Commons:Upload help/Archive/2014/06

File:Aborn Opera Company at the Bronx Opera House 1916.jpg

I have tried twice to move this file to Commons from English Wikipedia, and both times the upload failed with no explanation. I normally have no problem uploading files. Have you any idea what the difficulty may be? Thank you for your help. Vzeebjtf (talk) 06:57, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

License reviewers

I discovered that reviewers has enabled Commons:Upload Wizard/Flickr. I'm a member of Amical Wikimedia. We are working in a pilot project to engage members of Flickr's Community to take useful free licensed images for Wikimedia Commons. We sent two photographers (Angela Llop and Maria Rosa) to take photos of Can Papiol Romanticism Museum. It's a first phase with this GLAM agent. They uploaded different albums by CC-BY-SA in Flickr. The next step is upload these images to Wikimedia Commons. We would like to use this special "Upload Wizard/Flickr" to upload these photos. Probably, we will use it in projects coming, too. For that reason, I would like to become a reviewer. What can I do?--KRLS (talk) 16:02, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Should probably ask at place where Admins hang out, such as Commons:Administrators' noticeboard... -- AnonMoos (talk) 20:32, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Lieber Commons upload help

Ich erarbeitete kürzlich die Webseite der Schweizer Folksängerin Christine Lauterburg und habe da auch ein, von der Fotografin Francesca Pfeffer ausdrücklich für Wikipedia freigegebenes Bild bei Commons deponiert und es in die Webseiten auf Deutsch und Englisch eingebunden. Nach einigen Tagen wurde das Bild plötzlich wieder gelöscht. Dies geschah mit dem Argument, dass die Urheberrechte nicht eingehalten oder ungenügend geklärt seien. Nun will ich das Bild nochmals hochladen ohne dass es wieder zu ähnlichen Komplikationen kommt. Kann mich jemand durch die Schritte führen, die dazu notwendig sind und die verhindern, dass das Bild wieder gelöscht wird. Weil ich nur ein Gelegenheitsmitarbeiter von Wikipedia bin, bräuchte ich da etwas Unterstützung von einem Eingeweihten. Die Fotografin des Bildes, ist eine ältere Person die ich kenne. Sie ist nicht sonderlich an den modernen digitalen Medien interessiert und möchte sich nicht mit den Formalitäten herumschlagen müssen. Deshalb hat sie diese Arbeiten voll und ganz an mich übertragen.

Vielen Dank--UrsL (talk) 19:46, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Am besten verweise ich Ihnen auf einen Abschnitt von de:Wikipedia:E-Mail-Kontakt:

• permissions-de@wikimedia.org für Text- und Bild-Freigaben.
  • Sie haben einen Artikel oder ein Bild auf Wikipedia oder auf Wikimedia Commons hochgeladen und ihr Beitrag wurde als mögliche Urheberrechtsverletzung markiert? Sofern Sie der Urheber oder Inhaber der vollumfänglichen Nutzungsrechte sind, können Sie eine Freigabe der Inhalte erwirken. Bitte verwenden Sie den Freigabetext für Bilder bzw. für Texte.

Mit einer Mail oder schriftliche Genehmigung der Fr. Pfeffer wäre das dann erledigt. Die andere möglichkeit wäre das Bild als eigenes Bild hochzuladen mit einem Hinweis, dass Sie im Auftrag der Fotografin das Bild unter dem jeweiligen Lizenz veröffentlichen. -Ich (talk) 19:19, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Consensus for some improvements to the Upload tools

Hi. Can I get some comments on the changes I suggested here a week ago?

I'm trying to improve the Upload tools to address problems that folks watching this page probably have to deal with a lot. Thanks. If there's consensus support for the changes, I'll get them implemented. --Elvey (talk) 16:59, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

pictures from wikiArt to wikiCommonsW

Hallo

I like to transport some pictures on Cubism from WikiArt to Wikicommoins because I need them to illustrate the Cubism page on WikiQuote. Some of the main Cubist first: Picasso and Braque. How can I do that without problemsc with copyright?

I can also try to find pictures, given bij museums if they are given under CC commons, can't I??

kind regards, FotoDutch (talk) 07:27, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Braque died in 1963, Picasso in 1973, meaning that it is likely that the overwhelming majority of their works cannot be uploaded to Commons. AnonMoos (talk) 22:47, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

File:JaimeHinckson.jpg

Hi, I uploaded JaimeHinckson.jpg and it was deleted due to copyright. I am the photographer of the image so I listed it as owned by me, however the image also appears on the website of said artist and I assume it was deleted because the website shows copyright Jaime Hinckson. If necessary I do not mind listing it as copyrighted by Jaime Hinckson since it also appears on his website. But can you please instruct me on how I can change the copright of that image that was deleted (or if I need to re-upload, how I can do so without the system alerting me that the content was previously uploaded and deleted)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoubleHyphens (talk • contribs) 01:49, 6 June 2014‎ (UTC)

I believe the usual procedure is for the holder of the copyright to contact OTRS, certifying ownership and agreeing to release the material under a free licence (such as CC-BY-SA). They will restore a deleted file after checking the documentation, and attach a “ticket“ for future reference. As the photographer you are presumed to own the copyright, but if you have sold or otherwise transferred those rights to the website owner, rather than just granting permission for use, the request would have to come from him. Another option that may be available is to have the website changed to specify a free license for the photo, then request that the file be restored at COM:UNDEL with a link to the updated web-page.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 04:09, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Der Assistent zum hochladen von Dateien öffnet sich nicht mehr!

Der Assistent zum hochladen von (Bild)-Dateien öffnet sich nicht mehr! Es erscheint nur das ständig kreisende Symbol. Was ist zu tun??? -- 15:33, 4 June 2014 User:Wolkenkratzer

Anderen Browser probieren. Oder wenn es nur wenige Uploads sind, Special:Upload. Wenn Du möchtest, dass ich das Problem diagnostiziere, sende mir per e-Mail diesen Bericht zu (er wird unter den Kategorien generiert). -- Rillke^(q?) 21:40, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Ich hatte weiter oben bereits darauf hingewiesen, daß dieses Problem auch unter Safari besteht, ein anderer fehlermeldender Benutzer hatte zuvor einen anderen Browser verwendet und konnte nicht hochladen.--Turris Davidica (talk) 16:42, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

File:Lageskizze der Hindenburgbrücke 1925-04-24.jpg

Kann da bitte mal jemand drüber schauen, ob dies so korrekt ist? Besten Dank. --Reneman (talk) 17:51, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Can I upload this picture?

From this page: https://www.pixoto.com/images-photography/people/portraits-of-men/altaian-old-man-5608578563964928 --Agaceri (talk) 06:23, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

As far as I can see, it is not pubnlished under a free license, so probably no. See Commons:Licensing for information about what kind of licenses we accept. --El Grafo (talk) 08:39, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes, seems so. But what does "Editorial Use Only" concrete mean? --Agaceri (talk) 10:38, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

It means that the ways in which the photo may be used are restricted. The exact restrictions implied by that term may depend on the jurisdiction in question, or they may not be clearly defined. What is clear is that it is not free to use for any purpose, including commercial purposes, as required by our licensing policy. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:24, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

I may be wrong but I believe the words "Editorial Use Only" refer to the internal workings of the website in a similar way to forms which have a box which says "Office use only". As for licensing, the image should be assumed to be copyright and all rights reserved unless there is a clear and explicit free license on the same page as the image. If there is any doubt, the best way to find out is to look at the terms and conditions, which in this case include the following stipulations:

• "limited, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use the Site"
• "refrain from ... collection, copying or distribution ... resale, commercial use, commercial exploitation, distribution, public performance or public display ... modifying or otherwise making any derivative uses ... scraping, data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods."

Commons requires uploaded images to be free for any use, even commercial uses, so by default we cannot accept any image from Pixoto, unless it has a clearly applied free license. Green Giant (talk) 12:57, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Ok. Thank you for this clearing. --Agaceri (talk) 12:59, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: —LX (talk, contribs) 17:09, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Cannot overwrite file

I want to upload an edited version of File:Pornography laws.svg, but I am not allowed to overwrite the file. What can I do? --Satyr (talk) 05:27, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

If you’re trying to substitute a raster image for the existing vector file, that won‘t work. The best solution is to use a drawing program to make the changes, retaining the map’s present format for resolution-independence and future editability; failing that, upload the image separately, using the appropriate filename extension for the format it’s saved in.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 06:04, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

If you are active on a different Wikimedia project, please merge in your account to your SUL account. Otherwise please provide the data source for you update here and I'll see what I can do for you. -- Rillke^(q?) 11:46, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

I want to do this change to the svg-file to paint japan yellow rather than green:

--- Pornography_laws.svg	2014-06-10 12:01:58.234578427 +0200
+++ Pornography_laws_edited.svg	2014-06-09 07:14:02.872408233 +0200
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@
  *
  */
 
-.ca, .us, .mx, .br, .ar, .cl, .gl, .tr, .az, .il, .kr, .tw, .jp, .nz,
+.ca, .us, .mx, .br, .ar, .cl, .gl, .tr, .az, .il, .kr, .tw, .nz,
 .pt, .es, .ad, .fr, .mc, .ie, .gb, .be, .nl, .lu, .de, .dk, .no, .se, .fi,
 .at, .ch, .li, .it, .sm, .mt, .pl, .cz, .sk, .hu, .si, .hr, .ro, .bg, .gr
 {
    fill: #47c223;
 }
 
-.ru, .in, .au, .za
+.au, .in, .jp, .ru, .za
 {
    fill: #ece117;
 }

--Satyr (talk) 10:08, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

 Applied. --McZusatz (talk) 10:47, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! --Satyr (talk) 19:59, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Cannot upload my file; I'm unable to upload my file to Commons

I'm getting the error because it said that the upload was successful, but it turned out to be unsuccessful. It said that a field was required to complete the upload. -- 21:49, 10 June 2014 User:William Pina

How did you upload the file and what field did it say was required? --rimshot^talk 17:48, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

PNG/JPEG with same filename

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T48741

Generally speaking, if I'm uploading a restoration, I'm going to want to upload a JPEG (as Wikipedia displays them better, as a rule), and a PNG (to allow further edits without loss). It used to be possible to do this with UploadWizard, but it now has an unoverideable check to prevent this.

Can we please have an override? Some of us know operfectly well what we're doing, and treating us like children who must be forced to obey rules that often - but not always are appropriate maakes your tool a hell of a lot less useful. Adam Cuerden (talk) 03:31, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

If you're such an experienced power user, why are you dependent on Upload Wizard? -- AnonMoos (talk) 12:32, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

1. It's the only way to upload files over 100 megabytes
2. It can be a convenient batch uploader, if you more-or-less skip through the forms and then replace the file description pages.
3. Did you even bother to check my user page before getting sarcastic, in which case you'd have seen I have hundreds of featured picture credits? Especially if you followed the suggested link to my en-wiki user page. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:31, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

You didn't say anything about the files being over 100 megs, and any tinge of sarcasm is due to my memories of years of whining about PNG sharpening, and certain other attitudes and negativities on your part... AnonMoos (talk) 05:12, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Given that having to upload as JPEG and PNG has so entered into Wikipedia's requirements that I've seen providing a PNG lossless version asked for at en-wiki FPC, but everyone was in complete agreement that PNG display is so terrible that it's a largely unusable file format for anything else, is it any wonder that people get upset? If Wikipedia wants to cripple a file format so that things that should be SVGs instead look better in it, I suppose Wikipedia has that right, but it's stupid actions on Wikipedia's part. Adam Cuerden (talk) 04:20, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

For files > 100 MB, use User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js. The manual is at User talk:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js. Note that you can change the file name so you will not overwrite an existing file. But you have to do so before selecting a file.

Will I prettify this script? No. It's meant to be used by power users. -- Rillke^(q?) 12:42, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Tracked under bugzilla:46741. Not sure whether it's worth investing a lot of time writing a patch... -- Rillke^(q?) 21:08, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

uploading a file

I'm trying to upload a short autobiography about my record albums, and wiki won't accept files that end in .docx. Do I have to do some sort of conversion?

I'm uploading a autobiography of my record albums, but the file ends in .docx. What sort of conversion do I make? sorry, here's the (Toryb7407 (talk) 01:29, 12 June 2014 (UTC))

.DOCX files are Microsoft Word. Commons basically only accepts for upload free (non-proprietary) file formats which have a fixed visual, audio, or audio-visiual form, which excludes .DOCX... -- AnonMoos (talk) 01:37, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

if you "saved as" the docx as a pdf, then you should be able to upload that. Slowking4 ♡ Farmbrough's revenge 17:59, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

I hate to be a party-pooper, but if the material is primarily textual it‘s out of scope for this project anyway, so will be liable to deletion.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 01:26, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Bild eines Schauspielers Hochladen?

German: Hi, ich würde gerne ein Bild von Maestro Harrell hochladen, und weiß nicht ob es Irgendwie Urheberrechtlich geschützt ist. Ich habe das Bild auf seiner eigenen Twitter Seite gefunden.

English: Hi, I would like to upload a picture of Maestro Harrell, but im not sure if there is any copyright at the picture. I found the Picture on his Twitter page.!?

Twitter Profile Picture Source

P.S. there is also a picture on his facebook wall i could use Facebook Picture -- 11:39, 12 June 2014‎ User:Trashmaster86

Random modern photographs found on the Internet are almost always copyrighted unless there's been an explicit release of rights... AnonMoos (talk) 15:29, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Du kannst den Fotographen des Bildes fragen, ob er eine Mail nach com:otrs schicken will. (Das ist der einzige Weg, sollte eine freie Lizenz nicht schon bereits vorliegen) --McZusatz (talk) 15:57, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Danke erstmal für die Antwort!

Hat dann bei jedem anderen Bild von einem Schauspieler jemand so eine Email geschickt? Oder gibt es irgendwo freie Bilder von Schauspieler? oder woher kommen die Fotos von Schauspielern? --Trashmaster86 (talk) 16:11, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Die Quelle der Fotografien steht normalerweise in der Beschreibung. Bei den Bildern hier findet man die verschiedenen Möglichkeiten:

• Ein Commons- oder Wikipedia-Nutzer hat das Foto selbst gemacht,
• das Bild wurde auf einer Webseite, z.B. Flickr unter einer freien Lizenz veröffentlicht,
• es gibt eine Freigabe,
• eine handvoll weiterer Optionen und schließlich:
• es ist eine Urheberrechtsverletzung.

Zu Bildern von Flickr oder ähnlichen Seiten muss man noch sagen, dass diese mitunter selbst auch Urheberrechtsverletzungen sind, weil sie gar nicht vom Fotografen dort hochgeladen wurden. --rimshot^talk 18:31, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Bei Bildern von Personen sind immer deren Persönlichkeitsrechte zu beachten, daher frage ich den Schauspieler persönlich (beim "Erstellen" meiner Fotos) ob er damit einverstanden ist, dass ich das Foto bei Wikipedia verwende. --Reneman (talk) 20:06, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Upload-Assistent abgestürzt

Ich habe gerade dieses Bild File:Abendstimmung am Hohner See.jpg für den Wettbewerb Wiki loves Earth hochgeladen, habe Beschreibung, Standort etc. eingetragen, was ja anscheinend auch funktioniert hat. Allerdings hat sich der UploadWizard beim Punkt Beschreiben dann aufgehängt, zeigte nur noch das kreisende Lade-Zeichen und so konnte ich nicht alle Punkte vervollständigen. Ist die Teilnahme jetzt vollständig? Und wenn nicht, kann man das Bild wieder löschen, sodass ich es nochmal versuchen kann? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NicoFroehberg (talk • contribs) 06:31, 14 June 2014‎ (UTC)

Hallo Nico, wenn das Bild für nicht angemeldete Benutzer sichtbar ist, hat alles geklappt. -- Rillke^(q?) 11:48, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Author gave his approval for image use in the comment field. Can I upload it?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sigurdsson/4991678609/ --Agaceri (talk) 18:48, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

It's not really clear that the Flickr user has read the license and understood what they've agreed to. Based on the way your question was phrased, someone who is not familiar with the license may assume that the permission is only for use in Wikipedia, without realising that they're giving the whole world the right to use the photo for commercial purposes. If he is fine with that, it would be best to change the license on Flickr. That will also make it easier to upload it here and verify the license. —LX (talk, contribs) 17:08, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

print ready file

I need print ready file 300DPI-600DPI for this image or highest resolution possible.

File:Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony (3388009176).jpg

Contact atodorova232@gmail.com Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.58.185.39 (talk • contribs) 18:25, 16 June 2014‎ (UTC)

This page is for requesting help with uploading files to Commons, but it sounds like your question is about downloading. You can download the full resolution of File:Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony (3388009176).jpg by clicking on the preview (direct link). This file is 1800×1800 pixels, which will be 6×6 inches or 15.24×15.24 cm at 300 DPI (since 1800/300=6). The photo was sourced from Flickr, so no one here on Commons can provide you with a higher resolution version than that. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:06, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

upload a better version with same filename, upload wizard is not helpful...

I want to improve an existing image (too dark, too bright) with my photoshop: overwriting the original file, maintaining the filename. The upload wizard, which is started automatically, when I click on "Upload file" is not helpful at all. That used to be much better (easier) in the past!
A fork would help, may be...
What can I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ustill (talk • contribs) 11:38, 18 June 2014‎ (UTC)

This is one of many things not supported by the Upload Wizard. Instead, see Commons:FAQ#How can I upload a new version of a file? —LX (talk, contribs) 10:08, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Fotowettbewerb

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

ich habe soeben am Wettbewerb Wiki Loves Earth teilgenommen und ein Foto hochgeladen. Ich habe alle notwendigen Angaben dazu ausgefüllt auch den Ort an dem das Bild aufgenommen wurde, nur habe ich nicht ganz genau geschrieben das es sich um das Landschaftsschutzgebiet Kniebis im Nordschwarzwald handelt. Kann ich dies noch im Nachhinein hinzufügen?

Vielen Dank im voraus für eure Antwort.

mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Honigwaffel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Honigwaffel (talk • contribs) 20:05, 18 June 2014‎ (UTC)

Ja, oben, neben dem Log out-link, gibt es einen Link Hochgeladene Dateien. Dort wählst Du die zu ändernde Datei aus (Klick aufs Vorschaubild oder den Dateinamen), wenn Du dann auf der Dateibeschreibungsseite bist, wählst Du den Reiter "Bearbeiten" und bearbeitest die Dateibeschreibung. Anschließend speicherst Du ab. -- Rillke^(q?) 09:54, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Can I upload a file published under cc/by-nc-nd

I wish to upload two film published under cc/by-nc-nd by the State of Geneva education departement:

• film on Wikipedia editing by 7th grade students
• Interview of teacher in charge of the project

Would this be possible?

Best regards, GastelEtzwane (talk) 09:32, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

No, CC-BY-SA is the strictest license permitted on Wikimedia projects. --Jakob (talk) 09:53, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Graph derived from data that should be cited

I have created a graph based on this data, which has citation information at the time; the parent page (here) says that it should be cited as "Reimer et al. (2013)". The full article is here.

I'd like to upload the graph with the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license, and I wanted to check that that's OK in this case. If I add to the description the full citation to Reimer et al.'s article in Radiocarbon, and clarify in the description the relationship between their data and this graph -- that is, that the graph is my work but the underlying data is not -- is that acceptable? I would include in the description the statement that anyone using this graph should cite Reimer et al. when doing so, as the underlying source. Mike Christie (talk) 02:34, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

I expect that an attribution for the data would be just fine in either the Description or the Source field (the latter following “Own work, based on …“ or similar); you could also put it in EXIF metadata, if convenient. Referring to the authors in the Source field has the advantage of connecting them to the BY-SA provisions of the licence a bit more explicitly. Details of the construction should probably be in the Description field regardless.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:48, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

OK, thanks; I've uploaded the picture on that basis, though I didn't see a source field in the wizard. I put the information in the description field. I also just noticed that that issue of Radiocarbon says "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License", on this page. I assume that doesn't change anything; attribution is still required, right? Though I suppose it means that if they had produced a graph I wished to use, I could have uploaded it directly instead of reproducing it, so long as the attribution was preserved. Mike Christie (talk) 10:47, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Date of creation

Why hide the message "Date this work was created or first published (YYYY-MM-DD format)" behind a small help-button, in the upload form? Show it directly, to prevent exchanging date of creation of the Commons file (upload date) and date of creation of the original file. --Wickey-nl (talk) 11:46, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

Probably because you're using the dumbed-down Commons:UploadWizard, which was pushed on us by people in the Wikimedia Foundation who don't use Commons on a daily basis or have any frequent interact with new or experienced Commons users. Even administrators on Commons aren't trusted to change the text of the UploadWizard, and the developers seem to have moved on to new and more exciting projects, because as far as I can tell they're not even fixing showstoppers (people have been reporting freezing issues like #Upload Wizard not working since it was introduced), let alone adjusting the instructions. New development is always more exciting than maintenance.

Not that I'm bitter or anything. ;-) I use Special:Upload, which Commons administrators do have control over, and which consequently doesn't hide the information in question (it looks like this). —LX (talk, contribs) 07:47, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

@LX: I *think* we could edit this text (it's MediaWiki:Mwe-upwiz-date-created) but we would have to care for the translations and it would look slightly cluttered if repeated for all uploads. I've done it but there might be some caching and some people might be opposed to it. -- Rillke^(q?) 15:01, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Hochladen

Ich habe das Bild hochgeladen und die Beschreibung verfasst. ZUm Nutzen kam es nicht mehr. Dazwischen kam: Fehler beim hochladen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kullerkopf (talk • contribs) 09:56, 26 June 2014‎ (UTC)

@Kullerkopf: Das ist wirklich schade. Magst Du uns noch verraten, welches Hochlade-Tool Du benutzt hast bzw. die URL/Internet Adresse? -- Rillke^(q?) 14:41, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Bei mir leider auch nicht gut gelaufen... https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wle-de mit Firefox 30.0 scheinbar werden nur je 3 Bilder korrekt hochgeladen :( die restlichen bleiben ewig in der Warteschlange. Ich denke mal der Schritt mit "Beschreiben" sollte kürzer als 10 Minuten gehen? vlg --Stefan-Xp (talk) 21:31, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Calib.org output graph

This web application generates graphs; they get used in academic papers with attribution to CALIB. Can I upload an example output picture? I can't find anything on the site about copyright of the output of the program, only about the manual. If I can't upload it here, would it be OK as fair use on en in order to demonstrate what programs of this type can do, from sample data? Mike Christie (talk) 15:47, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Upload Wizard errors

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T69205

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T69206

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T48741

UW doesn't seem to accept {{CopyrightByWikimedia}} as a license, making it hard to upload any modifications of WM logos.

Also, on uploading a svg that's been converted to a png, with default extension .svg.png, I get an unspecified error. --SJ+ 16:21, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Welcome to Commons. Added the relevant bugs. Use {{Copyright by Wikimedia}} instead. -- Rillke^(q?) 18:16, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

I think bugzilla:67206 is a duplicate of bugzilla:40920. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:19, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, don't ask why I didn't found the 40920 one. BTW, NeilK is again employed by WMF. This time for writing unit tests for UploadWizard. -- Rillke^(q?) 18:37, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Sj -- double filename extensions such as ".svg.png" are generally a poor practice, and it's probably a good thing that Upload Wizard disallows them... AnonMoos (talk) 01:36, 28 June 2014 (UTC)

Get an apierror when uploading, try to reupload and get "Filealreadyexists".

When I check my uploads page, only 1 of my files shows up

what am I doing wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Corleyd354 (talk • contribs) 07:51, 29 June 2014‎ (UTC)

Try another name in in the picture, please rename it--Motopark (talk) 07:53, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Upload Wizard not working

When I click on Upload file (to the left), all I get on my computer is the centre throbber icon turning round and round. Nothing else shows up. Do you know what is happening? It was the same yesterday. I waited overnight thinking that maybe there's a problem with my connection. Today it became obvious to me, that my computer has nothing to do with it. Please look into it. Thanks, Poeticbent talk 13:33, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

Please tell me, which browser are you using? Does it work after bypassing your browser's cache? Also consider using one of the options at Commons:Upload instead as UploadWizard is in the state of perpetual brokenness. -- Rillke^(q?) 14:41, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

• Thanks User:Rillke for your quick reply. Bypassing browser's cache doesn't improve anything. I use Internet Explorer. As far a I'm concerned, Upload Wizard is dead. However, just like you thought: Commons:Upload works fine. I'm going to use it instead from now on. Thanks, Poeticbent talk 21:09, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

I've experienced the same problem several times the last few days under Safari.--Turris Davidica (talk) 15:17, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

upload wizard not working for me for multiple uploads, using firefox. back to commonist. Slowking4 ♡ Farmbrough's revenge 17:55, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

I wish you would leave Bryan's "Flickr to Wiki" upload working until the new "Upload Wizard" is fixed!! Bengt Nyman (talk) 08:48, 22 June 2014 (UTC)

The same problem for me here when I use Firefox, and that used to work before. However, in Chromium its working fine. /Hangsna (talk) 14:49, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Pictures of Paintings

I am in the process of creating a new article about a relevant Colombian Painter called Javier Restrepo Cuartas (1946-2008). I do have images of his paintings and permission from the family to use them for this purpose. Can I upload them to wikimedia commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Luis Fernando Escobar Arango (talk • contribs) 15:58, 29 June 2014‎ (UTC)

Yes, please forward the permission to com:OTRS and wait for their response. --McZusatz (talk) 16:54, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

No, you cannot upload the images to Commons if the permission only covers your use in an article on the subject. It's a founding principle of Commons that we should only host content that can be used by anyone for any purpose. Therefore, you will need the heirs' permission to publish the images under a license that allows anyone to use, modify and distribute them for any purpose, including commercial purposes. Full instructions for how to obtain a suitable permission are at Commons:OTRS. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:54, 29 June 2014 (UTC)