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I have completed and downloaded images for our historic building. Will these images need approved before they can be viewed for our property before they are posted? And is there a contact telephone number to call for assistance? Thank you Michelle Lewis Guckercoalco (talk) 21:36, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Guckercoalco: you can see your images in Special:ListFiles/Guckercoalco. However you have claimed these images as your own work but these are mostly COM:Derivative works, photographs-of-photographs. One of your pictures is a photo of computer monitor showing a Flickr picture. We would need to know the original author(s) to keep these. MKFI (talk) 08:16, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am the original author of this photo;
I took the photo and the image in the picture are signs I had made for our family property. is this the information needed? thank you Guckercoalco (talk) 18:15, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Guckercoalco: Surely you are not the original author of all of your uploads, e.g. File:Photo taken at Coal office, Frank with grandson Fred and David Gucker later 1940’s.jpg. Or are you actually saying you are in you 90s and took it as a child? If so, say so, but I've been on Commons a long time, and at 70 I'm one of the older active contributors here. My own earliest "own work" here is from 1966, and over the last two decades I've encountered a couple of other users with legitimate "own work" as old as the early 1950s (though some of those users are now no longer alive), but I cannot recall encountering any with work from the 1940s.
As for File:2003- reproduction of the original signs for the Gucker coal Company.jpg: it's probably OK (though the screen stuff should probably be cropped out). The sign on the left is too simple to copyright, and for the one on the right the original is presumably from before 1978 and published without notice, so it would have lost copyright. But all of that needs to be stated on the file page. - Jmabel ! talk 19:08, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
hi, Jmabel, thanks for replying!!! not 90 years young but getting there!!!!!
40's photo are my personnel family photo. are you says I have to be the original photographer to post online? the original photographer would have been my grandmother.
in reference to the signs. I designed, made and took the picture of the
signs. Do I need to state that in the post? Do you think it still is an issue. your expertise would greatly appreciated. thank you Guckercoalco (talk) 19:56, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Guckercoalco:
  • You don't have to reanimate your grandmother, but you do need to credit her as the photographer, and give the source as something like "family album". This is not "own work". Also, you should get the date as accurate as you can, even if that is just something like {{other date|between|1942|1949}} or {{other date|decade|1940}}, which show respectively as "between 1942 and 1949
    date QS:P,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1942-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1949-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    " and "1940s
    date QS:P,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
    " (and which are internationalized for viewers in other languages). Also, similarly, the license should not be {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}}. It should be something like {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs|attribution=HOWEVER YOU WANT THIS ATTRIBUTED}}.
  • Yes, it is important to say that (probably in the "permission" section of {{Information}}) that the sign is your own design, if that is the case. If it were someone else's design it would be a copyright issue, and unless you state it explicitly it is not obvious it is your own.
- Jmabel ! talk 04:50, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
And, since most work from the 1940s is still copyrighted, probably will need licenses from the heirs who hold the copyrights. - Jmabel ! talk 19:57, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am the heir. does this address your comment or do I need to make further applications? thanks for you assistance. Guckercoalco (talk) 16:23, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Another serious problem with that photo-of-Flickr is that the photographer marked it as "all rights reserved". DS (talk) 23:57, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DragonflySixtyseven: That is a serious problem. The file on Flickr has been so marked since upload July 29, 2010 at 12:27:33 AM EDT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:22, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think what happened is, Guckercoalco owns the rights to the Gucker logo (as the heir), and therefore assumed that they own the rights to all photos of signs with the Gucker logo on them. Which is an understandable error, but an error nonetheless. DS (talk) 14:29, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
hello, might we discuss your reply as I am new at this and need further assistance. thank you Guckercoalco (talk) 18:05, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Guckercoalco: by the way, I see that you have a business name on your account. Please see Commons:Username policy. You will need to verify this account (as explained on that page) or it will almost certainly be blocked. - Jmabel ! talk 20:03, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I verified the account via an email I received. Is there something else needed completed? thank you Guckercoalco (talk) 16:24, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Guckercoalco: That doesn't sound right. Verifying an account is normally something you would initiate, not something where you are responding. Did you read the description of account verification at Commons:Username policy? Is this something you already did? I don't see any evidence of it having been, though I guess it could still be in process. Jmabel ! talk 03:55, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I did initiate and the email received was in reference to verification of account. thank you Guckercoalco (talk) 21:09, 5 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
does my reply address your concern for my account? any help is appreciated. thank you Guckercoalco (talk) 18:09, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

COM:ADVERT

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Moved from Commons:Village pump/Technical#COM:ADVERT

How to mass rename/move (files)/delete (redirects, where files are already've been renamed) for IP ~400 objects at least changing obvious email (that is COM:ADVERT) "[email protected]" to "Klub Lewicy" (according to flickr account name it uploaded from) as it's too hard to template it one by one, you know.

Also - how is possible something like deleting a revision comment meant here and here? 203.57.51.188 16:39, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

First part is solved (still one by one), but still no answer for the second one. 201.150.118.26 15:23, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Are you talking about deleting revs like [1]? Yes, technically an admin can hide those. I personally am not convinced that hiding them would be a good thing. - Jmabel ! talk 20:00, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel No, there is no need to hide comments on intermediate revisions, what is meant there is to hide it only on the original (first) or any other later revision where the file was uploaded and which, for this reason, is permanently displayed in the table of the "file history" section of the file main page, which is what causes the dissonance due to the requirements of COM:ADVERT, because still being massively (if there's many similar ones exists from same uploader) displaying the advertising both on such file pages and in external search engines' result that display its readable content.
Of course, only if there is a violation in such a comment on the file load.
As for the hiding of earlier images in the history - in this revision example an image was uploaded containing, as only useful, advertising posters with full contact information of two companies belonging to one individual, which is difficult to perceive as anything other than COM:ADVERT, but that was recommended to just blur, which, however, was not done ever, but no way to delete, since the image is ostensibly an example of local architecture. And, based on the expressed doubts about the admissibility of the file (in fact, the nomination for deletion is), if and when the recommendation to blur advertising posters is at least followed by someone, who will create such a new image and upload it as new revision of current file, it is logical, in order not to violate COM:ADVERT, to hide from the history the original image containing full contact information, leaving only the blurred one. Although, considering that over 6 years no one has blurred this data, the file is quite subject to a new nomination for deletion for the same reason, since the violation still remains.
The question here is - how exactly to do both (request to hide the comment on the file upload) and the other (request to hide an earlier upload from the file history)? What templates can be used for this or where to create such a request? 4.242.91.54 19:30, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think you are making a mountain out of a molehill. If someone else thinks this matters, they can take over responding. - Jmabel ! talk 20:38, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Probably, but the problem does exist, at least off the top of my head, in ~1700 files ([2], [3], [4]...).
not to mention file pages containing emails in other places (17830+14930+383562+?) - however bots can help here exactly.
So are there tools for hiding revision comments (any service pages/templates)? Or do I just have to ask the administrators manually in each individual case? 4.242.91.54 23:11, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello IP. Then just start with your renaming suggestions again. They won't get a new name on their own. Greetings זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 00:11, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Ziv! ;)
I already used to (and I will later) suggest renames (there's about 200 more to rename at all with that exact reason) via existing template, but that's not the case here, as renaming i.e. done by you does not affect initial upload revision comment so there's one more step is needed to affect it I search how to the best. What I mean is something about 'deleting' (hiding from public) edit comment meant here, however there's no specific template exists "In order to avoid the Streisand effect". Specific ones exists for quite 'rude' actions - like various reasons to delete uploaded image - only, but no any for 'much softer' actions like just 'decommenting' it. And someone really use suggestions meant there (may be used in all cases where regular deletions are permitted) that usually means long term deletion request, that look ridiculous when there's ~1700 cases of just deleting the revision comment and not uploaded with that revision image itself. So then question is - what is the simplest way to request such partial revdel (for comment only) when there's no even specific template exists avoiding deletion request each time it needed. 4.242.91.54 01:44, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Everyone here agrees with the filename changes, including the deletion of redirects if they can't be suppressed. However, I honestly can't answer whether it's really necessary to delete the version history for this reason. Very few users even look at it or are even interested in it. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 02:22, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The nomiate for deletion is broken

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The nominate for deletion feature is broken, it stays "Adding template to the file" and its stuck, ArtopiaBoy test it in the now deleted page, but now the fewture is not qorking. 131.226.105.234 07:27, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also suffer the same effect as well
  • Note that the IP user is from a different country
ArtopiaBoy (talk) 11:14, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I just did one at File:RYHM7720.jpg and it worked  REAL 💬 ⬆   15:37, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, has anyone suffered the same fate ArtopiaBoy (talk) 13:49, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello. I received photo from owner/initial photographer with copyright, she gave me permission to use it in Wiki commons and after I upload it she will send her permission to VRT (she didn't have Wiki account and she don't want to make it bcs it is too comolicated but she didn't mind to share this photo with public).

  • Did she need also send original with metadata?
  • Also is it okay to upload photo with her copyright or I need to crop it out?
  • Do I need to ask her where she first uploaded this photo and put link in description?
  • Do I need fix something on photo description? Илона И (talk) 00:06, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Convenience link (please use internal links, which work correctly both on PCs and on mobile devices): File:Kim Seon Ho at Weverse live in 2024.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 02:47, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You are asking several separate questions here. I've taken the liberty of reformatting so they do not run into one another. - Jmabel ! talk 02:49, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I take it that the original photographer is "TUKKATA MICKIE" and that is how she wants to be attributed. I've edited accordingly, but please fix if that is wrong.
  • You had the "permission pending" tag on there twice. I've fixed that and put that in a more appropriate place.
  • Given that EXIF metadata appears to have been stripped from the version you uploaded, and other photos from this session are on line, yes, she should definitely provide that to VRT to show she was the photographer.
  • Not sure what you mean about cropping out a copyright. A copyright is an abstraction. Are you talking about some sort of watermark? I don't see any on the uploaded photo.
  • If this precise photo is already online, the earliest upload should ideally be listed as the source. Otherwise, the source is simply that she provided you the file.
  • Description seems fine. A category related to where the photo was taken would be good.
  • More important than any of this: you have not indicated what license is forthcoming, just that the permission is pending. {{Permission pending}} is not a substitute for a license tag, it is a supplement to a license tag.
Jmabel ! talk 03:04, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging @Илона И. - Jmabel ! talk 03:05, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @Jmabel thank you for info
•There was watermark at photo but I thought it can't be shown so I cropped it out, I asked just in case if it is okay to upload photos with watermark of photographer name at Wiki Commons with photographer permission.
•It first was upload at her Instagram, so I put link to this post now just in case.
•I send her generated letter text that she need to send to VRT team her license stated as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International. I added license like this at License's photo category or I did it wrongly? Илона И (talk) 03:33, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Илона И: Much progress here, but the photo you linked on Instagram seems to be a different photo, possibly from that session. Also: just as well to crop out the watermark. Watermarks are allowed, but not encouraged; see Template:Watermark.
Other than that, we seem to be on track. - Jmabel ! talk 03:38, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel thank you for tip, I will put the right link to right photo in her karousel of photos.
I also asked her to send with permission letter initial photo. Илона И (talk) 04:07, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Илона И: I'm sure that if she sends the email, we will get this sorted out. Sorry it was so late in the process that anyone aimed you at Commons:Uploading works by a third party, the document that would have guided you through most of this. FWIW, in the time since that's been written, we have occasion here on help desk to aim several users at that every day. Not sure what we could do to make it more prominently visible.
You certainly should not have been reported to an Administrators' noticeboard, and I hope you noticed that once it was in the hands of the admins there, everyone tried to help you rather than presume you were doing anything wrong for any reason other than confusion. I'm sorry if this put you off of Commons. You were clearly trying to do things right, and you are welcome here. - Jmabel ! talk 04:16, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel thank you again for kindness.
Actually right now I don't know what to do. So situation like this. I am in fan group of Kim Seon Ho and when I mentioned that I worked a little bit with Wikipedia they asked me to change his profile photo (current one really not it). So after this was all this bruhahaha with copyright infrigment from my ignorant side but after this one of the fans said that they knew fan with good pictures, I asked them twice if she took it by herself and pressed that it need to be her own photo, taken by herself, they answered Yes. So I contacted her and she gave me her permission. I upload it and instructed her how to answer to VRT and give permission for Use. But after your side asker her for original she said to me that it was capture from Welive so she didn't have original ㅠㅠ.
IDK if it was misscommunication or lost in translation but I asked her before if she took it by herself and in person ㅠㅠ. So now I again need to put this pic for deletion? I am so sorry for all this commotion... Илона И (talk) 04:40, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Илона И: I'm afraid so. As I wrote in that piece I linked, "Unfortunately, adding third-party work to Commons is one of the trickiest things a user can do here: it raises every issue that might come up in uploading your own work, plus a slew of additional issues." But now that you pretty much understand the process, please do try to track down someone who can and will legitimately give you permission for a good photo they took. - Jmabel ! talk 06:23, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel Yep, I will try my best, for now we will use photos that I uploaded from The Tyrant's press. Thank you for your kindness, I really appreciate it. Have a nice day! Илона И (talk) 16:58, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

subir bibliografia

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matias Davila quiere que se suba su bibliografia Chely Franke (talk) 21:24, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Upload bibliography
Matías Davila wants his bibliography uploaded
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:22, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chely Franke: Por favor, no envíes spam.

Please do not spam.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:22, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chely Franke: ¿Quiere decir "bibliografia" o "biografia"? Pero la respuesta serí la misma: no hemos ni bibliografias ni biografias aquí en Commons, y no creo que Matías Dávila sería bastante notable para wikipedia. (Presumo que Vd. refiere a Matías Dávila que hace podcasts.) - Jmabel ! talk 04:21, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, I believed that this image would be public domain in both France and the USA since both the magazine it came from (La Cinématographie française) and the film's production company (Ciné France) had folded 70 years ago. However, it was flagged as being improperly tagged and now I'm not sure if it's considered public domain in France, despite obtaining it from Bibliothèque nationale de France/gallica.bnf.fr. Their "about" section says that most of their material is free for non-commercial use, with credit. I know very little about french copyright law and want to be certain that this image complies with Wikipedia's rules.

--Baby Purple Bat (talk) 03:26, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Yann: you tagged it. What do you want covered that isn't covered?
The existing claimed license covered the (questionable) French side but not the (clear) U.S. side; I will add "expired" to cover the latter, but the French side may be a problem. - Jmabel ! talk 04:26, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The "... insert a license" template was placed automatically at the moment of upload, for some reason, not sure why. I think Yann just adds a "no licence" template in such cases to make sure that inattentive uploaders are notified. -- Asclepias (talk) 09:35, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Baby Purple Bat: Hello,
  • On Commons, file pages must have a template that specifies the copyright status of the work in the United States and a template that specifies the status of the work in the country of origin (if other than the U.S.). Your upload was missing a U.S. template. For some reason, the upload system of Commons automatically placed on the page a warning "insert a license". That warning is now removed.
  • However, there is also an important problem with your uploads in general. You cannot use a template "PD-old", which is based on the death year of the author, when you do not even identify the author. (Unless a work is really very old.) For works made in the 1920s, authors could well have lived past 1955 (70 years ago). For each work, you must do a rigorous research to identify the author and the year of death. And then indicate the author in the "author" field in the Commons page and only then use a PD-old template, if applicable. The name of a production company is not an author (excepted possibly in rare cases). For works such as films, the authors are almost always known. The laws of the specific country define who are the authors. It can be the director or other people. For artistic film posters, the author is the artist and the author can sometimes be known even when the poster is not signed. If, after a serious research, you conclude that the author of a work is really unknown (not unknown only to you, but unknown to specialists in the field), then you can use a template describing the situation, for example PD-anon-70-EU, if applicable. If the author is known but the year of death is unknown and if the work was made before 1905, you can use PD-old-assumed, if applicable. Please review your uploads to identify the known authors in the "author" field, or Unknown if really unknown, and to adjust the status templates if necessary.
  • The Gallica notices are notoriously unreliable. They sometimes claim copyrights on works that are in the public domain and they sometimes mark as public domain works that are not, or not entirely, in the public domain. To complicate matters more, since a few years, they have removed the public domain tags in their notices in French but they left them in the versions of their notices in English. In the case of your upload "File:600,000 francs par mois (1926).png", the Gallica notice is supposed to refer simplistically to the publication date of the magazine. It ignores the actual copyright status of the included items, which is what must be determined for Commons.
-- Asclepias (talk) 10:59, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, your response is very helpful! I was curious, for french films, how many people are considered the author? Is it just the director, writers, or does it extend to the rest of the crew and even to the cast? I'm still new here and want to make sure I edit my previous and future uploads to wikipedia standards. Baby Purple Bat (talk) 16:40, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Baby Purple Bat: See article L113-7 of the Code de la propriété intellectuelle. However, I'm not sure how that applies to a single frame or to a set photo. You can ask at Commons:Village pump/Copyright for more details. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:59, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, The name of the author is not mentioned, so I changed the license to {{PD-France}} which covers all cases. Yann (talk) 14:51, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hiya, I've been uploading some images of councillors into Category:Councillors in Northamptonshire. I know these are licensed under an Open Government License (which is the licensing template on the page) because I wrote to them at [5]. How can I add the source of this information to the page? DimensionalFusion (talk) 12:03, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how to add this during the Upload Wizard, but here is how you do it after uploading: You edit the "Summary" section of a page and find the code that says |permission= and then add the link after the equals sign. HyperAnd (talk) 12:32, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Great, thanks! DimensionalFusion (talk) 16:58, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@DimensionalFusion: A link to their reply from 14 March 2025 can be fine. But it includes your name. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:57, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

pubblicare una voce

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salve, ho lavorato molto sulla pagina di prova ma non riesco a pubblicarla. questo è un vero peccato perchè scrivo di uno scultore famoso non presente in wikipedia. potete aiutarmi? grazie Luca.mion.1 (talk) 12:34, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

post an entry
hi, i worked a lot on the test page but i can't post it. this is a real shame because i'm writing about a famous sculptor not present in wikipedia. can you help me? thanks
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:45, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Luca.mion.1: Ciao e benvenuto. Vedo che hai lavorato su it:Utente:Luca.mion.1/Sandbox. Sono necessarie fonti secondarie che possano dimostrare la notorietà prima di pubblicare l'articolo it:Francis Triglia.

Hi, and welcome. I see you have been working on it:Utente:Luca.mion.1/Sandbox. It needs secondary sources that can prove notability before you publish as article it:Francis Triglia.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:45, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Frage zur Sichtung

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Hallo Wenn man eine Änderung vornimmt, dann muss diese gesichtet werden. wer macht sowas? und könnte ich das auch machen. Manche Änderungen werden auch automatisch gesichtet wie und warum nicht bei allen? Lolo130503 (talk) 14:15, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you type in english Angsaz (talk) 17:25, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Angsaz: it is perfectly acceptable to ask questions here in German, though Commons:Forum might be a better choice. You appear to be brand new to this site. Please don't come here to tell other people what not to do. - Jmabel ! talk 03:46, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Lolo130503: Sie müssen viel spezifischer sein, damit Ihnen jemand eine nützliche Antwort geben kann. „[E]ine Änderung“ deckt zu viele Fälle ab. - Jmabel ! talk 03:49, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image

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Hello

  • A licence for an image was purchased from Getty Images specifically for use on Wikipedia.
  • The image use on Wikipedia was agreed and approved by Getty Images Legal Department. *The image was uploaded to the relevant site in April 2025
  • The Wiki bot removed the image in April 2025.
  • How can this image be successfully included in the relevant Wiki page?
  • Advice please

Jolanda 1900 Jolanda1900 (talk) 18:38, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jolanda1900: I'm guessing you mean the English-language Wikipedia (en-wiki), rather than one of the hundreds of others.
I'm guessing you were the purchaser, but your use of passive voice leaves that an open question.
Sounds like a question entirely for en-wiki, not sure why you asked it on Commons, but I would think that someone paying Getty in no way changes the policies at en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. This would still be just like you cannot upload an arbitrary photo you took to en-wiki and say "this can be used on en-wiki, but not elsewhere." That's still a policy violation, unacceptable non-free content. - Jmabel ! talk 18:57, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jolanda1900: Please forward the alleged agreement via VRT. Getty does not provide such agreements via their website. What image are you writing about? What was the filename here?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:46, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Subí uná foto, de mí empleador

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y necesito hacerle una biografia Chely Franke (talk) 19:34, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded a photo of my employer
and I need to write a bio.
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:43, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chely Franke: Hola. No respondiste a #subir bibliografia arriba. De nuevo, por favor, no envíes spam.

Hi. You neglected to respond to #subir bibliografia above. Again, please do not spam.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:43, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sound file plays the wrong music

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I made a mistake and I hope you can help. The sound file I uploaded Steel_guitar_playing_Hawaiian_music.ogg plays the wrong music. I want to delete it. In its place I have uploaded the correct music to a similarly-named file Sound_of_a_Steel_guitar_playing_Hawaiian_music.ogg Can you make the correction? Many thanks, Eagledj (talk) 23:19, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Eagledj: Hi, and welcome. I tagged File:Steel guitar playing Hawaiian music.ogg as such. Please use internal links.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:24, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

how to upload my bio, ie a short text only word doc?

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how to upload my bio, ie a short text only word doc? thanks Michael Vyupzz (talk) 02:55, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Vyupzz: Not something that belongs on this site. Please see COM:SCOPE. Jmabel ! talk 03:13, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is it okay to upload photo on magazine?

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[6] I found some pictures from here, and I want to upload a file of Laufey here. But I'm afraid if it's possible. Camilasdandelions (talk) 04:38, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unless your get a permission from a copyright owner, you cannot. Ruslik (talk) 04:57, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
How can I verify that I got a permission from owner? Camilasdandelions (talk) 05:14, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Camilasdandelions: The copyright owner of a photo is generally the photographer, unless they used a legal instrument to transfer copyright. See Commons:Uploading works by a third party.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:25, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
And it is very unlikely that you can get rights released for these. - Jmabel ! talk 17:20, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Logos and/or text in screenshots of CC-licensed videos

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As someone who is new to Wikimedia Commons, I would like to ask a question. Sorry if it has been answered before or if I missed something that I could've easily looked-up myself.

Do I have to cut out any potential non-free text and/or logos if I take a screenshot of somewhere in a CC-licensed video that features them, even if the video is under a CC license itself or can I leave such a screenshot as it is and upload it without it being flagged has having non-free content in it?

I'm asking because everything I uploaded so far(only two screenshots, more specifically) doesn't feature any non-free logos and/or text besides whatever is in the background of those screenshots. ~Berilo Linea~ (talk) 15:03, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@~Berilo Linea~: Hi, and welcome. The only one I see as problematic is File:Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri.png - you could blur the contents of the banner to be on the safe side. See also COM:DM.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:09, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G. Done, I uploaded a new version of the screenshot now. What do you think of File:Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri 2.png, though? ~Berilo Linea~ (talk) 19:46, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@~Berilo Linea~: It depends on the particular situation. If they are visible enough in the image, non-free items should be cropped out, entirely or partially, depending on what is reasonable, or blurred. However, in some particular cases, it is not be necessary to remove items. For example, if the item is below the threshold for being copyrightable. Also, if the item is so small and insignificant in the image that it can be considered merely incidental. The linked pages provide more details. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:18, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thanks for letting me know.
What do you think of File:Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri 2.png and the old version of File:Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri.png (here)? Were they okay as they were or did they need editing? ~Berilo Linea~ (talk) 19:55, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@~Berilo Linea~: I like the newer ones better. Jmabel?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:52, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That "archive" link doesn't work for me. I think something is broken.
File:Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri 2.png is a much more interesting photo than File:Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri.png, at least to my tastes. - Jmabel ! talk 23:47, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@~Berilo Linea~: COM:De minimis and the respective wikipedia articles about this subject may be of interest for you. They deal with exactly the question you raised here. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 00:11, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel That's weird. Try going to File:Mohammed Abu al-Khair Shukri.png and scroll down to the bottom to click on the image link with the revision marked "05:29, 12 May 2025" to see if that works. ~Berilo Linea~ (talk) 02:42, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to see @Asclepias' view on the images I uploaded as well. ~Berilo Linea~ (talk) 02:43, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh can I get the new one's Angsaz (talk) 17:29, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So is it possible to post pictures of my self on this page

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@Ronaldo (GA) Barcelos Angsaz (talk) 04:21, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Angsaz: Typically no, though if you are active on Commons or on some other Wikimedia project, then a small number of pictures specifically for your user talk page are OK. They need to be appropriately licensed though: unless they are selfies, someone other than you was the photographer and presumably owns the copyright, so they are the only person who can offer a license, not you. You would probably do well to read Commons:Scope. Do remember, this is not a social media site.
  • And I have no idea why you directed this question to an individual, but put it on the (very public-facing) Help desk. If you only wanted an answer from them, you should have used their User talk page. - Jmabel ! talk 06:16, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't think it is possible Angsaz (talk) 17:02, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

iNaturalist import

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I have recently had an issue with using the 'iNaturalist Import' button on category pages. It had been working for years, but now when I click the button nothing happens. Has anyone else seen this happen? —  Junglenut | talk  09:59, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

yes I've seen it all before Angsaz (talk) 17:15, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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Are files with CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license are allowed? I couldn't find a way to upload files with CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Jako96 (talk) 12:20, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jako96: No, licenses with "NC" or / and "ND" are not allowed on Commons. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:29, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thank you for your help. Jako96 (talk) 12:38, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Really I really never thought about that😊 Angsaz (talk) 17:17, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jako96: Hi, and welcome. I'm sorry, but licenses with restrictions -nc- (noncommercial) and -nd- (no derivatives) are not usable by themselves for Wikimedia Commons. For the reasons, please see Commons:Licensing/Justifications. If you can't get a compliant license, works with such restrictions may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:12, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So how do you make your licence💔👹 Angsaz (talk) 17:30, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Just used https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_upload, thanks. Jako96 (talk) 10:38, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jako96: you may upload them at https://nccommons.org/ That site is not formally related to this one, but they have similar scopes and you can use your login credentials from here to make an account there. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:30, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
What's your gende😍 Angsaz (talk) 17:32, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks ❤️ Angsaz (talk) 17:34, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
senior I also want to upload one pic from Mongolian. But it shows that only administrators are allowed to upload their, can you help me? Mr.work-shy (talk) 09:41, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The license of this image is not free. Yann (talk) 09:56, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You can use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Files_for_upload if you want to upload to English Wikipedia. Jako96 (talk) 10:39, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I solved the issue with en:Wikipedia:Files for upload, thanks anyway. Jako96 (talk) 10:38, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Photo

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How can I upload my photo Angsaz (talk) 17:18, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Angsaz: Meaning a photo of you? Who took it? Why would it be in Commons' scope? If you just mean a photo by you, see Commons:First steps? - Jmabel ! talk 03:52, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File overwriting not allowed

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Hello, File:2021 Rugby World Cup (women) participating nations.svg needs an update. Therefore I tried to upload a new version of this file, but Commons says "File overwriting not allowed". Do I need special rights for this or what went wrong? I have the new version drawn on my PC. Groete. --  SpesBona 18:15, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're currently lacking the permission to overwrite files. That could be solved by granting you Autopatrol status; in fact, I took the liberty to request that in your stead: Commons:Requests_for_rights#SpesBona. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:29, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Grand-Duc: thank you! :) Groete. --  SpesBona 18:30, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I've granted them autopatrol status per Grand-Duc's request. Abzeronow (talk) 18:34, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image Upload question

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I want to ask that if web page shows Copyright © 2018-2021. Does it mean that it can be uploaded on commons or not. Plz help me b Mr.work-shy (talk) 08:01, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Picture is of building(mosque) in South Korea Mr.work-shy (talk) 08:33, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I understand Angsaz (talk) 09:12, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You can't- 2018-2021 means anything between that date was copyrighted by the web page, not that that was the duration of the copyright. Also, you can read Commons:Uploading works by a third party for more information in general. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 11:56, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thnx u, senior Mr.work-shy (talk) 14:11, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Drawings

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Can I upload my drawings? Priharisid (talk) 21:42, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Priharisid: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FS.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:22, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Priharisid: but also please see, in particular COM:SCOPE. Most drawings don't belong on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 03:06, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Upload Wizard 'publish files' broken

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I'm trying to upload pictures of Yellow River State Forest from Flickr (all without duplicate/missing information) but when I click 'publish files' it just doesn't go through. Salmoonlight (talk) 23:50, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly does the error say, and what are you uploading on(web/mobile/app)? Also, just to make sure, are you sure the images are under a compatible license?(I assume they are if the error does not show on upload)? DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 17:06, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment déposer la candidature pour votre concours

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Je veux participer aux concours Bénincuisines229 (talk) 11:06, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it’s Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2025/Participating countries. Incall talk 11:49, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Source of derivative work is not properly indicated

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Recently I've uploaded pictures of two devices I own and took myself:
File:Samsung Galaxy Spica - Front.jpg
File:Samsung Avila (Snow White) - Front.jpg
These files were marked as derivative works, and I'd like to ask why? I believe this might be about the wallpapers, in which case, these are stock wallpapers that came preloaded onto the devices. How could I add the source of these images? Beamish4 (talk) 22:18, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request to cancel my donation

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Dear Wikimedia Foundation, I hope this message finds you well. I would like to cancel my recurring donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, effective immediately. Please confirm once this has been processed. Thank you for the important work you do. Best regards, Anniken Fjelberg 194.146.244.12 10:16, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here's my new email - couldn't log in as I don't remember my login: [removed] 194.146.244.12 10:17, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@194.146.244.12: Hello, All matters relating to donations to the Wikimedia Foundation are managed by the Foundation. You can use the contact email address provided there: donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_contact_the_Wikimedia_Foundation?. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:21, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

demande de sourçage d'une photo pour la rajouter à un article

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La photo est issu d'un site web que je n'arrive pas à étudier pour savoir si cela est une source fiable https://elcinema.com/en/work/2025098/gallery/124573659 Cybercely (talk) 12:47, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

According to w:A_Woman_of_the_Sea, the photographs of this movie were created in 1926 and most of them only published in 2008. Such images are copyrighted until 70 years after the death of the author (if known) or 120 years after creation (see COM:HIRTLE). The book cover itself is recent and certainly still copyrighted (here's the author's website: http://www.ednapurviance.com/home_enlargesample.html ). It might be free, if the underlying photo is free, because there's not much original authorship in the design of the book cover. You could try to contact the book's author for copyright information.
Summary: the book cover might be free to use, but we don't have enough information to say for sure.
--rimshottalk 14:58, 20 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CCY Code

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How do you locate the CCY code on images for use in an academic paper? Archiew54 (talk) 06:19, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Archiew54: I have no idea what you mean by "CCY code". Can you clarify? - Jmabel ! talk 17:56, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi I mean the licence code for an image. Thanks 203.219.141.245 23:32, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please be logged in while you follow up on your own question.
That helps clarify, but I don't really know what you mean by a license code. If you are talking about files here on Wikimedia Commons, the license is always explicit on the file page, and is usually also in the structured data. You need to be a bit careful with the attribution, because that is not always explicit in the license, and may sometimes be found elsewhere on the page.
If that is not what you are asking, you will have to be clearer. - Jmabel ! talk 23:39, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Archiew54: see Commons:Credit line. MKFI (talk) 06:47, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why did my content got filtered out automatically

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I uploaded pdf file of my own created content. But the automatic abuse filter filtered it out. Intensify Research (talk) 09:21, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Under this account-name there are no uploads (including deleted ones). --Túrelio (talk) 09:30, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, indeed. So, you already know that the abuse filter filtered it out and that your account is not allowed to upload pdfs. It's not useful to retry the same thing seven times. If the abuse filter blocked the upload the first time, it will block it the seventh time. Also, this website is not the place to advertise the stocks of a company. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:11, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I was not advertising stocks of any company. I was providing information of how despite strong Q4FY25 results Dixon Technology stocks slipped down. What should be the next move ahead. Intensify Research (talk) 11:35, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Your filename litterally includes "...Top Nifty 50 Stock to Buy..." and your file description reads "Shares of [company name] are in focus today after the firm reported an impressive result for the Q4 FY25 - stock market strategy - intensify research services", which looks like advertising both that firm and your own company. Anyway, there's no next move ahead for this file right now. As specified in the filter information, your new account is not allowed to upload pdf files until it has contributed a sufficient number of valid edits. However, you can upload other types of files, as long as they are in scope. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:30, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Intensify Research: What is your connection to that company? How much of those stocks are you holding? Where else are you trying to promote them?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:14, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: really, no need to ask that last question. The content is completely inappropriate for Commons, whether the user has a vested interest or not.
@Intensify Research: technically speaking, the content was filtered because relatively new users cannot upload PDFs. But based on what you seem to have been trying to upload, it's a good illustration of why we have that rule. Please read COM:SCOPE. This project has a particular scope, and that file sounds like it was well outside that scope. - Jmabel ! talk 18:03, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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How do I link a journal article with a http://www. address? Herbert W. Bateman IV (talk) 16:11, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Herbert W. Bateman IV: At a minimum: [http://example.com VISIBLE TEXT]. Or, to be thorough, use {{Cite journal}}. - Jmabel ! talk 18:11, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Code fix

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This is merely to ask if someone knows how to fix the code at MediaWiki:Abusefilter-disallowed-anon so it still works if "FULLPAGENAME" is more than one word. I don't think the link syntax works if the page name has spaces in it. 71.202.215.54 16:55, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @GPSLeo, who created the template. I checked and indeed the link at the end would not work for pages that has spaces in its page name. The fix should be simple, instead of using {{FULLPAGENAME}}, it should use {{FULLPAGENAMEE}} (with an extra E) to get the url-encoded page names. Tvpuppy (talk) 17:41, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done (for English). There may be versions in other languages, and I haven't dealt with those. - Jmabel ! talk 18:15, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

NECESITO AYUDA URGENTE

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Estoy intentando crear un articulo de una persona política argentina y no me dice que hay conflicto de intereses o publicidad.

alquien me da una mano para crear este articulo? Lucas Rodriguez02 (talk) 19:57, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lucas Rodriguez02: presumo que refieres a un artículo en la wikipedia en español, pero ese aquí es Wikimedia Commons. Ambos son proyectos del Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), pero en términos de política están completamente separados. Creo que la página más útil sería es:Wikipedia:Café/Archivo/Ayuda/Actual.
Y, por favor, esto no me parece urgente, y es más probable que obtengas ayuda si no alegas una falsa urgencia. - Jmabel ! talk 21:12, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Startup Financing Cycle.png weird arabic

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Hi. I randomly stumbled upon some text that clearly wasn't meant to be there for the english wikipedia page for this image. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Startup_Financing_Cycle.png Maybe I should be leaving this to someone who can speak arabic and english, but the text in the middle of the english seems to be incorrect either way. There is also a tag that I assume is supposed to indicate arabic text but it doesnt seem to be working. The tag is {{ar|1. Can anyone help me figure out what exactly to do with this description? TheHeroBrine (talk) 22:15, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The main section of arabic text (based on google translate which obviously isnt great) seems to just be a translation of the current english description into arabic. which is useful, but probably shouldn't be appearing on the english wiki. TheHeroBrine (talk) 22:20, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's just a copy of the content on the Commons page. If the Commons page is multilingual, then that is what you will see on this page when viewed in any Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 23:42, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading Others' Pictures

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I have permission to upload pictures owned by the subject of my Draft Topic. The rules say I cannot upload other people's work unless I have their permission. I have a bulk upload of pictures from one owner and one picture from another owner to be part of the article. How is this permission to be granted such that WikiMedia will accept the pictures I wish to upload? They would all be using the copyright code: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 GYHASHAKE (talk) 13:08, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello,

I am trying to upload a photograph of Marian Beattie released by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) related to a renewed public appeal in 2025 about her unsolved 1973 murder case. The image is from the official PSNI website and is licensed under the UK Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL).

However, I am receiving warnings about insufficient copyright and licensing information, and I want to make sure the upload meets Wikimedia Commons’ requirements so the file is not deleted.

Could you please advise me on:

How best to correctly provide the licensing information and source details on the upload page?

Whether the OGL license template OGL3 is sufficient for this image?

Any additional information or wording you recommend including in the description or licensing fields?

Thank you very much for your help!

--ItsShandog (talk) 14:28, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ItsShandog: Hello, The template for OGL 3 is sufficient IF the photo is truly under OGL 3. You wrote that the PSNI is the author, but that seems very unlikely. Why would they have taken a photo of this person before they worked on the case? It seems more likely that the photo was created by someone else. You wrote that the photo is under OGL 3, but you did not specify how it would have come to be under OGL 3. Evidence would be needed for those statements about the authorship and the license. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:49, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure who the original author of the photo is, but since it was recently released in an appeal by the PSNI, I thought it was best to credit them as the author. However, I can change that if needed. According to the PSNI website, their images are used under the Open Government Licence. This is what it state's on their website. "The material featured on this page is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. Crown copyright protected material (excluding departmental and agency logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium under the terms of the Open Government Licence." ItsShandog (talk) 17:20, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I’ve been getting conflicting reports about the copyright status of the image. Some news sites credit both PSNI and PA, but the PSNI website has never credited anyone for the image. Since the copyright information is unclear, I believe it’s best to request the deletion of the image until I can confirm its proper licensing or ownership. I’m unsure if the image is under Crown copyright or copyrighted by the Press Association, so I’d prefer to delete the image until I can resolve the uncertainty. Any help with deletion would be appreciated as I've been trying to do it and cant figure it out. Thanks ItsShandog (talk) 18:31, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Can you provide a link to the statement "The material featured on this page ..." as applying to this photo? I don't find it in their Terms and conditions or on the photo page. That statement seems to apply to the statistics section of the website. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:15, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I've realised that now so I have had the picture removed. ItsShandog (talk) 20:49, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:SpicerArms.svg rendering issue

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At the moment, this file is showing up as a completely blank file (on wiki; it displays correctly and with out-of-frame bonus content if I download it and view it in Inkscape). I'm aware of a known issue with how Wikimedia renders SVGs that causes some theoretically-valid SVGs to display incorrectly here / on wikis, which the folks at this desk and/or Graphic Lab have had to spot-fix SVGs to overcome in the past, but in this case, I used this file on a Wiktionary page two years ago, so it must've shown up at that time (and the file itself hasn't been edited since then), so something in how Wikimedia renders SVGs must've changed to break it...? In any case, can someone make the file display? Thank you! -sche (talk) 17:13, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@-sche: Your idea is correct, something has changed. See for example Commons:Graphics village pump/July 2024#Coat of Arms not rendering correctly for an explanation. Many files uploaded by this user have the same problem. They are sometimes fixed by other users who know how to do it, on a case by case basis when a request is made. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:22, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Aha! Thanks for the explanation. I didn't have the rights to overwrite the file, so I created a duplicate here which simply removes "clippath", which seems to result in the image displaying as expected. -sche (talk) 16:00, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Is anyone systematically checking for and categorizing files with this issue into a maintenance category? -sche (talk) 16:00, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

threshold of originality

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hello, i was wondering if this logo from PowerSchool [7] was eligible to be published under the threshold of originality policy. i'm currently writing a draft about this company, so i'm in need of an image for my lead. if this is above the threshold of originality, could i still publish this logo under fair use in wikipedia? i'm not really educated in copyright laws so any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks, Sam-you-ale (talk) 18:15, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sam-you-ale: TOO is different for each country. You don't say what country. This would be fine in the U.S., maybe not in the UK, if that helps. - Jmabel ! talk
@Jmabel: yes, this is for the U.S, thanks! Sam-you-ale (talk)
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Copilot

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May I upload images generated by copilot?--Kikikiki.aka (talk) 08:55, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Commons:AI-generated media for details, but here is my interpretation:
  • Regarding copyright; the US, Indonesia, and other jurisdictions don't give copyright protection to AI works and hence in the public domain (can be uploaded here), unless it depicts a derivative work, such as a copyrighted character. Such derivative works can't be uploaded here unless the original work is in public domain or has a free license.
  • However, in other jurisdictions, such as the UK, they do give copyright protection. If the work was made in the UK, Hong Kong, etc. they can't be uploaded here without permission from the prompter. Note that this is really only a concern if you upload AI works prompted by someone else, as you will put a free license to cover those countries if you are the prompter.
  • Scope is a different and much bigger concern. Pretty much everything an AI makes could be depicted better by a human, whether photography or illustration, which makes the AI media lack educational value. For example, the AI likes being too sensationalist in the depiction such as putting distracting SciFi elements on a scientific concept. To put it in another way: "Why use AI media when you could use high quality non-AI media, or just simply generate it yourself?" So, subjects that are depicted with AI could be seen as redundant no matter how pretty the media is and it may be deleted. An exception to this is notable images, like this one, which garnered a lot of popularity and controversy. Such images have educational value to inform about such controversies.
HyperAnd (talk) 10:50, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
thank you. Kikikiki.aka (talk) 07:34, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is a screenshot of a diagram on a Northern Ireland government website covered by the Open Government License

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I would like to use this Sankey diagram on this webpage.

https://aims.niassembly.gov.uk/questions/departmentalchanges.aspx

Information on the website is covered by this licence.

https://data.niassembly.gov.uk/licence.aspx

I am not sure if a screenshot falls under the OGL? Landpin (talk) 12:09, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As a representation of non-copyrightable data, it's probably {{PD-ineligible}}. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:24, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

আপলোড সমস্যা

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আমি কিভাবে আমার লেখা আপলোড করবো? Taysirul Islam Shuvo (talk) 13:25, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Taysirul Islam Shuvo: Hi, Probably you can't. We do not accept texts by non notable authors. If your writings were published before and you are a notable author, please send a permission for a free license via COM:VRT. Please also read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 14:46, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Random File in sub-categories

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is it possible to get a random file in a category, as well as files from the subcategories inside of it? 140.82.178.97 14:53, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Printing artwork onto fabric

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I'm an upcycler aka turn old clothing fabric etc into "wearable art" I would like to print out Christian themed artwork such as Angels Lions etc into fabric for applique (if you're familiar with magnolia Pearl kind of in that genre)but I don't want to get sued for copyright infringement is this allowed thank you Blackhillsboho (talk) 20:34, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Blackhillsboho: different images here are differently licensed, so there is no general answer. You have to look on the individual file pages for licensing terms. If the file is public-domain or CC-zero, you should be OK; if it is pretty much anything else, then you typically have requirements to credit the author (usually the photographer or artist) which might be difficult to meet in a garment.
If you have some more specific followup questions, feel free to ask. - Jmabel ! talk 03:55, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No thumbnail

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Any way to fix this? File:The Theatre of Life.pdf Geoffroi 02:35, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Geoffroi, the thumbnail of the PDF is showing now. Sometimes you have to purge the page multiple times until the thumbnail appears. Tvpuppy (talk) 03:00, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Tvpuppy: Thank you. Geoffroi 05:16, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Cutting watermark

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Hello, I am trying to cut the watermark off File:Fury 325 Carowinds POV.webm. I cut the watermark out using FFMPEG but cannot upload it due to the 100 mb limit. Is there a workaround to this in this case? Also, how did the original uploader upload this video if there is a 100 mb limit? It is a wonderful world (talk) 09:40, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Commons:Large files. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:14, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@It is a wonderful world: See also Special:AbuseFilter/290, MediaWiki:abusefilter-warning-file-overwriting, and w:The World Ends with You.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:42, 24 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Personality-topic

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Hello, I uploaded a pict of a museum in Munich, but unfortunately I did not take my „personanilty-version“, this is corrected. To be sure I ask for deletion of the first version of File:2025-05-24 Deutsches Museum tower left.jpg. Thank you in advance for your help. Kind regards, Wikisympathisant (talk) 08:48, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

convenience link: File:2025-05-24 Deutsches Museum tower left.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 16:53, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Done as uploader request, though I have no idea what „personanilty-version“ is supposed to mean. - Jmabel ! talk 16:56, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Perfekt , thank you very much ! KR, --Wikisympathisant (talk) 18:56, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Categories for different editions of a book

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Hello!

I have organised the files in Category:The horse, in the stable and the field and am now at a crossroads on how to categorize these images, since they come from different editions. I am debating whether they should all go in their own category or stay together in one. I don't know if there is a guideline on this, if not, I also very much welcome opinions on what would be better! :)

We have files from three editions of the book: 1869, 1871 and 1907. 1869 and 1871 are very similar in content and page numbers, 1907 has seen some additions so the page numbers don't align anymore. You can see it by this illustration:

  • 1869, page 135
    1869, page 135
  • 1871, page 135
    1871, page 135
  • 1907, page 198
    1907, page 198

My thoughts at the moment are that having just the one category would give a better overview, as no edition has a complete set of illustrations. (For example, page 134 only exists from the 1871 version while page 138 we only have from the 1869 version.) However, for linking with Wikidata, it would of course be better to have them all in their separate categories. So – hmm.

The category for the 1907 version has existed for a while, so at the moment we have two editions in the parent category and one edition sorted into its own category. I would like to find a consistent solution though.

Thank you for all replies and thoughts on this matter! Cheers, Fallen Sheep (talk) 17:09, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Categories not Appearing

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Recently someone has created a series of categories of the form: Category:London photographs taken on (D.M.Y.) and moving images from the Category:(M.Y) in London. However the new categories are not showing up on the image pages for some reason. Can someone explain why? Murgatroyd49 (talk) 20:44, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Would you mind providing some examples, so it will be easier to understand the problem? Tvpuppy (talk) 20:57, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Murgatroyd49: If we take as a random example the category "Category:London photographs taken on 2018-03-01", we can see that it uses the template "Template:London photographs taken on navbox", which contains the instruction "HIDDENCAT", which has the effect of making that category a hidden category, displayed in the image pages in the hidden categories line only for registered users who have not deactivated that option. If you are referring to something else, please specify. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:42, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

.tif vs. .jpeg

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Hi, can anyone help me download this as a .jpeg at the highest resolution? I've already downloaded and uploaded the .tif (here) 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 21:28, 25 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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