User:Fastily/FAQ

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*''Media missing permission as of...'': The file was missing adequate evidence of [[COM:PERMISSION|permission]] after being flagged for more than seven days. Here on Commons, the burden of proof is placed upon ''you'', the uploader, to make it clear to the world (No sarcasm here. Commons is indexed by all major internet search engines) that this file is available under a [[COM:CT|Commons-compatible]] free license (not sure what this means? check out [[COM:L]]). So how do you go about doing this? Acquire written permission from the copyright holder/owner (or if you are the owner) of the media file to publish the file on Commons under a [[COM:CT|Commons-compatiable free license]]. Then, attach it to an email and send it all to our [[COM:OTRS|OTRS]]. Be sure to include a [[w:Uniform resource locator|URL]] to the deleted file. They shall restore the file for you once they process the email.
 
*''Media missing permission as of...'': The file was missing adequate evidence of [[COM:PERMISSION|permission]] after being flagged for more than seven days. Here on Commons, the burden of proof is placed upon ''you'', the uploader, to make it clear to the world (No sarcasm here. Commons is indexed by all major internet search engines) that this file is available under a [[COM:CT|Commons-compatible]] free license (not sure what this means? check out [[COM:L]]). So how do you go about doing this? Acquire written permission from the copyright holder/owner (or if you are the owner) of the media file to publish the file on Commons under a [[COM:CT|Commons-compatiable free license]]. Then, attach it to an email and send it all to our [[COM:OTRS|OTRS]]. Be sure to include a [[w:Uniform resource locator|URL]] to the deleted file. They shall restore the file for you once they process the email.
 

 

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*''Media missing license as of...'': All files uploaded to Commons [[Commons:Essential information#License|MUST]] have a [[COM:CT|copyright tag]] denoting their [[COM:L|copyright status]]. Any files missing a copyright tag for more than seven days are subject to on-sight deletion. You may [[Special:Upload|re-upload]] (be sure to check the box for "Ignore any warnings") this file, but be sure to include a license tag, otherwise the file will be re-deleted.
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*''Media missing license as of...'': ALL files uploaded to Commons [[Commons:Essential information#License|MUST]] have a [[COM:CT|copyright tag]] denoting their [[COM:L|copyright status]]. Any files missing a copyright tag for more than seven days are subject to on-sight deletion. You may [[Special:Upload|re-upload]] (be sure to check the box for "Ignore any warnings") this file, but be sure to include a license tag, otherwise the file will be re-deleted.
 

 

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*''Media missing source as of...'': All files uploaded to Commons [[Commons:Essential information#Source|MUST]] have [[w:WP:V|verifiable]] source information. So what does this mean? It means that the copyright status of ''any'' particular file (including someone without any expertise on the subject matter) must be verifiable by ''any'' user/editor. In other words, someone has to be able to check to make sure that you're not lying. Of course, that's not to say that you are. Commons' collections grow at a rate of thousands per day, and our team encounters legions of scheming, lying copyright violaters claiming 'own work' or fabricating sources left and right on a daily basis. So what does this mean for you? You just need [[COM:PCP|hard evidence]] to back your claim, and I promise nobody will bother you. That said, feel free to [[Special:Upload|re-upload]] the file, but be sure to include properly cited source information, and we won't have a problem.
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*''Media missing source as of...'': ALL files uploaded to Commons [[Commons:Essential information#Source|MUST]] have [[w:WP:V|verifiable]] source information. So what does this mean? It means that the copyright status of ''any'' particular file (including someone without any expertise on the subject matter) must be verifiable by ''any'' user/editor. In other words, someone has to be able to check to make sure that you're not lying. Of course, that's not to say that you are. Bear in mind though, that Commons' collections grow at a rate of thousands per day, and our team encounters legions of scheming, lying copyright violaters claiming 'own work' or fabricating sources left and right, on a daily basis. So what does this mean for you? You just need [[COM:PCP|hard and convincing evidence]] to back your claim, and I promise nobody will bother you. That said, feel free to [[Special:Upload|re-upload]] the file, but be sure to include properly cited source information, and we won't have a problem.
 

 

 
*''Fair use material not permitted on Wikimedia Commons'': True story. It just [[COM:FU|isn't]]. So please don't.
 
*''Fair use material not permitted on Wikimedia Commons'': True story. It just [[COM:FU|isn't]]. So please don't.

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