kindly to being called "sir". Please also see COM:TALK.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:05, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
Noted @Jeff G. sir (for the last time in this conversation 😄). Once again a big THANK YOU.👍 Sameer2905 (talk) 15:08, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2011050810006762

Could somebody please check whether this ticket is valid only for the original 2011-version of this image File:Francesco altobelli.jpg or also for the image-version uploaded in 2013. --Túrelio (talk) 16:44, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Túrelio, the ticket dates 2011 and doesn't mention any future versions. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 17:07, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2010070810008688

This is truly miraculous. Karl Deutsch (founder of the company) died in 1974 and took this photo in 2007. What on earth did they tell you in this VRT communication?

On their German WP user page, the uploader first tells us that they got permission from the photographer to publish this as "own work", which quite obviously is not the truth.

Next, they tell us that they sent an e-mail with the permission by the company CEO, who quite obviously is not the copyright holder either. Neither is his company (impossible by German law).

Doesn't the VRT team check if the person who sent the e-mail is the copyright holder in the first place? And how trustworthy are the permissions for the other uploads by this user? --87.150.6.64 17:18, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi 87.150.6.64, I'd definitely like to help you with this. The ticket contains a signed permission document dating 26/7/2010. The ticket makes a mention of photographer who takes all of the photos for the company called "KARL DEUTSCH". The permission does not come from the photographer and there is no evidence of the transfer of copyrights either. @Krd, what is your opinion on this because you happen to be somewhere to this language. ─ The Aafī (talk) 18:43, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
I personally suggest that the permissions be revoked and not considering the long-time of these images on Commons. A new legitimate permission be sought. ─ The Aafī (talk) 18:45, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply, and for taking care of this!
Re "there is no evidence of the transfer of copyrights either": There cannot be. It's not possible by German law. --87.150.6.64 20:32, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
@AFBorchert, anything on this because you were the one who dealt with this... ─ The Aafī (talk) 03:51, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
The photographer has been identified in the ticket (not the founder Karl Deutsch). The photos are attributed to the company Karl Deutsch who contracted the photographer to take these photographs and to grant unrestricted usage rights (according to § 31 Abs. 3 UrhG). --AFBorchert (talk) 08:31, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
How do we know that the photographer has agreed to do so? Is there any explicit evidence for this or just a signed document from the company? In my opinion, the confirmation from the photographer should be there - if there is not any proof that they did the work for the company - just the company's claim that the photographer did so and so? ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 08:45, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
In this ticket, I relied in good faith on the signed statement of a representative of the company (not just anyone but a „geschäftsführender Gesellschafter”, i.e. a shareholder who is also a chief executive). And the identification of the photographer (right from the beginning without having to ask for it) is usually a good sign. It is correct that we (in the support team) tend to involve the photographers as well to get their confirmation. This ticket is 12 years old, this wasn't common practice at that time. --AFBorchert (talk) 10:00, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks AFBorchert for the clarification. 87.150.6.64, do you have any other queries? Please feel free to ask. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 10:03, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
Well, yes. I am sure the company representative acted in good faith and believed they were entitled to do this. However, they are not copyright holder, no matter which usage rights they may have bought. Thus they cannot decide on the license. Copyright is non-transferable by German law (except by death and inheritance).
Not quite sure what the age of the ticket has to do with it. A copyright infringement isn't any less of an infringement just because it's been on here for twelve years. --87.150.7.46 16:47, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
Please make yourself familiar with the law, i.e. with § 31 Abs. 3 UrhG. Quote: „Das ausschließliche Nutzungsrecht berechtigt den Inhaber, [..] Nutzungsrechte einzuräumen.” Hence, usage rights can be passed by the copyright holder to someone else in a way which allows to sublicense this work. These sublicenses are persistent, see BGH, 19.07.2012 - I ZR 70/10, I ZR 24/11. We have no reason to believe that we have a case of copyright infringement in this case. The verifications of the VRT tend to be more thorough now than in earlier times. But this doesn't mean that the declarations given for the older cases are per se untrustworthy. --AFBorchert (talk) 17:35, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
I am familiar with that law. The point is the difference between Urheberrecht and Nutzungsrecht. The "Inhaber" of "Nutzungsrechte" can grant "Nutzungsrechte" to someone else within the limits of whatever Nutzungsrechte they have bought, sure. But they cannot relicense an image, granting others more Nutzungsrechte than they ever bought.
We do not have reason to believe that we have a case of copyright infringement? Really? So far, we don't even know name of the copyright holder. It's not Karl Deutsch, that's for sure. What license did the Urheber sell it by? A CC license? No photographer in their right mind will sell their photos with a CC license.
Please don't get me wrong. I am not accusing anyone here of doing anything wrong. And personally, I could care less about this image or any copyvio. I am not going to be the one to be sued. The reason I insist is that I have, in recent times, seen this kind of thing a number of times, and I think there may be a misunderstanding or two about the differences in copyright laws of different countries. --87.150.7.38 22:02, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Just FYI on a side note: The entire Karl Deutsch article on the German WP was copyvio. The current company editor of that article has had all his uploads deleted because of copyvio. Might be something to consider. --87.150.7.38 22:08, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

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How to find permissions

I can't find a place where I can search and find all the different permissions granted. For instance if I want to check if we have a general permission from IUCN, {{IUCN map permission}}, how/where would I go about to find that and all the others? thanks --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 15:30, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

@Goran tek-en, I'm not sure but the concerned ticket:2010061810022172 must be containing everything on which the permissions have been granted. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 16:09, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
and Commons:IUCN Red List might be helpful. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 16:11, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
@AafiOnMobile Thanks but I didn't make my self clear, sorry.
Is there a way to search and find all the different approved permissions? When I as a graphic worker wants to use material from a specific place (like IUCN) I would like to be able to know if the have granted a permission. --please ping me-- Goran tek-en (talk) 16:34, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
No, there is no way to find all permissions. --Krd 14:40, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
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ticket:2022090210007002

Hi, Could someone please check this ticket? See related discussion here. Yann (talk) 14:02, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

No permission achieved in the ticket. --Krd 14:39, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
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ticket #2019082010004668

I have a question regarding File:Okjökull glacier commemorative plaque.jpg. It's stated that the copyright holder is Rice University. But on https://news2.rice.edu/2019/07/18/lost-glacier-to-be-honored-with-memorial-monument/ it sais that Grétar Thorvaldsson is the copyright holder. I suspect that Grétar was never notified of the image being used on Wikimedia, though I have no proof of that. Steinninn ♨ 20:02, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Pinging @Nsaa as fellow Agent.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:22, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
I would also like to know more about this. We do not generally approve "forwarded permissions". The size of the file here is same as that of the one linked above. The date on this link is July 2019 and the image was uploaded here in August. Clarification is a must in this case. ─ The Aafī (talk) 17:43, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
Pinging Ganímedes as well. ─ The Aafī (talk) 17:44, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
My only intervention was to request a direct permission from the copyright holder, nothing else. I've never accept the ticket, since we've never received the direct permission, because the customer told me I should contact the CRH by my self, thing that I don't do. It's up to him to communicate with the copyright holder since he is the one who request the photo and forwarded the email (and no specific license it's quoted by the forwarded CR). --Ganímedes (talk) 22:06, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks @Ganímedes. That's what I mean. There is no explicit permission. Not sure what made @Nsaa to add permission tags to the file. ─ The Aafī (talk) 09:05, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
I'm not sure, either; that's why I pinged him.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:13, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
His last contribution was on 6 jun 2022. --Ganímedes (talk) 23:09, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
and elsewhere on 7 December 2022. ─ The Aafī (talk) 23:28, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
Then maybe it's faster to let him a message in noWP. --Ganímedes (talk) 01:34, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
I've left them a message there. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 02:23, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
The file has been released by Rice per VTRS ticket https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2019082010004668 Best regards, Nsaa (talk) 08:02, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
@Ganímedes, Nsaa, Steinninn, TheAafi, and Asav: I contacted them by myself.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:50, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G., I'm still confused: where is the direct permission? The permission is forwarded by a fellow volunteer who was told that we do not accept such permissions. There's no response of the permission acceptance either. If the file is here credited to someone else (Photo by Grétar Thorvaldsson/Málmsteypan Hella), how is Rice University the copyright holder? This needs reinvestigation. Best, ─ The Aafī (talk) 19:48, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
The Rice University is itself crediting it to someone else. Why is that being missed? ─ The Aafī (talk) 19:49, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
Just a side note, please ping @AafiOnMobile because I'm on a journey and thus not very much available on the system. A ping on my mobile would catch my attention. Thanks, ─ The Aafī (talk) 19:53, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
@AafiOnMobile, TheAafi, Ganímedes, Nsaa, Steinninn, Asav: We now have higher resolution File:Okjökull glacier commemorative plaque on rock.jpg.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:00, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

This image was duly licensed as CC-by-sa by Rice University, which holds the copyright to it. As a photographer myself, I have taken hundreds of pictures for newspapers and magazines, and naturally, they retain the right to relicense these images to others. When one of the New York Times' photographers takes a picture for the paper, s/he is credited in the byline, but the Times retain the rights to relicense or resell it. That is exactly the case here, and this prolonged "investigation" is simply nonsensical. Personally, I have nothing more to add here. Asav | Talk 14:54, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks ASAV, I fully agree with you here. There are no issues here. This case can be closed as keep seen from my perspective. Nsaa (talk) 03:13, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
Those who assume work-for-hire is universal will be bitten eventually.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:55, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
@Jeff G., you are right. I agree with what Asav has said but do we have a proof that Grétar Thorvaldsson/Málmsteypan Hella were hired by the Rice University? Perhaps only then can we approve of any "copyright policies/terms" of the Rice University. ─ The Aafī (talk) 13:59, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
@TheAafi, AafiOnMobile: I emailed Grétar Thorvaldsson for direct permission.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:16, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
Thanks @Jeff G.. Shouldn't the permission tag be changed to "pending/awaiting VRTS verification" until we receive a response from Thorvaldsson? ─ The Aafī (talk) 18:31, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
@TheAafi, AafiOnMobile: Yes, I changed it.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:55, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
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