User talk:DMacks

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File:Le Petit Parisien - UNE JOURNÉE DANS LES RUINES DE SMYRNE - 28.09.1922.png

Hello DMacks how can I make sure that an image not violating the copyright. As the source is from a Newspaper and I have given the source and the author of the article. Moreover it is already a content that is 100 years old. I look forward to your help. Utku Öziz (talk) 09:35, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi Utku Öziz. The fact that author fr:Georges Vitoux died in 1933 is more significant than the age of the article itself. The main public domain in France seems to be "70+ years after author's death". The concern that originally came to my attenion was that the newspaper isn't published by you originally so you cannot claim to hold copyright on this scan of it. Thanks for letting me know the details so I could look more deeply. I have un-deleted it and updated the license tag. DMacks (talk) 06:19, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello @DMacks I also thank you very much for your concern! I am a bit new in Commons and copyright laws. Also When I publish a picture it automatically says that it is own work. I change them usually after thus I might cause a misunderstanding very sorry about that. I might also ask more questions to you about these topics! I look forward to your help! Do we have like Wikipedia 101 or Wikipedia Commons 101 videos? I will also publish some newspapers in other languages. I look forward to your help in that too! However some Newspapers have parts that we do not know who the authors are. Also, there are some cases where we know the author but we do not know their date of death etc. So for topics like this. Have a great day! Utku Öziz (talk) 10:37, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Possible block evasion?

Hello DMacks, I would like to inform you that there is a new user whose contributions are similar to that made by the LTA user a3cb1 and their sockpuppets. Please consider to review those contributions to confrim this and, if it is possible, to block them as soon as possible. Thank you and greetings. 193.146.182.120 11:57, 23 February 2023 (UTC)

Deletion of File:Tết trồng cây.jpg

Hello DMacks, I saw that you deleted the file File:Tết trồng cây.jpg on Wiki Media because of "copyright violation", however, the regarded photo was taken 60+ years ago as a set of photos by a government agency in Vietnam, and I believe that it is fully in public domain since the set of photos was published by the government for public usage. The institution you quoted is also not the copyright owner. Could you restore the photo? Faragona (talk) 06:49, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the additional information. I restored it and sent it to a regular deletion-request discussion, where I copied your above comment. You're welcome to add more there, and others might also have thoughts. DMacks (talk) 16:45, 17 March 2023 (UTC)

User:BoulevardBowl27

Not sure why you indef-blocked User:BoulevardBowl27. I'd given then a warning, and if I'd blocked it probably would have been for a week or two. They seem to do quite a bit of good work nominating pictures for deletion that, indeed, ought to be deleted. They recently made a few disruptive edits; I warned them to stop; I don't see any continuation of disruptive edits after warning. - Jmabel ! talk 18:09, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

[1] is DR-nom of a page that was already tagged for speedy for the same reason. "Warned not to do that, apologized. Did it multiple times again, warned again, apologized. Did it again, blocked." Based on their edits to their user-talk subsequent to the block, I am confident that your assessment of "troll" is too generous, and that an indef is the correct response. DMacks (talk) 18:34, 7 April 2023 (UTC)

Some help

Hey, I pinged you over on my talk page about some questions related to the FOP policy, but just in case you may have missed it I thought I would notice you about it on your talk page.

Aside from that question, I was also wondering if you would be able to help me with my courtesy deletion request of these two files. I've detailed the reasons why I'm requesting a courtesy deletion on the deletion request discussions that I've linked. I wont provide a huge chunk of text as to why I believe it checks out the criteria over at Commons:Courtesy deletions (unless that'd help), but I do indeed it clears that criteria even if imperfectly. In any case, thank you in advance for any help you may be able to provide. Soulbust (talk) 09:29, 27 May 2023 (UTC)