FunTimesIndeed
Gove Image
editHi, I notice you recently uploaded a new image to use on the Michael Gove page. My concern is that I'm not sure that the Crown Copyright page that you link to on the image description (Copyright notice) is necessarily allowing us to use the image - it specifically says that (for visual media) Any visual media that is the property of the Department may be reproduced in certain instances, but not without the prior approval of the Department. and, afaik, there is no evidence that such approval has been forthcoming - perhaps you could clarify that on the image page. For now I think we'd be better of reverting the article page image itself. Blue Square Thing (talk) 12:31, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- Hi, fortunatly the image in question is allowed to be used under the Open Government Licence which is mentioned on the Copy right page, meaning anyone is allowed to use goverment images on websites such as wikipedia. Therefore as it has been relased under the said licence it is allowed to be used on the wikipedia articlce. Hope this helps but thanks for raising the issue with me! FunTimesIndeed (talk) 14:36, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- I'd like to see some evidence that that image has been release though - and I can't, currently, find that information. I agree that the wiki-image page says it has, but the page source on the govt's websites doesn't say that - it specifically says as above. Ta. Blue Square Thing (talk) 14:42, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- Read the second paragraph in the copyright section as thats where you shall find the Open Government Licence information! FunTimesIndeed (talk) 14:44, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- You mean the parag where it says "other than Departmental or agency logos and visual media " - and then clarifies that visual media includes photography later on the page :-) I think I'd *really* like to see where this sort of image has been released (it actually makes absolute sense for it to have been released and it may well have been, but I think we need to be wary as a project that we don't jump the gun on this - it's not as if the image we had doesn't do just about as good a job tbh and may actually be rather more even in POV terms than an "official: portrait) Blue Square Thing (talk) 16:03, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- Correct it says photography however certain things such as ministerial images are allowed to be used and have no fear here is where these very images have been released under the Freedom of Information Act Cite error: A
<ref>tag is missing the closing</ref>(see the help page). FunTimesIndeed (talk) 07:44, 17 April 2012 (UTC)- Can you please point at a specific place where it says that then? Thanks. Blue Square Thing (talk) 14:40, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
- Right here is the link to the Open Government Licence [1] and this link tell you that Open Government Licence lets you reuse information [2] FunTimesIndeed (talk) 18:35, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
- Can you please point at a specific place where it says that then? Thanks. Blue Square Thing (talk) 14:40, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
- Correct it says photography however certain things such as ministerial images are allowed to be used and have no fear here is where these very images have been released under the Freedom of Information Act Cite error: A
- You mean the parag where it says "other than Departmental or agency logos and visual media " - and then clarifies that visual media includes photography later on the page :-) I think I'd *really* like to see where this sort of image has been released (it actually makes absolute sense for it to have been released and it may well have been, but I think we need to be wary as a project that we don't jump the gun on this - it's not as if the image we had doesn't do just about as good a job tbh and may actually be rather more even in POV terms than an "official: portrait) Blue Square Thing (talk) 16:03, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- Read the second paragraph in the copyright section as thats where you shall find the Open Government Licence information! FunTimesIndeed (talk) 14:44, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
- I'd like to see some evidence that that image has been release though - and I can't, currently, find that information. I agree that the wiki-image page says it has, but the page source on the govt's websites doesn't say that - it specifically says as above. Ta. Blue Square Thing (talk) 14:42, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2012 April 18 along with several other images. Not that you're welcome to take part in the discussion, what with you being a sock of a community banned editor. 2 lines of K303 16:26, 18 April 2012 (UTC)