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Hi, Thank you for helping in translating Wiki Loves folklore in your language. Can you please help in translating the central notice banner contents using the below link.
Apologies for the late reply, not sure how but somehow I have missed this message. Seems like currently the central notice banner has already been well translated in my language (Chinese). Anyways, feel free to let me know if there any help needed for translation in the future. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 00:48, 17 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
Hello @Jeff G., thanks for letting me know that they are called curly braces (I thought they are also called brackets). I will fix the ones in converted speedy templates, I didn't realise these have problems as well, but before I did wondered where the missing braces have gone. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 11:49, 22 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
Good job! I just went back to check the affected files, and it seems you have already fixed all of them. Let me know if I have missed any. I will keep this problem in mind for the future, as to remember to fix both the DR page and the file itself. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 12:00, 22 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for letting me know that the user is likely an LTA sock, I assumed (in good faith) that the user may be a beginner user, since I wasn't aware of their previous pattern/behavior. Thanks again for the report at COM:AN/V. Tvpuppy (talk) 00:20, 28 February 2026 (UTC)Reply
Hello @TaronjaSatsuma, I don't really understand the current table you created, so I did my own calculations, which you can see in the summary below. I am not completely sure that the calculations are correct, but you can see my analysis of the copyright laws in the collapsed section below.
Timeline of ROC copyright laws and the difference with the previous version
Copyright terms calculated from publish date (Article 30 to 35)
Copyright terms expires after 31 December of the final year (Article 35)
Changed copyright terms (per Article 30 to 34)
Individual: life+50
Publish between 40-50 years after individual's death: publish+10
Joint works: life of last author+50
Anonymous/pseudonym: publish+50
Legal entity: publish+50
Photos and films: publish+50
These copyright terms changes apply to:
All works created after 1985-07-10 (Article 107)
Registered works still within their copyright terms on 1992-06-10 under the copyright terms of 1985 text (Article 106)
Unregistered works published between 1965-07-10 and 1985-07-10 that still within their copyright terms on 1992-06-10 under the copyright terms of 1985 text (Article 106)
These copyright terms changes do not apply to (per Article 106):
Registered works that have entered PD under the copyright terms of 1985 text before 1992-06-10
Registered works that entered PD before 1985-07-10
Unregistered works published between 1965-07-10 and 1985-07-10 that entered PD under the copyright terms of 1985 text before 1992-06-10
Legal entity works: if unpublished within 50 years after creation, copyright expires 50 years after creation
This copyright terms changes applies and not applies to the same group of works mentioned in the 1992 section above (per Article 106)
2002-01-01 (WTO date)
Article 106-1 to 106-3 of the 1998 text begins implementing (Article 117)
1998 copyright terms now applies to works that have not "enjoyed copyright protection" by previous versions of the law (Article 106-1), these include unregistered works published before 1965-07-10
The main two reasons for registered work to be in PD in Taiwan on 2002-01-01 are:
Registered works that have entered PD under the copyright terms of 1985 text before 1992-06-10
Registered works that entered PD before 1985-07-10
and these works have to be published before 2002-01-01 (URAA date) to be PD in the US.
In summary, registered works that are PD in Taiwan and the US on 2002-01-01:
Registered individual works: author's death before 1962-06-10 and published before 2002-01-01
Registered joint works: last author's death before 1962-06-10 and published before 2002-01-01
Registered works by legal entities: works published before 1955-07-10, or works created before 1962-06-10 and published before 2002-01-01
Registered photos and films: works published before 1975-07-10, or works created before 1962-06-10 and published before 2002-01-01
Registered translations: works published before 1965-07-10, or works created before 1962-06-10 and published before 2002-01-01
The terms for registered photos here mostly matches with the terms in {{PD-ROC-oldphoto}}, so I am somewhat confident in my calculations. Also, apologies for the minimal formatting, I don't have much time to display this information in a clearer format. Let me know if you have any more questions. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 01:07, 24 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
I modified the template, and ignored the support text. Still, I believe we should also look at art 14 of 1944 law and the "no heir" clause (which, on the other hand, I believe it's not going to be a very common one). Tell me your opinion about the current proposal of template.--TaronjaSatsuma (talk) 23:09, 27 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
It is not a "no heir" clause, article 14 of 1944 law states "著作權之移轉及繼承，非經註冊，不得對抗第三人". This roughly translates to "the transfer and inheritance of copyright, if it hasn't been registered, then it cannot be used to oppose a third party".
Note that the law uses the term "對抗 (oppose)", which means that the copyright would still be valid (still exists), but it just couldn't be used by the transferee/heir to oppose (sue) any unknowing third parties.
Also note that this article also exists as Article 15 of 1928 law, Article 16 of the 1985 law and Article 75 of the 1992 law.
The article was finally removed in the 1998 law. Since the 1998 law applies to all works still in their copyright terms in 1998, this means the article will not apply to any of those works.
In terms of Commons and this template, the article is irrelevant, as it doesn't apply to any works that are copyrighted on the URAA date, and the cases it may apply, have already entered PD.
@TaronjaSatsuma Apologies I forgot to tell you. Yes, I think this current template should be fine to publish. We can always adjust the template in the future if needed. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 10:38, 4 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
The evidence related to these two accounts on the English Wikipedia is difficult to trace, as most of the associated sockpuppets are generically blocked for long-term abuse without identifying a sockpuppeteer. Also, the long-term abuse page and sockpuppet category for ChanComThemPho on the Vietnamese Wikipedia do not appear to identify Thcsphuninh2025 as a sockpuppet of ChanComThemPho.
Is there any additional evidence available (on Commons or any other Wikimedia project) that would help us establish a link between Thcsphuninh2025 and ChanComThemPho in the English Wikipedia investigation? Thank you for your help. — Newslingertalk18:13, 24 March 2026 (UTC); added missing word 01:23, 25 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
Apologies for not being clear in the edit summary, but I remember I added the tag to User:Thcsphuninh2025 because I suspected this user is a sock of User:Huynhthiminhngoc99. These two users both vandalized similar files (e.g. logos of new channels, and images of buildings) in a similar behavior (e.g. removing categories).
Since Huynhthiminhngoc99 was already tagged as a sockpuppet of ChanComThemPho, I changed the sockmaster for Thcsphuninh2025 to ChanComThemPho instead.
I think it is likely that Thcsphuninh2025 is related to Huynhthiminhngoc99. However, I am not sure about how they are related to ChanComThemPho. So, apologies for not being able to provide any concrete help for your case.
Also, please note that at the same time, there is another LTA (en:WP:LTA/Wikinger) that was impersonating ChanComThemPho. I only learnt about this other LTA later so I might have tagged some of the sockpuppets incorrectly to ChanComThemPho.
I appreciate that you took the time to explain everything here. Based on this information, I am going to tag Huynhthiminhngoc99 as a sockpuppet of Thcsphuninh2025 on the English Wikipedia, and then follow up with the editor who tagged the Huynhthiminhngoc99 account. Thanks again, Tvpuppy. — Newslingertalk01:23, 25 March 2026 (UTC)Reply
Round 1 of Picture of the Year 2025 voting is open!
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2024 Picture of the Year:Mundari man polishing the horns of one of his Watusi cows using a mixture of cow urine and ash as a ritualistic and protective practice in a temporary cattle camp in Terekeka, South Sudan.
Dear Wikimedian,
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For your convenience, we have sorted the images into topical categories. Two rounds of voting will be held: In the first round, you may vote for as many images as you like. The top 30 overall and the top 5% of most popular images in each category will continue to the final. In the final round, you may vote for just five images to become the Picture of the Year.
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Dear Wikimedian,
You are receiving this message because we noticed that you previously voted in the Picture of the Year contest. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favourite images featured on Commons during the last year (2025) to produce a single Picture of the Year.
Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.
In this second and final round, you may vote for a maximum of five images. The image with the most votes will become the Picture of the Year 2025.
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Hi everyone,
Wikimedia Commons is pleased to finally announce the winners of this year's Picture of the Year 2025 contest! We had some truly incredible finalists to choose from, but the community has spoken.
Here are your top three winning images:
First place: The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023, leaving widespread destruction in the Rimal area. Attribution: WAFA (Q2915969) / CC-BY-SA 3.0
Second place: Baby cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) sleeping at Cape cross, Namibia. Attribution: Giles Laurent / CC-BY-SA 4.0
Third place: A gigantic jet photographed from the International Space Station by astronaut Nichole Ayers. Attribution: public domain
You can view the full results and see where all your favorite images placed here: Full 2025 Results
I also want to highlight what an incredible turnout we had. In the second round, we saw a massive jump in both the number of users voting and the total votes cast. We had exactly 13,979 votes cast by 3,509 users! To put that in perspective, last year we had 7,403 votes from 2,837 users. It is amazing to see that level of growth and community engagement.
Thank you to everyone who voted, helped organize, and generally made the contest such a huge success this year!
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