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File:Bell Statue in front of the Brantford Bell Telephone Building 0.98.jpg

Hi OTRS: This file was reposted for deletion today, so I've resent the original e-mail containing an OTRS ticket number that can be assigned to the file, on the e-mail sent to me by your group. The ticket number, for your ref., was Ticket#2009073110048881 .

Best Harryzilber (talk) 23:14, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]


File:StWilfrid.jpg

ResolvedDaniel (talk) 09:12, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Needs an OTRS ticket/check. feydey (talk) 06:32, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS ticket available and valid. I put the OTRS template. Thank you for the hint. Yellowcard (talk) 10:15, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
However, I changed the license to GFDL because he released the work under GFDL and not attribution. Furthermore, he wanted to be mentioned with both his name and a link to his website. I added this link, though it was not fully made clear whether this is compatible with the terms of the GFDL. Yellowcard (talk) 10:26, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Photo: Naiyyum_Choudhury.JPG Authorization sent

ResolvedDaniel (talk) 09:13, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naiyyum_Choudhury.JPG Authorization for the photoNaiyyum_Choudhury.JPG has been sent to OTRS. Please confirm OTRS permission. --Smcbuet (talk) 16:54, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi and thank you for your mail. Please note that in most cases there is no need to inform the response team volunteers about the fact that you have sent an email and ask them to confirm permission. Your email will be dealt with after some time but there's often a backlog of a few weeks, currently about two for permissions-commons. (This does not necessarily mean that you will have to wait two weeks, but it might be some point of reference). —Pill (talk) 18:31, 7 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Oferet-Yetzuka-F16I.jpg

ResolvedDaniel (talk) 09:16, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Could somebody, please, check the email "Permission of the copyright holder of File:Oferet-Yetzuka-F16I.jpg" (sent today) for this file? NatanFlayer (talk) 09:07, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi NatanFlayer, please take a look at my response to a similar request. Thanks, —Pill (talk) 10:16, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Roger. 89.138.74.168 10:32, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tulul_adh-Dhahab_and_Jabbok_in_spring.jpg

ResolvedDaniel (talk) 09:17, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi everybody!

The permission to publish the file http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tulul_adh-Dhahab_and_Jabbok_in_spring.jpg under CC by-sa was given to me by the author, Emmanuel Rehfeld. To cite from his mail: "Gegen eine "gemeinfreie Veröffentlichung" der u.g. Bilder habe ich keinerlei Einwände. Ebenfalls stimme ich zu, die Veröffentlichung mit der genannten Lizenz "Creative Commons..." vorzunehmen."


(Note: Same situation as, for instance, with file http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tulul_adh-Dhahab_in_spring.jpg. The mail seems to have gone astray.)

Can anybody fix this problem? Email to permissions is underway.


Cheers, --Jorre (talk) 18:26, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]


Hello Jorre, thanks for supplying these images. I don't speak German, so my help in this case will be limited. It appears that there is a ticket (2009071710019778) for File:Tulul adh-Dhahab in spring.jpg. I'll ask the agent who dealt with that ticket to comment in this discussion. --J.smith (talk) 18:49, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot! The translation to the German text would be: "I do not object to releasing these pictures into public domain. I agree with putting them under the CC by-sa licence." --Jorre (talk) 18:58, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hallo Jorre, es war in der Mail leider unklar, auf welche Bilder sich die Freigabe bezog. Wie du bereits schreibst stand dort "u.g. Bilder", allerdings standen darunter keine Bildnamen - wir konnten also nicht wissen, auf welche Bilder außer http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tulul_adh-Dhahab_in_spring.jpg, das explizit genannt wurde, sich das noch bezieht. Der Bearbeiter des Tickets ist ja jetzt eingeschaltet, er wird wahrscheinlich noch einmal beim Freigebenden nachhaken. Sollte es noch andere hochgeladene Bilder geben, auf die sich seine Freigabe bezieht, wäre es nett, wenn du sie uns hier oder per Nachfolgemail (bitte mit [Ticket#2009071710019778] im Betreff) zukommen lassen könntest, damit das Nachhaken einfacher wird. —Pill (talk) 20:03, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hallo Pill, nein, es geht nur (noch) um dieses eine Bild; die anderen Bilder sind bereits freigegeben worden. Vielen Dank!--Jorre (talk) 20:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Problem solved, thanks a million! --Jorre (talk) 21:36, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

De minimis?

File:David Perry.jpg was uploaded with an OTRS ticket. In the photo, the subject is sitting and looking at a clear representation of an Earthworm Jim figure. Does the permission, TicketID 900572, cover the copyrighted figure as well? If it did not, is it appropriate to delete this photo and attach the ticket to File:David Perry (cropped).jpg instead, since the figure is minimal and trivial and can be cropped without disrupting the image of the subject (Perry)? Jappalang (talk) 22:23, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The ticket does not directly mention the Earthworm Jim figure. It is my opinion as an editor that the figure would fall under De minimis. --J.smith (talk) 23:27, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS mentioned on deletion request

See Commons:Deletion requests/File:Zlotuptaka resize.jpg. Stifle (talk · contribs) mentions an OTRS message received. Does it look kosher? Can that deletion request be closed? Thanks. Wknight94 talk 20:27, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IMO, the OTRS ticket does not qualify as permission for that image. But with that said, it does establish, to my standard of approval, the identity of the uploader. I'd also like to note that the reply could have been a little better on our end. I don't believe that we need OTRS for all this users uploads. What I have done in the past is this. I think to square things up, we should just have one declaration clearly stating that they are authorized to upload work from Green Development, and that they understand and agree to the terms of the licenses they may choose (in that commercial reuse and modification are options). Also, it may be helpful to have a Polish speaker communicate with the uploader. -Andrew c (talk) 20:40, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS in deletion request

Resolved

Hello, I've opened the following deletion requests:

Suddenly I noticed this ticket in OTRS. If the content of the ticket is as the uploader says, the reasons of the DR are invalid right now. I request someone with an OTRS account to confirm this ticket and if possible, to close the following deletion requests. I'm sorry for the confusion. Best regards, — df|  17:01, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Doing… Tiptoety talk 18:02, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry that took me so long, the ticket was in Spanish so I had to track down a Spanish speaking OTRS agent to help me. As such, I would say that the ticket does confirm permissions for the above images. Cheers, Tiptoety talk 19:22, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Tiptoety for your help. Best regards, — df|  19:49, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Deletion requests/File:RQ-7B Airborne.jpg

The proposer of the above deletion request says they're the photographer and a US service person and are going to be in disciplinary trouble if the image isn't removed. There's an OTRS permission with the image. Could somebody with OTRS access at least sort out what's what? --Simonxag (talk) 11:26, 20 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Yeoman.jpg

I don't understand what kind of permissions WMF needs for this file. We've tried to give permissions for this file by several emails and the volunteer says it's not adequate. If you just send us a statement worded how you want it, we'll sign it or not and send it back. I thought that the licences make the usage of the photo clear. Otherwise, simply delete it. Yeoman (talk) 12:44, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

First thing, we generally don't require permission for images that are "own work by uploader". But then again, it appears, from your e-mails, that this is not entirely self-made. Anyway, to answer your question, the last e-mail that was sent to you included a link to Commons:Email_templates. There is a general consent form for your use. Hope that helps. If you have the copyright holder forward that form with the information filled out, we can add a permission ticket to that file and all will be good. We just need to make sure that the copyright holder agrees to a free license of the file (which means third parties may re-use, modify, and possibly profit from the image). -Andrew c (talk) 14:50, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Masque d'André Breton par René Iché.jpg

This file's permission uses a template {{Autorisation-OTRS-GFDL}} which was deleted in june 2008. --Calimo (talk) 16:52, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The template appears to have just been a basic OTRS permissions template just like {{PermissionOTRS}} (hence why it was deleted). That said, a quick look through the files history does not show where or by whom it was added. Let me do some digging around in OTRS and see if I can come up with a ticket number. Tiptoety talk 19:11, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
After a short search, I turned up nothing. There appears to be no ticket. Tiptoety talk 19:33, 22 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ticket #2007021410011212

Ticket #2007021410011212 is used on File:Arno_Breker_Adolf_Hitler(1938).jpg. Does it provide answers to the following questions :

  • Who is the E-mail sender ? (is it the museum ? is it Marco Verlag ? or both ?)
  • Who is the copyright holder of the sculpture ?
  • Who is the copyright holder of the photograph ?
  • What is the photographer's name ?
  • "tot publicatie in Wikipedia" means "Wikipedia only" doesn't it? Is there any mention of a Creative Commons license in the mail ?

If the photographer's name is not provided, do we have the photographer's permission to use his work anonymously ? Or is this file infringing the photographer's right to have his name credited ?

Teofilo (talk) 10:39, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That ticket is not a "permissions" ticket, in that it isn't included in the permissions queue. Also, it states it was transferred from nl which leads me to believe it is most likely in info-nl. Could someone with access to that check? And most likely we need a Dutch speaker. -Andrew c (talk) 13:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Dutch speaker needed, ticket is in info-nl. The only thing I understand is a note left by an OTRS volunteer stating that "permission is OK." —Pill (talk) 09:10, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS review request

Hey, I was wondering if someone could review a ticket I handled and some en.wiki discussion that came from it. Template:OTRS ticket is the ticket and en:User_talk:Moni3#Re.3B_Map_error is the user talk discussion. Thanks! -Andrew c (talk) 15:23, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure you have the right ticket number? I am getting a ticket error message saying the ticket does not exist. Tiptoety talk 16:15, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ticket # was fine. But I didn't use the template properly. I thought you only needed either the # or ID, not both. I left out the ID, but that's been fixed now. Stupid template :P -Andrew c (talk) 17:18, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone get a chance to review this? -Andrew c (talk) 17:37, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CES

File:Prowiki.jpg has OTRS permission {{PermissionOTRS|id=2009060410032431}}. Other two images from the same source and the same uploader (File:CES2.jpg and File:CES3.jpg) haven't OTRS ticket and their license data are suspicious. Please verify if the OTRS permision refers to them too. --ŠJů (talk) 20:23, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not in the permission queues. I'd guess info-cs. Any Czech OTRS agents? I'll contact the individual who added the OTRS ticket to the file. -Andrew c (talk) 20:43, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, the permission only exists for the first mentioned file, whereas for the others doesn't. I'll contact the uploader later to sort this thing out. -- Mercy (☎|✍) 06:40, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

photo woodstock

Hallo, I would like to use one photo from woodstock 69 wiki coment. we wanted to use it in our magazin Report, is it posible? www.report.cz please reply to my mail obchod@ireport.cz Thank a lot!Dana

What photo are you referring to? Have you see COM:REUSE. All our images are licensed under a free license, and you don't need specific permission from us to reuse them, as long as you follow the terms of the licenses. Please check the specific license in use for the image in question. -Andrew c (talk) 13:54, 27 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:PTXMII.jpg

in picture File:PTXMII.jpg, are one OTRS-ticket number, can somebody check--Motopark (talk) 15:26, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's not what I would call an 'ideal' release(link), but it does exist. I put the template on the image so the bots would recognize it. --J.smith (talk) 15:38, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
An Italian speaker would be appreciated. Most of the e-mail is in English, but a section is in Italian and it would make me feel better knowing what that part said. --J.smith (talk) 15:56, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Permission to use picture of stickleback stamp in book published by University?

This image?

Hi!

I'm new to using Wikimedia commons pictures and wonder whether I can publish this picture in a book that will be printed by Uppsala University? I have tried e-mailing Faroe Postal services but did not get an answer. Help anyone?

OTRS ticket #2006101710008538

Malin.

I'm guessing you mean "File:Faroe stamp 248 stickleback (gasterosteus aculeatus).gif"? If so, then most likely yes. "Public Domain" would mean there are no restrictions on use. --J.smith (talk) 20:41, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's the stamp!/Malin.

When I said "No restrictions on use" - let me clarify... I mean no copyright restrictions. There might be other restrictions in play - I know a lot of countries restrict how you can use official documents like stamps. You would need to consult an expert in the field to be sure. --J.smith (talk) 21:44, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Images of Paintings by Georges Emile Lebacq

There is currently a deletion discussion taking place for a large number of images of paintings by artist Georges Emile Lebacq (See: Commons:Deletion requests/Paintings of artist Georges Emile Lebacq). The deletion discussion is on hold pending OTRS verification as the user who uploaded the images claims to be a relative of the artist and the beneficiary of the copyrights to the paintings. This is just a friendly notice that permission should be coming through permissions-fr.

Français : Si il y a quelqu’un disponible qui parle anglais et français, leur aide serait beaucoup apprécier car la permission sera probablement en français mais la discussion est en anglais.

--Labattblueboy (talk) 22:10, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I finally called the Faroean post office and it was ok! Thanks for help!/Malin. Malin AhKing (talk) 11:05, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply to 2009082010000538

Resolved

Can somebody reply to Kaseyng53 at en:Wikipedia:Help desk#Copyrighted Issues about ticket number 2009082010000538? I'm not in OTRS. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:39, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll take a look and respond there. —Pill (talk) 19:46, 29 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Animal Sigma

Permission to use Animal Sigma icons Deborah Goodrich

This permission will not be acted upon; you need to send it by email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. Stifle (talk) 09:17, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cristian berrios.jpg

Description page and source claim Creative Commons NC license, is the email permission free for every purpose? --Martin H. (talk) 14:33, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

NC licenses and anything else restricting commercial use aren't accepted on Commons. Stifle (talk) 09:14, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:RalphIzzard.jpg

Dear OTRS agents,

I'm hoping someone would be willing to go into the OTRS system, locate the email request I sent and verify the permissions for a photo I have uploaded:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:RalphIzzard.jpg&oldid=27723717#file

and that I've used an appropriate license given the permission granted me by the heir to the photo.

Thanks

Etrangere (talk) 19:05, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Stifle -

Unfortunately I'm not seeing the notice of OTRS acceptance for the image on it's page. Am I missing something?

Thanks for looking into it! Etrangere (talk) 00:00, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You removed it with one of your edits. Please do not edit older revisions. --Martin H. (talk) 00:39, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS templates and checking licenses

Is there a bot that checks use of the OTRS template? Alternatively, would it be possible for OTRS tickets to make limited information publicly available? (ticket number, file name/article name, a flag indicating successfully lodged license information, etc)

My concern is that I've seen a fair number of OTRS templates used on commons, and it would be quite easy to mistakenly or deliberately place one via cut and paste on a new file, for which the ticket number is not valid. I realise that it is possible to request information on this noticeboard, but it would be good for users to be able to check licenses by clicking on the ticket number and double checking that it does in fact apply to the file they were viewing. Ozhiker (talk) 09:00, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

For confidentiality reasons, this is not a viable option. The OTRS tickets are simply emails and there is no automated way to extract the file/license/etc. from the ticket.
As a general rule, if the ticket was added by an OTRS agent (there's a list at m:OTRS/personnel and most of us are in the appropriate category), then it's OK. If it wasn't, you should check here. If you are getting slow replies, leave a message for an agent. Stifle (talk) 09:13, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS Pending

I've sent an e-mail to OTRS at 11/08 and after some bot notifications in my talk page, I think it was not received, so I'm sending it again now.

Thanks, Heldergeovane (talk) 17:44, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have no record of anything sent 11/08 (sorry). I did find something back in April 09 related to Category:GeoGebra, but it appears those images have OTRS tickets attached to them already, and weren't part of the images mentioned in the warnings on your talk page. Anyway, I also see something you sent 21 days ago. But it was sent, in English, to the Portuguese e-mail address. I've merged your latest e-mail with the one from 21 days ago, and moved it to the general Commons queue. Perhaps that may help explain part of the delay in reply, as we don't have many Portuguese language volunteers. For the time being, please accept out apologies, and please be patient while the agents work through the backlog and reach your ticket. Thanks.-Andrew c (talk) 21:44, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't notice I've sent the mail in English to the Portuguese volunteers I'm sorry for that... (Actually, my second try was also to permissions-commons-pt@... =S) Anyway, the new images are those of the Category:GeoGebra icons. Now I'm sending it to permissions-commons@... Heldergeovane (talk) 22:20, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No need to send again. That will just add confusion. I've already moved the e-mail out out -pt, so no worries there. All we have to do now is "wait" for an agent, which hopefully won't be long. Thanks. -Andrew c (talk) 22:59, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry... disconsider my 3rd e-mail then... And thank you for your help!
By the way, isn't possible to make the bot send only one edit with all the images listed at once, instead of 50 individual edits? (this is bad for email notifications...) Heldergeovane (talk) 23:04, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You'll have to put that question to User:Hersfold, and I suspect the answer will be negative. Stifle (talk) 13:27, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Gulzar.jpg

Has an OTRS template but the ticket number xxxxxx and the license tag "ineligible for copyright", which is curious for a BLP portrait. Can someone please check whether there was an OTRS for this or, if not, delete the picture? Thanks. Hekerui (talk) 19:54, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OTRS tag was added by the uploader. I've removed the tag, and added a NPD tag (speedy deletable in 7 days if no permission is sent). Default speedy message left on user talk. We may want to keep an eye on it to see if the speedy tag is removed or not. We should consider this resolved when either the permission is sent in or, more likely, when the image is deleted. BTW, I also searched OTRS and found nothing from with in the upload period related to "GULZAR".-Andrew c (talk) 21:35, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. It's a copyvio of http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/arts/gulzar/gulzars.jpg, so it could even be treated as such, right? Hekerui (talk) 21:57, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps the uploader meant to add an OTRS-pending template? I was assuming good faith in that the uploader had added an OTRS template to the image based on some sort of permission received, even if it was the wrong template. Therefore, I was willing to wait the 7 days to see if we get a response. If an another admin wants to assume bad faith, or thinks it's important to protect the copyright, then feel free to delete now. I wouldn't mind. If not, we'll just wait and see what happens. Thanks for your input. -Andrew c (talk) 23:03, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Carlos_H_Reyes.jpg

hi, i'm just wondering if an OTRS volunteer could update the OTRS pending tag for File:Carlos_H_Reyes.jpg. The copyright holder emailed directly to the permissions email address with cc to me, so IMHO this should be straightforward. i uploaded the file several days ago. Thanks in advance. Boud (talk) 22:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I see that we received the e-mail, but it hasn't been handled by an agent yet. This is because there is currently a 10 day backlog. Please understand that it would not be fair to the 60 e-mails in front of you if we skipped them and answered you first. So please be patient, and an agent will get to your ticket in due time. Please accept our apologizes for the wait. Thanks.-Andrew c (talk) 23:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I noted the image is from flickr. For Flickr images, if you can write the uploader, and kindly request that they simply change the license from (c) All rights reserved, to either CC-BY or CC-SA-BY (one of the 2 free licenses flickr offers that is compatible with the Commons), then the much faster, flickr review process can handle the permission. In fact, you don't have to upload images that are licensed correctly on flickr, because we have at least 2 bots that can upload, and verify permissions, automatically. Anyway, just throwing that out there. -Andrew c (talk) 23:20, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the rapid feedback - no problem about waiting in the queue. i know that we're all volunteers here. As for flickr licensing, as long as this can be done for individual photos, probably the photo author would be happy to do that for future individual photos, but i think that generically, she would prefer CC-BY-SA-NC, which is why the flickr mechanism needs to be possible for individual photos. Anyway, i'll discuss it with her if i think another photo would be useful for Commons. Thanks for the idea. Boud (talk) 23:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Flickr image licenses can be changed either individually or prospectively for all uploads. As Andrew c says, it's infinitely better if you just get the copyright holder to amend the license on Flickr. Stifle (talk) 13:29, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

LUBILOSA and Green Muscle logos

Resolved

I got a note from User:ChriKo about File:Logo Green Muscle small.gif and File:Logo Lubilosa.gif. An email was sent to permissions-commons. --Martin H. (talk) 23:15, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

per Template:OTRS ticket, items restored. -Andrew c (talk) 23:29, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Category:OTRS pending German language agent needed

Category:OTRS pending has a number of really old OTRS received templated images. I started going through the oldest ones, and noticed they were all in German. I deleted one that didn't have any replies since last December, but the next one I checked had some notes and activity in June (in German). So I was wondering if there are any OTRS agent who are also Commons admins who understand German enough to go through the oldest categories in Category:OTRS pending, and start deleting images that still don't have adequate permission, and that we've given sufficient time for correspondence. Thanks! -Andrew c (talk) 23:46, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Different Flickr Name, same person

My Flickr name is Unionhawk88 due to the fact that Unionhawk was taken (by me; account created, then deleted). Is there any way for me to be able to use my Flickr photos without making an e-mail request every time? Or can I just do this anyway?--Unionhawk (talk) 01:12, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can license the photos on flickr that you want to upload here with one of the creative commons licenses that is compatible with the Commons (CC-BY and CC-BY-SA). That way, you won't need any form of verification. Alternatively, you could post something on your flickr account saying your Commons username. There are probably some other ways to confirm your identity, but I mention these as they are the easiest. -Andrew c (talk) 01:22, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I already put my Flickr name (URL, I guess, actually) on my Commons User page, but I never thought about doing it in reverse as well. I'm going to go ahead and do that. It's all already licensed under CC-BY-SA (I changed it today from CC-BY-NC-SA).--Unionhawk (talk) 01:26, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent, you should have no problem re-uploading images from your flickr now that you have the pointer to your Commons account and the licenses. There should be no need to send us e-mails for every image anymore. If you encounter any problems, feel free to contact me personally. Also, did you know that there are at least 2 bots available that can automatically upload freely licensed images from flickr? Those tools may be of use to you if you are planning on uploading multiple images from your flickr. See Commons:Flickr_images#Tools. Thanks. -Andrew c (talk) 13:28, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Maschinentransformator Transmission 14.jpg

Resolvedmerged tickets; ticket is now in permissions-commons-de. —Pill (talk) 23:23, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, confirmation was conveyed on 27.7.2009 to "permissions-commons-de@wikimedia.org" per email. Subject: WG: Bildanfrage, Siemens-Pressebild Nutzung auf Wikipedia (fwd). Maybe this email address is a black hole? I forward the email now

To: "permissions-commons-de@wikimedia.org" <permissions-commons-de@wikimedia.org>,
Cc: "permissions-commons@wikimedia.org" <permissions-commons@wikimedia.org>

with the same subject. --Wdwd (talk) 06:34, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

permissions-commons-de is not a black hole, but is currently backlogged by 47 days. If the email in permissions-commons is in German it will just have been forwarded to permissions-commons-de. So if you or anyone is able to process German permissions, please volunteer! Stifle (talk) 13:43, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Rongorongo B-v Aruku-Kurenga.jpg

Resolved

Can someone check the ticket on this image, and close the DR accordingly? Thanks. –Tryphon☂ 10:53, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Checking... Stifle (talk) 13:30, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Stifle (talk) 13:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much. –Tryphon☂ 15:16, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Problems with my first two OTRS files

Hi, I've uploaded two files on July 19th:

German language Otrs mails were sent on the same day (around 14:00 UTC) to permissions-commons-de@wikimedia.org but seem to be missing. Anyhow, I was informed, that the files are scheduled for deletion. Asking the author just to resent these mails doesn't look promising as long as I do not know, what went wrong. Mail content can be looked up at User_talk:Dr._Shaggeman where I left a copy yesterday but haven't received any answer yet. Rgds --Boobarkee (talk) 16:02, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hallo Boobarkee, die Mails sind eingegangen (Ticket 2009071910014582), wir sind aber derzeit etwas im Rückstand mit der Bearbeitung. Ich habe die Bilder nun einmal mit einem entsprechenden Baustein gekennzeichet, was noch einmal 30 Tage Aufschub bis zur Löschung gibt -- das sollte reichen. (Nicht wundern, dass in den eingefügten Bausteinen von einer unzureichenden Freigabe die Rede ist, das liegt nur an der Vorlage - ich habe mir die Mails nicht durchgelesen). Wenn du noch Fragen hast oder es weitere Probleme geben sollte, kannst du dich gerne an mich wenden. —Pill (talk) 23:42, 2 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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