User talk:Ybbor
If it's not too much to ask, if you're leaving a comment on this talk page, could you also leave a comment on my English Wikipedia Talk page?
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D.C. govt
[edit]D.C.'s status is unique and unlike U.S. territories. My understanding is that D.C. is a part of the U.S. federal government as the Constitution gives Congress exclusive legal authority over the district and the D.C. govt is an agency created by congress. Template:PD-USGov-Congress may be a better to use for D.C. govt images than the generic federal govt template. I don't care which Blues Alley image is used, but I think Wikipedia generally prefers PD images to restricted licenses like on Flickr. --Monack 22:04, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
- After further research, I found that you are correct and the DC govt images aren't public domain. I've tagged the photos for speedy removal. --Monack 15:43, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
Re: Personality rights
[edit]Hello and thank you for your message.
First off I will just say that the inclusion of the {{Personality rights}} template is in no was grounds to deletion per se. The template itself is more of a "warning", so to speak. As a rule of thumb, the person’s consent is usually unnecessary for photographs taken in public places, but is often needed for photographs taken in a private places. Thus that particular image should be fine in view of the fact that it has been taken in what appears to be a public place.
The notion of "personality rights" arises largely to protect a subject/person’s moral rights. An unacceptable instance would be when the subject is being defamed: the usual example is an identifiable girl labelled as an "obese girl". That would be unacceptable seeing as it would certainly infringe the subject's personality rights. The fact that any photograph is capable of being misused does not mean that it is unacceptable here - so the responsibility does indeed fall upon the re-user of the work.
The same applies to public figures as far as I know. Have a look at this image for instance.
Presumably the right of publicity varies from country to country as you suggested, but since I'm not a layer, I'm afraid I can't help you there! As a starting point I would say that an image will be unacceptable on Commons if the image is illegal in the country in which the photograph was taken
Hope that helps. If you need any more help, feel free to give me a shout.
All the best and Merry Christmas! RedCoat 20:02, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
Image deletion warning | Image:Americone_Dream.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 image, 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. |
Gabbe (talk) 23:48, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Tip: Categorizing images
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Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.
Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]
[[Category:Comets]]
This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".
When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.BotMultichillT 05:34, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
- Image:Don't Break the Ice.jpg was uncategorized on 6 September 2009.
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--Túrelio (talk) 18:50, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
File source is not properly indicated: File:DGN from USGS original.gif
[edit]This media was probably deleted. |
A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:DGN from USGS original.gif, was missing information about where it comes from or who created it, which is needed to verify its copyright status. The file probably has been deleted. If you've got all required information, request undeletion providing this information and the link to the concerned file (
[[:File:DGN from USGS original.gif]] ).
If you created the content yourself, enter If someone else created the content, or if it is based on someone else's work, the source should be the address to the web page where you found it, the name and ISBN of the book you scanned it from, or similar. You should also name the author, provide verifiable information to show that the content is in the public domain or has been published under a free license by its author, and add an appropriate template identifying the public domain or licensing status, if you have not already done so. Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Please add the required information for this and other files you have uploaded before adding more files. If you need assistance, please ask at the help desk. Thank you! |
It has even no description at all. Pls.consider using the {{Information}} template pls. JuTa 11:18, 5 June 2012 (UTC)