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License of Image:Falkenhorst ja Siilasvuo2.jpg edit

I noticed you changed the license into cc-by-sa. What reason do you have to do this? On the basis of The Finnish Defence Forces copyright protected material may be reproduced free of charge but the source of the material must be identified and the copyright status acknowledged. mentioned in the information I changed it to copyrightedfreeuse, which was a mistake, I admit. If the image is under cc-by-sa you should provide an e-mail or such explaining that the Finnish army released this image to you under that specific license. I think that {{Attribution}} is better suited for this image so I changed the license accordingly. NielsF 01:17, 11 July 2006 (UTC)Reply

Right, it was probably because someone recommended me to use some of the cc licences when it's a SA-photo. I went through my album, everything is updated, legal, beautiful, great and categorized!--Ukas 23:07, 2 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Sure, have done that already. Image is taken by unknown photographer in 1935, so I used PD old.


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Ossi Holmström edit

Terve!

Kertoisitko, mistä lehdestä ja mistä numerosta Ossi Holmströmin kuva on kopioitu? Nyt on hankala sanoa, onko kuva vapaa myös Suomessa. --MPorciusCato 14:50, 26 September 2007 (UTC)Reply


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As it says in the description box: I downloaded it from English Wikipedia, where it was posted by user:Bolekpolivka, who claimed: "This work has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible: The copyright holder grants any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law." I don't have any further information, than what was given to the Engliash Wikipedia by user Bolekpolivka.--Ukas 16:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)Reply


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When I moved the pic from English Wikipedia I used info given in English Wikipedia. --Ukas (talk) 23:24, 9 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

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The photo has very probably been taken in Finland in 1940's. Thus, it falls under {{PD-Finland50}}. I changed the permission tag. However, I'd like you, Ukas, to verify the information and give the source of the photo. --MPorciusCato (talk) 15:43, 1 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
I agree that PD-Finland50 could apply. But I think every file needs a good source, so we can verify not only the copyright status but also what is shown on it. --Kam Solusar (talk) 22:04, 1 April 2009 (UTC)Reply
Can't remember at all which book it was. Can be from one of my books or then library. Can't check my books as they are packed as I'm moving in two weeks. Only thing I remember I checked photography list in the book to make sure it's a SA-photo as I do to categorize pictures in my hard drive. --Ukas (talk) 23:20, 9 April 2009 (UTC)Reply


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Map of the battle of Suomussalmi edit

Hello Ukas, the map says that 30 km is what in reality is 3 km. Would it be possible to change that? Calle Widmann (talk) 09:39, 30 November 2014 (UTC)Reply

Hello Calle, you're quite right! I checked and looks like there was a misprint in one of the maps I used as a source. The book "Suomi sodassa" (Valitut Palat, 1983) has a map with same features on pp. 85, says 30 km - I compared that to google map and no way it's possible, it's either 3 km or very close to it. I'll change it, thank you for pointing this out to me. Just to be sure I read two narratives of the battle to confirm rest of the data is correct, luckily looks like it is --Ukas (talk) 19:09, 26 December 2014 (UTC)Reply

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