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@Mith @Hyarion this image of Fingon is commissioned art and has received no permission to be uploaded. Please delete. Melesta (talk) 06:08, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

But the artist herself granted a permission to upload her artworks on TG. Why this particular image must be deleted? -- Ar-Zigûr (talk) 08:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Ar-Zigûr this is commissioned work (I know because I commissioned it). If you notice, Elena herself has removed this art from her page and there is no longer a public link that leads to it. Please delete until the image has been republished by the artist. Thank you Melesta (talk) 15:43, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Malesta! No problem at all, we can get it deleted or revise the image to reflect you as the owner. I'm a little confused though because the image has a watermark on it that says it's copyrighted by Elena and we received approval from her to display her images. If this is something she does not own can you have her shoot us an email, hyariontolkiengateway.net and we'd be happy to sort it out. Thanks! Hyarion (talk) 13:49, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Hyarion thanks for the quick response. Please delete the art. I commissioned this art from Elena Kukanova and it should not be publicly available yet as it is commissioned as a cover for fiction which is not published yet. Elena herself has removed the art from her page and this was not added by her. I'm happy to loop us all in an email but it's honestly quite frustrating that some random person uploaded this without permission and now I have to go chasing this down Melesta (talk) 15:42, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi. Both versions of this piece are deleted now. Sorry if this situation frustrated you. We try to keep updated the art and we couldn't know this art was meant to be private, nor that you were who financed it. I hope you could allow us to have this art in the future, once you get your fanfic published. Anycase, please, let us know when that happens, as I'm fond of First Age fanfiction too. Blessings. -- LorenzoCB (talk) 16:13, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much, appreciate the quick support. I have also just emailed Hyarion and Elena Kukanova so everyone is informed. I'll be happy to notify when the art is publicly shared again. Melesta (talk) 16:17, 29 May 2024 (UTC)