User talk:Jameslwoodward
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My formal name is James L. Woodward, but I prefer to be called "Jim"
Rev del of original upload of copyrighted work needed?[edit]
Please, see here: File:Charging Bull (28919670730).jpg. It was related to the DR you closed here: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Charging Bull (28919670730).jpg.
Also, you wrote that the file is "in use" in your closing. Where is the cropped version used? I don't see a link on the file. Thanks, -- Ooligan (talk) 15:26, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
What's your point? I don't see any problem with the image. The bull is sufficiently obscured by the crowd that the images are not DWs. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 17:16, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
استرجاع صور محذوفة[edit]
أهلًا، لقد قمت بحذف الصور الموجودة هنا. جميع الصور الموجودة في هذا التصنيف هي صور خاصة بي، وأخي هو من صور هذه الصور، أرجو استعادة جميع الصور. تقبل تحياتي. سيف القوضي (talk) 20:01, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
There are two reasons that I deleted the images. The first is that you claimed that you were the actual photographer, but they did not look like selfies. As you say above, you were not the actual photographer, so the deletions were correct. Making false claims is a serious violation of Commons rules and may lead to your being blocked from editing here.
The second reason is that Commons is not a web host for your personal images -- Commons is not Facebook. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:53, 31 July 2023 (UTC)
أول صورة رفعتها لي كانت من تصويري، لذا أرجو استرجاعها ولا مشكلة في حذف باقي الصور. تقبل تحياتي. سيف القوضي (talk) 00:04, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
Seven Cross Flag[edit]
Sorry that I uploaded it again. I am new to Commons and was not aware. As I stated thats not the only source of that image. Please check all these sources -
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=647871188957601
http://thesyromalabarchurch.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html
https://www.facebook.com/nasranichurch/photos/the-syro-malabar-marthoma-nasrani-church-is-one-of-the-23-eastern-oriental-churc/1981915018535713/ Nasrani131 (talk) 21:02, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
The flag may appear in many places, but without a free license from its creator or a good reason why it is PD (usually age), we cannot keep it on Commons . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:05, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
- If I create this flag on my computer based on these images, will it qualify as an original image? Nasrani131 (talk) 21:12, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
- No. If you copy a copyrighted work, you have created a Derivative Work which may have its own copyright but it infringes on the copyright for the original. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:14, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
Hi Jim, sorry to overrule you there, but this is clearly covererd by German Freedom of panorama. Regards --Reinhard Kraasch (talk) 22:15, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
Freely licensed photograph of a 3D yarn artwork made by the wife of the photographer. Is there anything I should do about this? Abzeronow (talk) 18:33, 9 August 2023 (UTC)
Hmm. There are two assumptions here -- first that Heather Brown is the wife of Matt Brown and second that she has authorized the images. Strictly speaking we should get a free license from her for the artwork, but I'd be inclined to let it go. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 11:40, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
- This Evening Standard story says they are married: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/mayor/the-race-for-knitty-hall-the-london-mayor-candidates-in-wool-7657589.html I'd also prefer that we get a free license from her, but I'm not sure how likely that is. I suppose I could leave a message on the Flickr photograph page. Abzeronow (talk) 16:22, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
- I'd say we have better things to do than worrying about whether a man has permission to post his wife's art here, but it's your call. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:40, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
Hello. Please restore the file. It has ticket permission, and the argument of the IP is entire nonsense. --Krd 12:12, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
- Krd, if the VRT ticket answers the questions raised in the DR, go ahead and restore it. Since I can;t see the VRT ticket, I'm uncomfortable with doing it myself. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:13, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
- Done. Thank you. Krd 08:47, 12 August 2023 (UTC)
Would the Cheetah image in this logo be below the ToO in South Africa or would the cheetah image other be public domain? These kind of airplanes were first built in 1986. Abzeronow (talk) 17:29, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
I think it is certainly above the ToO anywhere. Whether it is PD for another reason is anyone's guess, but that would have to be proven by the uploader. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 18:35, 22 August 2023 (UTC)
Hikmet Toker[edit]
Good evening Jameslwoodward I respect your sensitivity to protect Wikimedia. But I don't understand how you delete a photo right away when it is uploaded. Sometimes it takes a few days for the permission letter to be approved. I uploaded 2 more images for the Hikmet Toker page. Please restore the page. I want to include both images in the page. Permission letter for pictures is on the way. Thank you for your understanding.--Gemalmaz ileti 20:26, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
Our experience is that fewer than half of letters which users claim to have sent to VRT actually result in an approval, so we delete images knowing that if the approval happens the image can easily be restored. Commons Admins have thousands of DRs and other requests in the backlog, so making things faster for us is a priority. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:49, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
Good night James, I inform you that once again I will nominate the deletion request of this flag because there is no official document, not even at the tribal level, that the flag exists, as I commented in the February DR, tribal flags must have recognition from the respective congress. Since there is no document, the flag is simply false, illegal and can lead to a great misunderstanding.
Given that keeping that hoax flag in Commons can even generate a legal problem (as it does not exist in a document), I will nominate it again. The file is not used by any article, only in two subpages without encyclopedic use, so in the next few days I will do, and if necessary I will request it until it is deleted, to remove such illegality. Greetings. Taichi (talk) 02:17, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
I have no problem with your nominating it again, although I think you very much overstate the case. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 17:53, 15 September 2023 (UTC)
- I have been collaborating not only on Wikimedia Commons for almost 20 years, I'm also an administrator on several Wikimedia projects including Meta (in past years). I would kindly appreciate it if you would re-evaluate your misguided perceptions about my considerations in this case for the next interaction we have. Thank you. Taichi (talk) 15:52, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what you want. When you last nominated the file for deletion, it was in use, so it could not be deleted except for copyright violation. Now I have said above that I have no problem with your nominating it again. I do have a problem with "can even generate a legal problem" and "simply false, illegal". I see no legal problem with hoax flags and the flag is certainly not illegal. This may be a language problem -- the word "illegal" implies that the poster could go to jail for posting it. That is the case only with child pornography and, in a few countries, Nazi material. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:49, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
Hi Jim, I think this file was taken from this Instagram post on November 1, 2022. HeminKurdistan (talk) 18:41, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
- Good catch, thank you. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:17, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
Bibliotheek Ommoord[edit]
I was planning to add a few other pics of this soon to be demolished library and add them to the gallery but since you deleted it without warning I won't bother. I'm tired now and will stop uploading and log oit. Feel free to delete more or place some warnings on my talk page. Someone Not Awful (talk) 20:06, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
Someone Not Awful, if you leave a gallery page with only one image on it, it will be deleted. To avoid that, add {{Underconstruction}}, removing it when you are done. I have restored the page. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:39, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks! Someone Not Awful (talk) 13:29, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
Restoration[edit]
Hello, Jim!
Can you please restore Life in the 90s in Kosovo you recently deleted? It's about a photo campaign we're having on Tuesday (the Albanian community). Actually it needs to be created in the Campaign namespace I believe and I plan to move it and add in the translations but I wouldn't want to recreate the whole content from scratch. - Klein Muçi (talk) 18:09, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
Done I learn something every day -- I didn't know there was a Campaign: namespace. I tried to move to to that space, but couldn't, so I leave it to you. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 19:52, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
- No, it's my bad. I meant to write "the Commons namespace" (where campaign pages usually are located) but got confused. Thank you for the restoration! I'll deal with it soon.
— Klein Muçi (talk) 20:18, 11 November 2023 (UTC)
copyright[edit]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_Mish_Mash_II.webm the music used is this video, "starfire by Jason Marsh" is under copyright. starfire was hosted on wikimedia with a verified PD tag years ago when this was made. Starfire as since been removed from wiki as it is actually under copyright, living composer., so this video needs to be removed because it violates Jason Marsh's copyright.
i dont understand the wiki communication system. i will watch this post for a response. thanks. Paulisawoof (talk) 12:05, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
Done
Most of us prefer to have all conversations in the same place, as I say above
Some, however, will answer a message on their talk page with a message on the other person's talk page, so you need to pay attention to what is said at the top of the page. When in doubt, put it both places. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:48, 21 November 2023 (UTC) . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:48, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
accidentally calling your closure into question[edit]
I recently nominated File:Monica Elfriede Witt in uniform.jpg for deletion, citing your closure of this deletion discussion. I took your closure as precedent in the nomination, but it's apparently not as cut-and-dried as I thought and instead I've led to your closing being questioned. I'm not an expert on the matter, just basing my understanding on previous decisions, and would definitely like a consensus on this; not asking your to come down one way or another, but would you mind looking in on the discussion? Cheers, Fourthords | =Λ= | 20:38, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Done See Commons:Deletion requests/File:Monica Elfriede Witt in uniform.jpg. Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 22:59, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
Why did you delete my photo?[edit]
In 11 years of photographing people, I've owned a lot of cameras. I was lied to by your colleagues and you deleted the photos that I took myself. HTC HD2 T8585, HUAWEI U8950-1 — it`s my cameras, I have many photos from these cameras. I've uploaded some of these photos to Flickr, go take a look. We have entire photo sessions with artist Galina Vorobyova, artist Igor Barkhatkov and sculptor Andrei Zaspitsky. And these same cameras were used to take my personal photos, they are also on Flickr. Your colleagues are lying and you have done the executioner's job — you deleted my photos by mistake. https://www.flickr.com/photos/199607278@N04/
- File:Igor Barkhatkov Portrait of Anton Barkhatkov.jpg - HUAWEI U8950-1
- File:Andrey Zaspitski by Tatiana Markina 9.03.2015.jpg - HUAWEI U8950-1
- File:Galina Vorobyova IRISES August 2010 Minsk ArtGallery of Leonid Shchemelev 02.jpg - HTC HD2 T8585
--Tatiana Markina 22:42, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
I found one of the images in a wide variety of places on the Web. It's very rare for a photographer to own both Nikon and Canon -- why own two sets of incompatible lenses when they have more or less equal capability. Even if you are actually the photographer, the fact that images appear on Flickr requires that their creator be proven by using VRT or otherwise, so they had to be deleted, at least until that is done. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 22:53, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
- I had Nikon and Canon at different times. I sold both cameras and started using the camera in mobile phones. I am writing to you to ask you to look at my photo sessions with artists on Flickr. There I am also in all the photos. And the cameras I'm talking about are signed - HTC HD2 T8585 and - HUAWEI U8950-1. These artists are my friends and I photographed them. Cancel the deletion of these three photos. And see my photo with Igor Barkhatkov - HTC HD2 T8585
- File:Igor Barkhatkov Portrait of Anton Barkhatkov.jpg - HUAWEI U8950-1
- File:Andrey Zaspitski by Tatiana Markina 9.03.2015.jpg - HUAWEI U8950-1
- File:Galina Vorobyova IRISES August 2010 Minsk ArtGallery of Leonid Shchemelev 02.jpg - HTC HD2 T8585
- Tatiana Markina 23:13, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
The first and third of these images (and the one to the right) infringe on the copyright for the painting(s) shown and cannot be kept on Commons without a free license from the artists via VRT. The second image appears on Flickr and therefore cannot be kept on Commons without a free license from the actual photographer. It would save your time and that of other Commons editors if you spent the time necessary to read and understand our rules, particularly our rules on licensing and derivative works. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- The actual photographer is me. In the photo with the artist Barkhatkov, a very small part of each painting is visible, and this image is of very low quality. I wrote to you so that you would protect my photos, but on the contrary, you want to delete another one. You are causing me psychological trauma. You are trying to ensure that I delete all my photos from Wikipedia and leave the project to which I have dedicated more than 10 years! You are an abuser! Tatiana Markina 22:25, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
- Again -- please read and understand the rules. We do not keep images of paintings without a free license from the artist. We do not keep images that have appeared elsewhere on the Web without a free license without confirmation using VRT.
- Abusing those who are patient with you mistakes and your diatribes is a mistake. If I see one more word of abuse from you, I will block you from editing on Commons. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:20, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
Hi. It looks like you forgot to delete the last file in the deletion request. Thanks. Adamant1 (talk) 22:59, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
Done by KRD, thanks. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:19, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
Hi Jim, you closed this DR. Please reconsider the deletion of File:Brdbg Tor 091014.jpg in regard to my rationale or add a statement to the DR closure why you see this differently. Thanks & regards, AFBorchert (talk) 10:27, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
I added "As noted, File:Brdbg Tor 091014.jpg is a copy of the Sistine Chapel work which never had a copyright. Copies of paintings have their own copyrights -- the only exception to this is exact photographic copies as with Bridgeman and not even that in many countries." . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:24, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
deletion template still on "kept" image[edit]
Hi Jim, thanks for closing Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with insource:/mynewsdesk.com.se.atg/. However, 135 files are still listed on Category:Deletion requests July 2023. The "mass proces" to keep the files does not function it seems, I tried several times. Do you know the cause of this? Regards, Ellywa (talk) 09:35, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
Ellywa, I know that after I use the mass process for a deleted, I always refresh the page to make sure that all were deleted. Often a few are not, but that's easy to see because they aren't red. On the keep side, I imagine the same bug happens, but you can't see it. I see that you fixed at least one -- did you do them all? Thank you. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 11:34, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, with deleting it easily seen. But with keep...I did succeed with some...many... with the automatic "mass keep", but 135 remained, still in de July category. You can look at my latest contributions to see how many were done. Ellywa (talk) 12:14, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
- Wow: it looks like you have done most of them. I just made a list of the ones that you didn't do -- and I will do them. I am committed elsewhere from now until Sunday night, so I will get to them Monday. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:38, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks, Jim. Ellywa (talk) 22:24, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
- Turns out Krd did it yesterday. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:33, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks, Jim. Ellywa (talk) 22:24, 1 December 2023 (UTC)
This appears to be a 1954 Indian photograph. The Flickr uploader apparently got it from the Smithsonian. Should I accept the CC-BY on this or should I file a DR based on this being public domain in India but not the US? Abzeronow (talk) 21:16, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
It is almost certainly post 1953 (the year Norgay summited Everest) and therefore was under copyright in India until at least 2003, well past the URAA date. Therefore it will have a US copyright until at least 1/1/2049 and cannot be kept on Commons. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:15, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- Thanks, started a DR. Commons:Deletion requests/File:Nehru visiting home of Tenzing Norgay, Darjeeling, 1954.jpg Abzeronow (talk) 20:27, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
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File:RAUF CAVAD.jpg[edit]
I don't think it's right to delete "File:RAUF JAVAD.jpg!. Because this is a stifling of freedom of speech. Please, as the name suggests, allow free speech on the free wiki. Otherwise, the free wikipedia word you write is considered to have lost its meaning. Arif Hikmət türk (talk) 15:12, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
- Commons is not Facebook or social media. Photographs hosted here must have be useful for educational purposes. Anyway, we already have the photo and that version was uploaded after the other one. Abzeronow (talk) 16:38, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
- Speech here is limited to that which is useful for an educational purpose. As my colleague says above, Commons is not Facebook. . Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:31, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
You have keept this file (Commons:Deletion requests/File:Coat of Arms of Danilovsky district.jpeg). As a reason: "no valid reason for deletion - widely used". However, I have given the reason — This is just a PROJECT, it isn'a an official symbol => it isn't PD-RU-exempt. Widely used cannot be the reason for keept because this is not free.— Redboston 19:55, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
