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On this page, users can ask for a deleted page or file (hereafter, "file") to be restored. Users can comment on requests by leaving remarks such as keep deleted or undelete along with their reasoning.

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Files may be temporarily undeleted either to assist an undeletion discussion of that file or to allow transfer to a project that permits fair use. Use the template {{Request temporary undeletion}} in the relevant undeletion request, and provide an explanation.

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To assist discussion

Files may be temporarily undeleted to assist discussion if it is difficult for users to decide on whether an undeletion request should be granted without having access to the file. Where a description of the file or quotation from the file description page is sufficient, an administrator may provide this instead of granting the temporary undeletion request. Requests may be rejected if it is felt that the usefulness to the discussion is outweighed by other factors (such as restoring, even temporarily, files where there are substantial concerns relating to Commons:Photographs of identifiable people). Files temporarily undeleted to assist discussion will be deleted again after thirty days, or when the undeletion request is closed (whichever is sooner).

To allow transfer of fair use content to another project

Unlike English Wikipedia and a few other Wikimedia projects, Commons does not accept non-free content with reference to fair use provisions. If a deleted file meets the fair use requirements of another Wikimedia project, users can request temporary undeletion in order to transfer the file there. These requests can usually be handled speedily (without discussion). Files temporarily undeleted for transfer purposes will be deleted again after two days. When requesting temporary undeletion, please state which project you intend to transfer the file to and link to the project's fair use statement.

Projects that accept fair use
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Note: This list might be outdated. For a more complete list, see meta:Non-free content (this page was last updated: March 2014.) Note also: Multiple projects (such as the ml, sa, and si Wikipedias) are listed there as "yes" without policy links.

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Current requests

File:Sia – Reasonable Woman cover art.png

I would argue that the arguments in the DR for deletion were flawed:

  • User:LeftRightRightLeft's nomination "We need a fair use image 'stead!" seems to imply that the file page on the English Wikipedia should include something like w:Template:Non-free album cover instead of {{YouTube CC-BY}}.
  • User:Heylenny first argued that the photograph was not a work for hire belonging to the record label, but rather an independently authored work requiring special licensing. Heylenny later argued that, because the cover contains the text "All rights reserved," that it can never be relicensed (unlike many files officially relicensed via COM:VRT).

The CC BY licenses on Warner Music New Zealand's YouTube channel (an official subsidiary of Warner Music Group) have been found many times to be legitimate (see COM:DR/File:Dua Lipa samples from 5 songs.webm, COM:DR/File:The Evolution of Cardi B.webm, COM:DR/File:Ed Sheeran – Shivers sample.ogg and COM:DR/File:Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa cover art.png). Thus, this file should be reinstated. (As I said in the DR, if the point was to question the validity of the YouTube channel's CC BY licenses, that should be discussed at COM:VP or COM:VPC [or perhaps even w:WP:RFC/Spongebob Squarepants is now freely licensed!] but not in a DR nor a UR.) JohnCWiesenthal (talk) 04:18, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Slovenian municipal coats of arms

I request review and (partial) undeletion of the files deleted as result of this request without a proper discussion. Although the request was actually mentioned by a third user in one of the unofficial communication channels of the Slovenian Wikipedia community, the requester or involved Commons administrators could have notified the local community through the village pump of the local project about the ongoing discussion. Since these files are actively used on the project, such a notification could have helped ensure that relevant comments were made already during the deletion discussion.

Generally, coats of arms are exempt from copyright law in Slovenia, see Template:PD-Slovenia-exempt. One might argue that some images were "independent creations" (as per the earlier discussion at Commons:Deletion requests/Images of coats of arms of Slovenian municipalities). However, (1) it is highly debatable whether such works can be considered original if they only follow the textual description; and (2) the requester did not verify the actual source of the images. The link he cited is dead, and deleting files originating from dead links could have far-reaching consequences for the project. One of Commons’ goals is to preserve free media, and losing it due to link rot seems counterproductive. In the case of dead links, the assumption should not automatically be that the files are problematic. Fortunately, there are initiatives such as the Internet Archive that help us verify sources.

While some images indeed have come from third-party websites (which are now also dead, for example for Žirovnica), in several cases the files are direct reproductions of official heraldic acts. For example, the deleted coat of arms of Žužemberk (cached copy of the file information page) cites http://public.carnet.hr/fame/hrvat/si-obc20.html#si-zv as the source. This in turn cites Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Žužemberk, št. 8/00, which is an official municipal document. See the archived source. This is an official document, which means that in addition to the copyright exemption, it is also considered informacija javnega značaja (information of public character). Under Slovenian law, such materials must be publicly available and freely reusable, since official acts cannot be restricted by copyright in a way that prevents public access.

Therefore, even if a particular depiction were argued to be an “independent creation,” its publication within an official act places it firmly in the public domain as information of public character.


The files that should be reviewed are:
* File:Coat of arm of Hrastnik.png

I propose to:

  • Undelete the deleted files to allow the community to review them carefully on a case-by-case basis, using archived sources (e.g. via Internet Archive)
  • Subsequent edits by CommonsDelinker on Slovenian Wikipedia should also be reversed where the files are restored (see sl:Special:Contributions/CommonsDelinker)

Best regards, --Miha (talk) 02:56, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Smihael: Maybe, it would be better to upload images that are clearly covered by the exemption and request undeletion only if the upload is prevented due to being binary identical with the deleted ones? Ankry (talk) 05:54, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So due to an overly narrow interpretation of copyright and lack of notice to the affected community, valuable files were lost and now others must dig through archives or search for alternatives to replace them. This is counterproductive — these files should be restored in good faith, and the burden of proof that they are not free should lie with the deletion requester and judged on an individual basis. In general, coats of arms are exempt from copyright protection in Slovenia, and the claim that these are copyrightable individual interpretations is doubtful at best, if not outright flawed... What definitely was flawed, is the deletion process itself, as it wrongly assumed that all files from a certain dead link were problematic. Imagine a hypothetical situation where Flickr shuts down: are we just going to delete thousands of imported images simply because their licenses are no longer easily verifiable? -- Miha (talk) 07:21, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose I was the deleting Admin. First, we cannot manufacture discussion. The DR was open for three and a half months. All of the uploaders were notified and no  Keep appeared there. We get about 10,000 new files every day and around 1,500 of them must be deleted. Most of this work is done by 20 Admins. We simply do not have the human resources to even think about "notifi[ng] the local community through the village pump of the local project about the ongoing discussion".

As for "Imagine a hypothetical situation where Flickr shuts down", this is why we have License Review -- so that there is a record of the license status of files that might otherwise be a problem. As far as I know, none of the uploaders requested license review for any of the files.

Also, please note that "the burden of proof that they are not free should lie with the deletion requester" is backward. Commons clear policy is that those who would keep a file must prove that it is either PD or freely licensed.

Finally, I examined a random dozen of the files before the deletion and found none that qualified for use on Commons. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:13, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment The more pressing question is whether all coats of arms published on official pages of Slovenian municipalities are public domain or only those that have been published in the Official Gazette (Uradni list Republike Slovenije) or elsewhere as annexes to municipal ordinances. --TadejM (t/p) 10:59, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comment. Those are in fact different legal questions, and I think we should not be conflating them.
  • First (copyright): coats of arms, when adopted as official municipal symbols, generally do not qualify for ordinary copyright protection in Slovenia — they are treated as official symbols or public emblems rather than ordinary works. The question of derivative versions is separate: such variants usually do not cross the threshold of originality, as they only follow the wording describing the coat of arms. If there are substantial differences, we should anyway avoid them to prevent confusion.
  • Second (access / source of the file): The doctrine of informacija javnega značaja (the right of access to public information) requires that documents held by public authorities — including municipal graphical identity or coat of arms files — be made accessible and reusable, unless a statutory exception applies. This principle is recognized in the Constitution (see https://e-kurs.si/komentar/kaj-je-informacija-javnega-znacaja/) and is implemented in the Access to Public Information Act (ZDIJZ). ZDIJZ applies to all state bodies, local government bodies, and related public law entities, requiring them to provide access and re-use of public information (including works created by them or acquired from others) unless specifically exempt (for example: national security, personal data protection, internal deliberations, trade secrets) regardless of the medium or format in which the information is stored. Thus, whether the coat of arms was published in Uradni list or only on a municipal website is irrelevant under access law — what matters is that the public authority holds the file and that it is not subject to a statutory exemption.
  • There remains the separate question of how the coat of arms may be used to prevent misuse. That is regulated by municipal acts (usage ordinances, design rules, prohibitions), and is separate from copyright concerns. On Wikimedia Commons, you will often see notices such as despite the copyright status, additional restrictions may apply (e.g. photos of cultural heritage, local usage rules). So potential presence of usage restrictions does not automatically invalidate a file’s eligibility on Commons as long as the file itself is not under copyright protection.
To sum up: the version of the coat of arms found in municipal materials can generally be used without issue, because it has already been published by the public authority, is publicly available, and is effectively exempt from copyright under Slovenian law. Therefore, the requester should check which of the files were sourced from official documents and at least restore those!
In my view, the first part of rationale also covers coat of arms images sourced from elsewhere: even if they are derivatives (and not mere copies of versions found in municipial documents), they typically do not cross the threshold of originality and so do not attract separate copyright. If you accept this logic, then all the files in this discussion should be restored. That said, it is of course a better policy to gradually replace them with versions directly sourced from official documents, and even better if redrawn in vector format (so quality and fidelity are improved). But that is no justification to leave the files deleted in the meantime. -- Miha (talk) 04:43, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I somehow doubt that all municipal coats of arms are copyright exempt in Slovenia. For example, this page cites the Municipality of Grosuplje as the copyright holder. --TadejM (t/p) 10:51, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, there are solid sources to claim that. Article 9 of the ZASP (Copyright and Related Rights Act) lists official legislative, administrative and judicial texts among non-protected creations (i.e. not covered by ordinary copyright). A study, commissioned by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency and co-authored by the Institute for Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, explains that although ZASP uses the term official texts, in practice the category extends to materials published as part of, or as annexes to, official texts—explicitly including drawings of the state coat of arms, municipal coats of arms, flags, traffic-sign drawings, urban plans, and the anthem (see section 2.1.2 Nejasnost pojma uradna besedila, pp. 27–28).
While it's true that some municipalities (as in your example) present themselves as copyright holders, this mostly reflects a widespread misunderstanding of basic copyright principles. Many people — including public officials — are generally un(der)educated about copyright issues and often use “copyright” loosely when they actually mean that it is legally protected by special rules. Again, such claims do not override the copyright status of the works. -- Miha (talk) 11:24, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, "in practice the category extends to materials published as part of, or as annexes". This would mean that only those municipal coats of arms "that have been published in the Official Gazette (Uradni list Republike Slovenije) or elsewhere as annexes to municipal ordinances" qualify as copyright exempt. --TadejM (t/p) 13:20, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Great, so we at least agree that the municipal coats of arms, which are sourced from official sources are not protected by copyright.
I checked https://web.archive.org/web/20091208063825/http://public.carnet.hr/fame/hrvat/si-obc.html and this already concerns many deleted coat of arms. On the first page alone, I found that most of the files were indeed sourced from official acts, including:
  • Ajdovscina
  • Beltinci
  • Benedikt
  • Bistrica ob Sotli
  • Bled
  • Bloke
  • Bohinj
@TadejM Please, go through the remaining files and undelete those coming from official acts.
As for the other files, I still believe they are also unproblematic. In most cases, they likely come from official acts through intermediaries, but this is not the key issue. What matters is the official nature of the symbol, not its intermediate source. To clarify, any faithful depiction (which was as far as I can remember the case for all deleted files) of a coat of arms does not meet the threshold of originality required for copyright protection. Since these symbols are not original designs, they do not qualify for copyright. -- Miha (talk) 14:53, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
And actually, other coat of arms can be easily sourced from official sources. Redirects can be made to resolve any deadlinks caused by this deletion. --Miha (talk) 15:11, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Images could be undeleted if directly taken from an official document (ordinance, see e.g. Vrhnika) but not if the official document contains only a blazon. It will take time to check all of them. Regarding the threshold, these images are quite original and at least some have been designed by a professional company (Heraldika d.o.o); I'm not certain why they would fall below a TOO. --TadejM (t/p) 17:17, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don’t really see a problem here. If you look again at the study I cited above, it is clear that once a coat of arms is part of an official document (including annexes to ordinances), it falls under the category of official texts within the meaning of Article 9 ZASP. That means two things: (1) they are not subject to ordinary copyright, and (2) this applies regardless of whether the drawing was created in-house or commissioned from a third party. The study itself explicitly references Copyright and Related Rights Act with a commentary by Trampuž, Oman and Zupančič. I am trying to obtain a copy of that commentary, which should clear up any remaining doubt on this point.
As for your Vrhnika example. The act you are citing above is no longer in force. The updated Odlok o grbu in zastavi Občine Vrhnika (13.2.02) removes any ambiguity: Grba in zastave občine Vrhnika se ne sme avtorsko zavarovati (the coat of arms and flag cannot be copyright-protected) and that Izvirnike grba in zastave občine Vrhnika v vseh oblikah hrani Občinska uprava občine Vrhnika (the originals in all forms are kept by the municipal administration). In legal terms, that is equivalent to annex publication. Under ZDIJZ, the official source file can be requested directly from the authority and freely reused.
And even if the earlier act with the poor-quality scan were still valid, that still would not magically make faithful reproductions reach TOO. If the emblem is prescribed and published in an official act (as it is), then any accurate reproduction is non-copyright under ZASP and cannot be treated otherwise. Period. -- Miha (talk) 02:26, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:BBFC 18.svg

 Question Any more opinions about this? Yann (talk) 16:38, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose. TOO UK says: "The level of originality required for copyright protection in the United Kingdom used to be very low." In my opinion, per British law this is complex logo. Taivo (talk) 17:08, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment After THJ v Sheridan decision in 2023 ,some logos simples are OK in Commons,peer {{TOO-UK}} (my opinion). AbchyZa22 (talk) 17:35, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging @Yayan550:any opinion?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 18:09, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Guillermo Francos - Retrato Oficial 2024.png

This image comes from the official portal *Mapa del Estado* (https://mapadelestado.jefatura.gob.ar/), which belongs to the Argentina.gob.ar portal. In the "About" section of Argentina.gob.ar it is expressly indicated that the published content can be copied and redistributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, the same license through which I uploaded the images to Wikipedia Commons.

For this reason, I believe that the files do not violate any copyright regulations and I request that should be undeleted. Expressly the source and license are as follows:
- Source: https://mapadelestado.jefatura.gob.ar/ministerios/Jefatura-de-Gabinete-de-Ministros/48/detalle
- Portal licensing policy: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/acerca
KmiKC16 (talk) 19:38, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe this is the same case with these other portraits that I have uploaded, as I detail them below:

KmiKC16 (talk) 19:42, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment I have undeleted these files. Could someone speaking Spanish confirm that the license is valid please? If that is the case, they should be {{Licensereview}}. Yann (talk) 08:06, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Support @Yann: per Yann, but i speak in Spanish but im not a licensereviewer (https://www.argentina.gob.ar/acerca) but in Spanish says:Por supuesto. Podés copiar y redistribuir el material en cualquier medio o formato y adaptarlo para cualquier propósito, incluso comercial, siempre que cumplas con los términos de la licencia Creative Commons Atribución 4.0 Internacional. También podés compartir un trámite, una noticia o una página en tus redes sociales. La información de Argentina.gob.ar es pública, es de todos nosotros. (ENG:Of course. You can copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and adapt it for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you comply with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY-4.0). You can also share a procedure, a news story, or a page on your social media. The information on Argentina.gob.ar is public; it belongs to all of us.) AbchyZa22 (talk) 08:37, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The link https://www.argentina.gob.ar/acerca is for content from https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ (the actual T&C is here https://www.argentina.gob.ar/terminos-y-condiciones). These images were taken from https://mapadelestado.jefatura.gob.ar/, a different website. Günther Frager (talk) 10:10, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I won't vote either for or against this request, since I was the one who originally nominated the files for speedy deletion. However, to give my opinion: as Günther Frager mentioned, I requested deletion because the files were taken from mapadelestado.jefatura.gob.ar, which is not the official government website. Therefore, the CC-AR-ArgentinaGobAr license, nor any of the licenses listed in Category:License tags of Argentina, would apply as far as I am aware. Franco Brignone • Talkpage 11:31, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Considering that https://mapadelestado.jefatura.gob.ar/ is an official service that depends on the Jefatura de Gabinete de Ministros (under the national government) which content is part of what is published in Argentina.gob.ar, as seen at https://www.argentina.gob.ar/desregulacion/mapa-del-estado, I believe that it is reasonable to consider that it's content is covered by those policies. KmiKC16 (talk) 20:02, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What makes you think gob.ar is not a government website? @Franco Brignone Bedivere (talk) 20:52, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Bedivere, "Which is not 'the' official government website." I never claimed it was not government-managed; it is a subdomain, not the main site. As Günther Frager pointed out in the comment below, even subdomains of the official site can operate under different licenses that may conflict with the free license stated on argentina.gob.ar. Assuming that every subdomain automatically has the same license requires more careful consideration, both for Argentina and for other countries with similar cases. This issue perhaps deserves a more detailed discussion, not necessarily in an undeletion request. As I mentioned, I do not believe a free license would apply, but that is just my reasoning when adding the deletion tag. Regards, Franco Brignone • Talkpage 06:43, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Those are two different webpages and they don't have the same content (one has photos the other does not). Besides assumptions are not real evidence Take a look at https://casarosada.gob.ar it has a slightly different license. It has a CC-BY 2.5 while https://argentina.gob.ar CC-BY 4.0. Even better, take a look at https://cursos.argentina.gob.ar/ that is a subdomain of https://argentina.gob.ar, it has an incompatible CC-BY-NC license! To avoid headaches we should stick to website with known licenses, argentina.gob.ar has plenty of material, e.g. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/sites/default/files/styles/cuadrada/public/2024/04/francos_1.jpg (found at https://www.argentina.gob.ar/jefatura/) . Günther Frager (talk) 21:48, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Günther Frager you might have a fair point. Still, I believe these images are free to be copied and redistributed since we are talking about the official portraits of Argentinian ministers. I will search information to back this belief. However, as I do not possess that evidence now, you may delete these images. I will request another Undeletion if I find proof of what I am claiming. Regards. KmiKC16 (talk) 19:27, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Question Any more opinions about this? Yann (talk) 16:37, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tornado outbreak of March 13–16, 2025 tornado warnings and reports.png

This file does not surpass the threshold of originality, so I am appealing the deletion request, which had split consensus. The image was created soley using public domain data, which came from the National Weather Service (under {{PD-NWS-employee}}) and the Iowa Environmental Mesonet (confirmed public domain disclaimer. The background is just a map of the United States, which almost certainly is not more original than File:Appraisers.com - Map of the United States - May 2002.gif, where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it was below the threshold. The only remaining aspect is color choice. Unless we wish to determine a person can copyright their choice of color, this image should be undeleted. WeatherWriter (talk) 22:14, 21 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose The Appraisers.com map is a simple map of the USA with state abbreviations. There is no visible data. This map has hundreds of data points plotted. The fact that the data behind the map is public domain is irrelevant. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:53, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure it's irrelevant. The location of every data point is not creative -- that is part of the public data, as is the number of elements. That is determined by which warnings the weather service issued, and which tornadoes were reported, since this shows all of them. As for a selection and arrangement copyright, it's limited to the choice of those three elements to display -- it's the same copyright as if there was a single thunderstorm warning, a single tornado warning, and a single tornado report on the map, if those were the only ones which happened to occur. The question then is if such a map of three elements would have a copyright, based on the selection of those three elements in particular, and those particular colors to represent them. The choice of how to represent them is really not creative, as the two warnings are given as regions, and tornadoes as a particular location (at least at this scale), which are directly represented here. So there really isn't anything to the arrangement, which is dictated by the data. Any copyright is basically the selection of those three elements, to me, combined with the color choice, and maybe date range (though that is also dictated by the subject at hand). It's possible but it's really thin to me, as those three elements are pretty strongly correlated. I don't think there is a copyright on the choice of those three elements alone, nor the color choice alone. If there is a copyright, it's about the thinnest one possible. Carl Lindberg (talk) 14:24, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
To help everyone, here is a brief breakdown of items:
  1. Tornado reports come from the Storm Prediction Center (US Gov) on this website already in dot form. SPC colors tornado reports red, this map colors them black.
  2. Tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings themselves come from the National Weather Service, who issues them and draws the warning polygons. Tornado warnings are automatically colored red and severe thunderstorm warnings are automatically colored yellow. GIS archives of these warning polygons are hosted on the Iowa Environmental Mesonet site.
  3. Date choice is dictated by the event being discussed which also has its' own Wikipedia article for those dates: Tornado outbreak of March 13–16, 2025.
  4. The only aspect not automatically provided is the outline of the US, which absolutely does not meet the threshold of originality per Supreme Court.
I honestly do not see any copyrightable aspects to this article. This essentially is just a compilation of U.S. government-created aspects overlayed over a simple outline of the US. The Commons has confirmed numerous times that attribution does not equal copyright, i.e. the "By: Ian Livingston" is not proof it is copyrighted. The U.S. government requires by law they are attributed in any creation that has mostly aspects created by them (see warning on {{PD-NWS-employee}} for that law), so the "Source:" line is required by law, not creator choice. Literally, there is nothing creative about this work. WeatherWriter (talk) 16:12, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The undeletion discussion in the following section is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive.

File:第78回カンヌ国際映画祭 レッドカーペットにて.jpg

本画像は、WEBサイトから拝借したものではありません。WEBサイトへの画像提供元から直接提供を受けたものです。写真家の許諾も得ています。また、写真家のクレジット（C)KAZUKO WAKAYAMA　も記載しておりました。 --チロル１２ (talk) 16:06, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

本画像はWEBサイトhttps://www.chunichi.co.jp/article_photo_chuspo/list?article_id=1071212&pid=5905062　から拝借したものではなく、写真家に当方が直接許諾を得ており、クレジット（C)KAZUKO WAKAYAMA　もページ内に記載していたにもかかわらず一方的に削除されました。チロル１２ (talk) 18:10, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose The image appears at https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article_photo_chuspo/list?article_id=1071212&pid=5905062) with an explicit copyright notice and no free license. I note that when you uploaded the image, you claimed that you were the actual photographer. Your statement above makes it clear that that is false. Making false statements about authorship is a serious violation of Commons rules. You may be blocked if you do it again.

In order for the image to be restored, KAZUKO WAKAYAMA must send a free license directly to VRT. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:01, 22 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

理解しました。誤解を招く表現を用いてしまい、申し訳ありませんでした。 チロル１２ (talk) 16:17, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done per Jim. Ankry (talk) 14:23, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Yelini_Capsule_Instagram_Promo.jpg

I respectfully request undeletion of the file Yelini_Capsule_Instagram_Promo.jpg, which was created and uploaded by me, Venkat Suveki. This image is part of a civic-emotional archive titled SuvekiStories, featuring original symbolic art and bilingual capsule poetry. The visual is not promotional—it represents a coined civic term (Yelini) through emotionally resonant design intended for public semantic discoverability. - Authorship: I am the original creator of both the artwork and the poetic content. - License: The file was uploaded under a free license (e.g., CC BY-SA 4.0). - Educational Scope: The capsule is designed to support civic storytelling, emotional literacy, and semantic archiving. - Commons Relevance: It links to Wikidata items and contributes to public understanding of coined civic concepts.

As further justification, please note that the coined civic-emotional term **ஏலினி** (Alieness) is already documented in **Tamil Wiktionary** with definition, usage, and semantic clarity: 🔗 [1](https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/ஏலினி)

This confirms that the term is not promotional or arbitrary—it is part of a **lexical and civic archive** with educational intent. The image visually represents this concept as part of the *SuvekiStories* capsule series.

Thank you for considering this request. — Venkat Suveki — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.178.86.23 (talk • contribs) 06:22, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Question Where the file was used in Wikimedia or intended to? We do not host unused personal art. Ankry (talk) 07:16, 23 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done No response. Ankry (talk) 14:21, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bakstein4-1-11.jpg

Мне было указано, что файл удалён, так как он легко находится в других местах, где не обозначено его авторство. Изображение полностью сделано мной в рамках моего авторского проекта "Многопортрет", моя съёмка (есть негатив), моя печать (есть бумажная фотография). Я выкладываю свои работы на своих ресурсах, откуда они могут быть свободно взяты безответственными людьми без указания источника и использованы в своих интересах. Вот оригинальная ссылка на фотографию Иосифа Бакштейна на моём ресурсе: https://cloud.mail.ru/home/Многопортрет/Иосиф%20Бакштейн/bakstein4-1-11.jpg Можно увидеть, что фотография там бОльшего размера и необрезанная. Конечно, есть у меня и скан ещё бОльшего размера. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Михальчук Михаил Александрович (talk • contribs) 08:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Извините, правильная общедоступная ссылка на эту фотографию на моём ресурсе: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/zyWf/bJG4eZrP6 Михальчук Михаил Александрович (talk) 09:17, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose I don't see any free license on the cited page. I don't read Russian and Google translate did not work on the page, but the linked terms of use has an explicit prohibition for all except personal use. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:40, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand what "cited page" you mean, so I don't understand what "linked terms" you write about.
Most of all I don't understand why I can't upload file which is my own work.
Вот перевод текста, который я написал первым ответом на удаление:
"I was told that the file had been deleted because it was easily accessible in other places where its authorship was not indicated. The image was completely created by me as part of my author's project "Mnogoportret," my photography (with a negative), and my printing (with a paper photograph). I post my works on my own resources, where they can be freely taken by irresponsible individuals without attribution and used for their own benefit. Here is the original link to the photograph of Joseph Bakstein on my resource: https://cloud.mail.ru/public/zyWf/bJG4eZrP6
You can see that the photo is larger and uncut. Of course, I also have a larger scan".
Of course, I immediately placed the correct link to the photo on my website. Михальчук Михаил Александрович (talk) 12:57, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Михальчук Михаил Александрович: For any content previously published elsewhere, a confirmation of the license via COM:VRT is necessary. Also this is not the original picture and EXIF data. Yann (talk) 19:56, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you!
I'll try to figure it out and do what I can to fix the situation. Михальчук Михаил Александрович (talk) 17:34, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ignoring the erroneous citation, there is only one page cited in this discussion -- you have cited it twice. It has a subpage linked to it which shows terms of use.
You can't upload the file because you are an anonymous user -- although you have a username, anyone could have that name -- and the file is in use elsewhere without a free license. We have no way here of knowing if you have any valid relationship with the page you cite, so for your protection we require that you prove that own the copyright by using VRT. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:06, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you!
I will try to understand this and do what I can to fix the situation. Михальчук Михаил Александрович (talk) 17:35, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Rolando Yebes.jpg

Rectify licensing issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xander Wu (talk • contribs) 11:11, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose That's not a reason to restore this file. The named source comes up as "no such site". .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:24, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright 2006 ZaNorte Provincial Government. All rights reserved. in [2] is neither a free license not declaration of Public Domain status so it raises at least copyright related doubt that may need to be clarified using VRT. Ankry (talk) 09:45, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Anarchism symbol (white).svg

This file was deleted beause it is a white logo and was considered unusable at the time. I would say the implementation of a dark mode on wiki projects and the rise of dark reader extensions usage cancels this argument. Therefore I request the undeletion of this file. Thank you. Jeanbath1312 (talk) 17:27, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose I think this is still useless. A small minority of editors might prefer to see this image, but as far as I know there is no way to use it in such a way that it shows up only when using the dark mode, so for the vast majority of us it would be a blank. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:00, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done, deleted per Commons:Deletion requests/File:Anarchism symbol (white).svg. Not realistically useful. Thuresson (talk) 22:14, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:MEV_logo_RGB-Registration-mark_liggend-FC.png

Beste heer/mevrouw,

Het logo van Meerdervoort (investeringsmaatschappij) is verwijderd, waarschijnlijk omdat er niet op tijd toestemming is gemaild door de maatschappij. Ik heb toestemming om het logo te gebruiken en te uploaden.

Ik zal zorgen dat er binnen enkele dagen een toestemming wordt gemaild.

Met vriendelijke groet,

Annadoor — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annadoor (talk • contribs) 20:08, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Support I think this is probably below the ToO. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 21:12, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done: per Jim. --Abzeronow (talk) 00:09, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Jonathan_Brill_portrait_2024.jpg

The file is owned by Jonathan Brill and has given authorization for public use. --Ptulloch (talk) 21:37, 24 September 2025 (UTC)pet[reply]

 Oppose "Public use" is not enough for Commons file. It has to be freely licensed so that anyone can use it for any purpose. Abzeronow (talk) 23:19, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose Also please remember that owning a paper or digital copy of a photograph does not give one the right to freely license it as required here. That right is held by the photographer. While Mr. Brill may have a license to use the image for his publicity, it is extremely rare for such licenses to include the right to freely license the image to others. In order for the image to be restored, the actual photographer must send a free license using VRT or Mr. Brill must send such a license together with a copy of his license from the photographer which permits him to do so. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:46, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:5 Logo FADH 1.png

File:5 Logo FADH 1.png

This Image was not in violation of copyright either in Haiti nor the United States. I work the Armed Forces of Haiti. I worked on the design of the logos. I have all the working documents. I stated that when i uploaded the file.

SupportezLesFADH (talk) 22:00, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose If the emblem was used, then you cannot use the {{Own}} template and simplified on-wiki licensing. We need a free license via email (see VRT) or an evidence of free license where it was used. If it was not used, it is out of scope. Also, if you made it for Haitan forces, the VRT team may need to verify that you did not transfer copyright to them or that your contract does not prevent you to grant a license on this image. Ankry (talk) 09:38, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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File:Framsticks_v5.2_Windows_GUI_screenshot.png

Screenshots of the Framsticks software may be used for any purpose and distributed under any license, provided that proper credit is given – specifically, the software name "Framsticks" (unless already visible in the screenshot) and, if possible, a link to the website "www.framsticks.com".  REAL 💬 ⬆   22:40, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done: Per request. --Bedivere (talk) 01:14, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Charlotte Leduc.png

Bonjour,

Je conteste la suppression du fichier que j’ai moi-même importé sur Wikimedia Commons concernant Charlotte Leduc.

Je tiens à préciser que cette photographie m’appartient pleinement : - Elle a été réalisée par mon collègue à ma demande, avec mon propre appareil photo, lors d’une action de campagne. - Le fichier original m’a été transmis par mon collègue via un lien Google Drive. - Je suis donc le détenteur légitime des droits patrimoniaux sur ce cliché et en mesure d’en autoriser l’utilisation.

En conséquence, je confirme être l’auteur ou représentant légitime de l’auteur et je publie cette photographie sous licence libre (ex. CC-BY-SA 4.0), afin qu’elle puisse être utilisée sur Wikipédia et Commons.

Je demande donc la restauration du fichier, cette suppression étant injustifiée. Je reste disponible pour fournir toute preuve complémentaire (fichier original, métadonnées EXIF de la photo, etc.) attestant de mon droit d’auteur.

Cordialement, [Julien Lorscheider / LeMessin22] --LeMessin22 (talk) 22:56, 24 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is no explanation how the copyright has been transferred from your colleague, the photographer, to you. You can not license somebody else's copyrighted work. Please ask your colleague to follow the instructions at COM:VRT. Thuresson (talk) 00:36, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT, and VRT requests undeletion. The current backlog at VRT is 8 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:24, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:O Leão da Amazônia, mascote do Nacional.jpg

It was an artwork I designed in pencil and then vectorized in Corel Draw, without any involvement from the club. I contributed 100% to the illustration of the project, with no copyright attribution required, since the entire process was done by me, and the name "Leão da Amazônia" is not a registered trademark of the club. I didn't "take" it from anywhere on the internet, as stated in the takedown notice, and the image wouldn't be found anywhere on the internet because I created it, and this is the only place it was uploaded. Luis Alberto Souza Matos (talk) 03:18, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Trademark registration or lack of it is irrelevant for us. We base on copyright only. In order to create COM:DW of the club's mascot and to license this work for use by others you need a written permission from the copyright holder and you need to provide its copy to VRT. Technique that you use is irrelevant. If your work was totally different from the mascot in order not to be its derivative work, it would be out of scope as unrelated personal artwork. The only way to present the mascot in Wikimedia goes through receiving a written free license permission from the club or from the mascot designer. Ankry (talk) 08:15, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose Given the comments above -- that the subject drawing has never been used anywhere but here, it is out of scope as a personal drawing. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:27, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Files from admhmao.ru

The files were taken from the website [3] the materials of which are available under license "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International". Is the official website of the government of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Fenixs-ru (talk) 08:00, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Info
 https://admhmao.ru/admhmao.ru sent back an error.
 Error code: 447 No Reason Phrase
Ankry (talk) 08:16, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There a problem with access from some countries outside of Russia, so it seems WebArhive does not save the current version of the site. Perhaps YandexwebCache will open (YandexwebCache). Or the old website design https://old.admhmao.ru/. is available in the archive https://archive.fo/jvufc/ Fenixs-ru (talk) 09:03, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My opinion is that if someone restricts access to license then we may doubt if they indeed want to grant a license worldwide and, maybe, we should request a VRT permission. But leaving the decision to other admins.  Neutral Ankry (talk) 09:23, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Support The files are clearly CC-BY 4.0. The site shows the notice "Все материалы сайта доступны по лицензии: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International" prominently in the footer. Geo-restrictions to access governmental sites are implemented to prevent DDOS attacks. In doubt, a screenshot could be sent to VRT. -- Miha (talk) 12:20, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Sandra Meeuwsen in 2024.jpg

Request to undelete the a.m. file, as required permission has been received in Ticket:2025081510002122. Chescargot (talk) 11:23, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done @Chescargot: FYI. Ankry (talk) 14:14, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg

I wish to have File:Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg reinstated. The deletion debate had two people opposing deletion, and no one supporting. This flag is composed of two public domain components, the stars off the Australian flag, and the coat of arms of Canberra, both public domain due to age. These two pages [4] and [5] show the flag, and the pages both show a CC-BY-4.0 license, compatible with commons licensing. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:43, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

First, please remember that DRs are not votes. One of the two Keeps came from an editor with fewer than 500 edits here and the other from an unsigned IP user. Both argued that the flag was below the ToO which, in view of our experience with the much simpler Aboriginal Flag, is almost certainly incorrect. Note also that both the nominator and the closing Admin supported deletion, so your "no one supporting" is incorrect. The closing Admin is required to take into account all comments, but must close the DR in accordance with their understanding of the law and Commons policy.
 Support However, as you point out, the page describing the Australian Symbols booklet has a Copyright and Disclaimer page with a CC-BY 4.0 International license. Note that the actual booklet claims copyright ARR for everything in it, but that need not concern us. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:25, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Tylenol recommending woman that are pregnant should not take any of their products.png (Tweet)

I wish to challenge the deletion of File:Tylenol recommending woman that are pregnant should not take any of their products.png under {{PD-text}}. The file was wrongfully speedy deleted as a copyright violation, by an IP user (User:2804:388:4119:F71E:1:0:79D0:864C), and as far as I can tell, that was their only edit on the Commons. They have no edits on the commons, which makes sense if their only edit was to nominate a now-deleted page for speedy deletion. Note, I am heavily involved in SPI investigations, including some LTAs (such as w:WP:LTA/A5) who use hundreds of IPs, and who stalks my edits. There is a good chance this solo-IP was some SOCK, just no clear evidence for an SPI yet.

Request to the deletion administrator was accepted and denied: accepted in terms of not a copyright violation ("I might agree on the threshold of originality for a tweet message"), but denied for scope issues (see User talk:Ruthven#Undeletion Request). This file was in Category:Tweets and was in use on an English Wikipedia article (COM:INUSE) prior to deletion. The file was removed by another editor 15 minutes prior to the deletion, using the speedy deletion as part of their removal reasoning. Due to the deletion, challenges to this removal were unable to occur. I argue COM:INUSE applies as well as high educational purposes, given this exact file was subject to secondary reliable source coverage. I request this file be undeleted, or we should start deleting files in Category:Tweets as not being in scope. WeatherWriter (talk) 15:32, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • At the very least, the copyright speedy deletion aspect should be overturned. If it is a scope issue, that is not grounds for a speedy deletion per COM:GCSD. If the administrator wishes to continue the scope issue, they could start a regular deletion request, but not speedy delete something that has reasonable arguments to be in scope, especially since the copyright issue was essentially overturned. WeatherWriter (talk) 15:36, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@WeatherWriter: Undeleted and started a DR. You can discuss the issues there. Ankry (talk) 19:25, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done see above. Ankry (talk) 19:25, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Friederike Baer, German-American Historian, taken in 2024.png

I don't understand why this file was deleted. All the proper steps have been take to make it usable. And the photographer sent an email claiming copyright. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eliswinterabend (talk • contribs) 22:15, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

emma luttenauer

hello the picture emma luttenauer european championship have been removed but we have the right to use it you can contact the fflutte and they will tell you, we have the right for this picture — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akiraoconor (talk • contribs) 22:49, 25 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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