Commons:Help desk/Archive/2019/03

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The Galloway Viking Hoard

Can this wikidata category on the Commons page be changed please? The Viking Hoard was found in Galloway in the county of Kirkcudbrightshire to be precise and is nowhere near Dumfriesshire. These sort of errors are a great source of irritation to those of us who live in Galloway and shouldn't occur on Wikipedia which plays great emphasis on accuracy and verification. The Galloway Hoard is the accepted name and there are numerous references on Wikipedia itself and most notably The National Museum of Scotland (NMS) in Edinburgh where the Hoard now is held. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamie Stuart 11 (talk • contribs) 17:30, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: HyperGaruda (talk) 18:04, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

The Galloway Viking Hoard

Jamie Stuart 11 (talk) 17:33, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Done --HyperGaruda (talk) 18:04, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: HyperGaruda (talk) 18:04, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Am I awake?

This section was archived on a request by: 廣九直通車 (talk) 08:16, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

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The only thing that I know is real is that I love Grace and I will bear her burden no matter what. Please show me the Way. (<Musicky (talk) 12:18, 1 March 2019 (UTC)>) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicky (talk • contribs) 07:15, 1 March 2019 (UTC) @Musicky: Hello, you are now on Wikimedia Commons, the free media depository of the Wikimedia Movement. What is your problem about editing Commons?廣九直通車 (talk) 10:31, 1 March 2019 (UTC) @Musicky: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Do you have some photos of Grace that you'd like to share? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 11:57, 1 March 2019 (UTC) @Jeff G.: The last thing I will do is reveal her identity to a person I don't know. I will sacrifice the heavens and the earth before I sacrifice a single morsel of her. Musicky (talk) 12:26, 1 March 2019 (UTC) @Jeff G.: I do have a poem that I have written for her. That I can show you, but her image I will keep. Musicky (talk) 12:30, 1 March 2019 (UTC) @Jeff G.: For Grace/ When I’m next to you, I’ve felt Icy cold defenses melt. And I’ve seen you also grow; Bouncing my heart to and fro. All the challenges we face Are nothing next to our embrace. Demons claw and rake my soul But when with you, I feel whole. I mean it when I say to you “It’s thanks to you that I’ve pulled through,” And I know deep in my heart That even death won’t make us part. . Musicky (talk) 12:38, 1 March 2019 (UTC) Is Grace the real life name of Jeff or what? :) --E4024 (talk) 12:44, 1 March 2019 (UTC) @E4024: No. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 12:58, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

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The only thing that I know is real is that I love Grace and I will bear her burden no matter what. Please show me the Way. (<Musicky (talk) 12:18, 1 March 2019 (UTC)>) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicky (talk • contribs) 07:15, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@Musicky: Hello, you are now on Wikimedia Commons, the free media depository of the Wikimedia Movement. What is your problem about editing Commons?廣九直通車 (talk) 10:31, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@Musicky: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Do you have some photos of Grace that you'd like to share? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 11:57, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: The last thing I will do is reveal her identity to a person I don't know. I will sacrifice the heavens and the earth before I sacrifice a single morsel of her. Musicky (talk) 12:26, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I do have a poem that I have written for her. That I can show you, but her image I will keep. Musicky (talk) 12:30, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: For Grace/

When I’m next to you, I’ve felt
Icy cold defenses melt.
And I’ve seen you also grow;
Bouncing my heart to and fro.

All the challenges we face
Are nothing next to our embrace.
Demons claw and rake my soul
But when with you, I feel whole.

I mean it when I say to you
“It’s thanks to you that I’ve pulled through,”
And I know deep in my heart
That even death won’t make us part.

. Musicky (talk) 12:38, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Is Grace the real life name of Jeff or what? :) --E4024 (talk) 12:44, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@E4024: No. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 12:58, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Attribution to images

I would like to use some of the images and note it states "You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made." Where it says you must give appropriate credit, do I just include the image owner's name? And how to I provide a link to the licence? I'm unable to find how to do that. Martinajorden (talk) 21:35, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Martinajorden: I'll use a random file as an example, File:Westward Parish Room - geograph.org.uk - 104895.jpg. Looking at the information under the Licensing heading, we see that the license is "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic". The second half of that is a link to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en. That would be a reasonable link to provide, as would a link to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/legalcode. As for appropriate credit, that's stated after "Attribution:", namely "Bob Jenkins". If that's not present, just use what's in the "Author" field above.

If you name the files you have in mind, we can provide more specific advice. —LX (talk, contribs) 22:18, 24 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. So for example if I want to use an image in my blog would I: Select the image I was interested in Go to "Use this File" and copy the File URL Go to where I want to download the image and enter the FILE URL to download the image. Then go to Attribution Generator, answer the questions and then copy the generated licence notice and insert this under the image? Is that how I would provide a link to the licence? Do I copy and paste and then insert it under the image for everyone to see?

For example I would like to use this image - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_storm_at_Pors-Loubous.jpg. Under the image would I include the following licence notice - Henri Camus, A storm at Pors-Loubous, CC BY 1.0 This is the licence notice I got from Attribution Generator.

My apologies if you see these messages twice. It's the first time I've posted question and I didn't realise I had to do signature each time. Martinajorden (talk) 08:25, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Martinajorden: Yes, that sounds fine. There needs to be a link to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/, but I believe that's taken care of if you use the "Use this File" option. —LX (talk, contribs) 14:46, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Exempel image WIKI (Castrup [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons)

Martinajorden, see COM:REUSE. With the default skin setting you should actually see a reuse assistance bar above or right of the file preview, cf. Reuse assistance tools. Click on “Use this file” with the globe symbol on the left (this is for external usage). Presuming you need HTML code on your blog you should enable HTML (alas, otherwise only BB Code is possible), and you should set an image size, then you should get this (1024px here):

<a title="Henri Camus [CC BY 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_storm_at_Pors-Loubous.jpg"><img width="1024" alt="A storm at Pors-Loubous" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/A_storm_at_Pors-Loubous.jpg/1024px-A_storm_at_Pors-Loubous.jpg"></a>

Note that this has important information only in the title attribute of the link which is behind the image, the actual file name without file extension is used as alternative info (alt attribute). I think it would be better to add this title attribute as (part of) a caption, too. We cannot imitate this perfectly here, because we can images embed only with wiki syntax, but it should nonetheless look similar like with the example image (256px used).

Another tip, save this as bookmark: Lizenzhinweisgenerator (available in German as default, English, Spanish and Portuguese).

— Speravir – 01:19, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Oh, the latter has in COM:REUSE a short section, as well, as Attribution Generator. — Speravir – 01:23, 26 February 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for all your assistance with this Martinajorden (talk) 04:04, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Watchlist too big to edit or clear

"69,119 pages are on your Watchlist (plus talk pages)". I never look at it & want to clear it completely, or in stages by editing. But either operation times out. What to do? Johnbod (talk) 22:16, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

@Johnbod: there's an option to entirely clear your watchlist in the preferences: Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-watchlist (direct link: Special:EditWatchlist/clear). I haven't tried it myself, but I imagine it would avoid the timeout issues you've experienced. Alternately, Special:EditWatchlist/raw loads faster for me than Special:EditWatchlist, so that could be an option. clpo13_(talk) 22:26, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

The first of these is exactly the one that times out. The "raw" one does let me edit the list though, so thanks for that. Tedious work though. Johnbod (talk) 02:50, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Adding photo of person

Hello, lots of celebs (such as Tim Miles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Miles ) does not have a photo. I want to add one for these people, but don't know how to get one that is acceptable. Can I use his Twitter photo or what? ESPN, BIG10? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nagol68 (talk • contribs) 23:17, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

@Nagol68: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

It has to be free enough for us. Please read COM:L and follow COM:FS. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:23, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Take the picture yourself and upload it.
Persuade someone already interested in creating free content (e.g. another participant in this project) who has better access to the person in question to take the picture and upload it.
Find an appropriately free-licensed picture that someone already posted online somewhere else, but here you have to make sure that the person who says they grant a license really owned the rights they are licensing.
Contact the person whose photo you want, or an institution that they are connected with, and (typically) get them to have a photographer who has taken a photo of them go through the COM:OTRS process (or, if they've purchased the copyright of that photo, then they can do that process themselves).

There are a few other ways through the maze, but those are by far the most likely. - Jmabel ! talk 02:00, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Does this .pdf file look normal to anyone

I found this scan of a book on Jewish coins in the public domain, but on my phablet it doesn't seem to display normally. Now is this an issue with my device or with the file itself? Can anyone else confirm that this is a bad file? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 13:14, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Looks completely normal to me. - Jmabel ! talk 22:19, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
- Me too, maybe you can look on a desktop computer? I see 130 pages and it's maybe difficult to load that on a phone/tablet. Regards, - Richardkiwi (talk) (talk) 12:26, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Help needed related to photographs of "National War Memorial (India)"

I am trying to sort out the images on the Wikipedia page for the National War Memorial (India) as well as the images in the commons category for the same "Category:National War Memorial (India)".

I have already nominated three images for speedy delete because I don't think they meet the copyright/permission requirements. I have a problem with images also uploaded by user User:Sankoswal such as "File:The National War Memorial (राष्ट्रीय समर स्मारक), New Delhi, India.jpg" because at the entrance to the memorial premises it clearly says on a signboard titled "Guidelines for the visitors" ... "Photography for personal use only".

So just going by this information... can personal photographs of the National War Memorial be used on commons when the monument guidelines say photography only for personal use? Commons isn't personal use right? I myself wanted to upload images of the memorial which I took today and wanted to clarify how to go about this before proceeding. Thank you. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 14:16, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

User:Sarvatra, I see you have been involved with this to a certain extent and have currently nominated some National War Memorial pictures for deletion here ...Commons:Deletion requests/File:PMO.jpg. Please could you comment on this doubt which I have if possible and how to go about it? DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 14:59, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Is this the correct place to ask this doubt? If not, please direct me elsewhere. Regards. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 15:00, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

This page may be of help. --E4024 (talk) 15:18, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

E4024, thank you. This link does help. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 15:33, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

I want to change a photo that is on my Wiki page

Can anyone help me with how to change a photo on my wiki page that i never uploaded? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Smith_(house_music_vocalist)

I am the person and i want to change the photo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevesmith372 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@Stevesmith372: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Please read WP:OWN and WP:COI. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 16:45, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@Stevesmith372: Nothing we do here at Commons can control what picture of you the English-language Wikipedia chooses to use. What you can do is to upload (or have someone upload) what you consider to be a better picture of you, put that in commons:Category:Steve Smith (house music vocalist), and ask at en:Talk:Steve Smith (house music vocalist) to have it replaced on the page. Please remember: we (Commons) need permission from the rights-holder, so if the picture is not a selfie then either the photographer should create an account (if they don't already have one) and upload from that, go through the COM:OTRS process; or post the picture on a web page that is identifiably under their control (e.g. a personal web site, a Flickr account, etc.) with a clear indication of the intended free license, and then you can upload citing that page as a source. - Jmabel ! talk 17:58, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Replace an incorrect image (logo)

Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California has a logo rebrand and the current logo in Wikipedia is incorrect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_San_Jose_in_California#/media/File:CoA_Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_San_Jose_in_California.svg

I would like to replace the crest logo I just uploaded. Where can I update the image?

Clarisse — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cbalistreri (talk • contribs) 19:42, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

@Cbalistreri: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

You can replace File:CoA Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California.svg with File:DSJ-logo Crest-Color.png on all seven pages on all four Wikipedias where it is in use; however, before you do so, I suggest you convert it to svg ~~and trim the edges~~. Also, @Jayarathina: I question both licenses. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 20:00, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Does this image belong on Wikipedia or Commons?

The image in question is this kente cloth. Mitchumch (talk) 21:43, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

deleting photos

You have an incorrect photo which needs to be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:152:4301:1153:4D0E:50D9:D414:BDC5 (talk) 03:46, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

I'm sure we have several. Would you care to be a tad more specific? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 04:05, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Video entry for Wikipedia Loves 2019

I have never contributed to Wikipedia before and have created this video for the Wikipedia Loves 2019 contest. All the photographs, graphics, art, music and video are mine. Here is the link, I think. Mn1xrkif.webm. Can someone confirm that this has been accepted by the contest organizers. Very confused about how to edit the file so that I note it is my content and I have the copyright. James Miller jamesmillercreatvive@gmail.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesmillercreative (talk • contribs) 03:20, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

@Jamesmillercreative: , please see the page "Commons:Wiki Loves Love 2019/Rules#Notes on videos" which states that .webm files are acceptable. Did you use their special UploadWizard (Mobile 📱)? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 13:28, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

I think I used the Wikipedia file transfer. I uploaded file to VIMEO as Wikipedia advised and then clicked the link to upload in Wikipedia. Have no idea where the file is now, though. Still waiting to see if it meets copyright standards. Thank you for replying. James — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesmillercreative (talk • contribs) 17:50, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

I searched and found the video. If you'd like to watch it, search for Brand New Song. James — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesmillercreative (talk • contribs) 18:02, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Learned about adding tildes to my posts. James 24.70.79.29 05:05, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

I can not upload the SVG file

It is written: Setting event-handler attributes only_selected="false" is not allowed in SVG files. --Крокодајловић (talk) 12:08, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

This was already discussed here. Ruslik (talk) 19:53, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:روح اله عبدالهی مدیرسایت دیجی استور.jpg

--2.183.183.136 12:33, 3 March 2019 (UTC) مجوز انتشار قرار داده شد بی زحمت برچسب حذف رو بردارین با تشکر

On the site where the photograph is from, you can read: "All rights reserved © 2016", so it's copyright violation. If you can prove that it's your photo, you can contact Commons:OTRS, Kind regards, - Richardkiwi (talk) (talk) 13:27, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Uploading image

Can I ask a professional wiki user to upload my image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Webbotz (talk • contribs) 21:05, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

@Webbotz: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Please continue waiting for approval of Ticket:2018120810004891. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 21:12, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

picture corrupted

I uploaded [1] last week and went to use it today and saw it is corrupted or something. Can this be fixed? Or deleted, and I'll reupload? Cornellrockey (talk) 00:00, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Cornellrockey: Please try to overwrite File:2019 Virginia Avenue train tunnel entrance.jpg. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:07, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Documentary

I'm Lucky I've been trying to upload pictures,media but I'm also willing to create a documentary about my city,suburb,how it looks,how people live, financial situations and any other information for free, You can reply through my email address doctorlucky100 gmail.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr.Lucky100 (talk • contribs) 00:25, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Dr.Lucky100: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

So how may we help you? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:30, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

up loading photos

I went through the procedure of using Wikimedia Commons to upload 3 photos of my book Surfin' Guitars Instrumental Surf Bands of the '60s covers of each edition. including filling out the required information about each photo. When do the photos upload to the Wikimedia Surfin' Guitars Instrumental Surf Bands of the '60s page? Or how do I do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert Jerry Dalley (talk • contribs) 01:51, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

When you say "the Wikimedia Surfin' Guitars Instrumental Surf Bands of the '60s page" do you mean a page on the English-language Wikipedia, or do you mean something else?
In any case, uploading a picture doesn't make it magically appear anywhere. Assuming your question is about the English-language Wikipedia, please see en:Help:Pictures. If it's about something else, could you provide the URL of the page where you expected it to appear? - Jmabel ! talk 05:20, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Help moving file from Wikipedia to here

I found this file that meets our criteria for transfer. Problem is, I cannot do it myself. How can I do it? The file I'm talking about is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oldtorn.jpg Felicia777 (talk) 01:55, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Felicia777: Thank you for your inquiry. You may want to use Move-to-commons assistant to assist with your work:

Please choose the correct language code (default is English Wikipedia), then input the original file name (without the "File:" prefix).
Should you want to change the file's name, you may also do it, also omitting the "File:" prefix.
Next, please click on the "OAuth uploader" link and allow OAuth uploader to upload the file on behalf of your account. Click "Get text", and you would get your file automatically transferred.
You should then click "Add NowCommons", and confirm adding the template.
You may also click "Your new file should be here!" and done with categorization and cleanup. This is best done by opening a new sub-page on your Internet browser.

Regarding your file, I found it was already uploaded to Commons, and I have helped you dealing with the file. Should you have any inquires, please feel free to ask me, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 03:48, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Использовать изображения

Могу я использовать изображения из внешних источников, например из сайта института с помощью ссылки. --Xadji (talk) 08:40, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Use images Can I use images from external sources, for example from the institute's website using a link.

translator: Google Translate via — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 09:18, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Xadji: No, they must be uploaded here or to a local WMF project. If uploaded here, they must comply with COM:L. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 09:30, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

New Category

Hi, can you tell me what to do, please, I created a new category and I don't really know how to add images in ??? LeGuyanaisPure (talk) 12:45, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@LeGuyanaisPure: As you put Category:Touloulou in two categories, so can you put files in Category:Touloulou. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 12:50, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Ok thanks, I think I get it ! LeGuyanaisPure (talk) 13:17, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@LeGuyanaisPure: You're welcome, well done! — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 13:21, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

MP4 files are not uploading

MP4 files are not uploading on the commons, is there any problem or it's just me who is having this issue. Eatcha (talk) 16:56, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

I'm not aware of MP4 files ever having been supported. As far as I know, it is not a free format. @Eatcha: are you saying that at some point in the past this was supported? - 17:04, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, I actually never uploaded a video on the commons so I thought that MP4 is allowed Eatcha (talk) 17:09, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Kandinsky "Thirty"

I design clothing (in the US) with public domain images. I've found a super image file of Kandinsky's "Thirty" at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trente_Kandinsky_1937.jpg that I'd like to use. The image is identified as public domain: "The author died in 1944, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less." However, my own research tells me that this was painted in 1937, and that therefore it won't be released into the public domain until 95 years after that date, or 2032.

Can you help me clear up this confusion? Many, many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaiagang (talk • contribs) 17:24, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Gaiagang: the image is missing a US copyright tag, so there may indeed be a problem. ISTM the deciding factor would be whether or not it was registered in the USA at the time of publication, and whether or not that registration was later renewed as required, because the 70-apma term had not expired by the URAA cutoff date of 1995. (According to COM:HIRTLE the 95-year term does not apply to works which failed to meet those requirements.) I suggest posting at COM:VPC; some of the users who monitor that board are (unlike me) quite good at searching the relevant records.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:15, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Web site upgrade

I have registered for play this year more than I can count....... It's telling me username has already been taken... And I believe that's a bug. Do something about it ASAP — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 197.210.227.106 (talk) 19:23, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

For play? Are you sure you’re on the right website? This is a repository of free educational media, not a gaming site, and there has been no recent upgrade affecting user accounts AFAIK.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:53, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Permission to upload a photo from a publisher

I have been sent the cover photo of Jools Holland from Railway Modeller to be uploaded into Wikimedia Commons. I had added some information about Jools Holland's train hobby to his Wikipedia page and thought a photo would add to the page so, not expecting a reply, sent an email to the magazine requesting them to upload one or some photos to Wikimedia Commons with an attached link. I was surprised to quickly receive a reply with an attached photo of the cover with Jools Holland and his train set. However, I am not the owner of this photo but have obviously been given permission to upload it. Is this enough for me to be allowed to upload and use the photo in Wikipedia? Or do I need to seek further permissions? Thanks!

Here is the response to my email: Tim Rayner Attachments Feb 27, 2019, 2:51 AM (5 days ago) to me

Dear Adrienne

Many thanks for your message; please see attached. If you could add the credit ‘courtesy railway Modeller’ it’d be appreciated. Kind regards, Tim Rayner

Tim Rayner, Production Editor Peco Publications & Publicity Ltd., Registered in England, Company No.501541

RAILWAY MODELLER - at the heart of the hobby for 70 years. www.pecopublications.co.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alhill42 (talk • contribs) 22:56, 4 March 2019 (UTC) Alhill42 (talk) 23:32, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

With the best will in the world, I'm not sure that will be an adequate release of the image, because it may not be a free enough licence for our purposes. images uploaded here need to be either free of copyright or uploaded with a licence that permits redistribution, amendment and attribution, and not all thos elements are clear from that email. The magazine needs to understand what they are permitting, per COM:LICENSING. In any event, with no criticism of you, they may not even own the copyright of the image- it's a complex situation that they should be aware of. In any event, I'd ask them to look at OTRS and follow the process there. Meanwhile, it may be that you can upload the image to Wikipedia using fair use pending the OTRS request, which sadly, may take some time as we are short of volunteers. Rodhullandemu (talk) 00:18, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

misspelled category

Please move and refill Category:Luisa Neubeuer --> Category:Luisa Neubauer --Itu (talk) 12:20, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Done. --Magnus (talk) 12:44, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 16:07, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Adding a photo to Wikimedia commons

I am communications officer at a university, attempting to upload a headshot of a professor. It is probably most accurate for me to say that I'm NOT the owner/creator of the photo, although I took it, but that it is owned by the university's communications department. I do not understand how to go about doing this in the most painless way possible. Help? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kgberg (talk • contribs) 18:50, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

@Kgberg: you say you are not the creator, yet you did take the picture. Something does not add up here. --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:16, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Maybe I am! I'll check with dept. Perhaps this is a non issue (one hopes) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kgberg (talk • contribs) 20:21, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

@Kgberg: the rules regarding assumed copyright of works created in the course of one’s employment, and of works for hire, vary from country to country. If you took the picture, you are the author or creator regardless, but the intellectual property in it might indeed belong to the university according to your terms of employment or under law. If this is the case, the university should send permission from its office address to OTRS. (As communications officer you might have authorization to do so on the organization’s behalf anyway, but it’s certainly worth checking with your HR or IP authorities.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:07, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

@Odysseus1479: Thanks so much. I'll check with our department. By what channel should the the permission be sent to OTRS? Talk, or email? Thanks again — Kgberg (talk) 13:55, 28 February 2019 (UTC)Kgberg

Please read COM:OTRS. It's quite specific about what they need. Permission should come in email, but the content they need is rather specific. - Jmabel ! talk 22:15, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

Thanks very much. I'll review that and proceed.Kgberg (talk) 15:31, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Cómo solicitar la eliminación de una foto. How to request the deletion of a picture

Queridxs amigxs del Help desk, Dear Help desk friends,

a petición de Maru Valdivielso, querríamos solicitar que se elimine la página https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Maru_Valdivieso.jpg. At the request of Maru Valdivielso, we would like to request that the page https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Maru_Valdivieso.jpg be deleted.

Dicha foto fue generada sin permiso a través de un vídeo de youtube y se ha convertido en la foto de portada cada vez que se escribe el texto "Maru Valdivielso" en ciertos buscadores. This photo was generated without permission, stemming from a Youtube video, and has become the cover photo every time the text "Maru Valdivielso" is written in certain search engines.

Por lo que hemos entendido, para solicitar el borrado rápido se debe insertar el siguiente texto en la página anterior: From what we have understood, to request fast deletion the following text must be inserted in the previous page:

{{subst:Aviso destruir|Nombre del artículo|Criterios de borrado rápido}} {{subst: Warning destroy | Item name | Quick delete criteria}}

Los criterios pueden ser, "Bulos, fraudes", o "Violaciones de derechos de autor". The criteria can be, "unfounded rumour, frauds," or "Copyright violations."

¿Por favor, nos podríais confirmar que ésta es la forma de solicitar su eliminación?. Es caso negativo, ¿Nos podríais explicar el mecanismo para borrarla? Could you please confirm that this is the way to request its elimination? In case it is not, could you explain the proper mechanism to erase it?

Muchas gracias por vuestra ayuda. Thank you very much for your help.

Un afectuoso saludo. Kind regards.

Juanra --Juan.mart.rubi (talk) 15:36, 4 March 2019 (UTC) --Juan.mart.rubi (talk) 15:30, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Juan.mart.rubi: Please see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Maru Valdivieso.jpg. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 16:02, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jeff: Many thanks! --Juan.mart.rubi (talk) 10:59, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

@Juan.mart.rubi: You're welcome! — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 15:15, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

News on 03-03-2019 A breakaway female cyclist was forced to stop during a prestigious race in Belgium

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

I made an edit on the above page, added news about the last race in Belgium. But now everything is gone, as if I have done nothing.

How does it work exactly ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oceans Blue (talk • contribs)

It's a Wikipedia article and perhaps you should ask the editor who removed your additions there, but it looks like you copied and pasted a huge block of text into the article. That's plagiarism and is a breach of copyright. A short precis citing the full source would have been acceptable. Rodhullandemu (talk) 11:30, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

How to upload files

I wish to know how to upload video files. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pollycap58 (talk • contribs) 13:49, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

@Pollycap58: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Please see COM:Video. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 15:12, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

GNU Free Documentation License,

We are publishing a book and including photos of GNU Free Documentation License. I think we do not need to contact the author, but simply credit the author. Are a link of the license and changes made needed? I am not sure "Courtesy of XXX" is a reasonable manner. Thanks.

Xin Su chineseforsocialjustice gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 73.228.198.29 (talk) 18:02, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

You need to include the entire license in the book; please read en:GNU Free Documentation License for details. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 18:45, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Note that where a file has multiple licences, you need only comply with at least one of them. (GFDL alone is not very common here, and is now deprecated on new uploads, mainly because it’s so cumbersome to use ‘offline’.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 19:45, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Photos with Vito Bongiorno

I sent the request for permission, with the permit of the photographer to permissions-it@wikimedia.org, but I haven't got any OTRS. Same thing for the other three photos. These are the links: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10211176239140613&set=a.1422190793573&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204973529436747&set=a.1422190793573&type=3&theater

Can anyone check them?--Pugliesig (talk) 18:43, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Please, be patient. There is a large backlog of such requests. Ruslik (talk) 20:41, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

upload photo

Hello, I am trying to upload a personal photo to the account for the playwright David Beaird.

Here is the current entry for David on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beaird

Here's is photo that I have already uploaded to Wikipedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DavidBeaird.jpeg

Any help is appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Beaird (talk • contribs) 19:21, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

@David Beaird:

Done See [2] GMG ^talk 19:29, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Have an original photo of a Robinson's store chain from 1960s I'd like to upload

I have a photo of a Robinson's store chain in California from the 1960s from my deceased Grandfather's slide collection. There doesn't seem to be any images that I could find of the Robinson's chain in California from back in the day, so I thought it'd be neat to share it. Can't figure out how to upload it, the upload process keeps giving me an error when I try to upload it which tells me that I need to have the rights to upload this photo. Just want to contribute something to one of my favorite websites! Any help would be greatly appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seibertron (talk • contribs) 22:33, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

@Seibertron: assuming your grandfather took the photo, are you his heir or authorized to act on behalf of his estate? If so, we have ways of indicating that, but they may not be options the upload form offers. If not, we would need permission from someone who is (submitted confidentially through OTRS). Under what licence did you want to donate the photo? This being a wiki, it is acceptable to ‘tell a white lie’ (e.g. that you took the picture) in order to satisfy the wizard, as long as you edit the file page immediately after uploading to correct it.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:41, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

Batch access to Structured Data (Captions)

Right at top of a File is

Structured data

Captions

English
Row of identical holes in leaf (Zelkova serrata)
Chinese (Taiwan)
櫸木葉一排洞

How can I access them via an HTTP GET?

action=raw doesn't contain them.

What API call will get them? They are right at top when browsing the File, but nowhere else.

Thanks. Jidanni (talk) 01:28, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

An example is https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetentities&sites=commonswiki&titles=File:P_20180913_150318_vHDR_Auto.jpg. --ghouston (talk) 04:25, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Majikman8 (talk) 17:50, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

how do i use Majikman8 (talk) 17:50, 12 March 2019 (UTC) and create my signiture

Majikman8: As you noticed, you use four tilde (~) characters to generate your signature. It should be placed at the end of your comments on discussion pages like this one. If you want to experiment with it, you can use the sandbox or the "Show preview" button. Cheers, —LX (talk, contribs) 18:40, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: —LX (talk, contribs) 18:40, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Copyright problems: please, delete the file

Please delete the following file: File:Entwicklungsstufen-Wald-Gebäude-Korrelation-Färmeltal-2014.png

I could get a copyright for the map and the wood pattern but not for the buildings on the map. So, it is not possible to publish it under Wiki Commons. I've tried to delete the file, unfortunately it is not possible for me or I don't see the button. Please, delete the file, if you can. Thank you very much. --Falten-Jura (talk) 12:54, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Done. --Túrelio (talk) 13:03, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

copyvio

Hi, I am not sure what is the procedure in Wikimedia Commons and just would like to inform that I believe this file [3] might be a violation of copyvio as the photo could be seen here [4]. Thank you.CASSIOPEIA (talk) 16:17, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Hey CASSIOPEIA. The original file here is from 2016, and the photo in the 2019 news article is credited to Wikipedia. So it seems likely that they took it from us, and not the other way round. GMG ^talk 16:21, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi GreenMeansGo Ok thanks for letting me know. Appreciate it. CASSIOPEIA (talk) 16:31, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Fotogenehmigung Anna Hagenbusch

Hallo, mir liegen die Rechte zur Veröffentlichung des Fotoa von Anna Hagenbusch vor. wohin muss ich das Schreiebn senden. Manfi.B. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manfi.B. (talk • contribs) 6 March 2019 18:27 (UTC)

Photo Approval Anna Hagenbusch Hello, I have the rights to publish the Fotoa by Anna Hagenbusch. where do I have to send the Schreiebn.

translator: Google Translate via — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:23, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Anna.Hagb..jpg - Jmabel ! talk 00:21, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@Manfi.B.: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Bitte senden Sie die Erlaubnis über OTRS/de.

Please send the permission via OTRS. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:23, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Uploading a mural

Hey, there's a bronze mural of the namesake of our school's theater at my school. It's clearly intended to be made for the public to look at, but it was made some point after 1989. Would there be a justification to upload the photo to the Commons, or would it be considered infringement? Diefreien (talk) 03:30, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@Diefreien: What country is your school in? Who designed the mural? What is the designer's lifetime? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 03:41, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

libros

como hago para compartir con wikipedia algunos libros de mi autoria — Preceding unsigned comment added by AQUILES CRUZATE (talk • contribs) 01:09, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

books How do I share some of my author's books with wikipedia?

translator: Google Translate via — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 01:16, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Google did a terrible job of translating that. It says "What do I do to share with Wikipedia some books I authored." - Jmabel ! talk 17:09, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@AQUILES CRUZATE: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 01:16, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

¿Escribiste estos libros? ¿Están dentro de nuestro alcance del proyecto? ¿Tienes algún ejemplo?

Did you write these books? Are they within our project scope? Do you have any examples? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 01:22, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

¿Conoce Vd. Wikilibros? - Jmabel ! talk 17:12, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Upload a portrait of my dad

Hello. I hope you can help me.

I'm trying to upload a different photograph of my dad on his page in wikipedia but I can't. Not sure what am I doing wrong. Its my photo. I took it.

His page https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Опойцев,_Валерий_Иванович

I can't even upload the photo here for some reason it says that im not allowed

Please help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Марина Павликовская (talk • contribs) 17:22, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Hey Марина Павликовская. What is the specific error message you receive when trying to upload the photo? GMG ^talk 18:08, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

When I try to add a new photo on my fathers wiki page (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Опойцев,_Валерий_Иванович) wiki says "We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons."

I also can't find a way to answer help desk comments. I had to make a new request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Марина Павликовская (talk • contribs) 18:21, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

I really don't know how to look up what's triggering this, and the error message isn't very helpful. Can you link to the file that you're trying to upload online? Can you send it to me via email so I can try to replicate the error? GMG ^talk 23:41, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@Марина Павликовская: My guess is that you are trying to upload a small image via an interwiki upload, from an account that hasn't done a lot here. Usually those turn out to be images someone just grabbed off the Internet that they shouldn't be uploading, and the tools are perhaps being overcautious.

Try uploading directly to Commons (e.g. with Special:UploadWizard). And please provide the highest-resolution version of the image that is available. Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 01:00, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Correcting what shows as our official logo

The image showing as the Coat of Arms for the Archdiocese of San Francisco is not our coat of arms. Someone just drew that, apparently, and it is not in our control, but has never been our coat of arms. We feel it is something of a mockery of our official shield, and would like to correct that.

I can provide the official version. However, we are not willing to grant permission for others to modify it.

Any help is appreciated. May we provide the official coat of arms? If so, how do I do that?

This is a very confusing platform for a new user - lots of help links, but so many that I cannot find answers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catfishy1968 (talk • contribs) 20:08, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Catfishy1968 (talk) 20:10, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Catfishy1968, do you have a link to the actual COA? I found this but it's pretty crappy quality. GMG ^talk 21:27, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@Catfishy1968: if you are not prepared to allow modification, the logo cannot be hosted here. Assuming you are talking about its appearance in an English Wikipedia article, if you upload the image onto that project as non-free content it can be used there. (Coats of arms may be depicted in any style, conforming to the conventions of heraldry as long as the blazon—the verbal description—is followed. But the result might not be considered suitable to represent the owner; compare the illustration for the en:Arms of Canada article, which shows a drawing of the official emblazonment under a fair-use rationale, with our free version at File:Coat of arms of Canada rendition.svg.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 21:52, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

To be clear, I was planning on uploading the file locally on en.wiki under a claim of fair use. I just need a file to upload. GMG ^talk 22:06, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

I do have the new file but don't want to upload it here because I am releasing rights (it says).

Yes, I see it on the Wikipedia article, and if I click the image there it shows other pages that pull the same image. Some of those are for our employees (Cardinal Levada, Archbishop Cordileone, etc.). So I guess that's where I need to upload it but I cannot tell how to do that. Catfishy1968 (talk) 22:12, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Catfishy1968, send me an email here and I'll reply back so you can send me the file you have. I'll get it uploaded correctly so it won't be deleted, and we can use it under a claim of fair use, so you won't be giving up any rights to the image. GMG ^talk 22:25, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Resolved

GMG ^talk 23:34, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Uploading visuals

Good evening, I have a problem with uploading images and videos and as a newbie, how will I be able to upload visuals? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ampofo Akwasi Broni (talk • contribs) 22:06, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@Ampofo Akwasi Broni: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

What error(s) do you see? What URL are you using to upload? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:51, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

using same piture

kindly i want to mention that i will use same picture — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ssk62 (talk • contribs) 22:07, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@Ssk62: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Please don't use either of your uploads unless you have the right to do so. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:48, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

delete all my uploaded files/photos

I want to delete my all files/photos in my user:AlwaleedAlasmari — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlwaleedAlasmari (talk • contribs) 22:28, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@AlwaleedAlasmari: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Please see Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by AlwaleedAlasmari#Files uploaded by AlwaleedAlasmari (talk · contribs) 2. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:33, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Exif data with geolocation

As a OTRS-volunteer I am handling permission tickets for photo's. Sometimes the photo includes Exif data with the location. I think photographers, especially amateurs, are not aware that by giving permission they will also publish the location or even the home of the subject. There is even a bot on Commons, User:DschwenBot, which makes this information even more open and accessible to anyone, see for instance this edit. I have two questions:

How can I remove these exif data prior to uploading, in order to protect the privacy of the photographer and his/her subject
Was this privacy issue ever discussed on Commons? Where can I find it?

Kind regards, Elly (talk) 11:08, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

There's a good EXIF editor here: [5]. I don't know of any discussion on this point, but I would think it wise to remove geolocation as "personal data" for images taken on private premises, particularly homes. Rodhullandemu (talk) 11:27, 5 March 2019 (UTC)

I saw a discussion like this somewhere but I can't remember the venue, maybe it was on one of our mailing lists or something. But it might be necessary to ask the licensor if they are aware of the exif issue before removal and or publication so as to not leave them with an impression that their works were doctored without their consent. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 08:47, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

About my videos and images

My videos and images are in the Whattasp , how can upload it? How will know what my videos and images has a prize ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Enemchukwu Edeh (talk • contribs) 05:21, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

@Enemchukwu Edeh: Thank you for your query. For all files hosted on Wikimedia Commons, they must be licensed under a free license, which means the file can be reused non-commercially and commercially, and derivative works could be created legally. Besides, they must also hold an educational value. For images from WhatsApp, my concern is that:

Firstly, the files may be created by others, which you would need a permission email from the original creator. Files without proper source information would be nominated for deletion.
Secondly, it is worried that files from WhatsApp might not have sufficient educational value, as such files are usually personal images.

Therefore, you are advised to read COM:L and COM:PSS carefully, and determine whether you should upload the files or not. Regarding "How will know what my videos and images has a prize?", Wikimedia Commons have a series of photography competition, such as Featured Pictures, Quality Images and Valued Images, and I am not sure what "prize" you are talking. Should you have any queries for whether your images or videos may qualify for any prizes, please leave a message on COM:CRIT. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask me, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 12:29, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

@Enemchukwu Edeh: by the way, please also use ~~~~ to sign your comments, in order for others to differentiate different comments.廣九直通車 (talk) 12:31, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Also, if you are posting first to WhatsApp and only later to Commons, it is important that you make it clear that you are the same person on both accounts. I don't know WhatsApp well enough to know how best to do that there, but if nothing else you can always fall back to using COM:OTRS for this purpose. - Jmabel ! talk 16:31, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

Enemchukwu Edeh; You can upload the videos and photos here if they were entirely created by you and you agree to release them under a free license. However, you are probably talking about COM:Wiki Loves Africa 2019. Correct? You will be eligible to win a prize (local or international) if the works are entirely yours and got nominated as one of the best three photos of the contest. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 08:33, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Alex Britti Wikipedia page

Hello, today I uploaded a photo of Alex Britti on his Wikipedia page but the image has been marked as a Copyright violation.

This image is been provided to me from Alex Britti itself and he provided the same image to the website where the violation has been founded.

How can I use this image for his Wikipedia page without any violation? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vibesart (talk • contribs) 23:57, 6 March 2019 (UTC)

@Vibesart: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

No, you may not use it, please have him send permission via OTRS. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:05, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Or you can send the evidence of permission to COM:OTRS using our interactive release generator. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 08:23, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Canhductu1980@gmail.com

Tai day — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 123.18.7.104 (talk) 10:56, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@123.18.7.104: Hello, you are now on Wikimedia Commons, the free media depositary of the Wikimedia Movement. Do you have any questions about editing Commons?廣九直通車 (talk) 13:44, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Or is there any information you want us to email you? Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 08:16, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

A picture I uploaded is not showing up in selected categories

I uploaded a picture to Commons from an iOS app and selected several categories to add my picture to. After it had uploaded I clicked on the category links and my picture was in some categories but not in others. Why is this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThePickeringtonian (talk • contribs) 16:58, 7 March 2019 (UTC) -ThePickeringtonian — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThePickeringtonian (talk • contribs) 16:59, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@ThePickeringtonian: Is this about File:Bluegreen Chalets in Gatlinburg.jpeg or something else? What categories would you expect it to be in where it does not show up? - Jmabel ! talk 17:14, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Yes that’s the one. It’s now in all the categories. Yesterday a bit added == Summary == is this important? Is it why my picture didn’t appear in some categories? ThePickeringtonian (talk) 16:03, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

@ThePickeringtonian: unlikely; that just makes the heading appear in a user’s preferred language. If you had visited the category pages prior to uploading the file, your browser might have still been displaying the old versions from its cache afterward. It’s also possible that the servers got behind, although IME categorization edits take effect more-or-less immediately.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 21:43, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Picture

The picture I want to put in my Wikipedia article is already used in the internet, BUT, it's a picture of the last piece of MY dance company, taken by the photographer I hired. How do I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by François Veyrunes (talk • contribs) 17:11, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Hey François Veyrunes. You will need to provide verification that you own the image, and release the images under a free license according to instructions at COM:CONSENT. GMG ^talk 21:29, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

François Veyrunes is there a written agreement between your company and the photographer that these works may be released under a free license? You may not release their works under a free license here without a written permission from them. Will you consider to contact the photographer for permission? If they agree to release it under a free license, you can send evidence of permission to our support team using this email template. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 08:13, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

number of entries allowed?

how many entry can I submit into the competition? thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abelalpha (talk • contribs) 18:02, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

@Abelalpha: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Which competition? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:52, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Jeff G., they are probably talking about Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2019. @Abelapha: , there is no restriction to the number of images you can upload and this applies to all contests here on Commons. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 08:03, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Pinging @Abelalpha for @T Cells. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 12:12, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

New uploaded photo in wikicommons

Hello. I have uploaded my photo to wikicommons but I cannot find the picture tutorial to place it in the desired page. Thank you, Peter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Strafrag (talk • contribs) 14:40, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Hey Strafrag. It looks like this was already answered at en:Wikipedia:Help desk, but you can also find the full tutorial at en:Help:Pictures. GMG ^talk 14:48, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

How to get a photo onto my chromebook

I am using a chromebook and don't know how to upload photos I take onto it. Are you guys aware on how? Thanks in advance, GermanGamer77 (talk) 18:09, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

@GermanGamer77: Did you follow COM:FS yet? Do you want to transfer a photo from Commons to your chromebook, or vice-versa? Please post specific error messages or difficulties. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 20:27, 8 March 2019 (UTC)

Louis-Luc Beaudoin page

Bonjour,

J'en suis à plusieurs tentative pour la publication de la page de Louis-Luc Beaudoin, auteur québécois. Chaque fois, je me bute à des obstacles et me voilà presque découragé. Je viens d'indiquer les sources de la photo Louis-Luc Beaudoin. Pourriez-vous me dire si celle-ci est conforme pour la publication de l'article?

Merci de me guider pour enfin publier cet article.

Bien cordialement,

Claudio alias Soyeuxmozart

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Accueil — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soyeuxmozart (talk • contribs) 04:26, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Photo promotionnelle pour la publication de Quiz Hockey (2017).jpg - Jmabel ! talk 05:53, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
I have no idea how to say this in French, but: this is Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia. Commons only hosts images that are either free-licensed or public domain. This is neither, so if you want this photo hosted on Commons, we'd need a free license, such as {{CC-BY-SA 4.0}}, and because the photo is already published elsewhere, we'd need a release, as described in COM:OTRS/fr.
I see that you received permission specific to Wikipedia (pour utiliser cette photo pour Wikipedia), which is of course not the same as a free license. If there is an article on him in the English-language Wikipedia, it may be possible to use this in the under their non-free use policies, but I suspect not because they don't usually allow non-free images of living people. For the French-language Wikipedia, it would appear that they would not allow this—fr:Wikipédia:Exceptions au droit d'auteur— but it might be a little different given explicit permission for use in Wikipedia.
But independent of anything about the photo: I see that fr:Louis-Luc Beaudoin was deleted for lack of cited sources. Until you get that sorted out, anything about use of a non-free photo is moot. - Jmabel ! talk 06:06, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Foto di Vito Bongiorno

Ho caricato 2 foto che ritraggono il pittore Vito Bongiorno, dopo avere mandato a Permission Wikipedia Italia la mail con il permesso dell'autore dello scatto Luca Grasso, indicatomi dallo stesso Bongiorno. I file in questione sono: Vito Bongiorno 02.jpg E Vito Bongiorno 01.jpg e sono stati cancellati perchè senza licenza. Ma quale permesso volete, da chi?--Pugliesig (talk) 09:27, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Convenience links: File:Vito Bongiorno 01.jpg, File:Vito Bongiorno 02.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 16:37, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

@Pugliesig: There was no license template, so a bot can't know it is licensed. "CC BY-SA 4.0" doesn't work, you need {{CC-BY-SA 4.0}}.
The source link, at least for File:Vito Bongiorno 02.jpg, led to a dead page, https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10204973529436747&set=a.1422190793573&type=3&theater .
Was permission given via COM:OTRS or in some other manner? I see no evidence of permission. - Jmabel ! talk 16:41, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Uploading image

I want to upload correct and clear photo of New Delhi railway station . May I upload it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spsingh2123 (talk • contribs) 14:14, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

@Spsingh2123: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Did you snap File:New Delhi railway station.jpg? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 14:40, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

@Spsingh2123: , if the photos were taken by you, yes you can upload them but here. But if they were take by someone else, you will need permission from them before they may be uploaded here and the evidence of permission should be forwarded to our support team. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 16:08, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Adding sounds of sirens to an article.

I am trying to add siren sounds to an article. I got these from the official website of the czech firefighters. However, i did not get a permission from the government and i did not create it. Can i upload it? If yes, then how? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matej004 (talk • contribs) 17:53, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

@Matejoo4: , You will need a permission to publish the sound here. Nothing in Article 3(a) of the Czech Republic Copyright Act excluded sound recording from copyright protection of official works of government. I mean works of Czech government are protected except legal regulation, decision, public charter, publicly accessible register and collection of its documents, and also any official draft of an official work and other preparatory official documentation including the official translation of such work, Chamber of Deputies and Senate publications, a memorial chronicle of a municipality (municipal chronicles), a state symbol and symbol of a municipality, and any other such works where there is public interest. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 20:53, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Tombi

Why Wikipedia is about news only?? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.114.16.62 (talk) 19:45, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Tombi, this is not Wikipedia but I'd answer your question. Wikipedia is not about news. Although, news coverages can be useful source materials for Wikipedia articles. Other useful source materials includes books and Journals for examples. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 20:33, 9 March 2019 (UTC)

Trouble displaying a URL

I'm trying to use the following URL as a source at File:Swan Island in 1920.jpg: http://librarycatalog.ohs.org/O90000/OPAC/Details/Record.aspx?IndexCode=-1&TaskCode=847059&HitCount=1&CollectionCode=2&SortDirection=Descending&CurrentPage=1&CurrentLinkCode=MO90000%7C24196520%7C1%7C13177296&SelectionType=0&SearchType=1&BibCode=MO90000%7C24196520%7C1%7C13177296 When I type the bare URL in the |source= parameter of Template:Information I get the following error: Error in template * unknown parameter name (Template:Information): '1; 2; 5; 4; 13177296&SelectionType; 3'. Does anyone know what's going on here? Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 02:51, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

@Lord Bolingbroke: no expert on syntax, but I think the pipes need escaping, maybe the equals-signs as well. The former can be replaced by the “magic word” {{!}}; try that first. ~~(Might there be a shorter link to that source?)~~—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:44, 10 March 2019 (UTC) P.S. On the page linked above, upper left, there’s a Permanent link icon that provides a much nicer URL.—04:47, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Ah, thank you. I knew there was some session-specific information in the original URL, but I couldn't figure out how to remove it manually. I've added the shorter URL to the file. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 16:36, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

In a URL, '%7C' is a better replacement for that pipe character (URL-encoded). - Jmabel ! talk 05:58, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Jmabel: Are you currently seeing pipes in the URL I posted above? I see the pipes in the diff where I posted my message—but when I scroll down to the actual text, the pipes were somehow replaced with the '%7C' string that you mentioned. Is this something the MediaWiki software does automatically? Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 16:36, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
  - Only saw it in the diff. - Jmabel ! talk 16:46, 10 March 2019 (UTC)
    - Interesting. I wonder how that replacement happened. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 16:51, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

I need to talk to a trusted admin in private

Title. Alex of Canada (talk) 09:00, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

@Alex of Canada: Then you presumably need to add an email address to your account, because no one has any way to write to you in a non-public manner. - Jmabel ! talk 16:49, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Can I upload an mp4 Video?

Can someone help? Yanjipy (talk) 18:30, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

@Yanjipy: no you cannot upload videos in MP4 format, because it uses a non-free license. Please refer to en:Comparison of video container formats, in particular the "license" column. --HyperGaruda (talk) 18:40, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

saludos podran solucionar el problema de fecha.?

subi la ultima foto y noto que en vez del año 1968 ...salio con un 6 + podran eliminar ese 6 y que quede el correcto 1968...muchisimas gracias y disculpen molestias.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horacio patrone (talk • contribs) 18:42, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

@Horacio patrone: Vd. dice que estos fotos son su propia obra. ¿Es verdad que Vd. los sacó en los a años 60? Porque si no es verdad, ¿como tiene Vd. los derechos del autor para conceder una licencia cc-by-sa-4.0? - Jmabel ! talk 21:41, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

SE AGRADECE SI PUEDEN CORREGIR FECHA..

SALUDOS POR ERROR EN LA ULTIMA FOTO SUBIDA PUSE AÑO 19668 Y EL CORRECTO ES 1968 ., HAY UN 6 DE MAS...NO ME PERMITE EDITARLO SI USTEDES PUEDEN CORREGIRLO SE AGRADECE ATTE: horacio patrone

GREETINGS FOR ERROR IN THE LAST PHOTO RISES I PASS YEAR 19668 AND THE CORRECT ONE IS 1968., THERE IS A 6 OF MORE ... IT DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO EDIT IT IF YOU CAN CORRECT IT YOU THANK ATT: horacio patrone — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horacio patrone (talk • contribs) 18:53, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Freely translated: "please rename File:Fisicoculturismo argentino AFCA 1ª lugar Horacio Patrone Torneo Mr CULTURA FISICA 19668 categoria junior .jpg altura 1,85 mts peso 83 kilos,Pose de Espalda.jpg to File:Fisicoculturismo argentino AFCA 1ª lugar Horacio Patrone Torneo Mr CULTURA FISICA 1968 categoria junior .jpg altura 1,85 mts peso 83 kilos,Pose de Espalda.jpg, thanks." Maybe it's also a good idea to remove the ".jpg" from the middle of the file name. --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:48, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

I have moved this to File:Fisicoculturismo argentino AFCA 1ª lugar Horacio Patrone Torneo Mr CULTURA FISICA 1968 categoria junior. altura 1,85 mts peso 83 kilos, Pose de Espalda.jpg, but my concern about copyright, stated above, remains. - Jmabel ! talk 21:45, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

si ayuda please...

MI FOTO DE ESPALDA QUE SUBI HOY POR ERROR EN ENCABEZADO FIGURA AÑO 19668 .¿¿?? ES 1968 .!!! SI PUEDEN CORREGIRLO SE LO AGRADESCO MUY GENTILES..ATTE: HORACIO PATRONE...

MY BACK PHOTO THAT I WENT UP TODAY FOR ERROR IN HEADING FIGURE YEAR 19668. ??? IT IS 1968! IF YOU CAN CORRECT IT, IT IS THANK YOU VERY GENTILES..ATTE: HORACIO PATRONE ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horacio patrone (talk • contribs) 21:01, 10 March 2019 (UTC)(PHOTOGRAPHY 21:23, 10 March 2019 (UTC))

NOTA PARA Jmabel

SI Jmabel . , ESAS FOTOS SON DE MI PROPIEDAD ..NUNCA FUERON PUBLICADAS...LAS SAQUE CON UNA MAQUINA FOTOGRAFICA MIA MARCA PETRI....Y LOS ROLLOS ERAN DE MI PROPIEDAD..CLARO EL DE LA FOTO SOY YO...Y SE LA DI A UN AMIGO PARA QUE ME SAQUE LAS FOTOS EL DIA DE ELECCION...PERO TANTO MAQUINA Y NEGATIVOS ME PERTENECIAN..SALUDOS JMABEL ATTE: HORACIO PATRONE PHOTOGRAPHY 22:36, 10 March 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Horacio patrone (talk • contribs) 22:36, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Por favor, no escriba enteramente en mayusculos, es coma gritar.

En Artículo 54 de la Ley 11.723 Régimen Legal de la Propriedad Intelectutal [de Argentina], dice, “La enajenación o cesión de una obra pictórica, escultórica, fotográfica o de artes análogas, salvo pacto en contrario, no lleva implícito el derecho de reproducción que permanece reservado al autor o sus derechohabientes.” Y sospecho que el autor sea él que sacó la foto, no él que es dueño de la máquina. Si nunca tuvo una transferencia de derechos por escrito, esto podría ser un problema. Personalmente no estoy preocupado por el problema, pero otros pueden estarlo. - Jmabel ! talk 04:44, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

upload own photo on wikipedia

How the upload own photo on wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nilesh aaryan (talk • contribs) 20:35, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Are you asking about uploading specifically to Wikipedia (in which case which language? Not all accept images at all) or to Commons (the site you are asking on)?
When you say "own photo", do you mean a photo of yourself, or just a photo you took? If it's a photo of yourself, keep in mind that copyright normally belongs to the photographer, not the subject of the photo, so unless it is a self-portrait, you are not usually in a position to grant a license for a photo of yourself.
As to how to upload a photo to Commons: if you are new to this, usually the easiest way is to start from Special:UploadWizard and follow the directions there. - Jmabel ! talk 21:48, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

pictures

How to upload pictures — Preceding unsigned comment added by Winmost (talk • contribs) 20:43, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

If you are new to this, usually the easiest way is to start from Special:UploadWizard and follow the directions there. - Jmabel ! talk 21:51, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Editing

So, can the picture of caelynn miller-keyes from the bachelor be uploaded if production put it on the bachelor website? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnrushing4 (talk • contribs) 21:22, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

@Johnrushing4: Presumably not. Most images on the Internet have all rights reserved. Is there anywhere on that website that it indicates a free license? I would guess not. - Jmabel ! talk 22:03, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Removal of photos: [Ticket#2019012910026551] File YolanDa Brown Portrait 2019.jpg / [Ticket#2019012910026382] File YolanDa Brown plays The Barbican London.jpg

I have noticed that these photographs have recently been removed from the wiki page for YolanDa Brown. The following confirmation of copyright ownership was sent to Wikimedia Commons as requested on the 31st January 2019 at 13.18 and I am not aware of any outstanding requirements for use. Please advise on how to have them reinstated.

Kind regards, Ivan Brown

To: Permissions-commons@wikimedia.org

I hereby affirm that I, Ivan Brown, the creator and sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the media work as shown here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YolanDa_Brown_Portrait_2019.jpg and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work.

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the following free licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the licence and any other applicable laws.

I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the licence chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Ivan Brown Copyright holder 31st January 2019

To: Permissions-commons@wikimedia.org

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the following free licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Ivan Brown Copyright holder 31st January 2019

Idtenti (talk) 21:45, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

User:Jcb did the deletion. Looks to me like this is probably caught in the OTRS backlog & will eventually be restored. - Jmabel ! talk 22:09, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

The ticket is open. On our first response in January the permission was considered insufficient by a colleague. Jcb (talk) 22:26, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

Wie kann ich zu einem Bild ausreichende Urheberrechtsinformationen geben?

(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fu%C3%9Fball_Bundesliga.png) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Essen88 (talk • contribs) 11:26, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Vielen Dank,

Essen88

Essen88 (talk) 11:25, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: See discussion below. De728631 (talk) 18:18, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Video upload

I'm unable to upload video despite it's in ogv format? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Borguheritage (talk • contribs) 10:56, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

@Borguheritage: Hi, and welcome to Wikimedia Commons. You may not have noticed: signing one's posts on talk pages here with ~~~~ helps people to find out who wrote something when, and it provides them with a link to one's user and talk pages (for further discussion).

Please define "unable" in this context. What error message did you get? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 15:37, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Creating Weldon Kirui page photo question

Hi, I am creating my first Wikipedia page. Question is about the photograph I plan to use. The photo has been donated for use by Wikipedia by Skechers USA, sponsor of the LA Marathon that he won. They own the photograph and have agreed to release it for use on Wikipedia for free. I am unclear as to how to properly document this permission so that it passes Wikipedia's editors. Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eccreager (talk • contribs) 14:28, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

@Eccreager: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Where did you get the photo and information? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 15:34, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

For what it's worth, "donated for use by Wikipedia" us usually not enough, especially for Commons. We need a sufficiently free license. - Jmabel ! talk 16:10, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

How to upload fair use images

Hello sir how to upload fair use image AR.Dmg (talk) 17:53, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

@AR.Dmg: you can't upload fair use images to Commons. See Commons:Fair use. Some other projects might accept fair use uploads, however. clpo13_(talk) 17:55, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO

Can use the picture with the Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aizhan Myrzabekova (talk • contribs) 23:28, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

The document here will tell you what you can do with such pictures. --ghouston (talk) 23:34, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

Aizhan Myrzabekova: And if you meant to ask whether Wikimedia Commons allows you to upload pictures which have been published under that license by the copyright holder, then the answer is yes. That license is compatible with Commons' licensing requirements. —LX (talk, contribs) 08:39, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

upload issue

Why am I not allowed or licensed to upload to wiki commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Themayjih (talk • contribs) 06:32, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

@Themayjih: Please sign your post with 4 tildes as per commons policy

To answer your question anyone can contribute but you must hold the license to the photo - so you must have either taken it yourself or have the permission from the person who did. And it needs to fall within our scope - see COM:SCOPE. Have you read the first steps for new users? COM:FS Gbawden (talk) 06:41, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

@Themayjih: Please define "not allowed or licensed" in this context. What error message did you get? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 12:30, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Inclusion of my pictures or files in the category of "Wiki Loves Africa 2019 in Tanzania."

To whom it may concern,

I feel very disappointed since yesterday (11/03/2019), I have been trying to upload my pictures for sharing in Wiki Loves Africa 2019 but after completion of uploading I tried to find the uploaded pictures if they exist in the list of the country (Tanzania) where I reside as the citizen, stunningly they never appear therein! But whenever I log in to my account and click on the "Uploads" the pictures are well displayed! To that end, what went wrong in the uploading process? Will the selection committee see my shared pictures if they are not included in my country's category really? If not, what should be done to set everything correctly?

Your early action will be greatly appreciated since the deadline is approaching very quickly!

Kindest regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thanks in advance for the consideration (talk • contribs) 11:46, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

@Thanks in advance for the consideration: You've successfully uploaded the images, but you've now put them into a category that doesn't exist- that's why it appears in red. You have to create the category within appropriate parent categories, which I've done for you. Cheers. Rodhullandemu (talk) 11:51, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Business logo upload

Good afternoon,

I hope you are well. I am currently editing a company page (that I work for) and I would like to include the logo. What would be the best way to upload this. When I create the infobox I can't see how I would select/ upload an image?

Many thanks,

Jim Roberts — Preceding unsigned comment added by JimrobertseConsult (talk • contribs) 16:44, 12 March 2019‎ (UTC)

Hi Jim! I recommend reading Commons:Guidance for paid editors. It includes information about how to share logos correctly as well as important information on how your edits on English Wikipedia likely violate their rules on undisclosed conflicts of interest and the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use with respect to disclosure of paid editing. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:21, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:StarryDwarfFrogSeenapuramPalaniswamyVijayakumar.jpg

If the author says "Use with credit," do we infer that he or she intended a specific CC license? Image: Starry Dwarf Frog Darkfrog24 (talk) 21:34, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

@Darkfrog24: unfortunately, no, we can’t second-guess an author’s intentions without an actual licence or at least a statement of permission that explicitly covers all the requirements of COM:LIC. In this case, the site terms & conditions say “You may not reprint, reproduce, republish, or otherwise distribute content that appears on EurekAlert! in any way except for your own personal, non-commercial use, without permission from EurekAlert! and AAAS,” so I would assume that the request for attribution is a further condition, not an exemption.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 21:48, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Okay. I thought people were uploading photographs like these, saying "Use with credit means CC1.0B" and then uploading them. How do I delete the page? Best if I did it myself, I think. Darkfrog24 (talk) 22:05, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

@Darkfrog24: you can tag it with {{SD|G7}} (uploader request within a week of uploading) or perhaps using another parameter: G1 (accident/test) or F1 (copyvio). See COM:CSD.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:18, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Picture has been taken away

A person, Patrik Rogel, obviously an administrator, has taken away my picture on my page. I got a message that it’s not legal, but the picture is mine and it was taken very unofficial, I have no name of the photographer. I cannot find the picture now on Wikipedia. What shall I do to get it back. It should be illegal to swipe away a picture like this so I cannot find it... Please, explain this to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gigue52 (talk • contribs) 17:00, 12 March 2019‎ (UTC)

@Gigue52: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

The file you uploaded, File:Nils Larsson at the great organ in Högalid church, Stockholm.jpg, was deleted by Administrator @Gbawden because it appeared to violate copyright per https://webben7.se/artikel/145729/festival-med-%1Dorgel-och-%1Daccordeon. Please review COM:L. Patrick merely posted about that appearance on your user talk page and the file description page. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 17:17, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Hej Gigue52! Jag har svårt att få ihop påståendet att bilden är din med att du inte vet vem fotografen är. Om det inte är du som är fotografen så är ju fotografiet uppenbarligen inte ditt verk. Det är självklart inte olagligt att radera innehåll som utgör misstänkta upphovsrättsintrång. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:36, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

I see the user uploaded the pic again. How they are going to get permission when " I have no name of the photographer" I don't know Gbawden (talk) 11:27, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Gigue52: Det här kommer nog inte att gå så bra för dig om du bara struntar i all kommunikation och fortsätter att ladda upp samma bild igen. Det är ett väldigt effektivt sätt att bli blockerad väldigt snabbt. —LX (talk, contribs) 22:03, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

legal questions

Hello,

I am the communication manager of a Hungarian Theater name József Attila Színház. Some wiki editors are using our photos illegaly. The facts communicated about our actors are also failed. I am trying to correct these information with marking the official photogaprhers pieces and also correcting the datas. Some editors wants to return the pages to the previous facts and photos. How can I ensure that noone behave illegally and does not re-edit my correction. Thanks in advance, BR: Eszter Vámosi — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.101.238.129 (talk) 06:36, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

This is Wikimedia Commons, the repository of media files and not Wikipedia. Can you provide some information about the photo that is being used illegally? There are over 200 languages Wikipedia. Which language Wikipedia and can you provide a link to the article on Wikipedia? T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 08:12, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

There is actually two pages only with pictures hu:József Attila Színház and eo:József Attila Színház. About the Hungarian page you can find there hu:Wikipédia:Adminisztrátorok how to ask help from an administrator of that wiki--Pierpao.lo (listening) 09:22, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

This relates to uploads by User:Maladype? --ghouston (talk) 10:54, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Or some of the contents of József Attila Theater?—Odysseus1479 (talk) 04:38, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Please help

Just now I was trying to upload an image. There are five steps to this - Learn, Upload, Release rights, Describe, Use. So under release rights the box " Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 (legal code)" is checked automatically and this is alright. But then on the next page under the describe section there is another box which says "License for caption contributions only. By clicking "publish", you agree to the terms of use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the Creative Commons CC0 License." I don't get this. Why the two licenses? What is the second one on the describe page for? DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 18:06, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Hey DiplomatTesterMan. The CCBYSA 4.0 license is for the image. The CCO license is only for the text in that box, so that it can be used in some kind of complicated database thing that Wikidata is involved in (I'm not an expert in computer magic, but that's the gist of it). GMG ^talk 18:25, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

GreenMeansGo, Ok. This seems simple enough to understand. I was just confused related to why would a caption need an entirely new licence but it makes sense to have seperate ones. Thanks. DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 18:28, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

I never normally use the Upload Wizard, and I normally avoid captions, so I just played with it to see how this works and it is hideous. This is the sort of thing that either drives people away or teaches them to ignore warnings, depending on their temperament.

This notice which is specific to the caption should be somewhere near the caption.
It should have an info link for help that leads to an explanation of why the caption has a different licensing status than the rest of this.

Jmabel ! talk 00:03, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Jmabel, is it really that badly done? I haven't used the wizard since before they made the change. GMG ^talk 01:21, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

I stand by what I wrote, if that is what you are asking. - Jmabel ! talk 02:32, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Post Card of Union Station (1943)

I would like to upload a post card of Union Station, Washington DC. The post card was bought and sent by my father in 1943 while transiting the station during World War 2. It would be a nice inclusion on the Wikipedia article about Union Station, Washington DC. The post card was published by the Union News Company which went out of business in 1969. It was a subsidiary of the American News Company which went defunct in 1957. May I upload the photo from the post card to the Commons and then bring it into the article about Union Station in Washington DC. The document is now at least 75 years of age.

1943 Post Card of Union Station

Thank you, David Engel — Preceding unsigned comment added by Klass7 (talk • contribs) 01:20, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Whether they stayed in business is not the issue. The issue is whether any heir to their intellectual property renewed the copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 02:34, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

If this one isn't acceptable, there is a similar one at File:Union Station Washington D.C..jpg. --Auntof6 (talk) 03:12, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

copyright painter deceased in 1984

I have included paintings in my wikipage of a painter that died in 1984. The paintings shown are exhibited in 1994 and 2004 on two different galleries. I have a PD copyright included, adding 'in private collection'. Please advise: is this option possible or illegal use of copyright? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Artieques/sandbox/Albert_Kostin — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artieques (talk • contribs) 10:35, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

If he was an American who died in 1984, his works are under copyright until 2079, and don't belong on Commons without a license from his heirs. - Jmabel ! talk 15:50, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Through 2079 (or until 2080). — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 18:00, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Isn’t the 95-year term only for works by unknown authors (or those whose date of death is unknown), counted from first publication rather than pma? I would have thought this copyright to last through 2054 / until 2055.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:16, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Either way, I'll presumably be dead before this can be uploaded under our current rules. - Jmabel ! talk 23:51, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

@Artieques: Hi, and welcome to Wikimedia Commons. You may not have noticed: signing one's posts on talk pages here with ~~~~ helps people to find out who wrote something when, and it provides them with a link to one's user and talk pages (for further discussion). — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 18:00, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Since I started the DR, I'll also help you. Since he was an American artist, the date of publication of his paintings is important. I noticed that a few are paintings were created pre-1924 but sandbox page for the artist notes that these were created in France. So it's important to find out if these were first shown to the public in France( which is Life+ 70 years) or in the United States (publication + 95 years if they had copyright notice). If these were never published during artist's lifetime and weren't published before 2003, copyright on them expires 70 years after the death of the artist. Abzeronow (talk) 14:13, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Uploading Scanned Images of Illustrations from Victorian-era novels

I have scanned illustrations from Victorian novels (all are pre-1908), and want to upload them to Wikimedia Commons. Is this allowed, since I did not create the illustrations myself?

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laurenelle90 (talk • contribs) 19:27, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

@Laurenelle90: 1908 is rather late to assume the copyrights have expired ~~unless the book was first published~~ except in the USA (where anything published before 1924 is in the public domain). When you say “Victorian” I think of the UK, where illustrations by any artist who lived past 1948 are still usually in copyright~~, and for death-dates after 1925 had their USA copyrights extended by the URAA~~. That said, you can indeed upload works that are now free—which may take a bit of research to ascertain for each case—with an appropriate PD template.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:49, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

Works published more than 95 years ago are PD in the US, no matter when the creator died. So UK copyrights may be a concern, but US copyrights of pre-1908 books are not an issue.--Prosfilaes (talk) 13:32, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the correction, @Prosfilaes; I forgot that the 95-years-from-publication term trumps all other considerations in the USA. I’ve amended the above.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 21:43, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Old military images

I uploaded an image of a French vehicle that was modified by a German engineer and put into service. The engineer, Alfred Becker, took extensive photos of the work done at his fabrication shop as he was required to do so for review by Adolf Hitler. The year would have been 1943. As these images were created by someone working for the German military, I was thinking they were the property of the German military and being 76 years old and from a foreign country they were past being a copyright violation. Was that not correct? Thanks for your consideration. Gunbirddriver2 (talk) 00:27, 14 March 2019 (UTC) File:Großer Funk- und Befehlspanzer 38H(f).jpg

@Gunbirddriver2: the only German-government works that are free of copyright are laws, regulations, &c.; the USA’s putting all its government’s works into public domain is rather exceptional. AFAICT the copyright status of the photos will depend on when Becker died, and when & where they were first published; I don’t see anything special about the term of military/government copyrights at COM:Copyright rules by territory/Germany.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 04:57, 14 March 2019 (UTC)

Okay, thanks very much. So would it be true that a picture taken as part of the US military effort, say of a group of B-17s over Germany, that would be okay as the US government has placed such work into the public domain?

As to Becker, I do not know when he died. I know of him into late 1944 but whether he survived the war or not I do not know. I do know a German author named Spielberger used images from Becker's archive and put them in one of his books on German military equipment published in 1989. So then these old German images would need to be from the Bundesarchive or some other source that specifically placed them in the public domain to be used by us. Thanks again. Gunbirddriver2 (talk) 03:50, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Also thanks for the link to the copyright laws for Germany. Very helpful. Gunbirddriver2 (talk) 03:53, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

@Gunbirddriver2: Where you ask about "a picture taken as part of the US military effort…": almost always, yes. The exceptions would be something like if a civilian photographer (say, someone from Life magazine) had been aboard the plane and taken the pictures. Also (not quite the case you are asking about), sometimes members of the military take photos in a capacity unrelated to their military duties, and they are allowed to keep their copyrights on those as if they were civilians. E.g. a soldier in Germany after WWII could take personal photos while on leave, and those would not automatically be in the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 15:46, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Very good. Thanks very much. Gunbirddriver2 (talk) 23:52, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

youtube video thumbnail embedding

Can I embed a link to a youtube video in wikibooks on the book page? or will it just be the link that shows ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AuthenticEnough (talk • contribs) 08:47, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Hey AuthenticEnough. You cannot embed media from youtube in pages on Wikimedia project. If the media is freely licensed then you can upload it here on Wikimedia Commons, and then embed it in pages on other project. But if the content is non-free, then the most you can do is provide an external link. GMG ^talk 12:32, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Pictures

What kind of a pictures did you collect about African did you collect any pictures and places what kind of a pictures did you collect — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mbawu (talk • contribs) 09:11, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

@Mbawu: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

COM:Wiki Loves Africa 2019 competition closes today. Category:Images from Wiki Loves Africa 2019 and its subcategories contain the entries. In the 2017 competition, the judging took four months, from 1 December 2017 until 29 March 2018. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 12:46, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

@Mbawu: , the theme for Wiki Loves Africa this year is "Play" and according to WLA, this theme covers joyful and serious games, sport, and recreation in the form of board or mental games, physical fun or contests, playful interactions, theatrical and musical performances. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 22:43, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

wiki loves africa competition

I just want to ask that if you upload your pics in the competition,will they have been already uploaded by wiki competition.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Letmore (talk • contribs) 12:25, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

@Letmore: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

@Letmore: Your question is not clear but if you intended to ask if photos uploaded for Wiki Loves Africa qualify to win price in other photographic competition like Wiki Loves Monuments, then the answer is NO. The theme for Wiki Loves Africa this year is "Play". Images uploaded for Wiki Loves Africa are unlikely to be in scope with other competitions. In addition, the photos must be uploaded during the months of the competition and not before or after the competition. Let me know if i get your question correctly and if this answer your question. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 22:36, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

كيفيه حذف ملف تم تحميله

كيفيه حذف ملف تم تحميله علي الصفحه — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hadeel fareed (talk • contribs) 15:09, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

How to delete a downloaded file How to delete a file uploaded to the page

translator: Google Translate via — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 16:47, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

@Hadeel fareed: I tagged File:Shrimp.pdf {{speedy|WP:CSD#G7 per https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Help_desk&diff=prev&oldid=342802803}} for you. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 17:04, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

"taken on" & location

In a number of uses of {{Taken on}}, not all on my own uploads (many of these were on archival uploads), I accidentally used "country=" instead of "location=". Is there any sane way to find these and fix them? - Jmabel ! talk 20:15, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Searches like [6] or [7] will find some. --ghouston (talk) 01:56, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks. I fixed the recent ones, but I think that for photos from, say, the 1900s or 1910s getting this "right" would be a liability, because we don't seem to have country-specific categories day-by-day in that era. - Jmabel ! talk 04:07, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Issues editing the license of an already uploaded image

I uploaded the logo of the Institution I work at and made mistakes with the licensing. Now I'm finding quite difficult to edit the license and also, I am not certain if the license I created on creative commons website is completed as I couldn't find any submission button or anything of the like at the end of the page. Please help me as the logo has now been marked for speedy deletion. Thanks in advance -- Nike Thaddeus 21:48, 15 March 2019Nike Thaddeus

@Nike Thaddeus: if you did not create the logo yourself, you shouldn’t use a {{Self}} template, and the GFDL alone is not acceptable here—see COM:LIC#GNU Free Documentation License. Since the image has been previously published elsewhere, please have the Communications Unit or another authorized representative of the university contact COM:OTRS, from an official address, for confidential confirmation of permission. (It appears that you did successfully edit the file a few times BTW, so you must have found the “Publish changes” button that submits edits.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:14, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

HOW DO I ENABLE MY EMAIL ON WIKIMEDIA COMMONS?

Hello, please I need urgent information on the following; 1. How do I know if my email is enabled on Wikimedia Commons 2. How do I enable my email on Wikimedia Commons if it is not enabled.

Kindly expecting a prompt reply. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GOSERVE (talk • contribs) 23:14, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

@GOSERVE: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Your email is enabled (I checked by trying Special:EmailUser/GOSERVE). It is normally enabled by a user upon account creation or the "Email options" portion of Special:Preferences, and then confirmed by that user using information in the confirmation email message. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 23:38, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Ruth Nicholson at Royaumont.jpg

This section was archived on a request by: 廣九直通車 (talk) 13:22, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Hello I posted an image at File:Ruth Nicholson at Royaumont.jpg without adequate copyright info and would like it deleted please

--Iainmacintyre (talk) 09:36, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

@Iainmacintyre: Thank you for your question. You may want to use Template:SD to delete the file. Please use {{SD|G7}} to file a speedy deletion request. An administrator would then delete the file for you, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 10:01, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

PD for File:Huntingcampsinwo00priciala 0010.jpg

To be acceptable for the Commons, File:Huntingcampsinwo00priciala 0010.jpg must be in the public domain in the US and in its country of origin (presumably the UK, since it's taken from a book published in London). The book was published in 1910, so the US seems OK. I wonder about the UK, though. In the book, the photo comes with a kind of credit that says:

Photo] [Newnes

I expect "Newnes" is the photographer. Wouldn't we need to know when Newnes died to determine whether the photo is PD in the UK? Huon (talk) 23:28, 15 March 2019 (UTC)

Of course you're right about the US. I can find lots of references to images from this period being published by, or re-sold by, the firm of George Newnes. (Newnes Ltd was ready to publish images; they owned the Strand Magazine, in which Conan-Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories were published with famous images, e.g. File:Twis-05.jpg.) Lacking any evidence to the contrary, I believe we can comfortably assert that this was taken by an un-attributed employee of Newnes' company, making it fit under {{PD-UK-unknown}}. Nyttend (talk) 16:53, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

I quit receiving Wikimedia Picture of the Day emails.

Hi, I'm Mark Bernacki. I've been subscribed to receive Wikimedia's Picture of the Day emails for a few years now but lately, I quit receiving them. What do I need to do to start receiving them again? My email address is (Redacted).

Mark Bernacki — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mark6004137 (talk • contribs) 06:53, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

It seems you unsubscribed from daily-image-l. Please feel free to subscribe again. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 10:26, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Wrong EXIF date

Do we have a template that can be placed on a file to say "this image has incorrect EXIF information"? This image's EXIF claims that it was taken in late May, but well-watered deciduous trees at 38°N latitude definitely don't look like this in late spring (they look much more like this July image); I suspect that the camera had been misconfigured. (Otherwise, the photo's perfectly fine, and there's no reason to object to its use at six pages on four wikis.) I've removed the date from its {{Information}} template, and I just want to prevent it from being re-added by bots or by users who are working semi-automatically. Nyttend (talk) 16:36, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Nyttend, see Template:Invalid Exif date. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 19:22, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi, and thank you. I'd looked for "wrong exif", "exif error", "incorrect exif", "wrong metadata", "metadata error", "incorrect metadata", etc. in the template namespace only, but I didn't think to look for "invalid". Nyttend (talk) 00:56, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Fußball Bundesliga.png

Ist es möglich eigene Hochgeladene Bilder zu löschen?

Vielen Dank,

Essen 88

Essen88 (talk) 11:32, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

@Essen88: Nein, du selbst kannst keine Bilder löschen, das können nur Administratoren. Ich habe das Bild aber jetzt für dich gelöscht. Urheberrechtlich gab es hier eigentlich keine Probleme, da das Logo der Eintracht wohl nicht mehr geschützt ist (siehe auch File:Adler klein.png) und der Wappenschild von Hoffenheim ist zu simpel. Allerdings kann ich bei so einem Screenshot, wo wirklich nur ein Spielergebnis schwarz auf weiß dargestellt ist, keinen Nutzen für das Projekt Wikimedia Commons erkennen. Falls du dennoch einen Mehrwert für Wikipedia oder andere Projekte in dem Bild siehst, lass es mich bitte wissen. De728631 (talk) 18:16, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Old maps from old books

I have many books about the I World War and the Balkans Wars (1912-1913). In many cases, I know that the author died more than 70 years ago (like marshal Ferdinand Foch, who died in 1929). In this case, we know that this maps is under public domain. May I upload these photos? If the answer is "yes", how can I write this information? --Marcos Souza (talk) 14:08, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Yes, those should be public domain. Typical PD tag would be {{Licensed-PD-Art|1=PD-old-100}}. If you are using Special:Upload, you can just write the tag into the text accompanying the upload. If you are using something else, the exact way to enter license tags will vary, but at worst you can use a generic PD tag and then edit in the correct tag immediately after upload. - Jmabel ! talk 15:49, 17 March 2019 (UTC)
- You should be careful though when it comes to illustrations from books. The writers such as Foch are almost never the graphical artists who actually drew the maps or took the photos to illustrate their books. Unless there are explicit credits to photographers or graphical artists and the book was published before 1924, you can use {{Licensed-PD-Art-two|1=PD-EU-anonymous|2=PD-US-expired}}. De728631 (talk) 17:58, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Upload product logo icons to Wikipedia or Wikimedia?

I noticed that a lot of the icons shown on Google's products on Wikipedia are unofficial, as in, they seem to be self-made.

Examples: the icon shown in the top-right corner of the Gmail article, or the Google Maps article. They look right, but I can confirm they're unofficial, as small details are incorrect or missing.

I've found all the different product icons in .svg format straight from original sources (various official Google pages), and I want to go about updating all the incorrect icons on Wikipedia. I started with the Google Keep article and uploaded the correct .svg for it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Google_Keep_icon.svg (replacing the old and slightly incorrect .png here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Google_Keep_icon.png).

When moving on to the Google Maps Wikipedia article, I found the icon was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as opposed to Wikipedia. So now I'm trying to figure out best practices on when to use which. Should I upload all the icons to Wikipedia? Or is it better to upload to Wikimedia Commons?

--CoreyVidal (talk) 14:48, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

If they are simple enough to be ineligible for copyright, we can host them on Commons. If they are not, then we would require a free license from Google, which is almost certainly not going to happen. - Jmabel ! talk 15:51, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

What about all of these existing Google product icons currently on Commons?:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gmail_Icon.svg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GoogleMaps_logo.svg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Google_Chrome_icon_(September_2014).svg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Play_music_triangle.svg

Do they not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection? And are they therefore in the public domain?

--CoreyVidal (talk) 16:50, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Have you read the "Licensing" section of these files? It says there that "This image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain." De728631 (talk) 17:50, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Yep, but that doesn't mean they were done properly. I didn't trust them, as they were clearly self-made, so I didn't know if I could trust the licensing either. But if it's good to go, I'll update all of them to official sources. --CoreyVidal (talk) 18:18, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

I don't see a need for this. File:Play music triangle.svg was taken directly from Google Play's website, so there's no need for an update. File:Google Chrome icon (September 2014).svg has been nominated for deletion, so it may not be PD at all. File:GoogleMaps logo.svg is the same as the one shown at Google Play, and the Gmail icon doesn't look different from the original either. De728631 (talk) 18:27, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

Uploading

Hi! I set up a new account and created a personal page. I have a picture here from the pyramids in Giza. I want to share it with everyone. What's the next step? It seems I have to move it someplace from my laptop gallery first so that I can get a link to add. Is that correct? Where to? Thanks!

Jane — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2.65.127.243 (talk) 21:06, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean by a "laptop gallery" distinct from the file system on your laptop, but you can probably work that out. Assuming the picture from the pyramids is a photo you took yourself, you can probably just go to Special:UploadWizard and follow the directions. If you didn't take the picture yourself, it is unlikely that you are in a position to provide the license that Commons requires. You need to be logged in to upload, though. - Jmabel ! talk 00:41, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Paintings to display on your web site.

Dear sir/Madam,I had seen your website.It is beautiful with collection of photos.My question weather I can diaply my art work on your web site.I am artist of Mumbai,India with diploma holder in art.Awaiting for reply.

Thanking you Yours Ashok Revankar,G.D.Art Ptg(Fine) —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 116.72.125.36 (talk) 03:28, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Please create an account and follow COM:FS. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 03:39, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Rasgacabeza.jpg

I decided to write the wikipedia page for a band's new album (RASGACABEZA) and I don't know how to label the album cover. Because the Wikipedia's info about photos said that most covers come from amazon, I decided to post the album cover from the Amazon website. I do not know what to categorize it under. Please let me know how to proceed as I do not have copyrights to the photo. I just want to add the album cover to the page I just created.

--ElectricChurro (talk) 05:10, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

@ElectricChurro: Not sure where you got that thing about Amazon; I assume from your remark some page on the English-language Wikipedia. Keep in mind: Commons is not Wikipedia. Commons never hosts files on a "fair use" basis: to be on Commons it has to be either public domain or under a free license, neither of which is likely for an album jacket.
For non-free use of an album jacket on the English-language Wikipedia, you probably want to use en:Template:Non-free album cover and upload directly on the English-language Wikipedia (not on Commons).
The Spanish-language Wikipedia, like Commons, does not allow images on a fair-use basis. See es:Wikipedia:Sobre el uso legítimo. - Jmabel ! talk 05:50, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

How publish portraits of artists and art work on Wikipedia

Can somebody please outline how to correctly publish images to Wikipedia in the following scenarios in order to avoid deletion?

Artists want me to publish images on their own Wikipedia page, and are willing to give full usage rights on Wikipedia Commons (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts).

I will be uploading the images for the artists, editing their Wiki page, and conducting all interaction with Wikipedia - at the request of the artist.

1. My photograph of an artist and/or their artwork

I have taken a photograph of an artist posing with their artwork, and/or a photograph of their artwork, and the artist wants it published on their Wiki page.

I also am willing to give the same usage rights referenced above.

2. Photograph by the artist

The artist has taken a photograph of their own artwork, and wants it published to their Wiki page.

I have spent countless hours reading the Wikipedia guidance, and trying to provide the correct permissions, only to have the Wiki reviewers and bots delete the works from the artists page.

Since I am unable to figure this out, please provide exact, explicit steps for myself and the artist as needed to avoid any more deletions.

I would be eternally grateful to be delivered from this cul-de-sac. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uranoz (talk • contribs) 20:51, 10 March 2019 (UTC) Uranoz (talk) 15:18, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

@Uranoz: about point 1: provided that their artwork is not the main subject of the photo, upload as usual and edit the file page to include {{De minimis}}. See this page for an example where the copyrighted work is described using the De minimis template. --HyperGaruda (talk) 21:04, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

@Uranoz: I've photographed quite a few artists, and from my experience with this sort of thing, usually the artist's work in the photo will be too prominent to be de minimis. It sounds like you are doing this repeatedly, so you want to get it down to a straightforward process that will leave no question about the legitimacy of this. Would it be possible to have the artists in question go through the process beginning at the URL https://tools.wmflabs.org/relgen/ ? Because if that'a a viable solution, it is definitely a good one. If that's too much for them to do, though, get back to me and I'll see if I can help you set up a process a little more customized to your purpose. - Jmabel ! talk 21:59, 10 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Yes, these images will not work with the minimis label, AND the artists are not capable of handling the permission wizard you reference - unless I walk them through each step. Some are in Europe and some are very elderly. I am in the US, so the best process would be one that I could handle myself. I have tried having the artist provide rights, and myself provide rights, which did not work. I am used to working in a professional environment where processes are clear. I am completely stressed by this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uranoz (talk • contribs) 03:01, 11 March 2019 (UTC) Uranoz (talk) 15:18, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

When you say "I have tried having the artist provide rights," I presume you mean you've had them provide a license, correct? Or do you mean something else? Can you explain exactly what you've had them do? Or would you rather skip that and have me just jump to my suggestions about setting up a process? - Jmabel ! talk 04:25, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: FIRST, I appreciate this help from both yourself and HyperGaruda. SECOND, I would very much like to have a process I can follow. This would be for A - uploading photos of artists that I have taken that have that artist's artwork figured predominantly in the photo, AND B - for being the person who uploads photos taken by the artist of their own artwork. In both cases, the intent is to get these images on the Wikipedia page for the artist.

THE PROCESS I HAVE USED TO DATE IS AS FOLLOWS. I upload the photograph of the artist that I have taken of the artist to Wikipedia Commons, and assign it the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. I do this because I took the photograph, and it is my photo. Then I have artist send an email to the Wikipedia Permissions desk using the template, providing the appropriate details, and using the license Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). I have also tried having the artist use the Use Share Alike, Non-commercial license.

Replicates the standard wording of a release

I hereby affirm that I, (name here), am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of CHOOSE ONE: [URLs of the content] OR [attached images/text] as used here: [Exact URL of the page or file on Wikipedia], and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work. I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). (THIS IS THE STANDARD CHOICE; YOU MAY CHOOSE ANOTHER ACCEPTABLE FREE LICENSE, IF YOU WISH TO) I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. [Sender's name] [Sender's authority (If applicable. E.g. "Copyright holder", "Director", "Appointed representative of", etc.)] [Date]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Uranoz (talk • contribs) 05:11, 11 March 2019 (UTC) Uranoz (talk) 15:18, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

All of that seems appropriate except for the part about the non-commercial license. Commons requires that there be at least one license for each image allowing commercial reproduction.
Other than the case involving a non-commercial license, I'm really surprised if this isn't working. Are you sure the artists are sending those emails? Are they cc'ing you when they do so, so that you can be sure? Are you sure the artist is being clear as to what image or images this pertains to, (or that they are authorizing you in general to upload on their behalf)? Sorry if these questions seem at all repetitive, I'm just trying to see if we can pick out what's been going wrong.
For what it's worth, the requirements for your two cases are pretty much identical. Your upload with an appropriate license clearly provides the permission we need from you in case 1 and your permission is not needed in case 2. - Jmabel ! talk 16:00, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
@Uranoz: I've linked this discussion from Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard#Artists' works because I think we need someone with OTRS authority to look in on this. Jmabel ! talk 16:05, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

@Uranoz: Specific filenames and OTRS ticket numbers would be helpful. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 17:43, 11 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: No problem, clarity is king. Yes, the artist is providing exact specific statements using the correct form to the permissions email box for Wikipedia. I have seen copies of these emails, and know the dates/timing which has been fine. My concern has always been that the two permissions would somehow be in conflict. For example, IF I provide a permission when uploading an image to the Commons (because I took the photograph) AND then the artist provides a permission because either A. they were the subject and their art is predominate in the photo, and B. the image is of their artwork. It sounds like you are saying that this is a correct and normal process, AND that ONLY one of the permissions needs to allow commercial re-use. QUESTION: is my understanding of your comments correct? I think for clarity that I will post the progress for one particular photo that I recently uploaded as a test. It was uploaded to the Commons here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In-the-blue-light-winston-branch.jpg The artist sent a permissions email to Wikipedia on March , 2019 with a Use Share Alike, Non-commercial license. So this image has both a non-commercial and a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. So, this should work. Since it was posted recently, and is still under review, we have no response of approval or removal request from Wikipedia, and are waiting for one of these results. The image is published to the artist's Wikipedia page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Branch NEW IMAGE: I have also just uploaded a new image to the Commons here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winston-branch-alta-bates-2011.jpg with the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. I have published the image to Mr. Branch's Wikipedia page here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Branch Mr. Branch, the artist has also just sent an email to Wiki permissions with subject line License permissions for https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winston-branch-alta-bates-2011.jpg and email content as follows: I hereby affirm that I, Winston Branch, am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winston-branch-alta-bates-2011.jpg as used here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Branch, and have legal authority in my capacity to release the copyright of that work.

I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. Winston Branch Copyright holder, Copyright holder of the artwork March 12, 2019

NOTE: Is this correct? It just seems ridiculous to have two - 2 - persons claiming to be holder of full copyright permissions to the same image. One is the image creator, i.e. - this is my photograph. The other is the person whose work is shown in the photograph. Shouldn't these creatives be granting permission for their work to be included in the photograph? Why isn't there a specific permission that allows artists and others to say exactly what is appropriate: I grant permission for this photograph of my work/ideas/creations to be be licensed under blah, blah, blah. This would be much more clear. Uranoz (talk) 19:05, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

@Uranoz:

These things that involve two separate copyrights are among the trickiest copyright issues. If you photograph an artwork, two separate copyrights are involved: the copyright of the artwork and the copyright of your derivative work, the photograph. Only the artist (or whoever holds the copyright of the artwork if that copyright has been transferred) can give permission to reproduce the artwork. Only you as photographer can give permission to reproduce the photograph. The only time two separate copyrights wouldn't be involved are:
1. If the artwork itself were out of copyright, in which case copyright of the artwork is irrelevant.
2. If the artwork is two-dimensional or so close that photographing it involves no creativity, and the photograph shows only the artwork (not even a frame), in which case the photograph is not eligible for a copyright separate from that of the artwork.

So two persons are not holders of "full copyright permissions to the same image." You each own distinct rights, but both sets of rights are needed to reproduce the image.

When I wrote, "Commons requires that there be at least one license for each image allowing commercial reproduction" I don't mean that only one of those two separate licenses needs to allow commercial reproduction. We need such a license for the artwork, and we need such a license for the photograph. What I meant was that we allow things to be multi-licensed, and it's OK if one of the offered licenses is limited to non-commercial use, as long as there is a license that allows commercial use.
We need a lot of the "I'm aware…" language because people were misunderstanding what rights they were waiving. We need that explicit so people don't sign an irrevocable license without understanding its consequences.

Other than that, you seem to have understood correctly. And it looks like both licenses involved should allow commercial use, so in at least this case the misunderstanding about "non-commercial" should not be a significant issue. The only issue (not a big one, easily fixed) is that because this is a faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional work, the photograph itself would not have a copyright, so the licensing on the page should exactly match the licenses being granted by the artist {{GFDL}} and {{CC-BY-SA-3.0}}.
Convenience link File:In-the-blue-light-winston-branch.jpg.
I could go off on several related tangents, but I have to get back to my paid work. Jmabel ! talk 20:19, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thank you again, the clarifications your provided help a lot We are proceeding with these new images and will see how things work out. Uranoz (talk) 21:41, 12 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: The solution for the images where I photographed an artist with their artwork, and the artwork was clearly visible and an integral part of the photograph, was (a) for me to upload my photograph and grant the usual Commons free license, and then (b) for the artist to sent a form to Wiki permissions, titling EACH image in the photograph, and granting a free license for the use of those images in the photograph. Here is content of the statement that should be used and mailed to permissions. Again, thank you for everyone's help!

--Uranoz (talk) 18:40, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Can I rejoin?

My Commons account was blocked years ago, and the email address I signed up with it was removed by me a few years later. Should I re-sign up using a different email or upload on other sites (eg Google Docs, Dropbox, Github or even Wikia/Fandom, but not Flickr cos I'm locked out there too) with a CC licence and tell other users to upload it? --183.2.198.85 08:36, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Please login and use {{Unblock}} on your original user talk page. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 11:48, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

But my account's been locked down globally and I don't want to appeal via email because as I stated above - the email address I signed up with it was removed, and I don't think I can get unbanned - that means either Re-signing up or upload somewhere and let others picked up. --183.2.198.60 12:34, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

What was your account's name? Having removed your email address shouldn't matter; please use m:Special:Contact/Stewards or email stewards

wikimedia.org. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 12:48, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

I'd rather not say, but I've been banned 4 life for counter-trolling at a sister project. --183.2.198.81 13:00, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Author autorization to upload a photo of her work

Hi everybody,

Months ago I uploaded a picture of a famous chilean actress, which was deleted because I didn't have a written permition from the author, even when I had oral permition to upload it, as the actress is my client and the photographer is a good friend of hers. Anyway, at that time, I agreed and didn't upload the file again.

My client wants to upload the picture anyway (she loves the picture and wants it for her Wikipedia page), so I need, please, for you to tell me what does the letter from the author have to include in order to accept the picture.

Thanks in advance! And sorry if this question was already answered, but I couldn't find it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StreamXsonik (talk • contribs) 20:59, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

@StreamXsonik: Take a look at Special:UploadWizard and follow the steps there: one of them includes provisions for "I don't own this work but someone else does". —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:23, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

I don’t see anything there for files that require permission (no linkable statement of same). @StreamXsonik: please see COM:OTRS, where you will find instructions and a sample permission letter.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:10, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Adding photo

I have a question about adding photos and which to use and not to upload. — Preceding unsigned comment added by The One I Left (talk • contribs) 2019-03-18 03:50 (UTC)

Then ask it. - Jmabel ! talk 04:17, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

авторские права

Здравствуйте! Что надо сделать , чтобы не удалили медиафайл? Куда-то написать и подтвердить. А как? Попросить автора афиши дать подтверждение и тогда в каком формате?? Спасибо за помощь и терпение!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Валентина Березкина (talk • contribs) 22:09, 17 March 2019 (UTC)

@Валентина Березкина: It would help a lot if you would give some indication what file this is about. - Jmabel ! talk 00:43, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

The user is apparently unaware that fair use is not allowed here. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 05:12, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Finding how many files I uploaded

Hi, people. It's likely a dumb question. But, is there a place where I can find the exact number of files I uploaded? On en.wiki I can see the exact number of articles I have created. On Commons I'm yet to find this number. Apparently, I would need to count the files I uploaded one by one to find out how many I uploaded. So, is there a place where I can find this number without need to count it one by one? Thanks.--SirEdimon (talk) 07:39, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

81 files according to https://xtools.wmflabs.org/ec/commons.wikimedia/SirEdimon. MKFI (talk) 07:48, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

@SirEdimon: If you look at my user page there is an userbox you can copy (the one with the dodo counts total uploads, the other counts the photos taken by me) Gbawden (talk) 07:54, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you people. This is what I wanted. Thank you very much.--SirEdimon (talk) 16:57, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Upload request

Hi, Kindly upload the original version (7084×4728) of File:Haft-sin, Nowruz, Still-life-3205068.jpg from the provided source. I couldn't do that myself because of poor Internet connection (time-out error). Thanks. 4nn1l2 (talk) 19:09, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Done --Yann (talk) 19:21, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. I have the same request for another file: File:Nowruz, Grass-532563.jpg. This will be my last upload request. 4nn1l2 (talk) 21:37, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Done --Nutshinou ^Talk! 16:42, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

I moved a cat and did it wrong

I moved Category:Puqian Bridge to Category:Haiwen Bridge and now the wikidata is gone. I think I did it wrong. Please help and guide. Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:01, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Done --E4024 (talk) 01:13, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you so much, E4024! :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 20:45, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Lucy Hicks Anderson

Can I upload the only photo of Lucy Hicks Anderson to be found on the internet, that was taken while she was still alive, considering she is already dead more then 70 years and died in California (I believe 70 years is the limit for the right to publicity of celebrities there)? Carpatianlynx (talk) 11:26, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

@Carpatianlynx: Who snapped the photo? — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 14:32, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

I don't know. it looks like a really old photo and every blog or black history month post didn't say anything about the photo itself. but it seems to be the only photo available ever of Lucy. I wanted to translate the page, I am not American, that is why I try to find a free to use photo Carpatianlynx (talk) 16:16, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Right of publicity wouldn't be the issue, it would be the copyright. Do you know if the photo was taken, and published in the U.S., before 1923? That would be our best bet. - Jmabel ! talk 16:49, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

Uploading a picture

I would like to upload a picture that was mailed to me by the copyright owner. The copyrigt owner has given the permisission to use the picture on Wiki only, and the picture must be attributed. Are there any licenses on Wikimedia Commons that comply to these conditions? NordboerBonde (talk) 14:27, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

@NordboerBonde: No, "permisission to use the picture on Wiki only" is insufficient, please have them send COM:L compliant permission and a suggested filename via OTRS with a copy to you. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 14:31, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

accidentally request for deletion

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Foto Benjamin Dalle.jpg

I accidentally requested a delation for a picture. This picture is of my boss and he gave me the permission to use it for his wikipedia page. Therfore it may be used.

Can the request for delation be undone?

Thank you in advance, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eguns (talk • contribs) 16:15, 21 March 2019 (UTC) (UTC)

Not at this stage. The image will be kept if there are no copyright problems with it. Ruslik (talk) 19:49, 21 March 2019 (UTC)

Unknown Request for Help

Template:WPO NTTP INP WENX 2019 Google Inchttps://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A0nh_vi%C3%AAn:Thuphuongwood — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thuphuongwood (talk • contribs) 09:50, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

@Thuphuongwood: Hello, you are currently on Wikimedia Commons, the free media depository of the Wikimedia Movement. Do you have any questions on editing Commons? If you cannot understand English, you may want to request for Vietnamese translation assistance. You may also want to ask me if you have any further questions, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 10:07, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

To delete not very visible picture

Hello, I would like to supprime two pictures for its lack of visibility and are spotted : File:Clemenceau (R98) 12.jpg ;File:Balla-Arabé Collection (2).jpg Please help me to supprime or deleate its. Thank you P. hynece — Preceding unsigned comment added by P. hynece (talk • contribs) 18:21, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Convenience links: File:Clemenceau (R98) 12.jpg, File:Balla-Arabé Collection (2).jpg
@P. hynece: Since neither "supprime" nor "deleate" are English words, perhaps there is some other language in you can make this clearer? Perhaps French, which I see you write? - Jmabel ! talk 19:59, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Hello, I would like to delete two pictures for its lack of visibility and are spotted : File:Clemenceau (R98) 12.jpg ;File:Balla-Arabé Collection (2).jpg Please help me to delete them. Thank you P. hynece — Preceding unsigned comment added by P. hynece (talk • contribs) 18:24, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

@P. hynece: Thank you for your query. Please be advised that unlike Wikipedia projects, media files may be kept on Wikimedia Commons, even they do not have any usage on other Wikimedia projects. Moreover, according to GCSD criteria no.7, both media files are not eligible for courtesy deletion. All in all, it is fine to keep these media files on Wikimedia Commons. Please do not hesitate to ask me if you have any questions.廣九直通車 (talk) 01:41, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Maybe not courtesy deletion, but looking at the creation dates, the user's uploads may be copyright violation. --HyperGaruda (talk) 06:09, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Permission to use image

Hi there, The Library of Congress would like to use this image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jack_and_Minnie_Dowsett,_c._1890s.jpg for our upcoming suffrage exhibition. Is it possible? Thanks, Marisa Hernandez, MMLIS Exhibits Office Intern — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 140.147.179.129 (talk) 15:34, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Hello Marisa. Yes, the image is in the public domain and can be used by anyone for any purpose without restriction. GMG ^talk 15:36, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Photo permission

Would like to use this photo at Library of Congress https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emily_Sophia_Tanner_Richards_Photograph.jpg Marisa Hernandez, MMLIS Exhibits Office Intern — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 140.147.179.129 (talk) 17:48, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

Hey Marisa. That photo is also in the public domain and can be used by anyone for any purpose. GMG ^talk 19:26, 22 March 2019 (UTC)

THE WIKI LOVE CONTEST

Hello there, Thanks for your proposal. As I'm a Professional photographer I'm very happy to participate.The subject is one of my favourite.

I wish to send you some different file for the love Contest .

I just want to know if there is something special to know in the rules.

I have all the rights of authors, I'm the author of the images.

Please send me the linkof the Contest and the rules to be able to send you beautifull images and learn how it works if I win.

Love is here with wikilove. Kind regards, Alexandra — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexandralovejesus (talk • contribs) 13:40, 19 February 2019 (UTC)

@Alexandralovejesus: please visit the page "Commons:Wiki Loves Love 2019/Rules" for the rules, and you can upload images here (Mobile 📱). --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚)

As this contest is over I'll be marking this section as "Resolved". --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 02:12, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 02:12, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

How to nominate an image for speedy deletion

This section was archived on a request by: 廣九直通車 (talk) 05:20, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Dumb question folks. How to nominate an image to speedy deletion?--SirEdimon (talk) 01:09, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

@SirEdimon: You may use {{Speedy|(Reason)} for generic reason deletions, or {{SD|(Any codes)}}, where such codes are listed on COM:CSD. For copyright violations, please use {{Copyvio|1=(reason)|url=(link, if found on other sites)}}For more templates, please refer to COM:CT#Unfree licenses, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 01:46, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

@SirEdimon: Please also familiar yourself with COM:CSD, the policy regarding speedy deletion. If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to ask me, thank you!廣九直通車 (talk) 01:49, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you. Very useful information.--SirEdimon (talk) 01:57, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Hello

Why is Wikipedia do not support disability people when they want to work in Wikipedia? I demand a answer and a full apology from Wikipedia. --182.239.190.231 18:21, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

For starters, could you give an example of where you perceive to have been intentionally hindered? Furthermore: technically you did not post this demand on Wikipedia but on Wikimedia, which is (although related) a different project, where your one and only contribution so far was this demand - which (to me) seems like a wrong foot to start things off. Richard 20:05, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

It's bad form to show @TonyBallioni the finger. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 05:35, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I don't see the relation of that remark to the rest of this thread, can you explain? - Jmabel ! talk 06:06, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Please see this edit, with the caveat that the linked image is NSFW, and my post of 15:45 below. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 15:49, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

@182.239.190.231: , this is Wikimedia Commons, the repository of free media files. We do not deal with recruitment here and we may not be able to address your concern. However, you can contact Wikimedia Foundation via the address here. Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 07:14, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

@Magog the Ogre: this is an LTA. If you want to know which one I can email you. TonyBallioni (talk) 07:40, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

I hope this edit is self-explanatory. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 15:45, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Upload procedure if copyright owner and author are different but the author should be credited

I have a set of 4 photographs taken in Australia 1959 by Fritz Kos an Australien photographer that I want to upload for use in a Wikipedia article. The photographs were commissioned by our family and show the house that our family built in Perth. According to information that I received the copyright rules during that time in Australia give the copyright to the person that commissioned the work. I do want to credit the uploaded pictures to the photographer. Which procedure do I use? Own work? But there is no field to mention the author. Just to be safe I notified the heirs of Fritz Kos that I planned to publish the photographs under the CC-BY-SA-4.0 license and received an OK. Based on the copyright situation above I already gave permission to publish one of the photographs in a book and this was accepted valid I understand. I also assume that our family are the only owners of the original photographs. There is of cause no documentation that proves that our family commissioned the work except the photographs themselves. Basicly what is the procedure to use if author and copyright owner are different but the author should be credited in the published work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Schmila (talk • contribs) 15:18, 24 March 2019 (UTC) --Schmila (talk) 14:52, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

This might better be asked at Commons:Village pump/Copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 15:25, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Tisopurine

What should be the name of the file File:Tisopurine.png which was uploaded by @Edgar181: . The user @JWBE: has been trying it to rename to Thioisopurine. Is it proper scientific name or vandalism? --✝iѵɛɳ२२४०^{†ลℓк †๏ мэ} 16:17, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

I am chemist, so I know what I do. Indeed, Tiven2240, this question should be delegated to a chemist. --JWBE (talk) 16:28, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

JWBE, what is Thioisopurine? Can you provide a link to a scholarly work (journal) where this was properly described? Regards. T Cells (talk · contribs · email) 17:04, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

The given rationale for the name change, "meaningless or ambiguous name", is patently false. Tisopurine is the w:en:International Nonproprietary Name given to the chemical chemical compound for the specific purpose of being non-ambiguous. I can't find any evidence that "thioisopurine" is used by any reliable source as a synonym for this chemical compound. ChemNerd (talk) 17:44, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

There are two citations in the enWP article where the file is used; one calls the compound thiopurine and the other tisopurine. According to the infobox, the IUPAC name is 1,2-Dihydro-4H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-4-thione; no “thioisopurine” synonym to be found in any of the chemical databases linked from there. (IMO the element symbols are oversized in the drawing, but that’s not pertinent to the name.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 18:58, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Tisopurine is a unprecise trivial-name. It could have been shortened form Thioisopurine. In fact it is a "Iso"purine, due to the new position of one N-Atom. Thiopurinol is even unprecise, because it's not an alcohol. Only the IUPAC-name is in the moment precise. --JWBE (talk) 20:56, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

Please delete my images

File:WestBengalDistricts_numbered_tag_mr.svg <- has been repaired by other user
File:WestBengalDistricts_numbered-mr.svg
File:WestBengalDistricts_numbered-tag_mr.svg
File:WestBengalDistricts_numbered_mr.svg

On my laptop these are good but when I upload in wikipedia it is showing black strips.. Template:Sunst:unsigned4

Please see Help:SVG#Black rectangle (Flowed Text bug) instead. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 00:04, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

QUESTION

Hello i'm not good at setting up and answer i was wondering why i cannot display these two files: wdi-raitv.jpg and wdi_donnamoderna.jpg

the first are two pictures of me and my partner during an interview taken to us at the Italian TV in the 80's The second is an article on myself and my company written also in the80-90's there is no infringements of any copyright here cristiano galli zugaro — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cristiano Galli-Zugaro (talk • contribs) 23:02, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

@Cristiano Galli-Zugaro: file and page names are case-sensitive (except for the first character) on most MediaWiki-driven projects; those images are at File:WDI-RAITV.jpg and File:WDI DONNAMODERNA.jpg. (Both have been identified by other users as having copyright problems, which will need to be addressed.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 23:31, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

nominate timed text for speedy deletion

How could I nominate this for speedy deletion? --Habitator terrae 🌍 15:08, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

@Habitator terrae: It was deleted for you by @Taivo, thanks. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 16:48, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Habitator terrae 🌍 16:51, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Statistics

There used to be a handy little tool on commons that you could use to generate figures regarding the global usage of files and categories. Example: How many times do wikis use files of the category Featured Pictures, sorted by individual files etc. I know that tool must be there, somewhere. I just can't find it. ;-) Many thanks --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 11:53, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Or, maybe a better example, files created by "User:Martin Falbisoner"... --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 11:55, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

The tool you want is GLAMorous, but it doesn't seem to be working for me at the moment. --12:03, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

THX! --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 13:04, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

Should I replace File:Giovanni Vailati.jpg with a higher quality version located on the Italian Wikipedia (it:File:Giovanni Vailati.jpg)?

On the Italian Wikipedia there exists an image of Giovanni Vailati which is marked saying that it can't be moved to Wikimedia Commons for technical reasons, my guess is that the fact that there already exists an image on Wikimedia with that exact name is that reason. Should I replace the lower quality image on Commons with that of the higher quality Italian Wikipedia image? Of note is the fact that the image located on the Italian Wikipedia is not of the same physical photograph as that on Wikimedia Commons, for this reason would it make more sense to upload the file separately with a title such as "Giovanni Vailati 2"? The Editor's Apprentice (talk) 01:53, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

If it is a different file, then definitely upload under a different name. - Jmabel ! talk 04:45, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Awesome, thank! Does the Italian Wikipedia file actually meet all of the criteria to be uploaded to Commons? Once I've made the upload to Wikimedia Commons, should I propose to have the version on the Italian Wikipedia deleted? Is there some special way that I should mark that the file was originally from a Wikipedia? —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk) 05:21, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Sure looks legit for Commons.

The Italian Wikipedia has a {{NowCommons}} template; given the difference of name, I'd put that on the file and leave it there for at least a few days before deleting.

Also certainly before removing it from the Italian Wikipedia, make sure all references to it there have been appropriately changed to the new filename. - Jmabel ! talk 15:51, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Done and completed, now located at File:Giovanni Vailati 2.jpg, thanks! —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk) 20:01, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

How to get Picture which is not mine

I wanted to add some details in a wiki page "Shimadzu Company" for which i need to upload an image.

Few weeks ago a photograph i uploaded for a page i on a Kpop celeb got deleted due to copywriter issue. I had basically taken it off the web and uploaded. I was informed thats its not allowed and has to be taken off. I do not wish to repeat the same mistake.

So how can i upload a new image (i am not the owner and its available freely online) with out facing the deletion problem. Or is there a way to get someone else (who is the owner of it -- im not sure who -- upload request??) to get it on wiki.

Asikm03 (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 13:11, 27 March 2019‎ (UTC)

"copyright" not "copywriter" (the latter is also a word, but not closely related).

"Freely available online" has nothing to do with the matter. Someone does not lose copyright by publishing, however widely, nor do we gain a right to infringe their copyright because someone else did.

What you are asking is basically "how can I give away something that I don't own and someone else does"? You can't. Instead, you have two possible courses of action.

Arrange an opportunity to take a picture yourself. Then it has your copyright, and you can license it as you wish.
Convince the owner of the copyright to release it under a free license. See COM:OTRS for how they do this; I believe there are several other related pages and someone may be able to point you at them.

It may be that you cannot readily get a free-licensed or public domain image of the subject you want. This happens. That is why quite a few Wikipedia articles do not have pictures. - Jmabel ! talk 16:03, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

@Asikm03: First, go to the company's Wikipedia article, in this case en:Shimadzu Corp. Then, find their official website from that article's infobox or external links, in this case http://www.shimadzu.com/index.html. Then, look for the new logo or another image on that site, in the case of the logo https://www.shimadzu.com/profiles/shimadzu_corporate/themes/shimadzu_corporate/images/common/logo.png. Copy the logo or image (in case you do get authorization to upload) and URL. Then, look for licensing for the logo or image, typically at or near the bottom of the site, in this case "Copyright(C)2019 Shimadzu Corporation. All Rights Reserved". We can't accept that per COM:L. Then, find contact info, in this case the "CONTACT US" link https://www.shimadzu.com/contact/index.html. Then, find the appropriate contact form link, "Corporate Information" link https://www.shimadzu.com/form/ci/contact.html. Then, fill out the form, mentioning the logo URL and the website URL, with some language from en:WP:ERP, and submit it. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 18:11, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

That logo https://www.shimadzu.com/profiles/shimadzu_corporate/themes/shimadzu_corporate/images/common/logo.png looks simple enough to be {{PD-ineligible}}. - Jmabel ! talk 23:49, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Updating old Profile picture for Actor/Model Dylan Sprouse

I am having difficulty understanding how to update an old picture as requested (10 years old)for actor/model Dylan Sprouse. I was informed to have his photographer use copyright/open source license, but unable to find this form. I am in contact with one of his photographers who has asked me what exactly he needs to send me, or can someone please provide the exact link or form needed to at least upload with Currant picture to the right location in the commons. Thank you very much.Brian Copeland...restinggod. I can also be reached at jakematt105.bc@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Restinggod (talk • contribs) 14:05, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

The necessary instructions are on Commons:OTRS#Declaration of consent for all enquiries. The photographer should attach the image to the e-mail. Ruslik (talk) 14:21, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

After the new image is uploaded, the article needs to be edited to replace the old image with new one. Ruslik (talk) 14:23, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Also: within Commons, upload the picture to a new filename, just like any other picture. The old picture remains a valid part of history; then, as Ruslik0 says, you make the appropriate changes in the articles in the various Wikipedias, and perhaps on Wikidata. - Jmabel ! talk 16:07, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

SABER SI MI ARTICULO FUE ELIMANDO

Hola. El día de ayer le di a publicar a un articulo pero hasta ahora no ha salido en el Internet. Recibí un mensaje que decía que una de las imágenes fue eliminada porque infringió los derechos de autor pero no sé si todo el artículo fue eliminado. Además, no hay una opción para colocar otra imagen y que así mi articulo no sea eliminado. Soy novata en esto y requiero ayuda de alguien que pueda darme respuestas, se lo agradecería mucho.

Saludos y gracias. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marypotter22 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

KNOW IF MY ARTICLE WAS ELIMINATING

Hi. Yesterday I gave to publish an article but so far it has not been on the Internet. I received a message saying that one of the images was deleted because it infringed copyright but I do not know if the entire article was deleted. Also, there is not an option to place another image and so my article is not deleted. I'm a novice in this and I need help from someone who can give me answers, I'd really appreciate it.

Greetings and thanks.

translator: Google Translate via — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 21:10, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

@Marypotter22: Su artículo es:Alejandro Useche se eliminó rápidamente como "A1.3: Investigaciones originales. Ver lo que Wikipedia no es." por este registro. Muchos artículos permanecen publicados sin imágenes. Subiste 4 archivos aquí. File:Usb-1100x618.jpg se eliminó porque se encontró en http://globovision.com/article/especial-50-anos-de-la-fundacion-de-la-universidad-simon-bolivar y juzgado como probablemente no es tu propio trabajo.

Your article es:Alejandro Useche was speedily deleted as "A1.3: Investigaciones originales. Ver lo que Wikipedia no es." per this log. Many articles remain published without images. You uploaded 4 files here. File:Usb-1100x618.jpg was deleted because it was found at http://globovision.com/article/especial-50-anos-de-la-fundacion-de-la-universidad-simon-bolivar and judged as probably not your own work. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 21:37, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Category help requested

I could use some help adding categories to this one. I've added the basic time & place stuff; frankly, I can't sort out what the people are doing, and it appears to be a rather unusual configuration of people (note that there appears to be a woman in the tentlike structure). Any category help will be appreciated. - Jmabel ! talk 06:01, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

convert a .tiff file

Is there a tool or method recommended to convert a .tiff file in Wikimedia Commons to a .jpg file or other file format?

  Thanks, Tibet Nation (talk) 14:56, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

If you click on the different size links below the image, these are all jpeg format. The largest size will be identical in resolution to the TIFF, and you should be able to download the jpeg from your browser once you have viewed it. --Fæ (talk) 15:34, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) @Tibet Nation: any image editor should be able to handle that. Paint.NET is a popular tool, as is GIMP. Just open the TIFF in the editor and save it as a JPEG or PNG. Even simpler, as Fæ says, every TIFF file on Wikimedia Commons generates a JPEG preview in several sizes, which you can download directly from the file page. clpo13_(talk) 15:39, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

@Tibet Nation, Fæ, and Clpo13: Actually, the thumbnails here are .png, not .jpg. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 20:56, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Thank you all for your helpful hints- I now can try to crop some of the high quality .tiff files. The crop tool that I enjoy using, (on the left side of the Commons page) unfortunately does not crop .tiff files. Thanks again for your time, Tibet Nation (talk) 15:41, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

"wikitext" content is not allowed on page Orgues d'Alsace in slot "Main"

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T219450

I want to add a picture to the gallery Orgues d'Alsace, but whenever I enter the line Morsbronn-les-Bains-Kirche Allerheiligen-28-Orgel-2019-gje.jpg|Morsbronn-les-Bains, Église mixte de la Toussaint between MontStOdile 025.JPG|Mont Sainte-Odile, Église conventuelle and Mothern NotreDameVisitation 25.JPG|Mothern, Notre-Dame de la Visitation, I get this stupid message above. What does it mean and what shall I do? --Edelseider (talk) 20:43, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Note: there's a related discussion at COM:VP#"wikitext" content is not allowed on page … in slot "Main". clpo13_(talk) 20:50, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Largest gallery I've ever seen; that might be hitting a limit. - Jmabel ! talk 23:57, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Wow, I hope that there is no limit; in terms of bytes, that page is not really that heavy. It seems to be a bug that affects any page, whatever its size. It could hardly be more annoying! --Edelseider (talk) 08:05, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

@Edelseider and Jmabel: hopefully it should work again now, please try it out! (Edelseider, I used your line to test the fix, but the wikitext probably needs some cleanup now, sorry.) --Lucas Werkmeister (WMDE) (talk) 12:04, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

@Lucas Werkmeister (WMDE): Thank you! I've corrected the wikitext now (that gallery is basically a visual list in alphabetical order). I'm glad that the bug has been repaired! --Edelseider (talk) 12:38, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

They erased a file of mine because "No permission"

I would like someone to resolve this doubt, if you do me the favor. I'm new to Commons, and has little time for the actress Angelique Boyer until I just got to the link. I would like to know what actions would be taken to restore the image and re-link it with the actress's article. Thanks. --Roy1806 (talk) 03:36, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

I presume this is about File:boyerwikipedia.png. You already opened a discussion at Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests#File:boyerwikipedia.png. Are you the photographer? It looks like someone doubted that, even if they didn't use a terribly clear way of saying so. If you are the photographer, please follow COM:OTRS/es instructions, as you were advised on Commons:Undeletion requests. Also, is there a reason you are using multiple account names? This is not the same name as the account that uploaded the photo User:Roy180602 vs. User:Roy1806 - Jmabel ! talk 05:17, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Uploading a picture that is in the public domain from the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

After reading through the do's and don'ts (and becoming glassy-eyed), it's not clear to me whether a picture in the Historic American Engineering Record Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, can be included in commons.wikimedia. From the website http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html, it says "Material in these collections is generally considered to be in the public domain." The picture I would like to upload was taken in the later 1800's.

Thanks.

EdfRetired (talk) 01:30, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

@EdfRetired: it’s almost sure to be fine here, but it would be best to provide a link to the specific catalogue page in case there are unusual circumstances. Have you tried searching for its title or number on Commons, though? There was a massive upload programme of HABS files to our collection a couple of years ago, which may well have included it, and detailed categorization often lags well behind acquisition.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 02:43, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

@Odysseus1479: I have not searched for the picture on Commons, but will do so. Thank you. EdfRetired (talk) 13:21, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

How to look for orphaned talk pages?

I have seen Commons admins deleting orphaned talk pages. I want to learn how you find them, so I can apply the technique when I help monitor a small wiki. Is there a special page, or if a bot assists the search?--Roy17 (talk) 12:50, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

@Roy17: Special:SpecialPages has nothing helpful. I just tag them as I find them. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 13:05, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Apple ID

How do you creat the Apple ID — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ackim Longwe (talk • contribs) 22:17, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

@Ackim Longwe: this page is for questions about the media-hosting site Wikimedia Commons, not for general advice. Try Apple’s support page or an Apple user group.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:52, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Celebrity Wikipedia Page Create

How to Create Celebrity or Artist Page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akshay0912 (talk • contribs) 16:49, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

@Akshay0912: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Please see en:WP:MFA. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 20:59, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

@Akshay0912: For Wikimedia Commons please see the pages "Commons:Categories" and "Commons:Galleries", however as the title suggests that this is about Wikipedia you should probably ask there, but it's easy to simply create a page on a celebrity as long as you use reliable and independent sources. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 02:08, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Commons Video Convert

Can't login to https://tools.wmflabs.org/videoconvert/index.php, OAuth error. Please fix. Still offline.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackedhaze (talk • contribs) 07:24, 29 March 2019‎ (UTC)

@Blackedhaze: it's normal that it says that there's an error, just try uploading the video(s) after clicking on OAuth once. If it does keep saying that you can't upload any videos then you should probably report it to the Phabricator. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 02:03, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

File:Germaine.dieterlene.jpg

I, Ricardo Costa, Portuguese film director, declare to be the author of this frame, intending that it will be copy-right free for any purpose, including Wikipedia.The file has been just uploaded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RCfilms (talk • contribs) 17:58, 29 March 2019‎ (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Germaine.dieterlene.jpg.
@RCfilms: Sounds like you should either (1) go through COM:OTRS (via the email address indicated in the template with which that image was marked) or (2) state on a website clearly owned by you or the film company that User:RCfilms is authorized to upload to Commons on behalf of you or the film company. If the latter, then link that from (2a) the "permissions" section of the {{tl|information} for the image and (2b) your user page. Jmabel ! talk 23:15, 29 March 2019 (UTC)
Also, if "copyright-free for any purpose" really is your intent, then Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International is the wrong license. That would be CC-0. But, honestly, I think that retaining at least attribution rights as you do under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 is a better choice. - Jmabel ! talk 23:19, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

JOHN TEMPLETON SMITH (AUTHOR)

I WISH TO ADD PERSONAL PHOTOGRAPH TO THE AUTHOR PAGE OF JOHN TEMPLETON SMITH. I AM THE AUTHOR. I AM SIGNED INTO WIKIPEDIA AS ASHE SMITH. MY PASSPORT NAME IS JOHN JAYCOT ASHE SMITH MY PEN NAME IS JOHN TEMPLETON SMITH - THIS CAN BE VERIFIED BY THE UK SOCIETY OF AUTHORS, LONDON WHO DEDUCT AN ANNUAL FEE FROM MY BANK ACCOUNT FOR MEMBERSHIP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashe Smith (talk • contribs) 19:41, 19 March 2019‎ (UTC)

@Ashe Smith: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Who took this photo? Please fix your caps lock. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 19:52, 19 March 2019 (UTC)

@Ashe Smith: you could simply confirm your identity with the Wikimedia Commons OTRS team by e-mailing permissions-commons

wikimedia.org to confirm that you are the person you claim to be. If you are not the photographer of the photographs in question than the photographer would also need to send permission. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 02:15, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

warning new editors to sign is hopelessly pedantic. please express you desire for autosigning at Commons:Talk pages consultation 2019. you should expect your evocation to be ignored: new users do not know what the policy is, and do not care. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:08, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

picture

hi for a new article i would like to use two pictures, both from unknown photografers working when the pictures was taken at a newspaper that does not exist anymore. May i use the pics? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nattregn (talk • contribs) 20:04, 19 March 2019‎ (UTC)

Very unlikely. I can't see how you would get permission from an unknown photographer, and if the newspaper is defunct it's going to be very hard to track on who might have inherited its rights to get that permission.

What country was the newspaper in, and what year to these photos date from? - Jmabel ! talk 00:34, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

@Nattregn: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 11:58, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

warning new editors to sign is hopelessly pedantic. please express you desire for autosigning at Commons:Talk pages consultation 2019. you should expect your evocation to be ignored: new users do not know what the policy is, and do not care. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:09, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

wiki loves love 2019

How I update my description with uploaded picture? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Traditional sumi (talk • contribs) 08:20, 20 March 2019‎ (UTC)

@Traditional sumi: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Edit File:Flying love.jpg. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 11:54, 20 March 2019 (UTC)

warning new editors to sign is hopelessly pedantic. please express you desire for autosigning at Commons:Talk pages consultation 2019. you should expect your evocation to be ignored: new users do not know what the policy is, and do not care. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:09, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Simon Hammelburg portretje

I received a message that the picture "Simon Hammelburg portretje" wil be removed because of copyright violation. I can assure you that the picture is copyright free, because Mr Hammelburg himself provided me with the picture. Mr Hammelburg can be contacted via his website: simonhammelburg.com. — Preceding unsigned comment added by P.M.A. Derks (talk • contribs) 16:57, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

@P.M.A. Derks: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

My apologies for forgetting the tildes. P.M.A. Derks (talk) 14:36, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

warning new editors to sign is hopelessly pedantic. please express you desire for autosigning at Commons:Talk pages consultation 2019. you should expect your evocation to be ignored: new users do not know what the policy is, and do not care. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:09, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Please have Author RONY ROBERT and Copyright holder RONY BOONEN post or send permission for File:Simon Hammelburg portretje.jpg via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 17:02, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

Strange as it may seem: unless mr. Hammelburg made this photo himself (as a self portrait), he might not even be the person holding the copyright on it. Richard 20:07, 23 March 2019 (UTC)

The photo was made by Mr. Rony Boonen and he gave the copyright to Mr. Hammelburg. P.M.A. Derks (talk) 14:40, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

One more thing: You have uploaded this file before and it was deleted. Do not reupload deleted content. Jcb (talk) 14:53, 24 March 2019 (UTC)

file not uploading (href unsafe data)

I am trying to upload a public domain SVG file to Wikimedia Commons. The file, however, fails to upload and I receive a message indicating that the image contains a link to an unsafe website in the image's source code. The "unsafe" site does not appear to exist anymore, so I'm wondering if the code can be changed in any way, in order for it to be deemed safe enough to upload. Thanks20Panorama15 (talk) 20:46, 26 March 2019 (UTC). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 20Panorama15 (talk • contribs) 17:58, 25 March 2019 (UTC)

@20Panorama15: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Yes, you can make that change in a text editor, but please indicate what you changed and why in the description or {{Retouched}}. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 05:13, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

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Image deletation issue

Hi, I have uploaded few images/logos of indian television channels here, but unfortunately all logos are deleted due to licence issue. I can't understand what to do. As I am new here, please help me. Please don't delete my uploaded images. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiWiki5678 (talk • contribs) 14:34, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@WikiWiki5678: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Please review your user talk page and the links thereon. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 14:42, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

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All my stuff has been deleted

I have spent hours uploading and tagging my work and it was all deleted by some guy named JU TA can you put it back?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by LizHaywood (talk • contribs) 15:32, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@LizHaywood: I know it seems overly bureaucratic, but even if you're the creator of the murals and the photographs of them, you should send a permission statement to COM:OTRS. Then the pictures could be restored. clpo13_(talk) 16:23, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@LizHaywood: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 18:26, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

warning new editors to sign is hopelessly pedantic. please express you desire for autosigning at Commons:Talk pages consultation 2019. you should expect your evocation to be ignored: new users do not know what the policy is, and do not care. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:11, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

@LizHaywood: Assuming you are the creator of both the murals and the photographs of them, they will be restored once the OTRS process is complete, so OTRS is the one further step needed here. An alternative would be if you have a website as an artist that is clearly under your control, you can indicate there that this account is yours and acts on your behalf, thus bypassing OTRS (which is limited to only a few trusted individuals ans is backlogged by several weeks). If you go that latter route, get here of me either here or on my talk page, and I can work through the undeletion.

Either way, you won't have to redo the work you've already done. - Jmabel ! talk 21:01, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Copyright issues

I am trying to update a photo on a page and it keeps getting deleted for copyright issues. I own the photo. Why will it not upload to Wikimedia Commons? What more do I need to do to keep it from getting deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Redwhiteandboujee (talk • contribs) 17:34, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

@Redwhiteandboujee: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Please review your user talk page and the links thereon. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 18:25, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Short version: physically owning a photo does not mean you own the copyright. Or are you saying that a photo has been deleted where you do own the copyright, and if so which photo would that be? - Jmabel ! talk 21:05, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

warning new editors to sign is hopelessly pedantic. please express you desire for autosigning at Commons:Talk pages consultation 2019. you should expect your evocation to be ignored: new users do not know what the policy is, and do not care. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:11, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Want to contact artist to purchase an image?

How may I contact artist/ liscence to purchase image? TY —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.65.133.164 (talk) 17:34, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

warning new editors to sign is hopelessly pedantic. please express you desire for autosigning at Commons:Talk pages consultation 2019. you should expect your evocation to be ignored: new users do not know what the policy is, and do not care. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:12, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

On-wiki, you can post to their user talk page. Via email, you can use Special:EmailUser while logged in after email addresses are confirmed on both sides. You can also use any other means at your disposal. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 21:06, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

@65.65.133.164: All images on Wikimedia Commons are free to use by anyone for anything, please see the page "Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia". --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 02:06, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

@Donald Trung: No, that's not actually true. Just to give some widely scattered examples of exceptions (by no means an exhaustive list):

Use of an image may be limited by personality rights or by trademark.
Someone might be living in a country where certain images are not allowed (e.g. the use of certain Nazi imagery in several European countries).
If you are doing a photomosaic in a circumstance it is not possible to give credit to individual copyright-holders, you cannot use images that require attribution.
If you are creating a work for a publisher who requires overt documents to be signed by copyright-holders (e.g. indemnification and guarantee that they are the copyright-holder; quite common in print media).

- Jmabel ! talk 04:32, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jmabel: , my bad about phrasing it that way and thank you for correcting me before the OP might use an image incorrectly. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 08:09, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

The last one (needing a signed document) probably comes up about once a month for one or another of my photos. - Jmabel ! talk 15:39, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Commons:Email templates - Using the Interactive Release Generator

When releasing the rights to a copyrighted file for use on Wikipedia, will doing so release the copyrights to be used by anyone, anywhere, anytime? Or will this strictly be limited to use on Wikipedia only? — Preceding unsigned comment added by SaraLynn1919 (talk • contribs) 20:10, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

@SaraLynn1919: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

Yes, anyone, anywhere, anytime (subject to the restrictions of the license you choose). — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 21:01, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

@SaraLynn1919: If there is a file which the copyright holder doesn't want to release under a free license, and you want to use it on English Wikipedia, please read WP:F. Restrictions on other projects vary, see m:nfc. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 22:19, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

warning new editors to sign is hopelessly pedantic. please express you desire for autosigning at Commons:Talk pages consultation 2019. you should expect your evocation to be ignored: new users do not know what the policy is, and do not care. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:13, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

How to upload photos on behalf of an amateur photographer

An acquaintance of mine wishes to contribute a dozen photos to Wikipedia page List of covered bridges in New Brunswick and to be credited as author while attributing a free license to the media. I'd like to upload on his behalf since I've uploaded a few, while he doesn't have an account. Please advise simplest procedure. --Cornellier (talk) 23:30, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

@Cornellier: He can create an account, use his normal means of reaching the public to declare permission with a COM:L compatible license, give you upload and licensing permission in writing (which you can then scan and send via OTRS), or send such permission himself via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 23:46, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

"The current backlog for tickets in English is approximately 197 days." Thanks but it looks like it'd be much easier for me to give him instructions to create his own account and upload them himself. I was trying to save him the trouble but it's less hassle than giving "permission in writing" etc. --Cornellier (talk) 00:11, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

you could also have him upload to flickr with the CC license, and then upload them here, Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:14, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Like that is any easier than just uploading here. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 04:38, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Why is my page not being pubilshed on Wikipedia?

Why is my page not being pubilshed on Wikipedia? It is a government public services page, (West bengal Commission for Women) and will help millions of Women across the state of West Bengal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WBCW (talk • contribs) 09:44, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

@WBCW: Hello, you are currently on Wikimedia Commons, the free media depositary of the Wikimedia Movement. According to COM:PSS#Must be a media file, articles are not in Commons' scope, and they would be deleted on sight. Instead, if you believe that West Bengal Commission for Women fulfills the notability requirement of English Wikipedia, you may consider to create an article on English Wikipedia. Please be advised that you would also need to comply with other policies of English Wikipedia, such as Paid-contribution disclosure. If you have any further questions, you may want to ask on Help Desk of English Wikipedia, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 10:30, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

@WBCW: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). We do not host articles here on Wikimedia Commons per COM:NOT, English Wikipedia does. There, you are cautioned to read en:WP:MFA and en:WP:COI. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 11:40, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

warning new editors to sign is hopelessly pedantic. please express you desire for autosigning at Commons:Talk pages consultation 2019. you should expect your evocation to be ignored: new users do not know what the policy is, and do not care. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:15, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

xinqi dong pix

hi, i can't seem to change my pix on my wiki page? please help. xinqi — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xinqidong (talk • contribs) 09:45, 29 March 2019‎ (UTC)

@Xinqidong: Thank you for your question. I would want to ask what is your "wiki page"? Is it any of your user pages, or the article on English Wikipedia about Xinqi Dong? Please be also reminded that your upload has also been deleted for lack of permission. Please feel free to ask me should you have further problems, thank you.廣九直通車 (talk) 09:41, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Загрузка изображений в статью

Добрый день. Редактирую статью о предприятии ОАО "Электромеханика" w:ru:Электромеханика (ОАО, Пенза). Как правильно загрузить изображения, если их авторы и владельцы компании позволяют свободно распространять данные изображения:

на какой странице их загружать?
какие параметры и какую лицензию указывать?
что делать, если я сначала неправильно загрузила файл и он был удален? как загрузить его снова? — Preceding unsigned comment added by МаринаРомашкина (talk • contribs)

Где можно увидеть условия использования? --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:5EugeneZelenko5, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

@EugeneZelenko: Why did you sign this question as your own? Ruslik (talk) 17:18, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

No I signed only my question. Isn't bot should take care about unsigned posts? --EugeneZelenko (talk) 22:40, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Without another signature it looked like you signed everything above. Ruslik (talk) 10:21, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

File uploads

I am trying to include reference files which are downloaded from other sites. The files pertain to Biographies and Genealogy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jlastowski (talk • contribs) 13:47, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

@Jlastowski: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).

We will need permission for them, please see COM:FS. — Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me} 14:20, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

warning new editors to sign is hopelessly pedantic. please express you desire for autosigning at Commons:Talk pages consultation 2019. you should expect your evocation to be ignored: new users do not know what the policy is, and do not care. Slowking4 § Sander.v.Ginkel's revenge 02:15, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

A list of file names in a category

Is there any way to extract a list of file names in a category WITHOUT the pictures. Bengt Nyman (talk) 18:24, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

You can get this kind of thing out of the API. For instance, try this query in the API Sandbox. --bjh21 (talk) 18:45, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks, but way over my head, I don't know where to start. Help !? Bengt Nyman (talk) 22:57, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

@Bengt Nyman: for something with a GUI you might give PetScan a try; although it reports quite a bit more than filenames, the output is in various structured formats, from which it shouldn’t be too hard to extract just the names. It can also include the contents of subcategories to a specified depth, which you might find useful.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 05:23, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

@Odysseus1479: Thanks, could you please give my a step by step, for dummies! Bengt Nyman (talk) 14:46, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

PetScan can be tricky. But in this case, go to https://petscan.wmflabs.org/. Click the Commons link near the top. Put your category in the Categories box, I tried Ships. Go to the tab "Page properties" and unselect the Namespaces box, and select File Namespace. Then go back to the first tab and click "Do it!". For Ships, I get 342 results. If you want the output in some format like CSV, go to the output tab, select it, go back to the first tab and click "Do it!" again. --ghouston (talk) 03:26, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

@Ghouston: Thanks! I got it to work. If you want to see an example of its use go to:[8] and look at the "Slideshow". Bengt Nyman (talk) 13:09, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Copyright issues for new user

Hi all,

Some help would be appreciated, or a fix on my behalf probably even more. The following:

On Dutch wikipedia, an (tiny) article was placed for a center for the treatment of victims for sexual violence. It mas nominated for removal, and a number of contributors took it upon themselves to improve the article, me included.
My experience with Wikipedia 0ver 10 years of regular reading, about 10 years of anonymous small corrections and just over a week of active contributions. My experience with wikimedia is 'naught.'
In improving, I added an infobox to the article, downloaded the logo from the website and uploaded that picture to wikimedia. Added the logo to the infobox.
1. A lot of questions (gibberish for me) about commons, licenses, copyright and stuff like that ensued while uploading, I just tried to answer questions and that was that. Knowing the non-profit website (institution) is owned by Belgium federal government & Belgium federal police I thought it would be "okay" to use it.
Recently, I received a notice on my user page, (triggering a notice on wikipedia,) with the message the logo may be deleted within one week. Please help / explain what I should do? Although quite fluent in English, please do understand my knowledge about licenses is naught.
Relevant links:
1. Article: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorgcentrum_na_Seksueel_Geweld
2. Notice: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TaalBarbaar#Copyright_status%3A_File%3ALogo_sexueelgeweld.be.png
3. File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_sexueelgeweld.be.png
4. Source: https://www.seksueelgeweld.be/ (Een initiatief van de Staatssecretaris voor Gelijke Kansen, de Politie en het Instituut voor de gelijkheid van vrouwen en mannen // © 2016 - 2019 Seksueel geweld)

Please be so kind to ping / mention me when answering here, as I am never active on wikimedia, thank you in advance. Yours truly, TaalBarbaar (talk) 07:56, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

@TaalBarbaar: , it's just copyright. You can read about it at nl:Auteursrecht. Non-profit government-owned institutions can generally hold copyrights. Commons only hosts free files, which in this case would mean a) the copyright holder has (or is willing to) release the image under a free license b) that the image isn't eligible for copyright because it's too simple. The latter is a bit tricky because it's a grey area and varies by country. --ghouston (talk) 08:06, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Hi --ghouston, thanks for taking some time to answer. I understand what copyright is, but what should I do in this case? Will the picture only be removed if they file a complaint (which I don't see happening)? Should I send them en email? And then what? Thanks again, TaalBarbaar (talk) 08:16, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

@TaalBarbaar: , an administrator will delete the file in a week or so if it's not eligible for Commons. The organization's website doesn't seem to offer any free licenses [9]. The question would be whether the X symbol is copyrightable or not. Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Belgium doesn't say anything about "threshold of originality" in Belgium. The X appears somewhat creative, so it may be copyrightable, assuming it wasn't copied from a public domain source. --ghouston (talk) 08:28, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Alright --ghouston, thanks for explaining what might happen. How can I find out if the Belgium government website is a public domain or not? (Please note that I'm not Belgium myself.) Thanks again, TaalBarbaar (talk) 08:52, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

There's no reason to think that the website is in the public domain. It has a copyright notice. The logo itself could be assumed to be public domain if courts in Belgium have found similar logos to be public domain. But it would be hard to establish that for sure. --ghouston (talk) 09:01, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Uhm, --ghouston, okay, but this is _clearly_ "an official product of the Belgium government" {{PD-Belgium-exempt}} as per Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/Belgium#Copyright_tags? Note that the coordination of the project is in hands of a federal agency. (Could provide links to pdf's / public reports, but that's nl / fr, not English) TaalBarbaar (talk) 09:06, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Interesting, but the website contains two copyright notices, so apparently they don't think they are working in the public domain. If the logo was created by an outside party, it may not be considered to be an "official product of the Belgium government". --ghouston (talk) 09:22, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

But --ghouston..., all due respect but this is a bit silly, I mean there's even a copyright notice on "https://www.belgium.be/nl" (the main portal to the belgium government) -> I think I fixed it with the public domain tag now -> File:Logo_sexueelgeweld.be.png -> Please check if I did it the right way? And if so, will the removal-tag be removed automatically? Again, thank for the time, much appreciated! TaalBarbaar (talk) 09:31, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Yeah, governments often do things that seem contradictory. I converted the deletion notice to a "normal" deletion request, which allows discussion, at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Logo sexueelgeweld.be.png. Now it won't be deleted in 7 days, but at some point an administrator will close it and either delete the file or let it stay. --ghouston (talk) 09:39, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

@Ghouston: Much appreciated!!! Case closed for the helpdesk, it seems. Thank you for your time and effort, TaalBarbaar (talk) 09:54, 31 March 2019 (UTC)