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uploading

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how do I upload file with other than docx attachment? Marshall Gordon (talk) 16:13, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

uploading

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how do I upload a file with a proper attachment other than doc.x/ Marshall Gordon (talk) 16:17, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marchall Gordon: can you be clearer about what exactly you are trying to upload?
Document files of any sort do not normally belong on Commons (or any other WMF site). - Jmabel ! talk 17:45, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
thank you for responding. I tried to upload a PDF file only to be informed new subscribers cannot use PDF. The instructions that followed I thought said I should contactthe site I did.
Marshall Marshall Gordon (talk) 18:07, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Marshall Gordon: again, what exactly is the document? Very few documents fall in Commons' scope, which is why we have a rule like this about new users. If you can explain, and it is in scope, there are workarounds. - Jmabel ! talk 22:07, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Marshall Gordon: you subsequently uploaded a pdf which up for deletion, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Cellucci wikipedia.pdf. You may want to discuss there. Commander Keane (talk) 09:03, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How to proceed re Stewart Brand's photos

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Stewart Brand had sent me two jpeg's to add to the article I'd developed about Richard Raymond (publisher). On April 5, 2025 I sent him the following message:

Hello again Stewart. I was all set to forward your email to verify consent for my intent to upload the two pics you sent, to add to the Wikipedia article about Dick. Having only been a writer and editor in the past, this would have been my first crack at uploading an image. Alas, the pundits apprised me there's no way I could do that.

You’ve already been very gracious. But at this point my only option is to ask you, the photographer, if you’d be willing to consign the pics to a Creative Commons license. I’ve screen-shot the descriptive info for the CC templates, as found (if you scroll down) in this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Donating_copyrighted_materials

It appears to me the most suitable license might be CC-BY-SA-4.0

To which Stewart replied on April 6:

I do so consign.

—Stewart Brand

I've uploaded the images to Creative Commons, titled "Richard "Dick" Raymond, 1963" and "Whole Earth Truck Store". But I want to know that Mr Brand's photos have been designated with the proper Creative Commons license. He is now 87 years old, and I'm hoping he did everything correctly.

How can this be done?Joel Russ (talk) 22:01, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Joel Russ: Commons:Uploading works by a third party is still work in progress (right at the end it needs more detail about the actual upload process, which is slightly in flux at the moment), but it should answer most of your questions. You can skim or skip the first two-thirds or so, and start reading more closely at the section "If you need to obtain a license for copyrighted work". Do ask here if you have any specific questions that the page does not answer. - Jmabel ! talk
Convenience links File:Richard "Dick" Raymond, 1963.jpg, File:Whole Earth Truck Store.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 22:24, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Since the pics in question are now "Files", would it be acceptable to upload the jpeg's onto the Richard Raymond article?Joel Russ (talk) 22:43, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Joel Russ: What would be acceptable in en-wiki is for en-wiki to decide, but it looks to me like you still have not sorted out the permissions, which means the files are very likely to be deleted. Did you read the page I linked, which explains what is required? - Jmabel ! talk 20:18, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your continued attention.
I knew I was never in a legal position to make the photos public domain. But at this point, my understanding is that Stewart Brand's consignment of the two photos to Creative Commons actually did take place, and so has become effective. I loaded one of those pics into the article about Richard Raymond.
I hope I'm not mistaken. But I think you're saying that I am.Joel Russ (talk) 01:15, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Joel Russ: "my understanding is that Stewart Brand's consignment of the two photos to Creative Commons actually did take place": There are two ways spelled out in the document that I linked for us to know that an image is released by a third party: (1) a public-facing statement at a specified URL (or, rarely, in a print publication), (2) the approach in which the copyright-holder corresponds by email with the Volunteer Response Team (VRT). Which one are you saying applies here? - Jmabel ! talk 18:26, 8 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Joel Russ: I do not see any sign that you are pursuing either of the ways mentioned above to clarify the permissions. Please, if you do not want the files deleted, this is not optional. - Jmabel ! talk 22:50, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Joel Russ: I think you are almost there. The files look valuable, so please persist. You need to get Mr Brand to to email permissions-commons@wikimedia.org with:
I hereby affirm that I, Stewart Brand, am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of the following media work: :* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whole_Earth_Truck_Store.jpg :* https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_"Dick"_Raymond,_1963.jpg :I agree to publish the above-mentioned work under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. :I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work, even in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. :I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. :I am aware that the copyright holder always retains ownership of the copyright as well as the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by the copyright holder. :I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. :Stewart Brand :2025-04-17 :
It has to come from his email address. I got this text from Commons:Wikimedia_VRT_release_generator. Commander Keane (talk) 00:16, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Commander Keane, thank you. I've not lost interest, I want to take action and resolve the issue. Unfortunately, I have not had time to do so. I've been completely caught up in buying a house, which has many hurdles of its own, involving price negotiations, title searches, realtors, finance stuff, a lawyer, and so on. It’s filled up my time and brain bandwidth. But I think I'll be able to put time into Wikimedia/Wikipedia pretty soon.Joel Russ (talk) 04:03, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Joel Russ: that is fine, we are all volunteers and get busy in real life. I think the images will deleted eventually, but if you get Mr Brand to send through the email they can get restored. Good luck with your new house :-). Commander Keane (talk) 05:03, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Linking uploaded files

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I just placed an improved version of A Hundred Horses in uploads and would like to get it into the WIKI for Giuseppe Castiglione the Jesuit painter who created the original in the middle 1700s. The file name is 100 Horses and I bought a packet of 12 photographs of the original painting that were being sold in an art exhibition travelling around the country after Nixon visited China. I purchased my first scanner to reassemble the 12 data files and spent months balancing the images which were illuminated from the right hand side when the photos were taken and perfecting the splicing of 11 intersections. My version is superior to those currently in the WIKI for Giuseppe Castiglione. Dave42Hasse (talk) 14:27, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can change it yourself on English Wikipedia (assuming that is what you meant)- anyone can edit that page. This is Wikimedia Commons, english wikipedia is different. (Advice-remember to discuss on the article's talk page if your edit gets reverted) DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 15:51, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Dave42Hasse: thank you for working on File:100 Horses by Giuseppe Castiglione.jpg. As mentioned, possibly after a discussion anyone can replace the image at the en-wiki article w:Giuseppe Castiglione (Jesuit painter) by adjusting the wiki source code, or using VisualEditor. This is a bit hard for me to explain simply. However, before you do so you should fix the file description page to say that you are not the author and that the work is in the public domain, resembling the old file at File:A Hundred Steeds.jpg.
Given the featured status of the old file I will ping @MER-C to take a quick look at your version to see if a replacement discussion is warranted at COM:FPC. Commander Keane (talk) 09:37, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The new one is cropped (look at the mountains in the top left), appears to be oversaturated, and loses quite a lot of the fine detail. I will oppose replacement. MER-C 16:14, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures from enb.iisd.org

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If I understand the Attibution Guideline [1] correctly, pictures from enb.iisd.org may be uploaded to Commons:

If so, could somebody please upload these pictures using the appropriate license templates? Thank you so much. 2001:67C:10EC:574F:8000:0:0:D6 21:41, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, in the guidelines it states any usage will have to be approved by the website, so the images are not free to upload to Commons without prior permission. Thank you. Tvpuppy (talk) 22:52, 10 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've written to IISD to ask them to use standard CC licences - mentioning this here so other people don't duplicate that. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:04, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pigsonthewing: Any reaction from them yet? 2001:67C:10EC:574F:8000:0:0:11 22:12, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No, but then this is Easter fortnight, so if we are going to get a reply I wouldn't expect it yet. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:11, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Portrait of conductor K.B. Schubert.jpj

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Hello, I think that the image shown on the above mentioned page is not a portrait of the conductor K.B. Schubert. The uploader of this image is Arpieyn I. The author of the drawing is mentioned as Samoilov Vasily Vasilievich and the source of the illustration should be https://goskatalog.ru/portal/#/collections?id=40079673. This link however does'n work. How can I contact the uploader to ask relevant information about this illustration? Thanks a lot for your help! Music Mich (talk) 16:05, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Music Mich Hello! I assume File:Portrait of conductor K.B. Schubert.jpg is the pic in question. I've tried looking at some archived versions [2] of the link but none I checked works for me. @Arpieyn I hasn't edited since June and is unlikely to respond at their talkpage. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:27, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Gråbergs Gråa Sång! Thank you for your quick answer. As I'm pretty sure the drawing doesn't match with the conductor K.B. Schubert(h), unless the uploader can give relevant details about his own source, but seeing that this illustration has been used for many Wikipedia articles, what would you suggest me to do ? Can I by some way contact the uploader and if so should I write him in Russian which is presumedly his own mother language? Again thank you for your much appreciated help. Music Mich Music Mich (talk) 18:29, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Music Mich Except writing on their talkpage, I know of no way to contact the uploader, they haven't enabled e-mail.
I put a "The factual accuracy of this description or the file name is disputed." on the filepage. If you want, you can nominate it for deletion, arguing it's probably not him. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:23, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
See also [3]. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:38, 13 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thank you for your kind advice ! Music Mich (talk) 07:07, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello,
I think it's a good advice to write on Arpieyn I's talk page as this issue is very embarrassing. As I'm a newcomer, could you please tell me how I can access the correct talk page ? My message is ready but how can I upload it to Arpieyn's talk page ?
Again thank you for your help ! Music Mich (talk) 11:13, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's User talk:Arpieyn I, click "Add topic" and type. In this particular case, you can see who the uploader is under "File history" at File:Portrait of conductor K.B. Schubert.jpg Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:31, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much ! I hope I uploaded my message rightly. However, I got the message: "Wikimedia Commons does not currently have a user page called Arpieyn I". Does this mean Arpieyn I will not be informed about my message? Thank you for your answer and sorry for my insistance ! Music Mich (talk) 13:26, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It means that like you, he hasn't started a userpage, that's the red link in your signature. Your message is on his talkpage, and anyone who looks there can see it. If he does, he will. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:42, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks again! Music Mich (talk) 13:44, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Music Mich Btw, if you want more views on "Is this picture really conductor K.B. Schubert?" you can ask at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:48, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I just did. Thanks! Music Mich (talk) 14:47, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How to delete image block

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How can i delete an image block on a wikipedia page Gracedembowicz (talk) 09:19, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gracedembowicz: am not 100% sure what you mean by "image block", but I am assuming you are referring to w:Draft:AnywhereNow where you have previously used the logo, and currently billboard, images you uploaded. About your uploads, please specify the exact website you found them where it says they are donated into the public domain and the owner waives all their rights (CC0). By the way, images don't impact draft acceptance on English Wikipedia as far as I know. Commander Keane (talk) 11:22, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading original media

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I am trying currently editing the Wikipedia page of the radio brand I work for. I am trying to upload media, namely pictures, involving advertising visuals of past and present campaigns, plus logo etc. It is our original work, I have all the accreditation to use those, they are my employer's licensed content, but I cannot do it, since I get the message "we cannot determine if this image is suitable for Wikimedia. Please only upload pictures you took with your phone or...". The pictures are our, we can do whatever we wish with them, and I still can't use them, even though I declare that they are my personal property. What and how should I proceed? TeodoraVam (talk) 09:46, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TeodoraVam: There are a few separate issues here.
Please see Commons:Uploading works by a third party; that's not exactly the situation here, but it's pretty similar. The latter portions of the document will probably be more relevant than the earlier ones, so you can skim till it starts to look relevant.
It looks like you have repeatedly been hitting abuse filter 153, which looks for a type of cross-wiki uploads by new users that are usually problematic. You should be able to get around that technical limitation by using Special:UploadWizard here on Commons rather than attempt a cross-wiki upload. But do also read that document I linked, because there are a few pitfalls.
I take it that you are doing this all as part of your job. It would be a good idea to be explicit about that on your user page on each wiki you work on; many of the wikis require that, though here on Commons it is only recommended. See Commons:Paid contribution disclosure policy. - Jmabel ! talk 20:00, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wykorzystanie zdjęć z wikimedia Commons

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Jestem autorką książki. Chciałabym wykorzystać kilka fotografii, które znalazłam na waszej stronie a dotyczących fotografii kościołów i katedr w Europie. Na jakich warunkach mogę publikować te zdjęcia i czy wszystkie zamieszczane zdjęcia są wolne dla publikacji publicznej? Pozdrawiam serdecznie i proszę o szybką odpowiedź, Eva 188.124.186.13 08:48, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia. Commander Keane (talk) 08:56, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Login

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When I log in to Commons, the message “The specified authentication token has either expired or is invalid” is displayed.

URL: https://auth.wikimedia.org/commonswiki/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Main_Page&centralauthLoginToken=680d6d0e2f46c64ca0b07ab32bd46dcc&usesul3=1&useformat=desktop&uselang=de

Question: Am I doing something wrong?

F. Riedelio • 💬 09:10, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Load another page on "Commons". What happens when you do this ? Anatole-berthe (talk) 07:37, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If I log in via another page (e.g. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Categories?uselang=de), the message does not appear. F. Riedelio • 💬 10:01, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The message does not appear if you log on another page. It does seem the problem is resolved.
You did certainly used a token that has expired. Anatole-berthe (talk) 10:53, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your feedback.
Unfortunately, this is not the solution to the problem, but a workaround.
Unfortunately, I don't know why the token has expired or is invalid. I also don't know how to create a valid token.
It would be helpful if someone could help me with this.
The incomprehensible thing is that I am logged in despite this message. F. Riedelio • 💬 06:26, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@F. Riedelio: You could try to have your browser forget all cookies relating to WMF wikis. Failing that, forget all cookies (drastic, I know). Or change browser, OS, device, etc.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:47, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@F. Riedelio Did you tried what @Jeff G. said ? Anatole-berthe (talk) 10:50, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The faulty behavior is the same under
  • Windows 11 Pro, version 24H2, build 26100.3775 with
  • Microsoft Edge, version 135.0.3179.85 (64-bit) or
  • Firefox, version 137.02 (64-bit)
Likewise on another PC with Windows 10 Home, version 22H2, build 19045.5679.
Even with cookies and website data never allowed. F. Riedelio • 💬 16:23, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Did you tried to logg-off then logg-on again ? Anatole-berthe (talk) 19:40, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You can also try to switch the state of "stay logged in".   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:14, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have tried several times to log out and log back in without success. F. Riedelio • 💬 07:07, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The status “Stay logged in” cannot be changed.
If I check the checkbox when I log in, it is deselected when I log in again. F. Riedelio • 💬 07:12, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lugar de interés.

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Quiero cargar lugares de interés q no aparecen en Wikipedia y no se como hacerlo Esteban-audiomap (talk) 15:25, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Esteban-audiomap: lo mismo como cualquiera otra foto, y veo que no sería su primera subida. No dudes en preguntar algo más especifico. - Jmabel ! talk 18:25, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Profile Picture

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I'm new here on Wiki. I'm sure I will be observing for the most part but, I would like to upload a profile picture.

  1. 1: Are profile pictures allowed?
  2. 2: How do I upload a picture of myself to my profile?

Thank you in advance!

Regards, Nenab1969 NenaB1969 (talk) 17:12, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See first steps for an overview of uploading etc. Yes, a personal (free licensed) photo for your user page is allowed for those who contribute to the project. Understand that Commons is not social media - Unlike some social media, setting up a personal profile is not necessarily the first thing you should do here - you can do that whenever you wish, but it might be a good idea to at least be planning to make other contributions to the project. If you are not contributing other in scope free licensed media and are have not been an active participant here, the photo might be listed for deletion as out of scope. I hope this answers your question, thanks for asking. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 17:35, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In short, please don't upload your own photo as the first thing you do here. - Jmabel ! talk 18:26, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging @NenaB1969 - Jmabel ! talk 18:26, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
About "an active participant here": even if you do not contribute much to Commons, but for instance to the English Wikipedia, then a few personal photos for your English Wikipedia user page are AFAIK also acceptable. But you have to be an active contributor to at least one Wikimedia project. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 20:10, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Icons upload

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Hi!

I was wondering if it is allowed to upload icons on the Commons. I noticed files such as this one are on the Commons, and I would like to upload similar “.PNG” files.

Is it allowed, or with certain restrictions? If so, what are they?

Much obliged – EmDashUser002 (Talk | Contribs) @ 18:11, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@EmDashUser002: exactly the same concerns about scope and licensing as any other files. - Jmabel ! talk 18:27, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Will someone make the below correction for me pls?

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Sims is the sixth-great-granddaughter of Andrew Cox, an American patriot. She is also the fourth-great-granddaughter of Calvin Leary, a Louisiana planter, and a woman named Mariah, who was enslaved on his estate, Sunnsyside Plantation. SESIMS (talk) 20:00, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @SESIMS, I corrected the typo at w:en:Sheryl Sims, which I assumed you were referring to. Tvpuppy (talk) 20:32, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you upload more than one file at a time?

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I want to see if you could upload more than one file at a time. TheFrosterGuy (talk) 23:24, 16 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Photo not uploading

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I have tried to upload a photo that I took April 15 of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, three times without success. I did share the photo on Facebook, but I took it. My phone battery was dead, so I used my wife's phone, but I am the photographer. Any suggestions about how I can upload this photo? Cullen328 (talk) 08:09, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I am using the Android app, which has otherwise been working well for me for the past couple of years. Cullen328 (talk) 08:11, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Cullen328: Hi, and welcome. Before anyone accuses you of copyright infringement, please comment on the Facebook photo that it is licensed with whatever free license you chose (default here is cc-by-sa 4.0). I see no evidence in your logs of your attempted upload.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:44, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Jeff G., I have done so. Here is the link. Cullen328 (talk) 16:11, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What's the error message that's popping up? DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:29, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
DoctorWhoFan91, the only error message that I got was something to the effect of "Don't upload something you found on the internet. Only upload photos that you took". From there on, things seemed normal but the photo would not appear in my uploads. Cullen328 (talk) 16:11, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That shouldn't be happening- did you get an option to click on "own work?" I am not familiar with the app, how would it know that the image wasn't taken with your phone, let alone think that moving between devices means a violation. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 17:47, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It always tells me this (Maybe because I remove exif from my photos, uploading an image on Facebook will strip the exif too), it's just a warning and I press upload anyway and it works  REAL 💬 ⬆   00:20, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that was what I was wondering- there might be a warning, but it shouldn't be stopping the upload. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 04:53, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Whatever caused the problem has fixed itself and I have successfully uploaded the photo. Thanks to all. Cullen328 (talk) 05:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Extract still photo from video (request)

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I'm working on English WP article "Silent Parade" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Parade), and i'm having a hard time finding a free-use image. However, there is a free-use newsreel (movie) at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Negroes%27_Protest_a_Silent_Parade_1917.webm Are there any volunteers here in Wiki Commons that can extract some still pics from the movie? Or is there an (easy) tool I can run to do that? Noleander (talk) 18:18, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Noleander. I think the most straightforward way is to screenshot the video. For example, in Chrome, you can do this by pausing the video, right-click the video, then there will be an option to copy/save the video frame. Then you can upload the screenshot here in Commons. If you want I can do this for you, just let me know the timestamps then I will be able to do it. Tvpuppy (talk) 00:13, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@User:Tvpuppy Okay, thanks, I can do that. I thought perhaps a screenshot would reduce the image quality (since the video player may be extrapolating or smoothing the original video data as it draws and resizes the video on the computer screen). In particular: if the video was higher resolution that my computer monitor (tho that is unlikely for a 1917 movie... but really it depends on who digitized the film, which happened in the 1980s or 1990s?). But it is certainly an easy approach to get some still photos. Thx. Noleander (talk) 00:37, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Noleander: you could try saving the code:
<div style="width:1442px; overflow-x:auto;">[[File:Negroes' Protest a Silent Parade 1917.webm|thumbtime=24|thumb|1442px]]</div>
in your Commons sandbox. That will force the video to the specified width, in this case the same as the filepage native resolution: 1442px (note the two occurrences of 1442px in the code).
Then view-source in your browser > find the upload.wikimedia.org url with that has /thumb/ in it ending with .jpg > open that url in your browser > right-click Save Image As > upload that.
I tried an example with a higher resolution file in my userspace using the code:
<div style="width:3840px; overflow-x:auto;">[[File:Mandelbrotzoom 20191023.webm|thumbtime=42|thumb|3840px]]</div>
to get the mediawiki server to generate this jpg that seems to be a 3840 x 2160px file. This is the server doing the conversion and I am not exactly sure of the quality implications, so the screenshot method may be better and easier. But you don't need to buy a 4k monitor or play the video to take the screenshot ;-) I tried Special:Upload and putting the thumb url directly in there, but "Copy uploads are not available from this domain". Given the file is already on the Wikimedia servers, maybe there is a way to automate this process. Commander Keane (talk) 03:33, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, that sounds like a great idea. Noleander (talk) 03:51, 18 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]
@Noleander: I will add that due to bug described in Phab:T228467 my method will only work for the nearest second, so if you want a specific frame you are out of luck. You missed a bracket in your resolved attempt below by the way. Commander Keane (talk) 03:53, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Resolved

Target Face clip

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I have a clip of a Target face from the World Archery Rule book that I would like to use for an article to describe the colors, sizes [4] Would this be allowed? ArcheryMama (talk) 19:41, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ArcheryMama: Which image there? Some of those appear too simple to copyright (or easily edited to be so), and so are OK (or could be easily fixed); others not. In any case, you could make an image yourself with just the circles and colors, and that would be fine. In any case, look at Category:World Archery targets to make sure what you are considering is not redundant. - Jmabel ! talk 22:26, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete upload, fair use question

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Hi there! I was wondering how I would delete an image I uploaded that turned out to violate copyright? I put the speedy deletion tag again on it, but it doesn't seem to let me directly delete the text from the page. The file in question is: File:Deportees_Arrive_at_El_Salvador_International_Airport.jpg Additionally, would this file be considered fair use (if uploading as non-free to only the English wikipedia)? Tritoneditor24 (talk) 06:45, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted by Túrelio. Yann (talk) 08:33, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Tritoneditor24: There is no such thing as a file being "fair use." As term suggests, "fair use" is always about whether a particular use is "fair". So, for example, a small image of an album jacket is fair use in an article about the album, but probably would not be if you just thought it was a cool illustration for an unrelated article. This is why en:Template:Non-free use and other similar en-wiki templates always require justifications for use in a particular article. - Jmabel ! talk 01:12, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Is this copyright notice okay? This is a screenshot from a tablet. [5] Kikikiki.aka (talk) 08:28, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is stock Android and Template:Android Open Source Project  REAL 💬 ⬆   14:20, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Die Kartenskizze wurde vor mehr als 70 Jahren erstmals in einem heute nicht mehr existierenden Verlag Amstutz & Herdeg in Zürich veröffentlicht und der Urheber der Kartenskizze ist unbekannt. Die Kartenskizze wurde zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt auch im Himalayan Journal abgedruckt. --Tkb (talk) 22:07, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Tkb: Assuming that amounts to an assertion that it is in the public domain, you still need to add an appropriate tag to the file page saying why.- Jmabel ! talk 00:12, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Mars Kota Bekasi.mp3

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Tolong aku untuk membuat lisensinya Sdsecret (talk) 00:06, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience link: File:Mars Kota Bekasi.mp3. There appears never to have been a file by this name on Commons, nor has this user ever edited a file with a similar name. - Jmabel ! talk 00:16, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Although it seems that they tried repeatedly [6]. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:13, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Sdsecret: MP3 uploads are restricted (due to the fact that sound recordings are a more complicated area copyright-wise). Abzeronow (talk) 00:38, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Bahasa Indonesia: Berkas MP3 sementara dibatasi ke orang yang punya hak autopatrol atau lebih karena lebih rumit peraturan hak ciptanya, coba konversi ke OGG atau format lain dulu sebelum diupload, jika masalahnya memang itu
English: MP3 files are restricted to people with autopatrol rights or higher at the time being, due to more complicated copyright rules, try converting it into OGG or another file format if this is the problem I assume
HyperAnd (talk) 03:07, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question about uploading photos of MacArthur Fellows with CC BY-NC 4.0 licenses

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Hello. I'm making some improvements to Timothy Barrett (papermaker) on Wikipedia, and I found images of him on the MacArthur Foundation's website (scroll down to "Photos of Timothy Barrett") with a CC BY-NC 4.0 license that I was hoping to use. I'm not very experienced in how all of this works but I thought maybe that licensing meant I could upload them here, especially because I found other images of MacArthur Fellows that were uploaded to Wikimedia within the last year, such as File:AWong.jpg. I decided to give it a shot, but when my upload completed I saw that the same file had already been uploaded and deleted in 2016 per Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:MacArthur Foundation Images of Fellows. I read through the discussion but am still feeling pretty confused. I'm also wondering whether the MacArthur Foundation may have also changed some of their wording since 2016, since the discussion mentions wording about photos being available for use by the media only, and the current wording here says that photos are "...available for download, including use by media..." (emphasis mine). To recap, my question is, could anyone tell me if something has changed since that 2016 deletion discussion that makes use of these photos permissible now? Or is there something about File:AWong.jpg that makes it different from the one I'm trying to upload? Thank you, FrogUnderALilyPad (talk) 06:53, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's a very confusing discussion and a very confusing license- I don't think the image is under the correct license, as a user would not come under media. The wording has changed, but because Commons images are not restricted for use, the wording change is pretty much irrelevant. File:AWong.jpg should probably be deleted too, but I'll wait for a more experienced user to nominate it for deletion. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 08:57, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This December 2023 capture shows them to be very confused about licensing, but one of the licences used there is CC by 4.0 -- Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:52, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, but as was discussed in the linked dr, it was held that a restricted license means that even if cc by 4.0 applies to media organisations, the license would be invalid for use as it would restrict non-wiki use. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 14:57, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@FrogUnderALilyPad: Nothing has changed for Commons. The license of that website is still CC BY-NC (non-commercial), which is not accepted by Wikimedia, so the contents cannot be uploaded to Commons. The wording that has changed relates only to the special licensing for the media. The wording changed between 7 April 2018 and 21 April 2018. Before the change, it was confusing and inconsistent because it attempted to offer a CC BY license restricted for media only, which is not possible. After the change, now the license offered to the media is a custom attribution license, which seems ok. There's still a CC BY link loose in the webpage, but now it refers to nothing. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:02, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you everyone for the replies, I appreciate it. FrogUnderALilyPad (talk) 03:53, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relicensing of art made by David Revoy

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Recently he made a blogpost stating that he will relicense his pre-2012 artworks under CC BY instead of CC BY-NC-ND. Just asking if someone had already imported the images into Commons. HyperAnd (talk) 13:05, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I searched in a bunch of different ways- through categories, through the search box, through google etc, but couldn't find it- so it's very unlikely they have been uploaded yet. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 14:29, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
To be clear he said "I've been working on re-releasing around 25 of my 'best-of' digital paintings from before 2012, under a new license." - it's not all of his pre-2012 artworks. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:45, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

UPLOAD IMAGE

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https://www.energy.gov/science/doe-explainsprotons#:~:text=Protons%20contain%20two%20up%20quarks,Unlike%20neutrons%2C%20protons%20are%20stable.

DOE Explains… Protons

AN IMAGE OF A PROTON ON THE ABOVE PAGE CAPTION [IMAGE COURTESY OF BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY]

CAN I UPLOAD THIS TO THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE ON PROTONS UNDER THE TALK SECTION.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton Pauler76 (talk) 17:05, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

N00b questions about uploading Gutenberg images

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Hello! Long time en.wiki contributor, first time uploader here. I'd like to upload a bunch of images from a PD book released on Gutenberg. Based on the excellent intro help docs here, I'm pretty sure I understand the basic upload wizard mechanics and licensing considerations, but I have some other questions:

1. First off, there's obviously no point in duplicating work. Are there any good heuristics for checking whether someone else might have already uploaded these same images, likely under filenames other than the ones Gutenberg uses? The images fall into a handful of broad classifications (photos of architectural exteriors and interiors; floorplans; illustrations of architectural detail, etc), but depict dozens of different subjects.

2. Are there any guides specific to some of these classes (such as the floorplans)? The guides I've found so far seem to be (understandably) relatively heavily focused on photos, art, and to some extent video. I want to make sure I'm not missing any special handling or other considerations for these other files.

3. I'm planning to first upload a few files individually, come back here to get feedback on how to make them better, and then do a bulk upload of the rest (~200 images). It seems that there are a bunch of upload tools, so I was wondering which would be most appropriate for a Commons newbie to bulk upload images like these (where each one will need different metadata and categorization because there are a variety of authors, subjects, and filetypes) from an Intel Mac?

4. Any suggestions for being less overwhelmed when it comes to finding / selecting file categories?

Thanks for your help! -- Avocado (talk) 18:51, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

1. Usually the upload wizard detects duplicates by itself. Additionally, if you want, you can look at some of the categories and see if anyone might have uploaded images.
4.I usually check the categories in a separate tab to see if a particular subcategory might be better for the file. Though don't worry too much- you or someone else can always change the categories if you think they could be more specific. Plus, as long as they are findable by people who would want to use them, it is fine. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 05:16, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Upload will only detect exact matches. Even a pixel's difference will make it fail.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=%22The+Growth+of+the+English+House%22&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns9=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1&searchToken=1oirrr6vsnkwx588g0kffbhqi finds a fair number of images from this book. We should certainly create a category specific to the book. - Jmabel ! talk 05:27, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You might want to start by "curating" the images we already have from the book, in terms of categories, etc.
Does someone have an example of a similar book or body of architectural drawings that was done well?
FWIW, Seattle and the Orient and its corresponding category are a good example for a book of a very different nature.
- Jmabel ! talk 05:39, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much -- this is super helpful as a starting point! Can you point me to any resources about the type of "curating" you'd suggest, please? -- Avocado (talk) 13:57, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, thank you -- that's good to know! -- Avocado (talk) 13:58, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Avocado: what I mean by "curating" is that most likely the images we already have were brought in one-by-one with no thought to overall categorization. (I haven't looked into whether similar issues might also apply to descriptions for these particular images.) Content—especially content already available elsewhere online—is worth a lot more if it is well-described and well-categorized. The book I mentioned is a good example of this; another (one of my ongoing projects) is Category:Seattle Municipal Archives via Flickr. If you look at those, you will see that besides categorization, most of them have more detailed descriptions than at the source, and often higher-resolution versions of the photo than on Flickr. (Those higher-resolution versions are drawn from th archive itself.) For a good example, compare the categories and description (including links) of File:Aqua Follies flyer, 1952 (35565289371).jpg to the image source at https://www.flickr.com/photos/seattlemunicipalarchives/35565289371/. - Jmabel ! talk 19:12, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I think I see what you mean. Will probably be back with more questions later, but it looks like I've at least got some next steps lined up. Appreciate your patient guidance! -- Avocado (talk) 19:28, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question about an inscription

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i've photographed a groundplate in a belgium church, which inscription i truly can't decipher - File:BE DOL BD Église Saint-Georges Siegel und Inschrift Boden.jpg

The language could be (old) french or latin, the letters seems to be artistic with a runic character.

Can anybody help? Grunpfnul (talk) 18:51, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That is the most confusing western European inscription I ever remember seeing. - Jmabel ! talk 05:49, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Grunpfnul If you don't get a good reply here, you can try Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:00, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The State Library of Victoria has a number of images that are marked as Out of Copyright and give this instruction: "How can I use this item? Copyright. This work is out of copyright. Conditions of use. There are no copyright restrictions on this work. You can use this work for any purpose, including commercial uses, however State Library Victoria does not endorse or support any derogatory uses of this work. In using this work, please acknowledge the work's creator and title (where known), and State Library Victoria as the source of the work."

Here is an example of a work I want to use. An art catalogue published in Australia in 1939 and very likely not published in the US. What Creative Commons license should I give it? https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE2382170&file=FL17043245&mode=browse LPascal (talk) 11:09, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think the announcement of the exhibition is what's out of copyright, and not the artworks themself. For example- this link is for the artworks of Inez Abbott, but she died in 1957, which means copyright expires in 2027(in both Australia and the US). DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 16:38, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@LPascal: I concur with DoctorWDoctorWhoFan91. That SLV link and copyright refers to the three page typed document. Per item D in {{PD-Australia}}, typed works published in Australia prior to 1 January 2000 are out of copyright in Australia. You would still need to consider US copyright for Wikimedia Commons and I don't think you are interested in the announcement itself. The document has a reproduction on the first page, but I am not sure if SLV has evaluated that for copyright.
A Creative Commons licence is not suitable unless you know the copyright holder has released their rights. Commander Keane (talk) 03:46, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The comment from DoctorWhoFan91 and Commander Keane seem to be about two different things so I need to clarify. It is the three page catalogue that I want to upload and place on her article. So it will be the cover page, the letter on the second page and the list of her artworks in the exhibition on the third page. She is listed as the author/creator but may or may not have been the actual author of the catalogue. It could have been Sedon Galleries as the author because they put on the exhibition. The gallery would have compiled and published the catalogue. There is a small and rather poor black and white reproduction of one of Inez Abbott's artworks on the cover page but she would have given permission to Sedon Galleries to put this reproduction on the cover. The catalogue was donated anonymously to the SLV. So I believe that the SLV means the whole three page catalogue is out of copyright and as the publication date was 1939, it's a printed work out of copyright like the newspapers in Trove which we take images and letters from. What do you think? LPascal (talk) 12:22, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@LPascal: oops I didn't see much value in the catalogue itself so didn't think you wanted it. I am at the limit of my copyright knowledge, but I would say that Inez Abbott still maintains copyright on the reproduction and her permission to Seddon Galleries doesn't extend to a free license for Commons.
You may be claiming de minimis on the reproduction on the first page, but it looks pretty central to me. You could blur the artwork to be safe.
I think the typeface copyright doesn't apply to creativity of the writing itself. So a journalist/newspaper holds copyright on the text of their article, but not on the typeface.
In this case the text is a list and some details not meeting the threshold of originality, possibly apart from the foreward - but maybe R. Valluad died more than 70 years ago.
Newspaper clippings from Trove may have public domain photos (pre 1955) we use, US copyright should be condidered too though. I would imagine the newspaper article text copyright is held by the journalist. And letter writers hold their own copyright.
An expert from Commons:Village pump/Copyright may have a better understanding than me about all of this. Commander Keane (talk) 13:17, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Profile addition

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How can I add my profile to Wikipedia Fikretkargi51 (talk) 11:43, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Fikretkargi51: You can't. Wikimedia projects are not social media, and we do not accept non educational content. Please read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 11:48, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Fikretkargi51: English Wikipedia is a different project to this one. Your user page there is at w:en:User:Fikretkargi51. They have user page guidelines at w:en:Wikipedia:User pages. I would suggest a short simple introduction about yourself and your editing interests. Wikipedia is about contributing improvements, not so much about academic pedigree and profiles. Good luck with your editing. Commander Keane (talk) 13:00, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a set of files to a given category

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I just created a category for an old book. I found there are several scans from this book already on Commons. Is there a way to add them all to the category en masse? I could just write a script, but if someone's already done it I may as well use that. Marnanel (talk) 13:37, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marnanel: Hi, and welcome. Aside from just adding that cat to the scans' file description pages, from a search screen or list of contributions you can use Cat-a-lot.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:16, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Is this not the same book as Category:Utriusque Cosmi?  REAL 💬 ⬆   16:22, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Prospero Sanidad.jpg

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Hello everyone please remove the thumbnail this another version for this photo of Prospero Sanidad because this is a wrong edited image. Thank you!!!

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/c/c3/20250421100940%21Prospero_Sanidad.jpg TheJediMaster327 (talk) 18:32, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TheJediMaster327: as far as I know, no human user has direct control over the pages in subdomain upload.wikimedia.org. That file is algorithmically generated from File:Prospero Sanidad.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 05:58, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@TheJediMaster327: maybe you are having purge issues. Try purging the page(s) where you want the file to be updated: Help:Purge.
That url you gave won't change but is not relevant as far as I can understand. Commander Keane (talk) 08:15, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welke foto's

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Hoi, ik begreep dat er een lijst is van foto's/afbeeldingen die gezocht worden. Ik zou graag een bijdrage willen leveren, maar weet niet goed waar ik kan beginnen. WiekeNL (talk) 18:50, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@WiekeNL: There are some lists, but nothing comprehensive. Probably the best place to start is en:Category:Wikipedia requested photographs. That said, you can also look around for Commons categories that relate to places or things near you, and fill in any gaps you notice. - Jmabel ! talk 19:20, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How to handle wrong license and source/authorship

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Hello, i try to help cleaning up the uncategorized files and while i check on them, i found this file: File:Francisco Paredes Herrera.jpg

The source, as the ownership (and mostly license) are completly wrong - Manuel Jesús Serrano was the original photograph and you can find this image on the web many times (and often in a higher resolution).

So, should i just correct the info template and correct the license (CC0), or how should this image be handled? Grunpfnul (talk) 18:59, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Huiñai Cosíos M: this is your recent upload. Can you explain what is going on here, and why you said this is your own work?
@Grunpfnul: Yes, if the image has a known source and is out of copyright, feel free to replace inaccurate information with accurate information. - Jmabel ! talk 19:23, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Captions from YouTube

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Hello editors, I have difficulty uploading subtitles from YouTube and request assistance with completing captions at File:040213 FLOTUS FilmWorkshop HD.webm; this may be helpful in supplying a part of its text. Thanks. Yovt (talk) 23:04, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Yovt, I have imported the subtitles from the YouTube video and I added it to the TimedText file. Tvpuppy (talk) 00:03, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Tvpuppy, In the future, I can run whisper turbo on any video needing captions (I have it running locally on my computer). All the Best -- Chuck Talk 01:24, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That’s great. Thanks for letting me know. Tvpuppy (talk) 10:01, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Should i move some images from Category:Traffic_signals_in_Vietnam to Category:Traffic_signals_in_Hanoi

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So i've spent lots of times for identifying traffic lights in photos taken in Hanoi on Wikimedia Commons and add Category:Traffic_signals_in_Vietnam to them. And this caused that category to be populated mostly by Hanoi traffic signals and very little from elsewhere in Vietnam, so today i used Category:Traffic_signals_in_Hanoi instead but what should i do with the images i added Category:Traffic_signals_in_Vietnam

My options:

1. Add Category:Traffic_signals_in_Hanoi and keep Category:Traffic_signals_in_Vietnam

2. Remove Category:Traffic_signals_in_Vietnam and add Category:Traffic_signals_in_Hanoi

thanks everyone Stvk Công Cuối (VN) (talk) 02:01, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Stvk Công Cuối (VN): I think you would do option 2 and make Category:Traffic_signals_in_Hanoi a subcategory of Category:Traffic_signals_in_Vietnam.
To link a category to its parent, you edit it and place the parent category link there. For example, edit Category:Traffic_signals_in_Hanoi and place "[[Category:Traffic signals in Vietnam]]" there. Commander Keane (talk) 04:05, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are the wojak memes really copyrighted?

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I can't find the wojak, doomer, soyjak, doomer girl, tradgirl, pepe wojak, boomer wojak, crying wojak, or npc wojak anywhere on Commons. Are they really all copyrighted even though they're mostly made by random unknown people on the internet and copied into numerous variations without credit in the same way that public domain images can be copied and transformed? 2601:644:8184:F2F0:EC7D:241A:7805:DCE2 06:59, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Are they really all copyrighted even though they're mostly made by random unknown people on the internet and copied into numerous variations without credit in the same way that public domain images can be copied and transformed?"

Then those uses were copyright infringements, memes works like that but now how copyright works
Annonymous works were still copyrighted by default Stvk Công Cuối (VN) (talk) 08:00, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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I uploaded some cartoons I know have fallen into the Public Domain, however apparently I have to add stable links to both the original copyright entry and relevant volume(s) of the CCE to confirm the non-renewal. I guess I have to add links to entries for when it first got copyrighted and when it fell out of copyright? How do I do this kind of stuff? SteamboatWilly2 (talk) 12:49, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SteamboatWilly2: No, you don't really have to prove the non-renewal by links. As long as you seem pretty consistently to get it right, this should be fine. Of course, if someone were to show that renewal did happen for any of the uploads you claim were not renewed, it casts a certain level of suspicion on the others that you uploaded. - Jmabel ! talk 17:46, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Images provided from author

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Hello! I have images I want to upload to my wiki page that have been granted to me by the author. How do I do this and add the appropriate credit? Thank you! ButFirstFika (talk) 14:46, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ButFirstFika: Hi, and welcome. The procedure is at VRT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:49, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Commons:Uploading works by a third party may give you a broader how-to than VRT; you can probably skim roughly the first half before you get to the parts that are relevant for you. - Jmabel ! talk 18:04, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Association SRT41 image lisence

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I found an image of the undocumented on Wikipedia Association SRT41 Garage 56 entry.

I'd like to know what the license on this photo is so I know whether it's safe to upload or not.

Source: https://24h-en-piste.com/en/AfficherDetails.php?Type=Course&Annee=2021&Numero=84 Image 2 of 3 Lumakid100 (talk) 15:01, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Lumakid100, it states “© Laurent Dangeard” under the image, so the image is copyrighted by him. Also, the website’s legal notice states, “All reproduction rights are reserved, including …photographic representations”. This means you cannot upload the image without prior permission from Laurent Dangeard, which appears to be the website owner. Tvpuppy (talk) 17:56, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Die hier gezeigte Kartenskizze stammt aus einem 1939 erschienenen Buch. Ein Urheber ist weder auf der Karte noch im Buch genannt. Nach deutschem Urheberrecht erlischt der Schutz für Werke unbekannter Urheber spätestens 70 Jahre nach Veröffentlichung (§ 64 UrhG). Für einfache Lichtbilder beträgt die Schutzfrist sogar nur 50 Jahre ab Veröffentlichung. Da die Veröffentlichung 1939 erfolgte, ist die Abbildung spätestens seit Ende 2009 gemeinfrei und kann frei verwendet werden.

Genügen Euch diese Angaben? Könnt ihr bitte die fehlenden Angaben, die erforderlich sind einfügen, da ich nicht weiss, wie man das richtig macht.

Inzwischen habe ich noch eine Expeditionskarte eingefügt, bei der ebenfalls die obenstehnde Begründung zutrifft.


--Tkb (talk) 21:50, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do we remove the words "File" and "png" from the name of this new file?

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mrs_Arnold_Lupton_in_1909_when_President_of_the_Sleaford_Women%E2%80%99s%E2%80%99_Liberal_Association.png


It appears at the bottom of this wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Lupton - can the photo be made a tiny bit smaller please? Thanks 115.70.23.77 22:41, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Section header makes no sense to me. On Commons (as on any other mediawiki wiki) if we don't title it this way it won't work as a PNG file.
To make it smaller where it is displayed on a particular wiki page is entirely an issue on that wiki. Commons does not control the display size of an image. You may want https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images. - Jmabel ! talk 22:51, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've adjusted the size of the display on enwiki so the image is smaller. Abzeronow (talk) 22:59, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Srbernadette: Please login and use internal links. On enwiki, you may also benefit from en:H:PIC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:11, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I Upload Published Photos of Others?

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I have a picture of the leader of Slowjamastan attending the NATO Summit. I want to upload it to the page. Can I do this? Phaze4448 (talk) 04:21, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Phaze4448: Hi, and welcome. Where exactly was the photo published? What page do you want to upload it to?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:37, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It was published on the Slowjamastan website. I want to upload it to the Non-Nato Attending countries List on thee 2024 Nato Summit Page. His name and Slowjamastan are already on the page. 99.50.201.30 03:27, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Im not logged in but it's still me. 99.50.201.30 03:28, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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hallo, habe am Straßenrand einen alten gerahmten Fotodruck vom Holstentor in Lübeck gefunden. Ein handschriftlicher Gruß auf der Rückseite ist von 1948. Das Foto stammt offensichtlich von Farbfoto und Verlag: Karl Braune, Lübeck ohne Datum/Jahr

Ist es schon frei für WikiCommons? Schöne Grüße!


--Wikitarisch (talk) 11:58, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikitarisch: Auf welcher Grundlage glauben Sie, dass dies nicht urheberrechtlich geschützt ist? - Jmabel ! talk 18:25, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Not OK Karl Braune starb 1971, also ist das Foto in Deutschland noch bis Ende 2041 urheberrechtlich geschützt. In den USA wahrscheinlich noch länger, je nach Erstveröffentlichung des Fotos. Falls die erste Veröffentlichung 1948 war, ist das Foto in den USA noch bis Ende 2043 geschützt. --Rosenzweig τ 18:38, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
hallo Jmabel & Rosenzweig,
vielen Dank für den Hinweis. War mir nicht sicher, bei so einem "Nachdruck" eines Bildes von 1948.
Habe es gerade zur Löschung vorgeschlagen.
Vielen Dank! Wikitarisch (talk) 05:21, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On official insignia

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So there are two things that I need a bit of advice on. Currently, all of these images exist as "external media" templates on wikipedia.

  1. Defunct people's armed police/MPS Active Service Forces(PAP units under the command of the ministry of public security) agency emblems. This xinhua article has all of the badges of PAP branches/agencies that became defunct in 2018. Currently the China fire service's patch already exists on commons, however I am hesitant to upload the other emblems since I want to make sure I am allowed to upload them.
  2. Chinese navy ship emblems. This article on the Anhui provincial national defense education office website has many chinese navy ship emblems, along with this article on the Guangxi regional veterans affairs department that has the Chinese LHD Guangxi's emblem. I have asked about this before on the wikiproject military history discussion page along with the help desk, where I was advised to just use external media templates instead. However, I would still like to hear advice on whether navy ship emblems fall under Article 5 of the PRC copyright law(which states "This law shall not apply to laws and regulations, resolutions, decisions and orders of State organs, other documents of a legislative, administrative or judicial nature and the official translations thereof;") or whether Template:Insignia also applies to navy ship emblems, and therefore whether navy ship insignia can be uploaded onto wikimedia commons
  3. I have started a topic on Wikiproject military history regarding which version of the PLAGF aviation badge should be uploaded; see full context there

Thehistorianisaac (talk) 14:48, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Undisclosed paid editing in violation of the WMF Terms of Use

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Hi team need help on getting my account unblock, as a comms team member for the organization i am trying to create a page for the director general who is a well know Indian scientist and ex ICAR DG. Please suggest what to be done. Icrisatcommunications (talk) 04:30, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Icrisatcommunications: It sounds like you're referring to your block on the English Wikipedia. This is the help desk for the Wikimedia Commons, a separate project that hosts freely licensed media -- this is not the place to get help with blocks on the English Wikipedia. I recommend you read the instructions left on your English Wikipedia talk page. Ultimately, undisclosed paid editing is against the rules, and you should generally not be creating pages for your organization or people related to your organization. ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 04:43, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the info. Icrisatcommunications (talk) 04:51, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can I upload a higher resolution version of public domain image from Getty?

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This File:Joel Kaplan.jpg image is a very low resolution crop of Joel Kaplan's official portrait, published by the White House in 2006. This photo was taken by Eric Draper, the official White House photographer at the time. This authorship is confirmed by both the Alamy and Getty Images listings for this photo. As an employee of the US Federal Government, that makes this photo in the public domain.

Can I improve this image on Wikimedia Commons with a higher resolution version from Alamy or Getty Images, since there are no copyright restrictions on the original photo?

https://www.alamy.com/no-film-no-video-no-tv-no-documentary-new-deputy-chief-of-staff-for-policy-joel-kaplan-pictured-in-washington-dc-usa-on-april-19-2006-photo-by-eric-draperwhite-housekrtabacapresscom-image386878682.html

https://www.gettyimages.co.nz/detail/news-photo/in-this-undated-handout-photo-new-deputy-chief-of-staff-news-photo/57368405

Cooper37 (talk) 14:32, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since this agency is known for rigorously pursuing what they consider to be unlicensed uses of their material, I would strongly advise against it; at least as long as the high-resolution version is only available from Getty Images. --Túrelio (talk) 15:19, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Getty both has a fine collection of copyrighted images and is also rather notorious for committing copyfraud, falsely claiming they have the copyright of public domain works. If it can be proven that the higher resolution version is under the same license as the smaller version IMO that would likely be OK. (Yes, I see I'm giving the opposite opinion from @Túrelio: above - but if you can conclusively demonstrate that the media is PD and the copyright claim of Getty is false, it seems the law is on your side.) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:52, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Cooper37: Hi, and welcome. It all depends on your tolerance for the legal risk involved. If in doubt, please consult a lawyer.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:23, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Since its quite clearly stated by Getty to be by Draper, that should be fine - but there is still the matter of the intrusive watermarks. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:59, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the answers. I'll take this to meta:legal for confirmation. Since Getty is helpfully not claiming copyright in this case, I think the risk here is low. ("Getty Images provides access to this publicly distributed image for editorial purposes and is not the copyright owner.")

Cooper37 (talk) 22:19, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free album covers made by English folk

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I've read the page on threshold of originality in the UK and want to make sure my assumptions are correct: is an extreme example of simplicity (no flak to ae, of course) like w:File:Autechre peel sessions 2.jpg protectible by copyright in the UK? In other words, considering the geographical origin of this work, would it be incorrect to assume that {{PD-simple}} can be slapped onto it and a vectorized version made and transfered to Commons? Autechre, who created the album the sleeve is for, hail from England and still reside there, if my memory serves me correctly. — rae5e <talk> 18:21, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A white rectangle with one word? Probably {{Pd-text}}. Ruslik (talk) 19:14, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
UK's ToO has gone up due to a recent court decision to be more in line with the rest of Europe. Abzeronow (talk) 22:42, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello,

I was working on a gallery, on my own talk or user page, and now I can no longer locate it. I assumed it would at least be available on my contributions page, but this is also not the case. Am I missing something obvious? 74.102.207.128 21:58, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, did you create the page while you are logged in? Then you should able to see it in your contribution page after you have logged in. Tvpuppy (talk) 22:09, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alignment of text to the right does'nt work

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I'm a bit perplexed right now as to why the alignment of text to the right doesn't seem to work in this map. The texts concerned (as "Tanja", "Qurtuba", or "Mursiya") appear further to the left than they should. However, if I change the alignment to the left, I can see that the coordinates seem to be entered correctly.

File:Caliphate of Córdoba (1000).svg

Does anyone recognise what I am missing here? WikiForMen (talk) 00:04, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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