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Finding out why a file was deleted

First, check the deletion log and find out why the file was deleted. Also use the What links here feature to see if there are any discussions linking to the deleted file. If you uploaded the file, see if there are any messages on your user talk page explaining the deletion. Secondly, please read the deletion policy, the project scope policy, and the licensing policy again to find out why the file might not be allowed on Commons.

If the reason given is not clear or you dispute it, you can contact the deleting administrator to ask them to explain or give them new evidence against the reason for deletion. You can also contact any other active administrator (perhaps one that speaks your native language)—most should be happy to help, and if a mistake had been made, rectify the situation.

Appealing a deletion

Deletions which are correct based on the current deletion, project scope and licensing policies will not be undone. Proposals to change the policies may be done on their talk pages.

If you believe the file in question was neither a copyright violation nor outside the current project scope:

• You may want to discuss with the administrator who deleted the file. You can ask the administrator for a detailed explanation or show evidence to support undeletion.
• If you do not wish to contact anyone directly, or if an individual administrator has declined undeletion, or if you want an opportunity for more people to participate in the discussion, you can request undeletion on this page.
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• If some information is missing in the deleted image description, you may be asked some questions. It is generally expected that such questions are responded in the following 24 hours.

Temporary undeletion

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.

1. if the temporary undeletion is to assist discussion, explain why it would be useful for the discussion to undelete the file temporarily, or
2. if the temporary undeletion is to allow transfer to a fair use project, state which project you intend to transfer the file to and link to the project's fair use statement.

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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Adding a request

First, ensure that you have attempted to find out why the file was deleted. Next, please read these instructions for how to write the request before proceeding to add it:

• Do not request undeletion of a file that has not been deleted.
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• In the Subject: field, enter an appropriate subject. If you are requesting undeletion of a single file, a heading like [[:File:DeletedFile.jpg]] is advisable. (Remember the initial colon in the link.)
• Identify the file(s) for which you are requesting undeletion and provide image links (see above). If you don't know the exact name, give as much information as you can. Requests that fail to provide information about what is to be undeleted may be archived without further notice.
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Closing discussions

In general, discussions should be closed only by administrators.

Instructions for administrators

Use common sense. If, for example, a file was deleted for missing a source, and the requesting user is the photographer, the file can be undeleted without further discussion. If the user wishes to tag a file with a certain license, you can do that for them if you want to, or leave it to them to do it. However, it is important that you remove any speedy deletion templates from the file. In general, try to comply with the requests of well-intending users. Files can, for example, be undeleted for the requesting user to look at without the request itself having to be closed. The deleting administrator may undelete the file if compelled by the arguments or information provided. The deleting administrator may also participate in the discussion. The deleting administrator should, however, not close contentious requests as "Not done." When a debate is settled, close it with a remark such as "Not done" or "Undeleted" and add the template {{Udelh}} above the header and the template {{Udelf}} below your own comment. (The templates are short for "undelete header" and "footer.") Closed requests are automatically archived. When undeleting a file, reference the discussion (for example "Per https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests&oldid=nnnnnnnn#Heading"). Files temporarily undeleted for transfer purposes should be tagged with {{Temporarily undeleted|transfer=yes}}. This places them into Temporarily undeleted files, a subcategory of Candidates for deletion, and automatically nominates them for speedy deletion after two days. Files temporarily undeleted to assist discussion should be tagged with {{Temporarily undeleted}}. These are automatically nominated for speedy deletion after thirty days.

Archives

Closed undeletion debates are archived daily.

Current requests

File:ROC Ministry of National Defense Seal.svg

Please restore the following pages:

• File:ROC Ministry of National Defense Seal.svg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)

Reason: This file had been deleted per this DR due to "Logos are not covered under {{PD-ROC-exempt}} or {{GWOIA}}" and then it was re-uploaded by User:人人生來平等.

However, according to the email response by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office "故政府機關之部徽、署徽或局徽，如其形式係依法所制訂者，依著作權法第9條，不得為著作權之標的。" (English Machine Translation: "Therefore, the emblems of ministries, departments or bureaus of government agencies, if their forms are made in accordance with the law, shall not be the subject of copyright in accordance with Article 9 of the Copyright Law." ) Since this logo is the Seal of Ministry of National Defense, in my opinion, it is not copyrighted and is covered under {{PD-ROC-exempt}} . The previous delete decision should be overturned and the previous page history also need to be recovered. cc @Wcam, Mdaniels5757, and Ericliu1912: Thanks. SCP-2000 18:44, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

@SCP-2000: If the emblem is made in accordance with the law, such law needs to be specified. In the email you quote, the national flag is defined in 中華民國國徽國旗法第4條, and the Taipei City's seal is defined in 臺北市市徽市旗設置自治條例第4條. A seal/emblem/logo is only in the PD if it is based on a law. Wcam (talk) 19:16, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

OK, it is based on 《陸海空軍軍旗條例施行細則》第五條. Looks ok to keep. --Wcam (talk) 19:18, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

 Support. (And should recover all revision history altogether) —— Eric Liu_（Talk） 23:38, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

The revision history of File:Seal of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China.svg should be merged with this file if the latter get restored. —— Eric Liu_（Talk） 10:22, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Only this file (to request restoration of all deleted revisions) or for all deleted files of that DR? Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 02:03, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

File:Portrait_de_Nicolas_&_Bruno.jpg

Bonjour, désolé je ne suis pas un spécialiste de wikipedia mais je ne comprends pas pourquoi la photo dont je suis l'auteur a été refusée sur la page de "Nicolas et Bruno" que j'actualise régulièrement.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_et_Bruno

Je me suis sans doute trompé dans la définition de la licence. Je souhaite que cette photo soit libre de droit, dans le domaine public, sans restriction d'un quelconque copyright.

Parallèlement on m'a informé que ma photo a été utilisée sur le site Focus-cinema, mais à l'époque avec mon autorisation. >>>> Reason for the nomination: file under copyright (See https://www.focus-cinema.com/7741868/what-we-do-in-the-shadows-vampires-entre-toute-intimite-sortira-fin-octobre-en-france/)

Pouvez-vous m'aider et me donner la procédure pour que ma modification soit possible? Ou pouvez-vous le faire vous-même?

Merci d'avance pour votre aide! — Preceding unsigned comment added by FilmsChecker (talk • contribs) 15:40, 6 November 2023 (UTC) (UTC)

@FilmsChecker: Bonjour,

Avez-vous l'image originale ? Si oui, vous pourriez l'importer pour prouver que vous êtes bien le photographe. Si non, il faudra confirmer la licence par email en suivant la procédure à COM:VRT/fr. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 15:40, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Merci Yann pour votre réponse! Ça y est, je crois que ça a fonctionné!! Merci beaucoup. FilmsChecker (talk) 09:45, 8 November 2023 (UTC)

 Oppose The image as uploaded has a black border and appears in a number of places on the web. It is only 640px square. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:47, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

 Question Isn't this resolution a standard for this camera model? Ankry (talk) 17:00, 9 November 2023 (UTC)

Aha -- I think you are probably right, but it does appear in a number of places without a free license. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 23:18, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Do any of those other places include the EXIF? The one I found does not. Carl Lindberg (talk) 00:32, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

 Support undeletion of the deleted version as the uploader was able to upload the version with EXIF. However, this is probably not meaningfull at the momen as the original version is not deleted~and I see no reason to do so. Ankry (talk) 13:02, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Videos by Bandai Namco

Hi, This discussion concluded that there is no reason to believe that the free license at the source of these files is not valid. This also applies to files published by Bandai Namco under a free license. Yann (talk) 17:44, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

The discussion you linked to had the closing admin specifically say Bandai Namco was not trustworthy. I'd be inclined to undelete the ones which Bandai Namco had complete ownership on but not the others especially given the complexity of Japan's production committee model for animated works. Abzeronow (talk) 16:10, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

OK, fine with me. Yann (talk) 16:44, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

AFAICT there were all license reviewed, and they still have a free license at source. Yann (talk) 13:56, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

Age of Empires videos

Hi, This discussion concluded that there is no reason to believe that the free license at the source of these files is not valid. This also applies to files published by Age of Empires official account under a free license. Idem as above. Yann (talk) 19:23, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Age of Empires II DE - May-hem Event!.webm
• Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with insource:youtube.com/user/officialageofempires

• I'm inclined towards supporting this request even though there may have also been intent for this material to have a noncommercial restriction per the first DR. Abzeronow (talk) 16:13, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

• There are still videos under a free license published 9 years ago. This can't be a mistake. Yann (talk) 16:51, 21 November 2023 (UTC)

•  Support undeletion since it appears they are properly licensed. Abzeronow (talk) 18:09, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

I undeleted File:Age of Empires II DE - May-hem Event!.webm which is available with a CC-BY license at archive.org. I don't have time to search for free licenses for the other +100 videos. Thuresson (talk) 19:15, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

@Thuresson: OK, thanks for looking at this. I checked the first 10 files in the list, and there were all license reviewed, except two, which had a free license according to Internet Archive. Yann (talk) 13:54, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

File:Afghanistan-Spange.jpg

And also:

• File:GPPT Abzeichen.jpg
• File:GPPT Abzeichen 2020.jpg

I created the picture myself. So please restore it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by User85521 (talk • contribs) 01:36, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

• User:User85521, I think that it would be a good idea for you to state here under which of the free licenses we recognize you plan to release this image. I always use public domain for my images. Geo Swan (talk) 09:11, 22 November 2023 (UTC)
• @User85521: The problem is not who created the images, but who created the presented objects and where did they grant a free license for them? They do not seem to be more than 70 years old for copyright expiration. Ankry (talk) 09:10, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

  Thank you for looking into this matter. I would like to kindly point out to you that your comments do not comply with Wikipedia's image rights or the German copyright law applicable to this image. All coats of arms, medals or other official German works are in the public domain according to German Law. The “70 year rule” only affects the copyright of other people, but not of self-created pictures of public domain objects. An example here:

• File:Bayerische Verbandsabzeichen als Brusttaschenanhänger (GrePo, StMI, PP München, PVA).jpg – Wikimedia Commons

  So please release images. User85521 (talk) 11:41, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

   Neutral here as I cannot judge whether these objects are "coats of arms of a German Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts". Another opinion (or more information needed). I cannot recognize who released the badges and whether they were official or not. Ankry (talk) 12:43, 24 November 2023 (UTC)

File:30 STM - Love Lust Faith + Dreams.jpeg

• File:30 STM - Love Lust Faith + Dreams.jpeg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)

Reason: Below COM:TOO US: just a grid of dots with text in boxes. Cc. @Taivo, George Ho, and Blackcat. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 23:04, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

 Oppose I disagree. The arrangement of dots shows clear artistic sense. If Mondrian and Pollock works can have copyrights (which they do), this probably does. Three users, including two Admins, agreed with me. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 23:09, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

 Comment I don't know how high is the threshold of originality in the USA. Here in Italy would be rather weak, a work must be very original to be protected as 'original', but I suppose that the USA have a lower threshold. Thus I trust Jim, who for sure knows the American laws and customs better than me. -- Blackcat 23:28, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

I don't know of much record of the copyrightability of Mondrian's works, and Pollock is much more complex. The US Copyright Office hates discussion of "artistic sense", sticking with originality. They usually dodge issues of colorization, but similar to the colorization of movies, which they permitted copyrighting, I think the complexity of the colorization would be enough to permit its copyright registration.--Prosfilaes (talk) 22:44, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

File:Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan - Logo 2010.jpg

Please restore the following pages:

• File:Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan - Logo 2010.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)

Reason: I take this file froo the official Facebook page of AFFA, where there's no indication or evidence about any terms like "all rights reserved"; also, the file isn't a particular work - consist in a simple text and shapes -, not sufficiently "original" to infringe COM:TOO imho — danyele 17:38, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

We need an explicit free license and the Facebook source doesn't provide us with that. I don't see any guidance on the ToO in Azerbaijan but for countries like the UK which have low ToO that would definitely be above it. Abzeronow (talk) 18:09, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

 Comment I don't know how low or high is COM:TOO in Azerbaijan, but it is not a simple shape. It has a ball on fire that in turns resembles the Azerbaijani flag. The logo is also on enwiki under fair-use, so would need to transfer that file instead of restoring this one. Günther Frager (talk) 18:14, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Hal Pearl Publicity Photo.jpg

These were deleted before a reverse image search could be done to determine dates and provenance, and before the registration/renewal databases could be checked. No debate, delete same day as listing. --RAN (talk) 04:41, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

 Comment They were listed on 13 November, but the deletion log says that they were deleted on 23 November. I don't think that the above description of the deletion as being the same day as listing is correct; unless I'm missing something, these were deleted ten days post-nomination. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 05:29, 28 November 2023 (UTC)

• Correct, 10 days. We currently have a 6-month backlog. For instance, this image has been up for three months File:École élémentaire publique Pierre Lefebvre à Wasquehal(3).jpg. Still no evaluation was done on the Hal Pert images, the images were deleted before anyone had a chance to comment, or to research the provenance of the images. --RAN (talk) 22:16, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

 Oppose "In general, requests can be closed by an administrator after seven days." at Commons:Deletion requests. Thuresson (talk) 04:52, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

That is awesome, but let them close the ones that have been in queue for six months first. It is the difference between "can" and "should". --RAN (talk) 22:22, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

@GTCC8 and Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ): The files are temporarily undeleted. Seeing the resolution, they don't seem to be copied from the Net, but rather scanned by the uploader. Yann (talk) 21:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

• @Yann: Hal at Aragon.jpg and Hal Pearl at Aragon.tif can be deleted again, they are dupes. The others now have the proper attribution. --RAN (talk) 22:35, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

File:Celia Cruz 1971.jpg

Image was speedy deleted for Source is reddit, and the image there has a watermark from an archive website. Said archive site is from a Peruvian site known as "Arkiv Peru" and the same watermark appears in 1 and 2. Image is PD in Peru according to {{PD-Peru-photo}}. SuperSkaterDude45 (talk) 15:58, 29 November 2023 (UTC)

So when was the first copy disclosed to the public? Which is the publication history? Thuresson (talk) 16:24, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

@SuperSkaterDude45: The date Thuresson asks about is crucial for applying {{PD-Peru-photo}}. Ankry (talk) 00:37, 2 December 2023 (UTC)

File:Hossein Vafaei firt title (cropped).jpg and File:Hossein Vafaei firt title (cropped 2).jpg

I created both of these files using the crop tool from File:Hossein_Vafaei_firt_title.jpg. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AmethystZhou (talk • contribs) 10:46, 1 December 2023 (UTC) (UTC)

• Signing your posts is required on talk pages and it is a Commons policy to sign your posts on deletion requests, undeletion requests, and noticeboards. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you.

 Oppose That file has no EXIF data and a resolution of only 1000 x 669. There are several copies on the Net, notably [1] and [2]. A permission from the copyright holder is needed. @Parsalipour: Original uploader. Yann (talk) 10:44, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

File:Sombattour (Wiangping).jpg

--Khxwklong (talk) 03:35, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

My Image I Capture In My Phone Camera I didn't Copyright Anything Khxwklong (talk) 04:14, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

 Support HR with EXIF data. I don't see any reason to doubt own work. Yann (talk) 10:38, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

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

File:Laurent Lairy.jpg

Please restore. We have permission per Ticket:2023120110007943. Thanks, --Mussklprozz (talk) 21:35, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

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 Done: @Mussklprozz: FYI. --Yann (talk) 21:37, 1 December 2023 (UTC)