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Author request, file deletion

File: Organization Structure of The President's Office.svg

clearly the file isnt working so delete no use of the file anymore MAL MALDIVE (talk) 16:34, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

@MAL MALDIVE: done. In the future, to delete your own recent upload please just put {{SD|G7}} on the file page, as described at Template:My bad upload. - Jmabel ! talk 17:32, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 17:33, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Fecha concurso Folklore 2024

Por qué no me recibieron la fotografía cuando aun no se había cumplido el plazo del concurso Wiki LOves Folklore. Eran las 11:35 cuando subí la foto La Dolorosa y Jesus crucificado de Guamal Magadalena.

Según sus reglas el concurso se cerraba a las 11:53 de la noche del 31 de marzo Nilvasofi (talk) 04:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

@Nilvasofi: Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2024/es : «Fecha límite para los envíos: 31 de marzo de 2024 23:59 (UTC)». UTC = tiempo universal coordinado. Hora de Colombia = UTC-5. 23:59 UTC = 18:59 en Colombia. File:Encuentro de la Dolorosa y su Hijo Procesión de la Semana Santa de Guamal.png uploaded 23:30 31 de marzo 2024 en Colombia = 04:30 1 de abril 2024 UTC. If you want to contact the Wiki Loves Folklore team, please see Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2024/Contact/es. -- Asclepias (talk) 06:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Upload picture of a public hiking map

Hi I just uploaded a picture of a public hiking map, that is standing outdoors in a small town in Germany. Is that even allowed or is there a copyright issue, because my picture is showing the work of someone else? Upload in question: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Region_Map_Westlausitz_Arnsdorf-Alte-Dittersbacher-Stra%C3%9Fe.jpeg WingedOutlawMedia (talk) 12:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

@WingedOutlawMedia: Should be fine. Germany has very broad Freedom of Panorama. - Jmabel ! talk 17:28, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Incorrect photo of Richard D. Webb

The portrait photo at the top of the Richard D. Webb Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_D._Webb -- is incorrect. It is a photo of John Brown (another abolitionist), but not Richard D. Webb. Several images of Richard D. Webb are visible here, which will show that the image you currently are displaying is incorrect: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:mc87qc49h

Thank you! Rebecca Abbott RLouiseAb (talk) 18:46, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

  Done Fixed. Yann (talk) 19:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

Possible copyright issue

Hi, I've recently noticed that there is a photo of former Supreme Court of Canada judge de Grandpré, labelled as "public domain", but I don't see the basis for it. It says it was taken in 1968 by "Inconnu" (ie "unknown") and was copied from the webpage of the Barreau de Montréal. Without knowing who took it, it's conceivable that the photographer is still alive, and if deceased, that the 50 year period hasn't expired yet? Could someone who knows more about image copyright take a look at it? Image is : File:Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, 1968.png Thanks Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 13:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

@Mr Serjeant Buzfuz: Apparently the source was this webpage at Barreau de Montréal and the uploader upscaled the image, resulting in the poor quality on Commons. The Barreau de Montréal webpage has no detail about the photo. I don't know where the uploader took the year 1968. Maybe it was made up to try to fit into the applicable rules for works of unknown authorship. Anyway, from the looks of the image, that year seems about right, give or take a few years. But a few years can make a difference for the copyright status. A photo of unknown authorship created before 1949 (per the former version of former section 10 of the Copyright Act, in force before 1999, see also Template:PD-Canada) or published before 1970 (per the former version of section 6.1 of the Copyright Act, in force before 2020, see also Template:PD-Canada-anon) is out of copyright in Canada, because its copyright was already expired before the changes to the Copyright Act which came into force in 1999 and 2020 respectively and which were not retroactive. For the discussion, let's accept the year 1968 for the creation and for the publication of the photo File:Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, 1968.png. If it was really of unknown authorship, it could be in the public domain in Canada as Template:PD-Canada-anon, but the Template:PD-Canada and Template:PD-1996 used by the uploader would not be the correct templates. Can the photo be considered of unknown authorship? Per the copyright law of Canada, unknown means that it is not commonly known. Then, what exactly makes it "commonly known" or not? This photo is apparently a studio photo by a professional photographer. The author was certainly known at least to the person who commissioned it. It was certainly not secret. The photographer is possibly identified on the back of the copies. It is possible that the author could be identified with a diligent research. Is it "commonly known" or not? I don't know. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
I changed the status template to Canada-anon so that it can at least be consistent with the uploader's statements about the author and the year. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Uploading files only granted for me

So, can I upload files only granted for me? I'm trying to upload app's pictures and author allowed me to. I've already done it a long time ago, but it got deleted. Edit Author might allow everyone to use it, but I don't know if he will even see my message.A.Granny.Player (talk) 12:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

@A.Granny.Player: Hi, and welcome. What exact username or filename did you use? I can't find it among our hundreds of millions of files.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:19, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
There is no indication that this account ever has uploaded a file to Commons.
You can upload only images that belong in at least one of the following categories in both their country of origin and in the U.S.:
  • In the public domain, with a clear indication of why they are in the public domain.
  • Images that you created entirely yourself, or where any underlying elements that are not your own creation are in the public domain.
  • Images for which the holder of the copyright has already granted a sufficiently free license and where you can link a source to show that.
  • Images for which the holder of the copyright goes through the VRT process to offer a sufficiently free license (and, if necessary, to demonstrate that they are the copyright-holder).
  • Third-party images where you own the copyright; typically you need to go through VRT to provide documents that demonstrate how you came to own the copyright, though we usually waive that for heirs who are directly related to the original creator.
Obviously, there are some "mix-and-match" variants (e.g. a third party created a work using materials in the public domain, but combining them in a way that generates a copyright, and they then granted a free license; someone going through the VRT process to allow a particular Commons user to operate repeatedly on their behalf; etc.), but that's the gist of it. - Jmabel ! talk 14:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Quadratic equation

Relationship between roots and coefficients of a quadratic equation Lasgidi9 (talk) 17:49, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

@Lasgidi9: this question appears to have nothing to do with Wikimedia Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 20:59, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Logo Creand

After talking with our legal department, we have decided to remove the "Creand" logo from Wikimedia Commons and the public domain to prevent it from being used by anyone. Please proceed with the removal of the logo: File:CREAND logo 2024.jpg. thanks a lot CREAND-Media (talk) 09:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

@CREAND-Media: Hi,
This logo is very simple, and therefore not covered by copyright. It is also in use. So there is no valid reason for deleting it. Yann (talk) 10:03, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
Convenience link: File:CREAND logo 2024.jpg.
To be clearer: even a very simple logo can be trademarked, but it cannot be copyrighted, and that is not a matter of any individual's or organization's choice. If your lawyers told you that you can copyright a logo that simple, you need new lawyers. - Jmabel ! talk 14:47, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
@CREAND-Media: Even if all the above were not correct (and it is), you uploaded the file in 2020 with a "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International" license. That licence is irrevocable. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:51, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Yony Orlando Calanche

¿Como hago Para que un archivo de audio de música MP3 de mi propiedad sea aceptado? Yony Orlando Calanche (talk) 16:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons tiene un alcance particular, donde los archivos deben tener un uso educativo real y los archivos no pueden ser de naturaleza autopromocional. (via google translate) Abzeronow (talk) 17:54, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
  Comment This user is blocked for advertising after warning. Yann (talk) 12:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Just searching titles of galleries and categories

Hi. If I use the custom search feature just for galleries and categories containing the word "postcard" it includes results from the contents of both. Although I just want it to be confined to searching titles. So is there a way to exclude page contents from the search and just confine it to titles? Adamant1 (talk) 02:56, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

@Adamant1: intitle:postcard -- Asclepias (talk) 04:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
@Asclepias: Sweet, thanks. --Adamant1 (talk) 04:55, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Photo of modelplane

Hi, I found a photo of a model plane called the Moskito on a online store page. The product is no longer sold and I am writing an article regarding the bankruptcy of the company. Am I able to use this image or not?

[1]https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/tobyrich-mosquito-park-flyer-rc-aircrafts-6809760 K208 (talk) 11:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

@K208: No, you can't. Even if the company is out of business, the copyright still exists. It is owned by whoever takes over the company assets. Yann (talk) 12:01, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
There is also the copyright of the photo to consider, see COM:NETC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:06, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Edit count

Is there a way to see how many edits I completed in the last months? My xtools won't show me. Thanks for your time. Wolverine XI 08:46, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

FWIW, the link "Recent activity" gives the number of your "actions in the last 30 days". -- Asclepias (talk) 11:43, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
I meant last few months (i.e. June 2023 to April 2024). Wolverine XI 11:50, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Based on the documentation of XTools, I wonder if you could obtain a result by:
1) Opting in by creating User:Wolverine XI/EditCounterGlobalOptIn.js
and then
2) Using the specific page for months https://xtools.wmcloud.org/ec-monthcounts/commons.wikimedia.org/Wolverine XI
I suppose it may not show either because of the total edits but it may be worth a test. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:09, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Doesn't work. Wolverine XI 16:41, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
@Wolverine XI: Sadly, your number of edits is uncountably high, termed by X as "too many" and "substantially high".   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:49, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
There must be another tool; I'll keep searching the wiki. Wolverine XI 17:14, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=Wolverine+XI&namespace=all&tagfilter=&start=2024-04-01&end=2024-04-04&limit=1000 C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 19:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Category number of files discrepancy

Problem: There is a discrepancy between the category number of files when logged-in (50) and when not logged-in (15). Solution:? Elena Regina 97 (talk) 09:07, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@Elena Regina 97: It would help a lot to say what category. Also, are you saying this is about the total number of files in a category, or how many are displayed on a page? If the latter, what device are you on? - Jmabel ! talk 10:13, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Yes, total number: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elena_Regina_photos_1001%E2%80%932000 Elena Regina 97 (talk) 10:19, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
You categorized this images today. Probably you see, when logged out a cached version of the category and when logged in the live version. In a day or two the cache should be up to date also. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 10:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
@Elena Regina: I see 50 files there, whether or not I'm logged in. Based on the naming and contents, if that could be up to 1000, only 200 would show at a time.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Cat-a-lot

Am I the only one experiencing problems with Cat-a-lot? It does not seem to work properly for me and it gets stuck halfway through the task. Thanks in advance, Alavense (talk) 10:27, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

I've been having problems off and on for at least a few days with it not allowing me to move categories. Although it seems to be fine with moving files for some reason. --Adamant1 (talk) 11:51, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Are you moving or copying files? I copy files and receive minimal issues. However, there is one annoying issue I have with cat-a-lot: it doesn't always copy every page I select, making me more likely to carry out the action repeatedly. Wolverine XI 12:05, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Sorry, I did not make it clear that yes, it does happen mainly when I try to move (or copy) categories, not files. Alavense (talk) 14:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
I've also found it useless lately for categorizing categories. - Jmabel ! talk 15:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

ma bio personnelle supprimé

Bonjour je me présente Gamal Abina j'ai rédigé ma bio afin de dire qui je suis elle à était supprimé, comment dois faire pour modifier les caractères qui poserai problème. avez vous un service téléphonique  ? merci Gamal Abina (talk) 13:37, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

@Gamal Abina: Bonjour,
Vous parlez probablement de Wikipédia, et non de Wikimedia Commons, mais dans les deux cas, nous n'acceptons pas les biographies de personnes non notables. Les projets Wikimedia ne sont pas un réseau social. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 14:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
Bonsoir,
il se trouve que je suis un simple citoyen journaliste qui à derrière lui plus de 900 émissions de tv en France et dans le monde et 1 500 émissions de radio.
je suis humble, mais il se trouve que l'on me consulte pour des conférences un peu partout, plus encore je serai en septembre invité officiellement à l'université de Genève pour participer à un conférence sur la géopolitique.
14 ans de médias et des débat sur France 2, on un impacte significatif. Pour Finir je suis porte parole du MDC et c'est à ce titre que l'on m'invite tous les jours à la TV et la radio.
Vous ne me connaissais sans doute pas, mais le public oui.
cordialement.
Gamal Abina porte parole du Mouvement des Droits Civiques. Gamal Abina (talk) 18:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
@Gamal Abina: Bonjour, Apparemment, vous n'avez pas publié de biographie ici sur le site de Commons, ce qui de toutes façons n'est pas le bon endroit pour une page de biographie, puisque le site de Commons est une banque d'images. Vous parlez probablement plutôt de la page Gamal Abina sur le site de Wikipédia, qui y a été supprimée relativement aux critères d'admissibilité de Wikipédia. Après vous être familiarisé avec ces critères, pour plus de détails vous pouvez vous adresser à Wikipédia, par exemple au Forum des nouveaux de Wikipédia. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Copyright to assign

We wish to upload photographs of scientific facilities that have been taken by individual staff members as part of our project. To facilitate this process, one person is responsible for uploading and assigning metadata. The individual staff members are aware that any photo will be made freely available (i.e. they do not retain copyright) but we are not sure which CC license to use. Can you help? Km4water (talk) 21:01, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

This does not make sense. Only the holder of the copyright can issue a CC license. You say that "the individual staff members … do not retain copyright". So is this work for hire? (That is, have the staff members signed a contractual document assigning the copyrights of these works?) Or do you mean to say something else?- Jmabel ! talk 05:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
@Km4water: If your company is the copyright holder, you will probably need to follow the process at COM:VRT, explaining the situation in an email. You can decide on any licence from the set we accept here on Commons. CC by-sa 4-0 is the default. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
@Km4water: Assuming you address the issue of who owns the copyright to these photos, then with regards to choice of Creative Commons license I suggest the following three. These three are the latest version in their class and address the most common reuse cases:
—RP88 (talk) 20:12, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Upload Wizard: create description trouble

When I use Upload Wizard, create description doesn't work with "←↓↑→ key" & "enter key". Can't move mouse pointer with "←↓↑→ key", and can't create new line with enter key. Is this bug or not bug? PC info: Windows 10, Lenovo Legion 560 Pro, Microsoft Edge ver.123.0.2420.65 official build 64bit. RuinDig (talk) 04:16, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Akira Toriyama

Buenas, una pregunta en que año estará al Dominio Público los personajes de Dragon Ball que fueron creados por Akira Toriyama (falleció en Japón el 1 de marzo de 2024)?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 09:54, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Para Japón, su trabajo será de dominio público en 2095. En los Estados Unidos, su trabajo también será de dominio público en 2095. Sin embargo, podría ser más largo para el anime basado en su trabajo que se publicó después de 1991.(via Google Translate) Abzeronow (talk) 16:35, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
@Abzeronow: ¿Como lo de "después de 1991"? - Jmabel ! talk 16:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Anime would have other creators than Toriyama, and it would be considered a corporate work in the US so my thinking was anime based off Toriyama's work from after 1991 would possibly still be in copyright after 2095 because of the 95 year publication rule for corporate works. Feel free to correct me though. Abzeronow (talk) 16:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

J Parkers Imagery

Hi there,

I represent www.jparkers.co.uk and have requested the deletion of all images uploaded by user https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ser_Amantio_di_Nicolao

Is there any way we can expedite this as we need to have all images removed (they were originally uploaded to our Flickr account but have since been deleted due to copyright restrictions)

Thanks JonathanBJP01 (talk) 10:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

@JonathanBJP01: Hi,
On what ground do you want to delete these files? They were published under a free license on Flickr, and that license is irrevocable.
And this user uploaded images from different photographers, so I don't see any valid reason why you could request deletion. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:54, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Yann,
In essence, these images were uploaded to our Flickr account by mistake by a junior employee, as they were muddled up with a set of photographs that were owned by jparkers.
We do not own these images, we have purchased the licenses but do not have the rights listed.
Therefore the image owners (our suppliers) have demanded we get these taken down as soon as possible.
Appreciate your comments re free license completely but this was a genuine mistake i'm afraid.
p.s. sorry for multiple deletion requests!
Many thanks
Jonathan JonathanBJP01 (talk) 11:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
@JonathanBJP01: Searching for author=jparkers.co.uk gives 475 images. So I suggest creating one deletion request for them all. Could you please confirm the number of images involved? Yann (talk) 11:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Yann,
Many thanks for your response.
Indeed, all 475 will need deleting - i tried to do this before but couldn't get my head round creating one request for all of them (hence the individual requests)
Many thanks
Jonathan JonathanBJP01 (talk) 11:54, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Yann just wanted to confirm - did you want me to raise the one deletion request for them all or will this be raised by you.
Many thanks
Jonathan JonathanBJP01 (talk) 12:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
@JonathanBJP01: I can do it for you, but I would like first a confirmation that all images mentioned as from jparkers.co.uk are involved, or only a subset? Yann (talk) 14:13, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi@Yann apologies i received an email from Wiki support who have submitted the deletion notification for all 475 images.
I'd like to thank you for your help in this matter.
Many thanks and regards
Jonathan JonathanBJP01 (talk) 14:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
For the record: Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with "jparkers.co.uk". DRs are usually processed after a week for discussion, but if the license is not valid in the first place, I don't see any objection. Sorry for the procedure, but we have regularly people requesting deletion without valid reason. Yann (talk) 14:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
And please stop creating individual deletion requests. This makes dealing with the issue more complicated. Yann (talk) 11:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Does the first bracket "(" need to be separated by a space from the previous letter?

User:P1340 have been in creating categories for Taiwanese celebrities but titles without a space (e.g., Category:Jess Lee(vocalist)), does the first bracket "(" need to be separated by a space from the previous letter? If yes, then can someone please help the creator?

Apart from this, his contributions here shows that he had done the same thing many times before, like Category:In the Morning of La Petite Mort(film), Category:Fragrance of the First Flower(film), Category:The Young Hoodlum(film), Category:Who Killed Cock Robin(Films of Taiwan), Category:Love Fool(Films of Taiwan). I'm worried that he'll continue to do this. If someone willing to mentor him, then I would suggest that they try to explain this thing to him in the simplest and most understandable way in order to learning how to clean up his own mess.--125.230.83.206 13:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

There is nothing deeply wrong with this, but, yes, it is wrong, that is not how this punctuation mark works in English or (to my knowledge) any other language written in Latin characters. @P1340: please do not do this in the future. - Jmabel ! talk 16:45, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

I am trying to

I am trying to Jorunn Valle (talk) 13:48, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Indeed.   -- Asclepias (talk) 14:15, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

The contest vertical lines.

Iam trying to send in photos to the contest of April, Vertical lines, but I don't find a place to send them in? Jorunn Valle (talk) 13:51, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

@Lijova1: You are probably talking of Commons:Photo challenge. A first step is that the photos have to be uploaded to Commons. Looking at your list of contributions, it seems that you already uploaded the photos. So, that first step is done. The second step is that, on the page Commons:Photo challenge, you can click on the link located at the end of the section "2024 – April – Vertical lines", below the photos of that section. That will take you to the edit box for that page and you follow the instructions for how to format the insertion of your entries there. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Fishy own work claim

Hello everyone, I've noticed instances where images are uploaded by undisclosed paid editors, who claim them as their own work. For example, there is this file uploaded by a possible undisclosed paid editor, along with this one and this one, uploaded by now-blocked sock accounts on enwiki. Neither of these images can be located elsewhere on the internet, suggesting that they were likely provided by the individuals who hired these editors to create articles.

In such cases, should these images still be considered as potential copyright violations, warranting speedy deletion, or should they be nominated for deletion? Thank you, GSS (talk) 17:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

@GSS: Hi,
Yes, these images are suspicious. If you find an earlier copy on the Internet, please tag them for speedy deletion under a copyright violation rationale. If you don't find a copy, please create a regular deletion request. Yann (talk) 17:28, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for looking at it, Yann. I tried but couldn't find the exact version. Instead, I found this, which is a cropped version of file:Niharika Chouksey.jpg. Can such files still be tagged for speedy deletion even if they are not the same size? I understand that if an image is uploaded to Commons after modification, it would obviously be a case of copyright violation. But what about in reverse, like the one I just shared, where the image on the internet is cropped, but here on Commons, we seem to have the original copy? I want to understand this for future cases.
As for the other two images, they aren't available on the internet. I would have tagged them for missing permission if they weren't uploaded as own work, but since the uploader falsely claimed them as their own work, I will nominate them for deletion and let others decide. GSS (talk) 18:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
@GSS: This is not the source of Commons image, so a regular DR is better. Yann (talk) 18:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Done, have nominated all three images for deletion. Thank you for your assistance. GSS (talk) 18:44, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Did I fix the bird photos I updated

See the last three posts on my talk page and can someone confirm if I correctly inputted the source info and if not correctly format it? URLs have been added. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 21:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

@LegalSmeagolian: The links to the sources were missing. There are 177 million observations on iNaturalist. The sourcing is fine now. However, there is another problem. File:Red-and-black Thrush.jpg and File:Sichuan Partridge.jpg are under the non-commercial license CC BY-NC and they cannot be on Wikimedia Commons. You should probably nominate them for speedy deletion. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:04, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Which hyperlinks should not be included to wiki files?

Is it considered legitimate to include scihub, libgen, anna's archive, yts etc. hyperlinks to wiki file pages? Elena Regina (talk) 13:51, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

You can add external links if there is a reason to do so. For example, to cite a source or re-use or any other reason that is consistent with the Commons principles. If there is no legitimate reason for a link, you should refrain from doing so. Now, there are links that are considered illegal in some jurisdictions. Adding such a link can be risky, you could be prosecuted. However, not by and on commons, but by the representatives of that jurisdiction. Whether you do something like this should depend on your own judgement as to whether it could have negative consequences for you. However, these possible negative consequences are not caused by Commons or Wikipedia, but by an external organisation over which Commons has no influence. If, on the other hand, you insert a link to a legitimate site for which there is no legitimate reason on Commons, you may be sanctioned, not because of the linked site, but because of the inappropriateness of inserting a link at all, regardless of the link target. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 15:21, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
@Elena Regina: can you give a context for where and how you plan to use these links? Obviously, the technical ability to make external links exists for a reason, but there are limits one where and for what purposes they should be used. - Jmabel ! talk 16:49, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Can you please clarify your reply and specify which limits and purposes? Elena Regina (talk) 17:52, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
@Elena Regina: No, I'm not here to write you a custom manual covering everything someone might want to do with external links. Tell me what you want to do with the links, and I'll help you work out whether that is valid and (if so) how best to do it. - Jmabel ! talk 20:35, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
Is there any wiki page or tutorial to consult about this specific subject? Elena Regina (talk) 09:01, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
@Elena Regina: Not to my knowledge. It would be an odd angle to come at the topic. Usually help is about "I'm trying to do such-and-such, how do I do it?" not "What is a full list of problems for which this particular tool is a good solution." - 17:28, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/External_links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#Links_to_be_considered
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided
It would be interesting to know whether these principles should be applied in all wikis, including Wikimedia Commons, or only within Wikipedia. Elena Regina (talk) 22:15, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

is it okay to upload a photo from a yearbook pre-1989?

i'd like to upload a few photos from a yearbook, but im not sure about copyright. i saw that yearbooks from before 1989 are copyright protected, but i dont know if this means i can upload the photos Bst9jkj (talk) 02:42, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

edit: i meant "yearbooks from before 1989 are not copyright protected" Bst9jkj (talk) 02:43, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
It depends on the country. Assuming your talking about the United States then its copyrighted if there is a notice. Otherwise it probably isn't. --Adamant1 (talk) 02:45, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
  • It depends. See Commons:Hirtle_chart if it is a US publication. Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory for other countries. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 02:57, 6 April 2024 (UTC== Please get rid of misleading information on a file
    @Bst9jkj: if you are not talking U.S., then you are probably on the wrong track with this.
    Assuming you are talking U.S.: if you have the yearbook at hand, you should easily be able to determine whether the book has a copyright notice. If it is before 1978 and there is no notice then, yes, it should all be in the public domain. If it is between the start if 1979 and February 28, 1989 and there is no notice, it is highly probable that it is in the public domain. Technically, they could have registered it within five years; personally, I'm not aware of anyone ever doing that for a school yearbook, though someone may know otherwise. - Jmabel ! talk 17:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Please remove information currently on a file (at the bottom of the page) that doesn't make any sense

This is the file: File:Young Christian Lady Photographer Drowns.jpg

In the "File usage on Commons" section it incorrectly states:

The following page uses this file: File:HEADLINE - "LEEDS LADY DROWNED OFF FILEY BRIGG - Photographing the Breakers" (Yorkshire post April 18, 1900).jpg (file redirect)"

WRONG!

That file no longer exists so please remove that misleading information which is currently on this file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Christian_Lady_Photographer_Drowns.jpg

Thank you 175.38.37.197 07:26, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

But the redirect does exist. You can see it by visiting https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:HEADLINE_-_%22LEEDS_LADY_DROWNED_OFF_FILEY_BRIGG_-_Photographing_the_Breakers%22_(Yorkshire_post_April_18,_1900).jpg&redirect=no. --bjh21 (talk) 10:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
It looks like the redirect has now been deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 17:36, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Category section on a file is in RED

Please check Category section in this file: File:Young Christian Lady Photographer Drowns.jpg

It is in RED

Also, in the "File use on Commons" section of this file - please remove the incorrect link to a file that does not exist!!!

Thanks 175.38.37.197 08:13, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

The former was because you had put the file in the category "Women with cameras Category: Drowning in engravings", which doesn't exist. Túrelio has replaced it with Category:Women with cameras. Yann has now deleted the redirect at File:HEADLINE - "LEEDS LADY DROWNED OFF FILEY BRIGG - Photographing the Breakers" (Yorkshire post April 18, 1900).jpg so it doesn't appear in the list of uses of the file any more. --bjh21 (talk) 12:19, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Why do I get 2 different files when I use my log in name and my ordinary computer

When I use my log in name User:Srbernadette

to access this file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Christian_Lady_Photographer_Drowns.jpg


there is NOTHING under the "File usage on Commons" section

BUT

When I go to access the same file with this "identification" 175.38.37.197 11:33, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

I get this page:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Christian_Lady_Photographer_Drowns.jpg

which DOES have the incorrect link to a file which no longer exists

Please explain (and thanks, I am losing my mind and please be patient with me!)

175.38.37.197 11:31, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

@Srbernadette: Bonjour,
Cela est probablement à cause du cache de votre navigateur. Voyez COM:CACHE ou en français Commons:FAQ/fr. Yann (talk) 11:40, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Will it the problem go away in a few hours. I cannot work out how to "purge". Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 11:45, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

When I log in to a file it is perfect. When I then log out and go back to the same file it has the old incorrect LINK at the bottom of the file so I cannot send it to a friend.

Please help 175.38.37.197 11:49, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

See the answer above. Please do not open a new section for the same issue. Thanks, Yann (talk) 11:54, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Cómo subir una fotografía?

Cómo subir una fotografía? Escriba de Amon (talk) 11:59, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Está aquí. --린눈라단 (talk) 12:42, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Imagen no visualizada

Acabé, en "Taller" mi página y decidí trasladarla definitivamente. No obstante, poco antes de hacerlo, consulté de nuevo en "Taller" para un último vistazo. Mi sorpresa fué que una imagen (fotografía del personaje) no se mostraba y, en su lugar, aparecía el nombre y fechas en un marco en donde estaba dicha imagen. ¿Qué ha pasado? ¿Qué debo hacer? Larua46 (talk) 11:05, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

@Larua46: Casi no hay posibilidades de que alguien pueda ayudarlo aquí si no proporciona los enlaces relevantes (o tal vez si desean tomarse el tiempo para buscar en el historial de sus contribuciones). Por favor proporcione enlaces. - Jmabel ! talk 15:24, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Загрузка редактированных изображений

Я сделал ретушь изображения под лицензией cc by 2.0. Как правильно указать первоисточник?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2024-04-07_162412_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA._%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%83%D1%88%D1%8C).jpg Krasattache89 (talk) 12:51, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

@Krasattache89: (I read the question via Google Translate.) If the original source is on Commons, {{Derived from}} (with a reciprocal {{Derivative works}}. If it is not on Commons, just list it as your source. - Jmabel ! talk 15:27, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Comment créer un compte sur votre site internet et page

quel est le processus clair possible pour réussir à travailler dans tous les comptes 41.82.214.165 14:04, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

Ici. Yann (talk) 14:56, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

about image uploading

I'm going to post a text image that shows a chart of characters from a recently premiered work. (Think the image is like File:Homestuck Troll symbols.png) Used font is distributed under the MIT license. That image doesn't include a picture of a character, and I was wondering if I could upload the image. --린눈라단 (talk) 09:21, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Why not? Though the answer would be much more certain if we were able to see the actual image. Ruslik (talk) 19:52, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
Now, I uploaded the image. --린눈라단 (talk) 02:31, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
No copyright problem, but awful choice of font, and why is this an image at all? If this is needed, why not just create a table on the relevant web page? - Jmabel ! talk 15:21, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
Because making mediawiki tables were hard to make for me. I'll think about using tables in other articles later. Thank you for your feedback! --린눈라단 (talk) 19:06, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:My Little Grey Home in the West.jpg

Can this image be on Commons? It is public domain in New Zealand. --TheSwamphen (talk) 23:15, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

If the image needs to be deleted can it be moved to Wikipedia as a non-free image? TheSwamphen (talk) 05:19, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
  • It would seem to me that under the URAA copyright restoration, it would be copyrighted in the U.S. until circa 2045 (hard to be precise because it is a circa date on the work). So it probably needs to be deleted and restored some time in 20+ years. - 04:14, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Pregunta por los derechos de una fotografía

Hola, tengo una duda al respecto con subir una fotografía de un futbolista (Kang Ju-hyok), un fotógrafo le saco una fotografía y la subió a su cuenta de Twitter, le pregunte por mensaje privado si es posible subir su foto en Wikipedia y por mensaje privado me dijo que sí, en ese caso podré subir la fotografía? y bajo en que categoría entraría.


Saludos y gracias por leerme. FutbolRPDC (talk) 03:34, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

@FutbolRPDC: Hiciste la pregunta equivocada. El problema no es si es posible subir la foto en Wikipedia; es si el ofrecerá una licencia libre. Y la comunicación por mensaje privado no sirve. Necesita o indicar la licencia en el lugar (visible al público) que sirve como fuente para la imagen o enviar un email como explica en Commons:Equipo de respuesta voluntaria. - Jmabel ! talk 04:23, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Y hay otro problema. ¿Entiendo correctamente que su correspondencia era con el futbolista mismo? No es probable que el suyecto de la foto posee los derechos del autor para la foto. Normalmente, los derechos estos pertienen al fotógrafo. - Jmabel ! talk 04:29, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Quiero agradecerte por responder a mis preguntas y aclarar algunas de mis dudas. Quiero señalar que mi comunicación no es directamente con el futbolista en cuestión, sino con un fotógrafo que tomó la fotografía durante un entrenamiento. Este fotógrafo me concedió permiso para utilizar la fotografía a través de un mensaje privado en Twitter. Sin embargo, al leer tu respuesta, me pregunto si eso no es suficiente. Lamento si mis errores de concepto o la falta de claridad en mi mensaje han causado confusión. Soy nuevo en este ámbito y agradezco mucho tu paciencia y disposición para ayudar. FutbolRPDC (talk) 05:07, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Of/in

I guess this is more to do with language than with categorization, but, not being a native speaker, I always seem to struggle when it comes to deciding whether to use "of" or "in" for places belonging to other places. I'm pretty sure about provinces (Provinces of X country) and populated places (Populated places in X province), but what about other entities such as communes or prefectures, for instance? Should I use "or" or "in"? Is there a rule of thumb for these? Thanks in advance. Alavense (talk) 18:58, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

@Alavense: it's not necessarily easier for native speakers, because in most cases both prepositions are valid. I'd say you'd do best to look for the most parallel case you can find and follow it. The one rule of thumb I can think of is that if it is a type of administrative entity that partitions a larger administrative entity, use "of" (counties of X province, Departments of France). - Jmabel ! talk 19:11, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply, Jmabel. Kind regards! Alavense (talk) 19:49, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
@Alavense: Also, if it's something that could easily move elsewhere, it is usually "in" (automobiles in France). Also, "people of France" typically would mean someone connected to France, no matter where they are at the moment; "people in France" would mean people in France at the moment, no matter how casual their connection to France. I haven't looked, but "people in France" might be a subcat of "people of France", but not vice versa, and "people of France" could easily be a parent category of a category for an individual person, but "people in France" could not be. - Jmabel ! talk 19:54, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Where do I put my country when signing up

Frankmontana Frankmontana (talk) 23:57, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

If you want, you can go to your user page: User:frankmontana and add {{User is from|1=}} and put where you are from with a two-letter code, such as US for the United States or TW for Taiwan. Not all places are supported at the moment. You can see many similar templates here: Category:Location user templates. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:26, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
But the answer to the un-asked question is that you don't need to declare a country at all. DMacks (talk) 01:47, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Ausschnitte einer bereits vorhandenen Landkarte (Orte)

Hallo, bin in der Hilfe nicht fündig geworden - es betrifft das triviale Problem der "Lizenzvererbung" - diverse Ausschnitte der Quelldatei werden separat benötigt.

Bereits in Commons vorhandene historische Karten aus staatlichen Sammlungen zeigen meist ein größeres Territorium - z.B. ein Fürstentum in Gänze. Für eine Ortschronik oder Dokumentation soll aber nur der Nahbereich des Ortes als separater Ausschnitt verwendet werden und eine neue Datei mit Bezug zur Quelldatei soll dann verfügbar sein. Bspl. aus einem Stadtplan von Berlin 19. Jh. wird nur der Bereich um das Brandenburger Tor als Ausschnitt benötigt. Wie ist zu verfahren? EACC80 (talk) 07:15, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Für Karten, wie Sie sie beschreiben, sollten Sie problemlos die entsprechenden Kartenbereiche ausschneiden und unter derselben Lizenz wieder hochladen können. Es gibt sogar ein eigenes Werkzeug dafür auf Commons, das CropTool. Sollten Sie damit noch Schwierigkeiten haben, melden Sie sich einfach noch einmal, gerne auch im deutschsprachigen Forum oder unmittelbar auf meiner Diskussionsseite. Felix QW (talk) 08:55, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Change password

Hello Sorry for the maybe silly question. But how can I change my password? Postmoderne (talk) 10:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

@Postmoderne: Here. Yann (talk) 10:51, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you. Postmoderne (talk) 10:53, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Mass upload of copyright violations

Hello, folks. The user Fatima17321 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  has uploaded 23 files, none of which have valid licences and are obvious copyright violations. Is there a way to tag all of them for speedy deletion without having to do so manually? ArcticSeeress (talk) 12:25, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, with Help:VFC. Yann (talk) 12:33, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
  Done See Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Fatima17321‎. Yann (talk) 12:36, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you, Yann. I'll remember this for the future. ArcticSeeress (talk) 12:49, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Can I move this file here?

File: en:File:Curious George logo.png

I'm not sure if it meets the threshold of originality as it appears to just be text, but it has a rationale and anything so i want to check if it meets the threshold of originality before moving AuroraANovaUma (talk) 18:59, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

@AuroraANovaUma Yes you can; it's below the US's threshold of originality. You'll have to request un-revdel of the old version at w:en:WP:REFUND, revert to the old version, and then move it, however. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 19:06, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
I'm now having troubles moving the file now. been a few hours and it will say "Can't import file because at least one of its file revisions is hidden." AuroraANovaUma (talk) 00:18, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Request for Review of Copyrighted Images on Solar Eclipse Article

We're currently addressing vandalism on the Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 article, with several images posted from suspicious accounts. It appears that some images contain copyrighted material from MHT Aviation Photography, with one being a Photoshop file (File:April 2024 Solar Eclipse Phases New Hampshire.jpg) and the other having been edited with Adobe software (File:Totality - April 2024 Eclipse New Hampshire.jpg). As per Wikipedia's policy, copyrighted or partially copyrighted images are not permitted. Could someone review these images or flag them for further examination? Thank you. AceSeeker (talk) 21:21, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

NOTE: I POSTED IT AGAIN ON Village pump/Copyright AceSeeker (talk) 21:27, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

How do I upload a file?

hello, I am new to uploading files but not new to wikipedia, so I am here to ask for help on how to download a picture on wikipedia.

I'll be thankful if you want to help, thanks.

From - AikoWatahi-Kun (talk) 00:06, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi @AikoWatahi-Kun
Please attempt to follow the instructions provided here. Regards Riad Salih (talk) 03:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

https://pixabay.com/

Can I upload the images of Pixabay website Tanujaanu (talk) 10:12, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Review my work

Please someone review my work once File: Priyanka_Ares.jpg Tanujaanu (talk) 10:17, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

  Done User blocked for copyvios for a month (2nd block). Yann (talk) 10:41, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

I need to delete a photo I uploaded

It was intended for a different use, sorry but I am totally new here. this is the link https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Foto_cantini_morricone.jpg Giampaolo Cantini (talk) 18:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

  Done Next time, just add {{SD|1=G7}} in the file description. Yann (talk) 18:37, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

Can a PD picture be put back into copyright?

Discussion on en-WP. A user is displeased he uploaded a pd-image, File:Mohamedu Shitta Mosque.jpg, wants it removed. If you have any wisdom to share, please do. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:24, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Their Creative Commons license for the restoration is irrevocable. It's in use so I imagine a courtesy deletion request would be denied. Abzeronow (talk) 19:38, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
That's what I'm guessing, but you never know with courtesy deletions. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:41, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
I also doubt their restoration claim. Applying some standard filters to an old image does not create anything original. Ruslik (talk) 19:41, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
Perhaps the best that the uploader can hope for here is to use something along the lines of {{Licensed PD-Art}} for their "restoration", but I agree with those posting above that it's quite stretch for the uploader to try and claim a new copyright was generated by their efforts. They also need to understand that accusing Commons, Wikipedia, or the WMF of "piracy" like they seem to have been doing in the discusison at en:WP:MCQ and believing that Commons owes them some form of compensation is not going to get them very far in trying to resolve this matter. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:53, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Governments have legal power to do so and occasionally have restored copyright of copyright expired works. Individual users have no legal ability to revoke a free license which they have specifically authorized. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 19:55, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
    It may help to "recognise" their claim to an original work and revert the image to the original CC-by-SA licence, just to calm the situation down. While there is a sliver of an argument regarding the cropping in particular being a "creative act", there is none regarding their publication of the image under licence on Wikipedia. JimKillock (talk) 08:44, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
    They claim to have retouched it (though no specific information about what aspects or how), not just cropped it. Depending on those details, those might be protectable in this derivative-work and therefore the CC nature of this file is legitimate even though the original is PD. DMacks (talk) 14:06, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
    Noting for the record the uploader has now made multiple unambiguous legal threats on enwiki against various editors there related to this image. DMacks (talk) 14:13, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
    Yeah, good block there in enwiki. They're sadly mistaken if they believe they will get any kind of monetary compensation for the image from WMF. I'm also skeptical about their claim of restoration but I'm inclined to leave the license as it is as it accurately describes a public domain photograph that has been restored. Abzeronow (talk) 16:31, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
    If it helps there are now two versions of the PD poscard uploaded, version one and version two that can be cropped and retouched if preferred. There is a bit of damage to the face on these. JimKillock (talk) 20:07, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
    I did advise them to be careful with respect to en:WP:NLT because it seem as if they were moving closer and closer to violating it with every new post they made. Not sure if they saw what I posted or did see it and decided to continue on anyway, but they had entered en:WP:IDHT territory long before that final post and probably would've ended up blocked for some other reason if they were allowed to continue on. For all the time they spent posting on English Wikipedia about that image, they don't seem to have ever tried to resolve things on Commons despite being advised to do so many times. Perhaps, they will do so now. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:08, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

The uploader says on their en:Wikipedia talk page:

The version I uploaded is a high-resolution scan of the original photograph... The cropping and digital editing process, aimed at highlighting this specific subject, was conducted by myself, thus constituting my own novel work. The presence of the iPhone bar at the bottom of the image, a result of the cropping process from a screenshot on my phone, attests to the modern effort involved in creating this specific version for educational and historical purposes [...] the derivative work I've created—through scanning, cropping, and editing—represents a contemporary creative effort.

Where is the creative input that justifies a new copyright? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Delete information

On behalf of my company, they ask me to find out if it is possible to request to delete information from your page since data appears that is no longer real. It's possible? 2A0C:5A81:D612:5500:71D4:C25B:DF7F:32C4 09:18, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, This probably concerns Wikipedia, but you are on another project, Wikimedia Commons, which only concerns multimedia content. The best is to post a message on the talk page of the concerned article. If you could create an account, log in, and mention which article is this request about, we could help you better. Yann (talk) 10:53, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi Yann, thank you. I'm Paula, I have created an account to be able to manage this problem correctly. I've been reading the different options for deleting resources and I still have questions. The page I mention is this: File:Borja Prados Fernández, Director General Ejecutivo de Neofinders.jpg. Paula.montoro (talk) 12:04, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I deleted this file. Borja Prados Fernández doesn't seem notable enough to have a picture here, and it is a small image without EXIF data, so we would need the permission from the copyright holder. Yann (talk) 12:15, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Muchas gracias, Yann. Veo que ya está borrada. ¿Algo más que deba hacer? Paula.montoro (talk) 08:02, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Help to edit interlanguage links.

Hello! I finished a translation of an english wiki "Arms industry"(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arms_industry) into chinese wiki "軍火工業"(https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BB%8D%E7%81%AB%E5%B7%A5%E6%A5%AD), but I can not edit the interlanguage links, can anybody help me to do that? Caiptony (talk) 12:48, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

@Caiptony Check now, I hope I understood you correctly. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:32, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Yes yes, thank you for the help so much, dear friend from beautiful Sweden. I wish you all the best, friend. Caiptony (talk) 14:41, 9 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello friend, sorry to bother you again, I just changed the name of a wiki, need your help again. Could you help me to edit it please? (Just put "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%9B%E7%81%AB%E5%B7%A5%E4%B8%9A" into "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392933", replace the old one "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BB%8D%E7%81%AB%E5%B7%A5%E6%A5%AD" ) T_T Caiptony (talk) 11:35, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
Pinging @Gråbergs Gråa Sång since you seem to understand what this user wants. - Jmabel ! talk 14:24, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
(looks to me like they are asking for an edit on Wikidata but since you didn't link whatever change you made last time, I'm not sure.)

Request to change one of the interlanguage links again.

Good day, I just changed the name of a wiki. But because of I don’t have the permission to edit interlanguage links, so can you help me to edit it please? (Just put "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%86%9B%E7%81%AB%E5%B7%A5%E4%B8%9A" into "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392933", replace the old one "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BB%8D%E7%81%AB%E5%B7%A5%E6%A5%AD" ) Caiptony (talk) 08:33, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

This seems to have been fixed by another editor. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:10, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

I would like to add the information about our company Vibra Hotels in Spain. Could you please help me on how to start?

I am responsible for the Corporate Communication in our company Vibra Hotels in the Balearic Islands, Spain. I would like to create the information about our company. Could you please help me with the first steps.

Thank you, Susana Gómez Vibra Hotels Vibra Hotels (talk) 15:52, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

@Vibra Hotels: Hi, and welcome. Please review en:WP:COI, en:WP:42, and en:WP:MFA.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:10, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
The information by Jeff G. is about adding text to Wikipedia. This site is commons and it is a media repository. You can upload as many images and videos of your Hotels as you wish. But you have to use a free license for every upload. If the images have not been taken by yourself, but by a photographer, you will need to buy the full publishing rights from the photographer and you need to document that you own the rights by VRT (<- read the linked page). A free license means that every one can use the fotos for free, inlcuding other hotels using the fotos for their own PR. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 17:59, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
"you will need to buy the full publishing rights" or the permission will need to come directly from the photographer (not you) via VRT. - Jmabel ! talk 00:01, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks. I don't suppose the Balearic Islands are on your itinerary.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:34, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Category removal

How do I remove a category from an image I am trying to remove the tag "files that need updating" on File:Paul 2024 path.png? 2003 LN6 21:51, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

@2003 LN6: the category is from the Current tag which apparently is part of the template you are using. Abzeronow (talk) 21:56, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
@2003 LN6: The file File:Paul 2024 path.png uses the {{WPTC track map}} template. That template automatically shows {{Current}} until you set an "end" date parameter in addition to the "start" date parameter. —RP88 (talk) 21:58, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
@2003 LN6: As the track ESE at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) for the current en:2023–24 Australian region cyclone season#Tropical Cyclone Paul, this file is likely to undergo updates as the situation develops. Category 2 tropical cyclones typically don't dissipate immediately.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Advise on content posted by user without account

Hi there,

I just found out that user YitzhakNat posted a photo that should not be there.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_single_mother_and_her_son_visiting_the_Rembrandtplein_in_Amsterdam_(P055042-886359).jpg

I would like to delete this photo, because in the caption it contains the names of the subjects. This could cause discomfort for the child depicted in the photo.

I wanted to connect with the user YitzhakNat, but he does not have any account.

Please advise on how to proceed.

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards, Marzia Cosenza MarziaCosenza (talk) 12:41, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

@MarziaCosenza: Hi, and welcome. YitzhakNat (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  does in fact have an account. OTOH, I can't see a way to identify the child in File:A single mother and her son visiting the Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam (P055042-886359).jpg, other than by first names of the child and mother, as the child's back is turned. Please use internal links like that.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:32, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
@MarziaCosenza: Hi, The names are in the metadata of the photograph. If the names were the only problem with this photo, they could be removed from the Commons copy with some work on the metadata, but it would not be of much use to do that only here on Commons if they are still freely distributed by the European Commission and elsewhere. But considering your username I suppose that you can have them removed from the E.C. website also or maybe it's already done. Anyway, it seems that the terms of use of the E.C. website for this particular photo are not compatible with the policy of Commons and the photo may need to be deleted from Commons. The terms of use of the E.C. website state: "Unless otherwise indicated (e.g. in individual copyright notices), content owned by the EU on this website is licensed under the [...] CC BY 4.0 licence." The specific copyright notice for this particular photo reads: "European Union, 2022 Scopes : Information and education only". -- Asclepias (talk) 14:44, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
It is now "Mother and son" instead of name in description. They are still in exif metadata. YitzhakNat (talk) 16:50, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

My page got deleted for no reason.

It was written by a writer about my art. How can I get my page back? 2603:8000:D501:74C7:28AA:DC1B:29D0:1116 02:09, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

my page got deleted for no reason

A writer wrote my page about my art and it got deleted for no reason. How can I get my page back? Magdalena Wosinska (talk) 02:11, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@Magdalena Wosinska: Normally, we don't have articles on Wikimedia Commons. There has never been a en:Magdalena Wosinska on the English-language Wikipedia. Are you sure you are asking on the correct site? Where was this article? - Jmabel ! talk 04:21, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
Probably the page mentioned there. They apparently found it. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:14, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

How can I send in pictures to the Vertical lines-contest?

How can I send in pictures to the Vertical lines-contest? Jorunn Valle (talk) 13:44, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@Lijova1: The same way as when you asked that same question last week. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

How to download

I want to use a photo of a painting, both of which are in the public domain, in cover art for a self-published book. How do I download the Wikimedia file so I can upload it to my account with the publisher?

The file is The Seven Works of Mercy-Caravaggio. The book is a book of poetry about mortality and the examined life, and one of the poems is about the painting. Jwincronin (talk) 14:28, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

@Jwincronin: There is no file with exactly that name. You could mean anything in Category:The Seven Works of Mercy by Caravaggio (Naples).
You would download it exactly the way you download any other image from a website. Typically this means a right-click and "Save image as...". The only possible difference is that the file page itself does not usually show the highest-resolution version of the image, and you will want to click on that to get the high-res version so that the latter is what you download. - Jmabel ! talk 14:58, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

How do I upload files/documents from ICTY cases?

Title says it all, really. I don't want to get hit with a copyvio, so I want to see if I can upload documents and filings from ICTY cases as they are (in .doc format) to Commons. (For reference, I checked and I don't think UN docs are protected by copyright.)

How would I go about doing this? The ICTY has a Unified Court Records website, which is where I am getting the documents. Do I need to download the documents and then upload them and tag them with some sort of "UN copyright-free" template or is there another process? ItsABlackHole (talk) 02:19, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@ItsABlackHole: Hi, and welcome. Sorry, we don't accept files in the patent-encumbered .doc format per COM:FT#Nonfree file formats, please choose another format from COM:FT#Textual formats.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:27, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
https://www.icty.org/en/content/terms-and-conditions-use suggests to me that at least some of this material is copyrighted. You'd need to have some specific basis as to why specific content was not. - Jmabel ! talk 14:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

How do I upgrade a file from JPG to SVG on the same file page?

When I try to upload a new svg version of this file https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KIWI_logo.jpg I get this error: File extension ".jpg" does not match the detected MIME type of the file (image/svg+xml). Is there a way to rename the file page so it accepts the svg file as a new version, or do I need to create a new file page? Mr Democracy (talk) 07:51, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@Mr Democracy: I don't think it's possible to rename a file so as to change its extension, and even if it were that would definitely be contrary to our policy on file renaming. So you'll need to upload the SVG version as a new file. Then you can use the {{Vector version available}} template on the old file page to link to the new one. --bjh21 (talk) 12:12, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

Kurt Cobain

What happen to this photo of Kurt Cobain? Neocorelight (talk) 23:25, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@Neocorelight: Hi, and welcome. That photo File:Kurt St Thomas.jpg appears to have been deleted per Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kurt St Thomas.jpg.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:28, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks for the answer. Neocorelight (talk) 00:53, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
@Neocorelight: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:10, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Ayuda

Buenas, por favor como cambio el título de la imagen (File:Logo Concejo Municipal Rojas Barinas 2021-2025.jpg) para agregar en lugar de Logo agrego "Escudo"?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 08:44, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Yo lo puedo pedir en la tercera option del drop down menu de la segunda pestaña a la derecha de la pestaña para editar. Utilizo vector legacy 2010 Paradise Chronicle (talk) 18:52, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

::O le traduzco tu pedido en ingles a un eventual file mover que tal vez lee la discussion. Veamos sue es man rapido. He'd like to have the word "Logo" replaced with "Escudo" in the linked file above. They already requested the move themselves. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 19:01, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

@Paradise Chronicle:Ok,gracias AbchyZa22 (talk) 21:07, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
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I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 21:32, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Copyright for photos found on news website

Can I upload photos on WikiMedia found on news websites?

What will be the copyright category?

Will mentioning the name of the news website as author/photographer sufficient? Kawrno Baba (talk) 06:04, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

@Kawrno Baba: Short answer: no.
Longer answer: while it is possible that there are files on a news website that are eligible for Commons, they are few and far between. Commons accepts only files that are either in the public domain or free-licensed. It is unusual for a news website to host any significant number of photos that fall in either category, though of course there are exceptions: e.g. a news site might use a U.S. government photo that is in the public domain (unlike most governments, the U.S. federal government places all creative work its employees do as part of their jobs immediately in the public domain), or they might make use of a third-party photo that has been free-licensed (though probably half of such turn out already to be on Commons). Generally, unless you really know what you are doing, news websites are a poor place to look for freely reusable photos. - Jmabel ! talk 06:14, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you. These two articles are too long for my query. Can you please summarise according to my query?
I want to upload a photo of a person. How do I know if the photo 'can be used by anybody'?
Especially, in my country copyright issues are rarely acknowledged, so there is no clear copyright declaration about contents. There is no declaration of copyright status in my country as WikiMedia classifies distinctly. Things are either stated 'copyright protected', or not. The photos that do not say 'copyright protected' are free to use with proper declaration of source, especially for news websites. Kawrno Baba (talk) 06:49, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
The answer to a question does not change, if you ask again: No. You write about "your country", but you do not say, which country that would be. It doesn't matter. How many countrys are ignoring copyright, Commons abides to copyright. To upload an image you need a proof, that is is pd or free. If as you say, websites in your country do not tell if an image is pd or free (only that it is not free, or do not tell at all) you do not have a proof. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 11:40, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
@Kawrno Baba: without knowing what country you are from it's hard to argue this, but I am not aware of any country in the world where the legal situation is what you describe. It is (quite) possible that you live in a country where these laws are rarely enforced. In that case, I guess you could have a personal website unrelated to Commons that is hosted in your country and ignores the laws.
The attitude that you can't be bothered to educate yourself on the topic and want people to give you definitive answers to vague questions simply won't cut it here. We are all volunteers. If you have a specific question about a specific third-party photo on a specific site, someone here probably can answer it for you without you bothering to educate yourself. However, other than that, if you aren't willing to develop at least a moderate understanding of copyright and free-licensing, please only upload pictures you took yourself that are not pictures of other people's copyrighted or potentially copyrightable work. - Jmabel ! talk 15:21, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
The other person answered perfectly. It was sufficient.
I am more of a case basis person. The given two articles are screaming TLDR. I don't see why it's wrong to learn from an experienced person rather than reading the original source.
And my country is Bangladesh. Copyright laws are rarely enforced here. (I am not proud of it.)
And thanks to both of you, I got what I came for. Kawrno Baba (talk) 15:45, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
@Kawrno Baba: Since those laws are on the books and Bangladesh is a member of the Berne Convention, Univ. Copyright Convention, and World Trade Organization, we have to follow them. See COM:Bangladesh.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:36, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Can I upload images featued in the https://leonardo.ai "platform gallery" section?

I am not sure if this counts as permission to use these images Bombombom123 (talk) 07:50, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure about that specific site, but your probably better off not uploading AI generated images to begin with. Otherwise it's more then likely they will just be deleted as out of scope. Looking through the gallery that seems to be case with most, if not all, of the images anyway. --Adamant1 (talk) 08:00, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

PD-flag

Buenas, una pregunta como se aplica el {{PD-flag}}?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 11:47, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Hm, the template sort of indirectly links to Commons:Umbral de originalidad#Logotipos y banderas, but there's nothing there specifically about banderas, so maybe it is supposed to mean that one applies similar criteria as for logotipos. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:18, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

A copyright rule I am not sure I understood correctly

Per Category:Stamps of Greece, "Modern stamps of this country are not in public domain or their status is unknown. They are protected by international copyright laws at least until 70 years after author's death. [...] Please do not upload photographs or scans of stamps of this country". Does that mean that I am not allowed to upload photos of my post-1970 stamps, even though both the stamps and the photos are mine? Deiadameian (talk) 19:02, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

@Deiadameian: Correct, physically owning an object doesn't give you the copyright to it. The copyright would belong to the designers and engravers, and since post-1970 is after 1953, those stamps are in still copyright. Abzeronow (talk) 19:04, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
Ok, thanks. Deiadameian (talk) 19:14, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

My father

I want to find any information on my father who was a sailor on the uss mclanhan during ww2. His nam is William s. Russell sr. 24.184.0.138 19:49, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

From this, it appears your father was a Fireman 2nd Class. https://ftldesign.com/USS-McLanahan/ Abzeronow (talk) 19:55, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

Comment insérer des photos sur une page du Wikipédia de langue française

Bon petit après-midi de Montréal, bonjour, j’ai téléchargée de nombreuses photos ( que j’ai mise sous licence libre ) et que je je voudrais quand j’en aurai le temps, les mettre sur la page Longue-Pointe dans le Wikipédia de langue française. Auparavant j’avais travaillé à modifier le texte de la page. Plusieurs contributeurs ont travaillé très fort sur cette page. Il ne manque que quelques photos afin d’illustrer ce quartier ouvrier de Montréal. Merci de m’aider car j’ai faite la lecture de la page «  comment insérer une image » mais je ne comprends rien. Héron du fleuve (talk) 21:41, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

Well, one information that was not specified in her question above is that the user is visually impaired and interacts with websites through specialized voice software. Help pages on the topic of image use have a lot of details and rely in part on boxes, formats, visual clues. We do not seem to have something that explains the very basics in easy text. That is probably inevitable. This could be a particular type of situation where wording it a different way could actually be of much help. Or maybe we should just tell the user that it's an impossible task.
Another issue is this. The user wishes to contribute to Commons, if that is possible. She manages to take pictures with her phone and to upload them to Commons. Which is already good and I suppose it requires effort and tenacity given her condition. She received messages telling her to add categories and better descriptions. The problem is that when photos are on Commons, including her own photos, she cannot see them well enough and Commons has no feature like the "alt" feature that can give a textual description. I suppose that one obvious thing can be to suggest to her that in the future she writes precise descriptions immediately when she uploads. However, that doesn't help with other images on Commons. Can textual descriptions be read by text-reading software wherever the thext is located in description pages, e.g. inside the information template and a language template? @Jmabel: I know that you are much more familiar than me with accessibility questions. Is there advice you can share? What options, if any, or practical ways, are available to visually impaired users to interact more easily with Commons? -- Asclepias (talk) 23:21, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
@Asclepias: is there some way I should have known when answering that this was a visually impaired person trying to work with images?
User:DrMel supposedly had a whole team of people through https://www.bemyeyes.com/ wanting to work on this sort of thing, but I don't think anything ever actually happened. It is possible that contacting bemyeyes directly might help, but I have no idea how much support is available in French. - Jmabel ! talk 23:57, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Picture of methylammonium formate

I recently wrote an article on methylammonium formate. Today, I found an image online that used the exact same specific type of ball-and-stick notation as the rest of Wikipedia generally uses (by the way that notation is awesome and I want to know where to use it). I downloaded the file, and then tried to upload it, but it said I had to agree that I own the copyright to that image, which I do not. It also said that I can only publish my own works. My only other option other than to upload a file from my computer was to search it on Wikimedia, and there was only one image that popped up that had nothing to do with methylammonium formate. Tickbeat (talk) 15:03, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

@Tickbeat: Hi, and welcome. Where did you find that image online? See also COM:NETC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
So I looked back, and:
1. The image turned out to be from Wikidocs.
2. It was a picture of methylamine, not methylammonium formate. In fact, I can find precisely zero images of specifically methylammonium formate. If I can figure out what software produces images of molecules that bare the specific type of ball-and-stick notation that Wikipedia frequently uses in their images, (if you know, you know), then I can just make my own image, in which case it will actually have been made by me, and then I won't have that problem. But I don't know how to do that, or whether or not I need to. Tickbeat (talk) 15:13, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
@Tickbeat: Commons talk:WikiProject Chemistry seems a good place to ask for suggestions. (Or you might contact users who create chemistry illustrations, for example Benjah-bmm27.) -- Asclepias (talk) 16:05, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
How do I contact a user? Tickbeat (talk) 16:58, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
On the talk page of the user. For example, if other users want to talk to you, they can go to your talk page: User talk:Tickbeat. It's the same thing to talk to another user, but with the username of that user instead of yours. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:57, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
There are a few different "standard" types of ball&stick. If you can identify a specific example/style you like, I can tell you some software that can do it. We do have images you could cut'n'paste together (as long as you cite:), such as File:Methylammonium-3D-balls.png and File:Sodium-formate-3D-balls.png. But a word of caution: these types of diagrams of salts can be misleading, so there is a risk that making something "not really correct, but graphically high quality" could reinforce the wrongness to others. DMacks (talk) 18:14, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
The pictures of methylammonium and sodium-formate actually capture perfectly the style I was referring to. The only thing about them is that the hydrogen atoms and carbon atoms are the same size, which I have seen differently in other ball&stick notations, such that hydrogen atoms are smaller than carbon atoms. Airing on the side of scientific accuracy, every element of the notation in the two images you linked me two are perfect, except for the sizes of the atoms. The sizes of the atoms should be proportional to their atomic mass by some arbitrary decided factor. Tickbeat (talk) 20:21, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Text app

It's not letting me connect 12.203.168.30 02:00, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

What, if anything, does this have to do with Wikimedia Commons (this site)? - Jmabel ! talk 03:43, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Alternative versions of file

Hi, I'm looking to upload a new spiral version of the geologic time scale for use on Wiki. I have three versions (one based on the ICS colouring, and two alternative colours schemes that are colour-blind friendly). Each version has a light & dark variant where the text colour is inverted for areas over transparent zones. There are six SVG files in total. Aside from giving them a consistent naming scheme and uploading each as a separate file, is there the possibility of uploading an alternate version based on the light/dark variants? Jarred C Lloyd (talk) 02:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand your question. Yes, all six are presumably welcome, but I can't make any real sense of "is there the possibility of uploading an alternate version based on the light/dark variants?"
You can link file pages to one another with {{Other version}}, if that is what you are asking. - Jmabel ! talk 03:45, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Sorry, yes other other version is what I am after. My desire is to have all six variants uploaded but linked to each other. Jarred C Lloyd (talk) 04:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

file information contradicts itself

A Barbary Pirate by Giovanni Guida.jpg: The style does indicate that the 19th century dates are right. However if in fact the author was born in 1992, that is a problem. Please advise? File is currently in use on en-wiki at en:Regency of Algiers, so I guess I will remove it pending confirmation of an error. I would however like to use the image if it is legal so please do let me know, thanks Elinruby (talk) 05:40, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@Elinruby: Good eye! I've fixed the problem by removing the reference to the modern artist also named Giovanni Guida from File:A Barbary Pirate by Giovanni Guida.jpg and then edited the wikidata item for the painting (d:Q123822220) to change the creator to Giovanni Guida (1837–1895) instead of Giovanni Guida (1992-). —RP88 (talk) 06:15, 16 April 2024 (UTC

Thank you ;) It looked to me like that was the case but I wanted to be sure about that. Elinruby (talk) 06:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Yes, the source link specified on the file page for the painting does identify the artist as the Giovanni Guida who was born in 1837, not the one born in 1992. The style also matches the other painting we have from him at Category:Giovanni Guida (1837-1895). —RP88 (talk) 06:31, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

"copy upload not allowed"

I am trying to upload a higher resolution of this image, but when I put the source in, it says "copy upload not allowed" and it doesn't work. How do I fix this? ⍨PLib🗣️ 18:54, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

@PalauanLibertarian: Please see the logs and Commons:Overwriting existing files/Requests. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
@PalauanLibertarian: I've added the template so you can overwrite it with a higher resolution version from the same source. Abzeronow (talk) 19:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

關於上傳圖片遭判為有害，還請管理員協助解鎖，謝謝

您好，我在上傳照片時，跳出了「此操作已被自動識別為有害並被禁止」等語，不知道是什麼原因，能否請管理員協助，謝謝！ Pt Shen (talk) 04:38, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Looking at the abuse filter log I see that your upload attempts were blocked by the abuse filter. Pinging Elcobbola, as the creator of these two filters in question, to see if they can check to see if these are false positives and if any edits to the filters would be appropriate. —RP88 (talk) 08:17, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
I've added an exempted for @Pt Shen: they should no longer have an issue (certain of the filters only log anyway). Эlcobbola talk 14:02, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
@Pt Shen: 應該修好。請嘗試再次上傳文件。—RP88 (talk) 23:50, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Nathan Wheeler mansion / Waldemere

This was posted in the "How to download" discussion. It's obviously not relevant to that, but might be something someone wants to follow up. - Jmabel ! talk 23:16, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
There’s a stereo view card that say Nathan Wheeler mansion. It’s actually Waldemere, PT Barnum’s 3rd. Home in Bridgeport, Connecticut at Seaside Park. 67.83.67.129 17:28, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

I found File:Residence of Hon. Nathaniel Wheeler, by Pomeroy & Wilson.png, which is really in Bridgeport, but I am not sure if the suggested address is correct. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 00:25, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Border Crossings Texas

There is a photo in W. Commons of Mexcians crossing the border on a boat in Texas. Can I use this photo? How do I upload phot? LLfmiron (talk) 00:16, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Boquillas del Carmen crossing the Rio Grande (2).JPG and File:The hand-pulled Los Ebanos Ferry or El Chalan, formally known as the Los Ebanos-Diaz Ordaz Ferry, a hand-operated cable car-pedestrian ferry that travels across the Rio Grande River between Los Ebanos LCCN2014631801.tif how about those? You can use both photographs. If you have a photograph hat shows a scene worthy to be on commons I suggest you try the Upload wizard Paradise Chronicle (talk) 11:24, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

File:Alaskan State Anthem.mp3

Is en:File:Alaskan State Anthem.mp3 in the public domain as stated? If so, can it be moved to Commons? Kk.urban (talk) 05:10, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Source Site says "Copyright © 1985, University of Alaska Foundation, All rights Reserved" which may be the MIDI file (since not only the song has to be free but the sound recording of it as well). Abzeronow (talk) 01:06, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Foto del Ex Dictador venezolano Marcos Perez Jimenez

Buenas, la foto del Ex Dictador Marcos Perez Jimenez (https://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ve/MLV-753227417-venezuela-marcos-perez-jimenez-_JM) cuando estará al Dominio Público ({{PD-Venezuela}}/{{PD-VenezuelaGov}}) la foto fue editado por el Ministerio del Fomento en 1957?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 13:30, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

¿Quién era el fotógrafo? El enlace no indica. - Jmabel ! talk 21:01, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
@Jmabel:Tienes razón no dice quien es el fotógrafo, pero para mi opinión creo que la fotógrafia la tomó un anonymous (Desconocido) pero según el PD-VenezuelaGov dice en inglés:"It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work, and sixty years have passed from the first publication or the completion of the work." Pero en la parte de la última después de la foto dice 2 edición 1957 editado por el Ministerio de Fomento creo que la foto fue generalizado por un órgano público. AbchyZa22 (talk) 21:12, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Entonces, si no era publicado simultanaemente en los EEUU, era bajo copyright en Venezuela en 1996 y sus derechos de autor en los EEUU fueron restaurados en el URAA de 1996, hasta 1 enero 2053. - Jmabel ! talk 02:14, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Editace stránky File:Andrea Černá.jpeg

Dobrý den, byl jsme upozorněn na doplnění autorských práv k fotce na profilu Andrea Černá. Rád bych tak učinil, ale není mi jasné, jak to mám udělat. Fotka je bez autorských práv k volnému užití, ale není mi jasné kam a jak to mám napsat.

Děkuji za pomoc MatejV (talk) 20:29, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Andrea Černá.jpeg. - Jmabel ! talk 21:02, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Using Google Translate, I can't understand the question (in Czech). Can someone help out? - Jmabel ! talk 21:03, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
Hello, we have been notified of a copyright addition to the photo on Andrea Cerna's profile. I would like to do so, but it is not clear to me how to do it. The photo is copyright free to use, but it is not clear to me where and how to write it. MatejV (talk) 21:27, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
I was also trying to figure out the issue. And try to answer in English. @MatejV If you have taken the photograph yourself all is good. I have seen you uploaded the file yourself so I believe you want the file on commons. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 21:39, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
But if you took the photograph yourself, then you need to add yourself as the author of the photograph. There is actually a special field in the file Andrea Cerna for the author. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 21:53, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

I want to upload a logo of a government agency. The agency is Greater Miami Expressway Agency (The successor to Miami-Dade Expressway Authority). Im currently working on updating the MDX wikipedia to GMX. Am i clear to upload the logo? Xp4eternity (talk) 22:19, 18 April 2024 (UTC)

@Xp4eternity: Is Greater Miami Expressway Agency part of the Florida Department of Transportation? If so, it would be copyrighted. Some of Florida's governmental works are public domain but not all (Florida's DOT is allowed to claim copyright). Abzeronow (talk) 01:10, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
i think its owned by the state. check these articles to confirm. i didnt see anything about FDOT.
https://www.miamitodaynews.com/2023/09/26/county-votes-to-dissolve-states-greater-miami-expressway-agency/
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mdx-files-suit-against-the-board-of-directors-of-the-greater-miami-expressway-agency-301411212.html
https://www.cityandstatefl.com/policy/2023/08/florida-regained-control-miami-dade-county-toll-roads-now-what/389784/
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/mdx-vows-to-fight-state-takeover-of-miami-dades-major-toll-roads/3093772/
https://www.cityandstatefl.com/policy/2023/08/florida-regained-control-miami-dade-county-toll-roads-now-what/389784/ Xp4eternity (talk) 01:16, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
I'm not an expert on Florida but the relevant license would be {{PD-FLGov}} Abzeronow (talk) 01:21, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Files of books have 0x0 pxs dimensions after update

These files:

have 0x0 pixels dimensions after update. Can you help to fix them? Thanks. --Leh Palych (talk) 23:48, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

I have been looking into it, and the PDF loads nicely. Don't really understand what the issue is here. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 00:18, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
@Paradise Chronicle: The pages of these files are invisible in uk.wikisource because dimensions are 0x0. Dimensions must be more than 0 as were before update.--Leh Palych (talk) 01:00, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
@Leh Palych: This is a known bug with pdf files. @Yann: Abzeronow (talk) 01:03, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
@Abzeronow and Yann: And how to solve this problem? --Leh Palych (talk) 22:43, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
@Leh Palych: I reverted to the first versions, which do not have this problem. May be editing the versions which do not work would fix it. Yann (talk) 08:07, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

On removal of DI without explanation

Hi. I have recently tagged an image (File:草尾毅.jpg) for CSD F5 - missing permission. A source is listed, but I cannot find any evidence that the photograph is licensed under CC-BY 2.0. An IP user keeps removing the notice, but not giving evidence that the image is licensed. I cannot find any CC-BY (or any free license) notice on the source, or any other possible source. I have added the notice back, after which it was removed again. I don't want to edit war, but there is still no evidence of permission. What should I do? Thanks, WhoAteMyButter (talk) 04:32, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

In the source a different image is shown anyway. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 06:14, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
I seemed to have missed that entirely - apologies! Although even then, that's {{Di-no source}}; still DI. I suspect that if I were to tag it as such, it would be reverted by the same IP. Where would I go to get this resolved and/or ensure that the source & copyright status is clarified? WhoAteMyButter (talk) 06:19, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
@WhoAteMyButter: If someone objects to speedy deletion, the right solution is usually to open a full deletion request. See Commons:Deletion requests. For a single file, using the "Nominate for deletion" in the tools is the easiest way to do this. --bjh21 (talk) 09:53, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
@WhoAteMyButter: You can tag it for speedy deletion with a link to one of the non-free previous internet publications, e.g. IMDb. If the user still removes the tag without opening a regular DR, you can ask for help at COM:AN/U. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:57, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
  Done Deleted, user warned. Yann (talk) 12:08, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Company Logo upload

I want to upload our company logo. logo copyrights belong to us. Logo is used in website and social media. Brandifygs (talk) 05:05, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

Commons is not a place to advertise. Neither is English Wikipedia. Please do not (re-)create advertisements. WhoAteMyButter (talk) 06:24, 20 April 2024 (UTC)

I want to upload a PDF, but some abuse filter prevents it.

I'm trying to upload this: https://archive.org/details/notesonengland00tainuoft

I am aware that there are other version of Notes on England on Commons, but those versions are way worse quality than what I am about to upload. I want to have this file on Commons, so I can start working on it in Wikisource; the other versions are not well suited for transcription as they have illegible words on some of their pages. How can I get this file on Commons without getting stopped by an abuse filter? Thanks! Klaufir216 (talk) 15:10, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

@Klaufir216: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/281, and ​ another filter. Please read Mediawiki:Abusefilter-disallowed-pdf-new-user-upload again. I uploaded it for you as File:Notes on England.pdf.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:01, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! Klaufir216 (talk) 08:58, 28 April 2024 (UTC)
@Klaufir216: You're welcome!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:07, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:08, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

Airliners.net

Unless I am mistaken, photographer Eduard Marmet has released ALL his aircraft images on airliners.net for use here on Wikimedia. Currently Wikimedia has 824 of his images uploaded, but there are over 3,200 on airliners.net, and I am particularly interested in one of those that are not yet uploaded. I have tried to find a way to bring it on board, but have failed. Please help.

The image I want is https://www.airliners.net/photo/Freedom-Airlines/Convair-580/192675

Images from Eduard at airliners.net already uploaded include; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luftwaffe_Hansa_Jet_at_Basle_-_May_1984.jpg

I have found this template from 2011, but do not know how to proceed from here. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:EduardMarmet

WendlingCrusader (talk) 01:51, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

@Aafi: Does the VRT ticket cover all of Marmet's photographs from airliners? Abzeronow (talk) 02:00, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
@Abzeronow: Sorry for replying late. I am in Germany and it is pretty much difficult for me to have my laptop charged (since I missed bringing an Indian connector), and thus having very little access to it. I had a look at the ticket and I feel I can reproduce the text here. Someone wrote to Eduard that I am specifically seeking your permission to use this image:
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0487023/M/ and the permissions follow: The online encycoppeida Wikipedia is a great thing which should always be supported. Of course I give you the permission to include the photo into your article under the terms and conditions stated in your request below. I own the copyright to the image mentioned in your email letter and found at: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0487023/M/ I grant permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later
I do not see any basis for {{EduardMarmet}} in the ticket, and since its creator is blocked across Wikimedia sites, it should be investigated.─ Aafī (talk) 19:04, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
Commons:Deletion requests/Template:EduardMarmet. @Aafi: Perhaps you (or someone else) would kindly like to use your VRT access to contact the photographer and ask for respective permission for the 556 affected images?Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:23, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
@Pigsonthewing, thanks for creating the DR. I will be back home by tomorrow night, and then after I have had some rest, I should be able to get through more of this. My comment should be expected anytime soon in the DR hopefully. ─ The Aafī on Mobile (talk) 18:36, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Windows10ですがウィキペディア本文は青字、赤字で表示されているのに、印刷すると黒字に変わってしまいます。

Windows10ですがウィキペディア本文は青字、赤字で表示されているのに、印刷すると黒字に変わってしまいます。カラー写真は変わりません。本文もそのままカラー印刷する方法を教えてください。 Jilvicente (talk) 07:45, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Google translate: On Windows 10, the Wikipedia text is displayed in blue and red, but when I print it, it changes to black. Color photos remain unchanged. Please tell me how to print the main text in color as well.
anyone knows how to help Jilvicente?Paradise Chronicle (talk) 03:06, 20 April 2024 (UTC)
It might be an issue with Chrome. There's a forum post about it here with a couple of solutions. Personally, I'd recommend saving the page as a PDF and then printing it from there. As it's guaranteed to print in color that way. --Adamant1 (talk) 18:11, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
@Jilvicente: --Adamant1 (talk) 18:12, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Images relating to state legislation, Australia

I would like to find out about uploading images (for a wikipedia article) relating to state legislation (on a particular topic) in Australia. The images are either individual pages of documents available but obscure, from the internet, or images of pages/maps not available on the internet, such as from the state archives. Reasons I'd like to be able to use them are that they would provide information that is (1) very difficult to find or cross-reference or (2) not available to the public if I were only to reference it. Cheyne (talk) 04:56, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

@Cheyne: Which documents? Please at least give examples. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:08, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

Permission to use photo

How do I contact a Wikipedia commons member (Jim.henderson) for permission to use a photo by him. I have searched him talk page for an email without success. J5hbx (talk) 19:58, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

@Jim.henderson: For me, the "email this user" tool is available on the side when I'm on their user page. Abzeronow (talk) 20:03, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
J5hbx, see also Special:EmailUser/Jim.henderson. It should help you. RodRabelo7 (talk) 20:46, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Tried EmailUse/Jim.henderson and was denied the ability to send it. Neither do I see "email this user" on his page. I have tried as a new topic on his talk page.
Thanks anyway. J5hbx (talk) 22:37, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
J5hbx, that's likely because Jim.henderson deactivated the option to receive email from brand-new users ("Allow emails from brand-new users") on their preferences. Yeah, contacting them on their talkpage will probably solve. Regards, RodRabelo7 (talk) 22:44, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Sorry; it's all my fault. I have my E-mail option set for my spam magnet account. Not a good idea, since undesired messages via Wikimedia are uncommon for me. I'll repair that.
Meanwhile my three pictures of an apartment house near Mullaly Park in The Bronx are all CC0 Universal Public Domain licensed, so all can be used for any purpose without credit or further permission. Credit to "Jim.henderson via Wikimedia Commons" would be pleasant but not necessary. Jim.henderson (talk) 00:47, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
@J5hbx RodRabelo7 (talk) 00:49, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Are images in the russian wikipedia CC?

I am doing a project involving some soviet historical actors, for wich portraits are available in the russian wikipedia but don't seem to appear in Wikimedia CC itself or any other wikipedia language.

I was wondering if these images should still be safe to use (in a non-commercial manner and giving credit) or if the russian wikipedia project has different standars that could explain the difference. Thank you very much for any perspective. Xandru4 (talk) 06:10, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

@Xandru4: Content hosted by Commons needs to comply with Commons:Licensing under US copyright law and under the copyright laws of the country of first publication (which could be Russia in this case). In addition, some local Wikipedia host fair use or non-free content that is not allowed by Commons, and Commons doesn't accept any licenses that place any type of restriction on commercial or derivative use. It will be much easier for someone to give you a less general answer if you can provide a link the files you're asking about. If they're uploaded locally to Russian Wikipedia, you can link to them from this discussion by simply adding the language^prefix ":ru:" before each file's name (for example, [[:ru:File:Filename.Fileextension]]) and then adding them to this discussion. If you can't get that to work just provide a link to the URL addresses for the files' pages. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:47, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
@Xandru4: Bonjour,
Il manque deux informations. Premièrement, comme mentionné dans l'autre intervention ci-dessus, au moins un exemple d'un des fichiers de ru.wikipedia dont vous parlez, afin de savoir de quoi il est question. Deuxièmement, l'endroit où vous voudriez publier votre «projet» : dans une Wikipédia dans une autre langue, si oui laquelle, ou à l'extérieur de Wikimedia, si oui dans quel pays.
En cherchant vos contributions dans l'univers wikimédien, on constate que vous avez récemment travaillé sur des articles de fr.wikipedia, ce qui laisse supposer que vous parlez peut-être de fichiers comme ru:Файл:Федосеев Иван Андреевич.jpg, qu'on prendra donc comme exemple. Tel qu'indiqué dans sa page de description, ce fichier est considéré non libre par ru.wikipedia et il y est utilisé en accord avec la politique de ru.wikipedia sur l'usage de contenu non libre à certaines conditions. Cette politique se trouve sur la page ru:Википедия:Критерии добросовестного использования. Je ne l'ai pas lue, mais les bandeaux qui se trouvent dans la page de description du fichier disent que ru.wikipedia permet l'usage de l'image non libre dans l'article sur la personne représentée, s'il n'existe pas d'image libre de cette personne. Il semble que, du moins en ce qui concerne l'usage de ce type de fichiers, cela soit semblable à ce qui se fait sur la Wikipédia de langue anglaise.
La description sur ru.wikipedia ne semble pas préciser la raison pour laquelle l'image est non libre, mais vous pouvez peut-être trouver l'explication dans la page Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Russia. Si l'image n'est pas libre à la fois aux États-Unis et dans son pays d'origine, la politique actuelle de Commons ne permet pas de la verser sur Commons. La politique de la Wikipédia de langue française ne permet pas l'usage d'une telle image non libre qui n'est pas sur Commons. Si votre projet était d'utiliser un tel fichier sur fr.wikipedia, ce n'est donc pas possible, à moins de trouver une raison pour laquelle l'image serait libre et pourrait être versée sur Commons. Si votre projet est d'utiliser l'image à l'extérieur des sites Wikimedia, il faut alors tenir compte plutôt des lois des pays dans lesquels cela sera publié.
-- Asclepias (talk) 13:49, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
Premièrement, merci beaucoup, puisque j'apprends à présent les directives d'usage de ces images, et je ne connaissais même pas la politique d'usage d'images non-libres de la Wikipédia en langue anglaise, et en effet, vous avez deviné le genre d'images absentes dont je me questionne sur les droits.
Deuxièmement, il s'agit d'un projet biographique totalement extérieur à Wikipédia, et je souhaitais pour cela connaitre la politique d'usage de ces images (en France). J'en tire que tout comme les images sur Commons sont libres sous les termes de la licence CC-BY, il faudra que je prenne en considération l'origine et droits associés à chaque image directement hébergées sur Wikipédia (russe ou autre).
Je prends tout cela en compte autant pour wikipédia que pour illustrer (ou pas) d'éventuels d'autres projets. Xandru4 (talk) 20:34, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
@Xandru4: Per m:nfc, Russian Wikipedia hosts non-free content like English Wikipedia does, subject to ru:ВП:КДИ. It is uploadable by administrators, uploaders, eliminators, and file movers.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:56, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

File upload blocked by filter

I am attempting to upload a mp3 file which is freely licensed (owned by the U.S. government and explicitly gives permission for unrestricted use and access, courtesy of the Reagan Presidential Library), however it is being blocked by an automated filter. What would be the best way to proceed with the upload? The file in question can be found here: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/276558209, it has important historical significance as the first time a member of the Reagan administration acknowledged the existence of AIDS. Wasianpower (talk) 19:56, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Uploaded as File:Remarks by Larry Speakes during daily press briefing, October 15, 1982 (subject AIDS). White House Press Room.mp3. Abzeronow (talk) 20:21, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you!! Wasianpower (talk) 20:54, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
Hey Abzeronow, would you also be willing to upload this one for me? https://catalog.archives.gov/id/276559797 Relevant portion starts around 16:45, and ends around 17:51. Wasianpower (talk) 23:22, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
  Done File:Remarks by Larry Speakes during daily press briefing, December 11, 1984 (subjects AIDS) White House Press Room.mp3 Abzeronow (talk) 16:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you so much! Wasianpower (talk) 16:21, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
Hey one last request @Abzeronow, would you be willing to upload these two files for me? They download as MP4s and I don't have enough commons contribs to access the file type converter, and all the free converters I can find online say these are too big to process.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/51669850 (first the Reagan publicly mentioned AIDS)
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77443376 (announcement of the President's HIV Commission)
Thank you so much, I appreciate the help! Wasianpower (talk) 18:06, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
The first one has been uploaded File:President Ronald Reagan's Press Conference in the East Room, September 17, 1985.webm. I'll upload the second one tomorrow. Abzeronow (talk) 21:13, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
Appreciated!!! Wasianpower (talk) 02:38, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Second one uploaded as File:President Ronald Reagan's Remarks at a Panel Discussion on AIDS Research and Treatment at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, July 23, 1987.webm Abzeronow (talk) 19:22, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you!! Wasianpower (talk) 00:47, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Identical images

File:South Jeolla map.png and File:Karte sued-jeolla.png are identical- I believe Commons would say that the more recent of these two should be deleted, right? Thanks for any guidance. I plan to request deletion of File:Karte sued-jeolla.png on this basis. Geographyinitiative (talk) 22:13, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

They are not completely identical, one is the original 2003 version with a white background, the other is a modified 2021 version with a transparent background. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:27, 22 April 2024 (UTC)
@Asclepias, i guess you didn't see another image Karte used jeolla.png.--KEmel49 (talk) 04:44, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
That last link is broken, and would not be a valid Wikimedia URL. The link appears to be intended to go to File:Karte sued-jeolla.png (already linked above), but for some odd reason KEmel49 captioned it "Karte used jeolla.png". I don't see how that can do anything but add confusion to the discussion. - Jmabel ! talk 08:03, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
The two images are visually identical if they are on a white background. If you put the transparent one on a different background, it will look different. - Jmabel ! talk 08:05, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Help replacing the lead image (resolved)

Hi, the page Category:Reinhard_Heydrich uses an image colorised by an amateur as a lead image: File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1969-054-16, Reinhard Heydrich Recolored.jpg. Please help replacing it with the authentic Bundesarchive image such as File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1969-054-16, Reinhard Heydrich.jpg. Thank you. --K.e.coffman (talk) 07:29, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

@K.e.coffman: It looks like you already fixed this yourself (by this edit). Please, in the future, if you fix a problem you found and mentioned here, come back here and say so yourself, so that you don't waste someone else's time trying to follow up and help you. - Jmabel ! talk 08:11, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
Hi, I was not sure that these were related to Wikidata. I'm still seeing the 'recolored' image in the category's infobox; it's the same in another browser so it does not seem to be a cache issue. Or does it take some time for the Wikidata change to manifest itself in Commons? --K.e.coffman (talk) 08:29, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
@K.e.coffman: Hi, Yes, the update of the display can take some time. It is possible to simply wait until it updates. A null edit on the category page may speed up its update there. Which I just did. The displayed image changed for me. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:35, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
@Asclepias: thank you -- I'm seeing the updated image now. --K.e.coffman (talk) 12:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
@K.e.coffman: For the future: after making the change in Wikidata, you can add "?action=purge" to the URL, then enter that modified URL to request a purge. Works at least 99% of the time. - Jmabel ! talk 15:33, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Charlie Kirk Photo

A user has marked the deletion request on my picture of File:Charlie Kirk April 2024.jpg under (CSD F10) which states: "Low-to-medium quality selfies and other personal images of or by users who have no constructive global contributions." But the thing is that it is a picture of Charlie Kirk that I took of him, not a picture of myself. I also don't understand how I do not have global contributions. You can check my global contribution across multiple wikis. Shoot for the Stars (talk) 22:24, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

I have reverted both speedy deletion tags. The photo is in use, and has EXIF data. No hits on TinEye. Abzeronow (talk) 22:46, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
The user in question has also made other really bad speedy nominations wrongly invoking F10 for files of regular contributors, e.g. [2]. Or requesting deletions with the no permission tag when there's no obvious reason, e.g. [3]. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:50, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Adding location info from EXIF data

Hello! How do I call a bot like DschwenBot to add location data contained within the EXIF data of a photograph I have uploaded? It'd be a bit more convenient if I could call a bot to add this data. Thank you for your help! Albeit simple (talk) 04:13, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

@Albeit simple: Hello,
  • DschwenBot is not in activity anymore, apparently because of some technical requirement of Wikimedia.
  • When that bot was in activity, it was called by the insertion of the template GPS EXIF in the description page of the file.
  • If there are no geographical coordinates in the EXIF data of the photos, they cannot be added from there.
  • If photos have geographical coordinates in their EXIF data and if the tool Upload Wizard is used for uploading them, the location templates are added automatically when the files are uploaded.
  • If you have the coordinates, you could add the location template manually.
-- Asclepias (talk) 12:26, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for the help! - Albeit simple (talk) 03:47, 1 May 2024 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:53, 1 May 2024 (UTC)

Using the "Articles near me"

I need help to understand how commons treats this Articles near me feature that the Wikimedia Map have on several pages, including this category page for city Wikimedia commons - Tromsø

  • Opening the page
  • button to enlarge map.
  • Find the area to search within, for "Articles in this area"
  • Click the button, and…nothing happens!?

I have checked on beforehand, that there would be thing, buildings, landmarks and streets in the citycentre depicted through pictures, articles etc. These do not show up on street map as expected. WHY

thank you for reading this request - Mathias -Ahoy (talk) 09:41, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Not sure what you mean. We are on commons here, not on Wikimedia map. Is the articles near me a gadget? Paradise Chronicle (talk) 09:17, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
@Paradise Chronicle: The editor Mathias -Ahoy is referring to the "Show nearby articles" feature of the enlarged version of maps provided by mw:Help:Extension:Kartographer, accessible from Commons categories which have locations in their {{Wikidata Infobox}}. The problem seen by this editor comes from the meaning of "articles" (i.e. the default namespace, which on Commons are called "Galleries"). In this case the feature is working correctly because while Commons has many files and categories near to Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in Tromsø, Commons doesn't have any Galleries with locations close to Tromsø (Commons does have a Gallery for Tromsø at Tromsø, but it doesn't have a location). Mathias -Ahoy, as an example that shows what I am describing, try zooming the map on the category Category:Eiffel Tower and then clicking "Show nearby articles". You will see nearby Commons galleries, including Tour Eiffel, Les Invalides, and Hôtel du ministre des Affaires étrangères. Note that these are not categories or files, they are in the default namespace, which on the Wikipedias are "Articles" but on Commons are "Galleries". —RP88 (talk) 09:50, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Good summary for how Galleries function on Wikimedia @RP88 - Mathias -Ahoy (talk) 13:05, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Trying to upload picture of MY OWN collection personally signed bills by Mary Ellen Withrow

Hello I took pictures of my own collection collector signed bills by treasure Mary Ellen Withrow. I own the bills and I took the pictures myself and keep getting copyright errors. These are ultra low number serial bills with the same numbers, already high value but also courtesy signed by Mary Ellen Withrow. Her signature is public domain. They are in a treasury holder with her favorite quote Yesterday is a canceled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note, but today is cash. I think it adds intrinsic value to her wiki. But have tried many times to add it. MoonwHale1 (talk) 00:16, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi MoonwHale1. It's not clear whether you're having problems uploading files to Commons or whether you having problems adding files to some Wikipedia article.
If you're having problems uploading files to Commons, then perhaps you can provide some more information for reference. Have you already posted this pictures somewhere else online? Generally, when you take a picture of something created by something else, the copyright status of whatever your photographing also needs to be considered in addition to the copyright of the picture you yourself has taken. If by "bills" you mean currency, then you might want to take a look at COM:Currency because copyright laws can differ from country to country when it comes to currency. Owning the bills yourself doesn't necessarily mean they're no longer under copyright protection, and Commons can only host images of the bills if they no longer or never have been under copyright protection, or they've been released by their copyright holder under an acceptable free license. If, however, you mean something else by "bills", then please clarify.
Now, if you're having problems adding files to a Wikipedia article, you're going to need to discuss that on the article's corresponding talk page because that's not really something related to Commmons per se. Commons is mainly concerned with the licensing of the content it hosts, but the inclusion of such content in articles (i.e. the encyclopedic relevance of the content to the article's subject) is left up to each Wikipedia to decide. Even if the content is fine from a copyright standpoint, you might still need to establish a consensus for its inclusion in the article from an ecyclopedic standpoint. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:50, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Also, it would help a lot to say exactly what upload tool (URL or name of app) you are using, and exactly what error message you are getting. - Jmabel ! talk 05:54, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
@MoonwHale1: you triggered an automated warning by trying to upload small resolution files as a new user. This filter is not capable of any complicated decisions. If these are USD bills then uploading the images should be OK: Commons:Currency#United_States_of_America. Try to upload the images using Special:UploadWizard. MKFI (talk) 06:14, 24 April 2024 (UTC)
Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Help_desk/Archive/2024/04&oldid=873971911"