Commons:Deletion requests/2026/01/18

January 18

File:Bayer Aspirin and store-brand generic on Canadian drugstore shelf.jpg

COM:PACKAGE Solomon203 (talk) 06:10, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

How does this work out under Canadian law? Are the logos (and the product names, such as they aren't on the store brand) copyrightable (they would not be under US law, not the ones shown)? And assuming they are, does de minimis apply where two sets of copyrighted logos/designs are shown? Daniel Case (talk) 06:15, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
The logos can be copyrightable, but simple logos are not. All the logos in these packages are simple and not protected with copyright. But rest of the packages is complex. De minimis clearly does not apply, because the packages are main objects of the photo. Taivo (talk) 18:17, 19 January 2026 (UTC)
This is correct under US law, because it is established through case law that images consisting of simple text such as a company name and/or slogan in a common typeface and/or simple geometric shapes do not meet the threshold of originality for copyright.

But, per Commons policy, the images need to be free in both the US (since that's where they're hosted) and the country of origin. I took this in Canada, therefore we need to be satisfied that Canadian copyright law also doesn't recognize these as copyrightable.

All that seems to be out there is that Canada recognizes "artistic elements" in an image. Whether that would include the specifics mentioned above in US law, I would like to think it doesn't, but I am not sure. If someone who can get specific, citeable information on this can join in, I'd be interested.

As for the rest of the packages, I assume you mean the informational text. That could be copyrightable, but ... would notice on the packaging itself be required? (They also don't seem to be complete sentences in either English or French, which usually weighs against copyrightability). Daniel Case (talk) 20:09, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

File:婉容皇后郭布罗氏.png

Out of scope: this is an AI-generated image. If this image was generated based on a freely licensed photograph, please upload the original. Omphalographer (talk) 07:40, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

 Comment Currently the file is used. Taivo (talk) 18:35, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

File:נקמה יהודית 6 אדם פרופ ודין מירושניקוב.png

Out of scope: this is an AI-generated image. If this image was generated based on a freely licensed photograph, please upload the original. Omphalographer (talk) 07:41, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

The file based on freely licensed photograph with VRT permission. It was improved with AI as it mentioned in the description and template {{PD-algorithm}}. -- Geagea (talk) 07:49, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
 Comment Currently the file is used. Taivo (talk) 18:37, 19 January 2026 (UTC)
Keep since based on a real photograph of a movie scene, not a random image. DGtal (talk) 13:08, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
The uploader uploaded the original file: File:אדם פרופ ודין מירושניקוב - נקמה יהודית 6.jpg. -- Geagea (talk) 22:11, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Justus Lipsiustower & Ursulinesluice.jpg

The EXIF data (and history of the file information) includes my full name, which I would rather not have shared. Landolso (talk) 10:13, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Files of Matlin

Matlin (talk · contribs) uploaded these files:

Per {{FoP-Spain}} Spain allows taking photos of things permanently situated in public places. This image is not permanent and it is not in public space, so the photos are derivative works of copyrighted image. Not de minimis. Taivo (talk) 10:16, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Bengal subah flag (Nautical).png

dupilicate file [[User:Greatswrd|<span style="color: #003366;">𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝</span>]] (talk) 10:32, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Actually I like this file more than the duplicate. Taivo (talk) 19:00, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Files of Makinsk

Makinsk (talk · contribs) uploaded these files:

There is no freedom of panorama in Russia for sculpture and probably the photos violate sculptor's copyright. This is 1975 statue and protected with copyright in USA until 2071 (95+1 years from creation) – in Russia maybe more, depends on when the sculptor Yu. N. Ovchinnikov died. Taivo (talk) 10:36, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

I wonder if there's a typo in the name of the sculptor: could it be that his name is Yu.A. Ovchinnikov? Russian N and A can somewhat resemble each other if the print or handwriting is a bit messy. I can't find anything on a sculptor with the initials Yu.N., but there's a sculptor with the initials Yu.A. who would fit the time and location since he was working in Omsk since 1957, and also died in Omsk in 2000. In that case the sculptor's full name would be Yury Alekseevich Ovchinnikov (1929–2000).
There's also no Yu.N.Ovchinnikov listed on the website of the Artist's Union, while Yu.A. Ovchinnikov is there. Nakonana (talk) 21:34, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

File:ForVictoryTeam Esport.png

Non free logo : https://www.associationfvt-esports.com/ (or for a bigger one https://www.associationfvt-esports.com/teams/roaster-cs/) -- Habertix (talk) 11:10, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

 Delete. COM:TOO France says, that threshold of originality in France is quite low. That case the logo is copyrightable. But this is close call, so another opinion is needed as well. Taivo (talk) 11:38, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

Marat Kamalevsky

Marat Kamalevsky (talk · contribs) uploaded these files:

There is no freedom of panorama in Russia for sculpture and probably the photos violate copyright. Taivo (talk) 11:23, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Rachmat Djoko Pradopo 03.jpg

Author request; motion blur renders this unfeasible to use.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 14:58, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Visit of the Duke of Genoa to Montebello.png

A cropped out image from a 3D presented photo in a frame, removed frame. Uploaded by known Sock puppeteer user:A1cb3 Kind regards,  Rodejong  💬 ✉️  15:24, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

  •  Keep PD in Italy and USA. --RAN (talk) 02:47, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

File:2026 northeastern Syria offensive source accurate.jpg

Poorly edited and falsely titled version of my file File:2026 northeastern Syria offensive.jpg Ecrusized (talk) 15:49, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

@Ecrusized: How can you call it false when you admitted the SDF are still in Raqqa. Des Vallee (talk) 15:52, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:The Chessmaster 2000 floppy.jpg

Complex logos can be in Commons only with VRT-permission. Taivo (talk) 15:52, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

The Chessmaster logo is just text. Not particularly complex.--Auric (talk) 16:27, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
But I see here horse and carriage as well. Taivo (talk) 17:31, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
What if I edited it to remove the carriage logo? It's used in 5 articles.--Auric (talk) 18:17, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
Removing horse and carriage is permissible. Taivo (talk) 20:38, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
Done. --Auric (talk) 20:56, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:WISE 1741+2553 legacy dr10.jpg

Does not shown the described object (see ʽFile:WISE 1741+2553 legacy dr10.pngʼ) Lithopsian (talk) 15:53, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Are you sure? Using the Allwise designation WISEA J174124.22+255319.2 from SIMBAD I get coordinates of RA 265.3509582 Dec 25.8886722 https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-5?-ref=VIZ696d08712787f9&-out.add=.&-source=II/328/allwise&AllWISE===J174124.22%2b255319.2 You can further check the motion with WiseView http://byw.tools/wiseview This source is moving with almost 1 arcsecond/year, which you can also see in the single exposures of the z-band of legacy surveys between 2015 and 2018 https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer/exposures/?ra=265.3495&dec=25.8854&layer=ls-dr10 Your position does not show any movement. Meli thev (talk) 16:30, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
OK, I'll go along with that. Legacy Surveys viewer and Simbad are showing a different position - epoch issues, I guess. Lithopsian (talk) 21:18, 30 January 2026 (UTC)
 Keep per discussion. SevenSpheres (talk) 00:52, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

File:Map of salt marsh and wildlife areas west of Grand Forks (GeoDIL number - 1869).jpg

This is a derivative image of a map in an atlas. No evidence has been provided to show that the base map from North Dakota Atlas and Gazetteer has a copyright status of CC-0 as claimed by the uploader. Therefore, assume the copyright status is not compatible with the licensing requirements of Wikimedia Commons and delete the image. GeoWriter (talk) 16:02, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Museion Bozen 2022.jpg

Recent building, architecture exceeds TOO Aciarium (talk) 16:30, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

The building was designed by the architectural firm it:KSV Krüger Schuberth Vandreike. It was completed in 2008 and commissioned by the Province of Bolzano (see here), therefore it will fall under Template:PD-ItalyGov in 2029. Being a building visible from the public space there's no issue with US copyright. Friniate (talk) 20:18, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Скульптура "Нимфа".jpg

There is no freedom of panorama in Russia for sculpture and probably the photo violates sculptor's copyright. This is 1938 sculpture and protected with copyright in USA until 2034 (95+1 years from creation). Sculptor de:Hermann Brachert died in 1972 and the sculpture is copyrighted in source country Russia until 2047 (74+1 years from death). Taivo (talk) 17:34, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

In 2024 the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation decided:
"To recognize paragraph 1 of Article 1276 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation as not contradicting the Constitution of the Russian Federation to the extent that, according to its constitutional and legal meaning, in the system of current legal regulation, when images of works of fine art are placed in the information and reference material on cultural, historical and other attractions of the territory (guidebook). - a sculpture that is located in an open place on this territory or is visible from such a place does not require the consent of the author or other copyright holder of the sculpture and payment of remuneration to him, including if the relevant information and reference material is distributed for profit, and in this image the sculpture can be considered as the main object of use."
So it's not forbidden in Russia to make photos of sculptures and use them in information and reference materials. I'm sure that Wikipedia is the information and reference source.
http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202406260001
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8B#%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8B_%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8 Patsanenok (talk) 21:07, 18 January 2026 (UTC)
Every Commons file must be usable not only in information and reference materials, but for every purpose, including for commerce. Taivo (talk) 10:49, 22 January 2026 (UTC)
This means that the photo can be hosted on wikivoyage without issues but unfortunately not on Wiki Commons. Nakonana (talk) 18:43, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
A more interesting argument might be that the sculpture was unveiled when Kaliningrad was still German territory. Nakonana (talk) 18:45, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

File:Stanislas Lepine - La Seine à Poissy.jpg

suppresion du fichier ci car nouvelle photographie plus récente Sinkz (talk) 18:05, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

 Speedy keep per COM:INUSE. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 22:19, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

File:Бюст врача Г. Б. Сибирцева, Томск.jpg

File:Дворец пионеров (Челябинск) f012.jpg

There is no freedom of panorama in Russia for sculpture and probably the photo violates sculptor's copyright. This is 2015 statue, sculptor is likely still living. Taivo (talk) 19:20, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

The sculptor is w:ru:Ковальчук, Андрей Николаевич (born 1959).
Also  Keep File:Дворец пионеров (Челябинск) f012.jpg as De Minimis because it's not possible to photograph the Pioneer Palace building without including the sculpture. That's like the pyramid in front of the Louvre example in COM:DM France. Nakonana (talk) 20:13, 23 March 2026 (UTC)
Actually that's not true. You can step twenty meters towards the building, so that the sculpture is behind you, and still take a good photo about the building. Current photo is made to prominently show the sculpture. Taivo (talk) 10:26, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

File:Farmer Al Falfa's Ape Girl (1932).webm

Copyright renewed per R255611 in 1960, owned by Paramount, undelete in 2028. Bacromisee (talk) 19:23, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:FARMER AL FALFA'S BEDTIME STORY (1932).webm

Copyright renewed per R255607 in 1960, owned by Paramount, undelete in 2028. Bacromisee (talk) 19:25, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:BURLESQUE (1932).webm

Copyright renewed per R255612 in 1960, owned by Paramount, undelete in 2028. Bacromisee (talk) 19:31, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:BLUEBEARD'S BROTHER (1932).webm

Copyright renewed per R253984 in 1960, copyrighted by Paramount, undelete in 2028. Bacromisee (talk) 19:39, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Bull-Ero (1932).webm

Copyright renewed per R253980 in 1960, copyrighted by Paramount, undelete in 2028. Bacromisee (talk) 19:42, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:SWISS SKI YODELERS (1940).webm

Copyright renewed per R411736 in 1967, not public domain until 2036, copyrighted by Paramount. Bacromisee (talk) 19:50, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Место открытия первого нефтяного месторождения в Татарии.jpg

File:Yevhen Khmara - Ukrainian general.jpg

Copyvio; this photo does not fit in any of the Ukrainian PD categories. The source indicates "courtesy of the SBU" as copyright information, which does not imply that it is under a free licence. BilletsMauves (talk) 21:50, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

Image is issued by the government of Ukraine, specifically the SBU (Security Service of Ukraine) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Service_of_Ukraine Attribution to the SBU is clear and the SBU watermark is visible in the lower left corner. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/Ukraine#Not_protected
OP has just uploaded a similar image attributed to the same Security Service of Ukraine. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yevheniy_Khmara.jpg Caffeinated Chihuahua (talk) 17:37, 19 January 2026 (UTC)
Being issued by the government of Ukraine or the SBU does not automatically make an image PD. Images from the SBU's website are published under the Creative Commons license; that's where the photo I uploaded comes from. Hence your point about me having "uploaded a similar image attributed to the same Security Service of Ukraine" is irrelevant. On the contrary, the photo nominated here does not come from the SBU's website, so the Creative Commons license does not apply to it. And as I wrote in my nomination rationale, this photo does not fit in any of the unprotected categories you linked to. BilletsMauves (talk) 18:55, 19 January 2026 (UTC)
Which copyright law are you citing? Caffeinated Chihuahua (talk) 19:41, 19 January 2026 (UTC)