Editor Attack

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I seemed to have upset soem editors and they are now circling the wagons. I own full copyright to all the images that I post yet they refuse to read a word of what I say.

Here is an email to an editor from the previous copyright holder (not that it will do mucg good because they all seem to be in bed with each other)

Dear Robert

Thank you for your email and your interest in Northern Ireland talent.

I presume that you are one of the voluntary editors that manages the Wikipedia site? If so I am I happy to confirm the following:.

Austen Lennon approached me, and other management agencies, several months ago and pointed out that Wikipedia was not representing the huge array of talent that we have in Northern Ireland. Mr. Lennon offered to help enhance this oversight in Wikipedia and asked me if he could use the images that I own.

Over the months Austen Lennon proved to be very passionate and honest about his commitment and has worked hard (and without any reward from myself or the other agencies) to improve the situation and as a result I gave him full copyright over all the images on my site and he is free to use these to help improve the information that Wikipedia holds regarding Northern Ireland talent. I placed no restrictions on the images and they are free to use as Common Media files (I believe that is the right term)

So, I believe that the answer you need is yes, Austen Lennon has the copyright to all of the images on my site, (www.DavidHullPromotions.com) and several other sites too.


Regards

David Hull Tel: 028 ( From ROI - 048 ) 9024 0360 Email: david@dhpromotions.com Austenlennon (talk) 16:39, 4 February 2008 (UTC)austenlennonReply


Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Nuala mckeever.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:George Jones.jpg

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Gerry anderson.jpg

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Christine Bleakley

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Any idea when she was born? People have been changed her year of birth from 1971 to 1980 and back. Stu ’Bout ye! 12:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC)Reply

Replaceable fair use Image:Hugo_Duncan.jpg

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Possibly unfree Image:George_Jones.jpg

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Replaceable fair use Image:Fosterandallen.jpg

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Possibly unfree Image:Peter_Corry.jpg

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Possibly unfree Image:Malachi_cush.jpg

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Please have them send a statement of permission to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Once that is received, someone from that office will tag the image as having confirmed permission. You can see a sample letter of permission at Wikipedia:COPYREQ#Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries. Thank you. --B (talk) 15:39, 20 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

Alan McFarland

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The picture you uploaded of him looks rather like the picture on his posters in the Assembly election. Are you sure they're copyright free?Traditional unionist (talk) 19:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

He's clearly changed there! Haven't spoken to him in a while so I suppose I wouldn't know!Traditional unionist (talk) 23:14, 5 January 2008 (UTC)Reply


Hi there. You seem to be having a number of issues with image copyrights. As you say you are the owner of some of them and are releasing them free of copyright, let me know if I can help with establishing it on here and ensuring they are not deleted. As an OTRS volunteer here, I manage image permissions and copyrights and may be able to help. (I saw your comments on User:Traditional unionist's talk page :) ) - Alison 03:22, 6 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

Possibly unfree Image:Ruth langsford.jpg

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An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Ruth langsford.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quentin X (talkcontribs) 22:18, 9 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

  • Hi, I see that you have replied to the problem with this image. Unfortunately, to say that "permission was granted from the management company and the artist his/her self" leaves Wikipedia open to a number of copright issues. The site has to be very careful as to what it allows and anyone could put an image on the site claiming that they have permission. Nobody expects you to run around looking for permission but you do seem to have grasped the idea with all the David Hull clients. Maybe you could put their management contact details on so that one of the administrators can contact them? (Quentin X (talk) 12:27, 10 January 2008 (UTC))Reply

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Marionsmith.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free image (Image:Austen lennon.jpg)

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Orphaned non-free image (Image:William Caulfield.jpg)

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Possibly unfree Image:Nuala mckeever.jpg

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An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Nuala mckeever.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Quentin X (talkcontribs) 12:17, 10 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

Vendetta(!)

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Re your accusation, I have no intention of pursuing a vendetta against anybody. If you would care to look above under Ruth Langsford you will see the reasons that I have given. Faithfully (Quentin X (talk) 20:36, 10 January 2008 (UTC))Reply

My good Irish friend, a vendetta is when you have a long-running argument or fight between parties. Long-running is something like Coronation St so please don't take it to heart.
I would point out a couple of things. To gain permission to upload images such as these they MUST come from the copyright holder, not a third party such as yourself.
Also, only administrators can remove disputed tags, which is why I keep on reverting your edits. I have them on my watchlist just to make sure you don't jump any gun. This is not slur against you, its something a lot of contributors do. All I want is for an administrator to say that they are fair, if they do I'll abide by that. I just don't think they are. Yours from the south (Quentin X (talk) 23:23, 29 January 2008 (UTC))Reply


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I may be Irish but I am not stupid as you imply and I am more than aware what a vendetta is - you are waging one and I AM THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER - would you like that in french, german, irish?. Austenlennon (talk) 01:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)austenlennonReply

OK, I've tried to be jovial but you seem to have got the wrong end of that stick so I suppose I'll have to give it to you straight. I have a problem with the images for the following reasons:
1. And most fundamentaly these images have already been deleted, although you reuploaded them the same day, and the reasons given by yourself are basically the same as when the were deleted beforehand. This would normally get them re-deleted almost immediately but they seem to have been overlooked and I have given you the benefit of the doubt as you have said that you have permission to use them, however
2. There is no proof that you are who you say you are. It is fine calling yourself Austenlennon and saying that you are the austenlennon who has permission from these people but unfortunately that is just not good enough for Wikipedia who have to be wary of copyright violation. This means that if permission has been granted from the management of these people it needs to be sent to Wikipedia and verified so that they can be used freely. Also, you say that you have permission from these people to use the image but call yourself the copyright holder. This creates a paradox as if they have given you permission they must be the copyright holder and not you.
As for this inconsequential spat between you and I. Nobody called you stupid and nothing that was said was used to imply nor infer that you are. I am surprised that you said I may be Irish but I am not stupid . Does this mean that you actually agree with the stereotype. I thought that if you were Irish you had a go at Kerrymen.
Also, if you want to say it in German, French or Gaelic, be my guest. I have a couple of Oxford translation dictionaries and my family in Limerick will be able to translate the other I shouldn't wonder.
My advice to you is to get the copyright issue sorted or other photographs that you have uploaded may be looked at.
From the south, (Quentin X (talk) 00:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC))Reply
These are a very diverse list of people as well - do you represent ALL of these people?Traditional unionist (talk) 00:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

Can't say that I am interested in a long debate with you... I own the copyright of these photos (and yes all of them) and I do ask the artists and management if the photograph is the one they want on the Wikipedia, it is only polite to do so. Asking them does not mean that they have copyright.... But quite frankly I am no longer interested in expanding Wiki as there ar too many nosey busybodies with nothing better to do rather than sticking their noses in at every opportunity. So I will allow any and every image that I have tried to add to Wiki to be deleted. It is not worth the hassle... and I am Austen Lennon any serach of the internet will find me and my home address and telephone number and email. I hide nothing. Austenlennon (talk) 15:54, 31 January 2008 (UTC)austenlennonReply

Hmmmmm...knickers....twist. (Quentin X (talk) 16:05, 31 January 2008 (UTC))Reply
You wrote You have increased the stakes by encouraging your Wiki mates to go through all my postings and delete them or is it just a coincidence that all my images that I have put on for the last year are tagged for deletion. It also appears that the abusive messages I have started getting are from your mates too. I hope they gave you a hat for this position..
Again you have the wrong end of the stick. As you will see if you look at my contributions I have never been in contact with the administrator who has tagged your images for deletion. They have seen that two of the images that you uploaded were not verified by the copyright holder, by email, deleted them and then tagged the rest as they have also not been verified by email. As for the abusive messages you say are from my mates, I hope you have some proof of this as unsubstantiated accusations like that can get a user blocked. And I need a nice hat, it's getting cold and I don't want to lose any heat through my head...(!) From the south, (Quentin X (talk) 15:36, 3 February 2008 (UTC))Reply

Possibly unfree Image:Jackiefullerton.jpg

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An image that you uploaded or altered, Image:Jackiefullerton.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images because its copyright status is disputed. If the image's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the image description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. One Night In Hackney303 04:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC) One Night In Hackney303 04:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

Let's See (reply)

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If you look here you will see that an administrator has sent an email to the website requesting confirmation that the images are free to upload and I have added the ones that you reuploaded today as there is no point in not being thorough. I repeat, again, nobody is saying that you don't have the copyright to the images (except for Jackie Fullerton which is another type of copyright), it is just that the confirmation needs to come direct from the website and, unfortunately, the one that you have pasted on every image isn't good enough as it could have come from anyone, whether you own the copyright or not. Those are the rules, I don't make them but I do abide by them. (Quentin X (talk) 21:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC))Reply

The person in question did reply and that was sent by me to OTRS yesterday (2/4); OTRS should be processing it in the next few days. The images aren't due to come up for final decision for a while, ergo the ticket number, etc., should be posted by OTRS. I did leave an additional note as to which were covered - so it's up to them at this point. SkierRMH (talk) 18:00, 5 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

Personality rights

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The personality rights tag does affect the "free-ness" of the image from a Wikipedia point of view. That tag informs potential users that just because they don't have to worry about copyright infringement, they still cannot use the image for purposes of advertsing or trade. The image cannot be used to endorse a product and things like that. -Regards Nv8200p talk 20:49, 7 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

I have not seen it required by any policy. I have put it on all my images of people as a matter of habit because it seems like the right thing to do. I like to see it, but it is your option to add the tag if you want to take the time. -Nv8200p talk 21:01, 7 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

Image:Groomsport villiage small.jpg

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The dispute regarding your image uploads has been resolved, except for Image:Groomsport villiage small.jpg. Please have Charles Scott send an email to OTRS (see WP:COPYREQ for instructions]]) to confirm the licensing. Thank you. howcheng {chat} 23:01, 27 February 2008 (UTC)Reply

Stop now

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I have again removed your linkspamming of a company you are associated with, as it fails WP:EL. You may not add this link back due to your conflict of interet, see below. I will also thank you not to refer to my cleaning up of your spamming as vandalism again.

  If you have a close connection to some of the people, places or things you have written about on Wikipedia, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred from the tone of the edit and the proximity of the editor to the subject, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

  1. editing or creating articles related to you, your organization, or its competitors, as well as projects and products they are involved with;
  2. participating in deletion discussions about articles related to your organization or its competitors;
  3. linking to the Wikipedia article or website of your organization in other articles (see Wikipedia:Spam); and,
  4. avoid breaching relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, verifiability of information, and autobiographies.

For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for businesses. For more details about what, exactly, constitutes a conflict of interest, please see our conflict of interest guidelines. Thank you. One Night In Hackney303 14:28, 4 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Austen, I have reverted your addition of the links mentioned above - please do not insert them again until you have read the pages linked above. In particular WP:Spam and WP:EL. If the reason they are inappropriate is not clear it might be helpful to obtain a third opinion per WP:3O. (in the process I have edit conflicted with User:One Night In Hackney and will leave him to complete the process Trugster | Talk 18:31, 7 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Not in fact an edit conflict with User:One Night In Hackney - just a failure to accurately check the edit histories on my part. Trugster | Talk 18:41, 7 July 2008 (UTC)Reply

Commons:File:Ruth langsford.jpg

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This file was moved to Commons from English Wikipedia, but some description information may have got lost in the process.

As you are noted as the original uploader, or in the history for the file, it would be appreciated if you could help in reconstructing this information.

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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Hi,
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File permission problem with File:Mark Carruthers.jpg

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Proposed deletion of William Caulfield

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Doesn't meet WP:ENT / WP:GNG. Unref blp.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Boleyn (talk) 21:45, 17 March 2024 (UTC)Reply