User talk:Darick Robertson

A belated welcome!

Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Darick Robertson. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:

Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page, consult Wikipedia:Questions, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there.

Again, welcome! Musdan77 (talk) 04:11, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

File source and copyright licensing problem with File:Darick Robertson at San Diego Comicon 2009.jpg

File Copyright problem

Thanks for uploading File:Darick Robertson at San Diego Comicon 2009.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status and its source. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously.

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Please also check any other files you may have uploaded to make sure they are correctly tagged. Here is a list of your uploads. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Eeekster (talk) 04:00, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned non-free image File:Cover Art to Dazed and Confused Soundtrack.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Cover Art to Dazed and Confused Soundtrack.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 23:13, 29 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Writing about oneself

Mr Robertson, although this is not explained to new users as well as it should be, Wikipedia is not a place like Facebook or LinkedIn for people to tell the world about themselves. Before editing your own article, please read the Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide and Wikipedia:Autobiography. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 19:37, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the link. I was unaware that I could not offer a current picture of myself in my own article. I did not create the original article. My intention was only to update the article as the previous picture posted before was over 10 years old. Having read the rules, can you explain how my photo violated the requests? This is the link [[1]] could you place it into the article? It is simply a semi-current photo. Darick Robertson (talk) 19:52, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You can certainly offer a current picture, but I see in the article history that you have also edited the text quite extensively in the past, and that is what I am advising against - best practice is to suggest alterations on the article talk page, and let uninvolved users decide.

The photo should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, a media file repository which holds images for all the Wikimedia projects. The starting place is Commons:Upload. Before the photo can be used the actual copyright owner (presumably Aaron Munter) must make a formal copyright release, as described in Commons:OTRS. More background in WP:Donating copyrighted materials. I am sorry that this is so complicated, but copyright law is complicated, and copyright is a serious issue for Wikipedia. JohnCD (talk) 20:33, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the explanation. All the editing I did was backed up by references to external sources, which I thought was correct procedure. Now that I understand the concern, I will refrain from editing my own information, but everything I posted, I made every effort to do so following Wikipedia guidelines. The copyright of the photo belongs to me, the credit to Aaron Munter was simply a credit, as the photo was a gift to be used for these specific purposes. Darick Robertson (talk) 21:14, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If Aaron Munter took the photo, we have to assume that legal copyright belongs to him, unless he has explicitly assigned it to you and you can provide proof of that. When you say "these specific circumstances", release under a free license implies permission to readers to copy, modify and re-use for any purpose including commercial, and the actual copyright owner needs to understand and agree to that. "Wikipedia only" or "educational and non-commercial purposes only" are not acceptable restrictions. I think it likely that Munter will have to make a release, but there is a link from C:Commons:Upload help where you can explain the circumstances and get expert advice about that. JohnCD (talk) 22:03, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]