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MIT License SVG Logo

If an author or organization decides to create a logo in SVG format and publish it under an MIT License, how should I upload it to Wikimedia Commons? In theory, you can publish it anywhere because MIT license allows it, but I'm not sure.

Sorry for my bad english. Marcos Mapache Nitola (talk) 22:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Marcos Mapache Nitola: See Template:MIT. - Jmabel ! talk 03:35, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note that {{MIT}} has multiple versions; {{Expat}} or {{X11}}. You may want to select more appropriate one. — regards, Revi 05:11, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you read the MIT license text, the license can only apply to software — or more specifically "this software and associated documentation files". I doubt that MIT license coverage extends to software logos and certainly not to logos in general. In which case, the associated logo should be treated as under full copyright. The creator may well have intended an open license but MIT is simply not appropriate for this kind of content. The Creative Commons Attribution CC‑BY‑4.0 license would therefore be a better choice. Can you contact the copyright holder and request a more suitable license be applied? RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 16:31, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TIFF Image nomination and Use of background

Wikipedia Help Desk/Quality Image Review Team,

I am seeking clarification on two specific points related to image uploads and nominations on Wikimedia Commons. Please find my questions below: 1) Quality Image Nomination for TIFF Format :- Can I nominate an image in TIFF format for the Quality Image status on Wikimedia Commons? Alternatively, is there a requirement to first convert TIFF images to JPEG format before they become eligible for Quality Image nomination? Please clarify if there are any rules or recommendations specific to file formats in this context. 2. Background Color Guidelines for Images:- Are there any specific rules on Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia that require using a particular color for the image background? I would like to know if there are any guidelines on acceptable or preferred background colors to ensure my image adheres to Wikipedia’s standards or Quality Image Nomination.

I appreciate your assistance with these questions. I look forward to your response to ensure my images meet the necessary criteria for quality evaluation and proper upload. IndrajitDas 14:32, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Indrajit: TIFF format is fine, as far as I know, but Quality Images must be created by a Commons contributor, and TIFFs rarely are.

There is certainly no general rule about colors of backgrounds; it's hard even to imagine what such a rule would look like. Presumably it is important that backgrounds not distract from the chief subject of the image, but I can't imagine being about to state that by saying something like "backgrounds should never be yellow."

There doesn't seem to be any particularly good place to ask questions about Quality Images. Does someone have a suggestion? - Jmabel ! talk 21:27, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TIFFs are usually useful as an archival format (offers lossless compression and 32 bits per color channel, but usually can not be viewed in a web browser). If the TIFF can be considered as huge (>100 MiB) or so, I would recommend to upload a JPEG version and to nominate it instead --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 17:12, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding PD pictures and higher resolution. Essentially another National Portrait Gallery situation

Given the Asian News International thing on enwiki, I'm a bit concerned about doing anything that might cause litigation against me. With that being said, there's a UK-based organization with a large volume of public domain images. Low-res copies (e.g. 600x800) are on Commons, but it's possible to rip larger images from their website using a tool. I'm not much of a programer, but I do have a moderately complete list of the ~70,000 images on Commons. Is there a procedure for doing this sort of thing? Cheers! JayCubby (talk) 16:14, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IF the images are PD, what litigation might be brought against you? Since the NPG farce, the case known as "THJ v. Sheridan, 2023" has clarified that there is no copyright in reproductions of PD images. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:35, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, that might do it. Where to inquire about bulk overwriting of a category? JayCubby (talk) 13:55, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I need to update a logo on our company website

Hi, we just rebranded and I've been asked to update our Wikipedia page logo. Can I do that from my personal Wikipedia account or do I need any additional permissions? Any help you can give me would be great! RichW1982 (talk) 15:21, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You may upload the new logo as a new image using your personal Wikipedia account, if so you wish. You should, however, then the company should send to permissions @ wikimedia.org a text like the one on Commons:Email_templates from an official account, to formally state that the company is licensing the logo under a free license (Wikimedia Commons only accepts images under a free license). Otherwise, it might be assumed that you were not authorized to do so. Beware: the company may actually not want to have a free license on their logo, I encourage you to make sure that the decision on whether to do that or not is taken by whoever has the right authority for that in the company. Platonides (talk) 19:38, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @RichW1982. Platonides has given you the Commons answer; but on English Wikipedia, company logos are usually uploaded to Wikipedia as non-free content, and Commons is not involved. Please see en:W:WP:LOGOS. You can (and should) use your personal Wikipedia account, but first you need to read en:w:WP:Paid editing, and make the mandatory formal declaration before editing on Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 10:15, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Image of historical photograph

This link shows an image of a photograph that is well over a century old. The website does not contain any copyright claim or any copyright information. Can I add it to Wikimedia?

https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2019/03/22/portrait-gallery-los-angeles-star-publisher-henry-hamilton-and-william-mckee-1869/ Julian in LA (talk) 02:37, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Julian in LA you can upload anything published 96 years ago (before 1929 as of now) in the usa and use {{PD-US-expired}} as the licence. RoyZuo (talk) 08:05, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

see Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United States. RoyZuo (talk) 08:19, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do note, though, that (1) RoyZuo's answer is specific to the United States and (2) the word "published" is operative (not just taken over 95 years ago). Answers get trickier for what was not published in anything like a timely manner. A carte de visite was necessarily published, so you are fine. - Jmabel ! talk 18:06, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Request fake image of a politican

Jorge_Álvarez_Máynez.jpg is a fake image of a ex candidate to Mexican Presidential elections in 2024 i suggest delete it Josevetal (talk) 04:15, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted your changes to extracted images and also declined speedy deletions because 1.) crops are COM:INUSE and 2.) flatly stating something is a fake image without providing supporting evidence is not appropriate for speedy deletion which is for obvious cases. Abzeronow (talk) 04:25, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can start a normal deletion request if you have evidence that the image is in some way fake. @Abzeronow, any reason you didn't just turn the bogus "speedy" into a normal DR yourself, attributing the rationale and asking for evidence? That is certainly what I would have done. - Jmabel ! talk 18:09, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I could undo part of my changes, and do the DRs and include the info Asclepias found below. Abzeronow (talk) 19:11, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Jorge Álvarez Máynez.jpg created. Abzeronow (talk) 19:23, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Josevetal: It looks strange but it is conform to the photo published in that website in April 2023, before the upload to Commons, and also to another photo in the same webpage. There are few smiling photos of him before 2024. If you search for other photos from early 2023, it looks the same. It is possible that he had a dental work since then. However, the file may be missing permission. At the website, it is attributed to "LPO / Rodrigo González". It is possible that the uploader to Commons, EneasMx, is Rodrigo González, or that the photo is misattributed on the website. Anyway, if EneasMx uploads to Commons photos previously published elsewhere, he should have his identity verified through Commons:VRT with a note on his user page, to prevent problems. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:41, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am Rodrigo Gonzalez, I work at La Politica Online. The images they use are low res. I, however, upload full size images to Commons.

On a sidenote: he had dental work after those photos were taken because he became a presidential candidate. EneasMx (talk) 19:39, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

can i post about my website

can i post about my website ?? Ayushsharma042004 (talk) 10:05, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Short answer: No. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:06, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to edit a file/Как изменять файл?

How to edit a file/Как изменять файл? UnsungHistory (talk) 15:34, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To edit a file hosted on Commons, you have to download it and do it locally on your machine with any graphic or video editing software. (Well, there are 2 tools here at Commons, for rotations and crops, with User:Rotatebot via the link "Request rotation" and the Croptool.) Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:05, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@UnsungHistory: Привет и добро пожаловать. Если вы имеете в виду страницу описания файла, воспользуйтесь ссылкой «Изменить». Если вы имеете в виду содержимое файла, инструменты, которые вы можете использовать, зависят от типа файла. Вам разрешено перезаписывать только File:USA election map 2016.png и файлы с {{Allow Overwriting}}.

Hi, and welcome. If you mean a file description page, please use the "Edit" link. If you mean the content of a file, the tools you may use depend on the file type. You are only authorized to overwrite File:USA election map 2016.png and files with {{Allow Overwriting}}. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:33, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Filter rejects upload PDF of fragment of the scan of a copyright free paper 70+ years after author death.

Author name is clearly displayed in that image fragment of p.394 and according to Wikipedia itself he (Tadeusz Banachiewicz) died over 70 years ago, and I have ticked that info in the form. For the full work see https://users.camk.edu.pl/alex/papers/banachiewicz_orig.pdf. This seems faulty software. I understand image may not be accepted outright and to wait for human approval, but me wasting time to provide important and valid information to be rejected is faulty practice on your part. Alexwdomu (talk) 16:25, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexwdomu: Hi, and welcome. I regret to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/281. Please read Mediawiki:Abusefilter-disallowed-pdf-new-user-upload again. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:40, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cambio de licencia

@AbchyZa22: no es bastante claro que quieres decir. Si es en el dominio público, no existe "copyright holder" (persona o entidad que tiene derechos de autor), y nadie puede ofrecer una licensia (y, a la misma vez, nadie necesita licensia para usarlo). - Jmabel ! talk 22:32, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Category:Yūko Kishida"

Are we supposed to include the "ū" in category names of Japanese people? Or just use "u" like ENWP? Trade (talk) 18:26, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There is no consistency about this at all, and it has been the subject of several inconclusive (and at times vituperative) discussions. - Jmabel ! talk 22:18, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upload a group of files

I need to upload a group of files. I used to use Vicuna, but I can't find it. I need the ability to rename a file and then have the rest be named in sequence. I also need the description and categories to be copied to all files. Vicuna could do this.

Is there somewhere that I can download the Vicuna EXE, or is there another program that will do this? Bubba73 (talk) 02:48, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bubba73: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:UT#VicuñaUploader. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:53, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeff G.: :Thanks, but when I click on "download", it takes me to this page, and I don't see where to download it from that page. Bubba73 (talk) 03:00, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Bubba73: From that page, I clicked on v1.3.3a, 1.3.3a.zip. The executable is java.exe, run by the batch file in the bin in the zip file. I hope it works for you. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:48, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

post a photo of Zdanek Mateczek downloaded from the internet on the entry re this professor.

I want to post a photo of Professor Zdeněk_Matějček on the website providing information on his career. I knew him, and assisted in organizing a meeting of the IARLD in 1989 in Communist Prague. I didn't have a photo of him, I have photos of the conference attendees. I want to post a photo of him on that site. UIowagrad (talk) 22:40, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@UIowagrad: I'm confused just what you mean to say here. But as far as uploading a photo of him to Commons: we can accept only photos that are either in the public domain or for which the copyright-holder of the photo has offered a free license that allows reuse by anyone (including commercially, limited only be personality rights) and allows derivative works. I hope that answers what you are asking. - Jmabel ! talk 00:39, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Go Devil Jeep engine misidentified; this could cost the USA trillions in patent fees as it's the first shell bearing motor.

The Go Daddy or Go Devil as it was later known is an opposed four engine, not an L-head inline engine as was the Hurricane engine which is depicted in your essay. Please read the patent for both the Go Devil engine and the shell bearing. Please note most astute people also file in GB as well as there the expiration time is greatly extended for patents. The engine was also much older in design than noted in the essay. Wade E Hinson (talk) 01:11, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What "essay" are you talking about? Something here on Wikimedia Commons? -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 01:38, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

using AI

can i use AI as a tool for writing , i will write everything but for information, checking and concepts and images and writing but i ensure no one will claim copyright . i will generally use chatgpt. i seek help from help desk as soon as possible."thank you" Osman habib (talk) 14:02, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Osman habib: Please don't. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:56, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Jeff G. No, please don't. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:41, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Display error

There is a problem with File:Drapeau de Vaudreuil-Soulanges.svg, how do I fix it? YanikB (talk) 15:49, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy link: File:Drapeau de Vaudreuil-Soulanges.svg. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:51, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@YanikB: This "XML Parsing Error: prefix not bound to a namespace" was mentioned at Commons:Village pump/Technical/Archive/2024/07#SVG abruptly not displaying, with a suggested solution. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:49, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merci Asclepias, la note technique n'explique pas comment retirer l'attribut sodipodi:nodetypes. Savez vous comment faire ? --YanikB (talk) 18:28, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

YanikB, Non je ne sais pas, mais c'est possible d'ouvrir une nouvelle section sur Commons:Village pump/Technical pour demander de l'aide. Une réponse n'y est pas garantie, mais il y a peut-être aussi autre chose à ce sujet dans les archives. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:18, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

W'll see Commons:Village_pump/Technical#Removal_of_sodipodi:nodetypes_attribute.YanikB (talk) 20:50, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I quickly got an answer that will surely be useful to several. YanikB (talk) 10:55, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@YanikB : D'autres fichiers .svg du même utilisateur semblent présenter le problème d'affichage, probablement dû à une cause semblable. Si tu disposes des outils nécessaires pour appliquer la solution et si ça te tente.

-- Asclepias (talk) 15:30, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem Asclepias. I'll do it as soon as I get Autopatrol rights. YanikB (talk) 20:56, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Asclepias Fait. Si tu en trouve d'autres, fait moi signe. :) YanikB (talk) 23:45, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent ! -- Asclepias (talk) 00:10, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How do you upload a screenshot from a Youtube Video to Wikimedia Commons

Hey Y'all! I was wanting to upload a screenshot from a youtube video that is under the Creative Commons Attribution license to Wikimedia Commons. However I am not sure of the correct procedure to indicate its source and its license. If any one could provide a guide on how to upload images/screenshots from youtube videos under a creative commons license to Wikimedia Commons that would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

The title of the video I am referring to: "මේක අස්වැසුම නෙමෙයි ඇස්වැසුම සමෘද්ධියත් ප්‍රශස්තකරණය කරනවා - සුනිල් හදුන්නෙත්ති" Titanciwiki (talk) 02:12, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Titanciwiki This video? [1]. If so, File:Eddie Pepperell 2023.jpg is an example of a similar upload. I used Special:UploadWizard for that one. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:03, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Titanciwiki and @Gråbergs Gråa Sång: It is important to indicate which hour, minute, and second is screenshotted. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:12, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know that (but it makes sense, it's a bit like citing a book without pagenumbers). Is it in guideline somewhere, or "just" good practice? Also, where do we put the timestamp? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:19, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Timestamp really should be part of the source, just like you would do with a page number if the source were a book. - Jmabel ! talk 19:40, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Like so:[2]? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 03:10, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång: I changed your "c." to "around", because "c." is rarely used for anything other than dates. - Jmabel ! talk 19:06, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An old version deleted in 2022 is displayed

I don't know if this can be replicated by other users, but for me the File:Evelyn Salgado Pineda.jpg when it is displayed at 180px displays an old version that was deleted in 2022 [3] : [4]. Apparently it did not fix itself although a new version was uploaded in June 2024. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:00, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Asclepias: I see the correct file. This almost has to be a caching issue on your machine. Do you have this if you look with a different browser? - Jmabel ! talk 19:43, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for looking. That is strange. There, it still displays to me the old deleted image of the woman in a black sweater, not the recent image of the woman in a green vest. I don't know how there can be a cache issue with an image deleted in 2022 that I had never looked at before recently. The browser should not have the ability to find a version deleted two years ago. But you're right, it must be a cache issue of some sort, given that you see the recent image. Maybe the image will fix itself now that someone else looked at it. I'll post an update if it happens. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:44, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Asclepias: I see that where you linked, too. Very weird. Looks like a bug if you are a non-admin and are able to see that. - Jmabel ! talk 19:08, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That raises an intriguing technicality. If you see the deleted ("black sweater") image at the specific url for the 180px .jpg image, but you see the current ("green vest") image in the 180px thumbnail displayed through wikicode in this section here, then what is the specific 180px .jpg url that you get when you ask the url of that "green vest" 180px thumbnail? I suppose that, for a user viewing Commons on the same machine and the same browser, the two different 180px .jpg images cannot occupy the exact same url at the same time, or can they? (That would be a Schrödinger's cat image, showing one state or the other depending on the observation.) -- Asclepias (talk) 15:36, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Evelyn_Salgado_Pineda.jpg/270px-Evelyn_Salgado_Pineda.jpg. So it's not using a 180px image. - Jmabel ! talk 18:49, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, that's interesting. So, the wiki code set at 180px leads you to the url of a 270px image of the new photo. Me, I still get the old image in the thumbnail set at 180px and it leads to the url of the 180px image of the old photo. Thank you for having participated in this little experiment. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:25, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FoP?

Another user is planning on expanding Western Motel and I have photos and video clips of an exhibit covering the topic. The museum recreated the painting and made a room where people could actually spend the night. If I uploaded this one for example, is it copyrighted since it's not the actual painting? APK (talk) 09:30, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@APK: If it's a recent work, it's copyrighted, whereas the Hopper painting may or may not be. To illustrate the article about the painting itself, you might as well use an image of the painting itself, not an image of a recent work that is different from the painting. With some research, you could find if the Hopper painting is accepted as public domain on Commons, as other Hopper paintings, e.g. Nighthawks. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:14, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The image in question is independent of the painting. The image or video in question would be used to illustrate a section in the article about the painting to discuss a museum exhibit about hospitality and art. The exhibit creates an actual hotel room[5] for guests to sleep in based on the original design of the painting. Since it's a real, working hotel room within a museum environment, wouldn't images of the room be acceptable to use? That's the question. For example, see Category:Interiors of hotels. The difference is that this is a hotel room created inside of a museum. Viriditas (talk) 22:35, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's a good question. The thing is that it is not just a room, but it is designed as a part of the exhibition and it is derived from the painting. Two possible issues are is there a copyright on it as an artistically creative exhibit and how is it affected by the copyright of the painting from which it is derived? The question might get more attention at the specialized discussion page Commons:Village pump/Copyright. -- Asclepias (talk) 23:57, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to change my user name to my real name

please I want to change my user name to my real name how do I go about it. Because I'm seeing my page isn't available Jaytourspics (talk) 18:35, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaytourspics: when you say it "isn't available" if you mean someone else already has it, then you are out of luck. Otherwise, see meta:Steward requests/Username changes. - Jmabel ! talk 19:15, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want my personal photo uploaded, undeleted

I have tried to upload my portrait three times, but it has been deleted immediately after uploading it. If it is for copyright, it is okay with me because it is my personal picture and no one is uploading it against my will. Arammala (talk) 08:09, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Arammala: Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, and we do not accept personal pictures without educational use, unless people are already contributors. Please read COM:SCOPE before uploading anything. Yann (talk) 09:28, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I understand. The photo will be used in another Wikipedia project, it is needed. Arammala (talk) 13:40, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your account does not show up as having any contributions to any other WMF projects, not even creation of a user page. What do you feel qualifies you as a "contributor"? Or are you the subject of an existing article? (If so, what article?)

Also, unless these are selfies: if the picture is in scope for some reason, permission (presumably via COM:VRT) has to come from the photographer, not the subject of the photo (unless copyright has been formally transferred to you, in which case use VRT to show the formal transfer). - Jmabel ! talk 18:55, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article which I am the subject of it is not confirmed yet is entitled Aram Mala Nuri-is still receiving feedback. Moreover, I am the photographer of the photo and I am its subject, which means I have full ownership as copyright issues. If this photo is being deleted the person who is writing the article in Wikipedia cannot edit the article and submit it for revisions. Arammala (talk) 14:46, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Arammala: I don't really see how it would be any harder to first get the article accepted and then add photos but, yes, if the article is accepted then these photos are certainly in scope. Could you please provide a link to the draft in progress? - Jmabel ! talk 17:35, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, if the article will be accepted I can then upload the photo. Here is the link of the article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zhewar_H._Ali/sandbox Arammala (talk) 12:55, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Zhewar H. Ali: you might want to look into how references are normally formatted. Normally, references should be mainly inline; also, following (for example the "cite web" template with more or less the same content outside of the template is actively confusing. And when using non-English references, you certainly want to use the "language" parameter. - Jmabel ! talk 19:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Publicar logos simples con EXIF:”Screenshot"

Buenas ,se puede publicar logos simples (below too) si el EXIF indica que publiqué con "Screenshot"?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 12:51, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

¿Como no? - Jmabel ! talk 18:56, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

USERNAME CHANGE

ALL CONCERNED: Is it possible to change my username? When I created the account I was married and had legally changed my surname to MANGINO. I am now divorced, and legally reverted back to my maiden name, McSORLEY, in 2018. I updated my email address to [redacted]. Please advise if this is possible. If NOT, please delete this account and I will create a new account. Thank you. TracyAnne Tamangino (talk) 17:41, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tamangino: There is another thread on this topic about three above this one. You would want to go to meta:Steward requests/Username changes. Abzeronow (talk) 17:57, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright on anime figurines

Hello. As a preface, I am writing this hastily at work, and likewise have not read pages beyond the FAQ and some of enwiki’s image policy pages. I read a line there (which I cannot find again for the life of me) that read something like “photos of three-dimensional objects almost always generate a new copyright.” Are there no exemptions to this rule? I note the established File:Akihabara August 2014 09.JPG image and far more recent File:Reimu Hakurei cosplayer and Reimu Fumo.jpg, but I wish to be absolutely sure about this policy before I go ahead and crosspost a public domain Flickr image for my userspace. (Image in question would be two Nendoroids—or another type of figurine, not sure which image I would want yet—so, naturally, the portrayed characters are under copyright. The crux of this question is: would a photo of these figurines not be under the same copyright?) Thanks in advance! Velvetune (talk) 02:45, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Velvetune: A photo of a three-dimensional, copyrighted object ends up involving two copyrights: the copyright of the underlying work, plus the copyright of the photo. Both must be licensed by their respective owners. - Jmabel ! talk 18:25, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel, this is what makes most sense to me, but I’m having trouble wrapping my head around why that then wouldn’t be cause to delete the latter image and resize the former one (fair use, it’s used in a few places) for non-free content, as neither underlying work is free. Velvetune (talk) 19:51, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My prior comment was just a general statement. I hadn't looked at the files in question. The former looks to me like it should be deleted, unless it is somehow covered by Freedom of Panorama in the country in which it was taken (I didn't look to see what country; there are few places where this would be OK, though). The latter might be trickier, I don't know enough about the character(s) in question to say what is or isn't copyrightable there. - Jmabel ! talk 22:03, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The latter involves a character from en:Touhou Project, the doll would pose an issue but not the cosplay, IMHO. Abzeronow (talk) 00:00, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Took a look around. COM:TOYS puts it in 50/50 territory, from what I can understand—the former photo was assuredly taken in Japan, where they likewise don't fall under copyright (Indeed, some countries, such as Japan, generally consider toys to be utilitarian objects and therefore ineligible for copyright,) but Commons servers are in America, where that doesn't fly. The first linked image was kept under de minimis in the past, but in any case, it rules out any image I was considering. Thank you both for your help; I think I'll just pick a photo of, like, a library instead, haha! Velvetune (talk) 07:27, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Logo de IDM en Líbano

Buenas se puede publicar el logo de IDM en Líbano (https://www.idm.net.lb/), si es logo simple se puede publicar con {{PD-textlogo}} (si es below too en USA)?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 14:15, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Para Libano, no tengo idea. Si no está en Commons:Threshold of originality, no sabemos la ley para el país. - Jmabel ! talk 18:28, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why is my page requesting for active deletion?

Upon creation of my account page, somebody has requested for speedy deletion of my account despite following all the criteria. What changes do I have to make to keep my account visible on Wikidata? Please, advise. Dr. Mojibul Haque (talk) 16:10, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If this is a question about Wikidata, you really need to ask on Wikidata. wikidata:Wikidata:Project_chat. - Jmabel ! talk 18:29, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Main subject visible in this work"

Hello all,

I was uploading a few pictures yesterday of libraries in my hometown and was able to successfully search in the "Main subject visible in this work" to select the library depicted for all except one - North Park Branch Library. The file is here. I went to add a Wikidata item for the library, but did not know if the wikidata item and the wikimedia commons dropdown box were related. Anyway, the question that I am asking is how to add the "main subject visible in this work" to a file post-upload

Thanks so much!

JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 17:08, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that is populated from Wikidata. Probably there is no Wikidata item for that library branch. - Jmabel ! talk 18:30, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel

I went and created the item in Wikidata; is there a way to link the two post-upload? JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 06:20, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JuxtaposedJacob: absolutely! Go to File:North Park Branch Library.jpg, click the "Structured data" tab (next to "File information") and if you've already edited Wikidata, the interface should be reasonably familiar (though not identical). - Jmabel ! talk 06:28, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel

Thanks friend!

JuxtaposedJacob (talk) | :) | he/him | 06:31, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding title cards/links in PD videos

Hey all, I wanted to upload some videos of a tornado event caught on surveillance footage here under {{PD-automated}}. However, the videos contain title cards, and include a link to the website of the uploader at the end. I am wondering, does that make those videos exempt to that PD criteria, and do they need to be edited out, or are they fine to include in the upload? Some videos that I am talking about include:

St. John's Security Camera Footage

Joplin Tornado: East Middle School Surveillance Footage

Thanks in advance! ChrisWx ☁️ (talk - contribs) 20:40, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Link to website should not be a problem. I don't have time to watch them through right now, but offhand the titles look below the threshold of originality for the U.S. - Jmabel ! talk 17:39, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fotoğraf indirme

Ben fotoğeaf indirmeyi bir türlü beceremedim lütfen yardım edin bana Özgürpınar (talk) 15:47, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You'll probably have to be a lot more specific about what happened for anyone to help you. - Jmabel ! talk 17:42, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Şöyle ki, fotoğraf indirebilmek için "indir" butonu olması gerekmez mi? Ben mi bulamadım acaba? Özgürpınar (talk) 18:43, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Any time you see an image in your browser, your computer has downloaded it.

Assuming you are on a PC, you normally save a file to your computer's hard drive by right-clicking on it and then selecting "Save image as..." from the right-click menu. This is note specific to Commons, this should work on any site on the web that has not actively prevented it.

In addition, on Commons, if you want out highest-resolution version of an image so that you can download that, you can either click on the image or click on the last entry in the line immediately under the image (e.g. "Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 213 pixels | 640 × 427 pixels | 1,024 × 683 pixels | 1,280 × 853 pixels | 2,560 × 1,707 pixels | 6,000 × 4,000 pixels."). Either will load the full-resolution version, which you can then right-click and selecting "Save image as..." from the right-click menu.

Apologies that I cannot reply in Turkish, but I'd be relying on machine translation which I'm sure you can as easily do yourself. - Jmabel ! talk 01:40, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

چگونه گالری بسازیم

چگونه گالری بسازیم ARYAN.TAVT (talk) 19:38, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to be someone writing in Farsi asking how to create a gallery. It is not clear whether they mean a "gallery page" (main-space page on Commons: Commons:Galleries) or a wikimedia gallery (w:Help:Gallery tag, ). Ebrahim, Mhhossein or Satdeep Gill, can one of you help them out? - Jmabel ! talk 01:51, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@ARYAN.TAVT سلام۔ من فارسی کمی صحبت می کنم۔ کجا می خواہی بسازی گالری؟ - Satdeep Gill (talk) 03:49, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The copyright dilemma in SVG military insignia

I'm interested in uploading self-made SVG versions of the Turkish military insignia to feature in Wikipedia (regiment-level bodies). The issue is that (on the contrary to most countries) the Turkish copyright law does not consider government emblems/works created by pubic servants in public domain. They also don't have licenses on government websites. Therefore, as a Commons newbie, I cannot find any way to legitimately upload such content. Some people I have seen just credited such works for themselves, and claimed they are the sole owners of the work, but I think such an action would not be allowed. Thanks! AscendencyXXIV (talk) 22:51, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AscendencyXXIV: actually, the majority of countries in the worlld are more like Turkey on this. - Jmabel ! talk 01:54, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Term of protection for anonymous works in Turkey is 70 years, so presumably anything of this sort before 1954 is out of copyright there. However, I'm wondering if the URAA means that anything 1939-1954 is still copyrighted in the U.S. That's subtle, and might better be a question for Commons:Village pump/Copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 02:02, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I'll forward the case there! AscendencyXXIV (talk) 02:20, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

School logo,

would the school logo count as something that cannot go through customs? as long as it has a link to the original website in sources 47k500and8edits for christmas (talk) 00:07, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@47k500and8edits for christmas: What do you mean by a logo "going through customs"? Makes no sense to me at all. - Jmabel ! talk 01:52, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

YouTube CC licenses?

Hello. This might be a mobile-only issue, but for some reason, YouTube CC licenses appear to no longer be visible at the bottom of the description of YouTube videos. Any idea where to check the license now? I don't think it's a case of YouTube suddenly removing the feature because you can still search for 'Creative Commons' videos. Starklinson (talk) 03:49, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have the same issue on a mobile device, are you using the YouTube app (either Google Play or Apple App Store) or the YouTube website? -- Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 04:30, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Starklinson: The licence is still visible for me using Firefox on Linux. For example, on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYCjGfQJ4kw I can click "...more" at the end of the description below the video and "Licence Creative Commons Attribution Licence (reuse allowed)" appears at the bottom of the expanded description. So it looke like this is indeed a mobile-only issue. --bjh21 (talk) 14:09, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File not uploading

I would like to upload this file from Flickr. It looks like it has the right CC license, it showed up on WikiShootMe, and (as far as I can tell) contains no copyrighted material. Can someone tell me why it isn't working? Thank you, Packer1028 (talk) 06:05, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Packer1028: what means of uploading are you using. Did you get any error message? - Jmabel ! talk 06:30, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

403 Forbidden. Using the direct-from-Flickr method. Packer1028 (talk) 06:32, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Try it again. I've granted you autopatroller and that might help. Abzeronow (talk) 17:04, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia entry on Erich Wolfgang KORNGOLD

Please could the following German-language biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold, written by my late husband, be added to the Bibliography in the entry for the composer: KORNGOLD. Musik ist Musik, by Guy Wagner, Matthers & Seitz, Berlin; ISBN 978 3 88221897 8, (Hardcover, 2008).

Thank you in advance, Ariel Wagner <EMAIL ADDRESS SUPPRESSED> 2001:7E8:C250:A600:A526:5A6:8F7B:BABB 13:18, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You'd probably want to take that up on Wikipedia. This is Wikimedia Commons (umbrella'd by the same foundation, but a separate project). - Jmabel ! talk 20:08, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I am writing to a technical issue with the blue share button on my account.it's not responding

I Salma kyari (talk) 18:40, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Salma kyari: I'm not aware of a "blue share button" on Commons. Could you be more specific about on what page or in what context you see that button? - Jmabel ! talk 20:11, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Award inclusion in a photograph - what release to provide?

Hello, I uploaded a photograph to Wikimedia, for which the photographer is currently preparing a copyright release for his photograph. The photograph is of a person holding a Saturn Award (trophy) that the person received. The Saturn Awards director is willing to provide a release for the inclusion of the award - what type of release would be needed? Karamel patti (talk) 03:34, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Karamel patti See Commons:Licensing#Well-known_licenses. You can direct the photographer to COM:VRT/CONSENT. Wikipedia:A picture of you may also be of interest. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:31, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ทุนนักพัฒนาเว็บไซต์

มีทุนสนับสนุนไหม Tuedonbang (talk) 07:17, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ปัญหาตรวจสอบสิทธิ์2FAที่GitHub

ฉันใช้10แอปแล้วยังตั้งค่าไม่ได้เลย Tuedonbang (talk) 07:20, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Something is wrong with this image

When I open the following file: File:Die andere Bibliothek Band 470 Nummer 1991.jpg I see "Create" in the menu line above, it should be "Edit" instead. There is something missing, how to fix? --Wurgl (talk) 08:12, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are 380 problems of this kind: quarry:query/88395 --Wurgl (talk) 09:01, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Like your query says, they are "images on Commons with missing description page". It looks like a sort of occasional bug. Many images currently listed there are part of rapid mass uploads by bots. Maybe a page was occasionally skipped. Fortunately, 380 images seems a relatively small number compared with the number of images uploaded. I don't know if it is necessary to create the description pages manually or if there is some automated procedure that takes care of fixing that. If it needs to be done manually, it is probably possible to figure out what goes in the page by a combination of looking at the information in the upload log and the information in the pages of related images uploaded by the uploader near the same time. Or simply notify the uploader and ask that they create the page. You could ask also at Commons:Village pump/Technical. See also recent discussions at Commons:Upload Wizard feedback#Missing (description) page after Upload and phabricator T374235. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:55, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is file collage allowed?

If I were to mash more than two pre-uploaded wikimedia files into one, would that be allowed? With appropriate credit and all. Deiadameian (talk) 10:21, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Deiadameian Commons:Collages may be of help to you. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:28, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Deiadameian (talk) 10:32, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]