User talk:Yann

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God is busy, may I help you? / Dieu est occupé, puis-je vous aider?

You can leave me a message in English or French, at the bottom. Click here. Yann 22:13, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Terrible quality cropped photos

File:Anderlecht-Cercle Brugge 2-0, 27-12-2023 (Louis Patris).jpg

File:Anderlecht-Cercle Brugge 2-0, 27-12-2023 (Mario Stroeykens).jpg

Hello @Yann,

From a photo I uploaded, were 2 photos cropped with result 2 totally terrible unrecognizable football players on it because zoomed in way too much.

I requested removal but that was refused: here and here. Maybe I could try a removal request again but formulate/argument it better with your help, please.

The admin encouraged me to take better photos of these players, but now I am discouraged to upload any pictures of football matches if such terrible zoomed in cropped photos are allowed. We should handle some quality level here. It's just common decency if any.

Thank Sidney.Cortez (talk) 12:59, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

@Sidney.Cortez: Hi,

The quality is indeed very poor, but we do not delete pictures which are in use on some Wikimedia projects, unless there is some copyright issue. If you find replacements for these pictures, then you can nominate for deletion again. Regards, Yann (talk) 15:27, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

It's sad to see that is has come so far that wikicommons disregards any quality standards just for the sake of having images.

What's the policy discussion board here on wikicommons, please.

Sidney.Cortez (talk) 21:27, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The keeps were according to policy. Commons cannot overrule other projects that have decided to use a photo (copyright is one of the few exceptions to this policy). COM:VP is the general discussion forum while COM:VPP is for purposals. Abzeronow (talk) 22:16, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks.

But what about the subject Defamation under Legal issues of Commons:Photographs of identifiable people as an argument to remove the two photos: Images must not unfairly ridicule or demean the subject.

Sidney.Cortez (talk) 22:48, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

A badly cropped photograph taken at a public sporting event is hardly defamation (but I am not a lawyer). Abzeronow (talk) 23:09, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

It says: "Defamation is both a legal and moral issue; therefore, Commons does not base decisions on whether the subject is able or likely to sue." So legally you're right, morally you're wrong.

I don't think people in general won't like it at all if a photo of that low quality would be used to identify them. For example on the employee intranet list of your work space. It's basically flat out insulting. Sidney.Cortez (talk) 23:38, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

The quality of Wikimedia portraits is a known issue. If these players in particular are troubled by their photos, I would be willing to see if I could find the time to go to Belgium next year to photograph them while I'm in France for Wikimania. Other than that, if you could take another photograph of them in the meantime, the other projects could decide to use that. If the other projects decide to stop using them, of course I'd be willing to delete these. Abzeronow (talk) 23:53, 7 August 2025 (UTC)

Here's another uploaded image of mine that recently got butchered.

I can go on like that but my point is it's not just about those two or three photos of mine but it's a matter of principle. If you as experienced/seasoned wikicommons administrators - who really have the best intentions - recognize that the quality is a known issue than I can only ask to react on it. If the "inuse" project stands in our way then fight it.

I don't know anything about the Commons projects and so on and you're probably thinking: easy for you to complain. But it always got to start with someone to stick his/her/their finger up and say: This is going wrong direction here.

That said. I do appreciate both your work. And took your advice to try to remove the photos from other projects.

Sidney.Cortez (talk) 23:04, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Per COM:INUSE, Commons welcomes illustrations of all kinds if local Wikimedia projects find them educationally useful. It is important to emphasize that Commons should not override or impose decisions on local Wikipedias regarding which images to use, regardless of their perceived quality or educational value. Deleting an image solely because it is deemed low quality would amount to editorializing Wikipedia articles and their content, where other editors (or even multiple editors through talk page consensus) have already decided to use that specific image. Concerns about image usage are best addressed on the talk pages of the local articles or projects where the images are used, allowing the community to decide whether to keep, replace, or remove them. Commons respects the autonomy of local projects in making these choices. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 23:35, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks everyone, I know my options now. Sidney.Cortez (talk) 23:50, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Just FYI: If you as the photographer and copyright holder feel embarrassed by the quality of these derivatives of your work, Creative Commons terms allow you to request different attribution (such as using another name) or even to have attribution removed entirely. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 23:54, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Abzeronow,

Those two images are not in use anymore by other projects. I've replaced them with fair better versions.

Could you delete the two mentioned above now, please?

Thank you, Sidney.Cortez (talk) 23:30, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

@Sidney.Cortez: I deleted 2 pictures. Yann (talk) 15:44, 25 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, Sidney.Cortez (talk) 11:55, 26 August 2025 (UTC)

Drawings by Gospodar 20svemira

Hello, Yann! Would you like to delete these files? (per author's request) You see, Gospodar svemira is my old account and I don't think these files are of any meaning. - Mychele Trempetich (talk) 21:57, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Retouche fichiers d'origine

Bonjour chez Yann,

J'espère que tu vas bien.

On me reproche ici d'avoir retouché une photo (et retiré la cigarette) sous prétexte que cela ne serait pas représentatif du fichier d'origine. J'ai du mal à comprendre car j'utilise les mentions prévues à cet effet pour chaque photo en indiquant précisément comme on me l'a demandé, les modifications apportées.

Chaque fichier d'origine n'est pas forcément adapté à une publication numérique / web. De plus, comme cela est pratiqué depuis toujours, le recadrage, dès lors qu'il est clairement indiqué, n'est pas interdit dans Commons.

La question se pose pour cette photo : [1]. De plus, celui qui a déposé la demande de suppression a également retiré la photo de Barclay recadrée et a réintroduit sur en.WP celle devant être supprimée car n'étant pas une oeuvre anonyme [2].

Merci de ton éclairage. Belle fin de matinée. ;) Tisourcier (talk) 10:39, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Et encore et toujours, la énième remise en question du statut PD des photos du Studio Harcourt par ce contributeur dans ma pdd de en.WP [3]. C'est assez pénible... Il leur siffit de vérifier les licences. :( Tisourcier (talk) 10:51, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

Je pense aussi qu'il ne faut pas altérer les images de cette façon. Cette photo est récente, aussi je ne suis pas sûr des droits d'auteur. Yann (talk) 16:04, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

вилучення файлу File:Захар.jpg

I agree with the delated of two files from the resource sourced to https://war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/buv-lyudinoyu-velikogo-sertsya-na-fronti-zaginuv-voin-i-likar-veterinar-zahar-palij-zi-lvova-foto.htm, I didn't understand the rules well enough and uploaded them again, which violated the rules. I agree with the removal of these two files. but the third file (File:Захар.jpg)- with the cat - is a file from a personal archive. The photo has not been published anywhere before. When I uploaded the photo, I indicated that I am the author of the photo. why was the photo deleted?I would be grateful if you could help me understand what I did wrong. Thanks. Tzymbal (talk) 20:13, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

@Tzymbal: Hi, You mention that the author is unknown. Recent pictures cannot be published on Wikimedia Commons if the author is unknown, as we need a formal written permission from the copyright holder. You can't get this permission if you don't know the author. Yann (talk) 17:25, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

Why is logo of Syrian General Intelligence Directorate removed?

This KoningvanDenHaag (talk) 21:05, 21 August 2025 (UTC)

@KoningvanDenHaag: Hi, Do you have any evidence that it is not under a copyright? Being a government work doesn't make it automatically in the public domain. Yann (talk) 20:20, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

File:Valeria Cusicanqui IMG 2782.jpg

Thanks for restoring the image. However, I now see that it also shows a copyrighted artwork which is not covered by the permission of the client. I have written to her, asking if that can be fixed, but maybe the image needs to be deleted again in a couple of days. – Sorry for the inconvenience, cheers Mussklprozz (talk) 20:15, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

@Mussklprozz: Hi, Probably the artwork can be cropped out. Otherwise, just tag it for deletion. Yann (talk) 20:17, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

I can crop it or blur the artwork if a permission form the artist cannot be obtained. But lets wait a couple of days, since this would completely change the character of the image. Mussklprozz (talk) 20:31, 22 August 2025 (UTC)

File:Підпечерська печера з середини.jpg

Could you please explain why you issued me a warning and reverted the latest changes to this image? I specifically stated that I decided to leave it as it is to avoid any issues. I even reverted the recent edits on purpose so that it wouldn’t be nominated for deletion. S. Mochar (talk) 08:51, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

@S. Mochar: Hi, You can't change the license. As it was said on the Help Desk and on your talk page, the license is irrevocable. Yann (talk) 08:54, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

I’m not changing the license, I’m trying to restore everything as it was. But you’re interfering with this. Please stop. S. Mochar (talk) 09:03, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Explain why I may be blocked soon. On what grounds? S. Mochar (talk) 09:09, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

@S. Mochar: Yes, you changed the license here and here. Yann (talk) 09:12, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

No. Now I want to leave everything as it was. S. Mochar (talk) 09:14, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

@S. Mochar: You uploaded this file under a free license. You can't change that license. This was never under {{self|Cc-by-nc-nd-4.0}} (a non free license). Yann (talk) 09:17, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

YES, I KNOW. I returned everything as it was, UNDER A FREE LICENSE, YES, IT WAS MY MISTAKE. Please stop saying that. Leave me and my image alone. I know I made a mistake, I put it back the way it was. S. Mochar (talk) 09:20, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

Remove the 'second-to-last' warning from me, if it’s more than just the text you wrote. I honestly don’t know. This warning was unfair; I haven’t done anything that serious. Please. S. Mochar (talk) 09:27, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

File: Filip Gorazd Martinek

Hey man, we tried three times to upload the photo of Filip Gorazd Martinek, having his page on cswiki. I have his permision to upload and add to the page. Please, move it again, thank you. Lukáš Král (talk) 19:16, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

@Lukáš Král: Hi, We need a formal written permission from the copyright holder, who is by default the photographer. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. It also exists in other languages. The file will be undeleted if and when the permission is validated by a volunteer. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:23, 23 August 2025 (UTC)

File:Bracha Gaoni.jpg

Hi, I saw you have re-deleted the file. I have filed an undeletion request where I have explained that the subject of the photo is my deceased mother and the photo was taken by me in a family event in 2010. I have more photos from the same event where it can be seen that they were taken at the same time. The fact that the photo is on the website of the psychoanalitic society (and maybe other) is because I gave it to them and not the other way around. I saw the photo was undeleted and then deletd again by you. If I need to declare the above in same way (email, for example) please guide me on what I should do. Tami GF (talk) 14:05, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

@Tami GF: Hi, No, I only deleted a blank page you created after the file was deleted. This is a small file with no EXIF data, and has copies on the Internet. So either please upload the original picture with EXIF data, or send a permission via COM:VRT. Yann (talk) 17:59, 27 August 2025 (UTC)

Please block user, repeated copyright violations, sock puppet

Hi! Can you block User:LeeKokSeng2024 indefinitely? The user never responded to warnings and kept uploading non-free images after your final warning. On enwiki, the user has been blocked as a sock puppet. See en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/LKSMOE2024. Thanks! — Chrisahn (talk) 00:32, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Already done. — Chrisahn (talk) 07:16, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Undeleted a couple of your speedies

FYI, I've undeleted https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:20250522_Inscription_by_Xu_Zhuang_and_others.jpg&action=history, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:20250527_East_wall_of_the_Zhengzhou_Shang_City.jpg&action=history, and https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:20250602_Houma_covenants_in_the_Shanxi_Museum.jpg&action=history because these were plausible redirects (and therefore not eligible per COM:CSD#G2), one was in use on zhwiki (and also therefore not eligible for COM:CSD#G2), the two others were previously declined because they were not eligible, and the requestor was given their second warning on this on the 19th. I gave them their third warning, hopefully the third time's the charm...

Obviously you're welcome to send to DR if you disagree. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 00:42, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

@Mdaniels5757: OK, thanks a lot. Yann (talk) 13:20, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

Gypse Caresse

Merci pour la nomination de cette image, en particulier; et aussi pour ton travail sur wikipedia... Bonne journée. Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 05:33, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

A question

I want to start out by thanking you for all you do on Commons, and apologise if asking is rude for any reason. I just wanted to ask if there is any way to help with the number of DRs there are as a non-admin, because I have seen that there are a lot of those, and I wanted to help out. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 11:33, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

@DoctorWhoFan91: More substantiated opinions are always welcome for complex DRs. Otherwise, you could ask to be license reviewer. There is also a backlog in this domain. Thanks for your help, Yann (talk) 13:31, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

Okay- though the complex DRs are hard to find as they are very run of the mill. I did ask to be LR recently, but got opposes, without any questions regarding to LR even being asked. Thanks for the work you do on Commons. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 13:37, 30 August 2025 (UTC)

For Copyright violence

Pls suggest me what can I do to avoid this. Every image that I want to upload is being under copyright, but the image, which i will upload that may comes from a source, so pls suggest me how can i upload without copyright. I want to inform you that the last image File:Laddu.png is my own creation so how it may be copyright. Sarthak Sai Mohapatra (talk) 14:18, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

@Sarthak Sai Mohapatra: Hi, Please upload the original image in JPEG with EXIF data. Since you uploaded quite a number of copyright violations, how can we trust you? Yann (talk) 16:09, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

E-mail

I sent you e-mail. Regards, Htm (talk) 09:58, 1 September 2025 (UTC)

File:Statuette of Khnumhotep 01.jpg and 4 other images undeletion request

"Materials Identified as Open Access. By waiving any rights to Materials identified as Open Access, the Museum makes those Materials available for any purpose, including commercial and noncommercial use, free of charge and without requiring permission from the Museum. Open Access works are made available under a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license."

That was mentioned on the museum's terms and conditions page, Which indicates that the images marked with OA are free to use, considering that the images that I used where marked as OA (Open Access), and the same goes with the other four images listed here:

File:Statuette of Khnumhotep 02.jpg

File:Statuette of Khnumhotep 03.jpg

File:Statuette of Khnumhotep 04.jpg

File:Statuette of Khnumhotep 05.jpg Pashonti (talk) 23:36, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Source https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544174 does list these as Open Access Public Domain. Abzeronow (talk) 01:48, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Yes they do, notice the OA symbol under the images Pashonti (talk) 01:51, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

@Pashonti: OOPS, you are right. How could I miss that? Files restored and license reviewed. Apologies, and sorry for the inconvenience. Yann (talk) 13:49, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

File:Delaporte - Voyage au Cambodge.djvu

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