User talk:Omphalographer

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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 06:20, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

file deletion

hi, alot of my files were deleted from wikimedia even though they were my personal creation. (flags relating to my fictional country, Durovsk, image of a fictional ocean liner, Leningrad, and several fictional company logos). all of these were deleted, but im not sure why. it shows that you have sent the deletion request. i don't know too much about wikipedia, but why did this happen? if you could explain further, i would like that.

happy american independence day, if you celebrate

yours sincerely, kieran / JustHereToLeave (talk) 23:20, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

The purpose of Wikimedia Commons is to host freely licensed educational content for use on other Wikimedia sites, such as on Wikipedia. Commons is not a public art gallery; original artwork and other fictional material is generally not within the site's scope, and is routinely deleted. Omphalographer (talk) 23:27, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

do u know anywhere else i can host my images permanently then? i like using a wikitext sandbox a lot so i really want to keep my fictional stories and stuff

kieran / JustHereToLeave (talk) 00:23, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

This isn't an appropriate use for Wikimedia Commons. Consider hosting your images on an art gallery site like DeviantArt or Tumblr. Omphalographer (talk) 00:40, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

Scans from IA

Hi, Can you look over me recent contributions in terms of catalog curation in respect of Scans uploaded from IA (amongst other sites)?

Also - Category:Scans from the Internet Archive/unverified , If there are efforts you could make in reducing the backlog, thanks :) ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:35, 22 August 2023 (UTC)

Leonard Arthur Bethell letters

I note you deleted Bethell-Bailey_Letters.pdf recently, and suggested using Wikisource instead. Happy to do that - I have discussed with the British Library (owners of the original documents) and they are happy for me to put my transcript up, but not the photos of the documents. Odd rules, but that's what they say. So - do I need any special guidance to put this up on Wikisource, or shall I just go ahead and try it ? Charles.bowyer (talk) 16:54, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

I'm not terribly familiar with Wikisource's policies on hosting transcriptions without scans. I'd ask for guidance at s:Wikisource:Scriptorium. Omphalographer (talk) 17:32, 29 August 2023 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Roman Kubanskiy

Could i get your opinion here? Trade (talk) 21:11, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done. Omphalographer (talk) 22:03, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Pooh street criminal.png Commons:Deletion requests/File:Tinker bell street.png Commons:Deletion requests/File:Little mermaid on tinder.png --Trade (talk) 11:07, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Old Pexels uploads

Please note that per Template:Pexels-Cc-zero, images uploaded to Pexels before 5 July 2018 are accepted under CC0. To check the upload date, you can go to the image link (e.g. https://www.pexels.com/photo/landscape-photo-of-night-city-745243/), click on the "More info" button on the bottom right of each photo, and there will be a "Photo details" popup that says e.g. "Uploaded on December 18th, 2017". -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 06:42, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Hmm. Something doesn't seem right here. Some photos on Pexels.com specifically say that they're CC0 licensed, e.g. this photo says it's "Free to use (CC0)", whereas most Pexels photos just say "Free to use" in that spot. I've been marking images for deletion which doesn't say "CC0" there, with the understanding that those images are non-free.

Are we working under the assumption that all Pexels photos where the Pexels image page shows a "uploaded on" date before 5 July 2018 are actually CC0, even if they don't say so? That seems kind of sketchy to me.

Omphalographer (talk) 07:41, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

The archived licensing page linked to from {{Pexels-Cc-zero}} says "all photos on Pexels are licensed under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. This means the pictures are completely free to be used for any legal purpose." CC0 is now an option but not mandatory for all images on Pexels. Since all CC licenses are irrevokable, those original CC0 licenses that were applied until 5 July 2018 are still valid. Nosferattus (talk) 21:09, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Hmm, okay. Are we confident that the Pexels upload date reliably indicates that the photo was available on Pexels on that date? I'll update my review process if so. Omphalographer (talk) 21:19, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Yes. The CC0 license was mandatory before that date. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:48, 24 September 2023 (UTC)