User talk:Smallbones

Welcome to the Commons, Smallbones!

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File:Birney Woodlands Philly.JPG

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Thank you

Thank you for File:200 Mill Bristol.JPG. I needed a good picture of that building. It is very generous of you to take all these photos and put them in the public domain. Bravo!--Srleffler (talk) 07:32, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

Tip: Categorizing images

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Hello, Smallbones!

Thanks a lot for contributing to the Wikimedia Commons! Here's a tip to make your uploads more useful: Why not add some categories to describe them? This will help more people to find and use them.

Here's how:

1) If you're using the UploadWizard, you can add categories to each file when you describe it. Just click "more options" for the file and add the categories which make sense:

2) You can also pick the file from your list of uploads, edit the file description page, and manually add the category code at the end of the page.

[[Category:Category name]]

For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbits of comets, you add the following code:

[[Category:Astronomical diagrams]]

[[Category:Comets]]

This will make the diagram show up in the categories "Astronomical diagrams" and "Comets".

When picking categories, try to choose a specific category ("Astronomical diagrams") over a generic one ("Illustrations"). Pro-tip: The CommonSense tool can help you find the best category for your image.

Thanks again for your uploads! More information about categorization can be found in Commons:Categories, and don't hesitate to leave a note on the help desk.

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• Image:Meredith House.JPG was uncategorized on 20 January 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:23, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Revel 2011 AC NJ.jpg was uncategorized on 13 June 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:34, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
• Image:SE Boundary Stone 5 DC.jpg was uncategorized on 20 August 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 11:44, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Union Club Philly Statue 1.jpg was uncategorized on 7 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 00:49, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Beaver Free Library Montour Co PA.jpg was uncategorized on 20 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 20:11, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Keefer Mill Covered Bridge PA.jpg was uncategorized on 20 October 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 20:11, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Bert Bell... - NARA - 200160.jpg was uncategorized on 5 November 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:21, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
• Image:L winged horse Philly.jpg was uncategorized on 12 December 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
• Image:Smith Playhouse Philly.jpg was uncategorized on 12 December 2011 CategorizationBot (talk) 12:19, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

White margins are there for a reason

Files like File:N.A.Naidenov (1884). Views of Moscow. 58. Anglican.png were uploaded with margins for a reason:

• margins contain the year when Naidenov took the photograph. This is critical in some cases, when there's more then one photo of the same subject. Publication year alone is insufficient (and sometimes misleading)

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  1882 (pub.1883)

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  1888 (pub.1891)

• margins contain the original name of the place (which can be quite different from present-day name, cf. description in File:Church of Resurrection near Danilov Monastery full.png).

Please if there's a need for a cropped or downscaled version, upload it under a different name and link both cropped and original together (cf. File:Church of Resurrection near Danilov Monastery full.png and File:Church of Resurrection near Danilov Monastery crop.png). This, of course, applies to any photo stock with "inconvenient" but historical text, someone's handwriting (the Bains Collection) etc.

Same with all trim and retouching jobs - edits to File:Voznesensky 8-5 May 2009 1200px.jpg were too radical to be pasted on top of the source file. They need a different file name. BTW, the photo was made half an hour before sunset - it had to be dark to be realistic. NVO (talk) 17:49, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Warner Theater

Hi, I've been emptying Category:Movie theaters since it is a duplicate of Category:Cinemas. There was a Category:Warner Theatre, Erie, Pennsylvania so I put the pictures you took in there but now I'm not sure if they are actually the same theater. Could you please have a look? --IIVeaa (talk) 21:13, 10 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I had also mistakenly given the wrong coordinates to the Erie theater. fixed that just now.--IIVeaa (talk) 23:52, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Goddess of Democracy

as you see capitalist people have difficulty understanding how a statue can be a communal project. why didn't we get written releases from Tienanmen? it's a peculiar american legalistic impulse. the doubting thomases will continue every year or so. Slowking4 (talk) 02:32, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

Deletion requests

I am author, I want to delete the pictures.PK1913 (talk) 17:51, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

I have a greater size, the origin version.PK1913 (talk) 17:55, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

File:RRMOP_1818.JPG

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Niagara (talk) 17:13, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

File:Noxontown 031483pv.jpg

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Parking here

{{PD-US-no notice}} {{Artwork |artist = |title = |date = |medium = |location = |source={{own}} }}

File:WP_on_Getty_images_with_watermark.jpg

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Dcoetzee (talk) 13:50, 19 January 2012 (UTC)

South Philadelphia

Hi. I've added a category for South Philadelphia (I live here - "Newbold" neighborhood), and am trying to put any definite South Philadelphia picture in it. Nice pics - wish mine were as good! Allens (talk) 06:22, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

hey i need someone to talk to

	hey i need someone to talk to
	will you come to me in dicussions/ Godsangel249 (talk) 22:35, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

I thought the image you suggested was fine, and chimed in on User talk:Godsangel249 too, Ruhrfisch (talk) 14:38, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Coordinate correction on Tafts Lincoln the Lawyer.JPG

I changed the coordinates on File:Tafts Lincoln the Lawyer.JPG because the coordinates appeared to have been over a spot two houses from the statue. If the camera really was at that spot, let me know. I've added new coordinates based on the assumption that it was taken from the sidewalk in the park. --Closeapple (talk) 10:32, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Thanks for the good additions to the WLM US page (and talk page!). SarahStierch (talk) 01:34, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the complement on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Southern Chester County, Pennsylvania pics

I had made a bunch of random pictures on a bike ride last fall and then realized that a couple fit into the page. That inspired me to go out and hunt down some more. Didn't realize till later that you (Smallbones) had done so much. Really a nice project you created. Had admired the File:Worth J Rural HD Chesco.JPG picture the first time I saw it. It really is an idyllic spot. Will see if I can get another shot in the spring (often ride past it or hike in Stroud Preserve which it borders). Looks like you did a thorough job of covering West Chester. And the Philly statues are great. Hoping to make it to the Philly wiknic this year. Be nice to meet.

File:HayesnKinman1876.jpg

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Adding categories to my pictures?

Uh oh...I haven't been adding categories to my pictures. I wasn't aware this was something to be done, and I'm not sure how to go about doing it either. Where and how do I enter the information, and how do I know what categories are available to assign to a given picture file? By the way, in my travels through Evanston this weekend I took quite a few more to add to National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Evanston,_Illinois, but I'll refrain until I can figure out how to categorize properly. Thshriver (talk) 01:43, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

So, is the general idea with categories to make them as specific as possible without overlapping? I really had no idea which ones to include in the list, so I took a few shots in the dark. And yes, feel free to edit away, I'm not offended at all. This is all very much over my head and I don't really understand it. Thshriver (talk) 03:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Huzler Brothers Palace

The color of the sky reflected in the windows below the cornice of the Huzler Brothers Palace works well in the image you recorded. Good work and thanks for sharing it with everyone! Folklore1 (talk) 20:31, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Is it this one? It's always a pleasure to get feedback like this! Smallbones (talk) 20:52, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments

I have replied to your note on the Wiki Loves Monuments US page: Commons_talk:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2012_in_the_United_States#Time_to_start_moving Sorry for the belated reply. Cheers Aude (talk) 23:13, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Autopatrol given

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Second hello from Teresa Trimm

I sent you a message...somewhere. Maybe an archive page. I was at your presentation at Wikimania 2012. I have recently written one article at http://www.wikihow.com/Upload-Files-to-Wikimedia-Common and am working on another one about submitting files to the National Register of Historic Places. Any help or direction you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

contacts

• Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012
• Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 in the United States
• Commons talk:Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 California
• spreadsheet

parking sign

thought you would like this . hope you're rested up for WLM. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 18:29, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

being baptists, you wonder if its full immersion though. screener = mediator? - well, i did say something about fixing the licenses if there were public art monuments. and i can speak non-template tinkle to the newbies. so send some questions my way. i'll be at the Sept 8 event at busboys & poets [1]. should have 20 to upload easy. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 23:53, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

WLM 2012

Hi Smallbones,

You added a picture to WLM uploaded by another user, I took the category of again see here).

The user did not provide an ID for the monument so it's not sure at all he wanted to participate (you could ask ofcourse). If you want to add an image to the contest please use the {{Wiki Loves Monuments|us}} template, not a direct insert into the category, and please make sure ID is provided.

Greets, Basvb (talk) 21:33, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't see you were still working on it. Greets, Basvb (talk) 21:41, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

hi, i did a sweep through WLM uploads for public art. only a handful [2], easy old; [3] hard - see my reasoning there; [4] you might want to warn that user:SarahStierch to stop uploading art that has no date or artist on it ;>. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭

Looks pretty old to me, but a date would be much better. How old is the building? But I don't warn Sarah, vice versa. Smallbones (talk) 19:35, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

1906? [5]; [6] but the art looks like some 70's welder art. pic in 1977 [7] no notice, one could be de minimus.

1925 [8] -- however, need to revisit that easy one, copy of bronze? generic garden fountain not on list? hmm :( Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 21:17, 2 September 2012 (UTC)

1992 - this one will be a problem [9], let the counseling and "fair use" uploading to en wiki begin. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 14:42, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

also be aware that i saw an iwo jima pic forced into a wrong nrhp number [10]. (and i don't get me started about the copyright of that one) Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 23:40, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Problem

Hey Smallbones,

I had a problem, and since this is the first time I've used a wiki of any kind and you were nice enough to provide that info about monuments I thought to ask you. On the list of Historic places for Monongalia County, West Virginia, the post photo link for the Chancery Historic District is only a picture, not an actual link to post photos and I didn't know how to change that or if I even could. Is there anything that can be done, cause I have some great photos of the district. Thank you. - Stryker33 (talk) 10:50, 05 Sept 2012 (UTC)

fixed it! (a minor miracle as far as technical things go) Smallbones (talk) 15:28, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Fantastic! Thank you so much. Stryker33 (talk) 11:35, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Remark that seems to be addressed to you

There's an off-topic remark that seems to be addressed to you at Commons:Help_desk#Copyright_help_regarding_File:The_Monument_ERECTED_TO_LUTHER_AT_WORMS_THE_25_JUNE_1868_AFTER_THE_SKETCH_OF_RIETSCHEL_03.JPG - Jmabel ! talk 15:19, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

RE: African American Vicksburg sculpture

Hi Smallbones.

I hope this is the correct place to respond to you. Thanks for locating the sculptor of the monument. I agree all art displayed in a natinal park should be public. I tried to answer by using the "contact us" section. Not sure if you saw my comment or not. I wanted to place these pictures I uploaded in the I love Monuments contest but accidentally uploaded using the regular wizard. Does it make a difference? If so how can I correct it. I am new at Wiki uploading but have used the information many times in the past It is a great site.

Katyrw(Katyrw (talk) 19:56, 6 September 2012 (UTC))

Pre-1923 Milwaukee Public Art

Hi User:Smallbones! My students are creating still photographs and videos of pre-1923 public sculptures in Milwaukee. Can we contribute these as part of WLM? I was surprised to see that the sculptures are not included on the NHRP in Milwaukee County--can we still participate in WLM contest? Thanks for any guidance you can offer! --Jgmikulay (talk) 15:45, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

File:Penn at PTPark.JPG

File:Penn at PTPark.JPG has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may find Commons:Copyright rules useful. You can ask questions about Commons policies in Commons:Help desk. The file you added may soon be deleted. If you believe this file is not a copyright violation, please explain why on the file's talk page.

 

Tim1965 (talk) 20:25, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

• Unfortunately, that statue of William Penn is by Frank Gaylord, who vigorously enforces his copyright for his work. Since U.S. law does not recognize an exemption under panorama (e.g., copyrighted works included as part of a larger panoramic image), I fear the Penn statue cannot be depicted. - Tim1965 (talk) 20:25, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

no, i fear you are mistaken. vigorously, lol, you mean he succumbed to the siren call of a contingency fee lawyer? (and got his just deserts) panorama? - see Commons:De minimis, but i see smallbone's crop makes the point nicely. also since it's 1982, it could be public domain, if no notice, published in newspaper, and not registered within 5 years [11]; see Template:PD-US-1978-89. apparantly not registered [12] Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 15:04, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

that stierch deletionist admin has nominated all the korean photos, but a kind note would be nice. here are the problems i've found:[13]; Korean [14]; [15]; [16]; MLK [17]; dalles mural [18], [19], [20], [21]; painting [22]; fdr [23], [24]; Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 13:58, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

HI

Smallbones, I am wondering if you know the best source for Pennsylvanian historic places

Knitty Gritty (talk) 00:18, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

re H. H. Warner Building RocPX.jpg

Hi-

That would be Lightroom tagging some of my pics with a watermark. I'm still getting used to the new software, I'll be more aware in the future, and I'll re-upload the H. H. Warner Building PIC! :D Also, I have no clue if this is the correct way to correspond or not so feel free to correct me. :D

-Thanks for looking out!

Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 - Old State House, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Hello Smallbones, I hope this is the proper venue to contact you. My girlfriend is a representative of The Bostonian Society, the organization that maintains Boston's Old State House, and she stumbled upon this very interesting contest. She asked if I would reach out to someone involved with the proper team to ask if there was a way that the Old State House can aid or somehow officially recognize this contest and encourage its visitors to participate. I apologize, this request isn't very well-worded, but if you could reply here at your earliest convenience, I would most certainly appreciate it. Hope to hear back from you soon, GlassCobra (talk) 01:23, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Sent you an e-mail via your userpage. Smallbones (talk) 02:14, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Your faith in bots seems misplaced

The night you asked me to stop adding the unreviewed cat to pictures, I uploaded 8 more of my own (without the cat). 2 days later nothing has been done with them, and the total count is off by 15. Are you sure Kaldari's bot is going to do something about it? The numbers were never correct until I started fixing them. Ntsimp (talk) 15:10, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks Samllbones

I am not sure if I am in the right place to respond to your request from the general page on the Monument contest. My question had to do with a photo I uploaded to general commons by mistake as I was trying to contribute to the collection of photos from the list of NHR for Monroe county Fl. My user name is capedoryus and the image I deleted was Armory. I tried to link the photo to the contest but could not so I deleted the photo to enter the photo in the contest. The concept of a contest is not important but I would like to have the photo in the NHR listing. (NHR National Historic Register) Thanks for all the work you do.

Thanks! Saw some of the other local photos and was in awe of all your pics. Keep up the great work! I take pics in chambana mostly for use as skins in 3d models for Google Earth. I thought some might come in handy for the monument project. Narasinha (talk) 15:25, 22 September 2012 (UTC)

thanks !!! also, in reviewing your laurel hill cemetery photo [25], i failed to find it on the siris list [26]. more info would be nice. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 21:48, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

I'd have to say it's part of the architecture, see File:Spink tomb West Laurel Hill.JPG. Probably pre-1900 (cemetery opened 1869, but doesn't put dates on the tombs). Despite what William Penn might tell you, ever since the WMF opinion came out, I always look for copyright notices. Never run into one yet in a cemetery. See the *West* Laurel Hill category. Smallbones (talk) 22:33, 29 September 2012 (UTC)

i guess i'm spoiled by adams memorial; siris is so extensive, it's remarkable when they don't have it. could be under the different name. i would say it has some artistic merit beyond generic figure, this could be paul manship.

i'm with you, the sculptors don't much care, even Frank Gaylord didn't register, it's just that the rules changed the presumption. and people take the last installation as publication rather than first. (another lost argument here [27]); so now we have to get emailed permission; hard to see the point. i think i got most of the sculpture "monuments", even the http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alby_Gallatin.JPG (very polite sculptor).

and it's not that they can't shoot gaylord, it's just put it on flickr, and pick one for "non-free" english wikipedia. (starting with the one there - we could refight "minimize fair use" <sigh> ). Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 21:48, 1 October 2012 (UTC)

found a © [28], [29] maybe an otrs is in order. let the counseling begin. Slowking4⇔ †@1₭ 17:18, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Hey, thank you for your help

you were right. and thank you for your help. When I uploaded only one picture I was able to choose the license to cc:0, but when uploading multiple files, that was not an option. anyway, see you around :) Drorzm (talk) 23:51, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

Uploads in the deadline

Hello Peter,

I was contacted by a little turtle which couldn't get two files [30] [31] inside the contest in time, for a difference of less than a couple of minutes. She apparently started the submission a little before the deadline but finished after it. See my talk her talk.

IMHO we should accept them as valid submissions, but I don't feel I should be taking that decision, so wanted to check with a WLM-US organiser first.

Best regards

Platonides (talk) 20:17, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Both look like they started uploading on time. I hadn't realized that there would be a delay. Both are now included in the contest, one has been nominated for further consideration. Sorry for any misunderstandings. Smallbones (talk) 21:08, 2 October 2012 (UTC)

Thank you both for reviewing my submission concerns, Platonides and Smallbones. -- LaPetiteTortue (talk) 14:36, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, but I dare to disagree with your opinion, Peter. Deadline is deadline, and pictures that didn't make it should not be part of the competition. I know that it's harsh, but that's the rule; you can see yourself what happens if we grant people liberty to break it. odder (talk) 21:02, 4 October 2012 (UTC)

O of IA

Order of Independent Americans

In the file you uploaded, you asked to be told what "O of IA" stood for. It is the Order of Independent Americans. The refs I found (blog, Flickr description, 1947 obit) would not pass as reliable sources, but they offer a place to start if you need it.

I have altered the description of the file to reflect the order. Thundersnow (talk) 04:11, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

My picks

Are at User:Ruhrfisch/WLM Ruhrfisch (talk) 16:55, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

• Likewise: User:Acroterion/WLM. Acroterion (talk) 18:18, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

Caught some duplicates in the overall list

• File:Interior_of_the_Cathedral_Basilica_of_Saints_Peter_and_Paul.JPG
• File:Kendall_Mill_Historic_District.jpg
• File:San Elizario Mission.jpg
• File:The Harpersfield Covered Bridge.jpg

Ruhrfisch (talk) 00:10, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, got'em Smallbones (talk) 00:44, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

Email option activated

Good Day Sir,

I already activated the email option on preferences.

Also, I would like to thank you for your message on my talk page last 11 September 2012. I feel very honored that you appreciate my works. As requested, I removed the black bars on the images I submitted to WLM-USA.

Thank you very much and congratulations on the success of Wiki Loves Monuments. Thank you for providing a platform where people can share and use information freely. It has proven to be beneficial to students, professionals and all internet users. Kudos!

Best Regards, Carmelo Bayarcal --Carmelobayarcal (talk) 10:23, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

(Almost) duplicate images

Except for a tiny tilt, File:Birmingham Oct School.JPG and File:Birmingham Octagonal.JPG are the same image. Would you consider deleting the first one so there is no duplication? Thundersnow (talk) 20:22, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for catching it. Smallbones (talk) 23:49, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

Places Journal

Thought you would appreciate this article and slideshow on the WLM USA contest and the larger role of the creative commons. http://places.designobserver.com/feature/state-of-the-commons-wikipedia-flickr-public-domain/37038/

Josh Wallaert (talk) 18:38, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

File:Baldwin School Gate 1.JPG

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GrapedApe (talk) 04:59, 11 January 2013 (UTC)

Picture of the Year voting round 1 open

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Please answer my Question

Hi there my friend! I have a Question and need an answer as soon as possible. I'm translating all NFL teams wiki articles to Arabic wiki, can I use their logos to put on the Arabic wiki or not? b/c it says that the team's logos are all under COPY RIGHTS? ... for example, can I use this logo File:San Diego Chargers logo.svg in the team's Arabic wiki article or not (without creating any problems for myself)? And can I use the NFL logo on the Arabic wiki article? --- I'll be waiting for your answers, Thank you very much! --Qrhoo (talk) 04:49, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm not an expert, especially about the Arabic Wiki. Each Wiki has its own rules. In the English Wiki, I think this is acceptable under the "fair use" exception to copyright, but "fair use" images are not acceptable on Commons. Possible solution: copy the logos from the English Wikipedia to the Arabic and use them there, if fair use is acceptable on the Arabic Wiki. Another possible angle: SOME of the logos may be out of copyright, e.g. the Bears and the Packers may have started using them in the early 1920's so the copyright has run out. Or other teams may have forgotten to renew the copyright. But it's very likely that any team's logo from after 1960 would have a copyrighted logo. So in short, go by the Arabic Wiki's rules. Smallbones (talk) 05:29, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Mets Malle Babbe.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Mets Malle Babbe.jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear. If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the OTRS system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. (You can get a list of all your uploaded files using the Gallery tool.) Thank you.

Stefan4 (talk) 13:55, 15 February 2013 (UTC)