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I uploaded a poster of a TV series and it was removed for copyright.

I have looked at similar articles and they have similar posters but they were not removed.

How do I go about uploading the poster without getting a copyright violation? ChallengeFanatic (talk) 15:48, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: Are any of the similar photos here on Commons? If so, could you please link an example? - Jmabel ! talk 17:30, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: Hi, and welcome. TV series posters are generally copyrighted with no free licenses, see COM:NETC. Most of those articles you mentioned have low-resolution posters that were uploaded to Wikipedia for Fair Use. Our stance on that on Commons is at COM:FAIR. Other stances are at en:WP:F, and for other projects m:nfc.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:49, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So I am edited the page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Chinatown_(web_series). Which is directly linked to this movie series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Chinatown

Why is the movie able to use the poster and the TV show isn't? How is one fair use and the other isn't?

Thanks,

CF ChallengeFanatic (talk) 12:19, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: the movie series uses en:template:Non-free use rationale poster at en:File:Detective Chinatown poster.jpeg, reduced in the second upload. Can you upload the series poster there with that same rationale?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:20, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your reply. I really do appreciate the help. I have reduced the size of the poster but I am new and I don't know where to upload the poster now.

I even have a traced .svg logo which could be used but I don't know how to upload without triggering some sort of warning.

Thanks,

CF ChallengeFanatic (talk) 13:52, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: there on enwiki (guided at en:Wikipedia:Upload or freeform at en:Special:Upload).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:13, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have uploaded it - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detective_Chinatown_-_Season_2_-_Poster.jpg#filelinks

But I am not getting a warning for a speedy deletion and don't know where to put the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/template:Non-free_use_rationale_poster ChallengeFanatic (talk) 14:21, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: I told you twice to upload it there. What made you choose to upload it here? Please also use internal links like File:Detective Chinatown - Season 2 - Poster.jpg. To upload on English Wikipedia instead of here, please choose to "Upload a non-free file" from en:Wikipedia:File upload wizard or choose any option from the right column "Wikipedia" of the "Uploading media files" table there: "Files for upload process (recommended for new users)", "Plain form for local uploads (experienced users)", or "Old guided form".   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:26, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry. I didn't mean to ignore your advice. With en:Wikipedia:Upload I get the error that I am not confirmed with Upload a non-free file. And with en:Special:Upload I get a Permission error. So I was confused how to upload.

I think I am fully stuck now. ChallengeFanatic (talk) 14:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: I uploaded en:File:Detective Chinatown Season 2 poster.jpg and added it to en:Detective Chinatown (web series) for you. The file you uploaded here will be deleted eventually.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:48, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for much for your help and patience! I appreciate it! ChallengeFanatic (talk) 15:06, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: You're welcome! Is there a logo for the whole series? If so, where?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:08, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously I don't know how to upload this properly but here: https://svgshare.com/i/16uk.svg

Would this be better than the poster its a scalable .svg file.

Thanks again,

CF ChallengeFanatic (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel: Do you think this logo is above COM:TOO China?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:42, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeff G.: are you talking about https://svgshare.com/i/16uk.svg? I don't have any particular expertise about COM:TOO China, but it looks like pretty simple calligraphy is considered copyrightable, so if it were me, I wouldn't chance uploading it. - Jmabel ! talk 15:46, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey guys. The poster that was uploaded with the help of @Jeff G.was good enough. No need for the logo! Thanks for your help! ChallengeFanatic (talk) 17:37, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm an employee at a skateboard shop in Los Angeles, CA, and I'm trying to create a wiki page for Brooklyn Projects skate shop but wiki. is not allowing me to upload a photo that I took of the storefront, i.e., the cover photo for the page. I keep receiving the message that the photo cannot be verified as original - What can I do to make the upload happen? BrooklynProjects (talk) 18:59, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BrooklynProjects: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload png and smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg 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.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:17, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So one solution is to use the upload link on this page and choose the full-resolution jpg you got from the camera. If the photo prominently shows copyrightable elements (such as the shop's logo) you may need to address those issues, but you could upload first and then immediately ask here whether there are any remaining issues. –LPfi (talk) 07:45, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.

I started working on the article about Magia i Miecz in order to extend it. Working on that, I thought it would be neat to show the magazine logo in the infobox. I believe it would be fair use under American law and it is thus allowable (?). However, after reading the comic, I am not so sure.

Can somebody tell me if I can upload logo of a magazine in order to show it in the infobox in an article about said magazine?

Best wishes -- Kaworu1992 (talk) 23:15, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair Use is not allowed on Commons. COM:L. Abzeronow (talk) 23:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Though it might imaginably be below the threshold of originality. @Kaworu1992: can you provide the URL of a page that shows the logo in question? - Jmabel ! talk 05:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=398325972453812&set=a.398325932453816

I believe it does not fall below the threshold of originali? ;-) But sometimes I see copyrighted images on English Wikipedia - how do we do that and can we in this case?

Best wishes -- Kaworu1992 (talk) 02:54, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely above the TOO.

If the article is considered to meet en-wiki's standard for notability, then that logo can be hosted on en-wiki (not on Commons) as a non-free logo for use in the article. See en:Boston Red Sox and en:File:RedSoxPrimary HangingSocks.svg for a good example of how this is done. - Jmabel ! talk 04:47, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kaworu1992: Hi, and welcome. To upload on English Wikipedia instead of here, please choose to "Upload a non-free file" from en:Wikipedia:File upload wizard or choose any option from the right column "Wikipedia" of the "Uploading media files" table there: "Files for upload process (recommended for new users)", "Plain form for local uploads (experienced users)", or "Old guided form".   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:30, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to create an entry for my grandmother, who happens to be the first female engineer to graduate from Bolivia, back in 1944. Unfortunately there is zilch online about her, and because we live outside Bolivia we have very little access to information. What kind of references can we add in this case? Also, Wikipedia is rejecting my photo of her - a digital image of a long-ago family photograph. WHY?? Maya Iriondo (talk) 01:55, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Maya Iriondo: we can't really definitively answer questions about Wikipedia here on Wikimedia Commons. Ask on Wikipedia (en-wiki or es-wiki, I can't tell which you are talking about). In general, you may have a hard time doing this without good access to sources. For what it's worth, print sources are exactly as acceptable as online sources.

You indicate that you are writing about your own grandmother. That's not a problem here on Commons, but it is on Wikipedia. Please make sure you are familiar with the policies on conflicts of interest: en:WP:COI and es:WP:CDI. respectively.

When you say, "Wikipedia is rejecting my photo of her", could you be more specific as to what you tried to do and what error message you got? Have you read Commons:First steps, which guides you through the process of adding images here on Commons? - Jmabel ! talk 05:28, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I guess I am a Luddite, and can't understand how I arrived to the Commons while trying to find help setting up a Wikipedia entry.

About conflict of interest, I really don't know what to say. Can't be too conflicting to have an entry with somebody's bio. And I am doing it because, somehow, nobody ever thought about doing it. I'd rather leave it to someone else who is more Wikisavvy. Perhaps I should. Maya Iriondo (talk) 08:20, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is very common that people write about non-notable entities that are relat3ed to them: themselves, their band, their petty business. Because of that, articles written by a relative are under close scrutiny. There is no prohibition though, and you are usually still better off by being open on it, thus showing good faith and getting help. The key in writing the article is to have good sources and keep to verified facts, avoiding any personal subjective statements. There should be such advice in the linked policies. Perhaps you have good sources in the family archives, such as newspaper articles about her graduating. If you know what to look for you might be able to use contacts in Bolivia to get articles scanned and sent to you. –LPfi (talk) 07:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing subjective, just dates and places. I do have a newspaper article or two. On paper. How do I make them accept them, if the site rejected even a portrait photo? Still trying to find contacts in Bolivia that might want to help. 2603:800C:A01:8800:615B:3D6E:1472:E817 09:08, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

the message said that the image was not original. It's a digital image of a family photo, and pretty much all I have. 2603:800C:A01:8800:615B:3D6E:1472:E817 09:04, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Maya Iriondo: As mentioned in the reply on 6 June, you received the automated message of the cross-wiki filter when you tried to upload a file to Commons while you were on the Wikipedia website. Please see your filter log, which recorded that you tried the same thing five times in six minutes and of course you obtained a negative result the five times. Did you try the solution suggested three days ago, to upload the file while you are here on the Commons website? Another thing mentioned in the log details is that you wrote that you are the author of the photo and that you own its copyright. You would probably have either to add substance to those statements or to instead use a public domain rationale that can meet the criteria of PD-Bolivia. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:55, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Maya Iriondo: In your filter log, it can be seen that you triggered a "cross-wiki" filter when you tried to upload "File:LiliaSalgueiro.jpg" to Commons while you were on Wikipedia. You can try to upload the file when you are on Commons. -- Asclepias (talk) 06:37, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded a PDF scanned book Commemorative Book of Kiev Governorate, 1915. However, the book preview does not work. I tried already to purge the cash but it did not work. Any help, please? I tried reuploading and purging but nothing helped.

I just noticed, this files are also unable to preview:

1. Rgia-f.-1343-op.-36-d.-15995-miklashevsky-miklaszewski-family-nobility.pdf
2. РГИА – Ф. 1405 Оп. 544 Д. 8462 – Николай Федорович Миклашевский.pdf

Liglioto (talk) 10:45, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Liglioto: Hi, and welcome. I can now preview all three. Please have more patience.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:21, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Jeff G., thank you so much! Wow! How have you fixed them?

The first file I uploaded on May 20th and until yesterday it did not have a preview... Liglioto (talk) 17:13, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Liglioto: No, I just happened upon your post today while scanning unaddressed posts here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:43, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeff G. So, did you fixed the problem or was it fixed by itself alone?? Liglioto (talk) 18:57, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Liglioto: No, I did not fix the problem.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:32, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I took it from here

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

edited it and created this image

https://drive.google.com/open?id=15CBrgjLA7k8OGdVn7tkys08RoQy6CVK_&usp=drive_fs Drkolaman (talk) 10:46, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The filter thought the image is likely to be a copyright violation or otherwise unsuitable. Try to upload the image using the upload link on a page of Wikimedia Commons, such as this one. I suppose that will succeed. –LPfi (talk) 08:11, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Drkolaman: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png image as a new user. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your official website or social media or send permission via VRT. 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 an svg or jpg version, too. 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. I am not allowed to access that Google Drive link.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:08, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are the contents of the CD okay to upload to Wikimedia Commons? I only converted them from Kodak Photo CD files to PNG's. Earthquakesurprise (talk) 15:52, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Earthquakesurprise: Any content that originates with the Coast Guard would be {{PD-USCG}}. However, they may also have incorporated copyrighted third-party materials. You are in a position to see the content of the CD, I am not, so I can't advise you on whether there are copyrighted third-party materials. - Jmabel ! talk 20:33, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://wormhole.app/LeK7r#7zY2MMpUTrSfluBYsDjaKA Earthquakesurprise (talk) 04:21, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

J'ai uploadé 3 photos mais on me dit impossible de se connecter au serveur. De vérifier si je suis connecté à l'internet. Mais je suis bien et belle connecté. Aidé moi s'il vous plaît Zorobabel botaniste (talk) 22:13, 8 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Souvent les message d'erreur du navigateur sont ridicule. Mais, parce que c'est le navigateur qui plaint (le serveur ne plaint de connection internet), je pense qu'on peut simplement réessayer. –LPfi (talk) 08:24, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

After I read this article: "范漢傑", I feel questions about the cause of his death.

• If a person dies while recovering in a hospital ward, can we say he/she died in a "accident" or not?
• If a person is discharged from hospital after recovering from surgery, but suddenly dies, can we say he/she died in a "accident" or not?

125.230.84.125 00:56, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the help desk for Wikimedia Commons. Perhaps you should ask on the talk page of the article at zh wikipedia. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 02:40, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The question may still be of interest for categorisation on Commons. The insurance company, the court (in case someone was responsible for the accident), the Wikipedia and Commons may have different opinions, depending on the exact circumstances. Sometimes quite arbitrary hard rules are applied (such as "within three months of the accident"). –LPfi (talk) 08:28, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cómo subir archivos Word? Rafael Gómez Gago (talk) 11:44, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rafael Gómez Gago: Hola, y beinvenidos. No puedes hacerlo per COM:FT/es.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:52, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made a graph in w:en:LibreOffice, which is free and open source. Can I upload an image of the graph? What license should I use? Cremastra (talk) 14:12, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cremastra: Yes, please use {{MPL2}}.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:13, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks. Cremastra (talk) 15:24, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cremastra: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:44, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to upload a photo from a website? I mean the link of the photo WikiNewbie1612 (talk) 15:28, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WikiNewbie1612: If you are asking about directly uploading to Commons by providing a link to a photo on another website, generally that can't be done. There are a handful of sites (Flickr, for example) for which we can do this. Normally, from a technical point of view, you need to download to your computer, then upload to Commons.

Please be aware that most content on the Internet is copyrighted and not free-licensed, and is therefore not suitable for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 15:54, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I submit photos I have taken for consideration as photo of the day or formthat matter for any purpose you would like? EvieB7 (talk) 19:15, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EvieB7: Firstly you would need to upload your photos with Special:UploadWizard and properly categorise them per COM:CAT. Then your photos would need to become featured pictures per Commons:Featured picture candidates. They would need to meet the criteria on that page, which is no easy task (look at some of the current candidates for inspiration). Then you could follow instructions at Commons:Picture of the day/Instructions to add it to any day of your choosing. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 20:10, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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]

How to upload own picture and prove licensing rights. I'm new to Wikipedia. Could you help me know what exactly is to be done? Image Consultant Shubha Joshi (talk) 06:21, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Image Consultant Shubha Joshi: Hi,

The issue of your image File:Shubha Joshi.png is not only that we need the photographer's permission, but that Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, and that we don't accept personal images unless you already contribute to the project. Please do not use Wikipedia and Commons to promote yourself. Please read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 06:42, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

so you mean that Wikipedia Common we ask questions base on education not for promoting ourselves , right? Ndilee (talk) 04:01, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi... Hope you are well I want to ask about EXIF file type and how can I remove any information from my photos? Best 213.139.45.225 10:37, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Commons:Exif. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:50, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

can i upload nudity Bordello38a (talk) 16:35, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If it is in scope and it is not a copyright violation and the depictured person agrees to the publication: yes. If you actually need to ask the question, then the file you want to upload probably is not in scope, or a copyright violation or the depicted person did not agree: no. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 17:23, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can one still upload a pdf file that contains 3 or 4 pages to a Wikipedia article? Bg1948Bg (talk) 16:51, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You cannot upload anything to a Wikipedia article. You can upload files to Commons and you can use an uploaded file in a Wikipedia article. PDFs are shown in an article like any other image. What PDF do you want to upload and why? Without knowing that, noone will be able to answer your question in more detail. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 17:20, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

titel artikel: Johannes Henderik Kramers. Ik had al eerder overleg op 27 maart 2023 Maaknugratisbezwaar (talk) 15:05, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Maaknugratisbezwaar: I suspect this is a question to ask on nl-wiki at nl:Help:Helpdesk, not here on Wikimedia Commons (a media repository that does not include articles). - Jmabel ! talk 22:45, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am currently working on the history of Nintendo and found a picture of their headquarters taken in 1889 that was found on this website celebrating the 150 years of the Meiji era, I wish to upload it but considering I don't speak japanese I have issue finding the author of this picture. But considering the picture was taken in 1889, couldn't the picture be considered in the public domain and be free to use ?

My sources :

https://web.archive.org/web/20180123214040/https://omakebooks.com/fr/?fc=module&module=prestablog&controller=blog&id=142 (french)

https://web.archive.org/web/20180123215728/https://meiji150.kyoto/feature/haiko-nintendo-origin/ (japanese) DanganMachin (talk) 21:12, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you have nothing better, 1889 is old enough for {{PD-old-assumed}}. There might be a problem about U.S. rights if the image was not published anywhere before 1929, but was published at a later date before 2003 (see the rather complicated picture in the Hirtle chart; do you know anything about the publication history? - Jmabel ! talk 22:48, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn’t {{PD-Japan-oldphoto}} suffice? --Geohakkeri (talk) 23:11, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Great, that's simpler. - Jmabel ! talk 23:12, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! I attempted to improve File:Saint-Exupéry 4.png and I'm not sure how to attribute the image properly, so as to comply with the BY part of the CC BY-SA. Here's my derivative: File:Saint-Exupéry 5.png. I'm still a noob, so any help with the description would be appreciated! R2D2Poland (talk) 21:40, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What a mess: derived from something that is itself misattributed; I'll try to sort it out. - Jmabel ! talk 22:50, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it should be OK now, assuming that it is accurate that the underlying photo was, indeed, first published in Tunisia in 1935. - Jmabel ! talk 23:07, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! It indeed is quite a mess now that I look at it. No idea about the Tunisia claim - I can't find any other versions of this photo outside of Commons. R2D2Poland (talk) 18:57, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have permission to use it but cant find the option on the upload wizard BelowFlames (talk) 05:39, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi BelowFlames. Can you clarify what you mean by I have permission to use it? Do you mean COM:CONSENT? Has the copyright holder of the logo given their permission to not only you but to everyone in the world to download the logo from Commons at anytime and pretty much reuse the logo anyway they please (including for commercial purposes or derivative reuse)? That's bascially the type of permission a copyright holder needs to give for their content to be hosted by Commons, and it's only something that the copyright holder can give. Moreover, there needs to be some way for Commons to formally verify that this is the case. So, if you asked the copyright holder something like "Can I use your logo?" and they said "yes", then that's great for you but not enough for the logo to be uploaded to Commons. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:32, 12 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]

Are light adjustments allowed on photo competitions? Julijana9991 (talk) 15:39, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Julijana9991: That would probably depend on the competition. Each can have its own rules. - Jmabel ! talk 22:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can I upload a photograph from a newspaper if I credit the name of the newspaper, the date published, the page from that newspaper edition, and the name of the staff photographer? Chiefwiz (talk) 16:57, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can only upload from newspapers if the photograph or newspaper is public domain or has an explicit Creative Commons license that we accept. So most newspapers cannot be uploaded here. Abzeronow (talk) 18:17, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello writers, I want to ask you a question regarding vector images, well I have converted to an SVG image, but it renders incorrectly, here is the image:

As you can see, text is displayed incorrectly and appears to be outside the image. I'm not sure if it has to do with the font used, since it uses Google's Roboto font and it is included in most systems, It also looks perfect in the browser.

Is there a way to solve it? Alxira5 (talk) 20:23, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

COM:FONTS: You can use fonts listed in https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/fc-list. There is no reason to use Roboto anyway, because, as far as I can see, the logo you are recreating actually predates the font. --Geohakkeri (talk) 20:45, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to what I see on the list, The Roboto font is not there and I am trying to use other fonts, but it looks much worse. I'd better leave the file as is for now and hope to think of something about it. Alxira5 (talk) 23:05, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

When using the Commons API, I'm not able to make the API return just one result using the "gsrlimit" parameter. See eg. the following example queries for "London":

[1][gsrlimit=2 --> correctly returns 3 results]

[2][gsrlimit=1 --> correctly returns 2 results]

[3][gsrlimit=0 --> incorrectly returns 2 results! please fix this]

Thanks in advance! Waldenn (talk) 23:33, 12 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? [4]

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]

How would I add a picture to an existing page/post? Mr. Mysterious007 (talk) 01:44, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr. Mysterious007: I'm guessing you mean a page of the English-language Wikipedia, but if you meant something else, please clarify.

See en:Wikipedia:Adding images improves the encyclopedia#Adding an image to an article. - Jmabel ! talk 02:08, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr. Mysterious007: See also the more in-depth how-to guide en:H:PIC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:42, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wanna know that where do sounds of light storms come from. ??? Ndilee (talk) 03:54, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ndilee. This help desk is mainly for asking questions about Commons; it's not really a good place to ask a question like yours. You might want to try asking the question at en:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science instead or simply Googling "where do sounds of light storms come from". -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:31, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Vagaram H Bhadruna मैं एक मैप अपलोड करना चाहते हैं Vagaram H Bhadruna (talk) 05:15, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Vagaram H Bhadruna. You'll find some general information about maps at COM:CB#Maps & satellite imagery, but basically whether you can upload a map depends on its copyright status. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:21, 13 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]

Bonjour, je suis en train de créer un site web sur les souvenirs de vacances parfois d'une époque où il n'y avait ni smartphone ni internet. Il me manque donc parfois une image pour illustrer un lieu visité. Je trouve alors ce qui me manque sur pixabay et je viens de trouver quelques images sur wikimedia. J'ai lu les conditions, mais je n'y comprends rien. Pouvez-vous me dire alors SIMPLEMENT, ce que je dois indiquer sous les photos utilisées ou dans le texte. Le nom de l'auteur ? Autre chose ? Un lien vers quoi ? Merci d'avance de vous pencher sur mon problème. Guy Demoustier guy.demoustier@outlook.be 109.137.67.13 08:56, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IP 109.137.67.13: Assuming your the same person who also posted #utilisation d'une iage sur mon site web below, please don't post the same question twice. All Commons' users are volunteers which means it sometimes take a bit of time for someone to answer a Help Desk question. Posting what amounts to be essentially the same question isn't going to speed things up. In addition, you should be careful in adding personal information such as an email address on any Commons' page because Commons' pages aren't private and there's no way to prevent some from taking your information and using it in an in appropriate way; it's also very unlikely that anyone answering your question is going to do so by email.

Since your question (according to Google translate) is about re-using images found on Commons, please take a look at Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia because that page contains general information you might find helpful. If you want a more specific answer, you're going to need to provide the name of the image you want to reuse because not all images are licensed the same way and the conditions you need to meet to reuse an image depends upon how it's licensed. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:16, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bonjour, je suis en train de créer un site web sur les souvenirs de vacances parfois d'une époque où il n'y avait ni smartphone ni internet. Il me manque donc parfois une image pour illustrer un lieu visité. Je trouve alors ce qui me manque sur pixabay et je viens de trouver quelques images sur wikimedia. J'ai lu les conditions, mais je n'y comprends rien. Pouvez-vous me dire alors SIMPLEMENT, ce que je dois indiquer sous les photos utilisées ou dans le texte. Le nom de l'auteur ? Autre chose ? Un lien vers quoi ? Merci d'avance de vous pencher sur mon problème. Guy Demoustier Javafan2 (talk) 09:00, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Javafan2: Assuming that you're teh same person who posted #réutilisation d'une image sur mon site web, please don't post the same question twice. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:06, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am uploading a picture I took myself in 2004, but it keeps saying that it can't verify it. It's a picture of a computer motherboard showing a point of interest for history of the Enteprise 64/128, and I very much took the image myself. Why is it rejected? TastyOther (talk) 16:53, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TastyOther: "it keeps saying that it can't verify it" is rather vague. I'm guessing this is about uploading. What tool are you uploading with (please provide URL, internal link, or name of software application)? What exactly is the message? - Jmabel ! talk 17:17, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TastyOther: Your filter log shows that you tried to upload "File:Flan Computers 1984.jpg" and "File:Flan Enterprise 64 mmotherboard RTK2004.jpg" to Commons while you were on Wikipedia. You probably received the message associated with the cross-wiki filter. You can probably upload them to Commons when you are on Commons. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:27, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that worked :) TastyOther (talk) 21:29, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How do I delay a speedy deletion request to a regular deletion request Taslimnem (talk) 00:03, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Usually there is a button that says "contest speedy deletion." Abzeronow (talk) 00:20, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Taslimnem: If there is no such button, it is virtually always acceptable to start a DR in lieu of a speedy-deletion request. The only exceptions I can think of offhand would be (1) if you have a lot of parallel cases, please create a mass DR rather than one for each file and (2) if someone kept doing this tendentiously on a series of files that should obviously be deleted, at some point that could be considered disruptive (just like doing anything else where you are repeatedly wrong). - Jmabel ! talk 01:04, 14 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: [5] 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]

Media:facebook.com== file name == Pedralba Joven Ryan

Pls let me know the format to request file rename. Eitan f ([[User talk:Pedralba Joven Ryan

• File:Facebook

f|talk]]) 09:50, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

@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]

• 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]

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 [6] and then the photo was deleted in May 2024 because it did not have a template to indicate its license [7], 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]