User talk:JWilz12345

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Australian Mural deletion requests

I dont really understand the legal side behind all the discussions around murals in Australia but I noticed one of my images has been deleted and another two nominated for deletion. I have no issue with this if that is what the law says but I'm curious about your approach. Aren't all images in Category:Murals in Australia and its subcategories up for deletion, shouldn't it be a bulk nomination rather than on case at a time? And shouldn't the category be deleted itself as everything in it is by default a copyright violations? I'm happy to nominate my uploads for speedy deletion if that simplifies the process, but not all are from me, of course. Calistemon (talk) 10:53, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

@Calistemon bulk deletions are typically discouraged, since the images may includemurals that are actually acceptable by age. There have been cases of applying w:en:WP:TRAINWRECK to several nomination cases here, like Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Buildings in Bacolod City. Murals should be reviewed to determine if the muralists are dead for more than 70 years or not. If the artist of a mural died for more than 70 years, then the image/s may be acceptable, though possible complication with Uruguay Round Agreements Act of the U.S. (which restored U.S. copyright to all eligible foreign artworks) may arise, especially Wikimedia websites are hosted on U.S. servers and the United States does not grant Freedom of Panorama for copyrighted non-architectural works. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:20, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Mass nominations are best made if the category is focused on a specific work (like, COM:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Tower of the Sun of Japan), not for general categories like Category:Statues in Minsk. However, overuse of a mass DR page can lead to a great quantity of nomination threads that may cause errors to administrators' tools (some admins claimed errors in admin tools when dealing with open requests at COM:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Burj Khalifa). JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 14:28, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Limiting uploads

Based on the discussion on the new File naming guideline I share my upload experience with you, that for me seemed to work pretty well. My learning curve came with warnings of a block for uploading copyrighted files such as here and here and I took them really seriously and believed if someone uploads repeatedly copyrighted files s/he would get blocked. After, I've learned the ropes and have hardly had issues anymore. Not with all DR notices a block warning is included. Maybe a block waring could be included in DR notices. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 15:50, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

@Paradise Chronicle might be OK, but it is best to gain wider consensus through COM:VPP. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 23:56, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Protests against RH Bill at EDSA 20120804 (01) - Flickr.jpg

File:Protests against RH Bill at EDSA 20120804 (01) - Flickr.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

A1Cafel (talk) 08:36, 11 April 2024 (UTC)