Commons:Help desk/Archive/2019/11

Transfert request: file from Wiki in vietnamese to Wiki Commons

Hello!

I would like use the following file on the wiki in french: vi:Tập tin:Lang Thai giam trong khuon vien chua Tu Hieu.jpeg (file from the wiki in vietnamese), but there not link wiki mentioned allowing to use this file, as usual.

I tried to transfert it via "Move-to-commons assistant" , but answer isthat the file does not exist.

The file is from the article in Vietnamese: Chùa Từ Hiếu which is also mentioned as "does not exist". The article in french Pagode Tu Hieu does not exist either, when I mention it in this message, Why? On Commons there is no direct link between the Wikis en English, french etc?

Can you help me please? (note: if you make the transfert please change the categories as follows: - in English = "Category: Tu Hieu Temple"; - in french = "Categories: Temple bouddhiste au Viêt Nam|Hué ".

Please, can you tell me which wiki help page I need to consult to learn how to do it?

Thanks in advance for your help.--Contributeur2019 (talk) 04:57, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

@Contributeur2019: The Commons help page about this is Commons:Moving files to Commons. I used CommonsHelper (also called "Move-to-commons assistant"), and it seems to have worked: File:Lang Thai giam trong khuon vien chua Tu Hieu.jpeg. On CommonsHelper, I entered "vi" in the field labelled "Language code" and "Lang Thai giam trong khuon vien chua Tu Hieu.jpeg" in the filed labelled "Image name". Note that I did not include the namespace prefix, "Tập tin:" in the name field. --bjh21 (talk) 18:30, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

@Bjh21: _ Hello-Bonjour Bjh21 : Many-Beaucoup de Thanks-Mercis for-pour your-votre help-aide and -et- explanations-explications. Cordialement .Contributeur2019 (talk) 11:23, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

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Hi I want post for any other person National Athlete how I can?

Hi I want post news for other person he is national athlete . Who can help me? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 94.203.198.126 (talk) 04:22, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

@94.203.198.126: Hello, welcome to Wikimedia Commons, the free media depository of the Wikimedia Movement. It should be noted that Wikimedia Commons does not host news articles. Perhaps you are looking for Wikinews. You may start to contribute by referring to n:WN:WRITE, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:54, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

An "old print" appears in an out of print geology text; can I upload it?

Page 48 of a 1993 geology text displays an "old print" of fossil trees in South Wales, UK. You can see the image at https://books.google.com/books?id=6MImr8bzqvYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=ager+new+catastrophism+nant&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT9r2dl8XlAhUROn0KHeMzCOQQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q&f=false and page down to 48. The "print" appears to be more than a century old. It's a fascinating image included by Derek Victor Ager, the former president (1974-1976) of the UK's Geologists' Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Geologists%27_Association in his now out-of-print text. I don't know whether this "old print" can be uploaded for use on Wikipedia. Can someone help me determine this? BobEnyart (talk) 04:42, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

• We'd need to know more about its date. Usually, if we can't determine authorship, we presume anything more than 120 years old is OK, so right now that basically means 19th century but not 20th. - Jmabel ! talk 16:10, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

About image upload

I have uploaded a image logo which belong to our company.But i got an issue that provided document for verification that its your.please help what should i do

my wikipedia page is silly monks studio — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sivanathsilly (talk • contribs) 11:07, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

@Sivanathsilly: For permission issues, please refer to OTRS, and send a permission statement to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org with reference to COM:CONSENT. Also, please be advised that media files uploaded should be in line with our policies, such as COM:PSS and COM:L. Usually, company logos, which are either non-free, non-notable, or both will be deleted for advertising, and serious violators may be blocked, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:51, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Unclear license

Hi! Do you know what this license mean (Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0)? Am I allowed to share the pictures from this video under this license? Perghhh (talk) 12:53, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

@Perghhh: Hi. Because of Commons' licensing policy, we can't accept CC-BY-ND license in Commons. CC-BY-ND means that you are free to share the file if you "give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made", but you can't adapt it in any form (in fact, you can't share the modified version). CC licenses accepted in Commons are CC0 (public domain), CC-BY and CC-BY-SA. Ahmad^talk 13:13, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Unable to replace old image with updated image - User:MathewsSH/sandbox

I am updating an article using my own work. The article is illustrated with several images, which I created and have placed in WikiMedia Commons. As I proceed in writing and editing the article I adjust the images to better illustrate the concepts. Occasionally I discover I am able to replace the old image with a newer version (ex. Option_value_v_S0-X0_-_UR_constant.png), but only after several tries. I now need to replace another image (Fig. 8 Comparison of logarithmic and triangular option distributions.png), which I succeeded once, but now after several tries am no longer able to replace the image for a third time. Not succeeding on replacing the image, I then have also tried re-submitting afresh that revised image to WikiMedia Commons, but seem to be blocked by error messages that state either a) Something went wrong: This file is a duplicate of the following file: or b) WikiMedia Commons not uploading the submitted image with a "!" and "0 of 1 file uploaded".

What am I doing wrong such that I can reliably replace the images in my article without a lot of hassle? Scott Mathews 206-981-9464. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MathewsSH (talk • contribs) 20:27, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Convenience links: File:Option value v S0-X0 - UR constant.png, File:Fig. 8 Comparison of logarithmic and triangular option distributions.png. - Jmabel ! talk 21:32, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

@MathewsSH:

• Just an aside: wouldn't SVGs make more sense here?
• It is possible that what you are seeing is just a caching error: that you are uploading successfully, but your browser is caching an old version. If you are not sure whether you can clear your cache, could you try looking at the images in question either on a different machine or with a different browser that would not already have older versions cached? - Jmabel ! talk 21:36, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

I just want to say thank you to Jmabel. You were correct -- clearing my cache and then reloading the image worked just fine. Thank you. Scott — Preceding unsigned comment added by MathewsSH (talk • contribs) 01:38, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Katie Hill farewell address

Can any one help me upload this video to Commons?

It is a powerful speech and all video on CSPAN of the proceedings of U.S. Congress in chambers are permitted per {{PD-CSPAN}}. Coffeeandcrumbs (talk) 03:13, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Autopatrollers

When, how and where can an user request autopatroller rights?— Vaibhavafro ^💬 04:24, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Vaibhavafro, you may request autopatrol at COM:RfR#Autopatrol. Requirements: 500 useful non-botlike edits, and to have been active in the last thirty days. You have 551 edits and of course you edited in the last 30 days. Best, Eatcha (talk) 04:49, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Ariv name to be published

Hi ,

I had created this page to give moe visibity to name Ariv. i dont see it published on wiki yet .

Do we need to make any changes ?

Let me know at riaavi@gmail.com

Ria — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ariv123 (talk • contribs) 18:48, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

You have created a draft at en:Draft:Ariv on the English Wikipedia. This is Commons, not Wikipedia. However, your draft would not be accepted at Wikipedia, as it is completely unsourced - see en:wp:v - References are required to verify the contents of the article are correct. OxonAlex (talk) 18:59, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

sahi biriyani

How to make sahi biriyani? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reejit786 (talk • contribs) 22:18, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello Reejit786, I fear you have come to the wrong place. This is a help page for questions concerning Wikimedia Commons which is a free media repository. We don't have lots of recipes here nor is this a general help desk. A quick online search comes up with quite a few YouTube videos though and some recipe websites like these: [1], [2]. De728631 (talk) 00:57, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

@Reejit786: b:Cookbook:Biryani.--Roy17 (talk) 17:27, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

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Uploading pictures is not working

Hi everyone,

I uploaded 17 pictures on Wikimedia Commons. It took me about half an hour to categorize these pictures, and write descriptions for them. I want to click on the 'upload' button (don't know the exact english name, in dutch it is 'publiceer bestanden') in the wizard, but nothing is happening. There are no errors, just nothing is happening. Is there anyway I can try something to prevent me from loosing my work? I use Chrome and Windows 10.

Regards, Tukka (talk) 13:28, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

There was one error (two files with the same name), sorry, problem is solved. The warning message that there is an error seems to be removed. Tukka (talk) 13:30, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

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Deleting images without license. Copyright violation.

Hello, how long does it usually take for any admin to delete images uploaded without permission that have already been reported? Here and here.

Sorry, I don't want to bother anyone, it's just a little question I have because there is a user cropping images that are not his own, uploading them here and placing them on several pages of Wikipedia. He already has a history of uploading images that are not his own.

Thank you very much. gabibb2 ^✉ 03:16, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

In obvious cases you should nominate them for Speedy deletion. Ruslik (talk) 15:24, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much! They are obvious cases, so I changed them to speedy deletion. I didn't know speedy deletion existed. gabibb2 ^✉ 16:41, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Help me fix this

I recently uploaded File:Chandrayaan-2 lander and orbiter integrated module.jpg, and tagged File:Chandrayaan-2 lander and orbiter integrated stack.jpg (older one) as duplicate. I did this because my upload had a better license and the older one was already tagged for deletion. So an administrator redirected the older one to my upload. In the process, however, the translated captions present in the older one also got deleted. So I tried copy-pasting the captions from the file history of the older one to my upload. This didn't work and the wikitext I copy-pasted still remains there as wikitext. Help me fix this and make the captions work.— Vaibhavafro ^💬 03:58, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

You should only edit caption using the edit link on the page. Ruslik (talk) 15:25, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

uploading pictures

how can upload a picture in the subjects? tnx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davood khorsandpour (talk • contribs) 09:13, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Davood khorsandpour: That is not very clear, could you please be a bit more specific? - Jmabel ! talk 16:21, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Good name, bad reaction

Hello. Have I been shut out? I created an account name of Harvadace1, and I got punished. If the editor didn't like the wikipedia account I tried to create, I could care less. But please don't shut me out. I am a Wikipedia addict with good intent. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 96.82.158.46 (talk) 16:13, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Harvadace1: You are asking this question on Wikimedia Commons. It would appear that you are blocked on the English-language Wikipedia. You really would need to take that up wit someone on the English-language Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 16:28, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Vayk gerb.jpg

Hello, I need help with the prevention of the deletion of the file below https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vayk_gerb.jpg

I have provided two websites for the sources of this file. One being the city's website and the other being the city's official youtube channel where the link was also found on the city's website. If anyone can help me out, that would be great.

Sincerely EpeBah (talk) 21:05, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

I think this logo is not copyrightable. As explained in {{PD-AM-exempt}}, state symbols are not covered by copyright. I would like to see some more opinions though. De728631 (talk) 21:12, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

User:DemirezerBaris - Checking the Corrections

To whom it may concern,

User:Patrick Rogel warned me about the issues in my uploads. I did not add the necessary source and copyright information to almost all of my uploads. After that I sent an e-mail to OTRS and they corrected all of my uploaded data for me. However, now I know how to upload any media correctly. None of my uploads violated copyright laws but only issue was that I did not know how to properly upload them. It was my mistake.

While I was sending my e-mail about permissions, User:Turelio deleted my user profile. He was right about doing it in that scenario but I got every necessary permissions about my uploads. I wrote in their Talk Pages, I mean Patrick Rogel and Turelio, but they did not change the claims. I believe they could not find time to do it. I did not violated copyright laws but until User:Turelio corrects my user profile I believe I am somewhat a flagged user.

1 - I ask from the community that someone can re-check my uploads and clear all of the copyright claims? 2 - Turelio deleted my user profile. Is it possible to undo it? 3 - Is it possible to undelete the photos and allow me to give necessary permissions? File:Gizem Sözeri.jpg and File:Batuhan Civelek.jpg are the photographs I am talking about and ask you to undelete them. I do not want to re-upload them before learning your approach to this situations. I do not want to act without the consent of the community.

I learned how to give required copyright information.

Thank you for your time, I will be even more careful about my uploads.

Sincerely,

Barış Demirezer (talk) 10:12, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

• User page restored. - Jmabel ! talk 16:25, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

• Thank you so much! Barış Demirezer (talk) 08:04, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Changing file names

Hello! There are some images that have ridiculously long names, like this: File:US Navy 070808-N-4021H-123 Gunnery Sgt. Octavio Gonzalez assigned to the dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), demonstrates proper self defense striking techniques for Honduran Sailors.jpg

Can I rename them? If I can, what reason should I choose? Number 2 (meaningless or ambiguous name)? gabibb2 ^✉ 18:58, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

• That is a perfectly acceptable file name and, in my view, should not be changed. - Jmabel ! talk 02:06, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
  • @Jmabel: ok, I thought 200-character file names were not good file names. I have found some images with 150-230 characters on their file names. Good to know, thanks. gabibb2 ^✉ 03:08, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Replacing a missing picture

I would like to ask why you don't accept a picture I made of a painting you are asking for help to identify? I have tried to replace (an empty image)only to find out the you don't accept pictures (photographs) taken by me with my camera. Can you give an explanation? Claude Petrini — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claude petrini (talk • contribs) 18:31, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

I have tried for hours to replace a missing photograph of painting only to find out that Wikipedia doesn't accept my photographs. Why? Can you explain? You ask for help and I have the photograph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Claude petrini (talk • contribs) 18:46, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Claude petrini. You do not appear to have ever edited Wikipedia using this account. In order to be helpful, I'm afraid we will need more information regarding what types of paintings you were trying to add images of and where. GMG^talk 20:00, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion of File:Jeans_Explosion.jpg

Hi there, I want to get the file https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeans_Explosion.jpg deleted on immediate basis as I made a mistake and uploaded a wrong file. can you please help me getting this deleted?

Theedithub (talk) 06:53, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done by ~riley Gbawden (talk) 07:09, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

page publishing delay reason

Dear sir, Its been two months since I created my Wikipedia page still its not on google search yet..I would like to know if theres any problem in publishing it..kindly let me know pls..whats the delay for it kindly advice pls

amandaediridingheg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amandaedirisingheg (talk • contribs) 09:26, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

@Amandaedirisingheg: : This isn't really the right place to ask that question, but happily you've asked it in the right place as well, and you've got an answer there: w:Wikipedia:Help desk#page publishing delay issue. --bjh21 (talk) 14:03, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Removing an image from a wiki page

I am trying to remove an image that appears on the wiki page for my place of work and cannot work out how to do this. Can anyone help please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by StStephensEaling (talk • contribs) 14:35, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

• @StStephensEaling: I'm guessing by "wiki" you mean the English-language Wikipedia, but you don't say what page or what image, or whether you simply mean remove it from the page or that there is some reason to remove it from Commons as well, so it's a bit hard to help you. However, in terms of removing it from the Wikipedia page for my place of work, keep in mind that you almost certainly have a conflict of interest in editing that page. - Jmabel ! talk 16:11, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Asking

Can I ask how can I see videos — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johanna Ndlovu (talk • contribs) 17:50, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Johanna Ndlovu: Can you provide some context here? Are you saying you are accessing a video on our site but it won't play on your device? If so: what device, what browser, etc. and if you could indicate a particular video that isn't working, that would help. Or are you asking something else, in which case you'll need to reword more clearly? - Jmabel ! talk 00:59, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

I have the University of New Mexico's permission

I have the university of New Mexico's permission to use the photo from New Mexico State University Library, Clyde W. Tombaugh papers, image number 04070701 as communicated by Dennis Daily, Department Head, New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections, by e-mail on November 4, 2019. I have the pdf file with permission for use in a Wikipedia article on the Corporal E missile. Mr.Daily may be contacted at: (ddaily@nmsu.edu)

This is the first time I have attempted to utilize a photo in an article and I am confused as to how it may be done.

Thank You Mark Lincoln — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark Lincoln (talk • contribs) 18:06, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

I doubt that the library owns the copyright. Only heirs of Clyde W. Tombaugh can give a permission to use the photo. Ruslik (talk) 20:57, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Deletion or Change of Name of a Page

My name is Hernan Precht, 71 years old. I haven´t Edit my page ever, and now, appears to be blocked. Also, in a process od deletion. I encourage you to please delete it, due to the enormous amount of errors contained in that page. My intents to chance in Wikidata, one of the many errors, made a steward block the page. If I am not a Roman Catholic, why you insist in correcting myself. I am not a Roman Catholic I am not a TV Presenter. I did work 20 years ago in TV. but I am not a TV Presenter these days. I do not work in architecture since 1990. I am not an architect anymore. I do not have the amount of Children nor grandchildren you assign me I haven´t written the number , nor the titles of the books listed there. An so on... Why should I be a person different than the one that I am, just because you do not allow me to edit my page. and the last thing, it´s the explicit contravention to the basics of Wikipedia, o " Patience, respectfulness, etc..." of the stewards that acted in this opporunities. Rude, Tough and threatening me, if I insisted once more in asking to make the changes.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexander precht06 (talk • contribs) 22:49, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

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Hernan Precht

@Alexander precht06: Could you indicate exactly what page you are talking about? We don't normally have any biographical pages about people on Wikimedia Commons. Perhaps something on the English-language Wikipedia? - Jmabel ! talk 01:03, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Updating a file which you are not the creator of.

I'm trying to update a file which I am not the creator of. How do I do this? I have pinged the original author for an update but am semi-concerned that they will not reply. Дрейгорич (talk) 01:47, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Nevermind. Figured it out. Дрейгорич (talk) 02:12, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

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Rejected Media

Hello, Team.

As I was editing on the List of cakes page, my photo upload was rejected.

'We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons.'

The photo is a very old photo from 2013 and has been used on social media for advertising my cakes. I no longer have the actual photo and am left with my original upload. Most of my cake photos are the same, as I save them on social media and discard the photos on my camera every so often. I would love to add my photo to my cake edit on your 'List of cakes' page. Please, help me to accomplish this, as I would like to add more of my original recipe cakes. Thank you so much!

Zmia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zmia Bertaud (talk • contribs) 08:19, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Under your current user name you have not uploaded any photos both in Commons and English Wikipedia. If you used a different account, please, specify it here. Ruslik (talk) 13:58, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

user name

wrong name (philiptj53) correct name (philipj53 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philiptj53 (talk • contribs) 09:14, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Please, file a request on Special:GlobalRenameRequest. Ruslik (talk) 13:59, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Celebrity Images from Google

Hello! How can I upload images that I find of of the internet from celebrities; how can I if there is no source given? For example, I found some images featuring Robert Benton and George Wendt that I would like to upload. However, I can't find a publisher, and don't know how to contact them. Please help me. I couldn't find anything in the tutorial detailing this. Jgwilliams873 (talk) 14:46, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Jgwilliams873: Usually you cannot do this. Typically, those would be copyrighted images with no free license offered and therefore not eligible for Commons. See Commons:Licensing. - Jmabel ! talk 16:49, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

battery

l am trying to replace a home alarm battery lithium polymer capacity 4200 3.7v ( 15.54 ) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.163.93.119 (talk) 15:05, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

• This is a page for asking for help in using Wikimedia Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 16:47, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Hackers once more – how “safe” are quality images here on Wiki Media Commons?

Earlier I described what had happened to my image of Bryggen – Bergen – Norway. Since the image was amongst the winning images in the Norwegian competition, I thought the image had to be fine after it truly had been altered with (being extremely pixelated when I watched it on my phone).
But the image is not fine. I shoot in RAW, so I get lots of details to work with on my images. There were so fine details and the image was so sharp that you could read the small street signs on the walls – like the small sign on the wall of “Julehuset” with the name “Bryggen”. Now that sign as well as other details is absolutely blured, lots of details in the wood have disappeared amongst other details. And the worst is that a shadow in the middle of one of the buildings (the one called “Enhjørningen”) has been added. It really is an impossible thing as there were nothing to hinder the sun. The shadow is not seen in the reflection on the sea. The statue of the unicorn on the building has lost it's horn (ugly manipulated when removed). I had to enlarge it quite a bit to see it. I couldn't just upload the original version as the file had been hacked on my computer as well. Hacking on my computer has a nightmarish history.
I have now brightened the shadow and tried to get back some of the lost details. But it wasn't possible to do much as the image is to reduced.

Why did this happen? Is this just an act to degrade me (haters have done that for years in whatever way they could come through with)? Or might it be other motives here? Bryggen in Bergen is big business, world inheritance as it is. All kind of tourist items are produced and sold, paintings, calenders, cups, tiny copies of the houses etc etc.
My picture is gone. I chose to upload it for Wiki Loves Monuments so many people could benefit from it. I didn't upload it for anyone to earn money on it. Might that be what have happened? Already after a day or to after having uploaded it to Wiki Loves Monuments, it was moved away from the other images I uploaded for the contest, half way down on the last page amongst the last images, many of them not participating in the contest. Who bothers looking at all those images in little Norway? Then the pixelating. And then I shout out load here at the help desk. And the image reappears in such a reduced state.
I just wonder what has happened with the original picture!
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 999Vic999 (talk • contribs) 16:11, 4 November 2019 (UTC) 999Vic999 (talk) 16:06, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

• @999Vic999: Are you saying that your original upload is no longer available as the oldest item in the image history? And that you did not keep a copy yourself? - Jmabel ! talk 16:31, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
• It would help to provide a link here to the relevant file page. - Jmabel ! talk 16:32, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

• probably File:Bryggen i Bergen refleksjoner.jpg --El Grafo (talk) 17:19, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

• @999Vic999: There are exactly two versions on that page. Both were uploaded by you. Neither shows any evidence of being tampered with after it was uploaded. The original from 29 September 2019 looks to me to be slightly better than the one you uploaded today, which appears to have some minor artefacts from sharpening, but the two versions are barely distinguishable. Both are reasonably crisp, but in neither case can I distinguish a small sign on the wall of “Julehuset” with the name “Bryggen”. Could you describe exactly where that sign would be?
• Are you certain that these legibility issues did not arise in your conversion from RAW to JPEG before you uploaded? If you didn't back up the RAW file, there is really no way for anyone (including you) to know, but I can think of no way your JPEG could have been modified after it was uploaded. It does, however, seem very unlikely that someone has made an identical hack on our servers and your computer.
• If you really have reason to believe that someone is messing with the files on your computer, I strongly recommend buying an external drive (they are pretty cheap these days) and maintaining offline backups of any valuable files. - Jmabel ! talk 00:03, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for answers!

I do have three external harddrives. Since my computers harddrive is rather full at the moment, I use one of them in the work with my images.

You guys have blind trust in the system – what the users see, the user history, log and so on. I'm sorry to tell – I don't longer have that belief or “faith”. Expert hackers can go behind the scene.

Two of my files must have been through some kind of hacking since what I got on my mobile was two really pixelated files, one of them was this image, one of them was the star I made – not the one with the star only, but the one with the text on. You could hardly read the text, it was that pixelated. If all my images looked like that, obviously it could have been my mobile screen. But when just two of them looked like that, something is wrong.

And you're right, the picture file is this File:Bryggen i Bergen refleksjoner.jpg

The vector image file converted to png is this: File:StarHelper.png

I can assure you, the Bryggen image has been tempered with. There were no such thing as a shadow on the building with the unicorn statue, the horn was in it's place on the unicorns forehead, and the details in the wood were fine all the way.

Tuesday I went down to the same spot and shot a new image of Bryggen with the same camera. The light was about the same as the weather was nearly identic. The original image was shot 15.10 2015 at 17.26, the new image was shot 05.11.2010 a couple of hours earlier. Three weeks time difference in late autumn means about one hour when it comes to light here in Norway (about 3 minutes a day). Now we have wintertime, we didn't 15.10. So whatever difference in light conditions, were minor.

Same camera (not much difference in camera setting), about the same light conditions, same spot, same photographer – the images should be more or less identic. There were a little breeze this time, so the sea wasn't identically crisp and clear, but not much difference there either.

So what did I get now? The unicorn building with no shadow, the horn is there, and all the details in the wood are in it's place, you can see it all. And I can insure you that the original image of Bryggen first uploaded, was like that. If you are to read the street sign Bryggen (in the left of the image on the wall of “Julehuset” building, you must resize the image more than 200%, as the text is tiny, and have good eyesight and a little bit of good will :-). Anyway the image is really, truly crisp with good details. It's so easy to see if details are good in an image with wood, because there are plenty of them. And that's how the image of Bryggen I uploaded to Wiki Media was. As it is now, there are large areas with no details in the wood. It just wasn't like that.

Anyway there are more to this than meets the eye.

How do haters work? The most conscious of them, are into things like voodoo, black magic, witch craft etc. Not very pleasant issues for the rest of us that aren't. Anyway, for such people anything can symbolize something in the life of a person. So why was the shadow placed on the building with the unicorn, and why was the horn gone? What does a unicorn symbolize? What does a horn symbolize?

A piece of creative work like an image a person has shot and worked with, will for such people be a link to reach that person. That's how voodoo works. And I myself is anyway convinced that this is the main reason for the mess being done to this image. That doesn't mean that there aren't also other reasons – like theft. (Both issues are part of my experiences with haters.)

This isn't the only time an image I have uploaded here on Wiki Media have been abused. Another image has been described earlier here on the help desk – no need to go into that issue again. Just look for the red heart encouraging love!

I guess I better wait with uploading more images here until I have conquered the hate!

999Vic999 (talk) 17:42, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeonardaCianciulli.jpg

And another pic identical to it, list this woman as a young Leonarda Cianciulli. IT IS NOT. I have read a book on the woman pictured. Her name was Marie Marguerite Ali Bey. Born 1890 in France, died 1971. She was married to an Egyptian Prince named Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey. She was acquitted of his murder in the early 1920's. The link above and another list her with the name of Leonarda. And another page https://allthatsinteresting.com/leonarda-cianciulli shows the picture with a link to wikimedia. If you look her (Marie) up on yahoo and google you will find this is Marie NOT leonarda..... — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 107.77.201.143 (talk) 17:55, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Adri08: - Jmabel ! talk 21:12, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. I have checked on the net and various documents that do not question the current allocation. Indeed, the image seems to correspond well to that of the person in his youth. Regards--Adri08 (talk) 08:13, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Ef131-03.jpg

It is unclear who the copyright holder of this image is, even though it was taken in early 1948, shortly before the EF 131 program was axed in June 1948.--Extrapolaris (talk) 00:15, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

The copyright holder is either the Russian Federation or an officer who took hat photo. Anyway the copyright is unlikely to have expired. Ruslik (talk) 08:15, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Downloading images

Gosh it is all so overwhelming!

I want to simply download an image.

If I click the download button I get the whole image on my screen but no sign of any jpg that I can save.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Terminal,%22,_1892.jpg

I want the image as a jpeg to go into my downloads.

If I do Save As it is a Preview. I do not want that.

Why is it so difficult and frustrating? It is so simple on other sites like Pixabay - click download - the file downloads to the download tray and then can be saved to a folder.

Even the question thread at Wikimedia is so confusing.

I found something that looked like there could be an answer re downloads - I clicked the link and got a huge page full of all sorts. I gave up.

It would be really helpful if there was a clear instruction on each image page.

Even this page is confusing! I don't want to Publish changes, show a preview or show changes. I simply want to send this message. Because I will not be sure that this message will get through I will now have to go searching for another way to send it- so much time wasted-it totally spoils the experience of what should be a wonderful site to explore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Victorialbert (talk • contribs) 03:28, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Victorialbert: Image download is a built-in browser/OS function, not typically a feature of a particular site. You don't say what operating system or browser you are using, so your mileage may vary, but assuming you are on a Windows system using either Firefox or Chrome and that you use a mouse:
  • To get to the maximum-resolution version of the image for download, click on the image itself. The maximum-resolution image will display in the tab, with nothing else there.
  • Right-click on that image. You should get a menu that includes "Save Image As…". Click that and you should get the usual Windows device for saving a file to you system.
• If you are not on Windows, or do not use a mouse, etc., you'll have to be more specific. - Jmabel ! talk 04:21, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Facebook for (developers)

Is Facebook a developer platform or is Facebook a personal approach related to all students developers in social media? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnortoja (talk • contribs) 13:56, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Nnortoja. It's not totally clear what your question has to do with contributing to Wikimedia Commons, which is a responsibility of free media for use by our sister projects and the general public. I'm afraid if you have generic questions about the nature of third-party website, you will need to find an alternate venue to seek an answer. GMG^talk 15:12, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

The Facebook for developer is the set of services, tools, and products provided by the social networking service Facebook for third-party developers to create their own applications and services that access data in Facebook. Cambridge analytica exploited this platform. -- Eatcha (talk) 15:34, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Olvg

Olvg app in Amsterdam. is this app unique to the hospital or why would it relates to social media student(s) in Scandinavia and Amsterdam, North Doc? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnortoja (talk • contribs) 13:58, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Nnortoja: This page is for asking for help in using Wikimedia Commons. You seem to be asking questions that do not fall within that scope. - Jmabel ! talk 16:25, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Someone using my painting as their own

Hi I was sent a link to a page where my painting of the Burslem riot is on display. I was not aware that it had been used and have not given permission. I also strongly object to the person claiming ownership of my painting and did not give them permission to publish it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Christine Mallaband-Brown (talk • contribs) 16:32, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

@Christine Mallaband-Brown: Hi. Would you please link to the page your painting is used in? Thanks in advance. Ahmad^talk 16:35, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Already nominated for deletion, I think. Ahmad^talk 16:37, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Yep. Sorry. You beat me to the response. GMG^talk 17:05, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Image upside down!

Hello,

Is it possible to flip an image 180 degrees? There is media file that is currently displayed upside down on the webpage showing Paolo Uccello's geometrical sketch of a Mazzocchio (a type of hat). This drawing was instrumental to the discoveries the artist made about perspective, so it is quite crucial that it is the right way up so that readers/viewers can make sense of the perspectival techniques that he employed. Here is a link to the page in question.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daayat01 (talk • contribs) 17:48, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Daayat01. There should be a link on the image description page saying "request rotation", where you can request a bot adjust the image accordingly. GMG^talk 18:25, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

would like to talk to deja vu

Just want to tell her that the pic is removed. I did not upload from the getty images like the link you sent to me. I used the copyright tool that wikipedia gives. I uploaded the pic from there.

sorry for any confusion

FigureSkate321 — Preceding unsigned comment added by FigureSkate321 (talk • contribs) 18:17, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey FigureSkate321. Regardless of how you uploaded the image, if you found the image online, then it is almost certainly not appropriate for upload here. The vast majority of images online are copyrighted and non-free, while Commons only accepts images that are in the public domain explicitly released under a free license. This requires usually A) that you took the photo yourself and are releasing the image by uploading it here, B) that the image is very old, or C) that the place you got the image from originally already clearly specifies that it is free, by including a specific license such as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0, which is the license Wikipedia is published under. GMG^talk 18:23, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

ขอคำแนะนำเรื่องการอัปโหลดรูปภาพ จากเวบไซต์

ขอคำแนะนำเรื่องการอัปโหลดรูปภาพ นำรูปจากเวบไซต์ต่างประเทศที่เป็น เวบไซต์ต้นสังกัดศิลปิน ต้องทำอย่างไรบ้างคะ ตัวอย่าง https://www.izone-official.com/profile/2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nutella530 (talk • contribs) 10:31, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

@Nutella530: you can only upload photos that you own copyright. See also COM:OTRS. (Google Translate:) คุณสามารถอัปโหลดรูปภาพที่คุณเป็นเจ้าของลิขสิทธิ์เท่านั้น . โปรดอ่าน Commons:Licensing & COM: OTRS.

You can also ask your questions at th:วิกิพีเดีย:สภากาแฟ. --Roy17 (talk) 20:03, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Number of downloads | Download statistics

Is it possible to know the number of downloads of a file uploaded to Commons? If yes, how?--991joseph (talk) 08:43, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

You can always have a look at the page view statistics. Just go to the file description page, then select “Page information” from the Tools, and then you will find a link to the “Pageviews Analysis” at the end of that page. Example: Pageview Analysis for File:Philharmonie, Berlin, 170518, ako.jpg (today's picture of the day), or that of yesterday with nearly 2,000 hits. --AFBorchert (talk) 08:59, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

Sadly it doesn't show the number of downloads!--991joseph (talk) 10:40, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

That's impossible to quantify. If someone opens an image you can't tell if he/she downloads the image (right click/save) or not. --Magnus (talk) 12:14, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

My Photos

I carry a camera with me all the time. Today, I started a page for myself and included a photo. Somebody named Dejavu rejected the photo because it was used by another site for an interview I did.

I got this message: This file is a copyright violation for the following reason: https://www.provideocoalition.com/art-cut-editing-series-unfortunate-events/amp/

I often get photos of myself and colleagues and allow them to be used on various sites. This does not mean I still don't have control of them.

What do I need to do to use my photos on my wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by S2bass (talk • contribs) 03:01, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

@S2bass: There are several different ways to approach this.

• You can indicate the free license you are offering when you post a photo to a site or page clearly under your control (e.g. your personal or business web site, your Flickr page if that is where you first upload, etc.). Then indicate that as your source when you upload to Commons.
• Similarly, on such a site or page you can indicate that this Commons account is yourself. Then you can reference that in the "permissions" field of {{Information}} for your Commons images.
• You can write an email from an email address clearly associated with yourself as described at COM:OTRS; since you are doing your own uploading, it would make more sense for you to use that to clarify your ownership of this account than to give permission for specific photos (the latter is the more common use of OTRS, to clarify permissions on images uploaded to Commons by third parties).

I hope that helps. The intent here is to make sure that this account is really you, not someone plagiarizing you.

If this is still unclear, please feel free to ask for more details. - Jmabel ! talk 05:19, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. I will try the email route. — Preceding unsigned comment added by S2bass (talk • contribs) 04:33, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Q

Hi all, is File:Battlefield - Bad Company 2 for PS3 boxes at Costco, SSF ECR.JPG considered fair use? 大诺史 (Talk/留言) 13:08, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

There's no Fair Use on Commons. I guess those are below C:TOO. --Magnus (talk) 13:35, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Since this question came originally from me - Is a photo of the boxes considered a copyright violation? Would a photo of the game box, booklet and the disk be allowed to the Wiki Commons? --Tomasz Jacek Wójcik (talk) 13:48, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

It's borderline, because the boxes in question are borderline for having enough complexity to be eligible for copyright. That threshold varies in different countries. I'd recommend taking this question to Commons:Village pump/Copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 17:54, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

public domain photograph

Hello, I wish to contribute to the page of Ernest Wickersheimer by adding his photograph. I have found this photograph on the Bibliothèque numérique patrimoniale du site universitaire alsacien (a digitized collection of the national library of Strasbourg). It is described as being public domain. I do not wish to infringe on any rules. May I upload it and how must I proceed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sophie.anne.ber (talk • contribs) 15:15, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

• {ping|Sophie.anne.ber}} If it is described as public domain, it should be fine. Just make sure that when you upload, you cite as your source the page that states that it is in the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 18:07, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

@Sophie.anne.ber: --Roy17 (talk) 20:03, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Elder Peter M. Johnson, Official LDS Church Portrait.jpg

I want to know which type of licensing this photo is under. I believe it is available for use. --Brandonag12 (talk) 01:27, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Brandonag12: Possibly, but it is obviously recent enough to be copyrighted, so we would need an explicit free license (e.g. CC-BY) from the copyright-holder. Is there any reason to think they have offered one? And, if not, then why do you think it is "available" on terms that meet Commons requirements of allowing (for example) commercial reuse and derivative works? - Jmabel ! talk 03:44, 9 November 2019 (UTC)
• Web page source is clearly marked "© 2019 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.". No "fair use" of copyrighted material on Wikimedia Commons; see Commons:Licensing. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 05:31, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Understading about "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license"

Hi All,

I am trying to understand some of the creative commons attributions as I would like to use some of the images for non-commercial usage. As I would like to use these images for one of the story telling YouTube video

As part of my search I see there is a license "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Germany license". Can any body throw some light on this license ? Can I use images under this license ? Is there any seperate tool/documentation, which gives more details about licensing ..?

Some of the content/photos I am looking is on topic WW-2 , which can be viewed from below links Any help is highly appreciated.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hitler,_recoloured.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N%C3%BCrnberg_Reichsparteitag_Hitler_retouched.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hitler_portrait_crop_(cropped).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-S33882,_Adolf_Hitler_retouched.jpg

Thanks Venkat — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pvkrajj (talk • contribs) 15:07, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Pvkrajj: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en looks to me like it should be fine. Our license tag for that is {{Cc-by-sa-3.0-de}}. - Jmabel ! talk 16:02, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Foto für und von Fotografen hochladen - Lizenzvergabe

Der Fotograf, für den ich das Foto hochladen soll/kann/darf, stellt das Bild unter Namensnennung frei zur Verbreitung zur Verfügung. Er möchte aber nicht, daß es modifiziert wird. Da das Foto eine umstrittene Person betrifft, möchten wir damit möglichen Mißbrauch verhindern. Welche Lizenz? --dee.lite (talk) 18:08, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

Leider geht das so nicht. Erstens brauchen wir eine Freigabe direkt durch den Fotografen (siehe COM:OTRS), und zweitens müssens alle Bilder auf Commons auch modifiziert werden dürfen. Einschränkungen dieser Art sind bei uns nicht erwünscht. De728631 (talk) 18:13, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

How do I upload photo if I don't know the exact date it was created

I have a photo from the local historical library that they have given permission to use with proper attribution. It is dated 1980 but the month and day when it was created is not provided. The Upload Wizard says I need to provide the day, month and year it was created to upload it. What should I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bklein61 (talk • contribs) 21:26, 9 November 2019 (UTC)

@Bklein61: Please do not upload this photo. For images like this we need a permission by email coming directly from the copyright holder. It is also questionable if a library is in a position to release a 1980 photograph under a free licence. Usually this can only be done by the original photographer or their heirs. If the library itself inherited this photo though, you may ask a representative to send an email as explained in COM:OTRS. Afterwards you may upload the image and put a code string {{subst:OP}} on the file page.

Now regarding your question: In the upload wizard, there is a button with a pen right next to the date field. If you click this pen, you can enter a year without month and day by typing the number into that field. De728631 (talk) 01:08, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Spanish name

Could some Spanish speaker please come up with a proper category name for en:Jeanine Áñez? Many wikis use Jeanine Áñez, but her https://twitter.com/jeanineanez and http://www.vicepresidencia.gob.bo/spip.php?page=parlamentario&id_parlamentario=159 use Jeanine Añez Chavez. Please create the cat and you dont have to inform me. Thanks!--Roy17 (talk) 15:57, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Roy17: Category:Jeanine Áñez should be fine. Not surprising that someone doesn't use an "ñ" in a Twitter handle, and the segundo apellido in the parliamentary page would be her mother's maiden name, with about the same status as a middle name in English. Since I don't know what parent categories you want, I'm not going to make the category myself. - Jmabel ! talk 23:35, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Resolved

I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. Roy17 (talk) 11:45, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Template:Aircraft cat

The {{Aircraft cat}} template does not link to the "Aircraft of Taiwan" category. Can someone fix it?--Kai3952 (talk) 03:32, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

What's wrong with it? Seems to be working smoothly in CAT:Aircraft of Taiwan after Special:Diff/373953262. Ahmad^talk 15:41, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

@Ahmad252: There is a red link to "Aircraft of the Taiwan" at the bottom of Category:Military aircraft of Taiwan.--Kai3952 (talk) 11:35, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

@Kai3952: Yes, because that's Category:Aircraft of the Taiwan, not Category:Aircraft of Taiwan; with an extra "the". Ahmad^talk 12:26, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Щодо авторства.

Британське видавництво Golden Cockerel Press (відповідна стаття міститься в англомовній Вікіпедії) припинило діяльність у 1961 році без правонаступника та оголошення передавання будь-яких авторських прав. Чи маю я право опубліковувати зображення з книжок, виданих видавництвом і на підставі якої ліцензії? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Poli.Pav (talk • contribs) 13:21, 8 November 2019‎ (UTC)

@Well-Informed Optimist: , care to give this a look as a uk speaker? GMG^talk 13:29, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

uk:Сирітські твори. --Well-Informed Optimist (talk) 13:39, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

debugging a creator page

Creator:Louis Huard (1813-1874) doesn't seem to be linking to Louis Huard (Q21555912) correctly. The creator page says there isn't a creator page item at WD (there is), and the WD item says there isn't a creator page nor a sitelink to a category, not true. Can someone figure out what's wrong here? Levana Taylor (talk) 04:51, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

• I think I've improved it, but there's still a warning on the Wikidata side. It seems to be related to the disambiguation in the creator template name: it also occurs on Richard Adams (Q28837128). --ghouston (talk) 05:52, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

known problem. i just reported again at d:Wikidata:Contact_the_development_team#Commons_link_should_exist_201911.--Roy17 (talk) 17:27, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

To help

I want help me — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Faya moud (talk • contribs) 07:33, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

For anything in particular? Rodhullandemu (talk) 11:39, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Why is my picture marked for delition, can someone please explain to me what mistake I did when uploading it?

Hi

I uploaded a photo I took of Marina Litvinenko and then got this message below. Can someone be so kind and explain to me, why the picture should be deleted? Which mistake did I do? And can we please remove the delete request and publish it? Many thanks, Tessaszy

File:Marina Litvinenko March 2018.jpg Commons-emblem-speedy.svg Notice of Impending Speedy Deletion File:Marina Litvinenko March 2018.jpg is considered to fulfill the criteria for speedy deletion and has been marked on its page. The following reason has been specified: COM:CSD#G4, Recreation of content previously deleted per community consensus.

If you believe the content does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, you may replace the speedy deletion tag with a regular deletion request (if the content has not been deleted) or request undeletion (if the content has already been deleted). All your uploads, including deleted ones, are listed in your upload log. If you need help, please read our frequently asked questions or visit the help desk. Please do not remove this message from your talk page. You may set up archiving instead.

Deutsch | English | español | français | português | +/− Patrick Rogel (talk) 17:22, 9 November 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tessaszy (talk • contribs) 18:40, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

@Patrick Rogel: please explain your rationale. When was the photo deleted before?--Roy17 (talk) 19:34, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Restoration of extinct genus Izmirictis

Can any one help me upload this picture to Commons, and is it possible to do this? I found it on this this site (text on english language). It is the interview with scientist about this extinct animal. And these are articles about discovery:article 1 and article 2. The Explaner (talk) 21:18, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

@The Explaner: I'm afraid we cannot use this image on Commons because it is copyrighted and non-free. The original articles cannot be acessed without logging into the websites of the publisher so they're most likely not licensed under a free licence. De728631 (talk) 22:08, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

ok thanks ∼∼∼∼ — Preceding unsigned comment added by The Explaner (talk • contribs) 22:11, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Painting of Oso Kuka and his men.jpg

Hello! I havent been able to find a better license for this image, so i would like it removed, please.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Painting_of_Oso_Kuka_and_his_men.jpg#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D

--Albert Falk (talk) 13:28, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done. --Túrelio (talk) 15:19, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:51, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Phab silence

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T235811

Can anyone give me a clue what I am supposed to do after I report a problem on Phabricator, a few weeks go by, and I am basically ignored? If I understand correctly, someone seems to be telling me that because the but looks different for people who use only one language than it does for me with 8 Babel boxes, they're not interested. This makes no sense at all, so perhaps I am misunderstanding what is happening. Is there some forum I can use there to draw more than one person's attention to the bug? - Jmabel ! talk 18:41, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

I confirm the bug exists for me too (win10 firefox 70).--Roy17 (talk) 19:34, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

@Roy17: Could I prevail upon you to say so on the linked report on Phabricator? Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 01:46, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

AFAIK, wiki-specific gadget issues, if unrelated to any MediaWiki core / extensions, are not handled on Phab, so practically no one responsible for the gadget will see the report. Closing, but I'll look into this issue.

Regarding the silence, that is because you was asked to follow mw:Help:Locating_broken_scripts but this was ignored. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 02:24, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

@Jean-Frédéric: Could you look into this? I'm running out of time for this --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 05:47, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

CC @Mike Peel: --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 06:04, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping ; however I’m afraid this is beyond by JS-fu :-( Jean-Fred (talk) 08:21, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: In general, if you have issues with a gadget, your best bet is probably to follow the “talk” link from the gadget page:

Collapse Captions: Collapse the File captions interface. [talk] 

which in this case links to MediaWiki_talk:Gadget-Collapse-Captions.js Jean-Fred (talk) 08:21, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Copyright of a songtext from a composer who already died?

Do I have the right to upload a songtext (one page with text and musical notes) from Hermann Simon who already died in 1948? https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Simon_(Komponist) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georg1001 (talk • contribs) 08:05, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

@Georg1001: In my humble opinion, this should be OK, please apply {{PD-old-auto|deathyear=1948}} when declaring the copyright status of the songtext, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 08:19, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Getting my photos reinstated back on commons

Good morning,

I was redirected here from User talk:Gbawden. Said I would be able to have my images that I took and own reinstated here permanently on Commons. I'm just a bit unsure of the process. Here is the transcript of messages between me and User talk:Gbawden:

Page link:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gbawden#Photos_Deleted

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Photos Deleted

Dear Gbawden,

I had a group of photos deleted here on Wikimedia Commons. The photos are my own work. I really think Wikimedia Commons is a great source for images on the web and as a photographer I'd love to contribute. I'm still learning the rules the best I can and understand completely that my images were deleted. Maybe I had the wrong license on them. Am I allowed to upload them again under the Public Domain license?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Actor_John_J._Quinlan_aka_Stoneface_in_October_2019.jpg&action=edit&redlink=1

Thank you,

Shtarka1 (talk) 14:43, 7 November 2019 (UTC)

   Hi @Shtarka1:. Thanks for wanting to contribute. Its not that you had the wrong license - its that the photo was found on Instagram and thus there was doubt about ownership. If a photo has previously been published on the Internet we need confirmation of ownership via the COM:OTRS process. You will have to show that you took the photo and have the rights to release it. Hope this helps Gbawden (talk) 05:57, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Oh OK thank you. I'm not sure how to do this. I appreciate you helping me. Is there a form? I'm sorry. Shtarka1 (talk) 11:17, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

   @Shtarka1: There are some templates you can use for your email. I suggest that you read over the page at COM:OTRS - it is a very useful guide Gbawden (talk) 11:23, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

There are a bunch of different ones, I'm not sure which one applies exactly to my photos. If I know which one I can fill it out and email it back. I really appreciate your help. Shtarka1 (talk) 11:27, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

   @Shtarka1: look at the template on COM:ET - there is also an Interactive generator you can try Gbawden (talk) 11:29, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

I will fill click the Interactive Release generator and take care of this soon. Thank you very much for taking the time to help me. Shtarka1 (talk) 11:38, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

It is not letting me add the images back as they were deleted before, seems like I have to add the images back before I can continue on the Interactive Release generator so I'm stuck in the middle and can't continue. If I'm doing this correctly. I added all the names of the images into the generator as instructed but I'm stuck now. Shtarka1 (talk) 15:49, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Here is the direct link to the photos previous upload log that I'm trying to fill out OTRS process getting them reinstated with the Interactive Release generator :

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/upload&limit=100&user=Shtarka1&type=upload I'm not sure what to do. I appreciate your help very much Shtarka1 (talk) 15:54, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

I know all the information for each photo, like exact descriptions is on record with Commons. I'm not sure I even have all that saved. Any help would be appreciated, you've really been great. Thanks Shtarka1 (talk) 15:57, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

   @Shtarka1: Sorry for the late reply. Can I ask that you post your issue to the Help Desk? They are better suited to assist you Gbawden (talk) 11:29, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

OK I will now thank you Shtarka1 (talk) 14:20, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

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I look forward to hearing back and getting these images that I took and own permanently back on Wikimedia Commons.

Thank You, Shtarka1 (talk) 14:37, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Shtarka1. Thanks for your interest in contributing to Wikimedia Commons. The files aren't really "deleted" in the normal sense, but in a technical sense, are merely "hidden". So once we receive the permission email, we can have them restored without you needed to reupload them.

Having said that, it would be helpful if you had access to the original photographs, with the original meta data intact, rather than only the copies post-digital manipulation. That helps to lend additional credence to saying you were the original creator, and can also provide useful information for those who want to reuse and remix the content. GMG^talk 14:52, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your prompt response. Is there a template I can use to email. There is so much on here just not really sure what to send. I do have the photos loaded on file. I don't have a list so I would have to see them in the gallery and dig through and find them. Thank you again for getting back to me. Look forward to hearing back from you on the template to email. Shtarka1 (talk) 15:07, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello again Shtarka1. As you probably have seen, there is specific wording proposed at COM:CONSENT. As far as a list, you can probably just include a link to your user talk page where there is already a list of the deleted files. The important things are 1) that you can demonstrate that you are the owner/photographer of the images, and 2) that you release them under a specific free license. The suggested license is Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, which allows the files to be used for free by anyone for any purpose, so long as they give you proper attribution as the creator. GMG^talk 15:14, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you and I apologize for being a bit naive to these technicalities on Commons, I completely understand and want them reinstated properly so I'm all for this process. I clicked the link you sent above COM:CONSENT should I try to directly send an email rather than the Interactive Release Generator I assume yes? Shtarka1 (talk) 15:20, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

From looking I would fill in my information into the template and send the email to the address specified. Thank you, Shtarka1 (talk) 15:23, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Shtarka1. Either one is fine. You can also just send an email directly to permissions-commonswikimedia.org. As long as you hit those two points (establishing ownership, specifying a particular free license) then we should be able to work around any rough edges. GMG^talk 15:33, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

OK here is a copy of what I plan to send, looks OK?

To: permissions-commons@wikimedia.org

I hereby affirm that I Steve Mark, the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of both the work depicted and the media as shown here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Shtarka1 and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work.

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the following free license: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Steve Mark Copyright holder 11/11/2019

Thank you for taking the time to help me

Shtarka1 (talk) 15:35, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

@Shtarka1: Works for me. When you send it, should should be an automated response with a confirmation ticket number. If you will give that number to me, I can look it up on the back-end and we can take it from there. GMG^talk 15:41, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Email sent Ticket:2019111110008602 Look forward to my photos being a permanent part of Wikimedia Commons. Thank you for your efforts, very much appreciated your help Shtarka1 (talk) 16:09, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

deletion of y own media

why you are rejecting this , i take this photo how can i assure you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mobeen ur Rehman (talk • contribs) 17:54, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Mobeen ur Rehman. It looks like many of your photos were deleted because they appeared to be personal photos. Commons accepts many types of images, but they must be within the scope of the project, which generally requires that they be realistically useful for an educational purpose. Photos of family and friends usually falls outside of this scope, and would be better suited to upload on social media. However, any photos you wish to contribute that are within the scope of the project are more than welcome. GMG^talk 18:10, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

I believe User:GreenMeansGo meant to link COM:SCOPE. - Jmabel ! talk 18:49, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I forget what project I'm on more often then I like to admit. GMG^talk 20:57, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Copyright restrictions

I have copied a photograph from the web. https://thumbnail.myheritageimages.com/288/193/288193/500/500004_321803m8c23zy5h0g1ai82_C_398x570.jpg It derives from the web site https://www.myheritage.com/search-records?action=person&siteId=288193&indId=1000037&origin=profile. Am I right in assuming that I cannot add it to my draft AfC, even though the subject of the photo died in 1901? Also, would the source be acceptable in terms of reliability? BFP1 (talk) 18:07, 11 November 2019 (UTC)BFP1

Hey BFP1. Unfortunately, without additional information it's hard to say. Wikimedia Commons does allow upload of very old images where the date of publication and the author are unknown, but in order to meet this the image must be at least 120 years old. Since we know only that the image was created 1901 or earlier, this image falls short of that by a couple of years. If we could find the source for the image in the site you reference, we may be able to adjust that, and demonstrate that it is suitable for upload here. GMG^talk 18:22, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

I think it originally came from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-69930. Which indicates it came from a family album, but I don't think that helps with the date of the photo. Could you direct me to where I can get advice on the free use of such a photo? Thanks BFP1 (talk) 21:01, 11 November 2019 (UTC)BJP1

Copyright help regarding File:Rachel Blaney.jpg

This is a photo of a Canadian politician. I'm not sure if this would be public domain. --Ilovecats516 (talk) 18:18, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Ilovecats516. Unfortunately, Canada is not one of the countries whose governments release their official work into the public domain. So the image will not fall out of copyright until 50 years after publication. GMG^talk 18:20, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Well that sucks. Where could I find a public domain image? Ilovecats516 (talk) 18:54, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Ilovecats516. Looks like we have two currently at Category:Rachel Blaney, but they're both pretty crappy quality. In cases like these, I would try to find a public relations contact with her office and see if they will release an image they/she own(s) under a free license. They can do so by following the instructions at COM:CONSENT and sending a verification email. GMG^talk 22:51, 11 November 2019 (UTC)

Current revision of file just won't show up

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

I spent along time making this map image back in the summer but no matter what I do, the Image seems to not show do to some unknown error I cannot figure out.

I uploaded two new versions of the file, and it still will not show, however, when I look at old revisions, now the Image shows, but when I reverted, now the current image still doesn't show. You get an error if you try to look at it in anything other than it's full size, and if you look at it on other wikimedia sites, like wikipedia.

I can't figure out what's wrong. Help is greatly appreciated

Avrand6 (talk) 00:03, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

I believe this is a known bug. It should fix itself in a matter of hours. Beeblebrox (talk) 00:49, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

It's a cashing issue. Typically this is an issue on your browser, not on our site. Most likely, if you look at it from any other computer, or any other browser on the same computer, it is fine. Most browsers can use CTRL-F5 to clear their cache. - Jmabel ! talk 01:08, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

Why got my logo declined?

Hello,

I tried to upload the new company logo to this wikipedia site: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concardis I chose a png-file which was created by us (the company Concardis). Unfortunately the file got declined. But I could not find the reason for that. Could you please help me?

Thank you very much,

Hanna — Preceding unsigned comment added by H.Thiem (talk • contribs) 10:22, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

• We already have File:Concardis-Logo CMYK mit Claim.jpg.
• If you are (or represent) the copyright-holder, you can go through the process outlined at COM:CONSENT and COM:OTRS. - Jmabel ! talk 17:51, 8 November 2019 (UTC)

Jmabel: The new logo it's too simple to be CR, IMHO. She can upload the new version without permission, I think. Regards. --Ganímedes (talk) 11:03, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

How to request OTRS check?

How do I request someone to check whether a permission statement has been received at permissions-commonswikimedia.org ? Specifically, can someone please check whether a statement has been received from "isropr@isro.gov.in"?— Vaibhavafro ^💬 14:53, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Vaibhavafro: You'd have to ask that at Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard. - Jmabel ! talk 16:32, 12 November 2019 (UTC)

commercial use

I have had a request to share some of my photography work (so it can be used in a page on Wikipedia) but cannot do so if commercial use is allowed. Why is there no option to license the work as creative commons but non-commercial? It's a very simple addition too the license. I did the work fundamentally for a good cause (documentation of a historic building in order to help spare it from demolition). The potential for someone to use my photos commercially is at odds with me sharing them for the greater good. This is the first time I have used Wikimedia Commons and I'm really baffled with this aspect. If there is another way for me to get the photos onto Wikipedia with no commercial use I'd like to know how. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barton Taylor (talk • contribs) 03:07 13 November 2019‎ (UTC)

• @Barton Taylor: Commons is specifically intended as a repository of media that may be freely reused; that is why we don't support a "non-commercial" option.
• You don't say which Wikipedia this is about, but I'm guessing that since you are writing in English, you mean the English-language Wikipedia. Unlike Commons, they have some provision for non-free use of images. I don't know whether it would apply to this particular case (not nearly enough information in your remarks); see en:Wikipedia:Non-free content or you might ask about this at en:Wikipedia talk:Non-free content. - Jmabel ! talk 07:30, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
  • If those are your personal photographs, the English Wikipedia will not accept them either. Fair use over there is only allowed if no free alternative exists. De728631 (talk) 20:31, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Logo upload - not working

Hi, I'm creating my own wiki entry and try to upload my own company logo but unfortunately it's not successful. The system said it's not my own, but it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Searfi (talk • contribs) 14:56, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

You seems to have uploaded the logo. Ruslik (talk) 18:36, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

Deletion without explanation: account 240Kent

It was active up until this afternoon (November 13th) and I made small changes but now that I've logged on again my account is gone.

I don't understand the deletion without explanation; I have been diligent in following the rules of both account and page creation, and am completely unclear as to why my account could/should have been removed. All I have done since this account was created 3 weeks ago was create two small entries and I had planned to do more to continue to establish legitimacy. Now, because the account was deleted, I can't even access explanations from moderators as to why anything I did was removed.

I assure you I am not a bot, just someone who wishes to contribute useful information to the ever-expanding Wiki encyclopedia. How can I request reinstatement of the account plus explanation of why it was removed in the first place so I can ensure it doesn't happen again?

Thank you, 240Kent — Preceding unsigned comment added by 240Kent (talk • contribs) 19:21, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

@240Kent: Welcome to Wikimedia Commons! Why do you think your account is gone? You're clearly able to log in as 240Kent because you posted the above from that account. That's the only visible thing that account has ever done on Wikimedia Commons. Over on English Wikipedia, you made some edits to Wikipedia talk:Sandbox, which is a "sandbox" page that gets blanked regularly. If you want to see your changes, they're here. You also created the page User:240Kent/sandbox, which is still there. --bjh21 (talk) 19:56, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

لقد قمت برفع صورة التقتها بنفسي في تركيا لشخصية سياسية و نجح رفع الصورة لكن يطلب translateمني نوع من الترخيص او المصداقية و لكن لم افهم كيف توفير هذا ،،، شكرا لكم

لقد قمت برفع صورة التقتها بنفسي في تركيا لشخصية سياسية و نجح رفع الصورة لكن يطلب مني نوع من الترخيص او المصداقية و لكن لم افهم كيف توفير هذا ،،، شكرا لكم — Preceding unsigned comment added by مينا جمال صبحي (talk • contribs) 20:20, 14 November 2019 (UTC)

• I presume this is about File:عبد الباسط.jpg. I believe the question is, given your past history of uploading other people's work as your own, why someone should believe that this is different.
• I will point out, in favor of this image: it does not seem offhand to be anywhere else on the web, and it is higher-resolution than most sites offer. I would be inclined to assume good faith (though I would be more inclined to do so for a user who had no history of uploading copyright violations). - Jmabel ! talk 00:10, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

map

Hello!

I made a map on ARCGis pro

and was flagged for not my own work? I'm not sure why. What do I need to fix and how do I label that?

Jmjosh90 (talk) 01:39, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Alex Cohn: - Jmabel ! talk 04:57, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

@Jmjosh: Responded on your talk page. The map is based on OpenStreetMap data, and OSM requires attribution. Alex Cohn (talk) 19:17, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

@Jmjosh90: I suggest that you look at this image for guidance. If you want to, you could identify the author as "User:Jmjosh90 and OSM Contributors" --Martinvl (talk) 22:25, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks @Martinvl: ! I think I figured it out.

Jmjosh90 (talk) 22:31, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

rehabilitacio

Bon dia,

Properament iniciarem la rehabilitació de la façana del edifici de la Rambla Nova 40 de Tarragona, catalogat com a BE CULTURAL D'INTERES LOCAL.

Donat que es el primer cop que entro en la vostra secció, voldria saber com puc contribuir aportant fotografies de l'obra.

Gracies,

MANEL MATA ARQUITECTE TÈCNIC — Preceding unsigned comment added by MANEL MATA (talk • contribs) 09:39, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

• @MANEL MATA: Consulteu Commons:OTRS/ca; em temo que només es tradueix parcialment, pregunteu aquí si no està clar. - Jmabel ! talk 21:49, 15 November 2019 (UTC)

Category:Gonzalo Ariza

Hi. (Sorry for my english...) I'm concerned because almost all images in this section have been tagged for deletion by Y.haruo. I'm afraid he's right... But I would like to see what can be done in this case, because the articles about this painter will loose a lot without them. The painter, Gonzalo Ariza, died in 1995 and the paintings are in public museums. In this cases who could give the permission(s)? --Felipe Restrepo Acosta (talk) 15:47, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Pedro Felipe: Only the heirs to his intellectual property can do that, unless the paintings are in the few countries that would allow freedom of panorama for paintings displayed in museums. Most likely, those would be family members, though it would take some research to find out who. If he is still represented by a gallery, then you have a place to start researching. - Jmabel ! talk 16:06, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Can I upload pictures from the DARPA Robotics Challenge Website?

Hello, I was wondering if I could upload pictures from the website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZaaraTE (talk • contribs) 12:18, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

For example, this one like that. ZaaraTE (talk) 13:02, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey ZaaraTE. It looks like the answer here is a firm...maybe? DARPA is a US Defense Department initiative, and official works created by employees of the Defense Department would be public domain, and suitable for upload to Commons. Unfortunately, the site itself doesn't seem to specify anywhere that I can see whether the media on the site is the creation of a DoD employee or not. Compare for example this DoD image, which clearly specifies public domain, along with the creator and their rank and title. Probably what needs to be done here is to contact someone from DARPA and ask for clarification about the copyright status of the works. GMG^talk 13:19, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick answer. ZaaraTE (talk) 13:24, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

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Please help to delete file

I uploaded a file incorrectly and need to delete it but cannot find how. I saw other pages with logos so I thought it was okay but now I see I have to do it using the trademark identification so it's not under a free license... Please help, I need to delete the Noovo.ca file because it's under the wrong license. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bibitte52 (talk • contribs) 16:18, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Add {{SD|G7}} to the file description. OxonAlex (talk) 16:24, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

@Bibitte52: - Jmabel ! talk 17:13, 22 November 2019 (UTC) Thanks--Bibitte52 (talk) 17:38, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

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connect pictures series

Hi everybody,

i have several pictures taken in a row telling a 'story'. I want to somehow conntect the pictures. Is this possible. The picutres in question are: File:DB101 076 Stuttgart 2019.jpg File:DB101 076 Stuttgart 2019 (2).jpg File:DB218 456 Stuttgart 2019.jpg So the story of the train IC2012 at Stuttgart train station. The first pictures shows the e-locomotive is added to the train, second the coupled train, the third the leaving of the removed diesel locomotives. Thanks -- DoomWarrior (talk) 10:28, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey DoomWarrior. It's not totally clear what your objective is. Do you want to combine these on a page on another project like Wikipedia, or are you looking to make like... a composite image here on Commons? GMG^talk 11:57, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

@DoomWarrior: using examples from my own work: what I did in the "description" section of File:Parkour 01-1.jpg, which was for a very similar purpose; or create an actual gallery page like Seattle and the Orient (or in a different style Romanian Orthodox churches in Bucharest); or you can just put it as a subpage of your user page, like User:Jmabel/People. All use the <gallery> tool. - Jmabel ! talk 18:53, 23 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Jmabel Great - thanks thats what I was looking for. Also Thanks to GreenMeansGo for helping hand. Best Regards -- DoomWarrior (talk) 00:54, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

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Copyright help regarding File:AwadhiScript.gif

I have found this file on internet which is useful for various pages and articles of wikipedia.
I had given the source of this file still it is showing -This media file does not have sufficient information on its copyright status. File source is given below.
File source = https://www.omniglot.com/writing/awadhi.htm

--Wiki writes (talk) 10:06, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Wiki writes No need to worry it's fine now. -- Eatcha (talk) 10:25, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you Eatcha
--Wiki writes (talk) 10:38, 24 November 2019 (UTC) Wiki writes

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Fel namn i bildfilen/Wrong name in the image file

Hur ändrar man ett felaktigt namn i en bildfil? Björn Lund ska heta Björn Ljung i denna fil: (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erik_Slottner,_Joakim_Larsson,_Karin_Ernlund,_Björn_Lund_in_2018.jpg).
How to change an incorrect name in an image file? Björn Lund will be named Björn Ljung in this file: (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erik_Slottner,_Joakim_Larsson,_Karin_Ernlund,_Björn_Lund_in_2018.jpg) --LaFotisto (talk) 23:23, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

• @LaFotisto: Use {{Rename}}, someone will follow up. - Jmabel ! talk 06:12, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks! /LaFotisto (talk) 10:11, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

File:Guang Hua Plaza rectification-of-name action 20120815.jpg

The uploader claimed that the photo was taken on 15 August 2012, but the EXIF date shows "11 April 2013". If the given date is incorrect, should I use the {{According to Exif data}} template?--Kai3952 (talk) 07:47, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

The letter is dated 20120815. When the photo was taken is irrelevant.--Roy17 (talk) 11:45, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

I started to categorize Solomon203's photos by year, so I need to know when this photo was taken. But it is odd that The uploaded date is earlier than the EXIF date. What should I do in this case?--Kai3952 (talk) 13:05, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

For a faithful picture of a document, the only relevant date is the date of the document. - Jmabel ! talk 16:48, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

can find my article

i wrote a bio yesterday i cant find it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pep abala (talk • contribs) 15:15, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

In case you meant your draft, it is here: en:User:Pep abala/sandbox. --Túrelio (talk) 15:17, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Uploading for 5312x2988 takes longer

Hi

My 5312x2988 photos are not uploading quicker, please fix this.

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZidaneHartono (talk • contribs) 00:30, 17 November 2019‎ (UTC)

@ZidaneHartono: Does this issue also happen on other internet connections? Because the issue might not also be Wikimedia Commons' fault. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:55, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Louise van Mierlo 8yrs old

Why did you say that this file/pic can be deleted when I followed all the instructions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CaptainFelix1368 (talk • contribs) 20:34, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

• Convenience link: File:Louise van Mierlo 8yrs.gif. - ~```
• Not sure what instructions you followed, but it appears to be a personal photo of no educational use, with no description or categories, no source information, no author indicated, and no license indicated. Except for no description or categories, any of these would be sufficient grounds to delete the photo. - Jmabel ! talk 07:43, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Right to upload photos from Canadian DND

Is it okay to upload photos that the Canadian Department of National Defence has on its website? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bluenose Gunner (talk • contribs) 23:35, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Bluenose Gunner: Only if they have an appropriate free license. Do you have something specific in mind? - Jmabel ! talk 07:45, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Can I upload a picture from a journal to wikipedia ?

I want to upload a picture from an article. This is the Link to the article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3111322/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mn2019 (talk • contribs) 02:53, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Mn2019: As it says at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/about/copyright/, "Almost all of [the material available from the PMC site] is protected by U.S. and/or foreign copyright laws, even though PMC provides free access to it. … The respective copyright holders retain rights for reproduction, redistribution and reuse." So, no, this is generally copyrighted material with all rights reserved, unless specifically stated otherwise. - Jmabel ! talk 07:48, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Wont let me upload photo?

I drove to a ghost town, Blitzen, OR in 1986 and took a picture. I figure somebody in the world might want a picture of Blitzen some day, there are no other photos on Wikipedia. What a colossal waist of my time! All I get is a message saying We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons.

...but there's no sort of even a pretense of an explanation on any guide in Wikipedia Commons. Just a stupid picture, sorry I wasted my time, and now I wasted more time complaining. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrkempen (talk • contribs) 03:48, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

...and when I publish this, without any sort of clue from the heading of this, it ends up in some poor Asian' artists page? Who I've never heard of? I scanned my own photograph, attested that it was mine and a filter still blocks it, and there's absolutely no explanation on why photos get blocked or how to fix problems, or why it was flagged, just cartoons telling me not to use other people's work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrkempen (talk • contribs) 03:54, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

@Mrkempen: Did you try to upload from Special:UploadWizard or somewhere else? If (for example) you tried using that cross-wiki upload from the English-language Wikipedia, that filters out a lot of files that can readily be added with Commons' upload wizard. - Jmabel ! talk 07:51, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Video2commons

If I try to upload videos via video2commons I get following error: An exception occurred: DownloadError: ERROR: UcDM80wf7-Q: YouTube said: Unable to extract video data. So I cannot upload videos. What to do? --PJ Geest (talk) 13:54, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey PJ Geest. See the discussion about the issue here. GMG^talk 16:43, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

uploaded photo thumbnail not showing

I uploaded a photo for the Star Filling Station in New Raymer, Colorado, from its listing on this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Weld_County,_Colorado

The image is this:

File:NewRaymerCO StarFillingStation-160397.jpg

But the thumbnail has not shown up. I used to do this all the time, but it's been a while. Am I missing a step?

charlotte couchman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cecouchman (talk • contribs) 17:23, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Cecouchman. It doesn't appear that you ever added the photo to the list after you uploaded it. The software all this is based off of is quite dumb, and there is no automatic system to add relevant images to articles. All has to be done manually. GMG^talk 20:57, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Actually there is/was a semi-automatic way to pick up on those images. I have not updated my scripts yet but @TheCatalyst31: might see this. Agathoclea (talk) 21:17, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

The script only works if someone runs it manually, but I just did that and the photo should be in the article now. If you ever want to do it yourself, there's a hopefully-working version of the script here. TheCatalyst31 (talk) 23:38, 18 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. I didn't remember adding the thumbnails manually before, only on the page. I will try to refresh myself on the methods. I appreciate it. And I apologize, but I have no idea how to format this response. User:Cecouchman

Antony Damien

Bonjour

Je tente une mise a jour de fichier sur la page d'antony Damien, avec beaucoup de difficultés

La nouvelle version de la photo est plus récente et plus lumineuse le tableau ayant été restauré; de plus le nom exact de la photo est Vielle masure Chateau-Renard Pouvez vous m'aider --JFDAMIEN (talk) 17:22, 18 November 2019 (UTC) Cordialement

Jean francois https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_Damien — Preceding unsigned comment added by JFDAMIEN (talk • contribs) 18 November 2019‎ 17:22 (UTC)

• Could someone with good French please help out here? Multiple separate issues needing to be sorted out. - Jmabel ! talk 00:30, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

@JFDAMIEN: Vous avez plusieurs messages d'avertissement sur votre page de discussion qui sont liés au fait que vous posez des reproductions sur Commons, sans indiquer les indispensables références et les licences correctes. Veuillez lire attentivement le message que je dépose sur votre page de discussion. --MHM (talk) 07:36, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Что необходимо, чтобы статью не удаляли ?

Здравствуйте. Я хочу разместить статью об известном в украине клипмейкере. Но ее удаляют из-за малой "энциклопедичности". Почему? Чего-то не хватает в описании ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zmkazp (talk • contribs) 21:02, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

• Does this have anything to do with Wikimedia Commons (the site you've posted this on)? We don't host articles. - Jmabel ! talk 00:15, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Deletion Request

An administrator has marked for deletion a photo that I took of the author C.S. O'Cinneide because it appears on another website http://edenmillswritersfestival.ca/authors/for-adults/c-s-ocinneide/ . This website had the photo provided to them by the author, C.S. O'Cinneide. She uses it for all her promotional material and it appears on her website (shekillslit.com), on her publishers website (https://www.dundurn.com/authors/CS-OCinneide) and beyond. This deletion request should be removed. How can this be achieved. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcusK0100 (talk • contribs) 03:40, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

• @MarcusK0100: I assume this is File:Headshot 300.jpg. When you uploaded, you said it was your own work. You are now saying this thing about "provided to them by the author", etc. This is a bit confusing: are you saying you are the photographer, or not? (Different routes to go, depending on whether you are, so let's start there.) - Jmabel ! talk 06:01, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

The photo was taken by me and provided to the author to be used freely at her discretion. She provided it to the Eden Mills Writers Festival (the website mentioned in the deletion request) and to all websites that require an official photo. It appears several places online. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcusK0100 (talk • contribs) 12:23, 20 November 2019 (UTC) MarcusK0100 (talk) 12:27, 20 November 2019 (UTC))

@MarcusK0100: See Commons:OTRS on how to verify that you have permission to upload pictures. Secondarywaltz (talk) 15:10, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

@MarcusK0100: Slight clarification on what Secondarywaltz said: Commons:OTRS will tell you how (and to what address) to send an email clarifying that the work is yours, that it was previously published without a free license that would be acceptable to Commons, but that you are now offering to grant a cc-by-sa-4.0 license. Sorry about the difficulty here: we have this OTRS policy because so often people upload a photo they found "somewhere on the Internet" and falsely claim it to be their own work. - Jmabel ! talk 16:19, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Uploading

I try to upload pics clicked ny me but while uploading, masg came from ur end tht is is violted copy right act. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 45.64.239.222 (talk) 05:25, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

• You were not logged in when you wrote this message. If you were trying to upload without logging in, that wouldn't work.
• I'm pretty certain we don't have a message anywhere that tells someone they "violated the copyright act." There are some messages that say that the copyright status of certain things isn't clear, but if the message says what you indicate, perhaps you were not actually not on this site when you tried to upload, but on something else that looked similar or had a similar name.
• You don't indicate what upload tool you were using, which makes it pretty hard to say anything more specific. - Jmabel ! talk 06:05, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Copyright grant reviewed?

Hello! I wrote to a copyright holder to ask to use their image and send an email as stated in the rules. The email was sent on October 12th. I was wondering how long does it normally take to check the info? I'm talking about File:Delphine Fawundu.jpg to be more precise. Thank you!--Less Unless (talk) 10:04, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Less Unless. It looks like the ticket was already processed and we have not received any reply. We normally do not accept permission sent from generic email accounts, since anyone can go out and register Bill.Gates@gmail.com, Leonardo_da_Vinci@yahoo.com, or QueenElizabethII@hotmail.com, and there is no guarantee that the email represents the person it is supposed to. If you are in touch with the copyright holder, you will need to have them resend the permission with an official verifiable email account, such as that from their official website, so we can be sure the information is coming from the right person. GMG^talk 16:07, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

HI, GMG^talk, thank you for explanation. What if the person doesn't have another account? I have wrote the holder via their official page and got reply from gmail.com, which is, i suppose, used as an official one. Are there any other ways to prove the copyright belongs to the person? Thank you--Less Unless (talk) 20:55, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Well Less Unless...we can get creative in whatever way we can think of so long as it verifies it. I've had people send in their driver's licenses and passports, although that's probably something most people aren't comfortable doing. Alternatively, they could make any page on their website (even a temporary one) and link us to it, where they state that this is their official email that they use, even though it doesn't include their website domain. GMG^talk 21:35, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Got it! ;) Thank you for your time, i'll figure it out!--Less Unless (talk) 21:58, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

Can I upload these diagrams?

I came across a 1968 leaflet created for public realease, containing diagrams of a dam. The leaflet doesn't explicitly allow or forbid the use or copying of its contents. May I use parts of it for upload into wikimedie and/or wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SartagoSternitSartagineHostes (talk • contribs) 11:46, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

• @SartagoSternitSartagineHostes: There are a lot of variables here. To start off: what country? - Jmabel ! talk 16:20, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

File:位於福田妙國內的蛋蛋妙居.jpg

42 days ago, I asked 雅婕 on her talk page why this file have two different dates, and she said angrily to me: "There is nothing to say to you guys. If you want to plant and fall, let's come over! I have a clear conscience! After all, this is just the dark side of the human nature. Beatrice Hsu is my favorite idol Everything I did was for her sake. If you want to continue to make trouble... I..... no objection... I have no opinion" I really don't see the point in trying to make trouble in this way. My problem is not malicious; on the contrary, I want to help her. So, I recently discussed with 雅婕 on Chinese Wikipedia. Unfortunately there is no result after two weeks(her reply to me diff/56844237). I know why she is angry with me, because someone deleted her uploaded photos. In fact, this is not related to what I asked about about in my original question. If I want to edit her photos, then I need someone to help her get familiar with policies.--Kai3952 (talk) 11:37, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

I don't speak or read Chinese (yet), so I can't follow your conversations. But the only dates I see are the date of creation (which are consistent between the EXIF and the infobox) and the upload date, which is much later. How do you think there are two different dates? Rodhullandemu (talk) 11:47, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

I have sent User:雅婕 with Template:Be civil, not only to inform about talk page etiquettes, but also in hope of raising the user's attention, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 12:05, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

@Rodhullandemu: 雅婕 can speak and read English. If you look at the editing history of this file, you will see that I have corrected the date. Actually, I am worried that I made her angry again. She only cares about those deleted photos, but clearly this is not helpful for Wikimedia Commons. Also, the more serious problem is that 雅婕 thinks that all the people who edit her photos are want to delete hers. To be be perfectly honest, I feel that she has a strong hostility towards me. I don't know how to help this user.--Kai3952 (talk) 16:02, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

I never said that editing is equivalent to deleting
And because you did something that made others puzzled.
Will be hostile
Please don't deliberately distorted the meaning. Thank you~
12:02, 17 November 2019 (UTC)雅婕（留言）

Not sure about User:雅婕's response, but my guess is that 雅婕 might thought that User:Kai3952 believes that File:位於福田妙國內的蛋蛋妙居.jpg was not taken by her, due to the discrepancy of date?廣九直通車 (talk) 06:52, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

@廣九直通車: You say that I didn't believe her? She did not answer my question directly, so I choose to believe the EXIF date. Also, I haven't distorted the meaning of anything. If she cares about this, she should not the unpleasant emotions cause problems for other users. I have communicated with 雅婕 on the issue, and you can look at 封禁通知. I see that she said: "我以為你們又要動手腳 因為出現在討論頁上面的結果 幾乎都是被刪 能不氣嗎". If she really doesn't trust us, then no one can help her.--Kai3952 (talk) 12:12, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

@Kai3952: Not really, but just trying to figure out the issue through your conversation at User talk:雅婕#File:位於福田妙國內的蛋蛋妙居.jpg.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:15, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

What do you want to tell me?--Kai3952 (talk) 13:39, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

@雅婕: I may to edit your photos in the future. If you are still angry with me, I will suggest that you first manage to stay levelheaded instead of losing your temper. I don't want anyone to increase my workload as it would waste the time I can contribute to Wikimedia Commons.---Kai3952 (talk) 13:06, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Is there any problem with myself? What am I doing wrong?--Kai3952 (talk) 11:12, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Incorrect Snippet for Jonas Salk entry

WhenI googled Jonas Salk earlier today, the snippet that appears for the Wikipedia entry is bogus. It describes hiim as "a Nigerian medical researcher and virologiest... Born in Dhaka, he attended the City College of Dhaka and Muslim University School of Medicine, later choosing to do ganja reserach instead of becoming a practicing escort...." Salk would probably get a good laugh reading that, but it is definitely a prank at best and should not be let stand. I tried to upload a screen shot but this editor would not allow me to do so. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nsterman (talk • contribs) 02:09, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

• It looks like that content was vandalism on the English-language Wikipedia, reverted after 9 minutes on November 9. No idea why Google would have picked it up at that moment, but Wikimedia Foundation is not responsible for what Google does. & I strongly doubt it had anything to do with Wikimedia Commons, the site you are on, so there is no help we can give you (or anyone else) in this matter from here. - Jmabel ! talk 03:52, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Flags

Can the rapal flags shown here (https://britishcountyflags.com/2016/11/20/the-rapes-of-sussex/ or https://sussexflag.wordpress.com/rapalflags/) with specific links to each one like this (https://sussexflag.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/arundel.png) be uploaded? It would appear that the designer intended them to be used publically. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peetred (talk • contribs) 08:34, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Peetred: Not in general: from what I can see there is no clarity at all on that page as to their copyright status, and some of them might be copyright violations even on that page. "Publicly available" and "free of copyright claims" are two entirely different issues. You'd need to establish a specific, Commons compatible free license (or public domain status) for each of these individually. - Jmabel ! talk 17:51, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Why did the picture got marked for speedy deletion

I am publishing a page about a notable personality, "Aditya Prakash." I uploaded his picture, but it got marked for speedy deletion. I hold the complete copyright to this picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Apgohan (talk • contribs) 11:32, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Apgohan: Discussion belongs at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Aditya Prakash.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 17:53, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Logo

The Swope Park Rangers changed their name to Sporting Kansas City II but their new logo has not been uploaded to Wikipedia yet. I have permission from someone who works for them to use their logo for the Wikipedia page. How do I go about uploading it and adding it to the Wikipedia page? Gatorinator (talk) 15:29, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

• You are on Commons, not Wikipedia (I assume you mean the English-language Wikipedia; there are about 200 others). If you are using a non-free logo on the English-language Wikipedia you will want to upload on the English-language Wikipedia (not on Commons) and use en:Template:Non-free use rationale logo rather than the usual "Information" template. - Jmabel ! talk 17:57, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Logo Upload

Hi there, I am trying to upload a logo for the page I manage, I successfully uploaded it and stated user rights however, I cannot link it to the site. Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carladalessandro (talk • contribs) 15:59, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Carladalessandro: You say "the page I manage". As far as I know, no one on any WMF site "manages" a page other than their own user page.
• Would I be correct in guessing that this is about File:Canadian College Italy Logo.png?
• You say you made the file in Adobe Illustrator. That's fine, but does someone else (e.g. the college itself, or a designer) own a copyright on the logo? It is (slightly) above the threshold for being able to be copyrighted. We would need the relevant copyright-holder to send a clear licensing permission, as described at COM:OTRS
• I assume you want to add this to en:Canadian College Italy. Assuming the rest of this gets sorted out, you can do this by using "Edit source" to add [[File:Canadian College Italy Logo.png|thumb|Canadian College Italy logo]] at the top of that page. - Jmabel ! talk 18:03, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

Not sure if a picture is public domain

So I want to upload a picture (http://ftr-wot.blogspot.com/2013/04/revised-american-tank-destroyer-branch.html first picture on the site) for use in an article, it is of a then classified Army Tank destroyer from 1937, would I be allowed to upload this picture?--Texas-Dude1914 (talk) 18:14, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

It's hard to say because at that website, nothing is related about the origin of the image. To determine its copyright status, we would need to know the photographer and the year when this photograph was first published. De728631 (talk) 19:41, 21 November 2019 (UTC)

If we could establish that it was taken by an employee of the U.S. government as part of their official duties, then {{PD-USGov}} (or something more specific, say for a military branch) would apply. I don't see any way to find the author of the blog, and unfortunately they don't say which of six cited references any specific photo comes from, but with the aid of a good library and/or a good librarian you can probably sort it out. - Jmabel ! talk 01:37, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

File in article marked as copyright violation - how to act?

Hello,

my name is Kira Richter, I am the online marketing manager for the company WASGAU Produktions & Handels AG. We have found an article about our company on your website with outdated information. We have created an account with you in order to update this information including our current logo. Someone (‪Josve05a‬) has flagged our logo (File:WASGAU-Dachmarke.png) as a copyright violation. Since we are from the company in question and therefore the owner of the copyright, I have no idea how this is a violation of the current copyright law. We wanted to supply the public with current information and data about our company, in order to support people who search for information about us. Therefore, we would like to have this accusation deleted, if possible. I'm looking forward to hearing from you on this matter.

With kind regards,

Kira Richter Online Marketing Manager WASGAU Produktions & Handels AG — Preceding unsigned comment added by WASGAU-AG (talk • contribs) 07:25, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

@WASGAU-AG: Please see COM:OTRS if you would like to donate the logo under a Creative Commons license. --ghouston (talk) 07:40, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Request to update picture

Hello Sir,

My name is Capt Aung Myin Moe. Im the head of Myanmar Port State Control and i would like to request wiki to update picture map of Port State Control region by colour. Myanmar acceed to Indian Ocean MoU on 1st of January 2018 and Authority of Myanmar would like to mark country colour of Myanmar (Burma) to Green (IOMOU).

Thank You — Preceding unsigned comment added by Capt Aung Myin Moe (talk • contribs) 16:52, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Capt Aung Myin Moe: You can upload a map of your own, and the new map can then replace the current map in Wikipedia, but generally we don't overwrite maps that are an accurate picture of the situation at some point in history. (Not a hard-and-fast rule, but that is the normal way to do this, especially because the existing map presumably cites sources in its description, and the new map would involve at least additional source; also, the authorship would be different.) - Jmabel ! talk 17:16, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Information regarding File:JOYRIDER.JPG

May somebody assist to identify the vehicle in File:JOYRIDER.JPG is from what country, from what department, and whether it is a true police automobile (the vehicle somehow look ridiculously bland)? This is to get information for further categorization, many thanks.廣九直通車 (talk) 10:39, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Country : England --Eatcha (talk) 13:42, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Diggerland UK: Joyrider Mitsubishi Pajero , Police 4WD SUVs. Fake Police vehicles --Eatcha (talk) 13:45, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you!廣九直通車 (talk) 10:19, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

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how turn off annoying notices from Wikidata?

Hi, I am getting dozens of repeated notifications from Wikidata, related to a few recent uploads of photos and creation of a Commons category or two, by me. I mainly edit on Wikipedia, but I receive the notices from Commons there. These are notices like "More notices from another wiki" and then "Wikimedia Commons: The page Category:Joseph Frederick Adams House was connected to the Wikidata item Q65118496, where data relevant to the topic can be collected." and there is an indication that User:Mike Peel must have made the recent Wikidata edit.

Offhand, I kind of dislike Wikidata altogether and I do not understand what it is good for, at all. And further, they seem to have a broken notifications system. :(

The notifications persist after I acknowledge them in Wikipedia, and also after I go over to Commons and acknowledge them there. I suppose I would just like to be disconnected from Wikidata entirely. TIA. --Doncram (talk) 03:22, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Further, when here in Commons, I still see the notification about the category mentioned above, and when I click on it and mark it as having been read, it remains still showing that I have a notification to read. No matter how many times i mark it as read, it still shows as unread. However for whatever reason I am not still seeing some other notices that were being repeated. Currently this is the only one which will not go away.--Doncram (talk) 07:34, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Doncram, vist https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo and uncheck according to your needs. -- User:Eatcha 07:44, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

User:Eatcha, thanks! --Doncram (talk) 18:05, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

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Someone incorrectly edited page preview (how to fix?)

Someone inappropriately edited the YouTuber page preview to say "Just letting the person who is reading this Wikipedia is a scan" (I assume "scam" was misspelled). This holds true for page preview for any link to the page "YouTuber". I couldn't figure out how to fix this and I was hoping someone could help. Thank you Ryann King (talk) 21:45, 30 November 2019 (UTC)Ryan

• @Ryann King: What page are you talking about? There is no YouTuber, Commons:YouTuber, or Template:YouTuber; Category:YouTubers is a redirect, and I don't see anything wrong with Category:YouTubers, to which it redirects. - Jmabel ! talk 00:11, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

This seems to be about en:YouTuber. ClueBot reverted the vandalism within a minute. MKFI (talk) 06:59, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

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lists on desktop computer

Hi,

I do not see my saved lists on my desktop computer, just on my Android mobile. How can I syncronise the two devices? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hegedüs Attila (talk • contribs) 17:18, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Hegedüs Attila: Not sure what you mean by "saved lists", could you clarify? - Jmabel ! talk 18:46, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Replacing a PNG file with an SVG

Hi. I want to replace the current coat of arms of a Swiss municipality at with my newly made file . The current file is used on different Wikipedias in about 50 pages, so I'm wondering what would be the best way to replace the image. Can I simply overwrite the original PNG with an SVG or will that break stuff? Is there some sort of "replace all instances of file X with Y" functionality? Or should I manually edit all Wikipedia pages to point to this new image? Thanks --Taktaal (talk) 19:09, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Taktaal. There is Commons:GlobalReplace, but it's not maintained, and I do not know what these "known bugs" are that haven't been fixed. Otherwise, you should not overwrite the png with an svg. I'm not even entirely sure that you can do that, and I do not know how the software would handle an svg with the wrong file extension. GMG^talk 21:37, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Cool, I downloaded and tried that and it works on about 10-20% of the pages, so there do seem to be some bugs --Taktaal (talk) 23:34, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

How to call the program in desktop mode

In contrast with Wikipedia, Wikimedia always comes up on my iPad in mobile mode, which is useless for serious editing. Every time I have to change it manually. So I want to make a shortcut. What do you put after "http://commons.wikipedia.org" to call for desktop mode? A switch, a tag, something like that. I have searched the help pages and archives unsuccessfully. Thank you. 2601:58C:C200:4370:E196:C0B4:4797:3D45 19:55, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Above is by me: Deisenbe (talk) 19:59, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Deisenbe. The way that I do it (although not necessarily the best way), is that if you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page on mobile view, there is a button to click to view in desktop. The device/browser you are using will generally remember your preference for desktop mode unless something random resets it. GMG^talk 21:40, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately my browser (Safari in ios) doesn't remember it. That's why I'm trying to force the program to come up in desktop. With Wikipedia it does remember. What is "the best way"? Deisenbe (talk) 00:41, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

How can in delete photos

Hello if i understand the photos that i have of me is not able to be put on wikimedia. If i understant its a mistake. it is possible to delete the photos that has to be delete? i dont know how to do it thank you for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leocadie Odp (talk • contribs) 23:02, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

If you want to delete a file that you yourself uploaded, you can add the text {{SD|G7}} to its description, then an admin will delete it --Taktaal (talk) 23:57, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

But that is only if it is recently uploaded (about a week) and if it is not being used. After that, since you have granted an irrevocable license, you would have to give a reason to delete it, just like anybody else would. - Jmabel ! talk 16:20, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Something similar to reply link?

Is there a script similar to the reply link script here? OxonAlex (talk) 14:45, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

New version of photo replacement

I have made a new improved version of File:Montage of Kabul City.png. But I cannot replace it with the new version yet. Can a admin do it for me? My new version I uploaded as File:Montage of Kabul City2.png. --Dasworth (talk) 20:09, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Please see COM:Overwrite. We do not replace existing files with substantially different images – especially not if they were created by different users. Some pictures you used for your new collage are fundamentally different from the ones in the first file, so it should not be overwritten. These files can easily exist as alternative versions, so users can choose which one they would like to pick for an illustration of Kabul. De728631 (talk) 20:43, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

No se han cargado los datos geográficos de la posición de la cámara "Camera location".

En los últimos 15 días he subido varias fotos a Wikimedia Commons, desde dos ordenadores diferentes, pero he visto que no se han cargado los datos geográficos de la posición de la cámara ("Camera location"). Los datos automáticos del GPS son importantes. Por ejemplo, aquí esta foto, que en la pantalla de mi cámara fotográfica está geolocalizada, pero que tras subirla a Wikimedia no aparece la información GPS: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bergant%C3%ADn-goleta_Cervantes_Saavedra,_en_el_puerto_de_Valencia._Espa%C3%B1a.jpg ¿Hay algún fallo temporal en Wikimedia? Muchas gracias.--Carlos Teixidor Cadenas (talk) 11:50, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

• @CARLOS TEIXIDOR CADENAS: Por File:Bergantín-goleta Cervantes Saavedra, en el puerto de Valencia. España.jpg (buen foto) no hay tantos datos en el EXIF. - Jmabel ! talk 16:23, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

• Pero en esa misma foto -al verla en la pantalla de mi cámara- sí que aparecen los datos de la posición geográfica: N 39' 27' 40.70, W 0' 19' 22.65, ESE. Esos metadatos (EXIF) sí que los tiene la foto, pero no se han cargado al subir la imagen a Wikimedia Commons. Ese es el problema.--Carlos Teixidor Cadenas (talk) 17:06, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

• En cambio, hasta hace un mes -y desde hace varios años- todo funcionaba muy bien. Y se cargaban los datos o metadatos EXIF en mis fotos subidas a Wikimedia Commons. Véase dos ejemplos:

File:Inflorescencia_de_aloe_y_un_colibrí,_en_Pisco_Elqui,_Chile.jpg

File:Ciudad_de_Betanzos._Gaiteros_delante_de_la_iglesia_de_San_Francisco._Provincia_de_La_Coruña,_Galicia,_España.jpg

Gracias.--Carlos Teixidor Cadenas (talk) 17:33, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

• @CARLOS TEIXIDOR CADENAS: Dice que aparece en la pantalla de su cámara. Lo probable es que entre su cámara y Commons, el archivo estaba en un ordenador, y quizás modificado allí de alguna manera. - Jmabel ! talk 01:41, 26 November 2019 (UTC)
• El archivo no se ha modificado. Desde la cámara lo descargo al ordenador, con cable. Y segundos después lo subo a Wikimedia.--Carlos Teixidor Cadenas (talk) 13:31, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

• Does anyone know: is it even possible that the upload stripped a particular field out of his EXIF? As far as I know, upload makes no change to the file itself. If geolocation was in the EXIF of the file he uploaded, then it should be in the file on Commons, no? Jmabel ! talk 01:41, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

• El problema continúa. Acabo de subir un nuevo archivo. En el EXIF no se ha subido la geolocalización, pero yo mismo he añadido manualmente los datos que aparecen en la pantalla de la cámara: N 39' 28' 34.25, W 0' 22' 46.48, faltando el rumbo. Y así he conseguido que esté geolocalizada, con un pequeño error de más de 50 metros, en Wikimedia. Ver:

Lonja de la Seda, de Valencia, estilo gótico civil. Siglos XV y XVI.

File:Detalle fachada principal de la Lonja de la Seda de Valencia, estilo gótico civil. Valencia, España.jpg

Deseo que se solucione el problema, y se puedan cargar los datos de geolocalización, de forma automática.--Carlos Teixidor Cadenas (talk) 14:48, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Category for speedy deletion does not appear in speedy deletions

Hello. The category Category:Media needing categories as of 4 February 2015 is empty. The page uses the template {{UncategorizedHeader}}, and in its code, it has the following:

{{ParmAnd3|{{{day|}}}|{{{month|}}}|{{{year|}}}|
 {{#ifexpr: {{#time: Ymd| {{{day|}}} {{{month|}}} {{{year|}}}}} < {{#time: Ymd|}} |
  {{#ifexpr:{{PAGESINCAT:{{PAGENAME}}|R}}=0|
   {{speedydelete|This category is empty}}}}
 }}

That is, if the category is empty and not of a future date, then it gets tagged for speedy deletion; namely, it gets put under Category:Other speedy deletions. While I see the category Category:Other speedy deletions on the page Category:Media needing categories as of 4 February 2015, it does not appear in the Other speedy deletions. Any idea why? Pbrks (talk) 14:53, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

@Pbrks: An additional pipe was introduced on the category page in an edit that produced {{UncategorizedHeader|day=04|month=February|year=2015|galleries= | [[User:CategorizationBot|CategorizationBot]] ([[User talk:CategorizationBot|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 04:36, 5 February 2015 (UTC)}} Aapparently this broke the template syntax of {{UncategorizedHeader}}. I removed it, and the category was then shown again in "Other speedy deletions". Subsequently I have also deleted the page according to the request. De728631 (talk) 21:06, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

@De728631: Ah, I think this is intentional, as every other page has this pipe, and removing it will enable auto-categorization by a bot. Thanks for taking the time to look into it! Pbrks (talk) 04:13, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Rename or new Upload

Dear Wikimedia Team!

I used the wrong filenames for three uploaded images. These are Carbon not Oxygen Isotopes.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isotop_O-12.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isotop_O-13.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Isotop_O-14.svg

Please remove these files so I can upload them again with the correct file names.

Isotop_C-12.svg Isotop_C-13.svg Isotop_C-14.svg

Thank you so much! Mike

You can add the Template:Rename to the file's description pages to request a rename. --Magnus (talk) 08:03, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks you so much. I inserted the rename templates.

Защо получавам съобщение, че трябва да изтрия файлове на снимки, които аз съм правила

Добър ден, Получавам съобшщение, че трябва да изтрия снимки, които са на произведения и снимани от мен. Как трябва да се лицензират. Моля изпратете конкретна информация. Благодаря Маргарита — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.71.223.38 (talk • contribs) 27 November 2019‎ 00:28 (UTC)

• Since you left this message when you were not logged in, there is no way to work out what account this might apply to and give you relevant advice. - Jmabel ! talk 00:32, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Porno upload

Potho kivabe uplode korbo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xtrun (talk • contribs) 13:04, 26 November 2019‎ (UTC)

How to upload photo

translator: Masumrezarock100

@Moheen: , maybe you can sort out what the problem is? GMG^talk 13:31, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

I speak bn. I don't think "porno" is a Bengali word. He is probably referring to "Pornography". Masum Reza^📞 14:21, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

@Xtrun: Special:UploadWizard babohar kore apni photo upload korte parben. Masum Reza^📞 14:21, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

"পর্ণ" বাংলা শব্দ, যার অর্থ "পাতা"। ~Moheen ^{(keep talking)} 03:50, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

File:Algérie. Jeune Femme Kabyle. Photochrome originale d'époque. Circa 1890. 18 x 24 cm..jpg

Hello The women depicted in the pictures are from the Beni-Addes , most probably Beni Abbes, from the South of Algeria. Theye are not Kabyle women. Kabyle women are not black. You can search that topic on google. The French orientalistphotographer who took this picture did not label it correctly. you can get in touch with me at this email address.

Lamara56@yahoo.com thank you Dan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.42.96.106 (talk • contribs) 15:40, 26 November 2019‎ (UTC)

File:Algérie. Jeune Femme Kabyle. Photochrome originale d'époque. Circa 1890. 18 x 24 cm..jpg

Hello The women depicted in the pictures are from the Beni-Addes , most probably Beni Abbes, from the South of Algeria. Theye are not Kabyle women. Kabyle women are not black. You can search that topic on google. The French orientalistphotographer who took this picture did not label it correctly.

thank you Dan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.42.96.106 (talk • contribs) 15:42, 26 November 2019‎ (UTC)

You can simply request a rename with "Move" and then explain your motivation + (plus) a source. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 13:34, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Link to New Zealand organiser's page not available

The "Participate" page on the website for the competition lists New Zealand among other countries with organising teams, but it does not have a link to a page for the competition in NZ. Where do I go to upload photos from New Zealand? Pasta of Muppets (talk) 23:45, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Which competition? Ruslik (talk) 12:08, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Taxobox

How do you italicizes things within the taxobox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.108.65.21 (talk • contribs) 27 November 2019‎ 03:24 (UTC)

Like in any other place. Ruslik (talk) 12:07, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

You add '' to each side of the world you want italicised. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 13:31, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

File:2019 The Lighting Show at 13 Levels, Jinguashi Gold Ecological Park.jpg

This photo shows that exterior lights shine on the building, but there are no lights in the building. Does this meet the definition of "Illuminated building"?--Kai3952 (talk) 06:26, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
Kai Yes, it does. Thanks for asking on help desk. --Eatcha (talk) 06:31, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Hey Eatcha. I would suppose yes. It looks like the category is pretty well a mix of exterior and interior lighted buildings. But with 300 files in the parent category, and another few hundred in child categories, it may not be a bad idea to look at splitting into some additional categories, and exterior/interior may not be a bad place to start. GMG^talk 13:46, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

How-To Upload new Version of File (for translated SVG File)

Hey, I've translated the file: File:Horse_anatomy.svg But I have NO idea how to upload it as new version. Any tutorials available? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sonnenlanze (talk • contribs) 27 November 2019‎ 14:16 (UTC)

• @Sonnenlanze: You don't say translated into what, but I presume you intend to upload a new file, not overwrite the existing file with a new version, right? You upload it just like any other file, then you link the two by using {{Derived from}} on your new file and {{Derivative works}} on the old file (editing just like you did here). If you want your work checked after you do that, to make sure you got it right, you can circle back here and ask someone to take a look. - Jmabel ! talk 16:15, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

plantilla modelo

estimados, tengo un archivo escrito en word y necesito la plantilla para copiar y pegar. Saludos — Preceding unsigned comment added by Museologiayderechoshumanos (talk • contribs) 27 November 2019‎ 17:07 (UTC)

• Wikimedia Commons es una colección de fotos, imágenes, videos, etc., pero no de artículos. Lo más probable is que el contenido de qualquier documento de Word es ajeno de nuestro ámbito. Pero quizás yo no he entendido corectamente, en cual caso, favor de explicarme lo que Vd. quiere hacer. - Jmabel ! talk 01:01, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Question about uploading photo of sticker

Hello, I have recently been planning some edits for James F. Phillips' Wikipedia page. I came across this photo of the stickers he distributed, however I am unsure if I can upload it. On one hand, Phillips freely distributed these stickers, but on the other hand I don't know the source of this exact image. Any help is appreciated. --CasualmaleXL (talk) 00:56, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

• The fox logo could be problematic. Any evidence that he used it before 1978 and published it without a copyright notice? If so, we're good. - Jmabel ! talk 01:09, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
  • @Jmabel: The stickers were printed in 1971 however the fox "logo" is Phillips' signature of sorts. He self-published an autobiography in 1999 with the same logo on the front cover, but I cannot find anything to do with a copyright. --CasualmaleXL (talk) 01:26, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
    • @CasualmaleXL: If the sticker is from 1971 and didn't have a copyright notice (which seems to be the case) and the logo was not something he stole from someone else (as far as I know it wasn't but you might no better) then this is simple: {{PD-US-no notice}}. - Jmabel ! talk 03:59, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
      • @Jmabel: This is exactly what I was looking for, thanks! --CasualmaleXL (talk) 04:03, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding Template:Uwlsubst

This photograph is from the actresses website from he "media" collection--what kind of license do I need to a the photo. If I obtain her permission how do I document that.

--AceMulder 09:24, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Ccmulder: if you've created a sig that doesn't include a link to your account, could you please remedy that? It makes it very time-consuming to find your username and ping you.
• What image is this about? You linked a warning template, not an image with a warning. - Jmabel ! talk 19:53, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Remove uploaded photo

Hello, I would kindly ask for deleting photo, which was uploaded here and I didn´t get any permission to it. It is me on the photo and I do not want to have the photo here. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eva_Weissova_Austrian_Masters_2008.jpg?uselang=cs

Thank you for deleting it. Best regards, Eva Weissová — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.176.236.79 (talk • contribs) 28 November 2019‎ 09:44 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Eva Weissova Austrian Masters 2008.jpg. --Túrelio (talk) 10:03, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

My photo did not load into the Nature category of the Wiki Science 2019 Contest

Hello,

I uploaded a photo of a mallard duckling. I intended to put it in the Nature Category of the Wiki Science Contents 2019, United States group.

Could you do that or tell me how to do it? Thank you.

Shawn — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shawn in Seattle (talk • contribs) 28 November 2019‎ 13:24 (UTC)

• Is this about File:Female Mallard duckling.jpg or something else? - Jmabel ! talk 20:02, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

@Shawn in Seattle: The upload page for that competition is here, however if you are entering File:Female Mallard duckling.jpg you should note that the size of an image should exceed 2 megapixels in most cases. Yours is 760656px, about a third of that. Looking closely, some might say it lacked sharpness. Up to you, and good luck. Rodhullandemu (talk) 20:39, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

But I don't think he/she can re-upload, now that it's here. Given that it's already here, I believe the thing to do would be to tag it with {{Wiki Science Competition 2019|us}}. - Jmabel ! talk 22:06, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Image public domain status

Can I upload an image from the person the image is showings social media? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CreativeNorth (talk • contribs) 

@CreativeNorth: Hello. Do you mean you have downloaded the image from a social media (like Instagram)? If yes, you most likely can't upload it Commons. Please also provide a link to its page. Ahmad^talk 18:52, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

@Ahmad: Hi. Yeah for example if you have a look on Wikipedia at a cricket player called shaheen shah afridi then your saying I can't just go and take this Instagram picture https://www.instagram.com/p/B1IlwXDFpNk/ and upload it. Thanks Creative— Preceding unsigned comment added by CreativeNorth (talk • contribs)

@CreativeNorth: Unfortunately, no; because it isn't published under a free, suitable license. Wikimedia Commons can only host freely published files. Ahmad^talk 19:19, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

@Ahmad: Thanks for all your help .

Stone circles in Wassu

The ancient stone circles in The Gambia, precisely those at Wassu are located in the central River Region of the country which is found in the Niani district. They are made up of about 11 stones which are successively situated one after the other in a circle. They are believed to be the burial mounds of kings and chiefs in the olden days. For some people, the site is seen as a prayer ground because they consider it sacred. They are more than a century old and have been dated back between 750AD-1000AD. And because of this, locals believe that there is a curse to anyone who disturbs when at the site. This might be the reason why they have lasted long without significant modifications. The site is a national monument and is open to the general public. Essentially, it is the image seen on The Gambia's fifty(50) dalasis bank note. - ACCESS GAMBIA Gambia's information site. www.accessgambia.com/information/wassu-stone-circles.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maina jallow (talk • contribs) 28 November 2019‎ 23:30 (UTC)

• @Maina jallow: And the help you are asking for that relates to something on Commons is...? - Jmabel ! talk 02:55, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Photo Label is Wrong

The photo says it is David Swalm. The man in this photo is Ron Wolliver. Ron was Dave’s Executive VP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:387:a:7::91 (talk • contribs) 28 November 2019‎ 18:37 (UTC)

• I have absolutely no idea what photo this might be about, or even whether it is on this site. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=David+Swalm does not illuminate the matter. - Jmabel ! talk 20:00, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

• File:Dave C Swalm PET 2008 03 30 crop.jpg, the photo is used on en:Petrochemical Heritage Award. There's a photo of Dave C. Swalm at [3], and Ron Woliver 3rd photo down at [4], so it looks like "2600:387:a:7::91" is right. --ghouston (talk) 02:28, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
  • Now fixed, I believe. - Jmabel ! talk 03:09, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Lipoma video upload

Hi, how can l upload informative lipoma video on Wikimedia Thanks24x7health (talk) 04:58, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

@24x7health: Thank you for your question, and please observe the following instructions, in order not to get your video deleted.

• Firstly, please ensure the video is entirely made by yourself, or the author of the video has given you a clear permission regarding the video, and including a license accepted on Wikimedia Commons (See COM:L for more information). If you have received permission from the author, make sure to let the author to send a permission email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, in accordance to the instructions at OTRS.
  • For video published on a webpage maintained by the author, the author may also specify that the video is licensed under a certain free license. Our colleagues will later check the license given.
• Next, as Wikimedia Commons does not accept the most common video file format, .mp4, you should convert your video into accepted formats through Video2Commons, which you can find more information at COM:V2C.
• Lastly, please use Special:UploadWizard to upload the video. Follow the instructions, and you should be able to upload the video easily.
  

Anyways, if you need help, please feel free to contact me on User talk:廣九直通車, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 10:50, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

• @廣九直通車: "the nose common video file format"? - Jmabel ! talk 16:49, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
  • Yuh, it's "most", just a misspelling.廣九直通車 (talk) 02:47, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Photo

I want to add mi photo in a publication — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aricci1967 (talk • contribs) 23:25, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

The reuse guide explains how to use our photos in a publication. I'm not quite sure how we can help you with using your own photos in a publication. --rimshot^talk 00:12, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

cross-linking/ uploading a variant of a file (must exist alongside original)?

I've used Photoshop to remove the coloured background of https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Embroidered_back_cover_-_Prayerbook_of_Princess_Elizabeth_(1545),_binding_-_BL_Royal_MS_7_D_X.jpg

That file description includes the phrase

Please do not overwrite this file. Any cropped or modified version should be uploaded with a new name and linked in the "Other versions =" parameter of this template.

I hunted around enWP and Commons and started several aborted uploads that either locked me into overwriting the source file, or offered no visible way of linking my edit to the original.

I've uploaded my file now, to https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Embroidered_back_cover_-_Prayerbook_of_Princess_Elizabeth_(1545)_white_bg.jpg

How can I cross-link my version to the original so the variants can be discovered by users? Scarabocchio (talk) 17:58, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Scarabocchio: Done. Please look so you will know how to do it next time. - Jmabel ! talk 23:01, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
  • Excellent! Thank you @Jmabel: . I had not realised that the summary info was editable ... Scarabocchio (talk) 07:40, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
    • @Jmabel: this worked well for variant images that already exist, but ... if I wish to make a new crop or edit on an existing image file, how do I best proceed? At the moment, I would be uploading a new image, and cutting and pasting the copyright info/ author dates etc etc etc and then using your tip to connect it to the source. Is there a way of selecting an image in Commons and saying that I wish to upload a derivative variant (thus inheriting the majority of info)? Scarabocchio (talk) 18:29, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
      • If you use the Crop Tool, this is added automatically. If you use a different method, yes, you need to hand-edit. In terms of the new file you are uploading, copy-paste is usually easier if you upload with Special:Upload than by other means. - Jmabel ! talk 18:35, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
        • thanks again! Scarabocchio (talk) 19:27, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Sustitución del nombre del municipio García de Hevia y certificación de la verdadera Bandera creada para este municpio

Sustituyo el nombre del municipio que aparece en este sitio web ya que el nombrado no es el correcto, en este sentido, se sustituye Juan José García de Hevia por Francisco Javier García de Hevia; del mismo modo rectificar los cambios que se le hicieron a la bandera de este municipio, ya que lo correcto es lo que se hizo para su cambio a cargo de la Cámara Municipal del municipio el pasado 5 de noviembre de 2018; la razón que me asiste es que soy docente y residente de este municipio, por lo que conozco la historia del mismo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Escarlet67 (talk • contribs) 30 November 2019‎ 15:18 (UTC)

• ¿Qué ayuda estás buscando? - Jmabel ! talk 18:14, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Changing nickname

Good day. How can I change my nickname? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Misha0.00 (talk • contribs) 16:36, 30 November 2019‎ (UTC)

@Misha0.00: You simply need to use this form. Don't forget to sign all your comments on discussion pages by adding ~~~~ at the end. – BMacZero (🗩) 18:02, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

J. Hartwell Harrison

This is a recently deleted file which lacked the required license. My work is primarily on the Wikipedia site, as a Senior Editor; I am not as skilled with the technical handling of images, though I have succeeded in obtaining a couple of email permissions for OTRS. I have learned however of the importance of our having a collaborative attitude on these sites. In my view, the editor who deleted this file was acting hastily in accord with technical requirements, and he could and should have provided more notice before the deletion. Also, the deleting editor's comments to me in making the deletion were poorly chosen. I am left with the impression that the primary motive on Wikimedia Commons is to purge files rather than make the slightest attempt at their remediation. I am not likely to attempt additional contributions to your platform. Hoppyh (talk) 01:45, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

• I presume this is about File:J. Hartwell Harrison.jpg. Because you stated when you uploaded the file that it is your own work and dated it 2016-06-22 (the day of the upload), but in the deletion discussion stated on October 20 that it was by your aunt and (given the death date of the subject) was from 1984 or earlier. Ideally, someone should have helped you through the next step -- that you needed to clear up the rights -- but as far as I can see no one did, nor conversely did you take the initiative to ask anyone what you needed to do. Over a month later, User:Jameslwoodward seeing that there had been no further discussion and that the rights issue hadn't been addressed, deleted it.
• There's nothing final about that deletion. You can still address the rights issue. Either your aunt or (if she is no longer alive) the heirs to her intellectual property can send an email as described at COM:OTRS. (If you are yourself heir to her intellectual property, then you need to send such an email.) Once that happens, the image will be undeleted and the rest can be sorted out. I see you had used {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}} (with the inappropriate {{Self}} tag); assuming that is the license they want to offer, we will end up restoring it with either that tag or (if the rights are inherited) {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}}.
• I do want to respond to one thing that you said above: we need to attribute a work to the person who actually created it, date it accurately, and for a work like this that is probably still in copyright obtain a license from someone who has the legal right to grant that license. If you want to call these "technical requirements," then the emphasis is on "requirements". - Jmabel ! talk 04:19, 28 November 2019 (UTC)

Jmabel has stated the case well, thank you. My apologies for a slow response, but I was out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday. The uploader claimed that he was the photographer when in fact he was not. He may or may not be his aunt's heir and therefore may or may not actually have the right to license it, but that must be done using OTRS.

As for:

"In my view, the editor who deleted this file was acting hastily in accord with technical requirements, and he could and should have provided more notice before the deletion."

The DR was open for a month. It was a prima facie case for deletion. My closing comment:

"Then your aunt owns the copyright and she, or her heir, must send a free license using OTRS",

clearly sets forth the action necessary to have the image restored. Please remember that Commons gets around 10,000 new images every day and must delete around 1,700 of them. A dozen Admins do most of that work and we work fast. It's too bad that we don't have more time to be more helpful. I'm sorry for that, but that's all we can do with the volunteers we have. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 23:40, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Restore Account

Hi, My main account is User:Boothsift. However, I logged out on accident without saving my password or an email to reset my password. Is it possible to restore my account?

Thank you,

--Boothsift Three (talk) 23:23, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

• Probably not. No way to prove you are the same person. You can link from your new user page to the other. This is why, now, with your new account, you should make sure you attach an email address. - Jmabel ! talk 07:53, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
• Boothsift Three I can "try" to brute force it, but I need some info about your password(length, are there any numbers, etc..). I need your permission too. -- Eatcha (talk) 08:25, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
• You may paste the info after encryping with public pgp at User:Eatcha/tempPGP -- Eatcha (talk) 08:34, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

• @Jmabel: Hi, sorry for the late reply. Is it possible to transfer that account to this account or is it possible to restore my account using an email? Like I give you my email address so that you or someone else can email me the reset password link? --Boothsift Three (talk) 22:53, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
  • As I said above, I am not aware of any way to do this. User:Eatcha said they might be able to do this; my mention of them here should result in a ping. - Jmabel ! talk 22:58, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

    WMF has anti brute Force login system, I need hint "length of your password, like longer than 6 but shorter than 12 '" are there any alphanumeric characters ? I will be using proxy to bypass the wall -+ Eatcha (talk) 02:06, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

• @Eatcha: Try password length 6 to 15 first and also try alphanumeric. If it doesn't work, tell me. --Boothsift Three (talk) 04:48, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

See also Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. HLHJ (talk) 08:38, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Boothsift Three Not possible! I tried 5K but a ban kicks on the no of tries!. -- Eatcha (talk) 13:54, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

• Did you ever have a cryptographical commitment of identity via {{User committed identity}}? Or someone like a steward or staff who knows you in real life and could confirm your identity? --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 15:14, 10 December 2019 (UTC)