User talk:Victor Schmidt

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Victor,
I sincerely hope your holiday season goes well this year especially with what we went through last year. I'm optimistic that 2022 will be a better year for all of us: both in real life and on Wikipedia. Wishing you the best from, Interstellarity (talk) 18:59, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

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New Page - Sean Bush

Hi Victor,

Thanks for the update on the images and for providing the information on obtaining permission. I will send an email to Dr. Bush asking for permission to use the image. I will send him a link to the page so he can see what I am putting together. I noticed that the other image from Venom ER was taken down. Does that qualify even though it's in the series and is in the public domain? Or does it come down to needing to obtain permission? I reviewed the Non-free content criteria and it seems to qualify.

Thanks, Nicole Beansalad3 (talk) 16:16, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

@Beansalad3: Hello Nicole, I am afriad I couldn't determine which image you're talking about. File:Dr Sean Bush examines a California kingsnake.jpg and File:Dr Sean Bush examines a snakebite victim.jpg both still exist (though they are up for deletion through two different procceses). Please be aware that "Public Domain" has a very specfic meaning when it comes to copyright that is described at Wikipedia:Public domain. I couldn't find any evidence that the latter is public domain (its a BBC program, after all) and for the former I am missing the concrete image source. Victor Schmidt (talk) 16:33, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year.

OK thanks Victor. I'm crafting an email to Dr. Bush and will ask for permission for both images and any others he can lawfully contribute. If I am able to obtain permission will editing be restored? I'd like to cite better references in those other sections to keep improving the page. And Happy New Year as well! Beansalad3 (talk) 16:39, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

@Beansalad3: Draft acceptance does not depend on wether the draft has images. Its perfectly acceptable for a draft to go without images into mainspace. The key are the sources used to write the text. There is no need to hurry with image permissions: Almost anything on Wikipedia can be easely reversed. Should permission only arrive after the images where deleted, we can undelete them at that time. Victor Schmidt (talk) 16:44, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

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Hi Victor, I hope I am doing this correctly, and thanks for the tip. While I'm waiting for Dr. Bush's response I noticed a mistake on the page that I'd like to correct. I referenced his son, Jude, as a 'her'. Under the Snakebite Incident section - While filming Venom ER, Bush’s son Jude, age 2, was bit by a baby rattlesnake while playing with a neighbor in her backyard. I'd like to change this to 'his'. Would you be able to correct that pronoun for me? Much appreciated. If there is not a rush to get permission for the images how do I go about getting my editing capabilities back to improve the page? Thanks.