Commons:Help desk/Archive/2025/01

Mass changing licenses

Hi. I uploaded a lot of audio files for Lingua Libre earlier, which are licensed CC-BY-SA. I'd like to change all of them to CC0, is it possible to do this automatically? '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 01:09, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

@CanonNi Sure, I can do that for you. Just confirming: you are referring all of the files listed here? —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 01:46, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

@Mdaniels5757 yes, all of those files. Thank you! '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 02:08, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

@CanonNi  Done! —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 02:24, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

(and you're welcome!!) —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 02:24, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 02:31, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Lupton photo

This photo on this commons page:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1927_-_Lord_Mayor_Hugh_Lupton_(in_Mayoral_chains)_at_a_luncheon_in_Leeds_with_Lord_Harewood_(left).jpg

is labelled incorrectly. It should be "Lord_Mayor_Hugh_Lupton_(in_Mayoral_chains)_at_a_luncheon_in_Leeds_with_Lord_Harewood_(right)."

The word "right" should be at the end of the desrciption, not "Left". Thanks 175.38.37.197 00:59, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

 Done Jmabel ! talk 03:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 03:25, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Soy víctima de PHISHING y Acoso Telefónico

He intentado publicar y siempre hay algún problema para publicarlo. Soy víctima de usurpación de identidad o PHISHING. Esto es muy serio no tengo ninguna Empresa ni Centro Educativo. Soy un Pensionista y quizás sea mi último año y como historiador y experto en artes, quisiera dejar mi legado en Wikipedia. No tengo ninguna licencia como usuario y me viene grande lo de las nuevas tecnologías. Parkeset (talk) 05:52, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

how to show proof of owners permission of a image?

if the owner on the image gives me permission to use it how do i show that he gave me permission that i can use the image on wikipedia? Hiro1771 (talk) 07:12, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

@Hiro1771: Hi, The copyright holder should send a permission for a free license via COM:VRT. Yann (talk) 10:59, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

"via" here should be understood as "as explained at". Don't post the permission to that page or its talk page. - Jmabel ! talk 20:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

To insert an image in an English Wikipedia page from a Russian Wikipedia page

Hi, I'm writing an English wikipedia page about a person P.E. El'yasberg. There is a picture of him in the corresponding Russian wikipedia page https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3,_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%95%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 . Could I use it in the English wikipedia page legally? If so, how can I do it? I tried with inserting directly the filename "П. Е. Эльясберг.jpg" but it didn't work. Do I need to download and reupload it? If so, how can I determine the copyright status of it, as the link inserted by the previous uploader is already not accessable http://www.kik-sssr.ru/0.6.5_NII-4_Eliasberg.htm

Thank you. Arrivedercigrazie (talk) 13:59, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

@Arrivedercigrazie: presumably yes (by downloading from ru-wiki and uploading directly to en-wiki). en-wiki typically allows one non-free image of a deceased person if no free image is available. You will need to read en:Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline and you will need to use en:Template:Non-free use rationale.

Note that although I have answered here, none of this involves Commons, which does not allow any non-free use. Please do not upload the image to Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 20:59, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Blurry image not used in any article

I came across the file File:Moto-phone.png while editing the article it was supposed to be added to, en:Moto G54 5G. Someone else removed it from the article because it's too blurry and low-resolution - they're not wrong, IMO. If an image is seemingly too low-quality to be used for any purpose, and it's not being used in any articles, does Commons have any policy that recommends deleting it? -- numbermaniac (talk) 15:07, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

@Numbermaniac: Hi, and welcome. You could ask the uploader GDPSxGD if they can do better. You could also nominate it for deletion per COM:DP.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:18, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

A policy upon which you could base a deletion request is COM:EDUSE. A file that cannot be realistically used for educational purposes is not included in our project's scope. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 15:53, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

I nominated the file for deletion. It's not only out of scope, it's also possibly a copyvio: at a closer look, one could see the cropping vestiges of a hand holding the phone. If it is a legitimate "own work", then there is no reason to use such a minuscule image size and for making a photo while holding the device. But if it's a crop from some ad, maybe a screenshot from some video, then the small size and the indentations where fingers would have hold the phone are totally explainable - and reason all the more for deletion. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 00:48, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, that works. I did wonder if it was a screenshot or crop from a video, but I didn't pick up on the indentations and them potentially being a hand holding the phone. Nice pickup! -- numbermaniac (talk) 17:11, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

The file has no source. Neither do File:Backphone.png and File:Da-CASEEEEE.png. They can be deleted for that reason. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:31, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

How to upload

Im trying to upload, but i need some help. 2toneq (talk) 22:39, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

@2toneq: You are going to have to ask something more specific for anyone to be able to help you. Are you uploading with Commons:UploardWizard or something else? What are you trying to upload? What problem(s), exactly, have you run into? - Jmabel ! talk 00:31, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Big images

Help. When I import an image to my user page without a thumb, it becomes massive. Do you have to do some more adjustments to fix it? If you know what I should do, please tell me. This is a problem on editing Wikipedia articles. LordBlueyIDK (talk) 08:11, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

No worries, I figured it out, I think. LordBlueyIDK (talk) 09:05, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

@LordBlueyIDK: Hi, and welcome. For future reference, the best guide I have found on the subject is en:H:PIC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:32, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

You should just go to Commons and request deletion of the logo

Hello,

The draft process only considers the text and sources. You should just go to Commons and request deletion of the logo; once the draft is accepted you can then upload the image to this Wikipedia directly as a "fair use" image.

Can you help me? Andriuspetrulevic (talk) 12:34, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

@Andriuspetrulevic: Hi, and welcome. You neglected to quote 331dot's en:special:diff/1266835269. If you have permission from the company for File:Artwin logo.svg documented on their website or social media, please indicate that on the file description page. If not, please have someone in authority there send or post permission as explained on VRT. Otherwise, the file will probably be deleted here in about a week; you could accelerate that as explained on COM:SD. If you can't get permission, uploading of this logo on enwiki as fair use should follow en:WP:F after the article is in mainspace.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:48, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

The user is a company employee that admits the company owns the logo; I suggested that they just delete it and deal with the logo later. 331dot (talk) 12:51, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

@331dot: Thank you. Unfortunately, "just delete it" is not allowed here for regular users.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:55, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Am I free to use some images of al aqsa mosque from your website

I would like to use several pics of Al Aqsa from your website for a short online journal article that I'm writing for a non-profit religious organization. This is my first time doing this so if answer is yes what steps do I need to take. Thanks BinoJack (talk) 00:52, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

• Yes, some images require attribution (text credit) to the photographer; information about license requirements are on individual image pages. See Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia for general guidelines. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 01:21, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Official photo

Can I upload an official photo of an elected official? Cmcrabtr (talk) 01:46, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Maybe, maybe not. The situation is different for different nations and states. Could you be more specific if you're interested in something in particular? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 02:26, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

A City Councilor in Indiana. Using what is posted on the city website. Cmcrabtr (talk) 02:52, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Cmcrabtr: Almost certainly not. Indiana generally allows you to make copies of government materials for yourself, but not to republish. Unless you see some sort of free license on the site in question (you haven't provided a link, so I can't look), it's not suitable for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 04:13, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Removal of photo under wrong reason

Editor, they removed the photo I uploaded to the commons claiming it was "personal and of low quality", but it wasn't. It was an Adobe stock wallpaper, AI generated, edited by me with all licenses for use (free usage) and when I uploaded it I completed the form as requested. I didn't understand the reason for the removal. Thomàz Mazzei (talk) 06:01, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Thomàz Mazzei: Hi, and welcome. This appears to be about File:LUPUS CANIDAE.jpg, but it may be about one of your other four deleted uploads. Please review COM:CSD#F10, COM:CSD#G10, COM:PS, and COM:NOT. Also, we are all editors here, even you. The files were deleted by Admin The Squirrel Conspiracy.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:04, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. and @The Squirrel Conspiracy thank you for providing me the information. From what I understood, once the image is just purely art instead of having educational purpose (such as a real canis lupus in nature) therefore is considered under speedy elimination? Thomàz Mazzei (talk) 09:07, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Thomàz Mazzei: It needs to be within our scope. If you are a notable artist and want to use it to illustrate an article on you, fine. If you are an established editor on a WMF wiki and want to use it in your userspace, also fine. If you want to use Commons as your free webhost or to promote yourself or your books, not fine.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:14, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Well, so I still dont see the reason for removal. Basically its an AI Generated image of a wolf in the snow that was free for download on Adobe Stock. I downloaded it and edited it on Photoshop to add some Oil paint style and some noise to make it pop. Does that break any of the rules? Thomàz Mazzei (talk) 09:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Thomàz Mazzei: What URL did you get it from on Adobe Stock?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:24, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. https://stock.adobe.com/pt/search?filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aphoto%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aillustration%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Azip_vector%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Avideo%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Atemplate%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3A3d%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aaudio%5D=0&filters%5Binclude_stock_enterprise%5D=0&filters%5Bis_editorial%5D=0&filters%5Bfree_collection%5D=0&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aimage%5D=1&k=wolf+wallpaper&order=relevance&search_page=1&search_type=usertyped&acp=&aco=wolf+wallpaper&get_facets=0&asset_id=979598003 Thomàz Mazzei (talk) 09:25, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. and I also have this other one, unedited

https://stock.adobe.com/pt/search?filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aphoto%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aillustration%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Azip_vector%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Avideo%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Atemplate%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3A3d%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aaudio%5D=0&filters%5Binclude_stock_enterprise%5D=0&filters%5Bis_editorial%5D=0&filters%5Bfree_collection%5D=0&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aimage%5D=1&k=wolf+wallpaper&order=relevance&search_page=1&search_type=usertyped&acp=&aco=wolf+wallpaper&get_facets=0&asset_id=954676233 Thomàz Mazzei (talk) 09:27, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Thomàz Mazzei: That page is "© 2025 Adobe. All rights reserved." Where is the free license compatible with COM:L?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:33, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

I'm a photographer. Images available on Adobe Stock are licensed under a royalty-free model, both images have standard and extended licenses. I don't know if you're aware of this, but the Standard limits it to 500,000 uses and prohibits resale, while the Extended version allows unlimited runs and use in commercial products. Thomàz Mazzei (talk) 09:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. @The Squirrel Conspiracy Thomàz Mazzei (talk) 09:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Thomàz Mazzei: None of the licenses on https://stock.adobe.com/license-terms allow for sublicensing, as far as I can tell.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:43, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. @The Squirrel Conspiracy

Thank you for the detailed explanation regarding the Adobe Stock licensing terms. I now have a better understanding of the restrictions related to the use of images, and I apologize for any inconvenience my submission may have caused. I acknowledge that it is not permitted to upload Adobe Stock images to Wikimedia, even on my user page, and I humbly request the removal of the images I previously uploaded, including the one that was deleted earlier, as well as the one I uploaded alongside it. I apologize for any confusion caused and appreciate your understanding and patience. Thomàz Mazzei (talk) 09:47, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Thomàz Mazzei: You're welcome. Thanks for the apology. Your uploads were already deleted.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:01, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. @The Squirrel Conspiracy Thomàz Mazzei (talk) 09:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Library of Congress images - how to get them onto Commons if I know they’re PD?

VIA Template:PD-Look, I know these images I’d like on the commons are presumably public domain. But the problem is - the Library of Congress does not provide direct digital versions of the photographs. How can I access them and get them here? Sigma Mogglet (talk) 15:14, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Go to the Library of Congress and take photos. The Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries in the world, so they will inevitably have millions of items that are not available digitally. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:20, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

The comment from Asclepias has mostly resolved my question, but I appreciate this response too. If the below response did not exist, I would tell you that I do not currently live in America. Sigma Mogglet (talk) 17:32, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Traveling to the United States to take a photograph may not be a practical solution, but it's the only one you've got, other than requesting that someone already here does it for you or maybe hiring someone on a task performing website. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:36, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Are you sure they are PD? There is no indication on the pages of the images that they are PD. Normally, if they were PD, that would be indicated as such in the pages at the LoC. The fact that the LoC does not provide digital versions is also another clue that the images may not be PD. More precisely, the rights statement for those images specify that the copyright is held by the United States, after transfer from the previous copyriht holder. That is not a release to the public domain. The relevant body of the US could release the copyrights if it wanted to, but there is no indication that it did. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:24, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

That’s very insightful. Thank you for your response. Sigma Mogglet (talk) 17:29, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Sigma Mogglet: This way you get thumbnails and a little bit more info: [1], [2], [3]. --Achim55 (talk) 19:05, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Incarcare nereusita

Am un pdf ce imi apartine, pe baza lui am creat si suport text....de ce nu il pot posta? Manole Stefania Bianca (talk) 16:23, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Upload failed

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I have a pdf that belongs to me, based on it I created text support....why can't I post it?

translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:05, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Manole Stefania Bianca: Salut si bine ai venit. Îmi pare rău să vă informez că ați declanșat Special:AbuseFilter/281. Vă rugăm să citiți din nou Mediawiki:Abusefilter-disallowed-pdf-new-user-upload. De asemenea, ați declanșat Special:AbuseFilter/153 încercând să încărcați pe wiki o imagine pdf ca utilizator nou. Astfel de încărcări de imagini pdf nu sunt permise deloc. Ai indicat că este munca ta. De obicei, când cineva încarcă o imagine pdf, este o încălcare a drepturilor de autor preluată de pe web. Vă rugăm să încărcați originalul la dimensiune completă pentru COM:HR, inclusiv orice metadate, dar dacă nu ați fost designerul sau fotograful original al imaginii, este posibil ca persoana respectivă să fie nevoie să-l acorde pe site-ul său oficial sau pe rețelele sociale sau trimiteți-vă imaginea și permisiunea prin VRT cu o copie certificată. În plus, orice imagine raster non-jpg va arăta neclară atunci când este redusă (datorită deciziilor de proiectare discutate în phab:T192744) sau crestă când este mărită, așa că este posibil să doriți să încărcați și versiuni svg sau jpg. Dacă nu puteți obține o licență conformă, imaginea poate fi încă încărcată pe Wikipedia în engleză în conformitate cu en:WP:F sau ro:WP:MP deoarece nu permitem utilizarea echitabilă aici. Dacă folosiți Asistentul nostru de încărcare, ar trebui să puteți evita filtrul 153, dar veți întâlni Special:AbuseFilter/281 până când veți avea Autopatrol.

Hi, and welcome. I regret to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/281. Please read Mediawiki:Abusefilter-disallowed-pdf-new-user-upload again. Also, you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a pdf image as a new user. Such uploads of pdf images are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a pdf image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but if you were not the original image designer or photographer, that person may need to license it on their official website or social media, or send the image and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. In addition, any non-jpg raster 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 svg or jpg versions, too. 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. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid filter 153, but you will run into Special:AbuseFilter/281 until you have Autopatrol.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:05, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

On which license I can upload a TV poster from a Instagram post?

Please tell me which license applied on a Image which i have downloaded from Instagram and to want to upload. This is a TV Poster. The link is [4] where from i get image.Opnicarter (talk) 18:49, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Opnicarter: I would be astounded if that is either in the public domain or free-licensed. Do you have any particular reason to believe it is? - Jmabel ! talk 20:03, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

This is a free licensed image. Opnicarter (talk) 20:06, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

On what basis do you make that statement, please? DS (talk) 17:12, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Third opinion requested on AI upscaling

Paper9oll's still This file has now been overwritten by a lower resolution version

My attempt to capture the same

I flagged many of User:Paper9oll's uploaded YouTube video stills as looking to me like obvious AI upscales, but in a subsequent discussion on their talk page they've said that they are simply downloading the original videos and capturing frames from them, and don't believe the images to be upscaled, or agree with me that they even look upscaled. I'm concerned that some step along their capture process could be applying AI upscaling without them being aware of it.

An example upload is shown to the right. To the left is the image Paper9oll uploaded, to the right is my own attempt to capture the same still from the same video.

Paper9oll's image is twice the size of mine, but they say on their talk page that the video they used is 4K (3,840 × 2,160 pixels). The highest resolution I'm able to view and snapshot on YouTube is 1,920 × 1,080, but perhaps YouTube has decided against offering me the 4K version for its own reasons.

Paper9oll's image does seem to show clear signs of AI upscaling which aren't discernable in the original 1080 video. Across the subject's forehead, individual hairs are visible (forming an unusual pinstripe pattern), but below her chin this instantly cuts off to a much lower resolution blur. Her hand and clothes are also much less well defined than the rest of the photo, in a way that doesn't seem like a natural focus blur from a video camera.

Can I get some other views on what might be happening here? Are there any known issues where, for example, YouTube itself would AI-upscale a video to 4K before serving it? Belbury (talk) 20:02, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Looks AI to me: highlights on three fingers of her right hand made to look more like fingernails on the wrong side of the finger; skin looks like it has been through some sort of "cosmetic" filter; I could list more, but I think that is enough. - Jmabel ! talk 20:13, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

"perhaps YouTube has decided against offering me the 4K version for its own reasons" As I recall, there are times that the site will only give a certain maximum resolution to non-paying users and a higher one to those who have whatever weird subscription services they offer. While the other user's capture is clearly more sharp, it's not obviously AI-y to me. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:19, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Setting a theme in Preferences is ignored

What happened? The site design looks horrible now and it is impossible to find anything.

I have Vector legacy selected in my Preferences and it just ignores my preferences and uses Minerva instead? Using another theme also does not work, everything stays the same. Polygnotus (talk) 21:07, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Have you checked to see if there's a conflict with your global preferences and to make sure that if you have global preferences set that local ones will override them? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:16, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, but that does not appear to change anything as far as I can see. I am using the latest Firefox on Win11. Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/YWJxbNW Enabling and disabling the local exception toggle for the theme also did nothing. Polygnotus (talk) 21:21, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Wow, I've never even heard of this. I don't mean to be pedantic, but have you done the standard "log out, log back in, then clear the cache, then restart your computer" sequence as well? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:24, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

I think I'm just stupid. The url contained an "m" for mobile (followed a link here so I did not notice that at first). I removed it and I got the correct theme back. Am I not allowed to choose a mobile theme, only use the Desktop version of the site? I know the new theme is optimized for mobile but its not optimized for my (lack of a) brain. Polygnotus (talk) 21:26, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Not stupid at all. If you want to see the mobile version of the site, there is a "mobile view" at the very bottom of the (desktop) page and you can choose that and navigate to any page from there just like you would in standard desktop. You can always go to "m.[site]" to see its mobile version for all the WMF wikis. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:33, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

If anyone ever runs into the same problem:

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Wiki Mobile to Desktop
// @match        *://*.wikipedia.org/*
// @match        *://*.wikimedia.org/*
// ==/UserScript==
(() => location.hostname.includes('.m.') &&
  location.replace(location.href.replace('.m.', '.')))();

Save as Tampermonkey script. Polygnotus (talk) 23:23, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

There is also a Firefox extension (which I have installed) to redirect these mobile sites to the legit ones. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:35, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Image info page URLs at AMNH digital collections

I discovered the American Museum of Natural History has a lot of public domain images, but I'm unable to link directly to individual image info pages in the Commons file description source fields unless I go to them through a Google image search. Anyone knows how? For example images from this gallery[5], the URL always stays the same for the first image where I did the search from. FunkMonk (talk) 18:24, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

@FunkMonk: They do seem to have made it deliberately difficult.

At least in Firefox: if you hover over an image, you will see a URL like https://digitalcollections.amnh.org/asset-management/2URM1THAZYV at lower left in sort of a tooltip. If you make the obvious substitution into the original URL, it seems to work. But it's a pain, because you can't copy-paste, and you can't see it while you replicate it.

You also can go into the page source and pull out the href value, which is a pain but at least lets you copy-paste.

But of course all of these leave you with a dubious URL: it would still say "Elotherium" whether the image is Elotherium or not. - Jmabel ! talk 19:52, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, and weird it's always the "wrong" URL. The strange thing is that I have been lucky enough to get the direct URLs with the right names through simple Google image searches, so there must be some direct way? FunkMonk (talk) 20:00, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

SVG image claims its thumbnails are unauthorized

File:Hypercubestar.svg is a diagram of a 4d hypercube graph, used on multiple languages of Wikipedia. The svg image itself looks ok to me. However, all of its bitmap images appear to be broken making it unusable in Wikipedia articles. For instance the default size is https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Hypercubestar.svg/330px-Hypercubestar.svg.png. When I try to open it I do not see a png, but instead an html error page with the text "Unauthorized. This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document you requested." I found some discussion with this message at Commons talk:Structured data/Archive 2019#Early depicts testing but it did not appear relevant. Changing the svg coding, removing an image gallery from the image description, purging the cache, etc., did not help. I am only seeing this issue on this one image, not on other recently uploaded svg images. Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong? David Eppstein (talk) 01:05, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T383023

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Broken_icon and the Phabricator report linked here. David Eppstein (talk) 07:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@David Eppstein: both the SVG and PNG thumbnails worked fine for me. MKFI (talk) 10:01, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Now resolved on phab. David Eppstein (talk) 17:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

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Logo upload

Hello,

I am the owner of a company and I would like to add our logo to our wikipedia page. Is this alright?

Thanks in advance! Estheredited (talk) 15:05, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

That's certainly fine, as long as the logo is either 1.) in the public domain or 2.) copyrighted with an appropriate license. I assume your company retains its trademarks, so if you do upload it, be sure to add {{Trademark}} on the page. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:08, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks so much, that is very helpful! Estheredited (talk) 08:15, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Estheredited The top-leftish one here? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:35, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@Estheredited: when you say "our Wikipedia page", you don't say which Wikipedia. No problem here on Commons, but if it is the English-language Wikipedia, and you want to edit something related to your own company, be aware of their policies on conflicts of interest (en:WP:COI) and paid editing (en:WP:PAID). There are analogous policies in many other Wikipedias, which can be found by following the "languages" link near the top of those English-language pages. - Jmabel ! talk 19:07, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Per edit-history, I'm guessing Dutch WP. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:11, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

nl:Wikipedia:Zelfpromotie. - Jmabel ! talk 21:33, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Not surprising, but I'm not opposed to adding that logo to an existing article. If the Dutch wants to delete the article for other reasons, that's up to them. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:36, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

my bad! I didn't consider that. It is Winparts, as someone mentioned. We figured it was appropriate for a professional company to keep it up to date.

Thanks for your kind advice! Estheredited (talk) 08:18, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

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Can you delete the following file as the wrong image was uploaded by accident

This is the file

Regards Scaleboard99 (talk) 20:49, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

•  Done -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 21:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

  Thank you. Scaleboard99 (talk) 19:58, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

  @Scaleboard99: And also, you can also use {{SD|G7}} to request speedy deletion. Here G7 is our code for deletion requested by the uploader.廣九直通車 (talk) 08:32, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

  Cheers

  Thank you. 91.198.255.227 14:18, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

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Need help fixing summary

File:Marshall, Carter, & Dark Ltd. logo (MCDLogo2wbg).png

I cannot figure out where the issue lies Trade (talk) 00:37, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

English description was missing the closing }}. I italicized the name of the fictitious group (can be undone if you want) and I also adjusted the code on the author credit. Abzeronow (talk) 00:49, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Installing a picture

I downloaded a picture to you of Dr. Robert Howell Perks. How do I get it to appear on his page? Powenbarnes (talk) 18:30, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

@Powenbarnes: for the future, if you are asking questions like this, it would be useful if you would link the picture in question and link the page you mean by "his page".

You don't seem to ever have uploaded a picture to this site (Wikimedia Commons). It looks like you tried to upload File:Picture of Robert Perks.png with a statement that it is a photo that you took yourself today (2025-01-01), and that you tried to do this by a cross-wiki upload from en-wiki (the English-language Wikipedia). Basically, you hit a filter that says that small image files uploaded cross-wiki by relatively new users are considered suspect.

If you really did take the photo yourself as you say, you should be able to upload it directly on Commons, using Commons:UploadWizard. Please provide the highest resolution of the photo available, be accurate about the date you took the photo, and add appropriate categories. - Jmabel ! talk 21:11, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for helping me with attempt to install this picture of Robert H. Perks. I did not say I took this picture myself. What I said was that I received this picture from The Order of the Cross archives at their HQ in London in 2011. I apologize for any misunderstanding I have created. I will attempt to follow your instructions. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, P.Owen Barnes Powenbarnes (talk) 11:39, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@Powenbarnes That you received the picture fro the subject does not mean you are allowed to upload it. You need permission from the copyright owner. This is unlikely to be the subject of the picture. 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 11:53, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

I'll try that again. I misread your message. The archive from where you received it must also give you permission to upload it here. By doing so you licence it for onward use, and that may not be their wish. There are always complexities with pictures and permissions when they are old, because they are likely to be at the borderline of the expiry of copyright. Apologies for the prior irrelevant answer. 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 11:58, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@Timtrent: that is actually misleading. "Permission to upload it here" is useless, and does not imply a license.

If the picture is copyrighted, then the copyright-holder (whoever that may be) need to explicitly offer a free license such as {{CC-BY 4.0}}. If there is a publicly viewable web site or page clearly under control of the copyright-holder, then they have the option of stating the permission there. Otherwise, they need to go through the email-based process described at COM:VRT.

@Powenbarnes: I'm sorry this is complicated, but it is. If that photo is still copyrighted, then Commons can host it only if it is free-licensed.

Also, you say "I did not say I took this picture myself," but somewhere along the way, either in answering a question in the UploadWizard or in making a manual edit, you must have described it as your own work, because the source field there says "{{Own}}". - Jmabel ! talk 18:49, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Jmabel; All of this is absurd! I did not take the picture. Dr. Perks was born in 1854 and died in the twenties. I was born in 1952! I have no idea who took the picture or when. It was passed down to me from an elderly member of the Order of the Cross. Dr. Perks had no descendants so there is no one to contest anything about its reproduction . Nobody cares about it. He was an esteemed member of the Order, serving as the executive secretary to the founder John Todd Ferrier. I am an unpaid officer of the Order, being the "Inquirers Liaison" for north America. I apologize for being annoyed. The simple task of trying to get a picture of Dr. Perks onto his page has been turned into a mini ordeal because no one understands that this picture has no copyright issues, whatsoever, attached to it. End of story. Sincerely, P. Owen Barnes Powenbarnes (talk) 21:39, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@Powenbarnes: sadly, not end of story. Unless we can show that the picture is from 1904 or earlier (in which case we can use it on the basis of {{PD-assumed}} for a 120-year-old work with no known author), this is an "orphaned" copyright. Many sites will happily take a picture on that basis, but Commons does not. Commons is specifically a repository of free media, which does not include orphaned media. See COM:PCP if you want a bit more of an explanation of what that means.

Assuming your intent is to add this to the English-language Wikipedia article en:Robert H. Perks, the English-language Wikipedia will allow uploading it to the English-language Wikipedia under the policy outlined at en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. You will need to upload there (not here) and use en:Template:Non-free use rationale to explain why this is being used. Note that that does not involve Commons at all. If you need help doing that, I recommend en:Wikipedia:Teahouse as a good place to get help on the English-language Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 00:36, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Uploading (or downloading, not sure which) a picture to a page.

I have been attempting to upload or download (not sure which it is) a picture to Robert H. Perks page. After many attempts, I was not successful. I did not take this picture myself. It was given to me by a fellow member of The Order of the Cross. Robert H. Perks was a member of the Order in the early 20th century. In attempting to install this picture, I encountered a labyrinth of instructions that were all but impossible to navigate. I would just like to install this picture on his page as none exists there. There are no copyright issues or rights being infringed by my possession of this image. I realize the need for security, yet the way security is implemented here makes the process so arcane and difficult to navigate that I find myself going in endless circles of dead ends and/or cul-de-sacs just trying to get this picture installed. Any simple, understandable and implementable methodology you could convey to me would be very helpful. Thanks for your listening to me about this subject, hope you can help me with this simple request. Sincerely, P. Owen Barnes Powenbarnes (talk) 12:00, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@Powenbarnes: "I encountered a labyrinth ... so arcane and difficult to navigate that I find myself going in endless circles" : It almost sounds like you met the Upload Wizard. ;-) Firstly, you must determine the copyright satus of the image. Although there are no rights infringed by your possession of the image, rights might be infriged by your publication of the image. The copyright status can be influenced by various factors, including the identity of the person who created the picture, the year of the death of that creator, the year and the country of the first publication of the picture. Please disclose those four elements of information. Given the subject, the odds are that the image is in the public domain, but the supporting information must still be provided. If the picture is confirmed to be freely usable, then you can upload the file. If you do not wish to use the tool Upload Wizard, you can instead go to the simple upload form and fill all the info as best as you can, minor mistakes can still be fixed after the upload. Yes, by convention, the word upload is used. Finally, you can display the file in the article on Wikipedia, or another user can do it. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:26, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Image of Vice President (copyright?)

I'm trying to upload an image (see [6]), but I'm not sure what copyright to put it under. I was going to put it under PD-USGov, but I'm not sure. The creator of the work is Bruce Glikas, if that helps. Ali Beary (talk) 19:01, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Assuming you mean the image of Biden there (wondering because you said "vice president") why would you expect that a Bruce Glikas photo would be either free-licensed or in the public domain? This seems unlikely for a living professional photographer who is not a government employee. Or am I missing something? - Jmabel ! talk 20:07, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel, ah, sorry, he was VP at the time. Also, I don’t know much about Bruce Glikas, so I thought that since it was a photo of the president, it’d be public domain, since it’s a public figure, no? Sorry, I’m not quite educated on stuff like this… which is why I’m here. 67.86.198.174 04:38, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

The copyright depends on who took the photograph, not who is in the photograph. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 00:43, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Sorting issues with categories sorted after numbers

Category:SCP objects Category:SCP Foundation characters by name

Any clues how to fix the sorting to it actually makes sense? Trade (talk) 23:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

@Trade: Maybe 4-digit sort keys, if you don't mind having most things sort under "0". - Jmabel ! talk 05:09, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@Trade: It depends what you think makes sense and what result you want. If all entries are sorted in order, then the section separators do not seem really useful. Sort keys made with one space followed with four digits can probably do that. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Kids Station Logo

Hello, I am looking to upload the logo for the Japanese TV channel Kids Station. I am wondering if it would not meet the threshold of individuality like other TV channel logos? I'm also wondering if these rules apply to it since it is from a Japanese company. -- Leev Bobster (talk) 01:39, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@Leev Bobster: Term is threshold of originality not individuality. Without seeing it, no way to guess. See Commons:Threshold of originality#Japan - Jmabel ! talk 05:11, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

How to add vector version of existing file

Hi! I have drawn an svg (vector) version of as I found the version on commons (and in the original paper) hard to read. I was all set to upload it as a "new version" but I don't know how because the file types don't match. Any ideas? Do I create a new file? Thanks. H0n0r (talk) 02:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

On second look, this whole file looks to be in violation of copyright. It originated in a doctoral thesis here: https://d-nb.info/985685085/34 H0n0r (talk) 03:24, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@H0n0r: without getting into the copyright issue: vector versions can't overwrite raster versions. If you need do do this in the future, upload your vector file under a new name (or exactly the same name except for the extension) and link the two via "other versions" (probably {{Derivative works}} / {{Derived from}}, though someone may know something more specific). - Jmabel ! talk 05:16, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks so much, this is very helpful. H0n0r (talk) 17:44, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Furthermore, if you have a vector image, the software here will generate PNGs of various sizes, as rasterizing an image is fairly trivial. On the other hand, verctorizing a raster graphic is notoriously difficult and the outcomes from software tend to be very inefficient and large files. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:27, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Can I upload a book cover to Wikipedia?

I want to upload a book cover from a book, but I have a question: Is this allowed or not? HuyHoang2011 (talk) 03:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@HuyHoang2011: typically not allowed, unless it is old enough to be out of copyright, simple enough to be below the threshold of originality, free-licensed by its copyright-holder, etc. In other words, the same considerations apply to a book cover as to any third-party work.

That all assumes you are talking about here on Commons, where you asked the question. Each Wikipedia for a different language has its own rules about non-free content uploaded directly to that Wikipedia without involving Commons. If that's what you meant, you'd have to check the policy of the Wikipedia you are concerned with, or ask on their help desk. - Jmabel ! talk 05:20, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

If there are two versions of a book: an original edition and a reprint, and the original edition is no longer in print, can I use the cover of the book from the original edition? HuyHoang2011 (talk) 05:41, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@HuyHoang2011 May I refer you to the first paragraph of the prior answer? Covers are copyright material whether the book is in or out of print. 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 08:31, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@Timtrent sure, you can refer me this HuyHoang2011 (talk) 08:55, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@HuyHoang2011 I hope that, now you have read it more than once, you understand that there are very few circumstances when you may upload a book cover to Wikimedia Commons. If in any doubt, please do not upload files. Only upload those files where you are 100% certain that you have the right to do so. 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 09:42, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

For Scratch screenshots, copyright?

Hello there, I would like to upload screenshots of Scratch (a programming language) to Commons for my course, which is on Wikiversity. Does this have copyright, and is it available for upload on to Commons? Regards, RockTransport (talk) 10:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

It is not clear what you mean by "screenshots of Scratch". Ruslik (talk) 13:18, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

The programming language. It would be screenshots of the Scratch user interface, which I am not sure about the licensing. i hope you can help me with this request. RockTransport (talk) 13:21, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Courtesy links for contest: online version: https://scratch.mit.edu/ and offline version: https://scratch.mit.edu/download. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 13:27, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. RockTransport (talk) 14:25, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@RockTransport: From https://scratch.mit.edu/terms_of_use: "5.2 Scratch provides support materials, including images, sounds, video, and sample code, to help users build projects. Support materials are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license. You may also use screenshots of Scratch under the same license. Please note that this does not apply to materials that are also trademarked by the Scratch Team or other parties as described in parts 5.4 and 5.5, below.¶ The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license requires you to attribute any material you use to the original author. When you use Scratch support materials, or screenshots of the Scratch website, please use the following attribution: 'Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. See http://scratch.mit.edu.'" The limitations in parts 5.4 and 5.5 are strictly about trademark, and can be adequately covered on Commons by adding {{Trademarked}} to any pages where they apply. So you will need {{CC-BY-SA 2.0|attribution=Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. See http://scratch.mit.edu.}} on all such files and {{Trademarked}} on those that have trademarked content. - Jmabel ! talk 18:58, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

How to establish your own publishing area?

I hope to establish my own themed forum, publish some of my own topics with official website links, and bring in more views One-way-webbing-sling (talk) 13:13, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Sounds neat. See Commons:Welcome for why that is irrelevant to this page. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 13:27, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@One-way-webbing-sling: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/313 by altering or removing the standard page section headings as a new or anonymous user. Please do not do any of that, as such edits by new and anonymous users are considered to be vandalism. Specifically, you were removing both of the headers and replacing them with your advertisement / promotion. Try previewing your changes. Admin GPSLeo saw a need for and wrote that filter named "Protect page section headings" with note "Prevent all not autopatrolled users from altering or removing the standard page section headings." Also, I regret to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/281. Please read Mediawiki:Abusefilter-disallowed-pdf-new-user-upload again. You may upload the image(s) here and make a draft article with transcribed wikitext on Wikipedia, if in scope. In addition, you have also triggered Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes) jpg image as a new user.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:56, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Comment utiliser common Hygièn (talk) 21:07, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@Hygièn: COM:FS or COM:FS/fr.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:50, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

search using the curid

How do I find an image if I know the curid? It seems like "curid" is unknown terminology in the search window and in searching Help.

For example, I want to find this image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75572270 I want to find some pages where it is used so I can find out more about the subject matter. 2601:600:9082:B2E0:7C11:C25:4216:2AFE 21:24, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. That URL leads to File:China Cake.jpg, whereas special:diff/75572270 leads to an old revision of File:Bridges Bikini Contest 20.jpg. I'm not sure which one you really need.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Well, it looks like you already know one way to find it. The link you provided leads to the page. There are several ways to link to a page. The page name is one way, the page ID is another way. To take your example, with internal links, the page name "File:China Cake.jpg" and the page ID "Special:Redirect/page/75572270" lead to the same page. (As do their respective urls "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_Cake.jpg" and "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75572270".) One difference is that if the page is moved to a new page name, the page ID will remain the same. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:20, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Downloading

I would like to download some of your videos for later viewing. How do I do that? Bluebottle103 (talk) 21:37, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

If you choose any video (e.g. File:On with the Show!.webm), you will see that immediately below the video itself is a link directly to the file. Once that is loaded in your browser, you can save it with Ctrl+S or the browser's local video controls. Additionally, further down the page (File:On_with_the_Show!.webm#Transcode_status), you can see lower resolution versions that my work better on your computer or fit your screen better. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

The lower resolution versions also take less space and transfer more quickly, but of course they look less impressive.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:48, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Flickr2Commons

I'm finding today that Flickr2Commons (https://flickr2commons.toolforge.org/) is loading so slowly onto my browser page that I cannot use it at all. Is anyone else having a similar experience, or is it on my end? - Jmabel ! talk 20:17, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Whatever it was, it's working OK now. - Jmabel ! talk 21:02, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 21:02, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Inquiry About Public Domain Status and Commercial Use of "Bushduck.PNG"

Hi there,

I hope this message finds you well.

I am writing to seek clarification regarding the copyright and public domain status of this image https://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bushduck.PNG available on Wikimedia Commons. The image depicts former President George W. Bush during a press conference where shoes were thrown at him.

According to the Wikimedia page, the image is stated to be in the public domain as a work created by a U.S. Federal Government employee. I understand that such works are generally public domain under U.S. copyright law. However, I would like to confirm whether:

The image is indeed in the public domain and free of copyright restrictions.

It is permissible to use this image for commercial purposes, including on physical merchandise.

Additionally, I intend to use this image commercially in Berlin, Germany. While I understand this falls outside U.S. jurisdiction, I would appreciate any guidance on whether the public domain status extends internationally or any considerations specific to such use abroad.

Thank you for your time and assistance. Please let me know if additional information is needed from my side to facilitate your response.

Best regards, Yosif Yooosiiiff (talk) 16:39, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Yooosiiiff: Hi, and welcome. The file is available here as File:Bushduck.PNG. It is from a video shot by an employee of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain. Worldwide. Do what you will with it. Your signature renders that way because you put a space in front of it; the vast majority of us don't.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:18, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

its a bit confusing since i found a video on youtube from AFP news agency and i can tell that the frame is taken from that video as a screenshot (min. 0.12)

I am pretty sure its the same frame perspective and lens. so the photo is taken 100% from that video. so now i dont know who to trust in this. could wikipedia be wrong in this?

is there any way to check officially who owns the rights? what do you think i should do in general? any help would be greeeatly appreciated

and also, what happens if i use without taking any rights? Yooosiiiff (talk) 13:44, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@Yooosiiiff: If you violate copyrights, you risk being sued and having to pay damages. Press agencies may be even more likely than the government to sue about their copyrights. If you want to do potentially illegal uses, we can't help you here. You should find a lawyer in your country. As for the creation of this particular image, it was always somewhat unclear. A user said that it was sourced from a White House webpage, which may have been true, but it seems to now be unavailable at that source. And it was never license reviewed on Commons. The angle of view is certainly almost identical to videos taken from the section of the room where cameras of several press agencies were located. The AFP video may be at a very slightly different height if you look for example at the head of the PM compared to the lines on the wall. The image could still be from AFP or from another press agency. For comparison, Commons has a video apparently taken for the U.S. Department of Defense, still available at its source and licensed reviewed on Commons. As you can see, it is taken much more from the left of the room, from a very different angle compared to the videos of the press agencies. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:21, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@Yooosiiiff: If the image was really a work created by a U.S. fed. gov. employee, then it is in the public domain in the United States. However, that type of public domain status does not extend outside of the U.S. In Germany, the image is under copyright, owned by the U.S. government, in accordance with the Copyright law of Germany . See the copyright information of the U.S. government where it says "[...] the work may be protected under the copyright laws of other jurisdictions when used in these jurisdictions. The U.S. government may assert copyright outside of the United States for U.S. government works." [7]. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:41, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Rare portrait of Napoleon

While proofreading the book অলৌকিক নয়, লৌকিক (তৃতীয় খণ্ড) - প্রবীর ঘোষ.pdf in Bengali Wikisource, I found a black-and-white portrait of Napoleon at page 399, possibly in coronation robes (অলৌকিক নয়, লৌকিক (তৃতীয় খণ্ড) - প্রবীর ঘোষ (page 405 crop).jpg). I cannot find similar portraits of Napoleon in Commons, not even in the popular image search engines. So I wonder whether it is really a rare portrait of the French emperor. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 11:18, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@Sbb1413: Girodet, inverted. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:11, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 08:25, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:25, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Uploading image

I am trying to upload an image but keep getting the message that the date for this image is in the future. Looks like the system needs a kick in the bum. Sardaka (talk) 10:22, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

@Sardaka: What date are you trying to use, exactly? If this is not via the Upload Wizard, please specify the upload method.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

What date are you entering, and in precisely what format? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:21, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

My computer crashed and instead of deleting the unfinished confusion attempting to divide interconnected work in relation to the pdf my computer wouldn't even alow my to add a picture and breif explaination for.

I don't know what to do. I'm on the verge of a break down and think I just fucked up the one thing I had left. I've got screenshots of the pdf that I couldn't save. I think It covers what it need to in my words that fits with the context of what I'm working on and what I think you want. I feel like I've just lost the 18years of work under pressure trying to do the right thing. a direct line of communication might have helped. as I haven't known who this goes to every time type in one of these boxes. I need to walk away from this for now as I'm in snotty tears to the point I can't breath. which I hope does't get licensed to the world or maybe it needs to. Please delete if possible before I end up deleting myself! if there is a way of editing the pdf on line without it being prematurely published it would be of great help too. But I think I need to alk away for now! Universal Asylum (talk) 07:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

@Universal Asylum I think you may be asking about a local problem on your own computer. This is not something this help desk can assist with.

I cannot see any contributions from you on Commons or any WMF project that are a pdf. Thus there is nothing to delete.

Perhaps you might consider what you were attempting to do, and, if related to Commons or any language version of Wikipedia, you might describe it to us slowly and unemotionally, and with sufficient detail to give us a chance to assist 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 08:30, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I thought I'd opened the message and wasn't able to respond to what I saw at the time. It was to do with whatever deed form I had to fill out. I hadn't filled things in that I were asked and would not have submitted half of what I did. Between being technologically challenged, having junk technology & burning myself out working for free there is a bit on my end. The confusion over figuring out if it's wiki who hacked me, someone else and the AI has just about driven me to suicide. It's difficult as I didn't understand exactly how to seperate what copyrights associated with different aspects of decades of community that's mainly seen me taken advantage of it's probably too late now anyways. Fortunately, Universal Asylum claimed global jurisdiction & declared world governments criminal organisations anyway so if any of what i believe were 6 licences I don't understand are too bad I'll consider then null and viod & whatever's relevant I treat with good faith. But if there are irrelevant ones that can be removed that would be great thanks Universal Asylum (talk) 21:23, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Some (not all) of the captions added to files by Universal Asylum look to me to be likely to be incorrect, but none are in areas where I have any expertise. Is there some reasonable way to ask someone to look into this? - Jmabel ! talk 04:38, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I requested the help of an emergency contact.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:41, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks guys. Yeah, I was in enough of a state when I reopened to find that it had gone through that all I recall was it didn't look like it coulda gone any worse. Now I've been here a while I think get how far I got stuck overcomplicating something simple, which I kinda knew I needed to cull 80% when it went down. Universal Asylum (talk) 08:31, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Is it normal for people to be hacked by your system? Sometimes I think it's just bugs in the AI then next minute it's like I'm being bullied by a pack of thugs. I am hacked and bad enough that it could only be by Wiki. They have access to everything. As I type this it threaterns to release it under the licence that I didn't even agree to. If I do a google search it takes the piss out of it. Sure not every wiki is in on but but expect the ones who are have caused suicides. Scary AF!! Universal Asylum (talk) 13:33, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Uploads

Just joined. Uploaded some pics. How can I access them to add information about them? Tarabulas (talk) 18:15, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

So far you have uploaded nothing. Ruslik (talk) 19:48, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

I guess the upload didn't work. Will try again. Tarabulas (talk) 21:08, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

You have now uploaded several images successfully: Special:ListFiles/Tarabulas. MKFI (talk) 07:51, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Map of the world from 1935

File:World map 1935.png

Just to inform if somebody wants to and has time to fix, the Ecuadorian Peruvian border on this is false and this map is posted on Template:Maps of world history. Sigmarecep31 (talk) 22:28, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Seems to match File:The Caribbean forester (1948) (19913557213).jpg. @Sigmarecep31: do you believe that latter map is wrong for 1948? I know there is a long history of a border dispute there. If your issue is specifically that the situation in 1935 was different than in 1948, do you have a map or other reference to bear that out? - Jmabel ! talk 20:20, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

University trying to update image for biography

Hello! If I am part of the University trying to update the image of our Chancellor with a University owned photo - how do I do that? I personally do not own the photo, but the permissions to share are created by the institution. Thank you! Mgoehring (talk) 15:59, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Mgoehring: Hi, and welcome. We would need permission from Keegan Houser for the first photo on https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/04/10/rich-lyons-longtime-campus-business-innovation-leader-will-be-uc-berkeley-s-next-chancellor/ (specifically, the shown 1536 × 1024 pixels version or the 1920 × 1280 pixels larger version I found) as explained on VRT. Failing that, we would need permission from the Board of Regents of the University of California, along with a signed transfer of copyright or licensing rights from Keegan Houser, subject to the same explanation. Ask any faculty member in the Law Dept. You originally uploaded it as File:ChancellorsRichardKLyons.jpg, and Yann deleted it as a copyvio. Also, the "s" in "Chancellors" is superfluous, as he is one person.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:23, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you all! This is always a weird one because Keegan takes these photos in his role for the University. I'll get the formal release from him even though this particular photo is already released broadly for use with or with out credit. Mgoehring (talk) 18:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Mgoehring: Hello!, On your talk page, in the section "File:ChancellorsRichardKLyons.jpg" and also in the section "File tagging File:DSZ 1333.jpg", there is a link to the page COM:VRT. Please click that link and read the information on the page. You can ask someone who is legally authorized to represent the copyright holder to send the free license confirmation following the procedure detailed on that page. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Logo de Wish Money (Lebanon)

Buenas ,se puede publicar el logo de Wish Money como este (si el logo es simple se puede publicar con {{PD-textlogo}}) (Líbano usa el mismo TOO de Francia porque Líbano se considera un estado de Francia antes de su independencia)? AbchyZa22 (talk) 18:01, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

"Wish" ≠ "Whish".

Help desk no es un bien lugar para preguntas muy sutiles sobre los derechos de autor. Utilice COM:VP/C. - Jmabel ! talk 20:24, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Kerala baby girl ivanaloyid

Ivanaloyid Ivanaloyid (talk) 18:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

• Do you have a question? Is it about the photo you uploaded, File:Ivanaloyid.jpg? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 21:11, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Flickr

File:President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo toasts with Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Sri Abdullah Badawi.jpg File:President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sign the Declaration of the Road Map for an ASEAN Community 2009-2015.jpg File:President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sign the Declaration of the Road Map for an ASEAN Community 2009-2015 (02).jpg File:OPENING CEREMONY -- 14TH ASEAN SUMMIT.jpg File:5th BIMP-EAGA - GROUP PHOTO OPPORTUNITY.jpg File:Abdullah Badawi official 2009.jpg

I found several images on Flickr that are marked with "All rights reserved and may not be reproduced." These images are tagged as being in compliance with Philippine copyright law, but the Flickr posts do not provide clear evidence that these photos are officially from the Philippine government. I will be attaching the images in question for your reference.

Could you please clarify whether these images are indeed in the public domain or licensed for use under Philippine copyright law?

Thank you for your assistance. 218.208.8.78 19:05, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

• I'm confused. You say you "found [these] images on Flickr". (1) Are you User:Pitpisit, and if so why are you not logged in while asking this? (2) When you say "These images are tagged as being in compliance with Philippine copyright law," do you mean that the uploader tagged them as being in compliance, or that there is something on Flickr that I'm missing? (3) In general, copyright questions are much better asked at COM:VP/C than on the help desk. - Jmabel ! talk 20:29, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

The template itself specifies that it only applies "unless otherwise noted". The flickr pages do note otherwise. For a better answer you can preferably ask the question somewhere more closely related to the Philippines. Also, the files are missing a rationale for the U.S. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:36, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Account deletion

Hi I would like to delete my account, however I cannot see a setting/button anywhere? What is the process? Gzoukis (talk) 09:19, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Gzoukis, if I remember correctly, account deletion is not possible here. However, you can vanish your account. --Ratekreel (talk) 11:20, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Vanished. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:20, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

A non-free photo of a deceased person for illustration purposes

Hi, can I upload a photo of a deceased person under a proprietary license to illustrate an article about them? And how to do it and what template to apply? His photo was published in the media and various groups. I read that in the English section there is an option for a proprietary photo of a deceased person Issuial (talk) 11:30, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

The English Wikipedia may accept such photos; that's a separate project, not a section of this one. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:19, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

Above comment is correct. Sorry, Commons is for free licensed images only. Thanks for asking. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 17:50, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

@Issuial: see en:Wikipedia:Non-free content and en:Template:Non-free use rationale. But, again that is strictly on en-wiki, no involvement of Commons, so if you have further related questions, you might take it to one of the forums on that site, not this one. I recommend en:Wikipedia:Teahouse. - Jmabel ! talk 18:58, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 18:59, 16 January 2025 (UTC)

I need a image I made mistakes with deleted, very sorry

I uploaded this image [8] and messed up some of the details and information. The date is wrong, the source is wrong, and I fear the image is too poor of quality. It is completely my mistake and I’m more than willing to admit that. If someone could please remove it for me that’s be great. I’ll work to avoid mistakes like this in the future and I’m truly sorry.

(if this isn’t the right place to make this type of request, please let me know) Therguy10 (talk) 05:29, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello Therguy10, there are several points to be addressed here. First: making errors is only human, and asking for help the correct way to go. Second: if you make an error that makes you wanting your recently uploaded file deleted, use the speedy deletion process. Third: working on logos is finicky about copyrights. As the nutshell here says: "[Commons] strictly enforces copyright and licensing restrictions, even if copyright holders do not." You need to have a quite thorough understanding about thresholds of originality and Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter#Trademarks to contribute meaningfully, without encountering IP rights issues (your upload at File:The Big Bad Wolf - Wolf’s Revenge logo.jpg would be OK as {{PD-Textlogo}}, but most likely only without the eye graphics). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 05:41, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for that! I’ll try to tag it for deletion asap! Therguy10 (talk) 16:17, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

So as far as those text logos go, I’m starting to wonder if Wolf would actually be ok to use. My main logo comparison is something like Siren’s Curse logo. Maybe the eyes wouldn’t be a huge deal? Thoughts? Therguy10 (talk) 04:21, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

@Therguy10: Thanks for your comment. I believe that File:Siren's Curse Logo white background.png, as an work created in America, is likely to exceed the American threshold of originality, and is therefore unsuitable to be used as a comparison. I will consider its deletion after searching for further evidence. That same section also have a list of uncopyrightable and copyrightable files for your reference, regards.廣九直通車 (talk) 09:03, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Social media images under license Template:GODL-India?

Do images or other media posted by Government heads(President, Vice President or Prime Minister) of India on social media platforms (X, Facebook or Instagram) fall under the license GODL-India? ~redmyname31~💬 08:56, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Redmyname31: Not until you can show legislation that licenses them that way.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:05, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Government Open Data License - India (GODL) This states that “Following the mandate of the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP) of the GOI that applies to all shareable non-sensitive data available either in digital or analog forms but generated using public funds by various agencies of the Government of India, all users are provided a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, adapt, publish...” ~redmyname31~💬 10:44, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Redmyname31: "President, Vice President or Prime Minister" are "agencies of the Government of India"? Also, where are the "attribution statement"s?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:52, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

And the issue is what "data" means. Yann (talk) 11:01, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. @Yann Please if you can go through this document once: Government Open Data License - India (GODL) it states the attribution requirement, and the definition of "data". ~redmyname31~💬 12:24, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello there! @Jeff G. @Yann ~redmyname31~💬 10:42, 6 January 2025 (UTC)

Only images published on official accounts are OK. Images on personal accounts are not OK. Yann (talk) 11:37, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Adding info to a page

Hello,

I would like to add my grandfather Master Sergeant CWO2 Ivert F Shinske to the list of recipients of the Bronze star to the page, and I don't know how to do that. This is the page I am referring to:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Recipients_of_the_Bronze_Star_Medal_(United_States) Billbo1970 (talk) 21:38, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

you should create a category under "Category:Recipients of the Bronze Star Medal (United_States)". so, it will be on screens.

but i have not see any photos about that person. please upload or show us about it. @Billbo1970 modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 21:44, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

also check: COM:SCOPE , w:Wikipedia:Notability. modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 21:45, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the reply. I have his military records, but not here with me at work. I do have a photo on my work laptop, in which you can see him wearing the ribbon for it. I do not know how to attach a photo to this reply, if you have Facebook I have it uploaded there as well:

on USAAF uniform: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=194706757260566&set=a.194706290593946

on USAF uniform: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=194707220593853&set=a.194706290593946

The shadow box I made for all his awards: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5334120986652425&set=a.194706290593946 Billbo1970 (talk) 22:37, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

@Billbo1970 is there any ansiklopedik material on wikimedia projects about him? if not, please create a page about him first. modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 21:42, 5 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello Modern_primat,

No there is no page for him. I have never worked on wiki before so I'll have to look into making the page for him. Unfortunately, most of his records were lost in the National Archives fire of 1973. I received his OMPF a couple of years ago, and it is missing A LOT of information. Billbo1970 (talk) 19:44, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

sorry to hear that. it seems you cannot upload images here. no sources, no articles, no photos. but keep researching, i hope you will do it. modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 22:06, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

@Modern primat I have his official OMPF that I can scan and upload. I have the document stating all of the medals, awards, and citations he was given. If the US Federal Government is not a source, then I don't know what is! Billbo1970 (talk) 22:41, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

@Billbo1970: I'm trying to understand: are you wanting to put things up here as an illustration of particular medals, or because of this particular person who was your grandfather, or what? I realize that your grandfather was important to you, but usually we don't build up repositories of information about individuals here unless they are of some broader historic significance. @Modern primat: the existence of Category:Recipients of the Bronze Star Medal (United_States) does not mean that receiving a Bronze Star makes someone inherently notable by Commons standards. It's just a way to gather together which people of Commons-level notability received that particular decoration. - Jmabel ! talk 04:28, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel I want to add his name to the existing list of recipients for this medal. The vast majority of his records were burned in the 1973 fire at the National Archives, so it is good to have the information online digitally. Further, since this is a list of recipients, he is someone who should be on it. Billbo1970 (talk) 18:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Billbo1970: since what is a list of recipients? Normally, Commons does not have "list pages," that is more of a Wikipedia thing.

In the Vietnam War alone, 719,969 people received the Bronze Star. I cannot imagine we have a list of them, or that that brings 719,969 people up to the required level of notability. - Jmabel ! talk 20:12, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel This is the page I am referring to:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Recipients_of_the_Bronze_Star_Medal_(United_States) Billbo1970 (talk) 20:45, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

@Billbo1970: that category is not intended to be a comprehensive list of (millions of) Bronze Star recipients. It is a way to note, for a picture or category within Commons's scope that the person in question is a Bronze Star recipient. There has actually been some pushback lately against having Commons categories for recipients of particular medals, on the basis that that is more of a Wikidata or Wikipedia thing, but I suspect that the effort to get rid of these categories entirely is going nowhere. But it remains the case that for a decoration received by literally millions of people, just receiving that decoration does not qualify as "notability" and does not make materials related to that person inherently in scope. - Jmabel ! talk 22:03, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding Об отмене самоохраны 26.10.1918.jpg

File:Об отмене самоохраны 26.10.1918.jpg

I have posted a photograph of a document made during the work of the city administration of the city of Maykop on October 26, 1918, this document confirms that at that time Lobanovsky Yakov Dmitrievich was the Mayor of the city of Maykop. The document was photographed in the city archive of the city of Maykop and is a freely distributed document of the city municipality.--Правнучек (talk) 21:12, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Правнучек: See Com:Russia. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:32, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello Andy Mabbett

They want to delete this public document, but it only confirms the fact of a person's employment in the civil service, how can I convince them that this document is necessary. Правнучек (talk) 21:48, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

@Правнучек: "Necessary" content or not, you need to provide a template that is either a PD rationale or a licensing tag. - Jmabel ! talk 18:00, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Karol Kobrzycki, działacz Polskiej Partii Socjalistycznej 1904.jpg

Zdjęcie pochodzi z 1904 roku, autor jest nieznany. Było publikowane przez wnuka Sp. Karola Kobrzyckiego w czasopiśmie Ożarów i podałem tę informację z żródle zdjęcia. Jestem niedoświadczony i nie wiem co zrobić by zdjęcie było nieusunięte. Dziękuję

--Historiapomojemu (talk) 16:05, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

@Historiapomojemu: it's dealt with, but you still need to add categories. - Jmabel ! talk 18:02, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Dziękuję, już wszystko ze zdjęciem jest w porządku. Pozdrawiam Historiapomojemu (talk) 18:06, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

No, it is not fine/OK, you still need to add categories. Jmabel ! talk 19:32, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Commons:Kategorie (in Polish). - Jmabel ! talk 19:33, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Which, sadly, looks only partially translated. - Jmabel ! talk 19:34, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Can I see free movies

can I see free movies on this site 1lalalala1 (talk) 21:13, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

why does your site send the message to back me instead of to you 1lalalala1 (talk) 21:14, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Because you did not try to understand the scope of Commons and the most basic basics of its use, 1lalalala1. And yes, if there are movies that triggers your fancy and which are hosted here, you may watch them freely. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 21:27, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

and also, they are old movies... very old movies. modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 22:27, 9 January 2025 (UTC)

Mutiple images have been wrongly deleted

I have uploaded a few images from INaturalist.org which thankfully provides license information on every image. The images I uploaded (2 species of Plexippus) have been deleted for "copyright issues". On INaturalist the images were listed as CC-BY-NC. I credited the creators aswell. How can i prevent future images from being deleted aswell? ArchoDarko1 (talk) 01:47, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@ArchoDarko1: Noncommercial restrictions aren't allowed on Commons. See COM:L. Abzeronow (talk) 01:58, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

• "Media licensed exclusively under non-commercial only licenses (like CC BY-NC-SA) are not accepted" on Commons. Commons:Licensing. So the images were very correctly deleted, as they were not licensed free enough for Commons. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 02:01, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@ArchoDarko1: The reasoning for that is explained at Commons:Licensing/Justifications.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:05, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Making a profile picture current.

For this musical artist, I am simply updating her profile picture. She provided it to me, and told me "the copyright owner/photographer gave me permission to use the photo for online promotional purposes." Misteredcraig (talk) 05:02, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@Misteredcraig: while it is usually helpful to link a particular article and/or file when asking a question, in this case I can tell you from what you've written that that isn't sufficient permission for Commons. Commons accepts only files that are either in the public domain (not relevant for this) or are free-licensed with an explicit license from the copyright holder, free enough to allow derivative works and commercial use. In a case like this, where I presume the image has already been published without any indication of such a license, we need the copyright-holder (that is typically the photographer) to go through the process outlined at COM:VRT to indicate such a license. NOTE that this requires an email directly from the copyright-holder to the VRT. Yes, this is unusually stringent, but that is because this is supposed to be an archive of images that are freely reusable. - Jmabel ! talk 07:41, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

i need you hlep

@ 160.19.97.194 11:42, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi, and welcome. What kind of help do you need? Please be specific.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:04, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

HOW TO REMOVE OWN FILE

HOW TO REMOVE OWN FILE Xyz2051 (talk) 11:49, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@Xyz2051: If it's a file you uploaded less than 7 days ago, just edit the file description page and add {{SD|G7}} at the top. That will mark it for deletion by an administrator. --bjh21 (talk) 12:51, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

THANKS; if the file is older so whats then? Xyz2051 (talk) 12:58, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@Xyz2051: Then, please use the "Nominate for deletion" tool on the File Description Page. You may read more about deletion here at COM:DP.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@Xyz2051: But I notice that your account's first upload to Commons, File:PITCH OF COLORED SAND 2019.jpg, was uploaded just under seven days ago (at 15:37 UTC on 3 January), so the speedy deletion approach is still available for all your uploads. --bjh21 (talk) 15:00, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

sure; just this one I wanted to delete but it's not a big deal now ; I may wait for the seven days period and delete it by myself;

Thanks Xyz2051 (talk) 15:10, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

dear xyz2051, i wanna correct you if i didnt misunderstand. you would want to not wait seven days for speedy deletion and you cannot delete your files yourself. modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 15:14, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

ok ; please tell me what is: "Nominate for deletion" tool on the File Description Page. ? Xyz2051 (talk) 15:16, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

@Xyz2051: That is a tool in the Tools menu on the sidebar provided by the AjaxQuickDelete gadget per subpolicy procedure COM:DR#Starting requests.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:11, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

How do I denote an (edited to be transparent) photo that shows all the contents of a board game as when uploading?

as entirely my own work or as a work that contains someone elses work? Lucasfergui1024 (talk) 19:31, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

• First, be accurate and honest. Did you design or create everything shown in the image? If someone else made the image or parts of the image, who, and how do you know if it is free licensed? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 19:55, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

  I made the image and I edited, what I didn't make was the board game shown on it Lucasfergui1024 (talk) 19:57, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

  See Commons:Derivative work. The original needs to be free licensed as well. For example if the board game is so old that the copyright has expired, or if the authors of the board game have explicitly authorized a free license for it, fine. Otherwise, sorry, it doesn't belong on Commons. Thanks for asking. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 20:47, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

File:Illusion Software logo.webp

Could anyone help me with the Lua error? Module:Language/name/data doesnt exist anywhere on ENWP so i cant copy that to Commons Trade (talk) 23:42, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

File:Krishnakumarsinhji Kirpalsinh Gohil.png

Request for Undeletion of File:Krishnakumarsinhjigohil.jpg

Dear Wikimedia Commons Administrators,

I am writing regarding the file File:Krishnakumarsinhjigohil.jpg, which has been marked for speedy deletion under CSD F10. I would like to request the undeletion of this file and provide clarification.

1. Ownership: I am the rightful owner of this photo. It was either taken by me or by someone who has granted me full rights to upload it to Wikimedia Commons.
2. Permission and Licensing: I understand Wikimedia Commons requires freely licensed content. I confirm that I am willing to license this photo under [choose a license, e.g., Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)].
3. Purpose: This photo was uploaded to contribute to Wikimedia projects in good faith, and it is relevant to my profile or related work.

If any additional documentation is required to verify my claims, such as a permission statement or copyright declaration, please let me know, and I will provide it promptly.

Thank you for your time and assistance in this matter. I hope for a favorable resolution to reinstate the file.

Best regards, Krishnakumarsinhji Gohil Krishnakumarsinhjigohil (talk) 00:22, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Krishnakumarsinhjigohil.jpg. @Krishnakumarsinhjigohil: this was deleted as a personal photo by someone with no significant contributions to Wikimedia projects. Looking at your global contributions that seems to be appropriate. - Jmabel ! talk 02:32, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Re: File Deletion - Request for Guidance

Dear Jmabel,

Thank you for your response and clarification regarding the deletion of my file. I appreciate your time in reviewing this matter.

I understand the concern regarding contributions to Wikimedia projects and the appropriateness of uploaded files. I would like to ask for guidance on how I can align my uploads with Wikimedia Commons' policies and expectations.

Could you please advise on the following:

1. Documentation: If there are specific permissions or copyright declarations required to reinstate the file, I am happy to provide them promptly.
2. Contributions: I am committed to contributing constructively to Wikimedia projects. If there are specific areas or projects where my participation could be valuable, please let me know how I can get involved.
3. Resolution Path: Is there a possibility to appeal the deletion or have the file reinstated if I provide additional documentation or demonstrate active contributions?

I genuinely value the Wikimedia platform and its mission to share knowledge freely. Please let me know how I can address these issues and comply with the project's standards.

Thank you for your guidance and support.

Best regards,

Krishnakumarsinhji Gohil Krishnakumarsinhjigohil (talk) 04:38, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

1. Irrelevant. This was not a rights issue.
2. When you've made a hundred or so significant edits to any WMF project, you can request undeletion of the personal photo at COM:UDR. (This presumes you intend to use it on your user page either on Commons or one or more of the sister projects; otherwise, it would still not be in scope.)
3. See 2.

Jmabel ! talk 07:34, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

File Deletion - Seeking Further Clarification

Dear Jmabel,

Thank you for your prompt and detailed response. I appreciate the clarity regarding the expectations for significant contributions before requesting undeletion.

I understand the importance of actively contributing to Wikimedia projects and will focus on making meaningful edits and contributions across relevant projects. It is my intention to use the personal photo appropriately, either on a user page or within the scope of the Wikimedia guidelines, once I meet the contribution threshold.

If you have any additional suggestions on how I can effectively contribute or areas where my involvement could be most impactful, I would be grateful for your advice.

Thank you again for your guidance and for helping me better understand Wikimedia's standards. I look forward to becoming a more active and constructive member of this community.

Best regards,

Krishnakumarsinhji Gohil Krishnakumarsinhjigohil (talk) 14:53, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

黃硯詩

美麗寶島台灣 黃硯詩 (talk) 06:02, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

""Beautiful Taiwan"" whats this all about? modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 06:19, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

Regarding linked in pfps

Am I able to upload a public linked in photo of a person onto wikipedia commons to use in a article? Thanks WxProHaha (talk) 08:10, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

can you give where did you find it? please give link so we can check it up. modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 08:17, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

sorry... i guess you mean https://www.linkedin.com

no, you cannot upload it here. unless copyright owner connects with you and COM:VRT to allow its free use. also check: COM:L @WxProHaha modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 11:00, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

GlobalReplace Question

Hi, does anyone know if User:Perhelion/justReplace.js is the only up-to-date way to globally replace files or if there is any other way to do it that doesn't require filemover rights? I'm aware of Commons:GlobalReplace, which doesn't require any special rights, but it is no longer maintained. Thanks! Ternera (talk) 20:17, 11 January 2025 (UTC)

You can always put in a request at User talk:CommonsDelinker/commands. - Jmabel ! talk 02:09, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

File:Stephansdom_innere_Seitenaltäre_-_2.jpg

this object should be moved from 48° 11′ 23″ N, 16° 22′ 38″ E to the aerea https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/9227316 regards hans 2001:4BB8:2C2:CE5:3039:4553:6A00:E4B8 12:50, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Pinging @Ricardalovesmonuments - Jmabel ! talk 19:04, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Competition

Hi took part in last year's competition. Never received a notification of how I did etc. How do I see who won, how my photo did etc.

Thanks Dori040775 (talk) 12:52, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

@Dori040775: Hi, and welcome. We have many competitions, please be more specific, including which file(s) you entered.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:34, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

@Dori040775: There are many different competitions. But given the photo you uploaded, you are probably asking about "Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 in Malta". The 10 finalists of Wiki Loves Monuments for each country, including for Malta, are on the page Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 winners#Malta. The winners do not seem to be announced on that page yet. For information, you can contact Wikimalta as indicated on the page Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 in Malta or one of the two persons indicated for Malta on the page Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2024/Participating countries. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:58, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Class 0f '09 (game) logo

I don't know what copyright the logo of the game falls under and the records I've found don't say jackshit. Blitzite2 (talk) 22:34, 17 January 2025 (UTC)

@Blitzite2: Can you give some context here? A link to something relevant? - Jmabel ! talk 00:39, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1443200/Class_of_09/

The above is a visual novel called Class of '09 and I am working on the draft page. I was going to upload the logo but I am not sure what copyright is falls under. Granted I am still new to all this. Blitzite2 (talk) 12:36, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

@Blitzite2: Are we talking the "Steam" logo with the thing like a rod drive, or something else? If it's that one, it's pretty close to the line for whether it is copyrightable. (If it's copyrightable, then it is certainly copyrighted.). I'd suggest you take that question (with the two links, yours & mine) to Commons:Village pump/Copyright to ask about the U.S. threshold of originality as it applies to that.

If you mean the "Class of '09" thing on what looks like lined paper at a 45° angle, that is certainly below the threshold, and can be uploaded with {{Textlogo}} + {{Trademarked}}. - Jmabel ! talk 02:02, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Yes I mean the Class of 09 thing. I was going to upload it straight from the game's files. How do I upload it with the templates? Blitzite2 (talk) 16:14, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Blitzite2: Not sure I understand what you mean by "upload it with the templates." How is this different from putting any template on any other file page? - Jmabel ! talk 17:36, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Look I'm sorry for being confusing. How do I get this on the page? How do I upload the file? Just please bear with me. Blitzite2 (talk) 21:06, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Blitzite2: You upload with whatever upload tool you prefer. The most common for beginners is Commons:UploadWizard. I personally don't use it, so I can't guide you through it, but it's a wizard so it kind of guides you through itself. If they don't offer an option that amounts to "too simple for copyright" you'll have to use the option that lets you specify a license tag, and use {{Textlogo}}. After uploading you can edit the file page to add {{Trademarked}}.

The "how do I upload" question had me realize you are even more new at this than I thought. I see you have one prior upload, File:MAXCVRDE.png. I see you describe this as your "own work". Just to make sure: are you saying you are the illustrator who drew this? I see uploads considerably earlier than your upload to Commons (e.g. at https://www.thegamer.com/max-caulfields-return-to-life-is-strange-is-just-what-we-need/ which do not indicate the free license you say you are offering here and do not credit you as the author.

• If that is your own work, you need to go through the COM:VRT process, or it will be deleted.
• If that is not your own work, the actual copyright-holder needs to go through the COM:VRT process, or it will be deleted.

Jmabel ! talk 01:58, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Alright I uploaded the logo through the wizard with the tag, thanks for your help. I understand I was being hella difficult so even more thanks.

And when I uploaded the Max photo, I didn't know what I was doing so I understand the deletion. Blitzite2 (talk) 18:48, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 20:27, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Photos of vintage toys

I am editing the Wikipedia article en:Brickplayer. This is a British construction toy that was produced from 1938 to the mid-60s by J. W. Spear and Sons. I have personally-taken photos of the Brickplayer kits, which are now anything from 60 to 80+ years old. Can I upload these to the Commons, or might this be a copyright violation? TonyOHagan (talk) 15:04, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@TonyOHagan: Are there copyright notices on any of the packaging?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:06, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

No! The box says "British and Foreign Patents", but there are no copyright statements or symbols and no mention of a registered trademark. TonyOHagan (talk) 18:53, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Copyright notice probably wouldn't actually be relevant, because with the URAA restoration of UK copyrights in the U.S., unless they were "simultaneously" (within 30 days) published in the U.S., anything copyrightable from the UK in that era is still copyrighted in the U.S. (unless somehow it was already out of copyright in the UK in 1996), and will be until 95 years from initial publication. So (1) take advantage of en-wiki's allowance for non-free content to upload your best photo there (not involving Commons) and (2) if you have photos where you can firmly date the copyrighted elements, we can work something out for you to upload them here on Commons and then immediately delete them and note them to be undeleted at an appropriate date. For example, something with only a 1938 copyright could end up in Category:Undelete in 2034. - Jmabel ! talk 19:28, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

This is a quagmire. I cannot see what harm could possibly arise from including the Brickplayer logo and images of Brickplayer kit boxes and content. They would be helpful to readers of the Wikipedia page and make it more attractive, and if there still is a copyright holder they could hardly give a damn about a toy that has been defunct for 60 yeaers and could never be marketed to a modern consumer. But unfortunately the intricacies of Wikimedia requirements are labyrinthine. I have looked at the free-use guidance, and simply cannot be bothered to wade through all that stuff. So the page will not have images, full stop. But seriously, apologies for the rant and thanks for your help. I don't mean to sound ungrateful! TonyOHagan (talk) 19:54, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Atención

El UploadWizard (public domain tag) está reparado ,todos los editores ya pueden usar ,publiqué (File:Logo Fidek (China).png) pero con public domain tag ósea hize el uploadwizard directamente. AbchyZa22 (talk) 19:35, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Identity of photographer who shot photo of roadside memorial for Anthony Tony Potter

Duplicate content

}} Hello, This roadside memorial is to be displayed in a forthcoming documentary film. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roadside_Memorial.JPG We're trying to determine who shot the photo so proper credit can be given. Can you please help? Thanks, Myron Levin myron.levin@gmail.com 818 321-5552 2600:6C50:42F0:7F20:90CB:E3FE:73CF:2C30 22:10, 13 January 2025 (UTC) Answered in the duplicate section below. --bjh21 (talk) 22:57, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, This roadside memorial is to be displayed in a forthcoming documentary film.

File:Roadside Memorial.JPG

We're trying to determine who shot the photo so proper credit can be given.

Can you please help?

Thanks, Myron Levin myron.levin@gmail.com

Myron.levin (talk) 22:18, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@Myron.levin: The author is Artaxerxes, who is still active on Wikimedia Commons. If they don't reply here, you might want to try contacting them through User talk:Artaxerxes. --bjh21 (talk) 22:51, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

How do I change an infobox description?

R.B.D. Blakeney's page says he was a general. The Imperial War Museum and National Archive say otherwise. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:33, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend: I think you're referring to the description on Category:R.B.D. Blakeney. That comes from Wikidata, so you can edit it at R.B.D. Blakeney (Q7273305). Note that you may not see all the languages when you open that page: "All entered languages" might help. --bjh21 (talk) 22:57, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

@Clarityfiend: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32626/supplement/1796 indicates that he was an Honorary Brigadier-General. - Jmabel ! talk 02:40, 14 January 2025 (UTC)

Photo of military robot rover

Hi I want to know if military robot rovers are copyrightable or not? I want to upload this image here: [9] I am asking because I am not sure if it counts as a vehicle or not, but I saw that there are plenty of other military/bomb squad rovers available in Commons. Thanks for the help. Tvpuppy (talk) 01:55, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

@Tvpuppy: the rover itself is not, that's just a camouflage pattern painted on it. But the photograph is copyrighted unless there is proof of free license: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Taiwan. MKFI (talk) 07:39, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Understood. Thanks for your reply. Tvpuppy (talk) 07:44, 15 January 2025 (UTC)

Resolved

I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. Tvpuppy (talk) 06:24, 21 January 2025 (UTC)