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On this page, users can ask for a deleted page or file (hereafter, "file") to be restored. Users can comment on requests by leaving remarks such as keep deleted or undelete along with their reasoning.

This page is not part of Wikipedia. This page is about the content of Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free media files used by Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia Commons does not host encyclopedia articles. To request undeletion of an article or other content which was deleted from the English Wikipedia edition, see the deletion review page on that project.

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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.
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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
* Wikipedia: als | ar | bar | bn | be | be-tarask | ca | el | en | et | eo | fa | fi | fr | frr | he | hr | hy | id | is | it | ja | lb | lt | lv | mk | ms | pt | ro | ru | sl | sr | th | tr | tt | uk | vi | zh | +/−

Note: This list might be outdated. For a more complete list, see meta:Non-free content (this page was last updated: March 2014.) Note also: Multiple projects (such as the ml, sa, and si Wikipedias) are listed there as "yes" without policy links.

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.
  • Do not post e-mail or telephone numbers to yourself or others.
  • 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.
  • State the reason(s) for the requested undeletion.
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Add the request to the bottom of the page. Click here to open the page where you should add your request. Alternatively, you can click the "edit" link next to the current date below. Watch your request's section for updates.

Closing discussions

In general, discussions should be closed only by administrators.

Archives

Closed undeletion debates are archived daily.


Current requests

File:Popeye-floor-flusher.jpg

As said copyright on Bluto was not renewed  REAL 💬 ⬆   16:31, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Abzeronow and Krd: as the deletion nominator and the deleting admin. Ankry (talk) 14:55, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My information at the time said that Bluto's copyright was in fact renewed. Abzeronow (talk) 21:33, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Abzeronow: In Commons:Character copyrights, Bluto is mentioned as "not renewed". So? Yann (talk) 14:39, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Character copyrights can be difficult -- they don't expire all at once usually. Each time a new cartoon or episode or movie or whatever uses a character, and adds more details to their backstory or changes a drawing style or things like that, it sort of creates a new derivative work of the character. The copyright to the new details lasts 95 years from that date. So, characters don't expire all at once -- they expire bit by bit as each work that added detail or changed things expires. The original Mickey Mouse movie has expired, but lots of later details and appearance changes have not. I don't know how reliable it is, but https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Bluto seems to say the original appearance comic was not renewed. But, it sounds like the character was altered in 1933, and those don't seem to be listed in the "public domain appearances". So if there are significant 1933 changes still under copyright, and this image incorporates those, there would be a problem. If this is the 1932 original, it would seem to be OK. I don't really know a lot about the history of that character. Carl Lindberg (talk) 02:10, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In this case there shouldn't be a problem. The character wasn't altered in 1933, or at any time in the 1930s. Anyway his design in Floor Flusher doesn't look too different from how he looked in Segar's comics or Fleischer's cartoons. @ZigZagTheTigerSkunk: would you agree? Grey ghost (talk) 19:59, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I Agree,
Also, no. Bluto was not renewed. @Abzeronow
Bluto's debut in the 1932 strip was not renewed. The original "comic" version of Bluto from "Thimble Theatre" did not have it's copyright renewed at all. So you must be confusing the animated iteration from 1933 which was renewed.
For #@Clindberg To confirm Bluto is PD, copyright records on Project Gutenberg and Card Catalogue (the same typer Jennifer used to confirm the Spinach aspect is also public domain) from 1959 and 1960 did not show anything for Thimble Theatre. King Features only renewed Popeye's debut strip as well as 2 from 1930 and 1935. ZigZagTheTigerSkunk (talk) 21:41, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also i do agree Bluto's animated iteration looks a bit like the comic version, Popeye got a Fleichor-like apperance in the 1931 strips which did not get renewed. ZigZagTheTigerSkunk (talk) 21:42, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Bluto was a one off villain who didn't have any romantic feelings for Olive Oyl and was not a recurring nemesis for Popeye unlike the still copyrighted animated persona. The original 1932 Bluto Character is in the public domain due to king features not renewing the 1932 strips aka The Eighth Sea storyline.
1933 (copyrighted) Bluto looks like his comic version but acts as a love triangle rival to Popeye rather than his public domain version who wanted to steal a parrot to locate ea treasure and kill Popeye.
Wimpy and other characters however had most of their traits from when they first appeared in the public domain strips. Poopdeck Pappy however was more of a grumpy elder character then the loving and caring iterations from the animated cartoons. ZigZagTheTigerSkunk (talk) 22:03, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would vote on undelete, since the animated bluto apperance is not so different from the comic iteration. ZigZagTheTigerSkunk (talk) 22:06, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am not opposing undeletion. Abzeronow (talk) 00:15, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok ZigZagTheTigerSkunk (talk) 00:17, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Files uploaded by 917ph

"According to Articles 41 and 42 of the Copyright Act of South Korea, under the jurisdiction of the Government of the South Korea, a work made for hire or a cinematographic work enter the public domain 70 years after it has been made public. (30 years before July 1987, 50 years before July 2013)". So films published before 1957 should be in the public domain.  REAL 💬 ⬆   20:35, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@999real: According to COM:South Korea and {{PD-Korea}} non-retroativity of 2013 law applies if the author died before 1953. It is not clear if the same rule apples to works for hire. Does the law explicitly state that if copyright expired before 2013, it was not restored also in other cases? Ankry (talk) 07:50, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it sounds quite clear:
1987 - This Act shall not apply to those works or parts of such works in which copyright has been expired in whole or in part, and which have not been protected by the provisions of the former Act before the enforcement of this Act.
2013 - 제3조(적용 범위에 관한 경과조치) 이 법 시행 전에 종전의 규정에 따라 저작권, 그 밖에 이 법에 따라 보호되는 권리의 전부 또는 일부가 소멸하였거나 보호를 받지 못한 저작물등에 대하여는 그 부분에 대하여 이 법을 적용하지 아니한다. (This Act shall not apply to works, etc. for which all or part of the copyright or other rights protected by this Act were extinguished or were not protected pursuant to previous provisions prior to the enforcement of this Act.)  REAL 💬 ⬆   15:11, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Most of the videos fall under Template:PD-South Korea-organization, but some appear to have been filmed in the U.S. and produced by U.S. personnel or networks. It would be better if there were more detailed descriptions or links to the sources. There are no direct links available for now.--Namoroka (talk) 02:03, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ric Flair Big Gold NWA 1988 colored.png

@Abzeronow This was deleted because of the following copyright registrations made in 1992 ( Commons:Deletion requests/Professional wrestling magazines and Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by User:Sismarinho):

  1. V2833P041 for GC London Publishing, which covers the following titles:
    1. Inside wrestling
    2. Victory sports series
    3. World boxing
    4. Wrestling superstars
    5. The Wrestler
  2. V2833P043 for TV Sports Inc / GC London Publishing
    1. KO magazine
    2. Pro wrestling

but this was from "Wrestling's Main Event" which is not one of the listed magazines. I am also not sure that these were registrations at all, they are listed as "Recordation" not "Registration" and "Notes": "Assignment of copyright" between 2 parties. There would have been 4 years of valid copyrights to transfer since 1989, plus whatever issues were published with a valid notice.  REAL 💬 ⬆   23:33, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Carl Lindberg confirmed this was not a copyright registration  REAL 💬 ⬆   04:51, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Clindberg: to check if his opinion is that I should undelete this. Abzeronow (talk) 00:15, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hasan md shahriare profile pic.jpg

I am Hasan Md. Shahriare, a published researcher and CTO of Magnetism Tech Limited. My Wikidata item is Q135092463, which references my peer-reviewed IEEE publication (Q135179996).

I am both the subject and original photographer of the image. I re-uploaded the photo with a valid license (CC0 1.0) and added a neutral caption for Wikimedia-wide educational use, not self-promotion. The image is intended for use in my Wikidata item and possible future biographical content on Wikipedia and other projects.

I request that the deletion be reconsidered as the image supports an existing, notable Wikidata item with academic context and satisfies COM:SCOPE and licensing guidelines.

Thank you.

--Hasanshahriare (talk) 09:54, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Support Automatically in scope per COM:INUSE on Wikidata: d:Q135092463. The page is currently nominated for deletion with one keep !vote stating that it fulfills d:Wikidata:Notability#3 (fulfills a structural need), and I tend to agree; he is the author of d:Q135179996, which is inherently notable per d:Wikidata:Notability#2 as a publicly available scholarly work. Therefore, I expect the WD entry to be kept, and this image can be readded to that page. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:48, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Let's wait here for a decision in Wikidata. Ankry (talk) 12:16, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Neutral Just wonder, that who captured your profile picture? If that's just yourself then there's a concern called COM:SELFIE on restoration. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 00:53, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, copyright is another issue to be resolved if the Wikidata item is kept. On-wiki licensing per the "Own work" declaraion does not apply: (1) to photos that are not in the original camera resolution, (2) to photos without EXIF metadata, (3) to photos published elsewhere prior to upload to Commons, (4) to photos of identifiable (non-anonymous) authorship. At least few of the requirements are violated here. In any of the mentioned cases, a free license permission from the photo copyright holder through VRT may be needed unless the licensing can be proven basing on earlier publication. So even if it is undeleted, I will nominate if as {{No permission}}. Ankry (talk) 07:57, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ankry: I don't think this is a universal requirement. The lighting and framing are obviously non-professional, making it very plausible for it to have been taken with a webcam or mobile phone on a stand. In these cases, it is reasonable to take the uploader at their word. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:45, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hal_Greer_1964.jpeg

This was deleted with the idea that "Please credit United Press International Photo: This picture is for your publication only and must not be loaned, syndicated or used for advertising purposes without written permission from United Press International. By accepting this picture you agree to hold United Press International harmless from any loss or damage arising by reason of your use or publication of this picture.: United Press International, Inc. 220 East 42nd Street New York 17, N. Y." is a valid copyright notice which it is not because it does not contain a copyright notice or symbol.  REAL 💬 ⬆   04:46, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Info The message suggests that receiving this photo in 1964 could not be considered as publication but as private distribution. So what was the real publication date? Its publication on web was much newer. If you wish to reopen the DR you need to provide other arguments than those rejected in the DR.
Pinging @DMacks and Taivo: the deletion nominator and the deleting admin. Ankry (talk) 10:50, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, we don't know the "publication" in order to decide whether that fails to have a technically notice (making the image free by virtue {{PD-US-no notice}}). DMacks (talk) 15:04, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The source notes it is from the archives of SPORT magazine. I found an issue of it from May 1965 that has an article about Greer. While it does have a photo, it does not have that particular photo (no evidence of publication at that time), and the issue does have a copyright notice that meets the technical formalities and has many other photos as well (suggesting that if they did publish the photo in question themselves at that approximate time, they would have given notice). DMacks (talk) 15:30, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Alyemda Airlines Boeing 707 stamp Democratic Yemen.jpg

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: The file was deleted because it is "a graphic art work and is not a government document" but it falls under PD per COM:Yemen as works of applied art or photography produced more than 25 years ago or before 2002 are PD in here. There is no reason for it to be deleted 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:40, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any reason to believe that this is public domain in USA? Thuresson (talk) 19:44, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The URAA date for Yemen is 2008 and the stamp is from 1981 so it seems OK with 25-year term. Ankry (talk) 07:32, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
because it was published in Yemen and its copyright had expired here 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 10:07, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose The 25 year term which Abo Yeman mentions is for applied arts -- that is, painting on furniture and the like. Stamps are fine art which have a fifty year after publication term for anonymous works, so this stamp will be under copyright until 1/1/2032 in Yemen and 1/1/2077 in the USA. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:51, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
where does it say that in COM:Yemen? 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 18:53, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Where does Yemeni copyright law define what an applied art is? A stamp might be covered under it, but it might not be based on the available information. Abzeronow (talk) 00:18, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The law on the Protection of Copyrights and Related Rights of Yemen lists "Works of art" as "all branches of art" 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 04:41, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The only question here is whether the stamp is fine art or applied art, because fine art has a term of fifty years pms and applied art has a term of only twenty-five years from creation. The only appearance of the word "applied" in the Yemeni copyright law is in Article 35:

The financial rights of applied arts and photography shall be protected for twenty five years starting from the beginning of the Gregorian year following the achievement of the work.

Since "applied" is not defined in the document, we must use the generally accepted use of the term. Applied art is decoration on useful objects. Nowhere are stamps treated as applied art -- they are copyrighted with all other fine art. Therefore this stamp will be under copyright in Yemen until 1/1/2032 and in the USA until 1/1/2077. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:34, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:ملف:معتز زكي - شاعر ومترجم وقاص مصري.jpeg

  • The reasons for my request

1. Mutaz Zaki is already a recognized literary figure that is regularly publishing his works online, especially on Rai ElYoum and All Poetry.

2. The deletion of the file is totally irrelevant as it was discussed before with the first requester for it and thus were restored for weeks with the issue resolved therein.

3. I heartily believe that Wikipedia in general, and Wikimedia in particular, do welcome and encourage enlarging and enriching their database with new items to help researchers with new information from all over the world.

4. Wikipedia shall remain and keep to be the first and best encyclopedia online with new information added to the same.

5. I am certain that you shall act fairly accordingly, and that the deleted files would be restored. I trust you and your methods.

Thanks,

(Proofreader 02 (talk) 09:12, 6 September 2025 (UTC))[reply]

There is no file with this name. I don't read Arabic, so I can't tell if any of the editor's deleted files fit this request. The subject has a couple of Google hits, but nothing that would suggest the level of notability we require. There are no WP articles. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:55, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jameslwoodward FYI: this conversation. — D Y O L F 77[Talk] 10:40, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Проект станции «ЗИЛ» Троицкой линии метро.jpg

The file was deleted in February due to lack of permission - however, in other stations of the future metro section, similar images did not cause problems and are officially licensed for use with attribution, including a clarification that the site is from the official Moscow government site. The file should be restored, including because this section will be opened in the near future and there are real photographs of the station that correspond to the project image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlnqln (talk • contribs) 10:38, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Jlnqln (talk) 10:38, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose The fact that similar images exist is irrelevant. Commons has many images that should be deleted. The source site, https://stroi.mos.ru/metro/station/105, times out and there is no {{Licensereview}}, so we cannot check to see if there is a license. This must remain deleted until we can see a valid license. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:51, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Where can I find it? The station images of the same section have the same source site and a similar original, and nothing is said about the license, although if you go to their description and settings, then everything is clearly described there. What should I do? If anything, excuse me, I'm a newbie on Wikipedia and I don't really know how to act, although I really want to help the article of my native Wikipedia, and why this image flew away is not clear to me Jlnqln (talk) 14:06, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I take my words back, sorry.
I understand that you are an English-speaking person, so it will hardly be difficult for you to translate.
Item 2.6, official document on the website. All images related to Moscow transport are based on it. So maybe it’s worth reconsidering the decision?
https://stroi.mos.ru/uploads/media/file/0002/77/4fdfc41ef8c75f38d4de1729020c6dc55b4d483f.pdf Jlnqln (talk) 14:17, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If I have violated something in terms of formatting - I apologize, I am ready to correct, and I really hope that the discussion is not closed and my argument, which I initially did not attach due to ignorance, will be taken into account Jlnqln (talk) 17:47, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
"2.6. All site materials are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, provided that the original source is cited (in the case of using the site materials on the Internet, an interactive link is provided)." Jlnqln (talk) 09:24, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The above links timeouts to me. So any action here may be performed only by an admin who can access it or after the site is available worldwide. Ankry (talk) 07:41, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, I didn't know. I gave point 2.6 in the final message, I can give a screenshot or something else. The file is Russian and written in Russian, so this is probably the main reason for the impossibility of access Jlnqln (talk) 07:53, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The site https://stroi.mos.ru also times out for me. The problem is not language -- we access Russian sites all the time. As Ankry says, this can be restored only if an Admin or other License Reviewer can access the site and confirm the license. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:13, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, I rather meant that it is easily accessible - I live in St. Petersburg, and for foreigners it turns out to be blocked. Honestly, I'm surprised, I don't know what to do, because I understand that the situation you described is unlikely to happen, but I'll hope Jlnqln (talk) 13:17, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I thought, by the way, that I could somehow prove the license with my own efforts, but apparently this is not possible. Jlnqln (talk) 13:22, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

File:Tapa_La_Sentencia.jpg

Estimados: La tapa de la portada del libro es diseño de Alexis Sánchez según se destaca en el revés de la portada. El registro de la propiedad intelectual del libro es el numero 26351 y el ISBN es 9789507670312. NO creo estar infringiendo ninguna ley o norma de propiedad intelectual. Agradecería su pronto restablecimiento en la página correspondiente a "La Sentencia". Muy atentamente

VesnaCG (talk)--18:48, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@VesnaCG: Hi, We need a formal written permission for a free license from the copyright holder via COM:VRT/es. The file will be undeleted if and when the permission is validated. Do not reupload the file, or you will be blocked. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:24, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT, and VRT requests undeletion. The current backlog at VRT is 20 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:09, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

File:AlexandraMLydon.jpg

The photo deleted is of Alexandra Lydon and is free from copyright issues. We are responsible for keeping updated and correct photos of Alexandra online. It is free from any licensing issues--because Alexandra Lydon herself owns the photo and approved of its use. Yes it was uploaded to IMDB pro prior to uploading to WIKI--because we uploaded it to IMDB. I have now deleted it from IMDB. Can you undelete from Wiki? Or tell me what I need to do to get it re-uploaded. Thank you very much for your assistance. --Looloolove (talk) 18:58, 6 September 2025 (UTC)--[reply]

@Looloolove: Hi, There is no file by that name, but all your files lack a proper license and permission. We need a formal written permission for a free license from the copyright holder via COM:VRT. The file will be undeleted if and when the permission is validated. Do not reupload the file, or you will be blocked. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:27, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
File name has been corrected above. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 22:19, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT, and VRT requests undeletion. The current backlog at VRT is 20 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:07, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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

File:2025maejor2.jpg

Please undelete - i took and own this photo --Hec24000 (talk) 14:14, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose Obviously, you didn't. This is a screenshot. Please read COM:DW. Yann (talk) 16:52, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: per Yann. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:06, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Jalal Parsa Motlagh.jpg

Please undeletion Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by MohammadApp (talk • contribs) 17:31, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MohammadApp Any reason, or nah? —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 01:02, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose (reopened) Fuzzy B&W image, certainly not 2025 image and likely not {{Own}}, as claimed. No reason given for restoration. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:06, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jameslwoodward: Hi Jim, Could you please wait for 24h before closing? This is probably in the public domain. Yann (talk) 14:31, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yann, I generally wait until the next calendar day -- this was open 20 hours -- but OK. Should I reopen File:Example.jpg Undelete, below, which was open 1 hour 19 minutes? .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:47, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Cramerwiki

Closed in less than two weeks and the consensus appeared to be to keep those prior to 1989 so that the images could be checked at Ancestry and Classmates, if the yearbooks had a copyright notice. I have yet to find one that bothered, since there is no market for yearbooks, except to those that pre-ordered theirs. Those post 1989 can remain deleted. --RAN (talk) 21:27, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

DRs normally run for 7 days, and anything beyond that is extra time when there is little (or high) engagement or backlog. What matters here is not how long the DR was open or whether some participants leaned "keep", but whether the files comply with Commons licensing requirements. Per COM:PRP and COM:EVIDENCE, the burden is on the uploader or those requesting undeletion to provide clear evidence that the works are indeed free. For yearbooks, that generally means demonstrating that no copyright was ever secured (e.g. lack of notice for pre-1978 publications, no renewal where applicable, or explicit evidence of publication without copyright). General observations that "most yearbooks did not bother" are unfortunately not sufficient. Commons requires evidence tied to the specific works in question. Unless reliable documentation is provided that these pre-1989 yearbooks are in the public domain under U.S. law, the deletions should stand. If you can show such evidence for particular files, please open individual undeletion requests with the relevant details. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 22:24, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • 25 files researched by hand through online yearbooks in 10 days is too fast, we have some current images in the deletion queue that are over 6-months old. And of course they can only be researched if they are visible. "Most yearbooks did not bother" is not evidence presented for keeping, it is the evidence for undeletion so they can be researched at Ancestry and Classmates. --RAN (talk) 00:54, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ): This is not the right venue to contest policy about timing. The uploader had enough time to do research before upload. The DR timing is just time to provide this information. Ankry (talk) 07:34, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Affiche democratie réelle - 54769013465.jpg

As the author of this poster, I confirm that it was created by myself for the official campaign of the 2014 European elections in France.

Under French law, campaign posters are considered official electoral documents. They are not protected by copyright and therefore belong to the public domain.

This specific poster was also published at the time by the media website *L’Internaute* in its gallery of campaign materials: https://www.linternaute.com/actualite/politique/1193158-les-insolites-de-la-campagne-europeenne/1193173-tires-au-sort

In addition, I have published the same file on my own Flickr account under a free license (CC BY-SA 4.0): https://www.flickr.com/photos/203310614@N05/54769013465

Reverse image searches (Google Lens, Bing, etc.) confirm that no other occurrence of this file exists online.

I therefore kindly request restoration of the file.

Kind regards, Samlatenaille (talk) 22:12, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For works already published (distributed in public space) we do not accept on-wiki license declarations. See VRT for the procedure. Ankry (talk) 07:24, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Concerning Flickr publication: is there an official information anywhere that the owner of this Flickr account is the actual copyright holder of the poster? Ankry (talk) 07:28, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: This image will be restored automatically, without further action by the uploader, if and when a free license is received, read, and approved at VRT, and VRT requests undeletion. The current backlog at VRT is 20 days. . .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:01, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Harry Topham.jpg

These were deleted, then restored, and then deleted again because they need the license changed in bulk, and no one performed the license change. The last request for undeletion had no one restoring them despite the agreement that they just need the proper license added in bulk by a bot. --RAN (talk) 00:46, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The requester needs to convince us that file source / licensing information will be fixed in 24h after undeletion. Without a reliable declaration in this matter undeletion is pointless because automatic deletion would follow it. Note that a declaration by a user who failed to do so in the past may be considered not reliable. Ankry (talk) 07:20, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Harshika Poonacha.jpg (deleted on Aug 25, 2021)

This screenshot-image was deleted as of confusion in file-name, because previously the files with same name were deleted twice before in 2013 and 2012, which were uploaded by some other users. There are also concerns regarding the authenticity of the corresponding source-video in Youtube, on whether it belongs to the account owner or not. More details regarding the same is here: [1].
I would like to confirm that the actress, on request of the channel-owner, is doing the video in a mobile, wishing the channel-viewers on 2021 new year's eve. The language she speaks is Kannada and English (Its heard at this timeframe: 0.44sec, the language she wishes is English). The video is copy-pasted twice in grey-scale, just to fill up the screen. The video is free-CC licensed (available at description of source). The image was properly licensed and reviewed too. --Gpkp (talk) 07:49, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment My issue with this image is that the video it is derived from starts another video at 14 seconds - I have no way of knowing if this video is licensed. As it is it has been edited to show 3 images consecutively. Gbawden (talk) 08:48, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ok.. Regarding:
  • ‘..the video it is derived from starts another video at 14 seconds..’: I like to clarify that its just a intro they have used to depict the actual purpose of the video: to wish its viewers a happy new year. Its common Youtubers use a intro in their video. After 14 seconds the actual video starts with actress holding the mobile and wishing..
  • ‘..been edited to show 3 images consecutively..’. I've mentioned it above and will repeat: the mobile video they have created is in portrait mode and has a blank empty space to its left and right side. They have used the same mobile-video in left and right side too (copy-paste, but in grey-scale), just to avoid blank empty space.
I dont understand what is the room for suspicion here.. --Gpkp (talk) 09:46, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hopeakuvastin 2022.jpg

Reason: I fully own the rights to the photograph in the deleted album cover. The photo was taken by my brother-in-law Matti Suurpää, as told in the Wikipedia article text. I have his explicit permission.Xylita (talk) 11:19, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Swedish-artist-Carl-Kylberg-in-front-of-his-easel-in-his-studio-at-Strandvägen-142458415533.jpg

The original photo was deleted and replaced by User:Amada44 with a photo with the painting blurred out. In the deletion request discussion she pointed out that the photo could be restored after four years when Carl Kylberg's copyrights expired. It's now been six years, so I believe that I now can request undeletion of the original photo. /ℇsquilo 11:21, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Esquilo: What about US copyright expiration? Was the painting published before 1930? Ankry (talk) 12:05, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if I only could see what painting it is.... /ℇsquilo 12:47, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: Not currently deleted. Please create a deletion request if needed. --Yann (talk) 14:28, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Reopen -- I think Yann misunderstands. The current image is OK because the painting is blurred. The request is for undeletion of the first version, with the painting not blurred. It doesn't show up as a previous version of this image because it was deleted before the current image was uploaded. It is visible to Admins if you look at the history.

The image does not appear elsewhere on the web. A quick look at the artist's work shows them mostly later than 1930, but quite a few earlier. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:41, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Example.jpg Undelete

I am authorised to upload this picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LoukasOto (talk • contribs) 13:07, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose This editor's only contribution is File:Nyobolt - Instant Power. Endless Possibilities.jpg. It was deleted as being an advertisement and therefore out of scope. It is also a copyvio, as the uploader is not the creator. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:19, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: per Jim. --Yann (talk) 14:26, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Jordan.nihrizov.jpg

The file was deleted due to copyright violation.

The same file is now published in the portal of bulgraian parliament under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license.

{{Parliament.bg}}

I suggest that we Undelete the file, apply the new license and connect it to the object in wikidata of this former member of the bulgarian national assembly Yordan Nihrizov (Q11728233) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dbalinov (talk • contribs) 13:24, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose The terms of use on the site state:

"The content of the National Assembly portal can be used freely, unless it is explicitly stated that it is subject to protection under the current Copyright and Related Rights Act. Therefore, the use of text content, photos, videos and other visual elements found on the portal is public and requires only citation."

However, the page on which this image appears has an explicit copyright notice:

"© 2021 National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria".

.     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:33, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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