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Closure of Commons:Deletion requests/File:Igor Gouzenko 1946.jpg

Hi Materialscientist. Could you please flesh out your closure rationale a bit. I'm not a copyright expert, but my understanding is that even if the photograph was produced and printed in 1946, that doesn't mean it was published under the Canadian Copyright Law, which defines publication as "making copies of a work available to the public". § 2.2(1)(a)(i). Best, Voorts (talk) 15:23, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

We have no evidence of Crown copyright. The bottom part of {{PD-Canada}} says nothing about "making copies of a work available to the public". Even if it did, the fact of printing out the photo, which is evident from its source url (there are two versions of the same photograph), suggests that it was made available to some people. Materialscientist (talk) 21:12, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

The evidence of Crown copyright is from the source URL, which claims Crown copyright under "Ordering and viewing options" at the bottom of the page. As for the language "making copies of a work available to the public", {{PD-Canada}} says "it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published more than 50 years ago" (emphasis added). Under Canadian Copyright Law, publication is defined as "making copies of a work available to the public." I"m not sure that printing a photograph and sharing it with members of a committee in an internal investigation counts as being "available to the public". Voorts (talk) 21:23, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Per Commons:Publication and multiple deletion debates, distribution of copies of a photograph qualified as publication on Commons. The number of people receiving the copies has never been an issue. Materialscientist (talk) 22:26, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Got it. Thank you. Voorts (talk) 22:43, 28 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Materialscientist. One more question: what would an appropriate US PD tag be? Thanks, Voorts (talk) 20:51, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Materialscientist, I just wanted to follow up on this. Best, Voorts (talk) 00:06, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, I've missed your message, and fixed the templates after your reminder. As you correctly pointed out {{PD-Canada-Crown}} applies to this case. Hence we don't need a US PD tag (which was indeed required for PD-Canada). Materialscientist (talk) 03:47, 18 November 2023 (UTC)

Franz Ritter von Des Loges statue in Suceava

Hi, User:Materialscientist. I'm familiar with the FoP rules in Romania that you gave as the deletion reason for Commons:Deletion requests/File:Franz Ritter von Des Loges statue in Suceava.jpg, but when was the statue in question created and when did the sculptor die? Since I can't see the picture anymore, was it the 1914 tomb, the 1931 funerary monument or the 2008 bas relief that was at issue? See https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Des_Loges. Thanks.

All the best,

Ikan Kekek (talk) 15:20, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

The tomb and bas relief were either not fully visible, or they were hardly copyrightable. The main issue was the statue. It might be in PD in Romania (installed in 1931, I don't know the author), but not in the US, per COM:URAA. That aside, we had an author request, and the photo was taken against the bright sky, and thus the quality was relatively low. Materialscientist (talk) 22:00, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Understood. Thanks for explaining. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 00:50, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Banner Liqui-Moly-Stadion 2019.jpg

Hi Materialscientist, the deletion is wrong. This banner is intented to be placed there permanently for the whole of it's lifespan. I also have referred to another case concerning the same banner. Please undelete this image. -- Chaddy (talk) 01:45, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

"This banner is intented to be placed there permanently for the whole of it's lifespan." - does not look so. You'd need to provide reliable references for that non-trivial fact. Materialscientist (talk) 02:26, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

We had that already in the 2017 deletion request for my older but similar image (Commons:Deletion requests/File:Banner Liqui-Moly-Stadion.jpg). I provided the link also in the deletion request.

This banner already hangs there since at least 2017 (or maybe even 2016) and it still hangs there (i can take another photo if you want). It is intended as a permant installation at the stadium fence. The only reason that it is a banner and not a more solid table or something is that such amateur football clubs have to save money and a banner of course is cheaper. -- Chaddy (talk) 12:52, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

We (admins at least) need to be consistent with our stance on such matters. Proving that "temporal" posters are "permanent" is difficult. While I do understand your arguments, I don't see such a proof. Materialscientist (talk) 21:55, 11 November 2023 (UTC)

Okay, so what kind of proof would you need? -- Chaddy (talk) 04:37, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Could you please answer my question so that I can try to gather this proof? -- Chaddy (talk) 00:35, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

I don't understand your question. I don't see any proof. Materialscientist (talk) 01:21, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, of course. :) That's why I asked you what proof I would need. What proof should I deliver? How can I proof that this banner is permanently installed? If you give me some suggestions I can try to gather this proof. -- -- Chaddy (talk) 11:59, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

Can you please answer me? I really would try to solve the problem but I must know what you need. -- Chaddy (talk) 16:45, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Sorry. I would like to help you, but I don't see a proof or a way to produce one. Materialscientist (talk) 21:00, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Okay - what if I would mail this soccer club and ask them if this banner is intented to hang there permanently? I could forward the conversation afterwards to the support team. -- Chaddy (talk) 00:39, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

This might work. Materialscientist (talk) 00:42, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Okay, then I will try to contact the club in the next days. -- Chaddy (talk) 21:53, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

File:Estatua Marcelo Gallardo.jpg

Delete. File:Estatua Marcelo Gallardo.jpg. Imagen indebida. Autor falso original — Preceding unsigned comment added by Germa vitorrin (talk • contribs) 05:40, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

File:Estatua Marcelo Gallardo.jpg. Imagen indebida. Autor falso original

File:Estatua Marcelo Gallardo.jpg. Imagen indebida. Autor falso original Germa vitorrin (talk) 05:40, 17 November 2023 (UTC)

File:Muldamine.PNG

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User who nominated the file for deletion (Nominator) : Alfa-ketosav.

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Watermarks

Hi Materialscientist,

I was wondering how you remove the watermark. Is there a tool for it "on commons"? There would be several others of the same museum (but which I did not nominate for deletion as I didn't find a better duplicate). If I would be told how to do that, I'd remove the watermark myself. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 09:29, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

I use the GIMP Resynthesizer Plugin for brute force removal, like in this case, where the watermark is simple and doesn't cover essential details of the image. Otherwise, the technique is more complex and involves several steps like reverse engineering the watermark image and the watermarking method (e.g. addition, multiplication or something nastier like alpha blending), then reverse math using the watermarked image and the watermark image. Resynthesizer is quite easy to learn, provided you have experience with image processing. All that said, I can quickly remove the watermarks if you list the images. I don't do that systematically on Commons only because there are way too many watermarks to remove [1]. Cheers. Materialscientist (talk) 11:38, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your offer. I tried to fix it myself, but was not so successful for now. I tried with the GIMP but for this I am clearly not experienced enough. Then I also tried it myself on my computer, but there I had an issue with the .gif format. The .gif seems to protect it against changes. So here are the ones with a watermark in the category Paintings of Renoir in the Musee d'Orsay I found. All with a .gif.

File:Renoir Madame Théodore Charpentier.gif,

File:Renoir - Fillette au chapeau de paille, vers 1908.gif,

File:Renoir - Jeune femme nue en buste, vers 1886.gif,

File:Renoir - Jeune fille de profil à gauche, entre 1841 et 1919.gif,

File:Renoir - La liseuse blanche, entre 1915 et 1916.gif,

File:Renoir - La liseuse verte, vers 1894.gif,

File:Renoir - Etudes de nus, entre 1841 et 1919.gif,

File:Renoir - Madame Gaston Bernheim de Villers, 1901.gif,

File:Renoir - Nature morte, vers 1885.gif,

File:Renoir - Portrait de femme, après 1868.gif,

File:Renoir - Pont sur une rivière, entre 1841 et 1919.gif,

File:Renoir - Petit port, entre 1841 et 1919.gif,

File:Renoir - Paysage, projet de tapisserie, entre 1841 et 1919.gif,

File:Renoir - Nu, vers 1895.gif,

File:Renoir - Portrait de Théodore de Banville, vers 1882.gif,

File:REnoir Madame Joseph Le Coeur.gif,

File:Renoir, Roses dans un vase.gif. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 13:09, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Done. Removal quality could be better, but it is Ok, considering the quality of the original file and the time spent on removal. Materialscientist (talk) 00:58, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Wow, the files are definitely better than before. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 02:07, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

File:My Tho 1885 (cropped) (cropped).jpg

Hi! Would you mind deleting this duplicate file for me? Thanks! Đại Việt quốc (talk) 01:36, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 01:37, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

File:Marie Kibler 1936.jpg

I saw that you had added and edited File:Marie Kibler 1936.jpg. The other person in the image with Marie is her future husband and Olympic gymnast Chet Phillips. If at some point you're able to do the same for him, I'd appreciate you adding the image to his page. Thanks! GauchoDude (talk) 22:47, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 05:16, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

File:William Cheung 1990.jpg

File:William Cheung 1990.jpg 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 file, 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. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Abzeronow (talk) 21:18, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:František Chochola

Hello Materialscientist,

I don't quite understand: You closed the DR as deleted "per nomination", but then kept the files? Something must have gone wrong here. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 06:33, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Yes, a technical glitch. Deleted now. Materialscientist (talk) 11:58, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Camille Henrot, The Beaver Moon - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam (26955096716).jpg

Hi Materialscientist thanks for all your work here. Could you reconsider your nomination after I gave some real arguments. Sorry for my mistake. -- Mdd (talk) 23:43, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for clarification. I've closed that DR as delete now, and deleted the files. Materialscientist (talk) 00:08, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

File:Belshalti-nannar's museum label.jpg

File:Belshalti-nannar's museum label.jpg 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 file, 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. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Zunkir (talk) 20:19, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

deletion requests

Dear Materialscientist, as you process a lot of deletion requests, I'd like to invite you to watch User:Krdbot/lost deletion requests. The page lists incompletely created requests as well as incompletely closed requests. Thank you. --Krd 07:52, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I had noticed glitches on the DR list page a few times before, and had a hard time finding the faulty DR. Materialscientist (talk) 09:22, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

User:Bowser and the Koopalings edit war

Hi ms, I don't see who it is. Can you deal with them here as well? Thanks, Achim55 (talk) 09:44, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Blocked. From CU logs on en.wiki I know it is a prolific sockpuppet of someone. Materialscientist (talk) 11:30, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Deletion reason

Hi. Could you possibly give a better deletion reason for Commons:Deletion requests/File:MicrosoftTeams-image (195).png? Microsoft Teams is a real program. A course I taught for years requires the use of it. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 08:03, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

First, thanks for your comments in DRs, I do appreciate them. Second, no slight intended, but I don't see your point. I concur with the nominator that this particular image is out of scope. This has nothing to do with the topic being in scope. Materialscientist (talk) 08:39, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

The reason was "appears to be image for internal company use, almost certainly out of scope". Do you think it's an image for internal company use? That remark by the nominator suggested to me that they are ignorant about what Microsoft Teams is. But if you don't feel a need to address that part of the nomination, it admittedly won't change the world. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 16:47, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

@Ikan Kekek The image isn't about Teams proper, though; if it were a Teams logo or something, of course it would be in scope. It's a poster linking to guidelines for a specific company's use "for a productive meeting", however; which is not something I see a use for. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 18:49, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

I understand. I could imagine that maybe it might be relevant on Wikiversity or something, but in any case, I thought it was above COM:TOO US. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:30, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Revdel request

I created this page in error while logged out: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Tom Harb.jpg. Could you please delete it and if declining speedy deletion, could you please revdel the edits with the IP address? There is also one such revision in the file's history, so if not speedy deleting the file as a clear copyright violation, could you please revdel that too? Thanks -- Alalch E. (talk) 00:18, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Deleted. Materialscientist (talk) 00:57, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. Could you perhaps revdel all of these. Really sorry for the bother. I've installed Twinkle, and will use it for speedy deletion tagging to make sure this won't happen again. Alalch E. (talk) 01:21, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Done. Materialscientist (talk) 01:56, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Deletions requested

"Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Ushiwaka1189" ("General von Kortzfleisch.png", "Franz J. Müller.gif"), "Koyata Yamamoto – group photo (1956).jpg", "Shinano Bridge Movie Institute opening ceremony, 13 April 1924.jpg" (Error: he isn't Koyata Yamamoto). —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.2.63.156 (talk) 12:28, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

File:CLYDE CARSON Photo By Linda Poeng.jpg

File:CLYDE CARSON Photo By Linda Poeng.jpg 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 file, 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. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

73.252.149.45 08:38, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

File:NUMP Photo By Linda Poeng.jpg

File:NUMP Photo By Linda Poeng.jpg 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 file, 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. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

73.252.149.45 08:53, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Deletion requests/File:Utrecht - Johan Schot-14

Dear Materialscientist,

Hope this message finds you well. I am contacting you to inquire about the removal of Johan Schot's profile picture on his wikipedia (Utrecht_-_Johan_Schot-144-bewerkt.jpg;). I was wondering why this has been removed and how I can resolve this issue. Please let me know if you need any further details. Thank you in advance.

Warmest regards, Nicky Wunderlich Nickywunderlich (talk) 14:23, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

Please email to COM:VRT team (read that page first), and if we find a reliable evidence that the image can be hosted on Commons, then we shall certainly undelete the file. Regards. Materialscientist (talk) 20:07, 11 December 2023 (UTC)