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Video of Jeju Air crash

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Hi Diannaa. I seek your guidance about uploading video of the crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216 (to En Wikipedia, not Commons). Back in January this year, I wrote to the Teahouse with my question. My primary concern is that the external link will disappear sooner or later, depriving readers of the actual video; thus, I want to upload it, to preserve it for use in the article. The Teahouse answer referred me to Non-Free use, of which I was aware. I remain uncertain about the following issues:

  1. infringement on commercial interests
  2. reproduction resolution (I don't know that it can be reduced)
  3. absence of commentary about the clip in the article itself
  4. duration ("Video clips" section of wp:NFC says: use 10 percent of length or 30 seconds, whichever is shorter. Length is about 22 seconds, so 10 percent of that would be ineffective.)

In various sources, I have seen the clip credited to Lee Geun-young (the local restaurant owner who recorded the video) or "Lee Geun-young/Reuters". The clip that I Iinked into our article during early editing of the "Accident" section is here: https://cf.eip.telegraph.co.uk/store/vid-media/7e56e18f/fallback/7e56e18f-mp4-fallback.mp4. (I was led to that source by a Yahoo page, which embeds the video with a download link from the Telegraph.) Sometime later, I downloaded the video from the Telegraph source to my computer and would use that file for the upload to Wikipedia. What do you think? DonFB (talk) 03:32, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Several thoughts.
  1. The purpose on uploading images to Wikipedia is not to preserve them; it is to enhance our articles and make them more informative.
  2. There is already a vivid description of the accident in the article. Therefore I have concerns about WP:NFCC #8, which requires "Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding." I don't think the video adds anything to the description of the accident already provided. So it fails NFCC #8 (all 10 criteria must be fulfilled). So no, I don't think you should upload it.
  3. If you don't see a license on a YouTube video, it's not compatibly licensed.
— Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 04:24, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply. Yes, #8 was another item I thought might be problematic but overlooked in my message. My wish to 'preserve' was not for its own sake, but to maintain visual enhancement of the article if (when) the link goes away. Though NFC mentions "video clips", I actually don't see a copyright tag at wp:ICT/FU or any other policy/guidance page that would apply to non-free video or film. I am wondering about a frame grab (ie, a single image, eg, moment of impact). That could overcome the concerns I mentioned, but does it similarly fall short on #8? Thanks again, and I will refrain from uploading the video. DonFB (talk) 06:07, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think a screen grab of the moment of impact passes NFCC #8 either, — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:26, 5 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Cody Harris (politician)

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Hi, Diannaa. Do you have a moment to look at Cody Harris (politician)? A recent edit added content from Texas House of Representatives. I know the content of some US government websites is public domain, but am not sure about this one. Thank you. Tacyarg (talk) 23:50, 6 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tacyatg. I don't see any indicatoin that the website is in the public domain. So I have to assume that it is not. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 00:25, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page watcher) For future reference c:Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States#US States provide guidance on subnational government copyrights. Texas is not listed as releasing government documents as PD. -- Whpq (talk) 00:58, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, both. I have reverted the addition and requested revdel. Tacyarg (talk) 07:05, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use/proxying concerns

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Hi Diannaa; I don't consider myself an authority in the application of the fair use doctrine, but I'm pretty sure that several of these recent additions from Jibblesnark86 violate the "low resolution" portion of copyright in that they are over 1 MB in size. More concerning is that most of these were uploaded at the behest of this user, who was permananetly banned from filespace due to repeat issues. Before I start warning/tagging/blocking I wanted to get a second opinion (I've also notified Explicit who blocked Eric Carpenter from filespace). OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:52, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I see that the user has filed numerous requests at the uploader's talk page. That's not allowed; see WP:PROXYING, which is part of the banning policy; it also applies to blocked users. The first step should be to speak to the uploader and the blocked user and tell them both that proxy editing for blocked users is not allowed. Hopefully this will stop the inappropriate behavior.
You probably know this, but talk page watchers might not: Regarding image size, the total number of pixels should be under 100,000 (multiply the height by the width). That's what DatBot will do when resizing images. JJMC89 bot searches through uploads and tags over-large images for re-sizing using the same criterion as DatBot. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:11, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 10 March 2026

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Courtesy note

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Hi Diannaa. A good few years ago you blocked Books Nash as well as Bookish Worm later. They came back as Toadboy123, were CU-blocked, and they've been unblocked today on the condition that they clean up their violations. Thought you might want to know about that. — Tenshi! (Talk page) 22:54, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the notification. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 23:44, 12 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed at CopyPatrol

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There are currently 16 open reports at CopyPatrol. PurgeThere are currently 16 open reports at CopyPatrol. Purge

Hello copyright patrollers, we currently have 83 reports at CopyPatrol that need to be assessed. Pinging some recent contributors as shown on the Leaderboard: Sphilbrick, MCE89, Ymblanter, L3X1, Guessitsavis, GoldRomean, The4lines, and Seawolf35. Any assistance you can offer would be helpful, even if you only have time to do a few cases. Assistance would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance,--— Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just happened to see this; I'll see if I can do a few :) lp0 on fire () 16:29, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks~ I have a busy day in real life so any help is appreciated. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 16:31, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
We have already dramatically reduced the number of cases in the queue. Thanks to eveybody who participated! — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 17:12, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I knocked out a few. There are probably a few editors who could be added to the exclusion list. --Seawolf35 T--C 18:20, 13 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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