LexLevels

Michael Young

Hello LexLevels, I noticed your additions to Talk:Michael Young (industrial designer) and your COI note. Thank you for this. Are you able to source media directly from the designer? It would be good to have photographs of his most important designs, a portrait, and any contextual imagery that he is willing to share for use in the article. You would need to upload the files to Wikimedia Commons (it's not as complicated as it looks, just follow the instructions and make sure that you have the correct usage rights), and also declare COI, but as long as you don't edit the article itself, it should be fine. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 19:25, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

Hello Cl3phact0, thanks for getting in touch. I've been offline lately and am just getting back into all this as I've sadly neglected many of the issues brought up.

Yes I am able to source media directly from the Designer, as mentioned on the talk page, I still occasionally provide help for the studio and have highlighted the COI.

I have experienced some trouble in the past when uploading certain images, even whith images where I personally was the author. I've read up a little more on why this might have been and will try again. I'm new to all this so expecting bumps along the way, I just want to help augment this article as well as other design, art, culinary arts related articles.

Thanks for your support. LexLevels (talk) 20:31, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

That's great! Look forward to it.

Commons can be tricky. I have also had a hard time getting some images to be accepted and am by no means an expert. If the photographs were taken by you, there should be no problem at all. For other images, you simply need to obtain permission from whoever is the copyright holder. In your case, it sounds like you can get this directly from Mr Young (who, as the author of the objects themselves, may be considered the primary owner of the rights). I have seen instances in a number of articles that I've worked on where people have also contacted the Wikimedia Foundation to confirm the authorisation. For example, this photographer has uploaded photographs of Vico Magistretti's Carimate Chair, and a number of other designs by notable designers. The files also have something called a ticket that in this case says:

The Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by a Volunteer Response Team (VRT) member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2013060410008066.

As you are in a position to ask either Mr Young directly, or other IP owners' approval for publication, this should be accepted, especially if they also send a confirmation note. Additionally, if you simply have an email from the IP owner to you saying "yes, happy for you to use", this may well be enough. Just mention it when you upload (see this example).

Hope this helps! Let me know when you have uploaded photos and I'll try to improve the article. (These articles which I have worked on might give you an idea of what I would like to do: Brionvega, Braun, Achille Castiglioni, Jasper Morrison, Richard Sapper, and Dieter Rams.) Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 18:46, 15 March 2023 (UTC)

Trying to help you

Regarding the photographs that you have uploaded, it is important to follow up with Commons and VRT so that they are not deleted for lack of correct licencing. I have written to the User who deleted one of the files here to try to help you. If you can resolve the matter, I will restore the photo. I would like to use your uploads, but if the licencing is not done according to the Wikimedia guidelines, I will no longer do so. It is a waste of time to edit the articles only to have the images deleted afterwards. Thank you, Cl3phact0 (talk) 06:45, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi Cl3phact0, I'm sorry that certain images have been deleted. In all honesty I aim to upload everything legitimately and by no means want to waste your time, I sincerely appreciate the effort you're putting into the article. I have followed up with user Krd regarding the Hex image, lets see what he comes back with. LexLevels (talk) 20:17, 16 May 2023 (UTC)

If your uploads are done correctly and you also send validating information to the VRT (as you did with the photograph that is used in the infobox of Michael Young article), there should be no further issues. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 09:40, 19 May 2023 (UTC)