Commons:Undeletion requests

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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.
• If the file was deleted for missing evidence of licensing permission from the copyright holder, please follow the procedure for submitting permission evidence. If you have already done that, there is no need to request undeletion here. If the submitted permission is in order, the file will be restored when the permission is processed. Please be patient, as this may take several weeks depending on the current workload and available volunteers.
• 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.

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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.
• 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.
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• Sign your request using four tilde characters (~~~~). If you have an account at Commons, log in first. If you were the one to upload the file in question, this can help administrators to identify it.

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.

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:Aurich, Lambertikirche (19).jpg, File:Aurich, Lambertikirche (18).jpg, File:Aurich, Lambertikirche (16) 2.jpg

No protected 1960 interior as krd errorously tells. Photographer is the organ builder himself, iirc. Discussion: Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Pipe organ of Lambertikirche Aurich --Subbass1 (talk) 17:26, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

The DR Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Pipe organ of Lambertikirche Aurich was closed on the statement that the pipe organ is protected. The architecture seemed to not be an issue. Abzeronow (talk) 17:49, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

As I wrote: Photographer is the organ builder himself, iirc. Besides that on commons an organ case is never protected and is shown thousands of times. --Subbass1 (talk) 17:52, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

• As noted in the DR, the problem here is not the organ itself, but the church architecture, which is modern and likely copyrighted.  Oppose unless we have a free license permission from the architect also or an evidence that the church architect died more than 70 years ago.

If the images are cropped / altered to show the organ only and the church architecture in the background / surroundings is not shown at all or minimized, the photos may be OK. Ankry (talk) 11:12, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

The church architecture is not "modern". Try reading the german Wikipedia article. --Subbass1 (talk) 11:23, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

OK. It is from 1830s, I withdraw my comment. Ankry (talk) 16:28, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose I think Abzeronow has it right -- perhaps User:Ankry should read the DR again. The problem here is that the design of the organ case goes way beyond utilitarian and therefore has its own copyright. If, as claimed above, the organ builder actually took the pictures, then a note to VRT from an address at https://www.orgelbau-ahrend.de/ should be easy to get (The other named builder, Gerhard Brunzema, died in 1992). .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:53, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

The VRT team of course already has a permission from Hendrik AHrend for the pictures. For the organ case itself it's not necessary (but here included..), in common use on Commons. --Subbass1 (talk) 13:56, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Per the DR, we have the photographer's permission per ticket:2023120810006959. If that photographer and the organ builder is one and the same person (which I did not know until User:Subbass1 wrote it here, and which was not mentioned in either the previous undeletion request or the deletion request), that ticket should be re-evaluated to see if the permission also covers the organ itself. Else a new permission which explicitly covers both the photographs and the organ design should be sent. --Rosenzweig τ 14:00, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Again: it's NOT necessary to have a permission for organ cases on commons. Just keep doing so to scare away the last people who provide pictures. In this case, unfortunately, even the "superintendent" had to deal with the claim of a "modern church design". Ridiculous. --Subbass1 (talk) 14:08, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

If I understand correctly the situation, these photos of the organ are offered under a free license by the copyright owner of both the organ and the photos. Therefore, there is no problem of copyright violation with these photos. These photos of the organ are fine and free to use and have all the permissions necessary. The organ itself does not need to be offered under a free license. There is no need to force the organ builder to allow his competitors to build identical organs. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

•  Support As discussed in the first round at Commons:Undeletion requests/Archive/2024-04#Aurich, the only goal of sending these files to a deletion request was to clarify the status of the church architecture, and on that point the closing administrator of that DR agreed that the church architecture is not a problem. The VRT permission 2023120810006959 from Hendrik Ahrend for the photos of the organ was not disputed. The organ is attributed to the organ building business [1]. It was built when the father of Hendrik owned the business. Hendrik Ahrend is now the owner of the business. (Hendrik himself also worked on the organ in 2022/2023.) He free licenses his photos of the organ. That's sufficient. We don't need to require that he sends another email to spell out that as the owner of the business he's giving the permission to himself to show the organ in his own photos, nor that his 94 year old father send an email as former owner. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

  never ever Ahrend has to prove anything further. I don't wish that he is contacted from hee again, ok? Instead some persons here should overthink their behaviour (and knowledge) and inform themsleves better before making others lots of unnecessary work. --Subbass1 (talk) 17:59, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

File:Linda Kearns Portrait.jpg

Please restore the following pages:

• File:Linda Kearns Portrait.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)

Reason: This file was deleted on the basis that it did not have a license for its "home country" of Ireland. However, the image was created in New York, United States and had a US license. *If* this file needs an additional Irish license, then I imagine that adding something like Template:PD-old-auto or Template:PD-Ireland-anon should be sufficient. CeltBrowne (talk) 02:15, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

•  Support photo is credited to Underwood & Underwood, American photographers. Abzeronow (talk) 17:56, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Nahashogyoseimon.png

こちらの写真は私が撮影・編集したものです。 最初にアップロードした際は著作者の記名を忘れおり、削除されてしまったので再アップロードしました。そのことにつきましては注意等を十分に確認しておらず大変申し訳ありませんでした。 今後はこういうことがないように十分注意します。 この写真は私が撮影・編集したものですので問題はありません。ですのでファイルの復元をお願いします。

This photo was taken and edited by me. When I first uploaded it, I forgot the author's name and it was deleted, so I re-uploaded it. I am very sorry that I did not fully check the instructions. I'll be very careful not to let this happen again. This picture was taken and edited by me, so there is no problem. So please restore the file.

（たいやき部屋 (talk) 07:25, 15 August 2024 (UTC)）

@たいやき部屋: Hi, You were asked to upload the original image with EXIF data. Why can't you do that? Yann (talk) 09:41, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Where should I upload my original images?

Can't I use the image edited for personal information protection? たいやき部屋 (talk) 10:13, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

File:J.O.Roch - Judge.jpg

I have express consent from the copyright owner (Lady Susan Roch) to use this image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DancingCav2 (talk • contribs) 09:41, 15 August 2024 (UTC) (UTC)

@DancingCav2: Please ask the copyright holder to send a permission for a free license via COM:VRT. Yann (talk) 09:42, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Иван Антонович Лапшов.jpg

Boris Losin and Georgy Konovalov were photographers for LenTASS, the Leningrad branch of TASS during World War II (photo was likely published with (TASS) indicated as well). PD under point 4 of {{PD-Russia}}. Kges1901 (talk) 17:37, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Кренкель Эрнст Теодорович (почтовая карточка).jpg

Photo indicated has logo of Soyuzfoto, predecessor/subordinate agency of TASS, predecessor of TASS photo chronicle, therefore public domain under point 4 of {{PD-Russia}}. Same rationale for File:Krenkel ET.jpg. Kges1901 (talk) 17:58, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Photographs by Pavel Troshkin

Images were published after 2015, expiration of posthumous copyright protection of photographer after death, or before 1954. Overly hypothetical doubts by now-banned user who made many overzealous deletion requests. Kges1901 (talk) 18:16, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Binsudah.jpg

Hello.. Please return the image because it is a free image of a public figure and is allowed to be circulated and is not restricted by rights at all. The following link contains a copy of the image on the personal website of its owner, writer https://www.binsudah.ae/قصة-عجيبة-من-التاريخ/--JovaYas (talk) 20:19, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

 Oppose The footer on the link provided states: جميع الحقوق محفوظة لموقع حسين بن سوده - 2015 (All rights reserved to Hussein Bin Souda website). @-JovaYas: the term "free license" has a precise definition that you consult in COM:L. Günther Frager (talk) 22:18, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

File:MayorJones.jpg

Hello,

Writing to request the Undeletion of File:MayorJones.jpg.

The photo was shared with the express permission of the subject, has been made copyright-free, and was given express permission to share and upload to Wikimedia Commons by the photographer. The file size is small because the RAW image was too large for Wikimedia Commons. We request that the photo is undelete.

--CTjay05 (talk) 00:27, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

File:นายแพทย์ นพพร ชื่นกลิ่น.jpg

Dear Community Our organization has taken image “นายแพทย์ นพพร ชื่นกลิ่น.jpg” and has sent this file to Wikimedia for publication. This file is a work for which our organization holds the copyright. Therefore, we request your approval to restore this file for continued use according to the purposes defined.

We kindly request your consideration and prompt approval for restoring the mentioned file. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to contact us at [phone number/email].

Sincerely,

--Hsrithailand (talk) 03:48, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

File:F6Rpo2RbsAA yfy.jpg

Please restore the following pages:

• File:F6Rpo2RbsAA yfy.jpg (edit · last · history · watch · unwatch · global usage · logs · purge · w · search · links · DR · del · undel · Delinker log)

Reason: 承諾証.png Kumapc391 (talk) 04:42, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee (mural).jpg

This is a public street mural created on free public space by unknown artists. The mural is not attributed to any specific creator or owner at all. This is a unique content which will be very helpful for various wiki projects on the given subject. Hence the upload should be retained in Wikipedia Commons for use in other wikis. Subhrasingh (talk) 04:57, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Tapan Kumar Pradhan (Mural).jpg

This is a public street mural of an eminent public figure created on free public space by unknown artists. The mural is not attributed to any specific creator or owner at all. This is a unique content which can be very helpful for various wiki projects on the given subject. Hence this upload should be retained in Wikipedia Commons at least for use in other wikis. Subhrasingh (talk) 05:00, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Mahatma Gandhi (mural).jpg

This is a public street mural of an eminent public figure created on free public space by unknown artists. The mural is not attributed to any specific creator or owner at all. This is a unique content which can be very helpful for various wiki projects on the given subject. Hence this upload should be retained in Wikipedia Commons at least for use in other wikis. Subhrasingh (talk) 05:01, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Govind Ballabh Pant (mural).jpg

This is a public street mural of an eminent public figure created on free public space by unknown artists. The mural is not attributed to any specific creator or owner at all. This is a unique content which can be very helpful for various wiki projects on the given subject. Hence this upload should be retained in Wikipedia Commons at least for use in other wikis. Subhrasingh (talk) 05:03, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Madhusudan Das (mural).jpg

This is a public street mural of an eminent public figure created on free public space by unknown artists. The mural is not attributed to any specific creator or owner at all. This is a unique content which can be very helpful for various wiki projects on the given subject. Hence this upload should be retained in Wikipedia Commons at least for use in other wikis. Subhrasingh (talk) 05:04, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (mural).jpg

This is a public street mural of an eminent public figure created on free public space by unknown artists. The mural is not attributed to any specific creator or owner at all. This is a unique content which can be very helpful for various wiki projects on the given subject. Hence this upload should be retained in Wikipedia Commons at least for use in other wikis. Subhrasingh (talk) 05:05, 16 August 2024 (UTC)