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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)

• @Héron du fleuve: I'm sorry, but if you do not understand fr:Aide:Insérer une image and the pages it links to, it is unlikely that someone can word it a different way that will make it clearer, especially here on a mainly English-language help desk. You might try Commons:Bistro or fr:Wikipédia:Forum des nouveaux or fr:Wikipédia:Le Bistro. - Jmabel ! talk 23:44, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

  Merci beaucoup. 2605:8D80:582:2E8F:6C4C:F871:E123:4D9A 15:11, 10 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Files of books have 0x0 pxs dimensions after update

These files:

• File:Васильченко С. Повна збірка творів. Том 1 (1927).pdf
• File:Васильченко С. Повна збірка творів. Том 3 (1927).pdf
• File:Кониський.Вибрані твори 2.pdf

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)

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)

Government Logo

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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. [1]. Or requesting deletions with the no permission tag when there's no obvious reason, e.g. [2]. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:50, 23 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)

Errors in metadata

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gettys_(founder_of_Gettysburg)#/media/File:GeneralJamesGettys-1024.jpg

I don't know how to fix them... JimGettys (talk) 18:31, 24 April 2024 (UTC)

That's kind of a convoluted link. Are we simply talking about File:GeneralJamesGettys-1024.jpg? And what errors are you referring to? - Jmabel ! talk 13:52, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Hochladen eines Bildes auf eine Wikipedia-Seite

Mein AnLiegen: Ich möchte auf der Wikipedia-Seite "Theodor Storm" ein Porträtfoto von Storms Tochter (und Nachlassverwalterin) Gertrud Storm (1865-1936) veröffentlichen. Das Foto ist um 1925 entstanden. Der Fotograf ist nicht mehr identifizierbar. Die Rechte für das Foto besitzt die Theodor-Storm-Gesellschaft in Husum. Diese hat mir die Veröffentlichung des Fotos auf Wikipedia ausdrücklich erlaubt. - Was muss ich tun bzw. beachten, um das Foto hochladen zu können? Im Voraus besten Dank für Ihre Rückmeldung. Fritz Pellegrini (talk) 09:46, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Wenn der Fotograf "nicht mehr identifizierbar ist", wieso weiß die Theodor-Storm-Gesellschaft dann, dass sie "die Rechte für das Foto besitzt"? Gibt es da einen Vertrag oder dergleichen, oder ist das nur eine Behauptung ohne Beleg? Da solltest du mal nachfragen, und auch fragen, welcher Art diese "Rechte für das Foto" denn sind. Eine Erlaubnis für "die Veröffentlichung des Fotos auf Wikipedia" reicht übrigens nicht. Sowohl Wikimedia Commons als auch Wikipedia wollen nur freie Inhalte, "also Bilder und andere Mediendateien, die keinen Urheberrechtsbeschränkungen unterworfen sind, die einer Nutzung von jedem, jederzeit und für jeden Zweck entgegenstehen" (Commons:Licensing/de). --Rosenzweig τ 11:57, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Uploading photos

How can I upload photos from iphone, and are exepted if I do screen shots I garantee they are photos that i did but i have them through years and it is more easier to do screen shots and then send FOR “Traditional Albanian food photography competition 25 March till 25 April Rajmonda ThG (talk) 11:57, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@Rajmonda ThG: That is rather unclear. You might do better to ask in Albanian using one of the means listed at Commons:Traditional Albanian food photography competition - 2024/Description. - Jmabel ! talk 13:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Rajmonda ThG, you might ask here in Albanian and we'll try to help with your query.
@Vyolltsa, @Ritamaliqi, hidhni një sy. — Klein Muçi (talk) 14:38, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

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Problem I can't solve: Commons:Traditional Albanian food photography competition - 2024/Description (in English) links to Commons:Gara e fotografisë së ushqimit tradicional shqiptar - 2023/Përshkrimi (different year) for the Albanian equivalent. It's apparently stitched together by some translation "magic" that I don't know how to edit. - Jmabel ! talk 14:03, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Notifying Klein Muçi. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:15, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Asclepias, thank you!
@Jmabel, they don't appear linked to me. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your issue. Or maybe someone already fixed it? — Klein Muçi (talk) 14:40, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@Klein Muçi: sorry, it's a little trickier than I thought. On Commons:Traditional Albanian food photography competition - 2024/Description, click on the link labeled "shqip". It links overtly to Commons:Traditional_Albanian_food_photography_competition_-_2024/Description/sq, but the page title is "Commons:Gara e fotografisë së ushqimit tradicional shqiptar - 2023/Përshkrimi." (I'm not used to having the page title differ this much from the URL, so I missed that the first time.) So it's the title that is wrong, not the URL. - Jmabel ! talk 18:42, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Ah! I see. No worries, I'll fix that. I must have missed that too then because I didn't notice anything unusual the first time I checked. Good catch! - Klein Muçi (talk) 18:45, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Linking my wikimedia account to my personal website

Is there a way that I can link my account to my personal website so those who see my photos can be directed to my website as well? Thank you. Abby Imani (talk) 12:36, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@Abby Imani: Your user page may mention your personal website. Please don't be overly promotional in how you do this. - Jmabel ! talk 14:04, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Well noted. Abby Imani (talk) 15:34, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Sure, one simple way is to create your user page User:Abby Imani and place a normal web link to your website there, possibly with some text about you. Thus, if the "author" field of your photos link to your user page, as it normally does by default, viewers can easily go to your website in two clicks. Or you can link your name from the "author" field of the photos directly to your website instead of linking to your user page. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:05, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Abby Imani (talk) 15:35, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Renaming a page

Hi, I see that I need to "Move" a page in order to have it renamed, but am not seeing where/how to do this. Can you please help? thank you! LMI Digital (talk) 16:34, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

It should be on the right of the History tab on the file (it might be slightly different if you use the latest Vector skin which I do not). Abzeronow (talk) 17:40, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

I am using the Vector 2022 skin and with me it's in the drop down menu of "More" to the right of the history button of the toolbar. You can find more information on moving here

Paradise Chronicle (talk) 19:25, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

User_talk:Keksikeke

Hello, all those pictures are uploaded by me ( my user name is keksikeke) and they are pictures of me. I am singer, songwriter. I have pay all those pictures and I own copyright for them. so there should not be any problem. Maybe " Estopedist1" want to make some harm for me? Am I right? Here are my artist links so You can see I am real person and real singer & songwriter and my songs really are played in finnish radio stations so that wikipedia has for example used by radio persons in their speaks when my music is played on the radio. So my pictures are mine and they are free to use when It is about my music and so on...

Wikipedia: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antti_Kuosmanen_(muusikko)

Sincerely, Antti Kuosmanen Keksikeke (talk) 16:37, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

This is obviously false: EXIF in File:Antti Kuosmanen.jpg says Author Jussi Eerola, Copyright holder: Jussi Eerola. Yann (talk) 16:44, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Upload school paper from 1948 to Hannibal Wisconsin wiki page.

I have a hardcopy paper from a grade school class from 1948 to include on the Hannibal Wisconsin page. I found the paper at my parents house. Two of my aunts are listed in the list of authors within the paper. I'd like to upload it the the Hannibal Wisconsin page, but I'm running into issues with copyright, as well as, pdf files not being acceptable any longer. There is no way at this point to get permission from anyone involved since, most likely, they have all passed away by now. GLDay (talk) 21:00, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Two things that I think matter here. Firstly, you wouldn't own the copyright to the paper since it was written by your aunts. So it makes sense you'd be having issues with that. Second, and more importantly IMO, grade school papers aren't in scope for Commons anyway. Let alone allowable in Wikipedia articles. At least I don't think they are. Someone else can correct me if I'm wrong on that, but it doesn't really matter because of the copyright issues anyway. --Adamant1 (talk) 21:25, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Yahoo! Labs logo

It it possible to upload the Yahoo Labs logo to the Commons? I am unsure about if this would be appropriate or not because Yahoo Labs is discontinued. Thank you! K.O.518 (talk) 01:14, 26 April 2024 (UTC)