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Speedy deletion nomination of Betty Tompkins

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A tag has been placed on Betty Tompkins requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please read more about what is generally accepted as notable.

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Betty Tompkins painting

Hi Smason1022. Thank you very much for starting the article on Betty Tompkins. I think that the image of her painting that you uploaded (File:Online-BT 1 f-painting-300x418.jpg) may not be in the public domain. You marked the image as "PD-ineligible", but I haven't seen any evidence that Tompkins released any of her works into the public domain.

If it is a copyrighted image, we may be able to still keep it in the article as fair use. The image would have to be uploaded locally on English Wikipedia and would require a non-free use rationale and maybe some additional text describing the work or the series in the article. Let me know if I can help. gobonobo ^{+ c} 02:48, 28 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi there! Thanks for sending me the message regarding Betty Tompkins' painting. I wasn't quite sure how to categorize the image permission for that painting. I spoke with her today and she was perfectly satisfied having this image (on the Wiki page, itself) present in the public domain. Since it is held in the collection of a public institution, The Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Betty is satisfied with having the image be on the page in its current form without additional licensing. Please let me know how best to cite the image permissions, forthwith. I am still learning how to properly code here! I am also a contributor for the entry for Xaviera Simmons (another female contemporary artist), so all tips and suggestions are most welcome. Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smason1022 (talk • contribs) 04:32, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

Unless Tompkins has agreed to release all of her rights to the image (including allowing commercial use of the image without attribution), the image should not be marked as being in the public domain. If she does want that, documentation of her permission will need to be received through OTRS. Commons (where you uploaded the file) is intended for free images only and not those where the artist wants to retain certain rights. See File:Chinese Souls No. 2 (Nancy Crow).jpg for an example of an image that is not in the public domain but still meets Wikipedia's requirements for non-free images. You can see that the image has a fair use rationale for the articles where it is used. Non-free images can be uploaded on the English Wikipedia if they meet all ten of our non-free content criteria. gobonobo ^{+ c} 08:21, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

March 2015

Hello, I'm BZTMPS. I noticed that you recently removed some content from Betty Tompkins  with this edit, without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks. BZTMPS ★ · (talk? contribs?) 16:46, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

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