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Flickr

Yes, you are right. Those photos were taken by Noele, not by Jack himself: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jackdorsey/188883635/

Dear Mattbuck,

Feel free to delete all those images. I've already removed them from all the Wikipedia articles.

By — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soleil222 (talk • contribs) 21:59, 1 January 2018 (UTC) (UTC).

Uploads on Meena Kumari's Wikipedia Page

Dear Mattbuck, From the past many days I have been trying to upload several pictures in various Wikipedia pages but somehow I'm facing copyright issues on my uploads. I just wanted to know, how can I 'create' pictures of people (such as Meena Kumari) who have died several years ago? I feel its quite obvious that I'll fetch their pictures either from print media or electronic media. So how should I upload more pictures without any copyright violation? Vrishchik (talk) 16:46, 2 January 2018 (UTC)

Vrishchik, you should start by reading Commons:Licensing - this has a good overview. Put simply, if the photo is not one you took yourself, then it either needs to be so old that it has fallen into the public domain (this usually happens 70 years after the death of the photographer) or it needs to be explicitly released under a free licence. This means that images you find in books or online are almost certainly not acceptable. If you want to use these images for a Wikipedia article, and the subject is dead, you may be able to upload images to that Wikipedia as "fair use", however not all Wikipedias allow fair use (for instance English Wikipedia does but German Wikipedia doesn't). Fair use images are not allowed on Commons. -mattbuck (Talk) 00:16, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Mattbuck, firstly I'll thoroughly go through Commons:Licensing before uploading anything. Thank you for your guidance.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Vrishchik (talk • contribs) 17:04, 3 January 2018 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have 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 them, 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!

Affected:

• File:Leeming Bar railway station MMB 02 03144.jpg

And also:

• File:Lymington Pier railway station MMB 10 421497.jpg

Yours sincerely, ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 14:30, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have 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 them, 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!

Affected:

• File:Aberdeen large station sign.JPG

And also:

• File:Avonmouth railway station MMB 26.jpg
• File:Blaenau Ffestiniog railway station MMB 03.jpg
• File:Cardiff Central railway station MMB 37.jpg
• File:Severn Beach railway station MMB 02C.jpg
• File:Starcross railway station MMB 01.jpg

Yours sincerely, ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 14:39, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

1996 scans

I have scanned and uploaded railway pictures from 1996 slides. I dont know the precise date. See Category:1996 in rail transport in London and Category:1996 in rail transport in the United Kingdom (Brigthon and Ashford). There are also some 1996 Eurostars (problem I cant separate the English, French and Belgian Eurostar subcategories) Could you help to catogorise?Smiley.toerist (talk) 11:29, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, I moved from the high speed line categories as high Speed 1 was only opened from 2003.Smiley.toerist (talk) 22:52, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

@Smiley.toerist: fair point, I've moved them to South Eastern Main Line as the Chatham Main doesn't go via Ashford. -mattbuck (Talk) 00:36, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

Template:Ybyclb

Template:Ybyclb 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 template, 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. 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!

Waldir ^talk 17:52, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Albert Camus

Dear Matt,

Could you please delete the photos of Albert Camus? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Vaugirard_Paint.jpg

Soleil222 (talk) 12:35, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

@Soleil222:  Done Rodhullandemu (talk) 13:05, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Picture of Fisting

You descided "keep" for this nomination for deletion in 2013. Meanwhile, the photo has been deleted from it's origin, Flickr, and so has, apparently, the photographer's gallery on Flickr. Would that make any difference in your opinion, e.g. concerning the depicted person's consent? I'm asking because we cannot identify nor contact the photographer nor the model anymore and there might have been a good reason to delete that stuff on Flickr? --Superbass (talk) 21:24, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Superbass, I confess I'm not sure. That DR was more based around the idea of the model being underage. If you feel it's problematic, start another DR. -mattbuck (Talk) 21:29, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

Deletion of my photo of Edward S. Walker Jr.

Hi. I personally made a photo of Edward S. Walker Jr. in September 2006, edited it and uploaded it to Wiki giving all the necessary permissions. Now I have noticed that you have deleted it and the whole article has since then been missing a photo. Why? What rationale did you have? Can you fix your screwup? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mixer (talk • contribs) 22:12, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Mixer. Hello and welcome back. I have never before been asked about a deletion that happened seven years ago, so there's something new! This is what I was able to work out from looking at the logs and the filepage:

The file was deleted as a copyright violation. It had a big notice "(c) Mikko Vedru" on it, and there was no evidence that that that was you. Furthermore, it was found on Picasa where it was listed as All Rights Reserved, which is not something we allow on Commons.

If this is in error I apologise, we have a policy here of erring on the side of caution and deleting anything which looks iffy, but this was pretty clear-cut. -mattbuck (Talk) 06:17, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

That was one of my first contributions to Wiki and I haven't been following what is happening to the article - I assumed, that quality at least won't degrade. Recently I decided to check my history and remind myself of things I did in the very beginning of wiki and how well/bad my edits survived a decade.

The photo was fully mine. My equipment, my photography, my edit. Obviously, the copyright is also mine. It stays with me from the moment I created this work (and can't be transferred), regardless of whom I grant part of those rights (even if they are full exclusive material rights till the end of times). Picasa was my personal archive and I don't remember setting anything specific there (but then again it was 10 years ago). Maybe I didn't want people to take all photos from my personal gallery, but was totally fine with people using specific photos I granted wikipedia all needed rights. There also might have been an idea of "Wikipedia and people can use my photo however they want as long as I get the source attribution.

Can you undelete the photo? I don't seem to have an unedited version anymore.

Please also tell me what (if anything) I did wrong in that situation back then? How and what I should have done instead? How have the rules changed since then (e.g. I can't put my name on the photo anymore?)? What do I need to know for this not to happen again? -Mixer (talk) 12:47, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Mixer, there haven't been any changes to the way we handle such things in the past seven years. We generally frown on people adding watermarks to images as it reduces their usefulness. Images with watermarks are liable to be cropped to remove the watermark, or, if cropping is not possible due to positioning, just plain deleted. In this particular case, there was nothing to confirm that the uploader was Mikko Vedru, and when the same image was found elsewhere under a different licence it was assumed that the uploader here had simply copied it from Picasa and uploaded it without permission. We get that a lot.

As for your Wikipedia edits, once the image was transferred to Commons from Wikipedia, it became an issue for Commons. We take copyright seriously here, and so it wouldn't matter if it was used on every single Wikipedia page - if we thought it was a copyright violation, we would delete it.

How to fix this now: I've restored the file File:Edward walker.jpg, but have added a 7-day countdown to getting sufficient permissions. You need to make clear that User:Mixer is the same person as Mikko Vedru. Create a userpage or something. -mattbuck (Talk) 13:50, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

I created a user page, put my name in both Commons and En-wiki, as well as edited the photo page. Could you please make sure that I did everything correctly? -Mixer (talk) 04:23, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Mixer that looks ok to me. -mattbuck (Talk) 15:32, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Have a nice day! -Mixer (talk) 17:12, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

About how images of bugreiros

Hi! I spoke previously with the user Ronhjones about the images of bugreiros that were deleted, he told me to talk to you. In order to be contextualized, you can see the discussion there, but in summary, I affirm that there is no reason for the exclusion, since according to Brazilian laws, unknown author works are public domain, I posted the link there, in addition, even if it were not, it is very likely that 70 years have passed since the death of the author. Please, I ask you to reconsider the exclusion and sorry for bad english.

-Petterson Pereira da Silva (talk) 22:40, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Class 73s mis-categorised

Hi Matt, among all those images uploaded last week there are a couple of hundred pictures of class 73s which have all be categorized as Category:British Rail Class 43. Do you have a quick way of moving them all to the correct category? Geof Sheppard (talk)

Hi Geof, I've moved all the images of 73s I could see (230ish in all) from Category:British Rail Class 43 to Category:British Rail Class 73. I used the Cat-a-lot tool - it's available from Preferences > Gadgets > Tools for Categories. -mattbuck (Talk) 18:28, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! I've got plenty to do just sorting through the real 43s! Geof Sheppard (talk) 07:15, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Photographs of sculptors and artwork

On 5 Oct 2014 you nominated a photo for deletion citing copyright infringement. Under UK law, any photograph taken from a public place is not illegal and the copyright rays with the author of the work (photograph). In nominating a photo for deletion because it contained an artwork, it follows therefore that all photos of artworks globally on Wikimedia ought to be deleted also on the same reasoning because those artworks (sculptures) are all copyright of the sculptors and any images of those sculptures should therefore have consent of the sculptor to be photographed. Since this is not the policy of Wikipedia or Wikimedia, my image of a sculpture was illegally deleted cutting incorrect application of Wikimedia policy and therefore the file should be restored. The content of the image is not a breach of copyright unless that content is copied by another person for their profit. Ashattock (talk) 18:58, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Ashattock I'm afraid you're mistaken about the law there. If you take a photo of, say, the cover of a magazine, while in a public place in the UK, that's a copyright violation because that work is not permanently situated in a public place. With artworks, the rule is that "graphic works", such as paintings, retain the copyright of the original author, while 3D things such as sculptures and buildings are not copyrighted. A better explanation can be found at COM:FOP#United Kingdom. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:16, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

New sub-category, not quite right

Greetings, Mattbuck, I have created a new sub-category but it is not quite right. The problem is it displays a warning: "This meta category should only contain other categories" and I intend it to contain files. It is: Category:British Rail Class 43s in London North East Railway livery Zath Ras (talk)

Zath Ras, the template you want is {{Tbyl}}. That said, those are not in LNER livery, it's still the VTEC livery, just with a new name on the side. -mattbuck (Talk) 12:13, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

Featured Picture Nomination

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that the image Beeston railway station MMB 24 221129.jpg, which was created or uploaded by you, has been nominated for featured picture status; have a look at the nomination page. Thank you and good luck! -- Pkbwcgs (talk) 11:46, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Featured Picture Nomination

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that the image Blackwall DLR station MMB 11.jpg, which was created or uploaded by you, has been nominated for featured picture status; have a look at the nomination page. Thank you and good luck! -- Pkbwcgs (talk) 12:12, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

Featured Picture Nomination

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that the image Hornsey railway station MMB 27 365XXX.jpg, which was created or uploaded by you, has been nominated for featured picture status; have a look at the nomination page. Thank you and good luck! -- Pkbwcgs (talk) 08:58, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Featured Picture Nomination

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that the image Otterington railway station MMB 34 185XXX.jpg, which was created or uploaded by you, has been nominated for featured picture status; have a look at the nomination page. Thank you and good luck! -- Pkbwcgs (talk) 09:50, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

File:Cameraobsucuraimage.JPG

File:Cameraobsucuraimage.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!

Kulmalukko (talk) 14:58, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Happy holidays 2019! ;-)

			* Happy Holidays 2019, Mattbuck! *
			Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Joyeux Noël ! Bonne année! Frohes Weihnachten! Frohes Neues Jahr! Счастливого Рождества! С Новым годом! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком! -- George Chernilevsky talk 15:54, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello

Hello. My username is Mulief. It has been banned indefinitely by INeverCry.

Could you kindly lift the ban please? I could create another account, but I like the old one.

The name is Mulief, but it has nothing to do with Islam. It looks like a combination of Muslim and belief.

Thank you for your consideration. Happy holidays. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 150.66.93.206 (talk) 20:41, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

Mulief I have re-allowed your talk page access so you can now request an unblock through the standard process. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:53, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

mattbuck, thank you. I've just made a request. I appreciate your kindness. I'll leave a message here or on my talk page when the ban is lifted. - 150.66.85.65 22:42, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Church Bank, Bradford FOP advice, please

Hi Mattbuck, since you seem to know a lot about the subject of FOP, what do you think about uploading this photo to commons? I find the ornate door intriguing, but there is the recent addition of a two dimensional artwork. The new art has no real value without the surrounding old stones. Thanks for your time. --Judithcomm (talk) 16:37, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Judithcomm that looks fine to upload to me. I'd say the picture falls under COM:DM - the photo is still worthwhile without the artwork. A photo of the artwork alone would be a copyvio on FOP grounds however, assuming it's a mural and not graffiti. -mattbuck (Talk) 18:58, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your input. The painting is actually a work of art commissioned by a Bradford organisation. There are more works by the same artist throughout the area --Judithcomm (talk) 20:22, 13 January 2019 (UTC)

Category:British_Rail_Class_357s_in_National_Express_debranded_livery

British Rail Class 357s in National Express debranded livery has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion 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. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

2A00:23C5:6E14:A000:BCB5:FF65:2346:A852 19:40, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Ukt template

Hi,

I was wondering if you could would be kind enough to update this excellent template which you created a few years ago (Template:ukt) to take into account a change in category naming. I am in the process of moving train interior categories from the "Train interiors of British Rail Class xxxs" to "British Rail Class xxx interiors" format, but unfortunately I do not know how to update your template correctly, and I don't want to ruin it.

Thanks

ElshadK (talk) 09:41, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Why are you doing this? And, given the template still references the old names, why the hell are you removing redirects? -mattbuck (Talk) 11:04, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi, made sure I moved all the files before removing redirects. I am also going through all the relevant templates and checking to make sure there are no broken links. I did raise a discussion on the main category page but no one replied. The reason I moved them was because all current Class subcategories are in the form of “British Rail Class xxx by line, operator” etc. so I thought I interiors should also start in the same format to look neater. I’m sorry if this was too abrupt, but I wasn’t aware how long I should wait for discussion. ElshadK (talk) 11:12, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

ElshadK, yeah, no one will ever check the main category page because no one watches catgeory pages. I suggest you bring any future large-scale changes to en:WT:UKRAIL, which is as close to a decision making body as we get.

As well as modifying the UKT template, several others will have to be modified which make reference to interiors. {{Tint}} and {{Tocint}} or something. How far through have you got? Will you also be renaming such categories as Category:Train interiors of London Midland? -mattbuck (Talk) 14:28, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Mattbuck, No, I won't be renaming the other categories such as interiors by operator. I only wanted to move the ones by class to neaten up the category pages for each class. So there will be no need to update the {{Tocint}} etc. Also, in the future, I will make sure to suggest any major changes in en:WT:UKRAIL. ElshadK (talk) 12:07, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

ElshadK I have modified {{Ukt}}. Are you intending to also do categories such as Category:Train interiors of British Rail Mk3 coaches? If so {{Ukc}} will also need modifications. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:53, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes, I will move the coach ones now. There's only a few of them. Thanks for your help. ElshadK (talk) 08:16, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Done. -mattbuck (Talk) 16:59, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Daily gallery updater has failed on User:Mattbuck/Railways

Hello. This message is to inform you that a daily gallery in your userspace, User:Mattbuck/Railways, has failed. Due to software limitations, the bot has a hard upper-limit of about 6000 files per day (including overflow galleries), while your gallery had 18051 files.

This usually happens because a gallery is too broad, encompassing too many subcategories. Please review the logs here and request that a subcategory be excluded, or narrow your category choice(s).

Please make your request for removal within 4 days, or your gallery will be subject to removal.

Thank you. Magog the Ogre (via OgreBot (talk) 03:37, 11 June 2019 (UTC))

Wow Magog the Ogre, your log page can't actually cope with the amount of data returned!

I've limited it to depth 10, hopefully this should eliminate stuff like this:

Category:Royal Hospital Chelsea => Category:Christopher Wren's Buildings in London => Category:Buildings by Christopher Wren => Category:Christopher Wren => Category:Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford => Category:All Souls College, Oxford => Category:Radcliffe Square, Oxford => Category:Oxford streets used as film locations of Endeavour => Category:Film locations of Endeavour in Oxford => Category:Film locations of Endeavour => Category:Endeavour (TV series) => Category:Roger Allam filmography => Category:Roger Allam => Category:The Book Thief cast members => Category:The Book Thief (film) => Category:Geoffrey Rush filmography => Category:Geoffrey Rush => Category:The Magic Pudding voice actors => Category:The Magic Pudding (film) => Category:Hugo Weaving filmography => Category:Hugo Weaving => Category:The Dressmaker cast members => Category:The Dressmaker (2015 film) => Category:Shane Jacobson filmography => Category:Shane Jacobson => Category:Thomas & Friends cast members => Category:Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends => Category:Wilbert Awdry => Category:People associated with rail transport in the United Kingdom => Category:History of rail transport in the United Kingdom => Category:Rail transport in the United Kingdom

Thanks for the heads up. -mattbuck (Talk) 17:31, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

How did you make File:MMB railway sizemap.svg?

Did you use a third party tool or anything? It looks cool and I was hoping that I can make one myself. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 19:58, 26 July 2019 (UTC)

Tyw7 I used Dia to build it. -mattbuck (Talk) 13:56, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. Was kinda hoping a drag and drop map creator. --Tyw7 (🗣️ Talk) — If (reply) then (ping me) 14:42, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

September 2019: it's Wiki Loves Monuments time again!

Hi

You're receiving this message because you've previously contributed to the annual Wiki Loves Monuments contest in the UK. We'd be delighted if you would do so again this year and help record our local built environment for future generations.

You can find more details at the Wiki Loves Monuments UK website. Or, if you have images taken in other countries, you can check the international options. This year's contest runs until 30 September 2019.

Many thanks for your help once more! MichaelMaggs (talk) 15:35, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

File:Body painting - float left right.jpg

File:Body painting - float left right.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!

Seazzy (talk) 23:50, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

File:Dunstan Steads MMB 11 Dunstanburgh Castle.jpg

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MPF (talk) 00:24, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Happy holidays 2020!

		* Happy Holidays 2020, Mattbuck! *
		Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Joyeux Noël! Bonne année! Frohes Weihnachten! Frohes Neues Jahr! Счастливого Рождества! С Новым годом! ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo! Щасливого Різдва! З Новим роком!    -- George Chernilevsky talk 14:34, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Commons:Courtesy deletions

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Cabinet Artlaw (talk) 08:13, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Beautiful images

The uploads that were deleted at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Expert19612005 have come back! Maybe they should be deleted again?--BevinKacon (talk) 17:41, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

BevinKacon, given that the reason I requested those be deleted was that the user made edits suggesting they wanted them deleted, I think that the user uploading them again obviates the previous deletion rationale. -mattbuck (Talk) 18:31, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Helmut Hoffer von Ankershoffen

Hy Mattbuck,

In regards to your deletion request of https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Helmut_Hoffer_von_Ankershoffen.jpg.

This is Helmut Hoffer von Ankershoffen (the creator and uploader of the file and owner of https://helmut.hoffer-von-ankershoffen.me). How does OTRS validation work? You can reach me e.g. via helmuthva@googlemail.com and anhelmut@amazon.com. I use this shot on all profiles, e.g. https://www.linkedin.com/in/helmut-hoffer-von-ankershoffen/, https://twitter.com/h_ankershoffen, https://www.facebook.com/helmut.hoffer.von.ankershoffen.

Cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helmuthva (talk • contribs) 09:11, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Update: Used the OTRS wizard and sent the email. I hope this helps. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helmuthva (talk • contribs) 09:21, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi Helmuthva, I have replied at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Helmut Hoffer von Ankershoffen.jpg. Thankyou for going through the verification process, it's nothing personal, just we get suspicious when we see photos which have been published elsewhere. -mattbuck (Talk) 09:27, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

About deletation of my uploads

My user name is Jagannath Sarkar MP.Why u want to delete my uploads.This images I upload is created by me this is not copied from anywhere.So I kindly requested you please don't delete my uploads.Low resolution because I have not desktop or camera totally mobile captured.Plesae remove deletation tag from my uploads. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jagannath Sarkar MP (talk • contribs) 08:26, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Jagannath Sarkar MP, please comment at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Jagannath Sarkar MP. -mattbuck (Talk) 08:50, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

What are the squirrels conspiring to do?

Yes, thanks. That's a great question, actually, and an important one, and you know, I'm glad you asked. It's my belief, you see, thatt it's important that people continue to ask important questions. So thank you. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 19:53, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Querying the file description of File:Cardiff Bay railway station MMB 07.jpg

Hi Mattbuck! I was adding the captions to one of your photos and noticed that, while the file name, category, and photo itself suggest it is Cardiff Bay Railway Station, you labelled it as Cardiff Queen Street Railway Station in the description. I just wanted to check this. If the captions and structured data I have added are incorrect, please do feel free to remove them. Thanks! Bibeyjj (talk) 19:15, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Bibeyjj, thanks for the heads up, I have corrected the description both here and on flickr. -mattbuck (Talk) 21:10, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Bibeyjj, one thing with your captions, "railway station" should not generally be capitalised. enwp has a policy about naming them, but it generally works as (where X is what is written on the station name board):

• X railway station for mainline or heritage stations, but not London Underground stations
• X station for stations which are multi-modal, eg mainline+LU, LU+DLR, etc.

-mattbuck (Talk) 21:29, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Mattbuck, thank you for this clarification. I will bear your advice in mind for future captions, and may well go back and update others as I can. Bibeyjj (talk) 08:18, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

File:St_Albans_City_stn_slow_tracks_look_north4.jpg

KEEP - reuploaded it with a near-duplicate. For avoidance of doubt, unit 700048 is the train pictured. Thanks, Sunil060902 (talk) 11:15, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Sunil060902! -mattbuck (Talk) 11:43, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

File:Nude_blonde.jpg

Hello. I wanted to discuss with you the image file File:Nude_blonde.jpg. I see that it is semi-protected by you, so I feel that my inquiry is more likely to get a response here, than the file's presently uncreated Talk page.

The uploader has had many pictures deleted as a result of the Flickr upload bot trawling images belonging to other people. Of those images, most have been deleted, some are nominated on the grounds of failing to prove permission (possible copyright violation). I wanted to ask you about the named image, as I have my personal doubts the uploader has permission. The source account and source location of the image file no longer exists, and using Google Images to search for this image only shows one porn site (www.cloudygirls.com), which isn't loading at this time due to 522 Error (connection timed out). Until more information is brought forward regarding ownership of said image, I don't feel I can personally nominate it for deletion, though I feel the grounds for keeping it are shaky at best.
DeNoel (talk) 08:08, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

DeNoel, the image is semi-protected due to repeated vandalism. The original uploader was Nordela, and they have plenty of images still around. I ran a TinEye search on it, and it doesn't show any older versions of the image on the web. We have proof that the image was on flickr under a free licence, so that's not an issue. You're welcome to DR it. -mattbuck (Talk) 12:55, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

File:Dad with daughter 3.jpg

Deleted after DR. But no discussion, just a nominator who said it was OoS. You commented that it’s from a notable event: what event was that? Brianjd (talk) 05:02, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

@Brianjd: it was taken at Nudes-A-Poppin'. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:01, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Notification about possible deletion

Some contents have been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether they should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at their entry. If you created these pages, please note that the fact that they have 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 them, 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!

Affected:

• File:Bristol MMB W8 Cumberland Basin.jpg

And also:

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• File:Bristol MMB X2 Ashton Avenue Bridge.jpg
• File:Bristol MMB X8 Cumberland Basin.jpg
• File:Bristol MMB «98 Narroways Junction.jpg
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• File:Montpelier railway station HDR.jpg
• File:Montpelier railway station MMB 02.jpg
• File:Montpelier station wide.jpg

Yours sincerely, 17jiangz1 (talk) 05:24, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Some bubble tea for you!

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Pattern

Report of all deletion discussion contributions in the last week. Adding some noise is not a change in approach.

Long term patterns

File:Erigierter menschlicher steifer Penis - erect human stiff Penis.JPG 2020-06-27 diff  Delete Unused selfie of questionable educational value. File:World Naked Gardening Day 2017.jpg 2020-06-26 diff  Delete No realistic educational value. File:674341108d6d39d5d70c6493f0532e34 1584418285 1062-01.jpg 2020-06-22 diff  Delete Worthless, poor quality, redundant and therefore out of scope. File:493d48217e74d9b3a61b0f2db7c46dce u8QPB5jV d904eeb4ecdc39aab2b7ef99f812aa91cf434a36-01.jpg 2020-06-22 diff  Delete Educationally worthless. Files Uploaded by User:Sub12 2020-06-22 diff  Delete for the two remaining files: no realistic education value. File:Hand job.jpg 2020-06-10 diff  Delete Educationally worthless image. File:43 year male ejaculation.gif 2020-06-10 diff  Delete Not realistically useful for an educational purpose. File:A male ejaculation.gif 2020-06-10 diff  Delete Not realistically useful for an educational purpose.

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Category:Victoria_station

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Estopedist1 (talk) 04:43, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

File:507033 at Port Sunlight station.jpg

Do you realise that if you do not pipe a different sort value in a category, it sorts on the filename, which starts with the unit number you added to the category? In short, somewhat pointless. Rodhullandemu (talk) 20:04, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Line categorisation query

Just wondering if British Rail Class 180 at Leeds Railway Station.jpg is meant to be in the Huddersfield line category. As its on a Hebden Bridge train, shouldn't it be in the Calder Valley cat, or is there something I'm not thinking of here? ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 15:37, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Alex Noble, quite possibly, I always get confused with lines around Leeds. -mattbuck (Talk) 16:57, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Map of Norfolk railways

There is an image of a map of Norfolk Railways used on your page User:Mattbuck/Railways/2018 March 11-20

It looks as if you may have created this map/image. May I have your permission under the CC license SA 4 to recreate the map and adapt it a bit for a not for profit activity ? The activity is the creation of a heritage trail in Dereham, Norfolk, UK and we want to place an interpretation panel at the Mid Norfolk heritage Railway Station and use this map to explain how it used to be connected to other Norfolk railway lines.

Many thanks Carolyn hello@aboutDereham.org

Carolyn, I assume you mean File:Norfolk-rly.png. This was not an image I created, it was created by Afterbrunel. However the image is licensed under CC-BY-SA-4.0 which allows you to use it in such a manner provided you attribute Afterbrunel and share the resultant image under a compatible licence. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:54, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Your deletion

I note that you requested the deletion of Commons:Deletion requests/File:COVID arwydd Coronafeirws.jpg. Two quick question, please:

1. Was the user who uploaded the file notified of the request to delete?
2. Which part of the image was under copyright?

Many thanks Llywelyn2000 (talk) 08:14, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Llywelyn2000, 1: Yes; 2: The photo was of an electronic sign displaying a copyrighted message/image. The subject and description made it clear the intent was to show what was displayed rather than the screen, which means it fails COM:DM, and thus in turn fails COM:DW (via COM:FOP UK). -mattbuck (Talk) 08:35, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick response. So the 'The photo was of an electronic sign displaying a copyrighted message/image' and refers to two infringements? Text and an image? What text please? Thanks for informing the uploader of your request; however another user deleted the image after only 12 hours, therefore the uploader didn't have time to defend the image. Can you please reinstate the image so that I can view. It was on one of the most popular articles on Wikipedia, and in my view, further discussion is needed as this photo which is of historic importance. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 08:52, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Llywelyn2000, the DR was open for seven months. No one bothered to defend it. I'm not going to restore the image as it was deleted within process and it is not suitable for Commons. That it was in use is not the issue, we will not host images that are copyright violations, no matter their historical importance. -mattbuck (Talk) 11:26, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

OK, i take your word for it. I know this user, and tried to advise him in the past regarding images; in this case I'll ask him to send me a copy, so that we can try to work out what copyright was infringed, so that it doesn't happen again. Thanks. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 04:31, 13 December 2020 (UTC)

Happy holidays 2020/2021!

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License plates

Hi, just saw this deletion request and I am not quite sure how to interpret it. Wouldn't this mean that everything in Category:License plates of Connecticut and all other license plates should be deleted? I have been told somewhere that a license plate with no particular design is not a copyright infringement. I will post at the Village pump as well. mr.choppers (talk)^-en- 20:12, 24 March 2021 (UTC)

Report

Hello, please take a look at this report: Commons:Administrators' noticeboard#Files named with meaningless/disruptive names (motivated renaming was reverted without any valid reason) as these are serious everyday violations of the Commons rules and protection of meaningless names (in this case, Kalumny which translates as Columns). User Kazimier Lachnovič with filemover rights constantly performs violations of the Commons rules, creates instability issues and protects meaningless names, thus creates confusion. His Commons admin rights previously were lifted, but it is clear that it is not enough. -- Pofka (talk) 17:20, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

File:Brean Beach Gill.jpg

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File:Disco Lights Gill.jpg

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Вікі любить пам'ятки 2021 в Україні / Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in Ukraine

Привіт!

З 1 по 30 вересня вже традиційно пройде українська частина міжнародного фотоконкурсу «Вікі любить пам'ятки»! В Україні цей конкурс пройде вже вдесяте. На конкурс можна подавати власні фото пам'яток історико-культурної спадщини України — і змагатися за призи. Більше можна прочитати за посиланням.

Радимо ознайомитися із детальними правилами, а також із відповідями на часті питання. Як і того року — у номінації «За найбільшу кількість сфотографованих пам’яток» можна отримати 21 бал за фотографії об'єктів, якщо світлин цієї пам'ятки раніше не було завантажено.

Нагадаємо, що всі фотографії автоматично беруть участь у номінації «За найбільшу кількість сфотографованих пам’яток»; однак для того, щоб фото позмагалося у номінації «Найкраще фото», потрібно підтвердити це при завантаженні.

Цього року вперше будуть окремо виділені фото з повітря (дронами, квадрокоптерами тощо) — у спеціальній номінації «Аерофото». Для того, щоб робота потрапила на спецномінацію потрібно вибрати її у Завантажувачі.

Також вперше проводиться спеціальна номінація «Пам'ятки Подесення», знову пройдуть спецномінації «Відео», «Єврейська спадщина», «Млини», «Пам'ятки національно-визвольної боротьби» та «Via Regia Ukraine». Для участі світлин у цих спецномінаціях не потрібно обирати нічого у Завантажувачі — світлини зараховуватимуться автоматично з відповідних списків.

Усі номінації та спецномінації конкурсу описані тут.

Приєднуйтеся!

Зі списками пам'яток можна ознайомитися тут. Більше інформації про конкурс дивіться за посиланням. Щоб отримувати інформацію про новинки у конкурсі — підпишіться на наші блог та сторінку у фейсбук.

Важливо! Цього року відбулася адміністративно-територіальна реформа. Однак, ми проводимо конкурс ще за попереднім адміністративно-територіальним устроєм. Ми почали роботу над створенням списків з новим поділом, але вона ще не є завершена. Ви можете користуватися тими новими списками, що вже є, якщо потрібно відшукати пам'ятку за новим поділом (деякі ОДА вже почали присилати у такому форматі), але пам'ятайте, що нові списки ще не є повними.

Якщо у Вас є запитання, можете звертатися wlmwikimedia.org.ua чи у фейсбук – З повагою, Оргкомітет «Вікі любить пам'ятки».17:32, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Ви отримали це повідомлення, оскільки Ви брали участь в одному із фотоконкурсів «Вікімедіа Україна» чи допомагали (наприклад, редагували файли з цих конкурсів).

If you do not speak Ukrainian, but you are interested in a contest, you can check out our page in English here.

Вікі любить пам'ятки 2021 в Україні триває до 30 вересня / Wiki Loves Monuments 2021 in Ukraine is on till September 30

Автор фото Aeou, інфографіка AnastasiaPetrova (WMUA), CC BY-SA 4.0

Переможці спеціальної номінації «Відео» 2020. Автори роликів: Ігор Мартинів, Кирило Венцеславський; Музика: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 2 by Kevin MacLeod. Монтаж: Atoly. Ліцензія CC BY-SA 4.0

Привіт!

Нагадуємо, що до 30 вересня включно можна вантажити світлини та відео культурної спадщини України до національного етапу міжнародного фотоконкурсу «Вікі любить пам'ятки»!

Зараз Україна посідає 3-є місце за кількістю завантажених світлин, поступаючись Російській Федерації та Німеччині. За першу половину місяця було завантажено світлини пам'яток із усіх регіонів України, але частина із них є дуже погано представлена. Севастополь зараз представлений тільки однією пам'яткою і одним фото, Крим — 12 пам'яток і 51 фото. Детальніше — у таблиці:

Проміжна статистика

Регіон	К-ть пам'яток	К-ть фото
Севастополь	1	1
АР Крим	12	51
Закарпаття	26	96
Миколаївщина	29	81
Рівненщина	36	186
Херсонщина	36	83
Житомирщина	55	324
Донеччина	57	153
Тернопільщина	62	234
Буковина	75	220
Луганщина	82	90
Львівщина	82	351
Кіровоградщина	88	181
Волинь	98	270
Одещина	115	383
Сумщина	129	414
Дніпропетровщина	139	278
Київ	159	248
Хмельниччина	166	538
Полтавщина	171	594
Харківщина	175	625
Київщина	181	651
Черкащина	186	455
Прикарпаття	240	305
Вінничина	242	775
Запоріжжя	253	317
Чернігівщина	305	519

Зі списками пам'яток можна ознайомитися тут. Усі номінації та спецномінації конкурсу описані тут.

Цього року у конкурсі є вісім спеціальних номінацій:

• «Аерофото» — для фото з повітря (зроблені дронами, квадрокоптерами тощо). Для того, щоб робота потрапила на спецномінацію потрібно вибрати її у Завантажувачі;
• «Відео» — для відеосюжетів з пам'ятками;
• «Єврейська спадщина» — для об'єктів із охоронним статусом, і без нього;
• «Млини» — для об'єктів із охоронним статусом, і без нього;
• «Пам'ятки національно-визвольної боротьби» — для об'єктів із охоронним статусом, і без нього;
• «Пам'ятки Подесення» — для об'єктів із охоронним статусом, і без нього;
• «Via Regia Ukraine» — для об'єктів із охоронним статусом 15 населених пунктів, що за цим маршрутом є.

Більше інформації про конкурс дивіться за посиланням. Щоб отримувати інформацію про новинки у конкурсі — підпишіться на наші блог та сторінку у фейсбук.

Приєднуйтеся!

Якщо у Вас є запитання, можете звертатися wlmwikimedia.org.ua чи у фейсбук – З повагою, Оргкомітет «Вікі любить пам'ятки». 18:57, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

Ви отримали це повідомлення, оскільки Ви брали участь в одному із фотоконкурсів «Вікімедіа Україна» чи допомагали (наприклад, редагували файли з цих конкурсів).

If you do not speak Ukrainian, but you are interested in a contest, you can check out our page in English here.

Category:Trains_of_the_State_Railway_of_Thailand

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Happy holidays 2022/2023!

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Crane Base

I have finally figured out what the structure is depicted in your image, see Category:Crane Base, Canon's Marsh, Bristol.

Jokulhlaup (talk) 08:39, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Question About Photo Use

Dear Mr Buck,

I'm working on book related to music locations in London (as a fan, not a professional author) and would like to be able to use one of your pictures, the Bakerloo Line train: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_MMB_%C2%ABO4_Bakerloo_Line_1972_Stock.jpg

I'm a bit confused as there seems to be 3 very different copyright licenses attached to use, so I thought I'd best ask personally.

If I were to use the image I'd be reducing it in size and most likely converting it to monochrome. Would that be OK with you?

I'll of course give full credit and follow any other stipulations of use.

Thank you very much in advance for considering my request and clariyfying the useage, if you choose to allow it.

All the best for now,

Eddie. EddieUK (talk) 22:26, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Hi EddieUK. I'm happy for you to use the photo in your book. Please make sure the photo is credited along the lines of "Photo by Matt Buck". -mattbuck (Talk) 16:36, 24 August 2023 (UTC)

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