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I tried to upload a photo but it was not possible because it writes to me: not enough memory. I tried another photo but it writes me the same thing. What is the maximum supported size? I'm disappointed because I installed the app specifically to participate in the environmental competition. Can anyone help me? Thank you. SenzaParole6 (talk) 01:14, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The max file size is 5 GB, which would be wildly large for a photo. It seems very likely that something else is the problem. If you have a large file that you want to upload, using chunked uploading can help. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:20, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SenzaParole6: In addition to Justin's advice, I use User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js (doc at User talk:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:20, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. My question is; can I use few V. van Gogh reproductions from public domain with intention to publish (print) in small book with small edition in Croatia (Europe). I understand that is in part "reuse image PD- Art photographs. Some materials I got from museums, but I hope here we can download image mentioning the source Wikimedia Commons? Thank you. 93.143.10.97 08:21, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really see a question about Commons here, and we can't give legal advice.

Most reproductions of Van Gogh's paintings should now be in the public domain; it you have a question about the status of some particular file that you cannot work out by looking at the file page, please ask that specific question about a specific file, because otherwise someone could easily overlook some edge case. - Jmabel ! talk 22:11, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your answer, Jmabel. Example: Autumn Landscape with four trees....would it be enough to write: oil on canvas, dimensions, year, Krooler- Muller Museum; or should I add in this creditline by yours photo of the reproduction in my book also the source (site is not in use )artseverydayliving.com; or would it be better just to write- after the museum where painting is stored: source Wikimedia Commons? As I understood informations about reuse photographs from your website, Croatia has not restrictions- this is more then 70 years from painters copyright expiration. 93.140.132.62 13:57, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Still nothing here about a specific file. We have at least three files depicting that painting: File:Vincent van Gogh - Herfstlandschap (1885).jpg, File:Autunno Alberi Vincent van Gogh.jpg. File:Autumn landscape.jpg; there might be others that are not correctly categorized.

The painting is certainly in the public domain, so there are no legal issues involved with how you credit it. Obviously it would be polite to mention the museum and photographer, but that is not a legal requirement. - Jmabel ! talk 17:11, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, certainly I shall write the museum by the reproduction. I hope is ok to mention Wikimedia Commons if site is not in use, or the name of photographer is not full name. Maybe only in the impressum. Thank you, Jmabel. 93.143.63.37 15:19, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: I want to lookup a Qid WITH a geo-constraint.

This geospatial region could be a: "geolocation + radius", geobox, or some country ID.

Eg. can the following query for "castle" (or any other <Qid>!) in some way be constrained by a geospatial region? [1]

If this is not yet possible, please consider adding support for it :)

Thanks in advance! Waldenn (talk) 23:47, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The vast majority of Commons files lack geospatial data.

Also, if I were working on something like this myself, I'd definitely implement it as a minimum and maximum latitude and longitude, not a distance from a particular point. The latter is a much more expensive calculation, without any great gain over the former. - Jmabel ! talk 00:52, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Waldenn: I haven't tried it myself, but mw:Extension:GeoData does allow searching near a specified location, both via API and mw:Help:CirrusSearch#Geo_Search. MKFI (talk) 06:42, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Search/castle nearcoord:10km,51.5082,-0.076198 Enhancing999 (talk) 15:40, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm aware of this API, but this does not allow for constraining the Qid-based query results! I would like to see articles for topic <Qid> around a certain location, not just the small list of types mentioned on that page. --Waldenn (talk) 20:44, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Articles"? sounds like a question for Wikipedia or Wikidata. Enhancing999 (talk) 22:10, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ich möchte von dem Bild "File:Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Porträt, vermutlich von Magdalena Luther (Musée du Louvre).jpg" ein Detail (rechtes Ohr mit Haaren) als Bild hochladen, um das Impasto bei den Haaren zu zeigen. Welches Hochlade-Formular soll ich benutzen? "Es stammt von woanders."? FriedeWie (talk) 06:06, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi FriedeWie. Even after using Google Translate, what you're asking is still not clear (at least not to me). Are you asking how to upload a new file to Commons? Are you asking how to use a file already uploaded to Commons? There is a file named File:Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Porträt, vermutlich von Magdalena Luther (Musée du Louvre).jpg on Commons. Are you asking whether you can crop part of file and then reupload the crop to Commons? -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:27, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ich frage mich, ob ich einen Teil der Datei zuschneiden und den Zuschnitt dann erneut auf Commons hochladen kann und vor allem wie ich das machen kann. - I'm wondering if I can crop part of the file and then re-upload the crop to Commons and especially how I can that. FriedeWie (talk) 13:35, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@FriedeWie: Yes, you may use CropTool or dFX.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:26, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Jeff G., thank you very much. I actually managed to upload a snippet to Wikimedia Commons using CropTool. Grateful greetings FriedeWie (talk) 07:13, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@FriedeWie: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:05, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Zunächst einmal bedanke ich mich für ein erstes Feedback bezüglich meiner ersten Versuche, einen Beitrag für Wikipedia zu leisten. Da ich sehr daran interessiert bin, meine neue freie Zeit als Rentner für Wikipedia zu nutzen, werde ich versuchen, so viel darüber zu lernen, wie notwendig ist, um dauerhaft Beiträge sinnvoll zu ergänzen.

Zum aktuellen Problem: Hier gibt es ein ähnliches Bild von der Aktie der Giesecke & Devrient AG. Der Unterschied zu meinem Bild ist, dass diese Aktie nicht auf Herrn Giesecke ausgestellt wurde. Was genau ist der Unterschied, warum diese Aktie den Regeln von Wiki entspricht und meine Aktie offenbar nicht den Regeln entspricht. Was muss ich jetzt ändern oder ergänzen? File:GuD.jpg --Finanzgeschichte (talk) 04:12, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i want to change actress iamage ,i was uploaded image in wikipedia editor window ,they shows copy right issue like this photo is in social media out to rectify this problem DEVIREDDY PRASANNA KYMAR (talk) 04:32, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DEVIREDDY PRASANNA KYMAR: I have been tagging the photos for speedy deletion because you appear to have taken them from websites, most likely the subject's Instragram page and claiming them as your own work. This is a copyright violation and is not permitted. I have also been reverting your edits on the English Wikipedia for this reason and because you are adding the images improperly. Thus far you have not responded to messages on your talk page. TornadoLGS (talk) 04:38, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TornadoLGS: The OP is blocked for a week for uploading those copyvios.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:06, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello: Can you help? How to add an uploaded photo into a biography page? Regards, Li Ma NaRui Limanarui33.1982 (talk) 09:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Limanarui33.1982 Like so: [2] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:06, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you SO much Limanarui33.1982 (talk) 11:34, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how can I see what photos I have uploaded? Bellyn (talk) 09:13, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bellyn You can see the photos you have uploded with this account here: Uploads by Bellyn. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The regular upload form only supports image sizes < 100 MB. The same for API uploads e.g. when I use the Commons:LrMediaWiki - by the way: in the age of high resolution cameras and panormas I am not happy with that limitation. The only way, known by me, to upload images > 100MB is using the Special:UploadWizard. Problem: If the images is already uploaded I have no chance to update this (e.g. after some retouching work) to a new version because the UploadWizard is only for upload new photos and I have to use the regular upload form with 100M limitation. Question: How can I update a photo, e.g. Panorama-Zoo-Duisburg-Richtung-Osten-2024-v2.jpg (120 MB)? --Tuxyso (talk) 14:36, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tuxyso: Is chunked upload (on the file page, under the file history) not working for you? - Jmabel ! talk 14:54, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the fast reply, Jmabel. under the file history I only have "upload a new file". If I click on that I only receive the regular upload form with 100M limitation, s. screenshots under https://1drv.ms/f/s!AnxwCG6XoF4bkncYt841EgsLLs-V?e=2JHace

@Tuxyso: it doesn't offer "chunked upload" in parentheses after that?

Does anyone know, is that something only offered to certain users? I thought it was there for everyone. - Jmabel ! talk 05:33, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Even if it is not visible for everyone, it is only a link to Rillke's large file upload javascript. You can add it to your common.js file, or you can use it from the tool's description page without first adding it to commons.js. While that is not a convenient way to upload a file (revision), it is available to all users, therefore it would not really make sense, to exclude the link for some users. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 05:48, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you post a link with a short manual how I can add it? Tuxyso (talk) 11:15, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found it out by my self, see: User_talk:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js#How_to_install. Thanks to Rillke to provide that great tool. IMHO it should be place in a more prominent manner - especially when image sizes and camera resolutions increase. --Tuxyso (talk) 17:57, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are VRT permissions for screenshots of Roblox considered valid? I know we dont accept VRT permissions for Minecraft due to licensing issues Trade (talk) 14:38, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eigentlich suche ich einen Link um 1 oder 2 Schilder Fotos aus dem Galaxy15Handy einfügen zu kennen.Ich hab das Geraet erst seit diesem Monat. Wiesenstueck zwischen den Eulenschildern hab ich auch fotografiert. Ich kann aus der Fotogalereiseite Fotos senden.Per email, an wen? Naturnahleben (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Naturnahleben: Commons:Mobile_app/de - Jmabel ! talk 05:36, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want someone to change the name of the File:GE3e-DNXEAAvwN2.jpg file because I named it by mistake

Add Name: Insane Ashraf Actor Fizzza (talk) 20:03, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Fizzza: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FR.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:26, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Friends,

I have invested the better part of one hour trying to accomplish this simple feat without success. I have read, followed the instructions and failed. I have watched three YouTube videos and still have failed. The buttons to cick on the videos and the Internet how to's do not exist on the pages I am looking at.

Is there anyone on God's planet Earth that can help me accomplish this? It is a public domain photo. Thank you for the hand-holding, step-by-step guidance! Francoise1937 (talk) 01:01, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To everyone who read my post...thank you! Somehow I managed to stumble onto the correct way. It worked. Thanks be to God. Divine order strikes once again! Francoise1937 (talk) 01:26, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Francoise1937 Why do you claim File:MR. WILLIAM J. O'NEIL.png is public domain? You wrote the author is unknown and the source is a text string without a link to the actual source? Please add author and a link to the source, otherwise i will start a deletion request. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 05:54, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

Thank you for your prompt reply. If you feel that the photo is in violation of copyright laws, please delete it from the article. I have chosen another photo that is NOT copyrighted. Thank you Francoise1937 (talk) 17:02, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Francoise1937 Hello! You wanted this as a leadimage for the en-WP article William O'Neil, is that correct? Then you have to do it another way:

Go here: WP:FUW. Choose

• Upload a non-free file
• This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use.
• This is a historical portrait of a person no longer alive.

Hope this helps. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:33, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, per bottom right corner of your pic, author seems to be Glenn Larkin/IBD Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:36, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, assuming I understood you right, pic now in en-WP article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:52, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your assistance! Do I understand correctly,that the current photo has been cleared to be a permanent inclusion in this Wikipedia, William O'Neil article? Francoise1937 (talk) 17:37, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Francoise1937 no, that is not correct. It was uploaded under the Fair use rationale to the english language Wikipedia and is used in the article about William O'Neil. But only temporarly until a foto with a free license is uploaded or the free use rationale of the english language wikipedia is changed in a way that the foto does not conform with or the fair use rationale is dropped completly. You write, that you have another foto that "is NOT copyrigthed". I consider it highly unlikely that a foto that is not copyrighted exists. But if you mean to say you have a foto with a free license or that is really in the public domain (for example because it was taken by a member of the US government or a office of the US state) then do upload it at commons. So that the fair use foto can be deleted. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 17:52, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Then tell me please, how do I find a copyright-free photo? If none exist, how do I contact a website, that has a photo I'd like to use, if there is NO contact information with that entity? Francoise1937 (talk) 18:42, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On your talk page User talk:Francoise1937 there is a welcome box with four chapters, the first one "First steps tutorial". Please read the linked articles "first steps tour", "frequently asked questions" and "basic licensing policy". Additionally you can read Commons:Free media resources and Commons:Free media resources/Photography. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 20:30, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And discard that youtube tutorials. They are outdated or even wrong. Commons has tutorial videos of its own. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 20:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have family photos taken by family members who are deceased. I would like to upload them to one of the pages on wikipedia. I am one of the heirs, and the photos were never copywrited. thank you. KLONGC KLongC (talk) 03:50, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, heirs can free license works they inherited the rights to. You say you are "one of the heirs", so it sounds like you should check with the others, making sure that they agree to release the photos under a free license. (Licenses for inherited works include for example {{PD-heirs}} and {{Cc-by-4.0-heirs}}, the latter if you want attribution.) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 04:06, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well as long as you search a keyword wikipedia works very good.

I ended up on wikicommons but I have a question about wikipedia itself I wanted to add a comment in the discussion to an article but clicking on "discussion" ended up in my personal discussion-page So my question is:

Where can I find a detailed tutorial that explains with screenshots where is articel-discussion and how to add a comment to the articles discussion. If you only want to post a link to the main-help page DON'T do it ! I am explicitly asking for a specific link. StefanL38 (talk) 07:37, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@StefanL38 try here: Help:Talk_pages and here Help:Introduction to talk pages/1. Both alts have some screen shots, and there's a video, if you prefer. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:09, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I preferred the upload form layout (Upload Wizard) that was being used between 2022 and the first half of 2023. Not a big fan of the new upload layout (I am experiencing glitches with it and I prefer the order of the previous Upload Wizard), is there anyone I can get the 2022 version back? MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 20:01, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean the layout of the Upload Wizard or old upload form? Ruslik (talk) 20:08, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ruslik0 - I meant the Upload Wizard, I should have been more specific. MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 20:09, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I do not think that what you are asking for is possible. Ruslik (talk) 20:14, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ruslik0 - I see, that's unfortunate. I am experiencing some glitches with the new Upload Wizard. MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 20:15, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MaplesyrupSushi: Hi, and welcome. Specifics would help.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:57, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeff G. - Hello, thank you. Sometimes when I upload an image on the Upload Wizard, my arrow keys stop working (I can't move my cursor with them when typing) when writing in the description/title/caption boxes and I can't line break by pressing the "enter" key. It still lets my type when pressing letter keys though and the space bar still works. Not sure if this is a glitch or by design. MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 22:04, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MaplesyrupSushi: please report the problem at Commons:Upload Wizard feedback, where it will be seen by the relevant people from the Wikimedia Foundation. Jmabel ! talk 23:50, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel Done, thank you! MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 23:59, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to upload a portrait picture of Kazu Huggler, I have a written permission by the photographer . I don't understand how I can upload the picture and the permission, please help. Fugura (talk) 11:11, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Fugura: Please ask the copyright holder to send the permission via COM:VRT. Also ask them that you are in copy. When you receive a ticket number, then you can upload the file mentioning that ticket with {{OTRS pending}}. Yann (talk) 11:29, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Yann: That template now redirects to {{subst:permission pending}}, or {{subst:PP}} for short, and use of it does not need to wait for a ticket number.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:31, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Fugura: when you say you have written permission: did they grant a specific license? If so, you can probably handle the VRT process yourself by emailing the written permission document (assuming that the document is a formal, signed document, not just an email, which is too easily faked). Otherwise the photographer will either have to go through the VRT process themself (as suggested above) or post the specific license publicly on a web page that is clearly under their control (e.g. put the image and license on their Flickr page, or their personal website, or a public post on Facebook, etc.). - Jmabel ! talk 19:09, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why has the Scottish Parish Name FRUCHIE in Falkland, Fife, Scotland been changed to FREUCHIE, which is incorrect spelling on this website. Why do people change names just to suit whatever without researching for facts first?? If people care to check on this website and on maps the correct spelling is FRUCHIE > source > https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/fife-and-kinross-shire-os-name-books-1853-1855/fife-and-kinross-shire-volume-15/6 The parish name was changed to FREUCHIE but was changed back to the original Parish's name of FRUCHIE as written on ScotlandsPlaces website. My grandfather lived in the Parish of Fruchie, Scotland, if people care to check you will see it is wrong.

Humminsoftly (talk) 00:28, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't you ask the user who made the change originally? --Adamant1 (talk) 02:35, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Local residents and the administrative body use the official name Freuchie. Several spelling variants were used through history. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:15, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Humminsoftly (talk • contribs) 22:33, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pls let me know the format to request file rename. Eitan f (talk) 09:50, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Eitan f: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FR.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:50, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To whom it may concern

I prepared a page "Erdal KARAPINAR" who is a famous mathematician in Turkey and also in the world on his subject, fixed point theory. But it was not appeared online up to now SelmaGulyaz (talk) 22:54, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• This question here is the only edit your account has made here on Wikimedia Commons. Commons is for photos and other media, not articles. Maybe you made a page somewhere else? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 00:32, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Gentle People,

I'm trying to upload a photograph with this license: CC BY-NC-SA

But, I can't find a way to do it. The licenses offered with a radio button don't include those restrictions, and I don't know what it wants when it says "Enter a different license in wikitext format."

Please help.

Thanks,

Ellis408 (talk) 00:12, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ellis408: Noncommercial-only licenses are not allowed on Commons. Please read COM:L. Abzeronow (talk) 00:24, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why is it talked about in the upload process, that you can have an image with CC BY-NC-SA tags? Is it different in Wikipedia? Ellis408 (talk) 01:59, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• NC license is not considered free enough for Commons. See Commons:Licensing#Forbidden licenses -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 00:29, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ellis408: See also COM:LJ.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:25, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Meanwhile, I started a DR the other day for a photo which has been on the site since 2005 with exactly such a license. Not sure what we're accomplishing here if we're not proactively addressing our problems.RadioKAOS (talk) 03:09, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to get a photo of Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood and Swami Prabhabananda in some license, without throwing into public domain. Is there a way?

Ellis408 (talk) 00:49, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Huxley died in 1963 so this photograph is definitely old. When was it taken and who was the photographer? Abzeronow (talk) 01:02, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was taken in the 1950s - not sure what year. You can see it here: https://mediaetpotere.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/aldous-huxley-e-a-vedanta/

It's owned by the Vedanta Society of Southern California. I've contacted them to get permission to use on Wikipedia, but I don't think they will allow it to go to public domain. Ellis408 (talk) 02:02, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Firstly, I think the photograph is from the 1940s possibly around 1945 when Vedanta For The Western World was first published. Secondly, what we'd need a license that we'd accept from the copyright holder which may be Vedanta Society of Southern California, a permission to use on Wikipedia is not enough. Thirdly, it's possible that this photograph is public domain by formalities if it was published in the 1940s. @Clindberg: Abzeronow (talk) 02:13, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you are contacting someone to get permission, be sure to go through the COM:VRT process to have them send an email directly. Relayed permissions usually aren't enough. As for the copyright, we would need to know when it was published. If it was a private photo only made public relatively recently, it could well still be under copyright and you'd need a license. If it was published in a book in in the 1940s, there is a chance it is public domain. But we would need to know more about when the photo was published, to really know. Figuring out if something is public domain can be quite complicated, at least anything under 120 years old. Carl Lindberg (talk) 02:38, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Come posso caricare delle immagini sulla sezione voci? Federico Colavini (talk) 08:22, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Federico Colavini: Non sono sicuro di cosa intendi con "sezione voci". Può essere più preciso? Magari fornisci un URL. - Jmabel ! talk 17:50, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello!

I represent Debreceni VSC, football club based in Debrecen, Hungary. Mr. Ike Thierry Zaengel is the president of the club and his page was deleted. Could you please tell what was the reason for deletion of the following page and what can be done to recover the page of Mr. Zaengel? As I could see there was a copyright issue regarding the main picture. The picture was taken by one of our partner media organizations. I look forward to your help in this matter!

Best regards Zserbóka (talk) 09:46, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Zserbóka: Hello, You uploaded that photo in July 2022 and apparently you requested the renaming of the photo to the name "File:*Ike Thierry Zaengel*.jpg" in April 2024 [3] and then the photo was deleted in May 2024 because it did not have a template to indicate its license [4], which is a little strange for a photo that had been uploaded two years before. An admnistrator should look if a license was removed in 2024. Do you remember who you indicated as author, what license, if any, you indicated and what evidence was provided for that license? Anyway, the photo needs a free license issued by the owner of the copyright. If the owner of the copyright is the "media organization", then the free license must be issued by someone in authority at that media. If the free license is not already indicated publicly somewhere, then the owner of the copyright can send an email to Wikimedia as indicated in the page Commons:Volunteer Response Team. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:02, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• File:Ike Thierry Zaengel.jpg was a redirect ever since the move, so the history is at File:*Ike Thierry Zaengel*.jpg (probably not a move that should have been allowed, from a better name to a worse one, what were you thinking in requesting that and @RodRabelo7 what were you thinking in granting it?).
• This has at all times had {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}}. It was nominated for deletion on a "no source since" basis, not a lack of license so @Krd's rationale for deletion seems to be wrong.
• @Zserbóka, on upload you claimed this as "own work" and granted a license via {{Self}}. Now you are saying "The picture was taken by one of our partner media organizations," so how could you, personally own the copyright? Perhaps that is what Krd was alluding to, but if so the terse deletion rationale certainly does not make that clear.
• In any case, in order to restore the image, we need a license granted by the actual owner of the copyright, and an accurate statement as to who is the author. - Jmabel ! talk 18:01, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is it ok to create a new catagory of my own. Like [[Catagory: Uploaded by me]] if it's not ok than why not please let me know.
--KEmel49 (talk) 20:56, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Like those in Category:User categories? --Geohakkeri (talk) 21:01, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes that's what I was looking for. Thanks for saving my time.
--KEmel49 (talk) 21:05, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, please add a precise link to File:Kripanath.jpg pointing to a site with an explicit release under CC0. --Geohakkeri (talk) 21:36, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Salut à toute la communauté Wikimedia s'il vous plaît comment publier des photos ? 🤷🏿‍♂️ Pitoumissine (talk) 10:10, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Pitoumissine: Voyez Special:UploadWizard. Il y a aussi une page pour l'aide en français : Commons:Service d'aide‎. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 11:53, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I hope this is the right place for this kind of request. My request is to restore this version of the File:Emblem of CIS.svg. Btw it was the original version (see history changes). Current version looks like a mockery, with a white symbol on a white field. It looks like a vandalism. PS: I just noted that the two authors of the white on white version are: the first an indef-banned vandal for sockpuppetry, and the second has only 2 contribs. Thanks for attention. --87.17.158.26 14:12, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Is it possible to use a QR code on Wikipedia articles in commercial flash cards made for sale? Dmurby (talk) 14:14, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dmurby: I'm not certain what you are asking, so let me answer the two most likely possibilities:

1. Yes, absolutely, commercial flash cards may contain QR codes that lead to Wikipedia articles.
2. No, such QR codes do not belong as files uploaded to this site (Wikimedia Commons), but it is typically OK if a QR code is part of an image that is otherwise in scope.

Jmabel ! talk 17:59, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

wiki loves Africa Korbla Johnny (talk) 16:07, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Korbla Johnny: Probably August per Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2024/Winners.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:17, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thanks Korbla Johnny (talk) 16:35, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Korbla Johnny: You're welcome. You forgot to ping me.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:23, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have a SVG Logo that validates with every validator I tried and displays nicely with any editor. But now when I try to upload it here, I get the stupid error message "Files of the MIME type "application/xml" are not allowed to be uploaded.". The file name ends in .svg, so why is it not accepting it as SVG? Of course an SVG file is an XML, what else? What can I do to circumvent this problem? Thanks, Cesni-logo-upload (talk) 18:35, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cesni-logo-upload: could you reproduce the header of the SVG element of the source here? (e.g. something like <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="900" height="600">) Or possibly if the file is small, reproduce the whole file? - Jmabel ! talk 19:28, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here is the start:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<svg xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="354" height="91" viewBox="0 0 354 91">

I tried without the XML header as well, but with the same result. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cesni-logo-upload (talk • contribs) 21:22, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

--Cesni-logo-upload (talk) 21:19, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PS: The file is about 14k in size... If that is acceptable, I can add it here or somewhere else as well. Cesni-logo-upload (talk) 21:26, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's weird. Yes, I would get rid of that header; really surprised that didn't do it. - Jmabel ! talk 05:10, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, very. Even more weird is that uploading the same file from the same computer to https://svgcheck.toolforge.org/ results in an valid result showing the correct image. Cesni-logo-upload (talk) 08:18, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

try to change xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2000/svg" to xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" if it is picky because that. -- Zache (talk) 08:50, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That did the trick! Thanks! Cesni-logo-upload (talk) 09:53, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done --Cesni-logo-upload (talk) 10:42, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just made my first page about a Computer Terminal but now I can't find it? „ITT Courier 270“ -under that name the page SHOULD show up UniqueTexture (talk) 20:14, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/UniqueTexture&ilshowall=1 would show all of your uploads. I don't see any deleted contributions of yours. Abzeronow (talk) 21:48, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@UniqueTexture: I could not find it, either. Please try again, making note of the URL.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:25, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uh well, I found it, I thought it would show up under „Computer Terminal“ but it's showing up under „Datenkommunikationsterminal“

(German) Doy you know how I can change the Title? UniqueTexture (talk) 09:32, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@UniqueTexture: Please use RenameLink or {{Rename}}, and an Admin or File Mover will move the file to the correct name.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:08, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I would like to know how you delete or delete the messages in my User Talk Bolitachan (talk) 08:29, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bolitachan: Best is not to delete messages, but to archive them. You can use the archive bot for that. Yann (talk) 09:12, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way to lock plain text input? Quite often, typing in search window switches it to IPA mode, with funny characters. Resetting back to normal is quite difficult - my fingers aren't that nimble anymore. Retired electrician (talk) 08:54, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I find photos which I uploaded before Philoculist (talk) 09:35, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Philoculist: If your on a user page there's a link under the "Wikimedia Commons" logo called "User uploads" that should show your previous uploads. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamant1 (talk • contribs) 09:54, 21 June 2024‎ (UTC)[reply]

@Philoculist: You may also use Special:ListFiles/Philoculist.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:57, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Is it possible to "move" a video "into" another one and merge their edit histories? I uploaded a version of better quality (File:2016-04-04 Venezuela - Operación Liberación del Pueblo.webm) of an existing video (File:Venezuela Operación Liberación del Pueblo.webm), but other than that they're duplicates. Many thanks in advance. NoonIcarus (talk) 11:36, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They are both uplaoded by you. Are you really concerned to merge the histories rather than keep them in two separate places (it can be done, but it's a pain to do)? If not, the old version can just be turned into a redirect. - Jmabel ! talk 19:13, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel: If it isn't against Commons policy to have duplicate files, even with different resolutions, I don't mind keeping both files, especially if a merge is so difficult. Maybe I could also add {{Other versions}} in the description? I'm up for whatever seems best in this case. --NoonIcarus (talk) 14:04, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NoonIcarus: {{Other versions}} could be OK, but I don't see what is so interesting in https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Venezuela_Operaci%C3%B3n_Liberaci%C3%B3n_del_Pueblo.webm&action=history that it is important to make sure it is in the history of the preferred version. The redirect I proposed would be exactly equivalent to how we handle the situation when we redirect a low-res version of a picture to a high-res version of the same picture. What is so different about a video? - Jmabel ! talk 16:30, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

looking for employees from SUN,THT SUN Helen Collier and Maria Cornalia....??? Georgi Aleksandrov Vasilev (talk) 12:51, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What does this have to do with Wikimedia Commons (the site for which this is a help page)? - Jmabel ! talk 19:14, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Je suis au Kongo Central/RDC, j'aimerais savoir plus sur le concours. Les prises depuis ma galerie peuvent être directement envoyé pour le concours Amije Diampova (talk) 15:24, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Amije Diampova: L'information à ce sujet semble se trouver sur la page meta:Event:WLE 2024 Congo-Kinshasa. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:17, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, the article is the reference for Category:Leonarda de Tallo, from https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonarda_de_Tallo. Thanks so much. Krok6kola (talk) 15:46, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Krok6kola: I don't understand the question, can you rephrase? - Jmabel ! talk 19:15, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel: If you check the link, you will see what I mean, I think. What is "gl.wikipedia.org"? Krok6kola (talk) 19:22, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I added the infobox to the category here: Special:Diff/886708299. Maybe this is what was wanted? Enhancing999 (talk) 20:48, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If someone died due to drug withdrawal symptoms, which category does it go in? Category:Deaths from drug overdose or Category:Deaths from diseases and disorders? 125.230.65.176 16:16, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If this is taken up on one of the Wikipedias, I'd follow their lead. If not, I'd probably just skip it. That said, withdrawal is not an overdose. - Jmabel ! talk 19:17, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I accidentally moved the category Category:Players_winners_of_the_UEFA_Europa_Conference_League to Category:Player_winners_of_the_UEFA_Conference_League instead of going through the Move category procedures (even though this should be an uncontroversial change). It is not clear to me how to undo this move. Can someone please help? Thank you. Coining (talk) 01:02, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Coining: are you saying that the move was erroneous and should be undone, or that we should move the content? The latter seems to make more sense to me, but you refer to undoing the move. - Jmabel ! talk 02:13, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that the latter makes more sense, if that is an option. Coining (talk) 02:16, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Coining: it looks like User:Wieralee has done this for you. - Jmabel ! talk 16:32, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, @Jmabel @Wieralee Coining (talk) 02:40, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

With the 50 files per upload limit, and extremely slow interface for uploading, I feel there must be a better way for mass uploading files that I am not aware of. Is there such an option? It is often quit difficult to fill in th ncessary information with the slow interface especially when it cannot show the coordinates of where the photo was taken Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (please tag me) 11:29, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I recently learned that it is possible to identify subjects in pictures with Wikidata items in file notes (Template:Q). I know that a search will throw results related to the file's source code and description, but I was wondering if there was a "cleaner" searcher to look images about a specific person (or Wikidata item). Many thanks in advance, NoonIcarus (talk) 14:01, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NoonIcarus: not sure what you mean here by "throw", nor do I follow what you are asking for. Something that would somehow (even for images not tagged with the relevant Q-item or category) be able to eliminate other people of the same name? That doesn't seem possible. Could you describe systematically what you would want the search to include and exclude? - Jmabel ! talk 16:35, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel: Yes, sorry. In this case, I'm thinking about searching files that depict a specific person. I know this can be done through other means, such as categories and descriptions, so I'm wondering if there's a specific search query for Q-items. --NoonIcarus (talk) 16:39, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NoonIcarus: So you'd want it to pick up "depicts" for that Q-item, explicit use of {{Q}} in the Wikitext, presumably any category linked from that Q-item and... anything else?The category part can get tricky, because we'd have no easy way to know that Category:Barack Obama in 2010 is desired as part of a search for Barack Obama (Q76), but Category:Obama Foundation isn't: we don't have anything to distinguish the nature of one category as likely to contain images of the man and the other not. Or am I still misunderstanding? - Jmabel ! talk 17:22, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel: For the most part, yeah: only pick up the depiction of said Q-item. The use of the Q-item and the category in the file is not "mandatory" for the search. I've figured that the use of {{Q}} can make this easier, but I also understand if there isn't a specific way and other means for searching are better. --NoonIcarus (talk) 17:47, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NoonIcarus: The tool View it! lets you search for files that depict a given Wikidata item, like Q76. The tool depends on structured data, specifically relevant files being annotated with depicts statements. Lovelano (talk) 23:33, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lovelano: This is quite similar to what I was looking for, thank you! I will take a look at it. --NoonIcarus (talk) 16:11, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My project is a class made in Power Point Guzmanjuan (talk) 23:01, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Guzmanjuan: I'm confused what this question has to do with Wikimedia Commons (the site whose help page this is).

Here is general help on uploading to a Google Drive. - Jmabel ! talk 00:02, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tried to upload a new picture to Gregg Bissonette's page and it took me through all the steps and said thank for contributing but the picture is still an old picture. Can someone help let me know what I did wrong? Thank you!! Mike Drums (talk) 23:59, 22 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Drums: I take it you are asking about a cross-wiki upload from Wikipedia to Wikimedia Commons. File:Gregg-bisonnette.webp was successfully uploaded, though I believe your claim that it is in the public domain is incorrect. It has not been used in any article, and I would recommend against using it unless you can justify the claim that it is PD. What is the basis for that claim? - Jmabel ! talk 00:05, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Im going to be honest and say I'm sure what I claimed. Totally new to all this so any info is helpful info. Mike Drums (talk) 00:12, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Drums: Was File:Gregg-bisonnette.webp really published "prior to January 1, 1929"? I tagged it as a copyvio.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:23, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Drums In short, the default assumption is that any random picture, perhaps especially of living people, you find online is under some sort of copyright and you can't upload them on Commons. There are exceptions, put they are rare. You can upload pics on Commons of Gregg Bissonette you have taken yourself with your own camera, and so can other people, like his friends and co-workers, or just see him perform. He can upload selfies on Commons if he likes. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:16, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response. I had made some edits on Gregg's page and sent them to him. He asked me if I could change the picture on the main page from the photo shoot he did with the drum company Drumeo earlier this year.

How can I get the picture in question put up?? Thank you. Mike Drums (talk) 12:16, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Drums: Have the copyright holder send permission via VRT or post it.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:59, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for indulging me with my lack of knowledge. So I relayed that info to Gregg and he just sent me a personal pic from his phone that his daughter took of him. Being that he gave me permission can I use what he sent me??? Thanks for the help. Mike Drums (talk) 17:54, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If his daughter took it, she owns the copyright, and can go through VRT. - Jmabel ! talk 18:34, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mike Drums Simplest, for you and us, is that his daughter registers an account and uploads it here [5]. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:13, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. What are the copyright rules surrounding self-made images, specifically flags. I have recently uploaded 200 or so flags of political parties in Pakistan to Commons, and then proceeded to use them to update lower quality version in their respective party articles/pages. A fellow editor reverted them under the pretense they infringe on copyright. Is this a copyright issue? I designed all flags myself in an editing software, for the purpose of updating some older images or adding them to articles where they weren't present. AgentDuck11 (talk) 01:57, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AgentDuck11: Hi, and welcome. Please identify the source images and their copyright holders per COM:EVID and review COM:DW and COM:PAKISTAN.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:04, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK so I've indicated the source sites for where the flags were derived, and labelled them under

This image of a flag is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain, because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship. For more information, see Commons:Threshold of originality § Logos and flags.

. do any copyright issues remain? AgentDuck11 (talk) 22:57, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AgentDuck11: I'm a bit confused. You say you "designed" the flags yourself. Are these your renderings of flags actually used, or are you saying that you invented flags for the parties? - Jmabel ! talk 18:36, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The flags are all re-renders of poorer quality party flags, based off of the parties' own, as high quality or professional versions weren't available. AgentDuck11 (talk) 19:06, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, most of these look too simple to be copyrighted (see COM:TOO), though it is likely if the designs are in actual use by the parties they should be marked with {{Trademarked}} and if they are not in use by the actual parties then they are probably out of scope. - Jmabel ! talk 18:38, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Many parties are defunct/not active, some are unofficial, and the majority had not uploaded any clear quality versions of their flags. I chose to create standardized versions for almost all. AgentDuck11 (talk) 19:10, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Based off of what few designs they seemed to be using. AgentDuck11 (talk) 19:11, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to also mention that quite a few of the flags are inspired by the parties' logo or symbol designs where a proper flag was absent, so some have been created from scratch. These flags still stay true to the parties' symbols/logos and are representative of what their flags would be. AgentDuck11 (talk) 19:18, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AgentDuck11: For those where there was no "proper party flag", at the very least you should mark the file as your own creation of a hypothetical or imaginary flag. Those may be out of scope, I haven't kept up with the current thinking on this and I know it has been a controversial area. The ones that are just your renderings of historical or present-day flags should be fine, at least for the most part. Most of these should be {{PD-flag}}. I'm a little concerned that a few may be too complex for that, e.g. the following:

Jmabel ! talk 21:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone through the uploads, termed them with PD-flag and provided source URLs for the images they're based on. Is there anything else I need to worry about concerning copyright?

If everything's good, please let me know if these are fine to use in pages/articles. AgentDuck11 (talk) 01:14, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AgentDuck11: what you've done looks generally reasonable, but I cannot promise there are no problems. I'm not going to review hundreds of uploads, research their accuracy/history and give my opinion on each. The burden is on the uploader to do that sort of diligence. As I said, the two most likely issues are that some of these might be over Pakistan's threshold of originality, in which case we can't do anything about an existing copyright by the party or by the designer of the flag, and any that are conjecture on your part should be identified as such. - Jmabel ! talk 05:10, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I uploaded around one year ago, and noticed that suddenly it's not viewing properly. When I try to open the SVG file, it views normally; but when I try to view the PNG version, it doesn't open, and the following error appears:

Request from (IP Address) via cp6008 cp6008, Varnish XID 863411169
Upstream caches: cp6008 int
Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Sun, 23 Jun 2024 07:58:22 GMT

This has been happening for a few days, and I'm not sure of the exact reason or if it can be fixed from my side. Does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks in advance! Ben5218 (talk) 08:05, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have uploaded an article concerning the relativity theory, on which I got an answer - fully red - that accused me of a lot of dirty deeds, without mentioning any of them in particular. Could you be more specific? I suppose you conclude that I wish to suggest nasty practices by Einstein which is not difficult and which I therefore carefully avoided (also now, by the way). The only thing I wish is to bring the subject of possible errors in the Theory in discussion without pointing. I agree it is difficult to avoid, but I might be able to phrase things in such a way that it becomes easier to swallow. The main point: IF THERE ARE ERRORS IN THE RELATIVITY THEORY AND CRIRICISM IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, THEN THE THEORY MIGHT DO SERIOUS HARM TO OUR SOCIETY. I am prepared to try and get to handling this matter together - realising that even if we make this a public matter the chances of changing anything are slim. Regards, Bierkan Bierkan (talk) 10:31, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bierkan: Hi, and welcome. I regret to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/281. Please read Mediawiki:Abusefilter-disallowed-pdf-new-user-upload again.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:54, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So I'm just wondering what the best way to upload 151 images would be. I would be uploading Sankey diagrams for all 151 seats of the Australian House of Representatives. This seems to me to be kind of in the middle between a regular upload and a batch upload, and the tools I've seen seem to be geared towards institutions instead of regular users. I am leaning towards OpenRefine, but do I have to put in a batch upload request or create a bot account for 151 of my own files? Also, presumably I'd be repeating this process one time per election (every 3-4 years). Thanks. MarkiPoli (talk) 12:14, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User page pr profile photo kaise upload kare Mojammil4.45 (talk) 15:52, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mojammil4.45: It looks like you have already uploaded the photo. To place it on your user page, the usual syntax would be [[File:Mojammil Ansari.jpg|thumb]]. - Jmabel ! talk 18:47, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mojammil4.45: Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, so we do not accept personal images and profiles unless people contribute somehow. Yann (talk) 11:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am a new user, trying to upload my own work as PDF. The work are two figures showing the two types of diversity used in the direct imaging of exoplanets, related to Angular-Spectral Differential Imaging observation strategy. Both images are my original work, and in my opinion, high quality figures explaining the observation strategy in Angular-Spectral Differential Imaging more clearly than other published work.

The images are like this [6].

I would like to contribute these to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_detecting_exoplanets#Data_Reduction_Techniques section and put the figures into the public domain. I would like to upload them as .pdf since they are generated with latex/tikz and so .pdf is their native format. From what I understand the upload filter blocked me because I am a new user and there is concern about uploading copyrighted material.

I would still like to contribute the two figures to the wikimedia commons and, if possible, the specific page or a new page on direct imaging of exoplanets if more appropriate. Evergreen3026 (talk) 11:10, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Evergreen3026: Hi,

As I already told you on Commons talk:Abuse filter, PDF is not a suitable format for images. Please upload the original images in JPEG format. Thanks, Yann (talk) 11:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]