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How to share my success upload to social media?

How to share my success upload to social media? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Squatic (talk • contribs) 03:32, 28 October 2022‎ (UTC)

@Squatic: Hi, and welcome. You may share the list of your uploads as Special:ListFiles/Squatic. The URL for that is https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Squatic. See also COM:SIGN. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeff G. (talk • contribs) 13:11, 28 October 2022‎ (UTC)
Ironically, the answer lacks the signature, too. I consider this after more than one month solved. — Speravir – 23:55, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: --Speravir 23:55, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

TV channels

I like the dramas on channel Star life and Zee World I have about a month that these channels are not working. How I can watch these channels back? Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vickyboy45 (talk • contribs) 17:36, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 21:16, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

I want to upload file to assignment

Aboriginal people Loyiso2000 (talk) 05:59, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

I want to upload a diagram from a book. The copyright page of the book has the Publisher, not the author, as holding the copyright. Upload Wizard only asks about "The name of the person who took the photo, or painted the picture, drew the drawing, etc." and offers no field that allows me to specify that the copyright holder is the publisher, not the book's author. The publisher (the copyright holder) has granted me permission to upload the diagram to Commons. The author's current state of health prevents him from expressing himself on the matter. How should I proceed? JeddBham64 (talk) 09:07, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

@JeddBham64: You still must indicate the author of the diagram (not the publisher and not the author of the book if different from the author of the diagram) in the "author" field, for several reasons, among which the moral rights of the author and because, in many countries, the duration of the copyright of the copyright holder (publisher or someone else at that point) will be based on the death year of the author. You can use the "permission" field to specify anything of relevance about the copyright, including the identification of the copyright holder. Anyway, in a case like this, you must first convince the copyright owner of the diagram to issue a free license for the diagram and have them confirm it themselves directly through the procedure of Commons:VRT. It must be the copyright owner of the diagram, which may be different from the copyright owner of the book, for example if the diagram was copied with permission from another source. Of course, permission is not relevant if the diagram is in the public domain for some reason. You are being secretive about which book and which diagram you talk about, so not much more can be said. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:53, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your prompt and useful reply, Asclepias. JeddBham64 (talk) 19:45, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi i would like to upload logo png file that i have the permission to use it. 180degreesbrandcom (talk) 10:49, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

I want to delete my uploads

Hi, I have troubles with deleting the pictured i uploaded, i would really appreciate help. Iryna Hulevata (talk) 13:14, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Only administrators can delete files. Why are you looking to delete your uploads? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 13:16, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
I want the to participate in a contest here, but as I uploaded them I cannot use them for it. Iryna Hulevata (talk) 13:18, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
We have a deletion policy and the reasons for deletion don't include participating in a contest. You can certainly request deletion, but without a valid reason, your files wouldn't be deleted. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 13:22, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
So what would be a valid reason? Why can't I just delete my own file? Iryna Hulevata (talk) 13:24, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
It seems like you did not look at the deletion policy page that I linked, as it answers your first question. As for your second, if you have donated educational media for the world to use and then you are arbitrarily given the ability to remove that access, that is not helpful for others. A Commons admin may personally choose to delete these files, but is not obliged to based on what you have given as a reason. Note that if you license a file with a Creative Commons license, you cannot revoke that license and can only ever make it more free. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 13:35, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
@Iryna Hulevata: Your two files are very recent uploads from today. In a case like this, you do not need a reason to ask their deletion. Commons will consider that you made a mistake and will delete them. It is criterion "G7" in Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion. You can just include the template Speedydelete in the description page of each file. However, when you say "participate in a contest *here*", do you mean a contest on Wikimedia or elsewhere? If on Wikimedia, you probably do not need to delete the files if your idea is to reupload them anyway. You would probably only need to add templates and categories specific to the contest. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:11, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
✓ Done. Both images speedy-deleted per G7. --Túrelio (talk) 14:48, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

Help to move Wikipedia files to Wikimedia commons

The following files were uploaded to the local Wikipedia 11 years ago, and now must be uploaded to wikipedia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_at_the_El_Pescador_Playa_Norte_monument,_Mazatlan.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mazatlansemanasanta.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mazatlanplayagaviotas.jpg#mw-jump-to-license — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2806:101E:A:2A09:F501:353B:F1D:73BB (talk) 20:25, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Finished. Now these files are available on Commons. -- U.T. 05:58, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

About uploading

If i want to help my client to upload his/her file, Which copyright will i choose Afolabi bisola (talk) 20:18, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

picture

I was given a picture from a non-profit organization to use on Wikipedia for an article I am writing. What do I need to do to upload it in Wikipedia Commons. I don't see a category for this. Pikelake6 (talk) 17:59, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Assuming you are talking about File:Adult Learning Table.Andragogy.jpg, right? This seems to be screenshot/capture. What was the source and who created it? --Túrelio (talk) 21:10, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
@Pikelake6: The issue is that we will need a license from the copyright-holder. If they have the content somewhere on a site clearly under their own control, then the simplest way to do this is for them to be explicit on that site about the license they are granting for that image. Then you can cite that for the permission.
But there is a further problem here. File:Adult Learning Table.Andragogy.jpg is basically formatted text, not an image, and may therefore be outside of Commons' scope. - Jmabel ! talk 22:24, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Raw data found on Wikipedia

I'd like to share data I extracted from Wikipedia and provide it to the Wikipedia community, likely on the Reliable sources noticeboard. It's a 2.5MB file of tab-separated text. What's the prescribed way to do that? CousinZoidfarb (talk) 18:53, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

File Deletion and Issues

Hello here.

I am new to wikicommon and i realized that all the files i uploaded are been deleted while some has issues which i don't understand the reason and anything about.

Which i have been trying to read all policy and stuff on wikicommon but i don't understand them yet, I need help about how to upload files that will be successful with no issue and others that i need to know Afolabi bisola (talk) 18:57, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Release Right and Files issues

Hello

All the files i uploaded has been deleted and some will still be deleted, i don't know the reason for that and what to do about it

i am new to wikicommon and seems i dont know my way around it, kindly help me, Thanks. Afolabi bisola (talk) 22:13, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

These deletions were discussed here Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Afolabi bisola, but you did not participate. --Túrelio (talk) 22:15, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Possible incorrect way to replace an image

I have a question about this image file from Wikimedia Commons: [File:Michael Weller, author.jpg] found on this web address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michael_Weller,_author.jpg#metadata: It appears that the recent “new version” is not a new version, but a completely different image by a different artist, which seems to be a good-faith mistake in the way to replace an image, as it affects the copyright agreement, and authorship claim — does something need to be done to straighten this out?Åüñîçńøł (talk) 19:23, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi, problem is that this is on :en-Wikipedia, so it must be dealt with it there, not here. If this had happened here, it would be reverted (per COM:OVERWRITE) and it would be checked whether the new version isn't a copyvio. 3rd issue is that the 2nd uploader simply uploaded a new image without changing the related source/author information, which is a no-go. --Túrelio (talk) 19:40, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, I've mentioned it over there just now.Åüñîçńøł (talk) 19:52, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

N00b errors when making SVG multilingual

Sorry about making a mess. I was trying to use File:PPV,_NPV,_Sensitivity_and_Specificity.svg on nowiki. Seeing that the file in question did not contain translatable text, I manually edited it in Inkscape and created File:PPV_NPV_Sensitivity_and_Specificity-no.svg, only then did I figure out that SVG has a switch statement and that I might have been better off uploading this version to the original and start creating translations. So now there is a Norwegian version, an English version and another Turkish version, not created by me called File:PPV,_NPV,_Sensitivity_and_Specificity-tr.svg. They all have their different file histories. How do I best merge them into one multilingual SVG? BFG (talk) 12:30, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

@BFG If nothing else you could just upload a multilingual SVG and use {{Own based}} and/or {{Attribs}} in the source. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 21:01, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Upload a Portrait

Hello, I am working on my own wikipedia text and want to change the photo to a better one. I have the rights but it is not uploading. How can I upload it? ArtistCommunications (talk) 17:46, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

@ArtistCommunications: Can you please tell us which page and which image you are talking about? Thanks, Yann (talk) 18:12, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
de:Christiane Peschek ArtistCommunications (talk) 18:25, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
@ArtistCommunications: You can upload the image on Commons if you are the photographer. Otherwise the copyright holder needs to confirm the license via email. In that case, please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Always upload the original version with full EXIF data, even if a small thumbnail is used (the software takes care of that). Then you can change the image in the article. Thanks, Yann (talk) 18:34, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Uploading a Public Domain Art Piece

Hi! I am working on a wikipedia article and trying to upload some public domain images. The Upload Wizard is asking me for the exact day, month and year the work was created or first published but I can't seem to get that information anywhere. What should I do? Marieaburto (talk) 21:34, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Merge history of images and change file name

Hello,

i tried to find a solution myself, but I don't want to do anything wrong.

In 2006, user @Sgt bilko drew a map of the Salzburg S-Bahn (a local commuter train network): File:S-Bahn_Salzburg,_Netzplan.svg

In 2015, user @Aisano updated the map and uploaded it under a new file name: File:S-Bahn Salzburg, Netzplan 2015-f.svg This file is used on 17 different wiki pages worldwide.

Now I want to upload a new version from 2022 of the map. My suggestion would be to merge the two files under the original name. Then I can upload a new version without "2015" in the file name but still the history is visible. I tried to merge the files with the "Move" function, but it doesn't work. Mediadesigner (talk) 22:16, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

Why would you want to do that? In 2006 there were the lines S1, S2, S3. In 2015 there were the lines S1, S2, S3, S4. I assume in 2022 there will be again other lines. Would you also merge an image of Donald Trump at 5 years of age with images of Donald Trump at 25 ad 85 years of age? C.Suthorn (talk) 07:37, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
Actually, this is best practice for rail maps. Look at New York City Subway, S-Bahn Berlin - Netzplan.svg, Tokyo Metro and thousands more. The reason is simple: The current network plan should always be visible in the info boxes. People want to get information there. It would be crazy to update all Wikipedia articles worldwide with every map update. You can't compare a network map to a photo of a person. Of course, a new photo should not replace an old one. But when updating a network map, that's different. That's not a photo, that's information. And information should never be outdated. --Mediadesigner 11:35, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Social Media Images Regarding Telegram

I recently wanted to send a picture for the Combat Organization of Anarcho-Communists that they have posted recently on their telegram. They took a picture of their flag with a firearm showing a little in the frame and I wanted to know If I could use it but I do not know about their Copyright for images posted onto their Telegram. Could I get clarification that I could post this onto the Wikipedia page? Mr. Mesa (talk) 00:33, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Does copyright/plagiarism apply to image descriptions?

Hello, if I download an image from a museum webpage and upload it to Wikimedia Commons, can I copy and paste the museum's description of the image as long as I put it in quotation marks and attribute it to the original source at the end of the quotation and provide a link? Or does everything have to be put in my own words, even including descriptions of historical artwork? ThethPunjabi (talk) 01:32, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Ex Libris

I bought several books coming from de personal library of the dutch archeologist Maurits van Loon (see nl:Maurits van Loon (1923-2006)) with Ex Libris. Can I import it to illustrate the future article I'd like to translate into french ? Or is it protected ? Nonopoly (talk) 11:07, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

@Nonopoly: Hi, You need the permission from Maurits van Loon's heirs to publish them under a free license. Copyright rests for 70 years after the author's death. Yann (talk) 11:17, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
@Yann: Thanks for the answer, probably too complicated... ! Nonopoly (talk) 11:24, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
@Nonopoly, were the books written by van Loon? WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:40, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Japanese Propaganda Poster about Manchuria

https://www.chinafile.com/photo/propaganda-poster-manchukuo. How can I find this poster? Andrew Zigouras (talk) 23:15, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

@Andrew Zigouras: Hi, and welcome. I used Google Lens to find it at File:Manchukuo poster.jpg.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:11, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you kindly Jeff. I've managed to download it and hopefully use it in our website www.farewell-china.com 175.38.152.255 21:31, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
You're welcome. https://ecoleduliondor.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/521c834c04f480f18617186c2bd17fde.jpg is bigger and not watermarked.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:39, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you again Jeff G, you've saved me hours of frustrating searches. Have a great Christmas little buddy 175.38.152.255 23:49, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
@Andrew Zigouras: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:01, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
See also Category:Posters of Manchukuo. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:25, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you kindly Asclepias, if you have time, please check out our book's site www.farewell-china.com The story is about one Japanese family who were enticed and went to Manchuria to settle. Merry Christmas 175.38.152.255 22:12, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Depicts and quantity

I'm looking at File:Koekjestrommel open.jpg. There are seven different types of cookies, and unknown number of individual cookies (probably between 20 and 30). The seven types is the relevant part, because of the w:Sju sorters kakor tradition. I would like to set up a depicts statement that says the photo depicts cookies (that's easy enough), and specifically that there are seven types of cookies.

I have read Commons:Structured data/Modeling/Depiction. d:Property:P180#Constraints lists an item "quantity". But I suspect that is meant to be used for "about 30 cookies all together" and not for "7 different types of cookies". Does anyone know how to tell Wikidata that there are seven different types of cookies? WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:39, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

How do I upload photos,?

How do I upload photos from my file manager,? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atickson James Thomas Baba (talk • contribs) 10:44, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

@Atickson James Thomas Baba: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FS.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:43, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

關於已故演員照片上傳問題？

維基您好： 目前正在編輯韓國已故演員李智漢的條目 想要上傳他的照片 但是否能上傳他在個人Instagram的照片？

因為演員已不在 大多是李智漢自己拍攝的個人照片 他的自拍照是否也要申請版權？ 如果Instagram個人照片要申請版權，當事人如果已逝世，要像誰申請？ 請維基幫我解惑 謝謝您 Siouzun (talk) 12:06, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Questions about uploading photos of deceased actors?
Hello Wiki: I am currently editing the entry for the late Korean actor Lee Ji Han. I want to upload his photo, but can I upload his personal Instagram photo? Because the actor is no longer here, most of them are personal photos taken by Li Zhihan himself. Should he also apply for copyright for his selfies? If an Instagram personal photo needs to apply for copyright, if the person concerned is deceased, who should apply for it? Wikipedia please help me out, thank you
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:24, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
@Siouzun: 嗨，歡迎。 版權傳給繼承人。 請聯繫死者的繼承人以獲得他拍攝的照片的許可，以及他其他照片的攝影師。 為此，請參閱 VRT/zh。
Hi, and welcome. Copyright passes to heirs. Please contact the heir(s) of the deceased for permission for photos he took, and the photographers of other photos of him. To do that, please see VRT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:24, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Large image version

In my excitement to provide Commons with the "highest resolution file possible" I may have gone too far. I successfully uploaded File:Corianton_lobby_card_1.tif. I want to upload another version of the file that crops out the black and white space surrounding the image. To also show the original image borders, I thought I would upload the cropped version as another version of the original. The cropped version is about 272 MB, but the upload limit is 100 MB. I can think of a few workarounds--reducing the resolution to make the image less than 100 MB, or uploading the cropped version separately and using a template that shows it is derived from the original image. Is there a best practice? Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 20:41, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Thank you, I'll do that! Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 21:16, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Logo Deletion

Hi. I created a logo for an organization I'm a part of (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University_Law_Review). I've tried uploading the logo twice and both times they were deleted (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N.Y.U._Law_Review_Logo.png). I indicated that I created the logo both times by adding "{ { Own } }" (delete spaces). I'm not sure what else needs to be done here. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Nyulrlogo (talk) 14:05, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

By the way, here's the final version of the logo, the one that's being used and that should not be deleted: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYU_LR_Logo_png.png Nyulrlogo (talk) 16:26, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

APIEUS 79.12.180.114 16:19, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Exactly for that reason. They published it. Anyone could have copied it from their publications. Anything under copyright that was previously published somewhere without the free license must go through the procedure to verify that the work was not illegally copied to Commons and that the free license was issued by the holder of the copyright. -- Asclepias (talk) 01:33, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

image upload

Hello. I've noticed that in several Wikipedia pages, in almost every language (such as German and Spanish, but more), the picture referring to Bolaji Badejo is not accurate. The person depicted is not Bolaji Badejo (who performed the Xenomorph in Ridley Scott's 1979 "Alien" movie) but rather some other person known as Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN. I'm not being able to change this picture because of licensing issues, but I think it would be important that someone could correct this mistake. The image is incorrect in almost every language page. Thank you! Nwnj (talk) 14:35, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

@Nwnj: Hi, and welcome. Exactly which wikilink or URL here is a picture of Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN? Exactly where did you find correct pictures of Bolaji Badejo?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:43, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
Chief Bolaji Ayorinde SAN ////////// correct picture of Bolaji Badejo Nwnj (talk) 14:53, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
another picture of Bolaji Badejo Nwnj (talk) 14:58, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
@Nwnj: I have removed File:Bolaji.jpg from all pages where it appeared, and I have tagged it as needing permission.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:48, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Regarding licenses about uploads.

Can an image which is entirely my own work, be used for commercial purposes without giving me proper credit (or the money if anyone makes from that particular image)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by NerdyRas007 (talk • contribs) 05:55, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

@NerdyRas007: That depends on how you license the image. Excerpt from Commons:Licensing:
  • Republication and distribution must be allowed.
  • Publication of derivative work must be allowed.
  • Commercial use of the work must be allowed.
  • The license must be perpetual (non-expiring) and non-revocable.
  • Acknowledgment of all authors/contributors of a work may be required.
  • Publication of derivative work under the same license may be required.
  • For digital distribution, use of open file formats free of digital restrictions management (DRM) may be required.
The recommended license if you're uploading your own work is the Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license, which requires attribution.
—CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 07:57, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Need help to move/rename the filename to expected one

Hi, I just updated the diagram on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_trust, it's to use the general terms/concepts in the diagram to make it easier to understand.

And since my account is too new, I cannot override the existing filename (Chain_of_trust.svg). So I've upload my version of file under a new filename (Chain of trust v2.svg).

As suggested by the error dialog during editing, I'm requesting help to move/rename my file (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chain_of_trust_v2.svg) to the expected/existing/old filename (Chain_of_trust.svg). Please help.

Thanks, Fanyangxi (talk) 13:45, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello. We usually do not overwrite existing files with substantially different versions, but will only add small changes to one file. So I think it would be best if you kept your "version 2" file as it is and just leave the old file sit unsused. See also COM:OVERWRITE and COM:RENAME. De728631 (talk) 15:39, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the reply. I actually made changes based on another existing file (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chain_Of_Trust.svg).
In that case, should I still keep using the new filename (Chain of trust v2.svg), or should we rename and override this existing file (Chain Of Trust.svg, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chain_Of_Trust.svg)?
Thanks, Fanyangxi (talk) 03:07, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
The changes in Chain of trust v2.svg with respect to Chain Of Trust.svg are smaller than with respect to Chain_of_trust.svg. But probably the same principle as above. Better to leave separate files and not overwrite. The diagrams are used on several websites. Some websites may prefer one diagram, some may prefer the other. For example, the rounded edges as visual clues to identify the keys are more visible and consistent in Chain Of Trust.svg, the black lettering may be preferred to the blue by some, etc. The choice of the diagram to use is better left to each website. Not Commons to force one diagram. However, if Chain of trust v2.svg is substantially derived from Chain Of Trust.svg, please add a link to Chain Of Trust.svg and credit its author. (Although it's possible that Chain Of Trust.svg was itself derived from Chain of trust.svg without giving credit to the author.) The name Chain Of Trust v2.svg might have made clearer the immediate filiation of the new file with Chain Of Trust.svg instead of with Chain of trust.svg, but that's not important. -- Asclepias (talk) 06:55, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, understand, I'll keep the filename as "Chain of trust v2.svg" then, and I'll update the others references/pages manually.
Just not sure how/where to add the link to credit the original authors, on below page or in the diagram? If you can help to give some notes, that would be helpful:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chain_of_trust_v2.svg Fanyangxi (talk) 09:24, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
@Fanyangxi: You can use the other_versions or source fields to indicate relationships between the files.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:40, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks, updated.
We can closed this thread now. Fanyangxi (talk) 04:07, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 04:56, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

انتشار در ویکی پدیا

سلام میخوام در ویکی پدیا متنی رو انتشار بدم و یا در مقالات اون مشارمت کنم Garzakra (talk) 14:39, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Publish on Wikipedia
Hello, I want to publish a text on Wikipedia or ask you about its articles
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:54, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
@Garzakra: سلام و خوش آمدید ما معمولاً متونی را در اینجا در Commons با COM:NOT/fa منتشر نمی کنیم. چگونه موضوع مقاله خود را می دانید؟ از File:سید رسول میرعظیمی.jpg عکس گرفتی؟
Hi, and welcome. We generally do not publish texts here on Commons per COM:NOT. How do you know the subject of your article fa:سید رسول میرعظیمی? Did you photograph File:سید رسول میرعظیمی.jpg?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:54, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
Pinging @Q2020 as deleting Eliminator on fawiki.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:58, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Hi. I received your ping and come here. How can I help? Q2020 (talk) 15:09, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
@Q2020: Garzakra appears to be unsatisfied with your deletion of fa:سید رسول میرعظیمی. I suspect it is a biography. Is there perhaps an incubation or userspace area or another project or website which would be a more appropriate home to that content? Does it appear to be promotion by self or another?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:55, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
I wrote for User:Garzakra on fawiki ([1]). Q2020 (talk) 07:59, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
@Q2020: Thank you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:08, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

Sites name where i take the images

Hi, can someone tell me fro which sites i can take movie posters and actor photos for fair use? Thanks Cineceleb (talk) 14:30, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

  • @Cineceleb: Wikimedia Commons does not allow material on a "fair use" basis.
  • In contexts where "fair use" is allowed, fair use is not a matter of where you obtained the material. It simply means you are using copyrighted material in a manner that is considered non-infringing, e.g. for certain educational purposes, or to illustrate your comments on that material. I recommend you read the English-language Wikipedia article Fair use. - Jmabel ! talk 16:10, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
    ok thanks Cineceleb (talk) 16:14, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

I tried to remove this image I uploaded to Wikipedia a long time ago, but it was rejected.

I tried to remove (using speedy deletion) an image I uploaded to Wikipedia a long time ago ago, but it was rejected. It's the top Google result when you search for "FaviFake" (my username) and it is outdated, so I want to delete it or at least hide it. Can you please help me? File:FaviFake.jpg. FaviFake (talk) 15:14, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

--157.96.9.4 15:58, 8 December 2022 (UTC) The image I uploaded the licensing section has advised The uploader did not provide sufficient information (a valid and suitable tag) on this media's copyright status.

Can you advise I need to do to get it corrected?

We would like to use some images on your site including https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Antinous-Hermitage.jpg

These are for a medical text book and e-book published by Springer Nature.

Can you kindly advise. 2603:7000:3E00:389B:BD85:A348:35FB:DBB7 20:15, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Uploading a spreadsheet

I have a spreadsheet of useful information, but when I tried to "Upload a file" it I got the error message, "This wiki does not accept filenames that end in the extension ".ods"." How can I upload my spreadsheet? Qpackard (talk) 18:16, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Questions

What are Test Questions? Why are Test Questions important? What if a Test Question is unfair? What are Quiz Mode and Work Mode? What is accuracy? Which jobs affect my accuracy? What can I find on my Contributor Dashboard homepage? What are Levels? Index of all my pages and contributions..etc Why are contributor accounts removed from the platform? What is my contributions and earnings? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamdisaif (talk • contribs) 23:38, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

@Hamdisaif: Are you sure you are asking this on the correct site? You are on Wikimedia Commons. We do not have "Test Questions", "Quiz Mode" or "Work Mode", nor am I aware of a "Contributor Dashboard homepage" or "Levels", and participants here do not "earn" anything other than perhaps respect and gratitude. - Jmabel ! talk 02:44, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Threshold of originality on photos of the Iguvine Tablets

The IRDAU (Institute of Research and Documentation of the Ancient Umbrians) has some nice photographs (link) of the Iguvine Tablets and I wondered if I could upload them on commons, for later transcription on la.wikisource. Thank you for helping. Catonif (talk) 18:51, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

If they can be considered 2D objects then they are not protected by copyright as faithful reproductions of works with expired copyright. You can use {{PD-art}} template on them. Ruslik (talk) 20:13, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
Ah, thank you! Will do. Catonif (talk) 22:33, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

@Ruslik0: are you sure this doesn't run afoul of that weird Italian law about images of antiquities? - Jmabel ! talk 02:41, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

This is a non-copyright restriction. Ruslik (talk) 20:18, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

PD-Sweden-Photo?

I can't find anything like that. Can I make a tag myself? Something like this: This image is in the public domain because the copyright of this photograph, registered in Sweden, has expired. (At least 50 years have passed after the photograph was created, Swedish Law).

Swedish Law: https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssamling/lag-1960729-om-upphovsratt-till-litterara-och_sfs-1960-729 49 a § Creuzbourg (talk) 23:22, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

It seems the first point in PD-Sweden-photo. -- Asclepias (talk) 02:17, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
Asclepias Thank you. That's what I was looking for. Creuzbourg (talk) 21:26, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Byron P. Steele ll high school

If my article has been deleted due to image copyright. What can I do to recreate the article on Byron P. Steele ll high school and correct anything that is possible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flightboy69 (talk • contribs) 03:23, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

@Flightboy69:
  1. We don't have articles on Commons. The article you wrote was on the English-language Wikipedia. You'd have to take up the issue there. But offhand, it looks like what you wrote did not cite any references, so it was just changed into a redirect to the relevant school system. Content in the English-language Wikipedia needs citations. The deletion in en-wiki had nothing to do with anything about copyrights.
  2. Presumably where you have written "ll" (lowercase of "L") that should be "II" (uppercase of "i"). And you made that same error in naming the article.
  3. I see that here on Commons you tried uploading a screenshot from Google. Of course, that was deleted as a copyright violation. But a photo you take of the school yourself would be welcome here on Commons. In fact, we have very few images of Cibolo, Texas, so if you want to take some, that would be great.
Jmabel ! talk 05:24, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

I would like to add pictures of George Sanderson

Hello. I am a George Sanderson enthusiast and have spent much time deliberating on this fact, whereas in the matter of wikimedia commons images can be added in order to enhance the public knowledge of George Sanderson. With a modest inheritance I was able to establish a bicycle shop in the greater Seattle metro area and in that venture I was successful enough to purchase a Cannon EOS 60 Mark II. I have successfully transformed that investment into a portfolio of George Sanderson photographs which I intend to release to the public forthwith. My pictures are of the highest quality and I would like to be credited as the photographer who brought George Sanderson to the forefront of public interest. My belief is that no investment is too great when it comes to the internet benefit of all mankind in regards to George Sanderson. I also run a GoFundMe to offset the travel expenses I incur along my mission and have so far raised over $80 in just 3 months. Who is the foremost George Sanderson authority I would get in touch with on wikimedia commons about publishing my works? I want to make it clear that rather than publish in a book for sale, I am electing as a public service to contribute the body of my George Sanders work for no pay because I believe it is important to give back to the community. Once I sell enough George Sanderson photos, I will be able to upgrade my camera and be able to take even better quality pictures which I will also add. RUmoistyet? (talk) 05:58, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

  • @RUmoistyet?: Are you talking here about the Disney character by that name, or an actual human being? If the former, you won't be able to do this, at least not on Commons, because the Disney character is copyrighted, making your photos derivative works. If we are talking about an actual human, and you took the photos, and you are willing to free-license them, then there should be no problem. - Jmabel ! talk 17:07, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Uploading Video to WikiCommons

I have a couple of short videos on my iPhone (30+ secs). How do I move them from my iPhone to WikiCommons? Please bear in mind I'm not that technically inclined. Reddevil39 (talk) 19:31, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

@Reddevil39: I've only used https://video2commons.toolforge.org/ from a PC; not sure if it will work directly from a phone, you may first have to load it onto a computer.
Anyone here have experience doing this from a phone? - Jmabel ! talk 20:08, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
Yes, I am just testing this. You need a decent connection and to log in to Commons. Yann (talk) 20:53, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Artist Estate Permission to Post Free Content

I am the son of the Swedish-American Impressionist, Dietrich Grunewald (aka Dietrich), who died in 2003. I am part of the Dietrich family estate and interested in posting my photos of his work for my accompanying article (currently submitted for review). Please advise. Goryd2016 (talk) 23:35, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart category

Have just redirected C:Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, to C:Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Randwick. Not sure if I got it right. Can someone please check? Sardaka (talk) 08:54, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

@Sardaka: It depends if the unspecific-named category was actually intended for the Randwick one. Looking at the history, yes it was. So, the move is fine. (From the logs, "Category:Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Randwick" existed at some point and was deleted in 2009 [2]. Don't know why the unspecific name was preferred then.) You will need to move the contents of the category to the Randwick category. Also, now that the unspecific category name is freed, instead of redirecting it to the specific Randwick one, a better use for it might be to use it to redirect it to Category:Our Lady of the Sacred Heart churches. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:23, 11 December 2022 (UTC)
I've requested the moves (some subcats changing accordingly, too) in User:CommonsDelinker/commands. Once those are done, the category redirects can also be cleaned up. - Jmabel ! talk
Looks good now. Thanks to everyone who helped. Sardaka (talk) 07:20, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

I'm writing about a software application on wikipedia and I want to put its logo. My problem is with the license.

That is my file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flame-engine.png and its source is from here: https://github.com/flame-engine/flame Mabdelaal86 (talk) 23:27, 7 December 2022 (UTC)

@Mabdelaal86: Hi, and welcome. Is this edit ok?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:35, 7 December 2022 (UTC)
Yes, that is good. Thanks a lot. Mabdelaal86 (talk) 18:29, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
@Mabdelaal86: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:52, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

I want English subtitles for Kurulus Osman

I want English subtitle for Kurulus osman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vernell777 (talk • contribs) 11:55, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

@Vernell777: Hi, and welcome. If you mean en:Kuruluş: Osman, you will have to ask Bozdağ Film. See also COM:SIGN.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:45, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

رفع مشکل ویرایش، نگارش، منبع‌دهی، تغییر نام یا ادغام

سلام من تازه وارد هستم اینجا برای موضوع علیرضا ابلوچ لیبنک و سند دارم ولی نمیدونم چظور باید این مشکل هارا برطرف کرد 

لطفا راهنماییم کنید Taha9999 (talk) 03:29, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
Troubleshoot editing, authoring, sourcing, renaming or merging
Hello, I am new here for the issue of Alireza Abloch.
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:32, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
@Taha9999: سلام و خوش آمدید لطفاً میز راهنمای ویکی‌پدیا فارسی را در fa:ویکی‌پدیا: درخواست راهنمایی ببینید.
Hi, and welcome. Please see the Persian Wikipedia Help desk at fa:ویکی‌پدیا:درخواست راهنمایی and #انتشار در ویکی پدیا above.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:32, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Would anyone be interested

Hello everyone, I would like to upload, for free encyclopedic use to enhance knowledge worldwide, an anal portrait extravaganza. You see, I am a professional anal photographer and I have photographed thousands of anuses of all shapes and sizes, in various lighting conditions and in numerous settings. I have black and white anuses, cinematic anuses, bleached anuses, and even anal glamour shots. I would like to contribute the body of my work to a worthy endeavour such as this, and spread my anuses across the internet for free use by all. Is this something you all would be interested in? Please let me know and I will get started uploading. Thanks Anal portrait extravaganza (talk) 05:16, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

@Anal portrait extravaganza: assuming you are serious, first have a look at Category:Human buttocks and its subcategories. It sounds from your description like you are taking pictures that are even narrower in what portion of the human anatomy is covered. It looks like we could use a moderate number of such images, but I don't imagine we'd want hundreds, let alone thousands. So as not to waste too much effort (yours or ours) you might start by uploading a dozen or so images that would give a fair representation of what sort of images you plan to upload; categorize and describe those appropriately; and then come back here so someone can check your work and give feedback. - Jmabel ! talk 05:25, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Yes, you could say my work has a very tight focus. Anal portrait extravaganza (talk) 05:32, 13 December 2022 (UTC)

Image of Harold Fraser-Simson Composer

On behalf of EM Records who are producing a double disc of the entire 67 songs that HF-S wrote to the verses of A.A.Milne and wish to use this image of the composer in their accompanying booklet. Is a license required? John Kember (talk) 10:34, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

@John Kember: Hi, and welcome. File:Fraser-simpsonH1.jpg is in the public domain in the US, where is EM Records?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:10, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

My page (contribution) was deleted

I wrote a page about the president of the Federal Technological University of Paraná (Brazil), Mr Marcos Schiefler Filho: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_Schiefler_Filho It was important for our community from University.

But someone from https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usu%C3%A1rio:DarkWerewolf deleted it and I don´t know what to do.

Could you help me? Thank you Maurini de Souza (talk) 15:36, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

@Maurini de Souza: Hi, and welcome. Please read pt:Wikipédia:Páginas para eliminar/Marcos Schiefler Filho. DarkWerewolf deleted the page on that basis.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:48, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Medicina Ecologica Ecuador

Acabo de subir un artículo como Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Medicina Ecológica Ecuador.Sin embargo no encuentro resultados cundo pongo las categorías correspondientes en el buscador.¿Por favor, me pueden explicar porqué? WikiWal1948 (talk) 23:04, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Ecological Medicine Ecuador
I have just uploaded an article as Ecuadorian Society of Ecological Medicine Ecuador. However, I do not find results when I put the corresponding categories in the search engine. Please, can you explain why?
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:39, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
@WikiWal1948: Hola y bienvenido. File:Wiki 1 Medicina Ecológica SEME.pdf probablemente se eliminará porque incorpora texto de su sitio web, promueve su organización y está fuera de nuestro alcance de proyecto.
Hi, and welcome. File:Wiki 1 Medicina Ecológica SEME.pdf will probably be deleted because it incorporates text from your website, it promotes your organization, and it is out of our project scope.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:39, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Photograph of old postcard acceptable?

I have a photographic postcard dating from about 1910 in the UK, no details of photographer etc. on the reverse. Is an image of this card taken by me acceptable to upload? Yorkist (talk) 11:54, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

@Yorkist: Probably yes. For more certainty, you can research if it is part of a known series or if someone somewhere has more information (e.g. image search, postcard collectors and traders, local history societies, etc.) Is there a mark or indication on the main side (I suppose you would have mentioned it, but you did not tell explicitly)? If after research you do not find information, you can upload to Commons with the status tags PD-UK-unknown and PD-US-expired, applicable to the image of the postcard. (Please note that Commons does not allow its contributors to claim a copyright on the reproductions they make of such images, so contributors cannot mention themselves as authors of the reproductions or use a license, which would possibly attract a deletion request.) -- Asclepias (talk) 14:15, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you, I've uploaded it with those tags, hopefully that's acceptable. Yorkist (talk) 11:12, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

File:Soomaaliyeey toosoo.ogg revdel Delete Request

Soomaaliyeey toosoo sound source includes copyrighted revdel. I want you to delete it.

The size is also shown in the form of an image or art. This means that you have a duty to delete revdel, which violates copyrights.

It also contains songs by Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and is copyrighted.

Both are true. Non-free frame revdel, Overwritten revdel on the presence of.

in the old days File:Viva viva a Frelimo (Instrumental).ogg There was a version of revdel that was tagged with the author's name in PD-Art format that was uploaded to the ogg.

The revdel to be deleted is as follows.

19:24, 22 December 2019. 55 s, 1,280 × 720 (1.31 MB) It is. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 211.72.215.56 (talk) 12:48, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

I believe there is something related to this and I request the deletion of revdel.

Please refer to Commons:Revision deletion There is a reason why you should delete revdel. --211.72.215.56 12:44, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

I request the deletion of File history 19:24, 22 December 2019. 55 s, 1,280 × 720 (1.31 MB). --211.72.215.56 09:13, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Are logos part of copyrights?

Hi, 2b2t have recently updated their logo. I updated the logo and added it on it's Wikipedia page, but was removed by Filedelinkerbot as a potential copyright violation. Now, are logos a copyright violation? How can I update the logo?

Thanks!
HassanElDessouki (talk) 16:44, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

@HassanElDessouki: Hi, and welcome. File:2b2t newLogo.png was deleted because it is copyrighted by Hausemaster. Please read COM:L.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:03, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
Ah. I see.
Quick question, if I make a page for a place and its logo will it also be considered copyrighted? or can I add the logo with no issues?
HassanElDessouki (talk) 05:04, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
Quick answer: I think you should read COM:L as suggested above because you don't seem to understand what the word en:copyright means when it comes to Commons?
More detailed answer: the copyrightability of a logo depends on how much creatively went into creating it and the copyright laws of the country where the logo was created (first published). In order for a logo to be uploaded to Commons, it needs to be too simple to be eligible for copyright protection in the United States (where the Commons servers are located) and the country of origin (country of first publication) where the logo's creator created it or first published it. Complex logos which are considered to be eligible for copyright protection can only be uploaded if they've been released under a free license accepted by Commons or the copyright holder's COM:CONSENT can be verified. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:48, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

ID

I need to change my ID — Preceding unsigned comment added by Update200 (talk • contribs) 09:50, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

@Update200: If you mean you want to change your user name to something that isn't "Update200", I'd suggest just logging out and creating a new account. The above question is the only thing you've done as "Update200" on any Wikimedia site, so there's not much point in renaming the existing account. --bjh21 (talk) 11:51, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
@Update200: That having been written, exactly what username did you want and why?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:54, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Dokumentformat

Ska texten som ska laddas ner vara i pdf-format? Barbrosundner (talk) 13:14, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

If I understand correctly (with the help of Google Translate), that is a question in Swedish asking if texts should be downloaded in PDF format. That doesn't make a lot of sense. Maybe "laddas upp" (uploaded)? But in general texts don't belong on Commons. @Barbrosundner: could you ask a more specific question? I can't determine what you want to do. & via Google Translate: Kan du ställa en mer specifik fråga? Jag kan inte bestämma vad du vill göra. - Jmabel ! talk 15:53, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

I'm currently on a quest to find images of old senators and governors without any. I found an image for Maryland Senator Robert Henry Goldsborough. The problem is, I am unsure if the image is in the public domain or not. According to the site I found it on (https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Goldsborough-72), images are automatically copyrighted unless the creator permits use. According to the site, the original image was made in 1802, but uploaded in 2020. It also says the image is public, but I am unsure if that means public domain as the help page for Public Images on the site simply mentions being able to freely view it.

Thank you for your help. AlfLandonFan (talk) 15:34, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

@AlfLandonFan: I believe you can safely use {{PD-old-100}} for any U.S. image from 1802. But if you want a more definitive answer, and it would bother you if the image were eventually deleted, you would do better to bring the question to Commons:Village pump/Copyright - Jmabel ! talk 15:58, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

recherche

bonjour michel leeb a habité le manoir sur seine nous voudrions savoir si il a des photos ou des noms de personnes !merci d'avances cordialement 109.209.190.56 17:27, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

How can an out of date logo be removed from infobox and replaced with the new one? This page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Studies_Council has an old logo on, I can't see how to add a new logo that will appear in infobox or take off the old one. Thanks MelCousins (talk) 14:58, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

@MelCousins: Firstly, you or someone else must upload a new image file with the new logo. If the logo is copyrighted, you can use the upload link in the left sidebar of Wikipedia and choose the option to upload a non-free file. Or, if the new logo is too simple to be copyrightable, it may be uploaded to Commons instead of Wikipedia. Secondly, you edit the page of the article and replace the file name of the image that is currently there (Field Studies Council.jpg) with the name of your newly uploaded file. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:16, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
The old logo is entirely on en-wiki, not Commons, so unless the new logo is too simple to be copyrighted, Commons is not involved in this at all. @MelCousins: you might want to read en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. - Jmabel ! talk 16:21, 16 December 2022 (UTC)

Delete my photo

I want to delete my 2 personal photos Batuhan Burak Aydın, 2020.jpg and Batuhan Burak Aydın,2, 2020.jpg can anyone help me? Excontinium (talk) 21:38, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Convenience links: File:Batuhan Burak Aydın, 2020.jpg, File:Batuhan Burak Aydın,2, 2020.jpg - Jmabel ! talk 21:46, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
@Excontinium: As recent uploads, no problem, I'll delete. In the future, if you want to delete your own recent upload, just tag it with {{subst:My bad upload}}. - Jmabel ! talk 21:50, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Excontinium (talk) 21:53, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Convenience link: {{subst:g7}}.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:01, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: yes, that's exactly what {{My bad upload}} places on the page, but the intent is to have something more mnemonic. - Jmabel ! talk 16:44, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 21:52, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

How do I delete an old image I had uploaded?

I had uploaded an image when I first created my Wikimedia Commons account and I now believe the image I had uploaded back then is in violation of copyright. How do I delete the image? ThethPunjabi (talk) 19:16, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

Categories "airports by country/location"

Hi. Is there a reason why there is for example Category:1981 at airports by country and Category:1981 at airports by location which contain the same category? Same for Category:1990 at airports by country and Category:1990 at airports by location. There might be more, like 1992 and so on. Does not make sense to me. --2001:4652:FBAF:0:B475:5B17:732:6701 20:23, 8 December 2022 (UTC)

This follows the logic of the (great grand-)parent Category:Airports by location, which has airports by continent, country and city. In principle, there could be by year categories for any of these. In practice, only country has by year categories, so that Category:Airports by location by year roughly duplicates Category:Airports by country by year. --rimshottalk 20:42, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
Category:Airports by country is in Category:Airports by location and not on the same level. I see a difference. --2001:4652:FBAF:0:B475:5B17:732:6701 21:09, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
"Category:Airports by country by year" is also in "Category:Airports by location by year". If, similarly, "Category:1981 at airports by country" gets included in "Category:1981 at airports by location" (and the same for other years), it will be fine? I suppose you can do it, if you want. Whatever logic gets agreed upon to articulate the relations between the main parent categories such as Airports by location, continent, country and city, should be used also for the whole groups of subcategories. Many of those categories were created about one year ago. Pinging Missvain, who may be able to tell more about that particular arborescence of categories. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:55, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
I put Category:1981 at airports by country into Category:1981 at airports by location (and accordingly for all years). Hope, I did not miss anything. --2001:4652:FBAF:0:90DF:1E96:1096:F4F1 10:04, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
One more thing: Template:Year at airport automatically categorized into "Year at airports by location". It should use "Year at airports by coutry" (if existing). I am not too munch into template programming, so can anyone please do this for me? --2001:4652:FBAF:0:90DF:1E96:1096:F4F1 10:04, 10 December 2022 (UTC)
Nobody? --2001:4652:FBAF:0:CD4D:FEF0:3C6D:212 09:12, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello, another individual took a close-up photograph of a paper document that is in the public domain so I believe that it is eligible to be uploaded as ((PD-scan)) but the photographer put a watermark on their photograph. Am I allowed to remove the watermark and upload it to Wikimedia Commons whilst still giving credit to where I got the image from? ThethPunjabi (talk) 21:44, 10 December 2022 (UTC)

Tag for 1935 published photo from Germany?

I have a high resolution image of this photo taken by an unknown photographer in Germany in 1935 [3]https://www.loc.gov/item/95513432/. In Germany, photographs are protected under § 72 UrhG for 50 years after their appearance, so the copyright has expired. My question is whether this tag is correct:

{{PD-anon-auto-1996|publication=1935|country=Germany|date=1996|reason=German anon works are protected for 50 years from creation, meaning it was PD by 1985 at the latest.}} Freddum (talk) 00:58, 12 December 2022 (UTC)

  • You misspelled "Germany", I took the liberty of fixing that; I also fixed the template syntax. - Jmabel ! talk 02:00, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
  • I don't think that 50 years is correct. Normally the term of copyright in Germany is life + 70 years. However, if the work is truly anonymous, then it is simply 70 years. The problem is, that means it would not yet have been out of copyright in 1996, so in the U.S. we are up against that URAA restoration of copyright until 2031 (1935 + 95 + 1). - Jmabel ! talk 02:10, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
50 years is not correct, that is only for "Lichtbilder" (simple photographs), and the German courts have defined those as X-ray images, satellite imagery, surveillance camera images, photos from automated photo booths and such. Regular photographs like the one in question are protected for the lifetime of the photographer plus 70 years after the photographer's death (70 years pma). That a photographer is not named somewhere does not necessarily mean that the photographer is "unknown" (as claimed here) btw. --Rosenzweig τ 20:45, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
As a 1935 photo copyrighted by Associated Press in the United States, it probably was published in the United States, not exclusively in Germany. See also the introduction of Photographs distributed by Associated Press. Given which, normally there could be a chance that it could be PD-US-not-renewed. But the AP copyright still mentioned in the description is concerning. Could this particular photo happen to be an exceptional case of renewed copyright on a 1935 AP photo? You can probably tell if the copyright was renewed or not by looking at the copyright renewal books. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:59, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
The photo is from one of Göring's photo albums that were “confiscated by U.S. military intelligence authorities in Germany, 1945-1946.” --Rosenzweig τ 13:02, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
The album containing the print was confiscated as enemy property, which conveniently makes the album and its contents public domain in the U.S. per U.S. law, for parts of the contents that were actually enemy property. Since this photo is identified as AP photo, what was possibly enemy property was the particular physical print collected in the album, but since the copyright was the property of an American business, the copyright was not enemy property. I guess that AP copyright followed its course according to the normal copyright law. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:38, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
@Freddum: Can you tell more about the copy you have? Is it a print? Is there any indication of its provenance or publication? -- Asclepias (talk) 14:25, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
I have a high-resolution digital copy without any indication of its provenance or publication. Regarding photograph copyright (Lichtbilder), I just wanted to say that I've read that purely machine-generated photographs are in the public domain, such as surveillance cameras - but that's beside the point. Can § 66 UrhG apply here ("(1) In the case of anonymous and pseudonymous works, copyright expires seventy years after publication. However, it expires seventy years after the creation of the work if the work has not been published within this period.")? I have other digital copies of Goering's photo albums that do not contain an AP copyright notice like this one [4]https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2009632095/. What do you think, can I publish it here? Thanks for the help in advance! Freddum (talk) 22:22, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
If you want to use the § on anonymous works, you should be able to tell when and where this was first actually published and if it was published with a named author (photographer) or not. Supposedly there is this "Copyright by Associated Press", but to be able to properly determine the copyright status, we need to know more about the first publication. If we don't have enough information about this, Commons will accept photos that are over 120 years old (with the tag {{PD-old-assumed}}). Which for the 1935 photo means in 2056, for the 1937 photo in 2058. --Rosenzweig τ 13:19, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Help regarding uploading an Image

The image File:Draupadikichaka.jpg depicts the subject in a pink garment rather than a black one as seen in File:Sairandhri, by Raja Ravi Varma.jpg. The 2nd version (05:02, 12 June 2010 by Redtigerxyz) of File:Sairandhri, by Raja Ravi Varma.jpg has a higher resolution version of the same pink garment painting. As I am unable to overwrite the file, I would request anyone of you upload that picture as a new version in File:Draupadikichaka.jpg. With regards, 2405:201:402D:9954:9D7E:BAB8:9029:A640 06:41, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

The version of the file mentioned by the IP (12 June 2010) is the same painting (the vertical pink dress painting) but not the same source as the first version (30 September 2005) of the file. (The source of the second version was not disclosed by its uploader, but it can be seen that it's not from the same source as the first version), so indeed apparently it's not really the same image, and one should not overwrite the other. That was the mistake made by the uploader of the second version of the file. The 2005 file should never have been overwritten. Ideally, the file should be reverted to that 2005 version. The second version can be (re)uploaded separately, if its actual source is found. The case gets stangely even much more messy, since in September 2022 a user overwrote everything with the different painting (the black dress painting). I would normally trust that user as I know he knows much about India, however I don't understand that overwriting, it does not seem acceptable. His image of the different painting should have been uploaded as a different file. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:32, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
Pinging @Yann as overwriter.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:42, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
OK, reverted, but I am doing a general replacement, so that the better image is used. Yann (talk) 22:44, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

I had uploaded an image when I first created my Wikimedia Commons account and I was now made aware that it is a violation of copyright (File:Katja_Loos.jpg). I agree and already nominated the picture a few times for deletion. It was also nominated for rapid deletion by the copyright owner and tagged as copyright violation. I also removed the false copyright tag. But all requests of deletion get turned down and user even add the false copyright tag back. How could I get this picture deleted? Thanks for your help. ChemPol (talk) 09:09, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Related DRs: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Katja-Loos.jpg. --Túrelio (talk) 09:12, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
Sorry wrong file. I meant this one : File:Katja Loos.jpg ChemPol (talk) 11:24, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
@ChemPol: I tagged File:Katja Loos.jpg for you. See also internal links.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:05, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for your help. I hope it gets deleted soon. ChemPol (talk) 12:51, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
Related DRs: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Katja Loos.jpg. --Túrelio (talk) 11:27, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
The rationales used in the various nominations: “I would like to use another one using this name” and “not the correct year and/or person”, both by User:ChemPol, and “This photo is taken by me and not copyright free. Please remove it ASAP” by User:129.125.13.6. With those rationales, the last one by an IP user, I can absolutely understand why “all requests of deletion get turned down”. --Rosenzweig τ 20:53, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

POTY

Um, why is there a feature on the main page highlighting "PICTURE OF THE YEAR 2021". Should that be 2022? ITookSomePhotos (talk) 13:18, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

The competition was for photos that were promoted to Featured Picture in 2021. For more info see COM:POTY/2021. -M.nelson (talk) 15:28, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
I see, thanks. I guess people can see how the feature looks 11 months late. Anyway, nice photo ... ITookSomePhotos (talk) 20:18, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
Yeah, it is a little confusing. There's a proposal at Village Pump/Proposals to try to clear this up. -M.nelson (talk) 15:28, 18 December 2022 (UTC)


Public domain "The Elements" by Tom Lehrer song upload?

Tom Lehrer has released his songs to the public domain [5] and I feel it would improve the article on that song to embed it directly into the article. If this makes sense, how / where should I upload it, and should I upload the original mp3 or transcode it to ogg? Razziabuissa (talk) 21:00, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

  • @Razziabuissa: His lyrics are now released. The tune also should be no problem ("Modern Major General" is PD, as well) but any given recording remains an issue. You'd either need to record it yourself, or have someone do a version they would free-license. - Jmabel ! talk 03:22, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
  • I agree with Jmabel. The source of Tom Lehrer's release seems is his website https://tomlehrersongs.com/ which, among other things, states Performing and recording rights to all of my songs are included in this permission. His release explicitly mentions music and lyrics, and the right to perform or record them, but I understand it to not cover the rights to the recordings themselves. (For the record, most of his recordings seem to have been self-released, so he should be able to release them into PD if he wanted to.) -M.nelson (talk) 15:22, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
Maybe we can get a bunch of folks here to do a recording of it together. With luck some might also get Erdős–Bacon–Sabbath links out of it. DMacks (talk) 15:36, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
I would say it is that he offers it for download [6] on his website under his full public domain release [7]. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:22, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
Applying the precautionary principle, I don't think that his release covers his own performances/recordings. -M.nelson (talk) 19:28, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
He is clear that he releases all rights of all sorts and retains none. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:34, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
It might be worth contacting him for clarification, especially given that this is relevant to anyone who might want to use the recordings on his website. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 22:03, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Cv

Hello where can i publish my CV and my scientific articles and books ელინა (talk) 08:38, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

On your private website. Magnus (talk) 08:53, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Uploading Pictures From Wikipedia

The title says it all but can I uplode pictures from wikipedia SmallyBoii (talk) 12:41, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

@SmallyBoii: Hi, and welcome. You may upload pictures that are already on Wikipedia using FileImporter. Look for a tab labeled "Export to Wikimedia Commons" in Vector or "export to wikimedia commons" in Monobook. However, I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload png photos as a new user. Such uploads of png photos are not allowed at all. The following applies to each photo. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png or smaller jpg photo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but if you were not the original photographer, that person may need to license it on their official website or social media or send permission via VRT 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 can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. See also COM:FS.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:58, 18 December 2022 (UTC)

Use of images

Hi I am not familiar with this site. I work for Topical Television and we would like to use two photos in a BBC daytime programme "Caught Red Handed". These are the two images:

1. "Swinging London": Young adults in London's Carnaby Street. 

     Londons_Carnaby_Street,_1966.jpg ‎

2. London - Carnaby Street in 1968 showing Lady Jane fashion boutique on left side. · File:London - Carnaby Street (1968).jpg 

     Created: 7 August 1968

Please could you confirm there is no payment required, even if when the programme is sold abroad. Please could you also confirm that the first photo can be used with no credit and that the second photo just needs to have a credit to Roger Wollstadt

Thank you very much

Sue Barber sue.barber@topical.co.uk SueBarberTopical (talk) 16:03, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

@SueBarberTopical: Hi, The best thing when checking information about files is to check the sources.
  • The notice for the first image on the National Archives website at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/record?catid=1977925&catln=6 mentions that it is originally from "INF 14 - Ministry of Information and Central Office of Information: Publications Division: Photographs". The immediate source for the Commons copy is the flickr stream of the National Archives at https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalarchives/3008584298/. The National Archives tag it as "no known restrictions" for use, so that looks safe to use with no credit, no payment, anywhere.
  • The source of the second image is what looks like the perfectly legitimate flickr account of the photographer at https://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/2698850060. It is tagged by the photographer with the license CC BY-SA 2.0, so safe to use without payment, anywhere, but with attribution to the photographer (the account is currently identified as "Roger W" but it was probably "Roger Wollstadt" in 2014 when the image was copied to Commons) and the mention of the license and its url (see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en for details). For more information or if you would want to use the photo without the license, you can ask the photographer, who indicates his contact email on his flickr account.
-- Asclepias (talk) 17:18, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
Hi
Thank you very much for your help and advice - much appreciated.
Sue SueBarberTopical (talk) 17:00, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Money taken from my account

On the 17th December US$31 86 was taken from my account,which after conversion rate equals NZ$64 88. I have no idea what your company is or does. the reference number is 235074249056.I would appreciate it if you could get back to me as soon as possible as it has left me with deliquent payments I dont have the money to pay 101.53.218.85 03:02, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

  • Whatever may have happened, certainly you are on the wrong website. Wikimedia Commons is part of the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit. Wikimedia Commons isn't a "company." or even a thing that has a bank account. - Jmabel ! talk 04:15, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
  • As with all important things, especially concerning money and legal advice: don't just post to some random help page somewhere on the Web, talk to someone who can do something about it! In this case, this would be your bank. They will certainly be interested in hearing about un-authorized charges to your account. --rimshottalk 16:56, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Remplacer la photographie d'une personne décédée

Bonsoir. Agnès Brabo, la fille de Michèle Brabo, m'a confié une photographie de sa mère afin qu'elle puisse être mise à la place de celle existante sur la page Wikipedia de Michèle Brabo. Voici le lien qui permet d'avoir les informations concernant ladite photo qu'Agnès souhaiterait remplacer. Comment puis-je procéder ? Merci. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mch%C3%A8le_Brabo_1982.jpg Mr. Jaune (talk) 17:52, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Mchèle Brabo 1982.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 18:13, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
@Mr. Jaune: there are a few problems here.
  1. From what you say, the claim of "own work" is false, as is the 2017 date.
  2. More importantly, though: who took the photograph? That is the person who presumably owns the copyright, and they (or, if they are no longer alive, their heir) are the only one who can grant a license.
    • Slight exception to that if the copyright has been formally transferred, but then we'd need evidence of the transfer.
  3. See COM:VRT for the way confidential correspondence can be handled so that someone can grant that license without having an account here.
    • If the rights-holder has a site or page that is obviously under their control, they can indicate the license there instead of going through VRT. Then you can cite that as a source.
Jmabel ! talk 18:13, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
Point number 1 relates to the photo by Gourgons already on Commons, not to the photo by Agnès Brabo uploaded by Mr. Jaune. The Gourgons photo has the date of the digitization in the date field, a common mistake on files with scanned images of photos originally taken in the 1980s, which I guess may be caused by some automatic insertion by the Upload Wizard, and uploaders probably don't realize that it's something they should change. The presumably correct date mentioned in the file name shows that it is not an attempt to deceive about the date of the photo but it's probably inexperience with the peculiarities of the upload process on Commons. That situation does not imply that the statement of own work is false. Commons already has VRT confirmation for other own works by this account, so I suppose that's a situation where there's nothing basically wrong if the only thing to fix is the date field. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:49, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
@Asclepias: sorry, I skimmed & didn't get the context right. My apologies. - Jmabel ! talk 20:49, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
@Mr. Jaune: Bonjour, Il s'agit qu'Agnès Brabo confirme, par un courriel qu'elle envoie à Wikimedia, qu'elle est la photographe et la licence libre sous laquelle elle offre la photo. Vous trouverez tous les détails de cette procédure sur la page d'aide Commons:Équipe des répondeurs bénévoles. Pour remplacer la photo dans l'article de Wikipédia, il faut aller sur la page de Wikidata:Q15407016 et y remplacer le nom du fichier de l'ancienne photo par le nom du fichier de la nouvelle photo. Ou, si vous ne modifiez pas la page de Wikidata, une autre méthode est d'ajouter dans l'infobox de l'article de Wikipédia un paramètre photo suivi du nom du nouveau fichier. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:49, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Uploaded pictures in use

Is there a way to get a list of all pictures uploaded by me that are used on a Wikimedia project? Trade (talk) 17:29, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

@Trade: Hi again. GLAMorous should help you get started with finding uses of your uploads on WMF projects. It contains various checkboxes for use in refining your research.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:38, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
Thanks! Trade (talk) 23:32, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
@Trade: You're welcome!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:36, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:36, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Very long time for OTRS?

I have uploaded 5 new pictures for my article (on top). I uploaded on behalf of "Amt für Kulturgüter Fribourg". They have sent an Email to OTRS (see text by any of these 5 newest pictures). Its waiting very long?

There is also a photographer with name. He worked on behalf of the "Amt". The Amt has the copyright (like a publisher). But like an author of a book, the photographer is named too. Is this OK or irritating? For me, the autorisation of the copyright holder "Amt" ist sufficient?

I have not yet substituted the old pictures in article by the newest (after restauration). Thanks for help. Meginrat (talk) 09:24, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

  • @Meginrat: Eleven days is not a particularly long time for VRT (formerly called OTRS). - Jmabel ! talk 16:10, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
  • Hi Meginrat. Did you read the wording of the {{Permission received}} templates that were added to the files' pages. In general, a 30-day grace period is granted to files tagged with such a template to take into account that VRT verification sometimes takes a bit of time. So, there's still at a few weeks to go before the files will once again be eligible for speedy deletion per criterion COM:CSD#F5. You can, if you want, ask about this at COM:VRTN, but you need to understand that VRT members won't discuss specific details related to the emails they receive anywhere on Commons and they only will discuss details via email with the person who sent in the original email. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:55, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jmabel and Marchjuly: Thanks a lot. I gather that time is still normal (I have seen {{Permission received}} and I only wondered a little why it did not continue. Finishing of the article was intended as a Christmas present for the "Amt", because there was a very good cooperation during restauration of the Chappel.
So we will continue waiting and I prepare the "Amt", that they receive questions directly if there are some. There is no problem. --Meginrat (talk) 08:47, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
@Marchjuly and Jmabel: I have read the text of {{Permission received}} again: The 30 days refer to my reaction to the first VTRN-member contribution? That means: it is not the waiting time for first reaction of VTRS. But when they ask something or have another demand, the files can be deleted, when I do not react during 30 days? --Meginrat (talk) 10:53, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
Ps: There are different parameters in template I see now. My text in all pictures says only, that it is waiting for VTRS but no other problem. So the 30 days should not yet started? --Meginrat (talk) 11:17, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
@Meginrat: Hi, and welcome. Ticket:2022121310004345 has been received 2022-12-13, but is awaiting artist and photographer identification and permission, as well as years of artistry and photography, via email. The files may be deleted as soon as 2023-01-12.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:49, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks for this more clear answer. The „Amt“ used a template for mail (assume you can see) and filled that form in all points. Is there a newer one? The Amt für Kulturfragen in Fribourg has the copyright, the photographer is named in each picture and the mail also. The files are brand new, EXIF is uploaded. Shortly: what shall we do? Did you mail this to the Amt für Kulturfragen (they have no experience with Wikipedia). Background: The Chappel was restored. I made the old photos but for the restored the Amt hired a photographer. But as far as I know, the Copyright is by the Amt. Thanks for help and sorry.--Meginrat (talk) 12:04, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
@Meginrat: Let us take File:Altarbild 5 Kapelle SainteApolline.jpg for example. We start with the bridge and chapel, which date from circa 12th century - we need no more information about them, but it could help (engineer for the bridge, architect for the chapel). Then, we have the painting of the bridge and chapel on wood, dated 1680 - who was the painter? - we need no more information about the painting, but it could help. Then, we have the modern color photo - it appears Alain Kilar was the photographer 10:27, 25 October 2021, may we have permission from them? If they granted copyright to the Amt as a part of the photography contract, we need a copy of the contract, else we need permission from the photographer. Then, we have the restoration - was the painting restored or the photo? Who did the restoration and when? May we have permission from them? I have similar questions about the other four files, plus: What do we know about "Jo'. Achert. P.", painter of File:Altarbild 1 Kapelle SainteApolline.jpg?; What do we know about "GUILLAUME", painter of File:Altarbild 2 Kapelle SainteApolline.jpg?; What do we know about "S: APOLONIA", painter of File:Altarbild 3 Kapelle SainteApolline.jpg (or is that the name of the subject)?; and What do we know about the painter of File:Altarbild 4 Kapelle SainteApolline.jpg? If you want to add private information, please email permissions-de@wikimedia.org, include "[Ticket#: 2022121310004345]" without quotes in the subject line, and carbon copy your Amt correspondent to keep everyone in the loop.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:32, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks a lot @Jeff G.: . I am a little bit mixed up :-) There are optional and mandatory quesions? Optional questions are described in Kapelle Sainte-Apolline. The pictures were restored and therefore new fotos were produced. But it would be additional work to describe all in commons and the howto is also not clear.

Lets focus on licence questions first, to use in article If I understand you correct, the photographer also has to send a mail (list of photos, dates):

  • "I worked on behalf of Amt für Kulturgüter Fribourg and made fotos after restoration 2022. With mail from xxx.xxx.xx the Amt für Kulturgüter has already allowed use of these pictures with Licence CC BY-SA 4.0
  • I explain in relation to the pictures whose photographer I am:
  • I hereby allow anyone to reuse the image under the free Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.de ... (I have this text only in German)

In practice this seems a little bit informal between Amt and photographer. So both have copyright and allow use. Ist this correct and sufficiant? Or you have another mail template in English, we can fill. -Thanks and sorry. -Meginrat (talk) 13:21, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

@Meginrat: Two of the mandatory questions at this point (synthesized per Google Translate from German) which have been answered are: "Who is the photographer"? (answered as Alain Kilar); and "In what century were the paintings painted"? (answered as the 17th century in the article). The remaining mandatory question is "How did Amt obtain the copyright (or at least the right to sublicense) from Alain Kilar?" If he granted copyright to the Amt as a part of a photography or employment contract, then we need a copy of the contract, else we need permission from him. If you have email from him, please send that with full Internet headers per the above as "private information".   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:50, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
Many thanks @Jeff G.: . Seems to be quite clear now. I will ask directly the Amt, if there is a written contract. If not (I assume), the photographer will send an own email as described.
The remaining question is: If I want to add Info to the pictures (similar to upload assistant) how can I do it? I see only and can edit the classic fields. --Meginrat (talk) 13:59, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
@Meginrat: you should be able to edit anything about the image. If there is no clear place to put a piece of information, add it to "description". At worst, someone who knows more about how to do this can move it later. Also, if you really want, there is always {{Information field}}, but usually only pretty experienced user get their heads around that. - Jmabel ! talk 16:12, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks, {{Information field}} seems to be a good extension. I added already something in description. --Meginrat (talk) 16:25, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

Dear all, i made one picture from three public available signs, concerning CNG fuel. They are from the UN Regulation R110, DIN EN 16942 and the German BASt. I don't know which licence i have to select.

Search for "Zeichen 365-54" https://www.bast.de/DE/Verkehrstechnik/Fachthemen/V1-VzKat-Aenderungen-1992-2017.html?nn=1837978

Second page at the bottom: https://fuel-identifiers.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/QA-consumers-DE.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by StefanNWiki (talk • contribs) 13:22, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Page 108 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:42011X0507(01)&from=EN

Bottom, left at page https://www.din.de/de/ueber-normen-und-standards/nutzen-fuer-den-verbraucher/verbraucherrat/ueber-uns/einheitliche-kennzeichnungen-fuer-kraftstoffe-nach-din-en-16942-319690 — Preceding unsigned comment added by StefanNWiki (talk • contribs) 13:25, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

--StefanNWiki (talk) 13:16, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

There is no file called Different CNG signs.jpg or File:Different CNG signs.jpg, and never has been. You don't even seem to have uploaded a file with a name anything like that. - Jmabel ! talk 16:14, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
Of course is not. Because i could not upload it .... StefanNWiki (talk) 19:48, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
You triggered the filter for small jpegs - usually, these are copyright violations, that's why new users can't upload them. In this case, you have two kinds of issues:
  1. File format: JPEG is a poor format for graphics like these, you should really use a lossless format like PNG, or ideally SVG
  2. License: You need to know the copyright situation for each of the images you want to combine. Official German road signs are public domain ({{PD-VzKat}}). Simple text in a basic shape is PD too, because it is too simple for copyright ({{PD-sign}}). If your effort consists only of pasting these together, no copyright is created at all, and you can use {{PD-because}}, give the above reasoning and add the respective license tags. --rimshottalk 20:32, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
@Rimshot: Any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so please do not recommend uploading png images for use on WMF projects.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:56, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
@StefanNWiki: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes) jpg image as a new user. Usually when someone uploads a smaller jpg image, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you created the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including original EXIF metadata. If you did not create the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the copyright holder license it on their official website or social media, or send the image and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:59, 20 December 2022 (UTC)

the Czech Republic vs. Czechia

What's the correct name to use for categories? I have seen both in use Trade (talk) 23:28, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

cant remove category

Category:1615 paintings from the United Kingdom. how can i remove "1610s paintings from the United Kingdom" down there? ----modern_primat ඞඞඞ TALK 19:23, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

I guess you could remove the template "Template:PaintingfromUKcat". But the template is apparently made to include all similar cases in the respective categories. So, preliminary question: why would you exclude this particular category from the general categorization scheme (which I assume is the application of a consensus of the contributors to this topic)? -- Asclepias (talk) 19:53, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
because this: Category:Non-empty category redirects @Asclepias ----modern_primat ඞඞඞ TALK 21:11, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
I see. Good question. The situation was caused by the fact that a user changed the name of the category. Was that change correct or not under whatever conventions apply to that category tree? I would advise caution before getting involved into that sort of change and reorganization, unless you are already familiar with the organization of the categories and templates in that field and with the consensus of their contributors. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:58, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
Pinging Birdie, who might be able to help. -- Asclepias (talk) 01:01, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
Pinging @Sbb1413, who changed the name of the category to Category:1610s paintings from Great Britain.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:11, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
✓ Done Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 13:19, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
Sorry, I arrived too late. Well done colleagues.--Birdie (talk) 13:57, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Plus de connexion boîte mail

Bonjour je ne peux plus me connecter à ma boîte mail Outlook — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 176.187.143.188 (talk) 10:10, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

No more mailbox connection
Hello, I can no longer connect to my Outlook mailbox.
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:58, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
Salut et bienvenue. Veuillez consulter cette recherche et COM:SIGN/fr.
Hi, and welcome. Please see this search and COM:SIGN.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:58, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Contacting contributor / Question on resizing files

I am trying to contact the user Jan Arkesteijn to determine if the file for The Times of Day by Alphonse Mucha can be used as is or resized to print a post of 16" x 47.5" (43cm x 121cm).

I see a note on the user's page that he was blocked in 2018 for questionable conduct and there are no recent contributions.

Can you please respond to my question or put me in contact with Mr. Arkesteijn?

Sincerely....Tim Danko 2600:4040:F098:5F00:5D71:7DCC:122A:A6F8 19:05, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

There is no need to contact the user who uploaded it and it would not be useful. He holds no right on the image and claims none. (Don't trust the exif metadata inserted by that user. Falsification of metadata is exactly why he was blocked.) To check the status of an image you find here on Commons, check directly at the source. The description page of this image mentions that it is copied from an auctioneer website. See the link to that source in the "source" field. So, in this case, basically, what is known about this particular photographic reproduction of the artwork is what you can find directly at the source website. When dealing with a photographic reproduction of a public domain artwork, the use that can be made of the particular reproduction depends on the laws of the countries where you want to use that reproduction. Commons does not provide legal advice, but you can read some guidelines on the page Commons:Reuse of PD-Art photographs about what can or cannot be done with a reproduction in some countries. Note that Commons has a few other different reproductions of the artwork from various sources at Category:The Times of the Day - Alfons Mucha (1899) and Category:Allegories of day, by Alfons Mucha and you can certainly find many more different reproductions on the internet. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:10, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
Hi, and welcome. In addition to the above, File:The Times Of The Day, by Alphonse Mucha.jpg is 2,351 × 1,587 pixels, a landscape comprising four portrait panels in a 4 × 1 matrix. You may prefer Christie's original https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_16023_0310_000(the_times_of_the_day_les_heures_du_jour_alphonse_mucha115858).jpg?mode=max, 1,208 × 3,200 pixels, a portrait comprising four portrait panels in a 2 × 2 matrix. The work is in the Public Domain in the US, so it can be used however you want as-is or resized. If you wanted, say, 300 dpi, you could use our 7,111 × 4,800 pixels resize https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/The_Times_Of_The_Day%2C_by_Alphonse_Mucha.jpg/7111px-The_Times_Of_The_Day%2C_by_Alphonse_Mucha.jpg, but the long side would only be 23.70".   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:15, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

how to upload a document

I have posted a Wikipedia document that has been saved somehow as a thumbnail. I want it to be a full Wikipedia document. Please help! Karin Kraft (talk) 21:13, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

@Karin Kraft: Hi, and welcome. File:Donald J. Fernbach- wiki article.pdf appears to be a six-page all-text biography with a bibliography but no inline references. We do not host biographies or encyclopedia articles here on Wikimedia Commons per COM:NOT. Please see en:WP:BIO and en:WP:MFA.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:52, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Regarding self-drawn representations

I'm planning to upload a finished self-made representation (drawing) of an aircraft that is traced from an other work as an illustration.

The problem is, how would I license my work, and will the drawing be of my own work? Thanks. Xingqiu Viator (talk) 14:51, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

The final work derives in part from the pre-existing work, so there are two authors of the final work: the author of the pre-existing work, which is present in some modified way in the final work, and you, who added your own creativity to make the final work. If the pre-existing work is already free (offered explicitly under a free license issued by its author, or in the public domain), then you can license the final work under a free license of your choice, provided that it is a license compatible with the free license, if any, of the pre-existing work. However, if the pre-existing work is not free, then you cannot offer the final work under a free license and you cannot upload it to Wikimedia. For more information, please see the page Commons:Derivative works. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:09, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

Samuel Clemens high school

My new article Samuel Clemens high school is under review. Can you people from wikipedia help me site some references to the article? And any changes if possible? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2603:8080:F301:6400:DE89:83FF:FE49:7C79 (talk) 00:37, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

  • You'd want to ask this on Wikipedia (English-language Wikipedia, I presume). You are on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Normally, the burden of providing references is on the person doing the writing. You know where you got your information; presumably no one else does. - Jmabel ! talk 17:14, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

--Chinnusaikrish (talk) 08:24, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

The file was not my own work but I used it as a fair use from the source https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2020/feb/11/graft-at-bay-investors-to-stay-andhra-cm-jagan-mohan-reddy-2101878.html Please retain the image or give me details on how to re-upload the image properly Chinnusaikrish (talk) 08:24, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

  • @Chinnusaikrish: Commons does not accept images on a "fair use" basis. This is copyrighted material, and will be deleted. The only way we can have copyrighted material is with a free license granted by the copyright holder and allowing both commercial use and derivative works. A newspaper is very unlikely to grant such a license, but if you really think they would, you can approach them; see COM:VRT for what we'd need from them. - Jmabel ! talk 17:21, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

Luna the dog image

I am sorry about not being clear on the image. My question is that the photo was taken by someone I know on their phone of their pet dog. They recommended I wrote an article about the dog breed Double Doodle and then I suggested we used a photo of their dog on the article and they agreed. If you reverse image search my photo you would not get anything besides the article. They emailed me the photograph and the rest of the discussion on the photo was in real life. My question was how I could share proof that I got the image with permission. Thank you and have a good day. Tvshowoflife (talk) 05:57, 22 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi Tvshowoflife. Since you're not claiming the have taken the photo yourself, you should follow the guidance given in COM:VRT#If you are NOT the copyright holder. This might seem like overkill because the person who took the photo has already said its OK for you to use it on Wikipedia, but what you need to understand is that this type of verbal consent is insufficient for Commons. Basically, what Commons needs is for the person who took the photo to give their COM:CONSENT to allow anyone (not just you) anywhere in the world to download the photo from Commons at anytime and then reuse the photo for any purpose (not just for use on Wikipedia only). By giving their consent, the copyright holder acknowledges that others may end up reusing their photo in ways they might not approve or otherwise like; others may also use the photo for commercial reasons without having to compensate the copyright holder. It's because there's so much involved that email or some other form of written verification is required in many cases by Commons. Finally, even if you get the copyright holder to give their consent, that doesn't guarantee the photo will be used in any Wikipedia articles. How photos are used on Wikipedia isn't really a concern of Commons and sometimes there can be disagreements over whether a photo actually should be used among Wikipedia editors. If that happens with this photo, you may need to seek consensus to use the photo through discussion on the relevant article's talk page. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:10, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
Okay. Thank you. Tvshowoflife (talk) 06:06, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
Ok Marchjuly. The person who gave me permission emailed Wikimedia Commons. Can you make sure the email went through. And if the email went through can you tell me how to edit the license on to the page. Thank you and have a good day. Tvshowoflife (talk) 19:34, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
@Tvshowoflife: If you already know what free license the person chose in the email, you can already include the corresponding license template in the licensing section of the description page. Also add the template Permission pending. It prevents the deletion of the file while the email is processed, which can take a long time or not, depending how busy the VRT team is. Note that when you add a username as a modification to an already existing message, the person you want to notify will probably not receive the notification. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:50, 24 December 2022 (UTC)
@Asclepias and Tvshowoflife: Please be aware that per mw:Extension:Echo#Usage, one must link to another user's page and sign in the same edit (or mention in an Edit Summary) in order to effectively mention, notify, or ping them, and even then only if they have "Notify me when someone links to my user page" set (which is the default here). Pinging @Marchjuly to compensate for the above.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 06:58, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
@Tvshowoflife: I can’t really add anything to what Asclepias posted above. You just need to be patient and let Commons VRT do its thing. If VRT was emailed, things will eventually be sorted out one way or another. I’m not a VRT member. If you have further questions about VRT, try asking at COM:VRTN. One thing about the file you uploaded is that is needs a COM:License and may end up deleted per COM:CSD#F5 if it remains unlicensed. If that happens, don’t reupload the file. A deleted file can be restored at a later date once its licensing has been sorted out. If the file is deleted before VRT verifies things, VRT will likely ask that the file be restored if the COM:CONSENT email it received turns out to be OK. — Marchjuly (talk) 20:15, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
I am verry sorry. Thank you. Tvshowoflife (talk) 01:05, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

How do I delete an old version of a file without deleting the current version?

I had uploaded a comparatively recent reproduction of a historic artwork unknowingly. I have since found the original historic artwork and replaced the reproduction with it. How do I delete the old version of the file to prevent copyright infringement? The file is located here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guru_Nanak_seated_on_a_terrace_with_Bala_%26_Mardana.jpg#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D ThethPunjabi (talk) 07:43, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

image requirement

What requirement does an image to get upload and stay on wikicommon or what of image can be uploaded Alessandro Costrufo (talk) 19:32, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

@Alessandro Costrufo: There is no one requirement for an image to be kept. There are many distinct reasons for an image to be deleted. I don't think I (or anyone) could easily describe the precise intersection of what describes an image that does not violate any of the rules that would be cause for deletion. A short (but inevitably incomplete) list would be:
  1. It is within scope, as described by COM:Scope.
  2. It is not a precise or scaled-down duplicate of an image we already have.
  3. It is either free-licensed with respect to copyright (including commercial reuse and derivative works) or is in the public domain both in its country of creation and in the U.S. There are literally hundreds of ways this criterion can be met or not.
  4. It is not libelous.
  5. It does not violate U.S. obscenity laws.
On these last three criteria, if there is doubt we will almost always delete, based on the precautionary principle.
If you have a specific issue in mind, please raise it because, as I said, the above is inevitably incomplete and because criterion 3 breaks down to so many distinct cases. - Jmabel ! talk 23:55, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Seperate file for cropped image

How do you make a seperate file for the cropped image if you wanted too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GameOfAwesome (talk • contribs) 21:33, 26 December 2022‎ (UTC)

You upload it under a different file name, but it looks like you already found the answer. However, please indicate the sources of your uploads much more precisely. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:34, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
@GameOfAwesome: best done with CropTool. - Jmabel ! talk 22:59, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

wrong name

A file named "flag of CMPA" is not the flag of CMPA, so I requested deletion in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan.svg one and a half months ago, but the user changed its name to "former flag of CMPA" and the problem still exists. Fire-and-Ice (talk) 05:33, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Pinging @Yann as keeping Admin of Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan.svg and continuing editor of that page.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:14, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
This file is in use. There is no copyright issue. No other name was proposed. Yann (talk) 18:47, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
At the risk of possibly stating the "bleeding obvious", it seems to me that the pertinent question is whether this image does or does not depict the (or a) former flag of the Communist Party of Afghanistan. ITookSomePhotos (talk) 20:22, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
Yes, that's the issue. But since it is in use and there is no copyright issue, it can't be deleted. Anyone is free to propose a new name, and a different description. Yann (talk) 20:28, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
Personally I know nothing about this, but out of idle curiosity I dragged the Wiki flag image into Google image search and it came up with a couple of hits of near-identical flag, with translation of the bottom line of script as "Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan", BUT with a star instead of the hammer and sickle; see http://moufawad-paul.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-communist-maoist-party-of.html and https://www.redspark.nu/en/tag/shola-jawid/. ITookSomePhotos (talk) 00:51, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
There is no doubt that it can't be the flag (or former flag) of the party. I think you don't need waste time on confirming it. I have explanated it in detail. Fire-and-Ice (talk) 17:11, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
If you are certain that it is not as described, and no one knows that it is a "real" flag of any description, and it "cannot be deleted since it is in use" (even if the uses are incorrect??), then I suppose we should change the name/description to something incorporating the idea of "unidentified flag". Presumably the users of the image should also ideally be informed? ITookSomePhotos (talk) 23:21, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
I don't care. I just want the problem settled. Fire-and-Ice (talk) 13:51, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

wrong image.

Dear support

This image File:Hans Leutscher Antoniushof Utrecht.jpg File:Hans Leutscher Antoniushof Utrecht.jpg is wrong. I am the author of a sculpture in Public Space in the Anthoniushof in Utrecht (The Netherlands) but someone published a wrong image, with my name as author. How on earth can I correct this? There is no name mentioned, no mailadress or other contact info so I am helpless here.

Thank you for herlping me out. PS I pasted the URL but this form made a very strange link of it. I hope you can locate the file. Thank yopu. 217.119.6.16 13:31, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi, You can leave a message on the photographer's talk page. Pinging Brbbl. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:39, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
Discussion is continued on Dutch village pump. Ellywa (talk) 12:46, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Doubtful images

Does this apparently faked and/or falsely described photo have any value? Ditto this one. Should these and any others like them be deleted? ITookSomePhotos (talk) 00:41, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Looking at the deleted user page for this long-gone uploader: looks like their whole account was about some sort of hoax. I'll nominate all their stuff for deletion. - Jmabel ! talk 01:33, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Mycurleychickstacey89 - Jmabel ! talk 01:38, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jmabel: OK, thanks. ITookSomePhotos (talk) 18:51, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

trying to save changes

Could you please suggest how I can make changes to my page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Julie Dee Bell (talk • contribs) 06:26, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Right, you may use this direct link.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:36, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Image of Rosette Nebula

Greetings. My family loves my Electronically Assisted Astronomy images so much they think that the rest of the wikiverse would enjoy them too. I created an account and uploaded my image of the Rosette Nebula on the Rosette Nebula wikipage. I added a descriptive caption as well as describing the specifics. I got a rejection that there could not be confirmed that I actually took the picture. It was an image from my astronomy capture software which I controlled much like photoshop, etc. with no modification over that captured by my camera. It has no metadata, unlike simple digital cameras and phones. Please advise on how I can make the wikibot not reject my work. Thank you. DrBobAZ (talk) 19:49, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

I do not see any evidence that you have actually uploaded anything. Ruslik (talk) 20:49, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
@DrBobAZ: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg image as a new user. 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 per COM:HR, 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 official website or social media, or send the image and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:53, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Broken image

This image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/United_States_gubernatorial_term_limits.svg/400px-United_States_gubernatorial_term_limits.svg.png is broken and does not fully load Qwv (talk) 20:04, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

@Qwv: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry, but there is something wrong with File:United States gubernatorial term limits.svg that editors have been trying to fix for days. Please discuss at File talk:United States gubernatorial term limits.svg or Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:58, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

Suaal

Anigu imika waxaan jooga wadanka somaliland oo la.midaa sida Scotland Taiwan ama dowladaha aan wali la aqoonsan markaa ma dhici kartaa inaan helo xuquuq aasaasay ah oo la siman kan waddankiisa la aqoonsanyahay — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxamed xuseen ismaaciil (talk • contribs) 20:26, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

A question
I am currently in Somaliland, which is similar to Scotland, Taiwan, or countries that have not yet been recognized. Is it possible for me to have the same constitutional rights as the recognized country?
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:08, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
@Maxamed xuseen ismaaciil: Hi, oo soo dhawoow. Taasi waxay ku xidhan tahay dastuurka Soomaaliya. Sidoo kale Somaliland ma la yidhaa “Dawlad Soomaaliyeed”? Sidoo kale eeg COM:SIGN.
Hi, and welcome. That depends on the constitution of Somalia. Is Somaliland also called "Somali state"? See also COM:SIGN.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:08, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
@Maxamed xuseen ismaaciil: are you asking about how Somaliland is handled here on Wikimedia Commons, or are you asking an abstract legal question about your rights in some other context? - Jmabel ! talk 02:01, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Uploading images as a representative of a Foundation

User:Sandersgrand needs assistance with images they have uploaded that are owned by their employer, a foundation. The images are all currently nominated for deletion, which may be appropriate for some of them, but maybe one or two are salvageable. Deerstarlings (talk) 23:36, 27 December 2022 (UTC)

I added this image so I can use it on the Wikipedia page of K-pop girl group Pixy it was found on their twitter page but im not sure what copyright section I should put it under. --MearaStay (talk) 04:03, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Upskirt tennis shots

Hello, I am looking for Upskirt tennis photos to add to my personal files for later private use. Is there an easy way to search for these here? Dickschitter (talk) 04:13, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Have you explored Category:Upskirt in tennis?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:39, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

Linking to a license

Hi all. What does "linking to a license" look like on a hard copy printout? Does it look like this: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

My intention is to print out copies of an image. The instructions on one of the images say I am free to do so as long as I "give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made." The page says that the file is licensed under the "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license." When I click on that, I go to a page with a web address of: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en. Do I just include that web address on the printouts of the image?

Sorry if this is an obvious question. I didn't see it addressed in the FAQ. Goodyarn1968 (talk) 18:21, 28 December 2022 (UTC)

@Goodyarn1968: Hi, Yes, it is specified in section 3(a)(1)(C) of the license. Printing that url for the summary may be sort of ok, but preferably printing the url for the actual license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:00, 28 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! Goodyarn1968 (talk) 22:24, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
A couple of follow up questions, now that I see what else is being required in section 3(a)(1)(C):
(1) Are the images here copyrighted by Creative Commons or by the Artist? Is it on a case by case basis? I don't see a reference in the images I am looking at as to who is the copyright holder.
(2) Is the following sufficient?
[title of image] [link to image]
Artist: [Name of Artist] Copyright [date] by [Copyright holder]
Licensed by Creative Commons under the following Public License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Licensor offers the Licensed Material as-is and as-available, and makes no representations or warranties of any kind concerning the Licensed Material, whether express, implied, statutory, or other. Go to the Public License link above for further information.
Thank you. This is my first time doing this, so I don't know what I don't know. Goodyarn1968 (talk) 22:59, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
1: By the owner of the copyright, to whom the text of the license refers as "the Licensor". The owner of the copyright is usually the creator of the image (illustrator or photographer). (In more complex cases, additional copyrights may be involved). Creative Commons does not own a copyright on the image and is not the Licensor. Creative Commons provided the text of the license that the Licensor chose to offer.
2: It looks more than sufficient. There is of course nothing wrong if you want to write even more information than the minimum required by the license. The exact information in each case may depend on what exactly the Licensor indicated (does the Licensor require specific notices or not). You did not provide a concrete example of an image you might use, so we can't get more specific here. There might be suggestions in the FAQ on the Creative Commons website.
-- Asclepias (talk) 00:22, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

My photo got in to deletions what is it?

I updated my own photo to write about my story. But it got refused. Help me to improve these thanks. Stefan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷 𝓟𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓹 (talk • contribs) 08:36, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi, Commons is not for your own promotion, even if it's for charity or whatever. If you want to write about yourself, you must be on Wikipedia, but that's an encyclopedia and writing about yourself is not what Wikipedia is about. If someone or something is well known enough to write about, then others will write about it or you. The same with photo's. If you upload a photo only for yourself, to use it for self-promotion (in any way), it can be deleted. If you have a nice picture of something that Wikimedia can use, it's always welcome, but first think what you wanna do with it. If it's only for yourself, that's not what a wiki is about. Grtz. from the Netherlands, - Richardkiwi (talk) (talk) 12:44, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
@𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓮 𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓯𝓪𝓷 𝓟𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓹: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photo as a new user. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post permission on their official website or social media or send the photo and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. See also COM:SIGN.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:11, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

New SVG file upload

I uploaded this svg file which is created from this source svg. Please advise, that I followed proper procedure. --Raj.sathiya (talk) Raj.sathiya (talk) 12:55, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

@Raj.sathiya: Hi, and welcome. Do you not think that a legend is important?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:04, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
I referred to similar images used for similar purpose; where legends are not included. Example: Category:Locator maps of Lok Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh. Hence, not included the same. --Raj.sathiya (talk) 13:09, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
I am curious, whether I followed proper attribution when uploading this file. This will help during my further svg uploads. --Raj.sathiya (talk) 13:13, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Category creation question

Hi, I created a new category: Category:Mary Dickerson Donahey with a enwiki article Mary Augusta Dickerson that says the writer used two names. How is this handled on the Commons? Did I make a mistake? Thanks, Krok6kola (talk) 16:00, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks. Apparently when she married, she started using her husband's last name. Krok6kola (talk) 16:52, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

What is the ideal size for a Windows screenshot?

Hi, if one were to upload a screenshot of Microsoft Windows (which I plan on doing), what would be the ideal size? I'm thinking 320x240, but I'm not sure if its too big or too small. If anyone could tell me what size it should be, that would be great. Cheers. HolyNetworkAdapter (talk) 00:45, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Also, this applies to really any copyrighted image (relating to computers) in general, whether its software or not. HolyNetworkAdapter (talk) 00:46, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
@HolyNetworkAdapter: I'm confused. What exactly do you mean to screenshot and upload? If it contains elements for which Microsoft owns copyrights, then we can't accept it here on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 01:22, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
Oh, all the Windows screenshots are on Wikipedia. I'll ask there then, sorry. HolyNetworkAdapter (talk) 01:24, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

My user account was duplicated and renamed, want to merge it back.

During a period of absence, my user account was renamed to User:Rainwarrior~commonswiki, somehow to avoid a conflict with my account which was already User:Rainwarrior? Not sure why this was done, but now I can't edit that user page or make it redirect to my actual account. Also, all of my past contributions and edit history are associated with the commonswiki account. I would like this merged back into my real account please. -- Rainwarrior (talk) 04:59, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

why I can't upload photo made by myself?

why I can't upload photo made by myself? I tried to do it Zyrgin (talk) 11:05, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

Zyrgin: Are these the files Special:ListFiles/Zyrgin you uploaded that you are asking about? If so what's the problem? Ww2censor (talk) 14:24, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

can not upload

picture of wood. wtf? Knotiin (talk) 10:02, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

You seem to have managed it since. Knotiin (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  Is this still an ongoing problem? Andy Dingley (talk) 11:06, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Licence non respectée

Bjr, un journal mexicain a partagé une de mes photos mises sur Commons sans en citer la source ni le lien que puis-je faire ? Je les contactés pour leur faire part de leur non conformité à la photo utilisée mais aucune réponse. Merci d'avance. Lience CC BY-SA 4.0 RB100254 (talk) 16:35, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

  • You are the copyright owner, not Commons, so there is not much Commons can do. It's possible to sue, but I presume from you writing in French that you are not in Mexico, so that probably wouldn't be easy. The best we can do here is to use {{Published}} on the talk page and be clear that they made illegal use of your photo. - Jmabel ! talk 18:01, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Download all images

Is there a way to download all images of a category? It seems Imkur doesn't work. Curlyrnd (talk) 20:13, 29 December 2022 (UTC)

Anyone? I would love to download something Curlyrnd (talk) 14:59, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Ray Byars

How do I put a picture on Ray Byars draft for Wikipedia? CharlemagneJane (talk) 04:59, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi CharlemagneJane. Has the picture you want to use already been uploaded to English Wikipedia or Commons? Only pictures uploaded to English Wikipedia or Commons can be used on English Wikipedia pages. If the picture hasn't already been uploaded to English Wikipedia or Commons, please take a look at Commons:Licensing and Commons:Upload for more information about uploading files to Commons, and en:Wikipedia:Copyright#Guidelines for images and other media files and en:Wikipedia:Uploading images for more information on uploading files to English Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:06, 21 December 2022 (UTC)
I uploaded it but it was deleted, I think. I have no idea. CharlemagneJane (talk) 00:32, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
Do you remember the name of the file? Generally, when a file is tagged or otherwise nominated for deletion, a notification message is added to the uploader's user talk page. Is there such a notice on your user talk page for the file? If there is, click on the name of the file (it should be in red if it was deleted). This will take you to the file's page and near the top of the page there should be an explanation as to why the file was deleted as well as the name of the Commons administrator who deleted it. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:46, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
Sorry for being so forgetful, but I believe I was talking about the Ray Byars shop pictures that were taken in 1927 with the new 1928 motorcycles on display. CharlemagneJane (talk) 01:05, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
@Cjmodica: would this have been File:Ray Byars Harley Davidson Shop.jpg? Deleted per Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Cjmodica. - Jmabel ! talk 00:53, 22 December 2022 (UTC)
If the photographer has been deceased for 78 years, are his photos that were taken 95 years ago still protected under the copyright laws in the USA? CharlemagneJane (talk) 18:27, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! CharlemagneJane (talk) 01:06, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

1918 Ray Byars Harley Davidson Shop

There was a picture that I uploaded and was approved for Tommy Byars, son of Ray Byars and the inherited owner of the Ray Byars Harley Davidson Motorcycle shop. It has been deleted from Tommy Byars and I can't find it to add it to Ray Byars' draft. Where can I find the picture so that I can use it on Ray Byars' draft. There were two different pictures uploaded of the shop and one of them is missing. Please help is possible. CharlemagneJane (talk) 03:07, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

@CharlemagneJane: Hi, and welcome. Four of your eight uploads have been deleted, please be more specific.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:32, 23 December 2022 (UTC)
@CharlemagneJane You uploaded a number of images as user:Cjmodica. Some were deleted, some kept. You were asked to correct the descriptions (own work, date), but did not do it. Now you come back with a changed user name, upload images that had been deleted again and upload new images again with false descriptions (own work). Are you trolling? C.Suthorn (talk) 01:23, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
I changed my user name because I wanted to go by my nickname rather than my name. When I first uploaded my first pictures, I was very inexperienced and did not understand the language at all; therefore, I used wrong forms but after a lot of eplaining, the pictures were approved. I am still handicapped at learning Wikipedia and Wikimedia and very slow to understanding. I hope that eventually I will get the hang of it. I have only written one article ever and now I am working on my second article and I am starting to learn more, but it is still like reading Greek to me. Sorry if I offended you! I only want to do a good job and contribute historical information and I believe that I have a lot of information to give. Additionally, I don't know what trolling is but if it is a dishonest person, you are wrong. That is not me. CharlemagneJane (talk) 01:59, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
If the photographer has been deceased for 78 years, are his photos that were taken 95 years ago still protected under the copyright laws in the USA? CharlemagneJane (talk) 18:28, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
See #Copyright Law in USA below.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:01, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
The short of it: if they were published more than 95 years ago, then they are in the public domain in the U.S. - Jmabel ! talk 19:15, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you. CharlemagneJane (talk) 00:47, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

If a photographer has been deceased for 78 years, are his photos still protected under the copyright law in the USA? CharlemagneJane (talk) 18:23, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

@CharlemagneJane: Per COM:HIRTLE, yes if the photo was "Published with notice and the copyright was renewed", the photographer's copyright lasts 95 years from publication in "1927 through 1963". Did you really have to ask in 3 places on this page?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:44, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
Wasn't sure if I was posting to the correct space! I really don't understand everything. I also have trouble getting around in this area but I am learning and trying to follow the rules. I read where I was supposed to add a topic so that lead to one of the posts. Then I saw where someone answered me so that lead me to the same question. Sorry, for repeating my question and I will try to be less inquizative in the future! So, what you are saying is that, if the pictures were published 94 years ago (1928) and the photographer died 78 (1944) years ago, they are still protected? My next question is will the protection be lifted on January 1, 2023? CharlemagneJane (talk) 20:12, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
On January 1, 2023, works published in the U.S. in 1927 will lose copyright in the U.S. On January 1, 2024, works published in the U.S. in 1928 will lose copyright in the U.S. Etc. - Jmabel ! talk 23:46, 25 December 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! CharlemagneJane (talk) 00:06, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

Finding a previous answer to a question

I asked a question earlier and got a response, but don't know where to go to read it again. Is there a place where I can look at all of only my questions and answers without having to scroll through everyone else's questions? CharlemagneJane (talk) 20:20, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

@CharlemagneJane: No, but you may ask your browser to search this page for your username.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:40, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

If a photo was first published in 1928 that has never had a copyright license, is it protected under the copyright law in the USA, even if it has been reproduced and distributed in the public domain? CharlemagneJane (talk) 01:51, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

  • Are you saying that it was published in 1928 without any claim of copyright or registration of copyright? There is no such thing as a "copyright license", so I'm not sure what you mean. Similarly "reproduced and distributed in the public domain" is more or less nonsense: please see public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 03:17, 26 December 2022 (UTC)

Using Photos on Wikipedia Articles

How do I know when pictures that I have uploaded to Wikimedia can be used on Wikipedia articles? I have several pending, Byars' Harley Davidson Shop.jpg (file), Tommy Byars.jpg (file), `Byars Harley Davidson2.jpg (file), Ray Byars Harley Davidson Shop.jpg (file). CharlemagneJane (talk) 00:47, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

Hi, I want to create a new copyright tag which will be used with files that are work of a government. Various types of governments, like national government, provincial government or local government, allow others to upload their contents under the conditions:- 1) proper attribution and 2) use in non objectionable and respectful manner. Copyright tags for the Governmental works of individual governments exists, like Template:GODL-India for Government of India, Template:PD-USGov for Government of United States. As it is not possible to create copyright tag for every single government, I think a general copyright tag should be created. So can you share the procedures required? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ku423winz1 (talk • contribs) 11:27, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

@Ku423winz1: Hi, and welcome. We have tags for many governments, see COM:CRT. We already have {{Attribution}} (or any of the nine other redirects for {{Attribution only license}}). "use in non objectionable and respectful manner" is a non-copyright restriction we don't concern ourselves with. Please see COM:SIGN.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:45, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
@Ku423winz1: Actually, yes, it is possible to create a distinct copyright tag for any government that free-licenses its materials. For some governments we have more than one tag to deal with different bodies of materials that may have slightly different non-copyright restrictions (e.g. different attribution issues). - Jmabel ! talk 15:49, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jmabel: , that's why I am wanting to create it. A common copyright tag for Governmental works will be very useful. There would be a parameter which will show the government name. Can you please share me the procedures?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ku423winz1 (talk • contribs) 14:18, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
@Ku423winz1: just model it on an existing template for a similar case. - Jmabel ! talk 18:59, 18 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jmabel: , thanking for helping me. I have made the copyright tag Template:Governmental work, would you see it whether or not it is perfect? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ku423winz1 (talk • contribs) 10:31, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
You are setting a non-existent Category:Governmental work (and, frankly, having Commons set templates is always to be done with a lot of caution unless that is their main purpose). And I would think the issue was more something like Category:Public-domain or free-licensed governmental work.
There really ought to be a way to link a reference for that particular government offering such rights.
I still don't like this. As I wrote above, "it is possible to create a distinct copyright tag for any government that free-licenses its materials," and I still think that is a better way to go. - Jmabel ! talk 16:54, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
@Jmabel: , I got what you are saying, but my main problem is that everyone does not know how to create a copyright tag or template. If a common tag is made then it would be helpful to everyone. Like I myself upload free-licensed files from different governments, making tag for every each one is impossible. To solve the reference problem, I have included the parameter " url " to give it a link to the copyright policy of the website. So, what you are suggesting? Should I change the name of the template and also the category? What is your preference? I would be thankful if you share it with me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ku423winz1 (talk • contribs) 06:45, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
Ein generisches Template "Regierung von" fände ich nicht schlecht. Dies sollte aber dann nicht von Usern mit einem Parameter "Regierung XY" befüllt werden, sondern von diesem Template sollten Unter-Templates "Regierung von XY" erstellt werden, die dann von Usern verwendet werden. Andernfalls würde ein Wildwuchs entstehen, bei dem zwei Bilder, die von zwei Usern hochgeladen werden einmal den Parameter "Regierung von Xy" und das anderemal den Parameter "Regierung von XY" erhielten, was für alle automatisierten Aktionen (wie das eintragen der SDC durch Bots) sehr hinderlich ist. C.Suthorn (talk) 08:40, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
Paraphrasing in English, User:C.Suthorn is saying (and I agree) that this generic template should be used to make other templates, rather than used directly on photos, so we don't get a bunch of different URLs cited for a single jurisdiction. - Jmabel ! talk 16:48, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
@Jmabel: , @C.Suthorn: , the thing will be same because copyright policy of different departments of same government can be different too. That's why I have given the " url " parameter- so that everyone can give different url. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ku423winz1 (talk • contribs) 17:49, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
@Jmabel: , @C.Suthorn: , so should I start using it renaming the template as Free license Governmental work or any other preferred short name? Please suggest me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ku423winz1 (talk • contribs) 03:23, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Creative Commons License byncnd

for 1935 The Aqueducts Of Ancient Rome ( Thomas Ashby). Does this allow uploading to Commons? Rjdeadly (talk) 17:31, 30 December 2022 (UTC)

No. Neither -nc nor -nd licences are considered as "free". See COM:LICENSING and the links from there. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:21, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
@Rjdeadly: For the reasons, please see Commons:Licensing/Justifications. If you can't get a compliant license, works with such restrictions may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:27, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
Don't quite understand what you mean: How can works with such restrictions still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F? Rjdeadly (talk) 22:55, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
@Rjdeadly: if it's genuinely useful for an en-wiki article, then it probably falls under one of the allowances there. The only exception I can think of is that there is pretty much no allowance for photographs of living people, unless a particular significant event is being depicted. - 00:16, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
@Rjdeadly: Where would a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license come from for a posthumous 1935 book whose author died in 1931? The book is probably in the public domain in the UK. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:49, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
The book is in the public domain at https://archive.org/details/1935TheAqueductsOfAncientRomeThomasAshby/mode/1up but the license still applies I assume? Rjdeadly (talk) 23:00, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
Ok, but what is that license doing there, who claimed to issue it, under what right, to what did they mean to apply it (to the scanned reproduction?)? The book is in the public domain in the United Kingdom and Wikimedia does not care about copyright claims on reproductions. I'm not sure about its status in the United States. It could be Not-PD-US-URAA, but an inner page includes New York as one of the business locations of the publisher, and it could mean that the book was simultaneously offered for sale in the US and be in the public domain in the US as PD-US-no-notice. It seems that the book was reprinted by two other publishing companies in the US in 1973 and in 2010. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:50, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
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