User talk:Matt314

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Speedy deletes

Much more satisfying tracking them down when some deals with them quickly - my thanks (you've cleared quite a lot of "mine" in the past few days) - regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 10:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your note - and thank you for patrolling new pages! --Matt314 16:18, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Elvezio

Hihi the same image deleted "Image:Hrant Dink.jpg" is still present in en: wiki see [[1]] why??

Hi! The image is allowed in the English Wikipedia because it is used with a fair use rationale there. Fair use images are allowed in the en.wikipedia, however they are not at Commons and in most other Wikipedia projects. For more information see Material under the fair use clause is not allowed on the Commons. --Matt314 19:22, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

The Cranberries

Hola. Soy nuevo, y no se muy bien cómo utilizar ésto. No se ver qué tipo de licencia tiene cada imagen de la red, así como tampoco se lo que significan la mitad de las licencias. He recibido el aviso de que la imagen File:TheCran.jpg puede ser borrada porque la licencia no es correcta... ¿¿Podrías indicarme cuál es la licencia que he de poner?? ¿¿cómo evitar que sea borrada??... Agradezco tu atencion. —the preceding unsigned comment is by Vary Ingweion (talk • contribs) Matt314 22:22, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Hola! El problema con este imagen es que no tienes permiso del propietario de los derechos. Si tienes el permiso puedes subir este imagen. "Uso legítimo" ("Fair Use" in inglés, "promotional" etc.) no es permitido en Commons, ves licencias pro favor. Por eso un admis haz borrado el imagen. --Matt314 22:22, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Image question

You have marked Image:Farmand_1947.png for deletion. I originally uploaded this image, which is a scan of the cover of a now defunct Norwegian magazine. The cover design itself is approx. 100 years old. The only image on the cover is a technical drawing and a very simple logo consisting of three letters, none of which are copyright material if I've understood the Wikipedia (c) policy correctly. The company is defunct as well. As far as I can establish, there is no copyright attached to this image.Asav 14:32, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Asav, I was confused by the "defunct magazine". In most juristifications the copyright term does not end at the time where a company does not exist anymore. If the design is 100 years old it might qualify for {{PD-Old}}. If the "new elements" are {{PD-ineligible}}, it'll work. --Matt314 22:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer. However, I have no idea as to go about this... Could you fix the tags? Asav 12:53, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I've marked it {{PD-Old}}.I ope I've done this correctly.

Nino Barbieri

I did not know that! How is it the quickest way to move more than 100 pitures to ma user page? I'll be grateful for indications. Ciao --Nino Barbieri 07:13, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Fair Use is not allowed on Commons

Hi !

Well, I know there was a problem with the licencing of theese pictures, I wrote "Fair Use" in order to have a little time to solve the problem. In fact, I can't found licencing about "promotional material". The four pictures I upload under Fair Use licencing have been made in order to promote a music festival. You can download it for free on the official website of the event (http://www.nuits-sonores.com/2006/nuitssonores/archives_home.php, look for "voir le visuel"), and they are intended to be distribuate as much as possible. For me, writing an article about an event can't be complete without including this kind of stuff, wich are the story of the "look" of the event.

So can you help me founding the correct licencing ?

indeepdark 08:24, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Nino Barbieri again

Thanks for the informations. Then you can delete the page. So long --Nino Barbieri 08:35, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Link in Commons:Licensing

The external link that I added was copied from English Wikisource but it is now broken. I have found a replacement. Even though the new link is not .gov.cn, the translation is official and qualifies for Template:PD-PRC-exempt and s:Template:PD-CN.--Jusjih 14:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

cascading protection

I just came across this page by chance. The image is protected because it is included in the Hauptseite where "cascading protection" is activated. --Matt314 12:06, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

hey! thaxs for the info. its not really important. it would just save bandwidth as the new file is allot smaller. thanx anyway! --Amada44 17:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

thank you again ;) for changing the pic and for the info!!! great to have so helpful people here!! --Amada44 22:28, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

CC-By-SA-Non

Hello, I saw the note that you add in my discusion page for warning. Sadly, it's broken Korean so that I can't exactly understand what you're trying to say to me. I guess you used some crappy translation tool from English or German to Korean. Here is my story. Several days ago, I just notied the new indication, "Common share alike non commercial in the selection menu when I uploaded picutres. Therefore, I tested the new added function with the supposedly not allowed images from Flickr. I got that you wiki administrator just teased and fooled me. I know I'm not gonna upload any non-free picture unless getting a permission from copyright holders. But I think the new menu would be better off from the selection bar. It made me confused and has still possiblities for others to misunderstand. --Applebee 16:52, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

So Thanks

Thanks so dude but this is a Turkish combat vehicle. It is not a problem. It doesn't cause matter. Everything is OK.

Take it easy!

Calm down!

Do NOT Panic!

Hehehehehehehehe

my mainpage

Commons dupes

Hi, habe einen Button für Orgullobot hinzugefügt, kann ihn aber leider nicht am "lebenden Objekt" testen, da ich kein Commons-Admin bin (Seite geschützt). Der Button erzeugt leider zusätzliche Überschriften (geht leider nicht anders, zumindest nicht ohne großen Aufwand), die aber vom Bot ignoriert werden dürften. Die müssten dann gelegentlich mal manuell gelöscht werden, falls der Bot das nicht selber macht. --Magnus Manske 16:47, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Admin help needed

Thank you for your previous guidance on licensing requirements. I would be most grateful if you would kindly confirm appropriate licensing on the following images:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Flickr_Obama_Austin_01.jpg cc-by-2.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Flickr_Obama_Springfield_01.jpg cc-by-sa-2.0 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Barackobamasig.jpg public domain (image is from U.S. Senate web site)

Many thanks! --HailFire 15:47, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry am a little late... The files seem to have been reviewed and should be all right. BTW: Images are not in the public domain because they are displayed at the Congress' web site but because they were created by an official during his duty for the US (federal) government. Besides, at least in Germany ordinary signatures are not copyrightable. --Matt314 06:18, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Hrant_Dink

Hallo, ich wollte das Bild Image:Hrant Dink.jpg vom englischen Wikipedia ins Deutsche hochladen, aber ich habe gesehen, dass es schon einmal gelöscht wurde. Gibt es keine Möglichkeit dieses Bild ins deutsche commons einzubinden? Dem Artikel Hrant Dink fehlt nämlich ein Bild. Gruß, --Nérostrateur 19:28, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Nein, das Bild kann weder in Commons noch in der deutschen Wikipedia genutzt werden, da es in der englischen Wikipedia unter dem "Fair Use"-Prinzip verwendet wird, was nach deutschem Recht nicht möglich ist. Daher kann dieses Bild leider nicht verwendet werden. --Matt314 04:33, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Lombard

Dear Matt314, many thanks for your kind message and for your suggestions! See you soon, --10caart 16:46, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Just fly and go the right way In this Image you can see me! Thanks for your Vote (oppose) at my stopped RFA. Even if it is stopped, it was a nice experience for me and I learned from it. Perhaps I´ll try it again in a few month, and I would be happy if you would give your vote (best a support;)) again. Thank you again, __ ABF __ 12:17, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Call to arms

Hi Matt314. I write to you and all other users listed on the Welcome log helpers list, except for EugeneZelenko this Call to arms. The reason for it is that I have seen very little activity on the project by you. Because of this we have most probably failed to check the contributions of thousands of new users and have not been able to inform them of the practices on Wikimedia Commons in a timely fashion, causing more work for us and the contributor later in the process.

I would like to urge you to make a habit of checking at least 10 or so new user's contributions from the Commons:Welcome log each day you are active here. We welcome about 200 new users with contributions each day and we currently have 19 users on the helpers list. You can find links to some helpful scripts on the welcome log page, that are likely to make your life a lot easier. If there are no users to be checked that have been welcomed today, please attend to a previous log. Thank you for your renewed attention. Cheers! Siebrand 12:21, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the massage. I will try to more actively welcome newbies again. However, at present the time I can spent at Wikimedia projects is very limited, so I hardly will find time to do so. --Matt314 02:27, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Oooops

Sorry for the inconvenience. I deleted it, along with Image:CeramicaParacas.jpg (same source). Regards. --Dodo 16:32, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:P-81-06-25 shertogenbosh 02-2.jpg

about image : Imagem:P-81-06-25 shertogenbosh 02-2.jpg What's wrong with it? it's the same image that is on the english article... carnage visors — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.228.176.125 (talk • contribs)

There is no permission for the image, neither here, nor at the English Wikipedia. It does not say on the original source page that the image in not copyrighted, so one has to assume that it is covered by copyrighted. If there is no explicit permission for the image, it will be deleted - both here and at the English Wikipedia. --Matt314 08:47, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

ok, in that case it's fair.

Help with licensing

Dear Matt314, because I am new in Wikimedia I need help to find the appropriate license for these photos:

• Nof 2.jpg
• Begalci.jpg
• Nof 7.jpg
• Nof 4.jpg
• Nof 1.jpg
• Nof.jpg
• Dag.jpg

These photos are not copyrighted and are in free use in the Republic of Macedonia. Nobody claims their copyright. can you please direct me to the right license template, and explain me the procedure to obtain permission under the GNU Free Documentation License. I will be very grateful. Thanks in advance. Revizionist 11:52, 21 септември 2007 (UTC)

Hi Revizionist, it seems like the exception made in the copyright law of Macedonia (article 31) is not as free as it needs to be for Commons (see deletion request). Some of the pictures are tagged as "PD-ineligible" now, but I have strong doubt that this is accurate tagging either. In Germany and the EU photographic cannot be ineligible for copyright, so the best idea would be to inquire the copyright status of these images at the archives you took them from. Unfortunately they might still be copyrighted (and although it is very unlikely someone might claim copyright protection) and might need to be deleted from Commons. Sorry for not being a great help... --Matt314 21:07, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for alerting me that my recent upload did not contain a copyright tag, I have now fixed it. However, this is an incredibly frustrating situation that I've run into before, and I'm curious if you have an suggestions for fixing it.

During the upload process, I clicked to indicate that it is "entirely my own work," and then selected a license from the "best practices" section of the drop-down menu.

Unfortunately, none of this information was retained when I uploaded the file -- no copyright/license tag was actually placed on the photo.

Can you think of any way to get this fixed? I have seen several editors come and go due to frustrating inconsistencies like this -- if newbies do not feel their work is valued, they will move on, to the detriment of the commons. -Peteforsyth 20:01, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Peteforsyth, thanks for adding a license tag. I personally have never had your problem, but I haven't uploaded many images lately. However if you experience this problem quite often, you could ask at the village pump because I have no idea how to fix this issue, sorry. --Matt314 14:50, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Matt, that's just what I needed. I'll inquire over there. -Peteforsyth 05:51, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

關於Image:現代紙錢.jpg

這照片是我照的，那時忘了寫作者、來源，感謝提醒，業已補上。--Shoichi 08:05, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Wayne Ray photographs

Because these were taken by my father, it was suggested to me by an Admin, that GFDL was the best license. PD is built into my TypeItIn.com program and I didn't notice the two different licenses. One is just mentioned as a line in the form, the official one is the Public Domain.WayneRay 17:40, 13 October 2007 (UTC)WayneRay

Image:Visicalc.png

Image deletion warning

Image:Visicalc.png has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this image, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. If the file is up for deletion because it has been superseded by a superior derivative of your work, consider the notion that although the file may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new file. In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

Miraceti 10:00, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I just uploaded a modified version for another user. --Matt314 17:22, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Elisha Cuthbert

The author sent his permission to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. Scansgm 05:18, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, thank you. The image will be marked as soon as the permission has been reviewed in the OTRS. --Matt314 09:51, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Antoine_Augustin_Cournot.jpeg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Antoine_Augustin_Cournot.jpeg. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikimedia Commons (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page. If the content is a derivative of a copyrighted work, you need to supply the names and a licence of the original authors as well.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag, then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}} to release it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license or {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find all your uploads using the Gallery tool. Thank you. Siebrand 09:36, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Uploading Games Screenshots

Sorry, but I am not familiarized with United States laws. Could I, according with US laws, upload how many screenshots i want from free games (in case, MINERVA: Metastasis, a free Half Life 2 mod)? If not, please tell me how deleting uploaded images for miself. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leohenrique0908 (talk • contribs)

If you can upload the screenshot depends on the license the game is released under. In the Wikipedia article MINERVA (mod) it does not mention any license so I would assume that it is copyrighted (free enough for Commons does not mean you don't have to pay for it, but that one is allowed to modify and distribute an image, even comercially). In case it is copyrighted you cannot upload screenshots to commons, however it is possible to upload the screenshots to English Wikipedia directly, like en:Image:Metastasis helicopter and vista.jpg.

To delete own pictures, you can simply write {{speedy|reason}} in the image description, an administrator will then delete the image. --Matt314 17:22, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I dont know the license of the game, but it is free, so I believe it is not copyrighted. And if it is, I can`t upload to commoms, but can I upload directly in Wikipedia?

Another point is: how can I know if a program or even a webpage is copyrighted? I dont have a lot of pacience to read those 20-pages texts looking for a particular information. Leohenrique0908 18:30, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't know that much about the game, but if it is based on Half Live, it will be copyrighted (derivative work). I am sorry I cannot help you about the computer game's license, you might ask at the village pump or at Commons talk:Licensing. If you want to include the image in the English Wikipedia you can upload it there, other languages might not allow fair use.

To know whether you are allowed to take a picture from a website: Only if it explicitly states that is it released under a license that allowes redistributen and modification for both non-commercial and commercial use, then you can upload it here. This licenses would likely to be GFDL, Public Domain or a Creative Commons license (that does contain ND or NC). If it does not say anything you have to assume that the material is copyrighted. --Matt314 19:28, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Image:Shrek - toy.jpg

If you think it is... A photo of any sculpture migth be too... OK. Do what you have to do. I read the article and you can be right. Elektron 14:18, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your understanding! In such cases I do not delete the file by myself but tag it as "derivative", so another admin will have a look at it and eventually deleted it. --Matt314 16:52, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Elisha Cuthbert Again

Why was the image deleted? The permission was sent to Commoms, all is okay now. Scansgm 11:28, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Cuthbert

Sorry for the inconvenience if it had a permission and was deleted. From your post I think you are talking about Image:Elisha Cuthbert CFDA.jpg. I do not have access to OTRS, maybe your message got lost, so you might re-send it. By the way: When searching for the image I came across Image:Highlander - Queen.ogg which I had to delete: This song surely is copyrighted, you don't own the copyright to release it under a free license just because this song appears under "my files". --Matt314 12:24, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Scansgm 17:53, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

MediaWiki:Filedelete-reason-dropdown

Thanks a lot for that. I looked a while back but couldn't find the right page, regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:14, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

As far as I knew this was just introduced recently (before it was only possible for deleting "articles" not for images), I saw a notice about it at the German WP. --Matt314 13:51, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. Thanks for this, quite useful. — Giggy 09:00, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Thank you for uploading those pictures for Lingyan Temple, they are very good, especially the one looking down on the temple from Mount Tai. I used those pictures to create the articles on the Pizhi Pagoda and the Lingyan Temple over at wikipedia. However, I was wondering if you actually took a picture of the inside of the Thousand Buddha Hall, considering all the precious Song Dynasty painted clay statues within. Did you, by any chance? If so, I would be grateful if you uploaded another picture or two. Thanks!--PericlesofAthens 08:27, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your comment and thanks for writing an article about it on Wikipedia! Actually a user at the German Wikipedia had asked the same question about photos of the Arhats in the hall, as well. As far as I can recall, I did take pictures inside - however I did not find them the other day. I promise I will upload them when I have found them! --Matt314 09:02, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

please delete

I uploaded the image with the wrong license and am unable to insert it under an edit. Please delete the image and I will reload with proper attribution. Thanks.--Redthoreau 14:01, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

done. --Matt314 14:08, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks --Redthoreau 14:26, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Another quick favor ... can you delete this duplicate of mine for me. Thanks. --Redthoreau 14:29, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, the image is still in use in some projects. Please let me know the other image so I can have a bot do the replacement before deleting the image. --Matt314 14:46, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Good thinking. Here is the other image. If you can merge them that would be great. Thanks again. --Redthoreau 14:54, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

The bot is working on it. Might take some time, but I think there's no hurry... --Matt314 21:11, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Appreciate it. No rush ... but glad it is being taken care of. ;o) --Redthoreau 21:20, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Gare de Jouy-sur-Morin

Bonjour, pour le problème de licence la la photo de la gare je n'y comprends rie, je pensait avoir mis toutes les indications. Je n'y comprsnds plus rien, c'est du chinois. J'ai l'autorisation écrite, par courriel de l'auteur de la photo pour l'utiser sur l'article Wikipedia : est-ce que je peux vous mailer le courriel ?

Au secours ! En plus, j'ai trois autres photos en attente à télécharger, se la même source pour le même article.

Olivier / Documentation-FREE

Bonjour Documentation-F.R.E.E., merci pour votre réponse. Si vous avez l'autorisation écrite, pouvez-vous l'envoyer à l'OTRS, svp? Les volontaires d'OTRS peuvent vous aider trouver une licence applicable. --Matt314 08:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)