Uploading

How to upload the photos which is already in my phone files Hidenherosun (talk) 02:06, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

If you have an Android phone, you can use our mobile app.

Otherwise, you can visit our upload wizard using your phone's browser. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:11, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Upload Japanese manholes images in Wikimedia Commons

I decided upload Japanese manholes images that photographed by me. but can i upload Japanese manholes images that I photographed by me? and are Japanese manholes design with emblems or more copyrighted or public domain? GeoShira (talk) 03:58, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

For Japanese copyright questions, we have a plage providing an overview: COM:JAPAN. I think that it's not too far-fetched to see manholes and their covers as architectural works, as buildings. So, even if there is something copyrightable on such covers, the Japanese Freedom of panorama provisions (see: COM:FOP Japan) would allow their depiction and a hosting on Commons, as long as these manholes are on public streets and the like. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 04:31, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Modification de l'information présentée sur la page qui me concerne et insertion d'image

Mamipé (talk) 20:20, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

@Mamipé: Bonjour et bienvenue. Vous semblez avoir réussi à modifier ces informations. Le meilleur guide que j'ai trouvé pour insérer une image est en:H:PIC (malheureusement non traduit).

Hi, and welcome. You seem to have sucessfully modified such information. The best guide I have found for insertion of an image is en:H:PIC (unfortunately not translated).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:58, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Screenshot Upload

I wish to upload a screenshot from the video game deltarune in order to illustrate the game's explanation of its "Dark World" setting and how it incorporates pareidolia for use in editing the Pareidolia article on Wikipedia. Is this acceptable? https://files.catbox.moe/mqu8h0.jpeg Ty'Rell Robertson (talk) 22:27, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

@Ty'Rell Robertson: It 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🇺🇦 23:26, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Satellite Imagery Loop I created

Hello, I recently created a loop of the 1991 West Virginia Derecho using GOES 7 Imagery I stitched together. Due to the Imagery being from NOAA, would this fall under PD? What template should I use when I upload the Imagery? MidnightFractal (talk) 00:17, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

@MidnightFractal: Hi, and welcome. I think you should use {{PD-USGov-NASA}} per COM:US.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:49, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I assume you mean "NOAA", not "NASA", right? - Jmabel ! talk 18:23, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Or is this from NASA satellite photos? I don't see the content in question. - Jmabel ! talk 18:24, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Fotos

ola? Eu posso tirar fotos em qualquer lugar do Brasil, e enviar para o concurso? Ou só de um estado específico? Luciano pqdt22 (talk) 10:27, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

@Luciano pqdt22: Olá, e bem-vindos. Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Brazil aceita fotos de todo o Brasil. Você pode tirar dúvidas mais detalhadas em Commons talk:Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Brazil, enquanto perguntas aqui geralmente precisam de mais detalhes.

Hi, and welcome. Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Brazil accepts photos from all over Brazil. You may ask further at Commons talk:Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Brazil, while questions here generally need more specifics.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:50, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Unable to Download PD images

Hello, I am looking for en:Cham people historical images and Found it here, now wanted to upload on commons but unable to Download these images. Can plz someone help me?? 獅眠洞 (talk) 08:46, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Now at File:Type of Cham woman.jpg. Please check and if necessary correct the description, date, source etc. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:15, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Can add more images from which are in below. 獅眠洞 (talk) 15:55, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: the images there have an explicit "Download" button at lower left. Click it. - Jmabel ! talk 17:41, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

That option is not showing on my device. 獅眠洞 (talk) 18:48, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Looks like the download button is blending in with the white background, try pressing Ctrl+F (or open "find in page" in the menu, or some other option depending on your browser if you are on mobile), then type "download" HyperAnd (talk) 23:10, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

jessica alba

I am informing that it is wrong information that Danny Ramirez is a Partner/boyfriend/ in a relationship with Jessica Alba. She has 3 kids and it hurts them to read about something like that on a serious place like Wikipedia. I assume you change the fault information or "Fake Rumors" that is only based on Rumors. They are just friends and also working on future film projects. Oyvind olav (talk) 14:01, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

@Oyvind olav This is not Wikipedia, but a related website. If your complaint is about English Wikipedia, Talk:Jessica Alba is the right place to write. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:30, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

BZZZT!! You should really take a look at Category:Jessica Alba, it's right there. That is rooted in Wikidata, not Wikipedia. It seems there's always silence whenever I mention how Commons is serving the purposes of Wikidata rather than the purposes of Commons these days, so I don't have a good answer for you. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 02:49, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Ah, that is indeed (visible) on Commons. Well, apparently there are some sources , I'm not saying they are good. I checked WikiData , and fwiw, the statement has a note saying that it should have a reference. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:52, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

"Casually dating" does not make a "partner". I'll fix this on Wikidata. - Jmabel ! talk 19:16, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

This this copyright

Im just asking because I want to use this on 2025 Virginia 11th district special election page.

For what image I want to use ------> https://fairfaxgop.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-9.jpg Fad8229 (talk) 03:44, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

@Fad8229 Since there is nothing visible that clearly states otherwise (COM:LICENSE), the default assumption is copyrighted so we can't use it here. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:07, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

sad Fad8229 (talk) 06:36, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Copyright gray area

Hello. I have a file stored locally on my computer that contains the 2008 United States presidential election results in Pennsylvania by precinct, akin to this file over here (results from 2012 by precinct). The problem was I created this .svg in QGIS with shapefiles downloaded from this link (which I believe is public domain by means of government work) and used precinct-level tabulation/data sourced from Dave's Redistricting (DRA). The problem is DRA's site states "© 2025 Social Good Fund for Dave's Redistricting". In addition, the election data itself may be sourced from the University of Florida's VEST, which is under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. This means that although the .svg itself is my own work (assisted by QGIS) the data used to compile it falls under a copyright gray area such that I would rather not learn what the true copyright status is the hard way (i.e.: upload then get it deleted for copyright). As such, I would like to ask more experienced people on Commons: would that be classified as free media? Thanks. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 04:57, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

• What involved in any of this could possibly be copyrightable? You can't copyright facts, only an expression of facts. - Jmabel ! talk 19:26, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

  @Jmabel – I'm afraid that the precinct data that I took off DRA might be an "expression of facts" that is copyrightable (or otherwise non-free/insufficiently free) since it's formatted slightly differently than the official government tabulations. I'm trying to avoid opening a can of worms, but I guess I'm just paranoid, and that this is free media that is permissible for upload... — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 00:17, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

  • @3PPYB6: if I have read correctly above, you are proposing to upload a map based on the data, not a data page corresponding to the CSV, right? I don't see any way a map of election data could infringe the copyright of a site that published the data in tabular format. After all, they did not create the data, just formatted it. - Jmabel ! talk 03:45, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

    @Jmabel – Yes, that is what I'm doing (just the SVG). So I guess I'm in the clear. — 3PPYB6 — TALK — CONTRIBS — 12:07, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Video upload

can I upload video captured with my vivo phone, if so which format Benzmary (talk) 05:12, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Yes. However, we only accept WebM (recommended), MPEG, and OGG files because the popular file formats like MP4 and MOV are proprietary and patent-encumbered. See Commons:Video and Commons:File types#Video for more details. If it's not already one of those free formats, you need to convert it into a free format first before uploading. HyperAnd (talk) 08:51, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Source of a photo leads to a completely different photo

File in question is File:Vrt-bulk (40).jpg

Is there a template i can use to mark this? Trade (talk) 09:53, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

For several photos included in the same large set, the uploader linked to the same photo. Very minor problem, since the other photos of the set can be accessed from there. Not sure what use a template would be for this. A practical thing may be to simply ask the uploader to adjust more precisely the links for each photo. I adjusted the link for the file linked above. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:35, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Notifying the uploader Magicmorz. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:43, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

seems ok to me, please link the exact problematic files @Asclepias@Trade Magicmorz (talk) 11:00, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

The four uploads at 14:32 (UTC) 18 July 2025 linked to the same photo. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:19, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Whoops, wrong file (generic file names does not make it easy)

• File:Vrt-bulk (39).jpg
• File:Vrt-bulk (41).jpg

--Trade (talk) 11:05, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Image file improvement

I recently created EN:Boating Party. At commons, we have two files for this work. File:Lyon 1er - Musée des Beaux-Arts - Salle 229 - Partie de bateau (Gustave Caillebotte).jpg is a 13.1 megapixel 5.79 MB version and File:G. Caillebotte - La Partie de Bâteau.jpg is a .72 megapixel .124 MB version. Both are used throughout various wikipedia articles. The higher resolution version does seem more vibrant, but it has a brown strip across the top. Is there a way to clean up the image or get a better version?-TonyTheTiger (talk) 16:33, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

I'm not sure if the brown stripe can be cleaned up in situ but, in the meantime, I've created a version which crops it off. Andrew (talk) 17:10, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

For art that is almost 150 years old, can we copy files from museum websites?-TonyTheTiger (talk) 23:49, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

See National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Foundation copyright dispute. Andrew (talk) 06:08, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Thx. At, Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Improving_an_image I am gearing up for a photoshoot for this issue.-TonyTheTiger (talk) 21:40, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Help getting photo to show up in infobox

Category:Adiane Trade (talk) 18:45, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

What will it take to get the photo from image of cosplay (P13632) to correctly appear in the infobox of the category?--Trade (talk) 18:46, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

I think that the image has to be used with "Property P18" on Wikidata to get displayed. But that's only a guess. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:54, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

That's the issue. P18 is only meant to be used when no other suitable property exists. It was never supposed to be a dumping ground for any and all images related to the subject Trade (talk) 19:02, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

@Trade: There are four example images at d:Property:P13632 and three files under Category:Cosplay of Adiane by country, which one do you want?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:57, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

The one featured on Adiane obviously Trade (talk) 19:00, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

@Trade: There is nothing saying you cannot have two properties with the same value. Add it as P18 as well. - Jmabel ! talk 19:32, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

P13632 was proposed with the explicit purpose of not having two properties with the same value. Doing so would go against the consensus on Wikidata Trade (talk) 19:36, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

It works when I add the image as P18. If you don't want that, we can remove it, but I don't see another way. -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:22, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

I mean so far we haven't really done anything to change the infobox template. Just making (arguably bad) changes to the Wikidata item in question Trade (talk) 15:43, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

File extraction problem

Hello, File:Andy Kelly.jpg indicates it is extracted from File:Kruise Leeming.jpg. The problem is that the extract took place from an earlier version of the file and not the current version of the file. How do we show this or does it not matter? Keith D (talk) 23:26, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Pinging the uploader @Fleets: Geoffroi 01:02, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

So {{Extracted from}} won't readily capture what is going on here, but it doesn't seem to me like there should be any difficulty describing the source, and the licensing is necessarily the same. - Jmabel ! talk 03:51, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Sounds like a good example of why COM:OVERWRITE proscribes substantive change of content. The situation appears to be one wide-view image and two cropped portions of it, so the easiest solution to solve this mess (and enhance our content collection) is to have each of them at a separate filename rather than one of the cropped portions overwriting the wie-view. The only mitigating factor is that all of these are by the same uploader, who is the license-holder, so by license they are just uploading their own work in different ways not DW of someone else's that requires attribution/provenance-tracking. DMacks (talk) 04:08, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

This was a user overwriting their own upload with a new version. That is pretty much always allowed. For many situations, it is actually a best practice: e.g. File:Seattle - Floating homes and shanties on Portage Bay from the water - 2025-07-09 - 04.jpg, File:Nicolae Vermont - Sala de așteptare - 1916.jpg. But, yes, it would probably be a good idea here to make the original version a separate file since it has multiple derivatives. - Jmabel ! talk 18:53, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Looks like we need to move, without leaving a redirect, the initial uploaded version of File:Kruise Leeming.jpg to another file name, unsure how to do that. Then adjust the existing cropped files to show extracted from the new file. Keith D (talk) 10:05, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

@Keith D: Should all be good now, take a look. - Jmabel ! talk 01:22, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks.

Flickr Image Can't be uploaded by wizard

Are you found this (Tashrih al-aqvam, an account of origins and occupations of some of the sects, castes and tribes of India) image on British museum flicker account and when I paste the link of it on wizard it is unsuccessful to upload 獅眠洞 (talk) 05:01, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: Maybe because it will not allow the upload of a duplicate of File:Kamdangar, a bowmaker - Tashrih al-aqvam (1825), f.357v - BL Add. 27255.jpg? -- Asclepias (talk) 13:20, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Oh😯, Thank you. Next time I will double check it 獅眠洞 (talk) 13:35, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Brand names

Hi, is it accepted that brand names appear on photos in W., such as in File:DAB Radio 07.jpg? Is this not disguised publicity? Regards, Marsavoine (talk) 07:36, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi, This is fine. It is in use, so it is in scope. Yann (talk) 08:13, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

File renaming

I can not rename a file. I can type a reason and a new name but don't have a button to press (can see left part of the text only but not the button). Please rename File:Кубок Пик Коммунизма.jpg It's another mountain, Victory Peak, not Communism. Tamdam (talk) 13:17, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

@Tamdam: Please suggest a filename. Would "File:Кубок Пик Победы.jpg" be suitable? -- Asclepias (talk) 13:34, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Much better in English. Victory Peak Cup (1956) for example. Thank you. Tamdam (talk) 14:00, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestion. However, hmmm, I would prefer to respect the language of the uploader. Correcting the factual mistake about the identification of the mountain is a valid reason for renaming. But changing the language without the consent of the uploader is not a valid reason for renaming. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:19, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

As you wish. As for me it adds difficulty to other users. Tamdam (talk) 14:29, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Done: Special:Diff/1060966174/1061354044. I don't have qualms in changing the language (at least when it's not in latin script) towards (mostly) English when a valid renaming reason exists. That does indeed better the usability, as latin script is accessible to more people than Cyrillic or Kana, for instance. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 19:25, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

how do you directly create a redirect

I need to make some redirects for some files I uploaded with multiple names but I can figure out how to do that without creating a new file first which will mess up the redirect. can anyone explain how I can create a redirects without uploading a new file? PharaohCrab (talk) 14:04, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

@PharaohCrab: Just look at any existing redirect page (in the source editor) & follow the syntax. - Jmabel ! talk 18:54, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

I know how to make a redirect but the issue is that if I try to create one that is a new file page it forces me to upload an image PharaohCrab (talk) 19:27, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

@PharaohCrab: Then you're doing it wrong; please see Help:File redirect.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:17, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

I know I'm doing it right, my guess now of why it doesn't work is that I edit from the mobile version of the website PharaohCrab (talk) 20:44, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

"Mobile version"... That's a solvable issue. Don't use some app, use a browser to access Commons on your device. On Android, you have Firefox, Chrome and Opera available, and Safari on iOS. Everyone supports switching to a desktop mode (surmised for Safari, I'm an Android guy). Then, just remove the "m" in in the address https://commons.m.wikimedia.org ( or click on the link "Desktop", found in every page's footer). This way, you'll get the standard desktop view will all editing tools available; you may then create your redirect. An maybe easy way is to edit some random page, insert the link to the redirect to be created, previewing it and opening the redlink in another tab. Then, write the needed code, save and you're done. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 08:04, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

I actually edit from a computer but the normal version of commons is blocked on my device however the mobile version isn't so I have to edit from it PharaohCrab (talk) 23:32, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

As long as you're using the trick of inserting a redlink that is to be used as redirect onto any page (it's maybe advisable to do that in your own userspace if something goes unexpectedly wrong), using the preview to see and access the edit mode of the redlink, you should be able to make your wanted redirect. Don't forget to work in source editing mode. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 05:37, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

I've tried that already PharaohCrab (talk) 17:41, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Then, try something contra-intuitive? Use an actual mobile device, tablet of smartphone, and switch to the desktop mode on that one, if your computer doesn't allow standard Commons? And how does this come, are you using a corporate network device? Or do you perhaps have an amok-running "security" software? Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 17:48, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

I think I found a method, if I do what you said on Wikipedia instead then it works because standard Wikipedia isn't blocked PharaohCrab (talk) 17:53, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

ok it only kind of works it lets me do it on Wikipedia but doesn't let me export it to commons PharaohCrab (talk) 18:04, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

@PharaohCrab: so for some reason you can't do this. Make up a list of what you want redirected where, and if someone thinks it is reasonable and they are willing to take responsibility for it, they can do it on your behalf. - Jmabel ! talk 19:02, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

good idea, do you have an idea of who could do it I already have a list PharaohCrab (talk) 20:29, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

@PharaohCrab: It's impossible to volunteer without seeing the list. I have no idea whether I would agree or disagree with the proposed redirects. Again, the person who does this is responsible for the edits, and you seem not to be able to come up with a way to do it yourself, so the only way it can possibly happen is a more specific request. - Jmabel ! talk 22:11, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

here is the list of redirects I would like created

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These file names should redirect to a file with same name but with the last "l" being replaced with a g, I would also like this file name to redirect here PharaohCrab (talk) 00:09, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

thanks! PharaohCrab (talk) 02:54, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

I believe Explicit is taking this on, though they did not say so here. - Jmabel ! talk 03:54, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

UTC)

Oh, I wasn’t aware of this thread. OP had created local redirects on the English Wikipedia, which came up as broken redirects because the local targets did not exist. I figured out what they intended, so I created the file redirects here on Commons. ✗plicit 04:15, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

add inheritance of categories

I think it would be useful in the media viewer to either: have the "Category:Something" pages display all media of sub-categories

or

have each individual file automatically inherit super-categories for whatever categories it is added to

for instance, in "Media in category "Singapore in the 19th century"", there are 27 images, but there are also 18 subcategories, in total having another 100 images or so, which are not displayed in the media viewer for that category. These probably should all be displayed in the media viewer as well, without having to go into the sub-category pages.

The alternative would be that whenever a user adds a category, it is automatically added to any higher level category as well, and then it would display all of them as well if someone were viewing the higher level category. Wrfrancis (talk) 15:51, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Communist symbols

File:COA of Sevastopol.svg and related files make the astonishing claim that the coat of arms of a Ukrainian city is prohibited by law in Ukraine. Is there any basis for this claim? Is there a way to remove it without deleting the communist symbol tag entirely? 98.97.15.215 20:58, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

The template was added by a user who now seems inactive. Look how the forbidden symbols are defined exactly in the article of the code and if the gold star meets the definition or not. If it does, leave the template. If it does not, remove the template from the description page. The gold star, although it is from the Soviet era, may or may not be a symbol of communism or a forbidden symbol. You have to look what the law says. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:25, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

I don’t speak Georgian, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Korean, or Ukrainian, so I can’t interpret the laws cited in the template. I would assume the Ukrainian city council didn’t adopt a symbol that’s illegal in its own country, but it could be restricted in other countries. 98.97.15.215 22:53, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Laws of many countries have translations in English. When not, machine translation can give good enough results for a section of law. You can also request help from Ukrainian-and-English-speaking users on Wikipedia. I would not assume anything. It may depend on many factors, for example when the section of the code came into force and if it was enforced. After 2014, that code would have no effect in practice on Sebastopol. Even before then, it would not necessarily be impossible that Sebastopol kept the CoA despite the law. However, I agree with you that it seems more likely that this particular symbol is simply not forbidden. But again I would not assume anything. We would need someone who is familiar with the topic. You have probably a better chance by asking at the Reference desk of Wikipedia or on a Ukraine-related project page. -- Asclepias (talk) 02:05, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

If you look at the English translation available from the United Nations, at section 436-1, relating to forbidden symbols, you see that it does not say "communist symbols" but "symbols of communist [...] regimes". It's not clear if that would be interpreted to include symbols of municipalities, but it's quite possible. You can also see that this section about forbidden symbols was indeed added to the law in 2014, so, whether this section forbids or not this coat of arms, in actual practice this section of the law has been unenforceable in Sebastopol. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:31, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Ah, I was under the impression that the Ukrainian law was in place before 2014. While the criminal code is translated into English, the law that defines symbols of the communist totalitarian regime and the exemptions for their use isn’t. A machine translation suggests that current coats of arms are excluded from this category, and medals awarded to persons (I assume the city counts as a legal person) before 1991 are exempted.

Applying machine translation to the rest of the list, Georgia’s law seems to require the removal of communist symbols only upon request by a government commission. Indonesia’s prohibits the teaching of Marxism-Leninism but doesn’t seem to have anything to do with symbols of the Soviet Union (unless those symbols promote Marxism-Leninism, I guess). Latvia’s and Lithuania’s have specific lists of symbols that don’t appear to cover the Hero of the Soviet Union medal. Lithuania’s also exempts official symbols of an existing state. South Korea’s law is about “anti-state organizations”, not historic symbols of the Soviet Union.

So I’ll just remove the template. 98.97.5.71 22:49, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Someone else can remove the template from File:Sevastopol Flag.png, File:Sevastopol-flag.gif, and File:Flag of Sevastopol.svg. Apparently those edits have been detected as potentially harmful. 🙄 98.97.5.71 22:58, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Done. - Jmabel ! talk 04:18, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Image

If I hypothetically made a fictional political party "Disc" for a party that is no longer around, as long as I specify it's not a real disc? Would I have to do something else? Billious Bobulous the III (talk) 21:24, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

• See Commons:Project scope. Unless it a famous fictional thing (for example it has Wikipedia articles), it sounds like this would not be in project scope for Commons. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 21:46, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

  Thank you! Billious Bobulous the III (talk) 21:53, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Friedrich Wagner-Poltrock signature.svg

Die Signatur ist aus derselben Quelle wie das Foto: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedrich_Wagner-Poltrock,_um_1929.jpg, Ich habe alles angegeben. In den ersten beiden Versionen waren Porträt und Unterschrift sogar in ein und derselben Datei drin (wie gescannt)

Ich bin neu hier und weiß nicht, wie ich nun nachträglich noch eine Lizenz einfügen kann - zumal: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterschrift#:~:text=Unterschriften%20sind%20nicht%20urheberrechtlich%20gesch%C3%BCtzt%20(siehe%20Rechtsschutz%20von%20Schriftzeichen). --BKGDS (talk) 22:29, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Die Dateibeschreibungsseiten sind ganz normale Wiki-Seiten, die kannst du auch im Nachhinein bearbeiten. Ich habe PD-Signature eingefügt, weil das aus meiner Sicht die treffendste Angabe ist. Man hätte auch dieselbe Lizenzvorlage wie in dem Ursprungsbild verwenden können. --rimshot^talk 22:50, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Images from my Film page are being deleted

I am creating a page for my self made and titled film, An Untitled Love Story, and all images I have uploaded for this film have been marked for speedy takedown:

File:An Untitled Love Story (2025) - Olivia.jpg

File:An Untitled Love Story (2025) - Logan.jpg

File:An Untitled Love Story Poster 2025.jpg

I am the owner of this creator of this material, the poster was given to me by my BTS photographer for use for this film. How can I use my own material on Wikipedia without getting it marked for takedown? I am currently working on this film page in my sandbox. Devesh dasani (talk) 00:16, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Devesh dasani:

1. Although what you do on Wikipedia is not Commons' affair, I strongly recommend you read en:WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY before you find yourself blocked on the English-language Wikipedia. You have disclosures that you must make there, and it looks like you have not done so.
2. Because of the nature of these files, you need to come through the VRT process. At COM:VRT is an email address; you need to communicate with the to let them know that you are, indeed the creator of those files. I'd recommend sending such correspondence from a domain associated with your business as a film director/producer, if there is such a domain. There may need to be some back-and-forth emails, but it should be possible to work it out.
3. Also follow the instructions on COM:VRT about marking the files as "permission pending."

Jmabel ! talk 01:33, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Clarification on Reuploading Images After VRTS Permission Email

Hi, @Hedwig in Washington

I uploaded several of my own photographs to Wikimedia Commons, but they were removed yesterday. I have since sent a permission email to the Wikimedia VRTS team (including a release statement and image attachments). [Ticket#: 2025072610000865] Since the images are already deleted, do I need to reupload them myself once the permission is approved, or will someone from the team restore them?

Also, when is it appropriate to reupload if needed — should I wait for confirmation, or can I reupload now and add a note about the pending VRTS email? Thank you for your guidance, Abooyeah Abooyeah (talk) 04:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Yes, you can upload the files. It would be nice to keep the filenames the way you sent them to VRT. Just add this: {{subst:PP}} to your upload underneath the information template. I just checked, backlog isn't too bad. Three days is rather quick. Happy editing! --Hedwig in Washington ^(mail?) 04:31, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Abooyeah: better than what Hedwig suggested (because we should not end up with an extra copy of each image, and all deletions are "soft" deletions): does this apply to all of your photos that were recently deleted? If so, I will undelete them for you, and you can mark them with {{subst:PP}} If not all, can you list here the ones of which you sent permissions to VRT? - Jmabel ! talk 07:24, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I owe you a cup of coffee. Dang, I miss my admin buttons sometimes. Thanks for taken over. The photographs are rather good, you'll see. --Hedwig in Washington ^(mail?) 08:53, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Hedwig in Washington@Jmabel

I’ve just re-uploaded the images using the same filenames I originally sent to VRT. I also added {{Permission pending|year=2025|month=July|day=26}} to the information section as instructed.

Thank you again for your guidance and support.

Link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Abooyeah&ilshowall=1

Best regards,

Abooyeah (talk) 10:50, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Athanasios Dalkafoukis

Greek politician 62.74.14.10 08:06, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

What help are you requesting? - Jmabel ! talk 17:49, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Template for two licenses (photo and underlying work)?

Is there a template I can use to neatly wrap the separate licenses for a photograph and the work of art depicted in that photograph? See e.g. File:Bust of Domingo Ramos Enriquez.JPG. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 15:06, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Compassionate727: Art Photo. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:25, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Of course, trying to remove the now-unnecessary license section header triggered an abuse filter. D: —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 15:39, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Compassionate727: I removed it for you. For future edits, you can request autopatrol there. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:04, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:AlbertIIdeMonaco.jpg

Works by the Monegasque government are public domain, but Monaco does not have any country-specific tags and I don't think there is any ambiguous tag saying that it is public domain as a work of the government from the country the photo was published. What do I do? --Rexophile (talk) 17:04, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Rexophile: Neither tag in Category:PD Monaco license tags seems broad enough to cover this. Are you sure this is covered? If so, can you cite the relevant law? - Jmabel ! talk 18:02, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Im quite sure it is covered. There are some images on the website that are copyrighted, so I like to make sure by looking at the metadata. It was listed that government works are in the public domain on the Commons page for Monaco's copyright law, and apparently is stated somewhere in Law 491 (loi n.491), so I am going based off that. Rexophile (talk) 18:08, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Rexophile: sounds like we need a new template, which you can model on other similar templates. - Jmabel ! talk 20:30, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Rexophile:

In File:AlbertIIdeMonaco.jpg, both source websites linked, the government website and the palais princier website, have copyright notices and state clearly that the contents are not free.

You seem to refer to article of the Loi sur la protection des œuvres littéraires et artistiques:

"Article 38

Les lois, ordonnances, arrêtés, décisions et publications administratives, judiciaires ou officielles ne bénéficient pas de la protection instituée par la présente loi."

On the page Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Monaco, it is translated as: "Laws, ordinances, orders, decisions and administrative, judicial or official publications do not benefit from copyright protection.".

The laws of several countries have similar provisions by which texts of official nature, such as laws, etc., are excluded from copyright. That does not necessarily mean that "works by the monégasque government" are public domain. Two things can be noted in that article 38. Firstly, it is not specifically about works from Monaco. By that article, laws of alls countries are not under copyright in Monaco. Secondly, it is limited to some types of works. That's the difficult part. The words with potentially the broadest meaning are "official publications". What does that include? Is a portrait of the prince of Monaco and portraits of heads of State of other countries official publications under the scope of that article of the law and thus freely usable in Monaco? We must be cautious. Unless something clearly says so, it is more prudent to assume that it is not so.

Anyway, to be on Wikimedia Commons, a file must be free in the United States. That is not a problem for documents such as laws, because the copyright law of the United States also says that such documents from all countries are in the public domain in the United States: PD-US-GovEdict. But that does not apply to portraits. File:AlbertIIdeMonaco.jpg is not free in the United States and therefore it cannot be on Commons.

-- Asclepias (talk) 21:58, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

I think it's best that we establish contact and make an inquiry with the relevant government party to determine this, before we delete any files. Then we can go from there. Rexophile (talk) 23:20, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

The photo is not under a free license. It must be deleted. If you believe that you can contact the copyright holder and obtain that they offer the photo under a free license, you can do it. IMO, the chances are very low for this photo. If evidence of a free license is provided, the file can be undeleted. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:14, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

If you want, you can also contact authorized officials of the government of Monaco to ask what is their interpration of what is or is not included in the expression "official publications" in the copyright law. For example, if they consider that the expression can include a photo published by the government. The answer could be useful in a general sense, at least for works that can also be free in the United States. However, as mentioned above, whatever the answer to that question may be, it is not sufficient for having on Wikimedia Commons the photo of Albert II discussed here or other such photos. To be on Commons, such photos must be free in the United States, so they need a free license from their copyright holder. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:05, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

licentie

Ik wil graag de foto Stammenderveld gebruiken op de omslag vn mijn boek dat ik zelf publiceer voor familie en vrienden. De foto is gemaakt door Tibor. Is er een licentie op deze foto of mag ik die prive gebruiken? M.v.g. Riny Hahn RascalRakker (talk) 17:49, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@RascalRakker: (using Google translate) Kunt u een link plaatsen naar de bestandspagina van de specifieke foto waar u het over heeft? We hebben hier meer dan 100 miljoen bestanden. - Jmabel ! talk 18:04, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Updating file

I am trying to change File:(119th) US House of Representatives.svg to reflect an extra vacancy. However, I cannot seem to be successful in doing so, even after using the proper tool.Joesom333 (talk) 19:32, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Joesom333: probably best asked at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop. - Jmabel ! talk 20:31, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I will do so! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joesom333 (talk • contribs) 20:39, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Joesom333: What error message are you getting, and how can that be reproduced?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:31, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Might be a caching issue. @Joesom333: I see four empty circles in the picture. MKFI (talk) 05:43, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

No error message. The picture, at least on my end, is not being updated in the article. Joesom333 (talk) 14:03, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

@Joesom333: Which article? That file has 116 global usages. Please see COM:CACHE.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:24, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: For each one. The issue is being resolved in the Lab. Joesom333 (talk) 20:45, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

editing a file

Upload?

Hello there, i took a photo yesterday of Qairat Rysqulbekov's statue from Park Imeni Ryskulbekova (in Taraz, Kazakhstan). Should i upload it, and would it be considered non-copyrighted? Bakhos2010 (talk) 08:52, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

@Bakhos2010: I can think of no reason a statue erected relatively recently in Kazakhstan would be in the public domain, and there is no commercial freedom of panorama in Kazakhstan, so I can't see any way we could host that on Commons without a license from the sculptor or the sculptor's heirs. - Jmabel ! talk 19:06, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

Elon mudsk

Como faço pra falar com Elon musk e coisa séria Sensível (talk) 23:41, 27 July 2025 (UTC)

IP got blocked due to proxies

I have been blocked due to proxies and i don't even know what that means. I'm unable to continue uploading my entries for wiki loves earth. Abdurrazaq A.F.O (talk) 07:05, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Read w:Proxy server and w:Open proxy for what that is, but simplified, a proxy is basically another computer that does the tasks on your computer's behalf. For example, if you use a proxy to upload a file to Commons, your computer sends the file to another computer before sending to the Wikimedia Commons computers/servers, rather than directly to the Wikimedia Commons computers/servers.

Unfortunately, this can be abused since if we want to stop bad people ruining this site, we would have to not just block their computers, but block their proxies too, and there are LOTS of them. See w:Wikipedia:Open proxies for more (it's actually about Wikipedia, but some of it also applies to Commons).

However, you didn't know you were using proxies, so were you using a VPN by any chance? Or your computer has an antivirus software that came bundled with "privacy protection features" like VPNs and other stuff? HyperAnd (talk) 10:14, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

How do I link Commons to non-English Wikipedia article?

For Category:Gramola (kneader), I'd like to link the gramola in the description to the Italian Wikipedia Gramolatrice. How do I do that? Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 17:39, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

• Convenience links: Category:Gramola (kneader), Gramolatrice. And, @FieldMarine, I bet the second link there is what you want to do, though please clarify if I misunderstood your question. - Jmabel ! talk 18:03, 28 July 2025 (UTC)
• By the way, do note that Italian article is already linked via Wikidata, and shows up in the left nav under "In Wikipedia". - Jmabel ! talk 18:05, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Yes, thank you! Semper fi! FieldMarine (talk) 20:04, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

picture changing

how to change the picture of wikipedia's page of someone, i'm mandated? can smebody help me? Vnom999 (talk) 01:02, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

@Vnom999: You don't say which language, nor whether it is in an infobox or is a "thumb", or what, but from a technical point of view you can edit the source and substitute the name of a different file, typically one from here on Commons. en:Help:Pictures will probably tell you everything you need to know at a beginner level, and more. - Jmabel ! talk 05:11, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

@Vnom999: Mandated by what or whom?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:02, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Possibly not own works

all these images need removed.

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• File:JimVarney1993.jpg
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HIGHLY doubt these are own works 75.89.79.114 01:09, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

The signature is certainly no problem, just needs to have the correct tag; outside of a few East Asian countries, you cannot copyright a signature. But the rest? Just from how tiny they are, almost certainly not "own work", no one makes their photos this tiny. Feel free to nominate them for deletion. (Looks like someone already has for at least one.) - Jmabel ! talk 05:16, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the help! 75.89.79.114 05:47, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

YÜKLEMELERİM

Yüklediğim tüm dosyaların silinmesini talep ediyorum fotoğraf bilgi hepsi dahil bir an önce Betlincel (talk) 06:30, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

 Done Files deleted as requested. Not own works anyway. Yann (talk) 07:30, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

PUBLISHING IN WIKIPEDIA

How do I publish a biography on Wikipedia Mickey-ugo (talk) 09:15, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

@Mickey-ugo try asking on Wikipedia. We are wikimedia commons. We host files but do not have articles. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (please tag me) 09:38, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

@Mickey-ugo: per en:WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY you probably should not be writing about yourself or anyone you are closely connected to. If you are asking more broadly, see en:Help:Your first article. - Jmabel ! talk 01:26, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Request for Assistance Regarding Speedy Deletion of Dr. Narendranadh Meda’s Gallery Page

Dear Wikimedia Support Team,

I hope this message finds you well.

I recently created a gallery page on Wikimedia Commons titled "Dr. Narendranadh Meda", intending to highlight his professional contributions as a vascular and endovascular surgeon in India. However, the page has been flagged for speedy deletion under criterion CSD GA2, indicating that the content appears to be encyclopedic in nature.

I now understand that such content should be published on Wikipedia instead of Wikimedia Commons, and I would like to resolve the issue appropriately. Could you please guide me on the best way to:

1. Transfer or recreate this content on Wikipedia (if applicable),
2. Retain any images I uploaded for use in a future Wikipedia article, and
3. Ensure compliance with Wikimedia’s content and formatting guidelines.

Your support and guidance in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know the next steps I should take to rectify this situation.

Warm regards,

Kasagoni Shiva Kasagoni shiva (talk) 12:31, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

@Kasagoni shiva Some WP-guidance:

• Wikipedia:Writing Wikipedia articles backward
• Help:Your first article
• Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
• Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing

Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:52, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Error uploading File:Seattle Central Waterfront District 1918.png

I recently uploaded File:Seattle Central Waterfront District 1918.png, but I encountered a strange issue—the image is blank and showing 0 × 0 pixels. When I attempted to re-upload the image, I got an error message "Copy uploads are not available from this domain." Does anyone know how to bypass this error in order to re-upload the file? Thanks. Zeibgeist (talk) 19:13, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

I'm not sure what went wrong with your upload. I tried uploading the full image, and succeeded without getting a warning error. Have you uploaded other media from that website without getting that notice? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:19, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Oh, I see now! This is a duplicate, already uploaded at File:The City of Seattle Harbor Department Map of Central Waterfront District, February 1918.png. I shall delete the duplicate file and make the file name into a redirect to the earlier upload. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:22, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

 Done Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:24, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks much, I didn't realize this had already been uploaded! Zeibgeist (talk) 23:32, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

What's changed in ordering images in a category

What has changed in ordering images with names starting with numbers in a category. I recently visited two sites where most of the images are numbered based on the USAF unit they represented. Images that had previously been in numerical order now require a key to return them to where they fall. Some were mixed in with images whose name began with a letter of the alphabet. Lineagegeek (talk) 20:17, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

@Lineagegeek: Someone inserted a defaultsort key . -- Asclepias (talk) 20:36, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Lineagegeek (talk) 22:22, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

Video uploading

Why not upload my videos Jayaraju Dompaka (talk) 02:02, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Can you elaborate what issue is persisting. Make sure you are uploading video in allowed format only. ––KEmel49(📝,📤) 03:08, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Image question

Is this image tagged right? File:Bill bixby signature.png.75.89.79.114 03:32, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Mangesh

@mangesh PAWAR MANGESH KACHARU IAS (talk) 16:08, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Information request contact details considered abuse? I set up details about my family but forgot to add contact details for historians to get in touch. When editing, I was refused as considered as abuse? Does anyone understand why?