Commons:Help desk/Archive/2018/09

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Christian book

I have written a Christian book to publish, and would love to use one of your printables. Even though it said on the internet, it can be used for private or commercial use, my publisher says I still need your permission. Om Christ Always! Rev. Lloyd E. Stinnett D. D. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2600:1700:34C0:3BA0:58C4:3BB7:7772:145 (talk) 23:03, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

Which file did you want to use?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:07, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
And, in any event, it will be the copyright-holder's permission you will need. Commons owns almost no copyrights: images are placed here under license. - Jmabel ! talk 16:26, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Living person portrait photo with residential location information

I have found a photo of a living person on Commons (it is used on several pages on several Wikipedia projects) for which the extended metadata includes latitude and longitude information pointing to a unique, apparently residential street address. Is that okay? If not, what is the procedure for having that information securely removed? --Frans Fowler (talk) 10:11, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

You could re-upload image without coordinates and request oversight of old version. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:24, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Which you should do, if you think this is a problem. On the other hand, I would remind you that this is almost exactly what a phone book or city directory provides. - Jmabel ! talk 16:27, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks EugeneZelenko and Jmabel. I didn't know about oversight. I have checked the policy and it includes removal of non-public personal information such as (...) home addresses, so I have contacted someone on the Oversight team. Of course, what constitutes non-public personal information varies from country to country. Cheers, Frans Fowler (talk) 16:53, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

I agree with Jmabel. However, rather than remove the coördinates I would just degrade their precision, say to the nearest arc-minute (perhaps more if the location is very sparsely populated). For example my telling you that I’m at 53°35′ N 113°29′ W would scarcely help find my house; I estimate that there are some 3000 residential buildings ‘here’ with only 1′ of precision.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 17:16, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
The {{Location withheld}} and {{Location rounded}} templates are also useful for this purpose. clpo13(talk) 23:36, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks all of you. An oversighter was grateful for the report and has removed the coordinates. Concerning the suggestions above: (a) If an ordinary editor had made the change, the information would presumably still be visible in the history; (b) The purpose of a picture of the subject in a Wikipedia article is not to help people discover where the subject lives, even approximately. Cheers ---Frans Fowler (talk) 21:01, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

@Frans Fowler: regarding (a), one can edit a page or re-upload a file with altered metadata and then request that previous revisions or versions be hidden. As for (b), although other WMF projects are our principal ‘clientele’, we also seek to serve any & all other potential reusers, who might be interested in other aspects of a picture than its principal subject. Of course I have no idea whether or not there’s anything else of note in this particular photo, but in general I believe in being as ‘conservative’ as possible because we can’t anticipate every educational purpose a given item may serve.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:14, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

File:嘉義縣大林鎮 大林糖廠花海 - panoramio (4).jpg

This flower looks ultra pink color, but it also looks like pale purple color. If anyone can help me check it out, I would really appreciate it!--Kai3952 (talk) 18:15, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

The scope of colour names is rather subjective, and often varies to a surprising degree between languages, so I wouldn’t generally try to specify them very narrowly: someone looking for red things might be annoyed having also to look under scarlet, vermilion, crimson, burgundy, &c. That said, we do already have Mauve flowers, which might be a better fit.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:27, 1 September 2018 (UTC) P.S. Our Pale purple flowers category seems to belong to a more organized system; the mauve cat might be anomalous. (03:22, 2 September 2018 (UTC))
I wouldn’t generally try to specify them very narrowly? Are you talking about this edit of mine: "[1]"?--Kai3952 (talk) 03:49, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
No, just the first thing that came to mind on the topic … I had only looked at the above image. I came across the cats with the floral colour palette, {{Navigation Flowers by color}}, after my first reply.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 04:13, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Can I use camera of mobile to take photos to competition I have not any camera

Can I use camera of mobile to take photos to competition I have not any camera — Preceding unsigned comment added by GajananKharde (talk • contribs) 02:48, 2 September 2018‎ (UTC)

@GajananKharde: I don’t know which competition you mean, but there are usually no restrictions on the type of device. Just use the highest quality settings available and upload the original image or a full-resolution version. Check the home page of the competition for any special rules. The quality may not be adequate for a top prize in a given contest, but we certainly welcome all contributions within COM:SCOPE.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:13, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Wiki

¿Por qué estoy recibiendo Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 en los Estados Unidos cuando vivo en México — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2600:1000:B02F:3EBE:558B:168:5058:BC6 (talk) 22:43, 1 September 2018 (UTC)

En cual sentido recibe Vd. esto? Claramente el concurso entero no aterriza en su puerta. - Jmabel ! talk 20:46, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Banner?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:55, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
For those who may not be following: assuming Jeff G. is right, apparently this person signed in from an IP address in Mexico and got a banner for Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in the United States. Does anyone understand why that would happpen? - Jmabel ! talk 04:35, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
https://whatismyipaddress.com/ip/2600:1000:b02f:3ebe:558b:168:5058:bc6 says that the address used on the first comment in this thread is from Boston, Massachusetts. I don't know why, but the problem seems to be outside Wikimedia.--Prosfilaes (talk) 04:40, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

SVG slightly cut off

I have noticed that some SVG images (particularly logos) are slightly cut off and have a small section missing on one side, when viewed on Wikipeida, but when the same image is viewed using editing software such as InkScape they appear fine. For example:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Supreme_court_crest_(official).svg is very slightly cut off on the right hand side of the "circle"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Guy%27s_and_St_Thomas%27_NHS_Foundation_Trust_logo.svg has the text on the bottom line cut off as well

ElshadK (talk) 13:58, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

@ElshadK: Both appear to be cut off in the source svg files, according to multiple browsers.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:19, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
If you look in Inkscape the page size (Ctrl-Shift-D) is 110.40 pixels wide and is right tight on the edge of the circle. Suspect therefore some rounding is taking place as a display cannot have a fraction of a pixel. Ideally the page size should be slightly bigger (say 112) and the image re-centred. Ronhjones  (Talk) 17:01, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

Uploading my photograph?

Where do I upload my Photo? This is confusing. - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jean Guy Jacques (talk • contribs)

Problem with a pdf file

Hi. I would like to ask about the problem with file:Philosophical Transaction vol LIV.pdf: it seems broken in some way, but when I try to upload it again as a new version, the software writes to me that the file already exists and cannot be uploaded again. I have no problems to open the pdf file in my computer so I am not sure why it has been uploaded so broken. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 18:13, 31 August 2018 (UTC)

@Jan.Kamenicek: The file is fine, I downloaded it OK. It looks like the wiki software cannot render a thumbnail due to the large size. There are file limits (Commons:Maximum file size), but PDF is not listed. That page has suggestions about making a separate thumbnail and linking. Ronhjones  (Talk) 23:41, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
@Ronhjones: I think the problem must be deeper because it does not display the scanned pages in Wikisource either. It should not be because of the file size, as it is only 26.88 MB, while much bigger File:Časopis Vlasteneckého spolku muzejního v Olomouci, issue 112.pdf is 109.99 MB and is displayed without any problem both here and at Wikisource. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 08:41, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jan.Kamenicek: . Hmm, then maybe something went wrong at the thumbnail generation? I'm virtually out of ideas, maybe someone else can chip in. Final suggestions... (a) I can delete it and you upload again. (b) Use the "Upload a new version of this file" under the file history section. Ronhjones  (Talk) 15:00, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Ronhjones: I tried to use "upload a new version" before, but the software gave warning that the file already existed and did not proceed uploading. It probably uploads only files which differ at least slightly.
Meanwhile I also found out that Wikisource pages do not display the scans of individual pages of this file too, so the problem must be deeper than just thumbnail generation :-( Jan Kameníček (talk) 15:12, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
However, it would be great if you tried to delete it and upload again. We would see if it helps. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 15:14, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jan.Kamenicek: Deleted - try again. Ronhjones  (Talk) 15:38, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Ronhjones: Meanwhile I uploaded another book, File:Czech Folk Tales.pdf, which i downloaded from archive.org/stream/czechfolktales00bauduoft#page/n9, and the result is the same :-( It seems there must be something wrong with the pdf files generated by archive.org. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 15:44, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jan.Kamenicek: Maybe a PDF version that wiki does not understand. I tried to "compress" the first one with Nuance Power PDF - it ended up as 50% bigger! Let me have a play for a while - maybe an export and re-PDF might work (at least I can delete my test uploads at will!) Ronhjones  (Talk) 15:51, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jan.Kamenicek: See File:Philosophical Transactions - Volume 054.pdf (might have to refresh browser) That has worked. Exported all pages as TIFF, and then made new PDF (made sure that "optimised for web view" was checked). The file ended up at 114,794,496 bytes - too big to upload, had to increase compression a bit and now at 102,442,602 bytes. My Power PDF is good, but I would guess that a full Acrobat Pro would be better. Also changing the tiffs to black and white will save space - depends if you like the old yellow paper or not. Do you want File:Czech Folk Tales.pdf done as well? Ronhjones  (Talk) 16:51, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Ronhjones: That is excellent, thanks very much! I would be really grateful if you could help me with the Folk Tales as well, as I have no elaborate software for pdf files and rely just on the files as they are directly downloaded. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 17:42, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jan.Kamenicek: ✓ Done File size has gone way up, but at least you can see the pages! Ronhjones  (Talk) 18:16, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Ronhjones: Magnificent! Thanks very much for all the help. --Jan Kameníček (talk) 18:35, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jan.Kamenicek: No problem. I know someone else with a proper Acrobat - I'll try tomorrow and see if it can be smaller file - I'm curious to know why it gets so big! But at least you have a working PDF now. Ronhjones  (Talk) 18:46, 2 September 2018 (UTC)

@Jan.Kamenicek: . Well, Acrobat made a smaller file as expected (about half the size I achieved). Changing to black and white did not help much - unless one turns the contrast right up to remove the "grey blotches". Acrobat reports that the original is a PDF/A format (sort of read-only), however removing that attribute did not make for a viewing document on commons. It's plain that the original file is very highly compressed - maybe wiki can't handle such high compression, no idea. I think that the only (current) cure for these files is what we have already done - export and re-make. I've raised it as a bug - https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T203402. Ronhjones  (Talk) 15:36, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much for all the effort! However, it seems they did not understand the problem in the phabricator :-) --Jan Kameníček (talk) 16:33, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Reduce blurriness

I uploaded a new version of File:Area code ND.png to reduce the blurriness. How long do I need to wait for the new version to show? –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 08:43, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

No time at all - it's immediate. But your browser does not know the picture has changed and is caching the image. You need to purge the page Help:Purge. Ronhjones  (Talk) 15:40, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

School e-News Photo without Copyright Notice or Photographer

I have a photo published by a public high school e-newspaper from 2017, but there aren't any copyright notices or photographers listed. Would this count as public domain?

Unlikely. In most jurisdictions copyright arises by default and local laws determine how long that copyright subsists, so it's unsafe to assume public domain unless it's explicitly stated for an image. Rodhullandemu (talk) 23:38, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Following up on what Rodhullandemu said: under the Berne Convention, if work is copyrightable, then it is copyrighted by default. The U.S. and UK were late to implementing that, but since 1989 it's almost universal. - Jmabel ! talk 00:22, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Use of a photo held by a library

Can I upload this photo] to WM Commons if I acknowledge the creator and owner? The licence is here states that it is free to use if those acknowledgements are made. Boneso (talk) 02:54, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

I need help

Please I am a young and upcoming entrepreneur from Nigeria and I just want to all my possible best to help myself, I want to upload my brand profile on Wikipedia and I am new don't just know how to find my way around.

I will dully appreciate any help to help a dream come true. Thanks.

David Oluwabusayo is my name.

@StontEmpire: Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons are generally bad places to promote a brand. To have a Wikipedia article, one must already have significant coverage in reliable sources, such as books, scientific journals, and newspapers. Wikipedia regularly deletes articles which do not meet their criteria. Likewise, Wikimedia Commons has a policy of deleting content which is created for the purpose of advertisement.
We do welcome you to Wikimedia Commons, and I hope you decide to contribute, keeping in mind our project scope. For some general information on how you can help, see Commons:First steps. Also, if you tell us a bit more about your business, there may be specialized ways you can help. Please let us know if this interests you, or if you have any more questions. Guanaco (talk) 05:25, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Incorrect location coords

Is there a template to mark a (latitude & longitude) location as wrong? I see templates to mark it as malformed, but not as incorrect. - Jmabel ! talk 04:05, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

If location data are arguably and grossly irrelevant to the media, then why on Earth should the template remain machine readable? Wrap it to {{Tlp}}. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 06:28, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
{{Tlp}} is a good idea.
In this case, I just deleted the bad coords, since there is enough information in the description for someone to come through and get it right (which I will probably do when I'm on a good enough connection to use Google Maps for this). - Jmabel ! talk 15:01, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Missing reference link want to know the status.

Hi i have posted one reference link to this website two day back but now i'm not able to see my reference link and i'm not understanding the status. Please update to my request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikshith333 (talk • contribs) 06:23, 4 September 2018‎ (UTC)

@Nikshith333: Your post to id:Perfilman Telugu was reverted. You may discuss it at id:Pembicaraan:Perfilman Telugu.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:57, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

File:KMKadish.jpg - copyright concerns

Regarding creative commons copyright for this image

While I was not the original photographer, this image was created at the University of Houston in the Department of Chemistry IT department, and is currently the image on Dr. Kadish's www home page. I confirmed with the University of Houston, Department of Chemistry, IT department (Jerry Do was my contact, <jhdo@Central.UH.EDU>) that this image is acceptable to post with unlimited (creative commons) use.

Please let me know if any additional documentation is required to make sure this image is acceptable for publication.

Thanks in advance and best regards,

Florence Snively (fdsnivel@uh.edu, kadasst@uh.edu or fsnockhart4235@att.net) — Preceding unsigned comment added by FSnockhart (talk • contribs)

Protect my photo

IPs and anon users often nominate for deletion my photograph (File:Saqib with Jimmy Wales.jpg). Kindly protect it. --Saqib (talk) 21:07, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

✓ Done Semi-protected for six months. In the future, COM:AN/P is the place for such protection requests. Guanaco (talk) 21:14, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Contest Photo Submissions

Good Afternoon,

My name is Blessing Tate and I submitted to the contest a total of 49 images. Unfortunaly, I didn't receive a email letting me know if it has gone through properly. Can you guys help?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Blessing Tate (talk • contribs)

The have arrrived- see Special:Contributions/Blessing.Tate. They could use some categories, however, specifically locations. Cheers. Rodhullandemu (talk) 21:54, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Category in Category:Numbers...?

If I have photos of numbers on buildings (for example 84 Charing Cross Road, 6 Place de la Sorbonne or Kungsgatan 10), is there a category for these photos? I see a category for numbers on other things, but not on buildings. I would like to show all the different style and material on numbers and facades. // Zquid (talk) 13:31, 3 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, Jmabel! :-) // Zquid (talk) 13:41, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

What should I do?

Please look at User_talk:Kai3952#Flickr2Commons and User_talk:Kai3952#Reply. He opposed the way that to download the images from Flickr to my own computer before upload it. Because he think that I should check the images that are within the FoP (of Taiwan). You can see the reason for deletion request at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Entrance sign at Datun Nature Park in Sanzhi.jpg. That really is a difficult problem for me! What should I do?--Kai3952 (talk) 12:31, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

  • The FoP issue and the Flickr2Commons issue are two separate issues. I have no knowledge of Taiwanese law, so I know nothing about the FoP issue but, yes, I would strongly recommend using Flickr2Commons for such transfers (with the possible exception that if it's your own work, and you've been clear that the accounts are the same person, you can upload separately on Commons). Flickr2Commons allows a bot to confirm the license on Commons is correct. This is important because the license on Flickr could be changed later, and we need the confirmation that it was correct at time of upload. You can make any edits you like afterward. For an example of editing afterward, see what I did with File:Mayor Uhlman at Bumbershoot, 1974 (43479308855).jpg - Jmabel ! talk 15:47, 5 September 2018 (UTC)

1940 'Illustrated War' photo

Hi - I have an old 1940 paper 'Illustrated War' magazine. In it (among other interesting things) is a photo of a Viscount Madeville OBE who was awarded honours for bravery etc. Out of interest I looked this chap up in Google, coming to a Wikipedia entry for him. There's no picture of the fellow and I wanted to upload this picture before the paper copy disappears forever and with it any digital record of his face.

So as far as I can see, having been taken in 1940, this picture would have fallen into the public domain in 1990 (50 years period). Mind you I could be wrong about that.

When I look at the options to upload to Wikipedia, I don't seem to find any possibility for uploading images that have entered the public domain (due to expired relevant period reference their creation date).

Any straightforward advice please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam Deeks (talk • contribs) 12:17, 6 September 2018 (UTC) (UTC)

@Sam Deeks: Hi,
Any mention of the photographer in the magazine? Regards, Yann (talk) 12:17, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
Yann is right, the photographer is actually important because the copyright term in the UK is not determined by the date of first publication but by the lifetime of the author. If there is no attribution in the magazine, you could use {{PD-UK-unknown}} though to upload the photo at Commons. De728631 (talk) 13:56, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

File:Windsor Castle Hollar Panoramic view.jpg

Hi I live in Quebec Canada. I am retired and as a hobby I enjoy making the right size poster of a drawing tracing a large image and then burning tinting painting and varnishing on a large tree slice. I now have a 6 ft 4 inch tree slice that I would like to trace one of your images on. I would like your permission to use it. I only do this in winter and do not sell them. This is the image I would like to use. Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.200.29.179 (talk • contribs)

This is a 17th century image so it is in the public domain. You may use it for whatever purpose you want. Ww2censor (talk) 18:02, 6 September 2018 (UTC)

Copied artwork

I have a picture of myself sitting next to wall painting which I painted of the Zig-Zag Man. Will this be accepted? Most of your related instructions are for the computer savvy. For the us OLDER and part timers on this."computin' device", it would allow more of us access. I'm not asking for an overhaul of the site, just a tiny little bit more user friendly help. I'm sorry I have had a stroke and for all the rest of us with disabilities, but by making things easier, I think you could get a lot more entrants. (whew, thank goodness for spell check). I hope my other pictures, about 11, are in order. Thank you for your time. Ron Garasich — Preceding unsigned comment added by ROGARAS (talk • contribs) 13:15, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

@ROGARAS: Hi, and welcome. Who took the picture, when, and in what country?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:29, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

I can't log on.

I keep getting a pop up message that tells me to change my e-mail. I only have one email and I have submitted two photos on Michigan so far. Please help.

Marjorie K. Nanian 248-231-7167 mnanian@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mnanian (talk • contribs) 19:22, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Uploading a photo

I uploaded a photo but accidentally erased my email address. How can I restore my email address? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davusan (talk • contribs) 00:02, 7 September 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 00:13, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
@Davusan: We don't want it, unless you want more spam.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:13, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

When I uploaded my photo 14000867 I accidentally deleted my email address.

davidwhite99999gmail.com

Can it be restored? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davusan (talk • contribs) 18:18, 8 September 2018‎ (UTC)

Not. Ruslik (talk) 20:15, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Metadata help requested

File:1st Ave from Columbia St after Seattle fire of June 6, 1889 (CURTIS 502).jpeg: Do I understand correctly from digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/curtis/id/502 that this image is not a photo by Asahel Curtis, but is from his company and its archive, and that the actual photographer is John P. Soule? - Jmabel ! talk 16:58, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Yeah, I picked up on that around #1086. I found a line on the Digital Collections page that says "Photographs in Asahel Curtis Photo Company Photographs that were taken before about 1900 are copies of the work of other photographers; the original photographer is identified where known", but the metadata on the Digital Collections page still lists Curtis as the author for most of those. I stopped uploading any image with a date before 1900 at that point. After the first pass is over I'll have to do a second pass and manually upload those with the correct authors. I'll also run something right now to try to automatically identify any of the ones that already got uploaded. BMacZero (talk) 07:05, 9 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jmabel: 140 files are being added to Category:Images from the Asahel Curtis Collection needing author check that might not be by Curtis based on the date or the text mentioning "original" photographs. BMacZero (talk) 07:54, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Error in photo uploading

How to solve the issue on errors in uploading photo for the Wiki Loves Monuments? I am trying to upload a photo but it keeps on failing. Does Wikimedia Commons requires a standard specs for photos to be uploaded? Thank you for reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soy R Abeto (talk • contribs) 04:03, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

What's the error? —LX (talk, contribs) 09:53, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

I have been banned for no reason.

HorsesareReal, JasonRees, and JasperDeng had accused me of sock puppetry even though that was a lie. They did that to get me back for the messages I tried to edit. It didn't break Wikipedia's rules but they made false claims on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flasty Jam 2 (talk • contribs) 20:10, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

This is no English Wikipedia. You should deal with your enwiki block there. Ruslik (talk) 20:59, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

Using of a corporate name as a user name on Wikimedia Commons

I need clarification....

One of our partners who have agreed to release its content on free license to be used on Wikimedia, created their user name using their corporate name for this purpose was later deleted after several uploading of contents.

I am seeking to know what should be the the best practice in this regards. Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 22:24, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

@Olaniyan Olushola: according to the username policy, organizational names are only allowed if the operator is identified (confidentially) as an authorized representative through OTRS. Note that a licence applying only to Wikimedia sites is insufficient for content to be hosted here; it must be free for anyone to use for any purpose. Please see COM:LIC.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 01:59, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Can I use a brand name for the Author field?

I will be uploading my first image soon. My gf and I take a lot of photos with our camera. After we get home and look at them, we're not always sure which one of us took the actual photo. Can I use our blog's name as the Author for the photos I upload? KrakenSeas (talk) 22:27, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

  • If you want to do this (1) exactly one of you (let's say "A") should be associated with the account. (2) The other ("B") should send email as described at COM:OTRS indicating that "A" is authorized to upload on "B's" behalf. (3) There might be a problem using the collective blog name as author in {{Information}}: in most countries, unless that blog is a legal entity, it can't hold copyright, and in some countries copyright isn't transferable, and in others -- including the U.S. -- it can be transferred only in writing. But, really, a blog name is not much different than using an account name as author. I personally think it should be fine; someone may disagree. Does someone want to weigh in on this? In any case, though, if you are using (for example) a CC-BY-SA license, you can specify how you want the work attributed. E.g. {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}}. - Jmabel ! talk 04:36, 10 September 2018 (UTC)


Thanks for the info, Jmabel! We determined that she was the one who actually shot the photo, so it's probably best to have her create a Commons account and upload the photo herself.
—KrakenSeas (talk) 05:13, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Underline?

If the word was underlined in the message(like this: All I ask is attribution, nothing more.), then what does the underline(This ___ is what I am talking about) means?--Kai3952 (talk) 12:28, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

This is usually done to stress the word, i.e. to put additional weight on it. It would be helpful though if you could provide a link to the original text, because context may be needed. De728631 (talk) 12:36, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
In typescripts (documents composed on a typewriter), traditional proof-reader’s marks, and some other contexts, an underline has conventionally been used to stand for italics. Nowadays, where italic fonts are available they’re usually preferred, because (like CAPITALS, also deprecated) underlined text can be hard to read and makes for a more distracting variegation in the “colour” (density & texture) of a text-block. I agree it’s probably intended for emphasis, or perhaps to highlight attribution as a technical (legal) term.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 21:26, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

I have been blocked in Wikipedia

I need help. I host a wikipedia club and i need get my account back. Can I explain that to you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flasty Jam 2 (talk • contribs) 19:56, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Given that you have had your talk page access revoked, you will need to submit a request with the Unblock Ticket Request System. Given that you've had four accounts blocked in the past 48 hours, you are unlikely to be unblocked, and your better option is to wait six months with no sock puppetry, and ask for the standard offer. GMGtalk 20:13, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

uploading photos (loves heritage Belgium 2018)

Hi,

What is the minimum size required for one photo to be uploaded on your website ? How many photos one can upload ? Or how many Mo ?

Regards,

Sebopi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebopi (talk • contribs) 20:56, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

@Sebopi: I don't know that there is a minimum--there are SVG files that are only a few kilobytes. There is no restriction on uploads as such but new users may be throttled in how many they can upload at one time. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:58, 10 September 2018 (UTC)

Deletion of our audio files

The underlisted audio audio files were produced as a form of partnership between Wikimedia User Group Nigeria and WFM91.7, a radio station in Nigeria. This partnership is guided by signed agreement- MOU .

All the under listed links have been deleted for lack of permission even though the audio files stated that the production is done in conjunction with Wikimedia User Group Nigeria.

I need someone someone to help us. Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 22:45, 9 September 2018 (UTC)


uploading a photo from public website

can I upload a photo from forbes website? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manguboy (talk • contribs) 05:35, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

@Manguboy: You can, but generally you shouldn't unless it has a free license. Please see COM:L and COM:FS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:00, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
Most photos on Forbes' website are copyrighted by them or by some third party, and are not allowed here without their permission (which we are unlikely to get). It's not a particularly good place to go looking for Commons-eligible images. - Jmabel ! talk 15:43, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Movie credits?

Hello. Is it allowed to upload a still image coming from a movie and containing only its credits? Is it copyrighted? Here is an example:

http://020952.free.fr/DOWNLOADS/WEB/movie%20credits.PNG

It would be used in the French Wikipedia.

Thank you very much in advance for your answer: Tatvam (talk) 09:57, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

I work for a company that wants to update our Wikipedia page

Hello, I've tried to upload a logo for a game system my company produces and it has been deleted, would you be able to inform me of the best way of going about uploading the image?

Regards Zak — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wraithbrood (talk • contribs) 15:38, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Wraithbrood. Either you can convince the company to license the logo for unrestricted public use, including commercial reuse, and provide verification of that according to the directions at COM:CONSENT, or you can upload the file locally on the English Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. This can be done using the upload wizard there, and filling out the questions presented in the form it provides. You should also review the English Wikipedia's policies on conflicts of interest and be careful to abide by them, else you are liable to attract a lot of unwanted attention, especially if any content you add may be seen as using Wikipedia for promotion or advertising. GMGtalk 15:45, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
I would point out, though, in this case there are very few copyrightable elements in the logo. As long as your company holds on to trademark, they really shouldn't have much problem with free-licensing the copyright. (With the proviso that I'm not a lawyer.) - Jmabel ! talk 15:58, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

No subject

نسيت كلمة السر كيف اعيدها؟ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ibrahim nabeel salah (talk • contribs) 16:19, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Google translation: I forgot my password how to reset it?
Ibrahim nabeel salah: Special:PasswordReset. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:35, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Upload on Behalf of Museum

Hello there!

I have a quick question. I am affiliated with the New Orleans Jazz Museum Last year, I was asked to improve their Wikipedia page by uploading pictures from their social media accounts (particularly Flickr) to supplement the page's information. I received notification that the photos have since been deleted. The museum would like the photos to appear on the page. What is the best method to upload these photos?

Many thanks!

DNMaurer (talk) 17:19, 11 September 2018 (UTC) DNMaurer

Quick edit: These images were also used on the French, German, Spanish, and Russian translations of the English page. DNMaurer (talk) 17:20, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey DNMaurer. In order to qualify for upload to Wikimedia commons, media needs to be licensed for free public use. If this is an official Flickr account, and the Museum is the sole owner of the copyright for these photos, they can update the images on Flickr to license them for free under a Share Alike License or a Public Domain Dedication, and they may then be transferred to Commons and used on Wikipedia. See also this guide from Flickr on how to do this. GMGtalk 17:32, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

photo was deleted wrongly - it is a public image.

I have been the admin on Brigid Harrington's wikipedia page. Yesterday, I updated her photo, which is her official, public headshot and appears on her website, on her facebook page and more. It was removed wrongly, with the person stating it was a copyright violation. This is not correct. This is used on other public websites. I uploaded the photo again with a different name since it appears on Brigid Harrington's other official public pages. It was deleted again. I do not understand how to get it undeleted, and I feel that it should be restored right away as it is not a copyright violation of any kind. The users that deleted it claim they may not respond if I don't reply exactly the way they specify but their instructions are quite confusing. Please help me, thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mywiki2664 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

  • "official, public headshot...used on other public websites" has nothing to do with copyright or licensing status. What is the free license under which it is available?
  • Please don't just re-upload after something you upload is deleted. That can be a pretty direct route to being blocked or banned.
  • If you control her web site, you could indicate the license on her web site and then bring the matter to Commons:Undeletion requests.
  • Otherwise, COM:OTRS explains how to send appropriate evidence of permission. - Jmabel ! talk 22:25, 11 September 2018 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Marvel Land.jpg

Hallo! Ich habe bei anderen Videospielen gesehen, dass doch Fair use greift. Wie begründe ich das in diesem Fall?

--Schulli90 (talk) 12:07, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

English
Fair use files are not allowed on Commons. You may upload the file locally on a Wikipedia project if it allows fair use, as English Wikipedia does. However, the German Wikipedia does not allow fair use and so you will not be able to use it there.
Schreckliche maschinelle Übersetzung
Fair-Use-Dateien sind auf Commons nicht erlaubt. Sie können die Datei lokal auf ein Wikipedia-Projekt hochladen, wenn es eine faire Nutzung erlaubt, wie es die englische Wikipedia tut. Allerdings erlaubt die deutsche Wikipedia keine faire Nutzung und du kannst sie dort nicht verwenden.
GMGtalk 12:30, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Danke! kann ich die Dateien selbst wieder löschen? --Schulli90 (talk) 12:35, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

English
I have requested speedy deletion of the file.
Schreckliche maschinelle Übersetzung
Ich habe um eine schnelle Löschung der Datei gebeten.
GMGtalk 12:46, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you very much!!!!! --Schulli90 (talk) 12:52, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Talmit's Adventure.jpg

Please request speedy deletion of the file. Thank you!

--Schulli90 (talk) 12:54, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

✓ Erledigt GMGtalk 12:58, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

it doesn't want to upload the file

it doesn't want to upload the file and send me this message : "Could not proceed due to network connectivity issues. Make sure you have a working internet connection and try again." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hazem214 (talk • contribs) 13:41, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Hazem214. The servers are undergoing maintenance/testing for the next hour or so, so you will likely experience a number of issues. I would try back later today. GMGtalk 13:54, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Copyright?

Is this image okay to use? [2] Thylacoop5 (talk) 21:51, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Thylacoop5. Where on the site did you find that the images were licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0? GMGtalk 22:13, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
here Thylacoop5 (talk) 23:01, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
That's a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license, which is incompatible with Wikimedia Commons (see COM:L). clpo13(talk) 23:04, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
Yeah, clpo13 is correct unfortunately. In order to be acceptable on Commons, it has to be licensed for commercial reuse. GMGtalk 23:10, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
Is there any map on this image engine that is usable? Preferably one that is sourced to an academic or notable historian. Thylacoop5 (talk) 23:27, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
@Thylacoop5: if you click “Tools” under the search field, you should see a sub-menu headed “Usage rights”, under which choose “Labeled for reuse with modification” to filter the results. The license of any image appearing there should still be checked at the source before uploading it here, but at least the filter will help narrow the choices. Good luck!—Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:42, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

ERNEST HEMINGWAY FAMILY TREE

Ernest Hemingway's father's middle name was Edmonds, not Edmunds. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 174.23.67.221 (talk) 21:47, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: GermanJoe (talk) 16:21, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Foto uploaden

Dag,

Ik wil een foto uploaden van burgemeester Peter de Baat, zodat ik deze aan zijn Wikipediapagina kan koppelen. Deze foto is op 01-02-2017 door fotograaf Ilse Bekker gemaakt, maar alle rechten zijn afgekocht. Wij hebben, door het aanschaffen van deze foto, het recht om de foto, indien toestemming van de burgemeester zelf, voor verschillende doeleinden in te zetten.

Toch kreeg ik de melding dat de foto verwijderd is wegens schending van de licentie.

Kan iemand mij helpen bij het uploaden en plaatsen van de foto zonder dat ik hierdoor in de problemen kom?

Groet, Nadine Kemper namens: gemeente Montferland — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nadine Kemper (talk • contribs) 07:34, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Ping native Dutch speaker. GMGtalk 10:45, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Upload photo

Day, I want to upload a photo of mayor Peter de Baat, so that I can link it to his Wikipedia page. This photo was taken on 01-02-2017 by photographer Ilse Bekker, but all rights have been bought. By purchasing this photo, we have the right to use the photo for different purposes, if permission from the mayor himself. Still, I got the message that the photo was removed due to violation of the license. Can someone help me upload and post the photo without being in trouble? Regards, Nadine Kemper

on behalf of: Montferland municipality
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:51, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
@Nadine Kemper: Stuur via OTRS/nl toestemming voor File:Peter de Baat door Ilse Bekker.jpg. Please send permission for File:Peter de Baat door Ilse Bekker.jpg via OTRS/nl.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:14, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Beste @Nadine Kemper: , het beste kun je even contact opnemen met OTRS. Als jullie die rechten hebben afgekocht, dan hebben jullie als het goed is een factuur o.i.d. waarop de overdracht van het auteursrecht expliciet is benoemd. Als je van die factuur een scan mee stuurt met je mail, dan komt het vast goed. Jcb (talk) 14:56, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Locate uploaded photos?

Where can I locate my uploaded photos, so I can add to my edits — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrew-Mark Edwards (talk • contribs) 16:56, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Andrew-Mark Edwards. Your uploaded photos can be found here. GMGtalk 17:05, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

What happened to image annotations?

Hello, when I look at at image there no longer seems to be the option of adding an image annotation, e.g. File:Kot Diji from Sheesh Mahal.jpg. Is this me and my computer, or has this option been removed, or is this a problem with some images only? Thanks, Kalbbes (talk) 17:08, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

@Kalbbes: the "Add a note" button is still available to me and I'm not aware of that functionality being removed on particular images. You should make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser and that you haven't accidentally checked the "Disable the ImageAnnotator" gadget in your preferences. clpo13(talk) 17:35, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
@Clpo13: On another image File:Fortfromtown.jpg I was able to add an annotation. Is there a way of adding that functionality if the image doesn't have it? Kalbbes (talk) 17:52, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
@Kalbbes: the gadget uses the template {{ImageNote}} to create the annotations (as seen in the wikitext of an image page with annotations), so you could add the templates manually, but I'd recommend clearing your browser cache or trying another browser before going that route. It could also have just been a one-time issue on that page. There's more information at Help:Gadget-ImageAnnotator and you can leave a note at MediaWiki talk:Gadget-ImageAnnotator.js if you continue to have problems. clpo13(talk) 18:08, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

File:Mercury astronauts survival training - GPN-2006-000019.jpg

Please see "File:Mercury astronauts survival training - GPN-2006-000019.jpg" - someone has pranked the photo. It is NOT the Mercury astronauts. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 45.62.52.30 (talk) 19:27, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

changing an image

Someone has uploaded an image of Najmieh Batmanglij on her wiki page. We would like to replace it with an image we've uploaded but don't know how to do so. The image is https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Najmieh-Batmanglij_2985.jpg Also do we have to create a thumbnail as well or will wiki size it as necessary? Many thanks Gordyeh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gordyeh (talk • contribs) 19:29, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

If you would like to change the image at en:Najmieh Batmanglij, please click the "edit" button on top of the article. You will see a line of code reading | image = Najmieh Batmanglij - 2015 National Book Festival (2).jpg. This should be changed to | image = Najmieh-Batmanglij_2985.jpg That is all you need to do as the thumbnail will be generated automatically by the Wiki software. If you are referring to Wikipedia in another language though, the image would have to be changed at her Wikidata entry which needs a different approach. De728631 (talk) 19:41, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Gordyeh. I also added her picture to the Persian Wikipedia. You may look at this edit to learn the syntax: fa:special:diff/24503029.
However, the image will be deleted in 7 days unless you have the rights holder (who is in most cases the photographer) send a permission statement to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. Full instructions are given at COM:OTRS. 4nn1l2 (talk) 07:00, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

C/o

Baise Daniel Rue du Moulin 112 1950 Kraainem Belgique Tel: /02 7672957 GPS:50°51'53.0"N 4°27'52.1"E

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Kraainem le 14/09/2018

Bonjour, Je suis débutant dans « Wikipedia » et je vous demande dans ma langue les raisons pour lesquelles mes documents serait exclus ?

Les documents que j’ai chargés dans le site sont bien tous de mes travaux de ces dernières 54 années de publicitaire.

Il me serait utile de connaître les raisons des exclusions que vous avez décidée pour sélectionner des travaux que j’ai réalisés, que je considère être utile à la communauté « WIKI » !

Comme je ne connait pas les critères que vous avez choisis pour exclure mes travaux, je respecte bien sûr votre décision, mais je considère avoir le droit d’en connaître la cause de votre choix.

Merci de me renseigner.

Daniel Baise

Hello, I am a beginner in "Wikipedia" and I ask you in my language why my documents would be excluded?

The documents that I have loaded into the site are all from my works of the last 54 years of advertising.

It would be useful for me to know the reasons for the exclusions that you decided to select the works that I realized, that I consider useful for the community "WIKI"!

As I do not know the criteria you have chosen to exclude my work, I respect your decision, of course, but I consider myself entitled to know the cause of your choice.

Thank you for informing me.

Daniel Baise


This media may be deleted. A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:28 Royaume unis.jpg, is a derivative work, containing an "image within an image". Examples of such works would include a photograph of a sculpture, a scan of a magazine cover, or a map that has been altered from the original. In each of these cases, the rights of the creator of the original must be considered, as well as those of the creator of the derivative work. While the description page states who made this derivative work, it currently doesn't specify who created the original work, so the overall copyright status is unclear. If you did not create the original work depicted in this image, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. Please edit the file description and add the missing information, or the file may be deleted. If you created the original content yourself, enter this information as the source. If someone else created the content, the source should be the address to the web page where you found it, the name and ISBN of the book you scanned it from, or similar. You should also name the author, provide verifiable information to show that the content is in the public domain or has been published under a free license by its author, and add an appropriate template identifying the public domain or licensing status, if you have not already done so. Please add the required information for this and other files you have uploaded before adding more files. If you need assistance, please ask at the help desk. Thank you! And also: • File:27 Suede.jpg • File:26 Finlande.jpg • File:25 Slovaquie.jpg • File:24 Slovenie.jpg • File:22 Portugal.jpg • File:21 Pologne.jpg • File:23 Roumanie.jpg • File:20 Autriche.jpg • File:19 Pays-Bas.jpg • File:18 Malte.jpg • File:16 Luxembourg.jpg • File:17 Hongrie.jpg • File:15 Lituanie.jpg • File:13 Chypre.jpg • File:14 Lettonie.jpg • File:12 Italie.jpg • File:10 France.jpg • File:11 Croatie.jpg • File:9 Espagne.jpg • File:8 Grece.jpg • File:6 Estonien.jpg • File:7 Irlande.jpg • File:5 Allemagne.jpg • File:2 bulgarie timbre.jpg • File:4 Danemark.jpg • File:3 REpTchèque.jpg • File:YESEPSOK.jpg • File:1 Belgique.jpg Yours sincerely, Ronhjones (Talk) 18:17, 13 September 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielbaise (talk • contribs) 23:11, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

@Danielbaise: I am sorry that we don't have a French translation of Template:Dw image source, but perhaps you will find Commons:Œuvre dérivée enlightening.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:58, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

upload photo on Wikimedia ("Raiam_Santos.jpg")

Dear all,

Could you please help me with a request regarding a photo upload? ("Raiam_Santos.jpg")

I need to make a upload file, which came from facebook.

I already spooke with the owner of the photo, in this case, Raiam Pinto dos Santos, that i will use his photo, and he is agreed.

How can i make it, without anyone says that i'm violeting the copyright?

The page owner said that this photo don't have any restriction.

Is there any rules to follow to make this procedure?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks and best regards.

Rodrigo Marques de Melo Gomes

Rodrigo Marques de Melo Gomes (talk) 23:13, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

@Rodrigo Marques de Melo Gomes: Please have the photographer of File:Raiam Santos.jpg send permission via OTRS with a copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:52, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

adding license to uploaded photo file

please tell me how to add license to an uploaded photo file; I am a first time user and found the upload process confusing. Got a message alert that asking me to add the license to image, but I can't figure out how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkolewis (talk • contribs) 17:13, 14 September 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 02:44, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
You don't say what license you have in mind, but we typically recommend Cc-by-sa-4.0. Make sure you understand what that means before granting a license to your work! If you want to apply that license to your own work, you would put {{self|Cc-by-sa-4.0}} on the page in question. If you want to be credited in a particular way you can indicate that by an "author" parameter, e.g. {{self|Cc-by-sa-4.0}}.
For photos where you inherited the intellectual property rights, use {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}}.
If it is not your own work, and you don't hold the intellectual property rights, then you are not in a position to offer a license. - Jmabel ! talk 18:47, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

uploaded image

I uploaded an aerial image taken in 1948, was in family album, author(probably not a family member) unknown and probably deceased. Can I use it? If not, how do I delete it (both from a Wikipedia page and commons)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mkolewis (talk • contribs) 21:25, 14 September 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 02:47, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
@Mkolewis: You probably may not use it. If you uploaded it in the past 7 days, you may tag it {{speedy|COM:CSD#G7}}. If past 7 days, you may file a DR.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:47, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Emtions

I tried to upload a picture into the September "emotions" but when I click on the link, the page that comes up says the page is no longer available, It has been deleted. What can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grethelgomez (talk • contribs) 00:53, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

@Grethelgomez: We don't typically upload into "emotions", please be more specific about what you were trying to do where and the message you got.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:58, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

upload picture to commons

Hi,

I uploaded a picture to wikipedia in Vietnamese language. Now I want to move it to commons. How can I do it?

DanGong (talk) 08:32, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Rules about non-free logos unclear

Hello, A film festival logo I uploaded got deleted recently. It concerns File:Holebifilmfestival_Logo.png (original here: https://www.holebifilmfestival.be/logo/holebifilmfestival2015_logo_large.png)

I'm sure I read somewhere on a wikipedia or wikimedia help article that there was an exception in the policy for usage of a logo only in the infobox of the organization itself. Probably I was mistaken, or the page was outdated (unfortunately I can't seem to find it again - there is a lot that is written about the topic and it's difficult to distinguish the good from the bad).

On the other hand, there's also a rule that allows logos that do not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection. Considering there are logos like File:Nielsen_logo.svg and File:Steinberg_logo.png, I wonder if (why) the removed logo does not meet these criteria.

(On a related note: would a photograph of a logo appearing in a public place, like on a flag or banner, be considered disallowed as well, like a picture of a work of art ?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kwakeroni (talk • contribs) 10:48, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Any feedback is appreciated — Kwakeroni (talk) 09:04, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

User:Kwakeroni - you likely claimed fair use, which isn't allowed so can get deleted on sight. It it is the uploaders responsibility to provide the correct information and license tag. You can upload it again as it is pd-logo, or ask the admin to undelete it.--BevinKacon (talk) 11:13, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
@Kwakeroni: The distinction between Wikimedia Commons (where this page is) and English Wikipedia is important here. Commons is shared across all Wikipedias and mony other projects. All pictures on Commons must be free, and one way they can be free is if they're so unoriginal as not to be eligible for copyright at all (i.e. below the threshold of originality). If you think your logo qualifies, I think the correct procedure is to request that it be undeleted following the instructions on COM:UDR. You can also upload pictures specifically to English Wikipedia, and English Wikipedia permits non-free content under its non-free content criteria. That's the policy you mentioned at the start of your question.
Finally, a photo of a banner with a logo on will generally be subject to the same restrictions as the logo. Exceptions are if the photo was taken in a country with particularly generous freedom of panorama, or if the logo only forms a minor part of the picture. --bjh21 (talk) 12:14, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
@BevinKacon: @Bjh21: Thanks for the response, I contacted the admin for his/her opinion about it being PD-textlogo, let's see what that brings. —Kwakeroni (talk) 13:13, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

File:Keelung City Athletic Meeting award platform 20160521.jpg

I asked Solomon203 about this photo "File:Keelung City Athletic Meeting award platform 20160521.jpg" earlier, and he told me that he photographed a podium(see: [4], [5]). I don't see any podium, but what I saw was that there were many trophies on the table. If there is no problem with my eyes, then I don't understand why he added Category:Podiums in athletics?--Kai3952 (talk) 13:20, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

@Kai3952: Behind the three tables is a platform flanked by a set of speakers. That platform appears intended to serve as a podium for use by an official for announcing and handing out the awards, and by the recipients for receiving them. So yes, I think Category:Podiums in athletics was added correctly.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:20, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: The problem is that I can't see a podium!--Kai3952 (talk) 04:11, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

I want to ask another question: I can't see a podium, but I'm not so clear why you think Category:Podiums in athletics was added correctly. Can anyone explain to me why?--Kai3952 (talk) 13:44, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

@Kai3952: I write of wikt:podium, English, Noun, sense 1: "A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit." You are probably looking for a lectern, which is not pictured.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:20, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I know what is "podium", but what I saw was that there were many trophies on the table. Do you want to tell me that the table is a podium, or the trophy?--Kai3952 (talk) 15:12, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Image Fix Request

This is in regards to the boy and dog going doing a water slide image named, File:Collier'sSlide.jpg. (A picture of same originally appeared atop this box, but I mistakenly blanked out that tag, and can't figure out how to put it back in place. I'm a first timer on this type of request.)

Hello. I uploaded the image ("Collier'sSlide"), earlier this year. It replaced one that I uploaded a few years back. The quality is much better, but the major defect is the brightness going straight down the center-fourth portion of the image. I don't have an ability to make this correction with my basic desktop image editor. I thought that maybe "Commons" would have the ability to improve the whitish backdrop, so that bright streak is not so noticeable. This picture is currently just referred to in the Wikipedia article "Paul Martin (illustrator)." RE reference 220. (I might like to change that though.) Thanks. JimPercy (talk) 21:05, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

@JimPercy: It's File:Collier'sSlide.jpg, and I suggest you post to Commons:Graphic Lab/Photography workshop.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:22, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Module:WikidataIB

Message in redː Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 355: attempt to concatenate local 'postfix' (a nil value)

Exampleː https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Villa_Stucki-Brunnen_(Bern)

AnBuKu (talk) 22:12, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Pinging @RexxS, Mike Peel.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:23, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Sorry, I tweaked the code to improve functionality, but should have distinguished between an empty value and nil. Should be fixed now. --RexxS (talk) 22:31, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
@RexxS, Mike Peel, and AnBuKu: Looks good, thanks!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:34, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
@RexxS, Mike Peel, and Jeff G.: ː Controlled, is OK again. Thx for your supportǃ ː-) - BTW, would be nice, if in the same section in commons the place (political community, in CH approx, 2200 in total ) and the country would get rendered. Now it's in the case of the Fountains in Bern, the canton of Bern and Switzerland, what is not really correct. And all that, regardless how many entities are listed in "located in the administrative territorial entity" in Wikidata. Anyhow, thank you again for your work. AnBuKu (talk) 22:57, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

uploading a photograph from the subject of an article

I want to add a picture to the entry "Ruth C. Duck". I have a picture provided by Ruth C. Duck taken by a friend of hers on Ruth's phone. Do copyright rules apply or can I just upload the picture. Does Ruth C. Duck need to upload the photograph to Wikimedia Commons herself? Can I do upload the photo myself. Or does the friend need to upload the photo?--Dzingle1 (talk) 17:46, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Dzingle1. The copyright for the photo belongs with the friend, because they were the one who legally "created the work". This is generally true of any photograph unless there is some contractual agreement transferring ownership of the intellectual property rights. The friend would therefore need to be the one to upload the image and license it for free public use, since licensing an image can only be done by the owner. GMGtalk 17:49, 17 September 2018 (UTC)
Or the friend can send email as described at COM:OTRS, granting a specific license. - Jmabel ! talk 00:08, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

US Customs House Charleston SC

Can I submit a picture of the US Customs House that was taken on my cell phone located in Charleston South Carolina to Wikipedia Commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sargejbs1 (talk • contribs) 01:25, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

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  • As long as you were the one who took it. It doesn't matter whose phone it was. - Jmabel ! talk 01:53, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

copyright infringement on my pic uploads

I have been changing the page of Diane Anderson-Minshall's page. I am her assistant, as well as a writer for the advocate, hivplus, out traveler, and chill magazines. she is the editor of these magazines. the pics I uploaded were screen shots of the magazines where she works or has worked in the past (e.g. chill and girlfriends, respectively), or pics that she took herself. there is one pic I uploaded to commons but have not used where I think I made an error on crediting (it appears in the description but not the title). however, I do have authorization for use of all pics. please let me know if I have made mistakes in labeling or identifying copyright owners.

best regards,

donald — Preceding unsigned comment added by Donaldspadgett (talk • contribs) 23:18, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

  • @Donaldspadgett: Unless these each give a source that points to a place online where their respective licenses are specified on a site clearly connected with Ms. Anderson-Minshall, you will want to go through the process described at COM:OTRS to clarify your authority to license these. - Jmabel ! talk 00:08, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

The request to quickly rename files

Просьба быстро переименовать файлы, при загрузке по невнимательности допустил ошибку в названиях, а именно следующие файлы (The request to quickly rename files, when loading by inattention, made a mistake in the names, namely the following files): Челябинская областная детская клиническая больница f003.jpg, Челябинская областная детская клиническая больница f004.jpg, Челябинская областная детская клиническая больница f005.jpg, Челябинская областная детская клиническая больница f006.jpg, Челябинская областная детская клиническая больница f008.jpg соответственно в следующие названия (respectively in the following names): Челябинский областной клинический центр онкологии и ядерной медицины f001, Челябинский областной клинический центр онкологии и ядерной медицины f002, Челябинский областной клинический центр онкологии и ядерной медицины f003, Челябинский областной клинический центр онкологии и ядерной медицины f004, Челябинский областной клинический центр онкологии и ядерной медицины f005. Ural-66 (talk) 04:35, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Спасибо! Thank you! Ural-66 (talk) 18:52, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

How can I edit my descriptions to correct typos

How to correct typos in my descriptions — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flea8888 (talk • contribs) 13:18, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Flea8888, you just have to click at "edit" right next "Summary" section at the file page. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 13:59, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Copyright?

I understand that anyone can copy and share my uploaded images on wikimedia, but I am unsure of usage outside of "editorial?" In other words, it claims "anyone can SELL" (my images?) and I somehow give them permission by uploading? This seems unreasonable? Thank you for your time, S. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Of a Fashion (talk • contribs) 19:28, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Of a Fashion, yes, commercial use is allowed for all files here, is part of the definition of free is to do restrict the usage.
However, if you are using one of the free licenses, cc-by, cc-by-sa, for example, the seller must give the credits to you.
read this to understand why by definition non commercial licenses are not free. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 19:38, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Category:USS Lawton (ship, 1889)

I don't have much experience setting up categories for ships with complicated histories. Would someone who does please take a look at this & fix anything I got wrong? Thanks in advance. - Jmabel ! talk (undated, sorry!)

Bearbeitung der Liste meiner bei Commons beobachteten Seiten

Im Laufe der Jahre hat sich da so einiges angesammelt, was gelöscht werden sollte. Seit einigen Wochen geht das leider nicht mehr. Es erscheint der Hinweis: PHP fatal error: entire web request took longer than 60 seconds and timed out.

Wann ist mit Abhilfe zu rechnen? Danke und Gruß an die Technik --I. Berger (talk) 13:54, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Editing the list of my watched pages on Commons

Over the years, there has accumulated a lot, which should be deleted. Unfortunately, this has not happened for several weeks. The following message appears: PHP fatal error: entire web request took longer than 60 seconds and timed out.

When is remedy to be expected? Thanks and greetings to the technology
 
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:20, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
@I. Berger: Benutzt du die neue Ansicht der Beobachtungsliste mit dem Knopf "Deine Liste der beobachteten Seiten bearbeiten"? Falls ja, versuch doch mal in den alten Modus zu wechseln, und die Beo im Listenformat zu bearbeiten: Einstellungen → Beobachtungsliste → Von den Verbesserungen abmelden/verbesserte Version deaktivieren. Danach die Liste neu laden und ganz oben auf "im Listenformat bearbeiten" gehen. Wenn das nicht klappt, liegt es wohl wirklich an der Technik. De728631 (talk) 19:21, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
@De728631: Wunderbar, so klappt es wie früher. Herzlichen Dank für diesen Tipp. --I. Berger (talk) 21:26, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
Resolved
I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. De728631 (talk) 13:28, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

deleted photo of US government employee

The latest official photo for Tony Sayegh was deleted from the page, but it is his portrait from the Federal gov. How can I add it again and prevent future deletions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mgenzac (talk • contribs) 16:24, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

@Mgenzac: If you mean File:Tony Sayegh.jpg, please provide a weblink to the US government website where you found it, so we can verify the authorship. De728631 (talk) 16:56, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks I have the link but cannot see where to attach it to the file. https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/Pages/Tony_Sayegh.aspx

--Mgenzac (talk) 19:58, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Mgenzac. It looks like the file already exists at File:Tony Sayegh Official Portrait.jpg. Maybe File:Tony Sayegh.jpg was deleted by User:Hystrix as a duplicate then. GMGtalk 20:24, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
Mgenzac, you overwrote the content of File:Tony Sayegh Official Portrait.jpg. I've performed a history split on File:Tony Sayegh Official Portrait.jpg. Your content is now at File:Tony Sayegh Official Portrait 2018.jpg. If you can, please update the summary and categories of the new file to match the depicted content. In particular, the URL you included in your upload (and mention above) appears to go to a page with a much smaller version of the portrait than the one you uploaded. Please indicate where you obtained this file. —RP88 (talk) 21:21, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Goro Majima.png

This image I found about Goro Majima was from Deviantart and the original author/creator of this image is from YukiZM, and his real name is Zach and under the image of this Goro Majima character if you scroll down it said that I'm free to gain access to download this png image under the use of the Creative Commons rule: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

License Creative Commons License Some rights reserved. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Deviantart Link: https://www.deviantart.com/yukizm/art/Majima-Goro-Yakuza-Kiwami-Render-589895111 Creative Commons Link about 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

-Ron Abordo


--DoomFry68 (talk) 19:10, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

  • Commons does not accept "Non-commercial" licenses. The only time they arise here is as an additional alternative on a multi-licensed image, where still at least one license must allow commercial use. - Jmabel ! talk 23:58, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Using files

When I access images I usually get link to "Use this file", example:

File:Ferenc JOACHIM (1882-1964) Hungarian (Magyar) artist painter, his wife born Margit GRAF (1892-1965) and their first of three children daughter Piroska, circa 1916, Szeged, Hungary..jpg

BUT, I frequently do not, example:

File:Ferenc JOACHIM (1882-1964) Hungarian (Magyar) artist painter, his wife born Margit GRAF (1892-1965), and their second of three children Ferenc G. JOACHIM (1920-1989)..jpg

What is the cause/reason? —— User-duck (talk) 16:48, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

@User-duck: This is because the latter file does not use an Infobox template like {{Information}}, so it has no machine-readable data that the Stockphoto gadget can use. --bjh21 (talk) 17:47, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
@Bjh21: Thank you! -- User-duck (talk) 18:00, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: bjh21 (talk) 20:56, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

*.map for wikidata

I tried to upload a *.map file for es:Anillo Verde Ciclista with the coordinates of the tour.

I get a error message There was an error in your submission This wiki does not accept filenames that end in the extension ".map".

How can I do it?. --Juan Villalobos (talk) 09:01, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Resolved. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Map_Data Thanxs, anyway.--Juan Villalobos (talk) 09:14, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: bjh21 (talk) 20:48, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

photos of European monuments

Hi - are you still accepting photos of European monuments? I have three very nice, interesting pictures of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Please let me know if you are still collecting them and if so, where I can send them. Thanks! Michelle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ichthyosaurusteratoma (talk • contribs) 04:54, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi Michel,
We always are open to receive monuments, and other types of educational photos.
The contest is just to bring new volunteers.
Thank you for you contributions. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 21:19, 21 September 2018 (UTC)
@Ichthyosaurusteratoma: Welcome. You may send them to photosubmissions@wikimedia.org, but it is faster to review COM:FS and then upload them yourself via Special:UploadWizard.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:32, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

my image File:Yaletown Condominium 2018.jpg cannot show it

This image is failed to show it in Wikipedia, can anyone help me to solve the problem? Thanks!--Wpcpey (talk) 07:48, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

@Wpcpey: It looks fine for me on both zh:公寓大廈 and zh:耶魯鎮, perhaps you have a caching issue.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:43, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

solved, thanks!--Wpcpey (talk) 09:51, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

/* Licensing */ Я,Хасанзянов Хазип,разрешаю.

Я не знаю,как МОЮ загруженную работу Олеся Комарова,холст,масло, чтоб ее не удаляли,требуется лицензия.Как это сделать? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinna nikolay (talk • contribs) 15:16, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

I, Khasanzyanov Khazip, I authorize. I do not know how my downloaded work Olesya Komarova, canvas, oil, so that it is not deleted, you need a license. How to do this?
 
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:57, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Проблема с моей работой

Созданная мной работа "Олеся Комарова"находится под угрозой удаления.Как сделать,чтобы этого не произошло? Какая лицензия? Я,Sinna Nikolay,художник,даю разрешение на использование моей работы. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinna nikolay (talk • contribs) 15:24, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

The problem with my work My work "Olesya Komarova" is under threat of removal. How can I prevent this from happening? What license? I, Sinna Nikolay, an artist, give permission to use my work.
 
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:54, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Смотрите COmmons:OTRS/ru. Ruslik (talk) 20:46, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Unable to upload image in west Bengal protected monuments

Sir/madam, I am unable to upload a image in state protected monuments of west Bengal. So, regarding this problem please kindly guide me. Looking forward for an early reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gargy Sarkar (talk • contribs) 19:22, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

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@Gargy Sarkar: Hi, and welcome. What error message are you seeing?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:36, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

Commons:Categories for discussion/2018/09/Category:National Scenic Areas

I already had added "{{Commons:Categories for discussion/2018/09/Category:National Scenic Areas}}" to Commons:Categories for discussion/2018/09, but I don't know why it doesn't show up.--Kai3952 (talk) 17:26, 22 September 2018 (UTC)

@Kai3952: It's there, but you neglected to title it.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:51, 22 September 2018 (UTC)
Are you talking about "this edit"?--Kai3952 (talk) 04:28, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
@Kai3952: Yes, I fixed it for you by adding the title.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:08, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
I'm so grateful you fixed it, thank you!--Kai3952 (talk) 09:17, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
@Kai3952: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:20, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Painting older than 1802

私個人の所有する絵画（木村蒹葭堂筆；1802年以前制作と思われる）を、2012年12月13日にスキャン及び編集して、翌日に私個人のブログに掲載しましたが、ウィキペディアのページでは、「パブリックドメイン」として扱われており、更に「ソース」は「カタログ」とされています。絵画事態の著作権は、「パブリックドメイン」かもしれませんが、スキャン画像のデータは、今までに公開を了解した事はありませんし、「カタログ」の存在にも心当たりがありません。 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 鈴木千春 (talk • contribs) 08:34, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

I scanned and edited my personal paintings (Kimura Shido brush; it seems to be made before 1802) on December 13, 2012 and posted it on my personal blog the following day, but the page of Wikipedia It is treated as "public domain", and "source" is also referred to as "catalog". The copyright of the painting situation may be the "public domain", but the scanned image data has never been accepted before, and I have not even realized the existence of the "catalog".
 
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:07, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Участие в конкурсе "Wiki Loves Monuments"

Здравствуйте. Я загрузил и направил на конкурс свой файл "Knight Wladimir Monument" Прошу Вас проанализировать мою загрузку и указать на возможные сделанные мной ошибки, в особенности в корректности указания на категории.

Заранее благодарю. В.Муратов. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vitold Muratov (talk • contribs) 10:11, 23 September 2018‎ (UTC)

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Participation in the contest "Wiki Loves Monuments"

Hello. I uploaded and sent to the contest my file "File:Knight Wladimir monument.jpg". I ask you to analyze my download and point out the possible mistakes made by me, especially in the correctness of the category references.

Thank you in advance. V. Muratov.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:19, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
@Vitold Muratov: Я думаю, что твоя фотография была бы лучше, если бы ты показал ноги предмета, и он стоял прямо. I think your photo would be better if you showed the feet of the subject and he was standing straight up.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:19, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Uploading problem

Kuhmeel (talk) 11:22, 23 September 2018 (UTC) I cant upload pictures that are already taken. I can only take a picture at the moment. How to upload pictures from my files?

@Kuhmeel: The Upload Wizard has to have permission to access your existing pictures, and you have to be able to show it the folder and file to upload. Is that all in place? Can you upload elsewhere? What browser, OS, device, and upload method are you using? Have you reviewed COM:FS?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:40, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Spam filter hit on a USGov-PD image upload

So I just tried to upload the new flag of the TSA that was released on 9/11. Using the Wizard and all was good until I hit the Describe page where I get the "The text you wanted to save was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to a blacklisted external site." text when using the file title box. I'm totally at a lost because any variation of "TSA flag", "Flag of the Transportation Security Administration", "Transportation Security Administration flag" seems to trigger it. The only URL I used in the entire was the source URL of the YouTube video I got it from since right now the screenshot I took is the highest quality of said flag until TSA releases a more high quality version or someone here on Commons makes a nice vector of it. --TUFKAAP (talk) 18:23, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

@TUFKAAP: did the URL start with youtu.be or youtube.com? YouTube links should be okay, but shortened links tend to get caught up in the spam filter. clpo13(talk) 18:49, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
@Clpo13: youtu.be was the culprit. I was trying to link the exact time the flag appeared since it's an hour long video. Thanks, upload went through now. --TUFKAAP (talk) 18:58, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
Glad I could help! clpo13(talk) 19:06, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

Problem in Bicol Wikipedia on Ringer Uploaded photos

hi here, I was concern to my fellowmen Ringer that his many photos uploaded since 2007 was deleted by common delinker, that those photos taken from his Camera, since before he uploaded it to Wikipedia in 2007, at that time their is no Wizard upload so What shall I do to retrived those pictured deleted by Common Delinker. Thanks ShiminUfesoj (talk) 04:10, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Photos of ships on the Imperial War Museum website.

There are many ship photographs on the Imperial War Museum website. Some of them already appear on Wikipedia pages.

The copyright notice says the following:

Use this image under non-commercial licence.

The media for this item are free to reuse for non-commercial purposes under the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Video, sound and images can be embedded with the code we offer here, and images can also be downloaded. By downloading any images or embedding any media, you agree to the terms and conditions of the IWM Non Commercial Licence, including your use of the attribution statement specified by IWM. For this item, that is: © IWM (A 8346)

Is it permissible to upload ship photos, for example, https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205142302, to Wikipedia? If so, which licence do I select? Gousinsaang (talk) 08:56, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

@Gousinsaang: Sorry, you can't upload them here per the commercial use requirement of COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:02, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
@Gousinsaang and Jeff G.: It looks similar to many other files like File:HMS Unbroken.jpg (this one by the same photographer) which are considered public domain because the Crown Copyright has expired. --ghouston (talk) 07:04, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
@Gousinsaang and Ghouston: I suppose {{PD-UKGov}} would apply then, and IWM is perpetrating copyfraud.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:17, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
Yes it's copyfraud and the IWM is one of the most famous and shameless copyfraud institutions in the UK, even refusing to correct highly misleading claims of ownership over USA PD photographs published by the Library of Congress. Refer to User:Fæ/email/IWM for some background. --Fæ (talk) 11:24, 24 September 2018 (UTC)

Wikidata notifications

I've created large numbers of geo-categories, e.g. Category:Hopewell Township, Perry County, Ohio, and as they're constantly getting added to Wikidata, I'm often getting double-digit numbers of notifications every day. How do I disable them? In my preferences' Notifications section, I've already un-ticked both "Web" and "Email" boxes for Connection with Wikidata, and I've disabled Show notifications from other wikis, but the notifications keep coming. Nyttend (talk) 00:25, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

How to make a disambiguation page?

Hello, I find that many many images that belong in Category:Balochistan (Pakistan) wrongly end up in Category:Balochistan in Afganistan. How do I make a disambig page? Thanks, Kalbbes (talk) 18:43, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

@Kalbbes: like any other category, but the only content should be {{Disambig}} followed by links to the possible target cats (with minimal descriptions sufficient to distinguish them, and sometimes subheads). Galicia might make a good model for a Balochistan disambiguator, being another name shared by two different regions.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:21, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

File:Mako roller coaster train.jpg

Hello! Since I checked up with the copyright help desk and got help about a photograph I had uploaded and wasn't sure of after-the-fact, I wanted to ask about this image I had taken and uploaded on 22 September 2018 at SeaWorld Orlando. The image is of the train of a roller coaster with riders on it. Although not facially identifiable, I wanted to double check if this image was OK with photographs of identifiable people standards that Wikimedia Commons has before I posted it again on the articles page. Additional information if applicable, I didn't ask for consent, and wondering the setting I was in a public place? If the image is not good, I would be ok with its deletion. Thank you! Adog104 (talk) 23:06, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

@Adog104: What is it a screenshot of?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:20, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
Jeff G.; Ah, I had taken a horizontal and vertical screenshot from the horizontal slow motion video that I had recorded on an iPhone while the train was going through its final turn. Though, when uploading to the Upload Wizard it wouldn't show the image file (possibly because it was .PNG? I'm not good with photos clearly), so in concern I toke another vertical and horizontal screenshot of the pre-existing image I toke before and cropped it accordingly so its black borders wouldn't show (sorry this is awkward). Adog104 (talk) 23:35, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
@Adog104: this photo was taken in the United States, so consent is not needed to take or publish photographs of identifiable people in public places. I looked around a bit online and people are somewhat divided over whether amusement parks count as public places for the purposes of personality rights, since they're private property and you need to pay a fee to enter ([6], [7]). IANAL, but in my opinion, as long as the park does not forbid photography, parkgoers have no reasonable expectation of privacy in public areas of the park, so photographs like this (not focused on an individual person) should be okay.
Additionally, there may be commercial restrictions depending on which state the photograph was taken in. An overview of the right of publicity law in Florida can be found here. Florida's law protects against unauthorized commercial use of a person's name or likeness, though that protection doesn't apply to [t]he publication, printing, display, or use of the name or likeness of any person in any newspaper, magazine, book, news broadcast or telecast, or other news medium or publication as part of any bona fide news report or presentation having a current and legitimate public interest and where such name or likeness is not used for advertising purposes (which I would think includes Wikipedia) or [a]ny photograph of a person solely as a member of the public and where such person is not named or otherwise identified in or in connection with the use of such photograph. [8] It may not be necessary in this case, but you could add {{personality rights}} or {{consent|public}} to the image description page to alert reusers that there may be restrictions on how they can use the photo. clpo13(talk) 16:59, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
@Clpo13: Thank you very much for the resources and in-depth analysis, I'll do such with consent-public template to be safe, and I guess the worst would be that it's requested to be deleted. Who knew this could be so confusing. :P Adog104 (talk) 01:57, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

How can I automate mass deletion requests

Hello there!

I'd like to make a deletion request for multiple photos. Is there a easy automated way to do this? Thanks,--I eat bananas 101🍌 (talk) 00:33, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Given this user's history and apparent lack of understanding of Commons process and policy, automated tool usage is not appropriate at this time. See COM:ANU#I eat bananas 101. clpo13(talk) 16:18, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments

Hi there! Not sure I uploaded my pictures correctly for the contest. I admit I'm a photographer....not computer savvy at all. Is there a way to check to see if I've done it correctly, and if I've enetered the contest? Thank you! Shannon L. Dykstra. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shannondykstra (talk • contribs) 01:22, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

@Shannondykstra: I see two versions of a lighthouse picture, one with your name on the image and the other without. Please see COM:WATERMARK; we prefer to avoid visible credits on images (and we don’t keep duplicates). As for the contest, the unmarked one doesn’t appear to have been uploaded through the campaign wizard, as I don’t see any WLM templates or categories on it. I’m quite confident File:Lime Kiln Lightstation.jpg can still be entered, though I’m not sure exactly how. Please post at Commons talk:Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in the United States, where one of the organizers can probably fix it. Meantime I’ll add the appropriate category, in case that will do it.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:23, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Is an affidavit in public domain?

Hi! I found an affidavit in the Commons Law Publications category that explains "This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code." Does this also apply to any affidavit? I wanted to upload one that was published on a website but not as a part of a court record. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IrComm (talk • contribs) 19:56, 23 September 2018 (UTC)

@IrComm: Where exactly did you find it?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:09, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
If it is really a USA government affidavit prepared by a lawyer who was a government employee that it is, of course, in public domain. Ruslik (talk) 20:41, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks! It has a regular stamp "Notary Public, State of NY, Reg Number (so-and-so), Commission Expires (date)" - does this indicate that this lawyer is a government employee? I am really not well up on legal, sorry. IrComm (talk) 21:09, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
@IrComm: I don't think Notaries are government employees.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:55, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
Presumably some notaries are government employees, but they definitely aren't all (my bank has someone who's a notary, for example), and anyway being a New York state employee doesn't make you a federal employee. Nyttend (talk) 03:11, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
Thanks. And if a notarized statement is submitted as a part of a court procedure, does it become a "Public court document"? IrComm (talk) 11:50, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
The wording of the stamp suggests to me that the State of New York has licenced the individual concerned to practice as a notary public. Martinvl (talk) 12:25, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
Also, while most attorneys are notaries or have one in their office, most notaries are not attorneys. - Jmabel ! talk 16:28, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
All right, thanks a lot everyone for the answers! IrComm (talk) 22:09, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Self image by using timer mode or selfie mode

Can I upload Self image by using timer mode or selfie mode on Commons? What are the special templates or licenses used for this? --सुबोध कुलकर्णी (talk) 05:34, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

  • Nothing special at all, but it should be within scope (either educationally useful, used on the user page of an active editor, or both), and it's a good idea to indicate in the description that it is a selfie, or that it is taken with a timer. - Jmabel ! talk 15:54, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
  • In other words, the basic concept is perfectly acceptable. Jmabel's point about "indicate in the description" is a copyright issue, since otherwise an editor might think that the picture was taken by someone else (and thus not yours to release), but if you use a timer or selfie mode, there is no copyright issue. And his point about scope is that something not useful (in the ways he mentions) isn't accepted at Commons, but if it is one of those ways he mentions, we'd appreciate having the picture uploaded. Nyttend (talk) 22:02, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

画像ファイルがアップロード出来ません。

今迄、アップロードウイザードに於いて、画像のアップロードが何の問題なく出来ていたのですが、突然、出来なくなりました。「アップロード」までは進むのですが、「許可する権利」に進むことが出来ません。ご指導いただけないでしょうか、宜しくお願いします。--江戸村のとくぞう2018年9月27日（木）08:28(UTC)

Image file can not be uploaded. Until now, in the upload wizard, uploading of images was done without any problem, but suddenly I can not do it. I will go forward to "Upload", but I can not move on to "Right to authorize". Would you please teach me, thank you.
 
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:04, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
@江戸村のとくぞう: これは上記の[ファイルのアップロード]と同じ問題ですが、日本語で報告されています。 This appears to be the same problem as in #Uploading a file above, reported in Japanese.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:04, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Homepage image

Good afternoon,

Your service is incredibly helpful. I really enjoy using it.

However, today's homepage image (of a topless woman) seems incredibly tone deaf considering the cultural moment occurring in the United States this morning.

While I understand the point of the service and appreciate the care and artistic quality of the image, I just had to let you know how off base this seemed coming from what I consider a generally attuned portal.

Thanks, Lauren — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 170.63.67.35 (talk) 17:35, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Lauren. Wikimedia Commons is not censored for things like nudity, and featured pictures are chosen because they are educationally valuable, and also exceptionally high quality. These cover a broad range of topics including the human body, which as I'm sure your aware, has been a subject for artists throughout time. Modern photographers are no different, which is why you will occasionally see an image on the main page that includes nudity, although the vast majority of then do not, because the range of topics covered is again quite large. GMGtalk 17:57, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Video YouTube

I am thinking to upload a videos from YouTube which are under Creative Commons license. Before I start, just as an example, can we upload this video? Thanks for help. --Tito Dutta (talk) 00:34, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

  • That's under CC-BY, so as long as its content doesn't violate anyone else's copyrights, it should be fine. It's nearly half an hour long, so I'm not going to vet it, but an example of a possible problem would be if they played a copyrighted film clip. - Jmabel ! talk 04:48, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Advanced templating help needed

Per Template_talk:NRHP#NRHP_id_number_format_has_changed: up to now, the acceptable value for an NRHP ID has been simply an 8-digit number. Now they've changed their system, and we are likely to see new NRHP ID that prefix two letters before that number. We believe that the prefixes that are legitimate for our purposes are 'SG', 'MP' and 'NL'; there may turn out to be a couple of others, and we'll see by what we encounter over time, but presumably if we code to allow these prefixes for 8-digit numbers (as well as the bare 8-digit numbers we already allow), then adding a few more prefixes later won't be too hard. Anyway, we definitely need someone with more template experience than I to take this on. Any volunteers, or anywhere else we should ask for help?

Down the road, we might want to compare the bare numbers to the new system, but since they may variously get any of these three prefixes, and possibly a couple of others, we don't want to mess with that yet. - Jmabel ! talk 06:39, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

I can't upload files anymore (Internet Explorer Mobile)

MediaWiki Upload Wizard not working (Internet Explorer Mobile - Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM) - 28 September 2018.

I attempted to upload images on my wife's French best friend's Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM (my "provisional camera 📷") using Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile but it didn't move past "release rights", I had to e-mail 📧 this screenshot to my Microsoft Lumia 950 XL phablet to upload it as the issue hasn't affected Microsoft Edge for some reason. I've attempted to use other browsers such as the Beijing Maxthon Browser and Surfy but in those cases I can't even upload. Is this permanent? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:09, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Good news 📰, this issue seems to have been solved. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 08:12, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 08:12, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Uploading a file

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T205636

I am trying to upload a file, but when I upoload it and it says it has done so successfully, I go to the next page for release rights and there is nothing there but to press back. What am I doing wrong here?Lihaas (talk) 08:56, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

I'm getting the same issue. KJP1 (talk) 09:15, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
The same, Ceescamel (talk) 11:36, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
I'm guessing by "next page" this is all Upload Wizard. Can someone who works with the Upload Wizard please look in here? I never go near it, myself. - Jmabel ! talk 15:55, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
I just now Wizarded five and put one in ENWP. No problem. Maybe it was repaired. Jim.henderson (talk) 16:58, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
It is NOT repaired! Bjoertvedt (talk) 19:48, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
Same problem with the Wizard here. Definitely not repaired. From an XO laptop connected through an LTE access point, the file appears to transmit. Then the only action on the rights page is Back. An attempt with the Wizard working in a Debian desktop system times out before completing the transfer. The same failure was observed a few weeks ago. Contention can result in a timeout during busy intervals? Regards, ... PeterEasthope (talk) 20:20, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Those of you for whom it's failing: what language are you using for UI (just wondering if it might be OK in English, but failing elsewhere)? - Jmabel ! talk 23:35, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Im using English.Lihaas (talk) 23:51, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
Screenshots would be helpful here, preferably via another site because those with the problem can't upload here and now.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:07, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
The screenshot from a failed upload when using a Debian desktop system is at http://easthope.ca/CommonsUpload.png . The intended upload is a photo of dental suctioning. If you are extremely squeamish and the thumbnail bothers you, I can try another photo. ... PeterEasthope (talk) 02:53, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
@PeterEasthope: Based on your screenshot, that appears to be a separate issue: While others report a missing "next" button, you actually do have a "retry failed uploads" button. Your error message tells you something about network connectivity issues – maybe your LTE connection is unstable? --El Grafo (talk) 15:30, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
That screenshot is from firefox-esr 60.2.1esr-1~deb9u1 in Debian 9 with an IEEE 803.11 cable connection. With Epiphany in the Redhat derived OLPC XO system, connected via WiFi and LTE, the transfer completes but there is no "Next" button at the subsequent step. Regards, ... PeterEasthope (talk) 01:58, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
The partial screenshot with no "next" button (Ukrainian language) --Ата (talk) 10:28, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
I am working via the Dutch page; it's not working in step 3 to 4.Ceescamel (talk) 11:23, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
This still seems to be an issue. KJP1 (talk) 12:54, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
A photo challenge is running while a large fraction of registered users are blocked from uploading. Appears that attention is drifting toward amusement rather than genuine value. Such performance might be expected from a business but not from Wikimedia. The Foundation really needs to recognize this problem as a high priority and fix it. Regards, ... PeterEasthope (talk) 14:10, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Seems like the same issue has also been reported at the Germal language VP. --El Grafo (talk) 15:16, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

We've had missing "next" buttons before, see phab:T88576. Lihaas, KJP1, Ceescamel, Bjoertvedt, Spurzem, Vux: could you all please provide some more info so that a proper bug report can be issued at phabricator? What operating system are you using? Which browser? Are you using Special:UploadWizard directly or are you all coming from something like a WLM campaign site? --El Grafo (talk) 15:40, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Meanwhile, I've opened a bug report at phab:T205636. I possible, please report all details there (you can log in there with your normal Commons account). --El Grafo (talk) 15:51, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Hallo El Grafo, vorgestern habe ich noch ein Foto in Wiki love monumens hochgeladen, und gestern funktionierte es plötzlich nicht mehr. An meinem Rechner mit Windows 7 (Internetexplorer) ist nichts verändert, aber ich komme nur noch bis zur Angabe der Lizenz, und dann geht es nicht mehr weiter. Schlimm ist das sicher nicht, aber schön ware es trotzdem, wenn der offensichtliche Fehler behoben warden könnte. Viele Grüße -- Lothar Spurzem (talk) 18:52, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
I am using English, and all I get when I enter step 3 is the "Back" button, nothing else is visible. No "Next" button or anything else. Bjoertvedt (talk) 22:08, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Same here.Im on IE.Lihaas (talk) 23:17, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Given the timing and similarity, it looks like the fix for https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T204939 may have introduced this. I'm also unable to reproduce this issue, though. In order to track down what's going on, it would be very helpful to know: 1/ if this issue is happening in campaigns (which?) & 2/ if you have configured a default license in preferences. Mmullie (WMF) (talk) 08:20, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Update: the issue affects IE users. A fix is coming up, but all other browsers should work fine in the meantime. Mmullie (WMF) (talk) 09:07, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
It is not working on IE indeed; Google Chrome has no trouble oploading.Ceescamel (talk) 09:17, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Uploading without a precise date

What is the best practice for instances where I know a year that something was published but not a date? How can I insert incomplete dates into the upload form? Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:13, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

@Koavf: you can use the template {{Other date}} for approximate dates or date ranges. If you're using the upload wizard, select the pencil icon in the date section and paste in the template, or you can just put the year by itself if that's all the information you have. clpo13(talk) 23:19, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
I get errors inserting year without month and day. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:21, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
@Koavf: Switch to the pencil instead of the calendar, just click on it. Then you can add a year manually without date. --Migebert (talk) 16:54, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Image Licensing

I uploaded a cover art image through the Upload Wizard, but I got a message that I didn't get the licensing quite right. The author has given me permission to use the image, but I'm confused as to how to go back and edit the licensing, and which license criteria I should use. Help, please...I feel very dumb right now... ARynan (talk) 02:19, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

  • @ARynan: I'm guessing this is about File:The Green Woman Cover.jpg. Two problems there. (1) "Used with permission of the author(s)" is not (nearly) enough. We need a specific free license, or the image can't be hosted on Commons. See Commons:Project scope#Must be freely licensed or public domain. (2) Because this is something previously published, we need evidence of the license release. Either the license can be explicitly granted on a site obviously controlled by the copyright holder of the work in question, or you can go through the process described at COM:OTRS. For the latter, please note that email must come from the copyright holder, not someone saying "the copyright holder said this is OK." - Jmabel ! talk 04:50, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I'm really sorry to be obtuse, but I'm still unclear about my options, and that CommonsOTRS page just confused me. What I'm able to glean is that I need to get a statement of permission from the authors, using the email template narrative, and send it to Commons? Is that correct? Apologies again. Just trying to do this properly and with a minimum of screwups. ARynan (talk) 17:00, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

  • @ARynan: Yes, that is basically correct if you are going the OTRS route. Sending to the OTRS/permissions team is not exactly sending to Commons, but that's almost a quibble. The main difference is that only a small number of trusted individuals will see the actual email. - Jmabel ! talk —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:45, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Picture of the Day

I use this site nearly everyday for my work. The picture of the day today is TERRIBLE. I've been to this site already about 4 times and every time I see a picture of a nude woman!! Please take this down!

Connie Voss — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 98.238.201.133 (talk) 19:50, 27 September 2018 (UTC)

Hello Mr(s) Voss, I can understand your concern but please read COM:CENSORSHIP as images of nude people can be fully within the scope of this project and serve to be educational, of course this won't be able to appease the sensitivities of all readers but Wikimedia Commons simply doesn't shy away from nudity. (For the record I was holding a toddler when that image appeared on my screen, but as it's not sexual I wouldn't exactly call it inappropriate either.) --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:59, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

category: Jacqueline du Pre

I need help with new category on Jacqueline du Pre, which I have had to redirect after spelling her name wrong. It turned out as a gallery instead of a category. Also, does anyone know how to put the accent above the "e" in Pre? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sardaka (talk • contribs) 08:35, 28 September 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 09:27, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
@Sardaka: I moved your contributions to Category:Jacqueline du Pré. Alt+130 should suffice on a PC running Windows.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:27, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Sorry I forgot to sign in.Sardaka (talk) 09:45, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

@Sardaka: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:46, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Forgot to add US Register of National Historic Places to a wikicommons image

I am brand new to Wiki and am rather overwhelmed with all the technical advice. However, I have not been able to figure out how to add the number to the image I already uploaded. I'd appreciate any help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SarahLilja (talk • contribs) 15:24, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

I have added {{NRHP|72000681}} after the description. Did you mean that? --Migebert (talk) 17:06, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Jeremy Larner - Request to undelete his personal Wiki Entry

Can someone please let me know why this entry keeps getting deleted?

I have tried to upload several times and it has been taken down and I am unclear as to why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brws0260JKL (talk • contribs) 17:13, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

Appears to be in reference to this. GMGtalk 17:21, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
@Brws0260JKL: It's an unused text document of questionable notability which is out of our project scope. Please stop posting the text content of it and asking about it.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:49, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

I can't upload files (Surfy Browser)

File:MediaWiki Upload Wizard not working (Surfy Browser - Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM) - 28 September 2018.

Similar to my post above, however this concerns the Surfy Browser, a web-browser advertised as the "#1 web browser for Windows Phone" in the Windows Phone Store, the issue for this web-browser is completely different from the one I am experiencing with Microsoft's Internet Explorer Mobile browser, in the screenshot you can see the state of affairs, whenever I select a file for uploading (which is only one at a time) I see the name of the file... And it doesn't upload nor prompt any other messages. As this might be related to the API's of the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system and not Wikimedia Commons itself (unlike the above) I haven't opened a Phabricator ticket 🎟 related to it yet. Does anyone else with a Windows Phone 8.1 and the Surfy Browser experience this issue? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:23, 28 September 2018 (UTC)

can not upload my pics from my gallary album

Help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saqib3 (talk • contribs) 01:54, 29 September 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 03:19, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
@Saqib3: What "gallary album"?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:19, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

adding a new Monument to map

Hello Wiki Commons, As I travel through Poland I have photographed the Monument to the Battle of Olszynka Grochowska, in Grochow, Warsaw, pL. How do I get it to show on maps of monuments in Poland? Mickg — Preceding unsigned comment added by MickG-Art (talk • contribs) 11:44, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

@MickG-Art: , did your camera register the geographical location when you took the photograph? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 12:25, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Upload an image under copyright

Good Afternoon, I found an image on a website for a page I'm creating and I wrote an email to the owners asking for their permission to use it on Wikipedia. I received their answer and they said it was okay, but just if I credited them for the photo. Now I'm trying to upload it on WikiCommons but I don't know what option I should choose when the I'm asked which type of license allows me to upload it. Thank you in advance for you attention. sencerely, DD99LIUC (talk) 15:10, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

@DD99LIUC: Please ask them to post permission on their website or send it via OTRS with a copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:04, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
And please ask them to be specific about the free license they are offering, which must conform to Commons:Project scope#Must be freely licensed or public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 17:17, 29 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jmabel: thank you very much!DD99LIUC (talk) 14:03, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Posting a Yearbook Photo to Wikipedia

I was trying to post a photo of a formner Revere High School teacher, John Miller, to a Wikipedia page regarding him. He was better known as a lineman for the GreenBay Packers. The software of the webnsite stopped me from posting it citing "possible copyright violations". I was one of 6 authorized photographers for our high school yearbook at Revere High School Revere, Massachusetts, When I was one of about 6 photographers, anyone could take photos of whatever pertained to Revere High School whether it be students, teachers or school administrators as well as the grounds of the school as well as activities of students during the years our class attended, which was between 1977-1981. At no time were professional photograhers taking general photos, EXCEPT FOR THE ACTUAL PORTRAITS OF THE STUDENTS, which was done sometime in November 1980. Students were authorized to undertake formal assignments, which included taking photographs of the teachers whenever it would be most convenient for thise teachers, but before a certain deadline established by the yearbook's printing firm who would be considered "the publisher".I am mot a copyright attorney by any means but from my understanding, the copyright would be shared by all staffers and all are free to reproduce the works thereof, except for the possible exclusion of students, which, howefver, seem to be universally utilizeas the identifying general media in case there are no other photographs available, in the case of a significant life event or in case of a death. Here, the teacher passed awayin 2015, the photography studio Baileys' is owned and operated by the Bailey family, but the photographer-owner at the time is deceased along with our yearbook advisor. It would be nearly impossible to obtain permission from deceased persons. Furthermore, in the case where there are no other media available, even football cards. posting a mere photo would not initiate a lawsuit, but would honor this fine man who was loved and respected by many at our high school, but for fear of prospective legal action cannot be honored by posting his photo! My name, once again, is Larry Greenstein, former student and yearbook photographer at Revere, High School, Rever, MA, and my email is LBgreen777@gmail.com. I am also an amin for several Facebook pages which preserve the history of Revere, and significant contributor to another, which is where the photo I am trying to pst on Wikipedia. The facebook Group name is Remember In Revere, at https://www.facebook.com/groups/RevereRocks/ and the link to the photo in question, that I wanted to post is at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216868731853630&set=oa.2070096199689519&type=3&theater — Preceding unsigned comment added by LBgreen777 (talk • contribs) 23:59, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

  • (Not sure if this applies here or not but...) Orphaned copyrights are a bitch, but it doesn't mean Commons will accept the copyrighted content just because we won't get sued. Deceased persons have heirs. Yes, this is a pain. - Jmabel ! talk 02:34, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
User:LBgreen777: Most likely, the copyright is held by the photographer or the photographer's heirs, so unless you did create the photo yourself, the filter you encountered was right to prevent you from uploading the photo while claiming that it was your own work that you hold the copyright to. If you cannot obtain an appropriate permission from the legitimate copyright holder, and your intent is to use the photograph on the English edition of Wikipedia, you may be able to upload it locally to that project following their non-free content guidelines. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:09, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Photo challange partially grayed out photos

Hello,

I have added 4 photos to the photo challange for September https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Photo_challenge/2018_-_September_-_Emotions#Entries

Only one of them seems to be uploaded properly https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lost_in_thoughts_in_midst_of_everyone.jpg

The other ones are somehow partially grayed out like this one https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazed_by_magnificence.jpg

Can you please help me with the problem and what I might be doing wrong?

Thank you.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nuncfluens (talk • contribs) 10:42, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

Nuncfluens: It looks like the upload was interrupted about two thirds of the way through. (The upload process really shouldn't be allowed to proceed to publication when that happens, but bugs happen, I guess.) If you go to File:Amazed by magnificence.jpg and look at the "File history" section, there is a link where you can "Upload a new version of this file". Click on that, then click on "Browse...", select the file on your computer and click on "Upload file" to upload it again. You may have to bypass your browser's cache to see the new version after it's uploaded. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:19, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
LX: Hi, thanks a lot for the help, but somehow even after uploading it again I still have the exact same result. So that bug seems to remain for this case I guess.
LX: I've checked it once again and now only the thumbnail looks like the old version, the actual photo has been updated. Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nuncfluens (talk • contribs) 19:10, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

I uploaded a photo to Wiki loves monuments 2018, and I can't find it among submissions. (Paula Borkovic (talk) 17:25, 30 September 2018 (UTC))

I uploaded a photo to Wiki loves monuments 2018, and I can't find it among submissions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paula Borkovic (talk • contribs) 17:24, 30 September 2018 (UTC)

You added you file: File:Gibon_jos_jedan-MONO_blur_headshot.jpg to Commons:Photo_challenge but to a wrong place. I moved it to the correct place and now it shows up. Ruslik (talk) 19:23, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
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