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problem with uploads

i try upload photos for Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Egypt

Wiki Loves Monuments: Photograph a monument, help Wikipedia and win! Learn more

every time he gave me this message

An automated filter has identified this edit as potentially unconstructive, and it has been disallowed. If this edit is constructive, please report this error. --Ali Mansour Official (talk) 10:44, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

(Given that the account that asked this has been blocked as a sockpuppet...)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 17:10, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Upload with no NAME

Dear help desk, I have just uploaded 169 files to Commons via Pattypan, but oh shock, I noticed (even after testing) too late that the filename did not reach my PattyPan file, and now there is hardly any info in the filename, see: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NMVW_files_concerning_Bukittinggi_2020-09 Though the other info is there, it may make these items hard to find. Can they be deleted, so I can re-upload them WITH the proper name?

looking forward to a smart solution best Richard (Riezelaar) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riezelaar (talk • contribs) 15:04, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Deleting them would (at least for me) be the easiest thing to do, as I have the correct upload file for Pattypan at hand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riezelaar (talk • contribs) 11:57, October 1, 2020 (UTC)

@Riezelaar: done. You can re-upload them whenever you're ready. clpo13(talk) 19:35, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you so much! doing it right now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riezelaar (talk • contribs) 19:47, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:04, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

My name is [...]

My name is Jorge Washington Rodriguez "Passive Homosexual" and I believe that trying to shows myself as a gay man posting pics here in Commons, apparently all goes wrong and failed, because everything that I submit sadly is for deletion. I do not had any "Evil intention" or purposely posted my pics to "disrespect anyone in Commons" or anybody else. I would like to apologize with Commons and ask to show me how to deleting my pics. I do not have any "evil intentions" or wants purposely disrespect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jorge W Rodriguez "Passive Homosexual" (talk • contribs) 00:12, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:26, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

I need someone to check a licence

Hello! Today I uploaded this file called file:Coffee-2346113 in blue.svg, it is based on a cc-zero-licence file named file:Coffee-2346113.svg (from Pixabay, but uploaded on commons by an different user) - only the colour of the version I edited is different. Can someone please take a look if the licence is acceptable that way? Thanks! Best regards, Koreanovsky (talk) 16:43, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

@Koreanovsky: Hi, and welcome. I reviewed both files.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:44, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, @Jeff G.: ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koreanovsky (talk • contribs) 15:10, 5 October 2020‎ (UTC)
@Koreanovsky: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:19, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:19, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Groom Creek School House

I wanted to upload this picture to the list of National Registry of Historical Places, not join a photo contest. How do I do that?

Yavapai County Arizona, Groom Creek School — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kuhkuhkatie22 (talk • contribs) 07:50, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

If you just want to add this image to an article in Wikipedia, you find how to do this in en:Help:Pictures. Ruslik0 (talk) 13:45, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

How to change User Name

Hi There,

I would like to change my user name from Persian language to English one. I really appreciate if someone can help me to change my user name from, "علی کسایی فرد " to "AliFard.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by علی کسایی فرد (talk • contribs) 08:33, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

You can make a request on Meta: meta:Steward requests/Username changes or meta:Special:GlobalRenameRequest. --Magnus (talk) 09:01, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

uploading a text of unknown origin

I have a text, "The Hymn of the Hampshire countryside" that does not appear on the Internet other than where I recently uploaded it to our church website in response to an enquiry. The text is of unknown origin and I can find no reference online to even the title of the text. I want to make it more readily available but the rules for uploading a text don't appear to cover this situation. I don't own copyright and there's no way of finding out who was the author - we've used the text in church for at least seventy years. The text is not published in any known hymn book, only in locally-produce handout form. I believe it should be public domain and that an author - if one were able to track him or her down - would expect this. I can't find guidance on such unattributable text in the help sections? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horace100 (talk • contribs) 10:59, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

I'd put {{PD-old-assumed}} on it if the author is unknown and it's been around for donkey's years. 11:08, 1 October 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodhullandemu (talk • contribs) 11:08, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Changing username

Dear Wikimedia commons Help Desk,

Is it possible to change my Wikimedia commons' username (although I want to keep the same e-mail address) ?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chemsi MESSAOUDI (talk • contribs) 13:29, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Chemsi MESSAOUDI: You can visit m:Special:GlobalRenameRequest to ask for your account to be renamed. Note that this will change its name across all Wikimedia projects. If that doesn't work, you may need to visit m:Steward requests/Username changes. --bjh21 (talk) 13:35, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

Richard Jewell Durrell - Picture

I would like to upload a picture of Richard Jewell Durrell to his Wikiepdia page. https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/10910094/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveBacheler (talk • contribs) 15:41, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • There does not appear to be a page en:Richard Jewell Durrell, en:Richard Durrell, or en:Richard J. Durrell, so first you would have to create such a page and have it accepted (assuming that by "Wikiepdia page" you meant a page on the English-language Wikipedia).
  • I'm guessing that you do not own the copyright of that photo, so to upload it on Commons you would need to find out who owns the copyright and get them to free-license it. Frankly, you are very unlikely to succeed in doing that.
  • Once an article is on the English-language Wikipedia, you could follow the policy laid out at en:Wikipedia:Non-free content and upload the file to the English-language Wikipedia. This would not involve Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 00:35, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Can I upload a portrait of a public figure?

The picture is found on this link. This is a portrait of a government official in China, it seems very official so I thought that it should be fine. But I couldn't find any copyright information on it so I'd like to ask to make sure. Thanks! http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/leaders/2018-03/18/c_1122555001.htm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Strawberry930 (talk • contribs) 22:59, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:CAD Exchanger GUI.png

Hello, I did not create this file myself, it is the company's logo published online. That's why I specifies where I found it: a link to the web page where I got it (https://cadexchanger.com/).

But I got the message that I need to provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page) and an appropriate license tag. But I don't know where to get it. What should I do in this case?

--MariaFrida (talk) 10:41, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

@MariaFrida: Hi, and welcome. You should stop uploading unfree content and read COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:24, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Porque al cargar mis Imágenes me aparece como que no las puedo subir?

me termina apareciendo el Mensaje de No Pudimos Determinar si este Archivo es Adecuado para Wikimedia Commons. Solo arge Fotos que Hayas Tomado Usted Mismo con su Cámara o Vea Qué mas es Aceptable. Consulte la Guía para Asegurarse de que el Archivo Sea Aceptable y Aprenda a Cargarlo en Wikimedia Commons, el archivo que quiero cargar es la portada de mi negocio en posadas misiones veanlo aparece coo miniaturadeimagenen Https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_4_(Misiones) y solo quiero agragar este logo https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uKbQoFa3-C8/XsSTH5tgotI/AAAAAAAAv3s/RIHf0s5Wnxk5DF58GsDzQXhGACVSIIkEwCK4BGAYYCw/s150/logo%2B25%2Ba%25C3%25B1os%2B754x514.png

I have a picture taken at a qualifying monument. It has a child in it. Figures prominently in the picture, but from the back so cannot be identified. It was during a historic re-enactment which the child was a costumed participant. Again. Photographed from the back. Cannot be identified. I have never done this before, decided to clear out my folders during this month's contest. But every step has been a challenge. For example, the username "No Usernames Available" was unavailable, as well as 1,209 other usernames I tried. Looks like I can attach it here for comment maybe.


Well, I think I inserted it, but I can't see it. So I have no idea if anyone else can see it to answer my question.

Maybe I already asked this. I am trying to find out about releases when people are in a picture. Is a release needed if the person is photographed from the back and not identifiable? I have found nothing on the questions of releases for pictures of people. At all.

Also, I have no idea how to find my way back to see if anybody has answered any questions that I have asked. You don't make this easy! I read dozens of pages that have nothing to do with what I want to know. Search doesn't turn up anything useful. FAQ doesn't have anything relevant either. So I guess I'll keep asking questions, but never find out if there are answers. You do not make this easy.

Now what? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Largely Forgotten (talk • contribs)

@Largely Forgotten: There's no reason why this image cannot be here, but it would benefit from a location category, some geocoding and an explanation of the image. I also note there's no EXIF data in the image, but I have assumed you took the photograph. Rodhullandemu (talk) 19:12, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

NFOX62

Why cant i upload my photo to share freely? - — Preceding unsigned comment added by NFOX62 (talk • contribs) 09:47, 1 October 2020 (UTC)

@NFOX62: Hi, and welcome. It seems you successfully uploaded File:Swim days.jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:21, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Photo contest

Thought I uploaded picture.

Did not receive conformation email at wrogergw@aol.com.

I am new, could easily have been my error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DinoFlintstone5 (talk • contribs) 01:33, 3 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@DinoFlintstone5: Hi, and welcome. We don't generally send confirmation email messages upon upload, but your sole upload is listed on Special:ListFiles/DinoFlintstone5.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:51, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Bezubaan.jpg

--AmrozRomaanvi (talk) 11:33, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi User:AmrozRomaanvi,
Quite simply, you cannot upload that file here. It is owned by the studio or network. They have not released it under an open license. DMacks (talk) 11:47, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
@AmrozRomaanvi: Hi, and welcome. What made you think it was more free the 2nd time you uploaded it?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:49, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Deletion of Emre_tetikel.jpg

Hi Dears Could You Please Tell Me How Can I Upload Emre Tetikel's Image who have given their consent for their image to be published. I'm His Social Manager. Please Guide Me What Option I have to add on the photo that your admins Accept it and doesn't delete it. His Wikipedia In Turkish Today Accepted But The Image Was Deleted. URL: https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emre_Tetikel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farzam.iman (talk • contribs) 11:42, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

You need a permission from the photographer, not from the subject of the image. Ruslik0 (talk) 13:47, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
@Farzam.iman: More precisely, you need a free license issued by the photographer. - Jmabel ! talk 17:12, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Hi Sir, i am the photographer of this image (Emre_Tetikel.jpg), could you Help me how provide more details about need a free license? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farzam.iman (talk • contribs) 21:12, 3 October 2020‎ (UTC)
@Jmabel: Dear Jmabel, I did a little changes about permission, pls check it and Tell me, is it okay now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farzam.iman (talk • contribs) 21:30, 3 October 2020‎ (UTC)
Convenience link: File:Emre_Tetikel.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 18:31, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
@Farzam.iman: It looks fine to me, but if the image was already published elsewhere before it was on Commons, you may need to go through the COM:OTRS process.
As for anything that happened in tr-wiki, you will have to ask there. - Jmabel ! talk 18:31, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: The first time the photo I uploaded was deleted by admins, I wondered why not take a new photo myself. Also, rest assured that this photo can not be found anywhere on the Internet, anyway Thank you very much for teaching me how to fix bugs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Farzam.iman (talk • contribs) 19:47, 4 October 2020‎ (UTC)
@Jeff G.: hi dear friend, could you please read our past texts on this section, and the problem is solved! thank you so much.

File:Zinc8 Schematic.png

Hello,

I am the original owner of the image File.Zinc8 Schematic.png, but you are asking me to edit the file description and add the missing information, or the file may be deleted. The picture can also be found online here: https://www.zinc8energy.com/media/downloads/presentation.pdf What's the best way to write the copyright or the ownership?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roberto Orendain (talk • contribs) 22:52, 2 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Roberto Orendain: I assume you mean File:Zinc8 schematic.png
  • As for permissions, this is one of those cases where the COM:OTRS process, though cumbersome, may be the clearest way to do this. The other possibility would be to indicate the license for the image in the PDF & update that online at www.zinc8energy.com, but it still wouldn't necessarily clarify that the image is original to your company.
  • Other information that should be provided:
    1. An actual description in the "description" field. Repeating the title is not a description.
    2. Relevant categories
- Jmabel ! talk 00:40, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Why does text in SVG files get messed up?

One frustrating hour ago, I uploaded File:Map of Pashto-speaking areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan.svg. It looks alright in my browser, as well as the one other program I checked. However, when I upload it here, the automatically generated raster image (which I take will be the one actually displayed in articles where this image will be used), is messed up: look at the text at the bottom. Now, a contributing factor is that the GIS software I used has the annoying habit of exporting text as a series of separate objects, one for each letter. But that gets displayed alright everywhere else but on Commons. Here, the rendering engine apparently decides to ignore the coordinates of those objects and instead bunch them all one on top of the other. Why is this happening, and is there a work-around? I remember something similar happening the last time I had the foolishness to upload a map here (was it last year?) and the tricks I thought had worked then, now didn't. Why is this happening, and is there any work-around? Uanfala (talk) 01:30, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

@Uanfala: Hi, have you reviewed Help:SVG? If that doesn't help, I suggest you ask at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:06, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the suggestion. Having had a look at Help:SVG, I'm finding it strange that Wikimedia's handling of such a widely used file format should be so dysfunctional. Anyway, it turns out that my initial fix had, in fact, worked, and it was just that the preview displayed at the top of the file page had continued to be of the previous version. And it continues to display the old version even now: the image at File:Map of Pashto-speaking areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan.svg still has bungled text, even though all the individual-resolution versions linked below are now correct, and the file displays correctly when used on Wikipedia. I've tried a null edit, hoping it would purge any cache that may be getting in the way, but that didn't make a difference. Uanfala (talk) 17:44, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
@Uanfala: Have you tried adding '?purge' to the URL? - Jmabel ! talk 18:34, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
Ah, so that's how this is done! Thanks, that worked. Uanfala (talk) 18:39, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Question from Largely Forgotten

Yesterday, I uploaded some pictures. I never did this before, so it took awhile to sort it out. But I did get it to work. It took many, many tries to find a username not already taken. They say "Read the FAQ, but I have a well-developed ability to get questions which are NOT frequently asked, I guess." Run into malfunctions that are not covered. Some such.

The last batch of pix I tried, last night, didn't work. I went through all the steps - several times - and when I clicked "publish files" nothing happened. Rebooted a couple times, even. Gave up for the night.

This morning? Same thing. Except now the websites for National Register of Historic Properties is simply not working 404 error. Ditto on the National Park Service. There's other ways to get the numbers, and I've tried again today. But nothing. Same problem.

This particular location does not yet have its own wiki page. There is one other picture of the location up, so it shouldn't be impossible.

Link, I'm trying to do Willow Creek Park, the last one on the list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Prowers_County,_Colorado

Here's one I did yesterday which came out OK, just to show I'm not 100% incompetent:

Anyhow, I'm posting a question. But I think I'm lost in a cave or a labyrinth. No one will notice and there will be no replies.

I have no idea what to do about this. I guess I'll try a different location which actually has a wiki page. Maybe that will help.

But WTF is up with NPS and National Historic sites being dead as a doornail?

Wish me luck. Tilting at windmills with no one to help. Sigh.

I guess I can try a different browser, too.

Sigh. It would be lovely to interact with someone who knows what's up, but apparently that's not an option. Or at least I have not found it.

Sigh.

I just posted a question. But I cannot find it. I see other people's questions, some with replies. I put mine up, I thought. But it has vanished.

I just wanted to post some pictures. Do I have to take a three-month course to figure the place out well enough to post some pictures of National Register of Historic Places for this month's contest? But the contest only lasts one month.

I guess this question will disappear, too, so I kind of wonder why I am bothering.

My username is "Largely Forgotten", which took a few hours until I could find which was not already taken. Maybe you reject questions without names. But if I'm logged it, wouldn't it show automatically that I posted it?

I post another question. It disappears. I have no idea how to get any answers.

Why do you make it so impenetrable? Do you really want me to post pictures, or do you only want to make me burn up a couple days of time with little but frustration as a result.

I tried clicking for "Live Chat" - that doesn't help either. It's a place where I can potentially get assistance in getting this place to work? But NO! I have to sign up for a totally different system and figure out how that works before I can expect any answers as to why I suddenly can't upload pictures any more, after successfully uploading a couple dozen? Then it quit? I can't find those pictures I uploaded either, so maybe they disappeared, too.

This photo contest is a wonderful way to waste time and get frustrated it is starting to look like. No I'm not going to create an account on a totally different unfamiliar system.

Very frustrating! Are you sure you are actually seeking picture uploads? Starting to wonder. You sure don't make it easy.

"Largely Forgotten", a screen name it took a long time to find. That's who is posting this.

How will I ever know if anyone ever replies? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Largely Forgotten (talk • contribs)

Is there actually any help? I have posted many questions. I do not even know where they went. How could I find any answers if I do not know where the questions go?

I only signed up yesterday. To upload photos for the contest. Worked OK for awhile. Now won't work. Many hours wasted trying to figure out what's wrong. No idea how to get answers.

I even tried the livechat but it called me a spammer within seconds of trying to post something. Under a username I never heard of. Dead end.

This shouldn't be so hard, people. Room for improvement.

Username: Largely Forgotten — Preceding unsigned comment added by Largely Forgotten (talk • contribs) 19:08, 3 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Largely Forgotten: I can't even find the question in there, or maybe I should say I can find a dozen questions, mostly out of the scope of this page. Would you please try to ask a small number of questions, identified as such, in maybe 100 words or less for each question? - Jmabel ! talk 18:38, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Nothing will upload for the picture contest, dagnabbit!

I posted before. I don't know where the questions go, or how to know if I get any replies or suggestions. But I cannot get pictures to upload for this month's photo contest.

Mind you, I successfully put up about 40 yesterday, and then it quit. Maybe it's just the upload wizard? I put up about 40 pictures yesterday. But the Upload Wizard goes through everything, then "Publish Files" doesn't work. No error message, no nothing. As if I never clicked on anything.

After posted questions, and then not knowing where they went, I tried the live chat. I learned that the uploads, because they include the NRHP #, also do an interaction with the National Register of Historic Places website. That website has been down this morning. I found other places to locate the right number for the uploads. But maybe that's not enough.

The nice person on the chat tried to help, but it's possible the problem is with NRHP, not fixable from this end. Tried all kinds of reboots, clearing cache, more than one browser. At one point, I was able to upload one picture during that chat, which was nice. Not exactly a fix, but one at a time is something. I said "thanks!" and went on my way. But now I cannot even get a single picture to upload, nevermind the multiples.

Is anybody else having this problem? Does anybody ever read these questions? Are there ever any responses? Am I wasting my time? Yesterday, I uploaded most of the pictures on this page:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_Colorado

Today? Except for a couple I got up one at a time, nothing. Am I the only one experiencing this? Has anybody else noticed it? Is anybody even posting pictures now? Kinda has a negative impact on the contest, eh?

User: Largely Forgotten — Preceding unsigned comment added by Largely Forgotten (talk • contribs) 22:18, 3 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Largely Forgotten: Hi, and welcome. I see 47 images in Category:Images from Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Colorado. I see you uploaded 4 today and more yesterday, listed in Special:ListFiles/Largely Forgotten (your files) and your upload log. Thank you for uploading them. As a brand-new user of Commons with 28 hours and 59 edits under your belt, you may be hitting some uploading rate limits until your account is autoconfirmed 4 days after you registered. Those limits are designed to cap cleanup efforts for brand-new users, I'm sorry if they impacted you. Please don't gloss over any upload errors you receive, they are important indicators. Which uploading tool have you been using?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:53, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

LOUSY WAY TO TREAT A NEW USER

Consider this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_post_office_murals

Post office murals were JUST FINE for that page. But I post pictures including a Post Office mural as part of the picture and some (adjective redacted) person deletes them during the night while I was sleeping. Calls it a "copyright infringement"

THESE WORKS OF ART ARE PUBLIC DOMAIN

I got an account the day before yesterday. My specific purpose was to post pictures for the Historic Places contest.

I wake up this morning to find someone marked some for deletion. I can't figure out how to comment or discuss, being brand new. I wanted to discuss the matter.

(I am forbidden to say who did it, apparently that is considered abuse.)

But (username redacted) moves quickly, and my pictures were already deleted. Within hours, while I was sleeping. I did not get a chance to defend my work.

I could not figure out how to respond when the email said to go there to "discuss."

I didn't know how to comment there, so I thought I'd comment on the picture directly, to explain why (username redacted) was DEAD WRONG about the copyright.

So I went to the page with my uploads, to find the pictures and put an explanation there. They were ALREADY GONE.

The Post Office Murals are found all over the country. They were placed in newly built post offices, and already existing post offices. The work was paid for by taxpayer monies and were public domain from the first day they were created.

The objection that the artist only died in 1962 is simply wrong. And I have been treated poorly that they were removed without even having a chance to discuss it.

I don't know how to comment on the notice that was sent to me by an algorithm. And I don't know any way to to send a message to (username redacted) who played executioner without so much as a single appeal.

(username redacted), why don't you come out of the shadows and defend yourself for killing my photos of public domain artwork. Created by government jobs program during the Great Depression.

(username redacted), you are ignorant on this point. I do not appreciate my work being vanquished during the dark of night.

(username redacted), I do not appreciate having no chance to defend myself.

(username redacted), you were DEAD WRONG to delete pictures that are in the public domain.

(username redacted), how about having the decency to have a little discussion about this before you eliminated my contributions.

(username redacted), it's a lousy way to treat anyone. Inexcusable with a brand new user.

(username redacted), just because I am a new user, it does not mean you know better than I.

(username redacted), you owe me an apology and those pictures should be undeleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Largely Forgotten (talk • contribs)

Please do not make personal attacks at users. Your image was rightfully deleted as it was tagged under an unsuitable license. You cannot "demand" for a file to be undeleted by repeatedly making attacks at other users. Berrely (talk) 13:34, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
Correction, it has not been deleted yet and you are still able to contest the deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Las Animas Post Office, mural.jpg

Copyright help regarding File:Hanbin I-LAND profile photo.png

--Mzuccardo (talk) 04:02, 4 October 2020 (UTC) I believe that I uploaded this file in the wrong place, and I need it to be deleted.

@Mzuccardo: Hi, and welcome. I tagged it as a copyright violation. Also, you uploaded it less than six hours ago, so you should be able to tag it {{G7}} successfully. In addition, please sign at the end of your post.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:22, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

Did I do this mass deletion request correctly?

Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Zeetelas Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 17:49, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Yup. DMacks (talk) 18:13, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
@Krok6kola: Speedy would have been faster.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:14, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi I am lisakhanya

So I want to ask how can I hack my friend's number that I deleted and how can I get her WhatsApp number so that we can discuss about our conversation and meeting with her face to face interview to talk about the number — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.115.102.55 (talk • contribs) 14:27, 13 October 2020‎ (UTC)

We are not a hacker forum. Please ask elsewhere. -Green Giant (talk) 15:21, 13 October 2020 (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. Green Giant (talk) 15:21, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Name Conflict

Hello, I help User:Meginrat to write his first article. He uploaded 5 own photos today. One is File:Taufe Jesu.png In his upload list is the correct coloured pic. But the name is alredy used by an BW-Pic from another user. There was no warning??? We tried to upload a renamed copy, but wikipedia does not allow, because its the same. Can anybody rename the Pic from Meginrat and tell us the name? Thanks --Ghormon (talk) 16:12, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

@Ghormon and Meginrat: Hallo und willkommen. Dies ist auf einen Namenskonflikt mit de:File:Taufe Jesu.png zurückzuführen. Bitte schlagen Sie einen besseren Namen mit {{Rename}} vor.
Hi, and welcome. This is due to a name conflict with de:File:Taufe Jesu.png. Please suggest a better name using {{Rename}}.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:33, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, I did it. Hope it willnot last too long. --Meginrat (talk) 17:22, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
@Ghormon and Meginrat: Thanks, ✓ Done, renamed.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:37, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks Jeff G., all is now OK. I only wonder, why there was no warning. But it will not happen again - we will check every name against doublettes.--Ghormon (talk) 05:30, 6 October 2020 (UTC) also in the name of Meginrat
@Ghormon and Meginrat: You're welcome. I don't know if timely checking every WMF wiki for a file name conflict upon attempted upload to Commons is technically feasible, but it is an interesting idea.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:18, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Look

I am ready to learn. I have though years as a contributor lost but afforded the edits of a organiisation drafted by an President of a Community College as Presiding Official. In my outline I am demarking a business outline for user:Mondypaid so if I can find a template that enables me to diagram and describe my non profit business. Is there hope got me and you? Mondypaid (talk) 06:51, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

@Mondypaid: Hi, and welcome. Unfortunately, what you described is not available here and would be outside our Project Scope.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:12, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Lost My Edit to Maman

Hi. I apparently edited a malay language wiki of Maman Teacher's Pet to become an English version. I understand that now. However, I have worked so much on the wiki. Please help me to:

1. Start an english language wiki common for Maman Teacher's Pet 2. Recover back the content that I have worked so hard to put in wiki commons.

I am one of your monthly contributor under the email fayzamin3@gmail.com. I am doing this for my husband. Please email me to help me. I expect for someone to reach out to me immediately and assist me. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 42.190.158.121 (talk) 06:17, 6 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Maman Teacher's Pet: Hi, and welcome. Using any WMF wiki to promote yourself, your husband, or his band without declaring your conflict of interest is not permitted. See also COM:FILTERT#Report by Maman Teacher's Pet, User talk:Maman Teacher's Pet, and the links therein.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:02, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Daily Image - October theme - seen from a distance

https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/daily-image-l

How do I ensure the 4 pictures I have just uploaded are entered for this feature? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valbiss (talk • contribs) 16:04, 6 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Valbiss: Hi, and welcome. Please see Commons:Picture of the day.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:40, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

contacting Ivan Klinko, possible relative

Hello,

How would I get hold of this man? I think I may be related to him after researching my ancestry. Is it possible to contact him? thanks, Dee Ellsworth — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dne2020 (talk • contribs) 22:18, 6 October 2020‎ (UTC)

System is not allowing upload of correct copywritten image for Cover art for DISCO DUCK page

Good day. The image currently displayed as the cover art on the Wikipedia page for DISCO DUCK is inaccurate. It is not a copywritten image released by RSO nor by Rick Dees, writer of the album.

I am seeking to remedy this by uploading the correct copywritten image, of which I, Rick Dees, own by virtue of my label DEES LITE MUSIC. I now own the publishing for DISCO DUCK as well as for all tracks on this album and am attempting to update the DISCO DUCK page to reflect correct information.

The image I seek to replace as this cover image is:

File name: Rick Dees and His Cast Of Idiots - DISCO DUCK (Vinyl 1976) Official Album Cover.jpg

Description: Cover art of "Rick Dees and His Cast Of Idiots - The Original DISCO DUCK" (Vinyl) © Copyright 1977 RSO Records Inc.

The system is not allowing upload of the image, stating that it does not meet with Wikipedia standards. Trying to click the link for reference, the link is now invalid (page removed).

HELP! Certainly welcome assistance to resolve this as after numerous tries the Wikipedia BOT is now seeing this action of attempting to upload the image as abuse.

Thank you.

Rick Dees — Preceding unsigned comment added by OfficialRickDees (talk • contribs) 22:43, 6 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @OfficialRickDees: Long story short: since the image in question is previously published, you will probably have to go through the process described at COM:OTRS to send email to establish that you are the copyright-holder and that you are granting a particular free license. Also, after that is sorted out, when you do upload, (1) use Special:UploadWizard on Commons rather than trying a cross-wiki upload and (2) please provide the highest-resolution image available. Thanks!
  • (I assume that by "copywritten" you mean "copyrighted".) - Jmabel ! talk 00:23, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

Завантажені фото

Вітаю. У кінці липня у рамках конкурсу Вікі Любить Землю я завантажив фотографії деяких пам*яток природи Донецької області. Але зараз їх у списку завантаження немає. Як таке сталося? Допоможіть розібратися — Preceding unsigned comment added by SergeyGud (talk • contribs) 23:41, 6 October 2020‎ (UTC)

I work on Artist Management company and it said has been marked as a possible copyright violation

I just upload photos for some Indonesian artists, iqbaal ramadhan.jpeg. while the legal original photo comes from my company. how it can be possible copyright violation while my company is the owner of the copyright of the photo I uploaded?

can you give me direction to handle this? I'm quite new with Wikipedia / Wikimedia.

Hi Randykamil89,
You point out that the copyright is from your company not yours.
So, you uploading here, without we having a clear declaration of your company can be problematic.
The proper way to validate your upload is via Commons:OTRS, pleas check there, and if there is some remaining question, you can please can back.
-- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 11:46, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
@Randykamil89: Or, perhaps more easily, if you indicate the relevant license where the photos appear on your company's web site, you can cite that as a source. OTRS can be a bit cumbersome. - Jmabel ! talk 15:47, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

How to update a logo on college wikipedia page

Hi there SUNY Brockport has recently updated their logo and I would like to update the logo being used on Wikipedia. I have no idea how to go about doing this and all of the legal and copyright jargon is only adding to my confusion.

Here is the current SUNY Brockport Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_College_at_Brockport,_State_University_of_New_York&action=edit Here is a link to the new logo I would like to use: https://www.brockport.edu/support/college_communications/identity/images/all_in_one_logo.jpg

Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goodfood88 (talk • contribs) 15:48, 7 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Goodfood88: Hi, and welcome. The old logo in use on en:The College at Brockport, State University of New York is en:File:SUNY Brockport Logo.svg, uploaded by Skotte. Unless you have somehow acquired the right to license the new logo (or an authorized official uploads it), it must be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:25, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

File:Mitsubaaoi2.jpg, File:Sasa rindo.jpg Delete

The file is already in the File:Tokugawa family credit.svg file document.

Please move the classification to File:Tokugawa Family Crest.svg document.

The file:Tokugawa family credit.svg is set at 1000.

Please delete the File:Mitsubaoi2.jpg file document.

File:Tokugawa family credit.svg already exists as a duplicate file

Please delete the duplicate file file:Mitsubaaoi2.jpg document. 도성전 (talk) 20:53, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

  • By definition, an SVG is not a duplicate of a JPG. In general, if anything the SVG is to be preferred. I see absolutely no reason to delete the SVG. - Jmabel ! talk 00:14, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Okay, but I don't think we need to preserve JPG files.

I wonder if we could go to delete JPG files instead of deleting SVG files.

File:Sasa rindo.jpg file already has a file:Sasa rindo.svg file.

I also want to delete the File:Sasa rindo.jpg file document.

The file is already in the File:Sasa rindo.svg file document.

Please move the classification to File:Sasa rindo.svg document.

Please delete the File:Sasa rindo.jpg file document.

File:Sasa rindo.svg already exists as a duplicate file

Please delete the duplicate file File:Sasa rindo.jpg document.

File:Sasa rindo.jpg Delete 도성전 (talk) 00:51, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Can I upload a Facebook profile photo?

For example, this one: https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/90176421_150318533176448_4117841904115122176_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&_nc_sid=85a577&_nc_ohc=8xeFXFxgX9gAX9URjVi&_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&oh=ee73d95712f7a0ba8168c63e7f145e4f&oe=5FA22FEA — Preceding unsigned comment added by Efcharisto (talk • contribs) 23:07, 7 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Efcharisto: Hi, and welcome. Can you show COM:L compliant permission for it?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:45, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
(which is a roundabout way of saying "almost certainly not"). - Jmabel ! talk 00:15, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
OK, thanks for the response. And if I want to display the image in a Wikipedia article, it needs to be uploaded to Wikipedia Commons, right? Efcharisto (talk) 00:48, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
@Efcharisto: You could upload it to Wikipedia if you could satisfy the requirements of en:WP;F or local equivalent.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:01, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
The link en:WP;F doesn't work. Efcharisto (talk) 01:08, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
@Efcharisto: Sorry, I meant en:WP:F.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:23, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Crane basket

Do we have a category for this device? I'd call it a "crane basket", photographer called it a "man basket"; either way, I can't find anything appropriate. - Jmabel ! talk 02:39, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

I can't see any category, I suppose it would be a subcategory of Category:Aerial work platforms. "Crane basket" seems like a good term for a "man basket" on a crane.[1] --ghouston (talk) 23:47, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Linking to other websites

How can my work or file be linked to other websites like English Wikipedia or other websites for greater accessibility to readers/viewers? Herbert Mhangami — Preceding unsigned comment added by Herbert Mhangami (talk • contribs) 14:25, 8 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Herbert Mhangami: I may not understand the question, perhaps you could reword it more clearly. If you are not a native English speaker, maybe you can be clearer in a different language, because I can't see how linking to a website provides accessibility.
  • To link to a different site, you can just use the URL, or you can use the syntax [http://example.org caption for link] to produce caption for link. Within the world of Commons and its sister projects you can use links like [[:en:Fish]] to produce en:Fish or [[:en:Fish|swimming things]] to produce swimming things. That latter works reciprocally to link to commons, e.g. [[:commons:Commons:Help desk]].
  • If what you mean is how to use your file in a wikipedia article, the most common syntax is [[File:example.jpg|thumb|Caption goes here]], but there are quite a few other ways to do that, depending what exactly you mean to do. See en:Wikipedia:Extended image syntax. - Jmabel ! talk 15:46, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Upload rotates my image 90 degrees

I am trying to upload my first image to Wikimedia. The JPG file is correctly oriented as displayed when I open it with the Windows Photo viewer, but the upload wizard rotates it 90 degrees clockwise. If I rotate the image in the file 270 degrees to anticipate the rotation that occurs during the upload (which should result in correct orientation) or to any other orientation, it is uploaded unchanged. I rotate it back to its correct orientation and it uploads rotated 90 degrees CW. What's going on? Edclop (talk) 21:11, 8 October 2020 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Edclop (talk • contribs)

As you have no uploads here, I wonder what you are talking about. --Túrelio (talk) 20:43, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

My first question is how to post a reply!! I don't see a "Reply" mechanism, so I'll add my response by editing. Sorry about not signing--I'm new to this forum, but I figured out how to sign. I have no uploads because this was to be my first image upload, and I did not finish it because it was not uploading correctly--who wants a sideways photo? I tried to explain the problem in my post, but I'll try again: The image file came out rotated 90 degrees clockwise in the uploading process. It was correctly oriented before uploading, but the uploaded image was rotated 90 degrees CW. When I tried to anticipate the change by rotating the image in the file 90 degrees CCW before uploading so it would come out upright when the uploader rotated it 90 degrees CW, it came out unchanged--still 90 degrees CCW--no rotation in uploading. I rotated it back to its correct orientation and tried again, but it came out rotated 90 degrees CW. There must be a way, because all of the images I see in Wikipedia are oriented correctly.Edclop (talk) 21:27, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Yes, our software is designed for an encyclopedia, not a social network, which is what these forums are. I have seen the rotation problem and it seems to be cause by differences in how different software handles rotations. Some systems rearrange the bits; others leave a command inside the file which other sotware fails to understand. The solution I have found is to finish the upload, click the picture, and click the rotate link. Tell it how many degrees, and a few hours later it happens. Clumsy, but it works for me. Jim.henderson (talk) 21:40, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

How do I change the picture for the Wolfhound DUI? Right now the logo is facing the incorrect way and I have the correct file. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1-27 CSM (talk • contribs) 00:50, 8 October 2020‎ (UTC)

What image do you mean? Ruslik0 (talk) 12:56, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Broken signature

Hi. My signature appears to be broken and is not displaying on COM:AN but seems to work here. I have not changed any preferences - how can I fix it? TIA Gbawden (talk) 15:52, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

You signature looks fine in AN. Make sure that you use four tildes (not five!). Ruslik0 (talk) 12:54, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Error, edit not saved

I'm trying to send a message on my User Talk page but Commons refuses to let me save any changes. It just gives me the "Error, edit not saved". In fact it appears I can't make any changes whatsoever to anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IndieNate (talk • contribs) 22:46, 8 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@IndieNate: What specific error(s) are you getting? Did you try to edit Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by IndieNate? Bug reports generally require specifics, like what content you tried to post where, please see mw:How to report a bug for details.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:24, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
The addition of a linktr.ee link has been suppressed successfully by an edit filter. --Achim (talk) 11:16, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

My photographs - Antônio Gaudério

Hi, my name is Antônio Gaudério and i'm a photographer based in São Paulo. My work is well known in my city and country and I have already received lots of prizes regarding my work, such as Prêmio Vladimir Herzog and others.

I also have a Wikipédia page (Antonio Gaudério) that someone created and i want to add some photos of my work to illustrate the page. How can I do that?

@Antônio gaudério: , upload the images as normal, by using the UploadWizard, then email permissions-commons@wikimedia.org with the template from Email templates. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 16:11, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

copyright question for low resolution mural picture

Is this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soul_of_Portland_mural_at_O%27Bryant_Park.jpg picture that I took, and used as one of the photos describing the park at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=O%27Bryant_Square&oldid=921484234 an issue on copyright ground? Another editor over at en.wikipedia.org raised concerns about it. It is relatively low in resolution and it just shows that this mural is at the park. Should it have been set to fair use, or is this not usable at all? Graywalls (talk) 23:37, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

  • @Graywalls: Almost certainly not appropriate for Commons. Resolution has no bearing on the matter: the mural is the main subject of the photo. You may be allowed to use in in en-wiki (uploading separately there) on a fair-use basis, but only if the mural itself is significantly relevant to the article in question. - Jmabel ! talk 23:54, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

Link to another Commons image leads instead to the Commons main page

Dear experts,

At GM36 Cook, 1986.JPG, I entered a link to another version of the image that I had digitally improved. It's opposite "Other versions", and it reads [[c:|Trans-Australian train soon after dawn at Cook station, 22 May 1986 -- locomotives GM36 and GM22 at head end.jpg]].

As with the link on the first line here, the link connects to the Commons main page, not the actual image page.

What am I doing wrong, please? Cheers, Simon – SCHolar44 (talk) 05:53, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

@SCHolar44: Hi, and welcome. "c:" is the interwiki for Commons, so that's why you are getting the Commons main page. The correct file link syntax is ":File:", as in "[[:File:GM36 Cook, 1986.JPG]]" to form "File:GM36 Cook, 1986.JPG". You could also have used "{{f|GM36 Cook, 1986.JPG}}" to form "GM36 Cook, 1986.JPG".   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:25, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
Many thanks, Jeff. I would never have found that one!
I very much appreciate how you contribute your expertise to fumbling Wikipedians/Wikimedia Commoners such as me. SCHolar44 (talk) 08:17, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
@SCHolar44: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:27, 17 October 2020 (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. SCHolar44 (talk) 08:17, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

/* Damaskus*/ treament

Hello, why I cannot get my fotos in my "userHaubi-Bilder"Haubi (talk) 06:59, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

@Haubi: Hi, and welcome. User:Haubi/Bilder exists and you have edited it before. Please present one or more specific symptom(s).   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:05, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

==Hallo Jeff, I appreciate your help and help desks, but for an older person they are not understandable. Now I search for a chance, fotos which I loaded some times ago, to get out totally of the system, and to load them again under other description, data, category etc. At the moment this reloading is not possible.Haubi (talk) 09:45, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

@Haubi: You may edit the file description pages of your uploads to change description, data, category etc. You may also use {{t2|rename)) to request renaming.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:26, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Permission

Hi, regarding this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Amanat_Ali_(born_1987) i have taken permission from the artist to use one of his images and he said ok, I sent him an email to his official email id which is mentioned on his official website and same email is also mentioned in his verified Facebook and Instagram. Does that person need to email Wikipedia too? If yes, please let me know so I can tell him.

--CGOV (talk) 15:29, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

  • * Hi @Jmabel: He sent me a picture on email, but I was reading here that he should mail Wikipedia first and mention my name, is it right? the picture is not on the internet, it is his private picture I think but it is for Wikipedia only. I asked him that i wanted his picture to upload here on Wikipedia as his article is in the draft.

--CGOV (talk) 16:29, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

@CGOV: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept the photo, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:44, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Hi, Thank you so much and i was reading about OTRs and have suggested the copyright holder.
--CGOV (talk) 17:48, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
@CGOV: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:29, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Pictures

How do we know if we are allowed to upload a picture of a person off of the internet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasminewriting (talk • contribs) 22:24, 9 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Jasminewriting: Typically, you can't, unless it is explicitly appropriately free-licensed or in the public domain. Examples of the latter include very old pictures (e.g. 19th-century or earlier: {{PD-old-presumed}}, published in the U.S. before 1925: {{PD-US-expired}}, etc.), works created by an employee of the U.S. government in the course of their work ({{PD-US-Gov}}) or one of several other entities that specifically places all of its work in the public domain, etc. Commons accepts only images that are either in the public domain or free-licensed in a way that allows commercial use and derivative works. Most images you will find online are copyrighted and not free-licensed. (In general, if you want to upload images that are not your own original work, you should at least read the linked articles about "public domain" and "appropriately free-licensed".)
  • If you can work out who owns the copyright, you may be able to convince them to grant a license, but I suggest that you want to get to where you understand this sort of thing pretty well before you start soliciting permissions from strangers. - Jmabel ! talk 23:52, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

** It was only used as a picture showing things around the park, so it's not that important. How do I delete it? Graywalls (talk) 04:24, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

удаление страницы

Здравствуйте! обьясните причину для пометки удаление на созданной мной странице. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikhail35 (talk • contribs) 00:45, 10 October 2020‎ (UTC)

deleting a page
Hello! explain the reason for marking deletion on the page I created.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:13, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
@Mikhail35: COM:L/ru.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:13, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: The one I tagged, File:Елена Дроздова.Москва ,2019.jpg, came via Facebook.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:20, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
Ah, I see; my Russian's not so good, I thought he was asking about images that had already been deleted. That one you marked actually appears to be a different crop of File:Дроздова Елена Юрьевна.jpg. For what it's worth, File:Дроздова Елена Юрьевна.jpg shows quite a bit that is not in File:Елена Дроздова.Москва ,2019.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 03:39, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: So we have various low-resolution crops of an unseen high resolution promotional photo of Russian pianist Elena Drozdova at a Yamaha piano in the Yamaha Art Center, being used to promote her and her performance (and maybe Yamaha) on Russian Wikipedia, here, and on Moscow's website. Thus, I have tagged the remaining photo G10. The article on Russian Wikipedia ru:Дроздова, Елена Юрьевна is a "page" subject to a deletion discussion; if it is deleted, the photo will also qualify for F10. I use Google Translate, but it is not perfect.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:33, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
I don't think a concert pianist needs to be Wikipedia-level notable for us to want a photo on Commons; if there is an F10 argument to be made, we can have that separately. Meanwhile, it does sound like we should go through the COM:OTRS process to validate that the uploader is the copyright-holder, or to have the copyright-holder grant a license. Can someone with better Russian than me explain that to the uploader? - Jmabel ! talk 16:08, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Delete prior revision

I have just uploaded a new version of File:Bugs Bunny statue - Warner Bros. Movie World.jpg to blur people's faces (including children). How can the old version be deleted? CR4ZE (talk) 03:59, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Would an Admin please help with that?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:11, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
✓ Done. --Túrelio (talk) 13:38, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
@Túrelio: Thanks! Pinging @CR4ZE as OP.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:18, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

File:Gail Halvorsen ca. 1983.jpg

Hallo,

mir fiel auf, dass die Uniform im von mir hochgeladen Bild eine violetten Farbstich hat. Deshalb habe ich heute versucht das Foto gegen eine überarbeitete Version des Bildes zu tauschen, aber mir wird als aktuelles Bild immer die Version mit dem Farbstich angezeigt. Kann jemand das bitte korrigieren?

Mit freundlichen Grüßen Noop1958


Hello,

I noticed that the uniform in the picture I uploaded had a purple cast. So today I tried to swap the photo for a revised version of the image, but the current image is always the version with the color cast. Can someone please correct that?

Best regards Noop1958

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gail_Halvorsen_ca._1983.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noop1958 (talk • contribs) 09:21, 10 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi Noop1958, that is usually a problem of the browser-cache. Just empty the cache. To me the color looks correct now. --Túrelio (talk) 12:51, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
@Noop1958: See also COM:PURGE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:15, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Front Page of an Anniversary Publication from the Men's Choir in Our Village

Dear Help desk, I want to upload the front page from the 100 year anniversary publication from the men's choir in our village from 2014. The men's choir disbanded six years ago. The publication does not contain an imprint. The publication was freely distributed during the event. Is it permissible to do this? Thanks for answering my question. Best regards Stefan — Preceding unsigned comment added by StSchnell (talk • contribs) 16:18, 10 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@StSchnell: Hi, and welcome. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the image photographer / designer or a former choir official license it on their website or social media, or send the image and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:02, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Uploading picture

I want to upload a picture of a patent certificate of 1907. How can I upload it, without confirming that it is my own work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georg-WN (talk • contribs) 16:20, 10 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Georg-WN: Hi, and welcome. Is it the work of a particular government or one of your ancestors? Did you inherit the copyright?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:55, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
The key here is probably what country. - Jmabel ! talk 02:12, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Found letter

Hi, My partner was helping to clean out his mum and dads loft and came across a letter from his Grace Walter Francis, (Duke of Buccleuch 5th) to Cornel Archibald David Cockburn dated (1858). We would love to find out more history from this letter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoanneBradford (talk • contribs) 16:36, 10 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@JoanneBradford: Hi, and welcome. It appears the letter would be in scope and in the Public Domain, please feel free to upload a scan of it.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:09, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Template:Rename/i18n/zh-hant

Hiya! Why can't translate Template:Rename/i18n/zh-hant? This template is not displayed correctly in zh-hant. Pseudo Classes (talk) 09:03, 9 October 2020 (UTC)

@Pseudo Classes: Hi, and welcome. "Translation to Traditional Chinese is disabled: Translate in zh please." Perhaps that page should be deleted.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:55, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks. However, this template is not displayed correctly in zh-hant. Pseudo Classes (talk) 14:16, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
@Pseudo Classes: Which part isn't displaying correctly? Note: There is no zh-hant translation for that template. --Minoraxtalk 14:23, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
@Minorax: It is displayed in en. I use zh-hant interface. Pseudo Classes (talk) 14:25, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
@Pseudo Classes: It's probably because the page itself is not translated. --Minoraxtalk 14:28, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
I've deleted /zh-hant, you should see the translated text of /zh now. --Minoraxtalk 14:30, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
@Minorax: Thanks. Does this mean I need to switch the interface language to zh? Pseudo Classes (talk) 14:57, 9 October 2020 (UTC)
@Pseudo Classes: The software should automatically display the /zh text without you changing the interface language. --Minoraxtalk 03:37, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@Minorax: But it is still displayed in en. Pseudo Classes (talk) 05:24, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@Pseudo Classes: Try changing to /zh. If it doesn't work, I have no idea on how to fix it already, sorry. --Minoraxtalk 05:26, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@Minorax: Thanks. I have an idea. If zh-hant is enabled to translate, this template may be displayed correctly. Pseudo Classes (talk) 05:30, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@Pseudo Classes: all variations of /zh such as /zh-hant have been disabled on all wikimedia projects. You can create it manually but it is very tedious and strongly discouraged. From what I see, /zh is already in traditional Chinese. --Minoraxtalk 05:33, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@Minorax: I see. Thank you very much! Pseudo Classes (talk) 05:36, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

mois americain

c'est quoi le mois americain--196.70.102.209 19:11, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

October.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:36, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Personally owned photos

I have posted on Wiki Commons several photos taken of me on my own camera and owned by me since taken. How do I properly identify these? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Supreme-allied-editor (talk • contribs) 21:26, 11 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Supreme-allied-editor: Hi, and welcome. For each photo, what can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the original photographer and the dates and countries of photography and publication?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:03, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Wiki loves Monuments ID

I have uploaded today a picture to Wikimedia Zalongo.300626.png and would now like to take part in the "Wiki loves Monuments" photo contest.

I also know the appropriate "Wiki loves Monuments ID", it is GR-D34-0027 but - help - HOW and WHERE do I enter this ID, I cannot find the location of this field ...

Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HaTe (talk • contribs) 18:10, 1 October 2020‎ (UTC)

I want to remove my content from wikimedia

Please, remove my image from Wikimedia. It was just a contest. I don't wanna give away my image.

Please remove as soon as possible

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_cidade_de_Resende_RJ,_aos_p%C3%A9s_da_Serra_da_Mantiqueira.jpg

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:d41:823e:cc00:c0a5:420c:2f9f:742c (talk • contribs)

@Pedro Luz Fotografia: Sorry, that's not a good enough reason.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:16, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

You published it under Creative Commons License five years ago. Didn't you read the licensing conditions before doing so? Kind of late to retract now. --217.239.10.247 23:14, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

Anon was perhaps a bit rude about it, anon, but mostly correct - The photo was already shared under a CC-by-sa-4.0 license, so it can continue to be reused under that license. The practice of Wikimedia Commons is to honor deletion requests by uploaders if they are made promptly - within days - but this photo has been here almost 3 and a half years and is used in articles in 2 languages; changing mind on a whim years later is not considered sufficient reason to delete free-licensed useful photos. It's a beautiful photo, thank you! Cheers. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 03:51, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Lupton family

Hello, this is difficult to do on my phone. Sorry. On the "Lupton family" page on Wikipedia I added a new file in the "Arthur Lupton and daughters" section. The file is of 2 ladies and the photo is black and white. The placement of (left) in the title of the file is wrong. It should say (right). I have fixed it in the details section but I need you to please fix the actual name of the title itself to (right) instead of (left)

Thanks and sorry. Srbernadette (talk) 12:18, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Srbernadette,
here you are on Commons, not on Wikipedia. Are you talking about :en-Wikipedia? Your last edit on :en related to "Lupton" was on July 15th and was in the Hugh Lupton paragraph. Or did you edit without being logged-in? Oh, now I got it, you are just talking about the filename of File:Lady Mayoress Elinor Lupton (left) with Princess Mary at Leeds Art Gallery.jpg. Done. --Túrelio (talk) 13:01, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
@Srbernadette: You didn't make that easy. Please use {{Rename}} next time.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:11, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
I think we have the same problem with File:1927 - Lord Mayor Hugh Lupton (in Mayoral chains) at a luncheon in Leeds with Lord Harewood (left).jpg, right? --Túrelio (talk) 13:17, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Giving permission

I have sent off an email to give permission to use an old photo in a book that I wrote - here is the file:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupton_family#/media/File:Lady_Mayoress_Elinor_Lupton_(right)_with_Princess_Mary_at_Leeds_Art_Gallery.jpg

This next file has a photo which appeared in the newspaper article as stated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupton_family#/media/File:1927_-_Lord_Mayor_Hugh_Lupton_(in_Mayoral_chains)_at_a_luncheon_in_Leeds_with_Lord_Harewood_(left).jpg

I also responded with 2 emails as requested - please let me know if I have done it correctly.

Thanks again, from Srbernadette (talk) 23:25, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Courtesy links: File:Lady Mayoress Elinor Lupton (right) with Princess Mary at Leeds Art Gallery.jpg and File:1927 - Lord Mayor Hugh Lupton (in Mayoral chains) at a luncheon in Leeds with Lord Harewood (left).jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:28, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Please help me, I gave permission and emailed the permission people but the 2 files Jeff listed above remain with "warnings" sign. How do we get rid of these warnings? Have I done everything correctly? Please provide feedback if u can. Thanks from Srbernadette 175.32.129.51 23:54, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps you should place the template ({{subst:OP}}) on the files.--SirEdimon Dimmi!!! 00:53, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks, all OK — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 175.32.129.51 (talk) 02:17, 11 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Another tiny mix up with one file and I have clarified copyright issues with another file

1 - Please note that this  1927 file  is incorrect regarding  its title:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupton_family#/media/File:1927_-_Lord_Mayor_Hugh_Lupton_(in_Mayoral_chains)_at_a_luncheon_in_Leeds_with_Lord_Harewood_(left).jpg

The title SHOULD have the word (left) at the end of the word Lupton and have the word (right) at the end of the word Harewood.

Please note that an email containing details of the permission for this file has been sent in accordance with Commons:OTRS.

Thanks again and please fix. The file is on this wikipedia page - "Lupton family" - 175.32.129.51 03:01, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

@Srbernadette: You wanted feedback. You aren't logging in and signing all the time, making it difficult to follow what you are trying to do. You are creating new sections here and scattering discussions, rather than replying in existing sections. You are using invalid URLs like https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/1927_-_Lord_Mayor_Hugh_Lupton_(in_Mayoral_chains)_at_a_luncheon_in_Leeds_with_Lord_Harewood_(left).jpg . You are sending new email messages, rather than replying to old ones, again making it difficult to follow what you are trying to do. You aren't filling out forms completely. You aren't identifying photographers (and their dates of death), bylines (and their dates of death), globally unique publication names, dates, pages or columns for stories that are behind paywalls. You aren't using {{Rename}} for rename requests. You aren't usininternal links on-wiki. In short, you aren't being very cooperative. Please be more cooperative.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:04, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

2 - ::: Dear Jeff G. I have created a talk page for the file below and this is what it says - see below (I hope this is OK and I promise you I am doing my best). Srbernadette (talk) 09:22, 11 October 2020 (UTC)


User talk:175.32.129.51 From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Jump to navigationJump to search Copyright status

This file - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Lady_Mayoress_Elinor_Lupton_%28right%29_with_Princess_Mary_at_Leeds_Art_Gallery.jpg

appears on page 23 in this book: https://books.google.com.au/books/about/A_Regal_Yorkshire_Family_Tree.html?id=lN6RzQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

The photo was given to the author of the book - Mr M. E. Reed - by the publisher of the book J.G.K. Nevett. It may have appeared in a Leeds newspaper many decades ago.

Does this clarify the copyright issue?

I am trying to be co-operative and I'm sorry that I am slow. Srbernadette (talk) 09:10, 11 October 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srbernadette (talk • contribs)

@Srbernadette: No internal link or talk page found, try using preview. To whom was the photo attributed on page 23 or in the end matter?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:09, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Desperately trying to fix up problem file immediately

Here is the file - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Lady_Mayoress_Elinor_Lupton_%28right%29_with_Princess_Mary_at_Leeds_Art_Gallery.jpg

The photo appeared on page 23 of my book (Author Michael E. Reed ) - https://books.google.com.au/books/about/A_Regal_Yorkshire_Family_Tree.html?id=lN6RzQEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

In my book, the photo was attributed to "Yorkshire Post" so it was either in the paper or one of the paper's photographers took it.

Here is an article from Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer Yorkshire, England 26 March 1943 - https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=dig%20for%20victory%20lupton%20princess&county=yorkshire%2c%20england&from=1941&to=1945

Do I own the copyright (?) of the photo - the photo was given to me by the book's publisher J.G.K. Nevett with the words "Yorkshire Post 1943" on the back of it.

The photo in its entirety also appears on this site - https://www.picuki.com/media/2350041877456915240

Do I now remove, or can your editors please remove the "warning " currently on the file?

Thanks again for your patience and help, I am very keen to fix it all up and I am sorry for any problems. Srbernadette (talk) 23:32, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

@Srbernadette: Now, we are getting somewhere. This photo may qualify for {{PD-UK-unknown}} by virtue of anonymous publication in the UK before 1950. Have you checked with "Yorkshire Post" or "Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer"? Why are you still making new sections?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:50, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
Dear Jeff G. - I hope we can continue in this "new" section. The UK publication - "Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer" - no longer exists as such.

Also, this article - https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19430326/154/0006 - appeared in the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury on March 26 1943 - but this newspaper also no longer exits. Please note that the photo itself is not in any of the papers. Srbernadette (talk) 23:37, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

What should I do? Can you please alter the file now and put in {{PD-UK-unknown}} - I will get it wrong if I try to do it Thanks for your kind feedback Srbernadette (talk ) 00:08, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

@Túrelio and Jmabel: Do you think {{PD-UK-unknown}} is an acceptable license for File:Lady Mayoress Elinor Lupton (right) with Princess Mary at Leeds Art Gallery.jpg?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:36, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
I don't know enough about how UK copyright law works, whether it would be considered public domain or whether the inheritor of the Yorkshire Post's copyrights might have a claim. - Jmabel ! talk 03:44, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks again Srbernadette (talk) 23:36, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Can't upload larger JSON to Map Data

I can't save JSON for .map in text editor. Plain text file size acc. to my OS is ~500kB. When I try to save it in editor on Commons I get: "Error: The text you have submitted is 2,557.193 kilobytes long, which is longer than the maximum of 2,048 kilobytes. It cannot be saved." I cant make file much smaller. There's already very few details in the GeoJSON. Please help... --Pietrasagh (talk) 09:58, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

@Pietrasagh: Hi, and welcome. We have had a hard limit of 2,048 kilobytes for years. Please feel free to report your issue and suggest a higher limit via mw:How to report a bug.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:58, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Hi, I don't have problem with reasonable limit but my edit is ~500kB not 2,557kB. Is it a bug or I'm missing something? --Pietrasagh (talk) 18:11, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@Pietrasagh: Are those ~500kB available online?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:39, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Sure, file is here. I'm trying to save it save it to this sandbox --Pietrasagh (talk) 21:15, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi @Jeff G.: , any luck with my issue? --Pietrasagh (talk)

Unable to unblock IP address and change username

Dear moderators and people who care,

Please help me to change the username as I was blocked. My IP is blocked.

Even it's written: You may request a change of name and unblock if you intend to make useful contributions other than promoting your business or organization. To do this, first search Special:CentralAuth for available usernames that comply with the username policy. Once you have found an acceptable username, post the text Template:Unblock-spamun at the bottom of your talk page.

But I read this text on my talk page and I DO NOT see any place where I could write anything.

Please help! I'm trying to fix it already 3 days! (feeling desperate!)

Also, previously I was working in Sandbox and created a page dedicated to a college, but I can not find that page anywhere now. Where is it? What happened to it?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miss MCM world (talk • contribs) 11:14, 11 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Miss MCM world: You should write "at the bottom of your talk page" on English Wikipedia using this link. Make sure you address all 3 points there.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:53, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I did it as you said, but not sure if I made it correct. Could you please check it? At least I don't see changes and my IP is blocked as well. Please help to rename and unblock my account with IP. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miss MCM world (talk • contribs) 08:25, 12 October 2020‎ (UTC)
@Miss MCM world: I fixed it, you were missing "{" and a signature.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:27, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you for your reply. I've read the article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest. Conflict of interests. Text was written by the president of the college. I made additions about statistics. If you have any doubts about content... I cannot request editing of the page, because it doesn't exist. Where, how and to whom i can give existing materials to proceed with creation of the page? How can i initiate the process? Who can review the materials? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miss MCM world (talk • contribs) 19:04, 12 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Miss MCM world: It looks like other than helping get your account unlocked, your issues are mainly about Wikipedia, and you will need to take them up there. We can help you if you have problems about uploading free-licensed or public domain images, video, etc. - Jmabel ! talk 01:02, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Could someone help me delete Files in Category:Chengfong Automation?

In Taiwan, we could not take pictures everywhere because a lot of the places don't have FOP. For example, some companies claim that they have legal rights to ownership of the property, so we were not allowed to take pictures, including Chengfong Automation Company. In addition, I also received a verbal warning from Sunny Friend Environmental Technology CO., LTD. and was told, "No pictures here please." Although I am not clear about the law that must be followed for taking pictures, I will find time to seek help from a legal counsel. Could someone help me delete Files in Category:Chengfong Automation?--Kai3952 (talk) 03:11, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Manipulating SVG files via CSS/wikitext/etc.

Hi, I wanted to ask if there is a tutorial on how to manipulate SVG files (specifically, SVG elements). For example, File:Upload_protect.svg: I want to change the background color without having to download the file and edit it with inkscape, I rather want to edit it on the wiki. For the sake of clarity, I want to edit blank maps of countries and states (and I wanted to learn how to do this). Godless Raven (talk) 08:27, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

There is no way to do this as far as I know. Ruslik0 (talk) 16:19, 12 October 2020 (UTC)
To edit an SVG file, you need to download it. - Jmabel ! talk 16:51, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

Can't upload my company logo image

Hey, I'm creating my company page on Wikipedia and I'm trying to upload my company logo and the following error showed up that says the following "We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petitcode (talk • contribs)

Who owns the copyright of your logo? Ruslik0 (talk) 16:17, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

@Ruslik0: my company has the copyright to the logo which and I'm uploading the logo using my company wiki account. Kindly tell me how can I bypass this step? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petitcode (talk • contribs) 16:58, 12 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Petitcode: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload png and smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg logos as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png logos are not allowed at all. You indicated each is your own work. Usually when someone uploads a logo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to publish the logo and your permission for it on your website or social media or send them via OTRS. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. See also en:WP:COI.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:15, 12 October 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Hello Jeff, Now I'm confused! 1- what kind of image I should upload to the info box if I'm not allowed to upload my company logo 2- if I directly use upload wizard will I be able to upload the same image which is my company logo? Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petitcode (talk • contribs) 17:51, 12 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • There are two possibilities on uploading the logo. (1) If it is either simple enough to be ineligible for copyright, or you are willing to free-license the copyright, you can upload it here to Commons with an appropriate choice of license, and use the {{Trademark}} tag. Either you can indicate the free-licensing of the logo on the company's own website or you can go through the COM:OTRS process. Use Special:UploadWizard directly on Commons; don't do a cross-wiki upload. (2) You can upload it as a non-free logo directly on the English-language Wikipedia, and leave Commons out of the matter entirely. See en:Template:Non-free_logo. - Jmabel ! talk 01:09, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Error: No se permite subir archivos MIME de tipo «text/html».

Hola, desde hace una semana he tratado de cambiar la imagen de esta pagina https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woo_Global_Markets_-_Logo.png a una en mejor resolución (he probado con .jpg .svg .png) pero siempre me da el error: No se permite subir archivos MIME de tipo «text/html». Sin embargo, al dar a seleccionar archivo, si lo reconoce pero al dar en subir archivo, sale ese error, hasta intente con imágenes que no tienen nada que ver con la pagina pero con cualquier imagen da ese error, Alguien sabe que puedo hacer, la pagina esta marcada para borrado y quiero evitarlo subiendo la imagen adecuada, es urgente... — Preceding unsigned comment added by RexLametazo (talk • contribs) 22:32, 12 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Hola, entonces que puedo hacer para solucionar esto? por otro lado, supongo que la relevancia de la empresa es poca ya que solo se encontraba en algunos paises, pero es importante para quienes compraron productos de esta marca (hoy extinta) antes trate de crear el documento pero me lo borraron por falta de información, sobre lo del error de archivos, cual seria la solución? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RexLametazo (talk • contribs) 17:36, 13 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Exactamente, ya no existen artículos de esta empresa en wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RexLametazo (talk • contribs) 00:57, 14 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Getting permission

What does a copyright holder need to provide so I can use his picture? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patterson1876 (talk • contribs) 04:06, 13 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Patterson1876: Hi, and welcome. He needs to provide consent, please see COM:CONSENT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:34, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Help to Upload

Please help me , how to upload my pictures to share in competition , I am from Egypt .. thanks. My email is dr_nancyahmed@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nancy Ahmed Saleh (talk • contribs) 00:00, 14 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Picture Deletion

Hi may i know why this picture was tagged for copyright violation? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amanat_Ali_Singer.jpg is from flickr and the author has also sent an email to Wikimedia team, I have also sent an email to the author Amanat Ali. --CGOV (talk) 16:34, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

@CGOV: We have: no permission from the "Copyright holder", "peizhigang"; and no proof of transfer of copyright to Amanat Ali. Also, the photo was published elsewhere first.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:33, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi :@Jeff G.: can Amanat send an email to Wikimedia first? like he did before? and this is not a copyright holder peizhigang it is a chinese made camera metadata This picture https://www.cokestudio.com.pk/season10/amanat-ali.html is of him, it is a free license without copyright protection, can i take the permission from the Artist to use this? as he is a coke studio singer.

That page has "© COKE STUDIO PAKISTAN 2017. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED." right there, I see no indication of a free license. The copyright holder would need to give permission, which might be the artist, but more likely is either the studio or the photographer. --rimshottalk 22:39, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi :@Rimshot: No actually this is written all over the place on the website for season 10 only, I have asked from him and he said Coke Studio is not a copyright holder and only the Artist is, i see no metadata or copyright holder text in the image. If Wikimedia thinks that this image is fine i can let the Artist know to send the mail to permissions-common and grant the right to use this image if that is ok.

I have uploaded the image here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amanat_Ali_Coke_Studio.png and am letting the artist know to send an email to permissions common and grant me the right to upload the image. --CGOV (talk) 06:27, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Image Help

moved from Commons talk:Help desk; presumably this iswhere User:CGOV meant to post this. - Jmabel ! talk 00:19, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi administrators, the author has sent an email to Wikipedia team and also here is the link of Flickr https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amanat_Ali_Singer.jpg this file was released under no copyright protection as it is already verified by the bot so can someone let me know why the editor reverted to my edit on the Wikipedia page and removed the picture? By the way, I reverted to his edit. can the Wikipedia team confirm that the picture i am using from flickr is fine?

--CGOV (talk) 15:46, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

  • @CGOV: I have no idea what you might mean by "Wikipedia team". Was it sent to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org or to someone else? Does it specify a license?
  • The linked Flickr page has a "Public Domain Mark" which, quite honestly, makes no sense in this context. On what basis would this image be in the public domain? Keep in mind, a "Public Domain Mark" is just a statement that the image is in the public domain (which it almost certainly is not, given the statement elsewhere of "all rights reserved"). It is not like granting a CC-0 license, which would be a waiver of rights by the copyright-holder.
  • Also, you address your remark to "administrators". I can't think of any particular reason you'd need to deal with administrators as such here, and I happen to be one, but if you specifically wish to address administrators, then the help desk is not the best choice; you would do better at Commons:Administrators noticeboard. But, again, I don't see anything here specifically requiring administrator attention, this seems like a straightforward matter of needing permission from the copyright-holder. - Jmabel ! talk 00:40, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
  • @Jmabel: Hi not administrators but volunteers and yes Amanat Ali has sent an email to permissions-common and sent the email template and permission to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amanat_Ali.jpg. The copyright holder sent one email on Saturday but received no response from the Wikimedia team.

--CGOV (talk) 06:21, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Setting the selected frame on the video file page

Hi,

When I upload a video file, can I select the frame that is shown on the video file page?

When I embed the video file into a page, I can use thumbtime to do something like this, but how do I do in the file page?

Thanks! --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 18:38, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

Probably you cannot. Ruslik0 (talk) 11:31, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

I cannot upload a photo stored in COMMONS

Dear Wikimedia:

I cannot upload a photo stored in COMMONS to the Wikipedia page "劉煒將軍" that I am currently constructing.

While construction a Wikipedia under the title 劉煒將軍, I was told I could upload a photo through COMMONS.

The photo in my Wikimedia Common and has no copy right issue. However, when I tried to upload the photo stored in Wikimedia Commons to 劉煒將軍 Wikipedia page that I am constructing, my attempt always failed.

Would you please help me out?

I am a registered member of Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia.

Thank you very much,

Leo Liu, Ph.D. Professor — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leoyuehliu (talk • contribs)

You can not add this image to 劉煒將軍 page because such Wikipedia page does not exist. Ruslik0 (talk) 11:31, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Conflit d'intérêt

Bonjour à tous, Je souhaiterais savoir s'il est possible de changer de wikimedian chargés de la vérification d'une page, pour cause supposée de conflit d'intérêts. Dans le cas échéant, est-il possible de rajouter un arbitre tiers pour garder un équilibre. Le conflit d'intérêt est présent par des contradictions claires dans les réponses de ces responsables quant à la composition de l'article. En vous remerciant d'avance — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.230.60.46 (talk • contribs)

  • No given individual is any more responsible than any other to verify the contents of a page. But you are speaking of an "article," so I'm guessing this is not on Commons, which does not have articles. Is this on the French Wikipedia? If so, you'll have to take this up there. - Jmabel ! talk 15:09, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Motorcycle

I have a small pin, approx 2”x1”, from: FINAL INDYWIDUALNYCH MISTRZOSTW SWIATA (POLSKA 76)

I just don’t know if it is interesting to anyone. I would give it to anyone interested but have no way of contacting so am hopeful that it can get into the right hands through Wikipedia venue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.58.44.63 (talk • contribs) 15:25, 14 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Photo Contest Submission Question

Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my question.

Perhaps I'm uploading photos improperly to the commons.

I have been submitting photos for the October, photo competition. Sometimes I use the "Open Street Maps" (https://wlm-maps.toolforge.org/#19/49.29116/-122.84386) tool in order to upload the photos. After uploading the photos I see my contributions (https://guc.toolforge.org/?by=date&user=JJGTCA), on this page. From what I understand the green monument tag on the "Open Street Maps" is supposed to turn red after a photo is submitted.

It seems like none of the monument photos that I have taken and submitted have turned the tags from red to green.

Here is an example. On this list (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historic_places_in_the_Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District) monument 2586 appears to not have a picture. This absence is confirmed on the "Open Street Maps" (https://wlm-maps.toolforge.org/#19/49.29116/-122.84386). But I have uploaded a picture (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GRO2_JJGTCA.jpg) of monument 2586.

Is it possible that I'm being impatient, or not uploading files properly?

Thank you for your consideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JJGTCA (talk • contribs) 06:23, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your response Jmabel, but I'm still lost on what I need to do in order to submit the photo https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GRO2_JJGTCA.jpg that I have already uploaded to the commons to this list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historic_places_in_the_Greater_Vancouver_Regional_District monument 2586. Suggestions would be appreciated. JJGTCA (talk) 03:41, 15 October 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by JJGTCA (talk • contribs)

@JJGTCA: I could aim you at help pages, but probably simpler:
  • Open en:List of historic places in the Greater Vancouver Regional District to edit the wikitext ("Source editing" not the WYSIWIG "visual editing"). If you use "visual editing" by default, you can change this temporarily with the dropdown from the little pencil icon at upper right.)
  • Look at how the many images there are referenced to be transcluded on the many lines there that have images.
  • Do this one in an exactly parallel manner.
I'm sure there must also be a way to do it in "visual editing" but as a 17-year Wikimedian, I wouldn't offhand know what that way is! (If someone else happens to know, please chime in.)
Please try that; if you can't get it to work, let me know & I'll do this one for you. - Jmabel ! talk 15:52, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thank you for your continued assistance. I understand now that we personally aggregate content on lists. I sort of assumed there would be a bot that would do it for me. I'll pester the photo competition help page on how to edit their "open street maps" labels. JJGTCA (talk) 01:09, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Can I upload images taken by my dead father?

Can I upload images taken by my father (mostly in the 1960s). He died in 2014, and the photos/slides belong to me. Greenman (talk) 16:03, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Jmabel! Greenman (talk) 11:38, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

CropTool

Why the CropTool yesterday and today charge the imagens rotated 90°? Can you correct the fault? Thanks. Leonprimer (talk) 00:30, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@Leonprimer: I looked at your recent uploads but didn't see any incorrectly-rotated images. Which image or images are showing the problem? Perhaps you should try clearing your browser's cache on the file page (Ctrl+F5 or Shift+F5, usually). – BMacZero (🗩) 22:04, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Wikimedia commons historic area photo contest

Why am I being asked to provide information regarding my image, when you do not provide me with a field in which to enter it?????!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael Spady (talk • contribs) 03:01, 15 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Michael Spady: Are you having the same issue described in the sections just above, or something else? If it's different, could you please describe in more detail (what upload tool you are using, what steps go normally, then what breaks and exactly what you see when it breaks)? - Jmabel ! talk 15:58, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

File title

How do I re-edit a File name title? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matt Paletto (talk • contribs) 03:42, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

You need additional privileges. So you can't do it directly. But you can mark the file with {{Rename}} and somebody will care. --Herzi Pinki (talk) 10:26, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

China1900

Dear sir / madam:

I am a newbie to Wikimedia and still learning how to nagivate it.

I had accidently uploads as follows, without looking at thoroughly to ensure they are completed. THey are as follows:

Upload No 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilson_Wang_Wilson_Wang_1928_(4).pdf Upload No 2: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilson_WangWhatsApp_Image_2019-03-22_at_7.36.30_PM.jpg Upload No 3: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:God%27sGod%E2%80%99s_Deliverance_In_The_Days_Of_Trouble.pdf

Hence, I am writing to request for these 3 to be deleted first. Reason being are as follows::

Upload No 1 & 2: The titles are not written properly. it should be Wilson_Wang.pdf Upload No 3: I would like to add the chinese version of this booklet, together with this pdf.

I am writing to request that the above 3 pdf be deleted.

Thank you for your assistance

Yours sincerely, china1900 — Preceding unsigned comment added by China1900 (talk • contribs) 10:23, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi china1900,
✓ Done. Apart from titles, you need also make sure that these files are free of copyright as they are obviously not your own work. File #1 contained a scan of a booklet from 1949, but by several named author. Image #2, a scan of a newspaper-article might still be in copyright. File #3, contained not only a scan of a booklet from 1949, but also a number of photographies. See Commons:Hirtle chart for a guide about the copyright-modalities for U.S. works. --Túrelio (talk) 10:35, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

typing problems

On Commons, when I type some characters like : [[ ]] {{}} they came out as ː ʽ ʼ ̺ ˌ (the colon is not recognised as a colon) On English Wikipedia there is no problem. Can anyone help please? Charlesjsharp (talk) 13:41, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Can I edit my previous contributions to my new username?

I requested a username change on the basis that I had used my real name when I created the account and the request was approved. But I’ve noticed that my previous contributions (a couple of photos of a town) are still attributed to my old username. I can see that I’m technically able to edit the username associated with them but I’m curious if I’m allowed to do that? Y4lk3KvmXC (talk) 13:57, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Yes. The uploads are still linked to your account, so you are free to update the author field to your new username.--BevinKacon (talk) 14:24, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

check on my licens fn#0004415665

check on my licenes file #ooo4415665 — Preceding unsigned comment added by W4lrd (talk • contribs)

Why are congressional photos not considered public? They ARE public.

Why can't I upload a photo of my Uncle Ed Devitt, a MN Congressman during the 1940s? His congressional photo is in the public record, but of course Wikipedia just assumes it is stolen copyright if I did not personally take the photo. I am merely trying to upload a photo of Congressman Devitt on his Wiki page, which has never had any photos at all. Why is this so hard to do? I don't understand what the problem is. Obviously an official photo of a former federal district judge and congressman is public domain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kl3054 (talk • contribs) 15:32, 15 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi, public record is not the same as public domain. Only works by officers of the federal government made during their course of duty or those commissioned by the federal government are in the public domain. Works by state officials and those commissioned by them are not. Thus the image of your uncle is of public record, anyone can request to look at it at the MN state archive. But it is not in the public domain, meaning the photographer or his or her heir, may still own the copyright unless the photographer died before January 1, 1950. Sorry, but that's the way it is. --h-stt !? 16:08, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
  • By the way, it looks like this account (Kl3054) has never uploaded a photo to Commons, so I have no idea in what context someone might have told you that you cannot do this. - Jmabel ! talk 16:12, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Jmabel, this user tried to upload a photo twice, about 20 minutes before this post. They were stopped by the abuse filter. - Green Giant (talk) 00:17, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Can I upload a photo that's not copyrighted but I don't own it either?

I really need help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 3528b (talk • contribs) 16:36, 15 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@3528b: Hi, and welcome. Where did you find the photo? What makes you so sure that it is "not copyrighted"?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:40, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Maintaining source link and authenticity when photo format needs 3rd-party format conversion

On the Smithsonian website (https://library.si.edu/subjects/bonkei) I found a source of good-quality images from an old Japanese book of potential value to the WP Saikei article. The Smithsonian states that the work is unprotected by any current copyright (it's 150-200 years old, apparently outside current human copyright bickering), so I am not concerned about the basic right to copy an image into the Commons and thence the Saikei article. I do have questions about attribution of images that cannot be used on WC in the format the original web source presents them.

The situation appears to be as follows: The Smithsonian site has presented these images in a format WC does not directly support (file extension JP2, the JPEG2000 image file format). Anyone with a PC and some utility software can convert the JP2 format to a WC-accepted format like JPG (so I've been told). Very brief forum reviews suggest that occaionally metadata might be modified (e.g., adding product branding info for a shareware converter) or lost (e.g., misconfiguring the format conversion in GIMP) in problem cases.

My main concern is how to protect the legitimacy and authenticity of the converted Smithsonian image. If I download and locally convert a JP2 file from the Smithsonian site in aid of uploading it to WC and eventually Saikei, how can I do the best job?

[1] Does WC accept files like this, available at an authoritative source online but digitally reprocessed and uploaded by a low-authority source?

[2] If the converted JP2 image is acceptable to WC in principle, what elements of the original (e.g., file metadata, base resolution, level of compression) must be preserved to maintain an adequate WC-defined level of authenticity?

[3] Once uploaded, how would a modified image file that had followed this conversion path maintain the "chain of custody" linking it to the original image on the Smithsonian site? What is a trustworthy way for an interested WC user to follow from a particular reprocessed image to the original source file?

[4] I can manually add attribution and source info when an image is uploaded to WC. Are there other WC-recommended practices (e.g., how to name the processed image(s), necessity of naming the conversion software used) that improve the usefulness of these converted images?

Thank you for any help you can provide. Sahara110 (talk) 17:52, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Sahara110 Sounds like a great idea! There is no problem with reprocessing the images this way in order to upload them. Nothing bad is going to happen if the files aren't converted in a specific fashion or are missing some data that couldn't be converted. You'll simply want to add a link back to the original source in the "source" row of the file's description text - then anyone can easily follow that link to get the original image. That said, you should try to preserve as much metadata and quality as you reasonably can. I haven't done this type of conversion myself, but perhaps some other user will have recommendations for software that does the conversion well.
A good name should simply describe what the image depicts. I'm sure you know more about that than me, but I would probably use something like e.g. File:Senkeiban zushiki v. 1 (front cover).jpg and File:Senkeiban zushiki v. 1 (page 5/6).jpg. It's not necessary to name the software used, but there may be a corresponding template you can insert if you wish, such as {{Processed with GIMP}}. Just be sure to include a description, the original date of publication, the source link, and the name of the creator/author - and add categories. – BMacZero (🗩) 21:43, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
BMacZero Thank you for an excellent answer. I'll drop a note here if I am successful at getting things done. Sahara110 (talk) 21:49, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Uploading my monument picture

Hi,

I am not sure why, but I am not able to upload my jpeg photo to your site. Any advice?

Have a nice rest of your day,

Elizabeth Dale — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elizabethanndale1 (talk • contribs) 21:07, 15 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Elizabethanndale1: Hi, and welcome. Regretfully, we have a known issue with the Upload Wizard today, described above at #upload issue. If that is not your issue, please be more specific about wha you are trying and the results you are getting.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:17, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

upload issue

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T265560
RESOLVED

Hello, for whatever reason when I am uploading a file the boxes are extremely small, like maybe three characters. So it's hard to see what you type. Is this a glitch? Editorofthewiki (talk) 02:41, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

I have this too, on the 'Describe' page. It’s as if the text and boxes are being constrained to a narrow column. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:48, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Same. This is obviously a glitch and may require reporting at another level. Calistemon (talk) 03:29, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Reported at Commons:Village pump/Technical#Upload issue. Maybe somebody there as an answer. Calistemon (talk) 03:35, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Known problem the last few hours, I'm sure someone is working on it. - Jmabel ! talk 15:53, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Still a problem! Same problem with Google Chrome or Safari. TwoScarsUp (talk) 18:14, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Seems to work now. I just uploaded two files.Smiley.toerist (talk) 22:37, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Thank you everyone for your reports and patience.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:55, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Upload Wizard seems to be broken

On the 2nd page of the Upload Wizard it won't generate the text boxes for title, Description, Date, and Categories, etc. It's been like that for the past 7 hours. Deleted all cookies and started fresh but the results are identical in Windows Firefox 81.0 and Vivaldi 3.1.1929.45 (Stable channel) (64-bit).

I have a screenshot of the results posted at imagesharing. I can't upload it here either. All upload links lead to the Wizard. — Ineuw talk 05:55, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

I have same problem. Dltl2010 (talk) 06:37, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Same problem. Tried Firefox, Opera am Chrome. Same result as above. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 06:40, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Why does the Description page of the Upload Wizard have one word per line and leave no space for data entry? Using Opera browser but never seen this problem before today. Completely prevents progress past the Description step and hence cannot upload photos at all. This is just the same issue as reported by the three other users above. --TrimmerinWiki (talk) 07:14, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

It probably needs reporting to Phabricator. In the meantime, you can use the old form at Special:Upload. -- Green Giant (talk) 07:16, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Has already been done by another user at Upload Wizard broken, describe form much too narrow. Calistemon (talk) 09:15, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
The old form works but is very labour intensive and does not allow multiple uploads. I just uploaded one file File:Koploper bij Landsingerland Zoetermeer 2020.jpg. Its best to open a screen with a similar recent upload and then you can cut and paste the correct values.Smiley.toerist (talk) 10:35, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Upload Wizard stopped working

The Upload wizard tabs have become too narrow. Any ideas how to sort this please. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:38, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Is being worked on, see above.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:09, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Apparent bug

Since yesterday, when trying to upload public domain image files, using the wizard, I've encountered a glitch. After uploading the file and specifying why it's in the public domain, I am led as usual to the Describe page where I must provide an image title, an optional caption and a description. That's where the problem is:-

The text is squeezed horizontally and the boxes you are supposed to fill in are only one character wide; the fields just can't be filled in. Thus, the entire upload process is frustrated.

I have tried it several times with two different images and always get the same glitch.

I have, BTW, uploaded hundreds of public domain images over the years and never had this problem before. I first encountered it on October 14, 2020.Ttocserp (talk) 09:53, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

@Ttocserp: I have exactly the same problem! --KajenCAT (talk) 10:09, 15 October 2020 (UTC)
Is being worked on, see above.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:10, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

The Upload Page is a mess (15 oktober 2020)

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T265560

Hi, I tried to upload photos into wikimedia, but the page is in wild disorder.

This is a known problem, it is being worked on.--Ymblanter (talk) 12:48, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

I've a problem uploading an image today. The text boxes in Description no loner appear, only squashed vertical bits of info in red. Never did this before.

There was a microsoft up data this morning; might this be related?TSRL (talk) 13:31, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Hope the bug gets solved soon, it's a show stopper. It's browser independent and not user-cache related. Please notify us here when it's solved, because bug can only be seen after taking the first 3 steps of the upload ... Peli (talk) 13:53, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

I can confirm the bug is back today. I uploaded over 90 new images on behalf of Ed Gold over the past couple of days but can't do any additional ones today. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 14:31, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

I tried using a temporary workaround but it didn't work. Guillaume (WMF) (talk) 15:16, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Invullen gegevens bij uploaden foto

Hallo, ik probeer al een paar keer een foto up te loaden. Dat gaat goed totdat ik in het 2-e scherm kom waarbij er gegevens moeten worden ingevuld. Er lijkt een probleem te zijn met het formulier. Er is namelijk geen ruimte om de gegevens in te vullen. Alles lijkt op smal te staan of een deel valt weg? Ik heb met f5 mijn cache gewist, opnieuw opgestart, de pagina opnieuw geladen etc. Kunt u hier naar kijken svp?

Ja,die is momenteel kapot, zie boven. We moeten even wachten, ik hoop dat de wizard zsm gerepareerd zal worden.--Ymblanter (talk) 08:30, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Pages for Wiki Loves Monuments bad Formatting Fields

Has someone hacked into WikiMedia Commons, pages for uploading and inserting data are not formatting? Gillfoto 17:29, 15 October 2020 (UTC) Your comment

Issue confirmed as a known issue. Will be repaired, see above at #upload_issue. Peli (talk) 17:45, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Upload Image description page is compressed...

Try to upload image but when get to description page it is compressed into narrow vertical strip. The input boxes are 1 or 2 characters wide, so input is not possible. What can I do? Mike Your comment

Issue confirmed as a known issue. Will be repaired, see above at #upload_issue. Peli (talk) 17:45, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

SOLVED

SOLVED, issue seems solved so far, thank you. Peli (talk) 00:20, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
Yes, SOLVED for me too today, thanks very much to whichever IT-literate people wre behind that. Michael D. Turnbull (talk) 15:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Please make description language picking more simple by offering personified shortlists

Concerning the new upload form. Where could I post a request to store my top 3 language preferences in user preferences, as so not to have to choose from hundreds of languages in every step of describing uploads? I mean even a cookie could know my 3 preferred languages, which are the only possible languages for me. (suggested languages could be detected by country of isp, language of browser plus english as a standard, or by a learning engine that can detect a pattern and remember it for a session, or for a day or longer (based upon consent). I'm not sure how to install the Babel extention to get my 3 preferred languages to the top of the dropdown list. Peli (talk) 00:20, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

@Pelikana: That's a good suggestion. Perhaps it could follow your self-declared babel boxes. You could make a new phab: task for it.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:47, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

Autokennzeichen

Müssen Autokennzeichen vor dem Upload unkenntlich gemacht werden? Bei Straßenaufnahmen --Nexo20 (talk) 13:44, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

de:Benutzer:Ralf_Roletschek/Kennzeichen_verpixeln. --Túrelio (talk) 13:52, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

cargar biografia

buen dia como hago para cargar una biografia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alejandro Marcelo (talk • contribs)

Visite ES:WP; aquí estamos para imagenes no más. --E4024 (talk) 15:24, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
@Alejandro Marcelo: No alojamos artículos de enciclopedia aquí en Wikimedia Commons por COM:NOT/es.
We do not host encyclopædia articles here on Wikimedia Commons per COM:NOT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:41, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Test file

Hello, is there a file that I could use for testing? Thanks, -- Prahlad (talk to me / what I've done) 21:46, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

@Prahlad balaji: File:JPG Test.jpg should do the trick. Please clean up after yourself.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:15, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks very much Jeff! Prahlad (talk to me / what I've done) 01:53, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
@Prahlad balaji: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:33, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Help!

I took pictures and tried to submit the best seven ones on October 14, 2020. When I hit the submit button, I was told to include a date. I had already included a date for each photo, but I went back and put in a date again. Again I was told to submit a date. I did this numerous times and eventually had to give up since all I can do is include a date when I am supposed to do so. So now where am I? I think I am not submitter, yet I can't submit even though I have already submitted using the correct date. Please tell me what I must do next to have my pictures entered into the contest. The pictures are of the Hollywood & Western Building , which Wikipedia says is National Registered Historic Building as well it should be.

Thank you,

Johnny Mask — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hollywoodivine (talk • contribs) 22:23, 16 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Registry Number

I uploaded photos of Andersonville National Historic Site but did not see anywhere to provide the National Registry number: 70000070. Will my photos be entered in the Wiki Loves Monuments Contest? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gabby Brito (talk • contribs) 22:49, 16 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Gabby Brito: Hi, and welcome. The answer should be in the documentation for {{NRHP}} or the equivalent for your country.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:11, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
@Gabby Brito: Andersonville is U.S., so it is {{NRHP|70000070}}. It can really go anywhere on the page, but I usually put it in the description. - Jmabel ! talk 03:49, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Copy image for cover of novel

Hello - I would like assistance, please. I would like to add a depleted version of this El Salvador passport stamp to the cover of my new novel. But I'm finding it difficult how to proceed since I do not want to overrule copywrite. Best wishes, Pete https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SLVpassportstamp2017.jpg File:SLVpassportstamp2017.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tisounga (talk • contribs) 19:07, 17 October 2020‎ (UTC)

You can find necessary information in Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia. Ruslik0 (talk) 20:35, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

The use of a fragment of an image to apply to the cover of a novel

Dear Sir, or Madam,

I would like to use a fragment of this image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SLVpassportstamp2017.jpg for the cover on my latest novel. File:SLVpassportstamp2017.jpg

However, I've tried to work out how I might gain permission, but I find trying to understand the legal aspect virtually overwhelming. Can anyone help?

Kind regards, Pete — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tisounga (talk • contribs) 22:30, 17 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Tisounga: Hi, and welcome. Please see above.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:50, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello want to help

I would like to say that the Wikipedia Admin review is wrong

  1. File:Arahan Monk in Burmese.jpg this file I didn't come from any website this file I use with a Sony camera I take a picture of myself in a book(mnw ပါဋ္ဌိပရိုတ်နၞော်ရမျာၚ်မန်သေံ)Thai Mon Pali 2 languages.
  2. File:Mon Buddhism.gif This file I use Photoshop, I produce all myself
  3. File:Luangpho Uttama Mon people Monk.jpg This file I take myself, I use a Sony camera in the book (mnw ပါဋ္ဌိပရိုတ်နၞော်ရမျာၚ်မန်သေံ)Thai Mon Pali 2 languages the Admin wiki check makes it clear first when I took a photo, I had already thought the Wikipedia Admin misunderstood me, the information that I have provided, please open it clearly first, or can you call me My phone number +6683 166 4659 vinonjat2014@gmail.com vinonjat2018@gmail.com or that you can ask on Facebook. review Admin wiki very angry page, don't hug me, admit, I've made mistakes on Wikipedia at that time the cause of my mistake was that I didn't know how now everything I am in accordance with the law I am a writer from Mon now I speak English or Korean or China or Shan or japan or Khmer or Thai or Burmese or Indian or Mon language I can talk, I have studied in Thailand, Burma, Hollywood and Korea and Japan, China, now I'm in Thailand, I haven't been anywhere yet because of the cause of the coronavirus, I can't go anywhere there is something that you would like to inquire about Can you call me or can you contact on Facebook now I have a bachelor's degree in Bangkok Phrapradaeng College, now I'm trying to help Wikipedia or Medicine write a history of Mon people Admin Wikipedia everyone, don't get me wrong I'm not a kid, I'm an adult, I'm 31, Now I know all Wikipedia laws and I am under Wikipedia laws, I don't know why the Wikipedia admin didn't make it clear, my name is --咽頭べさ (talk) 10:14, 16 October 2020 (UTC)Intōbesa ဣန္ဒောဘာသ my အရှင်ဣန္ဒြောဘာသ ja 咽頭べさ hi|इन्फो फैसा arفي سا كن zh 因赌佩沙 ko인토배싹 thอินตู่แพสระ nickname Nāy Aung Hnin Pwint all information that I have provided is legal Thank you respect Admin, Wikipedia everyone, this file is all I would like to use all, I am the producer myself, I am not lying all of which I have provided please open right now I am very angry.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 咽頭べさ (talk • contribs) 10:21, 16 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@咽頭べさ: Several separate issues here:
  1. For any image that was previously published, either in print or on the web, if the original publication doesn't indicate the relevant free license you really need to go through the COM:OTRS process to establish that you are the copyright-holder and are granting a license.
  2. File:Arahan Monk in Burmese.jpg is a derivative work: it is a photograph of a work of art. We need to also know the copyright status of the work of art.
  3. File:Mon Buddhism.gif @Ninjastrikers: you tagged this as derivative work, what are you saying it derives from? 咽頭べさ claims to be the author. @咽頭べさ: again, the OTRS process would be a good way to clarify this.
  4. File:Luangpho Uttama Mon people Monk.jpg is a photograph of a framed photograph. We would almost certainly need permission from the photographer of the original photograph (and possibly even the frame itself is complex enough to have its own copyright). - Jmabel ! talk 18:08, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
For File:Mon Buddhism.gif, the base image used in that gif can be found on internet. I tried Google Image search and it returned with the same images mostly on pinertest. That's why I tagged the image as DW. Ninja✮Strikers «☎» 05:56, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

typing problems

On Commons, when I type some characters like : [[ ]] {{}} they came out as ː ʽ ʼ ̺ ˌ (the colon is not recognised as a colon) On English Wikipedia there is no problem. Can anyone help please? Charlesjsharp (talk) 18:02, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

@Charlesjsharp: Check you input language settings: select language (at the top of the page next to your username in monobook -> input settings). MKFI (talk) 19:22, 17 October 2020 (UTC)
@MKFI: Brilliant, thanks. Changing input settings back sorted it. No idea how it changed! Charlesjsharp (talk) 08:11, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Delete File:Evil Image of Snowball.png

Hi, I was not sure how Wikimedia commons works. I was testing out on how to publish an image. I accidentally published it, is it still possible to remove it? I did read the FAQ, but I am unsure as to where I should ask to remove the image.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki of Commons (talk • contribs) 23:33, 17 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Wiki of Commons: Hi, and welcome. It is still possible by pasting {{G7}} as a new first line.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:46, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for the reply Jeff! I pasted G7 in the title of this questions. Am I supposed to paste it anywhere else? ( I am super new so I do not know) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki of Commons (talk • contribs) 00:28, 18 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • Signing your posts is required on talk pages and Commons:Signatures policy to sign your posts on talk pages, user talk pages, deletion requests, and noticeboards. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you.
@Wiki of Commons: That should have been on the file description page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:00, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
@Wiki of Commons: ✓ Done I deleted the file for you. --MGA73 (talk) 08:20, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
I don't know what I expected from a file called "Evil image of Snowball", but that image was not it. -mattbuck (Talk) 08:59, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Screenshot of xtramath.org.png

I need you to add this template Non-free web screenshot on this file page. - DesktopTech2020 (talk) 01:46, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

@DesktopTech2020: impossible, the file was deleted almost 18 hours ago.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:07, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: After the file was re-uploaded to Commons, you can add that template to the file page. - DesktopTech2020 (talk) 02:02, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: The file was re-uploaded to Commons, you may add the template now. - DesktopTech2020 (talk) 02:10, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
@DesktopTech2020: ✓ Done, but why are you doing this? We don't allow fair use here per COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:36, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Statue in King Phillip's Stockade (Forest Park) in Springfield, MA

The statue attributed to King Phillip in the Forest Park Stockade is in fact the Windsor Indian Toto, who warned the settlers of King Phillip's attack on Springfield. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 32.217.32.244 (talk) 04:05, 18 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Please correct the description and file a {{Rename}} request.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:09, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Uploading to user page on wikipedia

I am having issues uploading a .png I created myself in GIMP and I am not sure what to do. Osric the Brash (talk) 04:08, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

@Osric the Brash: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png image as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your website or social media or send permission via OTRS. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:13, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

VoA License

Hi there! Can anyone explain if we have VoA License, how to know if it's in a public domain and that we can use this file. Thank you! Գարիկ Ավագյան (talk) 08:15, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello, there is Template:PD-USGov-VOA. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:55, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Historic Photos contest

Aloha, I have several questions regarding the contest. FIrst question is how many photos are you allowed to enter? Next question is about an official historic site (registered in 2019). There is an official reference number that I found on this link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Hawaii#Kauai Please reference line 32

I was not able to find it under the other link provided when uploading photos.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Hawaii#Kauai

Just making sure that specific location would be accepted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kauaitime (talk • contribs) 08:40, 18 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Kauaitime: Hi, and welcome. Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in the United States is unlimited. Photos of Sueoka Market should be accepted. I see no photos at https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/100004288. You may want to write en:Draft:Sueoka Market while you are at Sueoka Market. Good luck!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:45, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

question from Alexazerio

I accidentally sent a photo instead of one instead of another would it be possible to delete it cordially Alex--Alexazerio (talk) 11:05, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

@Alexazerio: Hi, and welcome. You could tag any file you uploaded in the past week with {{G7}} as the first line of the file description page, or nominate any of your older files for deletion.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:15, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

How do I know if people are noticing my work

How do I know if people are noticing my work on Wikipedia how to get noticed by other people — Preceding unsigned comment added by West avan (talk • contribs) 22:55, 18 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@West avan: Hi, and welcome. You have no work on Wikipedia to notice, and there are better places for your text and manipulated selfie contributions.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:12, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Structured data

Hi, how can I copy and paste structured data? Prahlad (talk to me / what I've done) 03:04, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

You could use gadget to do multiple edits on structured data. It may be not perfect but simplify such tasks. See Help:Gadget-ACDC. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:27, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
Thanks Eugene. Prahlad (talk to me / what I've done) 22:12, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:07, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

Baby-related equipment

I've noticed that Category:Baby-related equipment lacks quality images for the majority of the sub-categories. Is there anyway to highlight this category to see if people are willing to contribute images? Languageseeker (talk) 15:14, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

@Languageseeker: Hi, and welcome. Linking it here as Category:Baby-related equipment would be a good start.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:29, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
@Languageseeker: It looks like this has been suggested as a theme for the monthly photo contest. You could go there and express your support for it. – BMacZero (🗩) 17:07, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
@BMacZero: Thank you! Cast my vote of support. Languageseeker (talk) 13:17, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Deletions

I have never had as many problems as now in Commons and I do not have time to verify or do parallel research work aside from maintaining +2200 articles on Wikipedia. None of them are visible on Google by other sources! Therefore, kindly asking someone to help by adapting the images, because I am not very knowledgeable with Commons nor do I have time for this, however I hereby authorize Commons to delete all the images uploaded by me during these +15 years. I'm so sorry for the project, but there are things that I am no longer willing to endure. Thank you very much for your attention. Stay safe and good luck.--Gilwellian (talk) 17:59, 18 October 2020 (UTC)

Forget it. I'm out. Feel free to do whatever you want. It is not my business anyway. What a waste of time and years! This is very, very frustrating. Can you give me a hint of how to delete my profile and not bother you anymore? Everybody wins. --Gilwellian (talk) 18:49, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
@Gilwellian: You can blank your user page, if you like. In general, images will be deleted only if there is a specific reason to delete them (e.g. out of scope, copyright violation). Unless you give some indication what sort of problems you've had, there is no way anyone can help solve them, but it sounds like you don't want that help, anyway. We
We have, of course, no more control over what Google does than you do.
For what it's worth: I looked at some of the images of yours that have been challenged, such as File:Scout Organization of Ardeal.jpg: I don't see how that can be both your own work and an official symbol of the organization; I can see why someone would question that. Or for File:Guerrero semigaliano siglo XIII.jpg: the linked source page makes no mention of the picture in question, so I also don't see the basis for the claimed license. I would think that this would have called for either a more specific link demonstrating that the license is valid, or for going through the OTRS process if there is no online evidence of that. So, looking at this couple of examples, it looks like the issues that have been raised are reasonable.
If you are interested in working these through, I (and I'm sure others) would be willing to work with you on it, but if you'd rather just leave then obviously you are free to do so. - Jmabel ! talk 05:41, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
A Scout is trustworthy. I have been involved in Scouting all my life, if someone is asking for help, I do it whether you believe it or not. Period. Since almost all of my contributions to Commons followed the same steps, there is no reason to continue the agony. I may add the G7 template to all my files, in fact I have already contacted Valeria Domínguez so that all subsequent steps go down that path, delete a few hundred files that I cannot prove that are mine. This will be my last contribution. So if everyone do the same the 66 million files would be reduced to 6 in the best of cases and being optimistic. I firmly believe that something is being done wrong at Commons, after many years I noticed that things are getting worse. It is not fair what some of you are doing. The project is missing very good users ever since. About collaborations, in all those years very few users have offered to help, I have only received templates and file deletions after a few days, no more words, no questions such as "let's see if I can help", just a death sentence. These are unilateral measures that to say the truth in front of such, a very little or nothing we can do. This harm Commons and furthermore, in extension, the Wikipedia project. A pity. Have a nice day and stay safe!--Gilwellian (talk) 08:16, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
Edit: Adding G7 templates to my work. Too much, but don't worry, I'll do that step by step. Thanks anyway.--Gilwellian (talk) 09:20, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

I need a hand holding to be part of this group. Can Anybody provide me this.

I need a hand holding to be part of this group. Can Anybody provide me this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheSaver99 (talk • contribs) 10:47, 19 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@TheSaver99: Hi, and welcome. Which group are you referring to?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:26, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
@TheSaver99: I see this is your first post to Commons. Are you looking to contribute your own photography or to do something else? And is English your native language, or is there some other language that works better for you? - Jmabel ! talk 16:00, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Subir contribuição de foto

Ao tentar carregar a foto, aparece a mensagem de erro: "A extensão ".png" não corresponde ao tipo MIME do ficheiro". Como proceder? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Caioclimaco (talk • contribs) 15:05, 19 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Upload photo contribution

When trying to upload the photo, the error message appears: "The extension" .png "does not match the file's MIME type".

How to proceed?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:04, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
@Caioclimaco: Olá, seja bem-vindo. Vejo que você fez upload com sucesso após postar acima. Podemos considerar isso resolvido?
Hi, and welcome. I see you successfully uploaded after posting above. May we consider this resolved?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:04, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
@Caioclimaco: (y si no sea resuelto) Discúlpame para responder en castellano, no portugués. Confíe en mi, no quería leer mi tentiva de escribir en portugués. ¿Sabe con certeza si la imagen es en realidad un PNG (internamente) o simplemente tiene esa extensión en algún otro formato? Si es el segundo, se necesita cambiar el extensión. PNG no es el formato más común para una foto. ¿De donde viene la imagen? - Jmabel ! talk 16:11, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

My football club has changed its logo and i have been asked to update it on wikipedia. I tried but it got deleted. can someone explain how i need to do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leereuben (talk • contribs) 17:35, 19 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Leereuben: I am guessing this is about File:London Lions.jpg, except that isn't deleted, it is the subject of a discussion about whether to delete, Commons:Deletion requests/File:London Lions.jpg, in which you should certainly participate.
  • You uploaded the logo saying it is your "own work" and that you are offering a CC-0 license. Do I understand that you are saying you designed the logo, you own the copyright (that is, you never signed copyright over to the club), and you intend to offer a CC-0 license? Or did you say something you didn't mean to say?
  • Also, a virtually identical logo is on en-wiki at en:File:London Lions F.C. logo.png described as a non-free logo coming from www.londonlions.com/images/logo.png (a broken link, by the way). - Jmabel ! talk 22:04, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Maps derived from Google Earth kml files

I'd like to know if a district map like this one[1], using KML data created in Google Earth which is then exported to QGIS to make an image, would be acceptable for upload or have any licensing restrictions. I assume the answer is to the first question is yes, but would like some clarification. Username6892 19:15, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

References

  1. ↑ This was not actually created using KML from Earth, this is just the type of image I'd like to upload

adding audio clip of a Spanish word pronunciation

I need help in adding an audio clip I made, that is in OGG format, of me (Mexican descendant) pronunciating the word Mictlāntēcutli for said wiki page.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mictlantecutli.ogg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mictl%C4%81nt%C4%93cutli — Preceding unsigned comment added by ItsFrancisco (talk • contribs) 00:44, 20 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Claiming an image being used

I have noticed that an image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Houghton-The-Portrait-of-the-Lord-Jesus-Christ_Page_1-web-1-714x1024.jpg states that it can be used for free. This image is owned by the Victorian Spiritualists' Union Inc, www.vsu.org.au, and is not allowed to be reproduced without permission. How can I get this changed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.206.75 (talk • contribs)

The artist died in 1884, and the copyright is long expired. That means there's no restriction on reuse. --ghouston (talk) 03:15, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Need help to investigate and/or renew a license ticket

Hi, I want to include more information about variants of the w:Ruger SR1911 pistol model. And would like to include images of each variant. So I need help from some one with access to the ticket content for

This file:

which uses the OTRS ticket #2012121010010568

Currently w:Ruger have the following SR1911 variants:

  • FULL-SIZE - covered by the mentioned ticket
  • TARGET - see my questions below
  • COMMANDER-STYLE - see my questions below
  • OFFICER-STYLE - see my questions below
  • COMPETITION - see my questions below

So, I have two questions:

  1. does the existing ticket allow to upload a single picture of each variant ?
  2. if not, could some one ask Ruger to renew the existing ticket to do so ?

By the way, the "source" currently listed in the ticket is out of date - this URL The current page for w:Ruger SR1911 variants is - this URL

Regards.

--Marcric (talk) 05:09, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

OK, published my question there, thanks. --Marcric (talk) 16:41, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Ukwa-2018-onwhite-close.svg

Hello, I'm a member of this project and have permission to release this image, by email. I'm not sure what would be the best way to record this, though? Many thanks,

--Timeousbeastie (talk) 12:11, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

@Timeousbeastie: Hi, and welcome. Please have an authorized representative of the copyright holder send permission for the image URL directly via OTRS with a COM:L compliant license and COM:CONSENT verbiage confirming that they understand what they are agreeing to, with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:33, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

About free images

Where will I get free images that does not apply any copyright protocols? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ken Tony Peter (talk • contribs) 15:09, 20 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Ken Tony Peter: Hi, and welcome. Please see en:Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:21, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

who is Celtus and how can I contact them ?

There are a few scottish clan badges that were uploaded by a user called Celtus. How can I find out how to contact thenm regaring their artwork and seeking permission to use it ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_crest_badge#/media/File:Clan_member_crest_badge_-_Clan_X_(fictional).svg

Celtus~commonswiki is no longer active and I'm afraid we don't have any contact details. Their artwork at Commons can be freely used though without obtaining permission from Celtus. Depending on the licence of each file you may need to credit them though and share your own works based on his image under a similar free licence. De728631 (talk) 21:32, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

File:Carsten-nicolai-2009-wuschanski.jpg

Hi!
I am trying to help the photographer Dieter Wuschanski who wants to issue a free license for Carsten-nicolai-2009-wuschanski.jpg. Unfortunately he does not have the original data anymore, because he left it on the computer of a former employer. This company doesn't exist anymore. He sent the permission, but cannot deliver the original data with full camera info. So the image got deleted. Is there any possibility to get the picture undeleted? I guess I have to do the communications for him, he does not seem to speak English at all and is rather reserved towards Wiki Commons. --Kaethe17 (talk) 14:19, 13 October 2020 (UTC)

@Kaethe17: Hi, and welcome. I think Ganímedes may best help you with Ticket:2020100510006455. You really should have applied a cc-by-sa-4.0 license to the file on-wiki before it was deleted by Green Giant. An email message in reply to the ticket from the subject may help to confirm the identity of the photographer, although anyone may reply to the ticket in German, preferably with translation to English or Spanish.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:01, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Dear all. I’ve restored the file to make it easier for this discussion and the OTRS conversation. Please note that if there is no resolution of the issue, the file will automatically become eligible for deletion again in 31 days. If it gets to that point and a bit more time is needed, I’m happy to extend it a bit further. Cheers. -Green Giant (talk) 15:18, 13 October 2020 (UTC)
Dear Green Giant and Ganímedes, the photographer just sent an email message in reply to ticket Ticket:2020100510006455, and I will send the translation in a couple of minutes. Thank you for your help. I hope this mail is sufficient, if not, let me know.--Kaethe17 (talk) 20:21, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: should I apply the cc-by-sa-4.0 license to the file right now with {{CC-BY-SA-4.0}}, or should I just wait? I'm not sure.--Kaethe17 (talk) 20:40, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
@Kaethe17: Go ahead, this version has metadata from the camera and Photoshop, I think that's enough for an 11-year-old photo.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:43, 17 October 2020 (UTC)

Dear Green Giant, Ganímedes and Jeff G., is it a good idea to start using the photo in Wikipedia? Or will it be deleted again after 31 days? --Kaethe17 (talk) 13:37, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

NZR Locomotives listed then maliciously deleted on Wiki

Hello, everyone. I have logged in on a new account as I couldnt remember my old account. What I want to know is how do I resurect the tables of locoomotives that were put on many wiki pages. A prime example is the NZR A class (1873) which had a very detailed table of locomotives both in use, under overhaul, stored and scrapped. Most if not all of the locomotive pages pertaining to New Zealand Railways were maliciously deleted. To most, this was a handy source of information... but not anymore! How can one resurect history and stop nasty people deleting such information? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 17train (talk • contribs)

I don't think that file has ever existed. Perhaps if you look through Category:NZR A class (1873) and en:NZR A class (1873) you can find something you edited previously and then find your old account name by looking at the page history. --ghouston (talk) 05:48, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
@17train: I think the table was on the English Wikipedia at en:NZR A class (1873). Looking at the page history, it was present at [2], but was deleted due to en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_NZR#Class_registers. --ghouston (talk) 05:52, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Mate, I've had a dig further down and found the scumbag who has been trashing NZR Wikipedia pages... User:LJ Holden Bad news. Has also caused issues on many other wiki pages. Can we undo everything he has done??? User:LJ Holden has serious issues! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 17train (talk • contribs)

@17train: Nobody here at Wikimedia Commons (the place that files are hosted) can do anything about stuff happening on Wikipedia. You'd need to take it up over there, but I'd suggest reading the discussion at en:Wikipedia:WikiProject_NZR#Class_registers carefully. --ghouston (talk) 06:09, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Mon compte n'est pas accessible

Bonjour, j'ai un problème avec mon profil. Je peux me connecter sur mon compte, mais je ne peux pas avoir accès à ma page personnelle et y faire des modifications. Merci de m'éclairer sur ce problème. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ninilechat (talk • contribs) 14:25, 21 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Ninilechat: Bonjour, Il faudrait que vous expliquiez plus précisément votre problème, mais je présume qu'il se peut que vous confondiez ci site-ci, qui est Wikimedia Commons (le site qui constitue la banque de fichiers médias), avec le site de Wikipédia (le site où se trouvent les articles encyclopédiques). Si c'est le cas, ne vous en faites pas, c'est une erreur fréquente des débutants. Il suffit de s'habituer à distinguer les différents sites de Wikimedia lorsqu'on passe de l'un à l'autre. Si vous cherchez votre page personnelle d'utilisateur que vous avez créée sur le site de l'encyclopédie Wikpédia, elle se trouve à cet endroit : fr:Utilisateur:Ninilechat. Vous n'avez pas encore créé votre page personnelle d'utilisateur ici sur le site Wikimedia Commons. Vous pouvez le faire si vous le souhaitez. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:54, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Uploading Images of Magazines

If we are writing an article on a magazine are we allowed to upload images of a picture of the front page of the Magazine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jweinberg22 (talk • contribs) 14:27, 21 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Jweinberg22: Hi, and welcome. An authorized representative of the magazine's publisher should post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:52, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Foto uit commons naar Wikipedia

Ik heb een wikipedia pagina geopend waarin ik een foto wil uploaden. Deze staat dus in commons.wikimedia.org. Hoe krijg ik de foto nu in de wikipedia pagina? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keeskokkelkoren (talk • contribs) 14:45, 21 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Mislabelled location

I have just posted a photo on the article about The Battle of Inverlochy 1645. I added Latitude and longitude but after publishing noticed the longitude was given as East rather than West. I think this must have been a default setting as I didn't enter it. I cannot see how to correct this. The correct Latitude is 56°44'38" Longitude 5°6'36". Please can you correct it or send me instructions. Many thanks, Ronaldcameron — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronaldcameron (talk • contribs) 20:01, 21 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Account problem

srabonmukta121@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.134.8.139 (talk • contribs) 22:18, 21 October 2020‎ (UTC)

User:Undersea Repairman

I want to add IMG_6076.HEIC To the Cyrtopleura costata how do I do this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Undersea Repairman (talk • contribs) 17:34, 21 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Undersea Repairman: Hi, and welcome. To add File:Cyrtopleura costata Guilford Connecticut.jpg to en:Cyrtopleura costata or any other article, please read en:Help:Pictures. Also, please "Ask your question at the end of this page."   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:59, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Escacs d'amor (1r).jpg and File:Escacs d'amor (1v).jpg

I have uploaded two files from here and here respectively. Each file is a modern digital reproduction of a page from a 1914 publication by Ramon Miquel i Planas (d. 1950), showing a photograph of a 1470s manuscript. The repository marks it as in the public domain: “Domini públic. En enllaços, reproduccions o altres usos d'aquest recurs citeu la font "Biblioteca de Catalunya": http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/” [Public domain. In links, reproductions or other uses of this resource cite the source "Biblioteca de Catalunya"] and “Rights: The Public Domain Mark (PDM): http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/”. I would like to know what's the aproppiate copyright tag. Thanks. --MrPotato1010 (talk) 21:00, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

  • You need to ensure that the work is free to use in both Spain and in the United States. The "Public Domain" mark can be helpful, but in this case we do not need to make use of it. WE have two distinct copyright problems ot look at - the copyright of the original author (1470's) and the copyright of the photographer (1914). The copyright of the original author has definitely expired, so you need to use the tags "{{{PD-old-70}}" (in respect of Spain) and "{{PD-1996}}" in respect of the US.. In Spain, copyright of photographs expires after 25 years, so you need to use the tag "{{PD-Spain-photo}}" and the tag "{{PD-US}}" in respect of the photograph. I suggest that you format your licencing using the follwoing after the heading "Licencing":

Manuscript

Licencing in respect of the manuscript itself (1470's) {{PD-old-70}} {{PD-1996}}

Photograph

Licencing in respect of the photpgraph (1914). Note that in the US, copyright of photographs that "mechanical copies" of other documents are vested in the original document, not the photograph (See en:Derivative_work#Originality_requirement). {{PD-Spain-photo}} {{PD-US}}

Many thanks! --MrPotato1010 (talk) 15:13, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
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Replacing accidentally subst'ed Template:OTRS from multiple files

I did a bulk upload of 90+ images via Pattypan, and accidentally put {{subst:OTRS}} instead of {{subst:OP}}. (Yeah, d'oh). So I want to clear up the mess I made, which consists of subst'ed OTRS templates without an ID. I'm a user of VisualFileChange and familiar with regular expressions. So it looks like I should match the area that begins photo license = {{#switch:1 and ends |other_versions = and replace it with photo license = {{subst:OP}} |other_versions =, and make similar changes further down. This involves replacing areas with comment tags, so I've switched off "preserve comments" and enabled regular expression mode, but I can't get my regular expression to match the block of text. Any help welcome, MartinPoulter (talk) 17:29, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

  • @MartinPoulter: If the block of text is identical on all of them -- I think it should be -- don't use regexes.
  • If it us not identical, could could you be more specific about how they differ? Or could you at least point at a particular page that is an example of what you are trying to work on? This is difficult to answer in the abstract.
  • Also, I'm not sure "subst" will work right with VFC, you may need to do this in two steps. - Jmabel ! talk 17:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
Hi Jmabel, an example is File:Khalili_Collection_Enamels_of_the_World_CHI527.jpg It looks like the text is the same for all files (all of which are in Category:Khalili Collection of Enamels of the World) but it's a big complicated block of code. Subst does seem to work with VFC: I've used it to add the OP template at the top of that page in the hope it won't be speedy-deleted. There is a block of text within the photo license field of the Art photo template, and another block of text under the Licensing heading. MartinPoulter (talk) 18:02, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
This is now resolved: I just pasted in the text to be deleted rather than trying to capture it with a regular expression. MartinPoulter (talk) 11:51, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
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Alt Tags for Accessibility

Hello, All, We're running a wikimedia commons edit a thon with a focus on "accessibility." I can't see to find a way to add alt tags that reveal image-alt information on "hover." Is there a way to do this with Wikimedia Commons? I can't seem to find anything. thank you! --Dolphin and anchor (talk) 22:55, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

This should be alt text
Caption distinct from alt text

@Dolphin and anchor: Does the example I've placed here work for you? - Jmabel ! talk 00:00, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: It does! Thank you! --Dolphin and anchor (talk) 03:15, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

How to edit item description once file uploaded?

Hello,

Good morning. How to edit item description once file uploaded?

Thank you. Neil — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huddyhuddy (talk • contribs) 07:18, 21 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Huddyhuddy: Hi, and welcome. Are you unable to edit the file description page, perhaps to add {{Rename}}?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:51, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jeff, thank you for the reply. This type of editing is new for me, don't know how to begin here... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huddyhuddy (talk • contribs) 08:43, 21 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Huddyhuddy: Hi, and welcome to Wikimedia Commons. You may not have noticed: signing one's posts on talk pages here with ~~~~ helps people to find out who wrote something when, and it provides them with a link to one's user and talk pages (for further discussion). You may edit a file description page as easily as you edited this section. Which one did you want to edit, and why?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:12, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jeff, thanks for the reply. There is am image I uploaded but repeated the year twice, wanted to omit the first one, here is the image link:

1934 Chinese passport issued in 1934 to a couple living in Berlin

Thanks, Neil Huddyhuddy (talk) 21:41, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Thank you very much, but without tutorials I do not understand how to use the template. Thank you again.

Hi, Good morning. Thank you for the reply, will try again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huddyhuddy (talk • contribs) 07:55, 23 October 2020‎ (UTC)

photo caption

HOW do I change the FILE NAME of a photo I have submitted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GFred1 (talk • contribs)

Please, see Commons:File renaming. Ruslik0 (talk) 20:24, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

How to use a userbox from Wikipedia?

I tested this Wikipedia user box page in Commons: {{w:User:ジョヴ/userboxes/YamanoteE235}}

Is it possible? Evan0512 (talk) 21:44, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Email activation

Can I have activation email sent to me again? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moroccanzaddy (talk • contribs) 11:44, 22 October 2020‎ (UTC)

University photos

Привет! Я являюсь сотрудником ТИУ и корректирую статью о вузе. Фотографии, которые я загружаю, давно уже не принадлежат никому конкретному, их использует вуз. Что мне нужно сделать, чтобы не иметь проблем с их загрузкой на сайт? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gerasimovev (talk • contribs) 04:58, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

  • @Gerasimovev: I'm guessing "ТИУ" is Tyumen industrial University.
  • "давно уже не принадлежат никому конкретному": that doesn't make sense. Unless they are from the 1930s or earlier, they are almost certainly copyrighted, and even back to 1900 they might be. Either the University actually owns the copyright or it doesn't. If it does, and you are authorized to represent them (or can get someone who is) you can go thro/ruugh the process described at COM:OTRS or COM:OTRS. Otherwise, if they are copyrighted byt it is not clear who owns the copyright, then the pictures can't be used on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 22:56, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

VK Bautershoven

Why is so difficult to add our clublogo (jpg file ...) To add the location off our pitch is also difficult ...

Can you answer me in Dutch? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hoegie 1 (talk • contribs) 08:41, 23 October 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Hoegie 1: If you want help, you'll really need to ask a more specific question than "Why is it difficult?" - Jmabel ! talk 22:48, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
  • This seems to be about nl:Vk bautershoven, which obviously needs a bit of work. It may be useful to copy ideas from other similar football pages. I think the location of the pitch is
    Camera location50° 49′ 05.98″ N, 5° 13′ 35.38″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMapinfo
    . --ghouston (talk) 23:17, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

    初めてで、何も分かりませんので質問させて下さい。（日本語しか分かりません。スミマセン）

    This is my first time and I don't understand anything, so let me ask you a question. (I only understand Japanese. Sumimasen)


    I am doing a kimono remake in Sannomiya, Kobe. It is a job to change kimono into clothes. Kimono is now being introduced all over the world and I think you are interested in it. However, even Japanese people cannot wear it by themselves, so I would like you to change it into clothes and wear it. However, I do not have the opportunity to introduce it to foreigners. If possible, I thought that I would like to see the pictures here, so I consulted. I would like you to know that there is a company in Kobe that does this kind of thing. In addition, we have devised a "obi belt" for kimono fabric and registered it as a "utility model". It is a belt of the belt that you can wear by tightening it on your clothes. I can make various things, but I would like to have a tentative sewing, so I would like to live in Japan, but I don't know where I can introduce you. I'm sorry to ask you for a consultation suddenly, but I would be grateful if you could give me some advice. I look forward to working with you. Fashion office Yeiko Araki Eiko 090-8199-5834 info@ei-style.jp  


    神戸・三宮で着物リメイクをやっています。着物を洋服に作り替える仕事です。着物は今全世界に紹介もされ興味を持って戴いてると思います。 しかし日本人でも自分で着られませんので、洋服に作り替えて着て頂きたいと思います。しかし海外の方に紹介する機会が有りません。 もし可能で有ればこちらで写真を見て頂けないかと思いご相談させていただきました。こういう事をする会社が神戸に有るんだという事を 知って頂きたいと思っています。尚着物の生地で「帯ベルト」を考案しまして、「実用新案」登録しています。持っているお洋服に締めて着て頂く 帯地のベルトです。いろいろな物が作れますが、仮縫いをしたいですので、日本に住んでおられる方が希望なのですが、どういう場所で、紹介させて 頂けるか分かりません。いきなり相談持ちかけて申しわけございませんが、何かアドバイスを戴けたら嬉しいです。どうぞ宜しくお願いします。 ファッションオフィスイエイ　　　荒木栄子　　０９０－８１９９－５８３４　　　info@ei-style.jp

    — Preceding unsigned comment added by 荒木栄子 (talk • contribs) 01:58, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

    • I don't see what (if anything) this has to do with help in using Commons. It looks to me like a commercial solicitation. Am I missing something? - Jmabel ! talk 02:20, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

    How do I edit the name of my picture

    I need to correct the name of one of my pictures. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dockside living (talk • contribs) 03:27, 24 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    Blocked from uploading better version of file

    This file needed cropping (note text at top) and I have done so, but I cannot upload it. I also don't understand the reference to annotations that popped up; I cannot find any.

    Deisenbe (talk) 08:35, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

    The annotation-field is below the 3rd word of the lower caption. --Túrelio (talk) 08:47, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

    How do I translate good articles into Afrikaans?

    I'd like to know how I can extend on good available articles (subjects) by translating them into German or especially in Afrikaans. Afrikaans doesn't have as many users as english, swedish or spanish. I'd like to contribute by translating these articles into Afrikaans. Pleas elet me know, how do i go about. I'm very new to Wikipedia. Looking forward to contribute to the expansion of this wonderful knowledge database!

    This is not Wikipedia. It is Wikimedia Commons. You should address your question to Afrikaans Wikipedia. Ruslik0 (talk) 20:30, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
    And especially at af:Wikipedia:Bladsye vir vertaling and/or af:Wikipediabespreking:Bladsye vir vertaling. - Jmabel ! talk 02:14, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

    User:Magnus Manske & the delinker

    It looks like User:CommonsDelinker/commands has not processed category moves in close to a week, and User:Magnus Manske who operates it has not been on Commons in more than twice that time. Is there any other way to get hold of him, or anyone else who can deal in some manner with the delinker? - Jmabel ! talk 02:32, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Jmabel: He has a Darwinian spam filter here; but be warned, he has never responded to any of my concerns on-wiki.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:32, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

    How can I make a gallery of different images that are all constrained to the same size?

    Hi all

    I'm working on some documentation and have one small issue that I'm really struggling to find a solution for. Basically I want to create a line of the different Wikimedia project logos that:

    1. Are all constrained to a 100px x 100px box so they all look 'the same'
    2. Do not have any kind of background behind them

    I've been playing around with galleries and I can't quite work out the right code for it, does anyone know? I could create new version of the images in 100px x 100px ratio but this feels needlessly complicated.

    Thanks

    John Cummings (talk) 09:38, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

    • Thanks @Jmabel: , I'm not sure, I could do the names underneath so I've changed the request, the main issue is making the images all constrained to a 100px x 100px box so they all look 'the same' with no background. John Cummings (talk) 17:34, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

    - Jmabel ! talk 02:11, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

      — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:35, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Jeff G.: and @Jmabel: these look great, much simpler solution, how do I provide the links (like my example above) either underneath or by clicking on the images? John Cummings (talk) 09:34, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

    @John Cummings: Try this:

    My userpages (licensing referenced in wikitext):

      — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:05, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

    Replacing a locator map which was requested to be in a better quality in SVG

    I am a total newbie in contribution.

    I have seen that the page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arctic_Ocean_-_en.png requested a better picture in a SVG format.

    I have made it with the image given from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Location_map/data/Arctic . I have followed closely the official limits according toy the CIA World Factbook and the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). Also, I tried to follow the conventions descripted here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Maps/Conventions

    Here is my work :

    I don't know how or, even, if I should change the initial page. Because the initial image is used in several pages and because I have no experience, I do not want to change myself anything without to know exactly what I should write and edit. It is highly expected that I will make mistakes.

    Moreover, when following the locator map conventions, I failed to see any conventions for highlighting offshore territories for hierachic informations; only onshore as countries, regions have a clear convention of colors for hierarchic informations but none for sea and ocean. I just used a darker blue. Quentin Bernard (talk) 17:33, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

    • @Quentin Bernard: You would probably do better to post this on the talk page where it was asked for than here. You are really not asking for help in using Commons, which is what this page is about, you are offering something to someone who asked for it, so you need to post this where they will see it. - Jmabel ! talk 17:40, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Quentin Bernard: You could follow the advice in {{Convert to SVG}}. To bolster explanations of global warming, you could also include (here or in a similar file) shrinking polar ice cap dimensions from various dates, if you could get them.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:44, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Jmabel: No one came on the talk page since 2012 and the last edit of the main page is 2018. If I just wait an answer there, it may be probable that no one will answer and I just let my work on my computer forever ? Or maybe I did not understand.Quentin Bernard (talk) 17:55, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Jeff G.: I have already clicked on the {{Convert to SVG}} template, but I do no understand what I should do when eading their instructions. I have no knowledge in editing anything. In fact, just three hours ago, I did not know what was a template. The "help page" seems to talk to people who have experience I do not have sadly. Quentin Bernard (talk) 17:55, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Quentin Bernard: "{{Convert to SVG|locator map}}" was added to File:Arctic Ocean - en.png by Karlfk, based on an original addition by someone who is no longer here. Following the advice of that template, I have just replaced it in that file description page with "{{vector version available|File:Arctic Ocean SVG.svg}}" in this edit, added that new template to File:Arctic Ocean-sl.png in this other edit, replaced with that new template to File:Arctic Ocean.png in this third edit, and added other versions to your version in this fourth set of edits. Please be careful replacing the files that currently have labels with your version, some editors might like the labels (in which case, you might want to make SVG versions with labels, at least in English and Slovene). Also, you can find static help with creation of SVG files for use on these projects at Help:SVG, and dynamic help at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:47, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Jeff G.: Thank you to have explained what you have done.Following your example, I will be able to do it myself next time. Just two questions. First, how did you know you should edit File:Arctic Ocean-sl.png ? It is not automatic ? Where I should go to check that (I went on the page but I didn't see those links) ? Second question, you mention the problem of the labels which are missing in other languages; is it not a mistake, then, to have edited this page because I may destroy some vital information used somewhere ? Quentin Bernard (talk) 12:23, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Quentin Bernard: You're welcome. File:Arctic Ocean-sl.png was (and still is) linked (with the older name of namespace 6) as "other_versions=Slovene version: [[:Image:Arctic Ocean-sl.png]]" in the wikitext of File:Arctic Ocean - en.png. It was not automatic. A clue was in the name, we generally don't call something "-en" or "- en" unless a preceding name exists. There are only labels in two languages; use in pages that are not in those languages is fair game (subject to the usual possibilities of merciless edits on wikis and edit filters for new users changing images).   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:50, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Jeff G.: For the problem with the labels, I tried to correct that with the template "Location map". On the paper, it is an ideal solution. For example :

    {{Location map|Arctic | AlternativeMap =Arctic Ocean SVG.svg |lat_deg = 90 |lon_deg = 90 |label = Severni Teĉag |caption = Arktični oceana }}. I tried it in my own personal draft user [3] but it seems that does not work inside a Template {{Vector version available}}. Should I edit the image's wikipage and manually say "An SVG format exist. Using this code, you can replace the png format by the svg" ? Quentin Bernard (talk) 23:08, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Quentin Bernard: I would defer to the experts at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop on that.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:30, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

    Franco Ziliani Biografia

    Buongiorno,

    tramite utente Pamelabertussi ho provato a pubblicare un paio di volte la biografia del Presidente dell’azienda per cui lavoro – Guido Berlucchi – ma cancellata perché “uno o più testi che hai inserito nella pagina Franco Ziliani paiono copiati da http://www.aivv.it/Archivio/Curricula/cv2_Ziliani.pdf e perciò sono stati rimossi”.

    Vorrei rivendicare il diritto d’autore sui contenuti di cui in allegato in quanto redatti da una mia collega (PR e Pubbliche Relazioni dell’azienda) in concomitanza con la figlia del Signor Franco Ziliani.

    Come posso procedere per pubblicare la biografia del Sig. Franco Ziliani? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pamelabertussi (talk • contribs) 08:57, 26 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    (with some help from Google translate -- I speak Spanish, but not Italian...)
    • @Pamelabertussi: È forse una domanda che volevi porre sulla Wikipedia italiana? Non vedo alcuna rilevanza per Commons.
    • Se si tratta del Presidente dell'azienda per cui lavoro, immagino che la Wikipedia italiana, come la maggior parte delle altre, abbia regole sui conflitti di interesse che direbbero che non dovresti essere la persona che ne scrive.
    • Wikipedia raramente vuole un articolo che viene semplicemente copiato altrove. Nel raro caso in cui ciò sarebbe desiderabile, dovresti passare attraverso il processo OTRS (it:Wikipedia:OTRS). - Jmabel ! talk 17:41, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

    Is it ok to upload profile pictures from social media? Does it count as fair use or not?

    I need to know this because I want to upload a picture for an article I'm writing, but it's from someone's social media profile picture. The person's profile picture I want to upload has a black background with a red cross in the middle. Does it count as fair use? Toad62 (talk) 17:42, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

    • @Toad62: With rare exceptions it is not acceptable, and Commons does not allow images to be used on a fair use basis.
    • If the picture is simply a black background with a red cross in the middle -- no photo involved -- than that is simple enough to be {{PD-ineligible}}. - Jmabel ! talk 17:49, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Jmabel: Does this mean I can upload it? Toad62 (talk) 23:48, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

    • @Toad62: Not having seen the image, I don't know. As I said, if it is simply a black background with a red cross in the middle -- no photo involved -- you can use {{PD-ineligible}}. But if (for example, and I can't tell from your description) it is a photograph superimposed on a black background with a red cross in the middle, then no. - Jmabel ! talk 23:52, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Jmabel: Ok, thank you for your help! I appreciate it. Stay safe! Toad62 (talk) 23:55, 26 October 2020 (UTC)

    I want to critique the critiques of Klee's The Twittering Machine

    as the subject says -

    I want to speak for the satisfaction painting/drawing is - the physical movement of making it, the satisfaction by the eye participating in making it and seeing it; the whole human participating in feeling a graphic come out of themself - the movement of doing it and seeing it and of course, knowing it - Making 'art' feels good to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12Communist (talk • contribs) 21:21, 26 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    Contact with member

    I would like to contact Magog the Ogre regarding the political map of the US by county. My email address is jfhead@headspecialtyproducts.com and my telephone is 303-748-0274. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.71.246.11 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 26 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    Photo Location

    A bot has been changing the locations of my uploaded photos because they "don't match the ones stored at SDC". The latest one (Cypress Hills Grasslands.jpg) was moved a distance of 113234 m, from SE Alberta to somewhere in Montana! I've corrected some of them, but I gather from reading some of the links that the bot will just change them back. How can I prevent this? Or should I just delete all location data from the photos? I suppose that no location is better than a wrong location. Georgialh (talk) 01:08, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Georgialh: The bot just added structural data including the location but you fixed the location template which has not been touched by the bot. Instead, the original location information was provided yourself and later copied to the structural data by the bot. --AFBorchert (talk) 08:32, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

    Uploading a photo

    Can I publish a photo of a public figure that I did not take? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1a2b3c4d8 (talk • contribs) 21:05, 27 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    Short answer: no, only the copyright holder has the right to do that. Long answer: this depends on what you mean by publishing. I'm going to assume that you want to upload the image to Commons. In this case, the copyright holder must have published the image under a free license. Is there a particular photo you are thinking of? --rimshottalk 21:31, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

    Regarding OTRS permission from photographer

    I have reached out to a well-known Indian aviation photographer using Instagram. He has agreed in-principle to let me upload one of his images to commons under a suitable license. What process should I follow to ensure that the image is uploaded to commons?

    I have read Commons:OTRS. But, still, I am a bit confused about the exact process that I need to follow.— Vaibhavafro 💬 08:21, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

    • @Vaibhavafro: The simplest -- bypassing OTRS -- is if he has a site elsewhere clearly under his control, and he can just indicate the license there.
    • The second simplest is if he can use Commons:Wikimedia OTRS release generator to generate a release, then email the resulting release from an email address that is clearly his.
    • In either case, remember that we need a specific license and clear identification of what image is involved. - Jmabel ! talk 16:43, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Vaibhavafro: Hi, and welcome. He could also comment "Licensed CC-BY-SA-4.0" or "Licensed CC-BY-4.0" on Instagram.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:48, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

    Adding templates to subcategories within a category

    Hello, Is there a way that I can add Template:User category to all of the categories in Category:Davey2010/Done without having to add it one by one?,
    Never used AWB but wasn't sure if that could do it ?,
    Unfortunately I'd under-estimated how many images I'd uploaded, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 11:27, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Davey2010: If you add it to that category, the subcategories should be hidden too. Eventually.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:37, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
    Ah okay thanks Jeff much appreciated :) –Davey2010Talk 18:01, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

    Ajout d'une sous catégorie dans la Category:Media contributed by the Archives Nationales (France)

    Bonjour,

    je souhaiterais ajouter dans la section "sous catégorie" de cette page ː Category:Media contributed by the Archives Nationales (France)https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_contributed_by_the_Archives_Nationales_(France), la Category:Seals_in_the_Archives_Nationales_(France)ː https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Seals_in_the_Archives_Nationales_(France) Pouvez-vous m'indiquer la démarche ? Je vous remercie --Archives nationales (France) (talk) 15:07, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

    copyright for internet

    Hi,

    I am editing a short series about jerusalem. in the movie I want to use a number of still photos from the site. After going through all the information I am still trying to understand how I use copyright correctly...

    1. do I need to credit and attribute visually on every still frame that I use? 2. do I attribute in the credit lines at the end of each chapter? 3/ where do I embed the attribute info...in the file name?

    Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.57.239.197 (talk • contribs) 07:52, 8 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    You would attribute each picture in the credit lines, yes. Where those pictures are still frames from an video, you would mention that fact and then attribute it. By the way, it is not clear if you are working on an essay or an video.--Snaevar (talk) 23:35, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

    الاماكن الاثرية

    ان مسجد محمد علي بقلعة صلاح الدين الايوبي لم يتم ادراجه من ضمن الاماكن الاثرية بمحافظة القاهرة — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohamed Taha Mohamed Darwesh (talk • contribs) 23:14, 13 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    مرحبًا @Mohamed Taha Mohamed Darwesh: ، رجاءً توضيح نقطتك أكثر، ويُفضل منك طرحها في كومنز: الميدان، أو في هذه الصفحة بحيث يستطيع المسؤولون عن المُسابقة في مصر التفاعل مع سؤالك والإجابة عليه في أسرع وقت. تحياتي --Alaa :)..! 00:37, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    Template for WLE winner at sub-country level

    Template:WLE finalist or winner image allows to set a file as a winner at worldwide or national level. However, in Ukraine (and maybe in other countries) there are winners at region level. For example, File:Неймовірні заходи сонця на Кінбурнській косі (6).jpg was a 2017 winner in en:Mykolaiv Oblast of Ukraine (see uk:Вікіпедія:Вікі_любить_Землю/Переможці#Переможці_за_областями. Does it make sense to extend the template? --176.36.227.144 06:51, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

    In this case you would create an new template. WLE only consideres the top 10 images on the national level as part of the international competition, so it is not ok to use this template for regional winners.--Snaevar (talk) 23:46, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

    Structured data for a WLE winner

    How to set in Structured Data section that a file took xxx place in the national contest of Wiki Loves Earth. For example, File:Зимові Мармароси.jpg won 9th place in Wiki Loves Earth Ukraine 2017. Some are winners at sub-country level (see above). Some are finalist. Some are just participants etc.

    Is it possible to set is automatically by a bot based on the Template:WLE finalist or winner image? Maybe there's a "bot request" page here? --176.36.227.144 07:01, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

    Ask at the places mentioned at Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2020/Contact_us. This question is too specific for the Help desk.--Snaevar (talk) 23:55, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

    Urheber unbekannt: Wer hat Ahnung von Lizenzangabe?

    Copyright help regarding File:Kleinmachnow Bäkemühle und Hakeburg.jpg Bei diesem (und einem zweiten) Bild handelt es sich um gefundene Negative aus den 1950er Jahren, deren Urheber mir unbekannt ist. Es sind zwei einfache Schnappschüsse ohne künstlerischen Wert, die nirgendwo veröffentlicht wurden. Für solche Lichtbilder gilt (zumindest in Deutschland) §72 UrhG, also frei nach 50 Jahren, siehe auch https://dejure.org/gesetze/UrhG/72.html. Wie muss ich die Lizenz eintragen? Danke und Gruß --Andreas Lippold (talk) 16:32, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

    Unknown author: Who knows about the license information?

    Copyright help regarding File:Kleinmachnow Bäkemühle und Hakeburg.jpg This (and a second) image are found negatives from the 1950s, whose author is unknown to me. They are two simple snapshots with no artistic merit that have not been published anywhere. For such photos, §72 UrhG applies (at least in Germany), i.e. free after 50 years, see also https://dejure.org/gesetze/UrhG/72.html.

    How do I have to register the license? Thanks and regards
    translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:30, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Andreas Lippold: Hallo und willkommen. COM:Germany/de verweist nicht auf §72 UrhG, sondern auf §134-KUG - bitte verwenden Sie {{PD-Germany-§134-KUG}} oder erkundigen Sie sich weiter unter Commons talk:Copyright rules by territory.
    Hi, and welcome. COM:Germany does not reference §72 UrhG but §134-KUG - please use {{PD-Germany-§134-KUG}} or inquire further at Commons talk:Copyright rules by territory.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:30, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    Too many notifications despite settings

    Hi, could you give me some advice about how to limit hundreds of email notifications after bot edits changing structured data on my photos, please? Neither setting "A daily summary of notifications" nor muting these bot users in my Preferences > Notifications helped – for example, last night I received more than 900 emails after changes by User:SchlurcherBot. --Czeva (talk) 07:22, 25 October 2020 (UTC)

    Are you getting email notifications when a file on your watchlist is changed? In your 'User profile', there is an option to turn that off (if this is the issue). I imagine that in time the bots will finish what they doing and it can then be safely turned back on. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 04:16, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Malcolmxl5: Thank you for the advice. I was hoping to avoid just bot edits because like this, I won't be able to notice other edits on my photos, but you are right that these bot changes won't last forever. --Czeva (talk) 06:32, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

    Unauthorized bot activity on my talk page

    The Wikimedia Commons Welcome bot posted a message to my talk page after 'seeing me' visit the website. I found this to be an invasion of privacy and thought it was highly disturbing. Where can I go to suggest that the bot not automatically post on user's talk pages (before they make any edits)? Also, I would like the post to be removed and I would not like the bot to interact with my account in the future. How can we make this happen? Sunmarsh (talk) 05:54, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Sunmarsh: It's a welcome bot. You probably won't see it again. Firestar464 (talk) 06:35, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
    Hi Sunmarsh, the bot is not unauthorized. It was introduced through consensus in 2008. One year ago, we had a proposal to shut the bot down but this was not successful. Any proposals should go through COM:VPP but given that we had just recently a discussion, it is unlikely that another proposal would get much traction. Regards, AFBorchert (talk) 08:24, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Sunmarsh: You should be grateful, the post was blanked. 68.194.100.148 14:34, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

    Thank you all for your replies. I understand exactly what the bot is and its intended purpose. When I described its activity as unauthorized, I did not mean to imply it was unauthorized by the collective Wikimedia Commons, I meant that it had not received my authorization to generate and post on my talk page. I understand now that the bot is triggered by account creation, which was done automatically and without my explicit knowledge and permission as noted in the user creation log: "04:31, 27 October 2020 User account Sunmarsh was created automatically". I now understand that this is a result of automatic login done using a third party cookie, again an action taken on my behalf without my knowledge and consent. I believe the bot may be operating using a custom setting with regard to global variable $wgNewUserMessageOnAutoCreate as outlined at Extension:NewUserMessage. Does anyone know who I can contact regarding changes to the LocalSettings file for the install of the extension? Sunmarsh (talk) 16:25, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Sunmarsh: Any change to LocalSettings requires a consensus. You did register yourself for this project on your own volition and you thereby consented to the privacy policy and more generally the terms of use. --AFBorchert (talk) 16:48, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
    @AFBorchert: - I registered for Wikipedia, not Wikimedia Commons, back in 2008. My Wikimedia Commons account was automatically generated without my explicit permission through the unified login as described at Help:Unified login:
    Additional wikis will be added to the user's login the first time they are visited. For example, a regular user at Commons and German Wikipedia will not automatically login to English Wikibooks, but if that user visits English Wikibooks once while logged in, they will then login to English Wikibooks every time.
    This functionality is not noted anywhere in the Privacy Policy or terms of use. Nor is noted in Wikimedia Foundation's Cookie statement. Sunmarsh (talk) 18:10, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Sunmarsh: Well, not every functionality is documented in full in the Privacy Policy. However, it explicitly tells that “a public log may include the date your account was created on a Wikimedia Site along with the dates that other accounts were created on a Wikimedia Site.” I am sorry that this took you by surprise as we had no single user login in January 2008. But most people are happy that it is so easy to move through the projects thanks to the single user login. I am actively working in four projects all the time and frequently jumping to other projects. I am grateful that I do not have to login to each project individually. But for this to work, a mechanism for automatic account creation is required and this will be logged anyway. The Welcome bot is just hooked to this publically observable event. --AFBorchert (talk) 19:09, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
     Comment Of course it is a correct observation that the welcome-bot vote was held far before we got SUL. A solution could be to wait with a message by bot for example until the user has done 10, 5 or even 2 uploads or edits. And I think we can differ between automatic account creation (because of SUL) and new account-creations when accounts get created locally. Ciell (talk) 19:57, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Sunmarsh: Could it be that you forgot being automatically logged in to French Wikipedia courtesy of SUL on the 2nd? Or mediawiki.org on the 8th? Or meta earlier this afternoon? Why are you only picking on us?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:35, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
    Hello, @Jeff G.: You're correct that this isn't the first time an account has been created for me automatically courtesy of SUL. This is just the first time I realized that it happened, and the only reason I even came to realize it was because the welcome message was triggered on account creation, which was triggered as soon as I visited the Commons. I apologize if I came across as accusatory towards you or other editors here who may have read my post, as that was not my intention. --Sunmarsh (talk) 03:16, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
    I think it would be better if the welcome message was posted only once somebody edited on Commons, assuming that this can be detected just as easily. Creating a talk page just for an auto login seems overly aggressive. --ghouston (talk) 00:51, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
    I agree with Ghouston. - Jmabel ! talk 01:14, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
    I likewise agree with you and found it unfortunate that 1989's proposal did not go through. However, I think that one of the main motivations to keep it configured that way is to provide some help and pointers before the first image is uploaded. This is a major difference to other projects where usually the first edits have less significance. However, I see a disadvantage in welcome bots as they create an unpersonal experience right at the beginning. I think that the welcome experience would be significantly different if someone posts some greeting – perhaps a subst'd template combined with some personal remarks. --AFBorchert (talk) 12:44, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

    העלאת תמונה

    אני רוצה לעלות תמונה בהאינטרנט איך אני יודע אם יש אלה זכווית יוצרים? — Preceding unsigned comment added by מתן הלל עמור (talk • contribs) 20:59, 28 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    Uploading an image
    I want to upload a picture from the internet How do I know if there are any copyright?
    translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:48, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
    • Most images on the Internet are copyrighted and are not free-licensed; hence, most images on the Internet are not suitable for Commons. If you would be more specific about what sort of images you are talking about, someone might be able to guide you toward material that would be public domain or free-licensed. - Jmabel ! talk 21:53, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

    Posting figures to the Commons for use in Wikiversity

    I am working on adding some curriculum to Wikiversity. The curriculum has some images (they are very simple images which I have created myself). Wikiversity recommends that any images used in contributed work should be housed in Wikimedia Commons & I know how to do that ... But the images do not really make any sense outside of the curriculum. Is it still ok to upload them to the Commons? Redwidgeon (talk) 22:24, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

    Adding a photo from a book- what is the process

    Hi, I have a diagram from a published book which I would like to add to my Wikipedia article about the Yued Aboriginal group from Western Australia. What is the process of adding this diagram to Wikimedia?


    Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunlew30 (talk • contribs) 12:30, 29 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    @Sunlew30: Hi, and welcome. What can you tell us about the names and lifetimes of the photographer or illustrator and author and the dates and countries of photography or illustration and publication?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:23, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
    Supplementing what Jeff G. wrote: unless the image is very old or extremely simple, it is almost certainly copyrighted and should not be uploaded to Commons without an explicit free license from the copyright-holder. - Jmabel ! talk 15:59, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

    No entiendo por qué marcan las imágenes que subo como "Violación de los derechos de autor"

    Hola,

    yo soy el autor de todas estas imágenes, no entiendo por qué las marcáis como "Violación de los derechos de autor" y luego las borráis. ¿Qué debo hacer para subir mis imágenes y que luego pueda enlazarlas a los textos míos de wikipedia?

    un saludo alejandro corletti — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acorletti (talk • contribs) 15:24, 29 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    I don't understand why they mark the images I upload as "Copyright infringement"

    Hello,

    I am the author of all these images, I don't understand why you mark them as "Copyright infringement" and then delete them. What should I do to upload my images so that I can then link them to my wikipedia texts?

    Greetings
    translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:34, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Acorletti: Necesitamos fuentes para las imágenes pequeñas que usaste en File:Diferentes tipos acceso datos Internet.png. Además, cuatro archivos que tomaste de https://www.darfe.es/index.php/es/ no tienen licencias gratuitas que pude encontrar allí (no sé exactamente dónde buscar porque no indicaste exactamente dónde buscar Mira). Un representante autorizado de ese sitio web debe publicar un permiso que cumpla con Commons:Licensing/es para dicho trabajo en su sitio web o presencia en las redes sociales o enviar el permiso a través de OTRS/es con una copia al carbón. Si no puede obtener una licencia compatible, las imágenes aún se pueden subir a Wikipedia en inglés (pero no a Wikipedia en español) de acuerdo con en:WP:F porque no permitimos Uso legítimo aquí.
    We need sources for the small images you used in File:Diferentes tipos acceso datos Internet.png. Also, four files you took from https://www.darfe.es/index.php/es/ have no free licenses I could find there (I don't know exactly where to look because you didn't indicate exactly where to look). An authorized representative of that website should post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the images may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia (but not Spanish Wikipedia) in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:34, 29 October 2020 (UTC)


    es que el autor de todas las imágenes y propietario de la empresa: www.darFe.es soy yo, así que tengo TODOS los derechos sobre esas imágenes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acorletti (talk • contribs) 16:45, 29 October 2020‎ (UTC)


    Reitero, SOY EL AUTOR y propietario de la Web www.darFe.es, ¿Qué más debo hacer para poder subir mis imágenes?, o ¿Cómo debo demostrar esta situación? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Acorletti (talk • contribs) 17:39, 29 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    [The thing] is that the author of all the images and owner of the company www.darFe.es is me, so I have ALL the rights to those images. I reiterate, I AM THE AUTHOR and owner of the Web www.darFe.es, what else should I do to be able to upload my images ?, or How should I demonstrate this situation?
    translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:38, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Acorletti: Publique el permiso que cumpla con Commons:Licensing/es para dicho trabajo en su sitio web o presencia en las redes sociales o envíe el permiso a través de OTRS/es.
    Please post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on your website or social media presence or send permission via OTRS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:38, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    اضافة معلم جديد فى محافظة الجيزة

    ارجو اضافة معلم جديد فى محافظة الجيزة وهو متحف ميت رهينة — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adelbayoumi (talk • contribs) 17:07, 29 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    Add a new teacher in Giza
    Please add a new landmark in Giza Governorate, which is the Dead Hostage Museum
    translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:25, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    أهلا ومرحبا. أنا آسف ، لكننا لا نضيف معلمين أو متاحف أو معالم. يرجى أن تكون أكثر تحديدًا أو أنشر على كومنز: الميدان بدلاً من ذلك.:@Adelbayoumi:

    Hi, and welcome. I'm sorry, but we don't add teachers, museums, or landmarks. Please be more specific or post at Commons:الميدان instead.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:25, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
    Hello Jeff G., automatic translation not go well here, as (مَعلم) mean (Monuments) and (مُعلم) mean (teacher). I think this user talking about Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Egypt. Thanks Jeff --Alaa :)..! 00:36, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    مرحبًا @Adelbayoumi: ، رجاءً توضيح نقطتك أكثر، ويُفضل منك طرحها في كومنز: الميدان، أو في هذه الصفحة بحيث يستطيع المسؤولون عن المُسابقة في مصر التفاعل مع سؤالك والإجابة عليه في أسرع وقت. تحياتي--Alaa :)..! 00:36, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    Joseph Eidelberg Biography

    Which would be the best way to publish the following Biography? Joseph Eidelberg (1916- 1985) A commanding Israeli military officer, an engineer, a large corporations general manager, linguist, explorer, historian and an author. Joseph Biography starts at the Russian revolution, his immigration to Israel at age 7 with his family and father who was an injured WW1 Russian soldier, the Israeli war of Independence, Military base commander, managing large corporations such as Timna Copper mines, Dead Sea Work and Israeli Ship Yards. Joseph revolutionary books, are based on years of explorations in Africa and Asia and represent detailed fascinating solutions for two of the most mysterious events in the Jewish History. The first is the mysterious story of Exodos, a desert trip that normally would take a week but lasted 40 years. The second is the mystery of the Ten lost tribes of Israel, which disappeared 2500 years ago and were never found. Joseph's book on these subjects include Bambara (Hebrew, Hamatmid 1972), The Japanese and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel (English, Gefen, 1980, 2014) and The Biblical Hebrew Origin of the Japanese People (English, Gefen, 2005). In addition the The Japanese and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel was translated to Japanese and sold in 40,000 copies. Joseph's Theories and discoveries were adopted by several authors. In Japan it is being taught by some Reverends and as a result it won a special TV series based on his discoveries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Beidelberg (talk • contribs) 17:11, 29 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    @Beidelberg: You are on Wikimedia Commons, which is a repository for photographs and other media. Biographies are more appropriate to one of the Wikipedias. If you are related to this individual as your username suggests, the best place to go next would be en:WP:AFC (for the English Wikipedia). – BMacZero (🗩) 19:46, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

    Saved Lists

    Where is the feature to have a list of saved articles on the desktop version of Wikipedia that is readily available on the mobile version? In the mobile version, it(’My lists’) is among the icons at the bottom of the page, between ’Explore’ and ’Search’. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MadeOneAlready (talk • contribs) 21:59, 29 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    How do I delete a picture I uploaded?

    I wanted to join the Commons contest but think I just posted a picture to a page outside of the contest entry form. Is there a way for me to delete it and then submit under the form? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidhart99 (talk • contribs) 21:37, 27 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    @Davidhart99: Hi, and welcome. Which contest form was that, exactly?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:38, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

    Hi. Thanks for the quick reply. I have never used Wikipedia before so I don't know how else to reply. The form is for the Wiki Loves Monuments contest. I uploaded a photo and thought it was for the contest but may not be. The photo is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Augustine_-_St._Augustine_Light_-_20170427113718.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidhart99 (talk • contribs) 00:45, 28 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    Good information. However my issue is that I want to upload this image to enter a Wikipedia contest and can't do so because the image is already in the Wikipedia "world". What I need to do is to delete the photo from this page that I created. Is there a way to do that? I don't see one. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:243:1100:1f30:2454:6953:d2d4:e42a (talk) 16:20, 29 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    @Davidhart99: I guess that was you, but please login. I followed Jmabel's advice above and added "-fl" to put it in Category:Images from Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Florida for you. What contest were you writing about?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:04, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    Thanks Jeff. This is David. I logged in and hope that helps. It's the Wiki Loves Monuments contest. I think I need to delete the photo from this page, fill out an entry form, and resubmit this photo on that form. The deadline is Oct 31 but this isn't a huge deal!

    @Davidhart99: Easiest to just to make a minor edit to the file and reupload it under a different name, filling in the form, then put {{SD|G7}} on the original. That way, you don't get caught out by a "duplicate" error message, and you meet the deadline. Rodhullandemu (talk) 16:45, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    Toyota Hilux surf 180312.jpg ( looking for set headlight)

    Where can I order set headlight for Toyota Hilux surf — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 180.190.175.21 (talk) 03:30, 30 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    Hi, and welcome. I would guess toyota.com.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:42, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    Am I allowed to add pictures of scenes from a TV show and say it's my own work?

    I want to add a scene from a TV show to Wikipedia, but I'm not sure that I'm allowed...

    I'd say not. A broadcast is copyright of its production company, and is certainly not your "own" work. Anything you post here would be a derived work and subject to the same copyright restrictions. Rodhullandemu (talk) 09:12, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    Submission of Assam Flag

    I am trying to upload a version of my home state flag but it is not being accepted, even though it is entirely my own design from scrach, please let me know what is the issue ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Radbrains (talk • contribs) 10:59, 30 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    @Radbrains: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg images as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Each jpg image you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads smaller images, they are copyright violations taken from the web. If you made the images yourself, please upload the full-size original of them, including EXIF metadata. If you did not make the images, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept them, and have the copyright holder(s) license them on their websites or social media or send the images and permissions via OTRS with carbon copies to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the images may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:35, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    Using photos posted on Wikimedia

    Dear Sir / Madam.

    We would like to use the train photo (captioned: Tung Chung line train approaching Sunny Bay station) in below website for internal & external publicity, e.g. printed matters like leaflet, banner or posted in our website. Please advise the procedure required to get the license of using this photo. Thanks.

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

    Regards, Angela LAM Assistant Manager – Project Administration Project Administration and Development Projects Management Office, Projects Division MTR Corporation Limited awllam@mtr.com.hk — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 118.143.134.152 (talk) 12:09, 30 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    Hi, and welcome. File:A Train Tung Chung Line 15-07-2017.jpg is licensed here with the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Please comply with the terms of the license or negotiate with photographer LN9267 here or on User talk:LN9267, I am guessing in Chinese.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:28, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
    This is hosted on Wikimedia Commons, which is a distinct site from Wikipedia. All content on Commons should be freely licensed (this is a goal of Commons), which means that it is free for you to use, even for commercial use, and that you don't need to request access to it before using it. Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia gives more detail of this.
    The particular licence for this image is a Creative Commons attribution licence: [4]
    This is quite easy to make use of, but you do need to credit the author of the image in your finished work, @LN9267: . A printed text of "LN9267 @ Wikimedia Commons" would usually suffice.
    Best wishes for your project and thankyou for taking an interest in Commons. Andy Dingley (talk) 12:39, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
    • Welcome to use,just list the source from here and need to credit my user name is okay.LN9267 (talk)

    Misnamed account

    I misspelled my name when I created my account. How do I change from Joel Levisnon to Joel Levinson? Sorry.

    @Joel Levisnon: Since this is your only contribution so far, it's easiest to just create another account with the correct spelling. Renaming accounts is possible, but can be tricky. Rodhullandemu (talk) 14:21, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
    @Joel Levisnon: you can use this for renames. --Prahlad (talk to me / what I've done) 00:10, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

    Image permission

    I am seeking to add an image to the Wiki article about the 1894 Bering Sea arbitration. The image is of a painting by my ancestor, Carl Gutherz, photographed from a biography from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, which contains images of a number of his paintings. I thought it would be a good addition of the article, but don't know if I need permission from the Museum to do this. The Museum contains the largest collection of the artist's work. Chaffee Monell

    @Arcymonell: In what year was the painting initially published or displayed? You almost certainly do not need the permission of the museum (see Commons:Reuse of PD-Art photographs), but we do need to make sure the painting itself is free to use. We'll use Commons:Hirtle chart to determine this. – BMacZero (🗩) 01:02, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

    Data (dot)map files

    Hi,

    I use GeoJSON maps on fr:Wikipedia articles, those maps work perfectly well within fr:wiki or external websites, I've discover this format Data:.map, I've tried importing my GeoJSON files and it keeps telling me this :

    Error: Parameter "data" must be a valid GeoJSON data object, or an array of GeoJSON objects. If properties field contains title or description, they must be either single line strings without tabs or trailing spaces, or a multi-lingual objects of such strings, e.g. { "en":"String in English", ... }

    Is there a way to outpass this warning, as my files are fully working.

    Still, the issue may come from "tabs" I suppose, how can I check those ?

    Arflhn (talk) 15:04, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

    EDIT : problem's been solved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arflhn (talk • contribs) 16:42, 29 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    I thought this section was resolved.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:47, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Jeff G.: Not at all, I did it by myself and I'm still encountering many issues, this DATAdotMAP is simply awful to use... Working GeoJSON files wether on fr:Wiki or external websites don't work with it, I didn't find ANY support on this type of file except a really short text on Mediawiki which doesn't help at all.

    We can't sort those pages using categories, this tool is great for inter-wiki maps but awful to use. Why can't we just have a DATA:Name(dot)map file with only the raw GeoJSON content in it and another one like File:Name with all the informations on the authors or sources. I think it should solve many issues and makes things far more simplier.

    Right now I'm encoutering a new problem (this tool is awful...) I can't modify a GeoJSON file within Commons...

    If there is a dedicated chat on this topic I would be glad to discuss it.

    Arflhn (talk) 22:10, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

    Wiki Loves Monuments Submission

    I submitted a picture for the contest, but didn't think I did it right, so I submitted another. The second one told me it was successfully submitted for the contest but the first hadn't done so. Is there a way to change which picture I want to submit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sedrik Spaulding (talk • contribs) 13:13, 31 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    @Sedrik Spaulding: Hi, and welcome. Both file description pages contain "{{Wiki Loves Monuments 2020|us-nh}}", so both are submitted in Category:Images from Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in New Hampshire. Multiple submissions are encouraged. It appears the only problems were a notification failure and a signature failure.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:51, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

    National Register of Historic Places: updated reference number

    After uploading two photos of the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, I found the reference number of Wardenclyffe Laboratory for the National Register of Historic Places: Listed in the National Register – Reference number 100002744.

    I had designated the reference number as pending, and would like to update the information. The photos were submitted for the contest Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in the United States. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Margaret57WC (talk • contribs) 14:44, 31 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    @Margaret57WC: Hi, and welcome. Please edit the file description pages of your uploaded photos to update them.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:25, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

    Why?

    I am having problem by download but I do have my Internet work but can't work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by KomBaiA (talk • contribs) 17:37, 31 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    Too long name on Flickr

    I was trying to upload this picture on Flickr with the upload wizard. The wizard get stuck on the first step, saying that file name cannot be longer than 240 characters, but it won't let me even reach the step of changing the file name. Is there anyway to get forward with the process? Mbkv717 (talk) 18:07, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

    @Mbkv717: You could download the image from Flickr, rename it on your computer and then upload it here using the old upload form. De728631 (talk) 20:54, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

    https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016_Vanlife_gathering-_Bellbrook_NSW,_Australia.jpg

    Hello, This image has been nominated for deletion however the owner gave me permission to use the image? Kind thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki-Contributor-Editor (talk • contribs) 20:41, 31 October 2020‎ (UTC)

    @Wiki-Contributor-Editor: Hello. Please note that we always need permissions to come directly from the copyright owner. We do not accept forwarded permissions, and the image has been published before without a free licence. Please ask Mr Warner to issue a free licence for this particular image on his website, or ask him to send an email using the process outlined at COM:OTRS. Only then can we restore the image. De728631 (talk) 20:52, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
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