Commons:Deletion requests/2025/06/09

== June 9 ==

File:Ambox_move.svg

Duplicate file of File:Merge-split-transwiki default.svg, this file being an svg version of Ambox move.png, which is in turn a near identical derivative work of File:Merge-split-transwiki default.svg. Putting it here for consensus as to whether the slightly different colouration makes it a derivative and not a copy. Anohthterwikipedian (talk) 22:06, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Jinnah and Pir Ilahi Bux.jpg

Pre-1949 photograph which is public domain in Pakistan, but if this photo was published in 1947 or 1948, URAA would apply. Abzeronow (talk) 00:23, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

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File:Charlie Berens 2017.jpg

This is an apparent copyright infringement with an inaccurate title and minimal to contradictory source information.

The uploader description said it was both a "promotional photo" and their "Own work" (meaning they're the photographer). Even if they were the photographer, it's very unlikely they would also be the copyright holder. Typically, the copyright for a promo photo like this would be assigned to the subject's publicity company or the subject themselves. The photographer wouldn't have authority to distribute it.

Furthermore, if the uploader really were the photographer and copyright holder, they would know the date of the photo. The EXIF data shows a "Date and time of data generation" of 07:58, November 21, 2015. Either the photo was taken in or before 2015 (meaning the claimed author doesn't know the date of the photo) or the EXIF data is fake. Either scenario justifies deletion. Mattflaschen - Talk 13:08, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

There is a third explanation, the EXIF data is inaccurate because the internal clock or whatever else in the camera settings was set for 2015 when it was 2017. Hits on TinEye going back to 2018, but this is higher in resolution than any of them and seems like the original photo. Abzeronow (talk) 01:19, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

Kept: no valid reason for deletion - big image with full camera EXIF,. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:00, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

File:Charlie Berens 2017.jpg

This was DR'd last year, but that discussion rather missed the point that there is absolutely no evidence that the uploader owns the copyright. This is, per the uploader, a promotional photo of Berens, i.e. something that has been included as part of his press kit. You can see here, for instance, it is used "Courtesy of Charlie Berens". Here, in a news article from a month after this photo was uploaded, it is said to be taken by David E. Jackson, a professional photographer whose portfolio includes two other images that appear to be from the same shoot. If Mundaneedits were Jackson, you would think that they would have given themself credit. If they are Berens or an associate of his, they need to show evidence that Jackson licensed it as CC BY-SA and/or transferred copyright to them. Presumptively, though, this image infringes Jackson's copyright. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe) 00:56, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Tagpupuranlingignew.jpg

Only upload of DPhinoWander (talk · contribs). Similar to both Commons:Deletion requests/File:IQ9A6329-2.jpg and Commons:Deletion requests/File:Sunset in Baroy Lanao del Norte.jpg, with Twitter-like transmission code as the sole element of EXIF metadata suggesting that it was previously published on X (formerly Twitter). JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 01:21, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:叫び 創刊号表紙.jpg

Although this is a freely licensed photo, unfortunately it depicts someone else's work, which is not in a free license. We need permission from the artist to put it in a free license. HyperAnd (talk) 03:12, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

あなたのご指摘に感謝します。
この画像の冊子は、日本の石川県加賀市にある石川県立大聖寺高等学校の図書館に残されていた、昭和53年代にその高校の生徒会(生徒による自治組織)が発行した会報誌です。現在、同校の生徒とwikipediaを編集するワークショップを行なっており、生徒会についての記述とともに画像を掲載するためアップロードしました。また、wikimeiacommonsにアップロードする前段階として、mediawikiのシステムを用いて私たちが作成している地域資料アーカイブページ(www.kagaga.jp)にも同画像を掲載しており、先ほど、このページのクリエイティブコモンズライセンスの記載と揃え、CC BY-4.0からCC BY-SA 4.0へ修正しました。
アップロードに際しては、本冊子の所蔵先である同校図書館に許可を得ています。表紙のイラストを描いた当時の学生はクレジットが記載されておらず不明という状況です。当人や関係者から問い合わせなどがあればもちろん対応するつもりです。
I appreciate your comment.
The booklet in this image is a newsletter published by the high school's student council (self-government organization by students) in the 1953s, which was left in the library of Ishikawa Prefectural Daishoji High School in Kaga City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. We are currently holding a workshop to edit wikipedia with the students of the school, and I uploaded it to post images along with a description of the student council. In addition, as a step before uploading to wikimeiacommons, the image is also posted on the regional material archive page (www.kagaga.jp) that we are creating using the mediawiki system. Earlier, we modified it from CC BY-4.0 to CC BY-SA 4.0 in line with the description of the Creative Commons license on this page. When uploading, we have obtained permission from the school library, where this booklet is owned. The students who drew the illustrations on the cover at the time are in a situation where the credits are unknown. Of course, we will respond to any inquiries from the person concerned or related parties. のどぼと家 (talk) 14:27, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Logo del Movimiento Unitario Metapolítico Colombia.svg

There is a possibility that the logo has some complexity (especially the stylized R) and exceeds the threshold of originality. Taichi (talk) 05:06, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Челябинский аэропорт (Баландино) 2020.jpg

This file was initially tagged by Consigned as no permission (No permission since) Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:54, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

  • I didn't really understand the basis for the speedy deletion tags. The source given for this file is "own work". If there's an allegation that it was stolen from some source, the source was not linked. I'm not necessarily arguing to keep the file, but the uploader can address any questions. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:56, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
  • The reason for {{No permission since}} is that this photo is of a very different style than the uploader's other photos, edited like a professional architectural photo, and is missing EXIF, so I have suspicions that it is not the uploader's own work. If the uploader confirms I am happy to trust them (pinging @Chelyabinsk2020). Consigned (talk) 10:35, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
    Thanks for explaining. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:02, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Arthur Breckon Batch Upload Errors

PLEASE NOTE: ALL IMAGES WERE UPLOADED USING OPENREFINE AND BULK CULTURAL HERITAGE DATA FROM AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM - AS I WAS UNABLE TO VISUALLY ASSESS DURING UPLOAD, THEY HAVE BEEN CHECKED IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING BY STAFF AND SOME ERRORS HAVE BEEN FOUND. SEVEN DAYS IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT LONG ENOUGH TO GET THROUGH BULK UPLOADS LIKE THIS IN A TIMELY MANNER FOR SPEEDY DELETES - THIS IS VERY MUCH A HOUSEKEEPING TIDY UP SO NO INCORRECT DATA OR INCORRECT COPYRIGHT IS BEING INCLUDED IN THE COMMONS. THANK YOU!

All images are missing - placeholder images mistakely pulled through API from museum database. Dactylantha (talk)

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Files in Category:Documents from the US Naval Postgraduate School Library/reserved

These are indicated in the file description as being "Copyright reserved by copyright owner", In past instances this has also meant that the relevant documents were not necessarily authored by entities being funded as serving US military, or US federal employees. A number also post-date any notice requirements meaning that they cannot be converted to no-notice licenses. These had been previously tagged as copyvio, but concerns were expressed that use of that CSD was creating an undesirable backlog, and hence they have been brought to DR instead. The entire category needs to be resolved, but VFC cannot cope with 1500 files in a single request.

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 07:36, 19 August 2022 (UTC)


 Delete all. Admittedly I didn't look through most of these files and I'm not super up on the technicalities involved in the broader issues with the backlog or whatever. But, the few I looked through were written as college dissertations, which I'm pretty sure aren't PD (someone could argue they could be if the research is done as part of a government research grant or something but that's really out of the scope of this deletion request). So I think the files should be deleted to at least abide by the precontionery prenciple if not for any other reason. --Adamant1 (talk) 22:34, 29 August 2022 (UTC)


Deleted: per nomination. plicit 05:35, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

These files have been "temporarily" undeleted per Commons:Undeletion requests/Archive/2022-10#Files in Category:Documents from the US Naval Postgraduate School Library/reserved. As it appears nothing relevant has changed since then, I'm re-deleting them now. --Krd 11:01, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Files in Category:Documents from the US Naval Postgraduate School Library/reserved

Sample of the the first 14 items VFC found - All state "Copyright reserved" - As do other files in the category. This were uploaded by Fae back in 2020 or 2021, and appear to have been uploaded in error, as part of IA mirroring efforts of actually Federal works , hosted by IA alongside these. . They should be deleted, along with the rest of the category contents, as they are not under a compatible license. Other Fae uploads should also be re-examined.

ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 06:51, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Files uploaded by Gleradi Nkamba (talk · contribs)

Unlikely to be own work as claimed. No exif and some have authors name as watermark. Needs VRT

Gbawden (talk) 06:58, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Bonjour @Gbawden, En travaillant avec les personnes concernées pour ces fichiers étant données que je ne comprends pas très bien le processus de VRT, j'ai reçu leurs autorisations à le publier ainsi par message.
Si vous voulez bien m'aider à bien respecter ce principe fondateur de Wikimedia commons sur le VRT dans ce cas.
Merci bien, je reste sur votre retour pour cela. Gleradi Nkamba (talk) 09:05, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Pour les images ayant trait avec Jérémie kabamba, il y a déjà un mail envoyé qu'il faudrait vérifier pour poursuivre l'etape afin de le conserver sur commons. Gleradi Nkamba (talk) 13:29, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Cher @Gbawden, par rapport aux images ayant trait avec le profil de Lynn Mazianda, un mail a été également envoyé dans l'adresse, j'espère que ces informations sont établies dans le respect cette fois. Afin que nous poursuivons ce processus de conservation des images sur commons.
Merci bien Gleradi Nkamba (talk) 14:10, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
s'il vous plaît, demandez-leur d'envoyer l'autorisation via COM:VRT Gbawden (talk) 06:42, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

File:HDS Logo.webp

Il ne s'agit pas d'une illustration officielle mais créée par une entreprise indépendante (privée) qui ne souhaite pas que d'autes sociétés dans le domaine de l'hébergement l'utilisent. L'utiliser en tant qu'illustration d'article HDS est donc un avantage concurrentiel considérable et injustifié pour eux 2A01:CB00:8006:F400:A857:5CA1:473:4AAE 07:08, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Sansad bhawan.jpg

The image has been attributed to a specific creator. The uploader claims that the creator has waived off all rights to the image, without any proof of the same. It is an unfair usage unless if it is a own image (under an alias) or there is a proof of this being in public domain and theauthor waiving of the rights. Magentic Manifestations (talk) 07:18, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Lily Bollinger by Arnaud de Mézerac.jpg

This file was initially tagged by Jcb as no permission (No permission since) Krd 07:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Arnaud de Mézerac was born in 1952, so PD-old cannot be applied. Permission from the author, who even seems to be still alive, is needed. Jcb (talk) 10:45, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Victoria Gibescu.jpg

This file was initially tagged by Pafsanias as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: image copied from https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3049516128416337&set=a.3040312016003415
Converted to regular DR to allow for discussion. The Facebook-hit is rather surely not the source of our upload. However, it is also surely not from 2025 (depicted is 93 years now). So, the true source is unknown, finally demanding deletion. -- Túrelio (talk) 08:04, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Indeed, the photo published on Facebook and the image uploaded here seem to be rather derived from the same original, which is sureley not from 2025. Thank you Túrelio for opening this DR. --Pafsanias (talk) 08:37, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
In his reply on File talk:Victoria Gibescu.jpg the uploader mentions that he used the original file from a graduation photo board and modified it: it is no longer the original. He thus implicitly acknowledges that he is not the author of the initial image and that he does not have their permission to use it. The rest of the message is just a personal attack against me and an uncontrolled outburst of anger not worth translating. --Pafsanias (talk) 18:18, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Nu am nimic personal cu tine si nici nu te-am atacat personal, asta de fapt arata ce fel de om esti, nu meriti sa fii administrator la o enciclopedie, poate undeva pe o tarla comunista. Da sunt un prost care nu intelege ce trebuie sa faca si tu in loc sa ma ajuti, te-ai facut ca ai descoperit America si cu mana lui Ziv mi-ati sters toate fotografiile, cu toate ca doar trei sunt asa cum spui tu, fara drepturi. Ok, banati-ma si gata, ati rezolvat problemele, fara sa va pese de ce lasati in urma voastra, pagini vandalizate si trunchiate, doar ca sa va satisfaceti orgoliul de mari admini. Sincer am crezut ca Wikipedia este o comunitate unde oamenii se ajuta, singurul scop fiind cunoasterea. Vad ca nu este asa si a devenit terenul de joaca al catorva mai isteti si mai bine pregatiti. Pacat... (Claudiupt (talk) 08:00, 10 June 2025 (UTC))
A si inca ceva...daca faci un calcul, doamna Gibescu are peste 90 de ani, fotografia este facuta cand avea 35. Nu sunt chiar 70, dar este o fotografie foarte veche si da este greseala mea ca nu am stiut cum sa o urc fara sa tulbur apele, insa comportamentul tau a fost mai mult decat penibil...in loc sa ma ajuti, gasesti scuze pentru stergere, in loc sa contribui, distrugi, in loc sa iti onorezi statutul de admin, dai cu biciul fara sa iti pese de nimeni si nimic. Sincer, din cauza unora ca tine si ca Ziv, comunitatea asta a ajuns sa fie plina de mizerii si a devenit lipsita de popularitate. Am crezut ca accesand Wikipedia, o sa gasesc o comunitate dornica de cunoastere, insa am dat de indivizi care considera ca lipsita de notabilitate, una din marile personalitati ale matematicii valcene si nu numai. Ai reusit sa ingropi paginile dedicate unor profesori, ai trunchiat pagina unei biserici, un monument al eroilor, o scoala de 100 de ani, pagini ale unor mari jucatoare de tenis de masa, o pagina a unei pictorite celebre care a trait 101 ani... Stau si ma intreb daca nu cumva esti un fost elev de-al doamnei Gibescu, lasat corigent sau si mai rau repetent, altfel nu imi explic atitudinea ta si cardasia cu Ziv.
<personal attack removed> (Claudiupt (talk) 08:14, 10 June 2025 (UTC))
@Claudiupt: I kindly ask you to remain civil and stop immediately any personal attacks against me or User:Ziv. You’d better focus on the arguments that can be made for keeping the images you have uploaded. In the present case, for the copyright to expire, 70 years should have passed since the death of the author of the photo, not from the time it was taken. --Pafsanias (talk) 08:37, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Da, ai dreptate in lrgatura cu cei 70 de ani. In schimb eu chiar am fost dragut, fata de ce ati facut voi doi. Cauta-ti o viata, nu mai sta calare pe Wikipedia, lasa oamenii in pace, am vazut ce activitate ai si ce faci. Doar descurajezi, nimic constructiv. Ca si Ziv, prietena care te-a ajutat sa te razbuni. Blocheaza-ma, nu imi pare rau, sa vada si ceilalti utilizatori cu cine au de-a face si cu ce fel de probleme se vor confrunta. Ca idee... Autorul necunoscut al fotografiei putea fi mort demult, este aceeasi fotografie folosita de-a lungul anilor la tablourile absolventilor, dar de ce sa ajuti cand poti sa iti arati muschii celesti si sa stergi. Am pierdut prea mult timp cu tine, nu meriti, esti doar un...nimic. Claudiupt (talk) 09:33, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Dear @Claudiupt
Please excuse me if I answer you in English, but it's easier for me. It's not that we don't want your photos; it's simply that we have to respect copyright. If the desired licenses can't be obtained, we'll have to delete them. I've explained what you can do on your disk. I'd rather leave the rest uncommented. זיו「Ziv」For love letters and other notes 10:07, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
@Claudiupt: Thank you for calling me a... nothing! I am ready to assist you if you need my help in order to estimate the chances that the unknown author of this photo died 70 years ago, i.e. in 1955. According to your own information, Victoria Gibescu became a high school teacher in 1954. The first generation of students to the formation of which she was able to partially contribute graduated in the next year (1955). Therefore, the earliest graduation picture board on which her photo could appear as a teacher dates back to June 1955. It would be a tragic coincidence if the author of the photograph died in the same year and I find it rather improbable. --Pafsanias (talk) 11:55, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Please don't insult me ​​and the shred of intelligence I think I still have. You started a war because I asked you not to delete my page that I was still working on, you didn't take anything into account, you just deleted it because you thought I had offended you, even though I was polite. Then you transferred the baton to Ziv. Together you destroyed several pages, without caring, without an outstretched hand, treating me like a fool, which I actually am, compared to you, as far as Wikipedia is concerned. Who wins from all this? Your pride. Who loses? Wikipedia and the other normal people like me, who hoped that this community was one that helps, not one that makes you feel the way you don't want to. I know that you can't be fought or warned, nor do I want that, but think carefully that what you did to my work is a shame for Wikipedia, even if I was wrong. Be healthy! (Claudiupt (talk) 12:28, 10 June 2025 (UTC))
Initially I wanted to post this photo, because it is also my creation, but I didn't want my Istrocolor logo to be displayed and for people to say that I am advertising. I understand that this situation is entirely my fault and I will not comment any further, I am out of the country and I don't have enough time or nerves to continue a discussion that will certainly not lead to anything constructive. Thank you both for the lesson you gave me. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15WfHYRi6L/ Claudiupt (talk) 12:45, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
So, this is an AI-generated derivative work of the copyrighted original? --Pafsanias (talk) 13:24, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
It is not generated by AI, it is a rather laborious restoration work in photoshop, which requires even after 10 years of experience 2-3 hours. In the link you have the original photo from a painting of graduates, it is not the one you provided. Once again and maybe for the last time, please reconsider your position, draw a line and try to help me, do not try to show that you are actually right. If you want, I will agree with you, but I do not know how you will reconcile with your conscience.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1279296067539450&set=p.1279296067539450&type=3 Claudiupt (talk) 13:56, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
@Claudiupt: Do you mean that the photo in your above link was the original that you used in your photoshop restauration work? --Pafsanias (talk) 14:52, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Now I understand that you don't consider yourself vengeful enough, you're looking for anything just to prove that you're the right one and I'm the thief. Pafsanias, look behind you and you'll only see deleted pages, nothing constructive, just a bitter taste, man. I repeat, Wikipedia should be a community of people who support each other for knowledge, it's not a flock of sheep that needs to be whipped. You probably consider this a personal attack, but it's not. It's just a warning signal to the other admins, who I asked for help from and they were extremely kind and granted it to me. It doesn't matter that I'm stupid and don't understand what you manage to do at first, what matters is the outstretched hand, the inheritance. Maybe I'm a guy who has a mental disability, a congenital disease and instead of behaving like a human being, you preferred to punch me to satisfy your pride of an admin position in Wikipedia.
What have you achieved? You have stopped access to the knowledge of people of great value for their communities, places, monuments and you have imposed your arrogance in front of me, a nobody on Wikipedia who tries to show the world the beauty in people, not the misery and pharisaism. It's a shame about the time you waste hating your fellow humans, instead of being noble and helping.(Claudiupt (talk) 16:44, 10 June 2025 (UTC))
I asked you a simple question: did you use the photo in the above link as the source for your derivative work (`photoshop restauration`)? Yes or no? --Pafsanias (talk) 17:20, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Dear @ZivZiv, you have generated a saga that had no point, the page Acasa la Brezoi is mine, created since 2011. I understand that I have miscategorized the photos, but apart from three, all of them are taken by me and posted on the page as the sole owner. What can be found on the net, are copied from me. Anyway, thank you for at least now having a civilized tone, but after the damage that you and Pafsanias have caused, I don't think it matters anymore. Claudiupt (talk) 11:59, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
@Ziv
You say you want to help me. Ok, why don't you admit that most of the photos I uploaded to Wikimedia are in exactly the same situation as the one here where I showed you that others copied from me and not me from them, if only you were careful when posting...
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=701957609868036&set=a.459257696235324
I took the photo with an iPhone 4s, I climbed Mount Turtudan, just a month after a difficult operation and I am proud of what I immortalized. I posted it and let others enjoy it, because I for one believe that is human nature.
That I took the photos from my page and used them in Wikipedia articles, probably registering them wrongly, is another situation, in which you could have helped me, not deleted my work. I admit that there are three photos that do not belong to me, but until you delete 25 it is a long and thorny path that demonstrates your bad faith. I apologize if I am wrong, but after you both acted, I can only say with bitterness that Wikipedia has become the last place where I will ever contribute. I was proud to be part of your community and I tried to share with you what I considered worth knowing. You preferred to delete things done in good faith and you kept only the messes, which meet the conditions from which you do not deviate. I wonder if you will ever end up in front of a judge and be treated the same, how will you feel...(Claudiupt (talk) 13:48, 10 June 2025 (UTC))
Is it okay @Claudiupt. Personally, I believe you, that is your Facebooksite. But the rest of Commons has to do the same, and without a VRT ticket, that's will not work. Ant this is actually the part you do not want to understand. What do you have to lose? Your data is only visible to VRT members, but images will get a ticket number an will remain on Commons. זיו「Ziv」For love letters and other notes 13:59, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
I'll be honest as always, I don't know how to register the photos in a way that leaves no doubt. I'm out of the country in Germany and I don't have my laptop with me, it's hard to look for links on my phone and prove that I'm not lying. Is it enough if I put in the description of the photo that it's free for Wikipedia? Thank you!
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=761840170546446&set=a.116228181774318 Claudiupt (talk) 14:32, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
@Claudiupt, first, please do us one favor. Stay on the topic to this image , which is for deletion here. You shouldn't discuss any other issues here. We can happily clarify this on your disk, where I would be happy to explain everything else to you. זיו「Ziv」For love letters and other notes 17:28, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
@Pafsanias @Ziv for the two of you, in the hope that you will become what you should be, a real help to make the world a better place...
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1282283217240735&set=a.779083937560668 (Claudiupt (talk) 17:46, 10 June 2025 (UTC))
  •  Delete Still copyrighted, migrate to Wikipedia. --RAN (talk) 01:34, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Affected - Category:Catalogs of Copyright Entries

Some of the files are in use, and they are excluded from this request.

The issue is that on re-examining this with a view to transcribing at Wikisource ( The Books volumes for 1950 and 1930) it was found that the PDF scans are not reliably readable, compared to the his-res JP2 scans provided in their interface directly.

I see no point in Commons, retaining low quality versions (and in places the scans become illegible with smaller print), when scans of the CCE are available on external sites such as Internet Archive, Hathi and google, in a considerably more readable version. (The original reason for their upload here, was as an interim measure at a time when IA was at risk of going offline, and hence its was reasonable to request their mirroring here. It was at my Prompting that Fae started this and the Commons:IA books efforts before they left Commons.)

As an alternative to deletion, I did attempt to reload the 1930 books volume, as djvu based on the feature in IA-upload, which failed due to the file size.

Delete as lo-quality material duplicated on other sites, unless contributors on Commons are prepared to sit down and figure out how to get 'reliable' hi quality scans for transcriptions and other purposes. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:59, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Files uploaded by Ynsmrzngn (talk · contribs)

May be complex enough for a copyright. And what about scope?

Yann (talk) 09:24, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Cellini - Sogenannte Saliera, 1540-1543, Kunstkammer, 881.jpg

copyvio 3D from museum's site, nc https://www.khm.at/fileadmin/pdf_KHM/agb/AGB_Bilddatenbank.pdf Oursana (talk) 11:35, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Files uploaded by Annfromtsh (talk · contribs)

All images by this are suspected copyright violations. All are claimed as own work, but file EXIFs show at least two people: File:2023 11 05 DS1 8248.jpg shows "Copyright holder Sarsenov Daniiar" while File:Oleksandr-sushko.jpg shows "Author Oleksandr Osipov". Pictures about the building have no exif author, but have different cameras compared to pictures of people.

MKFI (talk) 12:02, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:YvonneClech-1954-AGIP.png

Not a collective work. Photograph likely taken by Boris Lipnitzki (who died in 1971) at Théâtre de Babylone . Racconish💬 12:37, 9 June 2025 (UTC)


Effectivement, la photo n'est pas encore dans le domaine public puisque le photographe a été identifié. Merci. Tisourcier (talk) 19:54, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Logo Aston Martin F1 Team.jpg

Aston Martin F1 Team logo may be above the very low COM:TOO UK. See also related DRs like Commons:Deletion requests/File:Astonmartin@ramco.f1.jpg or Commons:Deletion requests/File:Aston Martin F1.jpg with not exactly but very similar designs of the logo. Wdwd (talk) 13:24, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Applies also to:

--Wdwd (talk) 13:39, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Starting point of the Jong-ro road in western side of the Sejong-daero intersection in May 2025.jpg

No freedom of panorama in South Korea A1Cafel (talk) 14:11, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

  •  Keep. Skyline image without any building being unduly focused on. Note the file name. IronGargoyle (talk) 23:35, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
 Neutral The Four Seasons Hotel Seoul may present prominently enough to qualify as a FoP issue, but it does not seem to be qualitatively important to the image. Nv8200pa (talk) 15:56, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

File:BEER uit zeven beestjes (Junglebook), asset a1UdQeWmMaKcnaRHNf3CjuyQ.tif

No permission from the source and author A1Cafel (talk) 14:18, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

From the source:

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So {{CC0}} is incorrect. Asked the uploader to stop their upload. This affects 100K+ files which are incorrectly licensed. Either this should be corrected at the source or we end up having to mass delete a lot of files. Multichill (talk) 15:03, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Affects Category:FEDLINK - Documents from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and subcats

Most of these files are NOT in use (a small minority that are will have to be considered individually). 'webhost' concerns have ben raised about Commons hosting PDF and DJVU media, that whilst 'useful', is not immediately in use. Also a small number of files have been found to potentially have slightly more complex licensing than the default {{PD-USGov}} assumed on upload.

The IA Books project (which this category partly resulted from) was undertaken by Fae (and others in goof faith) with a reasonable expectation that curation practices at Commons were adequate to manage the vastly expanded collection. However, subsequent years have suggested that the collections are too big to manage, with various issues arising across the entire set of uploads.

I am therefore suggesting that a cull takes place (especially of post 1977 items) in this and other IA Books iniated categories, given that it is unreasonable to expect a volunteer effort to review every single file indvidually. ( Most are available on the IA site from where they were sourced, in any event.)

If specific items are in use, they can subject to being "clearly compatible" with both a considerably narrowed scope, and license considerations, be retained on that basis.

If Commons does feel that retaining huge collections of PDF (of mediocre quality) is in in scope, than efforts should be made to more proactively curate the results of efforts like the IA books project Fae and others undertook in good faith. Otherwise there is no point in Commons acting as psuedo webhost, because no-one had made an extended effort at curation and cleanup. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 12:36, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Google Takeout Screenshot.jpg

Exceeds COM:TOO. Many of the separate elements of this image would likely be public domain on their own, but the composition of them all coming out of a box likely adds up to a copyrightable image. IagoQnsi (talk) 19:00, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Irakli Shengelaia.jpg

Copyright violation Yousiphh (talk) 20:30, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

This work is in public domain, photo was taken from National Parliamentary Library of Georgia. Link is attached. Watermark of NPLG is visible on the photo itself. Levanrami (talk) 19:41, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
It's not in Public Domain. The author of the photo is Nazi Gabaidze. And she is still alive. Yousiphh (talk) 21:54, 11 June 2025 (UTC)
Author alive doesn't mean that photo is not in public domain. Photo is taken from National Parliamentary Library of Georgia and this public institution has made its photos public domain Levanrami (talk) 18:04, 19 June 2025 (UTC)