User talk:Marchjuly/Archives/2021/February

MCQ responses

I noted your recent reply on the WP:MCQ page and suggest that unless a file to be uploaded will be kept on the enwiki and not be transferred to the commons, it is preferable to point people to the commons OTRS page to verify permission, as I did further up a post, referring them to specifically this section c:COM:OTRS/CONSENT, rather then to the local WP:CONSENT page you used. That's because their emails can be sent to different OTRS queues and you even suggested they upload to the commons but then use the enwiki consent form which specifically says "The following set of instructions should only be used if something on the Commons site does not suit you". It's better to stay consistent. I know we get a lot of media questions that really relate to uploading to the commons but are made on the MCQ page because they want to use media in an article and often may not know the difference. It's just a friendly heads-up. ww2censor (talk) 11:44, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

I didn't realize that it made much of a difference as to which CONSENT email template was used since OTRS volunteers cover both Wikipedia and Commons, but thanks for that bit of information. I missed the c:COM:OTRS/CONSENT link in your post. I saw the link you added for OTRS Team, but didn't notice the one specifically to the consent section. Can you please point out where you specifically referred to that section in your post? -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:34, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

My bad. I found it. You posted That linked page has an email template he can use .... Sorry, I was looking for the actual link. I've removed the local link from my post to avoid any possible confusion or misunderstanding. Thanks again for catching this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:42, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Deletion of Rita Asfour Self Portrait

The self portrait of Rita Asfour is owned by Rita Asfour and comes from her site www.RitaAsfour.com. I am the husband of Rita Asfour and she has assigned all her rights to me. There are no copyright problems of any kind here.

Also, all the images that you deleted belong to Rita Asfour and have been assigned to me. There are no copyright problems of any kind.

Please undelete all the images you have deleted.

Thanks.Ggae1885 (talk) 14:55, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Hi Ggae1885. A couple of things about Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons (or Commons) that you might not know.

1. Although they are both operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, they are separate projects with their own respective policies and guidelines. They is, for sure, a lot of overlapping, but there are also some very important differences. You uploaded the files you're referring to in your post to Commons; so, any issues or concerns you may have with them are going to need to be resolved over at Commons.
2. Only an administrator can delete a file; any editor may nominate or tag a file that they have concerns about, but only an administrator can actually delete a file. Conversely, only a administrator can restore a deleted file; any editor may request that a file be restored, but only an administrator can actually restore it. I'm not a Commons administrator; so, I can't undelete the files. The Commons administrator who did delete the files is named [[:c:User:Ymblanter, and he left a message explaining why he deleted the files on your Commons user talk page at c:User talk:Ggae1885#February 2021; so, if you would like to request the files be undeleted, you ask him by posting a request right under his post.
3. I think you might be misunderstanding some things about how Commons treats copyrighted content; so, it might be a really good idea for you to carefully read through c:Commons:Licensing and familiarize yourself with relevant Commons policy before trying to upload any more files. Commons can only host content that can be verified to be either (1) 100% freely released by their copyright holders or (2) 100% within the public domain; moreover, sometimes formal verification of (1) is required as explained in c:Commons:OTRS#Licensing images: when do I contact OTRS? and c:Commons:OTRS#If you are NOT the copyright holder. So, if your wife is the copyright holder and she has given you permission to upload the files on her behalf, either you or she will need to send a c:Commons:OTRS/Consent email to Wikimedia OTRS for verification purposes. Before you do so, you and your wife are going to need to realize that Commons only accepts content which can be freely downloaded by anyone anywhere in the world at anytime and be used for any purpose, including commercial and derivative use. So, your wife will be basically giving anyone anywhere in the world advance permission to download the files you upload and reuse in pretty much anyway they want, including to make money of off or perhaps in a way that you and your wife might not approve. In addition, when you upload a file to Commons and its license has been verified, you can't really change your mind later on, and people will continue to be able to reuse the file as long as they comply with the terms of the license you chose for the file. Since most artist or creative types are concerned about commercial and derivative reuse of their work, many of them choose not to allow their work to be uploaded to Commons. If, however, your wife feels differently, they she's free to do so, but her consent will need to be formally verified.
4. Regarding trying to create a Wikipedia article about your wife, this is a separate matter unrelated to Commons; so, the best place to discuss this is on Wikipedia. Just for reference, Wikipedia considers you to have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest when it comes to trying to create or edit content about your wife on Wikipedia. I will add a template about this to your Wikipedia user talk page; the template contains links to various Wikipedia pages that contain information about conflict of interest editing; so, please take the time to look at them because it might help you avoid problems with respect to the draft you're working on.

If you have any questions about the above, you can ask them here or at Wikipedia:Teahouse. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:34, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences logo.png

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Thanks for uploading File:Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences logo.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 03:32, 27 February 2021 (UTC)