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New company logo needs updating[edit]

My company has refreshed its logo. We are after changing the old logo on the Wikipedia page: en:GPT_Group? How do we go about this request? GPT externalcomms (talk) 01:51, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@GPT externalcomms: Hi, and welcome. Overwriting old logo File:GPT Group Logo.svg is right out per COM:OW, as we value old logos too. You may upload a new logo here starting with COM:FS. Then another user can change which logo is used on English Wikipedia, as you have a en:WP:COI.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:38, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Jeff - I've now completed the upload. Are you able to confirm what step is required next? GPT externalcomms (talk) 07:35, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@GPT externalcomms: Please see below.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@GPT externalcomms: In short, upload under a new filename, then change the logo.
If the new logo is either below the threshold of originality (so it can't be copyrighted, just trademarked) or if you are free-licensing it (again, presumably retaining trademark) you can upload it here on Commons. Otherwise, it must be directly uploaded to the English-language Wikipedia as a non-free logo. See en:File:3D Entertainment.jpg for a good example of doing that. - Jmabel ! talk 18:38, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you 🇺🇦Jeff G. - I've now completed the upload. Are you able to confirm what step is required next? GPT externalcomms (talk) 07:37, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@GPT externalcomms: I made en:special:diff/1222862241 this edit for you. Please introduce yourself at en:Talk:GPT Group.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:06, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the pointers Jmabel - I'm very new to Wikipedia and finding interesting to navigate my way through it. I've now completed the upload. Are you able to confirm what step is required next? GPT externalcomms (talk) 07:40, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@GPT externalcomms: I've corrected the licensing. You will want to add categories, as specific as possible (probably descendents of Category:Logo, as specific as you can be to location and industry). Then make the obvious edit at en:GPT_Group to change the logo currently there to the new one. Probably the edit will be more obvious if you edit source than if you use the visual editor. - Jmabel ! talk 14:58, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editing[edit]

I've made almost 3,000 Wikipedia edits. 18 April I requested that I be able to edit here. Earlier today I attempted to edit a caption but despite the caption in the box having changed after I clicked Edit and Publish changes the caption itself hasn't changed. Does that mean my request hasn't been granted? Mcljlm (talk) 20:18, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mcljlm: Hi, and welcome. It appears your edit special:diff/874251573 was made. Perhaps you didn't refresh or review COM:CACHE?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:58, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jeff G. I still see October 7 rather than 7 October in the caption at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Child%27s_bedroom,_Kfar_Aza,_after_October_7_Hamas_Attacks.jpg despite having shut down my desktop several times in the last 3 days as well as coming to it via various articles in which it's included and refreshing it. Mcljlm (talk) 15:24, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Mcljlm: Your edit was to the English caption on structured data on Commons. Sadly, that has nothing to do with how the photo is displayed on the six Wikipedia articles which use it. There is nothing to change in those articles.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:03, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Anggel210823 (talk) 16:20, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Too Simple[edit]

Buenas una pregunta, si el Logo (generalmente) esta por encima del umbral de Originalidad ("Threshold of originality") es posible publicar a Wikimedia (osea agregar el {{PD-textlogo}})?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 21:02, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

En los EEUU y el pais original, si. Por ejemplo, la regla en Australia es muy diferente de los EEUU, donde esta bandera simple: File:Australian Aboriginal Flag.svg tiene proteciones legales y no es posible en los EEUU. ?De donde es tu logo? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:07, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Koavf:Buenas, este:(https://twitter.com/manuelrosalesg/status/956712085848772609) Se trata del logo de la Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (Venezuela) que aparece un símbolo la manito pero tipo escritura con los colores amarillo, rojo y azul, es posible publicar a Wikimedia y agregar {{PD-textlogo}}?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 21:40, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Claro, no soy abogado, per creo es posible este es suficient simple para PD-textlogo en los EEUU. Mirando a Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Venezuela, no tenemos nada de un umbral de originalidad, asi, supongo esta bien publicarlo aqui. (Y tambien, soy gringo, pardon por mi espanol.) —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:43, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
¿No discutimos todos los elementos creativos de este logo en particular hace aproximadamente 2 meses con referencia a alguna otra imagen? - Jmabel ! talk 02:03, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
?Cual discusion? No hay en su contribuciones: Special:Contributions/Roosterchz... —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Entre AbchyZa22 y yo, pero olvido exactamente que entidad en el ámbito use los mismos símbolos. Hace meses no me puedo recordarlo. - Jmabel ! talk 15:02, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Záncara[edit]

Hola. Cómo subir un conjunto de artículos relacionados entre sí saltándose al resto de referencias; es decir, ¿se pueden añadir al final de las citadas referencias y con notas propias —al margen de numeraciones ya expuestas por otros usuarios—? Záncara (talk) 17:01, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Záncara: No hemos artículos aquí en Commons, y en las wikipedias no se sube artículos: se necesita escribirlos en el wiki. ¿Qué exactamente quieres hacer? ¿En cual síitio? - Jmabel ! talk 21:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hola. El sitio sería Muscaria o Muskaria de Ptolomeo. Para poder explicar otra referencia a lo citado en Wiki, habría que adjuntar un amplio resumen con varias notas de fuentes consultadas; también añadir una orientación propia; es decir, entre referencias y notas casi se cubren tres páginas de OpenDocument.odt Záncara (talk) 22:05, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Záncara: estas dudas mejor que las resuelva en Wikipedia (una enciclopedia, donde están los artículos), pues como le han dicho esto es Wikimedia Commons (un repositorio multimedia). Por ejemplo puede preguntar aquí: es:Wikipedia:Café/Archivo/Ayuda/Actual, si lo que pretende es editar un artículo en idioma español. Como anticipo comunicarle que no sé muy bien todavía qué pretende hacer (no deja claro si pretende "subir un conjunto de artículos" o editar sólo el artículo "Muscaria o Muskaria de Ptolomeo"), pero en principio el estilo de los artículos de Wikipedia ha de ser uniforme y homogéneo (y no haber partes de un mismo artículo cada una de su padre y de su madre o unas referencias de una manera y el resto de otra, etc) y ha de existir coherencia interna, además que el punto de vista neutral exige no dar a una interpretación o teoría mucho más peso (en cantidad de letras) del que le corresponde en relación con otras. En cualquier caso, como le dije, este no es el sitio, pruebe mejor a resolver sus dudas donde le comenté. Un saludo. Strakhov (talk) 02:15, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

既にアップデートした画像を使用したい[edit]

既にアップデートしたオリジナルの画像データを特定のページに使用したい。 Yyfkg862 (talk) 23:02, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Elshad Abdullayev provides financial support to the Putin Fund from France.webp[edit]

[1]https://euasia.news/2022/03/17/35973/ Elshadabdulla1954 (talk) 03:06, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Map image enlargement[edit]

Why is it that when you click on a map image to enlarge it the red location of the subject is lost in the enlarged image? 2A02:C7C:887D:500:3011:100E:6F2D:A2DB 09:01, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Context? Is this about this site? Can you give a URL of where you are having this problem? - Jmabel ! talk 22:19, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a problem with locator maps in the wikis, where a template gives coordinates and a map and on the page it produces a map with a colored dot. But if someone is trying to download this product, he gets only a map without the dot. GeorgDerReisende (talk) 17:02, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It would take a major technological change to "fix" this. The dot is not part of the image: it is just superimposed. To do otherwise, we'd have to dynamically create an actual image file that included the dot, rather than doing this with CSS or some similar technology. - Jmabel ! talk 18:16, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You can make a screenshot of the page on the wiki, see here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:20, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: of course, but the original question was about an "enlarged image," so that won't help them. Jmabel ! talk 20:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who can I ask?[edit]

Who can I turn to for seeing the winners of WIKI LOVES AFRICA? Where are the winners displayed? Noah-Matiin Sharif (talk) 15:03, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Noah-Matiin Sharif: Hi, and welcome. Per Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2024, the current status is "Awaiting Jury process and Announcement". Per Commons:Wiki Loves Africa 2024/Winners, in August. Please watch those spaces, and enable email access so that you may be notified if you win.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:19, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question about Minecraft[edit]

On the English Wikipedia I am trying to make a list, Draft:List of Minecraft mobs and I was wondering if I could go on Minecraft and take screenshots of the mobs and put them in as images. I am not sure if this is plagiarism 48JCL (talk) 01:56, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi 48JCL. I'm not sure it would be considered en:plagiarism per se to do such a thing, but there's a good chance that such a screenshot would be considered to be a copyright violation as explained in COM:SCREENSHOT if either the en:Minecraft software hasn't been released under in accordance with COM:L or the copyright holders of the software don't give their COM:CONSENT for the screenshot you take. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:12, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well people makeminecraft videos so I assumed yes. 48JCL (talk) 16:42, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
People violate copyrights all the time, but that doesn't make it legal, or suitable for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 18:18, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Title not correct[edit]

File:Hyde Terrace, Leeds, c.1897.jpg

This Commons photo should really be simply titled "Yorkshire, c.1894" I cannot find any reason as to why my team titled it "Hyde Terrcae, Leeds". This incorrect/misleading title needs to be removed please.

Please change title to make it more in keeping with the original Alamy photograph title/description. Thank you115.70.23.77 04:10, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP 115.70.23.77. I think the file's description might be a minor issue when it comes to File:Hyde_Terrace,_Leeds,_c.1897.jpg. I'm not sure the licensing for that file is correct. Why do you think the file is {{Cc-zero}}? Did you read the wording of that license? Do you know the "person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated"? If you're Srbernadette, then maybe you and your team need to be a bit more careful when uploading files to Commons. There's quite a lot of licensing related notification posted at User talk:Srbernadette. Even though not all of the files mentioned there ended up being deleted, it seems that enough have been deleted to the point where you and your team might want to slow down a bit until you get a better feel for image copyright. It's possible that this file's licensing just needs to be tweaked, but neither you nor your team should just be uploading files with questionable licenses on the hope that someone will fix the problem later. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:54, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Another apparent oddity is the relationship of the image with Alamy, which is where it's described as coming from, and which of course is a commercial service. Did you (singular? plural?) pay Alamy US$45 (or similar) for a version without "watermarks"? (If so, does the contract with Alamy let Srbernadette first award herself the copyright and then magnanimously waive it?) Or did you decide that, wherever in the world you happen to be, Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. applies? Or did you find a way to remove the "watermark" for yourself/selves? ¶ Though perhaps I'm missing something obvious. -- Hoary (talk) 05:41, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Hoary: if it is, indeed, public domain for one or another reason (and from that date, it probably is), the provenance isn't really important. - Jmabel ! talk 18:20, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Livia Manera Sambuy[edit]

Hi!

this summer I try to publish the entry Livia Manera Sambuy, the writer, that it is still in a "draft" status. May I ask you the reason? And how I can fix it?

Thank you My best Cristina 93.150.248.56 11:28, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Cristinabeltrami: Hi, and welcome. I think this is you, but please stay logged in. en:Draft:Livia Manera Sambuy is still a draft, as you did not resubmit it after "Submission declined on 3 November 2023 by Vanderwaalforces (talk)."   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:03, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And, really, you should ask any questions about that on the English-language Wikipedia, not on a sister project like Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 18:21, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pic[edit]

Would please delete this picture I upload a few days ago ? File:List Kulik.jpg. BialikHaim (talk) 16:31, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. @BialikHaim: please see Template:My bad upload for how to make requests like this in the future. - Jmabel ! talk 18:24, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

File search[edit]

Hi, is there any way to search for files uploaded by a specific user filtered by keyword(s) in title and/or description? ITookSomePhotos (talk) 17:35, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can include the username as one of the search terms.
This is one of those things where you might do better to use a Google search and include site:commons.wikimedia.org as one of your search terms. - Jmabel ! talk 18:26, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ITookSomePhotos: The simplest method would be to search with the username and keyword(s), e.g. ITookSomePhotos Oystercatcher. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:29, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks. ITookSomePhotos (talk) 18:49, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is this considered "de minimis"?[edit]

File: File:NtscQT.png

This is a screenshot of a free and open source software but it has Windows UI. Is this considered "de minimis" or is there too much Windows UI for it to be here. Just wanna know in advance. AuroraANovaUma (talk) 19:12, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Windows UI elements in the screenshot are rather banal: tick boxes etc. I do not think that they even covered by copyright. Ruslik (talk) 13:21, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
yeah most of it is simple geometry or other copyright-ineligible shapes and symbols, but ill still keep the de minimis tag to be safe
the symbol at the top left is not simple geometry and likely copyrighted tho so that would probably be de minimis as its very trivial and not the focus of the image AuroraANovaUma (talk) 15:21, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright help regarding AFG s2 25PulsAlu.jpg[edit]

Darf man Fotos ausländischer Kursmünzen (Kleinmünzen, nicht mehr im Umlauf) aus dem 20. Jahrhundert hochladen, oder gibt es hier Urheberrechte (Beispiel: Afghanistan, Kleingeldstück von ca. 1980), so dass man solche Bilder nicht verwenden darf? (Vergleichbar wie Briefmarken!?)

Is it allowed to show fotos of little coins from other countries here (like this example: Afghanistan current coin 25 Puls from about 1980, no course value anymore) or are there copyrights, that don't allow this? (May-be similar to stamps!?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wächter (talk • contribs) 19:26, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

--Wächter (talk) 19:23, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright laws will differ for each country. Afghanistan, as I understand it, does not have a clear copyright law, so that's going to be a mess. Better asked at Commons:Village pump/Copyright where there is usually the most expertise on this sort of thing. - Jmabel ! talk 16:17, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

located in protected area statement[edit]

I am trying to add the "located in protected area" statement to an image of a state park. When I do, I get a "Potential issues" icon and the message "allowed-entity-types constraint The property located in protected area should not be used on this type of entity, the only valid entity type is Wikibase item." I cannot figure out why this statement gives the error, and the "location of creation" statement does not. Can someone explain in lay language as I do not understand what a Wikibase item is. Thanks. Nv8200p (talk) 20:41, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nv8200pa: What's the name of the state park? Its possible it doesn't have "Instance of: Protected Area" attached to it on Wikidata's end. I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure it will cause an error in that case. --Adamant1 (talk) 22:46, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Adamant1: The image I edited the structured data on was File:Big Tree Texas 2024.jpg and I tried to add "Goose Island State Park" (Q1537740) as an item to the "located in protected area" statement. Regards, Nv8200p (talk) 23:36, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK. The Wikidata entry for it does seem to be missing "Instance of: Protected area", but now that I think about it are state parks even technically protected areas to begin with? Because you might might want to look into that before adding the statement to the Wikidata entry. --Adamant1 (talk) 23:45, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ayuda[edit]

Buenas, una pregunta en el sitio web de Aeropostal en Venezuela (http://www.aeropostal.com/) aparece "License Creative Commons" (osea sin especificar), si público un Logo a Wikimedia es posible agregar el {{LicenseReview}}?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 16:15, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No tiene ningún sentido. Es vacuo. - Jmabel ! talk 16:20, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel:Que significa "Vacuo"?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 17:34, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Supongo que aquí era un pleonasmo: que no contiene nada, no significa nada. - Jmabel ! talk 17:54, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No especifica qué licencia es, a eso se refiere Jmabel. Bedivere (talk) 18:11, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Problem creating files in the Data namespace[edit]

Hi there, I'm trying to create a map file in the Data namespace. This used to work until at least a few weeks ago, but now if I try to create a file, either by clicking on a red link or going to the URL I get a message I cannot create the file. Has something changed? If there's a better procedure to create these files happy to hear about it. Note that an upload using the upload wizard fails as well, files with the .map extension are rejected. Intriguingly, it was pointed out to me that he data space does still accept .tab files, but the structure of .tab and .map files are quite different. What gives? Milliped (talk) 21:27, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Issue appears to have resolved itself. Milliped (talk) 11:51, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Como faço para apenas arquivar links externos para uso posterior- tenho que criar paginas individuais .[edit]

Como faço para apenas arquivar links externos para uso posterior- tenho que criar paginas individuais . Lago oliveira (talk) 04:18, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Lago oliveira: (via Google Translate) Essa é uma questão muito pouco clara. Você poderia ser mais específico sobre o que deseja fazer? - Jmabel ! talk 14:59, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
... gostaria de colar os links das paginas, para telas registradas, esperando que seus conteudos ainda estejam funcionando , ou sera que eu posso colar seus proprios conteudos ? no aguardo , obrigado. Lago oliveira (talk) 05:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Um usuário experiente que fale português poderia ajudar aqui? @DarwIn? Isso ainda não faz sentido para mim. Links para quais páginas? O que é tela cadastrada (o Google Translate traduz como “registered links”, um termo que nunca ouvi). Isso é mesmo sobre Commons? Et cetera. - Jmabel ! talk 05:25, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ersetzen des Wortes "maior" anstelle des falschen Wortes "Major"[edit]

In vier von mir selbst erstellten Bildern ist mir ein fataler Fehler unterlaufen. "Major" ist falsch! Nun habe ich die Bilder in einer neuen, korrekten Version (mit „maior“) hochgeladen. Nun bitte ich, die alten, fehlerhaften Versionen (mit „Major“) zu löschen. Beim ersten Bild habe ich außerdem vergessen, eine Lizenz anzugeben und schaffe es nicht, diese irgendwie im Nachhinein zu ergänzen. Die Bilder: File:Streckenteilung goldener Schnitt.png / File:Goldene Rechtecke.png / File:Goldene Kompositionsraster.png / File:Proportionen Wagenfeld Tischleuchte.png - Herzlichen Dank für die Mühe - Friederike FriedeWie (talk) 15:00, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@FriedeWie Die Lizenz hast Du ja ergänzt. Ich habe den Bot-Hinweis nun noch entfernt. Bei zwei Bildern hast Du eine neue Version hochgeladen. Ein Löschen der vorherigen Version ist nicht notwendig. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 21:14, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hallo C.Sothorn, es tut mir furchtbar leid, dass die Korrektur meines Fehlers so viel Mühe macht. Aber die Korrektur ist ja wichtig, v. a. für Menschen mit oder ohne Lateinkenntnissen.
Also: Wenn man im Wikipedia-Artikel „Goldener Schnitt in der Kunst“ das Bild „File:Streckenteilung goldener Schnitt.png“ anklickt, um es groß anzuschauen, erscheint automatisch die ältere, falsche Version. Das gleiche passiert, wenn man das Bild „File:Proportionen Wagenfeld Tischleuchte.png“ (am Ende des Artikels) größer anschauen möchte. Noch merkwürdiger ist es, wenn ich beim Bearbeiten das Bild „File:Goldene Kompositionsraster.png“ vergrößern möchte (d. h. statt 220 Pixel 280 Pixel), setzt der Computer automatisch die ältere, falsche Version ein. Deshalb habe ich das Bild jetzt erst einmal klein gelassen.
Im Wikipedia-Artikel „Harmonie in der Kunst“ ist das Problem genau umgekehrt. In der Fotogalerie erscheint das ältere, falsche Bild von Ferdinand Hodler „Der goldene Schnitt und unterschiedliche …“. Erst wenn man das Bild zum genaueren Betrachten anklickt und vergrößert, erscheint das neue, korrekte Bild.
Meine Vermutung ist, dass das konsequente Löschen der alten Versionen vielleicht eine Lösung der Probleme wäre. Hoffnungsfrohe und fröhliche Grüße - FriedeWie (talk) 07:11, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Maintaining my copyright[edit]

Hello, i'd like to upload my photos of the May 10 2024 Aurora and add it to the wiki page but when i go to upload it says by uploading to commons i'll give everyone the right to use it without asking for my permission, i do not wish to do this, the photos are also watermarked to my copyright.

Any help will be appreciated OGWFP (talk) 19:09, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@OGWFP: Hi,
That's a requirement on Wikimedia Commons. All documents have to be under a free license or in the public domain, i.e. they can be used by anyone for any purpose, including commercial ones. If you don't agree with these conditions, please do not upload your files. Also we strongly discourage adding a watermark, as it greatly decrease the educational value of the documents. Sorry. Yann (talk) 19:26, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@OGWFP Fwiw, you can upload lower res versions if you like. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:01, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How can I contact a contributor?[edit]

Hi, I'm wondering if it is possible to contact a Wikimedia contributor to ask them a question about an image they contributed to the Wikimedia website? The following url shows a Wikimedia page with an image showing part of a map of the "barque Birman".

File:Annotated_Birman_map.jpg

The Birman was an emigrant ship that sailed from England to new Zealand in 1841. My ancestors were aboard that ship and I would dearly like to ask the contributor where he/she got the map from, so that I can, hopefully, obtain a copy of the complete map? Is contact between Wikimedia contributors and readers permissible?

Thankyou, Alexander Grinn. Alexander Grinn (talk) 07:29, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexander Grinn: Hi,
This file was uploaded by Carolynimhoff (talk · contribs), but they have not contributed since September 2018, and only 4 edits since May 2016, you may not be able to have an answer. You can send a message to their talk page anyway. Yann (talk) 09:03, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've done as you suggest and will keep my fingers crossed. Thanks for the help. 121.200.7.156 00:56, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Alexander Grinn: Hi, There is one recent edit by the user on en.wikipedia. You can try to ask on the user talk page there: en:User talk:Carolynimhoff. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:37, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thankyou for the link. I've asked my question on their talk page, and will wait patiently for a reply. Cheers 121.200.7.156 01:01, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to upload new version of a file.[edit]

Hello,I want to upload a new version of File:JGSDF 1st Helicopter Brigage.svg. But I cannot do that. The current version of the file significantly differs from the actual design of the Japan Self-Defense Forces unit. So what should I do? Amaterasu 1-1 (talk) 07:41, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Amaterasu 1-1: Hi,
Please upload it as a separate file. It is usually better to keep both versions. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:00, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm guessing that "Brigage" is a typo for "Brigade" and that file should be renamed, right? - Jmabel ! talk 19:26, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No,I would like to change design of an insignia. Amaterasu 1-1 (talk) 01:49, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Amaterasu 1-1: Yann answered that question correctly above: upload under a distinct name. But I also am pretty confident that, independent of that, "Brigage" is a typo, and the existing file should be renamed. - Jmabel ! talk 03:09, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a new category[edit]

Hello. I want to create a new category: Category:Lily Alice Lefevre. Previously, when I searched for the category in the search box and nothing showed up, it would then give the option of creating a new page. I'm not seeing that, so I don't know how to create the page. Thank you. Curiocurio (talk) 15:56, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Curiocurio: Hello, Special:Search still does that, but not Special:MediaSearch. If you're on MediaSearch, you can switch to Search. Or you can categorize a file in that category and click the link there. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:18, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I will try that! Curiocurio (talk) 19:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Or there are a bunch of other ways, including adding the still red-linked category to a file, then clicking through to edit the category. - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Isn't it what I said? Sorry if it wasn't clear. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:59, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Asclepias: you did. I didn't notice that it amounted to the same. - Jmabel ! talk 03:10, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

book illustartions[edit]

Hi! please i ask you to not be mean bc im not good at this stuff, so my sister is making a book learning for a harry potter (only references for hp book, the main book is an english learning book) si i have made illustrations to it, one of the tasks is "describe a picture in englis", but the thing is i have no idea how copyright works and i just decided to make it public domain, but the thing is rules on wikimedia say that i can't upload anything from media bc its considered as fanart, what should i do? Mikotyansakira (talk) 16:35, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mikotyansakira English Wikipedia does in general not accept fanart for any article. Other WP:s may have different approaches. However, Commons, the site we're on now, seems to accept it [2][3], possibly with some caveats. If you want to try uploading HP fanart you have made, you can try here: Upload Wizard. If someone has objections to your uploads, they will let you know at User talk:Mikotyansakira. Hope this helps some. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:50, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thankyou so much!! Mikotyansakira (talk) 09:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Harry Potter can be a bit problematic here because there are such well-known visuals associated with the work. If you had a very different imagining of something, that derived only from the text and not the illustrations, and it's decently executed, that might well be acceptable on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 03:12, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
thankyou so much!! Mikotyansakira (talk) 09:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please guide me how to participate in your great competition concerning Nature pictures.[edit]

I have got a both unique and scientifically interesting photo from the Stockholm Archipelago and at the same time it is a most beautiful nature picture, but I don´t know how to transfer this picture to Wikipedia in full quality in order to manage to participate in Wikipedias Great Competition in May 2024. Advise me how - step by step - what to do with my Mac Computer. I am not very skilled in working with a computer. I want to be able to compete in your interesting challenge concerning nature pictures. If possible - please, write your answer to me in the Swedish language. Xxxloudthroat (talk) 17:47, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Xxxloudthroat: Have you tried starting at Commons:Introduktion (in Swedish)? - Jmabel ! talk 19:30, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Using an image under the license "All rights reserved".[edit]

Hello. I found an image on flickr that I could use for one of the articles I am currently working on. I messaged the person who posted it and later received their written permission (which I can provide via screenshot) to use the image on Wikipedia. Is it possible that the image can still be uploaded despite the all rights reserved license since I have the consent of the owner, or is it more of a fixed rule that it cannot be under that license? Hallöchennochmal (talk) 19:12, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Hallöchennochmal: , you'd need to have the copyright owner contact COM:VRT to verify they would grant their work a free license. Or they could change the license on Flickr to a Creative Commons license that we would accept. Abzeronow (talk) 19:23, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Hallöchennochmal (talk) 19:32, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Hallöchennochmal: by the way, you probably should never start off by asking someone if you can "use their work on Wikipedia". You can start with saying you'd like to use their work in Wikipedia, but Wikipedia (with a few relatively minor exceptions) and Commons both require that images be [[COM:L|free-licensed] (allowing derivative works and commercial reuse), not just that permission be given for use in Wikipedia. So the latter permission is actually pretty much useless: either they will grant a free license or they won't. - Jmabel ! talk 03:18, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Missing 'essential' source informations[edit]

0x0a asked for the speedy deletion of 3 files, that I uploaded with the upload assistant under CC by-sa 4.0 deed (including informations of the source and the author), stating that all these informations were missing. He also asked for the deletion of the File:Interlaken - panoramio - Patrick Nouhailler detail.jpg, by mentioning, that the file is "missing essential source information". Informations added during upload: source Wikimedia Commons, Author Patrick Nouhailler and under the same licence like the original file. It is a simple close-up of the original picture file:Interlaken - panoramio - Patrick Nouhailler's… (12).jpg. So which essential source information is missing? Rectilinium (talk) 08:26, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved. Rectilinium (talk) 10:36, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Essential_information#Source 0x0a (talk) 10:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Rectilinium (talk) 10:50, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sutton, London Coat of Arms[edit]

I've upscaled and made the coat of arms transparent. Am I able to post this? The coat of arms was granted in 1966. Wikijosh9712345533 (talk) 15:31, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikijosh9712345533: Is your work based on a source file here on Commons? If so, can you please provide a link? If not, can you indicate what were your sources? - Jmabel ! talk 20:14, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What do I put for the date of a photo when it is two possible years, such as 2000/2001?[edit]

I am uploading a collection of pre-digital, analog images. All of them have handwritten dates on the original slides. However some of the dates are written in the format "year/year," meaning that the photograph was taken in that two year range of time. How do I handle this in the upload? What date format do I use in this situation? Cloveapple (talk) 15:36, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Use {{Other date}}, like {{Other date|or|2000|2001}}. --Rosenzweig τ 15:54, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
or even {{Other date|between|1997|2004}} if it's a longer range. - Jmabel ! talk 20:15, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

APS license[edit]

I am one of the authors of a scientific publication [ (2008). "Coupled orientational and displacive degrees of freedom in the high-temperature plastic phase of the carbon tetrabromide α-CBr4". Physical Review B 77 (14). DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.77.144205. ]. I have approached APS to give me license to upload one of the figures contained in it here for use in wikipedia and they were kind enough to grant me permission. They sent me a license but it contains some (minor) conditions. How do I go about uploading it. I could upload the PDF with the license with it I suppose. ̴̴ </referenceσ Jcwf (talk) 16:30, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What are those minor conditions? Ruslik (talk) 19:09, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Changing order of media view in a category from filename to depicted place[edit]

Is it possible to change the underlying parameter by which the display for a category of images is organized? At present, categories seem to display media by filename. For example, the media view for a category of archival images about Ontario, Canada will show a file titled "Canadian View of the Falls" before a file titled "Niagara Falls, Ontario." In some cases, for some uses, it would be preferable to use the depicted place metadata to organize the media view so as to keep images together. Mordant Fuzz (talk) 17:44, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose that you can use sort_key. Ruslik (talk) 19:07, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Mordant Fuzz: Or consider a subcategory if you have a large number of images that constitute a cluster. - Jmabel ! talk 20:17, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete photos[edit]

Hello, On May 13, I uploaded 6 photos with the intention of participating in the "wiki loves the earth" photo contest, not knowing that the contest starts on May 15. After I uploaded the photos, I received a notification that the competition does not start until May 15 and that photos sent before that date cannot participate. I want to delete the photos in order to upload them again after May 5th. Valekd (talk) 18:13, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Valekd: I don't believe you can do that and enter them in the contest. Once they are uploaded, they are ineligible. Otherwise, we'd have a bunch of people deleting old work and resubmitting it.
If you simply want them deleted, they are your own recent work, and we can do that as a courtesy deletion, but then please if you want to re-upload and enter them in the contest', get explicit permission from the people running the contest to do so. Or (what I would recommend) you could approach them without deleting, explain your intent and your mistake, and ask if they will let you enter them anyway. Which way would you rather approach this? - Jmabel ! talk 20:22, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thank you for answering. I will write to them and i will let you know what they say. 94.248.233.171 20:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editing Article on Wikipedia[edit]

Hi

Ever since I setup my account I have not been able to edit an article or add content. Any guideline for me to catch up? 154.161.25.183 19:23, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Since you are not logged in as you ask this, that could be any account at all. Which Wikipedia is this about, and what account? It would be simpler if you logged in to ask, or are you saying you are having the same problem here on Commons? - Jmabel ! talk 20:23, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Video location coordinates not detected upon upload[edit]

The Upload form couldn't get the coordinates from File:Wind on water at 高美濕地.webm, but https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cxinventor.file.explorer could. So I had to copy them in manually from it. Jidanni (talk) 07:47, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jidanni: and the help you want is...? - Jmabel ! talk
I'm just saying the form should be smarter. The next time someone uploads a video with location info in it, the form should detect it, just like it does for JPGs. Thanks. Jidanni (talk) 04:18, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I need to fix UploadWizard translation[edit]

Hi, after the new updates on Upload Wizard, I noticed some parts were not translated to PT or have mistakes in translation, but I can not find where the translation page is. -- Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton m 21:24, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How long will an edit request wait?[edit]

There are a lot of uses of {{Edit request}}. I'm waiting for someone to recategorize remaining photos located at category:Nemo (rapper). Ahri.boy (talk) 22:46, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done I've recategorized the three remaining photos. Abzeronow (talk) 22:53, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WIKI PROFILE PIC[edit]

I have updated the Wiki Profile pic for a client's page. While the Wiki page pic is now updated, I notice that when I do a google search, I still see the old picture associated with WIKI in the search results. I attempted to remove the picture from Commons, where the old picture still exists, but it does not appear to allow me to do that.

Can anyone let me know if there is a way to remove the old pic from continuing to appear associated with Wiki when conducting a google search? Harold Metric (talk) 01:35, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  1. @Harold Metric: the only basis on which it could theoretically be deleted is as a courtesy deletion, and I'd be astounded if one were granted for this purpose.
  2. We have no control over what Google chooses to show. Removal from Commons would not remove it from Google.
  3. Probably Google will eventually pick up the newer photo.
  4. You say, "I have updated the Wiki Profile pic for a client's page." I hope you are familiar with en:WP:COI and have made the appropriate declarations of your conflict of interest on en-wiki. (Not an issue for Commons, and even though I'm an admin there I'm not going to go look, but if you haven't done this I strongly recommend doing so before your account is blocked for failing to do so. - Jmabel ! talk 02:37, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question Regarding the Purpose of Uploading a Work[edit]

I was interested in uploading a photocopied 1978 publication of Capital: Volume IV (Theories of Surplus Value) by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union for the purpose of referencing as a primary source in an elaboration of different editions of the work, but saw that I could only upload works which were my own, or which I was given permission to upload.

Seeing as I am neither Karl Marx nor a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, it seems I cannot upload it, and I am struggling to source it given that it was published in a country which no longer exists. Can I upload it in this scenario, or is there a way for me to make a proper useful citation for the work? I see in plenty of other instances that at least the covers of books are uploaded as images attached to articles, and I'm not sure how a lot of them got permission to upload. By all accounts I would hazard a guess that this sort of work counts as public domain, but I don't know the best way to approach the issue. Thanks. AquaticOnWiki (talk) 01:52, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Russia. I think the original text is PD but any translations into languages other then that would be copyrighted. Especially moderns ones where the author took liberties with the translation and/or added their own annotations. --Adamant1 (talk) 01:59, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I believe the English translation published in 1978 was actually new at that time. Does the 1978 edition have a copyright notice? If so, the present-day Communist Party of Russia is the successor to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; if the CPSU held the copyright, then the present-day CP still does. On the other hand, if like some CP publications it was without notice, in 1978 that would have put it in the public domain in the U.S.: {{PD-US-1978-89}}. - Jmabel ! talk 02:45, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Need help please making a page[edit]

i uploaded a picture and it wouldnt let me but finally uploaded but uploaded somewhere else but i dont know how to use it now so bizarre also trying to make my page look like a normal page and make it look like a page where right hand side show a picture be like news paper reminds me of like if look up Mel Gibson for an example want it set up like that where right be his picture when born stuff so on but i dont know how to set my page up like that? where got box around his picture show a page but how do i do that? Googoo85 (talk) 03:12, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Googoo85 One does not make a "page" on Wikimedia commons, which is a repository for files. I see you have started a sandbox on the English Language Wikipedia. w:en:WP:TEAHOUSE will be helpful to you 🇺🇦 Timtrent 🇺🇦 talk to me 🇺🇦 06:01, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

MY PHOTO WAS REMOVED FOR NO REASON, PLEASE HELP ME TO RESTORE SAME OR DIFFERENT PHOTO ON MY PAGE[edit]

MY USER NAME IS MARWOOD1103: I wish I knew how to edit. If I can hire someone to replace my photo, please alert me at <redacted> asap please. Thank you. Marwood1103 (talk) 14:09, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Marwood1103 Are you notable enough to have a Wikipedia article? If yes, then please place that article name here --iMahesh (talk) 14:14, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Marwood1103. First, please don't post in ALL CAPTIAL LETTERS because doing so is considered by many to be a form of online shouting/yelling or an expression of anger. Next, files are always deleted/removed for a reason; sometimes it turns out be an incorrect reason, but there's always a reason. Furthermore, there's no record of you uploading any files to Commons with this account. Did you perhaps use a different account to upload the file? Did you perhaps upload the file locally to one of the various language Wikipedias (for example, English Wikipedia)? If you can provide the name of the file that was deleted, then it might be easier for someone to figure out what happened and why. Lastly, it's very unlikely that anyone is going to contact you via email regarding any question yuo ask at a Help Desk like this; so, you shouldn't expect such a thing. Any questions you have will be answered in the discussion thread you started; so, occassionally checking the thread is probably a good idea. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:15, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

اريد تحميل صورتي في ملفي الشخصي[edit]

أريد تحميل صوتي إلى ملفي الشخصي صرواح غلاب (talk) 15:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@صرواح غلاب: Hi,
Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, and we do not accept personal images unless people contribute. So please first contribute in some way, and then after a few weeks, you can create a personal page. Please see Commons:بوابة المجتمع the Community Portal in Arabic. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Common:Undeletion Request[edit]

Buenas, una pregunta que significa "per above" en la parte COM:UD#File:Institutodeportepedraza.jpg?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 21:00, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AbchyZa22: "de acuerdo con lo ya dicho". - Jmabel ! talk 21:58, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK, gracias AbchyZa22 (talk) 06:19, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to preview all images in a category?[edit]

If I want to preview (see thumbnails) of all the images in Category:Vulpes lagopus by zoo on one page, without having to manually open each subcategory in a new tab, how would I do that? –Vuccala (talk) 06:12, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mis en cohérence Wikipédia France et Wikipédia common[edit]

J'ai mis à jour la biographie de Jeanne Duval sur Wikipédia France. Je n'arrive pas à modifier la même fiche sur Wikipédia common. Robert Gangier (talk) 09:04, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert Gangier: Bonjour, Il n'y a pas de biographies sur Commons. Vous faites peut-être référence à la boîte qui s'affiche dans la catégorie Category:Jeanne Duval. Le code de cette page de catégorie utilise le modèle «Wikidata Infobox», ce qui indique que dans ce cas la boîte est seulement reflétée depuis Wikidata. Apparemment, vous avez trouvé comment modifier cette donnée sur Wikidata avec votre autre compte nommé Robert Grangier. Après un certain délai technique pour la mise à jour, votre nouvelle version de Wikidata sera reflétée automatiquement dans la page de Commons. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:12, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mr Asclepias,
Je vous remercie très vivement de la rapidité de votre réponse. J'aurai donc l'impatience d'attendre. J'ai ouvert en effet 2 comptes parce que Wiki Common semblait ne pas reconnaître le compte créé dans Wiki Fr. Maintenant je ne sais pas si je dois supprimer ce deuxième compte. Au plaisir Robert Gangier (talk) 10:41, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bonjour, On peut forcer la mise à jour en purgeant la page Category:Jeanne Duval. Yann (talk) 10:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bonjour, Merci de votre message. Je ne sais pas comment on "purge une page" mais je saurai attendre. Bien à vous. Robert Gangier (talk) 10:49, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yann, puis-je vous poser une autre question : est-il possible de mettre une page sous-contrôle pour éviter des modifications intempestives d'informations non contrôlées ? Merci de votre aide Robert Gangier (talk) 10:54, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Robert Gangier: Parlez-vous de Wikipédia ou de Wikimedia Commons ? Sur Commons, aucune page n'est protégée par défaut, à moins que des vandalismes récurrents aient lieu. Yann (talk) 11:04, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Je parlais de Wikipédia, là où j'ai modifié la biographie de "Jeanne Duval". J'ai constaté beaucoup de mauvaises informations que j'ai corrigées mais je crains que des personnes veuillent corriger en ne s'appuyant que sur d'anciennes sources. Robert Gangier (talk) 11:29, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Alors, il faut demander sur Wikipédia, soit sur le Bistro, soit sur bureau des admins. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 11:56, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bildfil[edit]

Ska en e-post som bekräftar tillstånd att använda en bild vara författat av innehavaren själv eller mig som representant för denne? Jag förstår inte villkoren riktigt. Om sedan bilden har laddats upp på Flickr, vad krävs för att kunna ladda upp den på Commons och hur kan den sedan användas i en artikel. Och hur skapar man en inforuta i högra delen med bild och info om den/det som artikeln handlar om. JerryKB (talk) 09:30, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@JerryKB: It would help enormously if you would say what image you are talking about, who owns the rights, and in what sense you represent them. - Jmabel ! talk 17:33, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Videos of American Sign Language vs. Category:Videos in American Sign Language[edit]

Someone fill me in what the difference is cuz i dont get it Trade (talk) 13:24, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably, the same difference as between e.g. Category:Videos of English language and Category:Videos in English, or more generally between Category:Videos of language and Category:Videos by language. As far as I can tell, videos in the "of" categories seem to be about the language, and videos in the "in" categories use the language and are about any subject. For audio files, there are Category:Audio files about language and Category:Audio files by language. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:39, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Notifying the creators of the categories, Vriullop and Koavf, if they can clarify the matter. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:00, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think the above is correct. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:48, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unable to type doubled brackets[edit]

Recently on Commons, I have been unable to type doubled brackets when editing the text content of a page directly. When I type a bracket, it appears all OK. But when I type another one after it, instead of the bracket appearing, it changes the previous bracket to some kind of weird symbol. This is preventing me from quickly adding MediaWiki links. I have to type bracket, space, bracket and then delete the space, or copy-paste the doubled brackets from somewhere. This doesn't happen on Wikipedia, it seems like a Commons-only thing. Is this some kind of fancy new-fangled feature, and if so, how can I turn it off? JIP (talk) 13:31, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you describe what you mean by "editing the text content of a page directly", if different from editing the wikicode in the edit box? Maybe it has to do with something in your user preferences or you might have involuntarily changed your keyboard settings in the edit box (see the small keyboard icon when editing a page). You can also use the buttons below the edit box to add the double brackets around selected text. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:55, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This would definitely be something on your computer/browser, not in the wiki. - Jmabel ! talk 17:34, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I mean exactly editing the wikicode directly in the edit box. I don't think it's something on my computer/browser, because (1) it's happening both on my home computer and my work computer, which even run different operating systems (the first one runs Linux while the second one runs Windows) and it's only happening on Commons. Editing the wikicode on Wikipedia works OK. Both of them run on the same wiki software. JIP (talk) 19:06, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JIP: So, did you check your keyboard settings as I suggested above? Check that it is on the option "Use native keyboard". Because if it is on the option "International Phonetic Alphabet - X-SAMPA", it does something that looks very much like what you described. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:44, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It appears indeed that I had somehow managed to switch the keyboard input method to "International Phonetic Alphabet". Switching it back to "native keyboard" solved the problem. JIP (talk) 06:32, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First time trying to upload, unsure what to do[edit]

Greetings to everyone. I have recently been cruising around ww2 british submarines and translating to my local wikipedia and i've come across an article which doesn't have a photo of the vessel. But searching around with google i came across with this and it seems it's one of the very few available pictures of it. But since it's not my work, i'm not sure if there's the option of uploading it somehow under the corresponding license and ofc, crediting the author. But at the same time it's clear that the website it's not the original owner and they reposted it from an author from the time, but they don't say anything on the website regarding the origin or ownership, so more confusion. If someone could shed some light i will be veeeery grateful. Thanks! :D Llapis (talk) 19:05, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Llapis: Hello, The photo is also at the IWM, but it's probably not a photo of the P33, because it's under the title "With the Royal Navy submariners at HMS Forth, the submarine depot ship. 2 to 6 March 1942, HMS Forth, and on board some of her submarines." Maybe the website submarinefamily used it to illustrate the type of submarines, not specifically the P33. If you want to upload the photo anyway, that's probably possible, because Commons already has other Navy photos by the same photographer J H Smith and tagged with the template PD-UKGov. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:26, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to export file categories into a spreadsheet?[edit]

How can I export, for all images in Category:Coins_catalogued_by_Welter, their respective lists of categories into a spreadsheet? (I want a quick overview which image files are lacking "obligatory" categories relating to e.g. face value, year, ruler etc.) Thanks for any help --HReuter (talk) 19:28, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Baptismal record in 1479[edit]

Can you tell me if the baptismal record of Lisa del Giocondo from June 1479 in the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore is public domain? I searched the archive and find Mona Lisa is an often-used example here, but I didn't find my answer. The only precedent I have is a 1503 margin note, File:Mona_Lisa_margin_scribble.jpg that makes me think these records might be PD, and that this one belongs in Category:Lisa_Gherardini. Thank you very much. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:15, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Anything from 1479 is in the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 20:31, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wonderful. Thank you, Jmabel. -SusanLesch (talk) 20:37, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On how uploading an image[edit]

Hello, I was wondering if I could take a screenshot of a YouTube video and post it so I could use it on a Wikipedia article I made. An image like I say is something like per example "File:Rahkmonov 2.png". Is this allowed? D1D4K10 (talk) 20:49, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You can as long as the original video is licensed appropriately. On YouTube, there is an option to have Creative Commons-licensed videos that can be rehosted, remixed, screengrabbed, etc. here. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:02, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand the license part, it's a bit confusing D1D4K10 (talk) 21:09, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@D1D4K10: A screenshot is a derivative work of the video. So you need that the video has a license accepted on Commons to be allowed to upload a screenshot on Commons. Yes, copyright is complex and confusing. Yann (talk) 21:25, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You can take screenshots of that latter video and post them here because the author of the video allows you to copy the entire video if you want, as long as you give attribution to the original. You cannot post screenshots of the former video, as it's protected by copyright. Did you take a look at COMM:LICENSE? Did you have questions about that page? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:25, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You can look on Youtube at the description of the source video of the file you gave as example. At the bottom of the description is indicated the CC license, which is more exactly the license CC BY 3.0. So, unless there's some particular reason to doubt it, it is fine to upload a screenshot from that video to Commons and to tag it with the template "YouTube CC-BY", which refers to the license CC BY 3.0, and to add the template "LicenseReview". However, the uploader tagged that file on Commons with a different license, CC BY-SA 4.0, which is a disputable move. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:34, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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