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File:TressFX1 tombraider standard hair.jpg and File:TressFX1 tombraider tressfx hair.jpg

It appears that images that I uploaded for an article were deleted, citing "F9: Media file copyright violation without credible claim of fair use or permission."

I believe that when uploaded, I stated that I had generated the image myself using software that I legally purchased. Furthermore, the EULA for the software (Tomb Raider 2013 game) does not at all prohibit publication or distribution of images/screenshots. If I did not state that, then I apologize for not citing my claim to fair use -- as the file is deleted I can not longer check on it.

So, if I need to provide more information, what information do I need to provide? Else, can you un-delete the files (the tags seemed to indicate that I should not automatically un-delete the files).

Since I am new to the Misplaced Pages intricacies of all this admin editing stuff, if you can either respond on my talk page, or otherwise perform an action such that I will receive a notification informing me to check on this topic, that would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Taysomb (talk) 05:37, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Can you show me on their website where it says that the AMD TressFX Hair software is open source? I can't find it. Thanks, -- Diannaa (talk) 13:52, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Sure. Also, I will reference to my claim of the software being opensource on the TressFX[REDACTED] page next time I get to editing it.

i.e. on this page, https://community.amd.com/community/gaming/blog/2015/05/12/tressfx-hair-cross-platform-and-v20/ , in the section below the bar graphs, it repeatedly talks about the benefits of TressFX being an open-source and also modifiable code. And on this page http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-sdks/graphics-development/amd-radeon-sdk/ you can go and download the code yourself, if you so feel inclined.

On a more philosophical note, TressFX being open source or closed source is not what would or would not make the 2 uploaded images either ok or not ok to upload. TressFX is one bit of code used within the game, and the game allows screenshots and such (post-release screen-shots are rather encouraged by most games as screenshots will to some extent promote the game). So, it is because the game allows taking and sharing or screenshots, and I have a license to the game, *this* is why I am allowed to generate and share those pictures.

Taysomb (talk) 16:25, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Two license templates are needed on each file: one for the software you used to generate the image, and one for the image itself (such as a cc-by-sa-3.0). Somewhere in the company's website there should be copyright information for the TressFX software. A post by a user on their blog is not adequate documentation. It should be possible to view the license without downloading the software. -- Diannaa (talk) 19:56, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

Page Assessment

Hey Dianna, if you have a moment, could you look over the WBCM-LP page and do a quick page assessment on it. You know like C-Class, Start-Class, etc. Thanks...Neutralhomer • Talk • 23:44, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

I rate it start-class. It needs to be more comprehensive to move up to C-class. -- Diannaa (talk) 23:53, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

That's what I thought too, but I wanted to make sure. :) Thanks! - Neutralhomer • Talk • 00:06, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Talk Back Notice

File:Yeti Team Picture.jpg

Hi Diannaa, I'm responding to your message "File permission problem with File:Yeti Team Picture.jpg." Thank you very much for bringing this to my attention. I contacted Tony Scherba, the CEO of Yeti, who gave me email confirmation of his permission to use the pictures. What should I do with this email confirmation in order to comply with Misplaced Pages guidelines?

Thanks!

Imarapaholic (talk) 07:36, 20 August 2015 (UTC)imarapaholic

The email needs to be sent to the OTRS team. Ideally the copyright holder sends the email themselves from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en@wikimedia.org, stating ownership of the material and their intention to publish it under a free license. You can find a sample permission letter here. -- Diannaa (talk) 13:22, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Welsh newspaper Articles

Hello User:Diannaa. Thank you for your interest in articles relating to Welsh newspapers. I have noticed that you have removed copyright material from several articles. These articles are being created by National Library of Wales volunteers with the full support of the National Library. The Library is happy for the information from the Newspapers Online website to be reused to create stubs for these articles. As such i would be grateful if you didn't delete the information. Thanks! Jason.nlw (talk) 13:19, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Hello Jason. You cannot post copyright material on Misplaced Pages unless special licensing permissions are in place. That is because Misplaced Pages aims to be freely distributable and copyable by anyone, and all content must have the appropriate documentation in place before that can happen. The source website (example page here) has a copyright notice at the bottom © The National Library of Wales 2015. If the copyright holder wishes to donate the material to Misplaced Pages under license, please see the instructions at Misplaced Pages:Requesting copyright permission as to how to get the required permission in place. You can find a sample permission letter here. -- Diannaa (talk) 13:34, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Connie Converse Page and Photo

Hi Diannaa, I received a notice that further information was needed to verify the authorization for use of the photo I used on the https://en.wikipedia.org/Connie_Converse page. I was hoping that you could provide me with some assistance in resolving this matter. I have looked into the various options and I have a few questions and could really use your expertise. Upon further investigation, this photo was taken by the Converse family as a personal portrait, which was supplied to the newspaper, and therefore not subject to the newspaper's copyright. Given this, it seems the best thing would be to re-upload the photo using the "This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use" option, because "This is an historic portrait of a person no longer alive". However, since Connie Converse disappeared, there is no "deceased since" date. I have been in contact with the legal representative of the Converse family and the Converse estate, who has indicated that a death certificate was recently issued, and they also provided permission to use the photo for non commercial purposes. I am not so experienced with wikipedia, and would really appreciate any guidance you can offer on this matter as I'm interested in making sure I follow the proper procedure with this and any future images I upload.

Additionally, any insights you could offer on how this wiki page could be improved to better conform with wiki standards would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time and effort. DigitalPraxis (talk) 14:31, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi DigitalPraxis. In order to qualify for fair use, we need information on prior publication. Can you tell me more about the image's use in the Concord newspaper? What is the name of the newspaper, and on what date did the photo appear in the paper? Thanks, -- Diannaa (talk) 14:34, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Ronen Shilo

Hi Dianna,

An article Ronen Shilo you have gad protected the last few years has been nominated for deletion because it doesn't have enough sources. Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Ronen Shilo

As you may remember, Shilo is the CEO of Israel's largest Internet company but apparently hasn't done many interviews, but given his prominence it's worth trying to find a way to keep him. As the company I run has a business relationship with Conduit, I have a WP:COI.

I've never edited this article. I see it could use more sourcing, so I created a new proposed draft on my sandbox here: https://en.wikipedia.org/User:BC1278/sandbox It includes articles focused on just him from Fast Company magazine and Inc. Magazine, both very high quality sources, as well as more information about his early and personal life from Israel magazine sources.

The editor nominating for deletion, User:Grump International followed the article about Shilo over from Conduit (company), which was split off by an admin from Conduit (publisher network and platform). The new article is almost entirely from the original article, but focused just on the company, with about four sentences of updates. The original article is now just about the platform. I didn't edit the original or split off the new one. The admin User: Graeme Bartlett did.

User:Grump International tagged the new article as reading like a "news release" and said in Talk it had non-neutral content, I think because he saw I disclosed I had a WP:COI, and I had prepared the draft which the admin User: Graeme Bartlett brought live. But for the most part, I just copied verbatim, the work of more than a dozen other editors over the past five years, from the original article. Some sources were from Internet user forums and user manuals, so I didn't include these because they don't qualify under WP:V

I've asked User:Grump International to engage with me section by section for a WP:NPOV review and so far, he's declined. BC1278 (talk) 22:20, 21 August 2015 (UTC)BC1278

Hi BC1278. The article has been nominated for deletion not because it doesn't have enough sources, but because notability has not been established. He looks like an ordinary CEO to me with no particular claim to notability, so I would not be surprised if it was deleted. The only reason I edited/protected these articles (Conduit and Shilo) was because they were among a suite of articles under attack in 2011. Please see this article in the New York Times (scroll all the way to the bottom for the Misplaced Pages connection). -- Diannaa (talk) 23:14, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Usernames

Hi. This is just a heads-up that I find myself in respectful disagreement with three of your decisions not to block, or not to block right away, on WP:UAA. I think two of the usernames are patently trollish or offensive, and the third is apparently some sort of reference to a pending litigation. Rather than disregard a fellow admin's thoughts by blocking unilaterally, I've posted notes on the page requesting third opinions or further input. Please feel free to comment, here or there. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 03:16, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi Newyorkbrad. Thank you for the notification. I will answer here, because someone has blocked the two silly ones and the bot has removed them from the board. Regarding the ones who choose silly usernames, I have noticed that typically if they don't edit the first day, they never edit at all, so blocking is not needed; no need to even post a warning. This is in line with the admin instructions for the board, which are here. For the COI ones, the policy says that when someone creates a problematic user name in good faith, to talk to them about it as the first resort. I find that in almost all cases as soon as the person has the username/COI rules explained to them, they stop editing. Answered reports of both of these types are placed in the holding pen for monitoring and follow-up. Users who are actively and repeatedly spamming I block right away. Same with usernames that are offensive or obscene or impersonate another user. I block them right away whether they have any edits or not. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:38, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for that response. On the "silly" usernames, it may not be critical to block them, but once there is a report in, it seems more efficient to deal with it than to task the reporting editor with monitoring for the account to edit. On the "COI" usernames, I find my threshold for that to be a problem is triggered less often than other admins', and I don't usually deal with those sort of names at all; it was the reference to the pending litigation, implying an official role in the case, that troubled me. I agree completely with your philosophy of discussing rather than blocking in most good-faith cases. Best regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 19:37, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

The monitoring of is done by listing them in the holding pen, where they are reviewed by a patrolling admin in the coming weeks. I agree that blocking is more efficient but not blocking accounts that have never edited is explicitly permitted, according to the instructions. I had a couple instances when I first started working the board where people thought I was being too bite-y so perhaps I have now swung too far the other way. The one with the litigation I actually had the block button fired up but I changed my mind at the last minute. All three of the accts you mentioned have now been blocked by other admins. -- Diannaa (talk) 19:50, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Green building in Malaysia

I'm aware that I took a shortcut by citing that thesis, though it slightly postdates the addition of the material to Green building, in my CSD tag. However, all the sentences in the article (except for the first two, which were already present in Green building before the copyvio material was added there) can be found scattered—mutatis non mutandis—on page 3 of this newsletter, dated June 2009. I don't like to speedy articles on only my own say-so, so I tagged it rather than just deleting it; but I wish you'd reconsider your declining of the speedy. It will be a pain to have to take the article to AfD. Deor (talk) 17:29, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I can certainly change my mind, considering this source pre-dates the content's addition anywhere on this wiki. Thanks, -- Diannaa (talk) 19:38, 22 August 2015 (UTC)

RE: Maneesh_sethi.jpg and Pavlok_wristband_module.jpg

Hi Dianna,

You left a couple of notes on my talk page about a week ago regarding these two files; you asked for a clarification on the permissions of each. I emailed the address you posted (permissions_en@wikimedia.org), and included a forwarded email from the creator of the images giving me the permission to upload them.

Despite this, they seem to have been deleted. Would you like to undo this action, or explain to me what further action needs to be taken on my part?

Crud muffins (talk) 15:10, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

The step you missed was to add an {{OTRS pending}} template to the files. I have restored them and added these tags. The OTRS team matches up the permission email with the file. Don't be surprised if this step takes a while, as they are experiencing severe backlogs. -- Diannaa (talk) 19:01, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Hermann Fegelein

D -- before the article is promoted; the query as to photo has come up again. Maybe you can answer the query. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 16:47, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Yes, done. -- Diannaa (talk) 19:04, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

Seeking admin help to close a dropped report

Hello! I saw you as an admin at the ANi page. I filed this report yesterday but, was advised to "drop it," which I immediately did. However, others don't seem to know that because people are still commenting on it (and bringing up stuff from two years ago). Is there a way to just close it? If so, I don't know how and am hoping you can help me. Thank you in advance.Cebr1979 (talk) 09:47, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

I got it, thanks anyhow. I wasn't aware non-admins could close things (took a couple trial-runs but, I got it in the end - haha).Cebr1979 (talk) 10:33, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Actually, I've just been told the blue box doesn't close it after all. I thought that was okay to do but, have since been shown that it's not.Cebr1979 (talk) 14:52, 26 August 2015 (UTC)