User talk:Czar
For a sample of my Commons work, see Category:Video game files uploaded by czar For my Wikipedia work, see w:User:Czar |
A barnstar for you! edit
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The Commons Barnstar | |
| For your efforts in getting creators to release video game imagery under a free license. Opencooper (talk) 18:15, 22 December 2023 (UTC) |
Video game screenshots advice edit
Hey Czar. Firstly, thank you for all your work in getting all these great images released. So nice to see high-res pics for games where you can actually see things and everything isn't a blur because of a bot resizing things below 300px (an arbitrary and very outdated "standard" pushed by a minority, when an actual reasonable standard should have been based on legibility and modern screen resolutions, and would still have complied with minimal use for fair use while not harming copyright holders).
I didn't even know it was feasible at all to get creators to release anything under a free license. (I assumed they wouldn't understand it or consider it a threat) But inspired by your work, I realized it was possible and decided to try it out for w:Roadwarden.
I emailed the dev at the address listed on the press kit, asking them if they'd license the image under CC. They agreed, and I uploaded it. This is when I ran into a hitch: VRT would not accept me forwarding this email chain as proof "for legal reasons". Luckily, the dev was very receptive and agreed to use the release generator to send the permission themselves. In retrospect, with how generous and willing they were, I probably could have gotten them to license the entire press kit instead of that single screenshot, but I didn't want to be greedy.
As someone experienced in the area, I want to ask you the best way to approach things in the future. My approach, with me handling the uploading on Commons and reaching out to VRT was meant to make things as easy as possible for the creator—it's a notorious slog for outsiders to navigate the Wikimedia bureaucracies, and would easily turn them off from contributing. What's the best way to reduce friction, yet get VRT to accept the release as legitimate? Opencooper (talk) 18:13, 22 December 2023 (UTC)
- Hi @Opencooper, when VRT was OTRS, I used to have the developer copy the COM:CONSENT text and send directly to the email address while cc'ing me, rather than going through the relatively clunkier release generator. (Sometimes this meant that I wasn't cc'd, so it helped that I had OTRS access to add an internal note on the ticket.) It was straightforward that OTRS wanted to hear directly from the copyright holder rather than forwarded by me. I haven't attempted this in a bit so would be curious if that still works. czar 10:06, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
FM promotion edit
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The file File:Henry Purcell "Dido & Aeneas" (extrait) - Les Arts Florissants, William Christie.webm, that you uploaded is now assessed as one of the finest file on Wikimedia Commons, the nomination is available at Commons:Featured media candidates/File:Henry Purcell "Dido & Aeneas" (extrait) - Les Arts Florissants, William Christie.webm. Thank you for your contribution. If you would like to nominate, please do so at this nomination page. |
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