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images from US Federal Gov't websites

Can we upload images from websites owned/operated by the Federal Government, such as msc.navy.mil ? Thanks Thewolfchild (talk) 23:06, 31 March 2018 (UTC)

@Thewolfchild: Not necessarily. Is there a particular image on a particular page that concerns you?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:12, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
No, actually I'd like to be able to upload some ship images for US Navy articles and lists on WP. Just don't know very much about uploading images here. Thewolfchild (talk) 23:18, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
@Thewolfchild: Would you please offer an example and follow Commons:First Steps?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:29, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
Here's an example. But basically, when I do an image search on Google for various naval ships, all kinds of pics pop up from sites like msc.navy.mil, navy.mil, cpf.navy.mil, and other .mil and .gov sites. I was under the impression that images from the federal gov't were public domain, I tried hunting around the archives to confirm, but couldn't find a clear answer. Thanks Thewolfchild (talk) 23:36, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
The problem is that US Government sites often host content they don’t own, be it from contractors, other countries’ agencies, retired personnel, or wherever. That said, photos specifically credited to Navy personnel are almost certainly PD (unless there‘s reason to believe they were off duty), likewise for any other federal employee or agency. As for that example page, the middle picture has a Navy credit right in the caption, so is an easy pass. The others would need more checking, see if they have EXIF metadata identifying the photographer, for example.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:44, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
That raises an interesting question; often on military news sites, like usni.org, there is often images attached to stories with captions that specifically include info such as; "image by US Navy Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class John Smith". Does that make the image available to the public? Or it protected because it's hosted on a non-government site? Thewolfchild (talk) 23:57, 31 March 2018 (UTC)
@Thewolfchild: The former.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:02, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
(Edit conflict) @Thewolfchild: PD is PD, no matter who publishes it. Make sure it hasn’t been modified or adapted, however, because derivative works (other than faithful reproductions) get their own copyright. Otherwise you can generally assume that PD material is exempted from any copyright notices appearing on a page.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 00:15, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

@Jeff G, cool, thanks. Now (either of you... or anyone) how do I find the "EXIF metadata" for the first image in the example? If I right click on it, then 'properties', it doesn't really show anything. OTOH, "view source" and "inspect element"... both show all kinds of stuff, but is the info I need there... somewhere? NM... I found it. Thanks Thewolfchild (talk) 00:11, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

@Odysseus1479: ok, so as long as these images were taken by navy personnel, and that's confirmed in the caption or the metadata, and there's nothing to indicate it's been altered, then it should be safe to upload? (and I take it the 'upload wizard' will tell what info I need to include and where, prior to uploading?) If I have all this right, then great, I got what I needed and we're done here. Thanks to both of you for the help. Cheers Thewolfchild (talk) 00:21, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
@Thewolfchild: You can check the metadata at this site.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:25, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
Well, that's handy. Thanks again Thewolfchild (talk) 00:28, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
@Thewolfchild: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:32, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

Question

Hi i have a question i want to upload some photos that are not on Wiki Commons and i would like to take some from google. But I've noticed this option on google that saids labeled for reuse. Can i take those images and upload them. Also which option do i check of when putting an image from google that it is my own work is it someone else? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ALBA LUSHNJE (talk • contribs) 15:07, 2 April 2018

ALBA LUSHNJE Most images you find on the internet, by Google or any other search engine, are likely copyright and may not be uploaded. Even with a Google search, you need to go to the individual pages where the images appear, not just the page Google shows you, and see if there is any statement that the images are freely licensed. Google has an advanced search option where you can choose "licensed for commercial use and modifications" which is what we require, but even then you need to verify the copyright status. This page, Commons:Free media resources/Photography, is a list of sites that contain freely licensed images you might find useful. Otherwise post a link to the image you are interested in uploading and someone will tell you if it is allowable or not. Good luck. Ww2censor (talk) 13:25, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
@ALBA LUSHNJE: You may only upload files which have licenses which comply with COM:L. If you did not take the photo or design the image, it is not solely your own work. COM:FS should help you get started.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:38, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

videos

What can we do on common because there not in videos on common?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pussygirl5219393 (talk • contribs)

  • @Pussygirl5219393: That makes very little sense. Assuming that by "common" you mean Wikimedia Commons, this site, there are videos on Commons.
  • If there is some other language you speak better, feel free to ask in that language, probably someone will understand and answer. - Jmabel ! talk 04:18, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Question

I want to upload photos from google using the advanced option you guys require known as licensed for commercial use and modifications and i dont know if i put this photo from google do i say it is a work of my own or this is not a work of my own please help me thank you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ALBA LUSHNJE (talk • contribs) 13:00, 3 April 2018‎ (UTC)

  • Signing your posts on talk pages is required and it is a Commons guideline to sign your posts on deletion requests, undeletion requests, and noticeboards. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:05, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Not a work of your own, you have to follow the license from the non-Google page where you found the photo, it probably requires attribution to the photographer. Please read COM:FS and COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:05, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
"Own work" would mean you were the photographer. - Jmabel ! talk 15:21, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Delete the older version of a picture

Id like someone to delete the older version of picture File:Təbriz Kəşki badımcanı.jpg 15:14, 3 April 2018.--Orartu (talk) 15:39, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

✓ Done by Sealle.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:16, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

File:Shin Kong Life Tower and National Concert Hall 20091203 night.jpg

Do you think it is day or night in the photo?--Kai3952 (talk) 19:39, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

And also that there are four photos, and they are all the same problem.
@Kai3952: The first and last look like dusk/twilight, the rest just overcast.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:22, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Overcast? If this is the case, what category would you put it in?--Kai3952 (talk) 20:32, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
@Kai3952: I would put the first in Category:Structures in Taipei.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:38, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
(Edit conflict) I would still call them twilight, because the electric lights are on. Cities create a “light dome” which can reflect off clouds to prolong the twilight with the glow from an unnaturally bright sky. OTOH the sun might not be below the horizon, but when low enough and through heavy enough cloud it might as well be.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:43, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
I do not understand why it is not "Buildings in Taipei" category.--Kai3952 (talk) 03:47, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
@Kai3952: The distinction between buildings and structures is that buildings can hold one or more persons, and non-building structures like statues, memorials, and mere walls can't.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:56, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
Do you say that the "rest" is File:台北市夜景 - panoramio (3).jpg, File:中信金融園區 CTBC Financial Park - panoramio.jpg, File:Lungshantemple night taipei.jpg three photos?--Kai3952 (talk) 04:20, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
@Kai3952: Yes, all probably buildings.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:42, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
I have removed "Structures in Taipei at night" category and request the file name to be renamed.--Kai3952 (talk) 05:52, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I agree that English distinguishes "buildings" from the more general "structures", but I think the line isn't quite where you drew it. The Statue of Liberty; a ferris wheel; and an open, roofed picnic shelter are structures, aren't buildings, and can hold one or more persons. Conversely, a grain silo isn't normally something people enter (though I suppose technically they can), but would likely be called a building. I think a formal boundary would be hard to define. There's some gray zone here, where educated native speakers could reasonably argue whether a certain structure was a building. - Jmabel ! talk 05:00, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

@Jmabel and Jeff G.: Typically, this is not a problem for me. But I know there are many people in Taiwan who have this doubt, and even they will mistake "structures" as "buildings".--Kai3952 (talk) 05:35, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Uploading images by a person who is not an author

Hello, if I am not a copyright holder, but the author gives me a right to distribute, to use the works of him (her), is my license acceptable? Or Can I upload the pictures (works) of him (her)? The same question is true about a website. If a website has permission to use, to distribute the works of someone, can it upload the works of others (who give the permission) to Wikipedia (commons)? Thank you. Human7777 (talk) 12:49, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

@Human7777: in both cases, the copyright holder needs to send permission via OTRS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:44, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
Note that this doesn't have to be on a per-photo basis. A copyright-holder can indicate that you are trusted and authorized to upload on their behalf, and then you can repeatedly use the same ticket for future uploads of that person's work. - Jmabel ! talk 15:32, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
... Via a template.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:48, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much Jeff and Jmabel. One more question, please. If a person or a website provides a legal agreement that he (she) has legal permission to use, to distrubite the works of an enterprise or a person, still the copyright holder needs to send permission via OTRS? Human7777 (talk) 10:28, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

@Human7777: Yes, unless that information is online and referenced specifically in the file description page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:33, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Thank you Jeff, one more question just for final clarification. I understand that if a person (a website) has a legal permission from the author, the information is online and referenced specifically in the file description page, it does not need to send permission via OTRS? Human7777 (talk) 11:14, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

@Human7777: Correct.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:04, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

File:Médaille Gendarmerie taille ordonnance avers et revers.jpg

Bonjour à tous,

N'étant pas encore très à l'aise avec Wikimedia Commons, je me permets de solliciter votre aide pour un problème technique : j'ai retouché le dessin de la Médaille de la Gendarmerie avers-revers en faisant disparaître le festonnage latéral du ruban au niveau des liserés rouges. J'ai tenté à deux reprises de charger le nouveau fichier sur la page wikimedia concernée : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%A9daille_Gendarmerie_taille_ordonnance_avers_et_revers.jpg?uselang=fr.

La vignette qui figure dans le tableau "Historique du fichier" est bien celle du nouveau dessin, mais le dessin principal reste curieusement l'ancien. Avez-vous une idée de ce que j'ai pu mal faire ?

Merci d'avance.

Cordialement

--Sylevien (talk) 19:34, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

@Sylevien: cela me semble bien; peut-être essayer de vider le cache de votre navigateur. (Parfois les serveurs aussi fonctionnent lentement en faire les mises à jour.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:17, 3 April 2018 (UTC)
Bonsoir Odysseus1479, merci pour votre prompte réponse et votre conseil. J'ai vidé le cache de mon navigateur et, effectivement, tout est rentré dans l'ordre ;-)
Très cordialement
--Sylevien (talk) 19:26, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Question re Historical photos and documents. Proper author/date/country of creation information

Dear folks,

Received this message re "Historical photos and documents. Proper author/date/country of creation information should be supplied to determine copyrights status and license tags corrected." Not sure what is required to satisfy this request. Almost all images cited are from photos taken by me or the staff of the National Archives and Records Administration Washington or the Department of the Navy Library. Most of the are well over one hundred year old documents or images in the public domain. Please help me with an example for a go by. I am new to WIKI, so any help or suggestions to satisfy or model this requirement is much appreciated.

Many thanks

Jack — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackmegill (talk • contribs) 03:28, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

There is no general answer to any of this, so I'll grab a few of your uploads more or less at random to look at what might be going on.
  • File:Pensacola May 1829.jpg:
    • You say "own work"; I presume that applies just to the photograph or scan, since if the document is what you say it is, then it can hardly be your own work. Also, similarly, you give the date as "10 May 2010", but presumably it is 1829.
    • Assuming this is from 1829, it pretty much has to be in the public domain, but I see you are claiming a copyright. What are you saying are copyrightable elements? I don't think the curvature in photographing the page is enough to be copyrightable. As far as I can tell, you don't have any copyrightable contribution here, so you can't grant a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. Either it is public domain or it isn't. Presumably it is.
    • So it would seem to me that the actual author is whoever made the entries in the ledger, presumably something like "unknown employee of Pensacola Navy Yard." Source should be something like "1829 Pensacola Navy Yard payroll, photographed by User:Jackmegill at the Department of the Navy Library", or just the name of the volume. If the volume in question was something broader than just the 1829 Pensacola Navy Yard payroll, adjust that accordingly.
    • Licensing: I would think {{PD-USGov}} is a reasonably safe bet, as would {{PD-old-assumed}}. Also, if it was published before 1923, there would be yet another basis for public domain, but I wouldn't presume that without evidence of publication.
    • (side issue) Not a great title. Something like "May 1829 Pensacola Navy Yard payroll" would be a lot clearer. Maybe even "May 1829 Pensacola Navy Yard payroll, showing slave laborers".
    • (side issue) "Mary"?
    • (side issue) Needs some appropriate categories, e.g. Category:Pensacola Navy Yard, Category:Time books, Category:1829 in the United States.
  • File:George Teamoh 1818 to after 1887 LOC photo.jpg (I'm going to be less thorough here.)
    • You give a date of "19 January 1865" but then say "Photo is dated sometime after 1865 by LOC". Which is it? Maybe given the "to after 1887" in the filename, {{other date|between|1865|1887}}, which shows as "between 1865 and 1887
      date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
      "?
    • Again, even more clearly than for the other, I don't see where you would own any rights that would be the basis for you to grant a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. Presumably {{PD-USGov}} should apply; also {{PD-old-assumed}} would be sane (but weaker because of the need to assume death date of photographer).
    • Again, could be given better categories.
  • File:John Rodgers to Samuel Evans Dec 10 1822 re wage limits Brooklyn Navy Yard.jpg
  • In general, very similar issues to the first one, except that in this case the author is known: Commodore John Rodgers. Presumably his death date could be worked out, so you could also have a more precise PD tag invoking the year of the author's death. However, given that he obviously wrote this in his capacity as a federal employee, {{PD-USGov}} is safe.
  • (side issue) Where did you get the category Category:Brooklyn Navy Yard Samuel Evans? I see no indication that such a Commons category ever existed, and it would be an oddly named one if it did.
Country of creation for all of these is obviously U.S. If some of them were by naval personnel serving abroad, that could imaginably get more complicated, but I believe that if they are U.S. Navy documents rather than photographs, that is irrelevant. For photographs, it could imaginably matter, and you might need a separate PD justification for country of origin. (Commons requires that PD or "free license" apply in country of origin & in U.S., generally no requirement about any other jurisdictions.)
I hope that helps. Obviously, these have to be taken up one by one, but if they are all like this, they should be pretty straightforward. - Jmabel ! talk 05:00, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
I now see this must have been triggered by Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Jackmegill. You didn't link that, so I just started looking at your uploads. I haven't even checked to see if the ones I discussed above were explicitly mentioned there, but all your uploads presumably need to be cleaned up in this respect, whether Eugene specifically nominated them for deletion or not. And you need to address the deletion discussion at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Jackmegill, not somewhere else (like here), or the deletions are liable to go ahead a bit "blindly" if it looks like you aren't responding.
@Jackmegill: The short of this: this is good material, it should be in scope; you have a bit to learn about what info Commons needs, please stick around and let's work through this. - Jmabel ! talk 05:14, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

approval to re-use picture taken by Gerard van der Schaaf for publication

Dear sir(s),

The Dutch Safety Board (DSB) would like to use a picture of the aircraft registered as PH-MFT as found on Wikimedia Commons. This picture (file PH-MFT 8648361571) was taken by Gerard van der Schaaf.

DSB would like to implement this picture in its Quaterly Bulletin to be issued in April/May 2018 as the aircraft was involved in a recent incident. Hope to hear fro you soon.

Kindest regards, Dutch Safety Board

Atze Samplonius ( a.samplonius@safetyboard.nl ) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 77.242.112.139 (talk) 09:05, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

The image in question is File:PH-MFT (8648361571).jpg, which was copied to Commons from Flickr.
You do not need to request approval to use files on Commons as long as you comply with any licensing requirements listed on the file description page; see Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia. All the information you need is on the file description page, including a link to the license with which you need to comply – in this case: Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 (full terms).
If you cannot comply with those licensing requirements, the only one who can give approval for use under different terms is the copyright holder – in this case: https://www.flickr.com/people/34153108@N06. —LX (talk, contribs) 09:51, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

consegna posta

buongiorno vorrei fare presente alle poste italiane di istruire meglio i portalettere visto che devo sempre consegnare la posta che non e' mia ai destinatari. pregasi leggere bene indirizzo e numero e se si devono fare quattro passi FARLI altrimenti assumere gente che conosce i paesi e che si dia piu' da fare grazie — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 31.156.144.197 (talk) 11:44, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

  • I have only a little Italian, so I may be mistaken, but this seems to be a complaint about the Italian post office. Needless to say, neither Wikimedia Commons nor the Wikimedia Foundation have any control over the Italian post office. - Jmabel ! talk 15:34, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Autotranslate

Hi, I have the Template:LangSwitch used for the red banner on my talkpage - When I translate my Commons talkpage to different languages on various website it converts it to that language .... so my question is Do I need to have the langswitch template ?
If you're on a Swedish laptop then I want my whole talkpage to show in Swedish, If you're on a Russian laptop then I want my whole talkpage to show in Russian,
Does that make sense?, I don't know if my talkpage primarily shows as English to for instance a Swedish person,
Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 16:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

I don‘t know how the template works in detail, but I‘m pretty sure it doesn’t really translate anything: rather it relies on pre-written translations, merely selecting the appropriate one for the user-preferred or selected language, if available. So only ‘boilerplate‘ template messages with the switch can work that way; everything else remains in its original language.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 17:07, 5 April 2018 (UTC)
Ah right, See I know this might sound stupid but I wasn't sure if it would be primarily in English, Okie dokie I'll get rid thanks for kindly replying :), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 20:39, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Move Category:National Conservation Lands areas

I wish to restore all of the history and data to the category National Conservation Areas of the United States from the now-empty category I moved it to, National Conservation Lands areas. After I moved the category I made the mistake of editing the redirect page, which means I am unable to move the category back and restore the history. Please, can someone help me eradicate the category National Conservation Lands areas and restore the wikidata and history that presently resides in that category? — WFinch (talk) 14:29, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

@WFinch: The recommended approach is {{speedy|COM:CSD#G6 & G7 housekeeping to make way for Category:National Conservation Lands areas to reverse my errant cat move}}.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:43, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Uch, thank you! — WFinch (talk) 14:51, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
@WFinch: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:57, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
✓ Done --Achim (talk) 18:25, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 00:44, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

what about interior photos of a world heritage site?

I have own photos of the world heritage site of Daphni Monastery, which I would like to upload. I understand that it is no problem to upload outside photos of the building. But what about the inside, which means mosaics? They are certainly old art, but recently restaurated.--Ktiv (talk) 12:32, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

@Ktiv: The licensing at File:Daphni.jpg should suffice.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:38, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks.--Ktiv (talk) 12:43, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
@Ktiv: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:07, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 00:44, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

File File:Moscow Wiki-Conference 2017 (2017-10-14) 120.jpg is not displayed in the own information page

File File:Moscow Wiki-Conference 2017 (2017-10-14) 120.jpg is not displayed in the own information page - but this is seen in the category and normally included in the wiki-pages: see at right. How to fix it?--Kaganer (talk) 17:42, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 00:46, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Okay to upload image from ISME paper released under CC-SA Noncommercial 4.0?

I'd like to upload an image to the page I'm working on creating. The image comes from this ISME paper, which includes a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialShareAlike 4.0 International License at the end. Is an image from this paper okay to upload?

Verbatim text: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialShareAlike 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daemyth (talk • contribs) 01:19, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

@Daemyth: no, sorry: we can’t accept non-commercial licences. While the WMF projects are themselves educational and non-commercial, the content hosted must be reusable by anyone for any purpose. See COM:LIC for what’s considered free.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 01:26, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
@Odysseus1479: darn, okay. Thanks for your help. Guess I'll find another image! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daemyth (talk • contribs) 01:36, 11 April 2018 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 00:47, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Can I upload the copies of an antifascist newspaper called Pesti Posta which was published in Hungary in 1944?

It was published by my uncle in Hungarian in nine issues. It is mentioned in Wikipedia already. I have it in PDF format. It is out of copyright protection and I am the inheritor of rights anyhow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Qqbasil (talk • contribs) 03:07, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) @Qqbasil: did your uncle create all the content, or were there other contributors? In what year did he die? According to our summary of Hungarian copyright law, the duration is 70 years after the death of the (or each) author. Do the magazines have a masthead stating under what terms the material was submitted?—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:23, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
Have you ever seen a magazine with a masthead starting under what terms the material was submitted? I haven't. I know such nice legal details have been lost for older issues of such magazines as Weird Tales and Dragon magazine, so I wouldn't hold my breath, but there might be legal documents making rights clear. The original poster presumably knows that his uncle's writings are under his ownership, but for any one else, the best bet is to find the current rights holders.--Prosfilaes (talk) 03:04, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Tricky duplicate situation

File:Congresswoman Pelosi at the San Francisco Senior Center (7677797908).jpg and File:San Francisco Senior Center (4837455989).jpg are clearly the same photo. Technically, the latter his higher resolution, but to me it looks inferior, like maybe even a case of upsampling. Normally, we delete the lower-res version, but here that seems wrong. Should we just link these with {{Other version}} and keep both, or is something else in order? - Jmabel ! talk 05:43, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I don't see the latter as being inferior. However, the fact that neither page directly credits photographer Mona T. Brooks is concerning.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:40, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi I uploaded the new and current version of the Boral logo (File:Boral Logo 2018.png ) which is now on the Boral wiki page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boral ) There is an older, previous version of the logo (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boral_Logo.svg ) I do not think it is correct to have two separate file pages of the Boral logo. I think both logos should really be on the same file page with the details provided under the heading File History like for example (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Avestaforsen.jpg ) Can someone help? --PinkAechFas (talk) 08:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@PinkAechFas: Sorry, this is impossible because the files are in different formats.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:30, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Jeff G.( G. ツ talk to me) thanks for the message. Do you think then that I should try to remove/delete the old file?--PinkAechFas (talk) 09:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@PinkAechFas: No, but you might want to modify it to add the "®". BTW, your mention didn't work because you chose my talk links.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:13, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
@PinkAechFas: I think the important question is whether File:Boral Logo.svg is an accurate representation of a historical logo, or just an inaccurate representation of the current logo. If it's accurate then it should stay even if it's historical: we have a lot of historical images here on Commons. Of course, in that case you can and should update the descriptive text on File:Boral Logo.svg to describe the situation. If the old file is merely incorrect then you might be able to argue that it has no realistic educational use and hence should be deleted. --bjh21 (talk) 11:18, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for the assistance and I have updated the descriptive text on the Boral Logo svg page--PinkAechFas (talk) 21:51, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I recreated an organisations logo using my own computer and software. Am I allowed to upload it as my "Own Work"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elshadk (talk • contribs) 11:55, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

No, as it is derivative, but if it is Template:PD-Ineligible I think you can, usually it's better to upload logo's to Wikipedia directly unless they are too simple to be copyrighted by the organisation. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (Talk 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 12:31, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Richard R. Wright Jr. (1878-1967).png

Greetings,

I have submitted a photograph of Richard R Wright jr., ca. 1920, which I found in a recent book about his life titled "Segregated Scholars." I believe because the photograph is dated prior to 1923, it is public domain.

--Andre&Durkheim (talk) 18:34, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@Andre&Durkheim: is there evidence the photo was published before 1923? Is the photographer identified, or the provenance given in the book? (There’s sometimes a separate list of illustration credits in the front or back matter.) If anonymous and its first publication was in the 2006 book, it will be copyrighted until c. 2041 (c. 1920 + 120y).—Odysseus1479 (talk) 18:54, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Two pictures to upload

Hello. Would someone please consider uploading this painting and this picture (taken from this list)? I have a personal policy of not uploading pictures I've not taken. Please ping me when you have done it. Thanks!Zigzig20s (talk) 17:03, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

  • On the painting, the frame may make it problematic to use that particular photo. (Photo would have its own copyright, since it is in part a photo of a 3D object.) Might be possible to crop it down to what is PD; ideally, to vignette it to the oval. - Jmabel ! talk 00:09, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
User:Jmabel: Thanks. Can you please do it? And upload the other one too?Zigzig20s (talk) 01:37, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
@Zigzig20s: I have a personal policy of not enabling people who have a personal policy of not uploading pictures they've not taken.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:45, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Whatever. Does anyone want to help me here?Zigzig20s (talk) 05:51, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
I'm perfectly glad if someone else decides to help you on this, but pretty much what Jeff said. I have a policy of not doing things for people that they obviously understand perfectly well how to do, but choose not to. I'm not your errand boy. You presumably know more about the context of these images than I and can describe them better. I'm not interested in re-doing your research. - Jmabel ! talk 16:38, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
There's 0 research for the uploader to do, we just need them uploaded. The articles with the context (research) are on Wikipedia.Zigzig20s (talk) 19:58, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

I need help to edit templates

Hello. I do not understand the wikicode on the templates {{Unblock}}, {{Unblock declined}} and {{Unblock granted}}. Please can a user help me with the templates, I only want to add File:Question mark.svg for the {{Unblock}} template, File:No sign.svg for the {{Unblock declined}} template, and File:Yes check.svg for the {{Unblock granted}} template. Psl631 (talk) 05:15, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@Psl631: The layout for such autotranslated templates is in the subpage "/layout", so for instance you can add an image to Template:Unblock/layout.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:50, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Hey, I do not understand the code in that template also, please, can you help me or add the images to the templates? Psl631 (talk) 08:52, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
@Psl631: Those templates are already pretty full, where would you put the image? Do you have an example template with an image that looks good to you?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:14, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Placement of photo

How do I place a photo on the upper right hand corner of an article? The photo is appearing in the center, and it's too large. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nina07011960 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Please, see en:Help:Files#Using_files. You, probably, missed "thumb" parameter. Ruslik (talk) 20:04, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Best template practices for people categories

When I have a category for a person, usually containing mainly images of the person, what are the ideal templates to add? I assume Template:PeopleByName is always useful, but assuming a wikidata file exists (including or not including authority control identifiers), should I also always add Template:Wikidata person or are there limitations? Are there any other recommended templates? DGtal (talk) 06:10, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

I need to change the image associated to a wikipedia page updating an official logo since it is recently changed. The logo has been prepared by our graphic expert for us. I cannot do it since I do not have a common licence. How can I do it? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Francytres (talk • contribs) 13:09, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

  • @Francytres: I have little or no idea what you mean by "I do not have a common licence." I'm guessing there is something you are confused about.
  • The answer to your question is going to depend on whether the new logo is sufficiently complex to be eligible for copyright. If it's near the borderline for that, it's going to depend on what country your organization is in, because the threshold varies for different countries. There might be some other considerations involved as well. Rather than my laying out half a dozen scenarios, can you (1) link the Wikipedia page in question, (2) link to somewhere on line where we can see the new logo? Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 15:47, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi in fact I've used the wrong words. What I mean is that I do not have the copyright personally but the logo belongs to the Association I work for. The page is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Renal_Association_%E2%80%93_European_Dialysis_and_Transplant_Association and the new logo is visibile here http://web.era-edta.org/ in the official ERA-EDTA Website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Francytres (talk • contribs) 08:01, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

  • Signing your posts on talk pages is required and it is a Commons guideline to sign your posts on deletion requests, undeletion requests, and noticeboards. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:23, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
@Francytres and Jmabel: English Wikipedia says the Association is based in England and Wales. The Association's website says the Operative Headquarters are in Italy. Where was the new logo designed?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:23, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for the sign. The new logo was designed in Italy.--Francytres (talk) 10:15, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

  • Assuming that we are talking about the English-language Wikipedia, I'd recommend uploading this directly to the English-language Wikipedia on a non-free use basis, rather than involving Commons at all. I think that will be a lot simpler. Use en:Template:Non-free logo. Again, this would be in the English-language Wikipedia, not in Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 16:10, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I'll do that. Thank you for your help. --158.148.143.52 07:15, 9 April 2018 (UTC)--158.148.143.52 07:23, 9 April 2018 (UTC)--Francytres (talk) 07:24, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Image of different resolutions

I recently uploaded a file (Everlasting summer dark side full.jpg and Everlasting summer bright side full.jpg) that was removed for copyright infringement. But I have one question: why in this article (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE) the same 2 files (Everlasting summer dark side.jpg and Bright side.jpg) do not violate any copyright, but it is the same files, but a lesser resolution. — Preceding unsigned comment added by QuadCom (talk • contribs) 08:06, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Did you try going to that page, and clicking on the image, and seeing if it says? Because it does: it says (in what is obviously a copyright template):
Данный файл является несвободным (не соответствует определению свободного произведения культуры). В соответствии с решением Фонда Викимедиа он может быть использован в статьях русского раздела Википедии только при соблюдении критериев добросовестного использования. Любое другое использование (как в русском разделе Википедии, так и вне её) может стать нарушением авторского права.
or, courtesy of Google Translate
This file is not free (does not correspond to the definition of a free work of culture). In accordance with the decision of the Wikimedia Foundation, it can be used in articles of the Russian section of Wikipedia only if the criteria of fair use are observed. Any other use (both in the Russian section of Wikipedia, and outside it) can be a violation of copyright.
--Prosfilaes (talk) 09:32, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Can we show pictures of a dictionary page?

Hi, I was wondering - are pictures of dictionary entries OK as far as copyright goes? I'm specifically thinking of things like this: File:Turk. Dictionary.jpg. It's only a portion of a page and I know that some forms of text can't be copyrighted, so I didn't know if this would be OK or not. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 23:17, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

  • In general, dictionaries are copyrighted. If you want just an illustration of a dictionary, I suggest you seek one old enough to be public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 07:05, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

3d models

Is there a way to uploade/present 3d models? Aizenr (talk) 00:21, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, see Category:STL files. --ghouston (talk) 07:57, 7 April 2018 (UTC) There's also Category:3D SVG, I'm not sure if 3D SVG counts as 3D models. --ghouston (talk) 07:59, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much. The STL catigory was exactly what I looked for. Is it somthing new. I never sow it in wikipedia (I'm going start uploding thoes thow :-) ). Can color be presented too? I know how to add colors to stl file, but it is a hak and not all the viwers support it. What about wrl (a.k.a vmrl) can thay be presented in this way too? Thanks again, Rami (not sigined in) 173.239.64.2 00:40, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

upload

how i knew my upload is uploaded ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mouradelm (talk • contribs) 14:25, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Do you think that "South view" and "Looking south" are the same meaning?

Do you think that "South view" and "Looking south" are the same meaning? Because there seems to be a problem with "South View" at File:Strawberry Street - South View Terrace - geograph.org.uk - 1515157.jpg--Kai3952 (talk) 14:25, 10 April 2018 (UTC)

Transferring an Image uploaded to Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard unto Wikimedia Commons

I uploaded a photograph some years back to Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. I wish to transfer the same photo to Wikimedia Commons. What is the process? The image can be seen on Yemenite Elder Blowing Shofar, and where I discussed the status of the file in the Talk-Page there. Besides this issue, the caption on the photo needs to be corrected, from "shofat" to "shofar." Looking for assistance.Davidbena (talk) 01:40, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

@Davidbena: Are you still unsure of the lifetime of Kluger Zoltan?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:55, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
There is an article on him. See: Kluger Zoltan.Davidbena (talk) 02:00, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
(Edit conflict) Despite the tag on that image, AFAICT it is not PD in the USA because it was not free in Israel until 1997 or 1999 (50 years after creation, per COM:CRT#Israel—the filename and description disagree on the date). So I don‘t think it can be hosted here, and it shouldn‘t be on enWP either, unless there’s some reason the Israeli copyright would have expired by 1995.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:07, 12 April 2018 (UTC) P.S. According to the above bio the photographer died in 1977, so as an unpublished photo I would assume it will be copyrighted in the USA until the end of 2047. 02:14, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

pictures

I have a question on how to delete photos from the uploads section. Please help, thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lethimyhanh (talk • contribs) 08:53, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

You have already made the Deletion Requests; therefore you do not need help but patience. On the other hand, please try not to upload out of scope personal files here. Thanks. --E4024 (talk) 09:09, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Where is the correct place to request an extension is installed on Commons

I would very much like to use FormWizard to create proformas for photo essays for Wiki Loves ___ photo competitions, where is the correct place on Commons to reuqest that it is installed?

Thanks

John Cummings (talk) 14:55, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

@John Cummings: Am I correct that it's a JS/CSS gadget that is not (nor rely on) a MediaWiki PHP extension? If that's the case I think COM:VP/P can do. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 16:02, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
@Zhuyifei1999: , thanks very much. John Cummings (talk) 07:51, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Logo editing help needed

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I need someone to upload a new version of File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-sco.svg, with the new version being an edit of File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-en.svg with "Wikipaedia" as the project name and "The Free Encyclopaedia" as the text below it. I tried and tried and tried, but I couldn't get my Inkscape to edit the text because I'm a worthless embarassment of the Millenial generation in technology. But if someone could do that, I'd be grateful, as the current logo uses the archaic "Æ" character as well as being lower quality it looks like. --AmaryllisGardener talk 06:13, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

I do not see a difference in quality between English and Scots version, the Scots version is already derived from the English one and both are same size. Do I understand it right, AmaryllisGardener, you want to replace the ligatures Æ and æ with their separated counterparts? Are the ligatures really not used anymore (no hint at all for possible ligatures in the en:Modern Scots article)? You could ask Odder (should be pinged now) who created the existing derivative. — Speravir – 00:41, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
The logo was created with the ligatures based on a translation provided over at User:Cbrown1023/Logos by one of the contributors to the Scots Wikipedia a few years ago. As the logo has been used on the project for quite some time, I would like to see a community consensus to have it changed before deploying a new version without the ligatures. odder (talk) 20:08, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
Hence why I said above, "I suspect you should upload to a different name, rather than overwrite someone else's work on a point where they may disagree with you." - Jmabel ! talk 23:43, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

New file version not showing correctly placed

Hi, I uploaded yesterday a new version of a logo, I got warnings going that "there exists another file with that name" (well, of course, I am trying to update it). Finally, this morning I saw it has actually been updated, but if I click on it I get the old version, plus the main picture is still the old version. How can I fix that? Thank you Iñaki LL (talk) 07:36, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

@Iñaki LL: Please purge your browser’s cache. (You only need to do it once.)
Operating
system

Browser
 Microsoft Windows or Linux macOS
Internet Explorer Press Ctrl+F5
Mozilla Firefox Hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking Reload
(or press Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+⇧ Shift+R) 		Press ⌘ Cmd+R (reload page) or
⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+R (reload page and rewrite cache)
Opera Press Ctrl+F5 or ⇧ Shift+F5
Konqueror
Apple Safari Hold down ⇧ Shift+Alt while clicking Reload
Press Ctrl+R Press ⌘ Cmd+⌥ Option+E (clear browser cache)
or ⌘ Cmd+R (update)
Chrome Press Ctrl+F5 or ⇧ Shift+F5
or hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking Reload 		Press ⌘ Cmd+F5 or ⇧ Shift+F5
or hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking Reload

. I that does not help, have a look at Help:Purge. --El Grafo (talk) 08:01, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Great! That was helpful, thanks El Grafo Iñaki LL (talk) 08:05, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Joshua Serufusa-Zake wiki page deleted

I authoured a wiki page titled Joshua Serufusa-Zake. Wikipedia wanted me to back up some of the information, and so I set out to research the content with a view of providing references. I cannot find the page anymore. Muwanga-Zake — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muwanga-Zake (talk • contribs) 14:00, 13 April 2018 (UTC)

Creating election maps

What is the process for creating election maps such as this one?

Where is the base national SVG map? Thanks – Lionel(talk) 04:17, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

@Lionelt: It appears the next one will be File:ElectoralCollege2020.svg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:35, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Paintings by Rajasekharan Parameswaran

Actually I'm not sure, what to do with the images of paintings made and uploaded by User:ToBeFree (Rajasekharan Parameswaran). The mostly very clearly visible watermarks diagonally across the pictures are difficult to understand differently than as advertising, especially as further research these images on the website of the uploader are available for purchase. But maybe I'm too hypercritical? Marcus Cyron (talk) 01:18, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

@Marcus Cyron: I glanced over that page and didn't see any watermarks, do you have any sample file links?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:32, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Ofcourse. See the gallery. Marcus Cyron (talk) 01:39, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
@Marcus Cyron: Again no diagonal watermarks, but I do see bottom right corner signatures, and I have tagged the first two as copyvios (COM:DW photos of paintings of copyrighted photos).   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:58, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
@Rajasekharan Parameswaran: FYI.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:09, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Maybe you should open the images - the tags are clearly visible. Marcus Cyron (talk) 10:41, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Those certainly call for the {{Watermark}} tag, and they might imaginably have copyright issues. But that's it. While that sort of watermarks are discouraged, they are permitted. - Jmabel ! talk 15:31, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

OK, thanks. This is, what I wanted to know. Marcus Cyron (talk) 01:23, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Barred windows ~ window grills

There are two categories containing similar images: Category:Barred windows and Category:Window grills. Is there really a difference between the two types (e.g. a window grill is smaller and fully contained in the window frame) or are they just the same?--Carnby (talk) 11:49, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Grills are grids and bars are rods. Intersecting bars would be one way to make a grid though. --ghouston (talk) 12:01, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
It may be more convenient to combine them, but what would you call the combined category? --ghouston (talk) 12:02, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Most of the examples in the categories are grids (grills?) made from bars. Some grills not made from bars are File:2006 08 22 window aalborg ubt.jpeg and File:Early 20th century American grillwork, anonamous, Honolulu Academy of Arts.jpg. --ghouston (talk) 12:10, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
I tried to separate grills from barred windows, feel free to revert my edits if you think they are not satisying.--Carnby (talk) 13:38, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:1460203483779 01-th3.jpg

--Viera iran (talk) 12:03, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

The source seems to be a Persian language news agency linked here, I can't read Arabic script and don't understand Persian but I can't find any Creative Commons license on the website. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (Talk 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 12:19, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
Viera iran: I found the image on this source page and have linked it. However, it looks copyright as there is a clear copyright notice at the bottom of the page so there does not appear to be any evidence it is a freely licensed image. Ww2censor (talk) 13:13, 14 April 2018 (UTC)

Category to redirect/merge?

Shouldn't Category:Confederate monuments be redirected to or merged with Category:Monuments and memorials of the Confederate States of America?Zigzig20s (talk) 00:04, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

I did a redirect. That seems about right.Zigzig20s (talk) 00:20, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

Is it always better to have any correct category for a file rather than leave it uncategorized?

Categorization of uncategorized media is sort of on-again, off-again hobby of mine. Sometimes I've used tools to categorize a number of uncategorized images using some very general category, say "Men". One hopes correctly.

Lets say I categorize some file correctly but into a very broad category. Is this ultimately beneficial? It would be better, of course, to categorize as exactly as possible, but is it at least better to categorize with a broad brush than leave them in the "media needing categories"-category? Voltteri (talk) 21:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

@Voltteri: In your example, it would probably be better to categorize it as Category:Unidentified men instead of "Men". This is a subcategory of Category:Undercategorised files where you will find more of those broad categories. - Alexis Jazz 22:31, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
Yes, in general any push in an appropriate direction helps, and may bring the file to the attention of users who are working on refining the categorization within a given field. Alexis makes a good point, though: the higher-level cats often have ‘holding pens‘ to reduce clutter. So have a quick look at the target cat first, to make sure it’s not a meta-category and to see if any obviously apt sub-cats present themselves.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 06:01, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
Very good, thank you. Voltteri (talk) 00:03, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: bjh21 (talk) 14:04, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

flickr uploads from specific user not uploading

Hello, it seems that Flickr-to-Commons can't upload files from this user. Every time I try to upload one of their works the picture doesn't show up and this text appears: '0 files currently selected and ready to transfer; 0 have a name issue.' Can someone please help me with this? Sincerely, NeoMeesje (talk) 14:07, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

@NeoMeesje: That user's photos appear to be licenced with https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ ; sorry, we cannot accept the "nc" restriction.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:28, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Ah, I get it. Thank you! Sincerely, NeoMeesje (talk) 15:30, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Sincerely, NeoMeesje (talk) 15:30, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Pixlr Photo Editor Book

I saw the Pixlr Photo Editor book had not been updated since 2016 and want to update the book. Since the book is about photo editing, I need to use a lot of screen shots from Pixlr. There is no book about Pixlr Photo Editor that I can find on line. There are a couple of million users of Pixlr. So I figure this is worthwhile project. However, if I can use a lot of Pixlr screen shots, it makes this project impossible. So I guess my questions are: 1. Can I use Pixlr Photo Editor screen shots legally? 2. Is there any way I can cut an paste these screen shots into the document? I can use your download link system but it would take forever.

Thank you for time on this.

David Greenberg, david_gr@msn.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stockywood (talk • contribs) 21:29, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

@Stockywood: You may not do that on Commons, please see Section 3 of pixlr's software license agreements. However, you may update b:Pixlr Editor with local content subject to b:Wikibooks:Media.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:30, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Bitmoji

Can I upload my bitmoji created in the Bitmoji app? Thank you! MissTofATX (talk) 00:52, 15 April 2018 (UTC)MissTofATX

@MissTofATX: No, unfortunately the copyright for bitmojis belongs to the Bitmoji app developers. –IagoQnsi (talk) 18:17, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:How-hormones-affecting-the-deoxyribonucleic-acid14.jpeg

--Johndack (talk) 11:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

@Johndack: The correct tag is {{copyvio|1=Image is "© 2003-2018 Shutterstock, Inc. All rights reserved." per https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/dna-molecules-on-science-background-134698577 . Text is "Copyrights © 2018 All Rights Reserved" per https://www.cooperpharma.com/blog/how-hormones-affecting-the-deoxyribonucleic-acid .}} I applied it.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:37, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

фото джабборзода абдукодир

Здравствуйте я загрузил своё фото из своего сайта jabborov.com немножко поправив я не нарушаю ни каких прав но пришло уведомление что нарушаю этих прав и будет удалён — Preceding unsigned comment added by Абдукодир Джабборозода (talk • contribs) 16:36, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

@Абдукодир Джабборозода: Please see Commons:Кнайпа for help from other Russian speakers. –IagoQnsi (talk) 18:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
@IagoQnsi: can you tell Russian from anything other written in Cyrillic? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 18:31, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
@Incnis Mrsi: No, but I plugged it into Google Translate, and it auto-detected Russian and provided a decent enough translation, so I figured it was probably right. –IagoQnsi (talk) 18:35, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
@IagoQnsi: you probably should not give advices related to Slavic languages if can’t figure out which language Commons:Кнайпа is written in. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 18:38, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
@Incnis Mrsi: Ah shoot, that's Ukrainian isn't it? >.< Clicked the wrong link; my bad. I guess a better method would be to just transclude {{Lang-HD}}. –IagoQnsi (talk) 19:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
If you got the file from a website, why did you write that it was your own work? Please add the correct author and source information, and link to the web-page with the licence in the permission field. Google-Russian: Если вы получили файл с веб-сайта, почему вы написали, что это ваша собственная работа? Добавьте правильную информацию об авторе и источнике, а также ссылку на веб-страницу с лицензией в поле разрешения.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 18:27, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
@Абдукодир Джабборозода: → Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Абдукодир Джабборозода. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 18:31, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

How to make association football line-up diagrams

I notice there are a bunch of association football line-up diagrams that all appear to be made with the same tool; e.g. File:Sporting Kansas City vs New York Red Bulls 2017-09-20.svg (edit: here's a whole category full of them). Does anyone have a link to that tool? Thanks, IagoQnsi (talk) 17:58, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

They were created with Help:Inkscape. Ruslik (talk) 20:10, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Can I post FBI mugshot circa 1951?

Dear Wikimedia Help,

There are at least 3 photocopied mugshots from a declassified FOIA-ed file about William Albertson (an entry I just started):

Do you agree that, since the FBI has made its own photos public, someone (e.g., me) may post one of these images as a headshot of Albertson in his InfoBox?

Please advise.

Gratefully – Aboudaqn (talk) 18:08, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

@Aboudaqn: Photos being made public does not automatically make them public domain. However, if the images were created by the FBI, then you can use {{PD-USGov-FBI}} as the license. –IagoQnsi (talk) 18:13, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you! Aboudaqn (talk) 18:21, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
I don't read FBI files every day, but I wonder why that document includes drawings of mugshots instead of the actual photos? - Alexis Jazz 18:15, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
I've looked only at pre-1960 FBI files and find them quite primitive – but, then again, think how far behind many Government agencies remain in terms of outdated IT hardware and software, and photocopied photos comes as less surprise. Aboudaqn (talk) 18:21, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Posted on Wikipedia entry: looks better cropped and smaller than in the FBI files – a little like the Wall Street Journal's famous headshot style. Thank you again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Albertson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aboudaqn (talk • contribs)
@Aboudaqn: Consider opting into SignBot if you forget to sign sometimes.
Commons/Wikipedia has some issue with greyscale PNGs: [1]. I have uploaded a new file version. - Alexis Jazz 20:11, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Kubo and the two strings film poster.jpg

Hello. I recently uploaded this file and another movie poster file believing that they did not require copyright status. It seems that I was wrong. The problem is that I do not really know how to check what copyright status I should put. Thank you for your help.--Lanbrobeltz (talk) 18:44, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

@Lanbrobeltz: In general, the way copyright works, you should assume that all works are copyrighted and non-free (and therefore cannot be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons) unless you specifically know that they're not. The primary way that an image becomes free is if the copyright holder publishes it with a free license (i.e. they have to explicitly declare that they are giving the image a free license). An image can also be free if it is in the public domain, which can happen if it's very old (i.e. more than roughly 95 years old), created by certain government agencies whose work is always public domain, or is too simple to be eligible for copyright. You can read more about this at Commons:Licensing. –IagoQnsi (talk) 19:11, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
@Lanbrobeltz: Kubo and the Two Strings, clearly not in the public domain yet. The poster has already been uploaded to Wikipedia: w:en:File:Kubo and the Two Strings poster.png. You are probably looking for w:en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. For other language Wikipedia, see the local equivalent of that page. If there is none, no movie posters for you. Sorry. - Alexis Jazz 20:23, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
@Alexis Jazz: Oh, so that is why there are posters on the English version of Wikipedia but not on the Spanish. Understood. Thank you both for the information.-Lanbrobeltz (talk) 22:42, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
@Lanbrobeltz: Fair use of works that are still in copyright is something that depends on the law of the country and the policies from that language Wikipedia. Italian Wikipedia for example allows fair use as well: w:it:File:Bolt (Disney) nel deserto.png. As I see no Spanish translation on w:en:Wikipedia:Non-free content it looks like you're indeed out of luck. Not much you can do about this. - Alexis Jazz 21:47, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

фото из своего сайта

Здравствуйте я хотел загрузит фото с сайта http://jabborov.com/content/foto-galereya-abdukodira-dzhabborova как не автор этих фото но все равно викисклад не принимает мои фото, что мне сделать? как мне загрузит фото из сайта http://jabborov.com/content/foto-galereya-abdukodira-dzhabborova по сути это мой сайт. Спасибо ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Абдукодир Джабборозода (talk • contribs) 04:51, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

Нужно письменное согласие фотографа или иного лица, владеющего авторским правом, на публикацию фотографий на условиях свободной лицензии. Подробности на Commons:OTRS/ru. Ruslik (talk) 20:10, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

New batch of photos uploaded, needs Category/Gallery review

Further to this copyright discussion with Clindberg and Jeff G., I've uploaded a set of photos by Robert Randall about the making of the film 55 Days at Peking. I have attempted to create new categories on Commons for Robert Randall and 55 Days at Peking, but got a bit mixed up with Categories vs Galleries. I'd be grateful if an "expert" could take a look. Thanks. --Muzilon (talk) 10:13, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

@Muzilon: Category:Robert Randall (photographer) and Category:55 Days at Peking are good categories, but they themselves need to be categorized. Robert Randall (photographer) is an empty gallery, you can fill it as you see fit using the gallery tag, arrangement, and captioning you feel best. For his bio, I was thinking of cropping and rotating the photo at https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18458490/ for fair use on enwiki, but I do not like the quality. Do you have a better alternative?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:55, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Sorry, I'm afraid I can't help with a high-res photo of Randall. I'm also not very familiar with creating Galleries and Categories on Commons. When I added the {{Commons}} template on the respective WP articles for Randall and 55 Days to produce the standard message "Wikipedia Commons has media relating to..." I was a bit perplexed to find this created a link to the Category page for 55 Days, but to the Gallery (not Category) page for Randall. Why is this? --Muzilon (talk) 13:37, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
@Muzilon: w:Template:Commons is supposed to link to a gallery, while w:Template:Commons category is supposed to link to a category; I suggest using the latter until you have a gallery worthy of a link.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:03, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
OK then. I see another editor has already deleted the empty Gallery page anyway.--Muzilon (talk) 23:09, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

File:Bicycle-trailer-for-outdoor-trekking.jpg I want to know how to purchase this trailer.

I need help navigating this web site. Leslie. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leslie Highland (talk • contribs) 15:32, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

@Leslie Highland: This site is only a store of media (photos, videos, sounds, etc). We don't sell anything, and all that we know about that trailer is on the page you linked to. The picture was uploaded in 2006 by Malolelei, who has never done anything else on the site, though they did update the Wikipedia pages en:Bicycle trailer and en:Bicycle touring at the same time. You might be able to get in touch with them by email or through their talk page, but given how long it has been, I suspect those won't work. The original photo mentioned "bike-buggy.com", but that domain now hosts a Japanese blog, so I think it's been taken over. I'm sorry I can't be of more help. --bjh21 (talk) 16:54, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

I need help to write here

Just now I created a account on Wikipedia. I do not know or clear how can I start my writings here. So I need help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 3MITHU (talk • contribs) 17:15, 17 April 2018 (UTC)

سؤال

المرجو باخباري طريقة لصنع فيديو بهذه الانواعwav.mp3.ogg...:صعب علي أن أصنع فيديو نوعه مثل — Preceding unsigned comment added by وليد أنوس (talk • contribs) 21:56, 17 April 2018 (UTC)
You might try Help:CV; sorry, it doesn’t seem to be available in Arabic.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 05:32, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Photograph Copyright Holder when Photographer Passed Away

Hello,

I would like to upload the photo of an album cover which was shot by photographer Vasco Nunes (who is listed in Wikipedia) but he passed away in 2016. Does this make someone else the copyright holder or is the photo simply unable to be uploaded? I don't want to violate the copyright but I'm unsure as to who that belongs to in this circumstance, and who I should reach out to for permission.

Thanks very much, Amandadoyle543 (talk) 04:54, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

@Amandadoyle543: his work will likely remain in copyright (in both the USA and Portugal) until the end of 2086. Rights to the photo presumably belong to his heirs or estate, unless perhaps he sold them outright to the record producers, or took the picture as their employee. If the album or the photo itself are discussed in a Wikipedia article, more than just a mention or listing, you might be able to upload an image to that project with a fair-use rationale. But in order to host it on this site we would need a free licence from the copyright holder(s), verified through COM:OTRS.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 05:22, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Categorization of files

Hi, anybody hanging around who would be able to give a helping hand? I mean, would it make sense to create a category (name to be discussed) and add it to the Category:Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld? Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 05:38, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Imo Category:Vegas färd kring Asien och Europa (1881) --> Robert Haglund ? Lotje (talk) 05:48, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
(Edit conflict) There seem to be a couple of different books represented in those results. Or are you thinking of a category for the Vega Expedition in general? From a quick glance there are several more files & cats that could go in there; it could fall under Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Vega (ship, 1872), and Circumnavigation, for starters. (We don’t seem to have a cat for the Northeast Passage.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 06:00, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
@Odysseus1479: difficult choice to make. Starting with Vega expedition you mean, and just add all the files to that category? Is there a need for italic in the title of that category then? Lotje (talk) 10:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

How to attribute a work

I read the help material, but still need help. How do I attribute a picture to the photographer? I want to use it on my web site for the Home page photo. Here's what it says on Wikimedia for this picture:

This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

You are free:
to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).

Checked copyright icon.svg This image was originally posted to Flickr by coka_koehler at https://www.flickr.com/photos/13331510@N00/355135172. It was reviewed on 1 June 2008 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

My email is gwest@westrealestateadvisors.com

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2600:1700:E890:1D80:64B4:D48F:EC6E:B6D4 (talk) 07:52, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

The attribution we use here at File:Atlanta Skyline from Buckhead.jpg in wikitext is "[https://www.flickr.com/people/13331510@N00 Chuck Koehler] from Cartersville, GA, USA", which evaluates to "Chuck Koehler from Cartersville, GA, USA". In HTML, that would be "<a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/13331510@N00">Chuck Koehler</a>from Cartersville, GA, USA". You may just use the link for the source page https://www.flickr.com/photos/13331510@N00/355135172 or the named version Atlanta Skyline from Buckhead, both of which already attribute the photographer, but that risks loss of info in case of photo deletion or account cancellation at Flickr.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:51, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

letter regarding ship sinking in WW2

I have a scanned letter (PDF format) which was in my father's possession concerning the rescue of survivors of the sinking of the Abosso dated 7 Nov 1942. He was a sailor on HMS Bideford the rescuing ship. I would like to attach it to the article on the Abosso as it may be of interest to someone. I offered the letter to Imperial War Museum but they were not interested. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iwassell (talk • contribs) 13:13, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

You can upload it here. I assume that it was an official letter under crown copyright and that it should be tagged as {{PD-UKGov}}. Ruslik (talk) 17:23, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

File:台灣中油麗山街站 2008-01-09.jpg

I recently created "Corner buildings in Taipei" category, but my question is..."File:台灣中油麗山街站 2008-01-09.jpg" shows a gas station(petrol station). I'm not sure if it's a "building".--Kai3952 (talk) 15:56, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kai3952: All gas stations I have been to have a building which can hold an employee and the central equipment for necessary functions. Exactly where that is in this photo is unclear, but there are five office or apartment buildings also in this photo, and most of those are probably on corners.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:13, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
Do you mean that the gas station is a building?--Kai3952 (talk) 16:21, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
@Kai3952: I think part of it is, as indicated by the glass window reflecting part of a car.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:09, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
Pretty clearly the low part at right is a building.
Some gas stations (not this one) have a shelter so small for an attendant that I wouldn't necessarily consider it a building. - Jmabel ! talk 19:05, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
What about this one: "File:CPCCT Tamsui Station 20080728.jpg"?--Kai3952 (talk) 20:40, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
@Kai3952: Clearly, File:CPCCT Tamsui Station 20080728.jpg features a building with a second story, windows, and stairs to the roof. It's also probably on a corner.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:50, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Logo change

Hello! I have a problem with logo from page https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5) (Электрощит Самара). I work for this company and I am trying to add our new logo, but I cound not do it, I tryed a lot of times unsuccessfully. Could you help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Юлия Хорунжева (talk • contribs) 07:43, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

@Юлия Хорунжева: We don't seem to have a record of those tries. What filename were you trying to upload, on which project, with what username?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:21, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Help with copyright violation

I have a problema. I added an image to the page of the artist Gretta Sarfaty, for whom I work, with her authorization, but the image was deleted with the following message: "This file is a copyright violation for the following reason: © 2016 GRETTA SARFATY". This image has the copyright belonging to the artist who wishes to put his image on his wikipedia page. How can I proceed to get permission from wikipedia to use the image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Am.morenoadriana (talk • contribs) 14:27, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi. Please read COM:OTRS and do as it says there. --E4024 (talk) 14:36, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Nina Gamble Kennedy, Matthew Washington Kennedy

Please explain why the photos are being removed from these pages (in language I can understand). Nina07011960 (talk)

Please see here. The copyrights of these images could not be verified with the information then available. To provide evidence of consent from the creators of these images, please follow OTRS. Rodhullandemu (talk) 22:45, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Who is the author in the signature?

Having trouble finding the author: File:Carlsberg brewery fire 1867.png. - Alexis Jazz 06:12, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Alexis, the initials look unclear, but I assume we see a P. It could be da:Peter Christian Hauberg who was a contemporay and according to article (and Google translation) had artistical talent. — Speravir – 23:22, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

How to specify which frame of an uploaded video to use for the JPG preview?

I am new to uploading videos to Wikimedia Commons, and I'd like to know how I can specify which frame from the uploaded videos to use as the JPG preview image? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penyuan (talk • contribs) 17:12, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

See en:Wikipedia:Extended image syntax#Initial still image. Guanaco (talk) 20:46, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
@Guanaco I tried to do this with this Wikimedia video by going to its edit tab, but it is not clear to me where I should use the extended image syntax you mentioned. Can you elaborate? Thanks!
@Penyuan: Sorry, that advice doesn't work directly on the preview on a file description page, but you can use it on a gallery, user page, or project page, as appropriate.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:28, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
OK, thanks. In that case, is there a way to change the preview image on the file description page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penyuan (talk • contribs) 22:26, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
No it isn’t. — Speravir – 22:49, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Incorrectly received .ogg file from API request for images

I got this file back from an API request with &grnnamespace=6. This seems incorrect but I have no idea how to fix it. Any pointers on how media type categories are managed would be appreciated! Personman (talk) 02:27, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

That's the "file" namespace, it contains files of all types. --ghouston (talk) 03:27, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
oh, huh. someone on stackoverflow said it was for just images and i believed them. oh well. is there a way to request images only? Personman (talk) 05:05, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
I think you'd have to look at the mime type for each file you get back and ignore the ones you don't want. --ghouston (talk) 06:33, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
@Personman: I can't immediately find a way to ask for only images to be returned, but if you use prop=imageinfo&iiprop=mediatype you'll get back the high-level media type of each file, and then if you ask for a few files (e.g. with grnlimit=10) you can filter for BITMAP on the client side. Note that because images were the first kind of file handled by MediaWiki, a bunch of bits of the API use "image" where they mean "file" (like in imageinfo). Also, if you haven't found the API Sandbox, you should: it's my first port of call when I want to work out how to do something with the API. --bjh21 (talk) 10:51, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

ファイル履歴のコメント欄を修正したいのですが

File:Kanna Hashimoto One day police chief 20171201 2 trim.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kanna_Hashimoto_One_day_police_chief_20171201_2_trim.jpg

画像サイズ変更

可能でしょうか？福博中 (talk) 09:02, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Photographs taken in places where photography is not permitted

There are images in Wikimedia that have been licensed for commercial purposes despite having been taken in places (for example the British Museum) where photography, certainly for commercial purposes, is not permitted. Is there any formal verification that somebody contributing 'own work' was entitled to take photographs for such purposes in the first place? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.32.76.136 (talk) 16:01, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

In such places, photographers take photos at their own risk. Use of their photos in certain ways is prohibited by non-copyright restrictions. We have some tags for such photos to warn reusers in certain countries or circumstances of the risks, but we do not delete such photos because of such restrictions.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:07, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

My article

Hello there, I don't know if this has been a problem before...maybe. But I made an article about Johannes-David Schwarzmann and I know that there where no copyright issues with it. Never the less it is deleted now. There was obviously a discussion about it, but I didn't have the opportunity to log in for quite a while now, so there was no chance for me to participate. And I don't even know why it was deleted. I would appreciate it if anybody could help me on this

Cheers Zwetschkenjoe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zwetschkenjoe (talk • contribs) 20:27, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

@Zwetschkenjoe: de:J-D Schwarzmann was deleted per the discussion at de:Wikipedia:Löschkandidaten/12. März 2018#J-D Schwarzmann (gelöscht) for lack of relevance, or lack of what we refer to in enwiki as "notability".   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:54, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Zwetschkenjoe, das ist hier Commons, aber zunächst einmal: Worauf Jeff richtig hingewiesen hat, gab es eine Löschdiskussion, auf die Du wie üblich selbst hingewiesen wurdest: de:Benutzer Diskussion:Zwetschkenjoe#J-D Schwarzmann (der Artikeltitel ist übrigens schlecht gewählt und wäre so oder so ziemlich schnell geändert worden). Auch wenn Du schreibst, Du hättest nicht die Möglichkeit gehabt, an der Diskussion teilzunehmen, wäre der Artikel sicherlich auch bei deiner Teilnahme gelöscht worden, eben wegen (eventuell noch) fehlender Relevanz. Du kannst den löschenden Admin Kurator71 fragen, ob er dir eine Kopie schickt oder in deinen Benutzerraum legt.
Nun ist hier Commons und da geht es dann eher um das von dir hochgeladene Bild Johannes-David Schwarzmann ©Klemens Dellacher.jpg, für das ein Löschantrag existiert. Diskutiert wird der in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Johannes-David Schwarzmann ©Klemens Dellacher.jpg, aber auch darauf wurdest Du hingewiesen, nämlich auf Deiner Diskussionsseite in Commons. Und etwas weiteres ist Commons nicht anders als in der deutschen Wikipedia: Man soll seine Beiträge signieren. Dafür gibt es im Wikieditor ein entsprechendes Symbol (das mit dem Stift) oder Du setzt von Hand vier auffeinanderfolgende Tilden ans Ende: ~~~~. — Speravir – 22:41, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Is this source reliable?

Hello folks. I don't know where to discuss this issue but is this(http://www.edmaps.com/) source reliable? It looks like self-published and questionable. No source provided for the maps presented in this website and the self-published website looks like a collection of "maps" from the Internet fora. This makes the source shady and questionable which harms the reliability of this project. I would like to hear other editors' opinions on this. Thanks. 88.226.47.49 14:00, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

Here on Wikimedia Commons we don't directly concern ourselves with whether sources are reliable, as long as our media are free and educationally useful. With a quick search, I only found three maps from edmaps.com, all of them historical: File:Map of Assyria Paris Peace Conference 1919.jpg, File:Italian East Africa map 1936.jpg, and File:Plan du siège de Louisbourg en 1758 avec positions des vaisseaux.jpg. All of these are currently in use on at least one Wikipedia, so I assume the respective Wikipedia communities have decided that they think the maps are useful (and adequately reliable). --bjh21 (talk) 14:31, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

My first upload: is it okay?

Hey- I uploaded this picture today: File:Tuanfeng Zhen Piaozheng.jpg

Is it okay to upload this picture? I took it myself. It's a goods stamp/ration ticket from 1980's China.

Thanks. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 11:13, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

This is a derivative work and you need to specify the copyright status of the object in the photo. See Commons:Derivative works. --Wcam (talk) 11:21, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
How does wikimedia handle photographs of currency or of ration tickets? That's basically what this is. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 11:43, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
@Geographyinitiative: Commons:Currency#China. If you believe the images that can be seen on the ticket are more than 50 years old, click the "Nominate for deletion" link on the file page and argue your case. (it is currently nominated for speedy deletion) - Alexis Jazz 11:43, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Best way to capture a photo from a copyright-free google/archive.org book

Hi. I'm looking for the best way to capture photos from books that have been scanned are available from google books or archives.org. All of these books are before 1923, so copyright has expired and are fully available on the sites. For example, I would like to upload this photo of Alice Hutchison (Page 163). Are there any tools to help? Thank you kindly. --Meanderingbartender (talk) 18:18, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

Extraction from Google Books is tricky. However you can find this book at https://archive.org/details/cihm_65037 where downloading pages is easy, they even give you download links. --Fæ (talk) 18:26, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for the suggestion. In this case, this book scan on Archives is horrendous. Would it be acceptable to do a screenshot from google books? Thank you kindly --Meanderingbartender (talk) 18:32, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I can't see the content. It seems to be restricted to the US. But as long as it in the public domain, it is fine. You can upload it on Commons with {{PD-1923}} for a book first published in the US before 1923. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:13, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Use w:en:Pdfimages. I got File:Alice Hutchison.jpg out of it. - Alexis Jazz 20:44, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
Many of the Google scans/books can be found on HathiTrust, like this one, and you can just directly download the page image, though not the whole PDF. They also often offer multiple scans, though in this case the other scan is just the microfilm one found on the Internet Archive.--Prosfilaes (talk) 22:58, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
@Prosfilaes: that site is also only available in the U.S., perhaps no problem for Meanderingbartender but just so you know. For the photo it doesn't matter, but I wonder if Eva Shaw McLaren is Eva McLaren. I can't find any death date or just anything about "Eva Shaw McLaren". - Alexis Jazz 23:15, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
HathiTrust isn't only available in the US, but I believe they block just about everything published less than 140 years ago from worldwide views; see Newly Opened Worldwide: 1-1-2018, where 21,661 out of 23,153 works were published in 1877. So more like Google Books that the Internet Archive.--Prosfilaes (talk) 01:58, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Right, I should have been more clear: this specific book is only available in the US on that site. On closer inspection it seems their source for the book actually is the digitzed version from Google, so they possibly just copy the restrictions from Google. It looks like Eva McLaren is indeed the writer, which would mean this book is actually PD-old-80. - Alexis Jazz 03:34, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
The universities' contracts with Google permit them to host their own copy of the Google scans of books Google scanned from their collections on HathiTrust, as long as they keep any ability to download the whole book limited to their schools. I was under the impression that the Google PDF was going to be more highly compressed than the scans on HathiTrust, but it looks like, at least in this case, that wasn't true. They don't just copy Google's restrictions; their value in many cases is the fact that they make works that are PD-US but published after 1922 available, which Google doesn't. I think they spend much more time trying to establish freedom of works for the US (and their member universities) than they worry about outside the US.--Prosfilaes (talk) 20:11, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Your web page.

I uploaded 97 photographs on Wikimedia Commons and I'd like to view them and possibly edit them, but I see no way to do it. Every time I use the search box to try to find the answer I get the same result "create a page on this wiki". How the heck do you do that and what is a wiki? And why don't you have a link that simply says view your uploads? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnckarnes (talk • contribs) 23:12, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

You have 1 photograph on Wikimedia Commons: Special:ListFiles/Johnckarnes. - Alexis Jazz 00:10, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
If images are deleted you usually get a note that gives the reason why an admin deleted it (though giving actual reasons is a courtesy) and if you contest this deletion there is a page for that at Commons:Undeletion requests because otherwise you won't be able to view them, note that actual copyright © violations won't get restored and are best uploaded to Wikipedia where fair use is allowed (please read Commons:Scope and Commons:Licensing). --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 06:20, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

 Comment reviewing your upload log I can't seem to find any other uploads, I was going to write about how it was often possible for admins to speedy delete images without giving an actual reason like INeverCry did with always just writing "Copyright violation: See commons:licensing" and many immediate copyright © violations such as of non-simple logo's that are not Template:PD-ineligible but from what I can tell none of the images you uploaded were ever deleted, did you by any chance uploaded them with a different account? Because images uploaded with other accounts aren't visible in the upload log with this one. Maybe you uploaded them to a Wikipedia because those images also aren't visible on Wikimedia Commons. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 06:25, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

I had already checked that. There is 1 photograph and that's it. Nothing deleted, nothing on other wikis. @Johnckarnes: either you uploaded the other photos using another account or you made a mistake during the upload. Maybe you can tell us what those photos were showing, filenames and descriptions. If we find one maybe we'll find the others. You can also just try to upload them again. If they are already here, you will be given the link. If not, proceed with the upload. - Alexis Jazz 10:18, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Flickr2Commons issues

I haven't been able to use Flickr2Commons for about a month or so on my cell.-phone, is there a way where I can report issues I have with the service? From what I understand the Phabeicator is only for Wikimedia Foundation designed features. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 06:27, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

@Donald Trung: you lost the link to Commons talk:Flickr2Commons? You've already been there. Nobody seems to read it though. User talk:Magnus Manske suggests going to https://bitbucket.org/magnusmanske/. - Alexis Jazz 10:23, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
That site doesn't work well with any of the browsers on my iPad. :(   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:42, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Article not posted

A few weeks back, I wrote an article on Wiki about Christoph Schlick and published it. I made the changes that were proposed but still can't see the article on Wikipedia. how long will it take until it goes public? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinnzentrumy, (talk • contribs) 16:04, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Changes to Wikipedia articles are instantly visible, but this is the Wikimedia Commons help desk, so you could better ask questions here. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:39, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
@Sinnzentrum and Donald Trung: While Donald's answer here would have been correct if you mean the English-language Wikipedia, I'm guessing you meant the German-language Wikipedia. Use de:Wikipedia:Fragen zur Wikipedia. Auf Deutsch, na sicher. - Jmabel ! talk 23:12, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

High resolution GIF-images

I just uploaded the File:Unitycircle-complex.gif on the information page I get an error Note: Due to technical limitations, thumbnails of high resolution GIF images such as this one will not be animated., but there is no information about what's required to avoid this limitation. Additionally is it possible to upload a low resolution version and not replace the higher resolution version? BFG (talk) 18:27, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Do COM:MAXTHUMB and Template:LargeGIF help? (I cannot tell more than waht is written there.) — Speravir – 01:10, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

old pictures

If I find and old (pre-1923 copyright era) picture on a State of Tennessee web site can I copy it and post it on Commons or is it covered by a copy right for the web site? Einar aka Carptrash (talk) 19:01, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

You ask a simple question to which only a very long answer can be given.. I'll try to keep it short.
  • The State of Tennessee may or may not be the author of the picture.
  • The picture may or may not have been published before 1923.
  • If the work is from another country, it may require its author to have kicked the bucket at least 70 years ago.
  • If it was never published before 2003 it may still be covered by copyright.
  • It may be a derivative work, for example: a photo of a painting that was made by a European painter who died less than 70 years ago.
  • If it's not within scope we don't want it.
Undoubtedly I am forgetting half a dozen of pitfalls. Try COM:HIRTLE for the US, Commons:Copyright rules by territory for other countries and for works from unknown authors outside the US COM:WORSTCASE. - Alexis Jazz 19:14, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you Alexis, I'll drag these answers back into my cave and mull them over. Thanks for your well though out and spelled out reply. Carptrash (talk) 19:30, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
User:Alexis Jazz: This grew out of a request I made for this painting ✓ Done, this picture, and this picture (taken from this list). Perhaps the painting could be uploaded but we're not sure about the pictures? We already have paintings by the same artist: Category:Washington B. Cooper. And if I can find pictures of the house and the planter on Newspapers.com, does the article have to date back to 1923, or do we need to know when the picture was taken? The house was demolished in the 1930s.Zigzig20s (talk) 19:36, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Please ping me if/when you reply. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 22:43, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
@Zigzig20s: No U.S. newspaper outside of New York City ever renewed copyrights when they expired after 28 years, which was required under the U.S. copyright law of that era. So if it was copyrighted by a U.S. newspaper before 1964, it is safe to use {{PD-US-not renewed}}. - Jmabel ! talk 23:17, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
You would be safe if you would find a publication before 1923 or (as Jmabel said) a publication before 1964 without notice/renewal. When the picture was taken doesn't really matter, publication date and death date of the author does. But unless you find that publication you couldn't possibly figure this out, uncovering a possibly much greater problem and something I have overseen. I will address this further at Commons:Village pump/Copyright#Publish date issues. @Zigzig20s: @Carptrash: please go there. To be clear: I hope I'm wrong about what I say there. - Alexis Jazz 23:28, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi. Could you please upload this picture? It's a start...Zigzig20s (talk) 23:31, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
Also this picture (I haven't created his article yet so it's not a huge priority, but it may be useful later). I'm really looking for a picture of the house and the patriarch now...Zigzig20s (talk) 23:34, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
This picture of the house.Zigzig20s (talk) 23:43, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
And this one of the house.Zigzig20s (talk) 23:44, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
I can't find a picture of Joseph Thorpe Elliston on Newspapers.com. That one may have to wait. Could you please let me know (and ping) when you have managed to upload those pictures? Thanks!Zigzig20s (talk) 23:50, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
@Zigzig20s: File:William Robert Elliston in The Tennessean 1898.jpg - Alexis Jazz 00:02, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
http://tnsos.org/tsla/imagesearch/images/3670.jpg is from 1895. (and the pattern could be cleaned up) In general I think Commons never really concerned itself much with anything more than 120 years old, but now I want to see what comes from the question I asked at the copyright VP. - Alexis Jazz 00:08, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

sub-cat

Liebe Spezialisten, ich hatte gern in der Category:Möhrendorfer_Wasserschöpfräder eine Sub-Kategorie "Aufbau und Technik" für Bilder die ebendies beschreiben, unabhängig von bestimmten Rädern. Könnte mir bitte jemand so etwas korrekt einrichten? Danke, --Markus (talk) 21:51, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

  • I'm guessing that in this context "Aufbau und Technik" should be understood as "structure and technology", although it can also mean "construction and technology" if by "Aufbau" you mean the process of constructing, rather than the thing that results. I'm afraid my German isn't good enough to explain that in German -- I read a lot better than I write -- but I'm guessing someone can translate the prior sentence . - Jmabel ! talk 23:25, 21 April 2018 (UTC)
"Aufbau" means "the process of stitching the parts together", "Technik" means "technology/functionality/how it works" - but in the categoy picturess about "bulding parts" and "constructon of parts" are welcome too. Because people who work with "Möhendorfer Wasserräder" speak German, a German category will be ok (and better understandable than an English translation ;-) Bests, --Markus (talk) 23:47, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Re-usage of submission

Hello, need some help on re-usage of my contribution under CC section, where I am not mentioned in the publication. Isn't it against the rule? Here is the link - https://bengali.oneindia.com/travel/travel-best-places-jungle-safaris-india-014058.html Photograph of the tusked bull elephant was my submission under commons section and the publication do not acknowledge it. 

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pradipta Majumder (talk • contribs) 07:23, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
  1. On the talk page of your photo, add and fill out {{Published}} with "legal=no" and a comment explaining.
  2. All Commons can do to help you in the legal matter is to explain how it is normal for you to proceed with such a problem: your copyright has been violated, not ours, so Commons has no legal standing in this matter. See Commons:Enforcing license terms and especially Template:License enforcement request. - Jmabel ! talk 07:48, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Public Domain Mark 1.0

What is the correct public domain licensing template for an image that is licensed under "Public Domain Mark 1.0?" See here for more information.--SkyGazer 512 (talk) 00:51, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

@SkyGazer 512: that is not an actual licence, so such images have to be treated on a case-by-case basis to determine exactly why they might qualify as PD. If you have a particulat example in mind, please post a link.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 01:07, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
There was recently a very similar question at the Village Pump regarding Flickr images with this license mark. For these read what is written in template {{Flickr-public domain mark}}, but this should be valid in general, as well. — Speravir – 00:13, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Page deletion cause and I do I restore my written page

Dear Hope you are well. I want to know why my sandbox Md. Simul Bhuyan was deleted. Since I did not save the page anywhere, how can I restore my sandbox page with all information. Please help me to fix the problem. Regards, Simul — Preceding unsigned comment added by Md. Simul Bhuyan (talk • contribs) 02:38, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

@Md. Simul Bhuyan: Please read en:User talk:Md. Simul Bhuyan#Speedy deletion nomination of User:Md. Simul Bhuyan/sandbox carefully, and don't advertise here either.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:35, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Cannot Upload a file to a particular page!

I'm having a great deal of trouble and can't figure out how to upload an image to a particular page. I've tried repeatedly, but all I've succeeded in doing is creating a new page for myself that I didn't want (File:AirmobileCombatCavBadge.jpg), but I cannot post this image to the page I want to ... "Unofficial badges of the United States military". I have started over, multiple times, but nothing seems to work. Now I have multiple images uploaded (same image with different names) because I have tried so many times.

PLEASE HELP!

Kirk Davis kirk (something) @hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kksdoreodog2 (talk • contribs) 13:26, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kksdoreodog2: You probably don't like spam, so I removed some of your mail address. What is the page you are trying to upload to? - Alexis Jazz 13:30, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
@Kksdoreodog2: You may edit en:Unofficial badges of the United States military using the syntax shown at en:Help:Files. Thank you for your service.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:30, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Warum springt der Cursor bei ändern einer Kategorie ans Ende?

Hallo! Eine Sache die mich schon lange nervt. Wenn ich eine Kategorie ändern will in dem ich ein Wort vor das schon vorhandene schreiben will springt der Cursor nach dem ersten Buchstaben ans Ende und ich muss erst zurückgehen um weiter zu schreiben.
Beispiel: Ich will aus Kategorie "Germany", "Bicycles in Germany" machen. Ich scheibe das B vor Germany und der Cursor springt ans Ende von Germany, so dass ich erst mit Maus oder Pfeiltasten zuück muss.
Soll das so sein, wenn ja warum? --Hiddenhauser (talk) 14:59, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

Argazkien lizentziak

Igo dezaket wikipediara Facebooken dagoen argazki bat? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josutoja (talk • contribs) 07:49, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

How to deal with widely used, misidentified plant image?

When I uploaded File:Musa textilis - Manila Hemp - desc-flower.jpg, I based the filename on the plant identification label I found in front of it at the Washington DC Botanical Garden. This was probably a mistake; I have since been informed that rather than w:Musa textilis, this is almost certainly w:Musa balbisiana. Unfortunately, this image has been widely used under the incorrect identification, including on various-language Wikipedias and the wider web. So far all I've done is changed the category and description, and I know the next step is asking a steward for a rename, but what are the next steps beyond that? Any and all advice welcome! (Preferably on File talk:Musa textilis - Manila Hemp - desc-flower.jpg to keep the discussion in one place.) -- Phyzome (talk) 14:06, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

@Phyzome: I can rename the image without replacement—under your responsibility—and then you’ll redirect the title to any image representing Musa textilis, at your discretion. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 14:14, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
@Incnis Mrsi: Thanks -- could you rename it to "Musa balbisiana - desc-flower.jpg"? (What do you mean by redirecting the title?) -- Phyzome (talk) 18:54, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
@Phyzome: he means: find image of an actual musa textilis and he will make any wiki using "Musa textilis - Manila Hemp - desc-flower.jpg" start showing that instead. Too late though: you replaced the redirect with text, breaking the image across wikis without triggering User:CommonsDelinker. Now User:Plantdrew has replaced the image (almost?) everywhere with File:AmCyc Manila Hemp.jpg. This looks accurate, but is a completely different kind of image so not really ideal. - Alexis Jazz 23:41, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
This is kind of funny. - Alexis Jazz 00:08, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Información para justificar Creative Commons

Estimados amigos. Por favor necesito ayuda, estoy escribiendo un libro sobre Egipto, y resulta que busco fotografías para incluirlas en mi libro. Unas están en dominio público y otras están en Creative Commons, quiero justificarlo legal, para no tener problemas. Mi pregunta es ¿cómo debo de poner la Fuente?

ESTE EJEMPLO ESTA CORRECTO: Foto: Wikipedida dominio público Foto: Wikimedia Commons / Vicente Alcaraz

Se pone el nombre del autor de la fotografía como aparece arriba Vicente Alcaraz Es así el procedimiento como hacerlo o por favor me rectifiquen como se debe de hacer. Muchas gracias por la gran ayuda e información. Un abrazo Narciso Casas Casas Callado (talk) 16:53, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Translation: <Start of translation> Dear friends. I need your help. I am writing a book about Egypt, and I am looking for pics to include in the book. Some [of the pics I am interested in] are in the public domain and others are in Creative Commons. I want to use them with legal justification, so as not to run into problems. My questions is: How should I report the Source?

[IS] THIS THE CORRECT FORMAT: Photo: Wikipedia public domain Photo: Wikipedia Commons / Vicente Alcaraz

Is the correct procedure to include the name of the author of the photograph as shown above [for] Vicente Alcaraz[?] Is this the correct procedure or [if not] would you clarify how it is done[?] Thanks for the help and information. Regards, "Narciso Casas". <End of translation> Translated by: Mercy11 (talk) 03:11, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

@Casas Callado:

  • Copyrights are held by (typically) photographers, not by us. Wikipedia (vs. Wikimedia Commons) is not involved in any way. And crediting even Wikimedia Commons is not required, except that when the only identification of the photographer is "account-name on Wikimedia Commons, then you need it for context
  • "In Creative Commons" actually means several different licenses, which have their different requirements. You really should read the individual licenses, because some can be a bit tricky. The following is approximate, and should not be read as legal advice; in particular, some of the licenses may have numbered versions, with slightly different rules, and some other licenses I'm thinking of may also arise. The typical licenses here are:
    • CC-0: you can treat this like public domain.
    • CC-BY: you must credit the author; the individual photo may be specific as to the wording of that credit.
    • CC-BY-SA: you must credit the author and indicate the license. Any changes you make (e.g. if you clean up colors) must also be licensed as CC-BY-SA; and you must be clear about the terms of the license. On the copyrights page you should link https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.es, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.es, etc.
      • E.g. this photo that I took, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0, indicates to credit me as "Joe Mabel", not just my account name, so you'd credit as "Joe Mabel, CC-BY-SA 3.0". (If "Joe Mabel" weren't specified, and if this were CC-BY instead of you could just use "Wikimedia Commons/jmabel, CC-BY-SA 3.0".)
  • I hope that helps. Let me know if you need me to write this again in Spanish, or if you need more detail. I'm in a hurry right now, so I wrote in my native English. - Jmabel ! talk 07:06, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

cableway? cable car?

I don't understand what is the difference between "cableway" and "cable car", because I want to create "Views from cable cars" category. So my question is: Is this naming correct in the eyes of native English speakers?--Kai3952 (talk) 13:22, 20 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kai3952: en:Cable car is the vehicle itself, while en:Cableway is a redirect for a system of cables, motors, pulleys, and supports which make such vehicles move in the desired manner and support them. Views of or from cable cars will often include parts of the system. I have been on cable cars on rails in the San Francisco cable car system and seen the Roosevelt Island Tramway in New York City.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:49, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
You say that include parts of the system? Please you look at the photo:
I know these two photos were taken on the cable car, but your answer confused me a little. What you mean is that I should not use the word "cable car" to naming categories?--Kai3952 (talk) 16:31, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
@Kai3952: I think the category name you suggested is correct. Over time, perhaps you will want to create subcat Category:Views from cable cars in Taiwan.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:15, 20 April 2018 (UTC)
No, the real problem is that Wikimedia.Commons does not "Views from cable cars" category, because no one created it yet. If you think I want to create Category:Views from cable cars in Taiwan, then why can't I find Category:Views from cable cars. Is "this problem" caused by me?--Kai3952 (talk) 09:33, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

I have redirected Category:Views from cable cars to Category:Views from suspended cable vehicles and I have created "Category:Views from suspended cable vehicles in Taiwan".--Kai3952 (talk) 10:14, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

File:Taipei Bus 045-U5 out of service 20131203.jpg

The route 307 bus goes between Taipei City and New Taipei City, but I'm not sure how to name categories. For example, Category:Taipei buses on route 307 and Category:Bus on route 307 in Taipei, do you think the two are the same meaning?--Kai3952 (talk) 16:04, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kai3952: What organization runs that bus line? How wide is the geographical area served by that organization?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:44, 22 April 2018 (UTC)
It is operated by Taipei Bus Company, Ltd.. This company operating services in Taipei City and New Taipei City. But it also operates tour bus services and bus charter services and can serve all of Taiwan.--Kai3952 (talk) 01:24, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
@Kai3952: I suggest Category:307 (Taipei Bus Company bus), which conforms with Category:M42 (New York City bus).   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:46, 23 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you for your suggestion. I think, I should spend more time thinking about this.--Kai3952 (talk) 10:08, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

Library Images With Text In Top Left And URL In Bottom Right

I own a library of unique photographs on a specialist niche subject, which I took during a major project. Each of these has the technical name of the item in text in the top left hand corner, and the URL of the published work in the bottom right hand corner. The question is, is this acceptable here, or would I have to edit/crop each image for upload? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A00:23C4:9285:B300:B956:A09:AC3E:7E3 (talk) 09:58, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

First, you will need to login before uploading. We prefer images without visible watermarks, please see COM:WATERMARK.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:41, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
But we prefer images with watermarks to no images at all, and if the crop will be "lossy" it may be worth uploading as they are, and then using CropTool to do your crop inside Commons, so that the fuller original is "recorded", even if you will then overwrite it with the cropped version. - Jmabel ! talk 16:33, 24 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for that info. It does raise a question about the way I have indicated source on all the images, of which I have hundreds, some of which are fairly unique. This is how I have done it throughout the project: https://archive.org/details/@dominic_milton_trott If I were to upload these and others here, would I have to edit them all? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2a00:23c4:9285:b300:811:45f7:4ec3:6ebb (talk) 11:14, 25 April 2018‎ (UTC)
You could use {{trimming|date=2018-04-25|comment=Remove corner text}}. However, please be aware that we do not support the "nc" and "nd" restrictions you use on archive.org, please see COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:14, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
Thanks again. Yes, I understand about the "nc" and "nd" restrictions: I am here to evaluate the effort should I upload and extend the license type. Looking at that template it does sound like many of the images can be cropped via parameters, rather than having to be manually cut/edited (which is good news of course). I also assume from this that if I simply uploaded asis the images might be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A00:23C4:9285:B300:811:45F7:4EC3:6EBB (talk) 12:07, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
It's hard to be certain about anything around here, but those images are clearly useful for an educational purpose even with the watermarks. I'd be quite surprised if any of them were deleted. Here are a couple of examples of similar watermarks that have survived deletion requests: File:Lunar Eclipse - April 4, 2015 from Melbourne (FL) (17028468841).jpg, File:Lunar Eclipse - April 4, 2015 from Melbourne (FL) (16410545874).jpg. If you upload the images with watermarks, it's quite likely that someone else will edit them to remove the watermarks eventually. --bjh21 (talk) 13:38, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
Thank you: that helps. I'll now discuss this with the publisher and go from there. Hopefully if I do upload, common sense will prevail, particularly given the safety orientation of the work. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A00:23C4:9285:B300:D1D3:B82B:3C66:2099 (talk) 17:31, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

複数ファイルのアップロード作業が進められない

アップロードウィザードで複数ファイルをまとめてアップロードするときに、「許可する権利」を一括で設定したのちに各ファイルのタイトルやデータを入力しますが、従来なら入力フォームがアップロードされた分表示されたのに最初の一点しか表示されません。「次へ」ボタンを押しても1点目のアップロードができないだけでなく2点目以降のファイルに対する入力フォームが表示されず、作業が停滞しています。一点だけアップロードした場合は普通にアップロードが成功するのですが、なぜこうなってしまうのでしょうか？ウェブブラウザーはFirefox59.0.2(32bit)です。--Comyu (talk) 17:17, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

"千秋府" looks like it is in the middle of the road. Is it a "corner building"?

File:千秋府.jpg shows a Chinese temple, but I'm not sure if it is a "corner building". Because this temple looks like it is in the middle of the road.--Kai3952 (talk) 10:03, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kai3952: One could say that it is on two corners.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:52, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
Temple built in the middle of the road, which is often seen in Taiwan. In this case, like a "refuge island" or a "roundabout", so I'm not sure if "corner building" is a suitable category. Do you mean to tell me that you think it is a "corner building"?--Kai3952 (talk) 12:40, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
Interestingly, there is no parent category for this on Category:Temple Bar Marker in London, either, which I was hoping to be able to use as a paradigm. - Jmabel ! talk 14:26, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
I think the important feature of a corner building is that it faces onto two roads, and the two faces are of roughly equal importance (e.g. File:5 Caibarienmusee.jpg). Alternatively, they might make a feature of being on a corner, with a tower or turret (e.g. File:Chippewa County Bank.jpg). By contrast, this temple clearly has a front (facing the pedestrian crossing) and a side (facing the road). So I would say that it isn't a corner building. Really, though, people creating categories like Category:Corner buildings should explain what they mean so we don't have to infer it from the category name and some examples. --bjh21 (talk) 16:25, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
It now appears that there is a new problem: How we should use "Category:Corner buildings"? Also, what do most people understand about the term "corner building"?--Kai3952 (talk) 20:41, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Allegorical paintings

Dear Commons Help Desk, my name is Matthias Laurenz Gräff, and I am the painter of two allegorical paintings - File:Matthias Laurenz Gräff. "Trump. The Killing Machine".jpg and File:Matthias Laurenz Gräff, "Riot, Rock City (Allegorie auf H. C. Strache und das gleichnamige Musikalbum").jpg - which are based on Albumcovers, see (original here and original here). In the discussion about deleting this two images two people argue that my paintings are a copyright injury, derivative work (discussion see here Commons:Deletion requests/File:Matthias Laurenz Gräff._"Trump. The_Killing_Machine".jpg and Commons:Deletion requests/File:Matthias Laurenz Gräff, "Riot, Rock_City (Allegorie_auf H._C. Strache und das gleichnamige_Musikalbum").jpg). This is a misconception, because this painting fall under artistic freedom; its a seperate allegorical artwork with a different theme as the cover painting! Please help me if there is a opportunity to save both images on Commons! Kind regards! --Donald1972 (talk) 18:53, 26 April 2018 (UTC)

Riot, Rock City is a US work, and thus US rules are relevant here. w:Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures Corp. and Dr. Seuss Enterprises v. Penguin Books USA seem to be relevant cases; the first distinguishes between two photographs based on minor, yet significant differences that these copies lack. The second states that taking from a preexisting work to comment on another subject is not parody.--Prosfilaes (talk) 04:50, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Replacing old logo with new logo of institution

Is there any issue about uploading new logo since the previous logo 85% looks same. Just I updated the design and trying reupload — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avirvastkav (talk • contribs) 15:01, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

  • No one can give you a definitive answer without you being specific about what logo, but whatever you do please do use a different filename rather than overwrite the old logo. - Jmabel ! talk 15:30, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Do you think the bus is an automobile?

Look at this edit. This looks like someone confused the term "bus" with "automobile." Do you think the bus is an automobile?--Kai3952 (talk) 19:54, 25 April 2018 (UTC)

May be. There is Category:Views from buses in Taiwan‎, which is part of Category:Views from automobiles in Taiwan‎. Ruslik (talk) 20:02, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
@Ruslik0: Can you please clarify what you mean by "which is part of Category:Views from automobiles in Taiwan‎"? Is it like this one: File:台中市 北區 Taichung City - panoramio.jpg, at the same time photographed a bus and an automobile?--Kai3952 (talk) 21:08, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
Buses are technically automobiles, along with trucks, vans, and cars like sedans and coupes - they are self moving under their own power without a horse or a cable system to help them. Old sets of words for automobiles include motor coaches and horseless carriages. Perhaps what you mean is Category:Views from cars in Taiwan‎. Not usually the best views, but...   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:45, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
No, what I see from this edit is: "Category:Views from automobiles in Taiwan." Are you telling me that buses is part of automobiles, but the term "automobile" is not equal to "car"?--Kai3952 (talk) 02:48, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
In some crazy over-technical sense a bus is an automobile. So is a wind-up toy. No normal human ever uses the word that way. - Jmabel ! talk 06:15, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
en:Automobile agrees. --ghouston (talk) 06:17, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
Not that I call a bus an automobile, but stating that someone who does so is not normal...? Richard 06:21, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
I'm not meaning to suggest that they suffer from some sort of abnormality, but that this they are not being normal in their usage. Just like someone might insist on referring to a bumper car as a "motor vehicle". Technically they would be correct, but normally no one talking about "motor vehicles" is thinking of a bumper car. - Jmabel ! talk 07:22, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
@Richardw: I agree what you said, but the problem is from "this edit." As far as I know, User:Howard61313 is a user from Taiwan, because most Taiwanese speak "Standard Chinese" as their native language. Therefore, I read this article "zh:汽车," and "zh:汽车#分類" suggests that a bus is part of an automobile. It now appears that there is a new problem: Which one is correct, en:Car or zh:汽车?--Kai3952 (talk) 16:23, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
@Jmabel: What you said to me is "technically." I read this article "en:Car," but I didn't see the term "bus," and so far I still don't understand why you think a bus is part of an automobile. Do you use "this way" to speak the term automobile in English-speaking countries?--Kai3952 (talk) 16:23, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
  • We absolutely don't include buses, and that's why I said it's "not normal", and it certainly isn't how we should use it here. When I said it was technically true, I meant that if you go back to etymology and the definition when the term first arose, it simply meant a road vehicle that had an engine. But I think the use had come to exclude buses even before 1900! Just like when a person walks into a zoo they don't become in any relevant sense "an animal in a zoo" for the duration of their visit. - 22:00, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
See en:Etymological fallacy; the meaning and usage of a word often change over time, sometimes drastically, such that the surface sense of its roots or components can become more or less irrelevant to the current meaning.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 16:33, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
@Odysseus1479: No, I am not asking this question because I saw that he has confused the term "bus" with "automobile," but I don't know what to do about it. You can look at his edits that shows category be changed from "vehicles" to "automobiles."--Kai3952 (talk) 19:09, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
I fully agree with Jmabel that buses are not within the normal scope of automobiles; the vehicles cat was definitely more appropriate.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 19:21, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Request

help me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronaldo Mino (talk • contribs) 16:11, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

@Ronaldo Mino: what do you need help with?—Odysseus1479 (talk) 16:24, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

upload limit

I can't upload a lot at once. I still have more than 10,000 files relating to the JFK assassination files. Source is here. How do I get around it? OceanAtoll (talk) 21:11, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

Can I upload a 70 yar-old picture that states; Author unknown?

I have had this picture from world war II and I have suched and all \i can find is author unknown. Can I upload for you to search if there is a copyright claim? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thales Rodrigues de Miranda (talk • contribs) 16:08, 30 April 2018 (UTC)

When and where was the picture published first? In which country was it created? Ruslik (talk) 16:26, 30 April 2018 (UTC)
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