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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)Reply

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

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

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

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

@Tvpuppy

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

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

But your other suggestions are really good.

Thanks again.

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

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

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

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

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

Bonjour,

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

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

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

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

File:Ad-Douri 10 miljoen Bounty.jpg

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

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

I have two related questions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Convenience links:

• File:240902 Kim Hye Yoon (김혜윤).png
• File:240925 Kim Hye-yoon (김혜윤).png
• File:240604 Kim Hye yoon(김혜윤).png
• File:240608 Kim Hye Yoon (김혜윤).png
• File:240902 Kim Hye-Yoon (김혜윤).png

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 1) It is not clear what "my wikipedia site" refers to. You are asking the question on Wikimedia Commons. 2) Here on Wikimedia Commons, only photos explicitly free licensed by the photographers, or out of legal copyright, are allowed. See Commons:License and Commons:First steps. (So your question is not clear, but the likely answer is "probably not" unless you can show the original photo is actually free licensed.) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:50, 30 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

  Presumably da:Bruger:Snekkersten/sandkasse. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:24, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

このような場合、どうしたらいいのでしょうか。 https://help.loilonote.app/--5ffe5733d6638a001d4e600d 偏微分演算子 (talk) 00:31, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@偏微分演算子: COM:NETC/ja   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:33, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for letting me know about the image. 偏微分演算子 (talk) 20:39, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi there. Recently, the Smithsonian Institution seems to have made some images available as high-quality TIFF files rather than lower-quality JPEGs. In my specific case, it's 3768x2756 versus 1200×878. I want to upgrade the image I uploaded previously, but Commons won't let me because of the conflicting filetype. The Smithsonian does offer a JPEG download, but when these are among the very few images of this species we can use, I'd prefer not to have the quality loss. Is there any way to accomplish this upgrade other than a manual near-duplicate upload and a redirect from the original? Thanks! TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 04:05, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

You can convert the TIFF files to JPEGs. Abzeronow (talk) 04:12, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, I'm aware that I can transcode them before uploading. I'm wondering if there's a mechanism where I can easily replace the JPEG file on Commons with the TIFF. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 04:15, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Do you mean in terms of usage by Commons and other projects? You can't overwrite a jpg with a tiff file so it's either convert it to jpg or upload the tiff as a separate file. Abzeronow (talk) 04:24, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Appreciate it! I'll go ahead and upload them separately then and just upgrade the existing ones with the full-res JPEG. TheTechnician27 (Talk page) 05:07, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Don't forget to link the two versions together, using |Other versions=. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:22, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

I just uploaded this photo from NASA's Women's History Month Gallery, which was taken down in early 2025.

The photo credit is NASA/Robert Markowitz. Does the photographer hold a copyright to the photo that is independent of NASA's?

I would like to upload more images like this, but I want to make sure I am understanding the copyright correctly before doing so. DiscoStuDoesntAdvertize (talk) 13:11, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Markowitz appears to be the lead photographer for NASA. See also Category:Photographs by Robert Markowitz. GMG^talk 14:05, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Aha! Thank you. And I have added that category to the photo. DiscoStuDoesntAdvertize (talk) 14:21, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

You can add images deleted by Trump guidelines to the category Category:2025 United States government online resource removals (NASA) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 18:43, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Will do, thank you! DiscoStuDoesntAdvertize (talk) 21:16, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

ik heb een stuk geschreven over Frank Dogterom en gepubliceerd, ook een foto geplaatst maar weet niet hoe het verder moet WillemHagg (talk) 18:45, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@WillemHagg: Commons (the site you are on) does not host articles. - Jmabel ! talk 19:29, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi! I recently edited a photo of an image from commons to remove under exposure and further improvements. How do I have to upload the image to now? I think it would be better not to replace the image as the changes are not insignificant and I also don't want to force all the wiki communities to use this version. The image originally came from flickr. Kind regards Squawk7700 (talk) 19:48, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Just upload it as a new image with a link to the old image using {{Derived from}} template. Ruslik (talk) 20:07, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much Squawk7700 (talk) 20:39, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

An article I'm writing is about a musical currently running on the west end - most other shows of a similar status use previous posters from older productions of the show, e.g. the SIX page using a poster from 2019. if I were to use a poster from the 2019 production of this show, would it also be allowed? Do I need express permission from the showrunners? I'm confused on the copyright after trying to make sense of it. There's a lot to read through and it's honestly very overwhelming. Snekjoy (talk) 23:03, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi [[User:Snekjoy],

Licensing can sometimes be hard to analyze, and depends on lots of details about each individual item. And also different wikimedia/wikipedia sites have different restrictions. For your example, I think you're talking about the poster at the en:Six_(musical) article, which is actually not hosted on commons because it does not have an "open license". However, enwiki does allow a specific "fair use" exception, where an image can be used without permission in certain circumstances, and that image is hosted on enwiki for that purpose. In general, these sorts of posters would not have an open license and therefore would not be hosted on commons, but could be hosted indiviually (and used locally) on those speciic wikipedia sites that allow fair-use. DMacks (talk) 23:41, 1 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Your mention of User:Snekjoy was malformed. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:59, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I have a question. I recently found the "Insignia" template. I'd like to ask how it works and what the requirements are for using it. I'm going to upload several flags and coats of arms. Therefore, I want to know how to use it to avoid problems. PatojuanC (talk) 04:04, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

You can see an example used on File:United States Antarctic Program logo.png. Does that answer your questions? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:42, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Something like this, like how do I place it when I'm going to upload it or how do I place it when it's already uploaded? PatojuanC (talk) 12:01, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Please let me know why Harpheo (talk) 06:21, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

New users aren't allowed to upload PDFs. Besides, what's the point of uploading a biography? If you want to write an article about someone, Commons isn't the correct place. Magnus (talk) 07:00, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Harpheo: Please have a look at our project scope and there in particular the section about PDF files. --AFBorchert (talk) 07:10, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

The logo File:Hexagon AB Logo Color.svg is changed for the company, how to reflect the latest logo Javedfar (talk) 09:26, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

New logo seems to be the one at [4], which is the same design, but as a monochrome line drawing - simpler than the existing file.

You can upload that as a new file using the same licensing & trademark templates as the original.

You will then need to edit the three Wikipedia pages (in three different languages) which use it; or request edits on their talk pages. The account you use here will work on those projects also. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:40, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Note that the only desirable change to the existing file page is for you to add a note saying that it is an outdated logo (and, ideally, when it was superseded). - Jmabel ! talk 20:23, 2 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

I know we already have a page explaining VRT and permissions but it doesnt really give any advice as to how to actually convince anyone to release their media under said license. The fact that every exchange is hidden from the public view doesn't help Trade (talk) 00:06, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

That's really hard to answer generically. A corporation would have very different considerations than an NGO, which in turn would have very different considerations than a private individual, etc. - Jmabel ! talk 03:40, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Too vague? Okay one is a news website in a rural American town, other one is a government ministry in South Asia. And a couple of private individuals

Either way i still Commons needs a page about this. Seperate sections for different types of organizations would work Trade (talk) 03:49, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

The closest thing I'm aware of is en:Wikipedia:Example requests for permission. If someone wants to create such a page, that's a good place to start. - Jmabel ! talk 18:35, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Could someone please check, why the Link between the commons category and its wikidata object does not work? The Infobox at commons is empty

• Category:Geschwister-Scholl-Platz (Dorsten)
• d:Q135180471

Thanks in advance Ziltoidium (talk) 06:51, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Looks OK to me; see Help:Purge for what to do in future. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:56, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Buenas se puede publicar logos simples en Reino Unido? Segun COM:TOO UK (que no sea el logo de EDGE) dice: OK for some simple logos. The level of originality required for copyright protection in the United Kingdom used to be very low. After the 2023 decision of the Court of Appeal in THJ v Sheridan, the test is "more demanding" than the prior one. Now, works that are not "author’s own intellectual creation" are not covered by copyright. See Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2024/12#COM:TOO UK after the THJ v Sheridan decision for some discussion about this test. AbchyZa22 (talk) 07:28, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Si son bastante simples, sí, pero el umbral queda bajo (aunque más alto que antes). - Jmabel ! talk 18:38, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Jmabel:Tuve una discusión larga en UDR (COM:UDR#File:EDGE logo test.svg) con respecto a este logo, en USA es below TOO pero en Reino Unido esta protegido por la Corte pero cerró el UDR como not OK (not restore). AbchyZa22 (talk) 19:04, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Can i upload a image of a film poster released as a teaser on YouTube Bharatiya1177 (talk) 09:06, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

In general terms, no. For more detailed information, read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. -- Deadstar (msg) 09:09, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

How to upload a picture to an article that already has a picture Blue bunny bubble tee (talk) 16:18, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Blue bunny bubble tee: you don't really upload a picture to an article (I assume you mean an article in one of the Wikipedias). Assuming the picture is either in the public domain or free-licensed, you:

1. upload the picture to Commons, typically with Special:UploadWizard.
2. add the picture to the article, as explained (in great detail) at en:Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Formatting and illustrating articles/Adding images. Probably the most relevant part of that is Size, alignment, and caption.

Jmabel ! talk 18:43, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi, have been working on developing the Wikipedia article on Sri Lankan Politician Gamini Lokuge because he died recently. I was wanting to add some photos that were in the public domain and I found some stuff. Firstly, a Youtube Video titled "රජයේ ආයතන සදහා නිලධාරින් පත්කරන්නේ ඉතා සුදුසු මට්ටමේ අයයි - රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගාමිණි ලොකුගේ" which is published under a Creative Commons Attribution license and therefore should be able to be uploaded here. Secondly a photo album published by the Maldivian Presidential Office, which features him, since according to the website all media is uploaded under a Attribution 4.0 International License I should also be able to upload these files here. My question is am I understanding the licenses correctly? If so, how do I properly upload these files to Wikimedia commons while giving proper attribution to the original sources? Any help on this matter would greatly be appreciated! Titanciwiki (talk) 23:44, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

https://presidency.gov.mv/PhotoGallery/View/270 This is the photo album in question Titanciwiki (talk) 23:45, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Titanciwiki: please provide URLs here, including to the pages that indicate the licenses. Otherwise, someone is left to repeat your research. - Jmabel ! talk 01:03, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yes sorry!

i can’t send the link for the YouTube video, for some reason Wikipedia commons flags it because it’s a YouTube link, but like I mentioned in my original post the video is titled “රජයේ ආයතන සදහා නිලධාරින් පත්කරන්නේ ඉතා සුදුසු මට්ටමේ අයයි - රාජ්‍ය අමාත්‍ය ගාමිණි ලොකුගේ”

For the Photo Album

-Link to the album:

https://presidency.gov.mv/PhotoGallery/View/270

-Link to the copyright policy in the Maldives Presidential Office:

https://presidency.gov.mv/Home/CopyrightPolicy/ Titanciwiki (talk) 02:19, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Titanciwiki: YouTube link (no idea why you couldn't link it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLxPqogGwx0) says "© Lifetraveler, 2025. All rights reserved", so that's not eligible.

The Maldives presidency thing seems to state several cases and possibly even contradict itself. It does look like their intent is for content to be reusable, but I don't see how to determine the specific status of any given photo. You might want to take this to COM:VP/C where someone may know more than I do about that particular source. - Jmabel ! talk 05:57, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Okay I have managed to get the youtube link to work! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN7hC31Jx0I) its actually this one yes. And thank you for the suggestion to go to Commons:Village pump/Copyright I will do so for the Maldives photos! Thank you so much, and I'm sorry for any hassle, just want to be sure to get it right! Titanciwiki (talk) 06:17, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

I have come across a fact written about Eric Watson (Business Man) that is incorrect. How can it be changed please? It says his first wife was Nicola Watson but she was actually his 2nd wife. His first wife was a woman named Susan Butt who passed away from Cancer. She was married to Eric before he made his millions. It's very disrespectful to her name that she is not recognised as Eric"s first wife. Sirocal98 (talk) 23:47, 3 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Sirocal98: Was that somewhere on this site (Wikimedia Commons)? We have over a hundred million files here, a URL or internal wiki link would be very helpful. - Jmabel ! talk 01:05, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

You probably mean this Wikipedia-article en:Eric Watson (businessman). That is a different project. You should transfer your note to the talkpage of said article. --Túrelio (talk) 07:20, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I recently uploaded the following files:

* File:Escudo de Armas de Ciudad de Bolivar (bogotá).svg

* File:Escudo de Armas de Bosa (bogotá).svg

But the text for the symbols doesn't appear. Do I need to modify the file or is it already there? PatojuanC (talk) 01:43, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

To be clear, it seems like only the PNG thumbnail has missing text. The raw SVG file still has the text (click "Original file"). HyperAnd (talk) 09:43, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Both SVG do not validate against the W3C Markup Validation Service. Note hat you have to create an optimized version, i.e. without all the editor code. @HyperAnd: The issue here is that by default SVG’s are converted when embedded elsewhere. — Speravir – 00:19, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

So how do you optimize that? PatojuanC (talk) 01:35, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi there,

I have a collection of black and white photos from history of czecho - slovak aviation, majority of these photos I have scanned by myself, cca 40.000 photos from sport or military or commercial pilots, whom are mostly gone now, many of them i knew personally

so how can I do that ?

Gonzo GonzoBA (talk) 15:34, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@GonzoBA: Hi,

The issue is that owning a picture doesn't mean you own its copyright, which belongs by default to the photographer and their heirs. So according to Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Czechoslovakia, only pictures by authors who died before 1946, or pre-1946 pictures by anonymous authors, can be uploaded without a permission. If you know who was the photographer, then you may be able to get a permission. Thanks, Yann (talk) 15:54, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Photos that I have scanned are prom pilot who died meanwhile, so I can get any approval from them GonzoBA (talk) 16:08, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

As I said above, if the photographer died after 1945, we need a permission from the heirs. Yann (talk) 16:20, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@GonzoBA: please read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 18:24, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

There are 9 HIRAFUKU HYAKUSUI illustrations from 1927 Tokyo edition of "Kusamakura and Buncho" (book; English translation of novella by Natsume Soseki). I have scans. Artist died in 1933. Can I upload these to Wikimedia Commons? Proyster (talk) 21:20, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Proyster: Yes. Use {{PD-auto-expired|1933}}. - Jmabel ! talk 04:23, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Can I upload an image (by taking a screenshot) from a video of a statement made (link) by a mafia leader named w:Abdullah Baybaşin from a TikTok account that I think belongs to his son? I have experienced such problems before and I decided to ask here so that I would not experience them anymore. Acratopotes (talk) 22:18, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Acratopotes: Almost certainly not. What evidence do you have that that is either in the public domain or free-licensed? - Jmabel ! talk 04:24, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hello! I have uploaded an updated version of the Philippine presidential seal (File:Seal of the President of the Philippines.svg) to feature elements from the official vectorization adapted here. However, this current version does not appear on image thumbnails in the pages using the said file and instead shows the previous file version. Is there a reason why this happens? I would appreciate some help on the matter as I intend to update other seals using elements from the source provided above. Thank you! FiveGeekabytes (talk) 04:52, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@FiveGeekabytes: Caching problem, pretty routine. Usually clears within hours. Did you try "?action=purge" (not that that always works either). Also, it can be on the user end: try a different browser, or a different browser instance. - Jmabel ! talk 05:23, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

I have cleared the cache and cookies for Commons in my browser and everything went well. Thank you very much for your help! FiveGeekabytes (talk) 05:41, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Zoomviewer is currently not working for me, saying it is "Bad Gateway". 125.237.67.137 07:24, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

I have been working on updating an artists page that hadn't been touched for the last six years. For this project I do slightly have some contact with the artist (a professor - who use to help run WikiEdu collabs - who then knows the artist - and thus got direct permission for these updates to use some of the artwork). Is there a way to properly go about this and the formatted citations for 2d "WP:NOTFREE"? I know it can't be uploaded to Commons, but what other procedures should be followed - as this is my first time with non free use content. Thanks! Willthehelpfuleditor (talk) 21:12, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Willthehelpfuleditor If your use falls under WP:NOTFREE, then it doesn't matter if the artist gives permission or not. But, in general, examples of artwork by living people will not, unless it's in an article about that artwork, like [5].

So, if this artist wants a few of his artworks to appear on Commons/WP, he can register here and upload them himself (this will probably include having to prove identity via mail), or he can make something like this [6] (note the text above the pictures), and then you can upload them on Commons like this [7]. Hope this helps some.

Also. "I have the subjects permission to write this" is a BAD reason to add text on WP. What articles like Plantu needs are WP:BLP-good sources, anything in the article that doesn't have good citations can be removed at any time. That article is indeed neglected, and atm it doesn't have a single source that says "This article should exist on en-WP." Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:23, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Understood, also to clarify I absolutely didn't have his permission to write on this - as I know - that is always a bad reason to write on something. Rather this has been on my docket to fix up and was chatting with a professor of French politics about it - who then unprompted (and without any contact with me) asked the artist to send over some image files. So far that is the all that been done. Maybe after the article is in better shape I'll go reach out to that professor again and see if he can pass along a message about how to self-upload some images to commons (though I certainty wouldn't do that until my editing is done as ofc I wouldn't want to come anywhere close to any form of WP:COI). Willthehelpfuleditor (talk) 15:51, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Willthehelpfuleditor: you will probably also want to read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 16:30, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Come cambiare nome utente grazie Domani mg (talk) 21:24, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Commons:Cambio del nome utente Commons:Changing_username/it Saluti, Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:39, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

I'm writing in wikipedia about my grand grand father, general and governor Ramon Jaramillo. I have family photos of him that I want to share into his biography. How can I do it? Thanls Luisgtrujilloj (talk) 22:12, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

• Hello, welcome. Please see Commons:First steps, Commons:Scope and Commons:Licensing for overviews. If we knew when the photos were from and which country we might be able to tell you more. Did you inherit the photos? Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:36, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

  Yes, I've been inherited the photos from my grandpa's home. Both have most than 80 years old. Luisgtrujilloj (talk) 15:01, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

• Also, you might want to read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 23:54, 5 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

• Assuming it's this guy [8] (1868-1949), the Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Colombia rules probably applies. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:53, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Please send me your permission on this email [email protected] 197.162.29.210 11:14, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

To whom is this question addressed, and why?

I would assume this is about File:Florence Nightingale. Coloured lithograph. Wellcome V0006579.jpg. In the U.S. that image is certainly in the public domain, but you do not say in what country you intend to publish it. - Jmabel ! talk 16:38, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

I found this image on flikr but uploaded unde {{cc-by-nc-2.0}}.but this image is pd in both US(created before 1930) and Philippines(date of creation is c.1900). Is any Administrator review this file, Because bot only see's lisence. 獅眠洞 (talk) 15:13, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@獅眠洞 I simplified what you had there, and it should be fine. - Jmabel ! talk 16:45, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

thank u 獅眠洞 (talk) 16:52, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

I am already used gps but not verify key Terobaukolado1 (talk) 17:48, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Terobaukolado1: Has your question anything to do with Commons? Yann (talk) 17:52, 6 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

שלום. אני רוצה להעלות תמונות של תגי יחידה לעמוד ערך של יחידה צבאית בויקופדיה אין לי מידע מי עיצב במהלך השנים את הסמלים ועל כן לא מצליח להעלות לויקיפדיה. אודה על סיוע שלכם תודה עזרא Ezra Haidu (talk) 08:35, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Ezra Haidu People might be able to give a more helpful reply if you give more details, like what unit, what badges and on which Wikipedia. If you don't get a good reply here, perhaps you'll have better luck in places like Hebrew Wikipedia or Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:36, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Do I have the right to post pictures of chapels onto Commons? Brickguy276 (talk) 14:15, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

See Commons:Freedom of panorama. EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:31, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

thank you sir Brickguy276 (talk) 14:35, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Also, of course, many chapels are old enough to have no applicable copyrights. - Jmabel ! talk 18:32, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

What are the copyright status of the maps in https://zenodo.org/records/7894128? I would like to use a couple of them.

Is there a means to upload all these maps?

Thanks!

Chaipau (talk) 16:14, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Chaipau It seems they have noted the year of publication in most cases, and on the 2 examples I checked, it's written on the map itself as well. Presumably at least some of these fall under Commons:Copyright rules by territory/India. If these are "government works", that link says " public domain ... 60 years after the end of the year of first publication for anonymous and government works".

I don't know of any automatic tool you can use. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:19, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång, thank you. I shall upload the ones that are relevant to my areas of interest then. Chaipau (talk) 17:25, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Chaipau: Hi, Yes, these maps are OK. I am also interested. We should have a concerted effort for consistent naming and categories. Yann (talk) 17:31, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

But they could still be copyrighted in the U.S. for much longer (typically 95 years). - Jmabel ! talk 18:33, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

The 1957 law was not retroactive, so all maps from before 1946 are OK, as the law was 50 years then. After that, the issue is whether URAA applies on a government work in the public domain in India. Yann (talk) 18:46, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

File:Alipay412515561.jpg was uploaded at 16:25 then added to Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in China at 16:42 by the same editor on en Wikipedia. Is the file suitable for speedy deletion as vandalism? TSventon (talk) 19:10, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yes, file deleted and account blocked as VOA. Yann (talk) 19:56, 7 July 2025 (UTC)Reply