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File permission problem with File:Abigailharrison.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Abigailharrison.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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Namespaces and redirects

Please do not copy and paste your article to the Wikipedia namespace (Wikipedia:Abigail Harrison), as this is not where articles go. Since Abigail Harrison is a redirect, I have added it to WP:RM/TR so it gets moved to the right location and replace the existing redirect. – Train2104 (t • c) 23:54, 10 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of File:The Mars Generation.jpeg

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Wikipedia and copyright

Hello Tracykarin, and welcome to Wikipedia. All or some of your addition(s) to Draft:The Mars Generation have been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. While we appreciate your contributing to Wikipedia, there are certain things you must keep in mind about using information from your sources to avoid copyright or plagiarism issues here.

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It's very important that contributors understand and follow these practices, as policy requires that people who persistently do not must be blocked from editing. If you have any questions about this, you are welcome to leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 19:17, 12 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Diannaa,

Sorry to take so long to respond to you!

But I was not the contributor that *cut and paste* any copyright content that you speak of on The Mars Generation Wikipedia page. I did not add the mission as well. I did not start the page and only edited what was there and made other contributions on my own. You should have contacted the individuals that added the content in question and not me. Being a newbie on Wikipedia, I had an issue with The Mars Generation image and I take responsibility for that and that has been resolved. There are many other contributors to this page as well.

If you review the history of this page from the beginning you'll see that Socialalycia and 173.240.25.177 created this page and this is where the copyright issue is. Unknownst to me, what I was editing was according to you a copyright issue. I had no knowledge of this fact.

Thank you!

Tracykarin (talk) 19:11, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Managing a conflict of interest

Hello, Tracykarin. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with the people, places, or things you have written about in the article Draft:The Mars Generation, you may have a conflict of interest (COI). Editors with a COI may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic, and it is important when editing Wikipedia articles that such connections be completely transparent. See the conflict of interest guideline and FAQ for organizations for more information. In particular, we ask that you please:

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Please take a few moments to read and review Wikipedia's policies regarding conflicts of interest, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing and autobiographies. Thank you. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 12:24, 13 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Diannaa,

Also, as far as The Mars Generation page on Wikipedia, I am not a part of this organization, I have never met any of the members of the organization, I am not paid or compensated by The Mars Generation in anyway and only write about references to this organization that I find online which I cite or provide links from reputable sources. I have never cut and paste any copyrighted material - My contributions are my own. I have never added any links to my online presence to any Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons page. I had edited comments added by other contributors that I did not know was or could have been copyrighted or suspected of being copyrighted material.

Sorry for the delayed response, contending with several medical issues.

Best

Tracykarin (talk) 23:09, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion pending for File:Abigailharrison.jpg

Hello, Tracykarin. Some time ago, a file you uploaded — File:Abigailharrison.jpg — was tagged with {{OTRS pending}}, indicating that you (or perhaps the copyright holder if you did not create this image) submitted a statement of permission to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. Though there is often a backlog processing messages received at this address, we should have received your message by now.

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Author had provided me permission to upload image and I informed the author to send an email directly to permissions-en@wikimedia.org I have no control on how quickly the author will take action. As I understand it, the author uploaded the image with the applicable license, so I consider this a closed issue now.

Sorry for the delayed response, I'm dealing with several medical conditions which had prevented me from responding sooner.

Thank you!

Tracykarin (talk) 22:57, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Could you please assist me with...deleting a duplicate image.

I'm not an administrator and unable to tag the corrupt image in my history (commons/archive).

The original image I uploaded became corrupt. I uploaded a new scaled down image with the same file name and that was accepted and looks fine.

I would like to delete the initial corrupt image that used the same File name: Kimberly Kowal Arcand at TEDx Providence Rhode Island.jpg Upload date and time of the image I'd like deleted was at 00:55, 19 November 2018 file dimensions 5,472 × 3,648 (5 MB).

URL of corrupt image is: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/f/f2/20181119011509%21Kimberly_Kowal_Arcand_at_TEDx_Providence_Rhode_Island.jpg

I'd like to keep the 2nd image I uploaded File name: Kimberly Kowal Arcand at TEDx Providence Rhode Island.jpg dated 01:15, 19 November 2018 file dimensions 1,366 × 911 (878 KB)

Thank you for your time and support!

Tracykarin (talk) 05:54, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tracykarin! As it's a cross-wiki upload to Wikimedia Commons, it's unfortunately not something a Wikipedia administrator can deal with. My advice would be to copy place a help request on your Commons talk page instead. stwalkerster (sock | talk) 08:37, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Stwalkerster,

Sorry for the delayed response...thank you for your advice. Issue has been resolved.

Happy Holidays

Tracykarin (talk) 19:22, 22 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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