Commons:Help desk/Archive/2022/09

"other version" not showing

For File:The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, and Seattle the beautiful exposition city (1909) (14762500034).jpg the third "other version" isn't showing. Can anyone work out what's going on? - Jmabel ! talk 03:36, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jmabel: What's happening is you've got two "other versions" parameters, one before the "other fields" and one after. The first one contains two {{Other version}} templates, and the second contains three. If you merge them into a single parameter (or simply delete the one you don't want), it will be displayed properly. --bjh21 (talk) 10:09, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! - Jmabel ! talk 15:10, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

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Can images from TN.gov be uploaded to Commons, and if so, under what license?

The linking policy on TN.gov states "The information posted on a TN.gov Web site may be copied so long as it is presented in a non-misleading way and does not imply that either the site owner or the information, as it is presented on the site owner's Web site, is endorsed by the State. Use of the information must identify the state agency that is the source of the information, and the agency's Web address." Given that the image is from a TN.gov website and the terms are followed, are images from TN.gov good to upload on Commons? RyuJV (talk) 00:35, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

@RyuJV: Hi, and welcome. Those are non-copyright restrictions. The information is still copyrighted, as Tennessee's state government is not exempt from US federal copyright laws, and as such we still need permission via VRT.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:50, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks! RyuJV (talk) 01:55, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

@RyuJV: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:10, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:10, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Incorrectly captioned file

I want to use this Commons file https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruth_Page_and_Harald_Kreutuzberg_in_Bacchanale,_1934_(NBY_6802).jpg but there are two errors in the caption. The male dancer’s last name is spelled “Kreutzberg” and the ballet portrayed is Country Dance not Bacchanale.

The same photo, correctly captioned, is Figure 4.1 in Joellen A. Meglin’s book Ruth Page: The Woman in the Work, p. 98. Can you please fix? Thanks. Feralpearl (talk) 12:06, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

• Our description is verbatim from https://collections.carli.illinois.edu/digital/collection/nby_chicago/id/6803, but it looks like Feralpearl is correct and they are wrong. I will fix this. - Jmabel ! talk 14:56, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
• File is now at File:Ruth Page and Harald Kreutzberg in Country Dance, 1934 (NBY 6802).jpg. I've left the old filename as a redirect. - Jmabel ! talk 15:05, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

  Thanks, much appreciated! Feralpearl (talk) 15:46, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

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Kenapa saya tidak bisa upload foto

Kenapa saya tidak bisa upload foto padahal kan saya pengguna apa mungkin ada yang salah dalam penyuntingan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awanbagus12 (talk • contribs) 03:49, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Why can't I upload photos

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Why can't I upload photos even though I'm a user, maybe there's something wrong with the editing

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:12, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

@Awanbagus12: Hai, dan selamat datang. Saya melihat Anda telah mengunggah 9 foto, harap lebih spesifik. Lihat juga COM:SIGN/id.

Hi, and welcome. I see that you have uploaded 9 photos, please be more specific. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 12:12, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Minimum images in cat

Hi, Do we have any guidelines that say how many images minimum should be in a category ?, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 14:34, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

@Davey2010: I'm not sure there's any official guidance, but I've somehow absorbed "three" as the answer to this. Sometimes I'll create a category for a single file. For instance, I created a bunch of single-file subcategories of Category:Potato cultivars by name because I couldn't otherwise see a good parent category to put the files in. --bjh21 (talk) 14:48, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi @Bjh21, Ah okay, Currently I'm creating one-file categories for some of the vehicles at Category:Mercedes-Benz buses in the United Kingdom but I would assume for instance having this is better than having a whole ton of unidentified images dumped at Category:Mercedes-Benz buses in the United Kingdom?,

For instance now the Wright category above has been created viewers will now find that image either through Mercedes-Benz or Wright categories and more importantly will actually know what the vehicle is whereas at Mercedes-Benz buses in the United Kingdom it'll never be found and chances are the image descriptions wont ever be read,

I've also just realised my logic has also applied to Category:Potato cultivars by name as viewers will also know what potato cultivars they are .... whereas being dumped in one huge category doesn't really help anybody,

Brilliant thanks for your help bjh much appreciated, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 15:14, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Probably reasonable in this case. Similarly, we often create a category that corresponds to a Wikipedia article, even if there is only one item in the category. - Jmabel ! talk 15:22, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

I will create a Commons category with only one image if I think there is a good chance of more images being added in the future. The easier it is for uploaders to categorise images correctly the better. I've recently gone through 13,000 aviation images where many were not even categorised by the main subject. Wikipedia categories are generally created with three or more 'blue linked' articles, navboxes need five articles though there are many categories and templates with less than this number. A camel is a horse designed by a committee. Nimbus227 (talk) 20:08, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Sosyalist güç birliği.jpg

Bu çalışma siyasal bir ittifakın duyuru olarak paylaştığı bir afiş çalışmasıdır. Hangi lisansın kullanılacağına air yardımcı olursanız sevinirim.

--Beynelmilelbt (talk) 14:35, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

This work is a poster work shared by a political alliance as an announcement. I would be glad if you could help with which license to use.

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:01, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

@Beynelmilelbt: Merhaba ve hoş geldiniz. Özgür olmayan bir poster yükledin, ne olacağını düşündün?

Hi, and welcome. You uploaded an unfree poster, what did you think would happen?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:01, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Deletion of a file I uploaded

Hello, I want to delete a file I uploaded mistakenly tomy page instead of wikilovesmonuments 2022. Can u guys help me out with it? Or can you help me to upload the same one in the contest? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Swethagraphy (talk • contribs) 19:10, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

@Swethagraphy: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 21:31, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

To expand on what Jeff said: you can change the tags to be what Wiki Loves Monuments needs without re-uploading. - Jmabel ! talk 22:26, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Astley David Middleton Cooper

How do I add a picture of A.D.M. Cooper's "The Burning Arrow" from my collection of his paintings? Edward X. Peterson (talk) 22:07, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

@Edward X. Peterson: 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. 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, and have the photographer post permission on their official website or social media 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 use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:20, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jeff G. and Edward X. Peterson: Jeff, I realize that was boilerplate, but it's not so much whether Edward took the photo: all of A.D.M. Cooper's copyrights should have expired by now, and a faithful copy of a painting of his should be eligible for Commons as {{PD-US-expired}}. - Jmabel ! talk 22:29, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Right, but uploading a smaller (529 × 469 pixels, 104873 bytes) jpg photo of it cross-wiki is the wrong way about it. I wonder if the painting in question is the original (8 by 10 feet) or a smaller copy by the same artist.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:44, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Generations 2021.jpg

Why has this file not been deleted? The various comments point out that it's copyrighted and Wikimedia doesn't have rights to it.

--Danbloch (talk) 03:58, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Danbloch: That file is in Category:Media without a license as of 7 August 2022 (backlogged to 9 July 2022‎) and in Category:Deletion requests July 2022 (backlogged to 12 April 2022‎). The backlogs are due to lack of Admin attention.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 05:15, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 15:04, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

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en:File:International Judo Federation Flag.png – Received authorization to use

I've uploaded the image file as a non-free file. Since, I was mailed an authorization to use the image file on Wikipedia, for purposes detailed in the "Minimal use" section. My question is: How can I provide this authorization to Wikipedia, so that the file may be used on the site? CLalgo (talk) 10:09, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Looks like the file needs to be used in the article(s) stated and per "Minimal use" included in articles of said athletes. If the file isn't used anywhere, Wikipedia cannot keep it as it would be copyright violation. The article in question does use another version, which is simply the logo itself, not the flag. Not sure about what you should do in this case. You should ask on the file's talk page. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 10:44, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Commons doesn't accept non-free content of any type per COM:FAIR; so, there's not really anything Commons can do to help you with this. Since you asked essentially the same question at en:WP:MCQ#File:International Judo Federation Flag.png – Received authorization to use, it's probably best to keep all discussion related to this in that thread since it will avoid confusion. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:11, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

The App Crashing

Excuse me, I have a problem. I was uploading some files and I was adding categories to my files And it froze and then the app crashed. And I lost all of my hard work so could you fix that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonah DeWeil (talk • contribs) 11:33, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jonah DeWeil: Hi, and welcome. The proper venue for your report is Commons talk:Mobile app or https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:40, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

The app crashing

Pinging @Jonah DeWeil Moved from talk page. - Jmabel ! talk 15:09, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Excuse me I have a question I was uploading some files and when I was adding Categories and then it froze and crashed and I lost all my hard work Jonah DeWeil (talk) 11:37, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

It might be because I have a I-phone 5s that is about to run out of memory. So it might be that Jonah DeWeil (talk) 11:39, 2 September 2022 (UTC) Jmabel ! talk 15:09, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

YouTube Audio Library licence

Hello, I'm fairly new to commons, so apologies if the answer was right in front of me or something.

I'm attempting to upload a music track from the YouTube Audio Library which falls under a YouTube Audio Library licence. I can't find a template for such a license. Does one exist?

The track is also apparently licensed under CC BY 3.0, however I still feel the YouTube Audio Library licence should be mentioned on the file page, since it is also a free license.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. - Toast for Teddy (talk) 19:08, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@Toast for Teddy: Is there such a thing as a "YouTube Audio Library licence"? There is "YouTube Audio Library", but the other thing you link doesn't really look like a proper license. Much like the "public domain mark" on Flickr, it seems more like an assertion that the material can be used either because it is public domain or under some license. On Commons, we don't usually accept claims of PD without a rationale, though at least in this case their users can't just arbitrarily add it themselves. Does it allow derivative works? I for one can't tell by reading anything there. I'd be inclined to stick with {{Cc-by-3.0}} because its terms are clear. - Jmabel ! talk 20:04, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

YouTube Audio Library License is something new to me. Yes I know there is YT Audio Library which has tons of music that is copyright safe (and if you use it with built-in tool, it gives automatic attribution), but if there is such proprietary free license on YouTube to use the music, Commons most certainly doesn't have that license. It definitely helps if the work is licensed under multiple licenses, which therefore lets you to simply pick one, so if the track you want to upload is licensed under CC BY 3.0, then use {{Cc-by-3.0}} and that's it. Commons doesn't have any kind of YouTube's proprietary licenses. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 20:12, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Louis Claude de Saint-Martin use image on your website

You have a picture of him... may I use it in a book to be published by Peter Lang Peg jacob (talk) 21:34, 2 September 2022 (UTC) it will be inside the book with a press run of 2000.

• @Peg jacob: One way or another, you can certainly use it: that's the whole point of Commons. But different content on here has different licensing requirements, so I could only say something specific if you actually indicate what picture you are talking about. If you mean File:Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, portrait au physionotrace.jpg, that is public domain, so you can simply use it. If you mean something else, you'll have to be more specific. - Jmabel ! talk 22:28, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Metadata

This image File:Carrying chair Meir.jpg has metada. The metadata are visible, but I do not know how to delete them. The image was originally posted some years ago with wrong information. I corrected those, but could not change the metadata.(talk) 14:05, 2 September 2022 (UTC)}}

@Udimu: Hi, and welcome. Sorry, you can't without overwriting. What is wrong? Pinging @Pharos as uploader.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:44, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Many thanks! the metadata at the bottom of the page are wrong. If I go on Edit, they do not appear, so I can not change or delete them.Udimu (talk) 14:49, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@Udimu: Exactly what is wrong, and what would be right instead?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:56, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: . I am not so familiar with the metadata, but I gave the correct references to the book where the image was originally published, and a link to the website, where you can find that book online. I assume that can go as the metadata. In the moment there is a link to the website of the Metropolitan Museum of New York, and that is simply wrong.Udimu (talk) 15:24, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@Udimu: Again: everything but the image itself is "metadata". Which metadata are currently wrong? - Jmabel ! talk 19:56, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jmabel: at the bottom of the page you see (see below) and this is all wrong (mainly http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/590880). I do not see anyway to change it.

@Udimu: That is metadata in the file's EXIF. The only way to remove that would be to download the file, strip the EXIF content and re-upload. - Jmabel ! talk 22:26, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I downloaded the file and uploaded it again. Many thanks. I did not know that.Udimu (talk) 07:29, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

@Udimu: I compensated for your removal, please see the file description page.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:28, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jmabel:I think that is fine now. I assume the copyright is okay in the US. The author [[1]] died 1956. Udimu (talk) 16:22, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Image title http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/590880

Copyright holder https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Instructions for extracting an illustration from an old book

I want to add an illustration from an 1859 book to a Wikipedia article. The book is available on the Internet archive and I am confident it is public domain. I can download the entire book as an EPUB file, a PDF, or various other formats. However, I only want an image from one page.

Please tell me the steps to extract the image I want to use and upload it to Commons.

Humphrey Tribble (talk) 10:18, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

@Humphrey Tribble: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:PDF.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 11:30, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

May I upload a photograph, please?

Hi,

I have just updated the Wikipedia page for Lord Offord of Garvel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Offord. I would like to change the photo on his page to the one on https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lord-offord-of-garvel-makes-maiden-speech-in-house-of-lords 5copyright the UK Govt.

How could I go about doing this legally, please?

Thanks for your advice,

Kind regards,

David DavidFinFro (talk) 14:35, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

@DavidFinFro: Hi, and welcome. Yes, you may, with {{OGL3}}.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:44, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! 80.44.71.170 15:59, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

@DavidFinFro: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:16, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Is this Advertising?

Are File:向大坝上的路面拜拜 QQ696847 - panoramio.jpg and File:国土规划 QQ696847 - panoramio.jpg advertising QQ numbers? If so, should that part of the titles & descriptions of these images be removed? --Geographyinitiative (talk) 10:38, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

The files should certainly be renamed either under criterion 2 or 5. Ruslik (talk) 20:19, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

What is a QQ number? Tencent/WeChat uses "QQ numbers" as an identifier for individuals. If it is this QQ number, the numbers would be the (user)names of the photographers? Or is there another number scheme by the name QQ? C.Suthorn (talk) 07:36, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

حول طريقة الاتصال بالسيد القائد العام

انني ارغب بالاتصال مع مكتب القائد العام وذلك لتقديم شكوى لامر يخصني في محافظة الرقة بسبب تصرف غريب من مسؤول في الرقة علما انني مقيم في الكويت منذ اكثر من اربعون سنة الرجاء التكرم بالمساعدة واعطائي ايميل او رقم واتس اب كي اتمكن من ايصال شكواي الى سيادة القائد حيث سمعت انه انسان محترم وانسان لايقيل بالظلم ابدا وانه ديمقراطي ولايقبل بالممارسات السابقة ولا بالتسلط واغتصاب حقوق الناس .... ساعدوني لايصال شكواي بارك الله بكم خاصة ان ماحصل معي في الرقة يسئ بشكل قوي لسمعة قوات سوريا الديمقراطية ويعتبر تعدي صارخ على حقوق الانسان .. اشكركم Ali abed althalji (talk) 09:16, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

About how to contact the Commander-in-Chief.

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I would like to contact the Office of the Commander-in-Chief in order to file a complaint regarding a matter that concerns me in Raqqa governorate due to strange behavior by an official in Raqqa, knowing that I have lived in Kuwait for more than forty years. Please kindly help and give me an email or WhatsApp number so that I can Delivering my complaint to His Excellency the Leader, as I heard that he is a respectable person and a person who is never dismissed with injustice and that he is democratic and does not accept previous practices or authoritarianism and usurpation of people’s rights.... On human rights..thank you

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:44, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

@Ali abed althalji: اهلا ومرحبا. سؤالك خارج نطاق هذا المشروع ، ولكن قد تجد ما تبحث عنه على http://www.e.sy/ ، https://www.e.gov.kw/ ، أو https://www.whitehouse.gov/.

Hi, and welcome. Your question is outside the scope of this project, but you may find what you are looking for at http://www.e.sy/, https://www.e.gov.kw/sites/kgoEnglish/Pages/HomePage.aspx, or https://www.whitehouse.gov/.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:44, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

How do i put an image (like a coat of arms, flag etc.) as free to use?

I need answers please! Therealmanu10 (talk) 10:41, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

@Therealmanu10: Hi, and welcome. If you want to use such an image from Commons elsewhere, please see COM:REUSE. If you want to issue a free license for your own work and upload it here, please find the appropriate license at COM:L and follow COM:FS, or refer to the specific name of that license where you published that work and refer to that statement when uploading. What makes you think any of your uploads are free to use?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:50, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Because they are coat of arms and flags, and so i tought, since i saw them everywhere on wikipedia, they were free to use. Therealmanu10 (talk) 12:04, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

That "tought"[sic] is under discussion at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections#Therealmanu10.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:09, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Can't upload a relevant file

I tried to upload a picture of a hand tool which is mentioned in an article about my father's company and the Scope Soldering iron. It has been rejected. This is not advertising. This is an obsolete product from a company that no longer exists. It's history and my own brochure from that time. Peter Seligman (talk) 06:23, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

@Peter Seligman: 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. Each jpg photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads smaller photos, they are copyright violations taken from the web. If you took the photos yourself, please upload the full-size originals of them per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photos, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept them, and have the photographer(s) license them on their official websites or social media or send the photos and permissions via 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 use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:39, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

gebruik van een foto mits copyrightvermelding

Hallo Ter illustratie van een artikel d.d. 1854 over het Vinkenzetten zou ik graag een foto gebruiken als illustratie. Voldoet het om wikemedia.org als copyright te vermelden aub? Het gaat om de foto op de indexpagina van volgende link: Het oeroude vinkenzetten - Rovers vertelt over nostalgie (gtrovers.nl) - File:Vinkensport, Deinze 01.JPG (1500×2000) (wikimedia.org) Graag uw reactie Met achtingsvolle groet Stefaan Duron [redacted] 2A02:1811:8481:1A00:9D57:BFB7:6364:B23B 10:13, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

use of a photo with copyright notice

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Hello To illustrate an article dated 1854 about Vinkenzet, I would like to use a photo as an illustration. Is it enough to mention wikemedia.org as copyright please? It concerns the photo on the index page of the following link: The ancient vinkenzet - Rovers talks about nostalgia (gtrovers.nl) - File:Vinkensport, Deinze 01.JPG (1500×2000) (wikimedia.org) Your response. Kind regards Stefaan Duron [redacted]

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:54, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Hallo, en welkom. Je mag voldoen aan de voorwaarden van de Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported-licentie of een aanbod doen aan fotograaf Donarreiskoffer. Zie ook COM:REUSE/nl.

Hi, and welcome. You may comply with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license or make an offer to photographer Donarreiskoffer. See also COM:REUSE.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:54, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Of duidelijker: de naam van de fotograaf (Donarreiskoffer) en de licentie (CC BY 3.0) bij de foto vermelden. Vr. groet, - Richardkiwi (talk) (talk) 16:08, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Retrato de la nueva ministra de salud de Chile

El día de hoy asumió en el gabinete del presidente Gabriel Boric una nueva ministra de salud, la señora Ximena Aguilera Sanhueza, ella actualmente no cuenta con una página en Wikipedia, por lo tanto, no cuento con la posibilidad de subir una foto para modificar el artículo de "Línea de sucesión presidencial de Chile" a no ser que yo utilice una de ella obtenida a través de internet, ¿es posible subir una foto obtenida a través de internet que no sea de mi propia autoría? ¿restringe la norma? Quedo atento a los comentarios. Vicente Riquelme (talk) 19:34, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

• Es posible, pero no fácil. Se necesita o estar en el dominio público o haber una licencias_aceptable, dado por la persona o la fácque tiene los derechos del autor. - Jmabel ! talk 19:58, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

Template request

In 2020 there was a extensive reform of administrative divisions in Ukraine with the consequence that in all oblasts (regions) the raions (districts) were redefined (partially merged, partially split). For more information see w:Raions of Ukraine. In the English WP, one user is currently working on an update; Wikidata is not updated yet. The problem spans into quite a number of categories in the Wikimedia Commons, too. We probably won't be able to fix this quickly, but I would like to suggest at least a template in order to tag both the affected meta categories (like Category:Churches in Ukraine by raion) and the affected subcategories (like Category:Churches in Turka Raion). If I weren't a technical dummy, I would create such a template (“outdated categories” or similar, possibly with a parameter for individual text like “administration reform in Ukraine, 2020” or similar) myself. Can the community help? Stilfehler (talk) 17:41, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

For instance, {{CatDevelop}}? Ruslik (talk) 20:37, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

I hadn't seen that one, yes it could be used for that purpose. The only two reservations that I have is 1. that as a Commons dummy I don't know whether it wouldn't be practical to have something more specific that not only tags a need of maintenance but also allows for easy access to all categories that are in need of this specific maintenance. 2. We also have hundreds of raion-related categories, if not thousands, so giving an explanation (as this template requires) on each discussion page would be a real pain (unless a bot would do this). Stilfehler (talk) 22:03, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

@Stilfehler: If the explanation will be the same on all of them, you could make a more specific template that makes use of {{CatDevelop}}. - Jmabel ! talk 22:42, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, that sounds good. Is there anybody whom I can ask to help since I never created a template that is up to Commons standards (which seem to include translation) and the source code kind of scares me? Stilfehler (talk) 23:39, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

I wouldn't worry at first about making the template multilingual; if you build the basic thing you need, someone else can do the rework to make it multilingual if they find it worth the effort. - Jmabel ! talk 01:36, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

I see. Thanks for the feedback to everybody, it was helpful! Stilfehler (talk) 03:20, 14 September 2022 (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. Stilfehler (talk) 03:20, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Category

I am trying to upload File:Sydney Life City Church 001B.jpg to Category:Sydney Life City Church, Gladesville. It appears to have been uploaded but does not show up in the category. Sardaka (talk) 10:56, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

I can see the file in that category just fine, however the category page itself doesn't exist (hence why it is red). Maybe purge the cache? Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 11:08, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

And now I found out the reason why. Turns out the actual category is Category:Sydney LIfe City Church, Gladesville (notice the capital I in the word "Life", I guess somebody didn't quite pay attention to typos). I might suggest redirecting the category with the typo to the correct name. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 11:28, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

So I renamed the category, redirect was made automatically. Bot will then check the category and move the files in the old category to the new category. Once that is done, the old category can be removed completely. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 12:07, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Files moved from the old category to the new one, and old category was marked for speedy deletion. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 12:25, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 14:33, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

NEED WIKIPEDIA PAGE

Hello all,

This is Bizhan Shaban. I'll summarize everything here, I'm a social media influencer on instagram with over 10k followers I have more than 10 articles about me on the internet. I'm looking to get Wikipedia page for myself if there is anyone who is willing to help please let me know I'd be grateful for that. Bizhanshaban32 (talk) 07:53, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

You are looking for a Facebook-page. Wikipedia is not for self-promotion. --Túrelio (talk) 09:27, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Somebody might make a Wikipedia article about you if such article meets the encyclopedic notability requirement (that means at least 2 mutually independent sources have something about you, and those sources shouldn't be dependent on the subject of the article - best example is a newspaper article), of course such article should be well sourced (informations should be verifiable, thus article also needs to meet the verifiability requirement). Keep in mind that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a social media platform. Articles should be written with neutral point of view in mind. If there is a verifiable information about you online or anywhere in printed sources, eighter positive or critical towards you, chances are it should be in the article. Wikipedia isn't a place for self promotion, Wikipedia is a place for education. We do not use Wikipedia for every day social interactions. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 10:47, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

How Can I Confirm My Gmail

How Can I Confirm My Email Or Gmail and Unfortunately I added my picture to another category help me to delete that picture and to confirm my gmail Dharma Teja Karri (talk) 11:14, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

About confirming your Email: Usually you receive an email that asks you to click a link for confirmation. It sounds riddiculous to advice clicking a link in an email when things like phishing exist, but if you pay close attention to where the email originates from and the actual link destination (believe it or not, link text can be faked, always look to the status bar for the actual link - just hover over it, don't click it and see where it goes - once you're sure the link is legit, click it - pay attention to the domain). That confirmation email is usually sent right after registration, give it couple of seconds to arrive in your inbox, so clicking the link should be relatively safe. That should confirm your email address you registered with. If you didn't receive it in your inbox, check spam folder (sometimes confirmation emails are falsely flagged as spam, it's rare, but it happens), if you can't find it even there, check if you've registered with a correct email (check for typo, etc.) - you should see your email used for registration in your account settings on Commons. Changing the email sends new verification email into the new one, so you can repeat the process.

About bad categorization: If you know the correct category, you can correct your mistake by editing the file description page, categories are down at the end of the page - just edit your mistake there. Or alternatively you can use HotCat tool to edit the categories. Click the double plus symbol (+⁺) before the categories and change the category you want to remove to the correct one. If you wish, we can correct it for you. Just tell us the file name (ideally link to it by [[:File:Example.png]] where Example.png is the name of the file - notice the colon before File - it should result in this: File:Example.png), and the name of the category that needs removing from the file, and which category is the correct one. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 11:43, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi

I have added the Wikipedia page for Mr Amir Mehdi. When will this page be live also I am trying to add the picture to the page but its not loading please help AmirMehdiKazmi (talk) 12:35, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

• @AmirMehdiKazmi: en:Amir Mehdi has existed since 2013, but I take it this is a different Amir Medhi.
• You seem to have successfully uploaded File:Amir Mehdi and Rama Naga in JNU.jpg and File:Amir Mehdi Advocate.jpg, though they need categories.
• If you are having trouble uploading an image, you'll need to be a lot more specific about what you tried and what went wrong for anyone to help you.
• Also, since you seem to be writing about a subject to whom you have a connection: have you read en:Wikipedia:COI? - Jmabel ! talk 15:11, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

@AmirMehdiKazmi: 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 and Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes) jpg photo as a new user. 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 filter 153. This appears to be about autobiographical en:Draft:Amir Mehdi.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:06, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Policy on nearly duplicate photos

I'm relatively new and I'm chiefly here to upload my own photos of archaeological sites and museum collections for teaching purposes. But while I'm doing that I've also been trying to do a little maintenance as well (distributing files to correct categories, flagging copyvio, etc.) I know that exact duplicate images should be tagged so that one of them can be deleted, but I'm unsure about Commons policy regarding a series of photos that are virtually duplicates, taken at the same time by the same person from the same angle with almost (but not quite exactly) the same framing? Example:

• File:Kerameikos October 2012 39.JPG
• File:Kerameikos October 2012 40.JPG
• File:Kerameikos October 2012 41.JPG
• File:Kerameikos October 2012 42.JPG
• File:Kerameikos October 2012 43.JPG

These are clearly different photographs, but none of them contains information that the others do not, and the differences are so slight that it seems to me that the project would be perfectly well served by retaining one of them and nominating the others for deletion. Or is the fact that they are technically different photos which do not violate any other Commons policy mean that it's none of my business and I should just leave them alone? Thanks. -- Choliamb (talk) 13:13, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

• @Choliamb: We probably could have done with one or two of these, but once they are there, there is no point to deleting (and even discussing this wastes time and effort). Commons never does a "hard delete", so it saves no space on disk. If the same user habitually did uploads like this, it might be worth discussing with them. - Jmabel ! talk 15:14, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

  Thanks, Jmabel. That makes sense, especially if there is no way to reclaim the space after a delete, and any discussion of deletion just uses up more space! I suppose the same goes for out-of-scope images like holiday photos that would be fine on social media, but have no apparent educational value? I'm thinking of photos like these:

  • File:20211116 athenes023.jpg
  • File:20211116 athenes032.jpg
  • File:20211116 athenes040.jpg
  • File:20211116 athenes041.jpg
  • File:20211116 athenes042.jpg

  The user evidently just uploaded all of the photos from his visit to the ancient agora in Athens, without discrimination. Many of them are good, useful images, but some, like the ones listed here, seem to be nothing but pictures of other people in the tour group, listening to the tour guide. Strictly speaking, I would expect these to be deleted in accordance with COM:EDUSE and COM:PARTYPICS. But I won't waste my time tagging them if the general consensus is that they are not a serious problem, and that anyone interested in improving the Commons can spend their time better on other matters. Choliamb (talk) 16:14, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

  • @Choliamb: Might be more reason to delete those than the others. Not even useful as pictures of tourists visiting the agora, because almost no context is visible (in contrast, for example, to this picture I took of tourists at Narada Falls). - Jmabel ! talk 17:01, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Are coat of arms or flags copyrighted?

Idk if they are Therealmanu10 (talk) 13:25, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

See Commons:Copyright_rules_by_subject_matter#Coats_of_arms. --Túrelio (talk) 13:54, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Short answer: many, but not all. Just like any other images. - Jmabel ! talk 15:14, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

About Device

Is a picture taken by a mobile phone, for instance Android 10, allowed to be uploaded to compete in the Wiki Loves Monuments Competition? Olympianb8 (talk) 15:56, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

@Olympianb8: Hi, and welcome. Why not?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:11, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Jeno's pizza football cards

Hi,

The usage of 2 Jeno's pizza cards has recently been queried in an FA review. There are about 50 of these cards on Wikimedia, dating back to 2017. They're probably in use on well over 100 Wikipedia articles, so it's worth establishing whether they can be used or not.

Thanks, Harper J. Cole (talk) 22:42, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Your link is broken. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:44, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

@Justin: Link fixed.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:01, 6 September 2022 (UTC)

@Harper J. Cole considering that this is a re-publication, the "published without notice" indeed smells fishy to me. For a more in-depth assessment by people who know more about this, I'd suggest COM:VP/C. El Grafo (talk) 14:40, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Convenience links: file in question, file it was derived from, Category with more files from that series. El Grafo (talk) 14:45, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, thread now started in the Copyright forum. Harper J. Cole (talk) 21:11, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Logging in

My email was hacked and taken over and I have had to create new emails because the hackers had taken over my total account with all communication going to the hacker. Unfortunately, I have forgotten my password, but resetting my password requires using an email address on file. I can't find a place anywhere to change the email address that you have on file. (My user name for this account is VJAnderson.) 97.113.228.215 21:41, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello. Since user accounts are globally handled across all Wikimedia projects, I'm afraid there is nothing we can do here. Please see meta:Help:Compromised accounts for instructions. In a nutshell, you need to contact cawikimedia.org if you cannot log in as a result of compromise. De728631 (talk) 21:50, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

I'll add some little additional info as well. Once your access is reinstated under your new email, make sure to enable 2FA (two factor authentication) if available. If not, I would consider using another service that does provide 2FA (like Gmail, Hotmail, etc.) and enable 2FA, ideally through a smartphone app (like Google Authenticator) - do not use SMS verification for 2FA. Also make sure to download backup codes in case you lose access to your verification device, which in turn lets you disable 2FA temporarily or replace your settings with a new device. Keep those backup codes safe, make sure you have access to them whenever possible. In addition, I'd consider using a password manager. Not the one built in your browser (disable that function), I'm talking about 3rd party password managers, like LastPass, KeePass, OnePass or Bitwarden (I'm using Bitwarden). Password manager lets you generate a random strong password and you don't have to remember it, the manager remembers it for you. The only passwords you need to know is the one for your device OS (Windows, Linux, etc.) and the one for the password manager, because you need to unlock encrypted database of your passwords if you need to use it. The only 2 passwords you need to know are those as it protects access to your device and your passwords database. Mediawiki software should also support 2FA over an authenticator app, so you can protect also your Wikipedia account. In addition to password managing, some password managers also provide a way to manage OTP codes, which makes 2FA authentication possible, and also banking informations, like your credit cards. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 06:21, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

My Page HimalayanTales with post has been deleted

Dear Sir,

With great hard work i have made a page with an article but it was deleted stating i am promoting a website. i dont think it has anything to do with any website. Please reconsider. Page name: HimalayanTales HimalayanTales (talk) 07:55, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Uhm, are you talking about a Wikipedia article? This is Commons, repository for copyright safe free images and media for Wikimedia projects. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 09:05, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

@HimalayanTales: I suspect you're referring to en:User:HimalayanTales on English Wikipedia, which was deleted a few hours ago by Fastily. If you want to contest that deletion, the place to go is either the deleting admin's talk page at en:User talk:Fastily or en:Wikipedia:Deletion review. --bjh21 (talk) 10:26, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Uploading an image with no time given.

Basically, I'm trying to upload an image to commons (CC BY 4.0 liscence) from GBIF, but the date the image was taken is unknown. The upload wizard won't allow me to skip that step. Is there a way around this or can I not upload the image?

Thank-you, Edward-Woodrow (talk) 21:44, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

@Edward-Woodrow: Hi, and welcome. The record you linked was created 1649345147000 milliseconds since the start of the Unix epoch began at 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970, so in our terms 7 April 2022 3:25:47 PM (UTC). You may use the first field and "Timestamp to Human date" button on https://www.epochconverter.com/ , and then transpose the month and day, zap the comma, and tack on " (UTC)" at the end. See also en:Unix time. You may also use https://www.gbif.org/contact-us to suggest that GBIF's systems present human-readable dates for occurrence record creation and modification, rather than excluding them.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:38, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Edward-Woodrow (talk) 01:05, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

@Edward-Woodrow: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 01:27, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

@Edward-Woodrow: Alternatively, you can enter whatever text you want in the "Date" box. Click the pencil and the type "unknown" or "between 1900 and 2023" or whatever. You can also use the {{Other date}} template to produce internationalised versions of all sorts of uncertain dates. --bjh21 (talk) 10:19, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 01:27, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Uploading an MP3

I'm trying to upload a good MP3 recording of a thunderstorm that I recorded, so there is no copyright on it. The upload wizard won't accept it, and I didn't understand the instructions about how to get permission. How can I get permission to upload the file? Bubba73 (talk) 02:19, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Bubba73: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/192 by trying to upload an mp3 file with insufficient rights. Too many people try to upload audio files that are still copyrighted by the authors, performers, recorders, publishing companies, etc. without proper licenses from those people. Please document fully the sources and licenses of your audio uploads, and request Autopatrol group membership at COM:RFR when you think you are ready (once you have made more than 500 useful non-botlike edits); having that should allow you to upload mp3 files. Until then, you may reencode the audio into Vorbis or Opus and upload it with full documentation as an .ogg or .oga file (or use any other format accepted per COM:FT#Sound).   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:54, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, I recorded it as a WAV file, so the easiest thing to do was to convert it to OGG: File:Good thunderstorm Sept 8 2022.ogg. Bubba73 (talk) 04:11, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Bubba73: You're welcome. How much space do the WAV and MP3 files take?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 04:53, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Resolved

Z-1459

I'm trying to upload the image of cultural heritage but when I chose the image, the interface just brings me back on landing page. It's the altar picture in Sveta Nedelja's church. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ana Majnarić (talk • contribs) 07:10, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Ana Majnarić: Hi, and welcome. Please read {{Help desk header}} and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:22, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Photo Upload

Hi, I am unable to upload my own photo. It says it is unsure etc. What do I do next? Thanks CBDP Founder (talk) 09:41, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@CBDP Founder: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload png and smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photos as a new user. Such uploads of png photos are not allowed at all. The following applies to each photo. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png or smaller jpg photo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but if you were not the original photographer, that person may need to license it on their official website or social media or send permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload the jpg version, too. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:27, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Can´t add a photo someone asked me to

I´m writing an article for an athlete and he sent me a photo of him to be included. It´s jpg. But wikipedia doesn´t accept it. What can be the problem? Escrevacerto (talk) 20:51, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

@Escrevacerto You will need to use COM:VRT to register the permission to use a photograph taken by another. It is likely that the athlete is also not the copyright owner. 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 21:39, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Which is to say that the actual copyright holder will need to go through the COM:VRT process. - Jmabel ! talk 01:18, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:James Gray Stuart, Scottish politician.jpg

This is my first Wikipedia image upload. It's a public domain image in the UK (>70yrs past publication, never mind creation). He is a public figure and the article I've used it at 1955 United Kingdom general election can reasonably be described as informing or educating the public... in my non-professional legal opinion. There are few images of this public figure available now, 71 years after it was taken and 51 after his death.

Am I lost? Thank-you.

--Blether (talk) 05:59, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

The copyright status depends on the time the photographer died, not the time the photographed person died. See UK copyright chart and Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United_Kingdom. -- Juergen 86.111.155.219 13:45, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

@Blether: Hi, and welcome. What can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the photographer and the date and country of the photo's first publication?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:06, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

What you are looking for I guess is Fair Use. The thing is, Commons doesn't accept non-free media, but some Wikipedias, namely English Wikipedia does, under some circumstances. Visit WP:F at English WP for more informations. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 10:30, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

EXIF Data recovery

I accidentally deleted a photograph which I took from the same device where I deleted it. When I restored the photo, I saw it has lost its former EXIF data. I was planning to upload that photo here at Commons. Now, how shall I recover the exif data? That device is a mobile phone of Xiaomi company. Please somebody help me! --Haoreima (talk) 13:08, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Which software did you use to restore the photo?

If you used some photo recovery software that only read the original media, scanned for traces of JPEG data and saved the restored photo to another media, the original media may have been untouched since the deletion.

In this case, you may be able to use another software that does not scan for JPEG data and create a new JPEG file from it (without the EXIF data), but instead undeletes the file as such independent of its contents. This way, you may be able to undelete the same photo again, but this time unmodified and thus including the EXIF data.

But if the software you used did write to the original media, it may be impossible to undelete the photo again using some other method. Recovery of the EXIF data is probably impossible in this case. -- Juergen 86.111.155.219 13:38, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

@Haoreima Images with EXIF data are of course desirable. However, it is also OK to upload images without EXIF data. You can also enter the essential data manually in the image description page. If it is important to you that the file has EXIF data, the following is also possible: With an EXIF editing programme you extract the EXIF data of the picture you took immediately before or after the picture. Remove the incorrect data from the extracted data and add the edited EXIF data to the image with the editing programme. C.Suthorn (talk) 09:17, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

How to dsplay search results in a fullsize media viewer ?

Search results, for example, searching for arlettes, are displayed with a small preview in the top right corner. How to switch to a media viewer without the thumbnails such that the images are displayed one at a time nearly fullscreen, like in this article from the front page ? -- Juergen 86.111.155.219 13:26, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Try asking at Commons talk:Structured data/Media search.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 09:26, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:The People of Qaraqalpaqstan took to the streets to protest.jpg

--Unatasful (talk) 13:54, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

The caption at the source website reads "Photo: Public domain / Telegram". However, I don't see how Telegram posts are public domain, and they don't mention the user name either. This looks quite fishy to me. By any means, this does not come with the Creative Commons licence that you added. I would rather have this file deleted. De728631 (talk) 14:25, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

@Unatasful and De728631: I tagged it as a copyvio.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:14, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Questionable CC BY 3.0 photo?

I want to upload the photo at http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4088/photos/138888. It is tagged as being CC-BY-3.0, but doesn't list the original photographer's name, so it's unclear how to comply with the attribution requirement. Actually, the license provenance is a little questionable to begin with. Any thoughts on how to proceed? RoySmith (talk) 15:53, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Never mind. I find the book it came out of, so the CC-BY-3.0 tag is clearly bogus. RoySmith (talk) 16:34, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

how to make a collage

does anybody know how to make a collage like these, I have looked everywhere on Wikipedia and I didn't find a tutorial.

4me689 (talk) 17:59, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

• @4me689: You would do this in a program like GIMP or photoshop. Layer in the photos one-by-one, and position them. If you are doing this to upload to Commons, make sure you keep track of the source, authorship, and license for each photo, as you will have to license your montage with a license that is compatible with all of these. - Jmabel ! talk 19:54, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

  @MaesterTonberry: Please include authorship and license for each photo in File:2010s collage v21.png. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload a jpg version, too (unless your image will be used full-size on all WMF wikis).   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 21:30, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

please remove the entry https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Bassiouk_Evdokimenko

Please help me to remove the entry https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Bassiouk_Evdokimenko It contains many erroneous and misleading data about my biography. Thank you. Vladimir Basiuk (talk) 22:39, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

@Vladimir Basiuk: Hi, and welcome. Please see es:Wikipedia:Consultas de borrado/Vladimir Bassiouk Evdokimenko, and try to include Spanish language text if you comment there.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:17, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

URL blacklist?

Hi, Do we have a URL blacklist here or a feature that would disallow uploads from a url ?, Unfortunately I had uploaded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKAoLsJZHeM thinking it was legit and then found out it was taken from a Facebook page where it wasn't released under a CC licence so I didn't know if that url could be added somewhere so noone makes the same mistake with this video as I did, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 00:31, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

• There's a blacklist, but normally it is for entire sites, etc. I don't think we ever blacklist a single page. - Jmabel ! talk 02:11, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

  Hey @Jmabel, Ah okay funny enough I didn't think such a thing existed but thought I'd ask just on the off chance I was wrong, Many thanks for taking the time to reply, Have a great day, Many thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 22:01, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

How do I create a wiki page on somebody?

How do I create a wiki page on somebody? Boogk (talk) 06:51, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

You mean a Wikipedia article? See w:WP:PERSON. Make sure to check that at least 2 nontrivial and mutually independent sources are included in the article as per notability requirement, and of course special care needs to be followed when writing about living people. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 08:02, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Unused fotos in category

Hello! How I can find all unused fotos in category? Simple: Category:Reservoirs in Albania. 95.129.169.154 14:16, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

While there may be a tool for this, I would go through them one-by-one and just look at the usage information on each ("File usage on Commons", "File usage on other wikis"). - Jmabel ! talk 15:15, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

I also recommend using search engines like Google to see if the images are used anywhere in the world. It remains difficult to decide whether an image is NOT used. Is there a special reason why you want to know that? Wouter (talk) 18:19, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

You can view here the 18 images that are directly in Category:Reservoirs in Albania but not used on any WMF wiki:

Unused images in Category:Reservoirs in Albania

Albania_(7912544860).jpg Dardhas,_Albania_2018_07.jpg Dege_Peme_tek_Syri_Kalter.jpg Goriçan_çlirim6.jpg Goriçan_çlirim8.jpg Komuna_Golaj.JPG Lalez_2.jpg Lalez_3.jpg Libohovë,_Gjirokastër,_Albania_2017-08_02.jpg Mali_i_Dajtit_(14).jpg Mali_i_Dajtit_(6).jpg Mali_i_Dajtit_(Jul_2017)_2.jpg Mustafakoçaj_reservoir_in_Baldushk.jpg Pamje_nga_qendra_e_Komunes_Golaj.JPG Scenery_around_Libohova_-_Albania_-_03_(41734040604).jpg Syri_i_Kaltër_ist_ein_beliebtes_Ausflugsziel_für_die_Bewohner_von_Saranda._-_panoramio.jpg Teleferik2011_-_panoramio.jpg Ujmbledhesi_i_Novosejt.JPG

Platonides (talk) 23:38, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Category:Leptodictyum riparium linking to wrong Wikidata item in infobox

Hi there, I'm wondering how to get the infobox on Category:Leptodictyum riparium to display the correct taxon data. Currently Leptodictyum riparium links to the Wikidata item, and the infobox for Category:Leptodictyum riparium shows data from Hypnum riparium (Q17289678), a synonym of the taxon (and even after unlinking it and redirecting a Vietnamese wiki page, its still being displayed). --Prosperosity (talk) 01:50, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Prosperosity: Right now, Hypnum riparium (Q17289678) explicitly links Category:Leptodictyum riparium in two places (as Commons category and as an interwiki link to "Multilingual site" Commons). So of course that's the infobox that shows for the category. - Jmabel ! talk 03:15, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Ah, it seems like the commons cat was still there, so a bot relinked the category and the wikidata item after I'd deleted it. I've removed both now, but the category is still displaying the wrong Wikidata info in the infobox. --Prosperosity (talk) 03:55, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Prosperosity: I made this edit for you, and now the right category shows up.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 04:21, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you! I thought that if a commons category had a page (like this plant does), then that was what the Wikidata item should link to. --Prosperosity (talk) 05:34, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Mike Peel: May we have both (cat and gallery linking to the same Wikidata item seamlessly)?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 15:57, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

@Prosperosity and Jeff G.: Sorry for the slow response, I've been on vacation. The answer is yes, you have to create a second 'category' Wikidata item and link it to the 'topic' item, like this: Category:Leptodictyum riparium (Q113958241) & [2]. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 19:41, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! This is exactly what I wanted to learn. --Prosperosity (talk) 20:15, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

@Mike Peel: Thanks! I hope you enjoyed your vacation.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:56, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Using Wikimedia Commens as Backend for OpenSource Project

Hello, so I am currently working on a project which displays all AED's in Switzerland on a web-map. Since this is a Open Source project the idea was to also make the images public. The images captures the location of the AED which is later displayed in a Popup. So my Question is: 1. Is it possible to use this Platform as a backend ? 2. Does this Platform Provide an API which allows me to uploed and downloed images ? Best regards Ahmad 2003:CB:AF29:E71C:CC83:D791:4FF7:8E43 19:04, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

1: What you can use Commons for is set out in Commons:Project scope. The important requirements are that the files "Must be freely licensed or public domain" and "Must be realistically useful for an educational purpose". The first I assume wouldn't be a problem for you. "Educational" is treated pretty broadly, so I think you'd be OK there as well. I've recently set up a bot tracking the 124,000 Commons:Files used on OpenStreetMap and this seems fairly similar. Indeed, I wonder if you might be able to integrate this with OpenStreetMap.

2: Commons does have an API. Several in fact, but I'd suggest using the one documented at mw:API. I usually experiment with the Special:ApiSandbox to work out what calls I need. If you're planning to upload a lot of files, you may want to read Commons:Bots. There might be concerns about whether you've got adequate evidence of permission if you upload pictures taken by other people. If you're planning to do that I'd suggest discussing your precise workflow here or on Commons:Village pump/Copyright first. --bjh21 (talk) 20:24, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

You may also consider mapillary as backend. C.Suthorn (talk) 20:57, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Visual Capitalist

Hi everyone,

I added the following image [3] from Visual Capitalist because Visual Capitalist states the following:"Visualizations are free to share and post in their original form across the web—even for publishers. Please link back to this page and attribute Visual Capitalist." and "Licenses are required for some commercial uses, translations, or layout modifications. You can even whitelabel our visualizations." [4]

Now I have the problem that I cant figure out which license-tag to use. I dont have much experience with copyright. Maybe someone can have a look at the issue. Thank you! Nsae Comp (talk) 19:18, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

These seems a lot like the -ND requirements of some Creative Commons licenses, which is not allowed here, as we make derivatives and remixes. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:23, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, I see. Nsae Comp (talk) 19:38, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

ImageNote problems

Not the first time I've seen something like this, but... A few years back I put a lot of work into annotating File:Seattle - Railroad Avenue, 1934 (46424094792) (border cropped).jpg. The ImageNotes are still there in the Wikisource but, at least for me (Windows, Firefox) they are not showing on the page. Does anyone understand what would be going on here? Fast machine, fast connection, so presumably it's not a timeout issue. - Jmabel ! talk 22:47, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Upon my first time seeing that photo, I see the annotations.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:54, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

I'm glad someone can see them, even if I can't! - Jmabel ! talk 23:02, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Minnesota Twins Chief Revenue Officer

Since the MN Twins is looking for new revenue, I would like to communicate with the Minnesota Twins Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer Meka White Morris regarding a very profitable business opportunity for the Minnesota Twins that no other enterprise is immediately able to complete.

Yours truly, Jack Bestrom, President Best Group B: 952-929-4444 M:612-251-4444 E:jbestrom@bestgrp.net 2601:441:4680:D830:14D7:BD9A:AF18:9CD3 22:43, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

See https://www.mlb.com/twins/official-information/contact   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:04, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Malware and virus scanning of newly uploaded files

So when editors upload new files, do we scan the files for virus or malware before they are fully uploaded? In this day and age, it should probably be considered? Ww2censor (talk) 16:16, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

For images it is not necessary. Ruslik (talk) 20:36, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Ruslik0: Several websites suggest otherwise, even this Cisco webpage. Ww2censor (talk) 21:56, 14 September 2022 (UTC)

Uploaded files are scanned by MW before publishing and rejected, if found to be dangerous. For example you cannot upload a SVG that uses external webfonts, or an image with a malicious URL in the EXIF information. You can also not upload a .MOV-Video, even if you change the file extension to .webm and even though the MW software can handle MOV (but you can upload AV1-video in spite of MWsoftware not being able to process it correctly) C.Suthorn (talk) 08:08, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

C.Suthorn: is there an information page on that anywhere? Ww2censor (talk) 10:25, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

probably. maybe at mediawiki.org? C.Suthorn (talk) 12:25, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

yes i wood like to print a page that was made by a bot

yes i wood like to print a page that was made by a bot Nightcrews (talk) 08:12, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@Nightcrews: Hi, and welcome. Please use "File/Print" or be more specific.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:47, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

C an I upload a file?

I wanted to put our Institutional details in Wikipedia GisJo (talk) 13:30, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@GisJo: Evidently not.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:01, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Uploading mp3 I created

Hello,

I'm a first time poster. I wrote, narrated, and produced a 1 minute audioclip (mp3) about the statistical analysis of data (really, it's interesting!). I'd like to upload it and use a Creative Commons license so that others can use and modify it for non-commercial purposes. I got a message that uploads of mp3s are disabled due to understandable concerns about copyright infringement. Can you help me upload this file?

Thanks, --Rich Richforshee (talk) 21:10, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Him,

our licensing-policy COM:L requires that all uploads are free also for commercial re-use. Info about audio-files: Commons:Audio. --Túrelio (talk) 21:18, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Can I upload someone else's image to Wikipedia if it's under the CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 licence?

I was looking to upload this image to Wikipedia. As the website for this license has stated, you cannot use the images for commercial purposes. I was wondering if using an image on a Wikipedia page would be considered commercial purposes. I'm not making any money of of this.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks Hobcobbler (talk) 23:34, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

• No. Sorry. Not free enough for Commons; "Non-commercial" only licenses are not allowed here. Commons:Licensing. Thanks for asking. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 00:08, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Camera device

Hello everybody, is there a category in which the item in this photo can be placed? It's a phone (would be interesting to establish the model) with an extension. I know nothing about audiovisual recording devices, but there surely is a category where this fits in? Thank you, Edelseider (talk) 13:19, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@Edelseider: I added it to Category:Mobile phone accessories. I don't quite know what the device is - a stabilizer of some sort? MKFI (talk) 06:01, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Earth 2022 Photo Competition

It was declared that we would see the winning photographs of Wiki Loves Earth 2022 Photo Competition by the end of July 2022 but I cannot find them anywhere. Mustafa Orhon (talk) 14:44, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@Mustafa Orhon: Hi, and welcome. The local winners for Turkey are displayed at Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2022/Winners#Turkey, but the international winners have not yet been announced (watch Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2022/Winners#International winners, where they will be displayed).   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:28, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you very much Jeff and have a nice day. :) Mustafa Orhon (talk) 11:30, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

@Mustafa Orhon: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:44, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Re:Review article

I have resubmit the article with the references for approval. Can the article be reviewed please AmirMehdiKazmi (talk) 10:47, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

@AmirMehdiKazmi: Spamming your autobiography en:Draft:Amir Mehdi without inline citations, but with plenty of inappropriate external links (sufficient to inspire revision deletion), is still not a good idea.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 13:53, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Translation of namespaces

Is it possible to translate namespaces to an another language? For example I use Commons in Turkish, but it causes some problems such as nominating a file for deletion, the text I see is something like "file [Turkish text]" and it seems pretty absurt. Nanahuatl (talk) 20:55, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

• @Nanahuatl: I don't think we can do this within Commons. The Turkish Wikipedia, of course, has its own namespaces, but I know it was an enormous thing just to have "File" available as a synonym for the older "Image". - Jmabel ! talk 21:25, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

How is this image "copy-left"?

I am trying to understand the license used for File:Union_Jack_at_the_Eureka_Stockade.jpg (the original upload, not the later improved version). It is placed under a "copy-left" license, but I don't see how that applies. The source for the image is a 1960s publication (Australian Exploration and Development: The Revolt at Eureka by Ray Wenban, Pictorial Social Studies, Vol. 16, 1960). I would have contacted and asked the original uploader, but they haven't been active since 2011 (in fact, uploading this image was the only edit they ever made). I am asking here also because there is another image from that same source that I would like to upload, but I first have to understand its copyright status. Renerpho (talk) 06:59, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

If the image is made for "a series of illustrated history resources found in some Australian schools in the 1950s" (Pictorial Social Studies), the claim of Free Art License seems bogus. That source would not have known about that licence, developed much later. In theory, the uploader could have tracked and contacted the heirs of the author, or a company that got the copyright, but in such a case I think the uploader would have commented on that, and nowadays COM:VRT correspondence would be needed. There should probably be a deletion request. There may be some reason why the image would be in the public domain, but we would need evidence on that specific reason. –LPfi (talk) 18:21, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, LPfi. Not the answer I was hoping for, but kind of expected. I have nominated the image for deletion. Renerpho (talk) 09:02, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Liechtenstein LGBT Protest.jpg

Es ist mir unklar, unter welcher Lizenz das Bild steht bzw. wie man die Lizenz herausbekommen könnte. Vielleicht gibt es da Tipps? Herzliche Grüße

--Förkle (talk) 14:10, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

@Förkle: COM:NETCOPYRIGHT/de.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:30, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Unter gar keiner. Wenn bei der Quelle nichts dransteht, ist davon auszugehen, dass dieses Bild nicht unter einer freien Lizenz steht und deshalb hier nicht hochgeladen werden darf. Siehe Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter/de#Bilder aus dem Internet. Gruß --Rosenzweig τ 14:44, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

Transcode errors on video files

See also this thread Commons:Village pump/Technical#Massive video transcode errors

Is there any reason why files show transcoding errors in bulk (example)? Could this be a bug or something else? Regards Kirilloparma (talk) 20:27, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

RevDel File:Amini Protest Hannover 2022-09-24 01.jpg

The first two Revisions of File:Amini Protest Hannover 2022-09-24 01.jpg contain private data and need to be revdel'ed. (own upload from today) C.Suthorn (talk) 14:00, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

• Convenience link File:Amini Protest Hannover 2022-09-24 01.jpg - Jmabel ! talk 15:35, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
• @C.Suthorn: Done. - Jmabel ! talk 15:41, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 15:41, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

In Finnish in Finland

Hi! How can I link a Finnish article to a template "Commons category-inline" (in Finland it has the name "Commonscat-rivi") so that the text will be in Finnish? Perhaps there's a bug because it comes in English for the Finnish audience, and every reader must change the language manually. The category is: [5] "History of Finland". Can Wikimedia handle the exact address: "…Category:History_of_Finland?uselang=fi"? Jari Rauma (talk) 18:25, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Convenience links: en:Template:Commons category-inline, fi:Template:Commonscat-rivi - Jmabel ! talk 18:30, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

I tried "Template:Commonscat-rivi" and "fi:Template:Commonscat-rivi" and a few more. Always in English, not in my language. Jari Rauma (talk) 18:52, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

See the real text by clicking "edit" after "In Finnish in Finland" Jari Rauma (talk) 18:56, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jari Rauma: Try {{Commonscat-rivi|History of Finland|Suomen historia}}. - Jmabel ! talk 18:33, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

This didn't work. It is still in English. I'll try the first one. Jari Rauma (talk) 18:36, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Joe's suggestion {{Commonscat-rivi|History of Finland|Suomen historia}} works. --Achim55 (talk) 19:58, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Sorry, I just updated a little this History of Finland (I added a link to a new and fine documentary "The history of Sweden and Finland") Look in my sandbox: [6]. There's a line: "Kuvia tai muita tiedostoja aiheesta Suomen historia Wikimedia Commonsissa" (translated: Pictures or other files on the topic History of Finland on Wikimedia Commons) and it has your suggestion. In Finland it leads to English language page, but congratulations if it leads in your country to Finnish text. Jari Rauma (talk) 20:36, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jari Rauma: I get "Kuvia tai muita tiedostoja aiheesta Suomen historia Wikimedia Commonsissa", which is presumably what you wanted. - Jmabel ! talk 23:38, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Hm, I think they wanted to see the content of our category in fi language. The parameter "uselang" cannot be passed. IMO the only solution is extending fi:Malline:Commonscat-rivi to handle that. --Achim55 (talk) 10:46, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

I tried it and it works, see this link. However all it does it translates the content of the infobox and the maintenance template on the page. It doesn't translate names of the files, subcategories and other pages that are part of the category, and I'm afraid that can't be quite done. And simply visiting the page without the parameter in the link will display it in language that is set by default for the viewer, granted they are logged in to their account (otherwise English is displayed). I guess adding the uselang=fi parameter to the link in the template should be good.

P.S. - This is just testing: Category:History of Finland?uselang=fi - doesn't work, so it has to be an external link, not crosswiki link. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 12:07, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

So somebody more technically gifted than me has to handle it, because it's quite complicated. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 12:09, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Files and categories have just one name, in one language. Translating categories is planned in principle, but the technical infrastructure seems to be scheduled to when cows fly. Category descriptions, fact boxes and descriptions are what should be seen in the user's language, or the language of the project from where the user is coming (in this case Wikipedia in Finnish, I assume). That should be handled automatically, as long there are labels or descriptions in that language in Wikidata, on the category pages and on the file description pages. It should not be handled by individual templates. –LPfi (talk) 18:08, 16 September 2022 (UTC)

Fair enough. I didn't know that the link from a specific language Wikipedia sets the language of the interface to the default interface language of referrer wiki if the user isn't logged in. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 08:47, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

I have often got the interface language changed as logged-in. I haven't researched in what circumstances that happens, but possibly when clicking an image on some (?) Wikipedias. –LPfi (talk) 16:04, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

I have global preferences set up on Meta, and of course interface language is set globally to Czech in my case, so everywhere I go and log in, interface is in Czech language. So I may not actually know if something like that happens or not. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 16:07, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Vintage studio portrait - can I add to an entry?

Can I upload a vintage studio portrait? I've located a photo in my mother-in-law's basement of a scientist who has a Wikipedia entry.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_E._Keeler

There is a personal note identifying the person as Clyde E. Keeler -- and the year the photo was taken as 1926.

I don't believe the photography studio still exists. Filmnight NYC (talk) 19:30, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

Has this photo been already published somewhere? Ruslik (talk) 20:30, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

I don't know if the photo has been published aware. It doesn't turn up when I do a Google image search. Filmnight NYC (talk) 15:55, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

Is it known who the photographer was? Ruslik (talk) 20:22, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

I assume it is an original copy and that your mother had some relation to him. It might still have been published: few papers and books of that time are on the net. What jurisdiction (country) is this (the studio, the basement)? –LPfi (talk) 16:09, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Replace coat of arms

can you make this coat of arms? But I want the unicorn to be replaced by Tudor dragon? 220.228.146.12 02:02, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Replace coat of arms

can you make this coat of arms? But I want the unicorn to be replaced by Tudor dragon and wales should represented on coat of arms ok?File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Variant 1).svg Amogusissus1807556788866788777 (talk) 02:13, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@Amogusissus1807556788866788777: Requests like this are usually better handled at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop. - Jmabel ! talk 06:13, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Redesign Coat of Arms

File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Variant 1).svg can you make this Coat of arms? but the unicorn has to be replaced by Tudor dragon and Wales should be represented on Coat of arms ok? Meanassiant (talk) 08:05, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Remove Image

File:Coat of arms of the Prince of Wales.svg make this again but no unicorn ok? Meanassiant (talk) 08:06, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@Meanassiant: Hi, and welcome. Please take the advice above and post at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop about this instead. Also, please stop making new sections about the same thing (see en:WP:THREAD).   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:24, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Is uploading a screenshot of MediaWiki own work or not own work?

I know I may sound a tad bit stupid for this, but is it? I think it's the latter but you guys can tell me on that matter. HolyNetworkAdapter (talk) 04:45, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

I'm just gonna select "not my own work", please bare with me and tell me if I'm not doing it right on my talk page HolyNetworkAdapter (talk) 04:48, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Actually the first one seems better, again, bare with me. HolyNetworkAdapter (talk) 04:49, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

A screenshot of MediaWiki is not your own work. But there are templates and categories for screenshots of MediaWiki. C.Suthorn (talk) 16:19, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

In addition to the MediaWiki software there is the content of the page, which probably uses other licences (MediaWiki seems to be GPL). {{MediaWiki screenshot}} does not seem to handle that explicitly. Its documentation tells just to add the other licences beneath. –LPfi (talk) 16:27, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Just taking the screenshot doesn't make you the author, so yes, use "not my own work". Then you need to identify whom to credit and what licence(s) to use. A permanent link (from the toolbox in the left margin) to the MediaWiki page might suffice for some of the information, depending on the page you use. Most Wikimedia wikis use CC-BY-SA 3.0 as licence for the text, but the software and any images might use different licences.

I don't know how you state the licences for a screenshot of a "collection" (in CC parlance) in a machine readable form. If you just add several licences they are taken as alternatives.

–LPfi (talk) 16:20, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Florida 4th Congressional District needs updating. ASAP please.

We need a new Map for the 4th Congressional District of Florida ASAP. Please.  Voters in Florida don't have a new map and they are about to vote. I created a new map, but I am not authorized to publish it. Thank you. 23otterfrog (talk) 12:00, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

@23otterfrog: 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 image as a new user. The image you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller image, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you made the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not make the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the image designer license it on their official website or social media, or send the image and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:37, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Knp nggo bisa

Ggg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muhhasri (talk • contribs) 14:07, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Muhhasri, apa yang tidak bisa kamu lakukan? --Achim55 (talk) 15:20, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Londonderry & Coleraine Railway 1855 timetable

See the [File:Londonderry & Coleraine Railway 1855 timetable.jpg]. I gave this previously uncategorized file three categoriesː Rail transport in Northern Ireland; Train timetables in the United Kingdom; and 1855 in Ireland. All are fitting, but I do have a problem with using them together. Northern Ireland did not exist in 1855, and was a part of Ireland, which in turn was part of the United Kingdom. Nowadays Londonderry and Coleraine are not in Ireland, yet still apart of Northern Ireland and thus of the United Kingdom. So I wonderː are these categories all right this way? Regards, Jeff5102 (talk) 20:00, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

• @Jeff5102: They are fine. Just like we have Category:1855 in Washington (state) even though Washington did not become a U.S. state until 1889. - Jmabel ! talk 23:47, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Unidentified location in State of Bahia, Brazil

Is there anyone who can identify the location of this piece of port infrastructure in the State of Bahia, Brazil? Is there any better place to ask this question? I was hoping there might be a Brazil Wikimedians question-and-answer page, but Commons doesn't appear to have any such group, sadly. Thanks! - MPF (talk) 22:08, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

Postcard upload

Can I upload a scan of an old postcard of a town (dated c. 1969) if I credit the photographer and the production company? MonkeyPuzzle1 (talk) 17:40, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

• @MonkeyPuzzle1: You don't say what country, but in most countries a 1969 postcard would still be copyrighted, so probably not without the copyright-holder's permission. - Jmabel ! talk 17:52, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

  Thank you. I've now got written permission. MonkeyPuzzle1 (talk) 10:31, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

  @MonkeyPuzzle1: Please scan and email that via VRT.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:55, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

junancy b wanderley jr

estou tentando colocar "minhas fotos" de "minha autoria", do Engenho Monjope, mas não são aceitas! porque? Junancy B Wanderley Jr (talk) 01:42, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

I'm trying to put "my photos" of "my authorship", from Engenho Monjope, but they are not accepted! why?

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:53, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

@Junancy B Wanderley Jr: Olá, e bem-vindo. O que você quer dizer com "não são aceitas"? Quem ou o que é o "Engenho Monjope"?

Hi, and welcome. What do you mean by "not accepted"? Who or what is "Engenho Monjope"?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:53, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Category:Hanover Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania

IN WHAT YEAR DID HANOVER TWP. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY BECOME A CLASS 2 TWP.? 216.164.113.58 09:29, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Try turning off your caps-lock and using the "Contact Us" data at the bottom of https://hanovertwp-nc.org/. You could also try actually doing the reading for that class.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 09:53, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Hva vil dere at jeg skal gjøre her?

This file may be deleted. A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:Puslespill AA S Laerdal.jpg, is a derivative work, containing an "image within an image". Examples of such works would include a photograph of a sculpture, a scan of a magazine cover, or a map that has been altered from the original. In each of these cases, the rights of the creator of the original must be considered, as well as those of the creator of the derivative work. While the description page states who made this derivative work, it currently doesn't specify who created the original work, so the overall copyright status is unclear. If you did not create the original work depicted in this image, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. Please edit the file description and add the missing information, or the file may be deleted. If you created the original content yourself, enter this information as the source. If someone else created the content, the source should be the address to the web page where you found it, the name and ISBN of the book you scanned it from, or similar. You should also name the author, provide verifiable information to show that the content is in the public domain or has been published under a free license by its author, and add an appropriate template identifying the public domain or licensing status, if you have not already done so. Please add the required information for this and other files you have uploaded before adding more files. If you need assistance, please ask at the help desk. Thank you! TommyG (diskusjon) 09:24, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[svar] Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:Puslespill produsert av Åmund S. Lærdal Disney.jpg[rediger] Kolbkorr (talk) 09:40, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

What do you want me to do here?

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:35, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

@Kolbkorr: Hei og velkommen. Vi vil at du skal endre grensesnittspråket ditt til norsk eller bruke https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Kolbkorr?uselang=no og se Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Norway/nb, https://commons-wikimedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Commons:Derivative_works?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=no&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp , og https://commons-wikimedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Template:Dw_image_source?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=no&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp .

Hi, and welcome. We want you to change your interface language to Norwegian or use https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Kolbkorr?uselang=no and see COM:NORWAY, COM:DW, and Template:Dw image source.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:35, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Pinging @TommyG as tagger and FunkMonk as our no-3 Admin.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:42, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

I have replied on the users talk page. TommyG (talk) 11:50, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

@TommyG: Thanks. Babel boxes help people know what languages you understand.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 18:05, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

👍 - added some. TommyG (talk) 19:07, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Ser ud til det er blevet ordnet? FunkMonk (talk) 22:31, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:TBC Bank Uzbekistan logo.svg

Hello!

I received a notification that if within 7 days I do not indicate the appropriate type of license for the file File:TBC Bank Uzbekistan logo.svg, which I uploaded to Wikipedia, the file will be deleted. I don't know about licenses. I took this file from the official website of the bank. And he indicated this information in the description of the file with a direct link to the file. Help me please. So I don't want the file to be deleted. --Islomov2 (talk) 17:43, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

@Islomov2: Hi, and welcome. Why would it be legal to upload that file to the Uzbek language Wikpedia? Note that the bottom of https://tbcbank.uz/uz says "© 2022 ATB "TBC BANK" Litsenziya #86, 17.03.2022. Veb-sayt materiallaridan foydalanganda www.tbcbank.uz veb-sayti havolasi koʻrsatilishi shart." or "© 2022 ATB "TBC BANK" License #86, 17.03.2022. When using the materials of the website, the link to the website www.tbcbank.uz must be indicated." (via Google Translate). Please read COM:L thoroughly.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 17:50, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Honestly. I don't understand Wikipedia's license types. The bank's website refers to the bank's license. I think it's completely different. Can you help and edit the license type of the file correctly?Islomov2 (talk) 18:15, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Commons can only accept content that is either in the {{Public domain}} or under a free license that allows commercial use and derivative works. This would not appear to meet those criteria. Most content on the Internet does not: a major point of Commons is to gather together this more freely reusable content and not to include images that are likely to result in a reuser getting sued! - Jmabel ! talk 21:09, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Blessing

We are coming in Oct. I would like to know if someone can give us a health and marriage blessing we are going to be married 53 years. Thank you 47.20.255.125 22:47, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. To what place are you coming?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:49, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Change location data in structured data

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T313638

File:1150 Wien, Felberstraße 2022-08-20.jpg had a wrong location in the metadata. I uploaded a new version and corrected the entry in the image description page. I was not able to change the structured data location for whatever reason. I can change the location or delete the incorrect and add the new location, but I can not save it. Does anybody have any ideas on that? --Hangman'sDeath (talk) 04:49, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

@Hangman'sDeath that's a known bug (phab:T313638). Temporarily switching your language setting or skin may help for a while. May I ask which browser you're using? --El Grafo (talk) 08:01, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

@El Grafo: I'm using Firefox 78 and I can not update it. Maybe that is the reason, but the software collection is controlled by a central group of admins and no software can be added, removed or updated without them. It sound like for the moment there is no real solution for this, right? --Hangman'sDeath (talk) 10:57, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

No, no real solution at the moment as far as I'm aware. El Grafo (talk) 13:26, 26 September 2022 (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. Sorta resolved --Hangman'sDeath (talk) 07:22, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Cell phone images

Is it legal to upload cell phone pics onto Wikimedia Commons? Megacheez (talk) 00:22, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

@Megacheez: Hi, and welcome. If you took the pics and there is nothing non-free depicted by the pics, yes. If the pics are of World Series programs less than 95 years old, no. If in doubt, please see COM:L and COM:DW, or ask more specific questions here.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:43, 17 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: How do I upload pics from my cell phone? Megacheez (talk) 03:55, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

@Megacheez: UploadWizard or COM:APP.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 03:20, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Russian copyright law issue

I would like to upload the photos of the ash dump of the Novosibirsk CHP-5, made by Alexander Oshchepkov as employee of Novosibirsk online-media NGS.ru (here is the article for which these photos were made https://ngs.ru/text/summer/2019/06/07/66116086/).

According to the paragraph 3 of the article 1274 of the Russian Civil Code the reproduction of the work - for free but with a mandatory indication of the name of the author - is allowed, if this work was published in media articles on current economic, political, social, religious issues, and if such reproduction was not prohibited by author or rightholder.

Each photo used in the NGS.ru article accompanied by the button "Share". I think it means than neither NGS.ru nor Alexander Oshchepkov oppose free usage of these photos.

I want to use aforementioned photos in articles dedicated to Novosibirsk in English and Russian Wikipedia.

What do you think about this? K8M8S8 (talk) 19:11, 18 September 2022 (UTC)

This is sort of a fair use, which is not allowed on Commons. Ruslik (talk) 20:05, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Image which is over several years and images' copyright time limitation

Helloǃ

I am planning to upload an image. However, I have no idea if I could upload it since it is on a website. The content in that image is over 50 years old, but the image itself looks not too far from now. Can I still upload that Image to Wikipedia? Does that image still in the range of copyright protection time? Remixia (talk) 00:08, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

@Remixia: Hi, and welcome. Where did you find it exactly? Please see COM:NETCOPYRIGHT.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:47, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

1. Most likely, something you "happen to find on the Internet" is not going to be acceptable for Commons. Probably 95% of what is out there is not, maybe more.
2. If you can't tell from reading COM:NETCOPYRIGHT, it would be a lot easier to answer a question that gives a specific URL and lets us look at what site and image you are talking about rather than "it's somewhere on the Internet." - Jmabel ! talk 03:56, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

[7] Remixia (talk) 20:48, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

@Remixia: Thank you. Are you writing of the mascot main photo, or the Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone statue photos?   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 21:36, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

I mean the mascot's image. Remixia (talk) 21:43, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

I see no reason to think that would not be copyrighted. For all we know, the photo (though not the object itself) could be quite recent. In any case, though, in Mexico any photo whose author died after 1952 remains copyrighted, and it's pretty certain these are more recent than that. - Jmabel ! talk 23:32, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

I attempted to upload an image which I wish to license under CC BY 4.0, but the first page stated I can only upload content into public domain.

I'm a bit unsure how I can ago about this, I see many CC 4.0 images on Wikimedia Commons. Nlpat016 (talk) 08:49, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

@Nlpat016 the option is present for using the licence once of your choice. IMxeex, using the upload wizard, that is the licence that is presented to you as first choice. This appears after your picture is physically uploaded but before it is published. Please check that and come back with further questions. 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 10:14, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

Oh yes, thank you. I apologize for the question. I didn't do my research well. Thank you again! 2405:201:201E:F82E:C101:8870:DCD9:2905 10:16, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

@Nlpat016: Hi, and welcome. Please stay logged in, or you will not be able to upload.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 10:29, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

How to change category in Wikidata

I need to correct a category in Wikimedia. On my husband Peter Lodwick the category "unmarried partner" shows, with my name as his unmarried partner. But we have been married for 30 years. I do not understand how to change the category itself. Can anybody help? Makro63 (talk) 14:43, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

• @Makro63: you are asking this on Wikimedia Commons, not on Wikidata (which is what drives that). The relevant page is Peter Lodwick (Q112630388). Wikidata can be tricky to edit, so you might just want to post this at wikidata:Wikidata:Project chat and someone will presumably follow up there. And it's nothing about the "category" as such that you need to change, what you need to change is the statement there that currently identifies you as an unmarried partner (you need to delete that and add one that describes you as a spouse). - Jmabel ! talk 15:11, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

  Thank you so much! I logged in on Wikidata, but will try again:) 84.208.124.149 05:44, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

My name Terra saaed

I supposedly had an account made already with terms and all and didn’t know what to do terrasaaed2@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:CF:1:1BF0:0:0:0:6993 (talk) 07:28, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

If you've forgotten the name of your account, just start a new one. - Jmabel ! talk 15:12, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

How do I correctly upload & license paintings by my deceased father?

Hello! I am trying to upload a photo of a painting my deceased father painted, an artist. I am the only heiress and own all his oeuvre and was trying to write an article about his biography. How can I correctly indicate this? A user has requested the deletion of one painting I uploaded as I licensed it as my "own work". Now I cannot change that anymore (or I don't know how at least). How is the correct procedure? Thank you so much in advance! EvaKatrinStolz (talk) 07:44, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Sounds like you need to go through the process of sending an e-mail to Wikimedia Commons, confirming that you own the rights to the painting. This process is described here: COM:VRT. You can use the Release generator to create an e-mail you can send. TommyG (talk) 08:55, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

You should also state his name instead of yours as author. You can have yours as now in addition, as photographer (if you took the photo), preferably using {{photo|EvaKatrinStolz}}. –LPfi (talk) 09:22, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

The date field should also preferably be on the original work. If you don't know the year (or exact date), you can use a timespan or "before", "probably" or the like (there is a template, {{Other date}}, but as soon as the information is there, anybody can put it in the template, so you needn't worry). –LPfi (talk) 09:26, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

As for licensing, there are specific licenses that can be used by heirs: try Template:Cc-by-3.0-heirs or Template:PD-heirs. (I asked this same question recently about photographs taken by my dead father.) Choliamb (talk) 18:34, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Copyright expired

Hello I've come across a website [8] that looks like a public domain and has expired copyright 4 years ago. Can I use this image under PD license or what would an appropriate license tag be okay for it?  Rejoy2003  09:16, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

No, that's not how copyright works. The footer stating "Copyright 2015 to 2018" doesn't mean anything on this page is in the public domain without an explicit release. TommyG (talk) 10:26, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Footer stating copyright with a year span means in which year the content has been created (the site) and which year it was updated the latest. It has nothing to do with expiration of copyright, expiration of copyright is still driven by law, which most likely expires after 70 years after the death of the author if author is known, or after 70 years after publication if authorship is unknown (not registered). Exact copyright rules depend on the country of origin, which you can learn from Commons:Copyright rules by territory. What you assumed as copyright expiration was entirely wrong. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 12:02, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Quero saber como faço pra enviar as imagens

Ola como que posso enviar as imagens? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frederico Manuel Lourenço (talk • contribs) 21:55, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

I want to know how do I send the images

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Hi, how can I send the images?

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:32, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

@Frederico Manuel Lourenço: Olá, e bem-vindo. Por favor, veja COM:REUSE/pt e COM:SIGN/pt.

Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:REUSE and COM:SIGN   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 22:32, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

Info. caricamento foto per WLM

Buonasera, ho caricato diverse foto per il concorso. Purtroppo una di queste all' ID Q113493395 12H2820032, non me la carica in quanto risulta duplicata. La cosa mi sorprende in quanto se vado a cercare la foto nell'elenco (al suo ID) non la trovo. Si tratta della foto "La disperazione nel Monumento ai Caduti ... " Grazie. Roberto_WLM (talk) 00:05, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Info. Upload photos for WLM

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Good evening, I uploaded several photos for the contest. Unfortunately one of these at the ID Q113493395 12H2820032, I do not load it as it is duplicated. This surprises me because if I go to look for the photo in the list (to its ID) I cannot find it. This is the photo "Despair in the War Memorial ..."

Thank you.

translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:28, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

@Roberto Barone ph: Ciao e benvenuto. Abbiamo già un memoriale WLM "12H2820032" a Q113493395 approvato da Rieti, ma non ci sono foto associate su Wikidata. Intendevi File:La disperazione nel Monumento ai Caduti del bombardamento del Borgo.jpg? Potresti chiedere a Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments/Help desk, si spera con maggiori dettagli.

Hi, and welcome. We already have a WLM memorial "12H2820032" at Q113493395 approved by Rieti, but there is no associated photo on Wikidata. Did you mean File:La disperazione nel Monumento ai Caduti del bombardamento del Borgo.jpg? You may wish to ask at Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments/Help desk, hopefully with more specifics.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 00:28, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

I am asking for permanent deletion of the account and address email, username and all information

I am asking for permanent deletion of the account and address email, username and all information Login: REMOVED Password: REMOVED e-mail: REMOVED https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Net-komp_2552 Thank you for considering my case positively, Best regards Net-komp 2552 (talk) 22:40, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

@Net-komp 2552:

1. I can't imagine why you are posting all of this so publicly! Have you never heard of the Streisand effect? In posting email address, etc., you are posting information that was not previously public.
2. We don't really delete accounts. You may be looking for meta:Right to vanish.
3. This request appears to be your only contribution on Commons.

Jmabel ! talk 23:05, 21 September 2022 (UTC)

@Net-komp 2552: Never EVER post online your password, even if you intend to delete your account, ANYWHERE. I suggest censoring these informations and removing the public edit from history to maintain your privacy, but I think that it is already too late, the damage has been done. You should be extremely cautious of what you're posting online and where you're writing such informations. Phishing campaigns exist that are designed to steal your login credentials, which I agree is sometimes hard to notice. But publicly listing your login credentials, completely willingly? That's straight out wrong. I just really hope you don't use the same password for your email address publicly listed here as well (even tho I kind of think you do). I ask an admin to remove the sensitive informations, censore them, and remove public edit in history so it's inaccessible. Just for you to know, that's for your own good, to protect your privacy and to protect your online accounts. Otherwise a solicit actor could get access to your banking account as well. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 05:51, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

@Net-komp 2552: I removed the sensitive informations and requested hiding that edit of yours from history on administrators' noticeboard. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 07:05, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Editing

There is a spelling mistake in my username. I would like to rectify it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aaryeadee (talk • contribs) 05:41, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

See COM:UPOL#Changing your username. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 06:17, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

or simply click >here<. --Achim55 (talk) 18:00, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

Refrigerator build up inside and outside at the back

My Kenmore refrigerator frost up at the back behind the water line. At first the main valve was clogged so the technician used steamer to defrost the valve and cleaned the water and ice formed. After 1 month it happened again and another technician said it’s unrepairable. There’s no or enough insulation in between the inside and outside walls of the refrigerator. So he did not fix it all. It’s manufacturers defect? Please respond. Frontier22 (talk) 16:18, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

@Frontier22: Hi, and welcome. I hope https://www.sears.com/en_us/customer-service.html (or local equivalent) helps you, because your question is oos here.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 16:29, 22 September 2022 (UTC)

I cannot upload a file to make it public

I cannot upload a file to make it public Alejandro Pérez Cortés (talk) 04:50, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Alejandro Pérez Cortés: You can only upload images that are freely licenced or in the public domain. Most images you find on the internet are copyright and we cannot use them unless their copyright status is clearly free, so you cannot make it public without that verification. See the warning banner at the top of this page Commons:Upload. Ww2censor (talk) 09:53, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Uploading scanned picture from an old book

Hi! I have scanned a picture of an author from an old book and would like to upload it to his Wikipedia page. However, I'm unsure if I can. Pktamrakar (talk) 17:43, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Pktamrakar: When and where was it published and is there attribution to the author of the picture? Ww2censor (talk) 21:57, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Table from book

I would like to upload a table from a book to my Wikipedia article. It is allowed if I add the citation? If not, could you please tell me how can I get permission? Thank you. Porkey & Toothy (talk) 18:21, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

• @Porkey & Toothy: Typically not allowed, presuming the book is still in copyright. Can you be more specific? In general, if the work is copyrighted, and the table is not so trivial as to be below the "threshold of originality," you would need the copyright-holder's permission (via COM:VRT, but for a book you are very unlikely to get that. - Jmabel ! talk 22:04, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

picture

can I rename picture? Rieux1 (talk) 19:59, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Rieux: You can't rename a file because you do not have the rights to do so, but you can request it to be moved to a different name. Check out Commons:File renaming, follow the procedure and it will get done in due course. Ww2censor (talk) 22:03, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

Upload of my own national sports team photo

Can I upload and reference a 1989 photo of my national schoolboy team that I am in? It was a photo provide by the national body to all players in team, and at the time distributed elsewhere, but there is no apparent copy published on web anywhere. MamboB (talk) 01:45, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

@MamboB: No, you may not upload it unless the photographer or national body sends permission via VRT.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 02:42, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Transi de René de Chalon retable, détail (467 x 700).jpg

What tag is appropriate for this file to meet the criteria for copyright status? --Iwego (talk) 18:07, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

@Iwego: the cites source says "tous droits réservés" (all rights reserved) and shows the copyright symbol. Do you have any reason to believe that is inaccurate? If it's accurate, then this doesn't belong on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 22:02, 23 September 2022 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks for your answer! Can you please tell me more, can users remove their uploaded images from Wikimedia themselves, or is this only allowed through a deletion mark? - Iwego (talk) 03:34, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

@Iwego: If it's your own recent upload (7 days or less) and it isn't being used in Wikipedia or another WMF project, just mark the page with {{subst:My bad upload}} and it should get deleted pretty quickly. (For obvious reasons, most users don't have the right to delete pages.) - Jmabel ! talk 03:43, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Auckland NZ 1938 photo

I would like to know if I can upload this 1938 new Zealand photo. The copyright period in NZ is 70 years so the photo is in the public domain. But it is in the possession of the Auckland Public Library and they have given me permission to publish in wiki provided its source as part of their collection is acknowledged. See supporting material Yelsorc (talk) 20:22, 23 September 2022 (UTC) [/Users/johnmcsoriley/Desktop/RE: Feedback for item: Christian Brothers' School, Auckland, 1938] - john.mcsoriley@gmail.com - Gmail.webarchive

• This doesn't really give me anything to follow up, but I believe New Zealand copyright is author's lifetime + 50 years, so unless the author died before 1972 the work would still be in copyright. Where did you get "70 years from creation"? - Jmabel ! talk 22:09, 23 September 2022 (UTC)
• My apologies. i was mistaken about time limits for copyright in NZ. The photograph is owned by Auckland Library who have stated that it can be published on wiki provided it is acknowledged as being in auckland Library special collection. it was taken in 1938 by Welliam H Tinson who, according to the national Library catalogue, died in 1969. So it seems to be freely available. Here the link to the photo in the Akld heritage collection: https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/120175/rec/245?fbclid=IwAR07GUKcyCuOyYRjkWFjDyZZyuLsMsZYBjRS8M2E5e0lrlderm8GEGW3Lsc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yelsorc (talk • contribs) 06:22, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
  • @Yelsorc: sound like that should be fine. They can't really make it compulsory to acknowledge them for something in the public domain, but it is still an appropriate courtesy to do so. - Jmabel ! talk 15:27, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Transportation of the statue of Ligier Richier to Paris, Bar-le-Duc station, 1917.jpg

The original photo was taken 105 years ago. It was published on the site "Conservation des Antiquités et objets d'Art du department de la Meuse". The author of the photo is not specified, as far as I understand. Will using this file infringe copyright? If there is a violation, how many years must pass before this photo can be freely used? - Iwego (talk) 08:41, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Per community voting of Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2017/03#Cut-off date for the PD-old template and Template:PD-old-assumed a photo which is older than 120 years can be maintained. So this photo has to be deleted until 121+1917=2038, regrettably (Unless you find evidence that it has been published anonymously in France more then 70 years ago). Ellywa (talk) 10:46, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

@Ellywa: Thanks for clarifications. If I may, I have one more question. This photo appears in the video on the YouTube channel "Meuse Attractivité" on 9m 41s (link). Will there be copyright infringement if I take a screenshot of this old photo from YouTube and post it to Wikimedia, crediting the video as the source? - Iwego (talk) 22:50, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

@Iwego: Yes, sorry.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 23:18, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Insérer des images sur une page (exemple pour Traînage) que j'ai créé.

Voir la page sur: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tra%C3%AEnage Je voudrai insérer une ou deux photos sur cette page en complément du texte et n'ai pas trouvé l'astuce pour y parvenir. Merci de m'apporter la solution. GRDROND (talk) 09:14, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Vous devez ajouter [[Category:Traînage]] aux pages de fichiers. (Translated with Google into French). Ellywa (talk) 10:49, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Derivative work fix - will it be deleted?

I was given a notice for File:Tier list fruits.jpg not including the documentation required for being a derivative work. I just included that documentation (all works incorporated were from Commons, so it was okay). Are there other steps I need to take to prevent the file from being deleted? The notice is still there, but I didn't want to remove it because it seems like the notice should be evaluated by someone other than the uploader of the file. BappleBusiness (talk) 18:46, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

This doesn't need a permission, as all the sources are free. However it lacks categories. Thanks, Yann (talk) 18:57, 15 September 2022 (UTC)

@BappleBusiness: There is a problem though: Table grapes on white.jpg and Strawberry444 (cropped).jpg are licensed under GFDL 1.2 only, and that licence isn't compatible with CC-BY-SA 4.0. The images may be combined as a collection or aggregate, which does not need to have a common licence, and the file could be regarded as such, but then the licences need to be stated individually. I don't know how you do that according to Commons' practices. –LPfi (talk) 07:03, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Translation of Metadata from Dutch to English

Koningin van de Maori's in Nieuw-Zeeland, Dame Te-Atairangikaahu, op Schiphol af, Bestanddeelnr 928-0447

This is a picture of en:Te Atairangikaahu and I'd like to use it there. Could someone who speaks Dutch please translate the metadata? I don't want to have to guess. Stuartyeates (talk) 04:13, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

The file does not have any metadata (EXIF). Do you mean the description in the info template? It is very simple and can be translated by online machine translation (deepl.com for example). However that is no verification, if the infromation is actually correct. The image is from an archive. Archives often use the information that comes with an image and do not themselves verify it, or even mangle it up accidently. C.Suthorn (talk) 05:38, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done. I think the info of the National Archives of the Netherlands is highly reliable. Ellywa (talk) 05:44, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

@C.Suthorn: while colloquially on Commons we usually mean EXIF when we say "metadata", properly speaking any data about the image that is not part of the visual image is metadata. Everything other than the visual image or its digital representation that is on a file page or in an archive's database is metadata. - Jmabel ! talk 15:32, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

I know, but we have a heading "Metadata" (that contains EXIF/IPTC/XMP and nothing else) and a heading summary/description for what was asked for here. Heading summary/date and summary/author get autotranslated (if templates are used). Why is ther no "language select/show all" drop down box, if there are two languages? With long descriptions like in this image, it is confusing. C.Suthorn (talk) 09:33, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Litfasssäule_Konzertankündigung_Jenny_Korb_und_Arthur_Benda_(Detail).jpg

I don't quite understand it, the rights were provided with the wizard - a mail was sent to permission-de@wikimedia.org (transaction number: 4819-d7e6cbf3f4a210fa.), yet it is not marked as rights cleared. Why? Thanks!

Mepherl (talk) 08:06, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

@Mepher1: please ask this question at Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard and include the VRT ticket no. if you have received a response to your mail. But please wait a week or two, because the VRT volunteers tend to be overloaded. Ellywa (talk) 10:44, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

@Mepher1: I've added the tag to File:Litfasssäule Konzertankündigung Jenny Korb und Arthur Benda (Detail).jpg to indicate that permission is pending (do note in the instructions at Commons:Volunteer Response Team#If you are NOT the copyright holder that you should have done that). Another missing step is to provide a tag corresponding to the license they will be providing. I can't do that for you, because I don't know.

Assuming they do eventually provide permission and VRT verifies that, even if the image has been deleted in the meanwhile, it will be undeleted. - Jmabel ! talk 15:40, 24 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you! --Mepherl (talk) 15:23, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Screenshot from the music video

Is a screenshot from a music video a copyright infringement if the image information contains a link to the 2016 official video and the name of the artist? Example: frame at 2m 27s from this video. Iwego (talk) 01:50, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

• Yes, it is copyright infringement, so no, not allowed on Commons. Note that there is a clear copyright notice in the text "℗ & © 2006 - Stuffed Monkey". Even if there wasn't should be assumed to be copyrighted and not free for Commons unless there was a specific statement of a free license. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 03:02, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

  @Infrogmation: Do I understand correctly that this screenshot also violates copyright, because the video source from where it was taken doesn't have a free license statement? Iwego (talk) 09:08, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

  • @Iwego: When adding the license there, you claimed to be the copyright holder. I take it you are not. So, yes, that's a copyvio. - Jmabel ! talk 15:33, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

What's the preferred way to translate Commons:Welcome?

Should I just copy-paste the wikitext and translate it or is there some other method? Thanks. Strainu (talk) 13:41, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Strainu: Near the top of the page is a box containing links to all the different languages this page is available in. There is no need to translate the English version, unless you want to create and contribute a language that is not already listed. Ww2censor (talk) 14:18, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Well, yes, that was the point of my question, how to create the page in a new language. Strainu (talk) 14:23, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

Photo Upload not possible!

Photo Upload from mobile phone is not being able. After pressing the 'upload' button the process is stopping! What's the reason? Sumasa (talk) 18:29, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

@Sumasa: It works for me, please try waiting longer or adding details.   — Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me} 14:25, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

pdf

ꯍꯦꯜꯂꯣ ꯀꯝꯃ꯭ꯌꯨꯅꯤꯇꯤ! ꯃꯦ ꯑꯥꯏ ꯅꯣ ꯍꯥꯎ ꯇꯨ ꯌꯨꯁ ꯗ ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯚꯤꯖ꯭ꯋꯜ ꯄꯦꯖꯦꯁ ꯑꯣꯐ ꯗ ꯄꯤꯗꯤꯑꯦꯐ ꯐꯥꯏꯜ? ꯐꯣꯔ ꯑꯦꯛꯖꯥꯝꯄꯜ, ꯏꯐ ꯑꯥꯏ ꯋꯥꯟꯠ ꯇꯨ ꯗꯤꯁ꯭ꯄ꯭ꯂꯦ ꯄꯦꯖ ꯅꯝꯕꯔ ꯱꯳꯱ ꯑꯣꯐ ꯗꯤꯁ ꯄꯤꯗꯤꯑꯦꯐ ꯐꯥꯏꯜ ꯏꯟ ꯑꯦ ꯋꯤꯀꯤꯄꯦꯗꯤꯌꯥ ꯑꯥꯔꯇꯤꯀꯜ, ꯍꯥꯎ ꯁ꯭ꯍꯨꯜ꯭ꯗ ꯑꯥꯏ ꯗꯤꯁ꯭ꯄ꯭ꯂꯦ ꯏꯠ? --Haoreima (talk) 06:13, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

@Haoreima try this: [[File:The Meitheis (IA meitheis01hods).pdf|thumb|page=131]] El Grafo (talk) 13:30, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Good pictures button doesn't work

Why doesn't that button work? It's so frustrating to see "Connection..." remain for life at the top of the screen. --.avgas 15:55, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Uberlingen2 mac.jpg

I just want to know if there is any update on the copyright status of this file. I am a freelance journalist and writer, and would like to use it to illustrate an article.

Elisa Bird cubansow@gmail.com

--88.25.63.152 19:08, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

• Sorry, that file has since been deleted. It was inappropriately copied to Commons without license info, and there was no indication of a free license at the source website. You might inquire at the source website about their terms of reuse [9]. Thanks, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 20:00, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Suspicious "Own work" tag at File:Gabriella-Teychenné-2019.jpg

Hi, I'm new to the Commons, so I figured I'd ask here rather than start throwing tags around. The image at File:Gabriella-Teychenné-2019.jpg looks suspiciously like a selfie but is tagged as "Own work" by an editor who, according to their user page, is very much not the image subject. At the same time, I have no definite proof that this wouldn't be their own work. What's the standard procedure in cases such as this? - Ljleppan (talk) 07:28, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Mmmh. No hits in reverse image search (neither Google, nor TinEye, Bing or Yandex). Not uploaded by a throwaway account. Looks like it was cropped considerably down to 0.22 Mpx - in a selfie she would have filled the frame so not much (if any) crop needed. The other option would be that it was downscaled to 0.22 MPix but that that would have required a really bad image to start with for it to be downscaled and still look this soft. It seems more likely to me that it was taken by someone else from a bit of a distance and then croppend down. Now, you could ask the uploader about it, maybe they still have the original with all the meta data intact. But with nothing more than a vague suspicion, personally I'd just let it go. El Grafo (talk) 08:23, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for the prompt reply! Your logic re: image size sounds solid enough and was something I hadn't considered, so I think I'll just let this be :) Ljleppan (talk) 08:34, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

It seems to have been cropped from an image on Facebook; I've tagged it for copyvio now. Thanks for notifying. --Túrelio (talk) 08:59, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

@Túrelio just out of interest: how did you find that? --El Grafo (talk) 10:43, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Actually, I don't remember exactly. As I had seen your previous research-attempts, I possibly searched in Google-Images for her name.[10] --Túrelio (talk) 10:58, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Uploading an image with a meme on top

If i saved an image found on wikimedia commons, and edit it. Am i allowed to reupload it to wikimedia commons as "my own work", or do i cite someone else's work? Many thanks Yarrowfes21 (talk) 13:45, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

• @Yarrowfes21: That is a "derivative work". You need to credit the original, use a license compatible with the original (for example, if its license terms include "share-alike" yours must, too; usually simplest to use the same license), and be clear about what portions of the work are your own vs. the original. - Jmabel ! talk 14:23, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Reg

Hi, Is anyone able to identify in which country this vehicles registration plate is in please?, Normally I can zoom an make out but sadly in this case I cannot Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 20:59, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

It looks like "UA" (Ukraine) on the left side. -- Ooligan (talk) 21:39, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

@Ooligan, Ah it is, Thank you so much, Many thanks, Warm Regards, –Davey2010^Talk 22:21, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

McDonald's McBites

Hi, I am a user, I'm not sure if I am allowed to upload a photo of Chicken McBites from Australia's McDonalds as I am very new to Wikipedia, Cheers! User102425 (talk) 02:08, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

• @User102425: The food itself? No problem. The packaging? Probably not, almost certainly a copyright infringement. - Jmabel ! talk 02:17, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Sign on door "Closed because of illness" - do we have a category for that?

The kind of sign on the door of that restaurant, which says in substance "Dear guests, we are sorry, but we are closed because of illness" is not uncommon. But where do we put it on Commons? Thank you in advance, Edelseider (talk) Edelseider (talk) 18:27, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

We have Category:Closed signs with a few subcategories. (If you are aware of multiple other examples and think a more specific subcategory would be useful, you can create one. Thoughts on best name? "Closed due to illness signs"?) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 18:42, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

@Infrogmation: Thank you, I didn't know that category, and I see that there are indeed some subcategories. The COVID-19 one may be subordinated to a general "illness" category someday, but not today. :) All the best, Edelseider (talk) 05:51, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Uploading photos

Is it possible to save work while uploading a batch of photos before publishing Prof Ranga Sai (talk) 12:59, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Yes. Uploaded files go to the UploadStash until they are published. --C.Suthorn (talk) 20:47, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments 2022

Hi, when uploading a photo for Wiki Loves Monuments 2022 (Spain), where do I add the BIC code? Thanks in advance. Javi.cavi (talk) 15:00, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

BIC means Business Identification Code? Ruslik (talk) 20:34, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

In english, i think it is the 'monument identifier", but i'm not sure where should i put it.

https://wikilov.es/en/Wiki_Loves_Monuments_(en) Javi.cavi (talk) 14:15, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Why does this happen?

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, if it isn't, please let me know where I'm supposed to go.

I've been trying to use the "JustReplace.js" script made by User:Sreejithk2000 to replace this file with this svg file I created, but for some reason it keeps giving me this error message:

An error occurred while trying to do the requested action. A detailed description of the error is shown below:

Error while asking CommonsDelinker to replace Flag of Asakuchi Okayama.JPG with Flag of Asakuchi, Okayama.svg Reason: API request failed (abusefilter-disallowed): This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your action was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Protect automated filemover CommonsDelinker command page at Wed, 28 Sep 2022 23:51:26 GMT served by mw1343

And sure, I did manage to replace the town's emblem with the script, but when I tried it with the flag, it gave me that error message.

I just wanna know why it happens and if someone could replace it for me. Thanks. EnviousBird (talk) 00:04, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

• @EnviousBird: Pretty sure you are not allowed to use that tool to replace a JPG with an SVG. I know, for example, that User:CommonsDelinker/commands says, "CommonsDelinker will ignore a command to replace an image if the new image is svg and the original is not." - Jmabel ! talk 15:09, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

How to deal with images under a non-CC free license?

Specifically, I’m wondering if MIT-licensed image files (no advertisement clause, but requires “copyright notice and license”) are uploadable, and if so how I should explain in the metadata that it is okay to upload it. Thanks!

PS: The image in question is a logo (of a piece of free software). I understand Wikipedia takes the stand that logos are not copyrightable, but coming from graphic design I don’t buy this argument.—Al12si (talk) 01:04, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Use the template {{template:MIT}} for the ExpPat (=MIT) license. "Wikipedia" never said that logos are not copyrightable. Most logos do not meet the threshold of originality. Everything that does not meet the threshold of originality is not copyrightable. If your logo does meet the threshold of originality you have to honor the copyright. --C.Suthorn (talk) 07:00, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Thank you. Most graphic design is a combination of simple shapes and text though; by that definition most graphic design is not copyrightable, which is clearly untrue.

Under US copyright law even forms are not copyrightable, nor fonts (that are not software). All these are a lot of work, including logos.—Al12si (talk) 07:11, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

I have another question. I double-checked the files and licenses and found that the PNG is MIT, but the SVG is CC4-NC-SA. So the PNG can be uploaded but not the SVG.

But the thing is there’s already a file here that’s a JPEG (so if I can’t upload the SVG there’s no point for me to upload anything), uploaded about a week after the SVG was uploaded to Github, under an “own work” claim. I don’t think that’s likely to be a true claim unless the person was claiming to have either taken a screen cap or rasterized the SVG. Should that upload be tagged somehow, and if so how? Thanks again and sorry for bothering everyone.

In case it’s relevant the logo in question is File:Wenyan-lang-Logo.jpg—Al12si (talk) 07:44, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Requesting photos from a museum

Hi, I'm over at Wikipedia working on Muisca raft and found a treasure trove of photos in this publication, which I know are from the Gold Museum in Bogotá. Do editors ever request images directly from a museum. If so, how would I go about doing this? Thanks in advance for your advice. GuineaPigC77 (talk) 21:30, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

• @GuineaPigC77: Yes, this definitely comes up. In terms of what is required, have a look at COM:VRT. Beyond that, you'll probably get better advice via en:Wikipedia:GLAM/Connect than anything I can say here. - Jmabel ! talk 21:50, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

  Many thanks @Jmabel! GuineaPigC77 (talk) 23:21, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

approve english translation of an arabic page

Hi,

I added translation from arabic to english for this page: arabic: https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%8A english: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mohdw04/Omar_Wari

but i can't seem to be able to publish, how can i do that?

Thanks, Mohammad Wari Mohdw04 (talk) 18:08, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

Hello Mohdw04, this is Wikimedia Commons, and not Wikipedia. Anyhow, you can "move" your draft page to the article namespace. In that link, where the menu says "New title:" you need to change the "User" to "(Article)" and remove "Mohdw04/" in the next edit box, so only the intended name of the article is left. Then you click "Move page" further down.

Afterwards, please go to the talk page of the new article and add a string of code to attribute the original Arabic article: {{translated page|ar|عمر الوعري}} De728631 (talk) 18:29, 26 September 2022 (UTC)

@De728631, thanks your answer.

i can't seem to be able to do that, can you please help? Mohdw04 (talk) 05:59, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

 Done I moved the draft page to the article namespace. De728631 (talk) 18:02, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

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Copyright help regarding File:Amy Malek, 2019.png

Hello. Are video still images (altered, cropped) within a creative commons license? I am confused and tried to look it up, but was struggling to find any references.

--PigeonChickenFish (talk) 05:13, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi PigeonChickenFish. If the original video has been released under a free license accepted by Commons (see COM:L), then a screenshot from the video would also be OK to upload under the same license per COM:SCREENSHOT. Simply cropping a video is considered COM:2D copying in most cases and this means that the copyright of the source of the crop is the only thing that matters. In this case, the YouTube video that you got the screenshot from doesn't appear to be released under a license accepted by Commons which means the screenshot isn't OK for Commons and can't be kept without the videos copyright holder's COM:CONSENT as explained here. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:14, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

@PigeonChickenFish and Marchjuly: I don't see any reason to believe that particular video has a Creative Commons license of any sort. Am I missing something? - Jmabel ! talk 14:30, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

It doesn't, at least not one that I could find. If that wasn't clear in my previous post, then my apologies. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:35, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

My photo was marked as deriative work.

Help me please, since I don’t know how to do this. I need assistance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noru111344 (talk • contribs) 13:37, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Matter settled after discussion between tagger and uploader. --Túrelio (talk) 13:57, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

I have just found one of my images for sale as a print on eBay. I never gave permission for anyone to make a living through my work, and would

like clarity on how they were able to take my work and that of others - hundreds of other images, and retail them. Credit is given for authorship, but no licence fee has been offered. 2.96.184.154 13:46, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Did you upload this image here at commons? If yes, then everyone can offer copies on ebay (IF and only if the license is honored. What license did you chose?). If no, then this is not the site to answer this question. You should go to a lawyer. If you want a more specific answer, than post here the wikilink to your image and a link to the auction at ebay. C.Suthorn (talk) 14:13, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi IP 2.96.184.154. I think the best that Commons can do is to point you to Commons:Enforcing license terms. You may also need to seek assistance from an IP attorney if you want to pursue things further. Commons doesn't, in principle, accept any types of licenses that place any restrictions on commercial reuse which means content uploaded to Commons can be downloaded and used is such a way. -- Marchjuly (talk) 14:33, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

Leon Lynch Photo uploaded

Hi, I was given a link to upload the photo of Leon Lynch and I did so; however, at the bottom of the document I was sent from Wikimedia, there was language that I did not see until after I completed the upload. I do not own the copyright on this image but the Steelworkers team completed the online permission form for submission of the image and they sent me written permission to provide the image to Wikipedia. I don't know how to delete the image and start again but am happy to learn how to do that so I can clarify that the copyright is not mine. The photo is not my original work. Thanks. STTLynch (talk) 23:32, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

• @STTLynch: No need to start again: everything is editable. However, if you are not the copyright holder we'll need evidence for the license from the copyright holder. Probably at this point the process described at COM:VRT is the only way to do that. - Jmabel ! talk 23:51, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

• @Jmabel: For two days I have been working with Tony Montana at the United Steelworkers (USW)on the photo upload. He gave me written permission to share this image with Wikipedia as well as with the Digital Civil Rights Museum (https://www.digitalresearch.bsu.edu/digitalcivilrightsmuseum/items/show/114) as long as the credit line reads: United Steelworkers archive. Tony also uploaded this exact same file to Wikimedia Commons himself. Here’s his email correspondence on the topic.

To whom it may concern:

The attached photo is appropriate for use at: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Lynch

I hereby affirm that I represent the United Steelworkers, the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the media work attached to this email.

I agree to publish the above-mentioned work under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Tony Montana Communications Technician of United Steelworkers 2022-09-27

[generated using relgen]

Hope the above info is helpful in getting the photo credit edited. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by STTLynch (talk • contribs) 10:27, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

• @Jmabel: By the way, USW’s Tony Montana said his ticket number for the photo upload is ticket #2022092810010647. Sharing in case that is helpful. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by STTLynch (talk • contribs) 10:40, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

@STTLynch: If it already has a VRT ticket number, that's fine. Just use the copy he uploaded, absolutely no need to upload again; in fact, it you do it should get deleted as a duplicate. But assuming Tony Montana is User:Tony Montana, I don't see it in his uploads; I don't see any copy of this photo on Commons other than what you uploaded. Do you know the file name?

I'm not part of the VRT team, so I can't see the tickets. Given that apparently there is already a ticket for this image and you have the ticket number, you might ask about that ticket at Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard. - Jmabel ! talk 15:05, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

User:Tony Montana i my accont, I'm from Poland and I don't know, what do you taking about Tony Montana (talk) 17:46, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

This page involves a Tony Montana in the USA. Thanks. STTLynch (talk) 18:38, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

@Jmabel, Thank you. I edited the date in the photo cut line. I also shared information re: the ticket number and correspondence from the USW representative with the team, as you suggested. Many thanks. STTLynch (talk) 18:40, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

Herb robert

I need to know if poisonous to digest — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.253.232.86 (talk) 02:06, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

• This is the help desk for people who are having difficulties using Wikimedia Commons, and we do not and cannot give medical advice. - Jmabel ! talk 15:11, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

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I tried uploading a photo and it didn’t work

I tried uploading a photo to the Wikimedia photography contest and it did not work. I followed the instructions and copied the file name exactly, and all it shows is the file name on the page. Do I need to log in to submit photos? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.167.201.143 (talk) 19:03, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

Yes to upload a file you need to be logged in. --C.Suthorn (talk) 20:18, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

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"Fingerposts"

| Looking for a suitable category for a picture of a signpost, I found that Category:Signposts in the United Kingdom is surprisingly underpopulated, but that many more images of what I would call "signposts" are instead found under "fingerpost" categories; see e.g. Category:Fingerposts in England. Personally, I have hardly even heard of the word "fingerpost". Wouldn't it be more helpful to globally change these "fingerpost" categories to "signpost"? What do you think? 16:57, 30 September 2022 (UTC) ITookSomePhotos (talk) 16:57, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

• @ITookSomePhotos: Fingerposts (whose categories in any case should be a subcat of corresponding "sign" categories) are specifically things where there the signs coming off of the post are directional pointers. Here's a really classic example. And here's an example deliberately carried to the point of absurdity. I honestly don't know how current the term is in the UK, but it's certainly common enough in the US. In the U.S., "signpost" is much more generic: anything where there's a vertical post with one or more signs on it. - Jmabel ! talk 18:15, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

I wonder whether it a US/UK thing then. Or is it just me? Perhaps any UK-based contributors could comment on whether they have heard this term "fingerpost" used widely, or even at all, over here? ITookSomePhotos (talk) 19:20, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

@ITookSomePhotos: Yes, and as a UK resident I'd say a fingerpost is specifically a post that supports direction signs that are supported at one end with the other end pointing towards the destination. As Jmabel says, they're a subset of signposts, which might also have signs supported in the middle, and signs that aren't direction signs. So File:Signpost in Watlington - geograph.org.uk - 549910.jpg depicts a fingerpost, while File:Other danger - geograph.org.uk - 529339.jpg depicts a signpost that is not a fingerpost. Similarly (though possibly more controversially) I'd say File:004A W008 IMG 2774 W.jpg isn't a fingerpost because the signs are not mounted by their ends. The OED seems to agree with this distinction. --bjh21 (talk) 22:20, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

I see, well, I'm a bit surprised that I am so unfamiliar with this word, if it is in common, general use in the UK for directional signs with arms. In my own experience, "signpost" is overwhelmingly the usual word (in the UK) for objects such as File:Signpost in Watlington - geograph.org.uk - 549910.jpg. To me, "signpost" itself strongly suggests a directional sign, to the point where it could even seem misleading to refer to File:Other danger - geograph.org.uk - 529339.jpg as a "signpost". ITookSomePhotos (talk) 09:30, 1 October 2022 (UTC)

I've made Category:Directional signposts in the United Kingdom a subcategory of Category:Signposts in the United Kingdom, which seems to have been the missing, but obviously correct, link in the category tree. --bjh21 (talk) 23:06, 30 September 2022 (UTC)

ماهو المطلوب في الملف الشخصي من بيانات ليكون مكتملا

ماهو المطلوب في الملف الشخصي من بيانات ليكون مكتملا؟ Hasanenmohamed55 (talk) 11:31, 29 September 2022 (UTC)

What is required for the personal data to be complete?

translator: Google Translate via -M.nelson (talk) 23:17, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

@Hasanenmohamed55: I'm not sure if I understand the question. If your question is about the requirements for uploading, please see the instructions at COM:Upload and the licensing rules at Commons:Licensing. -M.nelson (talk) 23:17, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Africa 2022/Winners

When are they going to release the report or result of "Wiki Loves Africa 2022/Winners" because they said July to August but we now in September on two days left for October. Freddy Kabeya (talk) 06:16, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

@Freddy Kabeya: It looks like winners have been announced at Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2022/Winners. -M.nelson (talk) 23:13, 7 October 2022 (UTC)

They said July to August but it come out in October an the RSA has not yet released theirs. Freddy Kabeya (talk) 11:13, 8 October 2022 (UTC)