Odmitrieva5005

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File:Grayson Hoffman with his wife Jamie.jpg

File:Grayson Hoffman with his wife Jamie.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!

Dontreader (talk) 01:52, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Just in case

Hello,

I replied to your message here, just in case you didn't see it: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Grayson Hoffman with his wife Jamie.jpg. Thanks in advance for your cooperation. Dontreader (talk) 18:27, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm glad you received a reply rather quickly at the OTRS noticeboard. That declaration of consent is very easy to send in (it's basically a copy-paste job, but using your specific details). The subject of the letter can be "Granting permission to use an image", or "Releasing an image under a free license", for example. Make sure you include both links (the link created by Commons, and the one on your website), in your letter. You won't have any problems since I see that you have an info@graysonhoffman.com email account, which is associated with your website, www.graysonhoffman.com That is not always the case.

Please post a message at the nomination for deletion page stating that you have sent in the formal declaration of consent once you have done so, here: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Grayson Hoffman with his wife Jamie.jpg. That will halt the deletion. Then it's just a matter of waiting for clearance from the OTRS team, which can take weeks, but in the meantime keep the picture on the Wikipedia page.

Please don't take this situation personally. I have requested the deletion of around a hundred pictures just over the past two weeks, of which around 95% get deleted because I'm right. Even in your case I was right because the proper procedure was not followed, but since you do own the picture, I'm doing my best to help. I just try to enforce the rules. Thanks for your cooperation. Dontreader (talk) 03:00, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Dear Dontreader, I completely understand, I will send in all required documentation tomorrow and will update you on that! Sorry for all the confusion, this is my first time uploading the photo and I obviously don't know what I'm doing, event don't know how to write a reply. Thank you for your help!

Hi again, Odmitrieva. Thanks for being so courteous and understanding. In a perfect world what you did would have been fine, but unfortunately tons of people upload pictures here claiming "own work" when in reality they often find those pictures on the Internet or in magazines, so of course that causes copyright violations. Therefore, proof is required, especially when a picture looks too professional or can be found on the Internet.

I have a question: how was the picture taken? If you somehow set up a camera to take the picture, then that's fine, but if someone else took the picture, you will run into a problem because that person would own the picture. If you set up a camera on a tripod (or whatever) to take the picture (or you did something along those lines), then please say it in your declaration of consent. If Grayson was in charge of the process, then state that Grayson Hoffman is the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the photograph. If it was Jamie, then state that Jamie Hoffman is the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the photograph. If someone else took the picture, then your declaration of consent won't work. By the way, here it is again:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Email_templates/Consent

That's all you have to send in, but as I mentioned, please add how the picture was taken if Grayson or Jamie took it because the logical assumption is that someone else took it. If you can give me that information here, I will customize the letter for you so that all you would have to do is copy what I write here, and paste it into a new letter, to save you time. All the best, Dontreader (talk) 19:36, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

oh okay- will do. And yes, we had the camera timer on and the camera on a tripod. Thank you again for your help!

You apparently forgot to log in before replying! Anyway, many thanks. It seems as if you were both involved in the creation of the image, which is fine. I will write a customized declaration of consent right here but please give me a few hours (maybe less). Obviously you can change anything before you send it in if so you wish, but the main statements must be included. I'll be back. Thanks again for your kindness. Dontreader (talk) 20:05, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Declaration of consent

Odmitrieva5005, please let me know when you have read this and also when you have sent it in (use the email account info@graysonhoffman.com and please fill in the date at the end). Thanks in advance.

To: permissions-commons@wikimedia.org

Subject: Releasing an image under a free license

We hereby affirm that we, Grayson Hoffman and Jamie Hoffman, are the creators and sole owners of the exclusive copyright of this image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grayson_Hoffman_with_his_wife_Jamie.jpg

This content can also be found on our website: http://www.graysonhoffman.com/about-us/

We had the camera timer on, and the camera on a tripod, to take the photograph.

We agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

We acknowledge that by doing so we grant anyone the right to use the work 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.

We are aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

We are aware that we always retain copyright of our work, and retain 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 us.

We acknowledge that we cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Grayson Hoffman and Jamie Hoffman

Date: ???

Thank you Dontreader for your help! I will be sending the email today, thanks again!

Excellent! I'm glad I have been able to help. Please write here once you have sent in the declaration of consent: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Grayson Hoffman with his wife Jamie.jpg. If you have any other questions at some point, don't hesitate to ask! Have a nice day, Dontreader (talk) 17:12, 1 April 2015 (UTC)