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Telangana[edit]

where is telangana state in map? — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2405:201:5c1c:50f9:a1be:226a:a005:d522 (talk) 08:15, 5 March 2024‎ (UTC)[reply]

Hi, and welcome. I made this section for you (which you should have done). According to Telangana#Old Maps, you may see "Telengana shaded in white color" on File:Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.png, North and West of Andhra Pradesh. According to Category:Telangana, you may see that shading as part of a map of the districts in it with an inset showing the location in India (West of the middle of the East coast in Andhra Pradesh). There are locator maps of it in Category:Locator maps of Telangana.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:32, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

localisation[edit]

Bonjour, Je viens de découvrir un peu par hasard Wikimap, et j'ai compris que ce site était alimenté par les photos postées sur Wikimédia, à condition que celles-ci incluent un lien vers la carte "open street map" (exemple : https://wikimap.toolforge.org/?wp=false&cluster=false&zoom=16&lat=048.669972&lon=-003.911217)

Comment faire pour ajouter ce lien sur mes photos déjà publiées, ou sur les prochaines ?

D'avance merci Scrapdemonik (talk) 11:47, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Scrapdemonik: Bonjour, Ma réponse sera incomplète puisque je n'utilise pas cette fonction. Mais les photos concernées comportent un lien d'information vers la page d'aide Commons:Géolocalisation, qui semble expliquer le fonctionnement. Il semble qu'il suffit de géolocaliser adéquatement les photos avec les coordonnées dans les paramètres du modèle «Location». Vous pouvez aussi poser votre question sur la page Commons:Bistro, où il se trouvera probablement des photographes francophones qui connaissent ce sujet. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:49, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Vous avez raison, je crois : j’ai vu mes propres photos affichées par cet outil, ayant seulement ajouté les coordonnées à la page fichier avec {{Location}}.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:44, 11 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
merci pour votre réponse si rapide ! je vais faire un essai... Scrapdemonik (talk) 09:31, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
bonjour,
Merci à tous les deux ...
bonjour,
je ne sais pas si ce message sera utile à quelqu'un : j'ai réussi à enregistrer une géolocalisation sur une nouvelle fiche
Ste Elisabeth à Trégunc, en ajoutant une ligne lors de la description. J'essaierai de me servir de cette notion à l'avenir..
Merci à ceux qui mon lu Scrapdemonik (talk) 14:24, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
En résumé  : J'avais donc réussi à ajouter une localisation sur une nouvelle fiche, mais je n'arrivais vraiment pas à modifier une photo déjà publiée .. les indications trouvées me semblaient difficiles à mettre en place.
Les nuits blanches sont souvent sources de bon conseil, et j'ai tenté une manipulation très simple :
sur l'une des photos que j'ai enregistrées récemment et qui se "localisent" correctement, j'ai ouvert la fenêtre "modification". J'ai lu ce qui était indiqué entre les accolades : {{Location|xx.xxxxx|x;xxxxx}}
Il m'a suffi de faire un copier coller de la "formule" (avec les bonnes valeurs bien sûr), Yes ! ça marche !!! 👍 👍
Scrapdemonik Scrapdemonik (talk) 09:08, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Written consent of author[edit]

Can I upload photos with the written consent of the author to publish it under CC BY 4.0 even though it has originally been posted online under another license?

I'm sure this question is stupid because either the answer is completely obvious or this question is already answered on the many pages on here that should help people to know everything about licenses. But still, I am not quite sure as I don't have much experience and I would really appreciate to get an answer to my exact question from another person.

Sorry for having to ask that question but thank you in advance. -- Crazycracker44 (talk) 20:39, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Crazycracker44: Which license is it published under online? If it's not a free license, you would need the author to contact COM:VRT confirming that they are licensing the previously published photograph under a free license. Abzeronow (talk) 20:42, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm mainly talking about pictures obtained from Ebay listings... While Ebay itself writes that all the images on there are copyrighted, the authors I contacted all believe that they would be public domain. They all say to me that I could upload the photos here but they don't want to send a confirmation of that to VRT because I guess it seems like a scam if someone just texts you on Ebay to ask you to send a text to an unknown email... Crazycracker44 (talk) 20:40, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
COM:Hirtle should guide you here. If the photograph was published before 1929, it's free and clear in the US. If published between 1929 and 1964, it needed a copyright notice on the photograph and a copyright renewal to be in copyright. From 1965 to 1977, it still needed a copyright notice, and from 1978 until March 1989, copyright notice or subsequent copyright registration within five years for a copyright. If it's before March 1989, and lacks these, then it's probably OK. Post March 1989, we would require the photographer to grant permission via COM:VRT. Abzeronow (talk) 20:51, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your two helpful answers, Hirtle gives a very clear overview. Crazycracker44 (talk) 21:11, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Abzeronow One question regarding this issue. Should the person email VRT before or after we post that person's image. I also have photos another person took and she says it's OK for me to upload them to Wikimedia. Sorry for this type of questions but I'm also new, and I don't want to make any mistake. I read the VRT page and couldn't find in which order should we do things. Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (talk) 01:39, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not very important whether it is before or after, as long as it isn't long after. And even long after is OK, it's just that the image might be deleted and have to be undeleted when permission arrives. - 05:27, 1 March 2024 (UTC)
Essentially Jmabel says here what I would have said, permission can be emailed before or after the file is uploaded. Abzeronow (talk) 16:25, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok. Thank you so much for the info. Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (talk) 10:04, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas: Ideally, the image should be uploaded first so that you may refer to the URL of the file description page in the email message soon afterwards.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:27, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, that sounds logical. Thanks for taking your time in helping out. Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (talk) 17:12, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:46, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Replacing Official Logo with updated one[edit]

Hello, I am an employee of Singapore Chinese Girls' School. And we are looking to update the official logo on our wikipedia page with the new official logo. When I try to upload it to wikimedia commons, I am rejected by the system. May I find out how I can go about uploading the new official logo? Mr Zheng at SCGS (talk) 03:19, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yesterday videos without sound[edit]

Yesterday, two videos were uploaded

if click direct on the play button in the image, the I have no sound. But If I show the original file then it has sound. Is there a problem in the player? How can we fix this.

--sk (talk) 15:38, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T358342
@Stefan Kühn: A fix for this was deployed at 21:38 UTC yesterday. So I expect that if you choose "Reset transcode" on each of the affected formats, they'll come back with sound. Or you can wait and I expect they'll get re-transcoded automatically. --bjh21 (talk) 15:49, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I try the "Reset transcode".--sk (talk) 12:04, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could I upload this image to the Caldwell County Courthouse (North Carolina) page?[edit]

I love the town, and I know of an old photo given out by the city and the Caldwell Heritage Museum of the old domed Courthouse Here's a discord image link to the image since I don't know if I can upload it here (just signed up today) https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/998077175485956137/1212223396021014528/image.png?ex=65f10e03&is=65de9903&hm=1ba5fc87bd165d594632114eab4d3e4a08da25a202fa0c0cfbedd23a5d98a51e&

If your wondering the source of this, https://www.cityoflenoir.com/DocumentCenter/View/256/Comprehensive-Architectural-Survey-of-the-City-of-Lenoir-Final-Report-PDF on page 19 Squogg (talk) 02:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If it's from the U.S. and was published before 1929, then it's definitely in the public domain. Hard to tell if it was. And it might be modern derivative work. At lower right, on the image, it says, "Restoration/enhancement by Bill Tate, Meadowood Studios".
Your discord image looks lower resolution than what is in the Word doc; if you are uploading it here, you probably should be able to do a better "grab". - Jmabel ! talk 02:44, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, I'm pretty sure that Discord file links expire. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 03:00, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Without pre-1929 publication, even if the restoration was purely technical (pursuant to faithful reproduction, as opposed to creating a DW), it could be protected until the end of 2033 (or possibly later).—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:10, 28 February 2024 (UTC) P.S. FWIW the image in the PDF is 937×575 px (at 144 ppi).—03:27, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Odysseus1479: Someone the print was published to wrote "April 4th 1913" on it, so I think {{PD-US-expired}} should do.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:06, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
AFAICT old anonymous works first published after 2002 get 120 years from creation: 1913 + 120 = 2033, which is where I got that year. But without more information about the prior publication history (if any), we’re all guessing.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 10:15, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Squogg: What would you want to call it? I managed to consult Commons:Extracting images from PDF#Extracting images from PDF and use Semadox PDF Image Extractor to get a 937×575 pixel png file. That should be converted to jpg for sharp display on our projects per phab:T192744.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:57, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Squogg: I uploaded File:Commencement Day in Lenoir. April 4th 1913.jpg for you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:11, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

video sounds are not listening on File:Why_We_Need_Fantasy.webm[edit]

Hello, I uploaded this video from YouTube, but the sounds do not play. How do I fix it? Migupla (talk) 04:11, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's a known problem about recent video uploads; I believe it's no its way to being fixed. - Jmabel ! talk 17:49, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I remove excess topics in my user talk?[edit]

Hi, I would like to ask how can I delete the topics in my user talk? Or is there something that eliminates the excess of topics in user talk or could someone do it for me please? Bolitachan (talk) 04:46, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bolitachan: the best practice is to archive them; see COM:ARCHIVE. Sounds like you would be interested in using ArchiverBot, which is briefly described there, with links to set-up instructions &c.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 05:16, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete File:Trips of MMuizzu.svg[edit]

i uploaded it mistakenly MAL MALDIVE (talk) 10:58, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Yann (talk) 11:14, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
and also File:List of international presidential trips made by Mohamed Muizzu (Feb-2024).svg i uploded it with a wrong country MAL MALDIVE (talk) 12:35, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

UPLOADING IMAGES[edit]

I am writing an article about an artist. Can I upload images of their works of art? If yes, how do I do that? If no, then I don't understand their are many articles of artists that feature images of their artwork. What I am missing?

Thanks Milaefema (talk) 13:16, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Milaefema: Hi, and welcome. We only accept freely-licensed or public domain images here at Wikimedia Commons. The artist can license them via VRT, or you can upload them to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F, but not to Danish Wikipedia.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:21, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Images, other[edit]

Basically, I tried uploading two images from eBay which are promos of Ike & Tina Turner and Debra Laws, but I had instead placed the Debra Laws image onto Wikipedia under a claim of Public Domain in the USA. They even say that I triggered some edit filter, but most images from eBay on here are in the public domain. Even when I requested speedy deletion of my page, this website even said that i was adding "external links or websites". TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 13:51, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well should I know if my pictures are in the public domain because when I click upload, they prevent me and say I triggered an edit filter? TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 16:21, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you know about "fair use"? You made some edits on the english wikipedia connected to fair use images at en.wp and you made some crops of images here at commons. If you say you triggered a filter, maybe you tried to upload a small image from en.wp. Either such an image is fair use and can only be uploaded locally at en.wp or it is in the public domain, but a small image, then it should be uploaded directly here at commons. But make sure the license state of the image in question first. If in doubt post a link to the image here, so that others can know what you are about to do and can answer your questions. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 16:35, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I already know about the "fair use" criteria. I even had uploaded non-free images of album covers and deceased people on enwiki. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 16:37, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TheGreatestLuvofAll: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/154 by trying to upload content that has appeared elsewhere as a new user. Please read COM:NETCOPYRIGHT. You have also triggered Special:AbuseFilter/142 by trying to use a mobile browser as a new user to add text which has been used before by mobile vandals. Please don't do that.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:25, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have never tried to misuse a mobile device because I have used a mobile device since my tenure. I also have been editing on computer too, and for example there are people using images from Worthpoint and eBay under Public Domain purposes. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 16:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TheGreatestLuvofAll: Such images from Worthpoint and eBay must be Public Domain for good reasons (like expiry from 120+ years ago), or they cannot stay here. Do you have examples?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:49, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
An image of singer Jean Knight, this image of Minnie Riperton, a image of The Supremes, a image of the Shangri-Las, a image of the Ronettes, this image of Luther Vandross. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 16:52, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TheGreatestLuvofAll: Please be more specific, with internal links.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:09, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is relatively unlikely that these are public domain, and if not then there is almost no chance that they are free-licensed. Since these are U.S. artists, the most likely way they would be public domain is publication in the U.S. before 1978 without a copyright notice. See Commons:Hirtle chart for details: it's complicated. - Jmabel ! talk 17:54, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
When I insert one it's just going to enter the picture instead of the link Links are now added. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 17:58, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TheGreatestLuvofAll: File:Jean Knight 1971 press photo.jpg "is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1977, inclusive, without a copyright notice." File:Minnie Riperton 1977.jpg, File:The Supremes 1967.JPG, File:The Shangri-Las - Promotional photo.png, and File:The Ronettes.JPG are, too. File:Luther Vandross 1985.jpg "is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1978 and March 1, 1989 without a copyright notice, and its copyright was not subsequently registered with the U.S. Copyright Office within 5 years." Do any of those apply to the images you want to upload? Please see COM:HIRTLE.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:59, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have tried using those tags, but they seem to not work. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 19:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TheGreatestLuvofAll: The first group uses {{PD-1978}} because each photo was published in the US between 1929 and 1978 without notice, while File:Luther Vandross 1985.jpg uses {{PD-US-1978-89}} "because it was published in the US between 1978 and March 1, 1989 without a copyright notice, and its copyright was not subsequently registered with the U.S. Copyright Office within 5 years." Please be more specific about "they seem to not work". Where exactly on eBay did you find the promos of Ike & Tina Turner and Debra Laws? You forgot to ping me.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:02, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.ebay.com/itm/115626784436 (Debra Laws)
I could not find the Ike & Tina Turner photo. I tried to search what I remember when seeing it. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 04:06, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TheGreatestLuvofAll: Thanks, but you again forgot to ping me. @Carl: was "PHOTO CREDIT: RON SLENZAK/1981" along the right margin sufficient for a copyright notice in the US in 1981? There is also the matter of the "elektra" logo in the bottom right corner, but I suppose that could be cropped out when cropping down to the photo content. Did Slenzak register copyright for this photo with the USCO within 5 years?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 04:54, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, there needed to be a copyright symbol or the word "copyright" or something close to one of those. Name and year alone was not a notice. Slenzak has a bunch of registrations (including many for album artwork) but not sure I see one for this photo. Carl Lindberg (talk) 05:18, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I do not know? That photo was also used on the cover of her first album "Very Special", and was also issued as a promo by the time the album was released. TheGreatestLuvofAll (talk) 05:20, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

new picture[edit]

I want to change the photo of the building. the old photo is not mine and is anti-advertising FCC Varna (talk) 14:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@FCC Varna: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png image as a new user. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png 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 it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your official website or social media or send permission via VRT. 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 an svg or jpg version, 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.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:20, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Supprimer une page[edit]

Je souhaite supprimer la page File:Utilisation d'un électrocardiogramme (ECG) pour établir les variations de la fréquence cardiaque.png. J'ai recréé la page pour divers motifs ne sachant pas modifier l'image : File:Variabilité cardiaque à partir d'un électrocardiogramme.png. Pouvez-vous supprimer la 1ère page. Merci. Erdé51 (talk) 14:43, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Erdé51: Bonjour, Vous pouvez insérer le modèle {{SDG7}} au haut de la page que vous voulez faire supprimer. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:25, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK merci. C'est fait. Erdé51 (talk) 16:12, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Asclepias: That's good advice, but {{G7}} is shorter to type.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:53, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. Commons has at least five different templates for the same request. It's difficult to know them all. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:18, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And {{subst:My bad upload}} is easier to remember. - Jmabel ! talk 17:56, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe not for a francophone, though, and we don’t have a {{Mon mauvais téléchargement}}.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:21, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jak przesłać i dołączyć plik graficzny do tekstu ?[edit]

Jak przesłać i dołączyć plik graficzny do tekstu? Edytor automatycznie odrzuca pliki, które chciałam dołączyć. Katarzyna Kuchowska (talk) 14:56, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to upload and attach a graphic file to text?
How to upload and attach an image file to text? The editor automatically rejects the files I wanted to attach.
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:07, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Katarzyna Kuchowska: Witam i zapraszam. Z przykrością muszę Cię poinformować, że uruchomiłeś Special:AbuseFilter/153, próbując przesłać przez wiki mniejszy obraz jpg (<50 000 bajtów lub <2 000 000 pikseli) jako nowy użytkownik. Obraz, który próbowałeś przesłać, jest mniejszy i wskazałeś, że jest to Twoje własne dzieło. Zwykle gdy ktoś przesyła mniejszy obraz, jest to naruszenie praw autorskich pobrane z Internetu. Jeśli obraz wykonałeś samodzielnie, prześlij jego pełnowymiarowy oryginał zgodnie z COM:HR/pl, łącznie z metadanymi EXIF. Jeśli zdjęcie nie zostało wykonane przez Ciebie, zapoznaj się z Commons:Licensing/pl, aby dowiedzieć się, dlaczego nie możemy go zaakceptować, i poproś fotografa/projektanta obrazu o licencję na jego oficjalną stronę internetową lub w mediach społecznościowych albo wyślij zdjęcie i pozwolenie za pośrednictwem VRT/pl z kopią do Ciebie. Jeśli nie możesz uzyskać zgodnej licencji, obraz może zostać przesłany do angielskiej Wikipedii zgodnie z en:WP:F, ponieważ [[COM:FAIR/pl|nie zezwalamy tutaj na dozwolony użytek] ] Jeśli zamiast tego użyjesz naszego Kreatora przesyłania, powinieneś móc uniknąć tego filtra. Zobacz także en:H:PIC lub pl:Pomoc:Ilustrowanie.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg image as a new user. The image you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller image, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you made the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not make the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the image photographer / designer license it on their official website or social media, or send the image and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. 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. See also en:H:PIC or pl:Pomoc:Ilustrowanie.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:07, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading a file[edit]

Hi - I just uploaded a file (Peter Drake playwright). Can you please tell me when it will go live for the public to read? Thanks SheLovesTheatre (talk) 18:24, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who wrote this text? Ruslik (talk) 20:00, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(Edit conflict) @SheLovesTheatre: that appears to be an article intended for Wikipedia, but Commons is only for photos, illustrations and other audiovisual media. Please see COM:SCOPE. Wikipedia articles are pages of wiki-text, not self-contained documents that can’t be edited online. Have a look at en:Help:Your first article, and you can also seek advice at the Wikipedia Teahouse. (Courtesy link to the file in question: File:Peter Drake playwright.pdf.)—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:09, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@SheLovesTheatre: Please read COM:CSD#G4.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:05, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can I upload my own pictures of perfumes?[edit]

I have some pictures of perfume bottles that I want to add to their respective Wikipedia pages—would I be allowed to upload them or would that not count as free? Locust Valley (talk) 20:58, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On that topic, can I upload pictures of storefronts I take myself? Locust Valley (talk) 21:46, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Among other things that depends on the country this bottles and store fronts are located in. To answer your question at least the country needs to be known. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 22:56, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I’m located in the US. Locust Valley (talk) 11:54, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See also COM:PACKAGING.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:03, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Storefronts in the U.S. are usually OK, but they can get problematic if there is considerable copyrighted packaging or signage in view. I'd say go for that one, but don't be astounded if some get deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 16:25, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Is that a no on perfumes then? Locust Valley (talk) 17:06, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Most are "no" but some might be below the threshold of originality for their respective countries. - Jmabel ! talk 19:32, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upload all images or exlude ones of little educational value?[edit]

I would like to upload images from https://www.duma72.ru, which is the website of the Tyumen Oblast Duma. (Copyright shouln't be a problem since it's under a free license.) I'm wondering if it's a good idea to upload every single image from this site, which would be easier, or if it's better to exclude ones that I consider to be of little educational value like these ones: https://www.duma72.ru/ru/arena/media/photo/2412/. Is uploading of such images even allowed or would this violate the depicted persons' personality rights? D3rT!m (talk) 11:41, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Matthias Giljums[edit]

Ich muss Matthias Giljums Geburtsurkunde finden 2804:1B3:A583:3720:E875:300D:87F4:73D 14:28, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone clip out the individual photos in this image?[edit]

There is a contact sheet here:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Reagan_Contact_Sheet_C14768.jpg

I am writing an article and would like an image of Brent Snowcroft and Reagan. There are a series of these mostly on the second and third rows. The ones near the end of the series seem like the right aspect ratio for an infobox. Can someone select one of these that is the best looking in their opinon, and clip it out and rotate it into a new upload? IMHO, the last image on the second line looks best. Thanks! Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:12, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Maury Markowitz you can either use com:croptool; or save the original file to your devices, crop it in your devices and then upload the crops separately, possibly using com:derivativefx. RZuo (talk) 08:28, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Maury Markowitz: Hi, and welcome. I did it for you with CropTool, producing File:Ronald Reagan and Brent Scowcroft C14768-07.jpg. Please use internal links like that and File:Reagan Contact Sheet C14768.jpg.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:06, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Jeff G.! Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:19, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Maury Markowitz: You're welcome. I fixed the spelling.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:08, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright on Canadian Soccer Photos[edit]

So I'm still confused regarding Crown Copyright and what it can be applied to. Recently I found out that the official Canadian Soccer Association website has a good number of images of older players but I want to make sure that they're actually in the public domain. SuperSkaterDude45 (discusión) 17:50, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Crown Copyright covers works by Canada's government. Canadian Soccer Association is not part of Canada's government, it is a non-profit organization so any photographs by them would have to be before 1949 to be public domain in Canada and before 1946 to be public domain in the United States. Abzeronow (talk) 17:57, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Split or Revdel problem version[edit]

What would be the best way to handle File:Aspergillus caatingaensis.jpg? The original version was uploaded by a known copyright violator and marked as lacking evidence of permission. The uploader the overwrote the original. This second version has now passed a licence review. Is it best to delete the problematic original or split them? From Hill To Shore (talk) 19:23, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@From Hill To Shore: Reviewing Admin Taivo or any Admin at COM:AN can hide the original version, I think that's the best option.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:18, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@From Hill To Shore: I think that the practical question is: can the first version be potentially useful? If yes, then a split would be a good option. Both images have the same source and can be treated similarly. In that sense, one image is not more problematic than the other. It can be noted that the positive license review by Taivo links specifically to the first version (figure 4 at the source), not to the second version (figure 10 at the source). If it's not useful, then deletion. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:52, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect colors of SEPTA Route Icons[edit]

Almost all of the Wikivoyage Route Icons for w:SEPTA Regional Rail have incorrect colors and in some cases are completely nonexistent. Compare the icons for all of the regional rail lines in Category:Wikivoyage route icons of Pennsylvania with w:Module:Adjacent stations/SEPTA. Can we please fix this? Like, many of the Regional icons are reusing the same color as the others. I know SEPTA doesn't refer to the lines directly by color but I believe they still use the colors in the timetables (similarly to NJT and Metra) so we should ideally have the correct color accents matched to the correct lines/routes. 73.17.22.205 20:51, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Permission to upload a photo[edit]

I would like to add a photo to the Wikipedia entry about Abraham Hanson, an English born pastor and American diplomat. The photo is from a book about the history of one of the churches where he pastored. The book is listed in the References section of the Wikipedia article. Under the Rights & Access section, it states, "The books in this collection are in the public domain and are free to use and reuse. Credit Line: Library of Congress"

Based on the above, may I go ahead and publish the photo of Abraham Hanson from that book? I would use the Credit Line that is suggested. Jforest59 (talk) 20:53, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jforest59: Yes. PD-US-expired. From this source? -- Asclepias (talk) 21:39, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jforest59 Please upload the highest resolution available. Good find. Ww2censor (talk) 23:48, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photographs from the IWM archive[edit]

The Imperial War Museum publishes historic photographs online and allows them to be downloaded on a non-commercial licence, the terms of which are here. Is this the "Non-Commercial Government Licence", which Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United Kingdom says is incompatible with Wikimedia Commons? I would like to copy and upload to Commons two photographs in the IWM archive that a German official photographer took in 1918, and which the IWM copied from the Reichs-Marine-Sammlung.

Can the IWM impose its own copyright restrictions on German official photographs that were taken 106 years ago? Or should German law be applied to decide whether they can be uploaded to Commons? The two photographs in which I am interested are Q 51036 and Q 53081. Thankyou, Motacilla (talk) 10:14, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have no idea how IWM can possibly claim to own copyright on those photographs: how would the copyright from official German photos have made its way to them? They might not be PD, though. Imagine if they were taken by someone 25 years old at the time. They would only have been 61 in 1954, so they could easily have lived that long, and if they did then their heirs would still own a copyright. I believe that under German law (which Commons would defer to here) if the images were truly anonymous they would long since have lost copyright, but it is possible that there is a known author more specific than "German official photographer", and the IWM just doesn't happen to know who took them. - Jmabel ! talk 17:03, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thankyou Jmabel: your thoughts are similar to mine. Frankly, the UK may have looted the photos from a German archive. However, we do not know which "German official photographer(s)" took these two photographs, and she/he/they could easily have lived until 1954 or later.
I tried a reverse image search to see if any German online archive offers the same two photos under more helpful copyright terms. I found no such archive. What I found instead was Alamy trying to pass off a sepia version of Q 51036 as their own, and charge £15 for a licence to use it!
I am no lawyer. I feel out of my depth in copyright matters. Is "German official photographer" a legal entity in German law? If a photograph is thus attributed, does it in a sense cease to be the work of the actual human who took the photograph, and become the work of the German state? Motacilla (talk) 19:58, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Spoils of war are not "looted". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:28, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive) has one of them, see [1], but they don't name a photographer as well ("o. Ang.", "ohne Angabe", not indicated), and it's also not the among the Bundesarchiv images that were uploaded here under a free license in 2008. The way German copyright works, even if these were photographs taken by official military photographers, they are not automatically in the public domain (like in the US on the federal level) or under some kind of Crown Copyright (like in the UK), but protected 70 years pma, for the lifetime of the photographer and then an additional 70 years; they're also not "anonymous" if the name of the photographer became known somewhere. So without further details about photographer, first publication etc., those would be ok for Wikimedia Commons only after 120 years (with {{PD-old-assumed}}); in 2039 in this case. They're old enough for local upload to en.wp though (from before 1929), and de.wp would also accept them as local uploads since they are older than 100 years. --Rosenzweig τ 13:38, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, the IWM have a long and ignoble record of making bogus claims of copyright in reproductions of works that are out-of-copyright (aka Copyfraud), so we usually need to ignore what they say and make a judgement based on the facts of each individual case. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:28, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete File[edit]

Please delete the file, File:The Maldives Portal logo.svg i uploaded a wrong file MAL MALDIVE (talk) 11:45, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fandom Copyright Questions[edit]

I'm looking to upload an image to the page of w:Gege Akutami, and I found one at his fandom page. I was just wondering if the copyright guidelines of Fandom are the same as Commons', and I could put this image on his Wikipedia page.
Many thanks, Frostcrush Valari (talk) 15:09, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

At https://jujutsu-kaisen.fandom.com/wiki/Gege_Akutami?file=Gege_Akutami.png, if you hover over "Gege Akutami" it says the file is fair use, so we cannot have it on Commons. The English Wikipedia might accept it on a "fair use" basis. - Jmabel ! talk 17:08, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Got it, thanks for the help :)
Frostcrush Valari (talk) 17:20, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

APPS[edit]

My opera has no more apps — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 105.160.89.38 (talk) 15:16, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If this is a question about Wikimedia Commons (the site you are on) I have no idea what the actual question is. - Jmabel ! talk 17:09, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Foto pubblicata da altro utente spacciandosi per autore[edit]

Buonasera, alla seguente pagina https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Piazza_prefettura_potenza.jpg&oldid=733961953 vedo che un utente ha pubblicato una foto spacciandosi per l'autore della stessa. L'autore della foto sono io (posso fornire le prove) pertanto vorrei cancellarla, come è possibile farlo?

Attendo vostre, grazie Giuseppe Flace (talk) 20:06, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Giuseppe Flace: (Utilizzando Google Translate qui) Quello che consiglio è: avvia una richiesta di cancellazione, come chiunque potrebbe fare per qualsiasi foto. (Per avviare una richiesta di eliminazione per quella particolare foto, fai clic qui.) Indica che sei l'autore e che l'autore del caricamento ha fatto una falsa dichiarazione di paternità. Se hai prove di paternità (ad esempio potresti fornire una versione ad alta risoluzione, o una con dati EXIF, o se hai pubblicato in una data precedente e puoi dimostrarlo), tutto ciò sarà molto più semplice. Probabilmente verrà eliminato entro una settimana dalla tua visualizzazione, anche se a volte procede più lentamente. - Jmabel ! talk 22:39, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading map published in 1853 (outside of the United States)[edit]

Hello. A work from 1853 must be in the public domain in the USA and elsewhere, I have no doubt about it. But I'm selecting "Author has been deceased for more than 70 years" as option for PD, because no other matches the case, although I don't know the exact date of death of the map's authors (the map being published more than 170 years ago, we can be sure that they passed away more than 70 years ago). Please tell me if there's some more precise PD template that I could use. I miss an option like the "First published in the United States before 1929" one, but for works published outside of the United States (with whatever year is needed). Thanks. MGeog2022 (talk) 13:36, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MGeog2022: Template:PD-US-expired states the PD status in the U.S. and it can be used for all such works, irrespective of the country of publication. For any additional template, you did not tell what country. You can use the specific template for that country, if there is one, or Template:PD-old-70 or Template:PD-old-assumed, if applicable to that country. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:56, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I hadn't said it: the map was published in Spain. Yes, I used "Template:PD-old-70" (it's automatically used when selecting "Author has been deceased for more than 70 years" option). For this case it should be OK, because it's extremely unlikely (not to say impossible) that authors of a 1853 work were alive in 1954. But for works from, let's say, 1910, that wouldn't be the same. For works such as maps, it can be really difficult to know the author's death date. For US works, the 1929 date makes this very easy, but for works from other countries, it can be really confusing (perhaps a template for Spain does exist, but it isn't easy to find, and the upload wizard doesn't offer an option for that). I would appreciate any information in this regard, not so much for this 1853 map, where there is no need for it, but for other possible future uploads. MGeog2022 (talk) 14:11, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For a summary of rules and a list of possible templates for a country, you can consult pages such as Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Spain (or, for other countries, other subpages of Commons:Copyright rules by territory). For Spain, note the precision about 80 years. So, on Commons, the two templates for your map are likely Template:PD-US-expired + Template:PD-old-80. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:42, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I'll use both of them, since it seems that for older works from Spain it's 80 years after death, and not 70 (again, 1944, for a 1853 work, whose autors would have been born in 1833 or earlier, I think that we could take it for granted). But I am amazed that, unlike for the United States, there is no limit by publication date, this leaves out works from around 1900, when you don't know the author's death date. In any case, thank you very much for your help. MGeog2022 (talk) 15:01, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • If author is unknown and there is no specific provision giving a shorter term, most countries consider 120 years after publication a safe bet, as do we for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 18:00, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Jmabel, thanks, that's a good reference to know what works are safe to upload (it would be fine to have that option on Upload Wizard; this would have been a good proposal for the Technical Needs Survey, if it had not already been completed). In this case author isn't unknown, but authors aren't notable enough to easily know their death dates (maybe with proper research work they could be known, or maybe not). MGeog2022 (talk) 18:41, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, that death date thing is tricky when relatively obscure people are at issue. - Jmabel ! talk 21:59, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to proceed with a picture[edit]

Hello!I have found a picture which i want to use for a wiki page but i've ran into multiple issues regarding its possible uploading on Wikimedia Commons.

Firstly, the picture is around 12 years old, which itself isn't an issue. The issue arises that, after a reverse image search, this image only shows up on two french forums from the early 2010s. Neither of these forums have any mentions of an author, copyright, origins- not even a date. And, again, the only two instances where i was able to find this exact picture were just on that discussion page. How should i proceed here? It is also safe to assume the forum has been long dead since it hasn't been updated since 2012-ish.

Thank you! YoursTrulyKor (talk) 23:59, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If it helps, it related to Ourasi (the race horse) which might explain why it is on two random french forums. And no, the other forum doesn't mention a photograph/author either- it was the same discussion hosted on a different server (an archive for the forums from what i was able to tell)

YoursTrulyKor (talk) 00:02, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's no way to use that picture, because it's still copyrighted and we cannot contact the author. We have some pictures of that horse in Category:Ourasi, though. --rimshottalk 02:16, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did a bit more of digging and i was able to find a source, it belongs to AFP (Agence France-Presse), now im wondering- how do i identify other details like the type of Copyright? Thanks! YoursTrulyKor (talk) 14:28, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See Commons:Copyright rules by territory/France. If the photographer is known, the copyright will be protected for 70 years after they die. If the photographer isn't known, the copyright will be protected for 70 years following publication. If the image is 12 years old, that means it will be protected by copyright until at least 2082 (or longer if the photographer is known and they were still alive after 2012). It is possible that AFP (or the photographer if they were a freelancer and retained copyright themselves) may choose to release the image under a free licence but it is highly unlikely. Press agencies like AFP make their money by selling the rights to use their images and releasing images under a free licence will hurt their profits. From Hill To Shore (talk) 15:10, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Now i got another question. If i were to take a public recording of a race in which Ourasi participated in the 80s, stop at a certain frame, screenshot it and then crop it and maybe slightly restore it- would it that be considered copyrighted or an own creation? Thanks YoursTrulyKor (talk) 18:25, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@YoursTrulyKor: Definitely not "own work". Which "public recording", exactly? See also COM:DW.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Televized recordings of Prix d'Amerique from 1989, 1990, etc. YoursTrulyKor (talk) 20:05, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@YoursTrulyKor: How did such recordings escape copyright? France has been a member of the Berne Convention since 5 December 1887.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:34, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok so i was able to find out that these footages were captured by ina.fr
Maybe im making a mistake but i will continue researching into this. YoursTrulyKor (talk) 01:23, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
so i've read through ina.fr terms of use (Here) and theres a section which peaked my attention which reads the following:
"Le Site permet à l’Utilisateur, librement et gratuitement de :
-consulter les Contenus du Site, et notamment les Contributions publiées;
-partager les Contributions sur les réseaux sociaux"
Which roughfully translates to:
"The Site allows the User, freely and free of charge, to:
- consult the Content of the Site, and in particular the published Contributions;
- share the Contributions on social networks"
Contributions is also defined on the website as:
"Contribution(s)”: designates all Article(s), Reading Note(s), video modules, Statistics(s), created by an Author and distributed on the Site;"
So it states that all videos, images, notes, statistics, etc. which are present on the site are free to user and share anywhere on the internet.
So what does that mean? Is it a good sign? YoursTrulyKor (talk) 01:35, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kindly keep my artworks[edit]

Hi

Greetings, my name is R. Gopakumar The following images are my own artworks that I uploaded. They will be deleted soon. I would appreciate it if you could resolve this issue. My own works and images are shown below. The username I use is "Editani". I uploaded these images because I need to create a gallery on my Wikipedia it version https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopakumar_R.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R-Gopakumar-Mind-Scape.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R-Gopakumar-On-your-own.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar_Ephemeral_Void-Water.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar-Cognition_Libido.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar-Must-not-be-beautiful.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar_Ephemeral_Void-Fire.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar_Ephemeral_Void-Earth.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar_Ehemeral_Void-Space.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar_Ephemeral_Void-Air.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gopakumar-R.jpg

Regards R. Gopakumar Editani (talk) 05:32, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Editani: Hi, and welcome. Please send permission for them via VRT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 06:05, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Editani: As far as Commons is concerned, I agree with Jeff, but it looks like you are violating it:Wikipedia:Conflitto di interessi. It's not my role here to enforce the rules of the Italian Wikipedia, but I suggest you try to get in line with that rule or you are likely to have your account there blocked. - Jmabel ! talk 06:48, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Aeron10 and Ruthven: FYI.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Editani Besides the COI declaration, mandatory on it.wiki (see it:WP:CSC), the source for some files, e.g. R-Gopakumar-Mind-Scape.jpg is a website published with not free license. This is no compliant with Commons' guidelines. Ruthven (msg) 15:50, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi sir Google[edit]

Google maps page Rajbadhur singh (talk) 15:17, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rajbadhur singh: do you have a question about Wikimedia Commons? Also, about your recent upload please read the message on your user talk page about Commons' scope. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - contributions} 16:18, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How do I publish my photo?[edit]

How do I publisho a photo on Wikipedia Mwjaffit (talk) 16:52, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mwjaffit: Hi, and welcome. Please see en:H:PIC, and more specifically for your upload, the "image" parameter in en:Template:infobox person. How do you know David Meyer (South African actor)?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:14, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How do you know if a picture is copyrighted when it doesn’t mention it? And what are some websites that have non copyrighted material?[edit]

How do you know if a picture is copyrighted when it doesn’t mention it? And what are some websites that have non copyrighted material? Vintagemi (talk) 18:01, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All photographs after 1989 are presumed to be copyrighted. Please read COM:L. Abzeronow (talk) 18:19, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you!!! Vintagemi (talk) 19:07, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Vintagemi: See also en:Wikipedia:Finding images tutorial.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:34, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Vintagemi: and adding to what Abzeronow said: "All photographs after 1989 …and many before that." Some photographs as late as the late 19th century are still copyrighted and (due to various quirks), a very small number even older than that. - Jmabel ! talk 21:34, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not all photographs after 1989 are presumed to be copyrighted; although most are. The works of the US government, for example, are not. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:17, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That is correct, but US government works are for the most part clearly marked as such. And of course, Jmabel is correct too. Abzeronow (talk) 17:39, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading picture[edit]

How can I upload my picture to wiki love Africa Asioscila (talk) 19:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Asioscila: Hi, and welcome. Please see the right column at Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2024.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:32, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading mp3 file disallowed[edit]

I attempted to upload an mp3 file but received this error: An automated filter has identified this edit as potentially unconstructive, and it has been disallowed. If this edit is constructive, please report this error."

How do I upload this file? The author has granted permission for anyone to use, copy, modify or sell it. Thank you. Hpage66 (talk) 21:25, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hpage66: MP3 uploads are restricted to autopatrollers and above. Abzeronow (talk) 21:28, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How do I upload this file? What is an autopatroller? Thank you. Hpage66 (talk) 22:40, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Commons:User_access_levels#Patrol_and_autopatrol —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:53, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Justin's link spells out what an autopatroller is. It's essentially a user that is trusted enough that their edits are automatically marked as "patrolled." For those of us who have the patroller status (and above), we can mark things as patrolled, meaning they have been checked for vandalism and the like. Abzeronow (talk) 19:47, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Hpage66: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/192 by trying to upload an mp3 file with insufficient rights. Too many people try to upload audio files that are still copyrighted by the authors, performers, recorders, publishing companies, etc. without proper licenses from those people. Please document fully the sources and licenses of your audio uploads, 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 upload mp3 files. In the meantime, please reencode that and other audio into Vorbis or Opus and uploading them with full documentation as .ogg files.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:38, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, JeffG, Well the author/performer has explicitly place all his works in the public domain. Do you need a link to the web page? Screen shot of his web page? What is Autopatrol ? What is COM:RFR? What are non-botlike edits? Thank you. Hpage66 (talk) 05:05, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Autopatrol is explained in the link Koavf gave above. - Jmabel ! talk 15:58, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Hpage66: Links to the webpage or screenshots would be helpful. Justin and I meant for you to click on the blue links. non-botlike edits are edits that require individual thought by a human (rather than edits done by robotic means). For instance, recategorization of 200 files in a category using Cat-a-lot counts as one edit in the minds of the Admins evaluating requests at COM:RFR.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:44, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright[edit]

I am reaching out to ask what copyright should be attributed to this? Here is the thing, there was a scanned copy of this uploaded and deleted due to no copyright, although I do not see a copyright on the certificate. Anyone could obtain this copy if they go and purchase Wagyu beef. I do not see a need for a copyright, however since it was deleted I do not want it deleted again. The image was just like this one:

https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d78e15c6cebda74d0a02fefd0a032dc8-lq Nolansfood (talk) 04:20, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nolansfood: Hi, and welcome. Each of those certificates is copyrighted by Wagyu the moment it is fixed in a tangible medium of expression in Japan, as Japan has been a member of the Berne Convention since 15 July 1899 per COM:JAPAN. Of course, Wagyu can send permission for them via VRT. Please review COM:DW.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:50, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Village Government Seals[edit]

Hi, Is this allowed for wikipedia like adding village goverment seals without the permission of the village? Jxvvv (talk) 12:47, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jxvvv: Hi, and welcome. Generally not here, we need permission from the copyright holders. For Wikipedia, see en:WP:F.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:05, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jxvvv: We need permission from the copyright holder, if any. That may or may not be the village's governing authority. Or it could be the artist who made them. Or they could be so simple, or so old, that there is no copyright. We need more details (and perhaps a web page showing the image), not least the country concerned, to be able to give a definitive answer. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:12, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Inserção de figuras[edit]

Quero inserir uma figura. Ela consta de uma tese de doutorado, devidamente citada e referenciada. Como faço? Prof Daniel Neri (talk) 13:36, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Inserting figures
I want to insert a figure. It appears in a doctoral thesis, duly cited and referenced. How do I do?
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:55, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Prof Daniel Neri: Olá e seja bem-vindo. Consulte COM:FS/pt e depois pt:WP:IMAGEM.
Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FS and then en:H:PIC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:55, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[edit]

I'm trying to update a logo for a non-profit organization that went through a rebrand last June. How do I do this? When uploading a file it says it can't be a logo, but the logo on the page currently is inaccurate. Froggheadd (talk) 16:03, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Froggheadd, what you describe is from the start (how you seem to have planned it) not compatible with the way things work here. The old logo was once the right logo, right? (at least that seems to be the case from your text). The way things work here on Commons: If there is a new logo you want to upload, fine. Then make a completely new file with the file name (just a proposal): "Organization XYZ, Logo since Dec. 2023.jpg". The old logo site and file stays exactly as is, but you might e.g. add to that description text "old logo until 2023, replaced since ..." or the like. Pittigrilli (talk) 16:28, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
PS: If you want to make it perfect, you might afterwards the above initiate the renaming of the original (old) file name to have the addition "old logo until 2023" or so. But this is kind of an extra, and I would recommed that if you want to do that, you come back here and just ask for it. Pittigrilli (talk) 19:20, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Pittigrill: , Froggheadd doesn't say he was trying to overwrite, so I wouldn't presume that. The "can't be a logo" is more likely a warning in an upload tool, because most logos are copyrighted. We've been having a lot of back-and-forth with developers who've been much too inclined to try to filter out possibly infringing material early, without understanding that false negatives are just as much problem as false positives.
@Froggheadd: If the log is simple enough to be below the threshold of originality in its originating country, you can upload it to Commons under a new filename, then use {{PD-textlogo}} in lieu of a license. (Depending on what upload tool you are using, you might have to edit after uploading to get that in there.) Then switch the relevant Wikipedia article over to use the new logo.
If the logo is above the TOO, then the only way you can upload to Commons is if the company (or other copyright-holder) is willing to go through the COM:VRT process and offer a specific free license for the logo.
If it is just the English-language Wikipedia you are concerned with, they have an allowance for uploading low-resolution versions of non-free logos (but those uploads are specific to en-wiki and cannot be used on other WMF projects). See en:File:Dallas Sidekicks WISL logo.jpg for a decent example. - Jmabel ! talk 09:42, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Froggheadd: @Jmabel: I see - maybe we should then also tell Frogghead plain and clear "Do not use any upload tool (whatever it may come from), but use the "Upload file" link in the left column on this or the Commons start page almost at the top for uploading the new logo." - in order to avoid the "it can't be a logo" issue. Pittigrilli (talk) 10:08, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Really not sure. These wordings are all in motion at the moment. At Commons talk:WMF support for Commons/Upload Wizard Improvements I (and others) have been trying to impress upon the developers that the goal is not to minimize the number of "bad" uploads (in terms of copyright/licensing/scope), the goal is to minimize the sum of "bad" uploads that are accepted and "good" uploads that are not. - Jmabel ! talk 12:49, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Froggheadd: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png logo as a new user. Such uploads of png logos are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png logo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your official website or social media or send permission via VRT. 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 an svg or jpg version, too. If you can't get a compliant license, the logo 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.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:02, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked upload: new user + pdf file[edit]

I'm an employee of the Wikimedia Foundation and I'm trying to upload a copy of the Foundation's public comments in a regulatory proceeding to Commons. However, my upload was blocked by a bot because I'm a new user trying to upload a pdf. I wrote these comments as part of my job for the Foundation and was asked by the Foundation to upload them to commons, so neither copyright nor permissions should be a problem here. How should I proceed? SAdams-WMF (talk) 16:23, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Stan, should work now. I tagged your account 'confirmed'. Achim55 (talk) 17:07, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, @Achim55! I was able to upload the comments and I greatly appreciate your help and speed! SAdams-WMF (talk) 18:31, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
i have same issue! please help NSHIMIRYAYO Ange1 (talk) 13:41, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@NSHIMIRYAYO Ange1: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/281. Please read Mediawiki:Abusefilter-disallowed-pdf-new-user-upload again. What is in the files?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:01, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WWI aircraft images[edit]

I would like to upload scanned WWI aircraft images from a 1946 British book, it is original (not a reprint) and has no copyright notices. The images themselves are mostly credited to aircraft manufacturers and dated 1914-1918, all taken over 100 years ago. I believe that the book and images are public domain but am struggling to find the correct licensing template for this situation. Just need steering in the right direction, thanks. Nimbus227 (talk) 17:53, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can use {{PD-UK-unknown}} if the author is unknown. Ruslik (talk) 18:55, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The authors are known (Owen G Thetford and E.J Riding) but I can't find any death dates (for the 70 year rule). I have read in one of the licensing sections here that old books with no copyright notices are not protected which seems to make sense. Nimbus227 (talk) 19:53, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In cases where the author is known but the death date is not known, we'd have to wait 120 years after the creation of the photograph so it could be uploaded in 2039 (sooner if the year of creation is known to be before 1918). Abzeronow (talk) 20:17, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Nimbus227: I believe you may be referring to "Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Compiled by O.G. Thetford and E.J. Riding. Managing editor: D.A. Russe." The first contributor is almost certainly Owen Gordon Thetford (1923-1996). UK copyright on the work will last until at least 2066 (assuming the other contributors died earlier). However, the book is described as "compiled by," which suggests Thetford and Riding didn't take the photos. Does the book give any indication that other people may have taken the photographs? If so (and they aren't named) then {{PD-UK-unknown}} may apply to the photographs. However, if they were first published in 1946, the US copyright would have been restored in 1996 and won't expire until 2041. Unless you can find an earlier publication, it is unlikely that you will be able to upload these images for quite some time. From Hill To Shore (talk) 20:42, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, right title, there's no mention of D.A Russe that I can see. Majority of images are credited to the Imperial War Museum with others credited to the manufacturing companies (Sopwith, Westland etc). It looks like I will have to upload the needed images as non-free on Wikipedia. Nimbus227 (talk) 20:52, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The archive entry I found had the name cut off. Apparently it was edited by D. A. Russell,[2] the managing editor of "Aeromodeller." We also have a Wikidata entry for Owen Thetford (Q112564888). Ping me when you upload the images to Wikipedia; I'll be happy to look over them to see if we can craft a justification for them PD, or at least help establish when they are likely to become PD. From Hill To Shore (talk) 21:31, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

HotCat tag[edit]

Why are category edits made here with HotCat tagged while on other wiki pages it appears in the edit summary that was made with HotCat? 190.242.115.101 19:05, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you really need to know, that might be better asked on the Village pump. I don't see anything there that would impede anyone's use of Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 12:32, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

LANGUAGE[edit]

I want to write in my mother tongue language , so tell me may I write in my local language or not? Parmjitkaler (talk) 03:52, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Parmjitkaler: Hi, and welcome. Yes, Commons is multilingual, you may write in your mother tongue, the name of which you may find near the top of Commons:Welcome or near the bottom of Commons:Community portal.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:51, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Parmjitkaler:If you are doing this in category descriptions or file descriptions, do use a language tag. E.g.
{{en|Picture of a cat.}} produces:
English: Picture of a cat.
{{es|Imágen de un gato.}} produces:
Español: Imágen de un gato.
Jmabel ! talk 12:38, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Parmjitkaler: If you tell us what that language is, we can direct you to our resources and community pages in that language (if they exist; if not, we can show you where to start some!). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:05, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Page deleted: Actuaries Institute - how can we represent this actuarial body?[edit]

Hi there,

I noticed that there's no page for the Actuaries Institute (actuarial body of Australia and globally for actuaries). I noticed all the other worldwide actuarial associations have one, but this one has been deleted due to unambiguous advertising or promotion and unambigous copyright infringement from their website in 2021.

I've reached out to the user who deleted the page to request it be reinstated (providing I edit it without any promotional tone, material and it being properly sourced). However, I'd love some guidance.

Is the page able to be restored, so I can edit it within the guidelines? Or, could I create a new page for Actuaries Institute, and it can be redirected from the old one? Could you please advise me of the right way forward?

Thank you! EricaSatur (talk) 05:59, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See User talk:EricaSatur, good guidance there. That is Wikipedia, this is Commons, a separate site/project (basically where Wikipedia keeps the pictures). Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:27, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photo uploaded but not sure if uploaded successfully[edit]

Photo uploaded but not sure if uploaded successfully Abhya2022 (talk) 08:17, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Abhya2022: Hi, and welcome. You have successfully uploaded nine photos. Checking the first one, it was successfully submitted to the Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 in India contest, and currently has three categories related to that. The categories and the number of them may change as the contest proceeds. Your uploads specifically are listed at Special:ListFiles/Abhya2022; anyone can find their own uploads at Special:MyUploads. Your upload log, linked from "upload log" on that page, is here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:07, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

rural economy is lucking research in concerned sectors[edit]

rural economy is dominated by activities including but not limitted to Agriculture, rearing animals, mining(in some parts) and handcrafts. the agriculture is the one that is practiced at large scale. however, the production is highly subsistence due to the fact that research was not carried out to inform policy makers and implementers at local level. the question is for how long and in what way rural economy will be self sustaining? NSHIMIRYAYO Ange1 (talk) 13:18, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NSHIMIRYAYO Ange1: What does this have to do with Wikimedia Commons?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:03, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading a new version of File:Wikimania - The Wikimentary.webm[edit]

Hello, Recently, I have uploaded File:Wikimania - The Wikimentary - Edited.webm, a cropped-down version of File:Wikimania - the Wikimentary.webm. But actually, perhaps I should've just updated the latter rather than creating a new file... My project being that the former replaces the latter everywhere it is used.

The problem with File:Wikimania - the Wikimentary.webm, as you can see if you watch the video, is that it starts over regularly to the beginning - so the visionner of the video has to speed up to where it cut off last in order to enjoy the full length. The full video, no interruption, thus begins at 25'40 . My edit aims to show only the useful length (so starting at 25'40 ) .

If I were to update directly File:Wikimania - the Wikimentary.webm, I would edit again my own edit: right now, i repet several times that my edit shortens the original publication, and that I do not own the credit, blah, blah... Looking back, on it, it's not so necessary.

What do you think? Can I Overwrite the current video, File:Wikimania - the Wikimentary.webm ? Thank you for your advice,
Blocktomo (talk) 21:25, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Blocktomo: I tagged this file with {{Allow Overwriting}} for you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 06:02, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Now, I can't upload a decent new version because I'm limited to 100 mb... Blocktomo (talk) 16:17, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Blocktomo: Try with User talk:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js. Yann (talk) 16:37, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wow thanks! I'll post an update when I do it. Blocktomo (talk) 10:19, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, done! thank you @Jeff G. and @Yann !
I had however read somewhere that only auto-patrol members were aloud to use bigChunkedUploads ... Have I been breaking the rules? I mean, I believe my edit was useful, so I'm glad I did it, but it's worth asking, as that can help me better understand the conventions of Wikimedia Commons. Blocktomo (talk) 11:39, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help with an article I'm writing[edit]

Hello! I am writing an article on an internet celebrity and I need assistance in editing the hyper links as well as formatting the page so it passes wikipedias guidelines. The draft is Draft:Kawaiiconic. Thank you! Kawaiiconic (talk) 22:53, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Kawaiiconic: Hi, and welcome. Please use internal links like en:Draft:Kawaiiconic. Also, 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.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 05:55, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also, for help on en-wiki, you will probably want to ask at en:WP:Teahouse. This page is part of Wikimedia Commons, which is a sister project to Wikipedia, but distinct. - Jmabel ! talk 08:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Broken link to National Park Service File - Can I upload a copy to Wikimedia Commons?[edit]

aANew York State hosted online a 30 page PDF copy of an OMB 1024-0018 NPS (National Park Service) form documenting a historic church in Saratoga County that was linked by the Wikipedia article on the church stood. 9 photos included in the PDF are also linked. The old links to a New York State website no longer function and the document isn't found on the Wayback machine. Searching I found a reference to the document the National Park Service website as "The PDF file for this National Register record has not yet been digitized.". I downloaded a copy of the PDF from the NY webpages prior to it the link being broken. The church was torn down not long after being put on the register of historic places. The PDF has 9 photos documenting the structure.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 0MB NO. 1024-0018, NPS FORM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM

My question is can I upload the PDF to Wikimedia commons? Could the photos be copied out of the document and used to illustrate the Wikipedia page? Thanks. HareHereHare (talk) 23:59, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@HareHereHare: Hi, and welcome. Who filled out the form and added the photos?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:09, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Signed by a Deputy Commissioner for Historic Preservation, and a "signature of Keeper". The form was prepared by a Program Analyst with NYS OPRHP DHP Field Seryices.
The form is stamped in a number of places as "RECEIVED 413 DEC 12 1994 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION NATIONAL PARK SERVICE" HareHereHare (talk) 00:19, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The photographs include scans of the reverse that show the name of the photographer (the NYS OPRHP DHP Field Services analyst) and location of the negatives (NYS OPRHP DHP Field Services). HareHereHare (talk) 00:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Noodling around the NPS website I found a copyright disclaimer on an asset they actually have linked: "Copyright Information:
Permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this website." HareHereHare (talk) 00:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Getting a press pass[edit]

Hi. I live in Iceland and recently there has been a lot of volcano activity in Reykjanes. During the eruptions only press is allowed in. I was wondering if there was a way for photographers to get credentials from Commons. I know Wikinews has "Accreditation requests", but I'm not active there so I'm not elegable. I would love to be able to get great photos during the next eruption. Steinninn ♨ 05:19, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The rules are very country specific and therefore there is no process on Commons for this. Normally you would ask your local chapter but Iceland does not have one. I think the only way would be to explain what you do yourself and hope that they accept this. GPSLeo (talk) 06:56, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Steinninn Da Du Deutsch sprichst und Bilder hochgeladen hast (die ja auch für die deutschsprachige Wikipedia relevant sind) könntest Du versuchen, ob Du von WMDE eine Mail-Adresse + Visitenkarte bekommst. Das ist kein Presseausweis, aber die Visitenkarte hat mir schon geholfen, bei Demos, bei denen die Polizei zwei Gruppen mit gegenteiligem Demointeresse auseinanderhält, die Polizeisperre zu passieren und auf beiden Seiten zu fotografieren. Siehe: de:Wikipedia:Förderung/E-Mail-Adressen_und_Visitenkarten C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 19:27, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are uploading screenshots of a software allowed?[edit]

These types of screenshots are including but not limited to software. NoVaEarthWiki11 (talk) 14:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NoVaEarthWiki11: Only if the software and its user interface elements are available under the terms of a Commons-compatible free license. See Commons:Screenshots for details. —RP88 (talk) 14:42, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how do i delete a photo that i have uploaded?[edit]

I'd like to delete a photo that i have uploaded. How is this done? T3ldv (talk) 16:57, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@T3ldv: On the description page of the image, you can click "Nominate for deletion" and indicate the reason for deletion. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:07, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If it is a recent upload you can just mark it with {{G7}} (at the top of the file page). We allow about a week's grace period for people to change their minds about their uploads. No need for a DR process. - Jmabel ! talk 17:57, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • If you are talking about File:LDV MAXUS.jpg, it's been on Commons too long for speedy deletion. You'd need to list a deletion request for it, including a reason for deletion. It is currently in use in multiple projects and has been on Commons for more than 10 years - in such cases, the uploader asking many years later is not generally considered a reason to delete without a specific explanation of why it needs to be deleted. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 18:33, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

{{int:filedesc}}[edit]

I make tropical cyclone track maps, but I see that every time I upload a file, "{{int:filedesc}}" gets added to the top. This is unwanted in the track map descriptions, as {{WPTC track map}} already includes the section header for "Summary". How can I upload a file without the tag getting automatically added? 2003LN6 20:37, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Senhores, coloquei a biografia resumida da bailarina e professora Eliana Caminada e meu artigo foi vetado.[edit]

Não existe nada, no texto, associado a Direitos Autorais. Todos os dados foram confirmados com a própria artista e se trata do resumo do seu trabalho ao longo da sua vida. ELIANA "MARIA" CAMINADA (talk) 00:34, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photo of ancestor[edit]

I have a photo of George McDermot, taken in about 1900, that was sent to me by the Paulist order in New York, where he was a priest. I would like to use the photo on the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McDermot, which I created. When asked (by George McDermot's great-great nephew) for any information they had about him, the Paulists just sent the photo and said he could have it. Is this sufficient for copyright purposes, and if so what licence is appropriate?

Many thanks in advance. I have tried to find a similar case in the FAQ for image uploading, but cannot see one.

Regards John Gallagher Jpg496 (talk) 14:50, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You say it is from "about 1900". There are certain circumstances under which a U.S. photo from that date could still be copyrighted, but it would be unusual. If it's from before 1904 and has never been published, or if it was first published in 2003 or later, then {{PD-US-unpublished}} works. If it was published in 1928 or earlier, {{PD-US-expired}} works. If it was first published in between those dates (1929-2002, inclusive) things can get trickier, and it just might still be copyrighted. Do you know which of these cases applies? - Jmabel ! talk 15:43, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the quick reply. As far as I know the full photo itself has not been published, though a similar photo (cropped) appears on George McDermot's entry on https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95846462/george-mcdermott. This was created by the Paulists (who gave us the photo) in 2012. Jpg496 (talk) 16:07, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Any publication in 2003 or later is not a problem, because starting then publication of old unpublished works did not extend their U.S. copyright, so you can use .{{PD-US-unpublished}} if it is from before 1904 (120 years). - Jmabel ! talk 21:33, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Jpg496 (talk) 07:41, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PDF/Vorschau JPG-Auflösung[edit]

Hallo,

ich habe ein Buch als PDF hochgeladen. Man kann sich jede Seite auch als JPG anzeigen lassen. Unter dem Vorschaubild steht: Größe der JPG-Vorschau dieser PDF-Datei: 439 × 599 Pixel. Weitere Auflösungen: 176 × 240 Pixel | 352 × 480 Pixel.

Warum wird keine größere Auflösung angeboten, wenn die PDF-Originaldatei eigentlich 800 × 1.091 Pixel hat? Es geht um folgende Datei: file:Список дворян Киевской губернии, 1906 г.pdf. Danke für jede Hilfe. Angel Miklashevsky (talk) 15:58, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requesting additional content in an article[edit]

I recently read the article on Ethylenediaminetetraaceticacid. I am interested in the history of the compound’s development/discovery. What is the appropriate method for requesting such content? Tsember (talk) 16:36, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tsember: This is Wikimedia Commons, a media repository. If you read the article on the English-language Wikipedia, try asking en:WP:Help desk; see also en:WP:Be bold. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:17, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ballad of The Brooklyn[edit]

When I was a young boy one of my aunts who lived in New York and her sisters used to go to the USO and dated sailors. She used to sing a song or ballad about The Brooklyn or the mighty B. Have you ever heard of it? Magicalballoonguy (talk) 21:37, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, but consider trying Wikipedia:Reference desk/Entertainment Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:18, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

edit file name[edit]

I have uploaded an image file, but the wrong file name is listed. How do I change it to the correct one? I do not see a way to edit it. Please help. Mastecker (talk) 23:06, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mastecker If you're on a laptop or in desktop view on your device, see the "More" dropdown to the left of the search-box at for example File:Lake McDonald Montana at dawn.jpg. In that dropdown, choose "Move" to request a change. Hope this helps. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:16, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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