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Tried to use my own images for Wikipedia but identified as copyright violation[edit]

Thanks a lot for all the timely help regarding my own artwork. Given the complexity involved, I decided to stop here and retract what I asked. Once again, thanks a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bnurs (talk • contribs) 01:20, 16 July 2023‎ (UTC)Reply[reply]

What can cause a PNG to look different to its SVG?[edit]

I'm having a big of trouble understanding why this flag image has a different png from svg. Here you see the png has no coat of arms. Open this image's Commons page and then click on the image again, which will show the svg. Why does it look different to the png?

Panamitsu (talk) 21:26, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Presumably some flaw in the SVG. - Jmabel ! talk 22:04, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You both see a CoA in the svg? My browser doesn't show it. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:57, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Asclepias: I see it when I look at the SVG itself, but not the PNGs generated from the SVG. - Jmabel ! talk 03:00, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Interesting. My system doesn't show it in the svg. Possibly for the same reason that the mediawiki system doesn't catch it when it generates the pngs. -- Asclepias (talk) 05:00, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The flaw in the SVG was a bunch of undefined filter="url(#filter3791)". Fixed now! —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 06:28, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you! Panamitsu (talk) 02:54, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

again: "Error when try to upload svg: file contains scriptcode"[edit]

Ich habe die file:Median_Empire-en.svg überarbeitet. Sie enthält ein <image xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,... " />-Tag. Der Upload der übersetzten Version schlägt fehl mit der Meldung: "Diese Datei enthält HTML- oder Scriptcode, der irrtümlich von einem Webbrowser ausgeführt werden könnte." Über diesen Fehler wurde bereits unter Commons:Forum/Archiv/2015/January#SVG-Fehlermeldung geschrieben. Vollbracht (talk) 01:26, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I have reworked file:Median_Empire-en.svg. It contains a <image xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,... " />-Tag. Upload of the translated version failed with the erroneous message.--Vollbracht (talk) 01:32, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Vollbracht: Then it needs cleanup, as either {{Fakesvg}} or {{BadSVG}}.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:46, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
O.k. then - so how do I tag this file to be able to upload it? Vollbracht (talk) 17:55, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Vollbracht: I tagged it as {{SVG with raster elements}} (the target of {{BadSVG}} redirect).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:22, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Once more: how do I tag my svg file to be able to upload it? Vollbracht (talk) 17:16, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I added this tag but sill upload fails with "Diese Datei enthält HTML- oder Scriptcode, der irrtümlich von einem Webbrowser ausgeführt werden könnte." ("This file contains html or script code which erroneously might be executed by a web browser.") It doesn't contain any script code though. Vollbracht (talk) 17:32, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

помогите[edit]

помогите help me plz 185.218.183.3 08:00, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

With what? 20 upper 08:52, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

media needing renaming[edit]

It would be really nice if the media needing renaming categories would autosort chronologically, and not alphabetically. Files with a name starting with "V" may never be renmamed, if new requests come in faster than renames are done. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 13:32, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@C.Suthorn: Welcome to the help desk. I'm not understanding how you want me to help, but I'll try. By selecting "move", then entering the new name, and providing a reason, you can ask to have the files renamed. Best, 20 upper 13:45, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nein, das war nicht hilfreich. Dateien, die umbenannt werden sollen, werden in eine der Service-Kategorien eingestellt. Für jede Move-Rationale gibt es eine eigene Kategorie, die sind verschieden voll von leer bis sehr voll. Aber die einzelnen Dateien werden dort nicht in chronologischer Reihenfolge einsortiert sondern in alphabetischer. Aber das schrieb ich ja bereits. Das Javascript, das hinter dem von Dir genannten "Move"-Menü werkelts könnte ohne weiteres ein [Category:move reason 1|datumtzeit] generieren anstelle von [Category:move reason 1] wie es derzeit der Fall ist. Wenn Du helfen möchtest, programmierst Du das eben schnell.
(Stört Dich mein Ton? Das könnte daran liegen, dass ich auf "Welcome to the help desk" nach zigtausend Uploads etwas genervt reagiere, weil ich hier nicht neu bin, wie Du zu unterstellen scheinst.) C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 17:51, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Admins don't particularly take these up in alphabetical order (though I'm sure a few do). This isn't a task I particularly do, but when I do other tasks that are sorted alphabetically and have any time-sensitivity, I usually take them in a pseudo-random order. I suspect others do the same. - Jmabel ! talk 03:03, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ich habe nun ohne es zu wollen die entsprechenden Kategorien einige Zeit beobachtet, und die Abarbeitung (durch file mover, nicht admins) ist offensichtlich weitgehend alphabetisch. Das bedeutet natürlich auch dass kyrillische und CJK Dateinamen ganz besonders lange warten müssen. Und das ist dann ableistisch. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 18:05, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Agressive behaviour - random deletion[edit]

A user called CYBERWOLF deleted the acurate corrections and updates I legitimately did on "Roberto Cabot". The justification is that it is supposedly not relevant. A totally random affirmation that also came with agressive comments. How to get my work back online? How To avoid such destructive attitudes? Best Utunim (talk) 16:52, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Utunim: CyberWolf rightfully reverted your edits because most of your added text was uncited, and you made a complete mess of the reference section. Read policies and guidelines before making major changes. BTW, that's a en wiki problem. And what aggressive comments are you talking about? 20 upper 17:15, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
PS, you might want to have a look at en:WP:COI, since you claim to be editing on behalf of Roberto Cabot. 20 upper 17:22, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I checked de COI info, it also says the deleter has to have reasonable proof to alert COI. Irrelevancy is subjective. There is wrong info, even absurd. And it is about art information. Sorry for the formatting problem which I would have corrected if I have had a chance. No COI there, as there is only professional info about public events and no judgement or privade info about anyone. And yes to say underectly that someone is stupid is insulting. 2A02:8440:B15D:C76D:B85B:C265:27BD:5CFF 17:51, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I assume this is about en:Roberto Cabot. If that is correct, Pinging @Utunim, 20 upper, please do not argue en-wiki issues on Commons. If I am wrong, someone please point out the specific Commons edit that is being discussed. - Jmabel ! talk 03:06, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I am the artist, you are not helping Wiki with that kind of attitude. I asked my assistent to introduce the information I selected for Wiki. It's not sure Wiki gets better by insulting people and brutally destroy hours of work. It would be more in the collaborative spirit to contact the person and, if necessary, help her. 2A02:8440:B15A:12E3:C170:BDE:E89D:1827 09:38, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Note that there is a previous discussion on the user's talk page on the English Wikipedia (w:en:User talk:Utunim). Since this seems to be a dispute over edits on Wikipedia and not Wikimedia Commons, I'd suggest continuing this discussion on that talk page, or on the Wikipedia's discussion pages (two of which are already linked on the talk page). Anon126 (✉ ⚒) 10:09, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Right, thank you. 2A02:8440:B15A:12E3:C170:BDE:E89D:1827 11:29, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

upload pdf[edit]

how do I upload or reference a pdf file that is from a magazine Pomfret watcher (talk) 17:39, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Guidance on how to cite sources is at English Wikipedia w:Wikipedia:Citing sources. As for uploading .pdfs of magazines, the magazine content would either need to be in the public domain or explicitly under a free license such as Creative Commons-Attribution. Most magazines are not, so I'd be cautious there. Abzeronow (talk) 17:44, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Foto emblema do clube[edit]

Estou a criar a uma pagina da wikipedia sobre o clube da minha terra. Visto que a fotografia do emblema ainda não estava na internet quero a colocar na pagina mas não estão aceitar Alveshaween (talk) 18:13, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Alveshaween: Aquí en la mesa de ayuda, tratamos de ayudar a los usuarios que necesitan ayuda con respecto a cómo funcionan las cosas aquí, dicho todo esto; No puedo ayudarte. 20 upper 19:40, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@20 upper: if you haven't a clue, perhaps you could refrain from answering. - Jmabel ! talk 03:08, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Alveshaween: (Usando o Google Tradutor aqui, porque embora eu possa ler português e seus dialetos, não consigo escrevê-los.) Normalmente, um logotipo como este, a menos que seja muito simples ou muito antigo (por exemplo, com um século ou mais), é protegido por direitos autorais, então o Commons poderia hospedá-lo apenas se o proprietário desses direitos autorais conceder uma licença gratuita, o que é muito improvável.
Typically a logo like this, unless it is very simple or very old (e.g. a century or so), is copyrighted, so Commons could host it only if the owner of that copyright granted a free license, which is very unlikely. - Jmabel ! talk 03:15, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to get a redirected page's categories (using the API)?[edit]

Using Wikimedia's API, I can get the categories for an article, unless that article redirects to a different article. For example. this article https://stardewvalleywiki.com/10,000_Bundle (which is using the Wikimedia API and isn't different than normal wikipedia) redirects to this: https://stardewvalleywiki.com/Bundles#g10000_Bundle . How do I get the categories of the second article? Because the first one is a redirect page, it does not have a category. 3point1415 (talk) 22:33, 9 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @3point1415: I'm not sure what (if anything) this question has to do with Wikimedia Commons, the site on which you are asking that. Could you please clarify? - Jmabel ! talk 03:16, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
MediaWiki (the software that site runs on) is different from Wikimedia (the organization that operates Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons [this site]). I'd suggest visiting the MediaWiki support desk page for help on using MediaWiki's APIs for a non-Wikimedia site. Anon126 (✉ ⚒) 10:13, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@3point1415: Following the redirect, I see "Category: Gameplay".   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:43, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

"Derivative work" message, but it is a derivative of my own work[edit]

I received the following message on my Discussion page : "A file that you have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, File:Carte prévisionnelle du Service express métropolitain de Rouen.webp, is a derivative work, containing an "image within an image". [...]".

The original work is here : File:Carte prévisionnelle du Service express métropolitain de Rouen.svg. It is mine. I just had to upload it in webp because the Wikimedia's SVG reader seems to work badly with text boundaries in SVG.

Source is set as "Own work" as intended, it isn't a derivative, it is a reupload using another file format. What should I do ? Aeris1One (talk) 16:52, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Aeris1One: Bonjour,
Ce fichier est effectivement une oeuvre dérivée du fond de carte. D'où provient celui-ci ? Yann (talk) 17:01, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ah ! Il s'agit d'un export d'OpenStreetMap, effectivement j'ai complètement oublié le crédit !
Merci beaucoup :) Aeris1One (talk) 17:34, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to Remove Morphed images from Wikimedia Commons[edit]

A page I am updating contained morphed images of a person. The image was removed from the page usage. I would like to know if the Image can be deleted from the server? Prasanth K P (talk) 17:45, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

الكرسي العلمي للبصمة الكربونية والاستدامة بالألكسو[edit]

ال دكتور مصطفى الشربيني (talk) 19:12, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

الكرسي العلمي للبصمة الكربونية والاستدامة بالألكسو - جامعة الدول العربية[edit]

الكرسي العلمي للبصمة الكربونية والاستدامة بالألكسو - جامعة الدول العربية برئاسة السفير مصطفي الشربيني الخبير الدولي في الاستدامة والمناخ File:Climate_Ambassador_Mostafa_Elsayed_Sherbiny.jpg دكتور مصطفى الشربيني (talk) 19:38, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User blocked for self-promotion after warnings, and Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by دكتور مصطفى الشربيني‎. Yann (talk) 20:24, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Remover la foto[edit]

Buenas, necesito que algún administrador nomine la foto (https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_Alcald%C3%ADa_Tovar_22.jpg#mw-jump-to-license) para ser removido de la imagen por violación de derechos del autor por favor?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 22:51, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Es la licensia no correcta? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:01, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Koavf: Buenas, Si esa es, esa imagen no tiene autorización.
AbchyZa22 (talk) 23:12, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Gracias, he la mercado por remover. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:50, 10 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tomar fotos de un avión[edit]

Buenas, se puede tomar fotos (con mis derechos de autor) aviones con el Logo de una compañía (ej:American Airlines)?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 00:11, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@AbchyZa22: Normalmente, sí si la foto es básicamente del avión, no si es más una foto del logo como tal. - Jmabel ! talk 02:21, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Is it ok to upload screenshots of figures from scientific articles without permission?[edit]

I have an article on wikipedia, and i want to add an image. Abdullah raji (talk) 04:53, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That depends on the license of the original work. There's a lot of scholarship with acceptable licenses these days, but sadly, still a lot without. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:48, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to search for "good" pictures within a category and all its subcategories?[edit]

Hello,

I am looking for a better lead pic for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agriculture_in_Turkey

Is there a way to search for the "good" pictures in "Category:Agriculture_in_Turkey" and all its subcategories please?

And is there a way to search for the "featured" pictures in "Category:Agriculture_in_Turkey" and all its subcategories please? Chidgk1 (talk) 13:08, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi @Chidgk1, yes there is sort of. Category:Agriculture in Turkey there you just hit the good pictures button on the top above the tool bar. Then there opens a top down selection of the best images. You have also the option to improve your search in another top down menu. Here are the good images from the category of Agriculture of Turkey. Enjoy. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 17:59, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Oh so does that include the subcategories? I mean are there are only 37 good images including all the subcats? Chidgk1 (talk) 05:04, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I believe so, as many of the Good images in Agriculture in Turkey are not in that category, but in a subcategory such as this one. This one is in the subcategory sheep in Turkey, which is a subcat of livestock in Turkey, which is a subcat of animal husbandry in Turkey, which is finally a subcategory of Agriculture in Turkey. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 10:00, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
But that is a "quality image" not a "good image". I removed Agriculture in Turkey from File:Thay997020.jpg and the number dropped to 36 despite that pic being in Category:Fruit of Turkey which is in Category:Agricultural products of Turkey which is in Category:Agriculture in Turkey. Should I report a bug and if so where? Chidgk1 (talk) 15:19, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The help page for the gadget FastCCI says that the files in the subcategories are included. "Quality images" are included in the "good pictures", at least as defined by this gadget, as well as "featured pictures" and "valued images" (which are not necessarily good in the ordinary sense, but are suppposed good to illutrate a subject). What would be your inclusion criteria for "good images" in your question? 36 is the number of files currently in the category, not the number of "good pictures". The number of "good pictures" currently returned by the gadget is 58, including featured, quality and valued, in the category and its subcateries. You can use the option to include only one of those types of files. The gadget may not always work or it may take some time to work. If you see "connecting" near the top left of the page, it means it's trying to work but it is not showing the results yet. Of course, there are also a lot of very good images that do not have those labels. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:22, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
This is a screendump of the category. I don't see the "good pictures button". Where can I find it? Thanks. Wouter (talk) 10:45, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
For me that dropdown is near the top right to the left of "help". Tried both Vector skins and German and I can always see it unlike in your screenshot. Chidgk1 (talk) 15:02, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Might you be using a non-Vector skin? Chidgk1 (talk) 15:20, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Wouter: That dropdown is displayed by the FastCCI gadget, which you can enable in your preferences. It never worked for me, so I had to disable it.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:37, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I worked with Vector 2010. Changing to 2020 did not help but YES, enabling the FastCCI gadget worked. Thanks!! Wouter (talk) 15:53, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Wouter: You're welcome!!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:31, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Uploading a new version of a non-over writable file?[edit]

Hi, and apologies if there's an obvious answer to this that I'm missing. I've got a slightly improved version of this file. but apparently 'you cannot overwrite this file'. Is there anything that can be done? TIA! Serial Number 54129 (talk) 14:06, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, Why exactly can't you overwrite the file? Are you trying to replace it with a different file type? Anyway, you can always upload a separate file. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:47, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks very much for replying Asclepias. It's very strange. I know I saw that instruction—I literally copied/pasted it here!—but now it's no longer there, and the link to 'Upload a new version of this file' is back! So strange! Anyway, seems OK now. Thanks again! Serial Number 54129 (talk) 14:58, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

how do i make a page banner[edit]

i Wikieditor3707 (talk) 15:45, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @Wikieditor3707: there is no really general answer to that. A page banner is just a wide, but not tall, image. Could you be more specific about what you are trying to do? Jmabel ! talk 04:26, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Credit card charge[edit]

My new Mastercard statement lists $520.00 to Wikimedia on 10/15. I don't remember making a contribution. Please advise. -- Charles Ferguson C.fergus25 (talk) 17:24, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@C.fergus25: I ma sorry, but you are on the wrong board. Here is Wikimedia Commons, and we don't manage donations. For that, you have to contact the Wikimedia Foundation. Regards, Yann (talk) 17:30, 11 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Photo from the 1800s is undated. What should I do?[edit]

I found a fair-use photo of Thomas Anderson (d. 1894), the namesake of Austin’s Anderson Mill neighborhood. I can’t find a date for it, but one is required. What should I do? Slamforeman (talk) 01:22, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Put "late 1800s". —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:44, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ok! Will do. Thanks! Slamforeman (talk) 01:52, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Slamforeman: I'm sure you didn't mean to say "fair use" (which would be something that would not be allowed on Commons); you might want to read fair use to better understand that term. - 04:24, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
Resolved

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Slamforeman (talk • contribs) 03:23, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm wondering whether or not a band's logo is simple enough not to be considered a work of authorship.[edit]

I've been creating a userbox on Wikipedia about a band called The Cat Empire. I would like to know whether or not it is simple enough not to be considered a "work of authorship", as I would like to use it in the userbox's icon. I could also create a crude scrawling of the logo if that is necessary.

Here's a copy of the logo, found online: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a0/9a/43/a09a43c3f2c7fae41e87fd36490e3856.jpg

Thank you in advance. Sorry if this isn't the correct wiki. SupremeLordBagel (talk) 05:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Template:PingSupremeLordBagel depends on the country (threshold varies). Where are they from? - Jmabel ! talk 22:23, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Australia. SupremeLordBagel (talk) 03:50, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Descargar papeletas electorales (Venezuela)[edit]

Buenas,se puede descargar Papeletas electorales (Ballot papers) en Venezuela,inspirados por otros?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 12:56, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

AbchyZa22 ¿puedes describir, con claridad, cuál es tu duda? Lo que has escrito es agramatical e ininteligible. Strakhov (talk) 22:39, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Strakhov: Buenas, lamento la demora, por ejemplo si descargo uno como este (https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tarjeton_Electoral.jpeg#mw-jump-to-license), Wikimedia lo acepta??
) AbchyZa22 (talk) 16:04, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
AbchyZa22: empiezo a tener serias dudas de si conoces la diferencia entre las palabras «descargar» (download) y «subir» (upload). ¿Por descargar te refieres a guardar la imagen en tu computadora o celular? Efectivamente, no hay ningún problema con eso. "Wikimedia" de forma general nunca te va a poner pegas a descargar una imagen ya existente en Wikimedia Commons. Si te estás refiriendo, en un mal uso de la palabra 'descargar', a que si puedes "subir" a Wikimedia Commons imágenes de papeletas electorales porque otros lo han hecho, te diría que el que enlazaste es un mal ejemplo del que tomar 'inspiración': es improbable que se trate de un "trabajo propio" de quien subió la imagen y habría que establecer, por tanto, motivos por los que dicha imagen podría considerarse en dominio público (pueden existir, pero yo los desconozco). Saludos. Strakhov (talk) 12:33, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Strakhov:Osea si subó una imagen como esa (https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tarjeton_Electoral.jpeg#mw-jump-to-license) Wikimedia lo acepta?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 12:54, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
AbchyZa22: ya te he dicho que, dado que no es una creación tuya, tienes que especificar algún motivo por el que la papeleta estaría en dominio público. ¿Carecen las papeletas electorales de Venezuela de derechos de autor por alguna ley venezolana? ¿existe algún otro motivo por el que podría considerarse en dominio público (de minimis, umbral de originalidad o algo así)?: lo desconozco, ni soy venezolano, ni soy experto en papeletas electorales, ni he manejado muchos casos de minimis u originalidad). Con la información que has proporcionado te diría que no subas la imagen, pero es posible que obtengas opiniones más cualificadas que la mía en COM:VP/C (aunque te recomiendo que te expreses con más claridad, cuesta entender lo que escribes incluso a un hispanoparlante, y allí se prefiere el inglés). Saludos. Strakhov (talk) 13:03, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Is it OK to upload a picture uploaded to a museum's website, depicting a person in a public place?[edit]

I'd like to upload this picture https://museosdebahia.gob.ar/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/COPPO-06.jpg, which is uploaded to a museum's website: https://museosdebahia.gob.ar/susana-coppo/ .

The museum exists and has its own place. I haven't gone to that museum to know if that picture is exhibited there. Ni.cero (talk) 14:38, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Ni.cero: Hi, and welcome. That website is "© 2023 Museums of Bahia". That photo seems to date from 1969, so per COM:ARGENTINA, we need a date of first publication to comply with {{PD-AR-Photo}}. See also COM:NETCOPYRIGHT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:01, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Overwriting[edit]

Hi all. Recently I'm not able to overwrite images when using CropTool. I get the following message: "Upload failed! [api] Received error: abusefilter-disallowed : ⧼abusefilter-warning-file-overwriting⧽". Any ideas how this could be fixed? Many thanks in advance. ArturSik (talk) 14:55, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@ArturSik: Hi, and welcome. You have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/290. Please read MediaWiki:abusefilter-warning-file-overwriting and Commons:Village pump/Proposals/Archive/2023/08#Limit file overwriting to users with autopatrol rights again, and request Autopatrol group membership at COM:RFR when you think you are ready (once you have made more than 500 useful non-botlike edits); having that should allow you to overwrite.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:04, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@ArturSik: as Jeff says, we now restrict overwriting other people's files to those who have autopatrol rights and above. If the change you wish to make to the file is minor, you can request to be allowed to overwrite a particular file at Commons:Overwriting existing files/requests Abzeronow (talk) 17:29, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi both. Thanks clearing this up. I was not aware these restrictions were introduced. ArturSik (talk) 17:52, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Image created by me but based on an historic image provided by the British Library[edit]

I obtained some images of pages of a book printed in 1650 from the British Library's Imaging Service. These I edited so I could use them to create a single folio image for my own purposes. The result is therefore my own work, based on copies from a 1650 book which is obviously out of copyright. Can I submit it to Wikimedia? Can the terms of the BL Imaging Service affect this? (I can't check it just at the moment as their website is inaccessible.) Ceperman (talk) 18:15, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Ceperman: if these are faithful copies at each step of the way, then as far as Commons is concerned these are simply uncreative photos of a two-dimensional work in the public domain, and may be uploaded as such ({{PD-old-100}} or similar tag). Neither you nor the British Library has any copyright involved here.
Note that UK law may view this differently: there is a so-called "sweat-of-brow" doctrine in UK copyright law if it took a lot of work to make the clean copy. I believe (though I could be wrong, User:Clindberg might know) that it has never been tested in a courtroom. Commons pretty much ignores it. - 22:40, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Any "sweat-of-brow" here would be mine, as I cleaned up the copy, and I'm happy to give up any copyright claim. Does this make it OK just to submit it as my work? Ceperman (talk) 18:45, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Ceperman: There is also the sweat of an employee of the British Library's Imaging Service.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:58, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
As I said, Commons really doesn't recognize the "sweat of the brow" claim. The only concession that I'm aware we've made to it is that there are some UK GLAMs who freely provide us with reasonably high-res content on the basis that we don't host their super-high-res versions of the same content. - Jmabel ! talk 19:44, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The original reply only mentioned "sweat-of-brow" in relation to cleaning up the image, which I did. But hey, if this isn't an issue for Wikimedia then that's good enough for me. Ceperman (talk) 14:44, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Copyright help regarding File:Andrzej Dubas.jpg[edit]

This file was published on the University website: https://amu.edu.pl/wiadomosci/aktualnosci/pracownicy/prof.-dr-hab.-andrzej-dubas-na-konferencji-uniwersytety-w-poszukiwaniu-doskonalosci

--Ledowiczka (talk) 19:20, 12 November 2023 (UTC)LedowiczkaReply[reply]

I don't see a Creative Commons license or anything similar. Bottom of the page has "© Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu" so I don't think we can host the photograph on Commons. Abzeronow (talk) 19:32, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
https://www2.circleci.com/rs/485-ZMH-626/images/2022_SOS_Final.pdf?mkt_tok=NDg1LVpNSC02MjYAAAGPY-6ArL6Hs3JftSPgN0KmiNuy1BtRBcmL0k3vIQc_rhQY-BzEJhwZMdp1NXIXibY36DilrzYyltvBG9LUCefryFmti78jTKLA3BUmetAHQXX7 Buyzed (talk) 19:46, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

About an image from flickr[edit]

So this image was uploaded here from flickr some time ago legally, correct license etc. Thing is I wanted to use a cropped version (here) and while I did attribute the original flickr source and the first person who uploaded the image here, I forgot to provide the direct link to the flickr page, and as a result the bot FlickreviewR 2 flagged it with a big red x. I then added the link, and the checked the license (it's the same, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic). So my question is, is the cropped version I uploaded alright to use? Deiadameian (talk) 01:06, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Deiadameian: It is now.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:14, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you! Deiadameian (talk) 01:15, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Deiadameian: You're welcome!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:16, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No description or information about the important village of Phungar[edit]

No description or information about the important village of Phungar located near the town of Champawat in Uttarakhand state of India Sashank Lord (talk) 08:42, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Sashank Lord: Hi, and welcome. Phungar is not documented yet at en:Phungar. Please feel free to create Category:Phungar under Category:Populated places in Champawat district and populate it with properly licensed files. OTOH, en:Champawat already is documented and here we use Category:Champawat.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:04, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Transfert d'une image vers Wikidata[edit]

J'ai créé la page Thomas W. Benoist sur le Wiki FR et souhaiterais en illustrer l'infobox avec la photo située à: https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayl:Tomas_Benoist.jpg

Je ne comprends pas l'azéri mais il semble qu'elle soit déclarée comme libre (GNU version 1.2 ou ultérieure).

1 - Quelqu'un peut-il le confirmer

2 - J'ignore comment on importe un fichier du Wiki AZ vers Wikidata. Ça m'intéresse si quelqu'un peut me l'expliquer (ou, au pire, faire le job à ma place...)

Merci d'avance

Éléphant volant (talk) 18:29, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Éléphant volant: Bonjour, Vu l'absence d'information sur cette copie sur az.wp, ce n'est pas une bonne source. La licence qui y prétendue est presque certainement une fausseté. La photographie est des années 1910. La copie de la même photo sur en.wp fournit l'information requise, la source immédiate étant la State Historical Society of Missouri (image), avec mention que l'original provient de The Reinhardt N. Ausmus Collection, Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center. Il vous faut copier le fichier sur Commons. Vous pouvez le faire facilement depuis la page de en.wp, en utilisant la fonction «Export to Wikimedia Commons». Ensuite, vous pouvez afficher l'image directement dans l'article de fr.wp ou indirectement en l'insérant dans la page de Wikidata. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:47, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Merci Asclepias Éléphant volant (talk) 10:40, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

how can I write my history/ diary up to today on this Wikipedia[edit]

my personals information Wakjeda girma (talk) 19:53, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Wakjeda girma: You can't. Wikipedia is not a social media, or a website to host your personal blog. Please read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:58, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Is there a way to filter the search for images with the highest resolution available? for art particularly. Thanks[edit]

Is there a way to filter the search for images with the highest resolution available? for art particularly. Thanks Pacocresta (talk) 21:43, 13 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Pacocresta: Certainly nothing at all routine. Someone might have a tool for this. I don't see any relevant functions in MediaWiki API help page, so I'm not sure there is a way to program such a thing. - Jmabel ! talk 01:43, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Not quite "highest", but Special:MediaSearch has an "Image size" option that allows you to ask only for larger images. For more control, you can use the "file measures" feature on both Special:Search and Special:MediaSearch. For instance adding filewidth:>1920 to your query will get you files at least 1920 pixels wide. There is a way to ask for an explicit sort order, but sorting by resolution doesn't appear on the list. --bjh21 (talk) 10:48, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why does this svg appear different than when it is converted to a png?[edit]

For some reason this image appears differently as a png and svg. Here is the png, if you open the svg (open the image onto Commons, then click on it), the yellow background shrinks in size, leaving a large portion of the background white. Why does this do that? Can I have some help fixing it? Panamitsu (talk) 02:58, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Panamitsu: This is an impressively messed-up file! I've fixed the issue where the style definitions were
<style type="text/css"><![CDATA[
	.fil1 {fill:#A2260B}
	.fil0 {fill:#FFDF00}
	]]></style>
and the issue where the contents of the image were 100000 times as tall/wide as the ostensible height and width. I'm not sure why the only shapes that display are the rectangle background and the three stars, but hopefully someone else can help with that. I'm looking forward to finding out what's going on there! Also, you might want to put future requests for help with SVGs at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 06:44, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Panamitsu: I posted about this image at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop#Fix display issues with File:Flag of Chuvashia.svg. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 05:27, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Oh yes thank you! Panamitsu (talk) 09:55, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Is it possible to track new subtitles added to files in a category?[edit]

Hello! The Basque Wikimedians User Group is developping the project called Ikusgela. There are a good amount of videos there, and some of them have subtitles. Now we are asking other people to add further subtitles, but we can't track if that happens. Is there a way to track new subtitles added to any file in that category? Thanks! Theklan (talk) 09:14, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

So, somehow it is possible using sparql and wikidata list. The code is available here: eu:Atari:Hezkuntza/Ikusgela/Azpitituluak. Thanks User:Nikki for the hard work. -Theklan (talk) 11:09, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Adding image in black and white form[edit]

Is it possible to add an image to an article in black and white form when the original uploaded image is in colorized form, without uploading a separate black and white image for it? Lamba Chaura (talk) 10:20, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Lamba Chaura: Without overwriting the original (which would be a bad idea), that's a good question. In a quick look at mw:Help:Images and en:Wikipedia:Extended image syntax, I did not find an option to display an image with a b&w filter, but you may want to have a deeper look at those help pages. Anyway, uploading a separate file would be a good solution. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:01, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yup. I'd upload a derivative work under a new filename, and use that. - Jmabel ! talk 16:25, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks @Asclepias: and @Jmabel: , I guess the only way is to upload a separate file. Was hoping that there would be a image syntax to do so. Lamba Chaura (talk) 20:58, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Unesco 2013 traveling photo exhibit "journeys to school"[edit]

Hello,

Could you please inform me if your database has the photo images of UNESCO 2013 publication, "Journeys to school" and how do I obtain them?

Thanks, Weiming Gorman Wdyao (talk) 13:07, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Wdyao: I don't think those are public-domain or free-licensed. Do you have any evidence that they are? - Jmabel ! talk 16:31, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks. I just found out that UNECO digital library has a copy. 74.109.196.227 16:53, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How long does a speedy deletion take? How can I make sure a picture is removed?[edit]

I believe I have requested a speedy deletion on a really unfortunate picture. The picture is of a friend and was uploaded a while ago. Unfortunately this picture is causing great troubles for him at work and may cost him his job. I am not experienced in editing wikimedia pages, but desperateley hope this picture can be removed as soon as possible. Any tips? Benniderprofi (talk) 16:52, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Benniderprofi: I hope you meant File:Jaspa.png.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:05, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Przesyłanie starych fotografi[edit]

Czy stare zdjęcia wykonane ponad 100 lat temu przez nie znanego autora mogą być przesłane na Wikimedia Commons? Can i publish old photos taken more than 100 years ago by unknown author? Rycerzdobrzynski (talk) 17:36, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Rycerzdobrzynski: Probably; please read {{PD-Poland}} to be sure.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:03, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
thank you Rycerzdobrzynski (talk) 07:24, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

why someone wrote something somewhere about me "This is not a real user" ??[edit]

fdfds TestingName (talk) 18:06, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@TestingName: Hi, and welcome. Please be specific about which "someone" wrote, which "somewhere" it was, and when.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:00, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Nothing anyone else has written appears on Commons to link to your username so, yes, I'd also be intrigued to know who & where. - Jmabel ! talk 05:30, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Image[edit]

I would like to download an image of Jesus knocking at the door, but the image shows the watermark of Sul Art. I thought that the image is in the public domain. Can I still use the image for my YouTube channel? Mariaalgarin (talk) 18:49, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Mariaalgarin: Hi, and welcome. What image, exactly?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:58, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
And why do you think it is in the public domain? - Jmabel ! talk 05:31, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What to do if I do not want to put any files on my account yet but it will not let me finish the making my account without doing it[edit]

It will not let me finish making my account without me uploading files onto it AKawesome28 (talk) 19:05, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@AKawesome28: Hi, and welcome. Please start with COM:First steps. What "will not let me finish the making my account without" uploading? Please be specific.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:57, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You clearly have an account, since you are posting from it. - Jmabel ! talk 05:32, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Add an image from your PC[edit]

Hi, I would like to add an image that I created personally for a Wikipedia page, but every time I try to upload it I get this message:

"We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons. The content must be freely licensed. Do not copy files illegally (in violation of copyright) from other websites. If you believe that the file meets our licensing standards: Upload the file again or click "Retry failed uploads"/"Submit modified file description"."

What can I do to solve the problem? Thanks and best regards. Il Grande Aukan (talk) 20:41, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Il Grande Aukan: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload png and smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg images as a new user. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. The following applies to each image. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png or smaller jpg image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but if you were not the original image designer or photographer, that person may need to license it on their official website or social media or send permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload svg or jpg versions, too. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. You have also triggered Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload smaller (<50,000 bytes) jpg images as a new user.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:55, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Billing[edit]

I need to talk to someone about the billing thing , please have someone 🙏 send me an email at richard.collins32@yahoo.ca 70.65.182.157 01:05, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, and welcome. What billing thing?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:53, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
There is nothing where Wikimedia Commons (this site) would ever have sent you (or anyone) a bill. What entity billed you? Might it be the Wikimedia Foundation? - Jmabel ! talk 05:34, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Were you asked to donate while browsing Wikipedia? If so, please e-mail donate@wikimedia.org for any questions. The Wikimedia Foundation is the organization that collects those donations and uses them to operate Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. However, it is separate from the community of volunteers that provides assistance here. Anon126 (✉ ⚒) 06:34, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It has almost certainly nothing to do with this website. You're not telling billing by whom and for what. I doubt that anyone can help with something vague as "the billing thing". Also, posting your e-mail is a good way to receive unwanted stuff, including possibly fake bills. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:32, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Adding a PDF to an article.[edit]

What is the process of adding a PDF to an article as verification. In this example, I'm referring to a degree received. Thank you. VictorEdgar (talk) 02:20, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You could upload a scan, screenshot or photograph of the degree. You can follow the instruction given at the Upload Wizard. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 03:08, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@VictorEdgar: but more to the point, assuming you are talking about a Wikipedia article, there is normally no need to upload a PDF anywhere to cite its contents. If the PDF in question is already online somewhere, cite the copy already online. If it is not, then it is presumably a scan of a printed source, which may be cited. Citations to not need to be even to materials that are on line, only to materials that are, at least in principle, available to be viewed by another person. E.g. look at the citations and references for Abraham Goldfaden. - Jmabel ! talk

Contrast enhanced ISS images[edit]

Am I doing this right? Does this look OK? I have another 16 of these ready to upload. I downloaded the digital negatives from NASA and adjusted them in darktable. The bottom right corner ends up a bit dark, because I'm subtracting the haze uniformly across the whole image, which exaggerates a slight vignetting in the source image.

original my image

Tim Starling (talk) 11:41, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Tim Starling: You are doing fine. I wouldn't worry about your image not being in all ways better, that's exactly why we don't overwrite. Offhand the only things I'd do differently are:
  1. be overt about the retouching, something like "white-balancing by Tim Starling".
  2. assuming it is your intent to release the white-balancing into the public domain, be overt about releasing your enhancement with a {{CC-0}} tag or other similar means of waiving rights.
  3. Use {{Derivative versions}} on the original file page to link to your retouched version. - Jmabel ! talk 20:34, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks Jmabel. I used {{Retouched}} to describe the modifications, and {{PD-retouched-user}} for the license. -- Tim Starling (talk) 22:17, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
That'll do. - Jmabel ! talk 22:58, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Updating/replacing a deletion request with no permission template?[edit]

I have nominated File:Mohd_Sany_Hamzan_sedang_berswafoto.jpg for deletion here. I am aware that missing EXIF data is not sole grounds for deletion and apologise for that. However, it is highly likely that this is not the uploader's own work as claimed on the page because it is a selfie of the subject. Should I remove the nomination request and replace it with {{subst:npd}}? HejTuWou (talk) 02:51, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@HejTuWou: Hi, and welcome. You may not remove DR subpage Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mohd Sany Hamzan sedang berswafoto.jpg.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:24, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ok, I can let it be. So, is {{subst:npd}} unnnecessary? Do I just put that this is a selfie of the subject that he has not given permission to upload to Wikipedia? HejTuWou (talk) 09:33, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@HejTuWou: Yes, but you forgot to ping me.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:41, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Help with uploading educational videos[edit]

I can't seem to upload my videos Hornystar (talk) 10:24, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I don't think we need more porn videos. Yann (talk) 10:26, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Hornystar: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FT#Video and COM:Video.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:41, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Requests by Wrock[edit]

Why was my upload not accepted? Wrock (talk) 11:31, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Wrock: Hi, You have no deleted files on Commons, so can you explain a bit more? Yann (talk) 11:43, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Wrock: Hi, and welcome. You were able to upload File:Loé3.jpg. Where should it have been accepted? Who wrote it (certainly not you in 1895)?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:35, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Error Message[edit]

I am trying to create a page for our school on Wikipedia however it will not allow me to upload our school logo DelanoAcademyCanada (talk) 19:25, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@DelanoAcademyCanada: Hi, and welcome. What error message did you get? What tool were you trying to use? I can see no record of what you describe.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:38, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@DelanoAcademyCanada: is your school logo in the public domain? If not, is it free-licensed? - Jmabel ! talk 19:46, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Did I create the logo? No but I am part of a school trying to make a Wikipedia page for our school. It is extremely difficult to do and not very user friendly. Is there any other way of making a page? I have also tried to put coordinates in my article but it won't show on the map.
The error -
We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons.
The following problems have been automatically detected:
  • You have tagged this logo as being your "Own work" and stated that it is licensed under a Creative Commons license. Unless you are the copyright holder and/or there has been an explicit release under a free license, this file will be deleted.
Do not copy files illegally (in violation of copyright) from other websites.
If you believe that the file meets our licensing standards: Upload the file again or click "Retry failed uploads"/"Submit modified file description". DelanoAcademyCanada (talk) 15:43, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@DelanoAcademyCanada: I'm guessing we are talking about the coat-of-arms-style logo at the upper left of https://www.delanoacademy.com/. That is almost certainly copyrighted (and trademarked). To host that on Commons, we would need a the copyright-holder to go through the process described at COM:VRT to offer a free license to use the image. That copyright-holder will be either the designer of the image or the academy itself (in the latter case we would need a representative of the academy to do the COM:VRT thing). Once you know that is moving forward, you can upload the image with Special:UploadWIzard, making sure to mark it with the appropriate authorship plus three tags: the relevant license (probably {{CC-BY-SA-4.0}}, {{Trademarked}}, and {{subst:PP}}.
If you cannot get the relevant permission, and you want the logo for an article on en-wiki, you can take advantage of their policy for limited non-free content. You would use en:Template:Non-free logo. Note that this approach does not involve Commons at all: you would upload to en-wiki, and the file you upload would not be accessible to Commons or the other sister wikis. - Jmabel ! talk 18:29, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I used https://historicalmapchart.net/ to make a map, can I still upload it?[edit]

I used https://historicalmapchart.net/ to make a map, can I still upload it? NecromancerOfEnchanting (talk) 20:57, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

They say that the created maps are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, which is compatible with Commons, so yes, you can. Be sure to use {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}} as a license and credit the website. --rimshottalk 21:46, 16 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by NecromancerOfEnchanting (talk • contribs) 16:30, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Copyright help regarding File:Canadian Baseball Network black logo.png[edit]

This is the logo of the Canadian Baseball Network, the page of which I am in the process of creating on Wikipedia. However, I don't know what the copyright rules are for uploading photos of logos. I took this one directly from the website (here). I would appreciate the help. Thank you.

--Omnis Scientia (talk) 08:30, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Omnis Scientia: That website is "Copyright 1995-2023" per the bottom line. Also, per the Berne Convention and COM:Canada, since 10 April 1928 every copyrightable work created in Canada has been automatically copyrighted the moment it was fixed in a tangible medium of expression, so that logo is still copyrighted (at least since the website design in 1995). What led you to believe that the logo was either free-licensed or under COM:TOO Canada?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:42, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
A misunderstanding. I'm still trying to figure things out here. Given how many logos are available on Wikimedia, I wrongly assumed this one must be too. My apologies; I will remove it.
Thank you for your help. Omnis Scientia (talk) 11:56, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Omnis Scientia: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:01, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

My Last Upload[edit]

Hello where can i see the last image i upload,I am confused whether i uploaded already or not, Turwaq (talk) 14:59, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Special:ListFiles/Turwaq —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 15:54, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Look at the “contribs” link that usually lurks near your username: Special:Contributions/CalendulaAsteraceae
It has a chronological list of all of your contributions. BananaSlug (talk) 00:54, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Turwaq: In more detail: a link to your contributions page (Special:Contributions/Turwaq), which has all your edits, is next to the "Log out" button in the top toolbar, and you can also get there with the keyboard shortcut Control+Option+Y [⌃⌥y]. You can also go to your user page and click "User uploads" (Special:ListFiles/Turwaq) in the left toolbar, in the "Tools" section. (The toolbar may be on the right in the layout for RTL languages; I haven't checked.) And as @BananaSlug notes, you could, if you wish, edit your signature to link to either or both of these pages! I did this, by going to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal, checking the "Treat signature as wikitext (without an automatic link to your user page)" box, and typing in the wikitext I wanted for my signature.
Regarding your original question, it does look like you've uploaded two very similar images, but I'm not sure if these are the images you were wondering about. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 03:11, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Review BMW Z4 (21803780309-background modified)[edit]

Hello, I probably did a mistake when uploaded the named file.

My version has never been at flicker, but the original File:BMW Z4 (21803780309).jpg. But this has a positive flicker review. Could you please put in the correct necessary information into my file. Thank you ver much in advance. Kind regards, Wikisympathisant (talk) 15:02, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Wikisympathisant: So that you can do it right yourself next time, see https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMW_Z4_(21803780309).jpg and https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:BMW_Z4_(21803780309-background_modified)_by_Wikisympathisant.jpg&diff=prev&oldid=822716976. - Jmabel ! talk 18:35, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you & KR, Wikisympathisant (talk) 18:37, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Urheberrecht File:118d P90358889 highRes the-all-new-bmw-1-se (1crop).jpg[edit]

Hallo,

auf meiner Benutzerseite wurde mir aufgrund o.g. Crop eine Sperrung angedroht. Ich habe bei der Diskussion diese files schon erwähnt, dass ich lediglich ein Crop von einem File, was mit CreativeCommons-Lizenz ausgezeichnet war, gemacht habe, und ich denke, dass ich als normaler User diesem auch vertrauen können sollte. Bitte diesen Verstoß enstprechend bewerten, mich aus der Verstoßliste nehmen und mir bitte Rückmeldung geben. Danke Euch schon mal! Viele Grüße, Wikisympathisant (talk) 15:43, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, Unfortunately, some people upload non-free files with fake licences. Hundreds of files must be deleted every day. If you happen to make, although in good faith, a cropped version of a copyvio, unfortunately the result will still be a copyvio. Files on Wikimedia must be free for any use. "Free for editorial use" is not equivalent to a free licence and is not a CC licence. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:56, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you very much for your reply . I see and understand, that such files are deleted, that is not the problem. First the original pict. had CC on it. From my point of view that means that the commons-user can not trust in the CC-licence the file shows? 2nd is: So I'm now on a list and it is possible I cannot work here any longer? Please let me know. Thank you again. Regards to Canada, Wikisympathisant (talk) 17:25, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Wikisympathisant: "So I'm now on a list and it is possible I cannot work here any longer?" I see no indication of that anywhere. Could you please link to what you are referring to. - Jmabel ! talk 18:38, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Convenience link File:118d P90358889 highRes the-all-new-bmw-1-se (1crop).jpg. (deleted file, but linking for the benefit of admins) - Jmabel ! talk 18:39, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
See also Commons:Deletion requests/File:118d P90358889 highRes the-all-new-bmw-1-se (1crop).jpg. That file derived from File:P90358889 highRes the-all-new-bmw-1-se (1).jpg, which was also deleted as a copyvio. - Jmabel ! talk 18:46, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Wikisympathisant: Obviously, we cannot always identify promptly that an uploader has lied about a license. I'd guess that at any given moment between 0.5% and 1% of files on Commons have some sort of licensing problem, which is to say between 500,000 and 1 million of the 100 million files here. That's not easily fixed, but I think it is actually about the lowest percentage of any even vaguely comparable site on the Internet. Flickr probably runs over 10% copyright violations, and they are not even close to the worst offender. - Jmabel ! talk 18:46, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The biggest difference is that commons is proactive when it comes to copyrigh while Flickr is reactive Trade (talk) 22:38, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ok, I refer to this lines on my disc.-page (there in German ...) The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.) Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. From this I guessed, there must be a list of the violators ... respectively I'm seen know as "mis-user" of commons. KR, Wikisympathisant (talk) 18:54, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That's a boilerplate warning when a file has been tagged as a copyright violation. You're not on a list that I, as an administrator, are aware of. As Jmabel says, we cannot always identify quickly when an uploader has lied about a license. Abzeronow (talk) 19:31, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oh thank you for this clarification, I'm feeling much better after your information Best regards, Wikisympathisant (talk) 19:56, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Wikisympathisant however, you are right with "can not trust in the CC-license". This is the case for every media at every platform: Whatever the description says can be wrong and copyright law everywhere says, the user of a media file is responsible for copyright infringements even if them had no way to know, that it is a copyright infringement. That is different from all other areas of law. If for example you bought a car and had reason to beleive it was legal but only find out that the seller had stolen it after you owned it for some year it is stil legally yours. With copyright it is the other way around: If your family has owned a piece of artwork for 50 years and than find out it was stolen you have to return it to the original owner. With copyright you are ever only on the save side if you created a work yourself or know the creator personally. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 07:14, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you for your remarks. Regards, Wikisympathisant (talk) 13:19, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Copyright help regarding File:PLEXUS 4 covers 1980 to 1985.png[edit]

I'm drafting a page for Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:PLEXUS_West_Coast_Women’s_Press)

I found these old photos of old (1980s) front pages from a now defunct newspaper, on a site called LibraryThing, which describes itself as free and open.

The source was a search like this: https://www.librarything.com/search.php?search=PLEXUS+West+Coast+Women’s+Press&searchtype=newwork_titles&sortchoice=0

I get that this is less concrete than an image marked with an explicit modern CC license. But I'd like to know if the images will suddenly disappear from my Wikipedia article.


I have a similar concern with an image (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PLEXUS_Nexus.png) on my draft Wikipedia page. It is taken from the archive of the Berkeley Barb newspaper on JSTOR. The source for that is (https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.28033489?seq=5). That page is clearly marked in the upper left corner as OPEN ACCESS.


--BananaSlug (talk) 19:32, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Request for improving photo[edit]

  • ETH-BIB Emil Bührle - Ausschnitt von Com X-H065-08-02 (cropped).tif (the original)

    ETH-BIB Emil Bührle - Ausschnitt von Com X-H065-08-02 (cropped).tif (the original)

  • ETH-BIB Emil Bührle - Ausschnitt von Com X-H065-08-02 (cropped).tif 2.jpg (from User:Paradise Chronicle)

    ETH-BIB Emil Bührle - Ausschnitt von Com X-H065-08-02 (cropped).tif 2.jpg (from User:Paradise Chronicle)

  • ETH-BIB Emil Bührle - Ausschnitt von Com X-H065-08-02 (cropped, more contrast).jpg (from User:Jmabel).

    ETH-BIB Emil Bührle - Ausschnitt von Com X-H065-08-02 (cropped, more contrast).jpg (from User:Jmabel).

I'm not able to improve this photo, which is used in several WP articles and Wikidata (its the only portrait of this person we have on WM Commons). I would be thankful if someone experienced would improve the quality and overwrite the bad one. The original is still available here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ETH-BIB-_Hail%C3%A9_Selassie_und_Emil_B%C3%BChrle_-_Com_X-H065-08-02.tif Hadi (talk) 21:23, 17 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Hadi: You might want to post this request to Commons:Graphic Lab/Photography workshop. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 00:13, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi, I was able to make the image a bit more warm and "coming more to life", but I am not able to Overwrite it, so I uploaded it over the Upload Wizard. What you say of that one File:ETH-BIB Emil Bührle - Ausschnitt von Com X-H065-08-02 (cropped).tif 2.jpg? Paradise Chronicle (talk) 00:16, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Paradise Chronicle: very grainy, and it is certainly a good thing you didn't overwrite. I can see how some might prefer that version, but it is by no means an unambiguous improvement. And the two should certainly be linked with {{Derivative works}} / {{Derived from}} in their respective "other versions" sections. - Jmabel ! talk 01:36, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yeah, well I am not a specialist, but I believe my version was better than the original, specially for the suite, therefore making the image a bit a "bigger picture". In my opinion your version is better for the head, which of course is the prime focus of the picture. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 13:48, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I've added my own, which is intermediate between the original and Paradise Chronicle's version. I think it remains a matter of taste which of the three is to be preferred. Unsurprisingly, I'd favor my own, but I leave the decision entirely to others. - Jmabel ! talk 01:54, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you, Paradise Chronicle and Jmabel! Maybe we can use now both versions in the different languages, because there is no best version. --Hadi (talk) 16:49, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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. Hadi (talk) 16:49, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to internationalize signature[edit]

Inspired by a discussion above, I want to internationalize my signature. I went to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal, checked the "Treat signature as wikitext" box, and edited my signature to 

—[[User:CalendulaAsteraceae|CalendulaAsteraceae]] ([[User talk:CalendulaAsteraceae|{{int:talkpagelinktext}}]] • [[Special:Contributions/CalendulaAsteraceae|{{int:contribslink}}]])

but when I clicked Save, it turned into 

—[[User:CalendulaAsteraceae|CalendulaAsteraceae]] ([[User talk:CalendulaAsteraceae|{{SUBST:int:talkpagelinktext}}]] • [[Special:Contributions/CalendulaAsteraceae|{{SUBST:int:contribslink}}]])

so when I sign, the text is just converted to English. I've seen other users' signatures include {{int:talkpagelinktext}}. Is there something I should be doing differently here? —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 03:36, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hmm, the box at meta:Special:Preferences says

Wikitext signature (if unchecked, the contents of the box has to be plain text, treated as your nickname linked automatically to your user page; if checked, the contents should be source code, including all links; templates etc., images, and external links are not allowed)

so it seems like the the automatic substitution is probably to prevent people from using templates in their signatures? In which case I'm not sure where I should be asking for an exception w.r.t. internationalized text, but it sounds like it's probably a pan-wiki thing. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 21:25, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Need for Full Name Attribution Option in the new Photo Upload Form[edit]

In the new photo upload form, there is a missing option to enter one's own first and last name. I publish photos under the Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution license. I should have the ability to specify how I am credited under these photos. I, Jakub Hałun, am the author of these photographs, not 'jakubhal,' which is a technical and arbitrary account name for me. -- Jakubhal 14:02, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The link from upload form redirected me here, but I have also open a thread at village pump which I think is better place to discuss that change. -- Jakubhal 14:10, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Uploading files whose copyrights belong to my acquaintances（私の知り合いが著作権を持つファイルをアップロードする方法）[edit]

私がアップロードして削除された写真は、著作権者から使ってほしいと希望されてアップロードしたものばかりです。もちろん著作権に対する考え方がお互いに乏しいためにこのような問題が起こっていることは承知していますが、どのように著作権者からの承諾をえたものをエビデンスとして添付したらよいのかわかりません。どうか方法を教えてください。 The files I uploaded, which are deleted from wikipedia commons are the ones which were requested to use for wilipedia pages from copyright holders. As I understood that these deletions were happened due to our poor knowledge about the copyright, can you please advise me how can I do it such as the way to prove authorization or put the evidences on uploading the files. グリーンベレー (talk) 14:22, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Comment I blocked this user for a week for reuploading copyright violations after warning. Yann (talk) 19:00, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@グリーンベレー: three ways to do this legitimately. (1) The copyright-holder can open an account here and do their own uploads. (2) The copyright-holder can publish the photo and offer the relevant license on any web site that is clearly under their control (e.g. on Flickr, or on a public-facing social media page) and you can cite that page as the source when uploading. (3) The copyright-holder can write to COM:VRT either to release the relevant license for a specific image or images, or to give a general authorization that they trust you to upload and indicate licenses for materials for which they hold copyright. Note that in that last approach, they should be clear in stating that they understand that you will be posting and indicating irrevocable licenses; they can revoke their permission for you to post for them beyond a given date, but they cannot retroactively take back licenses that you have indicated on their behalf while you were their authorized representative.
Sorry you got blocked before this got sorted out. If it were a longer block I'd try to work with you to get the block removed, but given that it is only a week I'd suggest you just sit tight now and try to do things correctly after the block expires. - Jmabel ! talk 19:21, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Family photos[edit]

If you have a photo taken by one of your immediate family which you almost know would give you permission to upload the photo to Commons, what would be the release rights? A westman (talk) 18:17, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Are they alive? If so, seek their overt permission (COM:VRT, for example), just like you would any other third party. If not…
Are you the heir to their intellectual property? If so, you can use an "heirs" license tag like {{Cc-0-heirs}} or {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}}. If not…
Find out who is the heir to their intellectual property and seek their overt permission (COM:VRT, for example), just like you would any other third party.
Jmabel ! talk 19:25, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to upload something under fair use[edit]

I don’t know how to upload something under fair use, so I need to know how to. Newtatoryd222 (talk) 21:21, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Newtatoryd222: Hi, and welcome. Such thing may be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:26, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nevermind.[edit]

I figured it out. Newtatoryd222 (talk) 22:32, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Newtatoryd222: Congrats!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:33, 18 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Old Wikipedia Padlocks[edit]

I wonder if there is a way to use the shiny older padlock icons for protected pages without the icons. Zkskks (talk) 05:07, 19 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Logos con los colores de la Bandera[edit]

Buenas, se puede subir fotos de logos de una Alcaldía inspirados por otros (con los colores de la Bandera de Venezuela, esta en el Dominio Público), Wikimedia lo acepta?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 00:38, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@AbchyZa22: Como Strakhov dijo arriba, tu uso de "inspirar" es incomprensible. Por favor, ¿Ppuedes expresarlo de otra manera que aclare tu significado? - Jmabel ! talk 01:30, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Photo novelist[edit]

Hello, I want to post the photo found on several websites of a novelist that I like after having created her page on wikidata. It's possible ? Thanks in advance. Aurel78700 (talk) 01:32, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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