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Questions about uploading images related to Super Nintendo World

I was trying to upload several photos related to the Super Nintendo World in Universal Studios Hollywood. These photos were taken last year, but I need help uploading them. There are questions about what it depicts in this photo, like the usage of non-free characters in this area. There are some photos that I will upload, so is it OK to upload the following:

• Any image containing the Mario icon only on objects (like the coin block)?
• Interiors of rides and attractions (including photos taken during the ride and the line queue)?
• Images of vehicles inside the attraction?

I don't know if these photos are safe to upload to Wikimedia Commons. I usually avoid copyrighted objects on displays or blur them in order to upload to Wikimedia Commons. Evan0512 (talk) 23:49, 4 August 2024 (UTC)

See COM:De minimis for guidelines on the inclusion of copyrighted elements in a photo. Buildings are OK per COM:FOP USA but sculpture, artwork, characters would follow the de minimis guidelines. Rides seem to me like a grey area. Consigned (talk) 23:26, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

How can I

How can I axcually upload an immage? I did i4 in April 2023, but I forgot Peter Horn (talk) 16:49, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

@Peter Horn: most relative beginners find Special:UploadWizard the easiest way to upload images. - Jmabel ! talk 18:28, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

I forgot where I founnd the UploadWizard. Peter Horn (talk) 21:55, 9 August 2024 (UTC)

@Peter Horn: If you're using a desktop device, and the default presentation settings ("skin") on Commons, look for "Upload file" in the left hand navigation menu, on any page, including this one. Otherwise, please tell us what device you are using. BTW, that image is at very low resolution; please can you upload (overwrite it) with a higher-resolution original? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:41, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

I took the picture with my iphone and sent it to my gmail. From there i downloaded tu my laptop. I dont know how to give it a greater resolution. Peter Horn (talk) 21:20, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Mass category maintenance, and merging files

An American library has uploaded documents with over 100 pages as separate .jpg files, instead of something more sensible like .pdf or .tiff
Example of one booklet of statistics that should all be one file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?limit=500&offset=0&profile=default&search=35723ae1da43659e990b46ea4df41e19&title=Special:Search&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1
Can we merge this, with a bot or something?
Alternatively, is there a way to easily mass-categorise based on search results? Or based on a query like "where file is in category_x and not in category_y, add category_z [and maybe some more category operations]"? Thank you. Komonzia (talk) 00:59, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

There's lots of this, usually via DPLA, because that is apparently how DPLA store these. User:Dominic may have some thoughts here.

For some of documents (e.g. a highly visual magazine or catalog, or the two sides of a postcard) the JPEGs are probably better than a PDF, but I completely agree that most long documents are better as PDFs. Still, I am much happier to be handling the material in Category:Helix (newspaper) as JPEGs than as PDFs, but that is because it really is worth curating page-by-page; e.g. it's given us pretty much all of our content for Category:Split-fount inking. - Jmabel ! talk 04:18, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Looking at his user page, Dominic seems very involved. So assuming there is a good reason separate JPEGs were chosen: One way forward we've not mentioned yet, I guess, is to add each of the files exported (using the hexadecimal identifier like 35723ae1da43659e990b46ea4df41e19 in my example) to its own category. I wanted to add the document in my example to the Net migration category. If all the files of that document were in one category, then we could add just the category as a subcategory, instead. I could do that with a script, just never done it before. If a script or bot already exists for that activity, it would be cool. Komonzia (talk) 18:41, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

@Komonzia: The semi-automated Cat-a-lot is very good for this sort of thing. VisualFileChange can also be useful if you are more comfortable with that. Either can work on a search result. - Jmabel ! talk 02:28, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Copyright question - Australian photographs, published or unpublished

Hi, I am interested in potentially uploading some historic Australian photographs, some published e.g. on postcards, some apparently unpublished, author unknown. They are mostly from the late 1890s into the early 1900s. I am a little confused as to which copyright situations apply here. At first I thought https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-old-assumed would be applicable, for anything dating from 1903 and earlier. However I also found this: https://www.copyright.org.au/browse/book/ACC-Duration-of-Copyright-INFO023 (published 2024) which states:

"with effect from 1 January 2005, the duration of copyright for all published works including photographs was extended and made consistent – that is, life of the author/creator plus 70 years after the calendar year in which they died. See our fact sheet, Photography & Copyright. Due to changes to the copyright duration rules in 2005, copyright has already expired: • in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work (other than a photograph) if it was published before 1 January 1955 and the creator also died before then • in a photograph, if it was made before 1 January 1955."

This seems to say, on one hand that copyright in (Australian) photographs is, life of the author/creator plus 70 years after the calendar year in which they died, and on the other, that all photographs taken before 1955 are out of copyright (these 2 statements seem to be a bit contradictory).

In any case, can you suggest whether I can legitimately upload copies of Australian photographs I do not own, but which either (1) pre-date 1904 (120-year rule), or (2) pre-date 1955 (per statement above), and if so, which licence attributions should be used? Thanks in advance - Tony Rees, Australia Tony 1212 (talk) 20:17, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

OK, found my answer here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/Australia ... looks like I can just use "PD-Australia" for photographs taken prior to 1955. Cheers - Tony Tony 1212 (talk) 22:08, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

I would appreciate some guidance regarding the appropriate PD-US tags that should also be used, though... Tony 1212 (talk) 22:30, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

Anything published anywhere before 1929 can use {{PD-US-expired}}. - Jmabel ! talk 02:31, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks... would that also apply to unpublished items as well? In this case historic photos from private collections, later donated to museums... maybe never formally published. Tony 1212 (talk) 03:54, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel From https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Hirtle_chart, I see that for "never published, never registered" works, PD-US-unpublished can be used for works without a known author, for works created before 1904 (i.e. 120 years before the current year). So I am thinking that unattributed, unpublished works (from Australia in the present instance) from 1904 onwards cannot be uploaded to Commons since they lack an appropriate tag for the US?? Just need to know what my cut-off date is here (some photos of interest may be before, some after that date). Regards Tony Tony 1212 (talk) 18:52, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, didn't notice these were not all published. Yes, 120 year for unpublished, anonymous. - Jmabel ! talk 18:56, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

OK, thanks @Jmabel, I think all is clear now. A bit of a pain that PD in Australia cannot automatically extend to elsewhere in the world, though! Regards Tony Tony 1212 (talk) 19:26, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

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How to upload photos from Russian Wikimedia Commons to English Wikipedia?

Hello! This is probably a ridiculous question, but I really want to upload a photo of Maxim Lazovsky to English Wikipedia, but I have never uploaded a photo before from Wikimedia Commons onto Wikipedia. Can you guide me in simple steps, such as for a new Wikipedian?

Any help would be appreciated

-Ramekin99 Ramekin99 (talk) 23:56, 11 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ramekin99: Why would you want to upload from Commons to en-wiki? Any image on Commons can be used on en-wiki exactly as if it had been uploaded to en-wiki. - Jmabel ! talk 02:33, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh, wait: your header for this section says "Russian Wikimedia Commons". Could you give a URL of what you are talking about? As far as I know there is no such thing, just the Wikimedia Commons you are on, which is a multilingual project. - Jmabel ! talk 02:35, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ramekin99: Do you want to use the Russian Wikipedia file Maxim Lazovsky.jpg on his English Wikipedia article?

If so, you would download that file and upload it to English Wikipedia as a non-free file if you believe it meets the image criteria for fair use.

(If you're talking about some other file that has a Commons-eligible license or is in the public domain, then you would upload that file to Wikimedia Commons. To be clear, "fair use" is not a Commons-eligible license). "free use" is not a Commons-eligible license

After you've uploaded the relevant file, you would add the image to the English Wikipedia article Maxim Lazovsky by adding the code [[File:name of the photo|thumb|Caption text]] in.

Pinging @Jmabel, in case I've misstated anything. Lovelano (talk) 20:18, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

@Lovelano: Only that I'm not sure why the phrase "free use" entered the discussion. Did you mean "fair use"? - Jmabel ! talk 21:42, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel, Yes, I meant "fair use." Lovelano (talk) 23:19, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry for the late response, and Yes, that is the exact picture. Thank you so much for your help. I hope y’all have a great day! Ramekin99 (talk) 19:59, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

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Featured picture is Edited

There is a featured picture which seems not correct or maybe uploaded another version which is not suitable. see: File:Buda de Ibiraçu (B&W).jpg
–– KEmel49^talk,Uploads 05:12, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

There are more featured picture like that. see: File:Laranjas-pera.jpg and File:Mangostim.jpg. –– KEmel49^talk,Uploads 05:15, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@ArionStar: can you explain? - Jmabel ! talk 18:58, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

It's a silent protest; vide Commons talk:Picture of the Year. ★ 19:21, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

It's not "silent" to vandalize images. Don't do that. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:25, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Yogo2783_Close_crop.JPG

Would it be possible to make the background of File:Yogo2783_Close_crop.JPG transparant? It is used as an icon and the others all have transparent backgrounds which looks better in dark mode. Thanks a lot! Polygnotus (talk) 06:43, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Strictly speaking, a JPEG cannot have transparency, as it doesn't have an alpha channel to store this information. The only way to make this graphic have a transparency is to embed it in another format that can have transparency, such as PNG or TIFF (or even SVG!) and then remove the background. You can add {{Opaque}} to the file to request a transparent background. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 07:24, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. OK, that means it is time for me to go to sleep because I am talking nonsense. Polygnotus (talk) 09:15, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

It's hardly nonsense: your request makes complete sense, it's just that the file format doesn't allow for it, unlike almost all other common image formats. Even GIFs have transparency. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:15, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Is this album cover PD?

The basic cover to this album is certainly {{PD-shape}} because it's just a couple of lines and a ring on a plain background, but there is some slight blurring that makes me wonder if this is enough to constitute a copyright-able image. I think not, since it seems like it's a pretty basic blur filter and not anything that involved the effort to make something distinct, but I want to run it by others before I upload it here. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:15, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Which country is the album art from? I think this is below COM:TOO USA but it could be above others like COM:TOO UK. Consigned (talk) 17:32, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

American group and record label, don't know the graphic designer. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:28, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

I think it should be OK per COM:TOO USA - Consigned (talk) 22:58, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. See File:The Smashing Pumpkins - Aghori Mhori Mei.jpg and File:The Smashing Pumpkins - Aghori Mhori Mei Madame Zuzu's Edition.png. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:16, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

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File:Language families of China.svg

File:Language families of China.svg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk • contribs) 21:42, 12 August 2024 (UTC) The map is incorrect. Aksai Chin is missing. Please fix it. Thanks, Wikiexplorationandhelping (talk) 21:42, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

But Aksai Chin is part of Kashmir, which is part of India. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:49, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Gerd Leibrock

I'm looking for Ged Leibrock personally - is he still alive ? Thanks Rolf Hofmann at Harburgproject Harburgproject (talk) 05:45, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

If the person you are searching for, is identical to the identically-named user account User:Gerd Leibrock, you might contact him on his talkpage or by email (which seems to be activated). --Túrelio (talk) 08:20, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

He hasn't edited in years though, and his domain gerd-leibrock-stuttgart.de (still listed here and elsewhere) has apparently expired. --Rosenzweig τ 14:00, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Subida de página.

Buenos días. He intentado subir la página del Doctor en Economía Basilio Ramírez Pascual, y no encuentro el progreso de dicha subida. Creo que no hice bien los pasos, porque ni se encuentra la referencia, ni tengo ninguna respuesta acerca de la revisión o validación. ¿Alguien me puede decir cuál es el procedimiento que debo seguir para subir un artículo? Indíquenme por favor cómo y donde debo mirar la respuesta a esta pregunta. Un saludo Ana María Ramírez Pascual (talk) 07:00, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ana María Ramírez Pascual: esto es la primera vez que Vd. escribió algo en el sitio web este (Wikimedia Commons). Antes, escribió una vez (hace años) en la Wikipédia en español ("es-wiki"), acerca de lo mismo Basilio Ramírez Pascual. Sospecho que deba preguntar en es-wiki, no aquí en Commons (que no ha artículos).

Una otra cosa: no se "sube" un artículo en Wikipédia. Se necesita escribirle directamente en el wiki.

(Por favor disculpe mi español de extranjero.) - Jmabel ! talk 22:50, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Muchas Gracias JMabel, su español es muy correcto, procedo a preguntar en es-wiki".

Un saludo desde España y que pase buenas vacaciones. Ana María Ramírez Pascual (talk) 06:02, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't know how to help them

Shortly before I came to the Commons, I accidentally saw the article about “學甲維基小鎮” on Fecebook while browsing the search results pages. The name 學甲維基小鎮, I translated it as "WikiSyuejia" and I also created this category: Category:Images from WikiSyuejia. As far as I know, Lki5168 and Linbobshow are a contributor to WikiSyuejia, especially the former, has written many articles for Syuejia's schools, settlements, and temples and he also has uploaded images to zhwiki (Chinese Wikipedia). But what is odd is that their images were transferred from zhwiki by other users, this shows they never came here (Commons Wikimedia) to upload. More interestingly, Lki5168 said he was busy, and the next moment he said he unfamiliar with Commons. It almost sounds like he is looking for a reason to refuse a good suggestion because he can find time from his busy schedule to learn Commons way and how to upload, like the Commons's interface and the upload steps. According to Wcam, the most pressing problem facing zhwiki is that they don't have extra manpower to help his images transfer to Commons (which it means we need to wait several months, even years) unless he learns to upload on his own. So, how can we help resolve this problem in a way that is good for zhwiki and good for Commons?--125.230.84.235 08:15, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Maybe mw:Help:Extension:FileImporter? It seems that was how the files were transferred by the other users. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:36, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

The help desk is not a place to complain about the conduct of other users. Is there something you are trying to do on Commons with which you need help? You generally cannot make a volunteer do something they do not wish to do. - Jmabel ! talk 22:53, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Public domain book

Hi, Could you please explain how I could download Marie Corelli's 'Vendetta', which I know is in the public domain?

Thank you.

Martins. Martins Agbonlahor (talk) 12:11, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

@Martins Agbonlahor it is in public domain. Copyright has expired. But I cannot tell you where to download it. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (please tag me) 12:36, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

@Martins Agbonlahor: You could download it from https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4360 .   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:16, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for this, Jeff, much obliged.

Martins. Martins Agbonlahor (talk) 15:21, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

My titles

Hi there, I am very delighted to be part of this group. I am an author whose current titles are available on amazon.com. 'Another Poor Cow:' The dangers of tradition in Rural Nigeria, has garnered some positive reviews. I also have 'Unsilenced: The Struggles for Women's Rights in Nigeria. Feel free to have a look at these, please, as well as my Collection of Essays. Thank you very much. Martins. Martins Agbonlahor (talk) 15:00, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

@Martins Agbonlahor: This has what to do with your request above?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:16, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Medieval music main image

I'm trying to decide what would be the best depiction for the front of the article, is this a good idea? There's another option which is already in the article but I could move it to the front. What should I do? Wikieditor662 (talk) 17:20, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

@Wikieditor662: en-wiki decisions should generally be discussed on en-wiki, not on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 22:57, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Washington, D.C. Montage.jpg

Does File:Washington, D.C. Montage.jpg include File:African-American Civil War Memorial.jpg, which was deleted? If so, could someone please help to replace it with a different image? VirusDontKill (talk) 18:48, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Notifying Ryanicus Girraficus, just in case, although they have been inactive in the last half year. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:48, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Information has become unavailable

Hello! Previously available files are no longer available on the link https://uk.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B2:%D0%94%D0%90%D0%A5%D0%BC%D0%9E/%D0%A0-6193 Where should I go for help? Serhii1962 (talk) 07:52, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

@Serhii1962: Hello, Well, that doesn't look related to Commons, so you should probably look for help on a help page directly on the site https://uk.wikisource.org. But in the history of the page you linked, we can note that the page was moved from the title Архів:ДАХмО/P-6193 to the title Архів:ДАХмО/P-6193 (I do not see the difference, but there must be a difference because the older title is indeed a redirection page to the other page.) Apparently, the links on the page were not adjusted accordingly. For example, if you take the first link and you modify it with the other page name, you get to the page Архів:ДАХмО/Р-6193/1 instead of getting to a currently non-existent page Архів:ДАХмО/Р-6193/1. You could also ask the question to the user Alexandrtovmach, who did the page move. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:32, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Egypt Cairo Giza location map.svg

Hello! I uploaded in mid 2023, and it was working fine until around three months ago, when it suddenly started to stop viewing for some reason. When I try to open the SVG file, it views normally; but when I try to view the PNG version, it doesn't open, and the following error appears:

Request from (IP Address) via cp6006 cp6006, Varnish XID 857754359
Upstream caches: cp6006 int
Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Wed, 14 Aug 2024 12:37:56 GMT

Attempting to use this image on an article would cause it to not view properly, as in the following articles, for example: 2024 PSA Men's World Squash Championship and 2023–24 Egyptian Premier League.

I've previously posted this issue here last June but didn't get any response. I've tried several solutions, like re-uploading the file, but it didn't make any difference. Does anyone know a solution for this issue? Thanks in advance! Ben5218 (talk) 12:49, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Egypt Cairo Giza location map.svg. - Jmabel ! talk 20:01, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Https//Maya.pH may a.com my account old gmail change my phone same old

sharonbajande 143.44.169.21 14:04, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Precisely what help about using Wikimedia Commons are you requesting? - Jmabel ! talk 20:02, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

I am the author

The site rejected my submission. I am the author and the bio appears on the website 2B A RISING STAR regarding the creator, Robert Kenneth. Is it rejected because I just joined? Please clarify SherylDolley (talk) 20:35, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, that’s what happened: in order to upload PDF files an account created more than four days ago is required. So please try again after a few days. --Geohakkeri (talk) 21:08, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

That doesn't really make sense. Is it just because I am new? Is there a better format to save my Word Doc? It wouldn't accept any format. I can change it. I am the owner.

I have several clients I hope to post. I write bios for clients. I always search new clients on Wikipedia. It is an important site in my world. SherylDolley (talk) 23:22, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

@SherylDolley: have you read COM:SCOPE? Please do. It sounds very likely that the file you are proposing to upload does not belong on Commons. Commons is not here to be used as a promotional tool.

If you are considering editing on the English-language Wikipedia, make sure to read their policy on disclosing conflicts of interest and especially en:Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure. en-wiki is way stricter than Commons about this sort of thing, and if you make paid contributions without disclosure, en-wiki will almost certainly block your account. - Jmabel ! talk 02:30, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Image of Bill Cipher

On the page of Bill cipher I want to upload a picture of him, but I can't find any copyright free images of him. So can I put an image of him from the Pure evil wiki/fandom?[1]https://pure-evil-villains.fandom.com/wiki/Bill_Cipher GIFfany3 (talk) 00:06, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

• If it's not free licensed by the creator/copyright holder, it can't be used here on Commons. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 02:24, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
• And if "free licensed" isn't clear to you, see COM:L. - Jmabel ! talk 02:31, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Help needed with 1900-images

Hello! I create a Wiki-version of an encyclopaedia based on a book I transcribed and the images for which I scanned from an original copy of the book. Due to the scope of the image requirements (ca. 1900 images, 983.5 MB) I need some help concerning questions about meta data, categorization, file naming, and the upload process, as well. I put together (hopefully) all relevant information on my user page (User:CalRis25) and marked open questions in red. I tried to answer as many questions as possible based on the Help-pages, but could use some help with the rest. Due to the large number of images every error would propagate 1900 times. I would like to avoid that. You can answer here or on the Talk-page of my user page. Thank you in advance for your help. CalRis25 (talk) 12:47, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Доброго дня

Шукаю відомства про пращурів Кушнірів Fhkhghgyvg (talk) 17:34, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

@Fhkhghgyvg: This is a page for getting help using Wikimedia Commons (this site), not a general reference desk. You could try en:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities. - Jmabel ! talk 18:07, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Uploading SVG with unsafe CSS

Hello! I wanted to upload this 2015 map with the downloadable SVG, but I was prevented from doing so by Special:Upload due to "unsafe CSS in the style element of uploaded SVG file". Is there a way to fix that? Currently, I've uploaded it as a PNG instead. Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 18:32, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

I put the SVG through Inkscape to clean it up and then successfully uploaded it as File:Total alcohol consumption per capita - litres of pure alcohol - 2015.svg. Not sure if the Inkscape cleanup was a necessary step or if this is a permissions issue or if something else is going on. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 19:17, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much, CalendulaAsteraceae! Ed ^{[talk] [OMT]} 23:24, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

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Can I upload a 1926 newspaper ad?

I have an ad, clipped form a newspaper, for a circus that folded in 1926. Can I upload it? Darneke (talk) 23:01, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Depends where the newspaper was published, but very likely. If it was published in the US, you're good. Otherwise, check Commons:Copyright rules by territory; you need the ad to be in the public domain both in the US and in the source country. (By the by, you might get more input from copyright-knowledgeable users if you post questions at Commons:Village pump/Copyright.) —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 03:39, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

@Darneke: If published anywhere in 1926, it is now public domain in the U.S., but if it is from some other country then, yes, you also need to make sure that it is public domain in its country of origin because, as CalendulaAsteraceae said, we require PD (or free-licensed, but this won't be) in both U.S. and country of origin. And I agree that if you have a similar question in the future, Commons:Village pump/Copyright is the best place to ask. - Jmabel ! talk 05:34, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Logo from a company

Making a wikipedia page about a video game developed by a company. And I want to use footage from the game and the studio's logo in the wiki. Am I allowed to? Worth mentioning, that the pictures have already been publicly shown and aren't secret or anything. Nelshmy (talk) 11:11, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Unless it's free licensed, it cannot be used here on the Commons website. But you can ask your question on the Wikipedia website where you want to use it. For example on the English-language Wikipedia, you could ask at en:Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:21, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for answering. One of the photos were under Creative Commons license 4.0. Which If I remember correctly, were eligible for use. Nelshmy (talk) 13:12, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

@Nelshmy: If an item is explicitly offered under a free license issued by the copyright owner, then it's ok, but to be free a license "CC 4.0" must not be of the type "NC" (non commercial) or "ND" (no derivatives). If there is no free license, you could contact the copyright owner and ask if they would agree to offer a free license on one image. If they agree, they can either indicate explicitly the free license on one of their websites or social media accounts, or they can send an email to Wikimedia as explained in the page Commons:VRT. I found your draft on the English-language Wikipedia. The logo of the company looks like it might be considered too simple to be copyrightable, so it could be on Commons. See the page Commons:Threshold of originality. You may want to obtain more opinions about the logo by asking at Commons:Village pump/Copyright. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:00, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

FamilyTree

Is using the template "FamilyTree" Ok to use on category pages for people. A user is deleting these entries on all my category pages. I do not see any restrictions on Template:Wikidata/FamilyTree/doc. Greg Henderson (talk) 22:40, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

@Greghenderson2006: , My issue with the kind of category you're building is that the usage suggests intent of bringing prominence to Henderson Family Tree members by exhibiting them and parallels your promotional behaviors on English Wikipedia. All these categories you've created for non-notable people such as yourself, your parents, your extended family members as category is foul of COM:NOTSOCIAL, because they're like LinkedIn profiles of non-notable people and per COM:HOST, while not censored, it should not be used as a family album. I am not sure if the technical template is prohibited. Courtesy ping @Star Mississippi:

Graywalls (talk) 23:06, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

I would think that it depends on where and how it's used. The template exists, so obviously it can be used. However, just because a tool is available, that does not mean that it can be used indiscriminately for anything. Posting your personal family tree on all those Commons pages seems a bit much, IMHO. It looks like using Commons as a genealogy project. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:36, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Cover Art

I have seen many CD cover pictures uploaded by others. I am trying to do the same but the site is saying I am not allowed to do it. Why??? Javimen1969 (talk) 23:53, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Commons only accepts free media. If you are not the original owner of that work then don't upload it.and can you provide link of cover arts uploaded by others that inspire you to do so.–– KEmel49^talk,Uploads 06:24, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

For your info: [2] gives covers as File:SeguidaCDWEB.jpg, File:Papa Legba.jpg, File:NB Lifetime Cover ok.jpg, File:Chevalier cd pathe.jpg, File:Crimes Of Conscience.jpg and others. Wouter (talk) 09:42, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Is it ok to use cc-by-sa-4.0 on currency

I have uploaded 2 files on commons that depicts 1941 British indian coin. Is it ok to use CC-BY-SA-4.0 cause it is in my collection and as COM:Currency stated "The second is that the photographer agrees to license it under a free licence" (I am the Photographer). On the other hand this coin is from 1941 and maybe applies Public Domain (I'm not sure).

• One querter anna of british india 1941 (back).jpg
• One querter anna of british india 1941 (front).jpg

–– KEmel49^talk,Uploads 06:19, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, you can use cc-by-sa-4.0 for photographs of public domain coins since coins are considered 3D objects. Abzeronow (talk) 16:33, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

 Thank you.–– KEmel49^talk,Uploads 19:28, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

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Is this image allowed to post?

I want to upload this to Wikipedia. Thank you. [3]https://www.retroplace.com/pics/ps3/packshots/123966--world-soccer-winning-eleven-2010-aoki-samurai-no-chousen.png Johnny C Baker (talk) 15:01, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

@Johnny C Baker: No. Please only upload images created by you. Do not copy anything from the Internet. Yann (talk) 16:14, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

why do u hate copy paste from the internet? Johnny C Baker (talk) 08:17, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@Johnny C Baker: I don't hate anything. But 99% of images on the Internet are still under a copyright. You need a formal written permission from the copyright holder, or evidence that they are under a free license or in the public domain. Yann (talk) 08:24, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

copyright's a bitch Johnny C Baker (talk) 08:47, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

May I upload this cut recording of "Der Dessauer Marsch" to the wikipedia page?

So, the recording was played in 1987(?) by the Joint Military Bands of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) likely at the 750th Anniversary of Berlin. I was wondering due to conflicting ideas of the country no longer existing, the march being over 200 years old by likely, and it being played by a military band in general. Recording if you are interested Squogg (talk) 19:49, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

You cannot upload it to Wikimedia Commons. While the march itself is old and out of copyright, the sound recording is not. That East Germany no longer exists does not mean that works from there are free of copyright, regular German copyright does apply. If you can find a recording of that march by an American military band (Army, Navy ...), Wikimedia Commons could most likely accept that as a public domain work of the US military. If you want the file for the English wikipedia as some sort of fair use work, you'd have to ask there. --Rosenzweig τ 20:07, 17 August 2024 (UTC)

Uploading logo

I am new user how can I upoloading own logo The Rohingya National Union (RNU) (talk) 01:04, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@The Rohingya National Union (RNU): This is a little tricky, on several fronts:

1. Accounts are usually supposed to belong to individuals, not institutions. You might want to change your account name to a name or alias followed by "(Rohingya National Union)". It makes things work a lot better if a second person from the organization also wants an account.
2. When you say "own logo" I assume you mean the logo of your organization, and I presume that is the organization based in the UK and registered at 441 High Street North, London E12. I ask because the UK has a particularly low threshold of originality so if you are UK-based, your logo is almost certainly copyrighted as well as trademarked. Also is the logo already online anywhere? I can't readily find it.
3. While this is not intuitive, organizations do not always own the copyright of their own logos, because they never got the artist to formally transfer that right. I have no idea if this is the case for your group, but the permission we need has to come directly from whoever is the copyright-holder (or their authorized representative if it is an organization) and, in a case like this, must be emailed by that person to permissions-commonswikimedia.org. See COM:VRT for more details. To host the logo on Commons, we will specifically need a free license such as {{Cc-by-4.0}} and you will also presumably want to ad {{Trademarked}} when uploading.
4. As I understand it, the same team at COM:VRT can also "verify" your Wikimedia account, confirming that it is indeed from someone at your organization. Again, this is typically done by sending email from an address at your organization's domain, confirming ownership of the account.

I hope that helps. If not, please feel free to ask followup questions. - Jmabel ! talk 05:08, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Photoshopped image

is actually not a photo of a

en:Daith piercing

which is what it appears to be, but just someone's ear with a piercing photoshopped on it.

Should it be removed? We got

File:A woman's ear showing recent Daith Piercing.jpg

which is a much better photo of the actual piercing. Thank you, Polygnotus (talk) 03:28, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

See Commons:Deletion requests/File:Daith.png. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:03, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you Andy! Polygnotus (talk) 10:06, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

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Can I upload this?

Kelce documentary poster

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28656365/mediaviewer/rm2533973505/?ref_=tt_ov_i Anubus13 (talk) 05:29, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@Anubus13: Not here. the image is tagged "© Amazon Studios" on the linked page. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:04, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Ok. thanks. Anubus13 (talk) 20:39, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

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PC icon inspired from windows shell32 icon

PC icon inspired by the Windows Shell32 icon. It said that I couldn't upload inspired works. Does that mean that I cannot upload this two isometric 32x32 pixel PC icon that I made because it is inspired by a Windows icon?

pc1.ico and pc2.ico are my creation and 8240.ico is the reference from windows shell32 icons. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Isxp7EFruK5KI2ZTFKr_FqdCXS2Pa4QF?usp=sharing Asterisk.CommonsAccount (talk) 06:36, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@Asterisk.CommonsAccount: Hi, and welcome. COM:UNSUPPORTED says it's unsupported. @Bawolff: Have you made any progress on this since Commons:Village pump/Proposals/Archive/2014/12#Allow .ico files to be uploaded ten years ago?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:03, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

I dont think that went anywhere. I would suggest converting .ico files to .png for upload. Bawolff (talk) 16:25, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, will do! Asterisk.CommonsAccount (talk) 02:45, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh I didn't knew, thanks for pointing that out. Im new to this. Asterisk.CommonsAccount (talk) 02:45, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

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Photo license

I uploaded a photo at work on my uncle on behalf him on the page I created of him. I mentioned about where was the photo come from which is from his work and the owners were him or his company but got speedy deleted. May I know the solution? Kinsleyhk (talk) 11:46, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@Kinsleyhk: I assume we are talking about either File:Thomas Hui To.png or File:Thomas Hui.png (please provide a link like that when talking about a specific file). The two images appear to be identical. The former was deleted at your own request as a mistaken upload. The second was deleted by User:Túrelio on the basis that "this is unlikely the uploader's own work and the there's no indication that it's be released by the original copyright holder under a license that Commons accepts." I'd have to say that I concur with him. This looks like a low-res version of a studio portrait by a professional photographer. Did that photographer transfer the copyright of this photo, and if so to whom? - Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Hello everyone

I don't understand the copyright rules for uploading images here. Could someone explain it to me? Baginda 480 (talk) 12:14, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

@Baginda 480: its hard to know where to start, because we have to deal at times with the copyright laws of every language in the world, which as you can imagine is very complicated and there are many pages devoted to different aspects of that. So, the following will be just a brief summary. If you have a specific case in mind, someone can probably give a more specific answer:

1. Because our servers are located in the United States, Commons must abide by U.S. copyright law.
2. If a given work is either (a) unpublished and from outside the U.S. or (b) first published outside the U.S. without simultaneous publication in the U.S. (legally, publication within 30 days), then we also abide by the copyright laws of that "country of origin."
3. Every file on Commons must be either in the public domain (free from copyright) or free-licensed both in the U.S. and in its country of origin.
   • Files may be free from copyright for any of a number of reasons, and laws vary from country to country. For example, in most countries of the European Union, and many others, a photo loses copyright 70 years after the death of the photographer (more precisely, at the start of the next calendar year after that); in the U.S., that is different, and more complicated, but typically a photo loses copyright 95 years after first publication. Copyrights are typically inherited upon death; in some countries, including the U.S., they may also be transferred by written contract even within the life of the initial copyright-holder.
   • For our purposes, a "free" license means (a) anyone can use it as long as they conform to the license terms, including commercially (e.g. on a postcard, or in a book for sale) and (b) derivative works are permitted. Typical free licenses are {{Cc-by-4.0}} and {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}. Only the copyright-holder can grant this license.
   • It is fine for the rationale for being free of copyright to be different in the country of origin than it is in the U.S. For example, we could have an image that is old enough that its copyright has lapsed in a country of origin with a relatively short term of copyright, and too simple to be copyrighted in the U.S.

If you have a specific question that isn't answered there, please ask it. Jmabel ! talk 16:38, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the detailed explanation about the copyright rules. I have a specific case I need help with. Recently, an image I uploaded, titled "File:Mahathir Mohamad and Siti Hasmah.jpg," was proposed for deletion due to copyright concerns.

Based on the rules you provided, could someone explain what specific steps I need to take to ensure this image complies with Commons' copyright requirements? Here is the information I have about the image:

1. The image was originally posted on Flickr with version 1.0 of the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark.
2. I need to provide a specific reason why this image is in the public domain.

Could someone guide me on how to address these points correctly to avoid deletion?

Thank you for your assistance! Baginda 480 (talk) 17:04, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

The 1950s and earlier photos are OK. The 1960s one might still be copyrighted in the US. The 1976 and 1982 photos will probably need to be deleted since the Flickr uploader doesn't seem like the photographer to me and those are not public domain photos. Abzeronow (talk) 17:51, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Have another also

File:Mahathir Mohamad young.png

File:Mahathir Mohamad young.jpg

File:Mahathir Mohamad in 1960s.jpg

File:Mahathir Mohamad in 1946.jpg

File:Mahathir Mohamad and Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali.jpg

File:Tunku Abdul Rahman and Mahathir Mohamad.jpg Baginda 480 (talk) 17:07, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

File:Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim.jpg

File:Mahathir Mohamad in 1976.jpg Baginda 480 (talk) 17:09, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Clarifying Abzeronow's "the Flickr uploader doesn't seem like the photographer" he is saying that the Flickr account in question is one that we don't consider reliable for its own copyright determinations, so we are basically on our own for these. Either we can determine a PD rationale on our own, or we can't (and in the latter case we can't keep them, though we might be able to mark some of these for undeletion at a specific future date). - Jmabel ! talk 02:46, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

@Abzeronow, why would you say these would not have had their U.S. rights restored by the URAA in 1996? Also, are you presuming some particular publication date? I can see a lot of different scenarios related to that publication date. I'm not sure any of these are actually OK for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 02:50, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

COM:Malaysia has a section on the previous copyright law, which states "Because the 1987 extension was not retroactive, works made by authors who died before 1962 are in the public domain in both Malaysia and the US according to URAA, as well as anonymous, cinematographic, photographic, sound recording, broadcast, or corporate works published prior to 1962." The 1950s photographs look like they're prints and I had thought they would have been published before 1962. Abzeronow (talk) 15:36, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Can the images from this Japanese government website be uploaded, or are they also protected by copyright?

https://www.my.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_ja/newinfo_13092019.html Baginda 480 (talk) 03:36, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@Baginda 480 It explicitly mentions a copyright and gives no indication of a free license. Why do you think they might be PD or free-licensed? - Jmabel ! talk 03:56, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

I'm not very clear about the copyright rules, so I wanted to ask. Thanks for the explanation. Baginda 480 (talk) 03:58, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I would like to remind you that you overlook a key point. If you take a closer look, there is a link named "法的事項" (Legal Matters) at the bottom of that page, which links to the standard GJSTU-2.0 permission page. Based on that the files are licensed under {{GJSTU-2.0}} and therefore permissible on Commons. Remember it is perfectly fine to assert copyright while licensing your work under a free license.

Also notify @Baginda 480: .廣九直通車 (talk) 08:03, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@廣九直通車: I didn't say they were not free-licensed. Not reading Japanese, I asked why Baginda 480 thought they were free-licensed (since the above remarks had given no indication). If it is as simple as what you just said then, fine, use the license overtly granted. - Jmabel ! talk 17:28, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

حذف صورة أنا أضفتها

مرحبا قمت بإضافة صورة إلى ويكيبيديا ولكني أرغب بحذفها لأنها ليست موضوعية وهي صورة لطفل مع غيتار هل يمكن مساعدتي مهاالغد (talk) 18:05, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Yann (talk) 07:29, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Delete image "photo" I added

Hello, I added a picture to Wikipedia, but I want to delete it because it is not objective. It is a picture of a child with a guitar. Can you help me? مهاالغد (talk) 18:12, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done --Yann (talk) 19:04, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you مهاالغد (talk) 19:17, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

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Images

About a year ago, I was interested in uploading images used on the https://fkzeljeznicar.ba/ webpage. I got in contact with the main author of the page and he confirmed that the content can freely be used. I explicitly asked about Wikipedia/media. However, experienced Wikimedia users told me that I could not use the images as the football club/author did not publicly confirm this on the webpage. Recently however, I believe that this information has been uploaded at the very bottom of the page. Basically, it says that "Documents, data and information published on the fkzeljeznicar.ba domain can only be used for the individual needs of the user... All content published on the fkzeljeznicar.ba domain can be transferred with the obligatory indication of the source, author and link." If I am not mistaken, and please do correct me if I am wrong, I believe that the images can be redistributed on, among other sites, Wikipedia? My rationale is that images are visual content. I am aware that an exact license by the author has not been mentioned, but even so I do hope that the last line of the text is enough of a public approval by the author. Bakir123 (talk) 20:40, 18 August 2024 (UTC)

Unless I am very mistaken, "se mogu koristiti samo za individualne potrebe korisnika" means it's OK to do things like print yourself a copy, but it is absolutely not a license for (1) commercial use and (2) publishing derivative works, both of which are required by COM:L. - Jmabel ! talk 02:54, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

I suppose that is true, but I myself am still not too sure due to the last sentence saying that all the content can be transferred. What do they specifically mean by transfer then? My understanding was that the content can be transferred to other sites such as Wikimedia for instance. Also, they say that documents, data and information can be used solely for personal use. Images can't be classified as documents as the two are different types of digital media. Neither are they data or information unless I am making a mistake. On the other hand, they are content. So the only problem here is what exactly do they mean by transfer. Bakir123 (talk) 08:08, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

It doesn't matter. Nothing here amounts to a sufficiently free license for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 03:57, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Typhoon file

see w:WP:FFU no surface analysis two files

• 1: File:Synoptic weather map - 19650616 (2).png → File:Typhoon Nina surface analysis 13 8 1953.png
• 2: File:Synoptic weather map - 19530813 (2).png → File:Typhoon Dinah surface analysis 16-6-1965.png

can overwrite and rename the file for typhoons? 119.95.99.206 04:52, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Map of the Munich U1

I made a screenshot from part of the mvg website by searching the route from the two terminus of the U1. How I can write this in the description of the file (File:Mappa_U1_(Metro_di_Monaco_di_Baviera).png)? --Ethn23 (talk) 07:20, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

@Ethn23: Hi, This is a derivative work, so you need the permission of the original map author. Yann (talk) 07:24, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

이미지 등록 / 저작권에 관한 문의

안녕하세요, 이미지 등록 관련하여 몇가지 여쭤보려고 합니다.

우선 저희는 광고를 대행하는 광고대행업체입니다. 패션 옷브랜드를 운영하고 있는 한 인물에 대해서 위키백과에 내용을 등록하였는데, 이미지를 삽입하려고 여러번 시도 했는데 저작권 관련해서 계속 이미지 삭제가 되었습니다.

이미지 자체는 이미지 본인에서 직접 전달 받았고, 저작권 소유가 없어서 마음껏 사용해도 된다는 부분도 확인했습니다.

이에 대한 서류가 필요하다면 혹시 위키백과에서 허용하고 인정할 수 있는 서류에 대한 양식이 따로 있을까요? 있다면 어떤 양식인지, 어떻게 확인을 할 수 있고, 어떤 부분이 필수로 기재되어야 하는지 알고 싶습니다.

계속해서 이에 대한 문의를 남겼는데도 불구하고 정확한 답을 듣지 못했습니다. 이에 대한 확실한 방법과 답을 제시해주셨으면 합니다.

또한, 한국 위키백과에 '박기표' 라는 인물을 등록했었는데, 이에 대한 번역본도 업로드 하고 싶습니다.

영문으로 번역하여 여러 번 등록을 시도했으나, 번역은 물론, 영문 위키백과에도 등록이 되지 않는 것으로 확인 했습니다.

이 부분도 어떻게 해야 영문 번역을 등록할 수 있는지, 그리고 만약 내용에 문제가 있다면 어떤 부분에 문제가 있는지, 어떻게 고쳐야 하는지, 그리고 영문 번역본을 업로드 할 때 필수로 기재되어야 하는, 기재되면 안되는 내용이 있다면 전달 부탁드립니다.

사전에 등록했던 한국어 버전 한국 위키백과 인물 '박기표' 에 대한 링크로 전달 드립니다. https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%95%EA%B8%B0%ED%91%9C Kac8505 (talk) 08:58, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Image registration / Copyright inquiry

Hello, I would like to ask a few questions regarding image registration.

First of all, we are an advertising agency that handles advertising. We registered information on Wikipedia about a person who runs a fashion clothing brand, but when we tried to insert the image several times, the image kept getting deleted due to copyright issues.

The image itself was delivered directly by the person who created it, and we confirmed that it is free to use as much as we want because there is no copyright.

If we need documents for this, is there a separate form for documents that Wikipedia can accept and recognize? If so, what form it is, how can I check it, and what parts must be included?

I have continuously asked questions about this, but I have not received a clear answer. I would like you to provide a clear method and answer for this.

Also, we registered a person named 'Park Ki-pyo' on the Korean Wikipedia, and I would like to upload a translation of this as well.

We tried registering it several times by translating it into English, but we confirmed that it was not registered on the English Wikipedia, let alone the translation.

Please also tell me how to register the English translation for this part, and if there is a problem with the content, what part is the problem, how to fix it, and if there is any content that must be included or should not be included when uploading the English translation, please let me know.

I will send you a link to the Korean version of the Korean Wikipedia character 'Park Ki-pyo' that I registered in advance.

translator: Google Translate Consigned (talk) 17:22, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

• Hi Kac8505, please see COM:VRT for instructions on how to provide copyright permission to Commons. The photographer or copyright holder must license the photo using a free license and the permission can be provided to VRT. Unfortunately we cannot help you with the articles on Korean or English Wikipedia - you will have to refer to those Wikipedia projects individually for questions about articles. Consigned (talk) 17:28, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

draw

can i upload my own art into wikimedia commons? ^{_{eijrdfugiugugfgdjfgjsfgj}} DANiHeARTz. .MEE (talk) 09:44, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, you may upload your own art if it meets the project scope - that is, if it is educationally useful, particularly to Wikipedias. Commons is not a personal web host, and material that does not meet the project scope may be deleted. Consigned (talk) 17:25, 19 August 2024 (UTC)

Inaturalist observations photo of myselfe Account

I had some photos posted on inat Sob license 4.0 i can upload here or mods can be miscalculated and think i are Copy And if i post a Photo in Commons and there are similar too other photo i can upload? Gamesplaystory2 (talk) 01:51, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@Gamesplaystory2: I cannot parse that question, and I'm a native English speaker. Google finds no reference to an "inat Sob license". If there is some other language you speak better than English, could you please re-ask in that language? If not, would you please try to word this more carefully? - Jmabel ! talk 04:02, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@Gamesplaystory2: To prevent misunderstandings, you can mention on your inaturalist user profile that you are user Gamesplaystory2 on Wikimedia. And, to make it easier to find, you can also mention your inaturalist account name on your Commons user page. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:12, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

How erase photos

Can anyone mode erase my photos of Oxalis bipartita i no have 100% if are O. bipartita Gamesplaystory2 (talk) 02:32, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

You can ask an admin to rename the file. I believe there is a template you can use for that. Bastique ^{☎ appelez-moi!} 02:57, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

{{Rename}}. Or you can just use the "move" tab, which, given that you are not a filemover, basically fills out that template and attaches it to the file page. - Jmabel ! talk 04:04, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Broken deletion request link

I recently come across Commons:Deletion requests/File:VNS-41 at the Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Hanoi.jpg, where a user attempted to delete File:VNS-41 at the Vietnam People's Air Force Museum, Hanoi.jpg for inadvertently uploading a file licensed under CC-BY-NC-2.0.

As the file has since been deleted, can someone help to fix the page, close the request and throw it in the correct archive page? Many thanks.廣九直通車 (talk) 07:54, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Resolved

I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. 廣九直通車 (talk) 05:48, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

biografi yazmak

merhabalar ben bir modelim ve biyografi eklemek istiyorum Hazaltetik (talk) 14:20, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

@Hazaltetik: you are asking this on the wrong website. There are no biographies on Wikimedia Commons. You might try the Turkish-language Wikipedia: tr:Vikipedi:Danışma_masası - Jmabel ! talk 17:39, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

List of Projects on the main page

There is a lovely list of Wiki type projects on the main page on the left side. There is a very large Wiki project called WikiTree that has exploded in the last couple years. It is a genealogy project and I would like to see it listed. You can find it here: https://www.wikitree.com/. Thank you! Rogers-27419 (talk) 18:57, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

As far as I know, Wikitree is not a WMF project like the sites listed on the main page. Abzeronow (talk) 19:04, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Hmm, so I just asked how to get it included - will it automatically be added to the project list once it does? Rogers-27419 (talk) 20:18, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

If the project becomes a WMF project, you could make a proposal at Commons:Village pump/Proposals asking that it be included on the main page's "Sister Projects" section. Consigned (talk) 20:44, 20 August 2024 (UTC)

Uploading photos of artwork and architecture of a recently dead relative

Can I upload photographs of monuments, buildings, houses and sculptures of work my father designed and produced between 1960 and 2010? The pictures were taken by him or myself. The old black and White pictures where scanned by myself. Some are part of 2 books that were printed in the last 15 years; one about his sculpture work and the other about his architecture production. He died last week and we need these images to illustrate his Wikipedia profile, that is being written by a third party. I guess I'm the copyright-holder of the pictures I took. What about the pictures he took and I scanned? Juan Lorenzo Barragán (talk) 00:29, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Juan Lorenzo Barragán: If you are the heir to his intellectual property, this is OK. The relevant form of license wherever it is his work rather than your own is (for example) {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}} rather than {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}. If it is your photo of his copyrighted three-dimensional work, you might want to use {{Art Photo}} which lets you distinguish the artwork license (e.g. {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}}) from the photo license (e.g. {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}.

If the photos in question are already online elsewhere, you'll need to go through COM:VRT. You'll definitely need to do that for the ones in a book. - Jmabel ! talk 03:31, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Re-atributing edits from IP to username?

I didn't notice I was not logged in and made some edits. Is it possible to hide the IP address and use my username instead? I can prove these are mine because no one other used this IP on any wiki and I added the images I edited to Polish Wikipedia under my username Spageektti (talk) 00:41, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Spageektti: No technical way to give credit to your username, but it is possible to suppress the IP address, if you like. If you'd rather not indicate so publicly what you want suppressed, you can email me what was the IP address and the timeframe, and I can suppress the IP address on these. - Jmabel ! talk 03:35, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

how to change the outdated information

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samsung_Electronics_logo_(english).svg

I work at Samsung Elec. a brand mamaging dept. I found the logo in above page has outdated logo. and I am afraid I do not have the authority to change it. Can you help me to update it? Osolemio22 (talk) 11:42, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Osolemio22: Hi, and welcome. Where may we find the up-to-date logo and permission for it?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:00, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

https://www.samsung.com/us/about-us/brand-identity/logo/

THANK YOU Osolemio22 (talk) 12:47, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Osolemio22: That page is "Copyright© 1995-2024 SAMSUNG All Rights Reserved." May we use the licensing from File:Samsung Electronics logo (english).svg, "{{Licensed-TOO|{{TOO-SK}}|{{PD-textlogo}}{{trademark}}}}"?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:03, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

"File source is not properly indicated" problem

I have met a problem relating these two files:

File source is not properly indicated: File:Fraternitas Selonijas vairogs un cirķelis.png

File source is not properly indicated: File:Fraternitas lettonia zirkel and shield.png

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Vladusty

These logos were created by me based on the visual elements and information available on the official website of Fraternitas Selonija / Fraternitas Lettonia. The design is my original work but reflects the imagery associated with these organizations as publicly displayed on their respective websites.

(https://www.selonija.lv/ and https://lettonia.lv/).

How should I indicate the source properly in this situation? Vladusty (talk) 16:23, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Convenience links File:Fraternitas Selonijas vairogs un cirķelis.png, File:Fraternitas lettonia zirkel and shield.png. - Jmabel ! talk 17:53, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Vladusty: The shields on the left are below the threshold of originality in pretty much any country, so it would be all about those symbols on the right. When do those symbols originally date from? Also, if they are more "in the style of" than faithful copies, why do you believe they are in scope? - Jmabel ! talk 17:58, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

The symbols on the right are Zirkels

Zirkel is a monogram used in European student societies in countries such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Hungary, Latvia, Estonia (Studentenverbindungen).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirkel_(Studentenverbindung)

These Zirkel symbols were made in 1880 (for "Selonija") and in 1882 (for "Lettonia").

I believe that these symbols don't have copyright and they can be freely used in Wikipedia. Vladusty (talk) 18:36, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Hay un error en los formularios de arriba. Corrígelo e intenta realizar el envío de nuevo.

Hey there! Im trying to upload almost 50 photos at once, as you can imagine it has taken me a bit of time describing each one and placing them in their respective categories but now that im trying to hit the "upload" button it says what the title says, that I have forgotten some mandatory space in the formulary but I keep checking and everything is in order. Date, description, title, category, everything is in place I think, maybe its a bug?, please tell me im dumb and that I forgot somethin, I dont want to redo everything :,). Azahara00 (talk) 17:09, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

@Azahara00: Sadly, I have no way to guess what you have run into. If it's not too late, you might copy the whole page & paste into notepad or some such so that you won't have to retype everything. - Jmabel ! talk 18:00, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer!! I ended up changing some data from the images and after that I was able to upload everything just fine! Thank u! Azahara00 (talk) 19:06, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

"There is one error with the forms above. Correct the error, and try submitting again" but cannot find error.

I am attempting to uplaod three images to Wikicommons and it will not allow me to due to "one error" but I do not see any place on the form where it lets me know where exactly the error has occured. Unsure how to proceed. Gavingaebe (talk) 18:06, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

Are there any rewards we obtain as we upload pictures

Are any rewards inform of payments or special rewards as we upload pictures XCXNXH (talk) 18:27, 21 August 2024 (UTC)

No, just the satisfaction of providing freely licensed media that has potential educational use. Abzeronow (talk) 18:36, 21 August 2024 (UTC)