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How to create celebrity account

Please answer Animesh Nandaa (talk) 18:12, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

I agree and thank you so much Adamambye44 (talk) 18:19, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Why Imakeflagsthe4th (talk) 05:38, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Images by David Clendining

The artist David Clendining had images uploaded to a gallery for his works to be used in a Wikipedia article. These have disappeared. They are owned images by the artist. How do I get them back or make them available for use? GYHASHAKE (talk) 19:47, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

They haven't disappeared, they were deleted: Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Exbellestartsit. There was no sufficient clearance for getting them hosted on Commons. Go through all relevant procedures per Commons:Volunteer Response Team#Licensing images: when do I contact VRT? with respect to Commons:Uploading works by a third party#If you need to obtain a license for copyrighted work, they can come back afterwards. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 21:32, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

@GYHASHAKE: There were quite a lot of images (about 50) discussed in the Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Exbellestartsit referred to above by Grand-Duc. Some of these might've been dupilcates (just going by some of the file names); so, the actual count might not be that high. Of course, Commons is happy to host any images provided by Clendining as long as they're licensed in accordance with Commons:Licensing; however, Commons is mainly concerned with the copyright licensing of the content it hosts, and there's no guarantee that any content hosted by Commons will end up being used in en:David Clendining or any other English Wikipedia article which mentions Clendining. English Wikipedia is also concerned with the copyright licensing of the image files used in its articles, but it's also concerned with the encyclopedic value and context of such images to its readers. Adding too many images to an image gallery of the article is not really a good idea per en:Wikipedia:Image use policy#Image galleries and most likely will end up with many of them being removed by other English Wikipedia users.

English Wikipedia articles are intended to be mainly text based with images occasionally added in support of the text; English Wikipedia articles about artists aren't really intended to be online photo galleries for the artists' work. Anyway, whether en:Draft:David Clendining is ultimately accepted as a Wikipedia article doesn't depend in any way on how many images are included in it; the draft is going to be assessed in accordance with en:Wikipedia:Notability (people). The draft has already been declined three times by three different reviewers; so, my suggestion to you is to focus on addressing the concerns left by those reviewers when they declined the draft and work on improving the draft to more clearly establish Clendining's Wikipedia notability to improve its chances of being accepted the next time its submitted. You should worry about adding more images to it only after the draft has been accepted. If the draft has ended up being accepted, you can then try to sort out which of the deleted images might work best in the article. There's no way to probably use them all, ut one or two considered to be representative of Clendining's style which can best be tied into the text of the article should be OK. You should also understand that once something has been uploaded to Commons under an acceptable copyright license, it can be hard to get deleted later on per Commons:License revocation, and others will be able to keep using the images (even in ways that Clendining might not like) as long as they comply with Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia. So, it might not be in Clendining's interest to upload so many images of his work to Commons because there's no way for him to ensure they'll only be used in someway on English Wikipedia or any of the other language Wikipedia's, and there's no real way to stop others from using them out in the real world (even for commercial reasons).

Finally, if you have a personal or professional connection with Clendining, you should make sure to take a close look at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Having such a connection doesn't mean you can't try to create an English Wikipedia article about Clendining, but it does mean that there are additional English Wikipedia policies and guidelines that apply to you and that others will expect you to comply with. Commons isn't really concerned with users who have a conflict-of-interest, but English Wikipedia is, and such users often find themselves running into problems if they fail to follow relevant English Wikipedia policies and guidelines regarding such connections. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:00, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

I understand all that you've said and thank you for taking the time to explain. The only thing that is confusing is your indication about licensing. All the pictures were coded, I believe, with the proper copyright license code. I was sure David used the proper steps in uploading his pictures, as we went over it together. They all seemed uploaded appropriately and coded {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}}. I will arrange to have uploaded only the pictures that ultimately will be used. Many of the previous ones were going to be used in the article, but I later had to reduce the content. GYHASHAKE (talk) 13:22, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

@GYHASHAKE: Hello,

Please note that the answers above do not imply that only the pictures that will be used on Wikipedia should be uploaded to Commons. On the contrary, as Marchjuly said above, "Commons is happy to host any images provided by Clendining" as long as there is evidence that there is sufficient permission in accordance with the policy of Commons. Then, it's all fine if he wants to upload any number of images.

You seemed to somewhat imply the following three facts, although it's not clear. Can you please clarify, as far as you can know, if: 1) User:Exbellestartsit is or is not David Clendining, 2) the photographs of objects were taken by David Clendining, or by User:Exbellestartsit if they're not the same person, 3) David Clendining emailed at least some sort of license and/or permission and/or account confirmation to the VRT.

If the deleted files did not have a VRT template, it could be because no communication was received or because the permission that was received was not sufficient and the copyright owner did not complete it. If a communication was received, its sufficiency is decided by the VRT. (Not speaking for them, but to be sufficient, a communication from David Clendining should probably include at least either a confirmation that User:Exbellestartsit is his account, or a statement that he agrees that the images of his works are shown in the photograhs that are under the free license in the specified files.) If you know that a communication was sent to VRT, you could ask at Commons:VRT/Noticeboard. They will not give you any detail, but they might tell you at least if something was received. Another possibility is that David Clendining may actually have sent a permission for the deleted files that you had uploaded with your account GYHASHAKE but not for the files uploaded with the account Exbellestartsit under different file names.

In File:Artist David Clendining, by Photographer Roberta Gal, 2018.jpg, you twice used the template "Self", thus seemingly stating either that you are Roberta Gal or that Roberta Gal legally transferred the copyright to you. Although a VRT administrator apparently validated your statement, it looks like it could be a mistake. Can you please clarify? If you are not really claiming to be the photographer and/or the copyright owner, please remove the two "Self" templates and please indicate the source explicitly.

-- Asclepias (talk) 18:03, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

I tried uploading the first time but I thought I did it incorrectly. The second time Roberta Gal verified her copyright. I thought the first image was removed. GYHASHAKE (talk) 18:35, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

@GYHASHAKE: When a Commons administrator deletes a file, my understanding is that it isn't really wiped away forever but rather is just being hidden from public view; the file is still somewhere in Commons servers so to speak and can be restored if the concerns that led to its deletion are subsequently addressed. When it comes to photographs of 2D/3D works of art, a lot depends on en:freedom of panorama (see also COM:FOP) and how this principle is applied under the copyright laws applicable to the statue. For countries that allow freedom of panorama for 3D works of art, someone can take a photo of such a work and upload it to Commons as long as they release their photo under an acceptable free license even if the photographed work is under copyright protection. In countries that don't allow freedom of panorama for 3D works of art, someone can still take a photo of such a work but can only upload it to Commons if both their photo and the photographed work of art are released under an acceptable free license (or the photographed work is no longer or never was eleigble for copyright protection). Of course, freedom of panorama can get more complicated depending on a country's copyright laws, but I think this is the basic premise. So, there's sometimes two copyrights that Commons needs to consider for photos of 3D works of art (one for the photo itself and one for the photographed work), and Commons can't host any photos in which both copyrights are clearly not in accordance with Commons:Licensing.

With the deleted photos, the first thing to assess is how or if freedom of panorama applies to them. If the applicable copyright laws allow unlimited freedom of panorama, all that really needs to be verified is the COM:CONSENT of the person who took the photo. If, on the other hand, the applicable copyright laws make no allowance for freedom of panorama, the CONSENT of both the person who took the photo and Clendining would need to be verified for Commons be OK in hosting the photos. So, even though the photos have been deleted, they can be restored if the necessary CONSENT can be verified, and typically this is done by Wikimedia VRT. If, by chance, the person who takes the photo and the artist who created the work are the same, then one CONSENT is often sufficient to cover both. If the person who upload the photos didn't take them themselves, the photos aren't their COM:Own work, and they'll need to provide some formal way of verifying the CONSENT of the person who did take them. Similarly, if they're not Clendining, then the photographed works also aren't their "own work", and they'll need to provide some way of verifying that Clendining has given his CONSENT. Without some way of verifying CONSENT, Commons will have hard time hosting the files. If a CONSENT email was sent to Wikimedia VRT, there should be a record of it. Whoever sent the email should've received a response containing a VRT ticket number, and this ticket number can be used by VRT members to try and sort things out. So, if you can figure out whether such an email was sent and get the VRT ticket number for it, you can ask about it at Commons:VRT noticeboard. VRT members won't discuss the details of any emails on the noticeboard, but one should be able to say whether it was verified or whether it had issues that still need to be resolved. If no email has been yet sent to VRT, you can ask the copyright holders to do so so now if you want. If VRT is able to verify consent, the deleted files can be restored. Since there's a lot of files which were deleted and possibly multiple copyright holders invovled, the same email can be used to cover multiple files for which the copyright holder is the same but the name of each file desired to be restored should be explictly mentioned.

If all this emailing seems to much of a hassle, Clendining can simply take his own photos of his work and post them somewhere online with a clearly visible copyirght license that meets Commons requirements. He could do this on his own official website or one of his official social media accounts if he wants, as long as the site can be directly tied back to him. If he uses a photo from before (i.e. one of the deleted photos), you can then request that the file be restored using COM:REFUND by providing the url address showing the same photo released under an acceptable license. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:35, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Anna Galitzine.jpg

Bonjour,

Cette photo est celle de ma grand-mère avec la Reine Eugénia-Victoria d'Espagne. Je l'offre libre de droit, comment faire ?

Cordialement, --GDKG (talk) 20:52, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

@GDKG: Êtes-vous l'héritier du droit d'auteur ? - Jmabel ! talk 04:25, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Absolument GDKG (talk) 06:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

@GDKG: Vous devrez ensuite fournir une licence telle que {{Cc-by-4.0-heirs}}, {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}}, etc. Ajoutez la licence à la page du fichier et supprimez le modèle qui signale l'absence de licence. - Jmabel ! talk 19:23, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Je n'arrive pas à le faire, aidez moi svp GDKG (talk) 19:44, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

@GDKG: Je ne peux légalement pas vous accorder la licence. Si vous ne la signez pas vous-même, elle n'a aucune valeur légale. - Jmabel ! talk 23:08, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

J'ai signé mais tout est très compliqué. Comment signer ??? GDKG (talk) 23:55, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

@GDKG: Ce n'est compliqué que si vous le compliquez. Votre modification ayant clarifié votre intention, je l'ai corrigée. Veuillez consulter la page du fichier. - Jmabel ! talk 05:12, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Merci, je suis peu doué à cet exercice de licences etc.

Je vous remercie infiniment.

Bonne journée. GDKG (talk) 07:48, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

LANCHA PACKEWAIA

en donde puedo encontrar una foto libre del sitio arqueológico Lancha Packewaia? AntonellayGuadalupe (talk) 23:58, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

@AntonellayGuadalupe: No sé. ¿Por que crees que un foto libre existería? - Jmabel ! talk 19:25, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

c'est ma photo familiale héritée comme des centaines GDKG (talk) 19:49, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

@GDKG: Je pense que vous avez fait cette remarque dans la mauvaise discussion. - Jmabel ! talk 23:09, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

G7 exception

Are there any exceptions of G7? For example, if the uploader of Steamboat Willie immediately tags it for deletion, do we respect their wishes? Likewise, if a person constantly uploads the same file and then tags it for deletion, is there a point where we tell them to stop? ANOTHERWlKlPEDlAN _{wɑit thɑt’s ɑ typo} 09:14, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

G7 cannot be used if the file is in use. There is also a guideline that says that G7 is only applicable up to 7 days from upload (although practically admins will generally grant deletion of unused files within the same month). Abzeronow (talk) 02:11, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

What I meant is more if the person who uploads this file immediately tags it for deletion after uploading it, before it is transcluded anywhere, should their wishes be kept?

ANOTHERWlKlPEDlAN _{wɑit thɑt’s ɑ typo} 20:12, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

G7 is always a bit of a "courtesy". If someone uploads clearly PD third-party material, then asks for a G7 deletion more likely we would just be willing to hide their account name as uploader than to delete. - Jmabel ! talk 04:28, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Then shouldn’t these exceptions be noted down on the criteria?

ANOTHERWlKlPEDlAN _{wɑit thɑt’s ɑ typo} 05:03, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

@Anohthterwikipedian: not really. If we tried to note down every piece of common sense that we apply, we would wildly bloat the policy pages without really gaining much clarity. - Jmabel ! talk 06:11, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Using photos for articles in wikipedia

I'm currently trying to make a wikipedia page about a criminal case in brazil, however im trying to upload the image of the victim, but it always get deleted. How can i upload the victim's photo? AloneSlk (talk) 13:31, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

@AloneSlk More details are needed. Did you take this picture yourself with your own camera? Have you created a WP-draft on this case you can link, so we don't have to guess about other relevant details? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:05, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

I didn't started it yet, bcz i need to wait for my account to be 4 days old and 10 edits. Sorry, i am a beginner at this. If you want the case name is Nicolly Fernanda Pogere, i will start to make the sandbox. AloneSlk (talk) 16:56, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

No, i didn't took any photos with my camera, i was uploading a photo of the victim. AloneSlk (talk) 17:07, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

@AloneSlk Then you can't upload a picture of the (dead [1]) victim on Commons. It may be possible to do so on English Wikipedia, which allows a non-free picture in very limited situations, but only if there is an existing article (not draft) to put it in. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:09, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

I don't know how but i saw some people putting image of a dead victim of a different case and it worked. Anyways, thank you, i appreciate it. AloneSlk (talk) 18:11, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Context matters. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:14, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

@AloneSlk Btw, you don't have to wait to start writing, you can use [2] to make a draft, if it's en-WP you're thinking about. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:19, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Its possible to use the image on portuguese version of article? Sorry for asking so much btw AloneSlk (talk) 18:20, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

You have to ask on the Portuguese WP. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 20:40, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

inversion de deux images me concernant

J'ai deux images sur Wikimedia :

- ma photo sous le nom Thierry Dalberto

- une peinture à l'huile dont je suis l'auteur sous le nom Thoniers de Concarneau.

Ces deux fichiers se sont mélangés ! Je n'arrive pas à remettre les bons fichiers à la bonne place.

Merci de me donner la marche à suivre.

Amicalement. Thierrynounours (talk) 16:52, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

@Thierrynounours: Bonjour, Vous pouvez voir dans vos journaux d'opération que ces deux images ont été supprimées le 20 juin 2025 par un administrateur qui les a jugées non reliées à la mission de Wikimedia Commons pour cause d'«images personnelles». Les images personnelles ne sont pas conservées à moins d'être utilisées sur un des sites de Wikimedia. Votre photo File:Thierry Dalberto.jpg pourrait peut-être être remise en ligne si vous en faites la demande sur la page Commons:Undeletion requests si par cette demande vous réussissez à convaincre les administrateurs de Commons que vous contribuez suffisamment à un site de Wikimedia, par exemple fr.wikipedia, et que si vous y utiliserez l'image dans votre page d'utilisateur. Ou bien que vos activités professionnelles ou autres font en sorte que votre photo peut être utile au public ou à la mission de Wikimedia Commons et donc qu'elle ne devrait pas être considérée seulement comme une image personnelle. Vous pouvez peut-être demander aussi pour l'image File:Thoniers rentrants a Concarneau.jpg pour une raison semblable ou différente. Mais rien n'est garanti quant à la décision que prendront les administrateurs. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:58, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

How to export public domain newspapers as PDF?

Like from this newspaper from Google Newspapers. Nighfidelity (talk) 17:17, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

@Nighfidelity: do I understand that you are asking how to turn the content delivered on the Google page into a PDF? - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Yes. Nighfidelity (talk) 19:29, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

I'm not at all sure whether that can be done in any reasonable manner, but at least now the question is clear: Is there a way to turn the content of a newspaper from a Google page like [3]] into a PDF? - Jmabel ! talk 23:11, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Usar imagens pra artigos na Wikipedia

Estou tentando adicionar uma imagem no wikimedia commons pra uma futura página na Wikipedia sobre uma vitima de um caso criminal, porém estou recebendo mensagens de copyright e as imagens sendo deletadas, como posso fazer pra dar Upload nessa imagem e ser aceita pra ser usada no artigo da Wikipedia? AloneSlk (talk) 00:10, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Typically, it would be very hard to get an image of a particular recent murder victim that is free of copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 04:36, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Extracting book cover from Internet Archive

Hi all, I was hoping to get some advice on how to grab a high quality image of a public domain book cover from the Internet Archive. The book is the original 1962 edition of Ralph Ginzburg's anthology 100 Years of Lynchings; it was published with notice but the copyright was not renewed and the original edition is PD (see HathiTrust rights tag; an edited version with a new foreword and cover was published with notice in 1988, but Ginzburg and his publisher never renewed the original). Hathi Trust has a very low quality Google Books scan with lighting/exposure issues and Google/University of Michigan watermarks, but Internet Archive has a much higher quality version. IA's version is not available for download though. Given that it's a scan of a public domain work, I assume it's not an issue to find a way around the download problem, right? In which case, what is the best way to get the highest quality capture of the cover? Thanks for any guidance! 19h00s (talk) 01:09, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

@19h00s: s:Help:Image extraction is very detailed, I have personally used it a lot of times. —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 21:55, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you! Appreciate it :) 19h00s (talk) 22:07, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Image issues

Hello Wikimedia Commons administrators, I hope you are doing well. I wanted to ask about changing the name of an image here from JPG to PNG, as I have a version with a transparent background. I have obtained permission from the last user who uploaded the most recent version. However, I’m not the original uploader, and I’m not sure if I can update the file even after renaming it, since I don’t have the required permissions. I’d like to know what would be the correct solution in this case. Thank you in advance. Yosf22ww (talk) 18:23, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

You need just to upload the png file under the same name (with .png at the end). No need to rename jpg file. Ruslik (talk) 18:43, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

As Ruslik says, you can just upload the png file with the png extension at the end. Abzeronow (talk) 01:29, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello again, and thank you for your replies.@Abzeronow and @Ruslik0

just wanted to clarify my intention, the image is used in the portal bars across many Wikipedia language editions, so my goal was to update the same file with the transparent PNG version (to keep all existing uses intact), not to create a separate file.

Would it still be acceptable to upload it as a new PNG file, or is there a proper way to replace the current JPG version with the transparent PNG (considering I have permission from the last uploader)?

Thank you once again for your time and guidance. Yosf22ww (talk) 04:08, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

You can't overwrite a jpg with a png, just upload the new png file. Abzeronow (talk) 04:10, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

PNG image of a magazine logo

I have made a .png image of the August 1984 issue of "CAR" magazine. Can I upload it to the site or is it not permissible? Buddingsheep (talk) 23:25, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi Buddingsheep. Whether such an image is OK for Commons probably depends on something called the Commons:Threshold of originality (TOO). Assuming en:Car (magazine) is the Car magazine you're referring to, then File:Car Magazine Logo.svg already exists on Commons, which is OK to use if you want. If, on the other hand, you're referring to a different magazine or a different logo, then perhaps you can provide a link to some website where the logo can be seen. If the logo is nothing more than the word "Car", then there's a good chance it would be too simple to be eligible for copyright protection depending upon where the magazine was published. The more complex and creative the logo is, though, the more likely it will be eligible for copyright protection. So, it's kind of hard to give you a specific yes or no answer without knowing more about the logo. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:30, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Μάχη των Γιαννιτσών

el:Μάχη των Γιαννιτσών

i would like to add a photo by statue of Battle of Y@annitsa Marasoub (talk) 05:15, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

@Marasoub: I'm not sure exactly what help you are asking for, can you please be more specific? - Jmabel ! talk 19:28, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

মোঃ জাহাঙ্গীর আলম

মোঃ জাহাঙ্গীর আলম মোঃ জাহাঙ্গীর আলম সেখ (talk) 11:05, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

There does not appear to be a question here. - Jmabel ! talk 04:39, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Permission confirmation

Hello, I’m following up regarding File:Collins Barracks 2025 08 31 Philomena Begley - Patrick Hugh Lynch Photographer (2).jpg. The photographer sent permission via email on 19 October 2025, and I contacted permissions-commons@wikimedia.org with a link to the file in question as they asked for that and photographer doesn't have Wikimedia account. I haven’t received a reply, and the file page hasn’t been updated to reflect the permission. Could an admin or VRTS agent please confirm whether the email was received? ItsShandog (talk) 14:49, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

@ItsShandog: The file was tagged with {{Permission received}} on October 26 by Krdbot, which is a bot run by a VRT member and Commons administrator named Krd; so, an email was received by VRT, but it's still awaiting processing. You can ask Krd directly about this or ask at COM:VRTN instead if you want; VRT members can't discuss any specific details about the emails they receive, but they should be able to give you a general update. If you do ask about this somewhere else, adding the name of the file and the VRT ticket number (it's on the file's page) to your post will make it easier for a VRT member to look up the email. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:49, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Puedo subir una foto de una obra que he comprado y cuyo pintor ha fallecido?

Buenos días, Quería consultar si es posible subir a Wikimedia Commons la fotografía de un cuadro de mi propiedad, cuyo autor falleció hace años. En caso afirmativo, ¿hay algún requisito legal o técnico específico que deba tener en cuenta para hacerlo correctamente? Muchas gracias de antemano JCregui (talk) 14:51, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

@JCregui: No. La posesión física de la obra es completamente independiente de los derechos de autor. Este último pertenecería a los herederos del pintor. - Jmabel ! talk 04:42, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Uploading a new and improved SVG file to an existing "article" in wikimedia

Hello, I have tried to figure this out myself, but it is too complicated, and I simply want to share what I was planning to use myself anyways. I have an SVG file from here: File:Sustainable Development Goals.svg The file was very messy, so I cleaned it up by sorting everything in proper order, and making "identifications" for ease of reading for future downloaders, but I don't know how I upload my version. There are so many things regarding licensing and all that, that I just don't understand. Hope somebody can help me. TalkingRush (talk) 21:21, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello and welcome @TalkingRush, please see Commons:First steps. It sounded like your version will be different than the current file, so you can use Special:UploadWizard to upload your version under a new filename. For the licensing you can choose:

• This work was created by me and anyone is free to use it
  • This work contains the work of others
    • Yes, the work is not protected by any copyright law
  • Choose the CC license you liked to license your own contributions under

Then, after you press "Next", you can enter additional details of the image, which you can add the link of the original SVG file to the description. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 02:25, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Astrophotograph information template

There's a few of us who have been uploading astrophotographs to Commons, and at one point we were asked to use Template:Photo Information to provide information that would normally be present in EXIF metadata. This is a good point, but I don't think this template is suitable for astrophotography -- there are some fields that are irrelevant or may not make sense in an astrophotographic context (exposure compensation, ISO, flash) and others that would be informative but are not included in the template (filters used, palette, exposure time, number of subs, stacking method, number of panels for a mosaic).

Would it be appropriate for me to create Template:Astrophoto information now, or should I seek more input from the community and perhaps create it as a user template? Brainandforce (talk) 21:57, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

@Brainandforce: I'd say go for it. - Jmabel ! talk 04:47, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

上傳後存在於維基共享資源的檔案頁面網址

我蔡三忱上傳後存在於維基共享資源的檔案頁面網址 蔡三忱 (talk) 09:46, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

There doesn't seem to be a question here, at least as Google Translate handles this. If someone can read Chinese, do you see a question here? - Jmabel ! talk 04:49, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

This user is either attempting to self promote or is not typing a full sentence. Their user contribution is showing a lot of self bragging. --痛^Designism (talk) 22:28, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

How can i remove a deletion template?

I received a message telling me to add copyright info, which i have now done. The message said i can then remove the deletion template, but i dont know how to do that. Leo Brennan2 (talk) 18:30, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Just edit the page, find template ({{User:AntiCompositeBot/NoLicense/tag|month=November|day=4|year=2025}}) and remove it. Ruslik (talk) 19:30, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

 Done I've checked the license and removed the no permission template. Geoffroi 20:12, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

i posted who am i and what my purpose is here nothing personal or bad thing i just post my bio in short

why is it deleted? if i can't post my bio what can i post then? Awefeki (talk) 18:55, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

The page was likely deleted because you've made no contributions here. You can't post a webhost/social media page here and not contribute to Commons with uploads or other constructive edits. Geoffroi 19:58, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

@Gbawden: You're the deleting admin, so courtesy pinging you in case something more was wrong with the deleted page. Geoffroi 20:02, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Awefeki Commons is not a personal web host. While there is nothing wrong with a bio yours read more like a CV "Mohammed Abubeker is an IT professional and content creator based in Toronto, Canada. Originally from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, he combines his technical expertise with a deep passion for culture and classical music." And thats just the first two lines Gbawden (talk) 06:40, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Can I post a reproduction of an old painting

Hello, I am in possession of a catalogue print cut out from the Berlin Photographic Company's catalogue. By 1922 the BPC was no longer in existence so it must have been printed by then. The reproduction is of George Lawrence Bulleid's painting The Mother's Love, it is black and white, I'd like to bring it into the public domain. I've scanned it and corrected for wear and tear. I have asked the British Intellectual Property office about it and they reason that, while they cannot give a definite opinion, both the author's license and the BPC's license to it has expired. American law also reads that it has expired. European Union law is interested in whether the reproduction is a creative work, which it is not. Can I upload this image? Veronica7x7 (talk) 19:50, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

@Veronica7x7: Yes, if the work was done prior to Jan 1 1930. See File:George Lawrence Bulleid - A Portrait of a young Girl.jpg for the exact licensing. His category here is Category:George Lawrence Bulleid. Geoffroi 20:26, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for your help, I've placed that tag that you suggested, made small edits, and it seems like it is good to go! Veronica7x7 (talk) 20:30, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Do you know if the full color version of the painting is to be found anywhere? Veronica7x7 (talk) 20:33, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

No results thru Google Lens search and AI questioning. No immediate results with a Google search for the exact artist and title. Geoffroi 21:52, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

File:Flag_of_Colombia.svg

SOS - Help - Someone deleted "Flag_of_Colombia.svg" and there is no image of map ot Colombia in Whole es.wikipedia. Please someone can solve it? Repf72 (talk) 21:56, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

File has been restored. Abzeronow (talk) 00:33, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Women's cricket world cup winner 2025

Photos of indian players Dhiman 987 (talk) 07:17, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

@Dhiman 987: what is your question here? - Jmabel ! talk 04:51, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Editing the Template:Us states for police patches

For this page, I'm wondering if the wiki link to "Texas" on the bar above the page can be changed from "Police patches of Texas" to "Law enforcement patches of Texas"? Ominae (talk) 16:14, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

@Ominae: not readily, though imaginably possible. {{Us states}} is a pretty generic template, so you probably wouldn't want to mess with that, but you could create a specialized template for police patches that would handle Texas differently from everything else. But, really, the existing soft redirect Category:Police patches of Texas handles this in a more or less reasonable manner. - Jmabel ! talk 04:57, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Dang. Was worth the shot at least. Really hate that part that someone made one page and a redirect. :( Ominae (talk) 16:30, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

How can I find media files missing from a specific category?

Hi, I established Category:Files by Christoph Braun for content I created myself some time ago. However, it seems like I forgot to add some files to this category based on the entirety of my uploads. I was wondering if there's a tool to reveal any potentially missing files (i.e. files that I have created personally but not yet categorised in Files by Christoph Braun). I tried to run Petscan, but excluding all the files categorised in Category:Files by Christoph Braun and including all the files still linking to my user page didn't seem to do the trick. Any suggestions on how to proceed? Regards, Christoph Braun (talk) 22:56, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Christoph Braun, I tried to search for files not in the category, but contains your username, and I found 60 of them here. This probably doesn't include all the files you needed, but at least it's some of them. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 23:34, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your help @Tvpuppy! I think that should be most of the files I was looking for. Regards, Christoph Braun (talk) 18:10, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Is CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 KR allowed to be used?

I just found out that a profile picture of an artist uploaded by their agency to Naver profile is automatically fall under the CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 KR license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/kr/deed.en however, the agency has no website, they only changed the profile picture of the artist through Naver Corp (the only one able to change profile search on Naver is the artist themselves or the agency, as stated on the profile so it wasn't uploaded by fans or anyone unrelated). The one I wanna upload and use on her wikipedia page is Kang Hye-won, so if we look up her name on Naver, her profile will be the first to show up https://m.search.naver.com/search.naver?query=%EA%B0%95%ED%98%9C%EC%9B%90&sm=mtp_hty.top&where=m and the profile picture has been licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 KR, the Namuwiki (Korean wikipedia) page also put the profile license under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 KR https://namu.wiki/jump/9e8lH45OA1Ihq3O7VyBsJjydI8hRDE0jO3A0aT5h50Vl7%2BfSAnQVf1Z0VSVJnqxt

so I wonder if we can we use it in wikipedia as well? Hyemdan (talk) 01:52, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

sorry, wrong link to the Creative Commons page, here's the page to CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 KR https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/kr/deed.en Hyemdan (talk) 01:55, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

No, Noncommercial-only is not free enough for Commons as COM:L explains. Abzeronow (talk) 02:06, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

I see, thank you for the answer and thank for redirecting me to the page! Hyemdan (talk) 02:15, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Saying namuwiki == Korean Wikipedia would be super incorrect as Korean Wikipedia is not using the domain https://namu.wiki. Files on namu.wiki is not using CC BY NC SA 2.0 KR by default (like Wikipedia's files), but namuwiki is notable among Korean Wikimedians for lack of proper licensing of files and sometimes license laundering, so care must be taken for the site. For example the file you linked has no proof that the copyright owner has released the file under such license. — regards, Revi 02:16, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

I see, thank you for the correction. I said it's Korean wikipedia to mean that it's like the wikipedia to Korean. But I didn't know about them lacking proper license. So they're more similar to fandom.com than wikipedia, thank you for the correction. Appreciate that! Hyemdan (talk) 02:19, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

나무위키는 한국어 위키백과와 위키미디어 공용에서 다른 사람의 파일을 업로드할 때 요구되는 저작권의 검증을 사실상 하지 않기 때문에 나무위키에 있는 파일을 위키미디어 공용에 업로드하는 행위는 저작권 침해 사유로 차단되는 지름길이므로 하지 않으시는 것이 권장됩니다. 어짜피 위키미디어 공용에 파일을 업로드하셔도 나무위키에 쓸 수도 없고 말이죠. 한국어 위키백과에서 사용하시려는 목적이시면 해당 프로필 사진을 '해당 사진의 저작권자'가 (대개 에이전시 또는 소속사) 'CC BY'로 배포했다는 증거를 찾아 오시면 라이선스 검토를 통해 사용할 수 있겠네요. — regards, Revi 02:28, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, I will look into it! Hyemdan (talk) 02:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

If you want, you can upload CC media with NC or ND restrictions to https://nccommons.org/ That site has no formal affiliation with this one, but the user bases and missions overlap and you can log in with your Wikimedia username without creating a new account. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:40, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Files on that site is usually uploaded with 'fair use' provision, and even without citing correct copyright holder. It is probably going to be a mess, but if the nccommons site folks are fine with that… I think nothing holds them back. — regards, Revi 02:42, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

What? I'm an admin there and if you see any fair use uploads, please tell me. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:01, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

I was speaking for namu.wiki which the user was citing. — regards, Revi 04:34, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Can I upload?

Hello. Can I upload photos from Senate of Russia website? Umarxon III (talk) 07:52, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

It says Все материалы сайта доступны по лицензии: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, so it seems so, see COM:WKL. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:45, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Cannot add categories on classic upload form

Starting from yesterday, I cannot add categories to my uploads directly on the classic upload form any more. However when the upload has been done, I can add categories on the resulting image page itself. So it's not really something that's stopping my work, just a minor hindrance. But I'd still like to know whether this is some kind of bug or by design. JIP (talk) 08:09, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T409400

The problem is reported. GPSLeo (talk) 08:57, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

It looks like the problem is fixed now. JIP (talk) 15:41, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

oga vs ogg

I tried to request renaming File:DELTARUNE Chapter 3-4 OST - A concert for you.ogg to File:Concert for you.ogg, but the renamer ended up renaming it to File:Concert for you.oga. I know there is no difference, but I want it to be .ogg to match with how Tricky Tony uses .ogg and not .oga. For whatever reason however, the rename template treats .oga the same as .ogg, which means I can’t re‐request renaming. How do I request a rename in this case? ANOTHERWlKlPEDlAN _{wɑit thɑt’s ɑ typo} 12:00, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

You can try asking the editor who did the renaming, @Inertia6084. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:18, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

chardin signature

Pouvez-vous rajouter à celles y figurant déjà, la suivante Viersatbraux (talk) 16:50, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Listed where? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:16, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

chardin signature

Bonjour, Comment rajouter une nouvelle signature du peintre? Je vous l'ai envoyée par e-mail, mais je ne sais pas l'incorporer dans vos données. Il s'agit de l'une de ses premières signatures telles qu'on les voit sur les dessins de ses débuts. Cordialement JJ MEYFREDI 2A01:E0A:B70:E0B0:D431:2517:E7CC:F514 09:22, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Image Upload

If I wanted to upload a logo of a defunct baseball team, is that violating a copyright issue? ALMcquillen (talk) 21:31, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

@ALMcquillen: the fact that the team is defunct has nothing to do with the copyright status of the logo. Since you give no other specifics, there isn't a lot more I can say. - Jmabel ! talk 23:15, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Siriwat

ตรวจสแกน Siriwatrakngan (talk) 11:12, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

While I don't speak (or read) Thai, there does not appear to me to be any question asked here. Google Translate says this just means "scan check". - Jmabel ! talk 23:20, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Logo grupy ratownictwa

Piszę swój pierwszy artykuł o Grupie Ratownictwa PCK. Jak zdjęcie główne chciałabym dodać ich logo. Naturalnie szef grupy i jej członkowie wyrażają zgodę, by logo zostało wykorzystane. Nie bardzo wiem jednak, jaka w tym wypadku byłaby licencja. Czy zupełnie wolna, czy z jakimś zastrzeżeniem? Katya7473 (talk) 12:17, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

@Katya7473: with no link to the logo here, I have no way to know whether it is over or under the threshold of originality (próg oryginalności, according to Google Translate), nor have you indicated who would own the copyright if it is over the threshold. if it is copyrighted then only the copyright-holder can grant a license. Really, a logo is no different than any other illustration, all the same considerations apply. - Jmabel ! talk 23:27, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Upload program of music performance at a public university in the USA?

Is it permissible to upload a scan of a program of a public musical performance that took place at a public university in the USA? Electrontrap (talk) 16:55, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Not without the permission of the program designer. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 17:08, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

We're talking about the type of printed program, description of the pieces being played, as is given out at musical and theater performances. Not a computer program. Electrontrap (talk) 19:44, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Then we need permission from the designer of the program, or if it was a work for hire, the current copyright holder, as a program is definitely above Threshold of Originality (TOO). All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 21:02, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

The above assumes that this is something above the threshold of originality, and not old enough (typically 95 years in the U.S.) to be out of copyright. If this is something already on line, it would help if you could link to it. "public musical performance that took place at a public university" is totally irrelevant to copyright status. If you are interested in understanding the issues in general, I recommend reading Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 23:30, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Uploading an image for someone else

I am new to the process of uploading media. The case I’m working on is as follows:

I contacted the subject of a new Wikipedia article to ask if they had any images of themselves they’d be willing to let Wikipedia use on the top of that article.

They replied with two images, which I then saved to my own device.

The questions that I have are

• if I can assume from this that they have given a licence to use it or if I need to more thorougly discuss this with them. (And which licence to use/assume.)
• What I should then fill in while uploading, and more importantly, if I can change this later. The images have limited context about the location and I am sure I could ask the subject to provide more context, but I would prefer to first upload the images and add this context later.
• If there is a way for me to protect the privacy of the subject/author of the image. While I think the images need to be given context (location) I have not asked the subject if they are aware that metadata from the image could be used somehow against them or the person who took the photos. (One of the images is of the subject at a demonstration and I could imagine the subject having concerns about the police/government or political opponents/trolls using the metadata (in investigations) against him)

I might have more questions, but these are the things I ran into while reading the Wikipedia page on uploading images.

Thanks very much to anyone who can help.

Slomo666 (talk) 18:06, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

• @Slomo666: Please read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. If you still have questions after that, come back here. - Jmabel ! talk 23:32, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

On your specific questions:

• No, you can never "assume" a license.
• You can edit information after uploading, happens all the time.
• If by "metadata" you mean the EXIF data in the photo, there are ways to suppress that, but before I go into that please look at the page I linked and see whether you think it is likely that you can get the license(s) you will need. - Jmabel ! talk 23:38, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Ok well it’s my fault then. I asked them if and what could be used. (A bit similar to the mistake mentioned in the page you linked) I’m pretty sure they’d agree to licence it, because they sounded excited enough about the idea (maybe also just excited to hear that they have a Wikipedia page haha) but I will just have to bother them again to ask permission.

Do you have advice for how to handle this? Because I get the feeling they are quite busy and I don’t want to talk their ears off. Is it possible for them to upload and licence the thing on the commons website directly? I doubt they’d want to make an account just for this, but if a temporary account (do you have those here? Enwiki has them now) is sufficient, that would save both of us a lot of hassle I think and I could just point them in the right way. Slomo666 (talk) 00:13, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

@Slomo666: We'll be starting temporary accounts in a few days, but they do not allow uploading. There is nothing at all difficult about creating an account (as you probably know, since you have one).

The issue, though, is that a license has to come from the copyright-holder of the image, and nothing you say above suggests that would be the same person as the subject of the image.

The people at Commons:WikiProject Permission requests Commons:Permission requests may be able to help you out. - Jmabel ! talk 06:08, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you.

I think the link you gave is outdated, but I see there is a link to another one there.

Also, kind of a separate thing, but I took a photograph recently of several public figures/people and I would like to upload that, (so it can be split or used in its entirety) but I’m not sure if and what kind of permissions I need for that. (I myself took the photo using my own device to be clear). Is there a page you know where I can find this information? Slomo666 (talk) 10:37, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@Slomo666 You don't need anyone's permission for that. On your original question, one practical solution is if your article subject does something like this [4] on a confirmed social media or personal website. If they do, you or anyone else can then upload the pic on Commons: File:Knowa De Baraso Photo.jpg. It doesn't have to be that license, but it must one of the ones Commons accepts. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:47, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks.

Do you really think I don’t need to ask permission from the people in the photograph or from the venue? (I doubt the actual woodwork on the venue is copyrighted considering it’s several centuries old, but I am mostly concerned about the people) Slomo666 (talk) 19:21, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

• @Slomo666: A person has no copyright interest in a photo of which they are the subject, only a personality rights interest (the details of which vary wildly from one country to another). I don't think you've said anything about what country this was. The venue itself also has no copyright interest for a "several centuries oldseveral centuries old" interior, but if you entered on a ticket that explicitly bars commercial photography then there could be a separate issue under contract law. (I am not a lawyer, speaking only from my knowledge as an experienced and widely traveled photographer.) - Jmabel ! talk 22:32, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Also one small note: if the image is uploaded on social media, it will usually be compressed, meaning a lower resolution. The licence would necessarily assume the lower resolution is licenced, and not the original image, I think.

Edit: I think you’re wrong, as Jmabel said that the person taking the photograph is the one who has to agree. My subject is not the photographer, since this is not a selfie. Slomo666 (talk) 19:23, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

• @Slomo666: There are very few instances in which anyone can offer a license for a compressed image and not for a higher-rsolution image. It is rare that the higher-resolution image would contain any copyrightable creative expression not visible in the lower-resolution image. - Jmabel ! talk 22:35, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Updating Company Page

To whom it may concern: Our company page is extremely out of date. I have tried to edit it with more current information. Please let me know the most efficient way to get this accomplished. Thank you in advance for your help.

In Gratitude, Colleen CMcLeod78 (talk) 18:51, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Your company's page is in English Wikipedia. This is Commons that does not host any articles. Ruslik (talk) 20:11, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi CMcLeod78. en:Wikimedia Commons (Commons) and the various language Wikipedias (e.g. English Wikipedia) are sister projects serving different roles. Commons is like a big photo album hosting images and other media content that can be used in encyclopedic articles found on the various Wikipedias. The article about your company en:Paragon Space Development Corporation is located on English Wikipedia, and any questions you have about updating it can be asked at en:Talk:Paragon Space Development Corporation. (FWIW, there's also a French Wikipedia article about the company at fr:Paragon Space Development Corporation. Engish Wikipedia and French Wikipedia, though, are separate projects; so, any questions about the French Wikipedia article will need to be asked at French Wikipedia.)

Because of your connection to the company, you're going to be expected to avoid directly trying to make changes to the company's English Wikipedia article yourself, but instead seek assistance from others by making en:Wikipedia:Edit requests on the article's talk page. Another user has already added some information about this to your English Wikipedia user talk page; so, please take a look at it. The information contains links to other English Wikipedia policy and guideline pages which apply to situations like yours. Familiarizing yourself with said policies and guidelines will not only help you get the article updated but will also help you avoid problems while trying to do so. It's very important, in particular, to carefully read through en:Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure because, based on what you posted above, this likely applies to you; complying with this policy is required per the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. If you've got any questions about the above, you should ask them at en:Wikipedia:Help desk, en:Wikipedia:Teahouse or en:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard (just pick one of the three) and an English Wikipedia user will try to help you. The French Wikipedia counterparts to these three pages can be found by clicking on "Francais" in the "Languages" section of the left sidebar of each corresponding English Wikipedia page. You'll will most likely, though, need to know enough French to be able ask for help on French Wikipedia because that's the main language used there. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:08, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Uncategorized alphabet/numbers svg files

Can someone please look at Special:Contributions/MarcoToa1? There's 100+ uncategorized svg files of the English/Hebrew alphabets, numbers, etc. I don't know what the appropriate category is. Thanks. Geoffroi 20:15, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

I have started categorizing some of them. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 20:56, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

Not sure of date

I found images I would like to upload that are listed as cc-by-sa on another website, but no date is provided. Is there any workaround for this? Metallurgist (talk) 23:54, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

@Metallurgist: If you at least know the year, you can put just the year as the date. Otherwise, you can set the date to unknown with {{Other date|?}}. Or even specify a range of years if you have some idea of that (see Template:Other_date#Examples). ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 00:52, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. I do have a minimum year. Metallurgist (talk) 00:58, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi Metallurgist. If you can provide a link to the specific images, then someone might be able to give you a more specific answer. Do you suspect anything like COM:LL when it comes to the image licensing? If, for example, the images are old photos that pre-date the Internet and COM:CC licensing, and the website hosting them is some personal blog, social media account or a website that looks a bit sketchy (i.e. it doesn't look like it's under the control of the image's original copyright holder), then being cautious and trying to find out more about the image's en:provenance (a en:reverse image search, emailing the site's operator, etc.) would, in my opinion, be wise. If the images, on the other hand, look like official photos from some of sort of official website (company, government, school, media organization, etc.), then perhaps they did originate with whoever owns the site and their licensing has a better chance of being valid. In that case, though, you could still try emailing whoever controls the site and ask for more information about the images and their licensing. In general, the more you can find out about an image's provenance the better because it's the uploader of a file who's ultimately expected to meet COM:EVID. Now, not knowing the exact date an image was created doesn't automatically mean it's not OK for Commons, and in somes cases a rough estimate (e.g. using wikt:circa) might be OK; in combination with other factors, however, the lack of a verifiable date could be another cause for concern about the validity of the license. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:18, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

@Marchjuly Its from Numista, which is a coin collector database, user-edited like Wikipedia, but a little higher bar to entry, and obviously more niche. Some images I have noticed are cc-by-sa, some are not. They all seem to be attributed to something. I dont suspect anything wrong, they just dont record the upload date. Metallurgist (talk) 19:44, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

As a side noted, how would this from the National Bank of Poland be handled? "Narodowy Bank Polski makes no objections to saving files, copying pages in full or in part or making printouts for personal use, provided that they do not serve commercial purposes." [5] Metallurgist (talk) 20:06, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

​ If the photos are of currency, you might want to take a look at c:COM:Currency since the copyright law on currency can vary from country to country. Such photos could be considered COM:DW, which means there are two copyrights that need to be considered: the first would be with the copyright status of the photographed currency and the second would be with the copyright status of the photo itself. If Polish currency is protected by copyright under Polish copyright laws (which seems to be the case per COM:CUR Poland), then no photos of it can be uploaded to Commons regardless of who takes the photo unless (even if licensed in accordance with COM:L) because of the copyright on the currency itself; it's possible perhaps that a photo taken by the Polish government itself that has been licensed in accordance with COM:L could be OK since an argument could be reasonably made that the Polish government, as the copyright holder of both the currency and the photo, knew what it was doing when it released the photo under such a license. For reference, if the currency isn't protected by copyright, either by statute or some other reason, however, then anyone should, in principle, be able to uploaded their own photos of it to Commons as long as the photo's licensed in accordance with COM:L; in such a case, the file would most likely need separate licenses for the photographed currency and the photo. If what you posted about the National Bank of Poland is accurate, then the bank not allowing commercial re-use of it's photos is too restrictive for Commons per COM:LJ and such photos wouldn't be OK for Commons even if the currency itself wasn't protected by copyright. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:52, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

About copyrights

Hello, is this picture of a Turkish politician on the top of this page considered copyrighted, or is it free to use since a news site published it? I really wanna know since his portrait on his wikipedia page hasn't been updated in roughly 10 years, and, obviously, I wanna update it. Thanks in advance. Hmm420 (talk) 02:35, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

@Hmm420: Yes, that is copyrighted. There is almost no such thing as a recent photograph of a person that is not copyrighted. - Jmabel ! talk 06:11, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

رفع صورة من الكومنز إلى مقالة في ويكيبيديا

أنشأت مقالة من منطلق الترجمة، بعنوان الأبناء والعشاق (رواية) وفي هذه الترجمة لم تنقل صورة الكتاب الموجودة في المقالة الإنجليزية، بحثت في .الكومنز، الصورة موجودة لكنني لم أتمكن من نقلها من الكومنز إلى المقالة المنشأة فهل من مساعدة؟ نجية بنت محمد (talk) 10:08, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

@نجية بنت محمد: Assuming this is a question about the Arabic Wikipedia, it is better asked on the Arabic Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 06:13, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

About copy rights

I am about to upload an Photograph of a person who has been deceased (1936). But I couldn't able to found that orginal source of that photo, but can find in some news articles but even in that, there is no copyright or credit information given below. So what can I do?. Obviously the orginal person in the photo is past for 60 years and it's free to use according to the copyright act... Mr.fakepolicy (talk) 20:35, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

@Mr.fakepolicy: Generally, the more you can find out about the en:provenence of a photo, the easier it becomes to assess the photo's copyright status. Copyright laws tend to vary by country (sometimes quite a lot), but in most cases it's the date a photo is first published which matters the most. If you can provide information about the country of first publication or maybe even a link to the photo itself (if the photo can be seen online), then someone might be able to give you a more specific answer.

When it comes to photos, copyright status is often determined by the date of the death of the photographer, not the date of death of the subject of the photo; this is referred to as en:post mortem auctoris or p.m.a. For many countries a photo is still eligible for copyright protection for up to 70 years after the photographer's death, and the 70-year countdown begins on January 1 of the calendar year following the year the photographer died. Commons policy, however, requires that the content it hosts be OK under not only the copyright law of the country of first publication but also US copyright law (where the Commons servers are located). It's the licensing under US copyright law where things can get tricky for photos first published outside the US. So, it's quite possible that even though a photo might now be no longer eligible for copyright protection under the copyright laws of its country of first publication, it's still considered under such protection by US copyright law; in such a case, the photo would not be OK to upload to Commons. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:49, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Replacing photo of deceased person

How can I change the photo of a recently deceased person more in keeping with their image (and used at their commemoration services)? Fbsmath-wiki (talk) 21:50, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi Fbsmath-wiki. I'm assuming you want to change the image currently being used in an English or other language Wikipedia article written about this person. If that's not the case, then please clarify. If that's the case, though, someone might be able to give you a better answer if you either provide the name of the person the article is written about.

For Commons purposes, though, unless you yourself took the photo and want to release it under a copyright license that meets Commons:Licensing, you will not be able to upload it to Commons without first providing some way of Commons verifying the consent of the person who did take the photo. There's some more information about this in Commons:Uploading works by a third party.

Now, it's important to understand that the different language Wikipedias are separate projects with their own policies and guidelines regarding image use; they allow images uploaded to Commons to be used in their articles, but they also consider other things. English Wikipedia, for example, considers the encyclopedic value of the images used in it articles in addition to their copyright status. English Wikipedia articles aren't intended to be memorials per se, and this also applies to image use. So, a recent photo of the deceased used at their commemoration services might not be considered by some English Wikipedians as something that improves the typical reader's encyclopedic understanding of the deceased regardless of the photo's copyright status, and the currently being used photo might be seen as still having encyclopedic value. It's, therefore, possible that even if the photo you want to use turns out to be OK for Commons, it might not "replace" the current one but "coexist" with the current one in some way instead. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:23, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. I read on wiki that it is suggested that the photo be representative of the thriving years of the subject. I was using a photo published by the university for sake of commemoration but at a slightly earlier phase than the wiki photo. The photo currently on wiki is not representing the thriving years and this was discussed with several scientists including one at the subjects university. Would I need to write to the university to ask for their approval?

thank you. 185.37.136.130 22:51, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

It would be really helpful to know more about the photo's en:provenance (particularly if it can be found somewhere online) and the name of the person the Wikipedia article is written about because such information could be used to better assess the photos copyright status. If you can get the copyright holder of the photo to give their COM:CONSENT (see COM:VRT for more details on how CONSENT can be given), then the photo should be OK for Commons. It's important to understand, though, that only the copyright holder gave give this consent, and the copyright holder is generally considered to be the photographer who took the photo. If an employee of the university took the photo as part of their job, then the university could be the copyright holder and the university's consent would probably be OK; on the other hand, if the university was just using a photo taken by someone else, then that person's consent would be needed. For reference, "consent" in this context means as described in COM:LJ: the copyright holder is basically giving advance permission for anyone anywhere in the world to download the photo from Commons at anytime and re-use for any purpose under very minimal restrictions.

As for I read on wiki that it is suggested that the photo be representative of the thriving years of the subject., I don't know where you read that. Of course, that's somewhat true, but it's not the only consideration given when determining which image to use. Image use on English Wikipedia, for example, needs to be in accordance with en:Wikipedia:Image use policy and whether that's the case will be given more weight than what several scientists or the university thinks should be the case.

Finally, it's probably better if you log in to your account when posting on Commons because your IP address is publicly visible when you post while logged out. -- Marchjuly (talk) 23:34, 8 November 2025 (UTC)

This is all very helpful. I am checking now to make sure any family are fine with the photos before getting into all this copyright complexity. Thank you! Fbsmath-wiki (talk) 04:02, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Seeking assistance on the artwork permission

I visited an artwork gallery and meet with the custodian to seek the permission before taken those images of the artwork on each artwork the author names were inscripted which is Buraimoh he just added year’s to his names on the images and to the best of my knowledge the gallery is a vocational Centre and most of those artwork images were made during the course of training before graduation and the trainer reserved the copyright who happened to be the same Buraimoh and his name was added as author of all those images as it can be founded in my recent upload can someone assist to check my latest contributions and tell me the information missing in my description please Royalesignature (talk) 02:32, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

How to I make a Eurovision flag heart?

Because I’m a flag fan Imakeflagsthe4th (talk) 05:39, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Can you elaborate on your question? There are many flags like this already on the wiki. Also see Category:Heart-flags of Eurovision Slomo666 (talk) 10:43, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Problem with the file :File:Mapa gminy Pabianice.svg

I'm having a problem with the file mentioned above. It's not displaying. Is this a problem with the HTML or wiki code? Who should I report this to? Thank you for your reply. Bogusław Pab (talk) 14:31, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:Mapa gminy Pabianice.svg. - Jmabel ! talk 17:32, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

"error on line 3338 at column 71: Namespace prefix inkscape for label on g is not defined". Anyone want to look into it? Uploader is long gone. - Jmabel ! talk

Uploading on someone else's behalf

I want to upload some images on behalf of a friend who is an artist. They are not technically skilled and do not have a Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons account, nor want one. The images are photos of their original artworks. The artist owns all rights to the original artworks. The images are photos of the artworks taken by professional photographers, and the photos' metada shows the copyright as the photographers'. However, the photographers have since formally assigned in writing all rights to their client, the artist. The artist is happy to apply a "Own work, attribution required, copyleft" (CC BY-SA 4.0) licence to the images.

1. Can I upload the images on the artist's behalf?
2. Is the source "Own work"?
3. Who is the author, is it the artist who is granting the licence?
4. Is there anything else I should do or be aware of?

Thanks. Masato.harada (talk) 15:56, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Please see COM:THIRD. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:17, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

@Masato.harada: Do read the page Andy linked, but the key point in this case is that we will probably have to go through the COM:VRT process. If they artist can send and receive email, that should be pretty simple. If not, then circle back to me and I will help you work through the much trickier process that we'd need. - Jmabel ! talk 17:39, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

Should I really upload 4 GB of images?

I want to upload the entire set of images at https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f131a2a0-32bc-0131-240c-58d385a7bbd0. I know the general advice is to use the highest resolution available, but my test download of the first image yielded a 186 MB tiff file. At that rate, we're looking at 3-4 GB of data for the entire set. Does commons really want that, or should I go for something with less resolution? RoySmith (talk) 19:26, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

@RoySmith: yes, we do very much want that. Do not worry about storage space. MKFI (talk) 07:57, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

I uploaded my file but now I get an error when I put it into my page.

I uploaded my file but now I get an error when I put it into my page. I get: You do not have permission to upload this file, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups: Autoconfirmed users, Administrators, Confirmed users. TTXTrick (talk) 21:22, 9 November 2025 (UTC)

@TTXTrick: your upload did not succeed but was stopped by an automated filter: [6]. The filter prevents new users from uploading images via cross-wiki tools due to many copyright violations. To be an autoconfirmed user your account needs to be more than four days old.

The upload log shows that you claimed that ONU logo is entirely your own work (ie. you were the artist that created the logo). Is this correct? MKFI (talk) 07:53, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Duda subir imagen creada por IA

Hola, ¿se puede subir una imagen creada por IA sobre un gen? Gracias BQUB25-TPiacenti (talk) 13:59, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@BQUB25-TPiacenti: Por favor, lea Commons:Contenido multimedia generado por inteligencia artificial. - Jmabel ! talk 22:40, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

¿Puedo entonces usar una imagen generada por IA de un gen para un artículo que tenemos que ampliar para una asignatura de la universidad si es para España? Gracias BQUB25-TPiacenti (talk) 22:45, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@BQUB25-TPiacenti: ¿Un artículo en es-wiki? Sería una pregunta para es-wiki, no para Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 22:58, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Es para poder subir una imagen al commons pq no me deja subirla normal, sabes si se puede hacer entonces de una imagen hecha con IA? BQUB25-TPiacenti (talk) 09:30, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

uploading a PDF while being a new user

Hi everyone, does anyone can help me to get the privileges to upload a PDF file .. even though I am a new user?

It says I had to make at least 100 edits .. but does anyone know how to make all those edits .. here in Wikimedia Commons?

For I was wondering, here is not as a common Wikipedia project .. where you can also edit some typos .. here you have to upload something, that is some files, right?

So, thanks in advance for anyone who could and wanted to help me, have a nice day

Ghbvhb (talk) 14:02, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@Ghbvhb: what is the nature of the PDF you want to upload? The reason we have that rule is that, overwhelmingly, new users who want to upload a PDF want to upload something that is actually out of scope. - Jmabel ! talk 22:42, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

DOUBT

CAN I UPLOAD A POWERPOINT FILE? Marmons (talk) 15:29, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

No, see Commons:File formats and COM:Scope (it's doubtful that your file is sensible to add into our collections). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:28, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Flickypedia issues?

Are there any known issues with Flickypedia? I've been unable to login via the usual process for several days now (401 Unauthorized error). Apologies if there is a better place to ask, and if so, please direct me there. Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 15:58, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@Cl3phact0: Commons_talk:Flickypedia#Cannot login, but no sign that the Flickypedia team are paying any attention. - Jmabel ! talk 22:45, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. I've added a note there too. -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 07:49, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

i wish to upload "kathopanishad"

i wish to upload "kathopanishad", an ancient indian philosophy book, because i could not find it on wikisource. but i was not allowed to upload it because i am a new user. what can i do about it? Zampyabalu (talk) 15:58, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@Zampyabalu: Hi, Where is the file? Yann (talk) 16:12, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

The file is on my laptop . I downloaded it from archive.org. it is an oooold book. (few millenia old) . for example, no one will have a copyright over bible. right? similarly, this book cant have a copyright. now how do I upload it on commons? 2402:E280:3E83:305:1075:C876:51F8:B442 13:22, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Can I upload this photo?

https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1595103/#when ? It was taken in 1910 but it was put on an OK history website in 2019. Here is what the website says about Copyright of this image. Copyright and Licensing Status Bookmark this section At this time, no copyright or licensing has been determined. You are welcome to make fair use of this image under U.S. Copyright law and in compliance with our terms of use. Please note that you are responsible for determining whether your use is fair and for responding to any claims that may arise from your use. Rights Holder Undetermined Tumanurung (talk) 16:00, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@Tumanurung: With no evidence of publication history, this is a tricky one. I'd bring this question to COM:VP/C instead of the general help desk. - Jmabel ! talk 22:49, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Hola

Buenas,soy usuario nuevo de Wikimedia Commons,una pregunta cuales son las funciones de un autopatroller? CaracasVenezuelaLB2026 (talk) 20:18, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@CaracasVenezuelaLB2026: "autopatroller" significa que tenemos suficiente confianza en un usario como para que, en general, nadie más necesite revisar sus ediciones. - Jmabel ! talk 22:54, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Adding a photo to Wikimedia Commons

Hello, can I add a photo that is shared by the singer/music band? Photo comes from: https://www.facebook.com/share/17kxrvurtN/ Luki1104 (talk) 22:22, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@Luki1104: typically, you cannot. See COM:THIRD. - Jmabel ! talk 22:55, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

Marie Fabergé , new article in my sandbox

Hello, I created a new page to a new historical and significant person that I have done a lot of research about. I have many new documents form genealogy and ancestry.com sites to expand about the biography. how cna the article get from sandbox into the real wikipedia? Adamsecretxx (talk) 23:27, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@Adamsecretxx: This sounds like something to ask on Wikipedia. This is Wikimedia Commons, which is basically storage for files. We don't host articles here. I also see that you have no subpages here, so I'm not sure what sandbox you're referring to. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:31, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@Adamsecretxx: your sandbox article is at en:User:Adamsecretxx/sandbox. To get it accepted I recommend you ask at en:Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk. I will warn you however that you use only a few inline citations and your headers are just bolded text instead of actual header markup. You should fix those. MKFI (talk) 07:43, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Deleting a redundant category

Hello. I am not entirely sure how one nominates a category for deletion on the Commons so I thought I could bring the issue up here so that more experienced users could perhaps help with the matter. The category in question is Category:Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex in 2025 which is redundant to Category:Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh in 2025. It is empty and not even used at the moment so I was wondering if one of the administrators could perhaps take care of this matter. Thanks. Keivan.f^Talk 05:34, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Keivan.f, I have redirected the empty category to the correct one. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 17:43, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

@Tvpuppy Thank you. Keivan.f^Talk 21:25, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Uploading a screenshot of a newspaper-advertisment

Hi! I'm wondering if I can upload a screenshot of a old newspaper-advertisment from 1960. De ad is placed by a sportsclub and the screenshot will be placed at the wikipage of that sportsclub. HeleenT (talk) 11:19, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi HeleenT. It all depends on whether the advertisement meets COM:L. All of your edits, other than this one here, appear to have been made to Dutch Wikipedia. Is the advertisment you want to upload from a Dutch newspaper (i.e. a newspaper published in the Netherlands)? If it is, then you're going to need to figure out its copyright status per Commons:Netherlands. If it isn't (i.e. a newspaper published in some other country), then please clarify. Is it possible to see the ad somewhere online? If you can provide some more information about the en:provenance (or nl:provenance) of the ad, someone might be able to give you a more specific answer.

Anayway, if the newspaper is indeed a Dutch newspaper, it looks like the third, fourth and fifth bullet points of Commons:Netherlands#Standard terms might be applicable to something such as this. In any of those cases, an advertisement that was first published in Dutch newspaper in 1960 might eligible for copyright protection under Dutch copyright law until at least January 1, 2031, when it will enter into the COM:Public domain. This means it's probably not OK to upload to Commons until that date unless copyright holder COM:CONSENT can be obtained. Since the ad was place by the sportsclub, it's possible its a case of en:corporate authorship with the sportsclub being the copyright holder. If the ad has a known author or authors, then it's looks like it might be eligible copyirght protection for 70 years after the death of the last surviving author, which could mean a longer wait until the ad enters into the public domain.

Finally, Commons policy requires that the content it host be acceptably licensed according to the copyright laws of the country of first publication and the copyright laws of the United States. If the ad is still protected under Dutch copyright law, it almost certainly would be still protected under US copyright law, unless perhaps the ad also appeared in an American newspaper around the same time. Figuring out the Dutch part of the equation first, though, will make it much easier to sort out the US part. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:59, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

upload

Can i upload a youtube video of Ronald Reagan addressing the enactment of The Family Support Act of 1988? Avwmontgomery (talk) 15:30, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

It depends on whom filmed that video. Ruslik (talk) 19:32, 11 November 2025 (UTC)

linking uploaded photos with articles

Hello, I have uploaded images during Wiki loves monuments marathon. How can I link them now with an existing article on wikipedia? Thank you. Selena Vit. (talk) 17:41, 11 November 2025 (UTC)