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Image upload between countries

Hi, there is a photo that is on Tamil Wikipedia that I would like to use on English Wikipedia, granted that they are both on Wikipedia, am I allowed to use it? Butterfly editing (talk) 23:42, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Butterfly editing: Hi, and welcome. Is the file actually here on Commons? What is the filename?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:21, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is titled “Thenmozhi_Rajaratnam.jpg” here’s a link: ta:படிமம்:Thenmozhi Rajaratnam.jpg. Butterfly editing (talk) 04:11, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Assuming that is a living person, it is very unlikely to be acceptable on en-wiki. - Jmabel ! talk 20:10, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My upload doesn't seem to work

My upload "File:Climate change deniers cherry picking time periods.ogg" shows the following error message when I press play : "No compatible source was found for this media." I tried to convert "File:20200327 Climate change deniers cherry picking time periods.gif" into a .ovg video.

Yaqub Qomarudin Dibiazah (talk) 15:18, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience link: File:Climate change deniers cherry picking time periods.ogg. - Jmabel ! talk 20:11, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Plays for me. @Yaqub Qomarudin Dibiazah: , what browser are you using? - Jmabel ! talk 20:13, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Search of Monuments and places near me which may require a photo upload

Till 30 September you had a link of monuments requiring photo uploads . From 01 October 24 this link is missing . Could you mark those as past events link still usable for photo uploads . As such your mobile application on my 5G android is not much helpful . Based on my location I could have taken off on a weekend route to popular monuments , particularly of temples in Karnataka . Bhachitrak (talk) 04:15, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bhachitrak: I fully believe you that somewhere on one of the millions of pages that make up this site a link was removed, but without knowing anything about which page I have no way to help you. - Jmabel ! talk 20:14, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am relating to a September24 project seeking monument photographs in India 2409:40C0:103E:A8CA:8000:0:0:0 01:37, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Bhachitrak: Maybe this?: Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments in India/Upload -- Asclepias (talk) 01:52, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes . This is it . Most grateful 2409:40C0:103E:A8CA:8000:0:0:0 04:27, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PDF book preview does not work

Hello,

I have noticed that several books which I uploaded time ago can not be displayed by the Commons PDF media viewr. I have already tried to purge the file pages / cash but it did not help. Can anyone help me, please?

These are the files:

Adelslexikon der preussischen Monarchie, II. Band (L–M), 1856.pdf

File:Emilian von Źernicki-Szeliga. 1900. Der polnische Adel und die demselben hinzugetretenen andersländischen Adelsfamilien. General-verzeichniss.pdf

File:Joannis Dlugossi Historiae Polonicae Liber XII. T. 2..pdf

File:Список студентов Императорскаго Новороссийскаго университета, осень, 1896-1897.pdf

File:Список чинам ведомства Министерства юстиции 1916 года, исправленный по 1 января, ч. 2 (Губернские учреждения).pdf

File:Памятная книжка Новгородской губернии на 1913 год.pdf

File:Памятная книжка Новгородской губернии на 1914 год.pdf

Thank you! Angel Miklashevsky (talk) 14:15, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Angel Miklashevsky I clicked the first one and it worked fine for me. Maybe it's your browser settings? Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 01:28, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is somewhat common after you initially upload a PDF. Try purging and this will almost always fix it. All files display properly on my end. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 10:58, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Koavf, thank you for the advice. Almost all files work now except this one: File:Emilian von Źernicki-Szeliga. 1900. Der polnische Adel und die demselben hinzugetretenen andersländischen Adelsfamilien. General-verzeichniss.pdf. When I purge the cash, it loads the first 3 pages, but when I move forwards, the media player fails... :/ Any solutions?

pubblicazione di una foto errata sul sito Duc de Rohan di Wikipedia

Vorrei che venisse cancellata la foto pubblicata sulla pagina di Wikipedia dedicata a Henri II Duc di Rohan (1579-1638) in quanto detta foto è di un quadro di mia proprietà che raffigura Armand Jean du Plessis Cardinal de Richelieu (1585-1642) che non ha nulla a che vedere con il Duc de Rohan. Qualsiasi immagine antica del Duca è completamente distante da quella del Card. di Richelieu anche pubblicata come tale sulla copertina del libro di Sylvie Taussig "Richelieu" Ed. Gallimard 2017. Non so come mettermi in contatto con Voi e spero che possiate darmi un aiuto e rimuovere tale immagine che danneggia molto il dipinto in possesso della mia famiglia alla quale non è stato mai richiesto nessun permesso di pubblicazione di tale foto su Wikipedia. Attendo un contatto in merito e ringrazio anticipatamente. 77.39.172.78 22:32, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming this is about File:Henri de Rohan.jpg, (which is used to depict Henri de Rohan on several WP:s) per [1] you're right, that picture is the Cardinal. Ameisenigel, I see you were the last to edit it, do you wish to comment? It seems we should move the picture and fix Wikidata, to start with. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have added the depicts statement because this picture was used to illustrate the related Wikidata item. If this is wrong, then we should a) rename the file b) move the image to the correct Wikidata item and c) change the depicts statement on Commons. --Ameisenigel (talk) 11:31, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The source of the image is no longer available, but is archived here. The description is CLAUDE DÉRUET (attrib. à), circa 1627-1629 Portrait du Cardinal de Richelieu en Commandeur des armées françaises so "Henri de Rohan" appears to be an error. TSventon (talk) 15:44, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
At least one other auction house describes this painting as a portrait of Richelieu, commander of the French army at the siege of La Rochelle, oil on paper laid on canvas, attributed to Claude Deruet.[2] The similarity of the descriptions points to a common source, which may have been the owner, who has an interest in describing it in terms most likely to attract high bids. Another auction house, which sold an almost identical painting (at an unknown date, but apparently earlier than 2022) for a mere € 1.250, offered a very different description and attribution, in which this is the portrait of an anonymous gentleman, executed by an anonymous painter from the circle of Frans Pourbus the Younger.[3] I don't know which of the two is more plausible, and possibly one is a copy of tbe other by a different artist, but auction houses, like the owners offering goods for sale, have an interest in achieving high highest bids and are not necessarily the most reliable experts.  --Lambiam 18:55, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting. Fwiw, none of these claim it's the Duc. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:59, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Notification pour User:Châtillon, qui en connaît vraisemblablement davantage sur le sujet. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:02, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

San José Sánchez del Río

Buenas,se puede publicar fotografías de San José Sánchez del Rio (murió en 1928)? Era militar y mártir Mexicano durante la Guerra Cristera AbchyZa22 (talk) 08:43, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Videos of Hurricane Helene aftermath free licensed on Flickr

I notice that an Asheville, North Carolina area Flickr user Bill McMannis has uploaded a few videos of the effects of Hurricane Helene under free licenses that I think would be useful additions to Commons. Could a user experienced in video transfer from Flickr please upload them? Thanks, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 17:03, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Infrogmation: Hi, could you please be more specific about what you're trying upload (which videos)?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:12, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
How about [4], [5], [6], [7], [8] Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:18, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

This video in youtube

DmQaJVcWC4

SATU HARI DI HARI Raya (feat. Tun Dr Siti Hasmah)

Can I upload it? The video has creative common, but because it has music, I’m not sure if I can upload it. Baginda 480 (talk) 16:49, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Comment The video is no longer on YouTube. Because it appears to be a music video, it is probably  NOT OK to be put on Commons. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 16:54, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why is change.org blocked in hyperlink?

Why am I not able to add change.org as a hyperlink in a wiki page for an official petition? The Chez Lord (talk) 17:41, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because commons is not a wiki, and change.org is not an image hosting site for images that have commons compatible licences. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 18:13, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Commons is absolutely a wiki. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:33, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
this still doesn't answer my question, i'm asking why i can't put it in a wiki page. It says that someone blacklisted it for some reason? it gave no reasoning. The Chez Lord (talk) 19:53, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Because Commons is not an encyclopedia, We have no reason to allow change.org to be linked here. It's only used for vandalism/attack articles. Very, very few petitions are notable enough to have an article about them. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 21:24, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I need it for a petition i made about a new language that should be implemented as an official language. The Chez Lord (talk) 18:23, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how to contact support

i want to upload something about my company AdazPaperLiveLearning (talk) 10:48, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AdazPaperLiveLearning: Wikimedia Commons is not the place to advertise about your company. However if you can upload content with educational value under a free license, you are welcome. Yann (talk) 10:55, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:IO2A4800.tif

Uploader claims the photo is copyrighted. If that is the case, it should be removed. Polygnotus (talk) 06:06, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done Please see Commons:Deletion requests/File:IO2A4800.tif. Yann (talk) 08:00, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: Thanks. I believe the other uploads by the same user should also be deleted (e.g. see here, where they claim another of their uploads is also copyrighted). Polygnotus (talk) 04:36, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see that Commons:Deletion requests/File:HLStudioCOPY.jpg was created. Please do the same for the third image. Yann (talk) 09:02, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki photo contest of Historical Sites

Where do we find the guidelines and information? We have photos to upload on the Historic Coming Street Cemetery in Charleston South Carolina. Lovinghistory2024 (talk) 14:34, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lovinghistory2024: You are probably thinking of Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 in the United States. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:11, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading logos of defunct retail chains for Wikipedia articles

Is it okay to upload logos I've recreated for retail chains that no longer exist? I had to browse newspaper archives to even find them as many of these chains have been defunct for many years. March8613 (talk) 18:37, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To upload them here, you'll need to confirm that they're out of copyright in the US and in their country of origin (see Commons:Copyright rules by territory); simpler logos might be covered under {{PD-textlogo}}. If the logos aren't allowed here, you can probably upload them to Wikipedia following their rules for non-free content. —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 19:05, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I assume that when CalendulaAsteraceae say "Wikipedia", they mean the English-language Wikipedia. Each Wikipedia has its own rules for this sort of thing. - Jmabel ! talk 21:16, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. You can find other Wikipedias' policies in the Languages sidebar of the page I linked (e.g. w:fr:Wikipédia:Exceptions au droit d'auteur). —CalendulaAsteraceae (talk • contribs) 21:30, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Редагування статей

Де шукати вікісховище? 88igor88 (talk) 19:57, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In case you are refering to Wikipedia, go to en.wikipedia.org for english Wikipedia or uk.wikipedia.org for ukranian Wikipedia. --Túrelio (talk) 20:35, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editing on Cellphone

hi. I'm edited some pages using a cellphone. Want to add legal photos. Don't seem to have the drop-down menu available. Any tool I can use? Thanks in advance y'all! Pundit02 (talk) 20:24, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Pundit02: } I'm not sure what you mean by a "legal photo." Are you talking about uploading to Commons, or adding photos already on Commons to articles on a sister project such as the English-language Wikipedia?
If you are trying to upload to Commons from an Android, see Commons:Mobile app. I'm not aware of an iPhone equivalent. - Jmabel ! talk 21:21, 9 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Try editing in desktop view/mode. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:44, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hochladen eines Bildes - Einverständniserklärung des Fotografen ist erhältlich

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren. Ich möchte ein von mir gemachtes Portrait in meinem Wikipedia Artikel laden. Zuvor heißt es: Bitte auf Wiki Commons hochladen. Das habe ich nun mit dem Hochlade Assistenten versucht und bin überhaupt nicht damit klar gekommen. Denn ich musste angeben, dass das Bild nicht von mir selber stammt und ohne entsprechende Einverständiserklärung nicht hochgeladen werden darf. Ich habe mir aber vorab vom Urheber eine Einverständniserklärung geben lassen, die ich auf vorlegen kann. Nur, es wird nirgendwo genannt, wo ich diese denn hochladen oder zu Beweis bringen kann. Es tut mir leid, Ihnen Umstände zu machen, aber Ihr System ist einfach unglaublich kompliziert, zwar alles gut gemeint, aber für einen Laien einfach nicht zu verstehen. Deshalb bitte ich Sie um genaue Anleitung in dieser Sache. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Cornelia Kreitmeier Trembling Rosetta (talk) 15:42, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Trembling Rosetta: Leider genügt es nicht, Ihnen eine Einverständniserklärung zu geben. Sie müssen diese dem Commons geben. Siehe Commons:Support-Team (auf Deutsch). - Jmabel ! talk 16:21, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Entschuldigen Sie bitte die Umstände und vielen Dank für die Hilfe. Dann schicke ich erst das Bild samt der Einverständniserklärung zu Commons? Trembling Rosetta (talk) 13:37, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Trembling Rosetta: Haben Sie Commons:Support-Team gelesen? «…lade das Bild hoch und füge den Tag {{Permission pending|year=2024|month=October|day=15}} („Genehmigung steht aus“) als Zugabe zur Lizenz hinzu. Die Lizenz ist die getroffene Auswahl des/der Urheberrechtsinhaber(s). ¶ Bitte den Autor anschließend, die E-Mail mit seiner eindeutigen Erlaubniserklärung an permissions-commons@wikimedia.org zu senden, einschließlich der vollständigen Kopfzeile und jeglicher zuvor ausgetauschter Korrespondenz mit dir und einem Link zu dem Bild auf Commons…» - Jmabel ! talk 18:36, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

neue Version eines Fotos laden & Umbenennung

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren. Ich möchte ein Bild, das bereits in meinem wikipedia Artikel erschienen ist, d.h., es ist ordungsgemäß durch die Urheber zur Veröffentlichung freigegeben, erneuern. Der Fotograf hat das Bild nochmal überarbeitet und bittet um Austausch bei Gelegenheit. Außerdem möchte ich es auch umbenennen, Ort und Jahreszahl angeben. Nur finde ich leider nicht, wie und ob sich dieser Vorgang machen läßt. Bitte um Anleitung in diesem Fall. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Cornelia Kreitmeier Trembling Rosetta (talk) 15:45, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Können Sie genauer erklären, wie es überarbeitet war? Einige Änderungen erlauben ein Überschreiben, andere nicht. Es wäre sehr hilfreich, wenn Sie das oder die spezifischen Commons-Bilder, über die Sie sprechen, verlinken würden. - Jmabel ! talk 16:25, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hier ist das Bild, das ich auswechseln will. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conny_Kreitmeier#/media/Datei:Conny_Kreitmeier.jpg. Es ist lediglich etwas dunkler vom Hintergrund gemacht worden. Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Cornelia Kreitmeier Trembling Rosetta (talk) 13:35, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Trembling Rosetta: (Mit etwas Hilfe von Google Translate:) Ich würde vorschlagen, dass Sie beim Überarbeiten eines Bildes, das jemand anderes im Grunde zur Verwendung hier gespendet hat, die Version unverändert lassen und unter einem eindeutigen Dateinamen hochladen. - Jmabel ! talk 18:44, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Error when trying to confirm promotion a QI candidate

Hi,

I'm trying to submit and confirm a QI candidate for promotion.

When I click "confirm", I get the following popup message "API returned error code 'missingparam' : At least one of the parameters "text", "appendtext", "prependtext" and "undo" is required."

The popup quickly fades away, but the confirm page simply hangs without actually promoting.

I also tried to add a comment (rather than promoting) to the image that I was trying to promote, but I get the same error.

I'd like to "experiment" and see if I get the same error with other QI candidates, but I'd prefer not to cavalierly submit recommendations on that page.

I can see that this error has been noted before by User:Plozessor (Commons:Quality images candidates/Archives December 17 2023), but unclear what the issue was.


Anyway, If anyone has suggestions, please let me know.


TYVM Pdanese (talk) 19:02, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of tauskrone

Har du bild ee Josoervi (talk) 11:12, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Google translates the above, from Swedish, as "Do you have a picture?" Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:18, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.instagram.com/magasinetbunad/p/CmQk7-SsSJ8/?img_index=1, not free-licensed, appears to be the only other page on the Internet that uses the word "tauskrone". I have no idea (1) whether the word is at all well established, or possibly should be spelled differently, (2) how specific the word might be to the headdress on that page. If we have one, we do not have it under that name. - Jmabel ! talk 18:49, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Buher

Why my picture cant not upload to the page Budi Hermanto?is there a problem with my image? Gundengs (talk) 13:48, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gundengs: We need evidence that you have the right to license your uploaded pictures.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:07, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Odetta

why are Odetta's children not mentioned as participating at her memorial? they are Boots Jaffee and Michelle Esrick 2605:59C8:5027:CB10:3169:9652:6095:C595 18:03, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Raj 2409:40C0:59:9A26:8000:0:0:0 20:52, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there some particular place where you think they should be mentioned but aren't? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 23:02, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Which is to say: are you sure this is a question for Wikimedia Commons, or is there some article on another site you are asking about? - Jmabel ! talk 18:50, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Videos of presidents of the United States by name by year

Category:Videos of presidents of the United States by name by year

Should "from" or "in" be used for the subcategory titles? Trade (talk) 12:51, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In terms of meaning, it doesn't matter; consistency is probably what is important here. - Jmabel ! talk 18:52, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fernando Ortiz photo

Hi I would like to use a picture of the Cuban Scholar Fernanfo Oritz for his wikipedia page in english and spanish. I have found a photo that has this licence "photograph of a Cuban stamp c. 1981 with an image of Fernando Ortiz, © Mark Markau/123rf.com" that is the cover of this book Fernando Ortiz: Caribbean and Mediterranean Counterpoints, edited by Stephan Palmié, is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode. I know the book has a CC BY-NC-ND licence but I am not sure about the image. The image is also a stamp so I don't know if I can use it. Dupont96 (talk) 14:01, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Dupont96: Com:Cuba suggests that a 1981 Cuban postage stamp is still in copyright both in Cuba and the USA, so cannot be uploaded to Commons. Copyright in the book is irrelevant, and there is no new copyright in photographing a 2D object like a stamp.
Oritz is long-dead, so you may be able to use the image that was used on the stamp on en.Wikipedia, under that project's fair use criteria (es.Wikipedia does not allow such images). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:06, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

what is the rule on uploading images from youtube videos?

the deal is that one of the chemistry youtubers i watch just released a new video in which there is footage of the chemical fluorine peroxide. this chemical does not have a picture on wikipedia, so I'm asking if i can upload an image from the video on here in order to be used on the wikipedia article or if i have to ask for permission from the video maker first. Terrarian9111 (talk) 14:35, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Terrarian9111: It's the same as for any other image (or media) - is it under a compatible licence, or free from copyright for some other reason? Questions like this are easier to answer definitively if you tell us which video. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:51, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
it is this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-g5-LJ5KZM Terrarian9111 (talk) 16:01, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Terrarian9111 That video appears to have been released under a standard YouTube license, which is too restrictive for Commons. Generally, 100% original YouTube content (i.e. not a derivative work) that is OK for Commons will be licensed as "Creative Commons Attribution Required License (allows reuse)". Somewhere in the video's description (click "See more") there should be something that indicates "License: Creative Commons Attribution Required License (allows reuse)". This is actually a hyperlink to another page with more details. So, unless you're able to find something along those lines in the video's description, neither the video nor any screenshots taken from it should be uploaded to Commons, unless you're able to get the video creator's COM:CONSENT. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:43, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Alright thanks for the info, I’ll try and contact the video creator for permission Terrarian9111 (talk) 06:34, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dating Material

Please date-stamp materials with the time of submission. Somewhere close to the title of the material is preferred or at the onset of the submission. Thank you for this wonderful work! 2601:2C5:4184:B740:40DF:9947:D4BE:660F 12:22, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who is this addressed to, and submission to what? - Jmabel ! talk 18:53, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Government of Argentina images

Are Government of Argentina (federal government) images in the public domain? There are multiple resources online (including in Wikipedia) on Argentine copyright law but the ones I've read do not specifically address federal government images. I'd like to use a photo from this news release by Argentina's Ministry of the Economy in a Wikipedia article and would very much appreciate any guidance. Thanks!

https://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/renault-argentina-anuncia-una-inversion-de-usd-350-millones-para-producir-una-pick-de-media Rvammx15 (talk) 13:33, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rvammx15: See Com:Argentina and come back here if you still have questions. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:27, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Categories post-move

Hi. I recently moved Category:Logos of Dart (programming language) to Category:Dart logos, and for some reason the old title appears as a subcategory of the new one. Is this normal behavior? Thanks. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 14:40, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. BTW, I don't think the move was good one, as the new name might be taken to mean "logos including a dart-shaped object". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:25, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Or the logo of the Dodge Dart. - Jmabel ! talk 15:38, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Good point. Should I move the category back, or would a different disambiguated title be more appropriate? '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 10:32, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@CanonNi: the original seemed fine to me. To be honest, I have no idea why you moved it. I say move it back but I don't think you, as a non-admin, can delete the redirect. Any objection to my moving it back? - Jmabel ! talk 15:10, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

本人照片

上传本人照片如何需要什么版权说明 A1f2a (talk) 16:38, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi A1f2a. There's information about this in COM:CONSENT. That page also has non-English versions. Just click on the link at the top for your preferred language. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:28, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alphonse Maiorino

I am looking for information about Allphonse Maiorino he is my great graandfather. 68.192.172.158 18:07, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP 68.192.172.158. This help desk is for asking questions about Wikimedia Commons: it's not really set up to answer general help questions like the one you've asked. The only thing I could suggest would be for you to try an Internet search of the name "Alphonse Maiorino" (using Google or Yahoo! perhaps) and see if you find anything about your great-grandfather. Other than that, you're only alternative might be to ask members of your family if they know anything about him. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:25, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help about publishing a photo

Hi, a relative who is an artist and professional photographer has asked me to add to his wikipedia biographical page a photo of him that he has taken himself. I am not sure which type of licence I should use when uploading it to Commons. My relative is happy for this photo to be reused by anyone. Would someone have any pointers please? Lalunanelcielo (talk) 20:03, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lalunanelcielo. Does you're question have to do with en:Antonio Martinelli? If it does, then you should also familiarize yourself with en:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest given you're relationship with Martinelli. In principle, you shouldn't be editing or creating content on English Wikipedia about people you're related to; I've added some information about this to your Wikipedia user talk page for reference. Commons, however, is more concerned with the copyright status of the content it hosts, and not as concerned about whatever connection you may have to said content's creator. So, if the photo you want to upload meets COM:L, there should be no issue.
The copyright holder of a photo is typically considered to be the person who takes it, and Commons is going to need some way of formally verifying that said person either (1) has previously released/published the photo under a copyright license that Commons accepts or (2) is agreeing to release the photo under such a license; in other words, Commons needs some way of formally verifying the copyright holder's COM:CONSENT. There's some more general information on this in Commons:First steps and some more specific details in Commons:Volunteer Response Team, but the best thing would probably be to ask your relative to upload the photo themselves with complete COM:EXIF data in as high of a resolution as they're comfortable with using Commons:Upload Wizard to upload the file and Commons:Wikimedia VRT release generator to verify their copyright ownership. As long as the photo hasn't been previously published under a license that's too restrictive for Commons, things should be fine. Once the file has been uploaded and it's copyright status verified, the file can be added to Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:20, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2 questions regarding the public domain

(Posted this to Wikipedia:Teahouse first, hence why most of the links are red: Wikipedia:Teahouse#2 questions regarding the public domain)

I am currently attempting to determine when exactly the oldest feature-length animated films (I will add more films to this list later, but for now let's stick with the 7 listed here) will become public domain in three jurisdictions:

From my understanding, for a file to be allowed on Wikimedia commons, it is required to be in the public domain (or freely licensed) in both the United States and (if its mother country is somewhere other than the United States) its mother country. Meanwhile, for a file to be allowed on the English-language Wikipedia, it is only required to be in the public domain (or freely licensed) in the United States, even if it is still copyrighted in its mother country. (I need to know if these works are (or when they will be) public domain in Canada because I wish to caption/subtitle these works and upload them to my YouTube channel, and I need to make certain that my doing so will be legally above-board.)

In my attempts to determine the copyright/public domain status of these films, I have realized the sheer complexity of this topic. If anyone more knowledgeable on this stuff could answer these two (somewhat interconnected) questions with some degree of certainty, it would make my endeavour much more straightforward:

1. Who is/are considered the "author(s)" of a film (i.e. a work created by many people working together). Is it the director(s)? The writer(s)? The producer(s)? Some combination of these? If so, which of them? I know I've seen copyright tags on files that say something to the effect of "the last author of this work died in 19xx, so this work is in the public domain in countries with a copyright term of life + yy years of shorter", so are the authors a combination of the above people, and when the last one of them dies, then the copyright last for however many decades? If the director(s) is/are the author(s), do "sequence directors" (as listed in the credits of many old Disney films) count? Is it the studio(s)? If so, how does the "life + x years" copyright term apply, given that companies don't generally die?

2. What is "joint authorship" in terms of copyright law? In regards to the rule of the shorter term, Canada's entry here reads "Yes [Canada applies the rule] for foreign works of joint authorship, except for countries party to the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement, i.e. U.S. and Mexico". Clearly, written works with multiple listed authors would fall under the definition of "joint authorship", but if a film has one author, does the rule of the shorter term not apply to that film?

After writing all that out, I'm starting to realize that I have many more than 2 questions. Any help at all is greatly appreciated.

Thanks — Toast for Teddy (talk) 23:44, 14 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to change my company logotype

We underwent a rebranding in 2019 and I would like to change logotype of our company on Wikipedia. Can someone assist me with that? Olgagod2024 (talk) 11:17, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Olgagod2024 What WP-article and can you link a page with the logo? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:00, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Olgagod2024: "Please upload the new logo as a separate file. We keep old logos as historical documents. You can edit the description to explain the reason, and link to the new logo." (per Yann)   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:08, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G., yeah, but many logos has to be en-WP locally uploaded, (unless they're very simple like File:Enhanced Games logo.jpg) assuming it's en-WP we're talking about. And if so, the old logo is not kept. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:11, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: Some enwiki articles on organizations have logo etc. history sections, like en:New York Yankees#Logos and uniforms, and due to main article length there are even whole pages like en:Logos and uniforms of the New York Yankees, so I dispute your the old logo is not kept. I uploaded File:Yankees logo.png from 1913, which was used from 1913 - 1935, 16 years ago, and it survived Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Yankees logo.png.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:53, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G. Yes, but in your example, the logos are on Commons, not en-WP, because they're PD. Very rarely, if at all, will you see several non-free logos in a WP-article. IMO it's unlikely the OP:s old logo is PD, but it might be (or the very simple kind, then we can have it on Commons). But if it's an update of something like this[9], the old logo will not be kept on en-WP, it will be automatically deleted after awhile for not being in an article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:06, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: The question was asked here on Commons, so I assume the old logo is here. We on Commons don't remove old logos simply because they are old or unused.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:09, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We'll find out, perhaps. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:11, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hola Me ronaron cuenta de WhatsApp

Me ronaron cuenta de WhatsApp 46.6.152.58 12:59, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Por favor ayúdenme a robar información. 46.6.152.58 13:01, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No puede imaginar ninguna pertenencia de esta pregunta a Wikimedia Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 18:58, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Photochallenge bleu and yellow

Hello I wanted to upload a picture for yellow and blue photochallenge. But I’did something wrong I think bbi don’t know where to upload it Reb-Elza-Art (talk) 15:24, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Reb-Elza-Art: so what help are you requesting? And can you link to something about the "challenge"? This is the first I've heard of it. - Jmabel ! talk 19:01, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Reb-Elza-Art: and @Jmabel: - It's here:Commons:Photo challenge. -- Deadstar (msg) 19:04, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Then as long as it is uploaded to Commons, it is just matter of adding it to the gallery on that page (Commons:Photo challenge). - Jmabel ! talk 19:11, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Reb-Elza-Art: Firstly, upload your image as you have done with others previously, using the "Upload wizard". Then (and only then), can you edit the gallery page, as advised above, to include it. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:21, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading Photo

How do I upload a photo to a specific Wikipedia entry page? Thank you for any help you can provide. Mdw1011002 (talk) 17:21, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mdw1011002: What page?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:24, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am trying to replace the 2020 photo on "Herbie J Pilato" with an updated photo from today. Mdw1011002 (talk) 17:34, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Mdw1011002: I assume you want to use File:New NOW HJP Pic.png. I hope you are being accurate in saying that is entirely your own work. Please add appropriate categories to it.
I assume you wish to edit Herbie J Pilato, and that the file you wish to replace is File:Herbie Pilato (2020).jpg.
If you use the text form of editing Herbie J Pilato (not the visual editor) it should be very obvious what you have to change. Look for "image =". - Jmabel ! talk 19:07, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The new mage was previously published here, in September 2024. Tagged as a copyvio. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:12, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For those who walking along the rail tracks, I would like to understand why they are tourists?

This picture shows a group of people walking along the rail tracks. And they seemed like pedestrians, not tourists. Even so, the file mover still agreed to rename it to new title: "Tourists walking on Sankeng Creek Steel Bridge to Pingxi Station 20130213". I was confused because I started to wonder if I had misunderstand the word "tourist". For those who walking along the rail tracks, I would like to understand why they are tourists. Can anyone explain?--125.230.84.133 17:32, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also, this: File:Tourists walking on Sankeng Creek Steel Bridge 20130213.jpg.--125.230.84.133 17:36, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do we need to rename this two files again? For example, File:Tourists walking on Sankeng Creek Steel Bridge to Pingxi Station 20130213.jpg move to File:Pedestrians walking on Sankeng Creek Steel Bridge to Pingxi Station 20130213.jpg.--125.230.84.133 17:42, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can this possibly be important enough to waste any time thinking about? - Jmabel ! talk 19:09, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
File:Tourists walking on Sankeng Creek Steel Bridge to Pingxi Station 20130213.jpg was previously called "2013-02-13 tourists on the Pingxi Line.jpg", so the filemover didn't add the word "tourists". And File:Tourists walking on Sankeng Creek Steel Bridge 20130213.jpg has never been renamed at all. So I think you'd need to ask SSJF01 or Solomon203, who uploaded the files and chose the work word "tourists". --bjh21 (talk) 19:22, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Borrar archivo de mi autoría

Por favor, he subido un archivo de mi autoría (Alfareros de Tetuán.jpg) que quiero borrar por contener datos personales. Vadillo19 (talk) 21:12, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Puede contactarse con un miembro del equipo de supresión por correo (oversight-commons@lists.wikimedia.org). Commons:Oversight/es muestra los detalles. Rubýñ (Scold) 01:24, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Vadillo19: Lo que Rubýñ surgiere es ecesivo. O sobreescribe con un versión que no contiene los datos personales esos y entonces pide que borramos el archivo original, o déjame saber qué necesita eliminaré y yo puedo hacerlo. - Jmabel ! talk 05:35, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Gracias @Jmabel. Por favor, puede borrar el archivo File:Alfareros de Tetuán.jpg. Vadillo19 (talk) 07:56, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: ¿Puede borrar el archivo File:Alfareros de Tetuán.jpg?. Muchas gracias. Vadillo19 (talk) 07:59, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, reading the description on COM:Oversight (non-public personal information), I thought this is the kind of things it is meant for. My mistake. Rubýñ (Scold) 17:36, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Rubýñ: I don't think there was anything here that needs to be hidden from administrators. - Jmabel ! talk 18:41, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The artist died in 2012, so the depicted painting is still in copyright. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:47, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the owner of the painting as well as the photo Vadillo19 (talk) 13:03, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Owning an artwork does not mean that you own its copyright. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:19, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The ownership of the copyright is mine because I am the heir of the author. Vadillo19 (talk) 13:36, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Vadillo19: Why then did you claim this as your "own work" and self-licensed? That has really confused the matter. You will need to go through the process described at COM:VRT or COM:VRT/es to clarify that situation (explaining who you are and what is your relation to the artist; the correspondence will remain confidential). Once it is sorted out, you will need to attribute the work correctly, and in the intention is cc-by-4.0, you need {{Cc-by-4.0-heirs}}, not {{self|cc-by-4.0}} - Jmabel ! talk 15:44, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification and support Vadillo19 (talk) 15:54, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

para subir un artículo debe tener extención doc?

para subir un artículo debe tener extención doc? MCarolina Gallo (talk) 13:00, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Escudos heráldicos creados por ChatGPT (IA)

Buenas ,se puede publicar a Wikimedia escudos heráldicos creados por ChatGPT (IA),por ejemplo si pregunto a ChatGPT para que el bot (ChatGPT) creara un escudo heráldicos y público a Wikimedia? AbchyZa22 (talk) 14:36, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AbchyZa22: ¿Son escudos heráldicos legítimos de entidades que existen en realidad? ¿Conforman a sus blazones heráldicos? Si puede decir sí a ambos, entonces se puede, porque un AI no tiene ninguna derecha de autor, es {{PD-algorithm}}. Si no, entonces están afuera de COM:SCOPE. - Jmabel ! talk 15:50, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel:y si los Escudos no oficiales creados por ChatGPT también es necesario agregar {{PD-algorithm}}?(ejemplo le pedi a ChatGPT para que creara un escudo heráldico (escudo clásico de forma francesa) de Celula T) AbchyZa22 (talk) 18:06, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@AbchyZa22: si la ficha está creado por ChatGPT, es inherentemente {{PD-algorithm}}. ¿Qué pueda ser el alternativo? ¿Que un bot concede una licencia para la obra suya?
Si el escudo es ni oficial, ni basado en un blazón oficial, ¿por qué estaría en el alcance del proyecto de Commons? - Jmabel ! talk 18:50, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel:Si , le pedí a un bot (ChatGPT) para que hiziera una obra mía,pero antes de publicar a Wikimedia es posible agregar "own work"? AbchyZa22 (talk) 19:00, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@AbchyZa22: Obra de ChatGPT no es obra suya. Es obra de una pieza de software, y no hay derechos de autor. Su "prompt" podría posiblemente estar protegido por derechos de autor, si es original y complejo, pero no la imagen resultante.
Otra vez, ¿por qué estaría un escudo fictivo en el alcance del proyecto de Commons? - Jmabel ! talk 08:39, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel:Que significa "prompt"? AbchyZa22 (talk) 10:16, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@AbchyZa22: Su comanda al bot. Y por la tercera vez, ¿por qué estaría un escudo fictivo en el alcance del proyecto de Commons? Jmabel ! talk 15:11, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel:Con respecto a esa pregunta te voy a responder,porque a mi me gusta crear escudos no oficiales creados bajo mi copyright. AbchyZa22 (talk) 15:50, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Self Taken picture results in error for no reason.

We could not determine whether this file is suitable for Wikimedia Commons. Please only upload photos that you took yourself with your camera, or see what else is acceptable. See the guide to make sure the file is acceptable and learn how to upload it on Wikimedia Commons. I got these error after upload my self taken picture of Lianyungang. I've entered the details of the picture and tags. This is my own non copyrighted picture. What did I do wrong? I want this picture to be added to the Lianyungang page. Regards LianIsland. LianIsland (talk) 05:39, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@LianIsland: I'm going to guess you tried a cross-wiki upload, possibly of a low-resolution image or one lacking EXIF data. Try uploading directly to Commons )Special:UploadWizard or Special:Upload, and please provide your full-resolution version of the photo. If you prefer a retouched version, upload that to overwrite the original (but don't do that just to make it smaller, we want the full resolution)! For an example of what I mean about retouch/overwrite, see my recent File:Nicolae Tonitza - Katiuşia Lipoveanca (1926).jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 08:43, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@LianIsland: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photos as a new user. Each jpg photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads smaller photos, they are copyright violations taken from the web. If you took the photos yourself, please upload the full-size originals of them per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photos, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept them, and have the photographer(s) license them on their official websites or social media or send the photos and permissions via VRT with carbon copies to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photos may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. You have also triggered Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes) jpg image as a new user.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:24, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

About uploading pictures

Will I be rewarded for uploading pictures of historical places in Bnagladesh? Rasinka334455 (talk) 07:55, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Rasinka334455: certainly not by Commons. We are all volunteers here.
Is there anything that led you to expect a "reward"? - Jmabel ! talk 08:44, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What about the competition arranged by weeki loves monument? Rasinka334455 (talk) 14:40, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Rasinka334455: your original question did not mention a contest. Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 in Bangladesh does not mention any prizes beyond a certificate and the possibility that for all of Bangladesh ten photos will be submitted to the international WLM. Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2024. https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/awards/ indicates that, from that international contest, ten people in the world will win substantial prizes, ranging from an "up to €300 in in-kind prize" to an "p to €2000 in in-kind prize".
There will be thousands, probably tens of thousands, of participants worldwide, and ten will win prizes of value. If participating is it's own reward, great, but unless you are basically a professional-level photographer, I would guess that you should not have a serious expectation that one of you pictures will be selected as one of the ten best pictures in a world-wide contest. - Jmabel ! talk 15:24, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok I understand.but it was mentioned that all the participants will get e digital certificate. I have also perticipated in the competition. So will get the certificate? Rasinka334455 (talk) 15:45, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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