Commons:Help desk/Archive/2017/02

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Can we fix this error with script (error in my username in some uploads)?

Seems that for a few days my Commonist had an error and was uploading my files with UserLPiotrus instead of User:Piotrus attribution. Can we fix it through some kind of script? List of affected files is here. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 19:43, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 00:44, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

File:Culture - Urban Future - Global Report On Culture for Sustainable Urban Development.pdf

I have added the license to it. Can i remove the deletion? MechQuester (talk) 04:02, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

  • (1) Are you are an image reviewer? (2) If so, isn't it a bit unusual to review your own upload? I would think you would mark it for review and have someone else review it. (3) But that also requires providing a link to the source, which is still missing.
  • So, no, I don't think you should simply remove the {{No permission since}} notice at this point. I imagine you are correct that the image is ultimately valid under precisely the license you've stated, but please indicate the source (a URL, not just "UNESCO"). - Jmabel ! talk 07:33, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
The problem was never a missing license, but missing evidence of permission to publish the document under that license. The file itself actually contains some licensing information, and if that information had stated that the contents were free, all that would have been needed would be a verifiable source URL for the file. Unfortunately, according to the information in the file, it's actually a mix of free and non-free content. Page 4 of the file states:

This publication is available in Open Access under the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO (CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/). By using the content of this publication, the users accept to be bound by the terms of use of the UNESCO Open Access Repository (http://www.unesco.org/open-access/terms-use-ccbysa-en).

but also:

(*) Images marked with an asterisk do not fall under the CC-BY-SA licence and may not be used or reproduced without the prior permission of the copyright holders.

Since the document contains non-free content (and a lot of it, including the front page), it cannot be hosted on Commons. Also, as mentioned, you are not a license reviewer, so you should not be marking uploads as reviewed. —LX (talk, contribs) 17:11, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Spelling error in user name

When registering I missed uppercase of my family name "Smolle". How can I fix it? Thank you so much for your help! With kind regards Josef — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josef smolle (talk • contribs) 11:29, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

You can request a rename on Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Ruslik (talk) 12:34, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

File:RibosomeProfilejpg.jpg thumb different than full image

Hi again folks! Previously, I had uploaded a version of this file with multi-colored "amino acids" in the growing protein coming from the ribosomes. After learning about color policies at wp, I made a new image with almost all black "amino acids". I uploaded it to the commons as a replacement. As you can see if you look at the file history, I'm making a mockery of the process. Last I looked, I can see the "black" version in thumbnails, but the big image still has the multiple colors. Even the wp page Ribosome profiling has the black thumbnail, but clicking on it gives the multicolor version. sigh. Can you please help? Thanks, DennisPietras (talk) 21:14, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Mass upload of my images

Hi there,

I have a lot of images which I am willing to share under CC-BY-SA-3.0.

These images are primarily of gemstones, fossils, and minerals. Some will, in all likelihood, not be suitable for usage.

As stock passes through my business, more images are created, so this is an ongoing thing. (a hundred a month, on average)

I can do this manually but it does take quite a lot of time - is there an alternate system in place for mass uploads? I am afraid I do not know very much about using this website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Albionfireandice (talk • contribs) 18:16, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

You can look at Commons:Upload_tools. Ruslik (talk) 20:01, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
  • Ruslik aimed you the right place and I'd like to add that, yes, there are several ways to do this that should meet your needs. I've done well with Commonist, but I also have sometimes found it easier to first upload to Flickr (which is probably better for mass uploads than Commons) and then use Flickr2Commons to bring images over to Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 23:47, 31 January 2017 (UTC)


Thank you both. I will have a look at the Commonist application. If I have any trouble with uploads, etc, would I be better off asking in IRC? The lack of notifications on this help page could be strange. --Albionfireandice (talk) 17:51, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Missing sources in historical (1820s, 1830s) poetry collections

I am compiling collections of poetry from the 1820s-1830s period from scans of contemporary sources. In a small number of cases, I do not have access to such a source but I do have a transcription from a modern edition (F.J.Sypher. Poems from Annuals, by Letitia Elizabeth Landon). I would like my compilations to be complete, but should I: 1. Leave the poem out until a contemporary source becomes available? 2. Include the transcription as text? 3 Include the transcription as a scanned document? Note: These collections are to be indexed into Wikisource. My transcriptions are already proofread obviously but validation strikes me as being a problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esme Shepherd (talk • contribs) 19:29, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. I didn't make it quite clear that I will be scanning my own texts (using a font selected by me) of the poems I have transcribed. I am however reliant on F.J. Sypher for the accuracy of those texts.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Esme Shepherd (talk • contribs)

    • Not sure then why you are bothering with images, rather than just the text in Wikitext. If they are your own transcriptions, they don't have any more evidentiary value than what you might type. - Jmabel ! talk 16:27, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Okay, I'll do that. It was my second option. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Esme Shepherd (talk • contribs) 18:56, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Permission from non-wiki author

I want to release a couple of photos using the {{PD-author|author}} tag. I have the permission of the copyright holder but I believe I need to pass this information to Commons and I can't find out where and how to supply this information. What would help would be a form that he could fill in and that I could forward to you. Is such a form available and if not, would it be possible to provide one? I know last time I tried to do this I had a problem but wanted to know how to get the statement to you before starting the upload. His current email to me says "I am happy for you to publish the 2 photographs in Wikipedia" but I know that's not enough but don't want to waste his time (he's a surgeon). I will be using cc-0 or cc-by-4.0. Chris55 (talk) 12:08, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

Logo for the Royal Tennis Hall of Stockholm

Hello,

I am employed by above tennis club and well within my right to modify, use or change the following Logo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki-logga.png. We designed it, we created it and i guess that it is us who are responsible for it. I have talked to our virtual designer to work out all the kinks with the logo so that it clearly is a free and Wiki-friendly image.

Is this enough to get it republished or will i have to do something more?

Best regards Erik W The Royal Tennis Hall of Stockholm — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erikwelin (talk • contribs) 08:45, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

  • @Erikwelin: Actually, the relevant rights seem to me to be a bit unclear. I'm sure the club has any relevant trademark rights, but typically (I don't know Swedish law) copyright remains with the artist unless overtly signed over, so you might not be in a position to release under CC-By-SA.
  • Assuming the copyright does belong to the club, not the artist, we'd need a release via email as explained in COM:OTRS. That's because this has been previously published, and without a release like that anyone could come along and claim to represent the club and upload something like this (or any other intellectual property of the club). - Jmabel ! talk 16:34, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
  • @Unsigned2:

We have been given the right to distribute and change our logo how much we like. How do i prove this to Wiki? // Erikwelin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erikwelin (talk • contribs) 09:54, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

  • Follow up with email as suggested at COM:OTRS. Assuming you have a document assigning you the rights, a photocopy of that should probably be attached. If they need to get back to you for clarification, they will. As I understand it, they have about a month backlog right now, so it may be a while before they get to you.
  • In the future, if you are uploading an image that has been previously published, you can do the OTRS email at the same time you upload, and mark the image with {{OTRS pending}}. Typically, this will assure that the image doesn't get deleted while things are being sorted out. However, I'm afraid that in this case we are already past that. - Jmabel ! talk 15:51, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

Request for deletion of non-free screenshot

File:Renewables ninja photovoltaics and wind energy database screenshot.png
Non-free image

Hello all.

The screenshot PNG shown is not free. I uploaded it yesterday in the belief that the originating software was under a BSD license. But email correspondence with the author Stefan Pfenninger today shows that the web programming is indeed proprietary. Can someone therefore please delete this image. Sorry for the mix-up.

For the record, I have uploaded a similar screenshot released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 license. That JPG should, of course, remain. File:Renewables ninja photovoltaics and wind energy database screenshot showing simulated pv output.jpg.

Please leave a message on my English Wikipedia talk page if there are further issues. TIA and with best wishes. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 12:28, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

✓ Done Yann (talk) 12:31, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

help me

How to upload photo or video using google drive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by O30 (talk • contribs) 09:10, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

✓ Done I blocked O30 indefinitely as sockpuppet of Jhony jhony ha ji. Taivo (talk) 10:00, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Help request (template related)

(side note) It seems like Category:User needing help is not being actively watched by anyone on this wiki, which is a shame. I just cleared it out, some people had been waiting for help since September 2016.

Unfortunately I can't help myself, so I'm shamelessly plugging my own help request which brought to my attention this seemingly abandoned user category: User_talk:Psiĥedelisto#Help request. Please help if you can, in the future I'll know not to bother with the {{helpme}} template. Psiĥedelisto (talk) 10:12, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

  • I think you are correct that no one is monitoring those. I hadn't even heard of them & I've been an admin here almost from the outset. I looked at your talk page and I don't know the answer to your question. I suggest you just ask it here (spare people the click-through to see what it's about). - Jmabel ! talk 17:24, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

upload photos

I think i am allowed to upload photos from the nederlands archiv at rijkswaterstaat.nl. They give the copyright in this way: https://beeldbank.rws.nl/Miscellaneous/Copyright

I need pictures for my text "Sand gegen Meer" and want to upload pictures out of this archiv with the hint to the source : https://beeldbank.rws.nl, Rijkswaterstaat I think that will be enough.

one picture i.e.: https://beeldbank.rws.nl/MediaObject/Details/420481 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Awistreich (talk • contribs) 14:54, 4 February 2017‎ (UTC)

For copyrighted content to be hosted on Commons, the copyright holder must have agreed to publication under a license that allows anyone to use, modify and redistribute the content for any purpose, including commercial purposes. The page you link to offers no such license. Please read Commons:Licensing. —LX (talk, contribs) 16:27, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Quality image seal not showing in some images

Feeling confused about couple of images.

1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jal_Mahotsav_Dance.jpg

This image has got positive feedback and is showing at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images#People but the image page still does not have quality image seal. It was submitted and reviewed on 27th January.

Same is true for

2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gas_balloon_Jal_Mahotsav.jpg

It is showing at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Quality_images#Objects

If there are any other steps by which these images should go, would like to know about them too. Thanks --Sumitsurai (talk) 21:03, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

You can ask the user who operates User:QICbot, but you can also add the tag manually. Ruslik (talk) 18:23, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the answer Ruslik --Sumitsurai (talk) 14:32, 6 February 2017 (UTC)

Info to add

Several years ago I visited Montenegro and near the village of Zabljak in the northern regions, I was taken by taxi to a site called Kut, amidst the forestry plantations.(It's unmarked on Google maps) From here it was possible to get an amazing view of the deepest part of the Tara canyon. Today, when I searched Google to see if Kut was mentioned I found nothing there. Since the lookout is such an incredible one I thought it might be a salutory idea to add the name of Kut to your sources somewhere - either under the Tara River Gorge/Canyon, Zabljak or even just Kut (though there are several Google references to such a word /name unrelated to the Tara Canyon or Montenegro). — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2001:8003:30DA:5600:BCDF:BFD1:3C6F:108B (talk) 12:44, 5 February 2017 (UTC)

Up loading jpeg photos to the HP 42 page

Yesterday I uploaded 2 photos of the Handley Page 42 to the HP 42 page. They appeared to have uploaded successfully as they appeared on the said page in all my devices. However, I noticed a few hours later they had been removed from the HP 42 page. Can you help or explain please? Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ricpa (talk • contribs) 03:19, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

  • When you say you "uploaded... to the HP 42 page" I'm guessing you mean a page in the English-language Wikipedia. Here on Commons, we're just concerned with hosting the photo. Whether it is to be in a particular article or not is something you'll have to take up in the English-language Wikipedia, probably on the talk page of the relevant article. I will remark that trying to put the photos before the infobox is a pretty certain way to get someone to change what you did. It would appear that in this case Nigel Ish simply reverted your addition. But, as I say, if you want to discuss it, the talk page of the article would be the place to do that. - 04:43, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Uploading photos

Can I upload my own photos to Commons? --Vladimirrizov20 (talk) 12:42, 21 January 2017 (UTC)

Did you take those photos yourself? Ruslik (talk) 18:54, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Yes, I can. --Vladimirrizov20 (talk) 15:19, 25 January 2017 (UTC)
Then you can upload provided that they do not depict something under copyright. 19:21, 25 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruslik0 (talk • contribs)
Which is to say, for example, in most countries you can't upload pictures of someone else's artwork, and in a handful you can't upload pictures of buildings that are still in copyright, if the building constitutes a significant part of the interest of the photo. You don't say what country you are in. - Jmabel ! talk 03:03, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
Jmabel, judging from his user page probably Bulgaria. Vladimir, see also Commons:Copyright rules by territory, Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter and – important, if you are in Bulgaria – also Commons:Freedom of panorama. — Speravir – 23:33, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Help in categorizing an unidentified brand

Hi! I was browsing Category:Unidentified brands and I was able to find some information about File:Para post.jpg on Facebook. It appears to be (it was) a small food & beverage company from en:Trujillo, Peru. I guess it could be Category:Brands of Peru but I'm not sure. Could anybody help me please? Thanks. Alan Moraes (talk) 00:49, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

What exactly are you not sure about? Ruslik (talk) 18:24, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Ruslik! Whether I should create Category:Brands of Peru for File:Para post.jpg because File:Para post.jpg appears to be SPAM. Thanks. Oxe (talk) 15:42, 5 February 2017 (UTC)
I would create it - the image is still useful. Ruslik (talk) 20:22, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
@Ruslik0: ✓ Done Thanks! Oxe (talk) 12:48, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Upload Wizard not working

The Upload Wizard is not working at all for me. Commons uploader is working, but slowly. Is there a problem? Bubba73 (talk) 02:55, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

In addition, Vicuna Uploader will upload only rhe first one or two of the selected files. Bubba73 (talk) 04:25, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Well, it seems that the problem is with files larger than about 10 megabytes. Bubba73 (talk) 16:58, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

@Bubba73: Can you elaborate how is it "not working"? I just tried uploading an 18 MB photo and it worked fine. Please copy any error messages you see, or upload a screenshot. If the files you're uploading are available somewhere else on the Internet, please link them, maybe there's a problem specific to them. Matma Rex (talk) 21:28, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
This was happening last night and it happened every time I tried it (at least three times). I would tell it to upload and nothing would happen. No error message was given, just nothing happened. Later I was able to upload smaller files. Maybe it was a temporary problem, but I've had huge problems uploading off and on for months. Bubba73 (talk) 21:46, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Image not uploading

Hi, I am creating a wikipedia query and trying to upload an image of the person I am creating the query for but the photo is not accepeted. I have full copy rights of the photo by the person who took it and the person who is in it. What should I do?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robobotics (talk • contribs) 13:04, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

  1. I have no idea what you mean by a "wikipedia query".
  2. When you say, "I have full copy rights of the photo by the person who took it and the person who is in it", I take it you are not the photographer, so we will need a release as described in COM:OTRS.
  3. You don't say what tool you are uploading with, but some cannot handle a case like this (uploading someone else's photo). In the circumstances, I recommend Special:Upload, not the easiest but the most general. Remember to (1) indicate the actual author, (2) have email sent as described in COM:OTRS, (3) use the same license on the photo as is specified in the email, and (4) in your upload, include the {{OTRS pending}} tag so that it will be given a grace period for the OTRS process to be completed. - Jmabel ! talk 16:49, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
    @Jmabel: I would guess it's the cross-wiki upload tool used while creating an article. Matma Rex (talk) 21:25, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Here is the source for the image. There I found a permission from the website for free usage of all content when quoting. (it's in russian but it says free republication is allowed) http://mymedia.org.ua/articles/media/10_sovetov_kanygin.html --Pavlikmail (talk) 18:10, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

  • @Pavlikmail: There is still no license tag on the file page. That is why the page was tagged with {{No license since}}. Discussing it here does not change that. - Jmabel ! talk 22:59, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
  • My Russian is very minimal, but there seem to me to be two contradictory statements on that page. On the one hand "Приветствуется перепечатка материалов, при условии размещения активной гиперссылки на издание www.mymedia.org.ua" seems to grant broad permission (though it's not clear that it says anything about reusing photos, and it's not clear that it allows derivative versions of those photos), but then it also says "© Все права защищены". Doesn't that mean "All rights reserved"? It seems to me that with this lack of clarity, you should contact the site-owner and go through the COM:OTRS process to get them to grant a specific, commonly recognized license for the photo. - Jmabel ! talk 23:06, 7 February 2017 (UTC)

Family photos

Your process for photos is entirely opaque.

I have uploaded photos taken by our family, one from 1910, that is being flagged for copyright. Where am I supposed to fix this?? What am I supposed to do???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sprockethead1 (talk • contribs) 06:43, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Почему вы удаляете фото, которые явл. нашей собственностью?

Добрый день. Я руководитель пресс-службы народного депутата Валерия Писаренко - https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 Все фотографии, которые я (Oolesya) загружаю являются собственностью пресс-службы и официального сайта Валерия Писаренко. Вы можете зайти на сайт http://pysarenko.com.ua и посмотреть фотографии.

Как я могу доказать вам, что все авторские права защищены?

Могли бы вы обратно вернуть фото MP Valeriy Pysarenko.jpg и поставить его туда, куда я загрузила.

Как официальная структура, мы имеем право сформировать и оформить страницу депутата на Википедии, чтобы она выглядела презентабельно и чтобы информация была актуальной? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oolesya (talk • contribs) 08:39, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

動画のアップロードの仕方

動画のアップロードが上手くいきません。 どうすればいいですか？ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 暇・カキコ (talk • contribs) 10:47, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

  • Admittedly, I only have a clue what this says through Google Translate, which says "Uploading of the video does not go well. What should I do?", but that's not nearly enough information for anyone to answer your question. - Jmabel ! talk 16:45, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi,

I obtained a number of images from www.amazon.com/pr. The pages themselves clearly mention that the images can be used with proper citation for editorial purpose - http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-imageproduct31. I was conveyed the same information by email from Amazon's HR department as well:


Based on this, I uploaded some images, one being https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amazon_Fire_TV_with_Voice_Remote_and_Game_Controller.jpg. Because these images are free to use for editorial purpose without changing them and with explicit referencing, I included the tag

with the caption Non-derivative uses only, for editorial purposes.

However, the page is still saying that the image is missing source information and a contender for deletion. Can you tell me how to fix this issue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cupidvogel (talk • contribs)

The “for editorial purposes“ condition is also a problem; we have to permit use for any purpose (despite the principal mission of supporting educational uses). The above conditions amount to barely more licence than is already allowed under fair use/ fair dealing in most countries, even when “all rights [are] reserved“, and are nothing like a PD or CC0 release.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 18:00, 29 January 2017 (UTC)


  • Thanks. I again sent Amazon PR a mail, explaining the terms and conditions, and this time they replied back stating that I can use these images for Wikipedia. Can I use these images now?

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

I don’t think that response amounts to a free licence at all, and they don‘t directly answer the question about ND; even their consent to the last part is only implicit at best. Unfortunately your mention of Wikipedia-only and educational use just clouded the issue, because we simply don’t allow those conditions on Commons. It certainly appears you have their blessing to upload their images to the English Wikipedia—but if you do, you will still have to supply a fair-use rationale, because even Wikipedia treats material that only has permission “for Wikipedia” as non-free content. It will only be considered “free“ with an explicit statement that anyone can use the content for any purpose. In case you’ll be corresponding with them again in an effort to get the files hosted here, I would recommend including a link to a CC licence that we do accept, not one we don’t, and asking them to state they understand the terms and wish to release the content accordingly (which should be identified as specifically as possible; “our press images” is on the vague side). That would leave much less to doubt.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 05:49, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks. In that case, I would like to include all the images with a fair use rationale on the English Wikipedia page only, the rationale being that I have been granted permission to use the images on Wikipedia by the owners of this image. That means the images are not free, but usable on Wikipedia. Will that be all right? —Cupidvogel (talk) 02:12, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
Should be. Just remember to use en:Template:Non-free use rationale or a more specialized equivalent. - Jmabel ! talk 21:54, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

create new pages

Hi, I am new to Nestle and would like to use Wiki as my Knowledge source. Please let me know how to create a group for my team and start uploading pages there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sguptaa (talk • contribs) 06:23, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

The site you are on is Wikimedia Commons, a repository of free, educational media files used by Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, and others. It happens to be a wiki, but we host media files; pages are outside our project scope. There is no connection between this site and Nestlé.
If you are looking to add content to some internal wiki at your company, you should probably ask your colleagues. If you are looking to set up an internal wiki, you may wish to have a look at Mediawiki, the wiki software that powers Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. If by "Wiki", you mean "Wikipedia" and you are looking to add content to Wikipedia, then (a) you're on the wrong project and (b) you should head over to Wikipedia and read en:Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure before doing anything else. —LX (talk, contribs) 10:21, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Bot

Dear sir actually I am from Marathi Wikipedia and there are lot of files that don't have tag(license) on it. We wanted to separate it so that it may be deleted does Commons have any bot that can be helpful for Marathi Wikipedia as I had contacted English Wikipedia help they said me to contact Commons help desk does Commons have any such bot --Tiven2240 (talk) 06:25, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Please inform me on how to tag this as I am very much unfamiliar with tagging and upload procedure.

--Volsav (talk) 07:01, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Okay, I tagged them as copyright violations, since there is no particular reason to believe that these photos are in the public domain (as they are obviously quite recent in terms of copyright, which usually lasts at least 70 years after the death of the photographer) or that the copyright holder has agreed to publication under a free license. Clearly, despite the claims you made when uploading, you are not the author of the photographs. Please read Commons:Project scope/Summary and Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter#Internet images to understand what you can and cannot upload to this site.
Incidentally, File:One of the last photographs of Ludwig Wittgenstein.jpg is an inferior copy of a file that already exists on Commons, File:Wittgenstein-von-Wright.jpg, but I have my doubts about the PD claims made regarding that file, so I will nominate it for a deletion discussion. —LX (talk, contribs) 10:43, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Verifying Authenticity of License Holder

We have been contacted by an entity that claims to hold the license of a photo we used in one of our company blogs. They are claiming we did not include proper attribution language when we used the photo, and are now demanding we pay them for its past use. How can I verify that this demand is legitimate and not some sort of scam to get money from us? Thank you. 2602:306:3939:C410:18BB:953C:E60E:504 17:15, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Is it a photo you reused from here (Wikimedia Commons), please link or tell what file it is. That will make it easier to give an answer. You can: 1) Look at the page of the file, where the author wrote the information. In particular, look who uploaded the file, who the author is, what license is specified and what specific language the author specified for the attribution. 2) Look if the page includes a link to the actual author's website or mail. Follow the link to the user's personal page on Commons and see if you find more information there. If you find that the author has provided reliable contact information somewhere, you may want to contact the author using that information. If you have an account on Commons and if the user enabled the email option, you might try to contact the user that way. Compare the information you found about the author and the information you have from the person who contacted you. 3) If you come to the conclusion that the communication is legitimate, then follow the link to the text of the license and read in particular the text of the requirements for attribution, if any. 4) Keeping to mind those requirements of the license, compare the attribution language that was specified on the page by the author with the attribution language you used in your blog. Decide if a reasonable person would likely come to the conclusion that your use met the requirements of the license or not. The conclusion will of course depend on the specific facts of the case: what the author had specified, what license was used, how loose or strict the clauses of that license are regarding the attribution language, how reasonably your use meets those clauses. You will have to decide, or if in doubt consult a legal professional. If the license is one of the Creative Commons (CC) licenses, the CC FAQ on their website, although not binding, might also help. All the above is assuming that the file had been legitimately uploaded here in the first place. You really should tell what file it is. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:58, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Manfredo Ferrari image titled Mutter_Teresa_von_Kalkutta.jpg

Hello!

The photograph uploaded by Mr. Ferrari is provided with a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license, indicating that I am free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). share alike – If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

I have downloaded the file and modified it. I would like to upload the modified version per the share alike qualification, but I am not sure where to do so, and I cannot contact Mr. Ferrari because the link associated with his name indicates: "Wikimedia Commons does not currently have a user page called Manfredo Ferrari."

Can you tell me where I can upload the revised image so I can provide Mr. Ferrari with the credit due him?

Thanks so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by SMSJ2 (talk • contribs) 19:47, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Where to upload may depend on the type of modification you made. You can see the page Commons:Overwriting existing files for more information. If in doubt, upload to a different filename of your choice. If you do so, link to the original file in the source field, credit the original author in the author field. Also mention somewhere the modification you made. You can insert the Template:Retouched picture. You can use the user's talk page, even if he doesn't have a user page. But the last contribution of that user is from 2014. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:06, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
Convenience link: File:Mutter Teresa von Kalkutta.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 21:56, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Map

Hi!

I tried to modify a map to update some data, but when I uploaded it to replace the old one, it seems like it's exactly the same.

The map appears different on my desktop but then when I upload it it's the same as the older one as if I hadn't made any changes.

Do you why this might happen?

It's this one.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Distribution_of_Catholics.png

It looks exactly like the version from 2012 but it shouldn't

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naacevedo (talk • contribs) 21:27, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

  • Looks distinct to me; you probably just have a caching issue.
  • Looks like you uploaded 4 times, and the versions you uploaded are identical to one another.
  • Click through from the versions in the file history and you should be able to see the difference. - Jmabel ! talk 22:00, 9 February 2017 (UTC)

Upload Wizard stopped working

Screen shot of upload error
Tracked in Phabricator
Task T157201

I'm using the Upload Wizard on Firefox (v. 51.0.1) and it stopped working some 16 hours ago. I thought it would come right but it hasn't. I've restarted the laptop but that hasn't cured it. On the 'Upload' tab, I get a choice of 'Select media files to share' and 'Share images from Flickr'. If I select the former option, I can still choose the files I want to upload, but when I hit ok, it goes to a view where usually, the photos start appearing and the upload progress can be seen, but nothing happens. Flickr upload continues to be fine. When I use Chrome, it works as usual. So the problem is related to Firefox. Any ideas what needs doing? Schwede66 18:56, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

I'm sorry I can't answer this, but I've another question: There is an 'Share images from Flickr' button? I don't see any, neither with FF nor with Chrome. Are you sure or did I get something wrong? I want to upload an video from Flickr (which needs converting, too). Or is it working for you again?
Best regards, --#Reaper (talk) 02:15, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
@Reaper35: For whatever reason, it's restricted to administrators and license reviewers. (Presumably, people fear that it would be misused.) You can view it in action at https://commons.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard though. Matma Rex (talk) 23:33, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
@Matma Rex: Thank you for this information. Haven't known this. (It's available for license reviewers, too, btw.) And thanks for the beta link: I tested it and noticed that it isn't working for videos anyway unfortunately. Best regards, --#Reaper (talk) 00:13, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
@Reaper35: Yeah, videos are not supported yet, see phab:T149935. Matma Rex (talk) 14:11, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
@Schwede66: Can you upload a screenshot of how the interface looks like when it locks up? (For example at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/file/upload/) Can you also upload there a copy of the file you're trying to upload here? Do you see any error messages in the browser's error console? If you installed any new browser extensions recently, can you try disabling them temporarily and seeing if that fixes the issue? Matma Rex (talk) 23:29, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
@Matma Rex: Had trouble logging into Meta-Wiki and have uploaded it to Commons (probably in breach of all sorts of rules - sorry). To the right is the view I get immediately after hitting the 'Upload' button. Note the "1 of 1 file uploaded" notice; it wouldn't have had enough time to upload anything in that millisecond that it takes for that screen to appear. And no, I haven't installed any extensions recently, and there are just two in that list: Firefogg (which you need for uploading videos to Commons) and an extension that has automatically been disabled (Toshiba Fingerprint utility). I can't even remove the latter because it doesn't give me the usual 'Disable' or 'Remove' buttons. But to my knowledge, that got disabled many many months ago. And I've had Firefogg for some years now. I've tried uploading a random jpg from a series of photos; nothing wrong with it because photos from that series upload fine using Chrome. Schwede66 23:55, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
@Schwede66: Thanks, that's good to know. I couldn't reproduce the problem with Firefox 52 myself, though :/ (whether with Firefogg installed or not). I tried to look up your issue in the error logs, though, and I did find an exception from Firefox logged yesterday between 23:30-00:00, which is presumably you, where the error message is just "NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED: ". As you can imagine that's not very helpful for debugging the problem :)
Can you try doing this again, but this time, before you try uploading, open Firefox's "Web Console" (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Web_Console/Opening_the_Web_Console). After the upload fails, you should see an error message there starting with "NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED" – click the "expand" arrow to the left of it, and copy-paste the details here, please. Matma Rex (talk) 14:42, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

@Schwede66: It stopped working for me as well (on Firefox as well) but it worked properly when I started in Safe Mode. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:58, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

Addendum I just successfully uploaded something to Commonsβ using Firefox and the UploadWizard from Flickr. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:12, 31 January 2017 (UTC)

@Matma Rex: Ok, sorry, was distracted with other things. But here we go: 

NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED:   load.php:47
	mw.FirefoggHandler.prototype.start https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:47:411
	mw.UploadWizardUpload.prototype.start https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:99:396
	uw.controller.Upload.prototype.transitionOne https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:203:409
	bound  self-hosted
	uw.ConcurrentQueue.prototype.executeNext https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:194:609
	uw.ConcurrentQueue.prototype.startExecuting https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:194:877
	uw.controller.Upload.prototype.startQueuedUploads https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:203:652
	uw.controller.Upload.prototype.setUploadFilled https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:204:991
	uw.controller.Upload.prototype.addFile https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:204:272
	uw.controller.Upload.prototype.addFiles/< https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:204:480
	.each https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:5:226
	uw.controller.Upload.prototype.addFiles https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:204:440
	UWControllerUpload/< https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:201:955
	oo.EventEmitter.prototype.emit https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:588:836
	uw.ui.Upload.prototype.setupFileInputCtrl/< https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:221:214
	jQuery.event.dispatch https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:65:913
	jQuery.event.add/elemData.handle https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/load.php:60:459

Thanks for looking into this for me; that's much appreciated. Schwede66 18:32, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

@Schwede66: Thanks, and sorry for late response. So the error message comes from our Firefogg code… can you try disabling it? This is honestly looking like a Firefogg and/or Firefox bug. (And since Firefox is about to stop supporting Firefogg and similar extensions – see https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/11/23/add-ons-in-2017/ and https://firefogg.org/ – I doubt either party would be interested in looking into this. I just filed phab:T157319 to investigate replacing it with something else.) Matma Rex (talk) 14:20, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
Great, thanks. That's working again. Downside is that I have to find a new way of uploading videos. Ah well, I haven't used Firefogg for that purpose too frequently; something else will pop up, I suppose. But the far more pressing problem has been fixed, and that's great! Schwede66 04:45, 7 February 2017 (UTC)
@Schwede66: Maybe I misunderstand something, but how about converting the video files into an appropriate format locally on your computer? — Speravir – 17:24, 9 February 2017 (UTC)
@Speravir: No, you understand this right. Before Firefogg, I shagged around for a long time before I found a piece of software that could do the video conversion for the strange file format that my camera was producing. With Firefogg, this was all easy and straightforward. I now have a new camera, a similar unusual file format it seems, and I'm not looking forward to having to figure out once more how to do the conversion. Schwede66 19:31, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
@Schwede66: Aah. Which exotic format is this? — Speravir – 22:51, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
Can't remember; had already converted it to MP4, which Firefogg is (was) happy with. Schwede66 04:11, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi, You can use video2commons. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:44, 10 February 2017 (UTC)
Yann Excellent - thank you! Schwede66 04:11, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

I expected to find on the home page or at least on this page a hot button to report copyvios??

Anyway, I want to report File:Milton keynes Expansion Plan.jpg as almost certainly a copyvio and highly unlikely to be the 'own work' of the contributor. I strongly suspect that it has been copied from a local Council document and is not open source licensed. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 11:59, 8 February 2017 (UTC)

✓ Done Tagged with no permission. Yann (talk) 12:11, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
For future reference, there's a "Nominate for deletion" link in the "Tools" section directly on the file description page. For more alternatives, including speedy deletion tagging, enable the "Quick Delete" gadget in your preferences. —LX (talk, contribs) 20:10, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks, I see it now and that will satisfy my own needs in future.
My general point still stands though: how does a copyright owner register a formal complaint about unlicensed use without first having to become a registered editor? Why don't we have a fast-track method on the home page? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:21, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
It is not necessary to register to nominate a file for deletion. As for formal complaints by copyright holders, every page on the site (not just the home page) also contains a link to Commons:Contact us, which includes contacts for DMCA/OCILLA requests. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:14, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Met Museum

http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/10/14560044/metropolitan-museum-of-art-photo-library-free-online-creative-commons

In reference to this, can they be uploaded? MechQuester (talk) 04:12, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, they can if there is no underlying copyright. Ruslik (talk) 16:46, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
See also: Image and Data Resources and Category:Images from Metropolitan Museum of Art. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:51, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

how to reference the data a diagram/map is sourced on?

I may be daft, but I don't understand how to include the source into the tag.

The file in question is "225px län med störst andel frälsegods 1700t.png"

In wikipedia:en:Statare#Reforms I've sourced it:

{{cite book |last=Gadd |first=Carl-Johan |year=2000 |trans-title=Sweden's agricultural history. Part 3, the agrarian revolution from 1700 to 1870 |url= |language=Swedish |page=52 |title=Det svenska jordbrukets historia. I: Del 3, Den agrara revolutionen 1700-1870 |location=Stockholm |publisher=Natur & Kultur |isbn=}

/Johan M. Olofsson (talk) 09:21, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

You can insert the reference somewhere in the description page. You can use a template or not. For example, it can be like this. You can of course reword or reformat as you prefer. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:12, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
Fine!, Thanks Asclepias!
Now I realized that svg-files probably are to prefer, so I made one. Then I only have to find a delete-template also...
- No problem! I'm not asking for help (yet!).
/Johan M. Olofsson (talk) 19:45, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

How can I create a Sub-category?

I can easily create a category. I often see many sub-categories in a cetegory. But how can I create them? Thanks in advance. Rafi Bin Tofa (talk) 10:02, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

See Commons:Categories#Creating a new category. —LX (talk, contribs) 10:29, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
Subcategories are simply categories that are placed within another category, the same way as files are placed in categories. So to create a subcategory, create a category as you like, and categorise in the category you want to be the supercategory for your new subcat. --Pitke (talk) 15:19, 11 February 2017 (UTC)

Regret Category

Can someone with a super duper category tool remove all these random images from Category:Regret? I really don't feel like clicking through forty files and individually removing the cat. TimothyJosephWood 15:51, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

The files need category check anyway. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:18, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
  1. Not sure what was in there before, but what's there now mostly doesn't look "random" to me: appears to be sheet music of songs about regret.
  2. Nothing "super duper" needed: things like this are easily done with VisualFileChange, which I strongly recommend for anyone doing category work. - Jmabel ! talk 18:22, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
  1. Possibly debatable if some of them belong in Shame instead, but I certainly agree they’re not random. Not too bad for a bot-categorization, either.
  2. For categorizing alone, the Cat-a-lot Gadget is very useful and much simpler.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 19:23, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Adding language

Can someone add Bodo language to the Commons:Babel, language is already translated, here, So, please someone add the language and make is enable /acrive/. --ⓝⓘⓙⓦⓜ (talk) 17:33, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

"Upload a new version of this file" not working

I've been trying to add some arrows in File:MRI Location Hippocampus up..png, and despite having tried several times, the images does not show them. I can actually see the arrows in previous versions of the image under the "File history" section (such as this one), but the latest one always remains the old version. I can recall this problem has been present before. Am I the only one having this problem now? Mikael Häggström (talk) 20:17, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Mikael Häggström,
It is probably a cache issue. Try to clear the cache of your browser, it may help. Regards, Yann (talk) 20:33, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
Anyways, it is updated when I look now. Thanks! Mikael Häggström (talk) 20:43, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
Quite often it’s not a client-side problem with the browser, but that the image servers haven’t rendered new previews yet. Viewing or downloading the actual file will verify the upload, regardless of the thumbnail displays. Sometimes purging the page will refresh them; they usually get updated in a matter of minutes to hours anyway.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:46, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Escudo mumicipal de El Hoyo de Pinares.

En mi calidad de redactor del artículo publicado en Wikipedia relativo al municipio de El Hoyo de Pinares (Ávila), me dirijo a ustedes para que cambien el escudo del municipio, tal como me pide el Alcalde del mismo.

A través de washapp se ha dirigido a mí, adjuntándome el nuevo escudo.

Les ruego se pongan en contacto conmigo para ver como puedo hacerlo.

Atentamente,. JUAN DE PABLO AYUSO jupayu@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 88.7.168.37 (talk) 23:20, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

  • You are welcome to upload the new coat of arms with a new file name—if the copyright issues can be clarified (probably by an email, as described in COM:OTRS, from the designer of the new coat of arms)—and use that in a Wikipedia article, but Commons should retain the old one, just like (for example) we retain former flags of countries.
  • Te invitamos a subir al escudo nuevo, con nuevo nombre de archivo—si se puede clarificar los cuestiones de derechos de autor (probablemente con un email, como descrito en COM:OTRS/es, desde el deseñador del escudo nuevo)— y usarlo en el artículo de Wikipedia, pero Commons debe mantener el viejo, exactamente como mantenenemos banderas viejas de paises. - Jmabel ! talk 00:00, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
  • Deberá abrir una cuenta para cargar una foto. - Jmabel ! talk 00:01, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

uploading a picture for which I have permission

Hello!

I wish to use an illustration in the Wikipedia page on my home town, Helensburgh – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helensburgh

You will see towards the foot of the article that there is a section entitled "future developments", and in this I write about the new leisure centre, and in particular the concept designs produced by the late Gareth Hoskins. This design was part of a paper which he produced for Argyll & Bute Council, and which was (and may still well be) on their website.

From the emails accompanying this one you will see that I have been in touch with one of the partners in Gareth's firm and he has granted me permission to use the illustration.

However I am not certain as to how to complete the upload documentation, and I would appreciate help. Thank you!

Stewart Noble <(Redacted)@gmail.com>
Attachments8 Feb (5 days ago)
to Chris

Chris,

I have been updating the Wikipedia entry for Helensburgh recently, and I have included a small reference to the concept drawing which Gareth produced for the Helensburgh pierhead development.

I would like to be able to include the drawing itself in the Wikipedia page, but I need your permission to do so. If you are willing to grant this, can you please advise me what caption and credit I should put on it – should it be to Gareth, or to Hoskins Architects, or to something else? I attach the drawing in question.

Here's the bit of text that I have written: "Given the importance of the location for the new leisure centre, it is hoped that a building of outstanding design will be constructed. An internationally renowned local architect, the late Gareth Hoskins, produced some concept designs for the new buildings. Final designs from a range of architects are awaited."

I look forward to hearing from you. Many thanks!

Stewart Noble

(Redacted)@gmail.com
(Redacted)
Mobile/Handy (Redacted)
Attachments area

Chris Coleman-Smith <(Redacted)@hoskinsarchitects.com>
10:22 (10 hours ago)
to me

Hello Stewart,

Good to hear from you and happy for you to use the image. If you could credit Hoskins Architects that would be appreciated.

Regards,
Chris Coleman-Smith
Director
Hoskins Architects
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(Redacted)
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Studio 401
South Block
60/64 Osborne Street
Glasgow G1 5QH
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Company N° SC254352

From: Stewart Noble [mailto:(Redacted)@gmail.com]
Sent: 08 February 2017 11:51
To: Chris Coleman-Smith <(Redacted)@hoskinsarchitects.com>
Subject: Permission sought to use a drawing

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Stewartnbl (talk • contribs) 20:46, 13 February 2017 (UTC)

  • I'm afraid you need to go at this a little differently.
    • Generic permission like this is unfortunately not sufficient: we need a specific free license. The main problem is that nothing in the above makes it clear that general reuse, derivative versions, etc. are OK.
    • Also, if the copyright holder is not the uploader we need them to email us (more specifically, to email the OTRS team); it sounds like you are already in touch with the copyright holder, so that should be easy.
    • Please see COM:OTRS. It lays out what you'll need to do. - Jmabel ! talk 00:31, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Why does the Search function of W Commons doesnt work anymore?

im not too new to commons but also definitely no expert. im just wondering why for weeks, the search function for good/featured and valued images doesnt work anymore? yyou click on it and, nothing comes up.- id be happy if s.o. could give some information regarding that. thanks!--Joobo (talk) 13:23, 14 February 2017 (UTC)

Multi-lingual descriptions

{{Mul}} I wanted to use this template in the same manner that I would use {{En}} in the Description field of {{Information}} for File:(R)-3-phenyl-cyclohanone.gif but {{Mul}} does not provide a multi-lingual description field but a drop-down menu for several different language descriptions. Is there an appropriate template that I can use for descriptions that are trans-lingual? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:14, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

You can use these single language templates also outside of {{Information}}. I personally favor {{LangSwitch}}, but it depends also from what you want to achieve. — Speravir – 04:42, 11 February 2017 (UTC)
@Speravir: Do you know if {{LangSwitch}} is used for multilingual descriptions? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:51, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
I think it’s easier to tell, where you want to add such a description. With LangSwitch you will see text only in your active language setting, as long as there is text in this language included into the template, or text in the default language (preferable English), if not. Try this in Commons:Sandbox with different language settings (at least one, that has no text here): {{LangSwitch |en=''English'' text |de='''deutscher''' Text |es=texto español}} (I’m es-0, but I hope it’s right). For usage of {{LangSwich}} see Search results for "hastemplate:LangSwitch". You can confine the results there yourself. I’m actually astonished, how often the template is used in file descriptions, but did not check, where on these pages (I’ve used it already, too, but outside of the information box). — Speravir – 17:53, 12 February 2017 (UTC)
@Speravir: I don't want several descriptions in several languages--I want one description which is universal. E.g. Chemical formulae or mathematical notation. Those are the same across languages and sometimes descriptions may include those or be composed entirely of them. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Aah, then leave the language template out for this part. — Speravir – 18:59, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

suggesting a modification to a diagram

How do I suggest modifications to a diagram in an article?71.90.33.41 01:46, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

It depends on the nature of the modifications and other circumstances. Minor changes can be uploaded as a new revision of the existing diagram. More substantial changes should be uploaded under a new name, allowing articles on other projects to be updated to use that file if and where there is consensus to do so. In order to upload files, you will have to be logged in. To avoid vandalism, completely new accounts are not immediately able to update existing files.
Discussion of changes may be conducted on the existing file's talk page, on the uploader's user talk page, or the talk page of the article in which it is used, whichever is more appropriate for the specific circumstances. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:16, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Failed in "Upload a new version" of a file

Tried to upload a new version of the file Firmenlogo_HRworks_GmbH.png cause the software relaunched its logo. I failed 6 times. The file I want to be shown as current is marked as revent... and that 6 times. Can somebody delete the unnecessary datas and tell me how to actually update the logo? Thank you very much. --JB, HRworks (talk) 10:13, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

You have successfully updated File:Firmenlogo HRworks GmbH.png. You just need to Shift-reload to bypass your own browser's cache. —LX (talk, contribs) 12:32, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
I see! Thank you very much! What about the 5 redundant uploads? Is there a chance to delete them? --JB, HRworks (talk) 14:31, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
It wouldn't really mean anything to "delete" them. All deletions are "soft" because admins need to be able to see the old versions, so deleting doesn't save any server space. The only difference when intermediate versions of a file are "deleted" is that ordinary users can't see that part of the file history. - Jmabel ! talk 16:11, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Adding additional licensing information

I have just uploaded a public domain image. On the page, under the "Licensing" heading, I got this text, "The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details." and then the following in red: "{{PD-Art}} template without license parameter: please specify why the underlying work is public domain in both the source country and the United States". The painter is French and he died in 1904, so the work is in the public domain. Is there a way I can insert this information so that I can get rid of that red line? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Publicdomainimages (talk • contribs) 14:07, 15 February 2017‎ (UTC)

Yes, it is the idea. When uploading to Commons any image of a public domain work, you must specify the reasons why the work is in the public domain in the United States and in the public domain in the country of origin. So, you decide the reasons, and then you use the Commons template(s) that express those reasons. If you use one of the variants of the template PD-Art, then you insert the reasons as parameters instead of separate templates. It depends in part where the painting was first published, but if it was in France, then the string can be, for example, {{PD-Art-two|PD-old-100|PD-1923}}. Do not forget to specify also the source of the particular reproduction you are uploading and the license, if any, that the source attributes to that reproduction. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:42, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
Also, when discussing an image here, it really helps if you can provide a link. - Jmabel ! talk 16:13, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

Heir licensing question

I am the inheritor of my father's photography. What requirements of CC are there for posting his work to his page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WorldImages (talk • contribs) 04:43, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Changing CC license to public domain

If I create a work and make it available on commons.wikimedia.org under a CC license, can I subsequently release it into the public domain? If so, what is the process for doing so?

In other words, how do I change my work on commons.wikimedia.org so that it shows it is now in the public domain? Is it as simple as editing the licensing terms? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr ian mitchell (talk • contribs) 04:38, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, it is as simple as that. Under Commons policies, you can change the terms on your work to make it more free. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:06, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
  • While the prior license should remain, because CC licenses are not revocable, you can dual license it with CC-0, which is effectively a release into the public domain. So, for example, where you have {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}} you would change that to {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0|cc-0}}
I disagree. Either the work is released or it's not. If the author willingly releases one of his works to the public domain, then that work is in the public domain. The author can't, at the same time, on the one hand, say that the work has no copyright and, on the other hand, continue to claim the copyright and offer an incompatible license to new reusers or demand application of past licenses. If a user states incompatible statuses, he contradicts himself. In such case of insoluble contradiction, the intention of the user and the status of the work are in doubt and Commons may have to delete the file. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:06, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
Well, the nature of the irrevocability clause is that a licensor can't tell a licensee "you can't use my work anymore". I don't think that the nature of the clause is to force a licensor to claim copyright forever. He can renounce to his own right. That does not affect negatively the rights of the former licensees, who are released by the licensor of their obligations toward him. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:05, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
Reasonable. I have no problem with it going either way. I suppose you are right that there would be no problem with removing the prior license, but for just the same reason there would be no ambiguity in leaving the prior license and adding CC-0. - Jmabel ! talk 21:23, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
I'm afraid that's the point over which we disagree. There would be not only an ambiguity but an incompatibility. One of the two statements would be false. Releasing a work to the public domain is not the same as merely adding a licensing option. Stating that the work is now irrevocably in the public domain excludes the possibility of still claiming the right to offer a license on it. If a reuser has already reused the work somewhere before the change, or if a new reuser gets it from an intermediate reuse, and is unaware of the change of status of the work, and uses the work as if it were under CC by-sa, that's understandable and no harm is done. If someone checks the status at the source on Commons, they can see in the history that the work has legitimately been changed by the author from CC by-sa to public domain. However, the crucial point is that the author who himself, now, states, on the description page on Commons, the present status of the work, is necessarily aware of his own intention and decision. He can't state that the work is both "not under copyright" (i.e. irrevocably released with CC0 to the public domain or the closest equivalent depending on the country) and "under copyright" (i.e. still claiming copyright and offering to license the work under CC by-sa). Like someone can't eat their cake and still have it whole. If the author released the work to the PD, knowing what he was doing, then he can't offer a license. If he states contradictory statuses, then it's indicative that he may not have known what he was doing and we should consider null the declaration of public domain and remove it from the page because it risks misleading reusers and causing misunderstandings. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:46, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

File:Edward Dorins.jpg

Good Morning,

I am trying to obtain permission to use the photo at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Edward_Dorins.jpg for a commemoration booklet, which I intend to publish for free in the future. How do I contact the copyright owner, as it will be published in hardcopy.

I hope you can assist me on this occasion and I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours sincerely,

Brian Smith — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.42.139.173 (talk) 12:13, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Unfortunately, the description page on Commons doesn't help much. This photograph from circa 1920 is unlikely to be the own work of the uploader as claimed on the description page. The uploader's claim to own the copyright may or may not be correct. You can try to contact the uploader on his/her talk page on en.wikipedia, where the last contribution of the user is from 2016, and ask him/her about the source of the photograph and the copyright. But you may have to do research outside of Wikimedia. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:51, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
Convenience link: File:Edward Dorins.jpg - Jmabel ! talk 16:21, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Images given for public use - Commons upload candidate?

Can we upload images such as a location map given at some sites for public convenience such as http://nmnh.nic.in/location.htm this one from nmnh. I uploaded at hi.wikipedia but was deleted for lack of license. What sort of license can be used for this sort of images? --Ashish Bhatnagar  Talk  01:39, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

XML Error uploading an image

I saw an outdated map from my country, so I tried to update it using the original SVG file from wikimedia and the Inkscape, so I could upload and update the pages were it was used. But when I tried to upload it here, an error message, in portuguese "O XML no arquivo enviado não pôde ser analisado", something like "The XML in the archive could not be analized". What should I do in order to upload this file? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paladinum2 (talk • contribs) 02:59, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

Which is the problematic file? (The English error message for this is "The XML in the uploaded file could not be parsed.") Matma Rex (talk) 20:45, 13 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello, Matma Rex. The outdated file is: File:RiodeJaneiro_RM_RiodeJaneiro.svg. It is missing 2 cities that were included in 2013 by the Law. The cities missing are those marked in the maps: File:RiodeJaneiro_Municip_CachoeirasdeMacacu.svg and File:RiodeJaneiro_Municip_RioBonito.svg. Paladinum2 (talk) 04:00, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
@Paladinum2: Thanks. The original file appears to be okay, and can be re-uploaded, so I'm guessing your file got corrupted somehow? Or some of the checks done by our software are too strict. Can you email me (matma.rex@gmail.com) your modified version of the file? I'll look into what is happening.
Also, if there's a better translation of "The XML in the uploaded file could not be parsed." to Portuguese (Brazilian), you can update it here: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/MediaWiki:Uploadinvalidxml/pt-br (or write it here, and I can do it for you). The current translation is actually completely different from Portuguese (https://translatewiki.net/wiki/MediaWiki:Uploadinvalidxml/pt), which is a bit weird… Matma Rex (talk) 16:28, 15 February 2017 (UTC)
@Matma Rex: Thank you for your help, I will be sending the file to you then. About the portuguese translation, for me the Brazilian Portuguese one is better translated then the Portuguese one, but both give the same idea. For example, I understand both. I can't change the translation, but if I would change any of then, I would change de Portuguese one to something like "O XML no ficheiro carregado não pôde ser analisado." Paladinum2 (talk) 04:27, 16 February 2017 (UTC)
(We've resolved the problem. The file contained Portuguese text incorrectly encoded in Windows-1252 rather than UTF-8, making the document invalid. A fixed version is now uploaded at File:Rio de Janeiro Regiao Metropolitana 2014 modified.svg. Matma Rex (talk) 12:06, 17 February 2017 (UTC))

uploding file

I can not tag license and information so my upload has delated ...what i can do please ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by सुमन (talk • contribs) 01:08, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Using wgUseInstantCommons in non-Wikimedia-wiki broken

Since some minutes ago using images from Commons is broken in my wiki InkluPedia.de , e.g. https://inklupedia.de/wiki/Kopenhagen . I am sure it works 40 minutes ago, but now it fails without any changes in configuration. wgUseInstantCommons is set to true. Any technical problems in Commons? Any MediaWiki software update? My wiki is on MediaWiki 1.28.0 since some weeks. --InkluPedia (talk) 06:51, 17 February 2017 (UTC)

Main pictures in https://inklupedia.de/wiki/Kopenhagen are working now after purge from server cache (tested this morning without success), but all other tested ones like https://inklupedia.de/wiki/Oslo are still not working. --InkluPedia (talk) 13:14, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
Just the thumbs are working in https://inklupedia.de/wiki/Kopenhagen but the picture pages are no longer existing. So the thumbs comes from the cache only, no link to common is working since today in hundreds of articles. --InkluPedia (talk) 20:27, 17 February 2017 (UTC)
Try posting at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Support_desk about technical problems with MediaWiki – folks here just maintain the content of Commons, and probably no one will be able to help you. Matma Rex (talk) 16:19, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Highlighting a river on an old map; NASCAR diecast models

Hello, two questions. First, would it be acceptable to reupload an edited version of an 1867 Beers Map in the public domain (File:1867 Beers Map of Yonkers ( Bronx, Riverdale ), New York - Geographicus - Yonkers-beers-1867.jpg) with a river on the map highlighted in a separate color in order to convey its course? I'm also concerned how, if acceptable, I would credit the source and work sections.

The second question concerns uploading pictures of NASCAR diecasts, which are models of NASCAR cars (race cars) but also can be considered toys. Would that be acceptable, or would it fall under "toys are copyrighted"?

Thank you. Tdorante10 (talk) 19:10, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

  • First question: absolutely, I just did the same thing here a few days ago.
  • Second question: I'm guessing not OK; most models, even very faithful scale-model replicas in museums are copyrighted in their own right.
  • Suggestion for future: when you have two unrelated questions, start two separate sections here. - Jmabel ! talk 20:04, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Uploads are extremely slow

I used to use Vicuna Uploader to upload a group of files, but in the last few days it has given up the ghost. Uploading a single photo with Upload Wizard or Commons Uploader takes around 4 minutes for a cropped file and about 7 minutes for an uncropped file. Is there something wrong? Bubba73 (talk) 02:45, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Adding image

Hello, I would like to add an image of the Austin Powers: Oh, Behave! box art to further improve the article however I am wondering if that would be considered fair use and allowed to be uploaded?

Article it would be for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Powers:_Oh,_Behave! http://www.giantbomb.com/austin-powers-oh-behave/3030-13730/ .http://www.mobygames.com/game/austin-powers-oh-behave

Thanks for your time! --TheSandDoctor (talk) 05:03, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

  • Commons does not allow images on a fair use basis, ever (nor does Commons have articles) so with respect to Commons the answer is a definite no.
  • You indicate an article on the English-language Wikipedia (en-wiki), but your link goes nowhere. I'm guessing you mean en:Austin Powers: Oh, Behave!. It looks like that article already has an illustration on a fair use basis (which is uploaded directly to en-wiki, and would not be acceptable on Commons), so it is unlikely that en-wiki's policies would allow another. However, that is a matter for en-wiki to decide, and you should ask this question there, not on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 06:59, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

Monthly challenge

I think I saw a monthly challenge recently, but now I can't find it. Where is it (assuming I wasn't hallucinating)? Sardaka (talk) 08:07, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Do you mean Commons:Photo_challenge? Ruslik (talk) 18:46, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, that's what I meant. Merci. Sardaka (talk) 07:38, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

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Name of image

I recently uploaded the official portrait of Congresswoman Jenniffer González (provided by her office to the U.S. Congress) to Wikipedia Commons, but unfortunately I did not rename the file to something descriptive (such as "Official Portrait of Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez.jpg") and the file thus has the name that my computer had assigned to it when I copied it from the U.S. Congress website ("G000582.jpg"). How can I change the name of the file to make it more user-friendly for uploading to Wikipedia articles? Thank you. AuH2ORepublican (talk) 13:06, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

@AuH2ORepublican: Does Commons:File_renaming#How_to_rename_a_file.3F help or do you need further assistance with that? Cheers, --El Grafo (talk) 13:21, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
@El Grafo: , that's exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much! AuH2ORepublican (talk) 13:53, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
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How to post pictures or photograph in my wikipedia article (Chhatrabhog)

What's my fault ? Please detect me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shobhanlal mukherjee150 (talk • contribs) 09:00, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

This is actually not related to Commons, but to basic MediaWiki syntax. I do not know, in which project you have published this article, but at least the big Wikipedias have help pages, and among them is a help for inserting files into articles. The English one is en:Wikipedia:Picture tutorial. — Speravir – 19:37, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Estates in the Kingdom of Jerusalem - Sakib (Seecip).png

Hello, I have uploaded this image from the book of J.Riley- Smith (Knights of St.John in Jerusalem and Cyprus). It can be found here and here. I appreciate it if you can help me regarding the copyright. Thank you --Historyfeelings (talk) 09:34, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

  • It is copyrighted work, apparently published in the UK in 1967, so I can think of no basis on which it would be in the public domain. Unless the author (or his heir, as applicable) is willing to release this under a free license, it does not belong on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 15:59, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Wikipedia vs Wikimedia images

I notice that Wikimedia Commons images can generally be used by international Wikipedias. If an image is already in Wikipedia, is it a simple matter to upload it to Wikimedia? Or does this involve a completely independent upload. E.g., I would like to use the image G4G Official Logo ina foreign language Wikipedias.--Toploftical (talk) 17:04, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

There are a number of methods for transferring images from Wikipedia to Commons; see en:Wikipedia:Moving files to Commons for some examples. However, the file you've given cannot be uploaded to Commons, since it's used on the English Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. Only freely licensed images are accepted on Commons. You could upload the file manually to other Wikipedias with a fair use claim as long as their policies allow it. clpo13(talk) 17:16, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Map Legend

Hi, I created a map using some symbols from File:Maps template-en.svg. I'd like to create a legend for the map in the description field. Like this:

archaeological site

But I can't seem to find the symbols used in the template. Could these be uploaded as single files, so they can be used in this way?--Metropolcarte (talk) 11:10, 19 February 2017 (UTC)

I do not understand: You’ve obviously found File:Archaeological site icon.svg. This is in category Map icons. Look there and in its subcategories, which icons you are missing. — Speravir – 19:29, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for your answer. You're right, some are there, but some aren't. For instance, I couldn't find the symbol for "lighthouse". As to the symbols for places in Category:City locators: they are there, but for use in the legend you would want the symbol for "village" (black dot) be smaller than the other ones. In my opinion it would be nice if all the symbols from the template were in one place or one category. --Metropolcarte (talk) 09:59, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Apparently the purpose of the template file is to download it, open it in your graphical editor, and copy the needed symbols. Also, a legend in the fiel should be added. But we can also ask the original creator Sting, whether he could upload the missing single icon files into this category. — Speravir – 19:27, 20 February 2017 (UTC)
Hello. Yes, I originally created this template and their symbols as a standalone file, where the Wikicartographers would import it in their new map and pick up what they need, having everything they need in one place without having to search for several individual symbols through Commons. After some time, other contributors added additional symbols in the template. When I created it, I didn’t think of uploading each symbol as an individual file, but if you think it can be useful for the project, you’re welcome to do so. Sting (talk) 01:37, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
@Metropolcarte: I would be happy to extract whatever symbols are missing as stand-alone elements, if you’re not in a big rush; I’m working on another map at the moment. Please post a list of the required items, either here or on my Talk page—but if you haven’t already done so, take a browse through the cats under Symbols on maps to verify they‘re not already available. (Note we have some different Lighthouse symbols as well.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:29, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
Hi Odysseuss1479, thank you for your offer, no i'm not in a hurry. I would upload the symbols myself if i knew what to put into the author and license field. I recently found https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/tree/master/symbols. I think i'll use these in the future. They seem to be well made and more comprehensive. On the other hand, I think it would be beneficial to have all of the symbols in the template available separately. --Metropolcarte (talk) 19:35, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

Upload new version of file from URL

I attempted to upload a file; File:Two medical technologists use a gamma counter to measure hormone concentrations in the blood.tif, however it seems to have failed half way through. It's a 15MB tiff and I'm not having any luck re-uploading the file through the normal route. I have uploaded the file elsewhere via ftp and am now trying to get it onto commons but my attempts through url2commons have been unsuccessful, I just get "ERROR: null". Is there a better way? Beevil (talk) 20:54, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

What did you use for uploading: Commons:Upload (or a localised version), Special:UploadWizard, or another tool? I assume URL2Commons is only for new files. — Speravir – 21:16, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
I used the upload wizard to get (part of) the file uploaded initially, then tried to use Special:Upload to replace the file but (I'm assuming due to my internet connection) it just appears to time out after about 30 seconds of uploading. Beevil (talk) 21:31, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Ping @Matmarex as main developer of UploadWizard. BTW I have now fully uploaded the file. — Speravir – 21:41, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Oops ping @Matma Rex. — Speravir – 21:44, 27 February 2017 (UTC) … Oh, each time I make another mistake, it does not get better.
Perfect, thank you Beevil (talk) 21:49, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
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Category names

I have created a in Category:Bar charts some sub categories to get bar charts a bit better organized, e.g. Category:Time series bar charts. When I named the subcategories I basically followed what I saw in other categories. However, as an uploader of a "time series bar chart", I might type in "bar chart" as a category, but that won't offer me "time series bar chart" as category name. So, I think instead of "Time series bar charts" a category name like "Bar charts for time series" or "Bar charts for comparisons over time" would be better. Would be "Barcharts, stacked" suitable? Is there any policy about this in Commons?

Additionally I'am not a native english speaker. Is there is any place where I can ask if a category name is suitable? --Sigbert (talk) 05:50, 21 February 2017 (UTC)

Looking for Recommendations on Software to make Graphs, Animations, etc.

So, I'm very out-of-date when it comes to software for making graphics, and I'm in need of some recommendations.

Here are some examples of what I already know exists, but I haven't really used much:

  • Made with GNU plot
    Made with GNU plot
  • Made with MatPlotLib
    Made with MatPlotLib
  • Made with Inkscape
    Made with Inkscape

But what I am especially clueless about, is how to make animations and gifs. I really want to make a bunch for mathematics and science articles, to make certain complex ideas a lot easier to understand =)

I have no idea how this was made, but I really want to know how o_O

If anybody has some insights into this, Please let me know =) Thanks, everyone! Popcrate (talk) 05:39, 22 February 2017 (UTC)

  • I made that light dispersion animation. What I used for that (and my other works) was a custom drawing library that allows me to draw lines and shapes with code. That's what you're looking for. At some point, if you really want full flexibility and artistic freedom, you will have to move towards that kind of approach, as typical drawing and plotting software are extremely limited. With that in mind, I recommend you look into Processing as a starting point, as it's very accessible, free and can do many things out of the box. (I made my own library because I'm stubborn!) — LucasVB | LucasVBWikipedia | Talk 17:48, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Pictures

I have screen prints that I need to use for my work page. Screenshot-18.png — Preceding unsigned comment added by Art Saucedo (talk • contribs)

  • I have no idea what help you are asking for, but assuming this is about File:Screenshot-18.png, there appear to be some copyrighted icons pretty prominently on menu bars. They don't seem to me to be relevant to what the image is about. As it stands, it should probably be deleted as a copyvio, but it could be cropped to be OK (assuming the image of the Moon is public domain). "Own work" seems kind of dubious for an image that mostly shows a picture of the Moon that appears to be taken from space! - Jmabel ! talk 04:42, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

Trying to upload .svg file but the following message is displayed, "Files of the MIME type "text/html" are not allowed to be uploaded". How to fix? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amritpal Singh Mann (talk • contribs)

Checking the SVG file with the W3 validator might at least give some hints … --El Grafo (talk) 17:34, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

logotype

I tried, but it turned out to be far beyond my capabilities, to determine whether a logotype like this belongs on Commons or if it's considered too risky, with respect to perceived copyright infringements in foreign countries.

The intended usage is like this: wikipedia:en:Natur & Kultur.

I would be happy if someone else takes a look and, if needed, deletes the file.
/Johan M. Olofsson (talk) 14:01, 23 February 2017 (UTC)

If it’s been around since 1922 it’ll be PD in the USA. Its status WRT Swedish copyright is harder to ascertain—the publication date is critical in any case—but, assuming 1922, if it’s considered to be anonymous the copyright will have expired in 1992: 44 § För verk som har offentliggjorts utan att upphovsmannen har blivit angiven med sitt namn eller med sin allmänt kända pseudonym eller signatur gäller upphovsrätten intill utgången av sjuttionde året efter det år då verket offentliggjordes. However, if it was first published after 1925 it will be still be copyrighted in the USA under URAA; if after 1947, in Sweden as well. If not considered anonymous its status will also depend on when the artist died.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 19:59, 23 February 2017 (UTC)
  • I see no basis to presume that this has been their logo for 95 years. It's imaginable, and if you can find a 1922 usage, great, but it looks likely (I'm not saying certain, just likely) to be more recent than that. - Jmabel ! talk 01:09, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Adding recoloured photo to existing photo page

I have recoloured an existing photo of Elvis Presley. The original page from which it was extracted is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis_Presley_Publicity_Photo_for_The_Trouble_with_Girls_1968.jpg

Could you please advise how I can add a recoloured version of this photo to its page as noted above - I selected "Upload a new version of this file" as I just wanted to upload a new version, but I did not want to replace the existing photo. There was no edit option under File History so that I could add it there.

I've spent some time going through the Help Desk archives but couldn't locate a similar question in the half hour or so I spent looking for an answer.

I have now uploaded the recoloured image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvis_Presley_in_colour_in_1970.jpg, and would appreciate it if someone could advise how to do this, particularly since I occasionally recolour old black and white photos.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tzali (talk • contribs) 05:06, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Tzali. Looks to me like the way to do it is by using Template:Other in the "other versions" field of the file description. Take a look at how, for example, File:George-W-Bush.jpeg does it. Howicus (Look at what I found!) (talk) 03:22, 19 February 2017 (UTC)
A closer analogy might be File:Donald Trump President-elect portrait.jpg, which uses {{Retouched picture}} in the “Other versions“ field (as well as {{Image extracted}} for a cropped derivative).—Odysseus1479 (talk) 18:34, 19 February 2017 (UTC)


I don't know where to find the "Other versions" field to which you're referring.

As I mentioned, there is no edit option under 'File History' so that I could add it there. It doesn't open up the section I need if I choose the 'Edit' or 'History' tabs at the top. So where and how do I add it please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tzali (talk • contribs) 06:44, 20 February 2017 (UTC)



Thank you for the link, BUT this just takes me to the summary section. There is nothing in the summary section about where to add the new image in "File History."

As I said previously, there is NO EDIT option that I can see. You advised "Go to File:Elvis Presley Publicity Photo for The Trouble with Girls 1968.jpg and click "edit"" - to WHICH edit are you referring? Where is it that I choose edit to ADD this new recoloured image? The ONLY edits available are under 'summary' and 'licensing,' NEITHER of which allows me to add the recoloured image in the 'File History' section.


As I also mentioned, I occasionally recolour black and white photos so would appreciate actually knowing how to add new images under 'File History' in the future. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tzali (talk • contribs) 10:36, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

  • I'm sorry, I didn't look into this closely enough, on two counts. I was thrown by the fact that part of the process of uploading a variant of a photo is to edit the "other versions" section of the information template. You don't edit the file history, and I didn't note that misdirection. You do the upload just like any other upload (which you've done), but you link them by using the {{Derived from}} template in the "other versions" section of {{Information}} for the new photo and adding {{Derivative versions}} similarly to the old one. Let me do it for you, and you can see how it is done to do it yourself next time. - Jmabel ! talk 17:26, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Uploading videos

Can I upload videos from YouTube with CC-BY-3.0 to Commons? --Vladimirrizov20 (talk) 08:18, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Yes. Could I convert to format .webm from .mp4? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vladimirrizov20 (talk • contribs) 19:01, 25 February 2017‎ (UTC)
See Commons:YouTube files#Conversion. —LX (talk, contribs) 20:56, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
@LX: OK. Thanks! Vladimirrizov20 (talk) 20:57, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Adding a book.

I want to add a book to Wikibooks. It is freely downloadable from their own site and is in many formats for reading on any device. How do I get it uploaded here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dogeraew (talk • contribs) 19:24, 25 February 2017‎ (UTC)

I don't suppose you could let us in on the secret of which book and which site you're talking about? —LX (talk, contribs) 20:52, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

www.thefreemasterkey.com Good idea that. :). Book is called "The Master Key System" by Charles F. Haanel. Hope you allow it in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dogeraew (talk • contribs) 21:23, 25 February 2017‎ (UTC)

The fact that something is available free of charge does not mean that it is free in the sense that Commons requires, namely that anyone is free to use, modify and redistribute it. Unfortunately, http://www.thefreemasterkey.com/books/The-Master-Key-System-Charles-F-Haanel.pdf has an "All rights reserved" copyright notice on page two, which goes on to state that "No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing..." The text itself was first published in the United States before 1923, so it is in the public domain, but the publishers of this particular version may rightfully hold and reserve the rights to the front cover and other recent aspects. Extracting the text should be fine, but the files that they distribute cannot be hosted here. —LX (talk, contribs) 22:25, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Adding logo to Wikipedia commons

Hello. I would like to add my organisation's current logo to the Wikpedia page about our organisation; however, it seems that this is done through Wikipedia Commons, yet Wikipedia Commons says that logos are NOT allowed to be uploaded. Please help, I'm confused! — Preceding unsigned comment added by KatherineESR (talk • contribs) 23:18, 26 February 2017‎ (UTC)

Please see Commons:Guidance for paid editors, which covers this topic. —LX (talk, contribs) 23:28, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

language

Dear Sir,

i want to know,why this wikipedia not in urdu Language.


reagrads — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.132.48.105 (talk) 01:02, 27 February 2017‎ (UTC)

Hi,
This is not a Wikipedia. It is Commons. If you are looking for the Wikipedia in Urdu, you can see ur.wikipedia.org. If you want to use Commons with an interface in Urdu, you can create a user account and set the language to Urdu in your user preferences. -- Asclepias (talk) 01:43, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

wikimedia photo of they day - "no file exists"

Image files selected for Commons Picture of the day often is a deadlink for Firefox+windows 10 laptop; for example, Body of email: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iridiumi_satelliidi_sähvatus.jpg Probably it is the UTF-8 or other non-ANSI character set. What is the best way to view the Commons Photo without installing an operating system in the world's 127 written living languages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gpwitteveen (talk • contribs) 23:09, 26 February 2017‎ (UTC)

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/daily-image-l/2017-February/003062.html appears to be correctly encoded, so this is most likely a problem with whatever e-mail client you use or its configuration, not the e-mail itself, and your operating system's language shouldn't matter either. —LX (talk, contribs) 23:26, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
It looks like a bad link <A HREF="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iridiumi_satelliidi_sähvatus.jpg"> --ghouston (talk) 06:39, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
Ah yeah, you're right. My bad. Would be interesting to see the raw e-mail including headers to see how it's actually encoded. And I have no idea how these mails are generated or whom to bother to get it fixed. —LX (talk, contribs) 15:18, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Stay informed by rss feed or twitter messages of the next Wikimedia commons photo challenges

Hello is there a rss feed or a twitter account that i can follow to get the information (and working as a reminder) which is the next photo challenges topic? Kazie-en (talk) 10:34, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Hi Kazie-en, there is currently no such thing. But if anyone would like to step forward and make it happen, I'm sure everyone involved in the organization would be grateful. Commons talk:Photo challenge would be the right place to discuss this. --El Grafo (talk) 16:40, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

uploading a photo

wizard in wikimedia will not upload a JPEG photo file...I then want to add this photo to and article on Wikipedia which is in my sandox

please help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Col Jacob Griffin (talk • contribs)

  • The problem certainly isn't that its a JPEG (our most common format), and I see that you successfully uploaded File:Col Jacob Griffin portrait.jpg. Is there still a problem? Can you give more detail of what went wrong?
  • By the way, I believe your account name is inappropriate. You are not supposed to use a name of a real person if you are not that person, and clearly you are not an 18th-century colonel. - Jmabel ! talk 01:25, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

Is the license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ valid for wikipedia commons? If yes, this picture meets license requirement but wikipedia commons upload only mentions https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ . Nmclough (talk) 21:11, 27 February 2017 (UTC) --Nmclough (talk) 21:11, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Yes, you can use the template {{Geograph|3180234|kevin higgins}} and the Category:Images by Kevin Higgins. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:29, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

I have received permission, in email, from someone at the National World War I Museum and Memorial to use their new logo on Wikipedia, but I'm not sure what to ask for as far as legal permission, and I can't find the image by itself anywhere to tell me its information. I've already uploaded the image to WC, but not to any specific article on Wikipedia.

--RM2KX (talk) 22:16, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

  • "Permission to use on Wikipedia" is not sufficient for Commons. See Commons:Project scope#Required licensing terms. In the unlikely event that they are willing to grant that broad a license, instructions for how to provide that are at COM:OTRS. But more likely, assuming you want to use this on the English-language Wikipedia, you will want to upload this just there as non-free use. Probably you will want to use en:Template:Non-free logo in lieu of a license tag; this is not allowed on Commons.
  • By the way, when you do upload on the English-language Wikipedia, you might want to use a more specific name to indicate what the file is, e.g. "File:National World War I Museum and Memorial logo.jpg" rather than "Intersections.jpg" - Jmabel ! talk 01:34, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

licensing info to use the thumbnails of stamp is given here http://postagestamps.gov.in/Philately.aspx also on the government website "http://postagestamps.gov.in" its stated "Conditions for Reproduction of Stamp Images

Reproduction of stamp images is allowed for illustration purposes in Philatelic Publication or in an article relating wholly on postage stamps which may appear in any magazine, newspaper or publication of a general character. Such reproduction should however, be only in black. If stamps are to be produced in colour for publicity purposes, prior permission of the Director General of Posts must be obtained. To avoid similarity with the postage, such reproduction must be distinctively in smaller or larger sizes than the actual stamp and must be without perforation on the edges. Further, across bar will also be placed on one- corner of the stamp, obliterating the denomination. It must be noted that reproduction of the stamp in colour of the actual size of the stamp with perforation of the edges may be deemed to be taken as production of the actual stamp. Detailed guidelines are available on Guidelines for Use of Images of Postage Stamps."

can it be used in wikipedia? --Swapnil Karambelkar (talk) 12:46, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

--Kkgilbert (talk) 15:22, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

  • You uploaded it without saying any reason it is either free-licensed or in the public domain, which is why it was tagged.
  • Looking at the specified source, I see no reason to think it is either free-licensed or in the public domain, but if you have a basis for that, the responsibility is on you as the uploader to say what that basis would be. - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
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