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How to create a single DR for several files

Hi, folks. This is kind of stupid question, but how do create a single DR for several articles? Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SirEdimon (talk • contribs) 23:50, 31 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@SirEdimon: Please see Commons:Deletion requests/Mass deletion request.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:46, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
Hey, Jeff G. thanks.--SirEdimon Dimmi!!! 02:53, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
@SirEdimon: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:59, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:59, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Replacing files

How do you replace files? --ILoveCocomelon (talk) 19:23, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

There is a link at the bottom of File history section. Ruslik0 (talk) 20:35, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

ːː Oh ok. TYSMǃǃ --ILoveCocomelon (talk) 22:30, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

@ILoveCocomelon: To indent correctly, the wikitext parser needs real USASCII colons like Ruslik0 and I used.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:06, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:06, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Need help updating map

The US has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement. Can someone update the map to indicate that? Source: BBC I don't know how to do it myself. Thanks, Interstellarity (talk) 22:49, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

@Interstellarity: Hi, and welcome. Which map are you referring to, exactly?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:42, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: This one. Interstellarity (talk) 11:22, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
@Interstellarity: : Somebody might know how to update the map here, but you'll probably get a better response at Graphic Lab/Map workshop. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 15:53, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
@Interstellarity: You might also want to post to File talk:ParisAgreement.svg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:22, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
@Alex Noble and Jeff G.: Thank you. I have posted at both places. Hopefully, someone will update the map soon. Interstellarity (talk) 17:26, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
✓ Done by me. – BMacZero (🗩) 16:18, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
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画像変更

対象となる人物の肖像権を侵害する画像が使われているので変更したいのですが、荒らし防止のため保護されていると表示され編集できない場合は、どのように画像変更を行えばよいでしょうか。— Preceding unsigned comment added by カイト211 (talk • contribs) 01:24, 1 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Image change
I want to change the image because it infringes the portrait right of the target person, but if it is displayed as protected to prevent vandalism and I can not edit it, how should I change the image? ..
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:56, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
@カイト211: こんにちは、ようこそ。 正確にどの画像について書きましたか？ 肖像画はどの管轄区域にありますか？
Hi, and welcome. Exactly which image did you write about? What jurisdiction has the portrait right?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:56, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Down-scaling a giant image

File:Khalili_Collections_A_Composite_Imaginary_View_of_Japan.jpg is originally 10,485 × 14,223 px. It shows there are several lower-res images available, but the largest of them is 755 × 1,024 px. An editor has asked (on enwiki's help desk) if an image in between this relatively low-res and the original huge image can be added to this list. I tried simply requesting https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Khalili_Collections_A_Composite_Imaginary_View_of_Japan.jpg/1510px-Khalili_Collections_A_Composite_Imaginary_View_of_Japan.jpg , which gave me a 1,510 × 2,048 px image. Trying this with higher res, like 2,097 and 3,495, results in "Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Sun, 01 Nov 2020 06:05:19 GMT". If I try [[File:Khalili Collections A Composite Imaginary View of Japan.jpg|thumb|2097px]] in my sandbox on enwiki, it renders an empty frame, ~2,097 px wide and just a few pixels high.

How do you get additional resolutions to be generated and shown in the list (and hopefully then available on enwiki without it having to scale it on-demand)? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 06:16, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

@AlanM1: Hi, and welcome. We don't add to the automatically generated lists of other resolutions. I got an image 2,000×2,713 px, but all attempts over 2,000 have failed for me with "Error: 429, Too Many Requests". I suggest you report this problem with English Wikipedia's featured picture for today via mw:How to report a bug.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:37, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks – I'll do that.
Update: This morning, I was able to get images at 2001 px and 2097 px but then got 500 server errors when I tried 3495 px, 3172 px, and 3000 px. When trying 3495 px after a couple minutes, I got a 429 error, so there are a couple of different things going on. Also, even though the 2097 px image works here now, it renders a ~2000x50 px empty frame in my sandbox with [[File:...|2097px]], as does any value above 1510 px, which may be yet another issue (hard limit plus the rendering problem maybe?). —[AlanM1(talk)]— 18:29, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

File:Coat of arms of Kosovo.svg Delete → File:Coat of arms of Republic of Kosovo.svg

Please delete the Coat of arms of Kosovo.svg file (Delete), which does not appear in the current search term. The file was handed over to Coat of arms of Republic of Kosovo.svg. The document has been processed as it remains. Another user has already applied. Clearing Coat of arms of Kosovo.svg documents to Coat of arms of Republic of Kosovo.svg Please classify and move documents using Coat of arms of Republic Kosovo.svg file. Thank you. Foprtan (talk) 14:10, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

  • My apologies, but the above makes no sense at all to me.
    • Can you be clear exactly why you want the first file deleted? We certainly don't have a rule against there being two slightly different SVGs representing the same thing.
    • I have no idea what you mean by one file being "handed over" to another. Can you word that differently?
    • "The document has been processed...": what document?
    • "Another user has already applied...": "applied", in the sense of volunteered to do something and is awaiting a decision whether they will be the person selected to do it? "applied" as a transitive verb, in the sense of they applied [something] to [something else], with both of the things unspecified?
    • etc. I just can't make head or tail of this. -- Jmabel ! talk 19:05, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Images from State Archives

Can I upload something from state archives? and if so how would I classify it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigmike2346 (talk • contribs) 21:40, 1 November 2020‎ (UTC)

I’m talking about the state of Wyoming’s archives

Wyoming does not have any form of public domain, and all state-published material is explicitly copyrighted to themselves or to the original copyright owner. You would have to get an exception published or emailed, see w:Wikipedia:Contact_OTRS. SilverbackNettalk 01:57, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
  • I realized the image is over 100 years old so it’s fine in the end

Creating or deriving a Creator page for John Ball (1585-1640) for Wikisource

I am uploading a book, A Treatise of the Covenant of Grace from Internet Archive to Wikisource.

Wikisource says The author 'John Ball' doesn’t have a creator template.

I gather the creator template should be here at Wikimedia Commons, am I right?

I can't find out how to create a new page at Wikimedia Commons, let alone how to fill out a template in it. It would be nice if there was a click button for this somewhere - maybe there is but I've read the various related articles and can't see one.

There are lots of people (and even authors) called John Ball but the relevant one is:
This particular John Ball at Wikidata
This particular John Ball at Wikipedia

Where do I go from here? -- --PeterR2 (talk) 22:28, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

OK I seem to have succeeded in adding a Creator page for Creator:John Ball (1585-1640), by typing the missing URL into the address bar upon which tools appear.
I'm using IAUpload, I take it I'd be better asking at Wikisource how to get it to link my new upload to the correct Creator page/template? -- --PeterR2 (talk) 23:12, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
@PeterR2: You link it by going into edit mode on the file page for your image and using {{Creator:John Ball (1585-1640)}} in the author field. - Jmabel ! talk 23:35, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

File:Florida azelea flowers.jpg

Does anyone know what specific type of flowers these might be? Thanks, P,TO 19104 (pls ping!) 23:17, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

Image upload

I have translated an image, a graphic illustration of a biological cycle, into an indic language, Odia, can upload that image to the page I intended? If yes how, if no why not? Anos Vordigoad (talk) 05:10, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Data: maps timeout with WMFTimeoutException, although they still show when used in Maplink: template (may be cached)

Sample: Data:U.S._Route_10_Eastbound.map I need to access the underlying data for this.

I waited 24 hours to see if it was a transient problem, and it isn't. SilverbackNettalk 20:33, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Template {{Duplicate}}

Hello. I added template {{Duplicate}} to a file I uploaded:[1]. The template is shown, but none of the parameters I filled in is visible. May I have some help or advice on where i went wrong?--LittleGun (talk) 11:47, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: – BMacZero (🗩) 00:32, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Uploaded a .djvu book but it won't display

This upload File:Every Woman's Encyclopedia Volume 2.djvu is from Internet Archive but it doesn't display properly. Can someone advise what to do?— Ineuw talk 10:22, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

There is a warning: "This file type may contain malicious code. By executing it, your system may be compromised." Ruslik0 (talk) 20:39, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
Pages 747-752 are corrupted/truncated, which is probably why Mediawiki errors out in an abundance of caution instead of displaying a thumbnail or viewer. SilverbackNettalk 01:47, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

@SilverbackNet: Thanks for the explanation. Will look for another copy.— Ineuw talk 14:20, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

Uploaded an undamaged version and it would be best if it is deleted.— Ineuw talk 05:32, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

How do I forgive myself for uploading copyrighted images?

--Commons is in a thing (talk) 19:45, 1 November 2020 (UTC)

@Commons is in a thing: You don't need to do anything, other than don't do it any more. If you are unsure about a copyright, you can ask at COM:VPC before uploading. – BMacZero (🗩) 17:47, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Upload a logo )help)

Hello, Can someone help me with uploading Cypherium logo? Link: https://awsmp-logos.s3.amazonaws.com/54d5172e-090d-402f-8d0e-91b986dda168/9ababc646d90e705930f0a9d87de811d.png

How do I not be a idiot?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Commons_is_in_a_thing#Warning --Commons is in a thing (talk) 22:38, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Calm down and forget it. --Achim (talk) 22:49, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

Is there any difference ??

Hi, I know that cartridge sketches are ineligible for copyright because they are just a bunch of lines and text. But if the "sketch" uses CAD ??

For sure, the final quality is much better, but the argument remains the same: it is just a bunch of lines and text the computer put together under someone else (unknown) "orders".

Here is an example: It is not a photo, it is a CAD sketch made by someone unknown. Could it be classified as {{PD-ineligible}} or {{PD-shape}}, or both ???

--Marcric (talk) 22:57, 3 November 2020 (UTC)

  • There is quite a bit of creativity in that image, including the particular positioning of the cartridges relative to the box. I think it's copyrightable because of the composition. If you had two cartridges and a box and made a similar image, you'd probably be OK, because the creative element is by the photographer/CAD designer; the cartridges and box are not themselves copyrightable, in my opinion. - Jmabel ! talk 00:54, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks, but the question remains... Can I upload it and use those tags ??? If so, which ? Or should be both ??? --Marcric (talk) 19:00, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
In fact I need the cartridge image... If I isolate one single cartridge and then upload it ??? --Marcric (talk) 19:03, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
@Marcric: I would think isolating one cartridge would be fine: that removes the composition issue; but I could imagine an argument that because this is CAD rather than photography that introduces some level of creativity that makes it eligible for copyright. You might want to take that question to Commons:Village pump/Copyright, where there is more expertise. - Jmabel ! talk 22:50, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
Done. Lets see. --Marcric (talk) 23:26, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

VisualFileChange

What does this VisualFileChange gadget do? Does it help to add categories and descriptions? How do I make it work? Can someone help? Thank you. Prahlad (talk to me / what I've done) 04:46, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

@Prahlad balaji: Have you read Help:VisualFileChange.js? Yes, it can help to add categories, and can help to mass-edit descriptions. Typical uses are:
  • Append a set of categories to some or all files found by a particular search.
  • Add a warning template of some sort to some or all of the files in a particular category.
  • Change the attribution requested on some or all of the files uploaded by a particular user.
It's a bit clumsy, but it's powerful.
As to how to install, I think Help:VisualFileChange.js#Step 0: How to Install is pretty clear; please do read that help document and come back here if you still have some specific questions. - Jmabel ! talk 16:11, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
Yes, it works! Thank you. Prahlad (talk to me / what I've done) 18:17, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Ronald Nyholm.jpg

I don't know information about the author of one picture (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ronald_Nyholm.jpg). I brought this photo from book (look source). And I don't know information about license. What I must do? Sincerely, Egor --Ehorkaskier (talk) 17:32, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

@Ehorkaskier: I tagged it as a copyvio.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:56, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
Almost no book published in the last 40 years is out of copyright; many as old as dating from the early 20th century are still in copyright, depending on the country of publication. - Jmabel ! talk 22:53, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Logo Update

I uploaded a logo So I can update the company page where I work. I want to make sure I did it right. Here is the company logo https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/CCP_Logo_V-CMYK-B.png

Thank you! Patricia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pfernandez89 (talk • contribs) 04:58, 4 November 2020‎ (UTC)

  1. @Pfernandez89: You need Categories.
  2. You say it is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International. That means someone who holds the copyright and has granted that license, but I see no indication of who holds the copyright. "Source" should not be the vacuous "Company". It should be a page where the logo can be found and where it is indicated that this license is offered.
Assuming that the logo is, indeed, copyrighted (it's right near the threshold of originality to claim copyright), if there is no online indication that this license is offered, you need to go through the COM:OTRS process.
Also, you probably want to add {{Trademark}} to that page.
- Jmabel ! talk 16:18, 4 November 2020 (UTC)

Sonething is wrong with this image.

File:John Brown's Grave, North Elba (NYPL b11708219-G91F094 136ZB).tiff

It is supposed to show a rural grave. Look at the site it says it's taken from. This picture is of a building on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. I don't know how to fix this or I'd do it. Deisenbe (talk) 00:06, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

@Fæ: We have many pictures of John Brown's grave and tombstone in Category:John Brown Farm State Historic Site, but no others that look like this "picture of a building on 5th Avenue in Manhattan". Please investigate.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:50, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
@Fæ and Jeff G.: Intriguingly, I found this watermarked monstrosity on G search that looks like a rural grave.Philipp Michel Reichold (talk) 04:34, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
The source shows JB's grave, in stereo. Have tried downloading and uploading the 4MB tiff but it fails API verification. Perhaps this is why the wrong image was used in the first place.
The same photo but not the same scan is at https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-e1fc-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99. So it's now possible to use the NYPL catalog entry to update the actual photo we have, and separately someone could work on trying to salvage the TIFF of John Brown's Grave that appears unuploadable for me, but would match the current page text. --Fæ (talk) 10:46, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

portrait view?

I think I remember uploading an image in portrait view w/o a problem. I tried today, including importing from Flickr, and the image is on its side in preview. Is portrait view not something we do here? Best, Philipp Michel Reichold (talk) 01:33, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

@Philipp Michel Reichold: Hi, and welcome. We can {{Rotate}} later. Which image from Flickr was on its side, and which tool did you try?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:40, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
I did not complete the upload. I used special:upload your own work and the wizard.Philipp Michel Reichold (talk) 04:00, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
@Philipp Michel Reichold: What is the URL of the image on Flickr you were trying to upload?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:19, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks. Should be https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikereichold/50568139296/in/dateposted-public/ (Halloween skeleton with PPE and disinfectant wipes in Largo, Florida October 30, 2020) Philipp Michel Reichold (talk) 04:24, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
@Philipp Michel Reichold: I uploaded it for you as File:Halloween skeleton with PPE and disinfectant wipes in Largo, Florida October 30, 2020.jpg with the Upload Wizard. I saw the same portrait previews you did, but it turned out ok. It seems you photographed it with "Exposure Program" "Landscape mode (for landscape photos with the background in focus)" and then "Rotated 90° CW", which confused the previews.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:48, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Request to use images

My name is Randal Lee Gritzner. I recently retired after teaching Middle School and High School Science in Texas. I am now writing a book series called "The Science Sleuths." Book #5 is "Adventures in Astronomy." My main objective is to hook young minds into reading, Science, Astronomy, education, anything more positive than some of the stuff they are doing now. MAY I PLEASE USE SOME PHOTOS AND DIAGRAMS WITH YOUR PERMISSION GIVING FULL CREDIT TO WIKIPEDIA AND CREDIT TO THE AUTHORS OR PHOTOGRAPHERS AS GIVEN IN WIKIPEDIA. Example: This diagram is available at www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_motion#/media/File:Kepler_laws_diagram.svg By Hankwang - Own work, CC BY 2.5, — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 50.30.80.198 (talk) 17:40, 5 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. File:Kepler laws diagram.svg may be used subject to the terms of any of the three licenses on that page, or you may negotiate better terms with User:Hankwang in Dutch or English. See also Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia generally.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:00, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
  • Giving "credit to Wikipedia" is irrelevant. The issue is to credit attribute it appropriately per its license. Wikipedia does not own any of these copyrights. -- Jmabel ! talk 00:12, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Copyright license tags

Hello I have uploaded two images and the bot has informed me that I need to apply copyright tags. Though I have read the documentation I do not understand how to do this. I am however confident that both images can go on Wikipedia. The files are JILA_Journal_of_the_Institute_of_Landscape_Architects_March_1955.jpg [I own the document and took the photo. The original is equivalent to a book cover and, as such, is permitted on Wikipedia. I am happy for it to be creative commons share alike] First Institute of Landscape Architects ILA constitution c1930.pdf [I own the document and took the photo. The document has no author, because it was produced by an organisation (in 1930, so out of copyright after 70 years). I am happy for it to be creative commons share alike] If you agree that both images can go on Wikipedia please advise - which license tags to use, and - how to apply them. The ILA, which produced the original files, no longer exists

Thank you User TomTurner2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomTurner2 (talk • contribs) 21:54, 4 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Thank you talk. Yes I am a UK-based user and the two images were published in the UK. Re the cover of the March 1955 issue, I took the photograph but did not create the cover. Do you agree that it would be best for me re-upload the images to Wikipedia (instead of to Wikimedia Commons)? I could then use the tags you recommend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomTurner2 (talk • contribs) 07:26, 5 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@TomTurner2: File:First Institute of Landscape Architects ILA constitution c1930.pdf is probably fine here; tag it with {{PD-old-70}} and remove the warning. Move your remarks on permissions into the permission field: they are sitting where an actual tag belongs.
File:JILA Journal of the Institute of Landscape Architects March 1955.jpg: en-wiki is probably easiest, at least for the next 5 years, till copyright clearly expires. However, as I say, ig the logo predates 1950, we could have it here, as described. In either case, it is not own work, it is a faithful reproduction of a 1955 work. Remember that non-free use on en-wiki would only be valid if the picture is used in an article, and unlike Commons (where we want the highest-resolution version possible) they actually want something low-resolution to minimize the copyright issue. On the Commons side: do you know the date of that logo? - Jmabel ! talk 16:45, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Jmabel ! talk Thank you again. Re the logo: I don't know the exact date but it was designed before 1950 (my guess is 1946). It is appropriate for it to be non-free use. Does this mean that {{PD-old-70}} is OK for both images. I think it would be best to delete the two uploads to Commons and re-upload to the English Wikipedia. Tom — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomTurner2 (talk • contribs) 19:35, 5 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@TomTurner2: When are you going to start signing your postings?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:09, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
@TomTurner2: I'm rather confused: you had us spend a bunch of time working with you on how these can be licensed for Commons, we worked it out, and now you want to delete? - Jmabel ! talk 00:06, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Jmabel ! talk I am most grateful for you help! And if it does not infringe copyright law will be happy to leave them in Wikimedia Commons. So if you could tell me how to add the {{PD-old-70}} tag to both images this is what I will do. Tom — Preceding unsigned comment added by TomTurner2 (talk • contribs)

@TomTurner2: I'll do it, but please look at what I do so you know how in the future, and please use categories on your uploads -- I won't do that part for you -- and as Jeff G. says, sign your posts with ~~~~, it should only take a second, and saves someone else far more time later. - Jmabel ! talk 17:03, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

REACTIVATING UPLOAD WIZARD TOOL

hello , we need help from the fabricators to reactivate the upload wizard tool for wiki loves monuments in Rwanda (Special:UploadWizard?campaign=wlm-rw)because the contest end date has been extend from 5th.11 to 17th.11, this is because at the moment participants are not able to submit their uploads yet the contest timeline has been extended (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Project/Rapid/Jeanette_Rebecca_Nyinawumuntu/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020_in_Rwanda)...

cc: User:DSaroyan (WMF

cc: User:RSharma (WMF

Ndahiro derrick (talk) 14:25, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Pinging @DSaroyan (WMF), RSharma (WMF) properly.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:03, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello Ndahiro derrick, thanks for reaching out to me! I think you might need to contact the international team of Wiki Loves Monuments on this matter. Best, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 11:34, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Modifiche pagine per integrazione

Ho apportato una modifica alla pagina di wikipedia " Teatro dei Luoghi" per pubblicare il progetto originale e depositato della mia Associazione Specchi Sonori, che con questo titolo stesso opera una visione distinta da quella del prof. Fabrizio Crisafulli , un progetto il nostro partito dal 2002-2003 e che ha generato diversi esiti in spettacoli con un metodo particolare di drammaturgia visiva e sonora. Noi agiamo in assoluto rispetto della proprietà intellettuale del prof. Crisafulli, che conosciamo, ma con una coincidenza molto datata dello stesso titolo dato, con due accezioni diverse. Da anni pubblichiamo detto nostro progetto senza essere mai incorsi in una sovrapposizione alla proprietà intelllettuale di F.Crisafulli; inoltre essa è sancita anche per noi. Chiedo inoltre guida per poter postare su wikipedia altri termini scaturiti da nostri progetti artistici teatrali, attivi da oltre 20 anni in Italia. Grazie Marianna de Leoni direzone@specchisonori.org Appare un segnale che sembrerebbe indicare una mia operazione non lecita, chiedo info e guida per favore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.37.65.124 (talk • contribs) 11:46, 6 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Parnassus

can I use a wikimedia's copy of Mantegnia's Parnassus for a book on Italian Pagan Mythology — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2.25.43.44 (talk) 12:58, 6 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Which page is that? See also Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia generally.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:35, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
This probably refers to File:La Parnasse, by Andrea Mantegna, from C2RMF retouched.jpg, which heads the enWP article on the topic. Since the painting is centuries old, it’s in the public domain, and faithful reproductions thereof are free to use in most of the world—although any image that includes the frame & surroundings may have its own copyright, owned by the photographer. Questioner, note that there are quite a few more choices here in Parnassus by Andrea Mantegna: help yourself! Most of the file pages should show details of their provenance, in case you want to attribute them, but there’s no legal requirement to do so.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 01:02, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Using old (50 years) school photographs

What is the Wikipedia rules on using old school photographs in articles? In this instance the school ceased to exist in 1970. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gallagher1965p (talk • contribs) 14:34, 6 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Gallagher1965p: Hi, and welcome. For each photo, what can you tell us about the lifetime of the photographer and the dates and countries of photography and publication?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:31, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

some one keep on changing my wiki media page

hello, i am requesting you to protect my wikimedia page, someone keep on chanching the summary by using abusive words. so kindly requesting you to take an action. regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Veerasaimanikandan (talk • contribs) 16:54, 6 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Veerasaimanikandan: Hi, and welcome. What page is that, exactly?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:26, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Could it be uploaded ???

Hi, I need help to clarify if I can upload this file to commons. It is an old article, the author is probably dead, there is no reference about dates, and its text, pictures, diagrams are very useful for the firearms theme. Any help will be welcome. --Marcric (talk) 19:38, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

The article was published in 1974 and unlikely to be in public domain. Ruslik0 (talk) 10:17, 3 November 2020 (UTC)
@Marcric: to add to what Ruslik0 said, the author is probably dead is immaterial. The author has probably been dead for more than 70 years would be worth consideration, but we don’t generally make that assumption unless the work in question was created at least 120 years ago.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 18:50, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks both !!! 👍 --Marcric (talk) 19:02, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

How can I get a misidentified picture corrected?

While looking for pictures for the English wikipedia's black-cowled oriole article, I came across this picture. It has been misidentified. It is a Cuban oriole. These two species were split nearly a decade ago. What is now known as the black-cowled oriole is only found in Central America. This picture was taken in Cuba. Can someone please correct the picture's description and move it to the correct categories? MeegsC (talk) 17:26, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

@MeegsC: Hi, and welcome. You can do all of that, and add {{Rename}}, by editing the file description page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:05, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
@MeegsC: I see you’ve already posted on the Talk page, which is a good start. You might want to wait a day or two to see if anyone replies there, but if you’re dead certain about the identification feel free to proceed as Jeff G. suggests. Note that for many categories there’s an Unidentified cat somewhere not far above in the tree—in this instance Unidentified Icterus—which can be used in doubtful cases or to get a ‘second opinion’ from users who work the topic area.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 18:27, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
@Odysseus: Thanks! I'm a professional bird guide IRL, so I'm confident about the ID. It's just making the change (i.e. renaming the file) that I'm unclear about. MeegsC (talk) 19:05, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
@MeegsC: there are three implied changes: editing the description field, changing the category to Icterus melanopsis, and moving the file. The first two you can do yourself by editing the wikitext. To request that a filemover change the title, you add the special template that Jeff linked above (anywhere on the file page, usually at the top) according to the instructions on that page, which will put the file in a maintenance category for attention. You can do this in the same edit as the other changes if you like. It‘s best to propose a minimal change; identification numbers and such should usually be kept. As a pretty ‘conservative’ filemover I’d be inclined just to remove “Black-cowled”—nobody has questioned that it’s an oriole, and the description & category are quite adequate to identify the species, while being easier to change in the event of a dispute—but your “confident” request might look something like {{Rename|Cuban Oriole - Cuba S4E0688 (23262517213).jpg|3|No black-cowled orioles in Cuba, see Talk page|MeegsC}}. The first three parameters are required; the “3” in the second field indicates that you want to correct a substantial error.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 19:56, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks Odysseus1479! You're a star. MeegsC (talk) 21:57, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

Fair use rationale

The rationale for File:2012_VP113_discovery_image.jpg states that the image will only be used in the "2012 VP113" article. It will be used as a means to illustrate the article in the info box. The latter is not true: The image is not used in the infobox of 2012 VP113, but in the article's body. My question is, does this require a change to the rationale, or is it a minor issue that can be ignored? Renerpho (talk) 18:19, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

@Renerpho: that file is on enWP, not here; Commons doesn’t allow fair-use content. I doubt anyone there would object to your changing it yourself: despite the formality of the template’s wording it’s not a legal declaration (like a licence) that shouldn’t be tampered with.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 18:35, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
OK, thanks. Renerpho (talk) 23:14, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

uploading a picture file from my laptop

At the commons page, after I select my file, commons only gives me options to add another file or to go Back.

It won't allow me to move forward in the process.

Is this a common problem????

Thanks- Ed — Preceding unsigned comment added by EEJJLL (talk • contribs) 19:39, 7 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@EEJJLL: Hi, and welcome. That looks like a bug, as we have no logs of your attempted uploads. Bug reports generally require specifics, like what upload URL you tried to use and what options you tried, please see mw:How to report a bug for details.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:07, 7 November 2020 (UTC)


I'm actually at a Panera's if that helps.

All I did was Open my File for upload when I was directed to. But it simply wouldn't allow me to proceed after that.

This is the first time in years that I've tried to upload a photo. But yeah it seems strange that it doesn't give me any options to proceed down the commons wizard

Why isn't my wikimedia commons image showing up in a wikipedia article?

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T267668
RESOLVED

I am trying to add this image,

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

Diagram of Schiller Station Mercury Vapor System

on the following wikipedia article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_vapour_turbine

When I post it, I just get a link that navigates me to the "Special:upload?wpDestFile" upload function.

What am I doing wrong?

Updated: Here is a screenshot of the failed image insertion.

Screenshot showing failed image post to article

— Preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.219.185.76 (talk) 22:49, 9 November 2020‎ (UTC)

This is weird. I am experiencing the same problem with this particular file and I can't even insert it using source code editing. What is more important though is that your scan may be a copyright violation. The original book may still be copyrighted which is why I have nominated the file for deletion. That aside, we should try to find out why the file is not transcluded to Wikipedia. De728631 (talk) 23:15, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
It may be a coincidence but a new user reported a similar problem today on the French-language help desk Commons:Service d'aide#Photos. I assumed it may have to do with mistakes present on their Wikipedia draft page, although on a quick look I could not identify the problem. But maybe it is a more general bug. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:46, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
You could try the 'Upload a new version of this file option' at the bottom of the File history section, to upload the image again.... Just to see if this clears the bug? (copyright deletion aside). -- Crep1711 (talk) 23:56, 9 November 2020 (UTC)
That might help an image that doesn’t display (e.g. showing a blank box), but in this case it looks like the page isn’t being found at all, so I doubt that altering the content would have any effect. My guess is either a database glitch or an invisible problem with the filename.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 00:05, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Ok, that's fine, I thought it may be worth a shot as it was a cross-wiki upload from Wikipedia, so wondered whether the Commons upload wizard may clear a glitch that possibly occurred; but you are no doubt right... -- Crep1711 (talk) 00:16, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
If you are located in Europe, this might be a similar issue to en:Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_185#WebP thumbnail rendering issue in Firefox. There is an dedicated cache server in Europe, named ESAMS.--Snaevar (talk) 01:18, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
It doesn't work on other language Wikipedias either (well, I tried one.) I could add it to a Wikidata statement at wikidata:Q4115189, but it doesn't display a thumbnail. I guess something wasn't set up right in the database when the file was uploaded. --ghouston (talk) 03:01, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
It is happening to more users. Examples:
  1. Tramlijn Ginneken - Mastbosch.png
  2. Bilbao - Intermodal 20.jpg

--Xabier (talk) 15:39, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

I uploaded a file on Commons but it won't display.

I uploaded Tramlijn Ginneken - Mastbosch.png on Commons like I always do but it won't display on Wikipedia. Is it somehow corrupt and how can I check that? Vunz (talk) 14:51, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

It also occurs to me with Bilbao - Intermodal 20.jpg--Xabier (talk) 15:19, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
@Vunz and Xabier: Hi, and welcome. Please see #Why isn't my wikimedia commons image showing up in a wikipedia article? above.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:30, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for replying although I can't see why it won't display. BTW I just renamed a file resulting in exactly the same, it won't show.Vunz (talk) 15:43, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
@Dr00bie, De728631, Asclepias, Crep171166, Odysseus1479, Snaevar, Ghouston, Xabier, and Vunz: The following file URLs pretend the file on Commons doesn't exist, when it actually does:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diagram_of_Schiller_Station_Mercury_Vapor_System.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tramlijn_Ginneken_-_Mastbosch.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bilbao_-_Intermodal_20.jpg
  — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:23, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
I see all of those URLs with missing images too, although the commons page is fine for me. There was a similar bug filed an hour ago, phab:T267668.--Snaevar (talk) 18:44, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
Is work being done to resolve the bug? When will we be able to use the affected images on Wikipedia?--Xabier (talk) 20:45, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
I believe the issue I am having is that the file has been flagged for deletion due to no copyright verification. Am working through that process now, so maybe it will work if I am able to get it unflagged for deletion.Dr00bie (talk) 21:12, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
en:File:Diagram of Schiller Station Mercury Vapor System.jpg is working now. It's not related to the nomination for deletion, that just adds some text to the file page. --ghouston (talk) 22:21, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
en:File:Bilbao - Intermodal 20.jpg still doesn't work. Can someone fix it? Do you just have to wait?--Xabier (talk) 08:33, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
It works now.--Xabier (talk) 14:30, 11 November 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. Crep1711 (talk) 19:02, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Information being deleted

Could you tell me why the information that I am adding is being deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr Julie Dee Bell (talk • contribs) 21:30, 7 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Dr Julie Dee Bell: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png photo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png photos are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png photo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including any metadata, but if you were not the original photographer, that person may need to 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. Also, it will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744), so you may want to upload a jpg version which will look sharper, too. 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. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. Also, Special:AbuseFilter/122 worked as intended. We do not host encyclopædia articles, CVs, or current ads here on Wikimedia Commons per COM:NOT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:49, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
(Edit conflict) @Dr Julie Dee Bell: I can’t speak for Achim55 but two reasons immediately come to mind: first, that content categories are not to be used for pages in user space, and second, that none of the categories you added actually exist (hence their appearance in red). An example of an appropriate category for your user page might be Users interested in geology. See COM:CAT and COM:USER for more information. (Please sign your discussion-page & noticeboard messages by typing four tildes at the end.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 21:53, 7 November 2020 (UTC). P.S. Jeff G. and I are addressing quite separate issues: I was referring solely to the history of your user page.—21:56, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
@Dr Julie Dee Bell: I agree with Achim55 and Odysseus1479 that you shouldn't be adding categories that don't exist on this project to pages on this project.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:41, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
No, I deleted the cats for having contained text only. In the meantime the situation has become different, because Julie did upload images. --Achim (talk) 12:45, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
@Achim: Sorry, I hadn't looked into that. It seems the upload of images and creation of pages here were designed to support her various promotional autobiographies on enwiki.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:00, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Modifying images

Hi, I am a bit confused about my obligations if I edit an image. It seems if I trim off one edge then I have to upload the modified image in my account assigned to the same license as the original.

I suspect that some times to modified image would be useful to others but often it would not.

Could you please clarify what the license means? 1/ Does it mean that if you make an edit to the image then you must upload the new file? OR does it mean: 2/ If I do decide to upload the modified file then I must use the same license as the original? The wording could be ambiguous.

Cheers,

John Aylmer aylmer2908@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaylmer1 (talk • contribs) 09:40, 8 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Jaylmer1: Hi, and welcome. You don't have to post modifications, but if you do post them, they must comply with the license of the original. If the original has a license which includes "-sa", "-SA", or "Share Alike", the license you use must include that also. With Creative Commons licenses, you may also upgrade the version number. Is there a particular license or file that concerns you?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:34, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Question

Hello, I have posted a screenshot of myself a comment on Facebook and marked copyright. See file:Wiki User Profile Photo (1).png. So does the content violate copyright. Thanks Đặng Vũ Lân (talk) 10:08, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

@Đặng Vũ Lân: Hi, and welcome. Violetbonmua and I think it does violate the copyright of the author.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:24, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: It's just a screenshot of a funny comment about a famous Vietnamese poem. It is very popular on Vietnamese social media and hardly anyone knows the original author of that funny poem Đặng Vũ Lân (talk) 14:30, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
And really no one will care about the owner of a fun verse. It was actually created for entertainment purposes and was used solely by me on my user page with the aim of creating fun on my membership page at vi.wiki Đặng Vũ Lân (talk) 14:39, 8 November 2020 (UTC)
That is not how copyright works. Creative verses are automatically copyrighted and non-free, and we here at Common do care about the author's rights. So unless the original author grants a permission, we cannot publish his text over here. De728631 (talk) 22:38, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Trying to upload a different version of a file

Hi, I've been trying to upload a cleaner version of File:Château de Tourbillon.jpg but for some reason the changes I make on GIMP won't show on Commons. When I look at the file on my computer the black dots are gone but everytime I upload the corrected version here the dots are still there. Any idea of what the problem could be? Also where do I ask to remove the two new files I uploaded? If the dots are still there might as well keep the original. - Espandero (talk) 11:57, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

@Espandero: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:PURGE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:19, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Uploading old newpapers

Can I upload a 1925 newspaper page that I found on the microfilm at the university library. I believe since the library, and the collection is open to the public, that places the image of the newspaper in the public domain? 4Henriettaatthecoldcaseorg (talk) 22:28, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

@4Henriettaatthecoldcaseorg: Being open to public access does not automatically place the content into the public domain, so we need some more information on this newspaper. Presuming that it is a US newspaper, is there a copyright notice anywhere on that issue of the paper you mentioned? If not, the text and images are free to use, and you may upload a copy with a licence template {{PD-US-no notice}}. De728631 (talk) 22:35, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

I do not see any copyright notice, although the microfilm image is not the best quality! Where do I get a license template? Sorry for asking such questions, but this is my first foray into editing! Also, how do I load the image onto this discussion? All I have is the image of the newspaper on my photo roll. 4Henriettaatthecoldcaseorg (talk) 22:43, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

You cannot link the image to this discussion unless it is somewhere on the internet, or you upload a copy here at Common. To do the latter, you first of all need to obtain a digital copy from the image at your photo roll. Then you can use the Upload Wizard to upload the image at Commons:
  • "Select media files to share" and choose the file you would like to upload
  • In the "Release rights" section, fill in the Source (e.g. New York Herald, March 3, 1925, page 10) and Author fields. If there are any authors credited for the text portion or the images, please state their names, otherwise you may just write the name of the paper. Further down that page in "Now tell us why you are sure you have the right to publish this work:", you need to select "Another reason not mentioned above" and fill in a line of code: {{PD-art|PD-US-no notice}}
In the next section, please enter a description for the image and then proceed with the upload process.
De728631 (talk) 22:59, 8 November 2020 (UTC)


Thank you so much for your kind assistance De728631 !! It’s a lot for a newby to digest but you have given me a path and for that I am grateful!! Kind of like riding a bicycle,, or landing a plane, for the first time. Out of necessity it will get easier! 4Henriettaatthecoldcaseorg (talk) 23:10, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you De728631!!, you are the greatest!!

Notice of Klu Klux Klan Rally held in Brundidge, Alabama (@ column 6)

4Henriettaatthecoldcaseorg (talk) 00:35, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

Can you correct mislabeling on an image?

RE: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burned_Books_Monument_-_Berlin,_Germany.jpg This image refers to Berlin's burned books monument in the filename, but the image is of a monument to German printing. The actual burned books monument is nearby in Berlin: a very different monument. A web search for "burned books monument Berlin" brings up this image, along with images of the actual monument. The license holder of the image gave it an erroneous name, but apparently only the license holder (on Flickr) can make the correction. I have a screenshot of the search results, but can't upload it here because I don't own the images shown. If you repeat the search, you'll see what I mean.

      • People count on Wikipedia for accuracy, and that includes images retrieved via Wikimedia Commons.
      • If you cannot persuade the license holder to correct the label, can you delete the image for inaccuracy? So far, it seems there are no pages that use this file, so deletion should be simple.
      • I did search FAQ and other Help resources, but found nothing pertinent to this problem. This "new section" is the closest I could find to posting a question for resolution. I apologize, if this is not an intended use. My own talk page didn't seem to point toward resolution.

WITH THANKS! Sveika — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sveika (talk • contribs) 02:52, 9 November 2020‎ (UTC)

رفع صورة بأمتداد nef

مرحبا ارغب برفع صورة قمت بالتقاطها بالكامرة الخاصة بي لشخصية سياسية ولكن لا يقبل الامتداد nef وهو الامتداد الناتج من الكامرة وحسب البحث اللذي قمت به عرفت ان لرفع ملف في ويكيبيديا يجب ان يكون النسخه الخام الملتقطة من الكامرة وليس صورة يتم تعديلها لونيا من برامج التعديل فهم يمكنكم ارشادي وشكرا لكم — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pro95mustafa (talk • contribs) 07:29, 9 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Pro95mustafa: the NEF extension is for a proprietary “Camera Raw“ format specific to your sensor. It allows you to change exposure, colour balance, &c. after taking the picture, but it is not suitable for viewing online. Please export the image to JPEG or another common format; see COM:FT. (Perhaps an Arabic speaker here can translate this reply: I tried Google Translate but when I copy-&-pasted it came out LTR instead of RTL.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 08:24, 9 November 2020 (UTC)

I need to upload a modified version of a map, but my account is too new

As suggested on the upload file form, i added a new file by changing the name. What templates do i add to the new and old files to make sure that this (replacing old file with new version) is done? Original Image, Modified Image The only correction is the color change to conform to w:WikiProject_Indian_maps#Colours MPGuy2824 (talk) 04:35, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Found the solution. I've replaced all references to the image and will be adding a superceded tag to the original image. MPGuy2824 (talk) 05:39, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 16:49, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Doubling checking these files are ok!

Hello,

I just want to double check that these images would be ok to upload to here. They are all at least 150 years old. The photographer however is unknown for all of them. Here's an example of one: File 1

There's no identifiable copyright restrictions on the page, and I presume because they're over 150 years old, it should be ok?

Cheers, CáitChrainn (talk) 14:52, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Brilliant, thanks a mil! CáitChrainn (talk) 17:05, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 01:01, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Colonization Cycle.jpg

This is all very confusing, and I am extremely ignorant of the topic of licenses, but I am adding this image in hopes to bolster a project I am working on with a team of fellow students. This image, the Colonization Cycle, was one I clipped from a research paper from 1954 (Link to source: https://gupea.ub.gu.se/handle/2077/48733). After searching through the host website, there is mention of Open Access (https://www.ub.gu.se/sv/publicera/open-access), however, being a website based in Sweden, I do not know. This source (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Public_domain) says I can use the {{PD-1996}} template for sources outside of the United States older than 1996, but again, I don't know. Add onto that, I don't know how to add licensing onto my existing upload, nor how to remove the current deletion notices. Caleb Bak (talk) 05:45, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

The header in the original PDF document states that text within the information is "free to use", however, it doesn't explicitly state whether or not I can use images. Caleb Bak (talk) 07:30, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

--Caleb Bak (talk) 05:45, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

CAMBIOS DIFERENTES IDIOMAS

BUENOS DIAS, SOY NUEVA EN ESTO DE WIKIPEDIA, QUERIAMOS ACTUALIZAR LA INFORMACIÓN QUE HAY DE NUESTRA EMPRESA EMPEZANDO POR EL LOGOTIPO, HE LOGRADO CAMBIARLO PERO SOLO APARECE CAMBIADO EN LA PAGINA EN ESPAÑOL SI ME CAMBIO A INGLES, O OTRO IDIOMA SIGUE ESTANDO EL LOGO INCORRECTO, COMO PUEDO HACER PARA QUE APAREZCA EL LOGO CORRECTO EN LAS DEMAS PAGINAS? TENGO QUE IR UNA A UNA? NO HAY UNA FORMA AUTOMATICA DE SI SE CAMBIA O AÑADE EN LA PAGINA DE ESPAÑOL APAREZCAN EN LOS OTROS IDIOMAS?

MUCHAS GRACIAS POR LA AYUDA

SALUDOS — Preceding unsigned comment added by UROVESA (talk • contribs) 12:06, 10 November 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @UROVESA: Es posible que esto sea simplemente un problema de almacenamiento en caché. ¿Ha agregado "?purge" (o, si ya tiene un signo de interrogación, "&purge") a la URL?
  • Esto es Wikimedia Commons. Tendrá que preguntar en la Wikipedia en español sobre cómo hacer cosas específicas de la Wikipedia en español.
  • Como no indica cuál es la organización / artículo, solo puedo brindarle poca ayuda aquí.
  • Commons puede aceptar solamente contenido que sea de dominio público o que tenga una licencia gratuita. Muchos artículos en Wikipedia en inglés usan logotipos no libres, que creo que no son aceptables en Wikipedia en español (ni en Commons). Si el logotipo tiene derechos de autor, Commons puede aceptarlo solamente si tiene licencia libre. (Aún puede marcarlo como marca registrada).
  • Puede que estén sucediendo otras cosas aquí; sería de gran ayuda si enlazara la página de la que estás hablando.
  • Si bien lo siguiente no suele ser un problema en Commons: debe tener en cuenta es:Wikipedia:Conflicto de interés. En general, no es una buena práctica escribir en Wikipedia sobre su propia organización.
  • ¿No tiene letras minúsculas en tu teclado? - Jmabel ! talk 16:51, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

De todo un mucho

De todo un mucho es un podcast creado: [Elba Higareda Cervantes], más conocida como Martha Higareda actriz mexicana de cine y televisión y [Galo Rosado Álvarez], conocido en los medios de comunicación como Yordi Rosado, es un conductor, productor, locutor y autor mexicano.

la primera emisión de este podcast fue el 19 de mayo del año 2020,por la plataforma de Spotify y YouTube,con una duracion de 56 minutos, este primer capitulo lleva por titulo E1.La primera vez

en este podcast se tocan diversos temas que son propuestos por los mismos usuarios, cuentan con invitados especialistas en los temas que se abordan, se emite un episodio por semana. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hkislev (talk • contribs) 20:42, 10 November 2020‎ (UTC)

How to upload pictures belonging to a government?

I want to upload this: (https://www.tccb.gov.tr/kabine/hazine-ve-maliye-bakani) picture from the official website of the presidency of the Republic of Turkey. Why was my upload removed, and how do I correctly upload this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinus46 (talk • contribs) 21:22, 10 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Not all governments have an exception for the copyright of their works. While governmental works of the United States federal government are free of any copyright, the same is not true for Turkey. Turkish government works are copyrighted and non-free unless a free licence has explicitely been granted at their respective website. So we cannot use the image you uploaded. De728631 (talk) 21:57, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Gif file needs to be split into individual image frames

File:Munzberg.gif Which category do i add it to to make this happen? BumpySlug (talk) 07:45, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Watermark

Can i add watermark on the picture ? -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samya90 (talk • contribs) 11:30, 11 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Samya90: Remember the overall ethos of Commons is to make files available to be freely used by anyone for any purpose. Anything which detracts from allowing a picture to be reused in this way is not helpful. Invisible watermarks are allowed but really obvious ones are not. Small discrete ones are not strictly banned but are discouraged for the above reason. Please read COM:WATERMARK for further guidance. Thanks. -- Crep1711 (talk) 12:49, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Copyright rules in Turkmenistan

Hi, I would like to upload some pictures of buildings I took during my recent trip to Turkmenistan. I was almost about to publish some of the photos of the Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque when I decided that it would have been better for me to check the copyright rules of the country first. According to this page, freedom of panorama is not ok, except in the following example: "Reproduction, broadcasting or communication to the public by cable of works of architecture, photography or fine art permanently located in a place open to public access, except when the image of the work is the main subject or it is used for commercial purposes" (i.e. incidental and non-commercial use, if I'm not mistaken). Does this mean that I won't be able to upload my pictures onto Wikimedia Commons? What about all of these? Why can they be on the site? Does it have to do with Flickr? --SuperBowser (talk) 21:22, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

These pictures, including the ones from flickr, are not covered by any exception to the copyright rules as far as I can tell. They only exist here because no-one noticed yet. See Category:Buildings in Turkmenistan for a big red warning about uploading pictures buildings in Turkmenistan. --rimshottalk 21:32, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
Whoops, so it's my fault if many Wikipedias will now suddenly lose many of their Turkmenistan-related images! Are they going to be deleted? Does this mean that many Wikipedia pages about buildings in Turkmenistan won't be able to have images for the time being? --SuperBowser (talk) 21:36, 11 November 2020 (UTC)
We don't control the policies of the individual Wikipedias as to what they might allow locally as fair use, but it does mean that images of modern (copyrighted) buildings in Turkmenistan should not be on Commons without an explicit license from the architect or their heirs. - Jmabel ! talk 23:31, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Full page scans to individual images

I am extremely new to wikimedia commons and have been part of the wikisource community for about a year so I apologize for my lack of knowledge currently. Through wikisource I was able to locate a pdf file that was scanned and uploaded to wikimedia commons as a pdf. I am attempting to convert the full page scans into just the pictures that show up on these scans so as to add them to the wikisource page. I'm not sure what the proper way to upload the new picture so as to tie it together with the original scan or if I even need to do that. if you could get back to me that would be great. Thank you! Seperation (talk) 22:02, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Uploading content

Hello we are trying to create a BIO through wikipedia to show the profile of a violinist on Wikipedia whenever someone searches for her name. I can't find any guidance for this. pLease can you advise regarding the process?

This is Commons, not Wikipedia, but w:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest is the guidance. It can be summarized in one word: "don't".--Prosfilaes (talk) 22:22, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Is there a way to track how my uploads are used on Wiki projects?

Hi, is there a simple, intuitive tool that lets me keep track of how the images I’ve uploaded are used on Wikipedia, etc? Specifically, is there a way to sort them by the most uses etc? Thanks. Ytoyoda (talk) 02:26, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

@Ytoyoda: that sounds like a job for GLAMorous.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:46, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, that’s exactly what I was looking for. Ytoyoda (talk) 04:40, 17 November 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. Crep1711 (talk) 08:32, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Problem at File:KUHPidana.pdf

I was upload a new version of mentioned file, that literally a different file from first one, and the first page doesn't change. What are the solutions? Please help! I think it because of I use the older file for Indonesian Wikisource Index Page. Mnafisalmukhdi1 (talk) 12:17, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

@Mnafisalmukhdi1: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:PURGE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:31, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I've tried it several times and only the first page that didn't change. How about just delete the file and I'm going to upload it again? Mnafisalmukhdi1 (talk) 12:44, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: . Sorry for your inconvenient. Somehow I can do it. Thanks for your help. Mnafisalmukhdi1 (talk) 12:49, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
@Mnafisalmukhdi1: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:04, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:04, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Medical scheme reproduction ?

Hi, Can I reproduce a scheme(with an editor) from a medical book if I cite the book ? Thanks --SHLNL (talk) 09:34, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

@SHLNL: Hi, and welcome. What can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the scheme's artist and the dates and countries of artistry and publication?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:36, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your feedback and welcome. Authors are alive and from Switzerland, Belgium and US and the book was published in France, possibly in Belgium and switzerland.--SHLNL (talk) 13:53, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Then it is certainly copyrighted, if copyrightable. You'd need an explicit license from the author or authors of the "scheme" (I assume you mean an image of some sort, since we are on Commons), probably via the process outlined at COM:OTRS.
Just to be clear: if this is something so simple as to be ineligible for copyright (e.g. a bar chart of objective data), it could be uploaded as {{PD-ineligible}}. - Jmabel ! talk 16:23, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Thank you ! --SHLNL (talk) 08:46, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Using Wikipedia images for other language

I want to upload a Wikipedia picture which was uploaded in an article before; in exactly that article but in other language. is this possible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reyium (talk • contribs)

What picture are you talking about? Ruslik0 (talk) 14:04, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Should we allow everyone to upload photographs posted on facebook to Wikimedia Commons, and no need to send permission via COM:OTRS?

吹笛牧童 told me that it doesn't make much sense for him to request the uploader provide license confirmation from the copyright holder per COM:OTRS. The reason is because of OTRS does not guarantee that photographs are take by the uploader. If the photo itself has been grabbed from somewhere, which he then posted on his Facebook page, no one knows that he is not the author/copyright holder. However, many people are seem unhappy with my work with COM:DR. Reke and Liaon98 both thinks I had Asperger syndrome so that caused this problem. Andrew43 thinks that I shouldn't do nothing after using the template {{Delete}}. Most of what I do is the same as what all of us do, so I don't know what I did wrong to make them unhappy. Should we allow everyone to upload photographs posted on facebook to Wikimedia Commons, and no need to send permission via COM:OTRS?--Kai3952 (talk) 14:03, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

  • @Kai3952: Does the Facebook page where it is posted grant a license? Do we have good reason to believe that the owner of the Facebook page is the photographer? If the answer to both of those is "yes," then fine, no need to use OTRS. Otherwise, OTRS or delete. - Jmabel ! talk 15:16, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

How to categorize an image that belongs in two different cats

Hello,

File:US Post Office-Winnemucca - Now used as Winnemucca City Hall.jpg is a NRHP {{NRHP|90000137}} but it is also the current city hall in Winnemucca, according to National Register of Historic Places listings in Humboldt County, Nevada on Wikipedia. Is it ok to put it in both categories (which I have done)? Or is there a better way to handle this? Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 14:10, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Since both of the categories you created refer to the same building, it is better to use a single category. Probably the City Hall category, since it is the current use. There are categories for former post offices which would apply in this case. kennethaw88 • talk 18:28, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Writing a book about sustainable India (digital and hard copy) - Permission to use some pictures

Hi, I am a bit confused. I would like to use some pictures for a book I am working on about sustainable India, pictures that are from wikipedia commons. Here is the link of one of the pictures: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:India_-_Varanasi_green_peas_-_2714.jpg The book is going to be a hard copy and a digital copy. If it's possible, what credits should I put? © Jorge Royan / http://www.royan.com.ar I look forward for your reply. Best regards, Mickael

See Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:49, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

J'ai l autorisation de la publication des Photos

Bonjour,

J'ai les autorisations pour les photographies que j'ai mises sur la page de Germaine Cellier, Edmond Roudnitska, Patrica de Nicolaï et de Frédéric Ovadia.

En effet, pour Germaine Cellier, Edmond Roudnitska, Patrica de Nicolaï, elles sont tirées du livre "Les femmes en parfumerie - De la terre au flacon" de Rafaëla Capraruolo qui est une amie. Voulez-vous ses coordonnées ?

Pour Frédéric Ovadia, c'est pareil. Je connais cette éditeur et j'ai complété sa page. Je peux mettre sa photo plutôt que le logo de sa maison d'édition J'ai ses coordonnées également que je peux vous communiquer.

Cordialement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahoraeselmomento (talk • contribs) 22:56, 12 November 2020‎ (UTC)

I have permission to publish the Photos

Hello,

I have the authorizations for the photographs that I put on the page of Germaine Cellier, Edmond Roudnitska, Patrica de Nicolaï and Frédéric Ovadia.

Indeed, for Germaine Cellier, Edmond Roudnitska, Patrica de Nicolaï, they are taken from the book "Women in perfumery - From the earth to the bottle" by Rafaëla Capraruolo who is a friend. Do you want his contact details?

For Frédéric Ovadia, it's the same. I know this editor and I have completed his page. I can put his photo rather than the logo of his publishing house. I also have his contact details that I can give you.

Cordially.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:38, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
@Ahoraeselmomento: Salut et bienvenue. Veuillez consulter Commons:Licensing/fr pour savoir pourquoi nous ne pouvons pas accepter ces images, et demander au (x) détenteur (s) des droits d'auteur de les autoriser sur leurs sites Web ou médias sociaux ou d'envoyer les images et les autorisations via OTRS/fr avec copie carbone à toi. Si vous ne parvenez pas à obtenir une licence conforme, les images peuvent toujours être téléchargées sur Wikipédia en anglais conformément à en:WP:F car nous n'autorisons pas l'utilisation équitable ici.
Hi, and welcome. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept those images, 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.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:38, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Публичное фото полиика

Добрый день! Для размещения статьи о политике Голобородько Дениса Александровича с его согласия им предоставлено фото, которое также используется в соц сетях, на официальных сайиах правительства, партии и т.д. Почему происходит удаление загруженного файла? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naginata84 (talk • contribs) 01:23, 12 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Public photo of poliik
Good afternoon! To post an article about the politics of Denis Aleksandrovich Goloborodko, with his consent, they were provided with a photo, which is also used in social networks, on official websites of the government, party, etc. Why is the downloaded file being deleted?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:08, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
@Naginata84: Привет и добро пожаловать. Ваше File:ГолобородькоДА.jpg - одно из многих изображений, которые мы получаем ежедневно, без машиночитаемой лицензии и внешнего источника. Krdbot отметил это как возможное нарушение авторских прав на Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 49#Media without a license и Túrelio удалил его по этим причинам и из-за отсутствия разрешения . См. Commons:Licensing/ru, чтобы узнать, почему мы не можем принимать такие изображения, и чтобы правообладатели лицензировали их на своих веб-сайтах или в социальных сетях или отправляли изображения и разрешения через OTRS/ru с копиями. тебе. Если вы не можете получить соответствующую лицензию, такие изображения все равно могут быть загружены в английскую Википедию в соответствии с en:WP:F / ru:ВП:КДИ, потому что здесь запрещено добросовестное использование.
Hi, and welcome. Your File:ГолобородькоДА.jpg is one of many images we get daily that have no machine-readable license and an external source. Krdbot tagged it as a probable copyright violation per Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 49#Media without a license and Túrelio deleted it for those reasons and for having no permission. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept such images, 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, such images 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 02:08, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

USER BLOCKED

Hi ,

I am writing because my user name Oum Valentin is blocked and I do not know how to unblock or what I should do to publish the article.

Can you kindly help me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oum Valentin (talk • contribs) 11:19, 13 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Oum Valentin: Welcome to Wikimedia Commons! You were blocked from editing English Wikipedia because your only contributions were promotional and your username appeared to represent an organisation. There are instructions on how to get your account unblocked at the bottom of en:User talk:Oum Valentin. Is there some part of those instructions that you're finding hard to understand? --bjh21 (talk) 12:51, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Undid revision 884828879 by ProfessorSmartyPants (talk) Contributor who changed insightful wording that had stood for 9 years has a deleted profile.

Hello - I am a very infrequent contributor. I did create the 16th Virginia Cavalry page 10 years ago and add to things that I see once in a long while. Anyway, I did revert the above back to what it said for 9 years. The person who changed it seems to have a deleted profile. I do not see why there is a problem characterizing the significance of the first US soldier killed on non-Confederate soil in Pennsylvania as "regrettable". Casualties of war are all regrettable, as who wants people to die or be wounded? I hope there is regret for violence - and I hope Wikipedia supports this viewpoint as well. I see my phrasing as away from "hate speech" and towards "mourning the loss of a human being" - in this case, a Union soldier named William Rihl. THANKS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rstaten1 (talk • contribs) 17:04, 13 November 2020‎ (UTC)

This is about "en" not commons: en:16th Virginia Cavalry. --Mirer (talk) 17:31, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
Pinging @ProfessorSmartyPants as remover.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:34, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi @Rstaten1: just to explain a little further, Wikimedia Commons (this website) is a separate project to Wikipedia ("en" above) although within the same family. So you may want to ask this question at the Wikipedia:Help desk. In the meantime, have a read of some of Wikipedia's guidance which may help to explain why this was changed: Wikipedia:Writing better articles#Information style and tone. If you have any further queries on this, Wikipedia is the place to ask. All the best. -- Crep1711 (talk) 18:21, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Rename files

12:46, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Autumn in between 'Het Fortuyn' and 'Tolhuisje, Bedum'.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
12:46, 20 November 2020 diff hist +4‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Autumn in between 'Het Fortuyn' and 'Tolhuisje, Bedum'.jpg ‎ ‎Edited [en] caption: Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Autumn in between 'Het Fortuyn' and 'Tolhuisje, Midlaren'
12:45, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Autumn in between 'Het Fortuyn' and 'Tolhuisje, Bedum' - Tram RET 520.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
12:44, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Autumn in between 'Het Fortuyn' and 'Tolhuisje, Bedum' - Tram RET 520.jpg ‎ ‎Edited [en] caption: Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Autumn in between 'Het Fortuyn' and 'Tolhuisje, Midlaren' - Tram RET 520
12:44, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tram RET 520 - Tuinkoepel, Meppel - Tolhuisje, Bedum.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
12:43, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tram RET 520 - Tuinkoepel, Meppel - Tolhuisje, Bedum.jpg ‎ ‎Edited [en] caption: Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tram RET 520 - Tuinkoepel, Meppel - Tolhuisje, Midlaren
12:43, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tramrails at Crossing, Tolhuisje, Bedum.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
12:42, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tramrails at Crossing, Tolhuisje, Bedum.jpg ‎ ‎Edited [en] caption: Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tramrails at Crossing, Tolhuisje, Midlaren
12:41, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tolhuisje, Bedum - Toltarief.jpg ‎ →‎Summary current
12:41, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tolhuisje, Bedum - Toltarief.jpg ‎ ‎Edited [en] caption: Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tolhuisje, Midlaren - Toltarief
12:10, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tolhuisje, Bedum - Interior.jpg ‎ ‎Edited [en] caption: Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tolhuisje, Midlaren - Interior current
12:09, 20 November 2020 diff hist +3‎ File:Netherlands Open Air Museum - 2020-10-31 - Tolhuisje, Bedum - Interior.jpg ‎ →‎Summary

Please could you change the name 'Bedum' in the filename to 'Midlaren'? The matter concerns two objects in the heritage museum that I've inaccurately exchanged — Preceding unsigned comment added by Txllxt TxllxT (talk • contribs) 13:00, 20 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Please help me

I am not aware much on the laws of Wikimedia Commons. When I uploaded downloaded images, they were deleted. So I thought that taking screenshots would work. I apologize for my mistake. But I had a querry. Are images uploaded only by those who click it. Isn't there any other way for uploading images. I request you to not ban my account, as I promise to not repeat any illegal action.--Atlantis77177 (talk) 17:16, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi,
we have no laws, but rules and policies. However, as everybody else we have to respect copyright laws.
When you make a screenshot from TV, a movie or a website, you are copying the work of somebody else, which is (nearly) always copyrighted. Except of cases where the original creator released his work expressedly under a free license (COM:L), a screenshot violates copyright.
You may find images released under a free license for example on Flickr. However, not all material on Flickr is free enough. Commons accepts only images released under CC-BY, CC-BY-SA oder CC-0. See Commons:Contributing your own work and Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter for further information. --Túrelio (talk) 17:16, 14 November 2020 (UTC)

How to upload a deceased relative's memoir

I would like to upload a scan of my deceased grandmother's personal memoir written in 1974 so I can add it to her Wikipedia page. What can I do about copyright / permission issues? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikenwilf (talk • contribs) 17:24, 14 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Mikenwilf: Hi, and welcome. What can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the author and the dates and countries of writing and publication? Are you the heir to her copyrights?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:05, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Inventaire_general_des_meubles_de_la_Couronne_tome_1.pdf/1

bonjour, je ne comprends pas les différents messages que je viens de recevoir me disant que le livre que j'ai chargé, va être supprimé. ________________________ Ce fichier risque d'être effacé. Merci d'avoir déposé le fichier File:Inventaire general des meubles de la Couronne tome 1.pdf. J'ai remarqué que la page de description pour ce fichier ne contient pas assez d'information à propos de la licence sous laquelle il est placé, ou contient des informations contradictoires sur cette licence, ce qui rend le statut du fichier vis-à-vis du copyright incertain.

Si vous avez créé ce fichier vous-même, vous devez apposer un bandeau valide de copyright. Vous pouvez par exemple utiliser {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} pour autoriser la réutilisation du fichier dans le cadre des licences GFDL et Creative Commons avec paternité et partage à l'identique (toutes versions), ou bien {{PD-self}} pour la placer dans le domaine public (cf. Commons:Bandeaux_de_licence pour connaître la liste complète des bandeaux de licence utilisables sur Commons).

Si vous n'avez pas créé le fichier vous-même, ou s'il s'agit d'une œuvre dérivée d'un travail potentiellement sous copyright, alors vous devez indiquer où vous l'avez trouvé (généralement à l'aide d'un lien vers la page web d'où il provient), vous devez fournir une preuve qu'il est placé sous une licence acceptable pour Commons (par exmple en fournissant un lien vers les conditions d'utilisation figurant sur la page web d'origine), et vous devez apposer un bandeau de licence approprié. Si vous n'avez pas créé le fichier vous-même, et que sa source ou les informations sur la licence sous laquelle il est placé ne sont pas disponibles sur le web, vous devez obtenir une permission des ayant-droits et la transmettre via le système OTRS en suivant la procédure décrite sur cette page. Notez que tout fichier sans indication de source ou dont la licence est impropre pourra être supprimé une semaine après qu'ils auront été signalés comme ne disposant pas des informations requises, comme cela est décrit dans notre guide de suppression. Si vous avez déposé d'autres fichiers sur Commons, merci de confirmer que vous avez fourni les informations requises pour ces fichiers également (vous pouvez obtenir une liste de tous vos dépôts de fichiers avec l'outil Gallery). Merci.

EugeneZelenko (d) 15:44, 6 November 2020 (UTC)


_________________ A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:Inventaire general des meubles de la Couronne tome 1.pdf, is a derivative work, containing an "image within an image". Examples of such works would include a photograph of a sculpture, a scan of a magazine cover, or a map that has been altered from the original. In each of these cases, the rights of the creator of the original must be considered, as well as those of the creator of the derivative work.

While the description page states who made this derivative work, it currently doesn't specify who created the original work, so the overall copyright status is unclear. If you did not create the original work depicted in this image, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. Please edit the file description and add the missing information, or the file may be deleted. If you created the original content yourself, enter this information as the source. If someone else created the content, the source should be the address to the web page where you found it, the name and ISBN of the book you scanned it from, or similar. You should also name the author, provide verifiable information to show that the content is in the public domain or has been published under a free license by its author, and add an appropriate template identifying the public domain or licensing status, if you have not already done so. Please add the required information for this and other files you have uploaded before adding more files. If you need assistance, please ask at the help desk. Thank you!

JuTa 21:39, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

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J'ai bien mis les droits suivants : (CC BY-SA 3.0). c'est un manuscrit datant de 1729, l'auteur est bien mort depuis plus de 200 ans. l'ouvrage est donc dans le domaine public. pouvez-vous m'éclairer et me dire ce que je dois rajouter pour correspondre à votre demande.

cordialement — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clob75 (talk • contribs) 08:42, 9 November 2020‎ (UTC)

This is an clear PD-old image. There is no valid claim for deletion here.--Snaevar (talk) 18:32, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding [[:]]

Hi, how can I provided this files is copyrighted??? I took it on a newspaper on Internet for Sea Games 31 (thanhnien.vn). Very purchase if somebody help. ThanksToilamotnguoibt123 (talk) 02:13, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Did the creator of the logo give you permission to use it? Read COM:Copyright. Prahlad (talk to me / what I've done) 04:49, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Are this logo surpass Threshold of originality?

I see logo of cignature, logo of Redsquare and logo of P1Harmony may be "too" simple to be copyrighted, but are these true? Bill Cipher, Stan, Twins, Dipper - Gravity falls and J.Smile 13:21, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

The threshold of originality in South Korea seems to be quite low, so I would definitely rule out the Cignature logo with its intricate initials. The other two might also be too creative for the local standards to be out of copyright. De728631 (talk) 14:03, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Yoel Romero

I have been long searching for a picture for Yoel Romero in wikipedia (for which I made some copyright violations as I was unaware of the rules), as the image in the infobox is of 2008. After a rigorous search, I found an image and wished to know if it was a copyright violence or not. The picture seems to have been uploaded today, so I wasn't sure.File:Yoel_Romero.png.jpg. Please help. --Atlantis77177 (talk) 14:21, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Is YoelRomero123 (talk · contribs) your second user-account? --Túrelio (talk) 14:38, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

No of-course not. I swear it. You can ban that user or do what you feel, it doesn't matter. Please answer my question.--Atlantis77177 (talk) 14:59, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Already done before. That is a capture from Youtube. --Túrelio (talk) 15:49, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
Which is to say, "no, you can't use it." There are basically three ways you can get an image of a living person that you can upload here: (1) photograph it yourself, (2) find an image that for one or another reason is in the public domain (e.g. work of an employee of the U.S. government taken as part of their work), or (3) find an image where the copyright-holder (typically the photographer) has offered or is willing to offer a sufficiently free license, as described in COM:L. - Jmabel ! talk 19:13, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Import from wikipedia

Could someone transfer this file from Wikipedia to commons ??? --Marcric (talk) 21:43, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Sorry @Jmabel: , I was not clear. The file is not ready to be automatically moved and the manual tools I have used until a few months ago are not working anymore. I just need someone with privileges to put the file in the right condition to be automatically moved, or simply move it. Regards. --Marcric (talk) 00:34, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
@Marcric: I imported it for you, to File:TC Venture Predator.jpg. Pinging @Jmabel as commenter and failed pingee above.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:06, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks a lot. Will use it in a few minutes. --Marcric (talk) 01:20, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
The tools for automatic moving are generally crap. That's why I suggested doing a manual move, which is just like uploading any other file. - Jmabel ! talk 01:40, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
@Marcric: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:55, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:55, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

How to order categories within categories correctly

Hello,

I have done this before but cannot figure out how to do it now. See Category:Houses in Kansas by year of completion and notice that Category:Houses built in Kansas in 1882‎ and Category:Houses built in Kansas in 1883‎ are in the wrong order. I have done everything I can think of to correct this. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, --Krok6kola (talk) 17:48, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I am probably beyond help. I still cannot make it work. Maybe I have added too many categories and screwed it up. Too tired now, but thanks. (I had tried to copy what others have done.) --Krok6kola (talk) 01:21, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
I see: Category:Houses built in Kansas in 1882 and Category:Houses built in Kansas in 1883 are built using a template. Ans they sort correctly in Category:Houses in Kansas by year of completion. I didn't even go look, I just gave an answer that presumed the problem you described actually existed. It does not, at least not on my system. Maybe you have a caching issue? I didn't look at the history of what you edited. - Jmabel ! talk 02:52, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: A.Savin fixed it by adding({{USStateHouseArc|Kansas|188|2}}) and ({{USStateHouseArc|Kansas|188|3}}), something I never could have accomplished. So many thanks to him! Krok6kola (talk) 20:31, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

L Lewis Sagendorph Photo

I own the only photograph of L. Lewis Sagendorph who died in 1909. It is neither dated nor identified on the reverse. It is a family photo. Can I upload it to Commons? If so, how to classify ownership, etc.? I want to be able to add it to his Wikipedia page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bypassed (talk • contribs) 15:51, 16 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Thank you.Yes, the photo was taken late in his life. It was passed down to me in a frame in which along side of it was a typewritten page describing him and his life in the family company. In addition, a portrait of him was painted by an artists using this photo and the portrait has a label on the frame naming him: L Lewis Sagendorph.

riutilizzo di un contenuto di wikimedia commons

Buongiorno, avrei necessità di pubblicare sulla mia tesi una fotografia presente nel servizio wikimedia commons: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/AntoninoFaustinaTrabeazioneBis.jpg sulla pagina è presente una finestra in cui il detentore dichiara che è possibile condividere il file da lui creato a patto di -Devi fornire i crediti appropriati, un collegamento alla licenza e indicare se sono state apportate modifiche. Puoi farlo in qualsiasi modo ragionevole, ma non in alcun modo che suggerisca che il licenziante approvi te o il tuo uso. è possibile ricevere delucidazioni in merito? posso sapere come fornire i crediti appropriati? come faccio a fare un collegamento alla licenza? grazie. -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎Elivago (talk • contribs) 16:00, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Translation:
Hello, I need to publish a photograph on my thesis in the wikimedia commons service: File:AntoninoFaustinaTrabeazioneBis.jpg on the page there is a window in which the holder declares that you can share the file he created as long as -You must provide the appropriate credits, a link to the license and indicate if any changes have been made. You may do so in any reasonable way, but not in any way that suggests that the licensor approves you or your use. is it possible to receive explanations on the matter? do i know how to provide the appropriate credits? how do i link to the license? thanks.
translator: via Google Translate -- Crep1711 (talk) 16:58, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi @Elivago: and welcome to Wikimedia Commons! It should all be explained at: Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia and by following the relevant links there. The page is also available in Italian. All the best with your thesis. -- Crep1711 (talk) 16:58, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
La traduzione
Ciao @Elivago: e benvenuto in Wikimedia Commons! Dovrebbe essere spiegato tutto in: Commons:Riuso del contenuto al di fuori di Wikimedia e seguendo i collegamenti pertinenti lì. La pagina è disponibile anche in italiano. Tutto il meglio con la tua tesi.
translator: via Google Translate -- Crep1711 (talk) 17:31, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Alex La Guma

Can one of you help me find a picture of South African writer Alex La Guma that we can use? Thanks! Drmies (talk) 16:48, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Drmies: it may be better to post your request at Commons:Picture requests, just follow the instructions there. The page also has a very useful link to several public domain image resources, to help you have a good look first. If no joy with that, your request can be posted in the People section. Hope you find one. -- Crep1711 (talk) 19:10, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi, can you help me create a article? i need help

Hi, can you help me create a article? i need help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:940:4205:2620:9950:72DD:3E20:A1AD (talk • contribs)

Natural landscapes in Turkmenistan

So, a few days ago, I posted this discussion, which basically made some "forbidden" uploads visible. These images, which have been available on Wikimedia Commons for a while, shouldn't actually be there, since they don't comply with the laws in Turkmenistan (cf. freedom of panorama in Turkmenistan). I have two questions regarding this: (1) Why are the images still on this project? Shouldn't they be removed, since they aren't supposed to stay on the site? (2) I'd like to upload some pictures of the deserts and other natural landscapes on Wikimedia Commons. Does this fall under the rules regarding freedom of panorama in Turkmenistan? Or can I freely do that? What about the Gates of Hell? They're technically manmade... Can I still publish these pictures? Thank you in advance for your help! --SuperBowser (talk) 14:18, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

I do not understand what natural landscapes have to do with freedom of panorama? Ruslik0 (talk) 19:57, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
Nothing, and of course you can upload the "Gates of Hell" too, as it is far from being an artwork, architectural work, or any other copyright-protected object. --A.Savin 01:34, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your replies and sorry for being dumb (I'm not too much acquainted with all of this, but it'll get better in the future, I promise!). What about the images that are already on this site (taken from Flickr) and do not comply with the freedom of panorama laws in Turkmenistan? I'm talking, for instance, of the files in this category. --SuperBowser (talk) 09:43, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
✓ Done, nominated for deletion: Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Türkmenbaşy Ruhy Mosque. --A.Savin 13:26, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
@A.Savin: Thank you very much for this! I'm sure that this will be beneficial to Wikimedia Commons. I can't believe that these images have stuck around for so long... And, unfortunately, there are many other buildings in Turkmenistan that shouldn't really be on this website! By the way, I uploaded two pictures that I took in the country and that, according to copyright laws, are allowed on Wikimedia Commons: this one and this one. I had some doubts and posted a discussion here... Could you just have a look at my two uploads and tell me if everything is allowed? --SuperBowser (talk) 22:42, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Anything built/created in the Russian Empire before 1918, is {{PD-RusEmpire}} anyway, but most likely also {{PD-old}}. --A.Savin 23:35, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
@A.Savin: Hi Savin, thank you so much for your help! I actually have more doubts, but maybe it's better if you reply to me here, since this isn't really the place for such questions? I looked at the first template you suggested, and this part made me wonder whether it is the right one to insert: "This work has no country of origin except: [...] in the case of architecture erected in a country of the Union or other artistic works incorporated in a building or other structure located in a country of the Union, the country of origin shall be that country." Moreover, having a Russian flag on the right hand side might mean that the template isn't the best one to use? The church in question is in the country of Turkmenistan. Do you think the template that is up right now might be sufficient? --SuperBowser (talk) 21:34, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
IMO it was just for your info, you don't have to use this template in every picture of a pre-1918 Russian building... --A.Savin 21:39, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Uploading a photo of a relative

My grandfather has a page on Wikipedia. I would like to upload one of my photos of him so that others can view his image on his page. Do I achieve this via the Creative Comments method or by inserting his photo in the visual editor? It is my first attempt at uploading material. The photo belongs to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariadbd13 (talk • contribs) 23:22, 16 November 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Mariadbd13: I'm an admin here and I've literally never heard of "Creative Comments"; are you sure you don't mean something else?
  • When you say, "my photos of him" and "The photo belongs to me" are you saying you are the photographer, or just that you possess a copy of the photo? This will have bearing on whether you need anyone else's permission to legally offer a free license.
  • I'll admit to having zero experience uploading a photo via visual editor; the normal way for beginners to upload photos on Commons is via Special:UploadWizard. Once you've done that, it's easy to use it in a Wikipedia article. - Jmabel ! talk 03:12, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

Being blocked by someone (ErvergreenFir)

My computer was hacked and whoever hacked it vandalized a page, I think it was Robert E. Lee, and EvergreenFir blocked my being able to edit anything, and I am being made a victim of someone else's crime, and I am protesting and appealing this, because I did nothing wrong.

DKtumlinson56 IP 192.168.1.98

Your computer was hacked? Are you sure it wasn't your little brother? Also, there is no user DKtumlinson56 at Wikimedia Commons, so I'm afraid we cannot do anything over here. Please reply at en:User talk:Dktumlinson56 at the English Wikipedia using the {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} code on your user talk page. De728631 (talk) 00:58, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Conflicting sources regarding creation date

File:A-propaganda-poster-from-the-Soviet-Union-in-the-1920s-391853265017.jpg depicts a Soviet propaganda poster. The uploader and the image service "Scanpix" state that the poster is from the 1920s, but The State Museum of Political History of Russia dates the poster to 1968.[2] The copyright tag may be correct or incorrect depending on which source one believes. What should be done in this case? Phleg1 (talk) 21:02, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Based on the style I am sure that the poster is from 1960s. Ruslik0 (talk) 13:50, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Help!

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Commons_is_in_a_thing#Source_of_derivative_work_is_not_properly_indicated:_File:Import-free-images-screenshot.png I don't have the time to check every image on this file, help! --Commons is in a thing (talk) 23:27, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

All 20 individual files are well identified, with their respective titles and authors. It should not be too difficult to confirm their status, although it may be boring and take some time. It being an illustration for the ImportFreeImages extension, it is almost certain that they are free. We should credit the original uploader with enough sense. I would not really call that "lax enforcement". Just a not entirely complete formatting of a 2006 file. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:56, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
I've added all but one of the remaining sources. Quite a lot are no longer free at Commons (either -NC or all rights reserved). The last one, "yellow and blue" by Darwin Bell is seemingly no longer available at Flickr though. De728631 (talk) 04:33, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Correction de la légende d'une image que je viens d'introduire

Comment faire pour corriger une légende? Je viens d'introduire une image qui correspond bien au duc de Chartres, mais pas Louis-Philippe d'Orléans, dit Louis Egalité, comme je l'ai marqué. C'est antérieur à lui, vu l'auteur de l'estampe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TURPIN Catherine (talk • contribs) 09:08, 18 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@TURPIN Catherine: Bonjour, Utiliser l'onglet «modifier» de la page en question et modifier le texte. Je ne comprends peut-être pas bien votre question car je vois que vous avez pourtant déjà correctement modifié des pages dans le passé. S'il s'agit du fichier File:Monsieur le Duc de Chartres (1747-1793).jpg et que l'auteur est bien Nicolas Arnoult, vous pouvez aussi profiter de votre modification pour ajouter le modèle Creator:Nicolas Arnoult, ajouter la catégorie Category:Nicolas Arnoult, ajuster la date et modifier le modèle de statut. Il ne faut pas utiliser le modèle CC-zero avec une image qui n'a jamais été placée sous déclaration CC0 par son auteur ou par le propriétaire des droits d'auteur. Seul l'auteur ou le propriétaire des droits d'auteur peut émettre une déclaration CC0. Il faut plutôt utiliser un modèle de constat de domaine public, par exemple le modèle PD-old-100-expired. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:46, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

File:Glapwell Football Club.png

We own & designed this image and would like to keep it on the Glapwell FC Wiki page.

Please do not remove this image.

Liam — Preceding unsigned comment added by L Dubz84 (talk • contribs) 19:50, 18 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@L Dubz84: Hi, and welcome. You may use the "Challenge speedy deletion" button on that page. Please license the logo 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 can't get a compliant license, the logo 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 19:57, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Непонятка

Здравствуйте. С чего это вдруг вы считаете меня не настоящим ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vasil911 (talk • contribs) 22:38, 18 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Misunderstanding
Hello. Why would you suddenly consider me not real ???
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:48, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
@Vasil911: Привет и добро пожаловать. Кто считает вас ненастоящим?
Hi, and welcome. Who considers you not real?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:48, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Two questions

Hello everyone, I have two questions. First, How can I add File:Licensing tutorial ckb.jpg to the Upload Wizard Special page? I didn't get anything from translatewiki.net. Second, Can we have own Mediawiki CSS page to our language (ckb) on Wikimedia Commons? Thanks! Aram (talk) 15:16, 17 November 2020 (UTC)

No one?! Aram (talk) 11:16, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
@Aram: Hi, and welcome. Sorry for the delay. First, I think adding new language features to the Upload Wizard is processed like a bug report, please see mw:How to report a bug. Second, editing pages in the Mediawiki namespace can only be done by Admins here, try asking at COM:AN, preferably with a CSS page all ready to go in your userspace.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:41, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you very much for your response! Are you sure we have to create a task on Phabricator? I searched and found no requests that had been made before. And for the second, you're right. Here, I just wanted to know if any project can have a separate CSS and/or JavaScript page. If possible, I will certainly first collect information under my own page and then ask for an administrator to create it. Aram (talk) 15:02, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
@Aram: You're welcome. It couldn't hurt to ask for both at COM:AN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:00, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

تغيير الاسم وكتابة وصف

أرسلت صور لمسابقة المعالم في بلاد الشام وقبل ان اكتب الوصف غادرت الصفحة ثم عدت فلم اجدهم ،ماذا افعل كي أكتب الوصف للصور — Preceding unsigned comment added by خالدأحمدمصباح (talk • contribs) 04:38, 19 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Change the name and write a description
I sent photos for the landmark competition in the Levant, and before I wrote the description I left the page and then returned but I did not find them, what should I do to write the description of the pictures
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:51, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
@خالدأحمدمصباح: أهلا ومرحبا. لا أرى أي صور أرسلتها باستخدام هذا الحساب ، ولكن يمكنك إضافة وصف وتسمية توضيحية إلى أي صفحة وصف ملف.
Hi, and welcome. I don't see any photos that you sent with that account, but you can add description and caption to any file description page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:51, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
@خالدأحمدمصباح: Are you saying you did not find the description or did not find the photos? - Jmabel ! talk 05:21, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: I found the one edit above, no uploads, no upload log, no edit filter log. Maybe the upload wizard ate the incomplete upload attempt or something.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:26, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
Sorry, Jeff, that was addressed to the original poster, not to you. I guess I should have been clearer (and have been now). - Jmabel ! talk 05:31, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Sorry I misinterpreted and indented.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:04, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

An uploaded image can't be seen at any given wiki

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T267668

Hello! This image: File:Standard Model of Elementary Particles Euskaraz.jpg can't be seen when added to an article. Does anyone know why? Thanks! -Theklan (talk) 10:20, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

@Theklan: Hi, and welcome. This problem was allegedly resolved in phab:T267668, it was already reopened and I posted there for you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:53, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Can i upload a picture of a logo?

Its not mine but im making an article on it. You guys do a lot of logos anyways so why cant i upload a logo too? I'm not trying to troll. want to create an article for Watami. Please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vineyprincess (talk • contribs) 17:32, 19 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Vineyprincess: 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 can't get a compliant license, the logos 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 17:56, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

I only said it was my own because it did not let me do it any other way. I can't find the full size original of it, but I'll try. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vineyprincess (talk • contribs) 18:06, 19 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Vineyprincess: if it is not your own work, we won’t be able to host it here unless it is too simple to be copyrighted (according to the country of origin), old enough for its copyright to have expired, or published under an explicit free licence. However, if the article you wish to illustrate is already on the English Wikipedia, as Jeff G. said there’s a good chance you can upload the logo there instead, as non-free content (which should not be high-resolution) with a fair-use rationale. (BTW please sign your posts by typing four tildes at the end.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:10, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Uploaded photo that I can't find, please, how can I find it?

Hi, Please, I just uploaded a photo of Ross Munro, filmmaker, but I can't find it. Second part of my questions: how can I connect this photo to Ross Munro's Wikidata entry?

I'm a beginner

Thank you so much! Maria

@MariaCarlotaVivas: - your photo is here: File:Ross Munro.jpg; you can see what you have added by looking at your contributions - MPF (talk) 23:28, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Replacing an outdated photo

Hello,

I work for the Town of Indian Trail in North Carolina. The picture on the Wikipedia page for our Town is of our old Town Hall (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Trail,_North_Carolina). This is what comes up when people do a Google search for Indian Trail.

I have been tasked with getting it changed to a photo of our New Town Hall. I have never had to edit a Wikipedia page before, and I have been trying to read the FAQs and help articles to figure it out on my own. However, it is very confusing to me and I've had no luck so far. Can anyone break it down in layman's terms on how to do this?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abbeynball (talk • contribs) 12:54, 22 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Abbeynball: Hi, and welcome. Is the new photo online yet? If so, where? Who is the photographer?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:21, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
✓ Done. Due to the lack of contact and opportunity for self-help guidance, I have gone ahead and replaced the image on en and Wikidata, with the image they uploaded. -- Crep1711 (talk) 14:05, 27 November 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. Crep1711 (talk) 14:05, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

What should I do if someone considers my work derivative?

Good afternoon! The other day I uploaded an audiofile. Some member of the community has marked it as a derivative work, although the author has just gifted it to me. Maybe the fact that the audio is performed by a man not by a woman has evoked his suspicion. And, since it is a gift, I suppose that this work is not derivative indeed, but still some formalities are left. Could you kindly explain me what I have to write in the description of my work to avoid such situations in advance? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Марина Шумилина (talk • contribs) 16:40, 19 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Марина Шумилина: Hello, There are three layers of work, and therefore three potential layers of copyright. 1) The original poem by Пушкин, which should not be a problem. 2) The translation published in 1949. 3) The recording of the audio. Numbers 2 and 3 are possibly not free. About the translation, you should specify who is the author of that translation and explain why you think you can republish it. If it is not free, the written permission of the owner of the copyright will be required. About the audio file, if depends who made the recording. If it is you, no problem. If it is Михаил В. or someone else, written evidence of permission from that person will be required. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:38, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
(Edit conflict) @Марина Шумилина: Hi, and welcome. In the case of File:Памятник на коми-пермяцком.ogg, we need identification of and permission from the translator, speaker, and recorder, but we don't need permission from the heirs of author en:Alexander Pushkin because he died 183 years ago. Pinging @EugeneZelenko as tagger.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:46, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
Yes, information about translator (including dates of life) is needed. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 21:29, 19 November 2020 (UTC)
Also, when User:Asclepias mentions "written permission of the owner of the copyright," in this case that almost certainly requires the process outlined at COM:OTRS. - Jmabel ! talk 03:23, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

"Structured data", a complete pain in the ****

I've found a whole large batch of files where an incorrect location had been entered (somewhere in tropical Africa, for photos clearly stated to be from a zoo in France). OK, it's easy to change the location in the file text, it enters as 45.7772954|4.8555129 for Lat & Long. Save, fine. Get an error message "There is a discrepancy of 4110892 meters between the above coordinates and the ones stored at SDC (12°20′42″N 23°27′22″E, precision: 111 m). Please reconcile them". OK, now go to the structured data section, scroll down to the end. Enter the correct location. Doesn't work, because it is formatted differently as 45.7772954,4.8555129 with a comma not a pipe mark. So I have to re-edit it. Then I can't get rid of the old incorrect location, until I have saved the change and ended up with two locations, only then can I re-open edit and delete the wrong one, and finally save, for a third time. A complete pain in the ****, takes about 5 times as long as it should. Why isn't there an easy, automatic way of doing this, so that the first edit throws up a note "Do you also wish to change this in the structured data? Yes/No" and a simple click on 'Yes'? - MPF (talk) 22:35, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: - thanks! But I tried that, and it won't delete until I add the second location first - MPF (talk) 10:29, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

How to delete a deletion template?

Hi, How does one remove a deletion template added by a bot to an image upload? I have uploaded a file with a copyright description, however a bot named "User:AntiCompositeBot/NoLicense" has tagged the image as not having sufficient information - (or perhaps because the information is in the wrong place in the metadata?). I have since added more copyright details. However I can't find a way to remove the bot's tag and could not find relevant advice in the forums. Please can someone advise how to remove the tag? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RottenBoroughs (talk • contribs) 05:48, 20 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@RottenBoroughs: Hi, and welcome. "Released to the public" does not equate to "Public Domain". Perhaps the information is subject to the OGL or some other government license in the UK, but I doubt it since the police's website is marked "© Copyright 2020. All rights reserved." in the lower left corner. It is incumbent upon uploaders to make sure what they upload complies with all applicable laws and policies before upload. The correct place for the license for File:Cleveland Police, UK - Force Structure.png is in the Licensing section of that page or on the "permission=" line of the Information template on that page, nowhere else. Once you have that rectified, "{{User:AntiCompositeBot/NoLicense/tag|month=November|day=19|year=2020}}" may be removed.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:35, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi Jeff, Thank you very much for your swift response. In the UK, information of any form released by a 'public body' - such as local or central government or any other public body - is considered 'public information'. This material does not attract any copyright limitations by default. (The rules differ for material published by a 'Crown body', or in the case of a public body releasing others' material protected by a previous copyright claim.). More information about this can be found here <https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/foi-copyright-and-copying-of-records.pdf>. Regarding the Cleveland Police organisation chart, the file is able to be reposted lawfully. Could you advise how to remove the bot's tag please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RottenBoroughs (talk • contribs) 07:26, 20 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@RottenBoroughs:  Disagree The Cleveland police terms and conditions section of their website explicitly says copyright applies and permission must be sought. The final paragraph on page 2 of the document you yourself quoted above states: ”The supply of documents under FOI does not automatically give the person or organisation who receives the information a right to re-use the documents in a way that would infringe copyright" and that "copyright will still subsist in the information provided" in the immediately preceding paragraph. Also the police are not listed as a Crown body where Crown Copyright applies and therefore the OGL will not apply either. Freedom of Information (FOI) requests are also excluded from being covered by the OGL anyway - see section on exemptions in the terms of that licence. So I think express permission will be required from Cleveland police via the COM:OTRS process. By the way - please sign your posts with four tildes. Thanks -- Crep1711 (talk) 08:58, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Replying to 'Crep1711'  Disagree Thank you for your response. To address each of your points in turn. First, any copyright claimed by Cleveland Police in relation to content hosted on their website does not (necessarily) apply to information they are obliged to release by the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, 2000; in the same way that different information released by Cleveland Police by any other means may be done so under differing terms, licenses or legislation (for example to a court). The claim of website copyright is essentially irrelevant to released FOI material. However the website does expressly discuss copyright of material released under FOI, which I will address momentarily.

Second, the two quotations you kindly cited from the penultimate and last paragraphs on p.2 refer to a scenario where information released in an FOI response may *already* be restricted under a claim of copyright. I would agree with you that release under FOI does not automatically remove copyright and this has not been claimed.

Regarding your third point, perhaps there was a misunderstanding - I noted that the police are a public body - and do not represent a Crown body; hence restrictions or licenses (e.g. OGL) pertaining to Crown bodies do *not* apply.

Addressing the Cleveland Police's statement on copyright of FOI-released material on their website, here: <https://www.cleveland.police.uk/foi-ai/af/accessing-information/publication-scheme/>, the police (as a public body) give their consent for their material to be published provided they are cited and reproduction is done so accurately:

Cleveland Police statement: <If the material is subject to our copyright, you may reproduce any of it free of charge in any format or medium, provided it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading manner. Where any of the copyright items in the Publication Scheme are being republished or copied to others, you must identify the source of the material and acknowledge the copyright status.>

I would dispute that, as a public body, they have a right to claim copyright of their work, however this is a moot point as they have provided re-publication consent. The only real issue I can foresee arising is if a public body released information for which the copyright was held by a third party, e.g. a private individual or company. This is addressed briefly here: <https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375955/Copyright_material_held_by_public_bodies.pdf>

ICOI, the original published response by Cleveland Police (together with any terms stated by them) is available to browse here: <https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/force_structure_37#incoming-1248775>.

If the text formatting of this post is unclear I apologise - I have not found a visual editor to use and have had to edit this manually. RottenBoroughs (talk) 10:12, 20 November 2020 (UTC).

@RottenBoroughs: Many thanks for taking the time to provide a detailed reply with extra links so that we can get to the bottom of this. The mention of the website was to illustrate that Cleveland police do consider their material (in general) to be copyrighted. That said it can only be used with permission / under a licence. We both agree that OGL doesn't apply. You kindly linked to their own scheme. Unfortunately, the publication scheme you linked to isn't an example of of a 'free' licence. That is use by anyone, anytime, for any purpose. Wikimedia Commons can only accept files that can be so used. The problem with these narrative permissions are that they are often bespoke, with unacceptable clauses, and not universally recognised free licences. In this case the telling sentence comes right at the end: ”Material made available through the Publication Scheme must not be reproduced, copied or otherwise used for any commercial purposes." Unfortunately this is not compatible with Commons: please see Commons:Licensing#Acceptable licenses. I hope this explains. All the best. Crep1711 (talk) 10:55, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
@Crep1711: Thank you very much for your further reply. Regarding the last sentence, perhaps there is a misunderstading. Cleveland Police agree to material reuse for *non-commercial* purposes ... "If the material is subject to our copyright, you may reproduce any of it free of charge in any format or medium, provided it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading manner.". I was of the understanding that WikiCommons was "not for any commercial purposes". (Although as noted, I would dispute they have any right as a public body to claim copyright.) RottenBoroughs (talk) 11:08, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
(Edit conflict) @RottenBoroughs: as I read the linked document, it says that the act of releasing material under FOI cannot infringe any copyright that may protect it, but it does not say that such release voids those rights or transfers the material to the public domain. Indeed it points out that FOI releases may include copyrighted items. This is not much different from a journalist or educator making “fair use” of an image without violating the copyright, which doesn’t put the image into the public domain either {although it may publicize it). If you want a better-informed opinion than mine, however, I suggest you post at COM:VPC.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 09:16, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Replying to 'Odysseus1479'. Thank you for your comments. IMHO, I agree that the release of information under the FOI does not automatically remove any pre-existing copyright vested in the work. However, (as mentioned above in my reply to 'Crep1711' above), IMHO, I do not consider a public body such as Cleveland Police has any right to copyright protection of its own internally-created information. There are no third party or commercial use issues relevant to the internal document. Best regards. RottenBoroughs (talk) 10:30, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

@RottenBoroughs: The file is subject to ordinary copyright per COM:UK, and I have tagged it as such.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:13, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Hi. Can you explain why you consider ordinary copyright applies to this? The work is produced by a UK public sector body and contains no third party copyrighted content. In addition, its re-use (in the original form) is expressly allowed by the creator for non-commercial purposes. Thanks. RottenBoroughs (talk) 11:30, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
@RottenBoroughs: Sorry, our policies require commercial reusability, see COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:33, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

File not visible

Hi, Yesterday I uploaded File:Cordulia aenea nymph.jpg, but there is not image to be seen. I tried to upload it again, but that gave me warnings that the file already exists. Even so when I deleted the file en tried to upload again. What's going on? Lymantria (talk) 10:52, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

@Lymantria: Hi. That looks like a bug. Bug reports generally require specifics, please see mw:How to report a bug for details.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:21, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, but luckily It seems the bug resolved itself :D Lymantria (talk) 17:16, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Uploading an image without an author/photographer

I am hoping to upload an Australian image to wikimedia commons but I am unable to find the author. The image is from a government website and it was taken before 1955 meaning any copyright has expired according to Australian copyright laws. Am I able to upload the image without an author? The image also has a watermark at the bottom showing it is part of the National Archives of Australia. Should I use this image or use the same image that I found on another site (that is not the government site) without the watermark. Thanks (Lydiahoughton (talk) 11:18, 20 November 2020 (UTC))

@Lydiahoughton: Hi, and welcome. What makes the image from the National Archives of Australia better?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:24, 20 November 2020 (UTC)
Hi! It is a government website so I thought this might be better. I believe it is also the source of the photo (Lydiahoughton (talk) 11:27, 20 November 2020 (UTC))
This is the website I am looking at https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/PhotoDetail.aspx?Barcode=7873288 which was found from trove https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/231009843?keyword=Cecil%20cook (Lydiahoughton (talk) 11:29, 20 November 2020 (UTC))
@Lydiahoughton: I would go with a crop of the 620x340px version at https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/cdn.sydneybarani.com.au/assets/CecilCook.jpg as displayed by https://www.sydneybarani.com.au/talk-on-dr-cecil-cook/ rather than the 425x286px watermarked version from NAA or the 150x101px version from Trove. You could mention all three as sources. Unless you want to spend $35.59 AUD for the HD version at NAA and wait up to a month.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:43, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

File:Ulju-ulsan-map.png Cheongnyang-myeon (청량면) → Cheongnyang-eup (청량읍) Request Map Renewal.

Ulju-ulsan-map Please update the map of the administrative district of Ulju-gun, Ulsan, as of November 2020 at png.

Chungnyang-myeon (Cheongnyang-myeon) has been promoted to → Chungnyang-eup (Cheongnyang-eup).

This photo is the 2012 version and needs to be updated to the 2020 version.

Chungniang-myeon Cheongnyang-myeon (靑良面) → Cheongnyang-eup (靑良邑) 도성전 (talk) 12:45, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Infinite Flight aircraft poll results (Round 1).jpg

I uploaded a picture, but now I want to delete because I'm not sure I can use it.--Balacachini (talk) 02:18, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

@Balacachini: , the file will be deleted in a few days anyway, unless a licence is provided. (IIANM the source site provides its users‘ content under a non-commercial CC licence, which we can’t accept, so your second thoughts are well founded.) In general, though, you can tag any file you’ve uploaded in the last week for speedy deletion with {{SD|G7}}.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:42, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

An old painting with lost source

I have an image of Kunti from Pinterest (which is Painted by Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966), and is very old (probably more than 60 years). When I clicked on the source of the painting, it was not reachable. I think the pic is very useful and should be added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 245CMR (talk • contribs)

The painting will slip into public domain after 2036. Before that date it is protected by copyright and cannot be uploaded here. Ruslik0 (talk) 08:43, 21 November 2020 (UTC)
@Ruslik0: I believe the Indian copyright term is 60 years p.m.a., which would only last until the end of 2026. However, since the paintings were not PD by 1996, they have URAA copyrights in the USA for 95 years after their first publication. So I would conclude that we can host pre-1932 paintings by this artist beginning in 2027, but his later works could remain inadmissible until about 2060, according to their dates.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 00:27, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
"Very old" is a matter of perspective. I have photos on here that I took over 50 years ago. - Jmabel ! talk 22:05, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: @Ruslik0: @Odysseus1479: As per Copyright policy of India, it must have fell under Public Domain. But, as I don't know when it was first published, I will add this image in 2026 with the following license. {{PD-India}}. 245CMR (talk) 07:32, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

And pls use @245CMR: so that I am updated regarding this.

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. Crep1711 (talk) 06:30, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Can't upload image!

I am trying to upload an image to go with the "Popham Colony" page. The Post Office issued a stamp in 1957 commemorating the 350th anniversary of the founding of the colony, bearing an image of the 30-ton pinnace "Virginia", a ship built there in 1608.

I see I can't even add the image here. (It's my own file, that I made.) Disappointing.

Anyone can look at this image at http://www.jamesdire.net/popham.tif....you'll have to figure out how to open it. Windows 10 is now blocking all such files.

Sigh. Goodby Wikipedia. No sense contributing if I am blocked from doing so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesFranklinDire (talk • contribs) 03:20, 21 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@JamesFranklinDire: Hi, and welcome. Per COM:US#Stamps, you may upload that stamp here with {{PD-USGov}}. Now, what exactly do you mean by "can't"?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:47, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

*** CHANGE / AMEND /UPDATE MY PHOTO .... : [Ticket#2020092910017115] ***

dear Wikimedia Commons , my friend & photographer Benedikt Frank sent You ( permissions-commons@wikimedia.org ) an Email message template for release of rights to a file , to a portrait photo of Me he took. he also uploaded the photo to Wikimedia Commons. the file name is thumb|a black and white portrait of Anatole Taubman he did everything properly as You requested. please use this photo as my main -photo on all languages wikipedia pages . thank You kindly & best wishes , AT — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toli Taubman (talk • contribs) 12:54, 21 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Toli Taubman: Hi, and welcome. I was able to find Ticket:2020092910017115, and despite the fact that BenediktAchmed1860 neglected to add "Re: [Ticket#2020092910017115]" in the subject line of an email message, instead creating Ticket:2020100310006299, and both managed to avoid mentioning URL https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anatole_Taubman_portait.jpg in email, I was able to match up the two tickets and merge them, approve, and add the file to de:Anatole Taubman.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:51, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

Mot de passe

Bonjour. Impossible de me connecter. J'ai fais tous ce que le système m'a demandé, sans succès ! Comment puis-je, initialiser, un nouveau mot de passe Merci. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.70.27.26 (talk) 11:54, 22 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Password

Hello. Unable to connect. I did everything the system asked me to do, without success!

How can I initialize a new password Thank you.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:35, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
Salut et bienvenue. Veuillez lire mw:Manual:Resetting passwords/fr.
Hi, and welcome. Please read mw:Manual:Resetting passwords.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:35, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Uploading Images

Hi, I'm working on articles about Transdev Blazefield to help keep everything up to date. However, I need to use some images to help this. The images are owned by Transdev Blazefield. Is it allowed to upload these from their own media? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AshlyJethro (talk • contribs) 21:24, 22 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@AshlyJethro: Are you familiar with en:WP:COI? I'm guessing that your work on en-wiki involves a conflict of interest you have not disclosed.
Given that Transdev Blazefield owns the relevant copyrights (which would have to mean they have been signed over by the photographer or graphic artist to Transdev Blazefield), there are two possibilities here:
  1. On a website clearly under Transdev Blazefield's control, where these images are displayed, they can indicate an appropriate free license. I recommend {{CC-BY-SA 4.0}}. It possible, this is much simpler than the OTRS approach.
  2. They can go through the COM:OTRS process either to give licenses for a specific set of images or to indicate that you are authorized to upload on their behalf, and that licenses you indicate for their work can be trusted.
Jmabel ! talk 23:26, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Download this image

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4208485/

How can I download this image (the photo of the beds)? The image shown is a smaller version, and when I click to zoom in, and then right click open image in new tab, it only shows a part of the whole. Thanks. Benjamin (talk) 04:18, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Nevermind, I got help. [3] Benjamin (talk) 20:59, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Image

So I uploaded an image and put the copyright source of the image as my own using source=Own work But later I got a message saying that I need to add a source even though I already did. What is wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timetorockknowlege (talk • contribs) 08:38, 23 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi @Timetorockknowlege: and welcome to Wikimedia Commons. I think the problem is, a reviewing editor doubted File:Ivanka Trumps Speech at RNC 2016.png was your "own work" based on their experience of the nature of the image. The tag "own work" has its usual meaning of work that is your own i.e. not somebody else's. In this case, it means that you took the photograph yourself. It seems that you may now be starting to understand this as I see you have since added it's true source, from the internet. However, you still have the author as yourself. When uploading files to Commons all information about it e.g. source and author must be accurate, with links if appropriate so anyone can check. In this case, the reviewing editor tagged it to get to the true source, even though 'own work' was already there. Unfortunately, now we have the source, I can see the source website does indeed carry a copyright © line in the footer, so the file in question will shortly be re-tagged, this time for speedy deletion as a copyright violation. Please take some time to familiarise yourself with the requirements of Commons as per your welcome message on your talk page, and Commons:Licensing is a good place to start. Thanks and all the best with future uploads. -- Crep1711 (talk) 13:17, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
@Timetorockknowlege: (ec) Hi, and welcome. As Herby noted on your user talk page, File:Ivanka Trumps Speech at RNC 2016.png "is missing information about where it comes from or who created it, which is needed to verify its copyright status." You alleged that the file came from http://www.justjared.com/photo-gallery/3713563/ivanka-trump-camapigns-for-womens-vote-in-rnc-speech-17/Macaulay%20Culkin/Macaulay%20Culkin/, which is "© 2005-2020 JUST JARED, INC." Judging from the fact that you appear to have photoshopped out the "JUST JARED" logo and yellow border from http://cdn02.cdn.justjared.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/ivanka-rnc/ivanka-trump-camapigns-for-womens-vote-in-rnc-speech-17.jpg, I concur. Exactly where did you find the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license you used for that file? See also COM:DW.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:22, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Logo upload of the Company

Dear Sirs and Madams,

I work at the company SPITZ and I am responsible for the Gasteiner Mineralwasser entry on Wikipedia.

Now we want to upload our new logo of the company, but it does not work.

Please can somebody helps me?

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards, Ulli Grubhofer

Email: ulrike.grubhofer@spitz.at — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ulrike Grubhofer (talk • contribs) 09:32, 23 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Ulrike Grubhofer: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg logo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The logo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller logo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to post COM:L compliant permission for such works on your website or social media presence or send permission via OTRS. Also, any raster image will look jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg version, too. If you can't get a compliant license, the logo may still be uploaded to English or German Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F or de:Wikipedia:Bildrechte#Bilder, deren Urheber nicht bekannt ist 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. See also en:WP:COI and de:WP:COI   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:44, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

국장

https://www.pinterest.co.kr/pin/347340190007785740/

북한(조선민주주의인민공화국) 국장입니다.

현재 국장에 사용되는 글꼴은 WK고직으로 fontke에서 글꼴을 다운로드받아

일러스트로 그림을 그려 드리고 국장파일을 새로 올려 드립니다. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 183.90.128.11 (talk) 11:29, 23 November 2020‎ (UTC)

director

https://www.pinterest.co.kr/pin/347340190007785740/

I am the Director of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea).

The font used for the current director is WK Gojik, and download the font from fontke.

We will draw a picture as an illustration and upload a new coat of arms file.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:54, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
안녕하세요, 환영합니다. 해당 글꼴에 대한 무료 라이센스는 정확히 어디에서 찾을 수 있습니까?
Hi, and welcome. Exactly where can we find a free license for that font?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:54, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
As long as the font file itself isn't uploaded to Commons, there's unlikely to be any copyright problem. --ghouston (talk) 00:02, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

김일성-김정일주의청년동맹 휘장

http://uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cphoto&stype=0&mtype=view&no=3454

김일성-김정일주의청년동맹 휘장입니다. 현재의 파일은 낫 마크가 얇게 그려져 있습니다.

글꼴은 PKS 고직체-굵은으로 fontke에서 글꼴 파일을 다운받은 뒤 일러스트로

파일을 그려 올려 드립니다. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 183.90.128.11 (talk) 12:48, 23 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Insignia of the Kim Il-sung-Kim Jong-ilist Youth Alliance

http://uriminzokkiri.com/index.php?ptype=cphoto&stype=0&mtype=view&no=3454

This is the emblem of the Kim Il-sung-Kim Jong-ilist Youth Alliance. The current file has a thin sickle mark.

The font is PKS high straight-bold. Download the font file from fontke and use it as an illustration.

We will draw and upload the file.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:01, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
안녕하세요, 환영합니다. 해당 글꼴에 대한 무료 라이센스는 정확히 어디에서 찾을 수 있습니까?
Hi, and welcome. Exactly where can we find a free license for that font?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:01, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Communicating with Jim Fleak RE denied publication

I have a message from Jim Fleak that my recent article was denied. I would like to explain but am unsure how to contact him to discuss? Thanks, Paul Etsekson (talk) 20:58, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Paul, I moved your message to User talk:Jimfbleak where it belongs. Best, Achim (talk) 21:01, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Update the Wiki photo of a page

Hi!

I've added a updated photo on a person's Wiki page, but the expired photo keeps coming up in Google search as the main photo. How to delete or hide the old photo the person doesn't want to be linked with?

m.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Marinurk (talk • contribs) 21:08, 23 November 2020‎ (UTC)

ResolvedOP removed thread.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:29, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Contact Resistivity and Circular Transmission Line Method

My article for submission meets the wikipedia requirements but is a Word file with a docx suffix. How can I submit my article? Dale R Burger (talk) 05:48, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

@Dale R Burger: Hi, and welcome. I suggest you convert it to wikitext and use that to replace en:User:Dale R Burger/sandbox.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:50, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

How to upload a biography

I want to know how to upload a biography on this platform

  • You are probably on the wrong website, since Wikimedia Commons does not host biographies. If you could indicate whose biography you wish to write were, someone may be able to direct you. - Jmabel ! talk 21:20, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Assamese people.jpg

I'm unable to decide proper license for [[4]] image from archive.org . It would be great help if somebody will move it under proper license. Thanks.


--KPAhmed (talk) 17:04, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

uploading a figure from scientific paper if adding citing full reference

Hi! I would like to upload a figure from a scientific paper for the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_space. do I need author permission even if I cite the source with full reference information? thank you Pilar Botana (talk) 18:28, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Yes, you do need a permission from either the author or the journal depending on whom holds the copyright. Ruslik0 (talk) 20:57, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Email not activated

Hello! I had uploaded a few pictures for wiki loves monuments on wikimedia commons,and a few weeks later I received a notifciation that I need to go to my email settings and enable other users to send me emails in order to enter or win a prize.However when I checked my settings they were all enabled but the notifiction won't go away when I check my prefrences page.What is the problem here?Thank you in advance.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Αξιοτέλης (talk • contribs) 18:51, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Αξιοτέλης The notification does not check whether you have provided an email. @User:Geraki: Since this user added an email, can he become eligible for the WLM Greece competition?--Snaevar (talk) 23:00, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
Αξιοτέλης, as Snaevar said, the notification is about the message you received about the email, not an indication about the email itself. You can set it as "read". Of course you are eligible for the WLM Greece since you provided the email. In fact, the photos are evalutated up to the last round regardless if there is an email, so people have the time to fix it. Thank you for your participation and please continue your contributions! -Geraki TLG 14:56, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Request for help on EN-Wiki

Hi everyone, User:Aristocratic 536 has posted a question asking for help on their talk page on English Wikipedia, here. It's a question more to do with using Commons, so I'm posting this here in the hope that someone will help this user. Thanks. Seagull123 (talk) 17:44, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

✓ Done, uploads were deleted, thanks AntiCompositeNumber!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:58, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Аудио

Защо не мога да кача аудио с формат WAV,flac или ogg? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bogi19919 (talk • contribs) 18:24, 24 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Audio
Why can't I upload WAV, flac or ogg audio?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:45, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
@Bogi19919: Здравейте и добре дошли. Съжалявам, че Ви информирам, че сте задействали Special:AbuseFilter/192, опитвайки се да качите mp3 файл с недостатъчни права. Твърде много хора се опитват да качат аудио файлове, които все още са защитени с авторски права от авторите, изпълнителите и т.н., без съответните лицензи от тези хора. Моля, не се колебайте да поискате членство в групата Autopatrol на COM:RFR, когато смятате, че сте готови (след като сте направили повече от 500 полезни редакции, неподобни на бот), като това трябва да ви позволи да качвате mp3 файлове. Дотогава можете да прекодирате аудиото във Vorbis или Opus и да го качите като .ogg или .oga файл. Според COM:FT#Sound приемаме аудио файлове WAV, flac и ogg, но WAV файловете са непрактични, защото са некомпресирани.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/192 by trying to upload an mp3 file with insufficient rights. Too many people try to upload audio files that are still copyrighted by the authors, performers, etc. without proper licenses from those people. Please feel free to request Autopatrol group membership at COM:RFR when you think you are ready (once you have made more than 500 useful non-botlike edits), having that should allow you to upload mp3 files. Until then, you may reencode the audio into Vorbis or Opus and upload it as an .ogg or .oga file. Per COM:FT#Sound, we do accept WAV, flac, and ogg audio files, but WAV files are impractical because they are uncompressed.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:45, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

File:Rud Thygesen.jpg

copied from User talk:Fight for pie --Achim (talk) 21:42, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

i'm trying to upload a family photo to my grandpa wiki page who died last year, and I do have copyright to this photo,

i see the picture on https://bobedre.dk/design/profiler/rud-thygesen-165846 but i fail to see what that have to do with me owning the picture? We also use the picture on our own webside:http://rudthygesen.dk/index.htm


other than that i might have misunderstood the question about the date, (as u might have quessed english is not my first language) i do own the picture and the date was 2020-10-19.

Do i have to remember what date we took the picture? because that would be years ago. My best quess is around 2009 i think it was around Christmas -- Fight for pie (Fight for pie) 20:16, 21 October 2020 (UTC)

Did you take the photo yourself? Ruslik0 (talk) 20:09, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

I want to watch an old silent movie

I think I joined but what do I do to see it? I can’t afford to spend any money right now — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dai1955818 (talk • contribs) 03:48, 25 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Dai1955818: Hi, and welcome. What movie, exactly? You shouldn't have to pay to watch any movie here. Please see COM:VIDEO for more info.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:24, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Upload

Upload video

Hi There,

I just started a Wikipedia page for Bibi Espina. But I wonder what I need to do, to get permission? Kind regards, Lisa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisa-Angelina (talk • contribs) 15:11, 25 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Lisa-Angelina: Hi, and welcome. Who was the photographer of File:Bibi Espina.jpg? Pinging @Edoderoo as tagger.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:31, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Please contact the email address mentioned in the box below the image, to manage the permission properly. Edoderoo (talk) 20:24, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Usage of logo and screenshots for Dopamine

Hi, I was wondering if I can upload the logo and screenshot of Dopamine (audio player) that are located at https://github.com/digimezzo/dopamine-windows. I am currently writing a draft article for it. Unknown-Tree (talk) 15:35, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

@Unknown-Tree: Hi, and welcome. That is allowed by the GPL license here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:18, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Converting webp files to other types such as SVG

Greetings,

is there an automated, quick way to convert Commons files that were uploaded in webp format into SVG or PNG files? I am talking about File:41598 2018 21537 Fig5 HTML.webp, File:41598 2018 21537 Fig4 HTML.webp, File:41598 2018 21537 Fig3 HTML.webp, File:41598 2018 21537 Fig2 HTML.webp and File:41598 2018 21537 Fig1 HTML.webp, as I am hoping to crop selected files out and put them on Wikipedia pages. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 18:01, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: Please try using the PNG previews. You can then use Inkscape to convert to SVG.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:14, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Not so sure that I can work with Inkscape, there. I got the PNG files up but if they can't be converted on-line to SVG this probably won't work. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 21:53, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

SVG issues.

I've been attempting to download the file "File:Coat of arms of Hungary (1896-1915; angels).svg" for a while now. My problem is that, starting today, files that are too large have been displaying as text when I try to open the SVG page. I've tried many external converters from text to SVG, because the text isn't downloadable. What do I do to fix this?

VideōEtCorrigō (talk) 18:23, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

@VideōEtCorrigō: Hi, and welcome. Please try using the PNG previews, instead.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:10, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

Uploading and Publishing

I uploaded images over a month ago and they have not been published. Obviously I am not going to spend a lot of time and effort taking any more photos if they are likely to be rejected for being inadequate for some reason. I need to know what was wrong with the last lot, so that I can either learn from it before taking any more, or stop submitting them if either my skill or the camera are unsatisfactory. If there wasn't anything wrong with them, but the delay is caused by the approval process being exceedingly slow, I would probably just stop submitting them as it wouldn't be practical to wait months for feedback between batches. Thank you in anticipation of your help, Chris

There is no approval process here. As you upload them, they should be visible. Do you have any example filenames that could be looked into? I'll just point out that Commons has no control over how picture competitions are run, in case they haven't appeared on the relevant pages, but I see some competition entries from past years have made it OK. Rodhullandemu (talk) 20:06, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

having issues adding an image to wikidata?

I went in and added the image I want to insert in Wikidata into Wikimedia Commons and copied the link from there for wiki to the Statements part for images and then get a message that "Could not save due to an error. File extension is missing." So what am I missing that would have not been included in the copied link from Wikimedia Commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yvette.Cuthbert (talk • contribs) 23:01, 25 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Thank you, I guess I used the wrong link — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yvette.Cuthbert (talk • contribs) 01:19, 26 November 2020‎ (UTC)

"Sugestão de Edição para Corrigir nos Artigos Mencionados"

Erro retificado uma vez em discissão e depois desfeita a retificação e arquivada
Editado corrigido Correção desfeita
Muriel Nunes da Silva,corrigiu O Revolucionário Aliado e outros, desfizeram as correções
Usuário foi Bloqueado Supressão de Conteúdo Avisos Bloqueios Eliminação de Usuário

Venho solicitar sua ajuda para adicionar contribuições importantes e disruptivas na página do artigo sobre o Rio Uruguai [1] contribuirmos incluindo a nascente deste rio[2], editar observação de que a mesma está localizada a na nascente do Rio Pelotas[3] 1822 metros de altitude[4], corrigindo assim um erro de edição, a nascente é a mesma do Rio Pelotas[5] em Bom Jardim da Serra [6] Santa Catarina por isso também se pode inclui na página dessa cidade o nome do primeiro prefeito Venâncio Borges de Carvalho [7] , alguns editores foram muito enfáticos ao suprimir correções validas, mas, acredito no potencial da Wikipedia, por isso venho pedir ajuda para ratificar as informações que venham a ser corrigidas nos artigos, tenho fontes fiáveis para minha contribuição, pois o primeiro prefeito da cidade tem uma foto de retrato publicada e exposta no mural da prefeitura da cidade. Respeitosamente --François Yvytu Tataendy (talk) 01:07, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello, this is Wikimedia Commons where we host free media for all Wikimedia projects. We don't have articles here, and you might want to ask for help at the Portuguese Wikipedia proper. @DarwIn: Maybe you can offer some tips to this user how to proceed? De728631 (talk) 03:22, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
@De728631: Thanks for the ping! @François Yvytu Tataendy: creio que o projecto que procura é a Wikipédia, e não o Commons. As alterações da Muriel foram revertidas por estarem totalmente fora de formato, veja aqui.-- Darwin Ahoy! 20:41, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

Olá, obrigado senhor @De728631: por nos encaminhar o contato do senhor @DarwIn: mas a correção como pode ver aqui, foi sobre questão de ordem do artigo Rio Uruguai corrigido por boa fé, com referencias validas veja aqui, importante ressaltar que, a autarquia municipal local, pode comunicar oficialmente por escrito, caso exista a necessidade, de fontes mais legitimas do que as apontadas na contribuição de Muriel Nunes da Silva @François Yvytu Tataendy: . Senhor @Darwln , aqui é o usuário @François Yvytu Tataendy: , já pedimos ajuda para corrigir na Wikipedia em português mas nos foi orientado corrigir pessoalmente, porem temos receio de que isso seja entendido como atrevimento, o que pode nos prejudicar, então solicitamos sua ajuda para resolver o tema da melhor maneira. Não foi ratificada a correção que deveria ser aceita nos artigos pois é legitima. Agora pedimos a sua ajuda. por favor senhor @DarwIn , ajude-nos a corrigir preservando as correções mantendo a referencia da primeira nascente do Rio Uruguai, e do primeiro prefeito de Bom jardim da Serra SC. Talvez você possa dar algumas dicas para este usuário como proceder? sou grato (François Yvytu Tataendy (talk) 12:22, 26 November 2020 (UTC)) Edição desta discussão esta no Open Street Map "Notas não resolvida #2442302" [8] referencia e coordenadas geográficas da nascente do Rio Uruguai que é a mesma nascente do Pelotas foram incluídas como notas de referencia no Open Street Map [9] "Pelotas and Uruguai River Source". François Yvytu Tataendy (talk) 16:19, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

@François Yvytu Tataendy: Isto é um pouco confuso (e lento) de discutir por aqui, além de não ser o local apropriado. Se alguém daí tem acesso ao Telegram, podemos falar melhor no chat da wikipédia em português que funciona lá.-- Darwin Ahoy! 19:00, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

References

  1. ↑ https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Uruguai
  2. ↑ https://www.google.com/search?q=nascente+do+rio+pelotas+&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiHlP-a-ZTtAhUTLrkGHbpeCLgQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=nascente+do+rio+pelotas+&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECCMQJzIECAAQHlCvzAFYr8wBYJDOAWgAcAB4AIABrgGIAa4BkgEDMC4xmAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=tLe5X4fqJZPc5OUPur2hwAs&rlz=1C1AVNG_pt-BRBR716BR832#imgrc=9ZT4W53SgNARzM
  3. ↑ https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Pelotas
  4. ↑ Atlas de Santa Catarina,pagina 73.em 2003
  5. ↑ https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3536918208/history#map=15/-28.1273/-49.4811
  6. ↑ https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bom_Jardim_da_Serra
  7. ↑ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ven%C3%A2ncio_Borges_de_Carvalho_.jpg#file
  8. ↑ https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/2442302
  9. ↑ https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3536918208/history#map=15/-28.1273/-49.4811

What license to use for an image published on an Indian Government website?

The page is http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5059 and the file is http://loksabhadocs.nic.in/mpimagemk/photo/5059.jpg. This is the website of the Indian parliament MPGuy2824 (talk) 08:23, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Hi @MPGuy2824: and welcome to Wikimedia Commons. Unfortunately, the Copyright section of their website explains all copyright rights are reserved and there can only be limited reuse without permission. This is not compatible with Commons which requires files to be freely available for reuse - see Commons:Licensing. The website does say you can seek formal permission, so you could try asking if they are prepared to release a particular image under a fully unrestricted, free to use for any purpose, licence? Email templates are available through the COM:OTRS process, if you want to have a read and try that? -- Crep1711 (talk) 12:35, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
I searched around and found a similar file from the same website that seems to have been allowed under Category:GODL-India. I'll ask around at the relevant talk pages to make sure, before uploading the image that i was talking about. MPGuy2824 (talk) 03:51, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
@MPGuy2824: I see you asked your question, to make sure, at the GODL-India template talk page but then uploaded File:Pragya Thakur.jpg 4 hours later without waiting for a reply. I have removed the 'resolved' template from this thread, as I think this should be left open a little longer while that question is still outstanding, and encase any other editors have an opinion on this here? I am still of the belief that it would fail a licence review for the reasons I first stated above. The fact you have found just 1 file, sourced from that website, out of more than 127,000 using {{GODL-India}} does nothing to change my opinion and previous advice. Ref my search here: Special:Search/loksabhadocs.nic incategory:"GODL-India" (which now also shows your file) and Category:GODL-India. Far more than this have been deleted on this basis e.g. here, here, here & here -- Crep1711 (talk) 01:12, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

.webm Uploads by User:Walter Grassroot

I'm writing in here as I think most uploads by Walter Grassroot is completely out of scope - He's uploading news videos from a Chinese Media at YouTube, and surely out of project scope. These news videos should be placed on WikiNews instead of here, and there are also concerns of propaganda here, especially these videos being used on the Chinese Wikipedia. Pinging Walter Grassroot for discussion here.--1233 (talk) 14:01, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
The whole list of all these videos: [5]. There are more than 500 of them, and would mean a major problem if left unattended.--1233 (talk) 14:05, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
Thank for pinging before deleting. Let's be clear. I uploaded and contributed more than 8000 documents at Commons in the last 10 years, which include these 500 videos from China News Agency under CC 3.0 permission. Half, about 200 documents have been used in Chinese Wikipedia, including the news articles, folk cultures, ethnicities, industrialization, conferences, and social development also COVID-19 in modern China. In the meantime, I faced a series of personal abuses and attacks from Pro-HK-Protesters this year - unfortunately, 1233 is an outstanding representative. I should admit your excellent leadership in Wikipedia HK User Group because your members have waged over 50 battles against me in 2018-2020, including these documents usage in certain articles. I ought to express sympathy for some of your users who are still blocked by Zh-Wikipedia admins and appreciate your capability of igniting this disagreement at Wiki Commons. Walter Grassroot (talk) 23:47, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
I really had no idea what abuse you faced - as it seemed more to be made up - but this amount of documents being uploaded (seemed to be mass uploaded) while some weren't used, and not assuming good faith, is much more of a serious issue. I'm not telling that all of the content should be deleted, but there are surely some (at least) out of scope as it is both news content and not used elsewhere. There are far more than 500 videos, and I do think that it is best to plan out where to use these content before it gets uploaded. The remaining content is more of a personal attack than anything contributive. I'll not reply, and the list of users who are at HK user group can be obtained from meta directly, and none of them are blocked at Wikipedia right now (plus I'm not leading the group now). Is it really that hard to not do the reverse as it is out of project scope and should be deleted if it is not used in Wikipedia.--1233 (talk) 15:38, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
I am confident that I have a higher comprehension of what a "project scope" is than 1233, who had uploaded almost no files onto Commons (less than 0.3% of my contributions at Wiki Commons). Meanwhile, I have my right to upload videos from Chinese state media with proper licensing, and you can feel free to upload as many videos from Voice of America or whatever anti-China outlets as you wish (and yes, please sir.). But you probably will not do that because you are less interested in actually contributing Wikimedia projects and go through the laborous encoding, uploading, and sorting process, but just fingerpointing at anyone you disagree with politically. Wikimedia Commons is a place where videos can be uploaded for archival and reference purposes without being used on any other Wikimedia projects. All files should be uploaded onto the Commons instead of local projects like Wikinews, as 1233 wrongly indicated. Walter Grassroot (talk) 16:13, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Offhand, I see no reason to think any of these are out of scope. Most files on Commons are not used on any other WMF projects. If Walter is running 50% use on WikiNews, that would suggest a very high ratio of highly relevant files. Note, also, that for any "sufficiently free" media, we prefer that it be uploaded to Commons rather than to any sister project.
@1233: You are making a pretty broad accusation. If you really think some of these are out of scope, I suggest you nominate what you consider the three most egregious examples for deletion. If those get deleted, then there might be something worth looking into here. If not, then I suggest you drop the matter. - Jmabel ! talk 00:07, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: , that's why I put here first: I would hope to discuss before I really start the deletion process/request and he started accusing without real context. Few things here:
  1. 500-1000 files are uploaded this way, and it is mostly used in Wikipedia not Wikinews. (And I don't know why news content is allowed there already)
  2. Political content from the source shows somewhat a propaganda message. And, if you really look into the webm content he uploaded, it came from a source controlled by the Chinese government.
  3. There are better archive sites, and Wikimedia projects are not for these content. There are locations, such as archive.org, to do what you hope to do: archiving. I'm just starting the discussion because it is a way broader issue than I've expected.--1233 (talk) 10:01, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Context: There are 812 files uploaded through this method.--1233 (talk) 10:54, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
I've put forward random 3 (yes, chosen randomly, not the three most egregious example) deletion request at: the first one, the second one, and the third one.--1233 (talk) 11:07, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

No wikidata ID found

Hi! I have this category page I want to link to this Wikidata item. They are only linked by the Commons category statement in the Wikidata file, since there is no WP article. As a result, I get a "No Wikidata ID found" warning for the attempted automatic infobox in the Commons category page. How could I fix this? Iñaki LL (talk) 20:45, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

I added the English label to the Wikidata item and now it works. Ruslik0 (talk) 20:54, 24 November 2020 (UTC)
O, thanks Ruslik0 for checking. So what is the connection an English label has to Commons that another language (Basque) with the same name as the Commons category has not? I wonder why. Iñaki LL (talk) 23:37, 25 November 2020 (UTC)
Category names in Commons are in English. Ruslik0 (talk) 20:24, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Wikipidea Editor

Do you earn a stipend by being an editor of wikipidea? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 197.156.190.161 (talk) 05:30, 26 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. No (sadly), but you do earn the satisfaction of making the world a better place.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:35, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

Move updated file to existing name

Hi! I tried updating an SVG to fix a typo in a label, but because I created an account just for this and it's too new, I can't overwrite the original file. As suggested by the file uploader, this is a request to move the new file to the existing file name.

Original file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quebec-Windsor_Corridor.svg The fixed file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quebec-Windsor_Corridor-fixed-st-hyacinthe.svg

The fix is the "St-Hyacinthe" label, which was "St-Hiacynthe" in the old (existing) version.

Thank you!

@Maximevaillancourt: I think what's needed in that case is to upload the new file again, but as a new version at File:Quebec-Windsor Corridor.svg (as you say, you don't have permission for that), and then nominate File:Quebec-Windsor_Corridor-fixed-st-hyacinthe.svg as a duplicate for deletion. You can't rename a file to a name already in use. --ghouston (talk) 04:19, 27 November 2020 (UTC)

How to enter a contest

How do I begin the process of entering the Wharf contest? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teaves0921 (talk • contribs) 23:24, 27 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Teaves0921: First you need to upload your photo using a method such as the Special:UploadWizard. Then, you simply need to add a link to your image by editing the page Commons:Photo challenge/2020 - November - Wharf and following the directions on that page. – BMacZero (🗩) 00:16, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

wiki love earth competition progress in kenya

How is the July wiki love earth competition Was it concluded or still going on — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffmugendi (talk • contribs) 17:44, 27 november 2020 (UTC)

The upload phase is over, and the winners are Commons:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2020/Winners#Kenya.--Snaevar (talk) 11:52, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

criteria to upload photo

please Guide criteria to upload photo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rahul Raj Hockey (talk • contribs) 12:31, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

@Rahul Raj Hockey: Hi, and welcome. Please read COM:PS and COM:SELFIES.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:18, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Wikimedia commons monthly challenge

Kindly explain me in detail how to upload a photo and participate in the wikimedia commons monthly photo challenge competetion — Preceding unsigned comment added by K.P.B. SAI MRUDULA (talk • contribs) 12:39, 28 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@K.P.B. SAI MRUDULA: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FS and Commons:Photo challenge.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:24, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Löschung von Fotos

Ich möchte meine Fotos, die ich bi Wikimedia Commons hochgeladen, wieder löschen. Wie muss ich vorgehen ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marrel56XaBL (talk • contribs) 20:22, 28 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Geht es um Commons:Deletion requests/File:Luganosee und Melide.jpg? --Túrelio (talk) 20:26, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Uploaded pictures

Dear editors, I've updated onlo and exclusevely pictures that belong to us, therefore there is absolutely no copyright violation. Appreciate your understanding. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phil Lima (talk • contribs) 21:59, 28 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Phil Lima: Hi, and welcome. 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. Also, who is "us"?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:35, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

May I upload 70+ years old pictures issued by government agencies and manufacturers?

Dear Friends, after reading the FAQ pages, I am still in doubt and I take the liberty to ask your kind help.

I just submitted for publication a Wikipedia page about the famous test pilot, Edwin F. Schoch, dead in 1951 - the World War II hero who flew the XF-85 Goblin.

His son, now 75 years old, provided all the information I needed, plus five pictures:

• #01 was taken by a U.S. Navy photographer during Ed Schoch's flight training at Naval Air Station Jacksonville [Florida] which no longer exists, in the early 1940's;

• #02 was taken aboard the USS Lexington at the end of Ed Schoch's combat tour (1945) by a Navy photographer, and my understanding is that the copyrights for armed forces photos from World War II have expired;

• #03 is from this URL: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YhGsknrK8Io/Rs08VOyWUVI/AAAAAAAABDs/jM46SdCiBng/s1600-h/ed+schoch.jpg

• #04 and #05 are publicity photos taken in 1950/1951 by a McDonnell Aircraft photographer, and sent to Edwin Schoch in a kraft envelope used internally at the company and addressed to him, when he was Test Pilot at McDonnell.

Is there a way to upload such pictures on Wikimedia Commons?

Many thanks for your help!

Cesare Brizio — Preceding unsigned comment added by CesareBrizio (talk • contribs) 23:44, 28 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@CesareBrizio: Hi, and welcome. #01 and #02 may definitely be uploaded here with {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}}. The others 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 23:56, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Transfer of Flickr images from other Wikis to Commons

Is it okay to transfer images to Commons from trusted city wikis that originally came from Flickr and have been confirmed on that wiki as cc-by-sa-2.0, but whose source file and user account no longer exist on Flickr? Kind regards, --Rio65trio (talk) 19:23, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Possibly yes, possibly no; depending if the flickr user was the original copyright holder. If he was, there is probbably only an attribution Problem, if he doesn't its Flickr washing and probited. Victor Schmidt (talk) 08:17, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
@Victor Schmidt: Thanks a lot for your hints! The image has a high resolution and credible EXIF data, so I'm quite sure that the Flickr user is the original copyright holder. Kind regards, --Rio65trio (talk) 15:59, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

File:Logo of the Pyongyang Metro.svg

https://twitter.com/_Akamig/status/1129227483411169281

교통카드에 있는 평양지하철 로고입니다.

기존 로고는 지하철역이 리모델링을 하면서 잘 쓰이지 않습니다.

이 파일을 새로 올려 드립니다. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.90.128.11 (talk • contribs) 00:01, 29 November 2020‎ (UTC)

새 버전을 업로드하려면 라이센스 지침을 반드시 준수하십시오. 라이선스 가이드 라인 또는 저작권법에 반하여 업로드 된 이미지는 삭제됩니다. 재발하는 경우 사용자 계정을 차단할 수 있습니다. Victor Schmidt (talk) 08:14, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

File:Logo of the Pyongyang Metro.svg

https://blog.naver.com/ysyang0815/222157499027

교통카드에 있는 평양지하철 로고입니다.

기존 로고는 지하철역이 리모델링을 하면서 잘 쓰이지 않습니다.

잉크스케이프로 파일을 그린 다음 파일을 새로 올립니다.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.90.128.11 (talk • contribs) 00:58, 30 November 2020‎ (UTC)

New version of a picture with completely different content: How to sort out?

The File:S-Bahn in Bonn mit Haltestellen.jpg contains two versions. The second one has completely different content from the first. I couldn’t find out what’s the procedure to clean this up in a proper way. Any help appreciated. --S.K. (talk) 07:55, 29 November 2020 (UTC) PS: The name was recently changed on my suggestion from File:Bonn.jpg to the current name, and I only now realized the different content.

Hi, well, the second image-version should never have been uploaded over the original image. However, that happened in early 2016! So, this was 4 years earlier than your renaming-request. In addition, the current content of the description-template etc. refers to the first image, as with the renaming nothing from the 2nd image has been transferred. It's a total mess. --Túrelio (talk) 08:18, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
So, now we have File:Bonn scenes.jpg and File:Strassenbahn66 in Siegburg-Bonn.jpg.--Túrelio (talk) 08:34, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
Thanks Túrelio for the cleanup! --S.K. (talk) 10:29, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
@Túrelio: The File:Strassenbahn66 in Siegburg-Bonn.jpg now has a history and a description that indicates it was uploaded by Stefan Flöper on 23:34, 7. Aug. 2005‎. On the other hand it has EXIF data that says the picture was taken “15:39, 18. Okt. 2015”. Seems there are still some inconsistencies. :-( --S.K. (talk) 19:21, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

inquiry

hi. has the final 10 photos from each of the participating countries been selected or not.i am from Egypt.thanks alot — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zeinab Aly (talk • contribs) 09:59, 29 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Zeinab Aly: Hi, and welcome. If you mean WLM, per Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2020 in Egypt there don't seem to be any winners posted. Please monitor that page or be more specific.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:08, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
This year the upload phase in Egypt was in October. It usually takes a month to review the images. They have time until late December to publish the winners (as per Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_2020/Organise#2020_Timeline).--Snaevar (talk) 17:31, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

wiki loves switzerland

hi i wanted to download two pictures of Switzerland for the photos contest ending today . i am not familiar to wikimedia, i downloaded one of my pictures but don't know how to indicate that it is for the photos contest . can you help me? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Petitbaobab (talk • contribs) 14:51, 30 November 2020‎ (UTC)

User:Petitbaobab Add to the bottom of the page, the link [[Category:Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Switzerland_2020]].--Snaevar (talk) 18:35, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Rights to Intellectual Property

Hello There,

I am drafting a page for Stages of Learning, a nonprofit organization that I founded in 1995 and ran for several years. It dissolved in 2010 and granted me the rights to all intellectual property in perpetuity. I uploaded the board resolution here: [Resolution Authorizing Floyd Rumohr to Use Stages of Learning Intellectual Property.pdf].

I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly because several editors are wondering about copyrights, which no longer apply because, as I noted above, the organization no longer exists. My aim with the page is to ensure the important work of the organization does not get lost.

Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Best, Floyd Rumohr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Floydrumohr (talk • contribs) 16:20, 30 November 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Floydrumohr: Under what country's law are you claiming that the dissolution of an organization would mean its copyrights no longer exist? I'm not aware of any country where that is how it works.
  • In fact, you contradict yourself when you say it granted you the "the rights to all intellectual property in perpetuity." So presumably what you are saying is that the rights exist and you own them.
  • Again: you haven't said what country, but in most countries copyright can be passed only in writing. So presumably if the rights were passed to you then you have a document to that effect: pass a copy to COM:OTRS. - Jmabel ! talk 17:58, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

To Jmabel An organization that has dissolved can no longer retain any of its property, including intellectual property. All I am saying is that the board granted use of all materials to me in perpetuity whether or they are copyrighted so that the work can be shared in the absence of a formal organizational structure. My apologies for the confusion. Best, Floyd Rumohr

  • Again: you haven't said what country, but in most countries copyright can be passed only in writing. So presumably if the rights were passed to you then you have a document to that effect: pass a copy to COM:OTRS. - Jmabel ! talk 00:41, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

I want to use a map, Abbasid-Caliphate_891-892.png in a book I am writing and want to properly attribute it, but the only name I see is Ro4444.

So, how do I obtain permission to use this map in my book? How do I attribute it when the only identifier I see is Ro4444? the file is: Abbasid-Caliphate_891-892.png

Susan Adelman susanadelman@hotmail.com

@2601:40b:8405:9d10:c83e:d1c9:ed8b:5081: You do not need to contact the user for permission in this case as long as you follow the terms of the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license on the image. You can attribute the worker using the author's username, Ro4444. If you want to get in contact with the user and ask if they would like to be credited with their full name, the best way to do that would be using Special:EmailUser/Ro4444. I also mentioned them so they might see this discussion. See also COM:REUSE. – BMacZero (🗩) 17:32, 30 November 2020 (UTC)

Help !

--Bougnat87 (talk) 18:44, 27 November 2020 (UTC)Bonjour, un utilisateur met en cause l'origine de mes photos sur Anton Docher or ce sont des photos que j'ai scannées et qui m'appartiennent en propre (j'ai les originaux depuis des décennies). Elles m'ont été léguées par mon grand-père qui était un descendant d'Anton Docher, j'ai décidé d'en faire don à Wikipédia et elles sont présentes sur le site depuis 2011 sans aucun souci et pour cause... et soudain quelqu'un (qui?) veut les supprimer par je n'en suis pas l'auteur (forcément elles datent du 19ème siècle pour certaines !). On peut les supprimer au fond, si ça peut faire plaisir à certains, et ça ne me gêne pas, mais je trouve ridicule de se priver de ces photos pour de mauvaises raisons. Voilà, si quelqu'un peut aider ? En tout cas ça ne motive certainement pas pour continuer à abonder la base de données de Wikimedia Commons. Merci.

Hello, a Commons user is questioning the source of my Anton Docher's photos. These photos belong to me in my own (I possess the originals for decades). They were bequeathed to me by my grandfather who was a descendant of Anton Docher, I decided to donate them to Wikimedia and they are present on this site since 2011 without any worry (and for good reason)... Suddenly someone wants to delete them for wrong reasons, that is too bad. So, if anyone can help ? It certainly does not motivate me to continue to abound the Wiki data base... Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bougnat87 (talk • contribs) 12:58, 28 November 2020‎ (UTC)

@Bougnat87: Hi, and welcome. For each photo, what can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the photographer and the dates and countries of photography and publication?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:10, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

--Bougnat87 (talk) 14:30, 29 November 2020 (UTC):@Jeff G.: Hi, all photos mentioned were taken in the USA in the 19th century by an unknown author, they are in my family since at least 1920, sent by Padre Docher to his relatives. That's what I know about them. And of course there are mine.

@Bougnat87: Is it fair to assume that the relatives were proud of him and showed the photos around? Also, please sign with four tildes at the ends of your posts per COM:SIGN policy.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:37, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

OK--Bougnat87 (talk) 15:31, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

@Bougnat87: Les récentes photos de joueurs de rugby sont-elles des photos personnelles ? La résolution laisse penser à des photos reprises sur une diffusion télévisée (exemples : File:Joseph Dweba.jpg, File:Flip van der Merwe.png, File:Juarno Augustus.jpg). Le cas échéant, cela représenterait une violation des droits d'auteurs de la chaîne télévisée. - Daxipedia - 達克斯百科 (d) 15:50, 30 November 2020 (UTC) OK merci pour l'info--Bougnat87 (talk) 12:40, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

J'ai fait une demande de suppression sur chaque copie d'écran du coup, par contre les autres sont bien de moi, cordialement--Bougnat87 (talk) 12:50, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

concurso wiki loves folk 2020 en españa

Acabo de subir cuatro fotos para el concurso y me he olvidado poner el codigo identificador en Wikidata, como lo puedo añadir? o como puedo borrar las fotos y subirlas correctamente? por favor el plazo termina mañana me pueden ayudar?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConchiArroyo (talk • contribs) 21:32, 29 November 2020‎ (UTC)

wiki loves folk contest 2020 in spain
I just uploaded four photos for the contest and I forgot to put the identifier code in Wikidata, how can I add it? or how can I delete the photos and upload them correctly? Please, the deadline ends tomorrow, can you help me?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:04, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
@ConchiArroyo: Hola y bienvenido. Por lo que puedo decir en este wiki, Wiki Loves Folk no se ejecutó este año. Pinging @Rubén Ojeda (WMES) como organizador en 2019.
Hi, and welcome. From what I can tell on this wiki, Wiki Loves Folk did not run this year. Pinging @Rubén Ojeda (WMES) as organizer in 2019.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:04, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

concurso wiki loves folk 2020 en españa

Si hay concurso de wiki loves folk 2020 y termina hoy para presentar fotos. Es dificil comunicarse por aquí, no entiendo porque me han subido cuatro fotos y las otras cuatro no. Alguien me lo puede aclarar? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConchiArroyo (talk • contribs) 11:03, 30 November 2020‎ (UTC)

Hola @Jeff G.: @Jmabel: en noviembre hemos organizado la quinta edición de Wiki Loves Folk, tiene razón la usuaria. @ConchiArroyo: ¿puedes mandarme un correo electrónico?. Un saludo. --Rubén Ojeda (WMES) (talk) 12:17, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Uqair Protocol of 1922 map.jpg

--Nohajack (talk) 20:15, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

@Nohajack: No help requested, no source found, file tagged.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:04, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

User:Reke feels that my actions are destroying the precious and valuable works of other users

My response to User:Reke was bring your proposal to Commons talk:Copyright rules by territory/Taiwan, but he has been bothering me there for days. See: [6]. It is because of he is disgusted with the way that I was submitted this file to COM:DR per COM:FOP Taiwan. In fact, here he removed this paragraph: "works and outdoor 2D artistic" on freedom of panorama. I don't think there is anything wrong with my way, but he claims that the burden of proof lies with me and repeatedly asking me to check through the way in which I click on the url provided by the original uploader that to see the copyright notice on the website. Although I submitted file for deletion per COM:FOP Taiwan, he insists that 5P5 (which it means "Wikipedia has no firm rules") is right. In summary, he feels that my actions are destroying the precious and valuable works of other users. Did I really do something wrong? His attitude makes me very unhappy, so I doubt whether what he said is reasonable or not.--Kai3952 (talk) 18:04, 22 November 2020 (UTC)

I need to say that Kai is not the first time to request a disputed action in commons. I got so much complain from several Taiwanese Wikimedian, most of they feel negative because Kai's action. However they even don't know how to appeal on here, in English especially.

Let me supplement some background about the case this time. Though the COM:FOP Taiwan said 2D works are not included, however it's easy to find some official document with opposite. And also, the picture was not uploaded by author but imported from a website of Ministry of Culture Taiwan. In most cases, Government departments will be more careful about copyright issues. If I was Kai, I would search more references about FoP to make sure the interpretation on Commons is right or not, instead of requested deletion without checking.

When I complained to him about his action, he answered me that he serves Wikimedia Commons, not any works uploaded from others. The thinking turned him into a Wikilawyering. Seriously, I don't like to discuss with him because it always spent me so much time. But if I don't be the bad guy, more and more volunteers would leave Commons. If someone has good experience in communicating with him before, please help him to understand how to do his work more kindly and friendly.--Reke (talk) 01:56, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

Please take a look at File:Memorybank2019-萬安國小振興分校.jpg. I think that the licensing information on the file indicating that the uploader gave permission for the photograph to be issued with a {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}} licence. As per the previous discussion, only he knows that photograph was imported from a website of Ministry of Culture Taiwan and quoting from the rule page: "(一)所有參與徵件之作品都應以CC授權 姓名標示-相同方式分享4.0國際(CC BY-SA 4.0)及其後版本進行釋出。". However, what I see is the licensing status of the file still using {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}, so how can we expect that everyone will not submit it to delete in this case? Further, even if I have checked copyright and FoP, I'll still not see he see the rule page at https://memorybank.culture.tw/event/zh-tw/event_004/943 If what he said is true, why didn't he face the problem and try to solve it rather than ignore it or comes to my talkpage and quarrel with me.--Kai3952 (talk) 12:01, 23 November 2020 (UTC)
 QuestionCOM:FOP Taiwan stated that Reproductions of artistic works are thus only for non-commercial purposes. Note that "reproduction" in this context means reproducing the work in its original form... I wonder if the "reproduction" in the example given (aka Mural->Image->Postcard (for sale)) fulfills the "reproduction" meaning given in that section? Nevertheless, I think asking for opinion on COM:VPC will be better, as more experts are on that board, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:17, 29 November 2020 (UTC)
@Reke: Would you explain your opinion regarding my question above? Many thanks.
可否回答我以上的問題？謝謝。廣九直通車 (talk) 07:22, 2 December 2020 (UTC)
@廣九直通車: I don't think that sentence complies with Taiwan’s copyright law. According to the Article 58, if you want to reproduce a building as another building or copy a mural to another outdoor wall, you need to be authorized even for non-commercial. However, if you reproduce the artwork to another form (such as mural to photo, building to picture, etc.), no need to be authorized whether it's for commercial or non-commercial.--Reke (talk) 04:56, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

Reke has provided the Copyright Act of 2019 to me at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Memorybank2019-萬安國小振興分校.jpg, but as a matter of interest, I can't find anything about 2D art work.

  • Article 3(5) of the Copyright Act stipulates:

"Reproduce" means to reproduce directly, indirectly, permanently, or temporarily a work by means of printing, reprography, sound recording, video recording, photography, handwritten notes, or otherwise. This definition also applies to the sound recording or video recording of scripts, musical works, or works of similar nature during their performance or broadcast, and also includes the construction of an architectural structure based on architectural plans or models.

— in: https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=J0070017
  • Article 58 of the Copyright Act stipulates:

Artistic works or architectural works displayed on a long-term basis on streets, in parks, on outside walls of buildings, or other outdoor locales open to the public, may be exploited by any means except under the following circumstances:

  1. Reproduction of a building by construction of another building.
  2. Reproduction of a work of sculpture by production of another sculpture.
  3. Reproduction for the purpose of long-term public display in locales specified in this article.
  4. Reproduction of artistic works solely for the purpose of selling copies.
    — in: https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=J0070017

If Reke is right, then I hope everyone here can verify the facts of what he said in this regard.--Kai3952 (talk) 12:32, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

There is nothing in the law that I see which restricts "artistic works" to 3D. They are separate from photographic works, and graphic works, etc., but I would think a sculpture or painting or mural would fall under "artistic works". However... point 4 of article 58 says that reproductions of public artistic works are not permissible if you are selling copies (i.e. one type of commercial use). By the wording in COM:FOP Taiwan, it's that clause which causes artistic works to (previously) be marked NotOK. For that matter, I would think photos of sculptures would also be problematic -- those are also "artistic works" per the law it would seem. It's just photos of buildings that would be OK, by the terms of article 58 and our definition/policy of "free", unless we interpret the 4th term to just mean exact copies. The question would be, if someone selling a postcard with this photo would violate the 4th part of article 58 -- if so, they are not "free", and therefore against policy, even though it's legal to upload the photo. Carl Lindberg (talk) 19:37, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
@Clindberg: Selling postcard with a photo of mural does not violate. According to Intellectual Property Right Journal (智慧財產權月刊) issue 192, which published by Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the competent authority of copyrights in Taiwan, An article says that base on the 58 Article of Copyright Act (ROC), sell a postcard with photo of outdoor painted doesn't need authorization. (「拍攝彩繪村房舍外牆塗鴉的照片，並製作成明信片販賣，是符合著作權法第58條合理使用之規定，而不用取得塗鴉創作者的授權。」)--Reke (talk) 06:02, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

I have had a note from Kai3952. They have a real life emergency they need to focus on. Their absence or delay in responding to discussion or questions should not be interpreted as ignoring anyone intentionally. Stay Mellow. Thanks! --Fæ (talk) 14:02, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

User:Reke feels ... random break

  • Article 58 of the Taiwan 2016 Copyright Act explictly disallows reproduction of buildings or sculptures in the form of new buildings or new sculptures. It also does not allow reproduction of artwork in public places "solely for the purpose of selling copies". That leaves some ambiguity over whether a photograph of a building or sculpture would be considered a reproduction. But it seems clear that commercial use of a photograph of any other type of artwork, such as a picture or grafitti, is not allowed. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:49, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
      • Interesting. That would appear to be an interpretation that basically only pure copies (taking a photo of a painting, which amounts to a reproduction) are a problem -- that would then correspond to the general Berne Convention rule that any FoP conditions not allow a work to compete with the original in the marketplace (specifically, provided that such reproduction does not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and does not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the author). One would think that that would also cover the second condition, a sculpture of a sculpture, but I guess you can't do that for any reason, whereas other artwork "copies" are allowed unless you are selling copies. It's also interesting because I think Japanese FoP has very similar wording in their law, which have also interpreted as building-only FoP. I'm not sure if any Japanese court cases have interpreted that, or not. But the Google Translate result of that Taiwanese government interpretation does seem to imply that it's only reproductions which amount to copies which are a problem, given that it's legal to sell copies of photos which depict works in their public setting. Carl Lindberg (talk) 08:16, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
        • I read that as a narrow exception for graffiti on exterior walls in the painted villages, which are seen as decorative elements of the buildings as opposed to fine art works in their own right. The English version here is published by the Ministry of Justice and Article 58.4 explicitly prohibits "Reproduction of artistic works solely for the purpose of selling copies". If a photograph of a 2D artistic work could be cropped, resized etc. to make it into a commercial poster, a cheap alternative to buying the original, it does not belong on Commons. A photo of a 3D work may be allowed. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:31, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
          • @Aymatth2: I can't quite agree with that. We keep de minimis and other types of FoP works even though it's possible to crop them to something that would infringe copyright (see the {{De minimis}} tag); I don't think this should be any different. Much like we keep photos of the Louvre plaza, even though the copyrighted pyramid is prominent in them -- it's only photos which crop to just the pyramid that we disallow. Agreed yes that a photo of a public painting which is cropped to mainly just that painting (such that its public context was not shown) would not be OK, but a photo of an entire building which contains a mural should be fine -- the same is true of any FoP law really, since Berne does not allow direct competition of the original. A photo which does not have any copyright over and above the original (a {{PD-Art}} situation if the original was PD, i.e. amounting to a copy) should not be allowed of course, or anything close to that. To me, FoP is only ever for works which at least show their public context (you might be able to argue that for closeups of sculpture, but not 2-D works). Also note that "pictorial and graphical works" are a separate category from "artistic works", and are not covered by Taiwan FoP -- the term "artistic works" in this law would seem to be more like "works of fine arts" from other laws (and the choice of words may just be a matter of translation). If we are allowing sculpture, then I don't see any reason we would not allow photos of murals which depict the mural in its public context. If cropped to just the mural, I would agree those are not allowed, but otherwise by that statement, photos like File:Memorybank2019-萬安國小振興分校.jpg should be OK. If someone alters it to remove the public context, well yes they are infringing, just like someone cropping a photo we keep on de minimis grounds, but we don't remove the works just because of that possibility. We would only remove them if such a crop was itself uploaded. Carl Lindberg (talk) 15:50, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
            • See COM:De minimis. Yes, a high-resolution image may have a de minimis copy of a copyrighted work that could be wrongly cropped out and used for commercial purposes, but the copyrighted work must not be a significant part of the image. I like the test that the image would be just as good if the copyrighted work was masked out. Usually, perhaps not always, that means the crop would be too small to blow up into a useful facsimile of the protected work. Aymatth2 (talk) 18:40, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
              • That is a good test for de minimis, but our policy covers a more than just that legal concept -- it is also about elements that are inherently there, when photographing a larger subject. See the France section on the de minimis page, and a couple of U.S. decisions have been ruled the same way. s:Ets-Hokin v. Skyy Spirits, Inc. states that a photo of a bottle is not derivative of the bottle's label, even if quite prominent -- only photos focusing on the label itself. That would fail your "blotting out" test but was in fact ruled to be not derivative. France's ruling was fairly similar. If you feel photos of sculpture is OK, even though there is a prohibition on them being used solely to sell copies, then I think photos of buildings with murals on them are also OK -- they are covered by the same FoP rule. If you are focusing on the mural itself to the exclusion of its public context, I would say only then is that a problem. It sounds like the fourth element is more along the lines of "can't prejudice the normal rights of the author" which is part of just about every other FoP law. There are many FoP laws which cover 2D works just fine that we allow, with the only problem if someone tries to upload a crop that amounts to a copy. Carl Lindberg (talk) 22:17, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
If the billboard was protected and Freedom of Panorama was not allowed, would this violate copyright?
  • A few separate points:
    • We must consider both Freedom of Panorama and De Minimis rules for outdoor photographs in any country. If the law prohibits copies of protected works and we have no examples of De Minimis rulings, we must interpret De Minimis strictly. The test that the protected work could be masked out of the picture without harm is a reasonable one. It is possible that even that is too permissive for Taiwan.
    • s:Ets-Hokin v. Skyy Spirits, Inc. is a poor example. It says "The photographs at issue cannot be derivative works because the vodka bottle—the alleged underlying work—is not itself subject to copyright protection." That is, if the bottle was protected the photo would be derivative and violating copyright.
    • Countries often treat 2D depictions of 3D works as different from 3D copies of 3D works or 2D copies of 2D works, since a 2D depiction of a 3D work is unlikely to satisfy someone who might otherwise buy the 3D work. They want a house or a statue, not a photograph. The 2D depiction is not a "reproduction". The explicit prohibition of 3D copies of 3D works suggests that Taiwan may not consider 2D depictions of the 3D works to be copies and therefore prohibited.
The idea of "focusing on the mural itself to the exclusion of its public context" is too vague. What would be an acceptable ratio of mural to context in the photo? 1:100? 100:1? Can the mural (in its context) be the primary subject of the photo? If the law says reproductions of protected works in public places are not allowed, De Minimis may still apply, but has to be treated very cautiously. Aymatth2 (talk) 12:42, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your serious and rich discussion. As far as I understand the situation, when the Taiwanese government recently revised Article 58, it greatly narrowed the definition of outdoor 2D work reproduction. For example, if the artwork is "painted on a wall" instead of "a painting that hang on the wall", the photo is usually not considered a reproduction. Because the material and space of the wall are part of the mural works, and that can't be reproduced on a photo. Only if the painting is applied to another wall based on the photo, that will be regarded as a violation of Article 58.--Reke (talk) 07:56, 11 December 2020 (UTC)
@Aymatth2: Sure, those must all be taken into consideration. On the other hand, "interpreted strictly" should not include the expansion of assumed copyright beyond litigated bounds -- and frankly I have not heard of cases of actual copyright infringement in the "incidental" or "accessory to the main subject" situations. We include the latter in our de minimis policy. The only rulings I'm aware of for those situations have all resulted in non-infringement.
Ets-Hokin is not a poor example. The bottle itself was not copyrightable, and the photo was of the entire bottle. The label happened to also be below TOO in that case, but the ruling pretty clearly stated that the photo would have been fine even if the label was copyrightable -- only photos focusing on the label (i.e. the copyrightable work) would be an issue. If the bottle had been a copyrightable work itself, then yes the photo would have been focusing on that, and would be derivative. Photos focusing on statues have been ruled infringements in the U.S. multiple times. But in addition to Ets-Hokins, there was a similar Florida ruling on a photo of a motorcycle, which had a very copyrightable custom graphic painted on it -- the photo was not derivative (though the case ended up ruling on the contract status). The French ruling was on a photo where a building was quite prominent, but the photo was of the entire street, so was not derivative. As for your photo example above, the photo is focusing on the billboard so yes that would be a derivative work without FoP (which the U.S. does not have outside of buildings) and if the billboard was still under copyright (there does not appear to be a copyright notice, so the billboard was likely out of copyright as soon as it was put up). If we could show court case examples where incidental inclusion when focusing on a larger subject was ruled infringement, that could matter. But I don't recall any such cases being brought up here, over the entire history of copyright. It is true that very intentional inclusion can be a problem -- there was a U.S. case where a fashion photographer had the model wear a pair of copyrighted glasses, and that photo was ruled derivative even though the photo was primarily of the clothing, since the inclusion was not incidental at all and the expression in the glasses enhanced the expression in the photograph. It's not really a matter of "percentage of the photograph" therefore, as opposed to true legal de minimis, where the "blurring" argument is much much better.
Countries often do treat 2D works differently, but not always. In this case, the law makes no such distinction -- just restricts to certain types of work, some of which can be 2D. Most types of 2D works are not covered, of course, but the law makes no specific mention of dimensions. There is the overall Berne restriction that freedom of panorama cannot result in a work which competes with the original; most laws repeat the Berne text almost word for word, but I don't see that in the Taiwan law -- so it's very possible their clause 4 is simply their version of that. There is freedom of panorama for buildings which is outside the scope of clause 4 anyways, so a photo of an entire building may not be derivative of any artwork on it. If the photo is focusing on the artwork itself, then you'd have to rely on the "artistic work" clause -- and in their translation / definition, "artistic work" is a very specific type of work, not just any work, excluding literary and photographic and other types -- seems more like "works of fine art" in most other law translations. That probably should be spelled out better on the FoP page -- most people might assume that the term "artistic works" covers most anything, whereas that's not the case in the Taiwan FoP exception. But murals sound like they are covered by FoP as well, so they may be OK if they are not considered a true copy (clause 4). I find it hard to assume a 2D restriction based on the cited governmental interpretation -- graffiti is 2D and that appears fine. The more official sources the better -- Reke, can you give some reference for the "painting hanging on a wall" versus painted directly on the wall itself? By the translation, both would be "artistic works", but maybe it's only the painting hanging on a wall which could end up being a problem under clause 4, so photos focusing on those in particular may be a problem due to clause 4. Carl Lindberg (talk) 16:19, 12 December 2020 (UTC)
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