User talk:Powerrranger

Discussions here are welcome, but please try to keep discussions about particular articles' talk pages on those articles' talk pages Powerrranger (talk) 00:30, 23 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I'm Muboshgu. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to Pete Buttigieg seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. – Muboshgu (talk) 00:50, 26 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK! While I disagree with your POVPowerrranger (talk) 13:57, 3 December 2019 (UTC), I'll stick with this page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Buttigieg_2020_presidential_campaign Powerrranger (talk) 13:57, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Rethatable fair use File:FrankieJonas.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:FrankieJonas.jpg. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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Hi Geraldo Perez -- thanks for walking with me here. I've been editing Wikipedia for more than a decade but have never uploaded a photo because some of the regulations around them. I firmly believe Frankie, who's now 19, deserves an image that doesn't depict him as a 10 year old, so any help you could be in making that happen's appreciated =] Powerrranger (talk) 19:44, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It would be nice to have a more recent photo but at least we have one. Sometimes it is very hard to get an infobox image for bio articles because of the restriction they must be free-use licensed so this is a problem for a lot of articles. There may be free-use images of him with his brothers that can be cropped to show him. Sometimes there are YouTube videos that are released free-use that we could grab a screen cap from. Jonas hasn't been too active recently so a picture of what he looked like when he was most active is somewhat appropriate but I agree a new one would be better. Geraldo Perez (talk) 20:42, 27 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Frankie Jonas is far more active today than 9 years ago. He's also an adult today, so I actually believe no image is better than depicting him as a 10 year old. Are all YouTube videos free use? Geraldo Perez thank you for educating me about image uploading processes. Objectively I have much more experience as a text editor than an image editor. Powerrranger (talk) 17:04, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Alternately, are we able to obtain permission to use the Getty Images file? I believe that's a good picture Powerrranger (talk) 17:09, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is not reflected in the article yet that he is more active as far as I can see. I am loath to remove a free-use image, even if old, as they are so hard to get sometimes. As for YouTube videos, most are not free-use but those that are will have an explicit notice as part of the description releasing them usually under a Creative Commons license where they give permission that permits it. Need to look for that. Getty Images will not give permission for free-use. They sell images and permit some to be used for free for editorial purposes only, they won't permit derivative use which is one of the key things we require for an image to be free-use. Geraldo Perez (talk) 17:21, 29 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Adding images appears to be much more complicated than adding text. Any advice on how to get a free use image for the Ava Max page? She's a beautiful woman and that's an unflattering picture.. Powerrranger (talk) 23:13, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Search C:Commons for other images that may exist. Commons only accepts free-use images so anything found there is likely OK. If you can, take a picture with your own camera and donate to Commons. Other than that watch for fan images that may be properly licensed or the photographer may be willing to donate. We don't have the same problem with text as most of what is added to wikipedia is donated by the editors adding it. If we want to use other peoples words from other sources we have the same problems we have with images. Geraldo Perez (talk) 01:01, 1 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

this free use? https://www.reddit.com/r/JonasBrothers/comments/bvzohq/frankie_jonas_deserves_extra_credit_who_agrees/ Geraldo Perez Powerrranger (talk) 15:44, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I see nothing at that link the identified the photographer or makes any statement about releasing it with a license that permits free use. Photographs are presumed copyrighted with restrictions on use absent any statement by the copyright owner, the photographer usually, that give permission on usage. Geraldo Perez (talk) 17:17, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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talk to me in that article's talk page. I will take this "does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date" quite literally because there are several mainstream articles discussing a conflict of interest between other editors who edit that Pete Buttigieg page, whereas my edits only promote neutrality. Powerrranger (talk) 23:23, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]