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Laugharne Castle 1861 - Peoples Collection

https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/537953

I'd like to use this image in but can't work out its license pemissions - can you help? Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 08:25, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Horatius At The Bridge, as the work is more than 120 years old, we can assume the author died more than 70 years ago - which means {{PD-old-assumed}} can be used. Anything from before 1925 is PD in the USA, so {{PD-US-expired}} is also used. To indicate that the work is a digitalisation, and that our view is that this does not create a new work for copyright purposes, {{Pd-art}} is used.
So to put all of this together:
{{PD-Art-two|PD-old-assumed|PD-US-expired}}
Would be the relevant tag. To upload this via the upload wizard, upload the image, then select the file is not my own work, then select "Another reason not mentioned above", and enter {{PD-Art-two|PD-old-assumed|PD-US-expired}} in the space.
Note - they do indicate a license of their own, but this is a non commercial license not permitted here; as we take the view that digitialisations aren't new works, we can ignore this.
~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 09:59, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
Terrific many thanks Alex Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 10:02, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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Atlético Madrid kit

Hi I am having trouble at File:Kit body am0910a.png. I reverted it to a previous version without the sponsor logo and although it show in the revision history it isn't changing the appearance of the file! What am I missing here? REDMAN 2019 (talk) 11:13, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

@REDMAN 2019: It works for me, please see COM:FAQ#PURGE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:01, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
Ok thanks. REDMAN 2019 (talk) 12:02, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
@REDMAN 2019: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:13, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
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Corona

Hello My name is Refiloe I jst got my result of covid 19 nd they are positive I had no syptomtos for the past 3 days that I have been quarantined but to day I feel chest pains like a pressure on my chest wat to do am scared — Preceding unsigned comment added by Refiloe Maloka (talk • contribs) 05:50, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Refiloe Maloka: Considering your health, don't be panic and consult your nearest hospital immediately without hesitation. Wikimedia may not be qualified place to suggest medication and it looks like the title Helpdesk gets you here.--IM3847 (talk) 06:13, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
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Screenshots: comments made by editors on Wikipedia itself and images in the public domain: can I upload to these on Wiki Commons?

A genuine question, as I've been threatened with a lifetime ban for uploading some images here, for reference in a dispute I'm having over one of my edits on the main Wiki site.

In a nutshell, I thought I could use them under UK/US gov guidelines on fair dealing/use, but was told in no uncertain terms this is not allowed (which I've checked on the site and have since found out to be true). However, the screenshots were taken of comments made on Wiki itself and images of the subject that I'm supporting are in the public domain. I've read the following:

The Wikimedia Foundation owns almost none of the content on Wikimedia sites — the content is owned, instead, by the individual creators of it. However, almost all content hosted on Wikimedia Commons may be freely reused subject to certain restrictions (in many cases). You do not need to obtain a specific statement of permission from the licensor(s) of the content unless you wish to use the work under different terms than the license states. And 'Content in the public domain may not have a strict legal requirement of attribution (depending on the jurisdiction of content reuse), but attribution is recommended to give correct provenance.'

Help appreciated so I know where I stand in the future. Thanks, SR SethRuebens (talk) 20:01, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@SethRuebens: Text submitted to Wikipedias by users is licensed CC-BY-SA-3.0, so you should have no copyright problems with screenshots of Wikipedia text as long as you license them similarly and provide attribution. However, such images might be out of the project scope. The usual way to display this type of evidence in disputes is to simply provide a link to the relevant entry in the page's history; this is more efficient and more verifiable than uploading an image of it. Old revision of pages never go away unless they are removed by an oversighter. If you need to add annotations to the content as you did on File:Articles created by Tvcameraop.png, you could copy the content to a subpage of your user page and link to it. – BMacZero (🗩) 21:26, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
You also don't need to take the mention of blocks on the deletion messages too personally - those messages are automated and standardized. You won't be blocked unless you repeatedly ignore warnings from an administrator. – BMacZero (🗩) 21:29, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Thank you very for the advice @BMacZero: . As for the threats they're coming from an administrator who seems to have taken a dislike to me and my presence here (coming across as very one sided in a dispute). Guess it's part and parcel of modern Wiki! Anyway, good to know about the pictures and will do my best to annotate them properly or (even better) provide the links as you've suggested. Lots to learn. Cheers. SR SethRuebens (talk) 21:47, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
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Want to delete an image I uploaded

I uploaded File:Cattle Creek outstation Wave Hill.jpg before remembering that I could request a higher resolution one. Having now received and uploaded File:Cattle Creek outstation, Wave Hill.jpg and used it in place of the other one, I would like to request deletion of the former. I could not see any tools on the page that I could use myself - am I missing something? (I did search the archived pages but none of the examples helped me.) Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:08, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Laterthanyouthink: I've tagged the image with {{Duplicate}}, which can be used when the are multiple versions of, fundamentally, the same image. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 11:41, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for that, Alex Noble. Am I able to do that myself, or does it need to be done by an admin? (If the former, where? It's not as obvious (as Wikipedia) where to put things on Wikimedia - I find all of the separate fields/boxes somewhat confusing!) Laterthanyouthink (talk) 11:54, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
Laterthanyouthink: Anyone can use the template. All it does it put the page on a list of duplicate files that admins then work through. You can place the template anywhere on the file description page really. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 12:58, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
Alex Noble - thanks again. That's handy to know, in case there's a next time. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 13:24, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
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Street boundaries for Dublin South West

What are the street boundaries for the Dublin South West constituency? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2001:569:7B9D:9F00:B9BF:7F91:CA8A:7FB7 (talk) 22:56, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I'm Akmaie Ajam. I have uploaded a picture of a Redmi Note 9 Pro here. It is from Pixabay, here: https://pixabay.com/illustrations/xiaomi-redmi-redmi-note-9-pro-max-4936657/. I thought a free license means that I can upload here on Commons, but I made a mistake. After seeing Commons:Licensing, I then searched for Template:Pixabay, and turns out that the Pixabay license is not compatible because of the non-commercial license. But, on the page, it says:

"Pixabay License
Free for commercial use
No attribution required"

What do I do now?

--Akmaie Ajam (talk) 09:15, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Akmaie Ajam: , Pixabay had updated its license which doesn't resemble Creative Commons anymore. Only files uploaded before 8 Jan 2019 can be transferred to Commons, please click on this template for more information.--IM3847 (talk) 09:49, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
What do I do now? That image is the only free image of a Redmi Note 9 (line of smartphones), and everything else is either copyrighted images or unrelated stuff taken with the Redmi Note 9. Help me, @IM3847: , help me with this. Akmaie Ajam (talk) 09:58, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
@Akmaie Ajam: , the best can be done is capturing a good image.--IM3847 (talk) 10:30, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
@IM3847: , I don't have a Redmi Note 9 (the series), can you or someone else take a picture of a Redmi Note 9/9 Pro/9S/9 Pro Max? Any help appreciated. Akmaie Ajam (talk) 10:42, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
@Akmaie Ajam: Provided the gadget's importance an image might get added shortly. If you're interested in adding image, easiest way is to click an image at the nearby mobile store. For further assistance about upload process, you are free to contact us here.--IM3847 (talk) 10:59, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Sorry for posting after the issue is resolved, but thank you for your help. Akmaie Ajam (talk) 12:31, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
@IM3847: , Sorry, what do you mean click an image? Do you mean "take a picture"? And also, I'm at home right now because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I cannot leave home because of the risk of contracting COVID-19. Sorry. Regards, Akmaie Ajam (talk) 13:58, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
@Akmaie Ajam: I can understand that and my previous reply was only intended to be after the end of Pandemic. Meanwhile a good image may get added by any commoner. It is also possible to process an image via OTRS if any friend of you is interested in donating the image of gadget.--iMahesh (talk) 17:07, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
@IM3847: Ok, have a nice day. Thank you for helping me. Akmaie Ajam (talk) 02:06, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
@IM3847: Sorry for bringing this up again, but I forgot to ask: What you're going to do with my images? (specifically the Pixabay Redmi Note 9 Pro Max image). Please answer this, thanks. Akmaie Ajam (talk) 03:37, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
@Akmaie Ajam: Since source of image provided is not under Creative common license, image shall get deleted in 7days.--iMahesh (talk) 08:25, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
@IM3847: I hope that, sooner than later, a photo of the Redmi Note 9 is uploaded to Commons that meets the Creative Commons (max. BY-SA) license and able to replace the photo that I uploaded, since that photo is useful and I'm working on the Redmi Note 9 page in Wikipedia. I will replace the picture shown with a Xiaomi logo that was previously there. Thank you. (I'm editing from my smartphone since the laptop sucks and when I click the Alert button, it shows nothing.) Akmaie Ajam (talk) 08:51, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: --iMahesh (talk) 13:03, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

Can this file be transfered to Commons?

https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Juliaminor.jpg

It looks like it could be, but I want to be sure.*Treker (talk) 18:20, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

@*Treker: I also think it looks fine. There are other versions on the internet but the file on ru.wiki seems to be the oldest version. FileExporter should be able to do it in 2 seconds! --MGA73 (talk) 18:40, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
@MGA73: Yay! How do I use FileExporter?*Treker (talk) 21:12, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
There is an explanation at mw:Help:Extension:FileImporter. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:10, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Thank you!*Treker (talk) 23:57, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Happy someome answered for me. If it does not work I can move it for you. Just leave me a note! --MGA73 (talk) 07:24, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
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Hi there. I need some help to confirm if it is possible to use a picture from an eBay advertise that is available to everyone worldwide. This is the one File:DuPont IMR-4350 Pólvora Sem Fumaça 1 Libra.png

--Marcric (talk) 22:31, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

@Marcric: Hi there. I have deleted the image. The packaging was trivial but the photograph itself is copyrighted and non-free. Being available online does not automatically mean that something can be used elsewhere. For recent photos there has to be a statement of a free licence at the source page, otherwise we can't keep them here. De728631 (talk) 00:31, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
OK thanks. --Marcric (talk) 00:34, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
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Deleted images from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Emanuele_Cannistraci

Hi. I'm working on the above draft. An administrator on Commons without notice deleted all my images, "not own work", which is inaccurate in some instances. I sent a message explaining which photos I personally took from my camera and which photos were taken by Emanuele Cannistraci and which photos I have permission to use from the owner. I have not heard back from the administrator. How can I reinstate photos? I actually only care about a handful of them. I'm a fairly new editor in the last four months so I am learning the process.

Any help would be appreciated. ``sharonroselaw`` — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sharonroselaw (talk • contribs) 05:47, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

@Sharonroselaw: Hi, and welcome. You were told that Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content the day you joined. You were notified about Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Sharonroselaw the day it was created, 23 July. Your post there after it closed was not authorized. You may appeal by posting at COM:UDR with signature.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:56, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

use of photographs from unknown photogafers. No

What do I write in the field who is an author if the photo is from my family archive and is made by common /uncknown photographer. All photos own by me as I inherrited from my parents and family? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marius Domeika (talk • contribs) 07:26, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

@Marius Domeika: Hi, and welcome. Copyright for a photo generally rests with the photographer or the person who inherited the negatives, not the subject. Who was the photographer?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:14, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your answer. Most of the photos made by my father (deceased 10 years ago) and another category I want to use are like 60-100 years old, made by multiple street photographers or my gradfather, all materials are left wtth me Template:1 August 2020Marius Domeika (talk) 11:58, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
@Marius Domeika: So you have the negative for File:Filomena Virzonytė ,1968. Peppi J Strauss operetėje "Vienos kraujas".jpg?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:18, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: yes, I do many of them. Marius Domeika (talk) 12:26, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

@Marius Domeika: Please send a scan of it via OTRS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:28, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: That is exactly what I am trying to achieve now, to sort this huge family archive, which as to now looks like several huge boxes of everything, this is why I thought scanning photos is the best way of archiving them, so do I need to wait to that day when I will be able locate all the neganives and submitt them by scanning? or there is some other way? Please advise? Of course I will try locating this particular one primarily.Message. Marius Domeika (talk) 13:30, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
@Marius Domeika: You're probably out of luck on the anonymous street photographers -- copyright will be seriously muddy -- and I wouldn't worry so much about negatives, send a couple to OTRS and explain the situation. For things you can have reasonable confidence your grandfather took, credit him as the author, and license with {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}}, {{PD-heirs}} or some similar license.
You don't mention what country these were taken in; for some countries the street photographers' work could be OK if it's old enough... - Jmabel ! talk 16:26, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
@Marius Domeika: You can save them locally or upload them to Flickr et al until you are sure.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:27, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Upload new version of image

Hi - I actually tried to ask this question around 4 months ago, but it seems that things did not proceed at all so I’d love to listen to advice from other users here. Briefly speaking, I was trying to upload a new version of a svg file, but I did not see the “Upload a new version of this svg” button on the page (The other contributors updated the file with this method; basically what I/the others was/were trying to do was to add translated version of the svg). I wondered perhaps the reason was that I was a new user at that time and my account had not passed the “autoconfirmation” steps. I did receive a message informing me that I had edited for 10 times with this account, but is there additional process that I have to do in order to apply for a legitimate user status that can edit images with the “Upload new version” method? Or could it be due to other reasons? Thanks so much everyone :D JPiGGoD (talk)

@JPiGGoD: Hi, and welcome. The "Overwrite existing files (reupload)" right is granted to Autoconfirmed users, contributors who are logged in to an account created more than four days ago. Your account was created more than four days ago, so you should be able to reupload now.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:06, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
@JPiGGoD: Hi, In the previous discussion (6 April 2020), it was very difficult for people to answer precisely your question as long as you kept secret what file you were speaking of. With some detective research in your other contributions, I guess that you are probably thinking of "File:Herd immunity.svg". When you write "things did not proceed at all", I suppose that you mean that you still don't find the link "upload a new version of this file". In your other contributions, I also see that you mentioned that you looked at "File:test.svg". I guess that "File:test.svg" may have misled you, because "File:test.svg" has a special additional big button in a different place where it does not exist on other files. So, perhaps you are not looking in the right place when you are looking for the link "upload a new version of this file" on "File:Herd immunity.svg". The normal link on normal files is a small link below the section "file history" (the section with all the small thumbnails of the different versions). -- Asclepias (talk) 12:39, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Help

please how do i upload a file — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bello habeeb (talk • contribs) 14:34, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

See Commons:First steps. --Achim (talk) 15:48, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Problem with Upload Wizard

Hello everyone! Could someone help me with the Upload Wizard? The competition started today, and the template announces the following announcement: "Trace of Soul 2020 has not started yet. Trace of Soul will start in August. You may still share your images, but they will not be eligible for the competition." Thanks in advance! --Bojana Wiki PG (talk) 15:08, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

@Bojana Wiki PG: Hello, It probably takes an administrator to fix that page related to the upload wizard. You can try at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard. (The link to the help desk is a generic message for more common questions.) -- Asclepias (talk) 16:09, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Old Bible

How can I identify a bible that has no publication information ? It resembles the old scotch bible . It has 813 pages , new and old testament and is distinguished pages with notations R 3 , F 2 alongside the page numbers . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tampa2016 (talk • contribs) 20:52, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Coin questions (valuation)

pregunta sobre monedas de 5 pesetas de 1957.

tengo tres monedas de 5 pesetas de franco 1957, (*75/*58/(*59, con 4 errores de fabrica,)como se hace para venderlas u ofrecerlas? juan domingo... pamato_614@hotmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdc-53 (talk • contribs) 20:59, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Hola. Aquí solo resolvemos dudas sobre las imágenes de Wikimedia Commons. No vendemos ni compramos nada. Lo siento. Saludos. --Ganímedes (talk) 21:24, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

Quanto vale uma moeda de 4 centavos do ano1917?

Quanto vale moeda de 4 centavos do ano 1917? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2804:29B8:5081:D:F404:B94A:9C61:316B (talk) 23:09, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

How much is a 4 cent coin of the year 1917 worth?
How much is 4 cents worth in the year 1917
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:24, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
Olá e bem vindo. Aqui, apenas resolvemos dúvidas sobre as imagens do Wikimedia Commons. Nós não vendemos ou compramos nada. Desculpe.
Hi, and welcome. Here we only solve doubts about the images from Wikimedia Commons. We do not sell or buy anything. Sorry.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:24, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Sex videos

Show me sex videos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buhlee (talk • contribs) 04:25, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

@Buhlee: Hi, and welcome. Category:Sex videos redirects to Category:Videos of sexuality. Show your parents.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:57, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 23:24, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Renaming of category Category:Bayernpark in Munich

I would like to rename Category:Bayernpark in Munich to Category:Bayernplatz in Munich but do not have permission to do so. Would somebody who is permitted to rename categories be so kind to assist me? Thanks. --BlackEyedLion (talk) 10:31, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

@BlackEyedLion: ✓ Done --Minoraxtalk (formerly 大诺史) 12:25, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
@BlackEyedLion: In the future, uncontroversial category moves are best requested at User talk:CommonsDelinker/commands. - Jmabel ! talk 19:38, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 23:25, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Не можу зайти на свою сторінку,з авторськми роботами

Доброго дня !Я є автором багатьох фото "Вікі любить землю-"Дібрівський ліс","Мокроялинський","Новопавлівський ліс".Заказник "Вершинв"....Скільки вкладено труда,сил..І чому тепер я не можу зайти насіою сторінку і підтвердити своє ж Авторство???Пише сторінки не існує...Як це???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ярослава Шелест-Тиха (talk • contribs) 09:51, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

I can't go to my page with the author's works
Good afternoon! I am the author of many photos "Vicky loves the land" - "Dibrivsky forest", "Mokroyalinsky", "Novopavlovsky forest". page and confirm your own Authorship ??? Writes page does not exist ... How is it ????
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:09, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
@Ярослава Шелест-Тиха: Привіт, і ласкаво просимо. Ви завантажили 20 фото в Special:ListFiles/Ярослава Шелест-Тиха. Яку сторінку ви шукаєте?
Hi, and welcome. You have 20 uploaded photos at Special:ListFiles/Ярослава Шелест-Тиха. What page are you looking for?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:09, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

New Category

I am not sure I really understand the category system, but I would imagine that an artist would need a category, right?

I have just added the name of the artist to two files (1, 2), but there does not seem to be a category "Hilko Schomerus" yet. Can someone help with that please?

Thanks! --217.239.15.146 21:26, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

✓ Done I have created a page named Category:Hilko Schomerus and added the category name to the individual files. This is how categorizing works. De728631 (talk) 22:05, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

EMAIL ADDRESS

  WHAT IS THE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR GEN CQ BROWN ? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2003:6:41AA:D855:516E:3C1E:AB4D:B324 (talk) 10:35, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
What? --BlueCrabRedCrab (talk) 13:27, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Definitly wrong here. — Speravir – 21:40, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
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File:Mahdi gulaid.jpg

According to this search return, Bing characterizes the above image as public domain. [1]. As such, should I be allowed to remove the deletion notice on the above file? Nalatrugareeysta (talk) 08:52, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Nalatrugareeysta: Search engines are not reliable sources of copyright information. In this case, if you click on the image in the Bing search results, the next page says "Image may be subject to copyright," and then the source page[2] says at the bottom "All Rights Reserved Copyright. © 1999-2020, www.hiiraan.com". This suggests that Bing's characterisation is incorrect, so you shouldn't remove the notice. If for some reason you think Bing is right, you can convert the speedy deletion request into a full deletion request using the "Challenge speedy deletion" button. --bjh21 (talk) 12:37, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Videos

How to get videos — Preceding unsigned comment added by Neema muema (talk • contribs) 10:28, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Neema muema: Hi, and welcome. Please see Category:Videos.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:12, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

we need show my images

Hi

i have uploaded in my images but wikipedia is not showing why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Devaraju king of kings S (talk • contribs) 10:46, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Devaraju king of kings S: sorry to say, image you have uploaded doesn't fall under commons educational scope. Please check Project scope for more information.--IM3847 (talk) 11:08, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

I need help renaming a file

Hello Admin,

Please help me rename this file

File:Victor Oladokun and Kathy Edwards presenting CBN World News.jpg
Victor Oladokun and Kathy Edwards presenting the CBN World News

to Victor Oladokun and Kathy Edwards presenting CBN World News

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rubbyfem (talk • contribs) 11:14, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Rubbyfem: Your file is named in your desired file name. And please deal with your file's source and permission problem properly, in accordance to the notices given, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 14:06, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

I want to rename a file

Dear Admin, Kindly help with renaming this fileto Oladokun speaking at the 2019 Korea Drone Show in Busan

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rubbyfem (talk • contribs) 11:17, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

@Rubbyfem: Please deal with your file's source and permission problem properly in accordance to the notices given. We don't do file renaming to files that are nominated for deletion, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 14:06, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Question about selfies

Hello,

I realize that selfies can also contain visual information that is useful. But sometimes the same guy gets tiresome and the photos don't add that much in my opinion. How tolerant is the Commons regarding these? e.g. this guy has turned up repeatedly in photos of Pakistan, almost always in categories where there are plenty of good photos, in this case Category:Derawar Fort

What is the view here about these selfies? Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 16:37, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

  • In my personal opinion? These look a lot like fairly low quality unused personal photos by a non-contributor (uploaded by a bot). But since there may be some arguable scope here (though doubtful IMO), it may be the safer bet to open a DR. GMG talk 16:43, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Hello, Useless selfies can be deleted with a deletion request. If there are many files from the same source, they can be grouped in one deletion request. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:47, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks. I guess I'll think about collecting a list of them. He usually uses "Haddid" or "Haddid Uddin". If I knew how to do a good search, I could just round them up! Krok6kola (talk) 17:56, 3 August 2020 (UTC)
(Courtesy ping for User:Shizhao who runs the bot in question. GMG talk 18:28, 3 August 2020 (UTC))

Other user credited my work as his own

Hi, I really don't use Commons very often so I don't know what to do. User Locky74 has created this image: File:Distribution of seats in 10th assembly in Croatian Parliament.png when in fact it is a derivative work of my own: File:Sabor 2020 elections seats.png Can someone please remove the file added by user Locky74? Or what should be done? Thanks in advance --Tuvixer (talk) 19:54, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

All acceptable licenses on Commons allow derivative works, so what User:Locky74 did is quite okay and there is no need to remove any file. The only thing missing is attribution of the original file and author, which can be easily added. --rimshottalk 21:13, 3 August 2020 (UTC)

Speedy delete after deletion nomination

I recently put File:Nicholas Latifi.jpg up for deletion nomination, however now reading again through the speedy deletion criteria it probably meets F1, can you nominate it for speedy deletion after a regular nomination has taken place? FozzieHey (talk) 00:20, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

@FozzieHey: Hi, and welcome. Yes, someone did that, and the file was deleted by Jmabel (Copyright violation; see Commons:Licensing (F1): Obvious copyvio, no need to let DR play out.), thanks for asking.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:03, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

آپلود عکس

چگونه میتوانم عکسی را در ویکی پدیا آپلود کنم که کسی تا به حال نکرده؟ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zahra1382 (talk • contribs) 12:25, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

@Zahra1382: یکی از ساده‌ترین راه‌هایش از طریق Special:UploadWizard (جادوگر بارگذاری) است. زمانی که وارد این صفحه شوید، راهنمایی نمایش داده می‌شود که توصیه می‌کنم حتماً آن را مطالعه کنید. به‌طور کلی، لطفاً توجه کنید که اگر قصد بارگذاری تصویر را در انبار دارید، ابتدا باید مطمئن شوید که تصویر موردنظر شما، آزاد است (مثلاً اگر تصویر، کار خودتان است، می‌توانید آن را تحت یک پروانه آزاد منتشر کنید). اگر قصد بارگذاری پوستر یک فیلم یا جلد آلبوم و موارد مشابه را دارید، باید آن‌ها را در خود ویکی‌پدیا بارگذاری کنید. اگر تصویر را در جای بی‌نام‌ونشانی در اینترنت پیدا کرده‌اید (مثلاً با جست‌وجو در گوگل)، اغلب اوقات نباید آن را بارگذاری کرد. Ahmadtalk 12:50, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

How to upload a book?

Hello. I found a scan of 1903 book about Leo Tolstoy: https://the-morning-spb.livejournal.com/456700.html It's about 100 pages (JPEG, 3000x4000px each). There are tons of rare pictures of Tolstoy there. What is the best way to upload it on Wikimedia Commons? Алексей Скрипник (talk) 17:39, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Images: Forgot to delete EXIF data before uploading

I uploaded a few images but forgot to delete the EXIF Copyright field, now they are tagged for speedy deletion, what do I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vestlenning (talk • contribs) 15:16, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Example: File:Weihrauch diopter sight.jpg

Vestlenning (talk) 15:44, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

@Vestlenning: Hi, and welcome. Are you known as joro or jorokam? How did those names get into the EXIF metadata of those files? See also COM:HR. Pinging @Herbythyme as nominator.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:13, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Hi, "joro" and "jorokam" are tags from my wife's camera, they should have been deleted before upload. Vestlenning (talk) 16:26, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
Fair enough and feel free to remove tags (& talk page postings). Not got time now but maybe Jeff will do it. Apologies but we are just protecting the copyright holder. Thanks --Herby talk thyme 16:37, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
@Vestlenning: Did she take those photos? How long does it generally take you to remove those tags from one of those existing photos? How long does it generally take for you to remove those settings from her camera (or change to using "Vestlenning")? How often do you borrow her camera? When you do, how many photos do you generally take in one borrowing session that you consider worthy of uploading here?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:42, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: We both use her camera, I'm not sure who took these photos. What if I remove the EXIF tags and upload new versions of the images? Vestlenning (talk) 16:51, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
@Herbythyme: Cheers! What if I remove the EXIF tags and upload new versions of the images? Vestlenning (talk) 17:55, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
Fine with me. If you are after privacy then we can delete the originals? Message me directly on my talk page if you need my help. Thanks --Herby talk thyme 07:23, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Image

Hi

Is this your email wiki@wikimedia.org

I received an email from this address about an image that I took. I haven’t replied as I didn’t want to go into a link and then get a virus.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.128.131.57 (talk) 08:12, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi, See Help:Email notification. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:45, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
And there is no way that replying to email gives you a virus. - Jmabel ! talk 16:54, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

The categories in this photo are being strange

Hello,

I have a photo that I was trying to put into a new subcategory I made and it keeps being automatically placed into another one. If this doesn't make much since go to File:Florida - Fernandian - NARA - 23936611.jpg and you'll see what I mean.

Skim127 —Preceding undated comment was added at 17:28, 5 Aug 2020 (UTC)

@Skim127: Hi, and welcome. It works for me, please see COM:FAQ#PURGE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:41, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Movie posters

How to upload movie posters found on IMDb or uploaded on social media platforms from official accounts like Twitter, Facebook. e.g 1 Siraj1989 (talk) 15:59, 1 August 2020 (UTC)

  • @Siraj1989: You cannot. They will be copyrighted and not free-licensed. There are some exceptions for very old things, which will vary by country, etc., but none of these will apply to anything from the last 50 years or so. If there is something older than that you want to deal with, come back with the specifics (name of film; country; date; ideally a link to where you found it) and someone here can help you work out the copyright status. - Jmabel ! talk 16:30, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
@Siraj1989: That external link you used points to en:File:Betaal logo.jpg, which was uploaded to English Wikipedia for Fair Use subject to en:WP:F. We do not accept Fair Use files here on Wikimedia Commons.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:44, 1 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you so much for your response. I have seen many pages on Wikipedia where posters from IMDb and social media pages have been used and uploaded by someone who does not have the copyright or not the copyright holder. Please see this one film poster. Siraj1989 (talk) 15:22, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
@Siraj1989: As with the prior example, that is the English-language Wikipedia, not Commons. Yes, in some circumstances you can upload non-free media on the English-language Wikipedia, but Commons (where you asked this question) is not the English-language Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 15:45, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Downloading

Having trouble downloading images. Click download and full resolution and nothing happens. Please let me know what I'm doing wrong.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clem1822 (talk • contribs) 21:40, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

  • Not a clue. If you just click on the image, that also brings up a full-res image and you should be able to save that the same way (via right-click menu) you save any image file, so that should be a workaround. - Jmabel ! talk 03:09, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Photo Deleted

Hi there,

I recently uploaded a photo that I own and it was taken down. Can you please advise why it was taken down and what I can do to get it back up?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ACooper1027 (talk • contribs) 22:06, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

@ACooper1027: Hi, According to your comment on the page User talk:Didym, you obtained the photo from Getty. Getty allow only limited rights to use the photo as described in the contract you passed with them. They do not give rights to relicense photos under free licenses. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:49, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
@Asclepias: Hi, Thank you for your response. The photo that was on the page originally was from Getty, so I'm a bit confused. Is there a way for me to reupload not under free licenses? ACooper1027 (talk) 23:30, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
Good observation. The photo "File:Billy Eichner May 2014.jpg" was specially taken for Yahoo News. So, it can be assumed that Yahoo News fully and exclusively own all the rights to it and they can license it any way they want, including under a free license, as they did. (For more discussions about similar cases, you can see this page.) The file you uploaded "File:BE Headshot.jpg" I suppose was not specially taken for you exclusively and you only acquired a limited non-exclusive right to use it. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:55, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Convenience links: File:Billy Eichner May 2014.jpg, File:BE Headshot.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 03:14, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

I am the uploader of the file in question, so I want to ask, which license I shoud add. The picture is a screeshot from a digitalised version of a music journal from 1921.

The picture shows the German composer Georg Vollerthun (1876-1945). Source: Neue Musik-Zeitung 42 (1921), p. 252. (Nr. 16: 15. 8. 1921) Link to the Source: http://www.digizeitschriften.de/dms/toc/?PID=PPN827938837_0042 There is no photographer mentioned in the source

--Adrian L. (talk) 23:00, 5 August 2020 (UTC)

  • @Adrian L.: Perhaps I'm confused. You are the uploader. You are supposed to upload only images that are in the public domain or appropriately free-licensed. I see no basis to believe this to be free-licensed. On what basis are you saying it is in the public domain? If the photo is from 1921, let's imagine that the photographer was 40 years old (hardly the youngest reasonable age); he/she could easily have lived until the 1960s, far less than 70 years ago (the relevant time after death in German copyright law, as far as I know). Am I missing something? - Jmabel ! talk 03:22, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Tinqo

Hello my Account user name is Tinqo nr

I would like my account to be blocked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tinqo nr (talk • contribs) 03:45, 6 August 2020 (UTC) comment initially ended here, the rest was a later addition. (1). I want to block my account because I have confused myself on that I have log in to Wikipedia but instead I made an account here.(2).I took a screenshot of their IG account

  • There is no User:Tinqo me. You are User:Tinqo nr.
  • It is very unusual for someone to request that their own account be blocked. Would you mind explaining (1) why you want your account blocked and (2) for how long?

•well about the pictures.... I have screenshot them .... Does that not mean it is mine.... and you can delete them — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tinqo nr (talk • contribs) 21:18, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

  • You have two uploads here, both claimed as your own work. Both are reasonably high quality but low-resolution, and marked as your own work, which seems unlikely to me. So while we are communicating: are these really your own work, or should they be deleted? - Jmabel ! talk 06:30, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
    • @Tinqo nr: Since account unification, all accounts on Wikipedia (in any language) are also accounts here and on all other Wikimedia Foundation sites. There is no reason to block you on one particular site, unless your conduct is bad.
    • You did not answer my question about your two uploads. - Jmabel ! talk 15:49, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Simple drawing to illustrate a building shape, based on the architect's drawing

I have created a very simple outline drawing of a building's floorplan, to illustrate the shape of the building which is otherwise difficult to describe. The original architect's drawing (obviously much more detailed and complicated) is from the 1970s, so about 40-50 years old in case that matters. Is it okay for me to upload my drawing, or does it violate some copyright or policy because it's based on somebody else's work?

PS: The drawing is available on the architect's (or rather his estate's, as he's long since dead) website. I don't suppose there's any way that image could be either used (as in, uploaded and then linked to an article), under any circumstances? Thanks, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 14:44, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

  • @DoubleGrazing: Certainly the original drawing is still copyrighted. As for whether your derivative work is above the threshold for copyright, it's hard to say, especially without seeing it. I'd say this question might be better asked at Commons:Village pump/Copyright where you will find more expertise about subtleties like the threshold of originality in various countries. - Jmabel ! talk 15:54, 6 August 2020 (UTC)
    • Thanks @Jmabel: I'll head on over to the village pump, in that case. I'm happy to upload the drawing for inspection, of course, but didn't want to do so in case it violates some rule. Thanks again, -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:10, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

help

I can not login to tje webtise — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sobayi (talk • contribs) 15:29, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Yeni birini eklemek

Merhabalar internette fenomen birisi var adı Yiğit Alp Çakırtaş ve ben bu fenomeni eklediğimde bir hata mesajı alıyorum ve bu fenomenin hayatını yazamıyorum lütfen yardım edermisiniz — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alpmio (talk • contribs) 19:49, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

Adding a new one

Hello, there is a phenomenon on the internet called Yiğit Alp Çakırtaş

and when i add this phenomenon i get an error message and i can't write the life of this phenomenon please can you help me
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:44, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
@Alpmio: Merhaba, hoş geldiniz. Özet bozulmadan bırakılırken yeni bir kullanıcı olarak png ve daha küçük (<50KB veya <5MP) jpg görüntülerini çapraz wiki yüklemeye çalışarak Special:AbuseFilter/153 tetiklediğinizi bildirdiğim için üzgünüm. PNG resimlerinin bu tür yüklemelerine kesinlikle izin verilmez. Her görüntü için aşağıdakiler geçerlidir. Bunun sizin kendi işiniz olduğunu söylediniz. Genellikle birisi bir png veya daha küçük bir jpg resmi yüklediğinde, web'den alınan bir telif hakkı ihlalidir. Lütfen herhangi bir meta veri dahil olmak üzere tam boyutlu orijinalini yükleyin, ancak orijinal resim tasarımcısı veya fotoğrafçısı değilseniz, bu kişinin web sitesinde veya sosyal medyada lisanslaması veya OTRS/tr aracılığıyla bir size karbon kopyası. Ayrıca, herhangi bir png görüntüsü ölçeklendirildiğinde bulanık görünecektir (phab:T192744 'de tartışılan tasarım kararları nedeniyle) veya ölçeklendiğinde jaggy olacaktır, bu nedenle svg veya jpg sürümlerini de yüklemek isteyebilirsiniz. Özeti değiştirir veya bunun yerine Yükleme Sihirbazımız kullanırsanız, bu filtreden kaçınabilmeniz gerekir. Sayfalama Dr. Coal Vandalizm Önleme lütfen.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload png and smaller (<50KB or <5MP) jpg images as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. The following applies to each image. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png or smaller jpg image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including any metadata, but if you were not the original image designer or photographer, that person may need to license it on their website or social media or send permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload svg or jpg versions, too. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. Paging Dr. Coal to Vandalism Prevention, please.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:44, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Advised, thank you Jeff G. -- Dr. Coal (talk) 05:38, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
EN: Alpmio, your situation has nothing to do with Commons and the article you created (twice) on tr.wiki has been deleted on account of notability.
TR: Alpmio, durumunuzun Commons ile bir ilgisi yok ve Türkçe Vikipedi'de (iki kez) oluşturduğunuz madde kayda değerlik gerekçesiyle silindi.
Regards, Dr. Coal (talk) 06:13, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Asking about prizes

When will you give prize to peoples who uploaded photos of Rwanda natural beauty including its flora and fauna. I thing this is the right time to give prize because competition is over — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyusa Abduljabal (talk • contribs) 23:47, 6 August 2020 (UTC)

@Cyusa Abduljabal and Umutambyi Gad: Hi, and welcome. Photos File:12--1920x1278.jpg and File:Visit-Rwanda-Volcano-1920x1280.jpg are two of 335 images in Category:Images from Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Rwanda. It appears from Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Rwanda that the judging is not yet complete, and the prizes have not yet been awarded. Please be patient, all the judges are volunteers with limited time to devote to judging. While I have your attention, can you think of better filenames? Where were you in relation to the pictured mountain when you took each photo? I ask because you did not share the GPS coordinates. See also COM:HR.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:25, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

Licence review

Hi, I've added the licence review template to File:Bebe Rexha 2020 Vogue Taiwan 01.png however I've only just woke up and cannot figure out what the problem is so could someone whon has much more knowledge with this template kindly fix whatever mistake I've made please, Many thanks, –Davey2010Talk 10:39, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

The issue was that your username and the time that the file was reviewed isn't there. --Minoraxtalk (formerly 大诺史) 12:22, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi Minorax, Sorry should've said I'm not a licence reviewer, I just happened to come across the file via EN and saw it wasn't LR tagged and figured it needed to be done urgently as some YouTube uploaders upload videos under a CC licence and then either in a few days or a week change it to a copyright licence .... and if we have no proof of said file originally being under a CC licence then 9/10 it gets deleted,
This is why I don't edit before having a cuppa in the morning! :), Anyway many thanks for your help it's much appreciated :), –Davey2010Talk 14:19, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

How to delete my upload?

Hello, I recently uploaded a file Alamgir profile.png (file) which I want to delete/remove now. How can I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hammad.anwar (talk • contribs) 16:21, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

@Hammad.anwar: Hello, You can add the template {{Speedydelete}} at the top of the page of the file you want to delete. The file will then probably be deleted within a few days. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:43, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

I found an image of the SS Graf Waldersee, a ship I am making an article on Wikipedia for. I decided I would upload it to commons so I could use it. The only problem is that it is marked as copyright, all rights reserved. However, it is impossible for it to be copyright, as the ship was dismantled in 1922, before the 1925 cutoff. The link to it is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobswanson/4065601618. Would I still be able to upload it? --Ghinga7 (talk) 22:17, 7 August 2020 (UTC)

@Ghinga7: Hi, and welcome. The Flickr uploader was probably claiming rights they did not possess. Please see COM:CRT/Germany.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:51, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
I thought so. Would that mean I'd be able to upload it, Jeff G.? --Ghinga7 (talk) 17:30, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

How to mass import?

I would like to mass import the Boynton Collection of Early Claremont, a collection of historical photographs of Pomona College. They were all taken prior to 1925, so they're all in the public domain, since they're in the collection they're presumably all significant enough that they would be useful here, and since they're maintained by a library I assume they likely have the proper metadata/structuring etc. that'd allow for import. But I've never done a mass import before, so I'm not sure how to go about requesting or doing it. Sdkb (talk) 05:04, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

@Sdkb: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:BATCH.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:53, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

viki yeryüzünü seviyor fotoğraf yarışması

     İyi günler
     
     Temmuz sonu yarışma sonucunun belli olacağını söylemiştiniz.Henüz bir açıklama yok.Bilgi vermenizi rica ediyorum.Saygılar — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 78.173.223.62 (talk) 07:27, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
viki loves the earth photo contest

Have a nice day

You said that the results of the competition will be announced at the end of July. There is no explanation yet. I would like you to provide information.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:46, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
Merhaba ve hoş geldiniz. Category:Images from Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Turkey içinde 3.649 resim bulunmaktadır. Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Turkey/tr adresinden değerlendirmenin henüz tamamlanmadığı ve ödüllerin henüz verilmediği anlaşılıyor. Lütfen sabırlı olun, tüm jüri üyeleri değerlendirmeye ayırmak için sınırlı zamana sahip gönüllülerdir.
Hi, and welcome. There are 3,649 images in Category:Images from Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Turkey. It appears from Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2020 in Turkey that the judging is not yet complete, and the prizes have not yet been awarded. Please be patient, all the jury members are volunteers with limited time to devote to judging.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:46, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

How can I suppress the flickering of 3D files?

How can I suppress these flickering?

I have uploaded some 3D files, but some of them are very flickering. For example, look at the mammoth file on the right. The bone surface will blink strongly. This doesn't happen at other sites ([3], [4]) and at 3D softwares on my computer (Blender, MeshLab, Print 3D). How can I suppress these flickering? Thank you.--Was a bee (talk) 23:15, 8 August 2020 (UTC)

How do I contact user Erisedstar30259

I'm trying to reach Erisedstar30259 to ask him/her what app he or she uses to created the marvelous genealogical charts he or she has created on wiki, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_identity#/media/File:Qahtanites.png

Regards,

Abd al-Haqq Godlas AGODLAS@yahoo.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdalhaqq99 (talk • contribs) 18:46, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

User:Erisedstar30259 doesn't seem to be active anymore: His newest contribution is 4 years old and he did not create a user page, so it's very unlikely he would read a message on his discussion page.
But Genealogy seems to be in the scope of Portal:Heraldry - you may want to ask on the talk page there for somebody who knows how to make such charts. -- Juergen 217.61.203.35 20:48, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

a little confused. Was given a photo by the photographer and he gave permission to post it in wikipedia. I dont see a "tag" that would indicate this. Can someone advise me how to upload to commons and properly denote its copyright release status? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zencity57 (talk • contribs) 12:26, 17 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Zencity57: Hi, There is no tag for that, because it is not allowed by Wikimedia's fundamental principles and mission, which is to offer material that is reusable by anyone for any use. A restrictive "permission to post it in wikipedia" is not compatible with this mission. It is not possible to upload it to Commons. For more details about the policy and free licenses, please see Commons:Licensing -- Asclepias (talk) 13:05, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@Zencity57: (Edit conflict) Welcome to Wikimedia Commons! Our rules mean that "permission to post it in wikipedia" is not enough for a file to be acceptable on Wikimedia Commons. Commons only accepts free photos, which means that anyone must be allowed to use the photo for any purpose. Usually, this is done by using one of the Creative Commons family of licences, but note that ones including the "NC" or "ND" components are not allowed. If your photographer is willing to release his work under one of those, there are two ways for you to demonstrate that he has done this. If the photographer has a Web site where he posts pictures, he could post this one with a note explaining precisely which licence it's released under. For instance, "I hereby release this photograph under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence". You would then upload the picture here and tag it with (in this example) {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}} and {{LicenseReview}}. If that's not possible, there's a more complicated process involving email described on COM:OTRS. Please ask again if you have any problems with this. --bjh21 (talk) 13:10, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

thank you, very helpful, most appreciated — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zencity57 (talk • contribs) 15:46, 17 August 2020‎ (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:25, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Dear Sir or Madam, Please help me to accept the photo (Marcin slezak.jpg) placed on the Wikipedia website: Marcin Slezak. The photo was made for my (Marcin Ślęzak) order by a professional photographer Marcin Gorgolewski (I paid for it e few years ago) and it is generally available on the website (https://www.its.waw.pl/8266,pl,Foto-Wideo.html) as the first photo made available to the media and journalist. Please do not delete this photo and keep it published on the website. Yours sincerely, Marcin Ślęzak --StasiekXYZ (talk) 22:28, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

  • @StasiekXYZ: You removed the tag indicating that it wasn't properly licensed, and you specified a license, but you didn't really solve the problem. Presumably the photographer owns the copyright to the photo, but you say the photographer is unknown, so how can you possibly know that the owner of the copyright possibly have offered the license? - Jmabel ! talk 03:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

how to upload SVG to replace JPEG?

I created an SVG "Piezo bending principle.svg". (I'm not the creator of the existing JPEG.) I would appreciate help with uploading and properly editing the page to use it. Honestly I didn't really have time to create this and really don't have time to research how this should be done, so I apologize for not searching help/archives to figure this all out.

The original isn't only a poor choice because it's a bitmap. It's also wrong. The author must have copied his plus and minus signs and forgot to flip them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Contimuator (talk • contribs) 22:44, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

  • @Contimuator: File:Piezo bending principle.svg doesn't seem to have been uploaded. You don't say what file you mean by "the existing JPEG."
  • Under COM:OVERWRITE you don't really replace a file on Commons. You make your alternative available. Then you can go to the various Wikipedias (or other sister projects) where it is used, and you change what file is used.
  • We deliberately do not have an automated tool to replace a JPEG with an SVG. As it says at User:CommonsDelinker/commands, "To avoid drama, CommonsDelinker will ignore a command to replace an image if the new image is svg and the original is not." - Jmabel ! talk 03:33, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi JuTa I am a novice for adding photographs and need your advice for this photograph. The image is a photograph of my grandfather which I received from my mother. The photograph was taken in 1905, which you can see as the ball that Walter is holding says 1905-6 on it. You can see the photograph is slightly damaged and there is nothing on the front or rear of it to say who the photographer was. From the links you sent me I cannot understand the copyright position of the photo so perhaps you can help me determine the copyright status of this photograph. Is a photo from 1905 still in copyright? If it is impossible to find the original copyright holder does that mean it can not be added to the Wiki? If the original copyright has expired does this mean that because I own the photo and have scanned the photo I have now become the copyright holder? If the latter is true then can I complete the upload by adding the {{PD-self}} tag?

Thanks for your help Paul --Paul Turner Keyworth (talk) 22:50, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Can someone help me upload all these photos? My progress crashed and I'm too lazy do to it again.

I tried doing it but it crashed, and I lost all my caption progress. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOerhQM9zE9Kk7ZlE3bwzypkPY-VMaaOKD3d-HDbNRma5rQBkdDcWPp9XgYNjz5dg?key=Y2JFeGFHS3hLSEpsUVhwOEthNTU0VzVSZXBiVDZB All public domain is the lisence. Sorry to be lazy --BlueCrabRedCrab (talk) 23:40, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Public domain is that I took them all myself, and I want to release them under public domain. BlueCrabRedCrab (talk) 12:25, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
@BlueCrabRedCrab: So you are the photographer? Is there (or can you add) somewhere on Google clearly tied to that account that indicates that you are the same person who has this Commons account, and that you release these photos under {{Cc-0}}? If not, it seems to me you have to go through the COM:OTRS process to establish that Google account is the same person as this Commons account. Otherwise, these are all likely to be deleted as apparent copyright violations (which would have been the case if you'd uploaded them yourself as well). - Jmabel ! talk 16:05, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Yes, I took them all myself. I'm red signal Productions. And I only shared the link with my friends, who haven't uploaded anything to it. Plus, I just added to the title. Look at it again. BlueCrabRedCrab (talk) 17:40, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

This is the official photo of a Minnesota State Legislator. What is usually the copyright status of these types of images?

--Blackforest92 (talk) 04:45, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

remove/replace photo

Hi - I'm trying to remove the photo from https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Den_norske_tannlegeforening - the photo shows the old offices of NTF. I cannot find out how to simply remove it, and I've tried to replace it with bort the logo and a photo of the president, but I only get error messages?

Thank you for your help to update this page.

Kind regards Tonje Camacho Communication officer, Den norske tannlegeforening (NTF) — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 188.95.247.248 (talk) 13:28, 10 August 2020‎ (UTC)

The way to remove the picture from no:Den norske tannlegeforening is to edit that article using one of the links at the top of that page. However, you should first read no:Wikipedia:Interessekonflikt since I expect it applies in your case. If you have problems with editing Norwegian Wikipedia, I'd suggest asking at no:Wikipedia:Torget or no:Wikipedia:Nybegynnerforum, where there are likely to be more people who habitually work on that project. --bjh21 (talk) 13:52, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

How do I upload an image of someone to their Wiki page?

How do I upload an image of someone to their Wiki page if I do not own the image but wish to credit the source? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonesandco902 (talk • contribs) 17:36, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Only the copyright holder may give a free license to the image, so you would have to contact them and ask whether they would be willing to do so. An example permission mail can be found at Commons:Email_templates. This would need to be sent to OTRS (as described on that page). Keep in mind that a free license by our definition allows the file to be used by anyone for any purpose, including changing the file. --rimshottalk 22:26, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
And keep in mind that sorting out the rights on an image that you didn't create is actually one of the harder things to do here, and if you haven't got a lot of experience here you may find it a bit daunting. - Jmabel ! talk 02:45, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Hello, I'm trying to upload a photograph of a deceased woman who was a radio personality. I contacted the radio station and the manager sent this - a personal photograph she took - along with her express permission to use it in the Wikipedia article. I have an email I can forward attesting to her permission. Could you please advise which is the correct licence selection to use? Thanks from a newbie.

--Isaksenk (talk) 18:24, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

Only the copyright holder may give a free license to the image, so they have to choose which one they want to use, a permission for Wikipedia only is not enough. An example permission mail can be found at Commons:Email_templates. This would need to be sent to OTRS (as described on that page). Keep in mind that a free license by our definition allows the file to be used by anyone for any purpose, including changing the file. --rimshottalk 22:28, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
Necessarily, the first thing to do here is to work out who owns the copyright of the photo. - Jmabel ! talk 02:46, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Photo editing tools?

Are there any tools built into commons to do simple photo editing? I've got good tools on my desktop, but using them means I have to download, do my edits, and re-upload, which is a drag. For simple stuff like crop, rotate, adjust exposure, it would be a lot simpler to be able to do it right here. RoySmith (talk) 11:56, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

For the basics we have {{Rotate}} and Commons:CropTool. Not sure about exposure, but someone will know. Rodhullandemu (talk) 12:02, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
@RoySmith and Rodhullandemu: CropTool can also rotate in 90° increments, just swap the dimensions if rotating 90° or 270°.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:59, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
I don't believe we have anything for exposure. I suspect that would be tougher, though not impossible. - Jmabel ! talk 16:27, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Identifying translations by beginner-level speakers

I just discovered (and improved) a low quality translation by a user who claimed having only a beginner level knowlegde of the target language (see Translations:Template:Translate/i18n/4/de). How can I identify more candidates of possible low quality translations ? Is there some tool that can list translations of a particular language last edited by a user with a particular babel banner on his user page ? -- Juergen 217.61.203.35 10:14, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

  • Once you've found someone who has done this once, there is a fair chance they've done it a lot; look through their contributions.
  • By the way: I would say that "non-native" isn't necessarily a problem, and even small imperfections are not a disaster but, yes, it's really bad when someone tries to write in a language where they are not even coherent. - Jmabel ! talk 17:07, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
The user in question has thousands of edits, that's why I'm asking for a tool. The problem is not that he isn't a native speaker but he is truthfully displaying a beginner-level babel banner on his user page. I changed the section headline accordingly. -- Juergen 217.61.203.35 20:28, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
So do I understand you want a tool that would look through all edits by a particular person, return all pages on which they had added the template for some specified language (e.g. {{En}}, {{De}} and made at least some additional textual change at that time, and then give you an easy way to edit those pages? I doubt there is such a tool but perhaps someone could craft one. - Jmabel ! talk 03:21, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
No, I didn' want so search for edits by a specific user, neither did I want to select pages by what content they added on the pages.
Instead I wanted to select pages being German translations (see my example above) last edited or created by users whose user pages are listed in Category:User de-1 or Category:User de-0. Just to verify translation quality. -- Juergen 217.61.203.35 22:10, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

SVG file preview bugged.

I made this file: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Maslow%27s_Hierarchy_of_Needs2.svg for this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs

but in the preview there is only food, water visible at the bottom . Only when I click on the source svg file https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Maslow%27s_Hierarchy_of_Needs2.svg I can also see food, water, warmth, rest.

I don't know how to fix this {{Androidmarsexpress (talk) 07:56, 11 August 2020 (UTC))|19:27, 10 August 2020|Androidmarsexpress}}

EDIT: in the original image used on the page is a typo and it's not a svg file. {{Androidmarsexpress (talk) 07:56, 11 August 2020 (UTC))|19:31, 10 August 2020|Androidmarsexpress}}

EDIT2: formatted text to path, now it works. {{Androidmarsexpress (talk) 07:56, 11 August 2020 (UTC))|19:46, 10 August 2020|Androidmarsexpress}}

Ist that simple layout and this collection of some phrases really eligible for copyright ? -- Juergen 217.61.203.35 22:17, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
On first thought, probably yes. It's creative. If it weren't creative, people wouldn't copy it like that. Still, it's a good question. Considering Category:Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what are the criteria to say that some images are accepted on Commons and others are not? -- Asclepias (talk) 22:54, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
@Asclepias: Two specific files are under discussion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs.jpg and Commons:Deletion requests/File:Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs2.svg. The outcome of those discussions will probably inform the disposition of the 77 files in that category, and that category as well.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:20, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Island House 1948 Postcard Image

Convenience link for anyone trying to follow this: this is about File:Island House, Laugharne postcard.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 08:37, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

May I ask if you think there may be a fair use case for this postcard image? (temporarily uploaded to my archive.org account)

It is a copy of a postcard downloaded with permission from an Ancestry member's family tree profile gallery (no copyright claim) and is in turn a crop of an RAF aerial photo from 1948. The original RAF photo supplied via Laugharne History Society's FB page on request with no copyrght claim. A collection of similar aerial photos from this date is also currently made available via a variety of Creative Commons licences by Univ Cambridge Digital Library but this particular image is not listed - here is the class reference Laugharne Castle, Carmarthen (K-E19 Page: 1 Physical Location: Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography Classmark: K-E19 Subject(s): Aerial photography Date of Creation: 1948-07-26 Extent: 1 photograph Laugharne Castle, Carmarthen Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 13:21, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

I think if the original photo was taken by the RAF in 1948 and it hasn't been creatively edited since, {{PD-UKGov}} would do the job. It's a photograph taken by the UK Government before 1957-06-01, so its Crown copyright has expired. Commons doesn't host pictures solely under a claim of fair use, so if you wanted to go that way you'd need to check the policy of the project you were planning to host it on. --bjh21 (talk) 13:46, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
I think I've not provided the correct info when adding the image using {{PD-UKGov}} and have received this message on my Talkpage can you help at all? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horatius At The Bridge (talk • contribs) 19:22, 11 August 2020‎ (UTC)
@Horatius At The Bridge: It's because you put {{tl|PD-UKGov}} on the page instead of {{PD-UKGov}}. In other words you mentioned the template rather than using it. Should be fine now. - Jmabel ! talk 01:29, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
That is, it's fine as far as licensing. Still needs categories. - Jmabel ! talk 01:30, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Many thanks for your help, much appreciated - hope I can cope with adding categories - it seems like another box of frogs! edit - I just added categories for 'Grade II* Buildings in Carmarthenshire' & 'Aerial Photographs of Wales' in the file description section but sadly without visible result.Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 08:07, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
@Horatius At The Bridge: Here's my cleanup from that; in particular, categories are case-sensitive. - Jmabel ! talk 08:43, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
And then I added two other obvious categories: Category:Laugharne and Category:1948 in Wales; it wouldn't surprise me if there are others, but this is not a place I know anything about. - Jmabel ! talk 08:57, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
It's a good job one of us knows what they're doing ..... I'm obliged once more :-) Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 09:06, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Map from a publication

Hi, there are distribution maps and drawings of fleas found in this publication from 1974. https://doi.org/10.1071/AJZS030 Dunnet, G. M., & Nardon, D. K. (1974). A monograph of Australian fleas (Siphonaptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series, 22(30), 1-273.

I am trying to figure out if these are okay to upload? Or are they still under copyright. Would I have to make a map from the data they provide? What about the scientific illustrations?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terngirl (talk • contribs) 11:32, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

  • @Terngirl: Assuming the maps are from the same era as the article, they will be under copyright for many decades to come. If the author is still alive, the countdown hasn't even started ticking. - Jmabel ! talk 16:03, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Video upload

Hi, Does anyone know of any other video uploading tools here?,
Video2commons doesn't work and all online MP4-WEBM converters convert the file ... and then want me to pay x amount a month for an account!,
The file size is 116mb if that's of any help,
Many thanks, Regards, –Davey2010Talk 14:05, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

  • When you say "Video2commons doesn't work": my usual experience has been that if I upload to a (free) Vimeo account, then Video2commons will upload successfully from Vimeo. - Jmabel ! talk 16:04, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
    • Hey Jmabel, Unfortunately if I upload with a Youtube URL (cc licenced) it brings up an error, If I upload straight from my pc it brings up another error,
Thanks for that - I'll give that a go! :), Thanks for your helpful suggestion :), Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 00:35, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
Video2commons seems to have some built-in thing for YouTube that, in my experience, doesn't work. - Jmabel ! talk 01:29, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Can I upload photo of pre-1918 font photo from 1990 Soviet published book I shot myself? If "yes", how? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dieſelmaus (talk • contribs) 14:52, 12 August 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Dieſelmaus: Just to be sure I understand: you are saying that you shot the photo of the 1990 Soviet-published book (& a photo of a book is no different than a scan, no copyright implication), not that you were the person who shot the photo for the 1990 Soviet-published book. Correct?
  • Are you saying the "font photo" is pre-1918, or that the 1990 book had a (then-recent) photo of a pre-1918 font? If the former, then we'd need to work out the status of a work (from what country? Russia?) in 1918; if the latter, and if there was any creativity in the photo, then the date is 1990 and it's presumably copyrighted. - Jmabel ! talk 16:10, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
  • @Jmabel: , the 1990 book (yearly magazine, to be correct) had a photo of sample of three leters in pre-1918 font from some other pre-1918 book. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dieſelmaus (talk • contribs) 16:32, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Upload Wizard select form - default path

Is there a way to force Upload Wizard to search a particular path/directory when using "add more files"? It keeps using a INetCache folder and I have to navigate through a web of other paths to get it to the correct place. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 15:15, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Fiche sur Joseph Moreira

Bonjour , J'ai reçu un message de votre part au sujet d'une photo que j'ai inséré sur le wikipédia de mon père Joseph Moreira , je n'ai pas compris quel était le problème . — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 109.10.136.148 (talk) 16:04, 12 August 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.10.136.148 (talk • contribs) 16:04, 12 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@ 109.10.136.148 : Bonjour, Ce serait plus facile si vous indiquiez votre nom d'utilisateur et le nom du fichier dont vous voulez parler. Après avoir cherché et en supposant que vous seriez l'utilisateur «Bruno Moreira 83» et que le fichier serait «File:Joseph Moreira.jpg», on peut conclure que l'utilisateur «Timk70», qui vous a envoyé le message, essaie de dire qu'il met en doute la déclaration qui se trouve sur la page de description du fichier, selon laquelle vous affirmez être l'auteur de cette photographie et de sa légende. Ce doute, en fait, semble compréhensible pour plusieurs raisons. Apparemment votre nom serait Moreira, et non Lemesre, ce dernier étant le nom mentionné sous la photo comme étant celui du photographe. Cette photo semble avoir été prise vers les années 1960 et l'apparence de l'image donne l'impression d'être une reproduction d'une image déjà publiée. Pour ces raisons, il faut s'assurer qu'il n'y a pas de contravention aux droits d'auteur. Si vous êtes le photographe Lemesre, une vérification de votre identité serait nécessaire. Si vous n'êtes pas Lemesre, une explication serait nécessaire pour soutenir l'affirmation selon laquelle vous seriez le propriétaire des droits d'auteur de sa photographie et pour préciser par quelles modalités vous le seriez devenu. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:32, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

Image for Fracking article

How would I go about obtaining the figure in this article for the WP Fracking article? https://www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/earthquake-hazards/science/hazard-estimation-induced-earthquakes?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects Charles Juvon (talk) 23:33, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

  • In licensing terms, it looks like that would be {{PD-USGov}}.
  • Technically: download the image to your computer, upload to Commons in the usual manner, be sure to reference the source and to use {{PD-USGov}} in lieu of a license, then transclude it in Wikipedia just like any other image. If any of that is unclear, please be more specific about what you need help with and I can probably either give you a specific answer or point you to a help page on the relevant topic. - Jmabel ! talk 01:23, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Import files with a suppressed file in revision

I want to use a file which was uploaded on en-WP in a sa-WP article. When I try to import it to commons the following message shows up: Can't import file because at least one of its revisions contains a suppressed file. Is there a way to bypass this? Or any other way to use the same file on sa-WP ?--श्रीमान २००२ (talk) 08:34, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

@श्रीमान २००२: There are other, less nice ways to import pictures from English Wikipedia, all of which amount to automation around the process of downloading from English Wikipedia and uploading to Commons. See Commons:Moving files to Commons for a list, but toolforge:commonshelper is probably most appropriate for a single transfer. Alternatively, you could simply download a new copy of the logo, at the highest resolution you can find, from the source site and upload it to Commons. I'm assuming here that the logo is simple enough that it's not subject to copyright, so you can apply {{PD-logo}} to it. If it's not, you may have to upload it directly to Sanskrit Wikipedia as non-free content. --bjh21 (talk) 10:11, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
@श्रीमान २००२: I have requested an SVG version for you at COM:GL/I#Logo of Modern Vidya Niketan schools.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:04, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks. --श्रीमान २००२ (talk) 04:13, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
@श्रीमान २००२: You're welcome. I see File:Modern Vidya Niketan.svg is in use in 2 articles now, may we consider this resolved?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:16, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Yes.--श्रीमान २००२ (talk) 07:44, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
@श्रीमान २००२: Thank you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:20, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:20, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Why is everything violating rules?

Good day,

How is posting the signature or photo of the person whose page I am creating violating your rules? and why hWikisecurityafrica profile deleted? I don't understand why it's so complicated. I haven't even publish the page yet, I was just practicing before publishing. Do you have an exact explanation of what's wrong and how to make it right? Without just sending me your wiki links with unclear articles. I will appreciate it, thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikisecurityafrica (talk • contribs) 21:35, 12 August 2020 (UTC)

You can find the reasons on your talk page. -- Juergen 217.61.203.35 22:23, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
@Wikisecurityafrica: How do you know Astemir Karmov?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:31, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Good day, I'm closely working with him on this article. Nothing has been violated. All photos belong to us, as well as the information provided. Will add some external referenced for some information mentioned in the article as well later. If you need any confirmation from his side that can be arranged. You guys making things complicated. Talk page says that pictures are violating Common rules but I'm uploading photos of the person and it's about him actually. If I need to create it not in the Commons but somewhere else, that's okay, I can do that. Practicing is finished now :-)

@Wikisecurityafrica: Please read and follow en:WP:COI and en:WP:MFA. If and when you upload the article, please do it in the Draft namespace per en:WP:AFC. Thank you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:18, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

image flagged

for copyright reasons, but the photographer gave permission for the photo to be uploaded. is there any way to insure that the photo is not removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stellatree (talk • contribs) 15:45, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

@Stellatree: Which photographer? Sam Levy or Gabe Habash? The page mentions both names. Please see the page Commons:OTRS and ask the photographer to confirm the free license. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:14, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

Trouble uploading fair use file locally

Hi there, I'm having a great deal of trouble trying to understand how to upload a fair use cover art for a video game article, and am afraid I'm going to get myself banned while doing it. When I attempt to upload locally in the page, it tells me I must use wikimedia commons, yet whenever I upload to wikimedia commons, it says fair use is not allowed. Can I get some clarification on this process? Is there a way to have a page "moved" instead of deleted? Here's the item in question: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lockheart_Indigo_cover.jpg

It is specifically designated for this English Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheart_Indigo

JaidenAlemni (talk) 16:45, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

@JaidenAlemni: You shouldn't be blocked for merely making a mistake. At least, not if you learn from it. Non-free files aren't allowed on Commons and there's no sensible way to move files from Commons to other projects, so I've tagged File:Lockheart Indigo cover.jpg for speedy deletion. You should be able to upload the file on English Wikipedia by starting at en:Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard. Since non-free cover art is one of the explicit cases it covers, I'd be surprised to find it redirecting you to Commons, but if you tell us what options you chose and what happened we might be able to work out why. Since the form is on English Wikipedia, you might find en:Wikipedia:Help desk or en:Wikipedia:Teahouse has people who better understand the process there, though. --bjh21 (talk) 16:57, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
@Bjh2: Ah-ha! Thank you so much for the link to the Wikipedia Upload Wizard! I had no idea they were separate, that's where I was tripping up. Sorry for all of the trouble, thanks again!
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Photo usage question

I'd like to add a photo to the Wikipedia page for the American stage actor John Battles - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Battles. I have a photo taken on the day of his wedding, April 13, 1949. John Battles was my father's first cousin and the photo has been handed down to me. It was at the time a publicity photo, but it is a family possession. Why would it have been rejected for submission? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcgotime (talk • contribs) 21:35, 15 August 2020‎ (UTC)

Copyright is usually held by the photographer and not by the person depicted, and owning a copy of a photo does not automatically make you own its copyright too. As a publicity photo it would still have been copyrightable for the photographer, but the terms and conditions vary from country to country. So, to help you, we need some additional information:
  • When and where was this promotional photo first published?
  • Who was the original photographer?
De728631 (talk) 21:45, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
The photo was released on April 14, 1949, so that would have the first possible publication date. The photographer is not noted. A unit of King Features Syndicate, based in New York, is who released the photo. Mcgotime (talk) 21:53, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Ok. To be copyrighted, this image would have had to be published along with a copyright notice like "Copyright 1949 Random Photo Studios". However, this was often not done for promo photos. Unless you know of any instance where such a notice had been attached to the photo, I think you can upload it here with a license tag {{PD-US-no notice}}. De728631 (talk) 22:02, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
Thank you. I will try that.Mcgotime (talk) 22:07, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
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Duplicate of portrait of king Willem I of the Netherlands, Rijksmuseum SK-A-2125

  • Willem I (1772-1843), koning der Nederlanden Rijksmuseum SK-A-2125.jpeg (Wikidata Q17327417)
  • Charles Howard Hodges - Willem I (1772-1843), koning der Nederlanden - BR2065 - Rijksmuseum Twenthe.jpg (Wikidata Q43091228)

are images (photos) of the same painting. The original painting, by Charles Hodges, is in the collection of Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-2125, [5]) and on (permanent?) loan to Rijksmuseum Twenthe, as stated on Twenthe's website [6]. The Amsterdam image is slightly cropped; the Twenthe image shows the edges of the painting. Can the two Wikimedia commons records be merged, keeping both images (as different versions of the same image)? Or should only the Wikidata items be merged? Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CvZ (talk • contribs) 17:49, 17 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@CvZ: If it's the same painting and the problem is that it has two entries on Wikidata as if it were two different paintings, I guess the entries should be merged on Wikidata, but I'm unfamiliar with Wikidata and the issue should probably be addressed directly on Wikidata. On Commons, no, there is nothing to merge, if there are two different photographs of the same painting, those two different photographs must be in two different files on Commons, each with its own specific information. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:51, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
Convenience links:
Jmabel ! talk 19:09, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
Many thanks for the clarification and links! CvZ (talk) 08:01, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
Done! CvZ (talk) 14:30, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
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Extracting coordinates from map.geo.admin

Is there a way to extract coordinates from this URL for use in Template:Location? I need it to correct the coordinates at File:Alpe Sella 2.jpg, File:Alpe Sella.jpg and File:Colma di Schignano, vista OSO.jpg since the EXIF ones that DschwenBot copied are wrong. Please ping me if you have an answer. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 08:23, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

@Jo-Jo Eumerus: If you chose "WGS 84 (lat/lon)" in the menu at the bottom left of the screen, the co-ordinates shown down there in parentheses show where the cursor is in a form that can easily be converted for {{Location}}. For instance, Lausanne railway station shows "(46.51651, 6.62929)", so you could convert that to {{Location|46.51651|6.62929}}. --bjh21 (talk) 10:20, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
That works at showing the coordinates, but you can't copy them and trying to change page makes them disappear. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:43, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jo-Jo Eumerus: I was expecting that for four pictures you could afford the time to write the co-ordinates on a piece of paper. However there seems to be a simpler approach: if I right-click somewhere I get a pop-up with the co-ordinates of that point in lots of formats, including WGS-84. And those co-ordinates are copyable. --bjh21 (talk) 13:16, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I've worked with that copying. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 16:44, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
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HELP! How do I upload a rejected public domain photo of Buchenwald concentration camp?

Hello, I am a newbie to Wikipedia and have just created an article on the Norwegian WW2 resistance member named Oscar Magnusson. I attempted to upload a public domain photo of Buchenwald concentration camp to this article, but it was rejected. The file name is BUCHENWALD_CONCENTRATION_CAMP_WW2.jpg and I am only using the image as a visual aid to the article about Magnusson's inspiring story of survival of multiple concentration camps during WW2. This same image was used in Magnusson book, Jeg vil level (i.e. I Will Live). Please advise on how I can upload this public domain image. Sincere thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by EngelskOversetter (talk • contribs) 11:03, 18 August 2020‎ (UTC)

UPDATE: Nevermind, I guess. I have now edited my article to include links to existing articles on Wikipedia, one of which contains the exact image of Buchenwald concentration camp that I was trying to upload as a public domain photo. Hey, this solution works fine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EngelskOversetter (talk • contribs) 11:20, 18 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@EngelskOversetter: Is the image you are talking about among those visible at no:Buchenwald? If so, you can just re-use that in your article at no:Oscar Magnusson. Click on the image in no:Buchenwald and then on "more details" (or your language equivalent of that) in the bottom right corner to reach the file description page(for the first image in that article, that would lead you here). At the top of that page, you will find the file name, in this case File:Buchenwald Slave Laborers Liberation.jpg. Copy that and go back to no:Oscar Magnusson. In edit mode, click on Insert -> Media and paste the file name into the search box. See also en:Help:Introduction to images with VisualEditor/3 or no:Hjelp:Bilder#Innlegging_av_bilde_i_løpende_tekst if you prefer the source code editor over the visual editor. Hope that helps? --El Grafo (talk) 11:43, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

@El Grafo Thanks for your help! EngelskOversetter (talk) 16:41, 19 August 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EngelskOversetter (talk • contribs) 12:21, 19 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@EngelskOversetter: there is no File:BUCHENWALD_CONCENTRATION_CAMP_WW2.jpg, and there has never been an image of that name on Commons, so it is hard to know what image you are talking about. - Jmabel ! talk 14:47, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel! Thanks anyway, I used El Grafo's instructions to locate and insert an existing version of the same image. EngelskOversetter (talk) 16:41, 19 August 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EngelskOversetter (talk • contribs) 12:21, 19 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@EngelskOversetter: you tried to upload a low resolution file as a new user and triggered a filter designed to stop people uploading copyright violations. In this case it was a false positive. If this happens in the future please use Special:UploadWizard. MKFI (talk) 07:34, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

@MKFI, OK, thanks for the heads up! EngelskOversetter (talk) 16:41, 19 August 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by EngelskOversetter (talk • contribs) 12:21, 19 August 2020‎ (UTC)

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Wreck of the Sarah Anne Trehearne

I would like to use this image https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/8876 under this license Template:*PD-Art-two

the image page contains the following information and I'd like to know it it prevents use on Wikipedia

"COPYRIGHT DETAILS © Carmarthenshire County Museum 2020 LICENCE INFORMATION Reproduced by permission of Carmarthenshire County Museum All Rights Reserved." the image already also appears on other websites eg https://www.simonread.info/within-the-living-memory-of-the-dead/#iLightbox[76fef3a2ac31d9bb913]/0 Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 13:59, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Horatius At The Bridge, this is a case of slightly disputed law here. It's the view of Commons that digitalising old art does not constitute a new work for copyright purposes, hence you can upload the image if the painting etc if the original painting is public domain. Some entities do claim a copyright for digitalising the work, which they are indicating in this case; the view of the Commons community is that this can be ignored. You can see more details at Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag, if you are interested in the legal aspects. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 14:34, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
Many thanks Alex, my next question after following the link you provided - which template do you think is preferable in the UK? edit - I'm now thinking PD-Art tag Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 14:42, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
@Horatius At The Bridge: I would use {{PD-Art-two|PD-old-assumed|PD-US-expired}} - {{PD-Art-two}} has the same meaning as {{PD-art}}, but is used where there is a US and non US license. We don't know when the author died, but as the work was made around 1836, we can assume they'be been dead for more than 70 years, so out of copyright in the UK. Everything here also has to be public domain in the USA, but everything published before 1925 is, so PD-US-expired can also be used, giving {{PD-Art-two|PD-old-assumed|PD-US-expired}} as the full template. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 17:02, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
Image now inserted, your help is much appreciated Alex Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 21:29, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
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Richard Hughes NLW Images

Am I correct in thinking the license for this image is not suitable for its inclusion in Wikicommons? If so, are you able to advise or refer me to advice about its inclusion in the wikipedia article as the only image available? I was referred to the NLW image by the author's family website as below who are supportive

"Hi XXXX I found these photos at The National Library of Wales with a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence. That should work for Wikipedia I think?' NLW link [7]image link Are you focused only on photos or do you do text? If I submit/update text as a relative I am supposed to go through a independent page editor rather than just use "edit", but I am not 100% sure how to do that. Thanks XXX"

I am only interested in adding an image but if you can answer their question as well I can pass it on and that would be great Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 09:25, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

@Horatius At The Bridge: You're correct: the "NC" component makes that licence inappropriate for Commons. Sometimes archives purport to put restrictive licences on public domain pictures, but these are recent enough that that's not what's happening here. I think English Wikipedia's non-free content guidelines would allow the use of this picture on English Wikipedia, though. See item 10 under en:WP:NFCI. The File Upload Wizard on English Wikipedia can guide you through uploading it. As for editing text on English Wikipedia, the conflict of interest guidelines say that people with a conflict of interest should avoid editing pages directly, but can suggest edits on the corresponding talk page. So your contact should add a section to en:Talk:Richard Hughes (British writer) beginning it with {{edit request}} and explaining what they think should be changed, and what their relationship is to the subject. If you have further questions specifically about English Wikipedia, the Teahouse or help desk on English Wikipedia are probably the places to ask (but don't ask the same question at both). --bjh21 (talk) 10:35, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Thank you very much bjh, that advice is most helpful. I've uploaded the image as non free content and passed on your comments to my contact re their own editing. Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 12:33, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
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Suche einen Ansprechpartner für das Denkmalamt Essen, die ihre Fotos digitalisiern und unter einer freien Lizenz zur Verfügung stellen würden.

Ich bin angesprochen worden ob es nicht die Möglichkeit gäbe, das Fotoarchiv des Denkmalamtes Essen nach der Digitalisierung unter einer Commos Lizenz hier zugänglich zu machen. Gibt es da Anspechpartner, die da bei einer Einführung unterstützen könnten. --Gmbo 2013 (talk) 11:38, 9 August 2020 (UTC)

Brauchst Du eine deutsche Uebersetzung von Commons:Guide to batch uploading (Anleitung zum Hochladen als Stapelverarbeitung) ? -- Juergen 217.61.203.35 12:20, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
Es geht dabei in erster Linie nicht um die Technik viele Bilder hochzu laden. Zur Zeit geht es um jemanden der sich rechtlich auskennt. Die Mitarbeiter im Amt kennen sich mit Commons wenig aus und sind sich nicht sicher ob die Bilder alle hochgeladen werden dürfen, oder ob es Ausschlußkriterien gibt. Der Chef steht dem ganzen zwar positiv gegenüber kennt commons aber bisher gar nicht. Daher die Frage ob es einen Ansprchpartner auf der Commons Seite gäbe. Ähnlich wie ein Mentor in der Wikipedia. --Gmbo 2013 (talk) 21:39, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
Deine Frage ist im deutschsprachgen Forum besser aufgehoben. Gruss --Nightflyer (talk) 14:13, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
Danke für das Verlinken hierher.--Gmbo 2013 (talk) 21:39, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

সুনামগঞ্জ

সুনামগঞ্জ সিলেট বাংলাদেশ। সুনামগঞ্জ একটি বাংলাদেশ এর জেলা এই জেলাই কয়লা চুনা পাথর বালু পাওয়া যায়।এই জেলার মানুষ মোটা মোটি ভালো তার মানবতার জন্য খুবই ভালো।সুনামগঞ্জ এর সুনামগঞ্জ সারা বাংলাদেশে আছে। — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rony 13 bd (talk • contribs) 04:33, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

এটি একটি উইকিমিডিয়া কমন্স সহায়তা ডেস্ক। আপনার স্যান্ডবক্সে লেখার পরীক্ষা করুন। --Red-back spider (talk) 10:21, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Photos older than 70 years old, UK where author has been impossible to trace

Hello,

I have tried without success to identify the author of a black and white photograph, pre 1926 based on the content, but with no other information. What wording or procedure do I need in order to upload it to Wiki Commons are refer to it in a UK wikipedia page?

I have studied the various wiki help pages without conclusion and have no wish to break wiki or wider copyright rules.

thank you.

G.Moss --GM-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gedgmoss (talk • contribs) 15:11, 14 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Gedgmoss: : In UK law, if the photographer's identity is unknown then copyright expires 70 years after the work was first made available to the public, or 70 years after creation if it was not made available to the public in that time. The copyright tag for this is {{PD-UK-unknown}}. In addition to adding the tag you should also mention the publication date, or why you believe the picture was never published, and what you've done to confirm that the author is unknown. Demonstrating that the work is in the public domain in the US is a bit trickier: I'd suggest giving us all the information you've got or staring very hard at Commons:Hirtle chart. --bjh21 (talk) 15:55, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

Delete Photo

I would love to delete the presently uploaded photo. I need help with it. I do I go about it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anemikaye Goodluck (talk • contribs) 15:57, 14 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Anemikaye Goodluck: ✓ Done GMGtalk 16:06, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

how do i load an image from wikimedia commons to a wikipedia page ?

Caption of your choice.

how do i load an image from wikimedia commons to a wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Revolutionarygrey (talk • contribs) 19:39, 14 August 2020‎ (UTC)

Typically the syntax is along the lines of [[File:Example.jpg|thumb|right|Caption of your choice.]]; you can see the result of that here. See en:Wikipedia:Extended image syntax for more options than you are liable to want. Templates such as infoboxes sometimes do it differently (e.g. just image=example.jpg as a template parameter), and there is also a different, simple approach for the <gallery> feature. - Jmabel ! talk 20:52, 14 August 2020 (UTC)

The image depicts Tajuddin Ahmad, the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh, at his youth. The image is obtained from an online source. The source, however, doesn't describe any date or copyright information of the image.

Tajuddin Ahmad was born in 1925. The image seems to be taken at his mid-twenty to early-thirty, thereby in around 1950 to 1955. Does it qualify as a free domain image?

--Farhan nasim (talk) 10:53, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

@Farhan nasim: Hi, and welcome. Yes, it seems to, so you can use {{PD-Bangladesh}}.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:20, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: ✓ Done Thanks and done. --Farhan nasim (talk) 11:53, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
@Farhan nasim: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:19, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
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Profile photo taken by the person herself

グラビアモデルさんのWikipediaを作っております。 ご本人の承諾を得て、ご本人がご自分で撮影した写真をプロフィール欄にWIKIPEDIA COMMONDSにアップロードして、掲載したのですが、削除されてしまいました。 具体的にどのような手順をとればよろしいのでしょうか？ — Preceding unsigned comment added by あきやまん (talk • contribs) 03:17, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

I am making Wikipedia of gravure model. With the consent of the person herself, I uploaded the picture that he took himself to WIKIPEDIA COMMONDS in the profile field and posted it, but it was deleted. What kind of procedure should I take specifically? — Preceding unsigned comment added by あきやまん (talk • contribs) 03:20, 13 August 2020 (UTC)

@あきやまん: Hi, and welcome. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer license the photo on their website or social media or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:03, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
@あきやまん: 【ご本人の承諾を得て】という部分が、無関係の第三者でも確認できるようになっている必要があります。具体的には例えば...
  • 1. ご本人のブログやインスタグラムで、ライセンスに関するコメント付きで自分で撮影した画像をアップしてもらう。例えば「この画像をCC-BY-4.0のライセンスの元で公開します。」といったコメント付きで当人のサイトで自分で撮った画像を上げてもらう。
  • 2. 当人であることがハッキリしているメールアドレスとの間で、コモンズの担当の人がメールでやり取りをして確認を取る（Commons:OTRS/ja）
主にこの二つの方法があります。--Was a bee (talk) 00:51, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

ありがとうございます。検討させていただきます。

I'm having troubles uploading this picture, it is from an artist that died 3 years ago, i took the picture from another page ( https://www.radiocensura.com/mueres-scott-putesky-alias-daisy-berkowitz-guitarrista-fundador-de-marilyn-manson/ ), i really dont think that its copyrighted, it has been used for a lot of things like advertising (when he was alive) and is in a lot of other pages, but im not totally sure of how to upload it I just want this page to have a decent picture of the artist


--Chalkboardgirl15 (talk) 00:58, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

@Chalkboardgirl15: Hi, and welcome. Please read Commons:Help desk/Archive/2019/03#Adding photo of person.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:56, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
@Chalkboardgirl15: Why would this not be copyrighted? The fact that someone may have repeatedly licensed rights to use an image in no way voids the copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 17:42, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

File:요스가노소라 패키지.jpg Delete

I request that this file be deleted due to copyright. The site that uses this photo is copyrighted.

Deletion requested. Suspect copyright Please delete this file. 도성전 (talk) 20:30, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

@도성전: This was done. In the future, please add {{SD|G7}} to the file page to request deletion of files uploaded recently by you. – BMacZero (🗩) 22:53, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
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How to keep an eye on my uploads after kind of spam notifications?

The automated bots BotMultichill and BotMultichillT are currently modifying 800+ of my pictures, and I'm getting everyday unnecessary notifications for each change. Is there a way to keep surveillance of my uploads without clicking on every links? I think hundreds of other users are in the same situation. I don't want to check every data changed by these bots, but don't want to miss a disrupting edit either, later made by a vandal or a wrong user. Unfortunately I believe ignoring these links will inactivate any further notification, won't it? -- Basile Morin (talk) 03:51, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

On a related note, some users are trying to find a way for not receiving spam e-mail notifications from those bots. It seems to be a problem. See Commons:Bistro#Ne pas recevoir de mail lorsque des modifications sont faites par des Bots. (in French) for what they have tried. Does anyone know how? -- Asclepias (talk) 22:37, 16 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, Asclepias. Interesting to learn that others are facing the same issue. I confirm the filter "bot" does not work for me either (at least for these two bots mentioned above). I've applied the filter yesterday in my Watchlist, saved it, and now still get dozens of notifications by email. -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:00, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@Multichill: any clue? -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:11, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Tbmdyminor musicians

How can i upload my picture, songs and biography in Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TBMDYMINOR (talk • contribs) 05:27, 16 August 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @TBMDYMINOR: This isn't Wikipedia, it is Wikimedia Commons.
  • If you are of at least some notability, Commons would be glad to have a few pictures of you. Make sure that they are appropriately free-licensed, which can only be done by the copyright holder. It is simplest if the copyright holder creates an account and does the upload themself. Typically that is the photographer; unless the image is a selfie, the copyright holder will not be the subject. If the images are previously published, and the original site of publication does not indicate a free license, you will have to go through the COM:OTRS process.
  • Neither Commons nor any of the wikipedias is likely to be an appropriate host for your songs.
  • Assuming that by "Wikipedia" you mean the English-language Wikipedia, it is not appropriate to write an article about yourself there. See their statement on conflicts of interest. If you are notable enough, someone unconnected to you will eventually get around to writing about you. If you have evidence of your own notability (articles about you -- including reviews -- in independent, reliable sources; discography; etc.), you can provide those at en:Wikipedia:Requested articles/music/Performers, bands and songwriters; that will make it much more likely that someone thinks of you as a topic worth researching. - Jmabel ! talk 15:42, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

アップロードにつきまして

アップロード出来ません。何が原因でしょうか。よろしくお願いいたします。

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

The content must be freely licensed. Do not copy files illegally (in violation of copyright) from other websites.

If you believe that the file meets our licensing standards: Upload the file again or click "Retry failed uploads"/"Submit modified file description". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yukiko Tarako (talk • contribs) 14:52, 16 August 2020‎ (UTC)

Moving Rover 75 R40 Wikidata table from Category:Rover 75 to Category:Rover 75 R40

I would like to move the Rover 75 R40 Wikidata table from Category:Rover 75 to Category:Rover 75 R40. How can I do this please?

GTHO (talk) 10:27, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

@GTHO: ✓ Done, but it took edits on all 3 pages.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:42, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you for your help with this. GTHO (talk) 02:13, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
@GTHO: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:40, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:40, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Have found a new source but...

Hi, I have found this site, Military Cartridges from Mr. Jim Miles in UK, all of that is his own work, and I asked him, to put a CC Attribution-Share-Alike license on the main page, and he did it !!! 😎 My question is: can I start to upload some of those images to Commons with no risk of someone delete them ??? Thanks. --Marcric (talk) 16:16, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

  • @Marcric: We can't say "no risk" -- some image of his could have violated someone else's copyright, and unless someone goes through carefully there is no way to know -- but there is no risk of a problem for the particular issue of taking an image from that site and using the license Jim Miles grants. Looking at a few of his pages, he's probably fine in this respect, but someone would have to look at every image to say "no risk".
  • Remember to put something in the "Permission" field of {{Information}} to make it easy to see where on his site permission was granted.
  • Also, before you start, you might want to suggest to him that he should be clear what attribution he wants, and you should put that attribution on the page of each uploaded image (again, in the "permission" field of {{Information}})- Jmabel ! talk 17:09, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
Hi @Jmabel: Could you please check if I have made it the right way ??? .54 Burnside.jpg. Thanks in advance. --Marcric (talk) 18:32, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
@Marcric: Close. I made some small changes that make that cleaner. Cleaner yet, but far more work, would be to transcribe the text and get it out of the image.
Also, I added Category:Ammunition. You'll want to refine that. - Jmabel ! talk 19:56, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
OK @Jmabel: , I will try to transcribe the text from image to description, and upload a new version of the image without the text. ✓ Done Thanks a lot --Marcric (talk) 20:07, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
I know that's a lot more work. Refining Category:Ammunition is probably less work and more important. You might want to pull the lot of these into Commons, get them well categorized, and then deal with the text at your leisure.
Also, you might want to create a "hidden" category for this site as a source. - Jmabel ! talk 20:25, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
I understand your concern about it being well categorized, but in fact, it is a specific ammunition made exclusively for the en:Burnside carbine. It was probably made in Burnside's factory, but he has a lot of subcontractors at that time... So, I think we have done our best so far. About a "hidden category for this site as a source", I don't have a clue how to do it, and how to use it. Hidden categories are those with names starting with an "!" right ??? How it could help us ??? --Marcric (talk) 22:24, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
@Marcric: "Hidden" category has nothing to do with its name. See Commons:Categories#Categories marked with "HIDDENCAT". Usefulness would just be that sometimes it's nice to easily find all the things that came from a particular source. - Jmabel ! talk 01:26, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
OK @Jmabel: , I think it is ✓ Done here: Category:Images uploaded from Military Cartridges website, or hope so. --Marcric (talk) 02:34, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
@Marcric: Excellent. - Jmabel ! talk 03:18, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:38, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Vintage company postcards

On the page for "SS Cristoforo Colombo" I am trying to upload two company postcards of the ship from the 1950's. They are better images than what is there, were given to my grandmother (a passenger) by the cruise line as promotional material and the company is now defunct.

Can they not be uploaded? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RealDonn (talk • contribs) 00:45, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Such postcards are often out of copyright protection especially if they were published without a copyright notice. So, it is likely that they can be uploaded here. Ruslik (talk) 05:05, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Deleting a photo

Hello, I want to delete a photo uploaded in wikicommons, and have requested to delete many times and also submitted for seedy deletion. But photos are still not deleted and users remove my deletion request saying "no reason to delete". as this is against my copyrights, can you please suggest a way to delete all?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suhanya Gamaarachchi (talk • contribs) 05:34, 17 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Suhanya Gamaarachchi: Hi, and welcome. I replied at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kotmale mountains range.jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:52, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

not helping, as I need to delete the file. but no one on wiki is helping me delete it, except making snide comments . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suhanya Gamaarachchi (talk • contribs) 08:42, 17 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Suhanya Gamaarachchi: Exactly why do you "need to delete the file" and refuse to sign your posts?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:46, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@Suhanya Gamaarachchi: If you would answer the questions directed to you at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kotmale mountains range.jpg, it is a lot more likely that you would get what you want, but you have been ignoring them. - Jmabel ! talk 19:05, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Suhanya Gamaarachchi declared an age of 10 years old in this edit, so the pursuit of deletion may be at the behest of an authority figure.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:25, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: So maybe we should just grant it on general principles? It's not like this would be any great loss. - Jmabel ! talk 23:43, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Well, per PRP and the user's probable inability to legally license anyone's work until the age of majority. At my last count this morning there were 2 files and 1 user talk page at DR.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:54, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Help with evidence of permission

File:Goddeti Madhavi 126.png
The concerned image

I recently uploaded this picture. I took it up from LSTV website and since it is GoI owned it should be allowed on WP as per indian copyright laws. But now, it is asking for evidence of permission. How to provide it ?--श्रीमान २००२ (talk) 08:24, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

@श्रीमान २००२: Hi, and welcome. Which point of the Indian portion of {{EdictGov-India}} does that file satisfy, and why?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:42, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I think it would be covered under Template:GODL-India as it is copyrighted by the government. Should I edit the licence ?--श्रीमान २००२ (talk) 09:52, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@श्रीमान २००२: Yes, please.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:56, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Done. Thanks. Should I remove the 'evidence of permission' box now ?--श्रीमान २००२ (talk) 10:23, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
Pinging @JuTa as tagger.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:44, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Igor.sokolov2304

Как загрузить фотографию для страницы если она не моя а с интрнета и я незнаю кто автор Template:Usnsigned2

How to upload a photo for a page if it's not mine but from the Internet and I don’t know who the author is
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:44, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@Igor.sokolov2304: Привет и добро пожаловать. Извините, загрузка работы другого автора, все еще защищенного авторским правом, без бесплатной лицензии здесь не разрешена, см. COM: L.
Hi, and welcome. Sorry, uploading the work of another that is still copyrighted without a free license is not permitted here, please see COM:L.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:44, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Source for image inside images

Dear help desk,

I got a notification to put the sources of the images inside an image I made myself: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pages_in_the_anatomy_of_website_design.png As i am not sure if i have updated these sources correctly, I reach out to you. Kindly let me know.

Kind regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Online013 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 17 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Online013: Exactly where did you get the images you used in File:Pages in the anatomy of website design.png, and what licenses did those sources have, and (if applicable) who were their authors?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:36, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Trying to understand what I need to do here. I believe I need to apply a license tag. In exploring the copyright status of the logo, it appears the school or the original designer did not formally have a copyright. The image has been used on a number of websites and school products but does not exercise an action to those users. My intent is to use it under fair use and I agree I may have uploaded to Commons inadvertently, so I agree if it is a violation it should be deleted. Just I'm not sure how to properly use the logo in a fair use case.

--Liquid0nyx11 (talk) 17:57, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Election data

moved from the talk page; I accidentally put it there at first DemonDays64 (talk) 02:53, 18 August 2020 (UTC) Election data can be pretty hard to find, and is often only found in formats that can’t be easily manipulated programmatically. I was thinking of gathering some of this data from sources to put it here in a more useful and easy-to-find format. Is there any sort of standard way to store election data on Commons I should follow to make it more consistent, or is election data not really a big thing on Commons currently? DemonDays64 (talk) 06:18, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

@DemonDays64: Election data is not really a big thing on Commons currently. For predominantly English-speaking countries, enwiki leeps it in tables in articles on elections and candidates. YMMV in the rest of the world and other language Wikipedias.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:10, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: ok, so it's not that big here; but would it be within the scope of Wikimedia Commons to put election data on here? DemonDays64 (talk) 18:11, 17 August 2020 (UTC) (please ping on reply)
@Jmabel and Jeff G.: I've started to input some at Data:Sandbox/DemonDays64/Connecticut Test.tab (will move it when done). Thanks for the help, DemonDays64 (talk) 01:05, 18 August 2020 (UTC) (please ping on reply)

Orientações para criar uma página para outra pessoa

Olá, por favor, posso criar uma página para um artista que ainda não a possui, outra pessoa que não eu? Se positivo, vocês podem me indicar links daqui onde eu posso conseguir as orientações mais diretas para criá-la? Muito obrigada.

  1. REDIRECT [[

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Guidelines for creating a page for someone else

Hello please can I create a page for an artist who doesn't have it yet, someone other than me? If so, can you refer me to links from here where I can get the most direct guidelines for creating it?

Thank you.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:11, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
Olá, seja bem-vindo. Consulte pt:Categoria:!Artigos informativos.
Hi, and welcome. Please see en:WP:MFA.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:11, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Hello -- for an article about Mei Xiang the panda, I would like to add the image of the panda's ultrasound image, showing her fetus. The image is included in a press release from the Smithsonian Institution, which runs the zoo where the panda lives: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/news/veterinarians-find-fetal-tissue-giant-panda-ultrasound. I don't see any explicit restrictions or permissions on the image, but I wanted to see if anyone here had opinions. Perhaps the Smithsonian has a general copyright practice around images they publish, given that they are administered by the US government? Thank you! -- Cloud atlas (talk) 04:22, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Their general polcy is here. In this case a CC-0 mark is absent. Therefore this content is copyrighted. Ruslik (talk) 21:00, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Desproteger a página/nome de Moisés de Lemos Martins

Boa tarde!

Estou a pedir a desproteção da página/nome de Moisés de Lemos Martins. Já percebi que foi protegida por um administrador por erros de alguém que tentou colocar a sua biografia mas que não cumpriu os critérios da Wikipédia.

Neste sentido, gostaria de colocar nas mãos dos vossos editores a minha proposta, que está na minha página de testes.

Podem ver por lá?

Agradeço a vossa resposta breve.

Obrigado.

Text-only file flagged for containing derivative images

This file I uploaded has been flagged for containing derivative images ("an image within an image"): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Non-consensual_intimate_imagery_in_India.pdf However, the file contains only text. The file or any of its contents are not a derivative work. They are my original work. What is happening? -- Rohini (talk) 14:15, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

According the from page of the document, I assumed the author as the "Centre of Internet and Society, India" and not the uploaders own work. It looks like I was wrong. I removed the problem tag but fixed the license to {{Cc-by-sa-3.0}} as sated on the front page. --JuTa 14:42, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Help

How can I add my photo from my e-mail / word How can I correct my own entry in Hebrew? — Preceding unsigned comment added by משה אהרן צפור (talk • contribs) 23:00, 18 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@משה אהרן צפור: Hi, and welcome. Once you have saved your photo from an email message or word document into a file on your computer or other device, you may follow COM:FS to upload it. Were you the photographer? Exactly where is your own entry?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:19, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

pinterest pic, wrong provenence

File:Rosamond_Pinchot.jpg is from pinterest, the real provenence is :

I do not know the changes that need to be made

Oko5ekmi5 (talk) 07:21, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
File:Rosamond Pinchot, Mrs. Wm. Gaston LCCN2014718812.tif
File:Rosamond Pinchot, Mrs. Wm. Gaston LCCN2014718812.jpg
are the originals
Oko5ekmi5 (talk) 07:27, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
File:Iris tree 1.jpg and File:Iris tree 2.jpg are not the uploader's work.
File:Iris tree 1.jpg is en:Iris Tree by en:Man Ray
File:Iris tree 2.jpg is en:Lytton Strachey and en:Iris Tree
is https://ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/xjf354229eng/lytton-strachey-and-iris-tree-xjf354229-eng/ (Oko5ekmi5 (talk) 08:23, 19 August 2020 (UTC))
q.v.: https://artcontrarian.blogspot.com/2015/02/molti-ritratti-iris-tree.html
Oko5ekmi5 (talk) 08:02, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

I would almost never consider pinterest an appropriate source for images. It is probably mostly copyright violations, and the only reason it might not be is that some of this stuff is public domain. - Jmabel ! talk

How to handle a situation

Moved to Administrators' noticeboard Krok6kola (talk) 16:40, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

I would appreciate if all parties would stop commenting on this section; if this is a dispute worth having, please feel free to copy-paste some or all of the above to COM:AN/U and continue there. You are welcome to post a link here to where this discussion continues, or (if you cut-and-paste it all) to replace this section with such a link. - Jmabel ! talk 15:19, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

How to delete the upload file?

Hello I uploaded some photos on this site with my name. My photos are displayed in the search and now I want to delete these photos. Please help me thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by احسان ادیب (talk • contribs) 21:14, 19 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@حسان ادیب: Generally, we allow recent uploads to be deleted as a courtesy to the uploader. If you want all of your recent uploads deleted, say so here and that will happen. If you want only particular ones uploaded, put {{speedy|G7: uploader request}} on those file pages (not the "tlx" part, that is so that this on the help desk will link to the template!).
By the way, it is not clear that any of your uploads are in scope, so regardless of what you decide, someone else may want to delete all of them. - Jmabel ! talk 23:27, 19 August 2020 (UTC)

اعلام مالکیت عکس آپلود شده

سلام و خسته نباشید من و همسر کوهنوردم پادکست کلیه غزلیات شاملوی بزرگ را تولید و در وبسایت شخصی خودمان به نشانی www.hafezeshamlu.ir در اختیار عموم قرار داده ایم. قصد دارم یه ویکی پیج برای این منظور درست کنم. عکس لوگوی پادکستها را اینجا آپلود کردم اما ناقض حق کپی رایت تشخیص داده شده و حذف گردید. در حالیکه من صاحب این اثر هستم. لطفا راهنمایی کنید. لینک پادکستهای ما در زیر می آید https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D9%88/id1521273621 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shaditahhan (talk • contribs) 05:45, 20 August 2020‎ (UTC)

Declaration of ownership of the uploaded photo

Hello and do not be tired My mountaineering wife and I produced a podcast of all the great lyric poems and published them on our personal website. www.hafezeshamlu.ir We have made it available to the public. I want to create a wiki page for this purpose. I uploaded the photo of the podcast logo here but it was detected and removed as copyright infringer. While I am the owner of this work. please guide me. The link to our podcasts is below

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%84%D9%88/id1521273621
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:41, 20 August 2020 (UTC)
@Shaditahhan: سلام ، و خوش آمدید. File:حافظ خواني به روايت احمد شاملو.jpg حذف شد زیرا "هیچ نشانی از انتشار تحت COM:L/fa| مجوز رایگان] در منبع وجود ندارد". معمولاً وقتی شخصی تصویر کمتری را بارگذاری می کند ، این یک نقض حق چاپ است که از وب گرفته می شود. اگر خودتان این تصویر را درست کرده اید ، لطفا اندازه اصلی آن ، از جمله ابرداده EXIF را بارگذاری کنید. اگر شما این تصویر را درست نکردید ، لطفاً به عوام: مجوز مراجعه کنید که چرا نمی توانیم آن را بپذیریم ، و عکاس / طراح تصویر را در وب سایت یا رسانه اجتماعی خود مجوز دهیم ، یا از طریق OTRS/fa
Hi, and welcome. File:حافظ خواني به روايت احمد شاملو.jpg was deleted because there was "No indication of publication under a free license at source". Usually when someone uploads a smaller image, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you made the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata. If you did not make the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the image photographer / designer license it on their website or social media, or send the image and permission via OTRS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:41, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

I can not upload files, problems with picture names

I have problems to upload files from my laptop. There is some problem with the name of the pictures; I provide correct names for the pictures, but the interfaces do not accept them. I use the upload interface in Basque language. It happened yesterday night and today. I provided information details for more than ten pictures, but the interface did not accept their names. later I confirmed that my username is working: I have upload one picture from my movile via Commons application, and even later I uploaded another similar picture form the same laptop using English as the language of the interface. Can anbody help me, please? Thanks Ksarasola (talk) 14:38, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

@Ksarasola: Hi, and welcome. That looks like a bug. Bug reports generally require specifics, please see mw:How to report a bug for details.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:10, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

Can I Upload a picture Clicked by me of a celebrity

Can I Upload a picture Clicked by me of a celebrity — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.72.6.34 (talk • contribs) 03:55, 21 August 2020‎ (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. The above post appears to be your first edit, perhaps you forgot to login. Logging in is required before uploading here, please do that. There are also many other reasons to create an account and log in. Also, if you already have an account what is your account name? Once you are logged in, you may follow COM:FS and upload the file yourself.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:58, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Saya butu bantuan tunai sebesar lima juta

Karena ada yang kekurangan gizi anak-anak saya kurang sehat — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nes Tabuni (talk • contribs) 05:40, 21 August 2020‎ (UTC)

I need five million in cash assistance
Because there is a malnutrition, my children are not healthy
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:40, 21 August 2020 (UTC)
@Nes Tabuni: Hai, selamat datang. Menurut Google, 5.000.000 Rupiah sama dengan 337,91 Dolar Amerika Serikat, tetapi apa hubungannya dengan Wikimedia Commons?
Hi, and welcome. According to Google, 5,000,000 Indonesian Rupiahs equal 337.91 United States Dollars, but what does that have to do with Wikimedia Commons?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:40, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

MPEG-2 is clipped

Dear all, the attached MPEG-2 video file has a play length of 10 seconds, but in the viewer only 5.5 seconds are replayed. Any ideas ? Thank you ! --Bautsch (talk) 13:52, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

photo

how do u place a photo next to someone you goggle — Preceding unsigned comment added by Choochoo34 (talk • contribs) 14:35, 21 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Choochoo34: Hi, and welcome. Where is the photo now, and who is the photographer?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:42, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

BRAVE Browse

BRAVE is to help me for descover all over the world especially wikimedia. So thanks The more i read this wikimedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhonkennethtabilog tedera (talk • contribs) 16:13, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

@Jhonkennethtabilog tedera: Hi, and welcome. We are glad to be of service.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:37, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Can't upload, difficulty in editing anything generally

Whenever I try to upload anything on Commons, it doesn't upload. When I try to edit Wikipedia l, sometimes it becomes slow or gives an error about server maintenance or another issue. Thing is this has happened A LOT during the past many days. I have experienced similar issues on other wikis like Fandom.

I checked using a modem, when it showed issues then I used mobile data. Unfortunately the issues in uploading and editing occur on both connection types. I'll like to know if it's only my problem or a wider problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LéKashmiriSocialiste (talk • contribs) 18:00, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

@LéKashmiriSocialiste: Hi, and welcome. That looks like a bug, or a problem with upload speed or latency. Bug reports generally require specifics, please see mw:How to report a bug for details. Using Ookla's SpeedTest.Net app or website could help with diagnosis.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:07, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Upgrade

Hey Wikimedia!

How do I upgrade Wikimedia please tell me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sadie Sparks (talk • contribs) 19:45, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

@Sadie Sparks: Hi, and welcome. Please be more specific.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:57, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

What counts as a "useful or non-artistic" object?

In particular, I'd like to add an image of a warplane from some point during WW2, and think it could fall under this category, but want to make sure first. Loafiewa (talk) 19:59, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

As far as the plane itself is concerned you are right. The problem is copyright of the photo, which normally belongs to the photographer. Ruslik (talk) 20:45, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Category:Lady Buddha (Da Nang)

Hello,

My request concerns the "Category:Lady Buddha(Da Nang)". It seems that it should be deleted because Quan The Am, or Quan Am, Guanyin, Kannon, Avalokisteshvara, is a female Bodhisattva, not a Bouddha. Replacing with "Lady Bodhisattva" would not be better from a Buddhist point of view.

The 9 files attached to this category would have to be transferred to the 2 categories "Category:Ling Ung Pagoda" and "Statues of Quan Am in Viet Nam". I could make these transfers, but I prefer to ask your help because it is also a question of deleting an existing category (any deletion must be justified, and besides, you can do everything in one operation, unlike me).

I hope for your agreement. Many thanks in advance for your help.--Contributeur2019 (talk) 09:48, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

I have added a move request to the category, and created the page with the information above so this can be discussed. Thank you. Link: Commons:Categories for discussion/2020/08/Category:Lady Buddha (Da Nang). -- Deadstar (msg) 10:55, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: -- Deadstar (msg) 16:55, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Help uploading this image?

I've been trying to upload an image, but I keep getting an error telling me I'm too new. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SamMontana (talk • contribs) 23:45, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

@SamMontana: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50KB or <5MP) jpg image as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The image you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller image, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you made the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata. If you did not make the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the image photographer / designer license it on their website or social media, or send the image and permission via OTRS. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:36, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Is there a tag tha should be used or is this a case of defining our own tag?

Chaosium Inc. allow all their book covers to be used for non-commercial work, under their fan material policy:

https://www.chaosium.com/fan-material-policy/

8. You may use the covers of any of our products. Product covers may be resized, but not be cropped, color adjusted, edited, distorted, or modified.

and under

Requirements

1. To use Chaosium Inc/Moon Design Publications Material under this Policy, you must include the following notice in plainly legible and accessible form in each product or on each website that uses any Chaosium/Moon Design Publications Material:

a. “This [website, zine, or whatever it is] uses trademarks and/or copyrights owned by Chaosium Inc/Moon Design Publications LLC, which are used under Chaosium Inc’s Fan Material Policy. We are expressly prohibited from charging you to use or access this content. This [website, character sheet, or whatever it is] is not published, endorsed, or specifically approved by Chaosium Inc. For more information about Chaosium Inc’s products, please visit www.chaosium.com.”

I have checked with Chaosium Inc that this is correct and that cover images can be submitted to Wikimedia Commons for the purpose of inclusion in free works such as Wikipedia.

I myself am an employee of Chaosium Inc. Sciencefish (talk) 10:01, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

@Sciencefish: Hi, and welcome. I'm sorry, but the non-commercial license restriction makes your license not usable by itself for Wikimedia Commons. For the reason, please see Commons:Licensing/Justifications.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:30, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

upload a picture

hello, i want to use a picture from an article of the NE ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. can i upload it to wikimedia commons and then use it for my page?

thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by הילה, יסמין, לירון וכרמל (talk • contribs) 18:28, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

@הילה, יסמין, לירון וכרמל: Hi, and welcome. When was that article published? Who is credited as the photographer? What do you know about the lifetime of the photographer? If you can't upload it here due to licensing; please see he:ויקיפדיה:רישוי תמונות/שימוש הוגן.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:17, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

Liberalism in the United States Collage.png

I'm not sure where I would best post this, but File:Liberalism in the United States Collage.png does not appear to have been solely been Odemirense's work, given that it is a collage. At least one of the images in it, File:Paul Krugman-press conference Dec 07th, 2008-8.jpg, is under GFDL/CC-BY-SA, but no attribution is provided. Would someone be able to take a look? Thanks, 207.161.86.162 05:30, 23 August 2020 (UTC)

OTRS and previously published files

If I'm not mistaken, previously published files require verification via OTRS, right? Is there a "standard" way requesting the uploader to provide permission via OTRS? Thanks, Nyamo Kurosawa (talk) 09:46, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

@Nyamo Kurosawa: Hi, and welcome. We have {{subst:Image permission}} for use on user talk pages, normally used in conjunction with {{subst:npd}} on file description pages through the QuickDelete gadget. We also have {{subst:Unfree}}, and the User Messages gadget for delivery. In replying about photos, I typically ask users to "please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you."   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:19, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: thank you very much for your answer. Best regards, Nyamo Kurosawa (talk) 10:31, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
@Nyamo Kurosawa: You're very welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:34, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:34, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Uploading an image

Hi, I am new to Wikipedia edits. I have done 100 edits so far. Now, I want to upload an image to a page which is unprotected. I have an image which has been used in IMDb for the same person. Now I want to uload the same image. How am I suppose to do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MohorS (talk • contribs) 05:55, 18 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@MohorS: Hi, and welcome. Please read Commons:Help desk/Archive/2019/03#Adding photo of person.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:59, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
@MohorS: the best you can do is contact the Smithsonian and see if they will add a creative commons license. Sxologist (talk) 08:48, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Adding an author profile

Hi - what is the best way to add an author's profile to Wikipedia? Can I share the file with admin and they can review and upload? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Betahatdelta (talk • contribs) 09:23, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

@Betahatdelta: Please read COM:NOT, en:WP:COI, en:WP:42, and en:WP:MFA.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:41, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

Uploading someone else's creation

I have received someone's permission to upload their creation under CC-BY-SA to WikiMedia.

When I upload the image and select "This file is not my own work.", I am asked "Now tell us why you are sure you have the right to publish this work:"

However, there's no option that describes the situation (i.e. the creator gave me explicit permission to do so).

Please advise.

Stefania0 (talk) 22:02, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

@Stefania0: Hi, and welcome. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer / designer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the image and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:32, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

List of files by a user

Hello, is there any tool that gives a list of file (names) uploaded by a user before a particular date (eg. 1 August 2020). Regards. --Tito Dutta (talk) 02:28, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

@Titodutta: Hi, and welcome. Here is your such list, part of your upload log.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:34, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
  • Thank you for your response. I need a tool that gives me only file names. And not other details upload date, User talk contrib links etc, else I need to do a lot of regex find and replace. Regards. --Tito Dutta (talk) 02:44, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding Koelle Polyglotta Africana page 1 (part)

I wish to use a screenshot of a small part of a page of a book made digitally available by the University of Hamburg Library. The book was published in 1854. The part I want to use is only one-sixth of the page. The website in question is this one: https://katalogplus.sub.uni-hamburg.de/vufind/Record/1043565361?rank=1 Is it OK to use this screenshot, and what licence should I add in the licensing box?

--Kanjuzi (talk) 17:19, 24 August 2020 (UTC)

@Kanjuzi: Hi, and welcome. {{PD-old-100-expired}} should do, as the author died in 1902.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:42, 24 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks very much for this. By the way, I see that my downloaded copy has the following on it: Quellenangabe Institution + PURL (Persistent Uniform Resource Locator) des Images/Titels Beispiel: Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, https://resolver.sub.uni-hamburg.de/kitodo/PPN670034223 (CC BY-SA 4.0 [8]). Does that mean I should change the licence to "by-sa-4.0"? Kanjuzi (talk) 07:50, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
@Kanjuzi: Where exactly do you see that license link?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:57, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: The information I quoted is on the introductory page of the digital copy I downloaded from this URL: https://katalogplus.sub.uni-hamburg.de/vufind/Record/1043565361. Kanjuzi (talk) 17:14, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

what to do if metadata is missing from images

Hello

I am uploading images from Flickr and there is no metadata in them. How is it best to apporach this?Pottablom (talk) 12:37, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

@Pottablom: Hi, and welcome. What are the Flickr photos and uploaders you are considering? What organisation are you working with?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:42, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guðbjörg_Guttormsdóttir#/media/File:Íslandsmeistar_Guðbjörg_Guttormsdóttir_-_Íslandsmót_ÍSS_2012.jpg and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guðbjörg_Guttormsdóttir#/media/File:RIG_2013_Dagur_2.jpg images are from reykjavik Figure skating club and their OTRS in on the wayPottablom (talk) 13:47, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

@Pottablom: Thanks. In internal link syntax, those filenames are File:Íslandsmeistar Guðbjörg Guttormsdóttir - Íslandsmót ÍSS 2012.jpg and File:RIG 2013 Dagur 2.jpg. When referring to them in email messages such as via OTRS, the URLs you should use are https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%C3%8Dslandsmeistar_Gu%C3%B0bj%C3%B6rg_Guttormsd%C3%B3ttir_-_%C3%8Dslandsm%C3%B3t_%C3%8DSS_2012.jpg and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RIG_2013_Dagur_2.jpg . What is your role with reykjavik Figure skating club? Also, if you have OTRS ticket numbers for those files, please share those numbers.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:06, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Hi Jeff. The Reykjavik Figure Skating club is sending the OTRS today. I work for the Icelandic Skating association. Pottablom (talk) 14:59, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Picture problem

Hi. I am new here and I tried to write my name so that it can appear on the picture but it doesn't. Please help me — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.114.76.167 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 25 August 2020‎ (UTC)

  • I'm not sure what you mean by "write my name so that it can appear on the picture". You have to log in to an account to upload pictures, if that is what you are asking. - Jmabel ! talk 23:45, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Fotografía post mortem

Copy-paste of the entirety of es:Fotografía post mortem removed by Jmabel ! talk 16:08, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

@187.144.168.214: Don't quite understand your question(s), but there is a Category:Post-mortem photography, if that is what you are looking for. Lotje (talk) 07:36, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

CC-BY no version

I want to upload this photo but the license given is "CC-BY" with no version specified (you can find it under Rättigheter section on the page). Am I allowed to upload and use the photo? And if the answer is positive, which license should I pick for the photo when uploading it? CC-BY 2.5 or 4.0? Thanks! Danrah (talk) 10:32, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

I found the answer here Danrah (talk) 10:54, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

How do I use this on the English wiki?

Hi I was looking through the Genoa C.F.C. kits and I found a better version for the 2011-12 season on the Italian wiki here but I can't use it on the English wiki for some reason. Is there a way to upload it to wiki commons or would I have to remake the kit entirely? REDMAN 2019 (talk) 12:00, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

These images are generated by a template, based on partial images, there is no ready-made image. The relevant template on the English Wikipedia is apparently en:Template:Infobox football club season. With the correct parameters, you should be able to achieve the same look. For an example usage, see en:2014–15 Genoa C.F.C. season. The Commons page Genoa C.F.C. kits uses a similar template, {{Football kit}}, based on the same images. --rimshottalk 12:22, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Fernando Pavão.

Como faço para adicionar fotos do ator Fernando Pavão. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GustavoCosta01 (talk • contribs) 19:38, 26 August 2020‎ (UTC)

Gostaria de saber se posso adicionar foto da meus arquivos?

Re: PR HIGHWAY PR 17

Hi:

I would like to confirm the information about the owner of the PR 17 Road which you has disclosed in the following link. I also will like a certification of this information.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Puerto_Rico_Highway_17. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fcharles02 (talk • contribs) 22:50, 26 August 2020‎ (UTC)

Bugsy.jpg

hey patrick rogel or whom it may concern,

my name is George Easley from a company called Warzone Comics my team and I are in the process of working our upcoming theatrical release Bugsy "The Becoming" august of 2021 and was in the process of creating a page on wikipedia for the project and the actors involved one of which is the project itself and my page was taken down citing i was fair use content which my company and own exclusively and wanted to add a page for our project on wikipedia. if you can help us to make this happen for us it would be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Warzonecomics (talk • contribs) 22:53, 26 August 2020‎ (UTC)

Spelling error in article title

At this site: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andes_orthohantavirus_Genus_Sturcture.png, the word Structure is spelled incorrectly (note the URL misspelling). — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.69.155.204 (talk) 02:53, 27 :August 2020 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. I renamed it to File:Andes orthohantavirus Genus Structure.png for you. You can use {{Rename}} next time.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:31, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Falsa abogada

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner no es abogada. Favor entrar en la https://periodicotribuna.com.ar/ y ubicar lo escrito por Christian Sanz al respecto. Espero Wikipedia modifique la información. Gracias. Éste es el enlace: https://periodicotribuna.com.ar/24755-en-primera-persona-bonadio-y-el-diploma-de-abogada-trucha-de-cristina-kirchner.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peninsular ibérico (talk • contribs) 12:22, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Fake lawyer
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is not a lawyer. Please enter https://periodicotribuna.com.ar/ and locate what is written by Christian Sanz in this regard. I hope Wikipedia modifies the information. Thank you. This is the link: https://periodicotribuna.com.ar/24755-en-primera-persona-bonadio-y-el-diploma-de-abogada-trucha-de-cristina-kirchner.html (English translation)
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:14, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
@Peninsular ibérico: Hola y bienvenido. ¿Qué importancia tiene su declaración para Wikimedia Commons? Cuatro jueces argentinos no están de acuerdo con usted, según su artículo de Wikipedia en inglés, pero ella es la vicepresidenta y ex presidenta de Argentina.
Hi, and welcome. How is your statement relevant to Wikimedia Commons? Four Argentinian judges disagree with you, according to her English Wikipedia article, but she is the Vice President and former President of Argentina.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:14, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

Hi, I'm trying to update the official page of my company (OVH, that changed the name to OVHcloud) in Wikipedia, and I don't know how to update the logo in the company profile with the updated one. I don't know how which kind of license I need to add for corporate logos... Any suggestions would be really welcomed. Thanks in advance! --109.190.254.58 17:10, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

  • Clearly that is complex enough to be copyrighted. Most likely the copyright is held either by the designer of the logo or by the company (I have no way to guess which, but if you are connected to the company, you should be able to find out). The only way that logo would be acceptable here on Commons is if someone is willing to grant a free license (see Commons:Licensing if you are not sure what that means). Either the company can indicate that free license on their website and you can reference that in the "Permission" field of the {{Information}} template on the file page, or (slower, but effective) they can go through the process described at COM:OTRS to provide a clear release of a license.
  • NOTE that Commons absolutely does not accept files on a fair-use basis, so the licensing is necessary to host it here. Note also that Commons would like the highest resolution available for a given image; what you uploaded is very low resolution for an image of that sort.
  • If your main concern is an article in the English-language Wikipedia, then you can leave Commons out of the picture entirely; Wikipedia does allow non-free logos for articles about companies. Those are uploaded directly to the English-language Wikipedia; Commons is not involved at all. See en:Wikipedia:Logos.
  • Also, you say "I'm trying to update the official page of my company". Usually writing or editing an article about your own company -- especially just from an IP address, without having an account -- is against policy on the English-language Wikipedia. Please see Wikipedia's policy on conflicts of interest. - Jmabel ! talk 00:25, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

WikiData infobox gets added to disambig category

After a CFD, I've made Category:Tarata into a disambiguation category. I changed the corresponding WikiData item's Commons category to Category:Tarata, Peru. Still, the Peru city's infobox keeps getting added to this category. What's wrong? --rimshottalk 20:26, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

@Rimshot: The problem was that Category:Tarata, Peru (Q6319496) still had a sitelink to Category:Tarata. I updated that link to point to Category:Tarata, Peru and removed the infobox again. I hope that will be enough. --bjh21 (talk) 23:16, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

I'm trying to upload a screenshot from a show on Disney Channel but I'm not sure if it's free use or not. Can you give me some pointers? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConstructorRob18 (talk • contribs) 02:21, 28 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@ConstructorRob18: Hi, and welcome. Disney is very protective of it's intellectual property, so that show is very likely to still be copyrighted. We don't allow Fair Use here. But English Wikipedia does. What show is it?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:52, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

The Owl House, I'm making a page for one of the episodes. I wanted to post a screenshot from the episode on a Infobox but I'm not sure if I'm able to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ConstructorRob18 (talk • contribs) 03:40, 28 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@ConstructorRob18: Did you read en:WP:F and Commons:Signatures yet?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:24, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
You might be able to use a non-free screenshot entirely on en-wiki (not involving Commons). Definitely not acceptable material for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 16:04, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Richiesta assistenza

Gentilissimi, Buongiorno. In data odierna ho rilevato dei problemi per inserire le immagini e aggiornare il testo insufficiente e relativo al Monumento Nazionale ai Caduti per la Bonifica dei Campi Minati. Avrei pertanto elaborato uno scritto (sempre molto breve e sintetico) in cui ho aggiunto il testo del telegramma del Presidente della Repubblica Sandro Pertini, e alcune note importanti sulla storia di questo Monumento Nazionale; e, inoltre, ho inserito 2 file con le immagini. Ma tutto si è perso, improvvisamente sparito alla vista.

Ora, non soltanto non compaiono le immagini che abbiamo caricato (che si riferiscono al giorno dell'inaugurazione del monumento e che sono mie/nostre, così come il testo di cui sono autrice unica), ma inoltre (cosa per noi inspiegabile) il testo che avevamo elaborato è stato drasticamente diminuito, cancellato e ridotto a solo un paio di righe, addirittura a meno di quando oggi abbiamo iniziato la revisione e l'aggiornamento. Sparito tutto, anche il nome dello scultore dell'opera in bronzo che partecipa al complesso monumentale.

Inoltre sono state rese minuscole quelle iniziali che devono essere maiuscole (soltanto i "caduti" dalle scale o dalla bicicletta possono essere scritti in minuscolo, ma non i morti che, da sempre, sono denominati con la maiuscola: "Caduti"). Poi, successivamente, è comparsa addirittura la dicitura in cui si afferma che il monumento è in stile, come se potesse esistere uno stile decostruttivista.

Con ciò premesso: vi chiedo gentilmente e cortesemente le ragioni di ciò e, se possibile, il vostro aiuto per recuperare i testi che ci avete cancellato, quindi per poter aggiornare la pagina, e ovviamente per inserire le 2 immagini del 1984 che ho già caricato in Wiki ma che sembra non si possano pubblicare.

A tale riguardo DICHIARO CHE i testi e le immagini sono di mia/nostra proprietà in quanto noi siamo gli autori del monumento in questione, e dichiaro inoltre che sono di dominio pubblico poiché sia i testi e sia le immagini sono già riversati su Internet all'interno del nostro sito web: https://ferrucci-marziliano.it/monumento-caduti-bcm/ https://ferrucci-marziliano.it/gallery/ https://ferrucci-marziliano.it/erminio-ferrucci/ https://ferrucci-marziliano.it/maria-giulia-marziliano/ https://ferrucci-marziliano.it/chi-siamo/

Vi ringrazio per l'attenzione, e in attesa di un vostro riscontro porgo cordiali saluti. Maria Giulia Marziliano

@Maria Giulia Marziliano: Ciao, per le immagini serve un'esplicita autorizzazione da parte degli autori (fotografo e architetto che ha realizzato il monumento). Se entrambi lavorano per voi, allora si possono caricare le immagini dal sito a patto che sia indicata una licenza libera. Invece su https://ferrucci-marziliano.it/ c'è scritto: "All rights reserved", il che non va proprio bene. Dovrebbe invece apparire "Creative commons BY-SA 3.0" con un link a https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.it per esempio. --Ruthven (msg) 13:06, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

gerne möchte ich das Foto mit dem Dateinamen „Martin Herchenröder“ hochladen. Dieses Foto stammt von dem Fotografen Armin Zedler, der dieses im Rahmen eines Konzertes am 22. Januar 2015 aufgenommen und dessen freien Verwendung zugestimmt hat. Welche Lizenzangabe trifft in diesem Fall zu? Und welche Nachweise müssen ggf. von meiner Seite aus zur Veröffentlichung bei Wikipedia erbracht werden?

Mit vielem Dank und besten Grüßen

--Wgnr1813 (talk) 15:21, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

fotowettbewerb

Hallo,

ich habe heute vier Bilder zum HDR Thema einstellen wollen. Drei sind gelandet, das Vierte - eigentlich als erstes eingefügt - war kurz zu sehen, aber beim Einfügen der weiteren drei dann verschwunden. Es tauchte dann auch nicht wieder auf nachdem ich die Tilden gesetzt habe, obwohl es in der file-Liste erhalten blieb. Auch eine Wiederholung des Einfügens blieb in der Liste stehen tauchte aber nicht bei den Bilder-Entries auf. Wo liegt mein Fehler?

Gruß und Dank, foeniz Foeniz (talk) 19:02, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Soeben habe ich den Fehler (Tilden gesetzt) gefunden. Ich habe die Tilden entfernt und eine der beiden Files mit dem gleichen Bild ebenfalls. Jetzt ist alles ok - so hoffe ich.

Gruß, foeniz Foeniz (talk) 19:19, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

Publish Page

I finished my first page, I hit Publish Page as it recommends but it says "save your work by pressing the Publish Page button below and a button will appear here allowing you to submit your draft for review". I do not see a button... What should I do? Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CCMforte (talk • contribs) 20:24, 28 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@CCMforte: Hi, and welcome. What page were you trying to publish, on what project? I don't see that it was successful or blocked. Please read en:WP:AFC if you haven't already.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:50, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

adding a photo of a painting owned by the United States government openly displayed at West Point in an area that the public does not have access to

Hello,

There is a portrait of Russell Red Reeder hanging outside of the Commandant's conference room at the United States Military Academy. My classmate who works there took a picture of the portrait and sent it to me - he owns the picture that he made of the portrait. The United States government owns the portrait. Could my friend allow me to upload the picture that he took? Do we need the permission of the owner of the portrait?

Thank you,

Darrell — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penthrift (talk • contribs) 22:56, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

@Penthrift: Hi, and welcome. What can you tell us about the name and lifetime of the painter and the dates and countries of painting and publication?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:43, 29 August 2020 (UTC)l

@Jimbo Wales: Ty - will research those questions & get back to you - that's guidance I was looking for! May take me some time to find out & circle back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penthrift (talk • contribs) 01:49, 29 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Penthrift: Thanks for the compliment, but I'm not Jimbo (I only have 5.5 centijimbos). Please follow COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:35, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

How do I get an old version of a file back?

User Geckoerer uploaded a poorer resolution version of the file File:The Artiodactyla.jpg. How can I get the old version back? HFoxii (talk) 04:56, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

@HFoxii: Hi, and welcome. After discussion with the other user, in the "File history" section, you should be able to click "revert" to the left of the version you want to revert to, and explain why.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:47, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
I took a look and really, no discussion is needed here except perhaps an admonishment. This was overwritten with a seriously inferior version. I have reverted to the older one. - Jmabel ! talk 17:09, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Setting default search to include filetype

Hi, is there a way to change the default search to include the advance option to search for "image only"? I found that it does not necessarily list all the images before heading into PDF-content territory, so ignoring the rest is not really an option. Thanks. -- Deadstar (msg) 10:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Staffan Westerberg

Hello,

I wanted to publish a page from a theater manuscript by Staffan Westerberg that is representative for his work. It is the story about a father that sneeses without holding his mouth and a funny drawing. In the beginning of the manuscript it says " A theater play for anyone who wants it, drawn and designed by Staffan". Would it be wrong to add it to the descripthon of Staffan?

Best regards Anna — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna Antonsson (talk • contribs) 17:15, 29 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Anna Antonsson: Hi, and welcome. I doubt that wording is free enough for us.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:17, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

I accidentally replaced an image with a cropped version of the image instead of creating a new file of the cropped version and I can't undo it.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walcott_Cambrian_Geology_and_Paleontology_II_plate_22.jpg

I thought I remembered you could use https://croptool.toolforge.org/ to create a new image which was a crop of another image so I tried using it but I accidentally overwrote the original! I tried undoing it and deleting my upload but it's not working. Can someone help me and delete the new version so it's still the original image? Thanks! Umimmak (talk) 17:43, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

I successfully reverted it but there's still the record of the wrong crop, and I don't know how to delete that or prevent there from being two copies of the original image. Umimmak (talk) 17:45, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
@Umimmak: Hi, and welcome. If you worry about disk space, please don't. If you worry about embarrassment, please see en:Streisand effect.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:12, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
It's an easy mistake to make: It would be better if neither "Overwrite" nor "Upload as new file" was set by default, but needed to be selected. --ghouston (talk) 01:46, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

How to extract image?

How to extract existing image using Wikimedia Commons wizard. Can you show me steps?The Supermind (talk) 18:35, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

@The Supermind: Hi, and welcome. I suggest you use dFX for that.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:07, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

Mrepoulis - Undelition request

Hello, I submitted a deletion request on August 25 and there were two responses. One asking me to to give an example of an article where my work could be included. I gave a general view of my biographical sketch and the places where my work could be included. The second response was that I had not replied and none of the administrators request were answered. Now my works are in the archival page. Please advise as to what the next step might be and specifically what more is required.

Thank you,

regards,

talk to me Hello Jeff G. An example that I found in wikipedia could be 'Contemporary classical music' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_classical_music another example for my art work could be 'Illustration' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illustration

Mrepoulis {````|15:43, 28 August 2020‎|Mrepoulis}}

@Mrepoulis: Hi, and welcome. I see you neglected to "give an example of an article on a Wikimedia project where your content might be of use" in your section of COM:UDR after 26+ hours, which was therefore closed as "Not done" and archived to Commons:Undeletion requests/Archive/2020-08#Request for undeletion - Content is in the academic area.... Would you care to give a specific example of an extant article now, with a link?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:08, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
@Thuresson, King of Hearts, Ankry, Green Giant, Slgrandson, Michael Bednarek, GFJ, Wutsje, George Chernilevsky, and Martin H.: In this edit, Mrepoulis wrote to me (and also wrote above) that their uploads could be used in en:Contemporary classical music or en:Illustration.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:57, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
(pinged) en:Contemporary classical music doesn't use any sound files. I don't think adding sound files from Mrepoulis would be accepted there. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 00:33, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
@Mrepoulis: We generally do not host art of non notable artists. The only exception is when the art is needed in another Wikimedia project. So we need here an evidence that either (1) you are a notable artist, or (2) there is a page in a Wikimedia project that needs your image (and none of already existent images can be used as a replacement). In the latter case only the image to be used should e undeleted. Any kind of promotion, including self-promotion is not accepted. Ankry (talk) 09:09, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
In regard to the specific examples en:Contemporary classical music and en:Illustration: these pages naturally focus on noteworthy, well-known and relevant artists. There is no evidence that Mrepoulis' work fulfills any of the relevance criteria of those pages or is in some other way helpful for them. It may also be worth mentioning that en:User:Mrepoulis has a history of self-promotion including the use of sock puppets, resulting in an indefinite ban on the English Wikipedia. GFJ (talk) 09:43, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

would computer screenshots of newspaper archives with a link be acceptable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aias1996 (talk • contribs)

@Aias1996: it depends on the age of the newspaper article in question. As a general rule, anything older than 120 years is definitely out of copyright and fine to upload. Beyond that, it depends on the country it was published in, as anything here has to be public domain in both the origin country and the USA. There is a list of what applies to each country, with the templates to apply, at Copyright rules by territory. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 16:34, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
For the U.S., anything before 1925 is OK ({{PD-US-expired}}). Also, a lot of 1925 through 1963 cases are OK: almost no U.S. newspaper outside of New York renewed its copyrights after 28 years, which was required at the time (({{PD-US-not renewed}}). - Jmabel ! talk 17:15, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

the Boston Globe maintains an almost complete archive its entire catalog of back issues, from 1872-today, there are many photos that would be useful to wikipedia articles but is it permissible to screenshot those photos and add them to wiki commons? Is 1925 a cutoff date? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aias1996 (talk • contribs) 17:41, 29 August 2020 (UTC)

@Aias1996: For anywhere in the US outside New York, it is safe to use 31 December 1963 as the cutoff. Please follow COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:03, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
User:Jeff G. I'm sure that's safe for articles and for staff photos, but is it safe for AP, UPI, and Reuters photos? - Jmabel ! talk 02:51, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Not without more research.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:08, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
As I thought. So Aias1996, take that as a caution to carefully check photo credits in that Boston Globe archive, and do not use agency photos without making sure of their copyright status separately from that of the newspaper. - Jmabel ! talk 14:53, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Two superfluous versions of an image -- delete? EXIF data of the first version -- amend?

Hello experts,

I uploaded an image to w:File:Pichi_Richi_Railway_diesel_locomotive_NSU52_crosses_Saltia_Bridge,_near_Quorn,_South_Australia,_with_passenger_train_on_26_Oct_2019_(Caleb_Jenkins).jpg. An alert member of the OTRS team noticed that the EXIF data showed a different entity as the copyright owner than the one stated on the licence; the camera used for this photo was set to include his name but the copyright owner was his company. Once the copyright owner explained the difficulty of changing the camera in advance for an occasional photo possibly to be included in Wikimedia Commons, it was accepted.

All well and good. At that stage, however, I tried to change the EXIF data on the page to prevent any future confusion. However, the change didn't "stick". Version 2 of the file then appeared in the log, identical to the first.

Today I attempted to revert to the first version, thinking that the second version would be deleted. Now I know what actually happens!

Since all three images are identical, the 2nd and 3rd versions could be deleted.

More importantly, it would be very good if someone with authority could change "Copyright holder" in the EXIF data table from "Caleb Jenkins 2019" to "Caleb's Rail Films 2019". The OTRS ticket #2020080410004392 will contain the consent in those words by the authorised representative of Caleb's Rail Films.

I'll appreciate your advice. Cheers, Simon – SCHolar44 (talk) 08:30, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

  • The reason you thought the change didn't "stick" was doubtless a caching problem. In the future, when this happens, add '?purge' to the URL and, assuming you are using either Firefox or Chrome on a computer, hit CTRL-F5, and the problem will clear up 99% of the time. And if it doesn't, it's still probably a caching problem, just a very recalcitrant one.
  • If you uploaded with different EXIF data, I can promise that it "took". As I say, strictly a caching issue.
  • We don't delete old versions over this sort of thing. When we "delete" a version, it is strictly a "soft delete". All it does is to hide it so that only administrators can see it.
  • The OTRS ticket will sort out the matter. Anything else you need to say can go on the file talk page. - Jmabel ! talk 15:00, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Importing Album cover from Internet Archive

I'm sorry if this was addressed before but I didn't find anything. This album on Wikipedia is available on the Internet Archive, with full scans of the cover art. Since the Wikipedia article does not have a cover art at this time, I was hoping there was a way to import the one from the Internet Archive for use? Is there a procedure for this?--LOCdataLKR44 (talk) 00:50, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

@LOCdataLKR44: Hi, and welcome. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the image designer, photographer, or music publisher (who generally holds copyrights to a music cover) license it on their website or social media, or send the image and permission via OTRS because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you want to use music cover images on English Wikipedia, please read WP:F.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:38, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Hazel Miner issue of North Dakota Childrens Home Founder

I have a pdf of the North Dakota Childrens Home Finder (Hazel Miner issue) from January 15, 1921. It contains the story of the teenager Hazel Miner who sacrificed her own life in order to save her two siblings in a snow storm. Please see Wikipedia for details on her. The magazine issue is surely in the public domain after nearly hundred years, and I thought it would be fine to have the pdf preserved somewhere. Question is, may I upload it here on Commons and, if so, how? Mieliestronk (talk) 20:18, 27 August 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks Jmabel! Mieliestronk (talk) 03:02, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Just lines and text license

Hi, I remember there is a "rule" that just lines and text images could not be copyrighted, but dont remember the tag of that situation.

I'm pretending to upload a copy of the cartridge image from here .400 CORBON - from accuratepowder.com. Can I ??? Which tag should I use ? Thanks in advance. --Marcric (talk) 03:03, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

{{PD-ineligible}} can be used for this, a simple technical diagram below the threshold of originality. MKFI (talk) 09:00, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks. --Marcric (talk) 17:28, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

English

Why are the videos not playing — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 154.157.181.129 (talk) 07:07, 31 August 2020‎ (UTC)

Power cut? Rodhullandemu (talk) 07:39, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
@154.157.181.129: You'll really need to ask something more specific if you want a useful answer. - Jmabel ! talk 14:55, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

How to post pictures

Please someone answer me how can I post pictures — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiara Karen Katie (talk • contribs) 10:36, 31 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Kiara Karen Katie: Hi, and welcome. Please follow COM:FS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:41, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Uploading a Video

Hi, i can't upload a video because it's a mp4 file. Which files i can use? --Dr. Otztafan Kolibril (talk) 12:08, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

See Commons:Video, lots of detail there. --Fæ (talk) 12:13, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

how to create my personal details

how to create my wikipedia detaILS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kodiyurkmpurushoth (talk • contribs) 13:03, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

@Kodiyurkmpurushoth: Please read en:WP:AUTO and COM:CSD#F10.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

How to create my own images

How to upload and use my own images

All of the images I uploaded and put into the article I was editing in draft have been removed. They were images I created so I am not sure why they are being flagged. Can anyone help with this issue? — Preceding unsigned comment added by HRWSPEC (talk • contribs) 13:46, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

  • @HRWSPEC: It looks like you received numerous notices on your user talk page. Have you read them? Have you communicated with any of the three people who left you those notices? - Jmabel ! talk 15:01, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
  • @Jmabel: I have recently been attempting to communicate with them. I am very confused on the proper way to upload media that I have created. When editing, I clicked insert, add media, upload file, and clicked the box confirming "This is my own work

I attest that I own the copyright on this file, and agree to irrevocably release this file to Wikimedia Commons under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license, and I agree to the Terms of Use." What else do I have to do to keep my images from being flagged for deleting? Thanks. HRWSPEC (talk) 15:28, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

    • @HRWSPEC: Without looking too closely, since three other people are already involved (by the way, you can ping them here or on your user talk page, which will probably pull them into discussion), I'm guessing that the materials in question (or very similar material) also appeared elsewhere online, and they had no way to know that your account had any connection to those prior appearances. - Jmabel ! talk 23:38, 31 August 2020 (UTC)\

Wappen auf der Seite: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Großbreitenbach

Wie bekomme ich aus der oben genannten Seite das Wappen gelöscht? Dieses gehört nur Großbreitenbach und nicht der 2019 neu gegründeten Landgemeinde "Stadt Großbreitenbach". . talk contribs‎ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stadtverwaltung Gbb (talk • contribs) 16:44, 31 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Stadtverwaltung Gbb.: - Das neue Wappen ist in Arbeit. Bis morgen abend wird es auf der Artikelseite erscheinen. Bis dahin etwas Geduld. LG -- MaxxL - talk 14:56, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

I have several photos related with Economics Research Publications (for example covers of journals or books). I am the owner of the copyright and I agree to include them in the public domain and free licence. How can I inform to Wiki Commons that I am the owner and that I agree free licence and public domain? Please answer to me mcarmen.guisan@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by MCG2020 (talk • contribs) 15:39, 31 August 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @MCG2020: "free licence and "public domain" makes little sense. Normally, it's one or the other.
  • COM:OTRS explains how to do this. If there's anything there you don't understand, please ask that more specific question here. - Jmabel ! talk 23:44, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Monsieur YGER Charles

Bonjour, J'essaie depuis une dizaine de jours de créer mon annonce sur WIKIPEDIA, concernant : Charles yger, écrivain. Je possédais un brouillon et j'étais aidé dans ma démarche par un sympathique correspondant. Nous étions en train ,à la suite de ses conseils, de modifier, voir finaliser le contenu du brouillon pour le mettre sur site. et j'ai effectué diverses opérations avec une erreur, probablement. Je ne maitrise pas, loin de là, toute la technique pour arriver à installer mon fichier.

Je n'ai plus les coordonnées de mon correspondant, qui connaissait mon dossier. COMMENT le retrouver et relancer ma demande ?

AIDEZ moi, s'il vous plait. METTEZ MOI EN CONTACT AVEC MON CORRESPONDANT Bien cordialement. Mr YGER

@JOEL YGER: Bonjour,
  • Au vu de la liste de vos contributions sur Wikipédia, il semble que vous avez communiqué plusieurs fois avec l'utilisateur Omnilaika02, qui d'ailleurs vous avait laissé un message de bienvenue sur votre page sur Wikipédia et qui avait aussi contribué à la page de votre brouillon, comme on le voit dans l'historique de cette page. J'en déduis que cet utilisateur Omnilaika02 est probablement le correspondant dont vous parlez.
  • En ce qui concerne les fichiers que vous aviez versés ici sur Commons, vous aviez fait certaines erreurs de débutant en ce qui concerne la documentation des oeuvres et vous êtes malheureusement tombé sur deux utilisateurs (ou on peut dire que ce sont eux qui vous sont tombés dessus) qui préfèrent supprimer machinalement les contributions des débutants plutôt que d'expliquer comment corriger les erreurs. Au moment d'écrire ceci, vos fichiers étaient encore présents, comme on le constate dans le journal de vos opérations sur Commons. Mais vous devez réagir très rapidement et corriger les erreurs avant que la suppression se fasse. En gros, n'inscrivez pas votre propre nom comme auteur lorsque vous n'êtes pas l'auteur. Ainsi, par exemple, pour l'image dont les auteurs sont Bellecroix et Huyot, inscrivez les noms de ces auteurs plutôt que le vôtre. Inscrivez la date de l'image, probablement 1877, et non 2020 ni 2014 (pourquoi donc 2014 ?) . N'utilisez pas un modèle de licence CC par lequel vous prétendez à des droits d'auteur sur des oeuvres de 1877 sur lesquelless vous n'avez pas de droits d'auteur. Si les oeuvres sont dans le domaine public, utilisez plutôt des modèles de domaine public. Pour l'image de Bellecroix et Huyot, les modèles de domaine public à utiliser seraient {{PD-US-expired}} et {{PD-old-100}}. Évitez de verser plusieurs copies identiques des mêmes images. Etc.
-- Asclepias (talk) 20:18, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Delete an image and its revisions

Please, help me totally delete this image (the first one and the 2 revisions of it). I can't find any instruction that work. I hope you can send me the instructions of how to do that too.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karl_Widerquist,_Co-founder_of_the_U.S._Basic_Income_Guarantee_(USBIG)_Network.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Independent03 (talk • contribs) 19:34, 31 August 2020‎ (UTC)

@Independent03: Hi, and welcome. You uploaded File:Karl Widerquist, Co-founder of the U.S. Basic Income Guarantee (USBIG) Network.jpg just five hours ago, so you should be able to tag it {{G7}} successfully.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:50, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for your help! Learning slowly how all this works! Thank you, both.

Image use

Hi. I have been given an image I would like to use in the WP article, David J. Zimmerman. I've been told by the author it has a CC license. The license appears in the metadata of the image. How can I confirm it is in fact usable in a WP article? I can post the image metadata if that helps. Thanks. VictorMooney (talk) 15:47, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

@VictorMooney: Hi, and welcome. Is the image available online? Is the author the subject? If you are unsure, please have the image author license it on their website or social media, or send the image and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:08, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thanks. The author is not the subject. I believe the image is posted to the authors Facebook page. Can the image be uploaded if the image metadata shows the license? Thanks again. VictorMooney (talk) 16:16, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

@VictorMooney: I think that I have never seen image metadata on Facebook that shows a license. What is the URL?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:25, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I don't know, but I'll contact the author for that URL and get back here. VictorMooney (talk) 16:31, 28 August 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I think the questioner means the metadata with the copy he received from the author, not the metadata with a copy possibly on facebook. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:16, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
@VictorMooney: It depends on what CC license it is. "A CC license" is not specific. There are many CC licenses. Some are accepted on Wikimedia, others are not accepted. What license is it? That would be specified after "CC". -- Asclepias (talk) 13:16, 31 August 2020 (UTC)Sorry, forgot to login VictorMooney (talk) 12:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@Asclepias: Hi. This is the CC license as it appears in the image metadata. <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/80x1. I'm sure you know better than I, exactly which license this is.VictorMooney (talk) 21:40, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

@VictorMooney: Ok, it is the license {{Cc-by-4.0}} and it is accepted here. You can upload the image to Wikimedia Commons with that license and then you can use the image in Wikipedia. Assuming good faith, I guess the metadata is evidence that the author issued the license. However, for more safety, you might ask the author to send a confirmation by email (please see Commons:OTRS for details). -- Asclepias (talk) 22:13, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

@Asclepias: Good. Thanks for that.VictorMooney (talk) 22:25, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

@VictorMooney: Was this about File:Picture of David J. Zimmerman in the Indian Himalayas.jpg? If so, I see the matter was already partly resolved two days ago. But what was the meaning of "the author is not the subject"? Isn't the subject David J. Zimmerman? And the author is David J. Zimmerman? Also, there's a contradiction in the indications of the license(s). The metadata does offer the photo under the license CC BY 4.0. But you uploaded it with a different license, CC BY-SA 4.0. And the author sent a communication to OTRS with CC BY-SA 4.0. Must it be understood that the author changed his mind, decided to withdraw the CC BY 4.0 license he had offered in the metadata, and to restrict it to a CC BY-SA 4.0 license only? -- Asclepias (talk) 01:51, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@Asclepias: The author of the picture is Zimmerman's wife, and she is the one who sent the communication to QTRS. I'm not sure now how to resolve the license discrepancy, or if it is, indeed, a problem. What do you suggest I do about that? Thanks 67.211.94.190 12:38, 1 September 2020 (UTC)67.211.94.190 12:36, 1 September 2020 (UTC) @Asclepias: Sorry, wasn't logged in...VictorMooney (talk) 12:42, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@VictorMooney: Correct the author name on the file page. - Jmabel ! talk 14:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Ah ok, thanks for the clarification, then the "author" field in the description page of the file should not indicate the name of David J. Zimmerman but should indicate the name of his wife, unless she explicitly specified that the authorship credit must not be given to her but must be given to David J. Zimmerman. About the license, I'm not sure what Commons should do. The problem comes from the fact that the author herself offered two different licenses, but we don't know what she really wanted to do. The license initially offered, "CC BY", is more free than the second license, "CC BY-SA". Maybe the author doesn't have a problem with "CC BY" and did not realize that "CC BY-SA" is not the same, and "CC BY-SA" is a mistake. Or maybe she changed her mind. We're left with the problem of having to choose to ignore one or the other license. Commons could consider that the author changed her mind and revoked the "CC BY" license. Or Commons could consider that the "CC BY" is still applicable. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thank you. VictorMooney (talk) 14:25, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi. Please see the discussion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Anime eyes & red happy mouth with teeth.jpg and Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections#Prompri. Prompri has asked for two things.

  1. To have their account "nuked" and as much as possible of their personal data they have revealed in previous edits to be wiped. This would be in line with the "courtesy vanishing" guideline on English Wikipedia (w:en:WP:RTV). Creative Commons licensing gives the author the right to change how they are attributed for a work or remove their name from the credit entirely; a vanishing process similar to the one linked here would support that by hiding their identifying information from casual readers. Do we have a similar process on Commons that we can direct the user to?
  2. Advice on how their friend can claim a copyright violation on File:Anime eyes & red happy mouth with teeth.jpg to enable deletion. Prompri has stated that part of the work was created using an image produced by a former classmate without their permission, so Prompri never had the right to upload the image here. I am thinking that Commons:OTRS may be the best method for the original author to submit evidence of their creation and prove the copyright violation. Would that be right or is there another process?

Any advice you can provide would be useful. Thanks. From Hill To Shore (talk) 14:01, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Vanishing is a global process; it cannot be performed on a single wiki, so the Wikipedia guideline is advisory only here. There is no need for such guideline on Commons; they should be rather hold on meta. AFAIK, the only reason that can prevent vanishing is being blocked on some wiki. Ankry (talk) 06:51, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Uploading replacement photo different file type

Want to replace current image (left) with a higher resolution colour image (center) from same source/different aspect but have received red warnings about change of file type - is it OK to proceed using same licence data etc ?Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 21:38, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Island House, Laugharne 1948 RAF photo
Island House, Laugharne 1948 RAF photo
Hi, If you want to replace the image in an article in Wikipedia, it must be done there. You can display one image instead of the other in Wikipedia. On Commons, there is nothing to replace, because they are two different images, each with its information. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:39, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
More specifically: while there are occasionally reasons to upload one chart, graph, or map over another in Commons, this is almost never the case for a photo. The only time that would be appropriate is something that is unquestionably an improvement, such as a higher-resolution version of the exact same photograph, or (on your own photo, but almost never on anyone else's without their explicit agreement) a better color-balance. - 23:55, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
Thanks Asclepias & jmabel- sorry, my question was about the red warnings when changing the file type on a replacement in wikipedia, not your issue I can see now. Clearly image substitution on commons was not being attempted. Horatius At The Bridge (talk) 16:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
@Horatius At The Bridge: If there was a warning somewhere on Wikipedia, you'll probably have to take it up on Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 00:29, 2 September 2020 (UTC)

Simple method to extract video frames?

I recently added a few relevant videos to Commons for the first time. I am now curious if there are any tools available to extract frames from videos for use as images. It seems like this would be useful, and it would be nice to save metadata from those extractions in a manner similar to CropTool. I looked for a bit, but wasn't able to find a tool like this (in which case I'll just continue extracting video frames locally). Thanks! Jlevi (talk) 15:59, 30 August 2020 (UTC)

Looks like this is an open issue for CropTool, so the solution won't be there. Jlevi (talk) 15:50, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
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