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Speedy deletion notifications

I’m trying to find out which template was left, for example, at Special:Diff/422885155. (The template was subst’d.) I tried looking at Category:Message templates, but I can’t see it there. This template contains broken English, which I could help fix if I could find it. Brianjd (talk) 09:49, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Brianjd, the bot nomination page at Commons:Bots/Requests/Deletion Notification Bot has some details. The templates the bot uses are subpages of the bots page, and are listed at Special:PrefixIndex/User:Deletion_Notification_Bot/ ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 10:56, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Alex Noble: Thanks. I’ve skimmed over the discussions and so far, I can’t tell why the bot is using its own templates rather than standard Commons templates. I might go back over them in detail when I have time. Brianjd (talk) 11:34, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
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Help with file uploaded from en-wiki

Hello,

I transferred File:HomochittoRiver1974.jpg but it turns out that something is wrong with its templates. I don't know how to fix it, or maybe the file should (sadly) be deleted. (Such an old, small file doesn't seem like one that would have copyright problems.) Thanks, Kalbbes (talk) 22:11, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Fixed I have edited the file page. De728631 (talk) 23:11, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you so much! Kalbbes (talk) 02:54, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
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File:Actas Logo Since 2019 (No Title).svg Couldn't Reverted to version as of 15:03, 2 June 2020 (UTC, 2nd version)

As the title, how could I revert the version of the image?

Btw, I couldn't purge File:Actas Logo Since 2019.svg, too. --HFWMan (talk) 15:09, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

@HFWMan: It looks like you already reverted it. You probably still have the other version in a cache somewhere. You can wait for it to update. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:16, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
Or, quite possibly go to the relevant page on your browser and hit CTRL-F5. - Jmabel ! talk 01:10, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
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Image Deletion

Hi, I was using the wikimedia sandbox and tried to test upload an image, assuming a) it was part of the sandbox since it was on that page and b) I would be able to delete it. Please delete https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Test_shovel_pic.jpg#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D It was not intended as a contribution. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2001:569:7A39:7500:6D9E:EF41:5D0E:FB69 (talk) 18:24, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

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Can I upload a screenshot with this CC license?

Here's a link to the video: [1]. The license is: "Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)" [2], which doesn't seem to quite fit the licenses to choose from when uploading, so I don't know if this CC license will work. Thanks Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:32, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

@Jauerback: yes, that's an acceptable license. "Unported" means it's the generic version of CC BY 3.0, as opposed to a country-specific version. On Commons, use the template {{Cc-by-3.0}}. If you're using the Upload Wizard to upload the screenshot, choose "This file is not my own work" and then "Creative Commons Attribution 3.0" under the section "The copyright holder published this work with the right Creative Commons license". After uploading, you should add the template {{LicenseReview}} to the file page so that a license reviewer or administrator can verify that it matches the license on Vimeo (in case the uploader there changes the license or deletes the video). clpo13(talk) 18:24, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! Jauerbackdude?/dude. 22:56, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
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I received a notice after posting a few hand written words taken from a 1536 document

Hello,

I am new with Wiki Commons, and a bit lost. I received this notice after posting a few hand written words taken from a 1536 document (from French explorer Jacques Cartier Journal)

This file is a derivative work incorporating another work or works. While the source of this file has been identified, the source(s) of the incorporated work(s) is/are missing essential source information. The author and source of the incorporated work must be given so that the copyright status can be verified.

What does the last sentence mean? Do one refer to original author (Jacques Cartier) or the entity who owns the manuscript today? This a 450+ years work, I thaught very old document were out of copywright?

Thanks

X23 — Preceding unsigned comment added by X23z5k533 (talk • contribs) 23:25, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Jmabel! Please retag-it accordingly. You are right, this a very old document and I missed to put the word "août" in my previous message. — Preceding unsigned comment added by X23z5k533 (talk • contribs) 19:48, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

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Photos from public domain

Hi, if an image of an individual appears a lot on google images, does that classify as public domain and cc waived? Thanks Miriumjenkins (talk) 09:03, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

@Miriumjenkins: No, but it may help make them a public figure.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:11, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi, No. For a general view of some criteria for public domain by copyright jurisdiction, you can see CRT list2. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:14, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Miriumjenkins: } And probably read public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 15:03, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks User:Jeff G. User:Jmabel and User:Asclepias Miriumjenkins (talk) 16:11, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Miriumjenkins: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:45, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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Tehran mural

Does Common have an image of the Tehran mural depicting Mohammed mentioned in this article [3]? It would fit in the WP-article Depictions of Muhammad. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:48, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Jmabel Live and learn, thanks. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:44, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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Could I Upload the Logo of Highway Star

The logo of the Highway Star seems to consist of a 1948-style US shield like this and a barnstar(not a star anchor), both of them from public domain. Does this means that the Commons allows to upload the logo of the Highway Star?--HFWMan (talk) 11:08, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

@HFWMan: That seems reasonable.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:09, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: :And which permission should I choose?--HFWMan (talk) 14:30, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@HFWMan: I would use both {{PD-USGov-MUTCD|M1-4}} and {{PD-user|SunirShah|meta}}.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:38, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: OK, Thanks!--HFWMan (talk) 14:43, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@HFWMan: You're welcome!   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:45, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
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English

How can I get a album of Whitney Houston — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.114.150.67 (talk) 05:37, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

https://lmgtfy.com/?q=whitney+houston+album --Achim (talk) 07:56, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
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Re-generating thumbnails

This is a minor question, but I'm wondering if there is a way to direct Wikimedia to re-create a PNG thumbnail of a SVG? Specifically, File:Rümlang-blazon.svg has a thumbnail https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/R%C3%BCmlang-blazon.svg/1280px-R%C3%BCmlang-blazon.svg.png with a bugged horizontal line. Is there a button that I can press somewhere that queues up that file for a new rendering? I'm sure uploading a new revision of the file (by downloading it, changing a single byte, then re-uploading) would fix this, but I don't really want to do that simply for a minor technical issue. Because the original file is ok, the graphics error only shows up in the Wiki-Thumbnail. --Taktaal (talk) 09:04, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

=> German Wikipedia Gruss --Nightflyer (talk) 19:25, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
So wie ich habe gesacht. - Jmabel ! talk 00:13, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
Taktaal, siehe Help:Purge. — Speravir – 01:02, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
Upps, steht ja schon in der verlinkten Anfrage. — Speravir – 01:06, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
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Hochladen von Bilddateien

ich habe gestern versucht die Bilddateien "Südliche Windmill-Inseln.png", "Mittlere Windmill-Inseln.png" und "Nördliche Windmill-Inseln.png" hochzuladen. Offensichtlich war das nicht erfolgreich. Vermutlich wegen der Eingabe Windmill-Inseln unter der Kategorie , die nicht akzeptiert wurde. Diese Kategorie ist jedoch vorhanden. Kann das mal überprüft werden. Gruß --Chillibilli (talk) 07:36, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

@Chillibilli: Das hat funktioniert. Sieh Dir mal Special:ListFiles/Chillibilli an. Ich habe außerdem eine Category:Windmill Islands angelegt (Kategorienamen auf Commons sollen möglichst englisch sein). De728631 (talk) 13:01, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Danke--Chillibilli (talk) 14:31, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
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Undated and Unsourced Photos

Hello to anyone who is reading this,

I found a few photos of a person I am currently doing research into and I would like to upload a few of them onto a Wikipedia page. However, all of these photos do not have dates, authors, or sources outside of where they have been posted on the internet. I can safely say that these photos are of the person and they seem to have been taken around c.1960-1970 whilst the other was most likely between c.1950-1960. In light of all this, how should I proceed with this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackfalcon501 (talk • contribs) 05:19, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

@Blackfalcon501: Hi, and welcome. You may ask the uploaders or proprietors of the websites where you found those photos for that information. If the subject is deceased, please see en:WP:F.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:27, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Hey Jeff, thank you for the response. I've tried to get in touch with one blog site but his email was dead, in the other case it was in a youtube video. I've asked for permission in the later but I haven't heard back yet. As for the non-free content, I've had a read of it but I don't think I fully get it. Like if I wanted to upload it, what copyright protection would I put it under? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackfalcon501 (talk • contribs) 15:21, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

@Blackfalcon501: You're welcome. Please see en:File:Shoko Asahara.jpg for an example, and sign your posts.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:05, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Insufficient permission for OTRS?

So today, two of the Tangle the Lemur cosplay photos I uploaded were speedily deleted even though I got the photographs' owner to send the OTRS consent forms, because of "insufficient permission"? I am not sure about this. Could it be because of the photographs being taken by someone else (as stated in the credits), depiction of someone dressed as a copyrighted character, or a reason I don't know? I can't see the ticket, so don't ask me about that? I may have to ask the owner to upload the files himself, because he considered that. PrincessPandaWiki (talk) 13:30, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

@PrincessPandaWiki: Hi, and welcome. OTRS Ticket:2020053110003623 does not yet contain permission from the copyright holder (the photographer or photography studio).   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:42, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
Oh, okay the former, definitely. Will ask the photo "owner" about that. I thought the copyright belonged to the cosplayer in the photo, who requested the photography and posted the photos on his own website. PrincessPandaWiki (talk) 13:51, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
@PrincessPandaWiki: Thanks. To learn more about copyright, please read COM:L and en:Copyright.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:11, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
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I WANT CANCELLED MY MEMERSHIP FROM WIKIMEDIA AND ALSO STOP DONATION 5,00+5,00 euro Membership

Dear Sir I WANT CANCELLED MY MEMERSHIP FROM WIKIMEDIA AND ALSO STOP DONATION 5,00+5,00 euro Membership because this not useful for me and I am as new Member lot of mistake I done but no body help me about my posting. Regds. Hossain Jamal Buiyan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buiyan- Ja (talk • contribs) 18:00, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi,
here is Wikimedia-Commons, an image repository. If have you have become a member of a local Wikimedia chapter/group in your country, you need to contact them to cancel your membership and your eventual membership fees. --Túrelio (talk) 21:21, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Фотография в статью

Доброго дня. Подскажите пожалуйста, добавляю фотографию в статью и она постоянно удаляется. фотография личная. Почему удаляется?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giryatlon5 2 (talk • contribs) 19:00, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

  • You would have to take this up on the Wikipedia where the issue arose. Commons has no opinion on whether any particular Wikipedia should use any particular photo. - Jmabel ! talk 02:06, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Photo

How do I post my pictures? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Germy Sam (talk • contribs) 20:57, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi there. Please have a look at Commons:Contributing your own work. De728631 (talk) 23:01, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Missing information for an uploaded video

Hi, I have uploaded my first video but I think I did something wrong because I am asked by EugeneZelenko to add a missing information. I really don't know what he is talking about. I made this video from pictures taken from wikimedia commons, Flickr, publidomain.org etc... I have put together all the pictures myself so I thought I was the creator of this video and I guess I own all the copyrights of it. I am asked to "include a photograph of a sculpture, a scan of a magazine cover, or a map that has been altered from the original". I don't understand this sentence : should I put all the original pictures I picked from this websites in my video ? EugeneZelenko also said "the description page states who made this derivative work, it currently doesn't specify who created the original work" so should I list all the authors of the pictures I took from this websites even if it is clearly labelled near the modified picture in the video ? Besides, He said "If you created the original content yourself, enter this information as the source" I am sorry I am new here and I don't know how to do it. Can someone please help me ? I am sorry I don't know anything about copyrights I thought I had to put all the copyrights near the picture but I didn't know I had to do something else after. I would really appreciate your precious help. Thank you in advance (sorry for my English, I'm French...) DJAMS79 (talk) 15:42, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

@DJAMS79: providing image credits in the video itself is fine, as long as it's done properly (see here for more info), but it doesn't hurt to provide the same references in the video description at File:Vidéo ET2, suite de l'explication de l'univers à des extra-terrestres.webm to make it easy for anyone to find the original. In fact, looking through the video, I see that at least some of the credits in the video don't include a link back to the original material, which is required by Creative Commons licenses. That can be difficult to include in a video, so putting in the description is the next best thing. You can use templates like {{Derived from}} or {{Attrib}} to easily make links to files on Wikimedia Commons. For other sites, like Flickr or publicdomain.org, a link back to the original plus the creator's name should suffice. I hope that helps explain things a little more. Feel free to ask here or on my user talk page if you need additional clarification or assistance. clpo13(talk) 18:49, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
@Clpo13: thank you for your answer. I definitively need help to do this. I don't know anything about it. How can I put this links in the description of my video. I can't put the links in my video but if I have to, I would appreciate some help to do so. Thanks in advance ! I was even confused to respond to you so I copied and pasted the first words of your answer. I hope it is ok... DJAMS79 (talk) 12:01, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
@DJAMS79: You can put links in the description of your video (or, probably more appropriately, the "Sources" property of {{Information}} rather than the "Description") exactly the same way you put in any other text, just like you are editing here. - Jmabel ! talk 14:56, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks I'm doing it but it will take me some time. How long do I have, please ? DJAMS79 (talk) 16:20, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
@DJAMS79: Until shortly after someone nominates it for deletion if you fail to do so. That won't be me, given that you seem to be acting in good faith, so I can't tell you when someone might do that. - Jmabel ! talk 16:58, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: what is exactly shortly ? 1 or 2 days, some days, 1 week, few weeks, 1 month ? DJAMS79 (talk) 22:13, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
@DJAMS79: I don't recommend putting off the work until someone nominates the file for deletion. That would not be acting in good faith.
Typically, a deletion discussion stays open for at least a week, but there is no hard and fast rule. If there is a clear consensus one way or the other, it can be closed quite quickly. - Jmabel ! talk 00:10, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
I am sorry I haven't been so clear. I meant how long will it take to be nominated for deletion ? And I'm not putting off the work. I am currently working on it... DJAMS79 (talk) 02:39, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
@DJAMS79: As things stand, anyone could nominate it for deletion at any time. As I said, "That won't be me, given that you seem to be acting in good faith, so I can't tell you when someone might do that." - Jmabel ! talk 03:30, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks, I have begun to do it. Can you, please, tell me if it's OK so I can continue like this or not ? DJAMS79 (talk) 07:35, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
  1. @DJAMS79: You are using {{Derived from}} incorrectly; I'll fix a few for you, and I imagine you will see the pattern.
  2. You have still never addressed my far earlier question of how this video fits within Commons' scope. - Jmabel ! talk 16:30, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Why is it written "no name" ? I did exactly the same but it doesn't work anymore. Am I restricted by the number of sources ? DJAMS79 (talk) 09:43, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks I will see the corrections tomorrow now it is too late I'm tired, sorry... And I am sorry I have not understood you asked a question. This video explains how living being can understand the universe. It 's a scientific video that explains biology. I guess it is enough an educational medium and it can be used by anyone for anything. But I guess you'll tell me if it is so because people never seem to see the same things as me so I am not sure and I am really expecting your opinion. If you tell me it is not educational enough, I would withdraw it. So maybe it is better that you answer this question before I fill all the sources of the video. Thanks in advance. I really didn't expected it to be so time taking so I would actually prefer that it is not so I can withdraw it. My first aim is to let non-scientific people to access freely to scientific medium and to freely reuse it. But if it is too hard, I will give up, I tried... DJAMS79 (talk) 20:48, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
My French is pretty indifferent (not among my four strongest languages), so I would not be the one to judge. I presume that the notion that the intended audience for the video is extraterrestrials is only a conceit. (Aside: just why would extraterrestrials be more interested in humans than, say, crows? But that's just me.) - Jmabel ! talk 00:29, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
You asked a good question : I made this video after a first one to explain to extraterrestrials what human beings know about the universe. It is a way for me to explain things very simply to non-experts. It may not fulfill the requirements for a CC license. I don't know but it is easier for me to withdraw it because i have doubts and it is better than having it retired. Thank you for your help. I will do another video so I have a lot of work to do ! Bye DJAMS79 (talk) 09:18, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
@DJAMS79: My concern isn't about licensing, only about whether it is legitimately [at least potentially] educational. It sounds like it probably is, but as I said, my French is pretty indifferent, so I would not be the one to judge. - Jmabel ! talk 15:07, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

I can't find a way to delete it maybe I can't. Can you, please, do it for me ? Thanks DJAMS79 (talk) 09:28, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @DJAMS79: You've granted an irrevocable license. If you now want to delete it, you can nominate it for deletion just like anyone else can; I would not make any presumption either way over whether the decision will be to delete or not. - Jmabel ! talk 15:07, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Jmabel: Yes I granted an irrevocable license and I don't want it to be deleted but I am not sure that it correctly fulfills the CC license. I don't want it to be deleted because it's not OK. So I would like to know if it is OK before I continue to work on it and waste my time. You can't tell me if it is ok or not so I will wait until somebody tells me if it is OK or if I should change it to fulfill a good CC license. DJAMS79 (talk) 15:58, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
    • @DJAMS79: Nobody can really actively tell you it is OK. We've had featured pictures where later someone realized there was a serious problem with it and it ended up deleted. No one can assure you that someone else won't raise an objection to something and develop a consensus around that objection.
    • If all the third-party images you used were appropriately licensed, and if you finish the process of noting them on the file page, you shouldn't have any issues over licensing. But I can't tell you in advance that everything you used was OK, nor (as I said above) am I the right person to judge whether a particular French-language video is educationally useful.
    • At this point I really feel I've said everything useful I can say to you on this; I also took my time to show you the correct way to link and acknowledge your sourves. I think at this point is on you either to proceed or not. You might seek further help at Commons:Bistro (in French, which I take it is your native language), or someone else may be able to help you further here, but at this point I am finding myself repeating myself, and that is of no value to either of us. - Jmabel ! talk 02:59, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
    • thank you Jmabel for your help !! It was really useful. I dont't have the choice : I have to ask for the deletion of the video because while I was noting the different sources in the description of my video, I realized that I have wrongly licensed a picture within my video. So I've put the good one in the description of the video thinking it was not a big deal. But now that you clearly tell me that I have to appropriately license the third-party images of my video, I must ask others if it is acceptable or not. I may find other mistakes by going on the process of labeling so it is better to ask now than leave it like this and that some day someone find out the mistakes and ask for deletion. The problem is to find out how to ask for deletion... I hope others will also think it's not a big deal and let the video stay on line. We'll see. Thank you very much for your precious help Jmabel !!! You are a real angel ;-) DJAMS79 (talk) 10:15, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
      @Jmabel: DJAMS79 figured it out and started Commons:Deletion requests/File:Vidéo ET2, suite de l'explication de l'univers à des extra-terrestres.webm.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:58, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
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Eu posso fazer upload desta imagem?

Olá. Eu queria pedir a um editor experiente que fizesse o upload de uma imagem (https://www.discogs.com/pt_BR/Various-Navidad-Con-Amigos/release/2960092) da capa do disco Navidad Con Amigos. Porque eu não sei como fazer para poder enviar conteúdo restrito. Obrigado

Christian Chávez Fan fala aí 01:13, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Picture Conditions

Why! You upload this picture — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fozle rabbi Fahim BD (talk • contribs) 05:32, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

1905

Is it permissible to upload the image from this 1905 book (page 138)? I presume its non-copyrighted since its so old: [4] Goobtiishalayy5 (talk) 06:29, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Looks like the author was wikipedia:John_William_Carnegie_Kirk who only died in 1962 so you'd have to wait until 2032 for the image to become public domain --Taktaal (talk) 06:56, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

can't upload file

hello, my file does not get uploaded. they keep saying Key "17ini9a7xhck.bgxeud.9192009.pdf" not found in stash. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saliha Shahid (talk • contribs) 10:30, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

My page not appearing

I have added a topic and my page isn't appearing, koot language... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maniali123 (talk • contribs) 14:29, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Email confirmation

I'm sorry, but when I saw the email confirmation code, it was already expired so I had to request a new one. Will I still be notified if I win a prize? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theblueferriswheel (talk • contribs) 17:12, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Which prize do you want to win? Ruslik (talk) 18:37, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Menconico - chiesa di San Giorgio Martire.png

Hi. This is my first time on Commons. Can somebody check my upload? I would like to know if that's ok. This is the file: File:Menconico - chiesa di San Giorgio Martire.png. Thank you. --HominisCon (talk) 17:22, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Are you the auhtor of this photo? Ruslik (talk) 18:36, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
@Ruslik0: no, i edited it. I used another Commons photo. Sorry if I did something wrong. --HominisCon (talk) 19:10, 2 June 2020 (UTC)
@HominisCon: I'll fix it up. I strongly recommend using https://tools.wmflabs.org/croptool/ for crops: it will fill in everything correctly. - Jmabel ! talk 01:19, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Carlomagnochacon2019.png

Hello.

I am the uploader of the file. It was extracted from a [5] which belongs to the Peruvian Governement, so I think it is available in the Public Domain.

However, if the file inflicts the regulations, it shall be deleted. Please notify me.

--September22nd (talk) 19:30, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Upload Wizard

I was going to upload 51 files with Upload Wizard but it gets stuck on "publish files" instead of doing anything. This gets annoying since the only option then is to go back, erase 20 minutes of work, and start over. Is this a common issue? It doesn't just happen when uploading a lot of files, I've experienced it before. Kingofthedead (talk) 22:00, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

doubt

Will there be any problem if I take pictures with phone camera? — Preceding unsigned comment added by তানভীর আহমাদ (talk • contribs) 06:00, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

@তানভীর আহমাদ: No, as long as your pictures are permitted under COM:FT, it will be OK for us.廣九直通車 (talk) 11:43, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

How to cite a source when image is not online

Hello in the hope that someone can answer. I have a photo that I bought and the photographer will give me licence. Now, how do I cite the source when this photo has never been published online before? What do I put in the source line? Thank you Pottablom (talk) 10:42, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

@Pottablom: So you mean that you bought the copyright from the photographer?廣九直通車 (talk) 11:42, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
@廣九直通車 and 廣九直通車: No I took it myself Pottablom (talk) 11:52, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
@廣九直通車 and 廣九直通車: sorry I answered the wrong thread. Yes I bought it from the photographer but its not stored online Pottablom (talk) 11:53, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
@Pottablom: As a rule, copyright can only be transferred in writing. You would need to use the COM:OTRS system and send them a copy of the contract that transferred copyright to you. Attach a copy of the photo as well, so they know what photo you are talking about. - Jmabel ! talk 20:09, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Or if the photographer is only granting a license, not transferring the copyright, then the photographer will need to correspond with the OTRS team. - Jmabel ! talk 20:11, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Photo unjustly marked as possible copyright violation

Hello, Just received a message from Wikimedia commons today that an image that I posted (File:DTW LITC 020 iaa91.jpg) was a possible copyright violation. That surprised me, as I made the photograph myself!! User "Davey2010" is wrong. The same image has indeed been published at another site (www.driventowrite.com), where I am one of the authors. Davey2010's mistake may lay in the fact that I have used a different name when publishing the photo on Wikipedia because I did not want to use my real name (I used B. Lakerman on wikipedia). I hope Davey2010 hasn't wrongly sniffed out the several other pictures that I have published on Wikipedia recently....

Please amend the situation so that my photo is no longer incorrectly tagged as a copyright violation.

Thank you in advance,

Bruno — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2001:FB1:135:26DA:44A5:C1E8:CC30:757B (talk) 11:12, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

  • Bruno, I have taken the liberty of changing your message so that it links to the file. Brianjd (talk) 11:32, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @BLakerman: You are listed as the uploader of this file. If you did not write the message above, then we have a problem; let us know. If you did write the message above, please remember to log in when posting. It makes it much easier to communicate with you. Brianjd (talk) 11:37, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Regarding the copyright status of your photo, you will need to add a suitable licence notice to the website or, if this is not possible, contact OTRS to verify that the photo is yours. Brianjd (talk) 11:37, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
    • Clarification of "you will need to add a suitable licence notice to the website": you will need to indicate the license on www.driventowrite.com. You can do that either where the photo appears or, if it is more convenient, you can create an otherwise unlinked page on www.driventowrite.com to indicate the grant of license; either way, link that from the "Permission" field of {{Information}} on the Commons file page to indicate where the permission came from. - Jmabel ! talk 20:15, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Исправьте пожалуйста фото на правдивое. Это фото не имеет никакого отношения к ансамблю "Здравствуй, песня"

Здравствуйте, уважаемые администраторы википедия. Меня интересует страничка ВИА "Здравствуй, песня". Я, Сергей Кошелев, являюсь директором и звукорежиссёром этого легендарного ансамбля. Скажите пожалуйста, как можно понимать, что в википедии до определённого момента стояло правильное фото ансамбля. Это фото олицетворяет историю этого легендарного коллектива. То фото, которое сейчас размещено не имеет отношения ни к истории ни даже к ансамблю. На территории нашей с вами страны Россия, находятся два ансамбля, наш п/у Аркадия Хаславского, это руководитель и создатель ВИА "Здравствуй, песня", который живёт и здравствует до сих пор и этих людей, я даже не знаю кто они. Наш сайт www.здравствуйпесня.рф Прошу вас разобраться с данным вопросом. Уверен, что вы отнесётесь с пониманием и не будете вводить в заблуждение неправдивой информацией. Телефон для связи с руководителем Аркадием Геннадьевичем Хаславским вы можете найти в разделе контакты. Мой номер телефона там же. Кстати, в википедии написано всё правильно, а вот фото не ложное. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serkosha (talk • contribs) 13:04, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Serkosha → Commons:Форум. — Speravir – 18:23, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Serkosha If your issue is what photo is used on Wikipedia, that would be a matter to take up on Wikipedia.
На Commons:Форум вы можете спросить на русском языке. - Jmabel ! talk 20:18, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion Reason

I created a Page abiding my all the Wikipedia Policies on 2nd June 2020 and I got removed " speedy deletion " please advice on how I can fix my page because I took me a lot of effort to create the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Udaiveersharma (talk • contribs) 14:18, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

صور للفنان محمد صلاح

هى صور خاصه بنا ونريد رفعها وعمل مقال للفنان محمد صلاح . ماذا يمكننا فعله لقبول الصور — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohamed salah mohamed rabe (talk • contribs) 14:59, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

  • Apparently asking about uploading photos by an artist named محمد صلاح (Mohamed Salah). Is there someone here who reads and writes Arabic and can help? - Jmabel ! talk 20:41, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

File Flagged Advertisement

Please how do i contest or explain my self when my upload has been tagged speed delete. its a footballer profile,how do i upload it so it wont be flagged — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gentlebukan (talk • contribs) 20:05, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

@Gentlebukan: Great. Now can you please upload the original, full-size photo which contains complete EXIF data? Thanks, pandakekok9 02:22, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Images mentioned as issued from the "Yorck project collection" in their individual Wikimedia Commons page, but absent from the "Category PD-Art Yorck project" pages

Hi,

The Wikimedia Commons Category "PD-Art Yorck project" displays 10235 images (mainly paintings) licenced under GNU-FDL (the collection is quite uneasy to navigate as titles might be in different languages or substituted by numbers and index may by be according to author (painter) last name, first name, title, with or without the article).

Most of those paintings/images can also be found in their Wikimedia Commons individual page (by author/painter name for instance, then category : paintings). On these individual pages we may find in the description section : "Source/photographer" = "The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH".

However at several occasions from such an individual page, when we then browse the Yorck project collection in Wikimedia Commons "Category PD-Art (Yorck project)" we cannot find the corresponding image, even checking various possible classifications (by title in different languages GB, FR, IT, D..., by author name, author first name...). Why ?

As an example please check the following individual page (François Boucher painting): "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:François_Boucher_-_The_Mill.jpg", which does not seem to appear in the Yorck Project pages (neither at Francois nor Boucher nor "Le" nor "Moulin" nor "The" nor "Mill" nor "Die" nor "Mühle ...There are some other similar cases. For instance "the life stages" of Caspar David Friedrich, here in Wikimedia Commons as individual page : "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caspar_David_Friedrich_013.jpg", with Source/photographer "The Yorck project" but absent from the Yorck Project list (the Caspar David Friedrich 013.jpg is missing and apparently the painting does not show up elsewhere in the collection)

Any idea about this apparent inconsistency ? Shall we then consider that these images are part or not of the Yorck project, and are or not licensed under GNU-FDL ?

Thank you for your assistance fA — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A01:CB08:75:F100:618C:4B46:E12E:4D34 (talk) 14:39, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Convenience links: File:François Boucher - The Mill.jpg, File:Caspar David Friedrich 013.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 20:21, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
Both of these pictures appear to be in Category:PD-Art (Yorck Project). They must be placed there by template {{Yorck}}, since that category does not appear explicitly on either file page. The former can be seen at https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:PD-Art_(Yorck_Project)&pagefrom=Fr&subcatfrom=Fr&filefrom=Franz+Marc+029.jpg#mw-category-media : François sorts after Franz. I don't immediately see the latter, though. - Jmabel ! talk 20:32, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
This might be caused due to Mediawiki category sorting by base latin alphabet. For example the "ç" in François causes the image to appear after "Franz", not at "Franc" as might be expected. Note that it is possible to search the contents of the category: mw:Special:MyLanguage/Help:CirrusSearch#Intitle_and_incategory. MKFI (talk) 06:28, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Please give me some advice

Hello,

My category has suddenly been wiped out with no warning. It has existed since July 25, 2019 until today when it suddenly was deleted.

I was categorizing mosques in Karachi. There is Category:Katchi Memon Masjid, Karachi with

This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the
SD-P-136

. There is (was) also Category:Memon Masjid, Karachi with

English: Memon Masjid
This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the
SD-U-21

The article on enwiki:

Main Wikipedia article: New Memon Masjid.

. Suddenly I find the categories combined and mine being deleted by an admin who threatened to block me yesterday over the categorizing of one image. I tried communication with them but they told me not to. What am I to do? This admin doesn't like me for some reason and threatened to block me before over a few Sri Lanka cats.(The cats I made there are still used.) Now he seems to be after me on other categories. Please advise. Thanks, Kalbbes (talk) 20:13, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

  • We had two categories:
    Category:Memon Masjid, Karachi
    Category:Katchi Memon Masjid, Karachi, AFAICS with "Katchi" means "new"
    Despite this, both categories were about the same, because the pictures in both obviously show the same building. (I don't know where two different Heritage ID's come from; perhaps the other ID is about only one part of the ensemble, as often observed.)
    Since the Category:Katchi Memon Masjid, Karachi is the one with WD Infobox connected with WP and properly categorized (while the other one's only content was the ID template and "Category:Mosques in Karachi"), I've deleted the other one as duplicate.
    Kalbbes did not notice the deletion and continued to move files "the other way around"; I've reverted it; now they are obviously upset about this revert.
    --A.Savin 21:00, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Is is normal for an admin to repeatedly threaten to block an editor over a single instance in which they are personally involved? Yesterday's threats were over what they consider a wrong cat of a single image. And they were wrong, according to the enwiki article but I let it go. The same admin threatened to block me previously over a similarly minor issue. Threats to block have been their only communication to me.
I realize that I will be reverted; that doesn't bother me. It is part of categorizing on the Commons and has always ended well. I don't take reversions personally. It's the threats emanating from an admin to block me over really minor problems that scare me because that admin can do it.
Is collaboration not valued on the Commons? I would have liked to resolve the matter through communication as I have with other editors. What is considered normal on the Commons? What is considered ideal? Kalbbes (talk) 23:44, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
What is exactly, in your opinion, "a single instance in which [I am] personally involved"? Maybe you mean this: a) Obvious vandalism by Kalbbes [6], b) I revert it [7], c) once again the same vandalism by Kalbbes, as if nothing happened [8], d) I revert it again [9]. Well OK, but I have to disappoint you: reverting vandalism does not inevitably make the reverter involved.
And, to be honest, I don't get what you are trying to achieve now? Your question was about the Memon Mosque categories, I think I have explained it sufficiently. --A.Savin 01:34, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
I apologize for upsetting you. I did not realize what was happening at the time and was not intentionally reverting you. If we had a discussion on my talk page we could have settled this.
I am tired but I will try to explain, hopefully clearly.
Regarding the embassy, the article on enwiki says that the area I was trying to put the embassy in is thriving and and is where embassies are. The other building, the brown steeple, I just disagree with you. I have stared at that image for months and we disagree where it goes. For a long time I have been the only editor I am aware of dealing with the beaches of Karachi, etc. It didn't occur to me that anyone else was categorizing there. So I didn't realize what was happening.
Regarding the mosque, I always follow the "cultural heritage" and/or enwiki name, and I would have preferred to deal with the differing numbers with some thought. What is the rush? You didn't give me time to adjust to what was happening. There are other images of that mosque in other categories, so I don't think it is clear to other editors that the name you use applies to that building. The existence of an infobox should not be a reason for a less-than-useful name for a category.
Threatening to block me is not a reasonable way of clarifying issues.
If you look just above your threats on my talk page, you will see a discussion about one of the last times I was reverted. I made a new category for the "Merced River" that wasn't in "Yosemite Park" and that editor thanked me several times. Recently I was reverted by someone from Germany who kept putting German benches in "Madison, Wisconsin". I made a category something like "benches donated by Madison, Wisconsin" so that it didn't look like those benches were actually in "Madison, Wisconsin" and that editor was very happy with that.
Please don't assume I am motivated by evil. I am always willing to accommodate. Please believe that. And as I explained before to you, I have trouble noticing that warning bell or whatever it is at the top. I check it now and then, but I'm not going to realize anything it indicates instantly, within a few minutes, especially when I'm absorbed which I usually am. Kalbbes (talk) 03:55, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

leonardo crowder lizarraga

conocido como leo crowder es un cachanilla joven emprendedor aficionado al motocross corredor de grandes categorias en su natal Mexicali Baja california fecha de nacimiento 29 diciembre 1998 conyugue Karen Flores Garcia (2011-actual) hijas Kendall Crowder Flores, Amber Crowder Flores, Valerya Crowder Flores. padres Yesenia y Miguel Crowder . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lauramejjia (talk • contribs) 05:45, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Размещение файлов с картинками в вики склад.

Добрый день! Помогите разместить файлы с картинками для оформления статьи в википедии. При первоначальном размещении файлов, они были удалены из-за авторских прав. Я запросила у правообладателя письмо разрешение на использование файлов. Письмо отправлено. OTRS (P6305): 2020060210007459

Во всех удаленных файлах я проставила это сообщение: {{OTRS pending}} Создано заявление: номер в Викимедиа OTRS (P6305): 2020060210007459, но их не восстановили. Сейчас при попытке повторной загрузки, User:MifterBot постоянно присылает сообщение следующего содержания. "Возможно, есть проблема в отношении описания и/или лицензирования данного файла. Было обнаружено, что вы добавили только шаблон описания изображения, но не выбрали лицензию. Хоть в описании содержится полезная информация об изображении, но требуется также шаблон лицензии. Не могли бы вы исправить эту проблему, добавив, лицензии на изображения перечисленные выше? Вы можете редактировать описание страницы и изменять текст. Загрузка новой версии файла не изменит описание файла. На страницах Неполная лицензия и Шаблоны лицензий содержится более подробная информация. Спасибо."

При при загрузке файла я выбираю лицензию

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

Как загрузить, чтобы файл не был удален. Спасибо. — Preceding unsigned comment added by НатальяГА (talk • contribs) 10:06, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @НатальяГА: I tried to follow that through Google translate. I'm not sure I understood. Is the OTRS process complete or not? If not, wait. If it is complete, then the pictures should be undeleted, no need to upload again. If it is complete and the pictures are still deleted, please contact OTRS about that. - Jmabel ! talk 15:07, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Rollback multiple edits

An anonymous user removed multiple legends from a Wikimedia image (link to the image, see edit history). Is there a way I can revert all these edits at once, or is there a place to report such vandalism? Thanks a lot! Raphaël Dunant (talk) 12:52, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

@Raphaël Dunant: ✓ Done in this edit.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:41, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Raphaël Dunant: In general you can report vandalism in Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Vandalism (short COM:ANV). — Speravir – 18:14, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

gallery

i have added a photo on wikimedia commons through my account but it is not active online. i can only access it from my account. help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baran Qarim (talk • contribs) 14:02, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

@Baran Qarim: Hi, and welcome. Your uploads are visible to all at Special:ListFiles/Baran Qarim. However, Special:AbuseFilter/122 worked as intended. Galleries require media, please see MediaWiki:abusefilter-warning-gallery.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:18, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Deleted Page

Hello -

I was continuing to work on a page -- about to start inserting references etc when the page was deleted. It was cited as not being my own work, however it was my own work. This may have been due to the photo that was used (and credited). Please advise if there is a space where my page exists so I can fix what wikipedia has cited as the problem. I was under the impression that even if the page was not approved for publishing, it would be saved so it could be revised to the site's satisfaction. Please advise. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KatMcGovern (talk • contribs) 15:40, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

en:Draft:Alison Martin has not been deleted. File:Alison resume photo.jpg had to be deleted because is was treated to be a copyright violation. Please read Commons:Licensing before uploading images, thank you. --Achim (talk) 15:46, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

video results

how to get videos results on my search — Preceding unsigned comment added by Buchman007 (talk • contribs) 22:59, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi there. Once you have gotten any results for your search term(s), you may use the "advanced search" drop-down menu, go to file types, select either of the video file formats and perform a new search with these settings. De728631 (talk) 23:30, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Somebody try to steel my picture

What can I do if somebody try to steel my picture?

Today I was really surprised that anyone with the name David Bacon try to steel my picture of the landscape of Haskovo.

The circle arount the city is made by me. Und the text which change the information of the picture is also made my me.

The international justice says if you take a picture you must change the information.

The information is changed, so that the copyright is laying by me.

What can I do, if somebody try to steel my picture with a layer against wikipedia?

Best Regards

Evangelist Hans-Georg Peitl — Preceding unsigned comment added by PastorPeitl (talk • contribs) 04:17, 8 June 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @PastorPeitl: It would be very useful if you would link file page of the image you are talking about as stealing from you, and even more so if you would also link the image you originally posted that you say was stolen. Otherwise, no one has any easy way to guess what picture you are talking about. - Jmabel ! talk 04:48, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Also, some of what you have written here is really hard to understand. If you can express yourself more clearly in German, that would probably be a better choice. - Jmabel ! talk 04:49, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Just to save others some time: there is no User:DavidBacon or User:David Bacon. - Jmabel ! talk 04:51, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
I'm guessing this has something to do with File:OblastHaskovo.png, uploaded by PastorPeitl, and which User:BevinKacon (aha!) has nominated for speedy deletion as an "unfree Google map", which is what it appears to me to be as well. Adding a few comments of ones own to an unfree map does not somehow make it free. - Jmabel ! talk 04:56, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

It is a §24Urgh

Hingegen liegt eine freie Benutzung gemäß § 24 UrhG dann vor, wenn das fremde Werk nur als Anregung für das Schaffen des neuen Werkes benutzt wurde. Beide Werke haben einen deutlichen gestalterischen Abstand voneinander. Ob das der Fall ist, wird im Wege der Gesamtbetrachtung aller wesentlichen, prägenden Merkmale des Erstwerkes mit dem Zweitwerk für jeden Einzelfall ermittelt werden. Als Richtlinie gilt: das fremde Bild darf bei einer freien Benutzung lediglich als Anregung dienen. Ist ein solcher ausreichender Abstand gegeben und stellt das neue Werk eine persönliche geistige Schöpfung dar, die über das allgemein Übliche hinausgeht, dann ist das neue Werk mit einem eigenen Urheberrecht geschützt. Es steht damit rechtlich selbständig neben dem Original. Derjenige, der ein das neue Foto, Logo oder sonstiges Werk geschaffen hat, erwirbt ein eigenes, umfassendes Urheberrecht gemäß § 24 UrhG: — Preceding unsigned comment added by PastorPeitl (talk • contribs) 05:01, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Das Bild ist eigentlich nicht das selbe, sondern das Bild von Bevin Kacon diente nur als Grundlage eines neuen Bildes, dessen Copyright ich habe. Die Grundlage einer Bildveränderung ist, dass der Bildsinn verändert werden muss. Durch die Einzeichnung eines fixen Punktes auf der Landkarte und die Angabe von zeitlichen Entfernungen hat das Bild seinen Sinn vollkommen verändert. Das ursprüngliche Bild hatte mit zeitlichen Abläufen überhaupt nichts zu tun. Es ist daher ein neues Bildwerk entstanden. Und das gehört zweifelsfrei mir, weil ich mir gedanken gemacht habe, wie lange man von Haskovo dort oder dort hin braucht. Nicht Bevin Kacon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PastorPeitl (talk • contribs) 05:19, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Die Idee ist eine vollkommen andere und macht damit auch ein neues Bildnis daraus. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PastorPeitl (talk • contribs) 05:20, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but as far as I can tell your argument here does not hold up at all.
  • I'm not familiar with a German legal concept of freie Benutzung, but as far as I can tell it is something like "fair use". We do not allow fair use on Commons. You used a Google map. It is copyrighted. You can't do that. Adding a few comments to a map doesn't mean you made the map.
  • User:BevinKacon did not alter your image. He nominated it for deletion. I have no idea what image you mean by "das Bild von Bevin Kacon". If you have something particular in mind, please link it.
  • As for "Und das gehört zweifelsfrei mir, weil ich mir gedanken gemacht habe, wie lange man von Haskovo dort oder dort hin braucht": you cannot copyright an idea, only the expression of it. - Jmabel ! talk 15:17, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

@PastorPeitl:

  • Seitenbemerkung 1: Bitte signiere Deine Beiträge. Dazu musst Du einfach nur 4 Tilden (~~~~) am Ende Deiner Kommentare einfügen (und am besten noch zwei Bindestriche davor für die optische Trennung). Im Editor gibt es aber auch einen Knopf dafür.
  • Ich kann das Bild nicht mehr sehen, weil ich kein Admin bin (anders als Jmabel), aber wenn du Google Maps als Grundlage genommen hast, ist die Löschung folgerichtig. Verwende stattdessen OpenStreetMaps und je nachdem, was genau du getan hast oder verändert hast, nimm dann Template:OpenStreetMap als Infobox- und Lizenzvorlage oder nur Template:ODbL OpenStreetMap.
  • Seitenbemerkung 2: Für deutschsprachige Anfragen bist du meist besser in Commons:Forum aufgehoben. Hier sind einfach seltener und unregelmäßiger Leute unterwegs, die Deutsch beherrschen.
  • Seitenbemerkung 3: Zu deutschsprachigen Urheberrechtsfragen solltest Du besser in die deutsche Wikipedia gehen: de:Wikipedia:Urheberrechtsfragen.

— Speravir – 17:46, 8 June 2020 (UTC) OK. Danke. Man hat mich inzwischen darauf aufmerksam gemacht das google map da häufiger gereizt reagiert, ich als Grundlage meiner Bilder lieber Open Street Maps nehmen soll. Werde ich in Zukunft berücksichten. Aber Danke für das Entgegenkommen. --PastorPeitl (talk) 16:25, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 21:34, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Cropped File deleted

Hi, one of the files I cropped got (speedy) deleted.File:Kunwar Pranav Singh "Champion" ji and Amit Shah ji (cropped) - Kunwar Pranav Singh.jpg The source file got deleted because of? I don't know ... I don't doubt the decision, but I can not see who nominated it for deletion nor why it was deleted.
Since I only crop files if I'm quite sure that the file is a valid Commons file I wanna know, what the problem was, to improve my decision making in which file I may crop and which I won't. Any Admin here who can provide any helpful information?!? --Mirer (talk) 03:46, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

@Mirer: Hi, and welcome. Source File:Kunwar Pranav Singh "Champion" ji and Amit Shah ji.jpg was deleted as a copyvio of https://www.facebook.com/PranavChampion/photos/a.840345432670792/1543997652305563/.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:13, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
It appears that LifetimeWiki nominated that file for speedy deletion.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:16, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi Jeff, was there an "easy" chance for me to notice the copyvio? The file looked properly licensed to me. Or was it a "good" fake?! Thanks for your help - I just want to improve my workflow, since I crop a few files for Wikidata ... --Mirer (talk) 04:21, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Mirer, noch ein Hinweis: Wenn Du auf den von dir eingefügten Rotlink klickst, findest Du einen Hinweis darauf, wer der löschende Admin war, den du dann auch direkt fragen könntest. In diesem Fall ist es tollerweise der ebenfalls deutschsprachige Túrelio. — Speravir – 17:53, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Danke für den Hinweis. Hatte rund um die Löschung zweimal in Kommentaren den Link hierher angeboten bekommen und dachte ich versuche das mal. Letztlich ist es auch nicht so wichtig, es ist halt blöd, dass man bei den Schnelllöschungen keine Infos zu Uploader Lizenz etc. mehr einsehen kann, um zu wissen, ob man damals hätte misstrauischer sein können/müssen. --Mirer (talk) 22:21, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Ah, ok, Mirer. — Speravir – 21:26, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
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Status "Draft"

Good day! :) I've published an article, but now this article is with a status Draft (in title and URL). can not understand what this means. And how long this will be there — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaroslava Nev (talk • contribs) 12:26, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

@Yaroslava Nev: Hi, and welcome. en:Draft:Weblium will remain a draft until it is approved. To submit for approval, use the syntax {{subst:submit}}. Please see en:WP:AFC for details.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:43, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

thank you so much !!! :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yaroslava Nev (talk • contribs) 14:01, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

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Deleting my categories

Why does User:A.Savin ⋅continue to delete my categories? I created Category:Basket weaving in Pakistan last night and planned to continue to fill it with more images. For example, I created Category:Looms in Pakistan, Category:Folk musicians from Pakistan and Category:Kilns in Pakistan among others. It is part of Category:Images from Wiki Loves Folklore 2020 in Pakistan. They deleted it because it was a "nonsense" category with only one image in it. There are thousands of categories with only one image in it on the Commons. How can I proceed? Thanks, Kalbbes (talk) 12:25, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

I can tell from their contributions User:A.Savin is following me around. I have cats from four years ago they haven't touched. So they are going after my recent cats. This behavior is intimidating me. Kalbbes (talk) 12:40, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Kalbbes: You may wish to apply {{Empty category}} to some of the categories you created.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:45, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: None of them are empty, as far as I know. Category:Basket weaving in Pakistan was not empty until User:A.Savin emptied it. Should I follow them around and as they empty my cats, use {{Empty category}}? Kalbbes (talk) 14:59, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Kalbbes: Please follow COM:Dispute resolution.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:12, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Could you explain to me how to do that? I followed the link to COM:Dispute resolution and since I know nothing about disputes and the admin is obviously a powerful person, I will be demolished if I attempted that. The admin does not want me to post on their page nor discuss the problems on mine (the first step on the dispute resolution page). Further, my posting here has angered them, and and a step further will be the end of me. I will not be protected. I feel like I have contributed a great deal to the Commons but the admin obviously wants me gone. So maybe that is my only choice. Kalbbes (talk) 16:41, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Kalbbes: Those are troubling assertions, evidence to back them up would be most helpful.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:42, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
I deleted your category "Basket weaving in Pakistan", because its content was... [[Category:Basket weaving in Pakistan]]. --A.Savin 18:09, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
@Kalbbes: Please don't make such circular categories, they lead iterative processes around in circles and must be roundfiled or fixed.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:38, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Copyright of pictures taken by someone

Well, if I would like to upload someone's picture, and he/she consent to it, then how can prove this in there? How can I show that he allowed to use his pictures under the specific copyright condition? Meet to reviewer, and showing e-mail with him? --Reiro (talk) 17:29, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Please see COM:OTRS. The copyright holder personally needs to send a permission by email. Please note that we do not accept emails that have been forwarded by you. De728631 (talk) 17:42, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Change photograph currently listed

Caption about Knollcroft

Hello I have uploaded my own photo of National Registry of Historic Places of Lace House ( Canaan, New York) I want to replace current image on Wikipedia for my own uploaded photograph from Wikipedia Commons. It is listed in the uploads but I can't delete older photograph for new uploaded photograph I have been using instructions and tutorials but can't seem to get how to do this? Dodie Gearing (talked yesterday and uploaded photo) Canaan Town Historian — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dodie Gearing (talk • contribs) 19:10, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Dodie Gearing, there's no need to delete the old file. Just replace the image link in the article with the new one, for instance you might add [[File:Knollcroft.jpg|thumb|Caption about Knollcroft]]. For more information see en:Help:Editing#Adding_images,_sounds,_and_videos. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:23, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
Just in genearl: the common case is that we have more than one photo of something. We certainly do not want to delete a photo of a building just because we have another photo of it. - Jmabel ! talk 21:42, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Looking to upload a higher-resolution reproduction of a public domain work

I am an Assistant Director at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College. Our Director noticed that Wikimedia had a reproduction of the work Christ and the Adulteress (Woman Taken in Adultery), Attributed to Orazio De Ferrari (1606-1657), Italian, late 1650s, oil on canvas, B.C. ID: 1988.168 as one of its images for "Christ and the Adultress."

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

She asked if I would become an editor to add our museum's name and the work's accession number, which I was able to; I was also hoping to upload a better quality of reproduction, but I couldn't overwrite the current version, and when I tried uploading it as an additional version, the edit was rejected because (I assume) the graphic didn't have the necessary metadata to flag it as an original photo. We at the McMullen Museum are very glad to have any of our pieces available, but we would prefer better quality image. Can someone help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tracemcjoy (talk • contribs) 19:41, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

You have been unable to re-upload a new version of the image because your account is not autoconfirmed. You should wait for four more days before trying again. Ruslik (talk) 20:33, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
(Edit conflict) @Tracemcjoy: Hello, and thank you for contributing. You can't overwrite files just yet because your account was created too recently. You can upload new files now and you will be able to overwrite files four days after the creation of your account. (It is one small measure that helps prevent vandalism, as some vandals don't have the patience to wait.) When deciding to overwrite an existing file or to upload your image under a different name, please consider the following. Unfortunately, the description of the existing file does not specify its source or who made the photograph. As far as I can tell, it does not look exactly like the reproduction currently displayed on the McMullen MoA website. You may overwrite the existing file if you know that the image you want to upload is a better copy of the same photographic reproduction. But if it is a different photographic reproduction, please do not overwrite but upload it under a different file name. You should be able to upload new files without problem. Did you receive an error message? -- Asclepias (talk) 20:40, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

@Tracemcjoy: May I recommend also reading Commons:Overwriting existing files? It's worth reading, given your intention here. - Jmabel ! talk 21:47, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Correct alignment of a new commons file (photo) with the correct section on a Wikipedia page

The Lupton family page on Wikipedia has a new file from commons:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupton_family#/media/File:Kate_Lupton,_Baroness_von_Schunck.png

Please place it so that it correlates to the section on Kate Lupton (Baroness von Schunck) on this page . I know it would mean moving all photos up the page. This would be really appreciated. I have struggled all day to do this. Thanks 175.32.219.132 07:13, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

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manual renaming requests?

Is there a place to manually request a file rename? I'd like to rename File:Dervla_Murphy_Iran_1963_A.jpeg to File:Dervla_Murphy_Iran_1963_A.jpg, (jpeg to jpg, with rationale: my upload / for consistency) but the tools and templates don't work as it is not considered a new name. U+003F? 14:43, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

@U+003F: Use {{Rename}}. There are instructions on the template page. --bjh21 (talk) 14:55, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
That template doesn't work. You get "Looks like this image was renamed already. Please remove the rename template." It is not considered a new name, and the move tool doesn't work for the same reason. U+003F? 15:02, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
@U+003F: How ... unhelpful. Curiously the renaming gadget did half-recognise your template: it picked up the right new name but not the rationale. Anyway, I've renamed it now. --bjh21 (talk) 16:19, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
@Bjh21: Thank you! U+003F? 07:36, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
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Should I blur the faces of people pictured outside a hospital?

I have just uploaded File:MKUH main entrance 2019.jpg. Some people are identifiable and it could be argued that it is a breach of their privacy to show them has having been at the hospital. Do I need to update the image to blur the faces? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:34, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

@John Maynard Friedman: Since they are in a public place, they have no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in UK law. But as a matter of courtesy, it might be a good idea to blur them. Rodhullandemu (talk) 16:40, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes, I had just decided that I had asked the wrong question. I already know I should have done it and will do so now. But it raises a new question: how easy will it be for prurient visitors to find the raw version? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:43, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
@John Maynard Friedman: If you think this is a serious matter of concern, then after you do your version with a Gaussian blur you can request deletion of the prior file version. - Jmabel ! talk 16:54, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: No, I doubt that anyone except the people shown or maybe their close relatives would have any chance of recognising them(selves). I was more concerned lest I expose the project to a DPA challenge. It could be argued that the hospital campus, even outside, is not a public place. If your experience is that it would be wise to delete, please do so. I have uploaded the blurred version.
Mainly I am annoyed with myself for failing to think of it first, on my mobile screen each face is about 2 pixels but I should still have thought of it. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:13, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
@John Maynard Friedman: I'll do it for you. - Jmabel ! talk 23:36, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
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Category:St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney

Could someone please clean this mess up? There are two categories on St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, because one has been redirected to the other. But if you try to upload a shot and put it in the St Mary's category, you get two categories. One is the present category, the other is the old category, but on the face of it there is no way to know which is the current category and which is the old one. Could someone please delete the old category so there is no ambiguity? Sardaka (talk) 08:54, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Convenience links: Category:St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney (redirect), Category:St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney (actual category).
@Sardaka: I fail to see the problem here. The distinction is that the former means that if someone copy-pastes "’" instead of "'", the image still gets categorized. A bot will periodically sweep any images from the former category to the latter. If you use the former (now a redirect), typically within 24 hours your image will end up where it should be. This is how category redirects work.
That said, if people can agree that the redirect is useless, I would have no objection to deleting it. User:Kaganer who created the redirect is still active. - Jmabel ! talk 15:02, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
IMHO, You may delete this. --Kaganer (talk) 22:35, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Cropping and uploading someone else's photo

Hi. An editor has uploaded these files - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patrick_Harvie_%26_Lorna_Slater.png / File:Patrick Harvie & Lorna Slater.png and https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patrick_%26_Lorna.png / File:Patrick & Lorna.png. I'm not sure if they violate any copyright and it is hard to tell (at least to me) where they came from. The file history table says 'Cross-wiki upload from en.wikipedia.org' but I can't find any trace of this photo. I was considering cropping one of the people in this photo to use for their Wikipedia page as it doesn't currently have a photo for her. However, when going through the file upload information I'm not sure if I should just put the same details as these images i.e. say the author is Anthony "The Tweed" Carroll and the file is licenced 4.0. Is this what I should do? Is this ok? I'm also not sure if the original uploader has violated any copyright or if they are the one that is the author of the photo or if they got if from somewhere else and if so where. Therefore, I didn't want to upload a crop of something that may be in violation of any rules. Or is there an option where I can just say I'm uploading a cropped version of an existing image? Any help would be much appreciated. Sorry if this is confusing. Thanks. Helper201 (talk) 22:11, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

@Helper201: Hi, and welcome. Please use CropTool for cropping, and consider using {{Extracted from}} and {{Image extracted}} or dFX to preserve source links.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 00:32, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
If you use CropTool, {{Extracted from}} and {{Image extracted}} will automatically be added as appropriate. - Jmabel ! talk 03:29, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
But what a poor job someone initially did of retouching out background on that original upload, and of course they didn't upload the photo they took it from. - Jmabel ! talk 03:33, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Catalogue of Copyright entries..

I asked here:- User_talk:Fæ#Mass_upload_of_CCE_volumes_to_Commons... to get the set of CCE volumes in that collection at archive.org uploaded to Commons.

It has partially uploaded, but it needs someone to check through the category (and against the list of files at archive.org) to make sure all 674 of them got uploaded here. On a very quick glance I note that for some reason a number of files seem to have been skipped ( possibly to big to upload?). It would be nice to get the entire collection, without duplicates (there are also some volume on Google Books/Hathi Trust which I am compiling a list of over the course of the next few weeks.)

Can someone here come up with a way of checking this import (and importing missing volumes that didn't upload properly) that doesn't have to rely on a contributor (like me) having to MANUALLY check lists and categories (which is error prone)? Thanks.. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 23:37, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

Uploading only parts of images from Flickr

Is there a way I can upload only suitable parts of images from Flickr using the Upload Wizard, as in this case?

Many thanks in advance, --Rio65trio (talk) 16:58, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

I don't know of any built-in crop tool in the Upload Wizard. It looks like this particular image was first cropped by the uploader (has no EXIF) and was then uploaded with a source link to the original size at Flickr. De728631 (talk) 19:34, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Upload the whole image to Commons, then use CropTool here (either as an overwrite, if appropriate, or to make a new file). Typically, it is best that we have a copy of the source image here, anyway, even if it's just in a superseded version. - Jmabel ! talk 19:54, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
@De728631 and @Jmabel, many thanks for your answers! How would you proceed in the following case: In this image I want the persons in the foreground to be unrecognizable and for this reason crop the lower 25% of the image. But if I upload the whole image with the Uploader first and then a cropped version in the second step, there is a chance that someone will restore the original state later. --Rio65trio (talk) 20:29, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Do you want them unrecognizable as a matter of personality rights or as an aesthetic choice? I don't see how the former can be effective: you have to link the source, where they are visible. - Jmabel ! talk 02:54, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel The main reason why I want to crop the image is that one person in it is not very well represented due to the red-eye effect. @Brianjd Thanks, that process for purging old versions so that they can’t be restored is what I'm looking for. Otherwise I will try the manual upload. --Rio65trio (talk) 15:06, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
@Rio65trio: COM:REVDEL is probably what you want, assuming that "can't be restored except by an administrator" is good enough. There is a higher level of suppression (COM:O), but it wouldn't apply here. --bjh21 (talk) 15:34, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Rio65trio, Jmabel, and Bjh21: Just had a quick look at COM:REVDEL and it sounds like even that would not apply here. Brianjd (talk) 16:07, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

@Rio65trio: Redeye can be easily fixed, but not on-wiki.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:45, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you all for your help. Based on the information provided, manually uploading an already cropped image is probably the most appropriate way. --Rio65trio (talk) 20:25, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
@Rio65trio: You are entitled to that opinion, but I disagree. In my view, the most appropriate thing is to upload from Flickr to Commons, triggering the (almost instantaneous) confirmation of the license and (eventual) backing up of the source, then do what you need to get the version you actually want. I do the equivalent all the time even to keep a clear record on retouched images that I take myself and where no third party copyright holder or site is involved. E.g. File:Seattle - Great Blue Heron rookery at Commodore Park 10.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 22:50, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel Thank you for the input! I have now done it via the manual upload, but will do it the way you suggest as soon as I find a way to exclude the original version from further use. --Rio65trio (talk) 19:43, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
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Copyright help regarding File:The Curragh Wrens.jpg

Hi, This image is originally from an 1867 article about The Wrens of Curragh - it was republished in this article https://avondhupress.ie/the-wren-women-on-the-edge-of-every-garrison-town/, but I believe the original work (1867 Pall Mall Gazette) puts it in the public domain. I'm new to adding images to Commons, so help is very much appreciated.

--Lajmmoore (talk) 19:37, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Lajmmoore You didn't provide a copyright tag explaining why the image is in the public domain when you uploaded it. If it was published in 1867, you may replace {{Remove this line and insert a license instead|year=2020|month=06|day=11}} with an accurate tag, perhaps {{PD-US-expired}}, or better yet {{PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1927}} if James Greenwood was the artist. – BMacZero (🗩) 20:04, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
I'm going to put {{PD-old-assumed}} on it, but someone can feel free to supersede that if they know the actual artist. - Jmabel ! talk 22:55, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

ːːː Thanks very much - with my thinking cap on, Greenwood was the journalist, but the artist is anonymous in the article. Thanks very much for your help - I need to learn more about the tagsǃ ̴ ̃ ̃ Nteː something has gone wrong with the ̃ so I can't sign, but its lajmmoore — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lajmmoore (talk • contribs) 08:02, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

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Renaming

Hello, please someone rename my photo File:Little Motsameta Monastery.jpg to Gelati Monastery. This is the correct name. ThanK You! Dudva (talk) 07:45, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

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既存の画像を利用して新しい画像をアップロードする Upload new image using existing image

既存の画像を利用して新しい画像を作り、それをアップロードしてもよいのでしょうか。 Is it okay to create a new image using an existing image and upload it?--ゆにこーど (talk) 08:11, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @ゆにこーど: If you mean an existing image on Commons, then yes. Commons licensing policy requires that all files are either free of copyright or covered by a license that allows this. But you may have to follow some basic rules, like giving attribution or using the same license for your new image, so check the existing image’s description. Brianjd (talk) 08:27, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you very much. --ゆにこーど (talk) 08:39, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

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菅礼治の画像掲載について

お世話になります。掲載されている　菅礼治　を曾祖父に持つ者です。現在使われている写真が不明瞭なので、（同じものですが）明瞭なものと取り換えようと試みたのですが、先の写真と同じ出所のものなので、変更ができません。すでに載っている写真は、元は私の先祖が所有するものですが、「第四十八銀行史」若松太平洞著に掲載されたもので、ＷＩＫＩＰＥＤＩＡにもその情報が入っているので、私の更新ができないようです。　私としては出所がどこでも構わないので、とにかくより鮮明な物にしたいだけなので、そのようにすることは可能でしょうか？　私はコンピューターに詳しくないので、あまり技術的なことはわかりません。ご回答いただきたくよろしくお願い申し上げます　If you don't read Japanese, please let me know. I will send this again in English. Thanks. 長瀬達郎（ Tatsuro Nagase) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 長瀬達郎 (talk • contribs) 05:37, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

@長瀬達郎: ファイルの新しいバージョンをアップロードする方法を意味しますか？ はいの場合は、ファイルに移動し、[ファイル履歴]セクションまでスクロールして、表の下にある[このファイルの新しいバージョンをアップロード]をクリックします。 Via Google Translate --Red-back spider (talk) 08:22, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

菅礼治の画像について（２）：ご説明の通りやっているつもりですが、変更できません。name of discriptionを変更する（違う名前にする）必要があるのでしょうか？　同じ菅礼治というdiscriptionではいけないのでしょうか？　それとも今回の場合License上の問題などで変更がうまくいかないのでしょうか？　現在載っている画像の載せ方に問題があるということはないのでしょうか？　できれば覗いて頂いて具体的なアドバイスを頂けるとありがたいのですが。よろしくお願いします。長瀬達郎　 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 長瀬達郎 (talk • contribs) 11:22, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

@長瀬達郎: File:菅礼治.jpg を新しいものに置換したいということだと思いますがそれでよろしいでしょうか。「このファイルの新しい版をアップロードする」をクリックするとアップロードのページに移動しますね。下の方に「アップロードのオプション」という項目がありますが、そこの「警告を無視」にチェックを入れてからアップロードしても失敗しますか?なお、descriptionやlicenceの内容がreuploadの際にチェックされるわけではないので、これらの記述不備で再アップロードの障害になることはありません。--HinokisOfRoma (talk) 14:24, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

what should I do if I am blocked?

How do I handle that situation? Thanks, Kalbbes (talk) 22:08, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

@Kalbbes: Either wait till the block is over, or appeal it.
Assuming that this is about your ongoing conflicts with User:A.Savin, A.Savin, it would probably be wise that if you believe Kalbes's conduct that reached the point where you believe a block is in order you bring it to COM:AN/U instead of blocking him yourself. You seem to have been enough involved in disputes with him that aren't absolutely clearcut that it would be better not to make such a decision unilaterally. - Jmabel ! talk 00:19, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks for pointing out. On their talk page, Kalbbes unjustly accuses me of threating of violence [10]. It would be interesting, what you think about that, and if I really should raise it at ANU. It is really slanderous because in general I am amongst the last ones who would apply any violence, and this is also a criminal act, because in my country violence is clearly a prerogative of the state. Thanks. --A.Savin 02:36, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
@A.Savin: If you want to file a complaint, file it. But, as I've said, I would recommend that you not block him yourself. - Jmabel ! talk 03:33, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
No opinion, as an admin? --A.Savin 03:43, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
I have several firm opinions; I thought already I'd made them pretty clear:
  1. This is not the place to discuss it. If you want to file a complaint, file it at COM:AN/U.
  2. I would recommend that you not block this user yourself. - Jmabel ! talk 16:52, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Photo of Unknown Copyright Status

Greetings,

I have a picture for an article I'm creating, that has a unknown (to my findings) copyright status.

The picture in question was a portrait taken of a businessman, probably sometime around 1930. The book the photo appears in only mentions it was taken a few years after his involvement with a particular railroad, so my guess is circa 1930, there is no known date or publisher for the photo. The collection it is attributed to in a book is a railroad historian's private archive (of which the man is not (likely) the photographer/copyright holder, as he was born in 1942). The historian in question has been dead since 2006, so asking him personally about the photo's copyright situation isn't possible.

What am I to do about this?

Thanks from AnUninterestingHistorian (talk) 03:00, 7 June 2020 (UTC) (I'm very new here and don't particularly know what I'm doing, so bear with me while I fumble around) — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnUninterestingHistorian (talk • contribs) 22:58, 6 June 2020‎ (UTC)

@Jmabel United States of America, I haven't a clue who took/published the picture, but it was probably also in the United States. AnUninterestingHistorian (talk) 03:41, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

@AnUninterestingHistorian: You could try contacting the publisher. Publishers tend to keep track of the copyrights for photos they publish to avoid lawsuits.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:19, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: That's the hard part Jeff. The publisher of the book the picture appears to have ceased to exist after 2003. I find no mention of the publisher online, and a quick google map of the address in the book shows a derelict property. The author may still be alive, but I'm coming up nothing for him.

@Jmabel: I tried doing a reverse image search of the photo to no avail, the only indication of when the photo was taken was a few years after his involvement with another railroad in the mid 1920s, my guess around 1930, but I don't think I can ever get proof of who took the photo and when. I've only ever seen the picture in a 1989 book, long after the man in the picture had died in 1962. A 2007 book by the owner of the archive the photo is/was in (who died a year prior to that) uses a completely different picture in that book. The individual in question is only known to have left the country once in the late 40s to revitalize some transit systems in China, but its highly doubtful the photo was taken there.AnUninterestingHistorian (talk) 17:23, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

@AnUninterestingHistorian: What about the publisher of the 1989 book?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:28, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: That's the publisher that doesn't appear to exist anymore. I'll try getting in touch with the CERA, and maybe they'll know something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AnUninterestingHistorian (talk • contribs) 17:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Quite possibly we will be unable to use this image simply because we cannot make enough of a determination about its history. - Jmabel ! talk 19:40, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

How to create your email account

How to create your own email account — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.115.50.103 (talk) 03:38, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi, do you want to create an account, with your email included? If yes, click the button create account on the top right corner of Wikimedia Commons and specify your email. If you want to create an email account (not on Wikimedia Commons), choose one of the email providers from here and sign up on their website. --Red-back spider (talk) 04:07, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

how to copy from a retrieved set of uploads to a category

earlier two helpful watchers told me how to retrieve my uploads. i have done that, and they say it is a simple matter to copy them into:Category:Janvermont images. I tried copy and paste but no luck.Please tell me the right way.--18:55, 7 June 2020 (UTC)Janvermont (talk)why is the system telling me if i leave my changes may not be saved?--Janvermont (talk) 18:55, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Convenience link: Category:Janvermont images.
@Janvermont: You add a category FOO to an image by placing the text "[[Category:FOO]]" at the bottom of the file page for the image (not by editing the category). User:Rodhullandemu did this for File:Nypl metal print.JPG over a week ago.
I recommend using VFC as a tool for this repetitive process (use action: "Append any text", and don't forget to put a newline in the appended text, before the new category you want to add); I believe Cat-a-lot can also do this easily, though I don't have experience with it. - Jmabel ! talk 19:51, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

Uploads to use in a gallery

I have in front of me a set of 12 uploads from which i want to make a gallery. 

it will be my first gallery and I want to test my understanding by using the sandbox. 
Therefore I want to be able to copy an image and place it into my test build in the sandbox.

A helper created for me a page called Category:Janvermont images. he told me that once I uploaded my previously created images I would be able to copy them and easily put them in that location. My basic experiences are with copy and paste and it doesn’t work in that environment. Please tell me how I can achieve the results of putting my uploads in category: Janvermont images. I apologize for not being clear enough in a previous request--Janvermont (talk) 22:31, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Janvermont: You do not place images in a category by copy-paste. As I wrote to you immediately above, 2-1/2 hours before you posted this, "You add a category FOO to an image by placing the text "[[Category:FOO]]" at the bottom of the file page for the image (not by editing the category)." - Jmabel ! talk 00:38, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

When to Delete Superseded Files?

In Category:Ancient Roman historical paintings by L. Alma-Tadema, there are multiple instances in which a painting has multiple versions of differing qualities uploaded with one version being better than the others. For examples, File:"The Roses of Heliogabalus" by Alma-Tadema.jpg is clearly superseded by File:The Roses of Heliogabalus.jpg and File:Lawrence Alma-Tadema A Favourite Custom.jpg is superseded by File:Alma-Tadema A Favourite Custom 1909 Tate Britain.jpg. Of course, they have slightly different lighting from each other and so, they are not exact duplicate but they are still redundant for the purpose of using them on Wikimedia projects nonetheless. Is it appropriate to nominate the superseded files for deletion using Template:Duplicate? Alsakan (talk) 00:04, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

  • It is not appropriate to use {{Duplicate}} which is for exact or scaled-down duplicates, not inferior pictures of the same subject.
  • I personally don't think these should be deleted unless they are so poor that they simply should not be used by anyone, but you can nominate them for deletion in the usual manner. I would just tag them with {{Superseded}} and otherwise leave them alone. That is quick, easy, and can be done by one person. - Jmabel ! talk 00:33, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

New Article of The Lighthouse of East Wharf

I just wrote an article of The Lighthouse at East Wharf which is located at the East Wharf of the Lake Hefner in Oklahoma City. It says it's been published, but when I search it, it doesn't find the article. Could you tell me how long does it take for the article show up in Wikipedia?

Michael Tracy lighthousekeeperok@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lighthousekeeperok (talk • contribs) 07:27, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

en:User:Lighthousekeeperok/sandbox, to be honest: That's not an article but 3 lines of text. --Achim (talk) 08:45, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

create a company page

hello, please do you have any tutorial I can watch or pay to learn how to upload Wikipedia pages — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ab441846 (talk • contribs) 00:37, 8 June 2020‎ (UTC)

@Ab441846: This is Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia. The help desk for the English-language Wikipedia is at en:Wikipedia:Help desk. Or you might better try en:Wikipedia:Teahouse, which is specifically aimed at new users.
If you are considering writing in Wikipedia about a company with which you have connections, my best advice is: don't. You might want to read en:WP:COI to understand why I say that. - Jmabel ! talk 00:42, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

why, what is the solution — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ab441846 (talk • contribs) 00:46, 8 June 2020‎ (UTC)

  1. @Ab441846: As I said, this is Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia. Assuming you mean the English-language Wikipedia, you need to ask your questions on the English-language Wikipedia. If you meant a different one, most have equivalents of Help desk, ask there.
  2. If you are referring to the other half of my reply: did you read the linked piece, en:WP:COI? If you didn't, them please read it. If you did and have further questions about it, I suggest you ask them at en:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. - Jmabel ! talk 04:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Stop: File:Arif Aqueel.jpg deletion due to possible copyright violation

Hi there,

Please help me stop the deletion of the photo of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arif_Aqueel article.

This photo is was taken by me and it has free of all copyright and can be published as pleased.

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nth1kmh (talk • contribs) 09:47, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

@Nth1kmh: Please refer to OTRS, and inform the copyright owner to send us a permission email, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 11:15, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
@Nth1kmh: (adding to the preceding) if you are the photographer and copyright holder, please go through the OTRS process yourself. But this all seems a bit odd.
You say the photo "was taken by [you]" and that it is "free of all copyright". I don't see how that could be possible. How is a photo by a living person free of copyright? Were you working for some government agency whose work passes immediately into the public domain, or what?
When you uploaded, you said this is licensed as {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}}. If there is no copyright, how can you be offering that license?
The photo appears on https://m.facebook.com/669368016414216/photos/a.760830143934669/1504141646270178/. Are you saying that Arif Aqueel uses a photo taken by you as the profile picture on his web site? If so, then the simplest way to resolve this might be to request that he post a comment on that page acknowledging you as the photographer. That would let us skip the whole OTRS process.
If you have a higher-resolution version of the photo than the one in Facebook, and without the weird white margins, that would be much better here for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 15:28, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Help for upload photo

I can't upload my photo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prateekvasava (talk • contribs)

@Prateekvasava: How so? Did it time out? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 18:10, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

New account

If you register with a username and password do you automatically have a user page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janvermont (talk • contribs) 21:30, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

@Janvermont: User pages are not automatically created and start as redlinked (missing) pages. However, the registering user can easily create the page. – BMacZero (🗩) 22:19, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Public Domain or Creative Commons?

Hello! I have a question. Why can a picture like File:Giovanni Andrea Della Croce, Chirugiae... Wellcome L0026270.jpg be licensed under CC, shouldn't it be public domain after 400+ years? Or is this different from country to country? If in Germany everything goes public domain 70 years after the creator's death, can I use this picture as public domain in Germany? I will credit the source anyways, but I just want to understand, how someone can add a licence to such an old book. --2A02:8109:EC0:2135:8908:31E4:6090:2D2A 09:22, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

File:Giovanni Andrea Della Croce, Chirugiae... Wellcome L0026270.jpg should be licenced under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license as it says, "Free to use with attribution Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)" here. --Red-back spider (talk) 09:45, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
@Red-back spider and Fæ: It appears that Wellcome is committing copyfraud in this case.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:53, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
Sure, the license from the Wellcome we can presume is a precaution on their part, as it saves them curator time making an assessment of PD status for every item, this is a lot better than cases where there are false claims using licenses incompatible with Commons. On wiki we can repeat the CC-BY license and we can include whichever PD licenses we assess as appropriate. Reusers have a choice of which they want to apply.
As the UK remains without case law, as no GLAM wants to go to court with PD images and lose their case of faux copyright claims for everything in their collections forever, we can also apply templates like {{PD-scan}} or {{PD-Art}} if we wish to give reusers extra information.
BTW, the 100,000 images uploaded from the Wellcome was done with their official support, they even provided me with a hard disk of original images. They do not object to us using PD licenses in accordance with our project policies. Fæ (talk) 12:57, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
Yes, seems like a copyfraud, we should make it {{PD-scan}} or {{PD-Art}}. And we might have to tell Wellcome, that it's Public Domain not Creative Commons. --Red-back spider (talk) 23:12, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
Actually, it’s not only this image, but a whole series cf. cat. Giovanni Andrea Della Croce (ping Red-back spider). — Speravir – 21:28, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Wow, Wellcome is committing a big copyfraud... --Red-back spider (talk) 21:49, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi there, I work in the SEO team for Waitrose & Partners, an food retailer in the UK. I need to upload our company logo to wiki commons in order to be able to use it within wikidata (please correct me if I'm wrong on that). Will I be able to upload this if I don't explicitly own this piece of IP. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KairenK (talk • contribs) 08:07, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

@KairenK: Great question. The IP can be "owned" as a copyright or a trademark. The copyright is the tricky part: if the logo meets what is called a "threshold of originality", then it could be copyrighted (e.g. if your logo is just a red circle with "Waitrose & Partners" in black Arial, that is not sufficiently original). This file has been uploaded at our sister site the English edition of Wikipedia: w:en:File:Waitrose & Partners.svg. Based on how it looks there and my cursory understanding of copyright, it seems like that is probably original enough. So the owner of the copyright on this work would have to license that work in such a way to allow it to be reproduced. Additionally, if you did end up uploading a trademarked logo (such as File:Adidas Logo.svg), please make sure to mark that file by including {{Trademarked}} in the description. Does that make sense? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:38, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi there thanks for getting back to me so fast! is there any way we can just use the logo uploaded to the sister site (wikipedia) in our wikidata? instead of having to use commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KairenK (talk • contribs) 09:13, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
@KairenK: There is not. It may be confusing at first but projects like Commons and Wikidata exist to provide media and data to as many projects as possible, including things like Wikipedia but even other sites entirely. In order to ensure the maximum amount of spread, we have to the most conservative rules on those sites. i.e. Wikidata can only accept freely licensed material for media and the data itself in the database is in the public domain. Individual editions of Wikipedia (there are 300 based on different language communities) can decide their own approaches to non-free media but they all have some fair use restrictions. (See, e.g. w:en:New Adventures in Hi-Fi, where they display the album's cover and w:es:New Adventures in Hi-Fi, where the Spanish community has rejected using any fair use media). I hope that helps. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 10:26, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Uploading

Why i can't uploading any type of media on this wikimedia commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Md Tanbir Islam (talk • contribs) 09:06, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

@Md Tanbir Islam: Hi, and welcome. 'Wikimedia Commons only accepts “free content”' per COM:FT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:20, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Photos of art objects

Hello, I would like to know if I can upload photos of art objects that I make myself and have photographed myself into wikimedia commons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artista Borowski1 (talk • contribs) 10:49, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

@Artista Borowski1: Hi, and welcome. Yes, you may, unless they are derivative of the work of another or they don't fit our Project Scope.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:12, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
It is likely that they won't fit our project scope; it depends how prominent you are as an artist. Since we host only images that are realistically likely to be of educational value, works by an artist who does not qualify for Wikpedia's notability threshold are not automatically in scope: they'd need to be useful for some other educational purpose. (On the other hand, if they have been displayed in some museum or major gallery, that would qualify; if so, please indicate that as part of the description when you upload.) - Jmabel ! talk 14:33, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Nazi Germany etc

Where can I find images? Gorozigg64 (talk) 11:42, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

@Gorozigg64: Hi, and welcome. Please see Category:Nazi Germany and it's children.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:06, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Limits

I was wondering, am I permitted to create an image using the following file as a background: [11]? Are there any limitations on alterations of the image? Meelpringthusss (talk) 13:33, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

@Meelpringthusss: No, because it is in public domain, which means you are feel free to use the file in any way.廣九直通車 (talk) 14:14, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
That is to say, yes you are permitted, no there are no limitations. - Jmabel ! talk 14:34, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Is there any way I could collectively view all scramble-of-africa related artworks which are public domain? Meelpringthusss (talk) 15:04, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
@Meelpringthusss: I've never heard the term "scramble-of-africa". I presume you mean "scramble for Africa".
Pretty much anything 19th-century should now be PD, so if you can find things from any but the latest portion of that era, they will be PD. - Jmabel ! talk 01:49, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Suppression page biographie

Bonjour,

J'ai crée un bouillon et l'ai publié sans le vouloir donc ma page a été supprimé. Je voudrais créer une page biographie pour ma marque, je suis un créateur de vêtements prêt à porter et couture sur Paris.

Pouvez-vous m'aider à créer cette page biographe s'il vous plait ?


Merci d'avance

--Winterstan (talk) 15:26, 9 June 2020 (UTC)Ludovic Winterstan--Winterstan (talk) 15:26, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

  1. @Winterstan: Commons does not host articles.
  2. Wikipedia strongly discourages writing about yourself. See fr:Wikipédia:Conflit d'intérêts. - Jmabel ! talk

Save button

What does the save button look like and where is it located in the sandbox? Thank you--Janvermont (talk) 18:28, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Janvermont: If by "the sandbox" you mean Commons:Sandbox (please, please provide links when asking questions about pages!) it is the "Publish changes" button at the lower left. That used to be called "Save page". I've now fixed the instructions; someone should have done so a year or so ago when the button was changed. - Jmabel ! talk 02:06, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Using API to get all images (with metadata) within a category and all sub-categories.

Hello,

I am trying to retrieve all images (with all the metadata including coordinates for the camera) within a category and all its sub-categories using the wikimedia API returned in JSON form for :

Category:Abreuvoir
Category:Drinking_fountains
Category:Nasoni_(Rome)

I appreciate your help,

Stuart — Preceding unsigned comment added by S2rapoport (talk • contribs) 15:19, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Is this the right place to be asking this question ?? Thanks in advance ! --S2rapoport (talk) 18:24, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

@S2rapoport: It's not so much the wrong forum, as a pretty broad request without any indication of what you already know how to do and whether you plan to do any of this yourself. You seem to be asking:
  • How do I use the Wikimedia API to query on multiple categories and their subcategories? (By the way, you'll want some check against runaway category loops.)
  • How do I use the Wikimedia API to get all metadata for a photo including any location data, either from templates or from EXIF data?
… and maybe some other questions I can't parse apart from your original query.
Am I missing something? Have you ever worked with the Wikimedia API at all (full disclosure: I haven't)? Are you asking someone to write the query for you, to aim you at the documentation, or what? - Jmabel ! talk 20:02, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello, @Jmabel.

You are right that I was not clear in my question - sorry. I have used the api in the past to get images close to with a specific radius .. but don't know the parameters to send to get the images in the categories and sub categories.

here is a snippet of the js code I have used in the past .

Stuart --S2rapoport (talk) 08:24, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

function getImageJson(coordinates) { 

   //coordinates = '-118.481170,34.033302'; 
   // create url from query string

   var url = 'https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&generator=geosearch&ggsprimary=all&ggsnamespace=6&ggsradius=' + distance+'&ggscoord='+ coordinates[1] + '%7C'+ coordinates[0] + '&ggslimit=100&prop=imageinfo&iilimit=100&iiprop=url&iiurlwidth=400&iiurlheight=400&format=json'



 console.log(url); //for debugging
   return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
       // run api query
       axios_1.default.get(url)
           .then(function (res) {
           if (res.status !== 200) {
               var error = new Error("Request to wikicommons Failed. Status Code: " + res.status + ". Data: " + res + ". Url: " + url);
               return reject(error);
           }
           else {
               // If the data was returned, then proceed by turning it into a geoJSON
               resolve(res.data);
               console.log("success");
           }
       }).catch(function (error) {console.log( " error " +error);});
   });

} — Preceding unsigned comment added by S2rapoport (talk • contribs)

@S2rapoport: So, again: what is your question? How to get all images in a category and its subcategories, or something else? - Jmabel ! talk 14:49, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

Yes, How to get all images in a category and its subcategories. I don't know what parameters to send to the API.

Thanks for your help. --S2rapoport (talk) 15:05, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

@S2rapoport: You may have more success in Commons:Village pump/Technical or the talk page of the dedicated info location (mw:API:Main page): mw:API talk:Main page. But on a second thought, as I noticed just now, user Tacsipacsi who answered there recently some questions is also very active in Commons. — Speravir – 18:51, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @S2rapoport: I noticed that you are calling the Promise() constructor directly, passing it an executor that does nothing but call a Promise-based API. You should never need to do this, as then() and catch() also return Promises. In fact, it makes your code more complicated.
If you need clarification of my comment above, I suggest you ask at the technical village pump or the enwiki computing reference desk. Brianjd (talk) 09:36, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

@Brianjd Thank you for your message. I will look into this... can anyone help me with the API parameters? S2rapoport (talk) 00:34, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

First Time Trying to Add a Photo. Didn't go too well

I took a photo of a Jefferson Davis Highway marker on Main Street in East Point, GA. I wanted to add it to the other 3 photos of JD Highway markers in GA. When I uploaded the picture, I didn't have the file name correct. I am unable to change the file name so it is correct. I can't delete the picture and start over either. Also, the picture sits all by itself on a Jefferson Davis Highway page. The picture has not been added to the original 3 pictures on the Jefferson Davis Highway page. How can I fix this?

Thank you for your help.

Robb Campbell — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robb Campbell (talk • contribs) 17:41, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

@Robb Campbell: You can have your own files renamed by adding {{rename|New File Name.jpg|1}} to the page text. An admin will come by and rename the file at some point. If you want to add the image you uploaded here to the article en:Jefferson Davis Highway, you will need to go to that article and edit the appropriate section to add a link to your image. You'll probably want to get it renamed first before you do that because the link might break. Let us know if you need more help with that. – BMacZero (🗩) 22:29, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @BMacZero and Jeff G.: @Robb Campbell hasn’t had a great experience here. In addition to the issue they reported here, they triggered an abuse filter (unfortunately I can’t see the file so I’m not sure what happened) and filed a report about it. Like some other abuse filter reports, this report objected to the term “unconstructive”. That seems like something we need to look into.
@Robb Campbell: When you’re ready to add the image to the Wikipedia article, or make any other contributions to Wikipedia, you can get help at their Teahouse.
Brianjd (talk) 09:59, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
@Brianjd: I neither designed nor implemented Special:AbuseFilter/153, I have just been dealing with the fallout by trying to provide constructive advice, which in this case may have helped prompt Robb Campbell to upload larger File:Jefferson Davis High Monument.jpg. This is an approximation of the attempted upload which triggered that filter. However, that user has not answered my questions at COM:FILTERT#Report by Robb Campbell. The "potentially unconstructive" language in our default Mediawiki:abusefilter-disallowed has stood the test of time for over ten years, but feel free to develop a kinder message to give when uploads are disallowed by that specific filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:57, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
@BMacZero: Admins aren't the only people who can rename files.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:57, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Ah, very true. A user with file renaming rights, then. – BMacZero (🗩) 22:02, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

I have just uploaded a picture of an artist

how would I insert that in a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joyab (talk • contribs) 00:50, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

@Joyab: Hi, and welcome. Special:AbuseFilter/122 worked as intended. We do not host encyclopædia articles here on Wikimedia Commons per COM:NOT. You got the file syntax right in this attempt. See also en:Help:Pictures.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:58, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: This user has a suspicious history (w:User talk:Joyab, w:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bahman Tavoosi) and is not the uploader of File:Bahman T.jpg. They did upload a couple of other images, which have been deleted for copyright reasons. Brianjd (talk) 10:16, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
@Brianjd: I warned Joyab.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:21, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
@Joyab: This is the Wikimedia Commons, which is a separate site to the English Wikipedia. Both the Wikimedia Commons and the English Wikipedia have rules about what you can upload, including rules about promotion. Please study these rules before making any further edits. If you have any questions, then ask here or at the Teahouse. Brianjd (talk) 10:16, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Upload image with permission

I have a permission to upload an image from here: https://gigperformer.com/press-kit.html

Press section is, btw, created for public in mind.

I want to create a new Wikipedia article with that photo as a main screenshot of the app.

What do I need to include so that picture or article doesn't get deleted.

I spent an hour finding answers and got stuck. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 31.223.144.7 (talk) 18:06, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

  • It does not matter what someone has in mind. We need the copyright-holder to grant a license that meets our required licensing terms.
  • If the people who administer gigperformer.com own the copyrights on the images there and wish to grant a license, there are two ways they can do that.
    1. By far the easiest way is to indicate the license (I recommend {{Cc-by-sa 4.0}}) either on that page or elsewhere on their site. Then you can cite that in the "Permission" section of {{Information}} on the relevant file page.
    2. If for some reason they are unwilling or unable to indicate the permission on their website, they can use the process outlined at COM:OTRS. But whereas indicating the permission on their website can happen more or less instantaneously, the OTRS process can take considerable time and may involve some back-and-forth emails. - Jmabel ! talk 02:00, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
  • This is the right place to upload images, but it is not Wikipedia. Both images and Wikipedia articles may be deleted for various reasons, even if they are not copyright violations. No one can guarantee that they won’t be deleted. But we can help you identify and fix serious issues that make deletion likely.
Your post suggests that the Wikipedia article is likely to be deleted because the subject lacks notability. But if you go to their Teahouse and give them more information, you should get a better answer. Brianjd (talk) 10:32, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Adding pic

I’m on Wikipedia mobile and idk how to upload a picture via website OR app. Is it just not possible on mobile? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahogge (talk • contribs) 18:27, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

To upload a file here, the most easiest (this is my way) way is to go to the Wikimedia Commons main page, while you're logged in, click "Upload" to upload your files. --Red-back spider (talk) 06:17, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

How or Where to view a file's total view count?

Is there a way or method to view a specific file's total view count like in Commons' weirdest photographs? Alsakan (talk) 01:53, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

@Alsakan: Not specifically, but pages like https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Allah3.svg&action=info , https://tools.wmflabs.org/pageviews?project=commons.wikimedia.org&pages=File:Allah3.svg , and https://tools.wmflabs.org/globalusagecount/?lang=en&file=Allah3.svg may be helpful. Pinging @Fæ, whose bot used to update that page.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:45, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Many of these usage type reports broke due to the WMF changing the database tables about 3 years ago without any provision for backwards continuity.
A lot of Pywikibot based bot tasks are likely to break in unpredictable fashion in the coming months due to a development decision to stop supporting Python2 scripts. Volunteer bot/script writers are unlikely to keep on updating long running successful automation that this project relies on, and the WMF remains uninterested in paying for development time to update any of the volunteer run bots.
I guess there's no solution, apart from the community to take care to keep asking about long term maintenance for the most useful reports and maintenance tasks and ensuring that the most valued are not reliant on individual volunteer 'ops' not retiring from the project or sadly passing away before having that discussion. Fæ (talk) 09:34, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

আমার ব্যক্তিগত তথ্য কি করে আপলোড করবো।

আমার ব্যক্তিগত তথ্য কি করে আপলোড করবো। — Preceding unsigned comment added by এম,এ আহমদ আজাদ (talk • contribs) 06:36, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Translation: "How do I upload my personal information?"
I don't read Bengali, but Google Translate comes up with the above. If you would like to upload photographs or other images that you created yourself, please use the Special:UploadWizard. If you would like to upload information about yourself like email adress, telephone number and other things not related to Wikimedia Commons, please note that this is not a webhost or a social media site where you create a personal page as the main purpose. We do not upload such information at Commons. De728631 (talk) 19:43, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Public Domain Images used for Business Ads

Dear friends,

I have read through the attribution page, and I think I understand. But I want to talk to a real person to make sure I do.

I have been using the Wikimedia Commons to get copyright free images to use for making humorous posts for my Facebook Business Page. I make sure they say "public domain" before I use them, and I usually edit them for color and contrast, etc, as well as tweak them or manipulate them for the purposes of the ad.

I was hoping there might be someone knowledgeable about such things, so that I might make sure this is indeed legal. I'd hate to get in trouble or infringe on anyone's

In case an example is needed I have included a link to one of the ads. (if the link works) 

rights.https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/98461872_1522340144602395_3829877626957201408_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=zwGKEWwSwIwAX9JDJMp&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=9135d49d52efdd4d1e70c0b0af27083c&oe=5F07878C — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.191.198.74 (talk) 16:56, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
  • It would be really useful if, when referring to content on Commons, you would provide a link. But if something is, indeed, public domain, you can do pretty much anything with it without running afoul of copyright law (trademarks, personality rights, etc. may be another matter). The pictures below in your example are probably fine; I couldn't say anything about the rooster images without seeing their source. - Jmabel ! talk 19:51, 10 June 2020 (UTC)


High school locations and address

I would like to request addresses of high schools in Guadalajaea. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.89.179.78 (talk) 17:33, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

This is a help desk for using Wikimedia Commons. I'm sorry but we are not the Yellow Pages or an address repository. De728631 (talk) 19:31, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Is there even such a place as Guadalajaea? Are you sure you don't mean Guadalajara? - Jmabel ! talk 19:56, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=guadalajara+%27escuelas+secondarias%27 - Jmabel ! talk 19:59, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Huntingleaf3.jpg

--Huntingleaf (talk) 18:27, 10 June 2020 (UTC)


He there. I would love to provide more copyright information but I cannot find anything else. The website clearly marks the photo as free. So could you advise me as to how to improve upon that?

--Huntingleaf (talk) 18:27, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Yes, the website says the photo is free and it comes with a licence for commercial use. However, the terms and conditions of that website state that "You can't use or redistribute these images on free stock photo websites or apps..." [12] This makes it unsuitable for the purposes of Commons. Uploads here need to be free for any kind of use. De728631 (talk) 19:30, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

My photo

There is a photo you have of mine that should not be used. How do I go about getting it removed from your site? Thank you. Diane Winterboer Lovemyflyboy11@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 52.128.53.121 (talk) 23:56, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

  • When you say it is a photo of yours: are you saying you own the copyright or that you are the subject?
  • Also, unless you are trying to avoid drawing attention to the photo, it would be very useful to link it. If you are trying to avoid drawing attention to the photo, probably it would be best (though not necessarily fast) to write to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org, who can handle matters confidentially. - Jmabel ! talk 01:16, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Replacement image not taking effect

About seventeen hours after I uploaded a replacement for File:Corey Haim.jpg, the new version is not appearing at the top of the file description page or in the infobox at en:Corey Haim. I've seen delays in this before, but I don't understand the reason and they have never been nearly this long. TIA. Mandruss (talk) 23:11, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

You have a cache problem. The new version of the file displays fine for other users. The delays for caches to clear up can be very variable. If you want to see the new version right now, try viewing it using sizes you have not used before. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:25, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Assuming you are referring to browser cache, I have now cleared my cache and restarted my browser. No change to the article, but the new version now appears at the top of the file description page. The latter change happened several minutes after I opened this thread (before I cleared my cache), so I assumed that someone saw the thread and did something to cause that change (but it could be an amazingly unlikely random coincidence). I have also purged the article many times, including just now. As for "try viewing it using sizes you have not used before", there are no other sizes available for this image. Mandruss (talk) 23:46, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
It's not necessarily your browser cache. The stuck cache is somewhere between you and the file, possibly on a server. What I meant is you can test that your version works fine, before the cache clears, by displaying it somewhere, for example in a test preview or in your sandbox, in any size you choose, for example File:Corey Haim.jpg|225px, as long as it is a size different enough of any size you viewed recently on Commons or on Wikipedia. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:05, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Article is now correct, finally. I remain mystified and no more knowledgeable, but thank you. Mandruss (talk) 23:55, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
@Mandruss: Did you check all 40 uses of that file? For future reference, please see COM:FAQ#PURGE.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:42, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:42, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
But should new versions of a file not be uploaded with a new name? Per Commons:Overwriting existing files --MGA73 (talk) 21:25, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
@MGA73: This looks like an improvement to me. Extreme aspect ratio portraits don't fit well in infoboxes.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:43, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Yes an improvement. But if it is more than a "minor" improvement it is suggested to upload under a new name. Anyway not a big deal to me. Just wanted to flag the option to upload new versions with a new name. --MGA73 (talk) 06:06, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

I need black taken out of video

Their is black in a video . Can something be done to lighten it — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.135.155.99 (talk) 22:36, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Articles referring to CROWN lands owned as public Lands. is not true. According to English Law[Constitution 1982 U.K.] lands are Indian and land reserved for Indians. The Lands were given back to the nation by unanimus SCC judges. mark decision is Tsilqo'ten land title case

Therefore your page on Lands in BC is not true. Unless there is documentation of a CROWN purchase of the lands in BRITISH COLUMBIA. tHE bARGAIN OF 1865 In 1835 where Queen Victoria recognized the sovereign here.as an Indian exists so shall the indian lands. Federal Crown has no land title in BC SCC file Muswiya v Royal Bank. [page 42 and 43]. I previously reported there was no Knighting of James Douglas as a Governor of the two Colonies here in BC[sic] Therefore;the lands owned by the crown is misleading and unlawfull according to english law and the Sovereign where the Indian laws of custom and tradition is the Force of law in the Community. THese should be 30 nations in this PROVINCE. As Article 13 of the terms of Union state "trust and management of the indians and management of the lands" There is no legitimate purchases. As Allies to Her Majesty we are protected by Royal Orders and from the illegal courts. Thank you for your attention to these matters of --2001:569:760C:2C00:D99E:26F0:281F:4F34 23:14, 12 June 2020 (UTC)Properganda. Popois is a sovereign Shishalh

Reproduction of images

Hello,

I am a co-author on an article to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. What are the rules for including digital reproductions of artworks from Wikimedia Commons in peer-reviewed journals (online and periodical)? One image of interest is licensed under GFDL, and another does not provide such information. I have not been able to find a clear answer to this question on existing Wikimedia pages concerning permissions.

Thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.171.88.178 (talk • contribs) 20:41, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Hello. It would be helpful if you could provide the names of the files at Commons you would like to use. Without knowing which exact files you are writing about, we can only refer to the GFDL licence in general, but can't tell you anything about the second artwork. Commons has no special rules for academic journals, but you just need to adhere to licences mentioned at the file page.
That said, the GFDL licence is quite impractical because it requires that the full licence text be published along with the licensed work. I.e. you would have to dedicate a page or two to the licence text that is otherwise unrelated to your research – which might possibly also mean an increase in publication fees depending on the journal's rules. De728631 (talk) 21:23, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for your quick reply. I initially mentioned two images, but I meant three.
First, I am interested in these two images (Yorck Project; distributed under GFDL):
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meister_von_Nerezi_001.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_de_Ribera_058.jpg
For these two images, must the entirety of the text be included as a supplemental material to the manuscript (and is this the text to include: http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/fdl.html)?
As for the third image, I am unclear about the permissions for use in the case of academic writing:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_de_Ribera_-_La_Piedad.jpg
Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.202.223.190 (talk) 21:39, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
@209.202.223.190: Fortunately, all three of those images are in the public domain due to their age. That means you need not include any licenses or attribution or meet any other requirement to use them. The GFDL license, in the case of the first two images, only applies to the collection the images came from, not the images themselves. – BMacZero (🗩) 22:12, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
If necessary, de:Datei:GNU Free Documentation License Version 1.3 dreispaltig.pdf can fit on one page and still be legible.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:21, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
In addition: The files are in public domain, but nethertheless you can mention in the list of images or credits that you obtained them from Wikimedia Commons. — Speravir – 21:48, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Why do I keep on getting notifications for tags that don't exist?

I keep on getting a notification referring me to Special:SuggestedTags#user and there's nothing there to tag. Why? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:54, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

@Koavf: You may repeat that feedback by posting to Commons talk:Structured data/Computer-aided tagging or "disable notifications from this tool" by going to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo, deselecting the appropriate checkboxes next to "Suggested tags for review", and saving.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:38, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thanks for the lead on that Commons talk page. I would prefer to not turn off these notifications and ignore structured data but I may be forced to because it's such a mess. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:01, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
@Koavf: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:55, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Image in another language's Wikipedia doesn't work in English one

I've been trying to use this image in an article that I'm writing. It's previously been used in this article on the Bengali Wikipedia, but when I tried to insert it into mine, I'm just shown a red link. I assumed all images on Wikipedia would have a page here, but this one doesn't seem to, so I'm pretty confused on how to proceed. Any thoughts? Thank you.
Alivardi (talk) 21:37, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

@Alivardi: Good question. Media here at Commons are available to all Wikimedia Foundation wikis (and others as well if they have the correct plugin). This project only hosts free media. Individual projects have different requirements for non-free media and fair use. E.g. compare w:en:New Adventures in Hi-Fi and w:es:New Adventures in Hi-Fi: the English version has the album cover but the Spanish one doesn't because those two communities have different standards. If you want to use the file w:bn:চিত্র:নূর উদ্দিন গহরপুরী.jpg on a different edition of Wikipedia, you'll have to upload it there. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:13, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
@Koavf: Ahhh okay, I understand. Thank you for clearing this up for me!
Alivardi (talk) 22:21, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Alivardi: The comment by @Koavf is correct, but is sort of a side issue. The answer to your question is simply that the file is local to bnwiki. Files are often uploaded locally for copyright reasons, but there may be other reasons too. If a file is local for any reason, then it will not be available on other languages or any other wikis. Brianjd (talk) 09:19, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
@Brianjd: If there are potential copyright issues, I'll probably just leave out the image. It doesn't seem like it's worth the effort. But thank you for taking the time to explain this to me.
Alivardi (talk) 14:30, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Category:Face masks sewing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Czechia

Request renaming on Category:Face masks sewing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Czechia. Thanks.--NeoBatfreak (talk) 02:38, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

@NeoBatfreak: If you think the renaming request is unambiguous, please consider placing down a request at User talk:CommonsDelinker/commands/Category moves, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 06:04, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
More precisely: "If you think the renaming request is uncontroversial…" - Jmabel ! talk 16:49, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

সংরক্ষিত উদ্যান

আপনারা যে সংরক্ষিত উদ্যান গুলো দিয়েছেন এগুলার ছবি না দিয়ে যদি আমি অন্য কোন বনাঞ্চলের ছবি দেই তবে কি হবে?  যেগুলা অপরিচিত এলাকা কিন্তু অনেক সুন্দর   . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rofi566 (talk • contribs) 08:08, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
Protected garden
What if I give a picture of another forest without giving a picture of the protected gardens you have given? These are unfamiliar areas but very beautiful.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:09, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

How to post photos on this site

I would like to upload three family photos of my Grandfather Dr.Wilhelm Loeser to his his page on Wikipedia. They are my property and both Dr. Wilhelm Loeser and his three sons are now deceased. I would like to know the procedure to do so and or get some help doing so. Sincerely, Robert Paul Loeser Sr — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bbqgumby (talk • contribs) 23:20, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Bbqgumby: If you are the heir to the photographer, it's pretty simple: just use {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}} or another "heirs" license. You might do well to send an email from an account that is more identifiably you as heir, as described at COM:OTRS in case anyone challenges this, since there is no way for anyone to know that "Bbqgumby" is in any way related to Dr. Loeser. - Jmabel ! talk 23:43, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

Please some advice

Hello,

I made a category Category:Roof of Frere Hall that contained:

It was for the following:

English: Pakistani Artist Sadequain's mural Arz-o-Samawat on the roof of Frere Hall, Karachi, Pakistan.
This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the
SD-34

It was deleted minutes after I made it as a "duplicate category" of Category:Painted ceiling of Frere Hall

Is this reasonable? Could I put the heritage ID on the "ceiling" cat, though a ceiling is not the same as a "roof". How accurate should one be in naming cats? Thanks, Kalbbes (talk) 23:23, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @A.Savin: It really would be good of you to stop closely following around User:Kalbbes. It is obvious the two of you are not getting along, and there is no reason you should be hounding his every step. We can live with a few miscategorized photos more easily than with a ton of people's times constantly taken up adjudicating petty disputes. (And, Kalbbes, a similar remark applies to you: you don't have to win every little dispute).
  • That said: these look like a ceiling (interior), not a roof (exterior), so on the fact of the matter, it would appear that A.Savin is correct about the category name.
  • I have no idea whether the heritage designation includes the interior. Is there any evidence either way (e.g. the document granting heritage status)? - Jmabel ! talk 23:49, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thank you for answering. I think I'll just stop editing here for a bit or maybe altogether. He will not stop. Since I was right about the other issues we had, he will never forgive me, so it's hopeless. I a creeped out by being stalked. But thank you. You're a good guy. Kalbbes (talk) 00:06, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

video2commons

I've had a short video file from Vimeo in the queue on video2commons for over an hour; no sign of progress. Does anyone know whether something has gone weird with video2commons? Is it perhaps very backlogged? Would it be a good idea to try to abort and try another time? I haven't used it a lot, probably less than 10 times, so I don't know if this sort of thing happens often. - Jmabel ! talk 23:34, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I've had trouble with it, too. I switched to Chunked Upload and that helps a lot (see my contribs). —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:23, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Is this freely licensed?

Hi all I am never uploaded a image to the commons and I think it is high time I started. I have found this image and I would like to upload it. However I don't know if it is freely licensed or if it would break copyright rules. Could someone help me? (The image I'm talking about is the big picture of Dawson at the top) REDMAN 2019 (talk) 13:52, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! REDMAN 2019 (talk) 10:43, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:30, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Questions about photography

Is there anywhere on the commons where I can ask questions about photography and photography equipment? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henrysz (talk • contribs) 03:26, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Problems with using Commons material on social media

I know there are licensing problems with using pics from Commons on social media like twitter or facebook, but can't find the details - I'd expect them to be at Commons:Social media but there's nothing there, and Commons search doesn't suggest anything. Where is it hidden, please? - MPF (talk) 21:15, 13 June 2020 (UTC)

The issue would generally be if you don't adhere to licensing terms. If you just link back to the Commons page it'll be fine probably. -mattbuck (Talk) 21:56, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
Like Mattbuck says. The simplest thing for Facebook, for example, is usually just to post the link to the file page here and let them upload a thumbnnail, instead of uploading the thumbnail to Facebook itself, where it is harder to control attribution. - Jmabel ! talk 23:40, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks! I do though remember seeing a page somewhere here that described in detail the reasons why they can't be used without breach of the CC conditions; it's that which I'm looking for (I was asked about it on twitter, so want the full info to pass on) - something to do with the social media companies' terms & conditions of uploads becoming the property of the companies. - MPF (talk) 00:16, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
@Brianjd: Thanks! That may well be part of it, though I also have a recollection of discussion that it also applied to twitter following changes to twitter's T&C 2 or 3 months ago; there's no mention of twitter on this page - MPF (talk) 08:51, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @MPF: I do not know anything about this. However, I am not surprised. What would be surprising is if someone could point to a social media site where BY-SA is OK. Brianjd (talk) 09:19, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Problem uploading my graph

I have created this graph but I was blocked uploading it. The background is the data publicly announced every day by the ministry of health of Iran and reported by Johns Hopkins University at https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html and the event lines are based on the content of the same page in Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Iran. It does not even allow me to upload it for the help desk examination here! What is the procedure to upload it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Livecontributor (talk • contribs) 02:33, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

@Livecontributor: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50KB or <5MP) jpg image as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The image you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller image, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you made the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata. If you did not make the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the image photographer / designer license it on their website or social media, or send the image and permission via OTRS. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:44, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Help with watermarks

All but one of the images uploaded by this user (SERGIO ROSA JUNIOR (talk · contribs)) contain watermarks. The point is, these watermarks can be interpreted as "promotional" as they contain the name and logo of a Brazilian musical group. However, I'm not sure if this is promotional or not. Can someone help me to determine it? Regards.--SirEdimon Dimmi!!! 03:08, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

  • We may have a bigger problem. This user uploaded five files, three of which have already been deleted as copyright violations. They were deleted by @Érico, who might want to comment on the remaining two. Brianjd (talk) 07:54, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @SirEdimon: : My opinion is that Commons:Watermarks is not policy, so there isn't a direct ban on promotional watermarks on Commons. Rather the question is whether the watermark makes the picture unusable. The one surviving picture by that user with a watermark is File:Izael2020.jpg, and that watermark is off in the corner of the picture. It would be easy to crop it out, or I suspect someone better with image-editing tools than I could replace it with a suitable grey background. So I would say that the pictures shouldn't be deleted for having watermarks, but they may well be on the way out for being copyright violations. --bjh21 (talk) 09:46, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Brianjd and Bjh21 Thanks for your insights here.--SirEdimon Dimmi!!! 03:02, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

concours photos

Bonjour, Je n'arrive pas à transmettre mes photos pour participer au concours, la boîte de dialogue ne s'ouvre pas ? Merci pour votre retour Très cordialement,

Thierry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thierry Bouvrat (talk • contribs) 17:34, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

Splice Sounds Royalty-free and licenses

Hi,

I uploaded a royalty-free loop from Splice sounds to use in an article of a song that uses the loop, (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JVIEWS_tonal_loop_space_melancholy_guitar_Bm_150.ogg) and I was wondering what I should do in regard for license templates if I couldn't use the link to Splice's license: https://support.splice.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025013734-Splice-Sounds-Licensing-FAQ TomasTomasTomas (talk) 16:50, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:07, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:AbdurrahmanDudanginski.jpg

Dear Sirs,

I have taken photo from Wikipedia and put source for it. Also, I have colourised and restored the photo. Please assist me how to keep my file in wikipedia. I did not intend to violate any copyrights rules.

Thank you --Rengledim (talk) 19:53, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

I asume you mean that the colouring and restoring portion is solely your work. You are not claiming credit for the original photo. Is this correct?
You also said:
This account does not own any copyrights on the photo.
Throughout most of the world, you automatically get a copyright, even if you don’t ask for one. I assume you mean that you would like to release your contributions to the public domain, which you can do with a template like {{Cc-zero}}. Do you want to use this template?
Brianjd (talk) 09:53, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

@Brianjd Yes, colouring and restoring portion is my work. I am not claiming any credit for the original photo.

regarding - this account does not own any copyrights on the photo - I meant not claiming any credit :).

--Rengledim (talk) 14:38, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Brianjd Yes, I release it to the public domain, thanks
--Rengledim (talk) 11:22, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Brianjd Yes, since CC0 means "no copyright reserved" - I do agree with it.
--Rengledim (talk) 12:52, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Resolved
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. Brianjd (talk) 13:07, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Public Domain MP.3 file blocked by automatic filter

Hi, I tried to upload from my computer a downloaded file from a public domain music website, but the automatic filter blocked it. However, the website where I had downloaded the music from explicitly said that I can "copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format" and "remix, transform, and build upon the material". Below is the link showing the files and license.

https://musopen.org/music/3102-sonata-for-piano-four-hands-in-c-major-k-521/#recordings

Would someone please inform me how I can properly upload the files or where I can find public domain music files that are not MP.3 for download? Thank you very much.--Thomas Meng (talk) 18:50, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

@Thomas Meng: the ability to upload MP3 files is limited to trusted users (those with the Autopatrol right or higher). However, the linked files are not acceptable here on Commons as they restrict commercial usage (they're licensed Creative Commons BY-NC 3.0). See Commons:Licensing#Acceptable licenses for information on what Creative Commons licenses are okay. More information on free audio resources can be found at Commons:Free media resources/Sound. clpo13(talk) 19:18, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

@Clpo13: Thanks so much for the info! It makes much more sense now.--Thomas Meng (talk) 19:30, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

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An issue with uploading

Hi, recently I've created a schematic of a certain train stop (using Inkscape) and I tried to upload the file. However, even changing the font into compatible one (Liberation Sans) in the file hasn't resolved the problem. What should I do now? KokoiMatsuchi (talk) 17:40, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

What exactly is the problem you experience while uploading the file? And if you did actually upload it here, please let us know the filename. De728631 (talk) 18:28, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
The error message states something about "Attributes only_selected=false are forbidden in .SVG files". I read that this has something to do with font used in the file. Still, having changed the font, I was unable to upload the file KokoiMatsuchi (talk) 10:17, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

I want to figure out if all or only parts of this edit is bad

It's adding all kinds of national symbols to India (National symbols of India) and I don't think they're all legitimate, but I think some might be. The user, or a similar user, was also active on Simple English Wikipedia as 188.28.181.94. They've been blocked but many of their pages still exist.Naddruf (talk) 02:51, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Media copyright

Good morning/afternoon/evening. Recently I have uploaded an image from a movie and used it on a page. I thought that I could use the image with proper credit, but now I'm not sure if I can. If I had a link from where I copied the image can it stay? If yes, where should I add the link? If no, then I'm sorry to use the image and I'll let it be deleted. Thank you, --Remuslupin1513 (talk) 09:19, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

@Remuslupin1513: While it would be okay to do this with some movies (generally ones that are very old or that were explicitly made to be shared), the answer is almost certainly no, this is not okay. Please see COMM:LICENSE. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:28, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
Ok thank you for your answer! Should I delete it then? --Remuslupin1513 (talk) 09:36, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
@Remuslupin1513: I marked it for deletion and an admin will delete it. Everyone makes mistakes: thanks for checking in here and let us know if you have more questions. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:42, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
@Remuslupin1513: The word you are looking for is “copyright”. Normally, I would ignore minor spelling errors, but since you are looking for information about copyright, it’s important for you to use the correct word. Brianjd (talk) 12:11, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
Clarification for future readers: The original heading was misspelt; I have corrected it. Brianjd (talk) 12:13, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART. LONDON ENGLAND

I am an Alumni of the college : SUSAN VIDA BLACKMON. TEXTILES 1961 and I do not see my name listed there, please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 142.68.179.126 (talk) 12:28, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

File:Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, carbarn near Walter Street.jpg

I received a notice that a photo I uploaded "does not have sufficient information on its copyright status." The Licensing section had the message "Public Domain as per Toronto Public Library" and one can verify that by verifying the source. So why was the photo tagged with a warning? TheTrolleyPole (talk) 15:00, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

I'm trying tp respond to User:Billinghurst who has nominated one of my uploads for deletion. He said to place a {{Talkback}} at the bottom of his user talk page. I can't figure out how to do it. I go there and try to key the info and it won't accept a keystroke. I try the bottom of the page and the bottom the the index to the page and I am unsuccessful. I will appreciate help.Janvermont (talk) 15:19, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, User talk:Jmabel, for setting up the tag. I have a more general question. Some photo sites (such as the Toronto Public Library) explicitly say that specific photos are in the public domain even though some may be less than 70 years old. In general, what is the licence tag that I should use for such public domain photos? TheTrolleyPole (talk) 20:14, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
@TheTrolleyPole: The trick is to figure out the reason for which the organisation says that a specific photo is in the public domain, which public domain it is speaking of, and then see if it fits with the requirements of Wikimedia Commons. For example, in the case of the photo File:Toronto and Scarboro' Electric Railway, carbarn near Walter Street.jpg, the organisation, being the Toronto Public Library, when describing the photo as "Public Domain", likely means the public domain in Canada. You can conclude that the reason for this description by the Library is because the photo, documented as published in 1894, was created in a year that makes the photo in the public domain in Canada. However, Wikimedia Commons is published from the United States, so to be legally published on Wikimedia Commons the photo must be in the public domain in the United States. Which it is indeed, because it meets the condition of PD-US-expired. By an additional condition of its internal policy, Commons requires that the photo must also be in the public domain in the country where it was first published. The Library says that this photo was published in the Toronto Globe. From the context, it is reasonable to assume that it was first published in Canada. So, the second condition of Commons is met by PD-Canada or PD-Canada-anon. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:36, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

How Do I change the Picture Link

Recently added a Picture of Prof Charles Esimone which shows an external Link. The Picture was sent by Prof Esimone as the Preferred picture for his Wikipedia page . I am finding it difficult to change the link — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chiinobis (talk • contribs) 15:20, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Can I delete my own photo upload?

I didn't realize the image was so blurry and want to delete it from Wikimedia Commons, but I don't see a way to do that. Is it possible? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lazarus1255 (talk • contribs) 16:21, 15 June 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Lazarus1255: Is this about File:OdessaPermian.jpg or something else?
  • You cannot delete it yourself, but you can request that it be deleted (implicitly, by someone with deletion rights).
  • File:OdessaPermian.jpg is quite a recent upload, so a request by the uploader for a courtesy deletion would certainly be granted. In the future, you can do this by placing {{Speedy}} on the file page (with an explanation that you want a courtesy deletion). Please always if you want this, ask within a week of upload.
  • If you confirm that I am correct about what file you want deleted, it will be deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 16:40, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Logo and images were deleted

To whom it may concern My name is Thang Do, one of Nghia-Sinh International official members, I have uploaded some logos and some images to Wikipedia NghiaSinh on June 14, 2020 I just see all images were deleted by Christian Ferrer with the reason Copyright violation; see Commons: Licensing (F1). I can prove those images and information from me and another NghiaSinh member. I used my digital camera to take those pictures, and I can send you the original image. Please let me know what should I do to revert those images and information back to Nghiasinh on Wikipedia. Thank you very much Thang Do — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dothang80 (talk • contribs) 16:31, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Jules Verne

Does the park still have any marker addressing the role of Jules Verne's story set in Tampa and the original name for the park? If so, where is/are it/they? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 47.200.99.179 (talk) 19:36, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Apparently this refers to the historical marker mentioned in en:Ballast Point Park. This document has an image from the 1960 showing the marker near some sort of pier, and judging from this website the sign was preserved but has been moved to the inner park (zoom into the online map there). De728631 (talk) 21:46, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

DIBF account

Dear the team,

The DIBF account was blocked because of violation code which is not true. I am seeking to appeal the wrong decision to block the account. DIBF - Deaf International Basketball Federation under FIBA which run non-profit organisation. The have few teams to work with The General Secretary. One of them is me The Media Director from Australia.My role is to fix and add the Wikipedia of DIBF. I have edited/added the DIBF info on wikipedia 2 days ago. Suddenly blocked it, I have no idea why. Could you unblock it for me please?

Thank you, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frizzyrobyn (talk • contribs) 17:34, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Ramas McRae DIBF, Director of Media — Preceding unsigned comment added by DIBF (talk • contribs) 00:18, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

@DIBF: This is Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia. You aren't blocked here. They probably will not unblock you on Wikipedia unless you acknowledge that you won't be allowed to edit your own article or that of your organization, per en:Conflict_of_interest. – BMacZero (🗩) 01:28, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Deletion of an image/picture of myself I have inadvertently uploaded?

How do I DELETE an image/picture of myself I have inadvertently uploaded?

I simply cannot find instructions or options anywhere.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Si Ilich-Crawford (talk • contribs) 10:50, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

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Please - do not delete all my creativity. Thank you, kindest regards.

I use the pseudonym Gurgles, amongst others to publish my creativity in an altruistic manner, for pleasure and enjoyment to be felt by others. Please do not delete this creativity, it is for others to enjoy, free-of-charge. Thank you kindly. Brian "Fred Worm" MacGregor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gurgles (talk • contribs) 12:30, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

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can i use these photos in work which i want to sell, like infopacks for children?

creating downloadable items for small fee. can i use these photos licensed under the cc for this, or is it forbidden under this bit? "share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original" — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A02:C7D:42B2:3700:9997:E53D:325A:16D3 (talk) 19:25, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

  • You can use this for commercial applications, yes. Depending on the exact file, there may be other restrictions (e.g. you have to credit the person who created the media) but there are no commercial restrictions on any media at the Wikimedia Commons. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:31, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
  • The comment by @Koavf is correct. My comment is specifically about the text you quoted:
    you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original
This means that:
  1. You must apply the same (or compatible) licence to your work.
  2. Once someone gets hold of your work somehow, whether from you or from someone else, they are allowed to use it under that licence.
It does not mean that you are required to give your work to people in the first place. You may still choose to charge a fee for this. Brianjd (talk) 07:48, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Also: the sharealike condition, where present, applies to the image and its derivatives. Your larger work is not a derivative of the image. If you enhance a photo with a sharealike license, your enhanced photo must carry the same license, including any requirement for attribution of the underlying work, but it doesn't mean other content in a book or larger work in which it is contained must be similarly licensed. - Jmabel ! talk 14:32, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

upload photo (DianaKaraseva)

Hello! The photo was uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. When you try to add these same photos to the “Wiki loves Earth” duplication alert. How to download? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DianaKaraseva (talk • contribs) 10:42, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

@DianaKaraseva: Hi, and welcome. It seems that a filter detected that you uploaded too many files too fast as a brand new user, or you communicate better in Russian. Please slow down and use existing categories, or use COM:VP/ru.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:05, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for uploading File:TRAITÉ DE PARIS 10 FÉVRIER 1763 (France+GB+Espagne).jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear.

I received message: Thanks for uploading File:TRAITÉ DE PARIS 10 FÉVRIER 1763 (France+GB+Espagne).jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear.

I thaugt that I had exposed in explanation this is an image (only thre front page) from a very old document dating back 1763, a public Treaty between 3 Kingdoms at the time. It is a lot more than 150 years old.

Can someone tell me which lines have to be changed in the log?

Thanks --X23z5k533 (talk) 12:02, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

On anything published 19th century or earlier, {{PD-old-assumed}} should be fine; someone can always refine it later. I'll add that so this doesn't get deleted while someone works on what would be a better tag. - Jmabel ! talk 14:35, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Uploading a new Article- No experience

Hi There,

I am a member of the board for the Auditing Association of Canada. We would like to upload an article about our association. I am new and trying to figure this out. Can someone please help? I have a non-confirmed account. The content is all Free and available on our website- we just thought Wikipedia would be a good information location for our function.

Thank you, 16 June 2020 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frizzyrobyn (talk • contribs) 17:35, 16 June 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Frizzyrobyn: You are asking this on the help desk of Wikimedia Commons. We don't have articles here.
  • I'm guessing you are looking for the English-language Wikipedia. You can ask questions there at en:Wikipedia:Teahouse.
  • Wikipedia strongly discourages writing about organizations you are involved in, especially when it comes to starting new articles. I suggest you read en:WP:COI before continuing in that direction.
  • For similar reasons, Wikipedia generally does not consider organizations' own sites strong sources for most matters about the organization; see en:Wikipedia:Notability.
  • However, I would strongly recommend requesting an article at en:Wikipedia:Requested articles/Business and economics, and you can provide links to the sources (or bibliographical information for offline sources) that would be useful in creating such an article. The most useful thing is links to significant coverage of the subject by outside parties. - Jmabel ! talk 02:50, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

How to upload pictures

How can i upload my picture in wikimedia ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pranta md (talk • contribs) 17:50, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Pranta md: By "my picture" do you mean a picture of you or one you photographed.
  • If it is of you, then you are probably not the person who owns the copyright: those rights would be owned by the photographer, and it probably would not be appropriate for you to upload it.
  • If it is by you, then Special:UploadWizard should walk you through this pretty well. - Jmabel ! talk 02:59, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Google Earth .jpg export use

Can I use a Google Earth .jpg export to better accurately represent the mapping associated with Timberwood Park? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timberwood Park (talk • contribs) 19:21, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

I want to delete a image which I have uploaded

I want to delete this picture File:Cycle droped.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr(Major)RajeshBhardwaj (talk • contribs) 09:14, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

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National Assembly for Wales copyright

Hi,

Please could someone help me? I uploaded this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karen_Sinclair.jpg

Which has been flagged by the AntiCompositeBot has having insufficient information on its copyright status.

Please could someone tell me what's missing? Littlemonday (talk) 12:43, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

  • According to the terms currently quoted by the file description, reproduction is permitted, subject to the material being reproduced accurately and not in a misleading context. I am not sure that this satisfies our copyright policy, which requires all uses (including modification) to be permitted. Brianjd (talk) 12:50, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Littlemonday: I am aware that the terms listed on the website are not always a reliable source for copyright information. Other users will probably know more about this. Brianjd (talk) 12:52, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Changes

If I noticed a mistake on the following file link), is it permissible for me to make changes to it? 92.0.193.4 13:12, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. What changes do you anticipate making?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 13:20, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Convenience link: File:Africa 1909, Edward Hertslet (Urua, detail).jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 15:09, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
The name of an area mentioned on the map. 92.0.193.4 16:28, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
Which name? What do you want to do with that name, and why? What source(s) are you relying on?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:53, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
And, in particular, are you saying inaccurate for 1909, or just referring to the obvious fact that plenty of places in Africa have been renamed in the past 111 years, especially with the fall of colonialism? - Jmabel ! talk 19:22, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Uploads need checking - nld template and copyright added after

I got a bot message that I didn't include the right copyright info for about 10 files, I went back and edited and added (substituted) the nld template. I have no idea if I got it right. Links to files are on my talk page - if you could check them and let me know that would be much appreciated. Amousey (talk) 22:23, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

@Amousey: It seems that some uploads are from pixabay. For those, the tag you are looking for is Pixabay. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:04, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
@Asclepias thank you! What about the nld template thing? Do I need to do anything new to flag these as fixed? Amousey (talk) 23:37, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
You can remove the Nld templates from the pages that are fixed. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:11, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
PAMOUSEY (PAmousey) Please mind though that the {{Pixabay}} licence is only valid for images that were uploaded there before 9 January 2019. Any more recent images have been licensed under their generic Pixabay licence which is not compatible with Commons. De728631 (talk) 00:21, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

No puedo subir una fotografía propia.

He intentado actualizar mi perfil que aparece en Wikipedia y no puedo subir una fotografía de mi persona que es propia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ffelixc (talk • contribs) 22:56, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

@Ffelixc: ¿Es esto un selfie? Porque, si no, los derechos de autor pertenecerían al fotógrafo, no a usted. Jmabel ! talk 01:42, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
@Ffelixc: Mira a w:es:Atributo de la personalidad. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:13, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Adding Book Cover Image

Hi I created an article for the book Spill by Les Standiford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spill_(book). I would like to use the image of the book that the author has on his own website http://www.les-standiford.com/novels.html http://www.les-standiford.com/uploads/6/8/0/5/68051083/5521800_orig.jpg Which boxes do I need to check to get this successfully uploaded to wikimedia commons so I can link it to the article? I was using the Jurassic Park book page as a guide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jshipley528 (talk • contribs) 15:58, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Jshipley528: Hi, and welcome. I don't see a COM:L compliant license on that website. Please have the image designer, photographer, or book publisher (who generally holds copyrights to a book cover) post permission on their website or social media or send permission via OTRS with a copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:10, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Jshipley528: Hi there. Please do not upload this at Commons. The book cover is copyrighted and non-free, and we do not accept fair use at Commons. To upload the cover image at the English Wikipedia with a fair use rationale, please use the "Upload file" link at Wikipedia (not here at Commons). Then proceed like this:
  • Start the Upload Wizard
  • In Step 3, check "This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use."
  • Enter the name of the Wikipedia article without brackets: Spill (book)
  • Check "This is the official cover art of a work" and select "Cover page of a book" from the dropdown menu.
  • Fill in the required information like author, source, etc. and upload the file.
De728631 (talk) 16:12, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for your responses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jshipley528 (talk • contribs) 14:21, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:08, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

How to upload videos

I really can't do a thing — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slugger foe (talk • contribs) 10:08, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

@Slugger foe: Have you tried https://tools.wmflabs.org/video2commons/ ? - Jmabel ! talk 16:18, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Вики любит землю

Добрый день! Я студент магистратуры направление подготовки Лесное Дело. Меня заинтересовала программа "Вики любит землю" и я готов ездить по объектам Республики Крым предоставляя порядка 20 ти качественных фото снимков с каждого объекта. Скажите пожалуйста что я могу получить в замен как автор фотографий? Благодарю Решид Ибрагимов — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reshid Ibragimov (talk • contribs) 11:23, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Light house in Ponnani.jpg

Could you please help me to find out the copyright information of this file?

--Kambliyil (talk) 05:32, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

nominated for deletion

i have a file that has been nominated for deletion for a few days. I have added to the deletion request form an appropriate answer to the questioning of the scope parameter. There have been no additional comments on the delation request page below my explanation. How long does it take to resolve the issue? and how will i receive the answer. Janvermont (talk) 17:49, 16 June 2020 (UTC)Thank you.Janvermont (talk) 17:49, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Nominated for deletion (revisited)

I ask as a general question as well as with reference to the specific nomination for deletion request: commons: deletion request/file:Presenting Norman Mailer.tif If the request is granted is the file removed from the wikimedia database or databases?Janvermont (talk) 12:32, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

@Janvermont: no. It will be kept in something like a Recycle Bin. Regular users will not be able to see it, but administrators will still be able to restore it. --El Grafo (talk) 12:50, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
@Janvermont and El Grafo: Just to clarify, you (as the uploader) will not be able to see it either. (Never seen this stated specifically but I am sure it is correct based on everything else I have seen.) Brianjd (talk) 14:17, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi how do I upload a picture?

Hi I made a picture using powerpoint from scratch and I would like to upload it.

However, it says:

An automated filter has identified this edit as potentially unconstructive, and it has been disallowed. If this edit is constructive, please report this error.

How do I upload it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnt96 (talk • contribs) 19:09, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

@Johnt96: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50KB or <5MP) jpg photo as a new user while leaving the summary intact, and Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload a smaller (<50KB) jpg image as a new user. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:59, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Photographer's name

Regarding the following images: File:Carthona, Darling Point, New South Wales - East0031.jpg -- File:Carthona, Darling Point, New South Wales - East0030.jpg -- File:Carthona, Darling Point, New South Wales - East0029.jpg The photographer's real name appears in the File history (Neil Paton or N.Paton). I cannot see how to delete it, but would like to. Real names should not be used, for the sake of protecting privacy. Sardaka (talk) 08:24, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Sardaka: I take it that the statement "Real names should not be used, for the sake of protecting privacy" is intended for this particular situation, rather than in general. I certainly prefer to use mine, and the only reason my account is a slightly abbreviated form of it is that when I started an account 17 years ago I didn't realize spaces were allowed.
More to the point: we can't edit the upload edit summary, but if you upload a new version (which can be identical; I believe you'll get a warning, but you can ignore that) which leaves out the name in its upload text, then we can delete the public record of the earlier upload. - Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Sardaka: I think this falls within the scope of the meta:Oversight policy, which allows for hiding of "identities of pseudonymous or anonymous individuals who have not made their identity public". The instructions for requesting oversight on Commons are at Commons:Oversight. Note that the photographer's name also appears in the page history, and on one of those pages it appears in the original upload log from English Wikipedia as well. Oversighters should be able to hide all of those. --bjh21 (talk) 16:54, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Untitled section

Dear Sirs i', not able to upload a picture or a bio in my page although i use the Visual editor . i would appreciate it if you help me in this . Kristapor Attarian Composer Conductor musicologist . warm regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kristapor Attarian Composer (talk • contribs) 02:07, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Kristapor Attarian Composer: you are having difficulties, upload with Commons:UploadWizard.
  • Remember, upload only images where you own the copyright or that have already been published with a free license that you can reference (or that are in the public domain, but that won't apply here). If someone else took the photo, then the only way you own the copyright is an overt, written transfer, and you will need to go through COM:OTRS and send them a scanned copy of that transfer of rights. Otherwise, the copyright holder either needs to contact OTRS, or the copyright holder can upload on their own account.
  • When you say "upload...a bio in my page", that doesn't makes sense. Let's start with: what do you mean by "my page" (please link)? - Jmabel ! talk 16:03, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
@Kristapor Attarian Composer: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50KB or <5MP) jpg photo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:55, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Contacting a user to ask for permission

Hi! I need help regarding one of the users who I want to use his photo for research propose, but the email option is not enabled on his profile. how can I contact them? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tokumeigakarinoaoshima this is the profile.

i appreciate your hep — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yeganehgh (talk • contribs) 05:09, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

You can leave a message on the user's talk page. But "contacting a user to ask for permission" is necessary only if you do not want to use the free license the user is already offering. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:15, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
… or cannot use the existing free license by itself due to ethics requirements. But that seems unlikely in this case, because this uploader’s photos are well redacted. Brianjd (talk) 14:24, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
@Yeganehgh: You may also mention him as Tokumeigakarinoaoshima in Japanese, but beware he professes zero familiarity with English.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:55, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Please guide how do I add my Pic or Snap on my Wiki page? (ID: alibaig73)

Dear Sir or Madam:

Please guide me how do I add or insert my snap/pic on my page as my ID is alibaig73. An early guidance is solicited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alibaig73 (talk • contribs) 14:48, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

@Alibaig73: It's really hard to tell from that what you are asking.
  1. Are you talking about uploading an image, or are you talking about using an image that is already uploaded?
  2. If it is an image that is not already uploaded, are you the photographer?
  3. What exactly do you mean by "my page"? User:Alibaig73, or something else (and if you mean something else, please link it).
  4. Or are you asking something else entirely?
Jmabel ! talk 16:07, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: I suspect it is spammy en:User:Alibaig73.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:36, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Given a lack of other contributions, yes. - Jmabel ! talk 23:43, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

How to see user upload images

How to see user upload images — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.167.183.147 (talk • contribs) 15:46, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

How do I get files from Wikipedia onto Commons?

I have an image from Wikipedia and I want to get it onto Commons. How do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ThisWasOssain (talk • contribs) 20:27, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

New Updated Picture

Hello,

Dr. Paul Schimmel (chemist) would like to update his photograph on his Wikipedia page. I noticed that the same picture in question is on this website: http://ias.ust.hk/web/ias/eng/people_detail.php?id=59&catid=4&sid=6

What is the process to have this picture legally placed on Dr. Schimmel's wikipedia page?

I've read the wikimedia help pages but am still lost.

Thanks, Kathy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stekath (talk • contribs) 20:46, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

@Stekath: Kathy, who owns the copyright to this photo? Will that person/agency allow it to be licensed in such a way that it can be uploaded her? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:01, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Hi Justin, my understanding is that there is no copyright/ownership as it was taken by a student. I can verify that to be sure. If I email the institute and get permission will that suffice so that we can use it on Dr Schimmel's wiki page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stekath (talk • contribs) 21:54, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
@Stekath: Thanks, Kathy. In the United States, as soon as you take a photograph, you own the copyright, with a handful of exceptions (e.g. if you are hired by someone else and sign away those rights as part of the job or if you're doing work for the federal government as a part of your job as a federal employee, etc.) So that student would likely own the copyright and would have to be responsible for releasing it under an appropriate license. Another option is that you could take a photo of him or his niece could and release it to this project deliberately. Let me know if you still have questions--I'm happy to help you however I can. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:15, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Kathy, the image on the university website is quite small … From the Exif data the photographer was someone named Denny Chung. This is the author who needs to provide permission. What I do not know is whether in Hongkong a copyright transfer is possible (and Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Hong Kong did not help me here); in the latter case the person or organization who is the copyright owner must provide permission. See COM:OTRS for more. — Speravir – 03:56, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Page moved or deleted

I submitted the page Vezolve LLC for review and it has been taken down multiple times. Kindly check the below attached picture and help me resolve the issue and publish my page.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nade Diaz (talk • contribs) 05:06, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

@Nade Diaz: WMF projects are not here for your advertising purposes, please stop.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:50, 17 June 2020 (UTC)
From the screenshot is was not a page in Wikimedia Commons, so you are wrong here at all. I suspect it was on English Wikipedia, so ask there. — Speravir – 03:38, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Jonathanbarnes21/sandbox/Jacob Barnes pianist

i recently had an article I wrote deleted by wikipedia and though you sent detailed pages about why such a thing happened i do not understand specifically what I have written that is in-admissable. 1/ Is it that I included lots of links to other wikipedia sites or 2/ is it that I included some personal reflections on the meaning of some of the statements 3/ is it because though Jacob Barnes was seen as a highly gifted pianist by the academy he was not notable enough to be entered into wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathanbarnes21 (talk • contribs) 10:03, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

I have left a message on your talk page on Wikipedia in regards to your question. REDMAN 2019 (talk) 14:06, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Polish Wheelchair Person Admiring Your Beautiful Home

I am a Polish wheelchair person living in Arizona. I would give anything to see this beautiful home. I reside at Catherine Sardella's Care Home in Peoria AZ..Thank you, Lynda Ann Halicki — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.223.182.22 (talk) 18:24, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

alwistm990 alwisben86 — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 110.232.92.45 (talk) 19:16, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Help in rotating an image

File:'By @ibneAzhar-Golara Sharif Shrine-Islamabad-Pakistan (9).JPG has no rotate button. Is there another way to rotate it? Thanks, Kalbbes (talk) 01:11, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! Kalbbes (talk) 02:21, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Weird: crop tool didn't work, gave me an error '[Error] Command "/data/project/croptool/jpeg-9a/jpegtran -copy all -rotate 270 -crop '2048x1286+0+4.5474735088646E-13' '/mnt/nfs/labstore-secondary-tools-project/croptool/public_html/files/1dd6808afecd1bb9c131a81171eef510e840978a.jpg' > '/mnt/nfs/labstore-secondary-tools-project/croptool/public_html/files/1dd6808afecd1bb9c131a81171eef510e840978a_cropped.jpg' 2>&1" exited with code 1: 1' I have no idea what went wrong; I'll tag it as mentioned and hope the bot eventually solves this. - Jmabel ! talk 02:22, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Now rotated by SteinsplitterBot. - Jmabel ! talk 15:57, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 15:57, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Rollo

My uncle John Dixon passed away some 60 years ago. I have just been advised by his son Michael that his ashes were taken on board ss Rollo and scattered at sea. Does anyone have any information about this? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.13.200.171 (talk) 09:42, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

моя фотогафия Марат Гарипов спортсмен хочу загрузить

моя фотогафия Марат Гарипов спортсмен хочу загрузить не получается — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gary Golden grand prix (talk • contribs) 17:00, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

My photo Marat Garipov athlete I want to download
My photo Marat Garipov athlete I want to download does not work
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:40, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
@Gary Golden grand prix: Привет и добро пожаловать. Мне жаль сообщать вам, что вы вызвали Special:AbuseFilter/153, пытаясь кросс-вики выгрузить фотографию jpg меньшего размера (<50 КБ или <5 Мп) в качестве нового пользователя, оставив резюме без изменений. Фотография, которую вы пытались загрузить, меньше, и вы указали, что это ваша собственная работа. Обычно, когда кто-то загружает фотографию меньшего размера, это нарушение авторских прав, полученное из Интернета. Если вы сделали фотографию самостоятельно, загрузите ее в полном размере, включая метаданные EXIF. Если вы не сделали снимок, обратитесь к Commons:Licensing/ru, чтобы узнать, почему мы не можем его принять, и попросите фотографа отправить фотографию и разрешение через OTRS/ru с копией вам. Если вы измените сводку или воспользуетесь наш мастер загрузки, вы сможете избежать этого фильтра.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50KB or <5MP) jpg photo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:40, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Empetrisor

Ich lese den Begriff Empetrisor . Ist das ein Name oder ein abstrakter Begriff ? Wolfgang — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waeheyde1972 (talk • contribs) 20:14, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Wo liest Du das? Eine Suche zeigte mir allein den User:Empetrisor, der vielleicht nur als Empetrisor angezeigt wird.
Hinweis: Mit Commons:Forum gibt es auch ein rein deutschsprachiges Forum.
— Speravir – 23:42, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

Upload Problem

I can't upload image it complicated — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lindani A. Dlamini (talk • contribs) 00:05, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

@Lindani A. Dlamini: As far as I see, your uploading is successful, please refer to Special:ListFiles/Lindani A. Dlamini to have a look of your uploads, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 02:53, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

May I upload this image for use on Verde Hot Springs wikipedia article?

May I upload this image I found on Flickr [14] it has a Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) license. Thank you! Netherzone (talk) 17:15, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Are we sure that this photo, as a derivative of the photographed artwork, can be uploaded without problem? The CC license is not for the artwork. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:07, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the speedy feedback, I appreciate it! The Flickr uploading tool worked great, Jmabel. Asclepias I'm sure that the artwork is graffiti, as this is an old abandoned hot spring building in a remote area. Thank you for making me aware of this distinction between the photo and what is represented. I purposely chose an image without people, since how would one know if they signed a release form. Netherzone (talk) 16:17, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Resolved
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. 廣九直通車 (talk) 02:34, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Viewing uploads by a particular user

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T255444
RESOLVED

There is a user who has been uploading a lot of images that interest me, and from time to time I check what's new. Until now, I have gone to the user's page on Commons, and there has been a user uploads link in the left panel, which showed me thumbnails of all the images, with date and provenance. Really useful. This link seems to have disappeared. Have I inadvertently changed some preference setting, or is this an intentional design change? I can view the user log, but this doesn't have thumbnail images, and is much less friendly. Help appreciated. Kognos (talk) 21:43, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

There are other ways to get to Special:ListFiles/Username. For example, on the user's contributions page, there's a link "uploads" near the user's name. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:23, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks, that works fine. Kognos (talk) 11:44, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
That said, I don't remember any consensus, or even discussion, to remove the "User uploads" link, and it has indeed gone away. Was this intentional? If not, how do we fix it? If so, who made the decision, and on what basis. - Jmabel ! talk 00:50, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
I don't think it was intentional. At least, UploadsLink still appears in Special:Version, and the only reference to it in InitialiseSettings.php and CommonSettings.php is to enable it for Commons. It looks like there was a recent change that should have revived it in the Monobook skin: phab:T254548. It's possible that accidentally broke it entirely instead, or maybe it's related to the general sidebar work mentioned there. --bjh21 (talk) 13:00, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
I've opened a bug report about this: phab:T255444. --bjh21 (talk) 14:11, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

It change hgc — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2603:9004:710:D600:E9A0:247D:B33D:5AB1 (talk) 02:31, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

I have no idea what that means. - Jmabel ! talk 05:28, 15 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel and Bjh21, I wrote this in the phab task, too, but maybe you want to reply here, instead:
What did it supposedly link to? Could it be that someone considered this as duplicative? Because, in Vector I can on every user page find two links behind the “More” menu (which is in the sidebar for the other skins I think): one named “Uploads” with a link to Special:ListFiles/<username>, and one named “Contributions” linking to Special:Contributions/<username>. Because of this I never missed the line in the sidebar. — Speravir – 00:07, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
Ehmm, ping @Bjh21. — Speravir – 00:09, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
@Speravir: As mentioned above, I don't think the removal was deliberate. The relevant extension is still installed on Commons, and still includes the code to add the link to the sidebar. A fortnight ago, the link stopped appearing in the Monobook skin, and it was restored a few days later (phab:T254548), which suggests that WMF weren't intending to remove the link at that time. Finally, if WMF were planning to make a change like this, I'd hope they'd at least mention it on COM:VP first. --bjh21 (talk) 11:21, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
@Bjh21 and Jmabel: The issue has been fixed and in Beta Commons it works again, so we have to wait until the fix gets deployed for true Commons. — Speravir – 04:07, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
@Bjh21 and Jmabel: The fix is now active here in Commons. — Speravir – 18:52, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: --Speravir 18:52, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

use of ping

What is the difference between ping and ping ping?Janvermont (talk) 15:57, 20 June 2020 (UTC) thank you

Template {{Pinging}} adds the phrase „Pinging" in front of the pinged user/-s (up to 10). And, Jeff, it is was not categorized. — Speravir – 23:54, 21 June 2020 (UTC)
@Janvermont, Asclepias, Brianjd, and Speravir: I present Template:Pinging/doc for your edification. Sorry for the delay.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 05:45, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: yes. — Speravir – 18:32, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Today i give contribution

Today i uploaded picture of famous you ajey nagar and technical Guruji both pictures deleted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shahnwaz aalam (talk • contribs) 20:20, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

@Shahnwaz aalam: Commons is not a place for advertising your stuff. Please refer to COM:PSS for further information on what we host. Please also respect copyright (i.e. do not download images from random searches on Google and claim these images as "self made"), and refer to COM:L. Failure to adhere may result in further action, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 02:47, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
@Shahnwaz aalam: And looks like you are banned as well, please refer to COM:BP#Appealing a block should you wish to appeal for it.廣九直通車 (talk) 02:51, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
@廣九直通車: Blocked, not banned.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:12, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

How to upload picture

I wnat upload picture on biography page can you help me tell me about privacy policy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shahnwaz aalam (talk • contribs) 21:06, 21 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Shahnwaz aalam: It looks like there have been other issues with your actions and you've been blocked. If/when you are unblocked, feel free to come back here with a question and someone will help work out what information you need. - Jmabel ! talk 03:36, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

Using Common images for commercial use

Hello, Can I use any Commons unaltered image on a product such as a t-shirt, pillow, etc and resell that product with the exact image? Can you please tell me how to find the images that i can use please?

Thank you Susan — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.111.76.207 (talk) 14:23, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

  • In theory, yes. Easy with anything public domain, CC-0, etc. Some other licenses (such as the very common CC-BY licenses) require attribution and explicit statement of what license they are used under. On a t-shirt, that could prove hard to conform to; I guess you could include a paper label with the relevant information. - Jmabel ! talk 15:27, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

upload photo (Qaseh suci95)

how to upload the photo — Preceding unsigned comment added by Qaseh suci95 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

@Qaseh suci95: Hi, and welcome. Please follow COM:FS.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 15:53, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

uploading photo

Hi, I have a few photos of my brother, Ron English (a well-known artist), which I took myself (they are my original works-- I am Ron's sister). He has authorized me to upload them. What should I do so that they will not be removed? Thanks so much!! Susan English — Preceding unsigned comment added by Senglish09 (talk • contribs) 19:12, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

@Senglish09: since you took the photos, you don't need to do anything else. You may submit a permission form to COM:OTRS to avoid all doubt about your authorship, but this is not strictly necessary, unless you've previously published the photos elsewhere. clpo13(talk) 19:23, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
@Senglish09: If you have already uploaded them elsewhere, there still may be simpler approaches than the most obvious one at COM:OTRS, which is a bit cumbersome; say so here and I can help walk you through it. - Jmabel ! talk

Bilder von der plattform piqsels.com

Hello, a user has reminded the copyright of the picture https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drei_chilenische_Landschaftstypen.jpg uploaded by me. But since when do we need a release for pictures which are declared in the internet under PD? Here are the "Terms of service" from piqsels.com → https://www.piqsels.com/terms-of-service. The concrete picture is marked with "chile, wild, mountain, sky, blue, nature, green, grass, CC0, public domain, royalty free, free download". To the mail to OTRS I got the following answer:

Hello Frank, the tip came from a bot. It probably came across the image because the parameter "permission" is missing in the file description. There you could put "Public Domain" and a link to the release conditions of Piqsels. Thanks also for the link to these release terms. However, I'm not sure if they are compatible with the Wikipedia license terms. Would you like to ask the helpdesk?

Please check. Thanks! --Fährtenleser (talk) 09:27, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

Not a mistake. Files sourced from piqsels.com without information on their original source are often tagged by Ytoyoda because piqsels.com copies files from other sources and does not always indicate correctly the actual copyright terms from the orignal source. A search in the deletion requests provides examples. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:31, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Then that deserved some sort of comment to that effect in the edit summary. The rest of us aren't mind-readers and not everyone has followed every past deletion discussion. In any case, presumably that calls for a deletion discussion, non a tag that leads to speedy deletion. Is piqsels.com record really so spotty that the presumption is that they are lying, without any evidence that the picture is not licensed as they say? - Jmabel ! talk 19:35, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Full ack to Jmabel. Asclepias where do you and/or Ytoyoda know that Piqsels does only copy images from other sites? As I wrote in the deletion request I did a reverse image search and could not find any copy. — Speravir – 01:19, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
I happened to have seen some of the other DRs during my wanderings. Other than that, I don't know more than you do about that site. That's why my above comment referred to Ytoyoda's explanations from those DRs. He seems to have acquired some experience about it, so he can probably give more details. The images of that site must come from somewhere and it doesn't seem to work with contributions from users like Commons or Flickr or Unsplash or other sites. What possibilities are there? The site tags CC0 all the images it hosts. From the moment some files have been found to be mistagged and not CC0 at their original source, there's a problem. Does the mistagging concern 0,001% or 1% or 20% of the images? Would it make a difference for us? If the status information is unreliable and the source information is not provided, how can we estimate in what proportion and in what cases the status information is correct or incorrect? There's a paradox with images claimed to be in the public domain. If they are actually in the public domain, author and source may not legally need to be identified as well as for copyrighted images. But when author and source are not identified, it's more difficult to check the actual status of the images. -- Asclepias (talk) 03:12, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
After a first look on other deletion requests: A contrary idea in view of the Precautionary principle could be to add piqsels.com to the blacklist. Achim, you deal with this, right? What do you think? See also search queries file: piqsels and piqsels prefix:"commons:deletion requests/file:". — Speravir – 02:01, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
(Insert:) Oh, I messed up the ping, again. So once again: Pinging @Achim55. — Speravir – 18:39, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
@Speravir: Sorry, I should've been clear about why I believe Piqsels images require more substantial source information. I've noticed that Piqsels routinely pulls photos from Pixabay and Unsplash (they may use other sources as well) and apply the CC-Zero license, regardless of when the photos were uploaded. The issue is that Pixabay and Unsplash have moved to more restrictive licenses, evidently to prevent sites like Piqsels from distributing their photos. I also noticed that there doesn't appear to be an upload function at Piqsels — that tells me that every photo published at Piqsels was previously published elsewhere. I think any Piqsels image that's compatible with Commons should have an alternate source that indicates the author and date of upload. Ytoyoda (talk) 14:09, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
That sounds like we should add piqsels.com to the blacklist. - Jmabel ! talk 15:23, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Ytoyoda, Joe, Steffen, as most or at least many images on piqsel.com seem to be harvested from other sites I support blacklisting. On the fly I stumbled upon the same problem regarding https://www.pxfuel.com/. Didn't have a closer look yet at the hits of file:pxfuel, but File:Pxfuel.com (8).jpg is obviously from https://pixabay.com/photos/woman-blow-blowing-nose-hand-chief-698946/ and File:Day of the Dead Procession Yucatan pxfuel.jpg as well: https://pixabay.com/de/photos/halloween-diademuertos-animas-tod-683166/. --Achim (talk) 10:36, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

VİKİPEDİ'NİN RESİMLERİN TELİF HAKLARINI ÜZERİNE ALMASI

Yüklediğim tüm resimler teker teker kaldırılıyor. Örneğin Mehmet Tevfik Göksu'nun fotoğrafını belediyeden izin alarak yükledim, sildiniz hemen. Gustavo Gaviria'nın fotoğrafını yükledim, onu da sildiniz, adam ölmüş telif hakkı olmadığı halde neden siliyorsunuz. Bu kişinin ailesi bile yok. Görsellerin telif hakları Vikipedi'ye aitmiş gibi direk siliniyor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BSchrödinger1887 (talk • contribs) 12:26, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

VIKIPEDI TAKES THE PICTURE RIGHTS OF THE PICTURES
All the images I upload are removed one by one. For example, I uploaded the photograph of Mehmet Tevfik Göksu with the permission of the municipality, you immediately deleted it. I uploaded a photo of Gustavo Gaviria, you deleted it too, why do you delete it even though the man is dead copyright. This person does not even have a family. Images are directly deleted as if the copyright belongs to Wikipedia.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:26, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
@BSchrödinger1887: Merhaba, hoş geldiniz. Kullanıcı konuşma sayfanızda açıklandığı gibi File:Mehmet Tevfik Göksu görsel.jpg silindi, çünkü bu fotoğrafın posterinin telif hakkını ihlal ediyor . Benzer şekilde, File:Gustavo Gaviria.jpg, bu diğer fotoğraf yazarının telif hakkını ihlal ettiği anlaşıldığı için silindi. Lütfen User talk:BSchrödinger1887#Copyright violations bölümünü tekrar okuyun.
Hi, and welcome. As was explained on your user talk page, File:Mehmet Tevfik Göksu görsel.jpg was deleted because it appeared to violate the copyright of the poster of this photo. Similarly, File:Gustavo Gaviria.jpg was deleted because it appeared to violate the copyright of the poster of this other photo. Please read User talk:BSchrödinger1887#Copyright violations again.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:26, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Prior publication in low resolution

This question is regarding Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Daiwenchen, where BabelStone claims that if the creator posted low resolution versions of images without a free license before they were uploaded to Commons, it is not necessary to go through OTRS. Is this generally true? --Wcam (talk) 13:30, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

  • I have another question I want resolved: Why are we going through all this OTRS nonsense, when the copyright owner could simply make another post, in the same place as the low resolution versions (in this case, a Twitter profile), stating that they are the same person as the Commons user? Again, there are relevant comments in the DR. Brianjd (talk) 13:49, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
@Wcam: The short answer is it's generally true, unless there is a reason to doubt. A longer answer is that, as in any other situation, it's a matter of applying logic and common sense, case by case. In most cases, it's true, because logic is that the large resolution version is not copied from the low resolution version. Actually, in cases when someone uploads to Commons an identical resolution version to a version found elsewhere online, and verification is necessary, asking the uploader to upload a larger resolution version to Commons is sometimes the way to do the verification. Sometimes, there are exceptions, when it is known, or when there is an actual reason to suspect, that the uploader obtained a copy of a large resolution image but that this image is not free (an example of this situation is with the staff of members of the Parliament of Canada uploading to Commons large copies of non-free photos they obtained from the House of Commons). -- Asclepias (talk) 17:08, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Another thing, mentioned in other words by Brianjd, is that when verification is required, the idea is to obtain a communication from the presumed copyright owner who published outside Commons. In the above case, if a verification had been required, the objective would be to obtain a statement from the twitter account, or that can be associated with it. A statement to OTRS by the Commons uploader is of no use unless is can be associated with the twitter account. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:56, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Adding pictures owned by other people?

Hello,

I was a bit confused by the rule of not allowing pictures uploaded by other people, considering that's what a lot of Wikipedia articles have for their pictures. I wanted to upload a picture or help in adding a picture for the Killing of Breonna Taylor and Death of Elijah McClain articles. How is it more difficult for pictures of them to be uploaded there, but the George Floyd article is allowed to have a picture of him? Sorry, I just wanted to figure this out so I can learn more about uploading pictures.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Uelly (talk • contribs) 14:34, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Max Hill Photo

Hello! I uploaded a photo of Max Hill for use in their Wikipedia article. The image is sourced from the CPS Website and as such falls under the Crown Copyright and Open Government Licence, as I input when I uploaded the image. May I ask why the image has been marked for deletion? Thanks! -OXYLYPSE (talk) 14:39, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @OXYLYPSE: Probably because you wrote "[[Template:OGL]] Open Government Licence" (linking to the template) instead of "{{OGL}}" (using the template). Since this is a licensing issue and I don't want to take the time to research the file or the responsibilty of changing licensing info without researching, I leave it to you to fix it. (Once you address this, you can remove the warning notice yourself.) Also, please add appropriate Categories. - Jmabel ! talk 15:07, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
    • @Jmabel: In fairness, the wizard for uploading images does not make this clear, especially as it's my first image upload. I've adjusted so the template displays correctly now, thanks.
I'd just like to mention that your tone comes across as a little condescending. I'm going to assume it's not intentional. I do feel that replying to someone on a help page "I don't want to take the time" isn't particularly helpful or welcoming though. -OXYLYPSE (talk) 16:07, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @OXYLYPSE: I believe I've provided the information you need to move forward. But if I made the edit myself, I'd be taking responsibility for the accuracy of the license. That would require my researching it. - Jmabel ! talk 22:29, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

Uploading images

How to I upload an image of a logo for my organization to a page I'm creating? It doesn't grant me permission when I directly hit the media upload button, I don't know if I should add it to Wikimedia commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by La Liga de Ciudades de Puerto Rico (talk • contribs) 18:09, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

La Liga de Ciudades de Puerto Rico, this depends on a few things. Firstly, if it is the logo at the top of https://en.ligadeciudadespr.com/, this would be fine to upload by anyone, as it is too simple to be eligible for copyright protection. On the upload wizard use "the file is not my own work", then "Another reason not mentioned above", and put {{PD-textlogo}} in the input box.
If its not that logo, tell us, but it is a bit more complicated, as the image will have to be licensed properly. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 19:22, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
@La Liga de Ciudades de Puerto Rico: And my guess is the non-permission was from a cross-wiki upload. Use Commons:UploadWizard, it should be fine for this.
By the way, two things that are not an issue on Commons, but it will be on some sister projects (such as Wikipedia):
  1. If you are editing on a topic to which you are connected, please do read en:WP:COI for English, es:WP:CDI for Spanish (I believe the policies are a little different from one another, so if you are working in both languages you'll want to read both).
  2. Some projects, and I believe this includes the English-language Wikipedia, don't like organizational names as account names. They are likely to want you to change it to something like "Individual name (La Liga de Ciudades de Puerto Rico)".
- Jmabel ! talk 22:36, 23 June 2020 (UTC)

uploading photo

I tried to add my family's photo of Alexander Shpakovsky. Please, help. System do not aloud. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Linda Alice Rhinoceros (talk • contribs) 09:12, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Template:PingLinda Alice Rhinoceros
  1. Is this footballer Aleksandr Shpakovsky or someone else?
  2. I'm not easily finding where you tried to do this, but I would recommend using Special:UploadWizard on Commons if you are new to this.
  3. When you say "my family's photo": who took the photo? I'm guessing that if I have the correct Shpakovsky, they are no longer alive. Are you the heir to their intellectual property?
    • If not, when does the photo date from, and when did the photographer die: it may be a little tricky to work out its copyright status.
    • If so, then you should use a license like {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}} or a similar "transferred copyright" license. If you cannot work out how to do that, someone can probably walk you through it. No matter what, though, do not claim that the photograph is your "own work", which would be a lie and would almost certainly result in deletion of the photograph.
If it would be easier for you to get help in Russian rather than English, Commons:Форум is actually rather active. - Jmabel ! talk 17:36, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

question regarding Robert-johnson1.jpg

I do not have much experience with copyright issues and I have a question. File:Robert-johnson1.jpg is mentioned by the uploader as his own work. I think it is derived from an other source. Is the licence valid? Can I use this file on the dutch Wikipedia? Should I take the dutch law in concern if I wanted to? Regards, --Davv69 (talk) 12:36, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

@Davv69: Hi, and welcome. I reviewed and tagged it and warned the uploader for you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:24, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your quick action. Since the file is tagged for deletion I understand the licence is not/might not be valid. The second part of the question was “If the licence were valid, Should I take the dutch law in concern before using it?” Is this the right place to ask such a question? If it is: Would you like to answer this? If it is not, then where should I ask my question? Thanks in advance, --Davv69 (talk) 15:04, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

How to show Wiki that I have a photographer's permission to use a photo they took

I have uploaded a photo of singer-songwriter, Miranda Stone, because her wikipedia has been missing her photograph since it was first made many years ago. Recently, Google propagated the wrong image of the artist, a different person of the same name, to the wikipedia article. This photograph, now posted, should solve the problem, because it is the correct image. I made direct contact with the photographer of this photo, Michael Wilson, who gave permission for its use via personal email. However, how do I prove that I have permission from the photographer to use the photo in this way? Is it necessary to prove this? Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tikran86 (talk • contribs) 19:46, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

See Commons:OTRS. Ruslik (talk) 20:43, 24 June 2020 (UTC)
@Tikran86: (If that answer isn't enough for you to see how to proceed, please ask here about what isn't obvious to you.) - Jmabel ! talk 02:23, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Courtesy link: File:Miranda Stone.jpg Brianjd (talk) 02:35, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
@Tikran86: I am worried about this phrase: “… with permission by him to use the photo in wikipedia.” Commons licensing policy requires files to be free for all uses (in all contexts). It is tagged {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}; if this tag is valid, great, but this tag is often used by new users who do not understand copyright. Brianjd (talk) 02:35, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

my user page no longer exists

Hello, I must have did something wrong. When I signed in my user page existed, now it doesn’t. My contributions from Sept. 2018 are still recognized, but I don’t understand what happened to my user page. Please help me to get it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PhoenixMaimitiValentine (talk • contribs) 21:10, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

@PhoenixMaimitiValentine: Hello, It seems there was never a user page for this account on Commons. The logs don't show a deletion entry. Could you be thinking of your user discussion page or of a user page with another account or on another site? -- Asclepias (talk) 21:54, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Unable to upload photos

I’ve clicked the bar “Select media files to share” but it seems like nothing come out. So I stuck there and can’t upload photos. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slyvester93 (talk • contribs) 02:02, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

A selfie photo

I have taken a picture of myself and would like to put it on my page, but I am not being allowed to do this.Jodiraetrogstad63 (talk) 00:03, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

You need to upload a file to Commons before you can include it at any Wikimedia page. Hotlinking from your computer or another website won't work. However, we generally do not allow selfies for new users that have not yet contributed significantly to any Wikimedia project. This is because Commons is not a social network like Facebook, and our user pages are meant to focus on people's contributions to Commons and Wikipedia as opposed to their off-wiki life. De728631 (talk) 00:11, 24 June 2020 (UTC)

Thank you, but I was trying to create my sandbox profile and add the image to that. I am puzzled by the profile being public rather than private. What am I supposed to do with my profile page? Also, when I was working on creating a page and editing a page, I was told to hit the 'save' button. I cannot see where that is at when editing the page I'd recently done or the one I attempted to create and am working on.Jodiraetrogstad63 (talk) 16:55, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

@Jodiraetrogstad63: "I was told to hit the 'save' button": told by whom? Text on the site, or someone told you this? It should say the "Publish changes" button, which used to be called "Save"; if you can indicate where you saw the wrong name still around, let us know & someone will fix that. - Jmabel ! talk 22:10, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Chancellor Simon Poortman

Dutch Order Simon Poortman chancellor who heads the organisation The Order of Orange-Nassau has never known his own chancellor. Now Simon Poortman who is chief officer or flag officer and knight in the Military William Order W — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.Poortman123 (talk • contribs) 21:52, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

@S.Poortman123: Hi, and welcome. I'm sorry, but what (if anything) does this have to do with help in using this site (Wikimedia Commons)?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:45, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Cancellazione fotografia Corrado Ocone.

Sono un utente e contributore Wikipedia. In relazione alla foto del filosofo Corrado Ocone, da me inserita, è stata segnalata la necessità di comunicare autorizzazione all'utilizzo da parte del detentore del copyright http://www.popsophia.it/. So che il detentore del copyright Popsophia ha comunicato a Wikimedia l'autorizzazione all'utilizzo della foto. Perché la foto è stata ugualmente rimossa? Come bisogna fare per mantenerla? Grazie. Stefano Matarazzo https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corrado_Ocone&oldid=113844294 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stematar (talk • contribs) 17:41, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

@Stematar: I requested undeletion for you at COM:UDR#File:Corrado Ocone.jpg.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:44, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Grazie — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stematar (talk • contribs) 07:27, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

@Stematar: Prego.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:59, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:59, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Copyright violation on external site

Hello,

I'm unsure where to post this concern. I found that http://redbubble.com/people/znamenski/shop has been reselling Wikimedia Commons illustrations without giving credit. Some examples:

Does WMF have a team to ensure external parties conform to the Creative Commons licensing or cease and desist?

Thanks,
cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 20:15, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

The problem is that per Commons:Enforcing license terms, the WMF can't do anything - it's the license holder who can put a stop to it. The best thing to do is add the file to Category:Files reused by external parties out of compliance with licensing terms. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 20:25, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
Or {{Published}} with legal=no. - Jmabel ! talk 22:25, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Cmglee, Ricky81682, and Jmabel: The help page doesn’t make this clear (but it should): CC (and many other) licences are non-exclusive. That means the copyright holder can let other people use their works under other terms as well. We have no way of knowing whether this has happened; that’s why we can’t enforce licence terms.
I am confused about File:Standard Model of Elementary Particles.svg. At the end of 2013, it only had a CC notice. At some point, a CC0 notice PD release was also added, applying to the “current version”. The CC notice continues to apply to the “original version”. But what about the thousands (slight exaggeration) of versions in between? Brianjd (talk) 08:16, 23 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you very much, everyone. Yes, I admit I drew the second image: that's how I learnt of the copyvio, and investigated the store to find further violations. Several CC0 files were also used, but because they're CC0, I feel it's perfectly fair, so didn't list them.
I'll contact znamenski and if it's unsuccessful, Redbubble.
Re File:Standard Model of Elementary Particles.svg, I agree that the licence situation is a mess, and user:Cush should have uploaded it under a new name. As there's already another discussion, I leave it to be resolved there.
Cheers,
cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 22:59, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Is this a permissible license?

Hello helpers! Is this a permissible license to upload an image of a person who has been deceased since 1952? It is a photograph that is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London. This is the license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) and here is a link to a webpage where specific details on the image is located: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/use-this-image.php?mkey=mw189854 - Thank you in advance! Netherzone (talk) 15:24, 25 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Netherzone. I'm afraid this licence cannot be used at Commons. It prohibits commercial re-use and the making of derivatives, both of which need to be allowed for uploads at Commons. De728631 (talk) 15:26, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
Thank you for the quick response, De728631, glad I asked before uploading it. Netherzone (talk) 16:23, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
You received a correct but minimalist answer, specific to the way the question was worded ("is this a permissible license...?"). You could receive other answers to a different question, such as "is it possible to upload this image?". -- Asclepias (talk) 11:15, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
@Netherzone: Maybe Commons could accept this image with a status string like {{Licensed-PD-Art-two|PD-UK-unknown|PD-US-expired|rawphotolicense='''[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/legalcode CC BY-NC-ND 3.0]'''<br>}}. If you have an interest for this aspect of the question, please say it and hopefully someone with knowledge of U.K. law will provide a more complete answer. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:18, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

request

can i change name of a uplod on wikimedia commons — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bygonetime (talk • contribs) 14:02, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Please, see Commons:File renaming. Ruslik (talk) 20:59, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Photos of Individuals for Wikipedia page

Hello,

I have been adding to artist biography pages on wikipedia and I was wondering how would I upload a photo of an individual. I read through what is required to fit the criteria. Am I allowed to use photos taken by someone else if the person photographed is in a public place?

Thank you,

3umbrellas — Preceding unsigned comment added by 3umbrellas (talk • contribs) 14:43, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

You are only allowed to upload photos shot by other people only with their permission. See Commons:Licensing. Ruslik (talk) 20:58, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Unwarranted Notice of Impending Speedy Deletion

I received a Notice of Impending Speedy Deletion after uploading a document for my new app on Wikipedia. The files and pages created are not for advertisements but to provide users with valuable information about the app. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wasiu.amusa (talk • contribs) 15:17, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Commons:Project scope reads:
Wikimedia Commons hosts only media files such as photographs, scanned images, diagrams, animations, audio (e.g. music and spoken dialogue) and video clips, along with any associated metadata. Explanatory and other text is permitted on the file page only to the extent to which it advances Commons' aim and is not excluded educational content.
The following are not considered media files, and may not be hosted here:
* Computer programs in any format including binary executable files and raw source code listings. Where relevant, source-code may form part of the file description or metadata, e.g. a graphics file may include as descriptive text the code used to create it.
* Files which are representative merely of raw text, e.g. ASCII files, raw source code listings as mentioned above, etc.
So do not expect an upload of an article page to be kept on Commons. You might have a try on Wikipedia, but I think they won't be pleased about that spam. --Achim (talk) 15:40, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Publish photos or file

How to publish photo or file. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kayumanggi1963 (talk • contribs) 18:06, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

  • @Kayumanggi1963: Could you please be more specific? Are you asking about uploading to Commons, or about using content already on Commons? The more specific you make your question the better the chance that someone can answer. - Jmabel ! talk 22:24, 26 June 2020 (UTC)

Фото.

Загрузил фото в раздел "Особо охраняемые территории". Фото -Реликтовые сосны. Ульяновская об,Вешкаймский район, с-з Рассвет. Аллея реликтовых сосен. Фото почему то нет в разделе. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Александр Ник. Анд. (talk • contribs) 11:45, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Videos display format

Why is it currently difficult to play videos or use video display format linking media player like Youtube Histogram and the most easily accessed social media link Facebook. Music lovers like myself love to play music while working with social media platforms but I don't know much about Wikipedia if there are plans for play and listen to music or the possibility of a music search engine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jemtyns (talk • contribs) 18:34, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

  • Given that we host only free-licensed or public-domain material of educational value, I would say it is unlikely that there will ever be a lot of music here. - Jmabel ! talk 01:59, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Username

I can not remember by username how do I got about obtaining that? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2600:6C40:7980:311F:4814:B1B0:1BD8:D24D (talk) 22:27, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Anfrage

Ist es wirklich anzunehmen, dass sämtliche Bilder einem BevinKacon gehören, die dieser gemeldet hat, oder meldet da jemand Urheberverletzungen obwohl in Wahrheit überhaupt keine da sind.

Mfg

Hans-Georg Peitl — Preceding unsigned comment added by PastorPeitl (talk • contribs) 13:25, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Hans-Georg, ich hatte dir weiter oben schon einmal den Tipp gegeben, in Commons:Forum nachzufragen anstatt hier; da kann man das lang und breit diskutieren. Zur eigentlichen Frage: Jeder und jede kann vermutete Urheberrechtsverletzungen melden, das muss nicht der echte Urheber sein (oft genug weiß der gar nichts von dem Uplaod durch andere hier in Commons). — Speravir – 21:23, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Réutiliser le logo Wikipédia : licences et de droits d'auteur

Bonjour,

J'ai consulté la foire aux questions, les pages d'aide et les archives du service d'aide. Je désire réutiliser -avec et/ou sans modification- le logo de Wikipédia pour illustrer une présentation sans rapport avec l'encyclopédie.

Sur une page Wikimedia Commons( [[15]] "File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-fr.svg"(27/06/20)), je comprends que je peux en respectant la paternité et le partage à l'identique. Sur une autre page Wikimedia Commons (Commons:Réutilisation de contenu hors de Wikimedia#Logos de la Fondation Wikimedia -"Logos de la Fondation Wikimedia" (27/06/20)), je comprends que ce logos ne peut être utilisé que par la fondation ou pour informer sur des projets Wikimedia.

Ma question est : Puis-je réutiliser ce logos (avec et/ou sans modifications) ?

But de la réutilisation : Présenter un projet professionnel (candidature) à l'aide d'images. J'utilise deux métaphores, celle d'une histoire écrite à plusieurs et celle des chemins (parcours, croisement, créer un chemin ensemble, voyager). L'aspect collaboratif et le globe incomplet de Wikipédia illustrent parfaitement mon idée.

Je comprends uniquement le français.

Merci,

Anne-Claire — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 94.109.237.245 (talk) 13:36, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

  • Vous préférerez peut-être une aide en français à Commons:Service d'aide.
  • I read French, but do not write it well. I believe the difference here is between copyright law and trademark law. As long as you conform to the license, you may use the logo as an illustration, etc. It is a different matter if (for example) you use it in a letterhead, or in some other manner that might imply that a communication came from or was endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation or one of its component parts.
  • (Via Google Translate) : Je lis le français, mais je ne l'écris pas bien. Je crois que la différence ici est entre le droit d'auteur et le droit des marques. Tant que vous vous conformez à la licence, vous pouvez utiliser le logo comme illustration, etc. Il en va autrement si (par exemple) vous l'utilisez dans un papier à en-tête, ou d'une autre manière qui pourrait impliquer qu'une communication est venue de ou a été approuvé par la Fondation Wikimedia ou l'un de ses composants - Jmabel ! talk 16:18, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks for had taking the time to respond.
Anne-Claire (with google translate)
Bonjour,
La présente page est, bien sûr, appropriée pour cette question, puisqu'il s'agit d'une image présente sur le site de Commons. Toutefois, dans ce cas particulier, vous obtiendriez peut-être plus de réponses en posant cette question sur la page Wikipédia:Le Bistro de la Wikipédia en français. De plus, notez que la seule façon d'obtenir une réponse officielle à cette question est de contacter directement la Wikimedia Foundation. Les commentaires ici ou ailleurs ne peuvent être que des pistes générales et n'engagent pas la Wikimedia Foundation.
Comme pour tout logo de toute autre entité, deux différents types de conditions s'appliquent. D'une part, le droit d'auteur et, d'autre part, le droit des marques. Ainsi, la page de description de l'image File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-fr.svg inclut deux bandeaux, dont l'un (Cc-by-sa-3.0) concerne le droit d'auteur et l'autre (Wikimedia trademark) concerne le droit des marques.
Les conditions relatives au droit d'auteur, bien que non négligeables, sont relativement simples et ne posent pas de problème particulier. La licence de droits d'auteur CC BY-SA 3.0 implique que tout usage de l'image doit être accompagné d'une mention attribuant l'image à la Wikimedia Foundation et d'une mention de l'url de cette licence CC BY-SA 3.0. Et si vous produisez une version modifiée de l'image, vous devez placer votre version aussi sous la même licence.
Les conditions relatives au droit des marques, lorsqu'elles s'appliquent, telles qu'énoncées par Wikimedia, pourraient être très restrictives. La politique officielle en anglais de Wikimedia se trouve à la page Foundation:Trademark policy et est traduite en version non officielle en français à la page meta:Trademark policy/fr). L'usage que vous envisagez se classerait peut-être sous la section 4.4 Publications ou 4.3 Événements, un usage pour lequel Wikimedia exige une demande de licence de droit des marques. Toutefois, je ne suis pas certain que Wikimedia puisse exiger une licence de droit des marques dans des situations où il n'y a aucune possibilité de confusion entre l'usage qui est fait et un usage qui serait fait par Wikimedia.
Mon observation très personnelle : Le temps et l'effort que vous pourriez devoir investir pour demander à Wikimedia une licence d'utilisation relative au droit des marques me semblent énormes et hors de proportion par rapport à l'usage simple que vous souhaitez faire de l'image. De plus, il est possible que le délai pour obtenir une réponse officielle de Wikimedia soit peut-être trop long pour vous parvenir en temps utile. Si j'étais à votre place, je crois que j'abandonnerais l'idée d'utiliser ce logo. Mais si vous avez du temps devant vous, la manière d'obtenir une réponse officielle est de contacter la Wikimedia Foundation. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:50, 27 June 2020 (UTC)
@Asclepias: Do you think I was wrong, then, to refer her to Commons:Service_d'aide? - Jmabel ! talk 01:54, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
It was perfectly good and it was the most logical spontaneous answer. However, that page is not visited by many users and questions sometimes remain unanswered. Normally I would suggest the page Commons:Bistro, more active and where questions find answers more easily. My suggestion in this case of the page on fr.wikipedia was very special because of the topic of this particular question. I do not suggest it usually. It's a matter of guessing from past experience where a question has the best chances of getting more answers at the present time. -- Asclepias (talk) 09:13, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
And do you think her proposed utilization requires anything more in trademark terms than an indication that the image is trademarked, and by whom? - Jmabel ! talk 01:58, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
I don't know. Only the Foundation can tell how they interpret the law. -- Asclepias (talk) 09:13, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
@Asclepias: Thanks for had taking the time to respond in detail. (with google translate)
Oui, je ne suis pas familière avec les notions de propriété, j'ai oublié ce droit des marques. De plus je ne comprends pas bien ce 2ème bandeau à cause de cette phrase : "Ce bandeau n’indique rien sur le statut de l’œuvre au regard du droit d'auteur. Un bandeau de droit d’auteur est requis.". Est-ce du contenu de page qu'un contributeur suggère de modifier ou est-ce une info. offocielle ? Et pour le détail, j'ai découvert aujourd'hui une autre page [[16]] "File:Wikipedia-logo.png" avec un 3ème bandeau précisant qu'il faut respecter les conditions de la GNU Free Documentation License version 1.2 mais où le bandeau CC doit être complété "Si ce fichier est admissible à une nouvelle licence, il ..." Donc ça me pose la même question que sur celui des marques. Pour moi, c'est très confus. Heureusement votre réponse est détaillée et je sais mieux où aller chercher l'info.
J'ai parcouru la page en français sur la politique des marques. En plus des points que vous citez (publications, événements et pas de confusion possible), je me retrouve aussi dans l'usage légitime (section 3.5.) ou pas ... étant donné que si je MONTRE l'image du globe, sans le nom Wikipédia (donc logo modifié) j'imagine que ça sort du cadre nominatif. Bref, c'est étrange de se retrouver avec une info détaillée et précise pour ensuite me dire que d'un côté je dois demander une autorisation (publications, évènements) et de l'autre non (pas de confusion possible et usage légitime).
Merci pour vos conseils.
Et oui, je verrai en fonction du temps et de mon énergie pour poursuivre.
Anne-Claire — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 94.109.56.134 (talk) 15:34, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Vous avez bien raison de dire que les indications sont confuses, en particulier pour des visiteurs occasionnels. C'est un défaut d'un gros projet collaboratif comme Wikimedia où tout n'est pas bien fignolé.

Sur Commons, malheureusement, les bandeaux d'information mélangent souvent des informations destinées au public et des instructions à usage interne destinées aux contributeurs de Wikimedia. Cette confusion causée par ces défauts de rédaction des bandeaux est un problème connu - et à mon avis grave - mais seul un petit nombre de personnes (les administrateurs) pourraient améliorer les bandeaux principaux et cela ne se fait pas. Dans le bandeau «Wikimedia trademark», le texte en plus petits caractères, que vous citez ci-dessus, rappelle simplement aux contributeurs que, sur le site de Wikimedia Commons, une image doit être accompagnée d'un bandeau indiquant son statut au regard du droit d'auteur et que le bandeau «Wikimedia trademark» n'est pas un bandeau de statut de droit d'auteur (il est plutôt un bandeau supplémentaire relatif au droit des marques, comme mentionné précédemment).

En ce qui concerne l'image «File:Wikipedia-logo.png», le bandeau de statut de droit d'auteur se trouve dans un état qui aurait dû être temporaire et qui découle du fait que les licences de certaines images plus anciennes ont été modifiées il y a quelques années. Il est étonnant que l'information de cette image ait été abandonnée dans cet état. Cette page, elle aussi, ne peut être modifiée que par les administrateurs et donc elle risque de rester longtemps dans cet état. Je ne sais quoi en penser. Cette image est peut-être utilisable aussi sous licence CC BY-SA 3.0 depuis la modification des licences, mais je ne peux pas vous le certifier. En tout cas, la licence GFDL (GNU Free Documentation License) n'est pas vraiment appropriée pour l'usage que vous voulez faire, puisqu'elle imposerait d'annexer à votre travail une copie complète du texte de cette licence. La licence CC serait plus pratique puisqu'elle requiert seulement la mention de la licence CC et de son url et non pas la copie de son texte.

Les questions que vous soulevez sur l'application du droit des marques peuvent être complexes et c'est pourquoi je vous suggérais de les poser aussi sur «Wikipédia:Le Bistro» pour peut-être obtenir plus de commentaires. L'aspect «usage légitime» réfère vraisemblablement à la notion de fair use du droit étatsunien. Cette notion n'est pas nécessairement pratique ailleurs que pour un usage d'une oeuvre aux États-Unis et, même là, elle s'utilise souvent plutôt dans le contexte d'une étude commentée portant sur l'oeuvre elle-même et non pour n'importe quel usage de l'oeuvre. Quant à l'aspect «absence de possibilité de confusion», comme d'ailleurs pour tous les aspects de la question, c'est à vous qu'il appartient d'évaluer la situation. On ne peut que vous donner des informations générales. Si vous voulez des conseils juridiques ou une réponse précise, vous devrez vous adresser soit à un avocat en propriété intellectuelle, qui vous conseillera de manière professionnelle, soit au propriétaire de la marque, Wikimedia Foundation.

-- Asclepias (talk) 21:39, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Make a page

How can I make a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yvanshmid (talk • contribs) 07:30, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

@Yvanshmid: This is Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia. We don't host articles. Please refer to w:WP:FS for more information, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:28, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

A Bug

Please look what happens: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ADenning%2C_Stephen_Poyntz_-_Princess_Victoria_aged_Four_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg&type=revision&diff=429377326&oldid=429375374

It is not possible to correct an entry in this field. If I revert instead to the last edit, it is not possible to make a new entry anymore. -- Kürschner (talk) 10:26, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

How to request an image?

Hi! I was wondering how I can request an image to be uploaded. I tried uploading one but it wouldn't let me because it wasn't sure it was my own. I'm making a Wikipedia for Rebecca Parham, the owner of the Youtube channel and studio Let Me Explain Studios. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigboyanimations (talk • contribs) 11:22, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

@Bigboyanimations: Please use Special:UploadWizard to upload images. However, before you upload anything, please make sure that the image is released under a free license, and fulfills COM:PSS, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:26, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
  • Also, when you say, "I'm making a Wikipedia for Rebecca Parham, the owner of the Youtube channel and studio Let Me Explain Studios," I assume you mean you are writing an article about her in the English-language Wikipedia. Make sure you read and comply with en:WP:COI for the article (not a concern here on Commons for the picture). - Jmabel ! talk 16:01, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

СПб Ленинградская обл деревня Новое -Девяткино ул Арсенальная рядом в двух шагах жилой дом №2

Жалоба на ваш магазин так как вы построили очень близко магазин с жилым домом и когда у вас в магазине готовят пищу то при этом включается ваша оборудование которое находится на крыше магазина и в низы рядом с магазином вентилятор .Всё это оборудование начинает работу и создаёт посторонний шум. Шум от вашего магазина как ночью так и днем .Это не допустимо для норм шумоизоляции .Устраните или закройте, или переквалифицируйте ваше здание Не кто не отменял правил проживания и ваш магазин в том числе — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 5.18.244.68 (talk) 12:49, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

При чем здесь Викисклад? Обращайтесь в местные органы власти. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:00, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

My photos have been nominated four months ago for deletion and they haven't had the nomination to be removed when nominations last for a week, what is going on?

Hi there. Four months ago a user by the name of Eugene Zelenko gave bad reasons to have some of my photos to be deleted. The accusations saying that they are not my photos. The reasons being too small and not uploaded with EXIF (which since I have read and EXIF, I will never use). Another user has kept them as a weak keep. But Eugene Zelenko said again about EXIF. Back in the March my photos still had the deletion nomination and yet that was a month after the nomination. Here we are in June and still nothing. What is going on? I thought deletion nominations last a week.

Kind Regards.Dynamite16 (talk) 14:47, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Dynamite16, the discussion hasn't been closed yet. The one week is generally the minimum time a discussion is open, but they aren't closed automatically, and (unlike at Wikipedia) often run for much longer than this minimum time. At the moment, no one has closed the discussion, so the files are still tagged, and new comments can be made.
Our deletion discussions are much less patronised than ones at Wikipedia etc, so they often go on for a long time and don't tend to have many comments. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 15:18, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

Ok, so who closes the discussion because this is really taking the pee. Because I don't think it was fair that they got nominated in the first place Dynamite16 (talk) 15:35, 28 June 2020 (UTC)

How can I add a logo to a company page that I work for?

Hi,

I am wanting to add this logo: https://anzcofoods.com/_resources/themes/anzco-ss4/images/anzco-logo-blue.svg?m=1574629461

To this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZCO_Foods

I've clicked the upload file link but am stumped on what to add for the Author field and this filed - Now tell us why you are sure you have the right to publish this work:

Can you please let me know how I can do this?

Cheers Ryan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryanastle (talk • contribs) 00:24, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

You need to ask for permission from your company --Pizza0614 (talk) 01:12, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Ryanastle: Someone designed the logo. Most properly, that is the author, but if the company has secured copyright (see next point) it is probably OK to list the company as the author.
  • The Threshold of originality in New Zealand is pretty low, so that logo is probably eligible for copyright, which is independent of trademark. I assume you are acting on behalf of the company in question: are you certain that the company has secured the copyright to the logo? (That's almost a certainty if the logo was designed by an employee, but not if it was designed by an outside firm.) If so, is there anywhere on their site that they indicate a free license for the logo that would be compatible with Commons' minimum as explained at Commons:Project scope#Must be freely licensed or public domain? If not this will probably have to go through the process described at COM:OTRS.
  • But now I see you've avoided all of that by uploading directly to Wikipedia on a non-free use basis, which is fine on Wikipedia, but not if you want the image on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 01:22, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Bundeswappen Österreich

I uploaded a new cleander version of the Coat of Arms of Austria in Wiki Commons in svg format. It should replace the existing one.

[redacted]@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diem (talk • contribs) 16:58, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

@Diem: Hi, and welcome. What file is "the existing one"?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 17:33, 19 June 2020 (UTC)
Convenience link: File:Bundeswappen Österreich 2020.svg.
Nur File:Coat of arms of Austria.svg oder doch auch File:Austria Bundesadler.svg? Ich bin noch nicht überzeugt: Steht in irgendeiner Verordnung etwas zur exakten Farbe? — Speravir – 03:32, 20 June 2020 (UTC)
Es gibt dazu eine laaaaange Diskussion auf w:de:Diskussion:Wappen_der_Republik_Österreich#"Nicht_gesetzeskonforme", was jetzt die gesetztekonfrome Version ist.
Die Offizielle version findet man unter: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/Bundesnormen/NOR40128639/Anlage_1.pdf wenn man genau sieht, sieht man dass der Adler von der Rückseite in der Mitte in dem Rot-weiß-roten von der hinteren Seite https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/BgblPdf/1984_159_0/1984_159_0.pdf (letzte Seite) duchscheint.
Das Auffallende an File:Bundeswappen Österreich 2020.svg ist, dass es ein knalligeres Rot.
Wenn man eine die möglichst nahe am Gesetzestext ist sollte man wohl das PNG (oder das autotraced svg verwenden)
Je nach Thumbnailgröße ist es jedoch besser vereinfachte Versionen zu verwenden, siehe w:de:Benutzer_Diskussion:JoKalliauer#svg-versionen Insofern gibt es nicht einen SVG-Adler sonden viele. File:Austria_Bundesadler.svg ist jedenfalls der einzige der es in Category:Featured_pictures_on_Wikimedia_Commons_-_vector geschafft hat.
 — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 19:21, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
O … mein … Gott!!!11 Ich vermute also nun ganz stark, dass die Anfrage hier von de:Peter Diem kam. Wollen wir Elisabeth hier einladen oder den Habitator terrae (rhetorische Frage), Johannes? (HT war doch hier gelegentlich aktiv, so dass er das mitbekommen haben könnte.) — Speravir – 01:35, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Darf ich mich wieder streiten??? Juhu!!!-) Habitator terrae 🌍 07:25, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
@JoKalliauer and Habitator terrae, jetzt mal im Ernst: Mein Spaß bezog sich darauf, die Diskussion darum auf eine weitere Stelle auszudehnen. Ich werde mich da heraushalten, aber man kann Elisabeth auf der Wappendisk. schon auf die Vektorisierung von (Peter?) Diem aufmerksam machen. Sollte man zu einem Konsens kommen, dann können wir uns in Commons um das weitere kümmern – man sollte zum Beispiel bei allen abgelehnten Dateien einen Hinweis auf die fehlende Gesetzeskonformität in möglichst vielen Sprachen einsetzen und auf die gesetzeskonforme Datei verweisen. — Speravir – 15:55, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
@Speravir and Habitator terrae: Mir gefällt die Version von Habitator terrae am besten und meine am schlechtesten, hier auf commons sollten wir uns nur darum kümmern Bilder anzubieten, welche Version genommen wird soll das lokale Lemma entscheiden. File:Coat of arms of Austria.svg und File:Bundeswappen Österreich 2020.svg scheinen bis auf den Rotton der "Fahne" auf den optischen ersten blick ident zu sein. Gibt es eine Definition welcher Rot-ton das Österreichwappen hat?  — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 16:14, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Apropos Qualität: sollte das Autotraced-SVG nicht besser wieder gelöscht werden? Zum Rotton hast du ja oben auf die Flagge samt Edit-/Revertwar hingewiesen. Auf irgendeiner in der dewiki-Wappendisk. verlinkten Seite las ich, dass im Gesetz einfach nur steht, die Flagge sei rot-weiß-rot. — Speravir – 16:34, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
@Speravir: Nein,  Keep
  1. COM:INUSE
  2. Elisabeth59 hat die Version gefallen (mir nicht)
  3. es ist eine frei skalierbare Vektorgrafik die sehr nahe am Original ist
  4. welche Version die Richtige ist wird nicht hier sondern im lokalen Wiki entschieden
Ich hab jetzt {{Superseded|Österreich_Bundesadler.svg}} hinzugefügt.
 — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 17:47, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
OK — Speravir – 17:54, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
@Speravir and Habitator terrae: Ich hab auch die Disk auf w:de:Diskussion:Österreich#Wappen_Korrektur_Archiv korrigiert, weil da wurden falsche Behauptungen über das frei skalierbare auto-traced Vektorgrafik aufgestellt wurden. (falls ihr das gelesen habt)
@Diem: Welche Version verwendet wird ist Entscheidung des lokalen Wikis damit bitte diskutiere das im jeweiligen Artikel.  — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 18:09, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Kaushik Basu

How do I upload a new photograph and then have it on my wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.69.161.175 (talk) 02:27, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

@Kaushik Basu1952 (talk • contribs • block log • filter log): Hi, and welcome. I guess this is you, but please login. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload a smaller (<50KB) jpg photo as a new user. Usually when someone uploads a smaller jpg photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you created the file yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, including original EXIF metadata. If you did not create the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the copyright holder license it on their website or social media, or send the file and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:00, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

uploading image issues

I wanted to start my own article wiki page. i go to upload an image i took with my phone and i get a notification saying it's not mine. the image is mine because i took it using my instagram camera and made a drawing on it. How do i upload images that i took? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carltheghost (talk • contribs) 04:05, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

@Carltheghost: You will have to read our project scope. Wikimedia Commons is not the place to upload your personal stuff. Please contribute first to other Wikimedia projects (like the English Wikipedia), or here by uploading pictures of anything that is within our scope. Make sure those images are your own work (i.e. you took it with your own camera), or if not, it must be freely licensed. If photography is not your thing, you can do some categorization stuff here, or create some galleries. If you have more questions, feel free to ask at this thread. Happy editing! pandakekok9 04:54, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Blason

Bonjour,

Elue sur Villiers-Saint-Frédéric, je me permets de vous contacter, car le blason que vous proposez est souvent repris par les entreprises pour les dossiers, voir leur communication, or ce n'est pas le blason de notre commune qui a lui une autre forme. Comment procéder afin que ce soit le bon blason qui apparaisse ? Merci — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2A01:E0A:409:A330:C522:11C3:6B9B:1F8A (talk) 13:44, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Coat of arms

Hello,

Elected in Villiers-Saint-Frédéric, I allow myself to contact you, because the coat of arms you offer is often taken up by companies for files, see their communication, or it is not the coat of arms of our town that has its other form. How to proceed so that it is the right coat of arms that appears? Thank you
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:33, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Salut et bienvenue. Quels fichiers dans Category:Villiers-Saint-Frédéric contiennent les bons et les mauvais formulaires? Veuillez également envisager de publier sur COM:Bistro.
Hi, and welcome. Which files in Category:Villiers-Saint-Frédéric contain the right and wrong forms? Also, please consider posting to COM:Bistro.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:33, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
Bonjour, Autant que je puisse en juger, c'est bien le blason de la commune. Du moins, l'illustration semble correspondre au même blasonnement que l'image présente sur le site web de la mairie. Les deux illustrations semblent correctes, bien que leurs auteurs respectifs aient évidemment réalisé des rendus artistiques différents. Toutes illustrations correctes du blason sont également légitimes. C'est juste que quelqu'un a réalisé une illustration particulière du blason qui est actuellement utilisée sur le site de la mairie. Peut-être que l'usage de cette illustration particulière a été choisi par une décision des élus pour usage dans les communications officielles de la commune, ce qui lierait les mandataires de la commune, ou peut-être est-ce simplement un choix personnel du webmestre de la mairie. Quoiqu'il en soit, une version illustrée correcte du blason n'empêche pas l'existence d'autres versions illustrées correctes du blason. Tant que le blasonnement est respecté, les choix artistiques et la forme de l'écu dans une image n'affectent pas la validité de l'image en tant que représentation du blason. Vous pouvez discuter de ces sujets plus en profondeur sur la page fr:Discussion Projet:Blasons avec des utilisateurs spécialistes.

Comme vous le savez sans doute, les sites Wikimedia sont fondés sur l'utilisation d'images libres et réutilisables par le public. L'image actuellement utilisée sur Wikimedia est libre puisqu'elle est produite à partir du blasonnement et non copiée d'une autre illustration et que l'illustrateur l'a offerte au public sous une licence libre. Si vous souhaitez discuter avec l'auteur de l'illustration actuellement utilisée sur Wikimedia, vous pouvez tenter de communiquer avec lui sur sa page d'utilisateur de Wikipédia, qu'il semble visiter occasionnellement.

En principe, l'illustration actuellement présente sur le site de la mairie n'est pas libre et donc elle n'est pas automatiquement réutilisable. Les droits d'auteur sont la propriété de l'illustrateur qui l'a réalisée. (Ou, peut-être, la propriété de la commune si l'auteur a explicitement cédé ses droits d'auteur à la commune par contrat écrit. S'il a seulement accordé à la commune la permission d'utiliser l'illustration, il ne s'agit pas d'une cession complète.) Si vous souhaitez que l'illustration particulière actuellement utilisée sur le site de la mairie puisse être libre et automatiquement réutilisable par le public, il vous faudra donc identifier l'auteur de cette illustration, identifier le propriétaire des droits d'auteur (en principe, c'est la même personne, sauf si les droits ont été cédés), puis convaincre celui-ci d'offrir son illustration sous une licence libre permettant l'utilisation par le public pour toutes fins. Toutefois, demandez-vous d'abord si c'est bien ce que vous souhaitez. Il peut y avoir des avantages pour la commune à ce que les entreprises n'utilisent pas la même version illustrative du blason que celle que la commune utilise pour identifier ses communications officielles.

Il existe aussi d'autres options. Vous pourriez trouver un illustrateur de votre connaissance qui accepterait de produire une nouvelle version originale du blason directement à partir du blasonnement (et pas copiée sur l'illustration non libre de la mairie), qui vous conviendrait et que l'illustrateur accepterait d'offrir sous licence libre. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:20, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Question about undeleting an uploaded picture

Hi!

I'm still new to Wikipedia and I uploaded a picture to Wikimedia Commons which has since been deleted: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Hack_the_North_2019_Logo.png

I now understand I didn't give enough information about the licensing/public use of this image, and I'm wondering about what the best way to go about submitting an undelete request would be. This logo was created by the organization of which I am a part of as a student volunteer. We have been using this logo on all our public websites/social media. After reading through the FAQ and pages on Wikimedia about image licensing, I am still unsure of what license would be the easiest to get or if it might already be in the public domain. Would it be best for the original artist to somehow declare that it is available for free use?

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timohthee (talk • contribs) 19:06, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

There isn't an article about Hack the North, so it was deleted. You could create an article regarding that if you want though. Then I think you could re-upload the image, once you have gotten the license stuff done.--Pizza0614 (talk) 23:38, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
@Pizza0614: There is no requirement on Commons that a topic have a Wikipedia article in order for pictures to be uploaded. Pizza0614, is there a page that misleadingly indicates that? (I say this without passing either way on whether this particular logo is notable, but the threshold is far lower than having a Wikipedia article.)
It says on the page: "Unused trivial logo of questionable notability. Should be in SVG if useful." Maybe I misunderstood what the "questionable notability" part meant. If so, could you give me a clarification?--Pizza0614 (talk) 01:07, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
  • @Pizza0614: (1) While we prefer for SVG over PNG for a logo like this, that on its own would never result in a deletion; the person who wrote that may have their own bugaboo about it, but that isn't firm policy. (2) On notability: let me take that up in a subsection below, because clearly we will be getting a bit off-topic for the original question here. - Jmabel ! talk 02:36, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
@Timohthee: There are two issues you would need to address here.
  1. The copyright issue could be addressed by having the original artist send an email as described at COM:OTRS granting a specific license. I recommend {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}, which reserves as many rights as are compatible with our hosting the image under Commons rules. If a specific attribution is in order for the logo, remember to include that.
  2. The notability issue is independent of that. I see no indication why this organization would or wouldn't be notable; if you make an undeletion request once the copyright issue is sorted out, as part of that request you will need to explain why the organization is notable enough that there is some reason for its logo to be on Commons. If it is undeleted, that explanation probably belongs as part of the description of the logo. - Jmabel ! talk 00:19, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thank you so much for the info! I'll definitely get started on the email for OTRS — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timohthee (talk • contribs) 05:12, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Notability

@Pizza0614: Commons definitely has a lower threshold of notability than the English-language Wikipedia. For example:

  • Commons would be glad to have a photo of virtually anyone on the faculty of any accredited college or university, but most of those people do not merit a Wikipedia article.
  • Commons includes things like Category:Images from the H. Ambrose Kiehl Photograph Collection, the work of a decent but not terribly exceptional amateur photographer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, notable mainly because they are well-catalogued and give a good sense of what an amateur photographer of that era would have photographed; maybe half of these would be in Commons' scope on their subject matter alone, but a lot of them, if they were recent, we would dismiss as "unused personal photo". And even some that we very much want based on their subject matter will almost certainly never merit a Wikipedia article: e.g. a photo of a long-gone bridge over the Cedar River in Washington State.
  • Commons probably has pictures of somewhere between 250,000 and a million buildings that would never merit a Wikipedia article. For example, File:Our old house had a fire - a sad day - Flickr - brewbooks.jpg and File:Our old house restored - Flickr - brewbooks.jpg would be of at best marginal interest individually, but together they certainly merit being here. Not a trace of anything that would merit a Wikipedia article, though.

Those are a few examples. If that isn't homing in on what you were asking about, feel free to clarify what you wanted to know. - Jmabel ! talk 02:36, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:LAMBANG KABUPATEN KARAWANG.svg

Please change Copyright of this file to Public Domain thank You

--Budi Yunior (talk) 20:10, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

My Mother was " The Poster Girl " during the second WW2

I am interested in finding some information about my Mother Her name was Winnifred Jones living in Winnipeg and was based at Ft. Osborne Barracks in the Signal Corps. I have pictures of the photo that was used for the poster

Don Jones

204-330-7879

[e-mail address removed] — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.45.16.154 (talk) 16:39, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

Commons is the wrong place for such kind of requests. This is a collection of media files. If there by any coincidence is another image of your mother present here, you could look on the description for potential information that may help you, though. — Speravir – 21:20, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

I would like to remove

all my pictures from wiki commons. How can I do this?--Sammy Silver (talk) 03:27, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

You should ask an admin.--Pizza0614 (talk) 04:13, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
@Sammy Silver: You could start a DR per COM:DP. A reason would increase your chances of success.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:49, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
For what it's worth, there only appears to be one such picture. - Jmabel ! talk 15:22, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
FYI: The user also asked on Commons:Administrators' noticeboard (Special:Diff/429676196/429677954) and on my user talk page. — Speravir – 21:57, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Creating a wiki page for a Wiffle ball league

I’m a fan, and I am helping MLW WIFFLE BALL create a wiki page. They have expressed willingness to allow me to do so, yet I don’t “own” their logo. What do I do? I am being allowed by the leagues founder to continue — Preceding unsigned comment added by MLW Wifflefan (talk • contribs) 06:24, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

@MLW Wifflefan: Hi, and welcome. Usually when someone uploads a smaller logo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so the founder may need to post COM:L compliant permission for such works on their website or social media presence or send permission via OTRS because we don't allow Fair Use here. Also, any raster image will look jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg version, too. If you want to use the file on English Wikipedia, please read WP:F.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 08:20, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
@MLW Wifflefan: When you say you are helping them create a page, I assume that is on the English-language Wikipedia. Please make sure you read and comply with en:WP:COI. - Jmabel ! talk 15:23, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

APPLICATION TO CONTACT CELEB

I'm nnemeka charles a script writer,please. I'm having issue to contact,Mr.Paul hoen directors lets it shine movie,You can mail me [personal e-mail adress removed] — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.205.124.38 (talk) 10:52, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

This is really not the right place to ask things like this. He's got a Twitter account, have you tried that? --El Grafo (talk) 11:09, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Блокировка загрузки картинки

Добрый день. На странице https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B6%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9 пытаюсь вставить и сохранить картинку с обновленными маршрутами скоростного трамвая копия тут [URL=http://piccy.info/view3/13877940/b27db9cf316bc3635316b7eb0f6a297c/orig/][IMG]http://i.piccy.info/i9/7bfa3b720619776b995a8378180cabdb/1593519824/81018/1385873/37331SHvydk_1110_snyi_tramvai_skhema_800.jpg[/IMG][/URL][URL=http://i.piccy.info/a3c/2020-06-30-12-23/i9-13877940/550x777-r][IMG]http://i.piccy.info/a3/2020-06-30-12-23/i9-13877940/550x777-r/i.gif[/IMG][/URL] но системе что то не нравится и получаю отказ. Кстати здесь я тоже не смог прикрепить эту картинку — Preceding unsigned comment added by IvanZah UA (talk • contribs) 12:49, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Пожалуйста, приведите сообщение об ошибке. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:39, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

photographie de Paul Diel

Bonjour, Je souhaiterais insérer une photographie de Paul Diel sur le site Wikipedia. Je voudrais savoir si une photographie présente sur Internet dans la rubrique "image" à partir de Google est considérée comme du domaine public. Merci. JG — Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesWest321 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

eliminare file

ho caricato due file identici con la differenza unica che il primo è la versione originale mentre invece andava pubblicata la versione tagliata quadrata. come la elimino? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laura Sbarbori (talk • contribs) 14:33, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates

Why isn't my nomination added to the candidate list? The nomination is [17]. /Ascilto (talk) 17:24, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi Ascilto, you added it on the 15th of June, but spelt it wrong. I added it today for you.--BevinKacon (talk) 17:43, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

How can I prevent anyone from using, copying and modifying my work without notifying me?

How can I prevent anyone from using, copying and modifying my work without notifying me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaylann (talk • contribs) 18:59, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Jaylann, those restrictions are incompatible with the ethos of Wikimedia Commons. If you don't want people to share and modify your work, don't upload them here. Please see Commons:Licensing for more information. -mattbuck (Talk) 19:17, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Getting Back On You Tube

I went to the help page went here and now I can't get back to You Tube!! — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 173.23.235.70 (talk) 19:46, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. Please see https://youtube.com.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:57, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

File Types?

What file types can be uploaded to Wikimedia, because my account keeps telling me that .mp4 files cannot be uploaded to this website/ Ethan Parmet (talk) 19:54, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

@Ethan Parmet: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:54, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

Flag of Neum

So, the flag for the Wikipedia article for Neum doesn't look so good, so can I upload this new one from CRW Flags? --Pizza0614 (talk) 01:05, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

@Pizza0614: I don't see anything on https://www.crwflags.com indicating a free license, am I missing something? - Jmabel ! talk 01:24, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
I do not see any flag, but a coat of arms. The funny thing is File:Coat of arms of Neum.gif is bitwise identical to https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/b/ba)07-ne.gif – so I do not see, how to improve here. The dewiki article has a PNG version that is in the moment locally on dewiki (and should be moved I will deal with this) (✓ Done), but this is derived from the GIF version, too. Jmabel, according to the license section for the coat of arms image there is no copyright. — Speravir – 19:24, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
See now also/instead File:Coat of arms of Neum.png. — Speravir – 19:44, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
The crwflags page has it in a flag version too. The fact that the Commons file is identical to the crwflags image is not exactly a funny thing, as it just shows that the 2017 Commons file is an obvious copyvio copied from the 2004 artwork at crwflags. The so-called licensing of the Commons gif file is bogus, because this illustration is not a text and it is not a government work. The file was copied to Commons [18] via the hr.wikipedia 2010 copy, which tags it with only a non-free-image warning. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:08, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
@Asclepias: Your claim is only true if the creation of this coat of arms is not the official logo of this town! You can see a CoA on the town's website Općina Neum. It’s not identical, but you cannot tell me that the version by Željko Heimer counts as fictional, so the license tag applies (the license claim by Mr. Heimer is invalid). Please remove the disputed box yourself from the PNG version, I want to change author information according to the GIF Version. You should also know that on the originally given website a GIF version was present, too, not a PNG version. You may be right that the now dead website was the original source, but how will you get safe proof? I guess the best would be to link to both sites, because on the dead site there is more textual information. (Add.: I did the latter on the GIF version page.) — Speravir – 16:14, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
@Speravir: As far as I can tell, neither Asclepias nor anyone else raised the question of something being fictional until you did.
Typically, a blazon cannot be copyrighted, but any rendering of any but the simplest of blazons can be. - Jmabel ! talk 19:46, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
Aha, but wouldn’t then thousands of blazons to be deleted in Commons? I do not get it. — Speravir – 21:06, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
Most CoAs images on Commons are free. But, unfortunately, non-free images are sometimes uploaded and when they are found they are deleted. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:37, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
@Speravir:
  • Looking now at the available archived versions of www.neum.ba, I see that an almost identical illustration was already there in 2002 [19], which is before the 2004 date given for the Heimer illustration. It seems impossible that two artists, each working only from his own inspiration from the textual blason, would arrive independently at this level of similarity in all details of their respective renderings. So, one illustration was copied on the other. In that sense, it is possible that Heimer's claim is not valid, if he copied his image from the image at neum.ba, simply because then he is not the original author of the illustration. Unless, of course, he created himself the neum.ba image, which is possible given his expertise, but unproven. And, reading again in this context the information at public.carnet.hr/fame/descr/about.html, I note that he doesn't state clearly that he drew the artworks. So let's assume that he is not the original author of the illustration and that his copyright claim on this artistic rendering is not valid. However, this does not advance us. Because, still, an author drew this artistic rendering and thus someone owns the copyright on it. Even if we don't know the name of the illustrator, the artwork of this illustrator can't be on Commons without permission.
  • You seem under the impression that only artworks representing fictional coats of arms would be under copyright. That is not the case. The actual official text of real CoAs may be free, but each particular visual artistic illustrative rendering has an author and a copyright. They are not free (save exceptions). That is why non-free illustrations of CoAs are deleted from Commons. That is also why contributors of the graphic workshops on Commons and on the Wikipedias create original CoAs renderings, of which they own the copyright and which they voluntarily release under free licenses. (For more information, Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter#Coats of arms and Commons:Coats of arms.)
  • The uploader of the de.wikipedia file stated his source. He ought to know. Why would you want to dispute him and require proof? And, more importantly, why would you conceal this source information and replace it with a false source information? You stated that the source of this 2009 de.wikipedia upload "File:Coat of arms of Neum.png" was the 2017 Commons upload "File:Coat of arms of Neum.gif" (itself copied from the 2010 hr.wikipedia file), which is obviously not correct. If the idea is to add links to other copies or other versions, that can be done in the "other versions" field. Or if there is an original source, which is itself the source of the immediate source used by the uploader, it can indeed be usefully added in the source field for more complete information. Or adding an archived copy of the source. But giving false source information is not an option. In the case of this particular file, it may be of little consequence. But, in general, replacing the uploaders' sources with false information can be a serious problem.
  • I will not remove the boxes warning readers of the very dubious information. Actually, I was tempted to send the file straight to deletion requests for copyvio, but I opted for the softer option of the warning boxes, mostly to leave you a chance to request a speedy deletion yourself. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:23, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
Add the deletion requests yourself, Asclepias, you did all the research. I feel very sad now after moving the PNG version to Commons, but I will not object. I assume the dewiki uploader thought the same like me, that the license claim is invalid. — Speravir – 00:53, 2 July 2020 (UTC)
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