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how to create categories with similar name

File:Grace Clements 2014.jpg belongs to Grace Clements (athlete). however, there is also Grace Clements (artist) with full name "Grace Richardson Clements". what method should i use to create category for both of them? Gi vi an (talk) 07:07, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Go to the File:Grace Clements 2014.jpg, add as category name "Grace_Clements_(athlete)". That will appear in red. Click on the red name. In the new category add as category [[Category:Female athletics competitors from the United Kingdom]] and [[Category:Heptathletes from the United Kingdom]]. Save. Wouter (talk) 08:11, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
@Wouterhagens: done. if possible check again. Gi vi an (talk) 11:21, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
@Gi vi an: I added to what you did with these edits.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:31, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
@Gi vi an: Well done. I just added the category "People of Dartford" to the Category:Grace_Clements_(athlete) and removed from File:Grace Clements 2014.jpg the categories "People of Dartford" and "Heptathletes from the United Kingdom" because they are now in the commons category of the athlete. Wouter (talk) 12:11, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
@Wouterhagens: thank you @Jeff G.: once link is established with wikidata, there is no need for qid. understood. thank you. Gi vi an (talk) 12:24, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
@Gi vi an: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:44, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
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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. Gi vi an (talk) 07:14, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

recently uploaded file

I just uploaded File:Ma'Khia Bryant just before she was shot.png . I was trying to pattern the justification for this non-free image by using as a model File:Adam Toledo Body Camera Still.jpeg. When I tried to use the upload wizard I wasn't able to enter the correct information. How can this be corrected? Bob K31416 (talk) 02:32, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

@Bob K31416: there is no File:Adam Toledo Body Camera Still.jpeg in Commons, that image is in en-wiki: en:File:Adam Toledo Body Camera Still.jpeg. Commons does not allow fair use, and I don't think File:Ma'Khia Bryant just before she was shot.png can be kept here. The image should be uploaded locally to en-wiki where fair use is allowed. MKFI (talk) 05:42, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
@Bob K31416: Hi, and welcome. I agree with MKFI here. The photo may be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here, but sadly we have no automated way to transfer it there yet.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:46, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you both for the helpful comments. Bob K31416 (talk) 13:15, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
@Bob K31416: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:28, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:28, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Photo

I want to upload image — Preceding unsigned comment added by مولانا اعجاز (talk • contribs) 19:57, 30 April 2021 (UTC)

Asked and answered at Commons:Help desk/Archive/2021/01#Photo. User appears to be NOTHERE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:43, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

How do I change license for this file?--Manwë986 (talk) 00:20, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

You don't, because you're not the owner of Reuters. -- Asclepias (talk) 01:09, 1 May 2021 (UTC)
Which is to say, you can't provide a license to use someone else's intellectual property. - Jmabel ! talk 14:54, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

All lower resolution thumbnails can be viewed but not the original size file

I recently uploaded the image File:Sir Walter Raleigh by Simon van de Passe (1617).jpg. The "preview" and "other resolutions" links work well, but not the actual size "3,791 × 5,915 pixels" link nor the "Original file" link. Any idea why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikipetzi (talk • contribs) 02:43, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

@Wikipetzi: That looks like a bug. I overwrote it with a same-dimensioned thumbnail as a test, which does not exhibit the same symptom but is some 760 KB larger. Please see mw:How to report a bug and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:05, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Help fix inverted updates to two maps please

Hello, I recently uploaded new versions of File:Alberta's Specialized Municipalities.png and File:Alberta's Specialized and Rural Municipalities.png but for the former I uploaded the file I intended for the latter, and for the latter I uploaded the file I intended for the former. I tried to fix the errors but now I get a warning on both pages that I am trying to upload a file that has already been uploaded. Can an admin delete by most recent upload at each file so that I can try again? Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 06:01, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Removing Metadata

Hello. I would like to remove the "Metadata" in an unload of mine from two days ago (May 6th). If that's not possible (which is likely so), then just to remove the last name in the "author" line. I have the support and know the individual, but just the same, would rather it's not there. (Besides, I am the original uploader of the image onto my computer, though deleted accidentally by myself over a year ago. I just don't want his last name appearing on the file page.) Thanks. JimPercy (talk) 16:13, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @JimPercy: Trying to answer this, but a bit confused.
  • I assume by an "unload" you mean an "upload".
  • You have no uploads on that date, so I can't guess which file you mean.
  • By "metadata" do you mean EXIF data or something else? Anything other than the picture itself is metadata.
  • If you do mean the EXIF, that is part of the file, so the only way to remove it is to upload a version that lacks that EXIF data. We can't alter an uploaded file, but we can replace it and delete the old version. - Jmabel ! talk 06:33, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
  • @Jmabel: Yes, I meant to type "upload." The upload date to Commons was May 7th. The name is File:BoyReading. Now, under Metadata, I would like the name line to be removed or at least the last name starting with "R." I'd appreciate it if you could revert that one (with thumbnail crossed out), and upload the exact same image without that name detail in it. OTOH. If it's up to me to remove the name part, it will take me some time to figure out as I never have done that before. Thanks. JimPercy (talk) 13:19, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
    • Convenience link: File:BoyReading.jpg
    • @JimPercy: Again, it is not possible to modify a file already uploaded. The EXIF metadata is part of the file, and cannot be modified. We cannot edit already uploaded files: imagine the chaos of sorting out who did what if we could do such a thing. Nor is there any way to "cross out" a thumbnail. You need to create a version of the file without that metadata and upload that as a new version ("Upload a new version of this file"). Then we can delete the version that has the metadata that you want suppressed. - Jmabel ! talk 16:35, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
@JimPercy: I did what Jmabel asked, now the original may be hidden.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:59, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
  • @Jeff G.: Thanks, that's what I wanted done. I did find the image in a reference-type file of mine yesterday, but it had writing on the back side which shadowed through, hence, would have been unsuitable for uploading purpose. So good as it is now. JimPercy (talk) 13:53, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
@JimPercy: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:51, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:51, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

I FOUND LICENCE OF THIS IMAGE: James E. Hayden, BioGraphics, 1058 Hemlock Drive, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA. e-mail: jhaydenrbp@earthlink.net - Adventures on the Dark Side: An Introduction to Darkfield Microscopy CC BY-SA 4.0

--5.216.214.95 22:03, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

add licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 James E. Hayden, BioGraphics, 1058 Hemlock Drive, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA. e-mail: jhaydenrbp@earthlink.net - Adventures on the Dark Side: An Introduction to Darkfield Microscopy


--محسن خانی 1372 (talk) 22:17, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

@محسن خانی 1372: Where does Mr. Hayden indicate that he is offering that license? - Jmabel ! talk 22:37, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Jmabel: I don't mean to intrude, but I checked this on the pubmed website, which gave this following [future-science] link, on which the article by James Hayden was published. future-science.com has marked the article as CC-BY (I dunno which number). I don't know if that what's needed, but maybe it will help the user trying to upload that illustration.

Thank you for your time. SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 02:09, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

• @Jmabel: right next to the "Open Access" orange banner, I can see a 'CC' AND 'A standing man'.I thought that meant CC-BY. Maybe I was wrong. MY BAD. SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 08:41, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jmabel: The images used are https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/cc.svg (analogous to our Cc-by new white.svg) and https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/by.svg (analogous to our Cc-by new white.svg). Without a number, we default to {{Cc-by-1.0}}. @SierraTangoCharlie1: Please see COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:10, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: So do I. Thanks for adjusting the file description page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:42, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 15:25, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Photos froze while uploading

I uploaded about 40 photos this evening, till the second-last phase. Then, suddenly, all froze. And I could not take this process further. If I try to upload the photos again, it's showing that I can't upload. As if the photos already exist. Could you please check and clear out the pending photos if these already exist? Thanks Fredericknoronha (talk) 19:22, 2 May 2021 (UTC) User:Fredericknoronha

@Fredericknoronha: Hi, and welcome. You might be able to rescue them via Special:UploadStash.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:36, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

video2commons

Trying to use https://video2commons.toolforge.org/ to upload from https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/544354396 (keep video, keep audio) I get the error message:

Error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: ERROR: Unable to download webpage: HTTP Error 404: Not Found (caused by HTTPError()); please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Make sure you are using the latest version; see https://yt-dl.org/update on how to update. Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output.

However, if I click https://yt-dl.org/bug, it just times out. Any suggestions what to do next? - Jmabel ! talk 22:30, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

OK, I see now that I tried to upload from a private URL, so of course that explains the initial error, but still our error messages shouldn't send people to a page that just times out. - Jmabel ! talk 22:36, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Help from my uploaded flickr images

can someone help me on my uploaded image's license from flickr, I followed the rules of license of which images to upload though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uploading picture account (talk • contribs) 10:18, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

@Uploading picture account: Hi, and welcome. How may we verify that File:Red-winged Fairy-wren.jpg and source https://www.flickr.com/photos/wacrakey/50692856023/ are indeed Public Domain in the source country and in the US? See also COM:PDM and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:04, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
Its actually public domain, the review takes too long to verify? Uploading picture account (talk) 23:15, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
@Uploading picture account: Why is it public domain?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:26, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
I asked the owner of images to flickr to change license so I can upload it to wikimedia (Mostly using it for featured article), but is public domain an okay license to be upload right? Uploading picture account (talk) 00:14, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
@Uploading picture account: Actually, no, they chose a mark that somehow the photo has gotten into the public domain (without specifying how), not a license releasing it into the public domain. Please read COM:FLICKR and COM:L carefully and get them to choose differently.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:20, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
@Uploading picture account: Public domain is not a license. If a work is in the public domain that means that no one owns a copyright on it and therefore it is free for anyone to use, and no one can any more grant a license than they can grant a license to see sunlight.
The closest I'm aware of that anyone can come to that in granting a license is {{Cc-0}} which is irrevocable, and means that the copyright-holder waives all future rights, effectively saying the work may be treated as if it were in the public domain. Note that cc-0 means that you waive even the right of attribution. I always recommend against using cc-0 unless you have a good understanding of intellectual property rights law and understand what you are giving away, and it sounds from the question you just asked that you don't (I can't say anything definitive about the photographer in that respect, but if they are looking to you for advice, please be careful). I would far more strongly recommend a CC-BY license such as {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}, which retains at least the right of attribution. - Jmabel ! talk 03:27, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

What date to choose if unknown, but surely before 1926?

The file:Drug store sign for products Heroin and Aspirin before US Heroin ban 1924.jpg is a replika (authentic reproduction) of an advertising sign of the US branch of drug company Bayer (see lower end). As it advertises the (then) legal (sic) drug Heroin, this US sign must be from before 1924, because in this year Heroin was prohibited in the US. I have no clue from when it is exactly, and the source page has no info thereon. Hence, what shall I write into the date field? Pittigrilli (talk) 15:30, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

If the ban came in the course of 1924, then {{Before|1925}} may be a logical possibility. Note that the photograph of the frame is apparently not from the same era. What does "GMK 04/72" mean? It looks part of the original image. Where does the statement "1 January 1919" come from? -- Asclepias (talk) 15:44, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
First: Right, the (re-)producer of the replika AND the photographer of this real jpg are definitely after 1925, however I understood that the date of the original work is the "master". What 'GMK 04/72' in the lower right means I don't know either, but I agree that it seems to be part of the original work, maybe a kind of serial number of the sign painter or the like. Second: The upload assistant forced me to give an exact date, so I made up the one now in the file (1 January 1919). This is why I ask. The {{Before|1925}} would then go into the date field? Pittigrilli (talk) 16:18, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
Yes, "Before 1925" would go into the date field. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:30, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
The frame is a utilitarian object too simple to be copyrighted. No problem there.
When the upload wizard won't let you give an accurate answer, you should correct it in the wiki as soon as possible after uploading. - Jmabel ! talk 16:23, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
It's not a copyright of the frame, it's the copyright of the photograph. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:26, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
[I changed the date in the meantime] @Asclepias: I see your point - however, the photograph has the "creative value" of a scan or facsimile - hence I assume that it is not copyrighted. Yet, somebody might argue to the contrary. Pittigrilli (talk) 16:45, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
@Asclepias: I see, the uploader didn't take the photo themself. I missed that. So the frame should be cropped out. - Jmabel ! talk 21:52, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
[from Uploader] - ??? - I do not see the point. The frame? The wooden frame? Brief explanation please... BTW, the border is already removed with Crop Tool. Pittigrilli (talk) 22:35, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
Pittigrilli, There could be various opinions about the level of original creativity of every photograph. As you wrote earlier, "somebody might argue", one way or the other. To simplify and to avoid lengthy discussions and any problems, Commons assumes that, in the United States, where Wikimedia is officially hosted, every photograph generates a copyright. That is different from the tradition of other countries. An exception on Commons is for photos of two-dimensional works. But not for photos of any three-dimensional objects. That is why Commons crops out the frames around artworks, when the photo is not under a free license. The frame and the fixtures in this photo are three-dimensional objects. That is different from a printed two-dimensional border or probably from a thin paper frame. You can see also the third point in the section "When should the PD-Art tag not be used?" of the page Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag. Thank you for having cropped the image. The next step would be to request the deletion of the first version of the file. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:49, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Asclepias: That is the best explanation of a highly complex legal issue I saw in 16 years of Wikipedia activity, thank you. Ok, so I request deletion of the first uploaded picture of file:Drug store sign for products Heroin and Aspirin before US Heroin ban 1924.jpg in the Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard. If someone is in the mood to just do it, just go ahead. Pittigrilli (talk) 08:44, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
Requested, see: Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard#Please_delete_a_first_version_of_an_uploaded_file_(by_me)_due_to_copyright_issue. Pittigrilli (talk) 08:53, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
The Deed is Done (Macbeth, interpreted). Thanks for the help. Pittigrilli (talk) 15:04, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

images

may i submit my own drawings of the image i want to post? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 15:13, 3 May 2021‎ (talk • contribs) Daisysofia13 (UTC)

  • If you mean derivative works based on someone else's image, do understand that all of their original copyrights would still apply, plus yours. So you can only do this if the image you are basing it on is itself public domain or free-licensed, and you need to explicitly credit that image (e.g. using {{Derived from}}).
  • In general we are only interested in illustrations if either the artist in question is themself notable or if the illustration is of basically professional quality.
  • Do see COM:SIGN. - Jmabel ! talk 15:18, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Very general question

How do l use wikicommon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fena Makwati (talk • contribs) 16:46, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Egleshe

Hope — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.13.22.180 (talk) 20:51, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Do you need help? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:55, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello (Newbie Here)

Hi, Jeff G. Thanks for the info, I am excited to start editing here! --Tsugaru (talk) 02:31, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
@つがる: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:39, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

How to cancel request for name change?

How do I cancel the request for name change on this file: File:Lilium Oriental hybrid -- Lilium orientalis - 'Stargazer'.jpg

My confusion was caused by the fact that the URL has the wrong name.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Lilium+Oriental+%27Starfighter%27+hybrid&title=Special:Search&go=Go&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1

Stargazer is the correct name. It is NOT Starfighter-- Jim Evans (talk) 13:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jim Evans: Look at how I did it in this edit.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:42, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you -- Jim Evans (talk) 21:13, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jim Evans: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

bagaimana cara mengupload gambar ke Wikimedia commons?

tolong — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adityo Hendi Putra Iryawan (talk • contribs) 05:18, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

You can upload using the MediaWiki Upload Wizard, please read "Commons:Licensing" and "Commons:Project scope" first. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:48, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
@Adityo Hendi Putra Iryawan: Better link is Special:UploadWizard. Donald's suggestion presumes you are on a mobile device, mine is independent of device. - Jmabel ! talk 03:36, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Rotar foto

Como rotar foto? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sabinitaa.romero (talk • contribs) 18:13, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

@Sabinitaa.romero: , you can request rotation by clicking on the "Request rotation" button, for example here it's at "Original file ‎(1,446 × 1,085 pixels, file size: 730 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg); (↩ request rotation)". Below the image. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:52, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
@Donald Trung: the "request rotation" button is not present for everyone (it's a user preference, though it is set by default).
@Sabinitaa.romero: Como dice Donald, normalmente hay un enlace para rotar (o, más precisamente, para pedir rotación), pero es una preferencia del usario, y es posible que no existe para Vd.
Si no existe, use la plantilla {{Rotate}}. Por ejemplo {{rotate|270}}.
Es también posible utilizar Commons:CropTool para rotar. Véase Commons:CropTool/es]]. - Jmabel ! talk 03:52, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Iqbaal ramadhan.jpg

First, I upload our celebrity photo with wikimedia commons. I do not violent the copyright because the owner of copyright it's come from our team while we are the iqbaal ramadhan management team. So, why this wikipedia/wikimedia make it so difficult for team who legally manage this celebrity? We are the legal authorized sourced for this page related with Iqbaal Ramadhan. While where's the copyright for that photo? Please tell me where's the copyright, That's photo it's originally produce by our team and we never sell that photo to anyone.

If you just found that on Google Image Search, it doesn't the copyright owned by that website. We publish photo to many media in Indonesia. The photo originally comes from our team. Withous us, that website doesn't get that photo! — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 103.82.14.41 (talk) 12:12, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

@Randykamil89: Hi, and welcome. I guess this was you, but please login and don't remove your signature like that. The actual filename is File:Iqbaal Ramadhan.jpg; case is important in filenames, except the first letter. Please have an authorized Jozz Felix Photography representative post COM:L compliant permission for the logo on their official website or social media presence or send permission via OTRS. If they sold you the copyright, please send documentation of that. If you can't get a compliant license, the logo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:54, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Clarification: note that that is post COM:L compliant permission for the logo on their official website or social media presence [and then reference that via a URL on the file page in the "permission" section of {{Information}}] or send permission via OTRS. No need to do both. - Jmabel ! talk 15:19, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

--Luīze Tone (talk) 12:59, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

@Luīze Tone: Hi, and welcome. What makes you think any image at https://www.facebook.com/Latviesumemes is free enough for us?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:31, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

How to upload images File:Patricia_HeirManfield.jpg and File:RoseVillain.jpg

Dear user,

I've just uploaded two pictures downloaded from this website Zimbio.com, they've been deleted but i don't understand why since i put in the copyright section that i've found them on in the internet and so i assume that they're for free use. Can you please help me on how i can download them without have them deleted later please?

Thanks UrbanBio — Preceding unsigned comment added by UrbanBio (talk • contribs) 19:04, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

how can i move my page on wiki

Here the page i what to move https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:WCC-FM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.5 STAFF (talk • contribs) 20:06, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

85.5 STAFF This is the wrong venue for this question because this is the wikimedia commons where we deal with media files not article and your page is on the English wikipedia. The draft page you created there has to be reviewed before being moved into mainspace, so I have added a draft template for you. I can tell you that as your draft is only an infobox for an article and as it stands, there is no prose to even consider this an article. Have a look at other radio station articles to see how they are done. Good luck. Ww2censor (talk) 21:08, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Scanned image from advertising brochure

How about copyright from a scanned image frpm a 50 year old advertising brochure?

I want to illustrate Minoltas metering system CLC with an extract form a broschure. Is it ok? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Haksla (talk • contribs) 20:17, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

How to transfer files transmitted

To transfer files transmitted to a phone that is having software problems — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oratile kilo love (talk • contribs) 21:05, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Dear Sir, we want to watch on TV and/or listen radio BBC World Service Hindi so what we will have to do for download the app on our iOS phone's screen free?

Name: Shashikant Sharma, my email adress: pshashi1953@gmail.com Phone No. 7850097773 and I live at Jaipur(Rajasthan) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 157.38.41.222 (talk) 23:24, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

Replace image with a higher resolution version

When I try to replace a image with a higher resolution by click 'Upload a new version of this file' in the file History Section, I meet a issue said: Upload warning Copy uploads are not available from this domain.

How can I solve this issues, please? Thanks so much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lu Wan (talk • contribs) 20:49, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

@Lu Wan: , could you link to the file you are trying to replace? Are you using the same file format (e.g. .jpg., .png., .svg, Etc.) to replace the file? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:54, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
@Donald Trung: , thanks so much for your reply. The original file is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ETOPIA_LOGO.png, and I am trying to replace it with this URL: http://www.etopia-itn.org/assets/images/etopia-full-color-black-1596x497.png. 131.175.28.195 13:43, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
@Lu Wan: Hi, and welcome. You were trying to upload via URL. That only works with approved domains. With that exact file, I got error 'File extension ".png" does not match the detected MIME type of the file (image/webp).' on my phone. Then, I ran it through the GIMP on my laptop, and overwrote with it. Then, I tried overwriting with the original file from that URL, and was pleasantly surprised it worked. See also COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:01, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Hi, Thanks so much, I saw it was uploaded by you. Thanks again also for the guide link. Have a nice day!.131.175.28.195 16:31, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
@Lu Wan: You're welcome! Please stay logged in.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:48, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

I want to upload my original photos taken by me. What is the procedures ?

(Atmalinga (talk) 11:44, 4 May 2021 (UTC)) I have taken photos from my own camera. How to upload to Creative Commons ?

@Atmalinga: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FS and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:58, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

(Atmalinga (talk) 14:15, 5 May 2021 (UTC)) Sir While giving the title, instead of R.V.Murthy, I wrote V.K.Murthy both were the stalwarts belonging to the Mysore association, Mumbai. Now, how to correct this sir ? Please help. This is my first photo upload. My sincere appologies.

@Atmalinga: Please sign at the end of your comments here, not the beginning.
You have more than one upload here. I presume this is about File:Shri. V.K.Murthy's book was released at The Mysore association, Mumbai.jpg.
You can edit the file page exactly the same way you are editing here.
There is no Category:Felicitation ceremony; you probably want Category:Commemorative ceremonies instead. Please try to use categories that already exist, when possible. Please also provide categories that relate to the place and date of the photograph. If the person depicted is notable enough to have a category of their own, use it; if not, use something like Category:Authors from India or something more specific if possible. - Jmabel ! talk 15:22, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
@Atmalinga: To rename, please ensure that the description is correct, and then use RenameLink or {{Rename}} and an Admin or File Mover will move the file to the correct name.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:54, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

This file is public domain as the creator cannot be identified. There is no one claiming to own this image, there is no one claiming to have a trademark or own copyright to this image. This image was created to be distributed freely.

--Pantshorse (talk) 05:12, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm not fully sure about it, but just because something is not exactly claimed, does not mean it is not protected by copyright. --·×ald·es 07:29, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Under the Berne Convention, images that are eligible for copyright are copyrighted at creation. There is no way a contemporary image like that is public domain. We'd need evidence of a free license. - Jmabel ! talk 15:26, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm new here...I want to be advised on how to create or open an account

I'm new here..I would like to be guided on how to open a account... second how to upload photos to my account...and where to post them.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phinix nature walk (talk • contribs) 14:25, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Power Ranger

Where the power rangers live — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.113.61.167 (talk) 18:03, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

How to update https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linux_Mint_Official_Logo.svg

Hi,

I am still waiting for official approval/permission, but i want to update https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linux_Mint_Official_Logo.svg. This an old logo from 2007. It got changed in 2019 or 2020. But there was no logo+name, so i created one. I have it on my computer. You can also check it there: https://github.com/SebastJava/linuxmint-logo/blob/master/linuxmint-official-logo-filled-badge-name.svg

So, as i said, i am still waiting for some official feedback, but i wanted to see how this could be done. I have never uploaded or updated an image before on Wikimedia Commons. I have just created my account here today. And yes, i did read your introductory "First steps". So, i am looking at this File:Linux_Mint_Official_Logo.svg page, and there are lots of information displayed there, but i can't find an "upload/update" button. And there is this "You cannot overwrite this file." under File history. Does this means i can't update this logo!?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SebastJava (talk • contribs) 22:51, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

@SebastJava: Hi, and welcome. I'm sorry, but given the differences, COM:OW, and our restrictions on overwriting by new accounts, you will have to upload with a new filename. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:39, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Offers to sell images embedded in author parameter

I was surprised to see the text "Do not copy this image illegally by ignoring the terms of the license below, as it is not in the public domain. If you would like special permission to use, license, or purchase the image please contact me to negotiate terms." attached to images displayed in the gallery of Modzurów on en-wiki. This strikes me as clearly advertising of services: contact me to buy this, more or less. It is coming from this user template. I saw something to the effect that some commercial advertising is allowed on commons (A notice such as "other terms/higher resolution available on request" are allowed. Contact details are allowed.), but in this case, the offer is showing up in a language wiki, which I have not seen before. I asked on en-wiki about this and it was suggested that it is would be better to ask here.Possibly (talk) 07:24, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

This is particularly bad to me, as it says "Do not copy this image illegally by ignoring the terms of the license below, as it is not in the public domain", but the image in question is free; just released under CC-BY-SA. Saying "I have higher quality versions" is much different from asking people to buy out this particular image, or request special permission which isn't necessary. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) 07:36, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
I forgot to ping @Aktron: , the creator of the image above. Also, I can see now, having investigated it a bit, that the reason the offer to sell is showing up on en-wiki is that the user license template ({{User:Aktron/Author2}})is placed in the author parameter of {{Template:Information}}. Possibly (talk) 07:39, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
I have noted it. The text is 10 years old, I will change it so it will be in accordance with the CC BY-SA licence. Sorry for the mess. Aktron (talk) 08:19, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Hi Aktron, Thanks for fixing that. I think it is also necessary to just use your username in the author parameter. You can move the user template to below the information template. If you leave it the away it is, you are injecting the offer to sell the image into every wiki page that the image appears on. I don;t think it is a normal situation to be able to have a custom user template displayed on a language wiki external to commons.Possibly (talk) 09:03, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
Abstracting slightly, it is reasonable for attribution (moral rights) to include the attribution text as the photographer/author prefers. In some cases this includes a link to the photographer's commercial website, where they may be selling their works. This is a perfectly good use of the moral rights requirements while not looking especially 'spammy' on the Commons image page. --Fæ (talk) 09:25, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
FWIW, this is similar (though not identical) to my policy on my photos. If don't worry about the details of the CC-BY-SA license—as long as they attribute, I'm fine— but if they don't want to give attribution, I expect to get paid. Similarly, if they need me to fill out any paperwork, I expect to get paid. - Jmabel ! talk 15:16, 4 May 2021 (UTC)
The text of the template is a little disturbing, as it implies that copying needs permission. But that is not what brought me here. The fact that commons users can create these user templates offering to sell images is OK, on Commons. When these offers to do business are visible in en-WP or other language articles, without visiting commons, that does not seem right. It seems to be a misuse of the author parameter. For example, the page linked to above now has no author, and en-wiki users will just see I would appreciate being notified if you use my work outside Wikimedia. More of my work can be found in my personal gallery. - Own work" I am pretty sure that author parameter is not intended as a place to advertise. Possibly (talk) 07:46, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
I do not find anything objectionable in the text, including in the part now removed by the user. It is a correct and fair statement. It is not an advertisement or an obligation of permission. Perhaps you do not have extensive personal experience with your photos being abusively reused. Everything in that text are basic principles that should be obvious and go without saying for everybody who knows the licenses. But, from observations based on my photos, about 80% of reusers outside of Wikimedia do not respect the licenses, probably either by ignorance or because they don't bother to read the licenses or because they actually want to use the photo without having to comply with the requirements of the license. So, some people need to be reminded, well in evidence, of the fact that the file is licensed and of one of the most essential principles of the licenses, which is that either they must respect the requirements or, if they want to be exempted from some requirement, they must ask, they cannot unilaterally use the photo and ignore the license. The user is simply spoon-feeding that information for people who need it. It doesn't change anything for people who already know it. And it can be useful for people who didn't know it. It is entirely acceptable. Even, it contributes to educate people about the nature and the proper usage of licenses and the best practices. However, I think you are correct on a technical point. The complex layout of that "user template" apparently causes the system to skip parts of it when it is displayed through the particular "media viewer" interface. It might be a good idea for the user to remove the fancy layout stuff and to focus on the essential, the message. IMHO. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:37, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
@Asclepias: It's gone now, but "please contact me to negotiate terms" was an extremely clear offer to do business. Such offers aren't allowed on En-wiki. That offer has been removed, but as it is now, with the user template allowed in the author parameter, the EN-wiki reader doesn't even see the author name when they click on that image, because the custom template has messed it up. It seems pretty clear that he use of the custom template in the author parameter of template:information causes problems-- at least in the two examples provided here... Possibly (talk) 08:33, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

VOA licensing on some pictures

Hey there! Some pictures published by Voice of America are under public domain and are tagged with {{PD-USGov-VOA}} I was wondering: how do I know if some publised pictures are indeed on public domain, more specifically, the pictures here. Thanks in advance, ·×ald·es 04:11, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Image from Flickr.

Good day,
I came across a Wikipedia page with no Image (WCW Wrestler & Valet Kimberly Page).

I have Located an image of hers on Flickr, It is marked as being in public domain. But, I have reservations.
Could someone please confirm if the image is OK to upload ??

"Kimberly PAge WCW 2000" by (Aaron) SMELTZER Photography is marked with CC PDM 1.0
The image : | Kimberly PAge WCW 2000

SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 03:52, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @SierraTangoCharlie1: The "public domain mark" on Flickr is just an assertion that the image is in the public domain. In this case, I see no reason to believe it is an accurate assertion. We would need to know the rationale for the image being in the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 05:53, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
@SierraTangoCharlie1: The Flickr uploader or Commons uploader must explain exactly how the photo has gotten into the public domain, as PDM is not a license. Please read COM:FLICKR and COM:L carefully.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:55, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Sigh..I knew that image didn't look like public domain.
But I was secretly hoping to find an image for her wiki page.
Thank you for your guidance. can I write to some folk who have uploaded fan images with Kimberly (like at conventions) to change license of their uploads from © to CC-BY? Will that be a legal way do it? SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 11:14, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

@SierraTangoCharlie1: Yes, that would be legal; more legal still would be to add {{Personality}} to any result.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:42, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Got it.
CC-BY flickr release by the Fan. {{Personality}} on the image licence after uploading to wikicommons. Thank you. SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 14:29, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Good day! I am trying to make a coat of arms using your SVG coat of arms elements. May I know how to properly use them, or the steps that I should take in using multiple images for what i'll make? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 110.54.159.235 (talk) 09:10, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. I suggest you ask more specifically at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:47, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

Email

How do I confirm my email. This is my first time using this I'm confused — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gracybear (talk • contribs) 15:18, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Gracybear: Not sure what you have in mind here. Your user page shows you as being reachable by email ("Email this user" in the left nav). You can test it by sending yourself an email. - Jmabel ! talk 17:59, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

L'onglet «Traduction» sous Contributions n'apparaît pas toujours. Pourquoi?

Bonjour, j'ai créé un compte Wiki pour pouvoir traduire des articles et me créer un portfolio intéressant. Seulement voilà, malgré avoir suivi les étapes d'un tuteur Wiki, le menu Contributions n'affiche pas l'onglet traduction comme il le devrait. Ça a fonctionné une fois, mais pas la première fois, ni aujourd'hui. C'est complètement irrégulier. Que faire svp? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiTranslatorGeoDotty (talk • contribs) 19:03, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

File names

Hi all. File:Self Portrait №3 Leonardo da Vinci.jpg and File:Leonardo da Vinci, Self Portrait №2.JPG are certainly not self portraits by Leonardo da Vinci (he does not have any, except File:Leonardo da Vinci - presumed self-portrait - WGA12798.jpg, which remains a bit controversial anyways). I've removed their description as such and added them to Category:Unidentified paintings, but I am unsure what to do about their file names as they are doubtlessly misleading. Would someone mind moving them to something appropriate, or advising me on how to do so? I'm unsure if something like "Portrait of a young man with a red hat" would be satisfactory or not. Aza24 (talk) 19:43, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

should i create Shelagh Cluett category and add on which file?

i found 2 files: File:Burmese nights.jpg w/cc-by license and File:Flux 1.jpg w/cc-by-sa license. both of them belong to Shelagh Cluett (1947-2007).

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Need help uploading a video

I'm trying to upload these two YouTube videos: This one and [this one. I had a hard time trying to upload them since the steps seem to be so complex. These videos are in the public domain as stated in the video description and a work of NASA. If you could guide me to how to upload this file and upload them for me, that would be great. Interstellarity (talk) 16:56, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Interstellarity: Hi, and welcome.  Doing… with COM:V2C.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:36, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Interstellarity: ✓ Done uploading, please see File:Moon Phases 2021 – Northern Hemisphere – 4K.webm and File:Moon Phases 2021 – Southern Hemisphere – 4K.webm. At about 370 MB each, they will take a while to transcode.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:52, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Interstellarity: Transcoding completed in just under an hour.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:10, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you. That helps. Interstellarity (talk) 12:52, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Interstellarity: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:49, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
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files of living persons: allowed or unallowed.

i am still at loss. Pat Steir is a living person. yet there are 2 images related to her on commons: File:Pat Steir.JPG w/cc and File:2014 steir install Locks Gallery.jpg. w/cc-by-sa. does both files are allowed on commons? Gi vi an (talk) 14:07, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

@Gi vi an: I tagged the first one with {{Personality}}. The second does not show her, only her works, so I tagged it {{Dw no source since}}.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:16, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Locks Gallery.jpg. source says "own work". so, we still need permission from creator (Pat Steir) to comply with commons rules.Gi vi an (talk) 14:53, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Gi vi an: Right. Barring receipt of such permission, the file will probably be deleted in a week or so.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:56, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: thank you for quick response.Gi vi an (talk) 15:05, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Gi vi an: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:12, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
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cc-by-sa and gfdl on File:Mym Tuma.JPG

if i find similar images, what is the best course? please also ping me if i incoreectly added personalityGi vi an (talk) 05:03, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

@Gi vi an: Please upload or tag, as appropriate.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:15, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
read Template:GFDL and it also contains {{GFDL |migration=redundant}} so the query can be closed
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Are maps from the 1930's copyrighted?

I want to photograph and upload an old map, which was drawn in the 1930's for the British government.

The map is about 90 years old, is that enough to be considered public domain? If not - what should I do?

Thanks, איתמראשפר (talk) 08:16, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

@איתמראשפר: Hi, and welcome. What can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the cartographer and the dates and countries of cartography and publication?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:29, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
Thanks, Jeff G., for you quick reply! I don't know anything about the cartographer, there is a signature (which I can't decipher) over a stamp "Director of Surveys" and another stamp "Survey of Palestine, Jaffa 1930". איתמראשפר (talk) 12:24, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
So would this have been published in the UK? Can you tell? - Jmabel ! talk 14:34, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
My guess is it was published as part of the 1931 census of Palestine. איתמראשפר (talk) 14:44, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
No such page here on Commons. convenience link: en:1931 census of Palestine. - Jmabel ! talk 06:26, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
@איתמראשפר: If it was "Crown copyright" published in the early 1930s, it should now be public domain, but if it was copyrighted by some individual or company it could well be copyrighted. Is there any visible copyright notice? - Jmabel ! talk 06:38, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Jmabel, I couldn't find any copyright notice, but I'll look again this week. If I don't find any - is there any way I can be certain about "Crown copyright" from the 30's being public domain? I don't want to get in trouble... איתמראשפר (talk) 20:29, 8 May 2021 (UTC)
If it's UK Crown copyright and published over 70 years ago, it's public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 22:35, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Am I able to print this logo on s mask for selling — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.138.41.173 (talk) 15:32, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

  • With no indication of what image you are talking about, this is hard to answer, but I would presume that anything that could be described as a "Star Wars logo" is trademarked. - Jmabel ! talk 06:34, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Professor Jean Roche of the College de France

I was engaged in biochemistry research in the Laboratoire de Biochimie generale et comparee of the College de France, Place Marcellin Berthelot, Paris 5 in 1966 to 1968. My Professor was Professor Jean Roche who was a biochemist NOT an actor. I think there is a confusion here between two persons which needs investigation and correction. Thank you. Dr. Rohan Harindra Wickramasinghe. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 112.134.116.30 (talk) 16:15, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

See on the French Wikipedia w:fr:Jean Roche (homonymie) and w:fr:Jean Roche (recteur). If that is the person you refer to; then there is no confusion. If you have an image of Professor Jean Roche, "une illustration sous license libre serait la bienvenue". Wouter (talk) 20:29, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
I searched for an image and found one and added it. Wouter (talk) 08:09, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

如何找出我上傳自己的圖片?

如何找出我上傳自己的圖片? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mayumi c (talk • contribs) 10:43, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Катерина Фитц

Здравствуйте! Не могу разобраться, как кинуть заявку на восстановление статьи, тк она была удалена ошибочно. Я взяла из источника информацию и опубликовала на Википедии, но после мою статью удалили. Как мне решить данную проблему? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Klybnichka228 (talk • contribs) 14:50, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

artist died in 1993, images of art in museums or galleries or collections?

File:Soft Light Switches, "Ghost" version (1963) - Claes Oldenburg (1929) (39125037634).jpg and File:Needed-Erase-Her.jpeg. should these images be nominated for deletion by adding Template:Dw no source since or how should i proceed?Gi vi an (talk) 05:56, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

@Gi vi an: Please tag as appropriate.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:19, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: after viewing Commons:Licensing, "you can upload photographs of old art, statues and building (usually over 150 years old)". the image is from flickr. i hope my reasoning is correct. and i have template added Dw no source. Gi vi an (talk) 17:48, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:05, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Increase thumbnail size in categories?

Hi, I would like to increase the size of thumbnail images in categories to more easily identify what the image actually is. I have tried changing the thumbnail size in my preferences/appearance tab and also changed it in my global preferences, I am seeing no effect either way (bigger/smaller), I am also purging after these changes. Perhaps it can't be done and I need to zoom in with my browser? Cheers Nimbus227 (talk) 21:05, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Try enabling the LargerGallery gadget in your preferences. It gives the following features when viewing a category of images:
  • Zooming an image when hovering over it
  • A pulldown to change the scaling for all the cat images
  • A user-pref for changing the default scaling
DMacks (talk) 21:21, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Ah. Very pleasant. I solved this problem long ago by holding down the Ctrl- key while twiddling the scroll wheel. This "gadget" is at least as good. Jim.henderson (talk) 21:34, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Larger gallery is just what I needed, cheers. Nimbus227 (talk) 21:38, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
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I have added the file but the background is not cleared

Hi i have uploaded my file but the background is not cleared. When I am uploading that image on my article the White part is getting isible. How to remove it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Badassboy 63637 (talk • contribs) 06:46, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

@Badassboy 63637: Hi, and welcome. You have no free or public domain uploads.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:56, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
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Daniel Lago

Quisiera agregar foto del actor en su wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariana Elvira Corbino (talk • contribs) 05:02, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

This Daniel Lago? --E4024 (talk) 05:06, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Is there a provision in Commons for uploading images that are only needed for 4 weeks?

I expect to be discussing some copyright notices soon, and will need to show examples of what I'm talking about. A problem is that if I code them in wikitext, they will be targeted by a bot and removed within the week because they won't (yet) be approved copyright templates. So I need to upload screenshots. I only need 3-4 weeks for others to comment; then there will be no need to have them on Commons. Is there a way, at the time of upload, to nominate an image for deletion, e.g. in 4 weeks? Or another solution? Advice appreciated. Cheers, Simon – SCHolar44 🇦🇺 💬 at 11:21, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Propose "deletion request" replacing the bot tags. (You must always come with a valid argument though.) While they are being discussed, the files will normally not be deleted, and the bots will leave them in peace. Probably the discussions will not take so long, either; and the admins closing the DR(s) will keep or delete your files in less than 3-4 weeks. I hope this helps. --E4024 (talk) 13:44, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
Files are not normally uploaded only to be deleted but, if you can justify it, you can request a speedy deletion of the files when you're done. It's not automatic but if the files really have no usefullness, the deletion will probably occur. Do you expect that someone might object to the deletions? And, hypothetically, would it pose a problem if the files are kept? However, I don't understand why you say you can't write your examples in text. By "copyright notices", do you mean just credit lines or full licenses? If you only want users to comment on your proposals, you don't need to make them as templates. Or even if you make them as "user templates" in your userspace, why would that be a problem? If it's because you want to upload new images licensed only with your proposed tags, and you absolutely refuse to offer those images under an existing license tag, how would screenshots avoid the problem? Screenshots, including all their contents, must have a valid free license tag anyway. Alternatively, in the millions of files on Commons, isn't it possible to find one file you can refer to as an example and ask users "what if this file had been offered with my text?" -- Asclepias (talk) 14:30, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Cobble? Pebble?

When I add categories to images I don't know whether to choose to Category:Cobble beaches or Category:Pebble beaches? For example, take a look at and . There is not much difference between "Cobble beach" and "Pebble beach" so that it is difficult for me to distinguish subtle changes between them.--Kai3952 (talk) 01:03, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Image not display on vi.wikipedia.org

This image https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tập_tin:Female_sexual_arousal.JPG doesn't display in vi.wikipedia.org at the section of the page vi:Môi âm hộ#Hưng phấn tình dục và phản ứng, I'm using this syntax [[Tập tin:Female_sexual_arousal.JPG|phải|nhỏ|250x250px|Mô tả ảnh ở đây .]] although other images display well. Can anyone help me? BabesLooker (talk) 16:26, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Sorry, I know this is a NSFW image and I don't want any prejudices here. Can you please tell me how you can make it show correctly (with me it's not possible in this section vi:Môi âm hộ#Hưng phấn tình dục và phản ứng)? BabesLooker (talk) 02:31, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
    • I don't know what else to say. It looks correct when I access it. I suspect any issue is on your machine rather than on the server; it is possible of course that it is being blocked somewhere between, but if the other images on that page show correctly then that would be unlikely. - Jmabel ! talk 05:42, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Apparently spurious error message

For operational reasons at my end, sometimes I upload a sequence of different pictures that have the same placeholder filename on my PC, let's say "z.jpg", and then of course I give them different meaningful names on the Wiki. When I upload second and subsequent "z.jpg" files, I get an error message:

There was an error in your submission
You are already uploading the file "z.JPG".

whereas in fact the previous upload completed successfully. Despite this message, the new upload does in fact appear to work, so the error message can apparently be ignored. If, on the other hand, anyone can see any hidden issues with my file uploads that are related to this message, please let me know. ITookSomePhotos (talk) 17:52, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

FWIW, you say sometimes... but I see you have only 14 uploaded images here on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 18:11, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
What do you mean by "already in use"? In use where and by what? ITookSomePhotos (talk) 19:04, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
Nobody can tell you if or where a filename is used if you don't tell what that filename is. When you prepare the upload, if the filename on your PC gets temporarily listed as the proposed filename and if a file already exits on Commons with the same name or if the filename is forbidden on Commons, at this point the system warns you. Of course, lots of files have been uploaded with very short and common filenames or with filenames that are used by default by software, such as img [number] or dsc [number], etc., by users who did not change it to a more significant filename. If your temporary filename is relatively common, there is a good chance that in the millions of files on Commons, there's one with that filename. Did you check? The warning message tells the user that the proposed filename is already in use. The user normally changes it anyway. But if the user forgets to change a proposed filename that is already in use, the message warns the user. Some filenames may even have been forbidden for being really too simple or common. File:Z.jpg and File:z.jpg are exactly examples of such forbidden filenames. That's probably the case also for other similar filenames. You can check. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:23, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
Yes, the system tells you if a filename is forbidden or already used on Commons, but that is a different type of message that is issued at the next stage, on the page where the Wiki filename is chosen. The message that I am talking about comes up prior to this, in a floating box during the first upload stage. It does not come up every time I upload "z.jpg", but only, seemingly, when I have "recently" uploaded a file of the same name. Also, I can upload any filename on my PC that already exists on Wiki without getting the message that I am talking about. Therefore it seems that the temporary filename or forbidden filename explanations do not hold up. The only reason that the uploader should be getting any message in the circumstances that I refer to is, at most, to warn them that they may be mistakenly uploading the same file again. In fact, the message that I see is not presented as a warning, but reads like a fatal error, and the tense "you are already uploading" is plainly incorrect when the previous upload has already completed. I think that the message is either misworded or wrongly/misleadingly triggered. E.g. maybe internal cleanup is not completed properly after upload has apparently fully completed, or there is some background process that continues, causing Wiki to still think that "you are already uploading" when as far as the user is concerned this is not the case. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ITookSomePhotos (talk • contribs) 19:21, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Ok, then it's not what I thought it was. Your description is precise and your hypotheses sound plausible, i.e. the message could be to warn users against mistakingly uploading duplicates and the system may need some time to adjust to completed uploads. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:07, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

How to close a Commons:Categories for discussion

Hello,

I opened Commons:Categories for discussion/2020/07/Category:African-American cemeteries. Since it has gone nowhere, I wish to close it. Am I able to do that? Thanks, --Krok6kola (talk) 19:38, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks Jmabel for closing it! Krok6kola (talk) 13:12, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Is the software for your image gallery page openly available?

Hi there,

I love the user interface for the image galleries eg https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Cichorium+intybus&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image

Is the software/widget used to create this open source and available to use for other projects? I'm putting together a bespoke gallery of UK native wild flowers.

many thanks, Jake

@growdigital

jake@natureworks.org.uk — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 165.120.121.208 (talk) 12:17, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Some info there, I think : mw:Extension:MediaSearch. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:36, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

image licences

I used two family-supplied images of their deceased relatives that look to have been taken in studios c. 1930-40. Both families are happy indeed keen for these photos to be used. There appears no way to gain a licence from the name of a long defunct photographers studio or by bothering the families. Other wiki editors seem pre-occupied with enforcing removal of these photos, pointlessly impoverishing the article. Any suggestions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philip Sugarman (talk • contribs) 14:40, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

How properly make a cropped version of image?

Hello, I create a derivative version of uploaded from Flickr picture, but I do't find how make a proper link to correct version. Maybe someone can show me a correct example? Thanks.

Original and cropped images

— Preceding unsigned comment added by ThisIsNotABetter (talk • contribs) 11:49, 16 May 2021‎ (UTC)

@ThisIsNotABetter: Hi, and welcome. Please see File:KaidoKoppel (cropped).jpg and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:57, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
https://croptool.toolforge.org/, Commons:CropTool - Jmabel ! talk 15:01, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: ,@Jeff G.: , thanks, that's a really helpful! ThisIsNotABetter (talk) 08:43, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
@ThisIsNotABetter: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:01, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:01, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Проблема загрузки фото, автором которых являюсь

Не могу опубликовать фото по причине: В одной из категорий отсутствует страница описания. Вы уверены, что правильно набрали имя? Однако, по моему мнению, все поля добросовестно заполнены; или, - неправильно воспринимаю требование сайта. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FrocuST (talk • contribs) 11:13, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Problem uploading photos of which I am the author

I can not post a photo for the reason: One of the categories is missing a description page. Are you sure you typed the name correctly?

However, in my opinion, all fields have been filled in in good faith; or, - I misunderstand the site's request.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:26, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
@FrocuST: Hi, and welcome. I see you successfully uploaded files after posting above. May we consider this resolved? See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:26, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Да, проблема решена. Спасибо. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FrocuST (talk • contribs) 12:40, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

@FrocuST: You're welcome. Please sign your posts.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:15, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:15, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

How to categorize pictograms on images of computers and other information/communication devices?

I have worked with some images with pictograms/icons/symbols thereon, see below. I wanted to categorize them, but even after an elaborate search I did not find categories which seem to make sense for them. What comes closest is Category:Interface icons, where I put the laptop interface pic below and some related ones, but the category seems to be rather for the raw symbols, meaning, as SVG. Any advice? Pittigrilli (talk) 10:57, 4 May 2021 (UTC)

  • CD Writer with Eject-Pictogram
    CD Writer with Eject-Pictogram
  • DisplayPort and USB pictograms on laptop
    DisplayPort and USB pictograms on laptop
The question slowly fades into forgottenness... Hello men and women of Commons, the question is neither stupid nor impossible to answer... Pittigrilli (talk) 07:45, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Your complaint comes less than 24 hours after your original posting. We allow a week here for questions to be answered. If you are so unhappy that no one else happens to know the answer off the top of their head either, perhaps you should simply create an appropriate category, which can always be merged later if it turns out to be redundant. - Jmabel ! talk 15:13, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
@Pittigrilli: How about Category:Interface icons on hardware?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:08, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Excellent advice, thanks. I could not imagine that it didn't exist... / @Jmabel: Ok, it was 21 hours, but you know that this feels like eternity in this universe here... ;-) Pittigrilli (talk) 18:20, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
Please check my solution, this is a bit more significant than I intended: I created in the top category Category:Icons the new Category:Icons by use case. In this, I created Category:Icons on audio equipment and Category:Icons on computer and networking equipment with one example each, for a start. The term "interface icons" would have been too narrow. Pittigrilli (talk) 18:54, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Alternative: Instead of the quite abstract "Icons by use case", "Icons on things" might be better understandable for the international reader. Pittigrilli (talk) 11:56, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
@Pittigrilli: "Analog icons"? I'm thinking of the icons of the play, stop, fast forward, and rewind buttons on cassette tape recorders from the mid-20th Century.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:31, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Exactly that is already covered by my category Category:Icons on audio equipment (see above) and the only example of an end-70s tape deck stop/eject-button, which was inside before you wrote the above ;-) Pittigrilli (talk) 12:37, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I changed to "Pictograms", as it is the correct term, not icons. There is plenty of them now in Category:Pictograms on things. Pittigrilli (talk) 09:15, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
@Pittigrilli: Thanks.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:34, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Images from Flickr in public domain

Hello, could someone help me with some images in Flickr for COVID-19 vaccination in Moldova? They are from the Parliament of Moldova, which has left them on public domain, but the Upload page says I can't transfer images from that Flickr account. The images I am interested in are the following: [2], [3], [4]. Thank you. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 21:30, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

@Super Dromaeosaurus: This flickr account has been offering as "public domain mark" too many photos that the photographer says are "all rights reserved" to the photographer. The flickr account must have been blacklisted to avoid more problems. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:49, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
Ah, okay. I assume they can't be uploaded then. Thanks for the help. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 08:53, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
@Super Dromaeosaurus: photographer says are "all rights reserved" to the photographer. in about i did not find anything. can you please disclose where should i look? Gi vi an (talk) 10:07, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
I already linked the three photos I said I'd like to upload: [5], [6], [7]. I don't know where else could one search, I have never used Flickr before. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 10:15, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
If you know the photos have valid public domain status, you can download them from Flickr to your own machine and upload them here, taking the same responsibility for describing and licensing as you would, for example, if you had received them in an email. Use the "permission" field of the "information" template to explain more than a PD tag can, if needed. Probably easier to use Special:Upload and fill everything out yourself than to do this with a Wizard. - Jmabel ! talk 15:09, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
The blacklisting is not specifically related to those three particular images. The questioner asked why an upload tool says that images from the flickr account cannot be uploaded with that tool. The answer is because the flickr account is blacklisted and the reason for the blacklisting is because of the general behaviour of the account who was found to have posted many suspect files and therefore the whole account cannot be trusted. See the page Commons:Questionable Flickr images and the short summary for the blacklisting of this account: "Many screenshots of other's YouTube videos, etc. There are some likely own works mixed in, but they should be reviewed carefully." That can happen if the flickr account is managed by a person who doesn't know or doesn't explain what they're doing in relation with copyright. One clue is the use of PD-mark without explanation. Of course, you will not find on the "about" page of the problematic account a statement saying "we know that we are making mistakes" or "we know that we are tagging many files carelessly or in contradiction with the author's explicit notice of copyright and we don't know why we do that or we don't tell". There are examples in deletion requests about that account. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:13, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
Should I then not upload them? Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 20:27, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
@Super Dromaeosaurus: Please see my remark above. The operative phrase there is "If you know the photos have valid public domain status". - Jmabel ! talk 00:38, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
I guess they do. I've uploaded one [8]. I won't upload more for now because I'm still kind of confused. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 19:45, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Posting of Foto

I have posted a photograph of the fiddler presented in the page Spel-Fredrik. The photographer, whose name we do not know, was a wedding guest in 1917 and the photo was given to the family. Later it was shared with the local history club, in Brekken, Norway, and the club has shared with me. This is what I can say about my source. As far as I know the photo has not been copyrighted. It is over 100 years old. The photographer is unknown. What is the proper way to present the photo here? Is there a language issue? The page is in Norwegian, we are in English here! Mary — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A02:2121:2CF:55CE:148A:57F9:291B:1DB (talk) 10:25, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

Please provide the filename of the image, of which you are talking. --Túrelio (talk) 10:28, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

File:Carl Ljunggren med sekstett. 17. mai 1914.

Hi! I have posted a photo on the Karl Ljunggren site and received a warning: "Source of derivative work is not properly indicated: File:Carl Ljunggren med sekstett. 17. mai 1914. Unset, Rendalen.png"

Sa far as I can see, I have posted the source info that I have for the photo. Can you please help me understand what is at issue? What must I change or add?

It is a great photo of Ljunggren at work, late in his life and I would like to share it here. Mary — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A02:2121:2CF:55CE:148A:57F9:291B:1DB (talk) 10:45, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

I hate to say it, but 1914 is a bit recent to presume the work is out of copyright. Let's say the photographer was 25 years old and lived to 75. Then it would be 2034 until the photographer had been dead 70 years (I believe that's the relevant number for Norway, but I'm open to correction), and the image would become public domain in 2035. 40 more years of life is hardly an extreme case.
We allow {{PD-assumed}} for work over 120 years old where the photographer cannot be identified, but this is only 107 years old. - Jmabel ! talk 15:14, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
If this photo is not considered "a work of art" then {{PD-Norway50}} will apply but there may be a problem with USA copyright if the photo was first published after 1978. Ruslik (talk) 20:18, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

How do I give a copyright attribution to something in the public domain?


--Someramoth (talk) 03:14, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

@Someramoth: are you certain that the file is in the public domain? While it may well be, the year when the photograph was taken would be needed. If the photo was taken before 1926 then you can use {{PD-anon-expired}}. MKFI (talk) 12:12, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
"11 May 2021" is certainly wrong for the date. At the very least you can say {{before|1971}} but I imagine that in an scenario where you can prove it is public domain you can say something a lot stronger. Also, assuming this is salvageable, you should add a category or categories related to it being a black-and-white portrait photograph of a sitting woman, etc.- Jmabel ! talk 13:48, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Chiariva

I've updeted the Chiariva page with my own text and now I would like to add some pics taken with my phone. The original materials are of my own property but apparently I'm not allowed to do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abarbieri66 (talk • contribs) 11:38, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm assuming this is regarding Italy? Unfortunately, in Italy, freedom of panorama does not exist, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama#Italy This means that to legally publish any picture of a building in Italy, you need permission from the Architect. Also you took some photos of pictures from Giulio Falzoni who only died in 1978 so you need permission from the heirs to take a picture of his paintings. --Taktaal (talk) 12:20, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Regards uploading a file on wikipedia

Hi, I was uploading a file on Wikipedia in txt and ODT format but rejected which file format I should use — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kritarthmahalwal (talk • contribs) 13:04, 10 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Kritarthmahalwal: You don't say what language Wikipedia, but you'd probably want to ask on the relevant site, not here on Commons.
  • As far as I know, though, none of the Wikipedias allow uploads of files that are essentially text. Text belongs edited into an article or such, just like we are editing this page now. - Jmabel ! talk 15:17, 10 May 2021 (UTC)


@SierraTangoCharlie1: The section was already removed. Unless you were writing about something else.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:40, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Yes. I referred to the same section. I was under the mistaken assumption that 'here' such messages were meant to be nominated for deletion (akin to images), but now I know that they are meant to be deleted (like how it's done on Wikipedia).

I learn a new thing everyday :). SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 08:00, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Can't upload a file although I am the owner

Hello! I was trying to upload a file (a portrait of a person), but the system would not let me. The company for which I am trying to upload the file owns all the rights and wants to publish it according to Wikipedia's licensing terms (as there is an old photo of this person already published on Wikipedia and they want a more recent one). The error message I received made clear, that it could not be determined whether the image I was trying to upload was suited for Wikimedia Commons:

"Wir konnten nicht feststellen, ob diese Datei für Wikimedia Commons geeignet ist. Bitte nur Fotos hochladen, die Du selbst mit Deiner Kamera aufgenommen hast, oder lies, was sonst noch akzeptabel ist. Siehe den Leitfaden um sicherzustellen, dass die Datei akzeptabel ist, und lerne, wie man sie auf Wikimedia Commons hochlädt."

After trying for several times I got this error message:

"Diese Aktion wurde automatisch als schädlich erkannt und deshalb nicht ausgeführt. Wenn du denkst, dass deine Aktion konstruktiv war, wende dich bitte an einen Administrator und schildere ihm, was du versucht hast beizutragen. Kurzbeschreibung der verletzten Regel: Cross-wiki upload filter"

Could anyone help and tell me, why it won't let me upload the file? And how can I adjust it to make the upload work?

Thanks in advance and best wishes! — Preceding unsigned comment added by OperGraz (talk • contribs) 09:05, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, The error message seems to imply a cross-wiki attempt. If you did not already, you can try uploading directly from Commons, not from de.wikipedia, and see if it works better maybe. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:45, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
@OperGraz: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their official website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:28, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Any good user scripts for tagging for deletion?

Hello. enwiki has Twinkle for tagging for deletion. It tags the page, and it also places a notice on the user's talk page. Is there an equivalent here? Or should I keep copy pasting {{Copyvio}} and {{Duplicate}}? Please ping me in replies. Thank you. –Novem Linguae (talk) 05:32, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Novem Linguae: In your preferences -> gadgets -> Maintenance tools you can find "AjaxQuickDelete", "Quick Delete" and "User Messages" tools. MKFI (talk) 07:33, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
@Novem Linguae: For bulk deletion nominations, VisualFileChange can be helpful. --bjh21 (talk) 09:52, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi,

I just recieved a message that the image for Christine Simmons Wikipedia page may be a copyright violation. The image was provided by the owner, Christine Simmons, and the website has been referenced on the Wikipedia page as well.

I have disclosed that I am being paid by the owner to create the Wikipedia page. May someone please help me understand why this picture cannot be used, and if it cannot, how am I suppose to use any image for her page? Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sci4ub (talk • contribs) 18:40, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Sci4ub: Hi, and welcome. Please have the original photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. 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. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:43, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

投稿後のメタデータ追加について

先日、私は自身が撮影した写真をWikimedia commonsにアップロードしました。しかし、私の写真はGoogle Photoからダウンロードしたもので、メタデータが付属していませんでした。本日、私はそれらの写真のメタデータを用意しています。これらをアップロードした写真につける方法を教えてください。よろしくお願いします。Akahito Yamabe (talk) 11:36, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

About adding metadata after posting
The other day I uploaded a photo I took to Wikimedia commons. However, my photo was downloaded from Google Photos and did not come with metadata. Today I have metadata for those photos. Please tell me how to attach these to the uploaded photos. Thank you.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:11, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
@Akahito Yamabe: こんにちは、ようこそ。 申し訳ありませんが、コンピューター/デバイス上の該当する各写真にメタデータを適用し、ウィキメディアコモンズの元の写真を上書きする必要があります。
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry, but you must apply the metadata to each applicable photo on your computer/device and overwrite your original photo here on Wikimedia Commons.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:11, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Which is to say: once a file is updated, we never modify the actual file. It is saved as a version, just like we save each version of an article in Wikipedia. The only way you change it is to upload a new version to overwrite it. - Jmabel ! talk 06:13, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Error uploading image

I'm trying to upload a photo of myself for my wiki, and I'm continuing to get an error message stating that it can't be determined if the photo is suitable. Please advise. The video is of myself, taken by myself with my phone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SorenStauss (talk • contribs) 22:27, 12 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @SorenStauss: I'm guessing that you are doing some sort of cross-wiki upload. Try uploading directly here on Commons (either Special:UploadWizard or Special:Upload).
  • When you say "my wiki", I assume you mean a Wikipedia article about yourself. Do remember that copyright on a photo normally belongs to the photographer, not the subject. If you are uploading a photo of yourself that is not a self-portrait, remember that you will need to provide evidence of an appropriate free license from the copyright-holder. If you don't understand that last remark, please say so here and I will clarify: there is no point uploading something that will rapidly be deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 23:26, 12 May 2021 (UTC)
    @Jmabel: As I stated in my original post, the photo was taken of me and by me with my phone. It was a selfie. This means that I am both the photographer as well as the subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SorenStauss (talk • contribs) 02:06, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
@SorenStauss: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their official website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:04, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
  • @Jeff G.: That's the dumbest think I've ever heard. It's a bit like law enforcement telling people they can't drive a car that matches the characteristic of automobiles that been known to be stolen. "The car might be yours, but it has custom rims which are frequently stolen. Come back with a more typical car and then we'll allow you to drive it." People customize their photos (re-size, crop, filter, etc) for various reasons; it is typical that most websites require image uploads to be UNDER a certain file size, and so it's common practice to shrink photo sizes for just this purpose. This is an overreach. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SorenStauss (talk • contribs) 12:58, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
@SorenStauss: Sorry, but this isn't like most websites. See also COM:SIGN, COM:TALK, and COM:SELFIE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:14, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
Really, it's not that useful to tell us that you'd like us to be more like things that we are deliberately quite unlike. Most sites don't intend to be references, or repositories for reuse. Most sites play fast and loose with copyright, trying to get away with whatever they can (a perfectly reasonable policy, I certainly follow it on my personal site) rather than to give re-users evidence and confidence that the images have been vetted. And, again, it's not just the nature of the image that was suspect, it was the nature of the image plus the cross-wiki upload. It's not just "cars like this are often stolen." It's more like "cars like this are often stolen, and you are wearing the same hat as the last three guys we caught stealing one." - Jmabel ! talk 06:21, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

What license I have to use if the author of this self-photo given a clear permission to use in on Wiki? https://ok.ru/profile/338300660830/statuses/152997396296542 --93.125.107.6 18:19, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Permission "Я, Гібкоўскі Аляксандр Сямёнавіч, дазваляю выкарыстоўваць у Вікіпедыі зробленае мною асабіста маё фота з майго профілю на сайце «Одноклассники»." translated as "I, Gibkovsky Alexander Semenovich, allow to use in Wikipedia the photo made by me personally from my profile on the Odnoklassniki website. 12.05.2021 Minsk", is not good enough, please see COM:L and OTRS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:39, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
In particular, we need a specific free license, and it needs to allow reuse, including commercial reuse (possibly limited by personality rights, but not by a copyright restriction). - Jmabel ! talk 06:24, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
Can you give me exact phrase author has to put on his social network page? English is OK. And what lines I have to insert into image after he allows? Inry (talk) 11:48, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Inry: "Photo licensed CC-BY-SA-4.0" (or a less restrictive license) would do. Then you could put {{CC-BY-SA-4.0}} in the licensing section with a link to that public declaration.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:40, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

A drawing that I want added to my user page.

Hi, I have drawn a picture that I want added to my user page. It is a drawing of the Solar System. I am wondering if I can upload it to my user page without any trouble? Thanks!

Wyntrii (talk) 21:42, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

@Wyntrii: Hi, and welcome. What is the basis for the drawing? How many planets did you include?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:46, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Eight... or nine if you think of Pluto as a planet... or ten if you can see Planet 9.

Wyntrii (talk) 17:46, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I don't think that's really at issue. If it's basically an original drawing and the intent is for their own user page, we allow quite a bit of latitude. Image does still have to be free-licensed, though. - Jmabel ! talk 06:25, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Is there a page for international "photo wishes"?

Do we have a page where people can post that they would like to have a picture of a precisely defined (or very broadly defined) subject made? I.e., "I would like to have a picture on Commons of a certain exhibit in the museum of modern art in New York City" or of the "Victoria falls from below" or of an "xyz helicopter type"? If not, would that not be a great page to have? Local Wikimedians (or anyone, if an abstract theme/subject) could then do the job if they like. Pittigrilli (talk) 11:05, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

@Pittigrilli: Please see COM:R.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:34, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Can I remove geolocation data from distinct ones of my own uploads?

Situation: As time went by, I uploaded more and more pics which I took of items in my apartment (such as stereo equipment) with my iPhone. Though I mostly took care that the GPS function was off, quite a number of the pics do have GPS info in them. I didn't care for a while, but now I realized that there is a bunch of pics (from same uploader of course) viewable in/around my house on the various map tools. While I do live in a house with more than 8 appartments, this is not particularly bad, still I don't like it too much. Any option how I can remove the "camera position" manually from those pics and block that some bot will reinsert them in the future? I wouldn't care that the GPS is still in the EXIF image details. Pittigrilli (talk) 11:34, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

@Pittigrilli: Hi. I am sorry, but you must remove the GPS data from the wikitext and SDC for each applicable photo (and add {{Location withheld}} per bjh21 below). If a bot replaces it, then you must remove the GPS metadata from each applicable photo on your computer/device and overwrite your original photo here on Wikimedia Commons with the new version, then try again.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:11, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
(Edit conflict) @Pittigrilli: I would hope that any bot adding locations would honour {{Location withheld}}, so you should be able to remove any {{Location}} template and replace it with {{Location withheld}} to get the effect you want. There may also be some location properties in the structured data for each file: that's on a separate tab on the file page. Once you've done that, you can request revision deletion or oversight of the old versions of the file page that contain the co-ordinates. --bjh21 (talk) 14:16, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: That is good, it is not more than about 10 pics. Just for my understanding: If I do overload a first image version (incl. GPS) with a new version (with del. GPS), is the first version kind of hidden for bots or do they still look inside those first versions (even despite the 'Location withheld' label) ? Pittigrilli (talk) 15:43, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Pittigrilli: Please let us know when you find out.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:20, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Нужна помощь

Здравствуйте. Я пытаюсь загрузить свой фотоснимок на тему мусульманских свадебных образов, но моё фото всё время удаляют. Помогите пожалуйста разобраться. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yulia Roskoshnaya (talk • contribs) 13:20, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Need help
Hello. I am trying to upload a photo of myself about Muslim wedding looks, but my photo gets deleted all the time. Please help me figure it out.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:02, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Yulia Roskoshnaya: Привет и добро пожаловать. Судя по тому, что я видел на двух других ваших фотографиях, вероятно, это составная часть. См. Commons:Licensing/ru, чтобы узнать, почему мы не можем принять его, и попросите каждого фотографа опубликовать соответствующее разрешение Commons: Licensing на такую работу на своем веб-сайте или в социальных сетях или отправить фотографию и разрешение через OTRS/ru с копией вам. Если вы не можете получить соответствующую лицензию, фотография все равно может быть загружена в английскую Википедию в соответствии с en:WP:F, потому что здесь запрещено добросовестное использование.
Hi, and welcome. From what I have seen of two of your other photos, it is probably a composite. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have each 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 can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:02, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Traditional song uploading

Hi. There is an Arabic article about traditional songs in weddings. I'd like to upload mp3 file for one of the songs. It's traditional and no one know who sang it or wrote it. Will there be any copyright issues if I upload it? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GhadaMKH (talk • contribs) 15:30, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Music copyright has two parts. The copyright to the song itself, which belongs to who wrote it, and which isn't a problem for folk songs that are hundreds of years old. But there's also the copyright to the performance, which belongs to the singer/musician. So unless this is a very old recording (from a musician that died before 1950) you need permission from the artists who performed it too. --Taktaal (talk) 20:38, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Uploading screenshots

I'm trying to upload my screenshot of a diagram, but I'm not allowed to do so. It doesn't look like it violates the policy. What should I do? Is it forbidden to upload screenshots as a PNG file? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vladimir Ikryanov (talk • contribs) 16:03, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

A screenshot of a picture has the same copyrights as the picture itself. If someone spent work on that diagram, he owns the copyright to it and you need his permission to make a screenshot and put it on Wikimedia Commons --Taktaal (talk) 20:35, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Nametags - watermark or not ?

Good Day, I came across this image here File:Bergamo - Il centro (18598).jpg. It has been tagged with Template:Watermark. my question is - the image doesn't have any identification of artist or timestamp as it's watermark. all it has is a nametag identifying it's location. shouldn't this be retained and not removed like a timestamp or artist's name watermark? and then tagged with Template:Dont remove watermark

SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 18:26, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

@SierraTangoCharlie1: I suspect the template is referring to the "?UP069" diagonally across the middle of the image. --bjh21 (talk) 19:22, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Bjh21: ohhh.. ok. i'll try removing that and reuploading. thank you for your assistance. SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 19:43, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Bjh21: :- Good day once again, I have removed the concerning WATERMARK DIGITALLY & uploaded new version, is it ok now to remove the Template:Watermark & replace it with the Template:Dont remove watermark to protect the nametag at the bottom ?? Thank you in advance. SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 22:15, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@SierraTangoCharlie1: Well done! I think changing the template would be reasonable if you think the caption should be preserved. If someone disagrees they can always upload the de-captioned version under a different name. --bjh21 (talk) 22:36, 14 May 2021 (UTC)
@Bjh21: cool. thank you. Yes, I believe the caption at the bottom should be preserved. I will do the needful. thank you once again. Have a Gr8 Day. SierraTangoCharlie1 (talk) 22:41, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Editing clients Wikipedia pages

I'm trying to edit and update some of my clients Wikipedia pages and keep getting flagged for Copyright. I have access to all the company's image assets but Wikipedia is not letting me upload it because it's "not my work". Can you please help? I'm new to editing on Wikipedia and need some direction.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by BlakeWilliams85 (talk • contribs) 18:28, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

BlakeWilliams85: First you need to be fully aware and comply with your w:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest otherwise you will be in trouble and may get blocked from editing. Of course, if the images are clearly not your own work, they will be tagged for copyright infringement. Only the copyright holder, who is usually the photographer, must release the images under a free licence that we accept, unless the copyright was transferred by legal means. They can produce a permission statement by using the template found on this page: Commons:Email templates/Consent or another way of producing a permission statement is through the Wikimedia Permission Release Generator, that can be accessed from the blue button at the top of the lined page.
This tool will guide them through the process of creating a release statement which we will be able to readily accept, and is the preferred method of releasing the rights to their media for use on Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia in all languages. Ww2censor (talk) 22:11, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

Page for Stephen Stallings Jr - approval??

Can you please confirm a page I set up for Stephen Stallings Jr - and please copy this File:Stephen Stallings, Jr - The Honda Classic.jpg The Honda Classic - Stephen Stallings, jr — Preceding unsigned comment added by KentuckyGolf (talk • contribs) 20:31, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

@KentuckyGolf: Hi, and welcome. There is no page you set up for Stephen Stallings Jr, there is only part of en:User talk:KentuckyGolf. Please see en:WP:YFA and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:17, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

can both "Personality rights warning" and "OTRS" can co exist on same file.

File:1960s Eleanore Mikus.jpg. artist expired in 2017. can both "Personality rights warning" and "OTRS" can co exist on same file? --Gi vi an (talk) 08:27, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Gi vi an: "Personality rights warning" and "OTRS" definitely can both exist on the same file. In theory, we could add a "personality rights warning" to every picture of a living person or one whose lifetime was within living memory (unless, of course, there is a comprehensive model release). In practice, we only do so where it seems likely that the issue might arise. Only thing OTRS has to do with that is that if we were to receive a comprehensive model release, that's how it would probably arrive. - Jmabel ! talk 15:24, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: thanks a lot.
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. Gi vi an (talk) 16:04, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Not seeing an article that I uploaded?

I wrote an article on Apr 20th, but I'm not seeing it on my contributions page. I also can't find previous notifications about the article. (I'd received notifications on April 21st of someone making some edits to it). Is this normal for new contributions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8AYCiayni (talk • contribs) 13:14, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

---Update: I figured it out! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8AYCiayni (talk • contribs) 13:16, 23 April 2021 (UTC)

As you claim that you figured this out I'm marking this section as "Resolved". --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:30, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:30, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

wrong photo

The photo used on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luitenant-kolonel_Tede_Beets_(1880-1958),_ca._1941.png?uselang=nl is not correct. This photo depicts my father, who was born in 1908 and was a 1st Lieutenant as a POW at Colditz. His name also was Tede Beets after his father mentioned below.

The photo that should be used together with this article is: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tede_Beets#/media/Bestand:Portret-TedeBeets1880-1958.jpg who was born in 1880 and died in 1958. And he is the one that is mentioned in the story of above mentioned page.

I would appreciate if this error was corrected.

Roger Beets — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annerobe (talk • contribs) 14:21, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

@Annerobe: ,@Jmabel: Hi you all, Feel free to correct the errors. I apparently made a mistake, which is easy to make in this case with this uncommon name, but ofcourse it needs to be corrected. For me it is important that these people get a face to accompant their WW2 stories. So, if anyone owns a photo of the other Tede Beets, please upload it tom Commons. Kind regards, --oSeveno (User talk) 12:58, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Historical photos of Wellington dam

My grandfather photographed the construction of the Wellington dam in the 1930s. I have the negatives in my custody, but intend to donate them to the State Library of WA. I retain scanned copies of these images. I am not the original photographer but have custody of his legacy of grandfathers photographic collection. I’m unsure of how my situation affects my ability to enter this competition. I would appreciate information on clarifying it.

Regards, Ellis Trautman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ellis Trautman (talk • contribs) 15:14, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Ellis Trautman: You don't indicate what competition, so I have no idea where I could look up the rules.
  • Does "custody" mean you are the heir to his intellectual property rights? If so, you can upload these using a license template like @Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs: . If not, then sadly the copyright may be orphaned. - Jmabel ! talk 15:17, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Licensing of self-taken pictures at sports competition venues

I have a question about the licensing of photos taken at live sport events like figure skating competitions. A fellow photographer told me that the International Skating Union or local host often writes on their website that taking photos in the arena is permitted, but only for private purposes, not commercial usage. Does that mean, it's not allowed to upload self-taken pictures from competitions on Wiki Commons? Thank you very much in advance! Henni147 (talk) 11:53, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Henni147: Hi, and welcome. This is a complex issue best discussed at COM:VPC.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:28, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I have another question. I received explicit permission from the user called 'Phantom Kabocha' to edit and upload any photo from this archive of figure skating pictures under CC-BY 4.0 license. The issue is that this person has no Wiki account, is not familiar with the OTRS release generator or mail template, not to mention the upload procedure here on Wiki Commons, and asked me to do it instead. This concerns 72 photos.
How to handle this issue best? I don't want to violate any copyright rules Henni147 (talk) 18:21, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
Update: Problem solved. Thank you Henni147 (talk) 19:24, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
@Henni147: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:43, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:43, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Food competition

Hi, I uploaded few images for Food competition but till date nobody informed me anything. Do you have my email id? I want to know the results. Regards, Goutam Roy, Sr. Photo Editor/ Sr. Photojournalist, Ex.Telegraph, India Today,ABP Corporate Editorial etc. email and phone number suppressed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goutamroykol (talk • contribs) 11:11, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Goutamroykol: Not sure about the competition. This is a general help page for using Commons. You'd have to find the page about the competition, and if they indicate a help page there, use it. Otherwise, use the talk page of where the competition was announced.
  • You don't appear to have an email linked to this account. I suggest you go to Special:Preferences and add one. I suggest that you don't put your email on a page as public as this one -- it will probably get you spammed -- and I have removed your email & phone number here. - Jmabel ! talk 16:42, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

Food competition

I have uploaded few pictures for Food competition. Till today I didn't know nothing what happened? Can you please let me know.

Regards, Goutam Roy, Mail id- email suppressed — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goutamroykol (talk • contribs) 11:40, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

@Goutamroykol: Hi, and welcome. Those photos are in Category:Images from Wiki Loves Food 2021 in India. The winners for India were announced a few hours ago on Commons:Wiki Loves Food 2021 in India/Winners. Please see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:06, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Upload Wizard stuck at "publish" step

What could I do wrong? Two hours typing, one hour double-checking, no apparent errors or omissions - but UW won't advance from "publish" button. Need help, timeout expires in three hours! Retired electrician (talk) 21:01, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

My page is false

Hi,

I have tried to fix the info on my page several times in the last week as I am starting a new job and wanting the info to be correct and each time I do it it reverts to the old false information.

How can I ensure that the edits to my page remain permanently?

Two immediate changes are important. Both Personal Life and Filmography sections are false. Can you please delete them.

Also, a number of the Basic Info about me, my education and Film Career sections, are false. How can I make a permanent changes? Even my picture is not me.

I want my page to be accurate, please.

Thanks very much.

Professor Hisham Bizri hmbizri@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 91.65.109.164 (talk) 05:00, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

@Hmbizri: Hi, and welcome. Please login, wait for a response at en:Talk:Hisham Bizri, and see COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:00, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
@Hmbizri: By the way, this page here is on Wikimedia Commons, and has only a tangential connection to the English-language Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 14:59, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

News video

I would like to know if there is anyway to view World news tonight from August 1 2004 Our son was killed in Iraq and we were told there was a story about his death — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zangara84 (talk • contribs) 12:45, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Zangara84: My condolences. That must be awful to experience.
  • That would almost certainly not on Wikimedia Commons, because that would presumably be copyrighted and not free-licensed. - Jmabel ! talk 15:04, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Math

I have a problem with my username I have to change it and change it and change it and I don’t like it I hate it i wish someone help me. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2603:7080:AF00:EFAF:F888:8578:673E:385D (talk) 13:51, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Try logging in.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:02, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
en:Wikipedia:Username_policy#Changing_your_username. Or you can just start a new account. - Jmabel ! talk 15:07, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Spørsmål om kreditering

Hei, Jeg ønsker å bruke et bilde funnet på Wikimedia Commons. Rettighetsinnhaveren gir tillatelse til dette med henvisning til GNU Free Documentation License - under forutsetning av kreditering. Jeg har problemer med å finne ut av hvordan jeg på en riktig måte krediterer. Konkret dreier det seg om bildet på denne siden:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zaragoza_-_Santa_Engracia_-_Sarc%C3%B3fago_Receptio_Animae.JPG

Kan noen fortelle meg hvordan jeg på riktig måte viser til lisens og krediterer opphavsmannen? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ReidarHv (talk • contribs) 14:35, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Questions about credit

Hi, I want to use an image found on Wikimedia Commons. The licensee grants permission to do so with reference to the GNU Free Documentation License - subject to credit. I have trouble figuring out how to credit properly. Specifically, this is about the image on this page:

File:Zaragoza - Santa Engracia - Sarcófago Receptio Animae.JPG

Can anyone tell me how to properly refer to the license and credit the author?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:19, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
@ReidarHv: You may also want to see or translate COM:REUSE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:24, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. In the meantime, I have found a better picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sarc%C3%B3fago_paleocristiano_en_la_Cripta_de_las_Santas_Masas,_Zaragoza.jpg

In this case, the user seems not to be active. So I guess the right attribution would be as follows: Photo by Wikimedia Commons user José Luis Filpo Cabana under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license Am I right? ReidarHv — Preceding unsigned comment added by ReidarHv (talk • contribs) 15:54, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

@ReidarHv: You could include "Commons user Jl FilpoC (José Luis Filpo Cabana)" to be more precise. PLEASE sign your posts.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:08, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Questions about authorship of pictures I took or pictures of which I personally own the original

Hello Somebody has made remarks about pictures I used on pages I made stating that "Source of derivative work is not properly indicated". How can I make sure that the pictures are not deleted as mentioned? I have no idea how I can fix this. I absolutely declare that I have made the pictures myself or I own the original picture and thus own the copyright. Thank you. Eddy De Munter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eddydemunter (talk • contribs) 20:11, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Are you claiming that you made this picture yourself? How old are you in this case? Mere ownership of the original does not confer the copyright. Ruslik (talk) 20:43, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

Help with Wikimedia OTRS release generator step 4

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Music_in_Monk_Time%22_Foreign_Distribution_Poster.jpg

My name is Stephen Rice. I am the producer and co-writer of the movie. "Music in Monk Time", made 38 years ago. I am trying to create a Wikipedia entry for this movie. I am currently attempting to upload the foreign market poster, created and used by our distributor, Devillier-Donegan Enterprises. This business was closed over 20 years ago and there is no website to link. I have our contract with DDE, as well as sales receipts. I could email those as verification of our relationship but I don't wish to upload them. My partner and I hold the copyright for this movie and the poster was created for its sales. Please inform me as how to proceed. Thank you. Thedevoutcatalyst (talk) 15:15, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Thedevoutcatalyst: The English-language Wikipedia's policy on conflicts of interest would suggest strongly that you are not the person to write a Wikipedia article about a movie you produced.
  • If you don't own the copyright on the poster you want to upload, it really is neither here nor there that you own the copyright on related materials.
  • Commons would be glad to have the poster if we can get a license from the current holder of its copyright. Probably you'd need to contact the OTRS team to sort out the issues about who is giving permission. I suspect this will involve more of a dialogue than you can handle through the release generator. But unfortunately if the work is "orphaned" and no one can find the copyright-holder to get permission, then our precautionary principle says we cannot accept that, and anyone who used the image would be in danger of the copyright-holder appearing and suing them.
  • Failing the ability to clear rights, it is possible to upload non-free images to the English-language Wikipedia itself for use in an article. Commons is not involved in that: Commons hosts only free-licensed an public domain images. See en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. - Jmabel ! talk 15:26, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

One of the co-owners of Devillier-Donegan Enterprises, Ron Devillier is still very much alive. I just emailed him about our film. What is necessary to give his permission as the creator of the poster in service of distributing my film? Thank you. Thedevoutcatalyst (talk) 22:10, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Thedevoutcatalyst: I would say that that at this point it is probably best to start an email correspondence with the OTRS team (email address is at COM:OTRS) with him included on the same thread. He can clarify what license he is willing to grant. I usually recommend granting a {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}, which means people are required to credit him for his work but can use the image freely. - Jmabel ! talk 22:35, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestions. Just been informed that only in rare occasions are there ever more than one poster for an encyclopedia article. I am no longer pursuing this image's inclusion. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thedevoutcatalyst (talk • contribs) 01:13, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

I would appreciate your removing this and all other posters as soon as possible. Thank you, Thedevoutcatalyst (talk) 17:30, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jmabel: , I am an English Wikipedia editor and administrator and I have assisted Thedevoutcatalyst to write an article about this clearly notable film. Thedevoutcatalyst did not read the fine print when uploading the images. I think the best outcome is to delete the three images from Commons and I will then upload one of the posters locally on Wikipedia under that project's policy on use of non-free images. Cullen328 (talk) 17:50, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
@Cullen328, Thedevoutcatalyst, and Jmabel: I initiated the process by creating Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Thedevoutcatalyst.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:42, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello Jeff - I just tried to "ping" and click on your user name, but both places where I landed made no sense. I did not understand the implications of uploading to Wikimedia Commons, nor should I have been loading multiple posters anyway. I apologize for pushing the button before I clearly understood the process and taking up resources to undo my mistake. The best outcome would be to take down all three posters at your earliest convenience. Thank you, Thedevoutcatalyst (talk) 00:51, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Changing IP to my new user account

Hello,

I want to change my IP 70.50.120.178 to be reattributed to my new account, User:X3041. Can this be done? This is the link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/70.50.120.178

Thanks for all the help,

-X3041 — Preceding unsigned comment added by X3041 (talk • contribs) 17:52, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

@X3041: Hi, and welcome. Sorry, that can't be done.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:02, 16 May 2021 (UTC)
@X3041: You are welcome to link Special:Contributions/70.50.120.178 from your user page and indicate that those edits are yours, but there are only four such edits. - Jmabel ! talk 03:26, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Wondering if knowing Dr Ravi lol and thankful to Google

Hello, Hope all is well with everyone. So I have a few questions. 1st and most important I was on twitter and I was brougt to a thread by another Twitter user. Thread was about Religion/ Bible/ end times in the world. I met a good friend that I actually lost touch with him. I miss him dearly. His name is Dr Ravi he is from India. He is such a kind good hearted man. I loved talking about the Bilbe with him, but Im not sure that he said he works at Google. So anyway another topic thats about today. I was wondering why my browser directed me to this page?. So I was hoping someone can give me answers to me beibg directed to the Ceo of Google lol ? Espcially, since I believe lol that a few friends are playing a funny joke on me lol . What they did was tell me I own YouTube. I said to them haha how can this be real. Because, YouTube is owned by the same CEO of Google lol. So heres another topic I did have an incident a few years ago where some not so nice person used my debit card to buy numerous devices like iphones smart tv's etc. I told this person I know he used my card . Of course he denied it. But to make a long stort short. It was comfirmed I was correct about him using my debit card to buy numrous devices. I told him it was comfirmed, by the outstanding company Amazon whose customer service rep. Sent me an email welcoming me and thanking me for opening a new Amazon account and thanking me for a large 1st time purchase . So I emailed them back saying. 1st off I never opened an Amazon account and I dont want an Amazon account. Then they emailed me back saying here is tge purchases invoice of all item purchased with my debit card in my name and last 4 digjts on card. So i explained i never ordered all of those items. I dont have an Amazon account. Then I believe bur not so sure. But the Amazon customer service rep said they put my phone number on account and an alrernate phone number. Custimer service asked me if he can call me right then. I said yes please do. So when he called I asked him to read the alternate phone number. I said that not mine its my daughters father. So Amazon called him and askes him to comfirm his order and asked for another form of purchasing since the card did not go throug. So My daughtera fathers used his own checking account. I was so greatful to Amazon for there excelent customer service. But then a few weeks later I came on my cell phone and seen numerous devices on my account. Then the disapeared. So i went to the Google help center asking the rep if he can see the devices . Whle he was checking i told him the whole amazon story. And the kind Google rep said yes I see them. I said really how can you see or tell the devices. He says that I was in Google and they were in Chrome. Lol i told him yeah thats my creepy daughters father. So even though he gave amazon the checking account check. The devices were all in my name lol. He kept the account just changed payment method. Anyway I always loved Google and your Help center is the Best. Now heres the last topic. I sign in online. I know the Google rep in the help center was in California. But this year i thought i was talking to california but this person said he was in pennsylvania acting like the rep that helped me with the device problem i had wirh my daughters father a few years ago. So this guy was acting like he works at Google and used the the california rep name too. I believe theres a few people in pa acting like the Real Google people in california. Its very strange. Do you know about this? I DID ASK THE guy i know in california if he knows theres a guy in pa acting like him he said yes. Now dose Google in Cali no If theres a google company in pa axting likw xalifornia workers maybe even owners? Thankz for giving a page to ask questuons if youre not sure its ok. I will ways love Google because they are very helpful kind and courtious. I worked at comcast xable for almost 20 years ans i alwqts treared my customers with kindness. Ok have a blessed day God Bless Google in Jesus name Amen. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:47:101:4490:6406:D347:4020:A3CB (talk) 22:52, 16 May 2021 (UTC)

  • At a quick read I believe this has nothing to do with Wikimedia Commons. If anyone thinks I'm wrong, please let me know what I missed. - Jmabel ! talk 03:29, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Deletion Request

Hello, I want to delete a photo of mine which I recently uploaded on Wikimedia. But I don't know the proces, It's really complicated here! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ho3inyahel (talk • contribs) 09:14, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

@Ho3inyahel: Hi, and welcome. Why do you want it deleted? See also COM:DP and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:35, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
You do not appear to have any undeleted uploads this calendar year. What picture are you talking about? - Jmabel ! talk 14:19, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: It appears that "recently" is a relative term, and that the OP means their only upload File:Hussein Darajati.jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:31, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
@Ho3inyahel: You can nominate that image for deletion, but you did grant an irrevocable license last December and it is currently used in a draft article in the English-language Wikipedia. Then again, I suspect that article will be deleted, because the only contributor is you, its subject. Please see en:WP:COI.
When you go to File:Hussein Darajati.jpg, do you see a "nominate for deletion" choice in the left nav? - Jmabel ! talk 01:24, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Uploading a file

I am trying to upload a photo taken by myself of a painting made in 1856 but I get an error that says: "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." Thanks for any help.

Vda47 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vda47 (talk • contribs) 19:59, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

@Vda47: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg image as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The image you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller image, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you made the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not make the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the image photographer / designer license it on their official website or social media, or send the image and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you 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 00:27, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi, can I upload images that don't have a 2021 copyright date? For example, the website http://www.minanmotor.com/index.php/welcome has images I would like to upload , and the copyright says "© 2019 All rights reserved". Because it does not say "© 2021 All rights reserved", am I able to upload these images? Other examples:

I would appreciate it if someone could let me know if these websites have no current restrictions to upload. DestinationFearFan (talk) 20:09, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

@DestinationFearFan: Of course not. Please read COM:NETCOPYVIO again.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:22, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
DestinationFearFan, assuming this isn't a joke I believe you need to learn a lot more about copyright before you even consider uploading any files that are not your own work. Otherwise, you will just waste your time doing things others will then waste their time undoing. - Jmabel ! talk 01:27, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Juan Argañaraz

Solicito por favor ayuda para recuperar la página de bibliografía de Juan Argañaraz. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ezetorres95 (talk • contribs) 19:19, 11 May 2021 (UTC)

Please help me to retrieve the bibliography page of Juan Argañaraz.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:13, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
Pinging @ProtoplasmaKid as deleting Admin for es:Juan Argañaraz.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:40, 11 May 2021 (UTC)
@Ezetorres95: Veas es:WP:BR#G3, es:WP:AUB, y COM:SIGN/es.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:34, 13 May 2021 (UTC)

Gracias, y como prosigo? es una página que hice sobre un político, y lo conozco porque es familiar, como hago para editar la página, no puedo acceder a ella. Ezetorres95 (talk) 20:54, 17 May 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, and how do I continue? It is a page that I made about a politician, and I know him because he is familiar, as I do to edit the page, I cannot access it.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:13, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
@Ezetorres95: No debe continuar editando el artículo. No se restaurará hasta que usted y otro editor con fluidez en español puedan convencer a un administrador de Wikipedia en español como ProtoplasmaKid de que ya no será promocional o autobiográfico, porque ese otro editor lo editará. Ese otro editor no seré yo, ya que no hablo español con fluidez.
You must not continue editing the article. It will not be restored until you and another editor fluent in Spanish can convince a Spanish Wikipedia Admin like ProtoplasmaKid that it will no longer be promotional or autobiographical, because that other editor will be editing it. That other editor will not be me, as I am not fluent in Spanish.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:13, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
También, si está retaurado, Vd. debe leer es:Wikipedia:Conflicto de interés. - Jmabel ! talk 01:17, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Jeff G. y conoce a alguien de habla hispana que pueda ayudar a convencer a ProtoplasmaKid ?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ezetorres95 (talk • contribs) 12:28, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Pinging @Ganímedes, Alan, Cookie, Explicit, Ezarate, Platonides, Poco a poco, Rastrojo, Strakhov por asistencia en español.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:26, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
El lugar correcto para esta discusión es no aquí, igual es completamente promocional Ezarateesteban 14:54, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Regarding adding photo in wikipedia

hi sir/ madam

Myself rosheni im a granddaughter of a great Cinematographer of K.S. Mani. He was director of photography in the film called bobbuli puli movie which was released on 1982. 

i would like to add my grandfathers photo also in wikipedia.

kindly do guide me or do the needfull.

thanks and regards Rosheni — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rosheni venkat (talk • contribs) 05:33, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

@Rosheni venkat: Hi, and welcome. What can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the photographer and the dates and countries of photography and publication? Also, please see COM:L and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:07, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
Also, if it is a family photo and the photographer is no longer alive, do you know who is the heir to their intellectual property? If they didn't make any specific arrangement, it would be the person who received the residuum of their estate. - Jmabel ! talk 14:08, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

editing audio file

Hi I found an audio file that is already on wiki media. I would like to shorten it and use a few seconds of it only as a listening example for music students. Is this allowed? The upload is being blocked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Muteach (talk • contribs) 09:45, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

@Muteach: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/192 by trying to upload an mp3 file with insufficient rights. Too many people try to upload audio files that are still copyrighted by the authors, performers, etc. without proper licenses from those people. Please feel free to request Autopatrol group membership at COM:RFR when you think you are ready (once you have made more than 500 useful non-botlike edits), having that should allow you to upload mp3 files. Until then, you may reencode the audio into Vorbis or Opus and upload it as an .ogg or .oga file (or use any other format accepted per COM:FT#Sound). Then, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept as-is without permission, and have that Executive Producer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the file and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:41, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Uploading A Picture

I have to upload a picture of a celebrity , so I can add those pictures in Wikipedia Commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kishmish Hu Main Ok (talk • contribs) 11:44, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

@Kishmish Hu Main Ok: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:NETCOPYVIO, COM:L and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:11, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

license

Is this licence okay -> Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States license NairobiPapel (talk) 15:41, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Need Help Picking a Photo

Hello editors on Wikimedia Commons. I am an editor on the EN Wikipedia. [9] I recently started a WikiProject for 2021 [10] and I tried looking for a free to use 2021 clipart type image and actually couldn't find one. Would someone like to find an image for 2021? It would become to banner image for the WikiProject, and as far as I know, you can't create the banner without an image, so I am kind of stuck at the moment in creating the WikiProject. Thanks for any help or advice in advance! Elijahandskip (talk) 18:27, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Seems kinda pointless given we're halfway through the year, What happens when 2021 is over with?, Your Wikiproject is pretty much a non-starter. That aside your best bet is to create one yourself using free images. –Davey2010Talk 20:05, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Webpage is not displayed

Hi Team,

I need you help to update the image in the open page, can you please help or assit.

Regards, Ramesh — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bandladoddi (talk • contribs) 23:45, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

@Bandladoddi: Hi, and welcome. What image in what open page, exactly? See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:52, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Use of images from an open access scientific article

I would like to use 2 images from a scientific paper (Four Types of Baroclinic Instability Waves in the Global Oceans and the Implications for the Vertical Structure of Mesoscale Eddies, by Feng et al. (2021), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016966). At the page of the paper on the publisher's site it states that: "This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.". Can I now just use figures from this scientific article (when correctly referencing of course) or do I still need to get the authors' granted permission? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sophievanmil (talk • contribs) 08:34, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

@Sophievanmil: Hi, and welcome. I'm sorry, but the license restriction "‐NonCommercial" AKA -nc- (noncommercial) is not usable by itself for Wikimedia Commons. For the reasons, please see Commons:Licensing/Justifications. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:03, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you for your reply! That's a pity. Should I contact the writers of the article to ask them for explicit permission? Or is this not the way to go? And is this permission usually quite easy to get? Or would you advise me to rewrite my article so that I don't need these figures from this paper? This is also an option, but I think the level of the wikipedia article would be higher when these figures are added to the text. Again, thank you for your help :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sophievanmil (talk • contribs) 10:15, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
@Sophievanmil: You may try either. Please sign your posts.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:58, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Recovery account

I am Mirta Toledo

Years ago I uploaded several pictures of my artwork using purediversity@hotmail.com After a long illness, not only I forgot the password, but I also have a new mail address I want to upload more pictures of my artwork and I couldnt open a new account with my name, so I open Mirta Toledo Art There is any chance that I can recover Mirta Toledo and add more pictures? I do not want to have Mirta Toledo and Mirta Toledo Art since I am the same person and the same artwork. Thank you in advance for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mirta Toledo Art (talk • contribs) 02:42, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

@Mirta Toledo Art: Hi, and welcome. Have you tried to recover your password for that hotmail account? Without access to that account, you will not be able to recover your password for your Mirta Toledo account. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:32, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Concours wiki love earth 2021

Comment et à quel lien faut-il envoyer les photos ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akodoré (talk • contribs) 14:01, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Google translate reply Pour obtenir des instructions, veuillez rechercher votre pays dans la liste sur Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2021/Participating countries. Ciell (talk) 15:49, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Replacing image that is currently a mirror image

I don't feel qualified to edit uploaded photos. I notice one photo is a mirror image. The correct image is public domain. Is it possible for someone to replace the mirror image with the correct version? Thanks, - Vorteilhaft (talk) 01:20, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Problem with a Wikipedia map

When I click on the map I get sent here. But this gives me a "Server timed out" error message.

The map is used on this article.Vchimpanzee (talk) 17:50, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Why classified as "not a real user"?

I had problems uploading a jpg image (which I made myself) for use on an English page. It appears that I was classified in 2017 as being "not a real user" and I assume that this was the actual problem. If this is the case, what does one do to show one is a real user? The alternative being to create a new account, but Wikipedia recommends not to use your real name as it will be visible to others. So it could happen again that I'm in that case classified as "not a real user". My current name is based on the private e-mail address that I created after moving to Sweden ("sverige") in combination with my first name spelled backwards. Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dranoel sverige (talk • contribs) 06:56, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Dranoel sverige: I have literally no idea what you might possibly mean by 'classified in 2017 as being "not a real user"'. Can you point us to a page where this was stated? - Jmabel ! talk 19:07, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
  • @Dranoel sverige: It looks like your attempt at uploading a picture was stopped by a filter that rather enthusiastically prevents people uploading low-resolution pictures as their own work. Happily, that filter only applies to the particular upload route that you used. If you start at Special:UploadWizard instead you won't be affected by the edit filter and you should be able to upload your file. --bjh21 (talk) 20:15, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Why

My project has just been deleted or moved. I have no idea why. I never received any comment on the matter. I need help for convenience. If it was moved I need help finding it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohannesSikoka (talk • contribs) 12:41, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

@JohannesSikoka: Does this relate to Commons:Deletion requests/File:Results.pdf or something else? If it's that, you were notified of the deletion discussion, but did not respond. - Jmabel ! talk 19:10, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Can I upload screenshot of a newspaper article

I took a screenshot of an online article from NYT. It shows journal logo, article title and a picture. Can I upload it to wikimedia or is it covered by copyright? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Annakrylov (talk • contribs) 14:39, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Annakrylov: presumably copyrighted, if it is 1926 or later. Only exception I can think of is if it is so simple as not to be eligible for copyright. If in doubt, you'll need to be more specific about exactly what logo, etc., for anyone to be able to weigh in usefully. - Jmabel ! talk 19:12, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Using Image on Book Cover

I am a rank beginner to Wikimedia Commons. I am interested in using an image (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoshitoshi_-_100_Aspects_of_the_Moon_-_39.jpg) on the cover of a book of poems I am having published this year. From what I can tell, Muian is the owner of this image. I assumed I'd have to contact this group to get permission or find our about any special requirements. However, it only leads me to a blank page. I'd appreciate any assistance. - Phil — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phildragonfly (talk • contribs) 15:09, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

File:Inscription of Hüis Tolgoi.jpg

Hello there, I recently uploaded a file on Commons, a photograph of the 5th-7th-century Hüis Tolgoi. I uploaded it on Commons because I supposed the copyright in this case is solely of the creator; that is, that the photographer has no rights in this case, treating the inscription as a two-dimensional object, such as a page from a manuscript for example. However, they made me notice it might not be so, and I'm not so sure anymore. I wanted to bring the matter to your attention. Thanks.--Haldir Marchwarden (talk) 16:40, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Public domain image on Flickr was scrubbed for license laundering but was in fact public domain

Hello,

I recently uploaded 'Betsy Beutler.jpg'(link to photo), a public domain photo from the photographer Colin Key. His Flickr account shows the image as Public Domain, however shortly after uploading yesterday it was taken down and the Flickr account blocked from re-uploading apparently.

I have taken the step of contacting Mr. Key and confirming that this photo was, in fact, intended to be in the public domain. However now that the photo has been removed I'm not sure what to do to remediate? Thank you!

--3shoggoth (talk) 17:43, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

This is disingenuous. The explanation of the issue, and the process "to remediate," has already been explained. Эlcobbola talk 17:48, 20 May 2021 (UTC)

Source help please

Hi all, I am collating information on my great-grandfather's art work.

He was a portrait and landscape painter born at the end of the 19th century. Not famous or relevant in the discourse of art, but he's relevant to me.

I have come across an image attributed to someone with the same name, and living roughly at the same time as my ancestor. The source of the image on Wikimedia Commons, (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilhelm_Dohmann_Blick_auf_Stadt_und_Feste_Kufstein.jpg) is an auction house and has so far not responded to my requests for more information about their biography details for that image. After discussing this and comparing signatures from other paintings with a museum registrar we have come to the conclusion, that the auction house must have taken the birth and death dates from a profile on ancestry from a man with the same name.

I was wanting to know if there's anything I can do to change that info, as it seems to be perpetuated through the internet, as of now a museum in Riga (my ancestors birth place) has now the wrong bio details on one of his paintings. That museum as well, so far has not provided any information on clarifying the situation. The user who uploaded that image has not been active for a few years, so I don't know if contacting them would be of any use.

Not sure how to proceed, I just want to have the right dates and places on the internet. thanks Pisa911 (talk) 03:05, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

PS: I am a newbie here, so any help on how to use all the tools at the bottom of the template to write within the guidelines would be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pisa911 (talk • contribs) 03:05, 21 May 2021‎ (UTC)

File:Berlin Regierungsviertel gespiegelt.jpg

Ref File:Berlin Regierungsviertel gespiegelt.jpg in 5.1 April 2021, Angles and Squares - I have managed to corrupt the file name so it now reads à===217.Berlin Regierungsviertel gespiegelt===. Apologies for this. I can only assume I mistyped something. Are you able to undo this?

Also a user, name Gazamp, has gone and awarded one of my photos (126.East Cliff, Whitby in the same section) both a 2 star and a heart at the same time.

I am really not having a good day!

Thank you in expectation.

Sudzie.

@Sudzie: fixed, just an extra character in the heading on Commons:Photo challenge/2021 - April - Angles and Squares/Voting. MKFI (talk) 06:18, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Uploading Pictures

So i'm trying to improve a wikipedia page, and i'm trying to upload an image that's owned by wikipedia, (i'm trying to add Flag_of_Nevada.svg to "List of flags by color combination Blue" [11] in ) But since i don't have the copyright i can't upload it, How do I? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ABSM 23 (talk • contribs) 15:09, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Unable to update file

I have tried several times to fix File:The Shingle Spit at Hurst Beach - geograph.org.uk - 178625.jpg. My "fixed" version most noticeably has a more natural shingle colour, rather than the strange and unnatural yellow of the original. It is easily visually distinguishable in the File History list. However, whatever I do, I cannot get the fixed version to be the current one. While two previous versions (19:09, 21 May 2021 and 19:11, 21 May 2021) in the file history show correctly, the current version obstinately remains the original strange yellow one. Could anyone have a look at this and see if they can see what's going wrong? I thought at first there may just be a brief delay in updating, but it has gone on too long now. Thanks. ITookSomePhotos (talk) 19:39, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

OK, I deleted all my browser cached files, and now it displays correctly. I don't know why I would have to do that ... but, anyway, maybe it is not the fault of Wiki. ITookSomePhotos (talk) 20:02, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

Images from patents

Are images from patents in the public domain, so they may be uploaded to Commons? Sigmundg (talk) 04:05, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Sigmundg: Typically no, but laws may vary by country. Obviously, they eventually fall out of copyright like any other image. - Jmabel ! talk 16:05, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
  • As for many government records, such documents are usually published into the public domain. Because the process of government is made complicated otherwise, so they write the law to make this easy for themselves! Or at least, they're made available under a free licence. This does vary by country, and it can vary between a licence (or PD) that makes them freely accessible completely, to one that just makes them available for facsimile reproduction but limits their use (there may be modification limits, or limits on republishing to protect their government publishing business).
US: they're broadly PD. There are some exceptions applicable to some parts of some patents 37 CFR 1.71(d) & (e) and 1.84(s) You can use {{PD-US-patent-no notice}} to indicate this. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:42, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
So that means that is is OK to take a scree-shot of a figure in a US patent and upload it here? If is it, what lisence should I use? --Sigmundg (talk) 12:44, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

photo's

Daer, Can I use old pictures/photos (> 50 years) made for and paid by my family? They were sometimes for private use and sometimes made for publicity reasons. Hereby an example:

Thank you, Roeland — Preceding unsigned comment added by Familie Robert (talk • contribs) 12:02, 21 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Familie Robert: You don't say what country. Clearly you would not own copyright on these unless it was explicitly transferred by the (paid) photographer, but some of them might have passed into the public domain.
  • @Basvb, EugeneZelenko, JuTa, and Fitindia: you've apparently been involved in prior deletions of this user's files (and, I believe, have reached conflicting decisions about the same images), so I am pinging you here for any comments you may have.
  • Someone may be able to give you a meaningful answer if you indicate:
    1. What country or countries? Are they all Netherlands?
    2. Date(s), with whatever precision you can give in each case
    3. Anything you might know about the photographer(s), especially whether they are still alive and, if not, when they died
      • "Own work", which you claimed when uploading is certainly wrong.
    4. Whether any of these images have ever been published
  • Also, please see COM:SIGN about signing your comments.
Jmabel ! talk 17:40, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
  • "Clearly you would not own copyright on these unless it was explicitly transferred by the (paid) photographer," isn't at all clear. There are many cases, and in modern Europe it's pretty much universal now as the default, that "work for hire" would transfer copyright to the client by default. A photographer's contract may vary this, but that would be their task to demonstrate.
Country and age may vary this (France would incline the other way, tending to favour the rights of artists and photographers). But it's far from "clearly" one thing or the other. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:46, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
@Andy Dingley: Re: 'In modern Europe it's pretty much universal now as the default, that "work for hire" would transfer copyright to the client by default.' Really? Very different in the U.S. Is there somewhere we have documentation on that? Totally news to me. - Jmabel ! talk 17:56, 21 May 2021 (UTC)
  • As always, it's hard to give simple links to this stuff. Here's the UK law, but it relies on a complex definition for "employee".[1] That's also a definition which is in flux, as UK tax law pushes to move more and more freelance contractors into employee status for tax reasons, but this is a knock-on effect. This[2] is quite an interesting read on a US perspective onto issues in dealing with EU law. There's little difference in the law between EU and US, until it comes to moral rights, the practical difference here is what the default assumption will be re status as a work for hire, in the absence of any other formal agreement. That much also varies between EU countries - the law for how a "work for hire" is protected is harmonised across the EU (i.e. legal standards applied to a particular class of item), but whether it counts as one or not varies a lot and would depend on where it was created (i.e. what class of item something is to be regarded as can depend on local rules). This is quite typical of EU law, as it's the only practical way to make such things work between jurisdictions. Norway doesn't do this, Germany doesn't for "art" but does for software, the UK does it quite strongly, particularly for photographs. So EU photographers have become increasingly protectionist about their IP rights, but this is due to the legal position having shifted the other way, and photographers now using more formalised contracts in reaction. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:48, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

References

  1. ↑ Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, Section 11 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/11
  2. ↑ Robert A. Jacobs, Work-For-Hire and the Moral Right Dilemma in the European Community: A U.S Perspective, 16B.C. Int'l & Comp. L.Rev.29 (1993), http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/iclr/vol16/iss1/3

A request to delete image of signature

I have got a request through Discord after they tried to delete ลายเซ็นไชยันต์ ไชยพร.png from infobox in Thai wikipedia and claimed that he is the signature-owner son. He said his father want to remove this signature because of impersonation. The question is can we take action on this or we can't? If we can, how to do it?

Also I discussed with local wikipedians (on Discord, not really public) and tell that in this case, the owner of signature itself is professor and he already have a number of public thesis. Additionally it might be censorship on Wikipedia which is not Wikipedia at all. If they want to do something with this they have to do in Commons.

In another view, I have been ask on #wikipedia-en too and get a new point of view that If the signature isn't really important to article and the subject request we can simply delete it. I did ask them by didn't provide any context but if the owner want to delete their signature from infobox.

Honestly, I can't confirm that he really is his son. And if we can't do this I may show them this discussion. — 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙔.ᴛᴀʟᴋ 01:30, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Patsagorn Y.: what would be the basis for removal? "I don't like it" is not a basis for removal. - Jmabel ! talk 05:39, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
    They have concerns about impersonate in various activities I guess. — 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙔.ᴛᴀʟᴋ 05:47, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
    * Then the person with those concerns can try raising them in a deletion request, but I'm pretty sure they will not get what they want and may produce a Streisand effect. Too simple to copyright. I don't believe there is anything you can do to prevent someone reproducing your signature as long as they don't use it fraudulently. - Jmabel ! talk 15:17, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
Legally maybe not, but I see no reason why Wikipedia/Wikimedia should facilitate the reproduction of the signatures of living people. I disagree that these should be uploaded, unless they are already very widely publicised and available, and have some actual importance or significance beyond merely "signature of so-and-so". ITookSomePhotos (talk) 17:50, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Uploading Screenshots

Hi there,

I am just wondering what is the criteria for uploading screenshots from YouTube videos? There seems to be a lot of pictures from there and I am unsure on how to do this.

Regards Maxwell King123321 (talk) 02:19, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi,

I'm having trouble uploading media on wikimedia commons. I've read the steps, but I respectfully ask, may someone explain it to me in a simpler way? I saw some photos uploaded from screenshot youtube and it ended up working. I tried it too, but ended up being nominated for deletion. The reason is that the one I uploaded does not have a free license tag, but I also look at photos that have been successfully uploaded by others, there are no description that indicate as free license. So, can someone explain what I did wrong?

Thank you so much, in advance — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yoojbyul (talk • contribs) 07:15, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Yoojbyul: What you did wrong was to upload something that was neither free-licensed nor public domain. This is not a matter of you having difficulty uploading: this is a matter of uploading material that is not accepted here.
  • You say, "I also look at photos that have been successfully uploaded by others, there are no description that indicate as free license." Can you give an example? - Jmabel ! talk 15:20, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

FMC920 and FMC202

How long will it be before we see a 4g version of FMB920 i.e. an FMC920 and the same question regarding the FMB202?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.105.26.182 (talk) 12:47, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I want to add this image to commons [12], which is in a museum of India. The gov website says that it was made in 1930 (which should be under Public Domain as per PD-India). However there's one problem, the site identifies the painter as P. Roy. There is no info about him google and it is hard whether he died before 1961. So what should I do? I think that it is under Public Domain as it is in a museum and the website doesn't speak about its copyright. If I am wrong, then please correct me. .245CMR.•👥 📜 08:48, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi 245CMR,
couldn't you contact the museum and ask them about the paintor (life-dates etc.)? WRT to copyright information from the museum: their subsite [13] has to be read that they claim (sort of) fair-use for their website-content, which doesnm't really help. --Túrelio (talk) 09:01, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
@Túrelio: Sorry for my late reply, I just check the img once. There is something on the bottom right corner of the img, which says "©, all rights reserved". Does this mean that it is copyright?.245CMR.•👥 📜
It certainly means someone is claiming copyright which, sadly, is rather poorly correlated to whether the image is actually copyrighted.
Under the precautionary principle, we need positive reason to believe the image is either public domain or sufficiently freely licensed. I'd call that mark a piece of inconclusive evidence against that, but in an inconclusive case either way, we should not have it on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 18:58, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Ok, thank you very much for guidance. Since we don't know the death year of P Roy, after which year would be safe to add that Karna painting to Wikimedia? BTW, I recently saw this img, which also has "© all rights reserved" in the bottom right corner. The creator is Abanindranath Tagore, who passed away in 1951. Is it under public domain (under PD India) as death year of Tagore is known? .245CMR.•👥 📜 17:47, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
  • @245CMR: Per Commons:Copyright rules by territory/India, in India copyright subsists in any literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work published within the lifetime of the author until 60 years after the author's death. So something where the author died before 1961 (that is, up to and including 1960) would now be public domain. Works of Abanindranath Tagore should be fine.
  • If we have no idea when someone died, or how old they were when they did the work in question, we usually allow a margin of 120 years. So for a 1930 work, without further information we wouldn't allow it to be posted until 2050. However, if we could establish a birth date, even without a death date we might be able to be less conservative. For example, if we knew the person was already 50 when he painted this, in a country where the term of copyright is life + 60 years it would be pretty safe to say that it's OK at 100 years from creation (allowing for the possibility of living to 90). Etc. - Jmabel ! talk 05:42, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Ok.245CMR.•👥 📜 05:52, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Upload

Bagaimana cara mengupload foto ke wikimedia? Terima kasih — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sondang Pane (talk • contribs) 10:55, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

How do I upload a photo to wikimedia? thank you
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:22, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
@Sondang Pane: Hai, selamat datang. Silakan lihat COM:FS/id dan COM:SIGN/id.
Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FS and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:22, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Informasi Kemacetan

Menjelang Maghrib Tepatnya Jam 5 Sore Di Jalan Raya Jampa Kemang Bogor Selalu macet Padat Merayap, Dimohon Bantuannya Di Jalur Jalan Raya Jampang Kemang Bogor Agar Lancar Kembali. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ardy Suckier (talk • contribs) 10:57, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

Congestion Information
Approaching Maghrib, Precisely at 5 PM On Jalan Raya Jampa Kemang Bogor Always traffic jams Dense, Please Help On Jalan Raya Jampang Kemang Bogor So that it runs smoothly again.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:18, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
@Ardy Suckier: Hai, selamat datang. Silakan mengajukan petisi kepada pemerintah daerah Anda untuk menambah lebih banyak jalur lalu lintas pada rute tersebut atau mengubah jadwal kerja untuk mengurangi kemacetan. Lihat juga COM:SIGN/id dan COM:PS/id.
Hi, and welcome. Please petition your local government to add more traffic lanes on that route or stagger work schedules to reduce congestion. See also COM:SIGN and COM:PS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 20:18, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Suppression de photo

Bonjour

Quelqu'un peut-il m'aider ou me montrer comment supprimer définitivement une photo diffuser sur Wikimedia Commons? Depuis plusieurs semaines, je ne trouve pas la solution.

J'ai demandé de l'aide en vain — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.129.245.206 (talk) 23:18, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

can i add photos from fb?

https://www.facebook.com/vr.ragesh.3/photos_all

These pics are added in fb and he himself said anyone can reproduce anywhere. can i add a photo? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivirodov (talk • contribs) 08:26, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

What are the steps for uploading a photo from the public domain on wikipedia commons onto a website?

Please advise step by step how to upload an image that is in the public domain in wikimedia commons onto a personal website. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Japangardenexperience (talk • contribs) 11:33, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

How to merge two categories

I found some duplicate categories that should be merged. How can I do that? The pairs of duplicate categories are:

Relevant discussion on Wikidata: wikidata:Wikidata:Interwiki conflicts/Unresolved/2021 —Tengwar (talk) 22:01, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

@Tengwar: I did it for you using {{Catred}} and Cat-a-lot.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:37, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks for the help! These seem useful. However the English-named categories now seem to contain the Czech-named categories, listing them under ~. Is this expected? --Tengwar (talk) 22:53, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
@Tengwar: Yes, those are artifacts of the category redirects. Ignore them, they don't eat much.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:58, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

What are the rules of uploading organization logo? Is it prohibited to attach logo obtained from its organization official website on a Wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hananfahrezi (talk • contribs) 01:21, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Hananfahrezi: Assuming the logo is complex enough to be copyrighted (standards vary by country) and isn't so old as not to be copyrighted (again, varies by country, but if it's 20th or 21st Century, then it is probably not so old that its copyright has lapsed), then it is copyrighted work, and like any other copyrighted work needs a license from the copyright-holder. So except for simple text logos or those incorporating very simple geometric shapes, most logos do not belong on Commons.
  • As for uploading directly to Wikipedia, each language has its own rules. The English-language Wikipedia makes provision for the use of non-free logos. See en:Template:Non-free logo. - Jmabel ! talk 06:20, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Uploading image generated from PDB model of a protein structure

Hello

I'm trying to upload an image of a membrane protein, zebrafish Otop1 (PDB:6nf4), whose structure is available on the PDB database (https://www.rcsb.org/structure/6NF4), so that I can upload it later to the Wikipedia article for Otopetrin proteins (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otopetrin_family).

I created the specific image in ChimeraX software (https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/index.html), so I thought I would license it under "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication" and describe it as "own work". I saw this example: (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tmem16a_EMD-3860.png), which was very similar to what I'm trying to do and thought I would do it the same way.
However, I've tried to upload the image in Wikimedia commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload) and the preview looks fine, but after I press upload, I get no message saying "upload complete" or something of the sort. How do I know if my upload succeeded or not? If it failed for some reason, I'd like to know why and fix what's wrong.
Thank you,
Batuujin

Batuujin (talk) 03:20, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Logo for an organisation

Hi there, am I able to upload a logo for an organisation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LMJ050100 (talk • contribs) 06:29, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Depends on which country it is from, but usually no, or only for very simple logos without any designs. Since it looks like you're from Australia, the answer is most definitely a complete no, because according to Australian law even simple geometric shapes are copyrightable. --Taktaal (talk) 09:41, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
@LMJ050100 and Taktaal: Would be OK if it is just text. Or, of course, if the logo-owner grants a license.
Also, if you need it for an article in the English-language Wikipedia (en-wiki) you can upload it to en-wiki (not to Commons) and use en:Template:Non-free logo- Jmabel ! talk 13:38, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

publication of images of Daria Gamsaragan

Dear Madam, Sir, My user name is Madeleine Djabourov. I have submitted 5 files to Wikimedia concerning Daria Gamsaragan (1902-1986). I exchanged many emails with the volunteers in Wikimedia in France and so far I was not allowed to publish these files.

Please find below the messages that I have already sent. I can try to summarize the situation here, in English: 1. My sister, Jeanine Djabourov and I, Madeleine Djabourov, we are the owners of these images because we are the heiresses of Daria Gamsaragan; we have inherited her archives and her personal collection of sculptures. Her wills were registered at a notary in France before her death. 2. All images that we want to share on Wikimedia illustrate the life and sculptures of Daria Gamsaragan. Some of these images have been published during Daria Gamsaragan’s life, in different newspapers, but the photographers’ names was not mentioned in these publications, even when their names were known. We can obviously suppose that this situation results from an agreement between the photographers and Daria Gamsaragan and we observed this repeatedly in many publications, even in the recent ones. 3. As explained in our messages, for some prints, the names of the photographers are not indicated anywhere (some pictures were taken probably around 1925). For other images, we have the negative frames of a whole series of pictures and we don’t know the name of the photographer. We asked to a professional photographic shop to print the numerical versions of these pictures that we have submitted to Wikimedia. 4. Since Daria Gamsaragan’s death, in 1986, nobody asked for any permission to use any of these images. Our wish is to share these personal images showing Daria Gamsaragan during her life and images of her work on a “free access” site, as Wikimedia, under the license CC BY-SA 4.0. We can propose more images that are issued from Daria Gamsaragan’s archives with the same procedure.

Here are the messages in French: I. Nous sommes Jeanine Djabourov et Madeleine Djabourov les héritières de Daria Gamsaragan, artiste sculpteur et écrivaine, décédée en 1986 et nous sommes les ayants droit de ses œuvres et de ses archives par son testament enregistré chez un notaire en France. Je confirme par la présente être l'auteur et le titulaire unique et exclusif des œuvres: File:Daria Gamsaragan dans son atelier vers 1957.jpg File:Daria Gamsaragan à l'atelier de l’Académie de la Grande Chaumière 1.pdf File:Daria Gamsaragan à l'atelier de l’Académie de la Grande Chaumière 2.pdf File:Daria_Gamsaragan à l’atelier de l’Académie de la Grande Chaumière et la statue d’une femme nue debout (période 1924-1926).pdf File:Portrait de Daria Gamsaragan (années 40).pdf Je donne mon autorisation pour publier cette œuvre sous la licence CC BY-SA 4.0. Je comprends qu'en faisant cela je permets à quiconque d'utiliser mon œuvre dans un but commercial, et de la modifier dans la mesure des exigences imposées par la licence. Je suis conscient de toujours jouir des droits extra-patrimoniaux sur mon œuvre, et garder le droit d'être cité pour celle-ci selon les termes de la licence retenue. Les modifications que d'autres pourront faire ne me seront pas attribuées. Je suis consciente qu'une licence libre concerne seulement les droits patrimoniaux de l'auteur, et je garde la capacité d'agir envers quiconque n'emploierait pas ce travail d'une manière autorisée, ou dans la violation des droits de la personne, des restrictions de marque déposée, etc. Je comprends que je ne peux pas retirer cette licence, et que l'image est susceptible d'être conservée de manière permanente par n'importe quel projet de la fondation Wikimedia. Madeleine Djabourov Jeanine Djabourov 6 Villa Soutine 6 Villa Soutine 75014 Paris 75014 Paris Portable 06 70 69 08 37 Portable 06 74 21 16 40 madeleine.djabourov@orange.fr jdjabourov@orange.fr Le 27 Avril 2021, envoyé par madeleine.djabourov@orange.fr

II. Bonjour Monsieur Ottensen Je suis très heureuse d’avoir de vos nouvelles et de savoir quel est le problème que vous avez rencontré concernant ces images. Je vais répondre pour chaque photo : 1. File:Portrait_de_Daria_Gamsaragan_(années_40).pdf Daria Gamsaragan est décédée en 1986. Cette photo a été faite par Ergy Landau. Ergy Landau est décédée en 1967 à Paris. D’origine hongroise, comme le mari de Daria Gamsaragan, Imre Gyomai, elles étaient de très grandes amies, comme en témoignent les nombreux échanges écrits et de très nombreuses photos informelles que nous avons retrouvées. La photo de ce dossier a été utilisée comme photo d’identité en petit format sur la Carte de presse de Daria Gamsaragan pour journal « Libération », en 1960 et probablement sur d’autres documents d’identité de la fin de la guerre et après. C’était bien du vivant de la photographe Ergy Landau sans qu’il soit fait mention du nom du photographe, que cette photo a été utilisée. De plus, dans les années 1960, la photo est parue, sans mention de la photographe, dans au moins deux publications que nous avons retrouvées. Nous pouvons donc considérer que du vivant du photographe et de la sculptrice ces photos étaient à la disposition de Daria Gamsaragan pour son usage et que la photographe Ergy Landau a bien cédé de son vivant, pour cette photo, les droits à Daria Gamsaragan, du vivant des deux intéressées. C’est en témoignage de leur amitié que nous considérons que le nom de la photographe Ergy Landau doit figurer dans la légende de cette photo. 2. File:Daria Gamsaragan à l'atelier de l’Académie de la Grande Chaumière 1.pdf 3. File:Daria Gamsaragan à l'atelier de l’Académie de la Grande Chaumière2.pdf 4. File:Daria Gamsaragan à l’atelier de l’Académie de la Grande Chaumière et la statue d’une femme nue debout (période-1924-1926).pdf Ces photos ne sont signées par aucun photographe. La seule personne que l’on peut identifier sur les photos est Daria Gamsaragan. On ne peut demander aucune autorisation à un photographe. 5. File:Daria Gamsaragan dans son atelier vers 1957.jpg Il existe plusieurs clichés sous différents angles de cette prise de photos. Nous avons les négatifs de ces photos que nous avons fait numériser par un professionnel. Il y a eu bien un transfert des droits du photographe qui a cédé les négatifs à Daria Gamsaragan et qui est resté inconnu de ce fait. Si ces explications vous suffisent, on peut donc publier ces images. Sinon, il faut me faire savoir ce qui manque. Il est évident que ces photos datent de plusieurs dizaines d’années (presque 100 ans pour certaines !), et que les procédures n’étaient pas celles d’aujourd’hui. Depuis le décès de Daria Gamsaragan, en 1986, personne ne nous a demandé l’autorisation d’utiliser des photos de l’artiste ou de son œuvre. Il est dommageable de constater qu’il n’existe pas d’images libres de droits de l’artiste et de son œuvre. C’est pour cela que nous travaillons à sa mémoire. Le 21 Mai 2021, envoyé par madeleine.djabourov@orange.fr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Madeleine Djabourov (talk • contribs) 11:29, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Madeleine Djabourov: Photos of sculptures, or other 3D artistic works, are considered derivative works and require TWO permissions. One from the photographer, who is the copyright holder of the image, and one from the artist, who is the copyright holder of the sculpture, or their heirs. According to your post, if seems you might get the latter but the former seems highly unlikely because you don't know who they are/were. Sorry to not have better news for you. Ww2censor (talk) 15:12, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello! There is a picture I want to upload and use for a Wikipedia page about someone that I got from their Instagram. I have sent them a message on the app asking if I am allowed to use the image for their Wikipedia page and they said yes. If the person has given people permission to freely use their images what law would allow me to use this on here? I will still give the proper credits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FAILURE.K (talk • contribs) 22:38, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

FAILURE.K, you need to ask them to put a note on their Instagram, ideally next to the photo, saying they licence the image under a CC-BY-SA 4.0 license (or another acceptable license). Then you link to that, saying that's where you got it from and it's under X license. Alternately, you can use the Commons:OTRS system, but that is generally slower and more work for them. Note that they can't allow ONLY Wikipedia to use the image; Wikipedia only allows images that are reusable elsewhere, too. But yes, what you are trying to do is totally OK and encouraged! Hope it goes well. HLHJ (talk) 23:45, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

Advice on systematically renaming files from the same source

Hello. All the files in Category:The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy (1908) currently have very similar names that only describe the book they're sourced from and do not provide any details about the contents of the files themselves. For that reason I believe they should be renamed under the second rational for renaming files. The question I have is: what should the new names of the files be? I am thinking that they should describe the contents of the files (obviously) and include what appears to be a catalog number listed at the end of each of the current names. For this image, I am thinking of asking for it to be renamed to something along the lines of "Illustration of Buckwheat (Polygonun fagopyrum) (14598270260)". I'm thinking the names of the files should also contain some information about they're source. How much information would make sense, just the year and a short version of the book's title? Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks and take care. —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk) 02:05, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @The Editor's Apprentice: Yes, you could probably do a series of systematic renames like that. Definitely keep the numbers that correspond to Flickr's image numbering. No particular reason to say "illustration of". Probably good to keep "The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy (1908)" after the meaningful description but before the Flickr image number, maybe set off by a dash, e.g. "Buckwheat (Polygonun fagopyrum) - Standard Cyclopedia of Modern Agriculture and Rural Economy (1908) - (14598270260)". - Jmabel ! talk 13:35, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
    • @Jmabel: Your proposal sounds good to me. The reason I was thinking of including "Illustration of" in the title was to differentiate it from photographs or types other images. If that information is more appropriate in the "Summary" section of file's page I'll put it somewhere there instead. Thanks again. —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk) 16:46, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

PERCHé AVETE CANCELLATO IL MIO APPROFONDIMENTO SULL'IMPRESSIONISMO AMERICANO E PAUL KLEE?

Buonasera, sono una studentessa universitaria e devo completare una attività laboratoriale modificando due voci in wikipedia. Avevo scelto IMPRESSIONISMO AMERICANO di cui cito la fonte e il legame di PAUL KLEE con la musica visto da BOULEZ. Cosa ho fatto di sconveniente? i testi sono miei, tratti da quelle fonti citate. Grazie ROSALBA NATALE — Preceding unsigned comment added by ROSALBA NATALE (talk • contribs) 17:04, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

WHY DID YOU CANCEL MY DEEPENING ON AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM AND PAUL KLEE?

Good evening, I am a university student and I have to complete a workshop activity by modifying two entries in wikipedia. I had chosen AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM of which I quote the source and the link between PAUL KLEE and the music seen by BOULEZ. What have I done that was inconvenient? the texts are mine, taken from those sources cited.

Thank you
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:11, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
@ROSALBA NATALE: Ciao e benvenuto. Mi dispiace informarti che hai attivato Special: AbuseFilter/153 tentando di eseguire il caricamento incrociato di immagini png e più piccole (<50.000 byte o <2.000.000 pixel) pdf e jpg come nuovo utente lasciando il riepilogo intatto. Tali caricamenti di immagini png non sono affatto consentiti. Quanto segue si applica a ciascuna immagine. Hai indicato che è opera tua. Di solito quando qualcuno carica un'immagine più piccola, si tratta di una violazione del copyright presa dal web. Carica l'originale a grandezza originale per COM: HR, inclusi eventuali metadati, ma se non eri l'autore dell'immagine o il fotografo originale, quella persona potrebbe aver bisogno di concederlo in licenza sul suo sito web ufficiale o sui social media o inviare autorizzazione tramite OTRS/it con una copia per conoscenza. Inoltre, qualsiasi immagine png apparirà sfocata quando ridimensionata (a causa delle decisioni di progettazione discusse in phab: T192744) o frastagliata quando ridimensionata, quindi potresti voler caricare anche versioni svg o jpg. Se non riesci a ottenere una licenza conforme, l'immagine può comunque essere caricata su Wikipedia in inglese o in italiano in conformità con en: WP: F o it: WP: EDP perché non consentiamo il Fair Use qui. Se modifichi il riepilogo o utilizzi our Upload Wizard, dovresti essere in grado di evitare quel filtro. Non so di approfondimento, ma ecco cos'altro so delle tue attività. Questa modifica era decisamente vandalismo ed è stato annullato. Allo stesso modo, tutte le modifiche apportate allo spazio principale su itwiki sono state ripristinate. Per favore discutetene con Lorenzo Longo a it:Discussioni utente:ROSALBA NATALE#Re:aiuto.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload png and smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) pdf and jpg images as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. The following applies to each image. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but if you were not the original image designer or photographer, that person may need to license it on their official website or social media or send permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload svg or jpg versions, too. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English or Italian Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F or it:WP:EDP because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. I don't know about deepening, but here is what else I know about your activities. This edit was definitely vandalism, and has been reverted. All of your mainspace edits on itwiki have similarly been reverted. Please discuss them with Lorenzo Longo at it:Discussioni utente:ROSALBA NATALE#Re:aiuto.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:11, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

submitting

I am try to submit to the latest contest but do not see an edit button only entries and when I click that nothing happens — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxkendall (talk • contribs) 18:48, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@Maxkendall: Hi, and welcome. I fixed it for you in these edits. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:47, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Loading of scan of a 1936 Romanian science journal

Is it possible to upload the scan from the scientific journal of 1936 published in the Kingdom of Romania? The journal ceased to exist during WWII or even earlier. The creater of the journal died in 1965. I found this image at Facebook. So the image can be used in Wikipedias of different languages. This is the first issue of the first Europena (and West) journal about research of aging. That is a quite interesting thing for decoration of some articles.

Есть ли возможность загрузить на склад изображений скан с научного журнала, изданного в 1936 году в королевстве Румыния? Журнал перестал выпускаться во время второй мировой войны или даже ранее. Создатель журнала умер в 1965 году. Я обнаружила это изображение в Фейсбуке. Чтобы изображение можно было использовать в Википедиях различных языков. Это первый выпуск первого европейского (и западного) журнала об исследовании старения, что делает его интересной иллюстрацией для некоторых статей. --Lady3mlnm (talk) 19:37, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@Lady3mlnm: Hi, and welcome. Per COM:Romania, you would have to wait until 1965+70+1=2036 (1 January) for it to become PD in Romania unless you can get permission from the creator's heirs. You must also consider COM:URAA for US copyright, as that may last longer.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:31, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I work for the congress of neurological surgeons and they have asked me to edit their Wikipedia page. As part of these updates they asked that the logo be replaced with an updated version. I uploaded it and it has now been marked as a copyright violation. How do I upload the logo without violating copyright? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NickGbur (talk • contribs) 20:31, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@NickGbur: Hi, and welcome. That logo has been judged to be too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin. Thank you for having an authorized organization official send permission via OTRS, so post-approval it may stay. However, any raster image will look jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg version, too. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:38, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

White balance

Category:Wrong white balance seems not to be much used. Would it make sense to have an semi-automated tool for correcting them? HLHJ (talk) 23:47, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@HLHJ: I agree that the category should be serviced, but it seems unclear whether you want to create such a tool, or propose that someone else create it. If you want to create it, please see COM:BOTS in general or COM:BOTS#Permission to run a bot specifically. If you want to propose that someone else create it, please see Commons:Bots/Work requests.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:09, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
I'm afraid I've got enough software projects at the moment, but I've suggested it at Commons:Bots/Work requests#Fix white balance semi-automatically. Thank you, Jeff G.! HLHJ (talk) 03:45, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
@HLHJ: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:29, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
Resolved
I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. HLHJ (talk) 03:45, 2 June 2021 (UTC)

My name is Dr. Rakesh Kumar Sonker (rakesh.sonker81@gmail.com) and I am writing to you from Current development in nanocomposites for flexible solar cells Research Lab, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India. I would like permission to include the following material/figure from your online link (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CellPVeff(rev210104).png) for my chapter related nanocomposites for flexible solar cells. I will give your citation in my chapter and this will be great pleasure to me. I am doing this for non-commercial and intended for educational purposes. It will openly accessible on the internet and good for future researchers. Permission includes permanent non-exclusive world rights to archive, preserve, disseminate and promote the material and will not limit any future publications-including future editions and revisions-by you or others authorized by you. I would greatly appreciate your consent to my request. If you require any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 139.5.253.32 (talk) 07:10, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

File:CellPVeff(rev210104).png "is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code", so you may do what you will. See also COM:REUSE and COM:SIGN. Pinging @Dgwinner as uploader, who may be able to supply an online source.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:00, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Good day, You are not asking to the right organisation. Wikimedia does not own the copyright on the material. This image is from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (United States), which is the organisation to contact to request permission to use this material in India or elsewhere outside the United States. The contact information is mentioned at www.nrel.gov/about/contacts.html. The image is under the responsibility of Dr. Nikos Kopidakis and you can find his contact information on the same website. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:11, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Cute message

Hello! The user left me this message. Should I just delete it? ƧKΛZI~talk 18:17, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi, you can remove it. I've blocked the user for 1 week. --Túrelio (talk) 18:25, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you! ƧKΛZI~talk 18:25, 25 May 2021 (UTC)

Transcriptions for audio files (follow-up)

Dear fellow Wikimedians, a month ago I first asked the question here (see it here, archived) seeking guidance on whether and how to include written transcriptions of voice audio files. I got one response, pointing me to Commons:Timed Text.

I would like to follow up and clarify my question a bit further. For voice audio files, for example Audio files about air traffic control, would it be welcomed if a transcription was included in the audio file description? In my view including transcriptions of audio files with recorded voices, would be a significant benefit in several ways:

  • It would enhance the searchability of the files (a word search would have the potential to yield more relevant results)
  • It would make the contents of the recording much more immediately evident, being able to pin point any fragment of special interest to the listener.
  • It would enhance accessibility for those with hearing disabilities, or those who are not native speakers to the language in which the recording is.
  • Even for native speakers, low quality audio (i.e: air traffic recordings) would also become more easily understandable when accompanied by a transcription.

While I think Commons:Timed Text can be a good solution in some situations, I think it is much more labor intensive, and also limits what text can be read (and searched) at any given time.

So I wonder if including a full transcription in the file description is a current and welcomed practice (of course, not mandatory), or if this is a new idea that ought to be proposed to the community.

Thank you. Al83tito (talk) 04:09, 9 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Al83tito: Yes, a transcription is welcome, presuming the file itself is in scope. - Jmabel ! talk 06:08, 9 May 2021 (UTC)
    • @Jmabel: thank you for your kind response. Do you know (or anyone one else) if a written policy exists on such transcriptions? If not, I wonder if this would be a topic suitable for making a proposal to the community to create a better shared understanding, and to encourage (without requiring) contributors of content to include transcriptions alongside audio files. Thank you Al83tito (talk) 18:24, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
      @Al83tito: I suggest you start with the description field. If the constraints of that field become a problem, you can move to below the information template or equivalent.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:18, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Samuel De Veaux

I have written a longer and more detailed article about Samuel De Veaux, given as Samuel DeVeaux in the current article. How do i put it on the page for the article?Bdaikin (talk) 02:27, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Bdaikin: I'm not at all sure where you meant to ask this or what article you are referring to, but this page is the help page for Wikimedia Commons, which basically doesn't have articles (unless you count policy pages, etc.). This is the first time you've edited on Commons. I also see some edits of yours on the English-language Wikipedia, but none have anything to do with Samuel De Veaux. If you are just asking how to edit en:Samuel DeVeaux, you edit that page just like you edit this page. - Jmabel ! talk 03:58, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

question about how to rename a picture ?

Dear Mister or Madame,

I gave a name to my picture however I did a speilling mistake in the title. Could you explain to me how to change it? Please.

Best regards. Stephane. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stephanevigneron6 (talk • contribs) 11:34, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

@Stephanevigneron6: Hi, and welcome. You may find the RenameLink front end more helpful if you like a more visual experience and your browser runs javascript. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:05, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons Contests

Hi, Wikimedia Commons Friends, I am Ray Wikiherdz, I would like to have full information about Wikimedia Commons Contests in 2021.

Thank you!!!

Ray Wikiherdz. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raywikiherdz (talk • contribs) 17:36, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

@Raywikiherdz: Hi, and welcome. Sadly, some of it won't be available until the end of November. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:15, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

I would like to use images from The Royal Society that have a CC(by) license on wikipedia and other wikimedia projects, is it o.k. since I am taking it off the web?

If I read the rules regarding creative commons right, I believe that I should be able to do this, but I just wanted to check in to make sure it is o.k...

I would like to use images from The Royal Society article that has a CC(by) license on wikipedia for an entry I am making in Neural Darwinism:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2015.0476

The article has the following notice posted:

"Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited."

Can I upload this to wikimedia commons and then use it for wikipedia with proper citations?

I appreciate your assistance in this matter.

Thank you,

Jtwsaddress42 (talk) 00:41, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jtwsaddress42: Yes, that looks like it should be fine. If you're using the Upload Wizard, there's an option for "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0" when you choose "This is not my own work". Make sure to provide the author and the source as well. --bjh21 (talk) 00:54, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

name

Where I write my real name? How do I edit / correct my name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oshrad55 (talk • contribs) 05:22, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Oshrad55: I don't get the context for this. Could you be clearer what you are asking? I mean, like, you write your real name when signing a contract or writing a check, but I don't think that is what you are asking; I can't think of any Commons context outside of correspondence with the OTRS team that would specifically require your real name.
  • Also, please see COM:SIGN. - Jmabel ! talk 06:25, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

how do I correct my author's name? (I want to add English to the author's name) --oshrad55 (talk) 04:01, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

@Oshrad55: You may add to the author field of any photo you took that was uploaded by someone else. You may also edit the descriptions, potentially using {{En}}.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:05, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

Jeff G. Thank you ! I succeeded to make the change, hoping the editors would not reject it (I'm new here) --oshrad55 (talk) 12:31, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

@Oshrad55: Looking at this recent edit of yours, the author field no longer links to your nonexistent user page here User:Oshrad55, now it links to your nonexistent gallery page here in all lower case in English and also in Hebrew oshra dayan אושרה דיין. Is that what you really want? What do you really want users to see in that field, and where do you want it to link? Please see mw:Help:Links.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:58, 26 May 2021 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Thank you very much for your serious and deep answer. What I want is that if people will search the name "oshra dayan" or "אושרה דיין", they will see the pictures I posted. Indeed, this is what happens partially (it has to do with the Israeli site I post there, which is linked to Wikimedia. I will try to resolve this with them). Later I will study the subject of links, that it is for the more advanced users. --oshrad55 (talk) 04:11, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

@Oshrad55: You're welcome. I suggest Oshra Dayan אושרה דיין.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:43, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Restoring deleted photo

A photo I took and added to Commons as File:Gundagai demerge sign.jpg was removed on the grounds that the subject (a Corflute sign featuring a cartoon of a growling dog) was likely to be copyright. I have spoken to Glen Moore, the secretary of the organization (Gundagai Council in Exile) that commissioned the sign (similar to the banner on their Facebook page [14]) and they are more than happy for my photo of their sign to be freely published. What's the next step ? Doug butler (talk) 00:20, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

There are instruction for such situations on Commons:OTRS. Ruslik (talk) 14:32, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Why not open my account sir

Please help me sir please open my account please sir — Preceding unsigned comment added by مست ملنگ (talk • contribs) 18:02, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

Help

Respected Wiki Admin, I took a photo myself, but wiki is saying that it cannot be sure if it is suitable for wikipedia. It says that I have to license the file. I took the photo myself, then how can I license it???? Please help. He Who Musn't Be Named (talk) 03:08, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

New articles

Mistakes — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dineshbond.D (talk • contribs) 15:11, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

@Dineshbond.D: Hi, and welcome. New articles are unacceptable here per COM:NOT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:54, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

searcing

How can I search for all paintings by a specific artist? Search bar is useless for finding their work. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:643:8880:160:9181:5380:4E4D:62BB (talk) 19:31, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Category:Kuge mon (Japanese crests of court nobles') → Category:Kuge mon (Japanese crests of court nobles)

The Wikipedia category and classification contain special characters in Category: Kugemon (Japanese classes of court nobles').

Remove the special character : Category:kuge mon (japanese crests of court nobles).

Do not include special characters when you decide on a title, such as a document and category frame.

I've also asked for it in English Wikipedia, and I understand that Wikimedia category classification is solved by Wikimedia Commons Public.

Could you approve the move request?

Category:Yakusha mon (Japanese crests of Kabuki actors') → Category:Yakusha mon (Japanese crests of Kabuki actors)

Category:Yakusha mon (Japanese crests of Kabuki actors')

The Wikipedia category and classification contain special characters in Category: Yaakushamon (Japanese classes of court nobles').

Remove the special character : Category:Yakusha mon (Japanese crests of Kabuki actors).

Do not include special characters when you decide on a title, such as a document and category frame.

[17]

Could you approve the move request? Gameposo (talk) 20:21, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Ich bearbeite die Seite eines Graffiti-Künstlers, die eine Bildergalerie enthalten soll. Der Künstler hat mir die Bilder für diesen Zweck zur Verfügung gestellt. Wie soll ich verfahren? --Raimund Dehmlow (talk) 19:01, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm editing a graffiti artist's page to include a picture gallery. The artist made the pictures available to me for this purpose. How should I proceed?
translator: Google Translate by M.nelson (talk) 12:21, 29 May 2021 (UTC)
  • Wenn die Bilder Werke enthalten, die vom Künstler urheberrechtlich geschützt sind und nicht von Panoramafreiheit abgedeckt sind, müssen wir vom Künstler den OTRS-Prozess durchlaufen und eine entsprechende kostenlose Lizenz bereitstellen. Andernfalls, ist dies wie jedes andere Foto. - Jmabel ! talk 14:59, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Upload derivated work with OTRS license

I uploaded some pictures in .jpg format with OTRS permission. However, the quality is not the very best, so I converted them to .png format, upscaled them a bit with AI tech and did some minor color-corrections.

I saw that it's permitted to upload the edited pictures as new files like File:Lilith - John Collier (1892).jpg. My question is: What to do with the OTRS ticket? Do I have to add that to the edited files as well or is it enough to name the author, date, license and add the derived work-template? Thank you very much. Henni147 (talk) 17:11, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

@Henni147: Hi, and welcome. Please reply to the ticket with that info. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload the jpg version to look sharp on-wiki.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:44, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Okay, thanks. I will use the .jpg format instead. What is meant with "reply to the ticket" exactly? Sorry, I am new and not familiar with OTRS tickets. Henni147 (talk) 17:48, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
@Henni147: You referred to "the OTRS ticket". Typically, users who have an OTRS ticket for a file have a ticket number and email correspondence with an OTRS Agent, or at least an autoreply with instructions on replying further.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:00, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: That means, if I upload the new file with the wizard and add Ticket:2021052510005122 under source, that will do? Henni147 (talk) 18:08, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
@Henni147: No, it hasn't been approved yet, so please use the actual source and use {{subst:OP}} in the licensing section. I see we have Ticket:2021052510005122. It was last updated two days ago. You may join in the conversation by emailing permissions-commons@wikimedia.org and including the following in the subject bar of the email message, with square brackets: [Ticket#: 2021052510005122].   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:18, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I see, so it's unavoidable to bother the OTRS team with checking these new files as well. In that case, I will reconsider which files are really worth an edited upload. Thank you very much for your quick response. Henni147 (talk) 18:44, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
@Henni147: Once the ticket is approved, the Agent can make a template to use for new uploads.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:36, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Marceltraini (talk) 23:45, 28 May 2021 (UTC)I'm trying to post this image on wikipedia and it's not working

Julia Justo at Art in Odd Places
@Marceltraini: the image is currently in use in en:Art in Odd Places. Also you seem to have created a second user account for Commons (Marceltraini (talk · contribs)), while you have a different user account in English Wikipedia Marceltrain (talk · contribs). Did you have a typo while trying to login? The same account should work for all Wikimedia projects. MKFI (talk) 06:59, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

English

Why u boring — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siphora sethu (talk • contribs) 16:28, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

@Siphora sethu: Why are your standards so high? See also en:WP:DF and COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:40, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

searching procedure unknown

Please don’t block me...I am ignorant and confused, not malign and abusive. It should be clear that I do not know how to use Wikipedia...including this contact procedure. That is what I need help with...to prevent further flailing around and getting punished by excommunication. I STILL don’t know how this help procedure works and am not sure that this will ever reach anyone to help me LEARN the procedure. I’ll be excommunicated before I learn the way. If I can find a way to submit this, can you help me with learning a search procedure? Clear instructions would cure my ignorant flailing around if I could find them. How do I find the list of works by an artist? A “Gallery” link has appeared sometimes on some artists, but not consistently and not for all artists with a page. One way to put my question would be: When I search for an artist and find his page how do I see the GALLERY tab that appears only sometimes? How do I find the whole list of an artist’s work if no gallery link is shown? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:643:8880:160:F80F:5339:BF9C:D863 (talk) 19:18, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

Image

Hello, a question, can someone explain in detail how to modify an image and how to upload this modification, in the description of the image says that I must use a notepad to modify the image but does not give more information, in this regard can someone explain how I can modify an image with a text editor and how I can upload a version of that image?-JSeb05 (talk) 22:24, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

  • To upload a modified version of an image, you download the full-resolution version of the image to your computer, make whatever modifications you want with whatever tool you want, and then upload the new image. Usually you will want to upload to a distinct filename and link the two images with {{Derivative works}} | This file was derived from: in the "other versions" field of the Information template. See also COM:OVERWRITE. - Jmabel ! talk 04:15, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Can wikimedia financelly help me

Hello Sir/madem I am a commen man can u help me financilly.Because want to fullfill our dreams.Till i can't fullfill one of our lifes dream .now i am requesting u can u help me financelly. I m not knoing english but i m triying my best

Thank & regards — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2409:4054:317:62D7:0:0:28AA:98B1 (talk) 10:49, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

  • I considered deleting this as off-topic but the short answer is "No" unless you were to become an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation, which would require applying for a specific job for which you are qualified. - Jmabel ! talk 15:17, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

Is copied and modified Own Work?

I used a diagram that had non-English text and recreated it with English text. The source is a file in commons that has a BY-SA 3.0 licence. At the time of uploading, the wizard asked me if it was my Own Work, and I selected yes, since I worked on it. The wizard didn't ask me for a source. Now in the summary, in the Source field it says "Own work" and I had to mention the actual source in the Description.

In order to be clear on what Own Work means, I checked up Commons:Own work and Commons:Derivative works, and the FAQs and Help Desk archives, yet I do not get an idea on what it means for a modified diagram on Commons. One of the archived conversations suggests that modifications that are "worked on" are to be treated as Own work. Kindly clarify. Jay (talk) 07:22, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Although none of the sections in Commons:Derivative works talk about modification of an existing file in commons, the intro seems to imply that modifying an existing file and uploading it as a new file, does come under derivative work and not own work. I uploaded my next modified file under the misleading option "This file is not my own work" (since there is no option for derivative work in the wizard). Let me know which of my two uploads followed the right process? Jay (talk) 10:17, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
I went to the village pump and looked at the archives which pointed me to a (failed?) proposal in Commons talk:Upload Wizard/Archive 1#"own work", which explains why the wizard shows up the non-informative/misleading options. Jay (talk)
Thanks, I changed my first image to a derived work. It is my first time using the new wizard. For my 3rd and 4th files, I went to the older wizard which I found more flexible. I did not understand the 3rd point about CC-0. I did not use the derived from and derivative versions templates for my new images because they were adding redundant text. Jay (talk) 22:06, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
The point about CC-0 in this context is that if you say your contribution is CC-0 then you are waiving your rights to your modification (including any indication of license or attribution) so any reuser is perfectly legal giving the same credit as they would for the original work. The only issue with that would be if you made modifications that the original copyright-holder wouldn't want anyone to confuse as being theirs. Example: File:Asahel Curtis panorama of Fremont district and north end of Lake Union from Queen Anne Hill (Seattle, 1902).jpg, so people could treat this as public domain (which was the status of the underlying photos).
And the reason I am mentioning {{Derived from}} / {{Derivative versions}} rather than some other paired templates is that these are the most generic, so they would be legitimate no matter what changes you made. - Jmabel ! talk 06:15, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
Although I didn't follow, the issue that I understood is of the new upload wizard attributing my uploaded file under the previous author's name. This I have corrected by replacing the Author with my name for my uploaded files. Jay (talk) 07:27, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jay: No, quite the opposite! You have to make sure that they still get attributed for their work. Look at the attribution in the license on File:Seattle - Hing Hay Park and Bush Hotel (hugin).jpg. I took the photo, Mliu92 modified it. The attribution makes that clear. It is very important that I, as photographer, am still credited. - Jmabel ! talk 13:30, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jmabel: I had attributed the original author in the Source field using the Derived from template. Now I have removed the author from the Source field and added it to the Author field along with my name in a style seen in images like File:Johannes Duns Scotus - Abstraktive Erkenntnis.svg. Jay (talk) 18:24, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

How to create a redirect page

I feel a bit silly asking this question, but how do you create a category redirect page on Commons? On en.wiki, if you type the name of a page that doesn't exist, it will give you a red link you can open to start the page, but on Commons that doesn't happen. I can't figure out how to create a user subpage on Commons either, because likewise, you don't get a red link when you type a page name that doesn't exist, and there is no link for creating a new article as there is on en.wiki. Presumably I'm missing something very obvious, what is it? Gatoclass (talk) 15:48, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

@Gatoclass: When you say "type the name of a page that doesn't exist", where are you typing it? A link in any page text that is red takes me to the creation page. The most frequent way I create pages is to type the page name in the search box (e.g. "Category:My New Category") and then click the red 'Create the page "<X>" on this wiki!" link. – BMacZero (🗩) 16:48, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Yes, I tried typing the name of the category I wanted to create in the search box BMacZero, but no redlink appears when I do that. And I can't create a category page for the page I want to create from a subcategory page because the redirect I want to create has no subcategories. I could create the category page I want from some other random category page, and then just delete the category from that page, but surely there is some more elegant way to do it than that? Gatoclass (talk) 17:22, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
You're probably using Special:MediaSearch, use Special:Search. You can also change the default in Special:Preferences. Dylsss (talk) 17:33, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Ah, yes, Special:Search gives me the redlink. Thank you, Dylsss :) Gatoclass (talk) 17:53, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
@Gatoclass: If you have access to the URL bar at the top of your browser, you can go to Category:Jefftemp or https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jefftemp and then replace "Jefftemp" with your desired category name. You can also name the category here in your reply with a prepended colon and create it that way.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:36, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you for those additional alternatives Jeff G. :) Gatoclass (talk) 17:57, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
@Gatoclass: You're welcome. PLEASE ping me and stop adding spaces after your signatures.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:23, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
@Gatoclass: Hi, and welcome. Once you are set to create a page per the above, we use #redirect for normal redirects like enwiki, and {{Catred}} for category redirects.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:02, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

{{Non-free use rationale|Article=Vancouver Volcanoes
|Description=Team logo of the [[Vancouver Volcanoes]], a [[The Basketball League]] team
|Source=[flicker]
|Portion=Entire logo
|Purpose=Used to identify team in question
|Resolution=174x121
|Replaceability=Copyrighted sports logo. No free alternatives exist.
}}

--Baseballfan1948 (talk) 23:48, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

  • @Baseballfan1948: : I have no idea quite what you are intending here, but non-free images should not be uploaded to Commons, which does not accept a fair use basis. You can upload directly to the English-language Wikipedia on that basis, but Common is not involved in that, and the pages do not belong on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 05:32, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
@Baseballfan1948: See also COM:FU.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:29, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

how can I instill YouTube

How can I instill YouTube — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 102.23.96.10 (talk) 10:20, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. What Operating System is running on the device you wish to use to access YouTube? Once you have installed a YouTube app or program on that device, you may instill YouTube for a while before you proceed with becoming a productive member of society.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:33, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

画像を削除したい

自分の投稿した画像を削除したいのですが。削除の方法を教えてください。恋はスリルショックサスペンス (talk) 11:22, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

GTrans: I would like to delete the image I posted. Please tell me how to delete it. Pelagic (talk) 12:42, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

{{speedydelete|user-requested deletion of recently uploaded file}} ... but the files appear to already be tagged for speedy because of copyright issues. Pelagic (talk) 13:02, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Sharing inherited or family photos via Commons

There are two pages on Wikipedia for my parents - Lt General Harold G. Moore and Julia Compton Moore. The family would like to add photos to relevant sections of the pages. For example, the Julia Compton Moore page does not have a photo of her.

However, many of the photos were taken by our parents or their friends using my parent's camera (as in, "Please take my picture"). Others may have been formal studio portraits they paid for.

May I add a few of these to the relevant pages using the "this file is my own work" option?

If it must be categorized under the "not my work" category, what is the "Another reason" wikitext I should insert.

thank you, Steve Moore — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevmoore (talk • contribs) 13:18, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

@Stevmoore: Hi, welcome, and I'm sorry for your losses. {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}} or {{Cc-by-4.0-heirs}} should fit that purpose for photos your parents took. For photos their friends took, you would have to get permission from those friends or their heirs, posted online or sent via OTRS. For photos taken by professional photographers in studios, you would have to get permission from those professional photographers or their studios or heirs, posted online or sent via OTRS. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:43, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevmoore (talk • contribs) 13:47, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

@Stevmoore: You're welcome. PLEASE ping me and sign your posts.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:55, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

How to change username ?

How can we change the user @ramizmking user name as it appears on his google searches? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramizking (talk • contribs) 14:22, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

Painter birth date

Unfortunately, Pisa911’s question was archived unanswered. If an artist's birth year is incorrect on a Commons file info page, can she correct it based on unpublished or self-published [18] research? If not, is there a way to indicate that it is disputed? Pelagic (talk) 13:37, 31 May 2021 (UTC)

@Pisa911 and Pelagic: Hi, and welcome. Sorry for the delay. Yes, she can correct it, and indicate the reference either in the description or on the associated file talk page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:50, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you Pelagic and Jeff G., sorry for the late reply, for some reason I did not get an email notification (goes off to check settings). I will put together a request for change with documents that hopefully prove my case. As I am new to this, I might have to come back and ask for help where to request what or where to enter what data. Thanks for now. Pisa911 (talk) 01:35, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
Could I get some more advice please Pelagic ? I have just uploaded a self-portrait of the above mentioned artist [19] with a little bit more of biographical data. I'd appreciate it if someone could have a look at it and let me know if I need to add or delete anything. I was thinking of also uploading an image of his signature, as a reference, would that be useful and legal? If the image is within Commons criteria, i would suggest adding that link to the other image, as supplemental info? On another note, where would I have to look for "on the associated file talk page."? Thanks Pisa911 (talk) 02:17, 4 June 2021 (UTC)
@Pisa911: I did some transformations and edited the file description page for you, concentrating on the original work. Yes, the signature would be helpful. "the associated file talk page" is File talk:Wilhelm Dohmann Blick auf Stadt und Feste Kufstein.jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:41, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks so much Jeff G. for your kind help. I was just now trying to add a comment on your talk page, but this seems a better place: I would like to know if I get images from my family (the heirs) of the paintings in their possession, do I have to get each one of them to send an email confirming their permission to me to use the photo of the painting? Is there another, "easier" and still legal way of doing that? For the time being I will concentrate on the family owned ones, but I would like to ultimately add all the ones I can find, so knowing which process to use and how make it easier (and more likely to be done) for auctioneers etc. would be great. TIA Pisa911 (talk) 03:54, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
@Pisa911: For each photo or artwork for which you are not an heir of the photographer or artist, when you have permission please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata, photographed perpendicular to the center without frame. If you did not make the original (or are not an heir of the person who did), please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have that person's heir post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their official website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:27, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
Thanks Jeff G., that answers my question in the other topic! Pisa911 (talk) 20:23, 5 June 2021 (UTC)
@Pisa911: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:15, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Uploaded File:Whitebusyellowhorizontal.png football kit incorrectly

So assume I have done this incorrectly because I forgot to start with the Kit_body_ and that is why it isn't working? Or have I missed something else as well? Can I please have a hand turning this football kit into a useable image, thanks.NZFC(talk) 21:47, 27 May 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by NZFC (talk • contribs) 21:47, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

@NZFC: Hi, and welcome. Please use {{Rename}} (click that link if you need documentation), or you may find the RenameLink front end more helpful if you like a more visual experience and your browser runs javascript. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:28, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
@NZFC: Please fix your signature to point to your actual user name or talk page per COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:34, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
Thank you and thank you for the message about user name, hadn't realised on Commons it was still pointing to the old name. NZFC(talk) 20:42, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Is there a pile that are waiting to be renamed? I requested this back on the 1 June and nothing has happen since. Assume that there is only so many users that can action these changes? — NZFC(talk) 04:54, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
@NZFC: You never specified the exact filename, File:Whitebusyellowhorizontal.png. I renamed it to File:Kit body whitebusyellowhorizontal.png for you, sorry for the delay. Category:Media requiring renaming has a backlog of 436 files directly, plus 6 cats with many subcats, some with many files. See also Commons:File renaming.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:01, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
@NZFC: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:01, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you, I appreciate your help. — NZFC(talk) 18:38, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
@NZFC: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:11, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
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