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Updating logo of company I work for[edit]

Hi, I am trying to upload a .PNG of the logo of the football club that I work for, as an incorrect one is currently being used on the Wikipedia page. How can I go about this? ~~~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arnhwy (talk • contribs) 12:50, 12 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Arnhwy: Welcome to Wikimedia Commons! You can use the Upload Wizard to upload files, but please be aware of the licensing policy: Either the logo needs to be sufficiently simple to be in the public domain or you need to provide evidence that the copyright holder of the file released it under a free license (i.e. modification and commercial re-use of the image are allowed). If evidence for a free license is not publicly available, you can send evidence to the Volunteer Response Team instead. If the logo is not freely licensed, you are not allowed to upload it here, but you might be able to upload it directly onto Wikipedia as "fair use" (see Wikipedia:Non-free content). TilmannR (talk) 14:17, 12 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
If you upload "directly into Wikipedia", you have to choose what language versions to upload to. The linked policy is just for Wikipedia in English; other language editions have different policies, and only some accept "fair use content" at all. –LPfi (talk) 16:12, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Photo of a Historical Figure[edit]

I'm trying to upload a photo of Charles "Red Flag" Taylor. He was an American communist and I am unsure if I am allowed to upload this photo since I do not own the rights to it, but it seems like it would be in the public domain since a news article is using it and I can't find watermarks on any photos of him. Mr. Gibberish (talk) 00:20, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Mr. Gibberish: was that news article by any chance published in 1928 or earlier, in the U.S.? That would certainly put the photo in the public domain. If not, could you please be more specific? It wouldn't be surprising if there were a photo of him that is in the public domain, but it also wouldn't be surprising if there isn't. - Jmabel ! talk 00:55, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi Mr. Gibberish. A news article using it wouldn't necessarily make the photo public domain. Is there any information about the photo (e.g. where it comes from) included in the article. Sometimes newspapers and news websites will attribute the sources of photos they use in their articles. Not being watermarked also would not necessarily make the photo public domain. Whether a photo is in the public domain can depend on many things; for example, who took the photo, where they took it, when they took it, when it was first published, is the photographer dead, when did they die, and so on. In addition, Commons will require the photo to be public domain not only under US copyright law, but also the copyright law of the country where the photo was first published. This can be hard to assess without knowing more about the en:provenance of the photo. Perhaps you can provide a link to the news article where the photo is being used? This might help someone figure out whether the photo is OK for Commons. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:01, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The news article was published on October 20th, 2010 but the photo was taken Circa 1918
link to the articale
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/sunday/red-and-radical/article_adcca9a6-db96-11df-88cc-001cc4c03286.html
There is a photo of a book called "The Red Corner" In the upper right hand corner there is a right arrow that you should click twice to see the photo of him. Mr. Gibberish (talk) 01:30, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Also on page 51 in the book. On page 69 of the book, there is a photo of him, published on 30 september 1930. -- Asclepias (talk) 02:36, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
OK, so one thing we can say for sure: the picture published in 1930 will certainly be in the public domain starting 1 January 2026. Further, it is most likely in the public domain now, because it is very unlikely that anyone renewed copyrights for Producers News, which in that era in the U.S. would have been necessary to preserve copyrights past 1958 (28 years). I know there is a way to verify non-renewal, but for that era I'm not sure how to do it. Carl, sorry to bother you on this but I imagine you would know exactly what to do to work this out.
Also, if we could establish that the "circa 1918" photo was published in the U.S. any time up to including 1927, that would put it in the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 03:04, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank You! This has been really helpful. Mr. Gibberish (talk) 04:02, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It does not look like Producer News had any sort of renewals[1], so the 1930 versions should be public domain. Carl Lindberg (talk) 04:34, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank You! Mr. Gibberish (talk) 04:49, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Mr. Gibberish: that means you can upload it as {{PD-US-not renewed}}. - Jmabel ! talk 06:14, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Mr. Gibberish: It appears that the book is a few days off about the date of publication of this issue of the newspaper, which actually was 19 September 1930. The Library of Congress has a collection of the newspaper, viewable online. This issue can be viewed there. As could be expected, there does not seem to be a copyright notice. This means the photo is in the public domain for this reason and if it is uploaded to Commons the template PD-US-no notice can be used. It is possible that other photos of this person could be found in other issues of the newspaper. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:27, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Delete Account[edit]

How do I delete my account? EthanBGamer1 (talk) 13:28, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@EthanBGamer1: Commons:FAQ#How do I close my account? TilmannR (talk) 14:04, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Accounts at any Wikimedia-site (including commons and wikipedia) cannot be deleted at all. You can ask for your account to get renamed (but all your edits will be associated with your new user name). You can request to delete all pages in your own user name space. You can blank all pages in your user name space. You can retire your account (for example by forgetting your password or setting it to something you will not remember). You can ask (while still logged in!) an admin to block your account with the rationale retired account. You can post a message on your user page "retired account". You can delete the email address from your account (but without an email addresse there is no way to set back the password and you will be locked out of the account forever unless you remember the password). C.Suthorn (talk) 14:09, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I really recommend against killing the email address, unless the specific reason you want to close the account is to stop receiving harassing emails. - Jmabel ! talk 16:13, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
+1 - Deleting your email would be rather extreme and it's not something I would recommend, If you're getting harassing emails you can set up filters so future emails could go to spam/trash but of course that can be bypassed, failing that create a disposable email address via your email and use it here. –Davey2010Talk 16:25, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Die Wikimailfunktion kann in den Einstellungen komplett deaktiviert werden, dazu ist es nicht nötig die Email-Adresse aus dem Account zu löschen. Wenn ein Hater die Email-Adresse bereits hat, bringt es nichts, diese im Account zu löschen. Hier ging es aber um das Löschen des Acccounts - was nicht geht. Was aber geht ist das Löschen der Email-Adresse aus dem Account. Das ist nützlich, wenn Wikipedia gehackt wird, weil der Cracker dann keine Email-Adresse findet, die er auf dem Darknet posten könnte. C.Suthorn (talk) 17:50, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Summarizing the above, User:C.Suthorn is basically saying that the one good reason to remove the email address from your account is if you are concerned about Wikimedia Commons being hacked and your email address being obtained that way. - Jmabel ! talk 19:22, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I just noticed that the user asking this question appears to have no other contributions on Commons. Right now, the tool that would let me look for global contributions is down. Pinging @EthanBGamer1, if you really haven't done anything on WMF projects then, sure, remove your email as well, and expect that if you come back you'll start an account under a new name. No one is going to have something important to communicate to you about an account with no significant activity ever. - Jmabel ! talk 19:26, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It is of course possible that the account was set up just to ask this question, with the issue being some other account not to be disclosed. As for the e-mail, there is a setting in your preferences about allowing people to send you e-mail, as C.Suthorn writes above. There are also settings for whether to get alerts by e-mail. If you disable all those, you won't get any e-mail messages, but can still use your e-mail to change your password and thus make any other changes you want (such as requesting deletion or undeletion of your user pages). –LPfi (talk) 16:25, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Is Psycho (1960) in the public domain?[edit]

I'd like to check before potentially uploading a clip from the movie, to help the Wikipedia page. I've been researching for all of about five minutes, and I can't find anything concrete, saying yes or no--except for one page, saying that all Alfred Hitchcock films are under copyright until 2050. Klee Bakudan (talk) 19:46, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @Klee Bakudan: I literally cannot imagine a reason this would be in the public domain. Why would you think it even might be? - Jmabel ! talk 22:17, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Hitchcock died in 1980, so if we naively apply the "70 p.m.a." rule, we do end up at 2050. Unfortunately it's a little more complicated than that (see Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States). E.g. Psycho Theatrical Trailer (1960).webm is in the public domain for lack of a copyright notice. A work that was first published during 1928–63 with notice and renewal is copyrighted for 95 years. I didn't actually check whether the copyright was renewed, but assuming it was, Psycho might be in the public domain after 2055. TilmannR (talk) 22:46, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Adding new text to the Union Square San Francisco Wiki Page[edit]

A couple of years ago, I created a wiki account and used the editing tool to add a new section to the Union Square San Francisco page. The Section described the redesign process that resulted in the newly renovated Union Square Park. I followed the steps to upload the addition and was able to see it on the wiki page for Union Square San Francisco. However, today that section does not appear. Can you confirm if your administration people have a record of this upload, or can confirm if the addition was rejected for some reason. I would like to add this section again and would appreciate some assistance. Thank you. Highonthemountain (talk) 20:14, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Highonthemountain: Hi, You are on the wrong website. You are probably thinking of Wikipedia. But your question can be answered easily. Your edit was made on 30 January 2021 [2]. The answer is in this edit on Wikipedia from 25 September 2022, where it can be seen that the user BriefEdits removed your text for the reason that no source was cited for the addition. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:45, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Right to use a picture in an article[edit]

I have a picture of a painting from 1763. The picture was found in archives belonging to a department in France. Am I free to use it in an article? D8dek2lDe (talk) 21:25, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I would like to add the way I obtained the picture is by screenshotting the picture of the painting on the online version of the archive, if that changes anything. D8dek2lDe (talk) 21:28, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes. This (French?) art is in the public domain in France and the United States, so faithful reproductions of the painting are as well. Where it gets tricky is that you can always reproduce the painting itself as a 2-D surface in the public domain, but if you take a picture of it in some 3-D context (e.g. how it is arranged in a gallery or if it has a 3-D frame), then that image could be under copyright. The solution in that case would be to crop out other elements to just have the face of the painting itself. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:46, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you! the picture is perfectly 2D it seems. D8dek2lDe (talk) 21:59, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
so when I try to use it, do I tick the "the image is mine" option or is there an other way to upload it saying it's in the public domain? D8dek2lDe (talk) 22:01, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@D8dek2lDe: Definitely do not tick "the images is mine". If you answer correctly (for the painting; faithful copies don't create any new copyright), the wizard should guide you through. - Jmabel ! talk 22:19, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
but there is no other way to launch the upload than to tick that box. The wizard tells me I can upload pictures of old art but there is no info on what to tick D8dek2lDe (talk) 22:50, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
my bad, I figured it out. Thank you both for the help. D8dek2lDe (talk) 22:52, 13 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Please always tell the solution you found, for the other readers who might be interested, and for those who tried to help you. In this case the solution is ticking the "not my work" box and proceed from there. If none of the suggested options fit, tick "another reason, to be added to the page" (or something like that, I don't use English as my interface language). –LPfi (talk) 16:32, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Could someone please upload this YouTube video to Commons for me[edit]

I have never gotten it to work--Trade (talk) 02:10, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What is the problem? A youtube video of less than a minute running time should upload just fine. C.Suthorn (talk) 08:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The "Transferring YouTube videos to Commons" part Trade (talk) 09:25, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

helping a living artist upload pictures to wikimedia commons[edit]

I am trying to help an artist friend upload photos of some of his works to wikimedia commons. He has supplied me with photos of the paintings. How do I get the proper license attached to the photos (for example Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International). I have helped him draft an email to [email protected], using the template from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Email_templates, and attached the images to the email. Have not sent it yet. They say that these emails take up to seven days for a reply. Is this the best way to proceed? Paulusjharp (talk) 11:59, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @Paulusjharp: it is important that the email come from the artist, not from you.
  • Other than that, yes, this is the right way to do this.
  • Seven days may be a bit optimistic, but given that the email is in English it might be realistic; there's quite a backup for some languages.
  • Once the email is sent, you can upload. Remember to include {{subst:PP}} as part of each upload. - Jmabel ! talk 16:23, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    @Jmabel: Thanks, will get him to send the email, then will proceed with the upload. How does wiki commons match the images attached to the copyright letter with the images I will upload? Paulusjharp (talk) 09:18, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Paulusjharp: It is usually done the other way. First, you upload the files and you include the template Permission pending in the description page of each file. And then the owner of the copyright sends the email in which they include links to the uploaded files and they confirm the license. It is not useful then to include another copy of the files in the email. Please see the instructions on the template Permission pending. It can work also the way you suggested, but it is probably just more complicated. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:34, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
"include the template Permission pending" is technically true, but a bit misleading. The way to do this is {{subst:PP}}, as stated above. - Jmabel ! talk 16:11, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Biografia de Manuel Ungaro Zevallos[edit]

Hola, creo que mi primera contribucion la cual es la biografia de Manuel Ungaro Zevallos, esta en el sitio equivocado (Wikimedia Commons). Como podria trasladar el archivo a Wikipedia? Tengo que empezar el proceso de nuevo? Agradecere su ayuda al respecto. Atentamente Jorge Ungaro Jorge Ungaro (talk) 14:21, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @Jorge Ungaro: El problema es que te has "caído entre dos taburetes". Commons no acepta archivos de texto, excepto cosas como libros antiguos y otros documentos primarios. Wikipedia no acepta textos en forma PDF: se necesita escribir en la wiki misma. Entonces, sí, necesitas empezar de nuevo. Pero no exactamante "de nuevo": puedes empezar con copiar-pegar desde el PDF, y arreglari=lo en la wiki. - Jmabel ! talk 16:36, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
No Sean mentirosos con Sus Falsos Reportes de Data Privacy planificados porque El SATELITE ESTA bajo investigaciones.Pasele El mensaje asu Govierno.El Mio es su 🎯 USA 2603:8000:C33E:14E:DD26:D530:3793:E5CB 07:11, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Do you can add this link to Mario J. Molina please[edit]

Mario Molina. (2023, febrero 1). Wikiquote, Compedio de frase célebres. Consultado el 14:57, febrero 14, 2023 en https://es.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Mario_Molina&oldid=453268. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 189.245.32.246 (talk) 15:01, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

like this? El Grafo (talk) 16:08, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Also added the page on Wikidata for more links [3] El Grafo (talk) 16:11, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Defensive driving course[edit]

Do you offer a defensive driving course for seniors? Where is it offered and how much does it cost? 2001:48F8:3081:688:A9BB:B965:4143:467F 15:10, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, we don't. We don't offer any driving courses. You must have taken a wrong turn somewhere. El Grafo (talk) 16:04, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Copyright help[edit]

I need assistance figuring out the licensing for File:2023 NLL Stadium Showdown.jpg. Here is the source of the image: [facebook.com/nll]. Hcoder3104 (talk) 17:16, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Hcoder3104: You must not upload images here, when you have no evidence that they are freely licensed. The image is above the threshold of originality and the source contains no licensing information. We have to assume that it is "all rights reserved" by the copyright holder and needs to be deleted. TilmannR (talk) 18:51, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@TilmannR: That doesn’t add up. The Wikipedia page for the Super Bowl has the logo uploaded, and that’s copyrighted! Hcoder3104 (talk) 19:08, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Hcoder3104: The Super Bowl logos (File:Super Bowl logo.svg or File:Super Bowl LVII.svg) are not on Commons. See Wikipedia:Non-free content. TilmannR (talk) 19:13, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Question about image uploads.[edit]

When I go to upload it says I cannot upload an image that isn't mine without the creators permission, what if it is a photo of a person for their Wikipedia article. Do I still need permission? ReadRead0109802 (talk) 19:09, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:29, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
And, in particular, that permission needs to come from the copyright-holder, who is typically not the subject of the photo. - Jmabel ! talk 19:45, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Canvassing[edit]

Do we have any policies/guidelines about using Commons to canvass/campaign votes on other Wikipedias? — Golden call me maybe? 19:36, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @Golden: Normally shouldn't be done, although in some cases an unbiased request for participation in a discussion is in order (e.g. I could imagine coming to Commons if a Freedom of Panorama question arose on a Wikipedia). In general, on any WMF project, if you are canvassing outside of a discussion for comment on that discussion, you should say so in the discussion itself. - Jmabel ! talk 19:44, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    @Jmabel: I recently witnessed a case in which a user was using Commons to encourage another user to join a discussion on another Wikipedia with a biased comment. What I was wondering is whether these kind of cases are reportable on Commons. — Golden call me maybe? 19:52, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Most likely. But if you think someone's conduct is inappropriate, but not to the point of meriting a block (which is most likely the case here, unless the account is used only or primarily for this sort of thing), you really could warn them of the inappropriateness of their conduct yourself. - Jmabel ! talk 19:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
      Got it, thank you! — Golden call me maybe? 19:57, 14 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

国立陽明交通大学医学部のカリキュラムについて[edit]

初めまして。

どこにメールを出してよいか分からず、とりあえずここに送りましたが、もし担当と違うところに届いた場合、 その分野の担当の方に回していたがけると助かります。

わたしは、日本に住み日本の大学（九州大学理学部生物学科）をでて修士課程（博士課程前期　東京大学農業生命科学）を卒業した、日本人です

陽明交通大学の医学系に留学を考えているのですが、陽明交通大学には本科医学系（6年間）のほかにが医学卒業者用の学士後医学系（4年）があると聞いたのですが 本当でしょうか。

この学士後医学系に留学することはできますか？

また、陽明交通大学の医学系には本科の医学系もあり中医学の勉強もできると聞いていますがほんとうでしょうか？

医学系と中医学系の両方の国家資格を得るためにはどのようにしたらよいでしょうか？

また両方の受験資格を得るために何年くらい留学する必要があるでしょうか？


質問ばかりで申し訳ありません。


色々とご教授頂けると幸いです。 111.65.204.50 06:01, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

IP 111.65.204.50、こんいちは。片言な日本語でお答えして失礼しますが、このウエブページは一般的なヘルプデスクではなくてja:ウィキメディア・コモンズの専用ヘルプデスクであります。恐れ入れますが上記のことについて国立陽明交通大学のほうへ直接にお問い合わせください。-- Marchjuly (talk) 06:54, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Paul Gasq sculptures[edit]

I'm writing an article about the French sculptor Paul Gasq. I've found three pictures of his sculptures on the internet that are not in Wikipedia Commons. Can I upload them? They would be needed in a table of his works. The sculptures were sculpted at the end of the 19th century. Thanks for your answer!Mirabella (talk) 09:37, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Mirabella: If the sculptures were published before 1928, you can take and publish your own pictures of them or pictures that are in the public domain or that you find with a free licence. You cannot upload pictures that are not free and on which you do not have rights. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:18, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you! Mirabella (talk) 12:26, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

how to add contribute[edit]

i can not add any contribute — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bayazidshikder (talk • contribs) 12:10, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Copyright[edit]

Are street view images on google maps allowed? Thehistorianisaac (talk) 14:13, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Usually not. The bottom right corner of Streetview typically shows a copyright notice and Google doesn't allow unrestricted reuse of their images, which makes them incompatible with our licensing policy. There are some panoramas on Commons, which are under a free license and also have been uploaded to Streetview (e.g. Category:Spherical Panoramas by User:Capricorn4049), but as far as I can tell Google never explicitly tells you that a panorama is freely licensed, so it's never a good source for images. TilmannR (talk) 15:42, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Thehistorianisaac: Or to put it differently: someone can both place an image on Commons and give it to Google for Streetview, but Google is not usable as a source for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 16:15, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I understand Thehistorianisaac (talk) 16:23, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to unblock the page for editing ?[edit]

I was creating wikipedia page for EVEGAH mobility.Over there I used the word Promotion due to which it got trigerred and our page has been blocked indefinitely.Now I want to edit my content and remove promotion word but I am not able to either edit my content or see the content. Evegah mobility (talk) 14:57, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons are two different websites. If you have problems with English Wikipedia you need to take it up there. Sorry Trade (talk) 15:02, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Just to clarify: The user page has been deleted ("G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion") and the user Evegah mobility is indef. blocked on en.wikipedia ("Promotional username, promotional edits"). TilmannR (talk) 15:10, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Evegah mobility: have you read en-wiki's policy on conflicts of interest? It looks like you were probably violating it. Once you've familiarized yourself with that, there is some chance you could get your account unblocked there, but no chance that it would magically become OK to write an en-wiki article about a company with which you are connected. - Jmabel ! talk 16:24, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Remove older copyright-infringing version of image[edit]

Hello, I previously uploaded this screenshot without blanking some potentially copyright infringing material (the background images of the sections). I've now uploaded a second version which has this material grayed out. Can an admin please help with removing the original image? Cheers! Freedom4U (talk) 16:13, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Posts[edit]

How do I make a post? Turnup097 (talk) 20:12, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Jmabel, I saw a Picture On the Wikipedia Home Page and it sent me to commons. I Want to do that! Turnup097 (talk) 14:56, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Turnup097: That still makes no sense. You want to do what? Send someone to Commons? Please be more specific.- Jmabel ! talk 16:19, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jmabel, I saw something!!! not someone!!!!!!!! Turnup097 (talk) 22:56, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Turnup097 careful and don't Elizium23 (talk) 23:00, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Elizium23, I Can do what I want! Turnup097 (talk) 15:06, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Turnup097, "don't go cray cray. "-Petey 2600:1700:3842:2070:8DFA:4AF0:3AB9:14E2 19:48, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
nope
atall Turnup097 (talk) 19:49, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Elizium23, how did you do that? Turnup097 (talk) 20:42, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File_talk:Metro-North_Port_Jervis_icon.png#Wrong_color[edit]

Does someone know how to fix this? If someone does and could do so, or instruct me how to do so, it would be much appreciated. Thanks. The Boston Railfan (talk) 20:41, 15 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If you give right RGB colors, I could change it easily and upload a new version. By the way, Corel Draw marketed vector graphics in 20 tears ago. It was then a huge failure. Now Inkscape is marketing abot a asme kind system. Experts advice to marketeers: "Being XML-based it was a terrible idea from the start. The main point here is that XML is neither human-friendly nor machine-friendly, and it never has been." I made just a png map 3672 × 4708 resolution and it took only 277 KB memory. SVG is techinally little better only in resollutions 20,000 × 20,000 pixels, but pngs are much easier to make. Jari Rauma (talk) 16:02, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm not sure what the exact RGB codes would be, but the HEX Color is #FF7900. Note that the text also needs to be changed (i.e. it should read "Metro-North Port Jervis (Orange) Line" in addition to being an orange background). The Boston Railfan (talk) 21:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It's too simple, so Wikimedia perhaps deletes it. The original font family is perhaps commercial. I can't blend Windows fonts into a different font family, so I used Arial (anti-aliased), in all the text. I hope it's okay. Jari Rauma (talk) 19:06, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

In-use images by user[edit]

Is there any way to see how many images that I’ve uploaded are COM:INUSE on Wikimedia projects? RodRabelo7 (talk) 01:29, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:06, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

завантаження фото[edit]

Хотів завантажити копію фото родича з сімейного альбому (приблизно 100-річної) давнини. Не приймає. Що робити? Ігор111111 (talk) 11:38, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Ігор111111, please consider uploading a jpeg that has higher resolution. For example, use a better scanner or a better camera.
Будь ласка, спробуйте завантажити jpeg з вищою роздільною здатністю. Наприклад, використовуйте кращий сканер або кращу камеру. (Перекладено з використанням deepl.) RZuo (talk) 06:58, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks! That works at 600 DPI 195.88.72.253 10:22, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Better file rejected[edit]

I tried to upload a new and better version of an SVG file (from "Upload a new version of this file"), but Wikimedia didn't allow it. It gave a message: "If you do not provide suitable license and source information, your upload will be deleted without further notice. Thank you for your understanding." So the licence is the same as the old version (CC BY-SA 4.0). The new file is in png format and instructions say that this file type is OK. Why didn't the uploader allow an update? Jari Rauma (talk) 15:40, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Technically, it is not possible to overwrite a file of a format type (e.g. svg) with a file of another format type (e.g. png). (Overwriting a svg with a png would not sound like a good thing, even if it were possible.) Please upload as a new separate file and indicate source and license. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:10, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you. But your answer contradicts the way that svg can overwrite png. And why wikimedia recommends it? Don't be afraid to face the truth about the bad marketing. Jari Rauma (talk) 16:17, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jari Rauma: No, you cannot upload an SVG to overwrite a PNG, either. You can replace a PNG in an article with an SVG, but that is an entirely different matter. Where an SVG is appropriate, it is preferred, because it shows equally well at any size.- Jmabel ! talk 16:23, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Asclepias, yeah I am not sure where it says that (or says the opposite of that) in our policies or technical docs. Could you point out a link to us please? I've been all over the FAQ and Commons:Overwriting existing files. Elizium23 (talk) 16:24, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I apologize, I remembere wrong. But here is your adcvertisement to redraw a 20 kB picture in svg. And in some private discussion in Wikimedia recommended me to use svg for better quality. Here I give you counter-advertisement. Here is an svg picture, painstakingly produced. And here is same picture with less work. But you gon't care about work when rou advertise svg side by side with superior png. Jari Rauma (talk) 18:01, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
OK, I think, i see, what happened: you navigated to the svg file, than clicked on upload a new version, than choose a png file from you local disk (and maybe it had the file extension svg, but in either case was a png) the file was uploaded, MW identified it as png and assigned the extension png to it - so it was not an upload of a new version, but an upload of a new file. new versions do not accept a new description, but new files need a description including a license. so it was correctly tagged as having no license. C.Suthorn (talk) 18:03, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Fine. Well done. 18:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC) Jari Rauma (talk) 18:46, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Edits deleted[edit]

I was reading about plasma globes and I made some edits to History and Hazards but then I got a message that said that my edit were deleted. Why were my edits deleted? Boooooooommmmm (talk) 00:29, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Boooooooommmmm: Hi, and welcome. Your edits on enwiki were reverted for the reasons specified on en:User talk:Boooooooommmmm: vandalism and unsourced content. Efforts to continue in that fashion will be hazardous to your account there.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:51, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi Boooooooommmmm. Are you sure you're posting on the right Help Desk page? This is the Help Desk for Wikimedia Commons and none of the things you posted above seem to be related to Commons. Since your post above seems to be related to issues you're having on English Wikipedia, you will need to resolve them on English Wikipedia. The only advice I can give you is to refrain from posting in all caps and calling others dumb. If your edits were reverted, there probably was an English Wikipedia policy or guideline reason for doing so, and that is what you need to be focusing on. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:56, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Marchjuly, I think that @Jeff G. was correct. it was true. Turnup097 (talk) 20:17, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Fix information and categories[edit]

I cannot figure out how to fix the info and categories on this file: File:Dan Sullivan 2021.PNG. Can someone help? Thanks // sikander { talk } 🦖 02:12, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @Sikander: That's because instead of uploading an information template, User:Mycranthebigman transcluded in the content of an entirely different, irrelevant page. So we have no meaningful author, no meaningful description, and no valid permission. Pinging @Mycranthebigman appears to be an active user. The ping here should get his attention to fix this bad upload, since no one else has any way to know where he got the photo. If he doesn't, then this should be deleted for lack of valid permission. The picture has been there over 3 months, so I'll give him 24 hours (it isn't a lot more likely to "leak out" onto the Internet in the next 24 hours than the last 3 months). - Jmabel ! talk 03:24, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Woops. It seems I've just used the info of the full file rather than copying and marking it down with the extracted image template. I will correct this. Thank you so much for notifying me!
    ~ Mycranthebigman (talk) 04:47, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wizard upload imports the photograph upside down[edit]

I looked for "upside down" but didn't find anything. I just uploaded a photo I took yesterday, but the image shown is of the photo upside down. When I click on the image file (uploaded), it is correct. Metaphorz9 (talk) 18:27, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What is the name of the file? --Achim55 (talk) 18:29, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It would be helpful if you linked to the putative image you supposedly uploaded. I don't see any in your contributions. It also helps to understand that the EXIF data may contain instructions to rotate the image apart from its natural rotation. So that extra rotation may be hidden from some viewers but come into play later on. It's worth checking to see whether something in your path of image generation inserted a 180° rotation. Elizium23 (talk) 18:31, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You did not upload anything with that account on Commons (log). -- Asclepias (talk) 18:36, 17 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Connecting wikidata with wikimedia commons[edit]

I want to link my wikidata (Q116811565) with Category:Fabian Roudra Baroi, I'm trying to use wikidata infobox but it says it can not find my wiki data id. Can anyone help me out? Fabian Roudra Baroi (talk) 00:47, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Are you notable? Do you have a public purpose for your autobiography here other than self-promotion, such as displaying your LinkedIn URL? Do you need a job or something? Elizium23 (talk) 00:50, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Elizium23: No, I'm just trying to make a good and organized profile from the beginning. As I intend to keep contributing with my photography. I just added Linkedin as it's a professional account, that's it. Also, I'm a bit shocked that you choose the category for deletion. You could have just told me rather than negatively impacting my talkpage, cause I'm just learning. --Fabian Roudra Baroi (talk) 00:54, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your profile goes on your User page, it does not go on Wikidata and Commons mainspaces. Wikimedia is not social networking. IIUC, you are permitted to have a limited number of freely-licensed self-portraits for your own use on your own user pages, but it is not customary for Wikidata editors, for example, to create an item about ourselves, nor is it customary for Commons contributors to have a personal category, except where it applies to media you've uploaded. Elizium23 (talk) 01:56, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Elizium23: I didn't disagree with your, nor argued about keeping the category. I just said rather posting on my talkpage, you could have just told me here and I would have deleted it myself, as I didn't know about it. Because I tried to follow every rule, and kept my talk page clean. Also, you should give a chance to correct something than doing something negative upfront. It demotivates people.--Fabian Roudra Baroi (talk) 03:35, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I understand your feelings, and talking to you personally would have been preferable. However, administrators and other curators have a backlog, and writing personal messages requires more time than using the automated tools, the messages of which may sound blunt. What would be ideal isn't always practical. I welcome you and hope future interactions will be more enjoyable. –LPfi (talk) 15:21, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Seek advise[edit]

Request experts to review, advise, approve, or modify my first ever, page on 'Himalayan Monasteries'. [4] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prof Ranga Sai (talk • contribs) 13:40, 18 February 2023‎ (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Prof Ranga Sai: I'm not sure what you are trying to do there. Is this intended as a Gallery page? Or as a Wikipedia article (in which case it would belong in the English-language Wikipedia, not here on Commons, and they might or might not consider it an acceptable article). You seem right now to be halfway between.
Also, please see COM:SIGN. - Jmabel ! talk 16:58, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks, I shall redefine my objective and direction of work. Prof Ranga Sai (talk) 11:51, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Standard metadata[edit]

Is there a way to include the same metadata information on all picture-uploads automaticly? For example Property:P2093? Vasmar1 | Marius Vassnes (talk) 21:21, 18 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Convenience link Leadscope ID (P2083) - Jmabel ! talk 01:53, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm confused by that as an example. - Jmabel ! talk 01:54, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Typo: 2093, not 2083. But i don't think, that is the prob. In UW you can make the Wizard copy descripiton, date, source, position and other field to all uploaded files, but you need to go through every single file to assign SDC depicts. C.Suthorn (talk) 08:13, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Convenience link author name string (P2093) - Jmabel ! talk 17:03, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Tannenberg_fett_(Schriftart).png [Tannenberg Bold (typeface)][edit]

Sampler for Trebuchet MS

I would like to use https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Tannenberg_fett_(Schriftart).png for an article on en.wiki, but the description cautions against uploading it to Commons without a further check. Can anyone see what the issue is? The Tannenberg typeface was designed in 1935 and its designer died in 1983. Commons has many font samples where the designer is still alive, so that can't be the issue, can it? John Maynard Friedman (talk) 17:00, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @John Maynard Friedman: I'm not sure what samples on Commons you are referring to, and how they may be licensed, but I'd expect that to be still copyrighted in the U.S. That's not to say that a small piece of text in the font is a problem, but that a text specifically designed to demonstrate the font probably is. - Jmabel ! talk 17:06, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I can see that there are (at least!) two rights issues at stake here. First is the text in the sampler, as it is not "content free" like the Trebuchet sample. The uploader has placed in the public domain so that one is clear. The second is the formatting: the text is set in Tannenberg Bold, which is presumably still released under licence. I guess we may assume that the uploader doesn't have Linotype machine in the basement but produced it using Tannenberg.ttf on their home computer. Surely we must assume their good faith that they didn't use a bootleg copy?
Or is their another obstacle I haven't spotted? If it matters, the article I need it for is explicitly and exclusively about the font, so I think "fair use" applies? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:31, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • True. But if it could be taken up by Commons, it would be better all round, usable more widely. I'm still trying to understand what the difficulty is. How is it different from Trebuchet? --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 01:08, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@John Maynard Friedman The Trebuchet MS from your example was created by Microsoft for free use in the Web and therefore given a free license by its creator Microsoft and therefore is allowed in Commons. The Tannenberg font is a prototypical example of a Schaftstiefelgrotesk. Like other Schaftstiefelgrotesk it was created in Germany during the Nazi regime. Everywhere in the world at that time free licenses where unknown and nobody gave a free license to that font then or later. 70 years after the death of the creator it will become public domain. There is a sample of the font at german wikipedia: de:Datei:Tannenberg fett (Schriftart).png. It is marked as missing TOO in Germany and as not eligable to export to commons for copyright reasons. C.Suthorn (talk) 07:26, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Excerpt from the Stuttgart Declaration of Guilt (Evangelical Church in Germany, January 1946)
Berlin Oranienburger Straße station sign (1936)
@User:C.Suthorn, ok, I think we may be getting closer to a resolution. What you say is certainly true and if I had tried to upload tanneberg.ttf, there could be no doubt that it would be an egregious breach of copyright. But I have not and will not.
Here I show two images currently on Commons that use Tannenberg typeface. Their content is out of copyright or otherwise in the public domain. Are they now to be removed from Commons because they use a typeface that is still in copyright? If so, what about the many thousands of text images on Commons where the content is public domain but the typeface used to print them is not?
So can you identify what is it about Tannenberg_fett_(Schriftart).png that makes it a problem for Commons but not the other Tannenberg typeface samples? (Tannenberg Fett.png; SC Dynamo Logo.svg (especially); FontSamples1930sGermany1.png (especially); DR 1935 577 Ostropa.jpg,many S-Bahn stations signs; etc etc - need I continue?) --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 10:53, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Convenience links: User:John Maynard Friedman, please link files when mentioning them, don't just give the filenames as plain text.
Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
File:Tannenberg Fett.png and File:FontSamples1930sGermany1.png are minimal. File:SC Dynamo Logo.svg may well be problematic because of the wings; again, the text is minimal. File:DR 1935 577 Ostropa.jpg happens to use this font in a work that has fallen into the public domain in Germany. I know that's a weird case, but I haven't ever heard of any court saying that the font's copyright status changes that. - Jmabel ! talk 16:21, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Apologies, I forgot about the option to use :[[File .
Ok, I think we have taken this as far as we can and the question can be closed. I recognise that you guys have a lot more experience of copyright law than I do, so it doesn't matter if I fail to see the logic. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 16:33, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I would like to remove a file and then put a link to our API[edit]

I would like to update an image file that is illustrating an article. I work for the museum that owns the image. I have updated our database to give what we currently believe to be the most accurate information about the painting. We are open access, so could I just get the image from our API? Honenseishi (talk) 18:36, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Honenseishi Probably, but it could be easier to update it manually. Can you please give the link to the file on Wikimedia Commons, and a link to any public/open access information from your museum? —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 18:57, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Here is our page: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.111
Here is the image that was uploaded: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Towering_Above_Wilderness_Hall.jpg
Here is the article, which I have edited: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigajiku Honenseishi (talk) 19:04, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Honenseishi Thank you for providing those links. It looks like this would be better suited for an API update. I'll get started on that. Best, —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 19:39, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Wow! Thank you! Honenseishi (talk) 19:43, 19 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Historical photos of First Nations people[edit]

Do pictures of deceased First Nations people in Australia trhat are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons have permission to be used by their families? 159.196.223.160 01:07, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Most pictures of people on Commons do not have explicit permissions by the subjects of the photos or their heirs. Where countries have laws requiring consent for photos on a privacy basis, we abide by those laws for photos from the country in question. Is there any law in Australia requiring such consent? - Jmabel ! talk 03:33, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to add title to my uploaded image?[edit]

How to add title to my uploaded image? SavijnaPrashanth (talk) 02:04, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @SavijnaPrashanth: we don't generally have a notion here of pictures having a "title". We have "description" (in {{Information}} and other similar templates) and "caption" (part of Commons:Structured data). And of course there is the file name, which in some ways functions like a title. The only place I can think of titles as such arising is for artworks (in {{Artwork}}) but generally that's not relevant to photos taken by our own users. In theory you could add a title to {{Information}} using "other fields={{InFi|title|YOUR TITLE HERE}} - Jmabel ! talk 03:38, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • But now I look and see: you don't have any uploaded images on Commons. This question here appears to be your first edit. - Jmabel ! talk 03:40, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • I assume the filename would suffice for the OP: You choose the filename as part of the upload, with the default being the filename of the file on your device. Filenames created by the camera are usually worthless, so you need to come up with a better one, usually including the name of the subject and often some other relevant info (check any category for some examples of acceptable filenames, better of worse).
    The CC licences include a mention of a "title", but it is very unusual to specify such a title for own photographs. If you are uploading a CC-licensed work that has a title, you can use the artwork template or the other_fields construct mentioned above.
    –LPfi (talk) 15:40, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Need help Finding IMO for Categorization[edit]

I captured some pictures of a boat in Toronto,Canada , but couldn't find the IMO online. Though I made the category Category:Norvic 1 Fabian Roudra Baroi (talk) 04:35, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Thank you--Fabian Roudra Baroi (talk) 16:57, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

License[edit]

gfdl முத்துமாரியப்பன் (talk) 07:23, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Cantidad de imagenes para subir al concurso ?[edit]

Quisiera saber: ¿Cuántas imágenes se pueden subir por participante para el concurso? Jmillan325 (talk) 17:57, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Jmillan325: ¿Cual concurso? ¿Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore o algún otro? Para Wiki Loves Folklore, no hay límites, pero sospecho que sería mejor enviar unos de sus mejores, no cientos de imágenes de calidad media. - Jmabel ! talk 23:48, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Muchas gracias; Jmillan325 (talk) 00:00, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Converting Videos o Webm[edit]

Whats the best and the fastest software to convert a video to webm ? Fabian Roudra Baroi (talk) 19:11, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ffmpeg is a reliable and free software. many other softwares use internally ffmpeg. webm can be VP8, VP9 or AV1. For use in Wikimedia you would use VP9 as it is better than VP8 and AV1 is not fully supported by MediaWiki. C.Suthorn (talk) 19:45, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you Fabian Roudra Baroi (talk) 18:31, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How not to share my image?[edit]

Well, let's hope when weather improves, I can help you with your problem. For now, all I can make of it, is that you've been told fy:W:Ofbyld:Kladblok.png was a test case, but you don't want to handle it because it was a test case. Maybe sometime later we'll all grow up and not get angry when things don't go your way. Aliter (talk) 22:00, 20 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That link doesn't go anywhere, and there is not (and never has been) a File:Kladblok.png on Commons. There is a fy:Ofbyld:Kladblok.png uploaded by User:Aliter. We recently had a discussion here on the help desk in which, after many digressions on User:Aliter's part (and a problem where the usual automatic way of moving an image wouldn't work for this image that lacked a license template known to Commons) I asked Aliter whether they were "concerned about preserving its history in the version that ends up on Commons, beyond crediting you and indicating what date you first uploaded to fy-wiki" and added "If that suffices, then it's pretty easy to do the move by other means. If not, then this has been all sufficiently out of proportion to an effort to move a not terribly important file to Commons that I think I'm done trying to help with this one" and never got any answer. - Jmabel ! talk 00:04, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

i am a photogrpaher, can i upload my works ?[edit]

i am a photogrpaher, can i upload my works ? Safron thinks (talk) 04:23, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Minta tolong[edit]

Bagaimana agar foto yang saya upload tidak kena copyright dan bisa digunakan? Trimk Bumidmad (talk) 13:04, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • By uploading photos you took yourself, not the work of professional photographers that you found online. - Jmabel ! talk 22:07, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Alignment[edit]

I have a photo that is in vertical format. However, if I try to upload it, it's always turned into horizontal format. How can I prevent this? A Dorschel (talk) 15:39, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@A Dorschel: You can check that the orientation information recorded in the exif data is consistent with the actual orientation of the image. Conflict between the two can happen for example if before upload the user manipulated the image with a software that changed the orientation of the image but did not change accordingly the orientation information recorded in the exif data. Please see Commons:Rotation for a more complete explanation. The four files you uploaded to Commons in 2021 and 2022 appear in the correct orientation. However please note that two of those files may have problems of a different nature. Apparently you would not be the author of the letter W.G. Sebald to Andreas Dorschel (2001) written by W. G. Sebald and probably not the owner of the copyright on his writing. Also, Gesine Probst Andreas Dorschel is a photo of a photo and, if you are the boy on the original photo, it seems unlikely that you took the original photo. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:58, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

2022 FIFA World Cup Photos[edit]

How can i upload photos from the 2022 FIFA World Cup? Are bit photos GuachulaMazurier (talk) 21:53, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to remove metadata from photo?[edit]

Hello, I would like to remove the metadata from the image File:View From Bedroom Window.jpg because it shows the coordinates of my home which makes me quite uncomfortable. It would be ok if I could just remove the coordinates. ReadRead0109802 (talk) 23:36, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@ReadRead0109802: download it, use exiftool or something similar to remove EXIF information, upload a new version, and then request deletion of the original as a courtesy because of private information in the EXIF. - Jmabel ! talk 23:55, 21 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I've just done this and revdelled the original file. @ReadRead0109802: you're all set! —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 00:20, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you! ReadRead0109802 (talk) 00:26, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Logo Image[edit]

Hi there. I saw that File:Paper Mario Logo.png was considered public domain because it does not meet the threshold for originality due to it being only geometric shapes and the like. Would the image File:Kingdom-two-crowns-logo.png that I uploaded be eligible for uploading on Commons for the same reason as Paper Mario? Thanks, The Night Watch (talk) 00:39, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Convenience links:
Jmabel ! talk 01:52, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'd say en:File:Kingdom-two-crowns-logo.png is a lot more complicated. I would doubt it's below the threshold of originality for the U.S.; kind of in what to me would be a gray zone. Can someone else say something more solid? @The Night Watch: If you don't get a solid answer here, you might take this to Commons:Village pump/Copyright, where there is usually more expertise. If you do that, spell out the links there the way I did rather than give unlinked filenames. - Jmabel ! talk 01:57, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ranking files in specific category by views?[edit]

It's possible to see the top viewed sites of Commons in general on Stats.Wikimedia. However, is it possible to rank only files within specific categories by views? A11w1ss3nd (talk) 01:20, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nonstandard pronunciation of "strategist"[edit]

This file [5] has a nonstandard pronunciagion of the word "strategist", should it perhaps be deleted? Drapetomanic (talk) 09:05, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Notifying User:Vealhurl. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:04, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Drapetomanic: File:LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-strategist.wav is in use on several Wiktionaries, so COM:NPOV says we shouldn't delete it for being incorrect until they've stopped using it. --bjh21 (talk) 13:22, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Cropping Image[edit]

Hello :), im trying to figure out how to crop out the right side of the File:Josh Okogie.jpg so it can be used for the cover image for his wikipedia page. I'm having a little trouble with figuring this out because I've never tinkered with WikiCommons before. HappyBoi3892 (talk) 18:54, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@HappyBoi3892: Commons:CropTool is the easiest way to crop an image. I've got it installed here so I'll crop it for you now. Belbury (talk) 19:01, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
ok thanks :) HappyBoi3892 (talk) 19:07, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Copyright help regarding File:Signature of Dimitrios (Ploumis) of France.png[edit]

Hello ; I did in the night and the day prior the Wikipedia pages (English and French) of Dimitrios Ploumis, who is the Eastern Orthodox Bishop in France. I wanted to put his signature on the article, so I uploaded his signature here : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signature_of_Dimitrios_(Ploumis)_of_France.png

I took it from the site of his institution but in an official communique that he sent to press and was largely commented in French press. Nevertheless, I couldn't find which License to put ; does that mean that I have to delete the signature ?

--AgisdeSparte (talk) 20:49, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @AgisdeSparte: Signatures are not eligible for copyright. Just so you know for the future, here's how to do it: [6] - Jmabel ! talk 21:47, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • But please see what you can do by way of adding appropriate categories. - Jmabel ! talk 21:50, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Template[edit]

I remember there was a template you could use on the talk image to list when a image has been used outside of Wikimedia. Anyone remember what it was called? Trade (talk) 21:31, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @Trade: {{Published}} - Jmabel ! talk 21:50, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    I see. Are you supposed to use it for tweets? Trade (talk) 03:15, 23 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • {ping|Trade}} In theory you can use it for anything. In practice, unless it was tweeted by someone well-known, it seems pretty uninteresting that someone tweeted it (unless, for example, you want to call out that they violated the license). - Jmabel ! talk 03:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Does it make sense to include pictures from media that were published before i uploaded the photo? Trade (talk) 03:19, 23 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Not really. The idea is mostly to mark images people reused from Commons. If it's something you shot and you consider the copy on Commons now the "master", then you might want to do that, though.) - Jmabel ! talk 03:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How do I get the photographer of a photo to give his rights to Wikimedia Commons to post a picture?[edit]

Hi, How do I get the photographer of a picture to give his rights to use a photograph? I have his permission to post the photo but it keeps getting taken down. Could you please give me the link and I can have him fill out what is needed? I've seen it once but it is not the easiest page to get to on the site. Thank you! Bigyankeesfan (talk) 22:57, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi Bigyankeesfan. Basically, the copyright holder's COM:CONSENT is going to need to be verified in some way. It's not enough for the copyright holder to give you permission; they need to essentially be willing to give the same consent to everyone else in the world to download the work from Commons and reuse pretty much for any purpose (including commercial and derivative uses). Moreover, once they do so, they can't change their mind at some later date. Finally, they will also be responsible for enforcing the terms of whatever license they choose. It's because of all these things, Commons wants to be as sure as it possibly can that the copyright holder is giving their consent.
You seem to have recently uploaded File:No More Masks Rally Blakeman.jpg and File:Bruce Profile Picture 2023.jpg. Are these the photos you're asking about here? Did you take these photos yourself? If you did, then you're the copyright holder and all you need to do is follow the guidance given here. If you didn't, you will need to follow the guidance given here. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:35, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Note also that you are not asking a photographer to "give his rights to Wikimedia Commons". You are asking a photographer to share his work under a free license - for example a Creative Commons attributions license - the photographer still owns rights to the photo, but has agreed that others may reuse the photo if they give proper attribution to them in accordance with the license. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 23:52, 22 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Bigyankeesfan The page you are looking for is com:VRT. C.Suthorn (talk) 05:53, 23 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

PD-USGov[edit]

May I use PD-USGov on photographs published by U.S. Embassies Flickr accounts? For example, U.S. Embassy Brasilia “licenses” its images in the public domain, therefore I could simply use {{PDMark-owner}}, but what about {{PD-USGov}}?

There’s also, for example, U.S. Embassy Tokyo. It licenses its images under CC BY-ND, not accepted by Commons. Should this license be ignored, as the photographs are produced by employees of the United States Government?

Best regards, RodRabelo7 (talk) 03:28, 23 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Upload a picture of a person to their Wikipedia article[edit]

I would like to upload a picture of a person their Wikipedia article. The picture is already in use on his Findagrave memorial and I would like to use it on Wikipedia. How can I do this? Vedlagt (talk) 06:26, 23 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Vedlagt, can you provide a link to the page where the image is? RodRabelo7 (talk) 07:05, 23 February 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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