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Authorization to upload an image

Good day! How do I communicate to Wikipedia that I have authorization to upload an image? Thanks! Richard.reive (talk) 13:42, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi Richard, that's not strictly the question that Wikimedia Commons cares about. See COM:LICENSING.
We care that all content here is 'free to use'. That means that it's all either public domain (by virtue of age, etc) or that it's 'freely licensed', i.e. that whoever owns the rights to it has granted a free licence to everyone, so that they may use it in the future.
We have a few other issues, such as COM:SCOPE (it must be "realistically useful" for an "educational purpose").
To answer your immediate question, we need to be clear that the media is freely licensed. So the uploader is either the rights holder (usually the author) and grants such a licence themselves, or they're acting on behalf of the rights holder and we can demonstrate this with a long-term audit trail, or else the material is inherently free to use, because old public domain materials are free for everyone. It's important that we record this correctly at the start, otherwise this might be questioned in future years when it's impossible to clear up any questions. So you might need to use COM:OTRS, where an email which is clearly from the rights holder states, "Yes, I'm happy to license this". Otherwise if it's already visible on the web, you might make a copyright statement on a company website saying, "We're releasing our archive material onto these pages, under a free licence, such as a Creative Commons free licence."
Any questions, please ask. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:43, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
'states, "Yes, I'm happy to license this"' ==> 'states, "Yes, I'm happy to license this" and indicates what license.' - Jmabel ! talk 18:28, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Flickr

What does mean This photo is public in Flickr? The Supermind (talk) 19:21, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

  • Click on the license on a Flickr photo and it will explain more: [1]. In this case, the image is Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike. Since Wikimedia Commons does not allow non-commercial images, this Flickr photo cannot be copied to Wikimedia Commons. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 21:04, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Releasing my .webm contribution under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license

I have just uploaded my short video File:Tardigrade FlynnBurhoe.webm . I converted it from its original .mp4 format to the .webm In the process, I did not see Wikimedia's automatic license release option but I did include the licensing in the template. I revisited it to add a second template as suggested. Does the file not conform to Wikimedia's standards? If not, how do I add the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) license? Thank you Oceanflynn (talk) 19:43, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

  • Convenience link: File:Tardigrade FlynnBurhoe.webm. - Jmabel ! talk 21:56, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
  • @Oceanflynn: Either you or a bot under your control tagged it {{No license since}} on original upload. You can certainly feel free to remove a tag you added if you feel the matter is addressed.
  • Also, assuming Maureen Flynn-Burhoe is yourself, you might want to give the author as [[User:Oceanflynn|Maureen Flynn-Burhoe]] both to clarify that and so the name links back to your account. Similarly, in the {{Self}} template, you might want to add "|author=[[User:Oceanflynn|Maureen Flynn-Burhoe]]" or someone is likely to credit your account here rather than your actual name. - Jmabel ! talk 22:03, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Category name for railway stations

Hi, what is the right category name for a railway station? Is it Category:Meran train station or is it Category:Meran railway station ? JoeHard (talk) 20:08, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

That is Meran train station. You can find it by starting from Category:Merano -> Category:Transport in Merano -> Category:Train stations in Merano -> Category:Meran train station. Wouter (talk) 20:45, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
I did not ask specially for Meran train station, it was an example. I would like to know if there is a category naming rule for train stations. JoeHard (talk) 21:06, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
There is no one hard-and-fast rule applicable worldwide. - Jmabel ! talk 22:06, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
OK, thank You for this information. JoeHard (talk) 22:12, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

NO WIKIDATA ID FOUND! on Category:Marianne Ehrenström

i have created non existent category and by mistake without previewing created category. now it says: "NO WIKIDATA ID FOUND!". how do i resolve the issue? 28july21 (talk) 14:25, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

perhaps due to flaky connection it was showing incorrect data. now it seems the issue resolved itself. excuse for the noise. 28july21 (talk) 14:32, 9 August 2021 (UTC)
Resolved
I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. bjh21 (talk) 19:46, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

broken thumb nailing on a repeated basis

Yesterday, I tried to upload a minor amendment on Romance & Reality 2.pdf but the result was a file icon Fileicon-pdf.png which I cannot get rid of. It shows file dimensions of 0 x 0 with 335 pages. I tried uploading another version with exactly the same result, so tried reverting to the original version to no avail, both the reversion and the original are now similarly corrupted. At Wikisource they tell me this is to do with broken thumb nailing when upload volume is overloaded and suggested it may be corrected within a few days. Due to another issue, I have today uploaded a new version of Francesca Carrara 1.pdf, expecting some normality but exactly the same has happened again. It would appear therefore that any attempt I make to upload is going to be corrupted. Can you look into this and make sure it does not keep on happening, please? Esme Shepherd (talk) 11:27, 1 August 2021 (UTC)

Incidentally, the file icon I am repeatedly getting is https://nl.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/icons/fileicon-pdf.png Esme Shepherd (talk) 11:36, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
Convenience links: File:Romance & Reality 2.pdf, File:Fileicon-pdf.png, File:Francesca Carrara 1.pdf. - Jmabel ! talk 18:19, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
File:Francesca Carrara 1.pdf reverted, that one should be fine now. File:Romance & Reality 2.pdf also looks fine, though I have no idea why removing the table of contents is considered an improvement. Nothing you did affected File:Fileicon-pdf.png; I believe that's just supposed to be a marker for external links to PDFs, at least on the Dutch language Wikipedia. No idea why it would be there on an internal link, unless you built it like an external link. - Jmabel ! talk 18:26, 1 August 2021 (UTC)
I have been asked by Xover not to include TOCs, that is the reason for removal. I have uploaded a new version of Francesca Carrara 1.pdf again in the usual way, again without a TOC and again it is corrupted by the Fileicon and the file appears to be blank. I've no idea what you mean by an external link, I have been uploading for years using the wizard and I've never had this problem before. As things stand, there appears to be a major bug in your systems and I can expect to have the same problem in the not too distant future when I use the UploadWizard for Francesca Carrara 2.pdf. However, in the meantime, please would you put the no TOC version of Francesca Carrara 1.pdf right for me. Thanks, Esme Shepherd (talk) 10:53, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
@Esme Shepherd: Your latest version of File:Francesca Carrara 1.pdf looks fine, but does haev a TOC. I have no idea what you mean by "put it right". - Jmabel ! talk 15:54, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
What I meant was to make the version without a TOC right - without the interloping file icon. This is not the current version but the Index does exist in all versions and I am working on it at this moment. However, if this is not practicable, the current version can stand and I will ignore the TOC on tranclusion, assuming I am still around to do so. Esme Shepherd (talk) 16:01, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I'm working on a draft article on wikipedia which is now being reviewed and I would also like to have our company logo (which is trademarked) added. I'm new to Wikimedia and I'm not sure what the process is so I have a number of questions.

  • Should I wait until the article gets published or can the media be added now?
  • Does the media need to be uploaded in multiple sizes?
  • How can it be uploaded as a trademarked logo? The company probably doesn't want it modified/sold.
  • And finally, could someone help me with making sure it gets uploaded correctly? Thanks! Spektred (talk) 16:54, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
The fact the logo is trademarked does not really matter. What is important is the copyright status of the logo. If is very simple and not protected by the copyright you can upload it here and use in the article. If it is protected by copyright, it will need to be released under a free license prior to the uploading. In any case, people will be able to freely modify the logo and use it for any purpose provided the conditions of the chosen free license (if any) are obeyed and the trademark law requirements are complied with. Ruslik (talk) 20:49, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
@Spektred: No need to wait for the article. No need to use multiple sizes; give the highest resolution available, our software will do a good job of downsizing if needed. Mark anything that is trademaked with {{Trademark}}. If there is a copyright issue, you may still be able to upload within Wikipedia (e.g. see en:Template:Non-free logo) but not here on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 22:28, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
Thanks guys! Spektred (talk) 22:49, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Photos supprimées

Bonjour

Je ne comprends pourquoi des photographies ont été supprimées sur l'article Althéa Laurin, alors que ces photos ont été publiées avec l'autorisation de leur auteur (en l'occurrence son entraîneur) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jarodducentre (talk • contribs) 19:23, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

@Jarodducentre: Bonjour, Selon le commentaire de suppression relatif à cette photo, par exemple, c'est apparemment parce que les photos avaient déjà été publiées ailleurs sans licence libre et qu'il n'y a pas eu production d'une preuve suffisante que le photographe a émis une licence libre. Si le photographe a effectivement émis une licence libre, il peut confirmer ce fait en le mentionnant sur son site officiel ou en expédiant un courriel à Wikimedia (voir VRT). -- Asclepias (talk) 19:55, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

Zethu

One position of Wikipedia as it provides support votes will not work properly in desktop view shows where can contact us message in English — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.116.1.36 (talk) 20:28, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

MP4

why doesn't wiki accept mp4 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cantona Franklin (talk • contribs) 22:42, 2 August 2021 (UTC)

@Cantona Franklin: Here's the discussion from seven years ago: Commons:Requests for comment/MP4 Video. - Jmabel ! talk 00:17, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

File:Arcus passing overhead 28 July 2021 Galley Common.webm

Hi, File:Arcus passing overhead 28 July 2021 Galley Common.webm is my own recording, how do I license it in the public domain? Cheers, Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 18:00, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

You can edit the License part of your file, and replace the two license templates that are currently there with {{PD-self}} --Taktaal (talk) 18:11, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you Taktaal, much appreciated. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 18:16, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: – BMacZero (🗩) 16:25, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Biography

How can I add my biography to Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awak aliet (talk • contribs) 01:07, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

@Awak aliet: Hi, and welcome. I posted to en:User talk:Awak aliet about that. See also COM:TALK and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:27, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Image flips

Hi, I am trying to upload an picture I took to commons. But when I upload it using upload wizard, it flips the image upside down which is not good.

So I thought I should flip the image before uploading it to commons, so then when commons flips the image it turns right side up. But this does not work either. When I submit the already-flipped image, it DOESN'T flip the image and just leaves it upside down. It's like it wants the image to be upside down... I don't know how to fix it. Bwmdjeff (talk) 15:12, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

photo pulled for copyright issues that are incorrect

Hello,

I have a photo I'd uploaded for an article re: Samuel A. Culbert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Samuel_A._Culbert. It was pulled for potential copyright infringement. The reason is it also appeared in a HuffPost article. However, it is the property of Samuel A. Culbert. I can change the attribution/wording to reflect this, but can't seem to reload despite being logged into the system. Can you help.

Many thanks.

All my best, Bekah Wright bekwright@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bekwright (talk • contribs) 16:09, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

  • @Bekwright: I presume this is about File:Sam full size (1).jpg. Please do not re-upload. At this point, with the image deleted, the correct venue to discuss this is Commons:Undeletion requests. I note that when you uploaded this, you claimed this as your own work, listed yourself as the author, gave no source, and claimed as author to be granting a license, so the deletion appears to have been absolutely correct. If the facts are different, make sure that before you request undeletion you know exactly who owns the copyright on the image and also to have evidence that the copyright-holder has granted a Commons-appropriate license. - Jmabel ! talk 18:38, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
@Bekwright: File:Sam full size (1).jpg was a copy of the photo at https://www.huffpost.com/entry/good-people-bad-managers-an-interview-with-samuel_b_59f1ebf7e4b05f0ade1b554b . The photo in that article, https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/59f1ec8a1500007c417478c0.jpg , is captioned "AUTHOR PHOTO", which means nothing to us from a copyright perspective. I see no free license on that page, which is copyrighted by BuzzFeed, Inc. I also see no clues to a free license from author Culbert, or the photographer. So where is the free license from? Where is your evidence of that? Where is the metadata from the original camera? There's also a color version at https://blogs.anderson.ucla.edu/anderson/2014/10/culbert-tells-npr-get-rid-of-the-review.html .   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:55, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Can I upload my own photo of gift-shop items (playing cards, a small box of perfume, etc) with a logo related to the subject of an article?

The instructions say that Commons sometimes accepts original photos of "useful" and "non-artistic" items. What if the items are decorated with a logo? For an article about the founder of a restaurant chain that no longer exists, I'd like to upload my own photo of some small souvenir items (playing cards, a small drinking glass, a matchbook) that were sold at the restaurant gift shop. All of the items are decorated with the words "Patricia Murphy's Candlelight Restaurant." They're for an article about [Murphy, a restaurateur]. The items were promotional, not artistic. Would that photo be acceptable? Busypencil (talk) 03:08, 4 August 2021 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Busypencil (talk • contribs) 03:04, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Query about using Graphs from a published Research Paper

Is it acceptable to add a graph from a published piece of scientific research into the Commons? Global Aspiration (talk) 07:04, 4 August 2021 (UTC) Global Aspiration

How can we upload an image on Wikipedia?

Tasleem Son — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tasleem Son (talk • contribs) 13:54, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

CreativeCommons license with additional restriction "sharing on social media not allowed"?

I have some questions about the license presented on this user page. The license is used in files such as this example.
The user shares their files under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International license, with the additional restriction that "it is not permitted to upload this file to Facebook, Twitter, Youtube". Is such a restriction even possible?
On CC's license page, it says that there are "no additional restrictions", and "You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits."
CC's statement about sharing images on social media includes no mention of their terms of service being incompatible with CC. It may be incompatible with non-commercial licenses (although CC doesn't necessarily agree with this notion in their statement, see the section "CC licenses and terms of service: What about NC-licensed content?"). This doesn't seem relevant however, because CC BY-SA 4.0 is not an NC license.
My questions:
1. What am I allowed to do with the images created by said user?
2. If the restriction included in the user's license is valid then does the restriction not to share on social media apply to all CC-licensed content?
3. If it isn't then can the user's license be changed accordingly?
4. Can the user require that credit is given exactly as presented on their license page, or are other CC-conform ways of crediting them permitted? Renerpho (talk) 19:13, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

  • Just to be clear: there is no problem at all linking any CC-BY-SA image from Facebook or other social media.
  • However: uploading it there is actually a license violation. Let's just take Facebook as our example. When you upload to Facebook, you grant Facebook a basically unlimited license that doesn't even require attribution. You don't have the right to do that with someone else's photo.
  • People violate this all the time on Facebook: for example, think how many so-called "memes" steal someone's copyrighted photo. And Facebook makes no effort to enforce this sort of violation of a third-party's license. However, it is a copyright violation, and it is reasonable for a copyright-holder to announce that they will consider it as such, and reserve the right to pursue legal remedies. - Jmabel ! talk 22:23, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Trying to locate a local family

My name is Geoff Keough, I met the X family many years ago while traveling through Swiss. <They> lived at <redacted>. Would you know if they still reside there? Thank you. <email adress redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2600:6C40:7800:40C5:E5A6:298D:8427:5D63 (talk) 19:22, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:PéturMagnússon001.jpg

Pétur Magnússon died in 1948 and the photograph is obviously taken when he was well so it is at least 73 years old, probably around 80 years old. Should that not make it public domain? Asmjak (talk) 08:54, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

--Asmjak (talk) 08:54, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

  • @Asmjak: Not likely to be public domain. Icelandic copyright law says life of the photographer + 70 years. No particular reason to think the photographer died only a few years after taking the photo. - Jmabel ! talk 17:58, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Category reclassify mass request

I would like to reclassify all the 136 photos currently categorized as Category:Tieling High School to Category:Tieling High School in 2018 so that it will fit in other categories of the year 2018. Is there a page to request such reclassification? Lovewhatyoudo (talk) 10:36, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

question

Hello, can I upload a picture of a device?--أبو الشاي حليب (talk) 21:13, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

@أبو الشاي حليب: That depends on the device, jurisdiction, and copyright by the device's creator; please see COM:UA, COM:TOYS, and COM:CRT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:48, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Temperature change animation

I think the license of this animation (flic.kr/p/2ks76wL) is acceptable for Commons. May I ask to have it uploaded? 162.23.111.39 11:47, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done Thank you for suggesting this video. It can now be found at File:Temperature Circle 1880-2020.webm. De728631 (talk) 12:16, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
BTW: A previous version exists under File:Temperature anomalies arranged by country 1900 - 2016.ogv. --Leyo 12:46, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: pandakekok9 02:29, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Weird file

Hi, I have come across a strange to me behavior of the commons mechanism in relation to an svg file. This file opens normally, there are all icons on the toolbar and if you open it directly in the browser everything is as usual. However, this file when opened on the toolbar has fewer options, and when opened directly in the browser the text it contains is displayed as xml instead of an image. --Krzysiek 123456789 (talk) 22:56, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

P.S. ping me when giving answer. Krzysiek 123456789 (talk) 23:41, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
I do not know if this helps. When I open the second file I noted this text on top: "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below". Perhaps you can look for an explanation/cause on the internet @Krzysiek 123456789: . Elly (talk)
The SVG file at File:POL_Bełchatów_COA.svg lacks an "XML prolog" (the first line of the SVG should look something like <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>). Commons has a bug (see phab:T131012) where SVG files that lack an XML prolog are served to browsers with a text content type, not an image content type, which is why you see the raw text instructions for that SVG file when you try to view the original file directly from the browser. When you look at the page File:POL_Bełchatów_COA.svg the image you see is actually a smaller thumbnail image, not the actual original SVG file, which is why it looks OK. —RP88 (talk) 07:43, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
Pinging @Krzysiek 123456789 per request and Poznaniak as uploader.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:14, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Change username color to what I want

Hello all. I want to change username color to what I want as I have seen many people do it. I want to do it like this-

Contributers2020Talk Instead of this- Contributers2020 (talk) 03:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Can you all please help?

@Contributers2020: You seem to have figured out how to use the "Signature" section of Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:31, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

created page is not visible

My uncle was a Belgian painter. We have seen that different paintings of him are visible on the internet, but nothing about the live of the painter.

i Created a page for this, but I dont succeed to make it visible.

Can you help?

Page: Jos (Jozef Adriaan) Callaerts

Also I added his name on the list page of belgian painters, but it was taken of the next day. Can you also help on this

thanks dirk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dirk Callaerts (talk • contribs) 20:58, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

Q about permission

I have my doubts about this: File:TomBromhead publicdomain.jpg . Drmies (talk) 21:19, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

I think this photo upload is an example of fairly common misunderstanding - an image is not in the public domain just because the image appears on a publicly-available website. I've marked File:TomBromhead publicdomain.jpg for eventual deletion as an obvious copyright violation. —RP88 (talk) 21:32, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
@RP88: If it's so obvious, why not delete the file yourself?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:44, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: This is the help desk and both parties don't have a lot of experience with Commons, so I wanted both parties to have some time to read and understand what was happening. In particular, I wanted the questioner to have some time to see what the copyright violation speedy delete template looks like (so they might decide to use it themselves in the future) and well as give some time for the uploader to also see it and maybe convert it to DR if they disagreed. At the time I tagged it I added a reminder to check back after the 7 days had expired and delete if neither questioner or uploader had any questions. —RP88 (talk) 23:59, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
@RP88: Drmies has been here for 12+ years, is an autopatroller and rollbacker here, and is a checkuser and oversighter on enwiki. Speedy delete templates are supposed to be acted upon speedily, not after 7 days.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:10, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Remove my Photo's of Wikimedia Commons

Hello

How can I remove my photo's of Wikimedia Commons ? Is this only possible with the option: Nominate for deletion or is it possible to do it self as person with rights of his own Photo's ? The option db-g7 working not and this are the answer: Does not qualify for speedy deletion. One of the photo's https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20201114_Omroep_Tilburg_Berkel-Enschot_Trappisten_ophaalbrug_clean-2.jpg Can help some one ? Thanks

Greetings GijsFrankenTK — Preceding unsigned comment added by GijsFrankenTK (talk • contribs) 07:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi,
you donated your photos around a year ago under a free license. Why do want to have them deleted now? --Túrelio (talk) 08:09, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for your reaction The photo's are out of date and that was a not good license a year ago. ;( Afterwards. And now wil remove them of Wikipedia. But its not easy possible now I see. Greetings GijsFrankenTK --GijsFrankenTK (talk) 10:36, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi, I don't really understand this "out of date". Each photo basically only shows the condition or appearance of the subject at the time it was taken. So, this can hardly be a rationale for deletion. --Túrelio (talk) 08:54, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Releasing Copyrights on a web article

Hi all, I would like to release the copyright permissions on a web article for which I have already been in contact with the author. He is happy for me to release this to OTRS but I can't see the best way to do this? Do I need to attach this as a file? or can I just send the website URL to OTRS releasing the permissions. Any advice would be welcome... Thanks Jameshancock01 (talk) 09:59, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Jameshancock01: Hi, and welcome. Which website URL is that? Have you read VRT yet?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Apologies, I should have phrased that better. I am comfortable and familiar with sending the email to OTRS to formally release the works. What is the best way of 'uploading' the website to Commons? I would like to have the release authorised ASAP and it appears the quickest way to do that is to first upload it onto Commons. Yet I cannot find a good way to release a website URL, as it is not a file. What is the best way to upload the web article to commons? Do I even need to upload it or would it be better to send the URL in the email?
The related URL's are https://elements.cloud/2016/06/01/upn/ & https://elements.cloud/2020/06/08/the-evolution-of-process-diagramming-i-e-why-flowcharts-are-so-1980s/ .
Thanks for your speedy reply, Jameshancock01 (talk) 11:14, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jameshancock01: Ideally, the author should send permission via VRT, but you can start the process by replying to him with a carbon copy to VRT. See also COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:24, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I have now sent permissions as instructed on VRT, how can I show that the copyrights on these articles have been released to a reviewer? How do they know that the sites have had the copyrights released when I have not uploaded anything to commons?
Jameshancock01 (talk) 14:16, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jameshancock01: You should indicate such with the ticket number in footnotes or edit summaries or replies to questions about such copyrights. For files, we have {{subst:OP}} for file description pages, although the name may change with the conversion to VRT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:37, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
  1. @Jameshancock01: You can't really upload a website to Commons. You can upload the images.
  2. Rather than the OTRS/VRT process: if it is their website, why don't they just indicate the license on the site itself? - Jmabel ! talk 15:40, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia Commons

Good afternoon my name is Nikhona l have a question that l want to ask if you went to reat a email address went must you do and if you can see your images what must you do please help me

Thank you for understanding my situation — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.114.146.121 (talk) 10:47, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. There are many reasons to create an account and login. Logging in is required before uploading here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:55, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

Profile photo

How to creat profile photo — Preceding unsigned comment added by M Kareemulla Baigh (talk • contribs) 11:49, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@M Kareemulla Baigh: Hi, and welcome. The process is the same as creating any other photo. Then, you can post it on a service that supports profiles, we don't. If you have been editing one or more projects in good faith, you may upload a photo of yourself and see en:H:PIC for image usage. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:29, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@M Kareemulla Baigh: The account from which you are posting does not seem to have made any significant contributions to Commons, nor any contribution to any of our sister WMF projects. There is no point to having a profile here unless you are actually doing something here. Profiles are welcome, but only from active contributors. - Jmabel ! talk 15:43, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

globalReplace.js

Hi! It looks like the gadget globalReplace.js doesn't work any more. But yesterday it worked normal. Is the gadget actually down? Doc Taxon (talk) 14:43, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Doc Taxon: I use mw.loader.load('//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Perhelion/justReplace.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); and mw.loader.load('//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Perhelion/JustReplace%2B.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); in my common.js, and "global replace" shows up for me on file description pages. Please be more specific.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:32, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
this doesn't work too, clicking onto GlobalReplace or justReplace+ link does not open the form window. It happens nothing ... Not on Firefox, Chrome, not using desktop or mobile devices Doc Taxon (talk) 17:14, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi @Jeff G.: I checked your common.js and prepended the line mw.loader.load('//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-dashboard.UndeletionRequester.js?action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); Only this way justReplace+ works. Weird Doc Taxon (talk) 20:23, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Doc Taxon: Well, I'm glad it's working for you, but I won't pretend to know why it stopped.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:44, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

I need help

Help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Primemedrano1020 (talk • contribs) 14:17, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Can someone help me with uploading image?

I've resized, I've made sure to only use images I took or own and I keep getting denied.. Can anyone help, please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DonGeeMusic (talk • contribs) 20:16, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Please be a bit more specific. What error messages do you get, and which file type are you trying to upload? De728631 (talk) 20:50, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
PS: If your request is about File:Don Gee Miami.jpg and other deleted images, please note that Commons has a specific educational scope and we do not accept personal images from editors that have not yet contributed constructively to any Wikimedia projects. Also, uploading images to promote yourself and writing an autobiography at Wikipedia is not acceptable either. If your music project is notable, someone else will eventually write a Wikipedia article about you and that would then be the time to upload images. De728631 (talk) 20:58, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

Alert of infringing copyright

Dear Sirs You have sent me an alert: head bones are overlapping ..... Would you please clarify the meaning of it? I am awaiting your prompt action as I am very serious about my social behaviours and relations. Thanks h.jafarizadeh — Preceding unsigned comment added by H.jafarizade3559 (talk • contribs) 01:29, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

@H.jafarizade3559: From the deletion message, apparently the image had been previously published elsewhere without a free license and no confirmation was otherwise received by Wikimedia . The administrator 4nn1l2 can probably answer your question better, in Persian or in English. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:09, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
@H.jafarizade3559: Here we respect copyright rules. You can only upload files that you have created yourself entirely. You can also upload few freely-licensed content found on the web, but the vast majority of the content on the web cannot be uploaded here. Please read COM:L/fa. 4nn1l2 (talk) 14:38, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

Dear Sirs I still can not understand what you mean. Please retell your query in Farsi. For your attention, I used a picture from the 1914 anatomy book of Sobota. I created a photoshopped new picture from it. The sentences I quoted were taken out from the Gray anatomy published in the 19th century. Please send your alert definitely in Persian and describe your alert and the infringement of copyright, otherwise, I would put the case on a legal trial for disturbing and annoying me after 40 years of anatomy research. — Preceding unsigned comment added by H.jafarizade3559 (talk • contribs) 08:33, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

@H.jafarizade3559: Please take some advice in Persian.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:02, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

How can I find non-copyrighted images for a certain topic?

I tried to filter for images licensed under a Creative Commons license through advanced search settings, however the only results brought up are ones irrelevant to the topic, content on different websites are copyrighted. Is there a different, or more effective way to find images that aren't copyrighted? KhndzorUtogh (talk) 18:24, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

You could try the search function at Creative Commons or search at Flickr and then use their licence filter on the results. However, if you told us your preferred topic, we might be able to come up with a refined search over here too. De728631 (talk) 20:02, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, the topic(s) I am looking for are Baku pogrom and September Days, images for which I cannot find on that website. Any help would be much appreciated. KhndzorUtogh (talk) 18:08, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Mimar Sinan Mosque, Ataşehir district of Istanbul

If possible, I'd like a picture of this mosque, for Mimar Sinan Mosque. There are mosques with the same name in other places, this one is pretty new. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:03, 7 August 2021 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: Hi, and welcome. Since architect Hilmi Şenalp is still alive, per COM:Turkey we will have to get permission from him or wait until 70 years after his death for the interior, but the exterior is fine to photograph and upload.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:54, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
Exterior was what I had in mind. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:11, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
Jeff G. Btw, is there a Commons page that's better for this type of question? As in "Go forth and get me a picture." Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:17, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: Have a look at Commons:File requests. De728631 (talk) 20:32, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
De728631, That worked smashingly, thanks. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:11, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Pelantikan Megawati Antaranews.png

--I found this picture on google from Antaranews.com (https://otomotif.antaranews.com/foto/1120608/pelantikan-presiden-dan-wapres-dari-masa-ke-masa/15), it's provided with the information of the person who took this picture, but I'm not sure if this picture is free to take and I don't know if I can ask the owner of this photo to take it, I need your help to confirm the copyright status of this photo Mhatopzz (talk) 13:12, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

This image is copyrighted an non-free, so you cannot upload it here without permission from the copyright holder. The latter would have to send an email to the Commons:VRT team. De728631 (talk) 14:20, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Uploading video

Hi, I can't currently upload a video as my phone says it is a .MP4, which is not a supported format. Is there a way I can convert it so it can be uploaded? The video in question is an unusual cloud type passing overhead. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 14:08, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

@Rubbish computer: Help:Converting video offers some instructions. De728631 (talk) 14:18, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you De728631. Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 17:40, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Uploading into existing page ?

I added some pictures to the existing page of the station named Scherfede. Now these picture have been uploaded but not to that relevant page. Grateful for help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uhbe (talk • contribs) 18:00, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

You can edit the existing page (insert a link to an uploaded file). But it will be helpful to know, which picture and which file(s), and the files must be good enough for the existing file (gallery, or WP article ?). Had you edited the page (which) and see not the changes? Best regards --Wilhelm Zimmerling PAR (talk) 19:36, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

Captions search

Hi, Is there any way we can search captions ?, For instance here an IP keeps adding Opel models to non-Opel cars and they've been doing this under different IPs for the past 2 years so it would be helpful if I could find these and revert where necessary, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 13:18, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

@Davey2010: Not unless this search starts to work. Please feel free to express yourself at Commons talk:Structured data.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:51, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Jeff G. very much appreciate your help :), I've left a message over there, Thanks again, –Davey2010Talk 14:04, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
@Davey2010: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:51, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:51, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Untitled Section

Can I upload a photo taken from the internet of an antique work of art? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Editor936 (talk • contribs) 08:43, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

  • If it is a 2-dimensional work of art from before 1900 and does not have a frame more recent than that (or any frame is cropped out of the photo), yes. Otherwise, no. - Jmabel ! talk 02:49, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Patents from Ukraine

Здравствуйте, хотел создать подкатегорию Patents from Ukraine для фото, но не получилось, загрузил в категорию Patents by country, исправьте пожалуйста, С уважением Vadim Chuprina — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vadim Chuprina (talk • contribs) 15:13, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Per Google Translate:"Hello, I wanted to create a subcategory Patents from Ukraine for a photo, but it did not work, I uploaded it to the category Patents by country, please correct, Sincerely, Vadim Chuprina"
✓ Done. I've added Patents by country to Category:Patents from Ukraine.--agr (talk) 15:31, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

隱藏神給予的能力單純的只有兩樣請求

等待開發國家的資助2億美元 以及亞洲國家重整後的中日亞洲聯盟所帶來的資源共享盟軍的互助能力以及未來的穩定發展 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lin Tingru (talk • contribs) 15:35, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

Via Google Translate: "Waiting for the funding of 200 million U.S. dollars from developing countries and the resource sharing capabilities of the allied forces and the stable development of the future brought by the reorganized China-Japan Asian Alliance of Asian countries" So, what exactly does this have to do with Wikimedia Commons? De728631 (talk) 20:45, 9 August 2021 (UTC)

SVG thumbnail not updating

Hi, I can see similar questions in the archive but I can't see any solution. I regularly update this graph file, but regardless of which browser I use the thumbnail image used on the English Wikipedia and the thumbnail image on the Commons page are still a version from 26 July. I've uploaded six new versions since then and it's been almost two weeks. Is there something I'm doing wrong? I've not had this issue before. Ralbegen (talk) 09:22, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

@Ralbegen: The lastest visible version is from August 7. Please check if a "purge" will do the trick for you. Click here to purge the image page. Thuresson (talk) 11:16, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
@Thuresson: Thanks for getting back to me. I've tried pressing the purge link you've provided, but nothing has changed for me: the png preview at the top of the page, which is also the image that appears on the English Wikipedia, is still the version from 26 July. Clicking on the png preview links to the svg, which is correct and up-to-date; the issue is only with the png preview. Ralbegen (talk) 12:42, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

I've tried everything I can from Help:Purge and nothing seems to have helped. I've also verified the problem with other users, though one user has reported that the image on the English Wikipedia is up-to-date on their computer but the same version I've linked to above on their phone. Other people I ask have only seen the 26 June version. I don't know if that might be helpful information for anybody who might have a solution? Ralbegen (talk) 19:16, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Really?

Why has someone added a sockpuppet tag on my userpage? I am not a sock of anyone! BritRoyale (talk) 04:34, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

I'll ask at their talk page. BritRoyale (talk) 15:37, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
Identical edit pattern and topic focus. DrKay (talk) 19:30, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
ResolvedOP has been CU-blocked.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:54, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

How to use SVG vector image app in Android?

Can you tell me the best app for vector image in Android operating system? The Supermind (talk) 07:46, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

དྲ་ཚིགས་བེད་སྤྱོད་བྱེད་སྟངས

དྲ་ཚིགས་འདི་བེད་སྤྱོད་གཏོང་ཚུལ་སྐོར་གསལ་བཤད་བྱས་བཞག་པ་དྲ་ཐོག་ནས་རྙེད་སྲིད་དམ། — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drongsar (talk • contribs) 08:16, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

@Drongsar: unfortunately Google Translate does not seem to support Tibetan, and there are very few users here who claim to speak the language. Can you write your question in another language? Or perhaps CFynn would be so kind as to translate or help. (Sorry if I mis-identified the script.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:46, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Modify a CC license and delete an image that violates copyright protection

How can I modify a CC license to an image I uploaded?

And how can I delete an image that I uploaded and violates copyright protection?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dário Rubens Becattini de Oliveira (talk • contribs) 11:03, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

  • If the image was within the last week:
    • you can just edit the page and put a different license. In your edit summary, indicate that the original license was an error.
    • to delete the image, just put {{subst:My bad upload}} on the page and it will be deleted soon.
  • If it's older than a week, let me know, because the answer is more complicated. If that is the case, please say what license you want, and link the images when you reply so I can see if there are relevant details.
  • Also, please see COM:SIGN. - Jmabel ! talk 15:29, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Uploading a Photograph

Dear Sir/Ma'am I want to upload a photograph of a film star since I haven't clicked the photo I don't have any original photo, so can i not add a photo, if yes how Please inform as soon as possible Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esha.s1705 (talk • contribs) 18:23, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Can I upload a meme image?

Can I upload a viral meme image such as the famous "The FLat Earth Society has members all around the globe" photo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Turtleshell3 (talk • contribs) 01:43, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

  • @Turtleshell3: Typically, no, you cannot. The exception would be if all images used in the "meme" are either so simple they cannot be copyrighted or are in the public domain (e.g. a 19th-century artwork). - Jmabel ! talk 02:33, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
    Or, less likely, if you can find the original source of the image and either verify that it was published under a free licence or contact the author to obtain same. (Note we use public domain in its strict sense, on which being widely available has no bearing.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:03, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

incorrect category name created, how do i resolve this?

incorrect category name Category:Sabel Agnes Cowper created, how do i resolve this? correct name is "Isabel Agnes Cowper ". 28july21 (talk) 15:17, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

@Rodhullandemu: thank you.
Resolved
I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. 28july21 (talk) 03:42, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

How can I upload a Steam Deck interface screenshot?

Hello! I uploaded a Steam Deck interface screenshot in Spanish and it was deleted. How could I upload it?

Regards! --Ryo567 (talk) 11:28, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

You cannot upload this image at all. All the software cover art shown in that screenshot is copyrighted and non-free so you may not publish a derivative screenshot without permission from the original copyright holders. De728631 (talk) 11:40, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Can I use image from 1960 postcard that has no copyright notice

To illustrate the article on Patricia Murphy (restaurateur) I'd like to use a cropped portion of a 1960 photo of her that appeared on a postcard that was printed by the thousands and distributed to customers for free at her Candlelight Restaurants. There is no attribution for the photo and no copyright notice on the postcard, as you can see on my copy of the front and back. Murphy provided free pens and postage for her restaurant customers. The cards were a marketing vehicle, and many are still in existence. The restaurants all went out of business decades ago, Murphy is deceased, and the corporations she headed have all been dissolved.

Can I upload this to Commons? Busypencil (talk) 15:37, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Tom Taylor writer 2016.jpg

I am new to uploading files to Wikimedia. There's an image of Tom Taylor taken at a public place (2016 Singapore Toy Game and Comic Convention) that I wanted to use for the Tom Taylor (writer) article.

https://www.nookmag.com/interview-with-tom-taylor-saving-the-world-through-comic-books/

Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Taylor_(writer)

It is my understanding that images of individuals taken in a public place can be uploaded to Wikimedia, but I am unsure what the copyright status of such a picture would be. Does the photo need to be uploaded to Wikipedia directly in this case? Or what is the best course of action here?

Thank you!

--Sheahunter1 (talk) 18:22, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

How do I request a copy of an image in a different format?

How do I request a copy of an image in a different format? For example, if there is a .tif version of an image on commons how would I place a request for someone to create a .png or .svg version of that image? Thanks, Tyrone Madera (talk) 16:52, 5 August 2021 (UTC)

@Tyrone Madera: I think the Commons:Graphics village pump should be a good place to post a request. De728631 (talk) 20:07, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
@Tyrone Madera: Hi, and welcome. Our thumbnailer produces .png thumbnails of .tif files automatically. Is there a .tif file and .png size that interests you in particular?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:52, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks! I was hoping to convert the following file into a .png format: File:Perspective view from southwest - Hayden Bridge, Spanning McKenzie River at Southern Pacific Railroad (moved from Springfield, Lake County, OR), Springfield, Lane County, OR HAER ORE,20-SPRIF,2-2.tif. I'm planning on using it as part of the Hayden Bridge (Springfield, Oregon) Wikipedia article's infobox, but I'm not sure what size would be appropriate for that function. I was considering as large as possible, but I am unsure if that's feasible. Let me know what you think. Best, Tyrone Madera (talk) 18:29, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Tyrone Madera: Is there any problem with using that tif image in the article as-is?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:57, 7 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Yes, because it is highly discouraged on Wikipedia. Information on this can be found at Wikipedia:Preparing_images_for_upload. Tyrone Madera (talk) 19:59, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
@Tyrone Madera: Fine, I uploaded File:Hayden Bridge.jpg and used it in en:Hayden Bridge (Springfield, Oregon) and Hayden Bridge (Q107778411) for you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:42, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Uploading AI-upscaled images?

If I have a low resolution screenshot from a creative commons licensed YouTube video, can I use an AI-upscaler to increase the resolution and upload that image? DiamondIIIXX (talk) 08:03, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

  • Upscaling is almost never a good idea. Despite appearances, it does not add actual accurate information, it reduces it. Just upload as is. - Jmabel ! talk 15:25, 10 August 2021 (UTC)
    @Jmabel: I generally agree, but I guess it depends on the nature of the subject and just how ‘smart’ the AI in the upscaler is (assuming it’s not just called AI as marketing hype). I am inclined to be skeptical, but it‘s my impression that image-analysis research has been advancing recently … In any case, @DiamondIIIXX, I recommend uploading the original as well, even if it looks a lot worse, and linking the two files: it would make for better provenance (allowing the interpolation to be distinguished from fakery), and future software might well be able to do a better job. In case you don‘t also upload the original, please be sure to describe the manipulation in the file description.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:38, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
    @Jmabel: @Odysseus1479: I have uploaded both, though I have only used the "orignal" in the article for now. Compare the Original to the AI-upscaled version. In my opinion, it's much less blurry (the video source was 480p from 2012), the detail is generally better across the image (on his cap and the Marshall speaker behind him). Also, the additional AI-added detail on the microphone, screw in the background, and his bike-handlebar necklace makes the image much less distracting and more presentable for a wiki page. What do you think? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiamondIIIXX (talk • contribs) 04:05, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
    I think the new texture on the microphone is entirely imaginary; other than that, it's basically a matter of sharpening; the higher resolution isn't really relevant. - Jmabel ! talk 05:18, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
    No expert here, but from a quick look I think it smoothed out some of the JPEG artifacts—at least didn’t make them worse, and the sharpening doesn’t appear to have created ‘ghosts’ as would simple USM. But there seems to be an odd feathery texture in the edge of his chin, running up past his lip, where the original is mainly blocky. A pretty modest enlargement anyway, and considering the original video frame probably contained a rather small proportion of ‘real’ data to start with, I agree the added pixels are of little significance compared to the processing technique. As for the article where you’re using it, I suggest posting to its TP to see if anyone there has a preference.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 06:02, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
    TP? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DiamondIIIXX (talk • contribs) 07:03, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
    @DiamondIIIXX: talk page. - Jmabel ! talk 19:53, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
    @DiamondIIIXX: Hi, and welcome. Any png photo will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so if you are uploading a new filename anyway, please make that a jpg version.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:52, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
    @Jeff G.: we're talking about the artifacts of the source imagery, since the original video is so low resolution DiamondIIIXX (talk) 13:21, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
    @DiamondIIIXX: Ok. See also COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:41, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Upload company logo to it's Wikipedia page

Hey, I want to add our logo to our new Wikipedia page but it wouldn't alow uploading logos. The image I'm trying to upload is mine (under the company) and I can prove I work there. How can I overcome this issue?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by NoaGreenberg397 (talk • contribs) 08:59, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

@NoaGreenberg397: Hello and welcome to Wikimedia Commons. First of all, for any copyrighted images that have been published before without a free licence, we need a verification that the copyright holder agrees with a release under a free licence at Commons. The easiest way to do that would be to grant a free licence for the logo at your company's website. If that is not an option, please contact our Volunteer Response Team by email.
As to uploading the logo, what file format did you try to upload? There are only a few certain file types for graphics that you can actually use here, so please see Commons:File types for accepted formats. De728631 (talk) 11:51, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
@NoaGreenberg397: Also, depending on the subject matter, people around here like to pick and choose what is or isn't appropriate and how quickly it's acted upon. In one case, I opened a deletion request for a logo. This DR has sat open for eight months and has not received any acknowledgement whatsoever that I'm aware of. In another case, a logo which was previously deleted twice as a copyright violation has been available on the site for the past three months because the uploader didn't want to hear anything about copyright and keeps uploading it under a different filename each time to get around any scrutiny. The important difference is that these are logos of non-profit rather than for-profit entities. Of course admins on this site will apply different rules if it's a logo of a for-profit company.RadioKAOS (talk) 14:16, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
Reiterating the key point: The easiest way to do that would be to grant a free license for the logo at your company's website. - Jmabel ! talk 19:55, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
@NoaGreenberg397: 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 VRT. 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. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:44, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Can this image be posted?

This musician posted her selfie in Twitter saying she’d like it to be her Wikipedia image: https://twitter.com/leftatlondon/status/1425507606777405442?s=21

She then gave her express permission that it was to be added under the Creative Commons: https://twitter.com/leftatlondon/status/1425509311636148226?s=21

However, once it was uploaded, it was immediately removed. My question is simple: what do you have to do to make something kosher to upload in Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dabblequeen (talk • contribs) 18:26, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

  • @Dabblequeen: She's expressed a wish to have the image as her Wikipedia page, but no one has granted a free license.
  • Is this a selfie? If so, she is in a position to grant a license. Otherwise, we need permission from the photographer.
  • Assuming it is a selfie, then all she needs to do is to say (also on her Twitter account, preferably on one of these threads) that she is OK with releasing the image under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 license. Do make sure she is familiar with https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/, so she understands what that means. - Jmabel ! talk 20:00, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
@Dabblequeen: Hi, and welcome. Neither of you specified which Creative Commons license, and which version number. We accept about half of them. See also COM:L and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:37, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright Album/Single Covers

Hi. How do we upload files of album covers and/or single covers? I've seen them being used for songs or albums even when it has some sort of copyright use in it so I wanna know how it can be done. — Preceding unsigned comment added by InOurHeartsJD (talk • contribs) 01:10, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

I'm not sure. Usually I'll see albums/singles used for artists in specific areas. Example, File:One direction up all night albumcover.jpg. I think the cover art has some sort of copyright on it. So I wanna know how or if it's possible to upload something similar like that. Sorry if I'm not making a whole lot of sense. I'm just not that great at explaining things InOurHeartsJD (talk)

@InOurHeartsJD: Hi, and welcome. File:One direction up all night albumcover.jpg doesn't exist. en:File:One direction up all night albumcover.jpg on English Wikipedia uses en:Template:Non-free use rationale album cover. Please see that template. Such covers may 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 13:49, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Photo Removed

The user had our clients photo removed.

We are a management company with 200+ clients, we have been paying writers to do our content on our clients.

We have since hired a wiki writer in-house and they operate this profile.

The photo was upload while building the page, the particular photo is of a client whom of which is a hip hop musician signed with The Universe Records.

The same photo used professionally on all of their social platforms and press.

The clients name is VonRyan the Genius or VonRyan Elrod — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thegeniusmgmt (talk • contribs) 03:40, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

  • Assuming your paid "wiki writer in-house" edits the English-language Wikipedia, it is hard to see how that is not a violation of en:WP:Conflict of interest. But that is en-wiki's issue, not Commons'.
  • I'm guessing this is about File:VonRyan.jpg. It was deleted as an out-of-scope personal photo, which may not be correct, but since the entire description was "The Genius in 2019" and the categories were very vague, it was a reasonable assumption.
  • The photo was described as "own work." Are you, the operator of this account, the same person who took the photo?
  • At this point, this is enough of a muddle that if you want it undeleted, I suggest going through the process described at COM:VRT. - Jmabel ! talk 05:35, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

What do you do if you see something that probably violates copyright law?

Hi. I clicked through from a headshot on Wikipedia that looked professionally done. I was curious how you had permission to use a professional headshot, but the image page just claims it was taken by a user - I assume the uploader. That seems unlikely. What do you do when something dubious like that is uploaded? Does it just stay up unless the copyright holder asks for it to be taken down?

Here's the image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrie-Hope-Fletcher.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrueNeutral879 (talk • contribs) 21:50, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

  • Certainly dubious: rather low-res, cross-uploaded from Wikipedia, no other Commons contributions by that user, and has edited en-wiki on only one topic other than uploading that photo. It wasn't all that long ago so User:JWB2504 may be around to explain; on the other hand, they didn't provide an email address, so unless they are logging in to an WMF project, they won't get any notification.
  • Tineye shows this usage by the Sharpe Academy that predates the image being uploaded on Commons, so that's problematic. Image there is differently cropped, so the Commons image was not copied from there. No credit given there.
  • Also via Tineye, it was apparently used by @CarrieHFletcher on Twitter before being uploaded to Commons, but the account is now closed and the image is no longer visible.
  • So... we'd really need the COM:VRT process on this, and we don't really know how to get hold of the uploader. I wouldn't go so far as to just tag it for speedy deletion with {{Copyvio}}, but a deletion request seems in order. I hope JWB2504 is around and can help sort things out. - Jmabel ! talk 22:41, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

For what it's worth: I don't find "professional quality" to be inherently suspicious! I would hope that plenty of my own photo portraits would be considered to be "professionally done." - Jmabel ! talk 22:49, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Certainly all great photos! I think what I found most suspicious was the posing - very typical of a formal professional headshot rather than something taken "in the wild" - and the fact that it's been photoshopped, according to the metadata section. Of course, your own research - that it has been used online before being uploaded on Wikipedia - is much more compelling. Thanks for educating me on how these things work! This is all quite interesting, and it's great to see that the site seems to respect copyright law even without receiving takedown requests. That's pretty rare on the internet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrueNeutral879 (talk • contribs) 22:57, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Negeri-sembilan-fc-logo.png

I upload file of Negeri Sembilan FC from seeklogo.com. The logo is free to download. And used for Negeri Sembilan FC wikipage only --Orahumaira (talk) 17:10, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

May I know where can I get or know type of license of the image? Orahumaira (talk) 03:54, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

In the standard situation everything is copyrighted. Only very old images are free to use. In this case you can ask the club for permission and a free licence. Please follow the procedure outlined here: Commons:Volunteer Response Team#If you are NOT the copyright holder Elly (talk) 05:56, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
More precisely, in the standard situation everything is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. -- Jmabel ! talk 15:50, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Alex Proimos images - Pixsy trolling

I run a group that helps warn people about Pixsy trolls. For anyone who doesn't know what this is, it's basically when people put large numbers of Creative Commons images online and then hit unsuspecting users with license fee demands for hundreds of dollars through Pixsy (a copyright enforcement company) every time they make some minor error in an image attribution. Wikimedia Commons previously banned images by Marco Verch, who has been accused of doing this on an industrial scale. However, we get reports at our group of many other people doing this now on a smaller scale and I think it is important to notify Wikimedia Commons when we get a lot of reports about particular photographers who have a lot of images listed on here so you can take action.

I would like to suggest that Alex Proimos should be looked at on this basis. He has been mentioned to us on multiple occasions including some examples of him issuing Pixsy demands precisely because someone has linked to his image on Wikimedia Commons rather than his own Flickr account. The fact that hundreds of his images are listed on this site is a safety risk for ordinary users who might unsuspectingly use them and get Pixsy on their case as a result. If he complains about this, I would suggest giving him the chance to reupload them using a CC BY 4.0 license, which makes Pixsy trolling largely impossible as the updated terms specify that users have 30 days to correct image attribution errors before they can be hit with legal action. If he is an honest user and not, as our reports would suggest, a Pixsy troll then he would have no objection to this. However, allowing hundreds of his images to appear here under a CC BY 2.0 license is deeply problematic. Thomjobson (talk) 01:57, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Moved to COM:Village Pump#Alex Proimos images - Pixsy trolling — De728631 (talk) 12:30, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Ship Eleanor Christenson

Would someone who is better than I am with historical ship categories take on making a category for the Eleanor Christenson, visible at least in File:Seattle - Railroad Avenue and waterfront, 1934 (51301302699).jpg and File:Railroad Avenue, 1934 (19144564759).jpg? - Jmabel ! talk 21:32, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Rename due to spelling

User:Pi bot was trying to remove the commons template. I think it was wrong to remove. Category:Uppiliappan Temple has been renamed by me to Category:Oppiliappan Temple, but it seems that the move is not complete. Please check and do the needful. Oppiliappan is the more commonly used spelling.--Venkat TL (talk) 07:34, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

@Venkat TL: I'm not sure what happened - the moves weren't reflected on Wikidata. Also you also didn't move the category contents here so Pi bot thought the new category was empty/didn't exist. It should all be sorted out now though. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 07:45, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
@Mike Peel: Thank you for fixing this. It looks good now. --Venkat TL (talk) 07:51, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
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Picture

Hi,

I am using a Picture that i shoot myself for the article i am writing . What to do so it wont be deleted?

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Romeojuliette123 (talk • contribs) 09:09, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

@Romeojuliette123: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FS and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:27, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Is any chance to be assisted in the article writing by you guys? like corrections ? let me know thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Romeojuliette123 (talk • contribs) 10:19, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

@Romeojuliette123: We don't take kindly to global lock evasion.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:57, 17 August 2021 (UTC)


THANK YOU, ONE MORE QUESTION WHY ARE THE PICTURES I UPLOADED ARE SET FOR SPEED DELETION ? WHAT IS SPEEDY DELETION BY THE WAY? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Romeojuliette123 (talk • contribs) 00:55, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@Romeojuliette123: Please read CSD F10, CSD G10, and COM:SIGN, and STOP SHOUTING.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:41, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
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Air show photos from Helsinki 2021

Hi,

I was trying to upload some photos I recently took in the Helsinki Air Show (Aug. 6th). Uploading went well, except that the photos are all vertical, but somehow in the uploading process they were turned around so that they’re all horizontal. I don’t know how to change that in Wikimedia Commons. Is it still possible to change this when the photos are already in W-Commons? Or should something be done about this before uploading. The photos were shot vertical, and in the Canon Image Browser programme they are all vertical, so no change was needed there. Could you please help me with this problem? I have more photos to upload, if this problem can be solved. You can find these photos with the Category:Helsinki in 2021. Paul Hasselblatt (talk) 23:27, 11 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi, it seems the problem solved itself, and the photos are vertical! Paul Hasselblatt (talk) 23:31, 11 August 2021 (UTC)
@Paul Hasselblatt: AIUI there are many ways to encode photo orientation, and not all image software can recognize or reconcile all of them. I suspect in this case that while generating thumbnails the upload wizard neglected or misinterpreted something that the MediaWiki renderer handled correctly. At any rate, if an image does actually come out the wrong way around, you can put {{Rotate}} on the file page (see the linked documentation) and a bot will come around and fix it (losslessly).—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:22, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

how to wright for wikipidia

wikipidiya par ham apani kavita aur kahani likhana chahte hai . please help mi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajnish Prakash Gupta (talk • contribs) 12:54, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Please see Help:Your first article (unfortunately it seems there is no proper corresponding page at the Hindi Wikipedia). Note also that this is Wikimedia Commons, where we only have free media but no articles. De728631 (talk) 13:01, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
The corresponding hiWP page might be what Google calls How to start a new page?, which looks very brief in comparison. There’s an xwiki link for Community Portal, but some of the other project & help pages seem to lack them.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:07, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Default search value

Is there a way to change the number of results shown in a search? By default its 20, and I often have to click on 100 etc to show more. Would be useful if possible Gbawden (talk) 09:26, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

@Gbawden: Special:MediaSearch allows you to search with an "nearly-endless scroll" interface that shows more than 20 images by default. BeŻet (talk) 15:57, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright claims on public domain paintings?

I have encountered this painting from 1825. It would naturally seem to fall under public domain because of its age, however The Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery claims copyright over that image. Would that be seen as an invalid claim by that entity, and would that image be allowed to be uploaded to Commons? It seems to me that it isn't a derivative work of a public domain image with enough creative input for it to be protected by copyright. BeŻet (talk) 15:54, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

  • @BeŻet: I'd say utter copyfraud, but it's a little tricky because the UK has a sweat of the brow doctrine. - Jmabel ! talk 17:29, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
  • But, reading that article, it looks like a court ruling from 2015 makes it clear that it wouldn't apply here, and this is PD. - Jmabel ! talk 17:30, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
    All that I could find is this article presenting an argument that if a painting belongs to a museum and you buy a ticket for said museum, the terms and conditions could prohibit you from taking photos of the painting, and therefore the problem would be of a contractual nature. But that particular painting is also available in other mediums. BeŻet (talk) 18:17, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
    That UK judgement according with European law might not stand, because Brexit—but regardless, Commons policy (with some backing from WMF Legal et al.) has long been to disregard such claims on “faithful” reproductions of old works; see {{PD-art}} and {{PD-scan}}. Regarding museums prohibiting photography, I agree that’s a contractual matter based on the ToU for their visitors, nothing to do with copyright, and the same goes for websites. In these cases we leave it to photographers or downloaders (and would-be reusers) to assess the ethics of the situation, and any attendant legal risks, for themselves.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 21:47, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Youtube thumbnails

Hi there! I want to know if the image thumbnails of YouTube videos that have the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license can be uploaded to Commons. For example, this video: can I upload the image thumbnail? Thanks. DonAnonimo512 (talk) 17:30, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

@DonAnonimo512: Yes, YouTube videos with a Creative Commons 3.0 licence can be uploaded here whole or in parts. You just need to credit the original author and should use the {{YouTube CC-BY}} licence. De728631 (talk) 17:49, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Image upload with photographer's permission

I want to put the photo of Bonné de Bod that's on the Afrikaans Wikipedia on Wikimedia Commons. De Bod emailed me and said it would be fine with Susan Scott, the photographer. May I upload the photo with Wizard or do I have to ask Scott to send an email with her permission to the email address that is shown somewhere first? Thanks. (Jeanine (2018) (talk) 17:03, 21 August 2021 (UTC))

  • @Jeanine (2018): There are two ways to do this:
    • Scott may indicate the permission on a web page that is clearly under her control.
    • Scott can send email as described at COM:VRT.
Jmabel ! talk 17:38, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Thank you! (Jeanine (2018) (talk) 10:38, 22 August 2021 (UTC))

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Downloading photo of someone posted in Wikipedia

How do I download a picture of someone got whom I’ve been allowed to edit? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magisita (talk • contribs) 18:43, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

  • @Magisita: do you mean upload? Because you download every time you look at an image.
  • Assuming you mean upload: who owns the copyright of the image (typically this will be the photographer, unless it has been explicitly transferred). Have they publicly offered a free license that conforms to COM:L#Acceptable licenses? If so, where is that license indicated?
  • (if you did mean download you'll need to clarify what was the problem.) - Jmabel ! talk 20:06, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

I meant upload, and it’s a picture my father, now deceased took. How do I upload it onto Sante Uberto Barbieri’ Wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magisita (talk • contribs) 23:58, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

@Magisita: Hi, and welcome. Please start by following COM:FS and continue with en:H:PIC. Also, please sign your posts.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:02, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
@Magisita: Assuming you are the heir to your father's intellectual property (which would be the case if you are the heir to the residuum of his estate and no one else was specified as heir to your his intellectual property) you can use an "heirs" license template like {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}} or {{PD-heirs}}. That may not be offered as a choice when uploading with certain tools, but you can upload with the corresponding non-heirs license and then edit the file page immediately after uploading. Do remember to attribute your father, not yourself, as author. - Jmabel ! talk 19:26, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Question

Can I create the Category:Univision; Journalism; News Anchor? ItsJustdancefan (talk) 23:31, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Inconvenience

Tried to add a category Flowers on stamps to File:1991 CPA 6326.jpg But after hitting "Publish changes" button saw a lie:

“ Your edit includes new external links. To protect the wiki against automated spam, we kindly ask you to enter the words that appear below in the box ”

.

How do such things happen at good old Wikipediia? 188.69.209.23 01:00, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

This is Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia. So such things are often different. I've just added this cat, no problem, so I presume you hit an automated spam filter because you're using an IP address. No idea why this would trigger it though. Andy Dingley (talk) 01:08, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for the quick reply and some help. I beg your pardon for using possibly inacceptable metaphor, this is of course Wikimedia Commons. Nevertheless, they don't say "You are not registered...", which would be true, they say "Your edit includes new external links...", which is a lie. I don't tolerate such lies, so I don't do what they ask me to do. This limits my freedom of editing Wikimedia Commons. I hope, that this bug (?) will be fixed and I'll feel free to edit Wikimedia Commons again. 188.69.209.23 01:44, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
Hi, and welcome. This wiki is very much geared towards users who login and have cookies enabled, especially so with phab:T227998 unsolved. We use Captcha to mitigate the potential effects of automated systems, but only for anonymous and very new users. See also Special:Captcha/help and MediaWiki:Captchahelp-text. For instance, logging in is required before uploading or editing user pages here. There are also many other reasons to create an account and log in.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:22, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

There are Hidden categories under the category, but they can't be edited as HotCat or they can see the contents of the topic.

Auto-authenticated user with account.

General categories can be added or edited as HotCat.

Hidden categories, cannot be added or edited as HotCat.

How do I edit Hidden categories when I have an account and I am an auto-authenticated user?

When you add a classification that belongs to the Hidden categories to the contents of the file, it is only added to the Hidden categories.

Originally, it is not in the contents of the file, but it remains in the contents.

Most of the public files look in the file, but some of them don't have a category.

How do I edit Hidden categories? Can't an auto-authenticated user edit it?

Is there a way to add it as HotCat or not show the classification in the topic? 185.136.218.105 04:36, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

185.136.218.105: Hotcat can add hidden categories, but some categories are automatically added by templates. Hotcat can't remove those (and they should not be added manually). MKFI (talk) 07:20, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Category:Valid SVG created with Affinity Designer:Japanese crests in Hidden categories

Valid SVG created with Affinity Designer:Japanese crests In

Hidden categories I have a question about something.

[2] It is.

When editing a file

Category:Valid SVG created with Affinity Designer:Japanese crests There are files that I can't see.

Here File:Itsutsu-Fundou-Kamon.svg The files, and most of them,

Category:Valid SVG created with Affinity Designer:Japanese crests When you edit a file, it appears below.

How do I solve this case?

If the account login user adds it and the IP user adds it to the contents of the file document.

Category:Valid SVG created with Affinity Designer:Japanese crests I can see that.

Is it possible to hide this invisible or to create and insert the corresponding classification?

File:Honjo family crest.svg When editing Category:Valid SVG created with Affinity Designer:Japanese crests I can't see.

-- int:license-header -- self/cc-by-sa-4.0

Category:Meyui mon (Japanese crests)

Like this.

Itsutsu-Fundou-Kamon.svg When editing Category:Valid SVG created with Affinity Designer:Japanese crests I can see that.

-- int:license-header -- self/GFDL/cc-by-sa-all/migration=redundant

Category:Mon (5-fold symmetry) Category:Fundō mon (Japanese crests of counterweight) Category:Sakura mon (Japanese crests of cherry blossom) Category:Valid SVG created with Affinity Designer:Japanese crests

So

This is an example. Assessments/POTY=f/... When you see a code that says,, Template Name space Assessments in a document POTY (finalist) to F in You cross the parameters and put them in the middle. POTY (finalist) Category is template:assessments sandwiched in template:assessments/commons sandwiched in template:assessments/category In F in The parameters "create and insert" the classification.

I don't know what it's about, so when you edit it by inserting a category into a file document using parameters, you can't see it.

The file document says that there is a professional way to add categories to Hidden Categories, but I don't know how to do it.

Please solve it. 135.84.180.228 05:23, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

135.84.180.228: Category:Valid SVG created with Affinity Designer:Japanese crests is added by the {{Image generation}} template, that is why it is not visible in page wikicode. {{Igen|Affinity Designer|+|s=jc}} adds the category, the template is quite complex and can be rather cryptic to use. MKFI (talk) 07:18, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Are Mexican logos of companies copyrighted?

Are Mexican logos of companies copyrighted? ItsJustdancefan (talk) 13:44, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

@ItsJustdancefan: Yes, but COM:Mexico is silent on the subject of TOO there. Pinging @Rd232, Taivo, Metrónomo, De728631, Aymatth2, Gusama Romero, Clindberg, Koavf as major contributors to that page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:23, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
Per {{PD-MX-exempt}} logos of officially recognized organizations are free from copyright. But logos of non-official movements and organizations can be copyrighted, logo projects can be copyrighted and logos of humans can be copyrighted. Taivo (talk) 15:41, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
Hello, everybody. Well, Mexican law is not very specific in that regard. The closest thing I could find is that in the Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor (Federal Copyright Law), it says in its article 14:

No son objeto de la protección como derecho de autor […]: Las letras, los dígitos o los colores aislados, a menos que su estilización sea tal que las conviertan en dibujos originales; […] Las reproducciones o imitaciones, sin autorización, de escudos, banderas o emblemas de cualquier país, estado, municipio o división política equivalente, ni las denominaciones, siglas, símbolos o emblemas de organizaciones internacionales gubernamentales, no gubernamentales, o de cualquier otra organización reconocida oficialmente, así como la designación verbal de los mismos; […].

Automatic translation:

They are not subject to copyright protection […]: Isolated letters, digits or colors, unless their stylization is such that they become original drawings; […] Reproductions or imitations, without authorization, of coats of arms, flags or emblems of any country, state, municipality or equivalent political division, nor the names, acronyms, symbols or emblems of international governmental, non-governmental organizations, or of any other officially recognized organization, as well as their verbal designation; […]”.

So, yes, logos are copyrightable; but, as with most of this kind of thing, it depends. You know, logos are kind of weird. --Gusama Romero </talk> 20:37, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

And a (much more) human translation of that first bit: "Isolated letters, digits or colors are not subject to copyright protection unless..." - Jmabel ! talk 23:15, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

cybersps logo page

we paid for this logo which is created for us by group of designers. the copyright belongs to us. please check here cybersps.de — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cybersps (talk • contribs) 15:44, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

@Cybersps: Hi, and welcome. Please license File:CyberSPS Logo.jpg on your website or social media or send permission via VRT, and see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:56, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
@Cybersps: To clarify, by "license File:CyberSPS Logo.jpg on your website" Jeff means indicate the license on your own website. Then, on Commons, we can cite that as a source. Once you've indicated the license on your own website, you can readily get this undeleted via Commons:Undeletion requests. - Jmabel ! talk 20:08, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Plan Banner.png

Hello, My latest upload has some copyright issues from your side, as cause I have mentioned the links of where I found the images, so please make sure you guide me further if I am correct in mentioning the links and source...

Chirag Varna

--Chirag Varna (talk) 03:36, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

  1. You didn't grant any license for this.
  2. Independent of copyright, it is not at all clear how this image is on Commons' scope. It doesn't seem to serve any possible educational purpose. - Jmabel ! talk 05:11, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Image Removal

How do I remove something I have added due to permission issues? — Preceding unsigned comment added by FattyBarron (talk • contribs) 07:14, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

@FattyBarron: Hi, and welcome. You may ask for your own file File:The Fat Man from Guildford.jpg to be deleted within 7 days using {{G7}}, please read COM:D about that. Also, please sign your posts.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:59, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

@FattyBarron and Jeff G.: Actually, for a recent upload that is not currently used, you can just put {{subst:My bad upload}} and it will be speedily deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 15:49, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Commons Commander funktioniert nicht richtig

Hallo! Ich habe das Problem das der Commons Commander seit langer Zeit nicht mehr funktioniert wie er soll. Ich habe mir mit cat-a-lot geholfen was ja auch gut geht aber ich hätte den Commons Commander trotzdem gern wieder funktionsfähig. Das Problem: Wenn ich eine Kategorie im Commons Commander öffne werden keine Bilder angezeigt. Man sieht links den Kategorienbaum aber egal wo ich draufklicke die Seite bleibt leer. Unten wird auch die Anzahl der Bilder und Kategorien angezeigt. Ich benutze den neuesten Firefox allerdings besteht das Problem schon länger, wie schon geschrieben. Ich habe sonst im Internet keine Probleme mit der Anzeige.--Hiddenhauser (talk) 10:41, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Commons Commander is not working properly
Hello! I have the problem that the Commons Commander has not worked as it should for a long time. I helped myself with cat-a-lot, which works fine, but I would still like the Commons Commander to work again. The problem: When I open a category in Commons Commander, no images are displayed. You can see the category tree on the left, but no matter where I click on it, the page remains empty. The number of images and categories is also shown at the bottom. I use the latest Firefox but the problem has existed for a long time, as already written. I have no other problems with the display on the Internet.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:41, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
@Hiddenhauser: Hallo und willkommen. Ich würde vorschlagen, dass Sie es melden, indem Sie ein Problem unter https://bitbucket.org/magnusmanske erstellen, um Magnus Manske glücklich zu machen, aber er scheint dort kein Repository dafür zu haben.
Hi, and welcome. I would suggest you report it by creating an issue at https://bitbucket.org/magnusmanske to keep Magnus Manske happy, but he seems to have no repository for it there.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:41, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks for your answer but i don't think I'll be reporting a bug on a website I've never heard of. There must be an easier way to solve it. I'm just a user who has no idea about such special sites. You probably also have to create an account on the site. No thanks.--Hiddenhauser (talk) 14:06, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
@Hiddenhauser: You're welcome. Perhaps you would have better luck writing in German at de:Benutzer Diskussion:Magnus Manske.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:49, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you I'll try it. --Hiddenhauser (talk) 15:30, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Question about deleting my files.

Hello, my name is Sergey Polovko. Please tell me how I can contact Nikolay Vasilechko, a user who constantly nominates my files for deletion. Thank you very much in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Половко Сергей Николаевич (talk • contribs) 11:07, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

@Половко Сергей Николаевич: Hello. Please sign your posts by typing four tilde characters ~~~~. This will add your username and a time stamp for reference. As to the deletion nominations, you can leave a message at User talk:Микола Василечко. Please note though, that Mr. Vasilechko seems to be correct. Take e.g. this image: Since there is no freedom of panorama in Ukraine, you cannot publish a derivative photo of that soldier's portrait without permission by the original photographer. De728631 (talk) 12:11, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Pinging @Микола Василечко as a courtesy.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:01, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
@Половко Сергей Николаевич: Hello, my name is not Nikolay Vasilechko, my name is Микола Василечко (in Ukrainian), Mykola Vasylechko (in English). You uploaded images not free objects from Ukraine. In Ukraine no freedom of panorama and derivative photo others authors: artists, sculptors and architects. So I use automatic templates. In template texts, it is written that not with files. And, You have already been warned and even blocked. --Микола Василечко (talk) 17:29, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

De Minimis

Over at File:ESC 2021 Rotterdam 1st Semi Jury Show Russia.jpg and File:ESC 2021 Rotterdam 1st Semi Jury Show Russia2.jpg I pixelated both images due to the copyrighted artwork however Roman Kubanskiy has now added a De Minimis template to both files,
I don't really know if de minimis can apply as whilst the main subject was intended to be the singers on the stage - The singers are minute (tiny) whereas the artwork is certainly more visible than the singers.
I don't really know the best way forward - Should I unpixelate the images or leave them be?, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 16:36, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

I just added a notification for those who want to use files where arts is protected by copyright, so that they won't be outraged about why it's pixelated. Roman Kubanskiy (talk) 16:38, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

I am just learning how to create articles about people, I have uploaded a photo just for test, and I don't have any way to delete it.

I am just learning how to create articles about people, I have uploaded a photo just for test, and I don't have any way to delete it. How can I delete the photo I uploaded? I haven't used it anywhere. This is crazy!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xmight (talk • contribs) 19:19, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

@Xmight: You should tag it with {{SD|G7}} (Author or uploader request deletion) . Rodhullandemu (talk) 19:23, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
Actually, just done it for you. Rodhullandemu (talk) 19:26, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

@Rodhullandemu: and what is next? I see that it is still there. Why the upload is so easy and the deletion so complicated? I don't get it. I even don't know how to reply you in the thread, so I asked a new question. Sorry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xmight (talk • contribs) 19:35, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

It will be deleted by an Admin shortly. You can't delete your own files for security reasons. Rodhullandemu (talk) 19:39, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

Unsure

Does the information I upload appear on Google???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Solomonmule (talk • contribs) 10:53, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Location

Where in Richmond hill is the centre for preforming arts? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.229.84.251 (talk) 16:25, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright tagging a derivative work

Hello. I'm looking for input on properly tagging a work like this: File:Schenectady_Ny_-_State_Street_History.jpg.

The top portion of the image was published in 1865 (prior to 1922). The bottom portion is my work, and I'm happy to release it under any license.

Since this is a derivative work based on an image in the public domain, is it appropriate to simply tag it CC? Or should it be tagged Template:PD-US-expired based on the original work?

Thank you! Jess Mann (talk) 23:58, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

I suggest uploading both source photos separately, each with an appropriate licence, then your composite can simply link to those, making the provenance clear. There’s no legal requirement to credit a PD source, but doing so greatly enhances the educational value. (And one day someone might want to do an 1865/2065 comparison, for example, or 2021/2071.) If you prefer a CC licence for your own photo and the derivative, go ahead: for the latter, PD components of a DW have no share or ‘weight‘ in any associated IP. (That is not necessarily true of copyleft components, which often limit the choice of licensing on a DW, for example the “SA“ condition in the licence shown at present.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 00:34, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for the input. That sounds like a reasonable suggestion! Jess Mann (talk) 13:14, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

speed deletion

Is speed deletion better than making correction? and how to rename my files ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Romeojuliette123 (talk • contribs) 01:22, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@Romeojuliette123: The problem is not the filenames, the problem is that you are again attempting to promote yourself and your book here and on English Wikipedia, after your similar behavior got your RomeoJuliette1980 account globally locked by Linedwell on 17 December 2020.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:36, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Category:Bayard Wootten does not contain qid because artist is still copyrighted?

Category:Bayard Wootten does not contain qid=19975469. is this intentional? 28july21 (talk) 03:48, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@28july21: Hi, and welcome. I replaced wrongly spelled {{DEFAULTSORT:Wooten, Bayard}} with {{Wikidata Infobox}} in this edit for you. I also cropped a photo to File:Bayard Wootten.jpg and placed it there and in the subject's biography.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:57, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Updating files

Can I update some of Linaresdj uploads? ItsJustdancefan (talk) 22:51, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

category move issue

In Category:Women's association football players by club in Spain all subcategories are named: "Players of clubname (women)" with 1 exception. The Atlético Madrid 1 is called: Category:Women's association football players of Atlético de Madrid. There is a category page Category:Players of Atlético de Madrid (women), which is empty and redirects to Category:Women's association football players of Atlético de Madrid. Would it not be better if Category:Players of Atlético de Madrid (women) is used and Category:Women's association football players of Atlético de Madrid is deleted. And if so; Does an admin do this stuff or should I? And were should I notify an admin or how should I do this? --Dutchy45 (talk) 11:32, 12 August 2021 (UTC)

@Dutchy45: There is also Category:Players of Atlético de Madrid to consider. Pinging @Responsible?, Threecharlie, NeverDoING, Wieralee as involved.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:28, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I never thought of checking that, but it only reïnforces my point. Of the over 100 subcategories in Category:Association football players by team in Spain, the Atletico Madrid subcategory is the only club named in this way. --Dutchy45 (talk) 13:32, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
@Dutchy45: I agree that Category:Players of Atlético de Madrid (women) would be best for uniformity, but I don't agree that the other two should be deleted; they should instead have category redirects.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:45, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: That seems fine to me. So, now what? Do we wait for more opinions? Contact an admin? Something else? --Dutchy45 (talk) 14:51, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
@Dutchy45: I would like to wait for more opinions, especially from those involved in naming and moving these cats.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:56, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Give then 48 hours. If there is no dissent by then, we can go for it. - Jmabel ! talk 15:29, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
For me, any decision to standardize to simplify decisions between multilingual users is fine; I would say that we can keep the standard with the disambiguous women in brackets whenever the team is the women's section (or affiliated with) a "men's" club.--Threecharlie (talk) 17:03, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: That time has passed, please go for it.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:04, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
There are the meta categories: Category:Women's association football players by club by country and Category:Women's association football players by club in Spain that we should follow, I think. Wieralee (talk) 17:29, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
Move initiated, bot should take it from here. - Jmabel ! talk 17:42, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: That took care of the women's players. Could you do the same for the man? --Dutchy45 (talk) 19:41, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
@Dutchy45: Not sure exactly what category you want moved there, but now that it is clearly uncontroversial, you can ask for it at [[3]]. - Jmabel ! talk 23:07, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Ah, ok thanks. Will do. --Dutchy45 (talk) 06:27, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Manuel Jorge paintings

I received a notification about an image used on Wikipedia. The message was written in German and I used Google Translate to figure it out. The comment is meaningless. The situation is very strange. It was written by Turelius and none of the images belong to him. Mr. Túrelio does not have any authorship rights. Túrélio is neither the author nor the owner of any of the paintings.

I went to see the page https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Jorge and I noticed that several images were removed. I don't understand why, since the paintings are by Manuel Jorge, who was my father, and they are all part of my heritage. The works are from my private collection or which I have given to Portuguese museums in the meantime.

If necessary, I can send images or documents that prove the ownership of the works, whether mine or declarations from museums.

For these reasons, I thank you for clarification and the replacement of the images.

Kind regards, João Barbosa — Preceding unsigned comment added by João Pacheco Barbosa (talk • contribs) 21:47, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

@João Pacheco Barbosa: Hi, and welcome. The notice was from Túrelio, who started Commons:Deletion requests/File:Bairro típico de Lisboa.jpg. The files were deleted by Polarlys upon closure of that DR after you neglected to respond. Please post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on your official website or social media presence or send the photos and permission via VRT, and see COM:SIGN. Note, the same thing happened last October with Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Manuel Jorge. Also, to view the multilingual notices in English, please use this link or change language in your preferences.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:59, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
(Edit conflict)@João Pacheco Barbosa: although Jeff G. has addressed the principal question, let me add that a large part of the volunteer curatorial work on this project involves checking contributions for problematic content, including copyright violations. We all have an interest in ensuring that authorship rights are respected here, on behalf of both the creators and the re-users of the material. The message Túrelio placed on your Talk page is a standard auto-translated template, with links to versions in multiple languages underneath; I don’t know why you got it in German but I guess some kind of glitch in applying your language preference settings. In case you can’t get it to display in Portuguese in situ, the source for that version is at {{Idw/pt}}.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:35, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
@João Pacheco Barbosa: }} I didn't look at all of these, but you falsely falsely stated at File:Manuel Jorge - ceifeira alentejana carregando trigo.jpg that you were the author and this was your own work. You can't expect someone to guess that the person who made these false statements happens to be the artist's son and the heir to his intellectual property, so this particular falsehood is not really a reason for deletion. {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}} is simply not correct. These need {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}}. At this point, I think this needs to go through the process outlined at COM:VRT to clarify who you are and that you have a right to upload these. Make sure that you communicate to them the general situation, so they can give you a "ticket" that is general enough that you won't need to go through the same process for any other images of his work you may upload in the future. - Jmabel ! talk 14:58, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Asked help

I can't upload a picture of Ilybius vancouverensis why Mokretar mo (talk) 10:20, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

@Mokretar mo: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it as-is, 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 VRT 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. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:40, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

What should I post

Hello

My problem is in not sure if Wikimedia commons allows people to make a vlog on issues in society — Preceding unsigned comment added by BTS 13.Army (talk • contribs) 12:14, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

@BTS 13.Army: Hi, and welcome. No, we don't allow vlogs or blogs here, please see COM:NOT and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:36, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

मैं विकिपीडिया हिंदी पर लिखना चाहती हूँ मुझे मार्गदर्शन दें या कोई मोबाईल नंबर दे

लिखना केसे है और कहाँ लिखे ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by प्रो.ललिता रामेश्वर (talk • contribs) 15:13, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

@प्रो.ललिता रामेश्वर: if you are looking for the Hindi wikipedia, you can start by looking at hi:विकिपीडिया:सहायता.--RZuo (talk) 15:37, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Create a video in Wikimedia

How do I create a video in Wikimedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amossimphiwe1 (talk • contribs) 15:16, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

@Amossimphiwe1: please see Commons:Video#Uploading_a_video.--RZuo (talk) 15:37, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Hammerwerk, Fa.-agreement, Einzelnachweis 1.jpg

Ich brauchte das Foto vom -Hammerwerk- für den Einsatz in den WP-Artikel und lud es hoch von ... [[4]]. Der Einsatz dieses Fotos verstößt gegen Copyright-Regel und wird nach 7 Tagen gelöscht erfahre ich hier auf commons. Ich muss also selbst irgendwo ein derartiges Hammerwerk fotografieren, um copyright zu haben. Aber wo? --Udo Otto Müller (talk) 15:48, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Hallo Udo. Das "wo" wird dir hier bei den Copyright-Fragen leider auch niemand beantworten können. Fest steht aber, dass man nicht einfach ohne Genehmigung des Rechteinhabers ein Bild aus dem Internet irgendwo anders hochladen darf, nur weil man es "braucht". Siehe auch Impressum der Firma Perrot: "Downloads und Kopien dieser Seite sind nur für den privaten, nicht kommerziellen Gebrauch gestattet." Deren Bilder darfst du also weder auf de-Wikipedia, noch hier bei Commons verwenden, denn alle Uploads müssen für jedermann frei verfügbar für alle Arten von Gebrauch sein. Ich habe die Datei nun auch gelöscht, um weiteres Ungemach zu vermeiden. De728631 (talk) 17:14, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

Mirage Hotel Odds on "Who Shot Montgomery Burns?"

I think the photo of the wagering odds board at the Mirage Hotel and Casino would be a good addition to the "Who Shot Montgomery Burns?" entry. It was widely spread but after over an hour of image searching I was unable to pin down the original photographer.

File:Shotodds

I tried to upload this through the Commons page but can't. Go find it on Twitter or Google. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stannous Flouride (talk • contribs) 22:16, 19 August 2021 (UTC)

@Stannous Flouride: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png photo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png photos are not allowed at all. It's not your own work. The original photographer needs to post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their official website or social media presence or send permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. Also, it will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744), so they may want to upload a jpg version which will look sharper, too.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:19, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

Is this upload OK?

I probably should've asked before I did, but I uploaded this c. 1961 photo of painter Bob Ross as a soldier in the US Air Force (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_N._%22Bob%22_Ross_1960s_Air_Force.jpg). Since this is a work by the US Air Force, I thought it would be considered Public Domain and OK to upload. Is it OK like I thought or no? If it was not OK, I'm sorry; please delete it. StrangeloveFan101 (talk) 10:16, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

@StrangeloveFan101: Why do you think it is an official Air Force photograph? The page where you found it, writes that it is "Courtesy of VA.gov" and there is no evidence that the photographer was a member of the USAF on his official duties. De728631 (talk) 13:16, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
De728631, you seem to be right. For all I know this could've been done by an independent photographer not affiliated with the Air Force or US Military. I did some digging, and this link from TheChive.com links to this blogpost from VA.gov, with Ross being nominated as Veteran of the Week. There is no evidence here that the photo of Ross in uniform was taken by someone in the USAF. In fact, there's a statement at the bottom that reads: It’s easy to nominate a Veteran. All it takes is an email to (VA email address) with as much of the information as you can put together with some good photos. So with this point in mind, someone probably just copied the image from Imgur, and submitted it with the nomination of Ross as VOTW. All that being said, and to play it safe, may this image be deleted? StrangeloveFan101 (talk) 14:01, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
Now that it is used in a bunch of articles, I don't think speedy-delete is the best way to go. Probably should just make a normal nomination for deletion & give a chance for someone to follow up & try to clear the rights. - Jmabel ! talk 17:05, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

help to remove moire effect on scanned photo

Hi, is there anyone who can remove the moire effect from this portrait of J. J. Adam ? File:J.J. Adam, Beinecke Library, 16309054.jpg Thanks MassiveEartha (talk) 10:53, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

@MassiveEartha: You may want to ask at the Commons:Graphic Lab/Photography workshop. De728631 (talk) 13:18, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

File:Kuno mon (No background and Black color drawing).svg Request to delete files

he file is not being updated, such as no new file output from File history or Categories, or files of the reverse version are still displayed. Besides, it's confirmed that it's impossible to upload this file as a new one. It will be uploaded back to another file, which will be uploaded at the request of a third party. Deletion must proceed.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuno_mon_(No_background_and_Black_color_drawing).svg Gameposo (talk) 15:41, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

File:Unisphere-2 (27835155267).jpg

Please could someone advise on the copyright status of this image of a structure in New York? As far as I can tell, the US does not permit freedom of panorama for 3D artworks, but I might be missing something... I have removed it from the en-wiki main page as a precaution, but I'll add it back if I'm wrong. Cheers Amakuru (talk) 08:00, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

@Amakuru: according to the notice at Unisphere, the sculpture is free in the USA due to lack of compliance with the copyright formalities that were necessary at the time. You are right about American FoP—exempting buildings only, not sculpture—but PD is PD.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 08:15, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
@Odysseus1479: aha, thanks. I knew I was probably missing something, copyright law is so confusing! I wonder what would constitute a copyright notice for a 3D artwork? Should they have stamped something on the sculpture itself? (and has someone verified that they didn't... 🤔) Cheers Amakuru (talk) 08:27, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
@Amakuru: I think they could have put something on paper and sent it to the copyright office … certainly a renewal would have been in such form. BTW I observe that the template was added within the past day, and I don‘t see any discussion links, but I presume an appropriate database was searched.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 08:47, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
Some U.S. sculptors inscribed copyright notices into their works; most didn't bother, especially for a one-off where they had gotten paid. - Jmabel ! talk 15:48, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Removal of a page

I am the owner of this logo and do not wish it to be shared on Wikicommons anymore, how can i remove the page at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LogoPoint.jpg Thank you. Roger-Luc Chayer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edito514 (talk • contribs) 12:56, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

There is no way i can take my logo back? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edito514 (talk • contribs) 16:10, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

No, that is the definition of irrevocable. We usually grant uploaders a courtesy period of one week to remove their own works, but we do not delete media after more than ten years because the authors no longer want to share it. The GFDL license is irrevocable and can be terminated by the original author only for someone who has violated the terms of the licence, and Creative Commons licenses are totally irrevocable. I.e. once you grant any such free license for a work of yours, you cannot take it back and anybody else may keep using it. De728631 (talk) 16:35, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Soyuz Crew Photo Copyright Status (Soviet Union)

Hello,

I want to update the page of a Soviet cosmonaut with a picture of them in one of the crew photos that the Soviet Union took during that mission. However, I'm not entirely sure what the copyright status is of such photos. Am I free to share spaceflight photos? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daarchini (talk • contribs) 02:36, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

  • @Daarchini: Just so you know: you're not being ignored, I just doubt anyone regularly monitoring this page has an answer for you. Do you have any reason to think the image would be public domain or free-licensed? I can't think of any, so I would presume that like most Soviet images of that era it is copyrighted. You might get a more knowledgeable answer at Commons:Village pump/Copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 17:22, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

wy my vpn is not working

Wy my vpn is not working — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 197.157.0.37 (talk) 05:20, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

I created a page on Wikipedia

I created a page on Wikipedia about a Holding Company which is known in the MENA region and I'm not able to find it. User deleted the page without proper justification. I tried contacting him but no response. Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mufaddalboxon (talk • contribs) 05:49, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi Mufaddalboxon. I assume the page in question is en:User:Mufaddalboxon/sandbox. You will have to take this up with en-wiki editors and their discussion boards. If the deleting admin did not respond, maybe try en:Wikipedia:Deletion review? Here on the commons helpdesk, we only deal with issues related to content on commons. DMacks (talk) 06:22, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Scott-patterson.jpg

Hi,

I am not sure how to properly attribute/tag/copyright a photo upload. I included the original link, but that doesn't seem to be sufficient. Any advice would be helpful.

--Crittab (talk) 18:44, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

@Crittab: What we need is also information about the copyright status of the file. Attribution of the source alone is insufficient because we need to be sure that the copyright holder allows free use of the image for anyone and any purpose. The photo you uploaded was credited to Getty Images at the source website which is a company that never publishes its content under a free licence. Therefore I had to delete the image here. Please read COM:L for further uploads. De728631 (talk) 22:19, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello, we currently have two SVG versions of the current logo of NPO 3FM, File:NPO 3FM logo 2020.svg and File:Npo 3fm logo.svg. The latter is superior, as it's the one that comes directly from the website of the radio station, https://www.npo3fm.nl, and has a smaller size, while the former is converted from a PNG, as there wasn't an official SVG version when it was uploaded. Can File:Npo 3fm logo.svg be renamed to File:NPO 3FM logo 2020.svg, to be in harmony with the names in Category:Logos of Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (with "npo") and Category:Logos of Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (with diamond)? -Pennenetui3000 (talk) 20:26, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

To rename the smaller file, we would first have to delete File:NPO 3FM logo 2020.svg. It is, however, still in use at the Hungarian Wikipedia. I just changed the image at the Wikidata entry for the radio station, but somebody with a knowledge of Hungarian should make the edit at Wikipedia to explain the change in the edit summary. After that, you may want to open a deletion request for File:NPO 3FM logo 2020.svg. De728631 (talk) 22:15, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Problème après publication d'image de présentation page Wikipedia

Problème réglé merci ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tpl30 (talk • contribs) 10:39, 30 August 2021‎ (UTC)

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Two different files that MediaWiki claims are the same

File:San Francisco Ballet Logo.jpg and en:File:San Francisco Ballet Logo.jpg are the same according to MediaWiki but don't look the same to me. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 18:41, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @PatrickHipes, SPat as uploaders.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:09, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jo-Jo Eumerus: after your recent upload to the one here on Commons, they look identical to me. Perhaps you need to purge your cache? - Jmabel ! talk 20:19, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel and Jo-Jo Eumerus: The copyright information on en:File:San Francisco Ballet Logo.jpg states that it is subject to copyright whereas the copyright information on File:San Francisco Ballet Logo.jpg stats that it is free of copyright. Please sort out the copyright situation. Martinvl (talk) 20:35, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
OK, got this resolved - cache problem, indeed. The Commons licence statement is plausible in light of the examples at COM:TOO so I've deleted the enwiki version. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 20:41, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
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File:Kaku Kuyoh (No background and Black color drawing).png Request to delete files

I was going to upload SVG, but it was uploaded incorrectly. Please delete it.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaku_Kuyoh_(No_background_and_Black_color_drawing).png Gameposo (talk) 15:42, 20 August 2021 (UTC)

@Gameposo: There is no need to start multiple discussions for the same file. The discussion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kaku Kuyoh (No background and Black color drawing).png is sufficient. If you recently uploaded the file yourself, you need not even start any discussion, just add {{SD|G7}}. – BMacZero (🗩) 03:55, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks. Gameposo (talk) 06:59, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
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File cannot be uploaded, Error 502

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T247454

Admin, wenn ich versuche, über diese Datei eine andere (höhere Auflösung, bessere Lesbarkeit, Größe 70 MB) drüberzuladen, kommt folgende Fehlermeldung: 

Request from - via cp3058.esams.wmnet, ATS/8.0.8
Error: 502, Next Hop Connection Failed at 2021-08-21 11:53:52 GMT

Ich hab es seit gestern schon mehr als fünf Mal versucht, immer das gleiche. Bitte um Abhilfe. --Ratzer (talk) 12:09, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

In English: When trying to upload a new file on top of diese Datei (higher resolution, better legibility, size 70 MB), the following error message appears: 

Request from - via cp3058.esams.wmnet, ATS/8.0.8
Error: 502, Next Hop Connection Failed at 2021-08-21 11:53:52 GMT

I have tried this more than five times since yesterday always the same error. Please help. --Ratzer (talk) 12:12, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Das ist ein bekanntes Problem was bisher keine richtige Lösung gefunden hat. Offenbar tritt es häufiger bei langsameren Internetverbindungen auf. Mit Help:Chunked upload lässt sich das aber offenbar umgehen. De728631 (talk) 15:58, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
Danke.--Ratzer (talk) 07:48, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
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Wrong Credit

Hello, Ive just created my first Wiki Article about the photographer Hanna Putz. I have uploaded a file and wrote the wrong credit as I credited it to the artist who made the collage Daniel Richter who approved for me to use the work for the article of Mrs.Putz. However the Copyright to this works seems to be at VG Bild-Kunst. How can I change this or how can I delete the old image with the wrong credit/Copyright and upload the new one?Thanks for your help!Anno — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnnoYMWD (talk • contribs) 10:28, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

@AnnoYMWD: You can edit a file page just like any other page. BUT please understand, someone approving you "to use the work for the article" is not enough for the work to appear on Commons. The copyright-holder must issue a specific free license that extends even to derivative and commercial works. They can do that in one of two manners:
  • They can indicate the license for the image on a website that is clearly under their control.
  • They can go through the process described at COM:VRT.
If the piece is derivative work, then we need sign-off from all relevant copyright-holders.
Jmabel ! talk 17:27, 22 August 2021 (UTC)

Got it. Thank you for the help and explanation! A. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnnoYMWD (talk • contribs) 12:41, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

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NRHP

I've uploaded two photos of a bridge for listing number 4 of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Otoe County, Nebraska but they are not showing up on that Wikipedia page. The NHRP is (#92000733). I'm not sure what other categories they might need or what I am doing wrong. Thanks for any information you might be able to share. Template:SharonPapierdreams — Preceding unsigned comment added by SharonPapierdreams (talk • contribs) 02:56, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

@SharonPapierdreams: Hi, and welcome. Unfortunately, you have to add them to en:National Register of Historic Places listings in Otoe County, Nebraska yourself, as we don't yet have an automated way to do that. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:41, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! Usually I just copy a category from one of the other photos on the page but I don't see it. How would I add that category? SharonPapierdreams (talk) 12:46, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

@SharonPapierdreams: You're welcome. Please see Category:National Register of Historic Places in Otoe County, Nebraska and COM:CAT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:42, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
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Obvious photoshop and copyvio

File:Fugging_2021.jpg is an obvious photoshop used on a number of Wikipedia articles. It is a derivative of the image found here which is copyrighted, yet it is presented as OC which is freely licensed. Henstepl (talk) 02:57, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

@Henstepl: I tagged it as a copyvio.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:24, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot/ckb

Hello 👋
#Explanation 📜:i am translating Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot to Central Kurdish Language while doing it, the images which explaining (How to🔍) and that (Shows Cat-a-lot gadget🐱) is in English language, and of course it's not useful for People who don't know English language and entirely depend on The translation on that page, it will be more useful for them if the Image they see is Kurdish along with the page.
#Request 📝❔: i would like to change those images and replace them with New Images that explains the ways in Kurdish.
Thanks --💖 Sakura Hana 🌸 (talk) 04:51, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
@Sakura emad: I suggest that you upload Kurdish versions of those images with different filenames and use them on the subject page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:00, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
💡 let me try it, thank you for your Precious time ⌚ 😊. 💖 Sakura Hana 🌸 (talk) 05:03, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
@Sakura emad: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:27, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
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Problem uploading File:A critical exposition of the popular Jidád.pdf

For some reason, every version of File:A critical exposition of the popular Jidád.pdf has a resolution 0 × 0 pixels when uploaded, even though when I download the files they have the expected resolution of 334 × 594 pixels. This causes problems for proofreading Index:A critical exposition of the popular Jidád.pdf. What's causing this/how can it be fixed? —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk | contribs) 06:20, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

I've put the last "non-functioning" file version through the "optimization" procedure of PDF-XChange-editor and re-uploaded the result. This seems to have solved the problem (whatever it was). --Túrelio (talk) 08:10, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

File:Cardinale Anastasio Alberto Ballestero 1913-1998.jpg

Estimados Senores de Wikipedia:

Consultando la pagina del Cardenal Anastasio Alberto Ballestero,muerto en 1998, vi que había solo una foto y desenfocada.

busque en internet y encontré una foto en blanco y negro (sin ninguna referencia a derechos de autor) y otra en color que, por su nombre, parecía que tenia derechos de autor.

Subí solo la foto en blando y negro ya que si el cardenal murió en 1998, la foto tiene 23 años o mas, y sin ningún derecho de autor.

Mi pregunta es: ¿como saber si una foto, o cualquier otro material, tiene derechos de autor si no se indica nada esplicitamente?

Muchas gracias.

Claudio Casetta — Preceding unsigned comment added by Famcaspet (talk • contribs) 08:10, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Dear Sirs of Wikipedia:

Consulting the page of Cardinal Anastasio Alberto Ballestero, who died in 1998, I saw that there was only one photo and it was out of focus.

I searched the internet and I found a black and white photo (without any reference to copyright) and another in color that, by name, seemed to be copyrighted.

I only uploaded the photo in soft and black since if the cardinal died in 1998, the photo is 23 years old or older, and without any copyright.

My question is: how to know if a photo, or any other material, is copyrighted if nothing is explicitly indicated?

Thank you.

Claudio Casetta
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:19, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
@Famcaspet: Hola y bienvenido. Etiqueté File:Cardinale Anastasio Alberto Ballestero 1913-1998.jpg como una violación de derechos de autor. Lea COM:NETCOPYRIGHT/es y COM:SIGN/es.
Hi, and welcome. I tagged File:Cardinale Anastasio Alberto Ballestero 1913-1998.jpg as a copyright violation. Please read COM:NETCOPYRIGHT and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:19, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Activtrak company logo.jpg

Hello, I've made mistake and the image is under copyright violation. I'd like to have it speedily deleted, but I don't know where to place the tags. Can you tell me how and where to put the speedy deletion tag or delete it for me? Thank you!--Dilbert404 (talk) 12:48, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

✓ Done. --Túrelio (talk) 12:52, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

Help undoing image overwrite

Hi, I mistakenly overwrote the image at File:John Ward - The 'Swan' and 'Isabella' ERY HUMM 2007 1442.jpg with a higher quality image thinking it was the same painting but it's not. Can someone please help me undo this? إيان (talk) 16:22, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

@إيان: I reverted File:John Ward - The 'Swan' and 'Isabella' ERY HUMM 2007 1442.jpg to the earlier version, is your version perhaps a closeup of the source for that version?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:39, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
In any case, we don't normally overwrite one photo of a painting with another, even if it's the same painting. Distinct photos are uploaded under distinct names, and can use {{Other version}} to link to one another. - Jmabel ! talk 17:18, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

No thumbnail for new video

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T244570

A week ago File:1963 Zeelst, opening PIROC, AMX v4.mpg was uploaded and successfully transcoded, but there is no thumbnail available. I tried some options from Help:Purge but they result in HTTP 429 or 500 server errors. What could be the matter here? --bdijkstra (overleg) 17:00, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

@Bdijkstra: it's a bug still not fixed.--RZuo (talk) 19:41, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
@RZuo: Aha, thanks. It seems that this bug is tracked by phab:T244570. --bdijkstra (overleg) 20:24, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
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Hi there,

I'm an employee of a company, and I'm trying to upload the company's logos on to Wikimedia. I have obtained permission from the company to upload the logo, but I'm not sure what license it falls under or how to identify that in my upload and submission. Could you help me with this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ohsnapitswinnie (talk • contribs) 20:23, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

  • @Ohsnapitswinnie: Permission must come from the copyright-older or (if that's a company) their representative, and it must be for a specific license that must allow derivative works and commercial use (though it can require attribution and if the logo is trademarked, that is a separate issue and can be indicated with {{Trademarked}}). Generally, the least generous license we allow is {{Cc-by-sa 4.0}}.
  • The simplest way for a company to offer their (copyrighted) logo under that license is to indicate on their own website that the logo is available under that license. At that point, anyone can upload it here citing that page as source.
  • The other way to do this is the process outlined at COM:VRT. Someone representing the company can send a license release as described there. Again, it must indicate a specific license, and must allow derivative works and commercial use. - Jmabel ! talk 23:19, 23 August 2021 (UTC)

How to separate different revisions of a file to spearate files?

Hi all

I've recently been working with part of the EU to open license some of their content on Commons, to my knowledge this is only the second EU organisation to openly license content.

A user has made a completely new graph using data from one of the files, but has uploaded it as a new version of the file, not as a separate file so the graphic the EU has uploaded can't be used.

File:An increase in natural disasters, damage to the environment and rising temperatures are the biggest concerns for Europeans..svg

Please could someone who knows how to do it separate this into another file?

Thanks very much

John Cummings (talk) 08:59, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

@John Cummings: please see COM:SPLIT on the page where history merging and splitting requests are handled.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 09:06, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
Thanks very much Odysseus1479, I've made the request here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:History_merging_and_splitting/Requests#File%3AAn_increase_in_natural_disasters%2C_damage_to_the_environment_and_rising_temperatures_are_the_biggest_concerns_for_Europeans..svg. John Cummings (talk) 09:10, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
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Image incorrectly identifies athletes

I originally posted this to Wibramuc, the uploader of this image. I noticed that this uploaded image is mislabeled and contains different people than what is identified in the file name. As a result the file is being used incorrectly on various wikipedia language site for Katie Zaferes. The original creator of the image notes, the women racing are competing in the U23 Women's race, not the Women's Elite race and thus the numbers don't correctly correspond to the racers in the file name. You can also tell this by looking at the partial names on the jerseys and how they align with the race results (full results found here [5]). There are some other indirect clues that the image is identified incorrectly, but I'll leave it at that. I initially picked up on this as #22, originally identified as Katie Zaferes (nee Hursey), doesn't look like her (the women's triathlon 2020 Olympic bronze medalist). At first, I was going to take action and possibly move the file (to reflect the proper people identified) but fear that this is probably not the right response especially as multiple language pages use this image for the Zaferes article, especially following her recent Olympic medal. As I noted in its changed description the image actually contains the athletes Fumika Matsumoto (JPPN), Maria Cristina Farez Pucha (ECU), Sofie Hooghe (BEL), Deborah Lynch (NZL). My question is on what the recommended best course of action is. Outright deletion seems wrong as the image could be used on other pages (e.g. Sofie Hooghe German page). Should it just be remove from each Katie Zaferes page across the Wiki environment? Any thoughts or guidance would be appreciated. Thanks. Barkeep (talk) 01:15, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

The image should be removed because the current name is misleading. Yes, you are right it should also be removed from the pages that incorrectly use it. Ruslik (talk) 07:44, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
Should be renamed, and removed from articles where it is incorrectly used. - Jmabel ! talk 15:24, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
✓ Done Removed from incorrect pages and moved. Thanks for the feedback. Barkeep (talk) 14:28, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
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Need help with File:B morse code.ogg

Commons has a complete series of Morse code .ogg files, as found at Morse code. I noticed that the sample for the letter 'B', is inconsistent in sound quality with all the others, being muffled sounding, with static. Looking into the file history, it appears that the 'B' file is from an earlier version than the other letters etc, due to an entirely unexplained revert done back in January 2020. [6] I attempted to restore the correct, sharper-sounding, file with this edit, [7], but it doesn't seem to have had the desired effect, which was to restore the version of 30 March 2014 to be consistent with the other files, which were apparently all updated in 2014. Could someone more familiar with file reverting perhaps sort this out for me, and/or explain how the revert process is supposed to be done? AndyTheGrump (talk) 12:47, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

I think you did everything correctly, and the current sound is the better quality one. You might have a cached file in your browser though which means you still hear the "old" sound. Try listening to the sound on a different browser, or a different device, or delete all cache, and it should probably change. --Taktaal (talk) 10:49, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, that made sense, and trying it on another browser confirms the file has been updated. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:23, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
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File:Sturier jachten (13142754623).jpg

The source of File:Sturier jachten (13142754623).jpg is a video, not a .JPG file. I am not experienced in this matter of translating from Flickr to Commons. So can anyone who is experienced do the translation? --Stunteltje (talk) 09:30, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Stunteltje: This file File:Sturier jachten.webm looks like what you need. You could nominate the other file for speedy deletion by adding this template {{reason for deletion}} (read the template page first and fill in as appropriate) as the file is pretty useless. Ww2censor (talk) 14:55, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
@Stunteltje and Ww2censor: As uploader of the second file, I agree the first file is pretty useless, but that doesn't translate to a COM:CSD criterion, so per COM:D a regular deletion discussion was in order, thus I started one at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Sturier jachten (13142754623).jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:17, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Jeff G.: Ok, no problem. Ww2censor (talk) 21:24, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, both of you. Problem solved.--Stunteltje (talk) 21:27, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
@Stunteltje and Ww2censor: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:48, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:48, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Help With WikiProject Banner Image

Hello editors of Wikipedia Commons. A few months ago, a WikiProject for the 2010s decade was proposed and earlier today was created([8]). The article for 2010s ([9]) doesn't have a single image used at the top. Instead, it has eight images. Would someone be willing to create a new image for the WikiProject or find a good image to use for the WikiProject Banner? Thanks for any help in advance! Elijahandskip (talk) 22:19, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Nigerian Community Support

Hello y'all, l'm new on W/Commons & would love to make new friends. My appeal goes out to the Nigerian team here to help put me through in making my contributions especially on Cultural & Socio-political topics about Nigeria. Pls kindly reachout..

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josiah Eson Lewa (talk • contribs) 09:47, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

@Josiah Eson Lewa: have you tried m:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria?--RZuo (talk) 19:41, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

convert PDF to JPEG?

I just uploaded an image from NASA which turned out to be a PDF (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto_Nomenclature.pdf). This seems like a bad way to present images, and Commons doesn't like it either ("Privacy considerations: PDF is a complex format that may expose some of your private information in some cases. Make sure to configure your PDF viewer in a safe way").

So, my question is, is it worth converting this to a jpeg? And if so, is there any better way than just making a screenshot of it?

Thanks, Danbloch (talk) 21:12, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

@Danbloch: converting to JPEG or taking a screenshot would ‘freeze’ the separate components into a simple image, at a fixed resolution, making it much more difficult to edit (e.g. to translate into other languages or to highlight a particular feature) while degrading the text & graticule. It would be much better to convert it to SVG, which format can preserve all the information in the PDF.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 09:23, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
@Danbloch: Oftentimes I use the com:CropTool to convert a pdf to a jpg on commons. Zoozaz1 (talk) 12:43, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Suppression d'une page

Bonjour à tous,

J'avais écrit une page, celle de Damien Laquet, VF des lapins crétins et de Kirito (Sword Art Online). Celle-ci a été supprimée, je ne sais pour quelle raison. Je n'ai jamais bien compris comment publier sa page car on me demandait des articles nationaux (or, la page de Laurent Pasquier, à titre d'exemple, contient très peu de référence). Il s'agit également d'un acteur, d'un comédien mais surtout d'un grand doubleur et je trouve cela dommage qu'il ne puisse pas avoir sa propre page, surtout que j'adore SAO (il était le meilleur doubleur avec la Saison 1 par rapport aux autres lors du changement de studio). Comment faire svp ? J'ai, de plus, son autorisation (il avait écrit à Wikipédia pour que je rédige dessus).

Cordialement, — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndreaRestols (talk • contribs) 21:28, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

photos

Hi there, would I be allowed to upload photos taken by my (deceased) great grandfather, taken late 1800-early 1900s?

Thank you.

Meri — Preceding unsigned comment added by Meri Oakwood (talk • contribs) 22:52, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

  • Photos should be within Commons project scope. (In my observation photos taken more than 100 years ago often are since they might illustrate not just the narrow subject being photographed but also the fashions and conditions of a different era.) Were the photos previously published? If so copyright considerations can come in to it - different depending on what country, and the date of publication. Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory has details; feel free to ask for help selecting the correct license as long as you know the when and where (what country and at least approximate year). If the photos were never published, and you are the heir with authority to license them, you may license them as you see fit - just try to be accurate and honest about authorship etc. You can make your decision about if you wish to use their real name or simply attribute "great grandfather of..." or "deceased relative of..." Some people use {{PD-heirs}} for inherited family photos; I sometimes use attribution licenses for inherited photos by deceased ancestors with attribution to "Family photos of Infrogmation". Cheers, -- 14:56, 25 August 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Infrogmation (talk • contribs)
  • @Meri Oakwood: If you are the heir to the relevant intellectual property rights, then you can get around any copyright issues by offering a license such as {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}}. - Jmabel ! talk 15:32, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

supprimer un doublon

Bonjour J'ai mis une photo deux fois; une en tiff et la meme en jpeg. Je voudrais enlever celle en tiff car elle s'ouvre mal là ou le l'avais utilisée. Pouvez vous me dire comment faire ou l'enlever à ma place. PS. Je ne parle pas un mot d'Anglais.

(Fichier_3)_Moteurs_électriques_E._Marelli_construit_à_partir_de_1911_jusqu'à_fin_années_trente

Merci beaucoup. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moteuralioth (talk • contribs) 23:59, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

@Moteuralioth: les fichiers en deux formats différents ne sont pas des doublons. Le TIFF n’est pas peut-être affiché si bien ici que le JPEG, ou si rapidement, mais il est probablement plus « net ». Alors quelques utilisateurs le préfèreront, particulièrement s’ils veulent le modifier; en tout cas nous offrons du choix. J’ai lié tous les deux fichiers avec le modèle {{Other}}.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 09:03, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

mercedes benz e320 1997

i was wondering where you got your lip on that mercedes benz 1997 e320 red one because its really nice and i was intrested — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.96.22.251 (talk) 15:03, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Please be more specific, we have over 74 million files and galleries.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:11, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Загрузка файла

Как загрузить файл чтоб его не удалили, или где найти руководство по правильной загрузке файла? Ссылок, воды, много, а конкретно по азам искать так чёрт ногу сломит. --Uthvfyv (talk) 19:12, 25 August 2021 (UTC)

File upload
How do I download a file so it won't get deleted, or where can I find a guide on how to download a file correctly? Links, water, a lot, and specifically on the basics to look so the devil will break his leg.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:05, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
@Uthvfyv: Привет и добро пожаловать. Пожалуйста, внимательно прочитайте ваши пользовательские страницы обсуждения и ссылки на них здесь и в русской Википедии.
Hi, and welcome. Please read your user talk pages and the links on them here and on Russian Wikipedia thoroughly.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:05, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Delete

How do I delete a page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timrek3 (talk • contribs) 04:31, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Please, see Commons:Deletion policy. Ruslik (talk) 07:41, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Adding Article To Wikipedia Without Violating The Policies

Hello,

I recently published an informative article about the International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES). I took a long time to proofread this article and make sure it was not paraphrased too closely to the information on the website of the organization (www.iaes.org). I took great care to write this article using my own words. However, for example the list of Presidents and Distinguished Associates was also found on the website (www.iaes.org). This only serves for informational purposes and with no advertising or marketing intent. Please let me know how to re-submit this article that contains information about the organization, without it appearing to be an advertisement or marketing campaign?

Thank you, I appreciate your help. Veronica Veronica at IAES (talk) 13:45, 26 August 2021 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Veronica at IAES (talk • contribs) 13:43, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Here is a link to the [draft] that was removed. Thanks, Veronica at IAES (talk) 13:58, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

  • @Veronica at IAES: You have to take up issues about the English-language Wikipedia on the English-language Wikipedia. This page is part of Wikimedia Commons, not the English-language Wikipedia.
  • Also, I strongly recommend that you read en:WP:COI. I suspect that is the problem you are running into. - Jmabel ! talk 15:28, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Saving image map edit

Hi everyone! I am trying to use the ImageMapEdit feature in Wikimedia Commons after I activated the ImageMapEdit gagdet. It all looks really useful and intuitive, until the moment of saving/publishing my edit in a .jpg file... Actually, where is the "Save" button?? I hope I did not miss something. Thanks Iñaki LL (talk) 15:04, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

@Iñaki LL: maybe m:ImageMapEdit Howto might help.--RZuo (talk) 11:06, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
@RZuo: Yes, I did check that, the key is in the Edit section, but the final Paste option (after importing the wikicode) implies also pasting "File:", which creates another picture on top of the existing one, usually appearing below the image itself. I am far from being a savvy editor in Commons, so I may be missing sth, but still do not see the solution. Regards Iñaki LL (talk) 11:16, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Uploading a logo to update to its latest design

Hi, I have a question regarding to logo. How do I upload a logo obtained from an official website, in this case, a university logo, but I don't quite understand how the copyright rules work and I'm afraid to infringe one. The reason I need to upload is because I would like to update the university logo attached on the Wikipedia page to its latest design, because the current one used on its Wikipedia page is very outdated and also not the correct one, thus I believe it needs to be changed. Is it okay to upload as long as I attach the URL source and the university as the author? What else I should and shouldn't do? Thank you for the response. --Hananfahrezi (talk) 07:23, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

@Hananfahrezi: basically an image can be uploaded here only if (1) its copyright expired, (2) the logo design is too simple, or (3) its copyright holder has released it under a free licence.--RZuo (talk) 11:06, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
Also: never overwrite with what is an essentially different image. If it is, for some reason, OK to upload this, do so under a different name and then replace in Wikipedia. The latter can be done via User talk:CommonsDelinker/commands. - Jmabel ! talk 15:03, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Releasing Copyrights on a web article

Hi all, I would like to release the copyright permissions on a web article for which I have already been in contact with the author. He is happy for me to release this to OTRS but I can't see the best way to do this? Do I need to attach this as a file? or can I just send the website URL to OTRS releasing the permissions. Any advice would be welcome... Thanks Jameshancock01 (talk) 09:59, 6 August 2021 (UTC)

@Jameshancock01: Hi, and welcome. Which website URL is that? Have you read VRT yet?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:00, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Apologies, I should have phrased that better. I am comfortable and familiar with sending the email to OTRS to formally release the works. What is the best way of 'uploading' the website to Commons? I would like to have the release authorised ASAP and it appears the quickest way to do that is to first upload it onto Commons. Yet I cannot find a good way to release a website URL, as it is not a file. What is the best way to upload the web article to commons? Do I even need to upload it or would it be better to send the URL in the email?
The related URL's are https://elements.cloud/2016/06/01/upn/ & https://elements.cloud/2020/06/08/the-evolution-of-process-diagramming-i-e-why-flowcharts-are-so-1980s/ .
Thanks for your speedy reply, Jameshancock01 (talk) 11:14, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jameshancock01: Ideally, the author should send permission via VRT, but you can start the process by replying to him with a carbon copy to VRT. See also COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:24, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I have now sent permissions as instructed on VRT, how can I show that the copyrights on these articles have been released to a reviewer? How do they know that the sites have had the copyrights released when I have not uploaded anything to commons?
Jameshancock01 (talk) 14:16, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jameshancock01: You should indicate such with the ticket number in footnotes or edit summaries or replies to questions about such copyrights. For files, we have {{subst:OP}} for file description pages, although the name may change with the conversion to VRT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:37, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
  1. @Jameshancock01: You can't really upload a website to Commons. You can upload the images.
  2. Rather than the OTRS/VRT process: if it is their website, why don't they just indicate the license on the site itself? - Jmabel ! talk 15:40, 6 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: If it is possible we would like to release the permissions on wikipedia rather than changing our website as we just want to release specific articles. Has anyone got a suggestion for how to show that the copyright to the content of these articles has been released on wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jameshancock01 (talk • contribs) 09:03, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
@Jameshancock01: My answer of 14:37, 6 August 2021 (UTC) above stands. Is it unclear? See also COM:SIGN and COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:26, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Photo of Aymery de Montesquieu

I have just attended the wedding of Aymery's grand son Thierry in Saint Jean de Luz and I have Some photos to share My email : benoitcousin@ymail.com — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A04:CEC0:136E:129A:0:0:24CF:4A7B (talk) 13:58, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. The above post appears to be your first edit, perhaps you forgot to login. Logging in is required before uploading here, please do that. There are also many other reasons to create an account and log in. In addition, please see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:15, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Template:Jaworzno by century

I have problem with this template - I can't remowe this data Category:Jaworzno in the 21st century|21st century from template. Identical Template:Kościerzyna by century doesn't show it. I can't solve the problem. Additionally I ask about repair this template - Template:PolandVoivodeshipyear. --Choojvdoopie (talk) 19:16, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

@Choojvdoopie: You don't have to remove any categories. Template:Kościerzyna by century didn't show anything because Category:Kościerzyna in the 21st century did not have any entries. Now that I put an image into this category, the template shows the link to "Category:Kościerzyna in the 21st century". I also fixed {{PolandVoivodeshipyear}}. De728631 (talk) 17:01, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

طريقة تغيير صورة شخصية في مساهمة مني

طريقة تغيير صورة شخصية في مساهمة مني — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loaiasmi (talk • contribs) 21:06, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

How to change a profile picture in a post from me
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:44, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
@Loaiasmi: اهلا ومرحبا. يؤسفني إبلاغك أنك قمت بتشغيل Special: AbuseFilter/153 من خلال محاولة تحميل صور jpg أصغر (<50000 بايت أو <2،000،000 بكسل) كمستخدم جديد مع ترك الملخص كما هو ، و Special: AbuseFilter/156 بمحاولة تحميل صور jpg أصغر (<50000 بايت) كمستخدم جديد. تكون كل صورة jpg حاولت تحميلها أصغر ، وقد أشرت إلى أنها عملك الخاص. عادةً عندما يقوم شخص ما بتحميل صورة أصغر حجمًا ، فهذا يعد انتهاكًا لحقوق الطبع والنشر مأخوذًا من الويب. إذا التقطت الصور بنفسك ، يرجى تحميل النسخ الأصلية بالحجم الكامل لكل COM:HR ، بما في ذلك بيانات EXIF الوصفية. إذا لم تلتقط الصور ، يرجى الاطلاع على Commons: Licensing/ar لمعرفة سبب عدم قبولنا لها ، والحصول على ترخيص من المصور (المصورون) على مواقعهم الإلكترونية الرسمية أو وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي أو إرسال الصور والأذونات عبر VRT/ar مع نسخ كربونية لك. إذا لم تتمكن من الحصول على ترخيص متوافق ، فقد يستمر تحميل الصور إلى ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية بما يتوافق مع en:WP:F لأن لا نسمح بالاستخدام العادل هنا. إذا قمت بتغيير الملخص أو استخدام معالج التحميل الخاص بنا بدلاً من ذلك ، يجب أن تكون قادرًا على تجنب عامل التصفية 153.
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 summary intact, and Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload smaller (<50,000 bytes) jpg photos as a new user. Each jpg photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation 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 VRT 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 summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid filter 153.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:44, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Video upload

I am trying to upload a youtube video: [10]. If I upload .ogv file directly, an error is displayed at the end as: ‘The server did not respond within the expected time.’ If I use video2commons the error is: ‘Error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: ERROR: 823yRb0KpYE: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data’. Any solution? --Gpkp (talk) 16:50, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Please Change Help Save Faith to Bhavana

  Hello,
       Can you please help me change my Wikipedia user account name from Help Save Faith to Bhavana,

                                                    Bhavana

  Bhāvanā (Pali;[1] Sanskrit, also bhāvana[2]) literally means "development"[3] or "cultivating"[4] or "producing"[1] [2] in
  the sense of "calling into existence".[5] It is an important concept in Buddhist praxis (Patipatti). The word Bhavana normally
  appears in conjunction with another word forming a compound phrase such as Citta-Bhavana (the development or cultivation
  of the heart/mind) or metta-Bhavana (the development/cultivation of lovingkindness). When used on its own, Bhavana
  signifies contemplation and 'spiritual cultivation'

  To explain the cultural context of the historical Buddha's employment of the term, Glenn Wallis emphasizes Bhavana's sense
  of cultivation. He writes that a farmer performs Bhavana when he or she prepares soil and plants a seed. Wallis infers the
  Buddha's intention with this term by emphasizing the terrain and focus on farming in northern India at the time in the
  following passage: I imagine that when Gotama, the Buddha, chose this word to talk about meditation, he had in mind the
  ubiquitous farms and fields of his native India. Unlike our words 'meditation' or 'contemplation,' Gotama’s term is musty,
  rich, and verdant. It smells of the earth. The commonness of his chosen term suggests naturalness, everydayness, ordinariness.
  The term also suggests hope: no matter how fallow it has become, or damaged it may be, a field can always be cultivated —
  endlessly enhanced, enriched, developed — to produce a favorable and nourishing harvest.[6]

 Your help and support is most appreciated,

 Thank you,Help Save Faith, (talk) 23:37, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
   Help Save Faith, (talk) 23:35, 29 August 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Help Save Faith, (talk • contribs) 08:02, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
@Help Save Faith,: Please see Wikipedia:Changing username. - Jmabel ! talk 12:38, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Can I upload an image that's freely available on the web of a public figure?

If the image is of someone who's been in news articles and such, can I use an image from these websites and upload it to their page, if they don't currently have an image on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Holmsey124 (talk • contribs) 01:56, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

(Edit conflict)@Holmsey124: probably not—freely available is not the same as freely licensed. Unless there’s a statement to the contrary, we assume any photo on the Web to be copyrighted (unless the original is more than 120 years old). The English Wikipedia (like a few other projects) allows uploading of non-free content in some cases, but only when there is no free alternative, and it’s presumed that living people could be yet photographed by someone willing to provide such.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:18, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
@Holmsey124: See also COM:NETCOPYRIGHT, COM:FU, and en:WP:F.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:25, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Tool to generate gallery wikicode from a category's images

Hello! Is there a tool to generate gallery wikicode that contains all the images in a given category?Possibly (talk) 03:09, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

@Possibly: Yes, COM:AWB and COM:JWB can do that by copying from the list of pages in filespace, if one is authorized.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:22, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Thanks. In that something I have to write code for, or is it a built-in function?Possibly (talk) 03:46, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
@Possibly: If you know how to make a two-image gallery, you can use the built-in functions to generate the list of pages, then copy that list and paste it over the two image lines in your gallery. For instance, here is a gallery of the files in Category:Pietro Antonio Martini, which you added a file to at 03:12 UTC:
  — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:43, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

ns provincial election 2021

I am looking to find the poll by poll election results specifically for the Richmond Riding????? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.66.201.42 (talk) 13:28, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Have a look at File:Nova Scotia General Election 2021 - Results by Riding.svg. This seems to be the only graphic so far, but I haven't found an analysis for the Richmond Riding in particular. De728631 (talk) 16:53, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
I created File:NovaScotia2021GeneralElections-RichmondRiding.png. De728631 (talk) 17:53, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Do you download IRS

How do you download IRS — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 96.28.4.240 (talk) 19:31, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Please be a bit more specific: Which kind of IRS do you mean? Please note also that this is a help desk for problems with Wikimedia Commons and not a general information site. De728631 (talk) 19:35, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Duda de nueva página

Hola, he creado mi primera página y no sé si lo he hecho bien, la he creado en mi taller...no sé si era ahí donde debia crearla, he leído las instrucciones y he pensado que sí, pero ahora tengo dudas....Si alguien pudiese ayudarme en este tema lo agradecería. Saludos — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.m.segura (talk • contribs) 09:42, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Joshua Project's copyright status

The Joshua Project makes maps regarding linguistics and the location of where a certain language's speakers are located at. In their page they say that maps made by themselves are non-copyrighted material and "can be used without further permission", but they also state "Joshua Project information is intended for non-commercial missions research and educational use only.". So can these maps, such as this one[11]enter Wikimedia? I believe the licensing here is incorrect, should the file be deleted or the licensing changed? Lugë Ushqimi (talk) 13:15, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

If the maps are not copyrighted they can be used by anybody for any purpose. What is not clear here? The statement about the goals of the project is just a statement. Ruslik (talk) 20:58, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
The link provided by Lugë Ushqimi doesn't work. The correct link is https://joshuaproject.net/help/terms.
I would agree with Ruslik that they are effectively saying that they do not claim copyright on maps that they themselves created. If you stick to those, you should be fine. - Jmabel ! talk 15:35, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Alterar logo marca no wikipedia

Por favor, gostaria de saber como faço para trocar o logo da empresa que é divulgado no wikipedia.

Obrigada, Simone — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tegma Gestão Logística (talk • contribs) 14:33, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

關於驗證資格

您好 我申請了維基百科的帳號 關於新手該如何開始編輯 距離投票截止時間不到兩小時 覺得有點壓力 謝謝您 — Preceding unsigned comment added by ABNER HS (talk • contribs) 12:10, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

About verification qualification

Hello I applied for an account on Wikipedia How to start editing for newbies Less than two hours before the voting deadline Feel a little stressed

Thank you
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:41, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
@ABNER HS: 你好，欢迎。 请参阅 COM:FS/zh 和 COM:SIGN/zh。
Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FS and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:41, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

How to get permission for a specific personal picture to be added to commons?

I'm building a wikipedia article about a living person. What would that person have to do to give permission that one of his pictures to be added to commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sribera (talk • contribs) 16:45, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Hello. The copyright holder of the picture needs to email a permission to our Volunteer Response Team. Please note that copyright is usually not held by the person depicted, but by the original photographer. So, unless there was a written transfer of copyright, we need a permission from the photographer that allows anyone to use the image for any purpose. Please check this list of appropriate licenses for reference. De728631 (talk) 16:55, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
For what it's worth, it is often easier to take a picture or arrange to have one taken by another Commons contributor than to get permission to use an existing picture. - Jmabel ! talk 18:47, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
@Sribera: Hi, and welcome. I concur with my colleagues above, but please see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:51, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

I would like to upload a picture of a product

I would like to upload a picture of a product from the website 'argos.co.uk' but I don't own the product nor the picture. Any help would be appreciated — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danieldoes (talk • contribs) 23:12, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

  • @Danieldoes: Very unlikely that you can do this. Regardless of the copyright status of the product, the picture will certainly be copyrighted, and it is unlikely that you can get a sufficiently "free" license from the copyright holder. - Jmabel ! talk 23:19, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

What is this message?

I got a notification of this on my Wikimedia page.

You Achim55 sent me a message or wrote on something tagging me? It sounds like a threat.

And what do I have to do with Putin? The last time I posted on Wikimedia was in 2013 when I uploaded photos of monuments.

What is going on? See following message body:

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikhilthemacho (talk • contribs) 08:44, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

@Nikhilthemacho: It looks like an unregistered user (2603:800C:1F00:47BD:3564:94B:7479:4ADB) left the threatening message for you at 07:17 today, and Achim55 removed it again at 07:38. As for why the unregistered user posted that message, I'm afraid I have no idea, and I don't think it's really worth speculating on their motives. --bjh21 (talk) bjh21 (talk) 12:02, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for your reply. Apologies as I did not understand earlier who posted the comment and it was not Achim55. Nikhilthemacho (talk) 16:29, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
@Nikhilthemacho: Achim55 actually reverted your talk page. What you were talking about was some random anonymous IP address threatening you. It was just a single edit from that IP address, no apparent coherence whatsoever, so I wouldn't pay much attention to these trolls, they don't deserve it. Unless you've got a really personal and very dangerous threat in your inbox, this is just a silent scream into the void. I'd start with precautions when it really becomes personal and becomes evident that person knows your address or a private detail of your life, or he becomes too annoying to ignore. One simple block should be enough. If not, and even after that the person in question finds a way to harras you, I'd contact authorities. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 12:07, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
Thank you for your reply. Apologies for my misunderstanding about Achim55. However my concern is: I have expressed my opinions about current Russia-Ukraine conflict on some other social media. And my email on that social media is not the same as on Wikipedia. So how did that anonymous user link my views there to my ID on Wikipedia? This is concerning for me. Because I always take strong cyber-safety practices like password managers, vpns etc. Even on that social media platform, I have a fictitious name which cannot be linked to me directly. Nikhilthemacho (talk) 16:32, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
May be just a coincidence, may be social engineering, or simply deducted identity from writing style and what not. I wouldn't personally be paranoid about some kind of hacker. If he was, he would threaten you directly. But if you still have concerns about your safety, just contact authorities. About your opinions about current conflict: Don't forget that supporting the attacker side may be illegal in your country. Personally, I think that both sides are somewhat guilty for this situation. However, it was still possible to solve diplomatic way. Putin just showed his impatience and hot thinking, and now he's completely blinded by rage. That's the biggest issue and that's what made so many people hate Putin. I agree that the West was nitpicking to Russia and naturally, Putin wasn't quite pleased. However, invading a soverein country and opening a blatant war there? Shooting civilians? That's simply disgusting. As much as I hated the pressure from USA to the Central and Eastern Europe, I would never assume that would be a reason to commit a war crime. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 07:26, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
Plus, trying to hide the truth to own citizens? That's cowardness. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 07:28, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
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