Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Georgia Guidestones

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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted.

This work is copyrighted both as a sculpture and as a literary work. All of these images infringe on one copyright or the other. Most of them infringe on both. Although this could be solved by getting OTRS permission from the sculptor and the author of the text, the "designer" is anonymous, so that seems unlikely.

.     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 23:56, 13 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]


  • My apologies for the infringement, although I have a hard time believing it's an issue, considering there are photos of this monument all over the internet. I'm new to Wikipedia and being a contributor, so this is part of the learning curve, I guess. If they have to be deleted, then it is what it is. Do I perform the deletion myself or is that up to a webmaster? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KiltedEditor71 (talk • contribs) 21:28, 14 January 2014‎ (UTC)[reply]
No need to apologize -- the ins and outs of copyright law confused most of us at the start, and we're all still learning. I'm sorry that a new user is greeted by having most of his first uploads nominated for deletion -- I hope that will not discourage you from continuing here.
Unfortunately the Internet pretty much ignores copyright issues, particularly with respect to derivative works, so it sets a bad example. Commons is dedicated to being a repository of images that are truly free and available for any use.
An Administrator will close this discussion after seven days and take whatever action he or she thinks appropriate, guided by the community's comments. Deletion and restoration is reserved for Admins, so there is nothing more required of you. .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 02:20, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

 Delete: Unfortunately they must be deleted. Because the images are derivative work without permission from the artist, I have moved one image File:Guidestones hdr.jpg to the enwiki and reduced the resolution to comply with the enwiki non-free policy. It is named as w:File:Georgia Guidestones-lowres.jpg and is used the infobox image to identify the monument. Ww2censor (talk) 08:53, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]


Deleted: PerJim. Natuur12 (talk) 17:28, 20 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]