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Löschantrag Puchinger Bäuerin (Peter Geymayer)

Peter Geymayer ist leider 2022 verstorben, siehe hier. --Kuhni74 (talk) 20:44, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

War mir bekannt, dennoch danke für den Hinweis. Gruß --Rosenzweig τ 20:45, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

URAA fun

See Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Public_Domain_Day_2025 and Commons:Deletion requests/Henri Matisse not public domain in 2025. I see quite a few inconsistent deletion request closures where {{Not-PD-US-URAA}} is used for files uploaded after 2012. Do you know what is going on here? Category:URAA-related deletion requests/pending currently has quite a few open cases and closing should be consistent. Multichill (talk) 12:26, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

It is official Commons policy that if something is still protected in the US because of the URAA, that is a reason for deletion, even if it is the only one. One should check for several things (like the actual duration of the copyright term in the source country on the URAA date – not every country had 70 years then –, or the matter of actual publication, not easy for things like paintings), but if URAA protection is positively established, it's a reason for deletion.

Not-PD-US-URAA is an old stopgap (goes back to 2007) from the time when the US Supreme Court had not yet decided on the URAA. It must not be used for anything uploaded after March 1, 2012. In the discussions after the Supreme Court had finally decided, the debate went back and forth, but finally it was decided that yes, URAA was a reason for deletion and Not-PD-US-URAA should not be used for new uploads. With all that debate, it's quite complicated, and it took me a while to come to those conclusions. Unfortunately, some people did not want to acknowledge the outcome of the debate (some still don't) and try to continue keeping files and labelling them with Not-PD-US-URAA. That has become less over the last few years though, see the discussions you mention above. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 13:44, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Yeah, that confirms what I was thinking. People are quite hostile about it so I guess that kept people from nominating files. No fun at Commons:Deletion requests/File:La robe de bal (035303).jpg.

So looks like we have nearly 4700 files that use {{Not-PD-US-URAA}} and are uploaded before the cutoff date, see https://petscan.wmcloud.org/?psid=30749520

And over 10.000 files after 2012 that use it, see https://petscan.wmcloud.org/?psid=30749533

Quite the mess. Multichill (talk) 20:59, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, nothing new unfortunately. The same thing happened last year with Commons:Deletion requests/File:The chess game 2001 NYE 08515 0126 000(024845).jpg and various other DRs. --Rosenzweig τ 21:04, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

URAA is very unpopular (something that also came up in discussions I had at Wikimania 2024). But consensus is clear, post-2012 uploads have to be deleted if URAA restored copyright. Abzeronow (talk) 21:13, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

File:Émile P. Torres profile 2024.png

Hi, I actually didn't want this file and the cropped version to be deleted, I was just following the instructions in the speedy deletion box telling me to open a deletion request if I disagree. This is why I replied with the reason why I think the files shouldn't be deleted. Would there have been a way to make that clearer? Rismari (talk) 01:17, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I misunderstood that. I have restored the files. In case something like this happens again, please retain the text (This file was initially tagged by XYZ as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: ...) and then write that you object and for what reason. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 01:33, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Rismari (talk) 09:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Cyril de La Patellière

Monsieur. Est-ce vous qui avez supprimé les fichiers concernant Cyril de La Patellière? L'artiste est encore en vie comme vous dites et il est parfaitement au courant de ces photos. Les droits lui appartiennent. Je propose donc que vous remettiez ces fichiers. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A01:CB1D:6A0:E100:1A03:675B:3D6E:1C0 (talk) 14:21, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello IP 2A01:CB1D:6A0:E100:1A03:675B:3D6E:1C0,

I did not delete the files, but I nominated them for deletion. If the author is fine with these files hosted at Wikimedia Commons under a free license, we need a written permission by him, sent directly by him per e-mail to Wikimedia Commons. For the details about the procedure, please read COM:VRT/fr. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 16:38, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

I've missed it by a day...

...but happy 20th year of being a Commons user! JayCubby (talk) 01:39, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Already? Don't worry, I completely missed it too. Thanks! Regards --Rosenzweig τ 05:04, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Belated happy 20th anniversary, Rosenzweig. I've definitely learned a lot about DACH matters from you in the 6 years (feels like longer) I've been on Commons. Abzeronow (talk) 19:36, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Noinclude code

Hi. I thought there was a bot that was adding the code now. Did that not end up working out or something? Thanks. Adamant1 (talk) 12:48, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

It's still working AFAIK, but the bot is apparently adding them only to open DRs. When people add them to already archived DRs, no bot will come. So I'll sometimes still add them manually when I happen to see something, even if the DR is still open. Done is done :-) Regards --Rosenzweig τ 12:53, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

OK. That makes sense. I'll have to just add it myself anyway since there's really no reason not to. --Adamant1 (talk) 12:56, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

Your addition at Help:Contents

I got notified of the following change: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Contents&diff=prev&oldid=985872543 . Why write that on the general help page? Was that an error or am i misunderstanding something? ◅ Sebastian Helm 🗨 19:51, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Interesting, thanks for notifying me. The VisualFileChange script did that, and I think it happened because of this redirect (which I have now removed). Regular users would not be able to write to Help:Contents, but since I'm an admin, I can, so it happened. Why did you get notified? Because you have this page on your watchlist? Regards --Rosenzweig τ 20:10, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I still have it on my watchlist. But I don't understand why for this change I got an email notification, while for others on my watchlist I don't. Not a problem, just odd. ◅ Sebastian Helm 🗨 19:43, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

File:Carl Gentner AK Dschewat Pascha (Cevat Çobanli) - alamy Wasserzeichen.jpg

World War I era German postcard illustration. Claimed to be an anonymous work from Carl Gentner (Göppingen) and has a PD-old license. Should I start a DR or just leave it alone? Abzeronow (talk) 19:21, 3 February 2025 (UTC)

I have started Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Cevat Çobanlı. Carl Gentner is not the artist, but the company which published the postcard. German works of art before July 1995 like this one cannot be anonymous works, so unless someone can find the artist and they died before 1955, the file is not ok for Commons before 2039 (based on a 1918 publication date). Regards --Rosenzweig τ 06:18, 4 February 2025 (UTC)

URAA on Karl Arnold

The bulk of the artist's work was published before 1930 and he died over 70 years ago. Is there any special reason for URAA flag on Karl Arnold (artist)? Do we just add it to anything for good measure or should I assume there is a particular reason? Thanks for your help, and for creating the category. :) Jerimee (talk) 20:40, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

He probably created works after 1929, and those would still be protected in the US because of the URAA. de:Karl Arnold (Künstler, 1883) says he suffered a stroke in 1942 which left him unable to work, and that's well after 1929. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 20:48, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

Gallica / BnF

Hallo Rosenzweig, es gibt da möglicherweise ein Problem.

Wenn du die Seite https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53153042m aufrufst, gibt es mehrere Möglichkeiten: entweder du bekommst das von der BnF auf Ranzösisch oder Englisch ausgeliefert oder du bekommst das auf Deutsch, wobei ich nicht weiß, wo das herkommt.

Wenn du es bspw. auf Englisch bekommst, hast du in der Spalte links "About" und nach aufklappen ziemlich weit unten den Copyright-Status, in dem Fall public domain.

Wenn du es auf Deutsch bekommst, hast du im Dropdown "Über" praktisch dieselben Infos, aber ohne der Copyright-Status. Die Zeile fehlt! Es kann also sein, daß deutschsprachige Benutzer, die den Lizenzstatus eines hochgeladenen Bildes überprüfen, fälschlich von einer URV ausgehen, obwohl dies nicht der Fall ist, und in der Folge einen unberechtigten LA stellen, der, wenn der Admin die Seite auch auf Deutsch bekommt, natürlich ausgeführt wird.

Wie ist das bei deinen Einstellungen? --Matthiasb (talk) 12:01, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Das Problem ist im Prinzip bekannt. Ich kenne diese Website eigentlich so, dass man rechts oben die Sprache wählen konnte (Frz./Engl./Dt./Russ./Ital.), aber das finde ich nicht mehr. Womöglich haben sie die Website verändert. Entscheidend ist am ehesten das französische Original, und da steht oft genug eben nicht domaine public, selbst wenn der englische Text das Gegenteil behauptet. Ich halte die Angaben der BNF generell für problematisch. Diverse Werke haben sie vor etlichen Jahren für gemeinfrei erklärt, jetzt plötzlich nicht mehr. Vielleicht haben sie sich ja anfangs nicht richtig mit der Urheberrechtsthematik befasst. Gruß --Rosenzweig τ 12:19, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Zum Thema: Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2023/11#Deprecate Template:PD-BNF and Template:PD-GallicaScan. In der frz. Version steht of Droits  : Consultable en ligne, auch wenn im Englischen was von public domain behauptet wird. --Rosenzweig τ 12:31, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Design der Website wurde am 7. Januar 2025 geändert gem. [1]. Wenn man da nicht mehr sehen kann, welcher Urheberrechtsstatus im Original angegeben wird, ist die Website für alle außerhalb der französischsprachigen Gebiete nicht mehr viel wert. Zumindest, wenn man sich für das Urheberrecht der Werke interessiert. Gruß --Rosenzweig τ 12:40, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Die Anzeigesprache richtet sich anscheinend nach der Browsereinstellung (bei Firefox & Co. heißt die Einstellung Bevorzugte Sprachen für die Darstellung von Websites). Wenn ich das auf Französisch stelle, bekomme ich die Gallica-Seiten auf Französisch, und als Rechte-Information kommt bspw. bei deinem obigen Link « Droits  : Consultable en ligne » Gruß --Rosenzweig τ 16:13, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Das funktioniert auch, wenn ich alle bevorzugten Sprachen lösche; dann fällt die Anzeige auf Französisch zurück. Aber, wenn ich explizit Englisch einstelle, bekomme ich es nicht auf Englisch. Aber vielleicht haben die bei der BnF selbst einen Fehler in ihrer Config, denn heute morgen war sie mal gar nicht erreichbar und inzwischen bekomme ich sie auf Französisch ausgeliefert, auch dann wenn ich die bevorzugte Sprache auf DE habe.

Die Sprachauswahl FR/EN/DE/IT/RU auf der Hauptseite gab es wohl bis Januar und jetzt nicht mehr und jetzt nicht mehr. Aber vielleicht sind die entsprechenden Übersetzungsseiten noch vorhanden, sodaß das tw. über die Browsereinstellungen gesteuert wird (?). Matthiasb (talk) 10:11, 27 February 2025 (UTC)

Hutchinson's story of the nations

Hi, I get a lot of edit conflicts with you. Do you have any idea what is the signature at File:The dawn of life Building a home.jpg and File:The flight of Sultan Hussain Sharki of Jaunpur, A.D. 1479.jpg? And how do you get the same of Richard Bertram Ogle for File:The great earthquake at Agra A.D. 1505.jpg? The signature is not readable for me. Thanks, Yann (talk) 12:18, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

Hello Yann, yes, I noticed. I have not identified the two yet, I'll try. While hard to read at times, the signature of R. B. Ogle is rather distinct with added lines at the beginning and at the end, so if you have one that is clear enough, you can see the similarity in those which are less clear. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 12:21, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

The artists are Horace van Ruith and Gerald Leake. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 13:28, 5 March 2025 (UTC)

Hi, Did you check all images in Category:Hutchinson's Story of the Nations — India and parent category for signatures? Just that I don't need to do it again. Thanks, Yann (talk) 10:00, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I have checked all files, but some illegible signatures remain. I've started looking at Category:Hutchinson's History of the Nations. Regards --Rosenzweig τ 10:04, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Also Alexander C. Weatherstone and Alfred C. Weatherstone are two different persons, i.e. [2]. Alfred was already active in 1883, so he can't be born in 1888. Yann (talk) 10:23, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

No. 1888 and 1929 are not birth and death years, they are the years in which he was known to be active, see ArtUK. Some sites stupidly made birth and death years out of those. Someone then came up with the "Alexander" name, and there we have the "Alexander C. Weatherstone (1888-1929)" persona claimed by some auction sites. All the large art sites, including Artists of the World by DeGruyter, have him as Alfred C. Weatherstone, and I was able to confirm that in the UK records (1921 census, 1939 register, National Probate Calendar in 1945). So not two different persons, but an artefact perpetuated by several auction sites. --Rosenzweig τ 10:41, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Christie's is a rather striking example of that stupidity. [3] by "Alexander" and [4] by "Alfred" are both said to be signed as "A. C. Weatherstone" and are so similar that they are obviously by the same artist. --Rosenzweig τ 10:46, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Sanity check for a photograph from American premiere of Jonny spielt auf

I'll probably just upload it to enwiki but I have found a photograph from Metropolitan Opera's production of Ernst Krenek's Jonny spielt auf from 1929. The photograph is credited to Carlo Edward and was published in the New York Times in the January 20, 1929 issue. It depicts the finale in which Jonny is at the North Pole. I know it's public domain in the US since the photographer appears to be American and the underlying work was published in Vienna in 1927. The question would be if Krenek's copyright applies since he died in 1991 and this was as mentioned published in Austria which is PMA 70 and so if Krenek's copyright applies, it cannot be hosted on Commons until 2062. Abzeronow (talk) 20:50, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

I don't see how a photograph showing an actor in a performance would be a derivative of the text or music of the opera which was performed. If that were the case, we would have to delete several photographs in Category:Jonny spielt auf, including two uploaded by me. --Rosenzweig τ 21:37, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

I think the photographer is Carlo Edwards. Conductor, vocal coach, journalist, photographer. Quite a renaissance man :-) --Rosenzweig τ 21:49, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Ah, OK, I could import it from enwiki where I uploaded it as en:File:Michael Bohnen as Jonny in the American premiere of Jonny Spielt Auf, 1929 photo by Carlo Edward.jpg with corrections so it could be imported. Abzeronow (talk) 21:53, 9 March 2025 (UTC)