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Selección Colombia 2020

Hola Lobo kun mfc Como Estas me gustaría que crearas el nuevo Uniforme Alternativo de la Selección Colombia de Fútbol para el año 2020 y de algunas selecciones confeccionadas por adidas. Muchas Gracias que estés Bien. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 186.29.180.21 (talk) 01:07, 13 November 2019 (UTC)

(Google Translate: Colombia Selection 2020 Hi Lobo kun mfc How are you? I would like you to create the new Alternative Uniform of the Colombia National Soccer Team for the year 2020 and some selections made by adidas. Thank you very much that you are well.)--Roy17 (talk) 12:48, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Why is the wikitext of the history of File:Center of Asia.JPG unavailable?

User:Oschtan overwrote User:Евгений Палецкий's file here and replaced the original uploader's name with their own. Whether that act is now unrevertible from age and the original needs copying to a new file or whether that should be rolled back, the original page's text needs to be available, but while I can see older pages in the history, any attempt to get at the Wikitext gets me only a page that says something like "[XeNrTgpAIDEAAFoESm0AAAAE] 2019-12-01 07:27:10: Fatal exception of type "InvalidArgumentException"".--Prosfilaes (talk) 07:28, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Sounds like User:-revi/SDoC bullet point 1. — regards, Revi 10:40, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Tag for Public Domain Mark 1.0

Hello, I can't seem to find the right tag for an image which falls under Public Domain Mark 1.0 (no copyright) Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoritG (talk • contribs) 08:05, 2019-12-01 (UTC)

@DoritG: Please apply Template:CC-0, regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 廣九直通車 (talk • contribs) 09:09, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
@DoritG: .--Roy17 (talk) 12:48, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
There is no "right tag". Commons has not generally accepted works just under the PDM, which merely means that someone (who is not asserting they own copyright) is asserting for some unclear reason the work is in the PD. You need to properly identify why it's in the public domain.--Prosfilaes (talk) 00:51, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Automatic categorizing

It is a very useful thing that internationalization templates are automatically categorized to Commons templates-xy for the language xy (or Commons templates-xyz for xyz). But unfortunately exist also other templates whose name ends with two or three characters after a slash. How can I suppress the automatic categorization, in that cases? -- sarang♥사랑 16:01, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Possible misuses of Template:Creator

Is there any way to look for individual file pages that might have "{{Creator|" in the wikitext in place of "{{Creator:"? - Jmabel ! talk 01:27, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: use regex. This grouping - insource:/\{\{\s*[Cc]reator\s*\|/ - will find all {{<any whitespace>C/creator<any whitespace>|. My search turns up 23,377 results. Indeed many people misuse it. They should use {{Label}} instead.--Roy17 (talk) 12:48, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
I see, though a lot of them are using this with a Wikidata link, and I guess this makes sense. So we'd need a subtler regex, because "{{creator|wikidata=Q…" is typically OK. - Jmabel ! talk 17:54, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: no they are not. The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Creator namespace. This basic template is meant for defining a creator template only and not used directly on a file. And it should only be used for human beings, not organisations.--Roy17 (talk) 20:50, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
@Roy17: So, given what you are saying, all of those are bad, too, but the fix would be different. Still probably a distinction we'd need to make if a bot were to take this on. - Jmabel ! talk 02:23, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Meaning of you may select the license of your choice

On some of the Commons image file pages I see the sentence beneath the requirements say "you may select the license of your choice". Above it I can usually find both the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike and the GNU Free Documentation license attached to the file. Does this mean I get to choose which one of these licenses I use in my work and not mention the other one at all? I am not planning on bringing the image to Wikipedia, I would like to move it to a social platform outside of all the wikis.Prana1111 (talk) 16:36, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

  • It means that if you are reusing it outside of the Wikimedia Foundation world, you can choose either of those licenses, as long as you conform to the terms of that license. - Jmabel ! talk 06:30, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

competition entry

I am trying to enter a series for the science competition. I seem to have uploaded it somewhere but apparently not to the competition. When trying to enter it again to the competition, i seem unable to do so, but the reason is unclear to me. How do i know what is wrong? photomaki@prodigy.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnmaki (talk • contribs) 2 December 2019‎ 03:10 (UTC)

  • @Johnmaki: You don't say what country you are in but if (for example) you are in the U.S., you'd tag the file page with {{Wiki Science Competition 2019|us}}. If you are in a different country, then use the 2-letter ISO country code for that country. - 06:36, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

How do I add a Babel Box?

It's on the front page, but it doesn't link to a guide on how to do that.-12:32, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

@Wikicolorheart: Hello. Have you seen COM:BABEL? Ahmadtalk 13:38, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

No I have not. Thank you, Admad. -23:39, 2 December 2019 (UTC)~

TRANSPORTING FILES

I'm unable to upload photo files from WIKIMEDIA COMMONS unto my desired WIKIPEDIA article titled LENI WYLLIAMS.


Leni Wylliams - ORBWEB - 1983.png

Anyone out there who can help "walk" me through the process?

- Paynethymaya — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paynethymaya (talk • contribs) 3 December 2019‎ 01:43 (UTC)

Why do my photos continue to be marked as possible copyright violations? All of the Canon camera photos that I've submitted have been created by my finger pressing the shutter button. I have photos of the Canon cameras involved that show their serial numbers; those serial numbers are included in the photo's EXIF data. The Nikon D7200 photos were taken by a friend of mine, and he has given me expressed permission to post those pics online.

I have a lot of pics posted on flickr, that may be part of the problem.

Thanks, James. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tybor100 (talk • contribs)

Nicolas Rieffel

Bonjour, Ma photo est constamment supprimé, comment puis-je la re-télécharger pour l'insérer dans la biographie de mon article sur Nicolas Rieffel ? Merci d'avance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wik*fac (talk • contribs)

Hi Wik*fac, did you ever read your own talkpage User talk:Wik*fac? There you finds the reason why the image has been deleted. --Túrelio (talk) 10:50, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Help posting photo for Public Figure.

Hi there,

I've been trying to post photos for a public figure I'm connected with, using public publicity stills and giving credit to the photographers who took the photo, every time I try and upload they get flagged and taken down. I'm not sure how other public figures get this passed, as I see a bunch of actor/director/musicians who have publicity photos on their pages. How do I get this passed through?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jazzyjpl (talk • contribs) 3 December 2019 (UTC)

@Jazzyjpl: Publicity stills almost always require going through the COM:OTRS process. There are two complementary reasons for this:
  1. Because most publicity stills are already somewhere else on the Internet, there is no way for us to know who is really behind the account that is posting them. Anyone can obtain these photos, claim to have the rights, and post them here.
  2. Very often, even people who are connected to the subject of the photo don't "have their ducks in a row" over the copyright issues. For example, for File:ChristianDitterOnSet.jpg you gave Warner Bros. as source, author, and permission, and claimed {{Attribution}} as a license. That is a very vague source (not like giving a URL to a page where the image appears), author (clearly, a corporation did not take the photo), and the chain of intellectual property rights is completely missing.
Basically, unless Warners has clearly published somewhere a statement licensing this as {{Attribution}} (in which case a link to that belongs in "source" or "permission", depending whether it is at the same URL as the source photo) you'll need to follow the COM:OTRS process. If Warners holds the copyright, then we need to have someone at Warners send email as specified from an email address at Warners stating that Warners holds the copyright and that they are granting this license. If you yourself are not authorized to speak on behalf of Warners, you can prepare a draft of such an email for them, but they have to be the ones to send it.
That's not a complete and neatly researched answer, and I looked at what happened with only one of the photos, but I imagine it gives you what you need. - Jmabel ! talk 02:15, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

plant locations, grouped by story

I have worked as a field botanist for many years and I have a lot of plant images I would like to make public somewhere. In many cases, there is a group of images, with a small "story" about them. For example "This the only population of Hieracium aurantiacum on the Shoals Cove road system, as of summer 2019." (a noxious weed likely to spread), or "As of September 2011, these are the only recorded locations of Populus balsamifera north of the Brook Range, other than those previously known at [blah blah] hot spring and at [blah blah] protected tarn." (a tree extending its range due to climate warming). Is there a reasonable way to do this in Wikimedia Commons? It seems the commons is more for individual images, each with its own metadata. I looked at "galleries", but I didn't see a way to put in more information than a brief gallery name. Perhaps you know of some other place to put records like this, where people who care about this could find them. Often, these are "baseline" records, which would show, many years later, what has changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RickShory (talk • contribs) 2019-12-01 18:10:02‎ (UTC)

  • @RickShory: Descriptions that are common to a series of images can be centralized in a category that includes them all (it can even be stored in a subpage and transcluded in all photos it pertains to). Very specific categories can be tagged with {{Set}}, too. Your first step would be to upload the images, and next to work on sorting them out. I would like to help you, if necessary. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 00:20, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

@Tuvalkin: Yes, I would like help with this. I have uploaded the first two:

meadow woollyheads, plant in situ on roadside
Psilocarphus elatior, calyxes and achenes, magnified for identification

--RickShory (talk) 04:52, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Bandeiras

Olá, criei uma página e produzi bandeiras em JPG e o Wikipédia não esta aceitando carregar. Não consigo entender o problema. — Preceding unsigned comment added by João Sane Malagutti (talk • contribs) 3 December 2019 06:38 (UTC)

Uploading an old family picture

I am updating a Wikipedia article about my great uncle, who played a significant role in the Russian Civil Wars of 1917 - 1923. I would like to upload a photograph of my great uncle, taken in 1916 by an unknown photographer. This photograph is held in the family archive. Questions: 1. Would Wikimedia allow uploading a digital copy of this photograph? Keep in mind, we do not know who took it, and the photographer is most certainly have been dead for a long time. 2. If so, how should I go about it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ktadenev (talk • contribs)

Hello Ktadenev. If it's taken by an unknown photographer in 1916, the copyright is expired now, both in the United States and Russia. You may use {{PD-anon-expired}} and {{PD-US-expired}} as the license to indicate that the file is now in the public domain. Thank you. Ahmadtalk 14:26, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
Just one more point: has the photo been published anywhere before? Because this is about the "publish" date. Ahmadtalk 14:28, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

No, it has never been published. Ktadenev (talk) 15:21, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

@Ahmad252: do you know the law in that case? I don't. - Jmabel ! talk 17:17, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks for pinging me, I almost forgot. To my knowldege, it needs 120 years after the creation date to be in the public domain in the United States, but about Russia... I can't find anything indicating that Russia also has a creation-date-based thing. However, because it was taken in 1916, it shouldn't be in the public domain in the United States; it still needs another 16 years. Ahmadtalk 19:20, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
@Ahmad252 and Ktadenev: So, apparently current U.S. copyright would belong to the (unidentified) heirs of the (unidentified) photographer, and this is an orphaned work. - Jmabel ! talk 20:54, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Photo contest

I contributed an entry to the new international photo contest, but find that the photo file didn't upload. How do I either edit to try uploading again to the entry; or delete the entry and try again? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Butoodimus (talk • contribs) 4 December 2019 03:16 (UTC)

@Butoodimus: I'm confused:
  1. If the file didn't upload, what is there to delete?
  2. If the file didn't upload, what exactly did you get back as an error message?
  3. What contest is this about? Can you indicate the page that describes the contest?
If, as I'm guessing, the file uploaded just fine but (maybe) didn't get the tag that would indicate a connection to this contest, we can fix that, but we need to know what file and what contest.- Jmabel ! talk 17:24, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

How to edit a batch of my own photos

Hello, I'm just learning how to upload in batches because I want to get involved in some GLAM work. My 32 most recent uploads were my first upload with Pattypan, but I forgot to mention that the photos are my own work and that I release them with a regular self cc-by-sa-4.0 license. What's the best way to batch edit these? Thanks. إيان (talk) 03:20, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Filemovers and "suppressredirect"

Hello,

around a month ago, I got the message on my talk page that filemovers such as me have got the suppressredirect right. On my last 4 moves, I only got this option active on the last page (which was not used anywhere, the other three were linked to from some WP pages). Does the functionality check whether a file was used on other projects? Or what's the reason why I couldn't uncheck the box on e.g. the criterion-3-move of File:Mond-Azurjungfer.jpg to File:Ischnura elegans Grosse Pechlibelle 2018-07-29.jpg (is in use on w:de:Wikipedia:Redaktion Biologie/Bestimmung)? I'm looking forward for an explanation. :-) Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 07:14, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

"Does the functionality check whether a file was used on other projects?" Yes, and that is exactly why the checkbox is non-uncheckable. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 07:51, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Help changing image in infobox for an existing page

Hi, We want to update the photo in the infobox on this page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Barnicle The photo we want to use is the main photo on this page - https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/13/playbook-birthday-mike-barnicle-243740 How can I do this, and do I need to ask permission in order to do so? We would of course attribute it to Politico with full credits etc. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LetASingleVoiceBeHeard (talk • contribs) 4 December 2019‎ 17:26 (UTC)

  • @LetASingleVoiceBeHeard: The photo there is indicated as "Courtesy Beth Laski" so presumably the person who could grant a license conforming to Commons' requirements is Beth Laski. I have no idea how to get hold of her, but Politico probably would. Since the photo is previously published, permission would have to come through the process described at COM:OTRS.
  • You say "we" want to update the photo. Who is the "we" in question? - Jmabel ! talk 17:36, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance with this. Beth Laski is the person who wants to change this out, I am in direct contact with her, it is her request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LetASingleVoiceBeHeard (talk • contribs) 4 December 2019‎ 17:47 (UTC)

  • @LetASingleVoiceBeHeard: Aside: when you post in a discussion like this, would you please end your post with four tildes ("~~~~") so it will automatically add a signature instead of my having to look at the page history to add one manually after the fact?
OK, then, several solutions, all involving OTRS:
  • Beth Laski can create an account of her own, write an email as described at COM:OTRS indicating that the account is really her and upload from that account.
  • Beth Laski can write an email as described at COM:OTRS indicating that the account User:LetASingleVoiceBeHeard is authorized in general to upload her work on her behalf. Probably best also to stick to a single license, and for her specify what license would apply to these uploads.
  • Beth Laski can write an email as described at COM:OTRS indicating that this particular image is free-licensed, and stating the specific license. She can indicate the image either with a URL or by attaching a copy.
- Jmabel ! talk 21:03, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Ruben Dario Gavidia Velazquez

File:Abuela Materna.jpg

Just curious, but is there a question for us to see the value of this image or if it is in scope? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 20:09, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Cropping an image already present in Wikimedia Commons

What is the best way to crop and use an image from Wikimedia Commons? Ktadenev (talk) 02:23, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

See COM:CropTool. You should choose the option to create a new file (unless you are only removing an unwanted "border") - see COM:OVERWRITE, and if it's a jpeg image please use "lossless" mode. If it's something more "tricky" than just a straightforward rectangular crop and you can't do it yourself, or if the Crop Tool doesn't give you the result you are looking for, you can post a request at the workshop: COM:GL/PHOTO. -- Begoon 02:35, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Upload wizard does not take coordinates from EXIF data any more

I noticed that the upload wizard does not automatically take the coordinates from the picture's EXIF data any more. For example, File:Schwarzenberg, Lustenauer Hütte.jpg has (AFAICT) the coordinates stored in EXIF, but the upload wizard didn't use that information. It has worked for years for me, with the same camera and the same tools. Does anybody know whether this is generally broken or there's something wrong with my photographs? Thanks --Reinhard Müller (talk) 08:48, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Yesterday it was OK. --Nightflyer (talk) 09:05, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
Strange. When I look at the file description page of your photograph and click on "Show extended details" under Metadata, the GPS data is listed. For my photographs, it isn't. However, when I look at my file in a different software, it clearly has GPS data in the EXIF, and it looks like it's stored the same way as in your file. --Reinhard Müller (talk) 10:09, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
When I look at my images for which it still worked, the GPS data is also correctly listed in the file description page. Between 16 September and 21 September, something seems to have happened which stopped the Mediawiki software to recognize the GPS data from my files (and, FWIW, a number of other EXIF information chunks). Does anybody have any idea what is going wrong here? --Reinhard Müller (talk) 10:16, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

It seems that the problem is caused by a hard-coded limit in the PHP version used. See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T240509 for a further discussion. --Reinhard Müller (talk) 09:25, 12 December 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. Reinhard Müller (talk) 09:25, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Retrouver un fichier

Bonjour,

Depuis mon inscription au site WIKIPEDIA j'avoue être un perdu.

J'ai en effet procédé à la publication d'un article relatif à la Pharmacie PESCHE le 9 Juin 2019.

Il y a quelques jours, j'ai utilisé WIKIPEDIA Commons afin de pouvoir illustrer ultérieurement cet article.

Or, je ne retrouve pas cette photo.

Pourriez vous m'aider ?

Par ailleurs, quelle est la procédure à partir de votre site pour insérer ces phjtos dans l'article désiré ? Cordialement

@Le Personnier: , j'ai fait un interwikilink qui vous guidera a la page. :-) Lotje (talk) 17:09, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
Bonjour. Pour votre deuxième question, voir fr:Aide:Insérer une image. BrightRaven (talk) 09:33, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Can I use a figure that is part of a published article in Wikipedia?

I am currently revising a Wikipedia page. I would like to use a distribution map that is part of a published article. Am I allowed to use it if I give appropriate credit to the authors and include the citation?

For example, "Shrinking distribution of the Grizzly Bear during post-glacial, historic and present time. From: Feldhamer, George A., Bruce C. Thompson, and Joseph A. Chapman. Wild Mammals of North America : Biology, Management, and Conservation. 2003. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2nd ed. 1216 p. ISBN 0801874165." — Preceding unsigned comment added by CLan19 (talk • contribs) 04:03, 5 December 2019 (UTC) (UTC)

  • File:Ursus arctos horribilis map.svg - In general we can't use copyrighted illustrations, but we can use the information they contain as a source to create new ones. You should probably include the citation for the data in the article where you use the map, even though it's credited on the file description page as not everyone will know to look there. There's COM:GL/MAP or COM:GL/ILL if you have something else you need creating and can't do it yourself. -- Begoon 04:29, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

DELETE MY USER

how delete my user account ?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.149.132.14 (talk • contribs)

@186.149.132.14: See Commons:FAQ#How_do_I_close_my_account?. I just added this FAQ section, because this question gets asked occasionally, and that's the answer as I understand it. --ghouston (talk) 05:01, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Photos of me & my band Lori Hollis & Band at Macy’s 2013

I did not give you permission to post me & my band on google or any other social media site. Please remove photos. Band members are not very happy & will seek legal help to have removed. Please have all photos removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.226.78 (talk • contribs)

For the legal path: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/DMCA_takedowns .
Otherwise, it would help to exactly name the images and provide a rationale for your request (copyright-violation or whatever). --Túrelio (talk) 07:36, 5 December 2019 (UTC)
There are three in Category:Macy's Downtown Pittsburgh, including File:The Lori Hollis Project.JPG. They don't seem to be in use, but there don't seem to be any legal reason to delete them.--Prosfilaes (talk) 09:22, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

NOAA picture published by someone else

I want to use a picture sourced from NOAA but published by someone else. Is that possible?

My feeling says no, since I think you can take a Public Domain work and re-copyright it. --Voidvector (talk) 11:25, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Looks public domain. Any works credited to NOAA are public domain, regardless of the publisher, so long as they are not derivatives, such as might happen with extra diagrams and highlights on an image. Best case, find the source at the NOAA website. --Fæ (talk) 11:35, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Delete file

How I delete my (Gif) file? Regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sami Väätänen (talk • contribs) 17:43, 5 December 2019‎ (UTC)

Hey Sami Väätänen. You can nominate your own unused recently uploaded files for deletion by adding this text to the file: {{SD|G7}}. GMGtalk 18:11, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Citing incorporated works

Hello, I have a question about citing incorporated works. I've made an educational poster using my own text but also images from other authors. There shouldn't be a licensing problem since the images have been published under CC By 4.0 or 3.0. I am not sure though how to properly cite them and how to license the poster as a whole. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dsebek (talk • contribs) 6 December 2019‎ 13:16 (UTC)

  • That may be a bit problematic, since the presumed intent is for the poster to be printed. The attribution and the image of the license is going to have to be present on the poster itself. I am not sure what exactly is the minimum text you can get away with and be compliant (it will probably involve a URL for the license terms). Can someone else help further?. If you don't get a good answer here, you might try asking at Commons:Village pump/Copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 18:56, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Image help wanted

Hi. I recently uploaded this file to Wikipedia under a fair use rationale. It was taken at sea off Hooker Island, near Franz-Josef Land, then part of the Soviet Union, in July 1931. It shows the view from a boat launched by the Soviet icebreaker Malygin on its way to exchange mail with the airship Graf Zeppelin. I got it from this site, which says on the relevant page that Most of the images on this site are from the author’s personal collection of unpublished material... I have of course emailed Dan Grossman to ask him if he knows who took it.

I can't find the image elsewhere than at that site. If it was an unpublished photo by an unknown, probably Soviet, person, taken at sea but probably within Soviet waters, is there any chance that the full size image would qualify for upload here? --The Huhsz (talk) 19:28, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Donating content

I have been trying to figure out how to donate content about how True Self Confidence helps a child to avoid becoming a target of bullies for more than an hour. It is more trouble than it is worth.

Markus Horner Author of "My Do's and Dont's For Raising a Bully-Proof Child." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Column1234 (talk • contribs) 23:56, 6 December 2019 (UTC) (UTC)

@Column1234: You are trying to donate a book or text I presume? Please mail it to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, you will receive further instructions. You may want to use the Commons:Wikimedia OTRS release generator to create a mail. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 02:38, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

S.S

What does it symbolize — Preceding unsigned comment added by 42.111.202.108 (talk • contribs) 7 December 2019‎ 14:27 (UTC)

Linking to thumbnail photos to keep bandwidth down

To whom it may concern,

We are creating an application which will server wikicommons photo urls listed on Open Street Map image tags and want to know how I should write the image url to be served a thumbnail image consuming less bandwidth.

I saw that I was able to add the text "/thumb/" append to the photo url a size plus a bit of repetition to get a thumbnail ... but was not sure if this is a built in feature of wikicommons, or was a one off... for example

Full photo https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Fontanella_Acqua_vergine_a_vicolo_della_spada_di_orlando.jpg

becomes for the thumbnail https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Fontanella_Acqua_vergine_a_vicolo_della_spada_di_orlando.jpg/360px-Fontanella_Acqua_vergine_a_vicolo_della_spada_di_orlando.jpg

Thanks for your help,

Stuart — Preceding unsigned comment added by S2rapoport (talk • contribs) 09:16, 6 December 2019 (UTC) (UTC)

  • If you are doing something like this, you almost certainly want to make sure that you also link the file page, for clarity of attribution.
  • On an ad hoc basis this should work, but I don't think we've ever guaranteed stability of thumbnail URLs. If you are going to do something like this, make sure you start from the filename and that the pattern is expressed in code or (better yet) in a tuneable values somewhere, so that it can easily be changed if needed.
  • Aside, but not useful for your automated purpose: you can always get a particular thumbnail URL by methods like (in Firefox) right-clicking on the thumbnail and selecting "Copy image location".
Jmabel ! talk 18:48, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Jmabel and Fæ. Thank you very much for your responses - I appreciate your help. This is very cool.

For the link back for attribution, do you suggest using the link to the wikicommons page with the key url in descriptionshorturle? Will the JSON structure returned from the API be pretty constant ? ie, key names won't be changing daily ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by S2rapoport (talk • contribs) 7 December 2019‎ 16:29 (UTC)

Not sure about attribution, you may want to provide an example. The API JSON is stable, but the WMF have changed a few names over the years. I am unaware of there being any changes to the image data planned, nor the way thumbnail urls are named. --Fæ (talk) 17:22, 7 December 2019 (UTC)



//function to imageName, thumbnailUrl, attrLink //receives full URL, tests if the string "File:" is there


async function getWikiCommonsImageJson(url,size) { 

               var imageName = url.substring(url.indexOf("File:") +5, url.length);
               const queryString = 'https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&prop=imageinfo&titles=File%3A' + imageName + ' &iiprop=timestamp%7Cuser%7Curl&iiurlwidth='+size;  
               await axios.get(queryString).then(data => 
                   {
                   const  pageInfo = Object.values(data.data.query.pages)[0];
                   const thumbnailUrl = pageInfo.imageinfo[0].thumburl;
                   const attrLink = pageInfo.imageinfo[0].descriptionurl;

                   var obj = {
                   "imageName" : imageName,
                   "thumbnailUrl" : thumbnailUrl,
                   "attrLink": attrLink
                           }
                   console.log(obj);
                   }

               ).catch(function (error) {
               console.log(error);
               });
               }

//test url for getting JSON data

url = 'https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fontanella_Acqua_vergine_a_vicolo_della_spada_di_orlando.jpg';

size = 300;

getWikiCommonsImageJson(url,size);

returns obj

{ 

 imageName: 'Fontanella_Acqua_vergine_a_vicolo_della_spada_di_orlando.jpg',
 thumbnailUrl: 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Fontanella_Acqua_vergine_a_vicolo_della_spada_di_orlando.jpg/300px-Fontanella_Acqua_vergine_a_vicolo_della_spada_di_orlando.jpg',
 attrLink: 'https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fontanella_Acqua_vergine_a_vicolo_della_spada_di_orlando.jpg'

}

attrLink for credits ... (strange link works in code, but not on this page ... there seems to be an extra closing apostrophe on the link)

Thanks for your help.


S2rapoport (talk) 06:31, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

  • attrLink should be just what you want for attribution.
  • The only reason the link doesn't work on this page is that mediawiki syntax won't cope well with a quoted URL. attrLink is single-quoted here, and of course the opening single-quote before 'http' isn't treated as part of the URL, but since the the character is a perfectly valid character in a URL, it has no way to know that the closing quote isn't part of the URL. - Jmabel ! talk 22:10, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Am I logged in?

please am i logged in — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alpen store (talk • contribs) 06:48, 8 December 2019‎ (UTC)

Type "~~~~" and hit the preview button to find out. If you see your user name, you are logged in. The top bar on the screen (right end on desktop) will also either give your username or say "Not logged in". I made a new heading for this question. HLHJ (talk) 08:42, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

@Alpen store: You were logged in as Alpen store when you wrote the message above. I could tell this by looking at the history of this page. I've also added a signature to your message so everyone else can see who wrote it too. --bjh21 (talk) 14:30, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

series submisssion for science competition

I've tried to enter 10 files in a series, but only the last seven seem to have gone thru. I don't know the problem with the other three files and they may have gone elsewhere. any help would be appreciated. johnmaki@prodigy.net — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnmaki (talk • contribs)

In case you are referring to you xxpercent images, all 10 are present [1]. --Túrelio (talk) 16:13, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

Getty Images

Hi Do Getty images come under public domain? I understand some are and some aren't. But if I was to search on the internet for a sports star and found a Getty image of them would it come under public domain? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CreativeNorth (talk • contribs)

Please sign your postings. Getty Images is a commercial stock-images agency, well-known for suing anybody who uses their images without paying. So, Getty may offer images which are actually in the public domain in one country, but eventually not in another. Therefore we are extremely cautious about images associated with Getty and in doubt will not accept them on Commons. --Túrelio (talk) 16:08, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

uploading a picture of stamps from 1998

i would like to upload a scan of stamps i have in my possession.

they are from japan and were made around 1998 for letter writing day. the stamps were designed by dick bruna. Deathconsciousness (talk) 19:53, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

You can not upload anything made in 1998 without permission of copyright holders. Ruslik (talk) 20:09, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

I can't understand why someone forced me to accept the autopatrol right

CLOSED:

After many comments here and in other discussions, Kai agreed to recieve the autopatrol right and he has been regranted the autopatrol right by King_of_Hearts. Some participants of this discussion suggested that Kai should use more advanced tools such as Cat-a-lot, VisualFileChange etc. Kai has finally understood that and seeking a mentor who can teach him about those tools. While that part of the discussion has not been fully resolved, I do not think we need to discuss it on two places. Interested users/mentors should comment on Commons:Help_desk#What_is_the_more_advanced_tools? instead. I am fully aware that I have commented on this discussion and I am not an uninvolved editor but I do not think the community wants to see more drama. As such, I am boldly closing this discussion. Please DO NOT comment on this thread any further. Thanks. Masum Reza📞 18:54, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Take a look at this. Why he said, “you're wasting everyone's time”? I think that I don't need someone to grant me the autopatrol right(which is my own business), it will not hinder my work. This has been the case since I joined Wikimedia Commons in 2012. However, I saw him accepted accepted the nomination for patroller(see here). I didn't force him to do something he doesn't want to do. So, I can't understand why someone forced me to accept the autopatrol right.--Kai3952 (talk) 14:14, 27 November 2019 (UTC)

Thats because otherwise every edit of you should (or has to be) patroled by other users to confirm they are free from vadalism or similar. As you are an expierenced and "good faith" editor of commons, the other people dont think every edit of you needs to be controlled by other people. --JuTa 15:07, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
@JuTa: He completed whatever task I am working on(which meant he took my work away from me). I have no reason to contribute to Wikimedia Commons, but I'm not sure if I should leave?--Kai3952 (talk) 20:47, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
No, he completed a task, you denied to "do". You should read Commons:Patrol (or a translation of your choice). Patroling means to confirm that an edit is free of vandalism or similar. If you would accept the autopatrol flag, nothing will change for you, except most of your edits will be marked automaticly as patrolled so that nobody need to look after them. regards --JuTa 20:54, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
@Kai3952: Exactly what JuTa said. Not being autopatrolled is like being supervised. A supervisor (patroller, a human volunteer) is constantly checking if you are not breaking the wiki. This is needed for new users who might break things. When a user becomes more experienced, they are marked as autopatrolled: no longer needing a supervisor. But if an experienced user like you more or less demands a supervisor despite not needing one, it leads to frustration. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 21:40, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I know. You are like my supervisor, but a supervisor won't take my work away from me. So, do you want to tell me that the edit I made is vandalism?--Kai3952 (talk) 22:14, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
Nobody said that. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 22:19, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
But you had no convincing reason to explain why you took my work away from me, so I don't know what I did wrong. You say "breaking the wiki", "break things". Did you not mean that the edit I made is vandalism?--Kai3952 (talk) 23:08, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
@Kai3952: Are there any of the following statements you believe are false?
  1. The reason we would want to patrol a user is that we are not sure if their edits are likely to be good.
  2. Giving an account autopatrol means that we will not be patrolling their edits.
  3. Your edits are generally good.
  4. Patrolling edits that are known or strongly presumed to be good wastes time.
  5. Therefore, there is no need to patrol your edits.
  6. The way not to patrol your edits is to give your account autopatrol.
Again: which, if any, of these statements do you think is false? - Jmabel ! talk 22:54, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
The point is that...why did he took my work away from me?--Kai3952 (talk) 23:28, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
What I working on is categorizing files from Category:Files uploaded by Solomon203. When I noticed his edits, he had made over 800 edits. I asked him stop and I said: "do not do the same work as me", but he still made over 900 edits.--Kai3952 (talk) 23:40, 29 November 2019 (UTC)
I believe he already explained that to you. Most of your edits are like automated and not difficult to do it automatically. As you are not autopatrolled, that many semi-automated edits increases the patrol backlog. That's why he ran Cat-a-lot and categorized some files.for you so that those edits won't be appearing in the list. Masum Reza📞 00:08, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
@Masumrezarock100: The problem is that he didn't tell me first. He said to me on his talk page, "because you refused autopatrol". I don't know at all, so how I refused him? And now he had taken over my work that cause I don't know what else I can do for Wikimedia Commons. That's why I intend to leave Wikimedia Commons.--Kai3952 (talk) 13:23, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
You refused autopatrol: here, here and here.
I suggested what you can do. Accept autopatrol and/or categorize images based on their content, like adding File:Bill Clinton.jpg to Category:Men wearing neckties. There are many others things to do, like adding "depicts" statements, reverting vandalism, taking and uploading your own photos, recording words with a microphone and uploading the sound for the pronunciation on Wiktionary, etc. Accepting autopatrol is a good idea and a focus on work that can't be automated would make your contributions more valuable. You have been busy for a month or so categorizing Solomon203's uploads. All that time your edits had to be dealt with by patrollers who were looking for bad edits. I finished the job within a day without asking a single second from the patrollers. If you just say "I accept autopatrol", you can get back to work and nobody will bother you about this anymore. Please, just accept autopatrol. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 13:54, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
@Alexis Jazz:
  • I never told you that I refused autopatrol, since you became a patroller at 15:07 on 24 November 2019. You look carefully at them:
  1. COM:RFP#Autopatrolled/2018#Kai3952 happened in 2018 and you didn't join in.
  2. COM:HD#I need an administrator to help me with to "veto" the RFR for Kai3952 happened in 2018 and you didn't join in.
  3. User talk:Masumrezarock100#Re: About the recent rollback happened between 20 November and 22 November, but the date you become patroller is 24 November.
That's why I say that I don't know at all so how I refused him. Also, I never said on your talk page that I refused autopatrol, and you didn't tell me on my talk page that you will take away my work from me.
  • I don't think what you say is honest and true, since this topic was archived soon after I asked "where is your evidence". You apparently refused to communicate with me. What does this mean? Why did you avoiding me? However, you accused me of refusing autopatrol, it makes me believe more that you really want me to leave(including to slander me here).--Kai3952 (talk) 18:30, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
  • I had already withdrawn that statement by striking it. And when I became a patroller is as relevant as the favorite color of the president of France for your refusal of autopatrol: it is utterly irrelevant. You refused autopatrol and that's a fact. Even if Snoopy and Bugs Bunny have a child who becomes a wood-carver, builds Pinocchio, Pinocchio invents a time machine, climbs the Everest with Abraham Lincoln, catches all Pokémon and goes to the moon, you would still have refused autopatrol. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 19:13, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I believe what you wrote in the edit summary. I know that trying to explain things didn't work, but what I said is the truth. You really did not tell me that you will every once in a while complete whatever task I am working on. If I knew about this earlier I would not have refused autopatrol, but it's too late now –- not to mention you think that I am a sock of some LTA, or may be running some sort of assist or bot. These are all hinting that I should leave Wikimedia Commons.--Kai3952 (talk) 21:16, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

@Kai3952: Again, you have not answered my question above. Which, if any of the 6 statements above do you disagree with? - Jmabel ! talk 07:52, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, but I don’t know what are you talking about.--Kai3952 (talk) 13:32, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
@Kai3952: I thought I'd been crystal clear, but I will try again. You are objecting to being given the autopatroller right, which is a very unusual thing for someone to object to. Effectively, by rejecting this you are saying, "Someone needs to take the time to check every single piece of work I do here." I am trying to understand your reason for this. I put six numbered statements above. Which, if any, of these do you disagree with? - Jmabel ! talk 18:08, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I don't know what you are doing. Why don't you ask Alexis Jazz?--Kai3952 (talk) 18:39, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel and Alexis Jazz: I am afraid this is a w:en:WP:CIR issue. Either he doesn't understand our language or he doesn't want to. Could someone who can speak Chinese step in please? Masum Reza📞 18:49, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
@Masumrezarock100: You can go that route, but based on his own writing in English here, which is foreigner's English but clearly decent, I no longer believe this is an honest misunderstanding.
@Kai3952: You come to the help desk page as much as any one user asking for assistance. Up till now, I have tried very hard to help you, but on this matter, I asked you a rather straightforward question by way of trying to understand your position, and as far as I can tell you are not willing to make the slightest effort to understand what I wrote and give me a decent answer. I am finished. I do not intend to try to help you in the future. Please do not attempt to contact me. If you respond to this on this thread, do not expect me to answer. - Jmabel ! talk 18:59, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: I didn't want to say it out loud before, but I had this feeling of being trolled for quite a while now. It even makes me wonder if Kai could actually be a sock of some LTA with the purpose of frustrating our patrolling process. Probably not, but it's working alright. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 19:13, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
@Masumrezarock100: Do not criticize my English. Actually, I don't understand why he asked so. He can tell me directly what does he want from me.--Kai3952 (talk) 19:36, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
@Alexis Jazz: You say that I am a sock of some LTA. Where is your evidence?--Kai3952 (talk) 19:41, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
It's right here. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 19:49, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
It's right here? Where is your link?--Kai3952 (talk) 20:06, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Sorry, I don't understand. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 20:10, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I see. You have no evidence, but you firmly believe that I am a sock of some LTA.--Kai3952 (talk) 20:18, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: He had took away my work from me. This is what has happened, how do you help me? The only thing I can do is stop all work.--Kai3952 (talk) 20:03, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel and Zhuyifei1999: I could not understand your question precisely. However, Zhuyifei1999 asked me to answer your question, so my answer may not be right. My answer is: 4. and 5. are false. Because you say "Therefore", I thought it means the same thing.--Kai3952 (talk) 19:34, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Kai3952: I think I start (hopefully) what you are complaining about: You like to (re)categorize images, and take days or even weeks to do that. Then suddenly somebody else "hopped in" with a tool you cannot use without autopatrol rights, and completes the task within minutes. Now your work is gone and you are angry. Well, the likely intention of that person was really to help you, as there was a much more effective method to to that task, and not to "steel" your work. If you would accept these autopatrol right, you would be able to do the same within minutes (i.e. with Cat a lot). And even without this right there are a lot of other backlogs on commons you can help. Look i.e. into Category:Media needing categories requiring human attention. There you can find hundreds of thousands of images needing categorization. regards --JuTa 21:46, 30 November 2019 (UTC)

But I didn't answer Jmabel's question. I saw him say: "I do not intend to try to help you in the future. Please do not attempt to contact me."--Kai3952 (talk) 22:02, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
He seems pissed off at me. So what should I do?--Kai3952 (talk) 22:05, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
Simply put you are making more work for other people. A lot more work. When someone tries to work through the enormous amount of work you have created you tell them to stop. That isn't feasible. The amount of work you create is immense and leaving it there causes problems for all of our patrollers. This is not fair to them. Multiple people have tried to help you. Multiple people have tried to explain to you how autopatrolled will solve these issues and you have either ignored them or simply not understood. I don't know if this is a language barrier issue or some sort of deep misunderstanding but we are not getting through to you. Jmabel is one of those people that tried to help you and you have failed to understand, so they no longer want to attempt to assist. The more you refuse to listen to reason the more people are going to stop wanting to help you. There is only so many times we can explain the same thing to you before giving up. --Majora (talk) 23:24, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
I know Jmabel is trying to help me, but I think...
Even so, I am still willing to answer Jmabel's question.--Kai3952 (talk) 10:24, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
@JuTa and Jmabel: I'm not particularly fond of the message Kai3952 put up on his user and talk page. It suggests I will be doing whatever he was doing. I only jumped in for something that was easy to do semi-automatically, and I probably wouldn't even have done that if Kai3952 had been autopatrolled. (note: he continues to beat around the bush when it comes to actually accepting autopatrol.. never mind the silly accusations above) I was looking at RTRC and it was basically unusable because Kai3952's edits flooded it. It didn't take long until I realized these edits could be carried out very quickly, so I did, hoping Kai3952 would move on to something that really requires human attention. (which would naturally result in a lower edit rate) Instead, this happened. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 23:01, 30 November 2019 (UTC)
File:Simone Perele Bra close-up.jpg? I am assuming you are referring to the statement I posted on my talk page.--Kai3952 (talk) 08:29, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
@Roy17 and Zhuyifei1999: I won't blame you if you don't want to get into this. But if you think there is any hope Kai will better understand this in his own language, you can give it a shot.. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 12:08, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
  1. dont grant him/her the autopatrol or any right. s/he can apply if s/he wants it.
  2. avoid communication unless necessary.
  3. let him/her be.--Roy17 (talk) 12:48, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
@Roy17: Kai shouldn't be autopatrolled for their own benefit, Kai should be autopatrolled for the patrollers' benefit. He performs many edits and they swamped the patrol log. You don't have to do anything, but currently Kai seems dead set on leaving Commons. (see his user/talk page) I'm sure I won't be able to talk them out of it, but maybe someone who understands Chinese could. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 14:37, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
Kai3952 is autopatrolled now! - Alexis Jazz ping plz 16:13, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
@Alexis Jazz: Yes, but I won't go on because the statement I posted on my user page: "I stop all work from today".--Kai3952 (talk) 17:52, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
@Kai3952: you could remove that statement. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 17:56, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
Did you think I would care about that statement?--Kai3952 (talk) 18:07, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
@Alexis Jazz: I just noticed you say: "Kai shouldn't be autopatrolled for their own benefit, Kai should be autopatrolled for the patrollers' benefit." You should not attack me, because what you mean is: I'm a selfish person.--Kai3952 (talk) 21:16, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
You accepted the right. Now it's time to move on and resume your work. Masum Reza📞 21:27, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
I didn't attack you and I didn't say that. Please, resume your work. All is okay now. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 21:32, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
@Alexis Jazz: I know your purpose is for me to be autopatrolled. Actually, everything you do is for yourself. You did not respect me so its obvious you do not care about my feelings. I have tried to communicate with you, but it seems like you are ignoring me. For example, this topic was archived soon after I asked "where is your evidence"; for another example, you said "nonsense, but trying to explain things didn't work so let's have fun instead." Also, you have repeatedly accused me, even slandering me saying: "Kai could actually be a sock of some LTA". Nonetheless, these are not my real reason. Because I realize that no-one can help me. I am really sorry, Alexis Jazz.--Kai3952 (talk) 22:36, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

@Kai3952: 你说“take my work away from me“，那我理解你是说你拿到我们提到的“巡查豁免权”是再把你要做的事拿走。我可以问一下你指的是什么事吗？还是我理解错了？ --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 17:38, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

Why don't you ask Alexis Jazz?--Kai3952 (talk) 17:48, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
LOL. Are you trolling or what? Masum Reza📞 17:53, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
Because Alexis Jazz ping him.--Kai3952 (talk) 21:00, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
At this point I honestly don't think it is worth my time trying to explain the situation to one who wouldn't even explain what they don't understand. If they can't understand what 'patrol' means, then fine; their edits shall be bot-patrolled. If they can't accept that, then I'd rather sacrifice tham rather than the patrol backlog. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 02:28, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
@Zhuyifei1999: it took so long for Kai to accept autopatrol, and now you effectively wheel warred with Rama by removing it. Bot patrolling doesn't appear to be working well (Rileybot was supposed to be doing that) but even if it did work, you'd need a rather high refresh rate to keep recent unpatrolled changes clean. Refusing autopatrol simply shouldn't be an option. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 13:57, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
@Alexis Jazz: I don't see where they have accepted the right, but many hints of otherwise. This post is way too long. If that is a case, please link it and I'm happy to undo my change. That said, I have also developed a script to patrol their edits based from eventstreams, and is currently running under my main account. I don't see the reference to where RileyBot has failed. Would you mind linking? --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 17:51, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
@Zhuyifei1999: Kai requested by mail: Special:diff/378645653. So apparently Kai mailed Rama. (see also the rest of that discussion) Rileybot: Commons:Bots/Work requests#Patrol edits from autopatrolled users, but now I think I may have misunderstood. It's unclear if Riley needed a BRFA or if it was already running. When I looked at RTRC on 29 November, Kai's edits were all over the place. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 18:13, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Hmm. Okay 'acceptance' in email. We have no clue what the email contents actually is. @Rama: Could you clarify the situation?
Regarding the bot, I think I can file a BRFA for it, though, I'm expecting Kai to strongly object to being bot partolled as well with no reason I can interpret, causing the request to stall --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 18:28, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello, Kai3952 sent me a mail to request Autopatrol. Considering that
  • Autopatrol is at the discretion of admins (there is no formal process)
  • the criterion of being a user with a reasonable command of the principles of Commons seems to be met for Kai3952
  • Kai3952 had previously had Autopatrol status, removed only at Kai3952's own request
there seems to be no reason for me to decline Kai3952's request to have Autopatrol again. Rama (talk) 21:43, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
@Rama: Seems to be most beneficial to community time if we just wrap this up whatever way is most expedient. GMGtalk 22:01, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

To be honest, I really don't get it when you say that other users are annoying when you're the one making a fuss about the auto-patrolled right. Furthermore, it doesn't even change anything when you edit with the auto-patrolled right. Just that patrollers do not have to patrol your edits knowing that they are good and as Masumrezarock100 mentioned, it is a waste of space in the patrol log. You said "You are like my supervisor, but a supervisor won't take my work away from me." but please think about this, Will a supervisor prefer a worker who does the same amount of work in 30 minutes or someone who takes a whole 30 days to finish the same thing? It takes one to see one, if you think others are annoying, you're most probably annoying too. So far, you've annoyed a total of 6 (more/less, idk.) people, namely, me, Jmabel, Alexis Jazz, Zhuyifei1999, Majora and most probably, Roy17. How? They tried to help you by asked you questions so that they can understand the situation better, but instead of answering them, you misinterpret or don't give a damn about them. The only thing that changes is that your edits will not clog up the RTRC and it is seriously very difficult to sift out bad edits that are squeezed in between your good edits (~1.1k/day). I've said what I wanted to say and if you're going to misinterpret it, then so be it. I'm out. 大诺史 (Talk/留言) 12:48, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

"They tried to help you by asked you questions so that they can understand the situation better, but instead of answering them, you misinterpret or don't give a damn about them" Very nice summary. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 18:28, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
I have answered Jmabel's question here. I remember I sent 大诺史 an email a few days ago, but I can not disclose the details due to personal reasons.--Kai3952 (talk) 11:05, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
  • The appropriate essay is Don't be a jerk. The autopatroller right makes it easier for others to work here without following along with you. If you think someone has been wrongfully reverting your edits, that is a separate issue and your complaint about the autopatroller right make that point seem silly. Bring it up with them or bring it up at Commons:Village pump or other places and get a consensus for your version. If your fight is why you or others should have the autopatroller right, make a proposal at Commons:Village pump/Proposals for some new requirement for it but if you think arguing here about the right is anything else than just being a general annoyance, I don't know what to say. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 23:04, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
    • @大诺史: We know you're talking about the efficiency because you say "will a supervisor prefer a worker who does the same amount of work in 30 minutes or someone who takes a whole 30 days to finish the same thing?" I would like to restate my problem, but actually my problem is: I know for the past 3 years I've always hand-edited, but no-one told me how to use the "more advanced tools"(as Alexis Jazz said here) and to help me be more efficient at my work.--Kai3952 (talk) 00:34, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

I'm so sorry for bothering everyone. I left Wikipedia Commons because I did something wrong. If I stay, I don't think I'd do very well working. But I can't rule out the possibility that I may change my mind in the future. See more: [2], [3], and [4]. --Kai3952 (talk) 18:31, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

Per ~riley's reply, I have removed my statement.--Kai3952 (talk) 20:53, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

I have readded the autopatrol flag to Kai3952, as he appears to now understand what it does, in particular that it doesn't change his workflow in any way. I think a lot of the confusion has come from the language barrier and it is best to end this discussion here. 我给Kai3952重新加上了autopatrol权利，他现在应该知道是什么意思了，反正并不影响他的工作。我觉得很多的误解是由语言上的问题造成的，所以希望我们这件事也就说道这里为止了。 -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:58, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Even so, the problem is not completely solved since I only got the autopatrol. I must learn how to use the "more advanced tool" to help with take care of the patrolling backlog. Otherwise I can't get anything done!--Kai3952 (talk) 10:32, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Who will help me get back to work?--Kai3952 (talk) 11:08, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

@JuTa, ~riley, Rama, King of Hearts, and Zhuyifei1999: Based on what happened at Photographs_by_Solomon203_taken_in_XXXX, I'm starting to doubt what he said, especially that no one helped me after I got the autopatrol. I didn't want a fight and I was scared if I didn't do what he said then he was going to take away my work(as he said: "I will every once in a while complete whatever task you are working on"). I had to learn to use the "more advanced tool" to help me be more efficient at my work, but also to help with take care of the patrolling backlog. The problem is I don't know how to do it at all!--Kai3952 (talk) 17:41, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

I hereby request not to be further pinged on this thread. - Jmabel ! talk 17:56, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

I also request not to be further pinged on this thread as a block for trolling has gone through my mind. ~riley (talk) 18:11, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Account creation

Two of us attempted to create accounts tonight. I was successful. The other person received a message that his account was blocked due to vandalism. How does that happen when the account had bot been created yet? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Galhn (talk • contribs) 4 December 2019‎ 06:32 (UTC)

1916 painting by Helene Perdriat, who died in 1969

I'm trying to find an image of a work by this artist, who died in 1969. I've found a 1916 painting online, but when I started to upload, the questions confused me as they wanted to know if it was both pre-1924 AND by an artist who died 70 years ago, so I wasn't sure whether both were required? Here's the gallery's website: here

Thanks for any help!

Val — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valereee (talk • contribs) 7 December 2019 19:17 (UTC)

w:en:Hélène Perdriat says she's mainly French, though some of her work might be published in the US.--Prosfilaes (talk) 02:18, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
Yes, she primarily lived and worked in France, I believe. Valereee (talk) 12:37, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
Then 70 years would be the main issue, and we are clearly 20 years from her work being in the public domain in France, so they don't belong on Commons for the present without a license from her heirs. - Jmabel ! talk 22:15, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you! Valereee (talk) 17:53, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Donor Account

I had originally created an account when I donated 2 years ago. I was trying to edit my account but it does not show anything except my user name under Wikipedia Commons when I click on 'account' after logging in. Is there a record of past donations? Is there a method for account accessibility for updating userid, password or donation methods and frequency? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 45.37.221.122 (talk) 13:03, 8 December 2019‎ (UTC)

You don't need an account to donate. Visit https://donate.wikimedia.org/ for more info, vist https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ChangeCredentials/MediaWiki\Auth\PasswordAuthenticationRequest to change password, to change user name visit Special:GlobalRenameRequest -- Eatcha (talk) 13:30, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
I think that donating images is what is meant. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 45.37.221.122 (talk) 13:03, 8 December 2019‎ (UTC), if you have lost access to an old commons account, you could try Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations. The "User contributions" link in the sidebar of your user page (at User:whateveryournamewas) will find the images you have donated. HLHJ (talk) 00:27, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Photo Contest

Joined Commons so I could submit datum. Once I saw an option 4 a category; I clicked on Micro.

As I went on 2 2nd pic I tried 2 click on "add another category" and it wouldn't present a menu of other options. So I'd like, 4 ease of acquiring an image, "as U'r pages state" but now I'm only in 1 place.

When I went back in 2 try another category it came up "image already submitted: or what ever" Ideas? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BeringMariner (talk • contribs) 9 December 2019‎ 04:59 (UTC)

  • @BeringMariner: Could you try stating that more clearly and specifically? I'm pretty certain we don't have a message that says, "image already submitted: or what ever". The more specific and clear you are, the better chance someone can help work out what happened. - Jmabel ! talk 01:17, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

upload picture with credit to other person

Hi i would like to use other person picture. i have her permission to use it. i would like to add the picture with a credit to her. how can i do it according to your policy? thank you! Revital — Preceding unsigned comment added by רויטל גולדשמיד (talk • contribs) 09:27, 10 December 2019‎ (UTC)

If she has already indicated the license online, then besides the usual:
  • in the {{Information}} template, indicate her as author.
  • Do not use {{Self}} or {{Own work}}.
  • Assuming the permission is given on the same web page as the photo, give that page as source.
    • If it is more complicated than that, respond here and I can give you more detail.
  • Use precisely the license that she has offered.
If she has not already indicated the license online, and cannot do so before you upload, then you'll need her to go through the process outlined at COM:OTRS. It is much simpler if she can do this before you upload, attaching at least a thumbnail of the relevant image to the email. - Jmabel ! talk 17:54, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

The Chinook Jargon Dictionary

Hello Joe, it looks like you have a digital copy of the Chinook Jargon Dictionary; I was truly hoping that you might send me one, as I was hoping to share it with participants of our Coiled Cedar Root Basketry workshop next summer. I have a facebook page titled The Chinook. I live in Yale, BC, and have aboriginal friends in Washington State. Chinook Jargon was widely used in the 1800's here, and we still use many of the word in everyday life and in placenames; we have at least three places called Skookumchuck in BC.

Thanks so much for your attention!

Irene Bjerky Yale, BC 604-860-3378 irenebjerky@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cataline01xx (talk • contribs) 13:04, 10 December 2019‎ (UTC)

  • @Cataline01xx: I'm assuming I'm the "Joe" in question; if not, you'll have to be more specific. The book is Chinook: A History and Dictionary of the Northwest Coast Trade Jargon by Edward Harper Thomas. I do not have a digital copy, I have the book itself, and I don't usually function as a long-distance lending library. It would probably cost half as much to send the book back and forth as for you to buy a copy. If you can't turn it up in a library up there in BC, you can probably buy a copy online for about US$20. - Jmabel ! talk 17:46, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
    • @Cataline01xx: , Jmabel, there is a scanned copy, as I recall it is available online and linked from the relevant Wikipedia article. If you can't spot it easily message me, and I will get you a copy. We could digitize it properly as a machine-readable Wikibook, but that would be a lot of work... HLHJ (talk) 00:25, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Photography contest

I dont know.. i just want to upload my pbotos and share... is that a correct question? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sreyasjo (talk • contribs) 17:41, 10 December 2019‎ (UTC)

I have come across a picture which has listed two sources: both pages no longer exist, but were captured on the Wayback Machine. I know how to do this on Wikipedia, but I'm not sure what the syntax is for adding archived sources here on Commons. Any help is greatly appreciated! MrAureliusR (talk) 19:49, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

I think that you can just the third link. Ruslik (talk) 20:12, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
@MrAureliusR: URLs on the Internet Archive are stable, but if you want to be super-safe, use {{Wayback}}. - Jmabel ! talk 01:28, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Cannot bulk upload to https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wsc-nz

Trying enter the WikiMedia Science photo competition - New Zealand section. Clicking Publish Files but nothing seems to happen to my 14 photos and nothing on the page seems to change - no spinning hourglass or anything to indicate that an upload is taking place. Looks like all compulsory fields are filled in. No error message. I have added quite a bit of text so am reluctatnt to do so again. Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by BMatt42 (talk • contribs) 03:59, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

SUCCESS since! Found one of the photos had no date - weird as all the other photos had it auto-added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BMatt42 (talk • contribs) 04:18, 18 December 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. De728631 (talk) 20:19, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Imagens com marca d'água

Olá, publiquei hoje um artigo de minha autoria, sobre uma região dentro do Bairro Praia Da Costa em Vila-Velha/ES o "Parque das Castanheiras" (local muito valorizado pelo mercado imobiliário local e que não existe oficialmente como bairro, pois é uma microrregião dentro de um bairro)

A questão é que algumas imagens possuem marca d'água do blog no qual o artigo foi publicado inicialmente. O problema é que eu mesma fiz as fotos, personalizei com a marca do blog (que também é meu) e assim publiquei no Wikipédia. Imaginei que não deveria citar o dreamcasa.com.br como autor para não configurar spam, uma vez que fiz a contribuição com meu nome pessoal e não empresarial. Preciso de orientações de como proceder, pois não desejo ferir as diretrizes do Wikipedia. Ao contrário, desejo contribuir de forma íntegra.

Atenciosamente, Michele Carvalho

michele2808@yahoo.com.br michele@dreamcasa.com.br www.dreamcasa.com.br/blog

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Michele de Oliveira Carvalho (talk • contribs) 15:39, 11 December 2019‎ (UTC)

@Michele de Oliveira Carvalho:
  1. If you took the photos, is there any reason you cannot provide us versions without a watermark?
  2. At the very least, mark them with {{Watermark}}.
  3. Assuming you are using a license that requires attribution, you can choose any attribution you like. Attribution is a separate issue from authorship as such.
Jmabel ! talk 18:55, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Request to delete images posted by me.

The original of the posted images are in my possession and they are my exclusive property. Therefore I ask to terminate the deletion procedure. Many thanks and cheers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vincenzo fano (talk • contribs) 16:09, 11 December 2019‎ (UTC)

I CANT UPLOAD MY BUSINESS LOGO.

Hello there ,

i Tried to upload my business logo, but it doesn't works.

This is the error. We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons.

The following problems have been automatically detected:

You have tagged this logo as being your "Own work" and stated that it is licensed under a Creative Commons license.

Unless you are the copyright holder and/or there has been an explicit release under a free license, this file will be deleted.

Don't copy files illegally (in violation of copyright) from the World Wide Web.

If you believe that the file meets our licensing standards: Upload the file again or click "Retry failed uploads"/"Submit modified file description

I am the owner.


What can I do?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlessiDoro (talk • contribs)

The issue isn't the ownership. The issue is your business logo does not belong here. See Commons:Project scope to get an idea of what this project is for. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 18:43, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Putting an upload in the right place

I've uploaded my first pic here, and as it is a derivation of GautierPoupeau's CC 2.0 photograph at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crassus_(13668007863).jpg, I'd like it to appear under the File History on this page, not as a separate entry. How do I ensure this happens?

Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirscha (talk • contribs) 18:02, 11 December 2019‎ (UTC)

Hey Sirscha. Well the first question that comes to mind is why are you uploading a new version of a statue of Crassus and claiming that it is a statue of Galba? GMGtalk 18:29, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello, User:GreenMeansGo. You're not answering my question and I'm frustrated that my first question on and upload to Wikimedia Commons illicits a time-wasting response. Firstly, I didn't claim anything. My wording, if you look, is that the piece is "Thought to be a representation of Emporer Galba". If you follow the links in GautierPoupeau's original posting of this image, you will see that this is wording direct from the Louvre which houses the head bust. In GautierPoupeau's own description it reads that this is "Moi, Auguste, empereur de Rome". I don't know why the file is named Crassus, perhaps that comes from the Italian. Emporer Galba had a lot of names.

@Sirscha: Once you are autoconfirmed, you will be able to overwrite a file using the "Upload a new version of this file" link under the file history. One reason why that right is restricted is because in many cases this is not the right thing to do. As explained in COM:OVERWRITE, a file should only be overwritten if it's a minor, uncontroversial improvement on the original, and I don't think replacing the background with plain black is likely to be entirely uncontroversial. --bjh21 (talk) 23:53, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

wikipedia

Changes page

This is in regard to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Trace_Burroughs

TELL ME WHICH ONES OF THE FOLLOWING NEWS SOURCES ARE VIABLE VERFICATIONS:

1. Local paper printed news papers in Fairfield County, CT 1. Local online papers in Fairfield County, CT 2. Television Eye Witness News clips on YouTube 3. Internet blog not written by me. 4. A book not written by me.

(I don't understand why IMDB references are not allowed if they were not entered by me, such as television shows on Nickelodeon etc....please explain. Thank you)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cutmutia1998 (talk • contribs) 18:14, 11 December 2019‎ (UTC)

Hey Cutmutia1998. You seem to have made your way to Wikimedia Commons, which is a sister project of Wikipedia, rather than Wikipedia proper. While Wikipedia is a free enclyclopedia, Wikimedia Commons is a repository or archive of free media for use on sister projects and for the general public. In the future, you may have more success asking at en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk.
As to your question, newspaper articles are usually considered reliable, depending on the source, as some papers are not written or vetted by professionals. In general, YouTube videos, blogs, IMDB and other wikis are not considered reliable sources, as they too are not written or vetted by professionals. GMGtalk 18:37, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

How to I add on a person to get a video from them?

Want to receive a video from an associate,what is the process? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tsheno43 (talk • contribs) 23:03, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

  • @Tsheno43: It is not clear what you are asking; can you be a bit more specific? I can't even tell if you are talking about something about a video already on this site, about uploading a video to this site, or something about videos in general unrelated to this site.
  • If there is some other language where you can express this more clearly than you can in English, feel free to try that. - Jmabel ! talk 01:18, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

How to ensure my image does not get deleted? (Tried twice already and deleted both times even with permission granted from owner of image)

Hi, I am very new to Wikipedia and Wikimedia commons still and have tried various times to upload and keep the image uploaded for Martha Hart and use it for her Wikipedia since there are no images uploaded on her Wikipedia. The picture is owned by her and I contacted Martha Hart about using the image on her Wikipedia page, which she has agreed to and allowed. She also sent her approval by sending an permissions email to the address: permission-en@wikimedia.org. What are the best ways to ensure that my image does not get deleted and taken off her Wikipedia page? I want to upload it again and I want to make sure it does not get taken down again for the third time. Thank you! Kgywu (talk) 22:56, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

  • @Kgywu: I assume this is about File:Image of Martha Hart.jpg. To the best of my knowledge, Commons never got acceptable permission from the copyright-holder via OTRS. The relevant permission would presumably be from Lubna Anis as the photographer; permission from the subject of the photo is not relevant.
  • Please do not upload the same image again without getting permission sorted out first. If we can sort this out, that one will be undeleted; if you ignore the situation and start uploading the same thing again, your account is liable to be blocked. (On the other hand, if we can get a higher-resolution version of the photo once permission is worked out, that would be entirely good.)
  • I will mention this discussion at Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard; there doesn't seem to be any public record of what individual handled this for the OTRS team, but this will get hold of the team. But let's try to keep on-wiki discussion in one place, here. - Jmabel ! talk 02:16, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you @Jmabel: for your help on this matter, I really appreciate it. Would it be sufficient for me to contact Lubna Anis and ask her to reply to that ticket, with the URL source of the image on Wikimedia commons? Sorry for not understanding this super well. I want to get it done right this time so I just want to make sure I am going it correctly. Kgywu (talk) 19:19, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
Kgywu: for this image File:Image of Martha Hart.jpg, the photographer can respond to Ticket:2019032510009458 (per the email they were sent on 23 March 2019) with this name of the image, specifically stating the name of the file is different from that of the original correspondence, together with their new permission statement with this image name. Otherwise they will end up having to start from scratch. I'll keep the ticket on my watchlist for now. Ww2censor (talk) 11:05, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
@Ww2censor: Thank you Jmabel and Ww2censor, I will email the photographer and ask them to respond to the email previously sent to them about this image originally and mention the changed name. Thank you guys so much for the help. Kgywu (talk) 17:19, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

copy wiki for hardcopy newsletter

Does the CCBYSAC license permit me to copy text from wiki, include it in a hardcopy (snail mail) news letter (only about 100 letters mailed a year)? Dave — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidsingleton22 (talk • contribs) 00:01, 12 December 2019‎ (UTC)

Sorry, I'll try again, Does the Wiki license (CC-BY-SA) license permit me to copy text from wiki, include it in a hardcopy (snail mail) news letter (only 100 envelopes sent per year)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidsingleton22 (talk • contribs) 03:30, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

  • Let's stick here with CC-BY-SA (not sure what you mean by "the wiki license"). "Snail mail" and "only 100 envelopes sent per year" are completely beside the point. "Hardcopy" is relevant only because any acknowledgement of a license needs to be textual, not just (say) a link.
  • I'm a little confused as to what you are trying to do. There is not a lot of text on Commons; that would typically be more of a consideration for (say) Wikipedia, but I presume there is a reason you are asking here. The text on help pages, descriptions, etc. here is, indeed, CC-BY-SA 3.0, as are descriptions of images, hover text, etc.
  • The key is that the "BY" in CC-BY-SA means that you need to be clear about attribution. For text, that means that you would typically go to the "history" of the page from which you are taking text and, using that, could list the authors to whom you attribute the text. However be careful about the origin of text that might have come in from a third-party site. E.g. the title and description of File:1st Ave looking northwest from Yesler Way toward the Yesler-Leary Building, Seattle, 1888 (WARNER 619).jpeg came from University of Washington Libraries, not BMacZeroBot.
    • If the list of authors is excessively long -- e.g. a policy page with dozens of contributors -- you presumably can attribute a few names, add et. al., and give the URL of where the list can be found (the history page).
  • You will need to state that you are using these texts under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. I recommend modeling that on the text of {{Cc-by-sa-3.0}} and also providing the URL https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License as a full description of the license.
  • See also Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia#Requirements of frequently-used licenses.
  • NOTE: I am not a lawyer, nor am I a frequent reuser of other people's textual content from Wikimedia Commons. I've done my best to say how I would approach this if I were doing what you seem to be intending to do. It is possible that my advice is not perfect in licensing/copyright terms, and someone else may want to weigh in here. - Jmabel ! talk 04:20, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

I am a complete novice in this matter: if a go to Wikipedia, search on "Virginia Hall" I get a screen with her life story. If I copy the text, and print it in a hardcopy newsletter (including crediting Wikipedia and including the URL), and mail it to someone, have I breached copyright? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidsingleton22 (talk • contribs) 19:29, 12 December 2019‎ (UTC)

  • @Davidsingleton22: If that is all you do, and you do not indicate the license etc. than, yes, you will have breached copyright. So you were asking about Wikipedia, not Commons (the site on which you asked the question)? Most of what I said above applies, but (assuming we are talking about the English-language Wikipedia) their policy can be found at en:Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content#Re-use of text under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. In particular, it is a bit more strict about listing authors than what I wrote above. Also they are a little unclear on what it means to license under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0 license. I stand by my advice that, "You will need to state that you are using these texts under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. I recommend modeling that on the text of {{Cc-by-sa-3.0}} and also providing the URL https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License as a full description of the license."
  • By the way, please sign your posts here with [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] ! [[User talk:Jmabel|talk]] 01:09, 13 December 2019 (UTC)<nowiki>, which will be turned into your account name & timestamp; when you don't, it makes someone else waste time finding your post in the history of this page to add the correct account and time using the {{tl|unsigned}} template or something similar. - [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] ! [[User talk:Jmabel|talk]] 01:09, 13 December 2019 (UTC) == Delete own files == Hi I would like to delete my own files below [[:File:NPPSBlack&Grey.png]] [[:File:NPPRBlack.png]] [[:File:NPPSRBB.png]] [[:File:NPPUBRBB.png]] [[:File:NPPUBRBB.png]] [[:File:NPP round.png]] [[:File:NPPSR.jpg]] [[:File:NPPROUND.jpg]] [[:File:NPP ub.jpg]] [[:File:NPP SCHOOL 01.jpg]] [[:File:NPP SCHOOL.jpg]] for I only want to keep the file below for [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol/School]] graduate userbox. Pls advice. Thank you.[[User:CASSIOPEIA|<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;color:#FA0"> CASSIOPEIA</b>]]<sup>([[User talk:CASSIOPEIA|<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>]])</sup> 07:40, 19 December 2019 (UTC) [[:File:NPPSCrossBlue&Blue.png]] * {{ping|CASSIOPEIA}} At about 18 days, you are past the usual amount of time to allow deletion as a courtesy, so I think your best bet would be to nominate for deletion through the usual process. You don't say here why you want them deleted. They don't look particularly useful, so I'm guessing that would be granted, even if the only reason is "I designed these, they're not very good, no one is using them, let's get rid of them." - [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] ! [[User talk:Jmabel|talk]] 16:37, 19 December 2019 (UTC) ::{{u|Jmabel}} I designed them for [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol/School]] (NPPSCHOOL) userbox who graduated from the program where by the would place the on their user page. The outcome was to pick one. - see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:User_NPPSCHOOL/Graduate HERE]. Some the rest would be deleted after the outcome. Kindly point me to the page where I could nominated for deletion so I could action. Thank you.[[User:CASSIOPEIA|<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;color:#FA0"> CASSIOPEIA</b>]]<sup>([[User talk:CASSIOPEIA|<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>]])</sup> 03:11, 20 December 2019 (UTC) :::{{ping|CASSIOPEIA}} If you don’t mind, I’ll open a DR for you. [[User:Minorax|Minorax]] ([[User talk:Minorax|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 05:25, 20 December 2019 (UTC) ::::{{u|Minorax}} Please do and thank you. Kindly also provide the DR link after you have done it. Thanks again. Cheers.[[User:CASSIOPEIA|<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;color:#FA0"> CASSIOPEIA</b>]]<sup>([[User talk:CASSIOPEIA|<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>]])</sup> 06:35, 20 December 2019 (UTC) :{{done}}. [[User:Minorax|Minorax]] ([[User talk:Minorax|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 06:49, 20 December 2019 (UTC) ::{{u|Minorax}} Thank you so much. happy holiday season. Best.[[User:CASSIOPEIA|<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:80%;color:#FA0"> CASSIOPEIA</b>]]<sup>([[User talk:CASSIOPEIA|<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>]])</sup> 06:51, 20 December 2019 (UTC) {{section resolved|1=[[User:Minorax|Minorax]] ([[User talk:Minorax|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 06:49, 20 December 2019 (UTC)}} == fundamentos del saber astrologico == hi. I have received one problem about this issue and copyright of it If there is any problem I am going toeliminate but i do not know how can you help me to erase this file from my wikipedia page? thanks in advance jesus santos {{unsigned|Santosdiazjesus|20:09, 12 December 2019‎}} * {{ping|Santosdiazjesus}} Not certain what you mean by "my wikipedia page", but unless you are very much misspeaking, that is probably something you would have to take up on Wikipedia. If you mean something here on Commons, please provide a wikilink, or if you don't know how to do that, a URL. - [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] ! [[User talk:Jmabel|talk]] 01:16, 13 December 2019 (UTC) * {{ping|Santosdiazjesus}}, the file [[:File:Fundamentos saber astrológico.jpg]] previously used on the article was deleted here as it is a copyrighted book cover. Images here must be either freely licensed or public domain. As the Spanish Wikipedia does not allow the use of non free content under fair use, this means the image can't be used in the article. <span style="color: darkgreen"> ~~ </span> [[User:OxonAlex|<span style="color: darkgreen"><small>Oxon</small>Alex</span>]] [[User talk:OxonAlex|<span style="color: darkgreen">- talk</span>]] 13:52, 13 December 2019 (UTC) ::As for removing it from the article, a bot did that when the image was deleted. You don't have to do anything. <span style="color: darkgreen"> ~~ </span> [[User:OxonAlex|<span style="color: darkgreen"><small>Oxon</small>Alex</span>]] [[User talk:OxonAlex|<span style="color: darkgreen">- talk</span>]] 14:03, 13 December 2019 (UTC) == Support of 360° VR video == Hello Wikimedians, I plan to create a 360° VR video. I wanna ask, if the video player is able to load VR videos proper and what proportion the image should have (e.g. 8000 x 4000 px or 8192 x 8192 px). Thanks, --[[User:PantheraLeo1359531|PantheraLeo1359531]] ([[User talk:PantheraLeo1359531|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 08:43, 13 December 2019 (UTC)C :Does commons support any VR formats? We don't currently support MP4. [[User:GreenMeansGo|<span style="font-family:Impact"><span style="color:#07CB4B">G</span><span style="color:#449351">M</span><span style="color:#35683d">G</span></span>]][[User talk:GreenMeansGo|<sup style="color:#000;font-family:Impact">talk</sup>]] 22:11, 13 December 2019 (UTC) == Q == Is it just me or shortcuts don't work now? For example, when i type <code>COM:HD</code> into the search box, it brings me [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?sort=relevance&search=Commons%3AHD&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current=%7B%7D&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1 here] instead. Typing in <code>Commons:Help desk</code> doesn't work too. [[User:大诺史|<font color="#DC143C">大</font><font color="#FFC40C">诺</font><font color="#00A550">史</font>]] <small>([[User talk:大诺史|<font color="blue">Talk/留言</font>]])</small> 14:53, 13 December 2019 (UTC) :Not just you, same on my end, with shortcuts going to search page. <span style="color: darkgreen"> ~~ </span> [[User:OxonAlex|<span style="color: darkgreen"><small>Oxon</small>Alex</span>]] [[User talk:OxonAlex|<span style="color: darkgreen">- talk</span>]] 14:59, 13 December 2019 (UTC) * {{Comment}} {{re|大诺史}} This is likely related to [[Commons:Village_pump#Diminished_quality_of_Commons_search_results]]. [[User:Masumrezarock100|<u style="color:#087643;font-face:arial;text-shadow:gray 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;">'''''Masum Reza'''''</u>]][[User_talk:Masumrezarock100|<sup style="color:orange;">''📞''</sup>]] 15:01, 13 December 2019 (UTC) ::{{Re|Masumrezarock100}} Oh. Didn't look at that page. Thanks! [[User:大诺史|<font color="#DC143C">大</font><font color="#FFC40C">诺</font><font color="#00A550">史</font>]] <small>([[User talk:大诺史|<font color="blue">Talk/留言</font>]])</small> 15:04, 13 December 2019 (UTC) == Search results question == Hi, maybe someone can help me understand what is going on here: I was looking for the term "champneiana" (as in: Heliconia champneiana) on the [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=champneiana&title=Special:Search&go=Go&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1 search function], and what I get is this snippet: Category:Heliconia cararensis, H. cardenasii, H. caribaea, H. carmelae, H. catheta, H. champneiana, H. chartacea, H. choconiana, H. chrysocraspeda, H. citrina, H. clinophila Now the strange thing is that when I open the [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Heliconia category "Heliconia"], there is no such term as "champneiana" on the whole page. What is going on? Thanks, --[[Special:Contributions/2003:C0:8F1E:E900:41:28A7:C15E:46A1|2003:C0:8F1E:E900:41:28A7:C15E:46A1]] 00:24, 14 December 2019 (UTC) :{{Ping|2003:C0:8F1E:E900:41:28A7:C15E:46A1}}H. champneiana is listed in the "Included species" list (press the arrow on rigth to expand the list). [[User:MKFI|MKFI]] ([[User talk:MKFI|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 07:23, 14 December 2019 (UTC) == new version of photo not reflecting edits == I am trying to upload a retouched version of this photo [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DEN_Air_Traffic_Control_Tower.jpg]. Every time I try to upload it, it tells me I'm about to overwrite the photo, and I tell it to overwrite because it's a retouched version. It goes through, and then it appears that the original photo is the "new" current version. If I revert to the previous version, it reverts, but then my correctly edited version appears as the previous version. I'm at a loss here. [[User:Illini407|Illini407]] ([[User talk:Illini407|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 03:58, 14 December 2019 (UTC) :Seems a cache problem. So the new version is updated, but the browser still shows the old version. Try to update your browser cache. Firefox uses the F5 key to update. I this does not the job clear the browswer cache. --[[User:Giftzwerg 88|Giftzwerg 88]] ([[User talk:Giftzwerg 88|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 11:29, 14 December 2019 (UTC) == Article presentation == How can I present videos? [[User:Ebinaziel Kandomo|Ebinaziel Kandomo]] ([[User talk:Ebinaziel Kandomo|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 07:57, 14 December 2019 (UTC) :For uploading and using Videos, please read [[Commons:Video]]. If you have a specific question, please return them here. -- ''[[User:Rillke|Rillke]]''<sup>[[User talk:Rillke|(q?)]]</sup> 23:54, 14 December 2019 (UTC) ==Uploading a file== Hello, I am unable to upload this image: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/31280604047/in/photostream/] which is from a US government source. When I click on the image in my browser, it moves in and out of focus. Could you help me please? [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 22:35, 9 December 2019 (UTC) :{{ping|Yoninah}} [[:File:White House Hanukkah Reception (31280604047).jpg]] - [[User talk:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] <sup><small>ping plz</small></sup> 23:06, 9 December 2019 (UTC) ::Thank you! [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 11:57, 10 December 2019 (UTC) :::{{ping|Alexis Jazz}} can you also help upload this 2019 image? [https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/49209140527/in/photolist-2hYrYuC-2hYqZPT-2hYqZNA-2hYoj1A-2hYs4jC-2hYrSrF-2hYrUzZ-2hYrYsy-2hYqRRZ-2hYrYpH-2hYo7yh-2hYrH4n-2hYo7sv-2hYogUX-2hYogKd-2hYos7L-2hYrH8W-2hYo7tT-2hYqN4i-2hYrUHQ-2hYqN1x-2hYqWqU-2hYqUZN-2hYs2PZ-2hYqUY5-2hYqWmW-2hYqWjS-2hYovAz-2hYs2Rs-2hYqANT-2hYqAKr-2hYos9Q-2hYqMWz-2hYrUyS-T7GQQQ-RuvH6g-T7H1md-2dV3UX6-2hUGKFg-2hYfj8Z] Thanks, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 00:01, 16 December 2019 (UTC) ::::{{ping|Yoninah}} Already here, just search for the Flickr ID: [[Special:Search/insource:49209140527]]. Also, if you go to [[Special:UploadWizard]], "Share images from Flickr" and enter the URL it should be fairly simple to upload files from Flickr yourself. - [[User talk:Alexis Jazz|Alexis Jazz]] <sup><small>ping plz</small></sup> 01:30, 16 December 2019 (UTC) :::::{{ping|Alexis Jazz}} thank you so much! Yes, I do upload from Flickr all the time, but only in the case of these White House photos do I have trouble. I am never able to save them in my downloads file because when I click on them, the picture enlarges and contracts; it never stays still. This has happened to me quite a few times, so that's why I asked for help here. Thanks again, [[User:Yoninah|Yoninah]] ([[User talk:Yoninah|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 17:42, 16 December 2019 (UTC) == New Theory about Atomic Structure and Function == {{cot| Off topic, probably out of scope promotion}} Dear Sirs I am a researcher and I kindly ask you to read the following text about my studies done during previous years. However, I decided to upload my files to your website, but I couldnt because I was not authorized for doing so. After years of studying on the structure of the atom and studying various religious texts, especially the Qur'an, which is a complete collection of the words of God in a completely scientific way, as well as extensively studying the modern science especially physics and chemistry of the 21st century, finally, I realized that the structure of the atom is different from that of modern science. Because according to God there are three main particles that make up all the components of this universe and are called bi- wings, tri-wings and quadra- wings angels. Certainly, angels are nothing like beautiful women with wings flying by them, but just as different human societies having their own languages, God also speaks and utters them by his language. The Koran has its own language in the world's greatest scientific book, which does not refer to the angels in the Qur'an as the angels we are referring to, but they include basic constituents of this universe. Considering the chemical and physical properties of atoms, according to scientists, an atom is made up of three components, including neutrons, protons, and electrons; however, according to God the creator of the atom, there are no electrons, protons or neutrons in the atoms, but atoms are formed by bonding between the clockwise (right rotational direction) and counterclockwise (left rotational direction) elemental particles, which themselves originate from a single particle called the Basic Elementary Particle, discussed in detail in various chapters of this book, determining the formation of bonds between these particles. Thus, three-winged angles are an integral part of the structure of the atom, and after joining two three-winged particles to each other, they form another particle, called the four-winged angel (now called as neutron). There are no electrons within the structure of an atom, moving around the nucleus or core in special orbitals cross-linked to protons. Rather, the two-winged angels in the universe are similar to the three-winged angels except that their energy levels are lower than the three-winged angels, and they play role different from the three-winged angels. If the three-wing angles only participate in the structure of the atoms, the two-winged angles, that are smaller from them, are involved in the transmission of information, heat, or electromagnetic waves. This brief text fully explains the structure of these basic particles and how they have been formed. Double wing angles also have different types depending on the energy content of each section. We will explain later that the types of basic particles present in the universe include the basic preliminary particles, the neutral particles, and the residual energy particles, each of which will be explained in detail in different sections of this book. This book initially deals with the emergence of the first basic elementary particle, and then explains how the basic or original elementary particles become deformed and turned to begin their rotations clockwise and anticlockwise. Also in a chapter, we explain how energy particles are formed from energy dots or energy points. A full explanation of the Soul and the Elf is provided with reference to the way in which the basic particles were created, and the role of these two important elements that have occupied everyone's mind will be provided in other chapters.. One chapter of this book examines how the earth and the moon rotate around the sun. The wave equation, which has been rewritten on the basis of the elementary particles, is presented in another chapter. We will also discuss in detail in term of a chapter how atoms have been created by bonding the elementary particles together, and we will discuss the chemical and physical properties of atoms according to the new theory called Wingel theory. A Chapter of this book will discuss how the earth and the heavens have been created and explain it in detail by Wingel theory. In another chapter of this book, we will examine how information is transmitted in the atmosphere, as well as in the solid bodies and in water, and will clearly explain the relationship between the transmission of information and radio waves by the interference of Elementary Particles. The book also includes other chapters examining how chemical reactions work in the body of organisms, the role of phosphate for trapping the sunlight and chemical energy and its use by other organs and cells, and how to produce carbohydrates through photosynthesis and how carbohydrates are used to generate energy, we refer to the Krebs cycle and the structural modification of this cycle according to Wingel theory. waiting for your prompt reply Best Regards {{unsigned2|16:14, 13 December 2019|A.Poursani}} {{cob}} :I assume you want to publish your new theory on Wikimedia Commons. I am afraid that is not what Commons is for, neither is Wikipedia in any language a place to publish new theories. You need to publish and discuss it elsewhere. --[[User:Giftzwerg 88|Giftzwerg 88]] ([[User talk:Giftzwerg 88|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 16:39, 13 December 2019 (UTC) : Boldly collapsing the offtopic text. --[[User:Fæ|Fæ]] ([[User talk:Fæ|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 07:29, 16 December 2019 (UTC) == Rules for uploading Museum images of artist paintings? == Newbie here. I've read up on posting an artist's paintings to Commons but I am still confused. The artist in question died in 1971. All of his work was done in the United States. Museums like the Smithsonian and the Art Institute (Chicago) have many scanned images of his paintings on their websites, dating back to 1919. Am I correct that for any pieces done prior to 1923, I could upload the museums' images to Commons? Or am I not allowed to do that because they might have, say, scanned a 1922 painting in 1990, and so they have the copyright on the 1990 image of that 1922 painting, but not the copyright on the painting itself? The Art Institute's terms of use page seems to suggest I can't use their images that are not explicitly designated as CC0. But the Smithsonian says they "allows personal, educational, and other non-commercial uses of the Content." So, my evolving thinking is that I could put the artists' images from the Smithsonian into Commons, even those after 1923, giving full credit to the Smithsonian, but I cannot upload any of the Art Institute's images because of their more restrictive licensing terms. I'm also wondering if I take a picture of one of his paintings in a museum, can I then upload that image to commons? I'm related to the artist, but I am not an heir -- he did not have any children so I'm not sure who in the family could grant the rights. Is there an article somewhere that spells this out clearly? Everything I've read so far just leads me to more questions without clarity on what's allowed for images of paintings. Thanks for any help. {{unsigned2|13:02, 14 December 2019|IntegrityPen}} :Hey [[User:IntegrityPen|IntegrityPen]]. The short-and-sweet of it is that scans are generally considered "slavish copies", that do not themselves entail sufficient creativity to be protected under copyright. In other words, you could give a scanner to a robot or a zombie or a particularly well-trained dog, and they would still pretty much come up with exactly the same thing. Because of that, no new copyright is created when a scan is done, and the only date you need to worry about is the date of publication of the original work (if before 1924) or the date of death (for the rest of their works that would become public domain in 2042, 70 years after their death). [[User:GreenMeansGo|<span style="font-family:Impact"><span style="color:#07CB4B">G</span><span style="color:#449351">M</span><span style="color:#35683d">G</span></span>]][[User talk:GreenMeansGo|<sup style="color:#000;font-family:Impact">talk</sup>]] 13:15, 14 December 2019 (UTC) :: That's not correct for the US. US works will go out of copyright 95 years after publication; the life+70 will only kick in for works first published after 2002 or for works first published after 1978 by authors who died after 1978.--[[User:Prosfilaes|Prosfilaes]] ([[User talk:Prosfilaes|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 12:12, 16 December 2019 (UTC) :::Ah yes. This is true. I overlooked the author dying prior to '78. Thank you for the correction. [[User:GreenMeansGo|<span style="font-family:Impact"><span style="color:#07CB4B">G</span><span style="color:#449351">M</span><span style="color:#35683d">G</span></span>]][[User talk:GreenMeansGo|<sup style="color:#000;font-family:Impact">talk</sup>]] 13:27, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Thank you, [[User:GreenMeansGo|GreenMeansGo]]. That is super helpful. Really appreciate the response. Lots to learn still! {{unsigned2|13:39, 14 December 2019|IntegrityPen}} :{{re|IntegrityPen}} I guess I would add that as a rule it's not really reliable to go by the "use" description that archives or government agencies put out regarding the totality of their media. These are often blanket [[:en:Cover your ass|CYA boiler plate statements]] that don't take into account the ''actual'' copyright status of individual works, and are often simply wrong. For example, it's not uncommon for a US government agency (whose work is inherently public domain under US law) to publish images on Flickr under a CCBYSA license, regardless of the fact that the license is clearly invalid. Some folks (the US military and the University of Zurich come to mind) are pretty copyright savvy and are usually pretty good. Many others not so much, as the nature of their work is often administrative or as a collector and curator rather than being necessarily a copyright expert. [[User:GreenMeansGo|<span style="font-family:Impact"><span style="color:#07CB4B">G</span><span style="color:#449351">M</span><span style="color:#35683d">G</span></span>]][[User talk:GreenMeansGo|<sup style="color:#000;font-family:Impact">talk</sup>]] 14:20, 14 December 2019 (UTC) == Developers == Order group support of all has been ordered {{unsigned2|04:36, 15 December 2019|Yung Chi Chung}} * {{ping|Yung Chi Chung}} If there is a question there asking for help, I have no idea what it might be. - [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] ! [[User talk:Jmabel|talk]] 07:08, 15 December 2019 (UTC) * Thanks, for letting me know. Next time please email us instead of writing on this public help desk. Thanks --[[User:Eatcha|Eatcha]] ([[User talk:Eatcha|<span class="signature-talk">talk</span>]]) 07:36, 15 December 2019 (UTC) == jozef van wissem photo published on wikipedia without consent of subject == hi- this photo i never gave permission to be published, i had it removed from Flickr. please remove this photo immediately, best- jozef van wissem https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jozef_van_Wissem_2009.jpg {{unsigned2|19:12, 15 December 2019|Propempticon}} * It's been nominated for deletion. What other help are you asking for? - [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] ! [[User talk:Jmabel|talk]] 20:16, 15 December 2019 (UTC) == Linton Wells II photo was removed. Now has proper unrestricted permissions. Please restore. == Colleagues, I updated the photo of Linton Wells II with a newer photo. It was removed because, although I listed permissions and explanation, I did not have the correct form to ensure it had all been done correctly. We've now submitted the form and, in addition to a direct mailing of the photograph from the owner, the owner also wrote this note: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Valerie Owens <vowens@shepherd.edu> Date: Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 11:45 AM Subject: Permission to use photo To: linwells@gmail.com <linwells@gmail.com> To: Dr. Linton Wells From: Shepherd University November 18, 2019 Shepherd University gives Dr. Linton Wells nonexclusive, comprehensive rights to use the attached photo for whatever purpose he deems necessary. Thank you, Valerie Owens Executive Director, University Communications Shepherd University P.O. Box 5000 Shepherdstown WV 25443 304-876-5465 ---------- END message --------- [[File:Linton Wells II photo from Shepherd 191020.jpg|thumb|Dr. Linton Wells in 2019]] Can you please revert the image so that the photo is restored? Thanks very much, Eric {{unsigned2|09:10, 16 December 2019|Rasmussene}} :Please email [mailto:permissions-commons@wikimedia.org permissions-commons{{@}}wikimedia.org] ([[Com:OTRS]]) - A user with access to OTRS will store the permission, make sure it is sufficient, and add a template to the uploaded image that states that permission was received. They will probably ask for an email from the rights holder themselves, as you aren't just licensing the image to you or us, but that anyone can use the image for practically any purpose. <span style="color: darkgreen"> ~~ </span> [[User:OxonAlex|<span style="color: darkgreen"><small>Oxon</small>Alex</span>]] [[User talk:OxonAlex|<span style="color: darkgreen">- talk</span>]] 09:24, 16 December 2019 (UTC) ::{{ping|Rasmussene}} Forgot to notify <span style="color: darkgreen"> ~~ </span> [[User:OxonAlex|<span style="color: darkgreen"><small>Oxon</small>Alex</span>]] [[User talk:OxonAlex|<span style="color: darkgreen">- talk</span>]] 09:26, 16 December 2019 (UTC) ::: Also, we need a specific, public "free license" such as CC-BY-SA 4.0, not a vague "comprehensive rights" granted to an individual. Please read [[COM:OTRS]]. - [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] ! [[User talk:Jmabel|talk]] 17:06, 16 December 2019 (UTC) == How to upload & use photo from US Army publication that gives explicit permission to reproduce content == I am working on an article about Frances Keegan Marquis and would like to use a photo of her published in the December, 1943, edition of Army Life and United States Army Recruitment News. https://books.google.com/books?id=W4T3IqRuTGkC&lpg=RA22-PT34&dq=frances%20marquis&pg=RA22-PT34#v=onepage&q&f=false This publication gives explicit permission to reproduce contents: “Permission is granted to reproduce any material in Army Life and United States Army Recruitment News.” https://books.google.com/books?id=W4T3IqRuTGkC&lpg=RA22-PT34&dq=frances%20marquis&pg=RA22-PT24#v=onepage&q&f=true 1) Is it permissible to use images whose owners have granted this kind of written permission? 2) If yes, how does one fill out the wikimedia form to make it happen? Thank you for your assistance! --[[User:West Newbury|West Newbury]] ([[User talk:West Newbury|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 17:44, 16 December 2019 (UTC)West Newbury :Hey [[User:West Newbury|West Newbury]]. Lucky for us, official works created by the US federal government are public domain. So it looks like we can take anything from that book we want as long as it's created by the War Department and there isn't an indication that they themselves took it from someone else. I would normally say you can use [[Special:UploadWizard]] to upload the file, but it's been pretty buggy over the past few days. So I went ahead and uploaded a version here at [[:File:Frances Keegan Marquis Army Life and United States Army Recruitment News.png]]. Hope this helps. Good luck on your article! [[User:GreenMeansGo|<span style="font-family:Impact"><span style="color:#07CB4B">G</span><span style="color:#449351">M</span><span style="color:#35683d">G</span></span>]][[User talk:GreenMeansGo|<sup style="color:#000;font-family:Impact">talk</sup>]] 18:05, 16 December 2019 (UTC) Thank you very much for your prompt help resolving this--I had tried a variety of Wikimedia forms with no success [[User:West Newbury|West Newbury]] ([[User talk:West Newbury|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 19:05, 16 December 2019 (UTC) == File:Olly murs.jpg.png - should be deleted == I am not familiar with Commons, but pretty sure this image should be deleted. [[User:S0091|S0091]] ([[User talk:S0091|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 19:29, 23 December 2019 (UTC) :Why do you think it should? [[User:Ruslik0|Ruslik]] ([[User talk:Ruslik0|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 20:56, 23 December 2019 (UTC) ::It's not Olly Murs. The editor that uploaded the image did add it to the English WP article but I reverted them. Again, I am not familiar with Commons so maybe it's fine. Just seemed dubious to me. [[User:S0091|S0091]] ([[User talk:S0091|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 21:26, 23 December 2019 (UTC) *{{Done}} Both vandalism images deleted, uploader indef blocked as VOA. [[User:Rodhullandemu|Rodhullandemu]] ([[User talk:Rodhullandemu|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 21:36, 23 December 2019 (UTC) :::Thanks for checking into it. Hope everyone has a happy holiday season. [[User:S0091|S0091]] ([[User talk:S0091|<span class="signature-talk">{{int:Talkpagelinktext}}</span>]]) 21:48, 23 December 2019 (UTC) ::::{{Ping|S0091}}Should you find future vandalism files, please feel free to use <code><nowiki>{{SD|G3}} to nominate these files for deletion, regards and thanks.廣九直通車 (talk) 04:36, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
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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. 廣九直通車 (talk) 04:36, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

A file needs to be deleted.

This file which is a image of gangadhar meher university main gate is named as Sambalpur university main gate, which needs to be changed or else should be deleted. File:Sambalpur university main gate.jpg Rocky 734 (talk) 06:14, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 18:16, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

This is the image of the crest Al-Najma SC uses. Many other football clubs wiki pages have the sport club logo and I was not sure what licensing this image was in. --Orangedash101 (talk) 22:42, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

@Orangedash101: , you may however, be able to upload it to the English Wikipedia under fair use. See en:Template:Non-free use rationale logo. This would allow you to use the image where it currently is, but not on any other language Wikipedias. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 09:56, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
@Orangedash101: , I've uploaded a local copy to the English Wikipedia as en:File:Al najma club logo.png. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 15:23, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Cannot change an image to a correct one

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C9_League

Notice the main image on this page. Here, Taiwan is shown as part of China. This is inherently incorrect. Sure, China claims Taiwan - but there are 2 countries and with absolute and total control over their respective lands. I tried to edit the photo to be correct but I cannot edit/upload it. I can't even attach it here, so here's a link:

https://puu.sh/EQlH1/8d646c5a87.png

Help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cons013 (talk • contribs) 08:21, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

@Cons013: Please refer to Commons:Disputed territories for more information. I also have your problem too, perhaps it is better to upgrade this essay into a policy of Commons at COM:VPP? Regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 11:57, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Using Wikimedia Commons images in an ebook for sale

Dear Sir or Madam,

Can I sell an ebook containing Wikimedia Commons images (with accurate attribution as the license requires) among other images?

Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.naddoosh (talk • contribs) 14:29, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Dr.naddoosh In terms of copyright, as long as the attribution is correct, yes you can. We don't allow images with non commercial licenses here. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 15:13, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
Dr.naddoosh, however, check this page on share alike licenses. I'm not sure if you would be required to release your work under a compatible license to comply with this. (and we can't give legal advice) 15:28, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
Dr.naddoosh, Just read the linked page, and disregard above comment. Following applies - ShareAlike photo being used unmodified in a larger work. Unless the larger work would be considered an adaptation of it, using a ShareAlike photo as a separate element within it does not require original materials in the larger work to be ShareAlike or compatible. The larger work may be licensed under any terms. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 15:34, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

Celebrity Picture

Hello, I am administering John McEuens page and he gave me a photograph that your site is barring me from posting. Can you please allow this picture to go up so his page is current. FYI, we also donate to your org. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JohnMHoover (talk • contribs) 21:09, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

  • @JohnMHoover: Is this about File:10 JOHN solo John McEuen Deering Hi Res-31 conv copy 2 Deering, blue coat copy 2.jpg or some other image? You've indicated "own work" on that. Are you the photographer? Because you say here "he gave me a photograph" which doesn't make sense if you are the photographer.
  • If you mean some other image, who owns the copyright for the picture in question?
  • What is the "free license" offered for the picture?
  • If you are not the photographer, is there somewhere on line, on a site or page clearly under control of the copyright-holder (typically the photographer), that indicates the grant of this "free license"?
    • If not, and if that cannot be done, then see COM:OTRS for the necessary process so that we know that the copyright holder is offering an appropriate free license.
  • Also: you say you are "administering John McEuens page." Do you mean John McEuen, something else in the English-language Wikipedia or Commons, or something off-wiki? Because as far as I know you are by no means an administrator on either the English-language Wikipedia or Commons, at least not under this account name.
  • Also: on John McEuen: what's with the caption "Playing my Deering Banjo John McEuen model!" Who is the "me" in a Wikipedia article?
  • Also: have you read en:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest? It's not a concern on Commons, but it looks like you haven't abided by this on the English-language Wikipedia. I would strongly advise you to comply with that policy, or you are very likely to be blocked on that site. - Jmabel ! talk 01:42, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Remove a file

How to remove a file that I have previously uploaded on Wikicommons ? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.56.164.9 (talk) 17:47, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Which file is that? You did not log in with your account when you asked this question, so without some more information we cannot check your uploads. Usually we allow the courtesy removal of recently uploaded files within one week, but unless there is something seriously wrong with copyright or e.g. someone's personal information has been leaked by an upload, we do not delete images after that period of time. De728631 (talk) 20:18, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Google Earth image modification

Can I upload a Google Earth map that I modified to show (delineate) a particular area? — Preceding unsigned comment added by George K. Weller (talk • contribs) 19:51, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Unfortunately such maps cannot be uploaded here. To quote en:Google Earth: "Every image created from Google Earth using satellite data provided by Google Earth is a copyrighted map. Any derivative from Google Earth is made from copyrighted data which, under United States Copyright Law, may not be used except under the licenses Google provides. Google allows non-commercial personal use of the images (e.g. on a personal website or blog) as long as copyrights and attributions are preserved." Commons does not allow non-commercial uploads and the original copyright by Google remains, so your modifications may not be uploaded. De728631 (talk) 20:13, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

How to make sure something is public domain

Hi I found a website which says the photo is public domain? Can I take it's word or is there a way to check — Preceding unsigned comment added by CreativeNorth (talk • contribs) 15:24, 19 December 2019 (UTC) (talk) 15:24, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

For historical works, see Commons:Copyright rules by territory. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:35, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

No it is not historical but the website says it is a free public domain image . I just want to know if I will be punished for uploading if it is not public domain — Preceding unsigned comment added by CreativeNorth (talk • contribs) 15:41, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

@CreativeNorth: A random web site could easily be wrong about anything. Can you please provide a URL and indicate what photo you are talking about? - Jmabel ! talk 16:38, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Yeah Sure the website name is called Free images.com https://free-images.com/display/barcelona_fc_sport_soccer.html Sorry if it seems obvious I just want to make sure --CreativeNorth (talk) 18:21, 19 December 2019 (UTC

I don't think that image would be allowed. The image is sourced to Pixabay, whose license (https://pixabay.com/service/license/) contains Don't sell unaltered copies of an image. e.g. sell an exact copy of a stock photo as a poster, print or on a physical product.. I would see this as a non commercial clause, which aren't allowed here. It does also seem the website is misrepresenting the original license, as that isn't CC0 as claimed. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 18:36, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
Per Template:Pixabay, it would have been permissible prior to January 2019, but is no longer, due to the change in license. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 18:38, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
@OxonAlex: Pixabay uploads are still allowed, so long as they were originally uploaded to Pixabay prior to the license change. These older files would still be covered under their original CC0. GMGtalk 21:11, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Uploaded wrong image to commons

Apologies.

I was uploading several images to the commons.

One was for Ruby Sales One for Cheryl Blankenship

I switched the ID's by mistake.

See: File:Ruby Sales, 2014, Washington, DC, 1.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruby_Sales,_2014,_Washington,_DC,_1.jpg

Please delete and I will start over.

Sorry for the extra work.

-Chip — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chip.berlet (talk • contribs) 21:57, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

  • Chip, while I appreciate your work on- and off-wiki, I don't think we can give a courtesy deletion on File:Ruby Sales, 2014, Washington, DC, 1.jpg on the basis that it was somehow incorrectly uploaded over five years ago. That train has left the station: in that much time, it is very likely someone off-wiki has used it, and we pretty much need to keep it there as evidence that you granted the license. If it is misnamed, just use {{Rename}} and edit the description. - Jmabel ! talk 01:44, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Questionable image license

Which is the correct page to ask for copyright clarification of an image (specifically, simply enough to be PD, or complex enough to be "original art")? (I haven't used it for several years.) AlgaeGraphix (talk) 01:27, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

incorrect

Your link File:P. van Loo - Drenthe - K77033 - Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection.jpg confuses painting/painter Pieter van Loo born in 1731 with painting dated 1974 (see your own description) with artist Pit van Loo (born in 1905 as Pieter van Loo)

Shown painting is recognized as a painting by Pit van Loo

for Pit van Loo (born as Pieter van Loo) see https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_van_Loo

hoopdeedleven3@xs4all.nl — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2001:984:E18E:1:B5BD:15BE:237E:EE68 (talk) 17:56, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Bot-based error on Wikidata. Should be fixed now. --HyperGaruda (talk) 17:47, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
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Bug on Wikimedia Commons?

As I mentioned on ʽTalk:Main Pageʼ, There are certain punctuation marks that I cannot type out properly here. These areː the tilde, 'at' sign, dollar sign, percent sign, asterisk, underscore, plus sign, curly and square brackets (both opening and closing), and the colon. The same goes with all other places you can type on Wikimedia Commons, including the edit summary bar, search bar, etc. etc. This does not happen anywhere else, including Wikipedia. There seems to be a bug here. ̴ ̴ ̴ ̴ JACKINTHEBOX • TALK 09:47, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

~@$%*_+{[}]:. Ruslik (talk) 12:51, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
What gadgets and scripts do you use? Ruslik (talk) 12:52, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

@Ruslik0: This is what happens when I try the above -- ̩̥̠̟̪̃̊̈[ˈ]ː. Very weird. I don't use any scripts or gadgets on Wikipedia Commons; but I do use Twinkle (and sometimes Huggle̠) on enwiki. I surf the Web using Safari (Version 11.0.3) on a MacBook Air (Early-2015), MacOS High Sierra (Version 10.13.3). ̴̴JACKINTHEBOX • TALK 16:02, 19 December 2019 (UTC) ǃ̊£̥£̩̰̩̰̰̊̊̊̊̊̊^̥&&̰̯̰̰̰̤̤̥̈ʽ̼ˌˌˈ̣̣̩̼̰̯̺̩̪̰̩̤̥̰̥ ̥̩̪̩̪̩̪̥̪̩̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̣̺ˌˈ̣̼̤̥£̬^̤̤̤̤̊̊̊̊̊̊̊̏‘ˌ̣̣̪̪̰̯̤̥̺̬̰̰̩̥̊̊̊̊̊^̩̥̩ ̩̥^̥̩̤̤̪̪̣̪̺̰̩̇̽̽̈̊̊̊44̣̻̩̺̩̣̻̩̺̩̻̩̺̩̺̩̪̩̪̩̪̩̪̩̪̩̪̩̺̩̪̩̪̩̪̩̪̩̪̩̪̩̺̩̪̥ˌˌ̩̪̩̺̩̪̩̺̩̺̩̪̬̊̊̊^£̊̊̊̊̊ — Preceding unsigned comment added by JackintheBox (talk • contribs) 16:08, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

~@$%*_+{[}]:. Interesting - now I'm typing this using Firefox, and I can now type those punctuation marks properlyǃ ̴̴̴ ̃ ̴̴ ̴̃ WAIT A MINUTE - now I am unable to type those punctuation marks anymoreǃ (I'm still using Firefoxǃ) ː̩̥̠̟̪̃̊[ˈ]ː. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JackintheBox (talk • contribs) 16:12, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
Now I'm typing this using Google Chrome: ~@$%*_+{[}]. It doesn't seem to change now. JACKINTHEBOX • TALK 16:17, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
Never mind – following advice on Talk:Main Page I disabled my 'input settings' ('IPA' had been selected'), and now I can type punctuation normally again! ~@$%*_+{[}]: JACKINTHEBOX • TALK 16:47, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Revoking/revising valued image status

What is the procedure for re-evaluating a valued image? File:Aloe erinacea, Jardín Botánico de Múnich, Alemania, 2013-05-04, DD 01.jpg was misdentified as Orbeanthus hardyi and was made a valued image of for that species. It probably is the best image in Category:Aloe erinacea, but I'm not sure if I should remove the valued image designation, update it to reflect the correct identification, or initiate a new valued image nomination. Plantdrew (talk) 01:18, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

You can use Commons:Quality_images_candidates#Consensual_review_process. Ruslik (talk) 10:51, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello,

I am trying to upload the logo of the company I work at, this logo is made by the company. However whenever I attempt to add it, I receive an error. Can someone explain to me how I can prove that this logo is the company's and how I can upload it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by JosephGX (talk • contribs) 12:07, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

  • You don't mention what tool you are using to upload, or what the error message says, so it's hard to guess.
  • Is the logo so simple (or so old) as to be in the public domain? If not, then we almost certainly need to go through the COM:OTRS process to get a license.
  • Note that the company does not necessarily own the copyright of its logo. If it was designed by someone outside of the company, they would own the copyright unless it was explicitly transferred. (Trademark is an entirely separate issue from copyright.) - Jmabel ! talk 17:36, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

uploading photo of art and photo of an artist

I would like to add photos of my mother's original paintings to her Wikipedia page. I don't think any of us know who took those photos years ago. How can I upload them and get them accepted?

I would also like to upload a portrait photo of her to her page. I know the photographer's name and am happy to give him credit, but I don't see any way to do this. Help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MimiGPF (talk • contribs) 16:57, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

@MimiGPF: With regards to question one, photographing a painting is generally not seen as an original work for copyright purposes, in the same way scanning a printed picture wouldn't be creating a new work (see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag for the details). This means that the creator or rights holder of the original work would license it for use here.
For the second, you would need the photographers permission to upload and license the image - we don't just store images for Wikipedia, all of our images must be released under a suitable free license - see Commons:Licensing, which expands on free licensing, and gives the licenses we accept.
~~ OxonAlex - talk 17:40, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
  • @MimiGPF: Assuming the paintings are essentially two-dimensional and the photographs are accurate representations of the paintings, then the photographs of the paintings would have no separate copyright. The issue would be entirely the copyright of the paintings. If you mother is still alive, she would presumably hold those rights, and we'd need to go through the COM:OTRS process. If she is no longer alive and you are the heir to her intellectual property, a license tag like {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}} would do.
  • As for the portrait: the rights to that would belong to the photographer, or the photographer's heirs, and COM:OTRS is almost certainly needed. - Jmabel ! talk 17:41, 20 December 2019 (UTC) Cross-posted; we are essentially in agreement.

Image of Julia Morgan

I would be very grateful if someone could help me out with this file, [5]. I believe it's currently being hosted on the English Wikipedia under non-free use. There's been a fair amount of discussion here, Commons:Village pump/Copyright#Julia Morgan and Hearst Castle and at the image's Talkpage, [6]. The consensus view is that it should be recategorized as Template:PD-US-no notice and moved to Commons. I'm afraid I don't know how to do this properly. Would someone be able to help me out and undertake the recategorizing and move. Many thanks and happy holidays! KJP1 (talk) 08:22, 25 December 2019 (UTC)

You can read en:Wikipedia:Moving_files_to_Commons. Ruslik (talk) 13:54, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
Since it's apparently PD, we don't need to transfer with any special tool (uploader on Wikipedia and history there has no special significance), so just download a copy to your machine and upload cleanly (probably with Special:Upload rather than the Wizard) here on Commons.
Then create a file talk page for it with permalinks to the relevant discussions, e.g. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Village_pump/Copyright&oldid=382993086#Julia_Morgan_and_Hearst_Castle, and/or copy-paste those discussions to the file talk page. - Jmabel ! talk 17:56, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
Thanks very much indeed for the advice, both. I shall try to follow it without screwing up! All the best. KJP1 (talk) 08:00, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
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This file may meet the criteria for speedy deletion. This file is a copyright violation because it is copyrighted and not published under a free license. The file is subject to speedy deletion unless it is relicensed according to the Commons licensing policy. This file is a copyright violation for the following reason: https://www.instagram.com/p/B6GeK4VBkXS/

-- the photo was taken by me and I gave it to Natalia Guitler for her post.

What should i do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WynWork (talk • contribs) 18:43, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Why is my old username still appearing?

Why are my posts appearing under my previous username instead of my current username? Wiki name (talk) 20:09, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi. Complete and utter newbie here. I’m editing the page associated with an artist, Bratsa Bonifacho, on whose behalf I’m acting. I’ve created a Wikipedia account, updated the lists of shows and collections, etc., with information after 2010, and made a couple of minor edits in the Further Reading section. The artist would like to update the image to a more current work, and has provided the image he'd like to use along with formal consent to publish it under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).

Can anyone tell me how to proceed from here?

Thanks, StellerBC++ — Preceding unsigned comment added by StellerBC++ (talk • contribs) 18:41, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Thank you, Jmabel. It looks like I can forward the permission from the artist to that address, provided long headers are preserved. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.86.67.27 (talk) 02:38, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

What is the more advanced tools?

I never heard from the so-called "more advanced tools".--Kai3952 (talk) 05:35, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot is probably the most useful tool for you. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 05:58, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
I went on Wikipedia and asked about this tool on YFdyh000's talk page. He says he is not sure what "批量工具" means. I remember you told me before that you don't know how to explain it in a way I'll understand. So, I need someone to guide me how to use "Gadget-Cat-a-lot".--Kai3952 (talk) 07:22, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Can anyone to guide me this, please.--Kai3952 (talk) 07:27, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

I think I won't be able to get back to work if no one teaches me how to use the more advanced tools.--Kai3952 (talk) 04:15, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
After that happened on November 29th, I had to learn to use it to help me be more efficient at my work, but also to help with take care of the patrolling backlog.--Kai3952 (talk) 04:38, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
You can read this help page in Chinese: Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot/zh. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 06:14, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
I have read it but I still don't understand it. I have never used this tool, nor have I seen any of the more advanced tools. So, I need someone to explain to me step by step on how to do this process.--Kai3952 (talk) 07:26, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
Fairly easy. You can find that yellow "Cat-a-lot" button on many pages, such as search results, categories, gallery pages etc. Click on it, enter the name of the category you want to add files to or remove them from, and press ↵ Enter. Some categories will appear. Now, select files by clicking on them. When you're done, just choose an action from Cat-a-lot menu. "+" will add selected files to the category, "-" will remove them from that category, and "🠚" will remove them from the existing category and add them to the new category. Ahmadtalk 15:47, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
@Kai3952: you might wish to take a look at Help:Gadget-Cat-a-lot. :-) Lotje (talk) 16:36, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
@Ahmad252 and Lotje: This tool is only suitable for use under certain conditions, which limits the flexibility when handling different files.--Kai3952 (talk) 17:25, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
@Kai3952: It's a mass-editing tool. You can, for example, make a gallery at your sandbox (like what I did here), select all images in that gallery using Cat-a-lot, and perform certain actions on them. Hotcat can also help you, in case you've missed that. It's more flexible. Ahmadtalk 19:55, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
I need a variety of categories when I work on different files. If the community wants me to work more efficiently, Cat-a-lot should be designed to be intelligent enough to make these "flexibility" edits, instead of hand entering the category. Why didn't they think about each file has its own "uniqueness" when they blame me for not using Cat-a-lot while working?--Kai3952 (talk) 08:26, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Changing name on picture submissions

I have finally gotten my name changed. So now, is it possible to globally (within commons) change the name shown on my picture contributions? Jim Evans (talk) 20:33, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

@Jim Evans: The old link will be automatically directed to your new user page, but the only way to change it is to change it manually, probably with some other semiautomatic or automatic way?廣九直通車 (talk) 10:00, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
@Jim Evans: , I think you could change the old to new username with Help:VisualFileChange.js, using Custom replace. (Thats what the bot task request page tells you to do, rather than asking them). ~~ OxonAlex - talk 17:11, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
That works. Thanks a lot. Jim Evans (talk) 16:32, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
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Concern regarding Arabic Wikipedia

Hello

To safeguard our beloved Wikipedia from editors and administrators who abuse or misuse their role in Wikipedia. Sorry to trouble you....I am writing to you because I am not sure whom to contact.

I noted over the years that Jihadist Muslim extremists are trying to control the published material in Arabic , and even worse, to propagate their extremist ideologies. They are self-appointed censors as to whether a publication complies with their views or doesn't.

They call themselves Ahl-Al-Sunna wal- Jama'a, which is the name of the minority Jihadist Islamic sect of Al-Qaida and ISIS, aiming at misleading people in that they are the majority of Muslims, by mere playing with words. There is an extensive page on Wikipedia entitled ( Ahl Al-Sunna wal- Jama'a اهل السنة والجماعة), promoting their Jihadist ideology .

There is another vast page entitled (Reference books of Ahl aL-Sunna wal- Jama'a) which is a list of hundreds of books, and same number of pages, a page for each book.

There is another page entitled ( Ideology books of Ahl Al-Snna wal- Jama'a ) with a list of 101 books...and same number of page, one for each book.

There is another page entitled ( Wikipedians from Ahl Al-Sunna wal- Jama'a) enlisting hundreds of them.

Their "boxes" on their user pages plainly, proudly and shamelessly say that they are followers of Ahl Al-Snna wal- Jama'a., and from their Talk pages and corresponding with each other you can easily detect how they liaise with one another.

There are many other pages which are specially edited to explain the details of their beliefs and practices.

All in all , hundreds if not thousands of pages of Arabic Wikipedia are devoted to their ideology ...millions and millions of words.

There are many entries on English Wikipedia too, which need to be scrutinized.

We have to remember that these people are electronically legible, especially those who live in the West, who have rendered themselves devotedly available to its cultural institutions with an astronomical number of personal contributions. I can tell from personal experience , Amazon is another domain for their activity.

They have been defeated on the ground but their ideology will remain for as long as we are careless.

Kind regards Haywi (talk) 18:49, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, I wonder if you could move it over to your policy makers other than those of Arabic Wikipedia. Or kindly send me a name and address to contact.Haywi (talk) 10:15, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
This clearly seems to be a matter for Meta Wiki. This is in case the problem can not be solved within the Arabic Wikipedia or when there are rules established that contradict in a fundamental way to the general rules esablished by the Wikimedia Foundation. Metawiki is the place to discuss problems on a broader scope. If you want to discuss the subject there, it would be very helpful when you can select and link some distict pages where you can show very clearly how the article got altered to match the ideology. A part of the case includes the way users get treated, when they oppose such alterations. Are there admins that protect the ideology? You need to show your case in details. Wikipedia never forgets, so even deleted pages can be reviewed by some people on meta with extended rights, when you still can provide the link to it. So there is no hiding, when you can point it out. Please take some effort to learn what Meta Wiki is and how it works to be effective in what you are doing. You then might post your request on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Forum and provide some deep links.--Giftzwerg 88 (talk) 10:50, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
@Haywi: coming across this page, I went to أهل السنة والجماعة only to find out at the chapter علم السلوك, double link to Desouki. You might wish to adapt this. Thank you for your time. :-) Lotje (talk) 12:26, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

I have permission from the photographer. Please guide me how to upload it.

I have a pic of Goalpur detention centre and I got permission from Ahmer khan, a journalist who photographed it. Can you guide me the procedure. Edward Zigma (talk) 14:50, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Edward Zigma, what kind of permission has been given ? is it free for any use ? what is the license Public Domain ? Creative Commons ? do you know ? Check details here [7] [8] and [9] for any help. --DBigXrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 14:58, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
@DBigXray: She uploaded it on Twitter, and she is copyright owner of that pic(She took her herself and I asked her explaining for wikipedia use. And she said Yeah use it. And I said ok. Edward Zigma (talk) 15:04, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
Edward Zigma, Asking her to upload on commons will be best. see Can I upload scans and images of others I modified?? she can choose between Public Domain or "CC By SA 4" in case of latter she will get the credits whenever pic is used. You can share this link and ask her to upload there. THat pic will be very useful. --DBigXrayᗙ Happy Holidays! 15:12, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
@DBigXray: Look she is very busy in journalism right now in Assam. I have direct permission from here. Edward Zigma (talk) 16:00, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: can you help me please?Edward Zigma (talk) 16:35, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
  • Hey Edward Zigma. I realize the author may be very busy, but it's important that we correctly verify the license of the work, so that we can host it here on Commons by use for anyone forever. So what we really need is for the author themselves to send a message to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org and one of our volunteers can help work with them to make sure the image can be uploaded here. GMGtalk 16:42, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
    • Or she can tweet the fact of the permission (must indicate specific license, "Yeah use it" is not enough), and you can link that tweet in the permission section of {{Information}}. - Jmabel ! talk 17:40, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
      • In addition to what GMG & Jmabel said, the best option is for her to send her permission to COM:OTRS. However, since she is busy right now, a simple comment of “I shall hereby release the permission of this image for public use under a XXX license. Also, do remember to archive the link to the image to some cloud service such as archive.org for traceability. Minorax (talk) 01:42, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Soomaaliyeey toosoo.ogg file having a picture when it is not supposed to have

Can I Upload musiic files? I can but I upload an ogg file called "soomaaliyeey toosoo" https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soomaaliyeey_toosoo.ogg but it also shows a picture that needs to be removed? but how? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adam Hegazy337259 (talk • contribs) 19:34, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

@Adam Hegazy337259: That's actually a video file, with a Somali flag background. Is it really "own work", as you claim? What makes you the copyright holder? --rimshottalk 19:59, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Chinese translation help requested

I'm hoping someone can translate the Chinese text written on the image at File:Seattle Hardware Company warehouse with railroad tracks leading into the interior, Seattle, ca 1927 (SEATTLE 2892).jpg into English. - Jmabel ! talk 06:30, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Also, similarly, File:Seattle Hardware Company warehouse filled with barrels, Seattle, ca 1917 (SEATTLE 2905).jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 06:40, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: ✓ DoneHere are the translations, maybe not accurate (as those Chinese character are half Classical Chinese, half modern Chinese):
File:Seattle Hardware Company warehouse with railroad tracks leading into the interior, Seattle, ca 1927 (SEATTLE 2892).jpg:The image shows our company's warehouse. At the back is a steam ship pier. The (building at the left) is a train depot. The large locomotive in front of the warehouse's main entrance hauls 5 carriage, which is used for cargo.--By Seattle Hardware Company
File:Seattle Hardware Company warehouse filled with barrels, Seattle, ca 1917 (SEATTLE 2905).jpg:The image shows our company's warehouse. The barrels arranged in rows and columns contain iron nails of large and small sizes, and different iron-made products. (We) also have regular stocks of iron-made containers.--By Seattle Hardware Company

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Creating a new page of our company

To whom it may concern,

Hello. My name is Stacy Kim and I am a "Global PR Manager" of a company called Class101.

I would like to create an English Wikipedia page of our company and I was just wondering how I can do this.

Attaching a short introduction of Class101 & some references below.

Thank you very much!

Sincerely, Stacy Kim


    • Class101** is an e-learning company based in Seoul, South Korea. Class101 users, known as "classmates," are able to take lessons from top-tier professionals in areas such as design, K-POP, culinary arts, musical instruments, sports, lifestyle activities, and many more. The essential feature of Class101 service is "class material preparation," in which the required materials needed for the class are carefully planned, prepared, and provided to the classmates along with quality online course videos. Over 460 courses opened in December 2019.

Class101 retains an extensive "hobby-related" course library of art, craft, digital drawing, and cooking. However, in order to help its classmates to gain career-related education that can be applied in their real lives, the company has recently added "Career Course" category. It includes topics such as marketing, design, launching a startup, music, and many more. Notably, famous hip-hop genre producers, *Groovyroom* and *Gray,* have launched "music producing" courses with Class101. Their courses have received nation-wide attention. Furthermore, Class101 has initiated their first US and Japan market launch in November, 2019 and is meeting up with global classmates.

Eight students of UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology) found *Pedaling*, which was a student startup project and the company offered tutor matching services. However, the business didn't quite meet the expected results and decided to take a different direction; hence, Class101 was established in March 2018. In the following month, the company obtained multiple investments from various investment and venture capital companies such as Softbank. Class101 is collaborating with 8,000+ creative and professional lecturers and the courses are maintaining an average of 98.5% overall satisfaction rate. The number of employees grew from just 8 to 100, which reflects the company's rapid growth. Class101 office is currently located on the 13th floor of Seoul Square building in front of Seoul Station.

References: [10](https://news.unist.ac.kr/class-101-your-ultimate-guide-to-finding-and-starting-a-new-hobby/)

[11](https://news.unist.ac.kr/unist-student-venture-chosen-for-prestigious-tech-incubator-program-for-startup/)

[12](http://www.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20190411000771)

[13](https://news.unist.ac.kr/class-101-student-led-online-learning-venture-attracts-12-billion-krw-investment/) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 123.212.9.157 (talk) 10:54, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

  • Hey Stacy. It seems you have made your way over to Wikimedia Commons, rather than Wikipedia proper. Wikimedia Commons is a repository for free media, for use by our sister projects like Wikipedia, and also the general public. If you would like, you can use the article wizard to create a draft on the English Wikipedia, that can be reviewed by an experienced volunteer who can offer feedback prior to publishing. As you are an employee of the subject on which you would like to write, you should also review the English Wikipedia's guidance on managing conflicts of interest and take care to abide by the standards there. GMGtalk 11:37, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

problems de fonctionnement

bonjour je suis abonne depuis tres longtemps, mon pseudo est : quinquagenere, aujourdd hui je n arrive plus a changer ma geolocalisation . et je n arrive plus a acceder a vos services lorsque je suis connecter. pouvez vous m aider ?merci — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.73.128.146 (talk) 17:10, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Umm...@Christian Ferrer: mind lending us your French? GMGtalk 18:13, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
Yes, I can. However if I understand the words, I don't understand the meaning of this request.
  • Bonjour, il n'y a pas, à première vue, de compte nommé "quinquagenere". Je ne comprends pas ce que vous entendez par "changer ma geolocalisation", ni de quels services vous parlez. Soyez plus précis.
Il arrive parfois qu'il y ai des problèmes de connections/déconnections à cause de certains cookies, si c'est cela, voir ma réponse ici, qui est le l'essentiel de mes connaissances sur le sujet... Christian Ferrer (talk) 18:51, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Mysterious script error

I recently uploaded File:Esperanto (The Universal Language).djvu using the IA Upload tool. Upon uploading the file, however, the description section has nothing but the message "The ID "M0" is unknown to the system. Please use a valid entity ID." However, when I attempted to fix the problem, there was nothing labeled "M0" in the wikitext. What's going on here? DraconicDark (talk) 19:40, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, but I do not see any problem with File:Esperanto_(The_Universal_Language).djvu. Ruslik (talk) 20:13, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
@Ruslik0: The problem seems to have gone away on its own. It might have been a client side issue. Sorry for the inconvenience. DraconicDark (talk) 20:15, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
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SVG display error

File:Wikimedia Café logo in plain SVG format.svg displays correctly when I view it locally in my browser, but the file renders incorrectly on Commons. The image should have a nearly identical appearance to File:Wikimedia Café logo in plain PNG format.png. Does anyone have suggestions for how to fix the Commons rendering of the SVG file? ↠Pine (✉) 08:30, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

@Pine: deferred to COM:GL/ILL, see Special:Diff/384416878. Minoraxtalk (formerly 大诺史) 10:03, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Minoraxtalk (formerly 大诺史) 05:58, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Is it possible to upload this entire public domain picture book?

Magnum ac Novum Opus is a 16th century book which depicts ancient Roman coins, link here and a longer one here. I would like to upload the entire thing but an not sure if that's possible.*Treker (talk) 17:49, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

You can upload it as a pdf file. Ruslik (talk) 20:43, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
@Ruslik0: Excuse my ignorance, how do I do that?*Treker (talk) 21:15, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
There is a pdf button above, isn't it? Ruslik (talk) 20:54, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
@Ruslik0: So I just click that and it's uploaded or? Do I need to download it to my computer and then to upload each page to commons?*Treker (talk) 00:59, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
@*Treker: Please click that button, download the full file in either .pdf or .tiff, and upload the entire book on Wikimedia Commons. Please use Template:PD-US-expired as the book's license template.廣九直通車 (talk) 04:39, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Digging files from cat

Is it possible to retrieve unused files from a specific category? Minorax (talk) 07:41, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

  • "Unused" in what sense? - Jmabel ! talk 17:32, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
    • @Jmabel: Hi, lost track of this. Erm.. Unused as in the file is not used in any articles, draft, userspace. Minorax (talk) 09:03, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
      • @Minorax: So specifically not used in any Wikipedia? or any WMF project? But mention on talk pages doesn't count? (Glad to hear you are not trying to find non-WMF usage since that would be very hard to work out.)
      • I doubt we currently have such a tool; it would need to harness the code behind Special:GlobalUsage and run it on all the files in the category. If you are specifically looking for unused files, it could stop for a given file once it found a single use.
      • You might make a request at Commons:Bots/Work_requests, but do make sure to be as specific as possible about what is needed. - Jmabel ! talk 15:37, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
        • PetScan may work to some extent. In the "Page properties" tab, you need to set "Maximum links" to 0. I've tried it with a few categories and found that it works just fine unless files are used in Wikivoyage. Out of interest, @Magnus Manske: Could it be that PetScan doesn't yet scan Wikivoyage? De728631 (talk) 19:37, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

File:313, Taiwan, 新竹縣尖石鄉義興村 - panoramio (4).jpg

Do we have categories that are similar to this "Sunlight through trees"?--Kai3952 (talk) 13:57, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

@Kai3952: I think Category:Sunlight through trees is good enough. Perhaps you may also consider Category:Sunlight through structures?廣九直通車 (talk) 04:42, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
But that's the light from a street lamp.--Kai3952 (talk) 08:12, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
@Kai3952: Then probably Category:Street lights in Taiwan?廣九直通車 (talk) 09:05, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Valued image candidates

Commons:Valued_image_candidates/#Antonov_An-225_Mriya
Plz, help.--Vlixes (talk) 11:00, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

I don't know how this works. I did nomination well? --Vlixes (talk) 04:49, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello Sir, I want to add a new company's information on Wikipedia. to represent the brand, I want to add their logo with copyright information. I am not getting a specific procedure to do that. kindly help me to get it done. Thank you!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stpl mark (talk • contribs) 05:28, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

      • Sir the logo is not in the public domain and protected from trademark laws. I do have permission to use the logo. I certainly don't understand many of these rules and I am trying to be honest as much as I can. Please instead of lecturing me on moral grounds, kindly help me to get it done in right way. Thanks for your support.-````Stpl mark
@Stpl mark: To upload an image here, you are licensing it under a license that states all of the following apply:
  • Republication and distribution must be allowed.
  • Publication of derivative work must be allowed.
  • Commercial use of the work must be allowed.
  • The license must be perpetual (non-expiring) and non-revocable.
Unless you personally created and hold the copyright for the logo, it is unlikely you have permission to release the image under such a license.
~~ OxonAlex - talk 09:47, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
@Stpl mark: Where do you intend to create the article of the company? If it's on the English Wikipedia, you can take a look at this page for further information. (for other wikis, see this page instead). Minorax (talk) 08:57, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Mettre une photo

Je veux mettre une photo mais je n'arrive pas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abakar madou (talk • contribs) 14:15, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Can I upload pictures of ancient aztec objects?

I have some good quality pictures of ancient aztec objects. Can I upload them? The pictures were taken at the Museum of "El Templo Mayor" in Mexico City. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Portenez (talk • contribs)

Hello Portenez. Welcome to Commons. If you have taken these photos yourself, you can upload them to Commons safely using the upload wizard. Thank you for your contributions! Kind regards, Ahmadtalk 16:21, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
(or any other upload tool. Nothing special about the Wizard there.) The ancient objects have no copyright; your photos do. - Jmabel ! talk 17:25, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Trouble uploading pictures

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T240698

At several occasions, and from different locations (hence IP adressens), I had trouble uploading pictures (jpg, average 3-4 MB each, finally not more than 3 at the time). After endless waiting, the red exclamations appear, uploads aborted. Is there an explanation? Bert76 (talk) 17:10, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Here the same in German. --Nightflyer (talk) 10:31, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
Reported to Phabricator. Rodhullandemu (talk) 18:48, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
Tnx, Rodhullandemu. Tried Upload Wizard again today. 10h00 CET 2 files upload went smoothly. Right now, again endless (upload 3 files). Tried again with just one file, went OK. Just not practical, one at the time (am uploading monuments). Bert76 (talk) 10:19, 14 December 2019 (UTC)
same problem. Charles (talk) 23:20, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
right now, 15h00 CET went smoothly; any repairs done?Tnx anyway! Bert76 (talk) 14:01, 20 December 2019 (UTC) Again, two uploads, batches 6 photos eacht, had to try three times on 2 days, but finally all OK. Bert76 (talk) 10:43, 21 December 2019 (UTC)
not working. endless working for nothing. at the moment 1 or 2 pictures at same time, not more. --Donna Gedenk (talk) 09:14, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
Still not working, even with images of only modest size (ca. 2 MB). One image at a time, if any. --wg (talk) 22:27, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

File:三毛故居 Former Residence of San Mao - panoramio.jpg

It looks similar to the awning shade structures, but I don't know what it's called. What category should it be in?--Kai3952 (talk) 09:35, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Category:Porches?--Kai3952 (talk) 19:08, 25 December 2019 (UTC)
@Kai3952: Yeah, probably Category:Porches.廣九直通車 (talk) 04:39, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

User:Panam2014

I provided sources from Brill Publishers, an academic source, to show that two religious denominations do exist. But this editor seems to believe that only the largest religious sects are real, and the rest are fake. I'm not sure how to handle this. Both sects have corresponding wikipedia pages by the way. Acxcossdamirror (talk) 22:03, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

@Acxcossdamirror: stop now, you have provided any source who prove that such current exist, only that some people claim to be non-denominational muslim. --Panam2014 (talk) 22:04, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
  1. Could one of you please provide context how this is germane to Commons?
  2. Could one of you please clarify what "two religious denominations" you are talking about?
It should not be incumbent on someone else to look through your respective edit histories to make sense of a question (if there is one: neither of you seems to be asking anything) on the Help desk. - Jmabel ! talk 22:40, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
@Jmabel: According to Panam, Quranism and Non-denominational Islam both don't exist exist, despite having wiki pages for years. I'm not sure where else to discuss this issue. Acxcossdamirror (talk) 23:28, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
@Acxcossdamirror and Jmabel: the sources are clear. non denominal islam does not exist as branch. It is only a rhetoric. In some case, shia or sunni muslim claim that to avoid the fitna or to claim that their movement is the true islam. For Quranism, each Quranist believe to its own quranism, with his own open bar interpretation. --Panam2014 (talk) 00:36, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
@Panam2014 and Acxcossdamirror: If this is about File:Madhhab Map3.png, Commons usually deals with issues like these by having two versions of an image. Have a version where it exists, and one where it doesn't. Which image is then used outside of Commons isn't something Commons is concerned with. See Commons:Disputed territories for an essay. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 07:25, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
@OxonAlex: The problem is that Panam has turned the "Maddhab Map3" file into a duplicate of this. Acxcossdamirror (talk) 09:30, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
@OxonAlex: the problem is the new file is an OR. --Panam2014 (talk) 14:33, 27 December 2019 (UTC)
@Panam2014: Then Wikipedia can choose not to use it. And, if you really like, you can even add {{Fact disputed}} to each other's files, but it is perfectly OK on Commons to represent both sides of an argument like this. - Jmabel ! talk 17:23, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: he have uploaded a new file but he is unable to prove that this current exist. The sources does not said his claim. --Panam2014 (talk) 20:06, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Upload by url help

I want to upload the following file using Special:Upload.

https://www.digital.archives.go.jp/DAS/contents/pdf/pdf/03660088000010/0001.pdf

Despite *.archives.go.jp is in Commons:Upload_tools/wgCopyUploadsDomains, the upload fails and shows "Copy uploads are not available from this domain.". What's wrong?--維基小霸王 (talk) 14:47, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

A file was successfully uploaded from http://www.archives.go.jp/exhibition/pdf/0201.pdf. www.digital.archives.go.jp should be matched by *.*.archives.go.jp. --維基小霸王 (talk) 01:12, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
@維基小霸王: What about download the entire .pdf document, and use Special:UploadWizard? Any concerns or problems?廣九直通車 (talk) 04:38, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
archives.go.jp is slow from my side. The url has been changed to www.digital.archives.go.jp in wgCopyUploadsDomains, and it could take effect after the holidays.--維基小霸王 (talk) 04:41, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
Tracked in Phabricator
Task T241505
I created a phab task. Cheers, Masum Reza📞 05:21, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
I has already been changed. [14]--維基小霸王 (talk) 05:45, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Pictures on Google Street View

Hello. I'm a person on Wikipedia that is currently writing about all the embassies in the world. I wondered if it's okay to use pictures from the Google Street View in my articles? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ChrilleL (talk • contribs)

@ChrilleL: Sorry, not possible, they are copyright and not freely licensed. However, the chances are good that you'll find such images here. Rodhullandemu (talk) 12:33, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
Just to add ChrilleL, I'm not sure if you are interested in writing primarily for the English Wikipedia or the Swedish Wikipedia, but if it's English, you can use en:Template:OSM Location map in articles. It won't give you street view, but it will help to populate articles with useful media especially where none else exists. It doesn't look like it's been transferred over to Swedish, but if you know someone there who is particularly technically inclined, they can probably import it there too. Good luck on your articles! GMGtalk 12:42, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

hi i just upload a logo of khojinindia and also provide reference but not understand the problem please is there any hero resolve the issue...

--Shruti20111986 (talk) 17:10, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

@Shruti20111986: You haven't provided a license for the image. We only hold free media here, and everything must meet the following four criteria:
  • Republication and distribution must be allowed.
  • Publication of derivative work must be allowed.
  • Commercial use of the work must be allowed.
  • The license must be perpetual (non-expiring) and non-revocable.
There is a list of allowable licenses here. Please add one of these to the image. If you don't want to license your image under these terms, add {{SD|G7}} to the page, and we will delete the image.
Thanks, 17:24, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
Additionally, unless you own the copyright to the image, you must get the copyright holder to contact COM:OTRS to confirm the image is licensed under the stated license. Be aware that in some cases the original designer of the logo, not the logo user, may hold copyright. ~~ OxonAlex - talk 17:25, 28 December 2019 (UTC)

Assuming the ownership of an account

I believe that this is still a problem. Occasionally, a user that seemingly belongs to an organization uploads fair use files and claims that the release the file under a cc-by license. Should we assume that they are indeed the organization or should sysops block them per COM:UPOL, tag the image and ask them to send in their permission and verify their account in the mean time? Came across this file and was wondering about it. Minoraxtalk (formerly 大诺史) 12:29, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Hey Minorax. Commons actually does allow accounts named after organizations as a matter of course. Though having a shared account is still prohibited by the terms of use. So it's not all exactly consistent. However, regardless of what the name of an account is, we do not presume that they represent a company, simply because they seem to claim so on-wiki. If they should like to upload official images owned by the organization, they will need to either verify the image, verify the account, or both. GMGtalk 12:40, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
@GreenMeansGo: COM:UPOL states "only allowed on Commons if verified". Furthermore this extends to a person claiming to be a photographer and uploads images that he/she "took", which I believe, isn't covered by COM:UPOL. Minoraxtalk (formerly 大诺史) 12:46, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
@Minorax: Yes, they should need to be verified. Otherwise we should nominate their uploads for DR pending verification. We give more leeway to own work uploads by individuals where we have no reason to suspect anything is out of place (e.g., the image is not available online, the original meta data is in-tact, the user credits their SUL rather than some other real name). But we would not give this same leeway to uploads that seem to be of obvious corporate ownership. Having said that, blocking may not be rendered preventative unless they ignore the guidance given, and continue to upload official files without verification. They could just give up and never come back, in which case we probably wouldn't even notice most of the time whether the account ended up blocked or not.
You also have to consider that a seemingly official account may actually be just a fan account. You know, User:Marvel-Comics1 may just be a teenager that really likes Marvel Comics, doesn't understand fair/free use, and wants to upload images of their favorite characters. Of course, we wouldn't allow them to continue to upload copyright violations, but when warned, they may just go off and register User:JamesThomas1998 instead. At least that's always been my take on it. Maybe others feel differently. GMGtalk 14:01, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
@GreenMeansGo: Great to have another POV. Thanks! Minoraxtalk (formerly 大诺史) 14:08, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
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Uploading Media Files

How can we upload a media file to Wikipedia? As it take only one format that is JPEG. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Solarpens30 (talk • contribs) 12:52, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Please, see Commons:File formats. Ruslik (talk) 18:24, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

Dating File:Άγιος Απόστολος ο Νέος.jpg

I'm looking through the files at Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Ελ Γκρέκο, and I'm really having trouble making heads or tails of this one in particular. From what I can tell, it's an image of Saint Apostolos of St. Laurence, an Orthodox saint, but one who (surprisingly) doesn't seem to have any article anywhere other than in Greek. Either that, or the Greek article has been wrongly isolated in Wikidata. It's easy enough to say "it looks pretty darn old", and it can be found in several places online, but the lot of them look like amateurish blogs and the like, and nothing I'd be comfortable pulling a date from. Long story short, I'm not entirely sure how we can go about putting any date on this at all, even though it is very probably hundreds of years old. Anybody have any ideas? GMGtalk 14:03, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

I posted this picture of the Gulf Coast solitary bee yesterday. It is not my own work. The picture is from an non-profit organization called the Center for Biological Diversity. If you follow this link and click on the photo it will take you to where the photo came from. At the bottom of the page it says "avaliable for media use with appropriate credit". Is this acceptable to use?

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/resourcespace/pages/search.php?search=%21collection1111&k=43bd734b2f

--172.58.46.237 16:51, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

No, such a license is not acceptable. See Commons:Licencing. Ruslik (talk) 18:28, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

How can I upload my own work

I tried to upload but nothing else, please help me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikuyu Denis (talk • contribs) 00:48, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Update photo of celebrity

How can I update a photo of celebrity on Wikipedia? The photos are usually owned by the agency or taken by news agency. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soyabeancurd123 (talk • contribs) 02:24, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

  • @Soyabeancurd123: Typically you cannot do this. If the image is copyrighted (and most works created in recent decades are copyrighted from the moment of creation, under the Berne Convention), then only the holder of the copyright can grant a suitable license to use on Commons. Typically, for photographs of living people, most of the Wikipedias would have exactly the same standard on this as Commons.
  • If these people appear at times in public near where you are, you can take photos yourself and upload them with an appropriate license. - Jmabel ! talk 02:45, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Riyadh International Book Fair معرض الرياض الدولي للكتاب

I'm trying to find an illustration of the Riyadh International Book Fair with a suitable license (a random draft article for creation I'm trying to help a new editor with). There are some at https://www.flickr.com/photos/150127074@N03/, but trying to upload them with the Wizard gets me "A file identical to this file ([[:$1]]) has previously been deleted. You should check that file's [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/delete?type=delete&page={{urlencode:$1|WIKI}} deletion history]. If you disagree with the reason for deletion, please make an [[Commons:Undeletion requests|undeletion request]] instead of re-uploading." I quote literally: there is unformatted wikitext displayed in the Upload Wizard interface. Obviously I don't want to upload inadmissible material, but this message was not very helpful: I have no idea what the files were previously called, so I cannot look up why they were deleted.

Nor can I find other images of this topic with a suitable license; I don't want to upload any particular image, just an image of this topic. Can anyone advise? HLHJ (talk) 05:50, 8 December 2019 (UTC)

  • @HLHJ: Could you indicate at least one specific file that you tried to upload that had this issue, rather than just what Flickr account was in question? - Jmabel ! talk 22:21, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
    • Sure, sorry, Jmabel. The two would not upload, with the above error message, are the files that the Wizard auto-called 36305718296_7d732fe889_o.jpg and 35953427530_33454a0bf9_o.jpg, and Flickr2Commons (which failed silently) called 8a8bf95e87d26407d6e9d390ea4393aa (36305718296).jpg and Nic6195538 (35953427530).jpg. In more human-readable form: the link I gave in my first post will show a small set of images, including
  1. a group of women walking into the book fair, two on their cell phones, the center one in niqab and carrying a silver handbag
  2. a group of black-clad young women taking selfies with an author
I don't want to upload the others if there is reason to doubt that the licensor is the photographer. Seriously, this event reportedly attracted half a million people last year, systemic bias aside, someone must have a usable photo... HLHJ (talk) 23:16, 8 December 2019 (UTC)
All is now clear. I did not get that error message, or any error message; the background around the images turned red, though. I wouldn't knowingly try to upload things from a blacklisted account; my browser settings may be to blame for the lack of error. Thank you very much for your help, Jmabel. There really seem to be no open-licensed illustrations of this book fair... but plenty of copyright ones. Ah well. HLHJ (talk) 01:45, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
Apparently personal cameras, but not cell phones, are banned at the fair, at least some years... HLHJ (talk) 04:44, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
@HLHJ: can this image be of any help to you? Lotje (talk) 06:28, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you, Lotje! It's about as close as we have, but it looks nothing like the Riyadh event, where the main interest is international publishers with books not usually available in SA. I can't think of a suitable tie-in caption, but feel free to add it if you can. Sadly, we just don't have many images from Saudi Arabia; oddly, too, in this case, as the government is very keen on publicizing the event. Apparently there is not the same awareness of open licenses as at the Tasnim News Agency. I've added photo-req to the page, and the not-very-active Wikiproject. HLHJ (talk) 22:13, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
@HLHJ: sorry I could be of more help, but maybe a small push will make that not-very-active Wikiproject more active... Lotje (talk) 09:19, 19 December 2019 (UTC)
I found a way around it, by illustrating people and concepts connected to the fair, and adding a fair-use fair logo. Not optimal, but functional. HLHJ (talk) 22:54, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
@HLHJ: Just to mention that please do not upload fair use images to Commons. They will be deleted on sight. Instead please upload them to other projects accept fair use files respectively, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 11:10, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Yes, 廣九直通車, that's what I did. I uploaded it as fair-use to en-wp.[15] Still, good to mention, on a high-traffic noticeboard. HLHJ (talk) 22:30, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Upload wizard error tried 5 times

Error — Preceding unsigned comment added by ᗰᑌ (talk • contribs) 05:13, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

@ᗰᑌ: Please describe the problem more precisely, so that I can give you a precise answer or refer you to other places, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 10:19, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Founding of Melbourne image

Hi. I am trying to upload a higher quality version of File:Ac.earlymelb.jpg, which I have cropped from the original at State Library of Victoria.[16][17] The author isn't specified and the exact date of creation isn't known but the site claims it is out of copyright. The image depicts events in 1835 and a replica of the image was published in New York in September 1885; so there is a 50 year window of creation. As the author, country of origin and date of creation are unknown, what would be the best copyright tags (or set of tags) to apply when uploading? From Hill To Shore (talk) 10:56, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

New version of file Ekateringofka_001.jpg

Hello,

I uploaded a new version of that file Ekateringofka_001.jpg but my changes don't appear, the two versions are the same. I corrected horizontality. Can you tell me why ?

Thank you.

--Akhmadjan (talk) 18:58, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

In fact, from wikipedia pages the picture is ok, but once you click on it you have old version. --Akhmadjan (talk) 19:05, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Hey Akhmadjan. It's probably a caching issue. You should try purging the page. See guidance at Help:Purge. GMGtalk 19:16, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Thank you GMGtalk. You were right, I needed to purge the page. Bonne Année 2020 from France ! --Akhmadjan (talk) 23:33, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
Bonne Année Akhmadjan! GMGtalk 23:42, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

sources and files

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawanga_Lodge

Hi,

I created the page listed above. A lot of content was removed citing sources. How do I add content where my father and I are first sources? There are not articles to cite as this is primary.

Also, there were photos marked for deletion. I don't see how I can reply to the contributor who marked them. The photos are scanned from original documents. I own all of the photos and documents

thank you gary— Preceding unsigned comment added by Daliwong (talk • contribs) 19:21, 31 December 2019‎ (UTC)

Hey Daliwong. Unfortunately, things like personal experience and first-hand recollections are not acceptable as source on Wikipedia. If no one has published the information previously in things like books, magazines and newspapers, then I'm afraid your only recourse is to be the person who publishes the information in those types of things. Wikipedia cannot cite something that is unpublished, and Wikipedia cannot include information that cannot be cited.
As to the images, I'm afraid that owning a physical copy of the photo, just like owning a physical copy of the latest blockbuster movie that you bought at the store, doesn't actually mean you own the intellectual property rights to the copyright for it. If you didn't take the photos, and don't know who did, then it's likely they cannot be uploaded here, because the person who took the photos would own the copyright, and would need to be the ones that released them under a free license. That is, unless there is reason to believe that they are so old they have fallen into the public domain, which usually requires that they were taken before 1924, or that the person who took them has been dead 70 years. GMGtalk 19:51, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello The pictures were taken by the hotel photographer. This person was employed by the hotel, and thus the hotel owns them, which was my father — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daliwong (talk • contribs) 20:34, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

  • @Daliwong: I don't have time to go through all of these, but just picking one for example: at File:Shawanga-1957-construction-new-inside.jpg you stated {{Own work}}. That is, you said you were the photographer. Now you are giving a much more roundabout story: that they were taken by a hotel employee, implicitly that they were taken as part of that person's job, that therefore copyrights were owned by the hotel, which was owned by your father, and that you are heir to his intellectual property rights. Presuming that it all true, it is also complicated: much too complicated to resolve by simple assertion without us really even being able to tell whose account this is.
  • I strongly suggest you go through the confidential process outlined at COM:OTRS to (1) demonstrate you are who you say you are and (2) make a formal statement of that chain of ownership and how you come to be in a position to own rights to these. Then the appropriate license tag would be {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}}, not {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}}. - Jmabel ! talk 23:26, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

Mettre une photo

Comment je peux mettre une photo car j'ai essayé plusieurs fois mais je n'arrive pas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abakar madou (talk • contribs) 20:25, 31 December 2019 (UTC)

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