Matt314

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Thanks for welcoming me! --Matt314 12:25, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:Ka'ba2003.jpg

You stated the image is in the public domain because "[..] the picture is being used on Wikipedia to illustrate an Islamic concept." This might be true but public domain lets you use the image in other contexts, as well. So I doubt that this image really is PD, it might be used under the fair use rationale only. --Matt314 10:03, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to change the licensing information if you feel it is incorrect. joturn

er 18:05, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

I listed to picture at WP:PUI, you might want to comment there. --Matt314 10:43, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Image:1998-GT.jpg

This image was taken/made by me Frank Williams and I released it to Public Domain.FrankWilliams 00:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! --Matt314 17:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Transwiki

See centralized discussion at my talk page for more. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 17:26, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

obama pic

I am not the one who uploaded or added the picture you removed from Barack Obama, so I don't know what the license tag said, but I don't understand your edit summary - this is not commercial use, so what did you mean? thanks Tvoz | talk 20:00, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

This image was stored at Commons. There, as well as at the English Wikipedia, it is necessary that the image can be used commercially. Here it says: For an image to be considered "free" under Wikipedia's Image use policy, the license must permit both commercial reuse and derivative works. --Matt314 16:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I see. thanksTvoz | talk 18:27, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Copyright violation

Hi, just to bring this to your attention: Unfortunately, the Image:Niutao.jpg is a copyright violation. It is not as stated US Government Work, but from Google Maps.--Ratzer 21:22, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for this information. I nominated the image for deletion. --Matt314 04:55, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

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