Commons:Upload help/Archive/2016/02

Can these images be uploaded

I have very little knowledge of the copyright law. I wanted to know if uploading the images given in the Download section of this page is okay. The creator of the images has given this permission:

The images in this section are free for use in news articles, school projects and promotion of His/Her/Its Greater Glory.

— in: http://www.androidarts.com/fsm/

If uploading these is okay, then what options should I select in the file upload wizard? --Gauravsood0289 (talk) 18:40, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

No. Commons only hosts content that is free for anyone to use, modify and distribute for any purpose, including commercial purposes. Content that may only be used for a specific set of enumerated purposes clearly does not meet that requirement. Please read Commons:Project scope/Summary to understand what you can and cannot upload to Commons. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:41, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you LX. --Gauravsood0289 (talk) 18:09, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: —LX (talk, contribs) 18:29, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Ayuda para subir imagenes de otro autor con su autorizacion

!Hola! Deseo subir algunas imágenes a WC que no son de mi autoría, sin embargo, he contactado a la dueña del copyright de las mismas y me ha brindado una autorización escrita según este modelo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Modelos_de_mensajes ¿Cuál es el procedimiento que debo seguir ahora? Muchas gracias de antemano a quien pueda darse el tiempo de ayudarme. Yhhue91 (talk) 05:18, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

the file about Rampart, Alaska is about one man. May I add copy on my uncle James Climie who lived there 1898-1926

Born in Kilmarnock,Scotland he returned there in 1908 to marry Agnes Fraser but she was in Johannesburg,S.A. She then came to Rampart where they were married, Had 2 boys. The elder james was in the US Marines and retired as Commander. James sen. moved to Anchorage in 1926 worked on the railway and was elected Nat. Pres. of their Trade Union in 1935. I think this would be an Appropriate contribution for the Rampart section which I would expand for inclusion. He actually did work a placer mine.I have a copy of James registration card for the 1918 census. May I proceed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valleemaud (talk • contribs) 15:44, 1 February 2016‎ (UTC)

Hi Valleemaud! Your question seems to be about adding information to Wikipedia. However, you are not on Wikipedia right now. If you look at the address bar of your browser (a good habit to get into to avoid falling victim to phishing), you'll notice that you're on Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free, educational media files used by Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, and others. You may be looking for the help desk at the English Wikipedia project. —LX (talk, contribs) 17:13, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Upload wizard not loading

The upload wizard appears to be down. How can I find out when it will be working again? · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 18:25, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

I just experienced a glitch for the past 1 hour and 15 minutes or so where edit pages had no CSS styling (when using Monobook). I don't know if it's related, but it seems likely. I'm guessing someone who doesn't quite know what they're doing was fiddling with things on the site. Again. Anyway, it seems to work for me right now. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:06, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

I am experiencing a problem where once I select the image I want to upload, there is no way to proceed any further. Any Help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ADPartners (talk • contribs) 19:32, 1 February 2016‎ (UTC)

The Upload Wizard is pretty much in a perpetual state of brokenness. It isn't broken for everyone all the time (it seems to be working for me at the moment), but I don't recall a time since it was introduced that we went more than a few days without people reporting enigmatic problems with indefinitely spinning wheels, freezing browsers, unhelpful error messages, or simply no way to move forward. Have you tried Commons:Upload? It tends to be much more reliable. —LX (talk, contribs) 20:22, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Upload a PDF file of 248 pages

To Whom It May Concern: I actually could not upload, and/or did not know how to do (!) upload the PDF files. :)) Please help me to upload a large PDF files of 248 pages of my Vietnamese phrasebook. It's been on sale for more than 10 years now on Amazon and Google Books. Now I would like to share it with everyone on Wikimedia Commons. I have already uploaded the file name SIMPLE VIETNAMESE FOR YOU TIẾNG VIỆT DỄ HIỂU CHO QUÍ VỊ, but it is only the book covers. that's not the book content. I will send you an email with attachment of this PDF files, is it ok with you? Please help me. Thank you so much for your assistance. Sincerely yours. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thuy-Trieu Dong-Hai (talk • contribs) 05:04, 27 December 2015 (UTC)

First, please read Commons:Project scope, particularly Commons:Project scope#PDF and DjVu formats, to determine whether this content would be within our project scope, or whether the material would be better represented as editable wiki text directly on a relevant project (as part of wikt:Wiktionary:Phrasebook, for example). Secondly, for content that has previously been published without a free license, it is a requirement that the permission to publish the content under a free license be sent in via e-mail to our permission archive. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:49, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Fotografias de Eddy Valenzuela

Hola, recientemente cree un articulo biografico sobre Eddy Valenzuela, y quiero añadirle imágenes, las cuales las tomo de sus redes sociales, quiero saber si eso es válido. ???

Quiero subir esta imagen, y quiero evitar problemas de copyright. https://www.facebook.com/EddyValteEddyTena/photos/a.374824612644076.1073741828.374566736003197/771823919610808/?type=3&theater

Se puede? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Addrianno (talk • contribs) 19:02, 25 January 2016 (UTC)

Google translation: Hello, recently create a biographical article on Eddy Valenzuela, and I want to add images, which take them from their social networks want to know if that is true. ??? I want to raise this, and I want to avoid copyright problems. https://www.facebook.com/EddyValteEddyTena/photos/a.374824612644076.1073741828.374566736003197/771823919610808/?type=3&theater. It can?

Hi Addrianno! I'm sorry for responding in English, but unfortunately, it doesn't look like anyone who speaks Spanish is going to answer. You might have more luck at Commons:Café.

As for your question: no, there is no reason to believe that the photo you link to is in the public domain or published under a free license. Like most images found on the Internet, it appears to be completely non-free. Please read Commons:Project scope/Summary/es to understand what you can and cannot upload to Commons. —LX (talk, contribs) 20:04, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Ayuda para la creación de una página

A quien corresponda:

Un saludo cordial, necesito ayuda para crear la página Ministerio Coordinador de Conocimiento y Talento Humano (MCCTH), soy un funcionario de esta institución que cuenta con la información oficial para subir a este espacio web pero cada vez que cargamos la información, algún editor borra la información. Por favor demos asesoría para crear esta página de la manera adecuada, muchas gracias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ministerio Coordinador de Conocimiento y Talento Humano (talk • contribs) 20:46, 26 January 2016‎ (UTC)

Google translation: Sincerely, I need help to create the Coordinating Ministry of Knowledge and Talent (MCCTH) page, I am an officer of this institution with the official information to climb this website but every time I load the information, an editor cleared the information. Please give advice to create this page properly, thank you very much.

Hi Ministerio Coordinador de Conocimiento y Talento Humano! I'm sorry for responding in English, but unfortunately, it doesn't look like anyone who speaks Spanish is going to answer. You might have more luck at Commons:Café.

Your question seems to be about adding information to Wikipedia. However, you are not on Wikipedia right now. If you look at the address bar of your browser (a good habit to get into to avoid falling victim to phishing), you'll notice that you're on Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free, educational media files used by Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, and others. Pages with information, such as encyclopedia articles, are outside our project scope. For help on participating in the Spanish language Wikipedia project, visit es:Wikipedia:Café/Archivo/Ayuda/Actual, but be sure to read the information linked to from the deletion reasons provided at es:Ministerio Coordinador de Conocimiento y Talento Humano first – particularly es:Wikipedia:Páginas de autopromoción. —LX (talk, contribs) 20:18, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Open source thoughts, the 2nd

I got an Spreadsheet, which is the core source to generate some images. It is made with LibreOffice's Calc and has ".ods" as file name extension. To share it with the community, I want to upload it. Again, similar to my other question, ".ods" files aren't allowed.

What's the recommended way to share? -- Pemu (talk) 11:52, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

Tabular data is best represented using a table or as CSV (which can be selected when saving the file), pasted on the file description or the corresponding talk page. Charts can be exported as SVG by right-clicking on them and selecting "Export as Image". —LX (talk, contribs) 20:26, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Pinterest

Is Pinterest is like Flickr? There is no pinterest upload bot . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinterest --Marvel Knights (talk) 07:05, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

No. It's mostly a collection of copyright violations grabbed from other sites without permission. See en:Pinterest#Copyrighted content, en:Pinterest#Legal status and the WSJ column mentioned there. —LX (talk, contribs) 07:16, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

"Non-copyright" book

Can I upload this book? The book is "Non-Copyright". Regards, -Nimit (talk) 07:20, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

I would say no. The file description at archive.org has a "Public Domain Mark", which just means that someone believes it's in the public domain, but that doesn't seem to hold up to scrutiny. The public domain claim seems to be based on the statement on page (iv), which reads "Non-Copyright. This work may be reproduced, translated and published in any language without any special permission provided that it is true to the original and that a mention is made of the source." If the author wants to impose requirements like remaining true to the original (essentially prohibiting derivative versions other than faithful translations, a requirement that is incompatible with Commons' licensing requirements) and mentioning the source, the only thing that makes those requirements enforceable is copyright, so the intent is clearly not to waive the copyright. —LX (talk, contribs) 21:36, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Frage zu "gemeinfrei" bei Bild aus Ausstellungskatalog

Hallo,

ich möchte gerne eine von mir heute eingescannte Bleistiftzeichnung (Porträt) aus einem Ausstellungskatalog der Nationalgalerie Berlin hochladen und sie dann in meinem Biografie-Artikel verwenden. Der Katalog ist im Jahr 1981 als Buch mit dem Titel "Preussische Bildnisse des 19. Jahrhunderts - Zeichnungen von Wilhelm Hensel" erschienen (ISBN 3-88609-059-0). Die in dem Katalog abgebildeten Zeichnungen entstanden alle im 19. Jahrhundert, die von mir eingescannte Zeichnung konkret aus dem Jahr 1830. Der Künstler Wilhelm Hensel starb im Jahr 1861.

1. Frage: Sind die Zeichnungen nun gemeinfrei, weil der Künstler schon so lange tot ist, oder gilt jetzt ein neues Copyright für den Herausgeber des Ausstellungskatalogs?
2. Frage: Mit welchem Lizenzbaustein muss ich die Datei versehen?

Dankeschön für Deine Hilfe! --Maimaid (talk) 13:30, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Hat sich erledigt!!! Ich habe eine ähnliche Datei gefunden und alles nach dem selben Schema eingegeben. --Maimaid (talk) 21:12, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Uploading new version problem

I tried uploading a new version of this file from here [1], but it seems like the image now is just a bit bigger version of the previous file, which is worse quality than the one I tried to upload. What went wrong? J.K Nakkila (talk) 18:55, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. Probably just your browser's cache. Shift-reload should take care of it. —LX (talk, contribs) 21:22, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

You were right, the problem solved itself. J.K Nakkila (talk) 21:50, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, I'm beginner and wanted to know how to load an image without it being deleted and also wanted to know how to identify whether or not you can load the image. Thank you Damon Felton (talk) 12:00, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

That's kind of a broad question. A good place to start is Commons:First steps. Commons:Project scope/Summary explains what this project is about and what sort of content you can and cannot upload. Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter has specific examples. Commons:Licensing has the full details of our licensing policy, and most deletions are a result of violations of that. Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion and Commons:Deletion policy has information on other possible reasons for deletions. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:01, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Is it okay/legal to upload screenshot of OS

Hi, I wish to upload a screenshot of CyanogenMod to the CyanogenMod Wikipedia page. I do not own CyanogenMod. Is it legal to upload this file, and if so, how should I upload it (what copyright settings do I need to choose)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calvin Hogg (talk • contribs) 04:05, 07 February 2016 (UTC)

It depends on what is shown on the screen. If there are non-free icons on the screen, it doesn't matter that the underlying operating system is free software, so you need to be able to account for everything that's shown on the screen. File:CM 11 Homescreen on Trebuchet Launcher.png (currently in use on that page) seems to be a pretty good example of how to do this. See Commons:Screenshots for more information. —LX (talk, contribs) 09:37, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

Firefox keeps crashing on license selection

As title. --Peter Kaino Jensen (talk) 07:28, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

No subject

i want to upload 2 pictures, one is a full sheet of Iwo Jima Stamps, the other is a First Day Cover envelope. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ozarkbully (talk • contribs) 18:42, 14 February 2016‎ (UTC)

Answered at Commons:Help desk#2 philatelic image. Please don't crosspost. Marking as resolved to avoid forking of the discussion. —LX (talk, contribs) 09:00, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: —LX (talk, contribs) 09:00, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

Google Maps Pictures

Are pictures taken from Google maps allowed? If so what information must I provide?Wiki name (talk) 16:25, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

No, their terms are completely non-free. Please read Commons:Project scope/Summary to understand what you can and cannot upload to Commons. You can find a list freely licensed and public domain map resources at Commons:Free media resources/Map. —LX (talk, contribs) 17:04, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. To me the way they state their restriction (which I found on a different page than the one you referenced) is ambiguous. It's why I asked. Just to be clear, I wasn't asking about their maps I was asking about a freely uploaded photo by another user that they display at the bottom of Google maps.Wiki name (talk) 22:10, 17 February 2016 (UTC) :This section was archived on a request by: Wiki name (talk) 22:14, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Photo appears black

Why my photo appears black? --Vivaelcelta {talk  · contributions} 05:06, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

Please see Help:SVG#Black rectangle (Flowed Text bug). —LX (talk, contribs) 12:33, 14 February 2016 (UTC)

@Vivaelcelta: Excuse my curiosity, but why do you need an SVG graphic for quotation marks from different languages? Look how they did it in the English language Wikipedia, for example. If you still really have to and the type face you are using matters, I suggest you convert the text to a path. -- Rillke^(q?) 10:48, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

@Rillke: Because I departed of this photo, which is also in SVG. I also use SVG because is more simple modify to add more quotation marks in the future. And thanks for fix my file.--Vivaelcelta {talk  · contributions} 03:28, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Image copyright problem

Hi,

I am the owner of the site FactReserve.com which provides biographical facts about popular personalities in the form of images. Images used in that site are downloaded and modified from other sites who have given the permission to use with modification under these images.

Can I upload those images here and if so How? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Factreserve (talk • contribs) 07:08, 17 February 2016‎ (UTC)

Generally: no. Firstly, the only one who can provide a legally valid permission to use a copyrighted image is the legitimate copyright holder. Secondly, a permission for you to use an image is not sufficient for it to be hosted on Commons. We can only host copyrighted content if the copyright holder allows anyone to use, modify and redistribute the content for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

• File:Musk Space Mission.jpg is based on a distorted version of File:Elon Musk gives tour for President Barack Obama.jpg. That photo is in the public domain because it was created by an employee of the US Federal Government (see the file description of the original for details). This one could theoretically be kept if the file description is cleaned up, but I don't see how it fits Commons' project scope.
• File:Marilyn Monroe Childhood.jpg is based on a non-free photo from Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. If you obtained a license from Getty Images, it almost certainly did not include sublicensing rights. If someone else claimed to give you permission to use it, they probably didn't understand what you were asking them. This is an unambiguous copyright violation, especially as you named your own site as "author".
• File:Oprah Childhood Days.jpg is based on a non-free photo by Cliff Watts for Harpo, Inc. If you obtained a license from them, it almost certainly did not include sublicensing rights. If someone else claimed to give you permission to use it, they probably didn't understand what you were asking them. This is also an unambiguous copyright violation.

Copyright issues aside, all of these images appear to be outside of Commons' project scope. At least it's not clear to me how superimposing unsourced, non-editable, non-accessible text onto images would improve their educational usefulness. —LX (talk, contribs) 17:33, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

Can not upload photo with IOS

Not able to finish upload photo with IOS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josgillissen (talk • contribs) 07:18, 18 February 2016‎ (UTC)

It's probably going to be very hard for anyone to help unless you provide more than eight words to describe what you did, how far into the process you got and what problems you encountered. Did you use a browser? Which one? Which page did you go to? Or did you use an app? Which one? Which step in the process did you have problems with? Did you get an error message, did nothing happen when you pressed some button, or did nothing happen when you pressed some button? —LX (talk, contribs) 17:33, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

me

I just want to ad a photo of me to my profile and I'm having trouble thank u — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:fb90:5020:4140:8c6c:275c:8eff:6397 (talk • contribs) 08:06, 18 February 2016‎ (UTC)

Users editing without being logged into a user account (as you are) cannot upload files and typically don't have user pages (which I assume is what you mean by "profile"). Please see Commons:First steps. Note that Commons and the other Wikimedia projects are not social network sites. User pages and user page images exist to support communication between contributors to the project, so if you don't plan to contribute to a Wikimedia project, there are more appropriate venues to tell the world about yourself. —LX (talk, contribs) 15:55, 18 February 2016 (UTC)

Latitude/longitude

For some reason I can't fill the latitude/longitude fields in the UploadWizard. I can select the description in the box, but that's all. Szczureq (talk) 11:25, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi Szczureq! The Upload Wizard requires geographical coordinates (if you provide them) to be in decimal format (for example -23.55,-46.63 for São Paulo). You can use this tool to convert from degrees, hours and minutes to decimal. Google Maps will also tell you coordinates in decimal format if you right-click on a point and select "What's here?" from the menu. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:36, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

That's not the point. I cannot enter ANY value in the dialog box, incl. decimal degrees. Szczureq (talk) 12:41, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

I think I see what you mean. It looks like it's a matter of bad user interface design. Nothing happens if you click the labels inside the input boxes (as you may be tempted to do – it's what I did initially). You can only place the cursor in the box if you click in the blank space to the left of the label. I wonder who thought that was a good idea. —LX (talk, contribs) 14:58, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

I like to put the coords in the file's EXIF beforehand, using the drag & drop map in Google Picasa or MS Pro Photo Tools. No numbers have to pass through my leaky little mind. Many other programs can do this. Jim.henderson (talk) 16:32, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

New here

Hi guys I am new here— Preceding unsigned comment added by 197.77.12.46 (talk • contribs)

Fine :-) --> Commons:First steps. Gunnex (talk) 22:50, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Can't finish upload on Firefox and IE

Hello, I've been trying to upload an OGG audio file. But each time I fill the description and click on "Finish", the menu reloads and the button disappears. That's happened to me both in Firefox and IE. Is the server locked? --NaBUru38 (talk) 23:13, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

i have the same prob with images!--Gedenksteine (talk) 09:22, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Is there an upload limit per day?

I can't upload an image. Is there an upload limit per day? I already uploaded five images today but I can't upload one more image. --Organicreaction (talk) 12:37, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

I knew what was the problem. There is a file that has the same name to my file. But there was no notification about it so I've spent one day to solve this problem. I think it is essential to notify what is a problem when people can't upload images. --Organicreaction (talk) 13:52, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

@Organicreaction: The default upload interface to Wikimedia Commons, called Upload Wizard is in the state of perpetual brokenness. Indefinitely spinning wheels, missing buttons to move forward or unhelpful or missing error messages are only a few of its issues. It isn't broken for everyone all the time, but moments in which it works are rare. If you care that your issue is being worked on, report it at Phabricator (create a task and under project type "UploadWizard"). If you don't just use Commons:upload and you'll get a robust old form. -- Rillke^(q?) 20:07, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Also note, there is a limit for new user accounts, but it's not a daily one. You just can't upload more than 8 files at once. Also you might be interested in the project I am working on (example)? Would be glad if you'd provide your feedback there. -- Rillke^(q?) 20:11, 23 February 2016 (UTC)

Archivio: File: Gigi Stok.jpg

Vogliate cortesemente caricare sulla pagina "Acordeonistas" il File: Gigi Stok.ipg Con la sua fisarmonica a bottoni. Nel ringraziarVi invio distinti saluti. --Ermo casella (talk) 08:05, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Hello, I am very sorry to see on my page- This media file may meet the criteria for speedy deletion. I do not understand what happened with my page Please , be so kind, to let me know what happened — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariannakorol (talk • contribs) 16:23, 23 February 2016‎ (UTC)

@Mariannakorol: The log says the file was deleted as "out of scope". Commons:Project_scope#Must_be_realistically_useful_for_an_educational_purpose may answer your question (I'm not an administrator, so I can't see very much information about deleted files, so I can't help you more than that). BMacZero (talk) 18:34, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

@Mariannakorol: Simple portraits of people are only really in scope if the depicted person, or the photographer, is notable. There is a minor exception, for editors to upload self portraits for use on their user pages at the projects where they contribute, but you don't appear to have ever edited beyond uploading this singe image. It would be more appropriate somewhere like Flickr. Revent (talk) 21:44, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Eucalyptus arenacea

I would to upload a picture from the following link, but I am unsure if it is public domain.

https://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/Euclid/sample/html/ARENAC.htm

Thanks WannaBeEditor (talk) 07:49, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

No, and I don't see any reason why you'd assume that it would be. On the contrary, the about page contains a copyright notice (which, while not required for copyright protection, should remove any doubts). —LX (talk, contribs) 09:48, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Uploading an Illustration

Dear whomever it may concern,

I am having trouble uploading my own photograph to Wiki Commons. The last step 'Describe" wouldn't let me proceed to the 'Use' step. There is no button for it. I have already included a title, description, date, and category. Please help me out. Thank you very much. JulieB.2 (talk) 04:00, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Hocus Pocus Uploadiocus?

Hi Julie! Sadly, the Upload Wizard (the default interface for uploading files to Commons) is pretty much in a perpetual state of brokenness. It isn't broken for everyone all the time, but I don't recall a time since it was introduced that we went more than a few days without people reporting enigmatic problems with indefinitely spinning wheels, unhelpful error messages, or simply no way to move forward. It looks like you managed to upload a couple of files via en:Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard instead. Commons:Upload is another alternative that also tends to be much more reliable than the Wizard. Thanks for your contributions, and I'm sorry to hear you had a bad first experience. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:27, 29 February 2016 (UTC)