Infrogmation

Authors should decide their own license preferences

I, Infrogmation, hereby "opt out" of the involuntary "license migration". Notes: The vast majority of my uploads I would happily agree to add cc-by-sa-3.0 to the listed license option (if that license is not one of the listed options already) IF I am ASKED. I do NOT consent to any change license of any of my copyrighted works that I have not personally authorized. I have NOT authorized any party other than myself to change licensing of any of my works without my explicit permission. See here on my talk page for discussion.

This was my stand more than 2 years ago. It has not changed. Months of work and thousands of edits have been required of me for this simple assertion of my basic authorship rights. I consider Wikimedia a noble project, but think Wikimedia should be deeply ashamed of the way they have treated and continue to treat contributors who have been kind enough to share their own media under free licenses. Infrogmation (talk)

I do so agree with you. This license policy of the commons project prevents me from uploading more photos because I do not like my pictures changed by other people and not even knowing about it. --Manuela (talk) 06:38, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

• • Note: This was 2009. More than a dozen years later, I have still never been ASKED. I wonder if any else has. If changing license was actually considered of important for the project, I would have thought something like asking might have been attempted. Clearly this is not the case. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 04:13, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Discussion

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File:Mardi Gras 2013 in New Orleans by Miguel Discart 04.jpg

File:Mardi Gras 2013 in New Orleans by Miguel Discart 04.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

69.63.164.104 13:48, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Question

Hello! Can I upload back the tamga's images I made? The request clarified this: File:Tamga of Sayaq tribe.png, File:Tamga of Solto tribe.png, File:Tamga of Sarybaghysh tribe.png, File:Tamga of Bughu tribe.png, File:Tamga of Qigu state.png, File:Tamga of Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate.png. Emil.arg (talk) 02:20, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

• At this point, they've been deleted - if you think they shouldn't have been, rather than reuploading, you can ask at Commons:Undeletion requests. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 02:40, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

A special pat on the back.

Still active at 11:05-11:06 PM? (New Orleans time) You're a real trooper man! Grandmaster Huon (talk) 05:06, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. It varies on different days. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:22, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Upload photo from Radio Farda

Hello, after reviewing the Commons rules, I uploaded the two photos below, which have a free Creative Commons license, from the Radio Farda website with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Is it enough to upload photos from this site and similar sites with the aforementioned license? Bahar1397 (talk) 15:39, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyrus_Elahi.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ali_Akbar_Mohammadi.png

• For source, you give source links to the image, but not to the page where they are found with information. So you need to at least change that. If the source website explicitly grants reuse under CC-4.0, fine - but there needs to be a way for others to confirm that. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:52, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
• @Bahar1397: How did you determine CC-4.0 license? Front page [1] is clearly marked "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty © 2024 RFE/RL, Inc. All Rights Reserved." I don't see the license you claim there - quite the contrary. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:55, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello, below link is related to the two images that I uploaded and have licenses, https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-chain-murders-abroad/31596154.html Thanks. Bahar1397 (talk) 16:42, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

@Bahar1397: If the source page does not say CC-4.0 license, it is not CC-4.0 license. Is that clear? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 18:03, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for your reply, so please tell me what certificate is valid for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty © 2024 RFE/RL, Inc. All Rights Reserved, in commons. Bahar1397 (talk) 21:38, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

• None. "All Rights Reserved" and "©" are indications that it is NOT free licensed, so not to be uploaded to Commons. Please review Commons:Licensing (which is one of the links in the welcome message at the top of your talk page). Thanks for your attention. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:01, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

I never heard a reply to my questions regarding a file you requested deletion.

In the "discussion" of the request you did of my file Commons:Deletion requests/File:Venus de Tamtoc 2.webm I ask several questions which I never heard back to you. I think it was important to know since 1) you made the deletion request, 2) you're the most experienced user, 3) knowing what to do regarding to future uploads of recreations, 2) it is part of the "discussion". Which makes me think you already made your mind not minding possibility of "discussion". I leave this note in an effort to reach you in good faith and to leave proof. Hopefully you will check out other art which portray persons, so you can request deletion too. Or only non-European? Cheers. Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (talk) 00:35, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

• Good day. I didn't reply on the discussion, as I did not think my doing so would be directly relevant to the deletion discussion - the file did not seem in scope to me, but I left the judgement to others. Having been active here a long time I'm likely more experienced than average, but "the most experienced user" is not a title I'd try to claim. If you wish to have a better understanding what might be judged in scope, I can only recommend reviewing the guideline pages and looking at deletion requests as to what has been judged in scope and out of scope. As to your documentary, I haven't seen it so I have no opinion about it. You ask about Joan of Arc - despite the fact that I live in a city with a statue of her and that holds a parade in her honor, I don't know much about her. I haven't looked into media related to her on Commons. My first thought would be that depictions of Joan of Arc by famous artists or notable historic representations would generally be in scope; modern depictions created by users it would depend if it seemed realistically in educational, I guess, like most other things. If you think other things on Commons is out of scope, you could nominate them for discussion yourself. Ancient Mesoamerica is a subject I find interesting, and I think more material relating to it would be a good thing. Commons certainly is not limited to European subjects. I don't know if this answers your questions - I'm not quite sure what your looking for with some of them. If you have specific questions about using Commons I'll try to answer if I know. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 01:54, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Eddie's NOLA

Hi, Infrogmation. I am currently working on upgrades to the existing Wikipedia article about NOLA restaurateur and civil rights activist Edward Baquet. At the moment, the upgrades are in my Wikipedia sandbox, and I still have a lot more to do on it. Do you know of any photographs of Baquet that are free of copyright restrictions? Also, perhaps photographs of Eddie's Restaurant while it was in operation? There is one photograph of his restaurant in the Commons but the photo was taken long after it closed and was severely dilapidated. Thanks in advance! Nolabob (talk) 13:19, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Not off hand, sorry. Alas, I never got out to Eddie's in Gentilly. However I ate at Baquet's on Oak Street in Carrollton repeatedly - I particularly remember sharing at table with en:w:Doc Cheatham talking about jazz history and food; Doc pronounced their bread pudding the best in the world! As I've mentioned, I regret taking so few photos before Katrina. Thanks for your work. Red beans & ricely, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:37, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

OK, thanks anyway. Keep this in mind for the future should you run into photos of Baquet somewhere else. It's interesting how notable the Baquet family is over all. His son Dean Baquet had an important editorship with The New York Times. And, as your story about Baquet's in Carrollton attests, Wayne Baquet was a notable restaurateur himself. Nolabob (talk) 15:16, 2 March 2024 (UTC)

Deleted requests for Kosovo Serb files

Hi, please take another look at the following deletion requests that you have deleted:

• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Stema e Komunës Mitrovicë e Veriut.svg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Stema e Komunës Zubin Potok.svg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Stema e Komunës Zveçan.svg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Stema e Komunës Leposaviq.svg

The nominator's rationale was "Fictional emblem used by serbian parallel structures and not in official use by kosovan authorities see here: kk.rks-gov.net/mitroviceeveriut. They have since nominated ten more files with the same rationale. These emblems are probably not fictional, and appear to be emblems of towns in Kosovo that have ethnic Serb majorities. It appears that these municipalities have significant autonomy from the Kosovan authorities, so they may have their own emblems. We don't require "official use" for files. The symbol for Leposavić appears to be accurate.[2] The new deletion requests are:

• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of Leposavić.png
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Grb-zubin-potok.gif
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Grb-zvecan.gif
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:COA Zvečan.png
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of Leposavic.png
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of Leposavić (vertical), Kosovo.svg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of Leposavić, Kosovo.svg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of Zubin Potok.png
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of North Mitrovica.svg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of North Mitrovica.png

Thanks, Verbcatcher (talk) 00:37, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

• • Thanks, I see. I seem to have been too quick to take the nominator at their word. I have no objection to undeletion. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:32, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
    • Thank you, I plan to wait for the new deletion requests to be resolved as 'keep' before requesting undeletion. Verbcatcher (talk) 12:37, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

@Infrogmation: These "logos" were never adopted officially as required per law on local self-government in Kosovo => https://mapl.rks-gov.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Law-On-Local-Self-Government.pdf Article 7 Symbols 7.3 "The symbols of a Municipality shall be approved and changed by the municipal assembly pursuant to the constitutional and legal provisions of Republic of Kosova and shall not resemble to symbols of other states or municipalities within or outside Republic of Kosova". For example: the Municipality of Graçanica which has a serb majority population, did approve its own symbols according to the law and they are included in the official site: https://kk.rks-gov.net/gracanice/

The forementioned files should be removed as well (Leposavic, Zvecan, North Mitrovica, Zubin potok) .png .gif .svg AceDouble (talk) 20:41, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Please see the discussion at Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests#Logos for Kosovo ethnic Serb municipalities Verbcatcher (talk) 01:53, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of Wallonia.svg

I've come out of my retirement because this deletion is just incomprehensible. You've deleted a widely used image which was nominated for a bogus reason. Heck, if the reason were valid, the nominator's own alternative would need to be deleted as well.

Meanwhile, many articles are without the flag, which is how this came to my attention. Can you remedy this ASAP? Tom-L (talk) 21:27, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

• When the uploader requests deletion within a week or so, it is generally granted regardless of the comprehensibility of the request. I have redirected this file name to the existing near duplicate. Thanks for your attention. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 21:33, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

  How can this user be the uploader if their account was only created in 2018? Tom-L (talk) 21:34, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

  Here. I can't believe I had to dig this up from the archive while you can see all of this.

  This person uploaded their own revision over a file that has existed a long time, and then decided that they don't want that long file history. They've already marked File:Coat of arms of Wallonia.svg as superseded as well, and maybe they'll upload over it and ask for deletion too. Tom-L (talk) 21:39, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

  OK, undeleted and discussion reopened per above. Thanks for your attention. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 21:50, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

  As I predicted, @Sthubertliege has now filed a deletion request for the coat of arms I mentioned before, without any response to talk page communication. I give them credit for not making up a bogus reason this time. File:Flag of the French Walloon movement.svg is also affected. This really doesn't seem like the way to do it. I've tagged the user, which to my understanding should notify them of this discussion. Tom-L (talk) 07:54, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Bracelet of Ahhotep I in 2018.jpg

Dear Admin Infrogmation,

Do you have the authority to review my image upload above please? Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:40, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

• Please help if you can. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 19:54, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

• I just tried resetting the flickr review, see if that will care of it. (As an admin I do have authority to review, but for some reason the gadget that is supposed to do that for me with a click isn't working.) Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 19:59, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

•  Comment: It did not work but you can always type in a Flickrpass in your name instead of my name as I did here today

My second image was reviewed by the bot from the same flickr author....but it has the camera metadata Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:06, 15 March 2024 (UTC) Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:06, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

• OK, done :-) Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 20:08, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

• Thank You for all your help User:Infrogmation I live in Metro Vancouver, Canada and life is superexpensive in all parts of Canada with exploding food, rent and house and condo prices especially with the high inflation after the covid era. Housing is still much more affordable in America...except for healthcare. In Canada, we have retired teachers and nurses going to foodbanks just to survive since their fixed pensions cannot keep up with high inflation as this story from a reliable source says and most people can never afford to buy a single family home God Bless America. Life may seem hard until you come to Canada where our government takes almost 50% of our wages in taxes. PS: Just to let you know that 20% of Canadians don't even have a family doctor today. I am fortunate to have a family doctor but if I want to see him I have to wait one week for an appointment. Canada's medical system is cheaper than the US but it is stressed out and many nurses and doctors want to retire or...god forbid...move to the USA for a more tolerable life. God bless your country, Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:24, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Should the Category for Discussion (CfD) tag be removed from this page?

Here Category:Native American people in the United States. You closed the discussion in November 2023. Thanks, -- Ooligan (talk) 20:44, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

• Hm, I think I was more paying attention to the main category listed in the cfd. It looks like this category is well used. I've removed the cfd template from that cat, without prejudging relisting should there be a specific proposal for renaming/merging. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 21:35, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

  Thanks for the prompt removal. The category name seems just fine. Keep up your many good works! Respectfully, -- Ooligan (talk) 06:20, 24 March 2024 (UTC)

File:7Feb06Low9thMuralDwonedStopsign.jpg

File:7Feb06Low9thMuralDwonedStopsign.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

A1Cafel (talk) 07:02, 29 March 2024 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Logo Cablevision (Lebanon).png

@Infrogmation:Buenas,esta foto debería ser removido (deleted) o quedarse (kept)?? El Logo que contiene era solamente texto "CV" pegadas AbchyZa22 (talk) 12:51, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

File:DegasCottonDealersNewOrleans1873.JPG

File:DegasCottonDealersNewOrleans1873.JPG has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Oursana (talk) 22:08, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Boleta electoral Sotillo Municipales 2018.jpg

@Infrogmation:Buenas,por favor cierra el Deletion Request (DR),porque el Usuario Taivo tiene razón la boleta electoral se aplica De minimis (contiene logos muy pequeños) AbchyZa22 (talk) 11:42, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

College basketball teams discussion close

Hi Infrogmation, I'm confused about your close of Commons:Categories for discussion/2023/01/Category:College basketball teams in the United States by name. The only comments were neutral and support for the changes I proposed, but you closed as kept with the note "established, in use in category tree". I don't understand what you meant by this – of course the parent categories were already in use, because otherwise why would there be a discussion about deleting them? Could you please help me understand? Thanks, IagoQnsi (talk) 02:37, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

• I closed the listing after 9 months with no discussion. The only Support was specifically "Support in cases where there is no 'common' contents and the category only is a holder for the separate mens and womens teams" - which seemed to me to support adjusting members of the category rather than supporting complete deletion of the category. "By name" seems useful to some users; casual users may not always be sure of the conference or state of a team. If there are improvements to be made in categorizing teams, I didn't see how having a "by name" parent category would prevent improvements being made. Such was my thinking. Thanks for your work. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:08, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Plymouth Rock

[3]: Why shouldn't a piece of Plymouth Rock be in Category:Plymouth Rock? I wouldn't object to creating an appropriate subcat, but surely the connection should be there. - Jmabel ! talk 07:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Lacking a response after 3 days, I have reverted. - Jmabel ! talk 18:34, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

OK, sorry I missed this at the time. I thought there was already a separate category for the monument in Seattle with a piece of Plymouth Rock when I edited, but I guess not. (Maybe there should be?) Cheers and thanks for your work. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 19:56, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

There is a category for the monument, but the piece of Plymouth Rock is a tiny piece of a large monument, which is a monument to something else entirely. Offhand, I think this is the only photo of the monument that shows that, so it would be kind of weird to put the whole monument in Category:Plymouth Rock. Sort of like putting a building with a limestone entrance arch in Category:Limestone structures. - Jmabel ! talk 22:34, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the explanation. Interesting! Cheers. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:36, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Category:Automobiles

Automobiles has been listed at Commons:Categories for discussion so that the community can discuss ways in which it should be changed. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this category, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for discussion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it. If the category is up for deletion because it has been superseded, consider the notion that although the category may be deleted, your hard work (which we all greatly appreciate) lives on in the new category. In all cases, please do not take the category discussion personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 09:34, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

File:First Dynasty Egyptian grain silo.jpg

Dear Admin Infrogmation,

If you can please kindly review this image here. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 00:21, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

•  Comment: I guess you forgot to review the image...but thank you for your time. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:04, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
  •  Done Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 02:08, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
• Thank You for your kind help. Regards from Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:27, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Bobbygilbert24's images

Hi, FYI I declined speedy deletion of these images, as I couldn't find any image on the Internet which would be the sources of these images. There are all in higher resolution than copies elsewhere. This is specially the case of File:Gilbert Regional Park.jpg, which has also EXIF data. BTW the user was not informed for this one. Best, Yann (talk) 17:23, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

• Thanks for the message. Per reverse image searches seen elsewhere online years before uploader's claimed date of creation. If they can confirm to be the copyright holder per VRT I've no objection to undeletion; I will put message on their talk page. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 17:29, 26 April 2024 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Amparo Grisales 2023 01.jpg

@Infrogmation:Buenas, esta foto debería ser removido (deleted) o quedarse (kept)?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 11:13, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Arthur Murray (W. Hastings Street) Vancouver 1960.jpg

File:Arthur Murray (W. Hastings Street) Vancouver 1960.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

MGA73 (talk) 12:51, 5 May 2024 (UTC)