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—LX (talk, contribs) 23:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:The_New_Zealand_Story_screenshot.png

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Copyright violation. Screenshot of proprietary software. This also applies to Image:Space Invaders on TV.jpg. See Commons:Screenshots. —LX (talk, contribs) 23:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

This is a personally taken picture of my TV used as a representation of the game. It is the only one available. Maintaining one is in accordance with the copyright ie: You keep one as display value. You delete the rest. I have been searching, I can't find one screenshot of this game for use on http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders am looking, what do you suggest is correct? RTG 00:05, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

To highlight http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Vglspace.jpg this is no different to what I did. RTG 00:08, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

The picture http://commons.wikimedia.org/Bubble_bobble.jpg you deleted came straight from here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_bobble I am having difficulty using it on http://simple.wikipedia.org/ Any advice (I used pictures names and they dont work until uploaded to commons) RTG 00:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Please respect my request to keep discussions where they started, as this makes conversations easier to follow. I am watching this page, so I will see responses made here.

What you describe in your first comment is fair use, which cannot be used on Commons. See Commons:Licensing#Material under the fair use clause is not allowed on the Commons.

The image you refer to in your second comment could be considered different because it doesn't just show the screen contents, and the inclusion of it may be considered incidental. If you disagree, nominate it for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests. In any case, as on Wikipedia, the fact that other stuff exists is not a useful benchmarks. There are users who screen new uploads, but there's no approval process and things do slip through.

As for your third comment, again, material under the fair use clause is not allowed on the Commons. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:35, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I have looked at the rules you linked me to regarding permission so have made sense of what is allowed but I wonder if you can advise me with the deleted file directly below this section for TAITO_logo.png as according to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing#Simple_design (simple geometry and text) it's OK to picture that (it was speedy deleted). If you would like to check out the picture it is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taito_Corporation (the black and blue logo)... even if I have a clause for it, I dont want to re-upload it without discussing. (perhaps it was just lacking author info but was speedy deleted so discussion first). I wonder if you can say the Commons point of view on characterising with a drawing (of Bubble Bobble characters for instance)? Thanks RTG 12:49, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

In my opinion, Image:TAITO logo.png contains original authorship and is not simple enough to be ineligible for copyright protection, and it also appears at en:Image:TAITO logo.png as a copyrighted image appearing with reference to fair use provisions. If you wish to contest this, you may use Commons:Undeletion requests.

Computer game characters, like cartoon figures, are usually protected by copyright laws. Any depiction of a copyrighted character, whether directly copied or drawn to look similar, utilises the creative work of the original author, and so it may not be uploaded without a licence from the original author. See Commons:Derivative works for more information. —LX (talk, contribs) 21:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:TAITO logo.png

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Deleted; copyright violation. See Commons:Licensing. —LX (talk, contribs) 23:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Taito Logo.jpg

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This message was added automatically by Filbot, if you need some help about it, ask its master or go to the Commons:Help desk. --Filnik 23:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Deleted; copyright violation. See Commons:Licensing. This also applies to Image:Awful pic of Taito Logo.JPG. —LX (talk, contribs) 23:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Bubble bobble.jpg

Pay attention to copyright

Image:Bubble bobble.jpg has been marked as a copyright violation. The Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content, that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You can ask questions about Commons policies in Commons:Help desk. The file you added will soon be deleted. If you believe this image is not a copyright violation, please explain why on the image description page.

—LX (talk, contribs) 23:57, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

You must download the image on your pc and re-upload it on simple wiki. That's the only solutions for non-free images. Bye, --Filnik^{\b[Rr]ock\b!?} 19:50, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

EE/CS

Hi, RTG. EE probably means electrical engineering, and CS probably means computer science. Here is a map for that address. -Susanlesch 09:35, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure, you're welcome. Michael Janssen is the photographer by the way. I hope someday Wikimedia has more photos of the campus. -Susanlesch 21:01, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Anti-Vandalism Barnstar.png

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FP promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image Image:Sea-otter-morro-bay 13.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/Image:Sea-otter-morro-bay 13.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

Alvesgaspar 10:55, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Sauer_editing-1-.jpg

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If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multilicense GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. How do you turn this on (talk) 03:09, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Sauerbraten-Lake-1-.jpg

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If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multilicense GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. How do you turn this on (talk) 03:09, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Sauerbraten_screenshot_1758308-1-.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Sauerbraten_screenshot_1758308-1-.jpg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikimedia Commons (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page. If the content is a derivative of a copyrighted work, you need to supply the names and a licence of the original authors as well.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multilicense GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. How do you turn this on (talk) 03:13, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Sauerbraten

Hello. I delete screenshot from this game. Only the engine is free, content are copyrighted, and use as freeware [1]. Its not the first time we delete this content, that why i delete it very fast. We need agreement to use this content here. Take a look at Commons:Email templates. Thanks a lot. ~ bayo or talk 15:59, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, RTG!

Tip: Add categories to your files

Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.

Here's how:

1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:

2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.

[[Category:Category name]]

For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:

[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]

[[Category:Comets]]

This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".

When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").

Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.

BotMultichillT 06:15, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

• Image:Joebrown.jpg is uncategorized since 5 February 2009. BotMultichillT 06:15, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
• Image:Burgnaturewl1.png was uncategorized on 3 June 2010 CategorizationBot (talk) 10:56, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Arctocephalus pusillus 2.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Arctocephalus pusillus 2.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

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misleading photo info

Sorry for any errors I make here as I'm not a wikipedia user, but I wanted to alert you to a misleading piece of information regarding your picture here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Projected_Image_of_Madeline.JPG and here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madeline_overlooks_the_Suir.JPG

I'm not sure where you got your information, but this is actually a photo by the artist Gottfried Helnwein ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helnwein ), of a girl from Waterford called Molly. It was part of an art installation by the artist in Waterford in 2008. The picture of Molly on the old mill was left up longer than the rest of the installation.

Any resemblance to Madelaine McCann is purely incidental, and it is not a digitally enhanced photo of what she may look like as she grows older.

You can see more information about the art installation in Waterford here: http://www.helnwein.com/kuenstler/exhibitions/artikel_3606.html

And here you will find some articles about the installation: http://www.gottfriedhelnwein.ie/country/ireland_special/abstracts_2.html

Please correct your information about the photo as it is incorrect. I would appreciate if you could reply to me by email: cyril @ helnwein . com

Regards,

Cyril

Studio Helnwein

File:Projected_Image_of_Madeline.JPG

File:Projected_Image_of_Madeline.JPG 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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

-Nard the Bard 02:03, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Category:Missing_persons

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SERGIO ^{(aka the Blackcat)} 22:22, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

File:Burgnaturewl1.png

File:Burgnaturewl1.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. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Taivo (talk) 11:57, 27 January 2017 (UTC)

Round 2 of Picture of the Year 2018 is open!

Dear RTG,

You are receiving this message because we noticed that you voted in R1 of the 2018 Picture of the Year contest, but not yet in the second round. Wikimedia users are invited to vote for their favorite images featured on Commons during the last year (2018) to produce a single Picture of the Year.

Hundreds of images that have been rated Featured Pictures by the international Wikimedia Commons community in the past year were entered in this competition. These images include professional animal and plant shots, breathtaking panoramas and skylines, restorations of historical images, photographs portraying the world's best architecture, impressive human portraits, and so much more.

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Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:8bf4713993364dc98ae1f78abd321361--premières-nations-studio-portraits1122 col.jpg

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Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:45, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:8bf4713993364dc98ae1f78abd321361--premières-nations-studio-portraits1122 col2.jpg

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Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 23:45, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Category:Suffragettes_in_prison

Suffragettes in prison has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion 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. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

Themightyquill (talk) 14:16, 13 May 2019 (UTC)

File tagging File:Ludy Benjamin (cropped).jpg

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Patrick Rogel (talk) 18:52, 6 July 2019 (UTC)

Need your presence at Featured video candidates

		We request the honor of your presence at Featured video candidates
		Dear RTG, Are you Interested in Film Making/Videography/Cinematography or Animated films? We think you are. Featured video candidates needs your help and you can help by reviewing , nominating your videos for the FV Tag. You can start reviewing/nominating videos now. Welcome ! -- Eatcha (talk) 17:13, 22 July 2019 (UTC)

September 2019: it's Wiki Loves Monuments time again!

Hi

You're receiving this message because you've previously contributed to the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest in Ireland. We'd be delighted if you would enter again this year, and continue to build on the image archive of Ireland's built heritage.

You can find more details at the Wiki Loves Monuments Ireland website. If you have images taken in other countries, you can check the international options. Once again, this year's contest runs until 30 September 2019.

Thanks again for your help and enthusiasm! Smirkybec (talk) 19:27, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

File:The Little Mermaid in Sillhouette.jpg

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--Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 01:45, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Parco degli Acquedotti as evening falls.jpg

Copyright status: File:Parco degli Acquedotti as evening falls.jpg

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Ytoyoda (talk) 19:32, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

File:Ludy Benjamin (cropped).jpg

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From Hill To Shore (talk) 09:22, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

Indeed the link to permissions for that file do not seem to be anything like the CC BY 3.0 it is listed with. I edited it a bit. I did not check the license. ~ R.T.G 09:56, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

No problem. The speedy deletion script automatically adds a notification for anyone who uploaded a version of the file. The uploader of the original file committed the violation. The uploader of the derivative work appears to have English as a second language, so can't be expected to have read the full terms linked on that website; taking the original file upload and licence on good faith seems reasonable. As you are the fourth person in the chain from the original violation, the level of responsibility for the error is minimal. From Hill To Shore (talk) 14:42, 22 March 2020 (UTC)

File:Sacred IMG 0143.jpg

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JIP (talk) 21:20, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

File:Murcielago de herradura chillando Rynolophus euryale shouting (6435518793).jpg

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-Killarnee (C•T•U) 19:10, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Category:Photographs by Hari K Patibanda

Hi RTG - thanks for uploading many of these to Commons! A tip you've missed; they have some location information in the Flickr tags, which needs to be added to the file categories (e.g. Category:Birds of Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary for File:A Beautiful Pheasant Tailed Jacana (50176889862).jpg), and ideally the descriptions as well. Thanks! - MPF (talk) 12:27, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, Ras67 (talk) 20:51, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, Minorax^talk 14:11, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

September 2021: it's Wiki Loves Monuments time again!

Hi

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Thanks again for your help and enthusiasm! Smirkybec (talk) 04:40, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 09:41, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

File:Soarin over the Golden Gate.jpg

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(Oinkers42) (talk) 21:37, 14 June 2022 (UTC)

Valued Image Promoted

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review

•  Comment The scope is now acceptable but it requires a geocoding of the image in the caption.--Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:34, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

 Done ~ R.T.G 13:30, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

•  Support Perfect now --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:16, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Result: 1 support, 0 oppose =>
promoted. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 11:43, 30 June 2022 (UTC)

--VICBot2 (talk) 00:20, 1 July 2022 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, Xunks (talk) 08:20, 18 August 2022 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, HyperGaruda (talk) 16:06, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, A1Cafel (talk) 03:29, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

File:Pattumala Church of Fransician Brothers (28683964681).jpg

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Salebot6 (talk) 23:34, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

Location?

Hi RTG - when you uploaded File:A Brahminy Starling with a worm (50028162237).jpg by Hari K Patibanda from Flickr, you forgot to include the photographer's location tags (which he always has with his photos). Unfortunately, the original has now been removed from his Flickr photostream so this vitally important data is now lost. Could you contact the photographer via Flickr, and ask him for the details, please? Thanks! - MPF (talk) 16:20, 12 September 2023 (UTC)