Commons:Help desk/Archive/2017/03

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Could someone help to create and upload an image?

Hello people on Help desk! Is there a particular way to ask on commons( or is it even here?) if some experienced User could help to create and upload a file available from the internet here on commons? Since im not too experienced with wiki commons and the licences etc. i would like to ask, thanks!--Joobo (talk) 20:53, 28 February 2017 (UTC)

The first steps guide explains the basics of uploading files, including licensing. Files found on the Internet don't usually have a suitable license. If you have a particular file in mind, post a link to the page at which you found it and we can take a look at the licensing. --rimshottalk 22:16, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the response. It is basically about a map excerpt of London of this map. https://andrewwhitby.com/2013/09/04/uk-ethnicity-map/ here. --Joobo (talk) 11:46, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
That case looks a bit complicated. It's an OpenStreetMap base map (licensed as CC BY-SA 2.0), apparently augmented in some way by Stamen Design (license unknown) and filled with data by Andrew Whitby (licensed as CC BY 3.0). The SA part in that license means "Share-Alike", so both Stamen Design and Andrew Whitby should have used the same license as OpenStreetMap did. They didn't, so unfortunately the license situation is unclear. --rimshottalk 22:00, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
P.S. If Stamen Design used the OpenStreetMap data directly to generate their own tiles, a different license applies. I couldn't find any information on whether they did and what license they chose. --rimshottalk 22:03, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Uploading file to the list list of Australian Literary Awards

I would like to upload a file to Wikipedia's list of Australian Literary Awards (non-fiction section) but don't think the Commons is the place to go to. Can you please tell me the steps I need to follow?

Peter Harris

Who is the author/photographer of that file? Ruslik (talk) 20:25, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

rodney haywood photographer

how can i contact the person who took this photo on your website?

Sydney Harbour from the air, showing the Opera House, CBD, Circular Quay, the Bridge, Parramatta River, North Sydney and Kirribilli in the foreground Rodney Haywood - I took this photo myself during a helicopter joy flight. Sydney Harbour shot taken from the air. Bridge in the center of the shot with the Opera house to the side. Permission details

The copyright holder of this file allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the photographer is credited.. Usage notes: • If the work requires attribution, use {{Attribution}} instead • If this is your own work, please use {{Cc-zero}} instead Please check that the conditions given above are compliant to the Commons licensing policy. Most importantly, derivative work and commercial use must be allowed.View more Copyrighted free useview terms File:Sydney Harbour Bridge from the air.JPG Created: 14 September 2004

i would like to obtain a higher resolution image than is available to download.

brendan manning

bfmliam@gmail.com

This file File:Sydney Harbour Bridge from the air.JPG? It's taken with a 2 megapixel digital camera from the year 2000 and is already maximum resolution at 1,760 × 1,168. --ghouston (talk) 10:00, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Old badge Wellawa-crop.jpg

photograph of this logo taken by myself (Chandana/Chaan). this is the old logo of [College]. Don't have any details about the author. this School belong to government of Sri Lanka managed by North Western provincial council.

--Chaan.ran (talk) 11:03, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Chaan.ran,
The issue is that your image is a derivative work of the badge design, which has its own copyright. Regards, Yann (talk) 11:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Importing TimedText

Hello.How can I import or transfer TimedText from YouTube (for File:نصيحة ديفيد بشأن الرد على الرسائل.webm)?Thank you --ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2 (talk) 13:16, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Adding information to an image file after posting

I am about to add some photographs for which I do not have complete information at the moment. I expect to get it soon, however I would like to be able to use the image on a wiki page sooner rather than later.

My question: Once the image file has been uploaded, can the informational fields be added to or changed? Thank you.Nativesojourner (talk) 19:43, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

You can edit the description page later. However, provide at least the essential information: source, author, licensing. If you don't, the file will probably be deleted quickly. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:08, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding Fischer, Ludwig Wilhelm

Es betrifft zwei Bilder: Fotografie von Ludwig Wilhelm Fischer (1817-1890) Zeichnung vom Inneren Markt Marktoberdorf, angefertigt von Ludwig Wilhelm Fischer Von der Stadt Marktoberdorf bekam ich die Bilder für den Wikipediaeintrag mit folgender Mail. Sehr geehrter Herr Meßmer,

anbei erhalten Sie die gewünschte Fotografie. Die Bildrechte liegen bei der Stadt Marktoberdorf. Die Zeichnung vom Inneren Markt befindet sich auch im Besitz des Stadtarchivs Marktoberdorf. ...

Bei weiteren Fragen können Sie sich gerne jederzeit an mich wenden!


Stadt Marktoberdorf | Richard-Wengenmeier-Platz 1 | 87616 Marktoberdorf

--Tomessmer (talk) 17:29, 18 February 2017 (UTC)

  • Can someone, preferably a German speaker, work out if any actual help is needed here? I gather this is about the two photos in de:Ludwig Wilhelm Fischer. It seems to be about a licensing of rights (presumably the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International these were uploaded with) from Stadtarchiv Marktoberdorf, but I would presume these images are public domain, so there are no rights to grant. Also, if a licensing of rights by the institution is needed, that should follow the formula at COM:OTRS or, more likely, COM:OTRS/de. - Jmabel ! talk 17:39, 24 February 2017 (UTC)

Frage hat sich erledigt. Zustimmung für CC-BY-SA-Lizenz erhalten. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomessmer (talk • contribs)

@Tomessmer: ’Tschulljung fürs Englisch-Schreiben. Bei Problemen bitte noch einmal in [Commons:Forum]] nachfragen.
The questions are, as it seems, related to File:Fischer Ludwig-Wilhelm.jpg and File:Zeichnung Innerer Markt MOD 1856 Fischer.jpg. Because L.-W. Fischer died in 1890, which is over 100 years ago, his drawing is in public domain. The photograph must have been taken when he was alive. We do unfortunately not know the date (the date you’ve given is clearly wrong), but let’s assume it has been taken shortly before L. Fischer’s death, If the photogrpaher was a very young person then and got very old, he/she could even have lived until the 1960s or even early 1970s, but then his heirs would own the copyright, not the city administration of Markoberndorf, so their claims regarding drawing and photograph are simply wrong.
This said, the date for the photo is probably the scan date, but that’s not interesting here. And both files need proper categorisation – select for both an appropriate sub-category of Category:Marktoberdorf, for the photo perhaps also Category:Rain (Lech) is a good choice (estimating from de:Ludwig Wilhelm Fischer). — Speravir – 23:22, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Uploading a Photo

Hello,

I have a photograph of Sir Henry Gidney which I would like to upload to his page. I am not very tech savvy and am getting lost in all your guides and help pages. This is the only photo I want to upload.

Please could you tell me how, I am happy to send you the photo for you to review.

Regards

Colin Barratt — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:c7d:9ec1:4900:5000:c2be:569f:3ee5 (talk • contribs)

  • To upload a photo you absolutely must create an account. But I'm not at all sure if this is a photo we can accept, and seeing it wouldn't help us know that. What follows is my take, someone else may disagree in some respect.
  • Given his dates, I presume that you are not the photographer. And given "I have a photo" I assume you have a physical paper photo. Correct me if those are wrong.
  • Possession of a physical photo does not mean that you own the relevant intellectual property rights. Given that you are not the photographer, here are only two ways this photo can be OK for us:
    1. You know who the photographer is and you are that person's heir (or by some other means they explicitly you the intellectual property rights, but that's unlikely).
    2. You have some specific reason to believe the picture would be in the public domain both in the country where it was taken and in the United States. Assuming that the picture was taken in India the relevant conditions are described at en:Template:PD-India. If the picture is from when he was young, then there is at least a fair chance these conditions might be met; otherwise they seem less likely to me.
  • I know this is probably all very discouraging. The problem is that if rights persist but have been "orphaned", we (Commons) can't accept the photo. Assuming the photo has never been published, it can't even qualify for non-free use on the English-language Wikipedia.
  • @Clindberg: you may have more thoughts on this, or have a suggestion who would. - Jmabel ! talk 16:23, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Вопрос по загрузки фотографий

Что такое долгота, широта и направление? Vladlen59 (talk)

Copyright help regarding File:Votering 2008-ekteskapsloven 181832-1.jpg

I need assistance with knowing which copyright tag(s) to attach to this image file.

I've obtained this file after contacting the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) Info Service for about a month. After several weeks of back-and-forth email inquiries and responses, I've received this image file from an advisor who works at the archives of the Storting named Marthe Hommerstad.

She stated in her most recent email message, which is where she have attached the image file to (bold emphasis is mine):

From: Hommerstad Marthe <Marthe.Hommerstad@stortinget.no> To: K Lue <lues92@earthlink.net> Subject: SV: SV: SV: SV: Same-Sex Marriage Parliamentary Vote (June 2008) Date: Mar 2, 2017 4:00 AM

Dear Kyle,

The information is public, even though we have not published it. Therefore it should not be a problem to use the information, and use the images, even though I think it would be most fair to remove the members of the upper chamber, Lagtinget, since they did not have a part in the vote. This is difficult to read out of the images I sent you. I also thought about the information about the vote in the Lagtinget. In this period it was extremely seldom any debate about the bills passed in the lower chamber. It was therefore quite extraordinary that the debate lasted five hours, and also that the vote were divided.

Sincerely, Marthe Hommerstad

--KLO2015 (talk) 23:19, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Votering 2008-ekteskapsloven 181832-2.jpg

Hello,

It's me again, in regards to the 2nd page of the previous image file that I've uploaded to this site recently.

I need assistance with knowing which copyright tag(s) to attach to this image file.

I've obtained this file after contacting the Storting (Norwegian Parliament) Info Service for about a month. After several weeks of back-and-forth email inquiries and responses, I've received this image file from an advisor who works at the archives of the Storting named Marthe Hommerstad.

She stated in her most recent email message, which is where she have attached the image file to (bold emphasis is mine):

From: Hommerstad Marthe <Marthe.Hommerstad@stortinget.no> To: K Lue <lues92@earthlink.net> Subject: SV: SV: SV: SV: Same-Sex Marriage Parliamentary Vote (June 2008) Date: Mar 2, 2017 4:00 AM

Dear Kyle,

The information is public, even though we have not published it. Therefore it should not be a problem to use the information, and use the images, even though I think it would be most fair to remove the members of the upper chamber, Lagtinget, since they did not have a part in the vote. This is difficult to read out of the images I sent you. I also thought about the information about the vote in the Lagtinget. In this period it was extremely seldom any debate about the bills passed in the lower chamber. It was therefore quite extraordinary that the debate lasted five hours, and also that the vote were divided.

Sincerely, Marthe Hommerstad --KLO2015 (talk) 23:21, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

According to Commons:Copyright rules by territory#Norway, "Texts of laws and decisions, proposals, reports and statements made and published by state or local authorities are not protected by copyright, but images used in such publications may be protected unless they were made specifically for the publication." I would think this falls in that general area. Imaginably more detail to be had, in Norwegian, at https://lovdata.no/dokument/NL/lov/1961-05-12-2/KAPITTEL_1#%C2%A79.
You might get further advice at Commons:Village pump/Copyright. In my experience, that's where the people on Commons most knowledgable about copyright "hang out." - Jmabel ! talk 01:15, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
Presumably the relevant tag is {{PD-NorwayGov}}. - Jmabel ! talk 01:19, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

how to be an administrator

good evening

i love wikipedia and i would like a lot to be an administrator, what do I have to do in order to get it?

My English is not perfect, as I am Spanish

I am looking forward to hear from you

thank you

juan336 — Preceding unsigned comment added by juan336 (talk • contribs)

Con todo respeto, esta es su primera edición en Commons. Los administradores son extraídos de las filas de los contribuyentes experimentados. Por favor, involucrarse en las muchas tareas aquí para que usted y nosotros podemos ver lo que usted puede hacer antes de preocuparse por convertirse en un administrador.
Dicho esto, ver Commons: Administradores para más información (en español). - Jmabel ! talk 01:06, 3 March 2017 (UTC)
@Juan336: Por supuesto, necesitamos administradores que entiendan español. Para hablar ingle's es muy util pero no es necesario. ?Porque quieres ser admin? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:54, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Unwanted subcategory

Creating a category for a group of pictures (Category:Piranshahr town), there was also an unwanted subcategory created. How to get rid of? Bussakendle (talk) 19:18, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

By placing "[[Category:Piranshar town]]" on a page, you are putting it in that category. So by putting "[[Category:Piranshar town]]" on the page Category:Piranshar town you are making that page its own parent. Meanwhile, you haven't used this method to give the category any other parents (without parent categories, the category really only nominally exists, nor have you put any images in that category. You might want to take a look at Commons:Categories#Categorizing pages. - Jmabel ! talk 23:12, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

translate CC content (not the page)

I translated into French a sociogram uploaded on Wikimedia Commons by a German user. Is there an easy way to add the French file version on his file page (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schritte_zur_Inklusion.svg)? - I contacted him beforehand to ask if he is okay with the translation and I checked the FAQ here, for I am sure other people encountered similar problems already... Someone willing to help? Merci in advance :-) --Ptitescargot (talk) 14:55, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

@Perhelion: This question is SVG related. Take a look.
My idea: Re-upload as own file. (What does „Schritte zu Inklusion” mean in French? Then this could be the filename.) Give Schritte zur Inklusion.svg as source, as authors copy the line and add your sign. Add {{AttribSVG}} into the description of your version, and add {{Derivative versions}} to the German language file version. — Speravir – 23:39, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
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How to report all of a user's images

All of Dreamerextraordinaire's photos appear to be copyright violations. I don't know the proper place to report this. Can anyone advise? Melonkelon (talk) 02:15, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: ★ Poké95 03:36, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

(CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

This might sound silly, but is there a tag for this? Stikkyy (talk) 05:53, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes, there is. {{cc-by-nc-nd-3.0}}, which, as you can see, is a redirect to a speedy deletion tag. Non-free content, such as content restricted to non-commercial use and content under licenses prohibiting modification, must not be uploaded here. Please read Commons:Project scope/Summary. —LX (talk, contribs) 07:07, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
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Odd uploads

Will someone try to figure out what's doing on with these uploads. It looks like...still images uploaded as videos? I dunno. TimothyJosephWood 18:52, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

@Timothyjosephwood: I tried. We'll see. Good eye. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:08, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
They are audio files. The images come from metadata, they might be album covers? No idea why, but something about them causes them not to play in the player on Commons, but I could play them after downloading (in a video player, SMPlayer… but not audio). Matma Rex (talk) 19:12, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: The said suspicious user is blocked by Magog as a sock. No more to do here. ★ Poké95 03:43, 11 March 2017 (UTC)

Permission to upload images of another person's artwork

What exact steps do I need to follow to obtain permission from another person to upload images of their artwork? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pepm0n (talk • contribs)

Please, see Commons:OTRS#If_you_are_NOT_the_copyright_holder. Ruslik (talk) 20:36, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
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The photo posted as Lucien Cornil is not Lucien Cornil

It was posted by Domenico Forastiere. It is easy to check on other supports including Wikipedia that the photo is Victor-André Cornil (1837-1908) and not Lucien Cornil (1888-1952). Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 77.140.29.254 (talk) 08:32, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

Can you please add a link to the image you are saying so that we may fix its description/filename? Thanks, ★ Poké95 08:34, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
It takes less than two minutes to find the File:Lucien Cornil.jpg... --E4024 (talk) 14:13, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
I've checked the source and renamed the file. --Magnus (talk) 14:21, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

review of work so far?

Hi Help Desk, I've been using Wikimedia Commons for a while now, so far nothing's exploded. Is is possible to have a more experience user review the uploads I've made? Many thanks Eartha78 (talk) 16:23, 6 March 2017 (UTC)

Uploading a picture to Creative Commons that needs cropping

Hi, I received permission from an owner of a photograph to upload it to Creative Commons. He sent me the scanned photograph in pdf format, which I then converted into JPEG format. The problem is that the photograph has very large white margins that need to be cropped. Can this be done automatically when I upload the photograph? See Davidbena (talk) 01:58, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

The Catatumbo River by Worlds9thWonder

Hello,

I'm a poet and wrote a poem about a storm. Then I found the perfect photo of a storm on Wikimedia Commons under the user: Worlds9thWonder. I have tried for hours over months to try and contact this user but unfortunately, I cannot find them anywhere - not on any site. I noted from other websites that his photo of The Catatumbo River in Venezuela used to be on Wikimedia Commons under this user's account/page and though the user seems to have deleted that particular photo, I note that there are many websites still presenting the same photo with of course, attribution to 'Worlds9thWonder' for the spectacular photo (saying that the source is Wikimedia Commons. Have i indeed missed out on using this brilliant photo?!! Don't want to sound like a cry baby but I believe there are many others still using it even though Worlds9thWonder has taken it off of his page/account on this website. Please make my year by somehow directing me to where I can possibly contact this user: Worlds9thWonder. It would be an artistic crime not to show more of the world his/her photo of The Catatumbo River in Venezuela exactly how he has captured it. I am willing to pay to use it if he/she has since transferred it to a paying site. Please help!!!!!

Shelley — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShelleyEvans (talk • contribs) 09:50, 4 March 2017‎ (UTC)

The user is User talk:Worlds9thwonder. The file was File:Catatumbo.png, uploaded in 2012, but it was deleted in 2014 as a suspected copyright violation [1]. That means it probably originated somewhere else and was never properly placed under a free license. --ghouston (talk) 11:33, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
An administrator might be able to tell you more about why it was deleted, including information on where Worlds9thwonder might have grabbed it from. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:47, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
Deletion log says "many Tineye results" some of which were higher resolution, but unfortunately the Tineye query is deleted, and it would be a lot of work to restore the original so we could requery and find those, but it would still have a rights mess. Some admin might be willing to do that, I'm too busy with "real life" at this moment to take it on. - Jmabel ! talk 16:20, 4 March 2017 (UTC)
@ShelleyEvans: A Tineye search shows over 450 hits, at least 50 or so (including uses of it in other art) date from 3-4 years before the image was uploaded to Commons, and the date that the uploader claimed it was taken. It seems unlikely that they were the author, and I honestly don't see a way to figure out the original source from the search results. - Reventtalk 16:50, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

The Catatumbo River uploaded by Worlds9thWonder

Moved from below - Jmabel ! talk 06:36, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
I'm not sure on how to contact each person who took the time and effort to answer my query. I hope this gets to the page where you can all see it. THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of the invaluable information you gave to me!! I greatly appreciate it! I can see it is a huge detective task. It's ok. I understand that it would be a huge undertaking to find the original photographer. Thank you for shedding light on the trail  :-) Shelley — Preceding unsigned comment added by ShelleyEvans (talk • contribs) @ShelleyEvans: If you ever want to get someone's attention, just write {{Ping|Username}}--like I did earlier: {{Ping|ShelleyEvans}} and you got an alert. It works for multiple names, too: {{Ping|Name1|Name2|Name3}}. Thanks for contributing. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:41, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

The Catatumbo River uploaded by Worlds9thWonder

Moved from below - Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
@Jmabel, Ghouston, LX, Revent, and Koavf: Thank you all so much for the information you all separately gave me re that Catatumbo river photo uploading. I really appreciate it. All interesting information! Shelley

March 30

as you know the next 30th of march will be the international pencil day. so i wanted to make a research about it on wikipedia. but i couldn't find anything close to that. Also as you know Hymen Lipman took patent for a pencil with an attached eraser on March 30, 1858. I want to write an article about all of it both in turkish and english. but not sure my language skills enough for that.

could you possible help me about my concerns and courage me a little!

you can also reach me on safa.erdem@fcbartgroup.com Thank you for everything, wikipedia, have a nice day!Safa.erdem (talk) 08:53, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Met

re this, is there a bot working on this or I can start uploading them? MechQuester (talk) 20:50, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Please see Commons:Met and en:Wikipedia talk:GLAM/Metropolitan Museum of Art, where you can probably get more information. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:58, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Art Jeweller Maxim Voznesenskiy.jpg

I have permission from Maxim Voznesenskiy via email to use this photograph on the Wiki article. He is the owner of the photograph which was taken by the persons I mentioned Sandrine Dulermo & Michael Labica in London. The photograph is also published on the internet on the site www.maximv.co.uk. I do hope everything is all in order. Many thanks! --Dywana (talk) 17:54, 8 March 2017 (UTC)DywanaDywana (talk) 17:54, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Permission to use an image in a wiki article is not sufficient. Any image must be released under a free license. Ruslik (talk) 18:13, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

bookcover

Dear Sir or Ma'am:

I have written 4 books called "Love Shows The Collected Works of Lala by Rose Volumes I - IV I have been looking for potential images for my book, Love Shows... volume V. If there is a fee, or restriction, I would like to know. The picture that interests me is of a bell and metal girders, File:HinomiYagura 06g4599sx.jpg. You would receive a "graphics by" on the back cover, along with an url or email address. If you would like to look at my previous bookcovers, type: iUniverse.com -> bookstore -> Love Shows My penname is Rose.

Sincerely, Laura Schreiner <email> or Facebook "Laura W Schreiner" (no period (.) after W )

PS I forgot to tell you, Love Shows V contains poetry I wrote years ago and is titled "Love Shows The Collected Works of Lala special edition: Young Poems from a Drawer by Rose — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.110.210.244 (talk • contribs)

Hi,
Any file uploaded on Wikimedia Commons can be used for any purpose (it is a requirement to be here), but the license is specific to each file. The file you mentioned is licensed under "Creative Commons Attribution 2.1", so you have to attribute the author and mention the license. You may contact the uploader on her/his talk page to get more information. Regards, Yann (talk) 20:15, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
Laura, you can in fact choose between 4 licenses here. You must read carefully, what is demanded by the licenses. For an overview see en:Creative Commons license (you have two different licenses with attribution claim here), en:BSD licenses (apparently it’s the 3-clause revised license here) and en:GNU Free Documentation License. For details you probably could ask in en:Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. In general usually somewhere in the book, mostly in backmatter, there is an table of figures, where you could add the information about author and license. For some licenses a short mention is enough, some licenses demand reproducing their full text. — Speravir – 02:21, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

image

how can i upload profile(Desktop picture) picture of someone ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akash Borate (talk • contribs)

If you the author of that picture (photographer), surely. Ruslik (talk) 19:42, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Special:UploadWizard - Jmabel ! talk 01:31, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
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Pix size in wiki

Example image with explicit value 300px in embedding code
Example image with thumb alone in embedding code

How can I get a larger version of the first image I have inserted into my wiki on Oliver LaGrone? I can't find how to effect change. Thanks for any hints. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cordell Affeldt (talk • contribs) 18:46, 13 March 2017 (UTC) (UTC)

This is a topic not related to Commons. Read en:Wikipedia:Picture tutorial or an equivalent version in your favorite language. In short: There is a parameter in the image embedding code for this. By default one should add thumb, but you can give an explicit value, too. — Speravir – 23:11, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
Oops, correction: thumb is independent of explicit values; without them you will get a size according to your user settings, the default depends on the wiki. Confer images I’ve included now. — Speravir – 23:30, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welland_Phipps

i met weldy phipps 1968 to 70 when I was stationed in resolute bay nwt..going thru old pictures here is one of weldy circy 1969 could you please include his picture that yes I took THIS PICTURE MY SELF..SO HOW DO I UPLOAD HIS PICTURE TO INCLUDE IN HIS WEBSITE thanks Bob Romano VE1PR

@Papafix: Thanks. I've removed your email address in case any spambots see this page. You can email me tho--use the "M" in my signature. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:45, 9 March 2017 (UTC)

Right to upload for new accounts

Is this correct that currently one can upload right after creating an account and loggin in? Or is there a time delay / a contribution demand? --NeoLexx (talk) 19:33, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Yes, any new account can be used to upload files as soon as it is created. Ruslik (talk) 19:48, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
Except for overwriting an existing file. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:23, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
And that one allowed after when? --NeoLexx (talk) 20:50, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
See Commons:Autoconfirmed users. More generally about access levels, see Commons:User access levels. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:46, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
  • If a new user tries to upload many files he is stopped shortly for some time. This user succeeded with 5 files and for the 6th he was unable (it was a picture of Sergei Kirienko). --ssr (talk) 09:41, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
How was his problem related specifically to being a new user? What error message did he get? Did he retry later? Was he trying to upload a duplicate of an existing photo of С. Кириенко? -- Asclepias (talk) 12:10, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
At his latest contribution, there is a note: "(Tag: New user rapidly uploading files)" (can be seen by link; I don't know exactly what message got he personaly while uploading, but I can find Facebook archived discussion where he was reporting it). After being unable, he stopped and never returned. The photos he succeeded to upload were very useful though. The Kirienko photo he was going to upload was not duplicate. --ssr (talk) 12:36, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
OK, so it is a filter. But the details are not viewable by ordinary users like me. It would be interesting at least to have an idea of what it considers as "new user" and "rapidly". It's unfortunate that in this case the user did not retry. I'm guessing that he could probably have continued by slowing a little the rate of uploads. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:15, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
This filter is tag only. It does not stop users from uploading. Ruslik (talk) 18:20, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
I have found the Facebook discussion (it's in Russian). The error message was cited as follows: "This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed (more info)." I don't know why it was. --ssr (talk) 20:27, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
Per Special:AbuseLog, the upload was prevented by filter 156 "Small jpeg's uploaded by users with low editcount". Matma Rex (talk) 11:29, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
In fact this is a scanned paper photo from 1998, made by user personally. The other (permitted) photos were the same. --ssr (talk) 10:02, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
Is the scanner not capable of producing something better than a 302×500 px thumbnail? —LX (talk, contribs) 11:06, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
The photo was scanned at these times and placed at the website. It was OK for then (800x600 resolution was most popular AFAIR). For now, it is unclear if original is available and why the user decided to upload photo from his website instead of re-scanning. --ssr (talk) 11:33, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

No subject

How do I ask a question about using a photograph — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tropicom (talk • contribs) 11:35, 10 March 2017‎ (UTC)

If you don't find the information you're looking for on the file description page and at Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia, you can ask questions right here. Be sure to specify the name of the file. —LX (talk, contribs) 13:36, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

No subject

Hi, I wanted to upload the logo of our school on its wikipedia site, but I got a message that because wikipedia couldn't determine whether I have the rights to the image or not, it was not possible to add that to the page. However, the school owns the rights so there should not be any problem. Is there a way to include the logo? thank you in advance, Tuija p.s. other schools and companies have logos on their pages — Preceding unsigned comment added by TuijaW (talk • contribs) 18:16, 10 March 2017‎ (UTC)

If the logo is eligible for copyright protection, then yes, the school is most likely the copyright holder, which is exactly why claiming that you personally created it and own the rights to it would be a problem. If you are an employee at the school, see Commons:Guidance for paid editors, which includes information on sharing logotypes and other important advice. If you are a student, you will have to ask the school to have a legal representative sign a licensing declaration and send it in via e-mail, assuming that the logo is above the threshold of originality. —LX (talk, contribs) 21:53, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Uploading picture scanned from a book in the public domain

I scanned a picture from https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89064497506;view=2up;seq=6 the full view a book listed as in the public domain even though it was published in 1935. I have not been able to Upload the picture because of the publication date. Vejlefjord (talk) 22:01, 10 March 2017 (UTC)

Apport d'une photo personnelle

Bonjour, Sur la page wikipédia, qui décrit mon parcours et mes activités d'artiste, j'aimerais poser l'une de mes photos, me représentant. Du même type que celle qui m'identifie sur "facebook" à Michel Schetter Pour toute question ou correspondance, par courriel, à schetterediteur@wanadoo.fr Merci à vous Michel Schetter — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.2.132.83 (talk • contribs)

  • Apologies for replying in English: my French is good enough to understand your question, but not to respond.
  • If you want to upload a selfie, just create an account and upload in the usual manner. See Assistant de téléversement (UploadWizard).
  • However, if someone else takes the photo they, not you, would own the copyright, and we need that person, not you, to grant a license. In that case, by far the simplest solution would be for the photographer to create an account (if he/she does not already have one) and upload it (again, see Assistant de téléversement (UploadWizard)). If you must upload a picture that was taken by someone else, it gets much more complicated: see Commons:OTRS/fr. - Jmabel ! talk 04:37, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Regarding cigarette brands

Hello,

I've been browsing the Tobacco packaging warning messages as of recently and I would like to expand the information on there. I am a collector of cigarette packs and I have a lot of packs from all over the world, which I want to upload here through Wikimedia for everyone to use.

I have tried looking through all the guides but they're so complex and, at times, a tad too vague for my senses that I did not find the right kind of information. I've also tried looking through the archive, and only one question was posted there before, but that did not adhere to my own question, so I felt like posting it here directly.

Would I encounter any problems if I, for example, wanted to post a picture of a Moroccan pack of Marlboro Red or Gold on here? It's my own work and not from any site, but I feel like I may get in trouble regarding the copyright of said company. I've seen various pictures being posted before, but I don't want to take any risks regarding that.

Regards,

MatteoNL97.

--MatteoNL97 (talk) 12:51, 12 March 2017 (CET)

help with Wikimedia OTRS release generator step 5

I keep on pressing create to release eMail but nothing is happening --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 20:27, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Probably not. Depends what needs to be confirmed through OTRS and by whom. If the expected communication is that someone, other than you, must send a confirmation of a free license from their address, then you sending something else from your address misses the mark on the three conditions and it will probably waste the OTRS team's time. If it is about "File:Hal Holbrook October 2010.jpg", a free license should be asked, not a permission to upload, and it would be more simple for everybody if you asked the author if he would accept to change the tag directly on the flickr page to offer a free license there. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:55, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Ralph C Guzman professor of politics and community studies.jpg

Hi there, I uploaded this photograph after obtaining it from the University of California at Santa Cruz Special Collections online. I left the link in the description. It seems to me this photograph is publicly available courtesy of the Special Collections. I do not want this photograph to be deleted, so I am hoping someone can help walk me through the process of verifying its licensing status! Thank you very much!!

--207.97.137.4 13:26, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Would like to post my own original photo of a motorcycle I own which I recently purchased.

I recently purchased a 2017 Triumph Bonneville Bobber and was looking for Wikipedia article and didn't see one so I created the page. The page currently does not have any photo and I would like to share a photo on the page I have taken of my own motorcycle for use on the page as it is a new model for 2017.

I would like to know if this is allowed?

Alex — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex Tanchoco (talk • contribs)

Image upload

I am adding info to an article about the Cornell University Glee Club audio recordings. The article states that the recording list is incomplete, and to verify the information I am submitting I would like to upload a scan of a record label. The record was issued some time in the 1950's. It contains no copyright information; only the university's crest, the name of the glee club, the name of the director, the words "Cornell Alumni Association" and the titles of the songs recorded. It also contains some wording about the performance license limitations ("Licensed by the Manufacturer Only For Non-Commercial Use on Phonographs In Homes"). Is this image allowable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewgage (talk • contribs)

uploading files with minor amendments

On a couple of occasions when I have corrected scans on an odd page due to a line being missed and uploaded a new version, the corrected page image does not appear opposite my text: the old incorrect image still remains. However, the new corrected image is shown when the image tag is used. Other times this problem does not occur. Is there any way round this? - Esme Shepherd (talk) 23:14, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

  • Most likely just a caching issue, which will clear up eventually. Try clearing your browser cache next time this happens, although there can also be some caching between the database and your browser. - Jmabel ! talk 05:56, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Chunked upload script broken?

Has something been changed lately for chunked uploading? Both my latest uploads didn’t work as good as all others before with Rillke’s chunked upload script (cf. User talk:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js):

  • “use stash and async (recommended for large videos and photos)” is by default active, but the script refused with an error, I should deactivate async.
  • Doing so after upload I had to click on a yellow line to continue, which resulted in a login error (do not remember the content).
  • Nonetheless the files have been uploaded, but all update comments are lost and also the customary hint to the chunked upload script.

For comparison: It worked on 6 March: file with upload comment. It didn't on 9 March, File:Chekhov White Dacha study.jpg and today: File:Moscow Oblast Regions.svg. ({{ping|Matma Rex|p=}}, perhaps also @Jdx and Zhuyifei1999). — Speravir – 02:55, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Made a mistake, hence @Matma Rex. --Speravir 02:57, 12 March 2017 (UTC)

  • With stash and async: FAILED: cannot-async-upload-file: The parameters "async" and "file" cannot be combined. If you want asynchronous processing of your uploaded file, first upload it to stash (using the "stash" parameter) and then publish the stashed file asynchronously (using "filekey" and "async"). Could be somewhat related to phab:T156365 but that one was deployed in late January. The relevant API query parameters are stash=1, async=1, file=<file contents> --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 05:29, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
  • Without stash and async: The first upload request to API (which was supposed to be a chunked upload, therefore without the upload summary) was thought to be a non-chunked upload and was directly a success fid not return a filekey; the second API request (which was supposed to publish the chunk-uploaded file) queried the API with an empty file key and got the "invalid-file-key" from API, which triggered the warning text: "To continue uploading, please log in and click here after you did so. Script will try to resume. Error reported by server is: To continue uploading, please log in and click here after you did so. Script will try to resume. Error reported by server is: invalid-file-key: Not a valid file key."
--Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 05:29, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
The timing of this change is consistent with MediaWiki train to 1.29.0-wmf.15 on March 8, but I'm unable to find the relevent change that caused this. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 05:39, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for now, Zhuyifei1999. I noticed, what you did for the error messages. ;-) I’m really interested in getting the script running without this issue (and very probably there are more people). — Speravir – 18:18, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
I'm pretty sure there were no recent changes to the upload API, and the error message indeed matches the change from January. Maybe it's a problem only for files that are smaller than your chunk size? Both of the failing examples you linked are much smaller than the successful example. I don't really know how bigChunkedUpload works :( Matma Rex (talk) 18:47, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
bigChunkedUpload.js is the interface, the actual uploading logic is in User:Rillke/MwJSBot.js, and it replace the parameter chunk= with file= whenever only one chunk is needed. IIRC, bigChunkedUpload worked with both multi-chunk files and one-chunk files previously, but reading that phab ticket and ApiUpload.php again I don't understand how that would succeed. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 07:13, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
I do not know, how it works in detail, but yes, it worked fine with small files despite stash & async is activated by default. Actually the default chunk size is 4 MB (or MiB?). — Speravir – 22:59, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
I am still interested in fixing this. It still works with files, which are uploaded in chunks, cf. File:Nike89 Glienicker Brücke (crop).jpg. @Matma Rex and Zhuyifei1999: Is there no way to fix User:Rillke/MwJSBot.js? It may actually already be broken since January; the latest uploads I did with files definitely below minimal chunk size have been in early December, but it worked fine then: File:Symbolic Love Heart.svg and File:Balance scales symbol.svg. — Speravir – 01:48, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
 Doing… --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 06:07, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
✓ Done by making the script never use file= parameter. I'd actually prefer to have a better understanding of how it used to work, since according to the linked phabricator ticket file= will never work with chunked uploading whether or not the patch was merged in January. (The patch simply made it yell out the error instead of silently ignoring) --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 06:37, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
Without function checking: Thank you, Zhuyifei (? or Zhu Yifei or …?). Unfortunately I cannot help, could it have been always buggy without noticing this? Or should the issue with the vanishing edit comment then have occurred earlier? — Speravir – 18:57, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
What I meant is, the upload for small files with stash and async should never have worked and I don't understand how it could work at all earlier. It's not losing edit summaries, but upload failures. --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 23:57, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
Aha. Just as feedback before this thread gets archived: @Zhuyifei1999: It is proved now, that the script works again with files below smallest chunk size: File:Elflein, Hermann.jpg. — Speravir – 18:52, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
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problems with displaying my newly uploaded map

I've just updated a new version of this map [2] which is considerably different from its previous versions. The problem here is that in the article using this map, Nguoi Nung of Vietnamese Wikipedia [3], it is displayed as its previous version instead of its newly uploaded version [4]. How could I make the file to be displayed as its latest version.

I have also asked this question here [5]. But I'm afraid that it would take a long time to be answered, so I ask one more time here, expecting that it'd be be responded soon. Thanks. Bookworm8899 (talk) 15:58, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

It appears to me to have been updated in the viWP article. The servers may have just been a little slow to rewrite the thumbnails. If you still see the old version there, try clearing your browser cache.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 17:52, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your quick suggestion. I opened the Vietnamese wikipedia article using a different web browser and it worked. Bookworm8899 (talk) 18:09, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
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QUESTIONS TO ASK WIKIMEDIA COMMON ABOUT NETWORK CONNECTION

Can you allow me to use this internet network to obtain my picture and certificate on my email account? 

Can you allow me to submit my cv and resume on my account on wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hamad olatunde (talk • contribs) 14:08, 15 March 2017‎ (UTC)
No. Please read Commons:Project scope/Summary. —LX (talk, contribs) 14:51, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: ★ Poké95 02:45, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

email sending blocked

I am an organizer of Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in South Korea, and I was sending emails regarding an exhibition of the event to participants of the contest yesterday. Suddenly it was blocked, because I sent too many mails in short time. I tried it again according to the guide but I cannot still sending mails, although some hours has passed since it happened. What should I do? --Motoko C. K. (talk) 13:33, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Oh, it works now --Motoko C. K. (talk) 07:19, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
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Uploading image with unknown date

I'm trying to upload this image, which should be OK as it's under cc-by-2.0. My issue that the upload wizard is insisting on a YYYY-MM-DD creation date, but the page only lists ca. 1935, as does the catalogue entry. Is there another way to upload the file with a less specific date? Mortee (talk) 15:46, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Sure. Just don't use the Upload Wizard tool. You can use Commons:Upload or the basic upload form. You can include {{Circa|1935}} in the date field. Also, we can note that on its website the Library says that the photograph is in the public domain [6]. That status of the photograph can be expressed with PD-Australia + PD-1996. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:44, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
Thank you, that's very helpful Mortee (talk) 19:50, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
You can put in arbitrary text into the field in UploadWizard if you switch the date field mode using the buttons to the left of it. Matma Rex (talk) 20:50, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
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Corrected uploaded file looks the same as original - Eurocopter EC 145.jpg

Hello, I just uploaded - whith permission from the author (see request User talk:Numéro 1963 and answer on user:Domendod talk page) - an improved version of his original file (which was too dark). Much to my surprise, the new file, although slightly heavier, looks the same to me ! I made the modification with Photoshop Elements and the difference between the original and the new version was obvious on my computer screen but seems to have disapeared after uploading.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards, --Domenjod (talk) 09:37, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: ★ Poké95 02:43, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Соблюдение подобия формы существа с увеличением его обёма.

(Observance of the similarity of the form of a being with an increase in its volume.)

Телёнок в процессе роста становится коровой,но подобия формы не изменяет. (The calf grows into a cow in the process of growth, but does not change its similarity.) Кто его скульптор в процессе роста? Это тема для обсуждения в википедия (Who is his sculptor in the process of growth? This is a topic for discussion in Wikipedia)

ФОРУМ--188.163.0.211 23:24, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

What does this have to do with media, like pictures? (Какое это имеет отношение к средствам массовой информации, например к фотографиям?) - Richardkiwi (talk) (talk) 23:48, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
@Richardkiwi: I'm quite sure that such a nonsensical entries are a form of vandalism. See also ru:Special:Diff/84064380. --jdx Re: 07:45, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
Ok, I looked like it, but it is in a strange language, I translated and replyed to be sure. Thnx. - Richardkiwi (talk) (talk) 14:50, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Ogni janovoj nochi.jpg

I take a book which I mentioned in file description in public library. Scan photos from there. And post them in article.


Spārītis, Ojārs. Rīgas pieminekļi un dekoratīvā tēlniecība / Ojārs Spārītis ; [iev. Ojārs Spārītis ; red.: Pēteris Apinis (galv.), Ginta Poriete, Viesturs Pauls Karnups ... [u.c.] (lit.) ; māksl. Solvita Pavloviča ; vāka dizains Alda Zunde ; fotogr.: Indriķis Stūrmanis, Pēteris Apinis, Ojārs Spārītis ...[u.c.]. - [Rīga] : Nacionālais apgāds, 2001 (Jāņa sēta). - 159 lpp. : krās. il., ģīm. Saturs: Arhaika ; Vēsturisko procesu pieminekļi ; Kapu pieminekļi ; Pieminekļi vēsturiskām personām ; Dekoratīvā tēlniecība. ISBN 9984260240 : cietos vākos. Memoriāli - Latvija. Pieminekļi - Latvija. Tēlniecība - Latvija.


--Retro~ruwiki (talk) 09:35, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Quite obvious a copyright violation. --Magnus (talk) 10:43, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Grabelschicy sena.jpg

I take a book which I mentioned in file description in public library. Scan photos from there. And post them in article.


Spārītis, Ojārs. Rīgas pieminekļi un dekoratīvā tēlniecība / Ojārs Spārītis ; [iev. Ojārs Spārītis ; red.: Pēteris Apinis (galv.), Ginta Poriete, Viesturs Pauls Karnups ... [u.c.] (lit.) ; māksl. Solvita Pavloviča ; vāka dizains Alda Zunde ; fotogr.: Indriķis Stūrmanis, Pēteris Apinis, Ojārs Spārītis ...[u.c.]. - [Rīga] : Nacionālais apgāds, 2001 (Jāņa sēta). - 159 lpp. : krās. il., ģīm. Saturs: Arhaika ; Vēsturisko procesu pieminekļi ; Kapu pieminekļi ; Pieminekļi vēsturiskām personām ; Dekoratīvā tēlniecība. ISBN 9984260240 : cietos vākos. Memoriāli - Latvija. Pieminekļi - Latvija. Tēlniecība - Latvija.


--Retro~ruwiki (talk) 09:35, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Rakvere JK Tarvas (2017).png

--Andres1221 (talk) 18:00, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Hello, I uploaded new logo of Rakvere JK Tarvas that changed this year. As I am club's representative I am allowed to share the rights for wikipedia purposes. I am not only familiar with wikimedia system to put it here correctly.


The purpose of use stays the same: "The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing JK Tarvas football club, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the organization, assure the readers that they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the organization, and illustrate the organization's intended branding message in a way that words alone could not convey."

Andres (JK Tarvas) --Andres1221 (talk) 18:00, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

  • It was deleted because you did not provide any license.
  • If you intend to free-license the logo then:
    • If the club owns the copyright, you as a representative can send permission as described at COM:OTRS. You will need to grant a specific license. I recommend Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
    • If the artist has never formally assigned the copyright to the club, then either the artist must do that or the artist, not the representative of the club, needs to send the permission to as described at COM:OTRS
  • If you don't intend to free-license the logo then it does not belong on Commons. Some of the Wikipedias, including the English-language Wikipedia, allow logos on a non-free basis; they each have their own process for that. - Jmabel ! talk 03:27, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Portrait of Actor/Actress

In case a file related to an actor/actress has been created by someone else without any portrait of the star, can anyone upload one picture from a scene of his/her acting ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AntGen (talk • contribs)

  • I'm not sure what you mean by a "file related to an actor/actress". Do you mean a Wikipedia article? "File" here doesn't make sense.
  • In general, no, you cannot upload a photo to Commons unless either (1) you took it yourself, (2) it is in the public domain (rarely the case for the sort of thing you are mentioning here, unless this is someone from a hundred years or so ago, and even then not everything would be public domain or (3) you get an explicit license from the copyright-holder through the process described at COM:OTRS. - Jmabel ! talk 03:19, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Wiki to Wiki

Copyright question, can i download English wiki picture, modify it, and than post it again in English wiki or commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ProDuct0339 (talk • contribs)

Como pongo una imagen en los datos rápidos de wikipedia

Ayúdenme por favor

Gracias

— Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcosA123 (talk • contribs)

  • No hay ningún idea que puede significar "datos rápidos de wikipedia". Y esta página de ayuda no pertenece a wikipedia, es parte de Wikimedia Commons (la misma organización, Wikimedia Foundation, pero otro sítio del web).
  • Si alguien entiende la pregunta, ¿podría por favor ayudarlo? - Jmabel ! talk 06:03, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
Tal vez Marcos se refiere a agregar a algun "infobox" una de las imágenes que haya cargado (subido) aquí. Es eso? --E4024 (talk) 15:34, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

May photographs of $3 bills taken at the Smithsonian Institute be used?

It is not clear to me if photographs of currency over 100-years old may be used. The currency is from a variety of banks and corporations in the mid 1800's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Szabaka (talk • contribs)

You can use them if they are from before 1923. See {{Pd-1923}}. Ruslik (talk) 19:49, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Block a user

I'm coming here to ask that someone block Johnnaber and take away his talk page access. I've done this to him on Wikipedia and I noted that he had an account here as well. I don't ask this lightly, but this looks to be a case where there's actually more chance of harm happening if it isn't restricted.

Here's the gist of what's going on:

Johnnaber signed up for an account and has been using Wikipedia as a way to message some of his friends. He hasn't made any other edits and he uses Wikipedia solely to communicate with others. The problem here is that he's in a private prison and as such, his communication is extremely likely to be restricted if he's resorting to using Wikipedia as a method to contact others.

What makes this a tricky situation is that the prison seems to be restricting his access to the outside world, as per some of his statements on his now deleted Wikipedia talk page and if he was meant to contact his friends via the more conventional methods (e-mail, phone) then he would be contacting them in this way. In other words, he's communicating in a way that is almost certainly against the prison's rules and thus making it very likely that he could be punished - maybe even ensuring that his prison sentence will be longer - for communicating outside of the authorized channels. If he's supposed to be talking to them then he can get his parents to give him their e-mail addresses, if he has access to e-mail.

If he can't access e-mail then ultimately they are not people that he is authorized to contact, meaning that again - he's using Wikipedia to bend (if not break) the rules at the prison. None of the messages back and forth have really even been that bad, but the fact is that he's almost certainly not supposed to be doing this.

I feel bad reporting him here, but he's almost certainly breaking the rules, something that will only end up getting him in hot water at the prison facility. I'm not certain if they can tack on more time, but they could take away the ability to get out early for good behavior and this could get some of his privileges revoked or even get Wikipedia blocked at the facility, which would be detrimental to the others at the prison. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 13:52, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

  • The reason I'm saying that it's a prison is that he described it as such here. A look at the name on the account here shows that it's a therapeutic boarding house, but that still puts us in the same situation since he's likely not supposed to contact people outside without the facility's consent and that's a place where they can keep people longer than initially stated, as they'll view breaking the rules as a sign that they're not getting better. (I had a family member that stayed in a mental health center and that's exactly what happened to some of the residents that did break the rules.) Tokyogirl79 (talk) 13:55, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
  • Another thing to note is that via the now deleted talk page on his WP account, he is unable to open letters, so again, he's likely not allowed to message people like this and is doing this without the facility workers knowing. I know I'm just piling on here, but I am concerned for him. I'm not going to contact the facility or anything, but I do want to make sure that he does things the right way. Again, I feel bad but I don't want him to screw up his chances of getting out in a timely manner. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 13:58, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
@Tokyogirl79: The page Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections would be the place where you can get help about this. I suggest that you move your request to there. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:56, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
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how to upload certified / authenticated poem in wikipedia article?

Hi - short question, since I am absolutely new to this world...: in the German wiki I uploaded a poem. On my discussion page I saw an "authenticity certificate" which told me I could proceed to upload the poem on the page of the article (Walter Hildebrandt. Dialektik). Questions: now I can't even see this certificate any more. And even if I did: I would not know how to actively upload the poem onto the article page..... thanks for any hints or support!! --Thora.Amend (talk) 20:01, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Plaintext content should generally not be uploaded to Commons, but added as plaintext content with wiki markup directly on the project where you intend to use it. If by the German wiki, you mean German Wikipedia, see wikipedia:de:Hilfe:Seite bearbeiten. If you mean Wikisource, see wikisource:de:Wikisource:Editionsrichtlinien. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:40, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

password

Forgot password. Received temporary pw and it does not work. Tells me it is invalid. What to do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1008:b123:d28f:e553:bf4c:39c:55b3 (talk • contribs)

Make sure you type both your username and temporary password exactly as written in the e-mail but without quotes (keeping in mind that both the username and password are case sensitive), and make sure you do it before the temporary password expires. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:28, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

No subject

why cant we use logos — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lokeshbhat (talk • contribs) 07:48, 17 March 2017‎ (UTC)

If by use, you mean upload, and if by logos, you mean copyright protected, non-free logotypes, then it's because this site only hosts free content; see Commons:Project scope/Summary and Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter#Trademarks. If you mean something else, please clarify. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:21, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

This category?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Exterior_of_Water_Mart_(Plaridel,_Bulacan)&action=edit&redlink=1

I came across this category and I was wondering if this is ok since it has pictures of sign of a store. MechQuester (talk) 17:07, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

  • Not much there that rises to the level of the copyrightable, and what there is appears to me to be de minimis. I see no problem with these, but someone else might disagree. No case law on freedom of panorama in the Philippines. - Jmabel ! talk 17:12, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

i'm not sure if i can upload this image or not

i want to upload a cover of a book as i could not find it on wikipedia, but i wasn't sure if i could. all the pages for the other books in the series had the covers, but still i'm not sure if i could - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boredpersonandco (talk • contribs)

  • You are asking on Wikimedia Commons, not on Wikipedia. If there is any copyrighted material on the cover, then probably not. For example, if there is artwork you cannot, unless the artwork is old enough to be in the public domain (e.g. a reproduction of a Vermeer would be fine). Typically, anything other than typography and simple geometric shapes means Commons can't accept it.
  • If you just want to upload the image for use in an English-language Wikipedia (en-wiki) article, en-wiki makes some provision for non-free use, but that would be strictly an upload directly to en-wiki, not to Commons. See, for example, en:File:US cover of Go Set a Watchman.jpg: you can follow that as an example of doing that correctly for non-free use on en-wiki. - Jmabel ! talk 22:05, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Is the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license compatible with Commons? I'm thinking not. --NeilN (talk) 02:56, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

How to correctly reuse wikimedia commons content on wikimedia commons

Hi, as I want to use it on the Spanish wikipedia I changed a graphic done by another user [7] putting Spanish text into it [8]. I searched arround a lot -- and then hoped the upload wizzard would help -- to find out how to correctly attribute my modified work to the original author. But I didn't find a clearcut answer and so I tried my best. Could somebody look at it and recommend (or implement) the needed changes? What is the easiest way to do this? 123 (talk) 00:12, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

I made some other cosmetic changes – Jmabel’s edit, my edit. I’ve also added an info into the English file version. — Speravir – 02:17, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Can't see an uploaded file

Hi all, I've uploaded this picture from Flickr. However, I'm not able to see it, generate a thumbnail or crop it. Any idea of what can be wrong? Best regards --Discasto talk 21:23, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Could it be the sheer size? I can’t find anything documenting a limit in pixels, but there’s mention of a MediaWiki configuration option not to scale (thumbnail) images where the memory consumption exceeds a certain amount. See if a reduced version, of maybe half the linear dimensions (1/4 the pixels), will work; you can always link it to the full-size version.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 22:36, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
Commons:FAQ, section ”What resolution should the images I upload be?”:

However, scaling of images may fail if the image is very large and rendering takes too much time or memory (in that case, either no scaled image is shown, or the full image is served to the browser, often causing it to lock up). … Large JPEGs are only problematic if they are saved in progressive mode, since the entire image has to be processed at once. Use baseline mode instead.
In case the full scale original is too large to process for the software, upload it anyway, but then please overwrite it with a scaled down version (around 6 megapixels in size); the full scale version will still be available in the upload history, and you can add a reference to it in the image description.

In other words reupload and overwrite with a version, that is not in progressive mode (and downscaled)! (I made a local version downscaled to 20 %, which is actually around 7 MPixel and 4MB big.) — Speravir – 23:32, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
Foe one thing, Commons has been horribly slow with photos for a few months. I'm trying to upload a set of photos right now and it is taking up to 9 minutes per photo. But rather than reduce the number of pixels, I think it would be better to increase the JPEG compuression. In Photoshop, you have options when writing a JPG as to how large of a file it makes. Bubba73 (talk) 01:07, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the tips. I'll try your proposals :-) --Discasto talk 07:42, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
Done And works!!! :-) --Discasto talk 08:06, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 18:21, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Flickr image promoted to QI status

Please have a look at File:PM Modi paying tribute to Adbul Hamid.jpg. It has been taken from Flickr (uploaded by me), and it has been promoted to Quality Image status which is against the guidelines. Which place would be the correct one to ask for its demotion? Bharatiya29 (talk) 11:00, 18 March 2017 (UTC)

I'm guessing it's because there is no evidence that the unidentified official photographer for the Prime minister of India is a Commons user, which seems to be a condition for quality images, according to the guidelines page. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:36, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
Service link: Commons:Image guidelines (somewhat misleading title in regard to content) – in first list item “Quality image candidates … must have been created by a Commons user.” — Speravir – 01:55, 19 March 2017 (UTC)
According to Commons:Quality images candidates#Creator, there is no need to ask anyone; you can just remove it. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:48, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Image replacement or updating

Hi,

I'd like to help out but, gosh, maybe Wikipedia is just too complex for me. I've searched for hours trying to figure out the procedure for replacing an image. I've found nothing helpful!

I'd like to replace the image on this page with a new version.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duplessis_Autoritratto.jpg

Is there a concise tutorial on how to do this?

Thanks for any help. - pixel8tor — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pixel8tor (talk • contribs)

  • It is rarely correct to overwrite an image on Commons (there are cases where it's OK, but this doesn't sound like one). I'm guessing that you want to replace an image in a Wikipedia article. Upload your new image, with a new name, then refer to your new image rather than the old one in the Wikipedia article in question.
  • If you really think this is a case where you should overwrite an image on Commons, could you please explain what is wrong with the current image File:Duplessis_Autoritratto.jpg? It looks OK to me. - Jmabel ! talk 15:19, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Jmabel,

The current image suffers from varnish yellowing, bad exposure, and soot pollution. I've adjusted the color to compensate for those deficiencies. I've seen edits like this accepted before. Is that an appropriate reason to overwrite? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pixel8tor (talk • contribs) 15:44, 22 March 2017 (UTC) (UTC)

About the technical aspect: tomorrow, your account should get the possibility to overwrite files. Then, look for the link "upload a new version of this file", under the file history. About the policy aspect: see Commons:Overwriting existing files. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:40, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
Actually we have for this file exactly this situation, that it already has been overwritten, but should have not in this case: The now active version is clearly distinctive from the now overwritten version, and the source attribution is wrong now. This is a case for a split request. @Pixel8tor: You could overwrite it and give the reasons in the upload comment, but it seems to be better to upload as new file (add simply (retouched) at end of filename), add the original file as source and add also the template {{Retouched}}, where you can insert your improvements. But, please, wait for a split of the file, as it is now. I will notify you again. — Speravir – 19:41, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
Well, that went fast: See now for File:Joseph Duplessis, self portrait.jpg. — Speravir – 22:41, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the informational links. They helped make things clearer. I see you reverted the page back to the inferior image, even though the image you pulled was superior in many ways. I don't understand your reason for doing this; can you please explain. Why wouldn't you want a better version to replace the inferior one? I'm very confused!--Pixel8tor (talk) 00:22, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Technically it wasn’t a revert and it wasn’t me: Splitting and merging can only be done by admins, I just made the request. But I requested splitting for two reasons: The newer version is clearly distinctive from the older one, and it is from a different, unknown source. Quality aspects do not matter here, though actually in my eyes the older version is better (locally on my computer I have a vesion with autmatic fixes byIrfanview, that looks better than both versions). And, this is completely independent from your question here: No one hinders you from uploading a better file – we’ve already told you above. — Speravir – 23:19, 23 March 2017 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 01:35, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

Flickr

This Flickr Uploader has released his image copyright to this File:Grand Hall, Iolani Palace (8258329057).jpg after I asked him to but he changed the tags to PD on the image, so commons is questioning the validity of it. Can someone fix this for me somehow? I'm not the uploader so I can tag it saying I released the copyright. --KAVEBEAR (talk) 19:53, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

The Flickr user has applied the Public Domain Mark to the file, which is not a waiver of one's own copyright like the CC0 Public Domain Dedication. The Public Domain Mark is intended for use with old works that are free of copyright restrictions around the world. It is not an instrument for releasing one's own works. If it's the Flickr uploader is the author and copyright holder of the photograph and they wish to waive their rights, they should use {{CC-zero}} instead. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:33, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Hello helpdesk,

If i upload a company logo to wikipedia do others have the permission to use it ?

Thanks in advantage! — Preceding unsigned comment added by VR31 (talk • contribs) 09:50, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Commons:Guidance for paid editors has information on sharing company logos and other information which may be useful if you're here on behalf of a company. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:17, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Deleted file Vladimir Pimonov

Hello,

Despite received confirmation of permission from Wikimedia Commons the following file (own work) was deleted:

[Ticket#2017031210012016] Confirmation of receipt (Re: Vladimir Pimonov, Ph [...])

I would appreciate if, if you restore the file and it also was deleted from Wikipedia page.

In the meantime I have uploaded the same photo on Wikimedia Commons and used it instead of the deleted one on Wikipedia page.

Regards. V. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivpetivpet (talk • contribs) 10:16, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Do not recreate deleted content, as that will get your account blocked. The correct way to get content undeleted if you have sent in permission information to OTRS is (as explained on that page) to be patient, wait for the permission to be processed, and respond to any requests for additional information. Seeing as you've already bypassed all standard procedures and recreated the file yourself, I don't understand what you hope to achieve by restoring another copy of the same file. —LX (talk, contribs) 11:13, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

cannot upload file of a Sastrugi I wanted to share / donate to Wikipedia

I ve been a passive member of Wikipedia for a long time Now that I feel I can contribute something I feel slapped in the face.

The attempt to upload and submit a really nice picture of a Sastrugi taken in Obertauern is virtually impossible

I dont know what to do - and frankly I am frustrated beyond belief. Wishing I had never donated to Wiki now 8[ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mina49er (talk • contribs)

  • Ok here is my indication -if you need more info then please let me know what exactly I can provide

Please also note this goes almost of my frustration threshold as I expected Wikipedia to allow for easy access and I m not willing to waste my time adding content and getting slapped in the face by mechanics that are not even giving me proper hints what goes wrong.

1) Logged in to Wikipedia 2) Went to page https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sastrugi 3) Selected Edit ("Bearbeiten") 4) Insert Media -> Upload -> drag png of my picture on to rectangle 5) Tick box that confirms I own the rights to this picture 6) Click Upload 7) New Form appears, Entering description, select date 8) Click on Save Button (upper right) 9) Receive annoying message -AGAIN- making me less and less wanting to contribute here "We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons."

Sorry, I dont get the point. You want this to be accessible and kept alive by us - the crowd - the users. And I am getting rejected because -..l ? Mina49er (talk) 13:26, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

@Mina49er: It seems your upload is blocked by the cross-wiki upload filter, which filters out possible copyright violations. If you are really the copyright holder, you can circumvent this filter using Special:UploadWizard. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the filter was made since the cross-wiki upload tool before was a huge problem for us patrollers. Thanks, ★ Poké95 10:21, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
And please sign your posts at the end of your comment with four tildes (~~~~). Thanks, ★ Poké95 10:21, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks much Pokefan95 I will try with this other tool, but are you realizing this restriction complicates things.
This filter - while perhaps making sense - is driving away many a volunteer--this is not discussable with them as most will simply give up.
I strongly suggest: Change it!
When asking a few colleagues to do the update for me they also didnt know how to , despite them being Wiki user for a longer time than me.
Mina49er (talk) 13:26, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

@Mina49er: Disabling the filter will only make us very busy again. There have been a lot of copyright violations and out of scope images when the cross-wiki upload tool was introduced by the Wikimedia Foundation (without consensus!). We only have three solutions: first, to create an abuse filter, second, to disable the tool completely, or third, to recruit more admins. The third solution is not that easy. The second solution, although I prefer it, will just receive criticisms and objections from other users. The first solution is the best for all users. I understand the filter complicates things, but disabling the filter is no good for our community. What we should suggest to the Wikimedia Foundation is to obtain consensus first before implementing such tool, instead of making us a test site for their tools. Thanks, ★ Poké95 02:53, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Personality rights template-Whose concern?

Hello Commons! I got a question regarding pictures that include the personality rights template ( or very well could fall under the category). Does this template also needs to concern s.o. if one is taking the file from commons and including it, like normal other pictures, in wikipedia articles? Or does this template is merely for someone outside of the wiki-system who wants to use it? I read some information about it (here Commons:Photographs of identifiable people) but it didnt quite became clear if the personality rights are also an issue or could become one, for users in the wikisystem who use the image in other wiki projects. I like using many commons pictures on wikipedia, yet i want to be sure that it is all ok. I guess that goes for most users. Thanks for responding! --Joobo (talk) 12:45, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

The warning applies to all situations where personality rights may exist and restrict the use. The most obvious potential problematic uses would probably be outside of Wikimedia and we could say that the warning template is mostly to remind external reusers to check the laws of the country of reuse about the type of reuse and, depending on the situation, obtain the accord of the person pictured. Inside Wikimedia, if the picture is used in conformity with the policies of Commons and the policies of the Wikimedia project where it is displayed, cases of potential problematic uses are less likely. But you could imagine some uses that could be abusive. If you have in mind a particular use of a particular picture, telling what it is would probably get you more specific answers. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:43, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick response! I understand, basically it applies to all situations. I will give the example on your talkpage. --Joobo (talk) 17:22, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
I'm taking the liberty to move your follow-up question from my talk page to here, because it's a good question about a matter that can be subjective and the opinions may vary. It is better if you can get comments from several people. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:37, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
Yes, no problem with that. Maybe also others got an opinion on that. --Joobo (talk) 12:10, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
Well there is no response, yet. Do you have any opinion on the given examples @Asclepias:  ? --Joobo (talk) 15:23, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

Examples due to help desk question

To get precise i will give you these examples of pictures i included into wikipedia articles. One picture was shot on a street in Brazil (this one File:Mercado Artesanal de São Paulo.jpg) in São Paulo and shows some people. I included it some time ago on the German wikipedia article of Brazil, in the section of Population, subsection ethnics. (see de:Brasilien#Ethnien).

I am also wondering if the picture itself is even legal, cause on commons they say that actualy you would need any permission to take any photo of any person in the country of Brazil? (see Commons:Photographs of identifiable people#Country specific)

Another picture i would take as an example is in the German article of the London eye. It shows some passengers in the capsule and the picture got the particular template. (see de:London_Eye).

Could you comment on these images, and these type of using in wikipedia? Merci.--Joobo (talk) 17:36, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

See Commons:Country_specific_consent_requirements#Brazil, in particular: "It is generally recognized both by case law and legal doctrine that consent is implied or not needed for pictures of people who are present in a public space or participating in a public event (unless the depicted person is the main focus of the picture)". So, yes, this picture is usable. The template's purpose is to indicate that, if someone in the picture writes to OTRS saying "OMG I'm on Wikipedia and it will ruin my life!", we can take the picture down. --Ruthven (msg) 12:26, 21 March 2017 (UTC)
@Ruthven: Ok, that gets more clear now, first it looked that actually such photes were not allowed in Brazil. So generally spoken in case that some individual sees him or herself on such image on wikipedia, it is basically a situation with Commons to take the picture down as a whole, cause itwas uploaded there. Then its not only about deleting it on wikipedia or getting in contact with wikipedia or other projects but with commons?--Joobo (talk) 10:01, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
@Joobo: If the file has to be deleted, it should be done where it was uploaded. Generally it's on Commons. --Ruthven (msg) 10:04, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
@Ruthven: So regarding my original question, it is not the Users who include the images in Wikipedia or other Wiki projects who get involved in case someone has a problem with this image, but its Commons/ the uploader on commons?--Joobo (talk) 10:18, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
@Joobo: If the deletion is requested, it will be dealt by the OTRS operator that processes it and the admin that deletes the file. --Ruthven (msg) 11:02, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Is there an answer for that question?

I am still wondering what the circumstances are regarding this question. Or is there no answer to that? I would be happy for clarification. Otherwise i would appreciate some links to information sites or users who know about these issues regarding the usage of these images in the wiki sytem. --Joobo (talk) 11:55, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

  • @Joobo: the question you linked will soon be archived, so you would do well to restate the issue here if you want a discussion here: that link will soon be dead. - Jmabel ! talk 15:54, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Yes i am aware of that, thats why i posted this today. By restating the issue you mean, posting it new again in here at this page? I actually dont want to spam this help desk, just want to get some opinions or reviews on this question.--Joobo (talk) 18:31, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
No, it's not necessary to duplicate the question. This section will remain here until ten days after the last comment. If you don't get answers by then, it's probably because nobody found a satisfying answer to offer. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:03, 20 March 2017 (UTC)
  • Asclepias, that's the case now that it has been moved to be part of the relevant section, but this was initially posted at the bottom of the Help desk page; I didn't even notice that the link was into the same page. - Jmabel ! talk 20:54, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

Deleting a user or changing a user name

I do not want my name to be associated with this project in the search engine. How can I delete my name or user? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Козыбаков Александр (talk • contribs) 10:31, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Inclusion/exclusion policy for academic dissertations

Greetings,

Category:Academic_theses_and_dissertations stores hundreds of academic works, but a doctoral dissertation was recently deleted from it, thereby breaking two links to it from the Hebrew Wikipedia ([9],[10]). Can you please clarify what makes, for instance, this thesis to fall inside the scope of Wikimedia Commons, while the said doctoral work was deleted? Thanks, ליאור (talk) 12:29, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi, This deletion is probably an error. Thesis should be accepted if they are official approved by a recognized institution. I would suggest to request undeletion on COM:UDR. Regards, Yann (talk) 13:29, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Two maps for countries with Pizza Hut restaurants

Without a space
With a space

I just noticed that there are two different files on Commons for showing the same thing: Countries with Pizza Hut restaurants. These are now inconsistent with each other, and having two different maps is redundant. The file names are deceiving: The one on the bottom actually has a space character before the extension ".png", otherwise they are identical. Both are in use, although it appears that the bottom one is used on only page. What should be done with these? JIP (talk) 19:54, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Bug in the way SVG thumbnails are displayed

Hi all

I'm not sure if I should put this here or somewhere else, there seems to be a bug with the way SVGs are being displayed, thumbnails are displaying extra text not in the full size image. Please take a look at the first version uploaded of this file as an example.

Thanks

--John Cummings (talk) 20:14, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Bachar Souissi

From File:Need help to publish a dictionary on Wikipedia.png:

I would like to publish a dictionary on Wikipedia, this is a work of my uncle and I want to help him on that.
How can I proceed?
Many thanks

@Bachar Souissi: ping. ★ Poké95 08:43, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

upload help

how do i upload on commons using google drive? please tell me .--Ddst40 (talk) 11:35, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

If you are using google drive sync service you can use upload any file from your local Google Drive folder as from any other place. Ruslik (talk) 19:29, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Contents page

I have uploaded a table of contents for a historic volume that had none. I need this page to add to the volume. However, I am told there is no page linked to this file, so my upload is useless. How can I upload a usable table of contents? - Esme Shepherd (talk) 14:34, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

My recent query

Esme Shepherd (talk) 16:49, 23 March 2017 (UTC) Sorry, I was being silly! I know how to make the page!


Copyright help regarding File:Logo image right.jpg

I work for the Box Moor Trust, the logo of which I have uploaded to Wikimedia to be featured on our Wikipedia page, which I am in the process of overhauling. I believe that it would fall under Fair Use, in much the same was as the National Trust logo does (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty). Whilst I've experience and am active on wikipedia, wikimedia is a world i'm unfamiliar with! Any help would be much appreciated!

--Mark49s (talk) 15:46, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons does not host media in fair use. The English-language Wikipedia hosts some non-free content. Please see en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. You can request the deletion of this file from Commons by inserting the template Speedydelete in its description page. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:31, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

Map resolution

Hello,

I need a higher resolution of Bayushkov's map (1890) of Lithuania and Belorus. How high of a resolution could I get?

38.117.156.204 17:59, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

  • Are we talking about File:BATYUSHKOV(1890) p591.jpg (Batyushkov, not Bayushkov) or something else? If you click through on the image there, you'll get 3,617 × 4,107 pixels, which is pretty decent. It looks to be a 300dpi scan. If you need higher, you'll have to track down the source & scan it yourself. - Jmabel ! talk 22:13, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Is this website claim enough?

I have seen some images on this website [11] (but not all of these) on Commons. Assuming not all are from commons (and I can't find them all in the seemingly proper cats), is what the website says at the end of the article enough to say the are all free, and upload and under what licence? Alanscottwalker (talk) 20:18, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

@Alanscottwalker: No, it is not. There are Commons licenses that are incompatible with Commons, so we can't know which of them they chose. Also, it seems like they acquired the photos but did not do their due diligence in documenting which license(s) they had and following the requirements of that/those license(s). You may try contacting them directly. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:32, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

Uploading Images from IMDB

Question, are you allowed to upload images from IMDB for use in Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by AkkadOfSargon (talk • contribs) 00:24, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Collection of my Mooney

When do u plan to refund my money plus my bonus which I was due for since last December? Your actions are inimical to the scheme. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.190.14.223 (talk) 16:31, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Are you sure you are posting in the right place? Commons does not owe you any money or bonuses. JIP (talk) 18:11, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

Disambiguating genera

I noticed a couple genera categories that could use disambiguation and would like to make sure I do so properly.

We have Category:Adesmia, a genus of flower, and Category:Adesmia (Tenebrionidae), a genus of beetle. Wikispecies uses a disambiguation page here. What is the standard manner of naming such categories? It seems clear to me that the flower should be moved to a category with a parenthetical qualifier and replaced with a disambiguation, but what is the appropriate parenthetical? My inclination would be either (plant)/(insect) or, as Wikispecies does it, (ICBN)/(ICZN) for the different nomenclature types. Tenebrionidae is a family name, which seems like it would be of little help to most users, who won't know the respective family names in order to distinguish rather than clicking both. — Rhododendrites talk |  17:12, 25 March 2017 (UTC)

I have duplicated a file

Hello! I uploaded the image File: A.Gentileschi - Mother and child.jpg, the problem is that I first uploaded it on Wikipedia, then I realized that it would be better if the painting was in Commons, and I uploaded it again, but I made a mistake: I left exactly the same name. Could you delete the image that is not in Commons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:A.Gentileschi_-_Mother_and_child.jpg)? Thank you!--Ane wiki (talk) 05:05, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

@Ane wiki: No problem. But for deletions at that edition of Wikipedia, you should post there. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:10, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
Hi! I have seen the speedy deletion notice in the photo. Thanks! Should I make any changes to the article? Or by having the same name, the Commons file will be linked automatically?--Ane wiki (talk) 05:59, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
Yeah, it should be updated automatically --Zhuyifei1999 (talk) 06:04, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 22:25, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Help for delete a file

how to delete my file in just a second? I use speedy . But it's take many time.--Ddst40 (talk) 10:49, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

@Ddst40: You can't. You have to wait. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:09, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by: Speravir 22:24, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

deleted an image that I photographed myself

1. Deleting images caused distortion in the articles.

2. Some of the images you deleted have special rights, but they are related to the articles topics.

3. Most of the images you deleted are commonly used on websites and newspapers.

4. You deleted an image that I photographed myself.

5. If Wikimedia continues deleting images, it will become a primitive Wikipedia.

6. Inserting images in the articles helps the reader to understand the discussion in the articles.

7. For example, this image was in an article discussing the movie’s idea : (إيرول_فلين.jpg)


8. If you see that I'm wrong, let me know how to get the license.

9. Tell me how to upload images, which will not be deleted later.

11. I want a detailed explanation about how to obtain a license to upload the image.

جبران الغافري (talk) 00:53, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

FOTO's UPLOADEN

Amice, ik wil drie TIF-foto's uploaden in de Wikipedia-pagina : Sint-Pauluskerk (Antwerpen).

Maar ik krijg de volgende meldingen :

1) dit bestand is identiek aan het volgend bestand

2) alle uploads zijn mislukt

Wat doe ik verkeerd ?

Raymond Sirjacobs (talk) 22:02, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

  • @Jcb: I know you are around here a good bit & speak Dutch. - Jmabel ! talk 00:51, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
    • Dan ben je hoogst waarschijnlijk een bestand aan het uploaden dat al een aantal keren is verwijderd of dat al aanwezig is op onze servers. Als je doorklikt op het weergegeven bestand en aangeeft wat de bestandsnaam daarvan is, dan kunnen wij kijken hoe het precies zit. Jcb (talk) 05:03, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

De namen van de 3 bestanden zijn als volgt :

Aanbidding der Herders door Cornelis De Vos

Aanbidding der Herders door Rubens

Disputa over de realiteit van het Heilig Sacrament door Rubens

Raymond Sirjacobs (talk) 17:11, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

AMICE, u heeft gelijk, ik deed het volgende : "search for Raymond Sirjacobs in Commons" en vond 14 foto's van mij waaronder de drie hierboven vermeld (!)

Blijft er nog één vraagje : hoe kan ik in Commons de titels van mijn foto's veranderen ?

Raymond Sirjacobs (talk) 22:14, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Dat staat op Commons:Bestanden hernoemen. --ghouston (talk) 23:47, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

help for account

How to delete my account? please tell me anyone.--Ddst40 (talk) 04:09, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi, Ddst40, why would you want your account to be deleted? Lotje (talk) 07:38, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Lotje, It's not for delete my account . It's only for learning.--Ddst40 (talk) 09:13, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Maybe you should ask someone who speaks your language. What language do you speak usually? Lotje (talk) 09:16, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
You can't delete an account. You can stop using it and, if you like, you can get the name changed to something meaningless, but it looks like yours already is. - Jmabel ! talk 15:21, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Licensing question

So, looking at a crappy machine translation of the conditions at http://gallica.bnf.fr/html/conditions-dutilisation-des-contenus-de-gallica ... I'm a little confused. The images themselves, like this one are from the 1800s and clearly in the public domain, but the conditions say that there may be a charge for (per google translate) the resale of content in the form of elaborate products or the provision of services. So...it reads like its licensed for non-commerical use, but I'm not sure if it matters if the image itself is public domain. I mean, they can't arbitrarily re-license a 150 year old photo out of the public domain...right? TimothyJosephWood 16:02, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Hi Timothyjosephwood,
These restrictions are probably copyfraud, and have never been validated in courts. Google has a similar warning for their scans, and we don't care. We follow copyright law, not restrictions imposed by various institutions. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:17, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
Awesome. Looks like I have some uploading to do. TimothyJosephWood 16:21, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Editing Family Trees

The Nehru Gandhi Family tree on Wikepedia has a few incorrect items and a few omissions. How can these be corrected? The "edit" function shows a complex template.

Ajit HutheesingAhutheesing (talk) 20:52, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

help me someone

hello , how to made a upload on commons that hidden from all user , only show me , only for practice or test?--Ddst40 (talk) 06:48, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Short answer: you can’t. Nothing on this wiki is private to individual users.
You can use your sandbox (or any page in your user area) to practise writing file descriptions, making galleries, using templates and so on, but there’s no equivalent testing area for media files. Uploading is actually pretty simple; you might start with a photo or other graphic for your own user page—nobody will care much about the content, as long as it‘s not a copyright violation, highly offensive, or otherwise against the site’s TOU. (Normally everything you upload should have educational value, but users are allowed some latitude to personalize their ‘home page‘ if they wish.) Regardless, everything you do here is publicly visible (and permanently recorded).—Odysseus1479 (talk) 07:19, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Local Wikipedia Upload instead of Commons Upload

Hello there! I know that all Wikipedians agreed to disable any small wiki Upload because of many violation of copyright as of stated in our Village Pump. But is there any other way to upload a copyright file like(which now just been deleted from Commons) for my upcoming contribution of w:en:Boruto: Naruto Next Generations for Malay Wikipedia. It feels not right for not having any single picture in our language article. For me, I got only one way to do that:

  1. Can I uses mine or others released copyright drawing to replace the original copyright picture like? SNN95 (talk) 10:27, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
  • I don't think all Wikipedians ever agreed on anything. Ever.
  • I am uncertain what you mean by "a copyright file"; maybe a file with copyrighted content that is not released under a free license? That cannot be on Commons. I have no idea whether the Malay Wikipedia allows local uploads, and whether it might have a non-free use provision comparable to the English-language Wikipedia. But that is an issue you'd have to take up on the Malay Wikipedia, not here on Commons.
  • I'm also not sure what you mean by "mine or others released copyright drawing," but if it's your drawing, how would it be an appropriate illustration for the article, unless you are one of the artists who created the work the article is about? - Jmabel ! talk 23:19, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

Facebook Picture Upload

Am able to upload a picture taken from Facebook? The picture is of an individual who spoke at a conference at a school. I am just wondering whether this violates the copyright rules. I believe once pictures are uploaded on facebook, they become usable.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lloyd55 (talk • contribs) 19:48, 30 March 2017 (UTC)

@Lloyd55: Hi,
No. Like for every picture, you need a permission from the photographer. Regards, Yann (talk) 19:54, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
More specifically, putting a picture on FaceBook does not mean giving a license to anyone except FaceBook to reuse the picture. - Jmabel ! talk 23:22, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
Moreover that licence expires when or if the picture is removed from their site, while we require licences to remain in effect for perpetuity (or at least until the underlying copyright lapses).—Odysseus1479 (talk) 01:30, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Any worth uploading?

I took these photos (OneDrive link) at the en:San Diego Air and Space Museum annex at en:Gillespie field. Are any of them worth uploading? The blue aircraft w/ en:contra-rotating propellers is a en:Douglas A2D Skyshark The photos include a few aircraft, engines, and views inside the restoration facility. Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 10:11, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

  • Any of these would be useful. All other things being equal, if the tradeoff is between uploading more photos and taking time to describe and categorize them well, the latter is more important. - Jmabel ! talk 15:15, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
  • Yes. Your photos of, say, the Atlas rocket are certainly better than the tiny panoramio files, or the oddly cropped File:Atlas 2E Ballistic Missile.jpg. Just skip exact duplicates. Retired electrician (talk) 16:20, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
  • @Jim1138: - Absolutely! Be bold and upload them! Of particular use are details about each photo, so provide as much as you can, and that will help others to categorize and use them correctly. Users who are focused on aviation can help with sorting them in categories and identifying any that might be duplication. Josh (talk) 22:58, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

I have uploaded a number of photos. Any suggestions? Please leave a message on my talk page? Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 11:12, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

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