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Have I accurately attributed these images?

Hi, I inadvertently uploaded these images incorrectly to Wikimedia. The process of creating articles about these people." (I'm new here, and learning)", which is why the images were nominated for deletion. I think I have fixed the problem/s, but I'd be grateful if someone could take a look at them to see if I've attributed them properly:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MarekKowalkiewicz.jpg#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nicole_Sahin.png#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D

For context, the images were taken by a professional photographer on their behalf, and they have been granted permission to share them on Wikimedia by the photographer. The image were then forward to me to upload. I'd be grateful if someone could let me know if I'm doing things the right/wrong way. Cheers, and thank you.– [←[User:KWriteReturn|KWriteReturn]→] –(talk) 03:26, 22 May 2024 (UTC) @KWriteReturn: [reply]

You still have them marked as "own work", but you've now listed someone else as the photographer. That makes no sense.
"the images were taken by a professional photographer on their behalf": on whose behalf?
Permission "to share them on Wikimedia" is, sad to say, useless, at least for Commons. Per COM:L, Commons accepts only files that are either in the public domain (these pretty clearly aren't) or where the copyright-holder has explicitly granted a "free license" such as a CC-BY or CC-BY-SA license. Those aren't the only acceptable free licenses, but the license must allow for commercial use (which may, however, be limited by personality rights, trademark, or other non-copyright restrictions) and for the creation of derivative works.
On last, this permission "to share them on Wikimedia" falls short on two counts. (1) There is no explicit license allowing commercial use and derivative works and (2) we have only your word for someone else granting a license.

Other than the "own work" issue (which you can correct by accurately stating the source), the rest of this can be addressed by either of the following two approaches:

Presuming the photographer is the copyright-holder, they can indicate the grant of license on any public-facing web page clearly under their own control (e.g. a website for their photography business; a Flickr page or something similar -- if they have a Flickr account, Flickr is well set up to allow a declaration of any of several different CC licenses; a publicly visible social media post; etc.) Basically, they can post the image, indicate that they are the photographer, and grant the permission. Sometimes it is useful for this purpose to create a page on a website that might even have no incoming links on the website, but where they provide the URL, and the domain is clearly under their control.
The copyright-holder can send an overt declaration of a particular license as explained at COM:VRT. If the copyright-holder is someone other than the photographer, the VRT will also typically need a copy of the document that transferred copyright.

I know this is a little complicated, but publishing a third party's work legally is inherently complicated. - Jmabel ! talk 05:29, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for taking the time to help me, @Jmabel; I really appreciate it. I have updated the sources of both photos, and have asked both photographers to complete the VRT Release Generator. I believe that Marvin Fox has already completed this for Marek Kowalkiewicz's image. Please let me know if there is anything else I need to do. Once again, thank you! KWriteReturn (talk) 03:45, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@KWriteReturn: Please don't edit the posts of others without very good reason. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:07, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Jeff, I am not aware of having done this - could you please point out the edit/s to me? KWriteReturn (talk) 02:50, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong photo of me on my Wikipedia page - Julie Davis

The photo on my Wikipedia page has been changed to a photo that is not of me. How do I remove this photo? Feralistic (talk) 08:01, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Feralistic: Is this about Julie Davis? Do you have another picture to suggest? Picture was indeed changed on March 14th. Yann (talk) 08:31, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently there is this one File:Writer Director Actress Julie Davis.jpg, it needs to be done right or it will be deleted. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:31, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Removed it, but consider Wikipedia:A picture of you. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:23, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect on rights for certain images; unsure how to proceed

A recent perusal of my uploads made me realize some rights issues with some photos.

So, for context, John Prentice is my step-grandfather, and I uploaded the following images, but did not have the rights to them:

Not fully understanding copyright at the time, knowing I had my grandmother's permission to upload them, and considering I had "taken" the photos that were being uploaded (i.e. I had "scanned" them in with my phone), I thought this was okay. I now recognize that this was not correct, however. I don't think there is any way to verify her permission (she's not good with technology), so my inclination was to request they all be deleted (instead of trying to verify her permission), but I wasn't sure.

On top of this, I uploaded File:Robert Nemanich 2023.jpg on behalf of someone else; I had permission in this case, as well (I tried convincing the actual photographer to upload it themselves, but they asked me to do it for them, and for reasons I can't get into, a different set of issues would have arisen had I done the VRT verification route, so I thought, eh, no big deal), but I definitely should have known better. I can maybe see if in the future I can get the person to upload on Flickr or something so I can share it, but my main concern now is telling the truth and making it right.

I apologize for these mistakes. I've genuinely enjoyed contributing to Wikimedia these past many months, and I am incredibly sorry that I let the community down with my actions. My intent was always in good faith, but mistakes were made, nonetheless. I hope this can be rectified as soon as possible, in as best a way as possible, and that I can still contribute. Again, I am very sorry.

Thank you,
Packer1028 (talk) 09:25, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Packer1028: Hi, and welcome. Please try to get them to comply with VRT, perhaps even by printing out a copy of COM:CONSENT or using our Interactive Release Generator for each of them, having them sign, and scanning the results. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:37, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Packer1028: Hi, For the photos showing John Prentice, the first thing is to determine the photographer(s) and the copyright owner(s). The photos look like family photos but not like self-portraits by John Prentice. If your grandmother is the photographer or acquired the copyrights, she could, as Jeff G. suggests, sign an equivalent paper and you can send a copy to VRT. It may be prudent to first ask at the VRT noticeboard if they accept. If your grandmother is not the photographer or the copyright owner, she cannot issue a license. If other copyright owner(s) is (are) known, the solution can be to request a free license from them. If the photos can be kept, please correct the author, source and date statements in the description pages and remove the self template from the licenses. For the photo showing Robert Nemanich, if it is impossible in any way to get the copyright owner to validate the potential license, then the file should probably be nominated for deletion. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:26, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all for your help. I'll get on this ASAP. 99% certain my grandmother was the photographer for all JP photos. Try to see if I can salvage the other one. Packer1028 (talk) 05:27, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Land valt droog-522107.ogv doesn't play

Hi all, I cannot watch this video. Does anyone know how to solve it? It says "No compatible source was found for this media." Just before that, I was able to watch other videos on Commons and I don't think I'm the only one. Kind regards, Ennomien (talk) 17:33, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Plays fine for me. - Jmabel ! talk 20:59, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Has it something to do with the transcode status? The first four in the table are not ready yet. Can I restart that process or is that a bad idea? (I don't know the implications.) Ennomien (talk) 21:07, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ennomien: Hi, and welcome. When I got to that page, the first four transcodes were "Not ready" and had been "Added to Job queue 60 days, 22 hours, 47 minutes and 13 seconds ago". My guess is that the transcoding jobs died, but not gracefully. I just reset them for you; two are started, and two were added to the job queue. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:19, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Jeff G., that solved it! Ennomien (talk) 15:21, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ennomien: You're welcome! All four have now finished. Please try to watch the video again. The biggest one took 1 min 38 s; there's no way a transcode should take 60 days. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:24, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just did that. The video was not that important to me (although it was interesting), it was more the fact that it didn't play for me and probably also not for others. Ennomien (talk) 15:30, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

HELP: unable to fetch parsoid html: no downgrade possible from schema version 0.0.0 to 2.8.0.

I tried to edit a description for a page of a file i uploaded, the got hit with this error: unable to fetch parsoid html: no downgrade possible from schema version 0.0.0 to 2.8.0. What can i do? NVBCCN (talk) 01:35, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sheeps

So, someone has added content to Category:Sheeps and moved a lot of pages into it or its subcategories. I've tried to revert some of the damage, but what I can do is limited because my IP is blocked here though not on Wikipedia (I use Apple's Private Relay service) and HotCat doesn't seem to work for me any more. So hoping that someone else will have the tools to sort this out – it's a mess! Thanks, Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 21:16, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~In progress~~ moving everything over to Sheep first, then will figure out any diffusion/ additional clean up. All the best -- Chuck ^Talk 22:13, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Looks like the categories were using textcat (no idea why this even exists) instead of the normal cat template, explaining the hotcat issues. Leave a message on my talk page if further cleanup is needed.

All the best -- Chuck ^Talk 22:20, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I would like to update the photo on my Wikipedia, how do I do that?

Hello, I would like to update the photo on my Wikipedia, how do I do that? Much appreciated. Jlhale (talk) 23:32, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jlhale: We have about 100 million photos here, so it is difficult to guess what photo you are asking about.

Start at Commons:First steps; if your question isn't answered, please feel free to come back here with something more specific. - Jmabel ! talk 01:43, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:G7 Environment Ministers Meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (1).jpg

Who is that woman wearing red dress?--125.230.83.35 08:28, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From the image description: Catherine McKenna (Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada). --rimshot^talk 15:42, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Feltöltött kép törlése

Amennyiben szeretnénk letörölni már feltöltött fájlt vagy megváltoztatni annak a nevét, azt hol és hogyan tudjuk megtenni? Hgk movar (talk) 09:56, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Google Translate from Hungarian: "If we want to delete an already uploaded file or change its name, where and how can we do it?" - Jmabel ! talk 17:55, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hgk movar: If you want to delete your own recent upload (uploaded in the last seven days), see Template:My bad upload. This will almost always be granted.

If you want to delete your older upload, you have to nominate it for deletion, just as if it had been uploaded by anyone else.

If you want to change a filename, use the "move" tab above the image. If you have Filemover privileges, this will actually let you move it; if not, it will help you fill out a form for a move request. Please note that because filename stability is important, except for very recent uploads we allow only a very limited set of reasons for moving a file. See either Commons:File renaming or the partially translated Commons:Fájlátnevezés. - Jmabel ! talk 18:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to upload Movie poster

I want to upload Movie poster so guide me please how to i can do upload poster in proper way and process.. Rinuverse (talk) 12:49, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Commons only allows images with a free license, which a movie poster usually doesn't have. English language Wikipedia has a process for such content outlined here: en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. If you believe that the poster might actually be free, please tell us why. rimshot^talk 15:51, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Profile edit

How can edit my Wikipedia profile name,I made a mistake to write my name spelling.Please help to way out H.M Humayum kabir (talk) 17:53, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You have fewer than 10 edits on this account, including this one here. Just stop using it and create a new account with the name you actually want. - Jmabel ! talk 18:03, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image

I want to know if I can put an image of a starting line for Jet Lag the game that I found on a website. Jd101991 (talk) 20:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jd101991: since I have no idea what that looks like, and you haven't provided a link, I can't really give you a good answer. However, keep in mind that in almost every country in the world, at least since 1989 (and for many of them long before that), if something can be copyrighted then it is copyrighted by default. So unless this is something so simple that it cannot be copyrighted, it almost certainly is copyrighted, and unless the copyright-holder has granted a free license, we can't accept it here. - Jmabel ! talk 06:06, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does this meet the ToO?

en:File:The Tetris Company logo.png

This was deleted and moved to English Wikipedia as a fair use file, but I wonder if it even meets the threshold of originality for copyright protection. It appears to just be simple text. AuroraANovaUma ^-^ (talk) 20:37, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Really close to the line for the U.S. threshold. If you want it looked by someone really knowledgeable, you'd do better at COM:VP/C than here on the help desk. - Jmabel ! talk 18:08, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
alr i asked them AuroraANovaUma ^-^ (talk) 19:36, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Faithful reproduction of a plate?

Hi, I recently uploaded File:Buah nanas pineapple plate.jpg but I'm not sure if there is copyright on the photo or not. I know that scans of 2D objects which are a faithful reproductions are not considered to have copyright. I'm just not sure if that applies to a ceramic plate or not! I would love some copyright advice. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 22:28, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rachel Helps (BYU): The photo (of a 3D object) is copyrightable, and therefore almost certainly copyrighted. - Jmabel ! talk 18:10, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake. I have added a deletion tag. Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:42, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

wiki love nature jo

How can I puplish a photo to the competition wiki love nature jo? Shahad khlaif (talk) 00:36, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Shahad khlaif: Do you mean Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2024? I can't think of anything called "wiki love nature jo". - Jmabel ! talk 18:13, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Captcha

I am entering what I am seeing to verify . Don Quojame (talk) 02:45, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Don Quojame: what help are you requesting? - Jmabel ! talk 18:14, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Don Quojame: If you have trouble seeing the challenge, you may be able to hear it instead. Please describe thoroughly what you are seeing. A screenshot on another site may help. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:14, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Key "***" not found in stash when I want to upload an image

Key "***" not found in stash when I want to upload an image, what to do? Tadmisha (talk) 11:36, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Start the upload again. It is likely only a temporary problem of the server. If the same file always runs into this problem but other uploads are fine more investigation makes sense. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 18:00, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

assignment of copyrights

A photographer assigns the copyrights of a certain collection of their photos to a non-profit. Can the non-profit upload some of the assigned photos to wikipedia without the permission of the photographer? BBTIarchival (talk) 11:37, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BBTIarchival: Yes, but we will need a proof of copyright ownership by the organization. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Copyright transfers can only be in writing. Yann (talk) 14:06, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In general, if the non-profit in question is well-enough known (something like Oxfam, or Mercy Corps, or a major symphony orchestra) and if they have claimed copyright and granted a license on their own site, we would usually assume good faith. But, otherwise, it is almost always a good idea to go through VRT to clarify that the copyrights were assigned (copy of assignment document) and that the uploader represents the non-profit (send email to VRT from the non-profit's domain, be able to respond to email there). - Jmabel ! talk 18:30, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding necessary supportive action to prevent deletion of protest images

You may find the details on this page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Move_Earth_to_new_Habitable_Zone. I am unsure how I am getting alerts of these image deletion requests on my email id since I have a different user account. I request you to kindly do the needful allowing us the necessary time and resources to retain the flagged images. Love's Labour Lost (talk) 14:37, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Love's Labour Lost: If it is certain that permission emails will be sent very soon to Wikimedia, someone can add the template Permission pending to the pages of the files. If not, and if the files are deleted, they can be restored after the permissions are received. For the email, maybe User:Move Earth to new Habitable Zone indicated your email in their account information. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:25, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Frustrating

Today I uploaded a picture to Wikimedia Commons I took of myself in 1983 using a camera with a self-timer. The link: File:Helmut Sinor (1983).jpg

Now I received a message that something is still not correct. I can't get my head around it any more. Whatever I do, there's always something to criticize. Under https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Helmut_Sinor_(1983).jpg it currently says:

{{No source since|month=May|day=30|year=2024}}

== {{int:filedesc}} ==
{{Information
| description    = {{en|1=Helmut Sinor (1983)}}
| date           = 1983
| source         = {{own}}
| author         = [[User:Chinnichap|Chinnichap]]
| permission     = 
| other versions = 
}}

== {{int:license-header}} ==
{{self|cc-by-4.0}}

[[Category:Portrait]]
[[Category:Helmut Sinor]]
[[Category:1983]]
[[Category:Self-timer]]

I have absolutely no plan. What else do I have to do so that my photo is finally accepted?

Kind regards, Helmut Sinor (User: Chinnichap) Chinnichap (talk) 14:48, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Chinnichap: Hi, Some users nominate for speedy deletion photos that might or might not be self-portraits. In the page of the file, you can click on the button "Challenge speedy deletion". That will create a normal deletion discussion and you can tell the reason for why the photo can be kept. There is a similar situation with the 2018 photo and it is more urgent because the speedy deletion tag has been there for a longer time. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:52, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The photo from 2018 was taken by my sister. If it gets deleted now, that's not so tragic. For now, I would like to bring the picture from 1983 through the thicket of regulations. That has priority now. As I'm in hospital next week, I can only take care of it until Sunday. After that, I won't be able to do anything to get the photo from 1983 accepted until June 10. Chinnichap (talk) 07:50, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Chinnichap: I've taken the first step for you. You can follow up at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Helmut Sinor (1983).jpg. Question: any connection to Chinn & Chapman? If not, that user name may be a problem. I believe it's probably a trademarked name. - Jmabel ! talk 18:37, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I created this username years ago to familiarize myself a little with the possibilities. It was simply the first username that spontaneously came to mind. At that time, I had no intention of ever contributing to Wikipedia myself. If the problems are due to that, I could certainly change the username.

Should I do this in the current situation or will it only make things more complicated? Chinnichap (talk) 07:42, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry we've ended up having this conversation in two places, but I would suggest you just stop using the Chinnichap account and stick to the one under your own name. - Jmabel ! talk 19:11, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Use of images

Today I received (after asking of course) professional pictures of the person I wanted to write an article about. Now the person gave me permission to upload it on Wikipedia, but im not sure if he gave permission to upload it Wikimedia and make it available to everyone. What can I do in this case? Thank you BearThatRun (talk) 18:41, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BearThatRun: first, you need to find out who owns the copyright for the images. Typically that will not be the subject of the photo, unless it is a selfie: it will be the photographer. Assuming the copyright has not been transferred, and the photogrpapher still holds the copyright, there are basically two ways to go:

The copyright-holder can post the image on a web page clearly under their control (their own web site, a public-facing social media post, their Flickr account, etc.) and indicate an appropriate free license that they are offering (I'd recommend either CC-BY 4.0 or CC-BY-SA 4.0). They can indicate a required attribution if they like, but the license they offer must allow (1) commercial reuse and (2) derivative works. Then anyone can cite that page for source/permission and upload the file to Commons.
The copyright-holder can go through the process described at COM:VRT to send an email granting a free license (again, I'd recommend either CC-BY 4.0 or CC-BY-SA 4.0).

If the copyright has been transferred, then really only the second option is viable, because they will need to provide a copy of the document that transferred copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 03:16, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I apologize for the late reply, thank you so much for the help! I will inform myself with the participant of the photo and ask if he has the rights BearThatRun (talk) 16:27, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BearThatRun: Please clarify with that person after reading VRT. If they email permission, please ask them to carbon copy you to keep you in the loop. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:10, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

will do, thank you! BearThatRun (talk) 16:27, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Actor Image

While editing the article of American actor Brandon Butler I noticed his page didn't have an image. As such I found one from his Instagram profile that was not from any photoshoot. Instated it was a photo of himself post on his public profile thanking his followers for birthday wishes. I choose this image because it was clear from the context that it wasn't part of someone else's work and shared public. However it was recently flagged for deletion an non-compliant with copyright.

Is this not acceptable? If not could you give me an example of an image I can use? If it is what licensing should I add? John's Edits (talk) 13:20, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@John's Edits: it certainly wouldn't be in the public domain. What basis do you have to believe it would have a free license? - Jmabel ! talk 19:14, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel, based on the context of the post and the others on the actor's account. When his posts are the result of photoshoots the photographer is tagged. In the case I select it was clearly a photo taken for personal used that was shared to all followers. I'm new to uploading photos so my interpretation may very well be wrong.

To avoid making the same mistake again could you give me examples of appropriate images I could use? I thought of some from premiers, but they might be copyrighted, even if they don't have the watermarks. John's Edits (talk) 09:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@John's Edits: Under the Berne Convention, signed by all but a handful of countries in the world, anything eligible for copyright is copyrighted by default. Unless there is an explicit statement of an appropriate free license, pretty much everything from the last 35 years is copyrighted, as is a good deal of content from the last 120 years (and in a handful of cases even longer). There are many living people for whom there is no available free-licensed images; that is one of the reasons many of us go out and take such photos. - Jmabel ! talk 14:54, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Legit files from a blacklisted Flickr account

I uploaded two portraits with cc-by-2.0 license from Flickr (depicting a former Microsoft employee, who is now a famous author in Sweden) but the reviewer bot automatically rejected them because the account of the original uploader on Flickr, Microsoft Sweden, is blacklisted for "Copyrighted logos and stock images of Microsoft products." I think these files are legit, because the person had worked for the company and the files are pretty high quality. Is there any way that they can be acceptable? Thank you, HeminKurdistan (talk) 16:16, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the question of trust. Ruslik (talk) 20:13, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ruslik0: sure, but their not getting stuff right about licensing logos doesn't particularly cast doubt on their accurately licensing a photo of one of their own employees. - Jmabel ! talk 05:19, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly, that's my point. So is it possible to overwrite the bot's automatic decision? HeminKurdistan (talk) 10:31, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Undeletion files Request

Undeletion files Request Tshering Youngming (talk) 20:24, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is not the right forum for this. I've fixed your attempt at COM:UDR. Abzeronow (talk) 20:27, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Tshering Youngming (talk) 20:47, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upload difficulty.

Hello, I supposedly uploaded 11 images few hours ago but these are not showing on the uploads page. I don't know what is wrong. When I tried to upload again an error occurred as seems that it was a duplicate. Can you please help? Noport (talk) 20:59, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Noport: Could you check Special:ListFiles/Noport again? Assuming you are talking about the "Baħrija" files, they are there. - Jmabel ! talk 05:22, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your reply. Yes I can see the images on the Special: ListFiles/Noport but I cannot see them on the front page of Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2024 in Malta with the other 106 participating images. Can my images be moved there? Are my images in contest for the competition while they are on the Special: ListFiles? Thanks again for your help. Noport (talk) 06:44, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just to be clear before assuming anything "went wrong": did you upload with https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UploadWizard&campaign=wle-mt or with the regular Upload Wizard? If you did the former and your files didn't show up, you should let them know at Commons talk:Wiki Loves Earth 2024 in Malta. If you did the latter, then of course nothing attached them to the contest.

Looking at a typical file in Category:Images from Wiki Loves Earth 2024 in Malta, to add your image to that retroactively, it looks like you should add {{Wiki Loves Earth 2024|mt}} between the license section and the categories. - Jmabel ! talk 17:57, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Independiente del Copyright

Buenas, una pregunta que significa "independiente del Copyright" (osea significa es inelegible del copyright)?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 21:24, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AbchyZa22: sin contexto, es imposible decir que significa. Es un fragmento de oración, sin significado claro por derecho propio. - Jmabel ! talk 05:24, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading a big crop

I'm trying to upload a cropped version of File:Entada chrysostachys Drake.tif, but it's too big. Can anyone help me out? Zanahary (talk) 21:57, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Zanahary: (1) can you describe the crop you want to do? (2) when you say "it's too big," what approach did you try and how did it fail? - Jmabel ! talk 05:26, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just cropping out the color test bar. I tried to do it using the form loaded when I click “upload a new version of this file”, whose limit is, I believe, 100MB. Zanahary (talk) 15:26, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Zanahary: Well, you certainly shouldn't have been using “upload a new version of this file”. This is not an appropriate overwrite. You should be uploading under a distinct filename, and linking them with {{Derivative works}} / {{Derived from}} in the "other versions" section of {{Information}}. Try that, and if it still doesn't work for you, then I'll take a shot at it myself. - Jmabel ! talk 18:01, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can file names have symbols instead of letters and numbers?

For example, this file name here: File:Medicinal Herb 🌿.jpg. Is there a policy?

Thank you, -- Ooligan (talk) 02:13, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems a very poor choice to me. - Jmabel ! talk 05:26, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bad idea considering difficulty typing those characters and finding the file Zanahary (talk) 15:26, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ooligan: I agree with the other comments that it is a very poor choice and uploaders should avoid using them, but to answer your precise question I have not found a Commons policy forbidding their use. Apparently, the file naming policy of Commons does not forbid it. And the renaming policy does not seem to allow renaming for that reason. The policy of the English-language Wikipedia forbids it in the titles of articles, but it's not Commons. Notifying User:WomanON, the uploader of your example. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:15, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I left an explicit link to this discussion on their talkpage in case they don't get the ping. DMacks (talk) 16:55, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The last bullet-point of Commons:File naming#Language-specific guidelines advises to avoid unicode symbols, for several technical and practical reasons. That's only a proposed guideline, but it is linked from several other policy and guideline pages and other sets of advice and templates. DMacks (talk) 16:43, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at this uploader's files in general, I would say many fail the fundamental file-naming standard of being descriptive of the image. For example, any guesses what, even in general, File:Last_option_in_the_House_😂.jpg might be before clicking? And even after looking closely at the full description and image itself, any idea what in particular those specific components are? DMacks (talk) 16:48, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright

Why should I give up the rights to my images? Tramsnapper (talk) 05:54, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tramsnapper: You don't have to "give up the rights", but allow people to use your images under a free license. If you don't, please do not upload your images on Commons. Yann (talk) 15:18, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PDF book preview

I uploaded a PDF scanned book Commemorative Book of Kiev Governorate, 1915. However, the book preview does not work. I tried already to purge the cash but it did not work. Any help, please? I tried reuploading and purging but nothing helped.

I just noticed, this files are also unable to preview:

Liglioto (talk) 09:35, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Preview doesn't work, but the PDF looks fine. - Jmabel ! talk 18:03, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed that... But that's not my problem. Liglioto (talk) 10:22, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Video2Commons

I am uploading a video on Video2Commons.toolforge.com, but it takes a while, with status "Your task is pending...". Does this normally take some time, or must the upload be (manually) approved by someone? Ssu (talk) 10:33, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssu: The tool is broken. Please see phab:T365154 for the details. May be you can report it there. If enough people report it, may be it will get fixed. Yann (talk) 15:16, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are there any other tools that work? I have some MOV-files, but I think that the quality is worsened when I use online MOV2MPEG converters... Ssu (talk) 15:22, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssu: Please see Commons talk:Video2commons/Archive 1#v2c on Windows for Dummies. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:27, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

World of Warcraft Map

Hi my name is penelope. I was looking at a coloring-page-like map of azeroth from world of warcraft and noticed that it was missing the dragon isles. I have been looking at other pictures hoping to find a similar one but updated with the dragon isles and found nothing. I have a map of azeroth on my wall that I am working on and I am hoping to add the dragon isles to it. I don't need each individiual zone; I just want a matching map of the dragon isles that looks like a coloring page. I only need the outline of the island,I don't want the borders of each zone already drawn since I am planning to add them myself. I apologize if this is not the correct area to write this note; the help options I looked at were very confusing. If you cannot help me create a picture like this, i'd very much appreciate it if you could reccommend another website that might be able to help me. Thank you and have a great day! TheOutlaw09 (talk) 21:21, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TheOutlaw09: To the best of my knowledge, the only such map we have is File:Azeroth in World of Warcraft 2021.jpg. That was by User:EdoAug. EdoAug, can you help this person? - Jmabel ! talk 22:04, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's not something I can prioritize right now, but I'd be willing to give it a shot at a later time! There are some other maps in the Maps of Warcraft category, though none that include "the Dragon Isles". 🙇 EdoAug (talk) 00:12, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

linking a new commons category with its wikidata entry

Hi, I just created a new category page for bootblacking and tried to insert a wikidata infobox, which is unfortunately shown as empty even though a wikidata object with the name bootblacking exists: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108874572 Could somebody help me link the two, please? I searched for an instruction already but couldn't find anything. Thanks in advance! Satyridium (talk) 10:30, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done]. - Jmabel ! talk 19:05, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thank you so much! Satyridium (talk) 19:39, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Modifica figura

Nella pagina https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-DOPA c'è un errore nella figura in alto a destra. La stessa figura risulta sbagliata nella corrispontente pagina in lingua inglese. Le pagine invece in lingua spagnola e in lingua greca riportano due figure diverse entrambe esatte (ma con grafica leggermente diversa dalla grafica usata in lingua inglese e italiana).

Vorrei caricare la figura riportata nella pagina in lingua greca (si tratta nella rappresentazione tridimensionale di una formula chimica) che è corretta, nella pagina in lingua italiana (che presenta una raffigurazione errata). La figura usata nella pagina in lingua greca mi sembra usare una veste grafica più simile a quella usata nella pagina italiana. Glicitra (talk) 10:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I assume this is about File:Levodopa3D.PNG, since the other image at the top of it:L-DOPA is the same as the corresponding image in en-wiki.

@Glicitra: C'è qualcosa che ti impedisce di modificare tu stesso le Wikipedia italiane o greche? Per quanto riguarda le immagini su Commons, se ritieni che siano così chiaramente errate da dover essere segnalate per la cancellazione, per favore fallo. A parte questo, puoi sicuramente taggarli con {{Fact disputed}}. - Jmabel ! talk 19:13, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i have an image of a person

i have an image of a person, how can i add it Bebo12321 (talk) 12:30, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bebo12321 Do you own the copyright? If not has the copyright owner issued a formal licence for you to upload it, or is it otherwise lawful for you to upload it? 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 12:35, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bebo12321: you might want to start with Commons:First steps. - Jmabel ! talk 19:14, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading studio photos that my grandmother left to me (dates: 1920-1960) & family photos she took

I inherited photos from my grandmother and mother that were taken between 1920-1980. The photos prior to 1953 were portraits taken at studios that are no longer existant. The photographers, too, are deceased. I also have photos taken by my mother and grandmother. They all have historical value for the fashions they wore which are very clear and representative of the eras in which the photos were taken. They also show in the background buildings and neighborhoods that were part of the Italian-American community in Brooklyn, NY and Wilmerding, PA during the same period (1920-1980).

The photos are of my grandmother, grandfather, mother and father. Everyone is deceased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emilyannfrances (talk • contribs) 16:04, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since these photos belong to me I am willing to share them for knowledge and educational reasons. But how do I attribute them. They are not my own work and everyone whether studio or person is deceased.

Please advise as I am not clear in who to attribute them to.

Thank you very much. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emilyannfrances (talk • contribs) 16:03, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Emilyannfrances: Hi, You can upload the photos that were taken by persons from whom you inherited the rights, for example if that is the case with your mother and your grandmother. The authorship of each photo is normally attributed to the person who took that photo, unless you want to keep their identities secret. If it's unclear which of them took a photo, you can explain that and name both. As copyright owner, you can license the photos with any free license of your choice, for example, but not necessarily, those listed in this category, unless a photo is in the public domain for some specific reason. The educational scope of some photos might be disputed, but that can be more easily evaluated after they are uploaded. You can probably not upload the studio portraits, unless you demonstrate that they are in the public domain for a specific reason or that you somehow acquired their copyrights. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:58, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your reply. The photographs were not used for media, just taken at the request of the customers. There are no copyright symbols. By the age of some of the photographers I researched as part of my local history, they are dead for over 70 years. The studios closed. As far as I can determine, no descendant carried on the business. And then I have portraits taken by an unknown photographer in my grandparent's apartment. I could attribute to unknown photographer, taken in Mrs. Serrapede's apartment. Emilyannfrances (talk) 18:16, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The studio photographs should be fine as long as there's no copyright notice on them. Although they are probably fine regardless. I think the educational value can be justified by the nature of them being historical studio photographs. There's a lot of information about the photographer, time period, and the history of photography in general from such works. Although like Asclepias says it's not like they can't be evaluated for educational value on a case-by-case basis after being uploaded. --Adamant1 (talk) 18:04, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! I have checked some of the cardboard frames the photos came in. The studio name is on some. In which case I will credit the studio. Since these were in our community and some include the photographer's name I can check for date of death. To my knowledge the descendants moved on to other lines of business, but I'll check again. Most of the studios are closed long ago by end of 1950s. I think if I credit the studio then with an estimated date I'll be within conformance. No, there are no copyright marks on any of the photographer's labels or cardboard frames. 100.1.103.102 18:11, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- @Emilyannfrances: Under the pre-1979 U.S. copyright law, passing copies to your family probably counted as publication. If there was no copyright notice, then that is publication without notice, which at that time would have placed the images in the public domain.
- Please do log in when discussing things here, and please do sign your comments by typing "~~~~". That makes it a lot easier to see who said what when. - Jmabel ! talk 19:17, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Jmabel, Thanks for your help with the copyright question.
  
  --Emilyannfrances Emilyannfrances (talk) 19:28, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Submittion Deletion

Hi I tried to upload a book summary as a stub. I am new to Wikipedia submissions and it was nominated for removal by[User:Belbury|Belbury] is it possible i could get some help on correcting this? EbonyBain (talk) 20:55, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EbonyBain: this is your first edit on Wikimedia Commons. Might this have been on one of our sister projects, such as the English-language Wikipedia? - Jmabel ! talk 21:31, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EbonyBain: Hi, and welcome. It seems that your File:Losing Control to Gain Time.jpg was deleted by Admin Pi.1415926535 as "files and pages created as advertisements" under COM:CSD#G10 after being tagged as such by Belbury. You may appeal by posting at COM:UDR. Note that we don't host book summaries or stubs here per COM:SCOPE, or ads for current products/services per COM:NOT. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:52, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you 2A02:C7C:F312:8700:872:929C:E280:FF26 20:18, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The file was a book cover; the author's name is the same as the username. It's a clear case of COM:ADVERT to me; I see no reason to undelete. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 21:58, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Object ID help requested

Does anyone know a name in English, Spanish, or Catalan, for the type of objects in the display case that occupies most of the right-hand 2/3 of this picture? - Jmabel ! talk 22:23, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel: Perhaps old standards or battle flags of territories or rulers that predate the Kingdom of Spain (before 1479)? The inset in the right case seems to show them in use by uniformed personnel. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:41, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Estandartes (in Spanish). Estendards (in Catalá) Maya Iriondo (talk) 01:58, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So perhaps Category:Photographs of battle flags of Spain? Or does someone have a better suggestion? - Jmabel ! talk 05:19, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ummm... Maybe as Category: Medieval Iberian Banners.

Spain was not there yet. And... I'd use the term "banners" or "pennants", as they were identifiers of a noble family, or warlord, or some such, and used as identifiers, not only in battle.

Just my two cents. Maya Iriondo (talk) 10:07, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly I don't have the relevant knowledge to categorize this, but someone else is welcome to do so. - Jmabel ! talk 14:57, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel: Perhaps a new Category:Standards of the Iberian Peninsula under Category:Iberian Peninsula? — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:02, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That display seems to be in the "diversions", recreational activities, room of the museum? -- Asclepias (talk) 16:11, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. My own guess is that they are miniature, late 19th- or early 20th-century replicas, with roughly the same caveats we would have for user uploads here that some of them may be fantasies or otherwise inaccurate in terms of any actual battle flags. - Jmabel ! talk 18:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

كيف أضع قالب لصوري

كيف أضع قالب للصور Bashar212 (talk) 23:22, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Google Translate says this means "How do I create a template for my photos?". Either the question does not make sense, or "template" is a mistranslation. - Jmabel ! talk 00:20, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bad quality Photo, how to erase?

Good morning, I am writing to you to request the removal of a very poor quality photograph:

File:Jorge Neri.jpg

I don't know if this is the right place for the application. Best regards Ángel Santamaría Fotografía (talk) 09:51, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ángel Santamaría Fotografía: Hi. I'm the uploader of the file. I have added the {{Low quality}} tag to the file's description, but from what I gather low quality by itself is not a reason for removal. I'll let more experienced editors to weigh on this, though. Kind regards, --NoonIcarus (talk) 14:48, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Deletion requests for proposing a photo be deleted. NoonIcarus is correct that poor quality is not by itself always a reason for deletion; other factors are also considered. For example, a poor quality photo of a very common thing which we have many good photos of would likely be deleted, but a poor quality photo of a notable person or important event could be kept if we don't have better free licensed alternatives. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:01, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help me. photo license

There is a photo of Makchang that I posted here. I would like to ask for your help. Although this photo was not taken by me, it was taken from a site called ‘Gongyu Madang (Shared yard)' where internet users directly share photos. This photo was donated by the photographer and is a 'free use' photo. What action should I take? LandAndTree (talk) 14:07, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LandAndTree: are you talking about File:Makchang.jpg or something else? Please link a file page, not just say it's one of the many files on some user page. - Jmabel ! talk 17:28, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The issue is about what "free use" means. As long as no explicit licence is given, there may be implicit restrictions. Is it OK to make derived works and share those? Can the photo be used commercially? Both are requirements on Wikimedia Commons. –LPfi (talk) 06:25, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Video not displayed: Venezuela's Metropolis (1952).webm

I uploaded this video last year (File:Venezuela's Metropolis (1952).webm), but only the audio seems to be present. Is there any way to fix this? Should I try uploading the file again? Many thanks in advance, NoonIcarus (talk) 14:44, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your uploaded file is 749KB. Your local file is probably larger? C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 14:51, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@C.Suthorn: That's correct, the original file should be around 5 MB. I think I recall trying several times the upload at the Upload Wizard, but the display was the same. --NoonIcarus (talk) 18:59, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Only the audio part was uploaded. At at the file description use on ot the links "upload a new version" or "chunked upload" to upload your original file over the existing one. Check in the file selection dialogue, that the file you select is really 5MB. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 19:39, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@C.Suthorn: I decided to download the video again and upload it a second time, it seems that has worked. Many thanks! --NoonIcarus (talk) 08:11, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright help regarding File:1999xxxx - Hersbruck l. P. – Northlander X2.jpg

Bild stammt aus dem Fotoarchiv meines verstorbenen Vaters - Freigabe durch mich, den Erben (aber es ist nicht "mein eigenes Werk"). --Mef.ellingen (talk) 16:59, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mef.ellingen: Verwenden Sie {{Cc-by-4.0-heirs}} oder etwas ähnlich. - Jmabel ! talk 17:30, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading a new photo (2024) to the Berrington & Eye station page which still currently shows an old 2008 photo.

Hi. How do I upload two new photos please? I've tried but nothing seems to happen. The current shot of the station is very much out of date - taken 2008. I would like to submit two shots from this year - 2024!. Many thanks for any help. Raoul Beaman (owner of the station!) ELO501493 (talk) 18:12, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please, use Special:UploadWizard. Ruslik (talk) 19:26, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Ruslik. Many thanks. Will try that for the second photo. ELO501493 (talk) 17:42, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, File:Berrington & Eye station.jpg appears to one of those. (Edit: I've replaced usage of the 2008 photo on English Wikipedia and Wikdata with the new photo) Abzeronow (talk) 19:36, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Abzeronow. Many thanks for doing that for me. I will try uploading the second shot using UploadWizard as suggested by Ruslik. Thanks again. RB ELO501493 (talk) 17:46, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you're talking about File:Berrington and Eye station.jpg, it already exists on Commons. Abzeronow (talk) 19:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why has the New Prospect School in Louin (Warren Hill Community)Mississippi

Why have you excluded the New Prospect School of Louin Mississippi (located in the Warren Hills / smith county community?.. 2603:8080:2A00:598F:581C:EAAB:AF5D:3FC9 18:30, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Excluded" in what sense? Was something removed? Or are you just saying no one has taken a photo and uploaded it? If the latter, please, create an account, take a photo, upload it! - Jmabel ! talk 22:28, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Estoy buscando Acta de nacimiento de mi bisabuelo, nacido en españa.

Estoy buscando Acta de nacimiento de mi bisabuelo, Bruno Uribe Echavarria. Nacio en España, llego a la Argentina (desconozco el año), se que nació en 1849. Hijo de: Joaquin De Uribe Echevarria y Maria Antonia Carlota Urrutia Yzurrateguy. Ella nacida en 1810 sus padres se casaron el 26 de abril de 1840, En Arechavaleta, Guipuzcoa, País Vasco, España. El puede estar anotado en ese lugar Chiabrandoraul (talk) 20:39, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Chiabrandoraul: me siento pero la página esta es para ayudar en el uso de Wikimedia Commons (el sítio esto). No es una página de ayuda general para cualquiera cosa en el mundo. - Jmabel ! talk 22:33, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Para ese tipo de información debes escribir al registro de la localidad de donde vino tu bisabuelo. Busca en los sitios web de Guipúzcoa, quién sabe, Arechavaleta pueda tener archivos en línea, pero de una manera u otra encontrarás a alguien que te oriente mejor en una de esas páginas. Aurrera! y buena suerte. Maya Iriondo (talk) 08:25, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Julie Chen inauguration.jpg

This file is marked with a "This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was a Commonwealth of Massachusetts public record disseminated by a Commonwealth agency or the Massachusetts Archives." license, but the given flickr source [1] seems to disagree. Which is right? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:43, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Several conditions are necessary for the application of the template PD-MAGov. Two of those conditions may not be met by this file.

Firstly, as specified in the template, "Works that are considered 'public records' but were not created by a state or municipal government agency may be copyrighted by their author". The EXIF of this file specifies "Author: Joshua Qualls, Copyright holder:www.joshuaqualls.com". That seems to mean that it is copyrighted by the author. However, the website of the author indicates that he is "serving as director of photography for the office of the governor [...]".

Secondly, the statement in the template applies to "records [...] held by the Massachusetts Archives". The photo is from 2023. Is it held by the Massachusetts Archives yet?

It is possible that the photo is not in the scope of the template. The precaution principle would suggest to not upload such files unless it can be convincingly proven that they meet the conditions of the template despite indications to the contrary.

This type of question is usually better asked on Commons:Village pump/Copyright. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:15, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: There is also a contact form here with an embedded gmail address. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:13, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FYI-ping to uploader @Babegriev. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:24, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the ping. I'll digress to consensus if the community thinks this is copyvio, however I'll provide my rationale for upload. This photograph was taken by an employee of the Commonwealth while in the course of their official duties (namely the Governor's Press Office as part of the Executive branch). This was not a municipal agency, but the state government. The metadata claiming copyright does not supersede the doctrine of edict of government, however serves well for appropriate accreditation to the author. While the photographer could reserve copyright on works they took while outside the scope of their government duties, this is not the case here. The photograph was uploaded to the official flickr account of the Governor of Massachusetts, which is – employing logic from Lindke v. Freed – an official channel of government correspondence. This would make content uploaded to that account a public record of the Commonwealth. As to whether or not this specific branch of government can reserve copyright, the University of Massachusetts system proper does have the ability to copyright material under MA statute. The Governor's press office, on the other hand, has historically submitted content from previous administrations (example here) to the state archives. This indicates that such content is an edict of government and not copyrightable. Babegriev (talk) 03:45, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

One more thing. This was not content submitted to a government agency by a private party, but was taken by an employee of the Commonwealth, and by extension, was created by the Commonwealth, rather than the attributed photographer. Thanks! Babegriev (talk) 03:48, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Are short filenames allowed?

Just wanted to ask since there are some 1-character files out there along with a multitude of 2-character files. They should probably be moved to more descriptive names. I also have a list of 2-character files that is currently incomplete: User:0x16w/2charfiles 0x16w (talk) 14:57, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:0x16w/1charfiles now exists for 1-character files. 0x16w (talk) 15:18, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to tell if a photo is copyrighted/if using it is allowed?

I'm trying to update the photo on the Wikipedia article for Akhilesh Yadav, as the current one is severely outdated (it's from 2015). The new photo I'm trying to add (this one) is apparently owned by "ANI Photo" according to this article, but the photo isn't anywhere on ANI News's site that I can find. The photo has been used by many different news sites, not sure if that means it can be used on Wikipedia/in the Wikimedia Commons. What should I do? CalyxSage (talk) 15:38, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In short, if you do not see an explicit free license at the web site source, or have some other verifiable reason to know it is free licensed, assume it is not free licensed and should not be uploaded to Commons. See COM:LICENSE for details. I see no reason at either of the links you gave to think the photo is free licensed. I don't know how to read Hindi, but I do see a clear copyright notice at the bottom of the second page linked. ANI is en:w:Asian News International a commercial news organization, who presumably holds the copyright of the image. Not free for Commons. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:04, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CalyxSage: Hi, and welcome. Infrogmation is right, please see COM:NETC. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:38, 4 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upload for mushrooms contest

I'm trying to figure out how to upload a pic for the mushroom contest. It says to click the camera to enter it, but clicking just takes me to another page, but no upload available. I did upload a photo to Wiki Commons, but not to the mushroom contest. RoseT48 (talk) 12:18, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@RoseT48: I corrected your entry in this edit. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:44, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I got it done, but not sure how. RoseT48 (talk) 15:48, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

new article

I wrote a short article for contribution to Wikipedia about the father of singer John Denver. His father was an important man in his own right, one of the USAF's prominent test pilots in the 1960s who set speed records. I have multiple citations to back the article up.

How do I upload it without photographs? Peppertrout (talk) 15:04, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Peppertrout: Hi, and welcome. Please format it as wikitext and see en:WP:MFA. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:19, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TV Series Poster

I uploaded a poster of a TV series and it was removed for copyright.

I have looked at similar articles and they have similar posters but they were not removed.

How do I go about uploading the poster without getting a copyright violation? ChallengeFanatic (talk) 15:48, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: Are any of the similar photos here on Commons? If so, could you please link an example? - Jmabel ! talk 17:30, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: Hi, and welcome. TV series posters are generally copyrighted with no free licenses, see COM:NETC. Most of those articles you mentioned have low-resolution posters that were uploaded to Wikipedia for Fair Use. Our stance on that on Commons is at COM:FAIR. Other stances are at en:WP:F, and for other projects m:nfc. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:49, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So I am edited the page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Chinatown_(web_series). Which is directly linked to this movie series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Chinatown

Why is the movie able to use the poster and the TV show isn't? How is one fair use and the other isn't?

Thanks,

CF ChallengeFanatic (talk) 12:19, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: the movie series uses en:template:Non-free use rationale poster at en:File:Detective Chinatown poster.jpeg, reduced in the second upload. Can you upload the series poster there with that same rationale? — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:20, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your reply. I really do appreciate the help. I have reduced the size of the poster but I am new and I don't know where to upload the poster now.

I even have a traced .svg logo which could be used but I don't know how to upload without triggering some sort of warning.

Thanks,

CF ChallengeFanatic (talk) 13:52, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: there on enwiki (guided at en:Wikipedia:Upload or freeform at en:Special:Upload). — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:13, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have uploaded it - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detective_Chinatown_-_Season_2_-_Poster.jpg#filelinks

But I am not getting a warning for a speedy deletion and don't know where to put the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/template:Non-free_use_rationale_poster ChallengeFanatic (talk) 14:21, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: I told you twice to upload it there. What made you choose to upload it here? Please also use internal links like File:Detective Chinatown - Season 2 - Poster.jpg. To upload on English Wikipedia instead of here, please choose to "Upload a non-free file" from en:Wikipedia:File upload wizard or choose any option from the right column "Wikipedia" of the "Uploading media files" table there: "Files for upload process (recommended for new users)", "Plain form for local uploads (experienced users)", or "Old guided form". — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:26, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry. I didn't mean to ignore your advice. With en:Wikipedia:Upload I get the error that I am not confirmed with Upload a non-free file. And with en:Special:Upload I get a Permission error. So I was confused how to upload.

I think I am fully stuck now. ChallengeFanatic (talk) 14:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: I uploaded en:File:Detective Chinatown Season 2 poster.jpg and added it to en:Detective Chinatown (web series) for you. The file you uploaded here will be deleted eventually. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:48, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for much for your help and patience! I appreciate it! ChallengeFanatic (talk) 15:06, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ChallengeFanatic: You're welcome! Is there a logo for the whole series? If so, where? — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:08, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Obviously I don't know how to upload this properly but here: https://svgshare.com/i/16uk.svg

Would this be better than the poster its a scalable .svg file.

Thanks again,

CF ChallengeFanatic (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Picture Upload - My Original Work

Hello, I'm an employee at a skateboard shop in Los Angeles, CA, and I'm trying to create a wiki page for Brooklyn Projects skate shop but wiki. is not allowing me to upload a photo that I took of the storefront, i.e., the cover photo for the page. I keep receiving the message that the photo cannot be verified as original - What can I do to make the upload happen? BrooklynProjects (talk) 18:59, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@BrooklynProjects: 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 photos as a new user. Such uploads of png photos are not allowed at all. The following applies to each photo. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png or smaller jpg photo, 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 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 photo 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🇺🇦 19:17, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can I look up which categories I created recently?

By coincidence, I have become some kind of frequent producer of new categories (no worries, they all make sense...). As I usually also fill them up with a decent number of files, the new categories are cumbersome to identify even on the same day in the mass of own contributions, let alone some days later. Question: Is there a tool or filter where I can control/see which categories I created? Pittigrilli (talk) 19:01, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Pittigrilli: Yes, please start with this search. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:11, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeff G.: Thank you, perfect match! Pittigrilli (talk) 19:30, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Pittigrilli: You're welcome! — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:33, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Commerial magazine Logo's upload to Commons?

Hi.

I started working on the article about Magia i Miecz in order to extend it. Working on that, I thought it would be neat to show the magazine logo in the infobox. I believe it would be fair use under American law and it is thus allowable (?). However, after reading the comic, I am not so sure.

Can somebody tell me if I can upload logo of a magazine in order to show it in the infobox in an article about said magazine?

Best wishes -- Kaworu1992 (talk) 23:15, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fair Use is not allowed on Commons. COM:L. Abzeronow (talk) 23:33, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Though it might imaginably be below the threshold of originality. @Kaworu1992: can you provide the URL of a page that shows the logo in question? - Jmabel ! talk 05:22, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading photos and dearth of online references

I am trying to create an entry for my grandmother, who happens to be the first female engineer to graduate from Bolivia, back in 1944. Unfortunately there is zilch online about her, and because we live outside Bolivia we have very little access to information. What kind of references can we add in this case? Also, Wikipedia is rejecting my photo of her - a digital image of a long-ago family photograph. WHY?? Maya Iriondo (talk) 01:55, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Maya Iriondo: we can't really definitively answer questions about Wikipedia here on Wikimedia Commons. Ask on Wikipedia (en-wiki or es-wiki, I can't tell which you are talking about). In general, you may have a hard time doing this without good access to sources. For what it's worth, print sources are exactly as acceptable as online sources.

You indicate that you are writing about your own grandmother. That's not a problem here on Commons, but it is on Wikipedia. Please make sure you are familiar with the policies on conflicts of interest: en:WP:COI and es:WP:CDI. respectively.

When you say, "Wikipedia is rejecting my photo of her", could you be more specific as to what you tried to do and what error message you got? Have you read Commons:First steps, which guides you through the process of adding images here on Commons? - Jmabel ! talk 05:28, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I guess I am a Luddite, and can't understand how I arrived to the Commons while trying to find help setting up a Wikipedia entry.

About conflict of interest, I really don't know what to say. Can't be too conflicting to have an entry with somebody's bio. And I am doing it because, somehow, nobody ever thought about doing it. I'd rather leave it to someone else who is more Wikisavvy. Perhaps I should. Maya Iriondo (talk) 08:20, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Maya Iriondo: In your filter log, it can be seen that you triggered a "cross-wiki" filter when you tried to upload "File:LiliaSalgueiro.jpg" to Commons while you were on Wikipedia. You can try to upload the file when you are on Commons. -- Asclepias (talk) 06:37, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Display problem with just-uploaded image.

I just uploaded File:Galit, Panacot, Lumbay, and Scarborough Shoal.png. It is similar to File:Galit panacot lumbay.png but has a problem when displayed -- it displays as an inset in the top-left corner of a larger image field instead of filling out the field. What have I done wrong? Wtmitchell (talk) 03:42, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wtmitchell: Looks fine to me. When you say it "has a problem when displayed" do you mean that it looks wrong on that file page, or when used on some other page? - Jmabel ! talk 05:30, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the response. After I had posted here I had uploaded a different version of the image -- snipped from the same chart but covering a larger area. That fixed the display problem at the cost of sacrificing layout similarity with another image I was contrasting it with in a WP article. I neglected to update this section here after I did that -- I apologize for that.

That is not clear; to clarify, see the images below the infobox in this WP article. The two images or interest are this one and the image just preceding it. Anyhow, the initial version of this image had the problem I described.

See what I characterized as a "display problem" here, using the initially uploaded image. That's the way it appeared in the WP article -- an inset in the upper-left corner of the display field. Wtmitchell (talk) 10:36, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

كيف يمكنني إضافة شرح عن الصورة؟؟

كيف يمكنني إضافة شرح عن الصورة The Syrian angel (talk) 08:33, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I add a caption to the image??

How can I add a caption to the image?

translator: Google Translate via — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

أهلا ومرحبا بكم. من فضلك راجع COM:SDC/ar، Template:Information، أو ar:مساعدة:صور.

Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:SDC, Template:Information, or en:H:PIC. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:31, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Evil Autism

There's a flag out there- It's red with a red infinity which represents people on the Evil Autism Spectrum of Villainy and Misdeeds.

If I remade it, could I upload it? MarinaTheRanger (talk) 16:38, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can any of these photos be uploaded?

https://www.livingoceansfoundation.org/outreach/photography/ I'd like to add one of these to an article but this kind of stuff is way over my head. 150.135.165.74 16:39, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, sorry. Explicitly free licensed photos only on Commons. See COM:LICENSE. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 17:27, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
- Rewording that second sentence to be a bit clearer: Commons accepts only content that is either in the public domain or free-licensed. - Jmabel ! talk 18:15, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]