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images on Wikipedia[edit]

I am creating a page for a noted scientist. He followed the Wikipedia requirements for uploading images for free usage, and the images are now available in a Google Creative Commons site (https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Vincent+Giuliano%22+-site%3Awikipedia.org+-site%3Awikimedia.org&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjIgKK15bL4AhUSCjQIHU8uAjUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=%22Vincent+Giuliano%22+-site%3Awikipedia.org+-site%3Awikimedia.org&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1DFKVifMmCkRmgAcAB4AIABTIgBvgSSAQE4mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=CpCrYsjTL5KU0PEPz9yIqAM&bih=1015&biw=1915&safe=off&hl=en&sfr=vfe&pli=1#imgrc=SctwY5Wk_09SQM&imgdii=oNOBm-u20b4aQM). The photos are older, and not precisely dated. Now, I am trying to bring the photos into Wikimedia for use on the subject's biography. I cannot reasonably answer some of the questions on the upload site, and also am given a message saying it could not be determined if the pictures were suitable. I am at loss for what to do next. Walticular (talk) 18:09, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Walticular: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/154 by trying to upload a potential copyright violation, and Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes) jpg image as a new user. If you made each image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it, including EXIF metadata. If you did not make the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the copyright holder license it on their website or social media or send the image and permissions via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:15, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If you start from Commons:UploadWizard this may all work for you; if not: the URL you give shows images of a large number of different people. Could you provide URLs of the particular pictures you are talking about, if you need someone to walk you through this?
As for "not precisely dated": upload first, with approximate dates, then edit as soon as possible to what you know about date range, e.g. {{Other date|between|1995|2010}}. - Jmabel ! talk 20:50, 4 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much! I did realize that anyone responded until just now. Jeff G. also responded, and I hope to address his concerns, but firstly would LOVE to accept your offer to walk me through this process. It has been much more difficult than imagined to publish a simple biography, but I'm hoping persistence will overcome inexperience and a thick skull.
Within the Google Creative Commons site referenced, there are several images of the subject. One appears to be "named" www.vincegiuliano.name, and the other giulianoart.com. Thing is, these are addresses for web pages controlled by the subject which include the pictures, but are not stand-alone sites dedicated to the pictures. Is that adequate? If so, I will retry with those addresses.
These images were uploaded by the subject at my request, following Wikipedia instructions. I cannot be sure that he did everything right, but it appears that the images arrived a Google CC, not Wikipedia CC. Is that normal? If not what do you suppose we did wrong, and how exactly can we correct it? We walked through the instructions together (he is elderly, but even if not, Wikipedia is hard on newbies). I cannot be sure, but don't think he applied instructions outside those published by Wikipedia, so it is a puzzle as to how the pictures arrive at Google instead of Wikimedia.
Finally, I cannot figure out why my 'Walticular' is highlighted as "page does not exist". Please explain what I have done wrong. Walticular (talk) 17:58, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Walticular: answering just the easiest part of this for now, because I don't have time to plunge in. If you look at the wikitext for your signature, you will see [[User:Walticular|Walticular]], which means link to the page User:Walticular and show "Walticular". It is highlighted as "page does not exist" because you haven't yet put anything on the page User:Walticular. Nothing wrong with that, but if you ever do create yourself a user page, this will then link to that page. - Jmabel ! talk 19:36, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Walticular: Please read en:WP:42 and en:WP:BLP, too.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 19:55, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! It looks like birthdate and location need to have a strong reference source, right? Any suggestions on how to get such records? Secondly, is there no room for information that is noncontroversial or impossible to source? For example, Dr. Giuliano told me about the secondary school he attended, which was attended almost exclusively by people of Jewish ethnicity; and about his grandparents' political interactions in pre-war Italy. It seems like this kind of background info is relevant. How can such undocumentable items be included, being based only based upon an interview? Also, if possible, please comment on the above queries to Jmabel, concerning importation of images from Google Creative Commons. Walticular (talk) 06:17, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Walticular: What is "Google Creative Commons"? See also en:Template:Cite interview. Is this in reference to en:Draft:Vincent Edward Giuliano (Scientist)?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 06:53, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, this in reference to the Vincent Giuliano site I am trying to create. I am a beginner, and find the process difficult. Several weeks ago, upon realizing that Vince had to load the pictures himself, I directed him to the page that explains how to upload pictures. We walked through it, and he seemed to grasp the content. Though well into his 90s, he is clever with computer stuff. He informed me that he'd successfully uploaded pictures. Searching, I found nothing within Wikipedia CC, but the pictures he told me he'd loaded were available on Google's equivalent site: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Vincent+Giuliano%22+-site%3Awikipedia.org+-site%3Awikimedia.org&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjIgKK15bL4AhUSCjQIHU8uAjUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=%22Vincent+Giuliano%22+-site%3Awikipedia.org+-site%3Awikimedia.org&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1DFKVifMmCkRmgAcAB4AIABTIgBvgSSAQE4mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWfAAQE&sclient=img&ei=CpCrYsjTL5KU0PEPz9yIqAM&bih=1015&biw=1915&safe=off&hl=en&sfr=vfe&pli=1#imgrc=SctwY5Wk_09SQM&imgdii=oNOBm-u20b4aQM
In several attempts, I could not get the pictures into Wikipedia CC, and am at a standstill. Thanks for your generous help! Walticular (talk) 16:27, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Walticular: As I wrote above, the URL you give shows images of a large number of different people. Could you provide URLs of the particular pictures you are talking about, preferably in a context where we can see information about the licenses that have been offered for them? And I, like Jeff, have no idea what you mean by "Google Creative Commons". I suspect you are using an incorrect term. - Jmabel ! talk 17:56, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Your help is appreciated!
    The site (misidentified by me as Google CC) where the target fair-use images are is:
    "Vincent Giuliano" -site:wikipedia.org -site:wikimedia.org
    Vince followed the Wikipedia instructions for uploading images, and it appears that this is where his pictures landed. There are several pictures that are candidates for insertion into his bio, such as: "vincegiuliano.name" and "synergybioherbals.com" and "giulianoart.com".
    I do not know how to provide licenses that have been offered for them, but the images are on sites built by the subject, and he told me that he had successfully submitted the images per Wikipedia instructions. . Walticular (talk) 17:15, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I think you again are giving a search pattern, not links to any particular images. Sadly many web browsers by default hide the information about what page you are visiting (and many people are using Google queries instead of addresses), but that page address (URL) would help a lot. I cannot find "Vincent Giuliano" on Wikipedia in English, there are too many Vincents and Giulianos, and it seems there are no exact matches. Do you know what user name he used when uploading these images? –LPfi (talk) 17:43, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Again: a Google search result just says, in effect, "Google found these things on the Internet". Yes, anything you upload anywhere is likely to be found by Google. We have no way of knowing even which of the many images found by this search are the images in question, let alone clarifying their licensing. Nothing I see in that result gives any reason to think the images are either public domain or free-licensed. - Jmabel ! talk 19:20, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I deduce that Vincent must have made an error when attempting to load the images in Wikipedia, and will work with him yo get it right. Thx! Walticular (talk) 16:44, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Commons[edit]

Thanks i really appreciate it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ichigo 2004 (talk • contribs) 16:41, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Invalid chunk offset error when uploading images[edit]

Hi. I keep getting an invalid chunk offset error when uploading images. Does anyone know what the cause of the error is or how I can stop it from happening? Thanks. Adamant1 (talk) 22:57, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I suppose the image format you're trying to upload is JPEG (a photograph)? The file might be corrupted. Check the file integrity with a JPEG checker, make sure that the file you're trying to upload isn't corrupted. Sometimes things like this can happen if the disk from camera gets damaged. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 09:37, 11 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Polda18: Thanks for the response. Their Tif files of some postcards I've scanned. I guess it could be that the files are corrupted, but they will upload eventually if I keep trying it and they seem to load fine both on and off Commons outside of that. I image that wouldn't be the case if they were corrupt. --Adamant1 (talk) 02:13, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Adamant1: Then I guess it may be Internet connection, if it only happens on Commons and eventually the file uploads just fine. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 06:35, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is defamation content about me in several of your platforms[edit]

Hello there! I am Nasar Dagga, a venezuelan businessman. There is defamatory content in your web/platform that has been spreading all around the internet as part of a campaign to compromise my reputation. This information has no legal or periodistic basis at all, so it is not legit.

Defamatory content is explicitly forbidden in sights of your terms of use; thus I would like to know if there is a chance to make it disappear from your web/platform.

I will be pleased to receive a response from your team .

nasardaggaredes@gmail.com

Thanks for considering my request. NasarDagga (talk) 13:11, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please link to a specific example? I've never heard about you. Are you talking about a Wikipedia article? Most informations should be validly sourced, usually from newspapers and news sites. Are you talking about English Wikipedia in particular? English Wikipedia doesn't seem to have an article about you. Plus, this site is multimedia host, Wikimedia Commons is not Wikipedia. Perhaps you could ask on a specific Wikipedia about this. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 13:26, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Pictogram voting comment.svg Comment Poster's account is blocked on multiple sites for spam/promotion/xwiki-abuse. Not sure if related to es:Nasar Ramadan Dagga Mujamad and the g-locked User:Amateur92 (xwiki multi-account abuse). DMacks (talk) 13:31, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
And, if anything, that Spanish-language article leans toward the promotional, certainly not defamatory. - Jmabel ! talk 15:08, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I don't speak Spanish, so I have to take your word. If that is the case, then NasarDagga (talk · contribs) is going to be blocked here as well I guess? I can see that they attempted to upload a copyrighted picture, that's as far the only offense on Commons according to the user talk page. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 07:03, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Image not updating, purge not working, link somehow pointing to two different images?[edit]

I'm trying to update the 1924 house election image, but on the Wikipedia page, it still shows the old image. Purging the cache doesn't work, and the direct link to the image seems to point to two different images depending on how you access it BJenkins42 (talk) 06:23, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, cleared my browser cache and it updated BJenkins42 (talk) 06:26, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can I upload this?[edit]

I am making a new wikipedia page and would like to add the logo of the organization that I am making the page about. I have permission from the organization to use the logo for this purpose. Can I upload it? MrJRSmith (talk) 15:53, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MrJRSmith: I assume you are talking about the English-language Wikipedia (en-wiki). The answer would be different for some other languages.
Commons can only accept logos (or anything else) that is either in the public domain or free-licensed. It sounds like this is neither of these, so Commons won't be involved.
Instead, you can upload the logo directly to en-wiki, using en:Template:Non-free logo and en:Template:Non-free use rationale logo rather than {{Information}}. See en:File:KFC logo.svg for a good example. - Jmabel ! talk 17:22, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Commercial use of public domain paintings image[edit]

Can I commercially use, reproduce, distribute, or modify images of public domain paintings in the Wikimedia Commons? Also, if I want to search for images of public domain paintings in Wikimedia Commons, how do I sort them? 118.238.231.228 02:37, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • If something is public domain, you can do pretty much anything with it. This is quite different from the images that are available under a license, where you have to conform to license terms.
  • I don't understand your questions about sorting. - Jmabel ! talk 15:16, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In some countries there are laws on defamation of famous artists, famous artworks etc., and there may be an obligation to attribute the authors. So "pretty much anything" is not the same as "absolutely anything" – but without knowing your jurisdiction and intended use, it is hard to give any more precise advice.
There are probably millions of PD files on Commons, so you need to sort them in some way to find the relevant ones. I'd suggest doing it the other way round, find a way to find the files you are interested in and check which of those are PD. Commons:Petscan is one way to do it. The PD categories are hidden, so you might want to enable viewing hidden categories to see what the most common ones are.
You probably want some specific kind of paintings. If you want paintings of old masters, you can probably just check that those you find are PD, if you want contemporary art, then finding the PD ones before manual evaluation becomes more crucial.
–LPfi (talk) 15:46, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright help regarding File:Umm-al-quwain-logo-83D4609BE0-seeklogo.png[edit]

"The uploader did not provide sufficient information (a valid and suitable tag) on this media's copyright status."

How do I change the copyright status?

--MohamedRayan13 (talk) 08:43, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Did you figure it out? Because I can see there is a Public Domain tag for UAE {{PD-UAE}}. Eighter you figured it out or someone already did it for you. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 09:12, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can I upload a photograph taken by a photographer who has given their permission for its use?[edit]

Hi there, I'm very new to this so please forgive anything glaringly obvious that I may ask! I'm creating a biography of a musician and I want to upload a photograph of the musician performing for the infobox. The photograph was taken by a photographer (I assume this means that they own the copyright by default?), but the photographer has given permission to use the photograph and is very relaxed about the matter. I'm a little confused about where the photo would fall in terms of 'free' and 'non-free' usage? It isn't a public domain image per se, but the photographer has given permission for its use. Is it okay to upload as long as I provide an attribution? Do I need some sort of proof of the permission before Wikipedia can publish the photograph? Many thanks in advance! JadeBlack90 (talk) 11:08, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@JadeBlack90: Yes, the photographer owns the copyright by default. If they give permission for anyone to redistribute (whether verbatim or modified), modify, and commercially use their photograph, then yes, it can be uploaded here on Commons. If they require attribution (which is an okay restriction), then yes, provide it. Even if they don't require attribution, you should still attribute the author properly. I recommend to the photographer to use a license like CC-BY-SA-4.0 or CC-BY-4.0 so that reusers clearly know that it's free. pandakekok9 11:44, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for your helpful response, it's very much appreciated! I'll make sure add the appropriate attribution and will recommend those licenses to the photographer. JadeBlack90 (talk) 13:52, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Pandakekok9 and JadeBlack90: pandakekok9's advice here is close to the mark, but not quite on the mark. We need evidence that the photographer granted the license. There are basically two ways to do this:
  1. They can publish it themself somewhere where their identity is clear (e.g. their own website; their Flickr account; etc.) and indicate the license.
  2. They can go through the process outlined at COM:VRT.
JadeBlack90, sorry this isn't quite as simple as what you were just told. - Jmabel ! talk 15:20, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel Thank you for clearing this up, I have now started to put this into place and have contacted the photographer about publishing the license. I appreciate your help! JadeBlack90 (talk) 11:51, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading a photo[edit]

I have a photo of high quality taken at an outdoor concert 50 years ago that I want to upload to Felix Pappalardi's page. I took it myself with a large format camera but I just get messages that it must be my own work but it is! Any help would be much appreciated! Craiglove47 (talk) 18:55, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Craiglove47: I cannot find the messages. Anyway, as you used a large format camera and the image is high quality, we need to be more careful about copyright and cannot just assume it is your own work as you claim so (like we do for most snapshots). I don't know what you have tried, but it is best that you upload the image here on Commons (not while editing a Wikipedia article), send an e-mail according to Commons:VRT to confirm that you are the author and release the photo under the stated licence, and add the template {{PP}} to the file description page. The VRT team will tell you what evidence they need if your first e-mail wasn't enough (the correspondence is confidential). The backlog is significant, so the procedure may take some time, don't worry. –LPfi (talk) 19:29, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I have the original b/w negs here which I shot and scanned myself. I will follow your advice above! Craiglove47 (talk) 21:57, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Just to clarify "here on Commons (not while editing a Wikipedia article)" means to use Special:UploadWizard (easiest if you haven't done a lot of this) or Special:Upload, rather than a cross-wiki upload from Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk

Carregar fotos para uma determinada categoria[edit]

Concretamente, eu gostava de carregar umas fotos minhas do passado dia 01 de maio, mas eu quero que fiquem na categoria "Antas da Serra do Soajo", que já existe ... mas sou direcionado para o assistente de carregamento de ficheiros e não vejo como as incluir na referida categoria. Obrigado, AJSL48 AJSL48 (talk) 18:55, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@AJSL48: Eu não falo português, mas pelo Google Translate: Você não menciona qual ferramenta de upload está usando ou qual é a dificuldade em adicionar essa categoria em particular, mas você sempre pode adicionar categorias a uma imagem depois que ela for carregada.
(You don't mention what upload tool you are using or what is the difficulty in adding this particular category, but you can always add categories to an image after it has been uploaded.) - Jmabel ! talk 03:25, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I'll try to load the photos on the category page, with the help of the assistant, and check if they actually stayed in the desired category. I renew my thanks! (Google translate)
(Obrigado! Vou tentar carregar as fotos na página da categoria, com a ajuda do assistente, e verificar se de facto ficaram na categoria desejada. Renovo os meus agradecimentos!) AJSL48 (talk) 12:38, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done! Thank you! (Feito! Obrigado!)
AJSL48 (talk) 19:03, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Scanned images from 1849 publicaton[edit]

Hello all,

I am working on the Joseph Warren Revere Wikipedia article and I have found multiple lithographs by Revere himself, within his 1849 book, A Tour of Duty. The art pieces themselves are, of course, in the public domain.

I am trying to ascertain whether the scan itself is public domain. It appears to be it via the New York Public Library. What do you think? Is this scan public domain, or do I need to scan these illustrations myself in order to submit them for Commons?

Thanks, Evedawn99 (talk) 19:46, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Evedawn99: Hello. These scans are in fact out of copyright. You can upload them here and use {{PD-scan|PD-old-100-expired}} as a licence. De728631 (talk) 19:49, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hi De728631, thank you for the prompt response and for verifying this. I am glad to hear they are out of copyright, and I am looking forward to uploading and appending the articles with these images. Thanks again for the help. Evedawn99 (talk) 01:54, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Photo Credits[edit]

Hi I'm writing a wikipedia document about carbon removal with a scientist who has original drawings I want to use. How would I go about uploading them since they are not my drawings? Is there any documentation I would need from the scientist with permission to use them and if so what would I need?

Thanks! Mbrown2410 (talk) 20:36, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mbrown2410: Hello. The best solution would be if the scientist uploaded the drawings themselves or provided them at their homepage with an appropriate free licence. Anyhow, we need evidence that he agreed to the use of his works under a free licence. So, if there is no way for the scientist to upload the drawings or provide them elsewhere with a free licence, please ask them to verify their permission as outlined in COM:VRT. De728631 (talk) 20:41, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

No consigo subir una imagen mía[edit]

Es muy difícil todo por aquí. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivonne 70 (talk • contribs) 00:16, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I can't upload an image of myself
Everything is very difficult here.
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:46, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Ivonne 70: Hola y bienvenido. Solicite al fotógrafo Víctor García Antón que envíe el permiso a través de VRT/es. Véase también COM:SIGN/es.
Hi, and welcome. Please have photographer Víctor García Antón send permission via VRT. See also COM:SIGN.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:46, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Source I provided for article Hivites and I have been blocked without explanation[edit]

Source I provided for article Hivites and I have been blocked without explanation. SARA RUTH ASHCRAFT have twitter https://twitter.com/i/web/status/929089870211026944. I do. I know my country better that anyone else. AnneVL (talk) 08:54, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Here you are on Commons, where you have no edits or uploads. You are likely refering to your problems at :en-Wikipedia (see en:User talk:AnneVL), which need to be debated over there, not here. --Túrelio (talk) 09:27, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I'm afraid that Twitter cannot be taken as a reliable source on Wikipedia. And according to what I read in the article, it's a biblical term, no official connection of all terrorists to this name exists. Twitter is a social media, not an official newspaper media that may be taken as a reliable source. A social media is simply a tool where everyone can express their opinions and thoughts, not a media serving facts. Yes, news sites often cite different social media, including Twitter, especially when it comes to immediate events, and news sites often cite direct witnesses from social media. But Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a news site, Wikipedia cannot accept something like a social media post as a reliable source. Encyclopedia cites facts, not opinions. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 10:31, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

MOD approval for a 1972 military image[edit]

I have requested the MOD to allow me to use an image of myself, when I was a WRNS officer, taken by the military photographic department of the Fleet Headquarters (where I was working) in April 1972. Their reply is quoted here. I am writing to ask if Commons will have any objections to this upload now?

"Good Afternoon Anne

Thank you for your email.

We are happy for you to use the image as requested as long as you attribute it correctly as UK Ministry of Defence © Crown copyright 1972.

The image will be out of copyright at the end of this year, so no permission or attribution statement will be required from 2023.

Kind Regards

Richard

Richard Hieron Copyright 1 | Policy, Protection & Exploitation Working Pattern: Mon - Tue & Thu Defence Intellectual Property Rights MOD Abbey Wood #2214, BRISTOL, BS34 8JH

Anne Ammundsen (talk) 10:15, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Anne Ammundsen: Hi, and welcome. Thanks for your service. Many copyright conventions extend copyright to the end of the calendar year, so you may upload it on 1 January 2023 UTC.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:26, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The best option for you is to just wait until January of the next year, which is only half way through. If the copyright expires by the time calendar hits year 2023, your best option is just wait it out. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 10:38, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
OK, if I really must! I have rather compelling reasons for wanting it uploaded now, and the MOD has been very laid back about it ... but if Commons objects, then I will have to wait. Anne Ammundsen (talk) 11:15, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Anne Ammundsen: Please elaborate on your "rather compelling reasons for wanting it uploaded now", here or via VRT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:37, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Firstly, my sincere apologies to Jeff G., but I appear to have caused some of your signature to be deleted by mistake. One person's "compelling reason" might be another's "so what". I am in the process of having some assistance from the Editor of the "Journal of the American Revolution" in an attempt to get a book published. He is interested in the information on my user page, and I would like proof of being a WRNS officer to be there. I think MOD is very laid back on this issue, so would hope that perhaps Commons might be too? Anne Ammundsen (talk) 11:54, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Anne Ammundsen: I fixed my signature easily enough. Outside of Commons, your editor should be able to use whatever the MOD sent under Fair Use, but we don't allow Fair Use here. How did you get that info from the MOD?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:00, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I have been in email contact, and the email reply from MOD is above. I clearly haven't explained well. I am at an important juncture in my life, outside Wikipedia/Wikimedia, and all I wanted was MOD's permission to use an official portrait image of my time at the Fleet Headquarters. They have given this permission. I wanted the image to be readily available to anyone clicking on my userpage. The Editor can be given the image by me, but that is more cumbersome than anyone who he is trying to interest in my book being able to simply click on a link. Anne Ammundsen (talk) 12:12, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Anne Ammundsen: Did you know that you may be able to upload it to English Wikipedia per en:WP:F, and then transfer it here on 1 January?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:23, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your suggestion Jeff G. My IT skills are really not good enough for something I have never done before (often not good enough for things I have done before)! By this ping I would like to ask Cordless Larry if he would allow me to email him the image and be prepared to do this for me? Big ask, Cordless Larry, but I would be really grateful for help with this one. Anne Ammundsen (talk) 13:00, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If uploading to English Wikipedia is acceptable, you should be able to do so at en:Special:Upload, Anne Ammundsen. Cordless Larry (talk) 13:54, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Done, [1] but I cannot use it on account of being unable to find the "use this file" link. Anne Ammundsen (talk) 14:38, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Now I am in just the kind of mess I always end up in when dealing with images. I have no idea what to do here [2] nor can I even find a way of using the image in the way planned. Could someone please just delete it. I asked for help because I know my own limitations. I give up - want to walk away - and be done with the whole thing. I was not born into the IT age and had hoped someone with good skills would have helped me when I politely asked for help.Anne Ammundsen (talk) 15:44, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Anne Ammundsen:  (Edit conflict) Choose the "edit wikitext" tab, type "[[File:1972 April - HMS Warrior.jpg|thumb|Anne Ammundsen at the Fleet Headquarters]]" and click "publish" (you can of course change the caption to whatever you like). Adding an image should be easy also with the visual editor, but I don't have much experience with it.
There is one problem, though. Wikipedia in English doesn't allow fair use image for user pages, so if there isn't an article on you (or other suitable context), it is not accepted and will probably be deleted. It can be restored after New Year, and transferred here, no problems, and it is visible until deleted, but this isn't really keeping to procedures. There are some warnings on the page now, which could be fixed, but the main problem doesn't seem to have been solved.
One solution is to have MOD e-mail the Volunteer Response Team, following the directions on the linked page, i.e. having them explicitly license the photo with a free licence. However, there is a backlog, and I don't know how happy they would be to go through the bureaucracy just to gain six months.
–LPfi (talk) 15:47, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I can see you are trying to help me, but I cannot take any more of this, and I certainly don't want to get back to the MOD and ask them to help. The best help anyone can give me now is to delete it and pretend I never asked for help. Anne Ammundsen (talk) 15:54, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Jeff G. suggested I might upload to Wikipedia and Cordless Larry gave me a link to do so. Now I am in trouble. Could someone just delete it? I have tried to do so, but cannot see the way to do this. Anne Ammundsen (talk) 17:29, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Sysops will delete it eventually, or you can mark the file for deletion (it will be deleted if it is not used anywhere, anyway). Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 06:40, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fehlermeldung bei Crop Tool-Aufruf[edit]

Hallo, plötzlich kann ich das Crop Tool nicht mehr aufrufen, es kommt sofort folgende Fehlermeldung: '[api] Received error: mwoauth-invalid-authorization : The authorization headers in your request are not valid: No approved grant was found for that authorization token. Was muss ich tun, damit das wieder normal funktioniert? Maimaid (talk) 14:25, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Translation: "Hello, suddenly I can't activate the Crop Tool function any more. Error report: [api] Received error: mwoauth-invalid-authorization : The authorization headers in your request are not valid: No approved grant was found for that authorization token. What can I do, that the tool's working properly again? – Doc Taxon • Talk • 14:39, 15. Jul 2022 (UTC)

Uploading an image of someone's face taken from their own Twitch stream. Am I able to do this, or should I attempt to contact the streamer in question first?[edit]

I'm attempting to upload an image of Jeremy Elbertson (Jerma985) onto his Wikipedia page, however I am unsure if I am allowed to do this from an screenshot of a twitch stream. The stream in question was titled "The Gamer V Portable" streamed on September 28th 2018, and the image in question comes up around the start of the VOD. If anyone can answer my question on this, it would be appreciated. Translinuxcat (talk) 12:14, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • @Translinuxcat: Unless something is going on that I don't see, their Twitch stream is inherently copyrighted, and you need their permission. - Jmabel ! talk 17:52, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Unless his streams are labeled with a free license compatible with Commons (CC BY or CC BY-SA are most common), their stream is likely copyrighted and not even a cropped screenshot would be even allowed under Fair Use on Wikipedia, as no alterations are allowed. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 23:48, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

License for an image I have created, that draws heavily on a non-free image[edit]

Hello, I intend to use this image

, which is my own work. However, it draws heavily on an image that is not my own, published in J.K. Kirby, 2004, A model of a natural wooded landscape in Britain as influenced by large herbivore activity. I am not sure if the difference is sufficient to classify it as my own work and thus free to use. AndersenAnders (talk) 16:19, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • @AndersenAnders: if the text is verbatim or nearly so, you probably have a copyright problem; otherwise it should be OK. Since all I can see is the abstract, I have no way to know. - Jmabel ! talk 17:55, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Jmabel Oh, sorry. Maybe try this link. Otherwiese you should be able to access the content via PDF Download. It should be open access to download AndersenAnders (talk) 18:09, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • gives "Token provided is not valid. Please go back to the article page and click the PDF link again." - Jmabel ! talk 19:36, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    Else here you should be able to access it without a download. The image concerned is on page 2 (406 in the volume) -AndersenAnders (talk) 18:27, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
    • @AndersenAnders: That's readable. It's an awfully close paraphrase of the text. It would be better if you could express the concept while using fewer of their particular words. The concept can't be copyrighted. You can certainly use "park phase", "scrub phase", "grove phase", "breakup phase", but beyond that should try to word it as differently as possible.
    • Also: when you have something that runs this heavily to text, you might consider whether you could just represent this as a 2x2 table with arrows, not even using the circle that was in their diagram. - Jmabel ! talk 19:41, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • E.g. something like this, which wouldn't involve Commons at all (except as a source for the arrows):
2. Scrub phase
Font Awesome 5 solid chevron-left.svg
 1. Park phase
Font Awesome 5 solid chevron-down.svg
Font Awesome 5 solid chevron-up.svg
3. Grove phase
Font Awesome 5 solid chevron-right.svg
 4. Breakup phase

Jmabel ! talk 20:02, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Jmabel, that is a brilliant idea! I hadn't thought of it, but limiting the information in the image to a minimum to add context in the description is perhaps the best way to avoid future difficulties. Thank you sincerely for your valuable advice and for your time and effort. -AndersenAnders (talk) 20:24, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Category:General Index Cards of New York (state) infantry units in the American Civil War[edit]

All of the categories here link to the incorrect parent category about the infantry unit, because they don't have the Volunteer in them Lallint⟫⟫⟫Talk 17:16, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Subir una foto[edit]

El sistema no me permite subir una foto propia Wikiquinde (talk) 21:20, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Upload a photo
The system does not allow me to upload my own photo
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:06, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Wikiquinde: Hola, y bienvenido. Lamento informarle que activó Special:AbuseFilter/153 al intentar cargar una foto jpg más pequeña (<50,000 bytes o <2,000,000 píxeles) en una wiki como usuario nuevo. La foto que intentaste subir es más pequeña e indicaste que es tu propio trabajo. Por lo general, cuando alguien sube una foto más pequeña, es una violación de derechos de autor tomada de la web. Si tomó la foto usted mismo, cargue el original de tamaño completo según COM:HR/es, incluidos los metadatos EXIF. Si no tomó la foto, consulte Commons:Licensing/es para saber por qué no podemos aceptarla tal como está, y pídale al fotógrafo que publique el permiso Commons:Licensing para dicho trabajo en su sitio web o presencia en las redes sociales o enviar la foto y el permiso a través de VRT/es con una copia al carbón. Si no puede obtener una licencia compatible, la foto aún puede cargarse en Wikipedia en inglés de conformidad con en:WP:F porque no permitimos el uso justo aquí. Si usa nuestro Asistente de carga en su lugar, debería poder evitar ese filtro.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photo as a new user. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it as-is, and have the photographer post Commons:Licensing compliant permission for such work on their website or social media presence or send the photo and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 22:06, 16 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How to remove logo from Wiki Commons[edit]

I was trying to update a logo for a company to be higher resolution and accidentally uploaded their logo to wiki commons. How do I remove it? I don't want to infringe on their copyright. Also what is the best way to update their logo without infringing on their copyright? JTRamsey (talk) 06:02, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I have correctly uploaded the higher resolution logo correctly under fair use 'logo' designation and used that on the company article page. Is there a way to remove the original logo I uploaded from Wiki Commons? That upload still says there is no copyright license and it is free to use (which is inaccurate). JTRamsey (talk) 06:59, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Edit the file description (using the "Edit" link near the top of the page) and add {{subst:my bad upload}} at the top, and click "Publish". Commons generally honours uploaders' requests for deletion of unused, recently uploaded files, and that template requests deletion under that criterion. --bjh21 (talk) 09:12, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
file:FIGS LOGO BLACK-02-large.png.webp is the file in question; looks like it's {{PD-text}} to me, but if the judgment is to not keep it then you're in luck because it's already been nominated for speedy deletion, which will remove it within a week. Arlo James Barnes 09:49, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
...and it's gone.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 14:51, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the quick response! Looks like it got fixed. I appreciate your support, Jeff! JTRamsey (talk) 20:28, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@JTRamsey: You're welcome! Thanks to @Túrelio for the deletion.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 07:04, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright help regarding File:61c4a8d41a8fc.jpg.webp[edit]

Добрый день, подскажите, как мне загрузить фото правильно, если я взяла его с сайта в интернете, указала сам сайт откуда было взято фото, автора фотографии, но скорее всего выбрала не ту форму лицензии Какую нужно выбрать в таком случае и возможно нужно что-то ещё для правильной загрузки фотографии? Буду очень благодарна за ответ

--Anna Hrishko (talk) 15:12, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good afternoon, tell me how to upload a photo correctly, if I took it from a site on the Internet, indicated the site itself from where the photo was taken, the author of the photo, but most likely I chose the wrong form of license Which one should be chosen in this case and perhaps something is needed then for the correct loading of the photo? I will be very grateful for the answer.
translator: De728631 (talk) 15:59, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Anna Hrishko: Hello. You can only upload images from the internet if there is a free licence present at the source website, or if the image is clearly out of copyright for other reasons. This image cannot be uploaded though because it is copyrighted and does not have a free licence from the copyright holder. De728631 (talk) 15:59, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Page still not published - Am I missing any step ?[edit]

Hi, I had created a new wiki page last month and its still under "draft" mode. I wish to know if there is any step that is missing from my end to help publish the page. Any information on this would be very much helpful :) Thanks a lot in advance. Haricoolanim (talk) 21:06, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Qub[edit]

Hello - So this category should actually be named Category:Qubo as it related to a television station (see simple:Qubo and d:Q7269661). The problem is the articles are connecting to the cat Qub when it should be Cat Qubo with the infobox and whatnot on that page. The current qub also has two category links in it relating to transportation which it should not have so those pages are incorrect. So I am proposing as it will not let me do it:

1. Add {{Wikidata Infobox}} to a new cat page named Category:Qubo and then when that is done, can you please ping me so I can make the updates through wd and simple please? Thank you. PotsdamLamb (talk) 23:41, 17 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience links: Category:Qub, Category:Qubo, Dreamworks Junior (Q7269661). - Jmabel ! talk 02:18, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Looks to me like Category:Qub is in the right place for it's (one) subcat, but needs parent categories of its own. Qubo is something else entirely, and so far has no category. @PotsdamLamb: are there images you want to place in Category:Qubo? Just create Category:Qubo with appropriate parent categories, and put the images in it. On Wikidata I'll remove Category:Qub from having any connection to Dreamworks Junior (Q7269661) right now (that's just wrong) and when you've created the new category we can connect that appropriately on Wikidata. I'll try to sort out what Category:Qub is actually about. - Jmabel ! talk 02:25, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: That is correct. Qubo is a television channel (now defunct) but pages are linked to that wikidata which is fine. It’s the commons page that is not correct as the Qub has the Infobox and two subcats about transportation on it. The commons cat for Qubo would need just the Infobox moved to it once created. I do not know how to do that on commons which is why I posted it here. WD is fine and doesn’t need to be moved as it will unlink the 3 articles (I believe) that are attached but there is something telling Qubo to point to Qub in commons. Thanks PotsdamLamb (talk) 02:32, 18 July 2022 (UTC) PS Qub is a bus company somewhere in the world.[reply]
@PotsdamLamb: No, Wikidata was not fine and has now been fixed. And if you plan to use Category:Qubo as a category, you'll need more than just the infobox. You'll need parent categories (at least categories about it being a television channel and the cat for any parent organization that may have an existing category). Then at Category:Qubo (Q8614540) you'll want to add Category:Qubo as the Commons category. - Jmabel ! talk 02:41, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: Thanks. No there is media to go in it and there are parent cats I think it was owned by NBC or something. I’d have to look at the article again but it’s not a big deal. I just wanted to make sure the correct WD was pointed to it. Thanks again for your help. Much appreciated! PotsdamLamb (talk) 02:52, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@PotsdamLamb: If there is no media to go in it, don't create a category. With a very few specialized exceptions, we don't create a category on Commons until we have something to put in it. - Jmabel ! talk 03:39, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Creating a new Gallery[edit]

Hi, I am struggling with how to create a new gallery page of selected images from the large collection in the Category:Pancake Rocks. (Note: I understand the image formatting controls with the <gallery> control). The instructions for creating a new gallery page in Commons:Galleries say I can enter a name in the search box and then click on the red link (just like creating a new page in Wikipedia), but no red link is presented - only a heap of images. It is presumably easy to create a gallery page, but I am stuck. The instructions are either incomplete or wrong. Please help, thanks. Marshelec (talk) 00:29, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

רוצה להעלות תמונה החסרה הערך העברי יהודה גיל קצין איסוף של המוסד[edit]

450d3205tc נתן רונן (talk) 08:54, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wants to upload a picture that lacks the Hebrew entry Yehuda Gil Collection Officer of the Mossad
450d3205tc
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:01, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@נתן רונן: היי, וברוכה הבאה. אני מצטער להודיע לך שהפעלת את Special:AbuseFilter/156 על ידי ניסיון להעלות תמונת jpg קטנה יותר (<50,000 בתים) כמשתמש חדש. בדרך כלל כאשר מישהו מעלה תמונת jpg קטנה יותר, זו הפרת זכויות יוצרים שנלקחה מהאינטרנט. אם יצרת את התמונה בעצמך, אנא העלה את המקור שלה בגודל מלא לפי COM:HR, כולל מטא נתונים מקוריים של EXIF. אם לא יצרת את התמונה, אנא עיין בCommons:Licensing/he מדוע איננו יכולים לקבל אותה, ובקש מבעל זכויות היוצרים להעניק לה רישיון באתר הרשמי שלו או במדיה החברתית, או לשלוח את התמונה וההרשאה באמצעות VRT/he עם עותק אליך. אם אינך יכול לקבל רישיון תואם, ייתכן שהתמונה עדיין תועלה לוויקיפדיה האנגלית או העברית בהתאם ל-en:WP:F או he:וק:רתש כי אנחנו לא מאפשרים שימוש הוגן כאן.
Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/156 by trying to upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes) jpg image as a new user. Usually when someone uploads a smaller jpg image, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you created the image yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including original EXIF metadata. If you did not create the image, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the copyright holder license it on their official website or social media, or send the image and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the image may still be uploaded to English or Hebrew Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F or he:וק:רתש because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:01, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

artikel[edit]

was bezig met een nieuw artiekel te maken maar kan dit nooit opslaan en een ander dag verder bewerken en daar door zijn mijn 25 paginas en ongeveer 8 uur werk weg danku wel daar voor moest je et nog kunnen terug krijgen bednakt mo under site trekt echt op niet voor als je iets wil toevoegen amai Robin.deschamps (talk) 16:08, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

article
was busy making a new article but can never save it and edit it another day and because of that my 25 pages and about 8 hours of work are gone thank you so much for that if you could still get it back thank you mo under site is really picking up not for if you want to add something amai
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:21, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Robin.deschamps: Hallo, en welkom. Hier hebben we geen artikelen, zie COM:NOT.
Hi, and welcome. Here, we have no articles, please see COM:NOT.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:21, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
For what it's worth, you have no prior edits on Wikimedia Commons, not even deleted edits. Might this be about nl:Wikipedia:Misbruikfilter/Foutieve meldingen? - Jmabel ! talk 17:58, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Earth 2022 (Malta)[edit]

Hi there, I was checking the requirements for this photographic contest; do the photos have to be taken at the given sites? I find it limits oneself.

thank you in advance :) Ezielia (talk) 20:04, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The photos must be of the nature of Malta. Ruslik (talk) 20:36, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures for federal judges deleted[edit]

I recently had a number of my pictures for federal judges deleted. They states for some of them I had the wrong date they had their senate judiciary committee hearing which is where I got the pictures from. One user stated the pictures were from C-Span which is not public domain. The pictures in question were not taken from C-Span, they were taken from the senate judiciary committee which is public. How can i go about getting those pictures reinstated back on the judges pages?

MIAJudges (talk) 21:12, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • @MIAJudges: In theory, you can start a request at Commons:Undeletion requests. In practice though: you keep uploading these without any clear sourcing and without any effective documentation of licensing. To take a typical example, currently nominated for deletion (though not yet deleted), File:Staci Yandle.jpg gives as a source "Senate judiciary comittee" (sic), but no URL or other indication of how you actually came by this file; it claims a cc-by-sa-4.0 license, which would appear to mean you agree that it is not in the public domain, but gives no indication who granted that license or where that grant of license might be documented. - Jmabel ! talk 22:01, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel

So I’m new at uploading pics. It was my understanding, from other judges that I saw with pictures such as Andre Mathis, that if I take a screenshot from their senate judiciary committee hearing then that was allowed. If that is correct, I listed I got it from their & the date. So are you saying I am missing the URL from the hearing for that day? If so, I would be more then happy to go in & enter them for each judge. I thought me indicating the place I got it from & date was sufficient enough but if not I can add the URL’s. Can you let me know if anything else is missing? You mentioned who granted me the license for the pics but if it’s from their hearing & it’s public record, so I still need permission from anybody? I appreciate any assistance you can offer.

MIAJudges (talk) 23:09, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MIAJudges: I still don't understand at all where you got these from. You presumably weren't present and photographing at the hearing, so you have it from somewhere, and I presume that is somewhere on line so, yes, the URL for that should be provided as source. If these are (for example) {{PD-USGov-Congress}} then use that in place of a license, but what you put is {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}, which means the image is not public domain and the (in this case unspecified) copyright-holder has issued a cc-by-sa-4.0 license.
So, to place to start this is by fixing this for images currently facing deletion; then (once a few have been sorted out) come back to the current deletion request, where you will indicate the changes you've made to fix things, and point to this discussion here on the Help desk. Assuming there is a basis to keep these images, then once they are sorted out in terms of the deletion not happening, then it would be time to go back and make undeletion requests so the now-deleted images can be restored and fixed. Does that make sense? - Jmabel ! talk 23:45, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel

Ok so I guess that was my mistake. I did not enter {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}, I left it blank. So I guess that was automatically entered for me making it look like it’s not public domain.

They were all screenshots I took from their hearing (Just like the picture for Andre Mathis that another user put up last year) so I assume there is no issue with doing that, I just didn’t enter the URL. So tonight I will go in & edit each picture that has not been deleted yet with the URL from the SJC hearing for each in the format you put. Hopefully that will fix the issue that caused the deletion request. Thank you

MIAJudges (talk) 23:52, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MIAJudges: How are you viewing the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings so as to take screenshots of them? What channel, on what TV service, or what stream, on what service?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:21, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeff G.

I just go in the website & go to the corresponding date their hearing took place & take a screenshot. I understand I was suppose to include the URL for each of them now. This was my first time loading pics on Wikipedia & I thought me indicating “Senate judiciary committee” then including the dates for each was enough. I’m now being informed that is not enough so I was going to go through each picture & enter the URL for each. But now another user is saying I can never take screenshots. I just want clarification because they all were screenshots so if that’s not allowed I don’t want to waste my time entering the URL for each. I have seen screenshots for other federal judges such as the Andre Mathis page so that’s why I am confused to hear screenshots can’t be used now. Can anybody clarify?

MIAJudges (talk) 01:28, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the admin on enwiki that expressed concern about the screenshotting. While I can conceive of a way that screenshotting might be done, it would need to be done by someone with a very in-depth understanding of image policy and appropriate attribution. In almost all cases, it would be better done with a clearly-verifiable link to a clearly-verifiablly licensed or released image, rather than a derivative work from a video stream. Acroterion (talk) 01:35, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
& I'm still trying to understand: screenshotting what? If the stream was overtly public domain, this might be OK, but most streams, even streams of Senate hearings, are not PD. - Jmabel ! talk 01:43, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
They appear to be taking uploads by Judicial Watcher (talk · contribs) as a precedent. While I'm not convinced that a screenshot from that video stream is properly attributed by linking to the stream's URL, at least JudicialWatcher made an effort. Acroterion (talk) 01:46, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@MIAJudges in the upload wizard you selected "this file is not my own work", then filled out the source and author fields. in author you entered "unknown". then you selected "The copyright holder published this work with the right Creative Commons licence" -> "Creative Commons attribution share-alike 4.0". This license requires to attribute the author. But you entered that the author is unknown. It does not make sense and therefore the files are deleted. C.Suthorn (talk) 02:15, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@C.Suthorn

Yes I was informed by another user I did not enter the information correctly. It was my first time uploading pictures. I was willing to go into each picture & enter the correct information but another user told me it still might not be correct because I took screenshots & that is possibly not allowed as well. So I will not waste anytime & go in to enter the correct information unless it is confirmed me doing so will guarantee the picture will remain. It takes a lot of time & I don’t want to waste my time correcting each picture unless I’m informed the screenshots will be allowed to stay. So for now I will hold on from any further updates to the pictures.

MIAJudges (talk) 02:35, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MIAJudges: How about you do it for one file, and tell us which file?   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:50, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
That was my suggestion to them over on enwiki. Acroterion (talk) 03:03, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G. & @Acroterion
Ok, I just did a new one for Arianna J. Freeman. Please take a look at the link below & let me know if this would be acceptable or did I still do something incorrect?
Arianna_Freeman.jpg
MIAJudges (talk) 03:55, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@MIAJudges: Thanks, but that's not a link, File:Arianna Freeman.jpg is a link. Please use internal links. At what timestamp in the video did that image appear? Also, is it fair to assume that these videos like https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/03/02/2022/nominations were shot by employees of the US Federal Government in the course of their duties, in compliance with {{PD-USGov-Congress}}? See also COM:TALK.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:05, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Jeff G.

Yes it was taken by employees of the US Federal Government in the course of their duties. As for the time stamp, I can find it but where would that need to go, after the file name or in the description of what this is? As for how to write the file name, if I save it as File:Arianna Freeman.jpg then that would be the correct format?

MIAJudges (talk) 12:41, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MIAJudges: Yes. Appending " @1h23m45s" after the URL would be good.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 12:58, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
How about the update i just made now, anything missing? @Jeff G.
[[3]]
MIAJudges (talk) 13:30, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@MIAJudges: Hello. There is still something that doesn't make sense. You credited the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee as the author, but for the licence you used "I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licence: CC0..." Please note that extracting a single still from an existing film does not create a new copyright. The licence template for this file should be {{PD-USGov-Senate}}. De728631 (talk) 20:00, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@De728631
Ok, I corrected that. Can you all take a look to see if anything else is incorrect? I am just starting to upload the photos & will use this link as a template for the others so I want to make sure it is perfect before I spend anytime moving forward on all of the others I need to update. Thank you
@Acroterion @C.Suthorn @Jeff G. @Jmabel
MIAJudges (talk) 20:20, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I made a final small correction (weblinks go into a single set of square brackets, while internal "wikilinks" use two sets of brackets). But the file looks fine now. De728631 (talk) 20:23, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
One further tweak. In this usage, it's best that the URL is visible. - Jmabel ! talk 20:47, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ok great. So I will use the Arianna Freeman template going forward. It will take me through the end of the week to update all of the others because I have to go & find the time in each SJC hearing that the screenshot was taken & that takes a lot of time. I will update once all have been completed.
@Acroterion @C.Suthorn @De728631 @Jeff G. @Jmabel
MIAJudges (talk) 21:08, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
MIAJudges, you should also add suitable categories to the files per their articles as I have done for the Arianna Freeman photo. There may be more you can add if appropriate. Ww2censor (talk) 21:37, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ww2censor

For sure. I had added “Judiciary” for each of them before they were deleted. I will do so when I update each of them again.

MIAJudges (talk) 21:54, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MIAJudges The more precise category for this files is Category:Members of the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. GeorgHH • talk   22:14, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@GeorgHH
Ok copy. I changed it to that category & will use that one instead for the others.
MIAJudges (talk) 22:18, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I will help you to categorize the images in the next few days. GeorgHH • talk   22:36, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Acroterion @C.Suthorn @De728631 @Jeff G. @Jmabel

Once I have corrected the errors & uploaded the pictures again, is there anything else I need to do? I just want to make sure I don't do all of this work & Wikipedia isn't aware I made the corrections & delete all of them. So far I have completed the following files & I will update as I complete more tonight.

File:Staci Yandle.jpg File:Landya McCafferty.jpg File:Katherine Failla.jpg File:Judge Pamela Chen.jpg File:Judge Jeffrey Meyer.jpg File:Judge Jay Moody Jr.jpg File:Jeffrey Schmehl.jpg File:Judge Jane Kelly.jpg

MIAJudges (talk) 00:31, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In my view, as long as the sourcing, licensing and attributions are found acceptable by consensus on Commons, they should be safe. Acroterion (talk) 00:56, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ok great. I wasn’t sure if I needed to do anything else because they were dogged for deletion but great. I’ll continue uploading & updating per the messages above. Thanks @Acroterion

MIAJudges (talk) 01:07, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It might be worth mentioning this discussion on the deletion nominations, though. Acroterion (talk) 01:33, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@MIAJudges: please don't re-upload images. If they've been deleted, wait until the current deletion request is favorably decided, the bring anything that was already deleted to Commons:Undeletion requests, citing the more recent decisions in favor of keeping.
Also, please, when you refer to a file here (or in pretty much any discussion on Commons), use the form File:Staci Yandle.jpg, not just File:Staci Yandle.jpg. That way you get an inline link. - Jmabel ! talk 03:36, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
And now I see that at File:Arianna Freeman.jpg you did re-upload one that had been deleted, rather than fixing ones that are currently nominated for deletion. Please do no do this. It is absolutely not OK to re-upload like this after a deletion decision. I know you are well-intentioned but, again, this is what Commons:Undeletion requests is for. Someone who had not been so engaged in discussing this with you, and didn't know exactly what was going on, could readily block you for re-uploading after a deletion. - Jmabel ! talk 03:49, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel
Hello,
I already uploaded numerous photos with the updates that was written on this thread earlier today. I asked was there anything else I need to do before doing so & was told as long as the licensing was correct there shouldn't be an issue. Can't I just note this discussion on that talk page so anybody that was not in this conversation can reference it since I've already uploaded a couple dozen of them? Or do I need to go & delete them all again?
MIAJudges (talk) 03:56, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@MIAJudges: I think I've been pretty clear to you in my advice about how best to go about this. You are, of course, free to do something else, at the risk that things will not work out as well (e.g. further files may be deleted; an admin who has not been following all of this may see you re-uploading rather than going through undeletion & block you preemptively; etc.). - Jmabel ! talk 14:48, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like the deletion request has closed & the pictures were not deleted so I thin we are god now. I will go ahead & start the rest of the pictures over the rest of the week. Thank you all for your help. I'm sure everyone will enjoy the pages having the pictrues on them as much as I do so I appreciate your assistance with helping me get it right.
MIAJudges (talk) 21:15, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel

I went ahead & put in the request on Commons:Undeletion requests. I also put a note on the deletion request pages directing anybody to this conversation as well. I will hold off on uploading the rest of the photos until I get a response hopefully in the next few days.

MIAJudges (talk) 17:56, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel

I just checked on a computer & yes you are correct. On my phone it looks like after the Ryan Nelson file the next line says “This deletion debate is now closed” but on the computer I see it’s talking about the next section. Ok I’ll continue to wait. Thanks for the clarification

MIAJudges (talk) 23:15, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Quiero leerlo en Espanol[edit]

Quiero leer est en Espanol 98.248.172.106 21:21, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Puede agregar "?uselang=es" o "&uselang=es" a cualquier URL aquí, según corresponda (si ya hay "?", use "&"). También puede iniciar sesión y establecer su idioma de visualización en español en sus preferencias.
You may append "?uselang=es" or "&uselang=es" to any URL here, as appropriate (if there is already "?", use "&"). You may also login and set your display language to Spanish in your preferences.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 01:25, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Eso, por supuesto, supone que están preguntando sobre ver Commons mismo. Aun admitiendo eso, la mayor parte del contenido simplemente no estará en español. - Jmabel ! talk 01:45, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: Por supuesto.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 02:02, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Por uselang: solo un "?"; por ejemplo "...?title=X&uselang=es" o "?uselang=es". –LPfi (talk) 16:10, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@LPfi: Si, solo un "?". Lo siento.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:15, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading[edit]

How do I add a template for a given link e.g. Template:Wiki loves earth 2022 to an uploaded picture or file of mine? Olympian Xeus (talk)

@Olympian Xeus: Hi again. The template name is case-sensitive, please use {{Wiki Loves Earth 2022}}, as in "{{Wiki Loves Earth 2022|ZM}}" without quotes or nowiki tags.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 10:50, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Photo[edit]

So I want to upload an official portrait of a Russian official and it doesn't say on the website if I can use it freely or not. Can I upload it? JanokJanokJanokJanokJanok (talk) 10:26, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@JanokJanokJanokJanokJanok: Hi, and welcome. You probably may not upload it per COM:NETCOPYVIO, but see also COM:Russia.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:01, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Okay Thanks! JanokJanokJanokJanokJanok (talk) 00:55, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add a logo to a business page?[edit]

I would like to add the logo of https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Wijnen to their page. How can I do this? Comvanwijn (talk) 11:32, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Comvanwijn: Hi, and welcome. If https://www.vanwijnen.nl/wp-content/themes/vanwijnen/images/logo_van-wijnen.svg can be held to comply with {{PD-textlogo}} or you can get a free license from the company, you may upload it here and use it per en:H:PIC or nl:WP:IMG. If not, you may not do that, as Dutch Wikipedia has chosen not to have an Exemption Doctrine Policy.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 11:43, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Newbie editor - photo from website?[edit]

Hello! I'm a new editor, trying to update an image for an image-less page (in this case the Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services of India...). The organizations website has a photo- am i not allowed to use it for Wikipedia? Even though it is tied into the official website of the entry? Thank u in advance SantosLHalper2020 (talk) 16:59, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Scientific names[edit]

Question: Is there a policy in Wikimedia Commons for spelling scientific taxon names and synonyms? F. Riedelio • talk 10:06, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean? Scientific taxon names and synonyms follow the grammar rules set by Latin language, you should read a Wikipedia article on a binomial nomenclature that uses taxonomy rules in Latin if you want to learn how taxon names are spelled. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 11:37, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In other words, do the guidelines in Wikipedia also apply to Wikimedia Commons? F. Riedelio • talk 06:25, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a Wikipedia guideline, what I linked is a regular encyclopedia article that describes typical signs of binomial Latin nomenclature, where you can access the Latin grammar rules. It's just that, grammar. Of course words do not necessarily need to follow the Latin grammar, binomial names could be created from Greek words instead, and later "latinized" (eighter latinized without or with latinizing the grammar). But generally speaking, Taxons are spelled using Latin names. As for an official Wikimedia guideline that would apply, I know of none. Uploaders however typically use the scientific taxon names, because they're used internationally by scientists all around the world. Nobody says you can't use your national name for that species, it's just that people here mostly use the scientific name so the file is described using internationally recognisable term. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 06:36, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your detailed answer. --F. Riedelio • talk 13:45, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

photos[edit]

Bonjour, J'ai des photos sur wikipedia que j'ai transmises, elle sont signées BERNARD13 mais c'est tout, il n'y a pas de lien vers ma messagerie ou mon site. Ces photos, par exemple " les ruines hélléniques de la place de la Bourse à Marseille", le papillon Tircis sur ceanothus, les danseurs du Pilu-Pilu,etc . Donc si quelqu'un veut me joindre il n'y arrive pas, inconnu ! bernardpj1937@gmail.com Merci de voir 93.5.239.173 15:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

pictures

Hello, I have photos on wikipedia that I sent, they are signed BERNARD13 but that's all, there is no link to my email or my site. These photos, for example "the Hellenic ruins of the Place de la Bourse in Marseille", the Tircis butterfly on ceanothus, the Pilu-Pilu dancers, etc. So if someone wants to reach me, they can't, stranger! bernardpj1937@gmail.com

please watch
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:17, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@BERNARD13: Salut et bienvenue. Veuillez rester connecté et vous pouvez divulguer une quantité raisonnable d'informations vous concernant sur votre page d'utilisateur User:BERNARD13.
Hi, and welcome. Please stay logged in, and you can disclose a reasonable amount of info about yourself on your user page User:BERNARD13.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 16:17, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Persian translation help[edit]

Regarding this file. I assume it's Persian because the source appears to be a site in Iran. It could also be Arabic. There's not enough description for me to be able to rename it properly, so any help is appreciated. Thanks! ···日本穣 Talk to Nihonjoe 17:40, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I should note that, once I know what the text says, I can rename it appropriately. I only need help with knowing what it says. ···日本穣 Talk to Nihonjoe 17:42, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The licensing claim there is obviously bogus, though it is probably {{PD-inelegible}}.
  • The author, description, etc. are all basically nonsense: a URL that appears to be unreachable. - Jmabel ! talk 22:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I agree about the licensing claim. The URL might be only accessible within Iran. I know some places have crazy restrictions on things related to Iran. ···日本穣 Talk to Nihonjoe 23:45, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The URL in question (https://www.dfrc.ir/Portal/View/Page.aspx?PageId=2aac855c-95ce-43d4-a117-04c9221b76a4) appears in every single description field, whereas it only should be in the source field. And the image is low resolution JPEG as well. It could be just a mistake by the uploader, but it could also be a spam upload. I'm not going to visit the URL from a company computer as I lack necessary tools to do so properly and securely (I might be able to connect to the site throuh Tor Browser at home). There is also a Google Translate from an image, you could try that. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 06:24, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like this one says something about "Presidency of the country's program and budget organization, Center for Development and ??? Research". The question mark part didn't translate right (came across as "Aind and Carey", whatever that's supposed to be). ···日本穣 Talk to Nihonjoe 16:56, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Also, it seems that it may be Persian, because the user:Mahdieh.n74 has uploaded another file, and this one does specify the uploader has uploaded the file from Persian Wikipedia and possibly not knowing they've left Persian Wikipedia. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 06:40, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Possible. ···日本穣 Talk to Nihonjoe 16:56, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I've moved the file here. If someone who knows Persian can review the title and description, that would be great. It's possible I made a typo or three. ···日本穣 Talk to Nihonjoe 17:38, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Error mesage, how to fix it?[edit]

[d9338f5f-62a5-4e3c-a917-43dc87494c8f] 2022-07-20 18:52:19: Fatal exception of type "Error" Dion Art (talk) 18:54, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Dion Art: Please see COM:VP#ERROR IN UPLOAD WIZARD.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 18:58, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Antonio Iaccovazo[edit]

Eu quero participar do concurso unidades de conservação mas não consigo pois minha conta está enixistente 179.251.202.175 20:49, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Antonio Iaccovazo
I want to participate in the conservation units contest but I can't because my account is out of stock
translator: Google Translate via   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:27, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Olá, e bem-vindo. Por favor, use Special:CreateAccount para criar uma conta e participar.
Hi, and welcome. Please use Special:CreateAccount to create an account and participate.   — Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me 21:27, 20 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Löschen einer Foto Datei[edit]

Ich möchte insgesamt 3 Foto Dateien bei Wiki Commons löschen. Der Grund: die Meta Angaben zum "Fotograf" sind falsch und diese 3 Foto Dateien werden für meinen WIKIPEDIA Artikel nicht benötigt. Folgende Foto Dateien möchte ich löschen: Villa Wilhelm Eilers, Greiz, Foto Alfons Meerbusch 1.jpg Villa Wilhelm Eilers, Greiz, Foto Alfons Meerbusch 2.jpg Villa Wilhelm Eilers, Greiz, Foto Alfons Meerbusch 3.jpg

Wer kann mir dabei helfen? Vielen Dank!!!!

Alfons Meerbusch Alfons Meerbusch (talk) 08:42, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. --Túrelio (talk) 09:39, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks for the help!!! Alfons Meerbusch (talk) 10:29, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Googleで十六夜咲夜 イラスト フリーライセンスと調べて出てきた画像をアップロードしてもよろしいのでしょうか?[edit]

Googleで十六夜咲夜 イラスト フリーライセンスと調べて出てきた画像をアップロードしてもよろしいのでしょうか? あいうえかきさ1 (talk) 10:51, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

フリーなライセンスを供与済みの画像もしくはパブリックドメインであることが明白でない画像は受け付けることができません — インターネット上に公開されている画像のほとんどは、フリーなライセンス供与済みではなく、コモンズにアップロードしてもすぐに削除されます。 (Commons:最初の一歩/ファイルのアップロード) ···日本穣 Talk to Nihonjoe 17:43, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Edited photograph format[edit]

Hello, I have a question about the format I should use to save and upload some images.

Commons:File_types#JPEG tells that «if the original file is in JPEG, it generally makes no sense to convert it to PNG: converting a lossy compression into a "lossless" format doesn't buy you anything since the "loss" already occurred in the original» - and that makes sense. However, Commons:File_types#PNG tells that «if you edit the JPEG, it’s not a bad idea to save a PNG copy before closing the program used to edit it; this provides a copy that someone else can edit without causing progressive degradation».

Now, I'd like to upload some photographs taken in JPEG. It's clear to me that I should keep them in JPEG format, so that they don't get their quality reduced. However some of them must be rotated. If I understand how lossy and lossless works, the rotated version will be degraded whichever format I choose, so it would be wise to use PNG, thus providing an image that won't be degraded in case of further edits. This seems logic to me, but I am quite confused because Commons:File_type#PNG suggests to «save a PNG copy» instead of something like just «save and upload in PNG format». Can someone provde advice about that? --CosyCobra (talk) 15:11, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • If the rotation is a multiple of 90 degrees it can be lossless, even for a JPEG.
  • If the rotation is not a multiple of 90 degrees it will by lossy regardless of format, but may be more lossy in JPEG.
  • If you upload the JPEG original and then upload the rotated version as a new version, the original remains available to anyone who actually needs it. - Jmabel ! talk
So I should upload the original not rotated file in JPEG, then:
  1. if the image is rotated by 90x degrees, upload a new version in JPEG (so that there is no quality loss);
  2. if the image is rotated of another value, upload a new version in a lossless format (there is an unavoidable quality loss, but the rotated version can be edited without further degradation).
I got it right? And what about cropping? --CosyCobra (talk) 16:21, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If you do a lossless rotate, there is no need to upload anything but the rotated image. If you do lossy changes but already uploaded the original, derivatives can be made from it rather than from the rotated version, especially if you tell what you did ("rotated 1.5° clockwise"). If you do something more complicated, then saving as PNG before closing the image editing program may make sense.
Cropping with the right tools is lossless (for the kept region) if you crop off from the upper or left parts by multiples of 16 pixels or from the right or bottom parts keeping a multiple of 16 pixels. Cropping from the left or the top by non-multiples requires recoding all of the image (adding loss), doing so from the right or bottom requires recoding just the rightmost or bottommost few pixels.
(All this given that the image's coding agrees with the view, otherwise things may be reversed.)
–LPfi (talk) 16:42, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
In my opinion ("it's not a bad idea" is not policy), if you upload the original, there is no particular reason to save off PNG versions. I certainly do not save off a PNG of my own uploads that require post-processing: I upload the original, and I upload the modified version as a new version. - Jmabel ! talk 16:51, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to both. I got it, and I also found jpegtran for lossless edits. --CosyCobra (talk) 08:04, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes check.svg Resolved
I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. --CosyCobra (talk) 08:04, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Where do I go to continue tagging pictures?[edit]

I have tagged several hundred pictures in idle moments in recent months. Now I have lost the address, and can't find the source. Could someone please tell me the appropriate URL or button or what not? JonRichfield (talk) 15:48, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

a number of tools are mentioned at Commons:Structured data/Navbox. --C.Suthorn (talk) 16:45, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Journal Article figure[edit]

I have found a journal article where some of the figures could help expand the coverage of centipedes on Wikimedia Commons. The article is released under Creative Commons Liscence ("This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.") Does this include the images and figures? Can I upload one to Commons? Edward-Woodrow (talk) 13:58, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Navigating categories[edit]

Is there a way to see quickly the files under one category, avoiding to go through subcategories? the subcategories seem to proliferate beyond control. Example: if I want to see all images of Italy in the 1700 I need to go through subcategories by decades and under each decade subcategories by year (and others too). Often subcategories only list more subcategories and no files. To observe may be a few dozen files I need to go through >100 subcategories. This does not seem very intelligent. Am I missing another way? Tytire (talk) 16:13, 22 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My files may be deleted! Help![edit]

Hello I have only just joined commons and have contributed half dozen items. Now, I have chosen to add material to human body, content which I know is always controversial at most times.. however the video excerpts were put into the correct categories, and text descriptions were added, which I believe are appropriate to subject. In fact the descriptions are brief well written descriptions, of medical terminology, which should give credibility. This should therefore fit well the remit on educational focus for commons. I know this topic is always a talking point in human society ( even these days!) But I wish it to be know I did not just put on ( as has been suddenly hinted at) "porn".. which it is NOT. I placed on edited, cropped transcripts of real life biological processes, on male body, in a way which I believe fits in with existing material on commons. I note also that the site has many sexual items on already, and when I was considering placing items on myself, I took into account these other items; but then decided that there was a space for my own editions too. My videos deal with natural sexual functions in a direct but well filmed manner; they are clear, edited, described, and partially cropped to protect the male models identity as well. I do have editing experience and media knowledge also; so I should know what I am doing. They are short educational mini films, not based in a studio with arc lamps, filters, nor glamour models.. instead a real body really seen as it is. I note many other sexual images on site; which I find much more offensive..I shall not name the page; for example a male dropping his trousers and relieving himself in a public park, by a lake ! Do you call that educational? Or what of the many other more dubious subjects currently on the pages? Some I would say are barely legal. And besides.. much more genuinely pornographic than anything I could have imagined. And yet my half dozen productions are deemed so awfully rude, they are apparently now PORN ! This I find grossly insulting; to be made out as the odd one out in the equation. In fact i find the comments discriminatory in the normal sense of the word. But what difference will it make if my few items are deleted? Because the rest of the genuine porn on commons will remain .. and if a certain immunity has built up for them alone; and the rest? Heaven knows !

Finaly I again restate my objections to be made out as having put PORN on this site. That is an objectionable thought, and I would ask that remark is immediately removed Please leave the few items on site; there is (by page views) a need for people to see and learn from them, as they already do on all the other categories too. I trust the (imagined) democratic process will leave ultimate decision on this matter in the hands of more than ONE administrator? But as with most democracies; I hold little hope ! Please reply to my concerns swiftly. Yours hopefully; Dissappointed User longlinbs109 Possibly soon to be exiting Commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Longlinbs109 (talk • contribs) 01:35, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Longlinbs109: as you were told on your talk page, "please make your arguments on Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Longlinbs109." You have still said nothing there, and it is most likely the only place where the people making decisions about deletion or no will see your remarks. - Jmabel ! talk 03:52, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading higher resolution pictures in an article[edit]

I would like to upload higher resolution versions of the 6 pictures shown in the Gallery of the following article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Moss_Bennett The Upload Wizard is blocking this. Do I have to slightly change the titles to accomplish this? BFP1 (talk) 08:40, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to upload a separate version as a new file, then yes, you have to alter the title slightly. If you want it to be accessible under the same title, replacing the lower resolution ones, upload a new revision of the same file (you can click a link down on the file description page to upload a new revision), not through an Upload Wizard. However, I would advice you to upload a new file instead. Polda18 (discussion • contributions) 10:47, 23 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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