User talk:Alvinthf

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May 2019

Hello, I'm Peaceray. I noticed that you recently removed content from Cultural appropriation without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the removed content has been restored. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Please present your case at Commons: Peaceray (talk) 20:07, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Cultural appropriation. Your edits appear to be disruptive and have been or will be reverted.

• If you are engaged in an article content dispute with another editor, please discuss the matter with the editor at their talk page, or the article's talk page, and seek consensus with them. Alternatively, you can read Wikipedia's dispute resolution page, and ask for independent help at one of the relevant notice boards.
• If you are engaged in any other form of dispute that is not covered on the dispute resolution page, please seek assistance at Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.

Please ensure you are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and please do not continue to make edits that appear disruptive. Continued disruptive editing may result in loss of editing privileges. You, a newly registered editor, claim ownership of a photo that has existed for nearly six years in Wikimedia with a cc-by-sa-4.0 license, yet you will not contest it at Commons. You are simply not credible. Take the discussion up at commons:File talk:PC Bro.jpg or hold your peace. Peaceray (talk) 23:14, 24 May 2019 (UTC)

@Alvinthf: Your wrote me in an email: "I find my editing of said article to be neither disruptive or offensive". I have repeatedly indicated, both here & in my edit summary, that the proper place to take any claim of ownership is Commons, not on Wikipedia. Your ignoring our advice as where to address the problem & your subsequent attempts to remove the image are are prime example of what we view as disruptive behavior around here.

Any media that is located at Wikimedia Commons can be used on any Wikimedia or Wikipedia project. The image in question is used on four different projects. None of those projects is the proper place to discuss copyright issues; Wikimedia Commons is, as that is were the file is hosted.

Editors at Commons are pretty adept at deciding questions of ownership, copyright, & fraudulent claims. If you are the owner, they will help you establish that. If you are not, I would advise against wasting your time.

• Be prepared to show ownership (prior publication, prior art, a copy of the image with the proper metadata, etc.

• Anyone can claim ownership. Only the owner can prove it.

• This image was uploaded nearly six years ago by PC bro, so any proof would need to predate that.

As I mentioned, anyone can assert copyright. Please forgive me if I fail to take you claims seriously in absence of your unwillingness to present proof of your ownership at the proper place.

Peaceray (talk) 03:31, 26 May 2019 (UTC)