Commons:Upload help/Archive/2016/03

Undelete request for an administrator

Some time ago the files File:Uncle_Dave_Macon_(4523593502).jpg and File:Uncle_Dave_Macon_(4522958601).jpg were deleted. However they may be legal, if I regard the template:PD-US-no notice which is used on File:Uncle Dave Macon Billboard.jpg. I would like to request an administrator to re-evaluate whether the first two files meet the criteria of PD-US-no notice. If so, I would like to request to undelete the two images. Thank you for reconsidering. Ymnes (talk) 16:26, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

This help desk doesn't necessarily get a lot of attention from administrators. You should probably just go ahead and request undeletion, mentioning the PD tag you think applies. It's okay if you're not sure – just say so and provide whatever information you can. You'll most likely be expected to provide some evidence of publication without a copyright notice between 1923 and 1977. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:37, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your advice! Ymnes (talk) 15:42, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Cover image upload

Can you advise on the simplest way to add a non-free media use rationale?

I am adding it directly for to the Proceedings of the Royal Society article for magazine cover image I have uploaded, but someone is deleting it before I finish.

Can you help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philh100 (talk • contribs)

It's for use in an article at the English Wikipedia. I gave instructions in [1] and see you have since uploaded several covers to the English Wikipedia where they belong when they are non-free. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:33, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

No subject

Its is OK tu publish a photo convertid into a sepia or B&W "pencilzized" drwing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Upsunday (talk • contribs) 22:32, 3 March 2016‎ (UTC)

If you're asking whether applying some filters to a non-free photo created by someone else somehow magically liberates it from their copyright, the answer is no. —LX (talk, contribs) 06:27, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Larger 100 MB jpg files

I need the link how to do it. Thanks --Hubertl 00:08, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

@Hubertl: Commons:Hochladen in Blöcken. -- Rillke^(q?) 00:59, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

@Rillke: : Thanks, it works perfect! Normalerweise bin ich ja Commonist, aber da streikte das Ding! --Hubertl 03:50, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Can I upload postcard of an aviator to Commons?

I own a postcard showing a British aviator (Claude Grahame-White, 1879-1959) ready to fly at Blackpool, England. Photo taken 1910. Am I OK to upload this for use in a Wikipedia page? Thank you Jgdc47B (talk) 15:31, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

@Jgdc47B: Yes. Use {{PD-old-80-1923}} as the copyright tag. It would be better if you scan it. Thanks, ★ Poké⁹⁵ 05:54, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Photo SVG with black blots

Why does my photo SVG have black blots? --Vivaelcelta {talk  · contributions} 01:50, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

See Help:SVG#Black rectangle (Flowed Text bug). I removed the <flowRoot ...> elements. If you do not see any difference/effect:

Please purge your browser’s cache or enable JavaScript in your Browser's settings. (You only need to do it once.)

Operating system Browser	Microsoft Windows or Linux	macOS
Chrome	Press Ctrl+F5 or ⇧ Shift+F5 or hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking Reload	Press ⌘ Cmd+F5 or ⇧ Shift+F5 or hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking Reload
Mozilla Firefox	Hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking Reload (or press Ctrl+F5 or Ctrl+⇧ Shift+R)	Press ⌘ Cmd+R (reload page) or ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+R (reload page and rewrite cache)
Safari	Hold down ⇧ Shift+Alt while clicking Reload
	Press Ctrl+R	Press ⌘ Cmd+⌥ Option+E (clear browser cache) or ⌘ Cmd+R (update)
Opera	Press Ctrl+F5 or ⇧ Shift+F5
Konqueror
Internet Explorer	Press Ctrl+F5

Best -- Rillke^(q?) 02:31, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

@Rillke: Thanks. --Vivaelcelta {talk  · contributions} 03:08, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: —LX (talk, contribs) 10:44, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Upload file

All Format — Preceding unsigned comment added by Md Mintu Ahmed (talk • contribs) 04:40, 6 March 2016‎ (UTC)

What's your question? --rimshot^talk 08:45, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

Theodore Psalter images from the British Library under Creative Commons

I'm working with an art history class, and a student (whose paper is, of course, due at midnight tonight!) asked me how to upload some images she wanted to use for an article on the Theodore Psalter. I've uploaded them as File:Theodore Psalter ff 189v-191.png , File:Theodore Psalter 2.png, and File:Theodore Psalter 3.png. I'm not expert on copyright; I think these may be OK but I thought I should ask here to be sure.

The British Library says here that they release some images under Creative Commons, though they don't say which CC license they're using. They also don't say how to tell which images are CC. The student emailed the BL and was told this: "The images on the Digitised Manuscripts website are low res, and are free to use, provided they are British Library collection items. We must also ask if you could please credit the library as the original source: © The British Library Board, (followed by the reference/shelfmark)." I've pasted that into the license section of these images, but I suspect this doesn't fill the requirements quite correctly. Any advice on what to do next? There are three more images that the student wants to upload; I'll do those next while waiting to hear back here.

Thanks for any help. Mike Christie (talk) 01:13, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Mike Christie, those files are in public domain, not under cc-by, look the date. I fixed one of them >>> [2], could do the same for the rest? -- RTA 19:04, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

I knew that applied to 2-D art; I didn't know that would apply here. Yes, please do fix them -- thanks! Mike Christie (talk) 22:58, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

(Atlas of Kurdistan )

in (Atlas of Kurdistan there are important maps not included,I can submit them . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fuad h. khorshid (talk • contribs) 05:36, 7 March 2016‎ (UTC)

Fuad h. khorshid if you can draw those maps, you can upload it, the other options is to find maps under public domain, be bold and follow this steps. -- RTA 18:52, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

2 of My photos are "Own work - Creative Commons CC0 Waiver (release all rights, like public domain: legal code) Motopark is incorrect

[[File:Whos-addie(1) - Copy.jpg[edit] Unused text document of questionable notability, out of project scope, should be converted to text if notable Motopark (talk) 09:45, 7 March 2016 (UTC) Thank you, for your opinion. \ DrAddieMaeMiller 3/7/2016

Yet there are two jpg files that are profiles and it under your rules "Own work - Creative Commons CC0 Waiver (release all rights, like public domain: legal code)" I will upload the jpg again.]] DrAddieMaeMiller.jpg and Addie_M_Miller.jpg

Please contact me telephone 213 718 1840 or email @ addiemmiller@gmail.com Thank you for your consideration and politeness.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr. Addie Mae Miller (talk • contribs) 11:50, 7 March 2016‎ (UTC)

It's quite hard to understand what your question is. Can you rephrase it? Feel free to ask your question in a language that you're more familiar with if English is not your first language. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:48, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

quiero subir un archivo a una ficha de un futbolista.

Buenas tardes, quiero subir un archivo a una ficha de un futbolista. Como hago? — Preceding unsigned comment added by PaPaveles23 (talk • contribs)

Las fotos son suyas? Si es así, consulte: Primeros pasos. -- RTA 18:49, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

MP4 / Firefogg / Video Upload Wizard

I am having difficulty using the upload file wizard. It allows me to select a MP4 file - after I uploaded Firefogg. But then it just stays at that step of uploading files and doesn't progress to "release rights." Do I need to convert that file before using the wizard? (I'll see if I can figure that out.)--Lucas559 (talk) 20:05, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

I made a .webm video file. (That conversion took a long time.) Still stalls before "release rights." --Lucas559 (talk) 20:26, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Conversion progress isn't shown in Firefogg upload wizard and it takes ages to convert. I usually watch how the temporary file created by Firefogg is growing. For uploading larger files I always use my custom crafted script. But you have to copy the file description markup from one of your other files. If the file is below 100 MiB, you may also try Commons:Upload. -- Rillke^(q?) 21:31, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

NO ME PERMITE SUBIR NADA

BUENA TADE: NO HE PODIDO SUBIR NADA SIEMPRE SALE UN MENSAJE DICIENDO QUE NO ACEPTA NOMBRE CON ARCHIVO DE EXTENSIÓN . ME PUEDEN POR FAVOR AYUDAR CON EL TEMA? — Preceding unsigned comment added by José Rodolfo Duarte Pabón (talk • contribs) 17:54, 9 March 2016‎ (UTC)

@José Rodolfo Duarte Pabón: Hola. ¿Cuál es la extensión del archivo? También consulte esto. BMacZero (talk) 19:12, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Upload a MOV file

I tried uploading a video for the first time. It is in MOV format - commons said that it was not a free format and that I could install an extension to FireFox to convert it. I did that, but now when I select the file to upload, nothing happens. What is wrong? Bubba73 (talk) 21:45, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Is really nothing happen or can you see the firefogg process taking a lot of CPU resources in your task manager (windows)? It is probably easier to just use toollabs:videoconvert -- Rillke^(q?) 21:53, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

It seems that nothing is happening. After starting, it is giving the screen with "upload" highlighted and the "add more files" button. It is a 22-second, 36MB file. Maybe it is just taking a long time, but I let it sit there for a few minutes and there is no indication that it is doing anything. Bubba73 (talk) 23:41, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Right now I'm trying Commons Video Convert. After a minute or two it said that it had converted 17.95 seconds, but now it has been sitting there for several minutes with no apparent progress. Bubba73 (talk) 23:57, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

Fifteen minutes later it is still just sitting there, showing 17.95 seconds converted. Bubba73 (talk) 00:12, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

It still shows no more progress. Bubba73 (talk) 00:31, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

After 30-something minutes, I gave up on that too and used Theora, which did it in a minute or two. Bubba73 (talk) 00:46, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

First padel course picture

I want to upload a picture from the following link, but I'm not sure if it's ok

http://archivo.marca.com/padel/historia/pista.jpg

Can you please give me some guidance?

Thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guidote2 (talk • contribs) 02:58, 6 March 2016‎ (UTC)

Do you have a link to the page where you found the image? With only a direct link we cannot even tell why the image might be within scope, much less whether its license is ok. --rimshot^talk 08:01, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

sorry about that, here is the link where you can find the image: http://archivo.marca.com/padel/historia//index.html

Thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guidote2 (talk • contribs)

The page has no copyright information, which means that this is the default case: the image is copyright protected and not under a free license. There is no indication for the situation to be otherwise. --rimshot^talk 22:53, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Can't upload

Today I can't upload photos. It just sits there spinning and does nothing. Is there a problem? Bubba73 (talk) 18:16, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Bubba73! Sadly, the Upload Wizard (the default interface for uploading files to Commons) is pretty much in a perpetual state of brokenness. It isn't broken for everyone all the time, but I don't recall a time since it was introduced that we went more than a few days without people reporting enigmatic problems with indefinitely spinning wheels, unhelpful error messages, or simply no way to move forward. Have you tried Commons:Upload? It tends to be much more reliable than the Wizard. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:25, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, that worked, but the "upload file" is easier - when it works. Bubba73 (talk) 19:39, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Same problem for me. Secretlondon (talk) 21:06, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

No subject

how to upload file — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samiul7haque4 (talk • contribs) 18:17, 10 March 2016‎ (UTC)

Please see Commons:First steps. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:26, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

Not sure if its still in copyright

While looking at info on Charles Loloma (American Hopi Artist) I noticed there is no picture of him. I easily found one when I googled his name and want to add it to his Wiki bio. Can you advise me on this please. Link is: http://www.americanmastersofstone.com/Biographies/Charles%20Loloma.htm

Is this possible? Thanks in advance, Mark Nohner marknohner@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ancientpilot (talk • contribs) 18:26, 12 March 2016‎ (UTC)

The page contains no information at all about the copyright status of the picture. We would need to who made it and when and, most importantly, how and when it was published. It might very well be {{{PD-US-no notice}}, but with the given information, we can't tell. --rimshot^talk 00:13, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

C&P edit buttons (basic upload)

Since a few days, I get this different design and C&P is not possible anymore (Opera and FF). What's wrong? Guess, it's a JS problem.... --Mattes (talk) 22:55, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Related to COM:VP#Buttons dont work anymore, now if you purge the browser's cache they should be back. -- Rillke^(q?) 23:27, 12 March 2016 (UTC)

Release rights

Hello,

currently, I am preparing a new article of a German art dealer. I asked him personally if he can provide me a photo of him. He then sent me a photo and told me that the copyright holder of the photo gave permission to use it for wikipedia.

Now my question: Using the upload wizard, what in this case is appropriate to choose as regards the options "Now tell us why you are sure you have the right to publish this work"?

Thank you very much.

Sincerely, bfait — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bfait (talk • contribs) 12:33, 13 March 2016‎ (UTC)

The reason you cannot find an appropriate choice is that a permission limited to use on Wikipedia is not sufficient for hosting the photo on Commons. Wikimedia Commons (this site) is a repository of free, educational media files used by Wikipedia, other Wikimedia projects, and others. The free part is very important – it's a founding principle of Commons that we should only host content that can be used by anyone for any purpose. Therefore, we cannot host this photo unless the copyright holder agrees to publish it under a license that allows anyone to use, modify and redistribute it for any purpose, including commercial purposes. Please see Commons:OTRS for how to obtain and submit such a permission. —LX (talk, contribs) 13:51, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

emptyfile, stashfailed

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T130238
RESOLVED

so what does that mean? What should I do? --Wuselig (talk) 14:02, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Choose a different method than UploadWizard from Commons:Hochladen. -- Rillke^(q?) 14:42, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

I did, but is that a solution to the problem here with the UploadWizard? --Wuselig (talk) 14:47, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, something's broken, this issue is tracked as T130238. It would be helpful if you could tell us what browser and operating system you're using, and upload the problematic file somewhere I could see it (see instructions on T130238). Matma Rex (talk) 01:29, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

This is resolved now, see the task if you're curious about the details. Matma Rex (talk) 17:40, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: ★ Poké⁹⁵ 04:19, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Uploading (embed) infograph in wikimedia/wikipedia

Good afternoon!

I need some help about changing picture in wikipedia (image) with interactive infograph from infogram program. Is there possibility to change it directly in wikipedia or shall I upload infograph (which has its own code and not link) in Wikimedia first and there link or share it in Wikipedia? I have no tehnical skills and I do it for the first time, so any easy sugestions will be helpful.

Thank You, Tina — Preceding unsigned comment added by Regional stat (talk • contribs) 08:52, 15 March 2016‎ (UTC)

Unless I'm misunderstanding you, what you want to do is probably not possible. Unless the content you wish to add is in one of the formats listed at Commons:Project scope/Allowable file types (none of which are interactive), it cannot be uploaded to Commons, and externally hosted content cannot be embedded on Wikipedia. If I've misunderstood your question, please provide some more specifics on what it is you're trying to do. —LX (talk, contribs) 17:40, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Maybe mw:Extension:Graph can help you? There are some examples and a user guide. In this case, you could embed the data directly into a wiki-page without uploading. -- Rillke^(q?) 18:10, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Requesting a copyrighted image to be donated to wikimedia-commons

How to make a request for an image, owned by some company (or person), to be donated to wikimedia commons under creative common licence? Please clarify what instruction in email I need to send so that it is easy for the person donating can do this with ease. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Contact '97 (talk • contribs) 18:13, 15 March 2016‎ (UTC)

Apart from Commons:OTRS and the consent declaration shown there, we're really terrible about providing e-mail templates, particularly for requesting a consent declaration to be made. English Wikipedia has some example letters, though. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:48, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Ayuda, por favor

Expliquen como puedo subir el trabajo de alguien mas y como saber si tiene copyright, en casos (de imagenes) como: http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/130322/jose-guerra-estima-que-41-mil-millones-son-insuficientes-para-importar ó http://800noticias.com/jose-guerra-la-asamblea-nacional-de-hacerse-respetar . Espero que me puedan responder lo antes posible ya que necesito una imagen de las dos. Gracias. --WP99 23:31, 15 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiplayer99 (talk • contribs) 23:31, 15 March 2016‎ (UTC)

Plagarism

How does Wikimedia check for plagiarized work before it is uploaded? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdewey45 (talk • contribs) 02:22, 16 March 2016‎ (UTC)

It doesn't (except checking that a file is an exact byte-for-byte match with a file which has been previously uploaded). AnonMoos (talk) 03:51, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Deleting files.

How can I delete my own file? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MehrabHossainOpi (talk • contribs)

@MehrabHossainOpi: Hi,

You can't delete any file, including your owns. You can ask for deletion your own files 1. if they are not used, 2. within one week there are uploaded, by adding in the file page {{speedy|personal request from uploader.}}. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:23, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Also, you haven't actually uploaded anything yet. --rimshot^talk 19:34, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: ★ Poké⁹⁵ 07:07, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Problem with Uploading a new version of the same image

Hello all, recently I have uploaded an image that needed to be cleaned up. See the case here. I restored it and then I tried to uploaded the new restored version of the image. I am sure that I chose and uploaded the new restored images, however when I uploaded it I realized that it was the previous version. Trying to fix this, I created a mess, by uploading and reverting the same image again and again. I am sorry for that. So, my questions are: 1) Is there any administrator who is willing to delete all these unnecessary uploading images? I thank him/her in advance. and 2) Do you have any idea, why although I uploaded the right cleaned image, I can see only the older one? Thank you very much for your help!!! EVDiam (talk) 16:53, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

After uploading a new version and if you can't see any change, first do a browser side cache deletion on the file description page affected, and if that doesn't help, c.f. Help:Purge for how to force the server to re-consider its position on the thumbnail appearance. Administrators usually don't delete or clean up image history for you at Commons as it is time-consuming and simply not required (it doesn't free storage and always raises the impression of conspiratorial on-goings, if not done properly). -- Rillke^(q?) 14:48, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

I highly recommend either the 'LocalLiveClock' or 'UTCLiveClock' gadgets (in the 'Interface:Other' section of the gadgets page of preferences) as the clock they provide is also a 'purge' button... purging (which makes the webserver recreate it's locally cached version of a page) resolves most issues. Revent^talk 03:55, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you both of you for your helpful answer!! EVDiam (talk) 12:49, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: ★ Poké⁹⁵ 07:05, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

My photos always got deleted

I have been uploading so many photos but they are all deleted. Even if I clearly inform that I own the photos, they still got deleted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Powenservice (talk • contribs) 03:18, 16 March 2016‎ (UTC)

In the first two cases I checked, you made a derivative work of another person's copyrighted work: File:“The Loved One” on the cover of ARTCO Magazine, China.jpg, a magazine cover and Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Powenservice, a sculpture. This does not give you the copyright to the sculpture, so while you own the photos, you are not allowed to freely license them without permission from the original artist. --rimshot^talk 19:32, 16 March 2016 (UTC)

Anzeige des aktuellen Bildes bei mehreren Bildern

Hallo Wikimedia, ich habe für "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_der_Binnenschifffahrt" das Bild "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_der_Binnenschifffahrt#/media/File:Heckradschlepper-Beskydy.JPG" eingefügt und später ein optisch besseres hochgeladen. Letzteres ist "aktuell" wird aber bei Wikipedia NICHT angezeigt, dort erscheint das alte Bild! Was habe ich falsch gemacht? Erbitte Hilfe! MfG --Dgarte (talk) 17:01, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

@Dgarte: Ich sehe das Bild mit halb angeschnittenem Festzelt im Vordergrund. Das ist auch das aktuell neueste auf File:Heckradschlepper-Beskydy.JPG. Falls es nur bei dir und Personen so ist, die den Artikel vorher besucht haben, könntest du versuchen, deinen Browser-Cache zu leeren. Anweisungen dazu findest du auf {{Purge client cache}}. Wichtig ist, dass du das Prozedere auf der Seite ausführst, auf der eine veraltete Version angezeigt wird aber nicht angezeigt werden dürfte. -- Rillke^(q?) 17:32, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

how to edit the title of the uploaded image?

I have uploaded an image which needs to be edited in the title itself. How to do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Felixyog (talk • contribs) 06:56, 22 March 2016‎ (UTC)

See Commons:File renaming. —LX (talk, contribs) 06:57, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

@Felixyog: Only filemovers and admins can "edit the title of an image". Please use {{Rename}} to request a file to be moved. Thanks, ★ Poké⁹⁵ 07:04, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

I wanted to upload homepage screenshot of ADIB bank

Hi I am looking for adding more information to ADIB bank please do the needful.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.228.221.60 (talk • contribs) 01:46, 26 March 2016‎ (UTC)

Such would be a "fair use image" and so could only be uploaded to Wikipedia (if at all), not to Wikimedia Commons. AnonMoos (talk) 05:35, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Unsuccessful upload attempt

When trying to upload an image I receive the following message: "Internal error: paramaters unavailable on request." What does this mean and how do I fix it? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidsst (talk • contribs) 15:40, 25 March 2016‎ (UTC)

Hi Davidsst! Sadly, the Upload Wizard (the default interface for uploading files to Commons) is pretty much in a perpetual state of brokenness. It isn't broken for everyone all the time, but I don't recall a time since it was introduced that we went more than a few days without people reporting enigmatic problems with indefinitely spinning wheels, freezing browsers, unhelpful error messages, or simply no way to move forward. Have you tried Commons:Upload? It tends to be much more reliable. —LX (talk, contribs) 15:56, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

@Davidsst: There is no such error message anywhere in MediaWiki, any extension or any gadget. What is the exact error message you're seeing? Please copy-paste and do not retype it. Or, even better, make and upload a screenshot. What file were you trying to upload? Matma Rex (talk) 21:56, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Clearly, the unhelpful error message in question is MediaWiki:Api-error-missingparam. —LX (talk, contribs) 22:47, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

That's very likely (I've already noticed increased number of these and filed it as phab:T130563 a couple days ago). A screenshot and a copy of the file you were trying to upload would be even more helpful in this case. Matma Rex (talk) 20:25, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Can't Upload

I'm using the upload and have filled out all of the category info etc including Lad/Long but it won't get past the "description" to "use. Do you have step by step instructions or samples to follow in case I'm not following correct procedures? Clanmother — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clanmother (talk • contribs) 00:01, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

@Clanmother: There should be a blue "Next" button in the bottom-right corner of the page. Is it not there? Have you gotten any error messages or warnings while uploading, and what file are you trying to upload? Matma Rex (talk) 00:22, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for your quick response. I pressed the blue button after I entered the description. It seemed to take but the uploader did not move from "describe" to "use." I have used a smaller version of the file but that didn't work either. There are no error messages. That you again, Clanmother — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clanmother (talk • contribs) 00:28, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Help uploading a specific public domain video

Hi all, I'd like to upload the video linked on this page to Commons as a video of historical interest. The copyright should be fine, it's from 1962 and falls under Template:PD-US-not renewed per the alternate listing at archive.org which has it as public domain (found via the copyright register there). Unfortunately the chunked uploads aren't cooperating for me, is there any chance someone might be able to handle this for me? Nizolan (talk) 19:45, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

@Nizolan: I could probably do it, but maybe we can resolve the technical issue you're having. Which upload tool are you using (UploadWizard?) and what's the exact error message you're getting, if any? (A screenshot would be the best.) Matma Rex (talk) 20:28, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

I'm going to try again with a different setup in a bit, I'll ping with details if it doesn't work. Many thanks. Nizolan (talk) 09:01, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Nizolan: Here it is : File:The Battle of Newburgh, 1963.ogv. Yann (talk) 09:29, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Yann! Nizolan (talk) 09:30, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: ★ Poké⁹⁵ 03:47, 7 April 2016 (UTC)