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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:

Are you familiar with Commons:CropTool?
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.

You say "I want to upload a company logo onto a wikipedia page" (I presume English-language Wikipedia, but correct me if I am wrong). Since you asked on Commons, not Wikipedia, do you specifically want to upload it Commons? If not, it is often easier just to upload directly to the English-language Wikipedia as en:Wikipedia:Non-free content, using en:Template:Non-free logo.
"proof of permission": we need a license, not a generic permission. Commons:Uploading works by a third party#If you need to obtain a license for copyrighted work is probably the best explanation we have; some other sections of that page may also be relevant.
If that doesn't answer your question, it would help a lot to say what company and (via a URL) what logo. - Jmabel ! talk 00:41, 4 June 2025 (UTC)

Copyright issue?

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)

Copyright (PD-1996)

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)

@ThailandGuru2025: This is Wikimedia Commons, we don't have articles here. Perhaps you're thinking of English language Wikipedia; for them, see Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. Thanks for asking. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:20, 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)

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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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Copyright owned by a company that is out of business

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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Uploading problems

how do i find my ID at the list so that i can enter it when uploading my photos? K danai (talk) 19:49, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

@K danai: What kind of photos do you want to upload? Please see Special:UploadWizard. Yann (talk) 19:52, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

Your ID here is "User:K danai", or just "K danai". It's not clear what "List" you're referring to. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:34, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

رفع صور

أنشأت صفحة على ويكيبيديا وازيد رفع صور باحث أدبي (talk) 09:56, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

This does not seem like a request for any specific help. - Jmabel ! talk 17:25, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

أهلًا باحث أدبي، يمكنك رفع الصور عبر هذه الصفحة. بالتوفيق --Alaa :)..! 19:25, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Move my old uploads to my new login.

How do i get all of my old data from Grumpy626 to my new log in of Grumpy3100? The email I had does not exist anymore. I could not log in and had to create a new log in. Grumpy3100 (talk) 22:20, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

There's no way to do this. Every edit is tied "forever" to the account performing it, that includes uploads. You can only state that "Grumpy626" is an old account of yours on your new userpage. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 23:05, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

@Grumpy3100@Grand-Duc: I think if an account is renamed, then edits get changed, but I don't know about uploads. You could check at the stewards page where account renames are requested. -- Auntof6 (talk) 01:35, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

By the introduction, I thought that account A, "Grumpy626", had a significant number or edits, precluding any takeover or whatever (if that's still possible now, after the SUL finalising). The Grumpy626 operator lost his access to that account and made a new one, account B, "Grumpy3100". I do not think that renaming in any direction is able to transfer the Grumpy626 edits and uploads to Grumpy3100. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 01:43, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I concur with Grand-Duc's assessment. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:48, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Convenience link: Grumpy626. - Jmabel ! talk 18:44, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Nothing at all! There's never been an account of that name on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 18:46, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel, Try Grumpy-626. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:52, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

User:TyraFan638

This user has been moving a bunch of categories without updating the actual files the cats contain. What should be done here? '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:52, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

@CanonNi: The first thing would be to let them know it's a problem. Leave a message on their talk page, for example. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:19, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

@CanonNi: Also, they might be planning to let the bot do the moves. -- Auntof6 (talk) 05:22, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

@Auntof6: It doesn't appear to be so simple. There's the move of multiple subcats from "Ernst & Young ..." to "EY ..." while the main cat is still Category:Ernst & Young. Similarly, there's an even larger move of subcats from "Dunkin' Donuts ..." to "Dunkin' ..." while the main cat is still Category:Dunkin' Donuts. There's also the move of Category:PBS member stations to Category:Logos of PBS member stations. On the surface, it would appear to be a competency thing. However, there's an obsession with television logos in their contributions in general and further competency issues therein, which led someone to reference Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/Jordanene7 and wonder if it's time to revisit that. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 07:05, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Digging further, there's a months-old CFD where an active Wikipedia editor requested renaming a single category of TV station logos because "that's how we name them on Wikipedia", already the source of a great many categorization problems throughout Commons. It appears TyraFan638 took it upon themselves to perform a mass rename without letting the discussion run its course. In all fairness, Commons CFDs have largely been proven to be as useless as tits on a boar hog, but I would agree that bypassing discussion of something of this scale is improper. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 07:21, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

@RadioKAOS: Still, I think the first move is to try to communicate with the user. It doesn't look like anyone has done that.

As for CFDs, I've been trying to go through some old ones. If you point me to the CFD, I'll take a look at it.

@TyraFan638: Courtesy ping to notify you of discussion. -- Auntof6 (talk) 07:23, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Their talk page shows that various members of the community have attempted to communicate with them over the past two weeks. Their contributions show no evidence of attempting to communicate back. The CFD is at Commons:Categories for discussion/2025/02/Category:SVG NBC station logos. Also of relevance is this discussion and this. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 07:34, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Deleting a revision of a file

Please delete the first revision of File:AI Source Verification.png. It accidentally included some photos. The second revision can stay. Thanks! Polygnotus (talk) 11:53, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Done -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:41, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Definition of "non-contributor" and "no constructive global contributions"

To invoke COM:CSD F10 it requires the image be a personal photo by a non-contributor who have no constructive global contributions. Does that mean if the user has uploaded one constructive image on Commons (and done nothing else on any other Wiki) it disqualifies his twenty selfies for speedy deletion? (extreme example, but hopefully it adds clarity to the question) Thanks, Nv8200pa (talk) 15:05, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

In uncertain/borderline cases, I'd generally list for deletion with a short explanation of the circumstances. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:35, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

However if the situation is abundantly clear in context even if it doesn't quite fit the letter of guidelines, there is Commons:Snowball clause. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:38, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Dunamis International Gospel Centre

Please, I need to upload a picture of the church 102.90.81.156 15:21, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

See Commons:First steps. You need to be a logged in user to upload media here. Any media uploaded must be free licensed and in project scope. Hope this helps. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:32, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Aircraft image

I have left a message to the original photographer of JA8357 photo from the 2000s (Mark I.), and through personal e-mail he said it's OK as long as it has "the proper credit." Am unsure of my next steps, so am posting this to the Help Desk since this may be the best course of action. For context, I have done my part in helping Wikipedians put up a new infobox image for the Boeing 737 MAX article almost two years ago. This one now is for the Pokémon Jet project. Maybe ye would assist me as well for the GA counterparts... Thank you! 〜 POKéTalker(═◉═) 17:03, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

@Poketalker: have you read Commons:Uploading works by a third party? Because it sounds like you did exactly what is described at Commons:Uploading works by a third party#What not to do. (Do please read the page; it will probably help you.)- Jmabel ! talk 18:55, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

I have uploaded the images for the contest where can i see them

Question is above Ranikhetboy (talk) 07:15, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Ranikhetboy: You can view your uploads at Special:ListFiles/Ranikhetboy. It looks like you're visiting Wikimedia Commons from a mobile device. You can access this page on the mobile interface in the future by clicking on your user icon at the top-right, going to your contributions, and then clicking on "uploads" at the top by your username. ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 10:27, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

"This file is lacking source information. Please edit this file's description and provide a source. This file is lacking author information."

I have uploaded this file https://w.wiki/ETvS, but I get the notification "This file is lacking source information. Please edit this file's description and provide a source. This file is lacking author information." I don't understand, how to get the description right to delete the notification. The important informations about author and source are already in the details. Politikwespe (talk) 10:35, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Politikwespe, I removed the extra brackets that shouldn't be there, so the error is now gone and the description should be displaying properly now. Tvpuppy (talk) 11:51, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm serious

Why does my sandbox get deleted? Wikimedia doesn't allow the deletion of user sandboxes. ArtopiaBoy (talk) 12:11, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User%3AArtopiaBoy%2Fsandbox @ArtopiaBoy you mean this? please read COM:USERPAGE. i wanna ask, what was your sandbox about? maybe i can help. modern_primat^ඞඞඞ^----TALK 15:02, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

@Modern primat: en:User:ArtopiaBoy/sandbox is a much better link. Please use internal links. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:22, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

there is no page created in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ArtopiaBoy/sandbox and he asked about here not en wiki. modern_primat^ඞඞඞ^----TALK 20:02, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

One, WMF does allow that if they are being used for non-wiki purposes. And two, why did you blank Alachuckthebuck's talk page-that's vandalism. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 15:48, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Slideshow?

hm, ich meine hier früher die Möglichkeit gehabt zu haben, eine Slideshow aller Bilder zu starten. Irre ich mich oder funktioniert das aktuell nicht? VG

en: hm, I think I used to be able to start a slideshow of all the pictures here. Am I mistaken or is that not currently working?

Molgreen (talk) 15:38, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I want to resubmit previously deleted image with the proper permission

I properly uploaded text to en:Angela Davis#References in other venues (A mural of Angela Davis painted by Ian S Young, and it was accepted. However, I uploaded the image incorrectly and it was deleted. I would like to undelete it and re-submit with required permit by the author of the image. Unfortunately, I have problem to follow undeletion instructions. I would appreciate assistance. Thank you. Helping To Remember (talk) 02:17, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

@Helping To Remember: Hi, and welcome. Please have the author read VRT, or alternatively post to COM:UDR, including the filename and a link to online permission by the author. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:24, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you Jeff. I will ping you. Helping To Remember (talk) 02:38, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

I will try to post to COM:UDR, including the filename and a link to online permission by the author as suggested. I let you know if I still need help. Helping To Remember (talk) 02:45, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Updating template from Graph to Chart

Hey there. I'm working on updating the "Outer_planet_moons" Wikipedia template from the legacy Graph extension to the new Chart extension. In trying to follow the instructions and now have the appropriate ".tab" file in the wikimedia commons ("Data:Outer_planet_moons.tab") with all of the data (copied from the "Graph" version of the template) and the ".chart" file. I have left the "Categories" attribute empty in the .chart file. For now, I've just updated the "Moons of Neptune" Wiki page directly, replacing the reference to the "Outer_planet_moons" template with a reference to the "ChartDisplay" template, specifying the .chart and .tab files there. I'm a real noob here, so I didn't want to go mucking with the existing template. Esp666 (talk) 19:24, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Convenience links:

I think those are all of the pages referenced without links in the post above.

@Esp666: I'm not sure what exactly the help question is here. Nothing in your post seems to ask anything. - Jmabel ! talk 01:46, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I was hoping (although, I admit that it wasn't clear!) that somebody could tell me the correct mechanism for inserting the graph with the new Chart extension. Do I just use the "Template:ChartDisplay..." as I have currently done in the "Moons of Neptune" page. If so, I suppose the next step would be to replace just about all of the {{Outer planet moons} template with the reference to "Template:ChartDisplay" as I used directly for Neptune.

Is this correct next step? Esp666 (talk) 21:31, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

УЧАСТНИК: GAS GATE

Помогите, пожалуйста, разблокировать страницу((

GAS GATE (talk) 11:30, 14 June 2025 (UTC) GAS GATE

It seems that you want us to unblock a user page.

If this relates to your blocked user account on the Russian Wikipedia, you will need to ask on that project.

If it relates to your deleted user page on this project, it was deleted as spam, and will not be undeleted unless you give a valid reason. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:41, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

It's a very pleasant acquaintance, I don't send spam. I want my music to be heard. Pavel Valeryevich Durov promised to help with the services when I successfully registered on Wikipedia

GAS GATE (talk) 14:08, 14 June 2025 (UTC) GAS GATE

@GAS GATE: Stop spamming. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:42, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

THIS IS NOT SPAM, BUT A REQUEST. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU'RE BEING VERY UNRESPONSIVE.

GAS GATE (talk) 14:31, 14 June 2025 (UTC) GAS GATE

The user was blocked indefinitely for spamming. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:26, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Upload of overview of characters in a book

I've made a visual representation of the characters in the novel Girl, Woman, Other, and would like to upload it as a help when reading the book. It could be described as a family tree. It contains only the first names of the characters, and only words. Would this be an infringement of copyright rules? Hovmann (talk) 13:29, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

No. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:34, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikifunctions logo (Unwanted font change)

Why does the font of the text at the bottom change when I add Korean and Chinese? Other languages remain the same. Is there any other solution? YeBoy371 (talk) 00:41, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Questionable text in source description for image

Hi, I recently noticed many wikis use the following image for their page for miniskirt: File:Chequered_Miniskirt.jpg

It seems to me as if the image description is a common form of bot spam, soliciting people to email the original uploader for invites to a social media site. The file has also been deleted off of flickr. Apologies if this isn't the best place to bring this up, but should this image have that part of the description modified, or should it be removed entirely?

Thanks, ScalarFactor (talk) 19:10, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

It's not the description, it's the title at source. Since it is spam of something almost 2 decades old, it is hard to see it mattering in this case. - Jmabel ! talk 01:37, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Removed. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:46, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Uploading another person's Biography into Wikipedia

Hi Team,

I am assisting Mr. Simon Gimson to upload his biography into Wikipedia. Have been facing number of challenges. Could you please guide me with simple steps to upload?

Please do not keep sending links after links, as I am struggling to understand the pathway to get this completed.

Appreciate your support.

Thank you,

Kind regards,

Rahul RAHULHKM9 (talk) 05:20, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

@RAHULHKM9:

This is not Wikipedia, this is Wikimedia Commons.
I'm guessing you mean the English-language Wikipedia. If not, details may vary, but what I'm about to write will still be pretty accurate.
You cannot "upload" a biography into Wikipedia. You have to write it in Wikitext, within the Wikipedia application.
You say you are assisting someone with getting their own biography into Wikipedia. Clearly you have a potential conflict of interest here (Wikipedia editor vs. whatever relationship you have with the subject of the article). You absolutely should read en:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest before proceeding, or you are almost certain to break rules and have your account blocked.

Jmabel ! talk 05:32, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

The previous attempt to upload a biography may have been the deleted File:WikipediaSG.pdf. TSventon (talk) 21:04, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Explanation of transaction process - Independently created, dependently sourced

Hi everyone. I've been working on a more in depth diagram based on information from this publication here (Figure A1). It contains information from the Reserve Bank of Australia, which does not authorize re-publication of their materials, but simultaneously I've changed or expounded on nearly all text and have found that the information could easily be sourced from several other places, though it would be a patchwork job of referencing. Where does policy sit on this? Any help would be appreciated, and my thanks in advance. Best - CSGinger14 (talk) 07:20, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Additionally, if it comes to pass that it it acceptable, can I rotate / crop the image before uploading? Apologies, my first time here and kinda necessary, it came out sideways and off-center exported as a pdf.

Thanks - CSGinger14 (talk) 07:27, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

We can't really advise without seeing the image. Please upload it, then we can discuss it. It's no shame to have an image like that deleted it it turns it to be unsuitable, or replaced if people make suggestions for improvement. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:41, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Uploading momentarily. Thanks - CSGinger14 (talk) 09:25, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Have just uploaded. That one can stay up if it ends up being alright but otherwise I plan to add a rotated version. Thanks again - CSGinger14 (talk) 09:34, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

A link would be handy - File:BNPL Card Payments Scheme Diagram.pdf.

I would say it needs to be an image (maybe SVG) rather than PDF to be used in articles. AIUI, if you make an SVG, it's also easier for other people to copy it and translate the text onto different languages.

Finally you may want to look at using some indicator other than (or as well as) colour, for the different components, so that it works if printed in black and white, or for people with colour blindness. Maybe superscript letters, or different kinds of hatching. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:44, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Pigsonthewing thanks so much for your help thus far. Based on the color blindness palette scheme seen here (How to design charts with a color friendly palette), what colors would you recommend changing / switching out? I figured red and green would need to be switched, or made more pronounced, but otherwise I have difficulty with it cause I can’t really see a meaningful difference between most of those colors in the way that color blind people might. Thanks in advance - CSGinger14 (talk) 20:11, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Such decisions are beyond my skill-set, but like I said you also need to think about b&w printing. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:16, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

File:FBI Wanted Poster for Vance L. Boelter.pdf

Could someone please remove the first, second and fourth photo from this image? Otherwise it will get deleted Trade (talk) 21:13, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Can I upload the picture which I have clicked so it is not licence but I have clicked so it's okay ?

Can I upload the picture which I have clicked so it is not licence but I have clicked so it's okay ? Kivtas yara03 (talk) 04:59, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

What Trade (talk) 07:33, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

@Kivtas yara03: that makes no sense at all. If there is a language in which you express yourself more clearly than in English, feel free to use it. Otherwise, please try to write something clearer with more detail of what you are asking. - Jmabel ! talk 17:46, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

I just added a file which should have the blue edited out and also the name - spelling- changed, please

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cotton_(minister)#/media/File:Notes_taken_by_Robert_Keanye_regarding_sermons_delivered_by_Rev._John_Cotten,_Rev._John_Wilson_and_Rev._Thomas_Cobbet_1645-46_at_First_Church,_Boston,_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony_Screenshot_2025-06-15_at_1.08.33_pm.png

The name should be Robert Keayne - NOT Robert Keanye. He has a page on wikipedia. Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 05:46, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Done. For another time please do not listen yourself as the copyright owner Trade (talk) 07:31, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Notes taken by Robert Keanye regarding sermons delivered by Rev. John Cotten, Rev. John Wilson and Rev. Thomas Cobbet 1645-46 at First Church, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony Screenshot 2025-06-15 at 1.08.33 pm.png - Jmabel ! talk 17:49, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Please double check - this file which has mistakes including the name which has a spelling error

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notes_taken_by_Robert_Keayne_regarding_sermons_delivered_by_Rev._John_Cotten,_Rev._John_Wilson_and_Rev._Thomas_Cobbet_1645-46_at_First_Church,_Boston,_Massachusetts_Bay_Colony_Screenshot_2025-06-15_at_1.08.33_pm.png#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D

It has the word Cotten spelt incorrectly - it should be "Cotton".

Also, please check that the word "Keayne" is spelt correctly as such on all the information on the page especially the file history which has the wrong spelling for Cotton and Keayne.

Also, the file is from https://www.masshist.org/. - Not The Colonial Society of Massachusetts which it WAS falsely listed by me as. I have tried to change it.

Finally, can you please edit out the blue part at the top right hand side. I have asked Wikipedia to check this new file out too.

I am so sorry, I rushed. I am embarrassed.

Thanks 49.199.153.245 12:51, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Better now? Trade (talk) 14:45, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:New Panty and Stocking Keyart.png

--PeteTheRock155 (talk) 05:55, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Please do not upload anime posters to Wikimedia Commons again. This is a copyright violation Trade (talk) 07:32, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Navigating Wikimedia

Hello, why do they make it so hard to add onto or revise something here? The signature, time and date. You have to be a computer programmer to be able to do anything gere Popsbarry (talk) 15:15, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

You can change the layout in the settings. Should alleviate the issue somewhat Trade (talk) 15:20, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

me gustaría encontrar una fotografía del vaso de libaciones de gudea sin copyraidh

estoy buscando una fotografía sin copyraid del vaso de libaciones de Gudea para un proyecto Elarchivoprohibidodejack (talk) 18:31, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

¿Es esto lo que está buscando? File:Girsu Gudea libation vase.jpg Saludos, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 23:43, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

create a new post

Hi, I want to create a biography of my friend. I am having difficulty posting it. Can you please explain how to do this step by step? CoupleUSA (talk) 23:57, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

You're not on "Wikipedia in English" , you're on "Commons".

You can post questions to the "Teahouse" of "Wikipedia in English".

It will be explained to you how to disclose your "conflict of interest" and others things. Anatole-berthe (talk) 01:27, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Thompson Seattle rooftop bar The Nest logo.png

The image File:Thompson Seattle rooftop bar The Nest logo.png is not showing up at en:Thompson Seattle#The Nest. It only shows up when I mouse over the image on the description page. Is there a way to fix this? Thank you. Cunard (talk) 10:44, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

@Cunard It is not showing up because the logo is completely white and has a transparent background. This means if you view this logo in light mode, it will not be visible since the background will also be white (it will show up in dark mode though). Tvpuppy (talk) 12:50, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

To fix this, you can either make the logo not completely white (add a border or change its color), or remove its transparent background. Tvpuppy (talk) 12:54, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation! I've created File:Thompson Seattle rooftop bar The Nest logo with black background.png. Cunard (talk) 05:14, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Resolved

I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. --Tvpuppy (talk) 22:04, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Islam in Republic of India

Senior some changed the cat name Category:Islam in India to Category:Islam in Republic of India, and Every edit is manual. I know IP address is blocked but how to deal with is burden 獅眠洞 (talk) 12:41, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

It appears that the IP editor 91.235.65.22's last 79 edits relate to moving the contents of Category:Islam in India to Category:Islam in Republic of India, could a Commons:AutoWikiBrowser user revert them? TSventon (talk) 14:18, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

yes senior. 獅眠洞 (talk) 14:23, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

The most common word used is India not Republic of India. 獅眠洞 (talk) 15:30, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞 and @TSventon: All fixed. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:52, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Thank you senior 獅眠洞 (talk) 16:53, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: You're welcome. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:01, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:02, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Commons Walkabout

https://commonswalkabout.org/

Would it be possible for anyone to add P13593, P13381 and P13308 to this tool? Trade (talk) 23:25, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

That looks like an external site, there is an email address for a maintainer on its about page. TSventon (talk) 23:35, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

Pinging @Yaron Koren, who I believe is the maintainer of the site. Tvpuppy (talk) 01:00, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping. @Trade - interesting ideas. I just added those three properties to Commons Walkabout, to see how they would go. I'm not sure any of them are widely-used enough to really justify inclusion, though others may disagree. The "AI-generated prompt" one is quite interesting to look at, though - but unfortunately it's not currently working when you click on a value, because it's a property of type "Monolingual text", which is not supported yet. I may add support for this, because these are indeed interesting, even if they represent a tiny proportion of the overall files. Yaron Koren (talk) 16:48, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

I dont see the three properties anywhere? Trade (talk) 17:13, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

They're at the top of every page - you might need to do a shift+reload to see them. Yaron Koren (talk) 20:15, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Nope, still none of these properties appear. They only show up on mobile (where i am logged out) Trade (talk) 20:24, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

What do you mean by "logged out"? Commons Walkabout has no login. Yaron Koren (talk) 02:39, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

I cannot think of any other reason why it wont update on my PC Trade (talk) 03:24, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

There's probably a problem with your browser. Maybe try using a different browser in your PC to see if the problem is still there? Tvpuppy (talk) 03:59, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

That worked. By the way why are one of the cosplay items listed with it's Japanese name? Trade (talk) 07:35, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

I think I fixed it. The wikidata item wikidata:Q134704006 didn't actually have an English name, but uses the default name instead. So I just added the English name. Tvpuppy (talk) 12:20, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Wikidata items are not supposed to use English names when said name is identical to the "mul" name. This is something that needs to be fixed on Walkabout's end Trade (talk) 12:47, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Yes, Commons Walkabout doesn't yet handle default names, unfortunately. Tvpuppy - thanks for adding that workaround.

Of these three newly-added properties/filters, by the way, "cosplay of" seems the most iffy, first because it's so minimally-used, and second (which may be tied in) because it doesn't seem quite correct. Shouldn't it always be "depicts → cosplay of"? After all, it's not the file/photograph that's doing the cosplaying. Commons Walkabout, by the way, can theoretically be used to query for the latter (see here), but right now the query always seems to time out. Yaron Koren (talk) 14:24, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

"cosplay of" is a supproperty of "depicts" so it's already implicit that the cosplay is what is being depicted. If you are concerned about the properties used for SDC you should visit the Wikidata property proposals so you can participate in the discussion before they are created --Trade (talk) 00:03, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

"cosplay of" seems the most iffy, first because it's so minimally-used" It takes more time for properties to get used because AC/DC cannot search subcategories + there are many characters which exists on Commons but not on Wikidata. And i dont think we should avoid subcategories entirely because of the limitations of AC/DC Trade (talk) 00:01, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't realize that "cosplay of" was a subproperty of "depicts". (I assume "subproperty" was what you meant by both "supproperty" and "subcategory"). As for the fact that it's minimally-used - to me, it doesn't really matter what the cause is; the issue is whether the benefits of having that filter justify its inclusion. There are any number of minimally-used properties that could be added - "recordist", "date postally canceled", "file page offset" (plus many even less valid than those) - but they might start to overwhelm the actually useful filters. Ultimately, it's just a matter of opinion for each one. Yaron Koren (talk) 01:00, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Delete an image?

How do I delete an image that I just uploaded? It was a photo of my own creation. Thank you! MrsJug (talk) 17:59, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

@MrsJug: I have deleted the image per your request as the uploader. GMG ^talk 18:11, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much! MrsJug (talk) 18:15, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

@MrsJug: If you want to delete something accidentally uploaded to here, you can add {{SD|G7}} to that file within 7 days from the uploaded date.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:48, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

Copyrights Owner

Who owns the copyright of a picture taken by a photographer I hired for a function? Perumalism (talk) 14:49, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

@Perumalism: Usually the photographer unless you had a contract where you retain the intellectual property rights. GMG ^talk 15:02, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

Assuming you can get hold of the photographer, it would not be surprising if they would sign these rights over to you, either for free or for a nominal fee for filling out the paperwork. Note that such a transfer should always be done in writing or equivalent (that is, not just orally). - Jmabel ! talk 18:48, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

Deleteing

Hi, I am trying to delete a page that in the end got denied, but people can still se the picture and other informations. Can i delete it completely? Kesko1 (talk) 18:13, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

@Kesko1: This makes little sense without an indication of what page. You don't even indicate whether this is about your own upload or someone else's. - Jmabel ! talk 19:06, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

@Kesko1: You can't delete files yourself, but I see you successfully created a deletion discussion for your upload here. The deletion discussion will run for at least a week, after which an administrator will close the discussion and delete the file if there is consensus. ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 21:06, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

In fact, it seems to have been resolved as a speedy delete. - Jmabel ! talk 01:09, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 01:09, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

State and federal criminal cases

What would the correct subcategories for these be? Trade (talk) 00:11, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

The two are right. One category contain prosecution by "State of Minnesota" and the another category contain prosecution by "United States of America".

In USA , you can be prosecuted by one of the 50 "states" and prosecuted by the "federal state".

In this case , the person is accused of a "state offense" and a "federal offense".

"State of Minnesota" prosectute this person under state statute. "United States of America" prosecute this person under federal law. Anatole-berthe (talk) 03:19, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

? Trade (talk) 03:53, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Why would a single criminal case have subcategories? - Jmabel ! talk 04:03, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Makes sense to keep 2025 shootings of Minnesota legislators

for files directly related to the shootting Trade (talk) 04:18, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

About security

Is this all process secure Qestyh (talk) 03:50, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

what Trade (talk) 03:54, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

@Qestyh: Obviously, not all processes everywhere are secure. What are you actually asking? - Jmabel ! talk 04:04, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Pictures from my firm

Good morning,

I am currently working on updating the website "Roamer of Switzerland" who I work for. I have access to their servers, and tried uploading pictures from there. The pictures have been declined as it says they may not be original works. How can I get past this issue? It would really help.

kind regards,

Saschaofjacquesdumanoir Saschafromjdmswissgroup (talk) 06:48, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

@Saschafromjdmswissgroup: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photo as a new user. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post permission on their official website or social media or send the photo and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:50, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

@Saschafromjdmswissgroup: It looks like your edits to en:Roamer of Switzerland violate the English-Wikipedia's policy on conflicts of interest and, in particular, en:WP:PAID. Please deal with that issue first.

Also, you will want to read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 19:39, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Ankutca

ankutca dilini ekleyebilirmisiniz diğer dillerde de mevcut olsun Dr satta (talk) 15:44, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Ankutca dilini ekleyebilirmisiniz diğer dillerde de mevcut olsun Ankutca Ankutsa ' nın resmi dilidir Dr satta (talk) 15:47, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Comment (Mechanical translation from Turkish) "can you add ankutca language so that it is available in other languages Ankutca is the official language of Ankutsa" -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 17:59, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
Comment I see there was formerly a "Ankutsa" article on tr:w which has been deleted. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 18:00, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Artículo

Hola, realice un articulo y no estoy segura como debo hacer para publicarlo y que aparezca si alguien busca desde google sobre lo que escribi. Pedi revisión pero no estoy segura si lo hice bien. UsuarioBandUY (talk) 19:41, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

No tenemos artículos aquí en Wikimedia Commons. Quizás refieres a es:Usuario:UsuarioBandUY/Taller en la wikipedia en español. Este es un sitio web hermano, bajo la misma fundación (WMF), pero sus decisiciones son enteramente separadas. Necesitas preguntar allí, no aquí. - Jmabel ! talk 19:48, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Muchas gracias! UsuarioBandUY (talk) 19:58, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Archive image upload Question

i am searching some historical images of Seoul Central Mosque found these archives.

In below it states that using Google default translator

Access conditions

Access type: release

Terms of Use

Usage Type: No restrictions

Usage cycle: In order to utilize the original negative film, it is necessary to consult with the current owner, the Seoul Museum of History.

Now i have doubt that can I upload these on commons or not .the Copyright Policy of SK prohibits(architecture is copyrighted) and it doesn't allowed commercial use. 獅眠洞 (talk) 22:20, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: Then you may not. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:24, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. can i upload these pics under Template:PD-South Korea-photo-1977, these images are published in news paper(Kyunghyang Shinmun, May 21, 1976, page 7). 獅眠洞 (talk) 18:07, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Please reply me 獅眠洞 (talk) 15:26, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: I think so. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:42, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

FBI most wanted posters procedure

Hello, I am unsure if this is the correct place to direct this message to, but I am trying to get information on the correct procedure of FBI most wanted posters. From my understanding, since they are posted by the federal government, they should be public domain. However, I have gotten a series of speedy deletion requests for these posters under the notion that the images within the FBI poster may be copyrighted even though they mostly consist of mugshots and evidence photos. Given that the FBI are the ones who released the posters, which sometimes include several images of the suspect, does that mean we must figure out if the images within the poster themselves are somehow copyrighted? If the images within are, we cannot edit them out because editing official FBI posters is illegal according to 18 U.S.C., Section 709. Furthermore, wouldn't this mean that the FBI and every news agency that posts these posters at their request are also committing copyright infringement? This all seems very unclear if the argument for these speedy deletion requests is accurate. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated. The posters in question can be found on my talk page. Thank you. DigitalPhantoms (talk) 17:52, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Typically the federal government does not own copyrights the photos on these posters. Either they have obtained relevant permissions explicitly or they are operating under fair use. - Jmabel ! talk 19:42, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
So either way the argument of verifying copyrights of the individual images within as reason for deletion would be flawed would it not? DigitalPhantoms (talk) 19:52, 18 June 2025 (UTC)
@DigitalPhantoms: No, the FBI makes Fair Use, so the posters may be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:00, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Comment, there was a similar discussion over at VP/C: Commons:Village pump/Copyright#FBI Wanted Posters. Tvpuppy (talk) 04:17, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Uploading photos of old newspaper articles

Hi team, I am wanting to upload a photo of an old newspaper article from 1993 as a source for an article I am writing - is this allowed? I appreciate your assistance! SLJ10 (talk) 18:14, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

The upload is most certainly not allowed, as newspapers are in the vast majority of cases copyrighted (at least those as recent as the 1990's). But: apparently, you have the actual paper in your possession or can easily access it. Wikipedia articles can easily be sourced using something like en:Template:Cite journal (and the others from the cite family: en:Template:Cite book, en:Template:Cite web or whatever is relevant in your home wiki), you only have to state the biographical informations of your source(s). An actual hardcopy of them is not needed. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:28, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! SLJ10 (talk) 18:41, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

en:Template:Cite news, for newspapers. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:48, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

MAPA INTERACTIVO

llevo todo el día intentando poner el mapa interactovo es:Tossal Redó (partida rural de Muchamiel) en OpenStreetMap ya está añadido... Adrianmg13 (talk) 20:22, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

¿y la ayuda que pides es ...? - Jmabel ! talk 19:53, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Renaming photos

I need help to rename two files: File:Itu-rektor.jpg and File:İTÜ Rektörü.jpg. The first one must be Hasan Mandal.jpg and the second one İsmail Koyuncu.jpg. I do not know where I should write. Karacehennem (talk) 18:32, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

@Karacehennem: Hi, and welcome. Please use {{Rename}} as the new first line of the file description pages, or use our RenameLink gadget, to request a rename of each file. Click the links for documentation. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:38, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

What is the reason for the deletion request, and what additional information should be provided?

File:OSM 검토 요청 복사.png

Could you please tell me the specific reason for the deletion request, and what license information I need to provide and how I should provide it? If I simply captured an image of OSM to explain how to use the OSM iD editor, do I still need to obtain a separate license? Adreamy (talk) 11:54, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

@Adreamy: Hi, and welcome. What is the license for the underlying work, the the OpenStreetMap iD editor? OSM is "© OpenStreetMap contributors", but that says nothing of the interface and you did not credit OSM at all. Please see COM:DW and COM:EVID, and use internal links with colons like File:OSM 검토 요청 복사.png. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:22, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

I have just confirmed the 'ISC License' and also updated the license notice on the image.

If there are any other procedures I need to follow, please let me know.

Thank you. Adreamy (talk) 15:54, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

"No permission" template removed. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:16, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Как заново добавить фото, которые я удалила?

Я сначала загрузила фото и опубликовала их, потом сделала запрос на удаление и их удалили. Как мне снова их загрузить? Сейчас выпадает ошибка - пишут, что файл с таким названием был удален и перенаправляют на страницу журнала удалений. Там естественно этих фото нет, а мне нужно их опять загрузить. НинаГМ (talk) 14:37, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

How do I re-add photos that I deleted?

I first uploaded photos and published them, then made a deletion request and they were deleted. How do I re-upload them? Now I get an error - it says that a file with that name was deleted and redirects to the deletion log page. Of course, these photos are not there, but I need to upload them again.

translator: Google Translate via — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

@НинаГМ: Привет и добро пожаловать. Зачем вы хотите это сделать? Вы можете попросить восстановить эти семь файлов, разместив новый раздел в нижней части COM:UDR.

Hi, and welcome. Why do you want to do that? You may ask for undeletion of those seven files by posting a new section at the bottom of COM:UDR. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:51, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Они восстановятся где? у меня в профиле? Просто мне их нужно загрузить на другую страницу википедии, первый раз я не туда загрузила, перепутала личность НинаГМ (talk) 20:41, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

Where will they be restored? In my profile? I just need to upload them to another Wikipedia page, the first time I uploaded them to the wrong place, I mixed up the identity

translator: Google Translate via — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:19, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

@НинаГМ: Они будут восстановлены на месте, например, ваша первая загрузка File:Князь Алексей Борисович Лобанов-Ростовский принимает императора Иосифа на конференции Посольства России в Венеции.jpg. Все файлы в Commons доступны для использования на всех страницах всех проектов, за исключением случаев локальных конфликтов имен файлов.

They would be restored in place, for instance your first upload File:Князь Алексей Борисович Лобанов-Ростовский принимает императора Иосифа в здании Посольства России в Вене.jpg. All files on Commons are available for use in all pages on all projects, unless there are local filename conflicts. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:19, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

хорошо, напишите пожалуйста подробно как все фото восстановить НинаГМ (talk) 12:12, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@НинаГМ: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests?action=edit&section=new. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:57, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

image sizing issue

Hi There, when adding an image to a topic how do i format it the correct way? For example the image i want to use is on wikicommons for the public figure i am creating, but when i add it to the infobox, it's huge! Nomadfrau912 (talk) 18:10, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@Nomadfrau912: Hi, and welcome. The best guide I have found on the subject is en:H:PIC. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:13, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Nomination Of Deletion

What can I do to avoid getting my pictures nominates for deletion Dontell Maestropage (talk) 15:27, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

You have to observe: COM:Project scope, COM:Licensing and COM:What Commons is not. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 15:34, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

So I go to COM:Project scope where do I go from there? Dontell Maestropage (talk) 16:02, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

@Dontell Maestropage: Please read and understand those three pages and the contents of and links on your user talk page to better inform yourself about the reasons your uploads were deleted. Unless you want to get blocked and have Disney's cadre of lawyers sue you for copyright infringement. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:10, 19 June 2025 (UTC)

 I don't want that to happen  Dontell Maestropage (talk) 10:34, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Files need to have proper info, be free licensed and in project scope. From a quick look at your contributions here, I suggest the main things to review are derivative work and project scope. Thanks for asking. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:36, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Unable to use CropTool

I recently uploaded this image from the US Library of Congress, and would like to crop out the black/white bordering. However, I keep getting the error Upload failed! undefined which prevents me from using the tool. Does anyone else have the same issue, or is able to crop the image? I have used the tool before, so this is not a permissions issue. Thanks! GGOTCC (talk) 00:32, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

I just uploaded a cropped version from photoshop, but it would be interesting to see if this is a common issue. GGOTCC (talk) 01:58, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

@GGOTCC: Hi, and welcome. It would be more efficient to report directly to Commons talk:CropTool — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 03:24, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! GGOTCC (talk) 03:30, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

@GGOTCC: You're welcome! — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 07:32, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Flickr Licensed Pic Appointed for deletion

senior yesterday I upload many images from flikr under CC Lisence.Now they are automatically appointment for deletion by bot. will I blocked from uploading images on commons. 獅眠洞 (talk) 06:48, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

See my profile Talk page 獅眠洞 (talk) 06:49, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

There is a mess right now because Flickr changed what licenses it allows users to select, and our tools haven't caught up with the API change. - Jmabel ! talk 17:08, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Uploading from Geograph

Has the facility to upload directly from Geograph been removed? I'm wanting to upload, with attribution, but can no longer find the tool on Geograph. KJP1 (talk) 09:28, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Replace one photo with another

I uploaded 1 in favor of 2 to not include a license plate.

1. File:Escavada Wash, New Mexico 2025.jpg 2. File:Escavada Wash, New Mexico.jpg

Can I delete 2? Or does that need an administrator? - Scarpy (talk) 22:54, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

Done, in the future please use procedure explained at Commons:Deletion requests. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 23:20, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

License for photographs of the Investigative Committee of Russia

Hi. I would like to know if there is any license for publishing photographs taken by the Investigative Committee of Russia. Can these photographs be considered state property and published in the same way as documents and photographs from the Kremlin? I thought I had seen a similar license, but I couldn't find it again. Thank you to anyone who can help YillowsGiblles (talk) 22:56, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

AI images for reading nooks?

Hi!

I see Wikimedia Commons are somehow lacking in terms of reading nooks pictures - there is one from early 20th century, a drawing. To be honest, I would like to write an article about them for English Wikipedia. When looking for a pictures online with the right kind of license, I found some made by AI. Would it be okay to upload them here? I do not know their prompts or AI program that generated them, just their online links.

God, I hope my question is not stupid... :-)

Best wihes!

-- Kaworu1992 (talk) 22:38, 21 June 2025 (UTC)

We have a few images of reading nooks, it's just that no one had created a category. I did now. Category:Reading nooks. - Jmabel ! talk 01:31, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Affichage de l'astérisque

Bonjour

L'astérisque ne s'affiche pas normalement dans la description des fichiers. Elle est remplacée par deux minuscules petits points.

Que faire ? Merci. Loumalsace (talk) 10:30, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

@Loumalsace: Bonjour, L'astérisque s'affiche normalement. En prenant comme exemple ce fichier, le problème est plutôt que vous avez inséré des trémas (caractère unicode U+0308) à différents endroits. Les «deux minuscules petits points» sont le tréma. Dans trois versions différentes de ce fichier, vous avez inséré un tréma notamment avant une astérisque, puis au-dessus d'une parenthèse fermante, puis après une astérisque. Je suppose que c'était involontaire. C'est peut-être quelque chose que vous auriez programmé sur votre clavier ou une erreur de manipulation. Si vous enlevez les trémas, l'affichage est normal. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:49, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Upload a new version

I have been trying to update colouring scheme for File:Irmán-irmá-irmao idioma galego.png (edit: using "Upload a new version of this file" link) with another PNG but I was kept being asked for a license, which is absurd, cause it must be the same before CC4ShAlike. I feel dumb, because I did this twice in the past, as it can be seen in the file history, I don't remember having passed this step and I can't find this voted or mentioned anywhere. ※Sobreira ◣◥ 〒 @「parlez」 12:49, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Does it need to be requested here? ※Sobreira ◣◥ 〒 @「parlez」 12:55, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

@Sobreira: Please see your filter log, which indicates that you triggered the overwrite filter seven times in seven minutes. The page "Commons:Overwriting existing files" explains what changed in 2023 since you last updated this file in 2022. You can request the autopatrol status on the page "Commons:Requests for rights#Autopatrol". As an experienced user, you should obtain it without problem. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:27, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

@Asclepias: Many thanks, and more for your consideration. I didn't know so much. I'll try that (your) way. ※Sobreira ◣◥ 〒 @「parlez」 15:49, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

विकी पीडिया

आपण विकी पिढीयापर तसबीर डाल कर पैसे कामा शकते है क्या नाही Nikhil 2199 (talk) 14:22, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

@Nikhil 2199: No, no one is paid for posting images here. - Jmabel ! talk 02:00, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

If you can read English, you might want to look at Commons:How to#How does Commons run as a project? I'm afraid there aren't any translations available. - Jmabel ! talk 02:00, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

New about an author

How do I help create a page about a public scholar/author? Amorfati1975 (talk) 14:31, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

@Amorfati1975: There is no such thing on this website (Wikimedia Commons). Could you either be more specific about what you are trying to do? - Jmabel ! talk 02:03, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Book file

Hello, I need help using an image on an uploaded book file for an English Wikipedia article: . Specifically, I wish to use the image on page 194. Should I screenshot and upload separately or is there another way to do it?

Thanks Ixudi (talk) 16:22, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

@Ixudi One way to do this is just displaying the PDF page directly:

[[File:Empowered Masters – Tibetan Paintings of Mahasiddhas at Gyantse.pdf|thumb|page=194]]

Tvpuppy (talk) 16:58, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Could someone take a photograph of a thill for the Wikimedia project so I can add it to the Wiktionary?

The Wiktionary defines this word as "One of the two long pieces of wood, extending before a vehicle, between which a horse is hitched; a shaft." This makes perfect sense, but because we barely see horses in the First World anymore, it could use a visual aid. Shushimnotrealstooge (talk) 17:54, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

@Shushimnotrealstooge: You'll find plenty of examples in Category:Horse-drawn vehicles. File:Two-wheeled horse-drawn farm cart in the Skye Museum of Island Life.jpg stands out as a good example, after taking a quick look through the collection. Belbury (talk) 18:05, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Say I made the image greyscale and highlighted the thills in red. Would that be appropriate? Shushimnotrealstooge (talk) 00:25, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Seen that they are already red (and the body of the cart green), I do not think that the hassle is worth it. Simply use text in the image legend, something like: "The thills are the red bars to the left of the wheel". But you're technically fine to make and upload a derivative of the image, if you want. There's nothing in our rules or licenses that forbid you in performing such a task. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 00:34, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Duplicate images of a commemorative stamp

File:Panini Stamp 2004.jpg is a lower resolution scan of the same stamp as File:Stamp of India - 2004 - Colnect 158527 - Panini.jpeg. I think they should be merged (first one should be redirected to the latter one). I don't know how to do it. Thanks! —‍CX Zoom (A/अ/অ) (let's talk|contribs) 05:02, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

CX Zoom: Hi, and welcome. It is as easy as adding {{duplicate|File:Stamp of India - 2004 - Colnect 158527 - Panini.jpeg}} as the first line of File:Panini Stamp 2004.jpg. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 05:53, 18 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! —‍CX Zoom (A/अ/অ) (let's talk|contribs) 19:40, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Where can I see my uploaded images

pleasr Anmol23009 (talk) 15:20, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

@Anmol23009: Hi, and welcome. Special:ListFiles/Anmol23009 will show your uploads in your case, or for any user Special:MyFiles. This log will show your uploads. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:40, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

Delete File:PhaThatLuang.jpg

There is not freedom of paranoma in laos. 獅眠洞 (talk) 14:30, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

The place to list files for deletion is Commons:Deletion requests. On a file you think should be deleted, you should see a link at left "Nominate for deletion". Click that, add the reason you think the file should be deleted and follow instructions. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:57, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

@Infrogmation, senior plz check the All categories related to Laos building. So many upload. I want to attract yours attention on it. 獅眠洞 (talk) 14:59, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

There is requirement of mass deletion. 獅眠洞 (talk) 15:00, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

@Infrogmation, Laos has not FOP. And plz check all categories of Laos, so many Architecture focused images are there example:- Category:Buddhist temples in Vientiane 獅眠洞 (talk) 15:08, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for starting a deletion request. Discussion is now at Commons:Deletion requests/File:PhaThatLuang.jpg -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:11, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

issue is resolved now 獅眠洞 (talk) 12:13, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Licensing Info For Uploading Modified Image

Am I allowed to upload a modified image of 2+ images, both of which are under CC BY-SA 3.0? PenutbutterAples (talk) 19:24, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

@PenutbutterAples: As long as the license and attributions are given correctly, and there is some reason this new image is in scope. - Jmabel ! talk 16:24, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Todiramphus ruficollaris

Having some difficulty with Category:Todiramphus ruficollaris which should be linked to Wikidata item Q1266162 (I accidentally created item Q135067526 before I figured out a page already existed). Won't let me connect the two, and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. RexSueciae (talk) 16:00, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Never mind, fixed it. RexSueciae (talk) 16:09, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Can I upload to Wikimedia Commons instead of Flick.r

Hi! I'm writing a book I am modeling on another book that combined some Wikimedia photos, gave credit to them, and then posted the resulting photos on Flick.r. Am I permitted to post such photos on Wikimedia instead? I don't see combined images here much...but I know there's a lot I haven't seen! Convcat747 (talk) 20:02, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

@Convcat747: As long as the licensing and attribution is correct, and they are within scope, yes. - Jmabel ! talk 22:34, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Mentee encountering range block

A new user under the Growth:Mentor scheme has approached me on my en.wiki talk page, saying that they cannot log onto to Commons to upload images, because their IP range is long-term blocked. Suggestions on what they can do? AllyD (talk) 20:13, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

@AllyD: this might be better asked at COM:Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections. Unless there are issues of confidentiality involved, it would probably be useful to indicate the account in question when asking there. - Jmabel ! talk 22:37, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Question about licensing requirements for a photo

I am consulting with a team who has asked me to replace the photo that is currently on the article on this page:

John Langeloth Loeb Sr.

The photo currently on the page is of John Langeloth Loeb Jr. and my client has provided me with a photo of John Langeloth Loeb Sr.

For your reference the photo is on our Google Drive at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15NSXAfcFqI18UseZOlqQCl4H0JA0cgSA/view

They have given me the photo (3184px x 4242px) and 72 dpi but I'm not sure where I should upload it. Since this person is deceased I was thinking of going with the fair-use option. Do you think that's my best choice? If yes, are there any requirements for the size, dpi, etc. of the photo? If not, please advise me where I should upload this photo (Wikipedia vs. Wikimedia Commons) and any details about the licensing. This is my first time uploading a photo, so I'd appreciate any help / advice you can offer.

Thank you. Mybestwords (talk) 20:30, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

The requirement is a free licence, see COM:Licensing. Requirements for size and DPI (the latter is freely configurable, anyway, 72DPI only tells a displaying machine to put 72 dots per inch on a paper, that's irrelevant for digital files) are non-existent. Fair use is not an option here. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 21:35, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

@Mybestwords: As a photo by Yousuf Karsh, it is probably not free for Commons. You can try to upload it to Wikipedia under the non-free content tolerance practice. (Strictly, it might not be "fair use", because it would not be used in the context of a commented study of the photographic work of Karsh. "Fair use" makes sense only in relation to what is copyrighted. And what is copyrighted in this image is the photographic work of Karsh, not the face of JLL Sr. which is not copyrighted. But it might be "non-free content" tolerated in practice on Wikipedia in the article about the subject.) In the description page of the file on Wikipedia, you can use a non-free use rationale similar to the one currently used for the photo of JLL Jr., with necessary modifications about source, author, etc. Speaking of which, the photo of JLL Jr. should probably be deleted from Wikipedia for currently not meeting the condition even for "non-free content", unless someone can obtain a free license or find publication circumstances that would make it public domain. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:30, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

@Mybestwords and Asclepias: the current photo in the article is used on a fair-use basis, and this is a better photo, so it would probably be an acceptable substitute on the same basis, as long as we can attribute it correctly. You'd probably need to drop it to about 10% of that resolution for fair-use on en-wiki.

Also, it sounds like you are working with (for?) someone closely connected to the subject of the article, and possibly on a paid basis. You should definitely read the English-language Wikipedia's policy on conflicts of interest before you accidentally get yourself in trouble there. (Though I now see looking at your edits that you may be fully aware of that.) - Jmabel ! talk 22:43, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Not only it's a better photo but, more importantly, it's a photo of the right person! -- Asclepias (talk) 00:02, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

@Mybestwords: Before you upload a non-free photo, you should try to find public domain photos of the subject. Given the biography of the subject, businessperson, his work for the United States governement, involvement in politics, there are good chances that public domain photos may exist. Even under the non-free content practice, a non-free photo cannot be uploaded to Wikipedia if a free photo can be found. It can be a government photo or a photo published in a newspaper, without copyright notice or renewal, or for example a wedding photo published before 1930. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:15, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Jesse Harris photo

Hello, I work with Jesse Harris, and we are trying to upload a picture that he owns the copyright for to his Wikipedia page. How do we clear the copyright? We are happy to submit documentation. It's on his page right now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Harris Lionathelion (talk) 08:38, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

@Lionathelion: Hi, The copyright is owned by default by the photographer. If the copyright was transferred, which is only possible in writing, we will need a proof of that. Please see Commons:Uploading works by a third party. Yann (talk) 08:44, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello! We got the transfer of copyright in writing. What do I need to do to get this to you all?@ 81.84.169.100 21:13, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello! We got the transfer of copyright in writing. What do I need to do to get this to you all? @Yann Lionathelion (talk) 21:14, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

@Lionathelion: As discussed at Commons:Uploading works by a third party, which you should still read, this needs to go through COM:VRT. In this particular case, the key thing would be to email them a copy of the transfer document (with context so that they know what file it is for). - Jmabel ! talk 01:07, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Confusion

hi.i am confused about this uploading photos and what benifit would i get if upload my favorite picture thay i took. I really love taking pictures but i can't understand what kind of help would i get if i post photos Triram. g (talk) 09:13, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

I think that you should read "Commons:What Commons is not" and particulary the section named "Wikimedia Commons is not your personal free web host". Anatole-berthe (talk) 12:01, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Also Commons:How to#What is Wikimedia Commons?. - Jmabel ! talk 18:10, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

الدخول لموقع وزارة التنمية

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله اواجه صعوبة بالدخول لموقع وزارة التنمية لارسال طلب اعادة للعمل بسبب الظروف التي منعتني من التواجدداخل القظر العربي السوري Lina019650 (talk) 21:01, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Via Google Translate, I see nothing here that appears to have anything to do with Wikimedia Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 01:10, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

derived map

Hello, I recently created maps of the Suba, Fontibón, and Engativá districts. I based them on maps from the Military Geographic and Cadastral Institute (1940). But it's asking me to indicate where I base my data from, and I don't know how to do so. Can you explain this to me?

-- PatojuanC (talk) 01:28, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@PatojuanC: Hi, and welcome. Please use {{Cite web}}, {{Cite book}}, or a similar template. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:04, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi Jeff, first of all, thank you for answering my question. I haven't been able to get much help with that, But now they put the Template:No permission since, Which according to the Bogotá digital library are copyright free (I'll add the link at the end), how is the process here? PatojuanC (talk) 14:30, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@PatojuanC: Once you add the permission, you can remove {{No permission since}}, notifying the person who added that in the Edit Summary (or replying if they wrote you about it on your user talk page). — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:39, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Ooook, boy, you really don't know how much I appreciate it, thanks :D PatojuanC (talk) 14:43, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

The last question, regarding coats of arms, flags, and anthems, I have to show you right now that the Fontibón coat of arms was copyright-free. The administration there told me that it was.But they told me orally, right now I'm going to ask if they give me a certificate for that, but then how do I upload it or what do I do? PatojuanC (talk) 14:47, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

@PatojuanC: You're welcome. The administration there should be able to follow the instructions at VRT when you give them the URLs. Also, hopefully, tagger @Taichi will get this heads-up. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:53, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Hi Greff,

I have a question about the rights. I used a KMZ map made by the National University of Colombia, at the map library headquarters. According to the website, they used these maps:

Bogotá (a). Plate 227-IV-D. 1949;
Bogotá (b). Plate 228-III-C. 1949;
Bogotá (c). Plate 246-II-B. 1946;
Bogotá (d). Plate 247-I-A. 1946;
Usaquén. Plate 228-III-A. 1946;
Soacha. Plate 246-II-A. 1949;
Soacha. Plate 246-II-C. 1949;
Usme. Plate 246-II-D. 1949;
Engativá. Plate 227-IV- B. 1949;
Chipaque. Plate 247-I-C. 1949;

However, I haven't been able to find any information on the templates (their copyrights). I could only find one of them:

Carta preliminar: Plancha 228-III-C-Bogotá (b), Cundinamarca - Cartografía histórica - Colecciones digitales - Biblioteca Virtual del Banco de la República

I've already contacted the Military Geographic and Cadastral Institute, who created them, but I still haven't heard back, and I doubt I'll get a response before Friday (they placed a limit on images that day). What should I do about this? PatojuanC (talk) 02:15, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

@PatojuanC: if you plan to be uploading works that are not entirely your own, I strongly recommend reading Commons:Uploading works by a third party, especially the short section on what not to do. - Jmabel ! talk 18:02, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Understood, although my idea is that I can do it directly (it would be a gratification and I will be able to learn how to message inskcape) But I will have to base myself on an image from the internet to develop and vectorize it. PatojuanC (talk) 19:50, 20 June 2025 (UTC)

Which means it is not entirely your own. - Jmabel ! talk 03:09, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

And if they already recommended the workshop to me for the coats of arms and maps, so that they can advise me on the development of those PatojuanC (talk) 19:48, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

question

I have a question about the rights. I used a KMZ map made by the National University of Colombia, at the map library headquarters. According to the website, they used these maps:

Bogotá (a). Plate 227-IV-D. 1949;
Bogotá (b). Plate 228-III-C. 1949;
Bogotá (c). Plate 246-II-B. 1946;
Bogotá (d). Plate 247-I-A. 1946;
Usaquén. Plate 228-III-A. 1946;
Soacha. Plate 246-II-A. 1949;
Soacha. Plate 246-II-C. 1949;
Usme. Plate 246-II-D. 1949;
Engativá. Plate 227-IV- B. 1949;
Chipaque. Plate 247-I-C. 1949;

However, I haven't been able to find any information on the templates (their copyrights). I could only find one of them:

Carta preliminar: Plancha 228-III-C-Bogotá (b), Cundinamarca - Cartografía histórica - Colecciones digitales - Biblioteca Virtual del Banco de la República

I've already contacted the Military Geographic and Cadastral Institute, who created them, but I still haven't heard back, and I doubt I'll get a response before Friday (they placed a limit on images that day). What should I do about this?

PatojuanC (talk) 02:32, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

See the parent section for context. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 04:38, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

I have already included the information about the map sources. Thank you very much for your patience and help :D PatojuanC (talk) 14:35, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, last question, I already uploaded the sources for the maps and one for a coat of arms. Do I have to wait until "day 0" to get verified if those sources are correct? PatojuanC (talk) 19:50, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@PatojuanC: You may ask at the workshop for license review. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:18, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Rotating image

Hi all,
I just uploaded an enhanced version of SS Dixie Arrow's deck plans, yet for some reason it's rotated 90 degrees and I can't figure out how to rotate it back. Could I get help with this? Thanks! PhoenixCaelestis (talk) 12:17, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

@PhoenixCaelestis: A link would have been very helpful in a question like this.

You can use {{Rotate}} with an appropriate parameter. - Jmabel ! talk 16:25, 24 June 2025 (UTC)

Apparently this is about File:Dixie Arrow plans upgraded.pdf. @PhoenixCaelestis: since this is a PDF file {{Rotate}} will not work - the bot is not able to rotate PDFs. Nor will most image editors understand PDFs. MKFI (talk) 06:35, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

Do you know of a way I could get it from a PDF to a regular file? I downloaded it from the internet archive where it was right-side up, and somehow between downloading and uploading it got turned on it's side. PhoenixCaelestis (talk) 11:15, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

offers to download JPEG files. --Rosenzweig τ 11:22, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

I don't understand how I missed that the first time. Thank you so much @Rosenzweig! PhoenixCaelestis (talk) 11:34, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

@PhoenixCaelestis: Please also see Commons:Extracting images from PDF. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 04:41, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Really need help I sleep in the road

Have been getting want to be big please help miloko my life Hoffmansh (talk) 02:45, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Hoffmansh: I have no idea whether that is serious or a joke, but this is a page for getting help in using Wikimedia Commons, not in getting help with life in general. - Jmabel ! talk 03:11, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Uploading multiple seals of Indiana government departments

Im pretty new to Wikipedia, and im curious if im able to upload files for the Indiana Adjutant General, Indiana Department of Health, and Indiana Department of Administration? Leanxishe (talk) 04:42, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Leanxishe: Hi, and welcome. In short, probably not, unless they are old enough or you can get permission (see COM:HIRTLE). I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a png image as a new user. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. You indicated it's your own work when uploading, rather than the work of someone in Indiana's government. Usually when someone uploads a png image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. The actual copyright holder needs to license it on their official website or social media or send permission via VRT. Also, any png image will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744) or jaggy when scaled up, so they may want to upload an svg or jpg version, too. If you can't get a compliant license, the file may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid filter 153. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 04:59, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

desidero caricare due foto per immetterle nella mia pagina Agabil1933 di wikipedia

devo caricare due foto per la mia pagina Agabil1933, attualmente in SamBox per modifiche. "non vedo carica foto" Agabil1933 (talk) 09:08, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Agabil1933: Special:ListFiles/Agabil1933? - Jmabel ! talk 21:36, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Is it possible to upload a very large video file?

You might or might not have read about the release of the first images from the Vera C. Rubin telescope this week. Some of these images have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons as they have a CC BY 4.0 licence (link below to the Media Use Policy). One of the available releases is an awe-inspiring video showing an image nicknamed the Cosmic Treasure Chest which zooms in and out of what is a very large image at source. The video, which is 57 seconds long is under a CC BY 4.0 licence but has a size of 799 MB. I thought about trying to upload the video file but it seemed too large and I couldn't download it anyway (link below). I got round this by lashing together a picture and link to the file which is available on the WP article page and seems to have stuck for 24 hours.

So the very simple question is can someone from Wiki Commons admin or similar transfer the available video file to Commons? Is the file too large - it is certainly in the public interest and could then be linked to easily in any article in which it is useful (in any langauge). After watching the video, you could see its relevance.

The Cosmic Treasure Chest (Video-EN) https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/collections/first-look-gallery/cprq3ebjj15brf1ueomd1brb5q

Media Use Policyː https://rubinobservatory.org/gallery/media-policy. Richard Nowell (talk) 09:19, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

If you want to upload the full video from https://rubinobservatory.org/api/canto/video/cprq3ebjj15brf1ueomd1brb5q/BxhoWZY31G8dXqaSq-_NtPP9ekY?content-type=video%2Fmp4&name=V1.mp4, you will need to convert that video first, as we can't accept MP4. If you already have an appropriate file type, then you can use tools like User talk:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js for chunked uploads. https://video2commons.toolforge.org/ will both convert video to an appropriate file format and help you publish it to the Wikimedia Commons. I have personally uploaded multi-gig files, so one that is 780-some MB is doable. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 12:10, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Thankyou for your advice. To sort this I used the 10 MB .mp4 preview file which I saved from the website and then converted to a .webm using FreeConvert. I had tried various methods of downloading the full size video but without success. The preview video and converted file (9 MB) might not be as good a quality (HD 720p) as the full download but it will do the job. Perhaps someone can download and convert the full video at some point but I was not able to do this using my broadband connection. The CC-BY-4.0 licence should be OK. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Cosmic_Treasure_Chest_(Video-EN).webm. Richard Nowell (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richard Nowell (talk • contribs) 16:22, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Richard Nowell Please use internal links like File:The Cosmic Treasure Chest (Video-EN).webm. I uploaded File:The Cosmic Treasure Chest 6677a1b973984abdbc3e762cd0af6bba.preview.webm, but it is a little larger at 16 MB. I also linked the two. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:33, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

I also uploaded and linked another version File:The Cosmic Treasure Chest (Video-EN) (6677a1b973984abdbc3e762cd0af6bba).webm (151MB), which was converted from the original 760MB mp4. Tvpuppy (talk) 18:00, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Tvpuppy: Thanks. I couldn't even get a working link to the original 760MB mp4. I anticipate using {{G7}} on mine when the VP9 1080P transcode of yours is complete, but I will entertain reasonable requests not to. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:05, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

I agree that it is better to just have one copy of the video, so I decided to overwrite the original (File:The Cosmic Treasure Chest (Video-EN).webm) and I tagged the one I uploaded before as duplicate. Tvpuppy (talk) 19:21, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

OK great for uploading a webm of the original file. When I tried to download it would stop half way through 'due to network error'. So the compromise of using the preview worked OK and might be more smartphone-friendly. The full size webm upload looks very good, although I am confused somewhat by which version is which. I'll make the link in the WP article later today, though this will likely leave the screenshot image of the title page redundant, but I guess it should be kept for reference and look back.Richard Nowell (talk)

Permissions for files

Hey, if a friend takes a photo and gives it to me, can I upload it to Commons? But how do you credit them when he is not on Wikipedia? And how do I explain that he gave me permission? BurningB (talk) 11:58, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

What is easiest is if your friend publishes the photo online and explicitly states that it has an appropriate license. Otherwise, there is a process outlined here: Commons:Volunteer Response Team#If you are NOT the copyright holder. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 12:06, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

But VRT is just one technical aspect of this. The broader issues are addressed at Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 21:40, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Pinging @BurningB. - Jmabel ! talk 21:40, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

yes I requested to delete that photo, and it has been deleted, i dont want any trouble here, i will only upload what i take. Thank you @Jmabel! And Justin (koavf) BurningB (talk) 00:48, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

US Embassy published Works PD

Senior i know that all works published by government. Is in PD. But see this(here) is published under Cc-by-ND-2.0) 獅眠洞 (talk) 19:12, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: I agree that it should be PD-USGov, but our systems will not allow automatic upload; you will need to do it manually with {{Flickrreview}}. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:30, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

thank u senior 獅眠洞 (talk) 20:35, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: You're welcome. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:37, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G., see after adding template File:Ambassador Heidt hosted an Iftar dinner on June 19, 2017 at his home with members of Cambodia’s Cham and Muslim community to celebrate the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. 35030805260.jpg 獅眠洞 (talk) 22:08, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞 I uploaded these files in Category:Iftar in Cambodia

999

REAL 💬 ⬆ 21:51, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

{flickrreview} will nominate it for deletion 獅眠洞 (talk) 22:01, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@ i am adding Flickrreview template. 獅眠洞 (talk) 22:03, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: I fixed it for you in Special:Diff/1049342280. You used the whole album as the source, that is unacceptable here. Legally, a work of a United States Department of State employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties, gets no copyright protection in the US, and Myanmar copyright does not apply because the photo was taken and published from the US Embassy there, which is sovereign territory of the US. You may wish to contact the Embassy staff, indicating that their choice of license is illegal. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:54, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

It was me who uploaded the files with the album as the source. Now I fixed the others

999

REAL 💬 ⬆ 23:45, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@999real: Thanks! — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:50, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Transfer to commons

Senior i am looking to other Wikipedia (ex- Myanmar) i found that many images can be transffered to commons. Can u someone tell me steps how to do it 獅眠洞 (talk) 20:38, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: Hi, and welcome. You may click "Export to Wikimedia Commons" or local equivalent. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:57, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

ဖိုင်:MayYiMyint.jpeg see here 獅眠洞 (talk) 21:22, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: When was the book published? What does the book say about the provenance of the photo? Also, please use internal links like my:File:MayYiMyint.jpeg. For me, that local equivalent reads "ဝီကီမီဒီယာ ကွန်မွန်းစ်သို့ တင်ပို့ရန်". — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:29, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

在"上传导向"中上传MP4视频时报错

我使用的是手机chrome浏览器，提示："您提交的内容中有错误，本wiki不接受扩展名为.mp4的文件名"

请问如何解决? Ch2ems (talk) 23:18, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

An error message appears when uploading an MP4 video in the "Upload Wizard"

I am using the Chrome browser on my phone, and it says: "There is an error in the content you submitted. This wiki does not accept file names with the .mp4 extension."

How can I solve this problem?

translator: Google Translate via — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:45, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Ch2ems: 您好，欢迎光临。请参阅COM:FT#Video (Commons:File types/zh#視訊)。

Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FT#Video (Commons:File types/zh#視訊). — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:45, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Technical issues? submitting QI nominations

Hi, I'm trying to nominate images for QI designation, but I'm having (what I think are) technical issues.

Using the suggested QI nomination syntax

If I use the suggested nomination syntax: File:ImageNameHere.jpg|{{/Nomination|Very short description --~~~~ |}}
e.g., File:20240506 tree swallow keeney cove PD203406.jpg|{{/Nomination|Tree Swallow, resting. Keeney Cove. Glastonbury, CT USA --~~~~ |}} and I submit, my signature does not show up via the 4-tildes expansion ~~~~
See this image for an example: File:Problem with my qi noms.png
As you can see, the tildes don't "expand."
This doesn't appear to be a javascript issue because I can get the ~~~~ signature to work on the Sandbox.
I've disabled all other gadgets and disabled all browser extensions (also tried different browsers), but nothing has fixed the "no-tildes expansion on the QI nom page" issue.

Using the QINominator Gadget

If I use the QINominator gadget, there's supposed to be a green bar that shows up when you edit the source of the QI nomination page.
I never see a green bar when I "edit source."
Someone else raised this identical issue several months ago, but that person has not gotten a response.
Again, I've disabled all other gadgets and disabled all browser extensions, but nothing has fixed the "no green bar" issue.

Hard coding my QI nominations

I've previously resorted to hard-coding my QI nominations, but that's fraught with issues because I've made syntax errors in my submissions and 1) I'm not sure what the proper procedure is for correcting such errors and 2) the whole process has made me gun-shy.

Advice?

Any suggestions on how to find a fix for either of the two standard approaches for nomination? Is there some non-obvious syntax issue or an improper preference that I've set incorrectly?

Thanks!

Pdanese (talk) 18:21, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

(see? tilde-expansion works here!) Pdanese (talk) 18:21, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

It's weird that the tilde-signature works for you here, but not there. Maybe try using another device to test and see if the problem still exists. You can also try testing it with your current device but with another account or without logging in (you should preview the result to test rather than submitting it). Then, you should know if the problem is related to your account or your device.
Side note, if somehow the problem can't be fixed, then I suggest maybe it will be easier to first edit in your userspace/sandbox, then transfer the code (with the signature expanded) to the QI nom page.

Tvpuppy (talk) 23:13, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

@Pdanese I did some testing, if I turn off JavaScript for my browser, the tilde expansion still works for me in the sandbox and here, but it will not work in the QI nom page. So it is most likely a JavaScript issue. Tvpuppy (talk) 23:24, 25 June 2025 (UTC)

@Tvpuppy

Thanks for the suggestions, especially. They're excellent (especially the one about working in the sandbox and transferring over).

I thought it might be a javascript issue (in fact I'm sure it is some weirdness w/ javascript), but I don't have a javascript blocker on my browser--and I disabled every extension that I *do* have, so I'm perplexed.

But your other suggestions are really good.

Thanks again.

Pdanese (talk) 12:20, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

How to make a new licence template?

Hi, I would like to make a small template to indicate that certain Australian Defence Force flags and emblems have non-copyrights restrictions on their use in Australia. Are there any resources are guides to help make something like this? Safes007 (talk) 06:00, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

"Non-copyright restrictions" are not for "licence templates" (which by definition are about copyright), but you can take an existing template like {{US-insignia}} and copy it, then modify the contents to suit your needs. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:49, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

.avi

Bonjour,

Merci d'indiquer comment envoyer une vidéo en .avi ? NOHNIME (talk) 07:32, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

La question est imprécise. Envoyer une vidéo en AVI à besoin d'une technique genre courriel ou message instantané, et si la taille du fichier est trop grande, il faut utiliser un hébergeur (Dropbox, WeTransfer...). Mais si la question est comment téléverser un fichier AVI sur Commons: cela n'est pas possible, le format AVI n'est pas permis ici. Il faudra le convertir en un format autorisé, prière de prendre référence sur la page COM:File type pour les variantes permises. Salutations, Grand-Duc (talk) 08:46, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

@NOHNIME: COM:FT/fr#Vidéo — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:23, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Delete File

Hello I want to delete a file for 1 month on wikimedia commons but it just doesnt go away, could you please delete it:

File:Ad-Douri 10 miljoen Bounty.jpg

I changed my mind, I don't want it to be publicly visible anymore Samy Dury (talk) 13:26, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Done Partially as a courtesy as the file is unused, and also because the file is liable for deletion anyway, because the source of the photo isn't specified. GMG ^talk 14:02, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Name of category, and use of gallery page

I have two related questions.

I've uploaded scans of almost all the pages of the Songbook of Zaghere van Male. There was an existing category, Chansonnier de Zeghere van Male, so I used that. But Commons:Categories says that category names should generally be in English. As far as I can tell, "Songbook of Zaghere van Male" is the usual English name; should I ask for the category to be renamed?

Secondly: at present, the gallery page Songbook of Zeghere van Male contains all the thumbnails, because its source is the input to the scripts I wrote to do the upload. This seemed like a good idea at the time, but the page now contains over a thousand thumbnails and takes ages to load. Should I replace it with a sort of "best of" page? I'll soon be uploading the cropped illuminated letters, so those will belong on there too. Marnanel (talk) 15:02, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Assistance

ivwould like to get in uploading photo and bio IBRAHIM RIJAL (talk) 17:45, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Please read and understand COM:Licensing and COM:Project scope. The first link describes what prerequisites exist for imagery uploads. The second link says what kind of media is acceptable for Commons. Please also observe COM:What Commons is not. In short: "uploading" a biography is most likely not something you should do on Commons, we aren't a social network like LinkedIn or Xing. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:18, 27 June 2025 (UTC)

Potřebuji pomoct nahrát obrázek

navod na nahrání obrázku Annamicha (talk) 08:39, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

@Annamicha: COM:Special/UploadWizard, Commons:First_steps/cs. - Jmabel ! talk 16:26, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

Ship categorization: ship renamed, no IMO

What is the correct way to categorize inland river ships that don't have IMO codes (or any other international registration) and often change hands, names, and local registrations? Info on shipyard hull numbers, if it exists, is sketchy and incomplete. Retired electrician (talk) 11:13, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

I don't think we have a single agreed-upon way of doing this. The two things I've seen are:

cat redirects.
original or longstanding name as parent cat, other names as subcats.

Jmabel ! talk 16:29, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

Image AI upscaled

Hello. I would like to ask if it's possible for you to spare some time to check whether File:240902 Kim Hye Yoon (김혜윤).png, File:240925 Kim Hye-yoon (김혜윤).png, File:240604 Kim Hye yoon(김혜윤).png, File:240608 Kim Hye Yoon (김혜윤).png and File:240902 Kim Hye-Yoon (김혜윤).png are AI upscaled. I'm still a pretty new user so there might be some disagreement if I were to point it out. Resurehtonatsuj (talk) 18:04, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

Convenience links:

Tvpuppy (talk) 18:14, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

They may have been cleaned up (AI or otherwise) (complexion seems impossibly smooth, and they seem cleaner than any still I can find in that video) but they are awfully low-res for any upscaling to have been involved. - Jmabel ! talk 19:02, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

Are AI enhanced (or otherwise) images suitable for infobox? Resurehtonatsuj (talk) 19:18, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

@Resurehtonatsuj: Infobox on what wiki? Each has their own policies. - Jmabel ! talk 21:54, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Kim Hye-yoon. Resurehtonatsuj (talk) 23:23, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

Convenience link: en:Kim Hye-yoon. Tvpuppy (talk) 23:29, 28 June 2025 (UTC)

We don't know which wiki the user is talking about. en:MOS:AIUPSCALE does say not to use them on the English Wikipedia project, though. Belbury (talk) 09:05, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Ah sorry, yes, I'm referring to the English Wikipedia en:Kim Hye-yoon. Resurehtonatsuj (talk) 09:47, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

en.wiki has specifically had a discussion about AI-upscaled Korean celebrity photos before, but I don't have it to hand. These seem to be exactly the same sort of upscaling, you can see in File:240902 Kim Hye Yoon (김혜윤).png for example how the face and nearby areas are upscaled but other areas aren't as the definition of the hair changes. CMD (talk) 14:33, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

en-wiki questions really should be asked on en-wiki, but I don't think anything AI-based is acceptable there to represent anything in the real world. - Jmabel ! talk 02:03, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

There was Commons:Village pump/Archive/2025/01#Dispute resolution on whether images are AI upscaled here on Commons, if you're thinking of that?

I encountered another editor a month later uploading the same kind of YouTube-captured content of Korean musicians and insisting very strongly that it cannot possibly have been AI upscaled: Commons talk:AI-generated media#Adobe Tools' use of AI upscaling. I don't really know what to make of it. Both seemed unwilling to discuss in enough detail whether it might have been an automatic setting in their export software. Belbury (talk) 14:34, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Image from websites.

I am making a draft for Pediculus schaeffi (A species of lice that lives on Chimpanzees and Bonobos), and I found a picture from a website and I don't know if I can use it. I have found it on this link I will provide and I don't know if I would be able to upload it to here. https://phthiraptera.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/23975/media (I couldn't get the link system to work) Kolton cats (talk) 19:35, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello and welcome @Kolton cats. I’m not sure which specific image you wanted to upload here, but I have checked the file description of all 12 images on the link you provided, and they are all licensed under {{CC-BY-4.0}}. This means they should be fine to be uploaded here. Just make sure to attribute the author properly, which are provided in the file description of each image at the website. Tvpuppy (talk) 21:37, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Delete File:Najiahu Mosque – Yinchuan.jpg

i upload this image from flikr after uploading it is nominated for for deletion by bot for no lisence then I add {flickrreview} template then lisence added by flikrbot. Now it is nominated for deletion. I think there is not reason to delete this quality image. Mr.work-shy (talk) 19:37, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

A bot had tagged it, but the issue has been addressed and it will be kept. - Jmabel ! talk 21:42, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

thanx u Mr.work-shy (talk) 22:54, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

How to write Environmental Proposal Law to the Office of HE. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni The President of Uganda HE.Yoweri

Help me with that proposal? JOELKICA2025 (talk) 05:50, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Are you talking about an article on Wikipedia ? Anatole-berthe (talk) 22:46, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

A logotype that i just pressed ”Save to device”

KattenFrånSverigeTvå4Sju9 (talk) 22:26, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

@KattenFrånSverigeTvå4Sju9: What is the help you are requesting? - Jmabel ! talk 05:52, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

I have a logo taht i just cliclicked ”Save from device”. Is it under copyright or is it free to use KattenFrånSverigeTvå4Sju9 (talk) 10:44, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Nearly everything you find on the internet is copyrighted, usually unless 1) it is really old, or 2) there is a noticing saying that it's been released under a free license. GMG ^talk 12:34, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

And at the risk of being pedantic, licensed content is also copyrighted. When I offer a license for my work, it remains copyrighted. Someone who uses it without conforming to the terms of the license is making exactly as much of a copyright violation as if the license did not exist. - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Movie posters

Hi! I create articles about popular Filipino movies but can't seem to understand how to properly attach the movie poster. All other movie/series articles I see on Wikipedia have posters in them. How to proceed? Pinayprideful (talk) 02:42, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Some projects, like English Wikipedia, allow fair use media. Such files are uploaded locally and you need to dig into particular project rules to do that properly. EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:13, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

@Pinayprideful: please read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 02:04, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

~~:Do you have permission from the copyright owner to upload the poster to Commons? Trade (talk) 00:52, 3 July 2025 (UTC)~~

Which is really not quite the right question, and Trade please don't encourage people to do exactly what is covered by Commons:Uploading works by a third party#What not to do.

@Pinayprideful: you might want to read, or at least skim, Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk`

Photo - copy rights

Question: Can I add a photo to my wikipedia site if I mention the name of the photographer in the photo text? The photo is fro 1960 Snekkersten (talk) 06:27, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

1) It is not clear what "my wikipedia site" refers to. You are asking the question on Wikimedia Commons. 2) Here on Wikimedia Commons, only photos explicitly free licensed by the photographers, or out of legal copyright, are allowed. See Commons:License and Commons:First steps. (So your question is not clear, but the likely answer is "probably not" unless you can show the original photo is actually free licensed.) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:50, 30 June 2025 (UTC)
Presumably da:Bruger:Snekkersten/sandkasse. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:24, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank You :) Snekkersten (talk) 04:52, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Copyright

I want to write a new article about the YouTuber MAKiT, and I have a question about copyright. Am I right, when I upload the images on Upload Wizard, toggling the written consent, they shouldn't get taken down? Because I uploaded an image and it got taken down, although the owner of the image wrote an email to the Wikipedia mail, only about 12 hours after the upload. How should I do it, so it doesn't get taken down? I thought it would be you can upload it, and when within 30 days, the mail is written with the consent, it stays online, and if not, it gets taken down. Adrian Siebenrock (talk) 15:40, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

@Adrian Siebenrock: a lot of that isn't very clear, especially since you don't mention a particular file and you have several deleted files. Looking more or less randomly at one of these, File:MAKiT.jpg, you did not indicate any license at all, nor did you indicate that permission was pending. Also, not clear what you mean by "the Wikipedia mail". Have you read Commons:Uploading works by a third party (especially the latter portions)? It looks like you skipped at least two steps that are spelled out there, maybe more. - Jmabel ! talk 18:31, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, with the File:MAKiT.gpg I did it wrong, because I wasn't sure how to do it. There my question is, if I can reupload it with the right license or can I update it? Then I uploaded the File:Thnickles.jpg and toggled the thing, where the original creator confirms, that I may use his image. With the Wikipedia mail I mean the mail the original owner of the image has to write and confirm he has given me the license. Did I do it correctly? Because the owner of File:Thnickles.jpg has written and confirmed my use and it still got taken down or at least reported Adrian Siebenrock (talk) 20:49, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

@Adrian Siebenrock: Don't re-upload a file, start an undeletion request. Though, in this case, assuming you still have a copy of the photo (or if it is elsewhere on line), it might be simpler to have the copyright-holder just attach/reference that when they write to the VRT, and then get it undeleted once their process is complete.

For File:Thnickles.jpg, (1) it is not obvious to me that this is in scope, but presuming it is you still need to indicate what is the (anticipated) license; also, you need to add categories.

I'm not sure whether you reference to giving you a license is just loose speaking or an error. They need to grant a sufficiently free license as described at COM:L.

Again, all of this (and more) is covered at Commons:Uploading works by a third party, which you should read if you have not. - Jmabel ! talk 21:40, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

We might wanna ping someone from VRT. Perhaps they can shine a light on what the copyright owner actually said Trade (talk) 03:43, 3 July 2025 (UTC)

Maloosak

This is going around in circles. There's nothing to do here, not least as OP has failed to provide sustantive evidence to support their assertions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pigsonthewing (talk • contribs) 14:58, 2 July 2025 by (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Courtesy link: Category:Maloosak (actress)

The name is wrong and the pictures are not right to be used in this way to spread lies about this person, very bad for the person who is not alive. Remove the information you posted immediately under the made-up name Maloosak because it is not her real name.

These images falsely present a deceased person using a name ("Maloosak") That's not her name and it's wrong not to write the actor's name correctly, misleading information. The person did have a career as an actress, but under a different real name. The materials incorrectly imply a history and identity that are fabricated. This is misleading, disrespectful, and harmful to the memory of the individual and her surviving family. These false connections only started appearing decades after her death. Please remove this immediately all pictures of Maloosak! Abuse of pictures of a person who is not called that with the name Maloosak but someone wrote it that way and you used the wrong name of the person posted on your service! Since the person is not alive, he cannot defend himself. Arken-B (talk) 10:15, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Arken-B: It would be helpful if you indicated what files you are referring to. GMG ^talk 15:50, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Arken-B: Hi, and welcome. What is her real name, and how do you know that? — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:51, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

Many sources refer to her by that name: https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=%2Fg%2F1n36gkrlq&udm=14 -- Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:51, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

We have categories for Maloosak (artist), who was born in 1974 and for Maloosak (actress), who made movies around the same time. I guess this is about the actress? She does have an imdb page, but there's not a lot of info there. What would be the correct name? --rimshot^talk 16:11, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

@Rimshot: That page teases that there may be more info at IMDb Pro, but I am not willing to shell out US$96/yr or US$9.99/mo for IMDb Pro Premium Membership. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:42, 26 June 2025 (UTC)

The Real Maloosak Born in 1974. A currently active artist. Her legal, registered name is Maloosak. Her images are authentic and may remain online. The Older Woman Was an actress in Iran during the 1970s. She was not named "Maloosak" She passed away, before the real Maloosak was even born. Since around 2020, someone has started uploading and spreading images of the deceased woman under the false name "Maloosak" – likely in an attempt to cause confusion and exploit the real artist Maloosak. This is misleading, harmful, and entirely unprofessional. Any images and content where the deceased woman is incorrectly labeled or referred to as "Maloosak" should be removed from: Wikimedia Commons, Picryl, GetArchive Any other platforms spreading this misinformation-should be removed- Many thanks in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arken-B (talk • contribs) 23:14, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Would you like to answer the questions asked by Jeff G. and rimshot above? Tvpuppy (talk) 23:41, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Talking to you -To Jeff G and @Rimshot: Maloosak (actress) is a fictional or incorrect name. There are no verifiedtyder that that is her namesources or documentation . That’s precisely the issue – false information is being spread using a name that doesn’t belong to her. This is frivolous to post pictures of someone without to have more facts about the person and it spreads incorrect information about the person who posted the picture/ pictures of the dead actor and been dead for over 50 years.

Talking now -To Jeff G and @Rimshot:Yes I have replied Tvpuppy to Jeff G and rimshot, I am a freelance journalist and have looked into this matter. There is no reliable information or verified images online regarding this actor, who is being confused with the real Maloosak, who is still alive. They did not work during the same period, but efforts have been made online to make it seem that way by mixing up photos and information about the living Maloosak with the deceased actor, who only worked within the country Iran and was an actor. I think you should stop spreading images and information that are not accurate. You should also review what rights you have before using material found online or someone posting images and information incorrectly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arken-B (talk • contribs) 10:49, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

@Arken-B: you still have not answered the question of what was the actress's real name, and where you have at least one solid citation for that. Till you do that, all we have is what we had in your first post: one person saying the current state of things is wrong. Two people can have the same name, so the fact that they are two different people is not to the point. - Jmabel ! talk 18:24, 30 June 2025 (UTC)

Talking to you -To: Jmabel, Jeff G and @Rimshot: The problem here is not that two different people could have the same name. The issue is that there is no credible or original source that ever identified the deceased actress from the 1970s as being named That name has only appeared many decades later, with no historical or legal evidence to support it.

I am not trying to merge or confuse identities – I am trying to prevent confusion caused by a false retroactive labeling. This creates identity confusion with the real, currently living artist Maloosak, who was born in 1974 and has carried this name legally and publicly for decades.

There is also a growing pattern of this mix-up being intentionally exploited, and it's misleading the public, erasing the living person's identity, and falsely attaching a fabricated identity to a deceased person.

Unless, this labeling should be considered factually incorrect and misleading.

I kindly ask you to correct the captioning and remove references that wrongly associate the name "Maloosak" with the deceased woman. The burden of proof should be on those who added the name to begin with. The actor who is dead was not alive when Maloosak who is alive was born.@Arken-B: Talk — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arken-B (talk • contribs) 10:00, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

@Arken-B Do you really have that much trouble stringing four tildes together or pinging me when you are writing to me? Please sign your work. What name did Maloosak use before registering as Maloosak? How do you know all this? — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:42, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Clearly this actress exists and has a name, but it seems Arken-B doesn’t know her name. So I just went ahead and look for what her name was in credit scenes for movies she was in.
According to her IMDb page , she was in the movie “The Newly-wed Bride” (1977) . Fortunately, the full movie is available on YouTube , and at 3m50s you can see the name “ملوسک” on the credit, which matches her name in fa:ملوسک (which is pronounced similar to “Maloosak”).
Whether this was her official English name or not, since most online sources commonly refer to her as “Maloosak”, I think this category is correctly named.

Tvpuppy (talk) 16:15, 1 July 2025 (UTC)

Talking to you -To: Jmabel, Jeff G and @Rimshot: The name “ملوسک” ("Maloosak") appearing in the credits of a 1970s Iranian film does not prove that it was the legal or full name of the actress. The actress in that film is not the same person as the artist legally named Maloosak, who was born in 1974 and is alive today. The actress had passed away before the artist Maloosak was even born. It is misleading and harmful to connect these two individuals as if they were one.Just because online sources have started referring to the 1970s actress as “Maloosak” recently does not make it historically or factually correct. This is a case of identity confusion and it needs to be corrected – not cemented by misleading metadata or categories.@Arken-B: Talk 13:43 2 July 2025 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arken-B (talk • contribs) 11:43, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

No one is saying they're the same person. That's why they have different categories.
We don't care if it's the "legal full name". Lots of people have pseudonyms, pen names, and stage names that are not their "legal full name".

We're not deleting a category just because you are personally offended. So it's not clear that there is very much left for us to do here. GMG ^talk 12:33, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Talking to you -To: GMGtalk Jmabe l, Jeff G and @Rimshot:I fully understand that pseudonyms and stage names are common and acceptable – that’s not the issue here. The problem is not that a name is used, but how it is used:

There is no verified historical or legal evidence that the older actress was ever named.

Categories.@Arken-B: Talk 15:16 2 July 2025 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arken-B (talk • contribs) 13:16, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

You've already said all this repeatedly. We're aware that this is your view. If you have nothing new to add, I think we're probably done. GMG ^talk 13:23, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

Talking to you -To: GMGtalk You are using a living person’s Wikipedia information to merge with a person who is deceased. These two must be clearly separated from each other. If you choose not to rely on accurate facts, that is your decision, but spreading false information is unfortunate. It is also disappointing that when someone tries to help you avoid sharing incorrect information, you try to override or dismiss them. Categories.@Arken-B: Talk 15:46 2 July 2025 (UTC)

I'm sorry you feel that way, but it seems Ms. Maloosak will have to learn to cope with an obscure page on an obscure website named after a different person using the same name. GMG ^talk 14:11, 2 July 2025 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Talking now -To Jeff G and @Rimshot:This is done deliberately to cause harm and spread false information. There is a Swedish artist whose real name is Maloosak and who is alive today. At the same time, there was an older Iranian actress with the stage name Melousak, whose real name was Iran Jalali; she was active long ago and is now deceased. The problem is that someone is trying to confuse the two — that is, linking the Swedish Maloosak to the Iranian actress Melousak, even though they are completely different people. Using the wrong name like Maloosak for the dead person creates confusion and also disrespect towards both of them when there is a living person who legally has that name and is a famous artist. I know this can be found on the internet. I ask you not to have them on the same page but separate them by having different names and being different people. Stop spreading wrong information. Please remove the pictures where the actress's name is wrong. - Arken-B ! talk 20:33, 5 June 2025 (UTC)

Maloosak

Obviously same issue, opened in a new section; moved up from below. - Jmabel ! talk 23:39, 5 July 2025 (UTC)
This is done deliberately to cause harm and spread false information. these are facts-There is a Swedish artist whose real name is Maloosak and who is alive today. At the same time, there was an older Iranian actress with the stage name Melousak, whose real name was Iran Jalali; she was active long ago and is now deceased. The problem is that someone is trying to confuse the two — that is, linking the Swedish Maloosak to the Iranian actress Melousak, even though they are completely different people. Using the wrong name like Maloosak for the dead person creates confusion and also disrespect towards both of them when there is a living person who legally has that name and is a famous artist. I know this can be found on the internet. I ask you not to have them on the same page but separate them by having different names and being different people. Stop spreading wrong information.- Arken-B ! talk 20:35, 5 Juli 2025 (UTC) — Preceding undated comment was added at 18:39, 5 July 2025 (UTC)

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