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File:Alexander—Coat of arms of Sauron—2012.png edit

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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Rondador (talk) 10:25, 5 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

Signatures edit

Latest comment: 11 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Adding your name is strongly discouraged. It detracts from the quality of photographs, and generally the thumbnails used on pages are so small the text is not visible anyway. Your name should be located on the image description page, which is accessible when the thumbnail image is clicked on. You can fill as much information as you like in the "Author" field of the {Information} template.

If your image is uploaded several different places online and you have your watermark on other versions, please upload the unmarked version to Commons. When creating images it is advisable to save the original as well as the watermarked version, to avoid having to manually edit images to digitally remove the mark.

There is an exception to this for works of art by notable artists who conventionally sign their works, such as many old masters. --. HombreDHojalata.^talk 16:11, 6 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

The signature wasn't added by me, it was on the images when I found them. Most of the info above is about photos and adding names to the photos. Only the last part applies, "There is an exception to this for works of art by notable artists who conventionally sign their works, such as many old masters"; so the question is, does Commons wish to remove an artist's signature from his own work? Do we photoshop them out, airbrush and paint over them to cover them up? Or just crop the image until the signature isn't visible anymore? What is Commons procedure on it? And what is the test for notability of an artist who doesn't need to remove his signature? I'm just a bit confused about it, because I found plenty of user made images with signatures and watermarks on them. ChrisRussell05 (talk) 19:34, 6 August 2012 (UTC)Reply

Blocked edit

Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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Bidgee (talk) 12:22, 28 September 2012 (UTC)Reply

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