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- 1 Мене заблокували
- 2 Polygondwanaland
- 3 information
- 4 File:Juan Guaidó.jpg
- 5 Maulik Pancholy
- 6 Uploading photos from scientific paper
- 7 Why does File:Wikipedian-in-Residence_Scope_Diagram_Page_1.png have a black background
- 8 How to link gallery category to wiki?
- 9 Copyright help regarding File:Welternte Weizen, Mais und Reis 1990–2017 Diagramm.jpg
- 10 New User ?
- 11 Caption feature
- 12 Updating Company logo
- 13 old drawing of dog
- 14 No contact with parent category
- 15 Is it OK to upload a picture of the front cover of a Theatre Programme in an article about the director of the play in question please?
- 16 Mass deletion nomination of Canadian signs
- 17 Images owned by others
- 18 WEBM file won't run within articles
- 19 Two English description boxes in the Upload wizard
- 20 Viet Nam
- 21 How can I find a recently uploaded image
- 22 Providing evidence of permission for open-access journal articles
- 23 Adding a photo
- 24 Copyright help regarding File:Parsa Pirouzfar2.jpg
- 25 Bild unscharf
- 26 archive.org license
- 27 Mapmakers?
- 28 How to close a media file deletion request
- 29 Restoration of deleted file File:Биогенез и секреция Wnt.JPG
- 30 Connectivity problem?
- 31 creating a profile picture
- 32 Seems silent
- 33 Jim Summaria Photography
- 34 Please cut new file in half - I tried but failed!
- 35 Deleting photos
- 36 How can I submit my biography?
- 37 Structured data
- 38 After uploading an image the colours are changed
- 39 Log in problem
- 40 Caption for audio pronunciations
- 41 What does his tie say?
- 42 Change "Bernd Brandl (Soziologie)" to "Bernd Brandl (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler)"
- 43 Rimozione immagine
- 44 Bathgate Block, Winnigeg
- 45 User afraid to Search lest he lose his current page
- 46 listening to audio files
- 47 Responding to a message from an Administrator
- 48 Categorizing species
- 49 Copy Right on picture of paintings
- 50 Deleting a picture
- 51 How to upload phonetic file from recorder
- 52 Photos of Kenneth Bowman Watson - How Do I Load Them, i.e., Get Permission?
- 53 How can I upload photos
- 54 Upload limit
Мене заблокували[edit]
Мою сторінку Ваш інтер'єр заблоковано. Я зрозуміла, що назва користувача не правильна. Що зробити, щоб розблокували сторінку і я могла змінити назву користувача?- Translation according to Google Translate:
“My page has been blocked by your interior. I understood that the username is incorrect. What to do to unlock the page and I could change the user name?”
- Did this happen to this account or another? Or is it related to a file? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:40, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Ваш інтер'єр: You could always try asking this at the page "Commons:Кнайпа". --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:42, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Donald Trung: ping won’t work – the account in question is globally locked. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 19:03, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
- Didn't see that as the mobile website doesn't display blocks/global locks, but they could probably see it after their global unlock. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:05, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Donald Trung: ping won’t work – the account in question is globally locked. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 19:03, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Polygondwanaland[edit]
The music album Polygondwanaland (2017) was released into the public domain by the owners. It can be downloaded from the band's website in MP3 or WAV format. I do not have the permissions to upload MP3, nor the bandwidth to upload WAV. Would it be possible for another editor to upload this album to commons? I have created a category for it at Category:Polygondwanaland. Beleg Tâl (talk) 00:05, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Beleg Tâl:
Done, please see Category:Polygondwanaland. — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:02, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
information[edit]
how can people see in google my uploaded history in Wikipedia kindly explain me details please.- @Fahadalmadi: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Your uploads are thumbnailed in your list of files and listed in your upload log. Who wrote these books? Where, when, and by whom were they published? — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:38, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
File:Juan Guaidó.jpg[edit]
Can someone please tell me what has happened to this image? We were using it on our main page. MSGJ (talk) 17:06, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
- @MSGJ: It appears https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Juan_Guaid%C3%B3.jpg has gone missing ("File not found") due to a bug. You may want to follow mw:How to report a bug. — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:17, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
- About this file: phab:T213655. --Crt 13:35, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
Maulik Pancholy[edit]
File: Maulik Pancholy 2014 cropped.png- @Quadriyan Cephus: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).
- No file by that name ever existed. What is your question? - Jmabel ! talk 00:27, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
- File:Maulik Pancholy 2014 cropped.jpg was deleted as a copyvio due to the existence of prior work https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/nickelodeon-at-2014-san-diego-comic-con-international-day-5. If you snapped that photo with your own hand, please post about it at COM:UDR. — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 03:11, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
Uploading photos from scientific paper[edit]
This review paper [1] is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The three photos in Figure 12 showing land disturbances at mining sites would be a gain for Wikimedia Commons. May I ask to have them uploaded? Thanks, 77.59.125.119 00:40, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
- Good point, especially uploading these photos separately, not as a montage. Are the photos available as separate pictures? Incnis Mrsi (talk) 14:22, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
- I attempted to find the separate pictures, but was unsuccessful. Maybe someone is more lucky than me. In addition, they need to be uploaded as JPG not as PNG. --Leyo 13:46, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Why does File:Wikipedian-in-Residence_Scope_Diagram_Page_1.png have a black background[edit]
Hi all
I think that File:Wikipedian-in-Residence_Scope_Diagram_Page_1.png is supposed to have a white background but for some reason on my computer it has a black background on Outreach here (it has a transparent background because its a .png), but a white background here on Commons sometimes (but not always). What is going on?
Thanks
John Cummings (talk) 09:28, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
- @John Cummings: I have no idea what’s happening at your end, but the file itself has a white background (no transparency—I downloaded it to make sure), and the thumbnails here and on the Outreach & file pages all look that way from my end.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 18:56, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
How to link gallery category to wiki?[edit]
I was looking at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kutn%C3%A1_Hora & seeing only one photo of the Jesuit College decided to upload my own... Nonetheless, in trying to figure out how to move them to the 'Jesuit College' sub-heading, I accidentally stumbled across https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jesuit_College_(Kutn%C3%A1_Hora) which now has 141 photos. Shouldn't the original wiki point to the category?- @Cpetreman: assuming that by “the original wiki” you mean the gallery page, you could add a category link similarly to what was done for the ossuary (which also has its own gallery) at the bottom of the page. Another conventional way to add a link would be to put {{Cat see also}} under the section heading. (Although gallery pages occupy this project’s “main” namespace, they’re rather peripheral to most navigation & curation activities, and are developed & maintained only sporadically.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 18:40, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
Copyright help regarding File:Welternte Weizen, Mais und Reis 1990–2017 Diagramm.jpg[edit]
Betrifft Datei: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Welternte_Weizen%2C_Mais_und_Reis_1990–2017_Diagramm.jpg
Welche Lizenz benötigt diese Datei? Oder reicht die in der rechten unteren Ecke von der FAO automatisch generierte Notiz?
Es handelt sich um Erntezahlen der FAO (Ernährungsorganisation der UN), die in Form eines Diagramms ausgegeben wurden.
Vielen Dank für eure Hilfe im Voraus. --BMK (talk) 15:40, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
- Laut FAO gilt für deren Veröffentlichungen und den Inhalt der Webseite {{Cc-by-3.0-igo}}. Ich habe das jetzt auf der Dateiseite ergänzt. De728631 (talk) 20:11, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
New User ?[edit]
I'm just started using Wikimeda Commons to help me search for decal/logos to use. I'm looking for svg auto aftermarket products to download and edit. Any help would be great.
Thanks
garystevens834- @Garystevens834: Welcome to Commons. You might want to check Category:SVG logos of companies associated with technology, Category:SVG logos of manufacturing companies and other subcategories of Category:SVG logos of companies. De728631 (talk) 20:17, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
Caption feature[edit]
I had the same question :) So, I merge it to this section.
I see that new feature appeared at the page of every image at Wikimedia Commons. I mean "Captions".
Should I copy the caption from the template "Information"? Or this new caption should be more similar to Labels at Wikidata, that is
- Captions has to start from small letter.
- The whole description should be one sentence length.
- The sentence should be without full stop.
Am I right? Please, give me a link to the documentation of this new feature. --Andrew Krizhanovsky (talk)
Dear help desk people, I just discovered the new "caption" feature and found it rather difficult to understand. I read the respective help page, which did not really help me. Apparently a caption is supposed to contain "structured data", whatever that is supposed to mean. I still do not understand, how a caption should differ from the ordinary description. I usually upload images of organisms, such as File:Saponaria ocymoides 2 RF.jpg. In this case I just entered one of the popular names of the plant as a caption for each language, with "Latin" for the scientific name. But I am really not sure whether this is what is intended or whether I am supposed to enter the contents of the entire description as a caption, possibly without the parentheses, italics and commas. As long as I cannot understand this feature (and so far I certainly do not understand it), I shall ignore it and not use it any more. With best regards --Robert Flogaus-Faust (talk) 22:11, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Robert Flogaus-Faust: Sounds like you used this exactly right. The idea is, roughly, to give a very short description, and to make that available in as many languages as possible. And, yes, it does seem to have been rolled out prematurely, with quite insufficient user acceptance testing. - Jmabel ! talk 22:35, 14 January 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! With kind regards, --Robert Flogaus-Faust (talk) 20:24, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
Updating Company logo[edit]
Hello
I'm trying to update the company logo and updated the new logo onto the Wikimedia Commons image section.
I've come unstuck however as I'm not sure of the copyright/trademark specifications and am not sure how to take the old logo down.
Ideally I would replace the new logo with the old one and the old logo is superceded by the new one.
Please can you advice?
Kind regards A1exxa (talk) 04:18, 15 January 2019 (UTC)A1exxa
- @A1exxa: First off, it's okay to have old versions of things here: rather than remove the old file outrite, change it from "File:Company logo.svg" to "File:Company logo (1999-2018).svg" and that way, we have both versions. Secondly, copyright and trademark are different beasts: many trademarks are not copyrighted or even copyright-able in the United States. Something like File:Seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.svg definitely has trademark protection: you cannot just slap that bad boy on any product you want to sell. But because it was created by and for a federal agency in the United States, it is in the public domain and has no copyright protection. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 04:36, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
- @A1exxa: May I presume this is about File:RPS BM RGB.png, and that that is the new logo? As Koavf says, Commons shouldn't get rid of the old logo, wherever that may be. It's relevant for historical reasons. I see this is UK; they tend to have a lower threshold than the U.S. for what is copyrightable, so perhaps that is copyrightable in the UK (it wouldn't be in the U.S.). Presuming it is trademarked, you will want to add {{trademarked}}. If that is copyrightable in the UK, then this will get tricky unless you are a representative of the company. (Are you?) If it is copyrightable in the UK, then we need an explicit "free license" to host it on Commons. This in no way releases trademark rights, but it does license reuse that does not infringe trademark. (I know this is tricky. Intellectual property law is tricky, and that's independent of any decisions we make here.) I would recommend something like {{cc-by-sa 4.0|author= RPS Group}} as the one that holds onto as many rights as they are allowed to hold and still be compatible with Commons' rules.
- Once that's sorted out, you reference it in an article on Wikipedia exactly the same way you reference any other image file. In particular, if there is an existing Wikipedia article, you can just replace this filename in the article. Remember to refresh your browser cache after doing so, otherwise you are liable to still see the old version. - Jmabel ! talk 04:55, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
- If the company is free-licensing this (as I just described), unless they intend to indicate the license on their own website, it would be a good idea also to go through the rights release process described at COM:OTRS so that there is no question that the company is releasing those rights, not just some individual who is not authorized to speak for the company. - Jmabel ! talk 04:59, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
old drawing of dog[edit]
could you help me fint this image, it was used on the cover of a norwegian book by Per Sivle. It is supposed to be an old drawing, maybe from 18th century https://ebok.no/lydbok/berre-ein-hund_per-sivle/ —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 51.175.1.102 (talk) 12:48, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
- It says that Per Sivle lived in the period of 1857-1904, which would be oll korrect according to {{PD-Norway70/en}}. However, could you verify that he is the author of the drawing/sketch? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:03, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
No contact with parent category[edit]
In available category:"Category:Images of user: Vitold Muratov -People" I created a blue subcategory:"Category:Images of user: Vitold Muratov - Undressed People". And uploaded her with files. From any file I get from the bottom in this subcategory. But the parent category on top of this subcategory does not see it at all.What to do? Vitold Muratov (talk) 18:57, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Vitold Muratov: the category page Category:Images of user:Vitold Muratov - Undressed Peoples doesn't have any categories, just the text "Images of user:People". You need to add
[[Category:Images of user:Vitold Muratov - Peoples]]to the category page. clpo13(talk) 18:20, 15 January 2019 (UTC)- Also, I doubt you want "peoples" here. Most commonly, "people" is the English plural of "person". There is a singular noun "people" which is pluralized as "peoples", but it would mean something like the French, or the Americans, or the Russians (each of which is "a people", and collectively they are "peoples"). - Jmabel ! talk 19:03, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
Is it OK to upload a picture of the front cover of a Theatre Programme in an article about the director of the play in question please?[edit]
Is it OK to upload a picture of the front cover of a Theatre Programme in an article about the director of the play in question please?- User:Oldtaxman, only if it contains no photos or logos, and is simple text or shapes, see Template:PD-text and others in Category:PD-ineligible license tags.--BevinKacon (talk) 22:19, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
Mass deletion nomination of Canadian signs[edit]
Have no opinion on the merits of the mass deletion requests.... but there is an editor nominating a certain type of image for delet ion on mass. I'm concerned that we're being overwhelmed here... with hundreds of articles affected on English Wikipedia. Is it normal to nominate every image in categories? Needless to say it's overwhelming and very hard to respond to hundred of these. Is this disruptive or not....looks a bit fishy?--Moxy (talk) 01:13, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- Should be banned ASAP as disruptive.—2605:8D80:542:F9D5:2C45:63B5:4F5F:BBD 01:59, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Images owned by others[edit]
I was give an image by a photographer with his permission for the express purpose of using on one Wikipedia page and no where else. Is this allowed? Thanks. KingOfKilgore (talk)
- @KingOfKilgore: definitely not here; see COM:LIC. If the Wikipedia project allows local uploads (enWP certainly does), you could do it there, but it will probably have to be treated as non-free, with a fair-use rationale.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:51, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Odysseus1479: Thank you very much for the help.
WEBM file won't run within articles[edit]
This file File:41018 Schiefe Ebene Nov 2016.webm worked very well six months ago as a movie. Now it will not run at all. It will run from its page in Commons.
See in this article en:Steam locomotive. Can anyone help? Thanks, Eddaido (talk) 04:53, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- Works for me (here and in en-wiki). If I click on it, it opens in a pop-up and plays. - Jmabel ! talk 05:35, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- Thanks for this but I waited a long time on each article, closing and opening again several times and clicking anything I could click. Now, encouraged to repeat the performance, I tried again but in both articles as I clicked the x to close the pop-up a picture flashed for an instant and when I reopened the pop-up it played! It is two articles, en:Steam locomotive and en:Rimutaka Incline. Now I've tried again and get the flashed image when it first opens. Still have to close and reopen to get it to run. I use a Mac and Mojave if that makes any difference. Thanks for your interest, at least it can be forced to run. Best wishes, Eddaido (talk) 06:19, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Two English description boxes in the Upload wizard[edit]
Why? — Ineuw talk 09:02, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Ineuw: Please see Commons:File captions. — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 09:26, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Jeff G.: Thanks for the link. This would not be necessary if the uploaders would use the image caption as the file name, and also as part of the description.:-( — Ineuw talk 10:21, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Ineuw: You're welcome. — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:40, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Jeff G.: Thanks for the link. This would not be necessary if the uploaders would use the image caption as the file name, and also as part of the description.:-( — Ineuw talk 10:21, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
Viet Nam[edit]
Đội tuyển Việt Nam sử dụng đội hình 3-4-3 chứ không dùng đội hình 5-4-1 như trong trang các trận đấu của bẚng D tại asian cup 2019 đâu ad- @Nguyenquanghai19: is this about a picture hosted here on Commons? If so, please provide a link. If it is about a Wikipedia article, please post your concern on that project; we only deal with media here.
- Google-Vietnamese: Có phải câu hỏi này về một hình ảnh được lưu trữ ở đây trên Commons? Nếu vậy, xin vui lòng cung cấp một liên kết. Nếu đó là về một bài viết Wikipedia, xin vui lòng gửi mối quan tâm của bạn về dự án đó; chúng tôi chỉ đối phó với phương tiện truyền thông ở đây.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:00, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
How can I find a recently uploaded image[edit]
I received a CCːfrom Senior Deputy County Attorney,Chesterfield County, that 2 hours ago he sent to permissions-commons
wikimedia.org, the pemission to use a drawing of Dutch Gap Conservation Center, but I could not find it. Also not sure how to search the image library. Is there a way to search images by name?Help pleaseOldperson (talk) 15:55, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Oldperson: he may not have uploaded it here. It is (afaik) possible to send your images (or a link to them) to permissions-commons and they can upload it for you. I searched for Dutch Gap Conservation and found nothing this month. Either it was uploaded without any description or it wasn't uploaded. If he did upload it, he likely included his username or the file name in the mail. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 16:17, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
@Alexis Jazz: ) What can I do. They sent me a cc: copy of the permission slip, which includes the name of the Deputy County Attorney. I noticed, however that they attached as image001.jpg. Does that help. I can forward the permission slip. Anyway I still don’t know how to search for images. Post script the commons page is acting weird I can’t type a { without getting a ̺ or type a tilde So I have to prepare this on Word and copy and paste Oldperson (talk) 16:46, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
ːː@Alexis Jazz:Could you help me out here please. I uploaded this file today I have permission from Chesterfield County's Deputy Attorney . I included in my sourse the OTRS clause and the entire permissions inluding it's address to permissions.. They sent the email with me as a cc but they named the image as image001.jpg. I renamed it before uploading to Farrar's Island Dutch Gap Conservation Center. It is difficult, in fact mind boggling, trying to navigate the upload system. Instructions say if the permission is emailed then put OTRS template in the Source.However I can't expect someone who is not an editor to try and learn the Uploader and go through the trouble of filling in the blanks. The system is definitely not user friendly. Will this image wind up being nominated for deletion, even though I included the persmissions and the owner of the copyright send a permissions email.?Oldperson (talk) 20:03, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Oldperson: sounds like you have a problem with your keyboard settings, not a Commons problem. Do other websites have the same problem?
- About permission, usually OTRS handles this and would have uploaded the file. I've asked them now because you uploaded it before they could. You can search for images using Special:Search. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 20:49, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Alexis Jazz:This problem with brackets and tildes exists only on the commons. I don't have that problem in Word nor on WP, just commons. Thanks I found the image by searching. The commons is a complete puzzle to me. Trying to navigate the pages is beyond my ken. I have no idea what or where OTRS is.it is there I just hope that it stays and is not a candidate for deletion. ThanksOldperson (talk) 21:12, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Oldperson: permissions-commons
wikimedia.org is the email address for OTRS. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 23:14, 16 January 2019 (UTC) - @Oldperson: When the permission is sent, you should get an automatic reply with a ticket number. That is the piece of helpful information we are missing here. GMGtalk 23:32, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
- {ping|GreenMeansGo}} How can I get a ticket when it was the Deputy County Attorney that sent in the permission. Here is the scenario. I asked chesterfield.gov (Virginia)to send in a permissions , as per instructions on the commons. to CC: me, they attached the image but as image001.jpg, not as Dutch Gap Conservation era. They had previously mailed me the image and I renamed it. The image was not uploaded to commons by OTRS staff. And if they had done so I could not have found it because of the name of the image (image001.jpg). Back to the beginning. Since it was chesterfield.gov who emailed the permissions, how would I get a ticket?
- I uploaded the image with the proper name and in source I included the permissions from Chesterfield . which includes the name and phone number of the county attorney. I don't know what else to do, meanwhile the issue of obtaining permission from a third party, having them email the permissions to wikipedia commons and having OTRS staff know to notify me with a ticket number is highly convoluted and almost impossible to manage. If I am not clear. A third party (copyright owner) emails permission to WP, how then am I given a ticket numberOldperson (talk) 00:58, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Oldperson: I found Ticket:2019011610006052, sent on the 16th at 13:23 UTC, and applied it to the file you uploaded. — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:29, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Oldperson: permissions-commons
Providing evidence of permission for open-access journal articles[edit]
Hi, I'm AmericanLemming. I do a fair amount of editing on the English Wikipedia, but I have little experience with Wikimedia Commons. I recently uploaded five images related to ALS to add them to the English Wikipedia article. All of them have been marked for deletion because they lack "evidence for permission." All but one of them come from the open-access journal article "Modelling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: progress and possibilities", licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0. Would including the URL to the webpage that contains the full article (http://dmm.biologists.org/content/10/5/537) or the URL to the full PDF of the article (http://dmm.biologists.org/content/dmm/10/5/537.full.pdf) be sufficient to provide evidence for permission? The four images are "File:ALS Disease Pathology and Proposed Disease Mechanisms.jpg", "File:ALS animal models.jpg", "File:ALS animal models, photos only.jpg", and "File:ALS animal models, photos only.pdf".
The fifth image is "File:Prevalence of ALS in the United States by age group, 2012-2015.jpg" from the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report article "Prevalence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis — United States, 2015". As a work of the US federal government, it's in the public domain. Similarly, would providing a link to the webpage URL (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6746a1.htm?s_cid=mm6746a1_w) or the URL to the full PDF of the article (https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/pdfs/mm6746a1-H.pdf) be sufficient to provide evidence for permission?- @AmericanLemming: with regard to the images from the review article, I would indeed add a link to the article's web page. The PDF version does not mention the CC-BY-3.0 license and is quite a big file, so I would avoid linking there. The problem with the government image is unrelated to copyright; you can object to its deletion in this DR (or FfD in Wikipedia language). --HyperGaruda (talk) 19:57, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
Adding a photo[edit]
I have a photo of the front page of the first edition of this newspaper I want to add to the page.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Post_(British_newspaper)
I can't figure out how to do it! Whoever reads this. Can I just send a link to the photo. My link wasn't acceptable to the commons upload. I even added the link to this help message and it was rejected.
I am trying to improve an entry and I am frustrated!- Hi Cliffoakley, welcome to Wikimedia Commons.
- The problem that I see is that we can't upload a page of newspaper here, all images here are free.
- Check out our first steps Commons:First steps to see how to contribute here.
- There is the possibility to upload a low resolution image of a file under copyright at English Wikipedia, however you must contact the Wikipedia community to see how and if your idea is allowed there.
- You can contact there clicking here: Wikipedia:Help desk
- -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 13:24, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
Copyright help regarding File:Parsa Pirouzfar2.jpg[edit]
The picture Parsa Pirouzfar2.JPG which is recently uploaded by me (Sc Wikinevis user) here in Wikipedia is an open source and everyone are allowed to use it.
This picture of Parsa Pirouzfar (Iranian Actor, Theater Director and Painter) was taken by an Iranian photographer Saghi Baligh and it belongs to her.
There are different version of this picture and also other pictures of other Actors and Actresses taken by this Iranian photographer (SAGHI BALIGH) in different social networks and all over the Internet, especially in Iranian websites. The google link you sent me and you believe is a copyright violation is actually an Iranian Website who used the picture of Ms. Saghi Bbaligh. Because THERE IS NO LICENSE TAGS FOR HER PICTURES | SAGHI BALIGH'S IMAGES ARE 'OPEN SOURCE' AND FREE TO BE USED, SHARED AND MODIFIED.
The photographer published this work and other of her pictures in her public Instagram page for people to use and share and she doesn't have any problem if someone use it in their social platforms, communities and websites.
If you believe you need more information you can contact the photographer herself by Public Instagram page, where she uploaded this picture and uploads all of her work.
The photographer doesn't have problem with her pictures being uploaded in wikipedia or in any other platforms.
Here the address of the photographer's Instagram, Saghi Baligh==> https://www.instagram.com/saghibaligh/
Here the source of the picture we uploaded (Parsa Pirouzfar2.jpg) in Saghi Baligh's Public Instagram==> https://www.instagram.com/p/BaE-hPsAi50/
WE TALKED TO THE OWNER (SAGHI BALIGH) | THERE IS NO LICENSE TAGS FOR HER PICTURES | THE IMAGE IS 'OPEN SOURCE' AND FREE TO BE USED, SHARED AND MODIFIED. I recieved this message from you:
FOLLOWING OUR INFORMATION it means that, THE source you found and sent US IN THE LINK BELLOW AND YOU STATED IT AS A COPYRIGHT VIOLATION, IS NOT A COPYRIGHT VIOLATION. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WEBSITE https://gahar.ir/ ALSO USED A PICTURE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY TAKEN BY Ms. SAGHI BALIGH. THE GAHAR WEBSITE IS AN IRANIAN PLATFORM THAT WRITES ABOUT EVERYTHING IN ART, CINEMA, AND OTHER DOMAINs. BECAUSE SAGHI BALIGH'S PICTURES ARE FREE TO BE USED, THIS WEBSITE USEd IT AND THEY PUT THE NAME OF THEIR WEBSITE ON THE PICTURE SO THAT THE READERS COULD FOLLOW THEIR WEBSITE AND THE ARTICLE WRITTEN BY THEM IN THEIR WEBSITE.
his file is a copyright violation for the following reason: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cdn.gahar.ir/2017/10/523933-Gahar-ir.jpg&imgrefurl=https://gahar.ir/%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B5%DB%8C-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%B6%D9%88/&h=799&w=640&tbnid=hvXrOA8-ZmoFmM&tbnh=251&tbnw=201&usg=K_ombpxXIGsAo6PlDpU8g4wYp_-Rc=&docid=FIBwb3KmTWdaLM
Please let me know what else I have to do in order to keep this picture in your platform.
CORDIALLY, SC WIKINEVIS
--Sc wikinevis (talk) 08:08, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
- In most countries, absence of explicit license means "all rights reserved". This is true in all countries that signed the Berne Convention, but I see Iran is not a signatory, so I have no idea what the law is there. This is a complicated case that would better be discussed at Commons:Village pump/Copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 17:51, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
- We have a brief overview of Iranian copyright at Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Iran, and an English translation of the 1970 copyright law can be found here. I don't think Iranian law even applies, however, since the image was originally published on Instagram. Whatever the case, if Saghi Baligh is okay with it being freely redistributed and modified, permission should be provided via COM:OTRS. clpo13(talk) 18:08, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
Bild unscharf[edit]
Nach der Einbindung von Bildmaterial in einen neu entstehenden Artikel wird mir ein Bild "unscharf" angezeigt (pixelige Ränder). Klicke ich auf das Bild, wird es in guter Auflösung dargestellt. Kann ich das verhindern bzw. wie kann vorgehen, um das zu verhindern?
Vielen Dank im Voraus:)
--Yon.i (talk) 10:52, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
- Um welches Bild handelt es sich denn? --Leyo 13:50, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
archive.org license[edit]
I found a map in the first page of a book saved in archive.org.
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_KRUbCt56M8sC/page/n5
Question: has the book or the map a license compatible with commons?
--Juan Villalobos (talk) 22:15, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Juan Villalobos: I don’t think so; I don’t see anything like a licence on the webpage, and the book itself has a notice saying it’s ©1965 by the Regents of the U. of California. According to COM:HIRTLE it won’t be free until 2061. However, it should be possible to ‘paraphrase’ the information in the illustration using a free base map.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:31, 18 January 2019 (UTC)
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- Hello Juan Villalobos,
- This questions around copyright will be better addressed here: Village pump/Copyright
- I couldn't find license description at this page, and 1965 is not that old... My suggestion is to open a thread there. And see in the bibliography of the book if the map was removed from another source, this could give a light in this case.
- -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 01:16, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
Mapmakers?[edit]
Are there any mapmakers here with free time? If so, I was wondering if any of you could create a shaded outline of the w:Guardafui Channel? Thanks Hythurrbb (talk) 00:12, 19 January 2019 (UTC)]]
- @Hythurrbb: such requests are usually handled at the Map workshop.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 01:12, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
How to close a media file deletion request[edit]
Whilst many deletion requests are correct some are most certainly not in such a case how does one close a deletion request? Though I am partiularly concerned about requests for File:Universal Declaration of Human Rights Zhuang Sawndip.png and File:Universal Declaration of Human Rights Zhuang Sawndip Traditional variant.jpg, the problem of deletion requests being left open is not uncommon. Johnkn63 (talk) 03:14, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Johnkn63: considering you have commented in both deletion requests, you really should not single-handedly close them. That would be a biased verdict. Just let it run its course; an uninvolved editor/admin will close the DR at some point. It might take a while though, looking at the DR backlog. --HyperGaruda (talk) 08:46, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for your quick reply. Happy to wait, just worried that looking at the backlog unclear as to when this might happen. As you say after making a comment it should be someone else who closes the request. As the file page itself only displays the initial request, but not the responses to that request, this cpuld confuse people, in this case because the requests suggest the file contains errors, but in fact the files do not. Is there a tag to ask others to look at the requests?Johnkn63 (talk) 12:56, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Johnkn63: As COM:DR says, Non-admins may close a deletion request as keep if they have a good understanding of the process, and provided the closure is not controversial. That you're asking how to close a DR suggests that's you don't have the requisite understanding. Also, these requests are controversial, in that Wargaz hasn't given any indication of being satisfied with your changes, so they should be left for an admin to close. I think if the closure were genuinely uncontroversial, it wouldn't be a problem that you'd already commented. --bjh21 (talk) 11:31, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Bjh21: COM:DR also says 'In general, requests can be closed by an administrator after seven days.' It is well over seven days. This has no happened. I posted a reply the same day as the request on Wargaz's talk page, he has not replied despite having made other contributions in the mean time, to which my educated guess is that he agrees. To anyone familiar with Sawndip and the wikipedia requirement to be neutral closure would be genuinely uncontroversial. I asked the question as how to also so that I could help with the backlog. Johnkn63 (talk) 13:30, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
Restoration of deleted file File:Биогенез и секреция Wnt.JPG[edit]
Please help restore illegally deleted my file and clear the charges of copyright infringement. File:Биогенез и секреция Wnt.JPG Figure was modified by me from my original in my article Важнейшие стрелочники клеток организма: белки Wnt in БИОМОЛЕКУЛА see https://biomolecula.ru/articles/vazhneishie-strelochniki-kletok-organizma-belki-wnt Tried to recover but could not Dmitry Dzhagarov (talk) 10:55, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
Oppose as previously published on the Internet and therefore needing permission via OTRS. Next time, please post at COM:UDR. — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:24, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
Connectivity problem?[edit]
Suddenly, today, I cannot upload images. I keep getting "Could not proceed due to network connectivity issues. Make sure you have a working internet connection and try again." There is nothing wrong with my internet connection and everything else works just fine, here on Commons, on all other sites and for all other activity. Anybody know what this could be about? --SergeWoodzing (talk) 05:25, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
creating a profile picture[edit]
Hello, team.
I would like to create a profile picture on page but has failed to upload, what do I do?- I don't even see any record of a failed upload attempt by you, though I could be looking in the wrong place. Can you say what tool you are trying to use to upload? Assuming its an online tool, just give the URL of the upload tool you are using, e.g. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard. - Jmabel ! talk 21:18, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
Seems silent[edit]
I asked at the map workshop if someone would help create the w:Guardafui Channel map. Does that place usually get responses? Hythurrbb (talk) 13:27, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
- Yes, but their turnaround is typically weeks rather than hours. - Jmabel ! talk 21:18, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
Jim Summaria Photography[edit]
Hi,
I would like to remove all of the photos I have contributed to Wikipedia. The photos are mostly rock and roll artists. Please let me know the next step.
Thank you, Jim Summaria —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2601:240:4B00:1A00:1866:BCD1:77B6:E092 (talk) 22:42, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
- Given that presumably you granted irrevocable CC licenses when you contributed, I don't see how you could do that. Is there some way that the contribution was legally flawed? If not, then irrevocable means irrevocable. - Jmabel ! talk 00:00, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
Please cut new file in half - I tried but failed![edit]
This is a new file;Please slice under the two drawings of the mills side by side leaving out the text immediately under the mills and the big old drawing underneath. The top half is what I need please. I understand that a new file is effectively being made. I hope this goes well. Thanks for helping Srbernadette (talk) 03:56, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Srbernadette: Does File:In 1921, Frances Martineau Lupton owned the family mills and textile manufacturing firm William Lupton and Sons - Est. in 1773 in Leeds and later Pudsey (top crop).jpg meet your needs? — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:40, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
- This meets our needs - thanks175.32.165.144 09:23, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
- You're welcome. — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 23:01, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
- This meets our needs - thanks175.32.165.144 09:23, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
Deleting photos[edit]
I uploaded two photos to use in an article and they ended up being creative commons 4.0. I need the photos removed immediately. i have never used a service as difficult as this. Please help.- I presume this is about File:1547959272570 sliickpullacover2.jpg and/or File:NO CAP.jpg, both of which have been deleted.
- Not sure what you intended, but {{cc-by-sa-4.0}} is the most restrictive license that is allowed on Commons. If you intended to reserve more rights than those, or if you are not the copyright owner and therefore cannot license those rights, then you cannot put the file on Commons. If your intent was (as I suspect) just to upload a non-free file to the English-language Wikipedia only, you should upload with en:Special:Upload and should describe the upload using either en:Template:Non-free use rationale 2 or a more specialized English-language Wikipedia template. - Jmabel ! talk 10:57, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
How can I submit my biography?[edit]
I wish to submit my biography. How do I proceed?
Riverok- @Riverok: There are no "biographies" on this site. Perhaps you are thinking of Wikipedia (in one or another language), but they don't accept self-submitted biographies either. - Jmabel ! talk 18:35, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
Structured data[edit]
Hi. There is new section : "Structured data" on the commons pages. It is not visible when I edit page. Where are the informations about it ? Why its subsection "caption" does not take description from the summary ? TIA --Adam majewski (talk) 16:14, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Adam majewski: Hello! You should have a look to Commons:Structured_data and Commons:File_captions. Feel free to come back if you have further questions. --Arthur Crbz (talk) 22:47, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
After uploading an image the colours are changed[edit]
Dear helpdesk
I have uploaded an image file:IND monologen liggend 300dpi CMYK (c) Making Waves.jpgWhen it is displayed in the page on the Dutch wiki “De Indië Monologen” the colours have become different from the original image on my Mac computer.
- Green has become more intense, neon-like.
- Blue seems to be covered with a grey layer.
What can I do to obtain the original quality in the uploaded image?
Greetings in advance Paul Reus. Paulus 2 (talk) 17:49, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
- Convert into RGB color model, cf. Help:JPEG#Color model. But first resolve the licensing issue. — Speravir – 01:32, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Log in problem[edit]
Hi, I was logged out and now cannot log back in. I tried to order a new password but haven't received the e-mail (maybe it was sent to a no longer active e-mail account). How do I get back into my account?User:Ramblersen —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.23.235.183 (talk) 23:23, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
- Can you remember which e-mail address you used with that account, and did you check all of your e-mail accounts? If nothing works you could always make another account and just write down on its user page that you lost your password. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 18:48, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Caption for audio pronunciations[edit]
At UploadWizard, ++this new feature++ caption (one line) is 'optional'. I upload without. When I go to my File:EL-ζω.ogg, the caption is visible-empty.
- 1. I cannot erase it (It takes up a lot of space)
- 2. When I edit it with: 'Audio Greek pronunciation: ζω (I live)', it gives: Forbidden.
Any solution? Thanks. Sarri.greek (talk) 04:16, 21 January 2019 (UTC) ++But when I write caption AT UploadWizard, it is ok. Sarri.greek (talk) 07:03, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
What does his tie say?[edit]
If you zoom in on Farage's tie, you can see that it has a legible text on it. Unfortunately, I don't understand it at all. Could someone translate it for us and then add a note on the picture? Mr. Farage didn't wear that specific tie at that specific moment (during a speech in the European Parliament) by chance. Thank you! --Edelseider (talk) 08:55, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- Non Illegitimi Carborundum. --ghouston (talk) 09:15, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- Ah-haahh, thank you!! --Edelseider (talk) 09:23, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Change "Bernd Brandl (Soziologie)" to "Bernd Brandl (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler)"[edit]
Dear Madam or Sir would it be possible to change "Bernd Brandl (Soziologie)" to "Bernd Brandl (Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler)" in the "main header" which is more adequate.
Best wishes: Bernd- Hello Prof. Brandl! Please write on this Place. Regards from Austria: --GT1976 (talk) 11:30, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Rimozione immagine[edit]
Salve mi chiamo Diego Barbero e sono un Geologo, circa una settimana ho caricato questa immagine da me creata , riguardante la causa di un dissesto idrogeologico, e dopo di che ho aggiornato questa pagina https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dissesto_idrogeologico con l'immagine nella sezione "cause". Vorrei solamente sapere perché è stata rimossa.
Grazie- @Ruthven, Steinsplitter: Can any of you please have a look at this? De728631 (talk) 14:09, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- @GeologoBarbero: L'immagine era stata inserita in mezzo al testo e senza didascalia, probabilmente per quello è stata rimossa. In ogni modo, quando chiedi informazioni/consigli sulla Wikipedia in italiano, è meglio chiedere allo Aiuto:Sportello_informazioni di Wikipedia. --Ruthven (msg) 14:29, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
Bathgate Block, Winnigeg[edit]
It says Public Domain, but the photo said some rights reserved when I downloaded it. Is it OK for the Commons? Drenowe (talk) 16:41, 21 January 2019 (UTC)drenowe
- Drenowe: Are you talking about File:Winnipeg Bathgate Block, 1882-1883.jpg? It seems likely that the Flickr user intended to waive their copyright and place their work in the public domain. If that was their intent, they should have used the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. Unfortunately, they marked it with Public Domain Mark 1.0 instead. The Public Domain Mark is just a general statement that the content is believed to be in the public domain. It is intended for things like third-party works where the copyright has expired. It contains no language that would waive any copyright that actually exists. Therefore, it is not sufficient for Commons. Since it's probably the Flickr user's intent to release the photo, you can hopefully get them to change the copyright information on Flickr if you contact them.
- In the future, please use Flickr2Commons when uploading from Flickr. It will refuse to upload files with incompatible copyright terms, it will ensure that you upload full resolution versions instead of miniatures, and it will tag the files for licensing review to avoid deletion in case the uploader changes the licensing on Flickr later. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:47, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
---Thanks very much. Can you remove the photo? I'm just learning the ropes, and at this point I don't know how to delete it. Drenowe (talk)drenowe
User afraid to Search lest he lose his current page[edit]
- User is editing a page.
- User needs to search for another page.
- User dares not use the search box (placeholder="Search Wikimedia Commons") at upper right, lest his current page become part of his browser's history, needing clicking BACK to hopefully get back to it intact.
- Therefore user painfully middle clicks Special Pages in the left panel, and then clicks Search from the list of special pages.
Jidanni (talk) 10:30, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Jidanni:,
Question wouldn't opening a new tab to search 🔎 solve this problem? --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 11:08, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- Moved here from Commons:Village pump/Proposals. This is not a proposal. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 21:56, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Jidanni, Donald Trung: even quicker, use the search box on the current page but command-click (control-click on Windows?) to open the results in a new tab or window. Works in Safari at least.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:53, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- If there's a method that works on Firefox/Linux, I have yet to find it. Ideally, middle-clicking the search icon would open a new tab. --ghouston (talk) 02:21, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- I have a better work-around than "painfully middle clicks Special Pages in the left panel, and then clicks Search from the list of special pages." I middle-click my user name (or any other handy link if scrolled down a page) and use the search box in that new tab. When editing, you can middle-click the CC license link at the bottom. --ghouston (talk) 02:28, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- Usually when browsing away from an in-progress wikitext, a pop-up asks whether you really want to leave the page, making an additional click necessary anyway. I don't see what is so much more painful about middle-clicking a random link first and then search over there. --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:26, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- You wouldn't be leaving the page, you'd be opening a new search in a new tab. --ghouston (talk) 08:39, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
- Alright, this functionality can be enabled with MediaWiki:Gadget-search-new-tab.js. Activate it in the preferences, Gadgets -> Interface: Other -> Search results in new tab, save the preferences, clear the cache at MediaWiki:Gadget-search-new-tab.js, and now control-click or control-Enter in the search box puts the results into a new tab. --ghouston (talk) 09:10, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
- Usually when browsing away from an in-progress wikitext, a pop-up asks whether you really want to leave the page, making an additional click necessary anyway. I don't see what is so much more painful about middle-clicking a random link first and then search over there. --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:26, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Jidanni, Donald Trung: even quicker, use the search box on the current page but command-click (control-click on Windows?) to open the results in a new tab or window. Works in Safari at least.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:53, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- Moved here from Commons:Village pump/Proposals. This is not a proposal. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 21:56, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
listening to audio files[edit]
how can I listen to files —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 34.245.90.222 (talk) 22:11, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- @34.245.90.222: what browser are you using? What kind of device are you using? As this may affect what file types you could play. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:10, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Responding to a message from an Administrator[edit]
I received a message from Administrator Patrick Rogel and want to reply, but can't find a way to do it. I tried to respond on the page which has the message from him and nowhere can I find a place to write something to him. I went to his talk page and there also I could not find a space that let me type in a response. Could you tell me where exactly I should type the response. Thanks- @Jacob Simon Egan: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).
- Patrick is not an Administrator here, what made you think he was? You could use the "edit" link on the same line as the title of any section where you want to reply, or create a new section on his user talk page. — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 04:34, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Categorizing species[edit]
Hello. I've been having some trouble categorizing a particular species as the categories aren't created yet. I'm not really understanding the {{Taxonavigation}} template but I've found two sources : 1, 2. Would someone more experienced be able to show me how to properly create the category here? Thank you. Jon Kolbert (talk) 23:32, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
- Same thing with Category:Eoborus, Category:Temesa, and Category:Itaborahia. If someone's able to assist :) Jon Kolbert (talk) 00:05, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Jon Kolbert: Commons:Categories#Creating a new category. Also, it may help to look at a similar category page in "edit" mode. - Jmabel ! talk 05:03, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Jmabel: I got that far but I do not understand specifically what to put for the "classification=" parameter and what to do when there is conflicting data in the two sources I found. Jon Kolbert (talk) 05:34, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Jon Kolbert: Commons:Categories#Creating a new category. Also, it may help to look at a similar category page in "edit" mode. - Jmabel ! talk 05:03, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Copy Right on picture of paintings[edit]
Dear all, I would like to know if I upload pictures (that I took myself) of paintings from my grandmother that I would loose the copyrights--Enio Barbaro (talk) 11:58, 22 January 2019 (UTC)--Enio Barbaro (talk) 11:58, 22 January 2019 (UTC) on this pictures if I publish them inside the article of my grandmother on Wikipedia? Thanks, Enio--Enio Barbaro (talk) 11:58, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- @Enio Barbaro: Hi,
- Could you please who is your grandmother? If she is still alive, or if she died less than 70 years ago, we will probably need a formal written permission via COM:OTRS.
- You have to release the image under a free license, so you don't loose any copyright, but you allow everybody to use it for every purpose. Regards, Yann (talk) 12:40, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
- On that last, more precisely: if you use {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}}, you retain the right of attribution, but otherwise grant pretty open-ended rights of reuse. - Jmabel ! talk 17:38, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
Deleting a picture[edit]
Hello, I just uploaded a photo, but I just saw it was the wrong one. I am trying to delete it by following instructions which ask for me adding a template to the photo description, but nothing has happened yet. The file is called: Anubis The Ride 2017.jpg Could you please help me or give me clear instructions on how to delete it?
Thank you in advance!- @WWHJ: you'll want to use the template {{Speedydelete}} with a brief explanation, like this:
{{Speedydelete|Uploader request}}. Alternately, use{{SD|G7}}to mark a file as eligible for deletion per author request (G7) clpo13(talk) 19:31, 22 January 2019 (UTC) - @WWHJ: I see you actually tried using the right templates, but you should place them at the absolute beginning of the wikicode instead of somewhere in between the text. --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:07, 22 January 2019 (UTC)
How to upload phonetic file from recorder[edit]
I want to upload a phonetic file with the word "skjuta" in Finland Swedish. I have recorded it on the recorder on my phone, and the only way to upload it is to share it to drive. It says it's a .amr file, but commons doesn't accept it. If I change the ending to .ogg as the other phonetic files, but it says the MIME doesn't match. Can I possibly send it with gmail to my computer and there convert it to .ogg ant then upload it, or what should I do?- @EiptRbkt: Easiest way is to use an online converter like ZamZar from your computer. Haven't tried it, but there are probably other converters. Hope that helps. Rodhullandemu (talk) 11:56, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Photos of Kenneth Bowman Watson - How Do I Load Them, i.e., Get Permission?[edit]
I am the granddaughter of Kenneth Bowman Watson - WWI Pilot. I would like to add two photos of my grandfather to the Wikipedia entry for him. What do I need to do to be allowed to do this?- Unfortunately, the issue isn't who the photos are of but who might own the copyright, typically the photographer. Do you know who that would be and, presuming they are no longer alive, when they died? If not, we won't be able to accept those on Commons, but they could be uploaded directly to the English-language Wikipedia on a fair use basis, using en:Template:Non-free use rationale 2 instead of the {{information}} template. - Jmabel ! talk 16:40, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
How can I upload photos[edit]
Hoe can I upload photos on Wikipedia- @Arun Siwach jaat: Signing your posts on talk pages is required by Commons:Signatures policy. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion).
- Please read COM:FS and avoid calling anyone "Hoe". — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:31, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Upload limit[edit]
Hi, Just wondering is there any way I can bypass the 60 image upload limit ? .... As I can take well over 100 images in a day it's a pain having to upload in 50 batches so didn't know if there was a way around it?,
Thanks, –Davey2010Talk 22:07, 23 January 2019 (UTC)