Commons:Help desk/Archive/2025/06

Category:Commons talk archives#Help%20desk/Archive/2025

Email address incorrect

I just received an email from Wikipedia.org to my recovery email address that I don't use. How do I register with the correct address? Popsbarry (talk) 01:03, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

@Popsbarry: Hi, and welcome. See Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal-email, and when done changing click "Save". You may have to do this on English Wikipedia as well. Thanks for your service.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:03, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

Image crop

I want to crop a image(File:Portrait of Kashmiri Girl child 2014.jpg) because it is large in size, seniors can you help me how to do it Mr.work-shy (talk) 04:00, 2 June 2025

@Mr.work-shy:
  1. Are you familiar with Commons:CropTool?
  2. When you crop this, you will want to choose to create a new file, not to overwrite the existing one.
- Jmabel ! talk 04:32, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
i will create new file Mr.work-shy (talk) 04:35, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

写真のアップロード

写真をアップロードしましたが、反映されません！ Kmn3299 (talk) 01:36, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

How to change filename?

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Backgammon_board_in_a_cell_at_Alcatraz.jpg#metadata Cobberlicious (talk) 01:55, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

See Commons:File renaming. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 01:57, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Sincere thanks Cobberlicious (talk) 04:22, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
This section was archived on a request by:   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:10, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Where to find my uploaded images?

My uploaded sketches PVRMurty1944 (talk) 02:32, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

@PVRMurty1944 If you uploaded them on Commons, you should see the here: Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:06, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
@PVRMurty1944: Under what username? I can't find any for this one.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:08, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

SVG upload

Hello, I'm trying to upload an SVG recreation of the flag of the United States Geological Survey, a U.S. government work in the public domain, but I'm being blocked by an abuse filter. Could someone please assist or whitelist the upload? 7Forest (talk) 03:16, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Trust the Metadata or nominate for copyvio?

File:Aron D'Souzas.jpg

File:DSouza casual 2.jpg

These uploads by @Enhanced 1 appear previously online, examples include . However, they have decent metadata. And the username hints at Enhanced Games.

What's the reasonable approach? "The metadata probably means that "own work" is correct, let it be." or "Nom as copyvio, probably the usual "found it online and uploaded it", if I'm wrong it's up to the uploader to sort out the COM:VRT stuff." ? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:36, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: Please see Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Enhanced 1.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 08:35, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
@Jeff G. So, always go for copyvio deletion in this situation? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:46, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: Unless they have already alluded to authorization.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:09, 3 June 2025 (UTC)
@Gråbergs Gråa Sång, concerning EXIF / metadata: these datasets, the EXIF, aren't something that can be unconditionally trusted. Someone with a bit of computer knowledge can manipulate everything there, see the tools listed in Commons:Exif. BUT: you can use EXIF as hints and evidence for demonstrating a legitimacy in uploads! Internal (in one specific file) and external (over a file set) consistency is always a valuable sign (it's quite difficult to emulate a faked EXIF set with data for camera model, shot time, exposure, ISO, aperture, focal length, serial numbers, software...) from a camera save for copying it from another genuine file, but that would introduce other inconsistencies (weird focal lengths or ISO values for instance). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 12:27, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

How to upload an image with the creator's permission?

I want to upload a company logo onto a wikipedia page. What proof of permission by the creator of the image is acceptable? Poojapanuganti (talk) 19:51, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

This is a hard question to answer in general.

Hi, I'm wondering about the copyright of two logos I captured last year, this company logo (chocolate wrapper) and this street sign are both public accessible logos of company's, are they allowed to be used on the platform without direct permission from the company? Cltjames (talk) 21:16, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

  • I don't think either of those logos is copyrightable. - Jmabel ! talk 00:43, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia

It seems that someone mistakenly nominated this page for deletion, but the discussion for it was not created. Can someone help with this? HyperAnd (talk) 21:53, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

The edit has already been reverted by Prototyperspective. Tvpuppy (talk) 23:51, 3 June 2025 (UTC)

Wiederherstellung von gelöschten Dateien - Löschgrund dürfte geklärt sein (?)

Guten Tag,

ich bin neu auf Commons und habe am 5. Mai 2025 das erste Mal Bilder hochgeladen, die nicht von mir stammen, sondern von einem Urheber, der mir die Erlaubnis dazu erteilt hat. Ich habe dies beim Hochladen angegeben und ich kam zu einem Email-Vordruck mit Einverständniserklärung und Angabe zur Lizenz. Es hieß dieser müsse innerhalb von 30 Tagen vom Urheber eingesendet werden, sonst erfolgt eine Löschung.

Es handelt sich um die Dateien: File:MB-trac 1300 bei der Aussaat (4).jpg bis File:MB-trac 1300 bei der Aussaat (9).jpg

Bereits nach einer Woche (am 13. Mai 2025) wurden die Bilder gelöscht. Am 12. Mai hatte der Urheber (laut eigenen Angaben) die Mail mit Freigabe und Lizenzinformationen gemäß Vordruck an die angegebene Mailadresse versendet. Auf Nachfrage auf der Diskussionsseite des Löschenden (@Krd) hat er mir freundlicherweise geantwortet, dass ich wohl versäumt habe eine Lizenz anzugeben und es daher schon nach 7 Tagen gelöscht wurde unabhängig von dem fehlenden Einverständnis des Urhebers. Ich solle einfach warten bis die Dateien wiederhergestellt werden. Nun ist dies schon Wochen her und ich frage mich, woran es liegt, dass keine Wiederherstellung erfolgt. Leider kann ich auf der Diskussionsseite von @Krd nichtmehr nachfragen, da die Konversation archiviert wurde (bzw. ich weiß nicht wie es geht). Darum frage ich hier. Ich hoffe das passt und freue mich auf eine Rückmeldung.

Gruß Felix -- Daimlerfahrer 1500 (talk) 14:15, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

@Daimlerfahrer 1500: It is not really all that long for this sort of thing, but if you want to inquire about the status of the ticket, you would ask at Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard. - Jmabel ! talk 19:55, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
Hello @Jmabel,
thank you for the answer. Then I will wait a few days longer before I text Volunteer Response Team.
Best Regards Felix -- Daimlerfahrer 1500 (talk) 06:52, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

problemi nella sistemazione grafica dei versi poetici

Non riesco a sistemare i versi delle singole strofe poetiche in modo che siano ben allineati e che non intercorra troppo spazio tra di essi. Quando li pubblico non ho corrispondenza con quanto visualizzato

in anteprima Fierrorita (talk) 19:52, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
I'm not sure I see what this question has to do with Wikimedia Commons. We are not a site for posting poetry. - Jmabel ! talk 21:09, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Unggah File Pdf

Saya tidak bisa mengunggah file pdf karena beberapa kali ditolak oleh Wikimedia Commons. Mohon berikan solusinya. Terima kasih Isma Rachmadani (talk) 01:35, 1 June 2025 (UTC)

Mengunggah file pdf membutuhkan hak Autoconfirmed, yang diberikan secara otomatis setelah akunmu berlalu selama 4 hari. Aku sarankan untuk menunggu saja sebelum mengunggah. HyperAnd (talk) 03:25, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
Sekarang akunmu sudah sampai 4 hari, seharusnya sudah bisa mengunggah pdf HyperAnd (talk) 09:08, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

if a politician who died in 1983 (manipur, {under this lisence (1 condition)} can because at that time media doesn't cover small state minister appointment. 獅眠洞 (talk) 19:29, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: I'm sorry, that question makes no sense to me at all. Can you either reword it or ask it in a different language? - Jmabel ! talk 21:07, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
i want to upload images of person Muhammad Alimmuddin of Manipur(indian state), who died on 1983.
In wikicommons we must provide lisence (pd) of Home country & America.
  • ✓ Home Country lisence:- {PD-INDIA}
  • ❓ America:-{PD-1996}, not sure because It may be satisfy first point of this template, because date of origin, is unknown the known thing is image captured before 1983.@Jmabel
獅眠洞 (talk) 22:27, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
@獅眠洞: I'm guessing you mean Mohammed Alimuddin, since the date fits. It is unlikely that there is an image of Muhammad Alimuddin is an adult that would be in the public domain both in the U.S and India. He was born in 1920. Anything published in India after 1935 would have still been in copyright in the U.S. in 1996, so it would still be in copyright now. (Even pictures that are PD just in India might be hard to come by. The picture would have to be no later than 1965, and if the photographer is known they would have to have died no later than 1965.) - Jmabel ! talk 23:28, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
Ok thnx u senior 獅眠洞 (talk) 03:36, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
@Jmabel,Is there any way to upload his image?. I see some copyright images on Wikipedia. 獅眠洞 (talk) 09:48, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
@獅眠洞: the only legitimate way to place a copyrighted file on Commons is to find out who owns the copyright and get them to offer a free license.
Outside of Commons, it would of course depend where you wanted to upload it and for what purpose. For example, en:Wikipedia:Non-free content allows that for a deceased person who is the subject of a Wikipedia article and for whom no free image is available, en-wiki will host one low-resolution image of that person for use of the article. That does not involve Commons at all, and if you have further questions about it, ask them on en-wiki. - Jmabel ! talk 18:41, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Flickr location searching

Apologies that this isn't 100% related to Commons, but it's a question related to finding images for Commons, and I have no idea where else to ask since I don't really use Flickr very much.

I'm trying to find images for a WP article using Flickr, but I'm very aware that a lot of Flickr photos have generic names and no descriptions, so instead I'd like to search for images taken in a specific location. There's Map, but it doesn't zoom in far enough for my purposes and doesn't give a straight-up list of images or a date range option (the latter is important for what I'm looking for). Is there any way to get Flickr images from a specific location, preferably within a date range? Suntooooth (talk) 02:09, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

While Flickr has tools to find photos within date range (at least for logged in users), it does not have specific search by location. Only a portion of Flickr images have Flickr Map information; for photos without embedded geolocation it is often added by the users, frequently being very approximate and often off by miles. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 03:51, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
Strange that they've gone to the trouble of setting up the Map page but not a proper "search by location" function. Suntooooth (talk) 17:38, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Help - Posting an article

Hi There,

I've got an article I'd like to post regarding a company that has helped build housing for blue collar workers and established a lot of work in building a better future for blue collar workers. I'd like help on how to know if this article is alright for posting or not. The article talks about the company's history, how many buildings they have and also what industries they have contributed to and in what ways.

What do I need to look for in order to avoid rejection?

Thanks! ThailandGuru2025 (talk) 08:16, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Uploading multiple images

How to upload multiple photos at once Dr M Gentela (talk) 08:22, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Special:UploadWizard -- Magnus (talk) 08:47, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Adding NZ Author

Heya, how do I add a New Zealand author?? Mikey 69 (talk) 16:51, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

@Mikey 69: Are you saying you've taken a picture of this person and want to upload it here, or are you asking something else? - Jmabel ! talk 18:44, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Uploads are being blocked somehow

I have uploaded many files to Wiki Commons using the standard uploader, but since getting my new Windows computer with Defender my uploads are somehow blocked with the message "No internet connection". Of course I have high speed cable connection and am constantly on the web. Is the problem that the file has EXIF metadata? Is the problem on my device or are there undocumented restrictions on the site? Quinet (talk) 17:25, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

The actual message is "Could not connect to the server. Make sure you have a working internet connection and try again." Quinet (talk) 17:28, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
depends on your internet provider, the software you have, or your browser being out of date,
EXIF data shouldnt cause this, but if you took the image with a phone it might contain location data of yours, so make sure to double check.
you mentioned Windows defender like it had to do with something, but you only mentioned it once, maybe check your firewall? 140.82.178.97 17:50, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
The photo was taken with a Nikon, all my software is fully up-to-date, I have tried with several browsers, same issue. I have no idea whether Defender is implicated, but I suspect something on my device is doing the blocking. I'm hoping someone has a theory... Quinet (talk) 18:08, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Can you upload screenshots of articles from primary/secondary sources that are online?

I want to upload a screen shot of an image of an article about Wikipedia. Is that allowed? MotherBoard1994 (talk) 19:52, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

@MotherBoard1994: probably not. To be uploaded to Commons it would have to be either in the public domain or free-licensed. Few such articles would qualify for either. Also, typically articles don't get uploaded to Commons even if they qualify on these grounds. Why do you want to upload it? (Hoping to help you meet the goal by other means.) - Jmabel ! talk 00:39, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Page crashed - where are my uploaded images now???

I spent lots of time to upload 12 pictures for your Wiki Loves Earth contest - I am working in a corner of Cameroon with weak internet connection. While busy on adding descriptive texts my web page suddenly crashed, now I don't see any of my previously uploaded images anymore? Pko70 (talk) 09:59, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Do you see anything on Special:UploadStash? Magnus (talk) 13:28, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
Unfortunately it looks like no uploads from this account were successfully uploaded here. Any that were would be at your "User uploads" page . -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:39, 6 June 2025 (UTC)
next time should just upload with minimal description. and then give detail about it. modern_primat ඞඞඞ ----TALK 15:25, 6 June 2025 (UTC)

Higher quality picture

I recently uploaded File:1972P53 The English Ship Hampton Court in a Gale.jpg, which is based on a download of the museum's own online photograph. Another version of the same painting, but photographed in the museum and (to my eye) suffering from problems with reflections, etc, is already here at File:An English Man-o-War in a Gale - Willem van de Velde the younger - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery March 2012 (cropped+retouched).jpg. Is there an easy way of linking the two together and have the user find the higher quality image first? ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 20:01, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

✓ Done. @ThoughtIdRetired: you can look at the file pages and see how I did it. No guarantee what they find first, but they can now easily navigate from one to the other and make their own choice. - Jmabel ! talk 21:16, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
For real tho, how to increase the resolution my first upload image Lilly johns5 (talk) 01:45, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
Upsampling with no additional input of information may sometimes produce a nice-looking result, but it is never a more accurate one, so it is usually unsuitable for documentary purposes. - Jmabel ! talk 19:31, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Why my image of Guru Gorakhnath is up for deletion

The image I posted is a very famous painting it is worshipped accross India how can it be a copy right issue Abhishekkagautam (talk) 14:05, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

  • Regarding File:Guru Mastendaranath.jpg - You claimed that you were the artist who created the painting, and the painting was from 2025. (Someone else has since fixed your false claims.) Please be accurate and honest when uploading media to Wikimedia Commons. Please review Commons:First steps and material linked there. If you have questions about using Wikimedia Commons you can't find answers to ask. Hope this helps. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:11, 5 June 2025 (UTC)
Where did you actually get your image from? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:30, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Fake Image

File:Bobai, Yulin, Guangxi, China - panoramio (1).jpg

This appears to be a fake image of a house that is masquerading as a picture of a real location. I think it should probably be removed from the Wikipedias where it appears, let me know if you have any insight. Geographyinitiative (talk) 17:57, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

✓ Done --Yann (talk) 18:27, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

Unnecessary Delete request

File:Plain Southeast Asia Map.jpg, senior can someone tell me how this. image can be copyrighted. 獅眠洞 (talk) 20:29, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: Hi, I don't think you created this map all by yourself. So where did you find it? Yann (talk) 20:55, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
The map is a dupicate of File:Southeast Asia location map.svg, which is PD. So there shouldn't be any issues with copyright, but still it should be deleted since it is a duplicate. Tvpuppy (talk) 21:07, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
If it is duplicate, i support u. blaming me of uploading something is copyrighted is feels like harashment. 獅眠洞 (talk) 21:10, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
@Yann,File:Taiwan location map.svg so this image can also be copyrighted 獅眠洞 (talk) 21:08, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

I want to upload image which captures with my own smartphone

even through I have taken a picture of shrubs sunset view which taken with my own smartphone and why I didn't select upload file not working VenuGopal Nayak (talk) 13:42, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Cannot explain search results

Hi, I'm using queries to add my uploads to user categories (and other things). I'm wondering why searching for

author:Plozessor -incategory:"Photos by Stephan van Helden"

via "Special:Search" or API returns, in addition to the correct results, these three items:

While I uploaded the first two files (but are not mentioned as author in the description), I have nothing whatsoever to do with the third file (except that I had added it to my user category in the past due to the same error).

Does anyone have an idea why these files are in the results? Is it a bug? Or is my query wrong? --Plozessor (talk) 18:07, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

I don't know the reason for why this happens. However, I noticed in the third file (PDF file), your username was mentioned in one of the tables in page 10. Tvpuppy (talk) 18:53, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

Trying to update coordinate in structured data, but button does nothing

Concerns: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbaijum,_Sickema_state_poortgebouw_RM15855_(2).jpg

I changed the coordinates to the correct location in the description, but when I try to do the same in the structured data tab, I can enter them, see the correct location on the mini map, and remove the old ones, but the 'Publish changes' button does nothing. No network call, no error. This is in Firefox. --JeroenHoek (talk) 17:10, 7 June 2025 (UTC)

  • I believe this has been a mess for a long time. I just delete from the SDC, get the right info into {{Location}} or {{Object location}}, and let the bot fix the SDC. - Jmabel ! talk 19:33, 7 June 2025 (UTC)
    Ah, I can indeed remove 'all' (the one) coordinates from the SDC. I did that, and I'll let a bot sort it out... Thanks. --JeroenHoek (talk) 20:07, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
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Como accedo a libros en línea?

Iacobus Ricardo Alberto Farias Leites (talk) 23:17, 7 June 2025 (UTC) @Ricardo Alberto Farias Leites:

¿Pregunta acerca de ver algún archivo en particular en este sitio web, o simplemente está haciendo una pregunta muy general? - Jmabel ! talk 04:31, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Unable to upload image

facing issue can't upload image VenuGopal Nayak (talk) 13:39, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

@VenuGopal Nayak: to get any useful answers, you are going to have to be a lot more specific about what tool you were using and what went wrong (e.g. for the former a particular URL, for the latter a particular error message, or where things got stuck, or something). - Jmabel ! talk 04:33, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

i wanted to ask why did'nt they provide the prize list for those citizens of Ghana who are contributing for thr wiki love earth 2025

i wanted to get the prize list for the Ghana citizens Abdul Rahman Abdul Kudus (talk) 15:39, 8 June 2025 (UTC)

@Abdul Rahman Abdul Kudus: you'd probably have to ask someone who was at least in some way involved in running that contest. - Jmabel ! talk 04:34, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Cat-a-lot issue

I'm unable to manually set a category in cat-a-lot. I type the category name in and press enter, and nothing happens. It used to show me the entered category with - -> +, but now nothing. I still see the popup of the category name above the search/entry field as I type it in, and I'm using common categories like Category:Victorian novels. I'm trying to use this in book searches and "Works by" and "Novels by" categories mostly. Thanks for your time. Geoffroi 02:54, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Weird. Works fine for me, so I have no guess. - Jmabel ! talk 04:51, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
@Geoffroi: I see that you have custom cat-a-lot preferences in User:Geoffroi/common.js. Perhaps you could try to comment them out and try then? Cat-a-lot itself works fine for me as well. MKFI (talk) 06:53, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
I forgot to disable AdBlock... Sorry for wasting your time. Geoffroi 15:40, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
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Duplicate files

I saw File:American Communist Party Logo (Vector).svg, which seems to be an exact duplicate of File:American Communist Party Logo.svg. What's the proper way to merge the two files? Thanks. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:15, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

@CanonNi: in the future, use {{Duplicate}} to request redirection of exact or scaled-down duplicates. In this case, I'll just deal with it. - Jmabel ! talk 04:53, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Got it. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 06:00, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
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uploading photos

The wiki page for Llewellyn Michael Kraus Boelter has no photo of the man on his wiki page. I found one on the internet. Can I upload it? Note, This man was a brother to my paternal grandmother, Bernice Vivian Elva (Boelter) Cannon. I wasn't sure about copyright rules on photos found on the internet.

Sincerely, Frank Nickolas "Nick" Cannon son of Frank Boelter Cannon grandson of Bernice Vivian Elva Boelter great nephew of my grandma's brother, Llewellyn Michael Kraus Boelter. KansanCommenter (talk) 05:32, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

@KansanCommenter Hello! Commons has strict rules and only accepts free content per Commons:Licensing, and those rules have a lot of detail. It depends on country of origin, date of publication, when did the photographer die etc.
However, English Wikipedia has a rule that very simplified says "since Llewellyn M. K. Boelter is no longer with us, we'll allow one non-free pic of him in the article about him". So I just added this pic to that article. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:53, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Image looking washed out/less saturated unexpectedly?

I was making these two cropped images (1, 2) from this image. Frustraitingly, as I was about to use it, I realise that the saturation doesn't seem to match, with the new cropped images being much less saturated, and I can't work out why. Any help how it can get the cropped images to not have a wrong saturation would be appriciated Bejakyo (talk) 10:32, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

  • What software are you using to make these crops? I know that, when I've worked with anything taken by Carol Highsmith, I've had to manually add a colour profile to get colours that reflect her TIFs. It's possible that colour profile issues may be happening here. The crops seem a bit cooler in their lighting, too. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 10:43, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
    ah ok. I'm using paint.net, which I imagine is perhaps not fitting for cropping that base image in that case as I don't believe it can do anything with Colour profiles. It's odd as I've never seen an image change in a way like this from online to editing program.
    Would it be possible for me to request to delete those two images I cropped in that case? I was creating them to replace some CSS cropping I had done, but it seems like it may be more effort than it's worth! Bejakyo (talk) 10:52, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
    A lot of software does undisclosed "tweaks", so it might be worth looking into Commons' own crop tool for this need (Commons:CropTool). The existing crops can be tagged {{SD|G7}} (author request) for speedy deletion. That being said, Asclepias has a good point about the copyright; unless the copyright was transferred to the Green Party as part of his contract, they don't have the right to release it under a free license.  — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:30, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Not answering the technical question, but before you spend too much effort on this particular image, you might want to obtain a free license from Gary Lawson, the photographer. As can be seen in the EXIF data, the copyright remained with the photographer. The Bristol Green Party flickr account cannot offer it as public domain. Unless there is evidence that Gary Lawson renounced his copyright. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:18, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

my profile name Animaastrologer

MY Image and Content not Delected in my Profile Name Animaastrologer Animaastrologer (talk) 10:56, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

@Animaastrologer: Hi, Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, and we do not accept personal images unless people contribute positively somehow. Please read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 12:24, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Something went wrong

When i'm in Wikipedia, im logged in but now it says i'm blocked from editing from Wikipedia, how is this possible, ArtopiaBoy (talk) 12:00, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

@ArtopiaBoy: Hi, You were blocked for 3 days for vandalism. Please read COM:SCOPE and COM:L before doing anything here, or you might be blocked again. And please use Commons:Sandbox for testing. Thanks, Yann (talk) 12:22, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

photo of artwork

I would like to upload a photo of an artwork by the artist Harry Elliott, it is a photo I took myself. The work was done in the 1910s, is this ok in terms of copyright? RainDesign42 (talk) 12:51, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

Do you mean French artist en:Harry Eliott? If yes, then no, it would not (yet) be ok, because he died in 1959, and consequently his works are still protected in France until the end of 2029. So it would be ok here in 2030. One thing you could do is upload the file, have it immediately deleted again by an admin (like me, or another, see COM:A), and mark it for undeletion in 2030 (Category:Undelete in 2030). Or upload the file to the English wikipedia, where 1910s artwork should be ok because it is already in the public domain in the United States. --Rosenzweig τ 13:03, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Got it, thanks. And yes, it is the French artist Harry Elliott.
Can I use a link to an auction site that has photos of his works? RainDesign42 (talk) 14:23, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
For what purpose would you need such a link to an auction site? --Rosenzweig τ 15:00, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
Just as an option to uploading my own photo of the artist's work, since the auction house has already made this image available on the internet. I was wondering if this could be a way to avoid copyright issues. RainDesign42 (talk) 23:32, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
If the work were free of copyright (which it sounds like Elliott's works are not), and it is strictly two-dimensional (because images of three-dimensional works always involve copyrightable creative choices by the photographer), then an auction house would be as good a source as any, and a page on their website could be linked as the source of an image. But that will in no way "avoid copyright issues" if the underlying work is copyrighted. - Jmabel ! talk 06:05, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
And if I can piggyback off of this, photos you take are licensed by you as the copyright holder however you want it to be licensed, but starting in 2030, you could also upload faithful reproductions of his artwork by others as long as this does not include extraneous elements. So, if someone issues a print or stamp or some other 2-D artwork that is just a copy of his art, then there is no copyright protection in the United States for that work. If someone else goes to an art gallery and snaps a photograph of a painting, including its 3-D frame and general placement in the location, then that could be covered by a copyright in the United States. Sorry if that is too much information, but I figured it could be useful if you have other works by this artist that you want to have uploaded here. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:28, 9 June 2025 (UTC)
My photo is just a full-screen snap of the artwork itself, without a frame or background. There is also a website & Insta page dedicated to Harry Elliott's work, so there are images out there but none on his Wikipedia page. I wonder if its possible to enrich his page. RainDesign42 (talk) 00:15, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
If you want it for the en.wp article and this is a 1910s work as you wrote, you can upload the file right now to en.wp (en:Special:Upload). Use the PD-US-expired-abroad license tag, like this: {{PD-US-expired-abroad|2030}}. --Rosenzweig τ 09:02, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Great, thanks a lot! And this is for my own photo of the artwork, right? RainDesign42 (talk) 14:36, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Yes. --Rosenzweig τ 14:55, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
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pictures of June

Also no new pictures for June. It looks like strange. 37.161.41.87 17:10, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

I have no idea what help you are asking for here. - Jmabel ! talk 23:32, 9 June 2025 (UTC)

PD upload

i want to upload this file on Commons because it is in PD {Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")} but not know which template should I use ,can u help to by telling. 獅眠洞 (talk) 10:49, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Please do not upload a duplicate if the existing file can do for your use. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:58, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Thank u
I added Cat: Mosques in Myanmar Myanmar. 獅眠洞 (talk) 15:10, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
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Question about Law of Malaysia website

I'm not sure whether this is the correct place to ask, but hopefully I can find guidance for this burning question.

As a user specializing in law, I previously had access to the Law of Malaysia website, maintained by the Attorney-General's Chambers of Malaysia. A few years ago I could no longer access the website, not even the AGC's website at here. Originally I thought they changed their website, but strangely, I was able to access the websites when I went to another place, which means that their websites are still alive.

Is it caused by some sort of geographical IP block? Any explanations would be thanked.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:53, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

@廣九直通車: I can access https://lom.agc.gov.my/ from here in the US, perhaps you can use a proxy? At first, I could not access https://agc.gov.my/, but then I viewed source and was able to access the page behind the iframe, https://www.agc.gov.my/agcportal/frontend/web/.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:01, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
I can access the former site from the UK.
If I try to access the second, I get "To protect your security, www.agc.gov.my will not allow Firefox to display the page if another site has embedded it. To see this page, you need to open it in a new window. Learn more...", with the latter sentence linking to . Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:04, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
That's strange. I used different browsers and tried different IP addresses to access the websites in Hong Kong — none succeeded. So you believe VPN might work?廣九直通車 (talk) 14:12, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
@廣九直通車: Might. And you might know people with undocumented methods of breaching things like GFW.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:16, 14 June 2025 (UTC)
Just tried VPN, and it worked. I have increasing suspicion that the AGC applied extra-broad-band geoblocking: not even Japanese IPs work. But at the end of the day, it's Bolehland after all... lah.廣九直通車 (talk) 12:50, 17 June 2025 (UTC)
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Joining deletion requests (adding a single into a mass DR page)

Hello,

can someone please teach me how to best join deletion requests? I'd like to have Commons:Deletion requests/File:MN Moby Drea 30-03-2011 Genova.JPG in Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Moby Drea (ship, 1975). Both were opened by me, the former earlier than the mass DR.

I'm thinking about modifying the DR link in File:MN Moby Drea 30-03-2011 Genova.JPG to point to the mass DR and list the file there manually. Then, the "single" DR page could either be speedied or made into a redirect. Would that be to right thing to do? Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 13:19, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Basically, yes. Make the single into a redirect, and make sure that you copy any comments from that which are not already in the other DR, providing context indicating that they've been moved. - Jmabel ! talk 17:31, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
Thank you, I proceeded according to your advice, using {{Box}} to mark the single DR comments. Regard, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:20, 15 June 2025 (UTC)
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Relevant source identification

Which sources we consider relevant and valuable... how do we identify Nitinrv0099 (talk) 02:32, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

@Nitinrv0099: there is no universal answer to this question. Could you please be more specific? (And are you asking this on the correct site? This is Wikimedia Commons, a media repository, and we don't usually have to evaluate sources here from any point of view other than whether their copyright claims are valid. Perhaps you meant to ask this on Wikipedia?) - Jmabel ! talk 06:08, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Uploading erection pics showing size and measuring

I was curious if I could add some photos of my fully erect cock also measuring the size? I have a 8.5 erection and I viewed the erect penis pics on here and none are as big as mine! People need to know that there are some penises that are large. Also I have a upward curve @ Scott8inch (talk) 04:16, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

@Scott8inch: Please do not do this. - Jmabel ! talk 06:09, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
@Jmabel: too late (NSFW, obviously)... Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 06:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
So, in short, he presumably asked here only to draw attention. I will delete and block. - Jmabel ! talk 06:27, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
"So, in short"... Was this pun intended?! LOL! And I had refrained myself from saying something about advices coming too late... Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 06:33, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Or the pictures coming too soon.
And, believe me, I am showing enormous restraint compared to some things I've thought to say. - Jmabel ! talk 21:36, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Poor Dick didn't get away Scott free, despite his Genes making him think to have a heads up... He's gotta limp back home. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 21:40, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Upload url

How to upload upload for interview with CBC radio. Can I upload the interview. Is there any copyright violation? Ahmjahangir (talk) 06:49, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

See COMM:LICENSE. Sometimes, the CBC in Canada uploads videos or audio to YouTube and they choose to freely license them, but you should assume that media from the CBC are copyrighted until you know otherwise. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:51, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for sharing your views promptly. As they uploaded and available online i assume, there would be no copyright issue. Can you please guide us if there is any way for uploading by copy and paste the url. The caption i can write what exactly they im few words. After uploading then we can get opinion via talk page. Ahmjahangir (talk) 07:11, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Please show us the source link you plan to use here; not as a deeplink, but to the page where the audio can be found. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 07:32, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

You tube video

How do I upload this - it's on instagram. How do I save to photos or simply upload? Worcesterblackpear (talk) 08:12, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

You do not! At least not for an upload on any Wikipedia or Commons page. It is too likely that it'll be a copyright infringement. If you want so save something on your own hard disk for you in private, use a classical Windows or Linux PC and some readily available downloading tools; but Common is not a site to ask for help on how to do that. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 09:22, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
And you may want to read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 21:37, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

YouTube capture upload question

Some captured images from YouTube videos are uploaded here. I wonder what conditions are required. --Heiliges (talk) 10:08, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

The same as for everything else: being compliant with COM:Licensing and COM:SCOPE. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 10:21, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Also see Commons:YouTube files for more info. If a YouTube video has been released under a Creative Commons license, you will see it shown in the video's description. The license, of course, needs to be compatible with Commons (CC BY or CC BY-SA). Beyond the licensing, you should be sure the uploader has the rights to license the video (i.e. the video is their own work, and they are not just uploading someone else's video and erroneously marking it as freely licensed). You should also make sure the part of the video you are capturing is actually freely available. For example, if a freely licensed YouTube video uses a Getty image in part of the video, you can't upload a screenshot of that Getty image. ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 10:34, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
If there is a "Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)" at the bottom of a YouTube video, can I upload a screenshot here? If so, how should I capture the screenshot? --Heiliges (talk) 10:38, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
That takes care of the licensing requirement (probably, could still be a copyright violation by the YT account), but you still have to make sure it's compliant with COM:SCOPE. Technically, for a screenshot, you choose the highest video quality available, go in fullscreen mode, press "Print screen" (The key to the right of F12), open a graphic editor (Irfanview, MS Paint...), hit "Ctrl + V" and then you save it as PNG. Or your operating system saves the screenshot upon pressing "Print screen" automatically, that's what Ubuntu does, for instance. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 10:53, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
@Grand-Duc: any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so @Heiliges please upload a jpg version instead.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:12, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
But there's no need to use a lossy compression when a lossless format is available and sensible to use. A reminder: we're not a provider for thumbnails, but for illustrations in the best quality possible. Instead of PNG, a LZW-compressed TIFF is also possible. But, Jeff G., you surely do not expect a person who's apparently not knowledgeable about how to take a screenshot with PC operating systems to delve into the finer details of graphic file formats, do you? Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 19:32, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
@Grand-Duc: That depends on their intended use; if on a WMF project in less-than-full size, I stand by my recommendation. See also http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:23, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
@Heiliges Alternatively, you can pause the video at the frame you want to capture a screenshot, right click the video and there should be an option to select "Save video frame". Tvpuppy (talk) 20:48, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Others Work Upload by Permission

Previously, i upload images with the help of someone who is native to that location,he agreed to give me images and I sent him a link of Commons: Licensing , he agreed under (CC by SA). Can I upload it here.

Note:- Conversation is on insta private massage. 獅眠洞 (talk) 10:56, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

i gave him credit also 獅眠洞 (talk) 11:34, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
See Commons:Uploading works by a third party. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:19, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Logo for dance company

I'm currently updating the toronto dance theatre wikipedia page and I want to add logos and images... it asks if i personally own the images but its just a png of a logo how should i proceed? Maximalb (talk) 13:34, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

See Commons:Uploading works by a third party.
It may be that the work is too simple to be copyrighted, but we would need a link to view it and to know the country of origin to say for sure. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:18, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Trying to pull from Category:SVG_college_sports_logos_of_the_United_States

Hi - I am trying to pull from "Category:SVG_college_sports_logos_of_the_United_States" - some of the logos work. Others i get the following error message -

Our servers are currently under maintenance or experiencing a technical issue

</html>

Any suggestions on how to fix?

Thanks Rob 2600:4040:2DB2:4400:E0BE:A98D:84E:D1AF 17:22, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Are you trying to pull via a script? If so, make sure your script has a proper user agent set. See wmf:Policy:Wikimedia Foundation User-Agent Policy. You may also want to implement some rate limiting if you are not already, in case you are being denied for hitting the servers too hard. ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 17:56, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Dealing with very old CfDs

While sorting some categories, I came across this nominally-still-open CfD from February 2021. It's a valid argument and I want to contribute to it, but should I just do it there at the long-stale CfD, or start a new one? - The Bushranger (talk) 19:22, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

You're welcome to contribute to it since it's still open. Abzeronow (talk) 19:33, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
& believe me, that's nowhere near the record for stale. - Jmabel ! talk 21:40, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Template Creation Request

i want to request to respect template Creatiors plz make template for Myanmar, similar to Template: Provinces of Nepal.

Thank u 獅眠洞 (talk) 13:50, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello @獅眠洞, I will try to see if I can create one. What do you think is the best name for the template? Since according to en:Administrative divisions of Myanmar, they don’t have provinces, but they have regions/states. I think the most accurate is to called it “Administrative divisions of Myanmar”. Tvpuppy (talk) 01:59, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
Yes, senior i agree with u. 獅眠洞 (talk) 02:45, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
@獅眠洞 I created {{Administrative divisions of Myanmar}}, see example of how to use in Category:Buddhist temples in Ayeyarwady Region. Tvpuppy (talk) 11:31, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
Thank you senior 獅眠洞 (talk) 11:34, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
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In the United States what happens to the copyright of an image when the copyright owner of the image is a company that no longer exists? Is it possible to upload these and if so what tag should be used? This may be more of a question for a copyright attorney. –DMartin (talk) 01:34, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

The rights goes to whoever the company sold their assets to or one of the owners Trade (talk) 01:56, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
You may want to read en:Orphan works in the United States (and also en:Orphan work). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 01:57, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
I never knew there was a term for this! Orphan works is so dramatic lol. Thanks. –DMartin (talk) 06:31, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
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