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Wikimedia's volunteer response team (VRT) handles copyright permissions, email inquiries from the public, reuse inquiries, article errors, and a wide range of non-public inquiries. The email service is operated and managed by a cross-project team of volunteers at the Meta-Wiki level and not by the English Wikipedia community. Actions by VRT members on English Wikipedia are ultimately subject to review by the Arbitration Committee. Please be aware that there is sometimes a backlog in processing tickets sent to the permissions-en queue. This backlog is currently 0 days. This noticeboard is primarily for Permissions verification and inquiries for text and files (hosted on the English Wikipedia) said to have been granted permission via VRTS. Requests for VRT member review of matters that have been described as VRT comments or actions. Other inquiries to VRT members that do not involve, disclose or reference private material. Do not post Private information or links to private information (including but not limited to emails, phone numbers, physical addresses). Fishing requests (asking for all details of a ticket or generally probing ticket information). You should make a specific request and clearly state the reason for your request. Additional questions on a point, once a VRT member has indicated they cannot answer due to privacy issues. (Further inquiries and any complaints should be made via email.) Requests for VRTS access (use meta:VRT/Volunteering instead). Questions regarding media hosted on Wikimedia Commons (use Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard instead). Media questions unrelated to VRT (use Wikipedia:Media copyright questions instead). Disputes For disputes over VRT actions on English Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team § Dispute resolution and Wikipedia:Dispute resolution § Sensitive issues and functionary actions. Useful VRT email addresses Removal of private or defamatory information Requests for oversight or oversight-en-wpwikipedia.org Submission of photos to be used in a Wikipedia article photosubmissionwikimedia.org Follow the instructions here Confirmation of copyright permission permissions-enwikimedia.org Follow the format given here Reports of threatened harm to self or others emergencywikimedia.org Guidance: Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm Reports of child pornography legal-reportswikimedia.org See Wikimedia Legal Policies Issues with an article about you or your organization info-en-qwikimedia.org Guidance: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Help Any other inquiries involving private information info-enwikimedia.org

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File:F0149Forbes 1.jpg

There's a note on the file that refers to an OTRS ticket. If it's correct could someone format it in the normal OTRS template?  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 01:03, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

The ticket is not in the permissions queue so i can not see it, but the user adding that note is an OTRS member. I have sent them an email asking them about this. MorganKevinJ^(talk) 03:11, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

The ticket was in the vandalism queue and is valid. I have made the appropriate modifications to the page. MorganKevinJ^(talk) 07:10, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I'm not convinced it is valid. The most obvious concern is that no license was specified, and the client didn't state that they were the copyright holder, just that they have rights to sue the image. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:35, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

If it makes any difference - it's probably derived from http://www.qpicture.com/artist/fiona-forbes/image-fiona-forbes-236447 - best match I could find, and it overlays perfectly in photoshop, if you zoom up the WP image 189%.  Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 18:30, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

I did not actually see the ticket. I just verified that the permission was add by an OTRS member and the email from J.smith convinced me that the permission was valid. MorganKevinJ^(talk) 18:53, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

• I have serious reservations about the OTRS ticket—including that no license was specified, and the client's words might suggest that they are not the copyright holder—so I've deleted the image. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:17, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Permission to use materials related to The Beatles

I am the owner of the website: beatles1.ru, who has rights to use and dispose in the relation of any materials from the collection: ART OF THE BEATLES IN THE GLOBAL LIBRARY.
When created everything legal conditions for people to use materials related to The Beatles without copyright violations and for free, I give the permission to use such materials via (or using any other method absolutely) the website beatles1.ru. Such official permission was sent via e-mail for: permissions-en@wikimedia.org, from: beatles80yandex.com (link to this e-mail exists at the website of owners, who gave the permission). Evgeniy - 89.179.190.3 (talk) 21:47, 8 November 2011 (UTC).

Ticket:2011110810018756; got it, thanks. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:45, 8 November 2011 (UTC)