Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Table Mountain cable car repair 1973

Table Mountain cable car repair 1973

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 4 Jun 2013 at 13:45:55 (UTC)

Reason

It's a good quality photo for 1973 and large enough for reproduction. It shows the difference in terms of development along the slopes of Table Mountain over the last 40 years.

Articles in which this image appears

Table Mountain Aerial Cableway

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Engineering and technology/Others

Creator

Robvanvee

• Support as nominator --Robvanvee 13:45, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment image potentially has lots of EV if it was used a bit better in the article; it can likely be used in others as well. The image page needs to be cleaned up a bit: need correct date. Robvanvee, are you the original photographer or did you just scan it? Not doubting anything here, just curious :)--Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 18:51, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'll look at those issues you mention, thanks. It is a scan from the original. I'm related to the owner of the picture. Is that a problem? Robvanvee 05:57, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was curious about "own work" as well. Very cool shot. But the original photographer should be credited. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 19:26, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Right, and the original photographer needs to grant permission to release the photo under a free license. Technically speaking, this image is a copyright violation at the moment, I think. --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 21:11, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 21:17, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

If this photo is a copyright violation, as you point out, it happened unintentionally. I'm still new to FPC and was trying to get involved as opposed to complaining about "too many birds on the front page" (no offense JJ Harrison). It seemed like an interesting shot with potentially high EV, which was my primary motivation for nomination. Though it has no bearing on my nomination, the person in the shot is my father from his days at Table Mountain Aerial Cableway and the photo was passed on to me from him. I have a clean record at WP and would like to keep it that way, so any assistance on how I can get this photo cleared for use in the public domain would be greatly appreciated! Robvanvee 06:49, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Robvanvee, absolutely. In regards to clearing up the copyright, is your father still living? If he is, you'll need him to license the image using one of the free licenses WP accepts, or giving a public domain waiver. Remember, it has to be his choice which one he does. This can be given in writing to you. You then need to send that permission to WP's Copyright Service ([email protected]), they'll create an OTRS ticket, and the copyright status of the image will be verified. If your father is no longer living, the same will need to be done, but in this case, the owner of the picture will be his estate/heirs. Cheers! --Wingtipvorte^X PTT ∅ 14:13, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'll just add a link to the Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries. If Robvanvee's father is still alive, I think he can read over that, make the appropriate changes, and sign it (or agree to it over email) and that can be forwarded to OTRS. I'm not familiar with any process otherwise. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:06, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Wingtipvortex and ‎Keraunoscopia. He is alive and I will run this past him ASAP. In the meantime should the picture be removed/taken down? Robvanvee 18:28, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think there's any immediate concern in removing the image, but again I'm not overly familiar with this situation. Perhaps you could also ask for more details on what it is he's doing (technical terms always add a nice flavor to descriptions, imo) and if the cable car is over an open area and at what altitude—it's difficult to judge from the photo. Perhaps this nomination should be postponed then. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:46, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Suspended Pending copyright clarification. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 18:52, 30 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:26, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Nothing has happened to clear the copyright of the image. The nominator may feel free to renominate the image, once that happened. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:26, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]