User talk:Apcbg
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Image Tagging Image:Ernest-Shackleton.jpg
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- You should add a license tag for the new picture. Without license tag pictures will deleted. -- Rüdiger Wölk 11:52, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit]Please do not dump English articles in Arabic wiki and request it to be translated. If you feel that certain articles should be added to the Arabic wiki, just request that in the village pump. Your contributions have been deleted because Arabic wiki policy does not allow having non-Arabic articles, and does not allow the use of the article pages as talk pages. For the inclusion of the photos, simply put them in a page here and link the use the template {{commons|your page in commons}} in the arabic wiki --Tarawneh 04:19, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:Topographic-marker.jpg
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[edit]The following images do not have a license. Please add a free license to these photos as quickly as possible. Thuresson 22:28, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
- Image:Presian.jpg
- Image:Orpheus-Gate.jpg
- Image:Maritime-Antarctica.jpg
- Image:Friesland-St-Boris.jpg
- Image:Fieldwork-Melnik.jpg
- Image:Catalunyan-Bivouac.jpg
- Image:Camp-Academia.jpg
- Image:Atanasoff.jpg
- Image:Tangra-Great-Needle.jpg
- Image:Ohridski-Livingston.jpg
- Image:Lemaire-Channel.jpg
- Image:Hannah-Point.jpg
- Image:Arms of South Georgia.jpg
- Image:Austral-Ice.jpg
- Image:Ohridski-2.jpg
- Image:Williams-Point.jpg
- Image:Ongal.jpg
- Image:Bransfield-Strait.jpg
- Image:Kaloyan-Livingston.jpg
- Image:Souvenir-Sheet.jpg
- Image:Tangra.jpg
- Image:Rilski.jpg
- Image:Renier.jpg
Hi, this looks like a Bulgarian stamp and stamps are usually not released by postal authorities under the GPL license. If you did not create this stamp, who did? Thuresson 12:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- This image of the stamp was created by Prof. Todor Vardjiev (the name Т. Варджиев on the image) who approved its publication here; my contribution included the incorporated pictures and map. Best, Apcbg 20:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- Does the professor own the design, and not the Bulgarian Posts? Corporations tend to keep copyrights for themselves. Stan Shebs 17:03, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
- Dear Mr. Shebs:
- The background of that image is as follows. It is an image made by Prof. Todor Vardjiev, and published here with his approval. The image depicts a souvenir sheet published by the Bulgarian Posts and designed by Prof. Vardjiev too. The design of the souvenir sheet would be owned by the Bulgarian Posts (the fact that the Bulgarian Posts do not possess the copyright of the five photographs directly incorporated in the design is irrelevant I presume).
- If you believe that image is usable in the Commons under some license, then please let me know what should be done. If not, please feel free to delete it right away.
- I would appreciate also your competent advice on the possibility of using that image in the English or other particular Wikis; there seem to exist certain copyright specifics as far as post stamps are concerned. Best, Apcbg 18:36, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- If the Bulgarian Posts owns the design, then they're the only ones who can give it one of the acceptable free licenses, unless they have a special arrangement with the professor that allows him to license it to other people. You would know Bulgarian law better than I would :-) , but in the US it would involve a piece of paper stating the terms of the arrangement. As for the photographs, again in the US the photographer would normally license it to the postal service, under terms specifying what they get - for instance the right to put on stamps and maybe coffee mugs, but the photographer keeps the right to give away the picture to other people later. You would be doing a great service if you talked with the postal people and got a clear statement on what they consider copyrighted - 19th-century Bulgarian stamps are in the public domain due to old age, and modern ones are copyrighted - where is the dividing line? (for US it's 1979, for UK it's 1956, etc) If you can't get a free license, then you can upload to en: and use under fair use doctrine; I think only Turkish and one other WP allow that, I've heard that WPs in all the other languages require all images to be free now. Stan Shebs 13:46, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- Many thanks for your clarification and advice. I shall talk to some responsible postal people on the matter of possible authorization for the possible use of that design here under one of the acceptable free licenses, and inform you of the results; could you please recommend which particular variety might appear more acceptable for them, judging from precedents (if any)? (I am not well acquainted with the Wikipedia system of licenses, and the postal people may or may not know more about them.) As a matter of fact those photographs had not been licensed to the postal services (the pictures are mine) but anyway. Thanks for the advice on fair use in the English Wikipedia. Best, Apcbg 17:56, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- A Creative Commons license is probably the best choice, such as {{Cc-by-sa-2.5}}. It seems that ISOC-Bulgaria has been working on this, check out [1]. Stan Shebs 20:46, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- Sincere thanks! I'll be trying. Best, Apcbg 22:20, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- I trust that the license arrangements for that image are now satisfactory. Best, Apcbg 17:17, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
- It's great, thanx! Stan Shebs 15:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
== Image: Solunska-gimnaziya ==
[edit]It's probably PD, would fit the {{PD-old}} template for instance. However, I didn't notice a mention of a date, or the photographer, so if the picture was from 1910, and the photographer was 20, that person could easily have lived into the 1960s. On the other hand, if the photographer was hired by the school, then copyright could just as likely have been held by the school and be long expired. Any chance of finding out more about the circumstances of the image? The interference pattern suggests scan from a book, perhaps the book has a bit more info? Stan Shebs 15:17, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
thanks very much for the exact locations of towns in South Georgia Island. The french map is amended, and you can find here the english version: Image:South georgia Islands map-en.svg. Have a nice day. historicair 22:14, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
- The dot for Grytviken slightly to the left : Done. Have a nice day ;-) historicair 07:07, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:Souvenir-Sheet.jpg
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- Please demonstrate a specific link to the license you mentioned in this image. At the source page, no CC license can be observed. Cheers! Siebrand 18:47, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:Maystora-Greenwich.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Provadiya-Greenwich.JPG
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Image Tagging Image:Lyutitsa-Greenwich.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Drangov-Greenwich.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Ilinden-Greenwich.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Duncan-Woodbury-Page-1.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Charter-89-page-1.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Lazarev.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:SG-Blue.jpg
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Image Tagging Image:Drapeau-Îles-Marquises.gif
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Copyright issues
[edit]Dear Siebrand, the current copyright status of the images reviewed above by you is as follows:
(a) The following images are duly licensed:
Image:Souvenir-Sheet.jpg
Image:Charter-89-page-1.jpg
Image:Charter-89-page-2.jpg
Image:Charter-89-page-3.jpg
Image:Charter-89-page-4.jpg
Image:Bulgaria-Map-1989.JPG
Image:Benedict-XVI-Livingston.jpg
Image:Livingston-Greenwich-map.jpg
Image:MWF-Logo.jpg
Image:ACB-Logo.png
Image:MWF-Logo.png
Image:Vinson-Map.jpg
Image:Souvenir-Sheet-2002.jpg
Image:South-Shetlands.jpg
Image:SG-Settlements.JPG
Image:SG-Settlements.JPG
Image:Lazarev.jpg
Image:SSI-Blue.jpg
Image:SG-Blue.jpg
(b) The following image has the specific permission by its author Allan Jones forwarded to OTRS:
Image:Provadiya-Greenwich.JPG
(c) For the following images I have asked their author Arne Granfoss for a similar permission; until it’s received please feel free to delete them:
Image:Maystora-Greenwich.jpg
Image:Lyutitsa-Greenwich.jpg
Image:Drangov-Greenwich.jpg
Image:St-Kiprian-Greenwich.jpg
Image:Kormesiy-Greenwich.jpg
Image:Ilinden-Greenwich.jpg
Image:Benkovski-Greenwich.jpg
Image:Gruev-Greenwich.jpg
Image:Ilarion-Greenwich.jpg
(d) The following image no longer exists in the French Wikipedia that was its source, and should probably be deleted.
Image:Drapeau-Îles-Marquises.gif
(e) I was wrong in presuming that the following images are available as the work of a U.S. Navy employee; despite that they seem to be copyrighted and should be deleted.
Image:Woodbury-Duncan.jpg
Image:Duncan-Woodbury-Page-1.jpg
Image:Duncan-Woodbury-Page-2.jpg
Image:Duncan-Woodbury-Page-3.jpg
Best, Apcbg 20:48, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:Drygalski-Fjord.jpg
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Unless the permission information is given, the image may be speedy deleted after seven days. Thank you. Siebrand 07:26, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for bringing my attention to that. Before publishing the picture under GFDL license I got explicit permission for that by its author C.J. Martin, which I duly forwarded for confirmation by "Permissions - Wikimedia Commons"; now it appears they have failed to respond for two weeks, so I am re-submitting my permission request once again. In case there was no response, I could possibly reproduce here the author's written permission (reflected also in a July 17, 2007 entry in the Guestbook of C.J. Martin). Best, Apcbg 19:10, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Overcategorization
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Hi Apcbg, today I came across your grand pictures from Livingston island in Antarctica. Thank you very much for uploading these treasures. I noticed that you categorized a couple of them not just in Category:Livingston Island but also at the same time in Category:South Shetland Islands and even Category:Antarctica. Please take into consideration that we prefer images to be categorized in the most specialized categories only. If an image has already been associated with Livingston Island then there is no necessity to put it into the categories Livingston Island is directly or indirectly already in. By putting them to the most spezialized category, you are also adding them indirectly to the more general categories and tools like Catscan honor this. The idea is that at every level all images and subcategories should fit into one page. If all images related to Antarctica are directly put into that category, it will overflow and thereby no longer helpful. For this reason we prefer deep hierarchies and put images in the most specialized , i.e. deepest categories only. I've fixed the categorization of some of your images for this reason. Such edits are usually tagged removing overcategorization. Thanks for your understanding and keep up the good work! --AFBorchert 14:18, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
- Dear Andreas, many thanks for your criticism and explanation, you are right of course. I didn't pay much attention to that aspect, and only later realized that the most specialized category suffices. Will take care in the future. Best, Apcbg 16:22, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Wrong licensing in ImagesfromBulgaria
[edit]Hi Apcbg, I've noticed that you've assinged a CC-BY-SA-2.5 to images coming from that site when they are actually licensed under the CC-BY-2.5 license. Could you please correct them? Best regards and many thanks in advance --Ecemaml (talk to me/habla conmigo) 13:10, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
- Dear Ecemaml, many thanks for pointing out; I've made the due corrections, hopefully all of them. Apcbg 08:44, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:Arms_of_South_Georgia.jpg
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- Dear Lokal Profil, as you might have seen the description of that image carries the following note of mine: "Should there be any copyright problems, delete it. Apcbg 20:50, 22 May 2006 (UTC)". Therefore, your posting above has been quite unnecessary. Apcbg 18:16, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Image Tagging Image:South-Georgia-Location.jpg
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Image with unknown source, license or permission
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- Relevant license provided. Apcbg ( ) 14:55, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Tip: Categorizing images
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Here's how:
1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:
2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.
[[Category:Category name]]
For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:
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When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations").
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- Image:Antarctica-Region.png is uncategorized since 5 March 2009. BotMultichillT 05:38, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
- Category added. Apcbg (talk) 14:58, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
File source is not properly indicated: File:BG-Policies-on-MK.png
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High Contrast (talk) 22:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
- Fixed. Apcbg (talk) 17:43, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
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Наистина? →Spiritia 17:35, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- Наистина – кое? Apcbg (talk) 17:39, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- Си автор и това е собствена твоя творба? Нали автор е Теню Пиндарев? (Притежание на творба не е равнозначно на притежание на авторските права над нея и още по-малко равнозначно на авторство :-)) →Spiritia 18:02, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- 'Source' и 'Author' мисля се отнасят до файла тук а не до самата рисунка. Нейното притежание дава право за снимане, сканиране и публикуване на изображенията. Apcbg (talk) 18:18, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- Си автор и това е собствена твоя творба? Нали автор е Теню Пиндарев? (Притежание на творба не е равнозначно на притежание на авторските права над нея и още по-малко равнозначно на авторство :-)) →Spiritia 18:02, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- Да, за файла се отнасят тези параметри, но когато става въпрос за репродукция/сканиране на двумерно изображение, тогава ново авторско право не се генeрира (сканирането не е творчески акт), а остават в сила само правата на оригиналния автор. Той (или съответните носители на правата му, ако е починал преди по-малко от 70 години) обаче може и да не е съгласен творбата му да се разпространява под свободен лиценз (т.е. с отстъпени всекиму и завинаги права за комерсиална употреба и модификации на копието). Commons:Image_casebook#2D art (paintings etc.), Commons:Licensing#Checklist. За творби на автори, починали преди повече от 70 години, няма проблем - те са вече в сферата на общественото достояние, но дори и тогава с акта на сканиране не се генерира ново право и не може да се слага шаблон за лицензи GFDL/CC-BY-all, защото тогава те пък - обратно! - са по-ограничителни за потребителите отколкото статутът на творбата го предполага (правилният шаблон за лиценз в такива случаи е PD-art, ето пример File:Vidritsa-bear.jpg, за автор си е посочен Поп Минчо Кънчев, аз като сканьор не генерирам собствено авт. право).
- Генериране на ново авторско право може да има при снимка на тримерно произведение на изкуството (ракурсът на снимане, светлината, фонът и др. може да са част от артистичния поглед на фотографа), но и тогава, за да се пусне произведението под свободен лиценз трябва да има съгласието не само на фотографа, но и на автора на сниманата творба. Налагало ми се е да вземам разрешение от един скулптор, за да се запазят снимки на произведенията му. Дори се е случвало и да ми трият снимки, при това на груб бетонен военен паметник, в който колкото и да се взирах, не виждах нищо артистично...
- В случая, за да остане карикатурата е нужно да се поиска разрешение от художника, че той е съгласен тази му карикатура да се разпространява под такива условия. Процедурата е обяснена тук Commons:OTRS и има модел на писмото-разрешение (на български в bg:У:РПМ). Малко е тромаво, но пък е процедурно чисто и гарантира оставането на файла. →Spiritia 22:16, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
- Да, изглежда е така и ще трябва да видя какво може да се направи. Благодаря за напътствието! Apcbg (talk) 06:53, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
File tagging File:BG-AQ-Front-Cover.jpg
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- The file is uploaded directly by the copyright owner. Apcbg (talk) 09:35, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
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Ecemaml talk to me/habla conmigo 17:05, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
- The file is uploaded directly by the person (CEO of the copyright owner institution) in a position to give permission. Apcbg (talk) 18:47, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
File tagging File:BG-AQ-Front-Cover.jpg
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Ecemaml talk to me/habla conmigo 19:54, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
- The file is uploaded directly by the person (CEO of the copyright owner institution) in a position to give permission. Apcbg (talk) 18:47, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
File tagging File:BG-Policies-on-MK.png
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Ecemaml talk to me/habla conmigo 06:30, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
- The original publication itself is made under CC-BY-SA-3.0 license, see File:BG-Policies-on-MK-2.png. Apcbg (talk) 18:47, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
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Thank you for uploading File:Tangra-Mountains-location-map.png! Did you know that the SVG format is often the best alternative for this type of image? Scalable Vector Graphics have a lot of advantages: they scale better, the file size is usually smaller, and they are easier to modify.
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RE RILLKE Questions? 18:58, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
- Maybe so, but PNG is what I can do; it's part of a series of location maps for major Antarctic areas (coasts, islands, peninsulas etc.) and it would be nice if someone could convert them to SVG, if possible without loss of valuable information (names etc.). Best, Apcbg (talk) 12:18, 29 March 2011 (UTC)
File:Plaoshnik-Ohrid.jpg
[edit]We wanted to let you know that we've used one of your pictures in a project of ours: http://litpics.tumblr.com/post/10998856481/lit-beethovens-letters-1790-1826-volume-1-pic
We created a computer program to generate random pairings of sentences from public domain texts and public domain / creative commons images. Some of the pictures we've selected come from the Wikipedia Commons. All the pictures we select ourselves, but the pairings and the text are random. Of these pairings that are generated, we only post the most interesting combinations.
We welcome any feedback about our site.
Thanks for sharing your pictures,
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- Fixed. Apcbg (talk) 09:50, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
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- Fixed. Apcbg (talk) 09:50, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
Can you please follow the procedures to grant permissions in case you can give them? Thanks --Ecemaml talk to me/habla conmigo 07:50, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
- Relevant permissions sent to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. Best, Apcbg (talk) 14:10, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
Port-aux-Français Church
[edit]Dear Bruno, the church in Port-aux-Français seems to appear as “Notre-Dame des Vents” in some sources, and as “Notre-Dame du Vent” in others. Could you please advise, which exactly is the correct (or more preferable) name to use – “Notre-Dame des Vents” or “Notre-Dame du Vent”? Best, Apcbg (talk) 08:37, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
- Dear user,
- according to official references, the right name is "Notre-Dame des Vents". I take it from this very reliable website which refers itself to the report of the Commission of toponymy. I regretfully don't hold this report for an ultimate checking but I personnally know the webmaster of kerguelen-voyages and take his assertions for certain. In addition the engraved inscriptions below the statue are actually "Notre-Dame des Vents".
- We could add the building is not really a church but only a chapel, because it doesn't link to any parish and has been built on private intitiative.
- Amazingly, the only grave that has been placed close to the entrance of the chapel is a muslim one.
- Yours sincerely,
- Bruno
Wiki Loves Monuments Antarctica
[edit]Здравейте. Тази година фотоконкурсът Wiki Loves Monuments ще има и антарктически раздел (http://www.wikilovesmonuments.aq/) - реших, че може да е интересно за вас. Поздрави. --Спас Колев (talk) 05:15, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
- Драги Спасе, благодаря ти! Не го знаех и наистина е интересно. Поздрави, Apcbg (talk) 06:20, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
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- Dear HombreDHojalata, many thanks for the notification. I have restored that media, which was deleted yesterday by User:INeverCry, as it was and is duly licensed. Best, Apcbg (talk) 06:26, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
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- The only reason I did not simply re-delete this is that you are explicitly claiming to be the representative of the copyright owner, and that it would be acceptable after a declaration of consent was filed with OTRS. I would not object if INeverCry chooses to do so pending OTRS verification, however. You may not simply re-upload a deleted file because you think the admin was wrong, you must instead request review of the decision at COM:UDR.
- Regarding the specific question asked at INeverCry's talk page, it is indeed possible to undo the delinking, once verification of the permission has been received. Revent (talk) 09:26, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
- Dear Revent, the requested permission has been mailed to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. The reason I re-uploaded that file was that its deletion request notification was posted on my talk page at 21:10, yesterday, and fifteen minutes later the file had already been deleted so I had no opportunity to participate in a due deletion process. Hope the issue would be settled now, and I would really appreciate it having assistance in the restoration of the bot-deteted links to the file. Best, Apcbg (talk) 11:49, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
- It was flagged as a 'speedy', which is why it was deleted so quickly... personally, I probably would have not deleted it that way, since you were making an explicit claim to be the representative of the copyright owner that was noted in the image (I would myself have converted it to a 'delayed speedy' like is on it now), but I can't fault the decision as 'wrong', since it is typical that previously published works are speedily deleted absent evidence that the previous publication was itself under a compatible license. You should replace the the existing 'no permission since' template with an {{OTRS pending}}, with the date the email was sent, which will delay a potential deletion by 30 days (which should be long enough). Revent (talk) 14:12, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
- (further note) Once it's marked as OTRS pending, ping me and I will restore the usages (adding the template is one of those things that should be done by the person with personal knowledge, for the record). Revent (talk) 14:14, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
- Dear Revent, many thanks for your explanation and instructions. The OTRS pending template has been placed as suggested. Best, Apcbg (talk) 16:17, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
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- No need for such permission I believe, as the author Dr. Lyubomir Ivanov and the uploader User:Apcbg are the same person. That's been confirmed on my user page in English Wikipedia en:User:Apcbg, and now on my Wikimedia Commons user page User:Apcbg too. Apcbg (talk) 14:47, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
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Red Army maps for the world (copyright)
[edit]Sorry, I'm not an particular expert on this region. We have: Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory#Russia_and_former_Soviet_Union - and if anything, only PD can be considered. But whether it is applicable it is hard to tell for me. Maybe as at the Village Pump? Masur (talk) 10:52, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
- Many thanks for your suggestions, I'll try to follow them. Best, Apcbg (talk) 11:24, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
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- Fixed. Apcbg (talk) 07:15, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
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[edit]I know it's been +15 years since you uploaded it, but could you clarify where you got this image? Had it been published somewhere? DS (talk) 22:49, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
- I scanned the 1916 photo from my copy of the book The Island of South Georgia by Robert Headland. The file had not been published before. Apcbg (talk) 07:23, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
- Terminology issues, sorry. What you mean is, although the file did not exist on the Internet before you uploaded it, the photo had been published in Robert Headland's 1984 book. Which does not mean it can't be on Commons, but we need to track provenance.
- That said, though, I'm not sure it can be on Commons just yet. When the copyright expires depends not on when the image was created, but on when it was first published. It also depends on when the photographer died - and Binnie died in 1956. So, as I understand it, this means the image won't be PD until January 1 2027. (Ironically, I only researched and wrote the article on Binnie because you credited him in the photo.) On the other hand, Binnie was the Resident Magistrate when he took the photo, and when the population is so tiny, there's an argument to be made that all his actions are in the course of his official duties... I'll leave it up to an admin. (Remember, deleted content isn't gone: even if the file gets deleted, it can be restored at the appropriate time.) DS (talk) 13:44, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
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- I have not uploaded that image, just fixed its toponymy. Best, Apcbg (talk) 11:51, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
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🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 22:47, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
- The media already has Own work as the source and a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license, cannot see what else might be needed. Apcbg (talk) 07:47, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- I think the issue is that @Εὐθυμένης: didn't realize that you are Lyubomir Ivanov, participant in the Tangra expedition. "Who is this Apcbg person and why do they think they can just call the Tangra expedition logo 'own work'", basically. DS (talk) 16:59, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- @DragonflySixtyseven: Yes, that's exactly what really happened here unfortunately. 😕 I usually take some time to try and fugure out if there's any sort of relation between a username and a logo, but here I was unable to find such link at first glance. My mistake I guess then. 😔 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 21:33, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- @DragonflySixtyseven: and @Εὐθυμένης: many thanks for the clarification. Apcbg (talk) 21:40, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- @DragonflySixtyseven: Yes, that's exactly what really happened here unfortunately. 😕 I usually take some time to try and fugure out if there's any sort of relation between a username and a logo, but here I was unable to find such link at first glance. My mistake I guess then. 😔 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ 21:33, 25 December 2023 (UTC)
- I think the issue is that @Εὐθυμένης: didn't realize that you are Lyubomir Ivanov, participant in the Tangra expedition. "Who is this Apcbg person and why do they think they can just call the Tangra expedition logo 'own work'", basically. DS (talk) 16:59, 25 December 2023 (UTC)