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)

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)

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)

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:

1. This is not Wikipedia, this is Wikimedia Commons.
2. 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.
3. You cannot "upload" a biography into Wikipedia. You have to write it in Wikitext, within the Wikipedia application.
4. 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

State and federal criminal cases

• Category:State of Minnesota v. Vance Luther Boelter
• Category:United States of America v. Vance Luther Boelter

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

@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)

@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)

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)

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?

• Map of Fontibón
• Map of Engativá
• Map of suba

-- 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:02, 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)

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)