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Seven 2006/2007 discussions organized as subpages, ignoringincl. comments added in 2014:
False information about PD image of Jan Jeleński
Image File:Jeleński1.jpg seems to be attributed improperly. I find it extremely unlikely that anyone has lived so long as to make the photograph of a person that died in 1909 and upload the photo to Commons. Yet, since it's been made before 1909, it's probably PD. What do you think? Darellur (talk) 20:44, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Image is now deleted; as an anonymous EU work, can certainly be restored in 2030 (1909+120+1). Personally, I think that is a bit overcautious: he looks to be in his 40s or maybe early 50s in the picture, which probably means it has already passed into the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 16:43, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
Revoking a license
Is it possible to revoke a GNU Free Documentation License / Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license? I released an image of people of whom I did not request permission and it has been widely used on Wikipedia and externally (without attribution) and I want to delete it. Chesdovi (talk) 12:40, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Chesdovi: Hi,
- No. Free licenses are, by definition, not revocable. Yann (talk) 13:46, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- If the people never consented to publishing the photo and it was not taken at a public event they can request the deletion for privacy violation reasons. This is totally independent of licensing questions. GPSLeo (talk) 14:18, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Chesdovi: Seconding GPSLeo here. And if it's hard for them to make the request themselves and they are not significant public figures, this might be granted as a request on your part for a courtesy deletion on that basis. - Jmabel ! talk 16:45, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks @Jmabel: . How would I go about a deletion request for privacy violation? Chesdovi (talk) 22:49, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- @Chesdovi: Use that as the reason, following COM:DR for the rest of the procedure. Documentation of the external uses would help. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:07, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks @Jmabel: . How would I go about a deletion request for privacy violation? Chesdovi (talk) 22:49, 8 September 2024 (UTC)