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On this page, users can ask for a deleted page or file (hereafter, "file") to be restored. Users can comment on requests by leaving remarks such as keep deleted or undelete along with their reasoning.

This page is not part of Wikipedia. This page is about the content of Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free media files used by Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Wikimedia Commons does not host encyclopedia articles. To request undeletion of an article or other content which was deleted from the English Wikipedia edition, see the deletion review page on that project.

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Finding out why a file was deleted

First, check the deletion log and find out why the file was deleted. Also use the What links here feature to see if there are any discussions linking to the deleted file. If you uploaded the file, see if there are any messages on your user talk page explaining the deletion. Secondly, please read the deletion policy, the project scope policy, and the licensing policy again to find out why the file might not be allowed on Commons.

If the reason given is not clear or you dispute it, you can contact the deleting administrator to ask them to explain or give them new evidence against the reason for deletion. You can also contact any other active administrator (perhaps one that speaks your native language)—most should be happy to help, and if a mistake had been made, rectify the situation.

Appealing a deletion

Deletions which are correct based on the current deletion, project scope and licensing policies will not be undone. Proposals to change the policies may be done on their talk pages.

If you believe the file in question was neither a copyright violation nor outside the current project scope:

  • You may want to discuss with the administrator who deleted the file. You can ask the administrator for a detailed explanation or show evidence to support undeletion.
  • If you do not wish to contact anyone directly, or if an individual administrator has declined undeletion, or if you want an opportunity for more people to participate in the discussion, you can request undeletion on this page.
  • If the file was deleted for missing evidence of licensing permission from the copyright holder, please follow the procedure for submitting permission evidence. If you have already done that, there is no need to request undeletion here. If the submitted permission is in order, the file will be restored when the permission is processed. Please be patient, as this may take several weeks depending on the current workload and available volunteers.
  • If some information is missing in the deleted image description, you may be asked some questions. It is generally expected that such questions are responded in the following 24 hours.

Temporary undeletion

Files may be temporarily undeleted either to assist an undeletion discussion of that file or to allow transfer to a project that permits fair use. Use the template {{Request temporary undeletion}} in the relevant undeletion request, and provide an explanation.

  1. if the temporary undeletion is to assist discussion, explain why it would be useful for the discussion to undelete the file temporarily, or
  2. if the temporary undeletion is to allow transfer to a fair use project, state which project you intend to transfer the file to and link to the project's fair use statement.

To assist discussion

Files may be temporarily undeleted to assist discussion if it is difficult for users to decide on whether an undeletion request should be granted without having access to the file. Where a description of the file or quotation from the file description page is sufficient, an administrator may provide this instead of granting the temporary undeletion request. Requests may be rejected if it is felt that the usefulness to the discussion is outweighed by other factors (such as restoring, even temporarily, files where there are substantial concerns relating to Commons:Photographs of identifiable people). Files temporarily undeleted to assist discussion will be deleted again after thirty days, or when the undeletion request is closed (whichever is sooner).

To allow transfer of fair use content to another project

Unlike English Wikipedia and a few other Wikimedia projects, Commons does not accept non-free content with reference to fair use provisions. If a deleted file meets the fair use requirements of another Wikimedia project, users can request temporary undeletion in order to transfer the file there. These requests can usually be handled speedily (without discussion). Files temporarily undeleted for transfer purposes will be deleted again after two days. When requesting temporary undeletion, please state which project you intend to transfer the file to and link to the project's fair use statement.

Projects that accept fair use
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Note: This list might be outdated. For a more complete list, see meta:Non-free content (this page was last updated: March 2014.) Note also: Multiple projects (such as the ml, sa, and si Wikipedias) are listed there as "yes" without policy links.

Adding a request

First, ensure that you have attempted to find out why the file was deleted. Next, please read these instructions for how to write the request before proceeding to add it:

  • Do not request undeletion of a file that has not been deleted.
  • Do not post e-mail or telephone numbers to yourself or others.
  • In the Subject: field, enter an appropriate subject. If you are requesting undeletion of a single file, a heading like [[:File:DeletedFile.jpg]] is advisable. (Remember the initial colon in the link.)
  • Identify the file(s) for which you are requesting undeletion and provide image links (see above). If you don't know the exact name, give as much information as you can. Requests that fail to provide information about what is to be undeleted may be archived without further notice.
  • State the reason(s) for the requested undeletion.
  • Sign your request using four tilde characters (~~~~). If you have an account at Commons, log in first. If you were the one to upload the file in question, this can help administrators to identify it.

Add the request to the bottom of the page. Click here to open the page where you should add your request. Alternatively, you can click the "edit" link next to the current date below. Watch your request's section for updates.

Closing discussions

In general, discussions should be closed only by administrators.

Archives

Closed undeletion debates are archived daily.


Current requests

File:Popeye-floor-flusher.jpg

As said copyright on Bluto was not renewed   REAL 💬 ⬆   16:31, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Abzeronow and Krd: as the deletion nominator and the deleting admin. Ankry (talk) 14:55, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My information at the time said that Bluto's copyright was in fact renewed. Abzeronow (talk) 21:33, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Abzeronow: In Commons:Character copyrights, Bluto is mentioned as "not renewed". So? Yann (talk) 14:39, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Character copyrights can be difficult -- they don't expire all at once usually. Each time a new cartoon or episode or movie or whatever uses a character, and adds more details to their backstory or changes a drawing style or things like that, it sort of creates a new derivative work of the character. The copyright to the new details lasts 95 years from that date. So, characters don't expire all at once -- they expire bit by bit as each work that added detail or changed things expires. The original Mickey Mouse movie has expired, but lots of later details and appearance changes have not. I don't know how reliable it is, but https://pdsh.fandom.com/wiki/Bluto seems to say the original appearance comic was not renewed. But, it sounds like the character was altered in 1933, and those don't seem to be listed in the "public domain appearances". So if there are significant 1933 changes still under copyright, and this image incorporates those, there would be a problem. If this is the 1932 original, it would seem to be OK. I don't really know a lot about the history of that character. Carl Lindberg (talk) 02:10, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Files uploaded by 917ph

"According to Articles 41 and 42 of the Copyright Act of South Korea, under the jurisdiction of the Government of the South Korea, a work made for hire or a cinematographic work enter the public domain 70 years after it has been made public. (30 years before July 1987, 50 years before July 2013)". So films published before 1957 should be in the public domain.   REAL 💬 ⬆   20:35, 11 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@999real: According to COM:South Korea and {{PD-Korea}} non-retroativity of 2013 law applies if the author died before 1953. It is not clear if the same rule apples to works for hire. Does the law explicitly state that if copyright expired before 2013, it was not restored also in other cases? Ankry (talk) 07:50, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it sounds quite clear:
1987 - This Act shall not apply to those works or parts of such works in which copyright has been expired in whole or in part, and which have not been protected by the provisions of the former Act before the enforcement of this Act.
2013 - 제3조(적용 범위에 관한 경과조치) 이 법 시행 전에 종전의 규정에 따라 저작권, 그 밖에 이 법에 따라 보호되는 권리의 전부 또는 일부가 소멸하였거나 보호를 받지 못한 저작물등에 대하여는 그 부분에 대하여 이 법을 적용하지 아니한다. (This Act shall not apply to works, etc. for which all or part of the copyright or other rights protected by this Act were extinguished or were not protected pursuant to previous provisions prior to the enforcement of this Act.)   REAL 💬 ⬆   15:11, 15 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Most of the videos fall under Template:PD-South Korea-organization, but some appear to have been filmed in the U.S. and produced by U.S. personnel or networks. It would be better if there were more detailed descriptions or links to the sources. There are no direct links available for now.--Namoroka (talk) 02:03, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ric Flair Big Gold NWA 1988 colored.png

@Abzeronow This was deleted because of the following copyright registrations made in 1992 ( Commons:Deletion requests/Professional wrestling magazines and Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by User:Sismarinho):

  1. V2833P041 for GC London Publishing, which covers the following titles:
    1. Inside wrestling
    2. Victory sports series
    3. World boxing
    4. Wrestling superstars
    5. The Wrestler
  2. V2833P043 for TV Sports Inc / GC London Publishing
    1. KO magazine
    2. Pro wrestling

but this was from "Wrestling's Main Event" which is not one of the listed magazines. I am also not sure that these were registrations at all, they are listed as "Recordation" not "Registration" and "Notes": "Assignment of copyright" between 2 parties. There would have been 4 years of valid copyrights to transfer since 1989, plus whatever issues were published with a valid notice.   REAL 💬 ⬆   23:33, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Carl Lindberg confirmed this was not a copyright registration   REAL 💬 ⬆   04:51, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hasan md shahriare profile pic.jpg

I am Hasan Md. Shahriare, a published researcher and CTO of Magnetism Tech Limited. My Wikidata item is Q135092463, which references my peer-reviewed IEEE publication (Q135179996).

I am both the subject and original photographer of the image. I re-uploaded the photo with a valid license (CC0 1.0) and added a neutral caption for Wikimedia-wide educational use, not self-promotion. The image is intended for use in my Wikidata item and possible future biographical content on Wikipedia and other projects.

I request that the deletion be reconsidered as the image supports an existing, notable Wikidata item with academic context and satisfies COM:SCOPE and licensing guidelines.

Thank you.

--Hasanshahriare (talk) 09:54, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Support Automatically in scope per COM:INUSE on Wikidata: d:Q135092463. The page is currently nominated for deletion with one keep !vote stating that it fulfills d:Wikidata:Notability#3 (fulfills a structural need), and I tend to agree; he is the author of d:Q135179996, which is inherently notable per d:Wikidata:Notability#2 as a publicly available scholarly work. Therefore, I expect the WD entry to be kept, and this image can be readded to that page. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:48, 24 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Let's wait here for a decision in Wikidata. Ankry (talk) 12:16, 25 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  Neutral Just wonder, that who captured your profile picture? If that's just yourself then there's a concern called COM:SELFIE on restoration. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 00:53, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, copyright is another issue to be resolved if the Wikidata item is kept. On-wiki licensing per the "Own work" declaraion does not apply: (1) to photos that are not in the original camera resolution, (2) to photos without EXIF metadata, (3) to photos published elsewhere prior to upload to Commons, (4) to photos of identifiable (non-anonymous) authorship. At least few of the requirements are violated here. In any of the mentioned cases, a free license permission from the photo copyright holder through VRT may be needed unless the licensing can be proven basing on earlier publication. So even if it is undeleted, I will nominate if as {{No permission}}. Ankry (talk) 07:57, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ankry: I don't think this is a universal requirement. The lighting and framing are obviously non-professional, making it very plausible for it to have been taken with a webcam or mobile phone on a stand. In these cases, it is reasonable to take the uploader at their word. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 16:45, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Hal_Greer_1964.jpeg

This was deleted with the idea that "Please credit United Press International Photo: This picture is for your publication only and must not be loaned, syndicated or used for advertising purposes without written permission from United Press International. By accepting this picture you agree to hold United Press International harmless from any loss or damage arising by reason of your use or publication of this picture.: United Press International, Inc. 220 East 42nd Street New York 17, N. Y." is a valid copyright notice which it is not because it does not contain a copyright notice or symbol.   REAL 💬 ⬆   04:46, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Info The message suggests that receiving this photo in 1964 could not be considered as publication but as private distribution. So what was the real publication date? Its publication on web was much newer. If you wish to reopen the DR you need to provide other arguments than those rejected in the DR.
Pinging @DMacks and Taivo: the deletion nominator and the deleting admin. Ankry (talk) 10:50, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, we don't know the "publication" in order to decide whether that fails to have a technically notice (making the image free by virtue {{PD-US-no notice}}). DMacks (talk) 15:04, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The source notes it is from the archives of SPORT magazine. I found an issue of it from May 1965 that has an article about Greer. While it does have a photo, it does not have that particular photo (no evidence of publication at that time), and the issue does have a copyright notice that meets the technical formalities and has many other photos as well (suggesting that if they did publish the photo in question themselves at that approximate time, they would have given notice). DMacks (talk) 15:30, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Alyemda Airlines Boeing 707 stamp Democratic Yemen.jpg

Please restore the following pages:

Reason: The file was deleted because it is "a graphic art work and is not a government document" but it falls under PD per COM:Yemen as works of applied art or photography produced more than 25 years ago or before 2002 are PD in here. There is no reason for it to be deleted 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:40, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any reason to believe that this is public domain in USA? Thuresson (talk) 19:44, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The URAA date for Yemen is 2008 and the stamp is from 1981 so it seems OK with 25-year term. Ankry (talk) 07:32, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
because it was published in Yemen and its copyright had expired here 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 10:07, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  Oppose The 25 year term which Abo Yeman mentions is for applied arts -- that is, painting on furniture and the like. Stamps are fine art which have a fifty year after publication term for anonymous works, so this stamp will be under copyright until 1/1/2032 in Yemen and 1/1/2077 in the USA. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 14:51, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
where does it say that in COM:Yemen? 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 18:53, 4 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:moreandras.jpg

Description A képet Móré András készítette, a közzétételhez hozzájárult. / Photo taken by András Móré, released with permission.
Date 2025. július 21., hétfő, 11:29:10
Source saját kép, a szerző engedélyével / Own work, released with the author's permission.
Author Móré András
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 A szerző, Móré András, hozzájárult a kép szabad licenc alatti közzétételéhez. / The creator, András Móré, has given permission to release this photo under the specified free license.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Bozolika (talk • contribs) 08:17, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is no file by this name on Commons. User:Bozolika has two deleted files with similar names, but both of them have very different Information blocks. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The undeletion discussion in the following section is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive.

Mi privacidad

mi Luisito muño (talk) 00:23, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Not done: I do not see any deleted contributions from this user, so whatever they are intending to do, this is not the correct place for their request. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:40, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Remiáš.jpg

Permission delivered to the VRT system: Ticket#2025090510006314 --Gampe (talk) 05:53, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

ملف:معتز زكي - شاعر ومترجم وقاص مصري.jpeg

The reasons for my request

1. Mutaz Zaki is already a recognized literary figure that is regularly publishing his works online, especially on Rai ElYoum and All Poetry.

2. The deletion of the file is totally irrelevant as it was discussed before with the first requester for it and thus were restored for weeks with the issue resolved therein.

3. I heartily believe that Wikipedia in general, and Wikimedia in particular, do welcome and encourage enlarging and enriching their database with new items to help researchers with new information from all over the world.

4. Wikipedia shall remain and keep to be the first and best encyclopedia online with new information added to the same.

5. I am certain that you shall act fairly accordingly, and that the deleted files would be restored. I trust you and your methods.

Thanks,

(Proofreader 02 (talk) 09:12, 6 September 2025 (UTC))[reply]

File:Проект станции «ЗИЛ» Троицкой линии метро.jpg

The file was deleted in February due to lack of permission - however, in other stations of the future metro section, similar images did not cause problems and are officially licensed for use with attribution, including a clarification that the site is from the official Moscow government site. The file should be restored, including because this section will be opened in the near future and there are real photographs of the station that correspond to the project image.

Jlnqln (talk) 10:38, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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