Celebration Bengali New Year

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Hi @SanjayBDLG

I checked your third image. It is also on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pohela_Boishakh

Kindly don’t steal images. Here on Connect (and Google Maps) we can only share photos that we took ourselves. You probably already know this.

Please edit your post to remove photos not taken by you.

All the best

Morten

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@MortenCopenhagen In the caption of the picture it is written as “collected”. Not only this some pictures of the post has been collected.

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@SanjayBDLG

The following wording is very clear to me:

  • Only share photos you have taken yourself or received permission to use directly from the copyright owner. Do not download and post photos from Google Search, Google Maps, social media, stock photo websites, or elsewhere on the internet without receiving permission from the owner of that photo.
  • Give credit in the caption for images you have permission to use. In the photo caption, write, “(Courtesy of ‘Copyright Holder’s Name’).”

So do you have permission? If so, you will need to give credit by mentioning the copyright owner’s name.

Should you chose not to follow these guidelines your post is in risk of being removed.

Morten

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@ErmesT I have written my own experience in this link:

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Recap-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%87-%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A9%E0%A7%A6-Come-to-celebrate-Bengali-New-Year/td-p/3586788

But But this article mentions some historical events which I cannot write.

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@MortenCopenhagen Changed the pic.

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This is a huge NO, @SanjayBDLG

Looks like you didn’t read the article I shared with you. Well, you should do it.

What “Collected” does it means in your photo? Collected means nothing, if the photo is not declared as “copyright free”. When you take a photo from Wikipedia, like the one mentioned by @MortenCopenhagen you will see that the indication is Public Domain. In there you will find the Reusing content outside Wikimedia link. As you will read, the conditions for reusing an image are not to just write “Collected”.

If the “Copyright Free” indication is not present, you should never use that content, because by definition the copyright free must be declared". This is a Must, not an opinion.

What if I post this photo in Social Media, taking or embedding it from your contributions in Maps?

The photo is yours, would be You happy if I just post it and I write “Sourced”?

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I am not casually sharing this photo with you, @SanjayBDLG . The reason is that this photo is part of a set of three added by you in 10 different Locations. According to the Community policy :

  • “Take photos that clearly and accurately represent a location …**”
  • “Dark, blurry, and redundant photos will be removed. Users who duplicate photos across locations, … will also be removed.”

For the text you should at least following the same principle of the photo considering that you should (source How do I follow the original content guidelines on Connect?) :

  • "Do not pass off someone else’s words as your own. If you are sharing words someone else has written, use quotation marks around the statement and link to the source where you found that information.
    It should be clear which words are yours and which are someone else’s.
  • If you do not use a direct quote, tell us in your own words what you read somewhere else. Do not copy and paste it without using quotes or attribution. Include a link to the source."

That’s why I am asking you to edit your post. As you can see, there is a way to write and share Historical Information by respecting Copyright rules.

Thank You

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@ErmesT The photo you have added that is place of Bangabazar Shopping Complex where a devastated fire occurred so thousands of shops had been destroyed. There are many shops have been marked in Google maps which are now permanently closed. Now it is impossible to identify or provide the right picture of the shop. That’s why one photo has been given to understand that there has no shop now.

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You are a Local Guide, @SanjayBDLG , and a mentor for many other Local Guides.

You know that this is against the rules.

Flag the locations as Permanently Closed, and ask other Local Guides to flag it as closed too. This is the procedure for closing a place. As you can see your photos didn’t helped

But to help you I confirmed the edits

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Now please fix the issue with the photos and the text in the post

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@ErmesT Edited, Please check and even after there is any problem then may I request to remove it.

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It is a bit better, @SanjayBDLG , even if you didn’t follow correctly the indications about original content.

I will let the final word to @MashaPS , as she’s a Google Moderator.

But please remember what I told you for your future posts.

Originally, as I said, is one of the core values of the Community, and I’m sure you can help us to spread the message.

On my signature here below you can find the link to a post related to Original Content.

Hope you will read it, and think about the implications of the use of plagiarized contents

Have a great day ahead

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@ErmesT Many thanks

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