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Bleeps.gr

I have noticed several images depicting graffiti by street artist Bleepsgr, real name Vlassios Kakouris, while almost all uploaded by Villiamcurtis (talk · contribs).

Things to consider.

• They are definitely derivative works. So the original artist has to be attributed.
• There is no FOP in Greece, so the original artist should have given permission.
• All images are {own} and author Villiamcurtis.
• File:Ακάκιε s΄agapw.jpg description states "this work is created by me as a street art project under the pseudonym bleeps.gr which i use for my art initiatives" (but no other images state this).
• File:-GREECE NEXT ECONOMIC MODEL-.JPG has a vrt ticket: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2011120610022994

Can you check this ticket? Is the uploader the original artist? And if so, why its not his name or alias in the descriptions and attribution? Geraki ^T_L^G 18:50, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Yes, the permission letter is from original artist (Bleeps.gr/v.kakouris). Nemoralis (talk) 23:19, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Is there proof of identity? Geraki ^T_L^G 09:59, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

No. Nemoralis (talk) 14:48, 21 April 2026 (UTC)

ticket:2019042510004531

This may have a ticket, but it's a professional promo photo and certainly not a selfie. Sven Teuber cannot be the author / copyright holder on this. --~2026-19750-08 (talk) 14:26, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Same thing goes for this image, ticket:2021011210008231. --~2026-19750-08 (talk) 14:37, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Although it is not mentioned in the permission letter (nor was it asked in the ticket), they are usually able to take such pictures themselves with a remote controlled tripod. Both ticket is in German, so I will leave this to our German VRT members. Nemoralis (talk) 23:17, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Multiple issues with VRT volunteer

Dear all, I want to ask for help on how to handle this issue.

One of the projects I working on as a member of the Basque Wikimedians User Group is called "History of the Basque Country in 100 objects". In this project we are working with various GLAM institutions, most often museums, trying to have them contribute with images of historical objects from their collections. The project is succesful, and most museums are kindly donating images. Building trust with these institutions takes time, sometimes months, explaining why we need thoses images, how are going to be used and what are the license needs for the project. Not easy, but after long conversations, we are getting good results.

However, even if we are doing everything correctly, many times we are finding an issue with the same VRT volunteer (User:Krd). The main issue is that they ask for things that shouldn't be asking for, like copyright status and authorship of Roman artifacts or working permits of museum staff, which are not responsability of VRT volunteers.

Here are some examples of recent interactions with them:

• Ticket:2025070110004112: where they asked to list files that were already listed and then asked for copyright status of Iron Age artifacts. Never closed nor resolved it.
• Ticket:2025011510005463: where they asked for copyright status of ancient objects and to show the contracts of the photographers with the institution. (closed by User:TaronjaSatsuma))
• Ticket:2025061710007823: where they asked how is that the author of an image, sending an image from his official e-mail account, signing a document with his own name is the copyright holder of the photographs themselves, and how is that the author have the right to photograph a Middle Ages sculpture. (Closed by User:Nemoralis)
• Ticket:2025060310007662: Where they ask to list photos that are already listed (closed by User:TaronjaSatsuma)
• Ticket:2026042810003577: the last one, where they ask again to a Museum how is that they own their own images.

We have reports from these partners telling us that they are not willing to continue with this kind of contributions if they are going to ask for things that are out of scope. Some of our collaborations are at risk, and I really don't know how to proceed.

Best. -Theklan (talk) 13:16, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Please refer also to COM:ANU § How to handle a problematic VRT volunteer. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 01:34, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

@Theklan: , I can not see the actual discussions you are referring to; however, some of those questions might be appropriate. The issue with 3D historical objects from CLAM collections is that although the objects themselves are in public domain, the photographs are assumed to be copyrighted by the photographers that took them. If the VRT permission is from the photographers than the case is simple, but if the permission is signed by the GLAM institution than one should ask for the explanation about how they acquired those copyrights. The answer could be for example that the photographer is employed by the institution, under agreement that their photograph's copyrights belong to the institution. It is a little like with wedding photographers, who sell you the wedding photographs, but might or might not sell you copyrights to them. --Jarekt (talk) 18:48, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Inded, that's why all of the institutions who own the photographs are attesting that they own those photographs. Some of the questions asked by Krd are about the authorship and copyright status of the objects themselves, which are in some cases Paleolithic. This kind of questions make the institution think that they are treating with non serious people, and create tension between the GLAM institution which is doing the things correctly and the User Group, which has been working for months with those institutions on how the licenses should be handled. Theklan (talk) 18:55, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Comment, perhaps a bit of an aside: Commons tends to be stricter about laws governing effective transfers of copyright than is the actual practice in the real world. No doubt that there are times someone does work on behalf of an institution and not all the T's are crossed and the I's dotted. I think we sometimes can become focused on that in ways that do not really matter. No professional photographer hired by a museum to photograph its collections for its own use is going to turn around and sue a reuser for trusting a license issued by the museum based on the museum's claim of copyright, even though the latter might not be seen as perfect in a court of law. They would never get museum work like that again if they did so. Yes, technically this is a bit looser than our precautionary principle, but at a certain point commons sense needs to come into play. - Jmabel ! talk 21:10, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Ticket:2025061710007823 is a paradigmatic case of asking for things out of scope. The responsible of a cathedral sent some photos taken by himself, inside the institution where he is responsible, from an official e-mail from that institution. He filled exactly what the VRT template says and the one that we have been using in this project without problems except when Krd takes them. After a long conversation where he insisted that he wanted to know who the photographer was (even if this was stated in the permission), he then turned to ask, quote "please say the copyright status of the depicted artwork.". After that, he asked again "For the depicted artwork, which in general is itself copyright protected, we need to hear what is the exact story. Who is the creator? Do they give permisison? When did they die? When was the work created? Etc., as the case may be."

The images are from a sculpture from the Middle Ages. It's inside a church, and it's publicly accessible. I could have taken the photos myself and upload them, but we decided to collaborate with the church itself, so they felt part of the project.

The attitude of Krd asking for completely out-of scope things made me have another conversation with the church, a quite bitter one, explaining how this was completely strange, and apologizing about the burden. I don't know if they would collaborate again with us, or they would tell other colleagues that we ask for wild strange things.

The purpose of the VRT process for GLAMs is not that, and I think that it should be noted.

Also, for closing purposes, there are two VRT petitions (Ticket:2025070110004112 and Ticket:2026042810003577 that have been abbandoned mid conversation and should be closed. Thanks. -Theklan (talk) 06:43, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Hola @Theklan, as I have seen that @Krd has returned the tickets to the group, I have spoken with him. I can cope with the tickets and take care of the permissions, but I have a technical problem which I would like to address on your discussion page.

For the future: can you please ask the museums to name their photographers in their file descriptions? Both in the sense of the precautionary principle, and out of courtesy to the photographers.

Cheers, Mussklprozz (talk) 13:32, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

ticket:2025051310004728

I am confused about this ticket as it seems to mostly added to images which should have {{PD-old-100}} license. What do they claim to have copyrights to and what are the conditions for the image to be covered? Jarekt (talk) 16:37, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

@Mussklprozz, any input? I can't comprehend the ticket. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 09:07, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

As far as I can see, the files were uploaded by the Library of the University of Stuttgart using a custom licence template which I had built for them. This template has a parameter where you can choose a licence. I am pretty sure that they know that the images are in the public domain, but they did not realize that PD-old-120 would be the proper choice in this case. I would write to them and suggest that we replace all ce cc-0s by PD-old-120, okay? Mussklprozz (talk) 11:14, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

@Mussklprozz and Aafi: Please do not ask them to be replacing stuff with {{PD-old-100}} license, unless they are going to check who are the authors and when did they die, which is a lot of work if even possible. For files published more than 140-150 years ago, it is safe to add {{PD-old-70}} license as it is unlikely that someone lived 70-80 years past publication. User:Haendelfan might be taking over uploads from Library of the University of Stuttgart. I am still curious about how are the files defined by the ticket defined and what copyrights are claimed by who? --Jarekt (talk) 14:02, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

The upload was part of de:Wikipedia:Museen BW. I know the persons involved personally, and I am sure that they do not claim copyright on the images in question. They simply didn't see that with cc-0 they *release* something into PD, rather than declaring that it *was* in PD.

I always prefer to communicate with the client when I change something they did in good faith. And with all due respect, I don't need the help of anyone to replace the license tags. Mussklprozz (talk) 05:14, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

HB SABEROV.jpg

All photos were taken on my phone at my personal request by my technician who works in my group. I own the rights to my own photos; the group technician is not the photographer. I have published all the material and permissions on my official resources. I fully understand what I'm doing.

"Materials are available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) license." © [Ruslan Saberov/Ruslan Saberov, 2026].}} https://vk.com/wall-224355912_1165 Hello! My name is Ruslan Yurievich Saberov. This photo belongs entirely to me, and I allow it to be used. I'm in the photo. This photo was taken by my personal photographer, whom I hired. All copyrights belong only to me, as I paid for the photographer. Accordingly, he has no rights. The rights are completely mine. I am the artist and musician in these photos and I give full rights to use my photos to those who write the article and upload the file. https://vk.com/ruslansaberov File:HB SABEROV.jpg ~2026-26890-43 Prosto Green77 (talk) 20:40, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

 Comment Uploader was Nousefordead. This is coming from a different account, probably the same person evading a block. Also, uploader indicated that was in Category:AI-generated images including prompts. If that is true, how can this also be a photograph taken by anyone? - Jmabel ! talk 23:55, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

All permissions are listed on the official resources. The musician posted a photo with the permissions, and everything is according to the rules. Prosto Green77 (talk) 01:58, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

It's useless to talk to you, you're always bypassing blocks and so on. You're not competent, so it's easier for us to write a letter and resolve this issue with normal people according to the rules.

Once again, I say that it is enough that the artist's resources have been approved and all the information is available. Follow the link Prosto Green77 (talk) 02:05, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

• It should be noted that Ruslan Saberov has a global lock https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD + https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Uyfikuy7imyhgbhjmuf and so on. Requests from permanently globally locked users will not be considered. Lesless (talk) 02:29, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Необходимо отметить, что Руслан Саберов имеет глобальную блокировку https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD + https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAuth/Uyfikuy7imyhgbhjmuf и много других учётных записей. Запросы от бессрочно глобально заблокированных участников не рассматриваются. Lesless (talk) 02:29, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm a different author, and we have a dynamic IP address in our office. I have nothing to do with this, and you're wrong. I'm not going to take responsibility for others and their mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes, and there are honest authors. However, you don't want to deal with it. Prosto Green77 (talk) 02:46, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Вы же прямо в этом обсуждении написали, что вы Руслан Саберов ("My name is Ruslan Yurievich Saberov"). Именно Саберов и обессрочен глобально. Если Саберов использует другие IP-адреса и учётные записи, это ничего не меняет. И даже если это пишет не он сам, а его подчинённые, тоже (w:ru:ВП:МИТПАППЕТ). You wrote directly in this discussion that you are Ruslan Saberov ("My name is Ruslan Yurievich Saberov"). It's Saberov himself who's been permanently suspended. If Saberov uses other IP addresses and accounts, it doesn't change anything. And even if it's not he himself who's writing it, but his subordinates, it doesn't change anything https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Meatpuppetry Lesless (talk) 12:43, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Податель запроса вполне ожидаемо глобально заморожен. The requester has been globally locked. This was expected. The photo should be deleted. Lesless (talk) 11:55, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. --Lesless (talk) 11:55, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Changement de photo et de date

Bonjour , je suis Françoise Lépine et je souhaite changer ma photo et ma date de naissance ? svp ... Comment procéder ? Merci ! Françoise Lépine ~2026-27544-79 (talk) 13:45, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-27544-79: Quelle page exactement essayez-vous de modifier ? Veuillez indiquer le lien. - Jmabel ! talk 03:05, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

ticket:2026050810002612 — Permission for Ciao Niu portrait

Hello,

I would like to kindly request a review of Ticket #2026050810002612.I uploaded a portrait photo of Ciao Niu (Tokyo-based writer, film director and musician) and arranged for the copyright holder (the photographer / Ciao Niu) to send permission directly to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. The file was:File:チャオ・ニウ_東京都の作家、映画監督、音楽家.png (or similar name)

The permission email has been received by VRTS, but the ticket is still waiting in the queue. Since the current English permissions backlog is around 15 days, I understand it may take some time.

Could a volunteer please check the ticket when possible? I want to make sure everything is correctly formatted so the file can be restored/re-uploaded under a proper free license (CC-BY-SA 4.0), similar to other approved artist portraits.

Thank you very much for your help！

Best regards,

Representive of Ciao Niu Matsushimakumiko (talk) 08:01, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Outrageous question for a ticket received today. --Krd 11:18, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

It will take time. (I believe the answer above is intended to convey the same thing indirectly, but I think a more direct approach is helpful.) whym (talk) 01:06, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. --Krd 11:18, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Count Tunin, photo was taken in London in January 2011.png

Could someone on the VRT team please respond to the claim of the Permission Ticket being being fraudulent? --Trade (talk) 22:28, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Done. --Krd 05:34, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. --Krd 05:34, 9 May 2026 (UTC)

Request for experienced VRT review — Ticket #2026050910009677

Hello, I would like to request review of Ticket #2026050910009677 by an experienced VRT agent.

I am the creator, copyright holder, and the person depicted in the files “File:Mark Oliver Spengler.png” and “File:Mark Oliver Spengler.jpg”.

I have already provided complete identity verification and platform‑consistent evidence, including over 9 MB of screenshots documenting my identity and authorship across authoritative platforms such as:

• MusicBrainz
• Discogs
• Spotify
• Apple Music
• YouTube
• Amazon Music
• Google Knowledge Graph
• Amiga Music Preservation (AMP)
• Facebook (2025 profile photo)

The permission is fully compliant, and all required information has been submitted.

The pending VRT status currently prevents Google from refreshing my Knowledge Panel image, which delays indexing and causes unnecessary time and financial impact on my side.

Therefore, I kindly request that an experienced VRT agent review the ticket so the file can be processed without further delay.

Thank you. Mark Oliver Spengler Mark Oliver Spengler (talk) 12:08, 10 May 2026 (UTC) @Krd: Thank you for your reply. I believe there is a misunderstanding, so I would like to clarify:

The issue is not that the ticket is “under discussion”. The issue is that the current handling is blocked because the assigned agent is requesting materials that are not applicable for a self‑portrait permission case.

All required materials have already been provided: – EXIF metadata – identity verification – platform‑consistent authorship evidence – Google Knowledge Panel ownership – cross‑referenced links across authoritative platforms

This case can be resolved in under a minute by an experienced VRT agent familiar with self‑portrait permissions.

Therefore, I kindly request that an experienced agent take over the ticket, as the current request for the unpublished original file is not appropriate and is causing unnecessary delay.

Thank you very much. Mark Oliver Spengler

As said before - my previous comment was removed by the Mark Oliver Spengler - this is a ticket from yesterday, so out of scope of this page. Please be patient. --Krd 13:57, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Du sprichst deutsch richtig ?

Bitte, ich stehe unter Zeitdruck - Dymn hat sich weder die Mühe gemacht die Exif oder Referenzen anzusehen - Er flaggte einfach nach dem Prinzip : Bild von Mensch=flag

Ich befinde mich im softlock.

beim upload gesetzte flags :

P180 – depicts → Mark Oliver Spengler

P170 – creator → some value (Ich)

P2093 – author name string → Mark Oliver Spengler

P4174 – Wikimedia username → Mark Oliver Spengler

P6216 – copyright status → copyrighted

P275 – copyright license → CC‑BY‑4.0

P571 – inception → 9 May 2026

P1163 – media type → image/png

P7482 – source of file → original creation by uploader

Danke ich halte Verfahrensruhe und zähle auf dich und deine Expertise - Das ist ein Fall von Sekunden. Mark Oliver Spengler (talk) 14:08, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

I respectfully reopen this section, because the issue is not resolved.

The assigned VRT agent is requesting an “unpublished original file”, which is not applicable to a self‑portrait case. All required materials have already been provided (EXIF, identity verification, platform‑consistent authorship evidence, Knowledge Panel ownership, cross‑referenced links).

This has created a processing deadlock. Therefore, I kindly request that an experienced VRT agent review Ticket #2026050910009677.

Thank you very much. — Mark Oliver Spengler

The case will be processed and resolved in the ticket only, not here, at it's time, at it's turn. There is absolutely no point in insisting here, except that it will futher delay processing by interupting the workflow. --Krd 16:45, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm looking for help, a tutor, or collaboration to publish on Wikipedia; golden mathematics

Hello everyone, I am looking for help, a tutor or collaborators to publish a large amount of information (goldenmathematics) on Wikipedia, Thanks! John Versus (talk) 18:47, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi, here you are at Commons, not Wikipedia. If your target is the english-language Wikipedia, you will find help at en:Wikipedia:Village pump. --Túrelio (talk) 19:12, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Hola, soy wiki_neonato ...busco ayuda o colaboracion para publicar matematicas aurea (en idioma español); en la wikipedia. ¿Alguien me puede ayudar en esto?, gracias! John Versus (talk) 19:23, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Here it is in spanish: es:Wikipedia:Café/Archivo/Ayuda/Actual . John Versus, you need to click on the blue link.--Túrelio (talk) 19:42, 10 May 2026 (UTC)