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My formal name is James L. Woodward, but I prefer to be called "Jim"

user problem

Grand-Duc (talk · contribs) He has been filing excessively disruptive deletion requests. I kindly ask that you have him cease this behavior at once.

Commons:Deletion requests/File:JA8183 B747-346 JAL Japan Airlines(Reso'cha) NRT 09JUL01 (7026968593).jpg

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Commons:Deletion requests/File:Boeing 747-346, Japan Airlines - JAL Reso`cha AN0309058.jpg

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Commons:Deletion requests/File:JA8183 Reso`cha Boeing 747-346SR Japan Airlines (JAL) (8639157327).jpg

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Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:JA8149 (aircraft)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:JA8183 (aircraft) --Y.haruo (talk) 22:31, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Far from having him cease, I encourage him to continue. These are all copyright violations and must be deleted. As I have said many times, the rule on de minimis requires that the copyrighted work be unimportant enough so that an average reader will not notice if it is omitted. That is plainly and clearly not true in these cases.

If you continue to make unfounded accusations such as this, you will be blocked from editing on Commons. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 22:33, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

All of these are de minimis. I believe I have valid grounds for that conclusion, and I kindly ask that you refrain from directing personal attacks at me Y.haruo (talk) 22:45, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

So, it is all right for you to make unfounded personal accusations against Grand-Duc, but it is not all right for me to warn you that your behavior will lead to your being banned? .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:40, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

I got the ping, so I hope I'm not bothering Jim by writing here too.

First of all, I'd like to know how you, @Y.haruo, come to the conclusion that my DR are "excessively disruptive". Judging by how often my argumentation convinces an admin to close them by deleting, I don't think that my interpretation of Commons' policies on which I base the DR are too far-fetched and disruptive. It's much more of quality-assurance work to better the repositories, isn't it?

Furthermore, I've read and re-read your Japanese posting of law texts and its English translation. I think that the basic intention of the law is to make it legitimate for people to engage in exchanges about hobbies on social network services (SNS) and fan communities, up to and including Otaku ways, also using fundamentally copyright protected works (like Pokémon sculptures or vehicle liveries). The inclusion of that "socially acceptable" wording points to such an interpretation, it being facilitating common communication.

But this media use is quite different from an image hosting service and media repository like Commons is. On social networks, any image is bound to slip into the oblivion of the unseen depths of old feeds after some time, whereas Commons is hosting images in curated archives. The visibility there and the influence, the encroachment upon third-party intellectual property, is much more pronounced than in some random SNS feed.

Trudging on such a borderline between copyvio and OK is hardly recommended in the light of COM:PRP. Unless an appellate court or the highest court of law of Japan (or any other country, for that matter) is interpreting and concretizing the law, we IMHO can't boldly assume that such imagery is OK to host here, not when the wording is still fuzzy (by including both "socially acceptable endeavours" and " legitimate interests of copyright holders"). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 23:54, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

The Wikimedia Foundation does not seek new restrictions. What you are doing effectively narrows the previously accepted scope of De minimis, and that constitutes a new restriction. How many of the administrators who deleted files actually understand this point? Moreover, I am aware that you have distorted the Commons guidance on De minimis and misrepresented Japanese law when filing your deletion requests. This is by no means quality‑assurance work. Y.haruo (talk) 19:18, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

I copied the exchange to Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/User problems#Graft from User talk:Jameslwoodward, about myself, I fear that an exchange any longer here would be abusing Jim's TP. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 19:47, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Coronary CT Angiography Scan.jpg

@Jameslwoodward: can I adapt the file because of Category:Pages using Information template with parsing errors or do you prefer doing it? Thanks. Lotje (talk) 16:07, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Question about an ancient deletion you carried out

Greetings, there is a question at en:Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates/Agnosticism/archive1#Source_and_image_review about a deletion you carried out millennia ago. Was wondering if you had any input there. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:53, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Vase (AM 1990.224-1).jpg

So: undelete in what year? - Jmabel ! talk 23:41, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

Given that the two possible manufacturers are long gone, and therefore would push the PCP rules a little, I would be OK with using 1950 as the creation date, so restore on 1/1/2046. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 16:04, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Question about a deletion made in 2023

Hello - I am curious about a deletion you made here: File:Krishna_showing_his_macro_form_to_Arjuna.jpg

I am trying to track down ownership of this image. Did you delete it because its owner requested that you do so? If so, could you point me to contact information for them? Thanks Cockeyed2 (talk) 01:59, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

It was one of 500+ files in Commons:Deletion requests/Category:Mahabharata Book (Hindi). The upload was by User:Donaldduck100. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:38, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

Re: Sig

I've been using this signature in all projects for 13 years, and this is the first time I've received such a complaint. Anyway, I’ve changed my signature as your request. GY Fan★ 02:30, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

User:范, thanks, that's much better. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:25, 15 August 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Undeletion requests/Archive/2026-08

Hi,@Jameslwoodward, I’ve read a request from the user Skot regarding the removal of files uploaded by the user KrenekV. Could you please clarify why these works were deleted and what you mean by “further action” on the part of the author? Particularly since my understanding is that KrenekV has the necessary VRT consent/permission for them? I’d appreciate it if you could explain what specific action you have in mind.

This concerns a partner institution within the GLAM collaboration, so we would appreciate some more context on the reason for the deletion. We would also be reluctant to discourage volunteers who contribute to Wikipedia in their free time by uploading valuable photographs and helping to expand and improve its content. In this context, it would be helpful to understand what led to the removal of these files and whether there is anything that could be done to resolve the issue.

Best, Richard Sekerak (WMCZ) (talk) 14:13, 16 August 2026 (UTC)

My comment there (often used, so it is template text) is the standard response to a user who says that an email has been sent to VRT and wants the file(s) undeleted now. As it says, the subject file(s) will be restored if and when a VRT volunteer either restores them or asks for their restoration. No further action by the uploader is required. In this case, it will take a VRT member to read the permission and determine if the cited ticket actually covers photographs from Zuzana Homolka Fedorová. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:01, 17 August 2026 (UTC)