User talk:JoshuaW56

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File tagging File:FoxrockRailwayStation.jpg

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Johnj1995 (talk) 00:47, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Foxrock railway station.jpg

Copyright status: File:Foxrock railway station.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Foxrock railway station.jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear. If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the VRT system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. If you have any questions about licenses please ask at Commons:Village pump/Copyright or see our help pages. Thank you.

This action was performed automatically by AntiCompositeBot (talk) (FAQ) 13:05, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

File source is not properly indicated: File:Foxrock railway station.jpg

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--Kwekubo (talk) 02:47, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

File source is not properly indicated: File:Drumm battery train D.jpg

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--Kwekubo (talk) 02:51, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi @JoshuaW56. Regarding these two photographs. When you uploaded the image of Foxrock railway station, your edit summary stated that "This picture was taken from the book LUAS - Harcourt Street Memories. The photograph is in the Irish National Archives, but is free to use." This clearly means that you are not the creator of the image. Given that the Drumm battery train was scrapped 60 years ago, you presumably did not create the second image either. Thank you for trying to help with these pictures, but it is very important that everything on Wikimedia Commons is either free of copyright or available under an open licence, so that any user can use any image here for any desired purpose with confidence and without fear of subsequent legal complaints. Could you provide evidence that the image is either without copyright, or that the copyright holder of the image has given permission for its use under terms compatible with Wikimedia Commons? --Kwekubo (talk) 17:30, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

I never claimed to have taken the pictures. They’re free to use, as you said. I don’t know how I’m supposed to provide evidence when they’re in a book and free to use. I’m sure the national archive wouldn’t mind them being on here, especially since they’ve loads of pictures that have been uploaded to Wikipedia in a similar manner. JoshuaW56 (talk) 10:43, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi @JoshuaW56. When you uploaded both these images, you added copyright tags asserting that you were in fact the copyright holder of both images, and that you hereby licensed them under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike licence. You then changed this to say that, as the author of the photos, you were additionally releasing them into the public domain. If you are not the author and they were taken from a book, does the book mention the copyright status of the images? Was the permission from the National Archives for a specific purpose (such as inclusion in that book only), or for any purpose including unrestricted commercial use? Please do note that fair use doesn't apply in any way at Wikimedia Commons - this website is strictly for media with no copyright restrictions, including unrestricted commercial use. That is the point of Commons. The requirements for Wikipedia are different and fair use of copyrighted images is acceptable under certain circumstances - but you still need to declare that copyright restrictions apply and explain why that situation qualifies as fair use. Here is an explanation about that. Thanks. --Kwekubo (talk) 22:13, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

Well I suppose I wasn’t as familiar with the site’s copyright system as I am now. I think they could be fair use, as long as the origin is credited. The pictures are likely in the National Archives but would be okay to use on Wikipedia if they’re readily available in other places. JoshuaW56 (talk) 00:48, 2 December 2023 (UTC)