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Saan ko po makikita ang pahina ng settings ng dark mode theme para sa madilim na tema sa pagbabasa, salamat po[edit]

Dark Mode Theme Ernestojrr17 (talk) 11:52, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maraming salamat po sa inyong pagtugon. Ernestojrr17 (talk) 02:05, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Where can I find the dark mode theme settings page for the dark reading theme, thanks
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ernestojrr17: Hi ulit. Sa Android, wala akong makitang ganoong mga setting. See also Commons:Help desk/Archive/2024/02#Mangyaring ako poy gabayan nyo at nawawala na ako sa focus ng aking hinahanap dahil sa mga pahina o page na dumadag.

Hi again. On Android, I can find no such settings. See also Commons:Help desk/Archive/2024/02#Mangyaring ako poy gabayan nyo at nawawala na ako sa focus ng aking hinahanap dahil sa mga pahina o page na dumadag.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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-- Asclepias (talk) 14:27, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I make a bot review my file license?[edit]

I just uploaded a file that is a screenshot from a YouTube video with Creative Commons licese (File:20231109 HeeJin @ MusicBank.png) but I'm not sure how to validate the license? Can I do it myself or must be a bot? This is the video with the timestamp: HeeJin (희진) 뮤직뱅크 출근길 - ARTMS HeeJin Music Bank 4K. Thanks! LeafGreen (talk) 00:28, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done File has been license reviewed. Abzeronow (talk) 00:48, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And, FWIW, it has to be either a bot or someone who is considered a license reviewer (mostly admins). - Jmabel ! talk 07:28, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pregunta sobre licencias de uso no libre[edit]

Buenas, quisiera saber cómo puedo agregar los posters de UFC para la Wikipedia en español. Me di cuenta de que en las wikipedia en ruso [1], inglés [2] y árabe [3] tienen posters de UFC bajo sus respectivas licencias, las cuales son de uso no libre y están justificadas. ¿Saben algo sobre las licencias de uso no libre para Wikipedia en español? Leon332Z (talk) 01:04, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Leon332Z: Aparece que la Wikipédia en español no tenga nada análogo a en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. Entonces, creo que no. Puede preguntar a es:Wikipedia:Café/Archivo/Ayuda/Actual. - Jmabel ! talk 07:33, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

error in a photograph, which seems to be used in more than one article[edit]

Hello, I am new here, just opened an account as I found an error in a photograph, which seems to be used in more than one article. Here is the link: File:Oil palm fruit.jpg That photo is misinterpreted. It shows the fruit bunch of a babassu palm. A good photo of an oil palm fruit bunch may be this: https://www.123rf.com/photo_12345593_oil-palm-fruit-bunches-at-the-oil-palm-tree.html Cuphea frank (talk) 08:36, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience link (internal link): File:Oil palm fruit.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 09:06, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded from Flickr by someone not active in over a decade, so we'll need to work this out without uploader help. - Jmabel ! talk 09:07, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have tagged the image as "disputed taxon". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:00, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The taxon is not disputed. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:07, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yea. It is not the taxon but just a wrong name given by the author of the Flickr photo. Cuphea frank (talk) 08:04, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would not go so far as to call it "an error" or "wrong". The photographer (who is also the uploader to Commons) was, at the time, working as a communications agent in South America for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). I suppose that it may not be surprising if at least some people, maybe in this area, or people of CIAT, at least in some contexts, may refer to this oil palm as an "oil palm". It is the one that is in this environment. Also, the template about Palm oil on Wikipedia lists both this American species and the African species. The original description of the photograph by the photographer already specified that it was in Bolivia. You judiciously added the name babassu and the scientific name Attalea speciosa in the structured caption. I added the category Attalea speciosa and some description. I think the file itself on Commons is fine. However, the important thing is: if the file is included to illustrate Wikipedia articles that are exclusively about the African oil palm, it should of course be removed from those articles. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:09, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Contact Ruffneck88[edit]

I'm new and want to contact this chap. How do I do it? Can't find a user page. SidXL (talk) 10:12, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@SidXL: You probably mean User talk:Ruffneck'88? Yann (talk) 10:42, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kannada language missing in the webpage list of languages[edit]

Link: Special:MyLanguage/Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2024

In other languages section. 2409:40F2:2055:2AE4:E064:7274:134B:76A9 14:21, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to change photo[edit]

I want to change the profile photo that was uploaded in 2019 for Tame One DBrownHarris (talk) 15:05, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What page (a link, please) are you talking about? - Jmabel ! talk 22:37, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Page # 12157161 DBrownHarris (talk) 23:53, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@DBrownHarris: That is not a link. It does not even tell us what website! - Jmabel ! talk 06:59, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
File:TameOne.png DBrownHarris (talk) 08:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@DBrownHarris: Then please upload a picture taken by you, then this one can be replaced. Yann (talk) 10:03, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I dont know how to upload the picture to replace old photo, so I just deleted it DBrownHarris (talk) 11:03, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@DBrownHarris: Why would the absence of a photo be better than one five years old? That seems awfully close to vandalism. - Jmabel ! talk 11:11, 28 March 2024 (UTC) ("deletion" appears to be this edit.) - Jmabel ! talk 11:13, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not to mention that this is someone apparently no longer alive, so any picture would not be current. - Jmabel ! talk 11:15, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That is exactly why I want to change to a more current picture. I am his mother DBrownHarris (talk) 11:36, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That is why is it so hard to replace a photo if you want to refresh or update anything you should not be an issue or being criticized DBrownHarris (talk) 11:40, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment moved from the discussion below about images fading to white, but obviously belonged here instead. - Jmabel ! talk 15:16, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Asked for help to replace the photo since I could not figure out how to upload. My pin passed away am I am also Administrstor of his Estate. I dont know why this is tagged for deletion DBrownHarris (talk) 12:01, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
End moved comment. - Jmabel ! talk 15:16, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@DBrownHarris: (1) My condolences on the death of your son.
(2) This next thing is not Commons' issue, but if you are his mother you are almost certainly violating the English-language Wikipedia's policy on conflicts of interest by editing the article about him without declaring that.
(3) If you have a photo of him that you took, then you own the copyright on that photo, and it should be very straightforward to use Special:UploadWizard to upload the photo to Commons. Or are you wanting to upload a photo that someone else took (more complicated)? - Jmabel ! talk 15:09, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The TAME ONE Picture that I wanted to change is one that I took. but if I am violating any policy I will not ask any more how to upload it or try to figure out how to change his picture any longer DBrownHarris (talk) 15:30, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@DBrownHarris You are involved with two websites with differnet rules. One is the wikipedia with an article about your son. On wikipedia it is discouraged to edit a topic you are involved with (it is a conflict of interest). Your are still allowed to edit the article about your son, if you declare the conflict of interest. The photo in the article about your son is hosted on this website, commons.wikimedia.org. On this website there can be any number of images pictureing your son and the people editing wikipedia can choose one or more of this images for inclusion in the article. However images here on commons cannot be deleted (at least not for being outdated). As commons has different rules than wikipedia, the conflict of interest does not matter here. You are entitled and absolutly invited to upload as many pictures of your son or any other person or subject, as you want. The images you upload have to abide to copyright however. Photos that you yourself took (you operated the camera) are easy: You are the owner of the copyright and you can upload the images and choose from the available licenses on commons as you like. If someone else took a photo, this person has to send an persmission to VRT. If your son took a selfie then you inherited the coprright of this photo and you can upload it, but you have to verify the permission with VRT. About editing Wikipedia: Please ask at the wikipedia site for assistence. People here at commons do not make the rules there. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 21:07, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Team HUMANITY Official 247[edit]

I am not able to upload the. pdf file — Preceding unsigned comment added by Team HUMANITY Official 247 (talk • contribs) 17:33, 27 March 2024‎ (UTC)[reply]

@Team HUMANITY Official 247: We don't usually allow new users to upload PDFs, because they are almost inevitably either out of scope or copyright violations. What exactly is in the PDF you are trying to upload? - Jmabel ! talk 22:39, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[edit]

i want to upload Twister Ice Cream (by Heartbrand) Logo and add it to this page here I-am-LiKe-spongebob (talk) 18:11, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ico format[edit]

"Wikimedia Commons does not accept filenames that end in the extension ".ico". Please convert videos to an allowed format before uploading, or reference help on other file types."

Why is Commons calling my the image i'm trying to upload a video? Trade (talk) 20:30, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No idea about the video thing, but .ico is not an allowed file format. Where does this image come from? If you created it yourself, you should be able to save it as PNG. Otherwise I would wonder about the license. --rimshottalk 23:21, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Trade: I don't think that message is calling your .ico file a video. Rather, it's saying that if it's a video you'll need to convert it, and otherwise you'll probably need to look at the list of file types. If you have a suggestion for how to improve the message, you could put an {{Edit request}} at MediaWiki talk:Mwe-upwiz-upload-error-bad-filename-extension. The last discussion on the subject seems to have been Commons:Village pump/Technical/Archive/2023/12#Improving MP4 error message. --bjh21 (talk) 11:39, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just an idle disinterested bystander hoping my 2¢ will assist in understanding how the uninformed may read the message: “Please convert videos to an allowed format before uploading, or reference help on other file types.” To me this suggests that Wikimedia thinks this type of file is a video. Images can definitely be “converted” as well. I would change “videos” to “media” for clarity (covering images, videos, audio, drawings, etc.) As far as `.ico` files, specifically: to my ear this is suggestive of a platform-specific icon file and I see no good argument that this be hosted on WMF unless as part of a platform-specific bundle of some sort, like an open source OS image. That said, I personally prefer magic-number file identification, rather than assuming filename extensions are correct. That said, this is purely my personal opinion, and I am not affiliated at all with WMF. -Loren Osborn (linux_dr) (talk) 16:37, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting a photo[edit]

Hi, I need to delete a photo that I uploaded before. Currently the photo is not being used on any page. The person in the photo asked me to remove the photo from the wikipedia. I can not see any option to do so. Can someone help me ? Ahmetdogan78 (talk) 03:57, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ahmetdogan78: Assuming we are talking about a photo on Commons, you can nominate your own photo for deletion just like anyone else's. You can indicate that it is a request for courtesy deletion, by the subject of the photo.
But I may not have understood you correctly. You say it is not being used on any page, but they want it removed from wikipedia. If it was uploaded to one of the Wikipedias, rather than to Commons, then nothing on Commons has anything to do with the process of getting it deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 07:03, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category for images fading into white[edit]

Where should I categorize the following set of images fading into white?

Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 09:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • I don't know of a category for that, but you can put exactly this gallery as part of the description or the "other versions" for each photo involved, and/or you can create a mainspace page for this and other similar sets of photos. Normally parent categories relate to individual photos or child categories (or pages, or templates, etc.), not to collectivities. - Jmabel ! talk 10:15, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How we can write æ?[edit]

Æ is a ligature. @Z 37.225.73.154 12:25, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gallery main Spaces page topic[edit]

right page done//: sets for similar categories part each informationally talked about what if any just so just done 2601:601:8000:BF80:CC3E:FE84:D4B0:8227 20:51, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If there is a question about using Commons here, I don't see it. - Jmabel ! talk 22:13, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does Commons have a tool to correct brightness/contrast?[edit]

Believe it or not, the essential information that this image is intended to convey is on the wall under the window. It is practically invisible because the photographer failed to allow for the high contrast. Does Commons have a tool to correct this? --JMF (talk) 21:09, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JMF: Except for simple crops and rotations, derivative works require a download -> edit (locally) -> upload sequence.
You are welcome to make a derivative work based on this file: download; edit with GIMP/Photoshop/etc. to change the contrast/lightness; upload, linking "other versions" using {{Derivative works}} / {{Derived from}}. If that's not clear, say so and someone here can flesh that out more for you.
If you want to overwrite the original, you should typically clear it with the uploader/photographer User:Tedster007, but he seems not to be recently active, so that may not be possible. - Jmabel ! talk 22:21, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
TYVM, that was the answer I expected but thought it no harm to ask, just in case. As an image to illustrate the text, I don't consider it particularly useful to the en.wikipedia article that had it, so I'll let it slip quietly away. Thanks again. JMF (talk) 23:11, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JMF: If you don't want to fix it yourself, you can ask at Wikipedia's "Graphics Lab", as I have done in en:Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop#Memorial to Mary Beale. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:41, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strange error after uploading, below infobox comes 'Error in ??Information?? template: unknown parameter "1"', rendered in blue and red[edit]

The file with the above error is my 5 min ago uploaded File:US Robotics 33.6K Modem Front (turned, cropped, removed background).jpg. Any help or just quick remedy welcome. I was not able to find any error, even exchanged the first three lines of the infobox code by sth. from an older, working file to no avail. Thx in advance, Pittigrilli (talk) 22:47, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Pittigrilli: You had a minor error in your wiki markup. I've fixed it. —RP88 (talk) 22:54, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@RP88: - Thank you. What a stupid little error can do... In German we say "Small cause, big effect". Big Time here. Best, Pittigrilli (talk) 23:01, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@RP88: Thanks for doubling the left square bracket in this edit.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:38, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found a logo of a company from the internet, can I upload it here ?[edit]

I found a logo of a company from the internet, can I upload it here ? Caiptony (talk) 11:29, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As a general rule, no. Do not copy anything from the Internet, with a few exceptions. Only very simple logos are accepted without permission, and it depends on the country of origin. If you would give a link, a more detailed answer could be given. Yann (talk) 12:25, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Caiptony: Right, please see COM:NETC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:39, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File history[edit]

Two versions of File:Bandiera di Pieve di Teco.svg are shown in file history, but I have uploaded only one version of this file. Why this is happening? Is this a bug? -- ZandDev (talk) 13:50, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ZandDev: You appear to have overwritten it with the same file in the same minute, giving the appearance of a bug.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:03, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: Have you seen the file chrono? Mediawiki says to me that I have done only one edit, but maybe I did two edits. -- ZandDev (talk) 14:07, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ZandDev: You have me leaning in the direction of a bug.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:12, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: Should I file a Phabricator ticket? -- ZandDev (talk) 21:39, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ZandDev: Yes, please.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:05, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

British Newspaper Archive[edit]

Hi, I hope someone could help. I wanted to go thorough the British Newspaper Archive and wanted to take some screen shots of old articles. I was wondering what the rules were about that and can they be included on wiki commons? If I credit the newspaper and date them? Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 14:14, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Liverpolitan1980: They would have to be out of copyright. Per COM:UK, that means anonymous photographs published in those newspapers before 1 January 1953; read that overview concerning texts.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:30, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G. Thank you. I was hoping to take screenshots of old newspapers from the British Newspaper Archive. So it would be text from official newspapers - some of them don't exist any more though. So I'm a bit confused about the rules. Liverpolitan1980 (talk) 13:50, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Liverpolitan1980: Even if the newspapers don't publish any more, someone or something probably inherited their intellectual property - that's who would need to give permission for the text.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:59, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sous-catégorie[edit]

Bonjour, je cherche à structurer les images dans Média dans la catégorie « Collections of Archives départementales de Vaucluse » en créant au moins la sous-catégorie "Bulles et sceaux". Comment s'y prendre ? Merci pour les retours. FRAD084 (talk) 15:27, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Subcategory

Hello, I am looking to structure the images in Media in the category 'Collections of Archives départementales de Vaucluse' by creating at least the subcategory "Bubbles and seals". How to do it ?

Thanks for the feedback.
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:14, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@FRAD084: Bonjour et bienvenue. Nous évitons de créer de telles catégories bipartites. Vous pouvez créer des catégories individuelles comme Category:Bubbles in the collections of Archives départementales de Vaucluse, puis les catégoriser comme vous le feriez pour des fichiers dans Category:Collections of Archives départementales de Vaucluse.

Hi, and welcome. We avoid creating bipartite categories like that. You may make individual categories like Category:Bubbles in the collections of Archives départementales de Vaucluse, and then categorize them as you would files in Category:Collections of Archives départementales de Vaucluse.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:14, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

deleting a picture[edit]

How do I delete a picture i have uploaded? Pobesneo Maks (talk) 18:28, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Pobesneo Maks: If it is uploaded within the last week and is not being used anywhere you can just mark it with {{G7}} and it will be deleted as a courtesy; see Template:My bad upload for a bit more info on that.
Otherwise, you can't delete it. You can nominate it for deletion just like anyone else can, but any image you uploaded here is presumably either in the public domain or you granted an irrevocable free license, and you can't just change your mind about an irrevocable license. - Jmabel ! talk 20:01, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion[edit]

please delete File:Anti semitic protest in berlin central station at 2024-03-29 16-00.webm as curtesy deletion on uplosd day. I will privide a better version at a later time. Nocomment-temp (talk) 23:48, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nocomment-temp: Done. Please, when you want to mark your own recent upload for deletion, just tag it with {{SD|G7}} as explained at Template:My bad upload. Please do not simultaneously propose a rename and a deletion, and please do not ever propose a rename to a nonsense name. Things like the latter two will potentially get you in real trouble. - Jmabel ! talk 07:29, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See also Commons:Deletion requests/File:Anti semitic protest in berlin central station at 2024-03-29 16-00.webm. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:05, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

41.114.166.235[edit]

What is the common@ 41.114.166.235 02:40, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, and welcome. Please be more specific.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:42, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Folk-lore competition 2024[edit]

can I just randomly up load a photo clicked by my mobile, how to do that Dimpiprize123 (talk) 15:20, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dimpiprize123: COM:WLF says the competition has not run since 2017. However, please see Commons:Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 in Spain.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:41, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I retire my account[edit]

I retire my account and have replaced rhe password with scrambled text. I also ask to have my account blocked for eternal, so that nobody thinks i may be still active. Nocomment-temp (talk) 16:14, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Yann (talk) 21:30, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Publicação de artigo[edit]

Quero publicar um artigo. Tenho conta na Wikipedia. Qual é o meio mais rápido para fazer publicações como colaborador? Agradece, Da Costa Assunção Da Costa Assunção (talk) 17:25, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article publication

I want to publish an article. I have a Wikipedia account. What is the fastest way to publish as a contributor?

Thanks,
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:05, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Da Costa Assunção: Olá e seja bem-vindo. Você não tem equivalente em português para en:WP:YFA, então pergunte em pt:Ajuda:Tire suas dúvidas.

Hi, and welcome. You have no Portuguese equivalent to en:WP:YFA, so please ask at pt:Ajuda:Tire suas dúvidas.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:05, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Publicity still bought from seller of vintage photos[edit]

I own a publicity still photo of Czech opera singer Helena Tattermuschova that I bought from a seller of vintage photographs. May I upload it to the biographical article on the singer? Pojohla (talk) 18:53, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Pojohla: When was it taken? Is the author known? Where was it first published? That's what we need to know to answer your question. Yann (talk) 19:52, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The area under the photo was autographed by the singer and dated December 25, 1956, so the photo must date from before then. There are news clippings on the back side of the mounting sheet in Czech language, so it's reasonable to assume that the photograph was taken in Czechoslovakia. It was probably issued by the National Theatre of Prague, being that the singer was a company artist. Pojohla (talk) 00:26, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Need to delete one upload[edit]

Hi! I need to delete below file. 15:38, 28 March 2024, Estonia's Digital Divide.jpg. Please delete the entire file that I have uploaded on 28th of March 2024. Please don't delete other files. Thanks. Sajani Karunarathne (talk) 20:49, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sajani Karunarathne: ✓ Done I also deleted your other file, which is advertising. Please read COM:SCOPE. Yann (talk) 21:15, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

a genuine question[edit]

I want to upload a logo for a certain website for my article on Wikipedia (Calligraphr). It does mention in the FAQ that you can use their materials with or without license, but are pretty vague for their logo. Shall I upload it or not? Guy.who.readsandedits (talk) 20:49, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Guy.who.readsandedits: I suppose you mean this file. This is too simple to have a copyright. But Calligraphr doesn't seem to be notable enough to warrant an article. Yann (talk) 21:19, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading made files[edit]

If it is an SVG file, that I edited which is in the Wikimedia, how can I upload? Mr.Zoom1 (talk) 21:20, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Mr.Zoom1: Are you talking about a derivative work where the original that it is based on is here on Commons? Or are you talking about something else, and if so what? If it's on Commons, it would help to link the file page of the file in question. - Jmabel ! talk 07:47, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there some way I could get temporary deletion privilege for categories?[edit]

Hi, there is a user User:JuTa here on Wikimedia who has created a massive amount of wrong name categories, I've come across at least a hundred name categories they have created that make no sense and are not actual names, I've been going trought and trying to delete as many as possible but it's getting very tiring emptying them out and nominating them all for speedy deletion manually. Is there some way I could be given the power to delete them right away, only just for a while to clean up this mess? StarTrekker (talk) 22:42, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Only if you manage to get yourself elected as an admin. --Rosenzweig τ 23:07, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is being an admit really the only way? I don't feel comfortable with so much power/responsibility, I just want to be able to clean this up.StarTrekker (talk) 23:34, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@StarTrekker: This is the way. (sorry for mixing scifi universes, but this really is the only way.)   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:56, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can some Admin who speaks German please reason with JuTa?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:16, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: JuTa is a former Commons bureaucrat and admin who hasn't been active on Commons or his home wiki in about two years. —RP88 (talk) 01:50, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@StarTrekker: Could you give at least a representative sample of the categories you are talking about, so we can get a sense of this before suggesting a course of action? I don't want to presume either that you are right or wrong.
Keep in mind that even an admin is not normally allowed to just go around deleting catogories on the basis of their individual opinion. - Jmabel ! talk 07:45, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: Some examples that I have recently nominated for deletion include: Category:Alexander George Morison (given name), Category:Edward Alexander Newell (given name), Category:HMikkelsen (surname), Category:Y Goud (surname), Category:Tiesssink (surname), Category:Johan Peter Fürchtegott (given name), Category:Johan Marie Jacques Hubert (given name), Category:Johan Lindström (given name), Category:Petr Stepanovich (given name), Category:Petr Vasilyevich (given name), Category:Vasily Vasilyevich (given name). Some of these are obvious mistakes that the creator seems to have not bothered to fix, while others seem to display a complete lack of understanding of what a given name is or how patronymics work.StarTrekker (talk) 16:01, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Got it. So you are talking categories for given names that aren't really given names. Are they empty categories? If so, you can mark them for speedy deletion as described at Template:How to delete empty categories. If not, then you'd first have to correctly recategorize their content. - Jmabel ! talk 16:10, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well I guess that's what I'm going to have to do. Will be a lot of work but someone has to do it.StarTrekker (talk) 17:15, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tried uploading a video when it was done uploading it stated processing file failed what is the cause[edit]

I tried uploading a video when it was done uploading it stated processing file failed what is the cause Dagentle (talk) 02:35, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I tried uploading a video and I got this error file didn't pass file verification...what should I do Dagentle (talk) 03:12, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dagentle: Which file? What was the exact error message?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 08:34, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"did not pass file verification" very likely was the exact error message.
If you have exiftool or ffmpeg you can look into the metadata of the video. This metadat is likely the cause. You could try to upload a version of the video with the metadata stripped (or part thereof). Or you could try to reencode the video (for example with ffmpeg) with a higher or lower bitrate. This will likely "solve" the verification problem.
For a real solution you would need to open a ticket at phabricator, provide extensive information and then probably wait months or years for a fix of the MW software. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 09:29, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@C.Suthorn this can take long is there no other short way that can be done....or is it because of the size of the video...its 1.4GB Dagentle (talk) 10:52, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The error message shows, that file size was not the problem. Verification starts after upload is completed. It is probably a false positive in the verfication, so changing anything in the file will likely make the file pass verification (unless it does really contain malicious code). C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 11:54, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G. webm video file....the error message is file didn't pass file verification Dagentle (talk) 10:51, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Dagentle: Where did you get the content? How did you convert it to webm format? If you tried using Video2commons, please see the error messages on Commons talk:Video2commons. If not, please try that.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:36, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Video uploading[edit]

What will be the file extention name while video uploading ?? It's not supported mp4. Dgmkoushik (talk) 14:47, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dgmkoushik: Commons does not support MP4 because it is a patented format. COM:VIDEO may help answer your question, but you can't just change the extension, you need to actually convert the file format. - Jmabel ! talk 15:50, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you 2409:40E6:29:EE1C:E400:A108:FE2A:A70F 15:59, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete File[edit]

please delete the file

File: Sajida Mohamed Signature.svg

i uploaded it a wrong file MAL MALDIVE (talk) 19:53, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@MAL MALDIVE: I've deleted this recently uploaded file that you uploaded per your request, per COM:CSD#G7. —RP88 (talk) 19:57, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please delete the File Template:TUTRA PAHARI.jpg
I uploaded it a wrong file Template:TUTRA PAHARI.jpg TUTRA PAHARI TEMPLE (talk) 02:50, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TUTRA PAHARI TEMPLE: I assume that is File:TUTRA PAHARI TEMPLE.jpg. You uploaded it in 2021; the grace period to change your mind is only a week. If you like, you can nominate it for deletion, just like anyone else could. - Jmabel ! talk 07:19, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@TUTRA PAHARI TEMPLE: ,@Jmabel: See Commons:Deletion_requests/File:TUTRA_PAHARI_TEMPLE.jpg Wouter (talk) 09:51, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Il nuovo documento di una carta d'identità[edit]

Mi serve per un aggiornamento del nuovo programma di identificazione il protocollo AOuth Pubblico pensiero (talk) 21:41, 31 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The new document of an identity card
I need the AOuth protocol for an update of the new identification program
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Pubblico pensiero: Ciao e benvenuto. Puoi consultare la documentazione per OAuth su mw:Help:OAuth o mw:Help:OAuth/it. Se stai cercando un press pass. Consulta la n:WN:AP o la m:Wikinews accreditation policy/it.

Hi, and welcome. You can see the documentation for OAuth at mw:Help:OAuth or mw:Help:OAuth/it. If you are looking for a press pass. Please see n:WN:AP or m:Wikinews accreditation policy/it.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fecha concurso Folklore 2024[edit]

Por qué no me recibieron la fotografía cuando aun no se había cumplido el plazo del concurso Wiki LOves Folklore. Eran las 11:35 cuando subí la foto La Dolorosa y Jesus crucificado de Guamal Magadalena.

Según sus reglas el concurso se cerraba a las 11:53 de la noche del 31 de marzo Nilvasofi (talk) 04:41, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nilvasofi: Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2024/es : «Fecha límite para los envíos: 31 de marzo de 2024 23:59 (UTC)». UTC = tiempo universal coordinado. Hora de Colombia = UTC-5. 23:59 UTC = 18:59 en Colombia. File:Encuentro de la Dolorosa y su Hijo Procesión de la Semana Santa de Guamal.png uploaded 23:30 31 de marzo 2024 en Colombia = 04:30 1 de abril 2024 UTC. If you want to contact the Wiki Loves Folklore team, please see Commons:Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2024/Contact/es. -- Asclepias (talk) 06:27, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upload picture of a public hiking map[edit]

Hi I just uploaded a picture of a public hiking map, that is standing outdoors in a small town in Germany. Is that even allowed or is there a copyright issue, because my picture is showing the work of someone else? Upload in question: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Region_Map_Westlausitz_Arnsdorf-Alte-Dittersbacher-Stra%C3%9Fe.jpeg WingedOutlawMedia (talk) 12:58, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WingedOutlawMedia: Should be fine. Germany has very broad Freedom of Panorama. - Jmabel ! talk 17:28, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Possible copyright issue[edit]

Hi, I've recently noticed that there is a photo of former Supreme Court of Canada judge de Grandpré, labelled as "public domain", but I don't see the basis for it. It says it was taken in 1968 by "Inconnu" (ie "unknown") and was copied from the webpage of the Barreau de Montréal. Without knowing who took it, it's conceivable that the photographer is still alive, and if deceased, that the 50 year period hasn't expired yet? Could someone who knows more about image copyright take a look at it? Image is : File:Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, 1968.png Thanks Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 13:42, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mr Serjeant Buzfuz: Apparently the source was this webpage at Barreau de Montréal and the uploader upscaled the image, resulting in the poor quality on Commons. The Barreau de Montréal webpage has no detail about the photo. I don't know where the uploader took the year 1968. Maybe it was made up to try to fit into the applicable rules for works of unknown authorship. Anyway, from the looks of the image, that year seems about right, give or take a few years. But a few years can make a difference for the copyright status. A photo of unknown authorship created before 1949 (per the former version of former section 10 of the Copyright Act, in force before 1999, see also Template:PD-Canada) or published before 1970 (per the former version of section 6.1 of the Copyright Act, in force before 2020, see also Template:PD-Canada-anon) is out of copyright in Canada, because its copyright was already expired before the changes to the Copyright Act which came into force in 1999 and 2020 respectively and which were not retroactive. For the discussion, let's accept the year 1968 for the creation and for the publication of the photo File:Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, 1968.png. If it was really of unknown authorship, it could be in the public domain in Canada as Template:PD-Canada-anon, but the Template:PD-Canada and Template:PD-1996 used by the uploader would not be the correct templates. Can the photo be considered of unknown authorship? Per the copyright law of Canada, unknown means that it is not commonly known. Then, what exactly makes it "commonly known" or not? This photo is apparently a studio photo by a professional photographer. The author was certainly known at least to the person who commissioned it. It was certainly not secret. The photographer is possibly identified on the back of the copies. It is possible that the author could be identified with a diligent research. Is it "commonly known" or not? I don't know. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I changed the status template to Canada-anon so that it can at least be consistent with the uploader's statements about the author and the year. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:29, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect photo of Richard D. Webb[edit]

The portrait photo at the top of the Richard D. Webb Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_D._Webb -- is incorrect. It is a photo of John Brown (another abolitionist), but not Richard D. Webb. Several images of Richard D. Webb are visible here, which will show that the image you currently are displaying is incorrect: https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth-oai:mc87qc49h

Thank you! Rebecca Abbott RLouiseAb (talk) 18:46, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Fixed. Yann (talk) 19:14, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Logo Creand[edit]

After talking with our legal department, we have decided to remove the "Creand" logo from Wikimedia Commons and the public domain to prevent it from being used by anyone. Please proceed with the removal of the logo: File:CREAND logo 2024.jpg. thanks a lot CREAND-Media (talk) 09:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@CREAND-Media: Hi,
This logo is very simple, and therefore not covered by copyright. It is also in use. So there is no valid reason for deleting it. Yann (talk) 10:03, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Convenience link: File:CREAND logo 2024.jpg.
To be clearer: even a very simple logo can be trademarked, but it cannot be copyrighted, and that is not a matter of any individual's or organization's choice. If your lawyers told you that you can copyright a logo that simple, you need new lawyers. - Jmabel ! talk 14:47, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@CREAND-Media: Even if all the above were not correct (and it is), you uploaded the file in 2020 with a "Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International" license. That licence is irrevocable. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:51, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading files only granted for me[edit]

So, can I upload files only granted for me? I'm trying to upload app's pictures and author allowed me to. I've already done it a long time ago, but it got deleted. Edit Author might allow everyone to use it, but I don't know if he will even see my message.A.Granny.Player (talk) 12:02, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@A.Granny.Player: Hi, and welcome. What exact username or filename did you use? I can't find it among our hundreds of millions of files.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:19, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is no indication that this account ever has uploaded a file to Commons.
You can upload only images that belong in at least one of the following categories in both their country of origin and in the U.S.:
  • In the public domain, with a clear indication of why they are in the public domain.
  • Images that you created entirely yourself, or where any underlying elements that are not your own creation are in the public domain.
  • Images for which the holder of the copyright has already granted a sufficiently free license and where you can link a source to show that.
  • Images for which the holder of the copyright goes through the VRT process to offer a sufficiently free license (and, if necessary, to demonstrate that they are the copyright-holder).
  • Third-party images where you own the copyright; typically you need to go through VRT to provide documents that demonstrate how you came to own the copyright, though we usually waive that for heirs who are directly related to the original creator.
Obviously, there are some "mix-and-match" variants (e.g. a third party created a work using materials in the public domain, but combining them in a way that generates a copyright, and they then granted a free license; someone going through the VRT process to allow a particular Commons user to operate repeatedly on their behalf; etc.), but that's the gist of it. - Jmabel ! talk 14:57, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yony Orlando Calanche[edit]

¿Como hago Para que un archivo de audio de música MP3 de mi propiedad sea aceptado? Yony Orlando Calanche (talk) 16:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Commons tiene un alcance particular, donde los archivos deben tener un uso educativo real y los archivos no pueden ser de naturaleza autopromocional. (via google translate) Abzeronow (talk) 17:54, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment This user is blocked for advertising after warning. Yann (talk) 12:02, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Quadratic equation[edit]

Relationship between roots and coefficients of a quadratic equation Lasgidi9 (talk) 17:49, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lasgidi9: this question appears to have nothing to do with Wikimedia Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 20:59, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just searching titles of galleries and categories[edit]

Hi. If I use the custom search feature just for galleries and categories containing the word "postcard" it includes results from the contents of both. Although I just want it to be confined to searching titles. So is there a way to exclude page contents from the search and just confine it to titles? Adamant1 (talk) 02:56, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Adamant1: intitle:postcard -- Asclepias (talk) 04:54, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Asclepias: Sweet, thanks. --Adamant1 (talk) 04:55, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photo of modelplane[edit]

Hi, I found a photo of a model plane called the Moskito on a online store page. The product is no longer sold and I am writing an article regarding the bankruptcy of the company. Am I able to use this image or not?

[4]https://www.digitec.ch/en/s1/product/tobyrich-mosquito-park-flyer-rc-aircrafts-6809760 K208 (talk) 11:48, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@K208: No, you can't. Even if the company is out of business, the copyright still exists. It is owned by whoever takes over the company assets. Yann (talk) 12:01, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is also the copyright of the photo to consider, see COM:NETC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:06, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Edit count[edit]

Is there a way to see how many edits I completed in the last months? My xtools won't show me. Thanks for your time. Wolverine XI 08:46, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, the link "Recent activity" gives the number of your "actions in the last 30 days". -- Asclepias (talk) 11:43, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I meant last few months (i.e. June 2023 to April 2024). Wolverine XI 11:50, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Based on the documentation of XTools, I wonder if you could obtain a result by:
1) Opting in by creating User:Wolverine XI/EditCounterGlobalOptIn.js
and then
2) Using the specific page for months https://xtools.wmcloud.org/ec-monthcounts/commons.wikimedia.org/Wolverine XI
I suppose it may not show either because of the total edits but it may be worth a test. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:09, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't work. Wolverine XI 16:41, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Wolverine XI: Sadly, your number of edits is uncountably high, termed by X as "too many" and "substantially high".   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:49, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There must be another tool; I'll keep searching the wiki. Wolverine XI 17:14, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=Wolverine+XI&namespace=all&tagfilter=&start=2024-04-01&end=2024-04-04&limit=1000 C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 19:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category number of files discrepancy[edit]

Problem: There is a discrepancy between the category number of files when logged-in (50) and when not logged-in (15). Solution:? Elena Regina 97 (talk) 09:07, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Elena Regina 97: It would help a lot to say what category. Also, are you saying this is about the total number of files in a category, or how many are displayed on a page? If the latter, what device are you on? - Jmabel ! talk 10:13, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, total number: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elena_Regina_photos_1001%E2%80%932000 Elena Regina 97 (talk) 10:19, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You categorized this images today. Probably you see, when logged out a cached version of the category and when logged in the live version. In a day or two the cache should be up to date also. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 10:25, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Elena Regina: I see 50 files there, whether or not I'm logged in. Based on the naming and contents, if that could be up to 1000, only 200 would show at a time.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:30, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cat-a-lot[edit]

Am I the only one experiencing problems with Cat-a-lot? It does not seem to work properly for me and it gets stuck halfway through the task. Thanks in advance, Alavense (talk) 10:27, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've been having problems off and on for at least a few days with it not allowing me to move categories. Although it seems to be fine with moving files for some reason. --Adamant1 (talk) 11:51, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are you moving or copying files? I copy files and receive minimal issues. However, there is one annoying issue I have with cat-a-lot: it doesn't always copy every page I select, making me more likely to carry out the action repeatedly. Wolverine XI 12:05, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I did not make it clear that yes, it does happen mainly when I try to move (or copy) categories, not files. Alavense (talk) 14:20, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've also found it useless lately for categorizing categories. - Jmabel ! talk 15:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ma bio personnelle supprimé[edit]

Bonjour je me présente Gamal Abina j'ai rédigé ma bio afin de dire qui je suis elle à était supprimé, comment dois faire pour modifier les caractères qui poserai problème. avez vous un service téléphonique  ? merci Gamal Abina (talk) 13:37, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gamal Abina: Bonjour,
Vous parlez probablement de Wikipédia, et non de Wikimedia Commons, mais dans les deux cas, nous n'acceptons pas les biographies de personnes non notables. Les projets Wikimedia ne sont pas un réseau social. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 14:15, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bonsoir,
il se trouve que je suis un simple citoyen journaliste qui à derrière lui plus de 900 émissions de tv en France et dans le monde et 1 500 émissions de radio.
je suis humble, mais il se trouve que l'on me consulte pour des conférences un peu partout, plus encore je serai en septembre invité officiellement à l'université de Genève pour participer à un conférence sur la géopolitique.
14 ans de médias et des débat sur France 2, on un impacte significatif. Pour Finir je suis porte parole du MDC et c'est à ce titre que l'on m'invite tous les jours à la TV et la radio.
Vous ne me connaissais sans doute pas, mais le public oui.
cordialement.
Gamal Abina porte parole du Mouvement des Droits Civiques. Gamal Abina (talk) 18:44, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gamal Abina: Bonjour, Apparemment, vous n'avez pas publié de biographie ici sur le site de Commons, ce qui de toutes façons n'est pas le bon endroit pour une page de biographie, puisque le site de Commons est une banque d'images. Vous parlez probablement plutôt de la page Gamal Abina sur le site de Wikipédia, qui y a été supprimée relativement aux critères d'admissibilité de Wikipédia. Après vous être familiarisé avec ces critères, pour plus de détails vous pouvez vous adresser à Wikipédia, par exemple au Forum des nouveaux de Wikipédia. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:40, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright to assign[edit]

We wish to upload photographs of scientific facilities that have been taken by individual staff members as part of our project. To facilitate this process, one person is responsible for uploading and assigning metadata. The individual staff members are aware that any photo will be made freely available (i.e. they do not retain copyright) but we are not sure which CC license to use. Can you help? Km4water (talk) 21:01, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This does not make sense. Only the holder of the copyright can issue a CC license. You say that "the individual staff members … do not retain copyright". So is this work for hire? (That is, have the staff members signed a contractual document assigning the copyrights of these works?) Or do you mean to say something else?- Jmabel ! talk 05:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Km4water: If your company is the copyright holder, you will probably need to follow the process at COM:VRT, explaining the situation in an email. You can decide on any licence from the set we accept here on Commons. CC by-sa 4-0 is the default. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:43, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Km4water: Assuming you address the issue of who owns the copyright to these photos, then with regards to choice of Creative Commons license I suggest the following three. These three are the latest version in their class and address the most common reuse cases:
—RP88 (talk) 20:12, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upload Wizard: create description trouble[edit]

When I use Upload Wizard, create description doesn't work with "←↓↑→ key" & "enter key". Can't move mouse pointer with "←↓↑→ key", and can't create new line with enter key. Is this bug or not bug? PC info: Windows 10, Lenovo Legion 560 Pro, Microsoft Edge ver.123.0.2420.65 official build 64bit. RuinDig (talk) 04:16, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Akira Toriyama[edit]

Buenas, una pregunta en que año estará al Dominio Público los personajes de Dragon Ball que fueron creados por Akira Toriyama (falleció en Japón el 1 de marzo de 2024)?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 09:54, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Para Japón, su trabajo será de dominio público en 2095. En los Estados Unidos, su trabajo también será de dominio público en 2095. Sin embargo, podría ser más largo para el anime basado en su trabajo que se publicó después de 1991.(via Google Translate) Abzeronow (talk) 16:35, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Abzeronow: ¿Como lo de "después de 1991"? - Jmabel ! talk 16:42, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Anime would have other creators than Toriyama, and it would be considered a corporate work in the US so my thinking was anime based off Toriyama's work from after 1991 would possibly still be in copyright after 2095 because of the 95 year publication rule for corporate works. Feel free to correct me though. Abzeronow (talk) 16:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

J Parkers Imagery[edit]

Hi there,

I represent www.jparkers.co.uk and have requested the deletion of all images uploaded by user https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ser_Amantio_di_Nicolao

Is there any way we can expedite this as we need to have all images removed (they were originally uploaded to our Flickr account but have since been deleted due to copyright restrictions)

Thanks JonathanBJP01 (talk) 10:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JonathanBJP01: Hi,
On what ground do you want to delete these files? They were published under a free license on Flickr, and that license is irrevocable.
And this user uploaded images from different photographers, so I don't see any valid reason why you could request deletion. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:54, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Yann,
In essence, these images were uploaded to our Flickr account by mistake by a junior employee, as they were muddled up with a set of photographs that were owned by jparkers.
We do not own these images, we have purchased the licenses but do not have the rights listed.
Therefore the image owners (our suppliers) have demanded we get these taken down as soon as possible.
Appreciate your comments re free license completely but this was a genuine mistake i'm afraid.
p.s. sorry for multiple deletion requests!
Many thanks
Jonathan JonathanBJP01 (talk) 11:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JonathanBJP01: Searching for author=jparkers.co.uk gives 475 images. So I suggest creating one deletion request for them all. Could you please confirm the number of images involved? Yann (talk) 11:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Yann,
Many thanks for your response.
Indeed, all 475 will need deleting - i tried to do this before but couldn't get my head round creating one request for all of them (hence the individual requests)
Many thanks
Jonathan JonathanBJP01 (talk) 11:54, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @Yann just wanted to confirm - did you want me to raise the one deletion request for them all or will this be raised by you.
Many thanks
Jonathan JonathanBJP01 (talk) 12:46, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JonathanBJP01: I can do it for you, but I would like first a confirmation that all images mentioned as from jparkers.co.uk are involved, or only a subset? Yann (talk) 14:13, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi@Yann apologies i received an email from Wiki support who have submitted the deletion notification for all 475 images.
I'd like to thank you for your help in this matter.
Many thanks and regards
Jonathan JonathanBJP01 (talk) 14:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For the record: Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with "jparkers.co.uk". DRs are usually processed after a week for discussion, but if the license is not valid in the first place, I don't see any objection. Sorry for the procedure, but we have regularly people requesting deletion without valid reason. Yann (talk) 14:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And please stop creating individual deletion requests. This makes dealing with the issue more complicated. Yann (talk) 11:07, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does the first bracket "(" need to be separated by a space from the previous letter?[edit]

User:P1340 have been in creating categories for Taiwanese celebrities but titles without a space (e.g., Category:Jess Lee(vocalist)), does the first bracket "(" need to be separated by a space from the previous letter? If yes, then can someone please help the creator?

Apart from this, his contributions here shows that he had done the same thing many times before, like Category:In the Morning of La Petite Mort(film), Category:Fragrance of the First Flower(film), Category:The Young Hoodlum(film), Category:Who Killed Cock Robin(Films of Taiwan), Category:Love Fool(Films of Taiwan). I'm worried that he'll continue to do this. If someone willing to mentor him, then I would suggest that they try to explain this thing to him in the simplest and most understandable way in order to learning how to clean up his own mess.--125.230.83.206 13:17, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing deeply wrong with this, but, yes, it is wrong, that is not how this punctuation mark works in English or (to my knowledge) any other language written in Latin characters. @P1340: please do not do this in the future. - Jmabel ! talk 16:45, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am trying to[edit]

I am trying to Jorunn Valle (talk) 13:48, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:15, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which hyperlinks should not be included to wiki files?[edit]

Is it considered legitimate to include scihub, libgen, anna's archive, yts etc. hyperlinks to wiki file pages? Elena Regina (talk) 13:51, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can add external links if there is a reason to do so. For example, to cite a source or re-use or any other reason that is consistent with the Commons principles. If there is no legitimate reason for a link, you should refrain from doing so. Now, there are links that are considered illegal in some jurisdictions. Adding such a link can be risky, you could be prosecuted. However, not by and on commons, but by the representatives of that jurisdiction. Whether you do something like this should depend on your own judgement as to whether it could have negative consequences for you. However, these possible negative consequences are not caused by Commons or Wikipedia, but by an external organisation over which Commons has no influence. If, on the other hand, you insert a link to a legitimate site for which there is no legitimate reason on Commons, you may be sanctioned, not because of the linked site, but because of the inappropriateness of inserting a link at all, regardless of the link target. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 15:21, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Elena Regina: can you give a context for where and how you plan to use these links? Obviously, the technical ability to make external links exists for a reason, but there are limits one where and for what purposes they should be used. - Jmabel ! talk 16:49, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please clarify your reply and specify which limits and purposes? Elena Regina (talk) 17:52, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Elena Regina: No, I'm not here to write you a custom manual covering everything someone might want to do with external links. Tell me what you want to do with the links, and I'll help you work out whether that is valid and (if so) how best to do it. - Jmabel ! talk 20:35, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is there any wiki page or tutorial to consult about this specific subject? Elena Regina (talk) 09:01, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The contest vertical lines.[edit]

Iam trying to send in photos to the contest of April, Vertical lines, but I don't find a place to send them in? Jorunn Valle (talk) 13:51, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lijova1: You are probably talking of Commons:Photo challenge. A first step is that the photos have to be uploaded to Commons. Looking at your list of contributions, it seems that you already uploaded the photos. So, that first step is done. The second step is that, on the page Commons:Photo challenge, you can click on the link located at the end of the section "2024 – April – Vertical lines", below the photos of that section. That will take you to the edit box for that page and you follow the instructions for how to format the insertion of your entries there. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fishy own work claim[edit]

Hello everyone, I've noticed instances where images are uploaded by undisclosed paid editors, who claim them as their own work. For example, there is this file uploaded by a possible undisclosed paid editor, along with this one and this one, uploaded by now-blocked sock accounts on enwiki. Neither of these images can be located elsewhere on the internet, suggesting that they were likely provided by the individuals who hired these editors to create articles.

In such cases, should these images still be considered as potential copyright violations, warranting speedy deletion, or should they be nominated for deletion? Thank you, GSS (talk) 17:09, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GSS: Hi,
Yes, these images are suspicious. If you find an earlier copy on the Internet, please tag them for speedy deletion under a copyright violation rationale. If you don't find a copy, please create a regular deletion request. Yann (talk) 17:28, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for looking at it, Yann. I tried but couldn't find the exact version. Instead, I found this, which is a cropped version of file:Niharika Chouksey.jpg. Can such files still be tagged for speedy deletion even if they are not the same size? I understand that if an image is uploaded to Commons after modification, it would obviously be a case of copyright violation. But what about in reverse, like the one I just shared, where the image on the internet is cropped, but here on Commons, we seem to have the original copy? I want to understand this for future cases.
As for the other two images, they aren't available on the internet. I would have tagged them for missing permission if they weren't uploaded as own work, but since the uploader falsely claimed them as their own work, I will nominate them for deletion and let others decide. GSS (talk) 18:11, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@GSS: This is not the source of Commons image, so a regular DR is better. Yann (talk) 18:25, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done, have nominated all three images for deletion. Thank you for your assistance. GSS (talk) 18:44, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did I fix the bird photos I updated[edit]

See the last three posts on my talk page and can someone confirm if I correctly inputted the source info and if not correctly format it? URLs have been added. LegalSmeagolian (talk) 21:24, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LegalSmeagolian: The links to the sources were missing. There are 177 million observations on iNaturalist. The sourcing is fine now. However, there is another problem. File:Red-and-black Thrush.jpg and File:Sichuan Partridge.jpg are under the non-commercial license CC BY-NC and they cannot be on Wikimedia Commons. You should probably nominate them for speedy deletion. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:04, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

is it okay to upload a photo from a yearbook pre-1989?[edit]

i'd like to upload a few photos from a yearbook, but im not sure about copyright. i saw that yearbooks from before 1989 are copyright protected, but i dont know if this means i can upload the photos Bst9jkj (talk) 02:42, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

edit: i meant "yearbooks from before 1989 are not copyright protected" Bst9jkj (talk) 02:43, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It depends on the country. Assuming your talking about the United States then its copyrighted if there is a notice. Otherwise it probably isn't. --Adamant1 (talk) 02:45, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please remove information currently on a file (at the bottom of the page) that doesn't make any sense[edit]

This is the file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Christian_Lady_Photographer_Drowns.jpg

In the "File usage on Commons" section it incorrectly states:

The following page uses this file: File:HEADLINE - "LEEDS LADY DROWNED OFF FILEY BRIGG - Photographing the Breakers" (Yorkshire post April 18, 1900).jpg (file redirect)"

WRONG!

That file no longer exists so please remove that misleading information which is currently on this file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Christian_Lady_Photographer_Drowns.jpg

Thank you 175.38.37.197 07:26, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

But the redirect does exist. You can see it by visiting https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:HEADLINE_-_%22LEEDS_LADY_DROWNED_OFF_FILEY_BRIGG_-_Photographing_the_Breakers%22_(Yorkshire_post_April_18,_1900).jpg&redirect=no. --bjh21 (talk) 10:00, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Category section on a file is in RED[edit]

Please check Category section in this file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Christian_Lady_Photographer_Drowns.jpg

It is in RED

Also, in the "File use on Commons" section of this file - please remove the incorrect link to a file that does not exist!!!

Thanks 175.38.37.197 08:13, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

about image uploading[edit]

I'm going to post a text image that shows a chart of characters from a recently premiered work. (Think the image is like File:Homestuck Troll symbols.png) Used font is distributed under the MIT license. That image doesn't include a picture of a character, and I was wondering if I could upload the image. --린눈라단 (talk) 09:21, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]


Why do I get 2 different files when I use my log in name and my ordinary computer[edit]

When I use my log in name 175.38.37.197 11:31, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

to access this file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Christian_Lady_Photographer_Drowns.jpg


there is NOTHING under the "File usage on Commons" section

BUT

When I go to the same file without my log in

I get this page:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Young_Christian_Lady_Photographer_Drowns.jpg

which DOES have the incorrect link to a file which no longer exists

Please explain (and thanks, I am losing my mind!)

175.38.37.197 11:31, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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