Date incompatible with the chosen license?
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	• PDrouin-WMF
	Jan 22 2019, 5:46 PM

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Per this Twitter thread, this Commons Upload Wizard user runs into an error with the date being incompatible with the chosen license:

I use the @WikiCommons upload wizard but I think the date setting on it is wrong (it disallows things from 1923).
If I use the wizard & have a photo taken in 1923 & add a full date (i.e. Jan 3, 1923) the wizard tells me that date is incompatible with free licensing. If I just say "1923" it's good. In reality on 1/1 this year, works published in 1923 should be OK/free. Thanks!
It is possible I am misunderstanding the message. Let me know if screenshots or more explication would be helpful. I think it's just a remnant and wasn't updated for the new copyright situation. Citation: https://copyright.cornell.edu/publicdomain

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https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard

After having selected this file is not my own work > The copyright has definitely expired in the USA > First published in the United States before 1924 in "Release rights" step.

In describe step: it must not be possible to select a date in 1924 or after, and an error message is displayed
In describe step: it must be possible to select a date in 1923 or prior

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Don't error on copyrighted works from 1923	mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard	master	+4 -4

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		Resolved		egardner	T217845 Need to change year to 1924 for public domain images in Wikimedia Commons Upload Wizard?
		Resolved		Edtadros	T214426 Date incompatible with the chosen license?

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• PDrouin-WMF created this task.Jan 22 2019, 5:46 PM

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Yeah, Upload Wizard should definitely fix the 1923 bug since works published in the United States in 1923 are now definitely public domain.

JoKalliauer subscribed.Feb 28 2019, 5:52 PM

• Ramsey-WMF added a parent task: T217845: Need to change year to 1924 for public domain images in Wikimedia Commons Upload Wizard?.Mar 15 2019, 9:56 PM

Change 500664 had a related patch set uploaded (by Matthias Mullie; owner: Matthias Mullie):
[mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard@master] Don't error on copyrighted works from 1923

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/500664

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matthiasmullie moved this task from To Do to Code Review on the Structured-Data-Team-Current-Work board.Apr 2 2019, 8:02 AM

matthiasmullie updated the task description. (Show Details)Apr 2 2019, 2:03 PM

Change 500664 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/UploadWizard@master] Don't error on copyrighted works from 1923

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/500664

• Ramsey-WMF removed a project: Multimedia-Team-Working-Board.Apr 2 2019, 5:44 PM

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• Ramsey-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Apr 2 2019, 5:48 PM

matthiasmullie reassigned this task from matthiasmullie to Edtadros.Apr 3 2019, 6:57 AM