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Update an existing image [edit]
Hello, I have spent quite a bit of time researching the Frisian Flag and I would like to update the flag But I am apparently not experienced enough to accomplish this. I would like to publish it under my name (preferably my real name, and not my handle) and off course free for any usage what so ever) Can you provide an small "how to"? AceT (talk) 15:43, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
- Maybe you shouldn't overwrite File:Frisian_flag.svg if you don't feel too confident, but instead upload your version under another name for now... AnonMoos (talk) 00:21, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
Sidney cooper RA 1872 cattle on marsh scene in old style frame had since 1955 not shown in sub/categories just interested as enquiry if known about left to me as boy [edit]
just an enquiry may or not be of interest I have a Sidney cooper picture dated 1872 RA of cattle scene marsh land has a 1"border and in an old style frame left to me in 1955 as I noticed your web page I looked up the subject but didn't see my particular picture thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.131.173.195 (talk • contribs) 10:57, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
- This is a page for asking for help with uploading files to the Wikimedia Commons media repository, but it's quite difficult to work out what your question is. Could you try to rephrase it, perhaps using punctuation marks? Do note that you'll need to have an account to upload files. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:32, 4 May 2013 (UTC)
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- I think he owns a painting which is not in either Category:Thomas Sidney Cooper or Category:William Sidney Cooper... AnonMoos (talk) 00:17, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
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Could not create directory "mwstore://local-multiwrite/local-public/0/01" error [edit]
Hello!
When I tried to upload Dewan_Rakyat_2013_Equal_Area.svg based on Dewan_Rakyat_2008_Equal_Area.svg using http://toolserver.org/~luxo/derivativeFX/deri1.php , after submitting it, I'm forwarded to this form: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload (which is now normal), but when I submit it here, I am returned to the same form but with this text in red under "Upload warning":
Could not create directory "mwstore://local-multiwrite/local-public/0/01".
Can someone please help? Thanks, cmglee (talk) 12:30, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
New version [edit]
I noticed that I made a mistake in a file I made (PLP_mechanism.svg), but the new version (a word needed changing) does not stick. What am I doing wrong? --Squidonius (talk) 23:12, 8 May 2013 (UTC)
- Probably a caching problem. I see "cysteine" under second chemical structure in bottom row. AnonMoos (talk) 00:10, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
louisvutton [edit]
heute erschien louis vutton auf dem anmeldbildschirm, wie entfernen —Preceding unsigned comment added by Heidrun (talk • contribs) 07:31, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
upload picture for Wikipedia article with permission of the professional photographer [edit]
At the Dutch wikipedia version, categories "Nederlands schrijver" & "Nederlands journalist", I wrote an article (nickname: antinoos) about the Dutch writer and journalist Annemieke Hendriks. A picture of the journalist/writer Annemieke Hendriks is made available by a professional photographer, mr. David Ausserhofer. Mr. Ausserhofer has sent me a digital letter, stating that he gives permission to use this picture. I want to load it up now, but what procedure can I follow for that? Han Borg/antinoos —Preceding unsigned comment added by Antinoos (talk • contribs) 13:17, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
- Commons:OTRS has the instructions. The photographer may have to send them an email from their official site to verify.--Canoe1967 (talk) 16:32, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
Why I don't have the Sharing rights? [edit]
Why I don't have the Sharing rights of TV News Capture(photo)?
- But I saw that Others can shareing to (Such as : http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%92%E5%8B%95%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E5%8F%B0) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ricky819 (talk • contribs) 16:02, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
- Because you not own the copyrights. Read the copyright law. The file in zh:互動新聞台 is used under fair use, see the explanation on the file description zh:File:TVB 0083.png. Here on Wikimedia Commons fair use is forbidden. --Martin H. (talk) 16:11, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
Obtaining permission for using an image [edit]
I have used an image from wikimedia fom my M.Tech.thesis. The link of the image is http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birdeye.jpg. I declare that I am not using it for any commercial purposes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.139.38.10 (talk • contribs) 06:35, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
- That image has a CC-BY-SA license, so you don't need to ask permission (and since there's no "NC" restriction, you don't have to worry about commercial use). All you have to do is properly attribute "Jimfbleak at en.wikipedia" in your dissertation... AnonMoos (talk) 07:57, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
UP LOADS [edit]
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO UPLOAD VIDEOS.NOTHING IS COMING OUT RIGHT WHY? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Victorious Life T.C. (talk • contribs) 18:00, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
- Did you had a look at help:CV? If there are still problems please let me know – either here or on my talk page. Don't forget to be precice what you already tried and what did not work. Thanks. --McZusatz (talk) 07:19, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
upload picture [edit]
I made a picture of a public grave in honnour too brave off 487 NZ RAF SQDR in Belgium can i upload this picture? how do I upload this picture —Preceding unsigned comment added by Farman be (talk • contribs) 19:15, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
- See Commons:First steps--Canoe1967 (talk) 19:21, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
State flag of New Mexico [edit]
All I want to do is up load the state flag of New Mexico. This is such a hassle. I always contribute during fund raising. Why when you enter a name of a person or place under 'All' do you now have to go the Wikipedia to get results. All meant all at one time. I use Wikipedia many times a day. Thanks for the service. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jemezcat (talk • contribs) 23:40, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
- We already have File:Flag of New Mexico.svg for you to use; please don't try to overwrite that file unless you're proficient in relevant SVG technical details... AnonMoos (talk) 02:50, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Upload quality [edit]
I realized that the photos that I uploaded appear much darker on the site than my photos. I would like to replace them.. How can I do this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by CaryllB (talk • contribs) 00:42, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- If they do, it's probably due to idiosyncrasies in handling image gamma. There are specialized tools that can remove metadata without reediting the losssy image data, which may be appropriate... AnonMoos (talk) 02:55, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
HELP - PDF to SVG Image Convert/Upload Problem. [edit]
Seems converting a PDF Image File to an equivalent SVG Image File via Inkscape (0.48.4 r9939) - and then uploading to Wikimedia Commons - could have gone better in some way? - seems the *uploaded* SVG image is substantially different from the original PDF image (and converted SVG image) - Please Advise? - Thanks for your help in advance - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 14:10, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- It's not convenient for me to download a 19-meg SVG file and look inside it, but when the SVG is 20 times the size of the original PDF, is a safe bet that something slightly strange has happened. Part of the problem may be that the PDF contains two JPEG2000 images, where JPEG2000 is completely different from ordinary JPEG... AnonMoos (talk) 15:49, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- Thank You for your comments - I *entirely* agree - something seems amiss - I'm trying to update the Mars Casius Quadrangle article - should note that other similar articles include the "PDF" version of the Quadrangle and seem to be ok (?) - other similar PDF images seem to be ok also - but a tag to upgrade to a SVG version is noted on the PDF image description - Suggested Solutions Welcome - Thanks Again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 16:49, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- UPDATE: Seems converting the original PDF file to a PNG File (via http://pdf.my-addr.com/free-online-pdf-to-png-convert.php or GIMP v2.8.4 program) - and uploading to Wikimedia Commons - works much better than the SVG Conversion/Upload - seems ok at the moment - Comments Welcome (in case I may be overlooking something?) - in any case - Thanks Again for the help - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 17:25, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- Thank You for your comments - I *entirely* agree - something seems amiss - I'm trying to update the Mars Casius Quadrangle article - should note that other similar articles include the "PDF" version of the Quadrangle and seem to be ok (?) - other similar PDF images seem to be ok also - but a tag to upgrade to a SVG version is noted on the PDF image description - Suggested Solutions Welcome - Thanks Again - and - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 16:49, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
Dix08 [edit]
| Description |
Backsippa |
| Date | |
| Source | photo: Erik Engström |
| Author | Dix08 |
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Dix08 (talk • contribs) 21:39, 14 May 2013 (UTC)
- What is this? Clarify your question! --Tito Dutta (Send me a message) 02:14, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- No actual question asked and no response to follow-up questions, so I'm marking this for archival. —LX (talk, contribs) 15:04, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
txt and word [edit]
1 why does the txt and word can't be accepted
2 what kind of files that i can upload —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lanxunshuma (talk • contribs) 01:48, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- See Commons:Project scope/Allowable file types --Tito Dutta (Send me a message) 02:13, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- Lanxunshuma -- Wikimedia Commons is really for media fixed in a particular concrete visual, audio, or audio-visual form. General text files and word-processing files don't really fit this description; however, in some cases you can upload documents in PDF or Dejavu formats. AnonMoos (talk) 17:21, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
SUBIR ARCHIVOS HTML [edit]
Hola:
Soy ingeniero y estoy relacionado con el mundo del motor y los coches clásicos. El caso es que poseo un vehículo que no está en wikipedia y he creado una página web sobre él, y al intentar subirla me dice que no me deja subir archivos HTML.
¿Cómo subo la página? Yo soy el autor y deseo compartir mis conocimientos sobre dicho vehículo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sportbocanegra (talk • contribs) 18:29, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- Wikimedia/Wikpedia is not a web-hosting service. Textual content should be incorporated into Wikipedia, Wikisource, etc. (if suitable), not uploaded... AnonMoos (talk) 00:15, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Can I upload this image? [edit]
Hello. Im trying to find images of singer Brandy that can be used on Wikipedia. I think I have found something here ---> http://www.flickr.com/photos/thecosmopolitan/5322012717/
But I'm not sure :S Can somebody help me out?
Kind regards 90.227.245.241 20:28, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- That one has the wrong license. "No Derivative Works". We need to allow derivatives here. Sometimes if you email them then they can provide images through Commons:OTRS.--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:03, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
- Category:Brandy Norwood has a few lame images.--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:05, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Header [edit]
I am trying to retrieve a Facebook acct that Facebook told me was hacked .I tried every thing for days to get a new pass word . I opened a new acct with Facebook. my dilemma is that I had hundreds of pictures on Facebook and I lost my files to the pics.Like I said I have been4 days trying to set a new password and no luck can you please help me .I don't even know if I have the right dept.I tried to log in with Wikipedia No Luck thank you <redacted> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.153.50.32 (talk • contribs) 20:58, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- I doubt we can help you here. Can you try emailing Facebook directly? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Miscellaneous may help.--Canoe1967 (talk) 00:00, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
- You don't just have the wrong department, you have the wrong site. This is Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org), not Facebook (www.facebook.com). —LX (talk, contribs) 14:59, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Upload File not working again!! [edit]
Here we go again. Firefox 16. Upload File stopped working for me for a long time a couple months ago and I posted here; it mysteriously started working again, so no complaints. But as of RIGHT NOW (within the last couple of hours), Upload File now no longer works for me on this browser and even worse, my private .js "Direct upload" link is gone from my Participate menu on the left. What happened?? – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:11, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- Ok some more details: Upload Wizard (which is what I mean by "Upload file" above) is also missing links at the top (AGAIN) to the direct upload links. I do have a private "DerivativeFX" link in my Participate menu that fortunately did not disappear, so I can still easily access the original upload menu links—including an upload page that when I go to, my "Direct Upload" link (which links to here) appears. So something is messed up here. I can try a different browser later but this freaky stuff just shouldn't be happening. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:14, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
- Apparently this is a site-wide problem, according to Commons:Village_pump#Gadgets_and_tools_have_disappeared.2C_and_other_problems. So at least it's not just me. – Kerαunoςcopia◁galaxies 21:23, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
Cannot upload a file that was previously deleted [edit]
Hi. I cannot upload a file that was previously deleted. I have all the information required to fill its description, right from the owner of the photograph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Naveen.s1987 (talk • contribs) 17:23, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
- You should not recreate previously deleted files yourself. Instead, please request undeletion. Be sure to mention the name of the file and provide the source, authorship and licensing information. If you are not the copyright holder, you will most likely have to send in an e-mail with evidence of the copyright holder's permission to publish the file under a free license allowing anyone to use the file for any purpose. —LX (talk, contribs) 14:40, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
Licence? [edit]
Hi, can I upload this image or is the licence wrong for Wikimedia Commons. Thanks,--Altaileopard (talk) 22:19, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
- See Commons:Flickr files, the license not allows derivative works
, therefore not ok on Commons. --Martin H. (talk) 05:17, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
- Ah, thanks. That´s what I thought, but I was not sure. Best, --Altaileopard (talk) 13:10, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
Unable to Upload (Catalan) [edit]
Quan acabo de posar els drets de Llicència al pujar una imatge, no puc continuar: al pitjar el botó SEGÜENT, no salta al següent pas i es queda paralitzat sense dir si hi ha cap mena d'error. Algú sap perquè passa això? I com es pot solucionar? --Ferran Mir (talk) 18:28, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
Фото [edit]
Как мне загрузить фото на википедию? Как бы аву свою сделать?!! Или нет, или я должен выделатся, то есть быть популярным, Заранее спасибо. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Дима7 (talk • contribs) 21:14, 18 May 2013 (UTC)
- Для загрузки файлов в Википедию необходимо получить там статус загружающего. Для этого нужно: стаж в проекте не менее 14 суток и сделать не менее 20 правок. Stas1995 (talk) 16:16, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
No subject [edit]
The Photo you have of Villa Richter is NOT located on Veilchenweg. It's on Robert Diez Strasse 9. Please correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.132.148 (talk • contribs) 03:35, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
- This is a wiki, so you should be able to correct most mistakes you find yourself. In any case, it's going to be really difficult to help you if you don't indicate which photo you're referring to. We have at least 10 photos of something called "Villa Richter", but searching for files mentioning "Villa Richter" and Veilchenweg yields no results. —LX (talk, contribs) 10:27, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35765599@N00/192404899 [edit]
Hi, I uploaded the above file to Commons a few days ago using Toolserver :: ~Bryan Somehow the image itself did not arrive and this is the result: File:1934 Austin Ten 192404899.jpg
What should I do now? Thanks and regards, Eddaido (talk) 07:45, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
- Done, uploaded it manually using the upload link on the already created file description page. --Martin H. (talk) 12:24, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
meaning of 'remix' in the licenses [edit]
I am currently translating the commons file uploading licences at translatewiki.net. In the text "(Anyone may use, share or remix these works....)" is "adapt" an acceptable synonym for "remix"? Or does "remix" refer specifically to remixing an audio file? Lloffiwr (talk) 11:35, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
- Adapt is indeed an acceptable synonym (and in my opinion, it's the preferred term). It's what Creative Commons themselves use in their summary, and "adaptation" is the term used in the actual legal code (see section 1 a for the full definition). —LX (talk, contribs) 18:15, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
May I upload file from a News Paper [edit]
Kindly see this image. May I upload it on wikicommons? If yes, what will be the licensing terms? Please help me. Thanks-- Krantmlverma (talk) 04:53, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
