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Help locating old image

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 14:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

I am looking for a photo that I uploaded years ago. It got removed for copyright issues, but I am wondering if a copy of it got stored anywhere. DavidM214 (talk) 08:16, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

An image of mine got uploaded years ago. It got flagged and taken down. I would like to see the photo for a particular reason and I no longer have it on my laptop. Can it be restored? DavidM214 (talk) 08:22, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@DavidM214: Hi, and welcome. Which image in this log?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:42, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
File:Alex Day Tardis Wot.jpeg-1.jpg DavidM214 (talk) 19:34, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
@DavidM214: you can email me via my user page so I have your email address, I can email you a copy. It's a small file. Jmabel ! talk 19:48, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Winners of Wiki loves Africa

Does anyone have a rough approximation of how and when to see the winners of "Wiki loves Africa"? If I'm the winner, will I get notified? In what way?

Thanks a lot! Mind my questions :) Noah-Matiin Sharif (talk) 16:28, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

DVIDS account holder?

Is there someone with a DVIDS account who could download a better version of File:RRDF floating pier near Gaza April 2024.webp? I got it from Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS), a Department of Defense download site, but they require account creation in order to download the highest quality image. Bri (talk) 18:22, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done I replaced it with File:RRDF floating pier near Gaza April 2024, 240426-D-DO477-1002.jpg. Yann (talk) 22:40, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Jenner and vaccines

I would like to use one of Srcyr16 pics....who is he ?? 197.94.215.197 18:57, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

I suppose this is about File:Edward Jenner- Smallpox.svg. What do you want to know? Yann (talk) 22:33, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Art Exhibit I curated

I curated an art exhibit that included the work of artist Lewis de Soto. I see that Lewis has no images on his Wiki page. I have images I took of his Paranirvana artwork from the exhibit. If I get permission from Lewis, would I be able to upload those artwork images I took? Thank you.

https://mavcor.yale.edu/conversations/essays/art-breathes-lewis-desoto-s-paranirvana-self-portrait SFnativeAKM (talk) 22:45, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

@SFnativeAKM: We would need him to send permission as described at COM:VRT. In particular, we'd need a specific free license for his (implicit) contribution to your photos, if not for the underyling sculpture. - Jmabel ! talk 23:29, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Using an image for a book

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 18:17, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

See File talk:Arnol Kox-Markt Eindhoven-2012-09-22.jpg. Could anyone respond there, so that the publisher can also read the answer to my question? I would love to hear from someone! Kind regards, S. Perquin (talk) 20:58, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

I think this has now been well addressed in the linked file talk page. - Jmabel ! talk 18:17, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Yup! Thank you! Kind regards, S. Perquin (talk) 19:57, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

How can I upload My photo

I want to beat DJ Tripp Ug pro (talk) 13:13, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

@DJ Tripp Ug pro: Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, so we don't accept personal images unless people already contribute to the project. So please do not upload your photo. Please read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 13:31, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Bohr model for Tc

Hi,

I was looking at the page for Technetium, and I noticed that there was no Bohr model for it. I found an image online that had this license for it: Commercial & other licenses. I don't know if this image is usable, so if you could advise, that would be great.

Thanks! Toxic Cheetah (talk) 21:38, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

@Toxic Cheetah: Hi, and welcome. Which image, on which page?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:08, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Maintenance for errors in a cropped file wanted

I have made a crop resulting in the image File:View from ISS on Monte Rosa mountain massif with highest Swiss mountain Dufourspitze, June 2022 - ISS067-E-152529 - View of Earth (cropped and edited).jpg some days ago. Two issues arose: The original image had 4 annotations, which are now (maybe not exactly precise, my observation) id 1 to id 4 in the new image. The further about 8 annotations (making about 12 alltogether) were added by another user after my crop and are good. Hence, the original 4 annotations are wrong (and are not shown, as they have the old image dimensions, much larger) and should be deleted (I could try myself but have observed very strange errors when editing annotations in the past, so I refrain). This was issue one. Second issue: The camera location data lowermost in the infobox somehow evolved into something wrong during the crop, so that now, a red error message is shown instead. I tried to analyze the code to remedy this, but did not find any location data in the cropped file at all, just "location" without any data behind. It would be nice if the original location info could be restored, but I would be perfectly ok if just the error message vanishes, and no location info is provided. Thanks in advance, Pittigrilli (talk) 11:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Pittigrilli: I suppose you can just remove the wrong annotations. The good annotations can be renamed 1-8. The location coordinates are in the structured data of the source file. You could copy them to the extracted file, in the location template or in the structured data. However, those coordinates locate the camera in Italy. Was the satellite above Italy for this photo of Switzerland? -- Asclepias (talk) 14:09, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
@Asclepias: Interesting observation, this may very well be the case with Italy. In fact, the border between Italy and Switzerland runs just along the Monte Rosa massif, hence the camera position might just be (theoretically) some inches or some km inside Italy, which would be roughly at the lower (and somewhat right) image border. Thanks, Pittigrilli (talk) 14:22, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
I deleted the wrong annotation sections and renumbered the correct ones, worked out well. I have a hard time though with copying the location from the structured data section of the original file (something with the format), could sb please do that? Pittigrilli (talk) 18:26, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Image Upload Issue

Hi, I am trying to update the picture profile on a page and it will not let me replace it with the current image I have, it says that it cannot determine whether the photo is suitable for Wikipedia Commons. How do I prove that I own the image? Dsteinmetz (talk) 15:14, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Dsteinmetz: 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🇺🇦 16:09, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Screenshots provided by developers

Hi, working on an article about a video game. I want to include screenshots that the developers posted on their public blog to show viewers the gameplay. Is this acceptable to upload to the Commons, as this seems to fall under press material? Can provide a link if needed. Squiddyonwiki (talk) 20:27, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@Squiddyonwiki: Hi,
Press material is not accepted on Commons. We need a release with a free license, preferably CC-BY-SA-4.0. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Yann (talk) 21:51, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

Featured pictures

Wanted to sense check if pictures like File:Rock Climber Pinnacle.jpg and File:Climber Summit Manaslu 8163m.jpg be suitable candidates for Featured pictures? thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 09:32, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

I would guess that the FP reviewers would say that the blow-out problems in the sky in both would make them ineligible, but you can always submit one for review. - Jmabel ! talk 18:39, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for that. I am not skilled in the technical assessment of picture quality so though I would run it by here first. Much appreciated. Aszx5000 (talk) 14:00, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Unable to upload

Is it just me? I kept on encountering error (e.g. [52128309-4cbe-4dd3-aff9-3537c5cdb63b] 2024-05-04 13:33:44: Fatal exception of type "JobQueueError") when trying to upload, this happens regardless of using the modern Upload Wizard or the legacy Upload Wizard. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 13:35, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Same for me. Hohum (talk) 13:38, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
Erm, looks like some issues on Wikimedia servers side I guess. Certain features on English Wikipedia also returns errors. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 13:40, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
@Paper9oll and Hohum: Hi, and welcome. That looks like a bug, please see mw:How to report a bug.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:52, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
@Jeff G. Working for me now, looks like temporary issue. @Hohum Please retry again, if you are still encountering the issues then follow Jeff's reply above to report the bug. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 14:08, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
It's working for me now. Hohum (talk) 15:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
@Paper9oll and Hohum: Thank you both.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:44, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Technical issue

Hi. I think I might have made an error when creating a deletion request here. I noticed that the prefix "File:" is missing before the file's name. Is it something that can be resolved with a page move or should I ask for an administrator's help? Sorry if all of this sounds trivial. I'm mostly active on English Wikipedia, not on the Commons so I'm not 100% familiar with the rules and regulations. Best. Keivan.fTalk 18:48, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

The DR seems fine to me. It's linked to the file, and you notified the uploader. Abzeronow (talk) 19:03, 4 May 2024 (UTC)
@Abzeronow Thank you so much for your response. I'm glad the set up is fine. My only concern was the way it had been titled but that does not appear to be an issue I guess. Best. Keivan.fTalk 20:09, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

這種撤銷是否合理正確？

前陣子我被人指正，所以我想請教。我是對某一張照片，在一筆當中，同時進行二個編輯動作，一個添加A分類，另一個修改B分類，後來這一筆被人撤銷。這一撤銷，造成B分類被改回來的同時也連帶著A分類一起被移除。我詢問對方為何撤銷，才知道是我修改的B分類是改錯了。儘管B分類是被我改錯了，可是那僅止於B分類，這表示A分類是沒問題，於是我問他為何也將A分類一起撤銷，他卻沒回應。既然沒回應，這說明他對A分類是沒有理由，所以我對他的撤銷感到懷疑。我懷疑的是，他其實是有更好的做法，不需要用撤銷動作。他可以只針對B分類，手動將錯誤的分類給修改回來，因為有歷史可以看見上一筆差異，就能知道原本正確的分類是什麼。

老實說，我不僅無法理解，也無法接受，因為這種撤銷，感覺像是一個地方錯，就視同全部都錯，不太合理，這也是引發「糾紛」的原因。因此，我請教各位，如果在同一筆當中，編輯內容只有B分類是有問題，A分類是沒問題，選擇一筆撤銷，這種做法是否正確？如果是正確，請告訴我為什麼。謝謝--125.230.72.73 23:00, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

Is this revocation reasonable and correct?

I was corrected a while ago, so I wanted to ask for advice. On a certain photo, I performed two editing actions at the same time in one stroke, one to add category A and the other to modify category B. Later, this edit was revoked. This revocation caused Category B to be changed back and Category A to be removed along with it. I asked the other party why they canceled it, and I found out that the B classification I had modified was wrong. Although I had corrected the wrong classification for B, it was only for B, which meant that there was no problem with A. So I asked him why he also revoked A, but he didn’t respond. Since there is no response, it means that he has no reason for the A classification, so I am suspicious of his revocation. What I suspect is that he actually has a better way that doesn't require the undo action. He can only focus on the B classification and manually modify the wrong classification back. Because he has history and can see the previous difference, he can know what the original correct classification was.

To be honest, I not only can't understand it, but I can't accept it, because this kind of revocation feels like one place is wrong, and everything is wrong, which is unreasonable. This is also the reason for the "dispute". Therefore, I would like to ask everyone, if in the same transaction, the editing content is only classified into B, then there is a problem, but A is not a problem, and I choose to cancel it. Is this correct? If it is correct, please tell me why. Thanks
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:53, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
您好，歡迎光臨。 您正在寫什麼照片或編輯內容？

Hi, and welcome. What photo or edit are you writing about?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:53, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

physical health education

what is rhythmic Josephinelove2 (talk) 12:20, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

@Josephinelove2: Hi, and welcome. Please see wikt:rhythmic.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:17, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Copyrighted flags?

Hello. I imagine the two flags at the second picture here [1] are copyrighted. The flags (they're actually the two sides of one) were adopted in 1892. However this digital drawing is obviously not from then. The flags I think do pass the threshold of originality from my own judgement. According to the picture the source of the flags would be this 1995 book [2] but the organization represented by the flag does not seem to be mentioned in the book. The organization is the Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society, a private cultural organization in Romania that does not belong to the state. I just created an article for it in English Wikipedia and want to use the flags. Should I upload them here or there per fair use? Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 22:21, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

The only thing there that I can really imagine having copyright is the branches (mlădițe). Romulus & Remus are almost certainly a copy of something much older; the tricolor certainly can't be copyrighted, and I doubt the arrangement can be. @Super Dromaeosaurus: I take it you disagree, though. Can you say why? - ~
Well I don't disagree, I'd love to be able to upload the flags, I just imagined it would not be possible. I'm not very well-informed on copyright issues anyway. So you say it is okay if I upload both flags in Commons? Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 09:29, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
I'd actually appreciate other opinions here, because my rationale is a combination of the use of old elements, the simplicity of the design, the date of the overall design, etc. As I said, the biggest issue I see is the branches. Does anyone have a strong opinion on whether they are enough to make it copyrightable? - Jmabel ! talk 14:42, 2 May 2024 (UTC)
Since no-one else gave their insight, and having been encouraged by Jmabel, I've uploaded the flags [3] [4]. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 13:52, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Public Domain Photo Map Altered via Photoshop. Ok to use?

Hello, I recently uploaded a public domain photo that I have since gotten altered by someone else. More specifically, the black line in the middle caused by newspaper creasing has been removed via Photoshop. Is altered material alright to use even though it's public domain? Wjenkins96 (talk) 04:10, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

@Wjenkins96: Sure, removal of the black line is not creative. The remover can choose the existing {{PD-US-expired}} or any other free license tag we accept.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:08, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Hey, I need some help!

So I uploaded a file to Wikimedia without properly understanding how to cite the copyright holder. It is a screenshot (that I took) of a video game (Yakuza 3), and so it falls SEGA's domain. I would appreciate what to do, as I don't know how to cite SEGA without re-uploading. Here is the file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kiryu_Kazuma_Yakuza_3.png Also: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Roosterchz If anyone could help, I'd appreciate it. -Roosterchz Roosterchz (talk) 21:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

@Roosterchz: Since this is protected by copyright, it has to be deleted. See COMM:LICENSE. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:14, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Ah, welp...
So, should I just re-upload? What should I do this time for proper copyright citation?
Thanks, Roosterchz (talk) 21:16, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Here on Wikimedia Commons, we only accept freely licensed media. So you can either 1.) get SEGA to relicense this screenshot or 2.) not upload it. Why are you trying to upload the file at all? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:23, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Yep, I get it now.
This isn't worth the effort anymore, sorry for wasting your guys' time. I'll be more careful in the future.
Thanks again guys! Roosterchz (talk) 21:32, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Not at all a waste: we're here to help and we want to see more editors here. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:43, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Explicit video

I found an explicit video on commons, what should I do? The video has a person showing their private parts. If you reply here, please ping me. TheTechie (talk) 02:10, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@TheTechie: have you seen COM:NOTCENSORED and Commons:Nudity? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
@Koavf No, sorry, I'm new here. I edit ENWIKI more often so that's why. TheTechie (talk) 02:17, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
No worries, my man. We have a similar policy to w:en:WP:NOTCENSORED if that helps. Glad you're here. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:27, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Editing

I've made almost 3,000 Wikipedia edits. 18 April I requested that I be able to edit here. Earlier today I attempted to edit a caption but despite the caption in the box having changed after I clicked Edit and Publish changes the caption itself hasn't changed. Does that mean my request hasn't been granted? Mcljlm (talk) 20:18, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

@Mcljlm: Hi, and welcome. It appears your edit special:diff/874251573 was made. Perhaps you didn't refresh or review COM:CACHE?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:58, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
Jeff G. I still see October 7 rather than 7 October in the caption at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Child%27s_bedroom,_Kfar_Aza,_after_October_7_Hamas_Attacks.jpg despite having shut down my desktop several times in the last 3 days as well as coming to it via various articles in which it's included and refreshing it. Mcljlm (talk) 15:24, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
@Mcljlm: Your edit was to the English caption on structured data on Commons. Sadly, that has nothing to do with how the photo is displayed on the six Wikipedia articles which use it. There is nothing to change in those articles.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:03, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Hello Anggel210823 (talk) 16:20, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Too Simple

Buenas una pregunta, si el Logo (generalmente) esta por encima del umbral de Originalidad ("Threshold of originality") es posible publicar a Wikimedia (osea agregar el {{PD-textlogo}})?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 21:02, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

En los EEUU y el pais original, si. Por ejemplo, la regla en Australia es muy diferente de los EEUU, donde esta bandera simple: File:Australian Aboriginal Flag.svg tiene proteciones legales y no es posible en los EEUU. ?De donde es tu logo? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:07, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
@Koavf:Buenas, este:(https://twitter.com/manuelrosalesg/status/956712085848772609) Se trata del logo de la Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (Venezuela) que aparece un símbolo la manito pero tipo escritura con los colores amarillo, rojo y azul, es posible publicar a Wikimedia y agregar {{PD-textlogo}}?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 21:40, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
Claro, no soy abogado, per creo es posible este es suficient simple para PD-textlogo en los EEUU. Mirando a Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Venezuela, no tenemos nada de un umbral de originalidad, asi, supongo esta bien publicarlo aqui. (Y tambien, soy gringo, pardon por mi espanol.) —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:43, 6 May 2024 (UTC)
¿No discutimos todos los elementos creativos de este logo en particular hace aproximadamente 2 meses con referencia a alguna otra imagen? - Jmabel ! talk 02:03, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
?Cual discusion? No hay en su contribuciones: Special:Contributions/Roosterchz... —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Entre AbchyZa22 y yo, pero olvido exactamente que entidad en el ámbito use los mismos símbolos. Hace meses no me puedo recordarlo. - Jmabel ! talk 15:02, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Záncara

Hola. Cómo subir un conjunto de artículos relacionados entre sí saltándose al resto de referencias; es decir, ¿se pueden añadir al final de las citadas referencias y con notas propias —al margen de numeraciones ya expuestas por otros usuarios—? Záncara (talk) 17:01, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@Záncara: No hemos artículos aquí en Commons, y en las wikipedias no se sube artículos: se necesita escribirlos en el wiki. ¿Qué exactamente quieres hacer? ¿En cual síitio? - Jmabel ! talk 21:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
Hola. El sitio sería Muscaria o Muskaria de Ptolomeo. Para poder explicar otra referencia a lo citado en Wiki, habría que adjuntar un amplio resumen con varias notas de fuentes consultadas; también añadir una orientación propia; es decir, entre referencias y notas casi se cubren tres páginas de OpenDocument.odt Záncara (talk) 22:05, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Záncara: estas dudas mejor que las resuelva en Wikipedia (una enciclopedia, donde están los artículos), pues como le han dicho esto es Wikimedia Commons (un repositorio multimedia). Por ejemplo puede preguntar aquí: es:Wikipedia:Café/Archivo/Ayuda/Actual, si lo que pretende es editar un artículo en idioma español. Como anticipo comunicarle que no sé muy bien todavía qué pretende hacer (no deja claro si pretende "subir un conjunto de artículos" o editar sólo el artículo "Muscaria o Muskaria de Ptolomeo"), pero en principio el estilo de los artículos de Wikipedia ha de ser uniforme y homogéneo (y no haber partes de un mismo artículo cada una de su padre y de su madre o unas referencias de una manera y el resto de otra, etc) y ha de existir coherencia interna, además que el punto de vista neutral exige no dar a una interpretación o teoría mucho más peso (en cantidad de letras) del que le corresponde en relación con otras. En cualquier caso, como le dije, este no es el sitio, pruebe mejor a resolver sus dudas donde le comenté. Un saludo. Strakhov (talk) 02:15, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Elshad Abdullayev provides financial support to the Putin Fund from France.webp

[5]https://euasia.news/2022/03/17/35973/ Elshadabdulla1954 (talk) 03:06, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Who can I ask?

Who can I turn to for seeing the winners of WIKI LOVES AFRICA? Where are the winners displayed? Noah-Matiin Sharif (talk) 15:03, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

@Noah-Matiin Sharif: Hi, and welcome. Per Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2024, the current status is "Awaiting Jury process and Announcement". Per Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2024/Winners, in August. Please watch those spaces, and enable email access so that you may be notified if you win.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:19, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Question about Minecraft

On the English Wikipedia I am trying to make a list, Draft:List of Minecraft mobs and I was wondering if I could go on Minecraft and take screenshots of the mobs and put them in as images. I am not sure if this is plagiarism 48JCL (talk) 01:56, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi 48JCL. I'm not sure it would be considered en:plagiarism per se to do such a thing, but there's a good chance that such a screenshot would be considered to be a copyright violation as explained in COM:SCREENSHOT if either the en:Minecraft software hasn't been released under in accordance with COM:L or the copyright holders of the software don't give their COM:CONSENT for the screenshot you take. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:12, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Well people makeminecraft videos so I assumed yes. 48JCL (talk) 16:42, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
People violate copyrights all the time, but that doesn't make it legal, or suitable for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 18:18, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Title not correct

File:Hyde Terrace, Leeds, c.1897.jpg

This Commons photo should really be simply titled "Yorkshire, c.1894" I cannot find any reason as to why my team titled it "Hyde Terrcae, Leeds". This incorrect/misleading title needs to be removed please.

Please change title to make it more in keeping with the original Alamy photograph title/description. Thank you115.70.23.77 04:10, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi IP 115.70.23.77. I think the file's description might be a minor issue when it comes to File:Hyde_Terrace,_Leeds,_c.1897.jpg. I'm not sure the licensing for that file is correct. Why do you think the file is {{Cc-zero}}? Did you read the wording of that license? Do you know the "person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated"? If you're Srbernadette, then maybe you and your team need to be a bit more careful when uploading files to Commons. There's quite a lot of licensing related notification posted at User talk:Srbernadette. Even though not all of the files mentioned there ended up being deleted, it seems that enough have been deleted to the point where you and your team might want to slow down a bit until you get a better feel for image copyright. It's possible that this file's licensing just needs to be tweaked, but neither you nor your team should just be uploading files with questionable licenses on the hope that someone will fix the problem later. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:54, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
Another apparent oddity is the relationship of the image with Alamy, which is where it's described as coming from, and which of course is a commercial service. Did you (singular? plural?) pay Alamy US$45 (or similar) for a version without "watermarks"? (If so, does the contract with Alamy let Srbernadette first award herself the copyright and then magnanimously waive it?) Or did you decide that, wherever in the world you happen to be, Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. applies? Or did you find a way to remove the "watermark" for yourself/selves? ¶ Though perhaps I'm missing something obvious. -- Hoary (talk) 05:41, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
@Hoary: if it is, indeed, public domain for one or another reason (and from that date, it probably is), the provenance isn't really important. - Jmabel ! talk 18:20, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Livia Manera Sambuy

Hi!

this summer I try to publish the entry Livia Manera Sambuy, the writer, that it is still in a "draft" status. May I ask you the reason? And how I can fix it?

Thank you My best Cristina 93.150.248.56 11:28, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

@Cristinabeltrami: Hi, and welcome. I think this is you, but please stay logged in. en:Draft:Livia Manera Sambuy is still a draft, as you did not resubmit it after "Submission declined on 3 November 2023 by Vanderwaalforces (talk)."   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:03, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
And, really, you should ask any questions about that on the English-language Wikipedia, not on a sister project like Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 18:21, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Pic

Would please delete this picture I upload a few days ago ? File:List Kulik.jpg. BialikHaim (talk) 16:31, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done. @BialikHaim: please see Template:My bad upload for how to make requests like this in the future. - Jmabel ! talk 18:24, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

File search

Hi, is there any way to search for files uploaded by a specific user filtered by keyword(s) in title and/or description? ITookSomePhotos (talk) 17:35, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

You can include the username as one of the search terms.
This is one of those things where you might do better to use a Google search and include site:commons.wikimedia.org as one of your search terms. - Jmabel ! talk 18:26, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
@ITookSomePhotos: The simplest method would be to search with the username and keyword(s), e.g. ITookSomePhotos Oystercatcher. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:29, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
OK, thanks. ITookSomePhotos (talk) 18:49, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

located in protected area statement

I am trying to add the "located in protected area" statement to an image of a state park. When I do, I get a "Potential issues" icon and the message "allowed-entity-types constraint The property located in protected area should not be used on this type of entity, the only valid entity type is Wikibase item." I cannot figure out why this statement gives the error, and the "location of creation" statement does not. Can someone explain in lay language as I do not understand what a Wikibase item is. Thanks. Nv8200p (talk) 20:41, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

@Nv8200pa: What's the name of the state park? Its possible it doesn't have "Instance of: Protected Area" attached to it on Wikidata's end. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure it will cause an error in that case. --Adamant1 (talk) 22:46, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
@Adamant1: The image I edited the structured data on was File:Big Tree Texas 2024.jpg and I tried to add "Goose Island State Park" (Q1537740) as an item to the "located in protected area" statement. Regards, Nv8200p (talk) 23:36, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
OK. The Wikidata entry for it does seem to be missing "Instance of: Protected area", but now that I think about it are state parks even technically protected areas to begin with? Because you might might want to look into that before adding the statement to the Wikidata entry. --Adamant1 (talk) 23:45, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Delete photos (?)

this was thrown (without signature and without obvious relation) into the middle of section #Delete photos above.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4_%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%8C11.jpg
END copied material; appears to be from — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aphichat JiJoo Phatcharasophonwanit (talk • contribs) 13:57, 17 May 2024‎ (UTC) - Jmabel ! talk 15:19, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

For the record, I deleted all the user's uploads per ticket:2024051710006622 and this thread - they were all personal photos and would have been deleted in a DR. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - uselesscontributions} 15:56, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
@Matrix: Thanks for the info. So this is one of three attempts to get rid of them.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:00, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

There does not appear to be such a file, though. @Aphichat JiJoo Phatcharasophonwanit: what, if anything, is this about? - Jmabel ! talk 15:20, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Ankry deleted File:อภิชาติ ภัชรโสภณวาณิชย์11.jpg half an hour ago per COM:CSD#F10 and uploader request in Commons:Deletion requests/File:อภิชาติ ภัชรโสภณวาณิชย์11.jpg.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:25, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 15:26, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Is this considered "de minimis"?

File: File:NtscQT.png

This is a screenshot of a free and open source software but it has Windows UI. Is this considered "de minimis" or is there too much Windows UI for it to be here. Just wanna know in advance. AuroraANovaUma (talk) 19:12, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Windows UI elements in the screenshot are rather banal: tick boxes etc. I do not think that they even covered by copyright. Ruslik (talk) 13:21, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
yeah most of it is simple geometry or other copyright-ineligible shapes and symbols, but ill still keep the de minimis tag to be safe
the symbol at the top left is not simple geometry and likely copyrighted tho so that would probably be de minimis as its very trivial and not the focus of the image AuroraANovaUma (talk) 15:21, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding AFG s2 25PulsAlu.jpg

Darf man Fotos ausländischer Kursmünzen (Kleinmünzen, nicht mehr im Umlauf) aus dem 20. Jahrhundert hochladen, oder gibt es hier Urheberrechte (Beispiel: Afghanistan, Kleingeldstück von ca. 1980), so dass man solche Bilder nicht verwenden darf? (Vergleichbar wie Briefmarken!?)

Is it allowed to show fotos of little coins from other countries here (like this example: Afghanistan current coin 25 Puls from about 1980, no course value anymore) or are there copyrights, that don't allow this? (May-be similar to stamps!?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wächter (talk • contribs) 19:26, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

--Wächter (talk) 19:23, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Copyright laws will differ for each country. Afghanistan, as I understand it, does not have a clear copyright law, so that's going to be a mess. Better asked at Commons:Village pump/Copyright where there is usually the most expertise on this sort of thing. - Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Problem creating files in the Data namespace

Hi there, I'm trying to create a map file in the Data namespace. This used to work until at least a few weeks ago, but now if I try to create a file, either by clicking on a red link or going to the URL I get a message I cannot create the file. Has something changed? If there's a better procedure to create these files happy to hear about it. Note that an upload using the upload wizard fails as well, files with the .map extension are rejected. Intriguingly, it was pointed out to me that he data space does still accept .tab files, but the structure of .tab and .map files are quite different. What gives? Milliped (talk) 21:27, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Issue appears to have resolved itself. Milliped (talk) 11:51, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

Como faço para apenas arquivar links externos para uso posterior- tenho que criar paginas individuais .

Como faço para apenas arquivar links externos para uso posterior- tenho que criar paginas individuais . Lago oliveira (talk) 04:18, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

@Lago oliveira: (via Google Translate) Essa é uma questão muito pouco clara. Você poderia ser mais específico sobre o que deseja fazer? - Jmabel ! talk 14:59, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
... gostaria de colar os links das paginas, para telas registradas, esperando que seus conteudos ainda estejam funcionando , ou sera que eu posso colar seus proprios conteudos ? no aguardo , obrigado. Lago oliveira (talk) 05:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Um usuário experiente que fale português poderia ajudar aqui? @DarwIn? Isso ainda não faz sentido para mim. Links para quais páginas? O que é tela cadastrada (o Google Translate traduz como “registered links”, um termo que nunca ouvi). Isso é mesmo sobre Commons? Et cetera. - Jmabel ! talk 05:25, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Ersetzen des Wortes "maior" anstelle des falschen Wortes "Major"

In vier von mir selbst erstellten Bildern ist mir ein fataler Fehler unterlaufen. "Major" ist falsch! Nun habe ich die Bilder in einer neuen, korrekten Version (mit „maior“) hochgeladen. Nun bitte ich, die alten, fehlerhaften Versionen (mit „Major“) zu löschen. Beim ersten Bild habe ich außerdem vergessen, eine Lizenz anzugeben und schaffe es nicht, diese irgendwie im Nachhinein zu ergänzen. Die Bilder: File:Streckenteilung goldener Schnitt.png / File:Goldene Rechtecke.png / File:Goldene Kompositionsraster.png / File:Proportionen Wagenfeld Tischleuchte.png - Herzlichen Dank für die Mühe - Friederike FriedeWie (talk) 15:00, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

@FriedeWie Die Lizenz hast Du ja ergänzt. Ich habe den Bot-Hinweis nun noch entfernt. Bei zwei Bildern hast Du eine neue Version hochgeladen. Ein Löschen der vorherigen Version ist nicht notwendig. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 21:14, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
Hallo C.Sothorn, es tut mir furchtbar leid, dass die Korrektur meines Fehlers so viel Mühe macht. Aber die Korrektur ist ja wichtig, v. a. für Menschen mit oder ohne Lateinkenntnissen.
Also: Wenn man im Wikipedia-Artikel „Goldener Schnitt in der Kunst“ das Bild „File:Streckenteilung goldener Schnitt.png“ anklickt, um es groß anzuschauen, erscheint automatisch die ältere, falsche Version. Das gleiche passiert, wenn man das Bild „File:Proportionen Wagenfeld Tischleuchte.png“ (am Ende des Artikels) größer anschauen möchte. Noch merkwürdiger ist es, wenn ich beim Bearbeiten das Bild „File:Goldene Kompositionsraster.png“ vergrößern möchte (d. h. statt 220 Pixel 280 Pixel), setzt der Computer automatisch die ältere, falsche Version ein. Deshalb habe ich das Bild jetzt erst einmal klein gelassen.
Im Wikipedia-Artikel „Harmonie in der Kunst“ ist das Problem genau umgekehrt. In der Fotogalerie erscheint das ältere, falsche Bild von Ferdinand Hodler „Der goldene Schnitt und unterschiedliche …“. Erst wenn man das Bild zum genaueren Betrachten anklickt und vergrößert, erscheint das neue, korrekte Bild.
Meine Vermutung ist, dass das konsequente Löschen der alten Versionen vielleicht eine Lösung der Probleme wäre. Hoffnungsfrohe und fröhliche Grüße - FriedeWie (talk) 07:11, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Maintaining my copyright

Hello, i'd like to upload my photos of the May 10 2024 Aurora and add it to the wiki page but when i go to upload it says by uploading to commons i'll give everyone the right to use it without asking for my permission, i do not wish to do this, the photos are also watermarked to my copyright.

Any help will be appreciated OGWFP (talk) 19:09, 11 May 2024 (UTC)

@OGWFP: Hi,
That's a requirement on Wikimedia Commons. All documents have to be under a free license or in the public domain, i.e. they can be used by anyone for any purpose, including commercial ones. If you don't agree with these conditions, please do not upload your files. Also we strongly discourage adding a watermark, as it greatly decrease the educational value of the documents. Sorry. Yann (talk) 19:26, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
@OGWFP Fwiw, you can upload lower res versions if you like. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:01, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

How can I contact a contributor?

Hi, I'm wondering if it is possible to contact a Wikimedia contributor to ask them a question about an image they contributed to the Wikimedia website? The following url shows a Wikimedia page with an image showing part of a map of the "barque Birman".

File:Annotated_Birman_map.jpg

The Birman was an emigrant ship that sailed from England to new Zealand in 1841. My ancestors were aboard that ship and I would dearly like to ask the contributor where he/she got the map from, so that I can, hopefully, obtain a copy of the complete map? Is contact between Wikimedia contributors and readers permissible?

Thankyou, Alexander Grinn. Alexander Grinn (talk) 07:29, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

@Alexander Grinn: Hi,
This file was uploaded by Carolynimhoff (talk · contribs), but they have not contributed since September 2018, and only 4 edits since May 2016, you may not be able to have an answer. You can send a message to their talk page anyway. Yann (talk) 09:03, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
I've done as you suggest and will keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for the help. 121.200.7.156 00:56, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
@Alexander Grinn: Hi, There is one recent edit by the user on en.wikipedia. You can try to ask on the user talk page there: en:User talk:Carolynimhoff. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:37, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Thankyou for the link. I've asked my question on their talk page, and will wait patiently for a reply. Cheers 121.200.7.156 01:01, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Please guide me how to participate in your great competition concerning Nature pictures.

I have got a both unique and scientifically interesting photo from the Stockholm Archipelago and at the same time it is a most beautiful nature picture, but I don´t know how to transfer this picture to Wikipedia in full quality in order to manage to participate in Wikipedias Great Competition in May 2024. Advise me how - step by step - what to do with my Mac Computer. I am not very skilled in working with a computer. I want to be able to compete in your interesting challenge concerning nature pictures. If possible - please, write your answer to me in the Swedish language. Xxxloudthroat (talk) 17:47, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

@Xxxloudthroat: Have you tried starting at Commons:Introduktion (in Swedish)? - Jmabel ! talk 19:30, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

New company logo needs updating

My company has refreshed its logo. We are after changing the old logo on the Wikipedia page: en:GPT_Group? How do we go about this request? GPT externalcomms (talk) 01:51, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

@GPT externalcomms: Hi, and welcome. Overwriting old logo File:GPT Group Logo.svg is right out per COM:OW, as we value old logos too. You may upload a new logo here starting with COM:FS. Then another user can change which logo is used on English Wikipedia, as you have a en:WP:COI.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:38, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you Jeff - I've now completed the upload. Are you able to confirm what step is required next? GPT externalcomms (talk) 07:35, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
@GPT externalcomms: Please see below.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
@GPT externalcomms: In short, upload under a new filename, then change the logo.
If the new logo is either below the threshold of originality (so it can't be copyrighted, just trademarked) or if you are free-licensing it (again, presumably retaining trademark) you can upload it here on Commons. Otherwise, it must be directly uploaded to the English-language Wikipedia as a non-free logo. See en:File:3D Entertainment.jpg for a good example of doing that. - Jmabel ! talk 18:38, 3 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you 🇺🇦Jeff G. - I've now completed the upload. Are you able to confirm what step is required next? GPT externalcomms (talk) 07:37, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
@GPT externalcomms: I made en:special:diff/1222862241 this edit for you. Please introduce yourself at en:Talk:GPT Group.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:06, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for the pointers Jmabel - I'm very new to Wikipedia and finding interesting to navigate my way through it. I've now completed the upload. Are you able to confirm what step is required next? GPT externalcomms (talk) 07:40, 7 May 2024 (UTC)
@GPT externalcomms: I've corrected the licensing. You will want to add categories, as specific as possible (probably descendents of Category:Logo, as specific as you can be to location and industry). Then make the obvious edit at en:GPT_Group to change the logo currently there to the new one. Probably the edit will be more obvious if you edit source than if you use the visual editor. - Jmabel ! talk 14:58, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Map image enlargement

Why is it that when you click on a map image to enlarge it the red location of the subject is lost in the enlarged image? 2A02:C7C:887D:500:3011:100E:6F2D:A2DB 09:01, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Context? Is this about this site? Can you give a URL of where you are having this problem? - Jmabel ! talk 22:19, 8 May 2024 (UTC)
Looks like a problem with locator maps in the wikis, where a template gives coordinates and a map and on the page it produces a map with a colored dot. But if someone is trying to download this product, he gets only a map without the dot. GeorgDerReisende (talk) 17:02, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
It would take a major technological change to "fix" this. The dot is not part of the image: it is just superimposed. To do otherwise, we'd have to dynamically create an actual image file that included the dot, rather than doing this with CSS or some similar technology. - Jmabel ! talk 18:16, 9 May 2024 (UTC)
You can make a screenshot of the page on the wiki, see here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:20, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: of course, but the original question was about an "enlarged image," so that won't help them. Jmabel ! talk 20:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

I'd like to upload new version of a file.

Hello,I want to upload a new version of File:JGSDF 1st Helicopter Brigage.svg. But I cannot do that. The current version of the file significantly differs from the actual design of the Japan Self-Defense Forces unit. So what should I do? Amaterasu 1-1 (talk) 07:41, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

@Amaterasu 1-1: Hi,
Please upload it as a separate file. It is usually better to keep both versions. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:00, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
I'm guessing that "Brigage" is a typo for "Brigade" and that file should be renamed, right? - Jmabel ! talk 19:26, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
No,I would like to change design of an insignia. Amaterasu 1-1 (talk) 01:49, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
@Amaterasu 1-1: Yann answered that question correctly above: upload under a distinct name. But I also am pretty confident that, independent of that, "Brigage" is a typo, and the existing file should be renamed. - Jmabel ! talk 03:09, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Creating a new category

Hello. I want to create a new category: Category:Lily Alice Lefevre. Previously, when I searched for the category in the search box and nothing showed up, it would then give the option of creating a new page. I'm not seeing that, so I don't know how to create the page. Thank you. Curiocurio (talk) 15:56, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

@Curiocurio: Hello, Special:Search still does that, but not Special:MediaSearch. If you're on MediaSearch, you can switch to Search. Or you can categorize a file in that category and click the link there. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:18, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you, I will try that! Curiocurio (talk) 19:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Or there are a bunch of other ways, including adding the still red-linked category to a file, then clicking through to edit the category. - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Isn't it what I said? Sorry if it wasn't clear. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
@Asclepias: you did. I didn't notice that it amounted to the same. - Jmabel ! talk 03:10, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

book illustartions

Hi! please i ask you to not be mean bc im not good at this stuff, so my sister is making a book learning for a harry potter (only references for hp book, the main book is an english learning book) si i have made illustrations to it, one of the tasks is "describe a picture in englis", but the thing is i have no idea how copyright works and i just decided to make it public domain, but the thing is rules on wikimedia say that i can't upload anything from media bc its considered as fanart, what should i do? Mikotyansakira (talk) 16:35, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

@Mikotyansakira English Wikipedia does in general not accept fanart for any article. Other WP:s may have different approaches. However, Commons, the site we're on now, seems to accept it [6][7], possibly with some caveats. If you want to try uploading HP fanart you have made, you can try here: Upload Wizard. If someone has objections to your uploads, they will let you know at User talk:Mikotyansakira. Hope this helps some. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:50, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
thankyou so much!! Mikotyansakira (talk) 09:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Harry Potter can be a bit problematic here because there are such well-known visuals associated with the work. If you had a very different imagining of something, that derived only from the text and not the illustrations, and it's decently executed, that might well be acceptable on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 03:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
thankyou so much!! Mikotyansakira (talk) 09:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Using an image under the license "All rights reserved".

Hello. I found an image on flickr that I could use for one of the articles I am currently working on. I messaged the person who posted it and later received their written permission (which I can provide via screenshot) to use the image on Wikipedia. Is it possible that the image can still be uploaded despite the all rights reserved license since I have the consent of the owner, or is it more of a fixed rule that it cannot be under that license? Hallöchennochmal (talk) 19:12, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

@Hallöchennochmal: , you'd need to have the copyright owner contact COM:VRT to verify they would grant their work a free license. Or they could change the license on Flickr to a Creative Commons license that we would accept. Abzeronow (talk) 19:23, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! Hallöchennochmal (talk) 19:32, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
@Hallöchennochmal: by the way, you probably should never start off by asking someone if you can "use their work on Wikipedia". You can start with saying you'd like to use their work in Wikipedia, but Wikipedia (with a few relatively minor exceptions) and Commons both require that images be [[COM:L|free-licensed] (allowing derivative works and commercial reuse), not just that permission be given for use in Wikipedia. So the latter permission is actually pretty much useless: either they will grant a free license or they won't. - Jmabel ! talk 03:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Missing 'essential' source informations

0x0a asked for the speedy deletion of 3 files, that I uploaded with the upload assistant under CC by-sa 4.0 deed (including informations of the source and the author), stating that all these informations were missing. He also asked for the deletion of the File:Interlaken - panoramio - Patrick Nouhailler detail.jpg, by mentioning, that the file is "missing essential source information". Informations added during upload: source Wikimedia Commons, Author Patrick Nouhailler and under the same licence like the original file. It is a simple close-up of the original picture file:Interlaken - panoramio - Patrick Nouhailler's… (12).jpg. So which essential source information is missing? Rectilinium (talk) 08:26, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Resolved. Rectilinium (talk) 10:36, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Essential_information#Source 0x0a (talk) 10:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Delete Rectilinium (talk) 10:50, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Sutton, London Coat of Arms

I've upscaled and made the coat of arms transparent. Am I able to post this? The coat of arms was granted in 1966. Wikijosh9712345533 (talk) 15:31, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

@Wikijosh9712345533: Is your work based on a source file here on Commons? If so, can you please provide a link? If not, can you indicate what were your sources? - Jmabel ! talk 20:14, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

What do I put for the date of a photo when it is two possible years, such as 2000/2001?

I am uploading a collection of pre-digital, analog images. All of them have handwritten dates on the original slides. However some of the dates are written in the format "year/year," meaning that the photograph was taken in that two year range of time. How do I handle this in the upload? What date format do I use in this situation? Cloveapple (talk) 15:36, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Use {{Other date}}, like {{Other date|or|2000|2001}}. --Rosenzweig τ 15:54, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
or even {{Other date|between|1997|2004}} if it's a longer range. - Jmabel ! talk 20:15, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

APS license

I am one of the authors of a scientific publication [ (2008). "Coupled orientational and displacive degrees of freedom in the high-temperature plastic phase of the carbon tetrabromide α-CBr4". Physical Review B 77 (14). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.144205. ]. I have approached APS to give me license to upload one of the figures contained in it here for use in wikipedia and they were kind enough to grant me permission. They sent me a license but it contains some (minor) conditions. How do I go about uploading it. I could upload the PDF with the license with it I suppose. ̴̴ </referenceσ Jcwf (talk) 16:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

What are those minor conditions? Ruslik (talk) 19:09, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Changing order of media view in a category from filename to depicted place

Is it possible to change the underlying parameter by which the display for a category of images is organized? At present, categories seem to display media by filename. For example, the media view for a category of archival images about Ontario, Canada will show a file titled "Canadian View of the Falls" before a file titled "Niagara Falls, Ontario." In some cases, for some uses, it would be preferable to use the depicted place metadata to organize the media view so as to keep images together. Mordant Fuzz (talk) 17:44, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

I suppose that you can use sort_key. Ruslik (talk) 19:07, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
@Mordant Fuzz: Or consider a subcategory if you have a large number of images that constitute a cluster. - Jmabel ! talk 20:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Delete photos

Hello, On May 13, I uploaded 6 photos with the intention of participating in the "wiki loves the earth" photo contest, not knowing that the contest starts on May 15. After I uploaded the photos, I received a notification that the competition does not start until May 15 and that photos sent before that date cannot participate. I want to delete the photos in order to upload them again after May 5th. Valekd (talk) 18:13, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

@Valekd: I don't believe you can do that and enter them in the contest. Once they are uploaded, they are ineligible. Otherwise, we'd have a bunch of people deleting old work and resubmitting it.
If you simply want them deleted, they are your own recent work, and we can do that as a courtesy deletion, but then please if you want to re-upload and enter them in the contest', get explicit permission from the people running the contest to do so. Or (what I would recommend) you could approach them without deleting, explain your intent and your mistake, and ask if they will let you enter them anyway. Which way would you rather approach this? - Jmabel ! talk 20:22, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
Ok, thank you for answering. I will write to them and i will let you know what they say. 94.248.233.171 20:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Editing Article on Wikipedia

Hi

Ever since I setup my account I have not been able to edit an article or add content. Any guideline for me to catch up? 154.161.25.183 19:23, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Since you are not logged in as you ask this, that could be any account at all. Which Wikipedia is this about, and what account? It would be simpler if you logged in to ask, or are you saying you are having the same problem here on Commons? - Jmabel ! talk 20:23, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Please move a file to enwiki

Hello, I uploaded a file to commons while that does not fit standards for each country. At File:James Haygood.jpg, the taker of the photo is not deceased for over 50 years. It fits standards for USA public domain, but I believe it does not fit it for the other countries listed. Thanks! Yoblyblob (talk) 14:25, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

@Sannita (WMF): I wish we had a tool that could do this.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:29, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
Convenience link: File:James Haygood.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 15:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
@Yoblyblob: I don't understand your concern here. Commons' rule is that the file has to be public-domain or free-licensed in the U.S. and in its "home" country, which in this case is also the U.S. It is not a problem for Commons that there might be some third (or in this case second) country where the image is still copyrighted. So I see no good reason to move this file. - Jmabel ! talk 15:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
Oh, I don’t think I understood that part. Thank you! Yoblyblob (talk) 15:19, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

So no action required. - Jmabel ! talk 03:06, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 03:06, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

How long will an edit request wait?

There are a lot of uses of {{Edit request}}. I'm waiting for someone to recategorize remaining photos located at category:Nemo (rapper). Ahri.boy (talk) 22:46, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done I've recategorized the three remaining photos. Abzeronow (talk) 22:53, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

WIKI PROFILE PIC

I have updated the Wiki Profile pic for a client's page. While the Wiki page pic is now updated, I notice that when I do a google search, I still see the old picture associated with WIKI in the search results. I attempted to remove the picture from Commons, where the old picture still exists, but it does not appear to allow me to do that.

Can anyone let me know if there is a way to remove the old pic from continuing to appear associated with Wiki when conducting a google search? Harold Metric (talk) 01:35, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

  1. @Harold Metric: the only basis on which it could theoretically be deleted is as a courtesy deletion, and I'd be astounded if one were granted for this purpose.
  2. We have no control over what Google chooses to show. Removal from Commons would not remove it from Google.
  3. Probably Google will eventually pick up the newer photo.
  4. You say, "I have updated the Wiki Profile pic for a client's page." I hope you are familiar with en:WP:COI and have made the appropriate declarations of your conflict of interest on en-wiki. (Not an issue for Commons, and even though I'm an admin there I'm not going to go look, but if you haven't done this I strongly recommend doing so before your account is blocked for failing to do so. - Jmabel ! talk 02:37, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Question Regarding the Purpose of Uploading a Work

I was interested in uploading a photocopied 1978 publication of Capital: Volume IV (Theories of Surplus Value) by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for the purpose of referencing as a primary source in an elaboration of different editions of the work, but saw that I could only upload works which were my own, or which I was given permission to upload.

Seeing as I am neither Karl Marx nor a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, it seems I cannot upload it, and I am struggling to source it given that it was published in a country which no longer exists. Can I upload it in this scenario, or is there a way for me to make a proper useful citation for the work? I see in plenty of other instances that at least the covers of books are uploaded as images attached to articles, and I'm not sure how a lot of them got permission to upload. By all accounts I would hazard a guess that this sort of work counts as public domain, but I don't know the best way to approach the issue. Thanks. AquaticOnWiki (talk) 01:52, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Russia. I think the original text is PD but any translations into languages other then that would be copyrighted. Especially moderns ones where the author took liberties with the translation and/or added their own annotations. --Adamant1 (talk) 01:59, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
I believe the English translation published in 1978 was actually new at that time. Does the 1978 edition have a copyright notice? If so, the present-day Communist Party of Russia is the successor to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; if the CPSU held the copyright, then the present-day CP still does. On the other hand, if like some CP publications it was without notice, in 1978 that would have put it in the public domain in the U.S.: {{PD-US-1978-89}}. - Jmabel ! talk 02:45, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Ayuda

Buenas, una pregunta en el sitio web de Aeropostal en Venezuela (http://www.aeropostal.com/) aparece "License Creative Commons" (osea sin especificar), si público un Logo a Wikimedia es posible agregar el {{LicenseReview}}?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 16:15, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

No tiene ningún sentido. Es vacuo. - Jmabel ! talk 16:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
@Jmabel:Que significa "Vacuo"?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 17:34, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
Supongo que aquí era un pleonasmo: que no contiene nada, no significa nada. - Jmabel ! talk 17:54, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
No especifica qué licencia es, a eso se refiere Jmabel. Bedivere (talk) 18:11, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Need help please making a page

i uploaded a picture and it wouldnt let me but finally uploaded but uploaded somewhere else but i dont know how to use it now so bizarre also trying to make my page look like a normal page and make it look like a page where right hand side show a picture be like news paper reminds me of like if look up Mel Gibson for an example want it set up like that where right be his picture when born stuff so on but i dont know how to set my page up like that? where got box around his picture show a page but how do i do that? Googoo85 (talk) 03:12, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

@Googoo85 One does not make a "page" on Wikimedia commons, which is a repository for files. I see you have started a sandbox on the English Language Wikipedia. w:en:WP:TEAHOUSE will be helpful to you 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 06:01, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

اريد تحميل صورتي في ملفي الشخصي

أريد تحميل صوتي إلى ملفي الشخصي صرواح غلاب (talk) 15:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

@صرواح غلاب: Hi,
Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, and we do not accept personal images unless people contribute. So please first contribute in some way, and then after a few weeks, you can create a personal page. Please see Commons:بوابة المجتمع the Community Portal in Arabic. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

MY PHOTO WAS REMOVED FOR NO REASON, PLEASE HELP ME TO RESTORE SAME OR DIFFERENT PHOTO ON MY PAGE

MY USER NAME IS MARWOOD1103: I wish I knew how to edit. If I can hire someone to replace my photo, please alert me at <redacted> asap please. Thank you. Marwood1103 (talk) 14:09, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

@Marwood1103 Are you notable enough to have a Wikipedia article? If yes, then please place that article name here --iMahesh (talk) 14:14, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Hi Marwood1103. First, please don't post in ALL CAPTIAL LETTERS because doing so is considered by many to be a form of online shouting/yelling or an expression of anger. Next, files are always deleted/removed for a reason; sometimes it turns out be an incorrect reason, but there's always a reason. Furthermore, there's no record of you uploading any files to Commons with this account. Did you perhaps use a different account to upload the file? Did you perhaps upload the file locally to one of the various language Wikipedias (for example, English Wikipedia)? If you can provide the name of the file that was deleted, then it might be easier for someone to figure out what happened and why. Lastly, it's very unlikely that anyone is going to contact you via email regarding any question yuo ask at a Help Desk like this; so, you shouldn't expect such a thing. Any questions you have will be answered in the discussion thread you started; so, occassionally checking the thread is probably a good idea. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:15, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Common:Undeletion Request

Buenas, una pregunta que significa "per above" en la parte COM:UD#File:Institutodeportepedraza.jpg?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 21:00, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

@AbchyZa22: "de acuerdo con lo ya dicho". - Jmabel ! talk 21:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
OK, gracias AbchyZa22 (talk) 06:19, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Mis en cohérence Wikipédia France et Wikipédia common

J'ai mis à jour la biographie de Jeanne Duval sur Wikipédia France. Je n'arrive pas à modifier la même fiche sur Wikipédia common. Robert Gangier (talk) 09:04, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

@Robert Gangier: Bonjour, Il n'y a pas de biographies sur Commons. Vous faites peut-être référence à la boîte qui s'affiche dans la catégorie Category:Jeanne Duval. Le code de cette page de catégorie utilise le modèle «Wikidata Infobox», ce qui indique que dans ce cas la boîte est seulement reflétée depuis Wikidata. Apparemment, vous avez trouvé comment modifier cette donnée sur Wikidata avec votre autre compte nommé Robert Grangier. Après un certain délai technique pour la mise à jour, votre nouvelle version de Wikidata sera reflétée automatiquement dans la page de Commons. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:12, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Mr Asclepias,
Je vous remercie très vivement de la rapidité de votre réponse. J'aurai donc l'impatience d'attendre. J'ai ouvert en effet 2 comptes parce que Wiki Common semblait ne pas reconnaître le compte créé dans Wiki Fr. Maintenant je ne sais pas si je dois supprimer ce deuxième compte. Au plaisir Robert Gangier (talk) 10:41, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Bonjour, On peut forcer la mise à jour en purgeant la page Category:Jeanne Duval. Yann (talk) 10:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Bonjour, Merci de votre message. Je ne sais pas comment on "purge une page" mais je saurai attendre. Bien à vous. Robert Gangier (talk) 10:49, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Yann, puis-je vous poser une autre question : est-il possible de mettre une page sous-contrôle pour éviter des modifications intempestives d'informations non contrôlées ? Merci de votre aide Robert Gangier (talk) 10:54, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
@Robert Gangier: Parlez-vous de Wikipédia ou de Wikimedia Commons ? Sur Commons, aucune page n'est protégée par défaut, à moins que des vandalismes récurrents aient lieu. Yann (talk) 11:04, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Je parlais de Wikipédia, là où j'ai modifié la biographie de "Jeanne Duval". J'ai constaté beaucoup de mauvaises informations que j'ai corrigées mais je crains que des personnes veuillent corriger en ne s'appuyant que sur d'anciennes sources. Robert Gangier (talk) 11:29, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Alors, il faut demander sur Wikipédia, soit sur le Bistro, soit sur bureau des admins. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 11:56, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Bildfil

Ska en e-post som bekräftar tillstånd att använda en bild vara författat av innehavaren själv eller mig som representant för denne? Jag förstår inte villkoren riktigt. Om sedan bilden har laddats upp på Flickr, vad krävs för att kunna ladda upp den på Commons och hur kan den sedan användas i en artikel. Och hur skapar man en inforuta i högra delen med bild och info om den/det som artikeln handlar om. JerryKB (talk) 09:30, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

@JerryKB: It would help enormously if you would say what image you are talking about, who owns the rights, and in what sense you represent them. - Jmabel ! talk 17:33, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Category:Videos of American Sign Language vs. Category:Videos in American Sign Language

Someone fill me in what the difference is cuz i dont get it Trade (talk) 13:24, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Presumably, the same difference as between e.g. Category:Videos of English language and Category:Videos in English, or more generally between Category:Videos of language and Category:Videos by language. As far as I can tell, videos in the "of" categories seem to be about the language, and videos in the "in" categories use the language and are about any subject. For audio files, there are Category:Audio files about language and Category:Audio files by language. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:39, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Notifying the creators of the categories, Vriullop and Koavf, if they can clarify the matter. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:00, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
I think the above is correct. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:48, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

First time trying to upload, unsure what to do

Greetings to everyone. I have recently been cruising around ww2 british submarines and translating to my local wikipedia and i've come across an article which doesn't have a photo of the vessel. But searching around with google i came across with this and it seems it's one of the very few available pictures of it. But since it's not my work, i'm not sure if there's the option of uploading it somehow under the corresponding license and ofc, crediting the author. But at the same time it's clear that the website it's not the original owner and they reposted it from an author from the time, but they don't say anything on the website regarding the origin or ownership, so more confusion. If someone could shed some light i will be veeeery grateful. Thanks! :D Llapis (talk) 19:05, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

@Llapis: Hello, The photo is also at the IWM, but it's probably not a photo of the P33, because it's under the title "With the Royal Navy submariners at HMS Forth, the submarine depot ship. 2 to 6 March 1942, HMS Forth, and on board some of her submarines." Maybe the website submarinefamily used it to illustrate the type of submarines, not specifically the P33. If you want to upload the photo anyway, that's probably possible, because Commons already has other Navy photos by the same photographer J H Smith and tagged with the template PD-UKGov. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:26, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

How to export file categories into a spreadsheet?

How can I export, for all images in Category:Coins_catalogued_by_Welter, their respective lists of categories into a spreadsheet? (I want a quick overview which image files are lacking "obligatory" categories relating to e.g. face value, year, ruler etc.) Thanks for any help --HReuter (talk) 19:28, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Baptismal record in 1479

Can you tell me if the baptismal record of Lisa del Giocondo from June 1479 in the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore is public domain? I searched the archive and find Mona Lisa is an often-used example here, but I didn't find my answer. The only precedent I have is a 1503 margin note, File:Mona_Lisa_margin_scribble.jpg that makes me think these records might be PD, and that this one belongs in Category:Lisa_Gherardini. Thank you very much. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:15, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Anything from 1479 is in the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 20:31, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
Wonderful. Thank you, Jmabel. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:37, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

既にアップデートした画像を使用したい

既にアップデートしたオリジナルの画像データを特定のページに使用したい。 Yyfkg862 (talk) 23:02, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

For anyone interested I translated the text with google translate: "I want to use the original image data that I have already updated on a specific page." Paradise Chronicle (talk) 08:24, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Video location coordinates not detected upon upload

The Upload form couldn't get the coordinates from File:Wind on water at 高美濕地.webm, but https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cxinventor.file.explorer could. So I had to copy them in manually from it. Jidanni (talk) 07:47, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

@Jidanni: and the help you want is...? - Jmabel ! talk
I'm just saying the form should be smarter. The next time someone uploads a video with location info in it, the form should detect it, just like it does for JPGs. Thanks. Jidanni (talk) 04:18, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

I need to fix UploadWizard translation

Hi, after the new updates on Upload Wizard, I noticed some parts were not translated to PT or have mistakes in translation, but I can not find where the translation page is. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 21:24, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Is this the page you are looking for? There at least some lines are marked as in need of translation. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 08:19, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Unable to type doubled brackets

Recently on Commons, I have been unable to type doubled brackets when editing the text content of a page directly. When I type a bracket, it appears all OK. But when I type another one after it, instead of the bracket appearing, it changes the previous bracket to some kind of weird symbol. This is preventing me from quickly adding MediaWiki links. I have to type bracket, space, bracket and then delete the space, or copy-paste the doubled brackets from somewhere. This doesn't happen on Wikipedia, it seems like a Commons-only thing. Is this some kind of fancy new-fangled feature, and if so, how can I turn it off? JIP (talk) 13:31, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Can you describe what you mean by "editing the text content of a page directly", if different from editing the wikicode in the edit box? Maybe it has to do with something in your user preferences or you might have involuntarily changed your keyboard settings in the edit box (see the small keyboard icon when editing a page). You can also use the buttons below the edit box to add the double brackets around selected text. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:55, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
This would definitely be something on your computer/browser, not in the wiki. - Jmabel ! talk 17:34, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
I mean exactly editing the wikicode directly in the edit box. I don't think it's something on my computer/browser, because (1) it's happening both on my home computer and my work computer, which even run different operating systems (the first one runs Linux while the second one runs Windows) and it's only happening on Commons. Editing the wikicode on Wikipedia works OK. Both of them run on the same wiki software. JIP (talk) 19:06, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
@JIP: So, did you check your keyboard settings as I suggested above? Check that it is on the option "Use native keyboard". Because if it is on the option "International Phonetic Alphabet - X-SAMPA", it does something that looks very much like what you described. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
It appears indeed that I had somehow managed to switch the keyboard input method to "International Phonetic Alphabet". Switching it back to "native keyboard" solved the problem. JIP (talk) 06:32, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

On how uploading an image

Hello, I was wondering if I could take a screenshot of a YouTube video and post it so I could use it on a Wikipedia article I made. An image like I say is something like per example "File:Rahkmonov 2.png". Is this allowed? D1D4K10 (talk) 20:49, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

You can as long as the original video is licensed appropriately. On YouTube, there is an option to have Creative Commons-licensed videos that can be rehosted, remixed, screengrabbed, etc. here. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:02, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
I don't understand the license part, it's a bit confusing D1D4K10 (talk) 21:09, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
@D1D4K10: A screenshot is a derivative work of the video. So you need that the video has a license accepted on Commons to be allowed to upload a screenshot on Commons. Yes, copyright is complex and confusing. Yann (talk) 21:25, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
You can take screenshots of that latter video and post them here because the author of the video allows you to copy the entire video if you want, as long as you give attribution to the original. You cannot post screenshots of the former video, as it's protected by copyright. Did you take a look at COMM:LICENSE? Did you have questions about that page? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:25, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
I finally did it, is it ok? "File:Clint Hester.jpg" D1D4K10 (talk) 21:06, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
You can look on Youtube at the description of the source video of the file you gave as example. At the bottom of the description is indicated the CC license, which is more exactly the license CC BY 3.0. So, unless there's some particular reason to doubt it, it is fine to upload a screenshot from that video to Commons and to tag it with the template "YouTube CC-BY", which refers to the license CC BY 3.0, and to add the template "LicenseReview". However, the uploader tagged that file on Commons with a different license, CC BY-SA 4.0, which is a disputable move. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:34, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

استفسار حول مسابقة ويكي تهوى الأرض في سورية

ما المقصود بتزويد الصورة بقالب

Abdullah Fetnah (talk) 14:38, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

9 Transistor ZR-930T Zephyr Radio schematic

9 Transistor ZR-930T Zephyr Radio schematic Do you have any info on getting a schmatic for this radui. Thanks 2603:6000:D300:8B6E:A4FE:CFC6:3729:93D2 14:48, 17 May 2024 (UTC)


Adding Permission

I was trying to add permission to File:Art Olivier 2024 via art2024.org.webp but when I try, it says,

“Unable to fetch Parsoid HTML: No downgrade possible from schema version 0.0.0 to 2.8.0.”.

what can I do? thanks! LordBirdWord (talk) 19:07, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Permission Link: https://x.com/GeorgeMicro1/status/1791541962874482951 LordBirdWord (talk) 19:10, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
@LordBirdWord: Hi, You included that link with the other file, File:Art Olivier 2024 via Email.jpg, so there's apparently no reason for an error message with this file. Maybe you can just try again to add the link. However, you tagged both files with CC0, but there is no evidence anywhere that a CC0 dedication was issued. The message looks more like PD-copyright holder, assuming that the subject is the copyright holder, because at least the email photo does not look like a self-taken portrait. Also, maybe you can add a request for LicenseReview to the pages. I'm not sure if your post on your x account of a copy of an email you received from the subject will be sufficient for license reviewers, but maybe. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:26, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

How to preview all images in a category?

If I want to preview (see thumbnails) of all the images in Category:Vulpes lagopus by zoo on one page, without having to manually open each subcategory in a new tab, how would I do that? –Vuccala (talk) 06:12, 16 May 2024 (UTC)

Don't know how to do that either, not sure if it is even possible. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 08:15, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
@Vuccala: Don't ask me why, but https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MediaSearch?type=image&search=Vulpes+lagopus+by+zoo seems to provide all the images in subcategories of "Vulpes lagopus by zoo." --Adamant1 (talk) 08:47, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
@Vuccala: You can view with the tool petscan. In the categories box, indicate Vulpes lagopus by zoo. Since there are no sub-sub-categories in that category, you can choose depth 1. Choose the option with thumbnails. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:15, 17 May 2024 (UTC)
@Asclepias: @Adamant1: Thank you! –Vuccala (talk) 10:36, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done

Unknown exact date of creation

I have found a 1901 photo of a building relevant to my draft article. However, I do not know what is the specific date it was take, other than the fact that it was taken in 1901. How should I fill in that section in the upload wizard? Thank you. Daftation (talk) 15:12, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

@Daftation: Just "1901" should be a perfectly acceptable date. - Jmabel ! talk 16:20, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Orthogonal category trees for events and people

Hello all

I studied graph theory at university so apologies in advance for the technical language. And Wikimedia does support category intersections.

I am currently working on a Wikipedia story (about a climate hunger strike in Berlin as it happens) that makes use of images of events and participants. And frankly, the current category graph is a mess.

I would presume it better to have the events under one category tree and the people under another? And then bring the various images "together" using category intersections? I searched Wikimedia Help for advice on this kind of practice but could not find any policy or guidelines on the matter. Although surely this is a question that does or should arise quite often?

Many thanks in advance for any assistance, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 07:13, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Some events are so tied to some person that they would also (or mainly) be categorized under that person, e.g. Category:Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Category:Joe Biden signs the Climate Executive Orders (2021-01-27), but usually events and people come together only at the level of individual photos. Here's one of mine: File:Steve Perry & Efrim Manuel Manuck 01.jpg. Occasionally there may be so many photos of the same person at the same notable event to be worth a category that intersects the two, just to avoid clutter. - Jmabel ! talk 16:16, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks. In some circumstances, my suggestion is clearly not warranted. There are always corner‑cases and other oddities. But here, there are two nice primary branches to overlap: Category:Climate activists from Germany and Category:Hunger strikes in Germany. And with other secondary branches to add that cover concepts like location and similar attributes — although these are sometimes preempted by subcategories. Tx again. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 06:44, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
Follow up: Is it possible to display the intersection of two categories? Or must one simply drill down through each hierarchy individually. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 06:45, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
@RobbieIanMorrison: yes Help:FastCCI or PetScan can show category intersections. See also Commons:Tools#Discover_media. MKFI (talk) 08:11, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
@MKFI: Tx, I'll have a look. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 08:44, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Can I use a photograph made in world war II by a man who is now dead to illustrate what sort of work he made?

I have found the picture on cnn: https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/23/world/gallery/auschwitz-liberation/index.html. RuthAMdJ (talk) 10:31, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi RuthAMdj, Possibly, but the photo would either need to either never have been eligible for copyright protection or no longer eligible for copyright protection under both the copyright laws of the United States and the copyright law of the country of first publication. So, if you can provide more information about the en:provenance of the photo then it might be easier to figure this out. You should also note that CNN seems to have obtain the photo from en:Getty Images (check the lower right of the photo for the attribution "East News/Getty Images"). CNN might've paid Getty a fee so that it could use the photo or is using it under a claim of en:fair use. This attribution likely means that Getty is claiming or at least trying to claim that the photo is indeed still under copyright protection, and that it either owns the copyright outight or is acting as the agent of the copyright holder. If either is really the case, then this photo can't really be upload to Commons without Getty's or the original copyright older's COM:CONSENT (which honestly would be near impossible to obtain given that Getty makes money off the photo). Getty has, however, in the past tried to claim copyright ownership of digitalized versions of older photos that are now considered to be within the public domain, and Commons seems to ignore such claims as en:copyfraud as long as it can be shown that the original photo is indeed within the public domain since digitalization isn't typically considered to be sufficiently creative enough to establish a new copyright under the copyright laws of many countries. So, if you can find this photo some where online or in a print publication where it's clearly being attributed to someone other than Getty, then that might help narrow things down a bit.-- Marchjuly (talk) 11:55, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
@RuthAMdJ: Commons already has this photo at File:Освобожденных оставшихся в живых узников концлагеря Освенцим выводят из лагеря.jpeg. The attribution of the file has varied. It is currently attributed to Olga Ignatovich (1905-1984). The file was kept as part of a multiple deletion request in 2020, but that was before it was attributed. Two other works by Olga Ignatovich were deleted, to be restored in 2059. So, the status of the file on Commons may be uncertain. But it is currently used in some Wikipedia articles. Who is "a man who is now dead" you had in mind? -- Asclepias (talk) 13:27, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Uploading image of film poster already available online

I would like to upload an image of the poster for Bill Plympton's 2016 film Revengeance; the poster image is already available on IMDb -- as are various details relating to the film itself, some of which are not present on the current Wikipedia page. Would I have to obtain written permission from Plympton himself in order to do so, as per Commons? Instigatrix (talk) 15:04, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

@Instigatrix: Hi, and welcome. Please have permission from the copyright owner, presumably Plympton, sent via VRT with a carbon copy to you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:08, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your help! Instigatrix (talk) 01:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
To be clear, "permission" here means "a valid free license." - Jmabel ! talk 16:39, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for the clarification! Instigatrix (talk) 01:56, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Uploading logo of political party

I'd like to upload a logo of the Portsmouth Independents Party, as i'm creating an article on them. Would I need permission to use a political logo or is it free to use? B1ack H0l3 (talk) 15:34, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

@B1ack H0l3: Hi, and welcome. What does the party's literature or website have to say on the subject? See also COM:NETC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:55, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
Are we talking about the image of a sailboat at https://www.portsmouthindependents.co.uk/ or something else? Do we know the history of that image? UK threshold of originality is very low, so unless the image (not this particular use of it) is very old (e.g. 120 years, though it could be different if it's attributable to a particular person) it will be copyrighted.
If your only concern here is to use it in the English-language Wikipedia, you can leave Commons out of the picture and upload it to Wikipedia as a non-free logo (which Commons does not accept). See en:File:Seattlestarlogo.png for a good example of how to do this. - Jmabel ! talk 16:45, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you:) I'll upload it as a non-free logo. I can't find any history of the image before it's use as the logo so it probably is copyrighted. B1ack H0l3 (talk) 17:26, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Uploading derivatives

Hello! Is there a shortcut for uploading derivatives of an existing file on Commons? For example, if I crop an image from Commons and reupload it, I have to go through the entire upload process from scratch. This includes inputting the license, the author, etc. Is there a gadget/extension/other feature for me to easily port this kind of information from the original file? Given that there exists an "Upload a new version of this file" link, I can imagine a similar feature that says something like "upload a derivative of this file". Thanks! —Kittycataclysm (talk) 17:09, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

@Kittycataclysm: for crops I'd recommend Commons:CropTool, for other types of derivative works (major adjustments you want to upload as a new file), you can use Commons:derivativeFX. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - uselesscontributions} 17:29, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you! —Kittycataclysm (talk) 17:46, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

copyright tag for openstreetmap.org?

Hello. I am going to upload a processed map image obtained from openstreetmap.org.

I am using the upload wizard and in the "Release rights" step I am asked to enter a "enter a different lisence in wikitext format".

It seems that I need to enter something called a copyright tag.

What string should I enter? 狄の用務員 (talk) 12:49, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

مسابقة ويكي تهوى الأرض

كيف يمكنني رفع الصور للمشاركة في مسابقة ويكي 

تهوى الأرض في سورية لهذا الشهر Aws Shriky (talk) 18:43, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
@Aws Shriky: Commons:ويكي تهوى الأرض 2024 في سورية - Jmabel ! talk 05:37, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Tinku

No meaningful content

Isha nagar kushalnagar 2409:4051:4EC8:8E00:950B:BD6D:5B52:C96C 00:47, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Is there a question here? Looks like a Latin-alphabet transliteration of something in Hindi (or something related), but nothing that makes any sense to me or to Google Translate. - Jmabel ! talk 05:39, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Looks like a neighborhood name in Kushalnagar, may not be notable. --iMahesh (talk) 05:53, 20 May 2024 (UTC)


Racist Pictures Distorting Historically Truth

I am upset about the racist picture on Hannibal and his father. He was a man of color related to the Kushites and the Egyptians and all the people of Afrika. Why are these pictures making him look Greek or Roman when he was not! 209.237.147.43 13:11, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Which of our hundred million files are you referring to?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:16, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

인물 등록하고 싶은데

어떻게 올리는지 방법을 모르겠어요요 네이버 다음 인물검색에는 나오는데 여기에는 어땧게 하는건가요? Yejoo72 (talk) 13:13, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

I want to register a person
I don't know how to upload it. It appears on Naver Daum's person search, but how do I upload it here?
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:28, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@Yejoo72: 안녕하세요, 환영합니다. 여기에는 인물에 대한 기사가 없습니다. 대신 en:WP:MFA 또는 ko:백:인물을 참조하세요.

Hi, and welcome. We do not have articles on persons here, please see en:WP:MFA or ko:백:인물 instead.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:28, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

can i upload these images

Can I upload maps and schemes from the language grammarbook? My article in wikipedia about the language would be much worse without them.. Attacus Atlasktoto (talk) 17:13, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

@Attacus Atlasktoto: If the book in question is copyrighted, you would need to get an appropriate free license granted by the owner of the copyright, which is unlikely to happen. If it is in the {{Public domain}}, then yes. - Jmabel ! talk 17:19, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

My image got deleted

I don't know why File:Clint Hester.jpg got deleted. I personally believe I haven't broken any copyright rule. The video from where I took the image had a Commons license at the bottom of the description, so I don't think it should have been deleted. Does anyone know why? D1D4K10 (talk) 10:30, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

@D1D4K10: Hi, and welcome. File:Clint Hester.jpg was deleted per COM:NETCOPYVIO. Please read that page and keep an eye on Special:Mytalk.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:42, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Can you link to the video so we can check the license ourselves?
As for @Jeff G. - Is it possible that you ran the photo through a reverse image search and found anything? A diehard editor (talk) 10:43, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@A diehard editor: I didn't, perhaps Yann did. It appears that the video was not properly licensed at the source.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:47, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@Yann What was the source of the offending file? A diehard editor (talk) 11:01, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@Jeff G. here's the source https://youtube.com/yc1RbeFkJII
I used the Creative Commons filter D1D4K10 (talk) 11:26, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
This URL is dead. There is no URL in the description, but I suppose the source is [8]. And I don't see any free license there. Yann (talk) 12:50, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@Yann Later in the afternoon I will send another url or even an image confirming this. I personally saw the license in the video in the youtube app so I copied and pasted the share url here. Should we continue this thread in your talk page? D1D4K10 (talk) 12:59, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Fine to continue here. Yann (talk) 13:01, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@Yann try this URL https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yc1RbeFkJII&t=156s&pp=ygUWY2xpbnQgaGVzdGVyIGludGVydmlldw%3D%3D
If it doesn't work I'll send an imgur screenshot or search for the title on YouTube (Clint Hester TUF 17 Finale Post Right Interview 4 13 13 D1D4K10 (talk) 15:37, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
They mean this video, CC BY. I looked at the file when the uploader mentioned it three days ago at Commons:Help desk#On how uploading an image and I looked at the source. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Exactly, it's that video D1D4K10 (talk) 15:38, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@D1D4K10: Although the ordinary CC BY 3.0 template you used for the file is correct, with that type of source it would probably be better to instead use, as suggested in the previous discussion, the more specific template "YouTube CC-BY" and the template "LicenseReview". -- Asclepias (talk) 16:15, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
✓ Done File undeleted, and license reviewed. Yann (talk) 16:20, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@Yann Cheers mate! What happens now with the copyright warning in my talk? (I guess it won't count but stay) D1D4K10 (talk) 20:08, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@D1D4K10: You can archive it. The easiest is to set up the automatic archiving bot. Yann (talk) 10:11, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Rules on replacing files with new versions and other options for yearly updated statistics

Hi all

I'm currently doing a project with a UN agency who produce new versions of graphics ever year and want to find an easy and simple way to keep the graphics updated not only on Commons but also on other Wikimedia wikis. I can see a few options, however I don't know what the rules are around it.

1. Is it allowed to simply update the existing files on Commons to the latest version? That way it would automatically add the latest version of the file to each Wikipedia article. 2. If it would break the rules/not be preferable to overwrite the files with a newer version are there any bots which can link the two files in some way and automatically swap out the older versions with the newer versions across Wikimedia wikis, or some other automated tools to make it not a manual process?

Thanks very much

John Cummings (talk) 12:43, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

COM:OW - It'd be best to just upload new files and keep the old ones intact. A diehard editor (talk) 12:49, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@John Cummings: Additionally, you can have a file with a distinct name marked with {{Current}}, which can be updated, and should be used wherever such quasi-automatic updates will be desired. - Jmabel ! talk 17:12, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you Jmabel and A diehard editor, one piece of information I missed from my original question is that I'm talking about 10,000s of files (6 graphics per country, in 6 languages and multiple topics). A few follow up questions
Has anyone done anything like this before?
"It'd be best to just upload new files and keep the old ones intact", is this process written down somewhere? Is there an best practice for linking them, showing one is depreciated, automatically updating the Wikipedia
Thanks again
John Cummings (talk) 10:42, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
@John Cummings: if you want Wikipedia automatically updated on the new uploads, definitely use the approach with {{Current}}, use those in Wikipedia, and overwrite those annually. However, unless the data is something like a graph over time, where the new one simply adds information instead of changing information, we'd want all of the old ones as well. So you'd want FOO.ext (marked {{Current}}) as well as FOO (2023).ext, FOO (2024).ext, etc. And we'd be very glad to have older versions as well.
As for linking, a lot of that may simply be a matter of creating appropriate categories (so the information over time would group naturally by being in a category), but you can also use the "other versions" portion of {{Information}} or a similar template. Sometimes it's simpler to do a template for that "other versions" portion: if you have a big series that gets one added each year, it is easier to modify a template each year than to modify every file page. If you are systematic enough about your naming scheme, a single parameterized template should do the job for all the different things that are tracked over time. - Jmabel ! talk 15:10, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Advice on how to handle better rescan of an analog negative

Shot in Prague during the Velvet Revolution in 1989 on Iflord HP5 135 stock

First to note that I checked with Commons:Overwriting existing files and then searched these archives for clues but to no avail.

I recently uploaded a badly scanned negative (depicted on left). That scan, by a professional lab in Berlin as it happens, cut off the person on the left (as I later discovered). I am now having that same negative rescanned by a fine arts lab at higher resolution and manually cleaned (and also at considerably more expense).

So my question: (1) should I just upload that revised image under the same name, (2) ditto and also request the original scan be deleted (or hidden), or (3) use a new file name and request that the bad scan be deleted (or hidden)?

To also add that I think the image is historically significant and that it will be the first of about 40 images I will upload to Wikimedia shot just prior to and just after the fall of communism in East Germany and Czechoslovakia. Also taken using 35mm Nikon gear with a mix of professional and high‑street negative processing, so generally of high quality.

PS: I also offered the negatives to the German and Czech state archives but neither replied. In any case, I prefer to support Wikimedia.

PPS: if anyone wants to help with interpretation, I would be delighted to make contact!

Thanks in advance, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 17:02, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

In this case, since you are the photographer and uploader, it is clearly a friendly edit. Since it's the same photo, you can overwrite. I wouldn't bother asking for the earlier version to be deleted unless you have some specific reason to suppress it. It doesn't save any memory, and it may make it harder for any non-admin who might have some reason to want to understand just what you did in terms of upload history. (Plenty of people who don't have "admin" status nonetheless do a lot of tasks that might normally be thought of as administrative.) - Jmabel ! talk 17:17, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@RobbieIanMorrison: I agree with what Jmabel wrote above. If you are happy that the filename is the best filename for this photo, overwriting with the better image is the best solution in this case, because there's no reason that someone would prefer the image of lesser quality. I would only add that scanners of sufficient quality can do a very good job of scanning 35 mm negatives. So you might have a better control on the result by scanning yourself instead of paying labs for an uncertain result. (It's harder to find negative scanners for large negatives from the 1940s. I'm looking for one to scan negatives I inherited.) Ilford HP5 was what I often used in the 1980s. Given the grain, I am curious to see if the arts lab can really do a higher resolution. Unless they fill the image artificially, which I hope they don't. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:45, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
@Jmabel: @Asclepias: Thanks for the very complete answers. In some weeks there will be two scans to compare! I did question the second lab about the relationship between graininess and resolution and was told that finely pixelated grain can look good on giant prints — make what you will of that! When I upload the second scan, I'll also note the scanning parameters and files sizes for both. This negative scanning is new territory for me — even though I worked extensively with 135 and 120 (6 × 7cm) formats. Tx again. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 19:59, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
& thanks to you for free-licensing what are clearly some very valuable images. - Jmabel ! talk 01:29, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
@Jmabel: I think that visual history belongs to the people of East Germany and Czechoslovakia — I just happened to have a camera in my hand at approximately the right time. And I suspect that some subjects were taking personal risks by consenting to be photographed by a western stranger? RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 07:23, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

PDF book preview

Hi,

I uploaded a PDF scanned book Commemorative Book of Kiev Governorate, 1915. However, the book preview does not work. I tried already to purge the cash but it did not work. Any help, please? Liglioto (talk) 18:09, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Public domain non-Commons

Hi,

I'm trying to upload another version of this as a placeholder images for election boxes. The logo is in the public domain but not meant to be copied to Commons, fair enough

TLDR how exactly do I upload an image to Wiki without uploading to Commons? Totallynotarandomalt69 (talk) 22:13, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Go to Wikipedia, click on "Upload file", then click on "Upload a non-free file", and continue from there. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:57, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

I came across File:הבחירה הדמוקרטית.png (the logo of an Israeli political party), which has been uploaded using the false rationale of it being in the public domain due to be published before 1929. However, I was wondering if would fall below the "threshold of originality" and be eligible to be on commons? If not, please delete it. Cheers, Number 57 (talk) 22:50, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Number 57 The current license does certainly seem incorrect. However, whether the logo itself can be kept as {{PD-logo}} depends on COM:TOO US and COM:TOO Israel (assuming Israel is the country of first publication). The only copyrightable element in the logo is (at least in my opinion) the flower. Perhaps the fower isn't complex enough to be eligible for protection under US copyright law, but it would certainly be eligible for such protection per COM:TOO UK. Since Israel's TOO seems to have followed the UK's up to 1989 before moving more towards the US thereafter, this could be what decides things with respect to Commons. Given that the file is only being used in the English Wikipedia article en:Democratic Choice (Israel), it could be re-uploaded locally to English Wikipedia and licensed as en:Template:PD-ineligible-USonly if it's PD in the US but not Israel; it could also be re-uploaded locally to English Wikipedia as non-free content if it isn't PD in both the US and Israel. Finally, for reference, the same file seems to be treated as non-free by Hebrew Wikipedia . This, of course, could just be someone being overly cautious and playing it safe, but it could also mean some did some digging and decided it wasn't PD in Israel. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:40, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Inappropriate file descriptions by Sally.a.asmar

While reviewing w:Wikipedia:Teahouse#Is having an unencyclopedic image description grounds for deletion or recaptioning?, I found that User:Sally.a.asmar has uploaded many images like File:المسجد الاقصى.jpg with an inappropriate and irrelevant description. It was all in 2018 so maybe it's not worth contacting the user but will somebody kindly improve the descriptions? They can be shown at other wikis when MediaViewer is used. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:05, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Anyone may update the caption if there is an issue, and if it's disputed, users may follow the normal resolution process. It seems like maybe a bad translation. For starters, obviously, Palestine isn't a city. GMGtalk 13:37, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
It's images of a specific building and the description is a POV rant about the city with no mention of the building. I hoped somebody else would identify the building and fix it but I may work on it myself if nothing happens within a day. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:02, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
The building (albeit a rather odd view of it) seems to be the Dome of the Rock. Deor (talk) 14:16, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
Yeah sorry. I figured that it being the Dome of the Rock was understood. GMGtalk 16:23, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
@PrimeHunter: I removed most of the POV pushing, but it really should be rewritten entirely, and I don't know enough about that building to do so. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:05, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

War memorial to Long Range Desert Group contact the photographer Graham Bould

I am trying to track down photographer Graham Bould who was the photographer of the War Memorial to the LRDG War Memorial at the Papakura Military Camp in New Zealand. The memorial that we were shown at the camp recently was not the one that Graham Bould had photographed but a new polished granite one. I am trying to track down the original but have not been able to find out where it has gone. It was in existence in 2023 according to the Waiouru Army Museum but is not able to be located now. It would be helpful for me to know where the original memorial was located at the camp as the new one may be in the position of the old one. 2405:DA40:1184:D000:A193:B00:6927:14E2 05:06, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi IP user 2405:DA40:1184:D000:A193:B00:6927:14E2. This help desk is mainly related to matters regarding Wikimedia Commons; it's not really a general help desk so to speak. You could try re-asking this question at the en:Wikipedia:Reference desk since perhaps someone there might be able to help you. You could also simply try Googling "Graham Bould" or the name of the memorial and see what turns up. It's possible someone here might just happen to know the answer to your questions, but I wouldn't count to much on that happening because it's really outside the scope of this help desk. I will add that a user named GrahamBould did upload File:LRDG Memorial at Papakura New Zealand.jpg back in 2006, but that account hasn't been used since 2014. You could try posting a message at User talk:GrahamBould but there's no way to know if you'll ever get a response. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:30, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
(cross-posted) User:GrahamBould last contributed to Commons a decade ago and to Wikipedia even longer ago, so I suspect you won't be able to reach him. - Jmabel ! talk 05:33, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
At the time when that user was blocked from Wikipedia for copyright violations in 2009, his Wikipedia user page mentioned that he lived in England. From some clues, it can be guessed that he contributed anonymously on Wikipedia in 2014 with an internet address also in Great Britain. Anyway, I doubt that that person could help you with this memorial. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:32, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Tara Aghdashloo Director & Producer.png

Hi

I am sceptical if File:Tara Aghdashloo Director & Producer.png has been uploaded with a correct copyright tag. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4825691/mediaviewer/rm4276106240/?ref_=nm_md_1 is introduced as the source. I don't understand on what basis cc-by-sa-4.0 is the copyright tag. If that is wrong, the the image should get deleted.

Cheers Shkuru Afshar (talk) 06:58, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done Right. File deleted, user warned. Yann (talk) 08:01, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Amtrak New Photos

Hi, I would like assistance with figuring out the steps for how to upload photos of the new Amtrak Borealis service which were posted to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation twitter account yesterday (https://x.com/WisconsinDOT/status/1793291366715256945, https://x.com/WisconsinDOT/status/1792997039879397836)

I am only aware of the relevant Amtrak categories and not the particulars of licensing, sorry. Claire 26 (talk) 14:55, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Contact the Wisconsin DOT, and ask them to either contact COM:VRT to grant a free license or to state the photographs are licensed under Creative Commons-Attribution 4.0 or Creative Commons-Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 on a site that they control. Abzeronow (talk) 16:53, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Simple English Wiki to Regular Wiki

How do you request or have a page/profile moved from Simple English to Regular Wikipedia? Marievalles (talk) 14:57, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

@Marievalles: Hi, and welcome. You can copy/paste with attribution, or ask a Simple English Wikipedia Admin to export it with all history. FYI, we don't have profiles here on Commons.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:03, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
Thank you, Jeff. Marievalles (talk) 17:37, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Porque meu texto: O CARROCEIRO E SEU CAVALO O-BAMA foi eliminado?

Porque meu texto: O Carroceiro e seu cavalo O-Bama foi eliminado? Luiz Gonzaga Limagolf (talk) 20:00, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Ainda está lá: pt:Ajuda Discussão:Página de testes/1. --Achim55 (talk) 20:05, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Border issues on thumbnails

Hey. Could someone more knowledgeable with Commons look into this? Thanks in advance. Tietosanaton (talk) 17:52, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

@Tietosanaton: I have tried my usual tricks, but I can't get those borders to budge.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:48, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks for trying nevertheless, I appreciate it. Tietosanaton (talk) 17:38, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

How to add subtitles to a video on Wikipedia.

I have accurate subtitles I'm trying to add to a video if anyone can give me an example or a template that would be very helpful. 67.230.43.126 20:40, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Click on the "TimedText" tab on the video description page, select the language of the subtitles and enter the subtitles in SRT format. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 10:32, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
en:SubRip can help with the formatting.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:35, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Uploading a photo that is a photo of a picture taken in 1889

I have a photo that I took with my cell phone of Winchester Stewart Oliphant when he was in the Washington State Legislature in 1889. The original photo is among his papers that are kept at the ranch house where he homesteaded in Garfield County, WA. I would like to be able to upload this photo to the Wikipedia entry on "WS Oliphant" which I have expanded. Elinor Graham (talk) 20:43, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

@Elinor Graham: This should be OK with {{PD-old-assumed-expired}}. Yann (talk) 09:44, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Why won't it make me upload an article?

Why won't it make me upload an article? Ilgeniodellamusica 11 (talk) 06:21, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

@Ilgeniodellamusica 11: Because you are on the wrong project. Wikimedia Commons is for multimedia content. Articles should be on Wikipedia. And articles are not "uploaded". Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:43, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Please delete 2023-09-24 01 CTMA VOYAGEUR 2 - IMO 9119402.jpg

I originally uploaded 2023-09-24 01 CTMA VOYAGEUR 2 - IMO 9119402.jpg but for reasons I do not know, image resolution was lower and most of the metadata and GPS coordinates did not up upload with the image as normal. I tried to upload a new version of the same file but Commons would not let me do this. I was able to upload the same file with a slightly altered file name. Please delete 2023-09-24 01 CTMA VOYAGEUR 2 - IMO 9119402.jpg and keep 2023-09-24 01a CTMA VOYAGEUR 2 - IMO 9119402.jpg. They are the same image and having both is redundant and adds confusion. GRDN711 (talk) 12:51, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

@GRDN711: At the top of File:2023-09-24 01 CTMA VOYAGEUR 2 - IMO 9119402.jpg, you can insert this template:
{{Duplicate|File:2023-09-24 01a CTMA VOYAGEUR 2 - IMO 9119402.jpg}}.
-- Asclepias (talk) 13:17, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
@Asclepias: Thank you for your comments. Based on them, I was able to find more info at Commons:Deletion requests (COM:DEL) and put in the duplicate deletion request. --GRDN711 (talk) 13:56, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Template:Nav-SE

Regards. Question and request. Why does the text Template:Nav-SE appear on the category page Category:Spoons from Sweden after inserting the template: Template:LocationSweden? Can I ask someone competent to fix this inconvenience? Abraham OFM (talk) 17:20, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

@Abraham: Hi, It's because there's no Template:Nav-SE. This is also the case with other Location templates created by the same user. You can either remove it from the code of Template:LocationSweden, or you can comment it out in the code, or you can create a template of that name or of another name, as you did when you created Template:Nav-PL, if there's not already an equivalent template in Category:Templates related to Sweden. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:07, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Hungary · United Kingdom - Templates

There are Template:Location Germany and Template:Location Poland. Are there similar templates for the UK and Hungary? Thank you very much for your answer. Abraham OFM (talk) 17:27, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

@Abraham: Given that the two examples you give are red links, I believe you meant {{LocationGermany}} and {{LocationPoland}}. I don't offhand see anything at all similar for Hungary. The only thing I see at all like this for [part of] the UK is {{Location map UK England}}. - Jmabel ! talk 21:26, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

How do I delete a photo of myself?

How do I remove a photo of myself? Tbkowalski (talk) 18:05, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

@Tbkowalski: If you are asking how to remove it from Wikimedia Commons, you can nominate it for deletion (you can use the link "Nominate for deletion" from the file description page) and indicate a reason. The photo may be deleted if it's not in use, if you're not a notable person or for some other good reason. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:15, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Delete

Can someone please delete the girl in thong image thank you. Jo Higin (talk) 23:51, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

✓ Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 00:07, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
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