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Files from Picswiss[edit]

See Commons:Picswiss/Permission and this DR. As far as I understand the German text, this seems to be an 'Wikipedia only' permission. Any thoughts? Jcb (talk) 20:35, 29 September 2016 (UTC)

No, the restriction is that only pictures by Zumbühl may be used on Wikipedia, not pictures by other fotographers on picswiss. --Magnus (talk) 20:44, 29 September 2016 (UTC)
I am not satisfied with this answer. A quotation from the release: "mag wenige Leute begeistern, diese Bilder zu klauen und kommerziell zu vertreiben" --> He does not think that people want to steal these files to use them commercially. If he would agree with the free license, he would not call commercial usage 'klauen'. So please tell me whether this German sentence needs to be explained completely different? Because as far as I understand the text, the release is incompatible. Jcb (talk) 13:48, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the permission is invalid. There are two options: a) we get a valid permission from the copyright holder as described at COM:OTRS b) We have to delete all files. --Steinsplitter (talk) 14:20, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Let's see what Roland Zumbuehl has to say to this, see also his talk page. He is uploading lots of freely licensed (CC-BY-SA) photos himself. Gestumblindi (talk) 18:08, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
If Jcb and Steinsplitter are right, we cannot call this anything but a massive disaster. 10+ years of copyright violations without anyone noticing them and 5330 files widely used in Wikipedias AND ELSEWHERE, everything based on a misanderstanding. --Cavarrone (talk) 18:22, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Personally, I believe that Roland Zumbuehl is fine with the free licenses - why would he otherwise continuously upload CC-BY-SA licensed photos to Commons? 2004 was quite a different time, we weren't that formal with our licensing confirmation requirements back then. And I think we usually "grandfather" images uploaded before OTRS confirmation became standard practice? Still, a confirmation through OTRS would be a good thing now. Gestumblindi (talk) 18:31, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

QR[edit]

¿Es correcto que esté esta imagen en Commons. ¿Qué hacer con ella? --Jcfidy (talk) 13:12, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

No veo ningún problema así a priori. ¿Por qué te inquieta esta imagen? Se usa para poder enlazar a un articulo de wikipedia desde "el mundo real". --Discasto talk 16:03, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
Solo pregunto si debe existir o no en Commons, no es habitual tener imágenes en código QR para enlazar artículos de Wikipedia. A ver que opinan otros usuarios. --Jcfidy (talk) 16:09, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
Claro que pueden existir. De hecho, existen muchas :-) (véase Category:QRpedia QR codes) --Discasto talk 17:32, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
OK, no conocía esa categoría. He mirado alguna de esas imágenes y solo están en esa categoría, la elimino de categoría "Hórreos in Galicia (Spain)". --Jcfidy (talk) 20:58, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

Moving images from one cat to another[edit]

Hi, I realize this probably isn't correct place to ask this however as admins frequently watch this page I figured I'd ask here,
Ultra7 hasn't been on since August 2015 and seems to have retired from this place, They have thousands of images stored up and they're pretty much abandoned,
So I was going to ask if It would be okay if I moved every single image to Category:Davey2010 buses and sorted them out myself,
I realize I have tons of images to sort out myself as it is however I'd rather take these under my wing instead of them being left abandoned (which I'm more than happy to do),
I perhaps don't need to ask here however I'd rather get consensus before doing it incase there wasn't any agreement,
Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 20:18, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Ultra7's tmp categories are clearly designed to be temporary pending proper classification, so if you work through them and categorise the files and remove his tmp category when you are done that is fine.
However, you shouldn't remove any of his temp categories to merely replace it with your own. You don't need to "take ownership" to work through those categories, and if he does return then his temp cats should be left as-is for him.
Feel free to add your own temporary category to the files if it makes it easier for you to process, but if you do that remember to remove both your cat and his when the file is categorised.--Nilfanion (talk) 20:34, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Hi Nilfanion, I'm not trying to argue but the user hasn't been on since August last year and it seems extremely unlikely he will ever be on,
For whatever reason most of the images in those cats aren't even under "uncategorized" - They've just sat there since June 2015 (or longer) and there's no categories at all except his temp ones,
I never realized he had other images there but I only wanted to categorize the buses/cars and it'd be easier if I moved the relevant images from his category to mine so then they're all in one place instead of me having to go from one category to another to another,
In all fairness he doesn't need 65 categories tho ?, I could always keep the main cat and about 5 temps and have the rest (i'm working on) deleted, OR I could paste the entire cat list on his talkpage so if he ever wanted them undeleted he could OR if it's really preferred to keep them then I could add "Template:empty category" to them which means they wouldn't be deleted,
I'm not really trying to take ownership however he does appear to have abandoned them and I don't think he's ever coming back so it makes sense for me to "grab the bull by the horns" if you like,
Thanks for replying - it's much appreciated. –Davey2010Talk 22:50, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
I agree its unlikely he will return, but he might, and in that case everything should be as he left it - who knows what distinctions the separate cats have to him? I don't see any benefit to moving these to a temp cat in your name, as you can work just as easily with the existing categories. If using a temporary category of your own makes things easier, please copy the files (and leave them in the existing cats). Only remove his temp categories when you have applied actual content categories.--Nilfanion (talk) 23:14, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Nilfanion - That makes no sense ? ... You're telling me to leave the files in his cats and yet you're telling me to copy the files only and then to remove both cats when I've categorized the image .... What's the difference then between moving them to my cat to sort and doing it in his as either way I'll be removing his cats after anyway? ... That makes no sense ?,
Also If I remove his cats from the images once I'm done it means these cats are going to automatically be deleted because their blank ? .... Which is why I was more than happy to move them and add "empty category" template to the categories, Thanks. –Davey2010Talk 01:02, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
What I'm saying is don't remove these files from "his" temporary cats until you have properly categorised the files. How you go about categorising - whether directly from those categories or via a temp cat of your own - is irrelevant, but the files should remain in "his" categories until they have real categories. With thousands of files that will take you some time, and its possible he will return in that time.--Nilfanion (talk) 01:07, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
Nilfanion - Ahhhh right sorry, Well in that case someone else can deal with his shit as with the greatest of respect (and I'm not having a go at you) but I'm not going through atleast 30-40 categories - I had hoped you'd agree but anyway they'll just have to stay abandoned, Thanks for your time anyway. –Davey2010Talk 01:19, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Categories for deletion.[edit]

Could an admin kindly delete the following categories? They are empty. Fry1989 eh? 23:02, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

✓ Done INeverCry 23:10, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
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