Commons:Upload help/Archive/2014/04

Overwolf Logo

I would like to upload a logo for the page Overwolf but I'm unsure as to how I should upload it. The wizard seems to not be working as after I select the image the square is blank and I only have an option to select more files. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raif1989 (talk • contribs) 13:16, 31 March 2014‎ (UTC)

Technical issues aside, is there any reason to believe that the logo is published under a free license? —LX (talk, contribs) 14:26, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

I'm the Overwolf Community Manager and work for the company. We saw the page went live and wanted to give the proper logo. I have permission from the company (as I work for them) to use the image for this. If there needs to be some specific information I just need to know what it is.Raif1989 (talk) 06:19, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm afraid permission to use the logo for a specific purpose isn't sufficient for Commons to host it. It can only be hosted here if the company is willing to publish the logo under a copyright license that allows anyone to use the logo in modified or unmodified form for any purpose, including commercial purposes. (However, trademark rights are not affected.) If that's the case, then you need to follow the process described at Commons:OTRS. As for the technical issues, the Upload Wizard is pretty much in a perpetual state of brokenness. You might want to try Commons:Upload instead. It tends to be much more reliable. —LX (talk, contribs) 16:44, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

We are willing to upload the picture under those circumstances of course. The reason I was asking was because I wasn't sure how to upload the picture through Commons:Upload as it was somewhat unclear as to which category this picture fell under. Actually looking through the Commons there already IS a logo of ours, though it is outdated from a few years ago and wish to renew it here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Overwolf-logo.jpg. --Raif1989 (talk) 13:40, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

I suppose the most appropriate option would be the "somewhere else" option that points to Special:Upload. —LX (talk, contribs) 10:28, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

Copyright tag issue

I have an image from an external website. On the page, the images are stated to be public domain. Just to be sure, I contacted the authorship committee just to make sure and got their OK. My problem is that your template isn't cooperating with me in a useful manner. I wish it would be more clear what the problem was. I fill out the appropriate fields and click preview and I am shown

This work has been released into the public domain by its author, {{{1}}}. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: {{{1}}} grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

It also tells me that I am missing source information and threatens to delete the files, and that isn't true. I did provide the source information in the fields. For source, I entered "http://ncvec.org/page.php?id=362". For Authors, I entered "National Conference of Volunteer Examiner Coordinators". Then below that I click "Another reason not listed above" and was given a form to enter additional data into. After reading to find the correct copyright tag, I gave it: "{{PD-author|[http://ncvec.org/page.php?id=362 NCVEC]}}".

So what data did I not enter correctly? It doesn't tell me that and I have no idea where it gets the {{{1}}} from. I only did what I was asked to do.

The screenshot is visible from my website linked here: upload.png 1.4 MiB

Timothylegg (talk) 19:18, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Four words for you: Wiki template syntax idiosyncrasies. Try {{PD-author|1=[http://ncvec.org/page.php?id=362 NCVEC]}} instead. (When using URL:s with "=" signs in unnamed template parameters, you have to refer to the parameter explicitly by its number to avoid the stuff to the right of the "=" sign from being assigned to a variable whose name is everything to the left of the "=" sign, and which obviously doesn't exist, leaving your intended unnamed parameter empty. {{PD-author}} requires parameter 1 to be set, or it results in a deletion tag, as you've seen.) —LX (talk, contribs) 19:41, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, Resolved Timothylegg (talk) 20:40, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: —LX (talk, contribs) 20:44, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Promotional Movie Posters

Hi. I'm trying not to upload anything that shouldn't be uploaded. I'm updating some films on English Wikipedia, and I notice that some films have movie posters in their infobox, which are not free to use commercially. I am completely unsure of the "free use" rationale, but I would like to upload promotional materials from films in order to augment their articles. Is there an accepted way to do this?Onel5969 (talk) 20:49, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

You can't upload non-free content here on Commons. If you have any questions about non-free content on English Wikipedia, you should probably ask over there, rather than here. —LX (talk, contribs) 21:06, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Onel5969 -- A release of material for promotional purposes is not at all the same as a formal licesning under terms acceptable for Wikimedia Commons. There are some limited exceptions for some pre-1978 U.S. photos and similar (see the uploads of User:We hope, etc.), but nothing that would allow all such material to be uploaded here. AnonMoos (talk) 11:01, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. That's what I thought. I've just seen posters there that don't seem to fit your guidelines. I thought all photos that were used in Wikipedia were uploaded here first. Thanks for your help.Onel5969 (talk) 13:50, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: —LX (talk, contribs) 09:07, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Upload a photo previously taken down due to permissions.

I have permissions from both the photographer and artist to upload the photo of Dionne Farris. I uploaded this picture previously. It was taken down. The email address and information I used to upload this file, I no longer have that email account - sherri_williams@myway.com. I want to upload the picture again after having the required permissions via this new account for Wikimedia via sherriwms@bellsouth.net.

I appreciate assistance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sherri'sEdits (talk • contribs) 19:10, 5 April 2014‎ (UTC)

You should not reupload photos that have been previously deleted. Instead, if you send in evidence that the photographer agreed to publish the photo under a free license (that is: under licensing terms that explicitly permit anyone to use the photo in modified or unmodified form for any purpose, including commercial purposes) to our permission archive according to these instructions, the file will be restored by an administrator. —LX (talk, contribs) 09:06, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Uploaded file to wrong page.

I have uploaded a file to commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Savings_Bank_of_South_Australia_-_Old_Quorn_branch.jpg. I want to link this to the QUORN SOUTH AUSTRALIA page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Quorn,_South_Australia. How do I do this please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vaparker (talk • contribs) 08:31, 6 April 2014‎ (UTC)

Go to the file description page at File:Savings Bank of South Australia - Old Quorn branch.jpg, click the "Edit" tab at the top of the page, enter

[[Category:Quorn, South Australia]]

at the bottom of the big text input box, and press the "Save page" button. —LX (talk, contribs) 09:00, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Basic information is way too hard to find on Wikimedia

I'm giving up my hunt for the page that shows which Copyright licenses are accepted by Wikimedia and which are not. 20 minutes of hunting through the maze is enough for me. This should be really easy to find, but it isn't.

Does anyone know where I go for this? I stumbled onto it once, in the Wikimaze, but now I can't find my way back there.

Sincere thanks in advance, :-) Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 23:09, 6 April 2014 (UTC)

Found Commons:Licensing in a few seconds with this search: [1]... -- AnonMoos (talk) 08:28, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Commons:Licensing indeed explains Commons' licensing requirements. We don't have any exhaustive lists of which licenses are accepted and which ones are not, because those lists are not finite, unless you're thinking of importing files from a site with a finite number of licensing options, like Flickr. That said, Commons:Copyright tags has a long list of copyright and licensing templates which are available (and a few that are explicitly not accepted). —LX (talk, contribs) 10:51, 7 April 2014 (UTC)

Uploading an image

I uploaded an image last night but it was deleted as I do not know how to provide license information. The logo is the new logo for my university and my vice chancellor has requested for the new logo to replace the old logo. The file name is File:ITB logo.jpg. Can you please assist me with uploading the logo. You can refer to www.itb.edu.bn to see the new logo. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Symey.yeo (talk • contribs) 00:48, 9 April 2014‎ (UTC)

Presumably, the reason you do not know how to provide license information is that there is no license information to provide, because presumably, the copyright holder of the logo has not published it under a free license license – i.e. a copyright license that allows anyone to use the logo in modified or unmodified form for any purpose, including commercial purposes. It looks like someone has updated en:File:ITB-logo.png over at the English Wikipedia project, where it is marked as non-free. You cannot upload non-free content here on Commons. —LX (talk, contribs) 06:23, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

Leif Johan Braaten

Jeg anser meg nå ferdig med min selvpresentasjon og Utvalgt Litteratur og ville gjerne ha et selvtatt bilde av Leif Johan Braaten, over teksten, supplert med litt relevant INFO? LJB2604 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leif Johan Braaten (talk • contribs) 11:06, 8 February 2014‎ (UTC)

English: Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like anyone who speaks Norwegian is going to answer, but it looks like you've managed to upload File:Leif Johan Braaten professor emeritus i klinisk psykologi, Universtetet i Oslo.JPG anyway, so I'm marking the issue as resolved.

Svenska: Det verkar tyvärr inte som att någon som pratar norska tänker svara, men det ser ut som att du har lyckats ladda upp File:Leif Johan Braaten professor emeritus i klinisk psykologi, Universtetet i Oslo.JPG ändå, så jag markerar ärendet som avslutat.

—LX (talk, contribs) 16:54, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: —LX (talk, contribs) 16:54, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Fehler beim Hochladen von Bildern

Hallo, seit einiger Zeit kann ich nicht - oder nur mal ausnahmsweise - Bilder bei commons mehr hochladen. Da schaltet sich eine Seite mit roten Buchstaben und dem Wort evil ein, die wohl erklärt, dass ich nicht registriert bin. Ich hab auch schon mein Paßwort geändert, den Cache geleert, den Norton-Sicherheitsscanner laufen lassen - was kann das sein? Mit genervtem Gruß --MoSchle 03:10, 10 April 2014 (UTC)----MoSchle 15:46, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

Am 10. April 2014 hast Du aber eine Datei hochgeladen. War wahrscheinlich die Ausnahme.

1. Auf HTTPS wechseln, wenn nicht schon geschehen.
2. Entweder ein neues Browser-Benutzerprofil erstellen oder besser einen ganz neuen Browser verwenden. Z.B. Opera. Ich habe für solche Fälle den Opera Next.
3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Special%3AWatchlist zum Einloggen verwenden. Darauf achten, dass auch wirklich HTTPS vorne steht.
4. Passwort erneut ändern und nie wieder mit dem alten Browser/ Benutzerprofil einloggen.

-- Rillke^(q?) 16:04, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

1. Danke für die Hinweise! --MoSchle 17:42, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

1. HAT GEKLAPPT! Nochmals herzlichen Dank! Gruß--78.48.240.142 03:23, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Wikimedia says that source information is missing. What kind of mistake did I make?

Dear Wikimedia friends, I am still relatively new to Wikipedia and even less familiar with Wikimedia. I wrote an article about the film critic Pavel Branko some time ago. Looking for a good photo, I found one on the web and the caption gives the author of the photo (Pavel Branko's son) and it also states that the photo has been released into the public domain by the author. I think that this info makes it freely available and that I may upload it to Wikimedia. Having obtained info on the author and license from the caption of the photo on the webpage, where should I enter this information on the upload page, and how should it be supplied? JoanX.Chen (talk) 22:40, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

Hi JoanX.Chen! You're talking about File:ImageT5P.JPG and File:ImaON3a.JPG, right? You've done most of the important things right. The reason the files had that notice about missing source information is that the PD tag that you've used, {{PD-author}}, must have the author's name included as a parameter to the template: {{PD-author|Vladimir Branko}}. I've taken care of that and simplified the file description pages a little. You can see the changes I've made here and here.

It looks like the photo was originally uploaded as File:Pavel Branko, film critic.jpg by Brankovlado, but it was deleted because it did not have a license or PD tag. With the source information you've provided, it looks like it should be OK this time around. I've tagged the file for license review, which means that a trusted user will review the copyright and source information and make a note of it, in case the source site disappears at some point in the future. —LX (talk, contribs) 19:11, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Filename problem

I have an irritating problem with uploading some vector files to Commons. There are already some PNG files of Dutch road numbers signs, like for example File:NL-N8.png, File:NL-N210.png. I want to upload vector (SVG) files with the same name (to keeping up with the rest of uploaded SVGs) but upload wizard blocks it due to "overwriting existing files" which I'm not doing (how can you overwrite raster image with a vector one??). Please help me solve this.

Miko101 (talk) 19:56, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Ignore warnings on something that is not UploadWizard from Commons:Upload. There is a bug about that somewhere but I couldn't find it right now -- @McZusatz: Ich glaube, Du hast den Problembericht erstellt? -- Rillke^(q?) 20:32, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

This is caused by unrecoverable warnings in the UploadWizard. (Filed last year as bugzilla:46741) --McZusatz (talk) 20:41, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Copyright question

Can I upload a photo of a steamboat dated the year 1900?

Also can I upload ANYTHING prior to the 1920s?

Many thanks, Cliffswallow-vaulting (talk) 20:35, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

You don't specify the country of origin. Anything originating in the United States and published in the United States before 1923 can certainly be uploaded. Other cases are often more complicated. AnonMoos (talk) 03:37, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Flags

Is it all right to upload flags that are no longer used? I want to upload the Hungarian Communist flag. Doctor Pleasant (talk) 09:30, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

Historical flags can certainly be uploaded... AnonMoos (talk) 03:35, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

We already have the flag of the Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919), the flag of Hungary used from 1949 to 1956, and the government ensign used from 1957 to 1990. Did you have something else in mind? —LX (talk, contribs) 11:28, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Sometimes there is a distinct national flag vs. party flag (e.g. File:Flag of North Korea.svg vs. File:Flag of the Workers' Party of Korea.svg). Not sure whether that was the case in Hungary... AnonMoos (talk) 15:06, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

This license not acceptable?

Is creative commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic acceptable on wikicommons? (Monkelese (talk) 23:32, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

It is not acceptable. Attribution and share-alike are the only restrictions that can be imposed on Commons files. --Jakob (talk) 00:47, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Загрузка

как загрузить картинку,если не одна не подходит? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Disney-Norah Jones(dasha) (talk • contribs) 18:31, 6 March 2014‎ (UTC)

Google translation: "how to download the image, unless one does not fit?"

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like anyone who speaks Russian is going to answer. Maybe you would have better luck at Commons:Форум. I'm guessing you're asking how to upload content to Commons if the content doesn't meet Commons' licensing criteria, and the answer to that is that you can't. —LX (talk, contribs) 17:02, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

que tipo de commons debo bajar para subir fotos ?

Hola: Què versiòn de COMMONS debo bajar para subir fotos a w.? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sergioosvaldo68 (talk • contribs) 08:26, 31 March 2014‎ (UTC)

Google translation: "what kind of commons should I download to upload photos?"

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like anyone who speaks Spanish is going to answer. Maybe you would have better luck at Commons:Café. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:04, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

பதிவுகளைப் பதிப்பிதல் தொடர்பாக

நான் இராமநாதபுரம் மாவட்ட பள்ளமோர்க்குளம் ஊராகத்தில் தங்கச்சாமி - வசந்தா என்பவர்களுக்குப் பிறந்தவன். — Preceding unsigned comment added by சத்தியராஜ் (talk • contribs) 03:34, 6 April 2014‎ (UTC)

Google translation: I tankaccami in Ramanathapuram district pallamorkkulam urakat - Vasantha who was born to.

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like anyone who speaks Tamil is going to answer, and there is no Village pump in Tamil. User:Surya Prakash.S.A. seems to be our most active participant who speaks Tamil. Maybe they can help? —LX (talk, contribs) 18:16, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Actualitzador fotografia en una biografia

Hola, voldria actualitzar la foto en una biografia (per encarrec de la persona en qüestió) però la vareu esborrar per tema de drets d'imatge i ara tampoc em deixa tornar-ho a intentar pq em diu que és un contingut que ja s'ha esborrat anteriorment i que, per tant, no em deixa tornar-ho a intentar...

Com ho haig de fer per poder actualitzar la foto? Gràcies — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcasber (talk • contribs) 09:00, 8 April 2014‎ (UTC)

Google translation: "Hello, I would update the photo in a biography (on behalf of the person in question) but subject to deletion of image rights and not let me back now try telling me that pq is content that is already 'deleted previously and, therefore, will not let me try again ... How do I do to update the picture? thanks"

There aren't likely to be many regular readers of this page who happen to speak Catalan... AnonMoos (talk) 07:59, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like anyone who speaks Catalan is going to answer. Maybe you would have better luck at Commons:La taverna. —LX (talk, contribs) 18:20, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

The XML in the uploaded file could not be parsed

Example showing effect of vector graphics versus raster graphics. The original vector-based illustration is at the left. The upper-right image illustrates magnification of 7x as a vector image. The lower-right image illustrates the same magnification as a bitmap image. Raster images are based on pixels and thus scale with loss of clarity, while vector-based images can be scaled indefinitely without degrading quality.

I can't upload a file because it says that "The XML in the uploaded file could not be parsed" How can I fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by WhyHellWhy (talk • contribs) 21:49, 18 April 2014‎ (UTC)

Are you trying to upload a SVG file? If yes, how did you create the file (i.e. which tool/program did you use)? -- Rillke^(q?) 22:01, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

I used paint to fix the image. --WhyHellWhy (talk) 02:57, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Imagine, you would be the volunteer who is responding here to questions; could you imagine how hard it is to identify the issue if the person who is seeking for advice does not answer all the questions? Please confirm or correct:

1. You are using Microsoft Paint
2. You were trying to "fix" a file with .SVG file extension
3. You downloaded the file by right-clicking that file and selecting save image as
4. You are aware about the difference of vector graphics and raster images

-- Rillke^(q?) 09:52, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

1. Yes, I am using Microsoft Paint.
2. That is correct, I was fixing a file with .SVG
3. Yes, I downloaded the file by right clicking and saving the image.
4. I'm not sure what exactly you mean by that.

--WhyHellWhy (talk) 20:26, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Okay, thank you, this something I can work with. What you did is downloading just a thumbnail (a small version of the original file). To get full image, right-click the image on the file descrption page and select save target as. Then you have the SVG image. But how to edit this SVG file? In Windows, it's a bit difficult because no SVG editor is installed by default. There is a list of SVG editors; I recommend Inkscape if you want to do professional drawing work, otherwise Libre Office Draw may be sufficient. For very simple fixes this online-version may work. When you press save image, a new tab is opened. You need to save this tab using Ctrl+S. Make sure you choose .svg as a file extension. If you just want to correct a spelling mistake, you can also open the the downloaded SVG file with notepad or a special XML editor and run find & replace. It's basically a text file with some markup around the text :)

The reason why you need a special editor is that SVG files are so-called vector graphics. Perhaps you had vector math in school? A vector is something pointing in a specific direction and having a specific length. SVG also allows specifying colors, fills, contours, curves etc. The advantage of vector graphics over pixel aka raster aka bitmap graphics is that you can upscale vector graphics to any ratio and they do not look "pixialized".

If you have questions or get stuck, don't hesitate to ask here. Vector graphic editing is fundamentally different from bitmap editing. But it's cool because you can alter the shapes and layers later, change the background color, … -- Rillke^(q?) 21:11, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

@Rillke: See also my 23 July 2018 (UTC) addition to the discussion at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Graphics_village_pump#Need_for_a_way_to_add_metadata_without_making_the_markup_of_an_SVG_invalid Kind regards, Vincent Mia Edie Verheyen (talk) 10:35, 23 July 2018 (UTC).

Category problem? I found the solution, help not needed.

I found the solution, help not needed.

I just uploaded to the Commons for the first time without a problem, except for one feature ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Ridge_UPDATE_Jan_1972_page_1.jpg ). I gave it two categories (USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) & Publications). Both of these categories are already defined in your system and show up in that image's data list, but it was put into the general collection of images for the first category. It already has two sub categories for that page and I expected it to created a third sub-category for my image (Blue Ridge UPDATE Jan 1972). I have about a hundred images of ship publications from my four years on the ship and I would like to have a separate category for that type of entry. Plankownerblueridge (talk) 08:03, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

uploading a URL picture

how can I upload a picture which can not be saved as a file but only as a URL link? (with permission of the owner of course)

(for example - <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g319766-d3590388-i63940720-Jewish_Cemetery-Andernach_Rhineland_Palatinate.html"><img alt=" " src="http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/03/cf/a8/70/jewish-cemetery.jpg"/></a>
This photo of Jewish Cemetery is courtesy of TripAdvisor) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ScottyNolan (talk • contribs) 15:20, 20 April 2014‎ (UTC)

Send the permission to com:otrs and let me know as soon as you did. I will handle the upload. --McZusatz (talk) 16:06, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Parameter sequence

The template {{Information}} displays the lines in the sequence Description/Date/Source/Author/...
But the special page "Upload file" presents them in the sequence Description/Source/Date/Author/...
Ok, this is an established view, and IMHO it should not be altered. But I would like it very much if the sequence how it is saved would be Date preceding Source, as it will be displayed.

And I cannot see any advantage when parameters left empty (permission, other_versions, other_fields) are always also saved, if not explicitely removed. This depends only the mentioned special page and parameters not altered; of course any user input should be saved as it is. sarang♥사랑 09:20, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Sarang -- I think you're more likely to attract the attention of the relevant people at Commons talk:Upload or MediaWiki talk:UploadForm.js or similar... AnonMoos (talk) 13:15, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Spelling error /typo in name of uploaded file. Bsamala => Basmala

I uploaded my first file File:Bsamala_in_a_Turkish_Dolmus.jpg and misspelled /fatfingered the name of thing I wanted to show. It should be Basmala (with an a as second letter) , not Bsamala (with an a as third letter). Can you help me change the filename to File:Basmala_in_a_Turkish_Dolmus.jpg please? Or should I just upload it again this time with the correct name? Thanks a lot--Soylentyellow (talk) 15:51, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

I fixed it; you can request this by adding rename template to file description page. AnonMoos (talk) 16:04, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Thanks!--Soylentyellow (talk) 16:07, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Upload Atta Chauhan journalist profile pic

i want upload Atta Chauhan Journalist picture for profile because picture is very impotent — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atta Chauhan Journalist (talk • contribs) 18:34, 21 April 2014‎ (UTC)

And what do you need help with? —LX (talk, contribs) 21:24, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Nie mogę załadować obrazka!

Załądowałem "Family Tree of Bree Van de Kamp" - pracę własną - ale była z błędem. Jakos nie mogłęm załadować nowej wersji tego obrazka, więc ktoś go skasował na moją prośbę. Chciałem załadowac go ponownie, po poprawkach i teraz nie mogę, bo porzedni był skasowany. Co jest do ******y?! Pozdrawiam. Michu1945 (talk) 17:26, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Uploading a friend's photo

Hello, what about uploading a photo of a building taken by a friend who agrees? In what way can/should I prove her agreement? Thank you! --Reisen8 (talk) 05:39, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

See the instructions at Commons:OTRS. Please note that she needs to agree not only to uploading, but to publication under a free license that allows the photo to be used in modified or unmodified form by anyone for any purpose, including commercial purposes. Also, if it is a recent building, you need to check whether the jurisdiction where the photo was taken provides sufficient freedom of panorama. —LX (talk, contribs) 07:35, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Categories drop-down

OK, someone went and changed something, and now the “Categories” drop-down no longer shows the entire name, just the first 20 characters or so followed by “…”. Makes it real difficult to put an image into the proper sub-sub-sub-category. Useddenim (talk) 23:57, 22 April 2014 (UTC)

I assume you are referring to HotCat? -- Rillke^(q?) 12:53, 24 April 2014 (UTC)

Problem seems to have been fixed. Useddenim (talk) 13:03, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

The owner of the work allowed me to use the picture. What code should I use

thanks -- 11:29, 29 April 2014‎ User:Dbn

Please see COM:OTRS for more instructions. --Vera (talk) 13:01, 30 April 2014 (UTC)