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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Oyakawa.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Oyakawa.jpg. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.

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This is an automated notice by STBotI. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 21:10, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello - thanks for the message. Unfortunately, this image was not tagged with an appropriate image copyright tag. The burden is on the uploader to prove it's a freely-licensed image or to provide a rationale for the use of non-free content. You were notified about the problem and you have edits in your contributions after the notice was left here, on your talk page, on May 2 2008 (it's the message right over this one). When I came to this image in the backlog for Category:Images with unknown copyright status, I couldn't tag this image myself, to help you, because it also lacked a source. There was no choice but to delete it. It's simply not sufficient to state "signed public domain photo from the Hawaii State Archives" as either the source or the copyright.
Many image licenses require attribution to their creator and/or photographer - who created and photographed this image? From or under what archive record number or file was this image listed or scanned? Is it public domain because its publication date in the United States was before 1923 ({{PD-US}})? Does the territorial status of Hawaii before 1959 affect this image's license? Or, is it PD because the author died more than 70 years ago ({{PD-old-70}})? 50 years ago ({{PD-old-50}})? Was it published in the US before 1964 and its copyright was not renewed within 28 years of its original publication ({{PD-Pre1964}})? Is it a work of the Federal government ({{PD-USGov}})? Hawaii isn't the US government, and most US states do not place their images or text in the public domain. Is this a publicity photo? If so, regardless of a signature or autograph, it's non-free content and it must have a fair use rationale for each page on which it is used.
These may seem like nitpicking little details, but we must know the origin and license of each uploaded image. We try to work with and help editors who are unfamiliar with uploading and tagging images, but when there's not enough information, we can't fix the problems.
If you can provide the exact source (URL, book title, archive number and archive details, and so forth) and the correct license, I can help you recreate the page, but I can only do this if all the details are provided, including the author and immediate source of the image and its copyright status.
You can find more information about these requirements at Help:Image page and WP:CITE#IMAGE. You can ask specific questions about image copyrights at the media copyright questions desk. If you have more questions or need help, please let me know. Thanks again for the message. KrakatoaKatie 03:44, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hawaiʻi WikiProject Newsletter - Issue III - June 2008

Aloha. The June 2008 issue of the Hawaiʻi WikiProject newsletter has been published. To change your delivery options or unsubscribe, visit this link. Mahalo nui loa. WikiProject Hawaiʻi 04:09, 1 June 2008 (UTC)