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Non-free images

Hello, Nuro Dragonfly. Please do not embed non-free content in your userspace, as it is always in violation of our non-free content policy (specifically item 9). The relevant guideline about userspaces be found here: Misplaced Pages:User pages#Non-free images.

As the guideline says, such images will be removed from userspace without warning (in reply to your edit summary, the community as a whole is required to observe and enforce this policy; please also read Misplaced Pages:Vandalism to learn what should and what should not be called vandalism).

Please remove the image from your sandbox, and if you want it to be used in articles, provide a proper source that answers where exactly did you get it from, instead of just "Internet". – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 23:52, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Hello, this has arisen due to someone putting some grotesque, massive, image on my sandbox, which I don't consider anybody else on WP to have any right to edit for any reason, as it is something that I'm working on in 'my space', not the public domain, and was extremely offended by these actions. Once again, I don't consider the actions of a senior editor's manners to be correct or civil or appropriate.

Having said that, and hence my reaction, I have read the link provided about section #9 that was referenced to me now. I have also been putting <---Cancelled xx --> around the Cover section of the syntax when in my sandbox. The Motörhead album I'm working on has already had a new, smaller, version attached to the current article by me previously. The images I attain for my personal use have all been collected from various sources over many, many years, and I've never looked at the site in question, as I just use the 'view image' option and decided if it is what I'm looking for, to use with my Album collections covers.I have been resizing them, to a fit the guidelines WP has put in place when using Non-Free covers, myself, so they are not from 'any specific' site any more and I wouldn't begin to collect the amount of images on album covers again that I have on file.

I have correctly credited the Label they were released under, which is the main requirement of the policy in place. I will not be searching the internet again for such things, and I consider anyone thinking this is what I need to be doing very incorrect in that. The copyright to the album covers always reverts to the original label who released them as far I remember, unless their is a specific WP difference that I'm unaware of? This then covers the policies main requirement I would say. As for putting something up further than 'Internet' it would then become a debate on whether the source attained from had done so correctly themselves in the first place, would it not? Therefore this becomes a merry-go-round, and I do not consider this something I should or need to ascertain prior to using an image from the Free source of the internet. I am attempting to cover the relevant, serious, specific policies that WP has had court issues with over time, but I don't think I have been a massive failure

I do thank you for letting me know that their is an issue with the Sandbox that I was not aware of, and I apologies for not having the cover section blank sooner. I am getting up to speed on such matters as they come across me, and I have read various policies on various things, but don't profess to be an expert yet by any means. I am learning the does and don'ts to be a useful editor in specific areas on this Encyclopaedia, and will endeavour to continue to do so. Regards..

Nürö 00:59, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

I'm afraid the immediate source (the URL in this case) must be presented. Please see Misplaced Pages:Non-free content#Sourcing, which explicitly addresses this issue.

While we usually want to find out the original publication to determine copyright status, this is not so much the case with non-free content. It's because we assert fair use under the assumption that it is copyrighted, and that there is nothing we can do about it. Instead, we focus on the consequences of our assertion. These are respect of commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2, which is derived directly from fair use in U.S. law) an previous publication (WP:NFCC#4). Crucially, because copyright is attached to a work when it's made and not when it's published, we want to be sure that a work has been published by someone else before we do. It would be rather dubious to publish someone's work here for free for the first time, and still maintain that they have commercial opportunities. The immediate source must be provided, and it also serves as a proof that there has been previous publication. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 02:32, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Hmm...I have to look through these then in that case, as that's not quite been my understanding of the free use parameters. It seems interpretative at present in a way. I'll read these before uploading any more in this case..Nürö 02:38, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

Please do not act upon WP:CANVASSING attempts such as the one by ArghyaIndian

It appears that you have been canvassing—leaving messages on a biased choice of users' talk pages to notify them of an ongoing community decision, debate, or vote. While friendly notices are allowed, they should be limited and nonpartisan in distribution and should reflect a neutral point of view. Please do not post notices which are indiscriminately cross-posted, which espouse a certain point of view or side of a debate, or which are selectively sent only to those who are believed to hold the same opinion as you. Remember to respect Misplaced Pages's principle of consensus-building by allowing decisions to reflect the prevailing opinion among the community at large. Thank you. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 11:49, 10 May 2016 (UTC)