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Antrag zur Wiederherstellung von File:VerbAbz1GebDivW.jpg

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Administratoren,

im Frühjahr 2014 habe ich von einem Plakat des Kameradenkreises der Gebirgstruppe die Divisionsabzeichen der 12 Gebirgsdivisionen der Wehrmacht kopiert und in die jeweiligen Artikel der Divisionen eingefügt. Dabei habe ich bei jedem Divisionsabzeichen fälschlicherweise (damals war ich Anfänger bei Wikipedia) als Urheber den Kameradenkreis angegeben.

In der Beschreibung aller Divisionsabzeichen muss es richtigerweise heißen: - Quelle: Archiv Kameradenkreis der Gebirgstruppe - Autor: unbekannt, da heute für alle Divisionen nicht mehr nachvollziehbar - Lizenz: Dieses Bild stellt das Wappen einer deutschen Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts dar. Nach § 5 Abs. 1 UrhG (Deutschland) sind amtliche Werke wie Wappen gemeinfrei. Zu beachten: Wappen sind allgemein unabhängig von ihrem urheberrechtlichen Status in ihrer Nutzung gesetzlich beschränkt. Ihre Verwendung unterliegt dem Namensrecht (§ 12 BGB), und den öffentlichen Körperschaften dienen sie darüber hinaus als Hoheitszeichen.

Ich beantrage die Wiederherstellung des File:VerbAbz1GebDivW.jpg und auch die der übrigen 12 Gebirgsdivisionen, falls die auch schon gelöscht worden sind.

Mit Dank im Voraus für Ihr Verständnis und Ihre Bereitschaft helfen zu wollen -- Jost (talk) 18:01, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Rosenzweig: I am the deleting admin. Jost, can you cite which statute or decree these patches are part of? (and I've discussed similar cases with Rosenzweig on my talk page.) Abzeronow (talk) 20:34, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Abzeronow: These patches were worne as an official part of the uniform. Each mountain division of the Wehrmacht have had their own patch. The patches were created by the staff of the division and were approved by the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH). I have read your dicussion with Rosenzweig. Jost (talk) 00:19, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@JostGudelius: Ob die Bundeswehr oder ihre Untergliederungen wirklich Körperschaften des öffentlichen Rechts sind, finde ich zumindest zweifelhaft. Müsste man evtl. mal bei de:WP:URF klären. Aber unabhängig davon sind auch Gemeindewappen usw. deshalb gemeinfreie amtliche Werke, weil sie mal in einer amtlichen Verlautbarung bekanntgemacht wurden. Die ZDv 37/10 hat bspw. diverse Verbandsabzeichen. Ist das hier auch so? Wenn ja, wann und wo? Oder hat das irgendjemand inoffiziell erstellt? --Rosenzweig τ 21:37, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Rosenzweig: Es handelt sich hier um die Divisionsabzeichen der 12 Gebirgsdivisionen der Wehrmacht. Diese Abzeichen wurden wahrscheinlich von den Divisionen geschaffen und vom Kriegsministerium bzw. Oberkommando des Heeres genehmigt. Urheber und Genehmigungsprozess sind heute nicht mehr nachzuvollziehen. Ob Streitkräfte Körperschaften des öffentlichen Rechts sind, kann ich nicht belegen - ich bin kein Jurist. Sie sind aber eine vom Staat beauftragte Organisation/Körperschaft mit einem Auftrag und klaren Rechtsrahmen, der mit der Verfassung / dem Grungesetz beginnt.Gruß --Jost (talk) 23:54, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Rosenzweig: Deine Frage bezüglich der ZDV 37/10, die diverse Verbandsabzeichen enthält, trifft den Nagel auf den Kopf. Diese Verbandsabzeichen werden bei allen Verbänden, die eines Artikels bei Wikipedia würdig sind, in der Info-Box ohne Probleme eingefügt. Das gleiche muss auch für die Verbandsabzeichen der Verbände der Wehrmacht gelten; sie haben von ihrer Entstehung und Genehmigung her das gleiche Procedere und den gleichen Status. Sie sind offizielle Abzeichen/Wappen einer deutschen Behörde/eines Verbandes der Wehrmacht und m.E. gemeinfrei. Ich bitte Dich, dies @Abzeronowzu erklären und darauf hinzuwirken, dass die Löschungen der Divisionsabzeichen der Gebirgsdivisionen der Wehrmacht rückgängig gemacht bzw. unterlassen werden, damit wir uns in Zukunft diese Diskussionen ersparen. Dein Englisch ist weitaus besser als das meinige, bitte mach es. Ich werde inzwischen Quelle und Urheber in den Beschreibungen der Verbandsabzeichen bearbeiten/korrigieren. Gruß --Jost (talk) 16:04, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ich übersetze das mal: Du weißt demnach nicht, ob besagte Grafik mal in irgendeiner Vorschrift bekanntgemacht o. ä. wurde. Du vermutest es nur. --Rosenzweig τ 18:17, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Rosenzweig:zunächst mal herzlichen Dank, dass Ihr weiter mit mir kommuniziert und versucht, mir zu helfen. Inzwischen habe ich heute nach heftiger Recherche folgende Aussagen und Quellen gefunden, die belegen, dass meine Vermutung (Erfahrung aus langjähriger Tätigkeit in den Streitkräften bei der Truppe, in Stäben und im Ministerium) durchaus richtig ist und auch bei Wikipedia und Commons bearbeitet wurde. Siehe:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verbandsabzeichen_1._Gebirgs-Division.png in: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Insignia_of_the_Wehrmacht?uselang=deDivision.png?uselang=de.
Mützenedelweiß, Ärmelabzeichen und Verbandsabzeichen (für Fahrzeuge und Gerät) der 1. GebDiv wurden vom Oberkommando des Heeres mit Verfügung vom 2.Mai 1939 eingeführt; siehe in: Thomas Müller, Verheizt - Vergöttert - Verführt, Die deutsche Gebirgstruppe 1915- 1939, Veröffentlichung des Bayerischen Armeemuseums Band 16, 1. Auflage 2017, S. 68. Die Divisionsabzeichen/Truppenkennzeichen der Wehrmacht wurden vom OKH endgültig legitimiert mit Befehl Nr. 21 vom 16.Februar 1944 (OKH GenSt d H Org Abt II/31 180/44); siehe in: W. Fleischer, Truppenkennzeichen des deutschen Heeres und der Luftwaffe, Dörfler-Verlag 2002, ISBN 3895554448.
Ich meine, das reicht Ich bitte Dich und @Abzeronow, die Verbandsabzeichen der 1.GebDiv (Edelweiß) und der 3.GebDiv (Narvikschild) wiederherzustellen. Gruß --Jost (talk) 22:14, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Jost, Ich habe Ihre Aussagen über Google Translate gelesen. Da ich kein Deutsch spreche, habe ich mich auf Englisch verständigt. Aber ich werde bei Bedarf maschinelle Übersetzung verwenden. (via google translate) Abzeronow (talk) 19:22, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Abzeronow: I hope you can although translate my answer to @Rosenzweig. I think all doubts are now cleared up. Greetings --Jost (talk) 22:22, 3 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Because there are potentially many more cases like these, I think we should get to the bottom of the matter. I've started a thread at de.wp's equivalent of the copyright village pump (at. de.wp because I feel more people who know German law will particpate there): de:Wikipedia:Urheberrechtsfragen#Militärische Verbandsabzeichen Deutschlands. Hopefully a consensus can be reached there. --Rosenzweig τ 06:58, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Rosenzweig. I can use Firefox's beta translation feature on that page so I'll follow along as best I can (I won't post there since I know so very little German) Abzeronow (talk) 20:19, 4 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'll reiterate something Rosenzweig said there here, there is no rush on this, if it is found by dewiki legal experts that these are lawfully in the public domain, I can restore them myself. These cannot be in the public domain as "anonymous works" because 1.) German copyright law for pre-1995 works and 2.) URAA if these were not seized by the Office of Alien Property Custodian. Abzeronow (talk) 01:01, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Rosenzweig: @JostGudelius: It's been 3 weeks since any comment at dewiki and this request has been stale. Since I am the deleting admin I don't want to close this request. But I'm not seeing any consensus there or here for me to reverse my deletion. Abzeronow (talk) 19:12, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Abzeronow: I'd be fine with closing this request here for now and open a new undeletion request if there is a positive result at de.wp. But Jost will have to decide. We've had undeletion requests that were open for months. --Rosenzweig τ 19:19, 5 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Rosenzweig and Abzeronow, till now I don't get any answer by the Military Archive and I think they will not answer in future.
I don't understand why the divisional insignia of the mountain divisions are deleted, while hundreds, maybe thousands of insignia of troops around the world exist on Wikipedia.--Jost (talk) 17:01, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Jost, different countries have different laws. In my country (the United States), works by the federal government are public domain. For Russia and Ukraine, army emblems would fall under state symbols that are exempt from copyright. Germany appears to be more complicated, and I have a mandate to respect Germany's copyright laws. I don't wish for this to be remain deleted either, but unless I have a legal leg to stand on for it, I just cannot restore it now. Abzeronow (talk) 19:28, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Jost has opened a new request below so we may as well close this one. Abzeronow (talk) 18:30, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not done, stale request, no consensus. Thuresson (talk) 07:37, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The undeletion discussion in the following section is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive.

File:VerbAbz3GebDivW.jpg

Das Bundesarchiv Abteilung Deutsches Reich hat mir mit E-mail vom 27. März 2025 auf meine Frage, welche Urheberrechte im Zusammenhang mit Verbandsabzeichen der Wehrmacht - hier Verbandsabzeichen der Gebirgsdivisionen der Wehrmacht - folgenden Text geschrieben: "Die ehemalige deutsche Wehrmacht hat unserer Kenntnis nach keinen Rechtsnachfolger. Die durch sie erlassenen Vorschriften, Erlasse und Befehle sind mittlerweile Schriftgut des Bundesarchivs und unterliegen dem Bundesarchivgesetz. Personenbezogene oder zeitliche Schutzfristen bestehen für die Art Schriftgut nicht."

Da die Verbandsabzeichen nicht willkürlich verwendet werden konnten, sondern auf Grundlage übergeordneter Stäbe genehmigt und angeordnet wurden, bitte ich um Wiederherstellung der gelöschten Verbandsabzeichen der Gebirgsdivisionen der Wehrmacht - 1.GD, 3.GD und 4. GD - unter der Lizenz "gemeinfrei". --Jost (talk) 14:54, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This information could have been shared in the still opened but stalled UDR of this file. The Federal Republic of Germany is the legal successor of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. @Rosenzweig: @Gnom: Regardless if Bundesarchiv feels Wehrmacht insignia are public domain, they should contact COM:VRT so this information is on file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:28, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That actually says nothing about the copyright situation of the insignia. They're writing about "Schutzfristen", a kind of waiting period before archives can allow access to files to protect interests of people who might still be alive or died recently. So nothing to do with copyright. They probably didn't even understand the problem we have here. Which is understandable, because they are archivists, not jurists, and normally wouldn't bother with copyright at all. --Rosenzweig τ 18:56, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with @Rosenzweig. From my perspective, the question is more about TOO. Gnom (talk) 13:58, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not done, stale request, no consensus. Thuresson (talk) 07:37, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Grubtheme sekiro.png File doesn't fulfil requirements for deletion

I believe that this file isn't eligible for deletion because it's author has released it on GitHub under a free license (MIT license) source and because this image doesn't contain any derivative work from the game Sekiro (also see: commons rule).

Thank you for participating in this discussion Kakučan (talk) 12:22, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose This is the only public repository of semimqmo on GitHub and they posted on Reddit that they just took this wallpaper from https://wallpapersden.com/sekiro-shadows-die-twice-art-wallpaper/2560x1440 where the author is not even credited. And maybe some people do not think of a software license applying to images   REAL 💬 ⬆   15:23, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose As noted in the deletion comment, there is no evidence that the creator of the image is the person who posted it with the {{Mit}} license at github. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:34, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As you can see in this and this commit the final screenshot is composed of resources which automatically fulfill the commons rule of threshold of originality except this one (which is considered it to be not semimqmo's original work). I found this theory to be true but I couldn't find any license posted with this resource which leads me to think that John Devlin had given a permission to semimqmo to repost this resource under MIT license (otherwise semimqmo's repo on GitHub would've been taken down for copyright infringement). Thank you for your response Kakučan (talk) 18:54, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I say again -- there is no evidence that Devlin has given a free license. The fact that GitHub has not acted against this post proves nothing. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 19:17, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support This is free software. It would be very contrary to current practice that a non-free image would be distributed with it. So I think that the license applies to the whole package, which includes the code and the image. Yann (talk) 18:07, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is a logo for JS13K games. I am writing on behalf of the creators Andrzej and Ewa Mazur who wishes it to not be deleted. This image was being used on the wikipedia page for js13k also. Thank you for fixing! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slackluster (talk • contribs)

  Support If this is the logo shown at the top of https://js13kgames.com Andrzej Mazur uploaded this file under CC0 in 2018   REAL 💬 ⬆   21:12, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose Although Ewa Mazur is mentioned on the web site, Andrzej is not. This logo was uploaded by USER:Mypoint13k in 2021. The web site has "©2024 js13kGames & authors". If the owners of the site actually want the logo freely licensed here, they must do it with a message to VRT. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:24, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He is in https://github.com/orgs/js13kGames/people. He uploaded the logo on the website in a GitHub repository under CC0 in 2018   REAL 💬 ⬆   14:36, 12 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support This is free software. It would be very contrary to current practice that a non-free image would be distributed with it. So I think that the license applies to the whole package, which includes the code and the image. Yann (talk) 15:19, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yann I don't think so. Aside from the explicit copyright notice which I cited above, the legal section of the web site has
"As a condition of submission, Entrant grants the Competition Organizer, its subsidiaries, agents and partner companies, a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, publish, distribute, publicly perform, create a derivative work from, and publicly display the Submission."
That is a free license only in the sense that no money changes hands. It does not include the right to freely license anything. Also, please remember that even in the case where the software may be freely licensed, the logo for it is often not. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:32, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That is an agreement for entrants who submit games to the competition, not anything to do with the website itself, which in fact has no license on GitHub at all. However, one of the staff of js13kGames uploaded this logo in a different repository under CC0. The license in a GitHub repository applies to all the files in it unless otherwise noted, which has not been done so there   REAL 💬 ⬆   15:50, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The license in a GitHub repository applies to all the files in it unless otherwise noted. Yes, I agree with that. Yann (talk) 16:49, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Old Sepahan Logo.png

با سلام لوگوی بارگذاری شده باز طراحی اینجانب میباشد و بنده لوگو را از روی یک ویدئو طراحی نمودم و کاملا اثر شخصی بنده میباشد.

  Oppose Complex logo, no permission. Yann (talk) 14:11, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If this is the same logo https://www.instagram.com/wearesepahan/p/DHI2zQEIFnj, that post says it is from the 70s, is Template:PD-Iran 30 years after publication of a work by a "legal person" mean government only or business entities?   REAL 💬 ⬆   14:37, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is the same logo. The logo might be from the 1970s, but is the blazon from the 1970s or more recent? Abzeronow (talk) 19:02, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand what you are talking about.. @Hanooz do you know anything about this?   REAL 💬 ⬆   20:52, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Edited "from there" to "from the 1970s" to make my meaning more clear. (And I mean to ask if the interpretation of the logo is from the 1970s or more recent) Abzeronow (talk) 21:16, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I see now (I didnt know what "the blazon" was referring to). Now that I look more closely, I can't find this logo by reverse image search anywhere else than the Instagram account, so we definitely need to learn more from someone who knows about Iranian football clubs back then   REAL 💬 ⬆   22:01, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Muselk vs Ali-A (cropped).jpg

The file was speedily deleted for the reason "per COM:Speedy" without mentioning a specific reason as to why it was speedily deleted.

Presuming the reason being F1, the original source of the image was a thumbnail from a YouTube video that was listed under a CC license. The thumbnail does contain copyrighted Fortnite imagery, but was cropped to exclude any of it. There isn't a COM:NET issue as far as I'm aware because Ali-A does actually talk in that video. In other words, the subject of the file is affiliated with the uploader in that specific video. This isn't just some random upload of gameplay that put his face in the thumbnail for clickbait. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TansoShoshen (talk • contribs) 08:58, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Pinging @Yann: as the deleting admin. Ankry (talk) 10:48, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose without more information. Image included in a game video. Where does this image come from? Also what's the educational purpose of this? Yann (talk) 14:35, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Given that this was 2010-era YouTube, and that after scrolling across the videos of YouTube channel and checking with both Tineye and Google Reverse Image Search, this seems to be just a unique instance of Ali-A doing the "stereotypical clickbait face". The educational value is that the subject depicted, Ali-A is a notable subject with his own article on Wikipedia. TansoShoshen (talk) 19:58, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Portret van een prostituee met een glas whiskey, RP-F-F00149.jpg

Hi, This was certainly published at the time, so the reason for deletion is not valid: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Portret van een prostituee met een glas whiskey, RP-F-F00149.jpg. Yann (talk) 09:43, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, we already have a copy: File:StoryvilleRaleighRyeGal.JPG. Yann (talk) 09:46, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Why do you think it was "certainly published" in 1912? Per the MOMA book, Bellocq took these photographs for himself (he apparently was friendly with the prostitutes, don't know if he was a customer there) and kept the glass negatives at home, where they were found in some piece of furniture after his death. His main occupation as a photographer was apparently working for a shipbuilding company, photographing ship parts and machinery. --Rosenzweig τ 10:05, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging @Nosferattus: as the nominator. --Rosenzweig τ 10:07, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Comment Oversimplification - Many of the now best known Bellocq nudes are from the chest of glass negatives rediscovered in the 1960s but Bellocq also printed some at the time, both for the prostitutes themselves and their customers. As a professional photographer during his life he was better publicly known for his industrial photography, photographs of Mardi Gras floats (seasonal but extensive work, was official photographer for some krewes), photographer for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, and also did portrait photography. While the "Storyville" red-light district was quasi-legal, association with it was not something which would publicized by someone doing respectable work outside of the demi-monde (even if it was an open secret in some circles). IMO there may be a case that Bellocq images known only from prints produced by Lee Friedlander, may still be under copyright, this is not one, being one of the long better known Storyville portraits. Some Storyville historians have even questioned the attribution of this one to Bellocq. (This is mostly off the top of my head as a long-time researcher in early New Orleans jazz, which is an adjacent topic to Storyville history with some crossover, knowing and interacting with some working in the latter field, but some details are likely covered in the late Al Rose's "Storyville" book.) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:59, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Infrogmation and Yann: Do you have any evidence that this specific photo was published before 1970? Nosferattus (talk) 20:07, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is not much reason to doubt publication, as Infrogmation explains above. Speculations are not a valid reason deletion, and are much beyond significant doubt, which is required for deletion. Yann (talk) 18:54, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • There is definitely good reason to doubt publication. (1) I wasn't able to find any evidence that it was published prior to 1970 when I nominated the image for deletion. (2) The MOMA book about Bellocq's nudes doesn't mention any previous publications and seems to imply that Lee Friedlander was the first to publish them. But I don't know why I'm arguing with you anyway. You're just going to undelete it regardless of what I say. Nosferattus (talk) 04:48, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • The MOMA book is not a holy publication. It is not surprising that it doesn't mention distribution of these portraits to the subjects and their customers, which counts as publication. Association with prostitutes was not something people publicized. Yann (talk) 09:05, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:حسن البيجو.jpg

Photo rights have been added under my username (ARABXOOPS) at the same link, please take a look.

https://www.facebook.com/elbejoo/photos/%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%83-%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%83-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D9%88-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%83-%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B4-%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%83-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%83-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%82/997644375136084/?_rdr — Preceding unsigned comment added by ARABXOOPS (talk • contribs) 10:57, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bluto and many other Thimble Theatre characters are already in the public domain due to the strips from late 1930-1936 and maybe upward not renewing their copyright: Commons:Character copyrights

Bluto's debut strip was not renewed in 1959 and 1960 same for Wimpy's in 1958 and 1959. Swee'Pea, Poopdeck Pappy and Eugene The Jeep same for Alice the Goon's debut strips also never renewed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:541:e00:83f0:3cf9:5606:3cbd:15a2 (talk • contribs) 09:38, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Comment This request probably concerns all files in Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Bluto. Yann (talk) 09:38, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Infrogmation and Nosferattus: for deleting admin and nominator. Yann (talk) 09:39, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Signature (this is texted from a school computer): Zig-Zag. 63.81.59.162 13:46, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Whimpy and Bluto don't seem to be renewed.--Prosfilaes (talk) 01:04, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:1986 Beach Chair - Pixar Animation Studios.webm

This work was first published before March 1, 1989, and I can't find any mention of the Beach Chair short made by Pixar in the copyright office public records. The original nomination at Commons:Deletion requests/File:1986 Beach Chair - Pixar Animation Studios.webm requested deletion merely because it was republished in a 1991 Liquid Television episode (Season 1 Episode 3). However, Pixar did not create the Liquid Television TV series. VTSGsRock (talk) 03:53, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Info deleted on uploader's request. Ankry (talk) 09:23, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  Info There is no copyright notice, so without a registration the short movie is PD. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:46, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"“Publication” is the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. The offering to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display, constitutes publication. A public performance or display of a work does not of itself constitute publication." Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 101. I believe this is the relevant definition for all post 1978 works.
So when was it published? Showing it at SIGGRAPH wouldn't count. The 1991 Liquid Television episode may have been the first publication, as it was distributed for purposes of further distribution. That would put it after 1989.--Prosfilaes (talk) 00:11, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:F-35B Lightning II Completes First Land-based Ski Jump Launch 150619-D-AW822-318.jpg

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: File was deleted because there were questions about whether Lockheed Martin had released the picture. Per previous deletion request on Commons:Deletion requests/File:An F-35 Lightning II completes a flyover of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000). (29774535153).jpg, which is also an Andy Wolfe picture from Lockheed Martin, "All F-35 Lightning II photography and videography taken by contract photographers (Lockheed Martin, KBRwyle, etc.) in support of F-35 Lightning II flight test are official DoD imagery and in the public domain." VRT/OTRS ticket 2016101910017989 Elisfkc (talk) 03:53, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Elisfkc: Can you ask that your request is confirmed by a VRT volunteer with access to the ticket in the permission queue? Anyway, we need a valid free license template that cannot be {{PD-USGov}} for DoD contractors. Ankry (talk) 06:55, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ankry Not sure how I get a VRT volunteer to confirm it, but ok. As for the template, whatever is decided also needs to be applied to all the images in Category:Photographs by Andy Wolfe & likely some of Category:Photographs by Lockheed Martin, as well as I'm sure others. Elisfkc (talk) 20:24, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please ping me with a reminder, but I will try to look into this tomorrow regardless. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:29, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@The Squirrel Conspiracy ping reminder Elisfkc (talk) 21:42, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Files found with foodmacha.tistory.com

And possibly these too if they are from the same source:

The files were deleted because of failed verification after this deletion request, but as you can see on the webpage archived version, there is a small CC-BY-4.0 icon at the bottom right next to the "like", "share" and "report" icons. --Chiyako92 (talk) 08:52, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, Tistory CC licenses are notoriously easy to miss. All 8 images list http://foodmacha.tistory.com/534 as the source. Weak   Support even though we can't find those images on the archive link, since the uploader seems trustworthy and they did everything right and it's not really their fault that nobody came around and reviewed it in 7 years. I think we can COM:AGF on the provenance of the images. The presence of a CC license, which is the more important thing, can be verified at the archive link. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 18:50, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:ParisKiri.jpg

This image is mine {{OWN}} I certify that there are no copyright issues. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiri0907 (talk • contribs) 15:22, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose Per Commons:Deletion requests/File:ParisKiri.jpg. Thuresson (talk) 19:11, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  Oppose Also, given that this editor has uploaded four now-deleted images with "Kiri" in the file name, I suspect that this is a personal image of a non-contributor. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:52, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Member and Observer states of the Arab League (orthographic projection).svg

This image was deleted by user @M.Bitton: because of a "copyright violation" however I created the image based on another map made by them which is on commons under the the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license and thus in the public domain, I did tag it as "own work" and I do admit I could have been more clear I used a base but if I had been notified of this I could have easily fixed it, I also didn't mean to do this because apparently if you select the "this work contains the work of other" option it does not change anything in the meta data. it also must be stated that I never got a notification for some reason and the image was deleted so quickly that I never had an opportunity to challenge it. PharaohCrab (talk) 17:32, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That's not what public domain is. The base image may be freely licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0, but that's not "public domain". Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 17:26, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Victor Schmidt mobil: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license is not Public Domain. CC-licensed content is copyrighted, but available for any use, providing that author is properly attributed. M.Bitton was not properly attributed. And claim that the image was deleted by M.Bitton is false. He is not an admin and cannot do so. Ankry (talk) 17:39, 22 May 2025 (UTC) Ankry (talk) 17:40, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ankry you ping the wrong person and restate what they said
@M.Bitton you are supposed to notify uploader when you tag their file for speedy deletion. When someone put the wrong source/license please just fix it so we do not have to waste time like this   REAL 💬 ⬆   18:03, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think he tried it just never got it through because a glitch or something PharaohCrab (talk) 21:34, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
that is a difference of semantics and my point still stands that it was free to use PharaohCrab (talk) 12:24, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
PharaohCrab, NO, it is free to use if and only if you properly attribute the creator. You tried, whether intentionally or not, to claim the work of others as your own work. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:56, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  Oppose This is a poor choice of base maps for this particular application. It was fine for its original use, which covered only the member states, all in the Middle East, but is not a good choice for the observers, because two of them are at the very left edge of the map and you can't be sure which they are. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 18:14, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Yousef samir personal headshot.jpg

Requesting undeletion of this file. I, the uploader (User:Yahsamirr), uploaded this headshot using the Upload Wizard on 18 May 2025, and clearly marked it as my own work.

The image was deleted under F10 ("Personal photos by non-contributors") by User:Aafi, but this deletion reason is factually incorrect — I am both the contributor and the subject of the image.

Deletion log: - Upload: 22:01, 18 May 2025 by Yahsamirr - Deletion: 18:01, 21 May 2025 by Aafi

I kindly request restoration of the file, or at least a fair explanation based on accurate interpretation of Wikimedia Commons policy.

Thank you. — Yahsamirr (talk) 17:12, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Yahsamirr: Why do you think that the image is in scope of Wikimedia Commons? Ankry (talk) 17:29, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ankry: Hello ankry, thank you for your response.

This image is in scope of Wikimedia Commons because it depicts a notable individual (myself), whose name has been covered by multiple independent media outlets, including Youm7, El-Watan, Egyptian Streets, and Shorouk News. The photo was intended for use in a Wikidata entity representing the same person, and potentially in future Wikipedia articles if applicable. The image is: - My own work - Clearly marked with a compatible license at the time of upload - Educational in nature and appropriate for identification/documentation of a verifiable subject I believe this meets Commons’ scope under the guidelines for personal portraits of notable individuals for use in Wikimedia projects. Let me know if I can provide further clarification. — Yahsamirr (talk) 17:31, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ankry: I see nothing in the image descrition that proves subject notability nor I can find an accepted Wikipediia article about Yousef Samir. Any hints? Which Wikipedia notability criteria are met? Ankry (talk) 17:45, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If the appropriate Wikidata item is created and it is linked from other Wikidata items (or the item notability is proven in another way), the image may be undeleted. At the deletion time, the image was unused in Wikidata. Ankry (talk) 17:48, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ankry:
I would be happy to provide media articles from multiple nationally recognized sources that confirm the notability of both the subject (myself) and the company (TapTag) on a national level.
I created structured Wikidata entries using two images — a personal headshot and a company logo — which were both deleted by User:Yahya under what I believe to be unjust and misapplied reasons.
I am currently in the process of appealing these deletions, but have been met with unwarranted hostility and vague accusations. For example, one file was deleted under the rationale of “personal photo by non-contributor” — despite the fact that I was both the uploader and the subject of the image.
Multiple speedy deletion tags have also been placed on nearly every file I upload, including the company logo, which was marked as “promotion” without a clear explanation or review.
I genuinely feel unable to respond effectively to these recurring actions, and I want to personally thank you for taking the time to evaluate this situation fairly.

-- Yahsamirr (talk) 18:04, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Then provide the links of media articles. You have been asserting there are but so far failed to provide any. This looks like just another self promotion crusade Bedivere (talk) 15:37, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since Commons Admins have far more to do than the time to do it, we often write in shorthand. "personal photo by non-contributor" should be read as "a personal photo of a person who is not an active contributor". See Commons:Project_scope#User_pages. With 20 total edits on Commons, of which 6 have been deleted, you can hardly claim to be an active contributor.

I suggest that you return here when you have an accepted article on one of the Wikipedias about yourself or your company. Please remember that such articles must be written by independent third parties -- you cannot do it yourself or have it done by friends or paid writers.

Also note that the subject image appears on Crunchbase, which is not freely licensed, so the actual copyright holder, which is almost always the photographer, must send a free license using VRT. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:29, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Not done: Not your personal platform. --Bedivere (talk) 01:54, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Steeve-Ruben-2021-photo-PaulZeppenfeld.jpg

Vous indiquez que :

1. ce fichier enfreint le droit d'auteur pour les raisons suivantes : Copyright © Jessica MARC 2. Ce fichier enfreint le droit d'auteur parce qu'il provient de : https://www.ruben-associes.com/photos-presse/

En effet, ce fichier avait été attribué par erreur à Jessica MARC sur la page https://www.ruben-associes.com/photos-presse. Il a donc été retiré de cette page.

Moi, Paul ZEPPENFELD (paulzep), suis bien l'auteur de cette photo. Je vous remercie de bien vouloir autoriser sa publication. --Paulzep (talk) 20:57, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bonjour @Paulzep
Quelles informations sont contenues dans les données Exif ? Est-ce qu'il y en a? Pour vérifier que vous êtes le véritable détenteur des droits d'auteur, je vous recommande d'utiliser COM:relgen. Une fois que toutes les informations ont été vérifiées par un membre de la VRT et que nous avons un billet valide, nous pouvons restaurer la photo. Salutations, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 07:15, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Dave-Kellett-holding-Payaso.tif

Permission was given after 7 days due to the copyright holder being in the Alaska wilderness and without internet access.

Sorry for the inconvenience; please let me know what information you may still need.

Thanks for your help!

--OneRayMichels (talk) 20:59, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Additional info from the email providing permission...
/////
sentto:
photosubmission@wikimedia.org
date:
May 22, 2025, 2:49 PM
subject:
release of content attached to this email
filename of attachment:
AuthorPicPage96.tif
/////
I thought that perhaps my filename was more informational; but I'm open to admin course-correction. Thanks! OneRayMichels (talk) 21:17, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I also realized that my timestamp is kind of useless without any timezone info, so here's from the original email header:
Thu, 22 May 2025 12:49:22 -0700 (PDT) OneRayMichels (talk) 23:23, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:G20 2023 New Delhi summit, India took over presidency of g20.webp

I request undeletion of the file "G20 2023 New Delhi summit, India took over presidency of g20.webp".

The image was taken from an official Indian government or G20 2023 source (such as g20.org), and it is either in the public domain or released under a license that allows reuse.

The original deletion reason was "COM:SPEEDY", but I believe the file is eligible for hosting on Commons under {{PD-India-Gov}} or a similar rationale. Kindly review the file and restore it if appropriate.

Thank you. 8bhakt (talk) 07:19, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Oppose "All rights reserved. Copyright © 2024." at g20.org. Thuresson (talk) 10:57, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  Oppose Please understand that when you upload an image here, you must state the correct source. Your comment above, "The image was taken from an official Indian government or G20 2023 source" does not meet that test. The G20 web site, which is apparently the source of the image, is, as Thuresson says, "All rights reserved. Copyright © 2024." I also note that when you uploaded the image you claimed that you were the actual photographer. Making false statements about authorship is a serious violation of Commons rules. It may lead to you being blocked from editing here. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:56, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Not done: copyrighted. --Bedivere (talk) 04:19, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Apu Bishwas (4).jpg

This image was deleted as a possible copyvio. However, the uploader is a professional photographer, so the image was likely taken by him. Kaim (talk) 15:02, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Support EXIF data consistent with other pictures by this user. Yann (talk) 18:44, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Done: per request. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:15, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:NIE 1905 - title page.jpg

@Krd: It looks like you overlooked by withdrawl: Commons:Deletion requests/File:NIE 1905 - title page.jpg. Nosferattus (talk) 19:29, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Done: per request. --The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 20:14, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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