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Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Only!

First steps tutorial Our first steps tour and our frequently asked questions will help you a lot after registration. They explain how to customize the interface (for example the language), how to upload files and our basic licensing policy (Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content). You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold when contributing and assume good faith when interacting with others. This is a wiki. Getting help More information is available at the community portal. You may ask questions at the help desk, village pump or on IRC channel #wikimedia-commons (webchat). You can also contact an administrator on their talk page. If you have a specific copyright question, ask at the copyright village pump.

Goodies, tips, and tricks Put Babel boxes on your user page so others know what languages you can speak and indicate your graphic abilities. You can find the files you have uploaded in your Uploads. Please sign your name on Talk pages by typing ~~~~. To link to an image page without embedding the image, type: [[:File:Foo.jpg]], which produces: File:Foo.jpg. You may enable gadgets (custom features) for your account. There are several tools to upload files. Have you edited Wikipedia before? This guide might be useful. Made a mistake? Do you want to have a file renamed or moved? Use the move link and wait for an authorized user to rename it. Do you want to have your recently uploaded picture removed? Tag it as {{speedy|reason here}}. For more information read the deletion guidelines.

-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 21:15, 19 April 2015 (UTC)

Pardon me!

I don't go on the Commons very often (only reason I'm even here now is because I followed a wrong link) and I noticed this. If I cropped the picture could it go back up possibly? Please reply here as I don't check here very often Krett12 (talk) 03:43, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

chingles restore my article

meemee — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karl von Heinmann (talk • contribs) 16:47, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

Columbia University

I simply don't understand this. Some person conjures up a shield for Columbia University and then when I upload the correct one, and you come and mark it as a violation of copyright!!! First of all, a shield from the 18th century is public domain. Second, uploading the shield here is fair use. And, third, refer to Columbia University's official guideline for visual identity. This is not a matter of different opinions. It is simply about facts! Not alternative ones. Real facts! Karlmontague (talk) 22:28, 29 September 2020 (UTC)

@Karlmontague: You seem to have some misunderstandings here. The shield never existed until the 1940's per the Columbia wiki; this iteration of the shield you uploaded appears to have been created in the 2000's. This would make it not public domain. You also misunderstand Commons. Nothing on Commons can be "fair use"; it must all be "free use" (see Commons:Fair use). As for your third point: yes, I agree, this is the official shield per the university's identity guides, but it cannot be uploaded on Commons since it's not a free image. Also, please please please start writing at people's talk pages and not on their user pages. Only (talk) 22:47, 29 September 2020 (UTC)