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Prototyperspective (talk) 15:35, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Review My Uploads

Hello, As a newcomer, there are a lot of things I don't know, but I am learning slowly from all the experienced Wikipedians here. The reason I am here is to request your help in reviewing my uploads because I think I have some confusion about copyright and licenses. Previously, three of my uploads were deleted, and recently an administrator removed one of my uploads from my draft. I will ask him about it, but first, I want to make sure that the uploads are correct. Can you help me with that? Thank you. Gj2020 (talk) 19:21, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

@Gj2020 Hi, thanks for leaving your message. Unfortunately, I don't think any of your current uploads are compatible with Commons. Almost all images you find on the web are copyrighted and are not accepted here. Please take a few minutes to read COM:LICENSING (this infographic might be especially helpful) to learn what is and is not allowed on Commons. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 12:51, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

So, does that mean I can't use them in an article? Also, I don't have any contact with these subjects, so I can't get permission directly. I have read all the guidelines, but they are very confusing, and I can't understand them clearly. Can you please guide me on when we can upload an image freely from any organization or company?

For example,Urbansquaremall-logo.svg, this image I got from their official website, and a lot of other websites are using it. So I uploaded it too. Now, when or how will I be able to upload it? What kind of permission do I need to use this? Also, do I really need to contact them?

Please reply when you have time. I appreciate your cooperation. Thank you. Gj2020 (talk) 14:39, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

@Gj2020 That's correct - you cannot use them and they will be deleted by an admin.

The guidelines might seem confusing, but it's actually pretty simple: unless you took the photograph yourself, you probably can't use it. There are rare occasions when a photo isn't eligible for copyright protection (i.e., works of the US federal government, old images with expired copyrights), but almost everything you see on the web is copyrighted and cannot be used on Commons.

Now, you mention that other websites are using it. But other websites are not free-license encyclopedias (and they likely have permission from the copyright owners). For us to use an image, the copyright owner needs to release the images under a free license, like Creative Commons Attribution license. This means the image can be freely shared without any restrictions on use or modifications. Most organizations are understandably unwilling to give up that much control over their works.

In short, please don't upload an image unless you see that it is actually freely licensed (look for a Creative Commons license). Unless you see some kind of release, you should assume that it's copyrighted and not permitted here. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 15:41, 21 October 2024 (UTC)

Understood. thank you for your help Gj2020 (talk) 14:46, 22 October 2024 (UTC)

Long blonde hair

Good evening. This photo is from me. There is no need to delete it. I shared my photo everywhere on French-speaking sites.

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Shadow-M-P (talk) 00:53, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Gperez24.jpg

Hola de nuevo, Adeletron 3030, ¿me podrías explicar el motivo por el que se ha borrado esta foto?. Como recordarás, te comenté que la foto era mia. La había hecho hacias unas semanas. En principio, por lo que me dijiste, pensé que se eliminaría la solicitud de borrado. Y la verdad es que me he llevado una desagradable sorpresa al ver que la foto ha sido borrada. Sinceramente, me parece que no se está actuando correctamente. El hecho de borrar fotos cuya autoria está probada genera que perdamos todos mucho tiempo. ¿Podrías restaurar la foto, por favor? Si hay que aclarar cualquier aspecto sobre esa imagen, me tienes a tu disposiicón. Un cordial saludo, --Hard (talk) 07:32, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

@Hard I don't make the deletion decision so you'd need to address it with an admin. And I don't agree that your authorship is proven, considering you sourced it to your own Flickr account, and your edit history shows licensing other people's work as your own. I think your best bet is going through COM:UNDEL and submitting evidence of authorship to COM:VRT. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 13:02, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

You have been too fast

Regarding Special:Diff/951224064: You have been much too fast. You should grant some (more?) grace period, especially when a file like in this case has been uploaded with the bigChunkedUpload script, which is automatically stated in the upload comment (cannot be overwritten by the user). — Speravir – 02:56, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

@Speravir Thanks for reaching out here. I do the “no source” tagging to let uploaders know that they forgot to fill in the essential source info. “Source missing” isn’t a true speedy deletion so the image isn’t in any danger of being deleted. I’m usually looking at recent uploads, I’d rather inform uploaders earlier than later so I don’t forget and the uploader doesn’t disappear without fleshing out the info. In my mind, there’s no real downside to tagging an image missing source info (all the uploader has to do is fill out the infobox and remove the template), while there is a downside to waiting.

Also, I have no idea what bigChunkedUpload is, but if you’re doing a automated uploads, wouldn’t you want to know that some stuff is missing?

But I do hear your point of view and I appreciate your comment. Cheers. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 04:09, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

BTW, I usually try to find missing Flickr info myself, but none of my searches were turning anything up and the “no source” tag was my last resort. I see it’s gone from Flickr, which explains why I couldn’t find it. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 04:12, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

OK, in general I agree with you. It was just slightly annoying for me getting an edit conflict in the moment I wanted to update the description page and then I had to get back to recover my content. — Speravir – 23:54, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

@Speravir I can see how that's frustrating, and I'm sorry my edit was the cause. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 14:07, 1 November 2024 (UTC)