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File:Partito_Comunista_(Svizzera).tif

Hello everyone, I recently uploaded the logo of the Communist Party (Switzerland) on Commons. There are several users who keep flagging it for speedy deletion and lack of permission. Nylkmzra and I (both representatives of the Communist Party) clearly stated to those users that the logo meet the criteria to be labeled as a simple design: in fact it is composed of simple geometric shapes, letters and a Unicode symbol (Unicode symbol for hammer and sickle). I would like to label it with the following licenses:

{{PD-textlogo}}
{{Trademarked}}

How can we do so? Thanks in advance for your replies. --EgonCanevascini (talk) 20:57, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

I believe that This has been handled wrong by several people. (I may have a detail wrong somewhere in the following: this is complicated.) Apparently it was originally uploaded by User:Nylkmzra with a claim of {{CC-BY-SA}}, then deleted by User:Billinghurst because there was no such license granted on the party's website. User:EgonCanevascini then uploaded it with a claim that it was not eligible for copyright. User:大诺史 marked it as a possible copyvio because of the deletion history (which EgonCanevascini reverted); 大诺史 then removed {{PD-textlogo}} and restored the nsd claim; there has been a bit more back-and-forth here, I don't have time right now to go into it all.
Just for what it is worth: the hammer and sickle symbol as such is certainly in the public domain. It dates back to the mid-19th century. I personally don't see any reason that this image would be copyrightable.
It seems to me that this should be changed to a proper DR discussion, not a templating edit war. Does anyone object to going that route? - Jmabel ! talk 23:13, 2 June 2019 (UTC)
@EgonCanevascini: The design itself may not be copyright, however, the produced version that you have uploaded can be copyright for its production values. If you wish to have someone else's production, and the site itself states copyright ownership, you will either need a permission for the version, or you need to produce your own version.  — billinghurst sDrewth 00:13, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
@Billinghurst: That’s not “someone else’s production”. Actually I have the permission of the party to publish the image. I am a member of the Central Committee of the party. —EgonCanevascini (talk) 00:23, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Yes it is, one own's the copyright to one's production, to not just be taken by another. So if you are using their production, then you need their permission, you cannot just take it. Permissions need to follow Com:OTRS for us to hold a work.  — billinghurst sDrewth 00:28, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
@Billinghurst: The problem with the Com:OTRS procedure is that we do not want to release the logo as CC-BY-SA. We just would like it to appear in our Wikipedia page. The right choice for us seems to be licensing the image with
{{PD-textlogo}}
{{Trademarked}}
like many other political parties’ logos are on Wikimedia Commons. —EgonCanevascini (talk) 00:39, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
@Billinghurst: This does not matter at all because the file is below TOO. According license tags (the ones Egon linked to) are added now in the file description. — Speravir – 00:51, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
As the discussion from Jmabel stated, they were not labelled that way when I originally deleted them. @Speravir: TOO is an argument to navigate around the original copyright, but it is not an argument that can be waged for simply taking a specific production of another person.

Easiest way is to have your own version, or to go through OTRS.  — billinghurst sDrewth 02:50, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Again, it seems to me that this should be changed to a proper DR discussion. Does anyone object to going that route? - Jmabel ! talk 03:44, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Someone else created the DR discussion yet: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Partito Comunista (Svizzera).tif. — EgonCanevascini (talk) 07:15, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 22:13, 5 June 2019 (UTC): Discussion belongs to deletion request mow.

Orval Overall has two categories

His wikipedia aritcle links here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Orval_Overall. The linked category appears as a subcategory in the main Orval Overall category (there is an item "Orval Overall" above all the images below). Can we unlink the wikipedia article from the subcategory and link it to the main category? Oaktree b (talk) 00:02, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

@Oaktree b: Yes, I did that for you in this edit. The 'item "Orval Overall" above all the images below' is the Orval Overall gallery, hosted here in mainspace. It's pretty empty, you might want to fill it.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:14, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
Great, thank you! Oaktree b (talk) 02:39, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
@Oaktree b: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:42, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
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File:JR East Unknown Railcar Near Azumi-Kutsukake Station.jpg

I recently transferred File:JR East Unknown Railcar Near Azumi-Kutsukake Station.jpg from Japanese Wikipedia. However, I cannot figure out what model of railcar is in the file. Would anyone can help to figure out it, so that I can change the file name? Many thanks.廣九直通車 (talk) 06:43, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

@廣九直通車: My guess is Category:E127-100 in Nagano livery. See File:Jreast E127 A8.jpg for example. --HyperGaruda (talk) 08:30, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
@HyperGaruda: Thank you for your assistance!廣九直通車 (talk) 12:09, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
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Files with no source and potentially misleading

I can't seem to find information on how to deal with unsourced files that are potentially misleading. We have for example File:FeyliLurishClothes.jpg with no confirmation of them actually being Feylis. --Ahmedo Semsurî (talk) 10:52, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

@Ahmedo Semsurî: Thank you for your question. It seems that the file of File:FeyliLurishClothes.jpg is properly sourced in terms of copyright information. Are you doubting that the clothing of the people in the file are not ethnic clothing of Feyli Kurds? Thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 11:00, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
@Shadegan: Pinging uploader to join the discussion.廣九直通車 (talk) 11:04, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
First of all, I'm confused by the title: If Feylis are Kurds, why does he portray them as Lurs. Secondly, the clothes do not look Kurdish at all, but look like something Lurs wear. --Ahmedo Semsurî (talk) 11:16, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
Found some pictures of Lur men in traditional clothes[1]This one looks a lot like the dress the boy is wearing --Ahmedo Semsurî (talk) 11:26, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
If the image description or file name is incorrect you can mark the image with {{Fact disputed}}, or simply edit the description. MKFI (talk) 12:48, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you. I have added the template now. --Ahmedo Semsurî (talk) 13:08, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
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I can't upload pictures

Hi, I'm trying to upload my pictures but every time I click "Publish data" there is an info:"The save has failed. As an anti-abuse measure, you are limited from performing this action too many times in a short space of time, and you have exceeded this limit. Please try again in a few minutes.". What can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magdawszedobylska (talk • contribs) 31 May 2019‎ 15:29 (UTC) (UTC)

@Magdawszedobylska: Hi, and welcome. Please slow down. The rate limits of 8 edits or uploads per minute for new users like you are documented at Commons:Village pump/Proposals/Archive/2018/06#Rate limit is at 90 edits per minute.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:51, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Deleted(?) file

I've been looking for the creator of a painting of Nero fiddling while Rome burned. This 2016 article cites it from Wikicommons, but I can't find it in any relevant categories now, so was it deleted? Can someone tell me the creator? Raymond1922 (talk) 05:03, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Without the original file name at Commons, there's no chance of finding out whether it was deleted. I've tried a few of the names of this file that are still available across the web, but none of these was ever uploaded at Commons. De728631 (talk) 13:07, 1 June 2019 (UTC)
This may help. There is a refence to wiki, but not to Commons. Wouter (talk) 14:59, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

User account

How do I edit my account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PulengMahapa (talk • contribs) 13:49, 1 June 2019‎ (UTC)

To edit your user page, you can click at User:PulengMahapa, write something and then publish the page. De728631 (talk) 14:06, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Editing

How to change my username? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PulengMahapa (talk • contribs) 13:54, 1 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@PulengMahapa: You can just abandon this account and create a new one. De728631 (talk) 14:05, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Delete the former version of photos.

I uploaded some photos. For some reason, I edited and re-uploaded them as an updated verison for the file. Better not keeping the former one, can I delete the original version? Should not using the Speedydelete temp right?

oopes forgot to sign, sorry Hf9631 (talk) 02:44, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
@Hf9631: You can ask with specifics at COM:AN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:47, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Understood, thanks! Hf9631 (talk) 02:51, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
@Hf9631: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:55, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:55, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Author Contact Needed

I am working on a book project and would like to contact the author - KDS4444 - by email with a question about obtaining a larger file for print use. And I would like to credit the artist by name in my caption. With thanks, Thomas, aka AZTAW - PS: I am not a tech-head and, as a new member, I find this site very confusing — Preceding unsigned comment added by AZTAW (talk • contribs) 08:52, 1 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@AZTAW: You can post to User talk:KDS4444 or use Special:EmailUser/KDS4444, but beware that he hasn't edited since 3 March and that he may have uploaded the largest file size available already per COM:HR. Please specify the file name or URL when doing so. Pinging @KDS4444.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:09, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

from AZTAW - Thanks, Jeff. I sent a message to your talk page, but am uncertain if I put it in the right place! This is an awkward way to communicate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AZTAW (talk • contribs) 18:09, 1 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@AZTAW: Thanks for writing there, but you were correct that it was not in the right place.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:28, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Images deleted during publication

Hi! We added some images to our draft but they were all deleted during the publication, why? we referenced all the images and had sources. WHy were the images deleted? and how can we upload them again without them being deleted during the publication?Serena1996 (talk) 15:01, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

Convenience links:
Jmabel ! talk 17:21, 1 June 2019 (UTC)

trying to remove my old images as there is my newest post containing all of them

    Dear Sir or Madam,

    could you please remove following images:

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Joukkue_termistor_NTC110_100K_5%25.png

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Joukkue_nappaimisto4x4.png

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Joukkue_termistor100K.png

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Joukkue_IR_led.png

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plik:Joukkue_EEPROM.png 

    Reason for this is that, all of them are actually already contained in following

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Joukkue0.pdf 

    There become possibility to put pdf files in wikipedia so old images

    are no more relevant as all of them are contained in newer pdf file.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Korbazzael (talk • contribs) 21:06, 1 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Korbazzael: You are welcome to start a DR via COM:DR, but I think we will want to keep the old images for separate or historical use.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:21, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

タレントのCategoryにある写真が別人の場合の取り扱い

たまたま別の方の情報を検索していると「Category:Anna Ishii」に掲載されている写真が別人でした。 記事の内容から推察すると、日本のダンスグループE-girlsのメンバーである石井杏奈（Anna Ishii）についてのCategoryと思います。 掲載されている写真で

  1. 個人が特定できる顔写真Anna Ishii at 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.jpgとAnna Ishii, 2014 (cropped).jpgは同じくE-girlsに所属するSAYAKAの写真です。
  2. E-girlsのメンバーが複数人映っている写真MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2014 E-Girls.jpgとMTV VMAJ 2014 E-Girls.jpgにはCategoryのメンバーは入っていません。

なお、E-girlsを検索した際に出てくるE-girls @ VMAJ 2018.jpgには、Categoryのメンバーは入っています。

このように明らかに違い人物の写真がCategoryの写真として使われている場合は、どのようになるのですか。 Categoryのメンバーは、[1]です。

Denen0704 (talk) 00:44, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Dealing with another person's picture in the Talent's Category

I was searching for another person's information, and the photograph posted in "Category: Anna Ishii" was another person. Inferred from the content of the article, I think it is Category about Anna Ishii, a member of the Japanese dance group E-girls. In the photograph that is published The personally identifiable face photo Anna Ishii at 2014 MTV Video Music Awards Japan.jpg and Anna Ishii, 2014 (cropped) .jpg are photos of SAYAKA, also belonging to E-girls. Photos with multiple E-girls members MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2014 E-Girls.jpg and MTV VMAJ 2014 E-Girls.jpg do not contain Category members. In addition, members of Category are included in E-girls @ VMAJ 2018.jpg that appears when searching for E-girls.

If there is such a clear difference between a person's picture and a Category picture, what will happen? The members of Category are [2].
 
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:12, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

References

  1. ↑ 石井杏奈 | MANAGEMENT | LDH
  2. ↑ 石井杏奈 | MANAGEMENT | LDH

Upload

How to upload my photos...? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chandi Dilhara (talk • contribs) 05:49, 2 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Chandi Dilhara: Please start with COM:FS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:07, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

How to upload photo?

How to upload photo in the contest ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sanjana Afrin (talk • contribs) 07:08, 2 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Sanjana Afrin: Which contest? Please start with COM:FS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:05, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Copyright status on images posted from Reddit

Just clicking on random images that brought me to this images: Poland cannot into space.png

Clicking on this link reveals nothing: https://www.redditinc.com/policies/user-agreement May I asked that if Reddit images copyright status are compatible to Wikimedia Creative Commons License ?

Asked by : Encik Tekateki (talk) 09:56, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

@Encik Tekateki: No, I tagged it as a copyvio.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:07, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi @Jeff G.: , I think after just typing Reddit into search box , I found few more Countryballs and some goofy images with no education purpose which sources point to Reddit :

Also after I start noticing a pattern that account Russavia are posting "maybe" OTRS tickets that says that the countryball are protected by OTRS, just wanted to confirm to admins , is it true?

And many more by that account.

Could you help to check it out if that account is posting legit OTRS or just fake OTRS?

And also if all of the images at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Polandball_comics AND https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Countryballs_by_country are considered to be applicable to Wikimedia Creative Commons ? Encik Tekateki (talk) 12:36, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

My own art

Why non-artistic uploads? Can't I upload my own art? — Preceding unsigned comment added by FWKrasicki (talk • contribs) 2 June 2019‎ (UTC15:44). - Jmabel ! talk 16:05, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

@FWKrasicki: Usually we don't keep art from non notable artists, unless the images show something special, and are of high quality. And you would need to confirm your permission via email (see COM:OTRS for the instructions). Regards, Yann (talk) 16:09, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

protected area/monument's code.

Where can I found protected area/monument's code. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarkoGereš (talk • contribs) 17:38, 2 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@DarkoGereš: Category:Monument templates.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:08, 2 June 2019 (UTC)

By mistake, I have added the CMTI Logo under Creative commons licensed files. Please let me know the procedure to get it removed. The URL is https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CMTILogo.jpg. Please let me know the procedure to get it the copyright for CMTI. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinodh Gumaste (talk • contribs) 09:16, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

@Vinodh Gumaste: I have marked it as such. Please review COM:L and en:WP:F.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:20, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
This is {{PD-textlogo}}. License changed. Yann (talk) 11:42, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
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Mynewsdesk

Can anyone direct me to a Commons decision to allow images from this organization without further licensing/permission? As far as I can see, we are now allowing them without question, and more and more are being uploaded and added to Wikipedia articles. Is this OK? Do we care? Just askin'. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 18:03, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

@SergeWoodzing: the relevant rule in this case is COM:Threshold of originality. In a nutshell: the logo is so simple, it is not eligible for copyright. --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:09, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
With a contribution history as extensive as yours, you probably already know this. Perhaps I am misinterpreting your question. --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:13, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
If you are referring to the files in Category:Files from mynewsdesk.com, it looks like the files are kept at Commons because they have a Creative Commons Attribution license according to their source pages. Don't you think that is sufficient? --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:39, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! In 2 cases, so far, for example, I've contacted the photographers whose photos have been uploaded to Commons this way. Neither one was aware that their allowing Mynewsdesk to publish their images automatically would release them to the public domain. One approved eventually. The other has not responded yet. My impression of status quo is that Mynewsdesk's images automatically are approved at Commons nowadays. Am I wrong? --SergeWoodzing (talk) 21:53, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
@SergeWoodzing: I'm confused: are they saying Mynewsdesk put a license on the photo that was not in their contract? Or that they didn't read the contract closely, but it is in there? Also: where does "public domain" come into it, or are you speaking metaphorically? - Jmabel ! talk 23:19, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
I only know that they did not realize that their photos, through Mynewsdesk, would be made generally available to the public for use as we please. Looks like I don't know enough about the difference between terms like Creative Commons and public domain, having thought for many years that what we upload to Commons goes to public domain. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 23:26, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
It's bad, see Commons:Bad_sources#Mynewsdesk.com.--BevinKacon (talk) 10:39, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank you very much BevinKacon! That's what I was looking for. --SergeWoodzing (talk) 23:13, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
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Images Of Others Work?

For my Windows 93 contribution, Im wanting to screenshot content of the site but not use screenshots the creators own screenshots. Is this allowed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thanos2Doggo (talk • contribs) 3 June 2019‎ 02:52 (UTC) (UTC)

  1. Can you clarify what you mean by "my Windows 93 contribution"? Are you talking about uploading a photo to Commons, or about something else?
  2. "…content of the site…": what site?
  3. "not use screenshots the creators own screenshots": I can't make any sese of this at all.
@Thanos2Doggo: Could you possibly reword this question more clearly? - Jmabel ! talk 03:47, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: It appears @Thanos2Doggo wanted to illustrate their version of en:Windows 93 (currently a redirect) with screenshots from one or more of the three mentioned URLs.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:28, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
In general, screenshots are copyrighted. You would almost certainly need an appropriate license from the creator of the content in question. - Jmabel ! talk 16:04, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Can I upload a picture of this graffiti?

I was recently at a men's bathroom in a restaurant and saw a graffiti written on the wall saying "Kill all Muslims". I took a picture of it. I am in no way condoning killing all Muslims, quite the opposite, I am for equal rights regardless of religion. I am asking purely out of curiosity, would uploading this picture be allowed, or would it be regarded as offensive? JIP (talk) 16:11, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

@JIP: Please see COM:GRAFFITI.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:23, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
I should have been more specific. What this "graffiti" actually consists of is the words "Kill all Muslims!" written in simple handwriting in black felt-tip pen on the wooden inside wall of a men's bathroom. That's it. I am not sure there's even enough creativity involved to fall under copyright. Or is every single piece of text someone writes with a pen under copyright? JIP (talk) 22:03, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
Pretty clear that falls under COM:TOO, and should not be copyrightable. - Jmabel ! talk 07:12, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
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Personal information

How to upload my personal information?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.58.201.199 (talk • contribs) 17:21, 8 June 2019‎ (UTC)

Why would you want to do that? You cannot upload anything unless you have an account and are logged in, and you shouldn't upload anything that's not within our project scope. —LX (talk, contribs) 21:33, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
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music

Should any music, in general, be uploaded? For example, this song is copyrighted w/ (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0). Does not seem that constructive to me and I am assuming that it will not be permitted to be uploaded, but may as well ask if it is permissible because it does meet the commons copyright criteria. Fluffy89502 07:24, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Alright so from my understanding now that specific song cannot be uploaded due to the fact that it is copyrighted as Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) instead of Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) correct? Fluffy89502 07:40, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Nevermind Commons:Licencing clearly states that there may not be a noncommercial tag. My apologies for asking such a dubious question. Fluffy89502 07:51, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hi

Pleas tell me, How wiki lover Earth competition attend that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kazi sajjad (talk • contribs) 10 June 2019‎ 05:44 (UTC) (UTC)

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Clicking on an image to enlarge it actually makes it smaller

Hi, I am a bit confused on what is the matter here: I use Chrome on Windows, and when I click on an image to enlarge it, it goes really small instead (like a thumbnail), and clicking it again enlarges it slightly. Not clicking it at all gives me the largest on-screen size! I have tried with MediaViewer and without, and it's the same. A different computer with Chrome and my profile works perfectly fine?! Chrome doesn't need updating either. Any idea what the problem could be? Thank you in advance. -- Deadstar (msg) 10:21, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

u s army bruns hospital at santa fe nm , german pow hospital camp for nazi prisoners, 1942-1945

US Army established Bruns US Army Hospital in Santa Fe NM for German POWs. Hospital closed at end of war. Army medics from Burns Hospital participated in assault on Okinawa Island. (This is addition to Japanese-American Interment Camp north of Santa Fe). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.129.65.66 (talk • contribs) 4 June 2019‎ 03:44 (UTC) (UTC)

copyright claim to my own owork

i uploaded a cat picture which was claimed copyrighted. i took it in my hometown hetauda. how can it be claimed ? its my own work. please help the file is mine. some chinese man username Yann claims my pic two Cats.jpg to be his. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sadmadd (talk • contribs) 4 June 2019‎ 08:19 (UTC) (UTC)

Can I

Can I upload a fotoshopped picture took my cameras and after some changes, that I made on my phone? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexBryukhanov (talk • contribs) 4 June 2019‎ 12:25 (UTC) (UTC)

  • The answer is probably yes, but I want to make sure I've understood you correctly, because what you wrote is not entirely clear.
  • If you took the picture yourself, and it is within scope, yes you may Photoshop before uploading. The picture still needs to be within Commons' scope, and in particular the Photoshopping should not be such as to falsify the what the photo shows (e.g. if you Photoshopped in an additional person, that is not OK).
  • Probably the best practice is to first upload the unaltered image, then upload the cleaned-up image as a new version of that image, with the differences described in whatever language you write best. See, for example, File:Seattle - St. Joseph's - stained glass 08.jpg, a photo along these lines, which I uploaded about 10 hours ago. - Jmabel ! talk 15:27, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

Changing a Bio Photo

I'm translating a bio of a footballer from English to Norwegian. Is there a way to use the photo from the English wiki page on the Norwegian one, as the photo on the Norwegian page is outdated?

Best Regards

Hawkz1994 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hawkz1994 (talk • contribs) 15:45, 4 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Hawkz1994: File:20180602 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Germany Julian Brandt 850 0710.jpg is already here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:48, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
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Added photo taken by my friend but got this message

...has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. The file you added may soon be deleted. If you believe this file is not a copyright violation, you may replace the copyvio tag with a regular deletion request.

I have his authorization to post this photo of our friend, he's an actor. Thanks for the help — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 109.49.177.142 (talk) 23:37, 5 June 2019‎ (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. The above post appears to be your first edit, perhaps you forgot to login. Logging in is required before uploading here. Also, what is your account name and what file are you writing about?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:18, 6 June 2019 (UTC)


@Jeff G.: Account name is Pinezz. It is my first edit. I believe I was logged in when I uploaded the picture. File is File:Edgar Morais at AFI 16.jpg. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinezz (talk • contribs) 10:34, 6 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Pinezz: The photo you are referring to was found on IMDB, thus deleted as a copyright violation. You will need to get the person who originally took the photo to provide proof and permission to COM:OTRS Gbawden (talk) 11:03, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Ok- how do I go about doing that? It was uploaded to imdb by him as well - why is the fact of it being on imdb a sign of copyright violation? Thanks for the help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pinezz (talk • contribs) 11:45, 6 June 2019 (UTC) (UTC)

@Pinezz: Any document, inlcuding pictures, which was published previously before being uploaded to Commons need a formal written permission from the copyright holder. PS: Please sign your messages with ~~~~ Regards, Yann (talk) 11:45, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

@Yann: Thanks for the information. I've emailed the written permission for the photo. Do I need to re-upload it now that it has been deleted? Thanks again! --Pinezz (talk) 13:16, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

@Pinezz: No, thanks.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:21, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
@Pinezz: No, you don't. The file would be undeleted once the permission is validated. Regards, Yann (talk) 06:43, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
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Hello

I uploaded 3 video yesterday and i got the answer today of the owner that I'm not allowed to reuse them. Could someone delete those video because i cannot find how to do? Thank you in advance.--Atlerbeau (talk) 06:12, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Convenience links:
@Atlerbeau:
Normally, you have 7 days to ask for a courtesy deletion (per Commons:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion that would be {{speedydelete|G7 - uploader request)}} but I see that two of these are already linked from the French-language Wikipedia, so I'm not sure that applies). Can someone clarify whether the uploader can do this after the files have been linked?
Also, when you uploaded, you said these were public domain works prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's official duties, so who is the "owner" who said you may not reuse them? Or was that original statement inaccurate? - Jmabel ! talk 16:25, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: The original videos are indeed the property of the US government but the videos I uploaded are annotated by a third party company that I contacted by email and who confirmed to me that they did not want to publish their videos on wiki commons.--Atlerbeau (talk) 05:30, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
@Atlerbeau: Can you upload the USG originals, instead?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:49, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I only found the original video named FLIR1 but I cannot find the other two... I'll at least change the one I found and keep looking. Thank you.--Atlerbeau (talk) 05:52, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Do you know any free video editor that works to delete the logos from the video and crop it? I tried Filmora but it puts watermark when you export the video... And with VLC I cannot saved the effects... very frustrating--Atlerbeau (talk) 08:21, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
en:Avidemux should do the job. --Magnus (talk) 08:59, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: @Tsungam: I managed to remove the logo and crop the video so it now matches the original files. No more need to delete. Thank you very much! Finally I used VSDC free video editor. It's quite complete but the interface is not very intuitive.... --Atlerbeau (talk) 12:21, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
@Atlerbeau: You're very welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:06, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
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I can't upload a new version of a a file

I tried to upload new version of File:Map of Miyagi Prefecture Ja.svg (from here), but the current version looks the same as previous one. It would be great if someone could update the file.

Thanks. Camomilla (talk) 08:56, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

@Camomilla: I see a difference in a colour(yellowis to pinkish), maybe try Help:Purge#Advanced_manual_thumbnail_purging
Google Chrome Ctrl+F5 or ⇧ Shift+F5
Mozilla Firefox Microsoft Windows and Linux:
Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+⇧ Shift+R[1]

macOS:
⌘+R (reload page) or ⌘+⇧ Shift+R (Reload Page and rewrite Cache)

Edge F5 or Ctrl+R
Internet Explorer Ctrl+F5[2]
Opera Ctrl+F5 or ⇧ Shift+F5
Apple Safari Mac OS X:
⌘+⌥+E (clearing browsercache) or ⌘+R (update)

Microsoft Windows:
Ctrl+R

Konqueror Ctrl+R
Mozilla Camino Ctrl+R
  1. ↑ Mozilla Hilfe und Support: Firefox – Wie Sie den Cache leeren können, Tastaturkürzel, auf mozillaZine: Auswirkungen der Cache-Einstellungen (engl.)
  2. ↑ Microsoft Hilfe und Support: Internet Explorer – Tastenkombinationen, Einfluss der Cache-Einstellungen auf das Browsen

 — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 09:30, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, it worked. Camomilla (talk) 09:39, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Johannes, Camomilla see also {{Purge client cache}} which perhaps could need some rework. Note that most, but not all languages internally use {{int:Clearyourcache}}. — Speravir – 23:33, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
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move a non-file Commons page

I am trying to move DTU to Danmarks Tekniske Universitet.

How do page moves (not file moves) work in Commons? Can I execute this, or do I need admin support? Blue Rasberry (talk) 20:11, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

@Bluerasberry: Technically any user can move a non-file page. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:49, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
I looked again, and I am feeling slow. I am expecting to see a "move" option in the "more" tab at the top of the page as described at mw:Help:Moving a page. I am not seeing it. Any ideas? Blue Rasberry (talk) 23:44, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
I think this is related to phab:T224303. clpo13(talk) 23:50, 3 June 2019 (UTC)
Yes, it is seems the same. I cross posted in that thread. Blue Rasberry (talk) 11:09, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
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Uploading my photo of monument from a US National Park site

I have attempted to upload a file named Monument to the 46 USCC 5th and 6th murdered at Saltville, Virginia. I took this photo at Camp Nelson National Historic Monument. I am not sure if it has been removed.

I received a message from Magog the Ogre questioning its copyright status. My assumption has been a photo of a monument at National Park site has no copyright issues.

I am a neophyte to Wikipedia but have made some extensive edits successfully to the Camp Nelson wiki page.

I would appreciate it if you could point me in the right direction so that I can post this image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erinod333 (talk • contribs)

Unfortunately you did not specify any license at all when you uploaded the file. I suppose it can be restored if you say that you made the image yourself. Ruslik (talk) 20:21, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
Plus if you now specify a license for your photo. - Jmabel ! talk 04:48, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Photo of my father

Hello, i am trying to upload an image of my father, and his siblings regarding the miracle of woodside. the photo was taken my relatives and have been posted on their site, http://woodside1965.blogspot.com/ . it wont let me upload it, is there anyway i can fix this? thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by InputPassTrash (talk • contribs) 5 June 2019‎ 01:33 (UTC) (UTC)

  • "it wont let me upload it" is kind of vague, so I'm not sure what happened; my guess is that you were trying to do a cross-wiki upload (e.g. from Wikipedia) of a small image without EXIF data. Because that so often is a pattern for a copyright violation, there is a filter to prevent those. You can avoid the filter by uploading directly from Commons:Upload wizard.
  • However: there is a good reason that usually indicates a copyright violation. If one of your relatives owns the copyright of the picture, that relative, not you, needs to provide a license for it. Or are you the heir to the photographer's intellectual property? If that's the case, say so, and I can give you an easier route through this.
  • If you are not the heir to the photographer's intellectual property, most likely the best way to clarify permission is the process described at COM:OTRS, though if the photographer is still alive, and the copyright has never been transferred, and that person has a web page of their own that is clearly under their control, they could also simply reproduce the photo on that page and specify a license.
  • In any case: if these criteria can be met to clarify ownership of the rights for these photos, Commons would want the highest-resolution versions that are available. - Jmabel ! talk 05:04, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

Correction required

If Bal Raj Thackeray was born on 19 June 1966 and died on 17 November 2012 he did not live for 86 years as you have mentioned. Please correct it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Veenaki (talk • contribs) 5 June 2019‎ 02:01 (UTC)) (UTC)

Underwood Memorial Hospital

How can I get permission to use a photo for a book I'm writing? It's a photo of Underwood Memorial Hospital in Woodbury, NJ.

My email is tcarlton@gcls.org

Thank you, Teresa — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:8b:4502:28b0:4c4:7aa6:b380:e5c8 (talk • contribs) 5 June 2019‎ 03:26 (UTC) (UTC)

Could you please provide a link to the file page for the specific photo you are asking about? Each file page specifies a license, but not all of them specify the same license. - Jmabel ! talk 04:53, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

uploading images to a page

Hello I'm the assistant to artist tomer peretz. I'm trying to upload an images to his page. How can I do that? I have full permission from Tomer.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenturah Davis (talk • contribs) 5 June 2019‎ 12:59 (UTC) (UTC)

Richiesta revoca blocco

Richiedo la revoca del blocco subito ingiustamente e senza contraddittorio. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Comunicagarrone (talk • contribs) 14:16, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Block revocation request I request the revocation of the blockade unjustly and without contradiction.
 
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:39, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
@Vituzzu: This relates to your username indefinite block of @Comunicagarrone on itwiki.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:53, 8 June 2019 (UTC)
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I'm confused about the process of free photos and autocomplete.

So when I joined Wikimedia, I tried editing Judge Judy Sheindlin's Wikipedia page, as I felt it needed a newer photo. I found out the day after that the photo had been taken down. I'm not sure whether the photo actually has any violations or not, but I need some help trying to figure out how to properly edit and make sure the photo is able to be put on this Wikipedia page.


This is where the image came from:

https://people.com/style/judge-judy-sheindlin-debuts-long-hairstyle-daytime-emmy-awards/


And in case it won't work, this is the image itself:

https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/judge-judy-1.jpg


If anyone is seeing this, please get back to me. I'd like some help on this.

- FrenzyMedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by FrenzyMedia (talk • contribs) 02:29, 9 June 20:19 (UTC)

@FrenzyMedia: File:Judge Judy at the 2019 Daytime Emmy Awards.jpg was correctly deleted as a copyright violation because it had "external source, no license, no permission." https://peopledotcom.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/judge-judy-1.jpg is copyrighted by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan and was used by Meredith Corporation courtesy of a license from Getty Images. You may request undeletion 70 years after the year of death of the last surviving photographer. Please read COM:L and en:WP:F.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:18, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
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How to upload a photo

I dont know how — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pheebe Caye (talk • contribs) 08:48, 9 June 2019‎ (UTC)

This page walks you through uploading an image. Why not give it a try and come back if you have any problems. Cheers. Rodhullandemu (talk) 09:04, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
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Issue with templates

I am having an issue with an article review and the templates in use. There used to be a template "PD-US-expired-abroad" which worked for items not published in the US. This template no longer works and if you look at the page Template:PD-US-expired-abroad it says to use {{PD-US-expired}}. Unfortunately, this is not correct as that template says it was published prior to 1924, which my reviewer takes issue with, as expired is ≠ to no copyright existed. So, for example, how would one tag this as being in the PD in the US? According to this chart articles published abroad and made by foreign nationals prior to 1924 are in the PD in the US even if they were not published here. SusunW (talk) 19:57, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Okay, maybe I figured it out. If I use {{PD-1996}} the three part criteria are:
  • first published outside the United States It was published in Armenia
  • first published prior to "1 March 1989 without copyright notice or before 1964 without copyright renewal or before the source country established copyright relations with the United States" It was published in 1919 with no notice and Armenia did not establish relations until 1993[2]
  • in the public domain in its home country on 1 January 1996 anonymous work, 70 years from 1919 lapsed in 1989. (Note, even though the photograph has no creator stated, the Armenian copyright law of 2006 did give author's rights to the person who first published it, Avetis Aharonyan (1866-1948), but as he died in 1948, his rights lapsed in 2018.)
Is this the correct assessment? SusunW (talk) 21:48, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
This seems much more like a discussion for Commons:Village pump/Copyright. Also, you refer to "my reviewer," but I see you have not pinged that person to participate in the discussion. - Jmabel ! talk 00:46, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks Jmabel. I didn't ping the reviewer because I already asked them and got no answer. But thanks for steering me to the copyright page. SusunW (talk) 05:10, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
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photo from IMDB

hi, I was trying to upload a photo from IMDB but the process didn't go successfully. Could you please follow me through the process?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Iuliana hd (talk • contribs)

Photo from IMDB is typically still in copyright.--Vulphere 10:19, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
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Ray Strachey restored.jpg

The URAA notice on Strachey should not say it was published after 1924. It should read the same as Ashby, but the verbiage the template is producing is different. I suspect that this has to do with the date, but have no idea how to make the template read a date range. Can someone help? Thanks! SusunW (talk) 14:55, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Vulphere Since you have been so helpful on my other two problems, could you possibly take a look at this one and help me fix it? *I promise it is the last one for a long while.) You are truly amazing and I really do appreciate your skill, as the technology part is my weakness. SusunW (talk) 19:10, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
SusunW I think they are located in different projects, Strachey in Commons and Ashby in en.wp, and regarding template I can't help you in this case as it is clearly belongs to different projects so I keep it.--Vulphere 19:16, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
Vulphere thanks for looking at it. Hopefully someone will be able to help me with the date issue. SusunW (talk) 19:22, 13 June 2019 (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. SusunW (talk) 19:40, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Delete an image

Hi How do I delete an Image on a page? A page about me has a photo of some random! I’d like it taken down so how do I go about this?? The issues is on “Jenny Owens (skier)” Jenny

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Owens

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jenlyons (talk • contribs) 5 June 2019‎ 12:08 (UTC) (UTC)

I think this is about File:Jenny Owens (cropped).jpg which was previously linked as an image of Jenny Owens in Wikidata, but @Opencooper: has already fixed it. MKFI (talk) 06:37, 6 June 2019 (UTC)
MKFI, that's it. The page previously had an image of a woman of the same name at a comics event. But the article was for a skier. I confirmed that the uploaded person matches the skier and then corrected the Wikidata item and the other language articles. Should be resolved now, as the old image has been removed from the skier's category and has a note so it doesn't get confused again. Opencooper (talk) 08:26, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Up load de fotos

My up load never ends, what can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by FeWehby (talk • contribs) 15:50, 6 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@FeWehby: What upload URL or software are you using? Are your uploads of similar sized files to another site like Flickr proceeding differently? What upload speed do you get from speedtest.net?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:11, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

English language

I am visiting Italy and want to participate in the photographic project for June. How do I get the information in English? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pasta Pam (talk • contribs) 16:28, 6 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Pasta Pam: Which project? Google Translate is your friend.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:47, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

File:Adam Harasowski - kompozytor, 1932.jpg

I have retouched background (removed "3" in the left top corner) of File:Adam Harasowski - kompozytor, 1932.jpg. For some reasons the retouched version cannot be used. I performed the replacement with a vew version operation without problems in the past but, obviously, I made some mistake this time. In essence, I wish to revert to the version timed at 18:10 and made active, and the other two surplus versions (timed 18:14 and 18:16) removed, if possible. Please help. Greetings - Henry39 (talk) 20:07, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

When you want to upload a retouched image, please, do this under a different name and do not overwrite the non-retouched image. Ruslik (talk) 20:34, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Consulta sobre publicar archivos

Hola. Quiero publicar por primera vez una biografía autorizada. ¿Como tengo que hacer? Saludos y gracias Luciana — Preceding unsigned comment added by LucianaFischbach (talk • contribs) 6 June 2019‎ 20:49 (UTC) (UTC)

  • @LucianaFischbach: ¿Entiendo correctamente que Vd. quiere usar archivos/imágenes que están ubicado aquí en Commons? No se puede dar una respuesta general, porque las licencias varían. Por las imágenes en el dominio público, no se necesita hacer nada, se puede usarlos en cualquiera manera que quiere. Pero por los otros, se necesita cumplir con los términos de las licencias. Si puede dar ejemplo de cual archivos quiere usar, podemos responder con más especifidad. - Jmabel ! talk 23:38, 6 June 2019 (UTC)

Bianca Hartwig

Hello, As I´m writing an article about a company, my question refers to the right of uploading files. In the information box a the beginning of the Wikipedia page I´d like to put the logo of the company. Is it allowed to upload this logo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bianca Hartwig (talk • contribs) 08:00, 7 June 2019 (UTC) (UTC)

@Bianca Hartwig: Which company are you working on? Some background information of the company is needed in order to determine the copyright status of the logo. Please ask here if you have further questions.廣九直通車 (talk) 10:58, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
@Bianca Hartwig: By the way please also use ~~~~ to sign your comments, in order for others to identify your comments.廣九直通車 (talk) 10:58, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
@Bianca Hartwig: It's going to depend mainlyon the visual complexity of the logo (whether it is complicated enough to be eligible for copyright). Can you link to a page that shows the logo? -Jmabel ! talk 16:26, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

Deleation

How can I delete a photo I uploaded? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supernova1980 (talk • contribs)

@Supernova1980: add the line {{SD|G7}} to the file's source code. --HyperGaruda (talk) 15:39, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
But only if it was uploaded in the last 7 days, otherwise you have to nominate for deletion just like anyone else would. - Jmabel ! talk 16:28, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: I think they figured out COM:L exists. You should delete both of their uploads. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 16:41, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

OTRS

How do I upload images that require ORTS first especially photos from sites such jetphotos.net, airliners.net, airplanepictures.net and other related sites? I would like to learn. --VKras (talk) 17:37, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

  • @VKras: The actual upload is just like for any other image, except for the addition of {{subst:OP}}.
  • Please do this only if you are already in touch with the copyright holder and know that they plan to provide the correct permission. - Jmabel ! talk 20:20, 7 June 2019 (UTC)

May I act as agent for a copyright holder?

Keir Morse is a prolific plant photographer with a good reputation for accurate IDs. He has over 30,000 photos on https://calphotos.berkeley.edu and on my website - PlantID.net.

His copyright at UC and on PlantID.net is CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 ( https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/photographer_query?where-name_full=Keir+Morse&one=T )

However, in the interest of helping people learn about plants, Keir has agreed to let me post his photos to Wikipedia with a less limiting copyright - CC BY-SA as long as his image side dimensions don't exceed 300px.


I tried uploading some of his files through the Wikimedia Commons Wizard, but got stopped because this situation doesn't fit your standard choices.

Please let me know how to proceed.

Thank you!

Bruce Homer-Smith

@Bruce PlantID: Wikipedia is situated on the domain “wikipedia.org”. Commons doesn’t permit for CC BY-NC-SA. If Keir wants to relicense under the pure CC BY-SA some works previously published under non-commercial licenses, then he must follow Commons:Email templates. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 17:23, 8 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your help Incnis. Two questions:

1) Keir has over 30,000 images. I plan to choose from these images as I use them in articles illustrating plant characters. Your email form appears to require specific authorization from Keir every time I use an image, rather than a blanket permission. Can you suggest a way that won't be onerous for him, having to send another email each time I use more of his images?

2) It looks like I'm supposed to upload the images before Keir gives permission to use them. How do I do that if I'm not the owner?

Thanks for your help.

Bruce PlantID (talk) 22:09, 8 June 2019 (UTC)Bruce PlantID

@Bruce PlantID: There are several ways to do this:
  • I certainly believe that through COM:OTRS he can indicate (for example) that you are authorized under his behalf to upload images not to exceed 300x300px, under a CC-BY-SA license. While the email templates Incnis Mrsi mentions are nice, I'm pretty certain they are by no means a specific requirement; if you like, you could probably verify that with someone at OTRS before you even bring Keir into the loop.
  • In the event that the people at COM:OTRS will not agree to this on that basis (which would surprise me), you can upload in the normal manner, tagging the uploads with {{subst:OP}}; you can give him a list of URLs for the filenames, which he can use as an attachment to a release through OTRS.
  • Or, similarly, you can forward him in whatever manner is convenient (a PDF or a ZIP, I would think), the various small images that you intend to upload, and he could start the OTRS process even before you start the uploads.
  • Or, similarly, you can forward Keir Morse a list of URLs of the full-res images in question (if they are already online) and he can send an OTRS authorizing you specifically to upload images of these not to exceed 300x300px, under a CC-BY-SA license.
Jmabel ! talk 07:22, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Creating pages

How do you create pages — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.233.34.89 (talk • contribs) 9 June 2019‎ 14:28 (UTC) (UTC)

  • For starters, you need to create an account and log in.
  • Beyond that, the answer depends on what kind of page you are talking about. Can you link to an example of a similar page? - Jmabel ! talk 16:20, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

upload photos taken by Murray Korman

How do I upload photos taken by Murray Korman of my Mother between 1939-1942 to his wilkepedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DebraJSJ (talk • contribs) 21:52, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

@DebraJSJ: What can you tell us about the lifetime of the photographer and the dates and countries of photography and publication?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:11, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Envio de Vídeos?

Boa noite! Atenciosamente eu peço uma orientação par como fazer para enviar vídeos, já fiz várias tentativas e não aceita nada em formatos mp4 e Movie. Obrigado José — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jose Veleda (talk • contribs) 02:23, 10 June 2019‎ (UTC)

Submitting videos? Good night! Sincerely, I ask for an orientation for how to send videos, I have already made several attempts and do not accept anything in mp4 and Movie formats. Thanks José
 
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:27, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jose Veleda: Por favor, veja COM:FT/pt#Video.
Please see COM:FT#Video.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:37, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Photo of public transportation card

One of the photos I have upload, named File:金陵通.jpg, have been deleted. It is a photograph taken for the public transportation card used in en:Nanjing city, the capital city of en:Jiangsu province. There are number of likewise photos in Category:Smart cards in public transport and I wonder why this one is deleted. David290 (talk) 05:10, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

@Ellin Beltz: @Ronhjones: Please join discussion here.David290 (talk) 05:16, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
The upload template read =={{int:filedesc}}=={{Information|description={{zh-cn|1=金陵通卡面，2016年版本}}|date=2016-09-13 14:52:57|source={{own}}|author=[[User:David290|David290]]|permission= |other versions=}}=={{int:license-header}}=={{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}} The object was clearly not created by uploader. It was a plastic card (similar to a credit card) with a drawn image and calligraphy. As for other images of this type elsewhere, the deletion process only deals with the image in the nomination. Cheers! Ellin Beltz (talk) 18:18, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
@Ronhjones: Surely the object is not created by myself. However, the image itself has encyclopedia value within COM:Scope in my point of view. If there's disagreement in the file upload template/ file description, there shall be edits in the description page, rather than file deletion.David290 (talk) 07:04, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

I can't re-upload pictures and correct them

Hi everybody!

A week ago I uploaded some pictures from a paper, about sawflies. But some of them are not right: Just a square from a random part of the original picture. It was originally my mistake as I uploaded the wrong version, but I can't change the "version" of it with the correct ones. The Page keeps saying they are the same picture on the uploading (and keeps the square). I want to correct my mistake!

Thank you!

LeónHormiga (talk) 03:40, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

It's just a caching issue; you need to force reload, or just wait until your system updates. I see the full version of File:Male of Taquus schrottkyi.jpg and File:Egg of Taquus schrottkyi on S. commersonii.jpg, not just the square that was originally uploaded.--Prosfilaes (talk) 08:29, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Upload Logo Audi Cup 2019

I wanted to upload a file concerning a football tournament in the summer (Audi Cup 2019). The logo contains the four logos auf the participating clubs, which was the reason, why the upload was blocked at the first time. The clubs are Bayern München, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur and Fenerbahce Istanbul. I work for the agency, which organizes the tournament and we also created the logo. We have also the confirmation of the clubs to use the logo in the communication ahead of the tournament. Is there any way to upload the file and to update the site in English and German afterwards? Thank you in advance. --Christiansteiler — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christiansteiler123 (talk • contribs) 08:42, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Christian, ich nehme an, ihr seid eine deutsche Agentur. Auch wenn es langsam eng wird: Gehe zu de:Wikipedia:Urheberrechtsfragen und frage dort. Ich selbst würde aber vorschlagen, ihr kreiert eine Version für den Audi-Cup ohne Logos der beteiligten Vereine (oder ihr habt sie schon). Der Urheber dieser Datei muss sie dann freigeben, am besten per OTRS. Das Audi-Logo selbst ist in Commons verfügbar, weil es aus einfachen geometrischen Formen besteht, bspw. als Audi-Logo 2016.svg oder Audi logo detail.svg.
Nicht in Commons, aber in der englischen Wikipedia dürftet ihr übrigens euer Logo mit Vereinssymbolen unter Fair-Use-Bedingungen hochladen, vgl. COM:FAIRUSE und en:WP:FAIRUSE.
Äähm, noch vor Abschicken bemerkt: In de:Audi Cup (leider mit Leerzeichen …) git es für frühere Jahre schon Logos mit Vereinssymbolen!? — Speravir – 23:23, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Images not displaying

Hi, I have noticed over recent weeks sporadic occurrences of a technical glitch where images are not displayed or give "Page not found" errors. For example, it is currently affecting this image: File:Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election.svg. This is what I see when I try to view that image currently: https://imgur.com/a/5d95Br1 Note that some of the icons are also not loading. Any ideas? —Paul1337 (talk) 15:35, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

@Paul1337: It works for me, please see COM:FAQ#PURGE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:50, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Deleted legal pictures

Hi,

Could you please help me with this issue? I got a couple messages like this: "Túrelio‬ left a message on your talk page in "‪File:Lukács Gábor Dénes .jpg‬". File:Lukács Gábor Dénes .jpg wurde als mögliche Urheberrechtsverletzung gekennzeichnet. Auf den Wikimedia Commons werden nur Dateien, die unter freie… View message ‪Túrelio‬ View changes"'

... and all the pictures I used were deleted. I have got those pictures directly from the person who took them, I have had all the rights to use them. How is that possible, that someone deleted them all? How does the security system work?!

Please, reload them asap! And please, inform me about it!

Thank you very much!

Kindest regards,

Peter Bakonyi

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Peter_Bakonyi#File%3ALuk%C3%A1cs_G%C3%A1bor_D%C3%A9nes_.jpg

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Bakonyi (talk • contribs) 11 June 2019‎ 13:47 (UTC) (UTC)

  • @Peter Bakonyi: It looks like you haven't discussed this at all with Túrelio before bringing this to a general forum, or am I missing something? No responses from you on your talk page where you were notified, nothing on User talk:Túrelio. Usually that is the best way to get a clarification: talk to the person who contacted you.
  • You uploaded these claiming them as your own work; you are now saying you "got those pictures directly from the person who took them". Given that contradiction, I suspect that Túrelio did the right thing.
  • In general, copyright can be transferred only in writing, and only the holder of a copyright can grant a CC license. If you have a formal transfer of copyright, you can send that in as described in COM:OTRS; once the images are restored you should correct the source and author information to be accurate. If you don't have a formal transfer of copyright, then the actual photographer needs to send permission as described in COM:OTRS (and, again once the images are restored you should correct the source and author information).
  • @Túrelio: anything to add? - Jmabel ! talk 15:57, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
@Peter Bakonyi: ,
just to get the facts straight.
You were notified on your talkpage about the copyright problem for each of your uploads, including the specific problem of each file.
My colleague has already pointed to the contradiction in your claims regarding authorship.
Also you state "I have had all the rights to use them". Let's check that for the only one of you images, which I actually have deleted:
  • File:GettyImages-1143173833.jpg, which you also claimed as own work. From whom did you get "the rights" to release it under a cc-by-sa-4.0 license, which also allows commercial use?
Finally, 4 of your uploads were images of works of art (File:Ajándék egy példaképnek.jpg, File:Autó intarzia.jpg, File:Intarzia lámpa.jpg, File:Motor intarzia.jpg), which have even 2 copyrights (artist and photographer) for which you need to provide a permission.
--Túrelio (talk) 20:44, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Téléversé un fichier

Comment puis je prouver que mon fichier est televersable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cloclojou (talk • contribs) 11 June 2019‎ 14:47 (UTC)

Upload a file How can I prove that my file is uploadable?
translator: Google translate via Vulphere 13:31, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Newspapers circa 1976

Hello I have digital copies of news paper articles including front page of publication author and date from 1976 I wish to upload these to wikicommons for anyone to view as they serve as references to an article being created about the Sinfonia Latina.... I am asking for help first as many of the items i have uploaded have been deleted. Thank you Deanna — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deanna Coakley (talk • contribs) 11 June 2019‎ 20:00 (UTC) (UTC)

  • @Deanna Coakley: Typically a newspaper from 1976 would still be in copyright. Is there any reason to believe it is in the public domain or that an appropriate free license is available? If not, it does not belong on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 00:47, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

These papers are from Barranquilla,Colombia one of them no longer exist "Diario del Caribe" and are not copy righted. Please assist me and correct me where I err. Thank youDeanna Coakley (talk) 12:26, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

  • Sadly, the fact that the paper no longer exists does not extinguish the copyright: it just makes it very difficult to track down who is the copyright-holder whose permission you need. - Jmabel ! talk 16:12, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

username not the same as Wikipedia username?

After being shut out of using my Wikipedia username in Wikimedia commons, I have been obliged to set up a new account in Wikimedia with a different username to my Wikipedia account. Is this a problem, and if so, how do I fix it?NoLaughingMatter (talk) 11:56, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

@NoLaughingMatter: What is your Wikipedia username?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:07, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: ThoughtIdRetired
NoLaughingMatter (talk) 14:37, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
@NoLaughingMatter: Thank you. User:ThoughtIdRetired should be able to login here, as well as there. Please be more specific about the background and thought processes which led to your use of the terms "shut out" and "obliged" above.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:25, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: First, what was going wrong: I was satisfactorily logged in to Wikipedia but on shifting across to Wikimedia commons, found I was logged out. On trying to log in, I had problems with the password and attempted to get a new password sent to my e-mail address. This did not arrive. I was blocked from setting up a new account with the same username (as it was already taken), so, perhaps unwisely but following the instructions on the screen in front of me, I created a new username.
Since then I have gone into my preferences in Wikipedia and set a new password and now find that I can also get into Wikimedia commons in the way we both expect. (This was a case of changing something and seeing if it fixed the problem.) I am now unsure on how to sort out the mess that I have created, since I now have comment to a picture in commons with a new username. I guess I can go back and edit out that username and replace it with ThoughtIdRetired, but I am still left with 2 accounts, which is clearly not correct.
ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 19:34, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Looking at the problem of receiving a temporary password by e-mail - this appears to have been a temporary e-mail problem - I now have several of these messages.
ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 19:44, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

What's wrong with the image?

image in question, no chequered background

Hello everyone. In the image of the Men In Black film series logo,[3] there's some sort of border and lines/shapes. They're especially visible on mobile. Anyone know how get rid of them? QuestFour (talk) 17:13, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

This is a transparent background shown in the preview function at Commons. Once you download the file or embed it in a Wikipedia article, the checkered border should no longer be visible. De728631 (talk) 17:18, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
That is a transparent background.--Vulphere 09:04, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
It also gone inside of Commons if embedded like you should see now, QuestFour. — Speravir – 01:44, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Search videos by duration?

I encountered and repaired a video file File:PETbreakdown.webm which had an erroneous duration (the video is actually 13 seconds long, but the file listed it as being over 64 hours; the bitrates of the transcoded files were erroneously small as a result). I would like to check if any similar files with erroneously long durations exist so they can be repaired. Is it possible to search by duration and find the "longest" videos on Commons? ChrstphrChvz (talk) 20:49, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes, it's possible but I personally don't know how. This would be a good report to have for COM:DBR. Perhaps one of the bot maintainers listed there can create a report that's updated semi-frequently. Killiondude (talk) 07:42, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

I want to create an author page for me

Hi! I'm a Science Fiction and Fantasy author from the European Union, Romania. I want to create an author page in English and Romanian about my writing. Do you have a template for this?

Regards, Emanuel Andrei Cosutchi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cosutchi (talk • contribs) 07:34, 2019 June 13‎ (UTC)

Hi Cosutchi,
for the purpose of Commons (here) see Commons:Project scope or Commons:Scopul proiectului.
You can create a userpage, as many users on Commons do, see Commons:User pages, but it cannot be promotional. Commons is not Facebook or alike. --Túrelio (talk) 07:52, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Hi, can I upload a logo (e.g. a school logo) to Wikipedia commons? An old logo has been uploaded in the past but is now outdated and I want to add the new logo to replace it. What is the process for this or can I not do it? Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gdayhowdy (talk • contribs) 10:08, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

@Gdayhowdy: That depends on the new logo. Where did you find it? Can we already see it somewhere on the Internet?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:59, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

legality of using photos of cemetery (funerary) art

Greetings - my recent travels in France and Italy were to research and photograph sculptural monuments in cemeteries, as I have done in South America and elsewhere. There is no commercial aspect to my work - I do not intend to make money from the photographs I take. I do, however, want to publish on Wikipedia some of the photographs, and have done so with many of them. On my most recent trip (April 2019), however, I began hearing about restrictions on photographs of what I previously considered "public" artwork. I've been trying to determine just what is permitted and not permitted, and I cannot pin it down.

Specific question: I have a photograph of a grave in France (with a sculpture by a known artist) where the deceased died in 1989. First of all, are funerary sculptures in a public cemetery copyrighted? If so, I can't tell if the 'author's death plus 70 years' applies, or the '20 years after publication' is the rule. (I'm referring here to the language in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_France )

Another specific question: Italian regulations apparently are different from most other places. For this reason, I include a Soprintendenza license tag on photos I upload to Commons, even if the cemetery sculptures are clearly out of copyright ('author's life plus 70 years'). But I notice in that license tag (and elsewhere) that photos that otherwise qualify for uploading to Commons may not be 'legal' to display on an it.wikipedia.org/ page, except in low-resolution. This restriction may apply only to Italian citizens adding photos to it.wikipedia.org/ pages, but it just is not clear to me. (I am not an Italian citizen. Would it be a violation for me to add a File: image to it.wikipedia.org/ ? I just don't know after reading the Soprintendenza tag language and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_Italy and other sources.)

I'm not asking for legal advice, of course. What I need is to find a clear description of regulations as they apply specifically to cemetery (funerary) artwork. Thanks in advance for any help.

Seauton (talk) 12:50, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

@Seauton: Please see COM:FOP France and COM:FOP Italy.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:55, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Using images for youtube videos

Can I use images from wikimedia commons?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:150:101:7f45:498f:1c1d:c5e6:30e2 (talk • contribs) 01:33, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

You can but please follow the terms on the licensing section on images you wish to use.--Vulphere 02:16, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Vanish

I want to vanish from Wikimedia, can i have my user page deleted? - Avazord (talk) 17:39, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

Yes. I think CSD U1 covers this case. You've already marked it suitably so I expect it will be deleted soon. --bjh21 (talk) 18:38, 20 June 2019 (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. Page deleted. --bjh21 (talk) 17:38, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

How to fill the information about a derivate work?

I'm sorry. But I can't find a good source on understanding how to quote about a derivate work on Commons. Is so hard to understand that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Superbrian19 (talk • contribs) 04:28, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

@Superbrian19: Please use {{Extracted from}} and {{Image extracted}}, CropTool, or dFX to preserve source links.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:55, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
@Superbrian19: Also the more general {{Derived from}} if they are not simple crops.
By the way, Jeff's answer presumes that the original work is on Commons. If that's not the case, say so, and we can help with that other case as well, but it's a little trickier. - Jmabel ! talk 07:26, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
@Superbrian19: If the media uses portions of other works {{Attrib}} likewise is a way to cite works on derivatives themselves. Fluffy89502 07:34, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jeff G., Jmabel, and Fluffy89502: Thank you all for the advices. I think my problem is solved, my uploaded file was a derivative file from the original work, which it was on Commons. Of course, the license of that material was allowing me to do so. Anyway, this is the link of my work:

If there's another problem about it, I would like to know it. Again, thank you all so much. - Superbrian19 06:21, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Adding content

Can I still add my content? the one I trying adding last time?— Preceding unsigned comment added by KimberleyK (talk • contribs) 08:40, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

What do you mean by adding content, could you be more specific?--Vulphere 09:38, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Help me with my page!

Hi guys iam new and iam wondering if i could get someone who is helping me with making my page on wikipedia. If you want to help me you can tell me. Then we can work togheter!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pr0Us4r (talk • contribs) 09:59, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Welcome to Commons, but I think you should not create your own vanity page. You can create your userpage but do not make it promotional--Vulphere 10:10, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
@Pr0Us4r: Regarding Vulphere's comment, it should be noted that neither Wikipedia(s) nor Wikimedia Commons will accept promotional user pages. Such user pages are subjected to speedy deletion, and repeated offenders will be banned, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 11:13, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Trying to upload my own image created under Creative Commons but blocked

I have created my own image under CC rules and want to upload it to the Agile Leadership page

This is just a simple info graphic of the 12 Dimensions of Agile Leadership, an article I also own.

But every time it is blocked as not constructive or not allowed?

The image even has the Creative Commons CC logo on it.

What can I do to resolve this?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jon Kessel-Fell (talk • contribs) 17:56, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jon Kessel-Fell: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50KB or <5MP) jpg image as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The image you tried to upload is smaller, and you wrote it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller image, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you made the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata. If you did not make the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the image photographer / designer license it on their website or social media, or send the image and permission via OTRS. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. Also, please read en:WP:OWN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:48, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Category:N Street

I tried to rename the Category:N Street to Category:N Street (Washington, D.C.) and something got screwed up in the process. There are directions there for an administrator to sort things out.

Not only am I not an administrator, but the other directions are ambiguous as well, at least to me.

Henrytow (talk) 20:41, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

@Henrytow: ✓ Done, I moved the contents, it's fine now.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:53, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

Help

Hoping to confirm usage rights for the following images to be featured in a book:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rt_66_Blue_Whale_Highsmith.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spaceport_America_terminal_-_The_Gateway_(15094090585).jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pamroadtrippers (talk • contribs) 23:03, 14 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Pamroadtrippers: Confirmed, please follow the license for the 2nd one.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:33, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

deletion of category

Could someone please delete "Category:Mist in Australia)" ? The bracket on the end was a typo but I couldn't get rid of it. Sardaka (talk) 09:46, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

✓ Done made it a redirect to the proper Category:Mist in Australia--Vulphere 09:57, 14 June 2019 (UTC)
@Sardaka and Vulphere: In a case like this also categories can be speedy deleted. — Speravir – 01:51, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Help with understanding copyright

Hi, I am relatively new to wikimedia, and I am trying to understand copyright on here.

How does "File:GettyImages-453582529.jpg" pass wikimedia criteria, when the Getty Image page (https://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/an-aerial-view-of-the-adelaide-oval-and-the-new-riverbank-news-photo/453582529) says No commercial uses without permission. Contact your local office.Strictly for editorial use only. Contact your local office for all commercial (including advertorial) and promotional uses. Use in books requires separate approval. NO LICENSING FOR CONSUMER PRINTS.

Thanks Jopal22 (talk) 19:57, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jopal22: It doesn't and has been deleted as a copyright violation. Thanks for pointing it out Rodhullandemu (talk) 20:15, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Arquivo foto

Como público uma foto no wiki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lauro Krause (talk • contribs) 00:20, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Photo Archive How to post a photo on the wiki
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:39, 16 June 2019 (UTC)
@Lauro Krause: COM:FS/pt.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:42, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

photo

Bonjour

Pouvez-vous ajouter des photos à ma biographie. Merci. [[Media:]] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Petit_(compositeur) https://cdn.acteur-fete.com/system/pictures/images/000/107/903/header/orchestre.jpg?1510020906

Jean-Louis Petit Compositeur — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petit Jean Louis (talk • contribs)

@Petit Jean Louis: Bonjour,
Vous devez être le détenteur des droits d'auteur pour importer une image sur Wikimedia Commons, ou il vous faut une autorisation écrite formelle (voyez COM:OTRS/fr pour la procédure en français).
C'est généralement le photographe qui détient les droits. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 08:29, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

File from Ukrainian Commons

Hello everyone. I want to use this file from the Ukrainian Commons[4] in the English Wikipedia, but that doesn't seem to work. I'm not strong on copy-right, but now I'm starting to believe that there are different rights for the various Commons. Am I right or is it indeed possible to use this file in the English Wikipedia. Thanks in advance. --Ahmedo Semsurî (talk) 15:39, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

@Ahmedo Semsurî and Leonst: That file, known via interwiki as uk:Файл:Симоненко.jpg, is on Ukrainian Wikipedia. I would be uncomfortable with hosting it here on Wikimedia Commons unless we had information about the identity and lifetime of the photographer and the dates and countries of photography and publication. English Wikipedia may be more forgiving if you want to copy it there for Fair Use, see en:WP:F.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:25, 16 June 2019 (UTC)

Fotografias

Como faço para postar minhas fotos? Qual o link? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roberto Fedele (talk • contribs) 00:20, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Photos How do I post my photos? What's the link?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:31, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
@Roberto Fedele: COM:FS/pt.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:35, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

upload error

hello help desk

Two problems

  1. 1

how do you upload a picture of a deceased person that has no copy-write (©) but a credit. Papagena Press supplied this picture to the New York Time for use in Katherine Hoover's obituary. It was used in a lower resolution. Papagena Press would like wikicommons to have a higher resolution.

  1. 2

canbe deleted so it can be uploaded correctly.

sincerely mkoronowski

Mkoronowski (talk) 04:54, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

@Mkoronowski: #1: Wikimedia Commons respects copyright law, in source countries, in the United States, and in most countries of the world via the Berne Convention. In those countries, a copyright exists the moment a work is "fixed", rather than requiring registration. In the United States, notice and registration have not been required since 1 March 1989. So no, you may not upload such recent works without permission from the copyright holders until their copyrights have expired. #2: You could write {{g7}} as the first line of the page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:10, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
Jeff G./talkThis is great news, I do have verbal permission and was given the photo expressly to uplosd to wiki common for people to use. what does {{g7}} mean? Mkoronowski (talk) 05:50, 17 June 2019 (UTC)
@Mkoronowski: Please go ahead and click the links I sent you, I promise they don't bite. When transcluded, {{g7}} acts as {{SD|G7}}, which requests speedy deletion in accordance with criterion G7 (author request within a week).   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:04, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Updating File:Nikolsburg.gif

The Nikolsburg Alphabet, a historic depiction of the Old Hungarian and Hebrew alphabets, is currently represented in Commons by File:Nikolsburg.gif, a low quality black-and-white GIF scan. A much higher resolution, full color scan is available in the Hungarian Electronic Library; however, it's a JPEG, so can't be directly uploaded over the current GIF.

What is the best way to get this image updated?

--NetRolller 3D (talk) 16:34, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Upload the jpg file and then change links in all articles that use the gif image to the uploaded jpg image. After that you can nominate the gif for deletion. Ruslik (talk) 18:42, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

deletion request ignored or removed?

A few days ago (13 June 2019) I requested a deletion review for a page I had uploaded earlier in June. The page has not been deleted, and there are no comments as to why not, or why my original deletion review request is no longer associated with the page. As this is the first time I've done anything other than a SPEEDYDELETE request, I may well have done it wrong - in any case, I'm now completely confused. The page is Deletion requests/File:Montmartre pitchal.jpg I need help sorting this out. (The page has questionable license issues, so I wanted to have it deleted if it could not be licensed properly.)

Seauton (talk) 18:52, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Hmm,
if you look at the edit-history of that image[5], you see that you were the only user who edited it. In your first edit on June 13th, you added the speedy-request. However, in your 2nd edit, you removed it.
Your rationale was correct, however, as it's the grave of a person deceased in 1989, whereby the monument is still in copyright and France has no usable freedom-of-panorama exception. Therefore, I've requested it for deletion now: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Montmartre pitchal.jpg. --Túrelio (talk) 19:03, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. Yes, I edited it twice. After I added the SPEEDYDELETE tag, I had second thoughts that maybe it would be better to ask 'the community' whether it should be deleted. (I wasn't sure, as I noted earlier.) In the second edit, after I removed the SPEEDYDELETE, I added what I thought was a deletion review request (if there is such a thing). I think I must have done that step wrong. Thanks again for helping.

Seauton (talk) 19:13, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Problems with Paragraph Editing

*Excuse me by my poor vocabulary and gramatical errors, I'm still just a student of the language wanting to collaborate with this awesome community.*

Recently I've been working into a project of translating some parts of brazilian history to English. For first, I decided to translate about the "República da Espada" (Republic of The Sword, in free translation). Nevertheless, I've been having a bit of a problem with paragraph editing: when I click on "+ Add Translation" to a paragraph, I am able to translate it completely. But, for some reason, I commited a mistake - I am not sure of what have I typed or clicked, but I lost the "+Add Translation" button located on the side of the original article's paragraph.

If any noble soul out there could help me solve this stressful problem, I would be utterly thankfull. 

Greetings from GkRosental.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by GkRosental (talk • contribs) 17 June 2019‎ 22:27 (UTC) (UTC)

  • @GkRosental: I'm guessing that this is about the English-language Wikipedia. You might ask this at en:Wikipedia:Teahouse. You are on the site of Wikimedia Commons, another project under the umbrella of the Wikimedia Foundation, but not closely enough connected for you to be likely to get an answer here. - Jmabel ! talk 23:07, 17 June 2019 (UTC)

Problems with CommonsHelper

I tried to upload it:v:File:Wild E4.jpg but appeared this message: "ERROR: The file you submitted was empty". The link I used is [6]. I tried with other files and got the same result. What to do? Thank--Pierpao.lo (listening) 10:49, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

@Pierpao: Have you tried the "export to wikimedia commons" tool there?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:27, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
Thank. I do not understand if your asking what I did or proposing another tool. Anyway I just have click the above link that you can find in that file. User:Jeff G.Pierpao.lo (listening) 12:53, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
@Pierpao: Let me rephrase: please try the "export to wikimedia commons" tool there and let us know if that accomplishes what you wanted.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:48, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
The export tool works fine. Thanks a lot User:Jeff G.--Pierpao.lo (listening) 20:38, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
@Pierpao: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:52, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:52, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Pan/zoom for large SVG images

Hello,

This panorama image has a ZoomViewer option, but this biology diagram does not. The biology diagram is large enough that it's difficult to read the text, so I'd like to be able to pan and zoom. Is there a way to do that for SVG images on Wikimedia Commons?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ariutta (talk • contribs) 21:59, 19 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Ariutta: The nominal size of your upload File:MiRNA Regulation of DNA Damage Response.svg is only 1,904 × 918 pixels, or 1,747,872 pixels. It appears that nominal size is not big enough to trigger the ZoomViewer (the limit is "2 megapixels" per Help:Gadget-ZoomViewer), so you could enable it manually by tagging that upload {{LargeImage}} or by increasing the nominal size by a minimum of 10% in each direction.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:39, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks for the suggestion. The LargeImage tag does enable the ZoomViewer. --Ariutta (talk) 21:10, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
@Ariutta: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:50, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:50, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Commons mirror? (ares-conference.eu)

I found the following links while searching "PUMP COMMONS Village Pump" in Ecosia:

http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2016/commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_Village_pump.html

&

http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2016/commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_Upload_Wizard_blacklist_issues.html

Which appear to be a mirror website of Wikimedia Commons as of 2016 (?), is this mirror properly attributed? And what software do these companies use to make a mirror of Wikimedia Commons? Such mirrors can actually serve well to help find lost files, or maybe to attribute a link if we could use it for other websites if the Internet Archive will prove to be too difficult to use for Wikimedia Commons (maybe, I guess). --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:42, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

It is apparently not a full mirror, links like : http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2016/commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_Village_pump/Proposals.html#Tool_to_find_files_with_few_categories works, while http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2016/commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_Mobile_access/Mobile_upload_needing_check.html#Background , http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2016/commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_Mobile_access/Mobile_upload_needing_check.html , & http://www.ares-conference.eu/ares2016/https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2014-August/007927.html all seem to leave 404 codes, is there a reason why some pages on Wikimedia Commons seems to have been archived while others have not? Does Wikimedia Commons prohibit bots from crawling certain pages? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:55, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

@Donald Trung 『徵國單』, They can't use any software to crawl Wikimedia wikis if they try they will be blocked from reading wikis. Instead of crawling they use https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ . -- Eatcha (talk) 14:24, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
@Eatcha: , then how do search engines do it? (crawling this website, that is.) --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 17:18, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
@Donald Trung: Search engines that play nicely get treated nicely.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:27, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks everyone for the answers, most notably for the https://dumps.wikimedia.org/ link. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:55, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

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Fotografía

Hola, necesito saber exactamente cómo puedo enviar la fotografía. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cristóbal Álvarez (talk • contribs) 18 June 2019‎ 03:41 UTC (UTC)

The picture 100% mine

Hi the picture is of mine my parents taken a pic. You don't need to worry any copyright. This picture was on the rehearsal stage so the eyebrow makeup didn't completed. only I know the truth. I uploaded on my personal blog.but someone started abuse my picture.

The reason why i upload is, my picture is used for the other person's name. for example, Thanks to Patrick Rogel. I found out my picture abuse. I leaved msg to remove my picture on the blog describing the other person, Lee Ji Son

Me, Hyunji Park , not Lee ji son

I want to open profile page in wikimedia. But it was not easy for a beginner. Please help me. let me know the process.

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.85.26.18 (talk • contribs)

Hi IP, you need to log-in or provide the filename you are talking about. --Túrelio (talk) 09:27, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
@Patrick Rogel: Since you are mentioned here, any idea what this is about? - Jmabel ! talk 15:13, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
Yes it's about this. --Patrick Rogel (talk) 15:36, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Copyright for an image drawn from B.Navez page

Good morning. I am writing from Italy, I'm an anthropologist going to publish an anthropological essay in which I would like to include an image depicting Voladores'Dance in Mexico which source is B.Navez's page. I would like to know if we can publish this image on paper book to be issued in Italy, and at what terms and condition. The link to this page and image is the following: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Voladores_3.jpg

Los Voladores Aztecas performing on Réunion island

We would be grateful if You could send us Your feedback, or owner's email at the following email address: claudia.manciocco@gmail.com.

Please be informed that Wiki page on the Italian Befana mentioned me and my brother and our previous works.

Thank You for Your time and interest

Claudia & Luigi Manciocco — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claudia.manciocco (talk • contribs) 11:08, 18 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Claudia.manciocco: Hi, and welcome. You have five licenses to choose from at File:Voladores 3.jpg#Licensing, click the links to learn more about the terms and conditions of each. You may also try Special:EmailUser/B.navez or User talk:B.navez to arrange a license more suitable for your book, but be aware that user hasn't edited any project since 2 March 2018 3:56:30 (UTC). Pinging @B.navez.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:01, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/Japan の翻訳の更新

地域別の著作権規定に関する翻訳で質問があります。現状の訳文に「要更新」フラグが立っています。文字量の差が大きいからと思いましたが、原文の「風景の自由」に関する部分が抜けているようです。

以下◆のように変えようかと思ったのですが、利用者が読んだらどう受け取るか、2点迷い（丸括弧数字の箇所ご参照）、ご相談します。

合わせて、下記の訳文の訂正が必要でしたらご教示お願いします。ことアメリカ法との比較で、もし当該記事に日本固有の事情があるなら、翻訳拡張機能を利用し、qqqファイルに注書きを書くと良いとも感じます。

（1）保護期間が70年に延びたことを反映する必要がある。

（2）風景の自由について述べると、混乱を招くかもしれない。← その権利は日本の著作権法で権利がオープンということになるしょうか？ つまりアップロードした場合、削除されない論拠に使えますか？

◆Non-copyright tags:

  • {{FoP-Japan}} - 被写体が美術品を除く建築物群である作品に添付し、もし「風景の自由」によりそれらが許諾される場合であっても、日本とアメリカにおける著作権状況を示すため、他のタグを付与する必要があります。◆

〈もし〉以下の原文は右記のとおり。"freedom of panorama" rule, but other tags should be given to show the picture's copyright status in Japan and the United States. --Omotecho (talk) 12:25, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Can I upload Press Material ?

Hey, I want to use some material from a company which offers them to Press for free use. I don't know any other way on how to use it in the created page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruhrpottflyer (talk • contribs)

@Ruhrpottflyer: I think you can assume that "free" here means "free of charge" rather than "free of obligation". As such, we would not be able to host it as it is almost certainly copyrighted, but if you can find anywhere in it an intention to release under a free licence, fine. Rodhullandemu (talk) 17:36, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

Getting a license for a photo

Hello. This is most likely a very simple question and I apologize that I was having trouble finding a clear answer elsewhere, which is why I'm bringing it here. I am attempting to upload this photo, and the photographer/owner has agreed to approve a license for it. It's been a long time since I've uploaded a photo on Wikimedia Commons, and my recollection was that during the upload process, I'd get information about how to go about getting the license approved. But I did not find that during the uploading, and instead it just uploaded, so right now that file is not properly licensed. The way I recall it working was that I was supposed to get an email template that I can then send to the photographer/owner, which they can fill out and send back to me, and then I send it to Wikimedia Commons to show the license is in order. Is this correct, and if so, where do I find that email template, and where do I send it afterward? Thanks, and sorry again... Hunter Kahn (talk) 19:50, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

It is not clear if you used Commons:Upload Wizard? You can find necessary templates in Commons:Email_templates. Ruslik (talk) 20:19, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
@Hunter Kahn: Hello, and welcome. It is clear to me that you used the Commons:Upload Wizard. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept that photo, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for that work and similarly situated works on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:40, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
And the key word in that last sentence from Jeff is "or". If you can have the photographer indicate the license on their own website or social media presence, that is almost always easier. OTRS is more of a fallback if that is not feasible. - Jmabel ! talk 22:49, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

NATO MUSEUM

My question concerns your article on NATO. Is there any museum specifically for NATO in the United States?

Ephesians 3:20,

Rev. Tom Wright e-mail: soulcoachtom@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 172.243.71.247 (talk) 23:36, 18 June 2019‎ (UTC)

We don't have an article on NATO, perhaps you are thinking of en:NATO? That page and the associated talk page don't mention any museum, either, so maybe https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/search.htm?query=museum&submitSearch= would help.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:43, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

My pics are not.uploading

I upload all the pics and descripes also but then its shows that keys are not found why what to do now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dsaji (talk • contribs) 19 June 2019‎ 06:18 (UTC)

What is the difference between "Seascapes at sunrise" and "Sunrises at sea"?

Could someone give me a more detailed explanation what is the difference between "Seascapes at sunrise" and "Sunrises at sea"?--Kai3952 (talk) 07:22, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

"At sea" suggests "on a ship". There is a note at "Sunrises at sea" that says "Images of sunrises on the ocean, away from the coast. (Please do not add images taken from the shore)". --El Grafo (talk) 10:01, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
The problem is that we don't know if the user is photographing at sea or on the shore.--Kai3952 (talk) 11:31, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
We could (and should) believe the photographer as long as we dont (provable) know it better. Greetings --Wilhelm Zimmerling PAR (talk) 12:38, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Copyright

Hi,

I'm a professional photographer. I thought I would contribute with some pictures and tried to upload them throught the Swedish wipipedia site. However I was not allowed and got a message that you could not decide if the pictures were copyrighted. Is there anyway around this or should I just not provide my own pictures to the site?

I have not previously edited anything on wikipedia or wikimedia commons.

Best regards Magnus — Preceding unsigned comment added by Olvars (talk • contribs) 19 June 2019‎ 11:14 (UTC)

Hi Magnus, first (as far as I know) you must have an account to upload files here.
Then, during uploading a file or some files, you will be asked, if (and you must confirm that) you are the copyright holder.
If then are further questions, it will be helpful to know, which upload form you have used and what is the error message. Greetings --Wilhelm Zimmerling PAR (talk) 12:49, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
For a Commons beginner, I recommend starting your uploads from Special:UploadWizard. Among other things, it lets you get past some filters that apply when you try to do cross-wiki uploads from one of the Wikipedias.
Also: if you are releasing photos that are already published online, either you need to indicate the license on the "original" site/page (one clearly under your control) or you need to go through the process described at COM:OTRS. Otherwise, anyone could claim to be you and to release rights on your work. - Jmabel ! talk 18:23, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

File:AZ'67 tegen Vitesse 2-0. Piet Ouderland temidden van AZ'67 aanhangers - NA - 921-4220.jpg

Could someone take a look at this file - not loading correctly and for some reason my browser hangs when trying to see the diffs Gbawden (talk) 13:45, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

About creating a page in commons

I have the concept about how to upload medias in commons. But recently i wanted to create a commons page name like this. I wanted to create the page named "Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University". As i have editing concept in other wikipedia projects, i know that, i can create page by searching and clicking on the red text. But here, whenever i type "Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University", it took me to the category page. And i tried a lot, every time it did the same thing. Now, my question is how can i create a page (like i linked at the first) that has already a category with the same name. Thanks in advance. --Rafi Bin Tofa (talk) 14:44, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

Huron Building image/Wyandotte County, Kansas

To Whom It May Concern:

Did you wish to communicate with me about the photo image I submitted for the "Huron Building" in the registered historic structure in Wyandotte County, Kansas?

Thank you. J. H. Vaughan joevaughan05@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by J. H. Vaughan (talk • contribs) 19 June 2019‎ 15:52 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding GORON DUTSE KANO.jpg

--Muntari2017 (talk) 17:26, 19 June 2019 (UTC) THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN BY ME. HOW COULD I LICENSE IT.

Can anyone with enough rights create this page ?

please create User:FPCBot/EditCounterOptIn.js, with content #Opted in, for analytics. Per Eatcha's Request

I'm the bot's present maintainer until its creator returns to commons. Thanks -- Eatcha (talk) 19:33, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

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Slightly off topic question about viewing account activity

I can't seem to find a way to view my account activity, that is what devices and an IP addresses I've logged into. I know asking this isn't particular related to Commons but this is the best fitting location that I could find to ask this question. Does anyone know if there is a particular special page or place in which I can see my account activity? Thanks.—The Editor's Apprentice (Talk) 17:06, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Hey The Editor's Apprentice. This type of information is only available to editors with Checkuser access and can even then only be accessed under particular circumstances. Someone without this access cannot view this data, even for themselves, probably in no small part due to the fact that it would assist malicious users in avoiding scrutiny in using illegitimate sock puppet accounts. GMGtalk 17:09, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
That's actually kind of funny because I got a notification that said I should review my account activity to confirm if an unfamiliar log in was mine but apparently I can't! Anyway, thanks for your explanation, it makes sense.—The Editor's Apprentice (Talk) 17:21, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
Hey The Editor's Apprentice. You can review the contributions of your account by clicking "contributions" in the upper left hand corner (when viewing on PC). If you find that there have been edits made that weren't you, or if you receive this message when you have not logged into your account recently from a new device, then you should consider changing your password, and ensuring that the password you use is a strong one, which can't be easily guessed by a computer program. As a general rule for everyone regardless, you should also ensure you have email enabled and that you have a strong and unique password for your email account, as this is the only way to recover your Wikimedia account in the case that it ever is compromised. GMGtalk 17:26, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
Yes, thank you. I already do have email enabled and my password for it is fairly strong and I know of a plausible action of my own that might of lead to the notification. I am going to review my most recent global contributions (those since the notification) and also change my password.—The Editor's Apprentice (Talk) 17:37, 21 June 2019 (UTC)
This kind of message may appear if you often log into different wireless networks with your notebook or cell phone. So unless you've been continously using the same network when you got this warning, I wouldn't be concerned. De728631 (talk) 22:03, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
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Oil can Guitars

Hello, there are other brands that manufacture oil can guitars, there is only one here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Oil_can_guitars so i wanted to contribute to add it but i dont find anyhow to do it. can you help me ?

The company i know is Buzz! Guitars you can find them in https://www.buzzguitars.com

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:|]] ([[User talk:|talk]] • contribs)

If you can take your own pictures of their guitars, fine, but (1) their images are copyright and cannot be used here and (2) Commons is not a vehicle for advertising. Rodhullandemu (talk) 10:03, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
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Is it a footbridge?

Can someone take a look at this image(File:Taiwan County Library DSCN2203 (3066857419).jpg), is it a footbridge?--Kai3952 (talk) 09:36, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Unless it descends out of sight, I wouldn't say so, it's just a flight of stairs onto a landing. Rodhullandemu (talk) 10:01, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
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Various ways in which YouTube video links are stored in file description ?

Hi there,

I'm working on a YouTube license review bot, I'm just 6 month on wiki that's why I don't know all the ways you store the links here. I know only the following two ways to store them, if you know more ways to store them please write here. I need them to write the regex to parse them. Thanks

{{From YouTube|1=ACc5R22uANg|2=Alec Benjamin - Let Me Down Slowly}}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACc5R22uANg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACc5R22uANg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?/watch?other_param&v=ACc5R22uANg
http://www.youtube.com/v/ACc5R22uANg
http://youtu.be/ACc5R22uANg
http://www.youtube.com/embed/ACc5R22uANg?rel=0
http://m.youtube.com/v/ACc5R22uANg
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/ACc5R22uANg?version=3&hl=en_US


A request by Eatcha (talk) 18:23, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

The problem I can see here is that there is no default way at Commons to store a YouTube link. It's all left to the uploader, so any bot should have as many optional url patterns as possible. De728631 (talk) 00:01, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
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Does the "Temples in Penghu County" category have to be subdivided by geographic location?

Do we really need to subdivide Magong, Siyu, Baisha, Huxi, etc categories from Category:Temples in Penghu County? Are there so many temples that would fit this more precise category that we need to subdivide by geographic location?--Kai3952 (talk) 19:01, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Most of these categories have 7 to 10 subcategories each for individual temples. So my guess is yes, there are so many temples in this area that is reasonable to have separate geographic location categories, and even individual temple categories. De728631 (talk) 21:53, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
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Prazo para entregar as fotos

Prazo p entrega das fotos

I'm not really sure what you would like to know, but can you upload photos by clicking this link. De728631 (talk) 21:56, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
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import CC 4.0 recording from Petrucci Music Library?

Hello, There is a CC 4.0 piano recording on the Petrucci Music Library (https://imslp.org/wiki/25_Preludes,_Op.31_(Alkan,_Charles-Valentin) that I would like to add to the Wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preludes,_Op._31_(Alkan). I think this is fine but I just want to ask here to make sure. AugusteBlanqui (talk) 08:19, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

@AugusteBlanqui: This should be Okay for me, please use Template:cc-by-sa-4.0 for the sound recording, and Template:PD-France for the composition. If you have any questions, or have any objections, please feel free to ask me, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 11:30, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
@AugusteBlanqui: Looks alright, you can upload.--Vulphere 11:31, 20 June 2019 (UTC)

How to watch videos

I want to watch uploaded videos where can i get them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by King449PearceMorgan (talk • contribs) 20 June 2019‎ 11:56 (UTC)

pics removed - IAMISEE

I added pictures to my brothers Wikipedia page of him and art that he owns and you took them all down.

why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crstevens619 (talk • contribs) 19:13, 20 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Crstevens619: Probably because they were previously published images, available elsewhere online with no indication of a free license, and claimed here to be your own work with nothing that would indicate you are the same person who had created these and previously published them. But that's just a guess.
Assuming you are the person who created these, this can by remedied either through the process described at COM:OTRS, which is slow but effective, or by indicating the free license on a site/page obviously controlled by the copyright-holder. Your use here of the phrase "art that he owns" suggests that the claim of "own work" may not have been true.
Patrick Rogel, who nominated them for deletion may have something more to say. In the future, best to first discuss with the person who contacted you on your talk page before bringing this sort of question to a broad forum. - Jmabel ! talk 01:37, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Pax 3 vaporizer

I am trying to upload this image. I am having trouble uploading it. QuackGuru (talk) 00:54, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

getting Unknown error: "$1". when try to upload an image

I am trying to upload the images for Welcome to the Wiki Loves Earth contest. But I'm continuously getting Unknown error: "$1". Can anyone help me to resolve this issue ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arunadissa (talk • contribs) 19 June 2019‎ 13:17 (UTC)

@Arunadissa: Thank you for your question. I am not sure about technical issues, perhaps you may want to ask your question on COM:VPT?廣九直通車 (talk) 08:22, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

How to avoid an image from being deleted off wikipedia?

Hi, I am still relatively new to Wikipedia, but not long ago, I had uploaded a picture of Martha Hart into the wikimedia commons, so that the photo could be used on her page. I contacted her to get permission and she sent a letter of permission to use her image to Wikipedia (not me), it got approved and I was able to use it on her page. 3 months later, this image was removed by the User: ImageRemovalBot that removes images that were deleted and not removed from the article. How can I avoid the deletion of the image both in the commons as well as the page? Kgywu (talk) 02:15, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

  • Do you have any idea what the filename was? I see no indication of any prior edits by you on Wikimedia Commons, nor on the English-language Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 03:22, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Can I use this image in a book published by an academic press?

Hello,

I am finishing an scholarly book that will be published by Edinburgh University Press. My book will be published in the U.K. and North America. There is an image that appears on wikimedia commons that I would like to include in my book. This one:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lewis_Carroll_-_Henry_Holiday_-_Hunting_of_the_Snark_-_Plate_4_unrestored.png

Can you tell me whether or not I am legally allowed to include this image in the publication of my book?

Thank you, Ryan

Hello Ryan. The image you linked to is old enough that it should be in the public domain in most or all jurisdictions. You can therefore use the image however you please with no restrictions. GMGtalk 13:58, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Changing credit info

I have had a photo flagged as not accepted but I now have the correct credits for the photo but I can't upload a duplicate — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muso81 (talk • contribs) 16:08, 21 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@Muso81: I presume you're referring to File:Milton.jpg or File:TedX.jpg. For File:TedX.jpg, there's still a problem that the source you cite gives the licence as CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, while you've tagged it as CC BY-SA 4.0. NC and ND licences are not allowed on Commons: our licensing policy requires that files here be modifiable and usable commercially. Unless the photographer is willing to use a more liberal licence, that file can't be hosted on Commons. In the case of File:Milton.jpg, the problem is that this picture (which you claim you took yourself last week) appears on the Web in several other places, notably on http://www.miltonline.com (where the Wayback machine says it's been since 2013). You need to somehow demonstrate that you really are the copyright owner. This is likely to be quite complex, but a good start would be to list the date the picture was actually taken, and to upload the full camera-resolution version of the picture. --bjh21 (talk) 16:27, 21 June 2019 (UTC)

Photograph the earth

Hi,

I uploaded 2 pictures for captioned contest and not sure where can I find the pictures uploaded by me. It does not show on my profile and haven't got any confirmation that those have been considered for contest or not.

Please confirm.

Thanks, Komal

Hi @Komaljkaur: a list of your uploads is accessible through the "Uploads" link at the top right corner of the screen. If you cannot find it, here is another link to the same list. --HyperGaruda (talk) 06:44, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

A cover of book

Hi everyone. I've just created some pages about a writer's books on Turkish Wikipedia, and I want to add their only cover images. According to publisher note in the book, "Even a part or whole of the work cannot copy by photocopy or any digital way. And it is forbidden to publish the work on the Internet, according to the Copyright law of Turkey.". It is likely clear but I am confused in the situation that I want to share only cover of book, and it does not include any information about the content of book except its title, writer and publisher's name. Moreover, there are lots of book article with the photos of their cover on the Wikipedia. If it is forbidden to publish the books and their some parts, how the other books' covers take a place on the Wikipedia? -- Gargarapalvin (Message 02.44 A.M., 22 June 2019

  • Commons can only host these if they consist of nothing but topography and simple geometric shapes, so they would not be copyrightable. Commons does not allow a "fair use" rationale. Some of the individual Wikipedias do allow this (English does; German doesn't; I have no idea about the Turkish Wikipedia in this respect, you'd have to ask there). But that would not involve Commons at all: that would be an upload to the individual Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 05:08, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

publish files

i am failing to publish my files — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sire Greenfield (talk • contribs) 13:00, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

@Sire Greenfield: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload a smaller (<50KB) jpg file as a new user. You wrote it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller jpg file, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you created the file yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, including original EXIF metadata. If you did not create the file, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the copyright holder license it on their website or social media, or send the file and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:14, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Unsure about the license of a scientific art work.

I would like to use this art in the Wikipedia article en:Clathrate gun hypothesis.

It can be located in this scientific paper: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2016RG000534

The paper is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND, but the authors both work for US Geological Survey.

The same art can be found in the USGS website, there it has a lower resolution and lacks the legend, but it's written public domain under it.

What should I do? Write an email to the author asking for clarification? Or just because they work for the USGS should be Public Domain?

Thanks! —Arthurfragoso (talk) 20:09, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

CC BY-NC-ND license only applies to the article as whole. Specific images may be under more permissive licenses or in public domain as appears to be in this case. Ruslik (talk) 20:57, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
I just found a variation of the image already uploaded:
I will update that. Thank you! —Arthurfragoso (talk) 21:24, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
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Uploaded image under wrong user, need to fix

A friend is working on a Wikipedia article about me in his sandbox. I gave him permission to use an image of which I own the copyright. The image filename is "Stuart Scott's keynote at WESA 2012.jpg". His account is DavidKorn.SpecialProjects and gave me the (c) Stuart Scott, 2012. I own the photo. I paid the photographer, who was working for me.

He uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons under his account when I should have uploaded it under mine (StuartGaia). It was immediately flagged for a potential copyright violation because my son, Joshua Scott, had used it in a GoFundMe page (https://ca.gofundme.com/f/fund-for-stuart039s-healing) since I have cancer, and am trying to overcome it so that I can continue my climate change activism (see http://ScientistsWarning.TV).

We want to delete the file from his account, and put it under mine. I am willing to put it under any of the commons licenses that are appropriate. Please tell me how we fix this problem.

Stuart Scott (a.k.a. StuartGaia) — Preceding unsigned comment added by StuartGaia (talk • contribs) 22:15, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

When you paid the photographer, did you explicitely receive a copyright transfer from them? It is a common misunderstanding that one automatically buys the copyright in the picture when paying for a portrait, but in most jurisdictions the photographer either needs to be an employee for copyright to be transferred automatically, or a transfer may not even be possible at all. Anyhow, in such cases we require a proof of copyright transfer or a permission from the original photographer, which should then be emailed according to the instructions in COM:OTRS. De728631 (talk) 22:38, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

Renaming files

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T226672

It seems like this isn't working, the button doesn't appear. Famartin (talk) 22:14, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

@Famartin: Thank you for your question. If you are not sure about the renaming feature, you may request for renaming by using Template:Rename, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 05:16, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
@Famartin: the bug has been reported to phabricator and main VP.--Roy17 (talk) 12:47, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
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How do I register my user account?

Hello, I have tried finding an answer in FAQ's but to no avail. I have set up a user account / page only to discover this needs to be registered. How do I do that? I realise this is a very basic question, but this is all very unclear. Also, I realise I am using a 'handle' but this is to safeguard my personal safety as a woman. Any help much appreciated. Thank you. Estriella (talk) 16:41, 29 June 2019 (UTC) Estriella

Setting up user account as the same as registering it. So, you are already registered and can create your user page here: user:Estriella. Ruslik (talk) 17:08, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
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Picture from Twitter of politician

Hello, I am new and wanting to aid in editing Janis Irwin, an MLA and on her Twitter she has a picture that I would like to use for her Wiki page. Is this allowed?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by CanadianUsr19 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

@CanadianUsr19: No, because Wikimedia Commons do not accept files that violate copyright, unless permission from the copyright holder (usually the photographer) is obtained and sent through COM:OTRS. If you can reach her, you could try asking her to take a selfie or be photographed by someone and ask the photographer upload it here directly.--Roy17 (talk) 16:51, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
@CanadianUsr19: I found one for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqceC3cXlRU . You can take a screencap from this and upload it here, because this video is licensed under {{YouTube CC-BY}}. Around 1m55s looks pretty good for a hi-res cap. Copy and paste {{YouTube CC-BY}}{{licencereview}} as the licence when you upload.--Roy17 (talk) 17:16, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
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Watermark image

Hi, can anyone please tell me the policy about using/uploading watermarked images? Royroydeb (talk) 03:32, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

@Royroydeb: Thank you for your question, please refer to COM:Watermarks, and note that neither images have destructive nor promotional watermarks are allowed on Commons, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 03:37, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
What about the watermark in this image File:Badrinath Mandir on 20 June 2019.jpg @廣九直通車: . Royroydeb (talk) 04:19, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
It certainly makes the picture less desirable than it would otherwise be. I doubt it would be seen as reason for deletion, but it certainly is not what you want to do if you want to be seen as contributing in accord with the spirit of this site. - Jmabel ! talk 07:11, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

can I rescind rights on a photo I contributed and have it removed?

I contributed a few photos that I personally took to Wikimedia Commons (with these rights:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original).

Do I have the right to have a file removed and rescind the rights I have granted? If so, how do I do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivgotit (talk • contribs) 15:04, 23 June 2019‎ (UTC)

All images you uploaded here were released by you under a Creative Commons license. These licenses are irrevocable, so you cannot rescind the rights once you granted a CC licence. As to deleting the images, the last file you uploaded is from 2018, and we usually don't delete any files on the uploader's request if they are older than a few weeks. Please see also Commons:Courtesy deletions. It would be helpful though to know why you would like the files to be removed. De728631 (talk) 15:28, 23 June 2019 (UTC)
 Comment I'll just point out that all the images you uploaded are in use on other Wikis, and their editors will have assumed that you would honour the terms of the licence you granted. I'd be very surprised, therefore, if any of these images were to be deleted as a courtesy. Rodhullandemu (talk) 15:43, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Using altered public domain images.

Can I use public domain images that I altered (Such as cropping to fit better, added text, etc.) for a wikipedia article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DolphinCat (talk • contribs) 04:17, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

As far as I know, for use in Wikipedia a picture has to be uploaded here. See the rules of Wikipedia. Greetings --Wilhelm Zimmerling PAR (talk) 06:22, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
  • It's not a problem on a copyright level. Beyond that, individual Wikipedias may each have their own policies on what alteration/retouching is permissible. Obviously, if you photoshopped in a person who wasn't really there, that is not acceptable. If you slightly increased contrast, that is. So it's hard to respond to your question as it stands. - Jmabel ! talk 15:53, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Fotos

Bei den Fotos der Annemarie Schwarzenbach ist mir speziell bei A-5-21-167jpg die Unterschrift "Zwei Metallkrüge auf einem Holzgestell" aufgefallen. Die ist leider falsch. Es handelt sich um Teekessel, besser, Samoware vor einem Teehaus. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2001:16B8:400C:F700:8AD:428B:35B1:FCCA (talk) 12:59, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Du solltest dich an die Schweizr Nationalbibliothek wenden, da das in der Quelle schon so steht (https://www.helveticarchives.ch/detail.aspx?ID=520552), oder den hochladenden Benutzer User:Swiss National Library ansprechen. --Magnus (talk) 14:41, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

New version for existing book

A couple years ago, my collegues published a book both in the Viquillibres and the Wikilibros, and now I have the same but in ENglish. Can I just upload the document? I have their permission to publish it and I think it will be very usefull because there is no other books that talk about this topic: a youth guide. --Btauri (talk) 12:22, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

@Btauri: Thank you for your question. Firstly, as the document is a piece of text, it should be uploaded to English Wikisource, if free. Secondly, is the English version a free translation of yourself (or by other Wikisource users), or a version translated by others? Regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:54, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

--廣九直通車 Thank you for answering! In what format do I upload the document to English Wikisource? In Word or PDF? The translation has been done by a company dedicated to translate texts who we paid for translating the guide in several languages. Do I need to add their name in the document? --Btauri (talk) 11:21, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

@Btauri: Thank you for your question, you should create a new page on English Wikisource, and import your document in text. You may want to refer to s:Help:Adding texts for reference. Also, please inform the translating company to send a permission email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org according to the instructions on OTRS. I am actually not too familiar with English Wikisource, and the above is what I can tell you. If you have any questions, please raise them at s:Wikisource:Scriptorium/Help, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 12:48, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

廣九直通車 Thank you so much for your help! --Btauri (talk) 07:40, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

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アップロードできない！

JPG画像で，ファイル名も画像も異なるのに，「類似しています」の表示が出てアップロード出来ないのですが，アップロードするには，どうすればいいですか？ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knotopologynn (talk • contribs) 07:04, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Can not upload! Although the file name and the image are different in the JPG image, the message "Similar" is displayed and I can not upload. How can I upload it?
translator: Google Translate by Vulphere 15:09, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
@Knotopologynn: You could ask at "Commons:ヘルプデスク" as there are more Japanese speakers. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:47, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

Tập tin

Muốn xóa 1 tập tin đã tải lên thì phái làm thế nào ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoa112008 (talk • contribs) 00:32, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

@Hoa112008: Nếu bạn có nghĩa là File:Phân tử Hidro.jpg chỉ cần thêm {{SD|G7}} vào trang. Rodhullandemu (talk) 12:12, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Загрузка логотипа.

Добрый день. Мне необходимо загрузить логотип компании для статьи, но появляется ошибка, т.к. этот файл был удален ранее. Как в таком случаем можно вставить логотип в статью? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Милори (talk • contribs) 10:41, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Для нетривиальных логотипов должно быть разрешение от руководства/юридического отдела компании в Commons:OTRS. В противном случае можно загрузить локально в русскую Википедию как несвободные изображения. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:46, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Is it a funicular?

Can someone take a look at this image(File:搬運物資時的蓮座山觀音寺索道.jpg), is it a funicular?--Kai3952 (talk) 12:02, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

@Kai3952: There seems to be only one track and one car; it's the essence of a funicular that there are two of each, balanced so that as one rises, the other descends. So no. Rodhullandemu (talk) 12:07, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

It's probably time we talked about Commons:Categories for discussion/2018/07/Category:Tian Gong Lu

Now it seems that this discussion has been put aside with no real input from the community. What should we do if the "Tian Gong Lu" category is not necessary?--Kai3952 (talk) 17:43, 25 June 2019 (UTC)

Image upload

Can I upload images here taken by my friend, if I take permissions from him? Arnabsaha2212 (talk) 13:11, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

@Arnabsaha2212: Your friend would have to email permission himself via OTRS, although that may take some time to process. Rodhullandemu (talk) 13:07, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
@Rodhullandemu: any time estimate of processing it?
  • It can take quite a while, but if you mark the upload with {{subst:OP}} and the copyright holder provides correct permission that shouldn't really matter to you. - Jmabel ! talk 15:19, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
Arnabsaha2212,
Or you can encourage your friend to create an account and upload their files.
It's quicker and better for everyone. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 07:18, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
@Rodrigo.Argenton: i asked my friend to upload, but said he has no time. Thats why I asked whether i can upload or not. Arnabsaha2212 (talk) 07:45, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Files flagged for copyright violation

I uploaded two files to Wikimedia Commons, and was notified that they were marked as a possible copyright violation because I included the URL. These photos were taken by me and are free to use, and therefore there is no copyright violation. I included the URL as a source, just as the page editor did for another image of mine that was used here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_City_Casino (I was contacted by a Wikipedia editor and asked for permission to use this image, and I granted that permission, so he included the link to my website.) I was simply trying to do the same thing with the two images I uploaded, as they came from the same site. How do I remove the copyright violation tag? The files are listed below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westward_Ho_Hotel_and_Casino#/media/File:Westward_Ho_Sign.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_Street_Hotel_and_Casino

I have other images to contribute to Wikimedia, so I want to make sure I'm doing it right, otherwise I won't bother.

Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meburke66 (talk • contribs) 15:09, 18 June 2019‎ (UTC)

  • Convenience links: File:Bourbon Street Hotel and Casino.jpg, File:Westward Ho Sign.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 15:35, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
  • @Meburke66: At http://www.vegasinpictures.com/, you say "Copyright © 2019 Burke Enterprises" and give no indication of there being any available licenses. And of course we have no automatic way to know that the Meburke66 account is the same "Burke" as that site.
  • If you own the copyright for all of the pictures on that site, and you intend to make all of the pictures available, then the simplest thing to do would be to indicate on that site that the pictures are available under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. If you want to release only specific pictures, you can put a page on that site indicating which images are available under that license (probably best to provide thumbnails as well as filenames) and link it from the relevant Commons pages.
  • Alternatively, you can go through the process described at COM:OTRS. In my experience, that will take longer, though, which is why I make the recommendation in the prior paragraph. - Jmabel ! talk 15:44, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I revised the Westward Ho image URL to the exact page it came from (http://www.vegasinpictures.com/otherhotels.html), and you still removed it this afternoon. I'm sorry that I'm not a pro at how this works here on Wikimedia, but you didn't even give me a chance to correct the problem before removing. Makes me not even want to bother sharing photos here if that's how things are done. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meburke66 (talk • contribs) 23:43, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

@Meburke66: Did you remove the copyvio tag? Pinging @Túrelio as deleting Admin.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:57, 18 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I don't know how to do that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meburke66 (talk • contribs) 00:00, 19 June 2019‎ (UTC)

Meburke66,
Sorry, they did not explained what you need to do.
I suggest you to follow this steps Commons:First steps to a better understanding.
You can not upload here photos that you did not took, so do not matter if you provide or not a link to the source that you upload a file.
We use here free licenses, that are the licenses used in those files. Follow the steps, and you if there's any questions tag me using {{u|Rodrigo.Argenton}}, and I'll help you out.
-- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 07:15, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
No, actually, Rodrigo, assuming he is correct in saying that he took these pictures I told him exactly what to do. To repeat:
  • If you own the copyright for all of the pictures on that site, and you intend to make all of the pictures available, then the simplest thing to do would be to indicate on that site that the pictures are available under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license. If you want to release only specific pictures, you can put a page on that site indicating which images are available under that license (probably best to provide thumbnails as well as filenames) and link it from the relevant Commons pages.
  • Alternatively, you can go through the process described at COM:OTRS. In my experience, that will take longer, though, which is why I make the recommendation in the prior paragraph.
- Jmabel ! talk 15:22, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Jmabel, I read.
But the steps to upload here?
And " I don't know how to do that." means that he didn't understood, and what he should do now was not clear for him. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 01:54, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

foto que quero retirar

POR FAVOR NÃO CONSIGO TIRAR A FOTO DA SERRA DA CALÇADA,NÃO PERMITO O USO DELA E NÃO QUERO NO SEU SITE File:FOTOS ILANA LANSKY 241-1.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by ILANA LANSKY (talk • contribs)

@ILANA LANSKY: Desculpe, você enviou o original em 2014 com uma licença Creative Commons que é irrevogável. Agora é muito tarde retirar essa licença, pois outros sites podem usá-la de boa fé e não podemos colocá-los em risco. Também não é permitido sobrescrever a imagem com outra, e eu a alterei de volta. Rodhullandemu (talk) 17:42, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
NÃO CONCORDO QUERO SABER AOMNDE VOCES TEM DIREITO DESTA FORMA DE USO SENDO QUE SOU DONA DO DIREITO USO DEIMAGEWM , ME DIGAM QUE LEI TE PROTEGE POIS QUERO A RETIRADA IMEDIATA DESTE SITE. NO BRASIL NÃO EXISTE ESSE TIPO DE USO INDEFINIDO E VCS ESTÃO VOLANDO AS LEIS BRASILEIRAS
O problema é que, quando você fez o upload do arquivo, você concedeu uma licença irrevogável para seu uso, e isso foi há cinco anos. Minha opinião (e nossa política) é que é tarde demais para mudar isso. A lei aplicável na Wikimedia como a dos Estados Unidos da América. Rodhullandemu (talk) 19:41, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
EI NÃO CONCEDI NADA VCS DEVEM TER MILH~OES DE NORMAS A SER LIDAS PARA GARANTIR SUA ILEGALIDADE TIREM IMEDIATAMENTE ESTOU AVISANDO POIS TEREI DE IR A POLICIA FEDERAL
VOCES usaram de ma fé um concurso fotografico para reter as imagens em seu site ridiculo. N~sao aceitoe voutomar minhas medidas
Mas você entrou no concurso de fotos e não leu os termos e condições? Rodhullandemu (talk) 20:25, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
LER AONDE ENTREI NO SITE COM MINHA FOTO PARA PARTICIPAR DE UM CONCURSO E NÃO PARA DAR MINHA FOTO A NINGUÉM VOCES NÃO TEM ESSE DIREITO POIS A AUTORIA É MINHA ,MINHAS SAIDAS NAS MONTANHAS E PRESERVAÇÃO DELAS VALE MAIS QUE TUDO E EXIJO QUE RETIREM IMEDIATAMENTE A MINHA FOTO , ME MOSTRA NO SITE AONDE ESTÁ ESCRITO ISTO. E MESMO QUE ESTIVER ESCRITO NÃO ESTÁ ACIMA DAS LEIS DO MEU PAÍS PORTANTO EXIJO QUE RETIREM IMEDIATAMENTE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:|]] ([[User talk:|talk]] • contribs) 12:14, 19 June 2019ILANA LANSKY (UTC)
VI - o de retirar de circulação a obra ou de suspender qualquer forma de utilização já autorizada, quando a circulação ou utilização implicarem afronta à sua reputação e imagem;LEI 9610 NÃO QUERO MEU NOME VEICULADO A ESTA EMPRES. SITE , RETIRAR IMEDIATAMENTE — Preceding unsigned comment added by ILANA LANSKY (talk • contribs) 14:43, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
@ILANA LANSKY: Como isso se aplica à Wikimedia Commons? Rodhullandemu (talk) 15:03, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Ilana Lanksy,
Eu entendo que esse concurso foi mal gerido, e talvez não tenha sido corretamente orientada sobre as implicações de compartilhar uma foto conosco e nem para que trabalhamos como voluntários nesse site "ridículo", mas precisa ouvir:
Primeira coisa, vou lhe pedir para parar de utilizar o caps lock, na internet isso é uma tremenda de uma falta de educação, pois dá a entender que está gritando. Não dá para dialogar com alguém gritando. Certo?
Segundo, não, não está se violando nenhuma lei brasileira. Quando você participou do concurso, você licenciou uma versão da sua imagem sob cc-by-sa 3.0, quando fez o upload é informada sobre isso e lhe explicam o que é a licença, deveria ter lido. Mesmo que o concurso não fosse claro, o carregamento é bem claro, ele lhe alerta na primeira página, e na terceira sobre isso. Inclusive esses são os dizeres da terceira página:
"Eu, Ilana Lanksy, o detentor dos direitos autorais deste trabalho, concedo irrevogavelmente a qualquer um o direito de utilizar este trabalho sob a licença Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 (código legal).
(Qualquer um pode usar, compartilhar ou remixar este trabalho, contanto que me seja dado o crédito e que qualquer trabalho derivado seja compartilhado sob esta licença.)"
Meu grifo
Não foi uma sessão contratual na qual pode determinar o período, os usos,..., você, por livre vontade, trocou a licença que lhe reserva todos esses direitos de controle, por outra licença que abre mão destes na versão que carregou aqui.
As leis brasileiras preveem a licença Creative Commons, inclusive utilizada amplamente pelo governo, tanto em nível nacional, quanto em esferas estaduais.
Seus direitos morais são mantidos e seu nome será citado quando utilizarem a fotografia que aqui carregou, mas você abriu mão de alguns direitos patrimoniais, e foi avisada.
E seu nome não está vinculada a esta comunidade, essa comunidade é aberta, e só é uma plataforma, quando fez aquela escolha, na verdade você permitiu que qualquer pessoa use em qualquer site.
"afronta à sua reputação e imagem", como uma comunidade que preconiza livre conhecimento à toda humanidade, criação de conteúdo educacional aberto, fazendo isso sem fins lucrativos poderia ser considerada uma afronta?
Em resumo, não será retirado, caso queira, pode entrar com uma ação contra o idealizador do concurso Rodrigo Padula e sua organização wikibrasil.org, sendo um concurso nacional, há regras sobre concursos culturais e aqui sim você pode reclamar suas questões.
-- Argenton m 07:07, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

File:ROC-NCL-AAC stair to 4F Book Stacks 20190504.jpg

As is very visible from the photo, the stairway is closed off with barrier and no-entry sign, but I am not sure if it is suitable for "Do not enter signs" category or not. Should I use Category:Rope barriers?--Kai3952 (talk) 07:33, 22 June 2019 (UTC)

@Kai3952: I think both categories can be added. In my opinion, just use your common sense to categorize images. Please feel free to ask me should you have other questions, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 08:44, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
@Kai3952: I have done them for you, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 10:29, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
Does it make sense to add "Do not enter signs" category as it looks very small in this photo?--Kai3952 (talk) 14:32, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
@Kai3952: I think it's up to you to decide. IMHO this photo wants to show that the fourth floor of this library is out of bounds, but not to show the kind of signs people find in Taiwan, so I would not add that category.--Roy17 (talk) 12:47, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

CC BY-SA 4.0

Is it that immediately I upload my pictures for the ongoing contest I’ll automatically get licensed by commons?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blvckboy bj (talk • contribs) 06:25, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

@Blvckboy bj: Which contest?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:47, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
Blvckboy bj, no, no license here you will be in the name of Wikimedia Commons.
We use free licenses, that mean that you still have right over the file, the attribution will be in your name, however you choose open the rights to use, distribute, study, and modify to whole Humanity.
Here you can have a better understand about the licenses that we use.
-- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 06:16, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

What category should that be placed in?

Should Category:Arches in Taiwan be placed in "Arch portals" and "Portals" two categories?--Kai3952 (talk) 13:35, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

No, because Category:Arch portals is a subcategory of Category:Portals, so by COM:OVERCAT, a category should generally go in at most one of those. Moreover, unless Category:Arches in Taiwan in unusually narrow in scope, I'd expect it to fall under Category:Arches (specifically, in Category:Arches by country. --bjh21 (talk) 13:44, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
I am confused, why did you say "unless Category:Arches in Taiwan in unusually narrow in scope"? --Kai3952 (talk) 18:31, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
@Bjh21: Pinging User:Bjh21 for convenience.廣九直通車 (talk) 05:17, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Based on its name, I'd expect that Category:Arches in Taiwan would contain arches of all sorts. That would make it a subcategory of Category:Arches, but not a subcategory of Category:Arch portals, because it would contain media relating to arches that are not portals. However, it's possible that Category:Arches in Taiwan is poorly named, and it's only meant to contain arch portals (which would be a narrower scope than all arches), in which case it could legitimately be a subcategory of Category:Arch portals, but it should probably then be named Category:Arch portals in Taiwan. --bjh21 (talk) 12:53, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Are these images in scope ? What about their weird file name ?

I know that some images of Fractal are in scope but this is just a small list from more that 1000 images.
see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=1000&user=PantheraLeo1359531&ilshowall=1

File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_44.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_46.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_28.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_03.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_40.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_36.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_50.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_47.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_09.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_45.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_27.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_42.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_34.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_31.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_26.jpg
File:00090_8.77e304_bis_00149_7.94e233_26062019_06.jpg


Thank you very much Eatcha (talk) 11:00, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

They may have educational value. Ruslik (talk) 20:11, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Fake

A french man wrote a fake publication. He says he is the Prince Faraj Bin Sultan Al Taweel whereas it is not true. The page must be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A01:CB04:2B1:9300:7918:25C5:B94:EBBB (talk) 12:04, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Could you please write down the URL to the page?--Roy17 (talk) 12:47, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Logos

Hello, I'd like to know when is it possible to upload a logo to commons and when it is not. Some Wikipedia articles about organizations have the organization's logo but some don't because it's not possible. I'd like to know when we can and when we cannot and how to.--SRuizR ¿Need something? 20:06, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

The logo must be either in public domain or released under a free licence or too simple to qualify for copyright protection. Ruslik (talk) 20:09, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Hey SRuizR. Most of the logos here on Commons are uploaded because they fall below the threshold of originality, meaning that they are too simple to be protected under copyright, things like text and simple geometric shapes. More complex logos would have to uploaded locally, for example, to the Spanish Wikipedia itself, according to the rules that project has for including media under a claim of fair use. Some projects allow this more than others, and some projects do not allow it at all. The relevant guidance for es.wiki can be found at es:Wikipedia:Sobre el uso legítimo. GMGtalk 20:12, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
… which can be summed up as saying that the Spanish-language Wikipedia does not allow images on a "fair use" basis. - Jmabel ! talk 22:54, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

editing

my name is spelt incorrectly for my wiki file and it wont let me change it ....very annoying..also i cant upload my own pics but the pics that were on there that were uploaded weren't mine!? how do i fix this ? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcdemont (talk • contribs) 18 June 2019‎ 01:06 (UTC) (UTC)

He is talking about en:Damian De Montemas, which I think he means has to be written "Damian de Montemas". The files "on there" are the files transcluded to his wikipedia article, I assume. --HyperGaruda (talk) 04:41, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
@Dcdemont: If the issue is that a Wikipedia article has its title miscapitalized, you need to take that up at Wikipedia, not Wikimedia Commons.
And could you be more specific about what exactly happened when you say "i cant upload my own pics"? - Jmabel ! talk 16:42, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Posting at Wikipedia.

Last time I posted in Wikipedia years ago and I did not have any problem. This time my edition has been blocked for unknown to me reasons. I am trying to post info about my father Zygmunt Korzeniowski to complete sites titled: Oficerska Szkola Samochodowa and pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanał_Ślesiński. My email address is: picard4u@att.net. Please help.

Sincerely, Victor — Preceding unsigned comment added by USLEADER (talk • contribs) 00:27, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Hey USLEADER. It appears that your contribution was reverted because you were adding text in the English language to the Portuguese language Wikipedia. If you would like to make contributions in the English language, you should do so on the English language Wikipedia instead. GMGtalk 12:53, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Language

Please add Hindi language in uploading section — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jitp33 (talk • contribs) 02:54, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Hey Jitp33. Because this may require technical implementation, it may be more helpful to ask about this at the village pump. GMGtalk 13:05, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Como publicar articulos

Como puedo publicar mis trabajos en Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GPV33 (talk • contribs) 11:44, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Posting of content

hi,

I would like to ask if I am already allowed to post a content (not paid or sponsored)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KimberleyK (talk • contribs) 11:54, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Hey KimberleyK. I have posted an unblock request on your behalf on your English Wikipedia talk page. You may wish to follow up there for the benefit of local admins who may consider your unblock request. GMGtalk 13:03, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

What picture can I use?

Hello,

I found a picture online which under google's advanced search settings was described as being able to "use non-commercially". I believe that Wikipedia is non-profit so could I use this picture? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23bserafin (talk • contribs) 12:44, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Hey 23bserafin. Wikimedia Commons does not allow content which is licensed only for non-commercial use. Depending on the type of media and the purpose for which you would like to use it, you may be able to upload it on a local project under a claim of fair use. For more information see en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. GMGtalk 13:08, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
@23bserafin: Please see COM:L for more information, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:55, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Is it usual to use the definite article before "Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall"?

I looked at Category:Lincoln Memorial and I see that these categories(Category:Aerial views of the Lincoln Memorial, Category:Construction of the Lincoln Memorial, Category:Dedication of the Lincoln Memorial, Category:Presidents at the Lincoln Memorial, etc) have used "the" in the title. Is it necessary to add the "definite article"(the) before Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall when we're creating a new category?--Kai3952 (talk) 14:49, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Robert Cavanah Staysure.jpg

--JellyYo (talk) 15:28, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Don't know how to add copyright.

Hey JellyYo . The first question is where did the image come from and who owns the copyright for it? GMGtalk 18:50, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Adding images to an article

Hi there, I have just added images to wiki commons and answered all their copyright questions. How do I then add these images onto the article Lara Porzak I created some months ago? Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmasi (talk • contribs) 16:51, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Please, see en:Help:Files#Using_files. Ruslik (talk) 18:46, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Creare Biography

Come faccio in creare un biografia e inserire sul Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nyamtsetseg Purevsuren (talk • contribs) 20:20, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Create Biography How do I create a biography and insert on the Wikipedia?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:02, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
@Nyamtsetseg Purevsuren: it:Template:Benvenuto / mn:Загвар:Welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:02, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Regarding Wiki Loves Love

Hello, I am glad to share my views about Wiki Loves Love, yes it was a wonderful experience to see wonderful pictures that depict the love, i request to say that i am a student and i was so busy in my exams so i was not able to check my mail, but i just checked my mail and felt so happy to see myself as a postcard winner, but felt brokenhearted when saw that last date was 10th April, so i request you if it is possible to get my prize delivered, it will mean a lot to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaideep Tuli (talk • contribs) 00:39, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

@Jaideep Tuli: I replied at Commons talk:Wiki Loves Love 2019.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:53, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Comment: The Birth of Global Art

Hi,

I submitted an article: The Birth of Global Art. It was not published by your editor, and I had a comment to explain the politic situation. I think some of you are against my article which was backed by outside political forces. When an American politician expressed his opinion in the international arena a month ago, he also inspired from my article to focus on China's policies that means my article was internationally influential.. I think my article has not been published because of the involvement of external political forces, which violates the academic principle of Wikipedia's neutrality.

In addition, I think your website is very complex, it is not easy to find my previous comments, I can’t see if there is any response to my comments so I could not respond. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 达世奇 (talk • contribs) 00:50, 18 June 2019‎ (UTC)

@达世奇: Your article File:The birth of global art.pdf is OOS and subject to a deletion discussion.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:03, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
"OOS" -> "out of scope". Commons is a respository of media (images, video, etc.) and does not host articles. - Jmabel ! talk 05:21, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
"does not host articles"??? -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 07:27, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
@Rodrigo.Argenton: We do not host encyclopedic articles here on Wikimedia Commons per COM:NOT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:33, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
HEHEHEHHE
It's so sad to see how desperate for my attention you are Jeff...
article ≠ encyclopedic article
And check things like this... yes... we host articles.
-- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 01:53, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
With all due respect to the original poster, I doubt that his/her essay on "The Birth of Global Art" is an important historical document comparable to a resolution of a national legislature, much as I doubt that it was deleted for "political" reasons, rather than because it was not the sort of thing we host here. - Jmabel ! talk 10:08, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

question re: warnings

hi there, back in august 2013 i uploaded a few copyrighted images simultaneously and received a final copyright warning for my behavior. i was wondering if these warnings are permanent or whether they disappear after a certain amount of time. thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wschlitz (talk • contribs) 02:54, 29 June 2019 (UTC) Wschlitz (talk) 02:55, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

@Wschlitz: These warnings are permanent, and you should be more careful when uploading files, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 06:03, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Crop overwrote original file

Hi everyone. I uploaded File:BB Winans and Joe Madison.jpg and proceeded to crop out BeBe Winans. Unfortunately this did not create a new file but instead overwrote the original. Is that because I failed to change the name of the file? I usually get a warning about that. Either way, we now no longer have a photo of Joe Madison, and I cannot transfer the original from FlickR again because the site believes we have the image already. Therefore I beg for assistance :) Surtsicna (talk) 09:17, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

  • @Surtsicna: I have reverted to the original image. You can use CropTool again: this time, please be careful to choose to save to a different name rather than to overwrite the original. - Jmabel ! talk 10:11, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
Thanks, Jmabel. I realized that was the problem. I could swear that I did not have to check that little box before. Surtsicna (talk) 10:28, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
Now that I've looked at it, Jmabel, I don't think the problem is fixed. File:BB Winans and Joe Madison.jpg still shows only Winans. Surtsicna (talk) 10:34, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
@Surtsicna and Jmabel: It seems my revert worked.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:58, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Weird. Mine showed as working. Lost edit? Anyway, it's OK now. - Jmabel ! talk 19:02, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
@Surtsicna: I believe the CropTool default (overwrite or not) is to do whatever you last did, so if you did one deliberate overwrite, the next would overwrite by default. - Jmabel ! talk 19:02, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Flags of Morocco and the SADR over Western Sahara map.png

File:Flags of Morocco and the SADR over Western Sahara map.png has been overwritten so many times that I dont know which version to revert to. Is anyone familiar with history of West Sahara and Morocco?--Roy17 (talk) 16:51, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Can't we just delete it and replace any interwiki instances with File:Western Sahara conflict map.svg? The borders in the png file are oversimplified and the colour scheme is an eye sore. Most of the time the strip of land in the south and southwest is coloured blue (Morocco), while it is part of the SADR, i.e. brown. The earliest versions even had the SADR flag mirrored. In other words: plenty of errors. --HyperGaruda (talk) 18:10, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
That's much better. Thanks for the suggestion!--Roy17 (talk) 19:03, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
While HyperGaruda is probably right, I think a COM:OVERWRITE analysis says that it should be reverted to the first version. Specifically:
  • The version uploaded by Vispec on 1 December 2007 was reverted by Gandal el gris, and later by Aboyado and Reisio. I can't find any evidence that Gandal el gris ever withdrew their objection to this version.
  • The version uploaded by Rekaf on 24 December 2007 (with no flags at all) was reverted by Koavf on 9 March 2008.
  • The version uploaded by Koavf on 9 March 2008 (with the corrected flag) was reverted by Kailo70 immediately afterwards, and later by Isno and CHV. Kailo70 has made no other edits, so I don't think they've withdrawn their objection.
  • The version uploaded by Xiamipi on 7 June 2009 (with Chinese text) was reverted by B1mbo.
  • The version uploaded by Rülpsmann on 9 March 2010 (with corrected colours) was reverted by Xlamipi (sic). That's their most recent edit, so I don't think they've withdrawn their objections.
It's possible that some of the reverters have withdrawn their objections, but if they have they haven't done it anywhere obvious. Technically no-one has reverted Vispec's first two uploads (because Vispec overwrote them), but I think they were implicitly objected to by Gandal el gris. As a result, I think all the uploads after the first still have outstanding objections and should be reverted. --bjh21 (talk) 23:54, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
@Bjh21: Thanks a lot! But I should really have responded earlier and concluded this section, because the image is useless anyway. It's locked in an eswn article and used on two eswp discussion pages. Let's forget about it.--Roy17 (talk) 00:46, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
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New to Wiki

Hey I am new to wikipedia. Please do let me the do's and dont's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Crusader 1973 (talk • contribs) 18:53, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

@The Crusader 1973: you may read Commons:FAQ, Commons:Community portal and Help:Contents. What Commons is and is not. Most users here upload free files or help edit files. Plenty of good things to spend time on. Feel free to ask more questions here or on COM:VP. :) --Roy17 (talk) 19:03, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
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PolBr a effacé toute ma contribution sur la Lorette dès que je lui ai indiqué les preuves de ce que je disais

Bonjour, PolBr a effacé toute ma contribution sur la lorette : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorette_(femme)#Origine_du_nom Dès que j'ai montré les preuves de ce que je disais. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion:Lorette_(femme)#Orientation_de_l%27article Comme je le montre, ce contributeur dit n'importe quoi et en plus il efface entièrement ma contribution quand je lui donne des preuves. Très cordialement — Preceding unsigned comment added by La Mesure de l'Excellence (talk • contribs) 07:34, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Hello, PolBr erased all my contribution on the lorette: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorette_(femme)#Origine_du_nom As soon as I showed the evidence of what I said. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion:Lorette_(femme)#Orientation_de_l_Article As I show, this contributor says anything and in addition it completely erases my contribution when I give him evidence. Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by La Mesure de l'Excellence (talk • contribs) 07:37, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

CAPTCHA issues

My CAPTCHA is not verified even though my answers were correct, I cannot upload my image. Rajabouzeid2001 (talk) 17:37, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

@Rajabouzeid2001: I guess you may try again, until you get the CAPTCHA right. This website does not restrict retrying CAPTCHA, as far as I know.--Roy17 (talk) 19:03, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Checking successfully uploaded file

How I check my uploaded photos progress and Whether photos have been uploaded successfully or not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prasadani1988 (talk • contribs) 18:44, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

@Prasadani1988: here you are: Special:ListFiles/Prasadani1988. On the upper right corner, buttons from the right are log out, contributions (basically everything you did on Commons) and uploads (everything you uploaded).--Roy17 (talk) 19:03, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
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