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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 14:45, 30 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Theta Xi Crest.png edit

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

File:Theta Xi Crest.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.

The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)

Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

Afrikaans ∙ asturianu ∙ azərbaycanca ∙ Bahasa Indonesia ∙ Bahasa Melayu ∙ català ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form)‎ ∙ English ∙ español ∙ euskara ∙ français ∙ galego ∙ hrvatski ∙ italiano ∙ Lëtzebuergesch ∙ magyar ∙ Malti ∙ Nederlands ∙ norsk bokmål ∙ norsk nynorsk ∙ oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ română ∙ sicilianu ∙ slovenčina ∙ slovenščina ∙ suomi ∙ svenska ∙ Türkçe ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ Zazaki ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ беларуская ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎ ∙ български ∙ македонски ∙ русский ∙ српски / srpski ∙ тоҷикӣ ∙ українська ∙ հայերեն ∙ मराठी ∙ বাংলা ∙ മലയാളം ∙ ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ ไทย ∙ 한국어 ∙ 日本語 ∙ 中文（简体）‎ ∙ 中文（繁體）‎ ∙ עברית ∙ العربية ∙ فارسی ∙ +/−

-- Marchjuly (talk) 23:03, 30 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

File:Theta Xi Coat of Arms.png edit

Latest comment: 7 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Wikimedia Commons does not accept fair use content.

We do this because Commons is a shared media repository. Downstream wikis have different policies based on local laws. Uses that are acceptable under US law, for example, may not be acceptable in many other countries with more restrictive rules.

In addition, fair use is not compatible with our aim as a collection of freely distributable media files.

Therefore, Commons cannot legally rely on fair use provisions.

Non-free content that may be used with reference to fair use may be uploaded locally if your project allows this.

العربية ∙ беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎ ∙ বাংলা ∙ čeština ∙ dansk ∙ Deutsch ∙ English ∙ español ∙ فارسی ∙ suomi ∙ français ∙ עברית ∙ hrvatski ∙ magyar ∙ 日本語 ∙ 한국어 ∙ македонски ∙ മലയാളം ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ Nederlands ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ português do Brasil ∙ svenska ∙ Türkçe ∙ Tiếng Việt ∙ русский ∙ 中文 ∙ 中文（简体）‎ ∙ 中文（繁體）‎ ∙ বাংলা ∙ +/−

-- Marchjuly (talk) 22:37, 31 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

Please do not recreate deleted content edit

Latest comment: 7 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion

čeština ∙ Deutsch ∙ Deutsch (Sie-Form)‎ ∙ English ∙ español ∙ français ∙ italiano ∙ magyar ∙ Nederlands ∙ Plattdüütsch ∙ polski ∙ português ∙ sicilianu ∙ svenska ∙ suomi ∙ Ελληνικά ∙ македонски ∙ русский ∙ українська ∙ বাংলা ∙ മലയാളം ∙ မြန်မာဘာသာ ∙ 日本語 ∙ 中文（简体）‎ ∙ 中文（繁體）‎ ∙ עברית ∙ +/−

Your image or other content, File:Theta Xi Coat of Arms.png, was recently deleted in accordance with our process and policies. You have recreated this content after it was deleted; please do not do this. If you would like to contest the deletion, please visit Commons:Undeletion requests and follow the instructions there to have the deletion reviewed. Recreating deleted content outside of process is not allowed, and doing so repeatedly may cause you to lose your editing privileges. Thank you for understanding.

EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:51, 1 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

I recreated it again, thinking that I found the right licensing for it, but I keep being told that I do not have the right licensing. All I want to do is upload an image, which is allowed under Non-free logo usage. After going through all of the forums on here about it, I am still extremely confused how to get this image on the page. I don't really understand what the commons is and why it won't just let me upload this image with the Non-free rationale logo box. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nek1095 (talk • contribs) 00:02, 29 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi Nek1095. Wikimedia Commons only allows media files which are either freely licensed or in the public domain to be upload per COM:L; it does not allow non-free content to be uploaded. That is why this file has been deleted every time you've uploaded it to Commons and what is meant by the sentence "Wikimedia Commons does not accept fair use content" in the template posted above this thread. Certain Wikipedia's (for example, English Wikipedia) do allow non-free content to be uploaded and used as long as certain conditions are satisfied as also explained by the sentence "Non-free content that may be used with reference to fair use may be uploaded locally to projects which allow this" in the aforementioned template. Since it appears that you do not hold the copyright on this crest and have provided no evidence that the fraternity has agreed to freely license it, you have a couple of options: (1) Contact the copyright holder (most likely Theta Xi fraternity) and ask them to agree to freely license the crest as explained in COM:OTRS#If you are NOT the copyright holder; (2) Upload the file locally to English Wikipedia using en:Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard as non-free content. Please note that if you choose the latter option, you must make sure that the file's usage satisfies all 10 non-free content criteria listed at en:WP:NFCC. If you're not sure whether the way you want to use the file satisfies WP:NFCC, please ask for assistance at en:WP:MCQ. -- 00:30, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

I uploaded it here: w:File:Theta Xi coat of arms.png. Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 02:37, 29 June 2016 (UTC)Reply

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