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How to include LaTeX source code as metadata on uploaded SVG image?

I'm looking to upload a few chemical structures created using LaTeX/chemfig/TikZ and converted to SVG. I'd very much like to include the chemfig/LaTeX source code that was used to create the SVG, like it was done for this SVG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beta-Carotene_conjugation.svg

(please note the field "SVG development" in the Summary box, and the LaTeX source code included therein).

Now I have just uploaded an SVG to Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eriochrome_black_T.svg

But I got no option to create/add this field with the upload wizard. How do I include the LaTeX source code for the SVG I uploaded? Solarchemist (talk) 03:28, 1 September 2020 (UTC)Solarchemist

@Solarchemist: Hi, and welcome. The LaTeX code for generating File:Beta-Carotene conjugation.svg is in a {{Image generation}} box in the "other versions" portion of {{Information}}; your code can be in your file description page File:Eriochrome black T.svg the same way, but it might be better located in the source portion.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:14, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks for so kindly getting me over that first bump. The result looks quite good to me: File:Eriochrome_black_T.svg. On to the next adventure ツ -- Solarchemist (talk) 21:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
@Solarchemist: You're welcome. Beware of aspirated droplets of dihydrogen monoxide.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

File:Perkins on BRM 1977.jpg

I nominated this file for deletion back in June using the automated process. I obviously missed something (although I *thought* on checking that all the steps had been completed) as there seem to have been no developments. I'm afraid I can't figure out what is wrong! Please help. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 10:02, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

@Eagleash: I have tagged the file as a copyvio and !voted to speedily delete it because: COM:CSD#F4, License review NOT passed: Found elsewhere on the web and unlikely to be own work: Google search. Sorry for the DR backlog, I tried to help.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:34, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
... and it's gone.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:05, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
Many thanks; it was just that there's a pretty long waiting list at present? If so, sorry to have bothered you... Cheers Eagleash (talk) 13:46, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
@Eagleash: You're welcome. Yes, the oldest outstanding DR is Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with insource:"geralt-9301" from 21 December 2019, some 9 months 13 days ago.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:28, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:28, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

My picture of the starfish

Hi guys! I recently sent a picture to wiki commons of a starfish I found. Sadly I haven't heard anything from you guys about it. Is this my fault as in like I didn't send it to the right place or if you did get it what happens to the pictures you guys don't use ? I'm waiting to hear back from you guys and thanks for letting me join this site and you can send any type of work for me to help with !!! 😃 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddemod (talk • contribs) 03:50, 1 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Forget about it?

Wow like 10,000 everyday!!!! That's..... incredible.I don't mean to be a bother but your all connected right ? Wikipedia ? I wanted to know if it could be added to their list of pictures about starfish since I don't know how to send a picture directly to Wikipedia.Sorry if this is wasting your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ddemod (talk • contribs) 01:10, 2 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Ddemod: You can add File:Found Under My Island's Seas.jpg to en:Oreaster reticulatus. Hopefully, en:Help:Pictures can help with that.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:24, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

I have mentioned one of the more significant Goddess GajaLakshmi sculptures that exists in the world.

I, Mytrystwithangkorwat have created an account at the Wikimedia. Am also editing. But when i would like to upload a picture taken by me on my camera personally, it doesn't accept. Please help and guide. I have something of immense significance please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mytrystwithangkorwat (talk • contribs) 05:37, 1 September 2020‎ (UTC)

I can't help with so few information. Please read the beginners' help section, and post your questions on the relevant forums. Cheers, FredD (talk) 07:07, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
@Mytrystwithangkorwat: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50KB or <5MP) jpg photo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, 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 Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:05, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Почему была удалена фотография?

Добрый день! Подскажите, почему была удалена фотография из статьи https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Grigory_Ageyev — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1paev (talk • contribs) 11:56, 1 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • Assuming I'm right in understanding that "статьи" is "article", I'm guessing that this is about something on the Russian Wikipedia, since we don't have articles on Commons. And the link is to a category, so I don't know what photo he might be asking about. Can we please get help here from a Russian-speaker??
  • @1paev: Commons:Форум на русском. - Jmabel ! talk 14:19, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Pictures

I tried to post a picture but it's says , Wikimedia don't accept files with acc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiara Karen Katie (talk • contribs) 13:25, 1 September 2020‎ (UTC)

File extension problem prevents upload

Something I have done repeatedly is today causing a problem.

I'm trying to upload a better version of

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T-john-brown-last-prophecy.jpg

The source is:

https://archive.org/details/johnbrown00villuoft/page/n612/mode/1up

I get this error message:

Files of the MIME type "text/html" are not allowed to be uploaded.

The file I'm trying to upload should be .png. I have done this so many times before I couldn't count. But today it doesn't work. This is on an iPad and in that operating system file extensions are hidden and it's complicated to change them using an external program.

Deisenbe (talk) 14:23, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@Deisenbe: I did it for you on my Windows 10 laptop. By changing the URL, I was able to get the image rotated and enlarged.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

The Reserve Bank of Malawi Mzuzu Project

I'm the registered Copyright holder of the the Reserve bank of Malawi Mzuzu project 

  Registration number CI-532817804 by
  Copyright Index 
  dated 29april 2020,13:14 GMT

However I just discovered thorough the internate that The Reserve bank of Malawi secretly issued 2 (Licences) to itself under creative Commons using a fictitious names titled (LoafOne)and (Malawians) respectively Without attribution

and have been using my works without permission and Without paying me professional fees since September 2014

I zero need your advice in this regard 

     Yours faithfully
     Davie Chidyaonga - Project Architect and 
     Copyright holder

My email address is: 

  daviechidyaonga2@gmail.com: — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.64.0.23 (talk) 15:24, 1 September 2020‎ (UTC)
Hi, and welcome. The above post appears to be your first edit, perhaps you forgot to login. Logging in is required before uploading here, please do that. There are also many other reasons to create an account and log in. Also, if you already have an account what is your account name? What files are you writing about? Pinging @LoafOne as mentioned.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:53, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Not able to upload

Dear Commons, Greetings,I would like to inform you that there is a difficulty in uploading images were it fails to upload for the last 3 weeks. kindly sort it out as the earliest. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 117.207.96.131 (talk) 17:24, 1 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. The above post appears to be your first edit, perhaps you forgot to login. Logging in is required before uploading here, please do that. There are also many other reasons to create an account and log in. Also, if you already have an account what is your account name?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:47, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Tool for making long list of filenames

A former user who has had ~500/4000 of their uploads deleted has some more problematic uploads (probably violating COM:PEOPLE, and some having exactly the same traits criticized in previous deletions). While I don't really want to go through their images, I feel Commons has a duty to the non-consenting subjects. I think that a mass-deletion request would be suitable here, subject to correction. What would be the best tool to rapidly make a list of the filenames for a mass-delete nom, ideally from a page of thumbnails? In a former nom the photos were subcategorized by type of problematicness, so something that would make that easy to do, without spending more time on them, would be good. Being able to search the text would also be useful, as sometimes it is the descriptions that are problematic. Can VisualFileChange or some such do that? Finally, some of the inappropriate texts are in Dutch. Not sure what to do about that; it's not exactly a translation request. I can probably catch a lot of it through intelligent use of a dictionary. HLHJ (talk) 04:28, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Common

Do I have to post other things what about my self — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itz victor kalu (talk • contribs) 13:08, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

@Itz victor kalu: Hi, and welcome. You don't have to post anything. Exactly what did you try, and what was the result?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:23, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

adding new page to Wikipedia

Hi, I have registered as a contributor and have written the text for a new Wiki page for the Soulsville Foundation, which is the nonprofit parent organization that operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Stax Music Academy, and The Soulsville Charter School. I have been the foundation's communications director for 16 years so all information is accurate. HOWEVER, after many attempts I have been unable to actually create the page in Wiki and add it. I'm not terrible tech savvy so if there is an easy way to do this I would very much appreciate instruction. Thanks! Tim Sampson — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothyfloydsampson (talk • contribs) 14:44, 2 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Can I upload a political party logo?

I would like to know if and how I can upload the logo of a political party. I have created the page Our West Lancashire on Wikipedia, and would like to attach the logo of the party.

Could I contact the party directly and ask for explicit permission to use their logo for Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DanJWilde (talk • contribs) 14:45, 2 September 2020‎ (UTC)

--Lcm00 (talk) 15:12, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

@Lcm00: It probably was about your only upload, File:Weeekly.webp, which you subsequently had deleted. Please don't upload any more files "by PlayM from PlayM Naver Post" without licenses.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:25, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Undoing an accidental move

Hi, I'm new to Wikimedia and accidentally have moved a category, unfortunately I cannot move it back, though I've tried many things already. Can somebody please help undo my accidental move, I'll be very grateful. [Maps of Grodno] -> [Maps of Hrodna] 13:46, 9 September 2020 (UTC)~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhiteRusian (talk • contribs) 13:46, 9 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@WhiteRusian: ✓ Done. Is this redirect needed? --Minoraxtalk 14:03, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
@Minorax: Thank you very much Minorax :) . The redirect can stay, but it may be better just to erase it (the "Category:Maps of Grodno") completely, if you can, so that not to confuse anyone. Once again thanks for your help. WhiteRusian (talk) 16:18, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
Resolved
I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. WhiteRusian (talk) 17:59, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

My company logo and images

I need assistance because I am unable to upload my company logo to my page. - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rapid Hires, LLC (talk • contribs) 02:54, 3 September 2020‎ (UTC)

I want to have my page as an author of books

My name is Swami Chaitanya Keerti. I am an author of 4 books: 1. Osho Fragrance 2. The Alchemy of Zen 3. Mindfulness the Master Key

4. The OshoWay: In Romance With Life

Books are available at amazon.com and amazon.in Besides, I contribute articles to various newspapers and magazines. Google has all the information.

My books are published in Spanish and Russian languages also. I co

How can I create a page about myself on Wikipedia. Please guide me


Warm regards Swami Chaitanya Keerti— Preceding unsigned comment added by Maitribhaav (talk • contribs) 07:18, 3 September 2020‎ 07:18 (UTC)

@Maitribhaav: Hello, unfortunately tou are in the wrong place, you want Wikipedia not commons.
Equally so, Wikipedia is not a site where persons can create profiles or articles about themselves or for publicity and related purposes. (As the various forms of social media might do). Wikipedia reports upon what has been written (in-depth coverage) in multiple independent, reliable sources by persons with no connection to the subject. However, there is no barrier to your creating a draft at Wikipedia which can be submitted for review. However, you should be prepared for it to be a long difficult (and likely unsuccessful) process if writing about yourself. Please sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 10:47, 3 September 2020 (UTC)

Although you tell us about registering with Commons in the YouTube video you do NOT put a link up for us to just click on!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by JoeStoner49 (talk • contribs) 13:10, 3 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@JoeStoner49: Hi, and welcome. Which YouTube video is that, exactly?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:30, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
and/or what competition (Commons as such doesn't usually create competitions, but does often give them official recognition). - Jmabel ! talk 16:04, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: i was hoping the answer to my question would shed enough light to answer your question, even if it was indirectly.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:17, 3 September 2020 (UTC).

Creating a page that will have new additions

please direct me to the how-to-section that explains creating an ongoing file how to make additions add new images etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sforgca (talk • contribs) 17:25, 3 September 2020‎ (UTC) (UTC)

Good Afternoon, I am writing about the logo I have uploaded of my business. I am currently reading over your policies now. However I own this material logo and the business that accompanies it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eshawn35 (talk • contribs) 20:17, 3 September 2020‎ (UTC) (UTC)

Uploading a picture from somebody esle.

Hello Wiki-Community!

Is it allowed to upload an Image on Wikipedia, if this Image belongs to somebody else but this person allows the usage of the image under cc-sa license (Creative Commons: Attribution Share Alike) ? If yes, how do i give appropriate credit to the licensor?

Thanks for the help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kohlibrie (talk • contribs) 16:27, 10 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Kohlibrie: Hi, and welcome. What attribution did they provide or want? If you can't tell, please ask them.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:42, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks, i think he just wants to be the named. On the Website (where i found it) was not too much info, but i found out that it is usable within the license rules of "Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)"
I uploaded the image, could you check whats wrong? Here you can find my upload: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Band_Pisse.jpg#filelinks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kohlibrie (talk • contribs) 19:11, 10 September 2020‎ (UTC)
@Kohlibrie: I believe I fixed the issue with de:Datei:Band Pisse.jpg in this edit. Did you want to be able to use it in projects other than German Wikipedia? Please follow COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:24, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks, looks nice. Guess i have much to learn. I just wanted to use it in Wikipedia for an article about the Band. -Kohlibrie (talk) 11:43, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
@Kohlibrie: You're welcome. You can "Nach Wikimedia Commons exportieren" ("export to wikimedia commons") for use in other projects.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:14, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:14, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

ZoomViewer not working?

I have been trying use ZoomViewer to view large images such as File:Las Meninas, by Diego Velázquez, from Prado in Google Earth.jpg and File:Ethnic Map of European Russia by Aleksandr Rittich-1875.jpg in full resolution but I have been getting black screen and the error message "No response from server iipsrv.fcgi". Does anyone else also experience this problem? Is there a way to fix this? StellarHalo (talk) 04:06, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

ZoomViewer is working fine for me. Ruslik0 (talk) 07:14, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Publishing someone else's image

Hello, I want to publish an image which belongs to National Polytechnic museum in Sofia, which has allowed me to use it, is it possible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MotoJawaCZ (talk • contribs) 15:00, 4 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@MotoJawaCZ: Yes. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it as-is, and have the photographer or a museum official post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:08, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Photo of artist Walter S. Feldman

I am writing a biography on the significant American modernist artist Walter S. Feldman (1925-2017). In his will he established the Walter S. Feldman Trust for Artwork at Brown University to continue his legacy of art education. Catherine Little Bert of Bert Gallery is the visual arts advisory and curator of that Trust. I am a research assistant working under her direct supervision writing his biography for numerous publications. She has permission from the Trust to use images of the artist, Brown University, and the artist's works to promote the Trust and the artist's legacy. That said I did not personally take the photos of the artist and/his works. They were taken usually by Brown University photographers, or in the case of his art, the artist himself. All he photos I have are previously published in Brown University publications without copyrights. May I upload these photos with the biography? I did not want to claim personal copyright privileges. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArtResearcher1955 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 4 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @ArtResearcher1955: "She has permission from the Trust to use images of the artist": too vague for Commons, we need a specific free license for copyrighted material. If copyright has actually been transferred to Brown, or if photographers, their heirs, etc., will grant such a license, great. You can either indicate the specific free license (e.g. CC-BY-SA-4.0) for the image on a page clearly controlled by the copyright-holder (e.g. Brown), and then cite that as a source, or you can go through the COM:OTRS process. Sorry if that is not enough detail: I'm headed out the door right now, someone can follow up if you need more clarification. - Jmabel ! talk 15:50, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
@ArtResearcher1955: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry for your loss. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept the photos as-is, we need permission to protect our users, reusers, and foundation. For each level of permission grant, please have the photographer or other rights-holder post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for that level on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. Presumably, from what you wrote, there is a trail of paperwork from artist to trust to curator to you, and also from photographers to university to curator to you, with maybe some unnamed stops in between. Wherever the copyright stopped being transferred, that is the entity that needs to provide permission, and how they got the permission along the trail. Permission can be granted en masse, but we like to have boundaries, such as who would be authorized to make the uploads, what category or categories the photos would be in, the filenames already uploaded, etc. Please feel free to share this information to facilitate the granting of permission.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:48, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

How about a photograph taken by an unknown fellow traveller in 1957 that is in the artist's estate? Is that permissible? For images of Feldman's art we are taking the photos of the work & obviously writing that it is the artist's painting or sculpture etc. Does that mean we have permission to use the image since we took the photo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArtResearcher1955 (talk • contribs) 16:18, 4 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@ArtResearcher1955: Same answer as above along the trail from the traveler to you. For your photos of the artist's work in the US, you are fine copyright-wise if you have the copyright to the work. Please read COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:53, 4 September 2020 (UTC)

Easthamptonartist

I need help uploading photos — Preceding unsigned comment added by Easthamptonartist (talk • contribs) 19:53, 4 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Hello Wikipedia Admin

I would like to ask all Wikipedia administrators I didn't come to harm Wikipedia, But I'm trying to help Wikipedia, Admin Wikipedia attacks my posts. are you happy I don't know or is it not going to misunderstand me I don't understand the problem. Admin Wikipedia or whether copyright registration must be paid or not.

Article *1 (File:Uttamarambho Bhikkhu.jpg ) Photo This is a Mon provost and also my teacher, I upload it for the future of Mon I looked at the English Wikipedia this Photo is not a Photo this one is only on Thai Wikipedia. To be honest, this Photo does not have the copyright holder in Thai Wikipedia people upload this photo, he is not a copyright holder and he didn't take himself, this photo is from the internet, google website, I know everyone knows the owner of this photo I know him, he is not the person who uploaded the photo in this Thai Wikipedia, the owner of this photo, he is a monk who proves the name of Ajarn Charima. Now he has died for about 7 years. He took this picture to make a book to read now this book is sold in Thailand, 500 baht per play. He is the copyright holder taking a picture of himself using a Sony camera. I have been with him for about 20 years. He used to teach me the Mon language to read.

Article *2 (File:MDGs Burmese language.jpg File:MDG 5 Burmese language.jpg File:MDGs Burmese language2.png File:Gear pump exploded Burmese text.jpg) This photo I downloaded from the English Wikipedi and then i use a computer program and then I edited, I removed the English characters and the{{}}n I continued writing the Burmese translation for the Burmese Wikipedia. This is a violation of copyright or not or whether the upload cost has to be paid or not I don't know what the problem Admin Wikipedia is.

Article *3 (File:Uttamarambho Mon Buddhist Monk of Mon people.png) I upload this photo for the future of Mon people this is the history of this photo, I told you about it.

Article *4 (File:Kei Jonishi of Japanese idol girl group NMB48.jpg File:Kei Jonishi of Japanese idol girl group NMB48 for korea.jpg) This woman is my sister this photo is not taken myself, I admit but I looked at Wikipedia in all languages. No photos, my sister I saw this and I was very sad I tried uploading a photo of my sister's Photo on my computer. I wasn't going to download it anywhere, she would come for myself so I asked for him because I love him so much, she loves me so much she is my sister myself, I guarantee 100% what I say in this, all you do not believe, then go and ask my mother.

Article *5 ( File:Nay out Mon millionaire with English rival.jpg File:Monk Nay Ah Nun.png) This photo has no copyright owner, I know it well because this photo in Burma is very popular, most of this photo is Burma, he will post on website or facebook, everyone is not copyright owner most of this photograph is in a book read I take my iPhone 6 and I edit it. In my bedroom I have a lot of books. I got it from the book I will upload for the future Mon people In my bedroom I have a lot of books to read because I am a person who likes to read books.

Article *6 (File:Burmese singer Po Po.jpg File:Burmese singer Po Po DVD in Yangon.jpg File:Burmese singer Po Po and billboard in Yangon.jpg File:Ashin Moninda Bhiza.png File:Abbot Dr.Bhaddanta Zavana.jpg) This photo I admit I didn't take a picture of myself I don't know the copyright owner someone comes from Facebook he's coming to me he's the copyright owner or I don't know. he would come to me for help I didn't need anything, just to help him.

Article *7 File:Uttamarambho Wang Wiwekaram.png File:Uttamarambho December 5, B.E. 2534.png File:Wat Wang Wiwekaram.jpg File:Wat Wang Wiwekaram every day.png This photo I admit, I didn't take myself prove from Facebook, he will come for me to use Is he the copyright owner or I don't know I also upload for the future Wat Wang Wiwekaram.

I'm sorry if you have any problems, make sure you have a clear idea. Don't delete it just yet everything, let me know first My name --咽頭べさ (talk) 08:08, 5 September 2020 (UTC)Intobesa I am a Mon writer for Japan.

Please, clarify your stance in the respective deletion discussions. 12:02, 5 September 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruslik0 (talk • contribs)
@咽頭べさ: Hi, and welcome. For the files that have already been deleted, you may request undeletion by posting at COM:UDR.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:21, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

I have one questions about basic adding images from the website with free licence images

Hi I have one question about basic adding images from the website. I found some images which I want to add to Wikipedia here: https://pcsite.co.uk/image-downloads/ there is a note about a free licence. So my question is: do I need to type this website as an author of the image when I'm uploading It to Wikimedia? Whare I should type information about the licence (https://pcsite.co.uk/image-downloads/) when I'm uploading the Image?

Kind Regards Henczuk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henczuk (talk • contribs) 12:10, 5 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi there. When you use this upload function, please add the exact url of the page where you found the image (like this) into the coded template where it says |Source=. At the |Author= parameter, please add PC Site after the = sign. As to the licence, you can pick it from the Licensing drop-down menu below the Summary edit-window and choose "Attribution ShareAlike 4.0". Additionally you may also add the link to the licence https://pcsite.co.uk/image-downloads/ at the |Permission= parameter.
Last but not least, please sign your contributions to discussions like this by typing four tilde characters ~~~~. This will automatically add your username and a timestamp for reference. De728631 (talk) 15:07, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
@Henczuk: Hi, and welcome. It would behoove you to mention on that page how you want yourself or the site to be attributed.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:08, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Jeff, as I take it, those images are not Henczuk's creations but he/she want to upload them to Commons from that site. So attribution is not their choice. De728631 (talk) 15:35, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
@De728631: According to Ticket:2020090210003484, two of those images are Henczuk's creations. See also these edits. Pinging @Ganímedes as Agent.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:28, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
Oh, ok. OTRS insider knowledge... De728631 (talk) 16:40, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

The website should probably best be linked in the permission field of {{Information}}. - Jmabel ! talk 17:47, 5 September 2020 (UTC) Henczuk (talk) 20:48, 5 September 2020 (UTC)Thank you for your help!

 Comment We've received permission from the author through an official account. --Ganímedes (talk) 19:11, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello. I'm trying to upload an image of a gold bar in protective case, something similar to this image. But I found that images with logos are restricted. The image contains the logo of PAMP on the bar and case. Will it be possible to upload? --Bigsmile20 (talk) 15:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

@Bigsmile20: Hi, and welcome. Where did you get the image?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:47, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Hi. I took the photo myself. --Bigsmile20 (talk) 01:45, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
@Bigsmile20: Your best bet is to ask at COM:VPC.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:35, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks for your help. --Bigsmile20 (talk) 05:50, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
@Bigsmile20: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:56, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
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Rename or delete?

Hello - newbie here. I uploaded two files of photos (that I took) a couple of days ago. I would like to replace them with the same pictures with higher resolution and better file names. Should I (1) request name changes first and then overwrite the files with the higher-res images or (2) upload the better images with new file names first and then request deletion of the original files? Thanks. --CMtemCA (talk) 21:11, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

@CMtemCA: Hi, and welcome. I suggest you (3) overwrite the files with the higher-res images per COM:HR first and then request name changes. Why do you want name changes?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:41, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: The files are images of a specific church and I want to include the name of the church in the filenames. The current filenames just say "parish church". CMtemCA (talk) 23:09, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I have overwritten the files with the higher-res images. How do I get the names changed? --CMtemCA (talk) 00:13, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
@CMtemCA: Please use {{Rename}}.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:40, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: OK - On the Rename template, for Parameter 3= should I put a number, e.g. "2", or text, e.g., "more specific name"? Thanks again.--CMtemCA (talk) 19:44, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
@CMtemCA: Parameter 3 is text describing how your request meets the requirements of the numbered criterion in parameter 2.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:24, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Template, JPG download on Internet

Goodnight, I see on Internet an unknown potrait of a medieval king of Naples. The potrait is a late XIV century picture, but can i download this picture and upload it on Wikipedia galleries without license of XIV's Century potrait? I hope to add this JPG in Monarch's Template. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loirelover (talk • contribs) 00:22, 6 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Loirelover: Hi, and welcome. Exactly where on the Internet is it now and what template do you want to add it to?   — [[User:Jeff G ツ<s.|Jeff G.]]ub> please ping or talk to me 00:44, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi @Jeff.G. ツ, I wish add JPG on Italian's Wikipedia Template of King Ladislao I of Naples. The Neapolitan's XIVth century picture is on this website http://www.fioridicarta.org/node/221 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Loirelover (talk • contribs) 01:23, 6 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Loirelover: That is no picture, but we should be able to host a crop of it (to just Ladislao I) using {{PD-Art}}. Please preview your posts and follow COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:36, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you @Jeff.G: ツ --Loirelover (talk) 08:59, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

@Loirelover: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:28, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Withdrawal

Please romove the file File:Hornet3-IMG 6986.jpg. Thank you. Der Schwärmer (talk) 12:12, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

@Der Schwärmer: Welcome to Wikimedia Commons! I have marked the file for deletion and an administrator should delete it shortly. In future, if you want to delete a file that you've only just uploaded, you can choose "Edit" at the top of the page and add {{G7}} at the top of the file description to mark it for speedy deletion. --bjh21 (talk) 12:21, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Category "Photographs by photographer"

Hi there. There is a category called Photographs by photographer. I've uploaded hundreds of my own photos. Can I create a category for myself? Is there some criteria? Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 18:58, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

@Magnolia677: you certainly can. The relevant policy is at Commons:User-specific galleries, templates and categories#Categories. Just make sure to add {{user category|Magnolia677}} to it to classify it as a user category. I hope that helps! clpo13(talk) 19:11, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@Clpo13: Great. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 20:33, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
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User talk page archiving

How do I set this up for my own talk page here, please?

Please ping me with any answer. I come to commons infrequently Timtrent (talk) 19:42, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Solved it myself. Thank you. Timtrent (talk) 19:48, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
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Change filename

Hi, I've uploaded a picture but managed to get the filename incorrect. How do I delete or replace it please? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndyJG247 (talk • contribs) 16:06, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Filename change

Bit lost sorry. I've found the below partly by chance but not sure where to post it (or how to link it to my file). I've only posted one file so I figure it may be easy to find?

File:HMS Exexter (sometime 21st April 1938 to 29th Feb 1940).jpg Should be Exeter without the second 'x'

{{rename|HMS Exeter (sometime 21st April 1938 to 29th Feb 1940).jpg|3|Misspelled.}}

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndyJG247 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@AndyJG247: Hi, and welcome. I renamed it for you. {{Rename}} belongs on file description pages.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:03, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, I'm not even sure how to say that. cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by AndyJG247 (talk • contribs) 17:54, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@AndyJG247: You're welcome. Please follow COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:40, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
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Some Met Museum Images no longer open access

A number of Metropolitan Museum images I downloaded in 2017 that were open access with CC0 license are no longer downloadable or open access on their website. There is now a caption under the images that says "Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at fullscreen or downloaded." Although most of the images are paintings by Childe Hassam (which Wikimedia Commons has most, if not all, on Wikimedia website with CCO designations), I discovered there are other images I downloaded from The Met that were open access but now have the same restrictions now. I have sent an email to the Met copyright department but no word back yet. Anyone know what might be going on here and what this means to images downloaded with CC0 that are no longer available with that license? Best regards....Artallure (talk) 04:20, 7 September 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artallure (talk • contribs) 22:45, 6 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Firstly, your actions are fine. The CC0 release was added by the Met, so the action of the uploader will always be legally fine, and the tacit action of Wikimedia Commons continuing to host the file is legally fine too.
Mistakes happen, and if whomever at the Met applied CC0 to files that are genuinely still copyrighted, then those cases can be examined as possible copyright violations when the facts are known. If the files have the original sources, the archived versions may be available on archive.org to verify the original release.
If the Met come back to you, this may be worth sharing, however our experience of GLAM archives is that curators barely have any time to respond to queries and by policy may not want to put in writing any copyright related issues that have any potential of becoming legal issues. So don't be surprised if information is not forthcoming.
Whether Hassam's (d.1935) works published after 1925, have had copyright renewals and might have a rationale to extend copyright to pub date + 95 years, is something that needs a specific discussion with evidence of renewal to check. It's not a default presumption. --Fæ (talk) 05:02, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

The Hassam works were painted in late 1800's and most before 1920. I just now checked the Met Museum Collections website and they have also restricted all the Claude Monet paintings which also were available CC0 in 2017. Thanks for your response Fae. Best wishes Artallure Artallure (talk) 21:02, 7 September 2020 (UTC) 21:00, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Can i upload a million original picture on this platform

Sir... Most respectfully.. you can grant me permission to upload my all real photograph &other activities.. Thanking you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayush pratap Srivastava (talk • contribs) 07:02, 7 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Ayush pratap Srivastava: While there is no specific limit on how many photographs any one person can upload, the chance that you have a million pictures taken by yourself that are in scope and that you have time to describe well and categorize appropriately is slim at best. I'm one of the most prolific contributors of my own photographs here, with just over 50,000 images over the course of about 15 years. While I wouldn't be surprised if someone, over a lifetime, and with nothing much else to do, could take a million photos worth having here, and upload them with good descriptions and categories, please forgive me if I say that all I've seen of your work so far is one apparent self-portrait poorly described and poorly categorized (what does it even mean to place an image in Category:Google knowledge graph?), so I'm very skeptical that you would have a million images we would want. But feel free to prove me wrong. - Jmabel ! talk 16:12, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Category naming dispute

I am involved in a discussion with another editor over the naming of Danish building categories. He prefers "Category:XXXX Church - Interior" (argueing that he finds it more operational and also used for some Austrian category names) while my view is that "Category:Interior of XXXX Church" is a better name and by far the most common naming practice (used by more or less all other countries), and that consistency is important. It is the same problem with a lot of other categories, such as "Category:XXXX Church - Pulpit"/"Category:Pulpit of XXXX Church". Where and how do we resolve this matter?Ramblersen2 (talk) 15:03, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

  • To my mind, either is perfectly acceptable, and it's a good thing that we can pretty easily rename categories later if we want uniformity. I would certainly suggest that for any given church these should be consistent, and it would be nice if you can come up with more of a standard for the whole country. I really don't think either of these is inherently better, and either standard would be better than no standard. - Jmabel ! talk 16:15, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
@User:Jmabel or others: Thanks for the reply. When there seems to be a common standard for England, France, Germany and other large countries with many editors and much traffic, I just hjave a very hard time seeing why it shouldn't also apply to Denmark (and Austria) where a single editor has introduced his own scheme based on what he finds easier. Is there no system with Category discussions similar to what is used for resolving such discussions over on Wikipedia?Ramblersen2 (talk) 16:37, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

pictures

Hi, hope all is well. I'm trying to post a pic on my Wiki page and it won't work. What am I doing wrong. Thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BentHead (talk • contribs) 23:20, 7 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi there. You first need to upload the image here at Commons with a free licence of your choice. Then you add a string of code to the page where the image shall be included, like this: [[:File:SomeFilename.jpg | thumb | This is my logo.]]. Please note though that writing a Wikipedia article about yourself is a bad idea and is strongly discouraged. If and when you or your exploits are notable, someone else will write an article about you in due time. Please see Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. De728631 (talk) 23:39, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

I have modified the permission of the RFERL primary brandmark.svg, could you not delete it?

The original author of this file is from RFE/RL which is a United States government-funded organization, and the permission of this file should be same as that of the original File, so could you not delete it? Thanks! --HFWMan (talk) 01:55, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

@HFWMan: ✓ Done, danger averted.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:00, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Cross-wiki uploads

Hello! Is there a way to upload public domain images from other Wikimedia projects to Wikimedia Commons? Maka the Two Star Meister (talk) 03:09, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

@Maka the Two Star Meister: Hi, and welcome. Yes, you may use FileExporter's "export to wikimedia commons" button when available on any public domain image.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:55, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Hey I am Chetan, I added 1 image around 7 days back, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vinay-anuragh-businessman.png This image is created my me using canva and added on my client website, This is free to use, So please let me know what I can do about the image to fix the copyright issue.

--TopratedChetanbali (talk) 11:05, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

@TopratedChetanbali: Hi, and welcome. "free to use" is not an acceptable license. Please choose an acceptable license from COM:L and upload the full-size original photo, including any metadata. Also, it will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744), so you may want to upload a jpg version which will look sharper, too.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:50, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Uploading media

I want to upload media that I found useful of a website. I have talk to the owner he is ready to upload it on wikimedia. But want to mention his website name. Can I upload this media Or not? Please help me. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 171.79.51.225 (talk) 19:02, 8 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Allowing use of the media on Wikimedia Commons is not enough. The copyright holder (which may or may not be website owner) must agree to release the media under a free license. The simplest way to do that is to put a license notice right next to the media on their website. The license must allow re-use (including commercial) and modification of the given media, for example {{CC-by-SA-4.0}}. --rimshottalk 19:51, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Reguest to rename image file

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Island_house,_Laugharne_1948_RAF_photo.png#file

This title is incorrect - it should be 1949 - can it be changed? Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 09:57, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

@Horatius At The Bridge: Hi, and welcome. I renamed it to File:Island house, Laugharne 1949 RAF photo.png for you; please see {{Rename}} for future use.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:18, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm much obliged @Jeff G.: will check the reference for future use Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 11:34, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
@Horatius At The Bridge: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:43, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
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How to upload image from another website here on wikipedia ?

I wish to provide a screenshot from a page on uptodate.com. I have an email from uptodate giving me permission to reproduce the said definition on wikipedia!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Casey577 (talk • contribs) 19:51, 7 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Please note that a permission to republish a work at Wikipedia is not sufficient. Per our licensing policy, all uploads at Commons must be free for anyone to use for any purpose even outside Wikipedia. This includes commercial use and the making of derivatives. Also, since the image has been published before, we need a permission coming directly from the copyright holder by email. I.e. we do not accept forwarded emails. Please see COM:OTRS for instructions. Another, faster way would be for the copyright holder to grant a free licence for the image at uptodate.com. Once that is online over there, we can verify the licence and you may upload the image here at Commons. De728631 (talk) 22:16, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

The permission is only for using here at wikipedia. Anyway i don't intend to post it here or anywhere else for public use. Its meant merely as a "source" for a definition used here at wikipedia. The definition however comes from a paid page of uptodate.com to which i have access because i am their paid member. Hence i thought of posing a screenshot of that page here as an image so that editors of the concerned wikipedia page may crosscheck if they wish so ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Casey577 (talk • contribs) 18:56, 8 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Casey577: Where may I find "a paid page of wikipedia"? How does one become "their paid member"?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:17, 9 September 2020 (UTC)I

Sorry...that was a typo. I meant paid member of "uptodate.com" and not wikipedia. Its corrected now! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Casey577 (talk • contribs) 12:34, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

How Can I Upload a word Document?

Hello,

I need to create a wiki page for a company I am representing. The written matter is in .docx format and the pictures in .jpeg format. I cant upload the file on the main page because we haven't edited 10 items through our page. I need help with:

1. Can/How will i upload a .docx document on wiki commons? 2. How can I edit 10 items to reach the minimum goal enabling us to post our company's details on the main wiki page?

Regards.

Uploading a word document

How can I upload a word document through WikiMedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daralnoble (talk • contribs) 07:24, 9 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Daralnoble: Hi, and welcome. Sorry, but we don't accept docx files, please see COM:FT for the file types we do accept. Also, we do not host encyclopædia articles, CVs, or current ads here on Wikimedia Commons per COM:NOT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:03, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

can i use the below photos for HW in school? i am a student

these are the below photos


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oscar_Wilde_Signature.svg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oscar_Wilde_3g07095u-adjust.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by SPY912020 SPS (talk • contribs) 07:33, 9 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@SPY912020 SPS: Hi, and welcome. You may use both, as they are in the public domain. Please be sure to click "description page there" and then "Cite this page" for each image to find the appropriately styled citations to use.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:44, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

My Photos are being rejectet

Photos I personaly took are being rejected, please guide me through on how to prove that They are my pictures — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigshow4real (talk • contribs) 08:12, 9 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Bigshow4real: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photos as a new user while leaving the summaries intact. Each jpg photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads smaller photos, they are copyright violations taken from the web. If you took the photos yourself, please upload the full-size originals of them, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photos, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept them, and have the photographer(s) license them on their websites or social media or send the photos and permissions via OTRS with carbon copies to you. If you change the summaries or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. See also Commons:File naming.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:59, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Flinfo for Mushroom Observer no longer works

Flinfo was very useful for downloading mushroom photos to Commons, but it has stopped working for Mushroom Observer. If I either (1) set "Photo ID"=1130292 and "Image repository"=Mushroom Observer, or if I (2) set "URL"=http://mushroomobserver.org/image/show_image?id=1130292, I just get the message "Problem while retrieving image 1130292". That input worked previously. I suppose something has changed about the format of the Mushroom Observer pages. Is this tool still being maintained? Strobilomyces (talk) 16:13, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Rename file

This file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fetsun_Battery_depot_building.JPG

Please correct to .. file:///Fetsund_Battery_depot_building.JPG

Misspelling «Fetsund», not «Fetsun»

Regards Kjell G — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.212.195.163 (talk) 23:57, 9 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@KjellG: ✓ Done, please see File:Fetsund Battery depot building.jpg and {{Rename}}, and login.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:10, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons Query Service

I have the following query: 

SELECT ?Urheber ?UrheberLabel ?Lizenz ?LizenzLabel WHERE {
  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "[AUTO_LANGUAGE],en". }
  ?Urheber wdt:P170 wd:Q15080600.
  OPTIONAL { ?Urheber wdt:P275 ?Lizenz. }
}
LIMIT 100

It returns everything I want but in an unexpected way:

Urheber UrheberLabel Lizenz LizenzLabel
sdc:M371354 M371354 wd:Q50829104 Q50829104

Query

What I want to see is:

Urheber UrheberLabel Lizenz LizenzLabel
sdc:M371354 Wiedereröffnung der S-Bahn Berlin am Bahnhof Eichkamp wd:Q50829104 GNU-Lizenz für freie Dokumentation Version 1.2 oder später

Just getting the same but unlinked for the label is not useful as you can imagine. It will be great if someone could assist in getting the label instead of the page id. Thanks for your time. --[[kgh]] (talk) 10:42, 12 September 2020 (UTC) PS I am not sure where to ask, so I posted here. If there is a better spot...

I now asked at wikidata:Wikidata:Request_a_query#Wikimedia_Commons_Query_Service --Marbot (talk) 07:26, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
It appears to be a real disaster. Once you try to add labels the resuts turn into a corrupted pile of unusable data. What a shame. --Marbot (talk) 14:44, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Resolved
I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. Marbot (talk) 14:44, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

I plan to upload two illustrations from a copyright-expired book (Modelling by w:Édouard Lantéri, 1905). I also plan to OCR the accompanying text (two pages), to quote in an en.wikipedia article. I note that Wikimedia does not already have this book uploaded (I have checked Wikicommons (Category:Edouard Lanteri), WikiiWikibooks and wikisource.)

It occurs to me that there may be a more useful (to Wikimedia) way to contribue than to just take the default action (uploading as an isolated image), that it could contribute to something more. Is it enough just to add the images to that Commons category, or can I do anything more effective? Obviously I have neither the time nor the motivation to scan the whole book. Should I contribute the text of the two pages to Commons too and, if so, how? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 23:32, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

You don't need to scan the whole book since Archive.org has already done that with the 1904 edition. So you might want to upload the full PDF version. After that we can still extract single pages or images as needed. Would that be an option? De728631 (talk) 23:45, 7 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you, I didn't know about archive.org having done it so that may save me a lot of work, if I can extract the pages I want from it. No, I was never going to scan the book! Let me see how I get on, if need be I will revisit this section. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 22:56, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
I have found the material I want (https://archive.org/details/modellingguidefo00lant/page/100/mode/2up pp 100 - 110). I want to put at least the image on p101 into an en.wikipedia article, as an easily expandable thumbnail. I have extracted it as a jpg file: do I have to upload it to Commons first? [feel free to tell me to ask at wikipedia help desk!] Thank you again for your help! --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 23:25, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
{ping|John Maynard Friedman}} When you say, "do I have to upload it to Commons first," "first" as in before what? If you are uploading an image of something that is public domain, Commons would be the place to upload it. - Jmabel ! talk 02:22, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
I mean "before I can use the image at en.wikipedia, using the file: technique". AFIK, that only works for images somewhere in Wikimedia. Daft question, evidently I already know the answer. I will upload it from archive.org, I see the Lanteri category already exists.
So what about the text? I want it to be open to sight-impaired visitors, so it has to be machine-readable text (not an image of text). I can use Google Lens to OCR it, but how do I upload a text file? Is it just another kind of media? Can [should?] it be .txt or does it have to be .pdf? [I'm showing my ignorance here! can a PDF be machine readable text and not just images of text?] --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 21:27, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
I've just read COM:FT as advised to another enquirer (below) but I'm not much the wiser. If I read it correctly, Commons is not a suitable repository for text and I should use Wikisource. Will they be interested in my ten pages from a 250 pp book? Surely it would be the whole book or nothing? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 21:32, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

File in question is official photo from the Red Army file of the person in question (circa 1940). Under Russian copyright law it is free. Are there any problems with Wikimedia? Please advise. Basicowes (talk) 19:16, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

@Basicowes: You need to add a license template to indicate why the image is public domain, under the "Licensing" heading. In this case, {{PD-Russia}} is probably the template you are looking for, if you can be sure the image meets one of the requirements listed on that template. After doing that, you can remove the warning templates. – BMacZero (🗩) 19:31, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Actually, it should rather be {{PD-Russia-1996}}, which is URAA-safe. Putting a photo in a file is not publishing, however, so I'm not quite sure how much time has passed since publication. Was this ever published in a book or so? Did the book name the photographer? @Basicowes: by which copyright rule do you think this is PD in Russia? --rimshottalk 19:44, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks. Done {{PD-Russia-1996}}. Re PD in Russia: This is official government material which is PD by definition. Basicowes (talk) 13:37, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

I have created an artist profile and your RUDE moderators are deleting materian I OWN!!

Please help! I have always hated wikipedia for allowing so much biased content, but when I need to post an article with first hand, "out of the horses mouth" information about my musician profile, it gets deleted and them my questions on how to make it better get deleted by hammertalk and my pictures are deleted. How I am supposed to create my page as my music distributers tell me to do??

Please have a real person repsond. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewhainesmusic (talk • contribs) 14:03, 10 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Andrewhainesmusic: Do I understand correctly that you violated en:WP:Conflict of interest and you are coming here to Commons (a separate project from Wikipedia, though also umbrella'd by the Wikimedia Foundation) demanding that we do something about the fact that they have a policy that people may not write articles about themselves? I'm sorry if my tone sounds harsh, but I can't help you with wanting to do something directly against a project's policies.
If your distributors are actually telling you to go out and break another site's rules, you might want to talk to them about that. - Jmabel ! talk 15:13, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@Andrewhainesmusic: Hi, and welcome. I am a real person. en:Draft:Andrew Haines (musician) was deleted for being "G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion: self written vanity page, see WP:YFA WP:RS WP:COI WP:Notability (music)" per this log (q.v. for explanations of those abbreviations). File:Andrew Haines (musician).jpg and File:Andrew Haines (songwriter).jpg were deleted for "CSD F10 (personal photos out of COM:SCOPE" per these logs (again q.v. for explanations of those abbreviations). No one is allowed to upload autobiographies without verifiable reliable sources indicating why they are notable to our projects. Have your music distributers documented what they told you to do on our projects? I'd like to see any such documentation.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:15, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Uploading original work

When an image of my own original work is uploaded, it refuses with the error that it is not my original work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichardDemers (talk • contribs) 06:44, 11 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@RichardDemers: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png image as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your website or social media or send permission via OTRS. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:34, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Appreciate that. I built a free website. I went to the website I built and did a screen capture of an image on a website that I am 100% responsibile for, and if I can find my way back, I can find the original which won't be in PNG format. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichardDemers (talk • contribs) 12:39, 11 September 2020‎ (UTC)

How to upload screenshots

I have a question: how to upload a screenshot? LosMinions345 (talk). September 11, 2020. 09:02 (UTC).

@LosMinions345: Hi, and welcome. Before uploading any file, you must verify that it complies with COM:L; you seem to have difficulty with that.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:16, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

How can I stop receiving bot notification by email??

BotMultichillT is flooding my mail box, and I do not know how to stop receiving notification of changes made by bots on my watched pages. Any light? -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 17:49, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

@Rodrigo.Argenton: Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any way to do that except to turn those notifications off entirely. It might be worth asking the MediaWiki devs if they can add an option to filter out email notifications about bot edits like there is for minor edits, but who knows how easy that would be to implement. clpo13(talk) 18:22, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
See also Commons:Help desk/Archive/2020/08#How to keep an eye on my uploads after kind of spam notifications? and Commons:Bistro/archives/2020/08#Ne pas recevoir de mail lorsque des modifications sont faites par des Bots.. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:47, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello,

I am one of the writers of Wikipedia's page Build the Earth, and I uploaded these two files to help provide some content and color to the page. However, I have recently recieved notice that these files are under copyright strike or have the wrong licensing. But I have a few questions, which may help me reupload these in the future.

  • How do I upload and properly attribute a picture of Minecraft taken by another user?
  • How do I properly attribute a GIF logo without knowing who created it (nobody on the BTE staff knows exactly who created it).
  • What are the guidelines for uploading a file that is found on Discord (supposedly free domain)

All of the people helping me have told me that all the pictures are in free domain since they were posted on Discord.--ArmageddonAviation (talk) 22:20, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Sharing Government File

Hello, the Lebanese government released a document listing the names of the dead from the Beirut Explosion but it is not on any sources accessible and not on their website. What is needed to share it here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RitaHaddad (talk • contribs) 17:24, 10 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@RitaHaddad: Hi, and welcome. Where did you get it?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:30, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Found it! https://www.moph.gov.lb/en/Pages/17/38932/beirut-port-explosion-martyrs- There is concern the file might be removed or deleted. RitaHaddad (talk) 17:34, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@RitaHaddad: Thanks. How would it qualify for {{PD-Lebanon}} and COM:SCOPE?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:48, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
  • @Jeff G.: The only copyright issue I could imagine here is if the Ministry of Public Health logo is copyrighted, and we could easily remove that. Otherwise, tabular data that doesn't call for judgement is generally not copyrighted. So I'd go for {{PD-ineligible}} rather than {{PD-Lebanon}}.
  • I don't see a scope issue: the list of the dead in a clearly notable accident seems well within scope. - Jmabel ! talk 23:39, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Ok, I took the comments here shared the file: File:Beirut_Explosion_2020_Final_Death_List_2020-09-03.pdf If you see any problems, please make suggestions or edit directly. This will be used for the master article to fix the incorrect death tolls 2020_Beirut_explosion RitaHaddad (talk) 13:43, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

copyrights

I am writing a book for Kindle Direct Publishing (amazon) but they do not want to proceed with the publication because I used excerpitions from wikipedia and they want me to provide details the I have the right to use these documents. I am co-authors of the wikipedia documents that I used and for this reason I think I can use them under CC policy but they sent me the following message : 

===========================================================================================================================================================
• Documentation has not been provided to confirm you are the original author of the content
• Documentation has not been provided to confirm that the author granted you rights to publish the content

Please be advised that you must hold exclusive publishing rights for books that closely match content that is freely available on the web.

As a reminder, since publishing books with content that is freely available on the web and we are not confident that you hold exclusive publishing rights is against our guidelines, we may suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly try to do so. For any questions, please reply to this e-mail: kindlecontent-review@amazon.com.
===========================================================================================================================================================

Could you please help me ? Thanks and regards. Giovanni Naso. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnaso55 (talk • contribs) 23:18, 11 September 2020‎ (UTC)

It sounds like they have "guidelines" (distinct from their "KDP Terms and Conditions"?) that require that you hold exclusive rights. Which of course is impossible by definition for content under a free license. N.B.: Your question does not seem directly related to Commons. You might find more information on Wikipedia. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:48, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
It looks like an automated check for matching content on the web. I don't know how exactly the CC share-alike works for excerpts, perhaps the entire book must be under the same license. Maybe providing a link to the Wikipedia license would be sufficient, and a copy of the license should be included in the book. Depending on whether their review process can handle such complexity [1]. --ghouston (talk) 03:08, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

I sent a message to kdp providing all the proofs that I think to have rights to use wikipedia documents under cc share-alike policy (considering also that I am among the authors of the used documents). They still insist to refuse the publication saying that I do not have EXCLUSIVE rights What do you think ? Any suggestion to further support my request? Below is reported their reply.

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Hello, We’ve reviewed the information you provided and have decided to block these books from being sold on Amazon. The books closely match content that is freely available on the web and we are not confident that you hold exclusive publishing rights. This type of content can create a poor customer experience, and is not accepted. As a result, we have blocked the books listed below from being sold on Amazon.

Ennio Morricone, un omaggio in MI bemolle Giovanni Naso (AUTHOR) ID:PRI-R6DQAN0H3X4

Please be advised that you must hold exclusive publishing rights for books that closely match content that is freely available on the web.

As a reminder, since publishing books with content that is freely available on the web and we are not confident that you hold exclusive publishing rights is against our guidelines, we may suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly try to do so. For any questions, please reply to this e-mail: kindlecontent-review@amazon.com.

The content guidelines applicable to all KDP publishers can be found here: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A2TOZW0SV7IR1U

Best regards, Amazon KDP

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnaso55 (talk • contribs) 18:30, 12 September 2020‎ (UTC)

You can't force a particular publisher to publish a book. If this publisher does not want to publish it, that is that. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:49, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Enquiry about Uploading Photo

To whom may concern,

I would like to add a photo for the page of an actress on Wikipedia. I am considering whether I can a photo that posted publicly by her agency recently on Weibo? I would like to add in a photo because I found that it is very common for actors/actresses to have a profile photo on their own Wikipedia's page.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mygirlsss (talk • contribs) 16:24, 12 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Mygirlsss: No, sorry, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:44, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Change license of an upload

Hi! I uploaded a couple of images I made. However, attribution is not needed. Is it possible to change from CC to CC0? If so, how do I do so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan Fran B (talk • contribs) 19:04, 12 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Yes, you could do that if the images were copyrightable. However, in the case of the two images you uploaded, they seem ineligible to copyright, so you can just remove the CC template and add the template PD-ineligible or some other template for images that are PD by nature. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:21, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Uploading file marked Public Domain from website

I would like to use an image from the website http://www.collections.musee-bretagne.fr/ The website shows "Marque du Domaine Public Amanlis château du Bois-Tilleul Carte postale" The Upload Wizard offers the option to check CC0 Waiver (release all rights, like public domain). Is that sufficient to allow use of the image?--CMtemCA (talk) 21:15, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

  • Not in and of itself (it's a good sign, but museums have been known to get things wrong), and it is definitely not CC-0. Could you possibly link the page that has the particular image so someone can see what you are trying to upload? - Jmabel ! talk 23:12, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: OK - here's the link to the image I want to use: http://www.collections.musee-bretagne.fr/ark:/83011/FLMjo173035 Also, here's the page that explains their "philosophy" of sharing images in their collection: http://www.collections.musee-bretagne.fr/message_info.php (It's all in French.)--CMtemCA (talk) 00:16, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
  • It's a bit odd that there is no date on that. Given that, it's hard to know with confidence the basis for their claim that it is in the public domain. For Commons, it needs to be public domain in both the country of origin (France) and the U.S. The latter is pretty safe -- by the style, this is almost certainly before 1925, so it's {{PD-US-expired}}. It looks like it is anonymous, so I guess {{PD-France}} would apply; the thing is, if there is a known author, and that author lived to 1950 or later, it would still be copyrighted in France. @Clindberg: do you think it's safe to assume this is truly anonymous? Or perhaps is there a basis to date it far enough back for {{PD-old-assumed}}? - Jmabel ! talk 02:36, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@CMtemCA: You must find information about the photographer or the year of publication or ideally both. The copy at musee-bretagne doesn't provide the information. You can look if you can find the information somewhere else. Often, useful sources are commercial websites dealing in old postcards. For example, you can find this webpage [2] at delcampe.net. It shows an earlier edition of the same postcard. From the details you can see that it is the same photo: angle, shadows, vegetation. It is said to have circulated in 1906. There is no photo of the back of that postcard, but there is no reason to doubt the description by the seller. You can also see on the right side of this edition of the postcard that it mentions the photographer "Aubrée" and the publisher is the editions "Mary-Rousselière". The website wiki-rennes, in its list of publishers [3], mentions the publisher Mary-Rousselière and also mentions that the publisher Lamiré bought the stock of Mary-Rousselière in the 1920s. So, the copy of the postcard published by Lamiré that interests you at musee-bretagne is a later republication of the photo by Aubrée first published by Mary-Rousselière. The creative material is the photograph, so it is important for Commons to indicate the year of first publication of the photo. So, in the description page of the file on Commons, in the "date" field, you can explain the situation and write that the photo is from "before 1907", you can use the delcampe.net webpage as a reference, and that your undated copy is from a later republication by Lamiré possibly in the 1920s. You can use the template "PD-US-expired" to indicate the status of the work in the United States. In the same list, wiki-rennes also mentions Aubrée as a photographer having collaborated with the publisher Mary-Rousselière, but the list provides no more details. However, musee-bretagne also has works by the photographer Jules Aubrée (1879-1933) [4]. My guess would be that it is probably the same person. If it is, the Commons tag for the status of the work in France is "PD-old-80". You should do some research and see if you can find if it is the same person or not. -- Asclepias (talk) 03:01, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Fully agreed. This postcard in particular was published without an author credit, so was published anonymously. I had found the mention that the publisher of this card, A. Lamiré, had purchased another collection in the 1920s, meaning this publication dated from that era. But, it was likely a republication of an earlier postcard, and then the question becomes was there an author mentioned on an earlier publication. I had not yet found the earlier one, but Asclepias helpfully did. That was not published anonymously, meaning the work is not anonymous, we would need to find the author's lifetime (and if research fails on that, it would have to be over 120 years old, which this is probably not just yet). The photographer Asclepias found above was in Rennes [5] and had his own studio there, which is the same city the earlier publisher was in, so that does seem strongly likely. If they are the same person, the full license could then be {{PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1933}}, which covers both the French and U.S. copyright, given that this was published in (at latest) 1906. Carl Lindberg (talk) 14:05, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel, Asclepias, and Clindberg: Thanks to all of you for your thorough explanations and research on my behalf. I was not aware that one can’t rely on a museum’s information regarding copyright on items in their collections. I have not been able to find any information on Jules Aubrée, but I did find the following regarding the picture: Ministere de la Culture [6] Region Bretagne: Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel [7] Immatriculation IVR53_19883500014XB; Copyrights (c) Inventaire général, ADAGP; Diffusion: reproduction soumise à autorisation du titulaire des droits d'exploitation; Auteur de l'illustration: Auteur inconnu. So, if I understand correctly, the government websites show that they don’t know who the photographer is, but a copyright is held by ADAGP [8] which collects royalties for artists. Is that right? If so, I will just forgo using the image.--CMtemCA (talk) 22:01, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Qu'est-ce que c'est que cette arnaque de l'ADAGP ? Lorsque les droits d'auteur patrimoniaux sont expirés, ils sont expirés. C'est précisément le principe. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:19, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@CMtemCA: I'm with Asclepias here. I honestly don't see how ADAGP could have come to hold the copyright, or how copyright could even persist. That smacks of "copyfraud" to me. Per the above, it seems almost certain that the author Aubrée died in 1933, and that {{PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1933}} applies. - Jmabel ! talk 23:29, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@CMtemCA: If an institution like that museum says it is public domain, we will usually trust that -- as far as being PD in France goes. The U.S. copyright has its own set of complications, where the publishing date is quite important -- but also, possibly, the copyright status in France as of 1996. So if that was a 1928 postcard where the author died in 1933, it would be fine in France but would still have a couple years of U.S. copyright left. But being published before 1925 solves that as well. Once we found the author on that earlier publication, it is a good idea to try and verify the life dates (even careful institutions make mistakes, and they may not have found the named author and assumed the anonymous term). As for ADAGP, agreed with the others above, that seems as though they are trying to claim a copyright on the digitization, which Commons does not recognize (see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag). The copyright on the original would seem to have expired, so there is nothing to own or collect royalties for. If something is within 70 years of the original publication with an unknown author, they might well collect royalties like that. But this is not. Carl Lindberg (talk) 03:17, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel, Asclepias, and Clindberg: I did some more research and found the following in the archive of the L'Ouest-Éclair newspaper of October 22, 1933 confirming that a Jules Aubrée had recently died in Rennes. [9] “RENNES. Mme J. Aubrée. M. e* Mme Marcel Aubrée. M. et Mme Lucien Aubrée, M. et Mme EmUe Legendre, profondément émus des nombreuses marques de sympathie témoignées à l'occasion du décès de Monsieur Jules AUBREE …” So, to summarize, we can assume that the photograph at the Musee de Bretagne was first published in 1906 based on the information at delcampe.net found by Asclepias (above #1). We can also assume that the picture was taken by Jules Aubrée, who died in 1933. We can ignore ADAGP’s copyright claim. Therefore, I can upload the picture I found on the Musee de Bretagne website using {{PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1933}} Also, in the description page of the file on Commons, in the "date" field, I will note that the photo is from "before 1907", using the delcampe.net webpage as a reference, and specify that the undated copy is from a later republication by Lamiré possibly in the 1920s. OK? Anything else? Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by CMtemCA (talk • contribs) 21:38, 11 September 2020‎ (UTC)
@CMtemCA: Seems good to me -- I didn't mean you had to double-check the life dates once they were found, but it all helps :-) Just check that the author did did more than 70 years ago, that's all. (It's always aggravating when we know the author name but don't have the life dates... which does happen.) [And actually France was 50pma + wartime extensions (8 years and change) so that period from 1933 would have also expired before the U.S. URAA date in 1996, meaning it would have been OK even if published in 1928. Moot because it's from 1906 at the latest.] Carl Lindberg (talk) 01:23, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Hauptstr. 23, 58332 Schwelm

Hallo, ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass das Haus Baujahr 1905 ist, angeblich aber 1898... kann mir da jemand genaue Auskunft geben?

Danke, M. Russello — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 78.48.88.192 (talk) 18:51, 13 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Main street 23, 58332 Schwelm

Hello, I'm pretty sure that the house was built in 1905, but supposedly 1898 ... can someone give me precise information?

Thank you,
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/* de:Diskussion:Schwelm.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:06, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Oreochromis mossambicus

The photograph displayed is that of Oreochromis niloticus and not Oreochromis mossambicus. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.163.7.112 (talk) 05:30, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

About Content Editing

Hello Wikipedia, Please tell me why my all content is removed, first, I insert the whole content in Wikipedia page Ravinder Singh Rana. After that my content was removed from my wiki page. please tell me the reason why my content was removed again and again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiexpert231 (talk • contribs) 11:04, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Wikiexpert231: Hi, and welcome. Please stop adding unsourced and promotional material.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:32, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

To send a my own digital camera picture of a such item into map. Is there any restrictions about the subject or the object ( a statue) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oasi62 (talk • contribs) 12:22, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Oasi62: Hi, and welcome. Yes, there are restrictions: you may not upload photos of statues in Finland unless their copyright has expired or we have permission from the artists. Please see COM:FOP Finland and COM:DW.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:24, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
They "yes" there was a bit confusing. You may not upload photos of statues in Finland unless their copyright has expired or we have permission from the artists. - Jmabel ! talk 15:55, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Uploading qery

Team,

Can I upload my own creative work like quotes and inspirational designs on this platform? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pathare Harshada (talk • contribs) 12:52, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Pathare Harshada: Hi, and welcome. Quotes, no as they are OOS. Designs, yes, if they are in scope.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:16, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Photos of handicraft

Can I upload my own photo of someone elses handicraft? I see that others have uploaded photos of dala horses for example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lina Nääs (UU) (talk • contribs) 12:56, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Lina Nääs (UU): Hi, and welcome. No, sorry, we would need permission from that someone else via OTRS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:13, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Como subir capturas de pantalla

Hola, como puedo subir capturas de pantalla a Wikimedia Commons y luego usarlas en otra wiki. Woody Woodpecker (discusión). 14 de septiembre de 2020, 09:15 (UTC).

Album Covers. Can I upload new versions of the art?

Let's say a Wikipedia page for a rock album or something has a low-res image of the album artwork but I have a high-quality version of it. Would I be able to upload it and replace the current artwork? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wcnmvp (talk • contribs)

Almost certainly not. See COMM:LICENSE: unless the album cover art is licensed appropriately, it couldn't be uploaded here. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:26, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Journal cover

I want to make a page on Wikipedia for the scientific Journal which is published by my colleagues. How can I load a picture of the journal cover? I don't have copy right for it, I got the file just from the editor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MalyshevaS (talk • contribs) 23:00, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Map Image Upload Being Flagged as Abuse or Non-Compliant

I'm just trying to upload an updated map showing current bank branch locations in the United States and it keeps blocking me. It's just a map of the United States with blue dots indicating the location of the bank branches. It won't even let me upload it here to show you.

I receive the following message when I attempt to complete an upload: We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NotTheGiantPeach (talk • contribs) 03:26, 15 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@NotTheGiantPeach: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png image as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your website or social media or send permission via OTRS. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:31, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you, I will try the upload wizard. The image was created by me using the map creator in Wikimedia. I will also try using JPEG format. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NotTheGiantPeach (talk • contribs) 19:24, 15 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@NotTheGiantPeach: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:26, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Rename

Hello, please rename the File:Sergei Ovchinnikov.jpg (Rename it to Sergey Ovchinnikov in 2020.jpg). An image with the same name has already been uploaded directly to Wikipedia. Because of this, it cannot be used. Mr.Drax (talk) 06:00, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

@Mr.Drax: - ✓ Done. Note that {{Rename}} can be used to request files be renamed. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 08:51, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Публикация страницы

Добрый день! Я создавал страницу "Раиф Курмангалиевич Усманов" она никак не могла выйти из инкубатора и в последствии, как я понял, вроде была удалена, хотя были замечания в процессе и я их исправлял. Подскажите пожалуйста, в чем может быть проблема? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bariy (talk • contribs) 10:26, 15 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Publishing a page
Good day! I created the page "Raif Kurmangalievich Usmanov", it could not get out of the incubator in any way and later, as I understood, it seemed to be deleted, although there were comments in the process and I corrected them. Please tell me what could be the problem?
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@Bariy: Привет и добро пожаловать. Я вижу, что вы создали и отредактировали ru:Инкубатор:Раиф Курмангалиевич Усманов, который до сих пор существует и имеет комментарии и замечания на своей странице обсуждения, в инкубаторе русской Википедии. Я вижу, что вы также загрузили сюда 3 несвободных файла, которые были удалены. Пожалуйста, просмотрите COM:L/ru.
Hi, and welcome. I see that you created and edited ru:Инкубатор:Раиф Курмангалиевич Усманов, which still exists and has comments and remarks on it's talk page, in the Russian Wikipedia's incubator. I see that you also uploaded 3 unfree files here, which have been deleted. Please review COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:35, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

how to make a file smaller

The file of a crest (scarlet and white colours) is on the very top of the wikipedia page titled "en:Lupton family". It should be slightly smaller. Please adjust if you can. Your help is really appreciated. 175.33.139.143 11:22, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. It is normal thumbnail size. You can adjust the size of thumbnails you see in your preferences when you are a logged-in user.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:06, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Размещение новой фотографии для пользователя Википедии

Добрый день!

Со вчерашнего дня вношу новые правки на странице Константина Ивлева. Столкнулась со сложностью размещения фотографии. Вчера помогла тех поддержка, сделала все по их рекомендациям, а сегодня фотография пропала. Помогите пожалуйста установить новую фотографию для пользователя. Валентина20202020 (talk) 10:53, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Posting a new photo for a Wikipedia user

Good day!

Since yesterday I have been making new edits on the page of Konstantin Ivlev. Faced the difficulty of posting a photo. Yesterday the tech support helped, did everything according to their recommendations, and today the photo has disappeared. Please help me set a new photo for the user.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:26, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

I'm intending to update some logos of US Government agencies as their designs have changed. The outdated logo files currently have names such as "Gov Agency logo.svg". I'm assuming I do not overwrite the file as the old design should be kept. But I am not sure about the logistics of doing it. Should I submit a rename request to something like "Gov Agency logo 2009-2015.svg" and then upload the new logo under the original name? or should I do something else? Thanks! ❧ affius (talk) 13:30, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

@Affius: Personally, I'd go for uploading the new one under a new name (probably with just the date of introduction in it, so "Gov Agency Logo 2016.svg") and leaving the old one at its existing name. I think renaming the old one would be just about allowable under criterion 2 on the basis that it's ambiguous, but I don't think it's necessary. --bjh21 (talk) 13:43, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
@Bjh21: Thank you. Yes, my goal is to decrease ambiguity and make it obvious which logo is the one currently being used. ❧ affius (talk) 17:16, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

File:Seal Phitsanulok.png

Hello, Today I have tried to upload a newer version of the Seal of Phitsanulok Province. But in stat of the newer version of the seal, a 2019 version from the Phitsanulok Annual Report, the old seal of 1939 was duplicated again. I keep the filename unchanged: Seal Phitsanulok.png. The int.license-header should be: {{PD-TH-exempt}}, because all reports of Thai governments are "not copyrighttable" (Public Domain). Maybe you can help to correct this duplication. SietsL (talk) 14:41, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

@SietsL: Hi, and welcome. It works for me, please see COM:FAQ#PURGE. You can change the licensing yourself. However, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:34, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

make a list of experts to ask

Everyone has different knowledge and is a different expert in something else. I would prefer a list of Experts maybe similar to w:de:Wikipedia:Wikipedianer/nach_Wissensgebieten/Ingenieurwissenschaften.

  • I'm an expert in librSVG-render-bugs and would like to help here, however it is "impossible" to watch/check different Help-Desks/Grapic-Labs/SVG-Project-Discussion-Pages/... especially because many of them are on local wikis.
  • I sometimes need help with complex templates, therefore I ask e.g User:Sarang
  • As a uploader, I often have problems in deciding if something is below COM:TOO or not, and would like to ask someone with more knowledge in this field.
  • As a Bot-Mantainer I currently have problems commandline-uploading Images from toolforge.org to commons

It is obligatory for every Admin, to specify there language on Commons:Administrators aswell on the user-page, to be able to ask an admin to talk to users in their individual language. However I never had problems with users not speaking my languages, but I often had problems that I did not found any user with specific knowledge (SVG,copyright,toolforge,Strutured Data,...) to ask, therefore I would like to start a list. Maybe at Commons:Help_desk/Experts?

 — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 17:53, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Where is contact info on an image's metadata coming from?

Hi -

I can't locate where the email address and website URL that appear on my image's metadata are coming from. They don't appear anywhere in my preferences. Any ideas?

Many thanks.

--Bob Ramsak (talk) 20:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Bob Ramsak, they're usually generated by the camera. Alternatively they can be added by various bits of software. Nothing to do with Wikimedia Commons anyway. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:24, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello! Walden University changed it's logo in 2019. Adding/updating pictures on Wikipedia confuses me. Can someone tell me how I go about updating the logo on the Walden University page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serene123 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 15 September 2020‎ (UTC)

My account was bloked radically in Japan

• My name is Mitsunori Tomohiro, living in Japan. As writing in the title, My account Aso789 has been blocked eternally because of vandal editing “Yamaguchi-city”. As in those days, I was beginner. So my edition and discussion had some inadequacy. However, I never had evil thought. I only thought the article make better. But Bsx(account) change my edit to presents his thoughts soon after many times, and he regarded me vandal. Then he proposed my block and actually blocked. After that, I decided in the note. Another persons added. My edition has no vandal factor, even if, there was inadequate situation. But they regarded me vandal, and supported my block .I wrote my thoughts, but many participants made me evil, and vandal. Finally blocked eternally. I can only do to made another account(for example)IP:240b:253:5061:1400::/64（会話 / 投稿記録 / 記録 / Whois IPv4 ・ IPv6） • IP:240b:253:5061:1400:b9fd:7d2b:3ed8:7fae（会話 / 投稿記録 / 記録 / Whois IPv4 ・ IPv6） • IP:240b:253:5061:1400:b0ac:e625:a916:356b（会話 / 投稿記録 / 記録 / Whois IPv4 ・ IPv6） • IP:240b:253:5061:1400:8c7f:db6a:5e5e:73b9（会話 / 投稿記録 / 記録 / Whois IPv4 ・ IPv6） • IP:240B:253:5061:1400:3460:8711:AB1D:497F（会話 / 投稿記録 / 記録 / Whois IPv4 ・ IPv6） to say my real thoughts. .But situation is worse and worse .l am not vandal, only to Wikipedia make better and better. Almost all Japanese veterans wikhpedian do not really know Wikipedia's rule . Many of them cannot know difference between inadequate without evil thought and vandal. Now maybe for eternal, I can't discuss in Japanese. Only I can do is send the SOS for you. Not only me but also many new persons made vandal without enough reason. In Japanese Wikipedia have no mediation committee . So, it is impossible to resolve there problem. There is little or no self-cleaning action., Only global can help Japanese Wikipedia and make better . Please help me, and many Japanese People,. Please.

As in Japan for example, editors or administrator often use wikipedian rule use for own.. Bsx blame me because of original study .But he write original study soon after I edited without refinement..This is instance he write Yamaguchi City has not centripetal force because it be sandwiched large city. However he write no reference, only to original study, I point outed this, but he mock my induction. Only to edit based on his thought. In the end there has some original thought by Bsx .

In Japanese Wikipedia , I cannot sad my opinion perfectly. Because I blocked including based on rule misunderstanding of wiki by editors and administrator not enough understanding.

I want unlock my ID or IP(If all block are impossible please unblock only to note pege to discuss with high quality) I hope you help me from Japanese wikipoedians without gentleman mind. Because it is enable to understand each other without discuss blissfully, surely and academic enough. But I mostly hope Japanese wikipoedia become better and better.

I received a mail from you that it is Japanese problem .It is true, however very few Japanese wikipedians can realize. As written in "https://jp.mg5.mail.yahoo.co.jp/neo/launch?.rand=6cdbmecrj4d9m#tb=56us08cb" which is written in Japanese,this problem is knotty problem. Only Japanese volunteer stuffs are not be to slove the problem. Global help is need, really need.Mostly I　hope is not my block released,but orderly Japanese Wkipedia.Current status has often lawless zone. Human right violation must be removed. Please help　Japanese people. Please.--Cllassical million (talk) 13:40, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Convenience link: Aso789 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) .   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:08, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Pinging @Muyo, アルトクール, Bellcricket, Faso as blocking Admins on jawiki.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:08, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Help with making a file smaller please

Please help again - The file of a crest (scarlet and white colours) is on the very top of the wikipedia page titled "Lupton family". It should be slightly smaller. Please adjust if you can. Your help is really appreciated. I have tried with the encouragement of your editor - but no good on this device. Please assist and make the file a little smaller. Thanks 175.33.139.143 23:24, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

  • Convenience link: en:Lupton family.
  • I'm not sure of your intention here. It is the standard size of a thumbnail. If users have their preferences set up to set a different thumbnail size, it will change in accordance with their preferences.
  • If you set an explicit size, then users' preferences are going to be frustrated. Why would you want to do that? Usually the only reason we would set an explicit size is if something, on the one hand, specifically needs to be large to be legible or, on the other, is so low-resolution that it will only reproduce correctly at a small size.
  • If you want to set the thumbnail to a particular width, then you can do it, but as I say I recommend against it. Instead of "…|thumb|…" you can use, for example, "…|thumb|150px|…"
  • In any case, these are entirely Wikipedia issues not Commons issues. - Jmabel ! talk 04:05, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

My first image upload to Wikipedia/Wikimedia: Uploaded an SVG for FC Utrecht (association football club).

Hello Wikipedia contributor,

Thanks for taking the time to read my question.

I already had some experience editing a wiki (experienced contributor and reviewer on liquipedia.net) before making my first edits on the 'real Wikipedia' a few days ago, with the goal to improve the accuracy and quality of information provided by Wikipedia on for example, association football.

I today tried to upload a logo for association football club FC Utrecht from the Netherlands, as they use a special anniversary logo for the ongoing 2020-2021 season and that version of the logo is currently used on Eredivisie broadcasts all over the world.

I saw most other football club logos were uploaded in a SVG format and I wondered what's needed for this logo to display correctly once I upload it in a SVG format to Wikimedia Commons, since when I take a look now all I see is an empty space of pixels, which is obviously not the goal since I want to upload the current version of FC Utrecht's logo to Wikimedia Commons to eventually update it on the club's Wikipedia page.

At Liquipedia (liquipedia.net) where my previous experience comes from, we work with PNG files. That may be one of the reasons why I'm having troubles here.

Once again, thanks for taking the time to read my question, and I look forward to hearing an answer.

Jonas (Jonashp99) twitter.com/Jonashp99 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonashp99 (talk • contribs) 23:36, 15 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Jonashp99: Hi, and welcome. Can you point to somewhere on the web where the new logo is available in high resolution?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:23, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you! The logo can be found here: https://www.fcutrecht.nl/assets/toolkit/images/logo-fcu.svg — Jonashp99 11:53, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jonashp99: You're welcome. @Jmabel: Do you think it qualifies for {{PD-textlogo}}?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:02, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I don't think it's quite {{PD-textlogo}}, but it's so simple & generic that I would consider it as {{PD-ineligible}}. Of course, I'm not a real copyright expert, and I certainly know nothing about the threshold of originality in the Netherlands. Maybe a question for COM:VPC? - Jmabel ! talk 15:37, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks, I asked at COM:VPC#New logo for FC Utrecht.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:30, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Rashtrieey jan party

फ़ोटो अपलोड कैसे करे — Preceding unsigned comment added by राष्ट्रीय जन पार्टी (talk • contribs) 02:10, 16 September 2020‎ (UTC)

寄付ni

寄付をしたいが、カ－ドでは振り込まない。現金を指定の口座へ直で振り込むので、口座番号を知らせてください。paula@allfort.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.33.139.143 (talk • contribs) 03:42, 16 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Famous person

Hi. Could you tell me how can I update image for Armenia famous person? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dombov89 (talk • contribs)

  • @Dombov89: If you have a more current photo that is either in the public domain or is sufficiently free-licensed (see COM:L), you can upload the picture here on Commons, then change the article in question to reference the new image rather than the old one. - Jmabel ! talk 15:40, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Are subcategories exclusive of each other?

Hi. I am finding your category organization very cumbersome to use for browsing. If I look up a particular artist (not an artist with a Page), I then have to jump back and forth between numerous subcategories. Maybe this is just the way it is, but I would rather see all the files at once. It might be too much for very famous artists, but for relatively obscure ones?

My main question is this: If there is a subcategory level for paintings in varius museums and another equal level for the same artist arranged by date, are these the same files in both or are they exclusive? Or does it depend on who entered them?

Thanks for any info you can give me.

Liz

To answer the main question first: if there are categories for the museum and for the date, a painting should be categorized in both. It should also be categorized by artist and topic. If there is more than one photograph of a painting, it is a good idea to have a category for the painting and add parent categories to that, e.g. Category:Samson and Delilah (Rembrandt). Most artist will have a category with all of their works, like Category:Works by Rembrandt. You can then use PetScan to see all images of all subcategories, if you set the depth high enough. --rimshottalk 21:27, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Problem signing in or logging in

I had joined four years ago under my name Stan Adie. Wikipedia still holds my data.

I have tried to upload pictures onto wiki loves monuments when I click on the upload button it says incorrect password or confirmation code. Despite trying to re-set my password I do not get the relevant e-mail to reset.

I have tried to re-apply but it says my user name is already in use.

My e-mail is ---- "stanleyadie@yahoo.co.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.127.241 (talk • contribs) 21:19, 16 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • I assume this is about the account User:Stanadie. It looks like you never used that account on Commons or the English-language Wikipedia, though, nor did you provide an email address. Is there somewhere else you made edits using it? If not, I'd say just start over with a new account. - Jmabel ! talk 23:14, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Let me just add that punctuation and capitalization are important in usernames, except that the first character must be capitalized.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:26, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
I thought the user referred to the account Stan Adie on the English-language Wikipedia (creation log), which also has no contributions. But maybe the user confused the different accounts. There is also an account Stanleyadie, also no contributions. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:48, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

新しいカテゴリー作成中に、規制されて困っています。

昨日来、新しいカテゴリーを黙々と作成（該当カテゴリーがない為に）していましたが、突然『特定の画像』だけ、規制されました。別にアダルトやグロ等ではなく画像内容は、それまでの作業内容と何ら変わりません。

お手数ですが、対処お願いします。

エラー文言 『エラー: 行なった操作は、有害であると自動的に判断されたため実行できませんでした。 確かに建設的な操作であると考える場合は、行なおうとしていた操作について管理者にお知らせください。 操作に対して発動した違反規則の概略は以下の通りです: Removal of all categories』

該当内容 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=124.45.236.205&uselang=ja

《追伸》 序と言っては失礼ですが、エラー文言中で『管理者にお知らせください。』と有りますが、何処へ連絡して良いのか全くわからず、この場所にたどり着くまで無駄な時間を浪費しました。

出来れば、別の案内文『ソフトウェアのバグと疑われるものを見つけたら、井戸端でフィードバックを求めてください。』の様に、具体的な連絡先《例えば、ヘルプ》を記載して頂きたいと強く思います。

ご面倒ですが、よろしくお願いします。　　山本--124.45.236.205 22:43, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Brief summary: The above IP user was caught by an AbuseFilter for "[removing] all categories" while editing categories on various pages. This was because they used the wrong syntax. They have figured out a solution, and apologised for the fuss. --H78c67c (talk) 04:15, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Cannot upload an improved version of an existing file

Downloaded this file and replaced the embedded legend with a legible version, but I am blocked from re-uploading it because I cannot specify the source, which is the commons. I "re-uploaded" many images in the past. What changed since my last replacement activity? — Ineuw talk 01:53, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

@Ineuw: What upload tool are you using that won't let you do this? - Jmabel ! talk 16:13, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: I always use the Upload a new version of this file link below the image. This links me to this page. I am using this lik from time immemorial (or, since I joined the commons). — Ineuw talk 00:25, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Not an answer to your question, but before you put more effort into this, do you really believe that File:Aspero.jpg is "own work"? Doesn't really look like it. And given deletions of some of the uploader's files, it doesn't inspire excessive trust. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
@Asclepias: , I agree regarding to this particular image. But, I wonder what will happen with other images I can clean and/or correct.— Ineuw talk 01:16, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

--Jh sanantonio (talk) 02:56, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

I've been asked by State Representative Philip Cortez to upload and publish his official state portrait into wikipedia. I believe the photo to be public domain but not sure how to articulate that in the request as it is on his official State of Texas website listed below: https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=117

Please let me know what we have to do to keep the photo up and on his wikipedia page.

--Jh sanantonio (talk)

@Jh sanantonio: Hi, and welcome. Why do you "believe the photo to be public domain"? Is there some particular state or federal law that places it in the public domain? Who was the photographer? You could upload it to English Wikipedia for Fair Use subject to en:WP:F. We do not accept Fair Use files here on Wikimedia Commons.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:04, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I don't think en-wiki allows pictures of living people on a fair use basis unless the picture itself is irreplaceable (e.g. a picture of a particular historic event). - Jmabel ! talk 16:15, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Adapted image CC BY-SA 2.0

Hello, I want to upload to CC an adapted (cropped) version of an image already on CC, which is marked by the CC BY-SA 2.0 license. However, the Upload Wizard does not show that license among the choices, the closest thing being CC BY-SA 2.5. Can someone tell me how to proceed with my upload? Should I just go with the 2.5? Thanks! Assambrew (talk) 05:22, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

You can use a tool like CropTool, which I think can keep the same license. Or you can add the license manually. Or you could ignore the Upload Wizard and use the basic form. Or an argument might be made that you could use version 2.5 or 3.0 or 4.0 if you consider the crop as a "derivative work", but a simple crop can be considered closer to the original work and to me it seems preferable to keep the version 2.0. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:47, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
"the basic form" => Special:Upload - Jmabel ! talk 16:16, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
One could also use our experienced form.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:39, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks guys. The Upload Wizard seemed simplest to handle, so I decided to use version 2.5 and call it derivative. Then I manually edited the license to version 2.0. The image is at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Large_Sagittarius_star_cloud.jpg . Can someone please take a look, and let me know if it will pass muster? Thanks again. Assambrew (talk) 18:33, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Picture deleted Tatiana Laurence Delarue

How is it possible to prove that it is a selfie and publish it ? I understood that it is impossible to publish a photo.

Aucune photo n'est acceptée. Comment faire ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justfree1958 (talk • contribs) 16:13, 17 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Justfree1958: I assume this is about either File:Tatiana-Laurence Delarue.jpg or File:Tatiana elfie smiling.jpg.
  • These appear to be the same photo. When a photo is deleted, do not upload it under a different name. This could get you blocked.
  • When you say, "prove that it is a selfie and publish it" are you saying that you are this person and this is your selfie?
    • If so, there are two possibilities: (1) publish the photo on a page that is clearly under your control (e.g. your Instagram account) and offer the free license there; then reference that page as the source when uploading to Commons. That is probably easiest. (2) Go through the process described at COM:OTRS or COM:OTRS/fr.
    • If this is not you, then the picture being a selfie has nothing to do with the matter, other than making it very easy to identify the photographer to have them use one of the two means above to give permission.
Jmabel ! talk 16:26, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

So please check intagram, you will also find there the very first selfie used by purepeople : tl_delarue — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justfree1958 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 17 September 2020‎ (UTC)

This was not the same picture, one with no smile, the other smiling — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justfree1958 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 17 September 2020‎ (UTC)

It is in the story written Wikipedia vérifié — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justfree1958 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 17 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Justfree1958: So please comply with policy COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:49, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
@Justfree1958: I see what you mean now: [11]. However, a statement like that or along the lines of "okay for Wikipedia" is not acceptable for our purposes. The photo needs to be explicitly released under a free license such as the ones listed at COM:L#Well-known licenses / COM:L/fr#Licences courantes. The best way to do this is via COM:OTRS, though I suppose an Instagram post with a notice like those suggested here is just as acceptable. Note that Instagram doesn't allow links in the description, however. clpo13(talk) 17:36, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
The media copy mentioned to justify the speedy deletion acknowledges that the source is the Instagram source. It does look like a selfie by the subject of the photo. I understand the mention "wiki vérifié" associated with this photo at the original source as a short mention meaning "I hereby verify the license associated with this photo on Wikimedia". Which was probably a way to conform to the possibility "(1)" evoked by Jmabel above, although not using the letter of the suggestion. Sure, it would be better if the mention was directly the identification of the license. So, it may still be useful either to name the license on Instagram or to send confirmation to OTRS. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:01, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Or if User:Justfree1958 is Tatiana Laurence Delarue (which I take it is the case) then Tatiana can indicate that on her Instagram account, at which point we know that a selfie uploaded by User:Justfree1958 doesn't need any more scrutiny of license than any normal upload by any other user.
@Clpo13: OTRS is not necessarily the preferred way to verify identity; it's the only way to do confidential correspondence, which is often needed in order to verify identity, but it's cumbersome and time-consuming. It's quicker for all concerned if we can verify identity by publicly available means that don't require time from the OTRS team, who are always busy and backlogged. - Jmabel ! talk 23:36, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Uploads by a particular user

How do I search for all files in a specific category uploaded by a particular user? Or those in a specific category *not* uploaded by a particular user? I know about incategory: but I can't find how to include the uploader in the search Thanks Kognos (talk) 19:36, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

How to search for individual images in a specific category?

184.13.70.158 20:29, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

The question is not very specific. But if you wanted to search for image files about fishing in the River Severn you could use: "incategory:"River Severn" fishing". Unless I am missing something? Kognos (talk) 20:57, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

William Davis Jr

Can you please send me a phone list of Bladenboro for the Davis family to einsteinwilliams@shaw.ca as I’m looking out for my son Billy Davis. We live in Vancouver BC Billy my son is 48 and never seen his dad who is probably dead if alive he would be my age 77 Black Lives Matter I am Indiginous and Billy was Chi chi please give me the families number or e mail....Jo Williams formally Blake. Thanks Judi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3d08:7f7d:6600:499a:fe09:a194:a885 (talk • contribs) 02:07, 18 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • I believe you are probably on the wrong site. This is a page about getting help in using Wikimedia Commons, a media repository that is a sister project to Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 16:11, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Please replace File:Jupiter Polar Winds.gif with higher quality version

I uploaded File:Jupiter Polar Winds 500x500.gif because I can't replace the original file. Can someone update the original and delete the new one? --Solar Miloo (talk) 08:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

@Solar Miloo: Why not just transcode the whole PIA03452 movie file?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:30, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: That's actually the whole movie. There are two versions of PIA03452: a higher quality one with the original 84 frames, and a lower quality one that loops 5 times. The NASA description explicitly says there are 84 frames. --Solar Miloo (talk) 19:01, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Getty Images via AFP

Hi!! ^_^ . I am back at it again with a question about upload. I like many issues of activism and found This image under "Commercial and other uses licenses" and it belongs to Getty Images via AFP. My question is, how do I find out under which specific license is it under?, if you may ask who they are, they are Hong Kong activists (from Left to right) Sunny Cheung, Jimmy Sham and Nathan Lau. It's an important photo that represents last pro-democracy election in HK. That's why my interest in uploading it. Thank you very very much. --CoryGlee (talk) 20:56, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Where does it specify that this image is under "Commercial and other uses licenses"? --Wcam (talk) 21:02, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Wcam, Hi! in google I searched under the name "Jimmy Sham and Sunny Cheung Getty images" and in preferences I selected "Under commercial and other uses licenses" and it showed up ^_^ --CoryGlee (talk) 21:20, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
See here for an explanation of Google Image Search's "Commercial and other uses licenses", which include licenses that are most likely non-free thus not compatible with Wikimedia Commons. Regarding this particular image, it is definitely NOT a free image. --Wcam (talk) 21:29, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
OK, thank you for your extreme kindness. --CoryGlee (talk) 21:30, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Wikidata Infobox

Hallo! Wenn in einer Namens Kategorie, z.B. bei einem Actor, die Wikidata Infobox ist wird sie falsch sortiert. Nach Vorname statt Nachname. Soweit ich mich erinnere nützt Defaultsort nichts und/oder löst einen Konflikt aus. Auch das eintragen des Nachnamens bei Wikidata ändert nichts.Gibt es trotzdem eine Lösung? --Hiddenhauser (talk) 09:51, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

File:Berlin-Moabit Kruppstraße-16 Gedanktafel Geschützschuppen-der-6-Batterie.jpg

Please remove the coordinates from the structured data. I cannot change nor delete them. I added the wrong co-ordinates on the description page. :( Thanks and cheers --Marbot (talk) 21:11, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

✓ Done and please feel free to add correct coords. Rodhullandemu (talk) 22:48, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! The correct coordinates were in the meantime retrieved from exif by a bot. Now BotMultichill has to come along and add the data. :) --Marbot (talk) 08:36, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Can I upload files to Commons from websites?

I was trying to upload images of Lubelska from websites because there were no images in Commons that talk about Lubelska vodka. I still looked on Polish Wikipedia (w:pl:Lubelska) and there is no page or picture that talks about it. On some images it was commercial use (like Stock Spirits website, which is official website for Lubelska vodka) and there were pictures of Lubelska vodka on social media. Evan0512 (talk) 01:06, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

@Evan0512: Hi, and welcome. Sorry, no, we only accept free media, please see COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:26, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Can I upload pictures from Lubelska from websites into Wikipedia upload file? Evan0512 (talk) 19:57, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
@Evan0512: That depends on the acceptance of Fair Use at the particular Wikipedia; see en:WP:F for English Wikipedia specifically and m:nfc generally. Regrettably, I see no provisions for fair use on Polish Wikipedia.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:38, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

video footage from 1909

I found some video footage of King Leopold II of Belgium on youtube from 1909, i have no idea who filmed it, so i dont know when he died, to calculate the copyright date, but i think everything filmed before 1920 is automaticly in the public domain right? so that shouldend be a problem, and second if i upload it here, what should i put as source, or author? youtube? kind regards, thanks LordLiberty (talk) 02:44, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

@LordLiberty: There are certain situations in which unpublished information can be copyrighted by the first publisher, what is the youtube URL?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:21, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

If you think i am going to give you the url, lol, after all that bullying, trolling and acusing me of fraud and so on.. I wil wait until someone else answers my question, and if someone else don't answer, it will remain on youtube, or maybe i wil send it to the Encyclopedia britannica. LordLiberty (talk) 05:25, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

User:Pontonbluelagoon

This page about me is not true. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pontonbluelagoon , the user created has a lost password and i can't access to delete this information. It's all bogus and i wan't the page reported and suspended. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2a02:2f0e:7011:bc00:1c81:1309:a157:f2e7 (talk) 05:09, 19 September 2020‎ (UTC)

I blanked the page. Ruslik0 (talk) 11:11, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

List of monuments !!

Dear Madam/Sir, May i request you to kindly provide me the list of monuments of Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh which can submitted for the contest. Thanks and Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arorabindu (talk • contribs) 06:05, 19 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Arorabindu, please see links at Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments. -mattbuck (Talk) 08:47, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Renaming a file, but the new name is linked with a redirection

I want to rename [[12]] with [[13]], due to harmonise the group of equestrian sports pictograms, but the redirection of the "Equestrian Vaulting pictogram makes it impossible. Is there somebody, who can help? -Citius Altius Fortius (talk) 07:22, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

{{PD-IDUnknown}} --182.2.167.220 14:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

@IndonesiaSocmedController: Please fix it and make sure your uploads have licenses.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:14, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Cómo subir una imagen de un sitio web

Estoy pensando subir una imagen pero como lo haría si es de un sitio web y la imagen es respaldada por una empresa solo que a sido tomada por el sitio web. Gracias por adelantado Alesas19 (talk) 03:48, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

How to upload an image from a website
I am thinking of uploading an image but how would I do it if it is from a website and the image is endorsed by a company only that has been taken by the website. Thanks in advance
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:30, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
@Alesas19: Hola y bienvenido. Lo sentimos, no puede hacer eso, consulte Commons:Licensing/es para saber por qué no podemos aceptarlo, y pida al fotógrafo que publique Commons:Licensing/es que cumpla con los permisos para dicho trabajo en su sitio web o presencia en las redes sociales o envíe la foto y permiso a través de OTRS/es con una copia al carbón para usted.
Hi, and welcome. Sorry, you may not do that, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:30, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

User:Taya.bkmnk

Как добавить картинку в статью? Почему не получается это сделать, если это моя картинка? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taya.bkmnk (talk • contribs) 12:53, 20 September 2020‎ (UTC)

How to add a picture to an article? Why can't I do this if it's my picture?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:40, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
@Taya.bkmnk: Привет и добро пожаловать. С сожалением сообщаю вам, что вы активировали Special: AbuseFilter/153, пытаясь кросс-вики загрузить логотип png в качестве нового пользователя, оставив при этом сводку без изменений. Такая загрузка логотипов в формате png вообще запрещена. Вы указали, что это ваша собственная работа. Обычно, когда кто-то загружает логотип в формате png, это нарушение авторских прав из Интернета. Пожалуйста, загрузите его полноразмерный оригинал, включая все метаданные, но он может быть сочтен слишком сложным для размещения в TOO/ru в стране происхождения, поэтому вам может потребоваться лицензировать его на своем веб-сайте или в социальных сетях. или отправьте разрешение через OTRS/ru. Кроме того, любое изображение png будет выглядеть нечетким при уменьшении (из-за проектных решений, обсуждаемых в phab:T192744) или неровным при увеличении, поэтому вы также можете загрузить версию в формате svg или jpg. Если вы измените сводку или вместо этого используете наш Мастер загрузки, вы сможете избежать этого фильтра.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png logo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png logos are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png logo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your website or social media or send permission via OTRS. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:40, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

How do I avoid these errors when using the 'Upload file' page? 

    1) Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International missing SDC copyright license
    2) Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike missing SDC copyright status

What do I add in the 'Summary' field in order to prevent those errors?

This is the text I am including in 'Summary' and I get both errors:

Description
English: my description
Date
Source Own work
Author 100acrewoods

Category:my category — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100acrewoods (talk • contribs) 16:14, 20 September 2020‎ (UTC)

These are "over enthusiastic" categories for which there is no meaningful consensus to force them on the entire contents of the Wikimedia Commons project. As the most active uploader to Commons I ignore them as pointless and disruptive. The system of license templates is not being replaced, and if anyone wanted to create a license database, they could do that by harvesting the current system. There never has been a convincing explanation as to why this change is being forced on everyone.
No extra work is expected of any uploader to duplicate these details by playing around with the experimental SDC tags. Ignore them please. --Fæ (talk) 16:21, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

home made wine making

I have killed off the natural yeast, waited 24 hrs, then added a cultured yeast. How long before I should see a reaction in my vat of must. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.241.138 (talk • contribs) 23:14, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

عملت مقالة عن جدي وبعدها باقل من 10ساعات لم اجدها

بدي اشوف مقالتي ده الرابطhttps://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC_%D8%AE%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%B5%D9%82%D8%B1

This question seems to be about the Arabic Wikipedia, maybe it's best asked there. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:24, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Unsupported gadget or script all of a sudden

I keep getting on my mobile web browser (advanced mode) this popup on every page:

You are running a user gadget or script that is unsupported on mobile. Please review mw:ResourceLoader/Migration_guide

I do not know what is going on. The only gadget I turned in recently is Cat a lot, and it was not a problem until just now. Turning of Cat a lot did not fix it.

What’s up? DemonDays64 (talk) 05:57, 18 September 2020 (UTC) (please ping on reply)

@DemonDays64: Hi, the message mentions scripts (not only gadgets). You load scripts in User:DemonDays64/common.js which seem not to be supported on mobile. (That's my guess.) --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 12:08, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
@AKlapper (WMF): oh!! hmm seems like a new warning. but yes I was loading a script (which doesn't even exist lol). Thanks, DemonDays64 (talk) 19:53, 20 September 2020 (UTC) (please ping on reply)

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263315 has the answers!

For the records, the line above this one was written by User:Jidanni (please sign your posts - thanks!). --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 08:43, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Sorry. I must have got too used to the automatic signing elsewhere. Jidanni (talk) 21:44, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

How do I hide all the "Changed an entity" edits in my watchlist?

I don't want to hide all bot edits, but there're too much "adding structured data" in my watchlist. =( Ain92 (talk) 15:59, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

I have the same problem. It looks like that two bots are competing to add as much as possible structured data. Wouter (talk) 19:31, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Stolen image

this image appears to have been stolen from this source which published it two years earlier and in higher quality. They did not use a fair use or anything. Sxologist (talk) 08:52, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

@Sxologist: , I've tagged the image for detlion. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 11:12, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

помощь с кодом

Добрый день! я загрузила картинку, прописала в ней код. но у меня возникли сложности с написанием даграммы Эулера (чтобы слова обводились квадратами и были кликабельны), так же у меня не получилось создать карту изображений. Не понимаю как задавать координатные данные для слов на картинке - готовый шаблон я нашла, но и он не работает. так же не могу добавить в боковую панель - новый язык перевода этой картинки - постоянно пишет, что ссылка не правильная вставлена. ниже картинка. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%B5%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96.jpg

заранее благодарю за помощь! — Preceding unsigned comment added by an unknown user 16:56, 21 September 2020

help with code

Good day! I uploaded a picture, wrote the code in it. but I had difficulties with writing the Euler diagram (so that the words were enclosed in squares and were clickable), I also could not create an image map. I do not understand how to set coordinate data for words in the picture - I found a ready-made template, but it does not work either. I also cannot add to the sidebar - a new translation language for this picture - I constantly write that the link is not inserted correctly. below picture. File:Шаблон Транснацыянальныя еўрапейскія арганізацыі.jpg

thank you in advance for your help!
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:04, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

I don't know how to change something ...but I think one of your pages is wrong.

File:FMIB 52118 Skilfish, Annoplopoma fimbria (Pallas) California.jpeg

The image that is shown says Skilfish...but I think it is the SableFish instead. The image was from 1907 and probably was done incorrectly.

If anyone cares...please update.

Please see: https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/seafood-profiles/sablefish-black-cod

Sablefish have two back fins, Skilfish has only one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.126.108.159 (talk • contribs) 17:53, 21 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Yasushi Torisawa Illustrations

(via Google Translate): I found kaiju illustrations (File:Родан.jpg, File:Барагон.jpg, and other) by Yasushi Torisawa. They all are under CC BY 2.0 license. They were published in a Japanese magazine, whose name I forgot, but if necessary, I can find the name. I found another illustration by Yasushi Torisawa: [14] (First illustration is by Yasushi Torisawa). Nowhere is it stated that this illustration is under license CC BY 2.0, but it was published in the same magazine and created by the same artist. Many illustrations by Yasushi Torisawa from this magazine are available on Wikimedia Commons under a free license It is logical that this illustration is also under license CC BY 2.0. Can I upload it to Wikimedia Commons? --Дейноніх (talk) 17:49, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:35, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

I have foto graph material from a tour, which allowed schematics and that of dam design and tunnels

Hi,

I have post shots of dam designs, which allow to publically take photos of. However, this information is very important for people to learn about. Only those that may visit the site by chance may know of it, there is not other information.

I would like to upload as is photos of the posters on a presentation at the dam, which can only be seen on-site and are typically 6 hours away from those it affects and know really know about.

Which allow for people to learn more about it.

There basically is no information on who compiled it, just been there for many years, until there a fire and be gone.

Here is a link, to the photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xBjU72tcOnIR9vqwCxRemJzT1tk3lm4d?usp=sharing

How does this play with wiki copyright laws.

Kind Regards,

Wesley Oliver — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wesley olis (talk • contribs) 08:35, 21 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Wesley olis: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:L and COM:DW.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:31, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Well as far as I can tell, the medium in this folder is basically public on display at the dam, free entrance and allow take pictures of anything and was encouraged to do so. I don't see any reference to anything presented on the pin boards. With this basically being a public display, however, contained in a dam wall, so certain visitation hours pertaining to staff being there. I would say that I should be able to upload this information, potentially add a reference as the public display at the dam facility. Would I be able to also verbatim re-type the text into I not sure where or how your policies are for this into a digital dialog of what appears on some of the images, for those that may struggle to read the resource material?

I don't thing there will be any issues to making this material more accessible.

I would like your opinion on how I could go about or if could given any direction on doing text memo description for each photo. Which would assist search engines and those may struggle to read a line or two.

I looking forward to hearing back from you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wesley olis (talk • contribs) 19:51, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

These pictures appear to be indoors. Offhand, I don't know any country in the world that allows freedom of panorama for materials like this on indoor public display, so the fact of that public display is irrelevant to the copyright status of these images. Is there any basis to think these images are public domain or free-licensed? I would think they would not be. - Jmabel ! talk 01:46, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
@Wesley olis: These pictures destined for cat:Gariep Dam are of poor quality. Also, the subjects are probably still copyrighted, as construction ran from 1965 to 1971 and COM:CRT/South Africa indicates {{PD-South-Africa}} may be used for photos published over 50 years ago, but not for the diagrams and texts, those copyrights run for "Life + 50 years", so we would need info on the names and lifetimes of the authors of the diagrams and texts, or wait until after 1971+120=2091.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:46, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff: Hi, thank you for getting back to me. Typically if a recall from school, if one made a poster one would have to have there credentials on it, for copyright stuff. So if a poster has zero names on a document, is there a copyright? If someone wanted to copy write something then, basically should put the author's details on it otherwise it would be free-licensed in my mind. Well basically institutions that don't want pictures of there stuff ending on facebook, shared with friends, social media extra, typically prohibte taking of pictures in the first place of anything. So in such cases, is no other way to document this information because typically wiki wants references to the source material. Then just to clarify as well, because come across another source is there the ability to reference a diagram on another site with an anchor or inline that with reference. If someone knows the information and basically wants to document it on wiki, and well there is no official book, because he is not going to ever writer and publish a book, how do we preserve that public information? Just ask, trying to figure out what is possible and not because at the end of the day stuff like this needs be publically documented as is History of a country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wesley olis (talk • contribs) 07:26, 22 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Wesley olis: Actually, as the dam was commissioned and is run by the Water Affairs Department of the Republic of South Africa per File:GC Gariep Dam (7).JPG and en:Gariep Dam, the original texts and drawings may be subject to {{PD-SAGov}}, or they may be newer and still copyrighted, or copyrighted by the contractor, Dumez, a French construction company. Requirements of notice, registration, and renewal on copyrighted works in the US went away March 1, 1989 when the US joined the Berne Convention per COM:US; many other countries joined much earlier. Please follow our COM:SIGN policy.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:49, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Фото моего деда

Здравствуйте! Подскажите пожалуйста, я пытаюсь загрузить фотографию своего деда но я не понимаю как его загрузить чтобы не нарушать правил. Чья фото (дедушка) умер 2018 году. Это фотография негде никогда не использовалась, ранее была только в бумажным виде затем я сам лично перенес в электронный вид. Помогите как мне поступать чтоб не удалили. Спасибо. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baxirjon (talk • contribs) 07:28, 22 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Baxirjon: The question is who took the photo. Copyright belongs to the photographer or their heirs, not to the subject or their heirs. - Jmabel ! talk 14:47, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
  • (via Google Translate) Вопрос в том, кто сделал фото. Авторское право принадлежит фотографу или его наследникам, а не объекту или их наследникам. - Jmabel ! talk 14:47, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Unable

Why i am unable to upload media files? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abs022 (talk • contribs) 08:07, 22 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Help with Wikimedia OTRS release generator step 3

Dear Sir/ Madam, Iy's not possible to give consent with this program for my wikipage https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help,_de_psycholoog_verzuipt! I send you a written consent. Can you send me a message when this is not enough? Drs F Bosch — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frits Bosch1 (talk • contribs) 09:54, 22 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Why has my own personal content been marked as copyright violation? I take pictures of myself and now I'm being flagged for copyright why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.223.117.69 (talk • contribs) 12:01, 22 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • Given that you were not logged in when you asked this, we have absolutely no way to know what account this even refers to, let alone what particular images. - Jmabel ! talk 14:54, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

How to upload

I just created wiki commons account but im unable to upload monuments images please guide me Thanks Nazir A Khatri — Preceding unsigned comment added by Khatri Nazir (talk • contribs) 12:25, 22 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Khatri Nazir: Hi, and welcome. Please follow our first steps, if you haven't already.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:33, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Why does deleted photo still appear in Google Search?

Hey, one week ago I put "no permission" tag on a photo. The photo was deleted yesterday. But it still can be seen through Google Search. Userths (talk) 13:34, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

@Userths: Hi, and welcome. It may take a long time for Google to automatically forget about it, if ever. Please contact them directly to speed that up.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:30, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Foto einstellen in Commons Wettbewerb

Hallo, ich habe vergessen und finde es nicht mehr, wie Fotos in den Wettbewerb (aktuell Nature's Blue) zu signieren sind . Ich habe die Files eingestellt und die Tilden angehängt, aber da fehlt wohl noch was, damit die files übernommen werden. Ich bitte um Belehrung. Herzlichen Dank und Gruß Foeniz, Hartmut Schmidt Foeniz (talk) 19:29, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Hat sich erledigt, heute morgen waren die Fotos eingebunden. Nature's blues ist einer der beiden Commons Fotowettbewerbe dieses Monats.Foeniz (talk) 11:35, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Clarification on removal of video

Hi,

The following item was flagged and removed as source of derivative work is not properly indicated - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Remember_The_Plankinton.webm&action=edit&redlink=1

After I was notified of the copyright issue I went in and edited the item and updated the source field to cite works used with permission in the video. I'm not sure why the item was removed when I updated the source field as instructed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Volkswriter (talk • contribs) 21:25, 22 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Yes, that was the reason I deleted it. I could/should have modified the deletion summary, sorry for that. --JuTa 22:57, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
  • So what do I need to do to show you I have a free license to use the content? Send you e-mail from the Marquette archives? Also the music is from Soundzabound Music Library which is a royalty free music site. The music is cited in the video per their usage agreement. I'm not sure what else you need regarding that. - Volkswriter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Volkswriter (talk • contribs) 23:11, 22 September 2020 (UTC)
    • @Volkswriter: At this point this probably would best be handled through Commons:Undeletion_requests. If the rights are all in order, I'm sure we can get it back.
    • For Marquette: if they don't indicate a free license on their site, then probably they need to go through the process outlined at COM:OTRS. Yes, that mainly consists of sending an email from the Marquette archives. I would say do that first, before you proceed with anything else.
    • With reference to Soundzabound Music Library, "Royalty free" may not be good enough, but the Help Desk isn't where we'll be able to sort it out. There needs to be an explicit statement that commercial & derivative works are allowed.
    • @JuTa: it looks like this is likely to work out, but I suspect Volkswriter might need some help. Would you be willing to be available if they have further questions? I'm pretty swamped right now. - Jmabel ! talk 16:05, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

NY copyrighted?

Could this I ♥NY logo be copyrighted? If so, is Milton Glasner the CR holder? Thanks, --Ganímedes (talk) 11:04, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

difference between Category:Videos by camera type and Category:Videos by video camera

Hey, it seems to me that these two categories mean essentially the same thing. Shouldn't they be merged? --2003:E3:4F01:DD03:9119:678F:A466:826D 14:44, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

  • Probably merits a CFD open for at least a week, and pinging the creators of both categories; in case something non-obvious is going on that would give someone time to explain. - Jmabel ! talk 16:16, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Is it possible to edit the information provided during the uploading of the resource?

--RealSvejk (talk) 18:07, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

This is a Wiki, everyone can edit (almost) everything, just hit "edit" on the image page :) . The more difficult question is which license to choose. The artwork was apparently created by Josef Lada, who died in 1957. The Czech republic has a copyright duration of 70 years from the death of the author, which means that this is still copyrighted. Unless I'm missing something, the file needs to be deleted. --rimshottalk 22:03, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

I was trying to update the picture for Dutch letters as the current one isn't a Dutch letter. Rather, the image is of a different thing called banketstaaf in the shape of an S. Being the pedantic I am, I had to get it changed. So, I emailed a bakery in my area that made Dutch letters and I specifically asked if I could use it on Wikipedia. They said that I was free to use the image in question. Am I able to use it or does the bakery itself have to confirm usage with some sort of Wikipedia email? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Teeuwis (talk • contribs) 22:58, 23 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Teeuwis: Hi, and welcome. Please have an authorized bakery staff member post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:09, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Help in uploading logo of school

I want to upload the logo of a school to its wikipedia article provided in the school website. But I'm not sure whether it would violate any copyright.
Please help me with that and please mention the correct logo format (jpg or png or any other). G C Dey (talk) 09:02, 24 September 2020 (UTC)G C Dey

  • @G C Dey: Typically, unless the school has had the logo for well over a century, the logo of a school would be copyrighted and Commons would need permission of the copyright-holder. However, if the purpose of this is for an article on the English-language Wikipedia, you can handle this entirely on the English-language Wikipedia using en:Template:Non-free logo, and leave Commons out of it. - Jmabel ! talk 15:29, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Флаги/Rights

Здравствуйте! Какие флаги есть на Викискладе?
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Hello! What rights exist on Wikimedia Commons? (Yandex.Translator) Владимир Меланхолин (обс) 15:44, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

@Vova WIFI: Hi, and welcome. Please see Special:ListGroupRights.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:10, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! Владимир Меланхолин (обс) 17:14, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
@Vova WIFI: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:23, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
Resolved

Improving attribution for uploaded modification of Wikimedia cricket picture

I uploaded File:Batsmen's ground example.png, which is a modified form of File:Muralitharan bowling to Adam Gilchrist.jpg. I mentioned this on the description page, but does my attribution need to be better, and/or is it allowed to modify that particular picture and upload it? GreekApple123 (talk) 19:59, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

images

I am Dermatologist, I want to publish a handbook of clinical signs in dermatology. But need images of rare diseases, how can get the images from this site? Is permitted to copy photos and mention the source or cite the pages? Thanks. Dr. Abdullah Mancy, consultant dermatologist.

That's fine, COM:REUSE tells you how to use our images. To find the images, use the searchbox on the top right of the page with the name of the condition for which you are seeking images. Rodhullandemu (talk) 20:14, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Help in rotating an image

Hello,

I have tried the rotate template over and over (variations of it) but I am not successful with File:- panoramio (4488).jpg. What is the secret sauce? Help would be appreciated! Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 00:03, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:28, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Can I upload a logo if the official site puts it in the download section but doesn't provide any copyrights information?

On this page, the host says it's free download for the media but it does not gives any clue on the license of these images. Can I upload it to Commons? Tashi (talk) 15:35, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, Tashi. If the license it's not explicit, we assume that the work it's copyrighted. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 15:45, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
Ok. Thank you Ganímedes Tashi (talk) 15:48, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:27, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

--171.97.113.154 07:25, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. The above post appears to be your first edit, perhaps you forgot to login. Logging in is required before uploading here, please do that. There are also many other reasons to create an account and log in. Also, if you already have an account what is your account name? I tagged that file for deletion, thanks for the notice.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:03, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

All uploaded by me to WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

Alle von mir hochgeladenen Bilder, Dokumente oder Fotos von Dokumenten sind in meinem eigenen Besitz. Die Ablichtung ist von mir selbst unter Berechtigung des Autors oder der Person, die auf der Fotographie zusehen ist, vorgenommen. Ich habe darüber hinaus die Berechtigung dieses Material zu veröffentlichen. Diese Bilder sind unberechtigterweise als nicht lizensiert eingestuft worden, was nicht berechtigt ist. Ich bitte Sie schnellstmöglich die Ettiketierung zum Löschen dieses Materials zu beseitigen. Vielen Dank MfG

All uploaded data and photos are my own and has the permission to use by wikipedia documents and files. Please do not delete this matrial. Thanks With best regards

مورد توجه مدیران گرامی ویکی‌پدیا همه عکسهای بکار گرفته از طرف اینجانب متعلق به من بوده و اجازه اتتشار آنها مدتها قبل گرفته شده است .خواهشمند است بدین جهت برچسب حذف سریع را هر چه زودتر بردارید متشکرم در اینجا باید متذکر شوم که برچسب حذف سریع بدون دلیل موجه توسط یکی از کاربران شما صورت گرفته و من از این نظر آن را خرابکاری در صفحه 

حسین زمردیان]] تلقی میکنم]]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by پژوهشگر تجربی (talk • contribs) 09:21, 25 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@پژوهشگر تجربی: Ich würde empfehlen, Kontakt mit dem Support-Team aufzunehmen. Das lässt sich in deutscher Sprache unter permissions-de@wikimedia.org erreichen, um die rechtlichen Fragen zu klären. Zu bedenken ist, dass der Besitz eines Dokuments nicht das zugehörige Urheberrecht impliziert. Es müssen also in jedem Fall die Rechte an dem abgebildeten Werk geklärt werden bzw. festgestellt werden, wer die einzelnen Bilder aufgenommen hat.
Alternatively you can use the email address permissions-commons@wikimedia.org if you prefer a communication in English. --AFBorchert (talk) 09:52, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Question about images

I am practicing in my user sandbox, preparing to create a church history page. My questions:

1) Can the work I do in the sandbox easily translate to a true Wiki article for publishing, or will I have to re-create everything in an actual article page? 2) I would like to include organizational affiliation status in my Infobox. I used Template: Infobox Church, and added three fields (local affiliation, state affiliation, national affiliation). How can I ensure these fields with added information will be part of my InfoBox? 3) I read the requirements regarding uploading photos. When permission is granted from the church to use a photo and logo, in what format does Wikipedia Commons need, and where does the approval need to be submitted?


Thank you for your help. 22:20, 25 September 2020 (UTC)SCBC2940

@SCBC2940: Hi, and welcome. The reviewer who accepts your submitted article will move your sandbox to articlespace, making the cats live. Affiliation status in the infobox at that time will transfer over intact. Please note that en:Template:Infobox church does not support fields like "State Affiliation", "Local Affiliation", and "National Affiliation" (yet), so please include such information in prose. Also, please note that you shouldn't have to use that template multiple times on a page. In addition, please review en:WP:MFA and en:WP:COI. Finally, please have authorized church officials see OTRS re photos. In your signature, please link your username to your userpage or user talk page, and separate it from and precede the date and time per COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:30, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Wanted to replace image without losing the old one, but it didn't work as planned.

The file Alaska boroughs and census areas.svg was out of date, so I created a new version. Rather than just overwrite the old one, I renamed it to File:Alaska boroughs and census areas 2013-19.svg. Then when I tried to upload the new version, I intended to give it the same name as the old one so that all the articles would automatically have the updated map. However, it seems that I cannot do that, and the file now sits at File:Alaska boroughs and census areas.svg.svg. --Lasunncty (talk) 10:41, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Existing redirect prevents new uploads. Ruslik0 (talk) 13:50, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Would an Admin please help with that?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:57, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Last time I acceded to a request like this I was practically torn a new hole in my body. Apparently, if I delete the redirect, it is likely that all sister-project references to that redirect will begin to be deleted. @Lasunncty: May I suggest:
It is actually a cleaner solution. If/when we have to upload an update again, we just change that upload and change the redirect again. File:Alaska boroughs and census areas.svg stays cleanly a redirect to whatever is current and can be expected to change over time; the others each have a date attached and can be accessed when someone wants a specific dated version. - Jmabel ! talk 23:53, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the suggestion. I will attempt this solution. --Lasunncty (talk) 07:23, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
(Although I will use Alaska boroughs and census areas 2019.svg since that is when this map first became effective.) --07:28, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:12, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

I was wondering how to determine if a photo is copyrighted.

I am working on a draft for a new Wikipedia article, and I wanted to know if this photo is copyrighted. I'm pretty sure I'm in the clear because the photo was taken before 1925, but I have to be sure. Scorpions13256 (talk) 04:04, 27 September 2020 (UTC)

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@Scorpions13256: Hi, and welcome. When and where was the photo first published?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:21, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
If that's U.S., you're fine, just use {{PD-US-expired}}. - Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel and Jeff G.: The photo was taken some time before 1924 in the United States. I am not sure when or if it was published. It has appeared on many news websites. Thanks for your help. Scorpions13256 (talk) 18:01, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
Given its nature, it would certainly have been published in the U.S. shortly after it was taken, so {{PD-US-expired}} is safe. - Jmabel ! talk 20:51, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
Awesome. Thanks again. Scorpions13256 (talk) 21:06, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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Used images

Hello, I would have a list of pages of the Wikimedia universe which use files which I have uploaded towards Commons. Does such a tool exist and what is the URL? Thanks + Greetz --Mateus2019 (talk) 14:12, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

@Mateus2019: The pages which use your files are all listed here. Thank you for donating them.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:58, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
Gezz, thanks! Addition: One needs to click "more details" to see the images (774 + 15,247 of my former accout "Mattes" = 16,021) :-) --Mateus2019 (talk) 19:29, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
@Mateus2019: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:07, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:07, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

Australian Commons License on image upload

I am using the Upload wizard and would prefer to use an Australian Commons License - can this be edited after upload or is there some other way of accessing it

cheers PerthDeco (talk) 04:44, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

@PerthDeco: Hi, and welcome. We only have one recommended Australia-specific Creative Commons license template, {{Cc-by-3.0-au}}. Templates {{Cc-by-4.0}} and {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}} are international and the associated deeds take Australian law into account. You may adjust your licensing shortly after uploading by editing a file description page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:41, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Civil Rights Leader/US Army Chaplain (Major)Rev. Richard Charles Boone

I have attempted to upload pictures from my personal file and from State of Alabama Archives. I have tried to write a wikipedia page for Rev. Richard C. Boone. Why is this so difficult? Is there any way to employ an expert from Wikipedia to write and set this page up. It should be a part of this media.

Please reach out to me and assist me with this feat.

Thank you,

Mary Gambles Boone The Committee to Remember the Life and Legacy of Rev. Richard C. Boone — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maryofmontgomery2 (talk • contribs) 08:15, 26 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Maryofmontgomery2: As I wrote to you on 22 August about the first photo, "[i]f you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you." That applies to each of the photos you uploaded. Where did you get them? Can you get permission from the photographers or their heirs? If not, and the subjects are deceased, once your article is in mainspace you may follow en:WP:F to upload them locally on English Wikipedia because we don't allow Fair Use here. Also, please read and follow en:WP:COI and en:WP:MFA.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:26, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Rosinisubramani

How to upload image in Wikimedia commons?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosinisubramani (talk • contribs) 11:26, 26 September 2020‎ (UTC)

What is clicking on COM:FS? 172.58.236.94 16:22, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
@Rosinisubramani: Hi, and welcome. COM:FS is a good place to start.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:58, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

pic not upload

hi

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wlm-ir&id=13039&descriptionlang=fa&description=%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87+%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%81%DB%8C&lat=&lon=&categories=Images_from_Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_Hamadan


can not be uplaod pic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alireza salemian (talk • contribs) 20:19, 26 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Alireza salemian: Hi, and welcome. What error message(s) did you get? I see nothing in your filter log.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:55, 26 September 2020 (UTC)

Grant Collins Ortho Page

Hi there,

Trying to figure out what happened to my submission. It seemed to disappear into thin air without notification or alert of any kind. Is it still in review?

Thanks for clarifying, Naomi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naomigarnice (talk • contribs) 08:32, 28 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Naomigarnice: Hi, and welcome. You have 3 drafts: en:Draft:The Braces Guy®; en:Draft:Grant Collins; and en:Draft:Grant Collins, DDS, MS. None have been submitted. Please read en:WP:MFA, en:WP:REFB, and en:WP:COI.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:38, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
Also, in general, you would do well to ask questions about the English-language Wikipedia on the English-language Wikipedia. This is Wikimedia Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 16:00, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Why ordinary but beautiful nature's photos and monument's photos not allowed?

Why ordinary but beautiful nature's photos and monument's photos not allowed? Mostly,Can you give us permission for sharing this with Wikipedia.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Surya Brand.H. (talk • contribs) 13:06, 28 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Surya Brand.H.: Hi, and welcome. What photos? Who is "us"?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:29, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
And, for that matter, "not allowed" by whom? - Jmabel ! talk 16:01, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Mary Ann Young nee McCarthy

I uploaded the photo which comes from NSW State Archives and then I realised that I had mistakenly claimed copywrite for the photo which is not my property. I then tried to upload the photo again without the copywrite logo on the photograph but I was refused. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carl1939 (talk • contribs) 01:43, 29 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Carl1939: Hi, and welcome. You can edit the file description page to use the right license template.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:52, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Category:Historical images of XXX in Taiwan

In the past two years, I have found that such people (especially users from Taiwan) to misuse "Category:Historical images of temples in Taiwan" as the category page for temples. For example, add a category tag to an already existing temple category page: special:diff/439494050. Also, the same problem also exists in the category "Historical images of shinto shrines in Taiwan" (see: special:diff/439056338). I know that different people may misuse the category "Historical images of XXX in Taiwan" for different reasons, but I hope anyone can help me how to solve this problem. In addition, they seems to be some serious misunderstandings about the use of word "image" in the title.--Kai3952 (talk) 18:26, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Removing my image

Hey everyone,

this person has been this image taken of me, which I never gave a model release out for. Is it possible to remove it? And how would I do it? It keeps showing up on my google search.

Please help!

this is the link and i really feel uncomfortable this is still online

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Demo_f%C3%BCr_eine_menschliche_Asylpolitik_-_89_-_Eva_Zar_(Train_of_Hope).jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.6.20.221 (talk • contribs) 22:57, 28 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Das Bild wurde bei einer öffentlichen Veranstaltung (Demonstration) aufgenommen, für die in Österreich die Panoramafreiheit gilt. Und Eva Zar hat sich selbst dort in Szene gesetzt, sie stand auf der Bühne und hielt eine Rede, wie man anhand des Mikros gut erkennen kann (sie war Sprecherin für "Train of hope" und stand auch im offiziellen Programm der Demo: [16]). Es ist nicht das erste Mal, dass sie versucht, das Bild löschen zu lassen, wie man an ihren Beiträgen sieht, und es wurde ihr bereits ausführlich erklärt, dass die Aufnahme gegen keinerlei Rechte verstößt. Liebe Grüße, --Häferl (talk) 00:04, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
The picture was taken at a public event (demonstration) for which panorama freedom applies in Austria. And Eva Zar staged herself there, she stood on the stage and gave a speech, as you can see from the microphone (she was the spokesperson for "Train of Hope" and was also in the official program of the demo: [17]). It is not the first time that she has tried to have the picture deleted, as you can see in her posts, and it has already been explained to her in detail that the inclusion does not violate any rights. Best regards,
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:30, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
Previous requests:
DMacks (talk) 05:50, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

When will the results be out.

Ive uploaded my images for the wiki loves monuments contest, when will the results be out? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamcvijay (talk • contribs) 05:30, 29 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Iamcvijay: Each country has a separate contest. Each will announce its results separately. Each contest should have a page of its own. I suggest asking on the talk page of that page for the particular contest you wish to know about. - Jmabel ! talk 16:12, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Why I am blocked from updating a picture

The picture is https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Memorial_Baptist_Church_-_Parish_Hall.JPG

Since this is showing a 19th century residence, and almost no one is interested in the church's 21st century parish hall (there is no article on the church), I want to replace it with a cleaned up version of this image: https://archive.org/details/anastronomerswi00hallgoog/page/n110/mode/2up

which shows the house as it was in the later 19th century, when the couple lived there. It also has the lady of the house (w:Angeline Stickney) on the steps and two black servants at work. Yet I am blocked from replacing it. I don't want to start a new image and have to replace it manually everywhere the old image is used. Thank you. Deisenbe (talk) 09:51, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

@Deisenbe: You haven't really given enough details of the problem for me to work out what went wrong, but happily that doesn't really matter. If you want to change which picture is used on, for instance en:Asaph Hall, you should do that by uploading the picture you want to use with a new name and then editing the page on Wikipedia. Commons tries to avoid imposing its editorial will on other projects, and part of that is our policy on overwriting files. That policy says that files should only be overwritten if the new version is a minor, uncontroversial improvement on the old one. Overwriting File:Alexander Memorial Baptist Church - Parish Hall.JPG with a 19th-century picture would be neither. There are only ten uses of the file, so even replacing all of them should take less time than it's taken me to write this. --bjh21 (talk) 11:04, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Upload sound files

What do I need to do to upload sound files? Thenamnguyen400 (talk) 12:55, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

upload images

What is the image size required to upload — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shivajidesai29 (talk • contribs) 14:01, 29 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Shivajidesai29: See also COM:HR.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:07, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Mobile uploading

Hi, if anyone has familiarity with the mobile app, it seems to be blocking me from uploading: Commons talk:Mobile app#Blocked?. Would appreciate a fix soon. --ɱ (talk) 14:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Renaming files

Hello, I've uploaded a couple of images and requested them to be named. I'm not sure if they appear on a list somewhere, or that I have to mention it somewhere. The files are the following:

Greetings, Mikalagrand (talk) 15:43, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

  • @Mikalagrand: It looks like you have marked them with {{Rename}}. Someone should get to them in good time. Part of the point of using templates like that is to place them in appropriate categories so that someone will deal with them, rather than clog up pages like the Village pump & Help desk. - 16:28, 29 September 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmabel (talk • contribs)

Use of image on a website

Please can I use an image which has been uploaded on facebook profile if I am given the license? What is the license of an image which has already been used on the internet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abubakar Balarabe (talk • contribs) 18:58, 29 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Abubakar Balarabe: Hi, and welcome. Exactly which image, from where, and which license, from whom?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:41, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I would like to upload a photograph Cinema Coliseum Khartoum from 1935. It was taken by a photographer called Karakashian and is currently in the archives of the Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections[18] I found it on Pinterest, and the caption says it was published in 1935 in a British colonial newspaper in Sudan. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/418060777880286124/ As I am not sure, if this picture is in the public domain, I would appreciate any answer on this. Thanks, --Munfarid1 (talk) 22:05, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

See Template:PD-Sudan Zoozaz1 (talk) 22:35, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

How do I establish a GNU Free Documentation License for photos I wish to use in an educational textbook.

Dear Wikipedia Commons, I would like to know the process to establish a GNU Free Documentation license for photos that I have selected for an educational textbook that I have been working on for a long time. Best regards, Dale Pelton dalepelton@sbcglobal.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dalepelton (talk • contribs) 00:16, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Dalepelton: Hi, and welcome. Please follow exactly the terms of the specific GFDL licenses for each photo. Which photos are they, or which specific GFDL licenses?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:33, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Hallo,

ich habe die Karte Gazivodasee Karte.svg auf Commons hochgeladen. Mit dem Ausfüllen der Lizenzen habe ich Probleme. Die Daten beruhen auf Openstreetmap. Daher muss 'ODbL OpenStreetMap' hinein. Für die Darstellung der Daten wurde die Seite http://www.openrailwaymap.org verwendet, wobei dort steht, dass eine Nutzung unter 'cc-by-sa-2.0' unter Angabe der Internetadresse zu erfolgen hat. Und Schlussendlich wurden für die Schummerung Daten der NASA verwendet (Schummerung: NASA SRTM). Zuständig hierfür wäre https://www.nasa.gov/. Zusammengebaut wurden die Daten von mir mit dem Programm Inkscape. Wer ist jetzt der Autor und wie bringe ich all die Lizenzen unter?


The same in english:Hello, I have uploaded the map Gazivodasee Karte.svg to Commons. I have problems with filling out the licenses. The data is based on Openstreetmap. Therefore 'ODbL OpenStreetMap' must be included. For the presentation of the data the page http://www.openrailwaymap.org was used, where it says that it has to be used under 'cc-by-sa-2.0' with a link to the internet address. Finally, data from NASA was used for the shading (shading: NASA SRTM). Responsible for this would be https://www.nasa.gov/. The data was assembled by me with the program Inkscape. Who is the author now and how do I place all the licenses?--Salino01 (talk) 14:45, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

I have tried to put all data into the file description. Is it so ok?--Salino01 (talk) 05:36, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

фото работы

фото загружено, но не отображается — Preceding unsigned comment added by TipaYa (talk • contribs) 07:23, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC) @TipaYa: (via Google translate) Вы не указываете, на каком фото, поэтому вам будет сложно помочь. - Jmabel ! talk 16:50, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

How to correct the spelling of my name of my wikimedia commons account

I have made my account on wikimedia commons with wrong spelling of my name,is there any procedure to correct my name on my account — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sana Syed Ali (talk • contribs) 14:12, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

I'm a bot?

I got a message that said I am not a real user. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.176.86.245 (talk • contribs) 14:39, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

https://www.facebook.com/lukas.khan.3

Lukas লুকাশ লুকাশ Lukas Lukas লুকাশ Lukasmurari...1995 ★★★★★★★★★★ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lukasmurari (talk • contribs) 16:09, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

wiki lubi zabytki

Podczas ładowania zdjęć konkursowych strona nie działa poprawnie Gdy wciskam przycisk "publish files" nic się nie dzieje... Jak mogę załadować zdjęcia konkursowe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karolina.zukowska10 (talk • contribs) 16:24, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Thanks for this opportunity

I have some difficult to upload the photo any one can help pls? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaela Demicoli (talk • contribs) 19:15, 30 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Michaela Demicoli: Hi, and welcome. The description you tried to put at /Describe was not associated with any photo. Were you trying to use our Upload Wizard? What were you trying to do when you ran into difficulty, and what error did you see?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:23, 30 September 2020 (UTC)

Image uploaded does not appear

Hi there. I uploaded today an image (a photograph taken a few days ago) "Kirche Maisprach,jpg" to Wikimedia Commons, using the Wizard. Image size = 2’651’919 Bytes, 3754 x 2814 px. I do not see this image anywhere now, not knowing whether the upload worked. Did I miss something in the upload process? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mac-christian (talk • contribs) 14:56, 24 September 2020‎ (UTC)

File:Kirche Maisprach.jpg --Magnus (talk) 15:19, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
@Tsungam: Search "File:Kirche_Maisprach.jpg", you'll find it. --Red-back spider (talk) 20:59, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Why did you ping me? I'm not the one who asked the question. --Magnus (talk) 21:17, 26 September 2020 (UTC)
Pinging @Mac-christian instead.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:25, 3 October 2020 (UTC)

How to edit.

How I can edit someone's article if I get his/her news link ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Souravisonline (talk • contribs) 09:42, 29 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Souravisonline: It is hard to tell what you are asking here. This is Wikimedia Commons; we don't have articles, so you might be on the wrong site. Also I have no idea what you mean by "if I get his/her news link". If you could be a lot more specific about what you are trying to do (what article are you trying to edit (please link it)? What change exactly are you trying to make to it?) there is a lot better chance someone can answer you. - Jmabel ! talk 16:15, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

Hello , Jmabel my question is, if someone has wikipedia article thn how I add them on here ?? I need tutorial. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Souravisonline (talk • contribs) 06:45, 4 October 2020‎ (UTC)

@Souravisonline: Hi, and welcome. Where did you get the media you want to add? Our tutorial starts at COM:FS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:49, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I just wanted to create this article on wikimedia. But i am not able to add thik so what to do ??? Can u please tell me the process ?? How to add article on wikipedia Link- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeet_(actor) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Souravisonline (talk • contribs) 12:37, 5 October 2020‎ (UTC)

Convenience link: Jeet (actor) - Jmabel ! talk 15:34, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
@Souravisonline: I still don't understand. How can you "create" an article that already exists? - Jmabel ! talk 15:37, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
If there is some other language where you can express yourself more clearly than in English, you might try that here. - Jmabel ! talk 15:50, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

A screenshot of my company's software

Hey! I am working to create a page on my company's software. You may see my COI declaration on my user page. A draft of the page may be found in my sandbox. I have been given permission from my company to upload a screenshot from the software, but I am not sure how to get it in. I have been told that it is OK to license the image. It may also be possible to use a fair use rational, as the image will serve a teaching purpose. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 13:19, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

  • @Sam at Megaputer: Either your company can post the page somewhere on its own website and indicate the license there (easiest, if possible; it doesn't have to be a page that is navigable from anywhere else, and you can use "norobots" so Google etc. won't index it) or you can go through the process described at COM:OTRS. - Jmabel ! talk 16:20, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks for the help! I followed your advice and got an image up. If it's not too much trouble, I just have one more question. I want to upload a second image to represent the software in the infobox, but the company would rather not license it. We might also use this similar image, but it is non-preferred because it is less detailed. I'm not sure if the company would let the second image be used under a license, but the answer is probably yes. I'm a bit fuzzy on fair use policy. Do we have any hope of getting the preferred image into the infobox without giving up the copyright? And if not, what about the non-preferred image? Thanks again for all your help. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 18:49, 29 September 2020 (UTC)
@Sam at Megaputer: Hi, and welcome. If you want to upload high resolution logos here on Wikimedia Commons, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept logos of others, and have the logo designer(s) or authorized company representatives post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the image and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. Low resolution logos on English Wikipedia are uploaded there for Fair Use subject to en:WP:F. We do not accept Fair Use files here on Wikimedia Commons. en:Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard gives four options for uploading directly on that project: Click here to start the Upload Wizard on top in the middle; Files for upload process; Plain form for local uploads; and Old guided form (the latter three in the right column under "Wikipedia").   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:24, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
@Sam at Megaputer: What you did at File:Convolutional-neural-network-polyanalyst-flowchart-example.png is OK, though it could certainly use more categories, and this sort of image is better presented as an SVG.
Your company should consider that licensing the copyright of an image they can still enforce trademark (we have a tag for that, {{Trademark}}. Frankly, the logo is not original enough that I could actually imagine a copyright claim holding up in court, though a trademark claim presumably would. - Jmabel ! talk 16:38, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback! I have a friend who knows some things about trademark law (she took a class on it). I'll get some more info on that from her. I'll also to go back and improve my last upload. I can tell there's lots to learn here. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 16:47, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
I added some more categories, but I couldn't convert the image to SVG. All of the online converters I tried made it render as nothing but black blobs. Sam at Megaputer (talk) 22:00, 5 October 2020 (UTC)
@Sam at Megaputer: I suggest you ask for conversion at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:09, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
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