User talk:Yann

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God is busy, may I help you? / Dieu est occupé, puis-je vous aider?

You can leave me a message in English or French, at the bottom. Click here. Yann 22:13, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Unblock User:Gaty3000

It's been two weeks since Gaty was blocked. Maybe we can consider unblocking them now? 0x0a (talk) 09:40, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

OK, done. Yann (talk) 10:03, 10 January 2026 (UTC)

@Yann just for clarification, per this thread at COM:ANU, Artur2077 was the new account of Gaty3000. So are we allowing a person to use two (illegitimate, since the second creation would be block evasion) accounts simultaneously? Shaan Sengupta^Talk 05:14, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

OK, I blocked the sock. Yann (talk) 10:12, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Drone show images by PIB

Hi @Yann, can you plz help me with whether I can upload the drone show images released by PIB here. Although the event was sponsored by the govt and the images are clicked by a govt photographer, this particular show was maybe performed by some private agency. Images on PIB website are generally under GODL but there is the third party clause. The permission to reproduce this material shall not extend to any third-party material. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the departments/copyright holders concerned. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 05:31, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

@Shaan Sengupta: Hi, I don't know more than you, but your analysis shows that these drone images are probably not OK. Yann (talk) 10:13, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

Exactly how I thought, bcoz the drone show is probably considered an artistic work of that agency and therefore the images are under GODL but not the drone show visuals. Thank you so much for your help. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 10:59, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Arrest of Nicolás Maduro.jpg

File:Arrest of Nicolás Maduro.jpg has been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Arrest of Nicolás Maduro.jpg This is a deletion request for the community to discuss whether the nominated page should be kept or deleted. Please voice your opinion in the linked request above. Thank you very much! If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

cyrfaw (talk) 18:16, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Resilient Barnstar
	Thank you for the recent messages regarding AI on the file that I nominated for deletion last night. I will take these into account before thinking twice. cyrfaw (talk) 11:15, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Files by Leyna Amly

Bonsoir Yann,

merci d'avoir restauré les fichiers et d'avoir aussi pensé à la notoriété. Restaurer et demander tout de suite la suppression, c'est la bonne façon de faire. J'ai ajouté le module de permission et j'ai écrit à la photographe qu'elle pouvait présenter son argument dans la discussion sur la suppression. Dans un autre cas il y a quelques semaines, la personne concernée a pu prouver sa notoriété.

On verra bien. ;-)

Bonne soirée, bien cordialement du nord de l'Allemagne, Mussklprozz (talk) 19:53, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Cat facing viewer 3.jpg

Hey! Can you please explain your decision? Thanks Lukas Beck (talk) 21:00, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

@L. Beck: I deleted it as CSD F10 (personal photos of or by non-contributors) (as it was tagged by Alachuckthebuck). Additionally, this is of poor quality, and has no EXIF data. Yann (talk) 22:06, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

Where is a picture of a cat a personal photo? The image can certainly be deleted due to poor quality, but not via speedy deletion, rather through a regular deletion request. Lukas Beck (talk) 05:46, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

OK. Yann (talk) 08:37, 13 January 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Ivan Vajsov--2007 Schloshof.jpg

Kept, with your support, then deleted by you. What changed? -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 01:34, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

@Ikan Kekek: Hi, OK, I undeleted it along with File:Ivan Vajsov (2).jpg. But I think there are several issues: the author is Roman Haљинk, not Ivan Vajso. It is very unlikely to be a selfie, so permission is usually required. I could accept the argument of "taken by a passer-by", but EXIF data of files by this user are inconsistent. As shown in File:Durankulak-ceramic 24-VII (HIV).jpg, his camera is a Canon EOS M, not Canon PowerShot S70. A lot of files are claimed as "own work" which are doubtfully so. And he is using two accounts: 1926Bubi57 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user. Yann (talk) 09:26, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

It sounds like there are good reasons to delete. Ikan Kekek (talk) 17:28, 14 January 2026 (UTC)

copyright status File:Geburtsurkunde Walther Ludwig Opländer (1906).pdf

Bonjour, Il s'agit d'une copie d'un acte de naissance établie par le registre civil le 3 mars 1906 à Sodingen, Allemagne, aujourd'hui cette municipalité fait partie de la Ville de Herne. La personne mentionnée sur l'acte de naissance est décédée en 1947. Pourquoi est-ce vous avez proposé ce document pour effacement? Meilleures salutations Kbamert (talk) 08:44, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

@Kbamert: Bonjour, Il n'y avait pas de licence. J'ai vu que vous aviez corrigé cela, donc tout va bien. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 10:10, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

merci pour votre intervention - cela m'a permis de sécuriser ce document doublement (German copyrigh law, loi sur les documents officiels) déjà mis et encore US copyright law (la règle des 95 ans) (il semble que les serveurs de wikimedia commons se trouvent aux Etats-Unis (c'est pour cela qu'entre en jeu le (US copyright law) et, en conséquence, comprendre mieux les lois de protection en vigueur pour ce document et sa situation sur des serveurs (USA). Kbamert (talk) 10:34, 15 January 2026 (UTC)

Restoring File:Commissioner Albert P Dela Cruz.jpg

Hello, this file was recently deleted. I would like to request its restoration as it is an official portrait from a Philippine government website (climate.gov.ph). Under Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176, Philippine government works are in the public domain. I have the source link ready and will ensure the {{PD-PhilippinesGov}} tag is correctly applied. Thank you. EcoSaver123 (talk) 04:27, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

@EcoSaver123: OK, done. Next time, please add the license. And please add categories. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:02, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

Apology regarding copyright violation

I am very sorry for the copyright violations. I am a new contributor and I didn't fully understand the strict copyright rules here. I want to clarify that I had no bad intentions or any commercial purpose. I only wanted to provide visual context for the articles to help readers understand the topic better. I thought providing the source link was enough. I now realize that I was wrong. I promise that I will not upload any more images like this. I have learned my lesson. Please forgive my mistake and do not block my account. Thank you. L'empereur Napoléon (talk) 15:29, 18 January 2026 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Reception of Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich by Prince Metternich in the Vienna Hofburg in 1829, by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Reception of Grand Duke Alexander Nikolayevich by Prince Metternich in the Vienna Hofburg in 1829, by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 05:03, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

FP Promotion

★ This image has been promoted to Featured picture! ★ The image File:Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.jpg, that you nominated on Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Joan Baez and Bob Dylan.jpg has been promoted. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so.

/FPCBot (talk) 05:04, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Un peu à la bourre

...mais jamais trop tard (en janvier) !

🌟 Bonne année -- Basile Morin (talk) 05:34, 21 January 2026 (UTC)

A propos de File:Rainbowfish scale.jpg

Sur File:Rainbowfish scale.jpg que tu as supprimé, j'aimerais reprendre la discussion, si possible sur ma page où je t'ai répondu en détail. Mon argument est que c'est une illustration technique (technique d'impression et de façonnage), et pas artistique. Si tu n'es pas d'accord, j'aimerais si possible que tu argumentes, et qu'on puisse porter le débat ailleurs, en toute bonne foi. Je ne connais pas la procédure sur Commons, je ne sais pas s'il faut remonter à la Pompe, ou s'il y a un lieu plus adapté. Amicalement, GAllegre (talk) 08:11, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

@GAllegre: Bonjour, Les illustrations techniques ont aussi un droit d'auteur. Tu peux demander la restauration sur la page COM:UDR, mais je doute que cette image soit restaurée sans une licence libre de l'auteur. Yann (talk) 09:22, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Ce n'est pas une "illustration technique" au sens de dessin technique, mon expression était peut-être maladroite. C'est un scan illustrant une technique d'impression. L'intérêt n'est pas dans la création graphique (aspect artistique), mais dans le processus technique qui a permis son impression (le marquage à chaud). C'est le résultat d'une chaîne de production. En tous les cas, merci pour le lien, je vais sans doute effectivement demander sa restauration. GAllegre (talk) 12:55, 22 January 2026 (UTC)

Sorry and status of delist-and-replace handling

Hi Yann, I just want to say sorry for my somewhat confusing comment in this nomination. I asked Terragio67 how he wants to proceed, but I did not see that Terragio67’s photo was not nominated by him, but by you. So it was and is up to you to decide whether you want to proceed with the nomination (and do the delisting of the other version later), or to replace it by a delist-and-replace nomination; and it was unnecessary/wrong that I asked Terragio67. Sorry! But it seems now it is OK.

Apropos of this a little hint. I promised to you that I would implement the handling of delist-and-replace nominations in FPCBot in the autumn, but I could not complete the project at that time because people urgently requested other features first. Right now I still need to test another feature with must be added first. (I will tell you about that feature per e-mail when it is complete.) After that I will move forward to delist-and-replace nominations. I already have a proof-of-concept implementation and it works, but polishing it and testing will take a lot of time, because there is always the danger to break other things. But I hope that this spring we will finally see the bot handle delist-and-replace nominations. Best, – Aristeas (talk) 13:16, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

@Aristeas: Hi, No problem. Thanks a lot for your work on FPCBot. There are very few delist-and-replace nominations, so no hurry. Best, Yann (talk) 09:19, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Yasuyuki suzuki.png

Hi Yann, I'm beginner to Wikimedia. I've been asked by someone in a photo to include their photo on Wikipedia. What should I do? What license should I choose? Wikimedia is confusing and I'm having trouble understanding it. Tamarobi (talk) 00:37, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

@Tamarobi: Hi, Before adding a license, you need the formal written permission from the copyright holder, who is by default the photographer, not the subject. If you have this permission, please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:18, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

I appreciate your advice

I've been trying to help the uploader with a draft on enWiki. I think I have now reached the maximum I can do. The final piece is very much their piece to put into position 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 17:05, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

Hi, It seems that this user is the heirs of the author, so there may be a way to get a free license. Yann (talk) 17:08, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

I think they would appreciate direct advice from you. Compared with your knowledge I am an infant here! I try my best, but I am still learning. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 17:10, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Burkard Schliessmann in Paulskirche Frankfurt.jpg

You unfortunately have deleted this file. I confirm, that I'm the license holder of this work and therefore I ask to refresh this pictureǃ Elvirtuoso (talk) 17:42, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

@Elvirtuoso: Hi, The EXIF data says: Copyright holder: Stefanie Kösling Fotografie, so we need a formal written permission from her. Thanks, Yann (talk) 18:27, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

How can we upload this cofirmation? Elvirtuoso (talk) 20:55, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

No, see below. Yann (talk) 20:59, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Burkard Schliessmann Interview.ogg

You want to delete this file. I officially confirm, that I'm the License Holder of this work. Elvirtuoso (talk) 17:46, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

@Elvirtuoso: Hi, We need a formal written permission from Burkard Schliessmann. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Thanks, Yann (talk) 18:26, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

How can we upload this confirmation? Elvirtuoso (talk) 20:54, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

@Elvirtuoso: No, this has to be done by email. That way, a record is kept, and confidential information are kept confidential. Yann (talk) 20:58, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

About the mass deletion in RFCU

Hello Yann, would you mind restore those photos that contain camera metadata? I noticed that some socks uploaded photos with complete EXIF data. They are unlikely to be copyright infringements. Additionally, according to the respective abuse logs, four accounts have their email confirmed, which seems somewhat redundant for sockpuppetry. I therefore suspect those may be different individuals using a shared network. Even if my judgment is incorrect, keeping them will also help identify any new sockpuppets. Thank you. 0x0a (talk) 18:21, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

@0x0a: Hi, If these come from different persons, then OK, but if they come from the same LTA, then no. I think that deleting files is the best way to deter sockpuppets for continuing their disruption. Yann (talk) 18:24, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

At least keep those good photos as samples; otherwise, it will be difficult to identify new sockpuppets. Because I can't see the deleted photos. 0x0a (talk) 18:38, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

FP Promotion

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/FPCBot (talk) 05:04, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Bill-hill-headshot.jpg

Uploaded with the same title as the one you recently deleted. I *think* it's a different photo, but I don't remember anymore. It appears the metadata was altered so as to make that difficult to determine. One thing is certain, though: the background isn't what Alaska looks like in January, so the other details in the description should be viewed with skepticism. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 05:15, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done Yes, it is the same picture, but cropped. Deleted, user warned. Thanks for reporting. Yann (talk) 07:22, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

File:Gheorghe Surdu în tinerețe.png

Why do you close the UDR so quickly especially when two Romanians said that RAN was wrong User:Pafsanias and User:Turbojet? RAN presented no evidence that this photograph was published in accordance with Romanian law before 2009. Unless, there is some community decision that we only apply American pre-1978 publication standards to all pre-1978 photographs that I am unaware of, and if this is so, there should be documentation of this somewhere that is easy to find. Now I admit that I know little about Romanian law, but I do not understand this decision. Abzeronow (talk) 07:36, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

As a long-time VRT volunteer for the Romanian Wikipedia, I confirm that the statement "When the negative (the actual creative work) is copied to a print and transferred to the sitter, the creative work has been made public, and the copyright timer starts" is not the one in D321/1956, valid at that time, and the wording in D321/1956 does not have the meaning stated by RAN. Turbojet (talk) 09:22, 26 January 2026 (UTC)