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Uploaded new version unsucessful

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Hi, I decided to add unblurred higher quality images to a screenshot I uploaded last year.

The Talhenbont Hall floor plan file I added last year has been replaced, but is still showing up as the current image as it's blurred and doesn't zoom in well. I first added a better screenshot of a book, however the image was still blurred. I then unblurred the image, but when I uploaded the new image, it still didn't upload correctly, so I reverted twice without success, and added a new file again, but still the latest uploaded image is of the first original upload of low quality which does not zoom correctly. Any idea please as to why the current image isn't uploaded correctly and is still using the original upload ? Please take a look at this similar image which I uploaded successfully as a newly unblurred upgraded image. Whilst a third image also has the same issue of not fully uploading the newer unblurred screenshot. You just have to compare image sizes, now over 1mb compared to before to see the uploads were successful, just they are not being displayed correctly. Any ideas how to fix this issue please ?? Cltjames (talk) 01:54, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not to worry, please ignore the question. It took about a week for the upload to update, now the image uploaded is represented by the latest version in better quality and without blur. Cltjames (talk) 22:02, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Permission routes?

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Hello I've been reading a lot of help pages (and this forum) and am struggling to find a list of examples of acceptable proof of permission sources. If, for example, you emailed someone and got a response to approve - how would you use that on here?. Trying to figure out the best way to seek permission (to change a person's image) that would be acceptable to your wizard / guidelines etc. Thx. Comedy Nerd77 (talk) 10:49, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Comedy Nerd77: Hi, and welcome. In that case, you would forward the response (preferably with full Internet headers) via VRT with a carbon copy to that someone and mentioning the file URL to be in the loop.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:21, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry - I didn't get an email to notify me of your response(!). Just to be clear - are you saying it needs to be an email from a Management Company or similar? Thank you. Comedy Nerd77 (talk) 10:34, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image upload between countries

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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]

Upload

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ik was mijn foto’s aan uploaden en kreeg melding en alles was weg Reb-Elza-Art (talk) 19:58, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Reb-Elza-Art I can see several uploads here:[1] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:45, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mountain cityscapes?

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I'm lurking around the category Category:Darjeeling and found that some images depict cityscapes on mountains. Since there was no category, I created Category:Mountain cityscapes. Is it correct?

Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs • uploads) 06:00, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My upload doesn't seem to work

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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

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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]

Question by Kai Schlüter

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I would like to upload a file on this page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:J%27accuse...!&action=edit. But it says: The file name is not allowed. How must a file name look like?

Kai Schlüter (talk) 10:04, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Es sollte nicht die komplette Frage in der Überschrift stehen...
Erlaubte Dateitypen findest du hier: Commons:Dateitypen. Wie lautet denn der Dateiname? Magnus (talk) 10:22, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Kai Schlüter: For file naming, please see the page Commons:File naming. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:05, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Duplicate image (1943 flying boat)

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Please forgive me, but having read through pages and pages (& more pages) of instructions regarding duplicate images / deletion requests / deletion policy, I am developing a migraine headache and slowly losing the will to live. It should be a simple case for "speedydeletion", but my head is spinning and I don't feel confident enough to proceed on my own.

Summary (AFAIK); both images come from the same PD source (Imperial War Museum). Both are jpeg, and FYI the photo date is circa 1943. The file descriptions are slightly different, but mostly they cover the same detail.

  • Image #1 is 144kb, was uploaded in 2012, and appears slightly lighter, with poorer contrast, but these are my subjective assessments.
File:IWM-CH14743 Boeing 314 205210663.jpg
  • Image #2 is just 26kb, was uploaded in 2014, is tagged because it is a scan/photocopy (?), is much lower resolution but possibly better contrast.
File:British Overseas Airways Corporation and Qantas, 1940-1945. CH14743.jpg

(apologies for not providing better links, but even my browser is suffering fatigue, and will not pick up the thumbnail links, although adding thumbnails to this discussion page is probably not a good thing)

So, does this instance warrant any kind of discussion, or should I simply tag for speedydeletion and trust the process to pick up the pieces? And where exactly do I place the tag? Am I reading the guidelines too literally, and worrying over every last detail, when the main factor is 26kb versus 144kb?

WendlingCrusader (talk) 13:51, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@WendlingCrusader: Yes, the written rules around deletion of duplicates are a bit of a tangle, so without experience it can be hard to work out how things work. In this case I think the answer is clear: this is not a case for speedy deletion. At least on my browser, the images are very different: File:British Overseas Airways Corporation and Qantas, 1940-1945. CH14743.jpg has much more contrast than File:IWM-CH14743 Boeing 314 205210663.jpg, so the plane is much darker but the background is lighter. That means that COM:CSD#F8 doesn't apply: the newer file is not an exact duplicate of the older one. So if you want a file deleted, you'll need to open a full deletion request for it, following COM:Redundant. Personally, I'd just add each file to the other's "other_versions" and let them both be. --bjh21 (talk) 14:30, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Another day on Wikipedia, and another snippet of useful knowledge gained. I shall follow your advice - Thankyou.
WendlingCrusader (talk) 15:02, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

EU multimedia

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Hello. I have been wondering. So, I have been uploading images from the European Commission as I know those images are okay to upload on to Commons. Recently, I have also seen images from the European Parliament being uploaded under the European Union Government license. So my question is if it's also alright to upload these images as well? There are some images like these ones dating back to 2006 for example, and some even way back to 1995. Are each and every one okay to use? Bakir123 (talk) 20:42, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is this real?

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This picture says it is of a circumcised penis, it looks uncircumcised to me. I'm not formular with foreskin restoration, but I just hope this is not like a fake weight loss picture. FreierAlvin (talk) 21:19, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@FreierAlvin, if you look at Category:Foreskin_restoration, you'll see that the individual has documented their journey with a number of other photographs. Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 00:11, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Searching for Information

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Does anyone know a Professor Sebastian Francis Nunes in St Thomas College Trichur india 2.100.23.0 22:48, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Categorisation question

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What is the best place for a discussion about Commons categories? I am slowly chipping away at tidying and better organizing c:Category:Industrial design and related categories – and, I hope, if successful, improving internal query results for "industrial design" (which, as of today, shows many irrelevant images interspersed with the useful/accurate information). Most of my experience is in English wikipedia and Wikidata, although I do have some useful experience here in Commons too. I'm looking for general technical advice, as well as specific guidance on best practice for category optimisation. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 09:01, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cl3phact0, Maybe Commons:Categories for discussion? Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 16:25, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Use of photos

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I have a photo of mine which I want to use in a wikipedia story (bio) that I contributed to create. The photo or photos have been removed over and over. How can I do it right? It's my photo and I have all the rights and it can be use for public use. How can I put an end to this situation? Montanero2024 (talk) 14:13, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is fascinating because you have only two uploads (File:Mel Granda.jpg stolen from here and File:Carolina Rosario.jpg stolen from here), yet you say "the photo or photos have been removed over and over". (underline added) Bleff, who was blocked for deliberate license laundering, effectively a form of sockpuppetry, also had an interest in these two completely unrelated (journalist and singer) subjects--File:Mel Granda cantante.jpg and File:Carolina Rosario, periodista.jpeg . Should we take this as an admission of sock or meatpuppetry? Эlcobbola talk 14:33, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If I am not mistaken, calling me a case of sock or meat puppetry it's very offensive. I can't admit anything because I have not done anything wrong. I am a decent existing professional and human being who wants to put an end to this situation of garnishing a story with a photo. It sounds very simple, but it has been very frustrating. I hope there is a way to do this without so many problems. Can you teach me how to do it? Can you help me? What can I do? Montanero2024 (talk) 15:43, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Montanero2024, let's pretend for a moment that @Elcobbola did not suggest name you might be acting as a sockpuppet. These are both highly professional pictures, on two very different public individuals' Facebook accounts, with no credit to the photographer. The copyright may belong to the photographer or may have been transferred to the individuals photographed, given that they used them. Are you the photographer who is apparently Josué Ricardo Rivas? Can you prove that via COM:VRT? Unless we get provable authorization from the copyright holder freeing the license in that manner, we cannot host these images. Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 16:22, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I did not name Montanero2024 as a sockpuppet. Please read critically. Эlcobbola talk 16:45, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Edited, but that's completely irrelevant to the point I was making to the user in question. Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 18:01, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. You pinged me. Эlcobbola talk 18:04, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Montanero2024, offensive is misrepresenting yourself to be the author of images that are not yours. Ejsmac, for example, uploaded "your image" in 2023--not once, not twice, but thrice (!!!) How is it that People.com and Univision had "your" image, and did not credit you? Why should we believe your self claim, not theirs? What evidence do you have besides table pounding? Эlcobbola talk 18:04, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you want me to file the RFCU? All the Best -- Chuck Talk 18:16, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am a CU. Ejsmac is Stale; Montanero2024 is Inconclusive. This is likely meatpuppetry for UPE. Эlcobbola talk 18:21, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Montanero2024 I've left a message with the publicist, Josué Ricardo Rivas, that Bleff credited with ownership of these photos, on Instagram. If you in fact, are him or his agent, please direct him to read his message requests there and we can get this matter resolved through appropriate channels without any more activity inappropriate to Wikimedia Commons. Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 18:42, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment I have confirmed that this user is the named journalist/publicist; am awaiting confirmation that he does have the intellectual property rights to the photographs and will direct him how to get those authorizations to COM:VRT. By the way, User:Bleff is not affiliated with him in any way. It seems they were trying to get him to provide the authorization as well. (I don't know anything about whether Ejsmac was, on the other hand) Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 14:42, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Importing caption from image metadata

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The upload wizard will import an image's description from its XMP description (XMP::dc\description\Description). Is there a way to do the same with the caption? One could expect XMP headline (XMP::photoshop\Headline\Headline) or - somewhat wrongly - XMP title (XMP::dc\title\Title) to be candidates, but neither are imported by the wizard. --Cephyr~commonswiki (talk) 16:53, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Arbitrary votes in deletion requests

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I have had two [1 and 2] of my photos marked with a deletion request. On both I have made points for the photo's value. People have made arbitrary statements for deletion and not even addressed my points for the photo's values. [i.e. LevandeMänniska, Dronebogus, A1Cafel] Are photos judged on set criteria or a rubric or by their arbitrary votes? FreierAlvin (talk) 22:09, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of the nudity aspect, these pictures are selfies, and the arguments just seem like every other argument for justifying selfies on Commons. Every selfie is unique and can be used to illustrate all sorts of things. Ultimately for our purposes, it's just additional junk. The fact that we already have a massive abundance of nudes that our people have to look through is simply icing on the cake. Your identity being attached to the selfies is meaningless, unless you happen to be someone who is notable to have a page on Wikipedia. Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 22:30, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I find it sad that you find a nude where identity is not hidden vs. a nude where identity is hidden as equal. FreierAlvin (talk) 23:24, 3 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You are absolutely right in that it is irrelevant to the needs of this project. Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 00:15, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is clearly a vexatious report. The user is yet another exhibitionist who seems to think they have a right to show the world their genitalia just because of X arbitrary reason. There are many things that lack good illustrations on Commons; naked people are not one of those. Dronebogus (talk) 01:16, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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[2]https://www.geni.com/company/terms_of_use I'm not sure what copyright license they use, I'm trying to upload this image to use in my Wikipedia article about him. Tylermack999 (talk) 05:23, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tylermack999 I'm not very familiar with geni.com, all that image page says is "© 2024 Geni.com" which on the face of it says "can't be on Commons". I suppose you could try to ask the geni-uploader for additional info about date and country of origin. However, since the subject is dead, you can consider uploading it on en-WP as a non-free file at WP:FUW and use it as leadimage, BUT you can only do that when your draft is in mainspace (is an actual article). And you need better sources than wikidata for that draft. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:07, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question about editing distorted candidate images licensed by the TSE (Supreme Electoral Court of Brazil)

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Hello everyone,

I have a question regarding some images of candidates that have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons during the election period. Thanks to the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE), which allows the inclusion of candidate photos under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, thousands of images have been added to the platform, which is correct since they are properly licensed.

However, I noticed that some of these images, such as those of Pablo Marçal and his running mate Antonia de Jesus, have visible distortions that affect their quality. Here are the examples:

File:2024 PABLO MARÇAL CANDIDATO PREFEITO SP SAO PAULO TSE (250001978066).jpg and File:2024 ANTONIA DE JESUS CANDIDATO VICE-PREFEITO SP SAO PAULO TSE (250001978067).jpg.

The license states:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license

You are free to:

  • Share – copy, distribute, and transmit the work
  • Adapt – remix, transform, and build upon the material Under the following conditions:
  • Attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.

I understand that, according to this license, I am allowed to adapt the image as long as proper credit is given. However, I had a previous experience with a photo of a U.S. Senate candidate from West Virginia. The image, taken from a YouTube screenshot, was blurry. I used an AI tool to enhance the quality, but my edit was reverted, as community members preferred to keep the original version.

My question is: for these distorted candidate images, can I edit them to improve their visual quality by adjusting proportions and resizing in Photoshop and then upload them as new versions on Wikimedia Commons? Or should I leave them as originally uploaded to avoid possible reversion?

Thank you in advance for your time and any clarification you can provide.

Best regards, Sailoratlantis (talk) 07:52, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe we have a solid policy on AI upscaling or clarifying. I don't see anything about it in COM:AI, but AI improved photograph should be clearly labeled as such, including categorization, and they should generally not be used to substitute for the original image unless it is clear to the end user that it is an AI-improved image. Hopefully we'll get a template for it soon. Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 14:50, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just to be clear, AI "improvements" often winds up distorting the subject in ways that are obvious to some people but not to others, so great care must be used in using these. And they should always be uploaded as separate images to give the end user the possibility of choosing which version they want to use. Bastique ☎ appelez-moi! 14:52, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect Wikidata item associated with a category

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Category:Frida Beckman contains one photo, of a professor by that name. It is associated with a Wikidata item (wikidata:Q19631570), which represents a different person (an actor) by the same name. I've tried to disentangle them by removing the Wikidata infobox from the category, and by removing the Commons category from the Wikidata item, but there has to be something I'm doing wrong because bots always show up to undo my edits! Is this something that can be fixed at Commons, or do I have to try to understand how to split items over at Wikidata? --Bonadea (talk) 20:55, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It seems there's only one bot doing an edit war in the Commons category, after and probably because a human user, User:ZI Jony, reinserted the wrong information in the Wikidata page. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:17, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bonadea and Asclepias, removing a sitelink by IP user and didn’t reconnect to anywhere else consider as vandalism! Bonadea, I'd request you that don’t just remove information if that's not correct, instead find the correct item and move/reconnect into the correct item. However, category and photo linked on correct item (d:Q122890010), and photo added on Frida Beckman's article on Swedish Wikipedia. Regards, ZI Jony (Talk) 02:13, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how do I use a promotional photo in wiki article that was given to media and public

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I have several glossy promotional photos of equipment (one also contains a person) given to media and public in 1980's with permission to use them at the time. They gave them away at trade shows without any copyright markings. They were keen to promote the technology and product. The company that gave the photos away ceased to operate ~ 1981 and was later dissolved. One photo contains an image of a person who is deceased ~ 1991. For purpose of putting the photo with person in a wiki article, the face of the person could be blurred out if there is no way to publish it otherwise. is that OK. . Alternately I could seekl permission from the family to publish. note that This photo is already in circulation on the web and in print because it was a promotional glossy BW photo given to anyone that wanted to use it ~ 1980.

How do I use the photos that are equipment only. Neuperg (talk) 23:24, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In that case, it's unlikely the copyright was registered within five years. Still, it's your responsibility to be certain that's the case. Searching copyright databases from that era can be tricky, but not impossible. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 02:14, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note that I acquired the remaining assets of that company as one of the sucessor companies that last held the assets went through receivership as part of being dissolved. I got a big truckoad of gear as well as a few remaining records and an envelope full of photos and brochures. None of the photos or brochures have copyright markings. Is this information doomed to rot in my archives till I pass away and my kids toss it or is there some way to share it on wiki where the original article is. Neuperg (talk) 15:01, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Neuperg: Hi, and welcome.Please document your purchase via VRT so you may upload with free licenses.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:41, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Neuperg: Which country did this occur in, and in which country were the images taken and first published? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:22, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PDF book preview does not work

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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?

There is one error with the forms above. Correct the error, and try submitting again.

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I'm getting this error while trying to upload photos to Wiki Loves Monuments Contest 2024. Going back to all the uploads i can see no errors highlighted beside any of the photos, none of the photos have a titles that are used before. Please help me identify where the error is coming from. Harby6020 (talk) 16:39, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Sannita (WMF), as this seems Upload Wizard related.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:42, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Harby6020 This is a problem we're already aware of, we're working on it but it's taking time. I hope to bring good news soon. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 17:59, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know the date of creation

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I want to upload a file from doi.org (atom.png), but I don't know when the image was published or created, but it's forcing me to add the creation date. Electrou (talk) 19:23, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can enter, for example, {{Other date|<|2020}} (or simply write "before 2020"), or {{circa|2020}}. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:18, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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

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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 [3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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

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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]

how to create a page in wikipedia

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how to create a page in wikipedia DPRMSKGP (talk) 10:40, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is not Wikipedia, this is Wikimedia Commons. Try asking on the Wikipedia for your preferred language. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:16, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can't upload photos

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I keep getting this message "There is one error with the form above. Correct the error, and try submitting again", but there's no error? NCSherrie (talk) 16:08, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you be more specific? What form are you using? Is one or more field on the form marked in red when you try uploading? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:56, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please see a few sections above, the section Commons:Help desk#There is one error with the forms above. Correct the error, and try submitting again.. However, no solution was provided by the person who replied there. Maybe you could try with a different upload form? -- Asclepias (talk) 17:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Videos of Hurricane Helene aftermath free licensed on Flickr

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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 [6], [7], [8], [9], [10] Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:18, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a collection

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I want to create a collection of images under a theme. It's an archive I want to build. How do I do that? EngProff (talk) 06:37, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Documents

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Can I upload documents? In this case, a protocol from a Swedish sports association that was formed in 1973. I want to be able to refer to this document in an article JerryKB (talk) 12:33, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As long as it meets the project scope, yes. I routinely upload journal articles and books here. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 12:37, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
an the documents be in PDF? JerryKB (talk) 12:44, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. Please do actually read that page. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 12:46, 7 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JerryKB: It sounds like you want to upload this document so that you can cite it as a source for some Wikipedia article; there, however, is no need for you to do such a thing as explained in en:WP:PUBLISHED and en:WP:PUBLISH. English Wikipedia doesn't require that sources be available online; it only requires that they be (1) reliable (as defined by English Wikipedia), (2) published and (3) reasonably accessible so that they can be verified. If this document can be accessed for verification by someone who wants to make a reasonable effort to do so, then that's enough for Wikipedia; if, on the other hand, the document is part of a private collection or is maintained in a way that makes verifying it quite hard, then it doesn't have much value to Wikipedia as reliable source and probably shouldn't be cited as such.
Finally, printed matter such as personal letters, organizational documents, etc. can also be eligible for copyright protection depending upon the copyright laws of the country of first publication. Commons can only host the content if it's within the public domain or its copyright holder has released it under an acceptable free license. If neither of these two things can be verified, you shouldn't upload the document. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:20, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks for the comprehensive answer. I received this document, copy (among other documents) in my capacity as a board member of the organization. I intend to upload the document in my blog, so then the rules have been followed if I understand you correctly JerryKB (talk) 03:37, 8 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

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This video in youtube

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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?

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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]

how to contact support

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

Image is missing (or not visible)

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Maybe more of a mystery than a problem ... I uploaded the image File:Volvo C202 Kirseberg.jpg yesterday. I put it in Category:Volvo C202. After logging out it happens when looking at Category:Volvo C202 my image is missing (or not visible). Not least when looking at that category on my IPad. Yet still looking at the Ipad, I can see my image in the other categories I put it in. Thanks! Lars A (talk) 09:56, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lars A Could this be a Wikipedia:Bypass your cache related problem? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:31, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for replying! Now I looked again. I normally use Ubuntu and Firefox and now, remaining logged out, looking at Category:Volvo C202, my image is invisible or missing. Your suggestion is to re-dowload the page, afresh. I try that both on the Ipad and on Firefox with nothing happening. Image still missing. I'm not an expert at all, but if this was the cause, how is it then that once I log on in Firefox my image is suddenly visible? The category looks just the same, only after logging on there are now instead of 11 images, 12 images visible, mine included. Lars A (talk) 13:30, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Again: it's a caching problem, it will work itself out. - Jmabel ! talk 14:34, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I understand. Thanks! Lars A (talk) 16:24, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I provide WikiLeaks with information about Arab and Islamic civilization, their achievements and their scholars?

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I want to provide your leading platform with scientific and historical information about the Arab and Islamic civilization, their achievements, their scholars, etc. Allahrabby (talk) 14:00, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WikiLeaks always needs to update the information uploaded to it, and to verify its truthfulness and reliability, in order to be a credible scientific encyclopedia that adds great confidence to users. Therefore, I hope that those in charge of it will always work periodically and at regular intervals to update the information and review its contents to ensure its truthfulness, accuracy and conformity with reliable historical information. Allahrabby (talk) 14:10, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is the help desk for Wikimedia Commons. Please contact that website directly, though I doubt they are interested in any of the above.
 ∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 14:19, 10 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hochladen eines Bildes - Einverständniserklärung des Fotografen ist erhältlich

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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]

neue Version eines Fotos laden & Umbenennung

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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]

Error when trying to confirm promotion a QI candidate

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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]

Caching issue or more?

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At File:Ștefan Luchian self-portrait (1900-1905).jpg, I can't see the main image. Replicated in 2 different browsers (logged in in Firefox, not logged in in Microsoft Edge). Does it work for others, or is there a deeper problem? If it's deeper, any idea what to do about it? - Jmabel ! talk 09:23, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For me no problem in Firefox or Safari (MacOS 12.7.6). Wouter (talk) 10:16, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: Works for me in Chrome on Win10.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:01, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Still not working for me after every purge/refresh I know, but if it's working for others I won't worry about it. - Jmabel ! talk 11:29, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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@Jeff G. 103.124.227.152 21:57, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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