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Image:Harry Patch.jpg edit

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There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. It has been found that you've added in the image's description only a Template that's not a license and although it provides useful informations about the image, it's not a valid license. Could you please resolve this problem, adding the license in the image linked above? You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file. This page may give you more hints on which license to choose. Thank you.

This message was added automatically by Filbot, if you need some help about it, ask its master or go to the Commons:Help desk. --Filnik 14:07, 13 March 2008 (UTC)Reply

Problem solved ;-) (yes, it wasn't easy in this case :-) we haven't the exactly same license that was used on en.wiki...). Bye, --Filnik\b[Rr]ock\b!? 18:13, 14 March 2008 (UTC)Reply


Image:Knol on Wikipedia.JPG edit

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On fair use edit

"Fair use" refers to a doctrine in United States copyright law that permits copying a limited amount of copyrighted, unlicensed material for the purposes of critical commentary, etc. A screenshot of a copyrighted website would be one example of this. Wikipedia allows fair use material; you may be interested in Wikipedia's fair use policy. However, such material must be uploaded locally at Wikipedia, not here; everything on the Commons must be freely licensed (i.e. freely redistributable with or without modifications, for any commercial or non-commercial purpose).

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Sorry about not notifying you on your talk page before deleting; with the amount of work we have to deal with, we very often don't have time to do this.

Love, Lewis Collard! (lol, internet) 15:43, 31 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

No problem at all. :) Lewis Collard! (lol, internet) 15:46, 31 July 2008 (UTC)Reply


Image:Tsvangirai.jpg edit

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Mangostar (talk) 15:23, 12 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Please link images edit

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Hello Aridd!

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Thank you. BotMultichillT (talk) 05:39, 3 December 2008 (UTC)Reply


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I know, you are not the author, but you should review the copyright status of images during the transfer from any wikipedia project. -Martin H. (talk) 18:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)Reply

Re:Democracy claims map edit

Hi Aridd, thank you for your message. After some research, I've come to the conclusion that Tonga and Fiji do not yet claim to be democracies, and have been coloured accordingly. If there are any more issues with that map or any other images I've made, you can always reach me via my talk page. Thanks once again, :-) Cflm001 (talk) 06:57, 5 July 2009 (UTC)Reply

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January (talk) 12:50, 23 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

Re your question on my talk page, it is highly unlikely that these campaign materials are in the public domain (by public domain we mean not copyrighted). The leaflets having been widely distributed does not mean that there would be no copyright on them. January (talk) 13:26, 23 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

File:EWSchool.jpg edit

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File tagging File:Portrait de Zarca.png edit

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Copyright status: File:Bulletin de vote - référendum nauruan de 2021.png edit

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--EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:22, 18 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

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EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:24, 18 April 2024 (UTC)Reply