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Copyright gray area

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

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

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

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

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

Image file improvement

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

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

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

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

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

Help getting photo to show up in infobox

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Flickr Image Can't be uploaded by wizard

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

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

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

Brand names

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

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

File renaming

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

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

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

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

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

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

how do you directly create a redirect

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

here is the list of redirects I would like created

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

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

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

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

add inheritance of categories

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

or

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

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

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

Communist symbols

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Image

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Images from my Film page are being deleted

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

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

@Devesh dasani:

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

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

Clarification on Reuploading Images After VRTS Permission Email

Hi, @Hedwig in Washington

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

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

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

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

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

Hi @Hedwig in Washington@Jmabel

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

Thank you again for your guidance and support.

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

Best regards,

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

New Contributor Seeking Guidance on Uploading and Attribution

Hi everyone,

I'm new to Wikimedia Commons and would really appreciate some guidance. I have uploaded my own fitness-related photos and properly credit myself as the author, but I’m unsure how to do this without it coming across as self-promotion or violating any guidelines. Could someone kindly point me in the right direction on how to provide author information correctly while staying within Commons policies? Thanks in advance, and apologies if I’ve made any rookie mistakes so far! — Abooyeah (talk) 11:47, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

@Abooyeah: Commons has no rule against uploading content that you are connected to, as long as it is in scope. If you want the attribution to credit you by your real name, that's fine; have a look at almost any of my own first-party uploads to see a way to do that.

Wikipedia is a different matter. If you are considering writing about yourself there, [short version] don't; [long version] en:WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. - Jmabel ! talk 17:55, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

Athanasios Dalkafoukis

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

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

Template for two licenses (photo and underlying work)?

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

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

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

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

Copyright help regarding File:AlbertIIdeMonaco.jpg

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

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

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

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

@Rexophile:

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

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

"Article 38

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

licentie

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

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

Updating file

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

editing a file

Upload?

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

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

IP got blocked due to proxies

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

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

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

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

IP got blocked due to proxies

How can I get the IP that was blocked to be unblock and continue my upload Abdurrazaq A.F.O (talk) 11:45, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

Have a read of this page Commons:IP_block_exemption, and follow the instructions there. --99of9 (talk) 12:30, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

@Abdurrazaq A.F.O: Also, you may wish to see en:User:Jeff G./IP address tools.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:41, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

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

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

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

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

picture changing

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

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

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

Possibly not own works

all these images need removed.

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• File:JimVarney1993.jpg
• 

HIGHLY doubt these are own works 75.89.79.114 01:09, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

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

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

YÜKLEMELERİM

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

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

PUBLISHING IN WIKIPEDIA

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

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

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

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

Dear Wikimedia Support Team,

I hope this message finds you well.

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

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

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

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

Warm regards,

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

@Kasagoni shiva Some WP-guidance:

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

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

Error uploading File:Seattle Central Waterfront District 1918.png

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

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

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

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

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

What's changed in ordering images in a category

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

@Lineagegeek: Someone inserted a defaultsort key [1]. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:36, 29 July 2025 (UTC)

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

Video uploading

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

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

Image question

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

• Yes - Jmabel ! talk 18:04, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

  Thanks :) 75.89.79.114 19:56, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Contact details for my family information request considered abuse?

My name is James Peter Liskutin. I am the family archivist and representative for my grandfather M. A. Liskutin DFC AFC. I originally set up the information and noticed I forgot to add our contact details for information request. I answer up to ten information requests a week regarding my grandfather's work. Most are international and educational requests. The information for contact details will be very helpful for undergraduates, veterans, scholars and documentary media. Please assist regarding this matter. For reference, check my email on Google to confirm. Yours faithfully. James Liskutin. (Grandson of General Miroslav Antonin Liskutin DFC AFC. James Liskutin (talk) 16:51, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

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

@James Liskutin: Hi, As mentioned on your talk page, you need to prove via COM:VRT that you are the copyright holder of Miroslav Antonin Liskutin's works, or the files will be deleted. Please do not post contact information on Wikimedia Commons, for your own security. Thanks, Yann (talk) 17:55, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

Besides needing to do the VRT thing (yes, that is really required in this case), on the contact front: as long as you monitor the email account you've associated with your Commons account, anyone can reach you that way. If you haven't done so already, you also might also want to make sure in your user preferences that you get emails informing you when someone edits your user talk page. And it is acceptable on your user page to indicate a website where you can more readily be reached, if there is one, but generally posting of emails, phone numbers, etc. on this site is considered a bad idea. - Jmabel ! talk 18:10, 30 July 2025 (UTC)

@James Liskutin: what you saw was an automated notice. It triggered because you tried place your email address inside a header instead of after it. The automated notice prevents new users from changing section headings. MKFI (talk) 06:37, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Edit Metadata Section

The imported metadata placed in the Metadata section is wrong for the File:Antique Pasta Press P001 crop.jpg. When it uploaded, it added in Short title: "I. DeFrancisci&Son Screw Press Model 1914" instead of I. DeFrancisci & Son Screw Press Model 1914". It looks like it did not like the ampersand. Is there a way to fix that? Thanks. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 14:35, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

@FieldMarine: I cannot find the problem you are referring to. Is this something you have already fixed yourself? If not, can you be more precise about the location of the problematic text? - Jmabel ! talk 17:12, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

The uploader wants to edit the metadata. In the line "Short title". By replacing the code for the ampersand (ampersand amp semicolon) with " & " (space ampersand space). -- Asclepias (talk) 17:51, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Meaning the EXIF metadata? (Everything but the picture is metadata, I thought they were referring either to wikitext or SDC).

As far as I know, the only way to change EXIF content is to download, edit, and re-upload. You can either use EXIFtool or (on Windows) the editing that is built into the Windows "properties" capability (in the "details" section of "properties"). - Jmabel ! talk 18:08, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Interesting. A Mediawiki API query confirms that the incorrect text is in the metadata that Commons extracted automatically from the media, it's not just rendered wrong in the default interface for the page. The weird part isn't even that the ampersand is converted to a HTML escape, but that the space around it are eaten. The file itself has “I. DeFrancisci & Son Screw Press Model 1914” in its IPTC and XMP metadata, so this doesn't appear to be an error in the file. Since this appears to be something Mediawiki has done, you may have to bug report it. – b_jonas 11:28, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Historical Photo

My family has a historical photo of Bishop John Tohill that I would like to add to his profile however I do not know who the photographer is and he would have died a long time ago as Bishop Tohill died in 1914. Can I add it? Chelseasweeney (talk) 20:58, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Almost certainly; as a work of unknown authorship published over 70 years ago. Assuming it was taken in Ireland, use {{PD-anon-70-EU}}. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:08, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Andy! Good to know! Chelseasweeney (talk) 23:25, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

Uploding futsal club logos

I would like to upload the logos of amateur futsal clubs. Most of them ceased operation years ago. I have no one to ask for the permission. Am I allowed to apply those logos? Zoran Stojanovic (talk) 22:31, 31 July 2025 (UTC)

@Zoran Stojanovic: Whether the club still exists or not has no bearing on whether the logos retain copyright. There is some chance that the copyright remains with the person who designed the logo; there is some chance the copyright belongs to whoever is the successor to their assets; assets might even have been individually sold. So if the logos are complex enough to be copyrighted and if (almost inevitably) they are not old enough to have aged out of copyright, they are copyrighted and you'd have a hard time even determining who would hold the copyright and could possibly issue a license. Very tough to work through obtaining any sort of license for something like that, probably not worth trying in my opinion.

If you can give URLs for some of the simpler logos in question, someone might be able to tell you whether they are so simple as to be ineligible for copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 04:29, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. These are amateur clubs, I don't think the copyright belongs to anyone who cares, but I won't upload anything without the consent. However, here is one of those logos: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=102336326260180&set=a.102334016260411 Is it enough simple to be eligible for copyright? Zoran Stojanovic (talk) 17:01, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

@Zoran Stojanovic: No, so I don't think this one can be uploaded unfortunately. —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 17:09, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

quiero ver mis archivos subidos en WIKI LOVES HEARTH

NECESITO QUE ME AYUDEN MALY BUSCADORES (talk) 03:53, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

@MALY BUSCADORES: puede ver todos sus archivos en Special:ListFiles/MALY_BUSCADORES. Es probable que puede ver los archivos especifico al concurso Wiki Loves Earth con la búsqueda insource:"Wiki Loves Earth 2025" insource:"MALY BUSCADORES" - Jmabel ! talk 04:36, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

Toni Volarić

My text has been deleted. I'd like to know how and why Samo more (talk) 10:03, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

You are probably referring to Wikipedia hr:Nacrt:Toni Volarić. --Achim55 (talk) 10:19, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

(Edit conflict) @Samo more: Hi, I suppose you are talking about hr:Toni Volarić. You have to enquire there, not on Wikimedia Commons, which is a different project. More generally, articles and personal pictures about non notable people are not accepted. Please read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 10:22, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

Is it possible do bulk download every revision of an image?

I need every version of an image, but I can't find a way to automatically do that. I don't want to manually download hundreds of images, is there a tool to automatically do that? Pnc4k (talk) 14:20, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

• There is no automated way to do this within Commons, and I seriously doubt any external tool would do this, since the file page contains thumbnails of the various versions, and only links to the files themselves. It should be possible to write a script to do such a thing, if there is more than a one-time demand for it. - Jmabel ! talk 02:59, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Mass rename of category

Hi, the category Category:Khatumo and all its subcategories will need to be renamed "Waqooyi Bari" since the state has had a rename. Is there anyone with tools or script knowledge wherewith a mass rename could be done? Girligaanshub (talk) 15:25, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

I can't think of any tool mass rename categories. Someone might be able to do this with a bot, though. - Jmabel ! talk 03:03, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Publishing page I've written, how to return

I was filtered as newbie, problematic. Forced to join, enroll. Now this I've done. How do i return to the place where i was publishing my written page? Dimitri Soltzinitzen (talk) 19:26, 1 August 2025 (UTC)

@Dimitri Soltzinitzen: I cannot think of anywhere on this site (Wikimedia Commons, which is a media repository associated with Wikipedia) where it would appropriate to "publish a written page." What exactly are you trying to do? What is the nature of this written page, and how would it be within the scope of this site? - Jmabel ! talk 03:02, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

@Dimitri Soltzinitzen: What IP Address were you using at the time, or what page were you trying to publish, on what project?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:21, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. I wrote a page on a dissedent named Boris. It was in regards to Russia, Putin. 2600:1012:B0B4:6BC1:8980:A694:C54E:25F9 11:49, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Please read COM:SCOPE. That does not at all sound like something that belongs on this site. Perhaps you are trying to write a Wikipedia article, either in English or in Russian? See en:Help:Your first article or ru:Справка:Ваша_первая_статья, respectively. - Jmabel ! talk 16:56, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

closing mass deletion with keep

I opened a mass deletion nomination a while ago. Although nobody replied, I have since realized that my premise for starting the nomination was unfounded, therefore I have withdrawn it, but I don't know how to do a "mass keep" and remove all the deletion notices. Can anyone help with this? Howardcorn33 (talk) 10:12, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

There's an admin tool for that, I'll do it. - Jmabel ! talk 17:38, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Sadly, though, the one thing that doesn't do is to add "kept" notices to the respective file talk pages. @Howardcorn33: you can either do that yourself, or it won't get done; that part is no easier for me than for you. - Jmabel ! talk 17:41, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

would it be ok if there was a "kept" notice added to the category talk instead? Howardcorn33 (talk) 18:46, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

• No, it would not. A person looking to nominate the page for deletion would probably never see it. - Jmabel ! talk 00:16, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

@Howardcorn33 and @Jmabel: I had my bot add the "kept" notices.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:17, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Howardcorn33 (talk) 06:10, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

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.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:49, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

I have a thing...

In my alerts notifications, there is a notification that says "Achim55 left you a message", when i go check it, it says "Reverted edits instead", how is this possible? ArtopiaBoy (talk) 10:28, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

@ArtopiaBoy: When was that notification sent, exactly?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:35, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Three months ago, see history on talk page ArtopiaBoy (talk) 01:00, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

@ArtopiaBoy: What you wrote is not exact. It appears Achim55 edited your user talk page (reverting twice) in late April, is that what you mean? You were not exact. Reverts on one's user talk page are considered by the software as changes involving the leaving of messages. You could report that the notification is not exact; see mw:How to report a bug.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:42, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Moving images in the same two categories into a single one

Is there any efficient way of moving multiple images that share the same two categories into one singular category? This would be beneficial as it'd help me not rack up so many edits. Aethonatic (talk) 21:24, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

@Aethonatic: Hi, and welcome. Have you tried Cat-a-lot?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:52, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Yes, but I'm not aware of any functionality it has that allows for batch moving of images from two categories into one. Aethonatic (talk) 21:55, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

@Aethonatic: What categories are you writing about?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:13, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I initially thought about this so I could efficiently move images in both Category:Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC integral buses in the United Kingdom and Category:Trentbarton (bus company) to Category:Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC integral buses of Trentbarton. I've already moved the images, but I'm still inquiring about this in case there's a way that allows for there to be one edit done to each image that sorts out the categories. Aethonatic (talk) 22:18, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

@Aethonatic: Those categories have: 7 C, 455 F; 2 C, 223 F; and 95 F (respectively). You want everything in Category:Alexander Dennis Enviro200 MMC integral buses of Trentbarton? What is to be done with the old categories, once they are empty?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:43, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

Like I've said, I've already moved the images myself. I should've asked this question before doing so in hindsight, but I think getting an answer now would be sufficient in the event I need to do something like this again in the future.

To be clear, I'm not talking about moving all of the images in each category, only the ones that cover both subjects/share both categories. Aethonatic (talk) 22:45, 2 August 2025 (UTC)

@Aethonatic: you first access one parent category and use Cat-a-Lot to move the chosen images from that category to the new category. Then you navigate to the new category and use Cat-a-lot to remove the other parent category from all images. - Jmabel ! talk 00:22, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Can I upload this image?

The first image here (https://phys.org/news/2015-07-bacteria-photosynthetic.html), with the caption: "University of Illinois researchers used the Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility to create a model of a complete 100-million-atom photosynthetic chromatophore", is from the same people that made this one:

Since the above file is open access, is it safe to assume that the other one (on phys.org) can also be used? Both media are from the same study (https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.09541) depicting the same subject, using the same model, but with the only difference that the one already uploaded is a video while the other is a still image. CheckNineEight (talk) 00:56, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

The article is under CC BY 4.0 but this image does not seem to be in the images of the article. -- Asclepias (talk) 02:40, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

But does that mean I can still take the phys.org image anyway? CheckNineEight (talk) 06:06, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

The license of the article does not cover material that is not in the article. Phys.org is not under a free license and is not the rights holder of the image. It credits M. Sener and A. Singharoy for the image. If you really want to use this particular image, you can contact one of them and ask if it is published under a free license and where they published it. The image might be under a free license in the original publication. If so, try to copy the image directly from the free publication, not from a non-free intermediary. If the image was never published under a free license, and if the authors agree to issue a free license now at your request, ask them to send the permission directly to Wikimedia, following the procedure described at Commons:VRT. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:12, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

More broadly, you might want to read Commons:Uploading works by a third party if you are doing this sort of thing. - Jmabel ! talk 16:58, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Would this map fall under US Government work?

https://maps.lib.utexas.edu/maps/imw/txu-oclc-6654394-nf-17-2nd-ed.jpg, made in 1961 by the US Army, but I’m unsure with copyright regarding US Gov’t works. If not is there any alternatives featuring these former road numbers of Cuba. Thanks ! CubanoBoi (talk) 01:50, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Yes, this is work by the Army Corps of Engineers {{PD-USGov-Military-Army-USACE}}. Abzeronow (talk) 01:55, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much! I will upload this now. CubanoBoi (talk) 01:59, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

File identification issue for File:Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House.jpg

After reviewing the information on the Wikipedia page which uses File:Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House.jpg, I've come to believe that the houses depicted are not the observatory and house. However, I based this identification on coordinates on the Wikipedia and Wikidata entries, and I believe those also need to be reviewed. Not sure what to do. (If it does turn out this isn't the place, I also want the file deleted. It serves no purpose if it does not depict the place.) Packer1028 (talk) 03:00, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

@Packer1028: It does not look like it [2] [3]. -- Asclepias (talk) 03:37, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

I’ll nominate it for deletion, but what should be done about the coordinates? That’s my big concern. Packer1028 (talk) 03:45, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

@Packer1028: You can use Google maps Terrain view and possibly Street view to see if they are plausible. - Jmabel ! talk 05:09, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

If they are inaccurate, you can correct them. The house is at the corner of Castle street and Highland avenue. On Google maps in decimals the observatory seems approximately at 42.87263N 77.00252W. -- Asclepias (talk) 05:19, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Vanish from Wikipedia

I need to vanish from Wikipedia. username cheekpa Cheekpa (talk) 03:08, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

@Cheekpa you measn like get your global account deleted? Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (please tag me) 03:12, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Right. Apparently you can't delete your account. You can only ask to "vanish". Cheekpa (talk) 03:35, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

@Cheekpa: Please see meta:Account vanishing. I hope you understand that you can't vanish just from Wikipedia, you'd vanish from all WMF sister projects. - Jmabel ! talk 05:11, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Organizing category by year

Hi, so Category:Norodom Sihanouk is pretty unorganized. How do I make a "by year" set of categories like in other categories of photos of people? TansoShoshen (talk) 07:25, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

@TansoShoshen: I would say there are not enough images there to merit by-year categories. If you want, though, you could add sort keys (e.g., for a given file, turn [[Category:Norodom Sihanouk]] into [[Category:Norodom Sihanouk|1960]]). That would put the existing files in chronological order. Of course, you'd want to check now and then for new files, because it's not a self-maintaining scheme. - Jmabel ! talk 17:01, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

About User:Maida1313n

User:Maida1313n uploaded for images from one scientific article (doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04641). He did not give credit to this article, even if the license required. This needs to be fixed. See images:

• File:Palpito22.webp
• File:Paplito.webp
• File:Paplito33333333333.jpg
• File:Palpito2222222222.jpg

Jako96 (talk) 11:30, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

• @Maida1313n and Jako96: That article is from a Springer journal, and I see no sign of a free license. - Jmabel ! talk 17:04, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

  These files should be removed then. Jako96 (talk) 17:08, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

 Done Files deleted, user warned. Yann (talk) 17:13, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. Jako96 (talk) 17:14, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

Wikipedia

How can I use the Wikipedia if it is not working please help me I need to watch some videos this is an unexpected when I try to use this page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simphiwe Hlongwane (talk • contribs) 19:31, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

@Simphiwe Hlongwane: If it's "not working" then I imagine you cannot use it. Have you tried a different browser or device? - Jmabel ! talk 00:06, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Copyright rules by territory/Ecuador

Hey everyone

Can someone create Template:NoFoP-Ecuador. 獅眠洞 (talk) 21:44, 3 August 2025 (UTC)

• @獅眠洞: would that be anything other that a duplicate of Template:NoFoP-France and its subpages, with "Ecuador" substituted for "France"? - Jmabel ! talk 00:09, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Could someone please explain me a use case where this kind of template makes sense in our policy and guideline framework? I just looked at a single random example in the French NoFoP category, and it was already a probable copyvio, sent to DR. Those NoFoP categories could be only be tools to sort such infringements, I fear, and is that worth the work? Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 00:34, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

I think u may look for COM:FOP of Country.Where It is explained and below(end of section) u can see discussion for Futher details. 獅眠洞 (talk) 00:38, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

It depends country wise example: China and India have FOP while Indonesia, UK-Australia(art in public space) doesn't.

See Commons:Copyright rules by territory. 獅眠洞 (talk) 00:42, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Permission to copy and use a file photo

Lt. John Bulkely photo file # g14252.jpg. I am writing the Centennial book of Del Monte Philippines. The book will feature the 1942 escape of Gen. MacArthur from Corregidor island to Australia via the Del Monte plantation in Mindanao. Lt. Bulkely was the skipper of PT41, which ferried MacArthur, his family and staff from Corregidor to Mindanao. May I have Wikimedia's permission use the above-cited photo of Lt. Bulkely? The book of course will give ample credit to Wikimedia. Please advise as well if there are fees to be paid. -- MANNY NISPEROS My contact: NisperosER@delmonte-phil.com MannyNisperos (talk) 08:58, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Convience link File:Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley g14252.jpg. Wouter (talk) 09:32, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

@MannyNisperos: You do not need a permission from Wikimedia. Anyway Wikimedia cannot give a permission because it does not hold a copyright. There are no fees. You do not need to "give credit to" Wikimedia. If you use this particular copy, you may, if you wish, mention Wikimedia merely as a source, but that is not an obligation. However, as mentioned relatively to your other question below, you may prefer to use a copy from another source. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:38, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Photo of Lt. John D. Bulkely - file # g14252.jpg

The file details say "this is in the public domain in the United States." Does the latter mean I can't use the above-captioned photo in a book that will be published (in English) in the Philippines, and distributed for free to company employees and retirees of Del Monte Philippines? -- MANNY NISPEROS <NisperosER@delmonte-phil.com> MannyNisperos (talk) 09:44, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

@MannyNisperos:

The banner that states "it is in the public domain in the United States" indicates only the status of the photo in the United States. It does not apply to other countries. The Copyright Act of the United States makes the works of the U.S. government free from copyright in the United States only.

"The prohibition on copyright protection for United States Government works is not intended to have any effect on protection of these works abroad. Works of the governments of most other countries are copyrighted. There are no valid policy reasons for denying such protection to United States Government works in foreign countries, or for precluding the Government from making licenses for the use of its works abroad." [4]

"Outside the U.S., the protection of U.S. government works is dependent upon the laws of that country. This is due to national treatment in the international copyright treaties, which means that you apply the law where the work is being used. Thus, if a U.S. government document is being photocopied in Canada or Italy, you apply the copyright laws of Canada or Italy. This means that in some situations, an unprotected work in the U.S. will be protected in another country. It also means that a U.S. government department may be approached for copyright clearance in a work that may be freely available in the U.S. but may be protected by copyright in another country." [5]

A book distributed in the Philippines must comply with the law of the Philippines.

The status of a photo in the Philippines is determined by the law of the Philippines. That law states that photos are under copyright in the Philippines for 50 years after the publication.

The source for this copy of the photo states that the photo was made circa 1942. The year of publication is not indicated. There are probably good chances that it was published before 1975 and in the public domain in the Philippines.

Note that you can obtain a copy of this photo in much higher resolution from other sources, for example www.history.navy.mil.

For more recent U.S. government works that may be under copyright in countries outside of the United States, permission for use can be requested from the relevant United States governmental organization that controls the work. Sometimes, such organizations offer their works, for example on the website flickr, under a free license, which applies worldwide and facilitates and guarantees the safe use of those works in other countries outside of the United States without the need to request additional permission. When a work is already in the public domain under the law of the other countries where the work is used, a permission or a license is not needed.

-- Asclepias (talk) 14:25, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Unblock My Wikimedia Account

I'm writing to request the unblock of my account, Janeesh_22. I apologize for any inconvenience caused by my past actions. I've contributed over 5800 edits and value the community.

I promise to follow guidelines and contribute positively from now on. Please consider unblocking my account.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely, IndikaFer82 (talk) 13:24, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

@IndikaFer82 and @Janeesh 22: Please search your user talk page User:Janeesh 22 for the text "Unblock", do what the surrounding text says, and stop socking. User:Yann: FYI.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:55, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

@IndikaFer82 and Janeesh 22: Yes, Jeff is right. First do not create alternate accounts. Then please read Commons policies about COM:SCOPE and copyright, and write a credible unblocking request from your main account. Yann (talk) 15:10, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

Archive search at Commons:Help desk

The "Search the help desk archives" searchbox doesn't search the help desk archives. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:31, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

See Commons:Village_pump#Issue_with_page_specific_search_boxes. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:41, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

So this has been broken since the 25th or earlier? That sucks a bit. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:53, 4 August 2025 (UTC)