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Image from facebook

I have uploaded a freely downloadable image from facebook, and I have clearly identified its origin and author: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vouga-ponte-mf.jpg. Is this ok and enough or is there something more that should still be done? Lslopes (talk) 14:51, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

@Lslopes No free licence is discernible at the stated source. Please send permission to COM:VRT 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 18:00, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. How should this permission look like? Lslopes (talk) 20:29, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

@Lslopes: Permission should "look like" it was given by the person who owned the copyright. In this case that did not happen, so the image doesn't belong here on Commons. Commons accepts only images that are either in the {{Public domain}} (this isn't) or where the copyright-holder has granted a free license (they didn't). - Jmabel ! talk 21:45, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

If, indeed, the copyright-holder wants to grant a license, then they can follow the instructions at COM:VRT, which describes what permission is needed. - Jmabel ! talk 21:47, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: So, is it enough that the copyright-holder declares that it is ok for the image to be uploaded in Commons, and also included in Wikipedia pages, or should it be a more general permission? Lslopes (talk) 23:34, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

I can't really imagine the scenario in which Wikipedia (in any language) would accept that image if it is not considered "free" enough for Commons.

Commons, as I said above, accepts only images that are either in the {{Public domain}} (this isn't) or where the copyright-holder has granted a free license. So we would need them to grant such a license.

The simplest way for Manuel Ferreira to grant a license would simply be to state in a comment on the thread at https://www.facebook.com/skyviewmf/photos/a.113469703519886/262372808629574/ what license he is offering (or he can go through COM:VRT, as I first suggested above, but now that I've looked more closely that would probably be overkill in this case). Do note that per COM:L it must be a license that allows derivative works and commercial use. He can require attribution. Typically, the simplest licenses for this are {{CC-BY-4.0}} or {{CC-BY-SA-4.0}}; the latter license is "viral", in that requires that any derivative works also carry that same license.

If you reach out to him, though, do make sure that he understands that if he grants such a license, it cannot be revoked later. We've had a few people not understand that, and been quite angry later. - Jmabel ! talk 23:59, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Give me 2 or 3 days to check this with Manuel Ferreira. Lslopes (talk) 10:35, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello; so is it enough for Manuel Ferreira do add a response in https://www.facebook.com/skyviewmf/photos/a.113469703519886/262372808629574/ saying something like this:

"I, as author of the above image, authorize that the image is uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and used in Wikipedia under the licence CC-BY-4.0. You are free to share and to to remix under the following conditions: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use." ? Lslopes (talk) 15:24, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

@Lslopes: that would be great. (No specific reason for him to name Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, but no harm, either.) The only thing I'd change is to ask him also to link https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (so more like "under the license CC-BY-4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)") Then bring it to COM:Undeletion requests, and it will certainly be restored. - Jmabel ! talk 21:31, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Everything is done; I am waiting for a response in the undeletion requests page. Lslopes (talk) 15:28, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

How do I upload large (2 GB) PDF files?

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T355433

Using Upload Wizard I get error: The file mwstore://local-swift-codfw/local-temp/d/dd/1an8dgb0q6ow.gr4vk6.12187057.pdf.0 does not exist. MikhasikRV (talk) 20:45, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

@MikhasikRV: Hi, and welcome. What is in the files you have been uploading that makes them so large? Also, why do they have such weird names? Please see COM:FN.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 23:30, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

Those are metric books (church records) from archives, you can see examples here: https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B2:%D0%94%D0%90%D0%96%D0%9E/1/74

A book can have 1000-2000 pages.

I have no idea why Upload Wizard changes the name of the file. Before uploading names make sense.

Anyway, how do I upload large (2 GB) PDF files? MikhasikRV (talk) 07:45, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

@MikhasikRV: Please see User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js, doc at User talk:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js, and help at Help:Chunked upload.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 13:11, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, but I get error:

01240: 363/367> Chunk uploaded

01240: 364/367> in progress Upload: 100%

01243: 364/367> Chunk uploaded

01243: 365/367> in progress Upload: 100%

01246: 365/367> Chunk uploaded

01246: 366/367> in progress Upload: 100%

01250: 366/367> Chunk uploaded

01250: 367/367> in progress Upload: 94%

01316: 367/367> Server error 504 after uploading chunk: Response: upstream request timeout

01316: 367/367> upload in progress Upload: 95%

01333: FAILED: internal_api_error_DBQueryError: [063644c9-e756-4e1d-a740-8f8e1be769e4] Caught exception of type Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError

[1]https://imgur.com/a/Uytnrt6 MikhasikRV (talk) 16:38, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

@MikhasikRV: That is sad. Please keep trying.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 16:47, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Should I just try the same again and again? Or do something else? MikhasikRV (talk) 19:54, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

This is known bug, unfortunately. Yann (talk) 20:04, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Is there a workaround maybe? MikhasikRV (talk) 20:49, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

Is there a sensible way to split the PDFs into multiple smaller files? —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 21:47, 17 January 2024 (UTC)

I guess, I could split them in half, but it makes it less convenient for readers... The other way is to use less resolution of images inside, but again, less resolution - less details.

I thought maybe there's a workaround to upload large PDFs as they are. MikhasikRV (talk) 08:48, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

If you have trouble uploading a 2 MB file, readers will have trouble downloading it. Break your file down into manageable chunks (say 10 to 20 MB chunks. Remember that the Internet usually restricts e-mail messages (including attachments) to 20 MB. Martinvl (talk) 09:18, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

@MikhasikRV UploadWizard will only upload files 600MB or smaller reliably and nearly never a file of more than 1.2GB. You can however upload files up to 4GiB (4.27GB) with other tools. chunkedupload by Rillke (mentioned above) is most easy, as you can use it without installing any software.

At the moment I have the same error that you get but with a webm file. It seems a new error was introduced to the Wikimedia-Server software that makes it impossible to upload some large files. I asked @TheDJ about it on their user talk page but have no answer or fix until now.

You can keep trying to upload the file. You can file a bug report at phab:. You can wait between a minute and 10 years. The last one seems the most successful approach. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 09:37, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Pinging @Sannita (WMF) as well.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 10:18, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Please remember I'm a volunteer with not responsibilities and no dedicated schedule. Problems (when confirmed to be problems) should be filed in Phabricator, where I may or may not participate in analysing and/or solving them, but where it also becomes visible to people OTHER than me. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:42, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

OK, I will try to upload later and file a bug report too. Thank you. MikhasikRV (talk) 12:16, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

@Martinvl nobody needs to download the full file. MediaWiki breaks it down into individual pages that can be selected on the file desription page (this also works for tiff and djvu. Audio and Video files get transcoded by MediaWiki software into smaller versions). There is never a need to break down a file for upload. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 09:40, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

@Martinvl: 2 GB, not 2 MB.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 10:11, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

@CalendulaAsteraceae there is no need to split a file of 2GB and there is no guarantee that splitting the file is a workaround. May be some of the splitted files will upload but others will not. The MediaWiki software is supposed to handle every allowed (free format, free license) of up to 4GiB. If it does not, it is not the error of the user, but the error of the software and developers need to fix it. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 09:45, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

 Comment For what it is worth, my experience is that uploading a big file (>500 MB) works better with a fast connection. There are probably time-outs on the server side (yes, these shouldn't happen), but less time-outs make the probability to complete greater. Yann (talk) 12:28, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

I have 100 MBit/sec connection. Isn't it fast enough? MikhasikRV (talk) 12:36, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, it is. But Mbit or Mbyte? Yann (talk) 13:00, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

100 megabits/sec, which is 12 megabytes/sec.

As far as I see, it takes barely 10 megaBITS / sec when uploading something to wiki. MikhasikRV (talk) 15:25, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

A fast and reliable internet connection will ofcourse make uploading easyier and a more friendly experience. But there is a class of failed (large) uploads that fail because of a time-out at the change from the assembling stage to the publishing stage (and it has nothing to do with upload speed or reliability of the internet connection). Rillke's bigchunkeduploads will mostly avoid this class of error; my own (private) upload tool and the Android "Offroader" upload app are specifically designed to circumvent this type of upload error. However the error experienced by @MikhasikRV and me at the moment is a completetly different one (the already uploaded and assembled file on the server is not found by the server software in the server's file system) and can only be resolved by developers. It can also only be analyzed by people with access to the server logs (like @TheDJ or @Sannita (WMF)). So if someone who has this access and wants to work on it: I can offer a file that is affected by the error and that i could only upload in part, so a developer can try to upload it with Rillke's tool until them succeeds and the problem is identified and hopefully resolved. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 15:15, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Just FYI, I don't have access to server logs. I can ask around to understand who has access, and check, but I don't guarantee anything. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 20:08, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

@MikhasikRV: As C.Suthorn already suggested, please open a Phabricator ticket about it. If you need help for it, please let me know (with a {{Ping}} here or on my talk page) and I'll draft a ticket for you so that you can revisit it. As for the solution, I cannot guarantee you anything unfortunately. I don't think it's gonna be a priority for the next ~ 6 months, but at least we can put it on the radar of our developers. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 13:22, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

I will try to open a ticket, thank you. I have no experience in this, so if you can draft it, I would highly appreciate it. MikhasikRV (talk) 14:03, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

@MikhasikRV Ok, I can give you a hand with that. Can you please describe me in detail what is the problem? I'm not sure I got it right from the discussion. Is it only a problem of dimensions of the file or something is not working with the UploadWizard? Sannita (WMF) (talk) 17:15, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

From the provided error message: "Using Upload Wizard I get error: The file mwstore://local-swift-codfw/local-temp/d/dd/1an8dgb0q6ow.gr4vk6.12187057.pdf.0 does not exist": That is not a problem with the file, its size or the upload tool (client side) the file was successfully uploaded to the upload stash. The upload was ready. But then there was an error server side: The server wanted to do somethings with the file that was uploaded but not yet published. But the file was lost on the server. You can search the logs of the server for "1an8dgb0q6ow.gr4vk6.12187057.pdf" and work from there. I don't know how long these logs are kept, they may already have been deleted? C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 17:32, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

When I try to upload PDF files bigger than 1.5 GB (I cannot tell you the exact maximum size, maybe it's 1.4 GB, but definitely everything bigger than 1.5 GB) using Upload Wizard, it gives me an error "The file mwstore://local-swift-codfw/local-temp/d/dd/1an8dgb0q6ow.gr4vk6.12187057.pdf.0 does not exist." - obviously the name of the file is given randomly by server and it changes each time I upload a file.

When I use User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js to upload same file, it gives error "01203: FAILED: internal_api_error_DBQueryError: [e7d19154-c94b-4562-98d6-40be70bf6b79] Caught exception of type Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError" MikhasikRV (talk) 18:03, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

@MikhasikRV I opened a bug at phab:T355433. I can't guarantee anything about when it will be seen by the dev team, but I'll try to get it on their radar. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 15:14, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much! MikhasikRV (talk) 07:35, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

I can confirm that I have the same problem uploading FLAC files > 2GB Wilfredor (talk) 10:49, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Is this image public domain?

Moved to Commons:Village pump/Copyright

Using pictures owned by someone else and I have his permission to use them.

I am adding pictures to an existing page of a live person. I personally asked him for pictures to use. He sent me pictures that he owns.

His instructions: He gives me permission to use, but he does not want the pictures used on any other page without his permission.

Questions: How do I say I do not own the pictures, but I have the owner's permission? What licensing do I use, if any, to prevent anyone else from using them without his permission?

Thank you Jimmyhtz (talk) 00:32, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jimmyhtz: Hi, and welcome. Please have the copyright owner (the photographer, not generally the subject) send permission via VRT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 00:43, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

I should point out, however - "he does not want the pictures used on any other page without his permission" - sorry, that's not an option. If he doesn't want the pictures used anywhere else, then don't put them on Commons. DS (talk) 21:41, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

And, assuming you are talking about English-language Wikipedia, for pictures of a living person you will run into more or less the same issues there. Commons simply doesn't accept non-free images, and en-wiki generally doesn't accept such images for living people. (en-wiki have been known to make limited exceptions for images that are historically important in their own right; Commons does not.) - Jmabel ! talk 21:47, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Unofficial Logo Deletion Request

Unofficial Logo Deletion Request The logo at the address below has been retired and should be deleted immediately to prevent incorrect logo use. (https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosya:In%C3%B6n%C3%BC_%C3%BCniversitesi_logo.gif) UFUKLIVE (talk) 08:54, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@UFUKLIVE: Hi, and welcome. We don't delete historical logos like File:Inönü üniversitesi logo.gif, we keep them for use in historical logo sections of Wikipedia articles. Please use internal links and upload a replacement or replacements for use in such sections and current infoboxes in such articles, and link them together via "other_versions". If you can't upload such replacements, please at least link them in the descriptions or upload to Wikipedias like English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 11:34, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Hi Jeff, Thank you for your detailed information. The reason for our request to remove this old unofficial logo is to prevent people from making the mistake of still using this unofficial and outdated logo from Google searches. The deletion of this unofficial logo, which is not included in İnönü University's Corporate Identity Guide, is a very sensitive issue for the İnönü University. Please respond positively to this humble request and remove this old logo from your systems.

Yours sincerely, UFUKLIVE (talk) 06:48, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

@UFUKLIVE: I'm sorry, but this absolutely will not happen. This is like if someone asked a newspaper to remove a news story from its archives because it no longer reflected the current situations. Commons is a media repository associated with encyclopedias. Things that are of historical interest are just as important as things that are current. - Jmabel ! talk 21:10, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

@UFUKLIVE: Was it ever official? If not, how could it be retired? Where may we find the official one? Are you willing to make that free enough for COM:L?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 13:55, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Historic England

Is it just me or does the listed building England template redirect to the Historic England website instead of the individual list entry? example here No Swan So Fine (talk) 11:25, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@No Swan So Fine: It looks like URLs beginning "www." now redirect to the root of the site. I'll update the templates. --bjh21 (talk) 11:43, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@No Swan So Fine: (ec) Hi. The link in File:Frampton Cotterell War Memorial.jpg is to https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1426468, but that is converted by the site to https://historicengland.org.uk/; perhaps if you could point us to the correct listing format, {{Listed building England}} could be updated. Please use internal links. Pinging @Multichill as template author.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 11:45, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G., @No Swan So Fine: All fixed, I think. --bjh21 (talk) 11:47, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@Bjh21: Thanks!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 11:48, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

A document adding to the article of Selim Herkmen

Selim Herkmen is my grandfather and I have his photos and a document which shows his duties along his life as a state clerk/officer. Would you mind explaining me how I can add photos and document into his article?

Best regards,

Dim Herkmen Herkmed (talk) 15:21, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@Herkmed: To answer this we would need to know:

What country?

When were the photos taken?

When, if ever, were the photos first published?

Who took the photos? (In particular, are you the heir to the intellectual property of the photographer?)

(Similar questions for the document)

Also (this will matter in certain scenarios), what language Wikipedia are you concerned with?

Further remark: if you are writing in Wikipedia about your own grandfather then you probably need to declare a conflict of interest. See en:WP:COI for the English-language Wikipedia's policies on how to do this; there are analogous (but not necessarily identical) policies in the other Wikipedias. - Jmabel ! talk 21:53, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Здравствуйте. Хотел бы загрузить фото с картины автора, он разрешил и сообщил что неск. лет назад разрешил википедии использовать фото это свободно по лицензии. находящееся здесь на вики складе, название произведения: Вид_на_Воскресенский_храм_в_Воронеже,_2009_г.jpg ‎(580 × 439 пкс, размер файла: 86 Кб, MIME-тип: image/jpeg)

Здравствуйте. Хотел бы загрузить фото с картины автора Пыльнева А. Н., к тексту в статью Воронеж-википедия "Вклад в культуру" он разрешил и сообщил что неск. лет назад разрешил википедии использовать фото это свободно по лицензии, находящееся здесь на вики складе, название произведения: Вид_на_Воскресенский_храм_в_Воронеже,_2009_г.jpg ‎(580 × 439 пкс, размер файла: 86 Кб, MIME-тип: image/jpeg) Ивсем (talk) 15:46, 22 January 2024 (UTC) С ув.

Hello. I would like to upload a photo from the author’s painting, he allowed it and said that several. years ago I allowed Wikipedia to use the photo freely under a license. located here on the wiki warehouse, title of the work: View_of_the_Resurrection_Church_in_Voronezh,_2009_.jpg ‎(580 × 439 px, file size: 86 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Hello. I would like to upload a photo from the painting by the author A. N. Pylnev, to the text in the Voronezh-Wikipedia article “Contribution to Culture”, he allowed it and said that several. years ago I allowed Wikipedia to use the photo freely under a license, located here in the wiki warehouse, title of the work: View_of_the_Resurrection_Church_in_Voronezh,_2009_g.jpg ‎(580 × 439 px, file size: 86 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 02:09, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@Ивсем: Привет и добро пожаловать. Я вижу File:Вид на Воскресенский храм в Воронеже, 2009 г.jpg. Чтобы использовать его в статье, перейдите по ссылке en:H:PIC или ru:ВП:И. Пожалуйста, используйте внутренние ссылки.

Hi, and welcome. I see File:Вид на Воскресенский храм в Воронеже, 2009 г.jpg. To use it in an article, please follow en:H:PIC or ru:ВП:И. Please use internal links.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 02:09, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

add photo in commons to a page in English Wikipedia

I have in Wikipedia Commons a photo that I took of the Mathew Henson statue that I would like to add to his page where it is referenced. not sure how to do this? Thanks Camdenship (talk) 16:56, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Please, see en:Help:Introduction_to_images_with_Wiki_Markup/3. Ruslik (talk) 19:34, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

Bob Cools

I have copy from the %th May when Bob Cools decided to giove permission https://scontent-jnb1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/414048236_7373632669324759_7880185449745014862_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=3635dc&_nc_eui2=AeF1rBE11KWxijyaN1SpRuG7WG8A3_uTmr9YbwDf-5Oav2YbN3fl7vAO1Sbczx4im9wGPWCC0rRLUzMD28hgn-R3&_nc_ohc=yZv3or1zHb0AX-9oQjE&_nc_oc=AQkf3Iogq7hGa8K4JsKlpBwHNznXiZK02-aG-yGn7ZAgXnojrDmKzDdxfPpM9Q6q5fI&_nc_ht=scontent-jnb1-1.xx&oh=00_AfC42Q7mAgudAAdqBDt993-fF0hbF4YePf0ShKlw8_4b_A&oe=65B434C6 Marc Vogels (talk) 18:54, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@Marc Vogels: Please have that person send permission via VRT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 01:56, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@Marc Vogels: I intended for you to click on that link VRT, read that page, and comply with the instructions there.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 10:09, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

interactive map of all photo uploads?

I am having trouble finding the link to this, it is an interactive map which you can search by zip code/city/image type etc that shows where photos were uploaded from geographically. send me the link if you can find it, thx! Andyneuuu (talk) 19:27, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@Andyneuuu: Hi, and welcome. You may be looking for https://wikimap.toolforge.org/ or https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php .   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 01:54, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Duplicate image of a salade niçoise?

These two images of a salade niçoise are clearly the same photograph, even though the actual images are different because of different image sizes, compositions and white balances. They have been uploaded by different users at different times and neither of them mentions the other. Is this a case of a derivative work or something? JIP (talk) 23:46, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@JIP: From some digging into the histories on Commons, on Wikipedia and on flickr, this is apparently what happened:

• A Commons user, not the author, uploaded to Commons from flickr in 2006 the file "File:Salade niçoise ingredients.jpg", which was the version of the photo that was on flickr at that point in time in 2006. The uploader correctly attributed it to the flickr user Paul Goyette and tagged it with the free license and it was flickr reviewed.
• Probably still in 2006, the photographer, the flickr user Paul Goyette, noticed that the file was used in Wikipedia, as he mentioned in the comments on the flickr page.
• On 31 January 2008, the photographer replaced on flickr the older version with the new better version, as he mentioned in the description on the flickr page "(1/31/08 -- improved white balance and replaced)". And the next day, 1 February 2008, he, the photographer, uploaded to Commons the file "File:Salade nicoise.jpg", which is the improved version, with his own Wikimedia account, User:Canterel. He correctly described it as his own work and he multi-licensed it with "self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all".
• N.B.: We can know that the flickr user Paul Goyette and the Commons user Canterel is the same person, the photographer, from the comments by Paul Goyette on the flickr page photos/joshmt/339896457, together with this edit by Canterel on Wikipedia (which was the addition of the file "File:Half smoke with chips.jpg", correctly attributed to a flickr colleague and tagged). That requires some exploration but the conclusion seems certain.
• So, Commons has the two versions and, although the information is different between the two files, the information on each file is legitimate and accurate.

-- Asclepias (talk) 02:37, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

CropTool is down?

It seems that the CropTool (https://croptool.toolforge.org) is down? Is this temporary or has it been like this a while...? - Blue.painting (talk) 01:07, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@Blue.painting: The latest news is at Commons talk:CropTool#Not working!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 01:50, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

See how many articles are using images you've uploaded

The title speaks for itself. I recall using a Wikitool or site of some kind a while back which showed a list of all images I had uploaded in order of most used on Wikipedia articles. I cannot find this anymore. Would anyone happen to know what it is? Any leads are appreciated. PascalHD (talk) 05:32, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@PascalHD: Hi, and welcome. Please see Glamorous and the details checkboxes there.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 09:57, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Ah this is it! Thank you! PascalHD (talk) 14:59, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@PascalHD: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 19:30, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

iTunes screenshot upload

Hello..

How do I upload iTunes screenshot image to common. I want to use it as a reference to a song that top the iTunes chart Princeisrael2728 (talk) 09:35, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@Princeisrael2728: Hi, and welcome. Please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the image photographer / designer and iTunes license it on their official website or social media, or send the image and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 09:55, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: it is very unlikely that en-wiki will accept an iTunes screenshot; it is unlikely to become part of an article, and so it is almost certainly out of their allowance for non-free use.

@Princeisrael2728: there is no need to upload something to Commons to use it as a reference. Just cite it correctly. You might do well to keep a copy of the screenshot for yourself in case anyone doubts your reference, but references for en-wiki articles do not need to be readily available online. For example, there is nothing unusual about citing a book. - Jmabel ! talk 20:45, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Resize and save edit window?

Hopefully there is an easy solution to this problem. When I create a new category I have to scroll down to make the markup buttons visible to use then I scroll back up to add the name of the category. I rarely use more than two lines in the edit window and would like to permanently shrink my window from the default (the scrolling adds time to the category creations). I see the resize icon in the lower right corner and I can resize up and also to the left but I can't find a way to save that window size as my default. Cheers. Nimbus227 (talk) 18:44, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

good suggestion. i believe this can be done with a user script, that changes the source code <div class="oo-ui-layout ext-WikiEditor-twopanes-TwoPaneLayout" style="height: 337px;"> to height:248px (smallest possible in my browser, dont know why).

but i'm not good enough to write the script. RZuo (talk) 19:02, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Gah 46.237.67.111 19:08, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

I got there! The code to add to your css page (I had to create one) is in this MediaWiki news sheet. I changed 50 to 10 to get a narrow edit window. Nimbus227 (talk) 19:56, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@Nimbus227 thx for the tip! just being curious, how did you track down that news sheet? RZuo (talk) 11:57, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

I guessed that the problem was related to the WikiMedia software and searched the manuals, help pages and talk pages of help pages until I found it (using the terms resize or edit window). Although I still have the browsing history I can't retrace the exact pages I navigated. I tried the trick on my Wiki:en css and it worked, I had to create a css page here on Commons, same format as the Wikipedia one. This tip ought to be added somewhere visible to the Commons editing help pages and a further thought is that the default edit window for new users should be smaller (enough for a few lines of wikitext) and the css trick could be used to make it bigger. I'm still scrolling down when I don't need to due to muscle memory! Cheers. Nimbus227 (talk) 12:49, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

biography

jpg of passport sourced from public records Mulcahy198 (talk) 21:40, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@Mulcahy198: I'm afraid that doesn't give nearly enough context to answer you. - Jmabel ! talk 22:39, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

2 defective binaural audio files

I have recorded two binaural audio files. Unfortunately, the recorder only recorded the first second and then deleted it again. However, I have a backup and I have uploaded it. The two tracks for left and right are not next to each other but behind each other in the file. I also don't know which track is left and which is right and the beginnings are not synchronised. Is there something like an audio workshop on Commons or can someone else take care of the files and put them together properly so that they can be listened to binaurally?

• File:Stuttgart hält zusammen.flac (1h36m)
• File:Antisemitismusbeauftragter des Bundeslandes Baden-Württemberg Michael Blume auf dem Marktplatz vor dem Rathaus in Stuttgart, Key Speaker der Kundgebung Stuttgart hält zusammen spricht über die Bundestagspetition für ein AfD-Verbot.flac (34 seconds)

C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 22:15, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

@C.Suthorn: Commons:Graphic Lab/Video and sound workshop. - Jmabel ! talk 22:40, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

What's the easiest-to-use archiving system?

Hi, I'm an enthusiastic editor and contributor, but I'm not, let's say, technically gifted.

I can see there are lots of options for automated archiving of my discussion page. But they all look difficult to me! Anyone with a recommendation for me? MatthewDalhousie (talk) 02:38, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

You could just follow up the approach at User talk:Fæ, using your account name instead of his. - Jmabel ! talk 04:18, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Nice tip, thanks @Jmabel.

MatthewDalhousie (talk) 04:57, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

@MatthewDalhousie: You can do this automatically with ArchiverBot, and to quickly use a standard setup for ArchiverBot, simply place {{subst:User:Jeff G./usertalksetup}} at the top of your user talk page.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 19:20, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Goodo - only I'd put in my User name, yes?

MatthewDalhousie (talk) 22:56, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Okay, please help me @Jeff G.. What am I doing wrong here MatthewDalhousie (talk) 22:59, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

@MatthewDalhousie: Using your own username.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 23:25, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

I can see it's now solved. You're a prince. Thank you.

MatthewDalhousie (talk) 23:59, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

@MatthewDalhousie: You're welcome. ArchiverBot should get to your user talk page within about 25 minutes after it starts running at 07:45 UTC each day.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 00:07, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Photo of Elizabeth M. Rochford

Possibly the photo under discussion

How can you remove a photo and add a new photo? Stacieryan (talk) 16:04, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

@Stacieryan: Hi,

With so little information, it is difficult to answer. Which photo? To be removed from where? Yann (talk) 16:18, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for getting back to me. My boss, (Justice) Elizabeth M. Rochford did a search of her name and she wants to know if she can change the photo? Stacieryan (talk) 16:20, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

@Stacieryan Are you talking about the the photo in the top right corner in the English Wikipedia article Elizabeth Rochford? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:32, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes. Can we upload or send a new photo to replace that one? Stacieryan (talk) 16:54, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

@Stacieryan Yes, if it's done correctly, we're very strict about copyright around here.

Simplest way is probably this: YOU go and take a new picture of her with your own camera. That makes you the copyright holder of said image and you can "give it to the world", so to speak. Upload that image here (and take the time to read the info). Then you can come back here and tell us it's done, and I or someone else will add it to the WP-article, unless it's even worse or something.

If you are thinking of a specific, existing image, you have to get the copyright holder (usually the photographer) to register their own account and upload it themselves. Hope this helps. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:06, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

@Stacieryan: Also please read en:WP:COI because you'll need to disclose that Rochford is your employer on English Wikipedia. Abzeronow (talk) 17:21, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Only if she actually EDITS English Wikipedia. But since I'm offering to do it, it's not necessary at this point. But yes, if you want to do stuff on en-WP, COI becomes important. Supplying us with better pictures is something we're quite happy for COI-people to do. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:27, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for this information. I will discuss her options with her tomorrow and get back to you. Stacieryan (talk) 17:56, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

hello, i can i delete an uploaded file?

i uploaded 2 pictures now i have to delete them, how can i do that? Gurbani N (talk) 06:02, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

@Gurbani N: if it's been less than 7 days since you uploaded them, you can copy and paste {{subst:my bad upload}} to the files. Abzeronow (talk) 17:24, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

And if not, you can nominate if for deletion, just as if it were uploaded by anyone else. (For example, if it is a copyright violation, it will readily be deleted.) - Jmabel ! talk 21:14, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

St George Coptic Orthodox Church

Does anyone know the details about this image? Have seen it around but can't recall details. Sardaka (talk) 08:44, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

@Sardaka, if you don't get a good reply here, you could try Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:20, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Duitse soldaten gesneuveld op 11 mei te Hoeselt bij een treffen met Belgische soldaten van het 11de linie regiment

Hoe of waar kan ik terecht, om te achterhalen of er Duitse soldaten gesneuveld ( en ) of gewond zijn, te Hoeselt op 11 mei 1940 bij een treffen met Belgische soldaten, alwaar één Belgische is gesneuveld van het 11de Linie Regiment 2A02:1810:CC3D:1A00:CD54:40A7:98EF:A356 15:39, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

You can try Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities or perhaps Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history. Those are on en-WP, and you're expected to use English. Possibly Dutch WP has similar places, but probably with fewer users. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:29, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Xisitrus

¿Que tipo de archivo de texto admite Wiki? Xisitrus (talk) 16:36, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons (esto sitio del web) no admite archivos de texto. - Jmabel ! talk 21:26, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Adding information to image summary

I just uploaded a photograph of a painting, but I don't know how to edit the summary beyond basic information like description, date, source and author. I see other uploads of paintings has information like artist, title, object type, etc. But "artist" is not listed as a parameter on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Information. How can I add information like this to the images I upload? Agoliversen (talk) 18:41, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

@Agoliversen: Right. {{Information}} is not the correct template to do that. You'd probably want to use {{Artwork}} instead. - Jmabel ! talk 21:29, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Other related templates are {{Art Photo}}, {{Photograph}}, {{Book}} and {{Map}},

Also, it's possible to add almost any named field to any of these templates, including {{Information}}, by using the "other fields" or "other fields 1" parameter (depending on desired placement), along with a filled -out {{Infi}}. - Jmabel ! talk 21:37, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Got it, thanks:) Agoliversen (talk) 19:06, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

mathematics

I have a idea which maximum people don't know which was created by newton and want to express how newton made easy way to find value of pi to high precision with tips how they think of Anshuman trip (talk) 13:14, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

@Anshuman trip: Hi, and welcome. You may present your idea at en:Talk:Pi, with reference to en:Pi#Infinite series. @Pi.1415926535: FYI.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 16:32, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Can I add images from another language to here?

Im trying to add an image of Kariman Hanza here but I just want to know if its possible to add an image of her from the arabic wiki Site of image:https://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81:%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A9.jpg ItsMeGabeProductions (talk) 16:07, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

@ItsMeGabeProductions: Hi, and welcome. No, we cannot host it at present because that photo, ar:ملف:صورة شخصية كاريمان حمزة.jpg, is nonfree, from Egyptian Press via https://www.aljazeera.net/misc/2024/1/1/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B0%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A - we would need permission from the copyright holder (the photographer or their agency) via VRT or VRT/ar.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 16:27, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Copyright problems

I'm unsure about the first two lines that I am going to add in a second. Can someone just quickly check it out?

Here:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parrot_standard.png Z80Spectrum (talk) 17:51, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

@Yann: I'm confused by your subsequent edit. Yes the original upload has a source (which I've clarified with subsequent edits, because it wasn't actually indicated what it derived from), but I don't see any source for the later upload. - Jmabel ! talk 18:59, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: It is explained in the description: A rendering of Image:Parrot.red.macaw.1.arp.750pix.jpg on the ZX Spectrum standard display. To me, this means the uploader made a screenshot of a File:Parrot.red.macaw.1.arp.750pix.jpg displayed on a ZX Spectrum. Yann (talk) 19:15, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

@Yann: so you are saying that would apply both to the original image here and he one uploaded over it?

@4throck: you're the one who uploaded over someone else's image here. Can you explain what's going on? - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I added colorbars to the parrot image, as they help illustrate aspects discussed in the article ZX Spectrum graphic modes. The original color bars (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RGB_24bits_palette_color_test_chart.png) were already used for similar purposes (ilustrate computer palettes) and are public domain.

As far as I'm concerned, these parrot images are not artistic, creative or original. They are simple illustrations of technical limitations of specific computers.

What's going on is that user Z80Spectrum, probably frustrated by his contributions to the ZX Spectrum graphic modes article being Original Research, is now going over article images and raising these kind of issues. 4throck (talk) 22:46, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

You didn't explain why you still refuse to upload the source image to Commons (currently on a third-party website), and to clearly state that you are the author of the modified gradients. Are you the author of the modified gradients? Z80Spectrum (talk) 00:04, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

(sorry to interject) Apparently, he made a "screenshot", but of another file: image on a third-party website Z80Spectrum (talk) 19:28, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes. IMO the right part doesn't have a copyright. It is a standard gradient of colors. Yann (talk) 19:32, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I would like the gradients discussed by an copyright expert. In my opinion, there is substantial work required to produce those gradients, such that they match perfectly with the the ZX Spectrum color-cells. Z80Spectrum (talk) 19:40, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

The amount of work doesn't matter to determine a copyright. It is the originality and/or creativity. Yann (talk) 19:45, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

It might be original and creative to fit the gradient bars to exactly match the ZX Spectrum color-cells. But, I'm no expert on the matter. I would like an opinion of the expert. The composed image in question is a very good test image, much better than any of its components alone. Z80Spectrum (talk) 20:05, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Source image / copyright confusion

The uploader of | this image claims it is "own work".

However, the actual source image appears to be this one: | source image.

Apparently, the source image is not uploaded to Commons. I have complained on the image discussion page, and to the uploader.

What else should I do? What template is appropriate for this situation? Z80Spectrum (talk) 18:58, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Do note File:Parrot.red.macaw.1.arp.750pix.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 19:01, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

That is only half of the image. The second half (modified gradients) is more problematic. Z80Spectrum (talk) 19:08, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Audio reread of SiIvaGunner article; requesting to overwrite old audio file

Hey there, I have just reread the articled SiIvaGunner and would like to have my version published.m However, as I created a Wikimedia Commons account for this purpose, my account is too new to do so. Can someone please review my submission and update the file if it passes? Thank you! Nuiikid (talk) 20:19, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

@Nuiikid: May I assume you are talking about File:En-SiIvaGunner-article-Reread.ogg and asking someone decide whether it is an improvement over File:En-SiIvaGunner-article.ogg? (If so, you really could have linked those yourself instead of leaving someone else to reconstruct what you are talking about.) - Jmabel ! talk 21:02, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I absolutely forgot to link my files! that's a big misstep on my part. But yes, that is correct. Nuiikid (talk) 21:30, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

At a quick listen, I wouldn't say either of these is particularly better or worse than the other. As with images, we can host two versions of something. I don't see any good reason to have one of these overwrite the other (and the descriptions of who is being heard would remain different in any case).

Speaking of the descriptions of who is being heard, I am a bit surprised/confused and hope you won't take offense, but the voice that is described as being "female" at File:En-SiIvaGunner-article.ogg sounds more typically male than the voice that is described as "male" at File:En-SiIvaGunner-article-Reread.ogg. Normally, I would never raise any question about gender on something like this, but I raise it because this is with reference to an article about audio pranking. - Jmabel ! talk 20:31, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Hey there, I believe the person who first read the article was a transgender female, while I am a male that has not gone through puberty yet. Sory for the confusion, I just believed a reread would be needed as the article and its information have grown. Nuiikid (talk) 13:30, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi, I want to upload my original research paper, but it won't let me?

Hi, I want to upload my original research paper, but it won't let me? Antonio M. Lax (talk) 23:25, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

• More information, please. To start with, why do you think your research paper would be in scope for Wikimedia Commons? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 23:36, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Possibly mislabelled photo?

Hi, a non-Wikipedian has questioned whether one of the photos on Wikimedia Commons is mislabelled to the wrong individual. The photo is this one: File:Lt. Alexander Dunn VC, 11th Hussars 1854.jpg However, on the Talk page for the article on Dunn, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Alexander_Roberts_Dunn, it's been suggested that the photo is actually of Col. John Douglas, commander of the 11th Hussars. Both Douglas and Dunn were with the British Army at the charge of the Light Brigade, so there may be some confusion. Could someone take a look at this? I don't have the historical background to make a call on it. Thanks! Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 02:52, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi, The source website for the file describes this image as a portrait of Douglas and there are other images described as portraits of Dunn. -- Asclepias (talk) 03:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

@Asclepias: What is stopping you from renaming File:Lt. Alexander Dunn VC, 11th Hussars 1854.jpg?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 14:23, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Pregunta

Buenas, una pregunta que pasaría si la Bandera y Escudo de Armas (general) no tiene marca registrada, es posible que Wikimedia lo acepta?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 17:54, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Para Commons, marca registrada no tiene mucha importancia. Si una imagen tiene una marca registrada, lo indicamos con {{Trademarked}}. Lo que importa es derechs del autor (copyright). - Jmabel ! talk 20:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Deletion Request since 20.01., did i something wrong?

Hi, i need maybe help.. i nominate a file for deletion, because of own personal Metadata on the file. I replaced the file in the article with a picture without Metadate. Now iam waiting of deletion of this file, but nothing happens since 8 Day´s. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schirmm%C3%BCtze_Heer.jpg) FrankGrau (talk) 21:27, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

• @FrankGrau: Barring unusual circumstances, seven days would be the minimum for a DR. A month or two is more typical. Is there an emergency here, and if so why? - Jmabel ! talk 22:35, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
• Also, your explanation of why you want it deleted is extremely unclear. You say you "changed it for" something else (I presume another image) but don't indicate what that image is. Nor do you explain what "metadates" (presumably "metadata") here is problematic.
• If it is easier for you to write clearly in German than in English, feel free to use German. But explain on the DR, not here. I'm not at all surprised that a DR with an unclear rationale has not moved forward. - Jmabel ! talk 22:39, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

  Thanks for your help! It works. FrankGrau (talk) 09:38, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

How to delete duplicate Commons category?

Hello, I just noticed that the category Garou (singer) has a duplicate on Commons, and I would like to remove one of them (one contains fewer images). You can see both here: [2]. Please help me sort this out, thanks! Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 12:25, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Revirvlkodlaku: For me, that search returns Garou (singer) (a gallery), Category:Garou (singer) (a category), and Category:Garou (a disambiguation category). So either someone has already solved the problem or you're confusing galleries and categories. The gallery at Garou (singer) is meant to contain a curated selection of images of Garou, while the category at Category:Garou (singer) should contain all the images. See Commons:Galleries for more information about galleries. --bjh21 (talk) 12:45, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@bjh21, ah yes, that's exactly what I've done. Thanks for clearing it up! Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 13:38, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

How to determine whether Youtube Video is CC-BY or not?

Hello, I think I need some help. I just noticed that not all youtube videos are CC-BY (Originally I thought all are CC-BY). Is there any smart method for determining that? Thanks a lot XDXD EleniXDD (talk) 13:44, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@EleniXDD: Hello, Most videos on YouTube are not licensed CC. Look below the description box on the page of the video. If the video is tagged with the YouTube tag for the CC BY license, that's where it is. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:01, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Is it the filter Creative Commons during searching? Thanks a lot XDXD Like for example, I searched with the filter CC, but in the description box there's no CC tag. So is it CC or not? EleniXDD (talk) 14:16, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes, I suppose that the filter "Creative Commons" on YouTube searches videos with that CC BY license tag. When you go to the specific page of a video, the license tag is not in the description box, it is under it, between the description box and the comments section. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:34, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Icic, thanks a lot for the constructive advice and tutorial ! XDXD EleniXDD (talk) 14:43, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Custom made folk instrument

Hello. I purchased a custom made folk instrument. Can I upload it's photo without the instrument builder's permission? Thanks Grzegorz Szaliński (talk) 14:15, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@TazGPL: The answer is almost certainly yes; there are few circumstances in which a photograph of a musical instrument can raise copyright issues. - Jmabel ! talk 01:25, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks. I had doubts because of this regulation: Commons:Licensing#Scope_of_licensing. So I understand, that a musical instrument is normally not considered "artwork". Grzegorz Szaliński (talk) 08:06, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@TazGPL: correct. But there are some that would be considered artwork, and I can't see what you've got. For example, the wind sculpture at the Sound Garden in Seattle, could arguably be said to be a sculpture that is only incidentally a musical instrument. Or, I could imagine that a sufficiently decorated didgeridoo might be considered a work of art that is only incidentally a playable instrument. But the worst that happens if you upload is someone goes "too far into artwork territory, so we have to delete it." No harm, no foul. - Jmabel ! talk 08:19, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Some countries do have copyright for “artistic craftsmanship” on utilitarian objects whose design or decoration has sufficient aesthetic quality independent of functional considerations. So a particularly ornate or ‘high concept’ instrument originating from such a jurisdiction might be protected, but even then it would be something of a judgment call based on the particulars of the case.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 09:09, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Odysseus1479 @Jmabel Thanks! Now I get it. Grzegorz Szaliński (talk) 15:46, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Table updated but last row will need to be removed

Apologies. But I am way out of my depth here. All I know is that the table below, which I reference in Google Sheets, is incorrect.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data:Men%27s_World_Rugby_rankings.tab

As there is no international men's rugby happening over Dec/Jan period, the rankings remain static for several weeks. They are published each Monday by World Rugby. So, it looks like someone has pushed out multiple weeks/rows to the table in one go as no changes will be happening. The problem is however, on 5 Feb 2024 - the last row in the table - this data could change as there are 7 matches taking place across 2 & 3 Feb. So, simplistically, the editor has jumped the gun by adding one more row for the "fallow" period than was required. It should have stopped at the 29 Jan row and not 5 Feb.

So, is there anyway I can alert the user of this error? As I say, I'm pretty overwhelmed by this interface and have no real idea as to how to effect a change myself. Thanks. Cardleshaw (talk) 14:41, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Bowwow: , I gather this is mostly your work. - Jmabel ! talk 01:26, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Sorry about that, and now have fixed. Bowwow (talk) 02:27, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Overwrite protected file

I've requested to overwrite File:Symbol_stub_class.svg, but later found out it has been protected. Where or how can I request someone to overwrite a protected file? Cookai🍪 _(💬talk) 17:29, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Cookai1205: I think you want Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections. --bjh21 (talk) 19:49, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Help wanted with two crops of a "Doors" band pic yielding two single pics of Jim Morrison

About an hour ago I realized that I did not like the image of Jim Morrison in the en-article. Looking in the Commons cat, I found that there is no better pic, but a quite decent one of the whole group named File:The Doors 1968.JPG. After happily doing two crops File:Jim Morrison 1968, from a promotion picture with The Doors.jpg and File:Jim Morrison 1968, from a promotion picture with The Doors, V2.jpg, I got an equally decent fit of rage when adapting the image descriptions of the produced files - reason: I realized that while the source file image has "1968" in the title, and the categories are like that as well, the image description of the source file speaks of "taken in 1966" and then something like "earliest day stamp 1968". Now this is what I call a bloody mess. I do not want to make things worse by any quick "solutions", as I honestly do not understand these contradictions named above. Any advice? Please feel free to do whatever seems fit to remedy this, I personally first need to get my heart rate down for the next two hours ;-) Pittigrilli (talk) 20:50, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

@Pittigrilli: I think what's happened here is that the original uploader only knew what was actually on the print, which was a series of date stamps of which the earliest said "JUN 2 1968". You can see these in the oldest revision of the file. In November last year, Carlinal added the mentions of 1966 in a minor edit, but didn't change anything else.

My guess is that whatever the date stamps indicate, it's not when the picture was taken, so until November last year all we knew was that the photo was taken in 1968 or earlier. So that's not inconsistent with Carlinal's claim that it was actually taken in 1966. Getty claim "circa 1970"[3], which is no help.

Personally, I think I'd leave things as they are (now that I've repaired the {{Information}} template). As a filemover (albeit a mostly inactive one), I don't think there's strong enough evidence to justify renaming the original under criterion 3 (obvious error), and if the original continues to have "1968" in the name then the derivatives may as well say that too. I suppose there's something to be said for renaming the crops to not mention the year at all so that they definitely won't need renaming later, but I don't think that's necessary. --bjh21 (talk) 23:02, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

As mentioned in the discussion page of the file, it is one of many photos by photographer Joel Brodsky [4]. Apparently in 1967. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:31, 29 January 2024 (UTC)

Ok, thank you very much for the clarification effort. I am moderately satisfied ;-) Now my approach is this: If we leave the three files as is, for the next 10 to 200 years (who knows?), every single day somebody will recognize this and think "WTF?". Positively. Why not write a short comment summarizing the problem into the file description? Maybe "The different values for the production date of the image (from 1966 to 1968) result from the fact that the original date the picture was taken is not precisely known. Most likely seems 1967 (see homepage of photographer Joel Brodsky [5])", or the like. What do you think? Pittigrilli (talk) 10:16, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Credit Joel Brodsky as the author and date the creation from 1967. There is no apparent reason to doubt the 1967 date, which seems the consensus on the websites that speak of it (e.g. context, uncropped version). Joel Brodsky opened his studio in 1967 and the photo was published in 1967. However, the APA cropped version might have been published later, if that's worth mentioning. The 1966 date was inserted by one user on Commons and Wikipedia. Either that user knows something that most people don't, which is always possible, or, more likely, the user confused the 1967 Joel Brodsky photos with the 1966 Guy Webster photos. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:33, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

We are in agreeance (I am a fellow of the extinct word society...). So why not also rename all three files to have "1967" in the title? Pittigrilli (talk) 13:56, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

They can be renamed. Are you still satisfied with the rest of the names of your two files and you want only to replace 1968 with 1967? -- Asclepias (talk) 15:25, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Yes I am. Year would suffice for me. Pittigrilli (talk) 15:34, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Rename done for your two files. (Leaving the other file for suggestions. Might be something like "File:The Doors 1967.jpg" or "File:The Doors, 1967, by Joel Brodsky.jpg" or "File:The Doors, 1967, by Joel Brodsky (cropped version).jpg"). -- Asclepias (talk) 16:28, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Cool. I changed the year and authorship and categories in the meantime. For the original, I would propose "File:The Doors, 1967, promotional photo by Joel Brodsky.jpg". Pittigrilli (talk) 16:48, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

And BTW, the cropped version is now already integrated in the English article Jim Morrison. Pittigrilli (talk) 18:50, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Also BTW, File:Helix, v.2, no.4, Nov. 2, 1967 - DPLA - 8ee4a55a3e595a9cb63ce1ae57bcc5d3 (page 6).jpg is a dated publication of this in the November 2, 1967 issue of the Seattle underground paper Helix. Jmabel ! talk 01:35, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Underground newspaper? Hippie movement? I begin to even more like this pic ;-) So these US copyright complications always gave me headaches. I already saw that User:Asclepias dug out that this picture was the sleeve cover of the single "Light my Fire", but does that somehow change the copyright status for us? (10 minutes later: I think I found it myself. As the paper ad does not have a copyright notice either, this makes the image even more (just kidding) in PD, right? Pittigrilli (talk) 08:55, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

It's very clear that they were unconcerned with copyrighting it, since they weren't putting a copyright notice on the ad, which clearly comes from A&M. - Jmabel ! talk 19:23, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Como inserir arquivo ?

Upload Darksolar666 (talk) 03:16, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Darksolar666: ¿Inserir cual arquivo, donde? - Jmabel ! talk 03:57, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Estou precisando anexar uma imagem a uma página.Como faço upload? Darksolar666 (talk) 13:09, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

(Supongo que el español sería más fácil para un hablante de portugués que el inglés, y yo no puedo escribir en portugués.) Para subir un imagen a Commons, utilice Special:UploadWizard. Luego, para usar el imagen en Wikipedia, la sintaxis más sencilla es [[File:NOMBRE DE FICHA.EXT|thumb|LEYENDA]], pero hay muchas otras posibilidades; vea pt:Ajuda:Guia de edição/Como usar imagens. - Jmabel ! talk 20:46, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

海外wikiの画像のアップロード

海外版wikipediaで使用されている画像をアップロードすることは可能ですか？ 洲松 (talk) 03:27, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@洲松: only if they are freely licensed or in the public domain. Some wikis host non-free content under certain conditions, such as “fair use”, that are not acceptable here.—Odysseus1479 (talk) 03:56, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Using the image

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Map_of_the_Gupta_Empire.png Hello, I'm a college student who needs to use this image for a documentary project, can I know if this is copyright free or not? 223.236.120.243 06:09, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Map of the Gupta Empire.png. Yes, it appears to be copyrighted (and free-licensed). The page offers two different licenses. I would recommend that if you want to reproduce it, follow the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license, because GFDL is very cumbersome. The license requires attribution, but the page is not at all clear who it should be attributed to. I'd say you are probably OK attributing to Commons user पाटलिपुत्र, but it might be simpler to provide a URL of the page (not the page of just the image itself: the one that you get when you click on the convenience link I provided). - Jmabel ! talk 07:52, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

See also COM:REUSE. There is software to help with the credit: the “Attribution Generator” is linked on that page, and for scholarly purposes try the “Cite this page” link under “Tools” in the left margin of the file page Jmabel linked above (but note the latter cites do not include the license & attribution per se, which are necessary in this case).—Odysseus1479 (talk) 20:29, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

how to upload and change the existing logo

How do I change the logo Eyalgottfried (talk) 11:57, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Do you mean here at commons is the image of a logo and you want to upload a new depiction of the logo? You can upload that file like any other file. Just use a new name. If this logo is used in an article in one of the wikipedias you can change the use with your new upload there provided you follow the rules of that wikipdia.

If you mean anything different, you will need to explain what you mean? C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 13:28, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Porsche 928 Jurinek

Unter Porsche 928 ist mein Fahrzeug, Jurinek Cabrio abgebildet. Leider ist nur ein allgemein gehaltener Begleittext als Bilderklärung angefügt. Dieser Text ist fachlich unrichtig. Es gab nicht viele Cabrio-Hersteller die einen Porsche 928 gebaut haben. Das Werk hat auf der Basis eine U.S. - Exportmodells ein Exemplar gebaut (steht im Porsche-Museum). Das abgebildete Jurinek-Cabrio ist das erste kommerziell gebaute, nach zwei Prototypen, welches Jurinek auf Kundenwunsch erstellt hat. Der auftraggebende Kunde war ein Schweizer. Bei mir sind noch die Kopien von Umbauvertrag und Rechnung vorhanden. Das Fahrzeug ist als „Veteran“ in der Schweiz zugelassen. Jurinek hat nach eigenen Angaben ca 14 Exemplare dieses Cabrios gebaut. Die Mehrzahl in Verbindung mit von Vittorio Strossek verbreiterten Karosserien. Das abgebildete grüne Cabrio ist eines der wenigen auf der Basis der ursprünglichen Karosserie. Derinsueden (talk) 12:02, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Derinsueden: @Pittigrilli hat den Beschreibungstext ergänzt. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 13:24, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

@Derinsueden: Nachdem ich den Text auf Commons modifiziert habe - gibt es an der Bildunterschrift in dem deutschen Wikipedia-Artikel etwas zu verändern? Ich werde vielleicht noch den ams-Artikel-Link in den de-Artikel dazusetzen. Wenn ich das richtig sehe, ist Ihr Auto die "normalbreite" Version, und nicht die mit Karosserieverbreiterung? Pittigrilli (talk) 14:21, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

CoA local government

Buenas administradores una pregunta Alcaldías y Concejos Municipales (general) pertenece a la "CoA of local government"?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 19:16, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Anyone know what this plant is?

I'd like to properly name this file, anyone know what this might be?

Vghfr (talk) 02:46, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

@Vghfr, if you don't get a good reply here, you can try Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:55, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Category:Cercis siliquastrum Wouter (talk) 13:06, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Awesome, thanks! Vghfr (talk) 13:08, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

OVERCAT

I cannot help it if someone violates COM:OVERCAT and continues to do so after warning. What should we do in that case?--125.230.88.23 06:38, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

If a user is being uncollaborative and breaking a policy or guideline here, you can report it at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard, but pleaes do try to resolve it one-on-one first. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:43, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "resolve"? Based on past experience, i usually make things worse when i explain what is wrong with their edits. Also, if i reverted an edit, the result will be an edit war. Chinese is their native language and so is my native language, so I'm sure that this is not a communication problem caused by language differences.--125.230.88.23 08:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

If you two can't discuss what the problem is and come to a consensus and that editor does try to insist on edit-warring, then go to the administrator's noticeboard. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:16, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Deletion of file in Wikimaps Warper

I uploaded a version of this map file yesterday: File:Admiralty Chart No 3992 Hai-nan Tao to Hong Kong, Published 1961.jpg. I started to georeference it iin the warper, but discovered the file had been garbled by the stitcher. I requested speedy deletion so I could astart again. I've uploaded a good version of the file, but when I try to georeference, the warper still has the old, corrupt file. How do I delete the old file from Wikimaps Warper? Thanks. Kognos (talk) 11:51, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

It looks like your original upload has been deleted. Is there still a problem? - Jmabel ! talk 19:26, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Audio file from OUDB Northern Mansi Corpus

This audio file that I wish to upload to commons, is in mp3 format. Sadly the file does not contain any information from the person being recorded only the recorder.[6] And there is no clear statement of the usage of this file, regarding copyright. What should I do? Ewithu (talk) 13:46, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

By default, pretty much anything from recent decades is copyrighted, so lack of an explicit statement to the contrary means that it is copyrighted with all rights reserved. - Jmabel ! talk 00:44, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Images reversed, switch them or reupload?

Hi all,

Through a mislabel I swapped the uploads File:Meibergdreefmetrobrug.jpg and File:Pietersbergweg.jpg. They're exactly swapped around, the first should be the latter and the latter the first. Is there an easy way to swap them or should I nominate both for deletion and reupload? Floralinde (talk) 14:35, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Just upload correct versions of each image to the same pages. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:40, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

@Floralinde: and then you can ask for a revdel on the "wrong" ones if you think their presence in the history is confusing. - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Cross-wiki uploads from certain project

Is it possible to get a list of files uploaded with Cross-wiki media upload tool from a certain project, e.g. fi.wikipedia.org? Antti T. Leppänen (talk) 17:39, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

@Antti T. Leppänen: I expect there's a better approach, but here's a grotty SQL query that returns the last 1000 uploads by that route: quarry:query/80090. You can fork it and adjust the limit as you see fit. --bjh21 (talk) 20:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Can a user help in explaining SVG/raster formatting in another language (Russian)?

Greetings. I'm not really sure where else to ask for this situation. I require the assistance of a user fluent in the Russian language to help explain to Alterbulat the issues with uploading a raster image over a vector file; in this case File:Standard of the President of the Chechen Republic.svg. As you can see in the file history, the raster version is distorted and non-scaleable. They have expressed a desire for this to be explained in another language on my talk page, and based on their previous edit summaries I believe Russian is the best option. Thanks. Fry1989 ^eh? 21:41, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

@Fry1989: there's a pretty good explanation in the box right at the top of ru:Векторная графика. - Jmabel ! talk 00:47, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I tried looking around, didn't think of checking the Russian wiki (which is stupid of me in retrospective), but that helps. Fry1989 ^eh? 14:51, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Changing License on many files

Is it possible to automatically change the license on multiple files at the same time Bigguy637 (talk) 23:42, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

• @Bigguy637: You can add an alternate license, but generally you can't revoke a license you've already granted.
• Assuming you used reasonably normal ways to place the license on the files in the first place (direct use of a license template in the wikitext, as against (for example) SDC + tricky templating) you should be able to do this with VFC. There's a bit of a learning curve on the tool, but it's powerful. For example, you could use it to replace {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0}} with {{self|cc-by-sa-3.0|cc-by-sa-4.0}} on a selected set of files. - Jmabel ! talk 00:52, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Blaisantkerk - new page

I tried for the first time to create a new page 'Blaisantkerk'. I am the president of the non profit organisation DOIC vzw, who is the owner of the multifunctional building 'Blaisantkerk'. I prepared a text in word that i copied. The text was posted yesterday - but now removed. The explanation that i got from Wikipedia:

Wikipedia is bedoeld als een vrij beschikbare, vrij bewerkbare en neutrale encyclopedie voor iedereen. Hoewel iedereen van harte is uitgenodigd om Wikipedia te bewerken, vond een medewerker aan de encyclopedie een of meer van uw bewerkingen niet constructief. Deze bewerking(en) is/zijn daarom teruggedraaid of verwijderd.

In short: my input was not 'constructive'. What does that mean? The text was just the history of the building and the new facility. Who could help me? What do I need to change?

Thanks in advance.

Michel Alboort Alboort michel (talk) 08:08, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

So this is Wikimedia Commons: it is a sister project to Wikipedia that is about storing media (audio, images, video, etc.). If you have an issue on Wikipedia, you'll have to discuss it with editors there. Everyone who has an account at Wikipedia has an account at Commons, but they are just separate projects. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:12, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Alboort michel: If you were writing in Dutch, then perhaps start by looking at this Dutch webpage. Most wikipedia language sites have their own requirements but for instance the English wikipedia has a Draft section where people can write articles which will then be reviewed for notablity and complying with the standards for an acceptable article. Wikipedia is not a promotional site and it is highly discouraged to write about subjects you have any type involvement with due to a conflict of interest. Ww2censor (talk) 11:33, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

@Alboort michel: Hi, and welcome. In addition to the above, nl:Blaisantkerk has twice been deleted for infringement of copyright of the website blaisantkerk.be - please post permission there or have it sent from that site via VRT or VRT/nl.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 11:48, 1 February 2024 (UTC)