If this template was added because you clicked "Mark for deletion" in the left menu (right when using Vector 2022 skin), please make sure that all necessary pages have been created. If they haven't been created after a few minutes, or if you added this template manually, you should complete these steps:
- 1 Visit the deletion requests subpage and place the following code:
{{
subst:
delete2|image=Files found with "Courtesy of General Dynamics"|reason=Suspected copyright violations. These photos are all using some variant of {
{PD-USGov}}, which indicates that photos taken by US Government employees as part of their duties are automatically Public Domain. The files nominated, however, all state some variant of "Courtesy of General Dynamics" or its subsidiaries like Bath Iron Works, which is a defense contractor; this language is typically used when the contractor provides the file to the US Navy. Since the photos were not taken by US Government employees, we need evidence that the photographer or copyright holder (General Dynamics) released the photos under a free license, or provided permission to the US Government to do so.
Some photos credit a photographer's name, none of which seem to be US military, e.g. Stephen Whelen (unable to find any info) or Dennis Griggs (according to
[2] was in the Navy decades before these photos, but has more recently been a photographer contractor for General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works).
I've excluded similarly-tagged files
A B C and
D as they explicitly state something like "U.S. Navy
Photographer, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works", I think these are not as certain as the files nominated so need further investigation.}} ~~~~
- 2 Go to the deletion requests log and place the following code at the bottom:
{{subst:delete3|pg=Files found with "Courtesy of General Dynamics"}}
- 3 Notify the item's uploader or the creator of the page by placing the following code on the user's talk page:
{{subst:idw|File:200295103315mk47.jpg|Files found with "Courtesy of General Dynamics"}} ~~~~
- 4 Additionally, you may want to check for Wikimedia projects that use this item and then remove or, if possible, replace with a superior item.
For mass deletions: If you want to nominate several related images, please make a mass request by manually adding {{delete|reason=write reason|subpage=write name|year=2024|month=November|day=2}}
to each image page and then following the steps hereinbefore. (Help on mass requests.)
Note: This template is for requests that may require discussion in order to be deleted. For speedy deletions, you can use {{speedydelete|reason}}
.