Commons:Volunteer Response Team/zh-hans
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Current backlog (oldest unanswered mail or ticket) in permissions-commons queue is 7 days. |
The Volunteer Response Team (VRT) (formerly known as OTRS (Open-source Ticket Request System)) is a group of volunteers who handle queries, complaints, and comments from the public by email to Wikimedia projects since September 2004. The Volunteer Response Team Software (VRTS) is a tool used by the Wikimedia projects, including Commons, to manage and archive email conversations. The main use of VRTS in relation to Commons is to verify and archive licensing permissions.
In some cases, sending email to the VRT may be required in order to provide evidence that the copyright holder has given permission to publish a file under a free license. Such evidence should be sent to permissions-commonswikimedia.org (or a language specific address). VRTS is also used to handle email reports of copyright violations.
Emails sent to VRTS are handled by a multilingual team of trusted volunteers. Each topic is assigned a unique ticket number to keep related emails together and to ensure that correspondence can be found and re-examined at a later date. The correspondence is not visible to the public.
Each ticket will be reviewed by a volunteer. If there is sufficient evidence of a valid permission, the volunteer will mark the file(s) concerned as reviewed. The volunteer will also act to restore any files which may have been deleted before the permission could be verified, so when following the procedure described here, there is no need to request undeletion. If there is no sufficient evidence, the volunteer may request additional information from the correspondent. Volunteers will also act to ensure that any copyright violations that come to their attention are deleted.
The number of active Commons VRT members is quite small in relation to the number of emails received. The current backlog for tickets in English is approximately 7 days. Experienced Commons editors are encouraged to join our team of volunteers and improve our response times.
Inquiries about the validity or status of an VRTS ticket can be made at the VRT Noticeboard.
Emails are handled by community volunteers. VRTS tickets in the permissions-commons queue are visible to all volunteers who have access to that queue. The Wikimedia Foundation cannot guarantee confidential treatment of any sensitive information you include in your message, although all volunteers are required to treat it with confidentiality. Users should be careful of revealing personally-identifying information of subjects or creators, particularly names, physical addresses, and emails. |
When contacting VRT is unnecessary
If any of the following statements is one you could make with regard to the file you wish to upload, you do not need to contact VRT:
I do not have permission to use the file and it has not been released under a free license.
Commons can only accept images that are under a free license or in the public domain. If the file does not fall in one of those two groups, please do not upload it.
I created the file myself, it hasn't been previously published, and I am the sole owner of its copyright.
Just follow the instructions found on the Commons:Upload/zh-hans page, unless the image/file is of outstanding or professional quality or there is some other reason your authorship may be doubted.
The image was first published on my website, or on my own space of a shared website.
That's great! If it's your own website, please follow Creative Commons' instructions to adopt the free culture license of your choice. It will then be reviewed when files are uploaded by you or others. Use the Internet Archive's "Save Page Now" feature to store proof of your license statement.
- I/We publish on Bandcamp
- You can use CC BY or CC BY-SA.
- I/We host on Blogspot
- Follow the steps to update your theme.
- I/We publish on DeviantArt
- You can use CC BY or CC BY-SA.
- I/We publish on Flickr
- Follow Flickr publish steps.
- I/We publish on SoundCloud
- You can use CC BY or CC BY-SA.
- I/We publish on YouTube
- You can use CC BY.
- I/We publish on Vimeo
- You can use CC BY or CC BY-SA.
- I/We host on Wordpress
- You can place the entire website in CC BY-SA license in a handful of clicks.
- I/We publish on social media (Facebook, Instagram, etc.)
- Post your photo with a description or comment indicating that it is published under a free license. (Alternatively, edit an existing post to include such a comment. If the platform does not allow editing of posts, then make a new post referring back to the photo.) Please ensure that visibility is set to public.
I found the image on Flickr where it was marked as having been released under a free license.
Licensing images: when do I contact VRT?
If any of the following statements is one you could make, then you must send an email to the VRTS system:
I have received permission from the original author (not me) to upload the file to Commons.
Please ask the copyright holder to send a permission statement to the address listed above. We require that owners make a clear statement that they release the image under a free license; to help prevent confusion or misunderstandings we prefer one of the email templates be used. Permission grants must specifically contain a free license grant and may not merely give permissions for Commons or Wikipedia. If you have already uploaded the image to Commons, follow the instructions on Template:Permission pending.
If the image has been deleted, do not recreate the deleted content but include in the correspondence a link to the deleted image or a link to your talk page in order to help the work of the VRT members.
I am the copyright owner but my file has been previously published without a free license on a medium I can't alter.
Please send us a clear statement that you wish to release your work (with a link to the original location) under a specific free license. See Commons:Email templates for the preferred form. Alternatively, add a free license to your work and place the text {{License review}} somewhere on the file description page on Commons. We will review your statement for authenticity and will let you know if we can accept it as valid.
I am an employee of the copyright owner.
I regularly publish my work elsewhere and want to avoid the hassle of sending permission statements for every upload I make.
I am the copyright owner, and my work is being hosted on Commons without permission.
If you are NOT the copyright holder
If you are not the copyright holder and the work is not in the public domain or readily available under a Commons-compatible free license, you will need to contact the copyright holder and obtain permission for their work to be uploaded to Commons. Please follow these steps:
- Before you upload the file to Commons, please identify and contact the copyright holder and ask them to release the work under a free license.
- The copyright holder must choose one of the licenses permitted on Commons; in particular, restricting use to Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects is not acceptable. See Commons:Email templates for a recommended reply from the author. Remember: It is entirely up to the copyright holder to decide whether to allow release of the file under a free license.
- When you receive a reply, please check that the license authorized by the copyright holder is appropriate to Commons. If so, upload the image to Commons and place the tag
{{subst:PP}}
("Permission Pending") on the file description page in addition to the license chosen by the copyright holder.
- Following this, ask the author to forward the email with their clear statement of permission to permissions-commonswikimedia.org, including the full header and any previously exchanged correspondence with you, and a link to the image on Commons. Make sure to ask the author to include information on the origin (source) of the file and its license.
- A VRT volunteer will check the email to verify that the permission statement is sufficient and authentic, and will then replace the {{Permission pending}} tag with {{PermissionTicket}}.
(If you are the copyright holder writing to confirm the license for a previously published work that you have already uploaded to Commons, you should, of course, send the permission statement yourself.)
Declaration of consent for all enquiries
如果您来到这个页面是为了发布某个著作权为您所有的文件,请尝试使用上面链接的工具,替代手动完成下面的电子邮件范本。本生成器旨在简化发布文件授权的过程,使之更为高效。尽管下面的范本仍然有效且有参考价值,但现在只推荐用于不能使用生成器的特殊情形。谢谢合作! 文件授权发布书电子邮件范本我们经常收到来自著作权所有者的来信,这些信件有意授权维基百科使用其著作,但表达十分模棱两可。比方说,来信只写了一句“我允许维基百科使用我的照片。”这样的来信,就法律层面而言,是无法成为正式授权信的。我们需要文本表达更加明确的授权声明。您可以使用下列文本作为授权信的范例格式,请注意:
收件地址: permissions-zh-hans@wikimedia.org 信件标题:著作权声明 我在此确认( [本人(您的姓名)是] 或 [本人有权代理(著作权持有者的姓名),即]两者择一) ([授权作品的网址]或[附加与此信之图像或文本数据]两者择一)的创作者或版权唯一持有人。 我同意该作品以“知识共享授权-相同方式分享 4.0国际通用版(CC BY-SA 4.0)”这一开放授权发布。(此条款是最通用的授权方式,或者如果您有其他考量,您也可参考此链接,选择其他兼容维基百科的授权格式。) 我明白当我以上述授权发布后,我便允许任何人在其他授权以及法律的限制下,对本作品进行商业或其他的再制使用、或根据他们的需求任意修改。 我理解这样的授权并不只限于维基百科以及其他相关站台之内。 我理解我仍有作品的著作权,而根据我所选择的授权格式分享。其他人对本作品的修改并不是我著作权的范围。 我理解我不能撤回这项协议,而这份授权作品可能会永久保存于维基媒体计划中,但也可能无法永久保存于维基媒体计划中。 [寄件者姓名] 备注
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Templates to use on image pages
- Users who have sent a permission to VRTS but haven't received confirmation yet can use
{{subst:PP}}
to tell others that it's in progress. - VRTS volunteers can use
{{subst:OR|id=number}}
when the permission has been received but further clarification is needed and {{PermissionTicket|id=number}} when the permission has been accepted and archived in the Wikimedia VRTS system. This template should only be used by VRT members. Unauthorized use will cause a AbuseFilter logentry and a warning will be shown. VRT users are encouraged to use the "PermissionVRTS" gadget.
See also
- On Commons
- Email templates – use these when requesting permission by email
- VRT Noticeboard – for asking agents a question or verifying a ticket
- Guidance for paid editors
- List of VRT agents
- WikiProject Permission requests
- Information team
- On other projects
- m:VRT/Volunteering has information for people who would like to be VRT agents
- Example requests for permission on English Wikipedia
- Requesting copyright permission on English Wikipedia
- Licensing contact information on English Wikipedia (including information on photo submission via email)
- Wikiportrait (Dutch) on Meta
- Public VRT coordination and policies on Meta