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Speedy deletion nomination of Paul Lauritz[edit]

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A tag has been placed on Paul Lauritz requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G12 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to be an unambiguous copyright infringement. This page appears to be a direct copy from http://www.edanhughes.com/biography.cfm?ArtistID=1465. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material, and as a consequence, your addition will most likely be deleted. You may use external websites or other printed material as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. This part is crucial: say it in your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing. Deb (talk) 07:58, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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ArtSOURCE 19:10, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

Why were images by Edgar Payne deleted? I own these images and have the legal right to post them. Please help me understand.

The images were not deleted. They were removed from the article because the captions contained promotional wording. You've had several warnings about this now. You cannot advertise your gallery here. If you want to put them back, please make sure you understand the licensing issues and do not add promotional content. Deb (talk) 19:17, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Are you saying that your name is "Steven Stern Fine Arts"? If it is, you should not write anything about your business or add its name to any articles. Deb (talk) 19:41, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Please understand what a conflict of interest is. The caption in the article does not need to credit anyone - far better if it does not in this case. If any of these paintings are for sale by your gallery, you should not include their images in the article. Also, make sure you have read the advice at Wikipedia:Image use policy. Deb (talk) 19:53, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Possible copyright problems[edit]

Please see my message at your user page on Commons. NotARabbit (talk) 19:45, 11 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I am Steven Stern and I am writing the definitive book on Henrietta Berk. Why would you delete images of paintings that I own and have copyright to distribute, as given by her estate. Also, why would you remove my name as an external link? Please help. Thank you, Steve Stern

Two things first: please always sign your posts by typing four tildes in a row. (like this: ~~~~) And when you want to indent a reply to a comment, use a colon just before each paragraph. (2 colons indents twice, 3 colons indent three spaces, etc.)

I removed the external link because it is already in one of the references in the article, and putting it in the External links section is redundant. (See WP:EL for the policy.)

You need to understand that Wikimedia Commons, which is where your images are uploaded (it’s a sister project to Wikipedia), takes copyright law very seriously. And the law that may apply to images in the U.S. is not what governs the images kept at Commons. As I said over at Commons, I don’t know enough to discuss the laws. I do know that you need to take whatever requests are made of you seriously, and learn what you need to learn in order to accomplish what you’re trying to do. Read links, take tutorials, learn from others everything you can. Editing at Wikipedia is not a breeze, but the time you spend learning how it works can be greatly rewarding.

I do hope you really are working on a book about Berk! I love her paintings. And if you truly are Stephen Stern, I applaud your good taste in art. (Please don’t be offended here that I say “if” — remember that anyone could be impersonating you here. I believe that Commons has a process for people to prove they are who they say they are.) I hope that you stay around enough to become part of the community; you have a lot to offer.

Please read WP:PILLARS to get a basic overview of what Wikipedia is about. NotARabbit (talk) 05:06, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please go to your talk page at Commons right away. NotARabbit (talk) 05:12, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking the time to write me and explain everything. I am truly Steven Stern and you are welcome to write me directly at stevensternfinearts@gmail.com. How do I prove my identity on here? Again, thank you for the help!

The process is detailed at OTRS. Be sure to read through the entire page, and be aware that there is a backlog, so things can’t be done instantly! ;-) Good luck! (And please sign your posts with the four tildes—they get converted by the software to your name and the time.) NotARabbit (talk) 23:55, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Warning[edit]

I see that you continue summarily uploading paintings under the default license, despite multiple warnings and a week-long block. I ask you to *immediately* stop doing that; otherwise, you will be liable to being blocked for an extended amount of time, possibly indefinitely.

Instead, you need to provide correct information when uploading images. Usually, when the author has died more than 70 years ago, the work is in public domain; however, there are some subtle rules depending on when (and if) the work has been published. See Commons:Public domain for more details. This is why we need as accurate information as possible; we certainly don't want Wikipedia or its users to use the images in a way which would be contrary to law. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 09:04, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In particular: just because you own a physical copy of the painting, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are also the copyright holder. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 09:04, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

For example, take the image File:Rsz img e0371.jpg. You have uploaded the image with the following information: CC-BY-SA license and with you as the author, and with the date when the work was made as 13 June 2018. This is certainly incorrect. The image is a painting by Armin Hansen, who died less than 70 years ago, so the painting is in all likelihood still under copyright (and couldn't have been made after the year 1957). Unless there is clear evidence that its copyright has been transferred to you (or that the author's heirs have agreed to such licensing), you can't publish the painting under the CC-BY-SA (or any other) license. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 09:13, 16 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Another warning[edit]

And you are at it once again: you have uploaded File:61255609445 D0DDA31E-3E4C-40F5-881D-575743CA780E.jpg, again summarily marking it as "own work", with creation date 30 May 2020, and under CC-BY-SA license. This certainly isn't correct. The image is a painting by William Wendt, who died in 1946; so you aren't the author, and it couldn't be made before then. And as for its copyright status, is there any evidence that the image's copyright was transferred to you by the painter or his heirs? Just because you physically own the image, or that you have taken a photo of it (or scanned it with a digital scanner), it doesn't mean that you are its copyright holder.

William Wendt died more than 70 years ago, so the image is in public domain. Please correct the image description page, as well as the description of all other images that you have uploaded. If some image is not in public domain, please mark it for deletion (with a reason like: 'Uploaded by a mistake, image is not in public domain'). If you don't correct your uploads, I will have no option but to report you to Wikimedia Commons administrators; you have already been blocked twice, for one week and three months, respectively, and on the second time you were told that further bad uploads may result in an indefinite block. Consider yourself warned! - Mike Rosoft (talk) 12:34, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maynard Dixon also died more than 70 years ago, so his paintings are also in public domain. But there's one more problem with the image File:Dixonpaintings.jpg: it contains a "Steven Stern Fine Arts" watermark printed over the image. Please upload a version without the watermark. (If you don't, I will nominate the image for deletion.) See commons:Commons:Watermarks. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 12:42, 20 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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