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Public domain

Latest comment: 3 months ago7 comments2 people in discussion

Hello! The Upload Wizard tutorial picture doesn't elaborate on the statement that those two are the "MAIN exceptions." For example, aren't the photographs, which are in the public domain themselves, the case that is major enough to be mentioned too? robinscarlet (talk) 07:14, 23 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Robinscarlet: The Upload Wizard tutorial picture: could you please link to whatever file you are talking about? - Jmabel ! talk 19:36, 23 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Licensing tutorial en.svg from Special:UploadWizard is talking about "two main exceptions" (when the files could be created not by their uploader). I suggest the addition of some link to the explanation about the exceptions or/and specifically of the mention of another popular exception, the public domain photos. robinscarlet (talk) 19:58, 23 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Please use internal links. File:Licensing tutorial en.svg, which indicates things like source, etc.

That came from the WMF, is translated into several dozen languages, and I'm not entirely sure how much liberty we have to mess with it. As I understand it, the intent was "keep it simple." I agree with you that if we were to add one point to it, that would be the one, but I think the problem there is that so many people do not understand "public domain", and it would probably take another graphic as complicated as this whole one here to give even a half-decent introduction to the topic. - Jmabel ! talk 21:39, 23 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Didn't I use the internal link? Do you mean my initial post? I thought it would be clear what I mean in there since I was talking indeed about the page, this one is specifically dedicated to. But I would try to be clearer in the future. Sorry for inconvenience.

Sorry, yes, you did, I'm not sure why it seemed to go the wrong place (straight to the raw image) when I clicked it, but I should have checked your wikitext. - Jmabel ! talk 01:05, 24 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

It could be simple on the page Special:UploadWizard itself. But that page doesn't let to learn more regarding the vague wording like "main" or "usually." For example, I was uploading the picture because I learned that the Associated Press photos prior to 1963 are allowed on Wikimedia Commons. The "usually 150 years old" part in this UploadWizard tutorial confused me though. It would prevent me from uploading if I wouldn't have been sure about my actions in advance.

Yes, I wasn't aware that Wikimedia Foundation comes up with explanations of the rules of its specific sites, like the one in question. I thought that's what their communities do. What's the point of this feedback page (welcoming the "ideas" too) then if nothing is going to change? robinscarlet (talk) 22:19, 23 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

That can certainly sit there as a suggestion. Unfortunately, WMF has basically no one assigned to this work at the moment.

150 years there is, of course, almost insanely cautious (though if I were trying to say it in one sentence for someone who knew nothing about the issue, I probably wouldn't pick a number below 120). The actual situation is almost impossibly complex. Even the much longer "rules of thumb" given at Commons:Uploading works by a third party#Understanding copyright probably only cover about 80-90% of cases of what is in the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 01:11, 24 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Coordinates

Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I see that Upload wizard doesn't add Location template to my photos. They have cords on metadata, nothing changed from my side. What could have happenned? Анастасия Львова^ru/en 13:28, 18 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Image uploading error

Latest comment: 16 days ago5 comments3 people in discussion

I'm struggling for 4 days to upload any picture to Wikimedia Commons (using Upload wizard or Standard form). I've tried refreshing page, various browsers, opted from my quite unstable mobile internet connection to neighbor's landline connection - nothing works. The only successful example was File:Kampai (Merkinės).JPG, after I resized it a bit but I want to upload unresized pictures (ever cropped ones, having around 2-3 MB can not be uploaded). Hugo.arg (talk) 14:50, 28 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Hugo.arg: very weird, since I haven't seen other similar reports.

I presume these have been normal-sized images and that you are using a reasonably normal PC (not some other device); File:Kampai (Merkinės).JPG is below average size these days, so if that was near the limit, that's worrisome.

One experiment to try: see if you can overwrite that with the normal-sized version of the same.

Other than that, maybe bring this to COM:VP/T? Doesn't sound like it's an Upload Wizard problem as such. - Jmabel ! talk 12:31, 29 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Hugo.arg: You may also wish to compare this uploading experience with uploading on other projects, or see mw:How to report a bug. I find that fast.com, speedtest.net, and User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js (doc at User talk:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js) help me to diagnose unstable mobile internet connections objectively. Over the years, I have learned things like: mobile data is best outside with line of sight to the tower, or at least inside by an open window; a wifi repeater can extend signal around mirror, plumbing, fridge, and shelving I can't move; some microwave ovens leak energy near the same 2.4 Ghz frequency used by lower channel IEEE 802.11a wifi routers; and the wifi hotspot in my Samsung Galaxy S23 smartphone is severely limited to around 500 Kbps (measured as slow 85 Kbps once) despite full bars, so I developed User:Jeff G./lofihome and then got a Ryoko Pro wifi hotspot. Of course, some of the above may not help you in Lithuania. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:59, 29 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Yes, it was indeed a bad internet connection case. I live in borderline area village surrounded by large forests, and mobile connection is very weak here, and it was some very windy days. At the moment I am in larger settlement with my router, an it works perfectly (quickly uploaded everything I wanted). The only question remains, why it didn't work with my neighbor's landline internet, which has stronger connectivity than mine. Hugo.arg (talk) 10:57, 30 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Hugo.arg: I'm glad it's working for you at the moment. Hopefully, you will have access to my description of those tools when you go home or to your neighbor's place. I also have some success to report, 709.94 Mbps down and 55.25 Mbps up using my phone on T-Mobile 5G yesterday afternoon, inside but a couple of feet from a window. And I remember the painful days of dialup connections from 110 baud (bps) to 57.6 kbps. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:34, 30 May 2026 (UTC)Reply