Talk:David Gandy/Archive 1

Archive 1

Regarding article status and citation style

26 Dec 2012. Removal of "stub class" designation and "unclear citation style" warnings based on authorization by Emayv. See exchange here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kem05f (talk • contribs) 21:52, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Uploading Images

I have access to images from David's personal collection which are owned by him--and which I have his permission to use. However, I don't seem to have the appropriate Wiki permission to upload images. Please advise. Thanks!LauraLeeT (talk) 00:22, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

There are ways to release a copyright so that a photo can be uploaded on Wikipedia, but the subject of the photo does not own it, the photographer does. Keeping that in mind, I would suggest you ask at Teahouse, because I am not at all sure. I know it involves the copyright holder sending an email somewhere, but I don't know the details. Gtwfan52 (talk) 00:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

The process to upload a released photograph (meaning the image belongs to someone other than the uploader, to whom the owner has given permission) is detailed here: commons:Commons:OTRS. Very basically, photog Bob Smith has a spare picture of Gandy and he tells you (PR person) "it's cool, you can post it on his article as Public Domain". So you do an OTRS upload to WikiCommons, and then send an "OTRS ticket" email to Smith, basically a form letter saying "check the box here if you are indeed Bob Smith and release the photo Gandysept252012.jpg to the Public Domain via Wiki." Bob will check the box on the email, it goes back to Wikimedia staff, and then file it away with their legal emails as proof that bob@bobsmith.com granted release. It's a slightly involved process, but it's the legal way to go about it. The far easier way is that you just snap a picture of him with your nice camera, upload it to WikiCommons and select the "I took it myself" option, and go forward from there. Just make sure you carefully read the upload form, as a lot of folks have trouble understanding it the first time they use it. But it gets pretty easy after a try or two. MatthewVanitas (talk) 19:27, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

This is generally good info as the majority of the thousands of pictures of David Gandy found on the internet WERE taken by professional photographers for magazines, ads, fashions, papparazzi, etc--and these rules would apply to those photos. However, David is familiar with copyright laws, so the images he uses on his official Facebook and Twitter profiles are pictures that he had his personal friend take using David's own camera, specifically so they would clearly BELONG TO HIM. Not that his friend would mind signing, it just seems it wouldn't be appropriate in this case--he would say they belong to David. Therefore, as I interpret the rules, I need to send the form to David for his signature.LauraLeeT (talk) 19:51, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

Nope. David saying the photographs 'belong to him' does not mean that they do. Permission is needed from the actual owner, the photographer, unless David proves that the photographer has signed all rights to him, in which case you would need both proofs: David's permission and the proof that the rights have been assigned to him so that he has the right to give that permission.

The ownership of the camera is irrelevant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.102.171 (talk) 07:53, 25 March 2015 (UTC)