User talk:Gbawden
Speedy deletion of Eusebius McKaiser Wikipedia page
Hi there, I did give an explanation of why the Eusebius Mckaiser page shouldn't be deleted, I see that you've decided to go ahead and delete it without waiting for me to respond.
Draft: Amit B Wadhwani
Hello Gbawden I have resubmitted the document with changes you have suggested. Can you please review at the earliest?
my photo was deleted I own the rights so not sure why
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NMCB 25
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07:56, 7 February 2019 Gbawden (talk | contribs) deleted page File:Anina-ledribbon-made-by-maria-cavali.jpg (Copyright violation, found elsewhere on the web and unlikely to be own work (F1): Copyright violation: Copyrighted image, not "own work", see for instancehttp://blog.360fashion.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/01/Anina-Net-Beauty-Tech-Berlin-6-1024x538.png?x34590https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dwj9S99X4AABHGh.jpg) (global usage; delinker log) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.56.235.10 (talk)
Join the Months of African Cinema Global Contest!
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National Order Images
Hi @Gbawden:. I have come full circle, and created a new template {{Ribbon Display}} and I have run into the issue with images that were removed because of copyright issues. I've revisited this recently and found something interesting. Take a look at PD-South-Africa-exempt on Commons or check the Category - PD-South-Africa-exempt. I strongly suspect that at the very least the National Order images you uploaded (Like File:Order of Mendi for Bravery.jpg) can be re-licensed under that tag, and possibly a lot of the other more problematic images. Lemme know what you think? BoonDock (talk) 01:29, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
- @BoonDock Hi. I am not sure about that. PD-South-Africa-exempt only refers to text - let me give it some more thought Gbawden (talk) 06:16, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
- The template starts with this
. My emphasis added. OR FROM BoonDock (talk) 18:03, 29 March 2023 (UTC)This image was first published in South Africa and is in the public domain because it is an image of or from:
- None of us are copyright lawyers, but I seem to remember reading in the policies somewhere years back that a "fair reading" was the standard.. in other words for things like that what is prima facie the case is what the policies would work off. In my not so humble opinion, it is prima facie clear that images from officially published documents are exempt. A different opinion would require a lawyer which is a standard that AFAIK WP doesn't require??? BoonDock (talk) 18:06, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
- The template starts with this
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