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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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Permission sent

I have written to permissions-en@wikimedia.org giving permission (as the creator of these images) for use of two disputed images,

Thanks for keeping these images published! -Michael Stillwater — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mstillwater (talk • contribs) 14:55, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

@Mstillwater: Tickets reviewed. Marked {{OTRS received}}. Permissions currently insufficient. Please check your email for the response. --Majora (talk) 02:27, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

Marilyn Klaus Headshot.jpg: Permission Email Sent

An email granting permission for the use of the file "Marilyn Klaus Headshot.jpg" on Wikipedia has been sent from Marilyn Klaus, the copyright-holder of the image, to permissions-en@wikimedia.org via info@balletswithatwist.com. Please do not delete the file.

Miohcal Flork (talk) 19:45, 12 August 2016 (UTC)

@Miohcal Flork: Ticket in processing. Not yet confirmed. Image tagged with {{OTRS received}}. --Majora (talk) 18:50, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Statement of permission forwarded; File:Ian McNabb, Digbeth 2014.jpg

Ticket#: 2016081310002974 --Jonie148 (talk) 07:59, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

 Done --Majora (talk) 23:16, 13 August 2016 (UTC)

Permissions for 3 images

We have sent a permission email from the image owners, to permissions@wikimedia.org for the following three images:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Gas_Dynamic_Trap,_Structure_and_B-Fields.gif https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gas_Dynamic_Trap_Overhead.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gas_Dynamic_Trap_-_Diagnostics.png

(OTRS # 2016022210012804) We also got them to issue a statement of release, using your tool: https://tools.wmflabs.org/relgen/ . The images are still tagged as having insufficient permissions. WikiHelper2134 (talk) 14:03, 15 August 2016 (UTC)

Dear OTRS noticeboard,

I have resent the email that I have previously sent (permission of Flynn Larsen, photographer, to upload the image of Don W. Cleveland - sent on June 13, 2016) and the URL of the image I uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (Ticket 2016061310015099 - sent on June 22, 2016).

The subject line of the email I sent today (August 15, 2016) is RE: [Ticket#2016061310015099] Licensing Permission from Flynn Larsen and URL of image of Don W. Cleveland on Wikipedia

And here is the URL of the image I uploaded to Wikimedia Commons:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleveland_Don.jpg

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.