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No access after moving to Commons

The administrator Wdwd has moved this file to Commons. Since then, I have not been allowed to upload any new versions, "You can not overwrite this file." See talk here.

  1. I am writing only on de.wikipedia. Why do files now have to be common and can not remain on de.wikipedia?
  2. Why can not I update this file as an author?

(all here translated with Google.com) --Wiki1939 (talk) 09:54, 29 April 2017 (UTC)

Ich antworte mal auf Deutsch, da du ja von :de kommst. Eine Datei, die nur auf :de liegt, kann auch nur dort verwendet werden, jedoch nicht auf anderen Wikipedien. Commons wurde ja gerade deshalb eingerichtet, damit man eine Datei nur 1x hochladen braucht, sie dann aber auf allen Projekten verwendet werden kann. Da Commons später eingerichtet wurde als Wikipedia, mussten zunächst aber alle Dateien lokal hochgeladen werden. Inzwischen hätten eigentlich längst alle unproblematischen Dateien von :de nach Commons verschoben werden sollen. Weil es so viele sind, dauert es aber noch. Außerdem gibt es auch Dateien, die auf :de akzeptiert werden, auf Commons aufgrund etwas abweichender Richtlinien (bzgl. Urheberrechte) jedoch nicht. Diese Dateien sind auf :de i.a. entsprechend markiert und dürfen nicht nach Commons verschoben werden.
Dass du deine eigene Datei auf Commons momentan nicht bearbeiten kannst, könnte daran liegen, dass du dein hiesiges Nutzerkonto erst heute angelegt hast. In 2-3 Tagen sollte das kein Problem mehr sein. --Túrelio (talk) 13:49, 29 April 2017 (UTC)
I just give them the "confirmed" group in this case, no need to wait a few days. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 15:25, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 01:37, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Why can't I edit pages?

Moved to Commons:Help desk#Why can't I edit pages?. This does not belong on Commons talk:Help desk. Jmabel ! talk 23:40, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 01:37, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

no copy

Moved to Commons:Help desk#no copy. TimothyJosephWood 12:37, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 01:37, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

NO LINK TO SERBIAN (but there is a Serbian page on Google)

Moved to Commons:Help desk#NO LINK TO SERBIAN (but there is a Serbian page on Google) - Jmabel ! talk 22:22, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 01:37, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Ask feedback for the licence of photo

Moved to Commons:Help desk#Ask feedback for the licence of photo. - Jmabel ! talk 05:27, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 01:37, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Uploading pictures

Moved to Commons:Help desk#Uploading pictures because it didn't belong here.   — Jeff G. ツ 05:32, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 01:37, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

How to grant a permission to the owner?

moved to Commons:Help Desk#How to grant a permission to the owner? --bjh21 (talk) 14:08, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 01:38, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

Renaming an image from Google Art Project

Moved to Commons:Help desk#Renaming an image from Google Art Project. — Speravir – 17:43, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 17:43, 10 February 2018 (UTC)

Outdated, but not archived section

Revi or Whym, do see why the oldest section in the moment is not archived? I do not see a hindering template, but enough proper date entries for the ArchiverBot. — Speravir – 00:01, 7 February 2018 (UTC)

From the log...
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105 Threads found on [[commons:Commons:Help desk/Archive/2018/01]]
Archiving 3 thread(s).
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Before the ArchiverBot ran today, it had 37 sections (in fact). So bot (somehow) thinks that section is not existing. I don't know why to be exact. — regards, Revi 10:07, 7 February 2018 (UTC)
Oh, I’ve added a test section before. Let’s see whether the “Video Uploading Issue” section will be deleted, now. — Speravir – 01:01, 8 February 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for reporting this. There was a (recently introduced) bug in the script - being dealt in gerrit:409321. whym (talk) 12:20, 9 February 2018 (UTC)
Thanks, Whym – and Revi, too – but now the bot seems to be inactive. — Speravir – 17:29, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
Oh, we decided to stop the bot until the fix is ready. We think the bug could mess up the discussion page, and it might be safer to stop it. — regards, Revi 17:40, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
Ah, Thx for info. — Speravir – 18:28, 10 February 2018 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 03:36, 15 February 2018 (UTC): ArchiverBot is again active, section in question is already archived.

How to change the text style of the title page?

In Tagalog version of Wikipedia, I found out a page named "Phantasy Star" created by @FourBowl5905100, but its title page isn't in italic style. So how to change its text style? PhinbellaMedia (talk) 11:46, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

@PhinbellaMedia: The easy way for your purpose is to use tl:Padron:Italic title. The English Wikipedia version has documentation.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:25, 1 January 2018 (UTC)
Pinging @PhinbellaMedia:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:27, 1 January 2018 (UTC)

Question on uploading pics of historic building

How can I upload pictures of historic buildings? CHBrathe (talk) 23:27, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

@CHBrathe: Do you either 1.) have the copyright on the images or 2.) know that they have an acceptable license? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:51, 26 January 2018 (UTC)
@CHBrathe: The easiest way is to click on the "Upload file" link to the left of this page (Upload file or https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard) and follow the prompts. Don't worry about file size, file type, copyrights, etc.; there are enough built-in controls to correct any mistakes you might make during your initial "learning curve". Welcome aboard!!! - Wikipedia Commons loves newbies. Mercy11 (talk) 22:49, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Improving the user experience of this page

I had a couple of thoughts on possibly improving the user experience of this page, basically a matter of setting user expectations. I'd like to add something like the following. What do others think? The wording is only a draft.

This page operates primarily, but definitely not exclusively, in English. A number of people who visit the page daily or weekly can respond to questions in other major European and East Asian languages, and in Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew. We will do our best, usually through Google Translate or a similar tool, on questions asked in other languages. It can be useful to say in what language(s) you can read an answer. For example, if you can only write Malayalam but can read English, someone may be able to understand your question via automated translation and reply to it in English.

If after 24 hours no one has responded to your English-language question about how to use Commons—not even to ask for a clarification—it most likely means no one has an answer. Allow more time for languages where fewer wikimedians read and write them. Do feel free to add to edit the section with your question to say something like "It's been [e.g.] three days and no one has responded."

I'd also love to have a list of people who are willing to be pinged for questions that come in in various languages. For example, I can readily respond to questions in Spanish. - Jmabel ! talk 16:57, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

Should technical questions about templates be posted on the Help desk?

Are there any forums for technical questions about templates? I posted a question on the Help desk and no one is replying. Is there a place to ask technical questions about templates? Besides the template talk page. I am getting no response there either. Have all the technical people disappeared, or too busy with their jobs? I don't see anything specific for asking template questions on English Wikipedia either. See:

--Timeshifter (talk) 04:52, 18 August 2018 (UTC)

It might be a better idea to ask technical questions at COM:VP. 4nn1l2 (talk) 05:01, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
You can also ask the question on English Wikipedia's VPT, where you may probably get faster response and it will just work here as well. Ammarpad (talk) 07:05, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
I asked in several places. Problem has been solved. Thanks all. See: Template talk:Mbox. --Timeshifter (talk) 08:25, 19 August 2018 (UTC)

Growth team is looking for your feedback and ideas

Hello!

Have you heard about Growth team? 

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We are contacting your project today, because you may be interested by what we work on.

8 ideas we consider: tell us what you think about them!

We are considering new features to build, that could retain new editors in mid-size Wikipedias. We will be testing new ideas in Czech and Korean Wikipedias, and then we'll talk to more communities (yours!) about adopting the ideas that work well.

We have posted the 8 ideas we are considering. We would really appreciate your thoughts and the thoughts from your community. Please share the ideas, and tell us what do you and your community think of those ideas before September 9.

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On behalf of the Growth team, Trizek (WMF) (talk) 17:41, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Uploads

Thankyou for finding the photos, How do I upload them to an edit of mine please? Andrew-Mark Edwards (talk) 17:12, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Andrew-Mark Edwards. It's not clear what it is exactly you want to do. Do you have a higher quality version of the same image that you want to replace it with? Or do you want to edit the information in the file description? GMGtalk 17:20, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi there, I want to add photos to Bert holcroft, he wants me to let people know his life story, I have photos and need to add them to his story, there seems no simply way of, clicking in my edit and adding an image Andrew-Mark Edwards (talk) 17:28, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Andrew-Mark Edwards. Well the first thing to determine is who owns the copyright to those photos. That would normally be the person who took them. If these are photos you yourself have taken, then we can help show you how to upload them here and add them to the article. If they are not photos you have taken, or otherwise own the intellectual property rights to, then you would have to get permission from the person who does to license them for free public use. GMGtalk 17:33, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi, I received the photo from Bert himself, he's in the picture. He was involved in WW2 and helped to save 60 US Soldiers. He would like me to add this to the, "who is Herbert Holcroft" story here on wiki. Andrew-Mark Edwards (talk) 17:47, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Yes Andrew-Mark Edwards, but the problem is that the copyright for the image isn't owned by the person who is in them; it's owned by the person who took them. GMGtalk 18:01, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Or, more likely if they are World War II vintage, the heir to the photographer's intellectual property rights. - Jmabel ! talk 20:06, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Fair do's, what about other family photos. How do I add those please? Andrew-Mark Edwards (talk) 18:24, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Sorry but I still don't have an answer to my question, How do I put photos to my edits??? Andrew-Mark Edwards (talk) 19:36, 13 September 2018 (UTC)

Hey Andrew-Mark Edwards. All photos pretty much follow this same rule, whether they are family photos or not. Physical possession of the photo is not the same as ownership of the intellectual property rights, which would be owned by the photographer, and you would need to find the photographer to have them license the image for free public use. GMGtalk 19:44, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi Andrew-Mark Edwards, if Bert can email, he can email in permission to release the images, see Commons:Email templates. Also see COM:OTRS.--BevinKacon (talk) 21:47, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
@BevinKacon: If Bert is the subject of the photo, he is very unlikely to own the copyright, so what is permission from him supposed to accomplish? - Jmabel ! talk 23:08, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Selfies, camera timer, author dead after 70 years etc.. user is giving an example of one photo, doesn't mean Bert is in all of them.--BevinKacon (talk) 11:24, 15 September 2018 (UTC)

Thankyou Ever Soon Much One & All for the replies, I'm a novice, only trying to help an old war hero tell his story. He has just turned 93. I know he would like to see me complete this, but all this copyright nonsense has delayed me for over 4 or so weeks now. Before his wife passed away nearly 2yrs ago they wrote a number of books on rugby. Check out "futuristic fifteen man rugby" to get an idea of whom Herbert is, Andrew-Mark Edwards (talk) 16:22, 14 September 2018 (UTC)

Archiving now with SpBot only

Just for your information: I’ve removed some moments ago the template for archiving with ArchiverBot, and added in the same edit the equivalent parameter for archiving with SpBot into the according template. So, this does not only archive sections declared as resolved, but also sections where noone has contributed for at least 10 days. Confer Special:Diff/349041893/349042176. — Speravir – 00:40, 7 May 2019 (UTC)

change of a title of a photo

Moved to Commons:Help desk#Change title of a photo - Jmabel ! talk 20:15, 10 February 2019 (UTC)

There is not allow me to upload any things please someone help me Noor Shah Ali (talk) 19:58, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

There is not allow me to upload any things please someone help me Noor Shah Ali (talk) 19:58, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

Image cannot display properly

I have uploaded this image to commons, however it cannot display and when i click Original file, it only show "File not found: /v1/AUTH_mw/wikipedia-commons-local-public.98/9/98/Vcity_gate_closed_20190921.jpg" How can I solve the problem? thanks!--Wpcpey (talk) 02:01, 26 September 2019 (UTC)

Even I could see a correct displayed picture. Please try again. Greetings --Wilhelm Zimmerling PAR (talk) 06:48, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
I can't, though, so something is probably wrong with at least one server. Usually these things do resolve over time, though. - Jmabel ! talk 16:25, 27 September 2019 (UTC)

Edit Page

merged to Commons:Help desk#Edit Page, where the same question was asked - Jmabel ! talk 02:15, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks,you well come i wish you the best Hamud Husein Duale (talk) 02:42, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

Thank you Thabangdavidson (talk) 19:59, 15 April 2020 (UTC)

question

How to post pictures in Wikipedia in my account King Saifonce (talk) 18:24, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

How can I update a picture please Mohamed houssein farah (talk) 17:22, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

  • @Mohamed houssein farah: It is almost never correct to update a picture on Commons, unless it is your own work and you are making a technical correction such as a light rotation & crop, or adjusting color levels. That said, whenever you are logged in, on every file page there should be an "Upload new version" link under the file history at the bottom of the page. Please familiarize yourself with COM:OVERWRITE before using this. - Jmabel ! talk 04:01, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

And how I post picture in Wikipedia in my account Mohamed houssein farah Mohamed houssein farah (talk) 17:23, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

  • @Mohamed houssein farah: I'm not sure what you mean, but I'm guessing you mean adding the picture to your Wikipedia user page. You can do that the same way as on any other page. There are a lot of possibilities, but typically what you'll want is something like [[File:example.jpg|thumb|caption]]. - Jmabel ! talk 04:03, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

load and use an image on behalf of a friend ?

Moved to Commons:Help desk#Load_and_use_an_image_on_behalf_of_a_friend_? --Jwikip (talk) 13:44, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

First search, later ask

I suggest change the order: first try to find and later ask (this is good, because also similar question can be asked in the same place).--BoldLuis (talk) 08:17, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Hey!What's the minimum & maximum size of picture?Can I add more than one picture?

Hey!What's the minimum & maximum size of picture?Can I add more than one picture? Murshida Ferdous Mim (talk) 12:13, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Murshida Ferdous Mim: No specific minimum, but we always want the highest resolution available.
  • Maximum: at some point you run into technical limits, and start needing to do chunked uploads, but that chance that that will come up with photos as such is slim, it happens more with videos, PDFs of documents, etc. Those last even occasionally get to where they need to be split up.
  • Of course you can add more than one picture (assuming they are in scope. Some of us have uploaded tens of thousands of pictures. - Jmabel ! talk 01:56, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Users want obviously to remove these pictures

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Csu_bild_121_2098.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Akademiefoto.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Csu_bild_121_2098.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinderuni-zum-Thema-Ritter-und-Prinzessinnen-Die-Turniere-des-Mittelalters_image_1024_width.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carmen_cardelle.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W952_h536_x476_y371_db260d736cfca292.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Sammy_Silver&ilshowall=1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kibitzkibitz22&action=edit&redlink=1

Wiki common users obviously want these picturesto be removed. They have inserted it.--Ute Karlimann (talk) 03:53, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Readable convenience links:

Jmabel ! talk 15:30, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

  • A bunch of deleted copyright violations; a user with one undeleted upload; and a redlink to where the user page would be for a user who does exist, but has no user page. What help exactly are you asking for? - Jmabel ! talk 15:33, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

A huge mistake

Hello

I have done a huge mistake when uploaded a photo which was not mine! The name of file File:Allison Harding by Darren Bell.jpg. Please help me to delete file

Negreydens (talk) 17:01, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

@Negreydens: You could tag it {{G7}}.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:21, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

New volunteer

If help is needed in blacklisting newly uploaded images, I will volunteer. Charles Juvon (talk) 04:26, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

@Charles Juvon: Hi, and welcome. What do you mean by "blacklisting newly uploaded images"?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:43, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
I was browsing Commons and found pages of images that were blacklisted - they were awful. It lead me to believe incoming images were watched for bad stuff. Anyway, I'll volunteer for something that does not require experience. Charles Juvon (talk) 17:24, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
@Charles Juvon: I am still not sure what you are talking about. Photographs of low technical quality? Images that were on some basis offensive to you? Copyright violations? Something else? - Jmabel ! talk 23:17, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Sorry, it's here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Bad_image_list .Charles Juvon (talk) 23:50, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
@Charles Juvon: en:MediaWiki:Bad image list is a list of images that are not allowed to be used on English Wikipedia (except in rare circumstances) because of their shock value and history of having been used for shock vandalism. While most of them are hosted here on Commons, Commoners per se have no control over that list (although any account in good standing can request additions at en:MediaWiki talk:Bad image list), as it is run and protected by English Wikipedia Admins. What does this section have to do with the Commons:Help desk, discussion of which is the purpose of this page?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:02, 20 August 2020 (UTC).
Thank you for helping a newbie. I thought images were uploaded to Commons, and I wondered who nuked images as soon as they arrived if they are really bad. Who can immediately take down images that compromise national security or severely break Federal law? Charles Juvon (talk) 00:35, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
@Charles Juvon: You're welcome. Commons Admins can do that.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:09, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
Hey @Charles Juvon: Welcome. As Jeff indicates, we have a range of volunteers that help to review newly uploaded images and report issues as they are identified. Often, these are quickly deleted by administrators if the problems are egregious and obvious, or may be the subject of a community discussion at Commons:Deletion requests if there are potential issues that are more complex and require extended examination.
Each project is free to black list images they feel are particularly problematic, and Commons also has measures in place where we can technically prevent certain images from being uploaded again once they are deleted. Though the intricate details of all these technical measures are not necessarily widely advertised for obvious reasons. GMGtalk 20:05, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, GMG. I found and set https://wikistream.toolforge.org/#namespace=file&wiki=en.wikipedia . What is the best tool to look at newly uploaded images? Charles Juvon (talk) 00:39, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Username

Can change username 

Jkjahidalam (talk) 06:15, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
@Jkjahidalam: Hi, and welcome. Instructions for changing your username are at COM:CHU.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:14, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Image Help

moved to Commons:Help desk, which is presumably where User:CGOV meant to post this. - Jmabel ! talk 00:18, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Old trademark

Moved to Commons:Village pump/Copyright#Old trademark

see Commons:Village_pump/Copyright/Archive/2018/11#Old_trademark.--RZuo (talk) 10:41, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Election data

Moved to Commons:Help desk#Election data

see Commons:Help_desk/Archive/2020/08#Election_data.--RZuo (talk) 10:41, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

phone numbers?

Someone posted their phone number - should'nt it be removed? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 19:34, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

@Ottawahitech: We redact phone numbers and use @ on email addresses frequently.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:24, 2 January 2021 (UTC)

How to create svg image

I have created “Kentucky Route 6087” but i dont know how to create svg image TheGs2007 (talk) 22:06, 24 April 2021 (UTC)

Inkscape is an open-source editor that's useful for generating SVGs. Andy Dingley (talk) 00:39, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
@TheGs2007: Hi, and welcome. In addition to the above, the quality of the right side of File:Elongated circle 6087.jpg is suboptimal.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:22, 25 April 2021 (UTC)

Content

Moved to Commons:Help desk#Robert Dölle

see Commons:Help_desk/Archive/2018/05#Robert_Dölle.--RZuo (talk) 10:41, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Agree with terms and conditions Younglii (talk) 15:53, 28 April 2021 (UTC)

Please help

Please help Krishna Kant Tiwari(Baba) (talk) 07:39, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

@Krishna Kant Tiwari(Baba): Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:NOT and en:WP:AUTO.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:14, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

San Angeles map

Moved to Commons:Help desk.- Jmabel ! talk 02:40, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

help please for reupertaion of my files images /free content

Good evening I am the writer Hoda Darwish personally, and all the photos and files that you deleted are from my photography and production. I and my business manager, Ms. Fadia Al-Rifai, the owner of this account on Wikipedia, and I confirm that all these images are copyrighted to me personally, and there is no violation by publishing them because I Sole owner of copyright and I am also alive. I hope you get all my files back please as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding . Hoda Darwish Fadia Al-Rifai — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fadiahouda (talk • contribs) 21:33, 23 November 2021 (UTC)

سلام و روزِتان بخیر! پیامِ‌تان را خواندم، نگران نباشید به زودترین فرصتِ ممکن به این مسئله رسیده‌گی می‌شود. ژیلا نیازی (talk) 07:10, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Google translation of the previous comment: Hello and have a nice day! I read your message, do not worry, this issue will be addressed as soon as possible. From Hill To Shore (talk) 09:35, 29 January 2022 (UTC)

Video help

Can someone please clean the audio of my video and replace it? It's very distorted. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/On_The_Inside_-_Official_Film.webm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trakaplex (talk • contribs) 12:20, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

@Trakaplex: this page is for discussion of the Help Desk WRT its maintenance & management. Please post your question on the HD itself (linked above on the “Project Page” tab) or at the video & sound workshop. (And please remember to sign your posts with four tildes.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:35, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

Thanks you All Abraham .k. kampamba (talk) 15:14, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

I'm having problems uploading my video. I'm receiving an error message saying that my video has an MP4 extension by name. How can that be resolved. Iyailu (talk) 13:54, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

@Iyailu: this page is for discussion of the Help Desk WRT its maintenance & management. Please post your question on the HD itself (linked above on the “Project Page” tab) or at the video & sound workshop. - Jmabel ! talk 16:32, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

熱力学的エントロピーの真の正体について

　私は日本の個人研究者で、ひーろまっつんこと松尾浩一と言います。よろしくお願いします。

　私は、熱力学エントロピーについての研究を、約１４年間に渡って行ってきました。そして一つの研究結果を得たのです。

　それをこの場で発表させていただければと思いますが、それは可能かどうかおしえてください。よろしくお願いします。 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 松尾浩一 (talk • contribs) 15:01, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

About the true identity of thermodynamic entropy
I am a Japanese individual researcher, and I am Koichi Matsuo, also known as Hiromatsun. Thank you. I have been conducting research on thermodynamic entropy for about 14 years. And I got one research result. I would like to announce it here, but please let me know if it is possible. Thank you.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:14, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
@松尾浩一: こんにちは、ようこそ。 申し訳ありませんが、私たちのプロジェクトの範囲の範囲外であるため、ここでの研究結果の発表を受け入れることはできません。 査読付きジャーナルをお試しください。 COM:SIGN/jaも参照してください。
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry, but we cannot accept your research result announcement here as it is out of our project scope. Try a peer-reviewed journal. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:14, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
ありがとうございます。 松尾浩一 (talk) 15:25, 17 May 2022 (UTC)
@松尾浩一: どういたしまして。You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:35, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

Messed-up edit

This edit by User:Professor6000 looks like a mess to me: old, presumably archived, sections brought back to life; recent sections deleted; along with what look like some legitimate edits. I can't readily sort out what was intended here, so I'm not going to try to fix it, just to call it to people's attention. - Jmabel ! talk 23:21, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

You are probably correct. This will be a work in progress, I just figured out how to insert a table correctly. Now I need to figure out how to add an image properly. Now if I get that done, I think you will like this page "old, presumably archived, sections"...not hardly Professor6000 (talk) 01:38, 9 June 2022 (UTC)
@Jmabel: I may be able to get to it with my laptop tomorrow UTC.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:29, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I believe the bot re-archived what needed to be archived, but I believe we are still missing some things that were still current. - Jmabel ! talk 18:20, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks, I restored the missing things and cleaned the archive. Sorry for the delay, RL and all. My iPad just can't handle editing 244Kb archives.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:49, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Delete photos

How to use G7 tool Srk60 (talk) 15:20, 15 June 2022 (UTC)

List them as deletion requests. See Commons:Deletion_requests -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:41, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
@Srk60: Please keep the discussion in one place, Commons:Help desk#Delete photos 2.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:45, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

new version svg file

I uploaded: https://svgur.com/i/iv8.svg as a new version of: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Romania_Motorways_DE_1.svg Some registered user pls update the wikicommons image. 81.181.130.106 14:10, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Why can't you login and do that yourself?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:28, 16 July 2022 (UTC)

How I will be sponsored in UK to sing

I want to be a musician but no money Sampson j boy (talk) 14:09, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

@Sampson j boy: Please note that this is a help desk for using Wikimedia Commons. We do not usually answer questions from general life, so please try to find another forum for starting your career. De728631 (talk) 14:28, 14 August 2022 (UTC)

The app crashing

Moved from talk page to Help Desk proper. Jmabel ! talk 15:08, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

Can a person upload a photo from another site that also has Open-source illustrations?

Hello :) I was told to post my question for commons here. For various projects I have used photos from https://undraw.co/ and from what I understood, I can upload those into commons and then site them. However recently, they were deleted and I would like it if someone were to get back to me understand better!Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with Undraw

I had previously seen Undraw photos in commons (ones that were not my uploads) so I just reflected upload process/criteria they had when I was uploading the images. CCasares (WMF) (talk) 04:43, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

@CCasares (WMF): Sorry, but their license is incompatible. Please read Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with Undraw more thoroughly.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 04:49, 18 January 2023 (UTC)

Can we make it easier to designate someone else to add images for another person?

Not everyone is going to want to create a Wikimedia account in order to add images, but they may want or not mind someone else (like a grandchild, friend who is already active on Wikimedia platforms, or personal assistant) adding their images to Wikimedia. I know you can import through Flickr, but the same folks unlikely to want to create a Wikimedia account are unlikely to create a Flickr account as well. I know you can also email Wikimedia to give permissions about the image in question, but this is an extra step or email someone may have to write in addition to correspondence about permissions that may already exist. Could Wikimedia consider creating a reversible "designated uploader" option? Even creating an option to attach existing email correspondence between photographer and uploader would be helpful. Sonoet2 (talk) 13:12, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

It would (technically) be easy to add a user right "designated uploader" (like "file mover", "admin", ...), but what would be the process to decide who gets this right. And there would rules be needed, what a designated uploader is allowed or not allowed to do. As of yet there are not enough users to do all the work. Who should handle this additional workload? C.Suthorn (talk) 13:18, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
  • The trouble is that this needs to be a "push" model rather than a "pull" model. I (the photographer) need to assign rights to another (the uploader with the Commons account). We can't just have random Commons accounts declaring themselves to be "the official upload gopher for Ansel Adams", unless Ansel Adams also agrees this.
So at the very least, the photographer either needs an account here and makes a declaration through a user page, or they do something similar through COM:VRT. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:58, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
  • Echoing Andy Dingley here: they can make a designation like that through COM:VRT. I'm not sure how that gets handled for someone who isn't even comfortable with email, though. That might be a good question to ask at Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard, and it would probably be good for the answer to make its way into COM:VRT. - Jmabel ! talk 16:18, 23 January 2023 (UTC)
  • If someone doesn't want to create an account to upload their images, they can just follow the suggestions given in points 3 and 4 of COM:VRT#When contacting VRT is unnecessary, can't they? They can essentially make anyone in the world their "designated uploader" by simply publishing the image under an acceptable free license in some way that can be verified by Commons. For example, they can create a Flickr account and release all their images under an acceptable license. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:04, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
    • @Marchjuly: but that still doesn't deal with, for example, the 94-year-old who simply doesn't use computers. - Jmabel ! talk 15:55, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
      • Isn't it possible for such a 94-year-old to ask someone to create a social media account on their behalf, given that person the photos and tell them to upload them under a free license? A "designated uploader" doesn't need to be for Commons only, does it? If they're capable of asking someone to upload their photos to Commons, they're probably also capable of asking family member or friend to post the photos somewhere else online and add the appropriate licensing. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:21, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
        • @Marchjuly: probably, but then we'd end up with the question of whether that social media account was sufficiently under their control for the offers of licenses there to be relied upon. I'm guessing VRT has a way to accept a snail-mail letter designating someone to handle someone's uploads, but I don't see that stated anywhere. - Jmabel ! talk 22:43, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
          • There're always going to be concerns about who controls an account, but Commons does seem to assume good faith when it comes to things like Flickr unless there's a reason (obvious COM:LL) to think otherwise. As for snail mail, I'll ask about that at VRTN, but that seems highly unlikely. With a central email account, it's possible to grant multiple persons easy access; on the other hand, with a central mailing address or PO box, there would be a limited number of persons (maybe only just one) who could access it. I guess such correspondance could be sent to some WMF mailing address, but then it would still need to entered into the system for VRT volunteers to assess which means someone at the WMF would need to be directly involved. Maybe such a set up could be created if it doesn't already exist, but I'm not sure there would really be enough of a demand for it to be cost-effective, especially moving forward. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:29, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
            • I understand the concern but how often do we have a situation where there is a 94-year-old who doesn't use computers but wants their media uploaded to Commons specifically? I get that it is a designee who probably wants it but at some point "my grandma owns the copyright and somehow knows of this project but she doesn't use email, doesn't want to respond via phone, doesn't want to write a letter, doesn't want to do anything to prove it" becomes very close to people just making it all up. We have few enough Wikimedians in Residence that can help institutions do uploads properly but I think that's the best way mechanically to think of this problem, and that requires a lot more disclosure of the identity of the designee than usual. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 06:57, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
              • @Ricky81682: I've uploaded a good number of photos by my father, who would be that age if he were alive. As it happens, he died at 71, and I'm the heir to his intellectual property, so it's simple. And he could have handled this just fine, he was doing Telex back in the 1960s, so email made sense to him. But I've seen with other members of his generation of the family -- bright people, professionals -- that some of them have trouble even using Facebook, or corresponding by email. There are a lot of people of that generation who own intellectual property that we'd want to have on Commons if we could arrange it. It's not so much a matter of them specifically wanting the content on Commons, it's them having content Commons wants. We have a lot of gaps for the mid-20th-century: new enough that it's not in the public domain, old enough that few of our active members took photos at that time. I'm probably one of the oldest 10% here, and my earliest photos here are from the 1960s, and I didn't really start doing photography systematically until the 1990s. - Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
                • As I said, it's the designee that wants it but there is really going to be no way for people to prove that they are the heir to personal property easily. I mean, in the end, it will come down to "I swear I'm the heir" which I don't know how VRT would ever prove it. Ricky81682 (talk) 18:48, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
                • Note that we have templates for licenses by heirs, eg {{PD-heirs}}, {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}} etc. I've uploaded a number of inherited photos from deceased family - personally I've generally credited them to "Family photos of Infrogmation", but if you want to include their given names, or however you think author credit is best. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 19:14, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
                • There are certainly people even these days who either have difficulty or have no desire to use email or the Internet for anything. For many who grew up prior to Internet age, trying to en:keep up with the Joneses has probably be quite a struggle, not only from a technical standpoint but perhaps also from a psychological standpoint. Many little kids are already way more savy when it comes to such things than their grandparents could ever hope to be. For sure, lots of people probably would prefer that they could still do things the way the once were able to, but it's always been like that with respect to any type of change, hasn't it? If VRT doesn't already have a system in place for receiving snail-mail, then I think one is really unlikely to be created unless there's really a very strong demand for it. If VRT does already have such a system in place, then there have probably been discussions about eventually phasing it out. I wouldn't be too surprised if, in my lifetime, written correspondence becomes even more of an exception to the rule than it currently seems to be as newer and newer technologies continue to be introduced. That appears to be the general direction that society is heading as it moves into the future. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:25, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

People. Please be extremely clear about two things: Wikipedia is difficult. In terms of Commons, this means: if I'm not one of those ultra-nerds, then the easiest thing in the world is to post all the possible images I have that Wikipedia absolutely needs on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Mastodon, PixelFed or wherever. From thought to finished execution is less than a minute, then I can forget about it and never have to deal with it again. To contribute just one image to Wikipedia, on the other hand, I have to overcome insurmountable hurdles: Create an account, making my username public and coming up with a password. Reading and understanding thousands of pages about copyright and then realising I didn't understand it. Then filling out a monstrous upload form that doesn't exist on SocialMedia. I have to remember what date the picture is from, what the source is, who created it, what licence I choose, what categories (what is that? something like tags?) Then a caption and a description, the GPS coordinates and a free text field for unspecified more. Then the upload might not work and I have to start all over again. If it is successful, I get neither likes nor favs, and my work is not retweeted or boosted. Either nothing happens or I get a deletion request. And then I'm supposed to take care of "my" picture for the rest of my life, but I'm not allowed to delete it either, because it's not "my" picture, it belongs to the world (irrevocable licence). And the second: Wikipedia is not popular. There are billions of people who are willing to donate an image to Wikipedia ("here, I'll forward it to you, feel free to use it on Wikipedia!"), but who - even if hell freezes over or they are the last person on earth - are under no circumstances willing to create a Wikipedia account, jump over the strange sticks Wikipedia throws in their face or comply with VRT's demands. If there were Wikipedians entrusted with this, who wore a uniform, could be approached on the street and had the technical equipment with them to directly accept an image (via mail, messenger, USB, Bluetooth, NFC or by photographing it), then Commons could harvest real treasures of necessary images. But with the idea that the image donors have to become active themselves, this will never work. --C.Suthorn (talk) 06:41, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

There may come a day perhaps not to far into the future where there are Wikipedia Stores or Wikipedia Kiosks which function in some way like what you've described above; however, there would still need to be some understanding of what it means to "donate an image" by those wanting their images uploaded for use on some Wikipedia since they still would essentially be giving a great deal of control over their image (assuming its even their image to begin with). Moreover, there's really no way to guarantee their image will even be used since contextual decisions regarding image use tend to rest entirely in the hands of each local Wikipedia community. For sure, some rare or high quality images might be obtained in such a way, but probably quite a few would never end up ever being used (at least not in the way the copyright holder originally hoped), but instead could possibly end up used in ways completely unrelated to Wikipedia by other third-parties. So, while it's true that Commons makes uploaders jump through lots of hoops, not all of those hoops are of Commons making. Some of them are due to the varous copyright laws around the world, aren't they? -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:47, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Daily we received lots of emails in VRT of permissions from copyright holders (CRH) for files uploaded by a user who is not him. This is not a problem at all. Also, in the photosubmission queue, frequently people send files to by uploaded and we do it (I do it, at least). Aditionally, we receive printed, signed and scanned permissions in pdf or jpg send in representation of the CRH, because he's too old, he's got connectivity problems or other causes. So, to create an account it's not mandatory neither to be a tech geek. --Ganímedes (talk) 12:23, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
The people discussing here did not know, that it is possible to mail in a printed document. IMHO there should be a permanent ad on the main page of all language wikipedias telling people that they can send in notable works to a surface address for inclusion in commons. C.Suthorn (talk) 14:56, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
surface address? I'm not sure what you mean. Please read my comment again. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:34, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
Good old snailmail. Print a Commons release form, fill in the blanks, sign, put it in an envelope with the prints or slides or negatives or whatever, write the address, stamp, and drop in the mailbox. For us it seems a hassle but we're talking about people for whom inventing a password and typing it twice the same way is a hassle. Me, I'm in my 70s but that includes 65 years as a hardcore technerd. Most my age are the other way. And some have spent those 65 years as an amateur photographer. Jim.henderson (talk) 20:44, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
I asked about this at COM:VRTN#Discussion at Commons talk:Help desk#Can we make it easier to designate someone else to add images for another person? and the last response received made it quite clear that VRT only deals with emails. Instituting a snail mail system for this kind of thing is beyond the scope of this Help Desk, and probably would need to be something that the WMF itself would need to do. If some believe this is something that really should be done, then perhaps the best way to try and get the ball rolling would be to post a proposal at COM:VPP since that's the best place to discuss a project-wide matter such as this. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:43, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
There's no difference to accept old photos in paper as well. If the person ask someone to upload the file in his name, why can't use the same person to send a photo or scanned file of the statement by email? It has no sense to me. --Ganímedes (talk) 01:29, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
@Ganimedes: I have a question in at Commons talk:Volunteer Response Team asking pretty much that. COM:VRT says that email should come from the copyright-holder, but it seems reasonable to me that the copyright-holder can put something in writing, and someone else can email it. After all, we accept exactly the equivalent when there is a transfer of copyright, and the new copyright-holder sends a copy of a document signed by the prior copyright-holder. - Jmabel ! talk 02:42, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
I'm not a VRT member, but my understanding (based on some discussions I've had with VRT members about something similar) has always been that VRT doesn't typically accept forwarded permission emails. It used to be OK way back in the day for permission statements to actually be posted on file pages per COM:GRANDFATHER, but this was discontinued once OTRS (as VRT was called back then) was established. VRT members seem to be reluctant to accept anything that might possibly manipulated, which is understandable, but there are subjective mini-assessments made when determing such a thing that vary from VRT member to VRT member. Perhaps input from other VRT members is sought (I think there's a VRT chat they use) in such cases to see what others might think. Scans of notarized copyright transfer agreements or "consent" agreements might be accepted when considered reliable, but again I'm not sure. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:08, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
I'm VRT agent and, as I already explain, I've accepted statements manually signed, that have been sent by email by a third person as pdf, jpg or png. I don't think it's the same case as a forwarded email: as you've said, the risk of manipulation it's different in both cases. --Ganímedes (talk) 03:24, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
Thank you Ganímedes and my apologies if it seemed as if I was contesting something you posted earlier. Maybe any further discussion on this should be moved to Commons talk:Volunteer Response Team. Jmabel has already started a discussion about this there and that page seems more likely to be on the watchlists of VRT members than this one is. Moving the discussion there may also help avoid confusion and redundancy. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:40, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
That would be Commons talk:Volunteer Response Team. There is no Commons talk:VRT. - Jmabel ! talk 04:53, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
Thank you for catching that. I've corrected the link accordingly. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:08, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
I think a more accurate place is Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard, but there is a threath about this already there. --Ganímedes (talk) 10:39, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

السلام عليكم

لقد قمت بإنشاء مقالة أنمي في ويكيبيديا واضفت صورة ولكن تم حذفها ارجو مساعدتي في إستعادتها عمار أبكر (talk) 14:00, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

حذفت الرسالة ؟ عمار أبكر (talk) 14:03, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
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