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On this page, users can ask for a deleted page or file (hereafter, "file") to be restored. Users can comment on requests by leaving remarks such as keep deleted or undelete along with their reasoning.

This page is not part of Wikipedia. This page is about the content of Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free media files used by Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia Commons does not host encyclopedia articles. To request undeletion of an article or other content which was deleted from the English Wikipedia edition, see the deletion review page on that project.

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To assist discussion

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Current requests

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File:Aurich, Lambertikirche (19).jpg, File:Aurich, Lambertikirche (18).jpg, File:Aurich, Lambertikirche (16) 2.jpg

No protected 1960 interior as krd errorously tells. Photographer is the organ builder himself, iirc. Discussion: Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Pipe organ of Lambertikirche Aurich --Subbass1 (talk) 17:26, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The DR Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Pipe organ of Lambertikirche Aurich was closed on the statement that the pipe organ is protected. The architecture seemed to not be an issue. Abzeronow (talk) 17:49, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As I wrote: Photographer is the organ builder himself, iirc. Besides that on commons an organ case is never protected and is shown thousands of times. --Subbass1 (talk) 17:52, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • As noted in the DR, the problem here is not the organ itself, but the church architecture, which is modern and likely copyrighted.  Oppose unless we have a free license permission from the architect also or an evidence that the church architect died more than 70 years ago.
If the images are cropped / altered to show the organ only and the church architecture in the background / surroundings is not shown at all or minimized, the photos may be OK. Ankry (talk) 11:12, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The church architecture is not "modern". Try reading the german Wikipedia article. --Subbass1 (talk) 11:23, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK. It is from 1830s, I withdraw my comment. Ankry (talk) 16:28, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose I think Abzeronow has it right -- perhaps User:Ankry should read the DR again. The problem here is that the design of the organ case goes way beyond utilitarian and therefore has its own copyright. If, as claimed above, the organ builder actually took the pictures, then a note to VRT from an address at https://www.orgelbau-ahrend.de/ should be easy to get (The other named builder, Gerhard Brunzema, died in 1992). .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:53, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The VRT team of course already has a permission from Hendrik AHrend for the pictures. For the organ case itself it's not necessary (but here included..), in common use on Commons. --Subbass1 (talk) 13:56, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Per the DR, we have the photographer's permission per ticket:2023120810006959. If that photographer and the organ builder is one and the same person (which I did not know until User:Subbass1 wrote it here, and which was not mentioned in either the previous undeletion request or the deletion request), that ticket should be re-evaluated to see if the permission also covers the organ itself. Else a new permission which explicitly covers both the photographs and the organ design should be sent. --Rosenzweig τ 14:00, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Again: it's NOT necessary to have a permission for organ cases on commons. Just keep doing so to scare away the last people who provide pictures. In this case, unfortunately, even the "superintendent" had to deal with the claim of a "modern church design". Ridiculous. --Subbass1 (talk) 14:08, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If I understand correctly the situation, these photos of the organ are offered under a free license by the copyright owner of both the organ and the photos. Therefore, there is no problem of copyright violation with these photos. These photos of the organ are fine and free to use and have all the permissions necessary. The organ itself does not need to be offered under a free license. There is no need to force the organ builder to allow his competitors to build identical organs. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Support As discussed in the first round at Commons:Undeletion requests/Archive/2024-04#Aurich, the only goal of sending these files to a deletion request was to clarify the status of the church architecture, and on that point the closing administrator of that DR agreed that the church architecture is not a problem. The VRT permission 2023120810006959 from Hendrik Ahrend for the photos of the organ was not disputed. The organ is attributed to the organ building business [1]. It was built when the father of Hendrik owned the business. Hendrik Ahrend is now the owner of the business. (Hendrik himself also worked on the organ in 2022/2023.) He free licenses his photos of the organ. That's sufficient. We don't need to require that he sends another email to spell out that as the owner of the business he's giving the permission to himself to show the organ in his own photos, nor that his 94 year old father send an email as former owner. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    never ever Ahrend has to prove anything further. I don't wish that he is contacted from hee again, ok? Instead some persons here should overthink their behaviour (and knowledge) and inform themsleves better before making others lots of unnecessary work. --Subbass1 (talk) 17:59, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Although there are several assertions here and in the DR that the organ builder's son has given permission for the free use of the copyright on the organ case, none of the people making those assertions are VRT agents and the cited note at Commons:Volunteer_Response_Team/Noticeboard/archive/2024#ticket:2023120810006959 does not tell us who sent the email. I think it very likely that we should restore these, but I think we need confirmation from a VRT agent that we do indeed have a free license from organ builder's son. Krd is familiar with the case. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 19:51, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The assertion is not that Hendrik Ahrend has given some additional permission, it is that there is no need for such additional permission. When he issues the free license on his photos that show the organ, that means necessarily that he agrees with himself that the organ can be shown in those free-licensed photos. A full license on the whole organ itself is not required. It is common practice on Commons that Commons does not require that an artist completely free-licenses an artwork shown on a free-licensed photo, but only that the artist agrees to the free-licensing of the view of the artwork as shown in the photo. As noted in the previous UDR, Krd validated the VRT ticket 2023120810006959 for the photos sent by Hendrik Ahrend, thus confirming that the permission is indeed from Hendrik Ahrend, because that cannot be anything else. Cf. photos numbered 20, 21 and 22. Krd explained that the reason he objected to Hendrik Ahrend's photos numbered 16, 18 and 19 was because of the church architecture, which is something unrelated to Hendrik Ahrend. That objection is now settled. What is missing? -- Asclepias (talk) 18:10, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Asclepias , perhaps I am confused, but the images you cite and those above were uploaded by Subbass1. Krd verified that there is a VRT ticket covering some of them, but he does not say who wrote the message. As far as I know, we have no confirmation from KRD or any other VRT member that Ahrend has provided permission. As I said above, I think it likely that these are OK, but when I see insistent argumentative demands as we have above, I like to make sure. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:44, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
again: Hendrik Ahrend himself sent the photos and gave permission. Subbass1 (talk) 15:44, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Who uploaded the files to Commons, be it Subbass1 or anybody else, is of no importance, just as it is of no importance for all the thoudands of other files uploaded to Commons by users who are not their authors or copyright owners. The important thing is that they were verified as having a permission by their copyright owners. Are you implying that you think that the stated author of the photos, Hendrik Ahrend, might not be their copyright owner, or that the VRT verification of the photos 20, 21 and 22 by Krd might be wrong, mistaken? If so, then we should nominate those files for deletion and maybe question Krd's VRT access. But if we start from the premise that the stated author of the photos is their copyright owner (as we should, and there is no indication to the contrary) and that the verification by Krd is correct (as we should, and there is no indication to the contrary), then it can only mean that their author and copyright owner Hendrik Ahrend provided permission, because a correct verification cannot mean anything else. Or if it can mean something else, other than exceptionally unlikely hypotheses, please explain what that might be. Also, previous discussions imply that all six files (the three currently online and the three currently deleted) are on the same ticket (which admins can view as "permission received" in the histories). Again, the only difference stated by Krd for three files was the church architecture, which is something unrelated to the permission from the photographer. If there had been any difference between the files in the permission itself, surely he would have told so. IMHO, nothing is missing in the rationale chain from the information publicly available already. Some undeletion requests stall because UDR regulars are not VRT members, and vice versa. It's nobody's fault, it just happens to be. But it's inconvenient. As noted by other people, Krd is usually unresponsive to notifications here. I guess the solution is to post on the VRT noticeboard and hope that a VRT member will be willing to come here and post a comment telling that yes the permission for the photos of Hendrik Ahrend in ticket 2023120810006959 is indeed from Hendrik Ahrend. (If VRT members can do that without violating confidentiality.) -- Asclepias (talk) 16:16, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done: According to organindex.de the organ was built by Jürgen_Ahrend and renovated by his son Hendrik Ahrend (who is also the photographer). Since the VRT ticket is valid for the photos (the only doubt was about the architecture of the church, which has been confirmed as old enough to be in the public domain), I restore the files.
NB: the VRTS permission holds only for those files that Hendrik Ahrend authorised. Ruthven (msg) 08:24, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Nahashogyoseimon.png

こちらの写真は私が撮影・編集したものです。 最初にアップロードした際は著作者の記名を忘れおり、削除されてしまったので再アップロードしました。そのことにつきましては注意等を十分に確認しておらず大変申し訳ありませんでした。 今後はこういうことがないように十分注意します。 この写真は私が撮影・編集したものですので問題はありません。ですのでファイルの復元をお願いします。

This photo was taken and edited by me. When I first uploaded it, I forgot the author's name and it was deleted, so I re-uploaded it. I am very sorry that I did not fully check the instructions. I'll be very careful not to let this happen again. This picture was taken and edited by me, so there is no problem. So please restore the file.

（たいやき部屋 (talk) 07:25, 15 August 2024 (UTC)）[reply]

@たいやき部屋: Hi, You were asked to upload the original image with EXIF data. Why can't you do that? Yann (talk) 09:41, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Where should I upload my original images?
Can't I use the image edited for personal information protection? たいやき部屋 (talk) 10:13, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I understood what you were saying.
Upload it the appropriate way. たいやき部屋 (talk) 12:54, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Photographs by Pavel Troshkin

Images were published after 2015, expiration of posthumous copyright protection of photographer after death, or before 1954. Overly hypothetical doubts by now-banned user who made many overzealous deletion requests. Kges1901 (talk) 18:16, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose As I noted in the DR, these are either under URAA copyright, as are all Russian images published after 1942, or, if unpublished until recently, are under copyright in Russia. In either case we cannot keep them. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:16, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We usually assume that old works were published at the time of creation, unless evidence says otherwise. If I understood correctly, the author was a reporter for RIAN, so I see no reason to assume that these pictures were not published at the time. The first file in the list, File:Сессия Верховного Совета СССР первого созыва (2).jpg, is dated 1938. That may not be sufficient for all images, but it seems OK for this one. Yann (talk) 20:10, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Troshkin was a reporter for the newspaper Izvestiya, and his photographs were published at the time in Izvestiya, Krasnaya Zvezda, and other papers. --Kges1901 (talk) 20:19, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Carl Lindberg also made an interesting argument about the country of origin. If these newspapers were distributed in the Soviet Union, they were simultaneously published in all successor nations, and that under the Berne Convention, the shorter term applies. Yann (talk) 20:23, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
These newspapers were distributed across the entire Soviet Union, not just on the territory of the RSFSR. In any case, the definition of publication under Russian copyright law is that the back of the photograph was marked by the artist in the appropriate way, which for war photographs implies that it passed through censorship processes and could be published. Since most of these photographs are not taken from the photographer's negatives, it is reasonable to assume that they were marked on the back, and recently digitized images appeared on the internet after 2014, when the posthumous publication copyright term expired. Kges1901 (talk) 20:32, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Carl Lindberg is not sole in such assumption. But this is just assumption so far, it is not supported by court decisions (of 12-15 post-Soviet states) or jurisprudential literature (as I have known on today, I continue to seek it, to confirm or refute it). As I see such questions in court decisions (of several post-Soviet states) or jurisprudential literature - the concrete Soviet republic is place of publishing (because, the civil legislation was on republican level) or the RF is place of publishing, even if work was published outside of the RSFSR (as USSR-successor on union level). Alex Spade (talk) 10:29, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure there is any test case over the Berne definition of "country of origin". The question would not come up internally for Russian law or that of the old republics, most likely. It would only matter in a country outside those which implement the rule of the shorter term, and over a work which that question may be involved. Not sure I know of any, anywhere. But, the Berne Convention is pretty specific in its definition when it comes to works simultaneously published in multiple countries, and that is the definition that Commons follows. Of course, the Soviet Union was not a member, though most all subsequent countries are now. One complication is the U.S. status -- the definition of "source country" for the URAA would follow different logic than Berne, the country of "greatest contacts with the work", which would be Russia. Russia was 50pma on the URAA date, but I think had some wartime extensions, which I think push these over the line, such that only ones published before 1929 (or created before 1904, if unpublished) would be PD in the U.S., regardless of current status in Russia, or the country of origin (if different). Carl Lindberg (talk) 19:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I do not know such cases (on the Berne definition) too, but in the Russian copyright legislation there are 3 criterions of copyrightability - (1) the Russian territory (the territory of the Russian Federation (the RSFSR previously, not the USSR) since Nov.7, 1917 to today) in the borders on the date of publication, (2) the Russian citizenship on the date of publication, and (3) international treaties.
Moreover, there is similar situation with reports of telegraph agencies or press-releases- they are reported/released worldwide formally, but the country indicated in report/release is the country of origin (some reports/releases have two of more indicated countries). Alex Spade (talk) 22:12, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Right -- the Berne country of origin pretty much never applies to internal works, or even most situations involving foreign works. The specific definition in Berne pretty much only matters if a country is applying the rule of the shorter term for a foreign work to have lesser protection than their own works normally do; the Berne definition would have to be used in that case to determine the country, since that is in the treaty. In pretty much any other situation, more sensical definitions can be used (which even the US did, with the URAA -- the "source country" there is pretty much the same thing, but differs quite a bit once it comes to simultaneous publication). But however nonsensical it seems, Commons uses the Berne definition, since that should control when works expire in many countries (even if that virtually never comes up in a court case to test it). Carl Lindberg (talk) 01:15, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Binsudah.jpg

Hello.. Please return the image because it is a free image of a public figure and is allowed to be circulated and is not restricted by rights at all. The following link contains a copy of the image on the personal website of its owner, writer https://www.binsudah.ae/قصة-عجيبة-من-التاريخ/--JovaYas (talk) 20:19, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose The footer on the link provided states: جميع الحقوق محفوظة لموقع حسين بن سوده - 2015 (All rights reserved to Hussein Bin Souda website). @-JovaYas: the term "free license" has a precise definition that you consult in COM:L. Günther Frager (talk) 22:18, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, thank you for your response. I would like to explain the following: the purpose of uploading the image here is to use it on the individual's page in the encyclopedia, and the title is his name. His Wikipedia page includes a link to his personal website, in addition to the fact that the image has been circulating for years, like any image of a public figure. The management of the writer's website has been contacted for the purpose of licensing the image at the following link [2]https://www.binsudah.ae/binsudah-2/ JovaYas (talk) 06:07, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JovaYas: that is not a free license. Did you read the link provided?. It would be more productive if you ask the copyright holder to send an explicit permission to COM:VRT . Günther Frager (talk) 20:05, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the guidance and cooperation, and we contacted the management of the writer's website to amend the formulation and the full waiver of the Wikipedia website - the following link [3]https://www.binsudah.ae/binsudah-2/ JovaYas (talk) 07:17, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose The notice on the cited website now reads,

"This image is fully licensed for publication and use on the Wikipedia website - https://commons.wikimedia.org, and they have the right to use the image on any of their platforms, this is a waiver of rights - the management of the Hussein bin Sudah website 17-08-2024".
Since the permission is limited to Commons, it is not the free license for any use by anybody anywhere that is required here. In order for us to restore the image, the license must be changed to CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, or another acceptable license. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:07, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello sir.. It has been edited to be general and not specific.[4]https://www.binsudah.ae/binsudah-2/ JovaYas (talk) 14:45, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Again, that is not irrevocable and does not mention derivative works. Please follow my instructions above,
In order for us to restore the image, the license must be changed to CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, or another acceptable license."
See COM:L. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 10:10, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We worked so hard to make this very ordinary image acceptable to you, that we asked the site to remove the copyright notice at the bottom of the site for JovaYas (talk) 10:25, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JovaYas: Removing the copyright notice doesn't remove the copyright on the image. As Jim writes above, we need a free license. Yann (talk) 11:27, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your patience and understanding. The wording of the image license has been amended by referencing the Creative Commons license - CC BY [5]https://www.binsudah.ae/binsudah-2/ JovaYas (talk) 18:31, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello.. The owner of the photo personally contacted you via his official email, .. regarding the photo. Please check the email. JovaYas (talk) 17:42, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Russian department awards

Please, restore deleted Russian department awards and close (as keep) similar current DR. Alex Spade (talk) 09:59, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Closed DR discussions

Current DR discussions

Yes, they are not state awards, but they are state symbols ({{PD-RU-exempt}}) indeed - symbols, which are established by state authorities, which design (including both text description and visual representation) are established (which design are integral part of) in respective official documents of state government agencies (the Russian official documents are not just texts), which are subjects of the en:State Heraldic Register of the Russian Federation (point 3 subpoint 4). Alex Spade (talk) 09:59, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Question Any opinion about this? Yann (talk) 18:50, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Two ConventionExtension screenshots

These files was speedily deleted as copyright violations. I was originally going to request undeletion on the basis of them being screenshots of free software (i.e., {{MediaWiki screenshot}}); annoyingly, though, the Git repository of the MediaWiki extension that they're screenshots of doesn't appear to contain a license statement of any kind. However, I noticed that the account that uploaded these files (Chughakshay16) is the same account that developed the extension in the first place (see mw:User:Chughakshay16/ConventionExtension, git:mediawiki/extensions/ConventionExtension/+log) - therefore, even if this extension's code isn't freely licensed, Chughakshay16 would nevertheless have the ability and authority to release screenshots of the results of their own programming under a free license (as they did when they uploaded the files in question to Commons); and these freely-licensed screenshots are therefore not copyvios.

At User talk:Moheen#Screenshot of conference extension deleted?, the deleting admin mentioned that the files were tagged as likely belong[ing] to Cisco Webex; however, I didn't see anything that would indicate that Cisco holds a copyright over this extension's code (or that would prohibit the code's author from being able to freely license screenshots of its results).

All the best, --A smart kitten (talk) 11:11, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Question Any opinion about this? Yann (talk) 18:50, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Parliament.bg - all files as well

The text in the copyright information page was edited by the National Assembly for clarity and now states:

The National Assembly is the holder of the copyright of the software ensuring the functioning of the Internet portal and its design.

The content of the portal of the National Assembly can be used freely, unless it is explicitly stated that it is subject to protection under the current Law on copyright and related rights. Therefore, the use of textual content, photos, video materials and other visual elements found on the portal is public and requires only citation.

The content owned by the National Assembly on this internet portal is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, respectively Appendix No. 2 to Art. 16, paragraph 1 of the Ordinance on the standard conditions for using information from the public sector and for its publication in an open format.

All web portal content is accessible in real-time via a public REST API. View API documentation - click here.''

The deletion request is archived here.
Pelajanela (talk) 05:00, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Question Any opinion about this? Yann (talk) 18:50, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The text is now explicit about being CC-BY-4.0. @Ellywa: I'm willing to restore the template and associated files if others agree. Abzeronow (talk) 16:13, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. Ellywa (talk) 19:35, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've restored the template and the supporting files that I deleted. Abzeronow (talk) 22:01, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Associated deleted files: (put here for my convenance so I can use Restore-A-Lot)
I'll do more later (this might take me a few days to restore all files. Abzeronow (talk) 22:39, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(more for convenient undeletion)

I'll undelete more tomorrow. Abzeronow (talk) 23:57, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'll try to get more undeleted tomorrow (was so busy I could only manage this batch). Abzeronow (talk) 01:29, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
More tomorrow (working my way up to doing 50 in a batch). Abzeronow (talk) 22:36, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Another batch of around 50 tomorrow. Abzeronow (talk) 21:04, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:UG-GE Photowalk (March, 2018)

those files deleted as no FoP in Georgia but they are just graffiti. I think that COM:GRAFFITI applies. Template {{Non-free graffiti}} should be added as well. We have a lot's of them in Category:Non-free graffiti. -- Geagea (talk) 13:52, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment Documentation of Template:Non-free graffiti states: "Note that this template doesn't have enough help on the undeletion requests, deleted files are unlikely to be restored just because of the potential application of this tag.". Günther Frager (talk) 18:18, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
that's not just because the template. The template is only for information. The deletion rational was no FoP in Georgia. But it is not FoP issue. I linked COM:GRAFFITI and we have a lots of files in Category:Non-free graffiti. -- Geagea (talk) 18:28, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose But Georgia does not have FOP anyway. Also, these are murals by unknown artists, not just text or tags. Thuresson (talk) 18:09, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So graffiti is a FoP case? If FoP in Georgia will be ok than the graffiti also ok? Aren't they in temporarily exhibition by definition. If they just a case of FoP it's not very clear in COM:GRAFFITI. -- Geagea (talk) 20:47, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Monica Cavalcante.jpg

It was deleted by mistake.

That picture came from the Superior Electoral Court (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral - TSE) of Brazil, so it doesn't infringe any copyright rules on Wikimedia Commons.

The pictures licensed by the Superior Electoral Court of Brazil use the CC BY 4.0 license. You can find information about this license on the file page:

In that same link, you can find the file downloading the ZIP file in RN - Fotos de candidatos. The file name is FRN200001984816_div. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OkYui (talk • contribs) 14:17, 30 August 2024 (UTC) (UTC)[reply]

 Agree And put the Template:TSE-Dados-Abertos in the file. Erick Soares3 (talk) 16:29, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done: See above. @OkYui and Erick Soares3: Please add categories. --Yann (talk) 19:57, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Free Paths Maker Lopez-Aparicio.jpg

Aunque tengo los permisos para usar la imagen y además aclaré que circula en otras paginas porque es de uso libre (ya lo había explicado en otra discusión), sin embargo subí el archivo siguiendo las nuevas instrucciones y lo volvieron a borrar. En un apartado de Wikipedia dice que "Si el archivo fue borrado no haber evidencia de permiso del dueño de los derechos, por favor sigue el procedimiento para enviar evidencia del permiso. Si ya has hecho eso, no hay necesidad de solicitar la restauración aquí". La imagen también la usa esta pagina y aun así la cité: http://mail.iac.org.es/noticias/actividades-socios/isidro-lopez-aparicio-expone-free-paths-maker-en-el-patio-central-del-centre-pompidou-malaga.html , pero el problema persiste. Por ello, solicito ayuda para la restauración de la imagen.

Muchas gracias. Marlimecas (talk) 20:28, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Marlimecas: Por favor tenga en cuenta que las imágenes tienen derecho de autor y que aparezcan en una página web no implica que posean una licencia libre (lo requerido en Commons).. Si esta en contacto con la persona que posee los derechos de autor pídale que envíe un permiso siguiendo las instrucciones de COM:VRT/es. Günther Frager (talk) 21:34, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 OpposeThe creator, Isidro López-Aparicio is a Spanish artist, so this work is probably in Spain. If so, the image infringes on the copyright for the indoor art. There are only 20 countries whose FoP covers indoor art and most of them are unlikely. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:59, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: as per Jim. --Yann (talk) 19:54, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Possibly Hone 2024-09-01T00 00 00Z.jpg

is it ok if i change into a public domain thing? (I'm sry, I didn't know I chose the wrong license). — Preceding unsigned comment added by PauCloned (talk • contribs) 07:56, 3 September 2024 (UTC) (UTC)[reply]

@PauCloned: What is the source of this file? Yann (talk) 07:57, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
nvm, theres already an img (btw its nasa worldview. idk the satellite. (possibly noaa-20/21 or suomi)) PauCloned (talk) 04:12, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
also its ok if the image is undeleted PauCloned (talk) 04:13, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@PauCloned: We need an evidence. That's why I ask for the source. Yann (talk) 13:03, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
i used nasa worldview PauCloned (talk) 03:05, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose I don't think this is in scope. The description is "Possibly Hone [2024 Pacific cyclone] as a subtropical remnant" -- I'm not sure why we need an image that is "possibly" something and that shows only a cloud mass with no particular pattern. We have a good variety of images in Category:Hurricane Hone. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:33, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Каракачански носии од Демир-каписко.png

Along with a few others that have been undeleted, this was also taken from my phone... by me Big ooga booga mf (talk) 10:49, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Indooroopilly State High School Logo.png

This has been removed, despite being the official logo adopted in May 2024 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Max Epper (talk • contribs) 23:15, 3 September 2024‎ (UTC)[reply]

@Max Epper: Please explain why it should be undeleted and why it should be kept at a repository for freely licensed images. Where does the Creative Commons license come from? Thuresson (talk) 05:15, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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File:SetasFormacoesSocioculturais.png

There is no reason to delete it and I challenge anyone to prove me the opposite. It is just a digitalization of a scheme, literally just it.

If I missed with license terms or related things, well, delete the file would really help with it? It's obvious that no!

If the request will not accepted, I will simply to reupload the file. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AriranhaRB (talk • contribs) 00:59, 4 September 2024‎ (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose Do not reupload deleted files. We need a permission from the copyright holder for a free license, or an evidence that it is in the public domain. In which book was it published? Who is the author? Was there a copyright notice? Where was it first published? Yann (talk) 13:13, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose If you upload the image again, against our specific orders, you will be blocked from editing on Commons. If you answer Yann's questions, it is possible that the image can be restored. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:24, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: per discussion. Regards, Aafi (talk) 19:50, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Boomer Mays.jpg

This is A Personal taken picture by myself and Im approving the usage for the wiki page — Preceding unsigned comment added by TNT123456 (talk • contribs) 02:54, 4 September 2024‎ (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose Assuming this is about File:Boomer Mays.png. "Northern Illinois Huskies Boomer Mays (45) during a game against the Ohio State Buckeyes on September 19, 2015 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, OH. Ohio State beat Northern Illinois 20-13. Copyright:SportPics Archive." From sportpics.com. Thuresson (talk) 05:25, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose The image appears in several places on the Web, including X, and has been uploaded here twice with different claims of authorship. Also note that "Im approving the usage for the wiki page" is not a sufficient license. Commons and WP images must be free for any use by anybody anywhere. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:22, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:001 Menschliche männliche Achselbehaarung.jpg

An Bildern menschlicher, männlicher Achselbehaarung dürfte es nichts verwerfliches geben. Auch andere haben dazu Bilder eingestellt. Marc66 (talk) 12:19, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Marc66: Why this photo is in COM:SCOPE?

File:Yakovlev SJ-100 Logo.jpg

Buenas administradores,por favor restaure la imagen,esta en el Dominio Público ({{PD-textlogo}}) por que el logo de Irkut Corporation (ahora Yakovlev) es ineligible del copyright por ejemplo (File:UAC Irkut Corp logo.svg)

AbchyZa22 20:02, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Info Relevant DR: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Yakovlev SJ-100 Logo.jpg Günther Frager (talk) 20:41, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Buenas según el {{PD-textlogo}} dice claramente contiene texto o cuerpo geometríco se considerará del dominio público, el logo de Irkut es totalmente simple. AbchyZa22 (talk) 07:02, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Vaillancourt Fountain, San Francisco - Justin Herman Plaza (no water).JPG

See above at [6]. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:34, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done: See above. --Yann (talk) 10:21, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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File:الحرف اليدوية.jpg

File:الحرف اليدوية.jpg

I am sending this request asking for undeletion my work media. To inform, I already sent an email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. --Sarah Al Khoory (talk) 20:45, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose The files will be undeleted once a member from Volunteer Response Team reviews and accepts it. Günther Frager (talk) 20:49, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done: @Tanbiruzzaman: FYI. --Yann (talk) 22:35, 4 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Aleatet Ne Has.jpg

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: User:Albinfo found a source confirming that the photo was taken in 1916 and that the photographer died in 1930. Can be restored with {{PD-old-auto-expired |deathyear=1930}} Thank you, Gnom (talk) 07:31, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Support Thank you, Albinfo and Gnom, I would restore the file now with the licensing suggested by Gnom, but as the case was already discussed on my talk page, I consider myself involved now and would rather leave this to another admin. Adding that the photo was not just taken, but also published in 1916 (as a postcard), which is important for the copyright expiration in the US (which makes, as Gnom says, PD-old-auto-expired applicable). Gestumblindi (talk) 09:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done: Clearly PD. --Yann (talk) 10:20, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Images of works for hire by Marcello Canino

Hy everyone. I'm writing here in order to ask for the undeletion of the following images:

They were all deleted in 2013 after this DR. File:Intendenza abside.jpg and File:Intendenza Filzi.jpg depict de:Palazzo dell’Intendenza di Finanza, degli Uffici Finanziari e dell’Avvocatura di Stato; File:Napoli - Palazzo della Provincia.jpg and File:Palazzo Matteotti - sede Provincia di Napoli.png depict de:Palazzo Matteotti; File:Napoli - Piazza Carità.jpg and File:Napoli - Piazza Carità2.jpg depict (correct me if I'm wrong) de:Palazzo INA (Neapel). All these palaces were designed by it:Marcello Canino (Palazzo Matteotti saw the intervention also of Ferdinando Chiaromonte), and were commissioned by a public institution (see here, here and here), the province in the case of Palazzo Matteotti, most likely the Ministry of Finance and the National Insurance Institution (which at that time was a public entity) for the other two. They were completed between 1936 and 1938, and therefore they all fell under Template:PD-ItalyGov between 1957 and 1959. They are all buildings built way before 1990, so no issue with US copyright.--Friniate (talk) 09:18, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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