User talk:Ashmatin

Oct 2010[edit]

I have tagged your file Uktreatiesonline.jpg up for deletion. Per WP:COPYVIO, material copied from sources that are not public domain or compatibly licensed without the permission of the copyright holder (unless brief quotation used in accordance with non-free content policy and guideline) is likely to be a copyright violation. You have repeatedly copied a file from FCO which is NOT released into the public domain (the FCO made it clear in its term and conditions that any use of its images and logo must be approved). Also, please stop adding the image to various pages because Wikipedia is not a platform for advertisement! If you persist in such behaviour, I will have no choice but to seek administrator intervention, which may result in a block for you.Craddocktm (talk) 16:47, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

UK Treaties[edit]

The main problem with Uktreatiesonline.jpg is that you claimed it to be your own work - when it in all probabilities is not. Note that it is not me who deleted the file - it is the administrators, who after seeing the deletion tag, agreed with me that it is probably copyright violation and removed it.

I am not entirely clear about how things at Commons work, but there are a few examples that may be useful to you if you truly have permission from FCO:

[1]: produce the exact writing you received from FCO that authorizes you to use the image. It must be checked by the Commons:OTRS system.
Alternatively, ask FCO to upload the image. It seems Ford ([2]) and GSC Gameworld ([3]) has done exactly that with images they own.

At any rate, it is inappropriate to add the UK treaties online image to Wikipedia pages. It does not matter that FCO is non-profit making - one can still advertise for / promote a non-profit making organization. WP:NOT makes it absolutely clear that Wikipedia is not a soapbox or means of promotion. Craddocktm (talk) 20:04, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]