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* You can use it freely because it is in the public domain.
* You can use it freely because it is in the public domain.
* It was frankly sloppy of historiaposzukaj.pl to indicate Commons as the source. The image is at [[:File:Miroslaw H.jpg]], which clearly says "Immediate source: www.astro.zeto.czest.pl; Original source: Raz, dwa, trzy, from 1978." Commons is almost never the ultimate source of a photo: we're a repository, not a content generator. - [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] ! [[User talk:Jmabel|talk]] 15:00, 26 June 2023 (UTC)
* It was frankly sloppy of historiaposzukaj.pl to indicate Commons as the source. The image is at [[:File:Miroslaw H.jpg]], which clearly says "Immediate source: www.astro.zeto.czest.pl; Original source: Raz, dwa, trzy, from 1978." Commons is almost never the ultimate source of a photo: we're a repository, not a content generator. - [[User:Jmabel|Jmabel]] ! [[User talk:Jmabel|talk]] 15:00, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

== SVG ''systemLanguage="simple"'' not rendered ==

[[File:Generation_timeline.svg|thumb|lang=simple|Labels are missing]]
(crossposting from [[:en:Wikipedia:SVG help]] as no one has responded in 10 days)

Multilingual SVG allows ''switch'' statements to render language-dependent versions.

Previously, this thumbnail showed only labels for years and generation names and dates. Now, text is entirely absent, even when I removed the <tt>systemLanguage="simple"</tt> line to default to the English version in my last (07:38, 16 June 2023) upload on
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?lang=simple&title=File%3AGeneration_timeline.svg#filehistory
&ndash; could an rsvg expert please look into this?

Thanks,<br /> [[w:user:cmglee|'''cm&#610;&#671;ee''']]&#8202;&#8901;[[w:user_talk:cmglee|&#964;a&#671;&#954;]] 16:34, 26 June 2023 (UTC)

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Copyright help regarding File:Alan Walker and Ava Max - Alone, Pt. II.png

--張景翔 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Casper0517013 (talk • contribs) 23:51, 5 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have created a simple gallery under my user name Whistian, and I have found guidance on creating user-specific galleries, but I would like to create a gallery that is non-user-specific. Many galleries in WMC are non-user-specific, e.g. Gallery:Beer. How can I do this? Whistian (talk) 09:44, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Whistian: I see you've written "Gallery:Beer", but it's not Gallery:Beer, it's just Beer. And similarly for any other galleries you want to create: just create them directly in the "main space," like articles in Wikipedia. No prefix. - Jmabel ! talk 14:49, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your quick help, but I’m so much a beginner that I don’t know how to get to "main space". [As an aside, I’ve not been able to find any manuals or tutorials from which I can learn how to use WMC. If you could point me to any I’d be most grateful. I’ve looked at all the various Help facilities and found them virtually useless for a beginner - as you can tell from my current state of ignorance.] It’s the first time that I’ve come across that term, and so far I have done everything in my user-space. How do I get out of that and onto "main space"? Many thanks for any further help you can give to get me going. Whistian Whistian (talk) 12:53, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Main space is pretty much any page that does not have anything special in front of the page name. Aside of main space, we have a template space, which puts Template: in front of the page name, or category space, which puts Category: in front of the page name. Categories are also somewhat special, because if you type a wikilink to a category like to any other page, it instead categorizes the page into that category. In order to make a link, you have to put a colon in front of Category keyword, which will not be displayed. I suggest you to take a look at Help:FAQ to see what kind of content can be expected on Commons, and to see Help:Contents to learn how to edit wiki and how to upload files. Polda18 D C 13:15, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Whistian: See the pages Help:Namespaces and Commons:Galleries. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:33, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For creating a mainspace gallery: just create a link to it somewhere (you don't need to save that edit, the preview is enough), click the redlink, edit the page and save. This works also for most other kinds of pages, but then you need to include the namespace prefix. If you have already created the page in your user page, just use the move tab to move it to mainspace (you can ask for deletion of the redirects that get created by that method, if you wish, or just reuse them for other stuff or leave them alone). –LPfi (talk) 19:53, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you everyone for your replies. Unfortunately, I’m right at the start of learning about WMC, and I can’t understand what you say: " For creating a mainspace gallery: just create a link to it somewhere". From replies above, I now understand the term "main space" but how do I "create a link to it" and where is "somewhere"? Starting from my user page User:Whistian, how do I get to "somewhere", and when I’m there how do I "create a link". Please could you give me an example of what to type, and where.
Please forgive my ignorance, but for some time now I have been trying to understand WMC. I have been through the Tutorial on how to upload images, and I can do that, but I can’t find any useful manual or tutorials to take me beyond that so, as you can see, I haven’t got far enough to be able understand everyone’s replies. But thank you all so much for trying to help me. Whistian (talk) 10:53, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Whistian: if you could be clear what tasks you are trying to do, then someone could probably aim you at relevant help text. The only thing you've asked about is how to make a gallery, and I think at this point between what is here and Commons:Galleries it should be pretty thorough.
That said: often the best way to learn how to do something on a wiki is to look at the wikitext where someone else has done something similar, and copy it with the appropriate substitutions. - Jmabel ! talk 18:08, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
We've provided you links to help pages which you can navigate and learn how to make edits and upload files, what are namespaces and what are galleries. Did you read any of them? It looks to me that you didn't pay enough attention to those pages. If you did read them carefully, and still aren't able to understand the core concept, then we might need to spoon feed you with step by step exact tutorials on how to use the site (despite the help pages being pretty detailed on how the site can be used). But we need to be exactly sure that you did everything you could to understand how this site works. Links we provided should contain everything you need to start contributing. Take a look at Help:Contents for a starting point, learn how editing works, learn how edit previews work, and this is where you should be able to start contributing. To put it short, start editing any page you can edit, put a link somewhere on the page (putting it at the beginning or end should be best solution), and instead of saving the edit, just click preview. It should display how the page should look like if it was saved at this exact point. But don't do that. Click the link without saving the page (it may ask you if you want to leave the page without saving, just click yes), and it should bring you to the edit interface of the non-existing gallery page you want to create. Or alternatively you could just type the gallery name into the search bar. Don't click any of the found results, just click "Search pages containing <your gallery name>" at the bottom of the displayed results menu, and at the top page, there should be a red link with the name of your gallery. If you click that, it brings you to the exact same edit interface. Last option, for technical enthusiasts and geeks, would be to simply use the URL scheme and visit https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Your_gallery_name, where Your_gallery_name is the name of your gallery you want to create (notice that I used underscores in the URL, spaces are replaced by underscores in URL schemes). It will display a message that this page doesn't exist and prompts you if you want to create it. Click the "Create" button at the top right, and it yet again brings you to the exact same edit interface. Polda18 D C 12:45, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
(Edit conflict) Everybody has to begin somewhere. On your user page, I assume you can find the link "edit" and get to the "wikitext", the raw code of the page. Type [[Beer]] somewhere and click "Show preview". You will find a link to the galley Beer in the position where you typed the code. Now, that's an existing page. If you type something else, a page name for a yet-to-be-created gallery, then the link will be red instead of blue, but you get to edit and create that page. I suggest you keep to your user space, type e.g. User:Whistian/Sandbox. After some editing, click "Show preview" to see it looks like it should, do your tweaks, do a new preview and so on. Click "Publish page" to publish it when it looks good enough or you want to save an intermediate version (don't save broken versions outside your user space).
If you need these instructions, then you should probably check out the appropriate guides linked from Help:Contents, which Polda18 linked or (on Wikipedia in English), or some other similar tutorial. The content guidelines are different on Wikipedia, of course, for Commons guidelines you should at least read and understand Commons:Galleries before publishing anything in mainspace.
–LPfi (talk) 12:56, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Another way to start a gallery page: assuming you are on a PC (because this stuff is really hard to do from a phone), in the URL bar type "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/PAGENAME", where "PAGENAME" is the page you want to create; spaces are allowed. Use ENTER on your keyboard to get to the page, which will be sitting ready to be created.

By the way, all of this is exactly what you do to start an article in "article space" on any wiki; we don't have articles on Commons, so we use that for our "gallery space". - Jmabel ! talk 15:02, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My thanks to all of you for your very quick responses. My frustration comes from Wiki being the only system I have ever used which does not have a manual or tutorials. I have an iPad, I have its manual; I have an iPhone, I have its manual; my programming days began with Fortran, and I had the manual with the complete syntax for every command. With Wiki, there is the guide to uploading which is good, but after that I felt I was wandering in the dark. One of my early questions was about setting up a personal Sandox so that I could learn by experimenting, but the reply I got to that said that personal sandboxes only exist in Wikipedia, and are not appropriate for Wikimedia Commons (I can't now find the reply: it has disappeared into history off the top of the lists of Q&As). But now I see from -LPfi above that I can set up a personal Sandbox, so that's good news and I shall use that in future.
Even better news is that with all the combined help that you have given me I think I now know enough to make good progress. May I once again thank you all for the time each of you has given to sending replies to me, and I hope I can now go solo. It's been good to 'talk' to you all, but with any luck you'll only hear from me rarely in future (do I hear cheers?). Whistian Whistian (talk) 13:46, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Whistian: Whoa, the very first reply you got in Commons:Help desk/Archive/2023/05#Personal sandbox in Wikimedia Commons was by me and I told that you can create user sandboxes and how to do it. I even provided the exact same red link example that LPfi provided again here. What someone else later said can't be done was something different about your question to upload files to your sandbox and experiment with deleting files. You can upload useful files, which automatically go to the file namespace, and then you can display them, or any other existing files, in your sandbox and experiment with formatting their display there. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:01, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thanks for your reply: I had completely misunderstood the combination of the two responses to my earlier question, and what the comment 'You cannot' by the other responder referred to. My apologies for my confusion and for misrepresenting your own reply, which was, now I reread it, very helpful and to the point. If I understand the situation now, I can set up a sandbox in my own user space, but I then need to use existing images, or upload my own useful images, to experiment with because there is no facility to upload non-useful images with dummy descriptions and then delete them later. Thanks again for making sure that I understood this. Whistian (talk) 14:57, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can somebody please edit these badly formated file description pages?

File descriptions affected
  • Alpha
    Alpha
  • Bravo
    Bravo
  • Charlie
    Charlie
  • Delta
    Delta
  • Echo
    Echo
  • Foxtrot
    Foxtrot
  • Golf
    Golf
  • Hotel
    Hotel
  • India
    India
  • Juliet
    Juliet
  • Kilo
    Kilo
  • Lima
    Lima
  • Mike
    Mike
  • November
    November
  • Oscar
    Oscar
  • Papa
    Papa
  • Quebec
    Quebec
  • Romeo
    Romeo
  • Sierra
    Sierra
  • Tango
    Tango
  • Uniform
    Uniform
  • Victor
    Victor
  • Whisky
    Whisky
  • Xray
    Xray
  • Yankee
    Yankee
  • Zulu
    Zulu
Request

All of these files' descriptions are formatted horribly, without infoboxes and even without =={{int:filedesc}}== or =={{int:license-header}}==. I already (kinda) fixed Golf. Any help would be much appreciated lol QuickQuokka [⁠talk • contribs] 22:08, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I did alpha to foxtrot by using Add Information tool. GeorgHH • talk   22:03, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

chatGPT answers "How-to" queries on WMC, but where does it get its info from?

Thanks to everyone who has given me helpful replies to my recent queries. As I have mentioned, I have not yet found any manual with step-by-step instructions for how to do the many basic tasks in WMC (except for the tutorial on How to Upload). So I asked chatGPT and was astonished by the clarity and detail of its responses. I give an example of the first part of an instantaneous reply:

"Q. from me> How do I create a gallery in wikimedia commons?

A. from chatGPT(5 seconds later)> To create a gallery on Wikimedia Commons, you need to follow these steps:

  1. Sign in or create an account: Visit the Wikimedia Commons website (commons.wikimedia.org) and either sign in using your existing Wikimedia account or create a new account if you don't have one.
  2. Navigate to your user page: Once you're signed in, click on your username located at the top right corner of the page to access your user page.
  3. Enable gallery editing: By default, new user accounts may not have the gallery editing feature enabled. To enable it, click on "Preferences" in the top right corner of the page, then go to the "Gadgets" tab. Scroll down to the "Editing" section and check the box next to "Gallery tab (for Image: namespace)". Save your preferences.
  4. Create a new gallery subpage: In the search bar at the top of the page, type "User:YourUsername/Gallery" and hit Enter. Replace "YourUsername" with your actual username. If a page with that name already exists, you will be taken to that page. If not, you will be prompted to create a new page. etc etc"

I don't know if the instructions in replies to my various queries are correct (they may be out-of-date) but where is chatGPT is getting this information from??? ChatGPT is not making it up, and must be lifting this information from some comprehensive Wiki source, but where is it? How can I access it to learn about all the basics of WMC? Please, someone must know where these instructions are kept? Whistian (talk) 15:45, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Whistian: I can't tell you where ChatGPT got this (it spiders enormous hunks of the Internet) but I can tell you it isn't entirely on the mark. In particular, the last step there is specific to creating a gallery subpage for your account, which isn't what you asked. If you want to create a gallery as part of Commons, leave out the "User:YourUsername/". Also, I wouldn't consider the search bar the best way to create a new page. just use the URL https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/GALLERYNAME, where GALLERYNAME is, of course, a placeholder. - Jmabel ! talk 16:56, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for this - an extremely helpful reply and way to create a gallery. But how did you learn this?? To show my frustration with the Help content of WMC I quote from Commons:Galleries
You can create a gallery either in your own "user space" (on a page "User:YOURUSERNAME/YOURGALLERYNAME", with the appropriate substitutions of your username and the gallery name) or in "main space" (on a page "YOURGALLERYNAME"). Galleries in "main space" may be freely edited by other users, just like any other regular Commons content.
This is an example of the only information I can find on how to use WMC: very well-meaning but assumes much prior knowledge and so to a beginner is totally useless. I know what my "user space" is but what is 'main space", how do I get to it, or create a page and give it the name "YOURGALLERYNAME"?? In contrast, your reply to me was totally explicit and assumed no prior knowledge: 5/5! I keep hoping that somewhere there is a complete manual written in the style of your reply and which does not require prior knowledge. But back to my question above: how did you learn this method and how can I tap into same source of instruction? Whistian (talk) 13:58, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Whistian: I'm sorry, but you can't really expect every wiki out there to give instructions on the absolute basics of using wikis. If you ask Google Maps for directions to drive from New York to Seattle, it doesn't start by explaining where the gas pedal is, and how to put the car in "drive." Yes, there is a learning curve the first time you use a technology. - Jmabel ! talk 15:03, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately without the basics I can't to start up the learning curve of WMC. At the moment, only yourself and chatGPT have given me any help which started at square one, so I thank you again for that. I don't want to trouble the good people like yourself who answer these queries with a whole string of 'idiot' questions at this base level, but the only other source I know of is chatGPT: unless anyone at Wiki can point me to some beginner's guide (like the guide on 'upload' which was helpful). Whistian (talk) 16:44, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Did you check the latest answers at #Create a non-user-specific gallery above? If you tell what was unclear or unhelpful in the answers or in the pages we linked, it helps us get better at helping.
I am also a bit confused about your level of proficiency. As "absolute beginner" I don't think you should create pages in mainspace, but rather learn how to edit a page in the first place (which is similar on Wikipedia and here). You should also understand the relevant policies at some level, i.e. what a gallery should be like.
If you try to do more advanced things (such as creating a mainspace gallery) without knowing the basics (such as how to create a page), then you are bound to get answers that aren't tailored to your level. Some people do want to do advanced things right away, but if that's your choice, then you should be prepared to do quite a lot of sorting things out for yourself, reading between the lines in any instructions you get.
–LPfi (talk) 14:20, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
So it seems like you're first to the wiki software being used here. I'd suggest you to browse MediaWiki website for a while and look specifically for basics on how to edit and how uploading files works (on technical level). You mentioned you started programming with Fortran, so technical details must be trivial for you. As far as I know, Fortran was scientific programming language, used by mathematicians and scientists in 1940s through 1980s. If you were or still are programming, then you should understand technical details. Wiki syntax is not really programming, it's merely just formatting, but if you are interested, you may get into scripting in Lua, which is a programming/scripting language used to make modules on MediaWiki software. I understand that sometimes wiki syntax and wiki software might be challenging to use. If you don't like wiki syntax, then VisualEditor is an option as well. But the basics are to understand the namespaces, understand the wiki layout (by that I mean the function, so knowing what is a talk or discussion page, etc.). As for the main namespace, it's pretty much a namespace that doesn't have a name. Therefore you don't prefix the page name with a specific namespace name and a colon after. Like there is a Template namespace, that's used for templates like {{PD-US-Gov}}, which actually links to Template:PD-US-Gov (notice the Template: before the template name). If you use the template name without the namespace prefix in the curly braces like you see here, it transcludes the template to the page. What does that mean? That means that whatever is currently in the template, its content is dynamically displayed on the page it is used on. Templates can also transclude categories and categorize the pages for you, which is very useful. The template page itself often includes a documentation, which is often transcluded from /doc subpage using the {{Documentation}} template. Galleries on Commons do not have a namespace prefix, so they're considered to be in a main namespace. So if you like to link to pictures of Beer, then that's what you link to. No prefix. Polda18 D C 06:15, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Also you might find Commons:Galleries useful. - Jmabel ! talk 17:08, 11 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Beautiful but UNWANTED landscape photos appear on my computer at start-up

Beautiful landscape photos show up on my computer whenever I start it up. I can find nothing in my start-up applications list for this. I believe it is due to a "gift" from Wikimedia for previous contributions I have made. How do I turn off these photos? Beautiful as they are, they are an annoyance! Thank you. Chickadee44 (talk) 17:11, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Commons has no mechanism for placing photographs on your computer in any way. Nor have you made any contributions to Commons, or any other WMF wiki project, at all. You also haven't told us what sort of computer you have, either. I suggest that you contact an appropriate tech support desk, such as Geek Squad. Elizium23 (talk) 17:24, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
If you are running Microsoft Windows, this is its default behavior. - Jmabel ! talk 19:24, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
If this is on Windows 10 then click on the gear icon in the start menu to open the Settings app, possibly click on “Home” with the house icon to return to the top level of the Settings app, click on “Personalization” then on “Lock screen”, then in the listing labeled “Background” choose “Picture”, then under “Choose your picture” press “Browse” and pick your favorite image so only that one image appears on the login screen rather than all the landscape photos. – b_jonas 14:40, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Dear b_jonas, Your solution worked. I was able to replace the slide show with a solid color background. Thank you VERY much. Chickadee Chickadee44 (talk) 20:43, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it is Windows 10. Thank you. Chickadee44 (talk) 20:34, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Jmabel, Thank you for your reply. Chickadee44 (talk) 20:45, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ANTEL TV

LOGO ANTEL Marcelo19802022 (talk) 02:39, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Marcelo19802022: I presume this has something to do with File:ANTEL LOGO HD.png, but what is the help you are requesting? If this is, indeed your own work, then how is it in Commons' scope? And if not your own work, it would presumably be a copyright violation. Similar question about File:Logo martv.png, though that might be simple enough for COM:TOO. - Jmabel ! talk 03:51, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pyrography

buongiorno vorrei caricare delle immagini di mie pirografie Roberto Frangioni Piroritrattista Framàr (talk) 09:49, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, see Category:Pyrography for already existing images. --Túrelio (talk) 12:15, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any Symbol or Logo for "Self-Published"?

Is there any universal logo for self-published books? Such as creative commons logo.

Many thank you very much in advanced. 2409:4088:8600:2FF8:0:0:1950:28A4 10:31, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Transfering images from FI wiki to Commons

I want to transfer 2 files (https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Karjalan_Liitto_lippu.svg https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiedosto:Karjalan_Liitto_logo.svg) but I unable to do that due to copyright, I am unsure how to correctly transfer them and I dont want to break any rules. Thanks. Dictatorialkarelian (talk) 14:59, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Remove watermark in CC image

Hello, I've seen commons:CROP#Minor improvements stating that it's ok to remove a watermark and override a photo. But then I read commons:Watermarks and got confused. The photo File:88663 jellyfish on the shores of israel PikiWiki Israel.jpg is licensed CC 2.5, allowing to "remix" the photo, and I followed commons:CROP guidelines to remove the watermark. Should this be reverted? Can I upload a removed-watermark version in a separate file? What's usually the drill in these situations? We wish to use it as a Featured Picture in Hebrew Wikipedia, but we cannot display a watermarked image. Let me know if it's possible to manipulate the photo. Tomer T (talk) 19:17, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Adding statements to a category info box

Hi - how do I add statements so that I can get info and a photo in an infobox? Atm one I did is empty! I have tried all sorts, nothing works and I don't get an option to edit or add statements. Thank you MOD21S (talk) 06:26, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@MOD21S: this has to be done on Wikidata, by editing the item itself. Then, sometimes, you need to purge the Commons page with the Infobox as well. - Jmabel ! talk 14:38, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! How do I access the page via Wikidata? MOD21S (talk) 19:59, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@MOD21S: There should be an "edit" symbol at the lower right of the Wikidata Infobox, or you can just follow the usual "Wikidata item" link in the menu. - Jmabel ! talk 21:13, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Errata o basura en artículo https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival

Hola, soy novato y no sé dónde o cómo reportar errata o basura en el texto. Dice así: "...en numerosas cadenas de radio del área de la bahía de San Francisco, así como la cadena WLS de Chicago. Aficionados al blues apreciaron] y Chess." Ignoro si es algún tipo de errata, o si se trata de un hackeo. Pido disculpas si este señalamiento está fuera de lugar. Hermeneuo (talk) 06:49, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Hermeneuo: Esto es una página de Wikimedia Commons, no de la wikipedia en español. Se necesita preguntar en la wikipedia en español. Véete es:Wikipedia:Café. - Jmabel ! talk 14:44, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

how do I delete a file (pictures)?

I want to delete all my files (pictures). How do I do it? Kibumba (talk) 09:01, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kibumba. You can't delete them yourself since you're not a Commons administrator, but you can request that they be deleted by following the guidance give at Commons:Deletion requests/Mass deletion request. You're going to need to provide a valid reason for asking them to be deleted though. Since the files were uploaded more than five years ago, that reason is probably going to need to be a pretty good one. Why do you want these photos deleted now after more than five years have passed since you uploaded them? -- Marchjuly (talk) 10:43, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How do I upload a picture

how do I upload a picture Milani Lusawana (talk) 08:35, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Milani Lusawana click on the Wikimedia Commons logo in the top left corner of the page to bring you to the homepage. On that page you should see a blue "upload" button, click that and it should then take you through the process of how to upload pictures. Helper201 (talk) 16:24, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Prevent spamming in PDF files by new users

Hi. I'm a new user. I want to add documents from my personal archive for public use on the platform. In the section Archives of Ukraine, these documents are not yet on the platform.  In this are a Архів:ДАКрО/752 Архів:ДАКрО/752/1/2 I face restrictions as a new user. Could moderators please check. Thank you Едуард Яровий (talk) 10:05, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Едуард Яровий: could you please bring this to Commons:Administrators' noticeboard where it is more likely someone will be able to help you? I'm an admin myself, but I don't know exactly what to do in this case. - Jmabel ! talk 16:48, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Google Ngram

I used Google Ngram viewer to look up the usage of an archaic term over time, I'll need the graph which shows its usage for a Wikiversity article, can I just screenshot the Graph and upload it to commons? Or would that be copyright violation? Crainsaw (talk) 10:05, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Crainsaw: I for one don't know enough about the output of Google Ngram to say whether it is copyrightable. Could you link an example? - Jmabel ! talk 15:46, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
[1] Crainsaw (talk) 16:23, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Their info page says: "Ngram Viewer graphs and data may be freely used for any purpose, although acknowledgement of Google Books Ngram Viewer as the source, and inclusion of a link to books.google.com/ngrams, would be appreciated.".
On Commons, the screenshot can probably be tagged with the template Copyrighted free use (their page uses the term "licensing", not the term "public domain"). -- Asclepias (talk) 16:34, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Photo added to a Wikipedia page is displaying at the wrong rotation

I have made a rotation request on a photo I uploaded but the bot said it was unable to fulfil this request. The image displays the correct way once clicked on. However, I placed the photo in question in an article and again it is displaying at the wrong rotation until clicked on. Can anyone please do something about this or help me fix it please?

Photo in question -

Wikipedia page in question - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_International_League_for_Peace_and_Freedom Helper201 (talk) 14:52, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's weirder than that, because the dimensions are based on the correct orientation. - Jmabel ! talk 15:50, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I believe this should now be OK. - Jmabel ! talk 15:55, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Jmabel Brilliant! Thank you so much for your help. Helper201 (talk) 16:13, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Section resolve

Pictures

How do I edit certain pictures? Mauricimo (talk) 15:19, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Mauricimo: that is too vague to answer. Can you be more specific about what you want to do? - Jmabel ! talk 15:47, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Confused by the process of gaining permission

I wanted to get permission from a photographer to use the picture of the subject of a Wikipedia page (a person). I'm slightly confused how the process goes. Once they've agreed to use it... Do they use the VRT release generator and submit the image directly to the VRT staff? Do they send the generated email to me first, then I upload the image, then they send the email to staff? I'd love clarification on that. Thanks! Arsoniel (talk) 17:33, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The first variant is better as in the second variant the uploaded image will likely be deleted and only restored after the conformation from VRT is obtained. Ruslik (talk) 19:49, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Arsoniel: You need to obtain an agreement from the copyright holder, who is usually the photographer and not the subject, that they will release the image under a free licence we accept. That means no commercial or derivative restrictions are allowed using a licence such as "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International". If they won't do that, you need to find a different photo that can be released freely. Either of you can upload the image and add the following code {{subst:PP}} to the uploaded image and then copyright holder can send in their permission statement, by using the interactive generator or the form in COM:CONSENT, directly to VRT stating the uploaded file name. Ww2censor (talk) 21:57, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Move Audio sample from Commons to en:wiki

Hello, I have a problem with the audio sample: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22Rain_in_May%22_by_Max_Werner_of_1981_(audio_sample).ogg By Upload Wizard it's only possible for me to upload the file on Commons, but I want upload here in en:wikipedia und put them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_non-free_audio_samples Is is possible that someone move it to en:wiki? I've just try it but I haven't any idea. Best regards Backto80s (talk) 21:59, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

post additional photos to go along with one on site?

I have another promotional photo of Carmen Nigro on top of Empire State Building. He gave to my hubby. Can I share it? You already have his head/full body promo photo...(I have that one as well, but mine is signed. :) We knew him. Lived in Indiana. Bizie (talk) 23:18, 18 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Bizie: It's all going to depend on copyright status. Do you have some reason to believe it is either in the public domain or free-licensed? - Jmabel ! talk 00:04, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rankin (photographer)

I would like to upload my photo of Rankin to his wiki article under Early Life. I have uploaded the picture to Wikicommons.

Rankin circa 1988 Helenaver (talk) 19:51, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience link: File:Rankin circa 1988.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 21:12, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Helenaver: A few questions/remarks:
  • Am I correct that you shot this photo circa 1988, and that this is a not-so-great scan from a print (lots of dust artifacts)? If there is any chance that you could do a cleaner scan that would be great.
  • Has this ever been published before?
  • Categories for a portrait should mainly be about the person depicted. Could you please add some more appropriate categories?
  • Assuming there are no problems with the copyright (and there shouldn't be, if you took the photo yourself), I'm not sure what help you are asking for. You add it to the article the same way as any other photo. Possibly you are looking for Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images#How to place an image, if you've never done that before. - Jmabel ! talk 21:21, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, it's an old photo (1988) so I'm afraid this is the best copy I have. I did shoot it in 1988.it's never been published before. I'll try the link you sent to add it....thank you for getting back to me. Helenaver (talk) 22:03, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've run into issues in the past with editing articles, so I thought the best thing to do would be to leave it here. It would make the article more interesting I think. Helenaver (talk) 22:05, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't want to get into stressful interactions by just adding the photo. Helenaver (talk) 22:07, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Does the message "this user provided no email address" in special:mailuser actually mean, the user did not provide an email address, or is it a generic message meaning, the user does not allow wikimails regardless of providing an email address at sign up?

See: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Johnrogershousemay2020.webp

Also: If the majority of copyvios is marked "own work", does it mean we need to ignore the "own work" tag in Copyvios, as it is so common? C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm) (talk) 22:25, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@C.Suthorn: your very long section title seems, at most, tangentially related to your question about "own work". On the question asked in the section title, I have no idea, but on "own work": normally, given lack of evidence to the contrary, we assume good faith. However, a simple assertion by a basically unknown user (someone with little other activity on WMF projects, and who hasn't revealed their actual identity) doesn't weigh very heavily as evidence. Since "own work" is basically the default when using Special:UploadWizard, it is common that someone ends up saying an image is their "own work" without even giving thought to what they are claiming. So, we don't exactly "ignore" the claim, but it doesn't carry a lot of weight. - Jmabel ! talk 23:40, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The own work basically was only an afterthought. The main question is: Do the projects of the WMF violate European data protection laws by revealing the secret personal information of a user, who does not participate in the wikimail function, whether or not them has deposited an email address? If this is the case - as User:Kashmiri claims, it could be that WMF has to pay a fine under GDPR of 20M€ and the affected users (i.e. all those living within EU for whom the wikimail function is not activated - regardless of whether an email address is deposited or not) have a claim for damages.
However, I do not believe that this is the case, but rather that the corresponding message text is simply extremely unfortunate (vulgo wrong). C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm) (talk) 07:09, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Revealing whether a user has provided an email address is NOT the same as disclosing user's personal data. Users' email addresses or other personal data are never revealed on Wikipedia as far as know. — kashmīrī 08:44, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@C.Suthorn: I just turned off "Allow other users to email me" on my account and now when I visit Special:EmailUser and enter my own user name I get a message saying "This user has chosen not to receive email from other users." So the answer is that the message means what it says. --bjh21 (talk) 09:26, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Basic Science

Classifying plants on flora of vanuatu Antz23 (talk) 23:18, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How are we supposed to help? What is the issue? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:24, 19 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Adding an image of a book cover

Hi, sorry for my ineptitude. I want to add an image of a book cover to add to a page I have created. I can't seem to work out how to get through the Upload Wizard and add a Fair Use rationale. {{Non-free book cover}}. Spinifex&Sand (talk) 01:33, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Accessibility for colour-blind users

Please have a look at this: File:States recognising the Armenian Genocide.svg

I recently tagged it for a colour-blind accessibility problem. Please also see its associated Discussion page File talk:States recognising the Armenian Genocide.svg (the section about Colorblind friendly red and green?). The originator of the map has responded to the template, apparently considering a more accessible version of the map would not be in the interest of the majority of readers. I cannot tell whether that is true, I cannot change the file myself, and there is no indication that further discussion between the originator and me would prove fruitful. If you think a more accessible map would on balance be a good thing and are able to make suitable changes, could you do so, please? Thank you and best wishes, Frans Fowler (talk) 03:39, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Frans Fowler: feel more than free to create a variant on the map using the colors you think would work better. Link them using {{Other version}}. Then individual Wikipedias can determine which map they prefer. I happen to think you are right here, but we don't usually overwrite someone's work with something they don't want. - Jmabel ! talk 14:58, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Jmabel. A variant of that file that would be accessible for those with red-green colorblindness would be welcome. Feel free to create a separate version but don't overwrite that file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:08, 20 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, @Jmabel: and @Abzeronow: I would if I could. But the reason I came here is: I can't. Following advice from @Magog the Ogre: , I am actually looking for somebody kindly to make, upload, etc. a variant file. Anyone, please? --Frans Fowler (talk) 15:08, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

release rights info in Upload Wizard for VRT process

I found a copywrited image on the internet I want to upload to Commons for use on a Wikipedia page. I have contacted the copywrite holder via email, who has granted permission for me to use the image under a compatible CC license.

I'm confused what to do now though.

I tried uploading the image using the Upload Wizard, but when I select This file is not my own work. in step 2, none of the options say something like "I have requested permission to use the photo, and it has been granted via email."

1. What options / information should I add in the "Release rights" section?

Once I've uploaded it:

2. Do I ask the copywrite holder to use COM:RELGEN, include the generated email at the top of our correspondence, and send it to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org ?

The last time I did this was 8 years ago, so I'm a bit rusty as to how this all works. Neuroxic (talk) 00:10, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Democracy Constitution.pdf file should show a top-right front-page picture in draft:Constitutional Democracy

Democracy Constitution.pdf file should show a top-right front-page picture in draft:Constitutional Democracy with light-yellow background, but shows only window with link; I used following command:

File:Democracy Constitution.pdf
Example: Universal Democracy Constitution

Please help... UDC author (talk) 02:16, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Upload question

Hello Wikimedia Commons! Wikimedia Commonians? I have a problem. Over the last few months I’ve taken a whole bunch of photos with the intention of uploading them. New photos for the likes of Davolls General Store (1793), the Akin House (1762), Russell Garrison (1660) and on and on. My problem is that I’ve taken all those photos on my mobile phone. And I was wondering what the procedure is for removing all of the nasty personal information that’s associated with those photographs. If it’s simply geographical location id be fine with it (for obvious reasons). But if not I’d really like to know how to remove. Thank you all, so so much. Do four tildes work in this strange land as well?? AdmiralAckbar1977 (talk) 12:10, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@AdmiralAckbar1977: Maybe this can help? : Commons:Exif#Editing Exif fields -- Asclepias (talk) 12:47, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like you're talking about EXIF data. There are a lot of online EXIF data strippers that you can use: upload the photo and download it again with the data removed (now, what those sites do with your data may be an open question...). I don't own a smartphone, but I know that how much and what kind of info they include varies by model, etc. and you can usually control what is saved by the phone. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 12:48, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@AdmiralAckbar1977 In most cases the MetaData (Exif, XMP, IPTC, ICC) stored by Smartphone Camera Apps is limited. (For example there will be no serial number of the used lense, name of the photographer). More advanced smartphones may include the serial number of the Smartphone and a unique Id of the photo. Nearly always GPS, date, time, model name of the smartphone will be included. The best way to find all MetaData is exiftool (Windows, Mac, Linux as command line tool, but you will also find GUIs). For Smartphones Apps are available that strip part or all of the MetaData for use in SocialMedia.
If you want to be really on the save side you could use exiftool in this way:
exiftool -all= originalfoto.jpg
exiftool -tagsfromfile originalfoto.jpg_original -iso -fnumber -exposuretime -orientation originalfoto.jpg
This will first remove all metadata from the file and then in the second step pull the useful MetaData from a copy of the original file and reinsert only these. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm) (talk) 13:39, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading a book

Escribí un libro y trate de subirlo a Wikipedia pero el sistema me dice que "is not constructive..." Que puedo hacer para solucionar ese problema? Miguelgarayochoa (talk) 16:20, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

?Quieres subirlo a w:es: o aqui a Commons? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:38, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Miguelgarayochoa: En la mayoría de los casos, no es apropiado subir un libro propio a Commons, ni a es-wiki. = Jmabel ! talk 20:24, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

👋

I’m new here and trying to get my head wrapped around image copyright for Wikipedia.

When I asked another Wikipedia editor if I could use newspaper stories that are more than 70 years old they said yes.

I also found this image through the Wikipedia newspaper source search function on Newspapers.com

Is it ok to use? Should I have picked the first option that it is out of copyright?

All guidance gratefully received, Thanks 🤓 --The Nookster (talk) 19:17, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • @The Nookster: Short answer: the other Wikipedia editor was almost certainly wrong. UK works are typically protected for 70 years after the author's death. If the work is anonymous, it does not fall out of copyright until it is "reasonable to assume that copyright has expired, or the author died over 70 years ago." Here on Commons, our rule of thumb for that is 120 years after creation. So, at least based on what I can see, this is not suitable for Commons. Sorry someone steered you wrong. - Jmabel ! talk 20:30, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi @Jmabel OK! Thank you. That is very good to know. So should I take these images down? What is the process? I am trying to track the down the people involved to see if they have any photographs they can give me to use as well. How would that work in terms of copyright? What would need to be made clear for use on Wikipedia?
    Also the part I am very excited about in the biography is Wyndham’s fantastic junk shop finds. Especially the Wyndham Payne Crucifixion. It would be great to include an image of that too somehow? There are images on the Internet and in the D.H.Turner source cited in the piece. Is there a way for me use any of these? It is such a great find. One of the greatest pieces of English medieval art of this kind, apparently. I’m sure Wikipedia readers would love to see it too somehow.
    I am totes keeping on with this article to keep developing and making it better visually as well as textually. Learning how to use images is my next steep learning curve to ascend.
    Thank you for your guidance with this! The Nookster (talk) 10:25, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    I am only asking about taking it down myself, because I noticed the word ‘could’. Is there some grey area I need to know about?
    You’ll be pleased to know I am rapidly reading up on the copyright guidance :-) The Nookster (talk) 14:45, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    • @The Nookster: You can't exactly delete it yourself, but you can (and should) request deletion. You can just mark it {{Copyvio}} and someone with deletion rights will delete it.
    • Remember that copyright will belong to the photographer, not the subject of a photo. Often you can get permission from heirs to use family snapshots (see COM:VRT for the process they can go through to explicitly grant a license).
    • Sorry I don't have time right now to answer your other questions. FWIW, you've waded into a particularly difficult area: older, but still copyrighted, materials that have never been free-licensed. - Jmabel ! talk 15:04, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      Hello @Jmabel Thanks for the guidance. I will do this. The Nookster (talk) 15:25, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again,

I am trying to find more information out about this image.

I have seen there is a tutorial page to read about copyright. I have tried but I find it quite hard to understand and reading a lots and lots of text is difficult for me these days in terms of mental energy and understanding.

So please forgive for asking lots of obvious questions 🙏

Thank you in advance for any help or guidance you can provide. --The Nookster (talk) 19:25, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Briefly, you uploaded a photo made by someone other than yourself. Commons is for free licensed media only (unlike English language Wikipedia which allows limited "fair use" of some copyrighted material). Unless the photo is public domain for some reason (like expired copyright) or free licensed by the original photographer, it is not appropriate for Commons. If you don't have good reason to think the photo is free licensed or public domain, it doesn't belong here. Looking at the photo and the information you gave, it seems a UK work by someone who died in the 1970s - UK copyright law generally goes by death date of the creator, and in this case it is unfortunately not yet public domain in the source country. Thanks for asking. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 20:46, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello lovely Commons editors! I'd like to add a video and/or photo to the article Penelope (platypus). The best option, I thought, was this clip from newsreels.net, an archive maintained by UCLA's film and TV archive. After examining the site's terms, I couldn't tell if putting the clip on Wikipedia was "fair use" or not. I had the following email exchange:

From me:

I'm a Wikipedia editor and I just wrote an article about a platypus named Penelope after seeing a Hearst newsreel on newsreels.net. Thank you! I'd love to use a photo screenshotted from a video, but I don't want to violate any of your policies. It's unclear to me what educational settings are appropriate to use info from the clips and whether or not this would be "fair use."

From UCLA:

We are able to move forward with your still usage request. Please use the following credit on the page:

"Still courtesy of the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Packard Humanities Institute."


My questions for you, intrepid Wikimedia Commons volunteer (who probably has more licensing expertise than I do): 1. Did I do that right? 2. Am I now permitted to put a still from the video up on Commons and then in the article? 3. Isn't this Penelope video so bizarre and fascinating?!? Thanks in advance for the help. I hope the photo can go up, just because it's so interesting, but I definitely won't die on this hill. Thanks! Crunchydillpickle (talk) 00:14, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Crunchydillpickle: If your question is just about whether this qualifies for non-free use in an article on the English-language Wikipedia, you need to take that up on the English-language Wikipedia. If your question is whether you may add it to Commons, no, you may not unless it is either in the public domain or is free licensed, with a license that allows anyone to use it, including derivative works and commercial use. The latter certainly does not appear to be the case here from anything you've written. - Jmabel ! talk 01:03, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures of me

I don't know how to access the information to delete I haven't seen the picture Xxxby69 (talk) 07:14, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No pictures have been uploaded here to Commons by this account. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 18:23, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a new page

I have been unable to obtain a link to create a new page, after searching for a subject which has no Wiki page. Some other users when doing this obtain a link to edit a new page with the nonexistent subject, but I don't. Please correct this! ORigel (talk) 12:37, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@ORigel: In what namespace of what "wiki" website do you want to create a page? If you want to use the method of doing a search to create a page on Wikimedia Commons, then you need to use Special:Search instead of the default Special:MediaSearch. Other websites have Special:Search as default. Or you can use a different method to create a page, such as the url bar. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:38, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

correction of an article

I loaded a file and I want to download it and reload it with a correction. How can I do it EUGASTRONOME (talk) 15:14, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • @EUGASTRONOME: Since we don't have articles on this site (Wikimedia Commons) I suspect you are on the wrong site. Also, on wikis that have articles, you typically edit on-wiki, not by downloading and uploading. an you provide a URL or wikilink to the "article" you are talking about? - Jmabel ! talk 18:03, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

what .file do i use?

i tried using a .txt file but it didnt work! what kind of file do i use? X-fireLOL (talk) 05:21, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@X-fireLOL: Can you explain what you want to achieve? We don't accept .txt files, or any recent text documents. Yann (talk) 13:23, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@X-fireLOL: See this page for more information. 20 upper 14:54, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can I upload screenshot of Red Hat 8.0 using GNOME 2? (I want to upload this on page named GNOME 2). Thank you!

I made screenshot of Red Hat 8.0 in VirtualBox. I dont know may I upload or not. Ustanovka shindows (talk) 17:17, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mass moving files

Hi. Can someone please mass move all files in Category:Iran nuclear negotiations in Geneva, November 2013, changing the name "Vienna" to "Geneva", without a redirect? I made a mistake and it takes too much time to do it manually and I don't know how to do it en masse :( HeminKurdistan (talk) 17:34, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Doing… —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 18:03, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@HeminKurdistan ✓ Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 18:11, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much! I noticed that files in Category:Iran nuclear negotiations in Geneva (2013-10-15/16) have the same problem, would you please kindly move them too? HeminKurdistan (talk) 18:38, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@HeminKurdistan ✓ Done. For the record, I used User:Perhelion/massrename.js, you can install it by going to Special:MyPage/common.js and adding the following line:
mw.loader.load('/w/index.php?title=User:Perhelion/massrename.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); // [[User:Perhelion/massrename.js]]
Best, —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 18:59, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Mdaniels5757 Thanks! Should I copy content of that page in my Special Page? HeminKurdistan (talk) 19:10, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@HeminKurdistan I just did it for you. You just needed the one line, like is currently at User:HeminKurdistan/common.js. You don't need to do anything now though :). —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 19:27, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Mdaniels5757 Thank you very much! HeminKurdistan (talk) 19:30, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brignogan_Plage_du_Phare_3.JPG

la photo ne représente pas le phare de Brignogan dans le finistère mais le sémaphore de la marine nationale de Brignogan ! le phare c'est ici : https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNquvFTDGZ0_B8lIo5ssIQjbMD_-w1XpW1EoJEB=w409-h162-p-k-no 2001:861:5442:A490:5992:F35E:5C75:DF19 18:06, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How do I export structured data added to a file?

Let's assume that I would like to download the structured data from file File:Ama_Dablam,_Nepal.jpg? I understand that it will be a json-file. Thanks for your help. [[kgh]] (talk) 07:16, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Got an answer from people at wikidata org.
You can use Special:EntityData for this. The entity ID can be retrieved via &action=info // Example: File:Balaklava sick 2.jpg as json, rdf [[kgh]] (talk) 15:05, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The contributions by User:Jdjmsrubbsbjjw are somewhat odd. For all of them, the user is apparently licensing them under Creative Commons, but then is acknowledging someone else as the author. I don't have the time to deal with this right now, but someone needs to investigate this. Coolcaesar (talk) 16:15, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a way even with images to do more like?

Hi, I would like to know if with images, anyone could go so far as to decide even to do more like? Basically that’s my question thanks. Josivise (talk) 18:20, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your question. Perhaps you could try again in other words? If you speak a language other than English, say in your own language. Someone here can translate. Thanks. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 21:50, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Infrogmation: I think that Josivise is trolling, cf. d:Wikidata:Project chat#Getting started and the meme "Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?". Regards --NicoScribe (talk) 15:08, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File: Карта.победителей.песенного.конкурса.достоверная..png

A file with a provocative name, which is simply a redrawing of an existing file, but with the "annexation" of the occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia. Iktsokh (talk) 20:23, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience link: File:Карта.победителей.песенного.конкурса.достоверная..png. - Jmabel ! talk 04:12, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Iktsokh: what file is it a redrawing of? Uploader is claiming copyright and does not acknowledge any source other than own work. - Jmabel ! talk 04:12, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
For example, this one: Eurovision winners map.svg Iktsokh (talk) 08:40, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Iktsokh: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Карта.победителей.песенного.конкурса.достоверная..png. Which you presumably could have done yourself. - Jmabel ! talk 16:47, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yevgeny Prigozhin

The image description on the picture of Yevgeny Prigozhin (on his wikipedia article) says “Vladimir Putin” instead of “Yevgeny Prigozhin”. I cannot edit it and also cannot post on the administrator’s notice board. Hoping someone can fix this. EggplantMushroom (talk) 21:06, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File_talk:YevgenyPrigozhin.jpg#Requested edit. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:10, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
DONE. - Jmabel ! talk 04:15, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

我要如何 刪除 舊帳號 呢？

請問大大，我要如何 刪除User:鄭安琪 舊帳號 呢？ 謝謝。 2001:B011:8009:2258:5091:A956:9256:4CFE 22:59, 24 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Danjuma Anthony

Danjuma yet byin a̱sok a̱tyap ha neet ma̱ng sa̱ A̱tak'mawai ma̱ zango kataf si̱set Kaduna ma̱ng Neigeria . Danjuma Anthony (talk) 08:38, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think this question is in Hausa, which I can't read, and Google Translate apparently can't make sense of it either. Can someone help here? Is there even an actual request for help here? - Jmabel ! talk 16:51, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can I edit an entry (Sadler's Wells) using text copied from the Sadler's Wells website?

This would include an article posted on SW website about the history of the theatre Jellyfishcantdance (talk) 12:03, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bitcoin

I need help with finding out what kind of car to use for my Bitcoin something not right Datruestwizard91 (talk) 16:44, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Datruestwizard91: this is a page for getting help in using Wikimedia Commons (this site). Your question appears to have nothing to do with that. - Jmabel ! talk 16:52, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Carregamento de Logotipos de empresas

Na criação de uma pagina de uma empresa de outrém, como faço para carregar o logotipo da empresa? Neste caso é a empresa "Meu Super" que foi criada em 2011 como uma rede de pequenos supermercados de bairro e pertence à Sonae, detentora de empresas como Continente, Modalfa, Wells, NOS, entre outras. Não queria estar a carregar o logotipo como sendo meu, pois na verdade não é. Ricardosval (talk) 16:46, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ricardosval: (via Google Translate) Commons pode aceitar apenas logotipos abaixo de "threshold of originality". Se estiver qualificado, você pode usar {{Textlogo}} no lugar de uma etiqueta de licença. Caso contrário, não pode estar no Commons. Algumas Wikipédias permitem que você carregue algum conteúdo não-livre dentro de uma Wikipédia. Commons não. - Jmabel ! talk 16:58, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Selbstgemachtes Personenfoto mit Cover eines Buches in der Hand

Kann man ein von sich selbstgemachtes Personenfoto mit einem Buch in der Hand, hochladen. Die Person ist Herausgeber des Buches. Das Copyright des Buchcovers liegt aber beim Verlag. Danke für die Hilfe! Hans E. Gerr (talk) 16:46, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Hans E. Gerr: Es wird davon abhängen, wie prominent das Bild das Artwork auf dem Buchcover zeigt, daher kann ich nichts Allgemeingültiges sagen. - Jmabel ! talk 17:00, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
rr@Jmabel
Das Büchlein "Ein Lächeln ist wie ein Geschenk" ist in der Reihe "Der rote Faden, Nr. 55" im Coppenrath Verlag, Münster, erschienen. Die Reihe ist recht bekannt. Im Februar 2923 war das Büchlein, dessen Herausgeber ich bin, mehr als 120.000 mal verkauft worden. Das Cover ist mit Blüten illustriert und der Buchtitel ist aus meiner Feder. Bei der Verwendung für meinen Wikipedia-Personeneintrag würde unter meinem Foto stehen: Hans E. Gerr, Hrsg. von Ein Lächeln ist wie ein Geschenk, Copyright (c) 2012 Coppenrath Verlag. Hans E. Gerr (talk) 15:53, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A renouned mycologist used my Wikimedia Commons contribution in his book. Please guide me entering that data into my Wikimedia Commons file.

My public domain contribution https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vesicular_Arbuscular_Mycorrhizae_40X0031_03.jpg has been used by renouned mycologist Britt Bunyard in his book The Lives of Fungi : A Natural History of Our Planet's Decomposers (https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Lives_of_Fungi/SMtMEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=RIT+RAJARSHI&pg=PA288&printsec=frontcover) ; Published from Princeton University Press, where my username has been properly credited in the page 288 (Acknowledgement page) and my Wikimedia commons contribution has been included in page number 183 bottom right of the said book. I am very thankful for that to the Author of the said book. However I want to enter the data in the image file (preferably using a category or infobox but don't know how). Please guide me for the necessary steps to link the file to the published book.

(Asked here upon recommendation from Wikipedia Teahouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse#A_renouned_mycologist_used_my_Wikimedia_Commons_contribution_in_his_book._Please_guide_me_entering_that_data_into_my_Wikimedia_Commons_file)

RIT RAJARSHI (talk) 21:05, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You can use the "published" template on the file talk page. For examples of usage see my page user:C.Suthorn/reuse. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm) (talk) 21:57, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much RIT RAJARSHI (talk) 22:20, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@C.Suthorn I Did not found that template. please tell more specific location. RIT RAJARSHI (talk) 22:24, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@C.Suthorn Found it here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Published RIT RAJARSHI (talk) 22:35, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Media Viewer in categories

Hello, is it possible to use the Media Viewer in a category? I only see the green button for the old, ugly Slideshow. NaBUru38 (talk) 21:50, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

please correctly format my image nomination

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/fungi made using this page : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates . Kindly check if everything is okay. if the creation of new page is inappropreiate, please move the nomination to appropriate page or column. RIT RAJARSHI (talk) 22:17, 25 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to upload an image from Polish archive. It has public domain logo and the (archive website) says: "Copyright owned by the Archive. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission." Can this photo stay on commons? --Rpoleski (talk) 05:42, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Should be fine. The "Copyright owned by ..." portion is a little bit scary, because with Public Domain, there is really no copyright, but it seems like those images are in public domain. Plus it seems to be an official government website, and typically government issued documents and archives tend to be in public domain. Not always, but Poland seems to be with majority of the world, where government issued documents and goods are considered public domain because of public interest (like money for example). It is good advice to look at COM:Poland, which describes copyright rules specifically for Poland. Polish money seems to be copyright protected, which is a bit strange for a country in EU, but okay. Anyway, these are not really official documents, those are just pictures somebody have donated to an official archive. Honestly, the copyright statement is a bit strange, but it does state that copying, modifying and distribution is permitted even for commercial purposes, which should be compatible with Commons licensing policy, so unless somebody more knowledgable in this manner knows more details, I'd say go for it. The worst thing that could happen is a deletion request. Polda18 D C 06:05, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
File:VB.NET WinForms.png
Violating screenshot

I designed the form shown in the screenshot by myself, but now I realize that the Visual Studio interface surrounding the form may infringe on MS's copyrights. Could somebody help me blur or crop the image to remove the offending material? Thanks! Félix An (talk) 12:32, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Might be possible to upload a new version of the file and delete the original revision (it is simply hidden from the history). Cropping can be done by anyone, but the revision needs to be hidden by a sysop or another user with deletion permissions. Polda18 D C 13:30, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think anything here should have been deleted at all. Any Microsoft intellectual property there is de minimis. I suggest you start an undelete request.
If something like this happens again, I strongly recommend that while the "speedy" request (in this case {{Copyvio}}) is still current and has not been acted on, you convert it to a proper DR, which you can then contest. It's a lot easier to contest a DR than to go through the undeletion process. - Jmabel ! talk 14:54, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Photo of Mirosław Hermaszewski

Hello,

I have a question about Mirosław Hermaszewski photo

The source of this photo is from wikimedia commons. Would it be possible to use this photo in tv series? Where could we buy rights for this photo? I will be thankful for any answer.

Kind regards,

Aleksandra Polnicka +48 660 546 550 polnickaola@gmail.com 188.146.250.240 13:59, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • You can use it freely because it is in the public domain.
  • It was frankly sloppy of historiaposzukaj.pl to indicate Commons as the source. The image is at File:Miroslaw H.jpg, which clearly says "Immediate source: www.astro.zeto.czest.pl; Original source: Raz, dwa, trzy, from 1978." Commons is almost never the ultimate source of a photo: we're a repository, not a content generator. - Jmabel ! talk 15:00, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

SVG systemLanguage="simple" not rendered

Labels are missing

(crossposting from en:Wikipedia:SVG help as no one has responded in 10 days)

Multilingual SVG allows switch statements to render language-dependent versions.

Previously, this thumbnail showed only labels for years and generation names and dates. Now, text is entirely absent, even when I removed the systemLanguage="simple" line to default to the English version in my last (07:38, 16 June 2023) upload on http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?lang=simple&title=File%3AGeneration_timeline.svg#filehistory – could an rsvg expert please look into this?

Thanks,
cmɢʟee ⋅τaʟκ 16:34, 26 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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