User talk:Gnom

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A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thanks a lot for your efforts and kind help to search for the Hamburg recording of Jana Gana Mana and upload that to Wikimedia Commons. Love from India. Bodhisattwa (talk) 14:53, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Wow – thank you very much, Bodhisattwa! --Gnom (talk) 15:41, 17 February 2020 (UTC)

Steamboat Willie

Hi, It was already uploaded, but then deleted: Commons:Deletion requests/Steamboat Willie. Yann (talk) 21:08, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

@Yann, you are a legend – thank you so much for finding this! Is there a chance for me to see the specific versions of the film that were deleted in 2019? Specifically, what is the resolution and duration of the two files? I am asking because we might want to find better versions to upload before and to display as MOTD on 1 January. Gnom (talk) 23:05, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

This video is from [1]. The resolution is 480 x 360. I doubt we will find anything better before January. Later may be... Yann (talk) 12:14, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

@Yann: Thank you – well, there is a DVD/Bluray version available, and I am trying to find someone to help me extract it from there... Gnom (talk) 12:37, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Yann and @Racconish, just to clarify: Is File:Steamboat Willie (1928) by Walt Disney.webm the 1080p version from Disney Video? If yes, then I understand that this is the best available version which we should be using to celebrate Public Domain Day on 1 January 2024, correct? Thank you! Gnom (talk) 10:21, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

I hadn't the time to check. Racconish deleted it before. ;oP Yann (talk) 10:30, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

Yes it is. — Racconish ^💬 15:01, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@Racconish: Great, thank you! Gnom (talk) 23:39, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

"to be undeleted just before midnight"

Could you please clarify "midnight"? From discussion at commons and at archive.org it seems to be very unsure, if this file becomes PD at 0:00 EST, or 0:00 PST. As far as I know the MOTD changes at 0:00 UTC - at a time when the file in question has not yet entered public domain?

(About the DVD-version: someone could check if the transcode from the DVD to webm retains the optimal format. If I had the original file from the DVD, I could create a high quality transcode) C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 17:33, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@C.Suthorn: I'd be happy to have a DVD purchased and sent to you, if required. Regarding your question: Intertemporal copyright law is a very under-studied field. We will have to simply go with UTC to not overcomplicate things. Gnom (talk) 23:45, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

@C.Suthorn: I had the same question, and asked Luis Villa (former WMF deputy GC), there are some interesting responses to his Mastodon post (in summary: it's unclear, of course :)). Legoktm (talk) 19:01, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

@Legoktm @Gnom I didn't read the whole fediverse thread (its the night of 31 december), but what about the precautionary principle of WM? C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 19:58, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

I don't believe there is "significant doubt about the freedom of a particular file", to quote COM:PCP. Legoktm (talk) 20:04, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thank you for suggesting Steamboat Willie as media of the day! Davest3r08 >:) (talk) 16:56, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Oh wow, thank you, Davest3r08! --Gnom (talk) 13:37, 2 January 2024 (UTC)