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عملت مقالة عن جدي وبعدها باقل من 10ساعات لم اجدها[edit]

بدي اشوف مقالتي ده الرابطhttps://ar.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC_%D8%AE%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%B5%D9%82%D8%B1

This question seems to be about the Arabic Wikipedia, maybe it's best asked there. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 19:24, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Uploading file marked Public Domain from website[edit]

I would like to use an image from the website http://www.collections.musee-bretagne.fr/ The website shows "Marque du Domaine Public Amanlis château du Bois-Tilleul Carte postale" The Upload Wizard offers the option to check CC0 Waiver (release all rights, like public domain). Is that sufficient to allow use of the image?--CMtemCA (talk) 21:15, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

  • Not in and of itself (it's a good sign, but museums have been known to get things wrong), and it is definitely not CC-0. Could you possibly link the page that has the particular image so someone can see what you are trying to upload? - Jmabel ! talk 23:12, 9 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel:OK - here's the link to the image I want to use: http://www.collections.musee-bretagne.fr/ark:/83011/FLMjo173035 Also, here's the page that explains their "philosophy" of sharing images in their collection: http://www.collections.musee-bretagne.fr/message_info.php (It's all in French.)--CMtemCA (talk) 00:16, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
  • It's a bit odd that there is no date on that. Given that, it's hard to know with confidence the basis for their claim that it is in the public domain. For Commons, it needs to be public domain in both the country of origin (France) and the U.S. The latter is pretty safe -- by the style, this is almost certainly before 1925, so it's {{PD-US-expired}}. It looks like it is anonymous, so I guess {{PD-France}} would apply; the thing is, if there is a known author, and that author lived to 1950 or later, it would still be copyrighted in France. @Clindberg: do you think it's safe to assume this is truly anonymous? Or perhaps is there a basis to date it far enough back for {{PD-old-assumed}}? - Jmabel ! talk 02:36, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@CMtemCA: You must find information about the photographer or the year of publication or ideally both. The copy at musee-bretagne doesn't provide the information. You can look if you can find the information somewhere else. Often, useful sources are commercial websites dealing in old postcards. For example, you can find this webpage [1] at delcampe.net. It shows an earlier edition of the same postcard. From the details you can see that it is the same photo: angle, shadows, vegetation. It is said to have circulated in 1906. There is no photo of the back of that postcard, but there is no reason to doubt the description by the seller. You can also see on the right side of this edition of the postcard that it mentions the photographer "Aubrée" and the publisher is the editions "Mary-Rousselière". The website wiki-rennes, in its list of publishers [2], mentions the publisher Mary-Rousselière and also mentions that the publisher Lamiré bought the stock of Mary-Rousselière in the 1920s. So, the copy of the postcard published by Lamiré that interests you at musee-bretagne is a later republication of the photo by Aubrée first published by Mary-Rousselière. The creative material is the photograph, so it is important for Commons to indicate the year of first publication of the photo. So, in the description page of the file on Commons, in the "date" field, you can explain the situation and write that the photo is from "before 1907", you can use the delcampe.net webpage as a reference, and that your undated copy is from a later republication by Lamiré possibly in the 1920s. You can use the template "PD-US-expired" to indicate the status of the work in the United States. In the same list, wiki-rennes also mentions Aubrée as a photographer having collaborated with the publisher Mary-Rousselière, but the list provides no more details. However, musee-bretagne also has works by the photographer Jules Aubrée (1879-1933) [3]. My guess would be that it is probably the same person. If it is, the Commons tag for the status of the work in France is "PD-old-80". You should do some research and see if you can find if it is the same person or not. -- Asclepias (talk) 03:01, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Fully agreed. This postcard in particular was published without an author credit, so was published anonymously. I had found the mention that the publisher of this card, A. Lamiré, had purchased another collection in the 1920s, meaning this publication dated from that era. But, it was likely a republication of an earlier postcard, and then the question becomes was there an author mentioned on an earlier publication. I had not yet found the earlier one, but Asclepias helpfully did. That was not published anonymously, meaning the work is not anonymous, we would need to find the author's lifetime (and if research fails on that, it would have to be over 120 years old, which this is probably not just yet). The photographer Asclepias found above was in Rennes [4] and had his own studio there, which is the same city the earlier publisher was in, so that does seem strongly likely. If they are the same person, the full license could then be {{PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1933}}, which covers both the French and U.S. copyright, given that this was published in (at latest) 1906. Carl Lindberg (talk) 14:05, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel, Asclepias, Clindberg: Thanks to all of you for your thorough explanations and research on my behalf. I was not aware that one can’t rely on a museum’s information regarding copyright on items in their collections. I have not been able to find any information on Jules Aubrée, but I did find the following regarding the picture: Ministere de la Culture [5] Region Bretagne: Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel [6] Immatriculation IVR53_19883500014XB; Copyrights (c) Inventaire général, ADAGP; Diffusion: reproduction soumise à autorisation du titulaire des droits d'exploitation; Auteur de l'illustration: Auteur inconnu. So, if I understand correctly, the government websites show that they don’t know who the photographer is, but a copyright is held by ADAGP [7] which collects royalties for artists. Is that right? If so, I will just forgo using the image.--CMtemCA (talk) 22:01, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Qu'est-ce que c'est que cette arnaque de l'ADAGP ? Lorsque les droits d'auteur patrimoniaux sont expirés, ils sont expirés. C'est précisément le principe. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:19, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@CMtemCA: I'm with Asclepias here. I honestly don't see how ADAGP could have come to hold the copyright, or how copyright could even persist. That smacks of "copyfraud" to me. Per the above, it seems almost certain that the author Aubrée died in 1933, and that {{PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1933}} applies. - Jmabel ! talk 23:29, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@CMtemCA: If an institution like that museum says it is public domain, we will usually trust that -- as far as being PD in France goes. The U.S. copyright has its own set of complications, where the publishing date is quite important -- but also, possibly, the copyright status in France as of 1996. So if that was a 1928 postcard where the author died in 1933, it would be fine in France but would still have a couple years of U.S. copyright left. But being published before 1925 solves that as well. Once we found the author on that earlier publication, it is a good idea to try and verify the life dates (even careful institutions make mistakes, and they may not have found the named author and assumed the anonymous term). As for ADAGP, agreed with the others above, that seems as though they are trying to claim a copyright on the digitization, which Commons does not recognize (see Commons:When to use the PD-scan tag). The copyright on the original would seem to have expired, so there is nothing to own or collect royalties for. If something is within 70 years of the original publication with an unknown author, they might well collect royalties like that. But this is not. Carl Lindberg (talk) 03:17, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel, Asclepias, Clindberg: I did some more research and found the following in the archive of the L'Ouest-Éclair newspaper of October 22, 1933 confirming that a Jules Aubrée had recently died in Rennes. [8] “RENNES. Mme J. Aubrée. M. e* Mme Marcel Aubrée. M. et Mme Lucien Aubrée, M. et Mme EmUe Legendre, profondément émus des nombreuses marques de sympathie témoignées à l'occasion du décès de Monsieur Jules AUBREE …” So, to summarize, we can assume that the photograph at the Musee de Bretagne was first published in 1906 based on the information at delcampe.net found by Asclepias (above #1). We can also assume that the picture was taken by Jules Aubrée, who died in 1933. We can ignore ADAGP’s copyright claim. Therefore, I can upload the picture I found on the Musee de Bretagne website using {{PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1933}} Also, in the description page of the file on Commons, in the "date" field, I will note that the photo is from "before 1907", using the delcampe.net webpage as a reference, and specify that the undated copy is from a later republication by Lamiré possibly in the 1920s. OK? Anything else? Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by CMtemCA (talk • contribs) 21:38, 11 September 2020‎ (UTC)
@CMtemCA: Seems good to me -- I didn't mean you had to double-check the life dates once they were found, but it all helps :-) Just check that the author did did more than 70 years ago, that's all. (It's always aggravating when we know the author name but don't have the life dates... which does happen.) [And actually France was 50pma + wartime extensions (8 years and change) so that period from 1933 would have also expired before the U.S. URAA date in 1996, meaning it would have been OK even if published in 1928. Moot because it's from 1906 at the latest.] Carl Lindberg (talk) 01:23, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Sharing Government File[edit]

Hello, the Lebanese government released a document listing the names of the dead from the Beirut Explosion but it is not on any sources accessible and not on their website. What is needed to share it here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by RitaHaddad (talk • contribs) 17:24, 10 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@RitaHaddad: Hi, and welcome. Where did you get it?   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 17:30, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Found it! https://www.moph.gov.lb/en/Pages/17/38932/beirut-port-explosion-martyrs- There is concern the file might be removed or deleted. RitaHaddad (talk) 17:34, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
@RitaHaddad: Thanks. How would it qualify for {{PD-Lebanon}} and COM:SCOPE?   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 17:48, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
  • @Jeff G.: The only copyright issue I could imagine here is if the Ministry of Public Health logo is copyrighted, and we could easily remove that. Otherwise, tabular data that doesn't call for judgement is generally not copyrighted. So I'd go for {{PD-ineligible}} rather than {{PD-Lebanon}}.
  • I don't see a scope issue: the list of the dead in a clearly notable accident seems well within scope. - Jmabel ! talk 23:39, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
Ok, I took the comments here shared the file: File:Beirut_Explosion_2020_Final_Death_List_2020-09-03.pdf If you see any problems, please make suggestions or edit directly. This will be used for the master article to fix the incorrect death tolls 2020_Beirut_explosion RitaHaddad (talk) 13:43, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Uploading original work[edit]

When an image of my own original work is uploaded, it refuses with the error that it is not my original work. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichardDemers (talk • contribs) 06:44, 11 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@RichardDemers: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png image as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your website or social media or send permission via OTRS. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 11:34, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Appreciate that. I built a free website. I went to the website I built and did a screen capture of an image on a website that I am 100% responsibile for, and if I can find my way back, I can find the original which won't be in PNG format. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RichardDemers (talk • contribs) 12:39, 11 September 2020‎ (UTC)

How to upload screenshots[edit]

I have a question: how to upload a screenshot? LosMinions345 (talk). September 11, 2020. 09:02 (UTC).

@LosMinions345: Hi, and welcome. Before uploading any file, you must verify that it complies with COM:L; you seem to have difficulty with that.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 15:16, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

How can I stop receiving bot notification by email??[edit]

BotMultichillT is flooding my mail box, and I do not know how to stop receiving notification of changes made by bots on my watched pages. Any light? -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 17:49, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

@Rodrigo.Argenton: Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any way to do that except to turn those notifications off entirely. It might be worth asking the MediaWiki devs if they can add an option to filter out email notifications about bot edits like there is for minor edits, but who knows how easy that would be to implement. clpo13(talk) 18:22, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
See also Commons:Help desk/Archive/2020/08#How to keep an eye on my uploads after kind of spam notifications? and Commons:Bistro/archives/2020/08#Ne pas recevoir de mail lorsque des modifications sont faites par des Bots.. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:47, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Build the Earth logo gif.gif and File:Youngstown, Ohio in Minecraft.png[edit]

Hello,

I am one of the writers of Wikipedia's page Build the Earth, and I uploaded these two files to help provide some content and color to the page. However, I have recently recieved notice that these files are under copyright strike or have the wrong licensing. But I have a few questions, which may help me reupload these in the future.

  • How do I upload and properly attribute a picture of Minecraft taken by another user?
  • How do I properly attribute a GIF logo without knowing who created it (nobody on the BTE staff knows exactly who created it).
  • What are the guidelines for uploading a file that is found on Discord (supposedly free domain)

All of the people helping me have told me that all the pictures are in free domain since they were posted on Discord.--ArmageddonAviation (talk) 22:20, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

  • @ArmageddonAviation: Why would these be anything other than copyrighted by Minecraft?
  • Why would someone having posted it on Discord have any bearing on its copyright status? - Jmabel ! talk 23:10, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

copyrights[edit]

I am writing a book for Kindle Direct Publishing (amazon) but they do not want to proceed with the publication because I used excerpitions from wikipedia and they want me to provide details the I have the right to use these documents. I am co-authors of the wikipedia documents that I used and for this reason I think I can use them under CC policy but they sent me the following message :

===========================================================================================================================================================
• Documentation has not been provided to confirm you are the original author of the content
• Documentation has not been provided to confirm that the author granted you rights to publish the content

Please be advised that you must hold exclusive publishing rights for books that closely match content that is freely available on the web.

As a reminder, since publishing books with content that is freely available on the web and we are not confident that you hold exclusive publishing rights is against our guidelines, we may suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly try to do so. For any questions, please reply to this e-mail: kindlecontent-review@amazon.com.
===========================================================================================================================================================

Could you please help me ? Thanks and regards. Giovanni Naso. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnaso55 (talk • contribs) 23:18, 11 September 2020‎ (UTC)

It sounds like they have "guidelines" (distinct from their "KDP Terms and Conditions"?) that require that you hold exclusive rights. Which of course is impossible by definition for content under a free license. N.B.: Your question does not seem directly related to Commons. You might find more information on Wikipedia. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:48, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
It looks like an automated check for matching content on the web. I don't know how exactly the CC share-alike works for excerpts, perhaps the entire book must be under the same license. Maybe providing a link to the Wikipedia license would be sufficient, and a copy of the license should be included in the book. Depending on whether their review process can handle such complexity [9]. --ghouston (talk) 03:08, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

I sent a message to kdp providing all the proofs that I think to have rights to use wikipedia documents under cc share-alike policy (considering also that I am among the authors of the used documents). They still insist to refuse the publication saying that I do not have EXCLUSIVE rights What do you think ? Any suggestion to further support my request? Below is reported their reply.

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Hello, We’ve reviewed the information you provided and have decided to block these books from being sold on Amazon. The books closely match content that is freely available on the web and we are not confident that you hold exclusive publishing rights. This type of content can create a poor customer experience, and is not accepted. As a result, we have blocked the books listed below from being sold on Amazon.

Ennio Morricone, un omaggio in MI bemolle Giovanni Naso (AUTHOR) ID:PRI-R6DQAN0H3X4

Please be advised that you must hold exclusive publishing rights for books that closely match content that is freely available on the web.

As a reminder, since publishing books with content that is freely available on the web and we are not confident that you hold exclusive publishing rights is against our guidelines, we may suspend or terminate accounts that repeatedly try to do so. For any questions, please reply to this e-mail: kindlecontent-review@amazon.com.

The content guidelines applicable to all KDP publishers can be found here: https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/help?topicId=A2TOZW0SV7IR1U

Best regards, Amazon KDP

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— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gnaso55 (talk • contribs) 18:30, 12 September 2020‎ (UTC)

You can't force a particular publisher to publish a book. If this publisher does not want to publish it, that is that. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:49, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Enquiry about Uploading Photo[edit]

To whom may concern,

I would like to add a photo for the page of an actress on Wikipedia. I am considering whether I can a photo that posted publicly by her agency recently on Weibo? I would like to add in a photo because I found that it is very common for actors/actresses to have a profile photo on their own Wikipedia's page.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mygirlsss (talk • contribs) 16:24, 12 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Mygirlsss: No, sorry, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 16:44, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Change license of an upload[edit]

Hi! I uploaded a couple of images I made. However, attribution is not needed. Is it possible to change from CC to CC0? If so, how do I do so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan Fran B (talk • contribs) 19:04, 12 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Yes, you could do that if the images were copyrightable. However, in the case of the two images you uploaded, they seem ineligible to copyright, so you can just remove the CC template and add the template PD-ineligible or some other template for images that are PD by nature. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:21, 12 September 2020 (UTC)

Hauptstr. 23, 58332 Schwelm[edit]

Hallo, ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass das Haus Baujahr 1905 ist, angeblich aber 1898... kann mir da jemand genaue Auskunft geben?

Danke, M. Russello —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 78.48.88.192 (talk) 18:51, 13 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Main street 23, 58332 Schwelm

Hello, I'm pretty sure that the house was built in 1905, but supposedly 1898 ... can someone give me precise information?

Thank you,
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 19:06, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
/* de:Diskussion:Schwelm.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 19:06, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

My name is [...][edit]

My name is Jorge Washington Rodriguez "Passive Homosexual" and I believe that trying to shows myself as a gay man posting pics here in Commons, apparently all goes wrong and failed, because everything that I submit sadly is for deletion. I do not had any "Evil intention" or purposely posted my pics to "disrespect anyone in Commons" or anybody else. I would like to apologize with Commons and ask to show me how to deleting my pics. I do not have any "evil intentions" or wants purposely disrespect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jorge W Rodriguez "Passive Homosexual" (talk • contribs) 00:12, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

  • Signing your posts is required on talk pages and it is a Commons guideline to sign your posts on deletion requests, undeletion requests, and noticeboards. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments. Your user name or IP address (if you are not logged in) and a timestamp will then automatically be added when you save your comment. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). Thank you.

Oreochromis mossambicus[edit]

The photograph displayed is that of Oreochromis niloticus and not Oreochromis mossambicus. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 41.163.7.112 (talk) 05:30, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • What photo, displayed where? - Jmabel ! talk 15:52, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

About Content Editing[edit]

Hello Wikipedia, Please tell me why my all content is removed, first, I insert the whole content in Wikipedia page Ravinder Singh Rana. After that my content was removed from my wiki page. please tell me the reason why my content was removed again and again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiexpert231 (talk • contribs) 11:04, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Wikiexpert231: Hi, and welcome. Please stop adding unsourced and promotional material.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 15:32, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Statues in Finland in public places like parks, copyright issue[edit]

To send a my own digital camera picture of a such item into map. Is there any restrictions about the subject or the object ( a statue) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oasi62 (talk • contribs) 12:22, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Oasi62: Hi, and welcome. Yes, there are restrictions: you may not upload photos of statues in Finland unless their copyright has expired or we have permission from the artists. Please see COM:FOP Finland and COM:DW.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 15:24, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
They "yes" there was a bit confusing. You may not upload photos of statues in Finland unless their copyright has expired or we have permission from the artists. - Jmabel ! talk 15:55, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Uploading qery[edit]

Team,

Can I upload my own creative work like quotes and inspirational designs on this platform? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pathare Harshada (talk • contribs) 12:52, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Pathare Harshada: Hi, and welcome. Quotes, no as they are OOS. Designs, yes, if they are in scope.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 15:16, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Photos of handicraft[edit]

Can I upload my own photo of someone elses handicraft? I see that others have uploaded photos of dala horses for example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lina Nääs (UU) (talk • contribs) 12:56, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Lina Nääs (UU): Hi, and welcome. No, sorry, we would need permission from that someone else via OTRS.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 15:13, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

My account was bloked radically in Japan[edit]

• My name is Mitsunori Tomohiro, living in Japan. As writing in the title, My account Aso789 has been blocked eternally because of vandal editing “Yamaguchi-city”. As in those days, I was beginner. So my edition and discussion had some inadequacy. However, I never had evil thought. I only thought the article make better. But Bsx(account) change my edit to presents his thoughts soon after many times, and he regarded me vandal. Then he proposed my block and actually blocked. After that, I decided in the note. Another persons added. My edition has no vandal factor, even if, there was inadequate situation. But they regarded me vandal, and supported my block .I wrote my thoughts, but many participants made me evil, and vandal. Finally blocked eternally. I can only do to made another account(for example)IP:240b:253:5061:1400::/64(会話 / 投稿記録 / 記録 / Whois IPv4 ・ IPv6) • IP:240b:253:5061:1400:b9fd:7d2b:3ed8:7fae(会話 / 投稿記録 / 記録 / Whois IPv4 ・ IPv6) • IP:240b:253:5061:1400:b0ac:e625:a916:356b(会話 / 投稿記録 / 記録 / Whois IPv4 ・ IPv6) • IP:240b:253:5061:1400:8c7f:db6a:5e5e:73b9(会話 / 投稿記録 / 記録 / Whois IPv4 ・ IPv6) • IP:240B:253:5061:1400:3460:8711:AB1D:497F(会話 / 投稿記録 / 記録 / Whois IPv4 ・ IPv6) to say my real thoughts. .But situation is worse and worse .l am not vandal, only to Wikipedia make better and better. Almost all Japanese veterans wikhpedian do not really know Wikipedia's rule . Many of them cannot know difference between inadequate without evil thought and vandal. Now maybe for eternal, I can't discuss in Japanese. Only I can do is send the SOS for you. Not only me but also many new persons made vandal without enough reason. In Japanese Wikipedia have no mediation committee . So, it is impossible to resolve there problem. There is little or no self-cleaning action., Only global can help Japanese Wikipedia and make better . Please help me, and many Japanese People,. Please.

As in Japan for example, editors or administrator often use wikipedian rule use for own.. Bsx blame me because of original study .But he write original study soon after I edited without refinement..This is instance he write Yamaguchi City has not centripetal force because it be sandwiched large city. However he write no reference, only to original study, I point outed this, but he mock my induction. Only to edit based on his thought. In the end there has some original thought by Bsx .

In Japanese Wikipedia , I cannot sad my opinion perfectly. Because I blocked including based on rule misunderstanding of wiki by editors and administrator not enough understanding.

I want unlock my ID or IP(If all block are impossible please unblock only to note pege to discuss with high quality) I hope you help me from Japanese wikipoedians without gentleman mind. Because it is enable to understand each other without discuss blissfully, surely and academic enough. But I mostly hope Japanese wikipoedia become better and better.

I received a mail from you that it is Japanese problem .It is true, however very few Japanese wikipedians can realize. As written in "https://jp.mg5.mail.yahoo.co.jp/neo/launch?.rand=6cdbmecrj4d9m#tb=56us08cb" which is written in Japanese,this problem is knotty problem. Only Japanese volunteer stuffs are not be to slove the problem. Global help is need, really need.Mostly I hope is not my block released,but orderly Japanese Wkipedia.Current status has often lawless zone. Human right violation must be removed. Please help Japanese people. Please.--Cllassical million (talk) 13:40, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Convenience link: Aso789 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 15:08, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
Pinging @Muyo, アルトクール, Bellcricket, Faso as blocking Admins on jawiki.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 17:08, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Como subir capturas de pantalla[edit]

Hola, como puedo subir capturas de pantalla a Wikimedia Commons y luego usarlas en otra wiki. Woody Woodpecker (discusión). 14 de septiembre de 2020, 09:15 (UTC).

  • @Woody Woodpecker: En general, Commons no se permite subir capturas de pantalla. Por gran parte, tienen derechos de autor. - Jmabel ! talk 15:58, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Album Covers. Can I upload new versions of the art?[edit]

Let's say a Wikipedia page for a rock album or something has a low-res image of the album artwork but I have a high-quality version of it. Would I be able to upload it and replace the current artwork? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wcnmvp (talk • contribs)

Almost certainly not. See COMM:LICENSE: unless the album cover art is licensed appropriately, it couldn't be uploaded here. —Justin (koavf)TCM 20:26, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Journal cover[edit]

I want to make a page on Wikipedia for the scientific Journal which is published by my colleagues. How can I load a picture of the journal cover? I don't have copy right for it, I got the file just from the editor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MalyshevaS (talk • contribs) 23:00, 14 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @MalyshevaS: It is unlikely that you would be an appropriate person to write on Wikipedia about a journal published by your colleagues. Please see Wikpedia's policy on conflicts of interest. - Jmabel ! talk 23:43, 14 September 2020 (UTC)
  • As for a picture of a journal cover: Commons accepts only material that is either free-licensed or in the public domain. The journal cover is presumably copyrighted, so the only people who could offer such a license are the owners of the copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 23:44, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Map Image Upload Being Flagged as Abuse or Non-Compliant[edit]

I'm just trying to upload an updated map showing current bank branch locations in the United States and it keeps blocking me. It's just a map of the United States with blue dots indicating the location of the bank branches. It won't even let me upload it here to show you.

I receive the following message when I attempt to complete an upload: We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NotTheGiantPeach (talk • contribs) 03:26, 15 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@NotTheGiantPeach: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png image as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your website or social media or send permission via OTRS. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 03:31, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you, I will try the upload wizard. The image was created by me using the map creator in Wikimedia. I will also try using JPEG format. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NotTheGiantPeach (talk • contribs) 19:24, 15 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@NotTheGiantPeach: You're welcome.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 00:26, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Rename[edit]

Hello, please rename the File:Sergei Ovchinnikov.jpg (Rename it to Sergey Ovchinnikov in 2020.jpg). An image with the same name has already been uploaded directly to Wikipedia. Because of this, it cannot be used. Mr.Drax (talk) 06:00, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

@Mr.Drax: - ✓ Done. Note that {{Rename}} can be used to request files be renamed. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 08:51, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Публикация страницы[edit]

Добрый день! Я создавал страницу "Раиф Курмангалиевич Усманов" она никак не могла выйти из инкубатора и в последствии, как я понял, вроде была удалена, хотя были замечания в процессе и я их исправлял. Подскажите пожалуйста, в чем может быть проблема? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bariy (talk • contribs) 10:26, 15 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Publishing a page
Good day! I created the page "Raif Kurmangalievich Usmanov", it could not get out of the incubator in any way and later, as I understood, it seemed to be deleted, although there were comments in the process and I corrected them. Please tell me what could be the problem?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 13:35, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
@Bariy: Привет и добро пожаловать. Я вижу, что вы создали и отредактировали ru:Инкубатор:Раиф Курмангалиевич Усманов, который до сих пор существует и имеет комментарии и замечания на своей странице обсуждения, в инкубаторе русской Википедии. Я вижу, что вы также загрузили сюда 3 несвободных файла, которые были удалены. Пожалуйста, просмотрите COM:L/ru.
Hi, and welcome. I see that you created and edited ru:Инкубатор:Раиф Курмангалиевич Усманов, which still exists and has comments and remarks on it's talk page, in the Russian Wikipedia's incubator. I see that you also uploaded 3 unfree files here, which have been deleted. Please review COM:L.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 13:35, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

how to make a file smaller[edit]

The file of a crest (scarlet and white colours) is on the very top of the wikipedia page titled "en:Lupton family". It should be slightly smaller. Please adjust if you can. Your help is really appreciated. 175.33.139.143 11:22, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. It is normal thumbnail size. You can adjust the size of thumbnails you see in your preferences when you are a logged-in user.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 14:06, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Размещение новой фотографии для пользователя Википедии[edit]

Добрый день!

Со вчерашнего дня вношу новые правки на странице Константина Ивлева. Столкнулась со сложностью размещения фотографии. Вчера помогла тех поддержка, сделала все по их рекомендациям, а сегодня фотография пропала. Помогите пожалуйста установить новую фотографию для пользователя. Валентина20202020 (talk) 10:53, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Posting a new photo for a Wikipedia user

Good day!

Since yesterday I have been making new edits on the page of Konstantin Ivlev. Faced the difficulty of posting a photo. Yesterday the tech support helped, did everything according to their recommendations, and today the photo has disappeared. Please help me set a new photo for the user.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 16:26, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

[edit]

I'm intending to update some logos of US Government agencies as their designs have changed. The outdated logo files currently have names such as "Gov Agency logo.svg". I'm assuming I do not overwrite the file as the old design should be kept. But I am not sure about the logistics of doing it. Should I submit a rename request to something like "Gov Agency logo 2009-2015.svg" and then upload the new logo under the original name? or should I do something else? Thanks! affius (talk) 13:30, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

@Affius: Personally, I'd go for uploading the new one under a new name (probably with just the date of introduction in it, so "Gov Agency Logo 2016.svg") and leaving the old one at its existing name. I think renaming the old one would be just about allowable under criterion 2 on the basis that it's ambiguous, but I don't think it's necessary. --bjh21 (talk) 13:43, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
@Bjh21: Thank you. Yes, my goal is to decrease ambiguity and make it obvious which logo is the one currently being used. affius (talk) 17:16, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

File:Seal Phitsanulok.png[edit]

Hello, Today I have tried to upload a newer version of the Seal of Phitsanulok Province. But in stat of the newer version of the seal, a 2019 version from the Phitsanulok Annual Report, the old seal of 1939 was duplicated again. I keep the filename unchanged: Seal Phitsanulok.png. The int.license-header should be: {{PD-TH-exempt}}, because all reports of Thai governments are "not copyrighttable" (Public Domain). Maybe you can help to correct this duplication. SietsL (talk) 14:41, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

@SietsL: Hi, and welcome. It works for me, please see COM:FAQ#PURGE. You can change the licensing yourself. However, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 16:34, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

make a list of experts to ask[edit]

Everyone has different knowledge and is a different expert in something else. I would prefer a list of Experts maybe similar to w:de:Wikipedia:Wikipedianer/nach_Wissensgebieten/Ingenieurwissenschaften.

  • I'm an expert in librSVG-render-bugs and would like to help here, however it is "impossible" to watch/check different Help-Desks/Grapic-Labs/SVG-Project-Discussion-Pages/... especially because many of them are on local wikis.
  • I sometimes need help with complex templates, therefore I ask e.g User:Sarang
  • As a uploader, I often have problems in deciding if something is below COM:TOO or not, and would like to ask someone with more knowledge in this field.
  • As a Bot-Mantainer I currently have problems commandline-uploading Images from toolforge.org to commons

It is obligatory for every Admin, to specify there language on Commons:Administrators aswell on the user-page, to be able to ask an admin to talk to users in their individual language. However I never had problems with users not speaking my languages, but I often had problems that I did not found any user with specific knowledge (SVG,copyright,toolforge,Strutured Data,...) to ask, therefore I would like to start a list. Maybe at Commons:Help_desk/Experts?

 — Johannes Kalliauer - Talk | Contributions 17:53, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Where is contact info on an image's metadata coming from?[edit]

Hi -

I can't locate where the email address and website URL that appear on my image's metadata are coming from. They don't appear anywhere in my preferences. Any ideas?

Many thanks.

--Bob Ramsak (talk) 20:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

Bob Ramsak, they're usually generated by the camera. Alternatively they can be added by various bits of software. Nothing to do with Wikimedia Commons anyway. -mattbuck (Talk) 20:24, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

[edit]

Hello! Walden University changed it's logo in 2019. Adding/updating pictures on Wikipedia confuses me. Can someone tell me how I go about updating the logo on the Walden University page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Serene123 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 15 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Serene123: By "the Walden University page" do you mean en:Walden University or something else?
  • Can you point to somewhere on the web where the new logo is available? - Jmabel ! talk 23:15, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

新しいカテゴリー作成中に、規制されて困っています。[edit]

昨日来、新しいカテゴリーを黙々と作成(該当カテゴリーがない為に)していましたが、突然『特定の画像』だけ、規制されました。別にアダルトやグロ等ではなく画像内容は、それまでの作業内容と何ら変わりません。

お手数ですが、対処お願いします。

エラー文言 『エラー: 行なった操作は、有害であると自動的に判断されたため実行できませんでした。 確かに建設的な操作であると考える場合は、行なおうとしていた操作について管理者にお知らせください。 操作に対して発動した違反規則の概略は以下の通りです: Removal of all categories』

該当内容 https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=124.45.236.205&uselang=ja

《追伸》 序と言っては失礼ですが、エラー文言中で『管理者にお知らせください。』と有りますが、何処へ連絡して良いのか全くわからず、この場所にたどり着くまで無駄な時間を浪費しました。

出来れば、別の案内文『ソフトウェアのバグと疑われるものを見つけたら、井戸端でフィードバックを求めてください。』の様に、具体的な連絡先《例えば、ヘルプ》を記載して頂きたいと強く思います。

ご面倒ですが、よろしくお願いします。  山本--124.45.236.205 22:43, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

  • Google translate gets me approximately nowhere on that. Would someone with good Japanese please look at this? - Jmabel ! talk 23:18, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
  • 《お詫び》先程の投稿できない件ですが、自己解決しましたのでこの件は取り消しとさせて下さい。大変お騒がせしました。--124.45.236.205 23:52, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
Brief summary: The above IP user was caught by an AbuseFilter for "[removing] all categories" while editing categories on various pages. This was because they used the wrong syntax. They have figured out a solution, and apologised for the fuss. --H78c67c (talk) 04:15, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Help with making a file smaller please[edit]

Please help again - The file of a crest (scarlet and white colours) is on the very top of the wikipedia page titled "Lupton family". It should be slightly smaller. Please adjust if you can. Your help is really appreciated. I have tried with the encouragement of your editor - but no good on this device. Please assist and make the file a little smaller. Thanks 175.33.139.143 23:24, 15 September 2020 (UTC)

  • Convenience link: en:Lupton family.
  • I'm not sure of your intention here. It is the standard size of a thumbnail. If users have their preferences set up to set a different thumbnail size, it will change in accordance with their preferences.
  • If you set an explicit size, then users' preferences are going to be frustrated. Why would you want to do that? Usually the only reason we would set an explicit size is if something, on the one hand, specifically needs to be large to be legible or, on the other, is so low-resolution that it will only reproduce correctly at a small size.
  • If you want to set the thumbnail to a particular width, then you can do it, but as I say I recommend against it. Instead of "…|thumb|…" you can use, for example, "…|thumb|150px|…"
  • In any case, these are entirely Wikipedia issues not Commons issues. - Jmabel ! talk 04:05, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

My first image upload to Wikipedia/Wikimedia: Uploaded an SVG for FC Utrecht (association football club).[edit]

Hello Wikipedia contributor,

Thanks for taking the time to read my question.

I already had some experience editing a wiki (experienced contributor and reviewer on liquipedia.net) before making my first edits on the 'real Wikipedia' a few days ago, with the goal to improve the accuracy and quality of information provided by Wikipedia on for example, association football.

I today tried to upload a logo for association football club FC Utrecht from the Netherlands, as they use a special anniversary logo for the ongoing 2020-2021 season and that version of the logo is currently used on Eredivisie broadcasts all over the world.

I saw most other football club logos were uploaded in a SVG format and I wondered what's needed for this logo to display correctly once I upload it in a SVG format to Wikimedia Commons, since when I take a look now all I see is an empty space of pixels, which is obviously not the goal since I want to upload the current version of FC Utrecht's logo to Wikimedia Commons to eventually update it on the club's Wikipedia page.

At Liquipedia (liquipedia.net) where my previous experience comes from, we work with PNG files. That may be one of the reasons why I'm having troubles here.

Once again, thanks for taking the time to read my question, and I look forward to hearing an answer.

Jonas (Jonashp99) twitter.com/Jonashp99 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonashp99 (talk • contribs) 23:36, 15 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Jonashp99: Hi, and welcome. Can you point to somewhere on the web where the new logo is available in high resolution?   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 00:23, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Thank you! The logo can be found here: https://www.fcutrecht.nl/assets/toolkit/images/logo-fcu.svgJonashp99 11:53, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jonashp99: You're welcome. @Jmabel: Do you think it qualifies for {{PD-textlogo}}?   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 13:02, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I don't think it's quite {{PD-textlogo}}, but it's so simple & generic that I would consider it as {{PD-ineligible}}. Of course, I'm not a real copyright expert, and I certainly know nothing about the threshold of originality in the Netherlands. Maybe a question for COM:VPC? - Jmabel ! talk 15:37, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: Thanks, I asked at COM:VPC#New logo for FC Utrecht.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 17:30, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Rashtrieey jan party[edit]

फ़ोटो अपलोड कैसे करे — Preceding unsigned comment added by राष्ट्रीय जन पार्टी (talk • contribs) 02:10, 16 September 2020‎ (UTC)

寄付ni[edit]

寄付をしたいが、カ-ドでは振り込まない。現金を指定の口座へ直で振り込むので、口座番号を知らせてください。paula@allfort.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 175.33.139.143 (talk • contribs) 03:42, 16 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • If you are trying to donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, please see [10]. - Jmabel ! talk 04:13, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Famous person[edit]

Hi. Could you tell me how can I update image for Armenia famous person? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dombov89 (talk • contribs)

  • @Dombov89: If you have a more current photo that is either in the public domain or is sufficiently free-licensed (see COM:L), you can upload the picture here on Commons, then change the article in question to reference the new image rather than the old one. - Jmabel ! talk 15:40, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Are subcategories exclusive of each other?[edit]

Hi. I am finding your category organization very cumbersome to use for browsing. If I look up a particular artist (not an artist with a Page), I then have to jump back and forth between numerous subcategories. Maybe this is just the way it is, but I would rather see all the files at once. It might be too much for very famous artists, but for relatively obscure ones?

My main question is this: If there is a subcategory level for paintings in varius museums and another equal level for the same artist arranged by date, are these the same files in both or are they exclusive? Or does it depend on who entered them?

Thanks for any info you can give me.

Liz

To answer the main question first: if there are categories for the museum and for the date, a painting should be categorized in both. It should also be categorized by artist and topic. If there is more than one photograph of a painting, it is a good idea to have a category for the painting and add parent categories to that, e.g. Category:Samson and Delilah (Rembrandt). Most artist will have a category with all of their works, like Category:Works by Rembrandt. You can then use PetScan to see all images of all subcategories, if you set the depth high enough. --rimshottalk 21:27, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Problem signing in or logging in[edit]

I had joined four years ago under my name Stan Adie. Wikipedia still holds my data.

I have tried to upload pictures onto wiki loves monuments when I click on the upload button it says incorrect password or confirmation code. Despite trying to re-set my password I do not get the relevant e-mail to reset.

I have tried to re-apply but it says my user name is already in use.

My e-mail is ---- "stanleyadie@yahoo.co.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.127.241 (talk • contribs) 21:19, 16 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • I assume this is about the account User:Stanadie. It looks like you never used that account on Commons or the English-language Wikipedia, though, nor did you provide an email address. Is there somewhere else you made edits using it? If not, I'd say just start over with a new account. - Jmabel ! talk 23:14, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Let me just add that punctuation and capitalization are important in usernames, except that the first character must be capitalized.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 23:26, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
I thought the user referred to the account Stan Adie on the English-language Wikipedia (creation log), which also has no contributions. But maybe the user confused the different accounts. There is also an account Stanleyadie, also no contributions. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:48, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Cannot upload an improved version of an existing file[edit]

Downloaded this file and replaced the embedded legend with a legible version, but I am blocked from re-uploading it because I cannot specify the source, which is the commons. I "re-uploaded" many images in the past. What changed since my last replacement activity? — Ineuw talk 01:53, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

@Ineuw: What upload tool are you using that won't let you do this? - Jmabel ! talk 16:13, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jmabel: I always use the Upload a new version of this file link below the image. This links me to this page. I am using this lik from time immemorial (or, since I joined the commons). — Ineuw talk 00:25, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Not an answer to your question, but before you put more effort into this, do you really believe that File:Aspero.jpg is "own work"? Doesn't really look like it. And given deletions of some of the uploader's files, it doesn't inspire excessive trust. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
@Asclepias:, I agree regarding to this particular image. But, I wonder what will happen with other images I can clean and/or correct.— Ineuw talk 01:16, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:PhilipCortez.jpg[edit]

--Jh sanantonio (talk) 02:56, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

I've been asked by State Representative Philip Cortez to upload and publish his official state portrait into wikipedia. I believe the photo to be public domain but not sure how to articulate that in the request as it is on his official State of Texas website listed below: https://house.texas.gov/members/member-page/?district=117

Please let me know what we have to do to keep the photo up and on his wikipedia page.

--Jh sanantonio (talk)

@Jh sanantonio: Hi, and welcome. Why do you "believe the photo to be public domain"? Is there some particular state or federal law that places it in the public domain? Who was the photographer? You could upload it to English Wikipedia for Fair Use subject to en:WP:F. We do not accept Fair Use files here on Wikimedia Commons.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 16:04, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: I don't think en-wiki allows pictures of living people on a fair use basis unless the picture itself is irreplaceable (e.g. a picture of a particular historic event). - Jmabel ! talk 16:15, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Adapted image CC BY-SA 2.0[edit]

Hello, I want to upload to CC an adapted (cropped) version of an image already on CC, which is marked by the CC BY-SA 2.0 license. However, the Upload Wizard does not show that license among the choices, the closest thing being CC BY-SA 2.5. Can someone tell me how to proceed with my upload? Should I just go with the 2.5? Thanks! Assambrew (talk) 05:22, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

You can use a tool like CropTool, which I think can keep the same license. Or you can add the license manually. Or you could ignore the Upload Wizard and use the basic form. Or an argument might be made that you could use version 2.5 or 3.0 or 4.0 if you consider the crop as a "derivative work", but a simple crop can be considered closer to the original work and to me it seems preferable to keep the version 2.0. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:47, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
"the basic form" => Special:Upload - Jmabel ! talk 16:16, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
One could also use our experienced form.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 16:39, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks guys. The Upload Wizard seemed simplest to handle, so I decided to use version 2.5 and call it derivative. Then I manually edited the license to version 2.0. The image is at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Large_Sagittarius_star_cloud.jpg . Can someone please take a look, and let me know if it will pass muster? Thanks again. Assambrew (talk) 18:33, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Picture deleted Tatiana Laurence Delarue[edit]

How is it possible to prove that it is a selfie and publish it ? I understood that it is impossible to publish a photo.

Aucune photo n'est acceptée. Comment faire ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justfree1958 (talk • contribs) 16:13, 17 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • @Justfree1958: I assume this is about either File:Tatiana-Laurence Delarue.jpg or File:Tatiana elfie smiling.jpg.
  • These appear to be the same photo. When a photo is deleted, do not upload it under a different name. This could get you blocked.
  • When you say, "prove that it is a selfie and publish it" are you saying that you are this person and this is your selfie?
    • If so, there are two possibilities: (1) publish the photo on a page that is clearly under your control (e.g. your Instagram account) and offer the free license there; then reference that page as the source when uploading to Commons. That is probably easiest. (2) Go through the process described at COM:OTRS or COM:OTRS/fr.
    • If this is not you, then the picture being a selfie has nothing to do with the matter, other than making it very easy to identify the photographer to have them use one of the two means above to give permission.
Jmabel ! talk 16:26, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

So please check intagram, you will also find there the very first selfie used by purepeople : tl_delarue — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justfree1958 (talk • contribs) 16:32, 17 September 2020‎ (UTC)

This was not the same picture, one with no smile, the other smiling — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justfree1958 (talk • contribs) 16:34, 17 September 2020‎ (UTC)

It is in the story written Wikipedia vérifié — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justfree1958 (talk • contribs) 16:43, 17 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Justfree1958: So please comply with policy COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 16:49, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
@Justfree1958: I see what you mean now: [11]. However, a statement like that or along the lines of "okay for Wikipedia" is not acceptable for our purposes. The photo needs to be explicitly released under a free license such as the ones listed at COM:L#Well-known licenses / COM:L/fr#Licences courantes. The best way to do this is via COM:OTRS, though I suppose an Instagram post with a notice like those suggested here is just as acceptable. Note that Instagram doesn't allow links in the description, however. clpo13(talk) 17:36, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
The media copy mentioned to justify the speedy deletion acknowledges that the source is the Instagram source. It does look like a selfie by the subject of the photo. I understand the mention "wiki vérifié" associated with this photo at the original source as a short mention meaning "I hereby verify the license associated with this photo on Wikimedia". Which was probably a way to conform to the possibility "(1)" evoked by Jmabel above, although not using the letter of the suggestion. Sure, it would be better if the mention was directly the identification of the license. So, it may still be useful either to name the license on Instagram or to send confirmation to OTRS. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:01, 17 September 2020 (UTC)
Or if User:Justfree1958 is Tatiana Laurence Delarue (which I take it is the case) then Tatiana can indicate that on her Instagram account, at which point we know that a selfie uploaded by User:Justfree1958 doesn't need any more scrutiny of license than any normal upload by any other user.
@Clpo13: OTRS is not necessarily the preferred way to verify identity; it's the only way to do confidential correspondence, which is often needed in order to verify identity, but it's cumbersome and time-consuming. It's quicker for all concerned if we can verify identity by publicly available means that don't require time from the OTRS team, who are always busy and backlogged. - Jmabel ! talk 23:36, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

Uploads by a particular user[edit]

How do I search for all files in a specific category uploaded by a particular user? Or those in a specific category *not* uploaded by a particular user? I know about incategory: but I can't find how to include the uploader in the search Thanks Kognos (talk) 19:36, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

  • I know this doesn't answer your question, but: one of the many reasons I prefer "Source=Photo by Joe Mabel" to "{{Own}}". - Jmabel ! talk 23:39, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

How to search for individual images in a specific category?[edit]

184.13.70.158 20:29, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

The question is not very specific. But if you wanted to search for image files about fishing in the River Severn you could use: "incategory:"River Severn" fishing". Unless I am missing something? Kognos (talk) 20:57, 17 September 2020 (UTC)

William Davis Jr[edit]

Can you please send me a phone list of Bladenboro for the Davis family to einsteinwilliams@shaw.ca as I’m looking out for my son Billy Davis. We live in Vancouver BC Billy my son is 48 and never seen his dad who is probably dead if alive he would be my age 77 Black Lives Matter I am Indiginous and Billy was Chi chi please give me the families number or e mail....Jo Williams formally Blake. Thanks Judi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:3d08:7f7d:6600:499a:fe09:a194:a885 (talk • contribs) 02:07, 18 September 2020‎ (UTC)

  • I believe you are probably on the wrong site. This is a page about getting help in using Wikimedia Commons, a media repository that is a sister project to Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 16:11, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Unsupported gadget or script all of a sudden[edit]

I keep getting on my mobile web browser (advanced mode) this popup on every page:

You are running a user gadget or script that is unsupported on mobile. Please review mw:ResourceLoader/Migration_guide

I do not know what is going on. The only gadget I turned in recently is Cat a lot, and it was not a problem until just now. Turning of Cat a lot did not fix it.

What’s up? DemonDays64 (talk) 05:57, 18 September 2020 (UTC) (please ping on reply)

@DemonDays64: Hi, the message mentions scripts (not only gadgets). You load scripts in User:DemonDays64/common.js which seem not to be supported on mobile. (That's my guess.) --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 12:08, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
@AKlapper (WMF): oh!! hmm seems like a new warning. but yes I was loading a script (which doesn't even exist lol). Thanks, DemonDays64 (talk) 19:53, 20 September 2020 (UTC) (please ping on reply)

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T263315 has the answers!

For the records, the line above this one was written by User:Jidanni (please sign your posts - thanks!). --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 08:43, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
Sorry. I must have got too used to the automatic signing elsewhere. Jidanni (talk) 21:44, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Please replace File:Jupiter Polar Winds.gif with higher quality version[edit]

I uploaded File:Jupiter Polar Winds 500x500.gif because I can't replace the original file. Can someone update the original and delete the new one? --Solar Miloo (talk) 08:42, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

@Solar Miloo: Why not just transcode the whole PIA03452 movie file?   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 13:30, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: That's actually the whole movie. There are two versions of PIA03452: a higher quality one with the original 84 frames, and a lower quality one that loops 5 times. The NASA description explicitly says there are 84 frames. --Solar Miloo (talk) 19:01, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Wikidata Infobox[edit]

Hallo! Wenn in einer Namens Kategorie, z.B. bei einem Actor, die Wikidata Infobox ist wird sie falsch sortiert. Nach Vorname statt Nachname. Soweit ich mich erinnere nützt Defaultsort nichts und/oder löst einen Konflikt aus. Auch das eintragen des Nachnamens bei Wikidata ändert nichts.Gibt es trotzdem eine Lösung? --Hiddenhauser (talk) 09:51, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

How do I hide all the "Changed an entity" edits in my watchlist?[edit]

I don't want to hide all bot edits, but there're too much "adding structured data" in my watchlist. =( Ain92 (talk) 15:59, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

I have the same problem. It looks like that two bots are competing to add as much as possible structured data. Wouter (talk) 19:31, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Getty Images via AFP[edit]

Hi!! ^_^ . I am back at it again with a question about upload. I like many issues of activism and found This image under "Commercial and other uses licenses" and it belongs to Getty Images via AFP. My question is, how do I find out under which specific license is it under?, if you may ask who they are, they are Hong Kong activists (from Left to right) Sunny Cheung, Jimmy Sham and Nathan Lau. It's an important photo that represents last pro-democracy election in HK. That's why my interest in uploading it. Thank you very very much. --CoryGlee (talk) 20:56, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

Where does it specify that this image is under "Commercial and other uses licenses"? --Wcam (talk) 21:02, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Wcam, Hi! in google I searched under the name "Jimmy Sham and Sunny Cheung Getty images" and in preferences I selected "Under commercial and other uses licenses" and it showed up ^_^ --CoryGlee (talk) 21:20, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
See here for an explanation of Google Image Search's "Commercial and other uses licenses", which include licenses that are most likely non-free thus not compatible with Wikimedia Commons. Regarding this particular image, it is definitely NOT a free image. --Wcam (talk) 21:29, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
OK, thank you for your extreme kindness. --CoryGlee (talk) 21:30, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

File:Berlin-Moabit Kruppstraße-16 Gedanktafel Geschützschuppen-der-6-Batterie.jpg[edit]

Please remove the coordinates from the structured data. I cannot change nor delete them. I added the wrong co-ordinates on the description page. :( Thanks and cheers --Marbot (talk) 21:11, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

✓ Done and please feel free to add correct coords. Rodhullandemu (talk) 22:48, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks a lot! The correct coordinates were in the meantime retrieved from exif by a bot. Now BotMultichill has to come along and add the data. :) --Marbot (talk) 08:36, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Can I upload files to Commons from websites?[edit]

I was trying to upload images of Lubelska from websites because there were no images in Commons that talk about Lubelska vodka. I still looked on Polish Wikipedia (w:pl:Lubelska) and there is no page or picture that talks about it. On some images it was commercial use (like Stock Spirits website, which is official website for Lubelska vodka) and there were pictures of Lubelska vodka on social media. Evan0512 (talk) 01:06, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

@Evan0512: Hi, and welcome. Sorry, no, we only accept free media, please see COM:L.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 05:26, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Can I upload pictures from Lubelska from websites into Wikipedia upload file? Evan0512 (talk) 19:57, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
@Evan0512: That depends on the acceptance of Fair Use at the particular Wikipedia; see en:WP:F for English Wikipedia specifically and m:nfc generally. Regrettably, I see no provisions for fair use on Polish Wikipedia.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 00:38, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

video footage from 1909[edit]

I found some video footage of King Leopold II of Belgium on youtube from 1909, i have no idea who filmed it, so i dont know when he died, to calculate the copyright date, but i think everything filmed before 1920 is automaticly in the public domain right? so that shouldend be a problem, and second if i upload it here, what should i put as source, or author? youtube? kind regards, thanks LordLiberty (talk) 02:44, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

@LordLiberty: There are certain situations in which unpublished information can be copyrighted by the first publisher, what is the youtube URL?   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 05:21, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

If you think i am going to give you the url, lol, after all that bullying, trolling and acusing me of fraud and so on.. I wil wait until someone else answers my question, and if someone else don't answer, it will remain on youtube, or maybe i wil send it to the Encyclopedia britannica. LordLiberty (talk) 05:25, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

  • Perhaps if you didn't make disruptive edits no one would accuse you of making disruptive edits. - Jmabel ! talk 17:14, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

User:Pontonbluelagoon[edit]

This page about me is not true. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pontonbluelagoon , the user created has a lost password and i can't access to delete this information. It's all bogus and i wan't the page reported and suspended. —Preceding unsigned comment was added by 2a02:2f0e:7011:bc00:1c81:1309:a157:f2e7 (talk) 05:09, 19 September 2020‎ (UTC)

I blanked the page. Ruslik0 (talk) 11:11, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

List of monuments !![edit]

Dear Madam/Sir, May i request you to kindly provide me the list of monuments of Lucknow,Uttar Pradesh which can submitted for the contest. Thanks and Regards, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arorabindu (talk • contribs) 06:05, 19 September 2020‎ (UTC)

Arorabindu, please see links at Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments_in_India/Monuments. -mattbuck (Talk) 08:47, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Renaming a file, but the new name is linked with a redirection[edit]

I want to rename [[12]] with [[13]], due to harmonise the group of equestrian sports pictograms, but the redirection of the "Equestrian Vaulting pictogram makes it impossible. Is there somebody, who can help? -Citius Altius Fortius (talk) 07:22, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Kri irian.jpg[edit]

{{PD-IDUnknown}} --182.2.167.220 14:10, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

@IndonesiaSocmedController: Please fix it and make sure your uploads have licenses.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 14:14, 19 September 2020 (UTC)

Cómo subir una imagen de un sitio web[edit]

Estoy pensando subir una imagen pero como lo haría si es de un sitio web y la imagen es respaldada por una empresa solo que a sido tomada por el sitio web. Gracias por adelantado Alesas19 (talk) 03:48, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

How to upload an image from a website
I am thinking of uploading an image but how would I do it if it is from a website and the image is endorsed by a company only that has been taken by the website. Thanks in advance
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 04:30, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
@Alesas19: Hola y bienvenido. Lo sentimos, no puede hacer eso, consulte Commons:Licensing/es para saber por qué no podemos aceptarlo, y pida al fotógrafo que publique Commons:Licensing/es que cumpla con los permisos para dicho trabajo en su sitio web o presencia en las redes sociales o envíe la foto y permiso a través de OTRS/es con una copia al carbón para usted.
Hi, and welcome. Sorry, you may not do that, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via OTRS with a carbon copy to you.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 04:30, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

User:Taya.bkmnk[edit]

Как добавить картинку в статью? Почему не получается это сделать, если это моя картинка? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Taya.bkmnk (talk • contribs) 12:53, 20 September 2020‎ (UTC)

How to add a picture to an article? Why can't I do this if it's my picture?
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 13:40, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
@Taya.bkmnk: Привет и добро пожаловать. С сожалением сообщаю вам, что вы активировали Special: AbuseFilter/153, пытаясь кросс-вики загрузить логотип png в качестве нового пользователя, оставив при этом сводку без изменений. Такая загрузка логотипов в формате png вообще запрещена. Вы указали, что это ваша собственная работа. Обычно, когда кто-то загружает логотип в формате png, это нарушение авторских прав из Интернета. Пожалуйста, загрузите его полноразмерный оригинал, включая все метаданные, но он может быть сочтен слишком сложным для размещения в TOO/ru в стране происхождения, поэтому вам может потребоваться лицензировать его на своем веб-сайте или в социальных сетях. или отправьте разрешение через OTRS/ru. Кроме того, любое изображение png будет выглядеть нечетким при уменьшении (из-за проектных решений, обсуждаемых в phab:T192744) или неровным при увеличении, поэтому вы также можете загрузить версию в формате svg или jpg. Если вы измените сводку или вместо этого используете наш Мастер загрузки, вы сможете избежать этого фильтра.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png logo as a new user while leaving the summary intact. Such uploads of png logos are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png logo, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it, including any metadata, but it may be judged too complex to be under TOO in the country of origin, so you may need to license it on your website or social media or send permission via OTRS. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so you may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too. If you change the summary or use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 13:40, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Avoiding the "missing SDC copyright license" and "missing SDC copyright status" errors[edit]

How do I avoid these errors when using the 'Upload file' page?

    1) Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International missing SDC copyright license
    2) Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike missing SDC copyright status

What do I add in the 'Summary' field in order to prevent those errors?

This is the text I am including in 'Summary' and I get both errors:

Description
English: my description
Date
Source Own work
Author 100acrewoods

Category:my category — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100acrewoods (talk • contribs) 16:14, 20 September 2020‎ (UTC)

These are "over enthusiastic" categories for which there is no meaningful consensus to force them on the entire contents of the Wikimedia Commons project. As the most active uploader to Commons I ignore them as pointless and disruptive. The system of license templates is not being replaced, and if anyone wanted to create a license database, they could do that by harvesting the current system. There never has been a convincing explanation as to why this change is being forced on everyone.
No extra work is expected of any uploader to duplicate these details by playing around with the experimental SDC tags. Ignore them please. -- (talk) 16:21, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

home made wine making[edit]

I have killed off the natural yeast, waited 24 hrs, then added a cultured yeast. How long before I should see a reaction in my vat of must. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.69.241.138 (talk • contribs) 23:14, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

  • I am guessing you are on the wrong website. This is a page for getting help in using Wikimedia Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 23:23, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

I have foto graph material from a tour, which allowed schematics and that of dam design and tunnels[edit]

Hi,

I have post shots of dam designs, which allow to publically take photos of. However, this information is very important for people to learn about. Only those that may visit the site by chance may know of it, there is not other information.

I would like to upload as is photos of the posters on a presentation at the dam, which can only be seen on-site and are typically 6 hours away from those it affects and know really know about.

Which allow for people to learn more about it.

There basically is no information on who compiled it, just been there for many years, until there a fire and be gone.

Here is a link, to the photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xBjU72tcOnIR9vqwCxRemJzT1tk3lm4d?usp=sharing

How does this play with wiki copyright laws.

Kind Regards,

Wesley Oliver — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wesley olis (talk • contribs) 08:35, 21 September 2020‎ (UTC)

@Wesley olis: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:L and COM:DW.   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 14:31, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Well as far as I can tell, the medium in this folder is basically public on display at the dam, free entrance and allow take pictures of anything and was encouraged to do so. I don't see any reference to anything presented on the pin boards. With this basically being a public display, however, contained in a dam wall, so certain visitation hours pertaining to staff being there. I would say that I should be able to upload this information, potentially add a reference as the public display at the dam facility. Would I be able to also verbatim re-type the text into I not sure where or how your policies are for this into a digital dialog of what appears on some of the images, for those that may struggle to read the resource material?

I don't thing there will be any issues to making this material more accessible.

I would like your opinion on how I could go about or if could given any direction on doing text memo description for each photo. Which would assist search engines and those may struggle to read a line or two.

I looking forward to hearing back from you.

Stolen image[edit]

this image appears to have been stolen from this source which published it two years earlier and in higher quality. They did not use a fair use or anything. Sxologist (talk) 08:52, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

@Sxologist:, I've tagged the image for detlion. ~~ Alex Noble/1-2/TRB 11:12, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

помощь с кодом[edit]

Добрый день! я загрузила картинку, прописала в ней код. но у меня возникли сложности с написанием даграммы Эулера (чтобы слова обводились квадратами и были кликабельны), так же у меня не получилось создать карту изображений. Не понимаю как задавать координатные данные для слов на картинке - готовый шаблон я нашла, но и он не работает. так же не могу добавить в боковую панель - новый язык перевода этой картинки - постоянно пишет, что ссылка не правильная вставлена. ниже картинка. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%B5%D1%9E%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96.jpg

заранее благодарю за помощь! — Preceding unsigned comment added by an unknown user 16:56, 21 September 2020

help with code

Good day! I uploaded a picture, wrote the code in it. but I had difficulties with writing the Euler diagram (so that the words were enclosed in squares and were clickable), I also could not create an image map. I do not understand how to set coordinate data for words in the picture - I found a ready-made template, but it does not work either. I also cannot add to the sidebar - a new translation language for this picture - I constantly write that the link is not inserted correctly. below picture. File:Шаблон Транснацыянальныя еўрапейскія арганізацыі.jpg

thank you in advance for your help!
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. please ping or talk to me 17:04, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

I don't know how to change something ...but I think one of your pages is wrong.[edit]

File:FMIB 52118 Skilfish, Annoplopoma fimbria (Pallas) California.jpeg

The image that is shown says Skilfish...but I think it is the SableFish instead. The image was from 1907 and probably was done incorrectly.

If anyone cares...please update.

Please see: https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/seafood-profiles/sablefish-black-cod

Sablefish have two back fins, Skilfish has only one.