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Better source request for File:Erie Railroad station in Wellsville NY 1910s postcard.webp

Thanks for uploading File:Erie Railroad station in Wellsville NY 1910s postcard.webp. You provided a source, but it is difficult for other users to examine the copyright status of the file because the source is incomplete. Please consider clarifying the exact source so that the copyright status may be checked more easily. It is best to specify the exact web page where you found the file, rather than only giving the source domain or the URL of the file itself. Please update the file description with a URL that will be more helpful to other users in determining the copyright status. If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source in a complete manner. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. If you have any questions please ask them at the help desk or me at my talkpage. Thank you.

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And also:

• File:Erie Railroad station in Wellsburg NY 1870s stereocard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Waverly NY 1917 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Waverly NY 1913 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Spring Valley NY 1910 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Pine Bush NY 1910s postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Pearl River NY 1915 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Owego NY 1907 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Owego NY 1911 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in North Collins NY 1911 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Narrowsburg NY 1900 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Middletown NY 1910s postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Middletown NY 1922 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Kirkwood NY 1906 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Kennedy NY 1910 postcard.jpg
• File:Erie Railroad station in Jamestown NY 1907 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Hornell NY 1910s postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Hornell NY 1908 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Hankins NY 1907 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Deposit NY 1910s postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Deposit NY 1906 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Collins NY 1910s postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Cattaraugus NY 1910 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Campbell NY 1920 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Corning NY 1918 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Salamanca NY 1913 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Salamanca NY 1909 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Salamanca NY 1906 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Big Flats NY 1912 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Bath, NY 1908 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Bath NY 1910s postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad station in Addison NY 1916 postcard.webp
• File:Erie Railroad locomotive 2600 1910s postcard.webp
• File:Steamburg NY Train Collision 1888.webp
• File:Weed-MapRailRoadsState-1863.jpg

Yours sincerely, 0x0a (talk) 18:20, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi 0x0a. Thanks for your message. I didn't include the exact URL because it was embedded in the webp files metadata. When I verified this, I learned that the file that I uploaded had the ebay.com URL embedded in it, but when I downloaded it from Commons the Commons URL as embedded in the metadata. In the future I can add the step of pulling the ebay.com URL out and included it when I upload the file.

Is there a best practice for handling postcard scans? I could embed the exact URL, but I don't know how long those are valid on eBay.

I have seen a number of people use the notation "Permission: Pre-1978, no mark" with the following notation:

• The card has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the links above.
• United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all three elements described below. They should appear together or in close proximity on the copies.

1 The symbol © (letter C in a circle); the word “Copyright”; or the abbreviation “Copr.”

2 The year of first publication. If the work is a derivative work or a compilation incorporating previously published material, the year date of first publication of the derivative work or compilation is sufficient. Examples of derivative works are translations or dramatizations; an example of a compilation is an anthology. The year may be omitted when a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work, with accompanying textual matter, if any, is reproduced in or on greeting cards, postcards, stationery, jewelry, dolls, toys, or useful articles.

3 The name of the copyright owner, an abbreviation by which the name can be recognized, or a generally known alternative designation of owner.1 Example © 2007 Jane Doe.")

I understand and completely support protecting the rights of copyright holders, but at the same time want to make sure I don't needlessly omit items that could be uploaded.

If there is a guideline or standard practice on this I would appreciate you pointing me to it. I looked, but it is very likely I could have missed it.

Best Regards,

Mark FischerFotos (talk) 18:38, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

I checked some images, but didn't see any URL embedded in the metadata. Instead, it's necessary to provide the source URL on the page so that the Internet Archive can take a snapshot of the source page. So, please fix them before I answer your second question. 0x0a (talk) 06:57, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

I went through the postcards and added the full URLs to ebay.com. Most of the postcards had postmarks, which made it easy to date them. Some didn't have a postmark but were marked as requiring postage of 1 cent. The price didn't go up to 2 cents until 2 November 1917 (https://postalmuseum.si.edu/us-domestic-postcard-rates) so I marked than as being from the 1910s. A few didn't show the back side, but the vendor indicated the postmark date in the text of the listing. There were a very few where the seller listed a date but did not say how they arrived at it. I presumed that vendors who specialize in postcards know the dates based on the postage price or similar cards. The dates listed matched my understanding of the subject matter.

It appears that the source URL which is included in the metadata for the files I kept locally gets erased or overwritten when uploading it to the Commons. I have started included the full URL in my uploads from now on. FischerFotos (talk) 20:54, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

I checked all the files, and all look OK. Frankly, it's not recommended to embed eBay links into images as they often become invalid over time.

Work published in the U.S. between 1929 and 1978 without a copyright notice may be uploaded to Commons with a {{PD-US-no-notice}} tag. Make sure there is no copyright on each side of the postcard and upload them under the same filename. Here is an example. 0x0a (talk) 11:57, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

How to ask for speedy-delete of an empty category

When you want to ask for speedy-delete of an empty category, best practice is to mark it with {{SD|C2}} if it would be OK to re-create it in the future, given that appropriate content becomes available or {{SD|C1}} if it is an inappropriate category name that should not be reused. In particular, this is better practice than just blanking the category page, as you did at Category:Erie L-1. ("C1" and "C2" come from Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion). Jmabel ! talk 19:22, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Jmabel. I am slowly getting more active on Wikipedia and in the Commons and I have a lot to learn! FischerFotos (talk) 19:25, 22 August 2024 (UTC)