Leakey, Potter, etc.

I'm new to this, so forgive me, but...

I posted several pics (Louis Leakey, Beatrix Potter etc.) a couple of days ago, quoting the language explaining they were public domain from the wikipedia pages where I got them. They were flagged, and the flager asked that the pages be linked. I edited them to include URLs of the wiki pages which stated that they were public domain, and then removed the flags (By the way, is it improper for me, the poster, to remove a flag if I think I've corrected the problem?). They were re-flagged by someone else, saying that they agreed with the earlier flager. (Though I notice that Leakey now shows up in my gallery. Potter does not .)

So I'm a little confused. Not trying to abuse the system, just don't fully underdstand it....

Okay. The problem is that despite the fact that Wikipedia claimed the images were in the public domain, they provided no evidence to support that claim. This is, unfortunately, a fairly common problem with images from that site.

The Leakey photo was not further flagged because Wikipedia did provide a link to a site that supported the claim.

The Potter wasn't flagged because someone "agreed with the earlier flagger"--if you look at the flag details, you will see the explanation:

* lilithcat flagged for this reason: Please provide link to original source for verification of "public domain" claim.
* munklinde removed a flag
* christiguc flagged for this reason: According to Wikipedia: source "unknown", author "unknown", date "unknown"--so what is the evidence of PD status?

Unfortunately, this does happen not infrequently with Wikipedia.

Edited to say: the ones that were flagged a second time with an agreement are the ones where you didn't edit to add the link

I see. And yes, christiguc, I initially posted some -- when they disappeared (and I didn't yet even know about the quarantine page etc.) I reposted them, then once I learned about the quarantine page I edited some of the duplicates -- and when I most recently saw that some were reflagged I looked at *some* details but not all of 'em. Mea culpa. Thanks, lilithcat and christiguc, for the explanations.

Yes--after I posted, I checked the quarantine again and saw where your confusion came from. Not a problem.

Also, it's not improper to remove a flag once you've fixed the problem. And if there is already more than one flag and it isn't being removed, you can post your explanation for the removal on the "why I removed a flag" thread in this group, on the thread I linked to or on the next reincarnation once that thread gets too long. That will draw people's attention to your change so that the flags get removed quicker.

Edited to fix grammar, somewhat