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Dual copyright holders on Flickr

Hi. There are some photos on Flickr published by Festival Annecy that have proper license (for example: 1, 2, 3). Their copyright holders are stated as "Annecy Festival/K. Pauli" or "Annecy Festival/L. Pham". Are such photos OK to be uploaded here? Thank you.--Carniolus (talk) 15:55, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Looks like those photographers are employed by Annecy Festival, such works are usually copyrighted by the festival organiser and should be fine to be imported to Commons with suitable licence (cc-by 2.0 and cc-by-sa 2.0 in this case). You can attribute both the festival and its photographers as stated on the original Flickr page.--Vulphere 17:18, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Done! Thank you! --Carniolus (talk) 18:20, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Vulphere 05:56, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Deleting file

I have mistakenly uploaded a file -- [1] with an incorect title and, also, incorrect "information". I need to have the file completely deleted. Once that has been done, I will upload the correctly titled file with the correct "information" attached. Lindsay658 (talk) 03:59, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 04:51, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Возможность загрузки дизайна автобусных остановок и тип лицензии

Загрузила дизайн автобусных остановок с сайте https://www.artlebedev.ru/perm/bus-stop/hi-res/ Почему я уверена, что это не нарушение прав? 1. На сайте есть опция скачать в высоком разрешении. Это означает, что владелец не возражает против публичного использования. 2. Данные остановки были созданы для Перми, то есть для общественного использованияи по государственному заказу. Какую категорию лицензии я должна указать? --Лиза2020 (talk) 07:30, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

У вас есть разрешение владельца авторских прав на их загрузку сюда под соответствующей лицензией? Ruslik (talk) 08:23, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
На сайте чётко написано: © 1995–2021 Студия Артемия Лебедева. Кроме того, некоторые изображения - Commons:Derivative works от рекламных плакатов. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:06, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

How to check uploaded pic

How to check uploaded picture?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kushya0098 (talk • contribs) 04:52, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

@Kushya0098: I'm not sure what you want to check, but you can see all of your uploads at Special:ListFiles/Kushya0098. - Jmabel ! talk 15:28, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

just now uploaded File:Holy Basil Plant.jpg , dual licensing

i have just now uploaded an image. how do i specify dual license by default for all uploads: {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}}. did i done everything in order? --Givian (talk) 06:23, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

i did received advice for not using gfdl for images on commons irc and i happily changed license to cc-zero. Givian (talk) 13:00, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
@Givian: Did you really want {{Cc-zero}}, which waives all rights? That's a very long way from the licenses you initially mentioned. - Jmabel ! talk 13:45, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: yes. i did not think twice before updating it. from now on all of my uploads will be cc-zero. Givian (talk) 13:53, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
i will add my inherent belief: as soon as i upload online something, i have no control or time to track it. as a human being in past i found violators and informed violator and creator about misuse. i am expecting same thing. if not, no issue. Givian (talk) 14:08, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Can I upload Spanish-language videos to English-language WikiMedia Commons

I have several Spanish-language versions of English-language cancer information videos that I have uploaded already to WikiMedia Commons. I would like to add the Spanish-language videos to the Commons as well.

Can I add them using the English-language upload form on Wikimedia Commons, or do I need to use the upload form in Spanish?

All of the English and Spanish-language videos are works of the US government and are in the public domain. DarylM at NCI (talk) 16:45, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

@DarylM at NCI: Commons is multilingual. You can use any upload form you like, as long as it works for you. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:47, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
You can, Commons is a multilingual project.--Vulphere 02:14, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Overwrite

With COM:OW, File:MediaWiki bureaucrat.svg was updated to follow the new logo. But I would count this as a significant change. (It was already cat'ed as an old logo) and so I uploaded a new one. But the file was overwritten later anyway. Just unclear if I misunderstood the guidelines here. Terasail[✉] 18:34, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

In my opinion, new MediaWiki logo counts as significant change and old MediaWiki logo files should not be overwritten. I will revert that file to earlier version.--Vulphere 02:38, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

What the hell is this?

Please take a look at File:Bebé Barbosa.jpg. Is this an April Fools' Day joke?--Kai3952 (talk) 10:15, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Probably some kind of attack image to hurt someone. It was based on a screenshot from a TV show Dinosaurs, so I've deleted the image as a copyvio and blocked the account as a vandalism-only account. --Rosenzweig τ 11:12, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

picture cannot be uploaded

File:Fuji cherry in blossom — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thetemperateone (talk • contribs) 12:00, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

I have issues uploading a .png picture. please help me! Thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thetemperateone (talk • contribs) 11:59, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

@Thetemperateone: Hi, and welcome. What are the issues, exactly? What uploader, browser, and OS are you using? See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:06, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
@Thetemperateone: The filename "File:Fuji cherry in blossom" is not accepted by the system because it is missing the extension. If the file is a png, a valid filename could be "File:Fuji cherry in blossom.png". -- Asclepias (talk) 15:24, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:DMBX1.jpg

I recently uploaded a file that is an album cover. So far, I have indicated that I will indicate the license within 7 days. How do I show that the file is uploaded under fair use conditions. Thank you in advance.

Русский: Недавно я загрузил файл, являющийся обложкой альбома. Пока что я указал, что в течении 7 дней укажу лицензию. Как мне показать, что файл является загруженным на условиях добросовестного использования. Заранее спасибо.

KAA-Kir (talk) 15:07, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

That file is not hosted here on Commons. It is hosted on the Wikipedia in Russian, which presumably has a policy of accepting fair use media. The fair use tag does not refer to a license. It is a copyright status information tag. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:00, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
That file is hosted on Russian Wikipedia under a fair use (or its Russian equivalent) criteria.--Vulphere 02:10, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
See also Commons:Village pump/Copyright#About a music album cover.. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:00, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Transcriptions for audio files

For audio (or video) files in Wikimedia Commons that contain voice recordings, are there any policies/guidance about how to include a transcription (as part of the file description page, maybe?) that could be of help to those with hearing disabilities and non-native speakers? Thank you. Al83tito (talk) 00:59, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Commons:Timed Text ? -- Asclepias (talk) 01:49, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:W C H KING Shell Mex 1932.jpg

I have checked the copyright of this file and none exists. The archive of Photopress no longer exists and is thought destroyed in the London Blitz during world war two, I have followed others looking to clear copyright of other images from this agency and there is no longer copyright because nobody owns an archive as there isn't one--Peopleclub (talk) 08:30, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Peopleclub: What do you mean by "none exists"? Destruction of an entity, even if it fails to designate a successor, does not void its copyrights. It may leave them in limbo, but it doesn't void them. We'd need an actual reason why copyright has expired. - Jmabel ! talk 15:30, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
I don't know which is why I am here! There is nobody to ask for copyright release or permission to use the photograph. It was taken in 1932 and the copy I used belonged to my grandfather which I now own.There is no copyright holder to contact. It's a found document and I would guess because of it's date would be out of copyright anyway?--Peopleclub (talk) 15:38, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
  • And it's apparently an orphaned copyright, so we can't use it. What makes you say you "would guess because of it's date would be out of copyright"? Is this based on something in particular? I would expect that relatively few works from the UK in the 1930s are out of copyright. Typically, copyright on photographs in the UK persists for 70 years after the author's death, which would now mean the author would have had to die in 1950 or earlier. I see no reason to presume someone working in 1932 was dead in 1950. - Jmabel ! talk 00:26, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
The photo is not attributed to an individual photographer but the copyright is attributed to an agency called PHOTOPRESS. So I am assuming perhaps wrongly that the copyright attributed to the agency has run out because the agency ceased to exist. Searching around for others who are trying to clear images to use from PHOTOPRESS are inconclusive. There is no copyright holder as such because it is as you say in limbo.Therefore I would guess that it is better the images are put into the public realm than that they can never be seen again.As a photographer myself I would not want to infringe another photographers copyright, on the other hand I wouldn't personally want my images to disappear for ever. My assumption is that there is no copyright holder. They cannot be cleared because no one holds the copyright. If no one holds the copyright then logically no copyright is being infringed?--Peopleclub (talk) 11:30, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
@Peopleclub: The photo may be free of UK copyright, not because the original agency ceased to exist (an event that does not make its properties disappear, they pass to someone), but because the photo was published by its copyright holder (the then existing agency) more than 70 years ago without identification of the name of the photographer. If, after reasonable enquiry, the photographer remains unknown, the photo may meet the condition of Template:PD-UK-unknown. On the description page, please don't use the vague wording "an agency that no longer exists". It sounds like that's hiding something. If that's Photopress, please write Photopress. As for what happened to the archive of Photopress, according to a participant to this site, there is a possibility that it may have been acquired by PA (which I guess refers to PA Images). -- Asclepias (talk) 15:08, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
I reached the same reference and when contacting PA images came to a dead end as others searching for copyright clearances also did. I don't think the archive exists, is not digitised or they ceased storing it, their archive appears to be recent photos only with no way of searching further back but I will continue to try and find out.--Peopleclub (talk) 15:26, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
I have entered it under PD-UK-unknown because I think I have tried every option as regards the photographer's identity. Having worked for an agency myself (AP) as a cameraman I think the agency has the copyright of the images and I'm not aware that I would have any claim myself to copyright or perhaps it is shared? I think I have made every reasonable effort to establish the photographers copyright and I believe it falls into that category, ie, it's seventy years since it was published without identification of the name of the photographer. I am not sure if I have added the template correctly and in the right place. Would appreciate if you could check if possible--Peopleclub (talk) 15:51, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
PD-UK-unknown seems reasonable. I moved the template from the description field to the licensing section. In my previous comment, I suggested a change to the author field, but not to the description or the source, which you have now removed. Your previous mentions in the description and source fields looked good, you could restore them. In the source field, you could specify something like "{{self-scanned}} from a copy of a press release from the artist's personal archive.", it that's the case of course. In general, it's useful to provide as much detailed information as possible. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:28, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
OK, many thanks for your invaluable advice and help--Peopleclub (talk) 14:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

No Exif data but my own work

Can a picture of my own work which has no EXIF data, since it is not a camera shot one, be uploaded in Wikimedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haoreima (talk • contribs) 16:13, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

Admins and CUs, pease see this edit and en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Goutamkumar Oinam.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:42, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: They have admitted to socking on enwiki on my user talk page on simplewiki too. So what? They have only ever edited Commons on this account and edit constructively on simplewiki and mniwiki every day. I don't see what the socking on enwiki has to do with Haoreima on Commons and their question. --Belwine (talk) 19:13, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Not everything needs EXIF data; anything that's not camera shot does need EXIF data. However, copying copyrighted works, whether it's by your camera or some other method, is still copyvio whether or not it has EXIF data.--Prosfilaes (talk) 20:01, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
@Prosfilaes: So, do need any further licencing? I think I don't, because I am to upload my own work.
Are files deleted for not having licensing?
I have one, which I have done some art effects through some applications, what about that? It's also my own work.
Haoreima (talk) 03:31, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
@Haoreima: When you upload derivative work, per COM:EVID you need to indicate the source, author, date, and license for every source work, art effect, and application.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:10, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Johnny Rivera

I’m the the artist , Johnny Rivera and I need you to take down my photo , and information it is all wrong , date birth as well . I tried to edit to credit it with updated bio and picture and I can not get in ! This is my email please contact me. Email johnnyjrsan@aol.com — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 162.248.45.2 (talk) 09:58, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

  • No idea what image you are talking about, but in general you don't own a photo someone takes of you, the photographer does. There may be some specific issue to be addressed here, but we have no chance of working that out without a link to the photo.
  • Also, I would recommend against posting your email so publicly. - Jmabel ! talk 15:23, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Αρχιμανδρίτης Ελευθέριος Νουφράκης

Καλημέρα σας. Στην προσπάθεια να εκχωρήσω στο Wiki commons κάποιες οικογενειακές φωτογραφίες που αφορούν στο πρόσωπο του αρχιμανδρίτη Ελευθερίου Νουφράκη, αποκλείστηκε η σελίδα μου και οι φωτογραφίες τείνουν να διαγραφούν. Πρόκειται για φωτογραφίες που αποτελούν οικογενειακά κειμήλια αλλά τυχαίνει να έχουν και δημοσιευθεί σε προηγούμενα σχετικά άρθρα. Πώς θα μπορέσω να απαλλαγώ του αποκλεισμού αυτού; Ευχαριστώ. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Σωτήριος Δογάνης (talk • contribs) 10:01, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Via Google translate: "Archimandrite Eleftherios Noufrakis

Good morning. In an attempt to post on Wiki commons some family photos related to the face of Archimandrite Eleftherios Noufrakis, my page was blocked and the photos tend to be deleted. These are photos that are family heirlooms but happen to have been published in previous related articles. How can I get rid of this exclusion? Thanks" - Jmabel ! talk 15:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

@Σωτήριος Δογάνης: Copyright of images is generally held by the photographer, not the subject of the photo. If they are family photos: are you the heir to the photographer's intellectual property rights? (]f they are professionally taken photos, it is unlikely that you own the copyright.)
No idea what you mean about a page being blocked, could you be more specific as to what page and what are the symptoms?
Assuming you do legitimately own the rights to the photos, please see COM:OTRS for how best to grant a license. It's not going to be entirely simple in a case like this, though, because they were already published without a license grant, and I assume that was not in a place where you can retroactively state a license (e.g. that is impossible to do for print publication). - 15:29, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Modifications policy

Have added a number of photos to commons over the years, mainly on tennis, and would like to clarify some aspects. 1) When an image with borders is uploaded such as File:Katie Gillou 1904.png can I crop the borders and add it as a new version (see e.g. File:Gwen Sterry 1926.png) or should the cropped version be uploaded as a separate image with Template:Extracted from or Template:Derived from added? 2) What is the difference between Template:Extracted from and Template:Derived from and which should be used in this case? 3) Is there a policy on which modifications, if any, are allowed on images, specifically related to sharpening, contrast correction, level correction and despeckling? Thanks. --Wolbo (talk) 12:07, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Wolbo: Given that that came from a GLAM, in this case Gallica, I'd put any crop at a separate location. Just use the Crop Tool, which will do all the required tagging as part of its process.
  • "Extracted from" specifically means a crop. "Derived from" is broader: could be retouching, a hand-drawing based on a photo, a montage of multiple works, etc. - Jmabel ! talk 15:33, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
Jmabel, thanks. Used the Crop Tool for the first time, works pretty well.--Wolbo (talk) 19:34, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Upload

أريد تحميل صورة ولكن الموقع الموقع لا يريد تمكيني من ذلك — Preceding unsigned comment added by ندى محمود عبد الرازق (talk • contribs) 13:03, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyrights to photos which where taken more than 100 years ago

Hi,

I would just like to confirm, since I see there have been changes to the upload tools for images and licencing.

I have some photos of old photos which are of the construction of this pass, they have been on facebook and I ask the source, if he would post to wiki, he said I could do that he get my better copies, akak with his phone instead scans. we are talking 1898, there are photos on the wall at transnet, he is HR for transnet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Lowry%27s_Pass

Could you please advise as to which licencing I can use, since I understand its typically older than any copy rights. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wesley olis (talk • contribs) 15:24, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

Logo Licensing

Hi, I am currently working on an article for a client (disclosures have been placed). They have given me permission to use their logo on Wikipedia, but I am a little confused as to which tags I should add or which license to choose. Thank you! Hillster (talk) 00:05, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

  • If it is not public domain and they are not providing a free license, then it doesn't belong on Commons. Assuming you are talking about the English-language Wikipedia, you probably want to upload to the English-language Wikipedia and use en:Template:Non-free logo. - Jmabel ! talk 05:15, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Downloaded

I want to download my pdf rica documents on my phone images — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khetha0802 (talk • contribs) 13:40, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Khetha0802: I'm having trouble understanding that. I know what a PDF document is, of course, but what is a "pdf rica document"? And I'm not sure what you mean by "on my phone image". What exactly are you trying to do, and what is failing, with what symptoms? - Jmabel ! talk 19:03, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Loggin In

I have created an account and have logged in previously. Now my username and password do not work. I have attempted to reset the password following your instructions but have not received the email that you said will be sent. How do I resolve this issue?

Victor.Images (alas username = account name) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 173.168.100.212 (talk) 16:45, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

You can create a new account, or check your other e-mail. Ruslik (talk) 17:24, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

About the Photos of Indian Poets and Writers

I am just willing about uploading images of ancient urdu poets and writers like en:Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, en:Khwaja Mir Dard etc. as they have passed more than 100 years ago and their images may fall under PD-India-photo-1958,PD-old-100 and PD-anon-expired licenses but I am little bit confused either I should upload them or not. Can anyone please give me suggestion or explanation? Thank You.Wallu2 (talk) 06:06, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Can anyone please quickly answer my above question Is their images are allowed on Commons as I have founded from Google Images and different websites that's way I am little bit confused but they meet the above mentioned criteria. Thank You.Wallu2 (talk) 09:00, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi! This would be very cool. Thank you for bringing this up for discussion.
You'll also need to check the conditions on Template:PD-1996, because upload to commons requires that images be PD in the US too. Here are the questions that haven't yet been addressed:
  • were these photos published somewhere? If they were from a private collection, then different rules apply
  • were these photos not published in the US? If published in the US, then standard US rules apply, in which case we care about if they were published before or after the moving 1926 cutoff
Hope this helps! And I may be erring in the details, so feel free to call me on it if something doesn't sound right. Jlevi (talk) 11:51, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jlevi: The photos have been published on many websites and book covers and are not person collections. For Example, Deputy Nazir Ahmed's one of the old surviving photograph has been published on many websites. Secondely they were created in Indian subcontinent before its independence and were created before URAA dates and their authourship is unknown just like photos of many other poets like en:Mirza Ghalib and en:Mir Taqi Mir and most of the poets and writers have been died more than 100 years ago probably before 1926. Wallu2 (talk) 12:25, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
If I am reading the template correctly, if the photograph was created before 1958, which is most likely considering these poets died before 1926, it is almost certainly in the public domain. You would have to put Template:PD-India-photo-1958 and Template:PD-1996 on the image (assuming that it is a published work). If the photograph was created before 1901, then it is in the public domain without question, as even non-published works would be out of copyright. In short, you should put Template:PD-India-photo-1958 and Template:PD-1996 on the image. If it was created before 1901, it is 100% out of copyright and if it was created between 1901 and 1958 there is a 99.99% chance it is out of copyright. Zoozaz1 (talk) 01:03, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Who can help adjust page?

Hi, Maybe there is someone who could help to adjust page? https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurynas_Did%C5%BEiulis - it is in Lithuanian. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConfidenceKontora (talk • contribs) 19:21, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

uploading fotos

Hello,

I have uploaded two fotos. It seems, I have not done it properly. Please help me to publish these two fotos that were taken by a photographer and paid by me in order to be used by wikimedia/wikipedia.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Torkel S Waechter (talk • contribs) 14:55, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Torkel S Waechter: You don't say what country, but in most copyright would belong to the photographer unless signed over in writing (some countries don't even allow that). If you have a written transfer of copyright to you, follow up as explained at COM:OTRS to document that you own the copyright. Or you can have the photographer write to OTRS themselves, or indicate the relevant free license on a site clearly under their control and reference that in the "permission" field of the {{Information}} template. In any of these cases, we need a specific free license (e.g. {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}) broad enough to allow derivatives and commercial use (though you can also add {{Personality rights}} as a reminder that the license covers only copyright issues, not your moral rights as the subject of the photo). "may be used for free promoting the work of the author Torkel S Wächter" is certainly nothing of the sort. - Jmabel ! talk 17:49, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Celebrity Pictures

If a photograph from a TV show is in the Public Domain can I use it commercially? Ex: Found a cool picture from the Brady Bunch from 1971. Can I put the photo on a mug and sell it? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.241.14.144 (talk) 15:37, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Upload terms

After uploading it doesn't post — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daniel Kelechi (talk • contribs) 09:36, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Daniel Kelechi: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes) jpg image as a new user. Usually when someone uploads a smaller jpg image, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you created the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including original EXIF metadata. If you did not create the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the copyright holder license it on their official website or social media, or send the image and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:01, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

file source

Hello,

I am writing about this image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MouseGad65ThGad67.jpg

It was contributed by the user "Bigrocksmall"

I would like to contact this user if possible to get information on the experimental methods used to generate the image. We are conducting studies related to this image, and would like to learn their techniques.

Thank you

Steve Negus, PhD Professor, Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology Virginia Commonwealth University sidney.negus@vcuhealth.org — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 100.7.116.10 (talk) 13:03, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

You can contact the uploader: User_talk:Bigrocksmall on their talk page. The user has not specified any e-mail unfortunately. Ruslik (talk) 14:04, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello, The user last contributed to the Enlish-language Wikipedia in July 2019. The user page there mentions that the user was then a student and there is a link to a university course. This seems the only clue. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:02, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Trouble uploading a photo I took myself (and for which I am the "Owner")

Hello friends and colleagues:

I posted a Wiki site for Leon Katz, O.C., O. Ont. months ago - last fall, in fact: I can't upload a photo - because a copyright issue seems to come up each time: I took the photo myself, in 2008.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Leon_Katz_(biomedical_engineer)#Early_life_and_education

Can you help? 1) when is the site likely to be published? 2) how do I upload my photo?

Thank you very much! AAA — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiUName (talk • contribs) 16:38, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@WikiUName: Hello, You uploaded File:Leon Katz OC OOnt (Biomedical Engineer) (Photo- Floralove Katz).jpg on 28 December 2020 to Commons and you uploaded the duplicate File:Leon Katz OC, OOnt, PEng (biomedical engineer).jpg on 12 January 2021 to Commons. No issues of copyright have been raised. You tried to insert non-existing files in a draft on the English-language Wikipedia. If you insert one of the files linked above, there should be no problem. And please request on Commons deletion of the other file as duplicate. You uploaded File:Leon KATZ Biomedical Engineer 1955.jpeg on 7 January 2021 to the English-language Wikipedia, which was deleted there because it had been previously published in a newspaper and the credit was to the Montreal Heart Institute. If your question is about some other photo, please specify with more details. If by "site", you mean the draft article on the English-language Wikipedia, you must ask there. Maybe you can ask the user who reviewed your draft or the Teahouse. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:07, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Palestine flag colors

Can you please consider changing the red and green colors? In the images released by the Palestinian government, the two colors appear to be brighter than those currently used on Wikipedia. [2], [3], [4]--Sakiv (talk) 23:49, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Very good. I think 2012 variant is the most common and closest to the one used in the sources. Unfortunately I don't know how to upload new versions of svg files.--Sakiv (talk) 02:17, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Marina Georgieva.png

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, mein Name ist Dimitar Georgiev und ich bin der Bruder von Marina Georgieva ( Die Person um die es in diesem Wiki-Artike geht). Sie hat mich gebeten dass ich das Titelbild ändere und nun habe ich keine Ahnung ob das nun funktioniert hat. Ich kann leider noch nicht sehen, dass das Bild geändert wurde und würde Sie deswegen um Hilfe bitten. Das Foto habe ich aus ihrer Instagram Seite, ich habe auch ihre Erlaubnis dazu. Ich würde Sie bitten das Bild zu genehmigen und das alte zu entfernen.

Hochachtungsvoll, Dimitar Geogriev — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheThrakian (talk • contribs) 00:09, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@TheThrakian: [via Google Translate] Lassen Sie mich zunächst klarstellen: Ja, das ist ein besseres Foto, wenn es entsprechend lizenziert werden kann, aber…

Es ist sicherlich ein Interessenkonflikt, an einem Artikel über Ihre eigene Schwester zu arbeiten. Sie haben anscheinend keine Lizenz für das Foto angeboten (keine Lizenz unter File:Marina Georgieva.png angegeben), und es ist auch nicht klar, ob Sie dazu in der Lage sind. Die angegebene Quelle https://www.instagram.com/p/CNaPVQdDok-/ gibt keinen Hinweis auf eine Lizenz. Der angegebene Autor ist oefb_1904 (keine Ahnung, wer das ist). Ist das der Fotograf? Wenn ja, ist dies vermutlich derjenige, der das Urheberrecht besitzt und eine Lizenz anbieten müsste.

Grundsätzlich gibt es zwei Möglichkeiten für den Fotografen, eine Lizenz anzugeben: Er kann die Lizenz auf einer Website oder Seite angeben, die eindeutig unter seiner Kontrolle steht, oder er kann dem unter COM:OTRS/de beschriebenen Prozess folgen. - Jmabel ! talk 01:09, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Removing Watermark

I uploaded File:Anushka Sen, Bhavesh Balchandani, Jannat Zubair.png from bollywoodhungama website which publishes them under CC 3.0. It had a watermark. So I cropped the photo and uploaded another file which is File:Anushka Sen at a party.png because I needed only that girl's image at english wikipedia article. I added template : extracted to this to show its relation to former file. Still it is tagged for speedy deletion because due to cropping watermark was removed so copyright violated. So what is the right way of doing this without copyright violations ? Parnaval (talk) 17:02, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Parnaval: The speedy request is now changed to a regular DR to allow discussion. Maybe the speedy nominator was mistaken about the notion of free license. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:26, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
@Parnaval: I don't see where the source website indicates the file is under a free license. Elli (talk) 18:53, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
@Elli: The BollywoodHungama license is at Template:BollywoodHungama. However, it seems the event was not in India? In that case, this photo would not be offered under this license and the file may be deleted for that reason. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:19, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
Ah, they released all site content under OTRS, interesting. Elli (talk) 19:23, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
@Elli: They did no such thing.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:39, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: that's what it looks like? Well, not all site content, but a significant portion. Elli (talk) 19:40, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
@Asclepias: I have given the evidence that event was in India at deletion discussion page of the image.     Parnaval (talk) 09:00, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Parnaval, Thank you for researching this. It should be good then. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:48, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
@Asclepias: , But originally I asked question about watermark. What about it ? Was it the right way to crop the image ?    Parnaval (talk) 16:17, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
@Parnaval: Yes it is correct. The text of a removed watermark should be transcribed somewhere in the description page, when it is not already present there. In the case of this image, there is already the requested attribution to "Bollywood Hungama" and a link to the original image at the source. The watermark is basically the same information, so it may not be necessary to duplicate it, but if you think it is necessary, you can transcribe it. To link to the full image on Commons, you used the template "image extracted" instead of "extracted from" but that's a detail. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:44, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

richiesta cancellazione

Buongiorno, ho fatto richiesta di cancellazione di una pagina che ho creato: Mascotte Terapia ma non è stata accettata. Vorrei cancellarla perchè risulta essere pubblicitaria nei miei confronti (U1) Come devo fare? Grazie in anticipo — Preceding unsigned comment added by MARCO PORCU DEGLI ORTENSIA (talk • contribs) 11:23, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

cancellation request

Good morning, I requested the cancellation of a page that I created: Mascot Therapy but it was not accepted. I would like to delete it because it appears to be advertising to me (U1) How should I do?

Thanks in advance
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:23, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
@MARCO PORCU DEGLI ORTENSIA: Hai creato correttamente Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mascotte terapia.png. Ho optato lì. Dovresti attendere la conclusione di tale richiesta. Non dovresti pubblicare in TUTTO MAIUSCOLO o provare a cancellare nuovamente Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests.
You successfully created Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mascotte terapia.png. I opined there. You should wait for the conclusion of that request. You should not post in ALL CAPS or try to delete Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests again.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:23, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Page Creation

How can i create a page for an music artist and businessmen? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ranbir Shubro (talk • contribs) 19:47, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

You should ask on en:Wikipedia:Help desk. This is Commons- a repository of media. Ruslik (talk) 20:47, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

How to add the photo to the article what exists on Wikipedia?

Hello! Two months ago I added to the article about Konstantin Litke two photos from my Family archive.He and his wife were the step-parents of my grandmother's sister. The photo of brothers Litke and Alexandra Karlovna von Rebinder I downloaded on the Wikimedia,but cannot attached to the articles about them. There's one more photo of A. von Rebinder what I like to install.Please,inform how to do it at no so complicated manner. Thanks on advance! Sincerely yours, Natalia Shutova — Preceding unsigned comment added by Natalia Shutova (talk • contribs) 23:19, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Natalia Shutova: Hi, and welcome. Please see en:H:PIC and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:32, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Rotation weirdness

File:Dexter + Chaney Building 02 - kitchen.jpg appears differently rotated in CropTool and in simple viewing. I haven't been able to get it back to correct rotation. Can someone help? Since I'm not sure how this is showing up for anyone else (possible cache issues and all that) I hesitate to just put {{Rotate}} on it with a particular number.

Jmabel ! talk 05:20, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Try it now.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:01, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: looks good. - Jmabel ! talk 20:28, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 20:28, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Video rotation weirdness

Commons:Video says you can use {{Rotate}} on a video, but Template:Rotate says not to do this. Which is it? - Jmabel ! talk 08:00, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 15:19, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Uploads by KVDLV

Hello, Yesterday I uploaded seven photos and they were deleted. The photographs are mine. Can you help me understand what happened? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KVDLV (talk • contribs) 13:20, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

@KVDLV: Hi, and welcome. It appears that these were copyright violations, in that you claimed to be the copyright holder of photos of yourself that were not selfies. Normally, copyright vests in the photographer(s), rather than the subject(s). Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept them, and have the photographer(s) license them on their official website(s) or social media or send the photos and permissions via OTRS with carbon copies to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photos may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. See also COM:TALK and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@JeffG: Message text. KVDLV (talk) 11:40, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Some of these images are in my blog and webpage. Doesn't that solve the problem?--KVDLV (talk) 11:40, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@KVDLV: Where may we find your blog and webpage? See also COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:56, 8 April 2021 (UTC)


@JeffG: https://keila-vall.squarespace.com and https://fugapermanente.wordpress.com. Here you will find most of the images I tried to upload yesterday. --KVDLV (talk) 21:00, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Hello, if the photos are in my webpage and blog, is it possible to undelete them? Can you validate them? https://keila-vall.squarespace.com and https://fugapermanente.wordpress.com. Please advise, I am new doing this and I don't understand. KVDLV (talk) 11:27, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@U@JeffG:

https://keila-vall.squarespace.com

https://fugapermanente.wordpress.com

Most of the photos I tried to upload yesterday are here. Some others are from public readings and were taken by my mother or son! Do I need their permission?

KVDLV (talk) 19:12, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:14, 8 April 2021 (UTC)
@KVDLV: I meant yes, your mother and son need to send permission for those photos they took via OTRS with carbon copies to you, you need to use my proper username, you need to consolidate your posts here into one section about your uploads, you need to stick to that section when writing here about your uploads, and you need to stop pinging people in section headings.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:46, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@U@JeffG: My mon just provided permission and uploaded the pictures as hers. What's next? Thanks. Are the ones in my webpage and blog valid and available for me to use? --KVDLV (talk) 15:11, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: My mon just provided permission and uploaded her pictures. Are the other ones in my webpage and blog valid and available for me to use? --KVDLV (talk) 15:11, 9 April 2021 (UTC)--KVDLV (talk) 11:44, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@KVDLV: Thanks for pinging me properly. Files on Commons with valid permission are available for you to use. Which ones did your mom upload, or what is her username? What ticket number did she get?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:29, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you for helping me! I don't think my mom got a ticket number but I'll double check with her. Also, Violette Bule, a photographer of one of the pictures I'd like to have permission to use, sent Wikimedia this:

Forwarded message ---------

De: Violette Bule <bule.violette@gmail.com> Date: vie, 9 abr 2021 a las 14:37 Subject: release of Keila_by_VioletteBule.jpg To: <permissions-commons@wikimedia.org>


I hereby affirm that I, Violette Bule, am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the following media work:

I agree to publish the above-mentioned work under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Violette Bule 2021-04-09

What comes now? Will she get an email granting me permission to use the image she is releasing? Thank you! --KVDLV (talk) 12:47, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@KVDLV: Once Ticket:2021040910011095 is approved, Violette Bule will get an email message. That queue has a 13-day backlog.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:20, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Got it. And in my mom's photographs case? Thnx. --KVDLV (talk) 13:30, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@KVDLV: I imagine the answer is the same, but without ticket number, filename, or other unique text to search for, I can't be sure.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:13, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Got the info! she is LuisaDLV and has these tickets 2021040910010818 and 2021040910011755 --KVDLV (talk) 14:49, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@KVDLV: Thanks, same answer for LuisaDLV, Ticket:2021040910010818, and Ticket:2021040910011755 (once she figures out how to upload successfully).   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:10, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Help with Wikimedia OTRS release generator step 3

Livre "Ma vie pleine de vie" par Jeanne Brault Laurin Éditions du 21 ISBN = 978-2-9813053-0-5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jolaurin21 (talk • contribs) 16:04, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jolaurin21: Please describe what the problem is. Veuillez décrire quel est le problème.
Si le générateur ne fonctionne pas pour vous, vous pouvez toujours envoyer un courriel ordinaire contenant les informations requises à l'adresse indiquée sur la page Commons:OTRS/fr.
Par ailleurs, n'oubliez pas d'insérer le modèle OTRS pending dans la page de description en attendant que votre courriel soit traité. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:45, 10 April 2021 (UTC)
Pendant qu'on est ici, voici quelques autres suggestions. Dans la page de description de chaque photo que vous avez téléversée, dans le champ «auteur», veuillez inscrire le nom de la personne qui a pris la photo, pas votre nom à moins que vous l'ayez prise vous-même. Si l'identité du photographe n'est pas connue, expliquez et inscrivez la meilleure probabilité. dans le champ «date», veuillez inscrire l'année où la photo a été prise, même approximativement si l'année exacte n'est pas connue (par exemple «vers 1945» ou «entre 1940 et 1945» ou «avant 1949», etc. selon le cas). Dans le champ «source», n'inscrivez pas travail personnel à moins que vous ayez pris vous-même la photo, veuillez plutôt inscrire d'où provient le fichier (par exemple «numérisé depuis le négatif dans la collection personnelle» ou «numérisé depuis une copie dans la collection personnelle» ou «numérisé depuis le livre Ma vie pleine de vie», etc. selon le cas). -- Asclepias (talk) 14:07, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Uploading an image

Hey am requesting to know more about image uploading. How does the process go Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nanziri Josephine (talk • contribs) 07:03, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@Nanziri Josephine: Hello, you can read about how to upload and contribute on Wikimedia Commons by reading COM:First steps and COM:Upload.--Vulphere 10:46, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Remove Deletion requests/File:NMB News.png

NMB News is a News website run by (Company Name: Nepal Multiple Broadcasting News Pvt. Ltd.) located in Kathmandu, Nepal. NMB News provides Latest News in the local Language Nepali. When I visit the official website of NMB News then I got a New Logo for NMB News. On 03 February 2021, the company has announced a new logo for the website. I am not promoting any organization or company. I am very happy to provide genuine information to other people by Contributions on Wikimedia. Paras KC (talk) 17:05, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@Paras KC: Please write your comments about the deletion request directly in the page Commons:Deletion requests/File:NMB News.png, which is the page for that discussion. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:12, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Template:Artwork nutzen

Wie kann ich das Template:Artwork in die "Beschreibung" des Datei-Hochlade-Formulars für visuelle Bearbeitung einblenden? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heusinger~dewiki (talk • contribs) 11:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Heusinger~dewiki: Ich verstehe nicht was meint hier "einblenden". Utilisieren? Das Gleiche wie jede andere template, nein? {{artwork|was-auch-immer=was-auch-immer-anders}} u.s.w. Oder habe ich nicht die Frage verstehen? - Jmabel ! talk 15:48, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Vielen Dank, hat sich erledigt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heusinger~dewiki (talk • contribs) 16:53, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:24, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

HPP 404

Cómo puedo obtener las 404 de Google ayudar por favor — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benitojuan (talk • contribs) 19:01, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Benitojuan: No entiendo exactamente qué quiera Vd. ¿Puede escribir una pregunta más claro o específica? Un 404 indica que la URL no se refiere a ningua página existente. ¿Como se puede obtener lo que no existe? - Jmabel ! talk 03:24, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Templates not displaying at User talk:Coekon

At the bottom of User talk:Coekon, templates do not appear to be displaying properly. For example, in the most recently entered section, instead of a normally generated deletion notification, I see the following:

File:Sven Ratzke as Starman (33107360710).jpg
Template:Autotranslate Lord Belbury ([[User talk:Lord Belbury|int:Talkpagelinktext]]) 15:57, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

I suspect this is due to too much content or too many templates on that page. What's the right way to resolve this? Archiving? Thanks, -M.nelson (talk) 21:41, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@M.nelson: I advised the user.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:34, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
Great, thank you both. M.nelson (talk) 17:00, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
@M.nelson: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:51, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Removing images

Hi, This image has been nominated for removal in september 2020 but is still available. I,ve noticed that there are more of those images. Is there a scarce amount of moderators, or is there another reason for the delay? An other example is this stamp that seems te be under review since 2012. Kind regards --Geerestein2 (talk) 16:09, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

@Geerestein2: Hi, and welcome. Sadly, the backlogs seem to be due to a lack of available Admin time.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:23, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

How to Upload Photos

Please I would like to know how I can upload photos in the competition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scholastica Oghenejabor (talk • contribs) 18:37, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

@Scholastica Oghenejabor: Hi, and welcome. Please see the competition's page and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:50, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Delinker

Does anyone understand why two longstanding requests of mine at User:CommonsDelinker/commands have never executed?

Jmabel ! talk 20:04, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I moved them for you. Please see Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 83#Commons Delinker bot seems to be dead for a long time now and User talk:CommonsDelinker#Resurrecting for details on the delay.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:33, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
Pinging @Grin for status about cat moves like these.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:39, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks for the links, though I still don't believe I understand the current status of this. And thanks for the manual moves, though that was not the point & I could have easily done that myself; my issue is that this is a pretty basic tool & ought to be fixed. - Jmabel ! talk 14:52, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: It appears not to be such a basic tool. I asked Zhuyifei1999 for a hint as to what part of the bot is supposed to do category moves on Commons at User talk:CommonsDelinker#Resurrecting.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:29, 4 April 2021 (UTC)

As I mentioned elsewhere category moves are not done by the Delinquent bot but some other bots (as mentioned at User_talk:CommonsDelinker#Resurrecting it may be User:SteinsplitterBot). Unfortunately I can't help with that (at least I'm not aware I can :-)). --grin ✎ 10:56, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

How to play video

How to p play. Video — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 102.221.235.178 (talk) 04:24, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:VID#Playing videos and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:24, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Trustly Regular Logotype Horizontal Trustly-Green RGB.png

Hi,

I am working on Trustly and we made a rebranding to this logo in last year. I need to change the logo of the Trustly Wikipedia website. I need to change these sites on wiki: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustly


The logo can be found here: https://www.trustly.net/us

Or here: https://trustlybrandguidelines.com/d/FDyJGaMr1UFj/downloads#/core-elements/downloads-1600769457/logotype

I promise that this is the correct logo as of now.



--WikifredrikV (talk) 08:06, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@WikifredrikV: Hi, and welcome. Please license it on your official website or social media or send permission via OTRS, and note what you did on the file description page and Commons:Deletion requests/File:Trustly Regular Logotype Horizontal Trustly-Green RGB.png. 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.

User accounts and "corporate" accounts?

What is Commons' policy on user accounts which represent some "corporate" body (broadly speaking)? What if these are used by multiple people?

On en:WP, this is specifically forbidden. Poorly implemented, as it catches a lot of new editors who then find themselves summarily and innocently blocked, never to return, but that's en:WP's problem. On Commons, such accounts seem to be widely used and accepted (rightly, IMHO). Is this what Commons' policy states?

If such an account is used at Commons, is it under any restrictions? Can it upload images? Can it upload images without having to use COM:OTRS, as for a regular single-user account? Can its images be deleted for no reason other than this potentially shared sourcing? How should such images be credited / licensed? As always, we require an "Author" value, when what we really require is often "Rights holder" instead. How must this be handled? How should this be handled?

If such an account is created and used here, how does that translate to en:WP, with unified logins? Andy Dingley (talk) 11:22, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Andy Dingley: Please see Commons:Username policy; come back here if you still have questions. 4
  • A single interaction with OTRS will be needed to validate that the account is what it says it is.
  • If a particular login name would not be allowed on en:WP, please don't use it there! Yes, it will exist there, just don't use it. - Jmabel ! talk 18:26, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Out of print magazine covers

I’m interested in posting a magazine cover from a television guide from Poland onto a Wikipedia page. It’s from 1973 & the magazine was a paid magazine. Unfortunately I cannot find any information on the magazine as it is no longer in business. The photo is of my great uncle.

Am I permitted to post the photo & if not, how do I get permission? Much thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaulinaPlum (talk • contribs) 13:09, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@PaulinaPlum: Hi, and welcome. What can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the photographer and the dates and countries of photography and publication? Also, please see COM:L and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:51, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

My image

I am being flagged by Wikipedia for using an image that I have copyright over simply because I allowed someone els to use it. This is preposterous. I did not relinquish my copyright to my own content https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/SiddallZambia.jpg/400px-SiddallZambia.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiserstunt (talk • contribs) 21:27, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@Wiserstunt: Hi, and welcome. Yes, File:SiddallZambia.jpg was used elsewhere before you uploaded it, making it suspect. Please see COM:NETCOPYRIGHT and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:23, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
& it looks like it's gotten to be all over the place, on quite a few sites that say nothing about a free license. At this point we'll need you to go through the process described at COM:OTRS to sort it out. If there is a way you are usually credited by other sites, let them know that, too, so we can know that this account is tied to that name, and can upload work published under that name. If that's not clear, one of the OTRS volunteers can probably clarify it once you start a correspondence. Warning: they are a bit backlogged. - Jmabel ! talk 02:33, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:"Tonton Bicha" aka Daniel Fils Aime.jpg

--Amazone55 (talk) 21:49, 12 April 2021 (UTC) I have authorization by the subject of the picture to use it.

@Amazone55: Hi, and welcome. What can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the photographer and the dates and countries of photography and publication? Also, please see COM:L and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:30, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Need help with linking an image I renamed

Hello,

I renamed File:Iceberg with hole edit.jpg to File:Iceberg with hole around Cape York, Greenland edit.jpg and received a message:"This file does not link to the relevant nomination page! Please refer to Template:Assessments/doc!". Would someone explain how to do this? (It seems to be in many categories.) Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 15:25, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@Krok6kola: I fixed it for you this time in this edit.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:58, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you very much! So all that was needed is "|com-nom=[the old file name]" it seems. But the scary message certainly did not say that! Krok6kola (talk) 17:19, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@Krok6kola: Right, it said to "Please refer to Template:Assessments/doc!" did you do that?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:16, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Yes, I referred to that, but it made no sense to me. It seemed to refer me to Template:Assessment. I guess I should try harder to understand situations in which I've had no previous experience. Sorry! Krok6kola (talk) 15:32, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Splitting Images in Book Scans

I've uploaded the 6 quataros of Hamlet, but the images are not split so one image contains two pages. Can someone help me split the images? The files are File:Hamlet Q1.pdf, File:Hamlet Q2.pdf, File:Hamlet Q2b.pdf, File:Hamlet Q3.pdf, File:Hamlet Q4.pdf, File:Hamlet Q5.pdf. Many thanks. Languageseeker (talk) 03:42, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

How to disambiguate on Commons?

How do we disambiguate categories on commons? Do we use parenthesis like we would on en.wiki? Or would it be more preferable to use the subject's full name (even though it's not common)? An example is Category:Mohamad Hammoud (footballer, born 1987). Should is be located at Category:Mohamad Hassan Hammoud, or kept like this? Nehme1499 (talk) 14:02, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Watermarks on photos

Hello, everyone. I was thinking about upload some of the photos that are in this Flickr album, but as you can notice, it have watermarks of the photographer on them. So, i was wondering if i really could upload them. And by the way, after i post them, could i upload a different version with the watermark crooped, or for example, a "zoom" on one of the performer's body? Thanks. melodrartma 19:53, 13 April 2021 (UTC) P.D. Sorry if my English isn't that well.

They are released under the en:CC-BY-ND license, which allows no derivatives. This means that you cannot remove water marks or crop them, neither may you upload them to Commons. Ruslik (talk) 20:20, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Mieczysław Babiński (dyplomata).jpg

This image is in the public domain (it's been 70 years since the author's death): https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/en/jednostka/-/jednostka/5949680/obiekty/411809 but I don't know how to set it in the parameters

Could you please help me

Thank you

--Mahol60 (talk) 20:26, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

they want to delete my photo. I have the copyright to the photo. I have written permission to use the photo. the license was not violated, I did not break the rules, help

they want to delete my photo. I have the copyright to the photo. I have written permission to use the photo. 

 I have permission from Jakub Steklý. the license was not violated, I did not break the rules

name photo selfie jakub steklý — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna Tesař (talk • contribs) 15:09, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

Regarding File:Selfie Jakub Steklý.jpg. I'm sorry but you did break our rules even if you meant no harm. For any images that have been published before without a free licence, we need a permission coming directly from the copyright holder. For safety reasons we cannot accept forwarded permissions, so please ask Mr. Steklý to send an email as explained in COM:OTRS. Once this email has been processed by our volunteers the image will be undeleted automatically. De728631 (talk)

--- I have a similar situation going with my photo (a photo I took in 2016) of Skillet lead guitarist, Korey Cooper. It has been put up for deletion for reasons I fail to understand. I'm a professional journalist and photographer, but I need advice too, please. What did I miss to process in this case? (File:SkilletKoreyCooper2016May.jpg) -- Kmilling - UTC 08:48, 14 April 2021

delete my page

hello, i would like to delete page that i have created by myself. how can i do that? or can someone do that for me? BR — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leontijs (talk • contribs) 17:24, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Viktor Rosenzweig iz porodičnog albuma.tif

--Druidpepo (talk) 21:00, 13 April 2021 (UTC) Please I need your help with this photo. This is a only photo of this Croatian poet killed by Ustashi in Zagreb in 1941. In the book I quote it is mention that is from his family album. I am sure his family would be happy to see this text written on Wikipedia about him his martyrdom and his work. Please help me to understand why the photo used on English Wikipedia about him could stay and for this I uploaded is written that it will be deleted in 7 days. I cannot see the difference but I never before uploaded the image so, even I write for Wikipedia since 2006. this is my first try with photos. Thank you very much. Druidpepo (talk) 21:00, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

creating a new wiki page

Hi,

I would like to create a new wikipedia page, possibly for myself. How would I go about doing that? My wiki file is a text file describing the topic. I have only a few pictures. Any help you can give would be nice.

Sincerely, Nathan Kalet — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ussalaska (talk • contribs) 07:49, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

@Ussalaska: Hi, and welcome. Please see en:H:YFA and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:46, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Pagina bloccata e cancellata

Salve, non riesco a capire come mai mi è stata bloccata e cancellata una nuova creazione riguardo un calciatore di serie c — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doofy22 (talk • contribs) 12:34, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Page locked and deleted
Hi, I can't understand why a new creation about a Serie C footballer was blocked and canceled
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:03, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
@Doofy22: Ciao e benvenuto. Si prega di leggere it:Discussioni utente:Doofy22#Re: Pagina bloccata e cancellata e COM:SIGN/it. Pinging @GC85 come amministratore itwiki.
Hi, and welcome. Please read it:Discussioni utente:Doofy22#Re: Pagina bloccata e cancellata and COM:SIGN. Pinging @GC85 as itwiki Admin.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:38, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Bangli

Please my fecesbook account — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2401:4900:12C5:AC0B:A3E4:9661:8528:749B (talk) 12:41, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Please be more specific and see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:50, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
I know it's just a typo/language issue, but I couldn’t help thinking that I sometimes feel that way about FB! Pelagic (talk) 22:12, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

открытка Wolkowysk

Здравствуйте! Я Вячеслав Телеш (Вячка Целеш), готовлю для печати каталок "Волковысские открытки. 1910 -1939". На вашем сайте есть открытка Wolkowysk. Feldbuchhandlung am Markt. Я хочу ее поставить в этот каталог, в нем будет написан Ваш сайт https://commons.wikimedia, будет написана благодарность Вам и я Вам вышлю Вам каталок. Пришлите мне для каталога снимок Волковыска со стороны иллюстрации и с адресной стороны. С благодарностью, Вячеслав Телеш Мой E-mail: celess@inbox.lv — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.195.63.2 (talk) 17:48, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

postcard Wolkowysk

Hello! I am Vyacheslav Telesh (Vyachka Celesh), I am preparing for printing gurneys "Volkovysk postcards. 1910 -1939". You have a Wolkowysk postcard on your website. Feldbuchhandlung am Markt. I want to put it in this directory, your site will be written in it https: //commons.wikimedia, gratitude will be written to you and I will send you a stretcher. Send me a picture of Volkovysk from the side of the illustration and from the address side for the catalog. With gratitude, Vyacheslav Telesh

My E-mail: celess @ inbox.lv
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:28, 14 April 2021 (UTC)
Привет и добро пожаловать. См. COM:REUSE/ru.
Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:REUSE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:28, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Requested deletion of own work, wondering about deletion time

Dear all,

I requested the deletion of a file which I both created and uploaded myself, and which is not used in any Wikipedia articles, about a month ago, but I can see that nothing has happened yet. I was wondering what the usual sort of timeframe is for these sort of deletion requests to be actioned? The file in question is this one File:Hybrid flag of the United Kingdom and the European Union.svg.

Many thanks,

Elshad (talk) 20:00, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

@Elshad: There are still 759 files in Category:Deletion requests June 2020, so it could take another 10 months at this rate.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:58, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Corrections to FM21-76 U.S.Army Survival Manual contents in Orientation using the Moon section

The information given is the opposite of accurate.

"We say there is a new moon or no moon when it is on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. Then, as it moves away from the earth's shadow, it begins to reflect light from its right side and waxes to become a full moon before waning, or losing shape, to appear as a sliver on the left side." on page 233 of 277 depending on format.

It should say:

"We say there is a new moon or no moon when it is closest to the sun as seen from the earth. We are seeing the unlit side of the moon at that time, though it is still slightly illuminated by reflected light from the earth." 

or

"We say there is a full moon when it is on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. Then, as its orbit continues, rising later and later each day, we begin to see less light from the edge furthest from the sun (waning) until it is reflecting no light at all during a new moon, at this point it is closest to the sun and actually between the sun and the earth when a solar eclipse occurs. These alignments are infrequent but periodical, as are the times when the earth shadows the moon from sunlight during a lunar eclipse."

Hard to believe it's been in publication so long while retaining that obvious mistake. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David L. Hasse (talk • contribs) 14:20, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

@David L. Hasse: Hi, welcome, and thanks for your concern. Please contact the US Army about this. We will be happy to publish their revision if and when it becomes available.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:57, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
Hello @David L. Hasse: and @Jeff G.: , worth noting that the current version is ATP 3-50.21 last major revision in 2018 with annual updates. FM 21-76 also had annual updates and underwent periodic major revisions over it's lifetime, but has long since been deprecated. Anyway, commons absolutely should be keeping such old documents for their historical value as they are both pd-us-gov, and often very hard to find once the government ceases to distribute them, and prints that contain errors are of especial historical interest. None of this should stop you from uploading later revisions so researchers can see the full-historical progression of the document. Best, 91.86.106.112 14:00, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:31, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Osnat Shurer.jpg

The file was found here: http://cyclowiki.org/wiki//Osnat_Shurer but it is also in other articles, for example here: https://disneydose.com/osnat-shurer-moana/ and here: https://indac.org/blog/indac-events-hamburg-26-september-muenchen-27-september-disneys-vaiana-moana-von-john-musker-ron-clements /

Site dedicated to copyright checking, http://metapicz.com/ says: "No copyright, use freely"

There must be a way to add a photo of a famous person to an article, other than "personally go to America and take a picture," somehow all these photos of actors and directors got into Wikipedia.

Help! --L280616 (talk) 18:25, 15 April 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by L280616 (talk • contribs) 17:04, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@L280616: Hi, and welcome. No free license is evident at the imputed source http://cyclowiki.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:E_h_1TYv.jpg , the file is all over the web, there is no metadata, the file is small, you are not the photographer, and it appears metapicz.com only examines metadata. I have thus marked it as a copyright violation. We need evidence of free licensing, sorry. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:00, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Jeff G., but what to do? Тhe article needs a photo, because normally they are there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by L280616 (talk • contribs) 15:14, 15 April 2021‎ (UTC) --L280616 (talk) 18:25, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

@L280616: Please read en:Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:36, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
  • No, the article does not need a photo. A photo would be good, if we could obtain one that is public domain or appropriately licensed. And, <ahem> no, you do not need to personally go to America to take a picture; believe it or not, several of us even in this primitive country know how to take pictures, and several of those participate here.</ahem> - Jmabel ! talk 15:39, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Good idea, Jmabel! Could someone take a photo that could be posted in Wikipedia, pleeeeease? — Preceding unsigned comment added by L280616 (talk • contribs) 15:55, 15 April 2021 (UTC) --L280616 (talk) 18:25, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

@L280616: Yes, someone could, possibly at a Disney red carpet event, when one is allowed. Sign your posts.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:34, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Take the picture of the Merchants and Planters Bank Pine Bluff Arkansas off of your site. It is wrong.

Take the picture of the Merchants and Planters Bank Pine Bluff Arkansas off of your site. It is wrong. https://maps.roadtrippers.com/places/17128722/photos/370852931 don't tell me I am wrong. you are wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 23.122.111.219 (talk) 02:27, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Uploading old photographs/newspaper excerpts

I am attempting to upload images in support of expanding existing Wikipedia pages and creating new biographical pages. These images are taken from Newspapers.com, from university collections allowing image downloads, or from sources such as Google Books scans of old periodicals which are freely downloadable.

I have full source attribution information available for all images; most of this information is at least 100 years old so obtaining original permissions would be challenging at best. These images are an important part of the prospective biographical pages and would enhance existing Wikipedia pages (e.g., a playbill for a play produced in 1920).

What's the policy on this? Will I be uploading these only to have Wikipedia remove them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cholli2 (talk • contribs) 02:31, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Uploaded

I have uploaded few pictures for Food pictures for competition. I forget I have included my email or not because there is no confirmation from your side. If you do the needful I will be very grateful. Regards, Goutam Roy, Email- goutamroy.kolkata@gmail.com Phone no.8910850866 9830109809 (what's app) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goutamroykol (talk • contribs) 10:39, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Goutamroykol: I would strongly recommend against posting your email and phone number this publicly.
  • I would strongly recommend adding an email to your account, which you have not done. That allows people to reach you without publicly posting your email. It also allows you to recover your password if you ever misplace it. - Jmabel ! talk 15:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
    @Goutamroykol: Adding an email address to a participant's account is generally required by our contests so that winners may receive their electronically-transmissible prizes or physical prize claim instructions.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:51, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Foto von Peter H. Meurer

Das Foto von Peter H. Meurer stammt von Heike Meurer. Sie schrieb: "Das Foto habe ich selbst aufgenommen. Da waren wir in Regensburg,[...]. Wulf hat es in Maps in History veröffentlicht." und "benötigt [Tkb] eine besondere Vollmacht von mir? Ich weiß nicht, wie Wikipedia das händelt. Ich würde denen das auch persönlich versichern." Ich habe heute das Foto in Wikimedia hochgeladen und in Wikipedia eingefügt. Muss ich noch etwas Weiteres bezüglich der Urheberrechte unternehmen?

--- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tkb (talk • contribs) 13:40, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Logo Copyright

Hi, i want to ulpoad 2 logotypes for a company page, but they're not a my own work but protected by copyright. I've red this on one of your pages "Commons accepts images of text in a general typeface and of simple geometric shapes, even if it happens to be a recent trademarked logo, on the grounds that such an image is not sufficiently creative to attract copyright protection.[2] Such images should be tagged with {{PD-ineligible}} or one of the list of more specific tags for this kind of works (e.g. {{PD-textlogo}} for simple logos)." But i don't know how to put those tags, can you help me?

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gbac (talk • contribs) 13:54, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

@Gbac: You may place them just like you did above before I defanged them. Sign your posts.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:40, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

type of video

what type video should one upload to Wiki loves Africa competition?

what kind of pictures should we upload? what are the procedures? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrea Onuoha (talk • contribs) 15:12, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

@Andrea Onuoha: Hi, and welcome. Please see Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2021 and subpages, plus COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:46, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Язенин Павел Александрович

--Язенин Павел Александрович (talk) 15:42, 15 April 2021 (UTC) как мне запустить свою страницу в Яндекс страница сейчас находиться в черновике ?

Yazenin Pavel Alexandrovich
how can I launch my page in Yandex page is now in draft?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:08, 15 April 2021 (UTC)
Through the lens of Google Translate, ru:Участник:Язенин Павел Александрович/Черновик looks like a spammy autobiography with no references section. It should not be in mainspace on any WMF project.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:08, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

delete uploaded pic

how can in delete uploaded pics?

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by YvesKhoury (talk • contribs) 12:47, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

necesito borrar o en su caso trasladar los archivos a la pagina correcta ya intente hacerlo con las instrucciones pero no me lo permite

necesito que me asesoren sobre coomo hacerlo gracias — Preceding unsigned comment added by Miriam Citlaly Ramos Lopez (talk • contribs) 16:36, 1 April 2021 (UTC)

Time to Publish

How do I know when the upload wizard has published images? It is taking a long time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnmfeit (talk • contribs) 21:27, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

@Johnmfeit: Hi, and welcome. Your uploads should show up in your upload log, and more generally in your contributions, and they should be visible from another tab, window, browser, or device. Your images should take a similar amount of time to upload from your device to here as opposed to the time it takes to upload similarly sized images from your device to other wikis, Flickr, imgur, etc. Then, the Upload Wizard should let you know it's done quickly. Rarely, if your connection is flaky, your attempt may timeout and not tell you. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:14, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

videos and edit

i dont no how to videos and edit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohan 10 years old (talk • contribs) 22:26, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Rescuing the 32 Quartos of Hamlet

On April 15, 2021, Oxford removed the site that hosted the scans for all 32 extant copies of the Hamlet quartros from the web because the site used flash. However, the Wayback Machine has a copy with the scans here. Does anybody have the skill to extract the tif images from this site and upload them to Commons? Languageseeker (talk) 05:00, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

My file won't upload.

I'm trying to remlace a file with another (better) one as per the instructions on the template on the page, but it won't work. Please see attached screenshot for details about errors wich are returned and such.

Screenshot of the errrors raised when trying to upload file

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Orlando of Arrakon "Kharakovh" (talk • contribs) 16:22, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

I tried uploading it seperately, and that worked. How do I now replace the original with the new version? Orlando of Arrakon "Kharakovh" (talk) 16:48, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
NB:The new file is this one, the old one is this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Orlando of Arrakon "Kharakovh" (talk • contribs) 16:51, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
You made a file of type .png and, as the error message says, you were trying to upload it in the page of a file of type .jpg and that cannot work. As a solution, you could make a .jpg file and upload it over the existing .jpg. Or you can leave your .png image as a separate file.
That was to answer the technical question, but please allow also a few other observations about the files. Firstly, the authorship attribution of the old image is to author Uriy Dzubenko (although it's not clear where that attribution comes from). But you attributed your copy to someone else. To respect the CC license (if the license is valid), you should preserve the attribution to the original author (if that attribution is valid). Also to respect the CC license (if the license is valid), if something was changed in the new image by comparison to the old image, an explanation of the change should be included somewhere in the description page. Secondly, there seems to be a potential problem with the license of the old file because that old file itself is a copy of an image on an external website and there does not seem to be a free license at the original external source, which is all rights reserved. If the license of the old file is not correct, then the same license on a new copy is also not correct. If the real author of the original source agreed to a free license, that should be confirmed on the website or through OTRS. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:14, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Размещение фотографий на Википедии и Викискладе.

Добрый день. В Википедии есть страница посвященная родственному человеку. Страница есть а фотографии нет. Хотелось бы разместить.Но как ? Инструкции слишком уж многостраничные и не для среднего ума. Фото есть в Интернете и в домашнем архиве / портретное фото/. Фото в обоих случаях 40 летней давности.Пробовал разместить из Инета - не проходит.Проблема с авторскими правами и все такое. Как стороннему ,но родственному человеку разместить фото в Википедии через Викисклад?

Извиняюсь за каламбур.Не думал,что это так проблемно. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaskulit (talk • contribs) 08:39, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

- == Posting photos on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. ==

Good day.

Wikipedia has a page dedicated to a relative.

The page is there but the photo is not. I would like to place it, but how?

The instructions are too many pages and not for the average mind.

The photo is on the Internet and in the home archive / portrait photo /. The photo in both cases is 40 years old. I tried to post it from the Internet - it does not work. The problem with copyright and all that.

How can a third-party, but relative person post a photo on Wikipedia through Wikimedia Commons?

Sorry for the pun. Didn't think it was that problematic.
translator: Google Translate

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Is the author of the photograph still alive? If not, are you an heir? Copyright is transferable after death and if it's from a relative of yours and they own the copyright © they can send permission through the OTRS. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:48, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

аерокосмик система

система iai когда создан — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heydar1970 (talk • contribs) 21:02, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

== aerokosmik system == iai system when created
translator: Google Translate

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Translated this, but cần't figure out what the question is about. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:42, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Assalamualaikum dan Salam Sejahtera. Saya Hafizi, dan saya dipertanggungjawabkan oleh Pengarah Seksyen Projek Khas Hab Pendidikan Tinggi Pagoh, Bahagian Pembangunan, Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia untuk mencipta sebuah artikel di dalam paltform wikipedia tentang Seksyen Projek Khas Hab Pendidikan Tinggi Pagoh yang merupakan sebuah agensi pendidikan tinggi dibawah Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia. Oleh itu, saya ingin memohon pelepasan hak dalam menggunakan apa-apa sahaja JATA NEGARA dan LOGO-LOGO yang berkaitan dengan agensi kerajaan bagi tujuan kegunaan rasmi. Berikut adalah jenis Jata Negara dan Logo Agensi yang saya ingin gunakan untuk tujuan rasmi :

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JATA_NEGARA_MALAYSIA.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LOGO_KPT_MALAY-01-01_(1).png

Sehubungan dengan itu, saya memohon pihak tuan agar memperakukan serta menerbitkan artikel ini. Saya juga ingin memaklumkan bahawa sumber-sumber yang digunakan dalam menyediakan artikel ini adalah DARI SUMBER YANG SAH DAN DIPERAKUKAN oleh pihak Seksyen Projek Khas Hab Pendidikan Tinggi Pagoh sendiri seperti mana mengikut maklumat yang ada di laman sesawang https://www.hptp.edu.my/. Tiada sebarang unsur-unsur ciplak dan plagiat dalam sumber yang saya gunakan ini.

Jika pihak tuan ingin penjelasan atau perbincangan berkaitan artikel ini, tuan boleh menghubungi saya di talian 06-9742434 (Unit Pengurusan Teknologi Maklumat Spk Hptp). Diharapkan pihak tuan memberi pelepasan kepada saya untuk menggunakan logo dan jata kementerian dan agensi kerajaan untuk tujuan rasmi dan penerbitan artikel mengenai agemsi kerajaan. Sekian, terima kasih. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HPTPagoh (talk • contribs) 07:02, 14 March 2021 (UTC)

Peace be upon you and please to meet you. I am Hafizi, and I am entrusted by the Director of Pagoh Higher Education Hub Special Project Section, Development Division, Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia to create an article in the wikipedia platform about Pagoh Higher Education Hub Special Project Section which is a higher education agency under the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia . Therefore, I would like to apply for a waiver of the right to use any JATA NEGARA and LOGO-LOGO related to government agencies for official use. Here are the types of National Coat of Arms and Agency Logo that I would like to use for official purposes: 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JATA_NEGARA_MALAYSIA.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LOGO_KPT_MALAY-01-01_(1).png

In this regard, I request you to endorse and publish this article.  I would also like to inform that the sources used in preparing this article are FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES AND CERTIFIED by the Pagoh Higher Education Hub Special Project Section itself as per the information available on the website https://www.hptp.edu.  my/.  There are no elements of plagiarism and plagiarism in this source I use.
If you want clarification or discussion related to this article, you can contact me at 06-9742434 (Information Technology Management Unit Spk Hptp). It is hoped that you will grant me permission to use the logos and coat of arms of ministries and government agencies for official purposes and the publication of articles on government agencies. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HPTPagoh (talk • contribs) 07:02, 14 March 2021 (UTC)
translator: Translated via Google Translate

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All content on Wikimedia Commons is free to re-use outside of Wikimedia Commons with the licenses prescribed on those respective pages. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:38, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Round table

Od round table Prince Arthur heritahe? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dajčićx (talk • contribs) 11:53, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Perhaps check out this category. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:35, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

List websites of Municipalities in Germany and France

Dear Sir/madam,

We are an organisation of local governement in Holland. We are doing a research of IPv6 Internet protocol adoption of the websitesof municipalities in europe. Therfore I am looking for a list (.xls/csv) of Municipalities websites of Germenny and France. Can you please provide me the list. Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

Lahssen Hamoumi IPv6 implementatie consultant Gemeentelijke Gemeenschappelijke Infrastructuur (GGI)

VNG Realisatie Nassaulaan 12 2514 JS Den Haag

Lahssen.Hamoumi@vng.nl +31 (0)6 – 5151 5443 — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 163.158.2.183 (talk) 10:33, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Perhaps such technical questions should be asked at the MediaWiki-Wiki, VNG = Vereniging Nederlandse Gemeenten, by the way. Scrap that, better ask such questions to the government of the European Union. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:29, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

アップしたファイルを削除したいのですが

自分でアップしたファイルを全て削除したいのですが方法をご教示願えますか？

もしくは削除依頼を出していただくことは可能でしょうか？ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kai&lani (talk • contribs) 11:19, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

== I want to delete the uploaded file == 
I would like to delete all the files I uploaded. Can you tell me how to do this?
Or is it possible to request deletion?
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Every page has a "Nominate this page for deletion" button at a menu on the left-hand of the page if you use "Desktop mode". --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:33, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Preserving image on Flickr

Hello. I uploaded three images to Flickr, that are reachable in a WP article (via links in references). The reason is that copyright issues prevented them from being uploaded to Commons. OTOH. Details in the article can NOT be backed up without them. Here's one of three: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48627229401_c4c1c40896_b.jpg Now, if I deleted this image from my Flickr account, this link in a WP article (reference section) would likely become broken within a week or so. So, how can the image be preserved long term, without having to rely on my having a Flickr account for eternity. Thanks. JimPercy (talk) 11:47, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi JimPercy, You can use Wayback Archive to do this - When saving add "https://web.archive.org/save/" to the URL followed by the image URL (so ie https://web.archive.org/save/https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48627229401_c4c1c40896_b.jpg),
If you get stuck let me know and I'll archive them all for you, I hope this helps, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 11:51, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi JimPercy, Looks like Wayback's been down as your archived images were slow loading too, It's also saying the image's archived and then telling me it doesn't exist at the provided link - Unfortunately Wayback does go down from time to time.
I've archived the image at https://archive.is/dWRwk which as a temporary thing should be fine (I don't know if Archive.is allowed but if Wayback won't archive the image then that's the next best option.
I'll retry later and tomorrow if need be - could just be Wayback having a funny 5 minutes!, Thanks. –Davey2010Talk 16:42, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
  • @Davey2010: Well, I went to my Flickr account, "You">Camera Roll" (from dropdown), and see all three images. Yet, just the first two were uploaded to Wayback, and not the third. I notice the alternative link you inserted works. I guess I will wait a day or two, in case Wayback is temporarily down (it does seem to be running slow) or not uploading new images due to a glitch. PS. This is the most minor of the three, so it doesn't really matter if the link is temporarily broken, at WP in reference section. I mean, no need for me to insert that temporary link. JimPercy (talk) 19:56, 16 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi JimPercy, Unfortunately I don't know why the third wasn't archived and annoyingly it still wont archive it either, I've even tried https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51100002568_3cabb956b4_c.jpg which is a smaller version but to no avail.
My only suggestions would be either to retry in a weeks time or failing that use the Archive.is cite. You could always create another flickr account and reupload the photo and retry archiving again (with a new link) but that seems a lot more hassle than it's worth.
Sorry I couldn't be of any more help, Take care and stay safe, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 14:33, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
  • @Davey2010: Okay, I suppose that's enough time on this one, as reckon you have questions from others to answer. I had the image on my computer so uploaded it again to Flickr. I then entered the new URL name into the WP article, but it didn't work. Same error message. So, I instead inserted the link going to archive.today (that you suggested). You can check up on it if care to (or make any change, naturally) at WP, in the article: Paul Martin (illustrator). The link to it is in Ref. 98. JimPercy (talk) 20:36, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
I've changed the cite link slightly so that the whole image shows, Other than that all looks fine. Happy editing. –Davey2010Talk 12:16, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Resolved3 links archived - 2 via Wayback, the other via Archive.is. –Davey2010Talk 12:19, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

জীবনী

জতগ — Preceding unsigned comment added by মোঃ শাহীনূর রহমান (talk • contribs) 17:03, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Rachel Minke

Two lengthy sections from User:Tigrcate not appropriate for this page deleted here. If someone needs them they are backed up at https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Help_desk&oldid=553588141#Rachel_Minke,_a_%E2%80%99leader%E2%80%99_in_prodigy_singers,_has_performed_our_National_Anthem,_the_Star_Spangled_Banner_71_times_in_major_%E2%80%98public_performance%E2%80%99,_potentially_more_than_any_other_singer_in_American_history._She_has_asked_me_to_submit_this_life_biography_for_consideration._Will_you_allow_me_to_submit_this_biography?_(Story_continues:_Rachel_is_my_daughter_and_I_was_also_her_manager._Will_you_allow_me_to_submit_the_story?) and section following that. If someone wishes to archive these in some other manner, feel free. - Jmabel ! talk 07:41, 18 April 2021 (UTC)


Want to make sure this is good for an image

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:10cd_o.jpg#/media/File:10cd_o.jpg.

The caption says "Image is from Flickr, user edwarddallas." Would this be a good way to credit the original photographer? LtLemonade (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 05:03, 18 April 2021‎ (UTC)

  • @LtLemonade: The author as noted there, with link, would be a decent photo credit. I would probably prefix that with "Flickr user". However, since it is (presumably correctly) nominated for deletion as a violation of the copyright of the statue, it would seem to be moot how best to credit they original photographer.- Jmabel ! talk 07:44, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
    • @Jmabel: So should I use it or not? This guy has a lot of pictures I wanna use, and they're all available for commercial use, so long as he's given credit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LtLemonade (talk • contribs) 14:56, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
      • I believe it should be deleted. No comment on whether the account is a generally good source, but he took a photo of a statue that is apparently, itself, copyrighted, so there is no way to use it legitimately on Commons without the sculptor's permission. Do you have some reason to think the sculpture is in the public domain? If so, explain that in the Deletion Review discussion. - Jmabel ! talk 15:22, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Unsupported SVG (nested tspan)

I have created the SVG version of File:The Dark Triad Traits.jpg here: File:The Dark Triad Traits.svg

But when I want to translate the new SVG it says "This file can not be translated with this tool because it contains unsupported SVG (nested tspan in #text871) in the following text: PSYCHOPATHY". How I can resolve this error?

Thanks! --Aniol (talk) 08:50, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

  • JPEG
    JPEG
  • SVG
    SVG

Photos taken by deceased relatives

My Norwegian grandfather took some pictures during WWII and the years after, I want to upload some of them to Commons. He died 25 years ago, which means the right to the images have expired according to the Norwegian copyright rules.
But some of the photos were not taken in Norway. Is it then the rules in the country where the photo was taken that apply, or the rules in the country where the photographer was a citizen? And if the images are released according to the Norwegian Copyright Act, does that mean that they will also be released for international use? --Cavernia (talk) 16:01, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Generally rules of any country apply with its jurisdiction only. However Commons requires a file to be free in the country where it was first published and in the USA. Ruslik (talk) 16:12, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
None of the photos have been published anywhere. --Cavernia (talk) 16:13, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
In this case you are welcome to publish them here under a free licence. Please use the {{Heirs-license}} template, e.g. {{Heirs-license|Cc-by-4.0}} While the images are now public domain in Norway, they would still be copyrightable in the United States, so we need a free licence from you as the heir. Alternatively you might want to release them into the public domain worldwide using the {{PD-heirs}} template. De728631 (talk) 16:25, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! --Cavernia (talk) 21:11, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Could not insert NowSVG

I created a vector version File:Théorie_des_cordes-échelle.PNG but could neither insert NowSVG for the new file File:String-theory-strings.svg on the page of the original nor remove the request for a vector version.

Thank you!

MikeRun (talk) 16:54, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

Please upload your SVG as a new file. You cannot overwrite a file with another file format. Once you have uploaded the new file, you may remove the request for a vector version by editing the page File:Théorie des cordes-échelle.PNG. De728631 (talk) 16:58, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for your answer, but the file is already uploaded here: (File page of vector version). Though I am logged in, it seems I have no permission to edit anything on the original page. Sorry, if my problem descripton was misleading. MikeRun (talk) 20:14, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
@MikeRun: Here is a link to edit that page. Are you saying this does not work for you? - Jmabel ! talk 21:25, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
Thank you the link works perfectly! Until now I always used the EDIT-Link above the description block, which is missing on this particular page. I was too blind to see the Edit-tab on the top of the page... Thank you for your Help and patience. --MikeRun (talk) 22:12, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

How do you make ribbons?

I was wondering how to make ribbons like https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Legion_Honneur_GC_ribbon.svg and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Legion_Honneur_Chevalier_ribbon.svg.

Help with a category decision

Hello,

I have been trying to fill in missing images etc. for Pakistan on List of cultural heritage sites in Punjab, Pakistan. One of the sections for each site is District. To help editors on enwiki, I have been filling in the district on the Commons.

For some reason, I am reverted over one site: Category:Tomb of Lala Rukh, Attock. I have been reverted twice adding Category:Attock District in a short time by the same editor, though per the List and per Tomb of Lala Rukh, this site is in Attock District. When I reverted once I explained in an edit note the reason was the List, but I was reverted instantly. What am I doing wrong? Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 21:01, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

@E4024: per your request. Krok6kola (talk) 21:30, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

ניסיון העלאת תמונה לויקיפדיה שיתוף

היי ניסיתי להעלות תמונה לויקיפדיה שיתוף של תומאס ברודי סאנגסטר בעלת רישיונות שהורשו לשתף בכל האתרים ולכולם מותר להשתמש בתמונה הזאת, אבל אני לא יודע איך קוראים לסוג הרישיון הספציפי הזה וביטלו לי את ההעלאה של התמונה. אני ממש אשמח אם תעזרו לי למצוא דרך למצוא מה הרשיון הנכון של התמונה הזאת כי אני לא כל כך מבין בזה אבל חשוב לי להעלות את התמונה הזאת אז אשמח לעזרה

https://wwיw.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/thomas-brodie-sangster-attends-the-season-launch-of-game-of-news-photo/164690441?adppopup=true זה הקישור של התמונה וגם יש שם פירוט על הרשיונות אז אני אשמח אם תראו איך תעזרו לי.

Attempting to upload an image to Wikipedia Sharing

Hi I tried to upload to Wikipedia a sharing of Thomas Brody Sangster with licenses that are allowed to share on all sites and everyone is allowed to use this image, but I do not know what to call this specific type of license and canceled the upload of the image. I'm really happy if you help me find a way to find what the right license of this picture is because I do not quite understand it but it's important for me to upload this picture so I'm happy to help

https: //www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/thomas-brodie-sangster-attends-the-season-launch-of-game-of-news-photo/164690441?adppopup=true

This is the link of the picture and there is also a detail about the licenses so I would be happy if you see how you help me.
translator: Google Translate

For whatever reason I can't open the URL. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:40, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

I'm sure the space in the URL is wrong, so https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/thomas-brodie-sangster-attends-the-season-launch-of-game-of-news-photo/164690441?adppopup=true - Jmabel ! talk 05:16, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

File:Anna Cen.png

Official portrait, may have originated from the subject's Twitter account. Requires COM:OTRS permission. Does anyone know what template should be used?--Kai3952 (talk) 17:01, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

Sometimes it really does matter, and sometimes it doesn't matter that much which template you choose. It's true that each template has its own applications and they are not to be used indifferently. Basically, "copyvio" when the claims by the uploader are obviously false, regular DR when the claims are dubious, and "no permission since" when the claims are plausibly true but require evidence. However, there may be some cases when a claim is likely wrong, so basically a case either for "copyvio" or for a regular DR, but the file looks possibly legitimate and the wrong statement could be corrected with more information with OTRS. IMO, it depends on your evaluation of the degree of probability that the upload is legitimate. My personal subjective criterion is that when it looks reasonably plausible that the upload is legitimate, "no permission since" may be preferable. If not, then it's "copyvio". You may place your threshold higher or lower. In the case of File:Anna Cen.png, despite the "own work" part that may need to be changed, it can be one or the other IMO, depending if you approach it only with a theoretical view or if you also consider a practical aspect. The username of the uploader suggests that they are probably affiliated with the business. And it is reasonable to expect that the business either holds the rights to the official photo of its CEO or can obtain them from the photographer. In turn, that suggests a plausibility that the uploader may have permission for the license and that they can provide evidence of it. The uploader probably did not personally take the photograph and the "own work" part is probably incorrect. Because the claim of own work looks wrong, "copyvio" or a regular DR can be used. At the present time, regular DRs can remain open for a long time. "Copyvio" would result in a quick deletion of the file. And it will be restored if the evidence for the license is provided. In total, that will have required two interventions by administrators (one deletion, one undeletion) and one or two interventions by OTRS members (one undeletion request if the member is not an administrator, one validation of the file) and you may leave a frustrated user. If "no permission since" is used, it leaves one week for the uploader to fix the situation. If the uploader does nothing within the week, the file is deleted and the situation becomes identical as if "copyvio" had been used. But if it is fixed, in total, that will have required no action by administrators and one intervention by an OTRS member (the validation of the file) and it leaves a happy user. In short, it may be more a case for "copyvio" or for a regular DR, but in the circumstances "no permission since" is perhaps not bad. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:11, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
@Asclepias: Thanks for a detailed and really well thought-through answer. - Jmabel ! talk 14:45, 4 April 2021 (UTC)
@Asclepias: Thank you for your detailed explanation. But I am sorry I have to say that I still feel confused. Because in the past I was accused by Reke of doing a destroy user pictures using DR (see: special:diff/514139241) and now you suggesting me to use "copyvio" or a regular DR. I think there should be consensus first. If you are right, can you explain it to him?--Kai3952 (talk) 19:12, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
@Kai3952: If you don't feel there is yet a clear consensus, then a DR is exactly what to do. A DR is a means of getting a consensus either to keep or delete. - Jmabel ! talk 04:42, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
No, your thought is opposite to his, so it's not feasible to achieve your suggestion. Because he objected to my submission of the pictures to DR. His explanation is that we should try to solve the problem instead of destroying the hard works of others. In my opinion, submissing pictures to DR is not vandalism, but I don't know how to communicate with him about this clearly. I think you better convince him to let him understand how DR works. Until you have a consensus, I promised him that I will not submit any pictures to DR (which means I temporarily admitted my mistake). If no one can help, I may never be able to use DR.--Kai3952 (talk) 01:28, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Anybody who can help, please feel free to give me an answer. Thanks.--Kai3952 (talk) 12:21, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Kai3952: I tagged the file and warned the uploader, both multiply.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:45, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
No, I'm not talking about File:Anna Cen.png, but about Reke. Although I understand you point of view (a DR is a means of getting a consensus either to keep or delete), I feel that, given that Reke is strongly opposed to the alleged 'problematic picture' were being nominated for delete by me, it would better be for you (or Asclepias) to explain the DR to him.--Kai3952 (talk) 16:11, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
Pinging @Reke, mentioned above.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:58, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
First of all, I am sorry that the following text was translated by machine, because I don't have much time to correct it.
Deletion requests is a good system most of the time, but some requests are deeply offensive. There was a volunteer in Taiwan. He set an English name on his camera exif, which did not match his Chinese name, so the uploaded photos were asked to be deleted. And I myself once had a file that was proposed to be deleted just because exif was not set. Although the reason given in the DR is to block these deletions, it still makes the uploader feel that he is not trusted. Because he stated that this photo was taken by him, but other people doubted this statement with less direct evidence.
The above two examples were not made by Kai, but Kai's DR is also often offensive. What's more disturbing is that when I expressed the offensiveness of these behaviors in the previous two examples, the DR person could understand that he was too harsh and expressed apologies in the discussion; however, Kai would not. He will insist that he understands the rules of the wiki correctly and asks those who point out his improper interpretation of the rules to go to the "community" for discussion. In the end, he will always fall into lengthy arguments.
I really don't recommend him to DR the files he is not sure about. He believes that files that are clearly supposed to be deleted will cause controversy, so the files that he is not sure whether to delete will only cause more troublesome problems. --Reke (talk) 11:23, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
@Reke: Please take a look at File:無濾嘴新樂園牌菸DSCF6022.jpg. Per COM:PACKAGING, "product packaging carrying original printed designs cannot be uploaded to Commons, even if you personally own the physical object and even if you took the photograph yourself." What do you think about this?--Kai3952 (talk) 04:59, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Probably a matter of whether that particular packaging is old enough to be out of copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 15:13, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
Jmabel, I appreciate your answer; please have the patience to read my reply (or, say, to read the whole issue):
  • What I really care about is what Reke thinks, because that is the only way to resolve the disputes and disagreements.
  • I know that Reke is a volunteer for Wikimedia Taiwan, but he is not an administrator. Since August to December last year, he has communicated with me on my talk page with regard to user's complaints about my misconduct (improper understanding of the policies, improper use of the DR procedures, unreasonably requiring OTRS permissions from the original author for the release of the picture from Facebook,...etc). Nevertheless, things did not get better from there (or, say, things did not go as smooth as I had actually expected), as he often intervened in ways that argument and accusation. In the end, my consensus with Reke was that stop using DR and promised not nominate any pictures anymore.
  • I remember Jmabel said to me at the help desk: "I personally would appreciate if next time this comes up, you try to learn how to do it (and to do it right) so admins aren't stuck doing other people's basic tasks." I can understand what he mean...he encouraged me not to be influenced by others, and then I try to focus on what me can do to help (such as to learn how use {{Duplicate}}). It will be possible to provoke Reke's backlash if I learn how to do it. Because my edits will be considered by him as vandalism (doing a destroy pictures using DR). If someone can persuade him to give me a chance, I am confident that I can do better and I believe it has a strong impact on my daily works.
  • To be honest with you, I have a psychological shadow on Reke. He often would appear out of nowhere to interfere with me in the past (including zh.wikipedia). Unfortunately, no matter how good I was and how much I learned, it seems that he thought everything I do is causing more trouble. This has not happened again recently, but I felt that I am being deliberately targeted by him. So, I don't know how to communicate with him. I have emailed Wikimedia Foundation three times no one responds to me until today still no response.--Kai3952 (talk) 09:08, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
  • I still don't get why you personally are even the least bit concerned with what happens to this particular photo (File:無濾嘴新樂園牌菸DSCF6022.jpg) which you asked us to look at, nor what (if anything) it has to do with your apparent conflict with Reke. You asked us to look at the photo and evaluate. I gave my opinion. You responded in a manner that had nothing to do with what you asked for. If this is how you are behaving toward Reke I fully understand why Reke is annoyed. - Jmabel ! talk 15:19, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
  • @Kai3952: My suggestion is that if you are having fights with Reke, and that bothers you, walk away from issues where Reke is involved. I'm sure there is plenty on Commons to do that does not involve Reke, and I doubt there is something unique that you bring to such matters (or at least to most such matters, you don't always have to walk away). It is not any of our jobs to fix every time someone is wrong on the Internet. On en-wiki, I walked away from articles in areas of my expertise to avoid conflicts like this. If you think there is a copyright issue with File:無濾嘴新樂園牌菸DSCF6022.jpg, start a DR, state your opinion clearly, and then disengage from it. - Jmabel ! talk 21:22, 18 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Looking at my talk page (see: [5], [6], [7], [8]), I sighed more heavily. He kept hounding me over six months, and I could see that he wanted to stop me from nominating pictures to DR, which is likely to cause more disputes within their community (the relationships within Taiwan's community and between me and Taiwanese users already have some challenges), and "my personal problems" arising therefrom. The result of this bad experience is that I will often be afraid the same thing will happen to me again. Despite most of my edits are good faith and reliable, I have not had much experience with understanding what pictures that should be deleted. I devote a major chunk of my time in working the task that has been given to me (except to nominate pictures for delete) and in researching about inductive methods for the categorization of files. This is why I hesitate and this is my dilemma.--Kai3952 (talk) 04:55, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Translation of categories

When categorising images I came across this: Category:Kipferl. The category has the Austrian German name for the pastry, which is odd as I have ever only seen categories named in English. There doesn't seem to be an English title for that one, except for the Wikidata box. I'm still new to Commons and don't know how the translation thing works here. (But I'm getting more accustomed to the environment here, and coming from a ride on Wikidata this place feels like a godsend although I earlier complained about the complexity of Commons. Anyway...) Should categories be translated? Can/should I do it? How then? Regards --Mango från yttre rymden (talk) 00:13, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

  • "Kiffi" isn't really English, either, it's Hungarian. There isn't really any English name for this; what people will use in English will depend on the heritage of the speaker (or the baker). Austrian German seems as good a choice as any. - Jmabel ! talk 15:33, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

I thank User:Jmabel for the reply. However, my general question remains: Should category names be translated? Or are categories always named in English? --Mango från yttre rymden (talk) 23:03, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Uploading bank logos and trademarks

I was hoping to upload the logo of a co-operative bank. I must assume it's implicitly trademarked. The logo contains an image and a text and is in PNG format. Can I still upload it to Wikimedia Commons without running into copyright trouble? I'm sure the bank won't mind. But I want to make sure the image doesn't get removed from Wikimedia Commons. I intend to use it in the logo field in the bank's Wikidata page as well. --Eternaltyro (talk) 12:49, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

@Eternaltyro: Please have an authorized representative post permission on the organization's official website or social media or send permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. 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 13:09, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you for clearing that up. I don't think I'll be able to get permission due to red-tape, but I'll ask anyway. Re: SVG, I'm not sure it exists but I'll ask this too. Thanks. --Eternaltyro (talk) 06:59, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
@Eternaltyro: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:31, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Trademark is not an issue at all, other than using {{Trademark}}. "Wouldn't mind" is beside the point, per Commons:Precautionary principle. The issue is whether it is copyrighted. The most likely reason it might not be is that it could be too simple for copyright. Please link a page that shows the logo in question so that someone can work that out. - Jmabel ! talk 15:28, 17 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thank you, the image in question is here: https://www.tnscbank.com/ It's the logo with the bird and fledglings. Unlikely it's copyrighted. It's trademark as far as I understand Indian law and generally reproducible for purposes such as this. Other examples where logos exist without problem: en:Axis_Bank, en:ICICI_Bank, en:Cosmos_Bank --Eternaltyro (talk) 06:59, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
@Eternaltyro: Actually, near certain it is copyrighted. It is complex enough to merit copyright, and the style suggests it is no older than the 1960s, so under the Berne Convention it almost certainly was inherently copyrighted at creation. Yes, something like "fair use" is legitimate, but Commons does not accept images on a "fair use" basis: remember that it is our intent to provide images that can be freely reused, altered, etc.
Wikidata draws its images from Commons, so it won't be a choice there either.
However, if you need to use it in an article on the English-language Wikipedia, that can be solved entirely within the English-language Wikipedia. See en:Template:Non-free logo and remember to upload in the English-language Wikipedia, not here. - Jmabel ! talk 14:33, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

iampizz4 article

I'm making the IAMPIZZ4 fan article and after taking explicit permission from the youtuber that I can publish his channel picture, I can not find any method of showing to the site that I have permission and my image keeps on getting rejected by the system. Permission was given over "discord". Email me for the picture that entitles me to use the channel icon. aahilmemon22@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Foxy223 (talk • contribs) 05:54, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

@Foxy223: 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 images as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. The following applies to each image. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png or smaller jpg image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but if you were not the original image designer or photographer, that person may need to license it on their official website or social media or channel, or send permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload svg or jpg versions, too. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. 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 17:29, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Photos

I have made contact with a university in the US that is in the possession of photos of three well known artists and politicians. The photos are dated summer 1930 at the back. I doubt that the they have been published, and there are no known photographer. Could you please tell me if these photos can be uploaded as public domain?--Trygve W Nodeland (talk) 06:56, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

I might ad that the photos are taken in the US. --Trygve W Nodeland (talk) 07:01, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
@Trygve W Nodeland: Unpublished anonymous works are in copyright in the United States for 120 years after creation. See COM:HIRTLE for details. The result might be different if you found a publication or the identity of the author. Knowing how the university came to be in the possession of the photos might help. -- Asclepias (talk) 07:35, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Thank you. --Trygve W Nodeland (talk) 10:15, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Login in

Why can't I be able to login — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 102.2.145.120 (talk) 08:44, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

  • Most likely you forgot your password. If you provided an email address when you created your account, you can have a new password emailed to you.
  • Also possible that you are completely blocking cookies; I'm not sure if you can log in without those. - Jmabel ! talk 14:35, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

"Invesor" spelling mistake in multiple places

The category Category:Invesor of Sylvester and Kempe, and the filenames of all the images in it, mis-spells the word "Inversor" as "Invesor". What is the best way to fix this? Is this something a power user or bot could do more easily than doing this very slowly and painfully by hand? -- The Anome (talk) 14:29, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Request Name change

Would it be possible to change the name of my uploaded file Hunter Alexander Pvt to Pvt Alexander Hunter. I do not know why the name is backwards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gandalf the Groovy (talk • contribs) 16:06, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

But you have already uploaded a file under latter name? Ruslik (talk) 16:11, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

uploads

ich hab seit 2004 zig bilder hochgeladen. Anfangs als ip, dann angemeldet (commons). Frage: zu meinem anmeldung gibt es die seite Benutzerbeiträge. Dort sollten eigentlich alle meine uploads sich finden lassen. Vom tage der anmeldung an bis heute. Aber........Bilder verschwinden. OK, gelöschte sowieso, aber auch wenn ein anderer mein bild verändert wieder einstellt. Dann bin ich zwar immer noch autor, aber in der liste der uploads erscheint die datei nicht mehr. So schwinden meine erstellten und hochgeladen bildern und erscheinen nun als uploads bei anderen, obwohl sie ggf. nur die farbe gesättigt haben. Wie kann ich meine Bilder "zusammenhalten" bzw. wiederfinden? --2003:E9:DF25:6000:7133:1FB5:809F:AFBB 15:09, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

since 2004 i have uploaded umpteen pictures. Initially as ip, then registered (commons). Question: for my registration there is the page User contributions . All my uploads should actually be found there. From the day of registration until today. But ........ pictures disappear. OK, deleted anyway, but also if someone else changes my picture and puts it back in place. Then I'm still the author, but the file no longer appears in the list of uploads. So my created and uploaded images disappear and now appear as uploads to others, although they may have only saturated the color. How can I "hold together" or find my pictures?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:40, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
Hallo und willkommen. Wenn Sie sie mit einer mit Ihnen verbundenen Kategorie oder mit Ihrem eindeutigen Benutzernamen oder vollständigen Namen als Autor hochgeladen haben, sollten Sie sie auf diese Weise finden können.
Hi, and welcome. If you uploaded them with a category related to you or with your unique username or fullname as the author, you should be able to find them that way.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:40, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
hochladen kann man doch nur, wenn man angeldet ist. Sind sie sicher, das sie meine frage verstanden haben? Also, ich find ich sie nicht mehr unter uploads, warum siehe oben. Darum ja meine frage, wie ich die zusammenhalten kann und wie ich sie ggf. wiederfinde um sie ggf. zu aktualisieren.Albert Gr. (talk) 06:11, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
Unter Benutzerbeiträge auf Hochgeladene Dateien klicken, und bei Alte Dateiversionen einschließen Häckchen setzen. Nach "Los" gibt es in der Auflistung dann rechts die Spalte „Aktuelle Version“.
English:
Under User contributions click on Uploaded files and tick 'Include old file versions' . After "Go" there is then the column "Current version" on the right in the listing.

GeorgHH • talk   09:51, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

"und der herr sprach es werde licht und es wurde licht". Soooo einfach.........VIELEN DANK.2003:E9:DF25:6000:D473:BA64:98FF:CEC4 15:34, 23 April 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: GeorgHH • talk   09:46, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Should I write just the primary source or the secondary source along with the secondary source?

I was planning to upload an image of Charles Melton for the wiki page of him, which was a stub (definitely needing to be expanded more, i.e. images as long as they are correctly licensed). Here's what I wrote for answering where this digital image of Charles Melton came from:

https://www.zimbio.com/photos/Charles+Melton/1-ESRP7LPVo/Premiere+Columbia+Pictures+Bad+Boys+Life+Arrivals

Getty Images North America (primary source for the URL of Zimbio's Charles Melton image)

Author: Jon Kopaloff

I'm also not exactly sure what license this image should be labeled under? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lil' Jimmy Da Crinja Ninja (talk • contribs) 02:33, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jmabel: If I believe so, should I just select: I found it on the internet - I'm not sure? If this is not the right choice, what other options should I use that would be the most appropriate for the image to stay in place? Lil' Jimmy Da Crinja Ninja (talk) 21:52, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

EDIT: I was really honest that this image is not my own work, but if I seem to lie about the image I choose to upload on Wikipedia, will they notice it and have me to remove that image? Lil' Jimmy Da Crinja Ninja (talk) 21:52, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

    • @Lil' Jimmy Da Crinja Ninja: It is your responsibility not to upload copyrighted, unlicensed images. As I said, it does not appear to me that the image hsa a free license. Most images that you "just find" are neither public domain nor free-licensed, especially most images from recent decades. Again: if you have no specific reason to think this image is free-licensed, then it is probably not, and you should not be uploading it. Yes, if you did so it will probably be deleted, as it should be. - Jmabel ! talk 04:08, 12 April 2021 (UTC)
        • @Jmabel: Oh, I didn't know that. So which free image (EXCLUDING stock images, because they actually cost money) website would have the most free license images?

Lil' Jimmy Da Crinja Ninja (talk) 23:25, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

Pictures

Why do I get the order to remove pictures when up loading? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Salander177 (talk • contribs) 14:48, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

@Salander177: Hi, and welcome. Please be more specific and see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:38, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
@Salander177: Hello. It could also be because you might've labeled those images under the wrong license. Please review Commons:Licensing. Thank you for your understanding.Lil' Jimmy Da Crinja Ninja (talk) 18:38, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Pattypan error

While trying to upload large Tiff files with Pattypan, I keep on getting "Caught exception of type Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError". Anyone know how to fix this? Languageseeker (talk) 02:50, 18 April 2021 (UTC)

@Languageseeker: Is it anywhere close to COM:MAXSIZE?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:39, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: The files are around 300mb each. Is that past the max size for Tiff images? Languageseeker (talk) 00:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
@Languageseeker: No, but please see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/search/query/n1kqOQbAbSmC/#R and note that my recent experience uploading a 1.67 GB file in phab:T279407 was a 67% failure (2 of 3 attempts failed). You did use lossless compression on those files, right?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:23, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

MY account has been blocked

I was making the page for our children's organization. And photo present was of our organization.Please help me to unblock it — Preceding unsigned comment added by SKCF (talk • contribs) 14:10, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @SKCF: You have been blocked in English Wikipedia for both advertising and violating username policy. Specifically en-wiki usernames must be personal, not organizations. You are not blocked here in Wikimedia Commons, but the logo you uploaded has been deleted as copyright violation: File:Logoskcf.jpg. Please don't try to create an article here either. MKFI (talk) 06:12, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Alcalde de Huancayo 1959 1962 picture

File:Fotos antiguasManuel Gutierrez

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jose Gabriel Gutierrez Aliaga (talk • contribs) 02:01, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jose Gabriel Gutierrez Aliaga: Hola y bienvenido. Lo siento, pero no tenemos archivos relacionados con Manuel Gutiérrez Aliaga, ex Alcalde Provincial de Huancayo Province.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry, but we have no files related to Manuel Gutiérrez Aliaga, former Provincial Mayor of Huancayo Province.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:59, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

How to add "Source of derivative work" for own derivative work.

Hi there, I am new here and I am a bit confused because I uploaded and added my own artwork here but it was tagged as "derivative work". I own the copyright of this content: File:Virtual Auggie Velarde.jpg

I think the person who flagged this believes it is derivative because it's an edit on top of a photo. I took the original photo and I can include that. But after trying to research a way to do so, I really haven't figured it out. How do I add the source for my own derivative work.

For context. I have a photo of me, then I added my art as an edit of that photo. How can I add that information to prevent deletion. I can provide the original photo as well if necessary. Thanks! --AuggieVelarde (talk) 09:08, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

@AuggieVelarde: Hi, and welcome. Please see the syntax in File:Poster – Save the Markiewicz Pool (improved).jpg. For your deleted files, an Admin like Hedwig in Washington needs to process COM:UDR#File:Auggie Velarde.jpg et al.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:41, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Uploading a 1.1 GB video times out

I want to upload a replacement for File:12051 Forest Dynamics UHD.webm. I tried listening to the file on different devices, but it seems that the audio was encoded incorrectly, so that I hear the audio as a stroboscopic change of sound and silence each second. I downloaded the original 30 GB file from NASA and converted it with ffmpeg into webm per Help:Converting video#Linux and OS X command line. I got a 1.1 GB video which playback looks and sounds fine. I tried uploading it multiple times, and when I succeed uploading it, the server times out when processing it. The message varies, but I gave up on "Сервер не відповів протягом відведеного на це часу.", which literally means that the server did not reply within the specified time limit. Is it supported at all? I've seen that the file size limit should be 4 GB. But that is for uploading files, not for processing.--Роман Рябенко (talk) 12:45, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

@Роман Рябенко: Hi, and welcome. Each error message may indicate a different problem, please document them separately. If one is the same problem I was having in phab:T279407, please comment there. If not, please make a new task on Phabricator.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:06, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Image is shown in mirror: File:9 2 111 0064 004-Mosterts Mill-Wynberg-s.jpg

Hello,

All windmills run counterclockwise, including this one. But the pic shows a clockwise rotating mill. Please correct... W. Nijlunsing — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 178.84.155.83 (talk) 15:59, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Thank you for noticing. It would be interesting to ask the user if there was a particular reason to upload a flopped image, but the last contribution of this user on Commons is from 2013. The file itself can be "unflopped". Or it can be added to the "Category:Flopped images" and an additional unflopped version can be uploaded. If there doesn't seem to be a reason for having the flopped image, it is probably better to use the first solution and simply unflop this file. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:39, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
I flopped it back, please see File:9 2 111 0064 004-Mosterts Mill-Wynberg-s (flopped).jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:29, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Comment from IP

Здравствуйте, не могу загрузить статью на фонтан, чтобы поучаствовать в марафоре — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 178.216.174.133 (talk) 16:50, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

  • [Not much Russian, but something about uploading an article from the "фонтан", which I think is "fountain" (maybe some colloquial meaning I don't know) to "participate in the marathon". I suspect this is on the wrong site, since we don't really have articles, or marathons, and I have no idea what here would be called a "fountain".]
  • If someone speaks Russian, you may have something more useful to say. Unfortunately this came from an anonymous IP, so no way to ping for clarification. - Jmabel ! talk 17:45, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Submitting an artist Bio

Hi there

My name is Anne

I was interested to submit a biography, photos, media of an artist/writer/speaker to be published on wikepedia

How do I do that ?

Thank you for your time and help

Sincerely, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Angiel21 (talk • contribs) 21:24, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

Questions regarding audio files

Hello, I've been told that I have to use the 'Spoken article' tag for a file description from the WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia. Besides, 'Source' cannot be set to 'Own work'. How do I fix this mistake?

Thank you in advance for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asancu (talk • contribs) 09:16, 17 April 2021 (UTC) --Asancu (talk) 09:17, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

How to enter wikidata for a person not there

I have just uploaded a picture of someone who does not come up when I'm trying to add it on wikidata. I have no idea what to do. The person is John Avis, 19th century, from Virginia. Deisenbe (talk) 15:05, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

You can create an entry in Wikidata or even better an article in Wikipedia. Ruslik (talk) 16:09, 19 April 2021 (UTC)
Could somoeone give me some real help instead of this flippant remark?
Is it my responsability to create a Wikidata entry every time this happens? Can I enter it here as a red item so it becones a Wikidata item wanted? Where is there an introduction to Wikidata? I'd not like to put something else on my plate. Does creating a Wikipedia article automaticallty generate a Wikidata item?
I've looked at Wikidata for the first time, have no idea what its policies are. It doesn't look any easier than the Commons does to anyone looking at it for the first time. Deisenbe (talk) 07:55, 20 April 2021 (UTC) 07:55, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
@Deisenbe: you ask, "Is it my respons[i]bility to create a Wikidata entry every time this happens?" Not really. But, just like an article, there just won't be one until someone creates it, and if you know the topic you are a fair candidate to do it. None of this is "automatic". It is done by humans (and, occasionally, as with Wikipedia or here, by a bot where there is an external database to be scraped).
You seem to be both asking questions about how to do it and saying you don't want to take it on. If you have some interest in taking it on, I'll gladly help, but I'm not going to spend a bunch of time writing something up for you just to say that you really don't care. Are you interested or not?
As for red item: sure, I guess, but better not to reference Wikidata if there is nothing relevant there. - Jmabel ! talk 14:06, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
I don't know how complicated doing it is, so I don't know how much I'm interested. If it's simple then I'll do it. Am I the only one that could benefit from such guidance? No one ever had this problem before? Deisenbe (talk) 08:44, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
@Deisenbe: It's just that the Commons help desk is an odd place for an introduction to Wikidata. Are you familiar with wikidata:Wikidata:Tours? If so, have you looked at it at all? I believe the very first tour there explains how to make a new Wikidata item. - Jmabel ! talk 15:39, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

كيفية تحميل إلى الموقع هذا ؟

كيفية تحميل الملفات مثل الفيديوهات و الصور و الكتب الالكترونية من هاتفي إلى الموقع هذا ؟ . نحن نريد بناء موقع خاص بي في موقعكم العقاري والتوثيق هذا و لكن نريد أن نعرف كيفية الحصول على المطلوب من خلال الهاتف المحمول التابع لي و شكرا لكم — Preceding unsigned comment added by حافظ ألامير (talk • contribs) 23:03, 20 April 2021 (UTC)

  • Question in Arabic, not clear via Google Translate what they actually want, can someone who reads and writes Arabic please engage this user? - Jmabel ! talk 01:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
Header is "How to upload to this site?" Body is "How to download files such as videos, pictures and e-books from my phone to this site? We want to build a site of my own in your real estate site and document this, but we want to know how to get the required through my mobile phone, and thank you" Deisenbe (talk) 08:49, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

{{speedydelete| Fair use}}

[[9]]

File: Larry Scully at home, c1973.jpg Caption: Larry Scully, South African artist, in conversation, c1973 — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScarboroFair (talk • contribs) 02:19, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

@ScarboroFair: Hi, and welcome. I tagged it appropriately and opined at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Larry Scully at home, c1973.jpg. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:53, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Request for undeletion

Dear Community/ [[10]],

I created a page for a popular personality in Switzerland. She is a well-known banker, author and advocate for women empowerment. She has done and is doing an enormous contribution to financial literacy awareness among women and girls. The page is not for advertising and promotion, she doesn't even know that this page is being developed. Please undelete the page and make it available again. I can provide you with any information that is needed for the revival of the page.

Please help!

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mara Catherine Harvey (talk • contribs) 17:02, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Mara Catherine Harvey: I don't see anything here that is a request for help in using Wikimedia Commons. Commons doesn't have articles about people, so if your really did create it on this site, that is why it was deleted. Or perhaps you meant to ask this on the English-language Wikipedia? - Jmabel ! talk 20:54, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
@Mara Catherine Harvey: Your unsourced autobiography at User:Mara Catherine Harvey is oos for this project, and should be deleted shortly. You may see en:WP:REFUND concerning undoubtedly similar en:User:Mara Catherine Harvey/sandbox.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:33, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Structured data

The uploader of File:Nanuel_Boix,_Joan_Fuster,_Vicent_Madramany.jpg has inadvertently included coordinates which leads somewhere - I've removed the coords from the file however at Structured data I cannot remove the coordinates and when I replace them and refresh the page it still says the original coords,

Can someone who understands this pointless feature please remove the coordinates as I'm literally having a brain aneurism right now!, Many thanks, –Davey2010Talk 21:23, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Account deletion

Is it possible for me or you to delete my account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melinda Robins (talk • contribs) 21:30, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Mlnd R (talk) 21:31, 21 April 2021 (UTC)melinda robins

@Melinda Robins: No, sorry; please see COM:FAQ#How do I close my account? and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:37, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Marcel Cullers

Hello

How do i go about creating a profile for Marcel Cullers ex Southampton fc professional footballer and now MD of security nation ?

Kind regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snoopdog1976 (talk • contribs) 22:24, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

@Snoopdog1976: Hi, and welcome. Please see en:WP:YFA and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:35, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

como hago para ver las imagenes que subi?

como puedo ver todas las imagenes que subi a todas las paginas? gracias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Santree17 (talk • contribs) 13:57, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Pruebas esta página https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Santree17 --Fæ (talk) 19:14, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Renaming university and college categories following a name change

Hi, I requested an update to the category for Piedmont College, Georgia, to Piedmont University at Commons:Categories for discussion/2021/04/Category:Piedmont College, following a name change this month and updating the en Wikipedia category to en:Category:Piedmont University. E4024 suggested that Commons "may prefer to continue using the old name for a while" so I would like some advice on if and when college categories should be renamed. Another example is Category:University of Maryland University College, where the college was renamed as University of Maryland Global Campus in April 2019 and the en Wikipedia category is en:Category:University of Maryland Global Campus. I asked this on the administrators' notice board, but did not get an answer. TSventon (talk) 08:59, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

Because that board is for issues requiring admin intervention. E4024 (talk) 13:36, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
E4024 can you suggest how long Commons would want to wait after a college changes its name. Another example is Category:University Campus Suffolk, where the campus was renamed as University of Suffolk in 2016 and the en Wikipedia category is en:Category:University of Suffolk. TSventon (talk) 14:21, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
No idea. Maybe a day maybe 10 years... Not an issue that interests me so much. I know that if a place is called in X way among the people (or sources) it is a valid name, notwithstanding the official one. Go to Ankara and ask people what was the "official name" of the Kızılay Square before it was renamed in 2016; if you find someone that knows it, it could mean that you met me or the Mayor. E4024 (talk) 14:27, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
There should probably be a soft redirect {{Cat redirect}} in one of the locations and a category in the other. Not usually too important which way around. - Jmabel ! talk 15:41, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
E4024, Jmabel, Thanks for the background. I think that UK universities become a lot better know when they are promoted from colleges, so renaming them makes sense, but I will not worry too much about US colleges. TSventon (talk) 11:01, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Historic Placards

Are pictures of placards considered my work or the work of the organization that designed the placard? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ElToAn123 (talk • contribs) 11:50, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

@ElToAn123: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:DW and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:35, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Replace Outdated Logo on Page?

Hi. This page has an outdated logo for our company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reelz_Channel_Logo.png

It appears to have been added 7 years ago and clients still use it because they find it on Wikipedia. How can I jump in and replace the logo with our current one?

Thank you,

Scott Paddor spaddor@reelz.com — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 50.230.106.210 (talk) 15:50, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Thank you for all the movies and other content. Please license your new logo on your official website or social media, or send permission via OTRS before uploading and then use {{subst:OP}}. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload svg or jpg versions, too. If you can't get a compliant license, your new logo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia with a new name in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:31, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

How to delete my account?

Hi, Can anybody tell me, how to delete my account?

Greetings, 

 Horst — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2003:D2:2715:4D00:90D6:88AE:B73:A22D (talk) 16:37, 22 April 2021 (UTC)
Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FAQ#How do I close my account? and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:27, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

I accidentally created a new page with my name instead of the person who it is about. How do I change this?

I accidentally created a new page with my name instead of the person who it is about. How do I change this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric Myer (talk • contribs) 21:43, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

@Eric Myer: It looks like someone has managed to create en:Draft:Jon Myer now, so I presume you've sorted out the problem. However, I think you may have made a mistake in the description of File:Jon Myer402a.jpg: you've written that you took the photo two days ago, but en:Draft:Jon Myer says that Jon Myer died in 2001. I suspect one of this is incorrect. --bjh21 (talk) 23:02, 22 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! I will correct this error! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eric Myer (talk • contribs) 23:35, 22 April 2021‎ (UTC)

@Eric Myer: What do you mean by "{{Hughes Aircraft}}" in this edit? Please see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:22, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

How can an image for infoperson box be resized in Wikipedia?

How can an image for infoperson box be resized in Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AveryJo (talk • contribs) 14:50, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

@AveryJo: Hi, and welcome. Please see en:H:PIC and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:16, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

Uploading media

How do I upload media? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonwabiso Pongoshe (talk • contribs) 17:49, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Pranga

My page - Pranga (Cavid Emirhanlı) is deleted by the admins but my page did not deserve deleting. I want my page back and report those users who deleted my page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pranga13 (talk • contribs) 21:42, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Uploading a image of a table set that I made as an example.

I am trying to upload a PNG file of a set of tables I made as part of an example but an error message popped up stating "We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons." I am not entirely sure what I am supposed to do.OrpleKC (talk) 10:50, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

@OrpleKC: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photos as a new user while leaving the summaries intact. Each jpg photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads smaller photos, they are copyright violations taken from the web. If you took the photos yourself, please upload the full-size originals of them per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photos, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept them, and have the photographer(s) license them on their official websites or social media or send the photos and permissions via OTRS with carbon copies to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photos 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 summaries or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.--BevinKacon (talk) 10:53, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, the image is a screenshot of tables (data tables) I made using Word doc. Any suggestions on how I can increase the file size?OrpleKC (talk) 14:10, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Oh I just figured it out. Thank you!OrpleKC (talk) 14:28, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
@OrpleKC: Hi, and welcome. BevinKacon used the wrong boilerplate, as the above only applies to the pdf image. Cross-wiki uploading of png images as a new user while leaving the summary intact is not allowed at all. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, and that image also looks fuzzy when downscaled, so please upload a jpg version, too.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:32, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Public announcements (Spain)

Hi! I do not know what kind of license use for small public announcements by military authority and mayor of a town at a daily in the 1940-1980 period in Spain. Another one is a resolution passed by the council of Donostia-San Sebastián (scanned). Nothing creative really. Thanks in advance Iñaki LL (talk) 11:21, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

@Iñaki LL: Hi, and welcome. I uploaded a higher resolution version and used {{PD-SpanishGov}} for you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:02, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Great, thank you both! That is an improvement. Iñaki LL (talk) 15:14, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
@Iñaki LL: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:17, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Editing

Can we edit other people article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Queen Animie (talk • contribs) 17:22, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

@Queen Animie: Hi again. Wikipedia, one of our sister projects, has articles. We don't. Please see COM:NOT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:57, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Welcome page

Hi, guys I'm just a new person in Wikipedia page.🖐️🖐️✋ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Queen Animie (talk • contribs) 17:31, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

@Queen Animie: Hi again. This is not Wikipedia, one of our sister projects.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:56, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

How can I upload

I can't upload in my page how will I do it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Queen Animie (talk • contribs) 17:42, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

@Queen Animie: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FS and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:54, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

can i add missing category Stella Elmendorf Tylor on File:Stella Elmendorf Tylor (3076526449).jpg

the file is used on both en and arz wikis. is it ok to add missing category name? if yes, what is the best way? Gi vi an (talk) 14:14, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

  • Sure. On the file page, you'll just put [[Category:Stella Elmendorf Tylor]]; then at Category:Stella Elmendorf Tylor you will use the same notation to add the parent categories of that category. Then, ideally, at Stella Elmendorf Tylor (Q7607060) on Wikidata, you can add this as a Commons category, which will link the Commons category to the Wikipedia article. If that last part seems too hard (no surprise), come back here with that and I'll do that for you. - Jmabel ! talk 15:02, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
hello Jmabel, i have added few things. please check if anything can be improved. i will later fill all other gaps (death year, country or city artist, etc.). how do i create link on en wiki for section "In other projects" Gi vi an (talk) 05:37, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
@Gi vi an: Correct on the Commons end. I did the the following in Wikidata and then removed {{DEFAULTSORT}} since the Wikidata item will now be sufficient to sort correctly. - Jmabel ! talk 14:44, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Odontolabis camela.jpg

--Phalacrognathus77 (talk) 03:27, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@Phalacrognathus77: Hi, and welcome. "From internet search" is not a proper source. Where did you get this file?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:41, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
@Phalacrognathus77: e.g. from what URL? - Jmabel ! talk 05:12, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Risposta a Zio Nicco per foto progetto RFerrari

Buongiorno Zio NIcco scusa le foto sono di proprietà di SPA Società Prodotti Antibiotici dove io lavoro. Ho messo own come fonte quella è la fonte reale sono foto storiche Cos'altro devo fare? Sono foto di SPA, l'azienda per cui lavoro! Più di own cosa devo scrivere? Grazie scusa ma non so che altro mettere come fonte --Progetto RFerrari (talk) 06:29, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Reply to Uncle Nicco for photos of the RFerrari project

Good morning Uncle NIcco sorry the photos are owned by SPA Società Prodotti Antibiotics where I work. I put own as source that is the real source are historical photos What else should I do? They are photos of SPA, the company I work for! More than own what should I write?

Thanks sorry but I don't know what else to put as a source
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:56, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
Pinging @ZioNicco as tagger.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:56, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Derechos de imagen a cargar

Hola quisiera documentar una curiosidad sobre mi condición y quisiera me asesorarán para cargar archivos de imagen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fogo2680 (talk • contribs) 10:20, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Image rights to upload
Hello, I would like to document a curiosity about my condition and I would like you to advise me to upload image files
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:12, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
@Fogo2680: Hola y bienvenido. Lamento informarle que ha activado Special:AbuseFilter/153 al intentar cargar fotos en formato jpg más pequeñas (<50.000 bytes o <2.000.000 píxeles) como un nuevo usuario y dejar los resúmenes intactos. Cada foto jpg que intentaste cargar es más pequeña e indicaste que es tu propio trabajo. Por lo general, cuando alguien sube fotos más pequeñas, se trata de violaciones de derechos de autor extraídas de la web. Si tomó las fotos usted mismo, cargue los originales en tamaño completo según COM:HR/es, incluidos los metadatos EXIF. Si no tomó las fotos, consulte Commons:Licensing/es para saber por qué no podemos aceptarlas, y pida a los fotógrafos que las autoricen en sus sitios web oficiales o redes sociales o envíe las fotos y los permisos a través de OTRS/es con copias carbón para usted. Si no puede obtener una licencia compatible, las fotos aún se pueden cargar en Wikipedia en inglés de acuerdo con en:WP:F porque no permitimos el uso legítimo aquí. Si cambia los resúmenes o usa nuestro Upload Wizard en su lugar, debería poder evitar ese filtro. Consulte también COM:SIGN/es.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photos as a new user while leaving the summaries intact. Each jpg photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads smaller photos, they are copyright violations taken from the web. If you took the photos yourself, please upload the full-size originals of them per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photos, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept them, and have the photographer(s) license them on their official websites or social media or send the photos and permissions via OTRS with carbon copies to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photos 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 summaries or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:12, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

add category for File:Panel (USA), 1905–19 (CH 18493225).jpg

on file information it contains:

  • Artist - Unknown artist
  • Credit line Gift of Lydia Bush-Brown (Mrs. Francis Head).

there are another 2 images also. so is it ok to add category:Lydia Bush-Brown Head. both of them belong to her. Gi vi an (talk) 11:07, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@Gi vi an: Did she use the last name "Head"?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:30, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: i copy pasted from file information of jpeg file. yes, probably. any issues? Gi vi an (talk) 13:07, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
@Gi vi an: Neither Category:Lydia Bush-Brown nor category:Lydia Bush-Brown Head exists, so please follow COM:CAT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:26, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Category content

Secondary would be the question where in the various options to properly put this issue. Somebody knowing what they do might want to take a look at Category:Senja (island), as it contains content from both Norway and Indonesia. I may be wrong, but somehow I'm under the impression that's not exactly desirable. Regards, --G-41614 (talk) 12:07, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@G-41614: I've tidied it up. It looks like senja is Indonesian for "sunset", so I've moved a load of images to Category:Sunsets of Indonesia. --bjh21 (talk) 12:36, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
Thnx, much appreciated. It's been a while since I used my english with such routine I might have found out how to do stuff like that on my own. For some reason, when I tried iwlinking the Cat., it even just disappeared. Regards, --G-41614 (talk) 12:56, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

File for deletion

Hello, I would greatly appreciate it if someone could delete the file File:Toxic Gaming Logo.png. I published it accidentally and would like it removed to prevent use by others. If this is possible the help is appreciated. Thanks, Gandalf the Groovy (talk) 19:00, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@Gandalf the Groovy: Please see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Toxic Gaming Logo.png.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:54, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Question on photos

Hello, I have a photo of Melanie Smith Taylor for an article I am writing on her. The article is not on the Wikipedia main site yet. I want to add the photo because she gave her permission for it to be in the Wikipedia article, but I am unsure how I should do that. Should I upload it to Wikimedia commons? And if so, should I ask her permission to do so first, even though I already have her permission to use the picture for my Wikipedia article? - Deep sea coral (talk) 22:38, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

@Deep sea coral: Hi, and welcome. Sorry, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:49, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Categorization of galleries

Hello, considering it seems to have a lack of consensus on how a gallery page should be categorized or not, I'm therefore asking for more opinions than the only one I've got on my own talk page.

One of the examples found at Commons:Galleries, Mohandas K. Gandhi, is categorized under Mohandas K. Gandhi, Gallery pages of activists, Gallery pages of India and 20th century gallery pages, but also under 1869 births, 1948 deaths, Gandhi (surname) and Mohandas (given name) like its corresponding category, which also uses a Wikidata Infobox template and the same auto-generated categories.

It therefore seems to me that Commons:OVERCAT applies here (see [11], [12], [13]). I even noticed removals of infoboxes from gallery pages for this reason. Note that there are already specific categories and templates (including Template:Infobox gallery pages about people) for galleries. Commons:Galleries only says that "every gallery should be categorized. Add the gallery to the category with the same name, or if there is none, to relevant categories", but doesn't explain if infoboxes should be used or not, or if overcategorization applies or not.

In all cases, I think Commons:Galleries should be edited to give more informations about how categorization exactly works for gallery pages. Synthwave.94 (talk) 22:09, 21 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jmabel: @Synthwave.94: Hello guys! I created "Template:Infobox gallery pages about people" exactly because of the difficulty with the categories and also because "Commons:Galleries" is not clear. In my opinion we should have a template just for galleries. It might be a good idea to merge Template:Infobox artist and Template:Infobox gallery pages about people. Minerva97 (talk) 22:17, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

@Minerva97: Thanks for the answer ! I don't know how the two templates can be merged, but Template:Infobox artist can also be changed manually and then deleted (or redirected to Template:Infobox gallery pages about people). I already made a test here and it seems to work. Synthwave.94 (talk) 12:51, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
  • Just use "autocat=no" to tell the Wikidata Infobox not to include the categories. Templates like Template:Infobox gallery pages about people should be removed and deleted, since they only display content in one language. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 09:18, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
@Mike Peel: If you think the use of manual templates is deprecated then feel free to edit my changes at Commons:Galleries regarding the use of infoboxes in gallery pages. I'm also Pinging @Minerva97 to let her know about the issue. Synthwave.94 (talk) 13:19, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
✓ Done - basically a rewrite of points 6 and 7 to bring them up to date. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 14:22, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Upload-Assistent gestört?

Ich versuche gerade, eine Datei hochzuladen. Der Prozess bleibt bei "verarbeite Dateien..." bzw. "in der Warteschlange..." hängen.--GerritR (talk) 20:38, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Nach einer Weile kommt: "Der Server hat nicht innerhalb der erwarteten Zeit reagiert."--GerritR (talk) 20:44, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Upload assistant disturbed?

I'm trying to upload a file. The process gets stuck with "processing files ..." or "in the queue ...".

After a while you get: "The server did not react within the expected time."
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:13, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
@GerritR: Welche Upload-Methode versuchen Sie? Ich konnte das alte Formular einige Minuten nach dem Posten verwenden.
What upload method are you trying? I was able to use the old form a few minutes after you posted.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:13, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Ich benutze den Hochlade-Assistenten: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&uselang=de --GerritR (talk) 05:40, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
It works again.--GerritR (talk) 05:46, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

copyright violation

hello, I uploaded a picture of Eyal Gamliel that Eyal sent me himself and said that I could upload it to his page on Wikipedia. Is it forbidden? thanks,

mor. (Morklugman (talk) 12:17, 27 April 2021 (UTC))

  • @Morklugman: Copyright would normally belong to the photographer, not the subject of the photo, so the subject's permission is not normally relevant.
  • Similarly, passing permission informally to you is not verifiable.
  • We need a sufficiently free license (e.g. CC-BY-SA-4.0) from the owner of the copyright (typically the photographer).
    • Usually the simplest way to do that when the photographer is not a participant in Commons is for the photographer to post the image with license stated explicitly on a site or page clearly under control of that photographer (e.g. their own site, their Flickr account, etc.)
    • There is also a more general but more cumbersome approach laid out at COM:OTRS.
- Jmabel ! talk 07:12, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Reusing CCO 1.0 Content

Hello, I am an amateur musician, and recently with another artist, we released an album, the picture on the album cover of which, is an image available with the CC0 1.0 Universal licence (one from the Metropolitan Museum collection). I would like to ask, will using such a file make our content (the music) have the same licence too, like for example, become CC0? Or it doesn't have to do with it? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 5.55.79.117 (talk) 14:26, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

en:CC0 is equivalent of public domain. Ruslik (talk) 17:13, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
Your content with an CC0 image can use any licence you want, even commercial use. You are not even obliged to say where the image came from.--Snaevar (talk) 11:46, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

i need to add music

i must add music to my page but it wont let me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dababy12121212 (talk • contribs) 18:11, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

What account must i open — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 37.153.125.77 (talk) 20:01, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Derivative work attribution

I have a drawing I want to upload that was done by a colleague of mine and then modified by me. The colleague gave permission to use it and modify it and the original file is under the CC BY license but it is not posted on Wikimedia Commons yet. When it comes to authors, should I list both their name and mine? Also, is there a way to specify who did what? For example, my colleague did the drawing and I did the labelling? And if so, where? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chiara Mazzasette (talk • contribs) 23:13, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Chiara Mazzasette: The "author" section of {{Information}} can be as elaborate as it needs to be.
  • If the colleague has the image clearly labeled as CC-BY somewhere online (needn't be here on Commons) or in a book, etc., reference that as a source from which this work derives, and that will be fine. If not, and if they can't make it so, then you'll need them to go through the email-based process described at COM:OTRS. - Jmabel ! talk 07:18, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Need help to protect a page

Hi,

I'M wondering if someone can help me protect a page? Someone keeps vendalizing and adding false information — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muniira2020 (talk • contribs) 05:19, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Erreur fatale de type « TypeError »

Le fichier File:100elles-20200808 Anna Eynard-Lullin Rampe de la Treille 145426.jpg s'affiche en prévisualisation , mais sa page ne s'ouvre pas, génère une erreur :
[74498e7e-0b8c-4616-bacf-506a5eaa5046] 2021-04-28 13:09:54: Erreur fatale de type « TypeError » --MHM (talk) 13:11, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

File:Keith Francis 1976 BC Relays.jpg,

Hello Wikipedia professional. This photograph has been published by the author on his Flickr site as Public domain. I have provided the link information to the Flickr site to show this and I personally checked with the author and he verified that the "public Domain" tag is accurate for that photograph. I hope this fulfills the requirements for publication. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by PMCALIFNH (talk • contribs) 14:22, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

(ec) @PMCALIFNH: Hi, and welcome. Jack McDonald was obviously not the photographer, as he is pictured running in the photo on Flickr. What can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the actual photographer and the dates and countries of photography and publication? Also, please show proof it was published in the US without a claim of copyright before 1979, and see COM:L and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:13, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello folks and thanks for your feedback. I think there must be something wrong with my link or how I filled out the information so bear with me....

  1. 1 Jack McDonald is not in the picture, he was a team-mate of Keith Francis, and he took the picture. You couldn't have come to this conclusion yourself, so I must have made an error in the upload fields
  2. 2 the link provided (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcdonaldmorgan/48910682471/in/photolist-2kBDpsy-2hw52SP-2i3KboK-2idMdMz-2deaUzh) gives the date of April of 1976, so did I maybe give an errant link?
  3. 3 the link provided (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcdonaldmorgan/48910682471/in/photolist-2kBDpsy-2hw52SP-2i3KboK-2idMdMz-2deaUzh) clearly indicates "public domain" from the photographer. Again I must have put-in a link that isn't getting you to the right page?

I think I must be missing something? If you can direct me to where I listed this incorrect information, I can correct it. I think I must have somehow mis-entered something? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PMCALIFNH (talk • contribs) 11:02, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

These are great questions. You can see that Jack uploads mostly wildlife photos that he takes in salt estuaries. They are pretty striking. I contacted him via Flickr Email and he tells me that these are in fact his photos of Keith Francis. He was on the BC track team, and he was younger than Keith, but he knew at the time that Keith was something special. He told me there was no better teammate than Keith and he was happy to see a Wikipedia entry on him. He took many pictures of Keith in the 1975 and 1976 time frame and makes them available to everyone through his flickr account. He has in fact placed them in the public domain and noted to me that he in fact designated the Keith Francis photos specifically this way. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PMCALIFNH (talk • contribs) 20:54, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @PMCALIFNH: I don't doubt you, but for Commons, just the assertion "placed them in the public domain" is problematic. Normally, I'd suggest changing the license on Flickr to CC-0 (an active statement that he is placing this photo in the public domain, rather than the present assertion that it is in the public domain), but we are still left with the fact that this came from some third-party publication and it's a little hard to be sure he really took the picture. Usually in this sort of case we ask people to go through the COM:OTRS process, and I really think it would be a good idea here for him to send the OTRS team an email overtly stating that he took the photo and has dedicated it to the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 02:27, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

I understand. When I exchanged Emails with him he flatly refused the Email route even though I gave him the Email address and template to send it to. I might be able to get him to change the designation to CC-0 on that picture, so I can go that route. He is the photographer posting it on his own account/site on Flickr, along with I believe three other photos he took during that meet, and I think that's pretty much the objective evidence we need. It was taken at the BC relays in April of 1976 for sure. I am a bit puzzled that because it is plainly posted on his site with the tag of "Public Domain" makes it "an assertion" where changing the designation with a single click to "CC-0" somehow doesn't make it an assertion any longer, but I will surely ask him to do this (and hope he does it for us). Thanks for your understanding - fingers crossed — Preceding unsigned comment added by PMCALIFNH (talk • contribs) 11:49, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

I contacted the photographer and he changed it to "Public Domain CC0". Basically he wants to do anything to preserve the memory of his team mate Ketih. We should be good now... Thanks for the pointers - will make sure the next time that PUBLIC DOMAIN designation alone off of Flickr is not the right designation by the photographer --PMCALIFNH (talk) 19:46, 29 April 2021 (UTC) (author)--PMCALIFNH (talk) 19:47, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

What is sufficient source information on component parts of a derivative work?

The video File:Ocean_Today_-_Tsunami_Strike_Japan_-_Pt1_Destruction.webm clearly includes news footage from various networks and has been flagged as a derivative work with insufficient source information.

However, the source website is operated by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and "information presented on this website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied." – Disclaimer Further, "except where noted, all material on the site resides in the public domain and can be freely distributed." (emphasis mine) – Website Editorial Policy.

Given that no copyright has been mentioned on either the webpage containing the media nor the media itself (credits are there, but no claims of copyright), is it fair to say this work is in the public domain? Or do I need to dig deeper? – Subsider34 (talk) 04:52, 27 April 2021 (UTC)


@Subsider34: That's a good question. The page "/disclaimer" looks too vague to be useful. The section "Website Editorial Policy" of the page "/aboutsite" seems precise : "Materials posted on this site are reviewed by NOS professional staff prior to publishing. [...] Except where noted, all material on the site resides in the public domain [...]. Use of appropriate video, photo and image credits is requested." That sounds like they are saying that they know what they are doing and that, indeed, all material on the site, from whatever source, has been copyright-cleared by their professionals and is in the public domain except where noted. And given that apparently there is no note about this video that would exclude any part of it from that public domain statement, a normal good faith reader could reasonably conclude that it implies that the external organizations waived their copyrights on the segments. However, there is yet another statement, in the section "Frequently Asked Questions" of the page "/about" [14], which says : "Please do not take the videos and sell them [...], and please do not alter, transform, or build upon this work, but use it in its entirety [...]." The word "please" may make it be interpreted as a request not contradicting the public domain statement, but that sounds like a surprising and unusual request if the material is the public domain. In the end, the multiplicity of their statements scattered in various places on the site, and having to guess what they imply, makes it difficult to interpret what the situation is. -- Asclepias (talk) 01:31, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
@Asclepias: As the statement on the "/about" page applies broadly to "images, videos, text or other site information", including all federal government-produced content that is explicitly in the public domain, I have to assume it is a request. Even allowing for mental gymnastics, I can't think of any other means of having it comply with either U.S. Law or their Website Editorial Policy. Especially when said policy makes it explicit that credits are a request. – Subsider34 (talk) 05:33, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
About the "Website Editorial Policy", I cautiously observe that a reader "could reasonably conclude that it implies" that the organizations waived their copyrights, but "having to guess what they imply, makes it difficult to interpret what the situation is". It's always difficult to rely solely on the words of one organization to try to indirectly infer the actual decisions of other organizations. Commons understandably feels unsafe with implicit things. It would be safer if there was a confirmation by one of the other organizations, or a communication from oceantoday confirming that it is correct to interpret their "Website Editorial Policy" as meaning that the other organizations released their segments in the public domain. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:46, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
Fair. I've reached out to Ocean Today to see if they will clarify but haven't heard back yet. Probably not a high priority for them, but they did say they were open to questions about content from the public. – Subsider34 (talk) 02:34, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: As mentioned in my OP and in Asclepias's post above, the website itself contains language expressly declaring that everything hosted on it is in the public domain unless noted otherwise. – Subsider34 (talk) 05:33, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
Sure. But I for one don't trust mere assertion that something is public domain with no rationale why it should be, and where the nature of the source makes it look very unlikely. Why would RT or NHK place their materials in the public domain? - Jmabel ! talk 13:37, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi, can't i request a file renaming if i'm not a registered user?

I'd rather not sign up if all i need to do is to report an error in file description. This file is wrongly attributed, it should be renamed and redescribed to show it represents this artwork, i'm not sure how exactly this should be done. — 188.123.231.23 09:42, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

  • Normally I'd say to use {{Rename}}, but in this case just tell me here what you think the name should be, since my Russian is minimal. - Jmabel ! talk 18:41, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
    • The ‘XIX век’ = ‘19th century’ part is plain confising while ‘Серпухов’ = ‘Serpukhov’ is kinda right, but if it’s ok to rename it anyway, and as the original uploader is long inactive, please use some international name, i’m not aware of what is considered a good file name here. It's a watercolor / pencil painting by en:Apollinary Vasnetsov called ‘Old Serpukhov’, representing the ~17th century rather than the 19th. Year it was painted must be 1920 as stated in the other file’s description but i can’t check it. — 188.123.231.23 19:59, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
      • Again: I don't have much Russian. If you want me to change the name, I need to know what to change it to (or a Russian-speaker needs to take over here). I can't name it "The 'Серпухов' = 'Serpukhov' is kinda right" etc. My technical ability to take the action does not magically give me the ability to know what is to be done. - Jmabel ! talk 13:42, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

hello

piedo crear cuenta en commons — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 79.146.48.87 (talk) 20:09, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

OpenStreetMaps / arcGIS experimentation

Howdy,

I am seeking to learn how to upload Data:[Filename].map files to Wikimedia. I am trying to do so to bring a feature I noted on NYC's City Council Wikipedia article where the council districts are dynamic maps, to a similar page.

This article on MediaWiki states

To create a new map data, go to Wikimedia Commons, and create a new page in the Data namespace with the .map suffix, such as Data:Sandbox/Name/Example.map. Feel free to experiment by creating pages with the Sandbox/<username>/ prefix.

I can't seem to figure out how to do this, though I do have the JSON to paste in.

Can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks much. --LocalWonk (talk) 05:49, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

new article post in wikipedia

how can i upload my company information in wikipedia so enyone can show easily by name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Satvik2212 (talk • contribs) 06:22, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

if you have qaznt — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 105.178.117.50 (talk) 12:10, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

I have forgotten my user name

I tried to log on but couldn't. I got a temporary password via e-mail but it wouldn't work. I tried to create a new account but don't really want one and log-in was blocked any way. How do I get out of this mess. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christopher Allen59 (talk • contribs) 13:39, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

If you received a temporary password by mail at your mail address, doesn't that show that you used your correct username and the system sent you the mail at the address you had associated with that username? When you retried to log in with the temporary password, perhaps you mistyped your username or the password? Or perhaps your account is blocked for some reason. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:45, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:190323 김립 목동 팬싸인회.jpg

--Chan0122358 (talk) 17:22, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

  • I see absolutely no reason to believe that the copyright-holder issued the license indicated on that page. Presumably should be deleted as a copyright violation.
  • Does anyone think differently, and if so on what basis?
  • @Chan0122358: you are the uploader, why do you think this license is appropriate to this photo? - Jmabel ! talk 02:53, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:190323 김립 목동 팬싸인회.jpg

--58.177.31.13 17:32, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Category:Photos of people taking cell phone selfies

The category should be moved to a more precise name such as "people taking smartphone selfies".--Kai3952 (talk) 15:23, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

To be terribly precise about it, camera phones historically preceded smartphones. Whether we have pictures of someone using those intermediate devices, I don't know.Jim.henderson (talk) 15:29, 27 April 2021 (UTC)
I think..."cell phone" the name used should match the parent category about mobile phone. If there is no objection I would like to rename this category and move it to "Category:People taking mobile phone selfies".--Kai3952 (talk) 15:40, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

File:Laptop Compubody Sock - Flickr - Bekathwia.jpg

What are the people in this picture doing?​--Kai3952 (talk) 11:56, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

@Kai3952: It is hard to tell because of the sock and I guess that is the idea. This way you can do everything in privacy without anyone watching what you do. --MGA73 (talk) 12:13, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
The design of the sock is terrible, because wearing it is like committing suicide.--Kai3952 (talk) 12:30, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
"like committing suicide" in what respect? No trouble breathing through knitted wool. - Jmabel ! talk 18:44, 28 April 2021 (UTC)
I'm very sorry to say that, but I just describe my feeling.--Kai3952 (talk) 15:22, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Rejection as self promotion.

How do I contact someone to object on a decision to delete a post as self promotion? There is no self promotion on the article of an artist. Which is completely biased. Also, picture included I own the copyright. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Herlingrosell (talk • contribs) 21:07, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

  • @Herlingrosell: Wikimedia Commons (the site where you are asking this) does not have articles, so any attempt to create an article here would have been inappropriate. Perhaps you mean to ask this on the Wikipedia in one or another language? - Jmabel ! talk 13:45, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
@Herlingrosell: Hi, and welcome. Where may we find permission for your upload of File:Foto de Ariel Ragués.jpg? Your article es:Ariel Ragués was deleted twice by Edslov for "Promocional o conflicto de intereses" and es:WP:BR#G9 based on es:Wikipedia:Páginas de autopromoción and re-creation, and you were notified at es:Usuario discusión:Herlingrosell - please read those links; and don't try that on English Wikipedia, either. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:28, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Third Battle of Nanking.jpg

--TaipingRebellion1850 (talk) 05:17, 30 April 2021 (UTC) Uploaded an image under Third Battle of Nanking. This is a 19th century drawing depicting the battle. It is unknown who drew this old drawing.

@TaipingRebellion1850: Hi, and welcome. Getty and Alamy attribute this to "Photo12/UIG/Getty Images". welt says it was an "imperial poster from 1853" and attributes it to "picture-alliance / Leemage". mauritius images attributes it to "mauritius images / World Book Inc." niceartgallery and 1st-art-gallery attribute the left half to "'L'Illustration', September 1853". I think {{PD-old-assumed|duration=50}} is the best we can do. Please see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Uploading Photos

I have uploaded 2 photos of Bellcroft House for inclusion in the Grade II listed buildings on the Isle of Wight, yet they still do not appear on that page even after several weeks. In the past I have uploaded other photos for the site and they have appeared on the page with no trouble at all. Am I doing something wrong. Ian Carpenter (aka Prior George). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prior George (talk • contribs) 11:16, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@Prior George: Hi, and welcome. Exactly where is that page? Please see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:52, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
Just to be clear, merely uploading a photo does not place it on any page except its own file page here on Commons. If you want it in Wikipedia, someone needs to explicitly transclude it on the Wikipedia page. - Jmabel ! talk 14:40, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Metadata not coming up properly

I just uploaded File:Adidas Ultra Boost 4 running shoes.jpeg with my new iPhone 12 mini and for some reason the metadata isn’t coming up with information for what phone took the picture or coordinates. Is there a way for this to be fixed? Dough4872 12:46, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@Dough4872: Hi, and welcome. The difference appears to be in how your upload methodology for that photo differed from your upload methodology for File:US 202 BUS NB end shield at PA 611.jpeg   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:03, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
I don’t get how I did the upload differently compared to the previous photo. Can you elaborate more? Dough4872 13:06, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: To note, I did both uploads using Special:Upload. The new photo was taken with an iPhone 12 mini and the older photo from a few days ago was taken with a first generation iPhone SE. I think the reason the metadata is not showing up has something to do with the new phone as I did the same upload method for both photos. The photo from today says something about Flashpix in the metadata I don’t know what that means. Dough4872 13:42, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Dough4872: Can you see properties of the new photo on the iPhone 12 mini? Perhaps that phone doesn't store them. My iPad 3 has that deficiency.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:22, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: My phone does store coordinates for photos, so I know that is working. I can’t view the other metadata properties as I would need to download an app to do that. Dough4872 14:35, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I downloaded the Photo Investigator app and it appears my metadata is showing up. Dough4872 14:47, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

I just uploaded File:Jefferson Avenue SB past Corinthian Avenue Hatboro PA.jpeg and the same thing just happened! I really am getting annoyed the metadata is not showing up and wanna find a fix so my images have the proper metadata. Is it the end of the world if my images from my phone are uploading to commons and not displaying proper metadata? I can retrieve metadata including coordinates from the Photo Investigaor app but I’m getting annoyed that it doesn’t automatically add my metadata. I really want this problem fixed so everything goes well! Dough4872 15:10, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@Dough4872: One thing you might try is downloading the file from Commons (use the "Original file" link below the picture) and then checking if the downloaded version also shows the correct metadata in Photo Investigator. If it does, then we can be fairly certain that the metadata are in the file and the problem is that Commons doesn't yet understand how to extract them. On the other hand if the downloaded picture lacks the metadata then something is editing them out and this is probably a problem that can be fixed at your end. --bjh21 (talk) 19:54, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Bjh21: I downloaded the image from Commons onto my phone, and checked Photo Investigator and there is no metadata. So it looks like the latter scenario happened and something needs to be fixed on my end. Now just need to figure out how it can be fixed. Dough4872 20:05, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Bjh21: I should note the photos in my phone are in a .heic format and not the traditional .jpeg format, that might be the cause. Dough4872 20:08, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
Went in my phone settings and changed photo format from .heic to .jpeg and that fixed the problem. Thanks for the help! Just the growing pains of getting a new phone. Dough4872 20:22, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

How to reduce the chance of unnecessary false deletions?

Pleas take a look at Commons:Deletion requests/File:被石頭擋住了.jpg, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Street in Sanchong District 25.jpg, Commons:Deletion requests/File:TW 台灣 Taiwan 台北101觀景台 Taipei City 101 Observatory elevator sign August 2019 IX2 11.jpg. Many such photos have been nominated without further explanation by Solomon203, it is difficult to see how "useless low quality photo" or "useless personal photo" in the photo, but now these have been deleted. Such nominations also directly affect his credibility and ability to testify in future hearings as a user of this community. If we want to increase the growth rate of the number of photos, we will need to reduce the chance of unnecessary false deletions. The only thing I can do is to discuss how to solve the problems we face.--Kai3952 (talk) 17:34, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

If you don't know what I'm talking about, look at Commons:Deletion requests/File:臺灣鐵路管理局車票 頭城-花蓮-臺東 20150120.jpg.--Kai3952 (talk) 17:36, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Kai3952: So you discuss the matter with Solomon203, and if that doesn't work follow the steps at Commons:Dispute resolution.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:54, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
No, what we should discuss is how to reduce the chance of unnecessary false deletions, instead of criticizing Solomon203.--Kai3952 (talk) 18:05, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Kai3952: I suggest you discuss that with the deleting Admins.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:30, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
But this will not solve much, it will not solve the shortage of photos created by unnecessary deletions, nor the one that already existed before that.--Kai3952 (talk) 18:44, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Interpreting terms

Would screencaps of content related to these terms be allowed to be uploaded to commons? Under what license if so? Nixinova (talk) 01:35, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@Nixinova: Hi, and welcome. No, sorry, that would not be allowed because of both terms "Coverage of proceedings must not be used for commercial sponsorship or commercial advertising" and "Coverage of proceedings must not be used in a way that is misleading." See also COM:DW.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:08, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: are you sure of that? That seems exactly equivalent to the usual non-copyright restriction caused by personality rights. It doesn't say anything about publishing in a commercially sold work. This is exactly the same as the U.S. law (well, series of court decisions) that says you cannot use someone's photo without perimission in a way that implicitly or explicitly implies endorsement of a product, political candidate, etc. - Jmabel ! talk 14:36, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
Similarly, misrepresentation falls under "moral rights" in most countries. Certainly it's a non-copyright restriction. - Jmabel ! talk 14:37, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: I see a clear commercial use restriction.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:24, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
Template:P ing Nothing here prevents use in a commercially published book, newspaper, etc. It just says that under the blanket license, you can't imply "sponsorship" and you can't use it in advertising. That same restriction would apply, at least in the U.S., to any image that depicts an identifiable individual. - Jmabel ! talk 14:40, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

EXIF

Hola. Envié una solicitud a la Wiki en español y no me han respondido. Esta sección no se ve huérfana, así que acudo a ustedes. Tengo varias imágenes a eliminar por no declarar derechos de autor, lo que me parece extraño ya que son imágenes mías, o sea, la Wiki tendría derechos de utilizarlas y no han aparecido en otro lugar. Ahora, la respuesta que me dieron dice lo siguiente: "Si subieses las imágenes con EXIF no tendrías este problema y no haría falta verificarlas, solo en caso que las hayas publicado antes en otro lado", y eso, me dejó más confundido. ¿Cómo se supone que la Wikimedia toma las imágenes originales? ¿No las sube con EXIF? ¿Cómo arreglo ese problema? Gracias. --ChuchoVCJMuzik (talk) 18:48, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello. I sent a request to the Wiki in Spanish and they have not responded. This section does not look orphan, so I come to you. I have several images to remove for not declaring copyright, which seems strange to me since they are my images, that is, the Wiki would have the rights to use them and they have not appeared elsewhere. Now, the answer they gave me says the following: "If you upload the images with EXIF you would not have this problem and it would not be necessary to verify them, just in case you have published them before elsewhere", and that left me more confused. How is Wikimedia supposed to take the original images? Don't you upload them with EXIF? How do I fix that problem? Thanks.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:07, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
@ChuchoVCJMuzik: Hola y bienvenido. Es más probable que los patrulleros crean que sus cargas de fotos digitales jpg son su propio trabajo cuando incluye Exif u otros metadatos que indican las cámaras de origen y otra información, así que no elimine esos metadatos. Si los metadatos contienen información privada, envíelo a través de OTRS/es.
Patrollers are more likely to believe that your uploads of jpg digital photos are your own work when you include Exif or other metadata that indicates the source cameras and other information, so please do not strip that metadata. If the metadata contains private information, please send that via OTRS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:07, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
Pinging @EugeneZelenko as tagger.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:30, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't know Spanish :-( You uploads looks like set of promo photos that may belong not to you, but to other people/companies. EXIF allows to judge about number of cameras/photographers. Anyway, authorship confirmation via Commons:OTRS is needed for promotional materials. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:12, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

A concern

Earlier today I mentioned how some images I uploaded from my new iPhone 12 mini such as File:Adidas Ultra Boost 4 running shoes.jpeg and File:Jefferson Avenue SB past Corinthian Avenue Hatboro PA.jpeg are not coming up with the proper metadata from my phone. I’m getting worried I might not be able to fix this and accept this is what’s gonna happen when I upload images from my new phone. I just wanted to make sure it’s okay to upload images like this. I really need the peace of mind because this is stressing me out real bad. Dough4872 19:28, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Fixed elsewhere.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:45, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Need to change Oriola corporation logo (now two colour old version on wiki), how?

{{Helpme}} with changing Oriola logo. Now old version. How to delete that and update the current one (one color, orange logo)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aakkinen (talk • contribs) 10:21, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@Aakkinen: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png logo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png logos are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png logo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your official 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. 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 11:54, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: thank you Jeff, it seems that for a non wiki user it might be a bit complicated to upload/replace the new version of Oriola logo. Is it possible just to delete the existing version as it is out dated? KR Aakkinen — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aakkinen (talk • contribs) 15:30, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

@Aakkinen: No, sorry, we don't do that, as "out dated" is not a good reason for deletion, and articles sometimes use old logos for historical purposes.. Where did you get the updated logo? See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:39, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I am an employee of Oriola and hope to provide Wikimedia with the current logo. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.221.47.96 (talk) 16:56, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

@Aakkinen: Are you authorized to release the current logo with a cc-by-sa-4.0 license? Why can't you string four tildes together?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:05, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Cant upload my own file

I am being blocked from uploading a picture i took myself, im gettimg a "We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons" error. I may have used it on a blog years ago. Is this why it thinks its already copyrighted. Anyway, how can i upload the file? Theres no way to prove its mine, except i say it is . Any help would be much appreciated.

Actually cancel that query, i had uploaded it to Wikipedia previously. My apologies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dylanovsky (talk • contribs) 01:16, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

Dylanovsky (talk) 01:00, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

@Dylanovsky: , usually there is a "proceed anyway" option, if not then it might be the metadata of the image, usually this error message is also given to very small images. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:10, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Upload error

Hi! There is the following error when I'm trying to upload a video I got from YouTube and that is under Creative Commons: "Internal error: Server failed to store temporary file", after writing the description of the file. Auréola (talk) 06:12, 27 April 2021 (UTC)

@Auréola: , this is because Alphabet (the parent company of YouTube) is actively blocking Wikimedia Commons as it sees it as "bot-archiving" and disallows imports to Wikimedia Commons. This has been discussed several times in the village pump and Alphabet has been contacted. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 21:09, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
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