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Latest comment: 13 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion
File:Yerevan_Pictures.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise,everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
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Latest comment: 13 years ago4 comments1 person in discussion
File:Yerevan_Pictures.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise,everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
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Again, pasting a bunch of other people's non-free photos together does not make you the copyright holder of their works, it doesn't make it your "own work," it doesn't make them any less non-free, and it doesn't give you the right to place the result under a free license. You need to read Commons:Licensing. —LX (talk, contribs)00:11, 11 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
I understand your point, but all of the photographs used, except two, are from Wikimedia Commons (and on their license, it says I am allowed to use them, read it), and the other two are widely used, free public photographs. I wonder if you re-checked my sources before quickly deleting it. I will re-upload the image, and instead of deleting it, first tell me which ones are violating people's copyright, and I'll have them changed, no questions asked, promise. I will wait until the file is legit to post it on the Yerevan article in Wikipedia. Thank you for understanding.
If it's the "license" section that is incorrect, tell me which license I should use in order to make this image free, yet not claim to be the copyright holder of the work (which I agree, I am not). I can't seem to find the right section to upload this image:
It is entirely my own work (not true)
It is someone else's work from Flickr (more information on uploading Flickr images) (not from Flickr)
It is a derivative work of a file from Commons (a derivative of many works, not one, so n/a)
It is from another Wikimedia project (Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikinews, etc.) (not from another Wikimedia project)
It is from a US federal government source (n/a)
It is a free software screenshot (n/a)
It is from somewhere else (...)
It is a non-free fair use image (Non-free logo, cover, screenshot, artwork etc.) (it would be "fair use" but that doesn't work here)
I don't know who the author is, or I don't know what license applies (doesn't work either)
I need help figuring out what the license is (THIS is my situation, so if you can help me with this, I'd appreciate it)
The fact that they are put together is my own work, but the photographs are not. And I acknowledge this, but I have used photographs that are not protected by copyright (again, check the sources). Tell me how my image is different than this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_Montage_12_by_Jleon.jpg
Please do not recreate previously deleted files. If you disagree with a deletion, you can request undeletion at Commons:Undeletion request. Repeatedly bypassing this process can get you blocked.
You ask whether I re-checked your sources before deleting the file. Firstly, I did not delete the file; I only tagged it for deletion. As the log shows, it was deleted by Herbythyme the first time and High Contrast the second time. Secondly, yes, I did re-check the sources before tagging the file, and I quickly determined that several of the photos were non-free.
You say that you need help figuring out what the license is, citing that line from the first step of the upload process. That entry links to Commons:Help desk. The idea is that you should follow that link and ask before uploading, rather than going for a trial-and-error approach. You seem to be under the impression that if a photo is widely used, then it must also be free or in the public domain. This is not the case. A photo may be widely used because several people have bought or received a limited, non-free license to use it – or they might just be using it in violation of copyright laws (which in no way makes it okay for us to do the same).
Anyway, let's go through the files you used, top to bottom, left to right.
http://www.monokli.com/rovid-hirek/beharangozo-az-aiba-junior-vilagbajnoksagrol_1_7130.html, which is probably not the original source, as it appears in higher resolution here (which may also not be the original source). Contains a large watermark in the lower, right-hand corner, although I cannot read the script. No indication whatsoever that this is under any kind of free license. Not OK
You could create a montage of the files except the six marked Not OK above, and the appropriate license for that specific combination would be {{Cc-by-sa-3.0}} (if you need help understanding why, I'd be happy to explain). For an example of what the file description of a montage of free files should look like, see File:Montagem Manaus.jpg (which I've personally tidied up). Note that the uploader is not listed as an author, as the task of cropping or pasting files together does not meet the threshold of originality to merit any copyright protection other than that afforded to the individual images. —LX (talk, contribs)12:40, 12 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
Ah, okay. I did not see that in the file description. Anyway, that file would also be fine to use, and it's the Armenia Travel Blog that appear to be using it unlawfully (by not fulfilling the license requirements). Thanks for pointing that out. —LX (talk, contribs)05:45, 14 July 2010 (UTC)Reply
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Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
File:Armenians2.png has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise,everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
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Latest comment: 11 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
File:Armenians2.png has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues.
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Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
I think that the Roman Republic has been vastly exaggerated on this map. In 301 BC, immediately after the death of Alexander the Great, Rome was little more than a city-state. That is the precise period it started growing exponentially, reaching this size on the eve of the Punic Wars almost one century later. See File:Conquête_romaine_de_l'Italie_(400-264).pngMmom (talk) 17:19, 26 April 2019 (UTC).Reply
Quebec divisions from your map of coronavirus cases in Quebecedit
Latest comment: 4 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion
Hello,
I got a question for you. Where did you get those division? It seems that there are some mistakes. See, 17 (Nunavik) and 18 (Cree territories) are part of 10 (Nord-du-Québec). Also, why are 04, Mauricie and Centre-du-Québec fused? They should be separated, Mauricie still being 04 but Centre-du-Québec should be 17.
A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:Map-for-armenia-since-first-republic.png, was missing information about where it comes from or who created it, which is needed to verify its copyright status. The file probably has been deleted. If you've got all required information, request undeletion providing this information and the link to the concerned file ([[:File:Map-for-armenia-since-first-republic.png]]).
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@Dr.Wiki54: I believe you misunderstood this map. It was not used as a map for Armenian territories, but rather the “areas of interest” (as mentioned on the page of the file), for use on an abandoned idea of mine (a timeline of the history of Armenia since 1918). It is roughly based on the map of the First Republic of Armenia (see image) + territories controlled by Armenia since the First Republic + the Republic of Artsakh (see the page where it was intended to be used [[1]]). You can nominate the file for deletion if you want, I do not plan on using it anytime soon. Kentronhayastan (talk) 01:22, 4 June 2021 (UTC)Reply
Hi. No, I didnt missunderstand. It is not right to prepear map for "areas of interests". For instance, we can prepare for Russia in which all Asia belongs to Russia/ We cant say that it is for areas of interests. If you mean territories which were controlled by Armenia till now, there are more like that/ --Dr.Wiki54 (talk) 10:04, 7 June 2021 (UTC)Reply
@Dr.Wiki54: I repeat: the intended use-case of this map was for an article talking about areas that Armenian states either claimed or controlled at some point since their rebirth in 1918. What exactly is your problem with that? Kentronhayastan (talk)
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