Ledow

You know what? I can't be bothered any more.

Every time I upload an image it stays for about six months until something like the above happens and then the image is got rid of. Each time I expand my description and select "fair use tags" etc. as best I can at the time. Each time someone else comes along, tells me that I've done it "wrong" and deletes the images, turning the articles in plain-text in the process.

How much more clear than "self-made screenshot" and selecting "this is a copyrighted screenshot of a videogame ... to illustrate an article" can you get? It takes me a long time to load up all these games, get a nice illustrative screenshot, get it into a nice format, upload it, comment it, tag it, put it into an article etc. and each time it gets wiped out by "copyright-police" bots because of some fancy new change to the system or because someone didn't bother to read my image description.

And each time it's a major pain in the backside to figure out just what it is they want fixed and how to put it on the image once it's uploaded. I understand the need for respecting copyright law and I have done at all points to the best of my ability, but with people determined to turn every article which contains even just a single illustrative screenshot into ASCII text, it's just not worth the effort to help maintain the articles.

--ledow 13:16, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Non-free rationale for File:Soul Of A Robot.png

Thanks for uploading or contributing to File:Soul Of A Robot.png. I notice the file page specifies that the file is being used under non-free content criteria, but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia is acceptable. Please go to the file description page, and edit it to include a non-free rationale.

If you have uploaded other non-free media, consider checking that you have specified the non-free rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'file' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the file is already gone, you can still make a request for undeletion and ask for a chance to fix the problem. If you have any questions, please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:12, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Commando.gif

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Thanks for uploading File:Commando.gif. 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) 00:09, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

File:Syndicate.png listed for discussion

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