User talk:Sidneyxo

This user is a student editor in University_of_Waterloo/Women's_Studies_101_(Fall_2018) .

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Hello, Sidneyxo, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:34, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Images

Hi! I saw that you uploaded the image File:Fullsizeoutput 7b9.jpg. It's a nice image to be sure! One note though - I saw that you claimed the work as your own, however the image in question was taken from a newspaper clipping.

Be careful when using newspaper images, as the newspaper or photographer may still own the copyright to the image in question. It greatly depends on when the image was taken, if the person in the image or the copyright holder is still living, and when the image was taken. Works created before 1923 are typically in the public domain, however content created prior to 1978 is more tricky (see this) since they're held under copyright for a maximum duration of 95 years from the date of publication, if copyright was renewed during the 28th year following publication. There is some leeway for material released by the Federal Government, as that falls into the public domain. Some states do release their government's content into the public domain, but these states are few and far between.

Essentially, I believe that this image is likely held under a copyright that is not compatible with Wikipedia. It's incredibly important to know where it came from. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:04, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Now if this was content donated to an archive there's some wiggle room, as the publisher may have relinquished their copyright during this process. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:06, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]