Commons:Deletion requests/File:Lefkowitz3.jpg
This file was initially tagged by Ahonc as no source (no source since). As he did not provide any reasoning and the fact that the image is heavily used, I prefer a deletion request that allows discussion. Leyo 08:48, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
It looks like not own work. There is common procedure to prove that image is own work: author should upload image in higher (original) resolution.--Anatoliy (talk) 09:34, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
- It says own work and http://www.tineye.com/search/8dbbe201bc4192edc3978f17f100959ecdf68875/?sort=size&order=desc does not find any higher resolution of the image elsewhere. Matt (talk) 14:26, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
- Uploader asserted "I, Scott DeWire, own this picture. I took it myself." when he uploaded it to en.wp. That seems on its face like a pretty clear assertion of source and license ownership/ability to release. He also uploaded en:File:RJLefkowitz.gif and asserted some website as the source and en:File:Lefkowitz2.JPG without asserting source, so he knows the difference between claiming ownership with plausible terminology vs confusing the mere possession of a download with actual sourcing and ownership of the license. DMacks (talk) 08:12, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
- Or its a process of learning that claiming ownership is the only way to have this photo in Wikipedia. The file en:File:Lefkowitz2.JPG was uploaded 6 April 2010 19:16 and deleted minutes later, the file File:Lefkowitz3.jpg was uploaded 19:46. Why would someone who has self-created photos first upload a copyvio? --Martin H. (talk) 06:16, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Somebody might ask http://www.science.gouv.fr/fr/actualites/bdd/res/4748/prix-nobel-de-chimie-2012/ from where they have stolen taken their copy of this same image. However, it seems that even a Google-Images-search confined to years 2009-2010 doesn't yield any other source. --Túrelio (talk) 09:25, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
Kept: In cases like this, we have to weigh all the factors. Against the "own work" claim is the previous copyvio upload of the user, but in support of it is the relatively low quality of the picture (it does not look like a downsampled DSLR photo, but merely a cell phone snapshot). However, the absence of any prior publication is the big takeaway here. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 09:51, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
