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Delete an Image/Page.

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Hi, I create page of my self. and upload a photo 10years ago. Now I want to delete that whole page.(for Privacy concern). Please suggest me how do i delete. Karmesh Madhavi (talk) 10:38, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Karmesh Madhavi: I tagged it for you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:51, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Jeff. Thank For responding.
That photo is not showing. now but page is still showing. how can we delete this? Karmesh Madhavi (talk) 06:47, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Karmesh Madhavi: File description page File:Karmesh Madhavi.jpg was deleted with the file, please refresh.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:48, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If i search in google "Karmesh Madhavi". wikimedia page like is still showing in the result. Karmesh Madhavi (talk) 09:36, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Karmesh Madhavi: That is under the control of Google, not us.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:57, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I need help, for the third time...

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Can I upload movie release posters to Wikipedia? User332224 (talk) 14:54, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

please check COM:L, in short: you can't. @User332224 modern_primat ඞඞඞ ----TALK 15:55, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Almost certainly none newer than 1954; if they are older than that, there is a chance. But, basically, if you don't know your way around copyright law, I recommend against uploading any work that isn't either your own or has already got an explicit free license at the source. - Jmabel ! talk 18:38, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading multiple files from Flickr

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The past few days, I can't upload multiple files from Flickr using the Wizard. I can input the multiple Flickr URLs, but then it loads only a single file when I get to the description input page. Happens in multiple browsers. Anyone else seeing this error? Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:47, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question about CC2 flickr image

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I was looking for a public domain image for journalist Sam Hosseini, whose article does not currently have an image. I came across this image on Flickr 1. It's licensed under cc-by-2.0, but Hosseini appears to be facing away from the camera. Additionally, as we cannot see his face, the only evidence that it actually is Hosseini is the image description. Is this something that would be uploadable to commons as an image of Hosseini? Obviously would prefer a better image if possible, but I'm curious what the policy would be in this case. Wasianpower (talk) 01:06, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Wasianpower Per "NonCommercial" you can't upload it on Commons, more at Commons:Licensing#Well-known_licenses. As a Wikipedian, I don't think that pic would improve the article if you could.
That said, is he the guy in green at 0:27 in File:Sam Husseini Questions Saudi Prince Turki about Legitimacy of Saudi Regime.webm? If so, you can use a screenshot from that video, since it has an acceptable license. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:14, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I'm trying to find a better image of him, I don't think I would upload it even if I could but I was curious about the situation of whether we can trust flickr metadata to describe its contents. The video is in the article, I may try to grab a frame from it but even in there it's hard to see anything. Wasianpower (talk) 15:31, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

IUCN critically endangered file

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Something has gone wrong with File:Status iucn3.1 CR.svg. It is showing up as unavailable when all the other status files are being served as normal. No recent changes to the file. MtBotany (talk) 04:23, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MtBotany it looking good for me sir. modern_primat ඞඞඞ ----TALK 09:17, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That is very strange. I have tried looking at it on multiple devices using different browsers and using different ISPs. It is not showing up on any of them. Is there anyone else for who the image at right is not showing up?
MtBotany (talk) 16:57, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What is the deal with Whitby Abbey - Project Gutenberg eText 16785.jpg

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It is a simple static image (here) but it wants to be viewed in a media player. Which doesn't work, when linked to (in an English Wikipedia article does not show on the image, but rather just a link to the Commons page, which even if I did want to send the reader there (I don't) clicking on "Show in media viewer" just throws an error message.

But as far as I can tell the part that causes the image to not be displayed but rather the invitation to open a media views is not in the page source where I can access it. It is somehow built into the page I guess. So I can't find it and fix it.

The weird thing is, the page is used all over many different Wikipedias, but it doesn't work in them either. So the problem is not editor error in the Wikipedia so it not on our end. The last effective edit here was in 2023 so its not a recent change to the Commons page. So it doesn't seem to be on your end. But is is used in many Wikipedias and if no one has complained yet whatever is causing this must have happened very recently. So it must be a recent change to the Wiki display software. But it seems unlikely that the devs would go live with code that breaks things.

Anybody know what is going on here? Herostratus (talk) 08:32, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Herostratus: All of the things that you suggest here seem to work fine in my browser (Firefox 128.6.0esr (64-bit) under Debian 12), both when logged in and in a private window. The image appears correctly in the Wikipedia article and the Media Viewer displays it correctly (both on Wikipedia and on Commons). So what you're seeing is not universal. You might want to try making your environment more vanilla (e.g. by logging out or using an incognito or private window, alternatively using a different browser either logged-in or not) to see if that allows you to narrow down the problem. --bjh21 (talk) 13:13, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Huh. OK thanks. Odd, never had this problem before. Haven't changed anything on my end that I know of, ofc occasionally these things will go off by themselves. So then... something weird on my end personally is putting in a "show in media player" button rather than just displaying the image for just this particular image (at least, all others seem to work OK). There must be something special about this particular image. There's no setting for "mess up this one particular image File:Whitby Abbey - Project Gutenberg eText 16785.jpg" or "mess up a few images at random". It's a puzzler and no mistake. Herostratus (talk) 17:00, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

reg photos addition

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I want to add some photos in few wikipedia articles which are available in the internet . I will mention the source and everything. Last I tried my edit was removed so can anyone tell me the right way to do it. Pranav241 (talk) 14:55, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can only upload those images of they are copyright expired, ineligible for copyright, or licenced in line with COM:L. The general presumption is that images do not qualify, unless you can show that they do. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:24, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pranav241: Hi, and welcome. In your first failed edit, you tried adding a file that was on neither enwiki nor Commons - neither of those projects allow that. In your second failed edit, you tried adding File:Nitish Kumar Reddy.jpg, a copyvio from https://x.com/TheKhelIndia/status/1803456150802952380 - it was deleted in short order. Please read COM:L and COM:NETC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:36, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pranav241: I would strongly recommend that if you wish to upload images that are not your own work, devote some time to reading COM:L and en:public domain. There is (a lot) more I could aim you at, but those are a good start. - Jmabel ! talk 02:06, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Jeff's recommendation of COM:NETC is also a good one. - Jmabel ! talk 02:06, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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File:External revenue service.png

I uploaded this screenshot from Donald Trump's Truth social and indicated that it's public domain (work of the US government), but I just got a message saying I didn't put the copyright tag. Could someone please help me do this? I thought I had indicated it already.

-- QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 16:57, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What makes you think it is "work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties" Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:26, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@QueensanditsCrazy: You had indeed inserted a status tag, so the template "Remove this line and insert a license instead" should probably not have been inserted. Maybe it was a glitch of the automated system or maybe you inadvertently copied it from somewhere. Anyway, that's not important in this case. The important thing is that the template "PD-USGov" is wrong for this file. The file does not meet the conditions stated in that template. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:32, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@QueensanditsCrazy: Hi, and welcome. That person is not even president yet.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:38, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ask a question

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/abulic_monkey/1801769029

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarcmenswear/41400634044

Can these two photos be uploaded legally? One is a broken poster of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, and the other is a person wearing clothes with a photo of Mahathir on it. (I asked COM:VP/C for a long time but no one responded, so I asked here) Baginda 480 (talk) 17:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So you decided to ask on a page where people would have less relevant knowledge? - Jmabel ! talk 02:09, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Changing coordinates?

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I have tried to change the coordinates for File:Gateway on Elland Footpath 73-3, Stainland - geograph.org.uk - 7200103.jpg without success. Editing the structured data entry did not work (unless I have missed something). I could enter the new coordinates, but the publishing button did nothing. Adding a second set of coordinates and deleting the first one did not work. The locator tool did not work, either - what am I doing wrong?

For the record, the new coordinates should be 53°39'60"N 1°53'27"W for both camera and object location.

I should greatly appreciate a link to the correct procedure. --18:30, 18 January 2025 (UTC) Schlosser67 (talk) 18:30, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Schlosser67: That used to be a problem reported several times months ago, but not recently. I thought it had been fixed. I don't know more about it, but it's probably not just you. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:29, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Asclepias - I've tried again on a different computer with a newer browser version (Firefox 134 instead of 128), and surprisingly, it worked this time. Maybe it is a browser issue? But IIRC the old version did support the feature as well. --Schlosser67 (talk) 06:48, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Schlosser67: Have you got the location updated on Geograph? Because while I think I haven't got around to it yet, I will at some point update the Geograph Update Bot to propagate location changes to these newer GeographBot uploads, at which point it'll get fixed automatically. I appreciate that this doesn't actually answer your question. --bjh21 (talk) 21:45, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@bjh21 - yes, geograph.org.uk has the new coordinates. --Schlosser67 (talk) 06:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I contact a community member/see if I can contact a community member

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I am a researcher looking for certain data points for work I am trying to do. A user created a diagram from data I can mostly access off of a public website, but has two sets of datapoints I cannot access due to the publication they used for the work not being accessible online. I really want these datapoints and was wondering if the creater of the graph would be able to give them to me, since I cannot access the original citation. How do I find the pages of people who wrote wiki pages or created figures for those pages and see if they can be contacted? I was told there was public pages that had that information and I don't know how to find that. Aansbro (talk) 21:38, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Aansbro You can look for the sources or uploader, under the "Summary" and "File history" sections respectively. Once you find the username of the person you wish to contact, you can go to their "talk" page, at "User talk:[their username]". If they have email enabled, you can also click the "email this user" link on their talk page. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 22:00, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hola desde el Fin del Mundo, Chile para el Concurso de Barrios? cómo y cuántas Fotos puedo subir de una sola vez

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Fotos concurso de Barrios Imagenario (talk) 15:32, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Imagenario: Esto es la primera cosa que he leído acerca de este concurso (Commons:Concurso Fotográfico Ni un barrio sin foto 2024, presumo). No sé si hay límites, pero supongo que no. Dice en la página del concurso que la adresa de contacto es actividades@wikimediachile.cl. Dice también como subir fotos ([1]). - Jmabel ! talk 02:15, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Broken .png renderings of .svg file

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Tracked in Phabricator
Task T384128

Display of "File:Pyrrolidonyl-β-naphthylamide.svg" (Link: File:Pyrrolidonyl-β-naphthylamide.svg ) is not working correctly (here and on en.WP).

The details page doesn't show any form of the graphic, just a broken-image icon. Using the [|"Original file" link] works (if your browser supports svg display). Clicking on an "Other resolutions" link fails with a "Unauthorized This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document you requested." message. Clicking on "Open in Media View" gives a "technical issue" (in graphic form). This was happening 10 or more hours ago too. Please fix. -- R. S. Shaw (talk) 20:53, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is an issue with the file server backend storing the thumbnails. It's not something that can be fixed on Commons but should probably get fixed as the week starts. Dylsss (talk) 02:16, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro.jpg - Misnomer and wrong description

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File José Bernardino de Portugal e Castro.jpg actually refers to an image of Estêvão Ribeiro de Resende, brazilian marquês de Valença, and not any portuguese marquês de Valença, including José Bernardino. See https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%AAv%C3%A3o_Ribeiro_de_Resende, and notice the brazilian Imperial Ordem do Cruzeiro on his chest in the image. Issue noticed by @Gameiro in this edit. RustyRapier (talk) 17:20, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It can be seen in the history of the page that this correction was already made in 2021 but it was undone in 2024 by Hehua. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:48, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@RustyRapier: The file is now back to its previous filename: File:Estêvão Ribeiro de Rezende.jpg. (It was written "Rezende" in the original publication by the author in 1861 [2].) -- Asclepias (talk) 15:43, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Angrense It was on your request, could you kindly see if there's anything else to be done in adjacent edits of the time? RustyRapier (talk) 15:51, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I can evaluate, the situation is correct. The portrait corresponds to the Brazilian Valença, not the Portuguese. Angrense (talk) 18:25, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Concert Flyer

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Can I upload a picture of a concert flyer from 1997? Found on an interview magazine website. Dlmccarthy123 (talk) 22:48, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Dlmccarthy123: very unlikely, unless it is so simple as to be ineligible for copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 01:10, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kunstmuseum Basel images in Public Domain

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Several images are available from the Kunstmuseum Basel for download in the public domain. Can I download these images and upload them to wikimedia commons? For example:

https://sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMP/eMuseumPlus?id=691

The rights for this work also say: Image data in public domain - Kunstmuseum Basel

If a work is in the public domain, there will be a link to download the image. These images are not covered by copyright and may be used without special permission. Mambos1through4 (talk) 23:15, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mambos1through4: Image data in the public domain does not mean the image is in the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 01:11, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can't upload multiple files, coordinates not adding

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Hello,

In the past few days, Wikimedia has stopped auto-adding the coordinates from the files I've uploaded, and if I attempt to upload multiple files at once, it only shows me the first file I attempted to upload once I arrive at the "Describe" screen. If I attempt to submit, it then won't let me. I've tried switching browsers, but the problem persists. I imagine these two problems are related. Packer1028 (talk) 03:06, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have the same problem since yesterday! It is IMPOSSIBLE to upload! WHAT HAPPENED!?? /Frankie Fouganthin (talk) 17:02, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I figured it out, at least on my end. For me, it's the fact that I add image titles in my Photos app (I take almost all my images on my iPhone), as "captions" so that I can remember the thing I'm depicting. The ones that have the captions when I transfer the photos to my computer are the ones that create a problem. When I remove those before transfer from my phone, I don't have the issue. It might be something similar for you, if not exactly the same. (However, this has only been an issue very recently, so something has changed on Wikimedia's end, since this didn't use to be a problem.) Packer1028 (talk) 03:17, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Sannita (WMF). - Jmabel ! talk 04:50, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Packer1028 @Frankie Fouganthin We have two tickets for this bug, phab:T383428 and phab:T383508, so we are already aware of the problem. There is a patch incoming, but it's currently in the phase of being verified (meaning, we need to control that, by fixing this bug, we don't break something else). Unfortunately, you need to have a bit more of patience, hopefully the fix will be shipped with the next deployment, which might happen next week at this point. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 15:07, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How to submit images to the public domain ?

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I am an artist and have a number of images which I would like to submit to the public domain. They are my intellectual property and I am the sole copyright holder. I am unclear on how to relinquish all my rights to the images and pass them into the public domain. I could use a detailed explanation of how to do so. 66.41.201.17 05:33, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In some countries, some rights are inalienable. (For example, in France, you cannot waive the right to be acknowledged as an author; at most, you can fail to enforce it.)
The closest you can come to placing your own work universally in the public domain is to grant a {{CC-zero}} license. - Jmabel ! talk 06:54, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a Page for Dr. Oluwasegun Julius Aroba

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Hi,

Please kindly help create a page for Dr. Oluwasegun Julius Aroba and his website is https://juliusaroba.com/

CV of Dr. Oroba

Dr. Oluwasegun Julius Aroba is a well-known Philantropist and a young professor in Artificial intelligence and Data science. Recently Rated as part of the National Research Foundation Y Category Under 40years as Top 10 Countrywide Emmerging Researcher 2025. Dr Julius is regarded as one of the leading AI specialists in South Africa as per the ranking stated in 2024. Dr Julius Oluwasegun Aroba has a proven track record of providing direction and leadership to over 100,000 entrepreneurs, He has lead various Master Classes across the continent. He is highly accomplished entrepreneur, venture capitalist, personal and co-operate development expert. With unquenchable academic background and numerous professional accomplishment from Harvard University, Durban University of Technology, Coventry University UK, Crawford University, a consultant, and a senior lecturer, he always remains active in shaping the future of Artificial Intelligence and technology industries across the globe.

He has a Ph.D in Information Technology, MSc in IT from Coventry University Uk, BSc in Computer Science, Crawford University. He is an editorial board member for Open Biomedical Engineering Journal, Open Medicine Journal with the journal indexed in Scopus 18741207-https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/19700175072 which is a Q2 impact factor and Guest Editor for a Q2 journa article which is Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1155/1742.si.161193 . He has published over 35 peer reviewed journal articles, served and chaired both international and national conferences across all continent of the world. He is an avid reader, A motivational speaker, Certifed International Coach by Coach Academy United Kingdom, A member of Toast Master UK. He is a mentor of mentors, most sort after global speaker. With an experience of more than a decade in academia, industry and consultancy. He is a certified Data Scientist, Machine Learning Expert, Artificial Intelligence Expert, Java Certified Progrommer, SAP Certified and International Project Management Certified. He has won a numerous award just to mention a few amongst them such as Outstanding black minority ethnicity Vice Chair, NHS England Personality President of the year 2023, Coventry UK, Epitome of Hope Nigeria, Achiever Par Excellence Nigeria, and Africa Gold Award on Lives Development.

Apart from being an academic, he is a Board Member of Lifestyle Asset Hub Limited, SAIMC, Luxilla Homes and Real Estate, Dream Riser Project, Mancosa College, Durban University of Technology, Tree Like Shield Foundation, Interswitch Group, Kure Pay, Kure Coin and a CEO of 4 Conglomerate companies, namely: Aroseglinks Zillionaire Consulting, Aroseglinks Services Limited, Aroseglinks Study Abroad, and Aroseglinks Venture Capital as well as a founder of Julius Aroba Pty Ltd., and Julius Aroba Limited respectively. He has supervised over one thousand students at all levels of education around the world and is also involved in SME mentoring and European-African collaborative project such as Sisonke Dr. Aroba has presented title papers at international conference such as IndabaX South Africa and Global Summit on Artificial Intelligence USA. He has worked across the continents of the world as evidenced by projects with Canada, Ghana, France and India among them. He has a been a 3-time speaker at Indaba X and Indaba which is a major gathering of African Artificial Intelligence. He has spoken across two different United Nation Platform and key note speaker of various local and international (Durban University of Technology African Day), Key note speaker for AI Expert Master Classes for Mancosa College SA, Served as a panel judges for AI for health ideathon, events. He is an avid reviewer for various publishing house. He is a member of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA), IEEE, and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET UK). Based on the findings of Dr. Aroba, the researcher has received several fellowships and travel grants among them being the Erasmus+ Universidad Valladolid Award and the travel grant from the Niger Delta Development Commission. Dr. Julius is a real inspiration, having achieved remarkable success in his profession and positively impacted the lives of others through his conviction in the potential of people and the ability of education to unleash success.

Aroseglinks (talk) 06:27, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Aroseglinks: You are asking this on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons does not have biographical articles. Perhaps you meant to ask this on Wikipedia in some language (most likely English, since you are writing in English), but nothing here suggests to me the level of notability that would be required for a Wikipedia article.
Further: I notice that your account name is the same as one of the companies he is involved with. Per Commons:Username policy, use of the names of organizations is allowed on Commons only if you verify your account, proving that you are or represent the respective organization. Please see Commons:Username policy for how to do that and for other relevant considerations. And yet further: you may also want to read en:Wikipedia:Username policy. If you plan to edit the English-language Wikipedia under this account, you must get a different account name, as explained there; specifically, see en:Wikipedia:Username policy#Promotional usernames. Also see en:Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure, because it looks likely that you are likely to get yourself in trouble on that basis. - Jmabel ! talk 07:07, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading non-original coat of arms

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Hello, could I upload an SVG version of a Polish gmina's Coat of Arms even if the file was not made by me or should I make my own version of it? The only COA for it on Wikimedia is a JPEG and the image i'd be uploading is form that gmina's official website (https://www.biszcza.pl). Athena von Krab (talk) 11:37, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Athena von Krab: Hi, and welcome. Please link to the JPEG image here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:58, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Here: File:POL_gmina_Biszcza_COA.jpg Athena von Krab (talk) 13:04, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Athena von Krab: Yes, you could make your own version and upload it here, following the {{Convert to SVG|coat of arms}} advice there. Permission would be {{Polishsymbol}}.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:28, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Images

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Can a profile picture or something like that of a social media account of a politician be uploaded to Wikipedia/Wikimedia? Another question is that a same picture File:P. Shanmugam in 2025.jpg was used in different news media, instagram, twitter and facebook at least at 19 places. But it was deleted for copyright in Wikimedia/commons. Why? How can I detect whether an image is copyrighted or not? XYZ 250706 (talk) 17:34, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@XYZ 250706 As a rule of thumb: Nearly everything is copyrigthed. But some works have a free license. Commons only allows free licenses. Instagram, Twitter, Facebook do not actually forbid free licenses, but it is save to assume that works on these platforms are in most cases not free licensed. It is easy to detect: If there is a free license attached to the work it is free licensed, otherwise it is not. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 18:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
But if any particular picture is well circulated in social media and news media, then can't it be uploaded? XYZ 250706 (talk) 07:51, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No. If any particular bank is often robbed, it does not mean it beocmes legal to rob that particular bank. Do I really have to explain that? C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 08:49, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CFD

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Hi. I'd be grateful if someone could have a look at this. Thanks in advance, Alavense (talk) 08:44, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Alavense: It looks like parameter 2 has gone missing.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:35, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Jeff G.. I noticed that was the mistake, but the thing is I don't know why. I mean, the message is automatically generated once I complete the nomination (the same way one does when one nominates a file for deletion), so it would make sense that that parameter would be filled as well. Kind regards, Alavense (talk) 16:41, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete my account

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Please delete my account permanently as it was created by mistake , while trying something else. Its not of my use. SHRI SHUDDHI PANCHGAVYA (talk) 14:21, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SHRI SHUDDHI PANCHGAVYA: Sorry, we don't delete accounts. However, you may visit m:RTV#How to request a vanishing and read carefully.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:31, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For a draft

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I am making a draft called Sprunked. The rules say, you cant upload a picture if its not yours.. I was about to upload a picture of the games thumbnail (if that word is correct). [3] This is the picture, thank you. STARTER'usercontribs anyone? 15:37, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Questions about draft articles on en:Wikipedia should be asked there. en:Wikipedia allows limited "fair use" of copyrighted media, but here on Commons we cannot. Here on Commons, free licensed media only. Thanks for asking. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 16:29, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@STARTERuser: Hi, and welcome. If you made the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not make the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it as-is, and have the designer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the image and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F once the article is in mainspace because we don't allow Fair Use here. See also COM:NETC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:30, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: If i cant publish the photo then why did someone publish a picture without the creators permisson?
The picture i was talking about

—STARTER'usercontribs anyone? 00:57, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@STARTERuser: That is neither a photo nor a picture, it is instead a {{PD-ineligible}} logo. The logo you wanted to upload above is significantly more complex.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:47, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Lotus anfractuosus.jpg deletion

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so... inaturalist review bot deleted a file marked on iNaturalist as cc-by which is as far as I can tell a legal file. I additionally had asked the owner of the observation for a go-ahead and I got permission and have their direct permission to use their work. see:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247275038 Lark999 (talk) 18:33, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Lark999 The page you linked links to a flickr-page [4] that says "All rights reserved" and so does your link. If you have contact with the copyright holder, ask them to change "All rights reserved" to something we can use here (see Commons:Licensing#Well-known_licenses), or point them to COM:VRT/CONSENT. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:38, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the picture of me

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Someone has uploaded a terribly colored, negative picture of my Facebook profile to the article about me: https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_Kasz%C3%A1s I was trying to upload a better picture of me, but I received an automatic message box, that Wikipedia is unable to determine, if the picture was made by me. I couldn't step further, and I definitely want to change the terrible picture. Please help! Thanks, Attila Attila Europa (talk) 20:37, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see the deletion request on the photo. Since you are the photo's subject and I must agree, the picture is terrible, it should be removed. You can provide a better picture via Special:UploadWizard. Bastique ☎ let's talk! 22:16, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The essay at en:Wikipedia:A picture of you has advice on selecting suitable pictures and how to confirm that you hold the copyright to them. Belbury (talk) 22:48, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

see also Commons:Deletion requests/File:Att.5zNV9P797QIN6ekriE3sdAx8P nutIRmFTwjCc9ECBc.jpg Bastique ☎ let's talk! 02:11, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Attila Europa: the automated message you saw was from a filter that prevents new users from uploading small resolution images since they are often copyright violations. You should be able to upload the image using Special:UploadWizard. MKFI (talk) 08:02, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
More specifically, the filter prevents these from being uploaded as cross-wiki uploads. If you use Special:UploadWizard, you will be doing the upload entirely within Commons, and the filter won't apply. - Jmabel ! talk 04:26, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How to watch videos

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How can I watch videos on this freaking app — Preceding unsigned comment added by Urgedborax (talk • contribs) 00:39, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Urgedborax It's a little hard to say, and even if you said what app you're talking about, Commons is probably not the place to ask. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:13, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image from 1926 French "Carte d’identité" of a historical figure provided by "Archives Nationales París"

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The image to be uploaded, provided by the “Archives Nationales París”, is from a 1926 French “Carte d’identité” of a historical figure who died in 1931. Is it admissible? YuriBCN (talk) 09:52, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Yes, French official documents from the 1920s are in the public domain. Please use {{PD-France}} + {{PD-US-expired}} for the license. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:56, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
THanks! YuriBCN (talk) 10:04, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Logo complejo fair use a enwiki

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Buenas, como crear logos complejos que contiene fair use para transferir a english Wikipedia por ejemplo (https://www.iubilaeum2025.va/en.html)? AbchyZa22 (talk) 10:27, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@AbchyZa22 For this I used the en-WP Wikipedia:File upload wizard, "Upload a non-free file". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:11, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The English-language version might be preferred by en.wikipedia. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:11, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Point. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:29, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Asclepias@Gråbergs Gråa Sång:Thank you, i created this (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_Jubilee_2025.png) AbchyZa22 (talk) 08:00, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Logo de Dynacord (Audio system)

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Buenas ,se puede publicar el logo de Dynacord como este (https://dynacord.com/) fue creado en Alemania, si el logo es simple se puede publicar?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 23:06, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sí, es simple. - Jmabel ! talk 04:28, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting account

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Hi i want to delete my account but i couldnt do it so can you please delete my account and my data. It was all for school project i dont want to continue Egzi321099 (talk) 23:25, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Egzi321099: Sorry, we don't delete accounts. However, you may visit m:RTV#How to request a vanishing and read carefully.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:54, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

how to add archive

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how to add archive for user talk page? any help would be helpful! Sarim Wani (talk) 07:51, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sarim Wani See COM:ARCHIVE. On en-WP, I usually use the method described at Help:Archiving (plain and simple), but I'm not sure that works on Commons. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:19, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I used the method at "Help:Archiving (plain and simple)" but now it just shows {{subst:Setup cluebot archiving|archives=yes}} on the top of the talk page... Sarim Wani (talk) 09:39, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Then that particular "thing" is probably en-WP specific, it's supposed to turn into an archiving "box". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:46, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
makes sense to me I used this code not sure if it supposed to work in 2 sec for 2 days... Sarim Wani (talk) 09:58, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
(the archive is for my wiki commons talk page) Sarim Wani (talk) 10:01, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Sarim Wani: Please try again, I made a redirect. SpBot makes an archiving run every night starting at 03:07 (UTC)   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:47, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
ok 03:07 utc well we would have to wait for that... Sarim Wani (talk) 15:37, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
nothing happened with this code... Sarim Wani (talk) 16:01, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Sarim Wani: Sorry, Euku's SpBot does not seem to have run since 03:08, 25 January 2025 (UTC).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:33, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
yes I just now added SpBot before that I used this code Sarim Wani (talk) 16:38, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I meant this Sarim Wani (talk) 16:41, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Sarim Wani: It ran, but the code you used "|maxarchivesize = 50M" is unworkable, as our max pagesize is only 2M (and that's before expansion). I suggest 14K.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:44, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You are right. It failed last night on all projects because of my mistake while adding the Italian Wikipedia. Should be solved now. Euku:⇄ 19:35, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Euku: Did you think it would be a good idea to kick it off late when you realized that?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:09, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A way to find images with missing captions in a particular language

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Greetings to all ! I'm a new contributor at Commons.

Are there a way to find automatically images with no caption for a particular language ?
Let's say I want to find images with no caption in English or French. Is this possible to do it automatically ? Anatole-berthe (talk) 08:03, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Anatole-berthe: descriptions or captions? {{Information}} template descriptions (in the "Summary" section) can be searched by looking for the presence or absence of language templates with en:WP:Petscan or similar. I am not certain how to search for structured data captions, possibly with en:WP:Quarry. MKFI (talk) 10:00, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My interests are about "descriptions" and "captions".
Thanks for the documentation that helped me to understand the difference between the two.

I will analyse your suggestion about "Petscan" and "Quarry". Anatole-berthe (talk) 02:28, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Anatole-berthe: here is a practical example using Petscan: description search. It looks at Category:Ships and one level of subcategories for files which have German description but are missing both English and French descriptions. In the query options this is done using "Templates & Links" check for the presence of {{De}} language template and missing {{En}} and {{Fr}} templates. Please note that this does not work if the description text does not use any language templates at all which is fairly common for old images.
You did not mention if you want to create missing captions or if you are looking for statistics. Petscan works on category level and wont be able to handle millions of files but will find you enough images to work on. Quarry is probably better for large scale statistics. Descriptions are the old way of using wikitext on file description page with quite a lot of variation; structured data captions are newer method and are much more rigidly defined, but many files do not have them at all. MKFI (talk) 09:56, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Removing Japanese surname

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I just created Category:Atari (surname) in the higher-level category Category:Hebrew-language surnames. Three of the categories belong there, being Israeli vocalists with Hebrew names - but one Japanese is still there by default (from before the category was created): Category:Kousuke Atari. There is no existing category for a Japanese-language surname Atari into which to move Category:Kousuke Atari. What to do? -- Deborahjay (talk) 11:30, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Deborahjay: Why would you not want to put it in Category:Japanese-language surnames?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:28, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what specific rules may exist for such name categories, but apparently the name categories are included in all the applicable language categories. For example, "Category:Simon (surname)". So, if the surname Atari exists as a Japanese surname, the solution seems to be to include "Category:Atari (surname)" in "Category:Japanese-language surnames". -- Asclepias (talk) 13:48, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your guidance, Jeff and Asclepias. I've added Category:Atari (surname) to the Category:Japanese-language surnames. It seems peculiar that a name sourced in foreign languages with non-latin alphabets are romanized here, but Wikimedia Commons is conducted that way. I'm still trying to straighten out the instances in Wikidata but no doubt will understand better as responses to my help query there come in. Cheers, -- Deborahjay (talk) 14:16, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question regarding VRT

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Hello!

I've recently uploaded 25 photos of people in the Chinese Shamate subculture with the permission of the author, Alex Huanfa Cheng. He was truly a delight, responding to my inquiry in minutes and being very cooperative.

However, after I had uploaded the files, I noticed something in the {{PP}} template:

  • Please make sure the file includes a license at the time of upload; this template is not a substitute for a license.
  • If [...] the file is missing a license, this file may be deleted because it is missing valid licensing information.

I did not add the license tags at the time of upload, but rather after I had uploaded them and noticed my error. Will this be a problem? Can the files still be approved? QuickQuokka [⁠talk • contribs] 15:57, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Additional question: Can I use the files in articles before they are approved? QuickQuokka [⁠talk • contribs] 16:23, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Technically the files can be displayed, but it's probably better to wait until the VRT procedure is finalized. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:41, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's ok if you added the PP template after the upload. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:41, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
However, please do not display lots of other files in each description page. Instead, please include the files in a category. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:50, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Asclepias: OK, understood! QuickQuokka [⁠talk • contribs] 18:14, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia

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How to search in Wikipedia commons on iPhone xr Anomta hewe (talk) 21:28, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have an iPhone, but I'm guessing this would be the same as on Android. There should be a magnifying-glass symbol on the top line of every page, which leads to search. Is that there? - Jmabel ! talk 22:12, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Request for Permission to use photos-figures for publication

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Dear Madam, dear Sir, I hope this email finds you well and that all is going smoothly for you and your loved ones.

We are currently preparing an article for a Special Issue of the Geoheritage journal, which is part of a series stemming from the RIV3P8 conference we organized at our university last year. For more information, please visit https://sites.google.com/view/riv3p8.

To illustrate our paper, we would like to include photos/images of the reptile-like bird Archaeopteryx and the fossilized skeleton of a female ichthyosaur giving birth to youngs, providing evidence of ovoviviparity (eggs hatching internally as an adaptation to a fully marine lifestyle). Both fossils were discovered in Jurassic sediments in Germany. We find their inclusion is highly relevant to the topic of our article.

Would you kindly consider providing us with these images and granting permission to use them in our publication? Additionally, if possible, could you provide the correct citation reference so we can properly credit them in our bibliography?

Thank you very much in advance for your time and consideration. Should you grant us permission, we will ensure that the images are properly attributed in the article.

We remain at your attention for further information or if you wish to discuss specific conditions regarding the use of these images. We look forward to your positive response.

Best regards, Abdelmajid

@RIV3P8 Thank you for your request. I believe this line at the foot of this (and every) page here meets your needs:
"Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. All structured data from the file namespace is available under the Creative Commons CC0 License; all unstructured text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy."
If you find you have further questions please come back here and ask further questions. 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 23:44, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You asked this exact same question at Commons:Village_pump/Copyright and were answered there as well. Please don't ask the same question in two forums. It wastes people's time answering what someone else already answered. - Jmabel ! talk 03:49, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Broken file link on Anna Karenina title page

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File:AnnaKareninaTitle.jpg I'm hoping someone can fix this as I don't know how to. The largest file size (1994x3200) for this Anna Karenina title page has a broken link that prevents the file from loading. The correct file link is https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/AnnaKareninaTitle.jpg/1994px-AnnaKareninaTitle.jpg ThePinkShoes (talk) 03:35, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience link: File:AnnaKareninaTitle.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 03:50, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This has to be a purely technical issue. No editor can change this. It should presumably be asked at Commons:Village pump/Technical. - Jmabel ! talk 03:51, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Categorization of memorials by their parts

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Some memorials feature large-size objects, such as anchors, as their major parts (e. g., USS Chicago Anchor Memorial or Falklands War Merchant Navy memorial), but quote often those parts are only visible in a minority of photographs in the memorial category. Would it be appropriate to place the latter, as opposed to individual photos, in relevant subcategories of Memorial anchors by country and other anchor-related categories? 5.178.188.143 12:48, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's a trade-off. How prominent is the feature, how likely is it that we will have photos that don't show that feature, etc. If even 20% are likely not to show the feature, I'd probably push it down to the individual photos, not the category. And if we are dealing with something that has hundreds of images, a subcat specific to the feature might be appropriate, like how Category:Rudulph Evans's statue of Thomas Jefferson is an indirect subcat of Category:Jefferson Memorial. - Jmabel ! talk 18:33, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Haliç Üniversitesi logo.svg

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Bu logo güncellendi. Fakat dosya geçmişinde hala güncel gözüküyor. Bu dosyanın geçmişine yeni logoyu ekleyerek onu güncel hale nasıl getirebilirim? Ferhatalpar (talk) 15:51, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Haliç Üniversitesi logo.svg
This logo has been updated. But it still appears current in the file history. How can I update this file by adding the new logo to its history?
translator: Google Translate from Turkish via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:57, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Ferhatalpar: Merhaba ve hoş geldiniz. "Lütfen yeni logoyu ayrı bir dosya olarak yükleyin. Eski logoları tarihi belgeler olarak saklıyoruz. Açıklamayı düzenleyerek nedenini açıklayabilir ve yeni logoya bağlantı verebilirsiniz." (per Yann)

Hi, and welcome. "Please upload the new logo as a separate file. We keep old logos as historical documents. You can edit the description to explain the reason, and link to the new logo." (per Yann)   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:57, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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My next question just to clarify. With commons am I able to have a separate username that is named after the that company I work for? I know Wikipedia doesn’t allow for company names to be displayed on username. But I’m wondering does that also apply to commons? Originally I uploaded the company’s photos directly to commons from my personal account and the license I used was that I was allowed by the owner to share photo. Because of this license commons deleted my photo because they thought I was infringing copyrighted material even though I was authorized to use the photo. So therefore I created a work username for commons for the purposes of uploading the photos to claim full ownership license. Is this something allowed where my username for commons is different than Wikipedia? Or do I keep uploading photos under one account and with change license to full ownership of photos? I just don’t want my photos to be deleted from commons because of this. AimeeOHNI (talk) 18:55, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please, see Commons:Username policy. Ruslik (talk) 19:59, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AimeeOHNI: If the copyright is owned by the company, though, your account name is irrelevant. What we need is for some representative of the company (possibly you, since it sounds like you have the relevant authorization) to go through the process described at COM:VRT.
Please don't re-upload the same files. Go through the COM:VRT process to get the deletions reversed. - Jmabel ! talk 00:24, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

English courses offered at your university

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I am moving to Manila in February.I am choosing a university in Manila to enroll in to earn my master's degree. I have simple questions to ask concerning courses offered at your school. One: Do you offer Creative Writing? Do you offer Early American Literature? Do you offer Technical Writing? All of these courses are English courses in the USA. I understand if these courses are not offered by your school, but I would like to ask. Jackie Jordan [EMAIL REDACTED] [PHONE NUMBER REDACTED] USA Jackie Carlton (talk) 20:02, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jackie Carlton: I have no idea what school you might think you are addressing here, but you put this question on the site of Wikimedia Commons, the media repository that is a sister project to Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 00:27, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Help with Wikimedia VRTS release generator step 2

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I wish to upload a company logo and photograph, both taken from an organization's website. I've provided the contact person who will authorize their release. What else is needed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Irishaltoid (talk • contribs) 20:41, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Irishaltoid: Has that person filled out the release and emailed it as described at COM:VRT? - Jmabel ! talk 00:28, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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I struggle to enter a suitable license like CC-BY-SA-4.0 or other for the image I have taken from OpenStreetMap. Please assist. --Heribert3 (talk) 07:13, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Heribert3: I think you just want {{ODbL OpenStreetMap}}. The standard style doesn't have any additional terms imposed over those of ODbL, as explained in New licence for the “standard style” tiles from openstreetmap.org. The stylesheet for the standard style is under CC0, so you could add {{Cc-zero}} as well if you wanted. --bjh21 (talk) 10:44, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading images from geograph.org.uk

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I am trying to upload a file from geograph but it is an old CC BY-SA 2.0 licence which the upload wizard doesn't recognise. The image is TQ3952 : Oxted War Memorial. How can I upload it? Murgatroyd49 (talk) 10:04, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Murgatroyd49: Your link is to the gridsquare page, which covers 112 photos. Do you mean this one, 2720134? If so, it's already on Commons as File:Oxted War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 2720134.jpg. But if it were one of the few Geograph images not yet on Commons, the best way to import it is to follow the "Licensing" link under the photo to the reuse page, scroll to the bottom and use the "directly upload this image to Wikimedia Commons" link. That fills in all the essential bits of Special:Upload for you, ready for you to choose "Upload file". --bjh21 (talk) 10:36, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks for that. Not tried to do it before. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 10:44, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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