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Regarding Image of Children on Commons

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File:Children of Punjab.jpg ('File' or 'Image')

This image depicts identifiable children who may not have provided consent for their likeness to be shared publicly. Since minors cannot legally consent in India, and due to potential privacy risks, this image may require review or removal under privacy guidelines.

We have no evidence that these children have knowledge where the picture/image was going to be used. It is still a privacy concern. VeritasVanguard (talk) 16:10, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, We thousands of such pictures on Commons, and {{Personality rights}} for your concerns. Yann (talk) 16:53, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wikimedia Commons is not a social Media see Commons:NOTSOCIAL. All of the images of non notable persons especially children should be deleted.
Who would be at fault, if the file is misused, since We have no evidence that these children have knowledge where the picture/image was going to be used. were they to use their legal rights, wouldn't Wikimedia Commons have some responsibility if such were to happen. VeritasVanguard (talk) 17:22, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Again: personality rights violations can be pursued as such, but U.S. law -- the relevant law for where Wikimedia Commons is hosted -- does not have any general prohibition against posting pictures of minors. - Jmabel ! talk 06:24, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"While it is true that there is no blanket prohibition in U.S. law against posting images of minors, particularly on platforms like Wikimedia Commons, this does not exempt the platform from obligations related to privacy, ethical use, and informed consent—especially regarding images of vulnerable populations, such as children under 13.
  1. International Law and Personality Rights of Minors: Given that these children are identifiable and from a non-U.S. jurisdiction (India), it's imperative to consider both international privacy principles and personality rights.According to principles enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)—to which India is a signatory—children's right to privacy is fundamental, and their images should not be used without explicit, informed consent by a legal guardian.
  2. Lack of Informed Consent and Minor Vulnerability: In the U.S., while adults in public spaces generally have limited privacy protections, minors are treated differently under both common law and statutory frameworks. The Restatement (Second) of Torts, Section 652D supports that even those in public spaces may have claims if their likeness is widely distributed without consent in a manner that violates privacy expectations. Although Wikimedia Commons applies U.S. law, it is ethically and legally precarious to assert that young, non-consenting minors have effectively waived any rights to their images in an international public domain.
  3. Platform Responsibility and Liability Risk: Wikimedia Commons, as a U.S.-based platform, may still bear ethical and practical liability if these images are misused. Even with a Creative Commons license, platforms bear responsibility when the use of images, particularly those involving children, poses foreseeable risks. If these images are repurposed for unintended or harmful use, Wikimedia Commons may face reputational damage, potential legal challenges under evolving privacy laws, or compliance issues with new data protection frameworks like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and similar state laws that recognize the digital privacy rights of minors.
  4. Practical Precedent and Ethical Obligation: Wikimedia Commons has previously set precedents for image removal where identifiable minors are involved without verified consent, especially if they come from jurisdictions where their capacity to consent is legally nullified. The presence of numerous similar images on Commons does not negate the ethical responsibility to protect vulnerable populations and honor privacy requests. Upholding this removal request would align Wikimedia Commons with best practices in international digital ethics, as well as proactive compliance with emerging privacy norms worldwide.
In summary, the retention of identifiable images of minors without clear, verifiable consent poses both ethical and legal challenges for Wikimedia Commons. Removal of such images protects the children involved, honors international privacy principles, and aligns with the platform's stated commitment to responsible content sharing." VeritasVanguard (talk) 10:14, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@VeritasVanguard: firstly, who are you quoting? This reads like ChatGPT/AI to me. To point 1, I trust User:Satdeep Gill has gotten the appropriate permission. To point 2, you quote Restatement of the Law, Second, Torts, § 652, which says "[o]ne who intentionally intrudes, physically or otherwise, upon the solitude or seclusion of another or his private affairs or concerns, is subject to liability to the other for invasion of his privacy". This photo doesn't look like an intrusion into a person's life to me. To point 3, can you quote a specific section of the CCPA? And to point 4, can you quote such a precedent? —Matrix(!) ping onewhen replying {user - talk? - uselesscontributions} 12:09, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just to provide a little context here. I took this photograph at the same time and place when I was taking pictures of adults like this File:Punjabi turbaned man - 3.jpg while stopping my car during a journey through Punjab. I did share with them that I will be uploading these photographs on the internet and both the adults and minors were simply happy. I did not go further to find out the parents of each one of them and get a written consent from them and frankly that would have made them more suspicious about my intentions. - Satdeep Gill (talk) 14:21, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Matrix The uploader has confirmed that he did not obtain parental consent for the minors. Minors cannot consent because they are unable to fully understand. VeritasVanguard (talk) 07:15, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Let's wait for Legal to respond —Matrix(!) ping onewhen replying {user - talk? - uselesscontributions} 18:28, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JSutherland (WMF): for their insights on this matter. Abzeronow (talk) 17:58, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Permission via twitter

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Hello.

I am writing an article about a cafe and asked on Twitter if anyone had a photo available for the article, and the cafe owner's account uploaded photos to Twitter as available photos.

I am not certain of my understanding of the license and would like to be sure.

I remember that in such a case, the photo can be used if I ask the owner to state the license in the form of a direct link to the photo, such as "I release the above photo under CC BY-SA 4.0 license".

Is my understanding correct? 狄の用務員 (talk) 09:06, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I don't think a permission on Twitter is OK. The permission should be sent by the copyright holder to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org. Yann (talk) 09:08, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for clarification. 狄の用務員 (talk) 11:23, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree with Yann here. If it's a public-facing tweet, that should be fine. The only possible problem is if it is not entirely clear that the cafe owner owns the copyright to the photos, in which case you would want them to assert that as well. But stating it this way should have exactly as much standing as stating the same thing to the VRT. - Jmabel ! talk 20:11, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@狄の用務員@Yann, see Wikipedia:A_picture_of_you#X_(formerly_Twitter) Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:00, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
+1 to @Gråbergs Gråa Sång & @Jmabel. However, permissions via Twitter DMs aren't adequate. Regards, Aafi (talk) 09:05, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
… which is why I said "public-facing". - Jmabel ! talk 01:33, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you all for the advice. Here I consider Wikipedia:Help Project's guidelines, Wikipedia:A_picture_of_you, formed by consensus of users, to be the most correct and reliable.
There was no problem with my initial understanding. In other words, get a license notation from the rights holder in the same thread as the tweet that was published. This is the same way as the guidelines, and should be fine.thank you very much. 狄の用務員 (talk) 08:48, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could anyone recommend me some relevant categories for this file?

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File:UVM and Tufts Team Builds First Living Robots.webm Trade (talk) 15:54, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe Category:Biological microbots? - Jmabel ! talk 20:13, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is that video good enough to nominate for Media of the day you think? Trade (talk) 10:18, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to upload an image of the logo of a band from 40 years ago, but I'm not sure if that's okay.

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A lost song's artists were found recently and identified as "FEX". They have their own page on Wikipedia. However, their infobox remains image-less. I wish to upload this commonly used image that is the bands logo, but I'm not sure if that's allowed. I'm really confused. RmationYT (talk) 08:35, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@RmationYT From where do you know the bands logo? Can you link an example, from their website or a news-article etc? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:48, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It’s the one used here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwiEvPMANa8 RmationYT (talk) 16:31, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Band is from Germany, so we'd have to know if the logo is below Threshold of Originality there. @Gnom: Abzeronow (talk) 16:47, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like it falls under Template:PD-textlogo to me, so I say go for it. See File:Enhanced Games logo.jpg or File:Kiss Logo.svg for an example. Alternatively, you can upload it locally at en-WP as "non-free" at WP:FUW, but I think it's ok on Commons. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:59, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@RmationYT @Abzeronow: This is fine under German copyright law, you can go ahead and upload it. Gnom (talk) 21:57, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yay!!!!!!! Thank you so much! (I’m sorry for how unprofessional this sounds) RmationYT (talk) 07:52, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@RmationYT: Expressions of joy are always welcome. :-) Gnom (talk) 09:44, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

logo question

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if an organization gives me permission on email to 'use' their log to upload it to their wiki page may I do that? Vondercrump (talk) 05:20, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Vondercrump: There are so many separate issues wrapped up in that question that I would suggest that you should be very wary of uploading third-party images to this site (or other WMF sites) until you have a better idea of what those issues are. Let me try to help you out.
  1. You say "their wiki page". I'm guessing you mean a page in the English-language Wikipedia (en-wiki), but since there are several hundred Wikipedias in various languages (plus Wikimedia Commons, the project on which you are asking this question), each with their own policies, the answers may be different if you mean something else.
  2. Commons, this site, accepts content (including logos) only if it is either in the public domain or free-licensed. If the logo is simple enough (e.g. just text and possibly simple geometric shapes; you don't say what country and the threshold of originality is different in each country), it would be ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain; if it is old enough it could also be in the public domain on that basis (again, different rules in different countries; for a logo, this basis is unlikely in most countries, unless we are talking about a logo where any copyrightable portion is a century or so old). Otherwise, the logo is copyrighted and we need a specific free license (e.g. {{CC-BY}}) granted by the owner of the copyright, which might be either the organization itself or (more common than you might guess) the designer of the logo; the latter would actually be the default in most countries unless the copyright has been explicitly transferred.
  3. NOTE that (both for Commons and for uploading directly to en-wiki) the company cannot give just permission for use in en-wiki. If the logo is copyrighted, then the only acceptable permission is a free license (e.g. {{CC-BY}}) allowing derivative works and commercial use. (Of course, they retain trademark rights, and any uploaded logo should be tagged with {{Trademarked}}. Trademark is a separate intellectual property right from copyright.)
  4. If en-wiki has an article about the organization, it is possible to upload a non-free logo directly to Wikipedia on a "fair use" basis. This does not involve Wikimedia Commons in any way (and Wikimedia Commons does not allow "fair use" uploads); it also does not require any permission from the organization, because "fair use" does not require permission. See en:Wikipedia:Logos.
  5. An email from them to you giving you permission is worth nothing. Anyone contributor could say they have permission for anything. If the relevant license is not already publicly offered, then the right way to communicate that permission is the process described at COM:VRT, where a representative of the organization sends an email to the team here that handles confidential correspondence; some back-and-forth may be required.
I hope that helps. I know it may be a little confusing; you asked a "simple" question about something that is actually very complicated. Jmabel ! talk 05:49, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading files granted to me.

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Hello, I want to upload a image granted only to me, but don't know what to do. Please help me. A.Granny.Player (talk) 13:38, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@A.Granny.Player: Hi, and welcome. Sorry, but what you have described is not good enough, please have the grantor grant permission via VRT, and then see COM:FS.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:09, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"permission" => "a free license" - Jmabel ! talk 17:38, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Its not upload my photos

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Sir its not uploading my pictures Vishma thapa (talk) 15:15, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Vishma thapa: Hi, and welcome. You uploaded two today per Special:ListFiles/Vishma thapa, please be more specific, and respect the genders of my fellow helpers.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:49, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

SVG

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Hey, I want to make an SVG version of a PNG using that PNG and another SVG. It's literally just a recolour of the SVG with colours taken from the PNG. Do I upload it using Wikipedia's wizard or can I set it as a derivative work, and if so where is the option to upload it like that?

Sorry if this question was asked before! Potatek (talk) 20:13, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Except for crops with CropTook, derivative works still have to be uploaded (whether with the Wizard or with Special:Upload or with some other uploading tool). - Jmabel ! talk

Upload Wizard broken for me

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I made several attempts today to upload JPG files that are from my Sony a6700 camera unmodified except with some metadata added using the ExifTool utility. So no weird post‑processing or anything like that. The Upload Wizard gets stuck on the last circa 2% of the procedure under the label "Processing files ..". I've tried both Firefox and Chrome on Ubunutu. I'll try again later, but thought it might be worth flagging the issue here. The files are circa 15 MB in size. Best, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 18:06, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Still broken one hour later. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 19:17, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@RobbieIanMorrison, Commons:Village_pump/Technical#Upload_Wizard_very_slow may be relevant. It seems possible that uploads are not broken/stuck just extremely slow. Did you let it run for an extended period? Commander Keane (talk) 19:53, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Commander Keane: Thanks for the tech link. I left the Wizard running while I ate my dinner and so I guess that classes as extended? RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 20:06, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Definitely. And I've been successfully uploading, so the problem is not universal. - Jmabel ! talk 01:30, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: Many thanks as always! – RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 06:59, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Should be better going forward: see phab:T379035#10318390.
 ∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 14:44, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, good news @Enhancing999: I did manage my uploads .. eventually. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 19:51, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Personally, I gave up a while ago and used the python script or the older upload function.
 ∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 21:11, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Could you provide details of the python script? I use a YAML file to record all possible project and image metadata and Wikimedia details and then process this using python. Probably not difficult to extend this script to directly interface with a Wikimedia API and less error‑prone and less dull than copy/pasting text from my bash window. TIA, RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 22:35, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's "upload.py" mentioned on Commons:Command-line_upload#Python_Wikipedia_Bot. A text file can be generated for the description.
 ∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 08:55, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Scala Theatre, The Hague, by Isaac Israels

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File:Show-girl (La Cocotte) at Scala Theatre, The Hague, by Isaac Israels.jpg is related to Dansen in Theater Scala, Den Haag, by Isaac Israels., ca. 1925 at https://www.rkd.nl/kennis-publicaties/markante-figuren/nelly-dyserinck.

This should be Public Domain. Will someone upload this to help explain "Scala Theatre, The Hague" = "Theater Scala, Den Haag" in the 1920s?

Can you find any other paintings?

perhaps: nl:Louise Sandbergen nl:Bouwmeester Revue

69.181.17.113 22:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • I'm not sure of your point. The fact that one particular painting is from 1925 doesn't mean that the same artist might not have painted another painting a few years later. - Jmabel ! talk 01:32, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upload Image from Museum

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Hello! I want to upload this painting to Aert van der Neer's wikipedia page: https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/F.1972.35.P/. I want to make sure if it's okay to take this image from the website of Norton Simon, since I did not take the image myself. Thanks! Snagglegrolop (talk) 00:03, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unless the file is released under CC-BY-SA or less restrictive license, it's not ok to upload. At the bottom of the website is probably a copyright header, that will say the license terms. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 00:40, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Snagglegrolop and @Chuck: That painting should be ok, Norton Simon is committing copyfraud, all works of Aert van der Neer (Dutch, 1603-1677) should already be PD.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:47, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks @Jeff G. for clearing that up. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 01:10, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Chuck: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:31, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File not displaying

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I noticed on en:Trans-Pecos that the map is blank, and I see the same thing when visiting the file page here on Commons. It doesn't look like either the Wikipedia page or the image have been edited recently, so I am not sure what the issue is? This happens to be in Google Chrome v126.0.6442.0 on Windows 10. 100.6.20.253 01:14, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see the same nothingness which looks like a bug, please see mw:How to report a bug.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:30, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It was some SVG errors, I fixed the file, be patient while the cache updates. —Matrix(!) ping onewhen replying {user - talk? - uselesscontributions} 13:59, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can confirm cache has updated. —Matrix(!) ping onewhen replying {user - talk? - uselesscontributions} 16:44, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Matrix: Thanks!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:11, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello everyone who can help me a thing?

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https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/president/asia200310/05.html

Can everyone help me click on this website and upload the photo? The photo is have Mahathir Mohamad and George W. Bush inside. Copyright compliant 218.208.8.75 18:40, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you 218.208.8.75 18:40, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done File:The President's trip to Asia, Australia and Hawaii,2003, WH photo by Paul Morse.jpg Abzeronow (talk) 18:52, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Addition to Existing Bio page and a link to a new page for the son

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Wikipedia Staff:

If you would be so kind, I would like to make an addition to a Wikipedia Bio page and link it to a new page for the son, who is a Native American actor.

I have his consent. Is there a form to sign? He does not use computers.

Judith C. Esparza White, BS, MS-GIS, MS-HP

Historic Preservation Cultural Revival Advocate

JudithEsparzaWhite (talk) 22:03, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JudithEsparzaWhite: Hi,
For addition to an article, you will have to go to Wikipedia. Here on Wikimedia Commons, we are only concern about multimedia content. Please COM:SCOPE. And please do not publish any personal contact information (email, phone number). Nobody here will contact you that way. Yann (talk) 22:13, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

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File:Cerita Presiden Jokowi Diajak Ngebut Pakai Proton oleh Mahathir.jpg

Could everyone help crop(and upload) this image to show only Mahathir Mohamad? 211.25.195.224 05:06, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cerita Presiden Jokowi Diajak Ngebut Pakai Proton oleh Mahathir (cropped).jpg. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:10, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
File:Penemuan Mesra di Jabatan Perdana Menteri pada 17hb Mac 1995.jpg
File:Met Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (2).jpg
File:Met Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.jpg
File:髙橋大使によるマハティール元首相表敬.jpg
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And another, who have free time can help me to do?? Thank you very much 211.25.195.224 05:11, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You are amazing and you have done an amazing job!!Thank you 211.25.195.224 05:12, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weird. The gallery didn't display on my end. Anyway:
—Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:02, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

viocopy

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I suspect File:Clashroyale.jpg is a copyright violation of a faceb ook thing I cant link.

File should probably be renamed to somethinglike 'Scolopendra paradoxa pet.jpg' if it is NOT..!

Asia 115.188.72.131 08:15, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done File:Clashroyale.jpg has been marked as copyvio. MKFI (talk) 09:43, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi - The designer for the original artwork for the ICRO (Irish Cave Rescue Organisation) 2003 Logo as shown on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Cave_Rescue_Organisation#/media/File:Irish_Cave_Rescue_Organisation_logo.jpg is unknown as it was developed in the 1970s and has been through many iterations since. The File that I have uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons is a modified version of the original logo design which was approved by the ICRO comittee in 2020. I am the designer of the modified 2020 logo. The modified logo includes the folowing changes: A white Cross on a Red circular background (ICRO is not a red cross organisation) and removal of the . between the ICRO lettering on the logo. As an ICRO Warden and designer of the modified logo I have authorisation from the ICRO comittee to make these changes.

Please advise on which CC licence I should attribute to the logo file?


--AdeEyto (talk) 15:23, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AdeEyto: Hi, and welcome. en:File:Irish Cave Rescue Organisation logo.jpg was uploaded for Fair Use, which we don't allow here. You may upload the new logo there similarly, with timed deletion of the old one, or consider any usable CC license from COM:L.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:31, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks J 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ , I will try to upload the new logo as you suggest with a timed deletion of the old one.Im new to Wiki Commons and Wikipedia Editing and not a coder so it is a bit challanging to follow all the guidelines. Thanks for your patience. AdeEyto (talk) 17:44, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@AdeEyto: You're welcome. We were all new once. Of course, the file in the heading could be deleted as soon as the 16th.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:07, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CC0 Haitian government?

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On the Haitian central government's website, the footer has been updated to CC0. Not sure when the change occurred. Should we update the communication.gouv.ht template? Bremps... 20:55, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Probably, yes. On the page Template talk:Communication.gouv.ht, a user mentioned that it is since 13 September. A problem could be about older contents that may not be on the website anymore. The template might need to mention the date of the change. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:05, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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I need to upload a logo to use in the organization infobox of Wikipedia article Nexus Project. I'm finding the instructions regarding copyright issues quite overwhelming. Please could someone give me some easier to understand guidance. Many thanks! Misha Wolf (talk) 22:49, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Misha Wolf: If the logo is just the text thing with the two arrows in the "N", that is well below the threshold of originality in the U.S., and can be uploaded to Commons with {{PD-textlogo}}.
In the future, if you are asking similar questions, it is very helpful if you link to the relevant logo on line somewhere, and indicate what country you are talking about. - Jmabel ! talk 23:34, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks, @Jmabel! Misha Wolf (talk) 00:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Searching for Relevant Books

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It appears books are identified under the Other Media tab. Is there a way to search by document chronology? I would like to start with the most recently published relevant books in my search. When there are hundreds or thousands of books the search is daunting.

Thank you. MyMusicIsCopyrighted (talk) 02:24, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help me upload video

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YouTube: Malaysia's Mahathir says 'urgency' to form new government – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today

YouTube: At 92, Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad Gets Busy – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today

Can someone help me upload this two VOA video? Copyright compliant 211.25.195.200 06:24, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll use https://video2commons.toolforge.org/ —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your help😆😆😆🤭 211.25.195.200 06:33, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
{{PD-USGov-VOA}} 211.25.195.200 06:25, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
File:Malaysia's Mahathir says 'urgency' to form new government.webm and File:At 92, Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad Gets Busy.webm (if they aren't here now, they will appear shortly). —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:38, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:50, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
🙏🙏🙏😆😆 218.208.8.94 06:51, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

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YouTube: 马来西亚总理称将继续使用华为技术：我们没有秘密 随意窥探 – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today

Can someone help me upload this VOA short video? Copyright compliant

It is Mandarin 218.208.8.88 09:14, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

YouTube: Mahathir Mohamad: Pemimpin Harus Merasakan Degup Jantung & Nadi Rakyat – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today
This also 218.208.8.88 09:22, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
YouTube: Tân Thủ tướng Malaysia sẵn sàng ân xá lãnh tụ đối lập (VOA) – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today 218.208.8.88 10:02, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done/in process depending on when you read this. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 12:42, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello (2)

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Can everyone help me upload this two audio? It is come from Reagan library 218.208.8.113 18:10, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'll upload these two momentarily. Abzeronow (talk) 21:15, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Uploaded as File:Remarks by President Ronald Reagan during departure statements with Prime Minister Mahathir of Malaysia. East Room, January 18, 1984.mp3 and File:Remarks by President Ronald Reagan during photo op session with Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamed of Malaysia. Oval Office, January 18, 1984.mp3 Abzeronow (talk) 21:29, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Active reviewers

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Hello, somebody plz tell me whats the link to view a list of active file-reviewers..?
--Gpkp (talk) 21:02, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This should do it Let me know if this serves your use case. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 17:35, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Alachuckthebuck: Looking at the results, that seems almost certainly wrong. Just looks like it gives usernames starting with "Group". - Jmabel ! talk 18:43, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Last page [1] shows some users other than groups, but aren't active at all.. --Gpkp (talk) 20:16, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You probably wanted to link to this list. Not sure if there is a way to list only those who have been "active" recently. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:27, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, thats the right list, sorry for the mistake. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 06:02, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Gpkp, Asclepias and Chuck, yes, there is another way using Special:ActiveUsers, see this list. It lists ~135 active reviewers but active actions here are not LR specific. See also quarry:query/87084 but I don't know how accurate this query is. Ratekreel (talk) 07:09, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Amazing! Thank you Ratekreel. --Gpkp (talk) 17:58, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Ratekreel, Looks good, but will always underestimate due to LRs who near exclusively patrol new uploads. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 18:10, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance needed for adding own image

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I need assistance for this item: File:Johan Van Barel 500x500.jpg

I get message: "This media file is missing essential source information or appears to have an invalid source listed. The author and source of the file must be given, so that others can verify the copyright status. Edit the file description page to add source information. Unless this issue is resolved, the file will be deleted seven days after this tag was added on 12 November 2024." But everything seems ok. I added source, author and license info, but above warning remains. What should I do to resolve this? Xpl0rr (talk) 00:03, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Xpl0rr. Generally the person who takes this photo is considered to be its copyright owner, and only this person can the release the photo under a copyright license that Commons accepts. Did you take this photo yourself back in 2012? If you did, then you're considered to be the copyright holder of it, but Commons needs some way of verifying that this is the case. Since there's no online source provided for the photo and there's no COM:EXIF data which can be checked to aid in this verification, your best bet might be to send a COM:CONSENT email to Wikimedia VRT so that your copyright ownership can be verified. If, on the other hand, you didn't take this photo yourself, then Commons can't really keep without being able to verify the consent of the person who did. In other words, that person will need to send a CONSENT email to Wikimedia VRT for verification purposes, or provide some other way for Commons to verify the they've agreed to release the file under the license you used. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:33, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Marchjuly Thank you, this helped. Xpl0rr (talk) 09:54, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Xpl0rr:
  • A warning tag placed on a page by a user remains on the page until a user removes it. If the file has a source, the tag can be removed.
  • The "no source" tag placed there by the user was perhaps not the most adequate tag to use in a case like this, since your file did have a source, claimed as "own work". What the user likely meant was that he had doubts about the statement of "own work". The user was somewhat lazy by using that tag and throwing all the work to be done on the shoulders of administrators instead of providing an actual rationale for his doubt and a link. More adequate tags for a case like this might have been the tag "copyvio" (meaning a possible copyright violation because the image was already on the internet as a non free image) or the tag "delete" (to initiate a discussion), with rationale and link.
  • In the case of this photograph, "own work" and "self-photographed" are rather equivalent, so replacing one by the other did not change the situation. If you took the original photo yourself, "own work" was fine and it is the usual way to mark it. "Self-photograped" is also technically correct, but it is usually used for cases of photographic reproductions of other works.
  • Anyway, since the image was already at several places on the internet, e.g. [2], and could have been copied, Wikimedia Commons requires special evidence to verify the statements.
  • Your statement of own work together with your Wikimedia user name, which closely resembles a user name associated with JVB on other websites, suggest that the photo might be a self-portrait. If that is the case, the confirmation can ideally come from an email address publicly associated with JVB. Please see the page Commons:VRT for how to provide confirmation by email.
-- Asclepias (talk) 03:07, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Asclepias Thank you, this helped. Xpl0rr (talk) 09:54, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Completely different images are minor improvements? Why?

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Please take a look at File:Cité du Grand Parc模型.jpg, the current version looks like a completely different color and it feels like the object being photographed seems to be far away from the author (compared to the original version). Also, File:紐西蘭國家住屋模型.jpg shows that the current version is an overwrite of the original version, but they are two images of the same object at different angles. However, admin thinks that the author overwriting one's own files with minor improvements is OK. Completely different images are minor improvements? Why? Can anyone take a look?--125.230.72.61 125.230.72.61 07:51, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which "admin thinks that the author overwriting one's own files with minor improvements is OK"? If there has been prior discussion, please link to it.
Had the uploader requested courtesy deletion of the original versions, this would have been granted, and then they would have been free to upload the new versions. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:29, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Saving Sandbox Draft

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How do i save my sandbox draft page without publishing?

Also is it possible to get this reviewed before publishing? Thames Freeport (talk) 14:08, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Thames Freeport: you are asking this question on Wikimedia Commons. We don't have articles here, so your question doesn't make a lot of sense in the context of this site. Perhaps you meant to ask this on the English-language Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 18:49, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies, thank you. Thames Freeport (talk) 13:15, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Uploaded new version of YouTube video

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Can someone upload the new version of this file? It got edited on YouTube after I uploaded it and now the subtitles don't match. Thanks! // Kakan spelar (talk) 16:08, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since uploads like this sometimes take a long time, I'll just chime in to say that I'm uploading it as File:President Biden Delivers Remarks on His Investing in America Agenda (revised version).webm. It's okay to have both versions and just link them. You can create a new captions file for the new video if you'd like as well. I imagine that the new version will be uploaded within two hours of me posting this comment. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:46, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Remove published photos made of my property (house, garden) without my permission

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A user has published several photos made of my property (house, garden) without my permission. I want these to be removed. How can I het that done? JurnW (talk) 11:21, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JurnW: Hi, You can nominate these files for deletion using this procedure. Please do not forget to inform the uploader. However please be aware that we do not delete images taken from a public place, unless specific privacy issues are involved. Yann (talk) 11:25, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Yann: Thank you Yann. I have nominated the file for deletion for reason that the foto is taken within my garden without my permission. How can I inform the uploader? JurnW (talk) 11:50, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You did well. The uploader agrees, so I deleted the file. Yann (talk) 13:20, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot for your help. JurnW (talk) 15:48, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi there, I have been tasked with creating a wikipedia page for the company I work for. I'm wondering what is the correct method of uploading the companies logo please? Mkellyecocem (talk) 15:42, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This form should walk you through the process pretty well: Special:UploadWizard. Just make sure that the licensing is acceptable. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:45, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Uploading a logo to Commons is of course ok. But as far as writing an article on the English-language Wikipedia is concerned: This is so-called paid writing. You must declare this according to the rules there and always make it visible. It is also not welcome to write about your own company there. Whoever assigned you this task has really led you up the garden path. I would try to get rid of this task again. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 19:35, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello (3)

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This photo was taken in 1968, so it likely doesn’t fall under Malaysian copyright law, as it exceeds the 1963 limit. 218.208.8.115 18:03, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since COM:Malaysia required photo to be published before 1962, otherwise they are copyrighted in both USA and Malaysia, this photo is possibly copyrighted 218.208.8.115 18:04, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The template and COM:Malaysia say 50 years. Where is this 1962 thing? -- Asclepias (talk) 18:22, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Only if the photographer died on or after 1 January 1974.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:11, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: I can't make head or tail of what you said. I don't think it addresses the immediate last question ("Where is this 1962 thing?"); if it does, I can't parse it. I can't understand whether you are saying this means the image would be in or out of copyright, or whether you are addressing some other aspect entirely. - Jmabel ! talk 21:28, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: If the photographer died on or after 1 January 1974, their work did not expire yet. Perhaps that page said 1962 twelve years ago.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:48, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see, so it's 50 p.m.a., not 50 years from publication. - Jmabel ! talk 22:00, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I can explain the 1962 thing. Before 1987, Malaysian copyright term for photographs was publication + 25 years. When the 1987 law was passed, it extended the copyright to 50 years P.M.A. but expired copyrights were not restored, thus photos published before 1962 are public domain in Malaysia and the U.S. Abzeronow (talk) 22:39, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there an English speaker that can help me communicate about an issue at id.wikipedia (Indonesian).

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Is there an English speaker that can help me communicate about an issue at id.wikipedia (Indonesian). I don't know the language. I would like to make a suggestion on that project. Thanks, -- Ooligan (talk) 18:27, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Ooligan: You can contact Wikipedia:Kedutaan as the meta:Wikimedia Embassy. —Matrix(!) ping onewhen replying {user - talk? - uselesscontributions} 21:10, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, @Matrix for this information. I will be a first-time user of the Wikimedia Embassy. Best regards, -- Ooligan (talk) 21:17, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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If an author or organization decides to create a logo in SVG format and publish it under an MIT License, how should I upload it to Wikimedia Commons? In theory, you can publish it anywhere because MIT license allows it, but I'm not sure.

Sorry for my bad english. Marcos Mapache Nitola (talk) 22:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Marcos Mapache Nitola: See Template:MIT. - Jmabel ! talk 03:35, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note that {{MIT}} has multiple versions; {{Expat}} or {{X11}}. You may want to select more appropriate one. — regards, Revi 05:11, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Invalid time error with a template

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I just created Template:Higashiosakamonth, a city/month navigation template based on Template:Sakaimonth, but when I use it in Category:April 2023 in Higashiosaka, I'm getting Expression error: Unexpected > operator and Error: Invalid time. errors, and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, since it should just function the same way as the existing template. Thank you in advance. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 15:08, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The template appears to require a year, and some of the categories it tries to add to the page have restrictions of the year that I can't figure out. It also seems to use pipes on categories for some reason, and cares about 2003 for some reason. Can someone who understands templates take a look? @Jeff G., can you take a look? All the Best -- Chuck Talk 17:04, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
but you are using a different template there {{Japanmonth2}} and not following its own documentation. Regards, Aafi (talk) 17:14, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
maybe Special:Diff/957458572 has fixed the problem? Regards, Aafi (talk) 17:17, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Aafi Yes, though I'm not sure what I'm missing to make not work. It calls up {{Higashiosakamonth}} nav template but doesn't recognize the year and month. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 17:21, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Info The reason such error occurred is this. {{Gifumonth}}, {{Hekinanmonth}} etc. are parameter-less templates, while the original {{Higashiosakamonth}} was a traditional {{{1|}}}, {{{2|}}}, {{{3|}}} template. So you should have treated it just as same as {{Fukushimamonth}}, {{Kitakyushumonth}} in {{Japanmonth2}}. But I have modernized {{Higashiosakamonth}}, and it now works without parameters. --トトト (talk) 20:46, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Adeletron 3030, in case you don't understand what I've said, please refer to Help:条件文#switch. --トトト (talk) 21:42, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Aafi, That did it, but Category:November in Higashiosaka is messed up somehow. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 17:19, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Alachuckthebuck, my bad. Fixed it. Regards, Aafi (talk) 17:30, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Alachuckthebuck The 2003 parameter is there to avoid redlinks for pre-2003 photos (I imagine because there are a lot fewer photos pre-digital cameras). I'm pretty about 80% sure that's not causing it from recognizing dates. Adeletron 3030 (talk) 17:40, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Misnamed image: "Volerra function"

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The named of the file "File:Volerra function.svg" contains a typo; it should be renamed "File:Volterra function.svg" and the four references to it in other wikis tweaked; see en:Volterra's_function. How can I nominate it for re-naming? The Anome (talk) 14:22, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There should be a move link somewhere on the file description page. This creates a move request and suggests a few criteria.
 ∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 14:31, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done but @The Anome: please in the future use the normal method to request a file move, rather than coming to the help desk. - Jmabel ! talk 21:11, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! By the way, I came here to find the "normal method", due to it not being immediately evident. Searching on the file page for either "move" or "rename" fails to find a move link or anything else I recognise as a way of doing this. Can you tell me what that normal method is? Oh! I see it now: it's in a drop-down menu under "More". Still confusing, but at least I now know where it is. The Anome (talk) 21:16, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@The Anome: do you have a narrow screen? or an unusual skin? As far as I know, for most people, "Move" is normally visible. - Jmabel ! talk 01:53, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Bau

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I am working with the Joseph Bau House Museum and I want to upload the new logo as well as the graphic for the new film, "Bau, Artist at War". I am not sure how to do this as I am new at eding Wikipedia.

I have the jpg logo Here is the link to the film poster

[3]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BZWZmN2RjODMtMTYyMi00YjA3LThkNzYtMjNjYTE2YzM3NzA4XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzI1NjgyNDA@._V1_UY1200_CR90,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg Lrtanny (talk) 15:41, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lrtanny: Hi, and welcome. Please have an authorized official of the film production company send permission for the poster via VRT with a carbon copy to you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:15, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please explain how someone sends authorization through VRT. I don't understand. Lrtanny (talk) 17:19, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Lrtanny: Please specifically read VRT#If you are NOT the copyright holder (or the third section in your language's translation of that page).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:24, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Media molecule structure

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I am trying to upload a media file of a molecule largazole structure. I took the image from a website and I have the authors, the website,etc. But the video file is created by me, all the edit. BQUB24-JrdrgzG (talk) 16:52, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I upload it? I converted as mp3 and even that I cannot do it. I appreciate a lot any requests or help:) BQUB24-JrdrgzG (talk) 16:54, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BQUB24-JrdrgzG: Hi, and welcome. You wrote "video" but then mentioned "mp3", an audio file type. Please see COM:FT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:12, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I meant video. I got some inspiration by an image structure to create the video, but is created by me. Can I upload it as my creation sure? BQUB24-JrdrgzG (talk) 17:36, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BQUB24-JrdrgzG: Please consult COM:Video#Video formats to make sure your format is allowed before uploading video.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:41, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ok! Thanks a lot!! BQUB24-JrdrgzG (talk) 17:49, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@BQUB24-JrdrgzG: You're welcome!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:54, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Typo in file name

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There is a typo in the file name for this image: File:Exteiror of St. Andrews Church in Kingston, Ontario in 2007.jpg

Is it possible to get it changed to "Exterior"? Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 19:31, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mr Serjeant Buzfuz, you can request that the file name be renamed by placing {{Rename}} on the file page or by using the RenameLink gadget. Ratekreel (talk) 20:05, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I've added the request to the file page. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 20:19, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maids of Honour Row, Richmond

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We currently have two categories for this; Category:Maids of Honour Row, Richmond Green and Category:1-4, Maids of Honour Row, and gates and railings. Given that they are covering the same place, I'd suggest that the latter should be merged into the former. KJP1 (talk) 09:50, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1-4, Maids of Honour Row, and gates and railings is older, I'll merge into that. Probably a CfD would have been better, but this is pretty clearcut. - Jmabel ! talk 21:16, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TIFF Image nomination and Use of background

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Wikipedia Help Desk/Quality Image Review Team,

I am seeking clarification on two specific points related to image uploads and nominations on Wikimedia Commons. Please find my questions below: 1) Quality Image Nomination for TIFF Format :- Can I nominate an image in TIFF format for the Quality Image status on Wikimedia Commons? Alternatively, is there a requirement to first convert TIFF images to JPEG format before they become eligible for Quality Image nomination? Please clarify if there are any rules or recommendations specific to file formats in this context. 2. Background Color Guidelines for Images:- Are there any specific rules on Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia that require using a particular color for the image background? I would like to know if there are any guidelines on acceptable or preferred background colors to ensure my image adheres to Wikipedia’s standards or Quality Image Nomination.

I appreciate your assistance with these questions. I look forward to your response to ensure my images meet the necessary criteria for quality evaluation and proper upload. IndrajitDas 14:32, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Indrajit: TIFF format is fine, as far as I know, but Quality Images must be created by a Commons contributor, and TIFFs rarely are.
There is certainly no general rule about colors of backgrounds; it's hard even to imagine what such a rule would look like. Presumably it is important that backgrounds not distract from the chief subject of the image, but I can't imagine being about to state that by saying something like "backgrounds should never be yellow."
There doesn't seem to be any particularly good place to ask questions about Quality Images. Does someone have a suggestion? - Jmabel ! talk 21:27, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ocala National Forest subcat errors

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Earlier this month, I added some new images related those in the Category:Ocala National Forest. The total number of images in the Category:Signs in Ocala National Forest category are 39, but for some reason on both the ONF category and the Category:National forest signs in the United States category only list 37 images. Likewise, the number of images in the Category:Silver Glen Springs are 16, but for some reason the ONF category claims there are only 13 images. I tried purging the categories and listing them as null edits, but it didn't make any difference. The numbers remain false. --DanTD (talk) 15:41, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DanTD: Did you try purging or null editing the file description pages in those cats?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:18, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, like I said, it didn't work. --DanTD (talk) 16:25, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@DanTD: You only wrote about purging and null editing the cats; you did that to the files, too?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:31, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, I thought the category would be enough. --DanTD (talk) DanTD (talk) 19:10, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
UPDATE -- Nothing has changed. DanTD (talk) 19:15, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How do a change picture of a person.

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Article of person with a picture, that picture is not aceptet of the person in the article ! i Want to changes to another picture, but it is from a "Wikidata" And no way to find that

Please help us. Jon Forberg (talk) 17:07, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata is a sister project. Main page for it is https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Main_Page If you can give more specifics, I can replace the image used at Wikidata if the photo you want is allowed under Commons rules. Abzeronow (talk) 17:32, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Replacing redirect with file

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I recently requested the file File:ElectoralCollege2028.svg, a file with just the text "Electoral College 2028", to be moved to its new location of File:ElectoralCollege2028 Text.svg. This was due to the fact that the file name ElectoralCollegeXXXX is always used for the map so as to ensure consistency between the maps. However, upon the file being moved it left behind a redirect. Can I override this with an actual electoral college map? If so, how do I do that? DimensionalFusion (talk) 17:58, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The redirect needs to be deleted. Ruslik (talk) 20:03, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
✓ Done Redirect deleted. No map is needed, and in 2028, a map can be uploaded to that file. 20:18, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

Italicized and bolded special characters in file names

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I'm a 15 year veteran here, but it seems I can still learn something new I have to ask about: I just uploaded five files with names like File:Victoria Kjaer Theilvig as 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮, smiling.jpg. I didn't even realize that Italicized and Bolded English Characters could be special characters, but apparently they can be. So: Is this OK? Or should I rename them to the same names without the italics and bolds? --GRuban (talk) 01:02, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd say we don't want that italic bold in a file name. These all have Unicode code points, of course, which is why it is technically possible, but I think this violates the advice "avoid abusing Unicode" at Commons:File naming. - Jmabel ! talk 02:19, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, ✓ Done --GRuban (talk) 12:35, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Batch find and replace license?

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Dear colleagues. I am trying to batch change a number of licenses on my photos. Is there a way to perform batch find "cc-zero" text string and replace it by "cc-by-sa-4.0" text on about 100 files which I have uploaded? UPF official (talk) 07:16, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Help_desk&oldid=958573601"