Commons:Upload help/Archive/2014/05

I'm uploading a cropped image from Wikimedia Commons: Is this acceptable?

Hi everyone! I just was in a discussion on the Teahouse on Wikipedia (you can see the link here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#I_want_to_upload_an_image_to_an_article:_Help.3F) and I was told that I could download an image from Wikimedia Commons, crop it, and then upload it in order to include it in an article. However, I looked at the requirements for images on Wikimedia, and now it looks like this may be a copyright violation. Could someone please clarify if it is a violation before I upload it? Thanks! Twyfan714 (talk) 02:43, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

The photo was published on a Flickr account under a CC-BY-2.0 licence, and confirmed as being under that licence by a trusted reviewer. This means you are free to crop it and upload it as long as you credit the original author and the source, as well as noting that it is a crop of an existing Commons file. The only other thing to note is that the image you were looking at is a scaled-down version of another image, so I'd recommend downloading the larger one. Green Giant supports NonFreeWiki (talk) 10:47, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Green Giant supports NonFreeWiki (talk) 08:48, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Upload Excel Sheet

Hello, Can I Upload an excel file which can be further use by other end users to download in the same format or else you have any other option where I can save the file and provide reference to that in any of your page.

You can reply me on : shriji_2@yahoo.co.in (already registered) Thanks & Regards Deep -- 10:48, 30 April 2014‎ User:Deepshahcse

There are no supported spreadsheet formats on Wikimedia Commons at the moment, see COM:UNSUPPORTED. The Excel filetype of proprietary to the Microsoft Office suite, which is contrary to the purpose of a database of free media resources. If you'd like to provide a refference I'd suggest creating PDF files out of the data. --Vera (talk) 13:00, 30 April 2014 (UTC)

Deepshahcse -- if an image file has been generated using a spreadsheet, and the spreadsheet isn't too huge, then you can just save it as a CSV file, and cut-and-paste the CSV file as text into the image description page. Otherwise, Wikimedia Commons probably isn't currently the place for what you want to do... AnonMoos (talk) 07:23, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Re Uploading a picture that had been taken down

I have two issues: 1) I want to reupload a picture that was taken down - Dionne Farris Black Women Rock 2013.jpg (file) 2( I want to delete all other photos in my photo archives. I uploaded the other photos in error as I was testing the upload.

I appreciate your assistance.

Thank you. Sherri Williams -- 03:07, 1 May 2014‎ User:Sherriwms

You need to ask an admin for help, such as at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard... -- AnonMoos (talk) 07:25, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Uploading translations

What is the recommended way of uploading a translated image file? The instructions simply say "upload to commons". I translated this into this and was expecting the link would be made automatically, and the new translation would be added to the gallery, somehow, but it was not.

Also, the automated translation tool which those images link to appears not to work. Eoghan (talk) 04:16, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Don't think there's any existing "standard" as such. Within the past few months, the option of multilingual SVG files with selectable language labels was enabled... AnonMoos (talk) 07:27, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

So how should I add that image to the gallery with its siblings, and what attribution should be used for translated images? Eoghan (talk) 18:59, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Uploading Issues

Hello. I am trying to upload a new version of a file here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Aleppo_map.svg. But every time I try, I get the message "The XML in the uploaded file could not be parsed." What can I do so I do not get this message anymore and can upload a new version of the file. Thank You Dr Marmilade (talk) 01:20, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Which software did you use to create the SVG? --rimshot^talk 05:59, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

I did not create the SVG. I took it off of this site to modify it and then edited it with GIMP and tried to re upload as a JPEG. Dr Marmilade (talk) 02:55, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

You cannot upload a JPEG over a SVG, as the file type is different. The JPEG must have the file extension ".jpg". SVG is a much more suitable format for maps, though. --rimshot^talk 06:32, 7 May 2014 (UTC)

Message error about localization - unable to upload photos

Hi,

I'm trying to upload photos under Paraná > Parque Nacional do Iguaçu. The page gave this message error: Existem $1 erros nos formulários acima. Corrija os erros e tente enviá-los novamente.

Looking to each photo, appears the following:

Localização A latitude deve estar entre -90 e 90. A longitude deve estar entre -180 e 180.

However, the data in the photo fields came from the Wiki link. I haven't changed it. I cannot upload my photos.

Regards, Tatiana — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tatizanon (talk • contribs) 23:24, 3 May 2014‎ (UTC)

Hello Tatiana. What are the coordinates that you are trying to enter? It is possibly because the upload format uses decimal rather than degrees, minutes and seconds. Green Giant supports NonFreeWiki (talk) 10:38, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Hi Tatiana, Green Giant, I just had a quite similar problem using the upload wizzard (using it for the first time). After spending several hours editing comments to 16 photos I nearly failed to save everything, obviously due to using not the proper format for the location coordinates. From my GPS log I had, e.g., 53°34'5" N 9°44'52" E, that is in degrees, minutes, and seconds which resulted in an error message similar to Tatiana's (albeit in German). I checked other pictures on Wikipedia, for instance several pictures of the year, all of them with camera positions given in this very format. I tried various format modifications, e.g. +53°34'5" +9°44'52", following the discussion on http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographische_Breite. It took me quite some time to find out that google maps also provides coordinates in decimal format, e.g. 53.568062, 9.748532 which eventually was accepted. That was quite a scary hour searching for a solution, being afraid that my work might get lost. I think the error message in its current form is not helpful because the coordinates given in degrees, minutes, and seconds are clearly within the required limits of -90 to 90 degrees and -180 to 180 degrees, respectively. I would like to suggest to modify the error message in the following way:

"Latitude must be within -90 and 90 degrees. Longitude must be within -180 and 180 degrees. Please enter coordinates in decimal degrees. Example: 53.568062, 9.748532. You may use google maps to translate your GPS data (degrees, minutes, seconds) into this format."

This should solve the non-trivial format problem. Ironically, after successfully uploading my pictures and comments, I checked one of my photos, finding its position given in degrees, minutes, seconds.--Weezelbird (talk) 02:06, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Maps

How can I make and update political maps. --WhyHellWhy (talk) 05:13, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

That question is extremely vague and general in that form. Do you intend to upload vector or non-vector maps? If you have your question in more specific form, you could ask at Commons:Graphic Lab/Map workshop or similar... AnonMoos (talk) 11:09, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Upload warning This file contains HTML or script code that may be erroneously interpreted by a web browser.

That's what I get trying to upload a .jpg file. What's up with that? The file in question is this one [1] Palosirkka (talk) 16:13, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

This message sometimes occurs if there's HTML or XML code in the JPEG file metadata... AnonMoos (talk) 23:34, 8 May 2014 (UTC)

Idea for "Release rights" stage of Special:UploadWizard

This specifically relates to the checkbox "These works were made by the United States government". Is there any way additional checkboxes could be added for more PD-US Government templates? Currently there are only two options, "Original work of the US Federal Government" and "Original work of NASA". I understand that there are a ton of PD-USGov license tags but maybe adding a few of the more used categories to the drop down wouldn't be too bad of an idea? I don't know which are the most widely used for an example but I'm sure that department templates (DOJ, etc etc) and military branches templates (USAF, USA, USMC, USN) wouldn't be a bad idea since a TON of their pictures are uploaded to Commons. Meanwhile "lesser used" PD-USGov templates could be left out, like the Abu Ghraib one for instance. Just an idea, Dainomite (talk) 12:13, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

I suggest you put that on Commons:Upload Wizard feedback. Sometimes, developers harvest this page. But it doesn't happen frequently. -- Rillke^(q?) 21:32, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

upload files appearence

will my uploaded file directly appeal to others or u must accept it first ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.1.190.43 (talk • contribs) 11:18, 11 May 2014‎ (UTC)

Hello User:197.1.190.43, you won't be able to upload any files until you create an account. There are many benefits to having an account. For an easy-to-understand guide I would recommend Commons:First steps/Uploading files. Feel free to ask any more questions. Green Giant (talk) 12:27, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Is DerivativeFX gone?

Thinking this is a better venue, I’m copying the following from the HD discussion page:

Error in Derivative Work

In Commons:Upload the link "It is a derivative work of one or several files from Commons" give 403: User account expired. --Massimo Telò _(scrivimi) 19:26, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

Having found DerivativeFX very useful myself, I’m concerned that it may have expired without being replaced. Hoping it’s just been moved …—Odysseus1479 (talk) 21:17, 11 May 2014 (UTC)

For me too! --Massimo Telò _(scrivimi) 06:12, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Please add text input option for Licensing in Special:Upload

It's annoying that you almost always have to select an incorrect license from the limited drop-down menu at Special:Upload, and later go to change it. In Category:Images from the State Library of Victoria files it is apparently customary to only include the library's instructions of copyright into Permission and add {{PD-Australia}} into Licensing, but I cannot do that in the upload form. ~ Nelg (talk) 20:07, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Just select the option "None selected (add a license tag in the permission field above, or this file will be deleted)" and enter the correct tag in the "Summary" text box. —LX (talk, contribs) 21:17, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Ah, thank you. I was not in the basic upload form, where the {{Information}} is filled by independent textboxes, and when trying to upload without a license tag, it just gives a warning and refuses to upload without one. ~ Nelg (talk) 10:45, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

In the "non-basic" form, use the "Additional info" field. As it says below it: "The field can also be used for specialized license tags." —LX (talk, contribs) 17:49, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Can I upload SVG traced digitally from bitmap image from wikipedia?

I have used an SVG editing program's bitmap tracing tool, plus some cleanup and a slight adjustment of colors, to create an almost identical image to the one at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nintendo's_distribution_in_the_Americas_(crop).png with more curves, and removed country borders. A small notice, invisible unless zoomed in a lot, is visible in the bottom left corner, states "Traced from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nintendo's_distribution_in_the_Americas_(crop).png". Can I upload this to Wikimedia Commons through the Upload Wizard, and What should I do in the Release Rights step (I haven't seen what it is, I am waiting in case it somehow uploads it and makes it public before the step)? --Mrmanmen (talk) 23:03, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

As a derivative work, yours should be under the same license as the original (GFDL 1.2 / CC-BY-SA 3.0)... AnonMoos (talk) 23:44, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Ideally the attribution shouldn’t be on the image itself, per COM:WATERMARK, but in the file description.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 01:41, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

14 May 2014

How can i upload the pic? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 36.253.18.250 (talk • contribs) 11:55, 14 May 2014‎ (UTC)

Hello User:36.253.18.250, you won't be able to upload any files until you create an account. There are many benefits to having an account. For an easy-to-understand guide I recommend Commons:First steps/Uploading files. Feel free to ask any more questions. Green Giant (talk) 12:08, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Puzzlement.

This box has no title or label to tell me whether it is the place to make my plea, but since it is accepting my typing, I guess it will have to do. After 3 days of trying to get to a screen where I can DO something about uploading my current 3 images, I am still getting nothing but run-arounds that talk and talk and talk and talk ABOUT an uploading ""Wizard" and all its requirements, but never get around to saying HOW TO GET THE JOB DONE. I did several uploads successfully and rather easily a year ago and a couple of years ago, but the Wiki sub-encyclopedia (or is it really the super one of the two?) devoted to describing itself has grown remarkably since then. Trying to use it makes me recall Mark Twain's comment about the giraffe's having been designed by a committtee, but in this case it seems to be a committee that has never had a meeting of its members. Of course, the contents of Wikipedia itself have been so "designed" by all of us contributors, and we are another non-meeting committee, but our inputs need not be interconnected. There is no similar excuse for Wiki rule-makers.

I am also baffled by how to categorize the "free use" information relevant to my image files, since the only ones I have seen offered have no "none of the above" box in which to explain that my current images have been made by me by combining elements from different cooperating sources into each image, which does not satisfy either the proffered "entirely mine" or "entirely theirs" classifications.

If there is to be an "answer" to the above, I hope I can stumble across its location when I try to find it a few days or a week from now. Oldteched (talk) 15:58, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi Oldteched! You're in the right place, but although I think I understand your grievance, I'm not sure exactly what your question is. I agree that the upload wizard is often a bit of a hindrance, and I don't use it myself. If you've uploaded files in the past, you may be more familiar with Commons:Upload or Special:Upload, especially if you're trying to do something that whoever conjured up the wizard didn't think of, like uploading a work based on someone else's freely licensed or public domain work. If you provide a little more information on what different sources you used, I or someone else might be able to help you with the specifics of how to enter that information. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:29, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi LX (if that's a proper salutation)

Some original data is from items put on the Internet by the U.S. National Reconnanissance Office about a project it declassified nearly 2 years ago; I even have a letter from that organization okaying use of that material. The other source is base map information provided by the U.S. Geological Survey for public use. One of the two maps was actually issued several years ago by a commercial vendor, but that group informed me that they only bother to give permission when the material is their current product. The combinings of those is my own work. So WikiCommons's obsession with copyright problems does not exist here, but I don't know how to tell WC that during an attempted upload. (The easy way, of course, is to just claim both data and work are all mine, which I would almost certainly get away with, but it isn't so, and I prefer to tell it straight.)

My past uploadings were so far in the past that I don't know how I got to them, but I do recall that they were easy then.

The biggest problem now is the runaround I've been getting from all of the places I've tried to do the upload, the worst being the "wizard" that led me on and on and then evaporated in a place with no apparent exit door. Perhaps I just didn't know where it hid the key (or even the door).

What I'd like to have now is a complete list of present-day hierarchical steps that will lead to the proper result -- an upload. Where does such a list begin and where and where and where does it go?

After all, it is just such lists that are the heart of the Internet. They shouldn't be treated carelessly by process creators.

71.254.111.110 18:48, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

This sounds like a pretty complex case. What I would recommend is to use this upload form, click the "Browse..." button to select the file, check that the "Destination filename" is sensible, or change it (but keep the file type extension at the end). For the "Summary", enter something like this (assuming I've understood you correctly – and some of this will need some tweaking):

{{Information

|Description={{en|A map showing some stuff.}}

|Source={{own}} based on information from the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office and U.S. Geological Survey maps

|Date=yyyy-mm-dd

|Author=[[User:Oldteched|Oldteched]]

|Permission={{PD-USGov-NRO}}{{PD-USGov-USGS}}

|other_versions=

}}

And then press the "Upload file" button. If you've modified the PD content in such a way that you've added some original expression that's eligible for copyright protection, you should add a license tag, like {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}. Does that help? —LX (talk, contribs) 20:07, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Tried all that, got the same kinds of run-arounds. In spite of the lengthy address you provided for me to contact, the thing with fill-in blanks that it got me to in the end was the (same?) "Upload File" form that was pretty much like one of the ones I had tried to use before. But this one did have an "Upload" box at the bottom that was not there before. However, all it did was to highlight the date, author, permission, etc. lines and say something like "you've got to do better". No specifics about just what was "wrong", so no clue as to what to "fix".

I just noticed that the "<code>", "<nowiki>", and "tlx|" items that appear in the above form (on my screen) of your last message are missing in the printed-out copy that I was referring to when filling out the upload form. Is that significant? 71.254.103.149 03:53, 24 April 2014‎ (UTC)

The basic upload form that I linked to should look like this. After you've selected the file and filled out the form, it should look like this. You should not include the code and nowiki tags or other markup seen in edit mode here. If you get an error message, please copy the exact message from there and paste it here; I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have been "you've got to do better". —LX (talk, contribs) 10:36, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your patience so far. The form I used before listed the same topics as in the form you used as your example, but all were in separate boxes rather than several (information thru category) in one box. I should point out that I am not a person who writes for Wikipedia per se, but one who writes only about things I am familiar with and which I judge to be either inadequately or incorrectly represented in Wikipedia (which I consider to be the best place for others to go to to look for that information). So my concentration is on the factual content of my articles and as little as possible on the typographical symbols that are meaningful only in wikipedia-ese. In fact, I usually select those symbols, when needed, by looking for examples in the "edit" forms of existing items. So your example probably best fits my needs.

However, I am still uncertain as to which parts of your original example I should use verbatim and which are your "representative content". One guess is that the keystrokes between "description" and "A screenshot" should be copied verbatim, as should the two following "22". (Notice that I don't dare use any of those non-alphanumericals after what happened in my previous message.) Where your earlier example used "own" after "Source", I expect I should use something like "my own work based on..." -- or does W. need more specific identification? All I know of the creation date is one or two years ago, but I suspect the more detailed latest modification date would be acceptable. Under "Author", is the full "User:Old...|Old..." a verbatim item? Under "Permission", are full names of the source organizations needed? Also, what do the first two upper-case letters mean? Finally, in the big box, you used an "other" line, but the form has a "category" one, which I suspect can only be one of a limited list, but means nothing to me. The "license tag" business seems to have been the main (and, to me, unnecessary) bugaboo, since my attempts to say there is no copyright problem of any kind seem to be unacceptable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2014‎ 72.73.122.147 (talk • contribs) 02:48, 25 April (UTC)

Based on the information you've given so far, the only thing's I'd expect you to have to change in the above are "A map showing some stuff" (into something more meaningful) and "yyyy-mm-dd" (into an actual date; last modification is fine). {{own}} is just a template that inserts the words "Own work" in the reader's preferred language, so there is no need to change that. [[User:Oldteched|Oldteched]] is a link to your user page, so no need to change that either. {{PD-USGov-NRO}} and {{PD-USGov-USGS}} are templates that insert text explaining that the file in question is a public domain (PD) work from those agencies. Don't worry too much. If you make a mistake, it can be corrected. —LX (talk, contribs) 06:47, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

SUCCESS!!! Uploaded three images and their baggage. That included, for the last one, a note identifying the on-line source of the government-released material. Now I'd like to add similar notes to the first two. My guesses as to what might lead me to some sort of "edit" location haven't worked yet. Are you game to be my mentor again?71.254.108.40 01:35, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Additional trouble: Even though I check the empty "keep me logged in" box every time, that is no longer effective, as the sign-outs above show. Oldteched (talk) 02:08, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

After the above "Success", I tried to find those three uploads again, but the right "Open Sesame" escaped me for three evenings of trying to speak Wiki-ese by guess, then a list of all my image uploads finally appeared, including a place to begin edits. To avoid losing my way again, I printed out the page successfully, including the usual page-source statement at the bottom. It being too late in the evening by then to continue immediately, I shut down, confident that that statement would get me back to the same point again. WRONG. It got me to a no-man's-land of unrelated items. HOW DO I GET TO A PLACE where I can edit the captions for those images? 71.254.106.146 01:48, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

The best way to reach your images is to log in and click on your username at the top of the page. Then look at the left hand column, find the third box (marked as "tools"). If it isn't already open, click that box and look for the fourth link down (marked as "User uploads"). Clicking that should take you to a visual list of your images. Click on any of the images to go to the filepage and on there look below the actual image. There should be a set of boxes with the words "Description", "Date", "Source" etc. If they are within a section called "Summary" then you can edit the information by clicking on the edit link to the right of the word "Summary". Sometimes there isn't such a section, so you would have to click on the edit tab at the top of the page and then work with the whole filepage. I've added section headings ot those of your images that needed them. As for captions, those are usually added when you put the image into an article on Wikipedia, for example using the following text from Operation Phototrack:

[[File:Echo Rising.JPG|thumb|Example of some typical contents of images submitted to Operation Phototrack by participating volunteers.]]

Hope that helps. If not, feel free to keep asking but the important thing on Wikimedia is patience. Comment added by "unhelpful outsider" whose "extraneous comment" was removed :P Green Giant (talk) 11:07, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

(Running out of indent space!) To Mr. Green Giant, apologies for the deletion, but I think you know why. More importantly, thanks for good advice that seems to have worked. HOWEVER, one small problem remaining is a need to change the title of one file from a personal abbreviated one to one meaningful to on-line viewers. The "edit" options did not seem to include such an action. Does one exist?Oldteched (talk) 02:14, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

No need for apologies, and its just Green Giant, no need for titles here. Renaming a file is done by either admins or filemovers, which are two groups of highly trusted users. The way to do it is to click the edit tab, and at the top add the following text but obviously putting relevant things after each equal sign:

{{rename |1= |2= |3= }}

• 1 is the new name you'd like including the extension e.g. a jpg or png;
• 2 is the rationale (chosen from 1 - 7) and in this case it would be 1 because you are the uploader;
• 3 is the reason you want to rename the file.

I recommend always clicking on the preview button below the editing window and having a quick look to see if it is correct before saving. If done correctly it should show a a pale box which starts with the words "It has been suggested by ...". One final thing is you can use {{Outdent}} to solve the indenting problem, the way I've added it above. Hope that helps. Green Giant (talk) 08:57, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

Sounds hopeful, but I must ask for more clarification, since it seems to be very important to stick to format down to the least details. Should I, quite literally, type the numerals 1, 2, and 3 where they are shown in your example(each one after a | character and before an = character), and then, after the = character, the content you describe in the three black-square-headed lines? Or do I omit the numerals because they are actually shown only to denote sequence? Also, where is "at the top", which I, for now, suppose is at the top of the "edit box", that having, within itself, no indicated place for a name-change request. These questions seem picky, picky, but I have to ask.Oldteched (talk) 02:31, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

You can use it either way, with or without those numerals as long as you stick to the right order, so proposed new name, rationale number and reason. There isn't a specific place for it but usually we add the rename request above all the other text so that the admin/mover can see it immediately. Green Giant (talk) 15:45, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Your advice much appreciated, GG. I have tried it and will wait to see if I did it right. There may or may not have been some kind of rejection of my try; I couldn't tell from the responses. Will check up in a few days to see what, if anything, happened. The folks who make up those forms sure could use some training in how to communicate clearly.Oldteched (talk) 01:59, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

You've done it correctly apart from missing the file extension, which I've added. Green Giant (talk) 08:05, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

Please upload my profile on wikipedia

i want to know more about that how can i or you upload my profile on Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BEEBURG INNOVATIVES (talk • contribs) 18:23, 15 May 2014‎ (UTC)

Wikipedia does not accept profiles. It contains articles about notable people (and other subjects), but these should not be written by the people they are about. Maproom (talk) 18:40, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

There was another file already on the site with the same content, but it was deleted.

I am attempting to upload a file, but the upload wizard fails with the message There was another file already on the site with the same content, but it was deleted.. This I know, because I previously uploaded it (with the wrong name) and therefore requested its deletion. So how do I now upload with the correct name?. See Commons:Deletion requests/File:Männedorf landing stage 02.jpg. -- Chris j wood (talk) 10:03, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Hello Chris. Was it just the name that was wrong with the deleted file or was it something else? If it was just the name, that can be fixed by requesting a rename. Rather than uploading the same file, you can request undeletion of the deleted file at COM:UD or by asking the admin who deleted it. It seems the file was deleted because of uploader request, so I can't see undeletion being a problem. Green Giant (talk) 10:22, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Please request renaming files instead of deletion + reupload. -- Rillke^(q?) 13:28, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Rillke^(q?) 13:28, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Rechte Hochladen

Hallo, ich möchte ein von mir gemachtes Repro hochladen. Die Genehmigung des Designers zur Veröffentlichung liegt vor (s.u.). Ich erhalte die Meldung "...Keine gültige Eingabe ..."(s.u.). Was mache ich falsch?

MfG Heinz Eßer

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Auf diesem Wiki musst du Urheberrechtsinformationen zu dieser Datei angeben, um sicherzustellen, dass jeder sie weiternutzen kann.

 Diese Datei ist meine eigene Arbeit.

- Diese Datei ist nicht meine eigene Arbeit. Quelle Autor(en) Bitte teile uns mit, warum du dir sicher bist, dass du das Recht zur Veröffentlichung dieses Werks hast:

Ein weiterer, nicht oben erwähnter Grund.

Die Lizenz wird mit folgendem Wikitext beschrieben (muss eine gültige Lizenzangabe enthalten):

Dies scheint entweder keine gültige Eingabe in Wikitext zu sein oder enthält keine Lizenz.

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Guten Tag Herr Eßer,

sie können gerne das Bild veröffentlichen, bitte nennen sie den Urheber wie folgt: Konzeption, Realisation: Michael Körner, artkonzeptkörner 2014

Viele Grüße Michael Körner

artkonzeptkörner ug (haftungsbeschränkt) agentur für kreative kommunikation in tetelrath 93 d-41844 wegberg info@artkonzeptkoerner.de tel +49-2434-926207 mobil +49-173-1010987 www.artkonzeptkoerner.de — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heinz Eßer (talk • contribs) 16:08, 20 May 2014‎ (UTC)

Herr Eßer, willkommen auf Wikimedia Commons. Eine Genehmigung zur Veröffentlichung ist nicht ausreichend; es muss eine Genehmigung für die Veröffentlichung unter einer freien Lizenz vorliegen. Bitte wenden Sie sich an unser Support-Team für weitere Fragen. -- Rillke^(q?) 14:46, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Advice on uploading and posting

I uploaded a .png file but had a typo so without posting it I quit the site. when I try to repost it with corrected typo I receive an error msg that I already have a .png file of the same image. However, it does not show in the saved article! Please advise how to handle the problem or direct me the relevant how-to site. Thanks. Pat Kelso (talk) 10:22, 22 May 2014 (UTC) Pat Kelso

Hello Pat. If a file name has a typo, you should not upload the file again with a new name. Instead you can request a name change by adding the following to the top of the file page:

{{rename |1=newname.ext |2=rationale number |3=optional text reason}}

More details can be found at Commons:File renaming including the seven rationale numbers. In your case you would use number 1 as your rationale number. Hope that helps. Green Giant (talk) 13:54, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

How to post an illustration after error msg

there is already an illustration with the same content.

Perspective projection distortion[edit]

I uploaded an illustration but before I could post it I noticed a typo in my text, so exited the site and started over. But when I try to post the repeated pix with the corrected text I get an error msg that there is already an illustration with the same content. I would like to delete my first try to make way for a corrected pix. Might you steer me to a how-to site by email, if convenient? Thx. 70.112.245.115 (talk) 00:33, 22 May 2014 (UTC)PatKelso

In re this post I received the following advice:

Request a name change by adding the following to the top of the file page: {{rename |1=newname.ext |2=rationale number |3=optional text reason}} I took the 'file page' to mean the illustration file but DK how. Looks impossible. I would appreciate a detailed 'For Dummies' type explanation if his advice is indeed good. Thanks. Pat Kelso (talk) 16:34, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

• "Simple guide"

1. Make sure you are logged in.
2. Click on your username at the top of the page, next to the small "person icon".
3. Once your userpage is loaded, look for the word "tools" at the left of the page.
4. If it isn't already open click on the word "tools".
5. In the menu below "tools" look for the link that says "User uploads" and click it.
6. The page will change to display your uploaded images in a table format.
7. Find the image that is incorrectly named and click either on the picture or the name but not the bit that says (file).
8. The page will change to show your picture above a summary box and other data.
9. Click on the tab at the top that says "edit".
10. The page will change to show an editing window with some buttons below it.
11. In the editing window, add the exact text as follows including the curly brackets and everything between them: {{rename |1=newname.ext |2=rationale number |3=optional text reason}}
12. Replace the bit that says "newname.ext" with your preferred filename including the file extension.
13. Replace the bit that says "rationale number" with "1" so that it says "|2=1" without the quotation marks. In your specifc case the rationale is that you are the uploader, which the community agreed a long time agao would be renaming criterion #1. There are six other criteria and all of them can be found at Commons:File renaming#Which files should be renamed?.
14. Replace the bit that says "optional text reason" with the word "typo".
15. Below the editing window, look for a button marked as "preview" and click it.
16. The page should change to show some clearly marked text below the picture (ignore the fact that the picture seems to have shrunk in size). The text should read something like "It has been suggested by Pat Kelso".
17. Look below the editing window and click on the button that says "Save".
18. Sit back and wait for an admin or a file mover to move the file to a new name.

I hope that is simple enough. When you are used to something it can be easy to forget that it might not be as intuitive to someone new. Green Giant (talk) 23:22, 22 May 2014 (UTC)

Licensing question

I inserted the above heading for the following untitled question.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 00:13, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

A new picture was sent to me with an authorization on my Email .. I don't know what to do:

Now tell us why you are sure you have the right to publish this work:

The copyright holder published this work with the right Creative Commons license

Not all Creative Commons licenses are good for this site. Make sure the copyright holder used one of these licenses.

Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 (legal code)

Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 (legal code)

Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (legal code)

Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 (legal code)

Creative Commons CC0 Waiver (release all rights, like public domain: legal code)

The copyright holder published their photo or video on Flickr with the right license

The copyright has definitely expired in the USA

This work was made by the United States government

Another reason not mentioned above

Khjamjoum (talk) 06:22, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

What is the phrasing of the release e-mail you received? If it's a standard promo or publicity pic, then it may not be released under any of those licenses, and not be uploadable here. AnonMoos (talk) 21:33, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/user:GreenLips/Sandbox

Bill Haney article

I have a number of newspaper articles that are scanned that I would like to insert in the Bill Haney article that are excellent third party references. What file format and size does the Wiki upload program recommend?

GreenLips (talk) 19:08, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

We have a whole page about scanning. In short: the best format for scans is PNG. As for size, bigger is usually better. Your main problem will not be the technical side, I'm afraid. You may only upload freely licensed media to Commons and newspapers usually aren't, unless they are out of copyright due to age. --rimshot^talk 19:34, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Fehler mit dem Upload Wizard

Nach der Auswahl einiger Bilder zum Upload werden diese (vermutlich) hochgeladen. Anschließend wird lediglich angeboten, weitere Fotos (auch von Flickr) auszuwählen, jedoch keine Fortsetzung zur Lizenzwahl bzw. Beschreibung. --Losch (talk) 17:21, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Ist heute Morgen erledigt. --Losch (talk) 06:23, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

<api-error-unknownerror>

I can upload photos and release rights add descriptions etc when i move onto the next stage <api-error-unknownerror> comes up once i try upload i keep trying and it doesnt work? help? -- 03:08, 28 May 2014‎ User:Jkfrangeskakis

Can you give me an example of a filename you are attempting to upload one of the files that does not work under? -- Rillke^(q?) 13:33, 29 May 2014 (UTC)