Hi, over several years I have encouraged a traveling person to take pics of historic sites for Wikipedia. The person gives me permission to upload any photos out of several thousand, under any terms I want (including that I can claim them as my own pics), and wants no credit. I want to upload selected ones over the next several years as I create/develop articles on the historic sites, probably with CC license or other license giving credit to "ATravelingPerson" or similar pseudonym. How can this be done? For example, could an open-ended OTRS permission be created, giving me blanket authority to upload pics with indication that they are works by "ATravelingPerson", if I say that they are? Should I create a Wikipedia & Wikimedia account in the name "ATravelingPerson" or similar, first? The pics are beautiful and would make significant contributions to many Wikipedia articles, by the way. --doncram 02:37, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

@Doncram: What you are asking is...unusual to say the least. Are these photos already online? Is there somewhere that we can be directed to them? We need a little bit more information in order to give you a real answer. I believe there is precedent for continual releases, if I recall correctly from companies, but I'm not entirely sure about that. In any case, we would need an explicit release emailed into us outlining the details of the agreement. But first, lets start with whether these photos are already online somewhere? --Majora (talk) 02:43, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

I was right about the continual release from some companies. See c:Commons:OTRS-permission-for-screenshots. --Majora (talk) 02:47, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

(ec) Thanks User:Majora for your quick reply. No, none of the photos have been published. None are online, besides in private photo-sharing page(s) by which they were shared to me and shown to some friends of theirs. Some were emailed to me. I am given copyright, in effect, to do whatever I want with them. For some of them, the person went out of their way to get them for me. I knew where they were traveling and made requests like "could you stop at X and take pictures for Wikipedia? I think it is close to your route" and they would actually go considerably out of their way sometimes. For some U.S. National Register of Historic Places sites, I sent them excerpts from, and/or links to, NRHP nomination documents that described what was notable about the sites, so they would be sure to get some important detail. Some of them accumulated during a three year period in which I had an edit restriction preventing me from editing NRHP articles, else I likely would have taken action sooner. The person does not want to be bothered much at all, but I believe they would cooperate within one set of confidential emails to get this established. They could disclose their name and contact info to you and verify that they have given this blanket permission and that none are published (and even that they have no plans to publish any of them, though I don't think that should be required). I personally like the idea of creating a Wikipedia/Wikimedia account for them, which I could turn over to them if/when they would ever choose to upload pics directly, though they say they don't expect ever to want to. They don't want any connection to the photos, as if it were a privacy issue for them, that they don't want to be linked to being at any site on any date. I want something set up to describe the situation more accurately than my uploading them using Commons' wizard that claims them as my own. --doncram 03:14, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

I see the company thing. Maybe the way I am asking makes it sound more unusual than it is. I would think there'd be occasional family situations, say, like where A is given power of attorney to act on B's behalf, and they'd continue to act upon B's interest in contributing to Wikipedia. What about when a collection of photos is inherited upon someone's death? --doncram 03:22, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

We are definitely going to need an email verification from them. Just so we know everything is covered, copyright law wise. Please ensure to tell them that all emails to OTRS are strictly confidential and all agents sign agreements not to release any information contained within an email unless explicitly directed to do so by the emailer. So there won't be any privacy issues there, I can guarantee you that. Now as for setting up the nitty-gritty of this request I got in touch with a Commons admin. Just to double check everything. In any case, the form that needs to be filled out for our records can be found here: WP:CONSENT. The wording will just have to be tweaked a little bit. Perhaps a category can be created that has a blanket OTRS permission template? --Majora (talk) 03:25, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

@Doncram: Alright, so recommendations and moving forward after talking with one of the Commons admins. You don't really want to do down the route of transfer of copyright. That is a full legal process, in writing etc. etc., that we don't really need. The person can, however, grant you power of attorney (even verbally) to represent them for the purposes of licensing these images (under whatever license you want). You can use a pseudonym as the creator (in the |author = ) field. That is fine. Where OTRS would come in, is if someone tags the image, no permission. What would happen then is that we would need a quick email from the photographer verifying that they have granted you power of attorney for these images. Quick and easy. It is probably better to get that out of the way earlier rather then later as the "no permissions" will probably happen soon after you start uploading if anyone is paying attention. What you can do is create a custom license template and an OTRS agent can put the permission confirmation in there. Something simple would do. "Pseudonym has granted me power of attorney to upload these images on their behalf under <x> license. <OTRS permission template added by agent>" You can transclude that onto each image you upload by this photographer and that will avoid all of the issues from the get-go. Just note, that only an OTRS agent can directly manipulate OTRS permission templates. Else an abuse filter gets tripped. Once the permission is on a license template, you should be fine to transclude as you aren't actually manipulating the permissions template. The actual license should be done under {{self|license|author=Pseudonym}} as that is the correct way to go about doing this. If you have any questions about this please let me know and please thank the photographer for the opportunity to use these images. It is sincerely appreciated. --Majora (talk) 04:06, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi my username is TravisM416 and I just sent an email about File:Photo Kao Kim Hourn.jpg Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by TravisM416 (talk • contribs) 11:35, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

I have re-sent the authorisation provided for this image to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. This was originally sent on June 27th by a colleague of Riccardo Silva, acting on his behalf in a professional capacity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoolietta (talk • contribs) 16:44, 7 September 2016 (UTC)

Ticket 2016062710024081 - and your re-send was not necessary, as it still does not answer the agents question, and until someone does, there will be no permission. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 00:34, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

Hi Someone objected to a photo I took and uploaded to this article Fen Skating. Scroll down to the section on recreational skating and it is the photo on the right. The objection made was that the notice might be copyright. However I have checked and the charity who put up the notice have no objection. Now I find a message from the person who objected to the photo saying " Please forward permission to WP:OTRS". How do I do that please? The permission is in the form of an email. Is there an address to which I can forward it? Southdevonian (talk) 11:04, 10 September 2016 (UTC) Think I have found the answer to my question. permissions-en@wikimedia.org is that the right address. I have forwarded the email to them. Southdevonian (talk) 11:35, 10 September 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Permissions to use this photo were emailed to permissions-en@wikimedia.org on August 1, 2016. Here is a copy of the email sent. Please advise me how to proceed since the file has been deleted a few weeks ago. Can you check your records for this email? Thanks. I apologize for not reading the notice of pending deletion earlier; I get so many emails. Wikijp22 (talk) 21:11, 11 September 2016 (UTC)

Gloria Cajipe <gcajipe@gccreatives.com> To permissions-commons@wikimedia.org Aug 1 at 2:24 PM

Dear Sir / Madam:

I hereby affirm that I, Gloria Cajipe, principal of the web design company GC Creatives, am the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the following:

Image on Wikipedia--File:Jenifer_Whisper_Musical_Medium_sitting_on_piano.jpg

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Gloria Cajipe, Principal - GC Creatives Image Creator / Copyright Holder

@Wikijp22: The permissions backlog is currently at 42 days, and you sent this email exactly 42 days ago. You should expect a response soon. — Music1201 ^talk 21:59, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

I sent permission for my image File:Katie Pavlich at CBLPI summit.jpg but still received a warning that it would be deleted in a week. I do not have access to the email I originally sent it from, could you look for my email? I think the permission has been sent twice already. -amv1997

@Amv1997: If you email me your old email address, I can search for your request. — Music1201 ^talk 22:02, 12 September 2016 (UTC)

I would like an editor to submit a request to use this table on Wikipedia. The table will be used for the nicotine replacement therapy page and possibly other pages. QuackGuru (talk) 21:24, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

@QuackGuru: That isn't the job of OTRS. We accept and vet permissions. We don't go seeking them out. See WP:COPYREQ and ask for permission yourself. --Majora (talk) 21:25, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

I probably should have clarified this, sorry. You have the author submit the permission in writing to OTRS. Sizeofint (talk) 21:29, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

I forwarded the permissions twice ( or maybe three times)... Peter Flass (talk) 21:28, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Reference: 2016091310010436, 2016090510013609, 2016072710022946

@Peter Flass: The permissions backlog is currently 54 days so it may take some time to fulfill the permissions. — Music1201 ^talk 17:47, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

@Peter Flass: If you receive a conformation response, then no further submissions are necessary. I have merged all three tickets into VRTS ticket # 2016072710022946 so now this is the only ticket number you need to reference. I have replied to the email used for your submission, as more specific information is required. Mlpearc (open channel) 18:14, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Peter Flass (talk) 22:55, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi, I was finally able to get in writing permission from the photographer to use his photo. Unfortunately, in the meantime, the file was deleted. Can the picture be undeleted now that a permission in writing exists? Here is the file name: File:Vladislav Doronin with wood panel background (2).jpg and the URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vladislav_Doronin_with_wood_panel_background_(2).jpg. The letter from the photographer should have already been sent to permissions-commons. Thanks. Prazed135 (talk) 11:13, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

I am not an OTRS agent, but I know that the handling of OTRS permissions may take several weeks up to months because this is entirely done by volunteers in their spare time. Once the permission email has been processed, the file will be restored at Commons, so please be patient. De728631 (talk) 12:04, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

I would suggest that the time a photo is retained before being deleted be adjusted to agree more closely with the time it takes to check the permissions, so it wouldn't have to go thru the deletion-restoration process. If it takes a couple of months to check, don't delete the photo sooner. Peter Flass (talk) 13:07, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

You may want to suggest this at Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard since most free files are now being kept at Commons anyway. Here, at Wikipedia, we have a Category:Items pending OTRS confirmation of permission for over 90 days (and longer) but it is mostly populated with permissions for article texts. De728631 (talk) 14:29, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

That proposal is unlikely to pass if you make it... the correct procedure is to document permission before uploading. Images on Commons marked as template:OTRS pending are not routinely deleted before their purported tickets are older than the backlog. Storkk (talk) 14:51, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

File:Discovering Gloria Movie Poster.jpg has a non-free rationale as well as a free license referring to OTRS ticket 2015111610017985. I suspect that this is a case of simply forgetting to remove the non-free rationale when adding the OTRS ticket and free license tag but would like confirmation that the file is indeed freely licensed before removing the non-free use rationale. Thanks. -- Whpq (talk) 01:33, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

 Fixed Ticket double checked. All set Whpq --Majora (talk) 01:38, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

Hello OTRS. I emailed The Statesman and asked them to release photos of Bengal famine of 1943 with text from Wikimedia Commons. In the event that you hear from them, could you ping me? Tks.  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 06:36, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

@Lingzhi: Could you please ask them when they sent their email. Ask them for either

1. The ticket number (if they send an e-mail to permissions-, then they will get an automated reply)
2. Their e-mail address.

Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 09:18, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

• Sorry for the confusion. I emailed them today; i doubt they have replied (and may not reply at all). Moreover, I gave them the Wikimedia email address, so I may be posting this in the wrong forum.  Lingzhi ♦ (talk) 09:20, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

I have been in contact with a source for photos on a page I wrote. The source has indicated a willingness to provide suitable images under a free license, and to cover copyright ownership, etc. It is now clear to me that photos relating to other pages (potentially quite a lot) may be available over time. However, the source is time-limited and getting each submission through OTRS is a complexity I seek to avoid. So, my question is, would be it acceptable for me to upload the photos as they are provided to me, and forward the email to OTRS with a ticket ID so that the source doesn't have to? The OTRS ticket would be created with the initial submission from the source to OTRS, cc'd to me, and stating that I am authorised to provide authorisation for future images by forwarding their email to me. That way, the original submission would be from an official organisation email address and identifying the source as an authorised representative, etc, and all future authorisations would include a forwarded email from that individual to me. I'm just trying to reduce the burden on a busy individual who is willing to provide some excellent and high-quality images under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 license. Any advice? Thanks. EdChem (talk) 00:19, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

@EdChem: I would say that as long as we have a direct email from the author to begin with that explicitly states their intentions it would not be a problem. They need to fill out a WP:CONSENT form and acknowledge that they understand what they are doing. The first two paragraphs can be tweaked to meet your needs but the rest of it must be copied exactly else it isn't valid. The actual {{OTRS permission}} tag will have to be placed by an agent every time. You will trip a filter otherwise. I would also personally CC the author with every permission acceptance just to cover all my bases. They can do what they wish with my responses. --Majora (talk) 00:51, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. The email I was asking them to send is as follows:

To:  permissions-commonswikimedia.org or photosubmissionwikimedia.org – not sure which, different advice on different pages
Cc:  My email address
Subject:  Photos of subjects

Dear OTRS Representative,

I have been in contact with English Wikipedia editor EdChem, who is copied on this email.  He has requested I provide some freely-licensed images for use initially on ARTICLE, and in other places as appropriate.   I hereby affirm that I am NAME, POSITION for the ORGANISATION NAME.  I attach four photographs for upload to Wikimedia Commons.  These were taken by PHOTOGRAPHER'S NAME under a commercial contract under which the ORGANISATION NAME became the owner of the exclusive copyright of the attached images.

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 free license.  On behalf of the {{red}ORGANISATION NAME}}, I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites

I am aware that the ORGANISATION NAME always retain copyright of this work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen.  The attribution I want associated with these photographs is ATTRIBUTION.  XXX, YYY, and ZZZ all have pages at the English Wikipedia, to which wikilinks can be provided in the attribution.

Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

I am willing to make further submissions under the same terms (varying the attribution and photographer name, as appropriate). I will make these by email directly to EdChem from my official email, and he will upload them for use. I declare that his forwarding of my email and attached images to OTRS and providing the attribution details is sufficient to be taken as having my authorisation under the terms above. EdChem will copy me on submissions and will reference the OTRS ticket number assigned with this submission along with the OTRS Noticeboard thread at URL. I would appreciate being copied on any future communications about ORGANISATION NAME's submissions, and for EdChem to be notified when the images attached to this email are uploaded.

Kind Regards,

NAME
POSITION
ORGANISATION NAME and FULL ADDRESS
DATE

@Majora: How does this sound? Any suggestions? Thanks. EdChem (talk) 04:15, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

@EdChem: One change. The CC-BY-SA 3.0 is a suggestion only. We have a lot of different valid copyright tags located here: c:COM:CT#Free Creative Commons licenses. Please ensure that they understand that they can pick any license they wish as long as it is a "free" license. Other than that, provided they agree to the terms, it looks fine. It frankly doesn't matter which email they send it to. If you give me the ticket number when it occurs I'll pull it up and take a look at it. You can even upload the photos yourself and tag them with {{OTRS pending}}. I can always come in later and change the tags. --Majora (talk) 04:23, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

@Majora: I can not advise that this process will be acceptable or not, but I think something needs to be clarified, the permission needs to come from the "photographer" not from a "author". - Mlpearc (open channel) 04:31, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

@Mlpearc: It needs to come from the copyright holder, whomever that may be. According to EdChem's mock form if that is an organization who received the photos as part of a work for hire contract then their release would be acceptable. I would have to see the actual email to make that decision. As for this process, I don't see a problem with it and I plan on being the one to process it. So, as long as everything checks out I don't think we are going to have a problem. --Majora (talk) 04:36, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

@Majora: You're correct, I used "photographer" because that where copyrights usually begins, but as you say "hire contracts" happen and that's fine. Thank you for your reply, my point has been clarified. (I will also say that if this process is not acceptable, it should be) - Mlpearc (open channel) 04:50, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

@Majora and Mlpearc: Thanks to you both. I spoke with the person about the issue of copyright and the photographer specifically, anticipating this potential problem, and was assured that the organisation does gain copyright over the photographs taken under the work-for-hire arrangement. Only the OTRS agent (Majora, hopefully) will be able to determine definitively if this person's position and status is sufficient for assertions to be accepted, but I believe (and hope) that it is. They are in a position to provide a lot of useful material. I met this person face-to-face to discuss Wikipedia contributions and learned that they are happy to support so long as the work load doesn't become burdensome, but also has some concerns / reluctance after trying to add some material and being bitten hard, and so having decided not to invest their own time. From the description it is clear that what they did involved a policy violation, that with understanding the copyright issue could have been resolved to the benefit of WP content, but that instead the person left frustrated and the content was lost. I figure that I can deal with our bureaucracy as a long-term editor and am likely to see a policy land mine before stepping on it, and also that the simpler it is from their end, the greater the benefit likely to accrue to WP. I know the above email draft is legalistic but it is my understanding that setting it up right at the start makes life easier for OTRS agents and for me. As for which license, I have little real understanding of how they differ and asking them to review exactly which they want is going to add a stumbling block. Is there a CC-BY-SA-licenses for dummies, or can you advise what needs considering? Thanks. EdChem (talk) 05:02, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

@EdChem: The licensing differences come down to the level of protections afforded to the copyright holder of the work. If you click on each template in that section it will bring you to the template page. On that is an external link to the creative commons website that details the finer points of each license. For example, the c:template:Cc-by-4.0 one links to this. The creative commons site is the best way that I know of that explains the licensing differences. The difference between those with SA and those without is the "ShareAlike" restriction. What that means is that if the photo is reused it has to be licensed under the same exact license as the original. --Majora (talk) 21:03, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

@Majora: I know it should be CC-BY-SA, is there a significant difference between 3.0 and 4.0 and other versions? I can't see what the differences amount to. Thanks. EdChem (talk) 23:16, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

@EdChem: I want to preface the following with, this is not legal advice in any way. Just an overview of my general understanding of the topic. My general understand could very well be incorrect and I urge you (and everyone else looking to license material) to research the topic to ensure that their rights are in line with what they want.

Now that that is out of the way. Both 3.0 and 4.0 revolve around the rights of the author on reuse. Note, I use author and copyright holder interchangeably but I mean copyright holder. 4.0 allows for reusers to correct license violations within 30 days once the mistake is found. Technically people who violate reuse requirements with a 3.0 license are permanently barred from ever using the material again unless express consent is given by the copyright holder (there is no automatic reinstatement of reuse rights). Depending on what the images are of, 4.0 also waives some non-copyright rights to ensure the ability for reusers to reuse the content. So for example, if the photos are of identifiable people, 4.0 waives personality and privacy rights. Personality rights is a whole topic itself. But generally it means that a person has control over their voice, image, or likeness in a more extensive manner. It is a restriction that bars reuse of these things without additional explicit permission in some jurisdictions. There are a couple of other things in the license that don't really apply to enwiki like the database rights (that would apply to WikiData). 4.0 also explicitly allows a base URL with a link back to the file information that contains attribution information as their attribution. While common practice this was not explicit in 3.0.

There is a quick comparison between 3.0 and 4.0 listed on meta as well as a much larger overview on the creative commons site. The legacy licenses, 1.0, 2.0 and 2.5 aren't generally used anymore. At least, not as far as I can tell. CC0 is the public domain level. So, from my understanding of the topic, 4.0 allows for greater flexibility in the reuse of material (making it more free in a way). But there are trade offs to the copyright holder by making it more free. --Majora (talk) 04:20, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

@Msjora: Thanks for the information and response. The person has now emailed OTRS, so it is in the queue. EdChem (talk) 06:06, 2 November 2016 (UTC)

I am trying to link to a Category page. Here is my syntax:

Folk similes

It displays a broken link, and I have been unable to fix it.

I also try to search for that page, it also cannot find it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smithriedel (talk • contribs) 15:42, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

What does this have to do with OTRS? Maybe you were looking for Wikipedia:Help_desk.--S Philbrick(Talk) 16:31, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

That said, it's displaying as a broken link because there is no category by that title. Otherwise, your syntax is correct. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:39, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Hi, On November 6, 2016 this photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jimmy_John%27s_Owner_Jimmy_John_Liautaud.jpg was deleted because there was a duplicate picture on Wikipedia Commons. Unfortunately the picture on Commons was subsequently taken down as well, because the permission letter that was sent was sent to permissions-en@wikimedia.org and not also to Commons. So now there is no picture on either Wiki project. I am requesting that the picture on Wikipedia be re-uploaded and not taken down until the equivalent picture on Commons is put back up and receives permission. A letter to the correct Commons address is going to be sent from the owner of the picture soon. When the picture is properly up on Commons, then we will take down the picture on Wikipedia. In the meantime, it would be great to have the picture back up on Wikipedia so that it can be illustrative on the Jimmy John's article. Thank-you, and with much appreciation, Wineconnoisseur2016 (talk) 09:24, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Do you have the ticket number? It looks like that was never added to the page. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:38, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

I do not believe the photo had a ticket number, but I cant be sure. But a permission letter was sent weeks ago. Thanks. Wineconnoisseur2016 (talk) 10:39, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

I have had the file restored on commons, and I added the OTRS ticket to the file there, so it should be good. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 21:39, 28 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much!Wineconnoisseur2016 (talk) 09:20, 29 November 2016 (UTC)

This was submitted via Articles for Creation. Please see User:Josephhearn/sandbox. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:37, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

@Robert McClenon: I did several searches through OTRS with different queries, but I couldn't find anything related to the content in Josephhearn's sandbox. I think this is what happened based on what he's saying: the user had his phone taken away from them by a court, but he now needs to access the contact information stored on that phone. He likely looked up how to do this on Google, found a Wikipedia article somewhat related to what he wants, and thought that Wikipedia could provide the help he needs. He may not even know that what he's posting can be seen by anyone in the world with an Internet connection. I think the right action here is to advise him that this isn't the right website to ask for help in this matter and to send an email to the oversight team asking to suppress the user's personal information from Wikipedia. Mz7 (talk) 04:30, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Alright, I've sent an email to the oversight team and left a message on his user talk page. Mz7 (talk) 04:40, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

@Mz7: One step ahead of you on the oversight part; I've performed the needed suppressions. Still want a response to the email? Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 04:41, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

@Ks0stm: Oh excellent. I don't think the email response will be necessary anymore. Thanks! Mz7 (talk) 04:42, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

Please help me! There is this B-bot that is putting up a speedy delete template on the above image file with the message that the photo is not being used anywhere on Wikipedia. The problem is the photo is clearly being used, a link is under the description to the article, and I've double and triple check this. This bot is crazy. I deleted the template per instruction but it re-added the template afterward. There must be a bug. How can I make it stop? Crtew (talk) 03:47, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

@Crtew: There was a Commons shadow file. A copyright violating Commons shadow that has been marked for speedy deletion over there. --Majora (talk) 03:50, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Ok, I see this now. The file names are close. My most humble apologies to our B-bot! Crtew (talk) 03:56, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

Oh it wasn't a shadow file. The names were different. I missed that as well. Anyways, for future matters like this please see the help desk as this isn't really an OTRS matter. Or you are more than welcome to post on my talk page. --Majora (talk) 04:02, 9 December 2016 (UTC)

an image file uploaded — File:Alec Cowan.jpg — was tagged with {{OTRS pending}}. we have copyright permissions from the creator of this image, Masa Maguchi. We have also submitted a statement of permission to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acowan1968 (talk • contribs) 19:22, December 10, 2016 (UTC)

@Acowan1968: Invalid release. File tagged with {{OTRS received}} for now while the permissions are still processing. --Majora (talk) 20:57, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

In August I submitted evidence of my permission to use File:Placido2-s.jpg and I received the ticket number 2016081010012923. I added the “OTRS Pending” template to the page. Now, months later, you folks claim to not have received the OTRS request, and require that I resubmit it.

There is a problem with this procedure. The {{OTRS Pending}} template should require a ticket number argument, like this: {{OTRS pending | ticket=2016081010012923 | year=…}}. The ticket number argument would then appear on the image file page. Then if you couldn't find the OTRS request, you would have the ticket number available and would not have to wonder if I submitted the request or if it had gotten lost. Having the ticket number, you would be in a good position to find the request and either act on it or extend the deadline. You wouldn't have to ask me to resubmit it, and you wouldn't be in the silly position of claiming not to have received my request when you had already acknowledged receipt months ago. I wouldn't have to submit a second request, and you wouldn't have to handle my second, redundant request. You are wasting everyone's time here, including your own. I see you have a 92-day backlog. Perhaps better procedures might shave a bit off the backlog.

I have once again submitted the author's permission to use File:Placido2-s.jpg to the OTRS queue. The new ticket number is 2016121010011738. The email subject is `OTRS permission to use File:Placido2-s.jpg` if that helps you find it.

—Mark Dominus (talk) 20:21, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

@Dominus: Thank you for directing our attention to this. There was a bit of complication on our end. The ticket number is now ticket:2011040410017974, not 2016121010011738. I will take a look at this shortly. Mz7 (talk) 21:14, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

Note: In the mean time, I have updated the file description page with {{OTRS received}} to prevent premature deletion of the file. Mz7 (talk) 21:15, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

@Dominus: I've sent you an email through OTRS with further information about this matter. All the best, Mz7 (talk) 21:46, 10 December 2016 (UTC)

I have forwarded permission to use File:Ken Coote, Brentford FC, 1963.jpg and File:Harry Curtis, football manager, 1926.jpg to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Beatpoet (talk) 13:34, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

@Beatpoet: I just looked and I'm not finding anything. We don't accept forwarded permissions anyways. Please have the person contact us directly. You also don't need to post here unless there is something wrong (like you sent it but it hasn't been processed in a while). --Majora (talk) 20:35, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

This draft may need to be reviewed to determine whether it says more about a 13-year-old than is appropriate. (However, it might not be true.) Robert McClenon (talk) 06:42, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Robert McClenon, I had a look at the draft and nominated it as a hoax. FYI this is the OTRS noticeboard. The OTRS team mainly handles copyright permissions. For your question you want the Administrators' noticeboard. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 06:54, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

I have noticed a lot of false information edited to the wikipedia of Ana Braga. It seems to be corrected for now but the older edits are still there. Saying she's a stripper in Las Vega and posting she's older than her real age. I could not find the editors accounts but only IP addresses. Any advice you can give me to help protect her wikipedia? Seems like they have removed her references as well. Thanks so much for your attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Busyme11 (talk • contribs) 09:38, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Busyme11, this is the OTRS noticeboard. The OTRS team mainly handles copyright permissions. For your question you want the Administrators' noticeboard. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 18:48, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

Hello permissions editors. I have re-sent the letter from the photo copyright holder that I originally e-mailed to permissions -- English Wikipedia on Sept. 7, 2016. Here is a link to the photo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sackville_Methodist/United_Church#/media/File:Sackville_United_Church,_Sackville,_New_Brunswick,_2014.jpg

Bwark (talk) 17:27, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

 Done - Taketa (talk) 21:01, 12 December 2016 (UTC)

has an OTRS tag, but has only ever been tagged as non-free. Could an OTRS member check if ticket 2008060910016272 contains any information about a free license for the file? Thanks, FASTILY 04:36, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

 Checking... There is a little bit to go through. --Majora (talk) 04:38, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

@Fastily: Yeah, it just looks like the templates were never updated at the time. It was licensed under the GFDL but with the licensing update it is now dual GFDL and CC-BY-SA 3.0. Feel free to update the tags. --Majora (talk) 04:44, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! -FASTILY 04:53, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

ticket:2016121410029721

<removed unnecessary copy of email as that isn't how it works> --Majora (talk) 21:50, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

I am sending this notice to let it be known that permission is granted for images on the page for Micro Museum. I am the owner and I give full permission. Hightopdancer55 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:14, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Response sent. Permissions have not been verified yet. --Majora (talk) 21:57, 14 December 2016 (UTC)

Can someone please make a Wiki Biography for Leif Vollebekk. He is a singer from Canada and there is no reference to him here. I cannot find the correct request page and do not have the time to join and make the page myself. I just wanted to come here and read any info on him. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.78.87.244 (talk) 14:04, 6 January 2017 (UTC)

• Hello, welcome to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, this is not the best venue to request that a new Wikipedia article be created. For more information about creating articles, try our Article Wizard, which will help you determine whether your topic is suitable for Wikipedia. You can also visit Wikipedia:Requested articles if you would simply like to request that an article be created about a subject. Additionally, I have removed the information you posted earlier because it appeared to be copied and pasted from http://shorefire.com/releases/entry/leif-vollebekk-twin-solitude-out-february-24-secret-city-records. Wikipedia takes copyrights very seriously, and for this reason, please do not paste content that you found on another website into Wikipedia, as doing so would violate the copyright of the writer. For more information about this, see Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources. If you need help, please feel free to ask me on my talk page. Best, Mz7 (talk) 05:03, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

Today, the author of Fundamentals of Piano Practice 2nd edition, which is uploaded on Korean Wikisource under the title of 피아노 연습의 원리 to be translated from English into Korean, sent the copyright permission to permissions-en at wikimedia.org. Please, check it out. --Motoko C. K. (talk) 12:28, 8 January 2017 (UTC)

Regarding [Ticket#2016122410003739] Wikimedia has responded advising they cant find the file... It has been previously deleted, this is the file https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Australianblackbelt#File:Southbank_2003.jpg (Australianblackbelt (talk) 06:23, 13 January 2017 (UTC))

Just sent an email to permissions-en looking for approval. Wanted to give a heads up! Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgale34 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

The NFUR on File:Stgigaprize.jpg says permissions for the photograph itself (which has different copyright than the work depicted in the photo) was sent to Permissions-en. Can anyone confirm this? Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 18:50, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

@TLSuda: An email was received (ticket 2009090710000991), but it did not contain the correct licensing consent required for use on Wikimedia sites. We are awaiting a reply with the correct licensing consent. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:03, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

OTRS 2012041410000014: What license is this released under? —innotata 01:31, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

@Innotata: The permission provided was ambiguous and invalid for use on Wikipedia or any Wikimedia project. The permission provided is not explicit enough. I noted that on the ticket, so we will need to wait for a valid permission release. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:36, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

That was one I handled (or mishandled) back in 2012. I've removed the OTRS ticket and asked for a better permission statement. They did provide permission, but it wasn't quite sufficient.--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:00, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

OTRS Ticket 2016110710023144 was apparently logged for this image but has never been reviewed. Tagged since Nov 2016. Is this ticket valid? -- Whpq (talk) 21:02, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

@Whpq:, yes, thank you, - Mlpearc (open channel) 21:08, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

I initially flagged this as a copyvio, then I realized that it's on the Hebrew Wikipedia with an OTRS tag, #8010998. Can someone please verify that the ticket is valid, and tag the image accordingly? (Or better yet, move to Commons.) — Train2104 (t • c) 03:28, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

All of the messages are in Hebrew, so we'll need an OTRS agent who can read it to know. I found four tickets that may mention the image: 2015031010007422, 2014120910019559, 2014113010011321, and 2014113010011198. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 04:53, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Would an OTRS volunteer mind checking the ticket for this file? There's no reason for the file to be treated as non-free content if the original copyright holder has agreed to release it under a free license. If that's the case, the licensing should be changed from {{Non-free historic image}} to the CC licensing chosen by the copyright holder, the non-fre use rationale converted into {{Information}} and the file tagged for a move to Commons. On the other hand, if the file cannot be verified to have been released under a free license suitable for Wikipedia, then it needs to be treated as non-free. In this case, the file is certainly not a historic image per No. 8 of WP:NFCI and almost certainly fails WP:NFCC#1 as replaceable fair use. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:01, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: I took a look at the relevant ticket. We have not received an adequate statement of permission under any sort of free license, but we did receive a statement of the sort that {{Non-free with permission}} (which is currently in the description page) might cover. As far as I can tell, the image is not available under a free license at this time, so if you believe that the image fails WP:NFCC, you may feel free to nominate the file for deletion. Mz7 (talk) 03:19, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for checking Mz7. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:59, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

 Note: Just to note for the record, the ticket in question is ticket:2013120210014872. Mz7 (talk) 04:30, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

I've uploaded this file in the commons OTRS queue. Tickat 2017022210017951 and the email subject is Erythranthe peregrina. Could someone process it? Thank you. HalfGig talk 21:35, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Someone has responded and is working on it. HalfGig talk 00:55, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Can someone please verify the OTRS claim on File:Richard_Ellis.jpg? Thanks. — Train2104 (t • c) 01:33, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

I have self-csd this file because it was a file created as a joke between myself and a single other editor who wanted to visualise something I had said during a discussion. De minimis non curat lex and value of further work on this file is not merited given the trivial nature of it. After having a look at it this morning it became apparent to me that the image does not have a good chance of being of merit as encyclopaedic content nor does it have a realistic chance of becoming so. It does not illustrate an issue with value to the Wikipedia project either. Wiki-Coffee ^Talk 06:59, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Not an OTRS issue afaict. Nthep (talk) 10:03, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

According to the permission section we got an email for this one but there is no verification yet on the file page. Can you please check the archives? De728631 (talk) 18:06, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

@De728631: Thanks for drawing attention to this. I found the email with the text at ticket:2009082110014058. As far as I can tell, we have not received a verified statement from the copyright holder that gives us permission to use these photos under CC BY 3.0. For this reason, I have tagged the file with {{di-no permission}}. Mz7 (talk) 05:08, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Would an OTRS volunteer mind taking a look at File:Resnick Floor Plan.jpg? It's been tagged with "OTRS received" since November 24, 2016, so I'm wondering if it still in the queue waiting to be verified or somehow slipped through the cracks. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:38, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Dear Marchjuly, this permission was rejected. The file should be deleted. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 12:13, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for checking Taketa. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:37, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Could an OTRS member verify if there is adequate permissions in ticket:2017021010014654 for File:John Basedow Weight Lifting.jpg? For reference, the file and description page. Thanks, FASTILY 23:55, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Dear Fastily, the permission is adequate. I have replied to the email send to OTRS. The image can be restored. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 11:59, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

@Taketa: Thanks for checking! When you have a moment, could you please add {{OTRS permission}} to the file's description page? Thanks, FASTILY 01:40, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

@Fastily and Taketa:  Done Mz7 (talk) 01:49, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Taketa (talk) 10:39, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

This image has an OTRS permission tag on its file page, but no applicable free license or other permission. The same problem exists with regard to the other images in the same article, Krzysztof Wodiczko. The Big Bad Wolfowitz (aka Hullaballoo). Treated like dirt by many administrators since 2006. (talk) 12:45, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Good day, OTRS release under ticket 2017012010015896 was issued on 20 Jan 2017 and applied to Draft:Faia Younan. The same article has been created in mainspace independently. While the mainspace article doesn't use any content on the released ticket right now, the contributor involved in obtaining permission has started contributing to the mainspace version. I'd be grateful if the ticket could be applied to Faia Younan to avoid future issues, while I take care of the duplicative draft. Thanks, MLauba ^(Talk) 10:26, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

 Done - Dear MLauba, I have added the appropriate information to the talk page of Faia Younan. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 07:58, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

In 2007 the page Kola Boof was protected due to "per BLP concerns from subject on OTRS Ticket 2007061010002768". A similar edit ("per BLP concerns from subject on OTRS Ticket 2007061210000024") was also performed. I'm not sure what they were, but a similar page has been created as Kola Boof (author). I've asked the admin Nick about the request be they are not an OTRS volunteer any more. The admin is happy for protection to be lifted but I'm wondering if there is any procedure etc. in such cases? Thanks. Tassedethe (talk) 20:00, 26 March 2017 (UTC)

Dear Tassedethe, there is alot of information here. The OTRS tickets show over 50 emails in 8 tickets, spread over a period of two years and involving the Wikimedia Foundation and our Founder. There were BLP concerns. The article was stubbed but some issues still remained. The same concerns apply to the new stub article. I do not know why the article was deleted. However I think we should follow Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard/Archive20#Kola_Boof. Delete until the matter is properly discussed as was supported in 2007 by three admins. As such, I have started a deletion discusion Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kola Boof (author). Any further questions about these tickets should not go via OTRS but instead be directed to legal first, since there were several legal threats: legalwikimedia.org. If legal approves, you can ask OTRS volunteers to help with any further discussions. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 04:15, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Are the permissions in Ticket 2008061010098235 broad enough to allow File:A Tribute to Courage (Sam Houston statue).jpg to be transwikied to the Wikimedia Commons? davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 03:40, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Dear davidwr, the OTRS ticket is not sufficient. It was given by the photographer. However the USA has no freedom of panorama. As such you need permission by the person holding the copyright of the statue. Images of art or statues are not accepted on Wikimedia Commons, without such permission. More information at Commons:Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#United_States. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 05:13, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. I was hoping it had been given by the owner of the copyright of the statue. Thanks anyway. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 02:03, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

I deleted this file for lacking evidence of permission. It was tagged with {{OTRS pending}} by the uploader The Hammer of Thor, but that was removed by the OTRS volunteer Czar just under an hour later because the ticket was not in the system. The uploader states that the author sent an email, but she did not receive a ticket number. Can someone take another look? ℯxplicit 02:30, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

@Explicit: I found no tickets with regarding an image named "Revolutionary Times 1998". ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:59, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

A ticket number has now been provided: 2017040510002137. ℯxplicit 05:16, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Welshdick (talk) 09:21, 5 April 2017 (UTC) Hi, I have submitted a copy of the original letter to the family (Me, Ven Hugh Evans' son) from Owen Evans. The letter is one page with both sides hand written and signed by Owen Evans dated 20 November 1995. I spoke to Owen in November 2016, explained what I wanted it for and obtained his permission to use the letter in my submission and to have it freely available on Wikipedia. I then sent him a a copy with the following wording added to the front of the letter. "I Rev Dr. Owen E Evans give permission for this letter to be freely available in the Public Domain" which he duly signed and returned on 17/11/2016. A copy of this has been sent to yourselves. I also asked Wikipedia if I had to replace the original letter with the one containing the signed permission and was informed that this was not required. In summary, I own the letter and have the signed permission of the person who wrote it, to have it freely available in Wikipedia and the Public Domain. Regards Richard EvansWelshdick (talk) 09:21, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Richard, it's all resolved now as far as I can see. The correct permission has been added to the uploads. Nthep (talk) 11:56, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Hi! My article was deleted because of suspected copyright infringement however I gave Wikipedia permission to use the content and simply placed the {{OTRS pending}} tag on my talk page rather than the article. Now the article is deleted and I put in a lot of time so I was hoping I could get it back. The page was located here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Society_for_Animal_Rights My talk page with the details is located here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TonyAtEthersense

@TonyAtEthersense: I have done a search of the OTRS ticket system for your username and the filename, the search returned nothing. You should of recieved a conformation email with a "Ticket#" can you please post that number here, or you can re-submit the information here. Thank you, - Mlpearc (open channel) 18:16, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

@Mlpearc:

Thank you so much for your help! Here is the ticket number: Ticket#2017040310015529 Confirmation of receipt (Re: Agreement to Publish [...]) — Preceding unsigned comment added by TonyAtEthersense (talk • contribs) 18:26, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

@TonyAtEthersense: Thank you, I have found the ticket, I am used to working with image files, please allow me to ping a more experienced volunteer to review your release. Thank you again, - Mlpearc (open channel) 18:44, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

@TonyAtEthersense: Can you place the "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts)" notice on the website itself? Or at least the page in question? That will make it much easier in this case. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:50, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Nihonjoe. - Mlpearc (open channel) 19:19, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

@Nihonjoe: Ok. The creative commons license was placed at the bottom on the About Us page of the International Society for Animal Rights site: http://isaronline.org/about-us/ Thank you for all of your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by TonyAtEthersense (talk • contribs) 19:16, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

@TonyAtEthersense: No problem. I hate to be a picker of nits, but will you add "This page is licensed under the" at the beginning of the license text you placed there? That way, it will have "This page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts)" at the bottom of the page. Please include the links, as they need to be there for the license to be accurate and correct. Thanks! ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 20:36, 27 April 2017 (UTC)

@Nihonjoe: I think I got it just the way you want (http://isaronline.org/about-us/)! Thanks again!

@Nihonjoe: Just following up on correctly licensing this content. We are very excited about having our first wikipedia entry published! Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by TonyAtEthersense (talk • contribs) 18:13, 1 May 2017‎ (UTC)

@TonyAtEthersense: The article has been restored. Please note that it has many issues which need to be addressed, and some of those issues are noted in the tags on the page. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:30, 1 May 2017 (UTC)

Would an OTRS volunteer mind taking a look at File:Tijuana Projection 2001 e SMALL.JPG? The file is tagged with {{OTRS permission}}, but it's also copyrighted as {{Non-free historic image}}. Not sure why this needs a non-free copyright tag at all if the copyright holder has agreed to freely release it, but if it does it almost surely would not be something considered to be a historical image. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:28, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

The above also applies to File:Personal Instrument 2 SMALL.JPG, File:Homeless Vehicle New York 2 SMALL.JPG, File:Hiroshima Projection 1999 D SMALL.JPG, and File:GP 1598 - OUT OF HERE 2 SMALL.JPG. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:30, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Hello,

Please tag kanzydafrawy with the {{OTRS Identity}} tag per Ticket # 2017060710013716. This account was created by myself on behalf of an ACC request.

Thank you! -- Dane ^talk 02:36, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

 Done Thank you Dane - Mlpearc (open channel) 02:43, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

Regarding OTRS Ticket 2016111610008073, the tag on File:Dietmar Bartsch Profile Picture.jpg indicates that the received email has insufficient information to confirm permission. This has been outstanding since Nov 2016. If there isn't any confirmed permission, should this not be deleted? -- Whpq (talk) 17:18, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

@Whpq: I tagged it for deletion. The person who owns the copyright has not emailed permissions-en and therefore there is no permission to use the image. — Music1201 ^talk 17:57, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

Regarding OTRS Ticket 2016112910030587, the tag on file:Yuri Gurski photo for info box.jpg indicates that the received email has insufficient information to confirm permission. This has been outstanding since Nov 2016. If there isn't any confirmed permission, should this not be deleted? - Whpq (talk) 17:21, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

@Whpq: Tagged for deletion. — Music1201 ^talk 17:58, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

I decided to write a new page instead of seeking a rights release from upper management for Harold B. Lee Library. There's a new page on the draft section there that doesn't reference the information that was copied by another user. Is an OTRS agent the one who will resolve the copyright dispute? Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 17:03, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

@Rachel Helps (BYU): I've moved the temp one over the existing one, so that should fix the issue. The only thing that may need doing is to figure out where the copyvios were added to remove them. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 18:26, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Thank you Nihonjoe. The copyvios appeared very early in the page's history, unfortunately. this diff added most of them. I think they are confined to the history section, but I'm not completely certain.Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 18:48, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

@Rachel Helps (BYU): Okay, let me know if you find any more where they were added. I can hide them so they aren't publicly visible. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:22, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

@Nihonjoe: This diff from "The library has" to "building each day" is a very close paraphrase. thanks.Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:34, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

@Rachel Helps (BYU):  Done ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:02, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

I forwarded WP:contact us an email I received from New York Journal of Books, in response to a question about editorial oversight of their book reviews. [1] [2]

Can a member of the Volunteer Response Team please comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Plot to Hack America and Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#New_York_Journal_of_Books, to confirm my quote from the email response is indeed accurate?

Thank you ! Sagecandor (talk) 01:12, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

@Sagecandor: What is the ticket number? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 19:23, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

@Nihonjoe: it is 2017061410000609. Keep me posted, Sagecandor (talk) 19:39, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

@Sagecandor: FWIW, you are welcome to refer to the ticket number int he conversation if it's needed. At this point, people seem to think it's a reliable source, so I don't know if it will matter. Still you can always use {{ticket|2017061410000609}} just to reference in the conversation since you mentioned sending and receiving email. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:09, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

@Nihonjoe:Thank you, I just wanted your guys permission to refer to the link like that. Sagecandor (talk) 21:11, 15 June 2017 (UTC)

Multiple tickets were received in early May 2017 and are now at ticket:2017050510006926. It concerns at least 3 files:

• File:James Bond cover.jpg
• File:David Bowie Music Icons.jpg
• File:Hornby cover.jpg

The ticket includes forwarded emails that state from Buckingham Covers (a small company producing products) that they release their product images as public domain. This is fine but these three images contain Royal Mail stamps and imagery. The emails also included some correspondence between themselves and Royal Mail. It was not strong enough to override the terms of use copyright statement from Royal Mail on their web page, which restricts use of the stamps based on purpose (e.g. educational use or editorial news) and permit no derivatives at all. Can another agent review this and then maybe we can take these to a deletion request?

Note I initially approved these but then undid my edits, but this was only on-wiki and I sent no replies.

seb26 (talk) 15:04, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

I've been dealing with stamp copyright for several years and I originally tagged these for speedy deletion because of the British Crown copyright and per c:Commons:Stamps/Public domain#United Kingdom. It would really surprise me if Royal Mail released some of their modern stamps under a free license and thereby relinquish all rights. I've never heard of that happening. I'm pretty sure Buckingham Covers did not explain clearly that if they release these stamp images, anyone can crop the stamps, make t-shirts and sell them, or any other commercial or derivative use. I mentioned some of these issues when my speedy was declined by Clpo13 in which I raise possible copyright issues with other features on these 3 images. Thanks for your attention. ww2censor (talk) 16:08, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

I concluded the ticket and have nominated these for deletion here: Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2017_June_30#File:James_Bond_cover.jpg seb26 (talk) 04:35, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Hello, I tried to add this, which I copied from Wikimedia Commons, but I can't add this template in permission field. Vladimirrizov20^{my talk} 20:01, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi Vladimirrizov20, thanks for trying to help, only OTRS agents are permitted to add the template, I'll try and resolve this for you instead. seb26 (talk) 15:26, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

OK, so it would be appreciated if you could kindly wait a little bit longer please Vlad, I have needed to contact the agent who handled this ticket (2017062810022426) for a bit more information about its state of being confirmed. seb26 (talk) 15:42, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Can an OTRS volunteer please have a look at this ticket and post the results to Wikipedia:Files_for_discussion/2017_May_30#File:WernerHerrmann.jpg? This FfD discussion has been open for almost eleven months, and seems to require OTRS input to close one way or the other. A follow-up at ANRFC would be appreciated as well. Thanks in advance. Snuge purveyor (talk) 06:10, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

Snuge purveyor, I commented on the discussion. seb26 (talk) 16:56, 4 July 2017 (UTC)

AS OF This Week, your system INSISTS on trying to download .JPG photos as TEXT FILES. This is absurd.
It is also possible to get those pictures as very large .PNG photos, but that is absurd, too, because it is VERY wasteful of information transmission and storage.
Just because you think that transmission capabilities are high now, that is no reason to be wasteful of them, and wasteful of storage capacity. NOT to do so was the whole idea of creating the JPG (JPEG) system to begin with, and it is a very good one.47.215.188.197 (talk) 17:57, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean, as I just downloaded today's Featured Picture, File:Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) P.jpg, and it came down as a JPG file, as always. Do you have a specific example? Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 18:06, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Can you please confirm that File:Jon's journey.jpg has OTRS recorded under ticket # 2012032610012848 and what license it is permitted under. The file page is lacking a licensing template. Thank you! Daylen (talk) 02:07, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

It turns out I handled that ticket, five years ago. I wouldn't find the exchange satisfactory, today, although I did at the time. However, no specific license was identified. Can you tell me what prompted the question, so we can decide how to proceed?--S Philbrick(Talk) 02:27, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Hi @Sphilbrick: I am asking about the license as I was planning to transfer the image over to the Commons. Would it be better to keep the file local? Thanks! Daylen (talk) 02:53, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Yes, I need to do some followup, but it may take some time.--S Philbrick(Talk) 12:46, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks Sphilbrick! Please transfer the image to the Commons or leave a message on on my talk page once you receive permission. Cheers! Daylen (talk) 18:57, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

I sent a follow-up email to the copyright holder to see if we can close out to open issues.--S Philbrick(Talk) 15:43, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Can someone please confirm that File:Delaine Eastin Headshot.jpg (OTRS ticket #10009276) is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license, and can be moved to the Commons. Thanks! Daylen (talk) 21:38, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

@Daylen: Anything reviewed by Fastily is as stated, very trustworthy user and yes it's licensed Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. - FlightTime (open channel) 21:52, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

@FlightTime: what is the 16 digit ticket number? Daylen (talk) 22:15, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

@Daylen: VRTS ticket # 2017051910013802 - FlightTime (open channel) 22:17, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you FlightTime. I have transferred the image to the Commons. Have a nice day! Daylen (talk) 00:42, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you - FlightTime (open channel) 00:45, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

This is a somewhat minor point, but I took a look at the ticket, and in addition to CC BY-SA 3.0, the file is also available under {{GFDL|migration=redundant}}. I've updated the file description page accordingly. Mz7 (talk) 03:51, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

I would like to update the {{PD-AustraliaGov}} template to add an OTRS id (OTRS Ticket#2017062010010417) to the template. However, I got a message saying that only admins can add such a template. Could someone add it for me? Hawkeye7 (talk) 21:57, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

@Hawkeye7: It would be more correct and faster to make an edit request on the template's talk page. - FlightTime (open channel) 02:29, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

It's doubtful that one is watching the page. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:43, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

@Hawkeye7: The edit request template adds the request to a category that many template editors will be watching. - FlightTime (open channel) 03:48, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

I am a template editor. The message says "An automated edit filter has identified that you are trying to accept permission on behalf of the OTRS permissions team but do not have the global OTRS members user right. OTRS permission verifications are only be added or modified by Wikimedia OTRS volunteers. Any questions can be directed to the OTRS noticeboard." So if it is more correct, you need to update the message as well. Hawkeye7 (talk) 03:43, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Right, only OTRS team members with access to the permissions queues may add the {{OTRS permission}} template. I took a look at ticket:2017062010010417, and it does not appear to be resolved yet. An OTRS team member has sent a response, but I'm not sure if they have okayed the addition of the template yet. If everything is in order, the team member will add the permission template for you. Mz7 (talk) 03:57, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, I was under the impression you need the template edited, not a file. My error. - FlightTime (open channel) 03:59, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

No need to apologize. This case is interesting in the sense that the ticket relates to Australian Crown Copyrights as a whole, as opposed to a single file, so we do indeed need an OTRS ticket attached to this template, not a single file. Although the template is technically unprotected, Hawkeye7 is unable to add the OTRS link because filter 642 prevents any non-OTRS member from adding an OTRS template. At the moment, we're awaiting a response from the OTRS agent assigned to this ticket. If more information is needed, an email will be sent with instructions. Mz7 (talk) 04:12, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks MrZ. I can't see the OTRS system. But the ticket was submitted a month ago, and it is indeed registered. Hawkeye7 (talk) 06:18, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

I am the OTRS agent and after a brief email with Hawkeye7 I can confirm that it is all sorted and a link to the OTRS ticket confirming that on the expiry of Australian Crown Copyright the expiry applies worldwide has been added to the templates both here and on Commons. Nthep (talk) 12:49, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you! Much appreciated! Hawkeye7 (talk) 13:22, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

@Nthep: Please review the note I'll be adding to the ticket in about three minutes. I have serious concerns over this ticket. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 03:41, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

Do any of you folks have an opinion on Template:PermissionOTRSOnly, a redirect to Template:OTRS permission? PermissionOTRSOnly has been nominated for deletion (Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2017 July 20), and your opinions would be most useful. Nyttend (talk) 04:10, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions/Archive/2017/August#File:Alan Shepard statue.jpg for reference. Can an OTRS volunteer clarify whether the OTRS permission for this file applies to the photo, the statue, or both? -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:59, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello Marchjuly! The ticket gives permission from the copyright holder of the statue to use a picture of it, but does not contain a proper permission to release it under a free licence. Also, the permission of the photographer is implied, but not explicit. (not suitable for Wikimedia Commons) --AntonierCH (talk) 19:54, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for checking on this AntonierCH. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:35, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

I've removed the permission tag, Marchjuly. The ticket is rather irrelevant to any Wikimedia project. The permission fell short of a suitable free license, and anything else is rather irrelevant under our policies. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 09:57, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for checking into this Rob13. Would you mind adding a brief comment to the file's talk page as well since you also removed the file from some articles. I also just noticed this file had been previously discussed at WP:PUF which basically came to the same conclusion, and the "OTRS received" was added a few months after that discussion probably by someone unaware of it. My question now is whether a license is needed for the photo itself since photos of 3D works of art often are copyrighted because they are not considered to be just a mechanical reproduction. -- Marchjuly (talk) 18:40, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: As noted in the other information section of the NFUR, the actual photo is available under CC-BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL, so we're good there. I removed the statue from those two pages because it didn't meet the non-free content criteria, and included my rationale in the edit summaries of the removals. I don't see a need to document on the file description talk page at this time, though you're welcome to copy any of my comments/edit summaries there if you see fit. ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 19:03, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

OK. I will mention on the file's talk page that they should check this thread.-- Marchjuly (talk) 21:26, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

This is a 1960's passport photo of the article's subject. With some effort I was able to get him to send in a CC-BY-SA 3.0 release. It took a couple of go rounds. What appears to be the problem? 22:31, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

Hello. About a year ago I tried to send a private correspondence that verifies that Alfons Olszewski is alive, despite another report on the web that claims that he died in 2006. I tried to send this confirmation to OTRS via email and essentially got a "Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit!" response, so that was a dead end. Can anyone assist me in getting this email to the right place, so that I can get a ticket number that I can use on the page? There is other evidence (a 2012 report here, a 2016 report on the page, the fact that the Polish Olympic Committee lists him as alive), but the email would help strengthen the case I think and is appropriate to ensure WP:BLP protection. Canadian Paul 14:52, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Could an OTRS member please replace the "fake" OTRS received templates on User:AnOpenMedium's latest uploads with the real things? Even though the permission is legitimate, faking OTRS received with mbox is not a good idea. – Train2104 (t • c) 23:20, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Apologies, I was not aware I was "faking" anything. I was following the instructions given me by User:Mdennis (WMF), who may be able to provide further information as I am not sufficiently Wikiknowledgable to understand what this is about. I will copy her Talk pages. AnOpenMedium (talk) 08:43, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

I'ts not your fault, the software prohibits adding {{OTRS permission}} by anyone other than admins and OTRS members, so you had to use a workaround. Just want to get this done the right way. – Train2104 (t • c) 11:40, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi. :) I need to be clear that the instructions were from User:Moonriddengirl, in my volunteer capacity as an OTRS agent; I could not engage in this in my work capacity, as it's outside of the Foundation's mandate. The system was functional in 2011 when it was devised. I'm sorry to hear that it's no longer properly functional. :/ --Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 16:45, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Apologies all round:

i) First and most importantly, many apologies to User:Mdennis (WMF): I had no intention of bringing this most helpful editor into difficulty (notes on the two Talk pages confused me). Of course I should have put User:Moonriddengirl.

ii) User talk:Train2104, very sorry but I don't understand. You now say my actions were not my "fault", yet in the normal English sense of the word, "faking" requires an intention to deceive, i.e. fault (and you seem not to have withdrawn the word). If you are writing in Wiki rather than in English, maybe Wikijargon could be adjusted to prefer a less loaded (and to me, only speaking English, offensive) word than "faking". Sorry if this seems fussy or puzzling to you, but I have been trying very hard to do things right here.

iii) I see another editor kindly made changes to the uploaded pages a few hours ago: does this mean all is now ok?

iv) If all is rectified, may I now upload some more pictures, and if so, what if anything should I do differently this time?

In any case, thanks all round for your care. AnOpenMedium (talk) 08:38, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

By fake, I meant that instead of being real {{OTRS permission}} templates, they are actually custom message boxes made to look like the real template. It was not meant to cause offense, nor is there a better solution on your part. I'm posting here to ask someone who has the ability to add the real thing to do so. You may add more photos with the same code in the meantime, whomever resolves this thread should act on all of them. – Train2104 (t • c) 17:25, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. I will now proceed as before. However I note a bot has - subsequent to the "tidying up" actions - marked the uploads "BOT: Noting that file has no inbound file usage". Does this require any action by me, in which case what? AnOpenMedium (talk) 10:28, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

@Train2104 and AnOpenMedium:  Done semi-automatically. May be a few issues as I wrote the script rather quickly! Mdann52 (talk) 21:37, 25 September 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Mdann52. I meant to come back sooner in volunteer form and respond to this. Things have evolved a lot since 2011, AnOpenMedium, and I really want to be clear that you've done absolutely nothing wrong. Wanting to donate awesome images to Wikipedia is nothing wrong. :D It's just a continual struggle to make sure that the content we get is licensed legitimately, since sadly some people do fake this, without adding unnecessary burden to somebody in your position that might prevent your releasing content. I wonder if in this day and age, a better response to avoid the bot flagging you like this might be to get your employer to openly grant you the right to transfer license on their website somewhere that you could link from image descriptions? It needn't be a page listed from your company's directory - it could be a pretty deep link accessible to those checking the file to verify permission. Then you shouldn't need an OTRS tag at all, as long as it remains visible. (To avoid the material being removed later, you could always link to an archive of the page granting you that authorization.) Do you think that approach would be possible? If so, maybe we could work out language. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 20:02, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks Moonriddengirl and very nice to hear from you! Thank you also for your creative suggestion as to how to patch the problem. I will need to think about this more but my first instinct is slightly different. I see things from the perspective of someone who edits relatively rarely but has done so over a fair number of years and within a pretty straightforward and (I hope) wholly constructive remit. The business of uploading images has never been simple and this latest kerfuffle shows that it does not seem to be getting simpler. I recognise that as soon as a system is established, people may try to game it, but surely the right way to reform is, first, establish a system which both encourages people to upload (not really the case at the moment, it is all rather confusing and offputting for newbies) and which is also secure, reliable and stable (seemingly also not the case, given your comments). Only when this is in place should exceptional practices be introduced, and then only for exceptional situations.

As I don't think of my situation as in any way exceptional - I was granted permission and passed that permission to Wikipedia - I am not sure the right way to move forward to get my employers (who are sceptical at the best of times when it comes to my interest in helping the Wikipedia project) to assist with some kind of sticking plaster which has no wider benefit to any other editor. As I say I will ponder this some more but does that feel like a sensible response? AnOpenMedium (talk) 09:42, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi, AnOpenMedium. I'm slow in answering this because I don't like disappointing, but I really don't know the solution. I can't by any means fault you for your feelings around this; it should be easy as possible for people to contribute content. Of course it's frustrating to you that it isn't and that a solution that worked formerly is suddenly less clear. I'm not sure what work is being done on simplifying the upload process or if there's been any recent usability testing there, but in my "other hat" I can at least ask somebody to look into it. The permission process is community created and permissions are community tracked, and there isn't really "a person in charge" who can assess the efficiency and work out approaches. So I don't know what to do here, and that makes me unhappy because I'm grateful to you and to people like you who want to release content, and I want you to get all the support we can offer in that. :/ This all boils down to, "Yes, that feels like a sensible response, but I don't know how to fix it." --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:44, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks Moonriddengirl! From what you say, I feel that I should "wait and see" for the time being. Meanwhile I will go on uploading and editing (when I get a chance) and perhaps if there is more trouble with uploads, I can refer people to this discussion in case they can help. Thank you again for your care in these matters. AnOpenMedium (talk) 10:33, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Is there an OTRS volunteer around who can take a look at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2017 October 19? Quite a number of files tagged with {{OTRS received}} have nominated for disucssion and they are likely to be deleted per WP:F11 unless their respective licenses can be verified. Some of these files have been tagged for more than a year, so perhaps they just got lost in the system. It would help to know whether OTRS can verify them or whether they should be deleted. Thanks in advance. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:36, 19 October 2017 (UTC)

Can I get a couple of eyes on File:New London Harbor Lighthouse.jpg and File:The Who Jones Beach.jpg? Despite being tagged with {{PermissionOTRS}}, neither file has a license tag. Amalthea handled these tickets, who restored the files once permission was apparently confirmed. ℯxplicit 01:05, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Hi!
I didn't handle the tickets, I sent one to OTRS to archive a communication I had with the uploader: The images got tagged as a copyright violation due to the watermark; I contacted that person through an external site where he offered this and various other sailing related images for sale; I confirmed that he indeed uploaded those, and that he holds copyright.
I am confused to see that I did not talk about licensing with him, apparently I had only the copyright question in mind. :| Did the old upload form automatically imply GFDL with image uploads? I've been gone too long to know anymore, so I'll have to leave this to you, sorry; Seeing that we haven't found a use for the images in the past 7 years I guess it won't be a significant loss to delete them after all.
Thanks, Amalthea 09:14, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

@Explicit: No evidence or mention of licence in the ticket, and in fact it contains a request for deletion in the history! As these are unused and there is no indication of licence that applies. I think deletion along the lines of c:COM:PCP is appropriate. Mdann52 (talk) 17:35, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

@Amalthea: I mistook you for an OTRS volunteer, my mistake! Thank you for shedding some light on the situation.

@Mdann52: I've gone ahead and deleted the files. Thank you for looking into this. ℯxplicit 00:20, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

We're trying to ascertain the licensing status of this work over at Wikisource, and we discovered that it was ineligible for relicensing under Creative Commons and therefore an update needed to be sent to OTRS from O'Reilly, as described at Wikipedia:Non-free content review/Archive 7#Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual. Was this done? If not, is the work in contravention of the WMF licensing terms? Beleg Tâl (talk) 18:17, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Should Wikipedians be allowed to use community granted tools in exchange for money?. Regards:) Winged Blades of Godric^{On leave} 07:44, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

File:Cyclone-4M.jpg has a notice that an email has been sent to OTRS since July 2017 but there has been no update with an actual ticket number. Was a permission email ever received by OTRS? --Whpq (talk) 20:32, 30 October 2017 (UTC)

Hello @Whpq: there is a ticket which is unfortunately in Russian and my Russian is nonexistent. It looks like based on the chain of emails (using google translate) the image wasn't released under an acceptable license. I'll have a couple of other Permissions agents confirm for me. --Cameron₁₁₅₉₈ ^(Talk) 18:46, 1 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi! They doesn't provide permission like we need; there is written only 'you may if you will give a link to our site'. Do you want us to take this ticket in ru-queue? Lvova Anastasiya (talk) 16:59, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

Can someone with more experience have a look through these uploads, I'm having trouble discerning if there are copyright issues with these files. Thank you, - FlightTime (open channel) 16:35, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi! I had the extreme good luck of running into Barbara Smith and took a picture of her. (Yay!) While talking she said that she was concerned that the article had the wrong date of birth - she was born in November, not December. She offered to let me look at her driver's license, but I know that I'd have to get this verified somehow in a more official way. Is it possible for me to file a ticket through OTRS to fix this? I would submit a photograph of her driver's license with all of the information except for the date of birth, her name, and her ID photo redacted. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 14:57, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

@Shalor (Wiki Ed): Do we know where exactly the date of birth on the article came from? If it isn't sourced it should be removed for the time being. We generally would want a published source that verifies that information so others without OTRS access can look it up themselves. For personal information such as this, even a primary source like a social media account, would be acceptable. As for contacting OTRS that is something that could plausibly be handled in this instance. Especially if it is to comply with BLP standards. It is up to you how you want to proceed here. In the meantime, I commented out all instances of her date of birth on her page to comply with BLP. --Majora (talk) 05:34, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

• Thank you! I ended up not running into her again (I was at the NWSA conference), but I think that she would likely be fine with the removal of the DOB for the time being. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 17:30, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Please verify the version number of the license from the ticket associated with the above image and add it to the license template on that page. Thanks! ~ Rob₁₃^Talk 02:01, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

There isn't a concrete answer here BU Rob13. The release is from 2009 and the person didn't include a license version number. I'm guessing it might be 3.0 since that is the link that was included when they were asked to release it but in their reply they didn't mention a number. So in all likelihood it is probably 3.0 but it could very well not be. Jdforrester is the original agent that handled the request. --Majora (talk) 20:00, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Can someone help me with this? The photographer who took this gave his permission already to it. Donmike10 (talk) 17:24, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

@Donmike10: Original email was not sufficient. Response was sent back in June asking for more information but nothing was ever received back. (For reference 2017011710014938) --Majora (talk) 21:17, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

@Majora: - Can the email be resent to the photographer? I'll check in with him, too. Thanks for your help. Donmike10 (talk) 22:41, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

@Donmike10:  Done --Majora (talk) 03:18, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

@Majora: THANK YOU!! Donmike10 (talk) 18:35, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

File:Bill Ashcroft release his journal at UNSW,Sydney.jpg has OTRS ticket 2017082710012631 but indicates insufficient information to confirm the license. Is there any update on this? -- Whpq (talk) 16:24, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Dear Whpq, we have not received a reply for almost 3 months. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 21:22, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Please see WP:AN#Contact_role_accounts. In short, unless someone makes an edit with User:Wikipedia Information Team, this account will soon no longer be able to receive emails, or maybe it already can't. Just a single edit will suffice; here's the only edit by User:Arbitration Committee, for example. Nyttend (talk) 22:24, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Pinging an OTRS admin. Matthewrbowker --Majora (talk) 22:41, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Erm... I was not aware this account existed, I definitely don't have access to it. @Rjd0060: is this something that you're familiar with? ~ Matthewrbowker ^{Comments · Changes} 00:12, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Now fixed. --Krd 07:20, 10 January 2018 (UTC)

Permission by copyright holder of image was sent once again for the following:

1. File:AB with Spirit of Paris.jpg
2. File:Americo and Eva Makk Painting Cathedral Wall.JPG
3. File:Americo Creating Serigraph.jpg
4. File:Americo Mak, Ray Price Portrait.JPG
5. File:Americo Makk with John Astin, Eva Gabor, ArtExpo, CA, 88.jpg
6. File:Americo Makk, Amazonas, 1959.jpg
7. File:Americo Makk, ArtExpo 1989, CBS demo.jpg
8. File:Americo Makk, Painting Cathedral Ceiling.JPG
9. File:Americo Makk, Portrait of Eva Gabor.jpg
10. File:Americo Makk, Presentation of Portrait to President Reagan.JPG
11. File:Americo Makk, Settlor on Horse.JPG
12. File:Americo Makk, St. Stephen painting detail.JPG
13. File:Ava Makk in front of New York.jpg
14. File:Makk Display at ArtExpo-NY, 1989.jpg
15. File:Makk, The Great Cathedral of Manaus.JPG

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cstein99 (talk • contribs) 05:30, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

After cleaning up the enormous mess that you made by sending 22 separate emails and the different mess you made of this page I can confirm that none of the releases are acceptable. --Majora (talk) 22:51, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

Hi, as a security agency we want some changes to the article of our client Le Trio Joubran due to his security and protection. He is a worldwide performer and due to some information on his page he receives threats. We want his origin info removed from his page, infobox and intro. Please advise. We or our client himself is ready to send any permission if required. I put that request on the talk of the article and someone suggested this forum. Waiting for your quick response. Thanks ATSforce (talk) 16:48, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Per the introduction above, please send an email to: info-enwikimedia.org. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 17:06, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

On my third attempt to changing a phrase from my client's wikipedia :

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE ADVISE?

Page: Sergey Ponomarev (Photographer) content to be deleted: " He sees his role as whistleblower and he opposes the viewing restrictions for visual media because the restrictions diminish their impact.[4] "

Message I wrote / received:

User talk: GeorgeaCN From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is my third attempt in deleting one phrase on Sergey Ponomarev (Photographer) wikipage. The action was requested by the photographer himself. I work with Mr. Ponomarev - therefore before undoing my actions please consult or request for a solid prove. I will be more than willing to provide it. Thank you. Georgea Costa Netto

Please contact WP:OTRS. This is the only way to have the material removed.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:54, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

My kindest regards, Georgea

The editor can contact OTRS, but I've changed the last sentence in the article so that it now matches the statements attributed to Mr. Ponomarev in the reference cited (Litvinova, Daria (21 April 2016). "Pulitzer Winner Warns News 'Losing to Kittens and Boobs'". The Moscow Times.) and no longer contains the term "whistleblower," which does not appear in the referenced work. These discussions really belong on the article Talk page. Geoff | ^{Who, me?} 17:07, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Georgea, please avoid using the phrase "my client's Wikipedia". It is an article in Wikipedia about your client but it is not owned by or under the control of your client. Please also read WP:COI as that applies to you.S Philbrick(Talk) 17:28, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

The following works on English Wikisource are labelled as approved via OTRS:

• s:Marc Headley speech at That is Scientology! Reports from the USA [3]
• s:Larry Brennan speech at That is Scientology! Reports from the USA (id=2009030710007101)
• s:The Dark Side of Scientology (id=2009030510054723)
• s:Declaration of Lawrence H. Brennan (id=2009030710007101)

The license of each of these pages is given as GFDL. However, as you know, GFDL text must be dual-licensed in order to be imported to a Wikimedia project. Do the permissions granted by the copyright holders allow for dual-licensing these works? If not, we will be deleting them. Beleg Tâl (talk) 00:15, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

@Beleg Tâl: Nope. They are all under GFDL. Not quite sure what you mean though regarding importing. We still accept GNU licenses. --Majora (talk) 00:30, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Duh. Text. Sorry. So used to images I completely skipped over that word. My bad. --Majora (talk) 00:31, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Perfect, thank you very much. Beleg Tâl (talk) 01:07, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

I have resent the statement of permission for the above referenced picture as instructed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jvandepu34 (talk • contribs) 14:31, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

@Jvandepu34: Permissions have been received for File:Danialle Karmanos Wikipedia Profile Picture.jpg (VRTS ticket # 2016060110015692) I will update the file page shortly. Thank you for your contribution. - FlightTime (open channel) 16:06, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello, I sent an email a few days ago, and usually I just wait until it gets processed, but I was wondering someone could confirm it sooner rather than later due to an edit war and another user will likely not believe me? The file is File:Harvard shield wreath.svg. In the OTRS ticket, I have forwarded an email from the Trademark Program at Harvard University that lists the correct colors. The others user will likely be reverting soon due to not believing others. Any help would be appreciated! Please ping me. Thanks, Corky 16:07, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

Protected image from upload until ticket processed Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 00:57, 1 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello,

With a bit of delay I saw the message regarding the image of Gabriela Hearst - File:Gabriela Hearst at her ranch, 2015.jpg - for her Wikipedia page.

The image was given to me directly by the team of Gabriela Hearst, with permission to use. I remember when I uploaded it I followed all the steps to make this comply all the Wikipedia rules.

Apologies if I missed something — I wrote now to permissions-enwikimedia.org

Please let me know how we can resolve this issue.

Best regards, MF — Preceding unsigned comment added by MurissaFrancesciosa (talk • contribs) 13:20, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Response sent. Ticket:2018031510008587 --Majora (talk) 17:50, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

To whom it may concern,

I uploaded two pictures of Seiyun Airport nearly a year ago, and had the author/owner of the picture send an email to you guys, that he gives you full permission to reuse his work, in which you guys acknowledge that you received it, and placed a template on the pictures stating such, yet now I am receiving an automated message saying these image will be deleted because you guys have not received such info. I ask that you guys fix this mistake that has occurred and grant it permission from your side, so we do not have this problem again. Here are the links to the photos [4] [5]. Thanks Chilicheese22 (talk) 16:58, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

The {{OTRS pending}} tags were not placed by us. You placed them. There was no acknowledgment that we ever received them. That is a different template and is only authorized to be placed by OTRS agents. I just looked again through our system and I found no indication that we ever received any permissions for those images. It would have to be resent. As for the "no permission" notice I have restored it on the two images pursuant to our practices on images that have not received OTRS permission after a certain length of time. --Majora (talk) 17:46, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

@Chilicheese22: --Majora (talk) 17:46, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

@Majora: The OTRS pending tag was placed, in order to avoid deletion. That's why I am asking you guys as much as possible to speed up this process as it's been nearly a year since the email was sent to you guys. Furthermore, I already asked him to provide me with the ticket number that he had received last year and to resend the email to you guys. (The ticket number from last year is 2017062210015061. An the ticket number from the email he sent you guys today is 2018031810005913.) If you don't mind, either postponing the deletion of the pictures, or removal of the tag altogether, until you guys check it, that would be highly appreciated. Chilicheese22 (talk) 18:19, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Message was insufficient to verify that the permissions were coming from the right person. I've delayed the deletion for another week for a response. If none comes in that time the image will have to be deleted. It can always be restored if and when the permissions are acceptable. --Majora (talk) 18:35, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

As per messages sent to me by User: Diannaa and user: B-Bot aka user: B , I am replying to requests asking for permission to post the file https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Jeju_Cup_championship_trophy.jpg on the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_Cup

I have not only now forwarded to you the email sent to me by the photo's owner, Eric Hevesy, granting me permission to use the photo in the article, but Mr. Hevesy has also just recently emailed Wikipedia directly at the email addresses provided to personally grant release of his photo for use in on the page after you required this second layer of proof. I am hoping this message is found in compliance with your ongoing requests, and I hope the photo can finally be left as is in its rightful place, simply as the image representation of the trophy that the article is written about.

Thanks,

user: Westsiiide — Preceding unsigned comment added by Westsiiide (talk • contribs) 05:37, 19 March 2018 (UTC)

File:James McCourt 2017.jpg has been tagged with an OTRS pending since 11 Aug 2017. Is there an actual ticket associated with this and if so, does the ticket provide the appropriate information to determine this image has been released to the public domain as claimed? -- Whpq (talk) 05:32, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

No ticket that I can find. Image now deleted for lack of information, it can always be restored if permission is found/forthcoming. Nthep (talk) 12:43, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 April 10#Non-free road signs used in list article. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:12, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

I've posted the above per a suggestion from Fastily at User talk:Fastily#Discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 January 18#Non-free road signs used in list article since the discussion partially involves the whether OTRS ticket 2011011410009399 can be applied to certain non-free content. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:15, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

This is a delicate UTRS appeal. Firstly, has OTRS verified any information, please? The fact of the subject's name change has, as you will see from the article's talk page, convinced editors but is insufficiently stood up in RS to add to the article page. Whether the subject changed her name is pivotal to the inclusion in the article of the schools that she attended since the sources as to these schools depend on the accuracy of the suggestion that she changed her name. You may wish to reply on the UTRS page. Just Chilling (talk) 22:38, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

For you, admins: saving your click — regards, Revi 14:08, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

This file was recently added to the Shorwell helmet article during its FAC, to replace an image that had its fair use rationale questioned. Would someone please look to see if the OTRS email has been received? The copyright holder sent it about fourteen days ago. Thanks, --Usernameunique (talk) 07:28, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

I found the email: ticket:2018032610012971. Unfortunately, it appears the copyright holder used their personal email. We need them to use their official email that's listed on their website in order for us to verify that it's actually them. I've sent a reply outlining this. Mz7 (talk) 23:42, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Heard back. The permission is now  confirmed. :) Mz7 (talk) 02:12, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

I would like to inform you that the copyright holder has already sent the permission statement via e-mail in march 31/2017. Therefore, it is possible that there was a problem receiving it. I have just indicate to the copyright holder to re-send it to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arielz77 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 17 April 2018 (UTC) #

Ref: Ticket:2017033110012016

@Arielz77: It looks like we did send a reply to the original permission statement requesting more information, however this was not provided. I see the permission has now been resent with the omitted information included, and a volunteer should hopefully process this in the next few weeks. Mdann52 (talk) 18:26, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

I have forwarded an email from a representative of the Global Robotics Institute, who own the photo, granting permission under Creative Commons and following the prescribed format. There is a note on the file saying that may not have been sufficient. What more is required? Proboscidian (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 13:41, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

The name of the copyright holder does not match the information on the file and there is no explanation of how the copyright holder owns the copyright (they re not the creator of the image). Nthep (talk) 16:49, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Now resolved. Nthep (talk) 18:39, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

I see your group marked a video that I helped a user upload with a "OTRS recieved" template. What specifically is the problem with Johan's email to OTRS (ticket 2018031010007097) that is causing problems and how can I help? --McChizzle (talk) 11:26, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Youtube video owner needs to change their license inside youtube. — regards, Revi 12:12, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you all for helping us get this resolved. Happy tax day (in the US)! --McChizzle (talk) 00:53, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Can you move the OTRS tags?--Respublika Narodnaya (talk) 17:06, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

@Respublika Narodnaya: Permission is for the original, not the derivative, so there is no need to - it proves the base image is under public domain, but does not affect any images derived from it. Mdann52 (talk) 22:23, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

File:Shinji Okazaki BFA 2016.jpg was uploaded 9 Jan 2018 without evidence of permission but an admin added an OTR tag based on the uploader making a claim that an email was sent. Has an email ever been sent with respect to this photo? I have my doubts based on the upload information. The copyright holder / author is claimed to be Titan Sports, but the image is actually from Getty Images. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 17:16, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Similarly for File:Elkeson BFA 2013.jpg. It is attributed to Titan Sports but the image appears to from Osports (a Chinese photo agency) based on the photo credit from this article. -- Whpq (talk) 17:20, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

I found this ticket VRTS ticket # 2018011510003406, doesn't seem to be sufficient enough. An agent with more Getty image experience should have a look through. Thanx for pointing this out. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:33, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Files deleted as copyright violation. Other user uploads are being reviewed. Mdann52 (talk) 19:59, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

@Mdann52:: Per Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Ujishadow and copyright violations, the editor is now banned from uploading anymore images, but there are still some that were uploaded previously that are tagged as OTRS pending:

• File:Keisuke Honda BFA 2013.jpg
• File:BFA Son Heung Min 2014.jpg
• File:BFA 2015 Son Heung-min.jpeg

Could you check if any actual permission email has been received? I suspect that they are in fact copyright violations. As with the images originally noted, they are claimed to be from Titan Sports, but for these images, I found variations of them at this article from Fox Sports Asia. -- Whpq (talk) 03:54, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

There are a bunch of files tagged with OTRS toickete 2017091710002329 that are stated to have insufficient information to validate permission These date back to 17 September 2017. Has there been any followup?

• File:220px Cozgem Records.jpg
• File:220px bobmsteveb.jpg
• File:220px Rorschach (1973).jpg
• File:220px musicprojectiontrio.jpg
• File:250px Cozzetti&Gemmill.jpg

Thanks, -- Whpq (talk) 20:39, 9 May 2018 (UTC)

Looks like it was sent but missed. I've tagged them under the updated ticket number, Ticket:2017100910013321 Mdann52 (talk) 16:18, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

Why only 220px & 250px tho?--Respublika Narodnaya (talk) 12:39, 11 May 2018 (UTC)

In the file history of File:Angels Landing in Zion National Park (May 2007).jpg, there's a still from Nicole Stenger's Angels. The uploader overwrote an existing file and gave a CC BY-SA 3.0 license. I noticed that there are other stills from Stenger's work on Commons with the same license (like File:StengerAngels left.jpg) that have a link to OTRS ticket #2015012810017749. I'm wondering what exactly that permission covers and if it would apply to the March 29, 2011 revision of the image I linked if I were to split it out to its own file. clpo13_(talk) 19:52, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

@Clpo13: the ticket was very specific about what images were covered and the one that appears in the history of Angel's Landing wasn't listed. Nthep (talk) 20:13, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

@Nthep: Thanks! I've deleted that old revision accordingly. clpo13_(talk) 20:26, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi,

I’ve received notice that the above file was due for deletion. Apparently the author of the photograph provided permission a while back. I have been told they have since sent another email today, copying in the subject too, so hopefully this is sufficient.

Ticket number 2018052710002655

Regards

Rob — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ledheach (talk • contribs) 09:55, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

The author was emailed at their "official" listed email address, however failed to respond. I'm going to send them the same instructions back again. (ref: Ticket:2017080810015334) Mdann52 (talk) 10:56, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

@Ledheach: Courtesy ping --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 13:55, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

user:Ujishadow has some images uploaded before their topic ban on uploading images. They are tagged with OTRS tickets but based on their other uploads, it's highly unlikely that there is valid permission. Can this be checked for these files?

• File:Keisuke Honda BFA 2013.jpg
• File:BFA Son Heung Min 2014.jpg
• File:BFA 2015 Son Heung-min.jpeg

Thanks. -- Whpq (talk) 17:06, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

A search for the username in the OTRS system brings this ticket VRTS ticket # 2018011510003406, validity I'll leave to someone else. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:20, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:OTRS noticeboard/Archive 5#File:Shinji Okazaki BFA 2016.jpg for previous discussion where a file is claimed to be from Titan Sports but is actually copyrighted by Getty Images. These three images are very likely copyrighted by Fox Sports. See http://www.foxsportsasia.com/football/asian-football/766765/best-footballer-asia-former-winners/ where these images all appear in some form. -- Whpq (talk) 20:34, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

I F9'd them based on the Foxsports link. Thank you Whpq for your help. - FlightTime (open channel) 20:47, 26 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Could you please resume the photos!? Unfair!The photos of Foxsports are given by Titan Sports because they have cooperation (you should have read foxsports asia article carefully --- this prize is cooperated with Titan Sports). Titan Sports have sent the confirmation letters of image copyrights to permissions@wikimedia.org. But wiki never reply since then! Please resume the photos or make decisions after checking the confirmation letter from Titan Sports sent to your wiki email. It is unfair otherwise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ujishadow (talk • contribs) 15:22, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

@Ujishadow: An email was received on 2018-05-11 and is awaiting processing. If it is determined that the email contains sufficient evidence of ownership, the photos will be restored. Due to the large backlog in the queue, this may take some time, so your patience is appreciated. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 19:19, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi. I'm OTRS agent. Ticket:2017092510019029 was received long time ago, about this file, that was deleted as "no evidence of permission". Can you please check, confirm and restore? Please excuse me if this is not the proper site. I've never made this procedure in en:WP. Thanks. Regards. Ganímedes (talk) 02:35, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

@Ganímedes: No licence was specified with the file, so we have emailed back and asked for one to be provided a few days back. Mdann52 (talk) 16:07, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Excellent! Thank you so much. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 21:25, 1 June 2018 (UTC)

OTRS agent (verify): request: Ticket:2017090210005078 alleges permission of File:Jean Stern, Director of the Irvine Museum.jpg. Please assess the validity of that allegation and mark as {{subst:PermissionOTRS}} or otherwise appropriately. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:17, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

@Ganímedes: That ticket does not specify a license. — JJMC89 (T·C) 18:21, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. I already send a message to report this and wait for an answer. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 22:23, 3 June 2018 (UTC)

I received this notificatioN:

Hello, Michedomi. Some time ago, a file you uploaded — File:A portrait of the artist Jeannine Cook.jpg — was tagged with {{OTRS pending}}, indicating that you (or perhaps the copyright holder if you did not create this image) submitted a statement of permission to permissions-enwikimedia.org. Though there is often a backlog processing messages received at this address, we should have received your message by now.

jeannine Cook has sent her statement of permissions as instructed. I supply a copy here. She added the file in question to a previous statement of permissions she had sent.

Although she previously sent her statement of permissions for the other images, her permission was not honoured and the images were removed. I need help reinstating these. Thanks!

(Redacted)

Michedomi (talk) 05:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

For anyone else looking: ticket:2018031010001271 — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:14, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

File:Douye Sings Live.jpeg has a statement that Ticket#: 2018042410011661 has been issued for this file. There is no OTRS template applied. Is this correct? -- Whpq (talk) 17:12, 7 June 2018 (UTC)

An email has been received, but it hasn't been processed. I've marked it as such. — JJMC89 (T·C) 03:06, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

OTRS agent (verify): request: Ticket:2018031210007799 after some emails they alleges permission of File:Glen Art Logo.png with a free licence. Please assess the validity of that allegation and mark as {{subst:PermissionOTRS}} or otherwise appropriately. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 14:53, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

Please see my comments on the ticket. Additionally, we don't need permission to use the logo as it is currently being used. — JJMC89 (T·C) 15:18, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

The photographer of the three photos you have suggested may be deleted -- Diane Kliebard Silverberg, sent an e-mail to permissions-en@wikipedia.org. So please do not delete these photos! DSRacer (talk) 06:05, 12 June 2018 (UTC) DSRacer

On May 31, 2018, Ticket:2018053110008927 was submitted to the OTRS re: Permission to use File:Mick Trimming by Gitangelique Sani.jpg on Wikipedia. There is now an official letter from the creator of this image, confirming her permission for this image to be used on all Wikimedia sites. Please restore this file as soon as possible. Thanks. Greggens (talk) 00:38, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

In relation to OTRS ticket:2018062610006679, I have double checked with the artist and he took the photo of the painting himself so I think his email gives all the necessary rights. Do you need a follow-up email confirming this? Maltalinks (talk) 17:31, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

In relation to OTRS ticket:2018062610006679, I have asked the artist and the photo was taken by his phone during the live performance. I think this should give full rights as he is giving permission himself. Let me know if there needs to be a follow-up email about this.Maltalinks (talk) 17:34, 2 July 2018 (UTC)

File:Samantha in film Mahanadi.jpg has been uploaded with a note that OTRS ticket# 2017032910012057 covers this image. This editor has uploaded several images that have come from silverscreen.in as being covered; this is the latest. Is there some sort of blanket release for silverscreen.in that this covers? This image appears to be some sort of poster or publicity image. See this and this for comparison. -- Whpq (talk) 11:55, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

It does not appear to me that ticket:2017032910012057 is a blanket release of any kind. In fact, it contains a long list of the files it does apply to. This file, and their other uploads citing this ticket number, are not on it. I've tagged the files on Commons as no-permission. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 00:04, 18 July 2018 (UTC)

Hello, the article Received Pronunciation contained an image, File:Phonetic and phonemic transcriptions of audio record of Received Pronunciation.jpg, which was released under CC-BY-SA/GFDL via the OTRS system, but it consisted solely of text, which is not desirable from an accessibility point of view, so I replaced it with actual text of the same content. But this meant that the article has now lost the attribution to the original image, so I wanted to put up a notice of attribution using {{ConfirmationOTRS}} on Talk:Received Pronunciation, but this was blocked apparently because only OTRS members can insert the template. Could someone add an attribution to the talk on my behalf? Or please tell me if there is a better way to attribute the material. Thank you. Nardog (talk) 12:47, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

@Nardog:  Done. I've added the template to the talk page. Mz7 (talk) 11:35, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

@Mz7: Thanks! Nardog (talk) 05:07, 6 August 2018 (UTC)

File:DavidDorward2018.jpg has an assertion on the talk page that permission has been granted and registered with ticket 2018062110008631. Is this valid? -- Whpq (talk) 00:37, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

@Whpq: The original permission statement was not accepted. I see that a revised one was sent in 23 August (i.e. today), but the owner of the ticket has not yet reviewed it. It might be okay, but I didn't look closely. What's way to couple days to see if the agent handling the ticket responds. If that doesn't happen, ping me and I'll poke them. If someone's itching to delete it I'd urge them to hold off as it looks like a technical problem that can be easily resolved.--S Philbrick(Talk) 00:49, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

@Sphilbrick: Thanks. I've tagged the image as OTRS pending,. -- Whpq (talk) 01:21, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

Hello fellow agents,

What should we do about all of these Category:Wikipedia pages with unconfirmed permission received by OTRS?

Normally for files, they are tagged with Template:OTRS received and after an appropriate time, the files are deleted if no new permission email has been received. For articles though, the talk page includes the Template:OTRS received for all eternity (over 8 years are the oldest now). Should we just remove them, or what should we do? (t) Josve05a (c) 02:59, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

The articles likely need checked to make sure there isn't any copyvio renaming and the history revdeled if it hasn't been already. After that, remove them. — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:39, 24 August 2018 (UTC)

FYI, B-bot (talk · contribs)'s expired {{OTRS-pending}} task stopped being able to read {{OTRS backlog}} a few weeks back because, apparently, Special:GlobalUsers changed. The bot ignores edits by users who are neither OTRS users nor admins for obvious reasons. If you want to find out if someone is an OTRS user, say, Krd (talk · contribs), who generally edits the template, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalUsers?username=Krd&group=otrs-member&limit=1 works, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalUsers?username=Krd&group=OTRS-member&limit=1 (with a capital OTRS) no longer works. I have fixed this in the bot's code and it is now dutifully tagging everything that has been OTRS-pending for more than 128 days. --B (talk) 18:24, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Will be sending permissions-affirming email after the US holiday weekend. Thanks for the notification. Jessamyn (talk) 17:06, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

this has been done. Jessamyn (talk) 17:19, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

 Done Permissions received, VRTS ticket # 2018090110004364. File page amended. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:33, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi - I forwarded these details a while ago - will resend.

John Humphreys — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnnydogmatic (talk • contribs) 18:56, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Email received but is not sufficient to confirm permission VRTS ticket # 2018012710003894 - FlightTime (open channel) 19:08, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

 You are invited to join the discussion at WP:MCQ#File:Not Half A Human 2018.webm. — Marchjuly (talk) 22:28, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

The above discussion partly deals with a an unverified claim of OTRS permission, so perhaps an OTRS volunteer can help clarify things. Thanks in advance. — Marchjuly (talk) 22:32, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

This is in progress and will be dealt with sometime this weekend. Thank you. Jessamyn (talk) 17:47, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

This has been done. Jessamyn (talk) 13:32, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

@Jessamyn: An email has been received but is not sufficient to confirm permission. It is not clear who is giving the permissions, the subject or the photographer. Secondary email sent out. - FlightTime (open channel) 13:49, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, will follow up. Jessamyn (talk) 16:12, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

Good morning, The permission for [File:Dopapod Band Photo.jpg] was sent yesterday September 4 to permissions-en@wikimedia.org Ticket:2018090410008793. EllenZoe (talk) 14:03, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

The email has been received, but was not sufficient to confirm permission for the file. Permission emails should be sent to OTRS directly by the copyright holder. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 00:57, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

AntiCompositeNumber is that not the permissions email? Where shall I ask them to send it?

The permission for [File:Dana Fuchs 2018.jpg] was sent yesterday, September 5 to permissions-en@wikimedia.org Ticket:File:Dana Fuchs 2018.jpg. EllenZoe (talk) 16:03, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

EllenZoe, I am unable to find a ticket matching that description. Do you have a ticket number? --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:03, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

AntiCompositeNumber Here ya go: 2018090710006093 I hope all will be well now. Thank you.

See Ticket#: 2018090610010277

Thank you.

JaredTamana (talk) 23:57, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

@JaredTamana: I have found the OTRS ticket, we are waiting for further information, however there is no file under that filename (nor has one been deleted under that name). What exactly are your concerns ? - FlightTime (open channel) 14:23, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

@FlightTime: Apologies, the file is a JPEG and not a PNG! I'm waiting on the deletion notice to be removed -- my source has emailed you with a followup. JaredTamana (talk) 13:00, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

@JaredTamana: The email from your source has been received, however we cannot accept that license, it contains restrictions that do not conform to our acceptable license platform. The file will have to be deleted. - FlightTime (open channel) 15:55, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Dear team, the relevant permission for this has been sent via email. Kindly refer to the same. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Priyas1004 (talk • contribs) 05:44, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

The email was not sufficient to confirm permission. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:00, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

The permission for [File:Harry Hudson Photo.jpg] was sent in July by photographer Justin Wilczynski to permissions-en@wikimedia.org Ticket:2018071010007875 Please review and alert me to any further needs. EllenZoe (talk) 01:52, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

I received a notice of deletion on August 31, and on September 5, the photographer Mathieu Bitton resent the form to permissions-en@wikipedia.org Ticket:2018090610001821 I would like to have the photo reloaded, since the form went in without the 7 days notice. Please advise.EllenZoe (talk) 02:05, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Please be advised that an email was just sent to notify Wikipedia that I received permission from Michael Weisman, who owns this photo, to submit it to Wikipedia. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jas10010 (talk • contribs) 16:36, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

I received a notification of deletion of this photo on September 3, and for the second time the photographer (and copyright owner) sent in permission. The new ticket number is [Ticket#2018091310010763] EllenZoe (talk) 14:26, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

I sent an email from the author of the photo as requested, and now you are deleting the file. What gives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danallen46 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Danallen46. I'm sorry about the trouble with this file – copyright law can get really pesky. I did a search through our database, and I found a communication related to this file (ticket:2018071310009261). Unfortunately, the statement we received was insufficient. One of Wikipedia's fundamental principles is that its content may be used freely by any individual, we try to use only photographs that are released under a copyright license that irrevocably allows anyone, not just Wikipedia, to use them freely for any purpose. Statements like, "I grant anyone the permission to use this image on Wikipedia" are insufficient for this purpose because they may allow the copyright holder to revoke the permission at any time, and they also seem to permit anyone to upload the images only to Wikipedia, but not anywhere else. Do you think you could have the author of the photo send us the email template at Commons:Email templates? The template has been carefully constructed to release the file under a license compatible with Wikipedia. Thanks, and I apologize once again. Mz7 (talk) 19:05, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

This note is in response to notification that the permissions letter for the author photograph on Keith Maillard's wiki page had not been received.

The permissions letter was sent by Peter Prince May 8, 2018, to permissions-commons@wikipedia.org. The letter was forwarded today, September 12, 2018, by marymaillard130@gmail.com to permissions-en@wikipedia.org. Please re-instate the photograph as soon as possible because the author is currently promoting a new book.

Thank you.

Fotheringham12 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fotheringham12 (talk • contribs) 00:25, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Fotheringham12. I am so sorry for the trouble. I reviewed the permission letter from Peter Prince, and I found it sufficient for releasing the photograph under a copyright license compatible with Wikipedia. Accordingly, I've restored the image that was deleted here: File:Keith Maillard, Salt Spring Island, BC, 2015.jpg. Thank you so much for your contribution!

As a side note, I noticed that you uploaded the file File:Maillard, head shot website .jpg to the Wikimedia Commons. Unfortunately, this new image shares the same issue as the other image because it was previously published on Mr. Maillard's website at https://keithmaillard.com/. We will either need a statement on Maillard's website stating that the image is available under a free copyright license like the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license, or a statement by email from the photographer to permissions-commonswikimedia.org, as we did for the prior image. Sorry about that. Mz7 (talk) 19:32, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi. The image description page for File:NabilAyers.png claims that an email was sent to the permissions-commons queue on July 25, 2016. Can someone please see if they can find the relevant OTRS ticket? Thanks. --B (talk) 23:30, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

@B:: The ticket for this file was ticket:2016072510016788. The email from the copyright holder was not sufficient to confirm permission for the file. There was no response from the copyright holder. The image should be deleted for lack of permission. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 23:51, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks, nominated at IFD. --B (talk) 23:54, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

I just emailed to permissions-en@wikimedia.org the explicit permission from the owner to use the stock photo for the Wikipedia article on Maurice A. Robinson, and received the Ticket:2018092010001796. Thank you. Jcborland (talk) 05:12, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

We cannot accept forwarded statements. Even if we could, for use on Wikipedia is not acceptable. File:Robinson stock photo.jpg tagged for F3. — JJMC89 (T·C) 05:28, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Permission was just emailed granting permission for the main profile photo for the profile for Michael Weisman. Ticket:2018092110001507. Thank you very much — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jas10010 (talk • contribs) 04:03, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

The email was not sufficient. We cannot accept forwarded statements or just permission to use on Wikipedia. — JJMC89 (T·C) 04:52, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

I contacted R.C. Bray and am forwarding the permission statement that he sent me, this was included in the OTRS email that I sent so do not understand why this has been deleted. The copyright holder has given permission for its use.

I also updated the initial comment to state that I had updated the file with the correct Creative Commons tag to the file.

Please restore this image, or contact RC Bray directly, his email address is in the email below, and he will confirm that the image can be used.

I have also forwarded the email with this message to permissions-en@wikimedia.org

– Paul · ✉ 20:20, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

@Paulmarsy: Mr. Bray has to send the permissions directly, we can not accept forwarded permissions. - FlightTime (open channel) 20:29, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Kindly asking if there is an OTRS ticket regarding this file. Please reply at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2018 September 27#File:Bible Hill Crest.png. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 06:49, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

I've added a not to the FFD. — JJMC89 (T·C) 02:24, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

File:Abjeezz- 2018.jpg has an assertion in the summary section that an email was sent to the permissions email address in Aug 13. There is no OTRS ticket number in the file information. Is there an associated ticket number? -- Whpq (talk) 14:06, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

I've tagged the file as received but not processed. — JJMC89 (T·C) 02:24, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

This is a follow-up to Wikipedia:OTRS noticeboard/Archive 5#File:DavidDorward2018.jpg. That was back at the end of August. Nothing seems to have happened. -- Whpq (talk) 17:03, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

To whom it may concern,

I have sent the statement of permission (or une attestation) to "permissions-en@wikimedia.org" The statement of permission will allow Wiki to show this photo of the Fismes logo on the Fismes Wiki webpage. Let me know when the photo will be back up on the site?

Many thanks, M. Gagliastri — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob Quéntin (talk • contribs) 19:20, 22 October 2018 (UTC)

Jacob Quéntin: Unfortunately, permission for wikipedia per the statement "allow Wiki to show this photo ... on a Wiki webpage" is not sufficient for the image File:Logo of Fismes 18 Memorial.png. It must be released under a free license that allows commercial and derivative uses. ww2censor (talk) 23:36, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

This image of Bridges Preparatory School appears to have been copied off the school's Facebook page. Thank you. Magnolia677 (talk) 18:03, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. I have added a note to the ticket so the agent handling the ticket is aware. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 01:43, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

There have been over 400 attempts to log on to my Wikipedia account, and the number is growing as I speak.

They aren't going to succeed -- my passphrase consists of 256 random characters generated from a hardware random number generator -- but I thought that somebody might want to track the IP address being used and see if they have an account. --Guy Macon (talk) 19:18, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

• @Guy Macon: OTRS users don't have access to this data. Maybe checkusers do? (For beans reasons they don't always disclose what superpowers they have.) --B (talk) 19:22, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Just found out that it isn't just me: See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Password attack. Anyway, nothing for OTRS to do here, so I am unwatching this page. Ping me if you need my attention. --Guy Macon (talk) 19:28, 29 November 2018 (UTC)

Upon request I sent in the verification that I had permission to upload this image from the person who took the photo. It was deemed not good enough and I was asked to get a different response. I haven't received a response yet, which leads me to believe that I will not be getting one. Since I cannot get adequate proof I have permission to use the photo, I ask that you delete it. Thanks. --PlasmaTwa2 04:26, 30 November 2018 (UTC)

I'm trying to confirm that Wade Frazier sent a note like this to cover info he inserted into en.wp from his own web site (which has a CC-BY-NC license that is not good enough). I'm told that he may have sent this note:

I hereby affirm that I Wade Frazier, the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of http://ahealedplanet.net and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work. I sometimes contribute parts of that website to Wikipedia under the username https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wadefrazier, all edits made under that username in the past were made under the following free license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. ...

I'm not certain he actually sent it, so need you to check. A revdel potential undo (actually at 5 articles) depends on knowing (see discussion at admin's talk page: User talk:Ian.thomson#Deletion review of Wadefrazier stuff). Dicklyon (talk) 07:03, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

See User talk:Ian.thomson#Deletion review of Wadefrazier stuff. Nthep (talk) 12:11, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

@Nthep: – Thanks for the response there. Going meta on this, do you think it would be a good idea in the future to alert people when they offer a not-quite-compatible license, and coach them into an opportunity to get it right? I realize this may be an undue load on OTRS volunteers, but it might help keep later problems down. Dicklyon (talk) 16:07, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

I'm the resident nerd in my office. The communications people know this so they asked me how to get our company's article changed. I told them that I'm not allowed to edit our own article and that they should email info-en-q@wikimedia.org for help. The comms people just emailed me to say they've been getting promotional emails about Wikipedia editing services since contacting OTRS. They also say they never received a response from OTRS. I'm keeping things vague because there's a lot of personal information involved. I have copies of all relevant emails and will share them directly via email if an admin contacts me. Otherwise I'm happy to answer general questions in this thread. Andrew³²⁷ 20:35, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Do you have the original email chain to verify that they sent it to the correct address? GMG^talk 20:52, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Hi. Please send what you have to otrs-admins@lists.wikimedia.org. —Emufarmers^(T/C) 22:19, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Thanks User:Emufarmers. I received an auto-reply titled "Your message to Otrs-admins awaits moderator approval". Andrew³²⁷ 14:16, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

The David E Shaner article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Shaner, was marked as copyvio and says, "Do not restore or edit the blanked content on this page until the issue is resolved by an administrator, copyright clerk or OTRS agent." I have posted a rewrite on Talk:David E. Shaner/Temp, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:David_E._Shaner/Temp. I would like someone to review and remove the copyvio. Thank you (Ptarry (talk) 13:59, 18 December 2018 (UTC))

Ptarry, OTRS only deals with copyright issues when the original copyright holder is licensing the content under a free license. I see you’ve already dropped a note at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2018 November 2, which is the correct place to deal with this issue. —AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 14:47, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

• AntiCompositeNumber, thank you for confirming! Regards

(Ptarry (talk) 15:10, 18 December 2018 (UTC))

I have sent an email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org granting permission for the use of this file. I represent the copyright holder and creator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Canucks33 (talk • contribs) 16:09, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

This image was edited to reflect its low threshold of originality in the US, which is why a "keep local" tag has been added to this UK logo. The OTRS ticket advised him of this situation and that no permission is needed as it stands. The ticket has been closed for now unless he needs to move it to the commons. ww2censor (talk) 17:32, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Resolved

The photo permission has been once again forwarded — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lubbad85 (talk • contribs) 17:48, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

The unique photo of J.H Scheltema (1861-1941) has no copyright requirement. I know that now. It is also part of publicly available letters of the artist that are in the NGV research library in Melbourne. I translated the letters to English and donated the translation to that library. The photo was meant to be inserted into the JHS Wikipedia entry I wrote (most) of the text of. I haven't learned yet how to insert pictures. Cheers Peter B Reynders Canberra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Reynders (talk • contribs) 06:26, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Referring to Jan Hendrik Scheltema and File:Unique portrait J.H.Scheltema, B&W.jpg. Looking for the OTRS ticket now. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:09, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

@Peter Reynders: I can find no evidence of any requested permission through OTRS with your name or by searching for "Scheltema". Did you ever send in the request? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 16:15, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

FYI, now that the backlog is not so long, I'm going through one monthly category per day at Category:Wikipedia files with unconfirmed permission received by OTRS (today I'm doing July), checking to see if a follow-up has come in, and if not, tagging the image with {{npd}}. (I'm individually reviewing each thing I tag, not doing it blindly and I'm doing one category per day so as not to overwhelm the missing permission categories.)

Related to that, B-bot has had the task, for several years, of tagging anything that has been {{OTRS pending}} for longer than the backlog, but since the backlog has been growing daily for several months, it hasn't touched anything for a while. It is (and always has been) capped at ten files per day - for the same reason - to not overwhelm the missing permission categories - so it will take several days to get through the newly shortened backlog. --B (talk) 16:46, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

FYI, I have created two new templates for these notifications: {{Di-no permission OTRS unsuccessful}} and {{Di-no permission OTRS unsuccessful-notice}}. Comments are welcome. --B (talk) 21:12, 29 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, the OTRS submission was sent for the following images to 'permissions-commonswikimedia.org'

• File:Quality of Nationality Index logo.jpg
• File:QNI World Map.jpg
• File:QNI factors.jpg

[Ticket#2019010410004835]

Should all be fine but please let me know if any action is still required - thank you!

GlobeClimber (talk) 22:43, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

 Done I have processed the ticket and transferred the images to Wikimedia Commons. — JJMC89 (T·C) 23:37, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Please be advised that the photographer of this photo, Steven Freeman, has given explicit permission to post this photo on Wikipedia and the Michael Weisman profile page. An email regarding this was sent yesterday - Ticket#2019010310006246. Please let me know if this is enough to resolve the issue and keep this photo published. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jas10010 (talk • contribs) 23:38, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Hi Jas10010. I'm not an OTRS volunteer so I cannot see the ticket; however, "For Wikipedia use only" types of licenses are not going to be accepted even with a permissions email as explained in WP:COPYRIGHT and WP:CONSENT. File:MichaelWeismanprofilephoto.jpg is currently licensed as {{cc-by-4.0}}, which is a free license accepted by Wikipedia. That license, however, only requires that Freeman be attributed by those using the photo. If Freeman doesn't want people downloading this image and reusing it for commercial purposes, derivative purposes, or using it on websites other than Wikipedia, then he (you) should probably request that the file be deleted. Basically, Freeman has to be willing to let anyone anywhere in the work download this file at anytime and use for any purpose in order for Wikipedia to keep this file. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:36, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

A response has already been sent via OTRS. Yunshui ^雲_水 00:43, 5 January 2019 (UTC)

sent a consent email to permissions-enwikimedia.org

File:Gold Award for 'Get-A-Way' by Maxx.jpg

Hansgruber1967 (talk) 08:55, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

The email has been received, and is awaiting processing by an OTRS agent. Thank you for your patience. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 22:10, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Permissions already sent on Dec. 13, 2018 to permissions-dewikimedia.org Please do not delete, thanks. Knowledge space (talk) 16:20, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

Knowledge space, The file will be restored when the ticket has been processed by an OTRS agent. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 03:04, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

The copyright holder has confirmed to me that she has sent a statement of permission to permissions-enwikimedia.org for this image. I have asked her whether she received any kind of confirmation back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CullingJ (talk • contribs) 09:36, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

CullingJ, I double-checked, and could find no ticket for this file. When an email is received in a permissions queue, an automatic response is sent with a ticket number. Do you have a ticket number? --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 03:08, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

I emailed the copyright owner and apparently she registered it under the name 20181123_093042.jpg. I'm not sure what the easiest fix is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.251.254.55 (talk) 09:15, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

Hello I just forwarded an email to use the photo ITC cold room.jpg. thank you, Laychar75 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laychar75 (talk • contribs) 08:52, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

ticket:2019011110002743 is a forward statement that does not contain a sufficient statement of permission. — JJMC89 (T·C) 21:34, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Could an OTRS volunteer take a look at this file as well as File:M.C. Sar - George Shampro Mario.jpg and File:Olaf Jeglitza and Patricia Petersen.jpg? I tagged them with {{npd}} and those template were replaced with {{OTRS pending}}. Normally that would be OK accept the uploader is claiming that OTRS was emailed back on November 26, 2018, but these file were uploaded today or yesterday, so the timeframe doesn't make sense. Perhaps the files were previously uploaded and deleted before the OTRS email could be verified and these are just re-uploades? Just for reference, c:File:George Shampro Mario.jpg has been tagged as a copyvio on Commons, but an OTRS email is said to have been sent in for the same file uploaded to Wikipedia, and "File:Olaf Jeglitza and Patricia Petersen.jpg" can be seen used online by varous websites prior to being uploaded to Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:13, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

​The date for {{OTRS pending}} was likely due to copy-pasting from File:Gold Award for 'Get-A-Way' by Maxx.jpg. The permissions emails were received at approximately the same time as {{OTRS pending}} was added. I've marked File:M.C. Sar - George Shampro Mario.jpg and File:Olaf Jeglitza and Patricia Petersen.jpg as received but not processed. JGHowes is handling one of the related tickets. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:10, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. How are relatively old photos such as these typically verified since they appear to have been used on various websites since they were taken and before they were uploaded to Wikipedia/Commons. Moreover, some of them appear to be scans of photo rather than photos themselves. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:26, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

File:Real McCoy Group Photo 1995.jpg was uploaded to en-wiki yesterday and the uploader added {{OTRS pending}}, shortly after it was tagged {{npd}}. Because it's a low resolution image found elsewhere on the internet before it was uploaded to Wikipedia, I informed the uploader that their message was not sufficient to confirm permission and further evidence is required to verify copyright ownership. In such cases, we typically require the uploader to provide their hi res file with exif data, etc., to prove they're the photographer. If not verified, it will be deleted in 30 days.  JGHowes  ^talk 12:17, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

@JGHowes and JJMC89: Just for reference the uploader has been CU blocked per WP:SOCK. Not sure how that effects OTRS verification. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:58, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

These low res files found elsewhere on the web have been deleted at en-wiki and Commons as copyvios due to insufficient evidence of ownership.  JGHowes  ^talk 14:42, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

I am in contact with some people in Venezuela, attempting to get a photo of Juan Guaido to replace File:Juan_Guaidó_restored_version.jpg, which is up for deletion. I know absolutely nothing about uploading photos, or about Commons, so I need to tell these people to whom they can write, and what is needed. It would be helpful, but not essential, that Spanish is spoken. Can someone help? I would prefer just to send an email address that can be contacted by people in Venzuela. @ZiaLater: SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:52, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

I heard from them already, and they have photos. I need instructions, preferably an email address, Thanks ! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:55, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

@Jamez42: SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:01, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

@SandyGeorgia: We could ask @Alexcocopro:, I noticed that recently he has uploaded several pictures of the protests. I should mention that there are other images of Guaidó in his Commons category, but there could be a better one. --Jamez42 (talk) 01:09, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

@Jamez42: I am getting an official photo of Guaido-- a portrait type. Not after something amateur. Just need an email from someone who knows how to deal with image stuff. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:15, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi SandyGeorgia. I'm not an OTRS volunteer, but I think you can ask the copyright holder(s) to look at c:COM:OTRS#Licensing images: when do I contact OTRS? for more details. Commons is multilingual so pretty much all of its pages are available in languages other than English, so they just need to check the top of the page. The email address they need to send an email to is found in WP:Contact OTRS. You can find example emails at c:COM:ET and WP:CONSENT. If the copyright holder uploads the files themselves using c:COM:UPLOAD, they might not even need to send in an email since they can use the "Interactive Release Generator" instead. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:15, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the help Marchjuly, but I don't want to force people in the middle of a revolution to try to read an English page explaining things that even I, an experienced editor of more than 10 years, have never been able to understand. I can send them all of that, but getting someone to walk them through this would be so much more desirable. It is, after all, presidential :) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:19, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Commons' pages are also in languages other than English. You have to go to the top of the page and change the language to Spanish (Espanol). -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:21, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Ohh gotcha. I'll ping @Oscar .:, perhaps we could do something from Wikimedia Venezuela. --Jamez42 (talk) 01:23, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

I sent them the Spanish OTRS page, although it is so much to wade through. Thanks for your help ... would still love a personal email. @Sphilbrick: are you around? Thanks James ... if I had an email, my contacts can get the photo to someone. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:27, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

If by personal email you mean the email address of an individual editor, then that pretty much depends upon the individual editor. Have you tried asking for assistance at WP:Venezuela? Perhaps one of the members in that WikiProject wouldn't mind getting into contact with the copyright holders. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:33, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

WP:Venezuela has four active editors-- we are all on this :) And we're up to our eyeballs in editing work! I am one of the members, and I am in contact with photo holders. Now I need someone to be the contact for uploading. I. Don't. Do. Images. cuz the copyright stuff scares the heck outta me. Sphilbrick will email me if he's around, but his contribs show he's not been active this week. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:38, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Hi SandyGeorgia, would you mind send me the details by mail? I'd gladly reach to them via email or phone, --Oscar_. (talk) 01:48, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Working on it ... of course, my contacts in Caracas don't want their names out, since the repression is still a difficult issue ... so stand by and something will happen! Thanks, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 01:59, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

 Done OK, we've got this covered now. It's all complicated by an environment where you can get thrown in prison, but we have everything needed now. @Oscar:, standby for tomorrow. As you know, things are a bit hectic in Venezuela right now! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:17, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

I am willing to collaborate with more images about Juan Guaidó. It is a bit difficult to take pictures since you have to go to the concentrations where he is. I have no problems with the issue of repression and the political environment, I have taken many photographs of the protests, which were sent without anonymity on different platforms. If everyone knows who made the photos, everyone will protect me, it happened to me. --Alexcocopro (talk) 14:26, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Please could someone confirm the above file is safe for transfer to commons as it was approved via an OTRS ticket? RhinosF1^(chat)_{(status)(contribs)} 23:36, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

 Moved to Commons: Permission is valid and the copyright holder agreed with the move to Commons. I moved it myself to prevent any issues with the edit filter. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 00:24, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

AntiCompositeNumber, Thanks! RhinosF1^(chat)_{(status)(contribs)} 07:15, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Would an OTRS volunteer mind checking this files licensing and OTRS ticket #2008082310011924? If OTRS has verified this file, then it shouldn't need to be licensed as {{Non-free historic image}} because non-free images don't really need original copyright holder permission to be uploaded and used per WP:NFCC.

If this file is truly non-free, it cannot be used in Draft:Deportation of German Latin American Civilians to the United States during World War II; moreover, its non-free use in Girl Scouts of the USA# World War II almost certainly fails WP:NFCC#1, WP:NFCC#8 and item 6 of WP:NFC#UUI, and its non-free use in Crystal City Internment Camp#Internment life is certainly questionable and worthy of further discussion. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:51, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

@Marchjuly: The ticket gives permission to use the image on Wikipedia, but does not freely license the image. Future Perfect at Sunrise added {{Non-free with permission}} in 2008, and I've updated the OTRS template to {{OTRS received old}}. I think those should cover the current status of the image. See the previous discussion for background. I agree that the non-free use is problematic. — JJMC89 (T·C) 02:44, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for checking the ticket and clarifying the licensing. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:50, 14 March 2019 (UTC)