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This page is a list of commonly used message templates.

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Please always substitute these templates with {{subst:template name}}.

#Copyright and other legal problems
#Vandalism
#Help
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#Blocked
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[edit] Copyright and other legal problems

[edit] Deleted content

Hello Message templates,

the following content you uploaded is not free and therefore has been or will soon be deleted:

Image:Example.jpg

The Wikimedia Commons (this website) only hosts media files which can be used for any purpose, including:

use in any work, regardless of content
creation of derivative works
commercial use
free distribution

See Commons:Licensing for the copyright policy on Wikimedia Commons, and Commons:Image casebook for some specific examples. Some other Wikimedia projects have different licensing policies. For example, the English Wikipedia allows fair use of sounds and photographs. This is not the case on Wikimedia Commons; "fair use" materials are not acceptable here.

Please make sure that you only upload works you have created yourself, those which are out of copyright, or those for which you have the required permission for the work to be used in all the ways described above. Please note that derivative works of copyrighted material are also considered copyrighted. Again, please read through Commons:Licensing, which is quite crucial to understanding how Wikimedia Commons works. Thanks for your contribution, and please do leave me a message if you have further questions.

[edit] Image:Example.jpg

Pay attention to copyright

Image:Example.jpg has been marked as a copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content, that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. For images, you may find Commons:Image casebook useful. You can ask questions about Commons policies in Commons:Help desk.

The file you added will soon be deleted. If you believe this image is not a copyright violation, please explain why on the image description page.

[edit] {{subst:#if:Image:Example.jpg|Image:Example.jpg|Image deletion notification}}

Image deletion warning

Image:Example.jpg has been marked as violating policy, because it is considered unfree. This image has been, or will be soon deleted. The image is licensed under a license that does not permit unlimited redistribution, commercial use or the creation of derivative works. Wikimedia Commons is a free image repository, which means that unlimited redistribution, commercial use and the creation of derivative work must be allowed. See Commons:Licensing for more information. If you want to ask permission from the author of the image, please do so using a template from Commons:Email templates. For images, you may find it useful to read Commons:Image casebook.

[edit] Copyright violations

Hello Message templates,

You have uploaded several files that are copyright violations and you have done so despite our requests not to do so, and despite our instructions. If you do not stop uploading pictures that are not free, your account will be blocked. See Commons:Licensing for the copyright policy on Wikimedia Commons. You may also find Commons:Image casebook useful. Please leave me a message if you have further questions.

[edit] File source is not properly indicated: Image:Example.jpg

This media may be deleted.

A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, Image:Example.jpg, is missing information about where it comes from or who created it, which is needed to verify its copyright status. Please edit the file description and add the missing information, or the file may be deleted.

If you created the content yourself, enter {{own}} as the source. If you did not add a licensing template, you must add one. You may use, for example, {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-1.0+}} or {{PD-self}} to release certain rights to your work.

If someone else created the content, or if it is based on someone else's work, the source should be the address to the web page where you found it, the name and ISBN of the book you scanned it from, or similar. You should also name the author, provide verifiable information to show that the content is in the public domain or has been published under a free license by its author, and add an appropriate template identifying the public domain or licensing status, if you have not already done so.

Please add the required information for this and other files you have uploaded before adding more files. If you need assistance, please ask at the help desk. Thank you!

[edit] File Tagging Image:Example.jpg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Example.jpg. This image is missing permission information. A source is given, but there is no proof that the author or copyright holder agreed to license the file under the given license. Please provide a link to an appropriate webpage with license information, or send an email with copy of a written permission to OTRS (permissions-commons@wikimedia.org).

Unless the permission information is given, the image may be speedy deleted after seven days. Thank you.

[edit] Vandalism

{{subst:test}}	[edit] Please experiment in the sandbox العربية \| Česky \| Dansk \| Deutsch \| Deutsch (Sie-Form) \| English \| Español \| فارسی \| Suomi \| Français \| עברית \| Magyar \| Íslenska \| Italiano \| 日本語 \| 한국어 \| Nederlands \| ‪Norsk (nynorsk)‬ \| ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬ \| Occitan \| Polski \| Português \| Русский \| Svenska \| +/− Thanks for experimenting with the Commons. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed; please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Feel free to visit the community portal if you would like to learn more about contributing. Thank you!
{{subst:test2}}	[edit] Vandalism is not appreciated العربية \| Bahasa Indonesia \| Dansk \| Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Français \| עברית \| Italiano \| 日本語 \| Magyar \| Nederlands \| ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬ \| Polski \| Português \| Русский \| Suomi \| +/− You have vandalized the content of Wikimedia Commons. Please stop. If you continue making inappropriate edits you may be blocked from editing Commons. You may test freely in the sandbox.
{{subst:test3}}	[edit] Warning for repeated vandalism Dansk \| Deutsch \| Deutsch (Sie-Form) \| English \| Español \| Suomi \| Français \| Magyar \| 日本語 \| Nederlands \| ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬ \| Polski \| Português \| Русский \| 中文 \| +/− Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikimedia Commons.
{{subst:test4}}	[edit] You may be blocked soon Dansk \| Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Français \| 日本語 \| Magyar \| Nederlands \| ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬ \| Português \| Русский \| Türkçe \| 中文 \| +/− This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Commons.
{{subst:attackpage}}	[edit] Please do not create attack pages العربية \| Česky \| Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Suomi \| Français \| Magyar \| 日本語 \| Македонски \| Nederlands \| Polski \| Português \| Русский \| Slovenčina \| +/− The page Page name you created is considered to be an attack page since it seems to exist for the sole or principal purpose of attacking or disparaging a user, organization, or other entity. Attack pages are considered a form of vandalism and are not allowed. Please read Commons:Project scope/Pages, galleries and categories. The page has been deleted, or has been marked for deletion and will soon be removed. If you continue to create attack pages on Commons, you will be blocked. Thanks.
{{subst:attackimage}}	[edit] Please do not upload attack/vandalism images such as Image:Example.jpg العربية \| Česky \| Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Suomi \| Français \| Magyar \| 日本語 \| Македонски \| Nederlands \| Polski \| Português \| Русский \| Slovenčina \| +/− The image you uploaded: Image:Example.jpg does not fall within the scope of Wikimedia Commons as it appears to have been created and/or uploaded for the purpose of vandalism or attack, and is not realistically useful for an educational purpose. Please read Commons:Project scope#Must be realistically useful for an educational purpose. Please replace this image with a more useful one, or request that it be removed. If you continue to make use of such images on Commons, you will be blocked. Thanks.

[edit] Help

Welcome to Wikimedia Commons, Message templates!

First steps tutorial Our first steps tour and our FAQ will help you a lot after registration. They explain how to customize the interface (for example the language), how to upload files and our basic licensing policy. You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold contributing here and assume good faith for the intentions of others. This is a wiki—it is really easy. Getting help More information is available at the community portal. You may ask questions at the help desk, village pump or on IRC channel #wikimedia-commons (direct access). You can also contact an administrator (find an active one) on their talk page. If you have a specific copyright question, ask at Commons talk:Licensing.		Goodies, tips and tricks Put Babel boxes on your user page so others know what languages you can speak and indicate your graphic abilities. All your uploads are stored in your personal gallery Please sign your name on Talk pages by typing ~~~~ Use the CommonSense tool to find good categories for your files (then other people can find them too!) To link to an image page without embedding the image, type: `[[:File:Foo.jpg]]`, which produces: `File:Foo.jpg` If you're copying files from another project, be sure to use the CommonsHelper Made a mistake? Do you want to rename or move a file? Simply mark it like this: `{{rename\|the_new_name}}` and wait for an administrator to rename it. Do you want to remove your picture, for other reasons? Simply tag it as `{{speedy\|reason for deletion}}`. For more information read the full deletion guidelines.
(P.S. Would you like to provide feedback on this message?)

[edit] Please register

Hello! I've seen some of your edits, and I really appreciate the contributions you're making to Commons. I'm glad you're helping the project! You may wish to consider creating an account. It's quick, free, and anonymous (you don't have to give away any real-world information about yourself).

When you're logged in, you can do many things that unregistered users cannot, such as creating new pages, uploading media content, moving pages and keeping track of changes to articles you edit frequently. It helps the community, too—other users will be more likely to remember who you are when you have an account name.

If you want more information on the benefits of creating an account, see this page. And once you've registered, please [[User talk:{{{1}}}|drop me a message and say hi]]! Don't forget to sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ~~~~.

[edit] Please link images

Hello Message templates!

Thank you for providing images to Wikimedia Commons. Commons images are used by editors on many projects in many languages. Each image is put into categories. This helps other editors find them. Please add categories to each image you upload.

To add an image to a category, add the following code to the end of the page.

[[Category:Category Name]]

For example, if you are uploading a diagram showing the orbit of comets, add the following to the image description page:

[[Category:Astronomy diagrams]]

[[Category:Comets]]

This will make the diagram show up in the categories: Astronomy diagrams, Comets.

For further information on categories read Commons:Categories.

The CommonSense Tool often helps you find the best category for your image.

Here is a gallery of your images. Please check that each image has a category. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the help desk. Thank you.

[edit] Please tag your images

Thank you for providing images to Wikimedia Commons. Please keep in mind that images and other files on Commons must be under a free license and should be useful to the Wikimedia projects. To allow others to use your files, some additional information must be given on the description page. Most importantly:

Describe what it is about in a short sentence. (What does the image show?)
State the author and the date of creation. If you made it yourself, say so explicitly. If it is from another Wikimedia user, link to the person's local user page. Best to use CommonsHelper.
If you did not create the file yourself, state the source you got it from.
Add a copyright tag - images without an appropriate license tag will be deleted.
Add the image to one or more gallery pages and/or appropriate categories, so it can be found by others. To find out where an image belongs, you can use CommonsSense.

If you copied the file from another wiki, please copy all information given there and say who uploaded it to that wiki. Use CommonsHelper.

It is recommended to use Template:Information to put that information on the description page. Have a look at Template talk:Information for details of the use of this template.

You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file.

Please add as much information as possible. If there is not sufficient information, the file may have to be deleted. For more information, follow the Commons:First steps guide. If you need help or have questions, please ask at the Help desk.

Thank you.

[edit] Please give images better names

I noticed you've uploaded Image:Example.jpg and I thought I should draw your attention to a common error.

Please give uploaded images meaningful names. Otherwise they are difficult to track and it is hard to tell what the image is about without actually looking at it. I suggest you rename your image with an intuitive name that describes the image itself. Thanks, and happy editing!

[edit] Please give images good descriptions

I noticed you've uploaded Image:Example.jpg and I thought I should draw your attention to a common error.
Please give some thought to writing a good description of uploaded images. This ensures that they can be used. It also helps those that review and improve categories do a better job, which also ensures that images will get used in novel and interesting ways. Thanks, and happy editing!

[edit] Archiving this talk page

Hi !

I see that this talk page is becoming quite long. Some old browsers may have problems editing pages approaching or longer than 32kb. Please archive this talk page in accordance with the guidelines laid out here. You can do this automatically with MiszaBot.

Thank you.

[edit] Process

{{subst:dont remove delete}}	[edit] Please do not remove deletion requests Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Français \| Magyar \| Македонски \| 日本語 \| Plattdüütsch \| Nederlands \| Polski \| Português \| Suomi \| Русский \| +/− Please do not remove deletion request tags from images before an administrator has closed the debate. If you do not agree that the image should be deleted, you can express your opinion on the deletion request page. You can find this page via a link in the deletion request tag or at Commons:Deletion requests. Thank you.
{{subst:dont remove nsd or nld}}	[edit] Please do not remove problem tags Česky \| Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Français \| 日本語 \| Magyar \| Plattdüütsch \| Nederlands \| ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬ \| Polski \| Português \| +/− Hi! It has come to my attention that you have removed a warning which says that the page doesn't have enough information about the source of the image and/or doesn't have information about the license conditions. Nevertheless, it seems to me that this information is still missing and I have put back the warning(s). You may either add the required information or, if you think that required information is given, put the image up for a deletion request so that it won't automatically be deleted. Thank you.
{{subst:dont remove speedy}}	[edit] Please do not remove speedy deletion tags Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Suomi \| Français \| Galego \| עברית \| 日本語 \| Magyar \| Plattdüütsch \| Nederlands \| Polski \| Português \| Русский \| +/− Please do not remove speedy deletion tags from images that you have uploaded yourself. If you do not believe the image deserves to be deleted, then please make your case on the image's talk page. Administrators will look at your reasoning before deciding what to do with the image. Thank you.
{{subst:dont overwrite}}	[edit] Please do not overwrite images Česky \| Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Suomi \| Français \| עברית \| हिन्दी \| Magyar \| 日本語 \| Nederlands \| Polski \| Português \| +/− Thank you for providing images to Wikimedia Commons. I notice that you have uploaded [[:{{{1}}}]] and at the same time replaced an older one. I think you should know that this is only allowed when the two images are almost exactly alike. Here in Commons we would like to host as many different, useful versions as possible for Wikimedia projects to choose from. I have restored your image to an older version, but I hope you will upload your fine image with another name. Thank you, and happy editing!
{{subst:dont recreate}}	[edit] Please do not recreate deleted content Deutsch \| Deutsch (Sie-Form) \| Ελληνικά \| English \| Español \| Suomi \| Français \| עברית \| Magyar \| Italiano \| 日本語 \| Македонски \| Plattdüütsch \| Nederlands \| Polski \| Português \| Svenska \| +/− Your image or other content, Image:Example.jpg, was recently deleted in accordance with our process and policies. You have recreated this content after it was deleted; please do not do this. If you would like to contest the deletion, please visit Commons:Undeletion requests and follow the instructions there to have the deletion reviewed. Recreating deleted content outside of process is not a good idea, and doing so repeatedly may be cause you to lose the privilege of contributing here. Thank you for understanding.
{{subst:dont remove warnings}}	[edit] Please do not remove warnings العربية \| Català \| Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Suomi \| Français \| Magyar \| Македонски \| 日本語 \| Nederlands \| Polski \| Português \| Русский \| +/− Please do not remove legitimate warnings from your talk page or replace them with inappropriate content. Removing or maliciously altering warnings from your talk page will not remove them from the page history. You're welcome to archive your talk page, but be sure to provide a link to any deleted legitimate comments. You can archive your talk page automatically with MiszaBot. If you continue to remove or vandalize legitimate warnings from your talk page, you will lose your privilege of editing your talk page. Thanks.

[edit] Blocked

[edit] You have been blocked for a duration of duration

You have been blocked from editing Commons for a duration of duration for the following reason: reason. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may do so after the block expires. See block log.

This user has been blocked
The reason for the block is available in the block log. The administrator listed in the block log can give you further information.

See also the contributions of this user or the upload log in order to find out why this user has been blocked.

This user has been blocked indefinitely. See block log.

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[edit] Blocked

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for continuously uploading media that is in violation of Commons' licensing policy. If you believe this block is unjustified you may add {{unblock|your reason here}} below this message explaining clearly why you should be unblocked. See block log.
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This account (Message templates) has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikimedia Commons, because it exists solely to impersonate or attack [[User:account user was impersonating|account user was impersonating]]. See block log.

It is suspected that this user may be a sock puppet or impersonator of [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]].
Please refer to {{{evidence}}} for evidence. See block log

[edit] Username blocked

Your username has been blocked as being inappropriate, see our username policy for more information; you are encouraged to create a new account and contribute to Commons under a more appropriate username. You can do this in one of two ways:

Create a new account with an appropriate username, and you may wish to leave a note at the bottom of this page noting your new name
If you have made edits under this username and would like to have them moved to a new name, e-mail the administrator listed in the block log with your request for a new name, and they will add it to Commons:Changing username on your behalf.

To other users visiting this page: if you feel that a username has been blocked in error, please discuss it on this user's talk page.

[edit] Behaviour

{{subst:be civil}}	[edit] Please remain calm and collegial Català \| Česky \| Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Suomi \| Français \| Galego \| Magyar \| Македонски \| 日本語 \| Nederlands \| Português \| Polski \| +/− It is important to keep a cool head, especially when responding to comments against you or your edits. Personal attacks and disruptive comments only escalate a situation; please keep calm and remember that action can be taken against other parties if necessary. Attacking another user back can only satisfy trolls or anger contributors and leads to general bad feeling. Please try to remain civil with your comments. Thanks!
{{subst:be civil final}}	[edit] Please be civil العربية \| Català \| Česky \| Deutsch \| English \| Español \| Suomi \| Français \| Português \| Magyar \| Македонски \| 日本語 \| Nederlands \| Polski \| Українська \| +/− You are acting in an uncivil manner. Please remain civil and don't resort to making personal attacks or instigate edit wars. If your behaviour is not moderated, you may be blocked from further editing.

[edit] Other

[edit] Do you have a better version of Image:Example.jpg?

Thank you for your submission of Image:Example.jpg. While all submissions are useful, do you think you might be able to supply a better quality version of the same, or similar, content? In many cases, the largest and highest resolution possible is the most useful version to have available. (MediaWiki has automatic resizing functionality, so there is no need for multiple versions of the same image at different sizes, users can select any size and the software will generate and cache the needed resolution on the fly.)

If you can supply the same exact image as Image:Example.jpg at a larger resolution (or media at a higher bitrate, etc.), please just upload it over the original, users will get the new higher quality version with no further effort on your part. If on the other hand, the content is only similar, it is best to select a new image name, as there may be uses already where some aspect of the existing media was key to the usage. In the latter case, if you can provide a crosslink reference to the new image in the older one and vice versa, that will be extremely helpful.

Again, thank you very much for your contribution, it is appreciated.

[edit] Image:Example.jpg

File deletion warning

Image:Example.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.

If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue.
In all cases, please do not take the deletion request personally. It is never intended as such. Thank you!

[edit] Please stay on topic in Commons

Please don't post messages that are not relevant to Wikimedia Commons. The site does not host articles, only media files such as images, video and audio. Neither should the site be used for chatting, promotion, personal webpages or other such things. For more detail, see Commons:Project scope. Thank you.

[edit] Please do not advertise on the Commons

English | Español | +/−

Wikimedia Commons has an educational purpose, and is not the place to post promotional links or to advertise. Creating articles, userpages, templates, etc. with promotional text is not permitted, nor is the posting of links anywhere on the Commons in an attempt to advertise a website, product, company, person, or organization. Uploading of company logos, press images, and the like in order to advertise or use them only in promotional material on other wikis is also prohibited, and such images will be deleted if they are found to violate our policies.

Recreation of deleted content or continuing to post links and promotional text after warnings may result in a block. Thank you for understanding.

[edit] Please keep comments on talk pages

Deutsch | English | Español | +/−

Please do not post comments or opinions on images, articles, or categories. You may post relevant comments on the talk pages by clicking the "discussion" tab at the top of the page; useful comments and discussions are always welcome! However, please refrain from adding personal opinions or irrelevant/rude comments, as the Commons serves an educational purpose and is not the place for such statements. Thank you!

[edit] Wikimedia Commons has a specific scope

Thank you for your contributions. Your image or other content was recently deleted, or will soon be deleted, in accordance with our process and policies, because it was not, or is not, within our scope. Please review our project scope, but in short, Commons is targeted at educational media files including photographs, diagrams, animations, music, spoken text and video clips. The expression “educational” is to be understood according to its broad meaning of “providing knowledge; instructional or informative”. Wikimedia Commons does not contain text articles like encyclopedia articles, textbooks, news, word definitions and such. Each of these other kinds of content have their own projects: Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikinews, Wiktionary and Wikiquote.

If the content seems to fit the scope of one of those other projects, please consider contributing it there. If you think that the deletion was in error because the contribution really was in scope, you can appeal it at Commons:Undeletion requests, giving a reason why it fits our scope to help others evaluate the matter. Thank you for your understanding.

Commons:Message templates

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[edit] Other languages

[edit] See also

[edit] TOC

[edit] Copyright and other legal problems

[edit] Deleted content

[edit] Image:Example.jpg

[edit] {{subst:#if:Image:Example.jpg|Image:Example.jpg|Image deletion notification}}

[edit] Copyright violations

[edit] File source is not properly indicated: Image:Example.jpg

[edit] File Tagging Image:Example.jpg

[edit] Vandalism

[edit] Please experiment in the sandbox

[edit] Vandalism is not appreciated

[edit] Warning for repeated vandalism

[edit] You may be blocked soon

[edit] Please do not create attack pages

[edit] Please do not upload attack/vandalism images such as Image:Example.jpg

[edit] Help

[edit] Please register

[edit] Please link images

[edit] Please tag your images

[edit] Please give images better names

[edit] Please give images good descriptions

[edit] Archiving this talk page

[edit] Process

[edit] Please do not remove deletion requests

[edit] Please do not remove problem tags

[edit] Please do not remove speedy deletion tags

[edit] Please do not overwrite images

[edit] Please do not recreate deleted content

[edit] Please do not remove warnings

[edit] Blocked

[edit] You have been blocked for a duration of duration

[edit] Blocked

[edit] Username blocked

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Please remain calm and collegial

[edit] Please be civil

[edit] Other

[edit] Do you have a better version of Image:Example.jpg?

[edit] Image:Example.jpg

[edit] Please stay on topic in Commons

[edit] Please do not advertise on the Commons

[edit] Please keep comments on talk pages

[edit] Wikimedia Commons has a specific scope

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