User talk:Oiyarbepsy/topic/20160508
Photo licence details.
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Hi,
I have updated the article about a Monk and Nun. I added 2 Photos one each in the article. One photo was given to me by the Nun herself. Khanti Khema. I have sent her a email asking to give me permission to use the photo on wiki.
Other photo of B. Vimalaramsi is used from the website but I have a implicit permission to use this photo.
I am unsure of the why copyright rules work. But I assumed that if we are using a photo of the person in a article about that person it would not be a problem.
Please let me know that if a email is sufficient to fulfil this criteria of permission to use on Wikipedia.
Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcolombowala (talk • contribs) 15:37, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Mcolombowala:For both photos, we need written explicit permission. And this is not just permission to use it on Wikipedia, but it is permission for anyone on Earth to use the photo for any purpose. Some licensing options include releasing it to public domain or using Wikipedia's standard license, WP:Creative commons. When it comes to promotional photos, a lot of companies are not willing to do this. If you can't get these permissions, another option, if you know these people personally, is to take a photo of them yourself.
- We typically allow seven days for you to send in the permissions for the file before they are deleted. If it takes longer than that, we can undelete the files later.
- Thanks you editing, Oiyarbepsy (talk) 16:33, 8 May 2016 (UTC)