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File:Valerie Catrow.jpg edit

Latest comment: 4 years ago6 comments3 people in discussion

File:Valerie Catrow.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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This file is a copyright violation for the following reason: Found elsewhere on the web and unlikely to be own work: Google search.

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Gbawden (talk) 08:30, 2 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Gbawden: This a personal photo of me that I own the rights to that was uploaded to wikimedia commons for use by Wiki Education. The Google search showed previous uses because It was used with my permission on a guest blog post I wrote. ScoutHarris (talk) 11:37, 2 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Who the photographer is and how did you get the rights to this photo? You need to prove that you own copyright or that the photographer explicitely granted a free license as for any photo published earlier. Claiming that you are the author while you are not the photographer is against rules (as false information) and illegal. Ankry (talk) 12:17, 2 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Ankry: The photographer is my husband and he took the photo for me and released the rights to me. What is the best way to provide proof of this? ScoutHarris (talk) 12:28, 2 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

COM:OTRS. Ankry (talk) 15:50, 2 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Ankry: Thank you!ScoutHarris (talk) 15:55, 2 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

Valued Image Promotion edit

Latest comment: 4 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
Congratulations! The image you nominated was reviewed and has now been promoted as a valued image. It is considered to be the most valued image on Commons within the scope:
Mary Johnston, grave.
If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Valued images candidates.

review

This is yours. --Ryan (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:19, 5 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

@Ryan (Wiki Ed): Sweet!

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