User talk:AlexandreAssatiani

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, AlexandreAssatiani!

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Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:Vazha Abakelia Tombstone.jpg

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Komarof (talk) 10:23, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

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Komarof (talk) 10:28, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Blocked

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistently uploading media that is in violation of Commons' licensing policy, despite our warnings not to do so, and despite our instructions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may add {{unblock|your reason here}} below this message explaining clearly why you should be unblocked. See block log. (toolbox: contributions • page moves)

--Yann (talk) 10:43, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi, Do not send emails about your block. You have to request unblocking here. Yann (talk) 10:22, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

My apologies, the instructions page mentioned an email and I thought that was the procedure.

Not to bore anyone with a prolonged apology, I want to let you know that I do feel terribly sorry about the circumstances that led me to be blocked. I've been a contributor for years and I've always adored the work of Wikimedia Commons.

As a matter of fact, just to emphasize that I respect wholeheartedly that work, I want to underline that I had worked hand in hand with the Wikimedia UG of Georgia to help them lobby for a law in Parliament that would reform Freedom of Panorama. As a communications strategist working for the then-President of Georgia, I personally spearheaded an effort to build a formal relationship between the Administration of the President and the Wikimedia Foundation, including by organizing an edit-a-thon that saw hundreds of articles written and images published in cooperation with three Georgian universities, and the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Presidency and the Wikimedia UG.

Part of that cooperation was also freeing the creative licensing of all media realized by the Administration of the President, freeing access to thousands of images. At the time, I also started uploading as many images as possible from the Administration of the President's Photographer's Office. In a great share of the cases, I would diligently send out emails to the appropriate permissions email - and sometimes ask colleagues to do the same.

I do know for a fact that a great majority of the images that have been deleted, eventually leading to my blocking, came from that. They were the property of the Administration of the President, or in some cases the Government of Georgia, and I had published them with only good intentions (under the impression that I was not violating copyright rules). The same has applied for more recent uploads from academic institutions I had been working with.

I do understand that blocking someone is not a decision made easily on the side of the blocker and that there is also only good faith, obviously, from the blocking side. But I do believe that when considering all of that, a lifetime ban is a very strict punishment. Especially given that this has also ended my access indefinitely to The Wikipedia Library, which is de facto almost the same as a general ban, since I lose access to so many amazing resources I had been using for years.

I do want to apologize once again and restate that I had believed I was not in violation of copyright rules, given the circumstances above. And I can pledge, if that helps any way whatsoever, I will not upload any media that is not directly created by me, with a camera owned by me.

Sincerely, AlexandreAssatiani (talk) 10:58, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

Knowing Alexandre personally, I wish some leniency here @Yann. Labrang (talk) 12:18, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

File tagging File:Ana Kipiani.jpg

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Komarof (talk) 11:42, 6 February 2026 (UTC)