NeverBeGameOver

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Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2022 voting is open!

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License for sculptures

Hi NeverBeGameOver,

I am very happy that you are contributing pictures of Japanese National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties as I was involved with the National Treasure articles on wikipedia. Browsing through I found File:Seated Shaka Nyorai (Sakyamuni) - Murouji, Nara.jpg and File:Standing Juichimen Kannon (Eleven-headed Avalokitesvara) - Murou-ji, Nara.jpg which as far as I know have incorrect licensing and are likely going to be removed one day. The Juichimen Kannon is certainly not "two-dimensional" as the licensing claims and as for Shaka Nyorai, the "author's life plus 70 years or fewer" refers to the photographer's not the sculptor's life. Just wanted to let you know, so that you avoid extra work when uploading images that are going to be removed later on. As for old Japanese items, effectively the only options AFAIK are - images of 2D objects (paintings, scrolls, etc), here it does not matter who took the image - scans of old books of 3D objects - images you took yourself Keep up the good work! bamse (talk) 10:20, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for the heads up. The pictures were definitely from long ago when I had a lot more trouble navigating thru the categorization of the arts, I'm now more focused on the 2-D stuff just to be safe (or the CC0 labelled works). NeverBeGameOver (talk) 10:47, 25 October 2023 (UTC)