Commons:Help desk/Archive/2011/05

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PotY2010 - stimmberechtigung

Hallo zusammen, ich habe bei der Wahl zum Picture of the Year 2010 auch mal meine Stimme abgegeben. Wie funktioniert das mit der Wahlberechtigung? Bei der Überprüfung steht da ich wäre stimmberechtigt...bei den abgegebenen Stimmen steht "vote status:not verified"... wer andert ggf den Status? geht das automatisch oder über einen Admin? mfg Diether (talk) 19:08, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Hallo Diether, die Stimmen werden in in unregelmäßigen Abständen durch die beiden Bots Thehelpfulbot und Lucia Bot überprüft: hier siehst die die Botbearbeitungen. Warte einfach noch ab, ich denke sie werden nach einiger Zeit bestätigt werden. Wenn nicht solltest du benachrichtigt werden (so steht es ja auch jeder Abstimmungsseite). Viele Grüße --Saibo (Δ) 23:34, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

Hallo Saibo, danke für deine Antwort...habe inzwischen auf der Stimmabgabeseite eine verlinkung gefunden auf der man sich eintragen kann um es überprüfen zu lassen....das stand vorher noch nicht da... das Layout ist ja auch inzwischen schon mehrmals geändert wurden....mfg Diether (talk) 20:03, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Hallo Diether, achso - dass auf diese Liste nicht vorher hingewiesen wurde, wusste ich nicht. Ja, die Vorbereitung des Wettbewerbs lief nicht ganz optimal - bei so einigen Kleinigkeiten. Viele Grüße --Saibo (Δ) 23:22, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

userid usurping question

I'm unable to globally log in from my wikipedia account (RadioFan) and use Wikimedia commons. I've tried creating an account under the same userid here but get an error that it's to similar to User:Radiofan. Looking at that account it appears to be pretty much unused over the past 4+ years and was used only to comment on a user talk page. There are no media contributions from that userid that I'm seeing.--98.101.149.124 01:21, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

You do not have an global account yet: [1] Be signed in at en.wikipedia and click here to create one: en:Special:MergeAccount. Then you should also be able to edit under this name at Commons. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 02:06, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Limiting categorizations to used images only

Is it possible to go into a category of images and then limit it to currently used images only? – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:34, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Unable to determine licensing for screen shots.

Images in Category:Screenshots of MediaWiki Upload Wizard need to have proper licensing set. I am unable to determine what is appropriately deriving from the licenses of the sources combined into them, such as screen layout, programming, whatever. For my part, it can be completely license free, but maybe not from other part. Please find out, and make it as it has to be. Thanks. --Purodha Blissenbach (talk) 22:25, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Why don't asking before uploading? And why adding flickr-sources? Use {{Wikimedia-screenshot}} as I told you on your talk page. -- RE rillke questions? 22:33, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
If you continue violating the guidelines, such as blanking your talk-page and ignoring my advice, I'll bring this on Admins' noticeboard. -- RE rillke questions? 22:35, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Using a file in wikipedia

Hi: I have a Photograph saved under Wikimedia Commons and I want to transfer it to a Page on Wikipedia, I have it linked to Wikipedia under "File usage on Commons" but it hasn't shown up on the Wikipedia page. Thank You. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pattycaledonia (talk • contribs)

Either on the file-description-page click on the wikipedia-logo / reusing this file for getting instructions or add [[File:Aberdeen Mills, Est 1774, Aberdeen, Pa..JPG|thumb|A picture]] to your wikipedia-article. -- RE rillke questions? 23:11, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

About Turhan Göker's autobiography

I tired to download a file about a Turkish Athlete, who attended 1952 Helsinki Olympics, on Januray 15 and 17, 2011. I knew that there is an evaluation process by the peers but since then I couldn't see any progress in wikipedia. When I search his name, Turhan Göker, on wikipedia I can find nothing about him.

What should I do to make sure that his short autobiography will be place in Wikipedia.

Thank you very much for your support - unsigned

This is a bit confusing. To 'download' a file means to take it from the net to your own computer. Is that what you mean to say? Was it a Commons file (because Commons is mainly for media and audio, not text)?
Nothing is going to happen magically on Wikipedia. I'm not sure whether mere participation in the Olympics qualifies someone as notable to the relevant level for Wikipedia, but that's an issue you'd have to take up first on Wikipedia, not Commons.
By the way, given that you obviously are not a native English speaker, you might consider writing an article in the Wikipedia in your native language rather than (or in addition to) the English-language Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 01:24, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Please help to transfer common pic to en.wikipedia

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hello,

File:Charging Leopard-001.JPG; please someone transfer it to en.wikipedia. Thank you.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫T 11:36, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Why would you want to do that? It is perfectly valid on Commons, and can be freely included in any article on en-wiki while hosted on Commons. If it were transferred to en-wiki, the other-language Wikipedias that use it would no longer have access. - Jmabel ! talk 15:06, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
OK, I found it [2] It wasn't under "Global file usage", so I thought it is not available on en.wikipedia. Sorry for that.--♫Greatorangepumpkin♫T 15:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

salam kenal buat kawan2 ...

salam kenal buat kawan2 semua saya zailani pendatang baru ,sy mau download data BB5 tp sy masuk bitoret sy ga bs download data itu gmn caranya yahh? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zailani (talk • contribs) 2011-05-01T15:34:01 (UTC) {{helpme|id}}or this one(?){{helpme|ms}}

Dummy timestamp: 00:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

How to delete only an older version?

Resolved– Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:52, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

It says in Template:Non-free_frame, "After removing the frame, the old file revision including the frame should be deleted." What is the best way of going about deleting a specific revision? On Wikipedia, there is a similar {{furd}} template that is substituted, and it is used specifically to remove non-free images that have been replaced by a reduced-size and more fair-use compatible version. Is there a simple template around here that serves a similar function? Otherwise, would one use a certain speedy deletion notice with a specific comment about removing only the older revision(s)? Or else, does one just use the "nominate for deletion" button and explain the older version should be removed? I would prefer to avoid the "nominate for deletion" option since the deletion request will inevitably just sit in some queue. So, any good templates that can be used? – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 01:32, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

It's a relatively rare case, so you could post a notice on the Admins' noticeboard. A speedy deletion template would work, too, though it's slightly more dangerous. =) We should read the deletion reason carefully but an admin rushing to clear out a backlog might miss it. Powers (talk) 20:15, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Sounds good, thanks! – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:52, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

photographs in a book

Resolved– Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 22:30, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

I have a British book, published 1998 and reprinted 2003, that contains photographs of groups of British footballers from 1885 to the present day. Is it acceptable to upload copies of photographs from before a certain year, and if so which license should I use? Thanks! U+003F? 20:39, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

I don't have an answer, but if you don't get an answer here, you could also try w:Wikipedia:MCQ. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:54, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick reply. I'll try reposting the question there. U+003F? 21:56, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
No problem! I'll close this discussion since it looks like you got an appropriate answer over there. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 22:30, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Please avoid directing people with intrinsically Commons questions elsewhere. --  Docu  at 09:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

problem with file I uploaded

I uploaded this file: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Skarsgard_and_Juliette_Lewis_by_David_Shankbone_crop.jpg

but I'm not sure I did everything right. For one thing, it doesn't come up when I search "Skarsgard" like the original does. Could someone check it? It is a crop from an existing wiki commons file. I'm new and a novice. Any help appreciated. Bluebonnet460 (talk) 12:45, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Search only updates once a day. Once in a while, it doesn't update at all, but eventually it should work.
The upload looks ok to me. I'd just remove "Juliette Lewis" from description and filename as she isn't shown in the crop.
Personally, I wouldn't have added my username to "derivative work: Bluebonnet460 (talk)", but the tool does that automatically AFAIK. --  Docu  at 09:08, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Assistance needed in the prevention of alledged abuse in some Haifa-themed files

Hi, this user has been seen in more than one event arbitrarily changing categories in both files & categories in a manner suspected as vandalization. He/she won't explain or summarize their do's. One way or the other, those acts are technically damaging the hierarchy of the categories and undermining the correct reference & order across the image attribution group, see here and here for latest examples. Since I'm little familiar with which page I should adress I would thank any admin interveving with that person to further prevent the alledgedly harmful activity. Cheers, many thanx. /Orrling (talk) 22:46, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Uploading a soundclip

Hello, I would like to add the sound of the call of the Crested Barbet to Wikimedia Commons. I have however no idea how to do this. I recorded the sound using a video camera. How do I extract the sound from the video? How do I then upload the sound to here? This is the video I took and which I want to use the sound of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q7YN99AvJM --Michaelphillipr (talk) 08:00, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

You'd need the band and authors to license the recording. This permission needs to be sent to OTRS.
If you can't, please don't upload it. --  Docu  at 09:03, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Hello, I don't know what 'band' or 'author' you are talking about. I shot the video myself on my own camera. The sound is of a real bird. So can you help me now?--Michaelphillipr (talk) 09:44, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought it was music .. anyways. You want to extract the sound from the clip. --  Docu  at 09:48, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

I have extracted the sound from the clip. How do I then upload it to Wikipedia? --Michaelphillipr (talk) 11:03, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Try Special:UploadWizard. --  Docu  at 16:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Actually, you first need to make sure that the audio is in a format that we can use. It has to be an open format. Please see Commons:Software#Ogg Vorbis (audio) for links to tools you can use. Powers (talk) 01:29, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I didn't know it had to be .ogg. I have now successfully uploaded the sound. --Michaelphillipr (talk) 13:17, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

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Move image

Hey, can someone move File:Stargate Universe 2010 logo.svg to File:Stargate Universe 2009 logo.svg, I mistyped the year of premiere. Thanks.  Xeworlebi (t•c) 15:59, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

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Do I need to ask to have new version of image turned on?

I uploaded a new larger version of http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FukushimaGrid.JPG. Does someone need to review it and "move" it? The larger dimensions seem to have taken effect already. (MartinGugino (talk) 21:23, 7 May 2011 (UTC))

Something is not right. On the [3] main Fukushima page, the thumbnail shows up correctly, but when you click on the picture, you get a big copy of the previous version. (MartinGugino (talk) 22:53, 7 May 2011 (UTC))

Try pressing Ctrl+F5 on the image page - you most likely just have the old version in your cache. -mattbuck (Talk) 23:35, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
blush (MartinGugino (talk) 00:56, 8 May 2011 (UTC))
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I can't edit templates or file descriptions

Every time I try to edit a template or file description (whether by clicking the "edit" button or by navigating to http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Inserttitlehere&action=edit), it doesn't let me edit and instead downloads a file called "index.php". What the heck is going on and how can I fix it? Oh, and I can edit when I'm logged out, but not logged in and I don't have trouble editing Commons namespace pages. c y m r u . l a s s (talk me, stalk me) 20:56, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, maybe a temporary server problem? And: Try to log out and in again and clear your cache. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 13:56, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Licensing overlays

I'm new and don't know how to license two overlays I made. I downloaded File:Amarok bw.png and File:Moon Rise.jpg, making two versions of the wolf overlaid onto the moon. How do I license these/give credit/classify/etc these overlays? One source is CC and one GFDL. I have not uploaded either overlay yet. Thanks. BarkingMoon (talk) 21:05, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Let's rename this to the UN-help desk. BarkingMoon (talk) 13:32, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
Please remember: this is not a paid help desk. Just volunteers. ;-)
Generally derivativeFX will help you to upload such derivative works - nevertheless you need to obey the licenses of the original images; the tool is just a help. If you go to Commons:Upload and select "It is a derivative work of one or several files from Commons" you will also be directed to derivativeFX.
With your images you have a problem: one source is CC-by-2.0 and the other is GPL. Both do not "work with each other. Since this is now a very specific licensing related question you may want to close this request here and ask at Commons talk:Licensing. The other option would be to try to replace one of the images by another with a compatible license. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 13:40, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
I used a PD wolf pic and have now made File:BarkingMoon.jpg. I used the derivative tool to upload it and will ask for the first two to be deleted. Tks! BarkingMoon (talk) 00:07, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Well done. Although I do not know which ones you like to have deleted?! Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 02:56, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

File:Kishon Junction.jpg

Please delete this file, as I have now upploaded a better-cropped version of if with the filename - Kishon Junction.JPG. Thanx, /Orrling (talk) 00:16, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

  •  Not done - the new version is significantly smaller, blurrier and has a border. I personally think the original version is more useful. -mattbuck (Talk) 00:38, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
  • (EC) No need to delete this file. By the way - your cropped version was with lower resolution and with a strange border around. I have redone it. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 00:40, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
OK, but, it's a shame the left strap is missing now. The reason why I originally would ask to delete the first big one is the ugly traffic pole along the left side; then I cropped it as a screenshot which led to a low resolution image... The point is that when you recropped, you omitted not only the dark border but a "pure" part of the crossroad too. Could I ask you to redo it plz, now without taking off that little part?... :) (See my low-res version as "limit model") Thanks a lot! /Orrling (talk) 03:32, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

We continue on your talk page. --Saibo (Δ) 16:41, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

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I want to add my designed football defesne to your site.

How do i do so? jeff [removed phone number] [removed e-mail]

Wikimedia Commons is a media repository and does not accept football defenses. You may be looking for Wikipedia, in which case they also will not accept your football defense unless independent third party sources have written about it. Dcoetzee (talk) 17:35, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Problemas con archivos que he subido

HOla, no puedo escribir en inglés y tampoco termino de entender bien los mensajes que me envían. ¿NO sería posible tener varios idiomas para este recurso?

  • He subido a Commons unas fotos de Patricia Medina y una de ellas ya la han quitado. Las fotos eran fotos originales que ella envío a su familia en Gran Canaria (a su tio, hermano de su padre y su hija, su prima-hermana). Entendía que al tratarse de un regalo que hacía la "prima famosa" a su familia, no tendría que haber tenido problemas de copyright pues no llevan firma de ningún fotógrafo. Parecen fotos particulares, pero desde luego no puedo asegurarlo.
  • Por otra parte he subido las portadas escaneadas de diversos libros de los que es autor mi padre, Alfonso García-Ramos, para ilustrar su perfil. Intentaré poner más datos de cada una de las publicaciones.
  • Por último, para ilustrar la entrada correspondiente al periódico La Tarde (Canarias), escaneé un autoadhesivo que se editó en 1977 para celebrar el 50º aniversario y que aún guardaba en una libreta del colegio. Se trata delo que se llama literatura gris, de "uso y consumo" y no sujeta a derechos de autor, por lo que yo sé y por eso tampoco se me ocurre que autoría darle. Y sin embargo me parecería una pena que no se pueda mostrar en la página pues es un recuerdo del periódico que puede perderse para siempre.

En fin que voy a intentar mejorar cada registro a ver si pueden permanecer estos archivos en la Wikipedia. Muchas gracias--Chantecler (talk) 18:32, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

On which publications do images published under the Attribution license need to be attributed?

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Specifically:

  • Do the images have to be attributed if they're used on Wikipedia? Why or why not?
  • Do the images have to be attributed on sites that mirror Wikipedia, like Facebook pages on a BLP subject? Nightscream (talk) 03:26, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Images published under an Attribution license must always be attributed. The manner in which they are attributed may vary. On Wikipedia, you must click an image to view another page giving its author and license information, must like the "Credits" section at the end of a conventional encyclopedia. In news articles and Facebook pages, captions are usually used instead, like "John Doe / CC-BY-SA". Dcoetzee (talk) 08:14, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
So in other words, a photo does not have to be attributed in a Wikipedia article?
And if I find my photo on a Facebook page mirroring a Wikipedia article without a credit, then that's a violation of the license? Nightscream (talk) 08:24, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Right. The Facebook mirror can also link the image to the image description page here on Commons, just as Wikipedia does - but if they don't, they must give attribution and the license name. Dcoetzee (talk) 08:30, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
Why does the manner in which it is attributed vary? Why does merely linking the photo to the Commons page constitute attribution in some cases, and not in others? The Attribution license terms listed on an image's page says, "You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor". Nightscream (talk) 05:19, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
That's not the license; that's the summary of the license. Read the license.--Prosfilaes (talk) 15:44, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

If the summary is accurate, then what difference does this make? If the license itself does not say this, then doesn't that mean that the summary is wrong? Where can I read the license, or where it says that a link is sufficient? Nightscream (talk) 08:00, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Nightscream (talk) 23:56, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Can someone please answer my question within the time frame needed to prevent this thread from being automatically archived, or is this too much to ask? Nightscream (talk) 07:36, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
In short, yes, the summary is wrong. The author can specify some aspects of how they are attributed (such as the name that should be used) but not exactly where the notice is placed. Contrary to your above question, merely linking to the Commons page is always adequate attribution. Dcoetzee (talk) 09:42, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
And in lieu of that, they can attribute the author by printing the attribution near the photo?
If the summary is wrong, then why is it written that way? Who wrote it? Can we change it so that it's accurate? Nightscream (talk) 18:38, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
The summary is wrong because it necessarily oversimplifies in the name of brevity - I don't think CC will want to change it. And yes, you can print the attribution near the photo as well, in a caption or at the bottom of the article or whatever. Dcoetzee (talk) 05:17, 9 May 2011 (UTC)
Please also read Commons:Reuse which might answer some of your questions. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 13:58, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I think I get it now. Nightscream (talk) 23:55, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

Coprights for pictures...

Alright I am a bit confused on copyrights for pictures. I want to update this page: [[4]]. I want to add pictures for all the places. I am a member of a motorcycle forum based is Alabama and my plan was to create a project with it and list all the places on my forum and have people ride to the different places and take pictures for me and maybe get a little summary of the place. Then I was gonna take those pictures and upload them and add them to tables listed on the page linked above. I can and was planning on getting permission from the people taking the pictures. Is this allowed? I think I understand that if I take the picture then it is allowed. If all this is allowed what exactly do I need to put down for the copyright/license stuff? Thanks. WillyT006 (talk) 20:00, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

It would be the best to first remember the people that, in case they publish their work under a free license, it can be reused even for commercial purposes. Then I would post concrete license-suggestions (maybe CC-By-SA or GFDL or both).
How to get and verify permission: If the forum accepts images, please force your mates to add a license-tag to these images (or text), then transfer the image and ask an image-reviewer to review these images, whether the license is compatible with commons.
Via E-Mail: If the forum does not accept images, I suggest you upload them, add {{subst:OP}} to the permission section, send an E-Mail to OTRS with a link to your posting in the forum. Or go to Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard and ask there, what they do suggest. -- RE rillke questions? 21:23, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Commons:Public art lists a few similar projects. --  Docu  at 21:42, 10 May 2011 (UTC)

The forum accepts images. I don't want to go through all this effort to update the list linked above and have all the images removed because the copyright is not right. WillyT006 (talk) 15:02, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Then either ask the authors to create an account on commons and upload here or they should upload the images in the forum or on Flickr, but with an accepted license ("This photo is licensed under CC-By-SA. Attribution: Mike the author" is enough; remember: -nc and -nd licenses are not permitted on commons). Add {{LicenseReview}} to the image-description page and provide a link to the photo on the forum as the source. (If license review is passed, nobody will delete the images.) If you need help moving the photos from the forum to commons, don't hesitate to ask me. -- RE rillke questions? 15:39, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Recently Uploaded Images Do Not Appear in Category Index Page

I recently uploaded some figures that illustrate entrenched meanders to Wikimedia. Although I linked them to two category pages, "Category:Entrenched meanders" and "Category:Meanders in the United States," they do not show up on these web pages if I am not logged in. They only show up after I have logged into Wikimedia.

I have looked at and experimented with the links and cannot find what I did wrong. The files are:

File:EntrenchedMeanderKY1Composite.jpg

File:EntrenchedMeanderKY1DEM.jpg

File:EntrenchedMeanderKY1Topo.jpg

File:GooseneckMeandersUtahAerial1.jpg

File:GooseneckMeandersUtahTopo1.jpg

File:EntrenchedMeandersKY2Topo.jpg

File:EntrenchedMeandersKY3Topo.jpg Cristellaria (talk) 15:10, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

They show up for me logged in and logged out. But you must look at freshly opened category pages. Also you did not add the 2 cat's at every file, that could be part of your problem. --Havang(nl) (talk) 15:15, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
I added links to the files/category in your post above. Hope you don't mind. --  Docu  at 04:48, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

New TUSC account - password

Sorry, but how do you set your password in the first place? I seem to have erroneously set up three TUSC accounts in the last few days but am unable to transfer images from ja wikipedia via ?TUSC? Says you need a password but how do you go about getting one... Slowly now... Have load of images to transfer so sounds like a direct upload route might be helpful. Thanks, Pel macolato (talk) 20:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Just create a new TUSC account - as far as I know the old ones under the same name will be overwritten. The passwort for TUSC is chosen by you in the TUSC registration process.
Go to http://toolserver.org/~magnus/tusc.php and set up a new account for your commons account.
Probably you set up TUSC accounts for your wikipedia account. But you need to create one for your Commons account here:
Set Language to commons
Maybe this bad, automatic translation of the German help page I wrote for TUSC is of some use to you.
Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 23:05, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks a lot, Pel macolato (talk) 00:54, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Upload from mobile phone?

Is there a mobile-friendly (simplified) upload form? Or mobile application to allow direct upload from a cell phone? Thanks, cmadler (talk) 22:59, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

If your phone's browser supports HTTP POST requests there is the basic upload form. The text field is only prefilled with the template if you have javascript switched on. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 23:24, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Another file missing an image

The following file File:Captree 2011 03 27 0113.jpg needs the image it is linked to. Can somebody upload it there? ----DanTD (talk) 05:28, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Most likely the user who ordered the upload initially not entered his Commons username to http://toolserver.org/~bryan/flickr/upload but his flickr username or something else. I fixed it with using the same tool again with my username. --Martin H. (talk) 11:45, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Categorizing

How can I give my prictures already uploaded a categorty? Thanks for help!

-- 91.32.75.126 14:18, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Assuming this means "How can I give my pictures already uploaded a category": to add a category FOO to an image, just edit the text for the page and place [[Category:FOO]] at the bottom. Usually people put each category on a separate line. - Jmabel ! talk 16:21, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Die Hilfeseite Commons:Kategorien erklärt dir, wie man Kategorien hinzufügt. Viele Grüße --Saibo (Δ) 02:23, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

An traoù a ya a dreuz (br)

1. Pa zibaban "brezhoneg" em fenndibaboù eo ret din skrivañ {{own}} + ma anv implijerez bewech. Ouzhpenn-se eo ret din dibab etre a) ar saozneg ha b) ar brezhoneg evit reiñ un anv d'am foto.
2. Pa zibaban "saozneg" em fenndibaboù eo ret din dibab "brezhoneg" evit reiñ un titl d'am foto. --Teñsor Jambou (talk) 17:03, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm generally good with European languages, but I'm not even sure what this is. I don't think I've ever seen this particular blend of Latin, Germanic, and in at least one case Celtic roots. Can someone help out here? - Jmabel ! talk 16:48, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
I would say it is Breton (br) - as indicated in the headline, as feeding google with a random words turns up, as you can see on his user page and in his SUL account. ;-)
As we only have 12 br users (with br babelboxes) I do not have much hope this question will be answered. I suggest to ask again in French. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 02:19, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

{{helpme|br}}

Category:Англиканская церковь Святого Андрея (Москва) vs. Category:Saint Andrew's Anglican Church (Moscow)

Well, the category exists, though, the English translation might be coming through automatically. All I'm trying to do is to use a commonscat template on the English language article but none of the following work: commonscat, commonscat|Saint Andrew's Anglican Church (Moscow) or commonscat|Англиканская церковь Святого Андрея (Москва) . Any ideas? Smallbones (talk) 18:52, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

{{commonscat|Saint Andrew's Anglican Church (Moscow)}} works for me. Try it. - Jmabel ! talk

Overwriting

Why I've a too new account, I can't overwrite the old file: Results of the local elections in Albania 2011 in the capitals of the districts.png with the new file: Results of the local elections in Albania 2011 in the capitals of the districts2.png. Can somebody do that please?--Alboholic (talk) 09:36, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

world Bank Wikipedia Water Contest

Dear sir/ Madam, Kindly I wish to submit my article for the mentined subject, but am afraid because the picturesb found in the article cannot be accepted in Wikipedia. Please help me submit my entire write up including pictures. The pictures were photographed by me, and this is sincerely my own work. Thank you so dearly, With regards, Juma Benard.

Article removed
It's hard to tell what you are trying to do here. The above would not be an acceptable Wikipedia article, so there's no point really to uploading it there. Here at Commons, we just deal with pictures. If the pictures were taken by you, feel free to upload them with appropriate descriptions, licenses, and a statement that they are your own work. - Jmabel, 16:56, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
I removed the article. You want to include the pictures to your article? You refer to photographs that you created yourself, you must upload them with the appropriate upload option in Commons:Upload. But, as Jmabel already said, this is not an article. You should better work on existing articles, such as Nairobi River, and help to expand this articles. Once you uploaded your photos you can learn at en:Wikipedia:Picture tutorial how to include them in articles. --Martin H. (talk) 17:02, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
I presume he is competing in w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-05-09/In_the_news#The_World_Bank_Water_Wikipedia_writing_contest, I do not know what instruction contestants were given when they signed up. I have taken the bold step of copying the article to w:User:Jumabenard/Draft_Water_contest_article where he can get help in finishing it to their article standards. For further information he can ask at w:Wikipedia:Help desk or add "{{Helpme}}" to his user-page there: w:User_talk:Jumabenard. --Tony Wills (talk) 01:58, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Move image

Having this message appeared "You can't upload a new version because your account is too new. Please go back and upload the file under a new name. Once you've done that, you can ask someone at the Help desk to move your file to the name you want."

this is the new file I uploaded [5]]. Can someone move it to [6] I made some changes in Greece --Skgxt2 (talk) 00:02, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

✓ Done -mattbuck (Talk) 00:37, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

need help donating images from slide collection

A relative of mine is retiring from an academic career and has an extensive slide collection that needs a new home. He's savy in old media (like slides) but would need help to get them scanned and uploaded. Could you give me any advice on connecting to volunteers in the state of Minnesota (United States) that could help with turning the slides into digital images and uploading them? The slides are all dated and labelled. They are professional quality images and I'd hate to see them abandoned. Cloveapple (talk) 19:57, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

In absence of a digitalization project on Commons I suggest you to ask at one or more of the Wikipedia Projects listed in en:Category:WikiProjects that best fits the scope of your slides. You can also look for en:Category:Wikipedians in Minnesota. --Martin H. (talk) 10:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you Cloveapple (talk) 15:39, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Liscensing of Company Photographs

Hi - I own the license of various company photographs, and would like to upload them to wikicommons for people to be able to share as they wish as they demonstrate our company work, but I do not want to allow commercial or derivative use - is this possible to do...? If so, what license should I use and what is the code/template? Thank you so much. City Of Angels (talk) 16:36, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

First, a question will be if you have an exclusive or non-exclusive license from the copyright holders and if the license allows you to publish the file under a free license. Second, the answer is no, this is not possible. See Commons:Project scope#Must be freely licensed or public domain: The copyright holder must grant anyone the permission to reuse the work freely, anywhere, anytime for any purpose. --Martin H. (talk) 16:54, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
Ok thanks. I do have an exclusive license as of recently, but don't want to grant permission for free use to anyone anywhere. So if I have done this by mistake, then how do I revoke those rights and have the photos in question deleted? Thank you. City Of Angels (talk) 16:58, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
I've moved your speedy deletion requests to a regular deletion request: Commons:Deletion requests/Falcon Motorcycles photos uploaded by User:City Of Angels. Trycatch (talk) 17:36, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Upload wizard broken

When I click on Special:UploadWizard the page takes some time to load - then all I get is the usual top and left border, and within that the title "Upload wizard" at the top of a box which is mostly blank apart from a spinner in the centre. Eventually it times out, but that takes many minutes. Windows XP Pro, Firefox 3.6.17, Monobook skin. If it can't be fixed: what is the true URL for the link which I think is titled "It is a derivative work of something on Commons"? --Redrose64 (talk) 21:22, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

To answer your last question: Use Commons:Upload for now. --Martin H. (talk) 22:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

GAH. I have my user name but Wiki keeps bumping me

I started my user name and account and have my first article draft today, but when I go to the Commons to upload photo images (which I own) Wiki keeps logging me off... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.173.102.86 (talk • contribs) 2011-05-18T02:40:05 (UTC)

Hi and welcome to Commons! Could you please name your username - otherwise it is hard to help you. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 09:55, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

nesting switches in templates

I had never noticed that parametrs names are somehoz lost when you nest #switch: I am not sur I am clear I would expect {{user:Zolo/test5|hello|hello}} [7] to give:

  • 1) hello
  • 2) hello
  • 3) hello
  • 4) hello

rather than

  • 1) hello
  • 2) hello
  • 3) hello
  • 4) hello

Is that a bug ? And can anything be done ?--Zolo (talk) 05:46, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

I don't know if it is the answer, but {{{1|}}}} should be {{{1|}}} in your code. --Aʁsenjyʁdəgaljɔm11671 15:20, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
In fact I'm pretty sure that this bracket is the problem, because the mistake is on line 1 and 2, but not 3 and 4.
Ooh yes obviously, thanks and sorry for your time.--Zolo (talk) 05:23, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Help with SVG

Hello! I've created the oasis logo as svg. In Inkscape and Firefox it looks very nice, but @wikipedia there is a black bar in it. Can anybody help me with that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Webbenny (talk • contribs)

The file included a flowbox (only visible inside the XML-Code). This was rendered as the black rectangle. So i just deleted it from the file and uploaded a new version. -- ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ 苦情処理係 07:26, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Wow! Thats great! Thank you very much! --Webbenny (talk) 07:30, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Liscensing for book covers.

I'm trying to upload a book cover that needs to be put into some pages about a book in Wikipedia. I uploaded it but it was deleted soon after due to lack of a license. I've looked on the page where I got the image from but can't find anything stating whether it can be used on other pages.

http://skulduggery.wikia.com/wiki/Skulduggery_Pleasant_Wiki - This is the site that I want to get the images off, if anybody could help me find a license that would be great. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lord vile (talk • contribs) 07:39, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Commons:Image_casebook#Book_covers? Unless the book publisher or designer of the book cover released the cover under a free license that it fits to the Commons:Project scope#Must be freely licensed or public domain you cant upload it. There is no free license at the source. Wikipedia however allows the inclusion of such unfree content, start reading about that at en:Wikipedia:Image_use_policy (#4.4). --Martin H. (talk) 09:55, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
I agree with Martin on this case, but would also add that some book covers are so simple as not to be eligible for copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 01:29, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
Example of a book cover not exceeding the Threshold of originality and therefore not being eligible for copyright. --Saibo (Δ) 02:13, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
interesting, Saibo, that the Sarrazin book cover doesn't violate the threshold of originality. if i were the book's cover designer i would certainly claim copyright for this special mix of type fonts, spacings and colour. it might look trivial, but it sure isn't Maximilian (talk) 18:46, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
In the US, at least, such typesetting doesn't earn a copyright.--Prosfilaes (talk) 18:51, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Fair Use Image of Demolished Stadium

Hi, I've come across some great photos of the Polo Grounds (a demolished NYC baseball stadium) on the internet, and they are in color, whereas all the photos on the Polo Grounds' Wikipedia page are black & white and this photo would really enhance the article. I don't know if this photo is copyrighted - it's the first one on this URL: http://www.stadiumpage.com/stadiumgraveyard/polo.html so could I use it as fair use? How would I go about doing that? Thanks. Delaywaves (talk) 15:28, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

No free license is indicated, and the picture has the e-bay camera icon. Assume it's copyrighted, and assume that this stadiumpage website isn't even the copyright owner. As for fair use, see Commons:Fair use: it's not allowed here. Maybe at the English Wikipedia. Lupo 15:37, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
How about the next one on the same page? It doesn't have any logo, although it probably is copyrighted. And Wikipedia says that irrreplaceable, low-res photos of historical significance are allowed, so are you saying there's a way to upload photos directly to Wikipedia without using Commons? I hadn't realized that. Delaywaves (talk) 15:45, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Also copyrighted. Put simply: unless there's a clear indication of a free license by the rights holder, any photo is copyrighted. For uploading at the English Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Upload. Their policy on "fair use" is at WP:NFC. Lupo 17:25, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Question regarding black-and-white outlines

I would assume that the usual copyright policy does not apply to images that consist of a bare black-and-white outline, even if that outline was created out of what was originally a non-free image. Is that correct? Specifically, I have someone's photograph of the crosshair of a gun's scope, and I am wondering if a bare black-and-white outline of said crosshair would be considered usable on Commons. Here is the original image that I'm talking about (uploaded by myself to Imageshack since I don't know where exactly the original came from), and here is the black-and-white outline I created with it using PSP. ROG5728 (talk) 07:01, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

It's not generally correct, that a black and white outline of a copyrighted image is okay. For example its not okay to outline a picture of mickey mouse. In this case its fine, because the resulting image is so simple, that it will be {{PD-shape}}. So go ahead and upload the image. Amada44  talk to me 10:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
There are already quite a few crosshairs at Category:Reticles, one might suit your purpose. I agree with Amada44 it would normally still be a derivative image, but the resulting image isn't copyrightable so no great problem in this case. But I suggest that you redraw it as an SVG image instead, or draw it with a paint program and save it as a PNG file, either would give you a much cleaner image. --Tony Wills (talk) 11:37, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

East African Blue Ensigns

I am writing Wikipedia articles about ships that initially the Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours Authority and then the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation operated on Lake Victoria. The ships flew a blue ensign defaced with either the K&UR&H or later the EAR&H badge. I have found both ensigns on the "Flags of the World" website, which seems to be based in Canada. The terms of [FOTW's disclaimer] allow use of the images if they are attributed, not altered, and I do not use more that 5% of FOTW's total collection of flags. I have failed to find a Wikimedia copyright tag that reflects these terms and conditions. Is it permissible to upload FOTW images to Wikimedia, and if so under what copyright tag? Motacilla (talk) 10:15, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

The problem is described at Commons:Coats of Arms:
  • You have to consider copyrights on the definition, I dont know how old the company logo/flag is and if it is out of copyright in the source country and the U.S.
  • You have to consider copyrights on the representation, thats what your question refers too. The question here is, if such a copyright exists, if it exists the reuse terms of that website are not free enough and not acceptable under Commons:Project scope#Required licensing terms because of "you use the material for non-commercial and non-political purposes only" and "you do not alter in any way the images".
The question is however if the making of the representation is creative work. This very likely sticks together with the complexity of the flag. But generally Commons suggest per Commons:Bad_sources#Flags_of_the_World to not upload any content from that page. You should, if the definition of the flag is public domain, create your own representation (or ask someone else to do this) or you should copy a representation of this flag from an older publication of the company, for example an old annual report etc published by them. --Martin H. (talk) 11:06, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Updating an older image - using Wikimedia Commons for the first time

Hi, I am new to Wikipedia and hoping to upload an image to Wikimedia Commons. I want to be sure that I follow the proper copyright procedures and Wikipedia policies. I have (a screen capture .png of) an image that was recently produced and presented by a US federal agency in a large report. The work is therefore part of the public domain. A current wikipedia page has a 2001 version of this same content (uploaded by a different Wikipedia editor), but the image I have is a 2007 version of the data. I am hoping to keep the wikipedia page current by uploading the 2007 data. However, when I tried to upload it this afternoon, there was an issue with copyright and/or the fact that similar content already exists on the page. Do you have any advice/tips for a new user who has already taken the online tour for uploading images? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Edysseus (talk • contribs) 2011-05-20T21:32:56 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia and Commons Edysseus! :-)
in general: It would be best to upload it under a new name and then change the image name in the Wikipedia article (go to edit mode, change it to the name name and save).
I have looked at your contributions and talk page: You did successfully upload it under a new name: File:Epagraph-pesticideuse.PNG. Fine - but the information what is the source, who is the author and why it is in the public domain is missing totally. Could you please describe which steps (which pages did you use?) you did to upload it that "naked"?
Just name the old image name and the website you go your new image from and I/we will correct the new version. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 23:51, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Unless you really want to use a fuzzy black and white screen shot, why not use Fig 3.3 ? --Tony Wills (talk) 10:03, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you to everyone for your input! It was very helpful. --Edysseus (talk) 16:25, 23 May 2011 (EST)

New version isn't displaying properly

does he look to the left? he should look to the right

hello, if you might have a look at (and click on) the larger image on the right - the first version i uploaded wrongly showed tyler's left ear (my mistake). all following "Upload new Version" attempts were done with the proper image, showing tyler's right ear. the upload history, however, shows mirrorings in both ways. the larger image here on the right still doesn't display properly, whereas the smaller image below is correct; at least here on my screen. Maximilian (talk) 18:41, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. Have you tried clearing your cache? Powers (talk) 18:53, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
We have multiple cache problems on commons itself. Even updates of original sized images are at least delayed. The direct link to the first image in image history still delivers the old version. So you can empty your browser cache, and get the old version delivered again. -- ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ 苦情処理係 19:20, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

I've been visiting this page with two browsers on two devices and still see the two images here mirrored. Does anyone see them 'in sync'? Maximilian (talk) 21:00, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Please see #Problems_replacing_an_image. This seems to be the same problem. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 21:12, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Upload picture as derivative work

I've made a derivative work of File:Glycolysis.svg which I have uploaded. This picture, File:Glycolysis.png, is however uploaded as "own work". How to change this in information correctly, and how to tell the upload wizard that it is a derivative work when I am uploading? Thanks, Zaijaj (talk) 09:44, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Say the UploadWizard in the third step: "This file is not my own work", write down the source in the source field, put the authors name in the author field and add your name as a co-author to that field too. --Martin H. (talk) 10:03, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Or just continue to use the old Commons:Upload and select "It is a derivative work of one or several files from Commons". Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 13:43, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

uploading photographs I took

I became a member last week, and uploaded two photographs. But I cannot find any trace of them when i search, plus when I try to edit a relvant article, and insert one of these images, all that appears in the article is a box, in the right position, with the name of the file in red letters ... not the image itself

For reference, the two images I uploaded are entitled

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Grantham9 (talk • contribs)

(Edited your comment to add links) Your photos are still there, linked above, and you were trying to add them to en:Berthold_Lubetkin. Pretty much the only thing you did wrong was forgetting the ".jpg" extension - it should read [[File:Lubetkin staircase in Bevin Court.jpg|thumb|Bevin Court Staircase]], not [[File:Lubetkin staircase in Bevin Court|thumb|alt=Bevin Court Staircase]]. Dcoetzee (talk) 19:16, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

From en.wiki to Commons

May I move these files from en.wiki to Commons? Licensing seems compatible:

--82.60.67.161 23:54, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

No; none of the art from Quake is free.--Prosfilaes (talk) 00:05, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Uploading painters work that has given his permission.

Hello I want to upload painter Arthur Sarkissian's works to his page Arthur Sarkissian which has section gallery and there is no painting. I have his permission to use the photos of his paintings and I know him personally so I can ask him any paper permission that needed. Who should I show and do he need to write something and sign ? Please help!!!!!! Svguitar (talk) 00:26, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi Svguitar and thanks for your help! Please see COM:OTRS for guidance on this topic. The most important thing to understand is that you need permission from him that everybody (not just Wikipedia) can use his paintings. If you still have questions just reply here. By the way: I have changed your link to an internal link as you tried to do it. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 02:07, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Flickr video to Wikipedia or Commons

Sorry for the kind of double post but anyone good at this will be a god(dess) among men.Cptnono (talk) 06:44, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Help with editing the licence of of my files

Hi, i've uploaded two files--http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UNDG.gif and http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ODI.gif and wish to make them into Non-free media use rationale licences. How do i edit them?

Put {{Fair use}} on the image description pages. And read Commons:Fair use. Lupo 09:19, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Uploading a revised version with better color hue, but it doesn't take.

I have tried several times now to upload a revised version of my photo at [[8]], but although the label does show the latest date of upload as the "current" version, in fact the version displayed is still the old (2008 version). I cannot figure out if I have failed to do it correctly, or if there is a bug in the Commons uploading software. EditorASC (talk) 10:35, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

There seems to be a bug in the Mediawiki software/servers/whatever, indeed. See #Problems replacing an image. It has been like that for several days, now.-- Darwin Ahoy! 10:49, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Problems replacing an image

Ok, its about this image:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Front_1943-02_to_1943-08.png

I uploaded a corrected version (with correct borders of some states), but after i did that, it was still shown the old version. I thought i made a mistake and uploaded the corrected version again, but the "current version" still showed the old version. The strange thing is, the older revision, which also showed the wrong version before, now shows the right version. Then i tried it another time, and now the "current version" still shows the wrong (old) picture, while all my "old" revisions now show the right picture. Some time ago i also uploaded a corrected version of a pic and it worked, what is happening here? I also emptied my browser cache and used another browser, but this is not the problem it seems... StoneProphet (talk) 13:17, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Hmm, I see what you mean. I tried reverting to an old "correct" version and it now shows your latest "correct" version as correct whereas it had shown the same as one of the old "incorrect" versions, but still shows the current version as "incorrect". That is weird. Pass. -mattbuck (Talk) 13:41, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
If you click on the full sized view (not a thumb nail) it shows the correct versions (if not: en:WP:CACHE). The reason why the thumbs do not reflect the correct (but an older) version seems to be a technical problem. If you look at the thumb which is one pixel bigger than the standard thumb on the file page http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Eastern_Front_1943-02_to_1943-08.png/783px-Eastern_Front_1943-02_to_1943-08.png it does work. Probably because this thumb was never used before, was not in server cache and got genereated now.
I have the same at [9] - nothing helps (purging, editing the file page). I wanted to wait some days and then go to the tech guys (server admins). But if this happens with more files I will probably get to them earlier. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 16:09, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
It is hard to see how many of the same images are uploaded umpteen times. They will remain forever in the memory and cost more and more money for Wikimedia. -- Perhelion (talk) 17:08, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Uhm ok, but i thought i also looked in the full view, which also didnt changed. Well ok, now it shows at least in the full view the correct version, so mb we simply have to wait. @ Perhelion: Thats certainly true, but i didnt know what to do. :/ StoneProphet (talk) 19:37, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
Perhelion, should this be a joke? :-D Memory is not expensive. Our time is. And that is more a problem to me: such cluttered version histories take more time do understand - but - are sometimes not avoidable. No problem StoneProphet! :-) Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 23:35, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Another one:

The 120 px version (left) is an old version. I will ask the server admins tomorrow. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 23:40, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

I have the same problem with File:Kuybyshev Railway near Bezenchuk Station.jpg: I uploaded a corrected version, but the page still displays the old file, and purging doesn't help. Obakeneko (talk) 09:38, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

cross post notice: Commons:Village_pump#Bizarre_image_caching_problem --Saibo (Δ) 21:02, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

I'm experiencing the same problem. Has anyone notified an admin or technical personnel yet? Mikael Häggström (talk) 05:08, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for the report. Admins cannot do anything here. Yes, it is reported, see above mentioned Village pump section. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 13:24, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

I have also problems with my file file:Karte-Schloss-Ludwigslust.png. The latest version is not shown when clicking on the thumb but the third-latest version. Nor purging, reloading, cache-refreshing has helped. --muns (talk) 19:09, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Hmm.. Same problem with File:Esculturas-orantes-carlos-v-pantoja-de-la-cruz-el-escorial.jpg and another file I've level adjusted yesterday... Weird that it shows the correct file size for the new image, but the image you actually see is the old one. Refresh, cache clean, purge, all useless. :S -- Darwin Ahoy! 02:31, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

It's been four days now and no status message? I know these things can take time but it would be nice if people get informed that there is a known problem with Commons at the moment and someone is working on it (or not) :( --Alexrk2 (talk) 16:34, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

It seems to be evolving in some way. Picture File:Iguane à Chichén Itzá.JPG this morning had a serious issue, and another completely different picture was being shown there, despite many attempts to eradicate it. It's now properly showing the iguana.
Picture File:Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, Agosto de 2010-2.jpg which is an experiment I did yesterday, but uploaded the original image by mistake, then replaced with the new one, is now showing the correct file in thumbnail and click-through, which was not the case yesterday. It's yet showing the original image in the default viewer, however.
Picture File:Esculturas-orantes-carlos-v-pantoja-de-la-cruz-el-escorial.jpg where I've done some level tweaking still shows the older version, in thumbnail, click-through and default viewer versions. :S -- Darwin Ahoy! 17:19, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Still doesn't work. I guess if it is about trying to find the best way how to frustrate users - you've succeeded. --Alexrk2 (talk) 17:30, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Can admins see deleted histories across language wikis?

I tagged File:Avril_Lavigne_Geneva_June_09_2005.jpg for deletion, and contacted the author (who never responded); so now I'm wondering if an admin would be able to go to the "source" of this image, which is at the Italian wiki and view what the "source" for the image is linked to over there. Thanks! – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 17:35, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

As far as I know, a Commons admin cannot see this if he isn't also admin on the other project. Try to contact admin User:Filnik who is also admin on :it.--Túrelio (talk) 20:46, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
First rev by User:Attila.redegliunni claims:
"Foto scattata da Alessio Vissani (Tharis) durante il concerto all'Arena Genève, 9 giugno 2005. {{GFDL}}"
"Shoot taken by A. Vissani (Tharis) during a concert at "Arena Genève" on 9 June 2005, GFDL
--Vituzzu (talk) 20:54, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Excellent, I'll contact Filnik. Thanks for the info! – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:00, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Filnik will not be able to tell you more than Vituzzu did (Vituzzu is admin on it:wp). The image was uploaded by it:User:Attila.redegliunni who claimed that the author is Alessio Vissani it:User:Tharis. The text was:
"Foto scattata da Alessio Vissani (Tharis) durante il concerto all'Arena Genève, 9 giugno 2005. {{GFDL}}"
"Shoot taken by A. Vissani (Tharis) during a concert at "Arena Genève" on 9 June 2005, GFDL
cheers, Amada44  talk to me 21:08, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
You can probably find an admin from it.wp to look at the history but anyway you can look at the upload log on it.wp, and see the original uploader's comment from 22 September 2005, which reads "Foto scattata da Alessio Vissani (Tharis) durante il concerto all'Arena Genève, 9 giugno 2005. {{GFDL}}", which is also what the uploader to Commons recopied in the upload comment and in the file description here on 15 January 2006. So, I don't think that the file history on it.wp would tell anything more than that anyway. The mention of "Tharis" probably refers to this user. The comment seems to imply that he would be the photographer. Now, it is not obvious that they are the same person and even if they are, he has not uploaded the file himself and there doesn't seem to be evidence that he licensed the file. There's a slim possibility that the history might show the addition of an authorization from the photographer, and that's probably what you want to verify, but if it had been the case, the uploader to Commons would probably have mentioned it. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:15, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
Ah, Vituzzu, double thanks for the info, I didn't realize you were actually giving me the info I was looking for... simply because unfortunately it didn't contain what I was hoping for. Thanks to all the responses. I'm not sure where this leaves me. If I don't hear back from the photographer, then it looks like I can't prove or disprove the image's licensing. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:22, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

File:King williams war.svg

Hello. For some reason the uppermost and downmost parts of the map have lost colour when uploaded to the commons. It looks properly in Inkscape and for the death of me I cannot figure out what's wrong. Cheerio Hoodinski (talk) 15:54, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

The background image used to provide the color has been compressed; you can see a squashed Long Island just above the outline of Long Island, for example. Does that help you track down the problem? Powers (talk) 19:10, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank for the tip. I'll try to experiment with the settings maybe. Hoodinski (talk) 09:01, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Images have colors inverted

Hi, I'm new to adding images to wikimedia and just uploaded about 10 pictures. The thumbnail for all of them and the preview for some of them are all black like the colors are inverted or something. But if I click into the picture file they all look fine. Here's an example - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vertu_headset.jpg Any suggestions? Danamarie1 (talk) 10:56, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

That image has a CMYK color profile "Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27" embedded. I'd suggest using and embedding an sRGB color profile instead. Lupo 11:11, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the tip, I think that will work. However it doesn't seem to want to let me replace it with an RGB image. I think the uploader is changing it to CMYK? Is that possible? Danamarie1 (talk) 11:46, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
OK, that looks like a technical issue, probably something to do with the cache problems we've been experiencing. It might clear up on its own, but I'll go poke the sysadmins on IRC just in case. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 13:09, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

changing file descriptions

On 5/25/11 I edited a file description (Petersburg crater union trench crop.jpg). On 5/27/11 I logged in, searched for and found that file, only to find that the previous description had "returned." I then checked the edit history and found the file description I entered on 5/25/11. This is my first use of Wikimedia Commons and I am puzzled as to why the editing I did on 5/25/11 is only displayed under the file history, when it occurred *after* the date of the "original" file entry?

Thanks, Barry McGhan

Apparently, this is the modification you made and it shows in the current version. I'm not sure I understand your problem. Maybe just refresh the cache of your browser? -- Asclepias (talk) 14:54, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
I completely reworked the description of File:Petersburg crater union trench.jpg and File:Petersburg crater union trench crop.jpg. Thank you for looking for the descriptions here, possibly Commons/Wikipedia is the biggest multiplicator for such images in the internet, therefore contributing here is a good idea. However, we should rename the files to resolve the former misidentification finaly. Do you think the LoC title, Union soldiers entrenched along the west bank of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia, will be an accurate filename? File:Union soldiers entrenched along the west bank of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia.jpg respectively File:Union soldiers entrenched along the west bank of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia (cropped).jpg? --Martin H. (talk) 16:35, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

korrekte Verwendung von aus Wikipedia-Artikeln kopierten Bildern

Hallo,

ich möchte Bilder aus Wikipedia-Artikeln in eigene Powerpoint-Präsentationen einbinden, in den meisten Fällen auf den Folien auch Ergänzungen / Änderungen vornehmen, so dass der O-Zustand der Bilder ggf. nicht mehr nachvollziehbar ist.

Diese ppt-Präsentationen sollen öffentlich gezeigt werden, ggf. sollen gedruckte Handouts verteilt und ppt- oder PDF-Dateien davon zur Verfügung gestellt werden, evt. auch von einer Webseite frei herunterladbar sein. Ein kommerzielles Interesse besteht dabei nicht. Je nach Einzelfall möchte ich lediglich meine Selbstkosten (Raummiete, Kopien etc.) erstattet bekommen, z.B. in Form von Eintrittsgeldern.

Die Präsentationen sollen selbst ohne Einschränkungen von Dritten weiterverwendet werden dürfen.

Ich möchte bei der Verwendung der Bilder selbstverständlich nicht gegen Rechte der Urheber verstoßen. Es stellen sich mir jedoch folgende Probleme:

1. die Bilder stammen von verschiedenen Urhebern und die von ihnen erteilten Lizenzen unterscheiden sich naturgemäß in gewissem Ausmaß. Ich kann andererseits nicht zu jedem Bild einzeln umfangreiche Angaben machen, ohne die Präsentation vollkommen zu sprengen.

2. in den Bilder-Lizenzen ist standardmäßig verfügt, dass die Namensnennung in der vom Rechteinhaber festgelegten Weise erfolgen soll - oft ist der Urheber aber gar nicht richtig benannt, sondern nur ein Link auf eine User Page angegeben, aus der der Name auch nicht hervorgeht. Es sind oft auch gar keine Verfügungen getroffen, in welcher Weise die Namensnennungen erfolgen sollen.

Meine Fragen sind vor diesem Hintergrund folgende:

zu 1. kann ich jeweils an den Anfang der Präsentation standardmäßig eine Auswahl von Lizenzen (GNU, Creative Commons, weitere?) für die Präsentation anbieten, die so vollständig ist, dass ich auf keinen Fall Lizenzbestimmungen der Bilder-Rechteinhaber verletze? Welche Lizenzen müsste ich ggf. angeben?

zu 2. wie kann ich die Namensnennung zu jedem Bild in korrekter Weise vornehmen, wenn mir kein rückführbarer Name bekannt ist? Kann ich ersatzweise den Titel oder die URL des Wiki-Artikels und das Download-Datums angeben?

Da ich mir wirklich nicht die Leistungen anderer Menschen unbotmäßig aneignen möchte, wäre ich für entsprechende Ratschläge sehr dankbar.

Vielen Dank im Voraus!

BB

Hallo BB, eine gut verständliche Erklärung findest du hier: Commons:Weiterverwendung.
Zu 2) was meinst du mit "rückführbarer Name"? Wenn nichts anderes vereinbart bist, hast du (by CC-BY- oder GFDL-lizensierten Bildern) im Credit den Namen anzugeben, der in der Bildbeschreibung unter "Urheber" angegeben ist. Wenn dir ein Name nicht seriös (Mickymaus0815) erscheint, kannst du den Betreffenden auf seiner Benutzerdiskussionsseite (oder per Email sofern freigeschaltet) fragen, ob du etwas anderes angeben kannst. Nein, der Urhebername ist nicht durch anderes ersetzbar. IANAL. --Túrelio (talk) 22:29, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Uploaded image counter

Is there an easy way to find exactly how many and what images I've uploaded to Commons? I've seen pages called "Category:Files by User:XXXX" but I don't think I have one. Thanks. Delaywaves (talk) 22:22, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Yes, go to your contributions, look at the bottom of the page and you have there at least two upload counters of the files you loaded to Commons, with gallery. Please be aware, however, that if some user reuploaded one of your files, it probably will not be displayed on that gallery. The same if you uploaded a file over one already existing, it will be displayed in your gallery, and not in the one of the original uploader.-- Darwin Ahoy! 22:27, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
For how many, you can try this tool or this tool. For what images, you can use your "uploads" link or, for a simple list, you can see your upload log. A judicious combination of the different tools should give you the information you are looking for. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:44, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Also here you can see which images you upload. mickit 09:11, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Can I use these drawings?

Sorry, I have a feeling I should be able to answer this one myself, but I am by now a bit gun-shy.

In some of my articles I want to use some technical drawings of fishes from an FAO publication. On its title page or thereabouts, it says:

All rights reserved. Reproduction and dissemination of material in this
information product for educational or other non-commercial purposes are
authorized without any prior written permission from the copyright holders
provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of material in this
information product for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited
without written permission of the copyright holders. Applications for such
permission should be addressed to the Chief, Publishing Management
Service, Information Division, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100
Rome, Italy by e-mail to copyright@fao.org

Now, does that mean that with full acknowledgement (which I am more than happy to give!) I can upload the pics to Wimikimedia commons, and then use them in my Wikipedia articles on the species in question? Or do I have to go via some other route?

And if I do use the pics in my article, must I acknowledge it in the uploaded description or in the caption, or both? (I intend doing both, but wish to ensure clarity.

Thanks, I hope!

BTW, Previously I had simply given up on uploading pics, but the new wizard is so helpful with its bulk option and hand-holding etc, that I already have uploaded a couple of dozen of my own photos of plants, animals and geology, and there are more coming.

Cheers,

JonRichfield (talk) 12:56, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

To upload files on commons, they must have a licence for free commercial use; those from the FAO publication have not (Reproduction of material in this

information product for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited") and you may not upload them, sorry. --Havang(nl) (talk) 13:02, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. <siiigh!> I am just starting to remember how I GOT gun-shy...! Is there any other option for using them, say (legally) uploading them somewhere else? Or asking for specific permission from FAO etc? (Just asking, he says sadly!) There are other pictures that I can take myself, but Hake? I am left helpless, unless I decide to photograph some fried fish and chips locally...! JonRichfield (talk) 14:29, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
There is restricted possibility of uploading locally on wikipedia, it depends on the wikipedia. If you ask permission from FAO, you should ask permission for free use, including free commercial use by anyone; best is then to work with a Commons:OTRS-ticket, containing a declaration of FAO that they give that permission. --Havang(nl) (talk) 15:00, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

PS: may-be you will find a suitable image here: Category:Gadus morhua or at related categories. --Havang(nl) (talk) 15:25, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Hey man! That was really helpful! Not only did it permit me to find some pics good enough for some of my purposes, but it reminded me that I could look through some of the old books for useful pictures instead of sitting back and moaning! Much thanks!JonRichfield (talk) 16:42, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Photograph clean up

I just uploaded File:Abraham & Strauss plaque.jpg can someone clean up the image a bit? I think the surrounding marble should show or the fact that its a plaque gets lost, but it would be good if it was cleanly framed by the marble. Also it would be excellent if the contrast was tweaked so that the writing shows up more clearly, which is the photograph's main usefulness for the Wikipedia article.

On a second issue, I would really prefer if the details were removed, especially my phone model and the exact time I took the picture. Can someone explain how I would remove these details from a file before uploading for my future reference? Thanks.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 18:37, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Probably the former request is better posted at Commons:Graphic Lab/Photography workshop; someone can certainly do a perspective transform to straighten this, but if you want the context clear you didn't leave much of the wall at right for anyone to work with.
See Commons:EXIF for more about EXIF data in general; as for editing EXIF data, you might have a look at http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/exifsoftware/EXIF_IPTC_XMP_Software_Metadata_Readers_Editors_Extraction_Tools.htm.
By the way, it seems to me that there is enough prose on the plaque that it may raise copyright issues. - Jmabel ! talk 06:11, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
I've tentatively done what you asked, the result can be seen on the right. I'm not exceedingly happy with the result, which still has problems, so if you get a better version feel free to delete it as a duplicate.-- Darwin Ahoy! 06:47, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
I don't think it'll be possible to make it readable from within a Wikipedia article; if the text is important, just quote it within the article. (And if it's too long to quote without violating copyright, it's too long to take a picture of, too.) Powers (talk) 13:28, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
Much obliged to all. I will explore the EXIF information and links the next time I am planning an upload. The rotated image looks good to me! As for the copyright, hmm, it didn't occur to me that the text on the plaque itself might be an issue but now that you mention it, I'm not sure. If it's a problem I think the image would constitute fair use in the article, so it could be deleted from here and uploaded locally to Wikipedia. Is there a page on Commons for copyright specialists to give their opinion? (there is w:WP:MCQ at Wikipedia). I'll keep the graphics lab in mind for future, similar image manipulation requests.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
Commons talk:Licensing often fields licensing questions; you might find a few extra opinions there. Powers (talk) 17:17, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Uploading a 1976 Amateur Soccer Team Picture

I am in possession of a 1976 Ontario (Canada) Provincial soccer team picture. I was a member of the team and the picture was given to all team members without any notices of copyright restrictions. The names of members are not currently listed within the picture itself, but I do plan to add them. I consider this picture and names of the players to be public, because the team members were selected to compete in a public forum. I'm also in possession of brochures that were publicly distributed at the matches, and newspaper clippings. Do you have any concerns or objections with me uploading the picture and the names of team members, as a public document? — Preceding unsigned comment added by InPerpetuity (talk • contribs) 21:25, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Do not upload. Copyright notice or not doesnt matter,the photo is in copyright. See COM:L#Canada. Since you was a team member you did see the photographer taking the picture of you. The photographer is therefore not unknown, this means the copyrigh will exist for the life of the author plus 50 years. Owning a copy of the photo does not allow you to license it and distribute the copy workd wide to others for any purpose including commercial purposes. "Public domcument" also has nothing to do with public domain, the newspaper of today has been published and is public, but not public domain. --Martin H. (talk) 17:34, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Bee Arthur

My picture is being considered for deletion. It is a picture of myself and my Logo. why is this a copyright infringement if the picture is my property? Thank you, Bee Arthur www.bq.awuraba.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bee Arthur (talk • contribs) 21:48, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

You got an answer already at User talk:Túrelio. --Martin H. (talk) 17:36, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Photos of memorial

I have taken some photos of the Anti-War Memorial dedicated in Woodford Green by Sylvia Pankhurst in 1935. The designer and sculptor was Eric Benfield; I can find no other information about him. Pankhurst died in 1960. What licence should I use? RolandR (talk) 01:20, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

According to COM:FOP#United Kingdom, people can take photographs of permanently-situated public statues in the United Kingdom without violating copyright. So the only license you need to specify would be the one you choose for your photograph. Wknight94 talk 01:29, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
(ec) Now its already answered :) If you want to adress the copyright situation on your upload you can add {{FoP-UK}} below your license. --Martin H. (talk) 01:31, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
In fact you even should use {{FoP-UK}} to indicate why your photo of a work by another author is allowed. I presume this memorial is "located in a public place or in premises open to the public"?
Since you ask which license you should use: You can select one or several as usual for your own works. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 03:01, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Changing title of image

Hi, I just uploaded this image, but I accidentally used the non-descriptive title that I used on my computer before uploading. Is there a way to change the title, and if I change it, would it affect any articles that the image is used on? Thanks. Delaywaves (talk) 02:48, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

See COM:RENAME for information how to request a title change / rename of this file.
After rename it will be replaced by a bot or by hand in the article. In the meantime a redir will ensure that the image is displayed in the article. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 03:04, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

File extension does not match MIME type?

I’ve been getting this error repeatedly in the last couple minutes, never had it before. The files in question are new additions and improvements to Category:Icons_for_motorway_descriptions/testing/generic, all of them hand-made SVGs.

Here’s the source of one of the files that caused this mistake: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="uft-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="500" height="500">

<title>RP2uhRP4</title>

<g style="stroke:#999;stroke-width:220px;">
	<path d="M   0,250 L 500,250" />
	<g style="stroke-width:110px;">
		<path d="M 250,0   L 250,100" />
		<path d="M 250,400 L 250,500" />
	</g>
</g>

<g style="stroke:#FFF;stroke-width:25px;">
	<path d="M 00,250  L 500,250" />
	<g style="stroke-dasharray:50px;">
		<path d="M 250,25  L 250,100" />
		<path d="M 250,475 L 250,400" />
		<path d="M 25,190  L 475,190" />
		<path d="M 25,310  L 475,310" />
	</g>
</g>

<g fill="#80A080">
	<rect width="500" height="60" x="0" y="50" />
	<rect width="500" height="60" x="0" y="390" />
</g>

</svg>

Please help! Tuvalkin (talk) 18:27, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Sometimes SVGs don't get detected correctly. If you alter it slightly, it might work. --  Docu  at 18:29, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
I’ll try to play around with whitespace and stacking order — but for simple designs and clean coding there isn’t usually much wiggle room. :-\ There must be a no-no here somewhere, as the images which caused this error are all derivatives from the same. As I understand, this is a bug in wm, not miscoding on my part. My code seems faultless, but I’ll get it validated before any further tries. Tuvalkin (talk) 18:40, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
The one above was accepted without changes, but the others like it still not being accepted due to apparently bogus MIME type error. Also W3C’s «SVG Validation Service has been discontinued.» Tuvalkin (talk) 19:26, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Silly question but are you using uft-8-encoding? With (BOM) UTF or without UTF-marker. Maybe, playing around with encoding can fix it. -- RE rillke questions? 20:11, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Why not using this validator ? -- RE rillke questions? 20:17, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for both tips, Rilke! I changed to "us-ascii" (simpler than that would have to be Morse code!), which is (also) accurate, and it worked. Still, the error message could be more specific, and it must be un “unwanted feature” (a bug!) because I’ve been uploading utf-8 SVGs for years with no troubles. Tuvalkin (talk) 20:27, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

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