Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Afranklady!

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On original creators and copyrights

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Hello. Regarding your recent uploads like File:Yinotherians.jpg and File:Ameridelphia.jpg that are modifications of existing works, please note that collages and composite images must respect the underlying licenses and attributions of the original creators' works. For instance, you can't combine File:Opossum 2.jpg (CC-BY-SA 2.5), and File:Caenolestes sangay. Foto Jorge Brito.jpg (CC-BY-SA 4.0), each of which has licenses requiring attribution, into the composite image File:Ameridelphia.jpg and give it a new CC-zero license (which implies that people are free to reuse without attribution or restrictions whatsoever), nor is it appropriate to crop File:Prototheria collage.png in half to create File:Yinotherians.jpg and give it a new, less restrictive license. Note that Share Alike (SA) licenses explicitly state: "If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original." In a nutshell, please credit original creators in the description fields, and respect their licenses. See Commons:Derivative works#Derivatives of Free works and Commons:Collages for more info. There are useful templates such as {{Derived from}}, {{Own based}}, and {{Attrib}}, Cheers, --Animalparty (talk) 00:23, 24 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

I sincerely apologize. I will be aware of that next time. Afranklady (talk) 19:25, 24 November 2024 (UTC)Reply