User talk:Momas

Cleopatra bust at the Archaeological Museum of Cherchel, Algeria

Hello! Sorry to intrude or take up any of your time, but I have an extraordinary request that you may be interested in. It's not every day that I make extraordinary requests, but this is an extraordinary situation that I hope you might be able to address, being a Wikipedia editor from Algeria. I might visit Algeria one day, but I'm not going to wind up in the country any time soon. I was wondering if you would be interested, at any point in the future if you have any spare time, in visiting the Archaeological Museum of Cherchell, Algeria to photograph the bust of Cleopatra VII of Ptolemaic Egypt (also possibly a bust of her daughter Cleopatra Selene II, wife of Juba II of Mauretania). There are no available public domain or other suitably licensed images of this bust found at Wikimedia Commons or anywhere online that I have seen. All images of it online that I have seen are copyrighted and under non-commercial licenses, unfortunately, so I cannot upload them to Wikimedia Commons. If you would take a photo of this obscure bust and upload it to Wikimedia Commons under a public domain or suitable commercial license, it would be a great boon for Wikipedia! Regards, Pericles of Athens^Talk 23:38, 20 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Momas! Thanks for sharing! These photos look great! But yes, unfortunately these don't contain the Cleopatra bust that I was looking for. However, I still find these ones very useful and they could certainly proudly decorate several Wiki articles. Would that friend of your friend be willing to release these images under a free commercial license, such as the CC0 “No Rights Reserved” public domain license? Sorry, I have to ask this, because before I am able to upload these pictures, I actually have to have explicit permission from the original photographer to do so. See more about that here. If you can somehow confirm that, perhaps by having him send a photo of a short note saying that he releases this under whatever license of his choosing, then I can upload these. Or, alternatively, he could visit Wikipedia, from any computer, and confirm right here on my talk page that he releases it under a specific license. That would probably be easier! Regards, Pericles of Athens^Talk 21:11, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again! That's good enough for me, actually! I think that will do. Thanks once again for providing these images and allowing me to release them under a license of my choosing. I will also award you with a Wiki barnstar for your efforts in improving our available imagery and media. Warm regards, Pericles of Athens^Talk 00:00, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		For his efforts in providing new pictures for Cleopatra Selene II and Ptolemy of Mauretania, I award you, User:Momas with this prestigious barnstar. Thank you! Pericles of Athens^Talk 00:00, 2 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]