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מכתב הסכמה להעלאת תמונה - באנגלית

שלום, האם אפשר לקבל את ההנחיות לחתימה על ההסכמה לשחרור זכויות יוצרים של תמונה באנגלית? תודה רבה, Daphncm (talk) 12:10, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Google translates as "Hello, can I have the instructions for signing the image copyright release agreement in English? Many thanks". It's not clear what agreement is wanted. Please clarify. You may need COM:THIRD. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:32, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

I think @Daphncm is referring to this: Commons:Wikimedia VRT release generator. Goo064s (talk) 06:40, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Un ensayo documental

Ensayo documental de historia empresarial y económica de la Industria Agroquímica Charlie 760045 (talk) 00:03, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Ensayo documental de historia empresarial y económica de la Industria Agroquímica

Puedo subir el contenido del ensayo en formato PDF ? Charlie 760045 (talk) 00:08, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Sí. Wikimedia Commons acepta PDF. Kaap bij Sneeuw (talk) 14:36, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

@Charlie 760045 and Kaap bij Sneeuw: aceptamos archivos PDF, pero la mayoría de los ensayos están fuera del alcance de Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 21:23, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Account policy

I've recently had the thought that I'd like to upload a few photos I've taken to Wikimedia Commons, but I'd rather they not be tied to this account name as I've had this account since I was a kid and there are a lot of embarrassing edits from twenty years ago. As far as I can tell, sockpuppetry is permitted as long as you're not doing it for abusive reasons, but I wanted to check that this was something I could do before I break the rules. Editor510 (talk) 14:18, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

@Editor510: The simplest way would be to stop doing new work under this account and start a new, different account. (You could still use this one if responding to matters related to your old uploads, etc., just keep the new account out of those.) You could start a new account and continue to operate both accounts, but it is definitely harder to keep from involving both in the same matters than if you essentially drop the old one.

In short, you are allowed to have two active accounts, but the more active they both are, the harder not to break rules. - Jmabel ! talk 21:25, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply. I don't think I've ever uploaded anything to Commons under this account name. I only use this account name for my Wikipedia edits. I'd want to create a separate account solely for uploading to Commons. -- Editor510 (talk) 08:27, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

@Editor510: please bear in mind that any account is usable for any Wikimedia project (it's the effect of the single-user login), so, even if you intend to have a "Wikipedia account" and a "Commons account", both will be usable on all projects anyway. It's upon you to avoid breaking sockpuppet rules on other projects (I think that EN may be rather strict, there). A possible solution could be to ask a friendly admin for a voluntary block on projects you do not intend to use e.g. your "Commons account", the reason of wanting to have separate accounts on projects you're engaged with may be enough. On DE-WP (my home Wiki), such a request for any kind of voluntary block (barring previous misconduct) is usually granted no questions asked, but that is only a local custom that is not assured to exist on other Wikipedias. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 08:42, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

But the problem with even a voluntary block is that there are several things you are barred from if you have an account blocked on any wiki, most notably use of The Wikipedia Library. - Jmabel ! talk 18:45, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

I have had this account for almost twenty years. I would not be as stupid as to get it banned by trying to circumvent rules with the alternate account, participate in edit warring, etc. It would be my intention solely to use it for uploading photographs to the Commons and nothing more. Editor510 (talk) 07:36, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Imagine the following fictional example. You're logged in Commons to check and add files to your uploads. A third person edited a file description, including a link to e.g. the EN-WP. For whatever reason, curiosity is enough, you follow this link and are now on EN-WP with your Commons account. If you forget this fact in the heat of the moment and do some edits that you would usually do with your Wikipedia account, like participating in a discussion where you were involved previously with your main pseudonym, you've most likely already run afoul of the en:WP:SOCK policy, and that's without doing stuff like edit warring. The bare minimum would certainly be an overt and clear declaration of the relationship between these accounts, maybe even going as far as to write it directly into the account name ("Editor510 as file uploader" for instance, that should not be against prohibitions of impersonification as you're the legitimate name user). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 08:23, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Не отображаются никакие изображения Wikimedia. No Wikimedia images are displayed to me.

Здравствуйте. Столкнулся сегодня с ошибкой: никакие изображения (в том числе флаги государств и т. п.) в пределах Wikimedia не отображаются ни на компьютере, ни на телефоне (от разных поставщиков интернета). Все остальные изображения, на других сетевых страницах, отображаются без осложнений. Уже пытался очистить кэш, не помогает. Это внутренняя ошибка Wikimedia? Если же нет, то что мне делать?

Hello. I have faced an error today: no images within Wikimedia (including country flags etc.) are shown to me, neither when I use my PC nor when I use my phone (the Internet connection providers are different). All the other images, on other Internet pages, are shown to me without any difficulty. I have already "cleaned" my browser cache, it does not help. Is this an internal error in Wikimedia? If no, what should I do? Eniisi Lisika (talk) 14:28, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

• Same / То же самое. При этом загрузки через UW грузятся нормально. Retired electrician (talk) 15:35, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

• • https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iXYMYh5Qo_aSknw9mvTOh-j8TT_n4unp/view?usp=sharing - Вот как статьи выглядят для меня в настоящее время (почему-то не получается добавить викиссылку). Единичные изображения загружаются, но подавляющее большинство выглядит именно так. Ранее ничего такого у меня никогда не было (на Wikimedia).

• • https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iXYMYh5Qo_aSknw9mvTOh-j8TT_n4unp/view?usp=sharing - This is how the pages look to me now (for some reason I do not succeed to make a wikilink). Some rare images are displayed, however most of them look exactly so. I have never experienced anything like that before (in Wikimedia). Eniisi Lisika (talk) 17:41, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

    Я зашёл с VPN; с ним все изображения видны. Кроме того, в Дискорде Википедии мне сегодня сообщили, что это по всей России так, но точная причина неясна...

    I have used VPN and it has helped to display all the mediafiles. Moreover, I have been told in the Wikipedia's Discord that this problem takes place throughout whole Russia, but the precise reason of this is yet to be figured out... Eniisi Lisika (talk) 18:48, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Это событие уже сутки обсуждается на форуме русской Википедии в новостном разделе. Просто для информации. У меня ровно та же проблема. С ВПН все видно, но невозможно никакое редактирование, без ВПН редактирование возможно, но ничего не видно. It looks like a global problem for all Russian users. -- Екатерина Борисова (talk) 03:55, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

• Пока что всё снова заработало у всех пользователей из России.
• For now, everything has been repaired and all the users from Russia can see the mediafiles again. Eniisi Lisika (talk) 15:24, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

User: GernGün

How can the file en:User:GernGün be made public (access via internet) under my name Gernot Güntherodt? GernGün (talk) 19:14, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

@GernGün:

1. This question has absolutely nothing to do with Wikimedia Commons (the site on which you have asked it).
2. I believe that page goes against en-wiki's policy on user pages, so it is only a matter of time until it is deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 19:23, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

I think GG is asking for a way of drafting an equivalent to de:Gernot Güntherodt on enwiki. --Achim55 (talk) 19:29, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

There is no acceptable way to write an article about yourself on en-wiki. See en:WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. - Jmabel ! talk 21:29, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

It does happen (but rarely). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:17, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Draft moved to en:Draft:Gernot Güntherodt and advice given on en:User talk:GernGün. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:16, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Help recover account

message me for help now Andersonte (talk) 05:21, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

@Andersonte: Without knowing what account and whether you have any basis to show it used to be yours, it is very hard even to give you useful advice. I assume you have already tried the suggestions at meta:Help:Account recovery. - Jmabel ! talk 06:25, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

PNG transparency question

This is about a photo not fine for Commons but PD-enough for English Wikipedia, I hope that's fine. I uploaded en:File:Evil Neuro logo.png, which is a png with white text and a transparent background. As such, most of it appears invisible. I've figured out I can do class=bg-transparent to make it work in dark mode, but I haven't figured out how to do so while in light mode. Any thoughts? 1brianm7 (talk) 17:15, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Uploading a traced image

I traced an svg as a replacement for the svg that is already posted on wikimedia. It is more detailed, and that's why I would like to replace the current one with mine. I cannot directly upload the change, and (IIUC) need to go through the "Upload Wizard" first. The problem is that I do not know what to choose in the "Release rights" step. Could anyone guide me on which options to choose when uploading? Thanks for help in advance!

Mustlane (talk) 23:28, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Accidentally uploaded in the middle of writing.

Since then I have finished writing it and have already uploaded the final version of the question. Mustlane (talk) 23:32, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

Dates for SMU scans of Les Travaux Publics de la France

Many scans of Les Travaux Publics de la France have been categorized under "1883 in [place]", "1883 photographs of [place]" or similar, seemingly based on their file descriptions, which often originate from the Southern Methodist University and contain the claim "Date: 1883" without elaboration. However in two cases, Gare de Lorient and Gare d'Orléans / Gare d'Austerlitz, I've found other copies of the same photos that give earlier dates (here and here). It seems that 1883 is only the date of publication of the compilation and not necessarily the date of photographic capture. This is further supported by file descriptions from the Rijksmuseum, which state "ca. 1873 - in of voor 1883", so in or before 1883 with their guess being around 1873 (although that still hasn't entirely prevented categorization under 1883).

My questions then:

• How should the file descriptions be modified (if at all) to discourage users from believing that the photos were definitely taken in 1883?
• Are there tools that would make editing the file descriptions and categorizations as necessary (from 1883 to 19th Century) easier here? Is writing a custom bot routine the main option? I guess Gadget-ACDC could at least automate the structured data part?

Astro.furball (talk) 01:15, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

@Astro.furball: partial answer here. Changing from "1883" to "19th Century" when we know 1883 is the latest possible date would not be a good idea. Even in the unlikely event that these could be as early as 1800, you would still do better with {{other date|between|1800|1883}} (which produces "between 1800 and 1883

date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/9

"), but more likely you can say something like {{other date|between|{{circa|1870}}|1883}} (which produces "between circa 1870

date QS:P,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902

and 1883"), or something even more precise. - Jmabel ! talk 06:15, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

With the choice of 19th century I was thinking more of inflexible concerns such as categorization or the main value for the structured data property "date of inception" (though the latter can be qualified) where the choices are the year, the decade, or the century. But thanks for the idea anyways, that should be useful for the file description. Photography seems to essentially be a 19th century invention so that provides a higher lower bound, and I would guess the book mostly features projects that had been finished in the preceding few decades which should constrain the dates further. Even more work for me now though :P Astro.furball (talk) 16:13, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

In terms of exactly how something should be modified, it would help a lot if you could ask about a specific file (or 2-3 files if there are issues that no one file would illustrate). Then presumably you can extrapolate, or ask specific questions. - Jmabel ! talk 06:18, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

Let's take the first image in the category, featuring the Aqueduc de Montreuillon, which most sources in a cursory search say was completed in 1843 (though one says that finishing touches were quickly done in 1844), and which looks worn in the photo so perhaps it was taken during renovations years after that. It's in the category "1883 in Nièvre"; it should probably be moved up two categories to "Nièvre in the 19th century" absent better evidence. In the {{information}} template the description field contains "Date: 1883". I was unsure how these kinds of descriptions sourced from another repository should be corrected, more specifically for example whether I should preserve the information as much as possible and only add a parenthetical note of clarification or something. And a bot added 1883 as the date of inception to the structured data based on Flickr metadata, which is then reflected in the "Date" field of the Summary box. Astro.furball (talk) 16:38, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

@Astro.furball: We basically want to provide the most accurate information that we can for our users. It is also worth noting and explaining (as part of the description) where we have discrepancies from a GLAM that was the source. If the GLAM gave a non-trivial (but erroneous) description, then it makes sense to do something like what I did in File:"J.L. Luckenbach " in Elliott Bay, ca. 1910 - DPLA - a38ea53f6c9e5ea668168450292db6a5.jpg. I hope that helps.

You might find User:Jmabel/Final draft of talk for WikiConference North America 2023 interesting; it is precisely about dealing with errors by GLAMs. Some of the file pages have since been updated because the GLAM in question integrated my critique. - Jmabel ! talk 23:54, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

How do I switch to the visual editor when using the sandbox?

self-explanatory question Notray1995 (talk) 02:32, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

@Notray1995: Hi, and welcome. Commons does not support en:VisualEditor, try en:WP:SANDBOX.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:19, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

I understand then Notray1995 (talk) 03:24, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

Ancestor's name

I have the crop section of a document page where our ancestor name is written. I have the full page but I prefer crop section because it consist the name.and it is in old hindi (kaithi) language, i already uploaded it to AI and they already give the name but they said that that's our 60percent estimation. And I take the name by AI through apply jailbreak, not by rasier way or direct. And I already enchace that section because it not clear also. So, can you extract the name is I upload that crop section?

this is the land document. Dhansulal (talk) 05:03, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

@Dhansulal: Hi, and welcome. Is this about File:Land document.jpg? What does "I take the name by AI through apply jailbreak, not by rasier way or direct" mean?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:46, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Also, "can you extract the name is I upload that crop section?" is incomprehensible. Could you try rewording, or possibly write that in a language you can write with more precision if that is easier for you? Hindi would be fine, we have Hindi-speakers who could follow through. - Jmabel ! talk 21:44, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Adding Photo for Rudolf Jettel

I have a portrait of Rudolf Jettel, photographer unknown, from my family collection, dated circa 1935 by a family member's inscription on the reverse (believed to be added years after the photo was taken). I'm wondering if it would fall under Austria's anonymous work provision. JohnRosenfeld07 (talk) 17:48, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

It may well fall under Austria's anonymous work provision but there will be still a problem with USA copyright. Ruslik (talk) 20:31, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

@JohnRosenfeld07: Under U.S. law, if it is truly anonymous, and has never been published, it is protected for 120 years from creation. But it would be acceptable to upload a low-resolution version as non-free work directly in the English-language Wikipedia (without involving Commons) to illustrate that article. Also, given that its copyright has expired in Austria, it would be OK to upload directly in the German-language Wikipedia, even at the highest available resolution. That would allow it someday to be moved to Commons (in 2056). - Jmabel ! talk 21:50, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Image of Game

Hi, I want to add an image my friend took of Welcome to the Dark Place's map-making feature. He scrubbed the image of most identifiable locations from the game to avoid spoilers. Is this okay to upload on Wikipedia, or would I have to reach out to the development team?

Thank you! Sunfish93Swimmer (talk) 01:52, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

@Sunfish93Swimmer: I'm not familiar with the game, but I don't see how such an image could be both identifiable and not include copyrighted content. So, yes, you'd probably need a license from the company. If you are going to pursue that, please read COM:THIRD, especially the part about what not to do. - Jmabel ! talk 04:39, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Загрузка файла

Добрый день! Я новый пользователь вашей системы, ещё не во всём разбираюсь. Я хочу опубликовать свою книгу на вашей платформе, возможно ли это? Zvezda89h (talk) 11:27, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Machine translation: "Good afternoon! I am a new user of your system and am still finding my way around. I would like to publish my book on your platform—is that possible?"

Anything here must be Free licensed and in project scope. Thank you. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:28, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

About the only time Commons would be appropriate as first place of publication for a book would be something like someone obtaining a previously unpublished manuscript by a person of more-or-less encyclopedic notability. - Jmabel ! talk 23:05, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Right to use the photos for machine training

Hi, I am a uni student and I am just wondering whether the photos here can be used for training a machine model as the license agreement is not clear on this. ~2026-42879-04 (talk) 01:20, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Different photos here have different licensing considerations. Anything that is in the public domain, or CC-0, or uses any of the other PD-release like license tags should be fine. Anything that is not almost certainly is not, since the offered licenses are nearly all about reuse with attribution; they do not waive other rights, and it is hard to imagine how training a machine model could give appropriate attribution.

Also note: except where there is exactly one licensing-related tag on a page, it may be very difficult for a machine to determine the overall licensing status. For example, it might be an offer that you can use any of a number of different licenses ("multi-licensing", as in File:Hanul Manuc Courtyard 2.jpg—in this case, none of the licenses are PD or equivalent, I can't offhand find an example of that in multi-licensing) but it also might be a situation like File:Roman portrait head of a man of rank - Staten Island Museum - two views.jpg, explaining that the underlying artwork is PD, but the photograph is CC-BY-SA 4.0. So unless you are going to do something quite sophisticated, I'd recommend you stick to things that do have a PD (or PD-like) tag and do not have some other license tag. - Jmabel ! talk 04:49, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Question about people's pictures

Can you still upload pictures of people that were photographed by someone else? Thanks. Gr0ndbandy (talk) 09:04, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

@Gr0ndbandy: Hi, Not without a permission, i.e. a free license by the author. Yann (talk) 09:08, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

@Gr0ndbandy: for a general discussion of uploading pictures taken by someone else (or incorporating other people's copyrighted materials) see COM:THIRD. - Jmabel ! talk 21:28, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

ပအိုဝ်ႏခမ်း

ပအို ႏခမ်း@် Pa-O State (talk) 23:08, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Obviously, I don't read Burmese, but Google Translate seems to think this is pretty much nonsense (repeating their user name in Burmese, nothing more). - Jmabel ! talk 23:57, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Columns/capitals

Is there a proper name for the type of columns and capitals in this image? They don't seem simple enough for Doric, but they don't the curl at the top corners of the capitals (I'm sure there is a name for that, but I don't know it) that I think of as characteristic of Ionic. - Jmabel ! talk 04:54, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Как указать в лицензии/описании использование других файлов? / How to indicate the use of other files in the license/description?

В File:SWO-en.pdf я использую рисунок File:UA_shoulder_mark_10-0.svg. Лицензия у нас одинаковая (CC BY-SA 4.0). В своем файле я источник и лицензию указал. Как это указать в лицензии или описании? Спасибо!

In the File:SWO-en.pdf I use the image File:UA_shoulder_mark_10-0.svg. We have the same license (CC BY-SA 4.0). I indicated the source and license in my file. How do I indicate this in the license or in the description? Thank you! Yu-S-Kharabuha (talk) 11:32, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Write that info in a suitable place into the {{Information}}, like I did it here: File:2026-04-06 Assistent zum Hochladen von Dateien mehrere Dateien – Wikimedia Commons.png. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 11:35, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding Special:PermaLink/1256932536

Hallo! Ich weiß nicht, welche Lizenz ich dem Logo von missio München geben soll: Die Rechte liegen bei missio München, einer katholischen karitativen NGO (und Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts). Das Logo ist frei zum Download auf der Presseseite (https://www.missio.com/images/Dateien/Ueber%20uns/Presse/missio_Logo_Kreuz_720x720.jpg), wobei ich eine andere Version hochgeladen habe: mit transparentem Hintergrund und rechteckig, da so die Verwendung in der Regel erfolgt. Ich habe das Logo von der missio-Grafikerin zu diesem Zweck erhalten. Der genaue Autor des Logos ist unbekannt, und es soll nicht von Fremden zu kommerziellen Zwecken verwendet werden. Am liebsten wäre mir eine Lizenz wie bei Missio Aachen (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Aber ich sehe keine Möglichkeit, dies entsprechend einzustellen. Gibt es lokal eine Ausnahmeregelung, die ich anwenden kann? Wenn ja, wie gehe ich vor? Danke, SoyTjo --SoyTjo (talk) 11:54, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Alle Creative-Commons-Lizenzvarianten mit -ND (No Derivatives / Keine Abwandlungen) und -NC (Non-Commercial / Nicht kommerziell) sind in den Wikimedia-Projekten als alleinige Lizenz unzulässig, siehe COM:Licensing (die strengsten noch zulässigen Einschränkungen sind die CC-By-SA-Lizenzmodelle); nur als zusätzliche Lizenz (= multiple Lizenzierung) kann eine der ND- oder NC-Varianten vergeben werden.

Auf der anderen Seite ist das Logo in seiner grafischen Einfachheit mit Text und wenigen geometrischen Formen möglicherweise nicht oberhalb der Schwelle an de:Schöpfungshöhe, ab der ein urheberrechtlicher Schutz als Grundlage einer Lizenz entsteht. Auf Commons wäre daher {{PD-textlogo}} zu erwägen, bei einem ebenfalls möglichen Upload lokal auf der deutschen Wikipedia die de:Vorlage:Bild-LogoSH. Beides garantiert aber nicht den dauerhaften Erhalt der Datei, weil die erforderliche Schöpfungshöhe rechtsverbindlich nur von einem ordentlichen Gericht festgestellt werden kann und in Zweifelsfällen wie hier (vgl. COM:TOO Germany) immer ein Graubereich bleibt. Grüße, Grand-Duc (talk) 12:38, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Entendiendo la licencia

Buenas tardes, hoy me he cruzado con la siguiente licencia cuando estaba viendo esta foto en commons: {{PD-Spain-photo}} A raíz de ella me surge la duda de si a causa de esta licencia sería correcto publicar cualquier imagen tomada antes de 2001, o si esta licencia está limitada a fotos hechas en España. ¿Cuál es el límite de esta plantilla? Por poner un ejemplo que he estado pensando, me gustaría que en Wikimedia Commons esté una imagen de Wilfred Agbonavbare, ya que actualmente el proyecto no cuenta con imágenes suyas. Wilfred jugó en el Rayo Vallecano desde 1990 hasta 1996, ¿bajo esta licencia habría problema en publicar imágenes de esa época? Ejemplo 1: Imagen vista en Marca
Ejemplo 2: Imagen sacada de la página El Fútbol de Ayer
Del mismo modo, publicar fotos de fútbol anteriores a la fecha indicada, por ejemplo fotos del 11 inicial de algún equipo de fútbol español. Gracias de antemano. Goo064s (talk) 15:24, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

@Goo064s: como dice la plantilla, "Esta imagen necesita incluir una plantilla que explique por qué está en el dominio público en los Estados Unidos. Normalmente es porque fue publicada antes de 1931." Cada imagen española en Commons necesita ser libre no solamente en España, sino en los Estados Unidos también. - Jmabel ! talk 20:49, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

How to know this

How do you know how much edits you have done? Rugio Valerio (talk) 15:25, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

@Qawerasersa: look up your contribution list or the XTools edit counter, https://xtools.wmcloud.org/ec/commons.wikimedia/Qawerasersa Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 15:33, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Ok. Thank you. Rugio Valerio (talk) 15:34, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

CentralAuth lists edit counts for all projects. It's linked from the top of your Contributions page with the caption “global account”. – b_jonas 12:05, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Ok. 294 edits. Rugio Valerio (talk) 18:49, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Uncontroversial withdrawn userscript

Is there a userscript or gadget or something which allows a non-admin to quickly close a deletion request as withdrawn when uncontroversial? – Howardcorn33 (💬) 16:09, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Is adding {{Delh}}, {{Delf}} and a reasoning about the closure too much to do manually? Revert the DR addition on the file page by whatever means you're finding the most convenient (including rollback if available and when you're dealing with a DR opened by yourself), consider adding {{Kept}} on the file talk page and you're done. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:23, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

It can get a bit tedious when dealing with deletion requests regarding multiple files. – Howardcorn33 (💬) 16:25, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Ah yes, mass DR aren't handily treated that way. But I think that any admin patrolling the DR lists would act upon a mention like "I would like to retract the DR" and use the DelReqHandler on the case. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:53, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

delete my account and its contents

I have tried but unsuccessfully to delete my five posts and entire account. I originally posted to see if anyone could explain an anomoly and got no responses after years of waiting. Now I just find them embarrassing. PLEASE. Differentcut (talk) 17:12, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

So you posted about this in one of the most prominent places possible?

Warning: NSFW content if you click through to their uploads. - Jmabel ! talk 20:53, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

@Differentcut: I presume there is nothing about the account identifying you as an individual, and you don't seem to have other significant contributions. I suggest you just walk away from it, and if you wish to continue on Commons or sister projects, start a new account. - Jmabel ! talk 21:02, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel, thanks. The photos might provide my location, I dunno. I have no wish to continue on Commons or sister projects or to start a new account. The peculiarity in the pics might have been induced when I was hit in an explosion decades ago, but I have no memory of that...PTSD symptom. I am 84 and this is sort of embarrassing at best. I just want it all to go away if someone can help with that it would be appreciated. difficultcut Differentcut (talk) 22:08, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

There appears to be no identifying information on these photos. At a quick look at one of them (sorry, that was enough for me) there is no in-file metadata at all. - Jmabel ! talk 23:37, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

to be clear, I have no problem with someone deleting these files, but I've already dealt enough with this. - Jmabel ! talk 23:38, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Username

you may be required to edit username MaheshShankarPuttapakaAI (talk) 06:21, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

@MaheshShankarPuttapakaAI: Are you asking a question here? I cannot tell what you might be asking.

If it is easier for you to do that in some language other than English please feel free. - Jmabel ! talk 22:19, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Can I use Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 images images to train a machine learning model for a university projec?

Hello,

I am a university student working on a non-commercial research project that identifies types of transportation hubs in Victoria, Australia.

We would like to download photographs of Victorian railway stations from Wikimedia Commons that are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence and use them as training data for a computer-vision classification model.

Our model will analyse visual features and classify an input image as a type of transportation hub. It will not generate or reproduce photographs.

Could someone please clarify the following:

Does this licence permit us to use these images as machine-learning training data?

How should we provide appropriate attribution to each photographer?

Would the ShareAlike condition apply to the trained model or model weights?

If we publish only our research findings and code without redistributing the images, would the ShareAlike condition apply?

Can we publish a list of image links and attribution details without redistributing the images?

Should we check and record the licence displayed on every individual image page?

The images will be used only for academic research.

Thank you for your help. ---.0tin06.--- (talk) 07:20, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

My understanding is that there's a lot of open questions that haven't been settled about how to properly do attribution with machine learning models, both technically and legally. (And that's not even getting into that every jurisdiction has different law and precedents.) I don't think you're likely to get a clear "yes, that's okay" or "no, that's not okay" from anyone, at least not without paying for actual legal advice (and even then you're probably just getting someone's opinion). In many jurisdictions it may be that the use you have planned counts as "fair use" even if the license wouldn't otherwise permit it, though that can be an even thornier question and doesn't even account for any moral issues you may have of wanting to respect the creator's wishes even if the law otherwise may allow for other uses. You may want to look at the recent Creative Commons blog post and the linked resources in it to get some ideas about what others are doing and some of the concerns involved. — PeterCooperJr (talk) 13:30, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

OK to Use Clipping from 1868 Map?

Hello,

For my article on Illinoistown, California, I would like to use a clipping from this 1868 map. I haven't found any other map that places Illinoistown in the correct location - even the USGS has it wrong.

Is it acceptable to use this clipping?

Thanks! Oneroomschool (talk) 15:46, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Anything from 1868 is in public domain now. So, you can use this map. Ruslik (talk) 20:13, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Oneroomschool - Jmabel ! talk 22:30, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

An aside: Anything from 1868 is in public domain now : not quite true, though in this case it should be fine, because a map would almost certainly be something that was published around the time it was created. But, for example, if a work from 1868 was first published 1931-2002, and didn't run afoul of certain U.S. copyright formalities requirements, it would still be copyrighted in the U.S. and (I just learned this one yesterday) if it was first published in the last 25 years, it could be copyrighted in Germany and several other EU counries. - Jmabel ! talk 22:30, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

• @Oneroomschool: Yes, OK - The particular map you link to is fine. (Correct template for this particular map would be {{PD-US-expired}}.). (Yes, there can be cases where even something so old might be under copyright, but no worries about this one.) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:51, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Danish PDF EU files laws.

There are alot of Danish EU laws in this Category:Danish-language PDF files. Can somebody move them into another folder. Johshh (talk) 19:23, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

They're not folders, they're categories. Files can be in many categories. Looking at Category:PDF files by language, these are generally catch-all categories with tens of thousands of files in them directly, so there's no reason to move any particular group out of Danish-language PDF files.--Prosfilaes (talk) 19:48, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

John Wesley on his way to America

Hello! I would appreciate it if anyone would be able to let me know if this 1840 engraving can be uploaded to WikiCommons. Thank you in advance for your help. With regards, Anupam^Talk 05:25, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

@Anupam: Yes. Anything published in that era is now in the public domain. Even without knowing more, it is {{PD-US-expired}} and {{PD-old-assumed}}. - Jmabel ! talk 05:39, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Pretty low-quality reproduction, though. Have you looked (e.g. with Google Lens) to see if you can find a better one? - Jmabel ! talk 05:41, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

I did a search. this reproduction linked from this museum page and from this description page on Getty images has an image that's less blurred but is slightly too dark, and the crop is different so more of the engraving is visible on the right, however it has a watermark. – b_jonas 10:51, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

I found a high-res upload (4010 × 2351) of the Getty scan without a watermark here. – Howardcorn33 (💬) 11:09, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Dear User:Howardcorn33, thank you for your efforts! Are you able to kindly upload your finding? It will be helpful for one of the articles that I am working on. Thanks, Anupam^Talk 18:11, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

@Anupam: it is done. The file is at File:John Wesley on his way to America.jpg. – Howardcorn33 (💬) 20:38, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

That was very kind of you, User:User:Howardcorn33. I was able to incorporate that image into an article. Have a lovely Sunday! With regards, Anupam^Talk 21:55, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

About image source

Can someone please check this website/source and tell me whether image from it can be uploaded on commons or not. Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1431077-Miniopterus-phillipsi 𝙒𝙞𝙠𝙞.𝙘𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙮𝙮 🦬 08:46, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

No. This one is "all rights reserved". Yann (talk) 09:32, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

@Yann what about taking image from this source?https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5100.3.6 𝙒𝙞𝙠𝙞.𝙘𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙮𝙮 🦬 10:31, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

@Wiki.cowboy: Where is the same image? Yann (talk) 10:33, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

@Yann now I am working on another topic, please tell me whether I can take this frog's image from this website and upload it here? 𝙒𝙞𝙠𝙞.𝙘𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙮𝙮 🦬 11:54, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

@Wiki.cowboy: Unless there is an explicit mention of a free license, no. And I don't see one. Yann (talk) 11:58, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

@Yann can we upload CC by-nc or CC by-nc 4.0 photos here? 𝙒𝙞𝙠𝙞.𝙘𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙮𝙮 🦬 14:48, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

@Wiki.cowboy: No, see policy COM:L#Acceptable licenses.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:55, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

NDL PDFs

We have many PDF files brought over from NDL, but these are generally scanned two pages to an image. Is there any restriction on modifying these files to be one page per image, like for some National Archives images? Should I create a new PDF? If so, should I mark the old PDF in some way? TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 18:20, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

@TE(æ)A,ea.: PDF is a bad format for images here, you might as well use png, and link with {{Extracted from}}/{{Image extracted}}.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:31, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

• By image I meant scan image, that is, PDF page. See the file here; there are no images in the file. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 14:07, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

  @TE(æ)A,ea.: Each page is an image of two pages of the original paper book, and can be separated out. Bearing in mind oos, I still suggest png or building a new PDF with just the single-paper-page content in preparation for Wikisource. "cleaned" would be an appropriate parenthetical for a suffix.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:27, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Editing window messed up

Recently my editing window has become 'improved' with line numbers and blue highlighting links. I find it disorienting to my normal editing experience and quite frustrating. I don't know that I turned something on or off or there was an update that forced this into being. Either way, I want to go back to the regular editing interface. I've scoured preferences trying to find it, comparing against my preferences on en.wiki but can't find it. How do I do that? --Hammersoft (talk) 12:33, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Does clicking the "Syntax" button on top of the editing window help? Windharp (talk) 13:49, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

@Windharp: Oh heck yes! THANK YOU! --Hammersoft (talk) 14:11, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Glad, I could help. --Windharp (talk) 15:27, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

@Windharp and Hammersoft: For the record, that "Syntax" link is part of the editing toolbar, sometimes called the '2010 wikitext editor', accessed from Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:47, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Resolved

I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. Windharp (talk) 15:27, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Would I be able to upload a photograph from a government publication (Newfoundland) from 1966?

I have a photograph of the Herdman Collegiate school, taken from a 1966 book, "Newfoundland: Canada's Happy Province". From what I'm reading, Canadian Crown copyright works enter public domain 50 years after publication, however, I'm still not sure if the photograph can be uploaded, I'm not sure if the government held the copyrights for the photograph, and the book's copyright notice at the start says:

"Copyright © 1966 The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Designed by Hazell Sun Design Studio, and printed and bound by Galleon Printers Ltd, with additional binding by Dorstel Press Ltd (both members of Thomson Printers Ltd, a subsidiary of the British Printing Corporation Ltd.) Preparation, advertising and distribution by E.C. Boone Advertising Ltd, St John's, Newfoundland. Cover photograph of St John's by Peter Newbolt. Photography by Mr William Croke; Tootons Ltd; Garland Studio; Mr M.T. Schulstead; N. Squires Photogrpahy. Also through the courtesy of The Iron Ore Company of Canada; McNamars Construction of Newfoundland Ltd; Canadian National Railways; Newfoundland Labrador Power Commission; Rambler Mines Ltd; Advocate Mines Ltd; Crosbie and Company Ltd; Lundrigan's Construction Ltd; Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Newfoundland Light and Power Company Ltd; Department of Public Works of Canada; U.S. Air Force, Goose Air Base"

And no, it doesn't say who the photographer was on the photo I want to upload, so, what's the status of this? Would I be able to upload it or not? TechNerd22 (talk) 20:45, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

For the benefit of help deskers, the book is on archive.org at https://archive.org/details/newfoundland-canadas-happy-province/page/70 and the picture of Herdman Collegiate, then Corner Brook Regional High is on page 70. TSventon (talk) 01:17, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

wrong subjects

Could someone switch the names from the extracted photos here? (Keavy to Edele) I can't do it with a temp account https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edele_lynch_with_twin_sister_keavy_1998_2013-12-02_18-05.jpeg ~2026-43767-35 (talk) 22:38, 9 August 2026 (UTC)

Image upload

This is my first time uploading an image to Wikipedia and I’d like to make sure the image in question abides by the copyright rules and guidelines. The image is from Seaforces.org of an autocannon mounted to a vessel. I googled whether it would abide by the rules and it said no, so I’ve come here to ask to see if that’s correct. I’ll link the image source https://www.seaforces.org/wpnsys/SURFACE/Oto-Melara-Oerlikon-KBA-KBB-25-80-mm-gun.htm JohnKimblel (talk) 07:46, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

Deletion request

Hello. I'm posting this question in case someone can explain this situation to me. The user Omphalographer has requested the deletion of these files claiming there are out of scope:

• File:Traje de gala de Marisol Malaret.jpg
• File:Sylvia Hitchcock's evening gown.png
• File:Georgina Rizk's national costume (Miss World).png
• File:Broches de Bárbara Palacios.png
• File:Traje de gala de Yajaira Vera.png
• File:Traje de gala de Bárbara Palacios en Miss Sudamérica 1986.png
• File:Georgina Rizk's national costume.png

All of these images (evening gowns on mannequins) were created with ChatGPT, and none of them used other images as visual references to avoid using copyrighted material, a detail explained on each file's page to prevent confusion. Only highly descriptive text was used to create these images, nothing more. Furthermore, all of these images have been used to illustrate articles, so they have an educational purpose. I would like to know why they should be deleted, as they do not violate copyright and have educational value. If there is no reason for their deletion, I would appreciate it if anyone interested would present their arguments in the corresponding discussion thread [1] (at the bottom of the page, in the Files uploaded by Enciclopedia1993 topic). Thank you in advance for your help. Regards.Enciclopedia1993 (talk) 08:33, 10 August 2026 (UTC)

Image content

Hi, Trying to up date my page with .jpeg content is this allowed as I tried and the files did not upload. regards Paul Baglan454 (talk) 09:00, 10 August 2026 (UTC)