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Dylan's account picture[edit]
Just out of curiosity how was the image in violation of copyright? And if it was how do upload it because it's very important Salfanto (talk) 00:11, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Social media profiles are non-free media, and Commons (the place you uploaded it to) only allows freely licensed media. To upload it to Wikipedia instead of Commons would require it to meet all ten criteria at WP:NFCCP, which it does not. ––FormalDude (talk) 00:29, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- I see now. Can it be uploaded under non-free content? Salfanto (talk) 14:57, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
- Also since the account's owner is dead wouldn't that mean that the copyright has expired? Salfanto (talk) 13:43, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- No. Copyright protection generally lasts for the length of the author's life plus another 70 years. Also, as I said, the image does not meet all of the criteria at WP:NFCCP, and as such cannot be uploaded under non-free content. ––FormalDude (talk) 06:22, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Is there any way that it could be uploaded under non-free content? Salfanto (talk) 13:43, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- For the third time, no. ––FormalDude (talk) 10:08, 20 January 2024 (UTC)
- Is there any way that it could be uploaded under non-free content? Salfanto (talk) 13:43, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- No. Copyright protection generally lasts for the length of the author's life plus another 70 years. Also, as I said, the image does not meet all of the criteria at WP:NFCCP, and as such cannot be uploaded under non-free content. ––FormalDude (talk) 06:22, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
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January 2024 NPP backlog drive – Points award[edit]
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Review![edit]
Hi sir, Hope your doing good, Can you please Review this page Draft:Geethanjali Malli Vachindi. Saishna96 (talk) 13:12, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Done. ––FormalDude (talk) 02:33, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
- Sir, If Possible can you please Review these pages Draft:Utsavam (2024 film) & Draft:Aa Okkati Adakku (2024 film) Saishna96 (talk) 17:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello @FormalDude, I have Seen that your open to take requests for reviews on your talk page. It could be happy if you can review this draft article Draft:Sreshth Movies. Thankyou ~~ Nss999 (talk) 15:01, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
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Hello FormalDude,
Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to Schminnte, who led with over 2,300 points.
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Hello.[edit]
@FormalDude: Hello again. I don't want to bother you, but I never did give up on that adoption program thing. I thought that I had already replied to one of your messages, but I hadn't, and so I kept on waiting for the notification of you responding. I did eventually check and see I never responded on July 31, 2023, but you never saw it. I'm sorry if it looked like I just disappeared, but I really just screwed up. I didn't really want to edit any pages without know what I'm doing either, so I just chose to wait. Checking the page again, I see you've archived it, understandably so. If that's reversable, I do still wish to continue the adoption process. If not, I just wanna let you know what happened with me. Random Editor135 (talk) 15:57, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
- @Random Editor135: No bother at all, you can always message me here. I unfortunately am not able to continue your adoption because I have gotten quite busy recently. You may wish to find a new adopter at WP:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters.
- I will keep your adoption page archived so you can refer back to it. Although I can't continue your adoption, do please feel free to reach out to me anytime if you have Wikipedia-related questions. ––FormalDude (talk) 23:01, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
- @FormalDude Alright, sounds good. Have a good day, and I hope to perhaps see you around! Random Editor135 (talk) 19:40, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
A barnstar for you![edit]
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