Dear uploader: The media file you uploaded as
File:Thomaslee.png has been listed for
speedy deletion because you selected a copyright license type implying some type of restricted use, such as
for non-commercial use only, or
for educational use only or
for use on Wikipedia by permission. While it might seem reasonable to assume that such files can be freely used on Wikipedia, this is in fact
not the case
[1][2]. Please
do not upload any more files with these restrictions on them, because images on Wikipedia need to be compatible with the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike or another
free license, which allow anyone to use it for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial. See our
non-free content guidelines for more more information.
If you created this media file and want to use it on Wikipedia, you may re-upload it (or amend the image description if it has not yet been deleted) and use the license {{cc-by-sa-3.0}} to license it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license, or use {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. Note, if you did create this file, you may want to upload it to Wikimedia Commons, which will allow the image to be accessed by all Wikimedia Foundation projects (which include the various localized versions of Wikipedia)
If you did not create this media file, please understand that the vast majority of images found on the internet are not appropriate for Wikipedia. Most content on the internet is copyrighted and the creator of the image has exclusive rights to use it. Wikipedia respects the copyrights of others - do not upload images that violate others' copyrights. In certain limited cases, we may be able to use an image under a claim of fair use - if you are certain that fair use would apply here, you may choose one of the fair use tags from this list. If no fair use rationale applies, you may want to contact the copyright holder and request that they make the media available under a free license.
If you have any questions please ask at
Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you.
Magog the Ogre (
talk)
06:10, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
