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Maxx Photos deleted? Why?

Hello!

Why were the following photos deleted? by imageremovalbot?

File:Alice Montana from Maxx.png

File:Linda Meek and Gary Bokoe from Maxx.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dancemusicfan#Replaceable_fair_use_File:Linda_Meek_and_Gary_Bokoe_from_MAxx.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxx_(eurodance_act)

i followed the directions that you left

1. Go to the file description page and add the text Di-replaceable fair use disputed|your reason below the original replaceable fair use template, replacing your reason with a short explanation of why the file is not replaceable.

2. On the file discussion page, write a full explanation of why you believe the file is not replaceable.


these images are SCREENSHOTS of the band members from an official music videos for the band.

there are currently no licensed images within wikipedia of the band members. all photos of the band members are from German language magazines from the 90s. I would needed to get permission from magazine to upload those photos into wikipedia.

for example

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Night_(Real_McCoy_song)#Music_video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Real_McCoy-Another_Night.jpg

on this page here. there is a screenshot of band member from a music video within the wiki article. its the same method i used.

why was my music video screenshot deleted?

Dancemusicfan (talk)

Non-free images must meet all of the non-free content criteria. In particular, it must meet policy point 1 which covers replaceability. It's not sufficient that you cannot find a free image, it must also be the case that one cannot be created. From the guidelines, "Non-free content should not be used when a freely licensed file that serves the same purpose can reasonably be expected to be uploaded, as is the case for almost all portraits of living people." Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 13:02, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Whpq (talk)Hello. This language is very confusing. i don't understand. "it must also be the case that one cannot be created" - what does that mean exactly? how does somebody 'create' a free image? i gave an example above with the article for 'real mccoy' another night. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_Night_(Real_McCoy_song)#Music_video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Real_McCoy-Another_Night.jpg Why is this image allowed to exist in an article? and my 2 images are being deleted. Does this article also violate this rule as well? i'm confused.Dancemusicfan (talk)
A free photo of a living person could be created. Somebody takes a photo of the person when they are out in public and releases it under a free license. As for the file you mentioned, Wikipedia is a bifg place and stuff slips by. It's use is also not justified under non-free content criteria. -- Whpq (talk) 13:22, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
Whpq (talk)Okay. What if the person is dead in the non-free image? what is the policy then? ?? What is the Policy on magazine article images? I have magazine articles with images of the band members I don't understand why this policy is being enforced on me? its just very confusing and seems unfair.
a good example is this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mjthriller.jpg Dancemusicfan (talk) 13:49, 22 June 2018 (UTC)
The policy is not just being enforced on you. Policy applies to everybody. As stated earlier, non-free content must satisfy all of the non-free content criteria. Images of those who are dead may pass the replaceability criteria as it not possible to snap a photo of somebody who is deceased. But any image you may consider using must still meet all the other criteria. As for use of images from magazine articles, once again, they need to meet all the criteria. There is no specific policy that covers images from magazine articles specifically. If you have a specific image in mind and are wondering if it would meet the non-free content criteria, you may want to ask your question at the Media Copyright Questions page. -- Whpq (talk) 20:15, 22 June 2018 (UTC)

Regarding the 2014 and 2016 Olympic mascots

I want to put the files in the the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots and Vinicius and Tom article in order to prove info on their significance and their origins. Therefore, I am disputing this because they pictures shows on who they are. UPDATE: Forget it, just delete them. RainbowSilver2ndBackup (talk) 02:13, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Thank youJC7V7DC5768 (talk) 16:18, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for my file nomination. I will reread non free use until I know it like the guidelines of my hand. Thank you for your advice. Have a great day. JC7V7DC5768 (talk) 16:18, 24 July 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.12 30 July 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months. (Purge)

Hello Whpq, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

June backlog drive

Overall the June backlog drive was a success, reducing the last 3,000 or so to below 500. However, as expected, 90% of the patrolling was done by less than 10% of reviewers.
Since the drive closed, the backlog has begun to rise sharply again and is back up to nearly 1,400 already. Please help reduce this total and keep it from raising further by reviewing some articles each day.

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Publich article

Please how can I publish the article YNW Melly so it can been seen on google by anyone who look it up Ziggy 2milli (talk) 03:52, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Google does not provide information on how it compiles search results. Realistically, all you can do is let Google do its indexing. -- Whpq (talk) 11:47, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much I appreciate how will I let google do it indexing?

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Bhatnagar

Hello, Bhatnagar on facebook is create/owned by me [Tarun Bhatnagar https://www.facebook.com/tarun.bhatnagar.908 (tarun_bhatnagar@yahoo.com)], and the Bhatnagar on WikiPedia was originally created by me. Bhatnagar is the surname in India, of the Kayastha community, of Hindu Religion. The page was updated by my son Akanash Bhatnagar (A1BHATNA), on my request. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tabhatna (talk • contribs) 06:46, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

The material at Bhatnagar was removed a copyright violation as there was no proof of permission. See Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information about donating material to Wikipedia. However, even if permission is established, I want to point out that there is significant issues with the addition of the material. There is almost no sourcing, and almost all of the material is not about the surname, which is the topic of the article. -- Whpq (talk) 12:00, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

??????

Boy, are you everywhere?

Hello, Whpq. You have new messages at Whpq's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by TravisGTAGamer (talk • contribs) 00:39, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Sure. Yes. I am everywhere. -- Whpq (talk) 00:51, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.13 18 September 2018

Hello Whpq, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

The New Page Feed currently has 2700 unreviewed articles, up from just 500 at the start of July. For a while we were falling behind by an average of about 40 articles per day, but we have stabilised more recently. Please review some articles from the back of the queue if you can (Sort by: 'Oldest' at Special:NewPagesFeed), as we are very close to having articles older than one month.

Project news
As part of this project, the feed will have some larger updates to functionality next month. Specifically, ORES predictions will be built in, which will automatically flag articles for potential issues such as vandalism or spam. Copyright violation detection will also be added to the new page feed. See the projects's talk page for more info.
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Moving to Draft and Page Mover
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  • If the user moves the draft back to mainspace, or recreates it in mainspace, please do not re-draftify the article (although swapping it to maintain the page history may be advisable in the case of copy-paste moves). AfC is optional except for editors with a clear conflict of interest.
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Gal Gadot image

Regarding this image, are you aware that it was deleted as a copyvio at Commons? It needs to be speedy deleted. The image came from Instagram originally. There is no provenance that proves it qualifies under fair use. The editor who keeps edit warring over this image was blocked three day at Commons for insisting on uploading a copyvio image. He was unblocked early. The discussion is here: [1] He uploaded it here under the same rationale, however, he was told at Commons exactly why the image cannot be free use, yet, he has uploaded it here in spite of that discussion. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 02:26, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Two Queries that may be of interest...

Any chance of reducing some backlogs?

https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/29813 https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/29748

Are files without a 'machine readable' source. Most can probably be upgraded to {{information}}, but removal of the genuinely unsourced appreciated.ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 11:27, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

@ShakespeareFan00:Yes, I certainly can help out. Are these in a category that I can easily access? -- Whpq (talk) 11:56, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Why my edit counts as vandalism????????

im sorry but im confused at the same time? Can you pls explain me? Thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jiog094p68 (talk • contribs) 05:15, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Appropriate licence for this type of images

I want to ask you which licence would be appropriate for images taken from newspaper cover so that they may not be deleted. You are very much in a hurry to delete all images uploaded by me inspite of providing appropriate licence. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helpful14 (talk • contribs) 15:06, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

These are all non-free images of living people. The short and simple answer is that there is no appropriate license for using them on the English Wikipedia as they are replaceable with free images. The longer answer is that any non-free content must comply with Wikipedia:Non-free content, and meet all of the criteria in Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. Specifically for living people, the images contravenes policy point 1 which covers replaceability. From the guidelines, "Non-free content should not be used when a freely licensed file that serves the same purpose can reasonably be expected to be uploaded, as is the case for almost all portraits of living people." Please don't upload any more non-free images of living people. They will just be deleted. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 16:54, 7 October 2018 (UTC)

Please stop reverting me edits.

I kindly ask you to stop reverting my edits, as they are contributing to the selected pages.— Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎Epicdablmao (talk • contribs)

It's vandalism. -- Whpq (talk) 00:10, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

NPR Newsletter No.14 21 October 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

Hello Whpq, thank you for your work reviewing New Pages!

Backlog

As of 21 October 2018, there are 3650 unreviewed articles and the backlog now stretches back 51 days.

Community Wishlist Proposal
Project updates
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Copyright for Gonville and Caius image

Thank you for taking the time to contribute to Wikipedia. Having discussed with the previous copyright owner of this image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caius_Waterhouse_Building_with_matriculating_students,_October_2018.jpg , they have agreed to fully transfer all rights to me so that it can be posted to Wikipedia. (The photo was a Facebook post of little consequence and they did not want to go through the hassle of emailing Wikipedia!). I have tried to edit the file's page to reflect this. I'm not completely sure of the protocol for removing the "Flagged for deletion" and other tags that you added - please could you remove them unless it's okay for me to go ahead and do it myself? — Preceding unsigned comment added by O99o99 (talk • contribs) 07:12, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

@O99o99: Wikipedia will need proof that the rights were fully transferred to you. The notice on your talk page includes the instructions "If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org." So if they do not want to send an email to the permissions address, you can forward an email from the original author to provide proof. -- Whpq (talk) 12:00, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
@Whpq: Okay - thanks for the reply. Will it be possible for me to send screenshots of a Facebook message as proof?O99o99 (talk) 12:40, 22 October 2018 (UTC)
@O99o99: I don't know if that would be accepted. You could try and see what the response is. You might also try posting your question on Wikipedia:OTRS noticeboard. An OTRS volunteer might be able to give you some guideance. Or you may want to try posting your question at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. It's a more general place for media copyright questions. I hope this helps. -- Whpq (talk) 12:52, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

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Re- Dorotas Wildcat image - email sent as requested to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, many thanks Racingmanager (talk) 12:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

You should add {{subst:OP}} to the file information to let others know a permission email has been sent. -- Whpq (talk) 13:35, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

File:Photo-cnop-29102018-e1540822241938-768x691.jpg

Hello,

There is a free license for the image, as I have written under the photo in its original website:

http://fondation.ulb.ac.be/fr/diabete/

I have already sent this to permissions-en@wikimedia.org 10 days ago.

Thank you for your concern,

EndyDsg — Preceding unsigned comment added by EndyDsg (talk • contribs) 13:36, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

You should add {{subst:OP}} to the file information to let others know a permission email has been sent. -- Whpq (talk) 13:54, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

File:Desmond Burke.jpg

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NPR Newsletter No.15 16 November 2018

Chart of the New Pages Patrol backlog for the past 6 months.

Hello Whpq,

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We are counting on significant support not only from our own ranks, but from everyone who is concerned with maintaining a Wikipedia that is free of vandalism, promotion, flagrant financial exploitation and other pollution.
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NPR Newsletter No.16 15 December 2018

Hello Whpq,

Reviewer of the Year

This year's award for the Reviewer of the Year goes to Onel5969. Around on Wikipedia since 2011, their staggering number of 26,554 reviews over the past twelve months makes them, together with an additional total of 275,285 edits, one of Wikipedia's most prolific users.

Thanks are also extended for their work to JTtheOG (15,059 reviews), Boleyn (12,760 reviews), Cwmhiraeth (9,001 reviews), Semmendinger (8,440 reviews), PRehse (8,092 reviews), Arthistorian1977 (5,306 reviews), Abishe (4,153 reviews), Barkeep49 (4,016 reviews), and Elmidae (3,615 reviews).
Cwmhiraeth, Semmendinger, Barkeep49, and Elmidae have been New Page Reviewers for less than a year — Barkeep49 for only seven months, while Boleyn, with an edit count of 250,000 since she joined Wikipedia in 2008, has been a bastion of New Page Patrol for many years.

See also the list of top 100 reviewers.

Less good news, and an appeal for some help

The backlog is now approaching 5,000, and still rising. There are around 640 holders of the NPR flag, most of whom appear to be inactive. The 10% of the reviewers who do 90% of the work could do with some support especially as some of them are now taking a well deserved break.


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Proposed deletion for image

Hello,

I just saw your notice on my talk page that the image I uploaded fails two of the criteria needed for non-free content. I think the image does a decent job at presenting the amount of media attention that was placed on Lorde during her rise to fame. It also shows why she became a discussed topic ("The girl who broke the rules"). I took this idea from this article that uses a magazine cover in the Public image section.

A bit irrelevant to the discussion but I have a question about the license this image has. When I clicked on the source of the image, I found out it had a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic license. When I check the Wikipedia article for Creative Commons licenses, this license appears in yellow in the chart below this section. If it does not qualify for free license, does this make it "non-free" even though the image can be distributed for any purpose, including commercial uses? De88 (talk) 23:36, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

The other article uses a freely licensed image, so the usage of that image does not fall under the non-free content guidelines. If you object to proposed deletion, you can simply remove the PROD tag that I placed on the image. We can then take it to File for Discussion where otherr editors can also express their opinion. As for the license, the "no derivatives" stipulation on the licensing of the image means that the license isn't insufficiently free for use on Wikipedia and can only be used if it meets all of the non-free content criteria. -- Whpq (talk) 00:02, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for explaining. I was having an issue understanding whether the license was free or not according to Wikipedia standards. I went ahead and removed the PROD tag and replaced it with a FFD tag.
I just want to add that I really want this image to stay on the article and I will try to do the necessary to keep it in place. I feel the image not only makes the article more attractive but it provides some form of weight to its respective section. De88 (talk) 00:20, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

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Can you help a new user?

Hi - Would you mind helping User:Maidam1 with her questions about the picture she uploaded? I am no expert on images, but I think she is learning how to use Wikipedia and could use some advice. Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 14:11, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)Rikster2 Buying an account to get photos through AP or Getty Images does not mean that the photos then become licensed through creative commons. The user would not be permitted to upload or use that on Wikipedia because Wikipedia requires photos to be appropriately licensed in a way that simply isn't possible in this situation. Praxidicae (talk) 14:25, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
Sounds good - looks like someone explained this at her talk page. Thanks. Rikster2 (talk) 14:26, 31 December 2018 (UTC)

Andhra Pradesh montage

Hi ! Can u please add another large picture for the montage of Andhra Pradesh (particular a popular Hindu temple) ? Because the montage is lack of a picture. Sexymoosa123 (talk) 01:33, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

No. -- Whpq (talk) 01:56, 15 January 2019 (UTC)

Delete

I’m not going to contest the deletion you nominated cause I practically know i tried but lost. I’m ending this as a thanks for that reminder. At some point I will find a non free picture that I’m a able to upload. A.R.M. 01:33, 20 January 2019 (UTC)

Non-free DVD covers

Hello I have seen that you would like to delete some of my images. I would like to know the correct tags that I am put on the pictures to avoid deletion Privatesteverogers (talk) 20:27, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

It's not an issue of using the correct tags. As I already explained on your talk page, the use of the non-free images must meet all of the non-free content criteria. Showing DVD covers in a list of episodes fails WP:NFCC#8 in that the use decorative, and the DVD covers themselves are not the subject of significant coverage. I'll also note that using a front cover and back cover for each list entry also violates WP:NFCC#3a. -- Whpq (talk) 20:32, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated

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UnitedStatesian (talk) 16:08, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

@UnitedStatesian: I am curious as to why you have marked the page as unpatrolled? I did review it and nominated deletion via AFD. -- Whpq (talk) 16:40, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
@Whpq: Once the page was also nominated for speedy deletion, I marked it as unreviewed per the consensus at Wikipedia_talk:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers/Archive_30#Should_we_stop_marking_articles_tagged_with_CSD_and_PROD_as_'reviewed'_now_that_we_can_filter_them_in_the_NewPagesFeed?. UnitedStatesian (talk) 16:45, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

My sandbox

My sandbox was deleted in the middle of me creating a new article. I did nothing wrong I only had the citations on my page so I wouldn't have to keep going back to the websites. Can I see the history so I can have the incomplete article recreated this was a real inconvenience.Mcelite (talk) 20:22, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

You will need to request that from the deleting admin although i doubt that will happen. Your sandbox wad not just a citation, it was verbatim copy of the text as well. -- Whpq (talk) 21:41, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
Okay :( thank you. Have a nice day.Mcelite (talk) 22:02, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

Switching left eye patch photo

I apologize I missed that there was a discussion about the other photo. I just searched for a photo I knew for sure that was her, and that could be used. I didn't mean to cause any confusion and I did my best to try to fix the issue.Mcelite (talk) 23:07, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

Please do take a look

...what is the problem with "Rosensaft M photo Page 1 Image 0001 (cropped).jpg". I didn't upload it, I just cropped the original image and included it in some article which is other than person's bio article. Original file is this one "Rosensaft M photo Page 1 Image 0001.jpg" and is uploaded by some other editor. He says he received it from the guy himself, and I noticed that it has that template for moving pic to Commons. My proficiency to manage images here or on Commons is really fragile .--౪ Santa ౪99° 22:14, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

You need to be careful with copyright. The licensing you applied in your cropped image stated that you were the copyright holder and are releasing it to the public domain with no mention that you were cropping a different image. In any case, the original image does not have any evidence that it has been released to the public domain. It uploader is claiming to be the copyright holder in the licensing, but that is clearly not true as the comment text state he got it from the owner of the picture. No evidence has been provided about who is the copyright holder and its licensing. I've also tagged the original image has lacking evidence of permission. -- Whpq (talk) 22:24, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
Actually, I didn't applied anything, I used CropTool and app offered certain setup which was obviously taken from original file, which appeared secure enough to me. It appears that biography-article was written by someone really close to person in question (if not guy himself), and that image came from person directly. Also, editor who created bio was active only from 2010 to 2014 with only several edits, almost all exclusively on person's bio - I am guessing we won't hear from this editor any time soon, and as it happens, it could very well be the case that he wasn't exactly versed in Wikipedia's or Commons' set of rules for uploading and labeling files properly. I have trouble with that too, so I can imagine someone who came and made just 20 edits is probably clueless. It will be shame to lose this particular file just because he was unable to do it properly.--౪ Santa ౪99° 22:46, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
Something else bothers me the most - the CropTool actually created entirely new page for cropped file, which I didn't expect at all ! Which confused me even more is that tool offered all the same attributes as the original, and offered option to add file to the original or to replace it, which lead me to believe that file will appear in the same page and in the same way it appears when editor adds "new version". Anyhow, I hope it won't get taken down.--౪ Santa ౪99° 00:01, 4 February 2019 (UTC)
I am not familiar with the crop tool. AS for the image beiung taken down, without proper permission, it is almost a certainty that it will be deleted. -- Whpq (talk) 01:02, 4 February 2019 (UTC)

How can I delete the photo I uploaded?

Hello. I just realized that you put a notice on File:Sanya Tram at Sanya Railway Station.jpg. I was creating a related article earlier today and decided to upload this file to Wikipedia. But later I found that the information I can found was insufficient for creating such article, so I decided get it done some days later. But the file was already uploaded and I could not find any license for it. I thought it was ok then, I'm really sorry for it. How should I delete this photo? Or would someone else delete it? Again I'm really sorry about it. -- Akatsuki2018 (talk) 16:42, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Hello. I just saw that the photo was deleted by another user, thanks for your reminder. -- Akatsuki2018 (talk) 17:14, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Copyright Uploading a New Photo Assistance

Hello. I am trying to upload photos for all Canadian politicians. In order to prevent copyright, I uploaded a photo and inserted the URL from which I retrieved the image from to avoid any infringements. Did I do this incorrectly?

Sigma58 22:25, 7 February 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sigma58 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia and contributions, including photos need to be under an acceptably free license. See WP:COPYOTHERS. In the particular case of the photo you uploaded, the source site is copyrighted, and so the image is not usable for Wikipedia. If you have questions about media and copyrights, you can post at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- Whpq (talk) 00:25, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Hey there, thank you for letting me know the details regarding paid disclosure. As you have instructed have added details on the same to my user page. Please do check the necessary and please drop in further messages regarding if any. AhamBrahmasmi (talk) 06:20, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

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Tirupati International Airport file upload

I have took the image from Google to upload the picture there is no picture where as every airport in India has one image of their airport in Wikipedia page If am doing violation then u upload the file By the way Ihave license how can you delete the upload. Vamsi10000 (talk) 16:34, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

You can only use images under a sufficiently free license. If there is no image of the airport airport under a free license, then the article will just have no image until such image exists. You cannot copy files you find via Google, nor can I. Just because you apply a license tag to an image you found via Google, does not mean you have a license. It's clear you do not understand copyrights. Until you do understand, it would be better for you to avoid uploading any more images. -- Whpq (talk) 16:45, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Boston Pizza~

Whpq, Good Afternoon, on your Revision as of 18:25, 13 August 2018 when you wrote "one official site is sufficient" I agree with you but do you think that if that official website does not have a link to the other country(s) web site that it might be helpful to list at least the website of the country physically next to it? The reason I ask is, they are like two different companies one headquartered in Dallas Texas and the other in Canada and the Boston website only talks about Canada and the Boston's website only talks about the sports bar ~ even when you click on the link to franchise with them from the Boston you go only to Canada's franchising and on Boston's you go to the sports bar page ~ let me know what you think, By the way Nice Meeting Mitchellhobbs (talk) 19:43, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

It isn't Wikipedia's responsibility to make up for deficiencies in navigation for corproate web sites. Having said that, you are incorrect about there being no link to the US site. The footer at https://bostonpizza.com/en/index.html has a link with text "BP USA" leading to the US site. -- Whpq (talk) 20:57, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Boston Pizza~

did you remove the website without reading my last message~? Mitchellhobbs (talk) 20:58, 3 March 2019 (UTC) sorry my bad Mitchellhobbs (talk) 20:59, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

You responded before I was able to finish. -- Whpq (talk) 21:00, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Boston Pizza~

I know Sorry ~ Thanks~):)~ Mitchellhobbs (talk) 21:02, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

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Liz Mair Photo

I have tried and tried to add a photo of Liz Mair (Photo_of_Liz_Mair_for_the_Liz_Mair_article.jpeg) to the Liz Mair article. No matter what I do, it is rejected. I have done whatever I have been told to do, but it is never right. Liz Mair is the subject, the photographer, and the copyright owner of the "selfie" photo. She submitted via email, the Consent form to Wikipedia to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org to give her approval for her photo to be used on her Wikipedia page. She received a response from Arthur Crombez, Ticket#2019012310009331. She included a statement that she is the subject, photographer (selfie), and copyright holder. The photo, a copy of which she attached to the email she sent to the Wiki permissions email address, is from her official Twitter account. I do not understand what needs to be done to get this approved. Can someone please tell me in a simple step-by-step manner what I or Liz Mair need to do to add this photo, and that is not a complicated, legalese explanation? PNW Raven (talk) 21:36, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

In your upload, you identified the photo as non-free. Wikipedia is a freely licensed online encyclopedia and the contributions, including images (with some very specific exceptions) must also be freely licensed. The image, as currently licensed is not acceptable. Wikipedia:File copyright tags/Free licenses provides a list of acceptable free licenses. The one most commonly used is {{CC-BY-SA-4.0}}. Liz Mair must specify the licensing for her photo in the permission email. I also note that the file information includes "She has submitted a consent form to Wikipedia to allow its use on the Wikipedia Liz Mair article". If there is a restriction on use for only Wikipedia, or only specific articles, that is also not acceptable. Wikipedia content is re-used by others and the licensing for the image must allow that re-use. If you have more questions about licensing, I suggest you post them at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- Whpq (talk) 12:27, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
Thank you. That is helpful. I have been confused by the different photo designations and basically "guessed" what I though was appropriate. There is no issue about the photo being reused by others. I'm assuming if I change the designation on the photo upload, it will then be acceptable.PNW Raven (talk) 12:42, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
The licensing on the photo should be whatever license Liz Mair specified in the email to OTRS. -- Whpq (talk) 13:23, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
I have requested that Liz Mair either send a revised consent form allowing "free use" or submit a different "selfie" photo and consent form where there are no issues about it being reproduced by other sources. I suspect there are no concerns about the original photo being copied and used elsewhere. This has been a situation where none us fully understood the Wikipedia policies regarding images used in an article and we want to rectify that. Thank you for your assistance.PNW Raven (talk) 14:36, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

MacArthur Fellow photos

I noticed that you're adding MacArthur Foundation photos to Commons and then linking them here on English Wikipedia (e.g. [2]). Just in case you don't already know, there was already quite a discussion about those photos, including an OTRS request from MacArthur Foundation to take down MF photos. See [3]. It may be that things have changed since then, but I suspect the reason people hadn't already put those photos up (and the reason I separately sourced a clearly licensed photo for that article) is because of the previous discussion and OTRS request. Bakazaka (talk) 02:14, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@Bakazaka: Thanks for letting me know. I was not aware of that discussion. For that matter, how is anyone to know other than having been part of it originally? It's very curious that there continues to be a CC-BY license for the images on the foundation's site. I will contact a Commons admin and get some guidance on what to do about all those uploads. -- Whpq (talk) 02:34, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
When I couldn't find any official Fellows photos in Commons while creating the Lisa Parks and Rebecca Sandefur articles last year, I searched for deletion discussions and found...that thing I linked above. Even now, knowing that the discussion happened, it took me four separate searches to find it again. I agree completely that the official MacArthur page is confused about CC licensing. Bakazaka (talk) 02:54, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
@Bakazaka:I was very surprised that the photos were not on Commons given the (what appeared to be) free license. I just assumed that the Foundation had only recently decided to go to a free license. Your instincts are much better than mine! -- Whpq (talk) 02:58, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS)

Hello, I noticed your comments on this particular article (same as the subject). I was wondering if I could make edits to this article, and if they would be deleted due to the message that pops up on the article's page. Ladysofa (talk) 15:26, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

I assume you are referring to Responsive neurostimulation device. I don't know what message pops up for you on the article's page. There are tags on the page flagging issues with the article if that's what you are talking about. If you are being paid to edit the article, or otherwise have some sort of conflict of interest, then editing the article would be a bad idea. Otherwise, Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anybody can edit, so feel free to help and improve article content. Cheers. -- Whpq (talk) 13:16, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Editor's Barnstar
Thank you for making the edit on my FedMyster draft's picture, greatly appreciated! Delta fiver (talk) 11:38, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Trout myself

Hi Whpq, thank you for this deletion tag here on the Christopher Evan Welch picture. I haven't dealt with images of deceased individuals before and had no idea there was a restriction on AP and Getty images, which is a huge oversight on my part. Ten years on here and I still learn something new every day. Thank you again! Sock (tock talk) 21:39, 17 April 2019 (UTC)

The depth of policies and guidelines on Wikipedia will ensure that you will stumble across more things like this in the future! Happy editing. -- Whpq (talk) 00:51, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
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