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I cant put my google screenshots :( how do i do it?

I cant put my google screenshots which i made a screenshot of the dotted circle with grave-macron, i dont know how to put that screenshot on, i need help because this is an issue. (please tell me how i can do this, i dont know, i just need help so please?) Harry Brềnd Nế (talk) 09:45, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

@Harry Brềnd Nế: Hi, Do not upload any screenshot, only images taken by you with your camera or your phone. Please read COM:L. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:50, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Google AI says that its possible, but will wikimedia commons make it possible? Harry Brềnd Nế (talk) 10:07, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

is it possible ıf it is then tell me, if your an admin or the owner i will not even do a screenshot as a file upload from the "Upload Wizard" Harry Brềnd Nế (talk) 10:11, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Camera app, im using a google pixel 6 android 14 its running (i should update it to android 16...) Harry Brềnd Nế (talk) 13:01, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Cant Upload Images

I cant upload images for some reason, it won't let me and doesnt show a pop up of images that i have, i use a Google pixel 6 Running Android 14 and it wont let me even if i downloaded it to google files from google photos, i dont know what to do to upload an image into a file from the Upload. Help Desk Archive 2020 06 Harry Brềnd Nế (talk) 11:12, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Cant add images (Цант адд Имагес) (Καντ Αδδ Ιμαγες)

for some reason i cant upload images onto wikimedia commons, it wont let me, pressing the option that lets you upload an image into a file doesnt show a menu of images, im using a google pixel 6 running android 14, mobile website. (Фор Соме Реасон и Цант Уплоад Имагес Онто Википедиа Цоммонс, Ит Вонт Лет Ме, Pressing the option... (Full is english)) Harry Brềnd Nế (talk) 11:31, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

Late to comment here, but for anyone else wondering: English, written in Cyrillic. - Jmabel ! talk 05:19, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

File Upload wont work

i am trying to upload an image as a file but it wont work, it wont pop up a menu of images, im on mobile using the mobile website, on a Google Pixel 6, i dont know how to upload files, im new to wikimedia commons (if you dont know if i was or not, i am new to wikimedia commons, and wikipedia, i dont have an account on any other wikipedia websites.) Harry Brềnd Nế (talk) 12:56, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

How can i upload files when it wont let me?

Im already confused, im getting this issue endlessly Harry Brềnd Nế (talk) 13:25, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

I don't even know what to say know Harry Brềnd Nế (talk) 13:25, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

They can't say anything now, they were helped out the door.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:26, 13 July 2025 (UTC)

However, they insist on violating TPA.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:22, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Submitting Images on behalf of our talent

Hi my name is Sebastian Coe, we are a talent agent that is representing and promoting our talent who is a dancer and film model. We are the team that have taken images at her events and want to submit them to Wikimedia. Previously there were fans submitting images on a voluntary basis, but they get deleted. What is the correct process for us to submit images from our archives ourselves? We want to adhere to the protocols you have but need to find a way to submit images on a regular basis maybe in batches. We own these images and they were taken for promotion purposes. Please advise.

Sincerely Seb Coe Relations and Marketing Talent Management Services Maria Ford Images (talk) 21:28, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello Sebastian et al.,

you have to become aware of several points. First and foremost, I'm advising that you read the links provided in the welcome message on your user page. For the remainder, I will write or emphasize things below.

1. Wikimedia Commons, this site here, is a media repository. We have other content-related rules than the encyclopedias under the Wikipedia brand. The acceptance of content here is governed by licensing and project scope-related rules.
2. Assuming that you are a group of several people creating media, you have to document who took what imagery and preserve this info before thinking about uploading here. At least, you have to be certain about the copyright situation. Commons cares a lot about copyright / moral author rights.
3. Assuming that one or two people are in charge of operating this account, "Maria Ford Images", and that these people aren't necessarily those who produced the imagery, you have to observe the procedures outlined on Commons:Uploading works by a third party. In short, you have to provide evidence that the actual account operator is entitled to upload media made by a third party.
4. Commons has mechanisms in place for this use case. There are teams of volunteers which task it is to document licensing permissions among others. See Commons:Volunteer Response Team, specifically the section #Licensing images: when do I contact VRT?.
5. For the VRT contact, you should use an official E-Mail address, let's say with a domain name relating to your agency.
6. I think that most questions will be answered on the VRT page. Send the info you prepared following the second bullet point to the relevant address.
   • You may eventually chose to upload media with the tag {{Permission pending}}, if you do this, make sure you're including the relevant file names in the VRT documentation.
7. Last but not least, you're obviously in some relationship involving payments, remunerations, salaries or similar. So, please be aware of Commons:Guidance for paid editors, and, for everything that is related to edits on Wikipedia sites, foundation:PAID.

Thank you for asking about relevant procedures! This IMHO show some respect towards the project and its volunteers. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 21:54, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

@Maria Ford Images, you might find some of the info at Wikipedia:A picture of you useful. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:46, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Fwiw, there's quite a lot of pics at Category:Maria Ford. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:52, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Edit won't let me post a picture I took.

Edit won't let me post a picture I took. Get error message. Timothy R. Brummer (talk) 01:32, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello and welcome @Timothy R. Brummer, I can see that the image you tried to upload was blocked by the Cross-wiki upload filter. Maybe try uploading it directly to Commons using this: Special:UploadWizard. Tvpuppy (talk) 01:43, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

@Timothy R. Brummer: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload a smaller (<50,000 bytes or <2,000,000 pixels) jpg photo as a new user. The photo you tried to upload is smaller, and you indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a smaller photo, it is a copyright violation taken from the web. If you took the photo yourself, please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including EXIF metadata. If you did not take the photo, please see Commons:Licensing for why we can't accept it, and have the photographer post permission on their official website or social media or send the photo and permission via VRT with a carbon copy to you. If you can't get a compliant license, the photo may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid that filter.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:00, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

How to use infobox

Trying to add an infobox for new category Lyon's Inn, it should be similar to the one on Barnard's Inn, the data seems to be there on Wikidata but it won't automatically fill the box? Plutonto (talk) 11:45, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

@Plutonto: The Wikidata item needs to be linked to the Wikimedia Commons category. There are two steps to take on wikidata:Q15243205:

• Under "Multilingual sites", add "commons" with value "Category:Lyon's Inn"
• Add a new statement, "Commons category" (P373) with value "Lyon's Inn".

Once you've done that, the Wikidata Infobox on the Commons category should automatically populate with data. ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 12:18, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Edit SVG Button

Hi, does anyone know why I see this Edit SVG button here or where it comes from? I have nothing activate under User:ChemSim/common.js. Best, ChemSim (talk) 12:45, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

@ChemSim: No. What skin are you using?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:08, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I'm using the Vector legacy (2010) appearance. Best, ChemSim (talk) 16:13, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Uploading image

Hi, how do you make regular images to be uploaded as Wikipedia image? Rainaman (talk) 16:30, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

@Rainaman: Hi, and welcome. What do you mean by "regular", beyond photographing, uploading per COM:FS, and using per en:H:PIC?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:39, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

If I make a photo of myself how can I put it on Wikipedia arcticle? Rainaman (talk) 18:07, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

see commons:Upload wizard. It will give you information on how to do it. Rafaelthegreat (talk) 21:46, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

However, unless you are the subject of a Wikipedia article, it is unlikely that it is appropriate to take a picture of yourself and put it in a Wikipedia article. - Jmabel ! talk 05:22, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Wiki love earth

how can I upload on wiki love earth and add a description to it Chukwu Daberechi (talk) 18:47, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

The page of the local organizers should have a detailed description how to upload photos for the contest. Just follow these steps. The pages are linked here. GPSLeo (talk) 18:57, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello.

I have two questions.

1. On the English Wikipedia, I want to add a logo of a company. Can I get it from an independent website owned by another person that allows you to use it?

2. Can I add screenshots of scenes in films to articles on the English Wikipedia?

Rafaelthegreat (talk) 21:26, 15 July 2025 (UTC)

• @Rafaelthegreat: Commons is for free licensed media only; see COM:License and COM:First steps. So the answer to both questions is usually not, with some exceptions - you have to be able to show it is free licensed (either by the creator or for reason of expired copyright), or in the case of logos is so simple that it can't be copyrighted in the country of origin - usually only if it's a few simple words or geometric shapes, though laws are different in different countries; see Threshold of Originality. Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 02:10, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

missing upload

Please delete picture file -- missing upload cause copyright

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:SCN20250628182507456.png Shunqiang (talk) 06:29, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

@Shunqiang: I tagged File:SCN20250628182507456.png as {{G7}} for you. Please use internal links.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:43, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

Image changes

The image File:JimVarney1987.jpg summary section needs fixed the description needs changes to “Varney performing stand-up comedy in 1979” The date needs changed to “1979” because I don’t know the full date, the source says own work but isn’t it goes to this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VnKZ5lZZieo and the author is unknown.

thanks 75.89.77.96 22:51, 16 July 2025 (UTC)

I filed a DR, and the uploader has admitted that it is not an own work. Abzeronow (talk) 21:35, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Image comparison tool

Does Wikimedia offer a tool to display a comparison of two or more images, for example in a before/after style, with a slider to allow the viewer to pan over either version of the picture? OceanLoop (talk) 00:34, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

• @OceanLoop: Not that I'm aware of, but on a PC at least, I find it easy enough to place them in two different tabs and compare.
• FWIW, in another context I built a client-side tool to do this (JavaScript + HTML Canvas). The problem is that because it has to go pixel-by-pixel, it is pretty computation-intensive. - Jmabel ! talk 03:38, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

  Perhaps such functionality could be added to the Wikimedia repertoire to make such visualizations possible; I wanted to show coastal erosion in File:Damon Point, Grays Harbor County, Washington, July 13, 1974.jpg and File:Damon Point, Grays Harbor County, Washington, August 13, 2023.jpg as a dynamic feature. OceanLoop (talk) 04:28, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

  Actually, now that I reread, what you want is simpler than what I was thinking: I was thinking of something that specifically highlights the discrepancies between the images. The slider thing, with each image staying as it was, is pretty easy to do, certtainly with JavaScript + HTML Canvas, but probably without even using Canvas (just a partial display of each image, continually changing the dimensions and cropping of an IMG element as you move the slider). I'm pretty sure that anyone with the skills and inclination could knock that out pretty quickly. Of course, it only would work well if both images are taken from the same POV with the same focal length. - Jmabel ! talk 17:46, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

How can I publish my draft article on Japanese Wikipedia?

Hello, and thank you for your time.

I’ve created a draft article on the Japanese Wikipedia about the concept of “遊暮働学” (Yūbodōgaku), which is a lifestyle philosophy integrating play, living, work, and learning.

Here is the sandbox draft: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%A9%E7%94%A8%E8%80%85:SimpleLifeNotes/sandbox

I would like to ask: - What are the next steps to have this article reviewed and moved to the main article space? - Is there a specific process for requesting review on the Japanese Wikipedia? - Approximately how long does it take until the draft is accepted or rejected?

Thank you in advance for your guidance and help! SimpleLifeNotes (talk) 07:07, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

You're not asking the question on the right place.

"Wikimedia Commons" is not "Wikipedia in Japanese".

This question have to be asked on this "Wikipedia".

Maybe there are people who could help you on "Commons" even if this is not the right place. Anatole-berthe (talk) 07:21, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Archival pictures

There are pictures from archives that are accessible through the Swedish National Archival Database and that are free to download. There should not be any issues uploading that to the wikimedia commons, right? FQuan (talk) 07:34, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

To clarify, it is freely available for download for anybody: it is freely downloadable for anybody:

[Porträttsamling, monterad del] - NAD

Fotografisamlingarna, Porträttsamling, monterad del, SE/KrA/0800/A:002/K 1/189 - Riksarkivet - Sök i arkiven FQuan (talk) 07:36, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

As I don't speak Swedish, I have to rely on translations, but as far as I can tell, the copyright page says that while the archive might have the right to show all these images, users don't necessarily have the right to use these images. This is quite general, so if you find a page that gives some explicit information about the rights for an image, that would be welcome. --rimshot^talk 14:48, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Accidentally started a duplicate deletion request

When I started a bulk deletion request here, I'm afraid I didn't notice that one of the files in question had already been nominated for deletion by another editor here. (Sorry about that oversight on my part.) So, there are currently two open deletion nominations for the same image. What should be done in this situation? Thanks, Muzilon (talk) 10:53, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

@Muzilon: Please link them. To each other.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:52, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

OK, done. A pity the mass-deletion script (Help:VisualFileChange.js) doesn't identify the fact that a duplicate nomination may already exist. Muzilon (talk) 17:38, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

@Muzilon: If you look for a white "d" on an orange field at the end of the first line for a file in VFC, you will find that it does "identify the fact that a duplicate nomination may already exist."   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:54, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

We live and learn... Muzilon (talk) 23:00, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

How to succesfully use "Kit_body" specific club patterns for association football kits uploaded by me?

I have uploaded 3 different "kit_body" svg files with club specific patterns, but non of them is working no matter what I do. I tried with two and assumed it was because of the name I gave the file when I uploaded it here, I already asked for it to be changed for the correct way. But the last one that I upload it I made sure that the name was correct, but it is still not working. I am not sure if maybe there is something wrong with the file itself, maybe the editing I did is bad. Can someone help me understand how can I make club specific patterns that works? MeMexicaliFC (talk) 16:51, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Deleting unused photo

Oops, I had a huge brain fart and accidentally uploaded an image of a tweet that mentions a scam that is still ongoing. Additionally, I no longer plan on using it for my article. Could it be removed? My apologies for this inconvenience. Here it is: File:Domain Auction Scam Tweet.jpg 20m00 (talk) 17:47, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

@20m00:  Done Next time, please just tag it with G7. Author or uploader request deletion. Thanks, Yann (talk) 18:32, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

@Yann Much appreciated. 20m00 (talk) 18:51, 17 July 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.  $999$REAL 💬 ⬆   16:08, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Old US Mosques image upload Q.

hi everyone I was looking for historic images of mosques in different countries no I found this 1934 US Mosque images can someone please help me to find out the copyright status of these historical images. Mr.Babbu (talk) 20:31, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Photo de prophile

Bonjour ma question est très simple si je veux mettre une photo sur mon profil comment dois-je faire où dois-je le trouver Jeronimo02 (talk) 21:02, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

Navigation template Error

i create this page Category:Mosques in Canada photographed in the 2010s , but navigation template is not shown bold text 2010s I try to solve it but filled please help me to resolve this issue.

Thank u Mr.Babbu (talk) 22:46, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

• I fixed the forms of two category names ("Canada", not "the Canada"). There are no categories along the lines of Category:Religious buildings in Canada photographed in DECADE. - Jmabel ! talk 04:00, 18 July 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. Auntof6 (talk) 00:33, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Plaatsing foto kunstwerk waarvoor fotograaf/eigenaar toestemming geeft.

Hoe plaats ik als auteur van het artikel ‘Peter Terhorst’een foto van een kunstwerk waarvoor de fotograaf/eigenaar toestemming geeft? Dank voor reactie. Joost Willink Willi5647 (talk) 05:49, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Zie hier bij het artikel van Peter Terhorst. Wouter (talk) 09:05, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Can I upload a graph drawn by AI?

Hello,

I used Le Chat to graph forest fire statistics from https://www.ogm.gov.tr/en/e-library/official-statistics

Am I allowed to upload the graphic? I could not find the answer in the FAQ although I guess a lot of people ask about AI so maybe I missed it? Chidgk1 (talk) 07:31, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Does anything at Commons:AI-generated media answer your question? Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 07:57, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

Yes thanks as Le Chat is not UK software and I am not in the UK it seems it is not copyright Chidgk1 (talk) 08:09, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

App image

How do I use this app icon https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dreamgames.royalkingdom 75.89.77.96 21:37, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

What does your question have to do with Wikimedia Commons (this site)? - Jmabel ! talk 23:06, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

I want to use it but don’t know how to license it. 75.89.77.96 23:54, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

What makes you think it's freely licensed or PD? Please realize that you must be logged in to upload.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:51, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

because the icon for Royal Match was fair use on here 75.89.77.96 02:42, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

We do not accept fair use. HyperAnd (talk) 03:36, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

What’s this then? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Royal_Match_app_icon.png#mw-jump-to-license 75.89.77.96 04:56, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I meant we do not accept fair use here on Wikimedia Commons. English Wikipedia (the site you linked, en.wikipedia.org) allows fair use among other Wikimedia sites, but not Wikimedia Commons (the site you are on, commons.wikimedia.org). See COM:FAIRUSE for more details. HyperAnd (talk) 05:09, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Oh, thanks for the clarification 75.89.77.96 05:29, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

How do I upload images on to Wikipedia without using commons? 75.89.77.96 18:59, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

Go to en:Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard and then click "Upload a non-free file". Follow the instructions and make sure it complies with en:Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria, as the criteria is very strict on what non-free content you can upload, since English Wikipedia really doesn't like using non-free content. HyperAnd (talk) 20:54, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

I can't add image

how can i add an image? it won't let me even though i added an account Quacking Gooses (talk) 14:39, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

also the copyright problems, i just need to add an image Quacking Gooses (talk) 14:42, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

newby problem solved Quacking Gooses (talk) 15:21, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

@Quacking Gooses: is there any remaining question here? - Jmabel ! talk 00:54, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

SVG from USGS considered "unsafe"

I am trying to upload an SVG rendering of a USGS map from https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/

After saving the image and trying to upload it to commons, I receive the error: Found unsafe CSS in the style element of uploaded SVG file.

I even tried open and re-saving the SVG file in Inkscape, but got the same error uploading the result. How do I make this SVG "safe" for Commons? OceanLoop (talk) 15:17, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

@Ocean Loop: a lot of things can cause this; often dubious use of a "style" element. Try searching on that error message, you'll find a fair number of scenarios. - Jmabel ! talk 00:58, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Placing new image on page

Hi, I had communication with Alfred Neumann regarding a license in order that an updated photograph could be placed on the page created. He wrote to the photographer and the photographer initially wrote back with one line saying it was ok to use it :). He is in Vietnam and unfamiliar with the protocols required. I asked him to write a specific clearance which he did, sent it to me and I sent the copy onto Wiki. I am wondering where we are at? Jeffrey James. RE page: en:Jeffrey James. Gweiloasiaguy (talk) 19:10, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

• @Gweiloasiaguy: It is not clear what you are asking. "I sent the copy onto Wiki" is very vague, as is "I am wondering where we are at?". - Jmabel ! talk 01:02, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Uploading

How to upload the photos which is already in my phone files Hidenherosun (talk) 02:06, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

If you have an Android phone, you can use our mobile app.

Otherwise, you can visit our upload wizard using your phone's browser. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:11, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Upload Japanese manholes images in Wikimedia Commons

I decided upload Japanese manholes images that photographed by me. but can i upload Japanese manholes images that I photographed by me? and are Japanese manholes design with emblems or more copyrighted or public domain? GeoShira (talk) 03:58, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

For Japanese copyright questions, we have a plage providing an overview: COM:JAPAN. I think that it's not too far-fetched to see manholes and their covers as architectural works, as buildings. So, even if there is something copyrightable on such covers, the Japanese Freedom of panorama provisions (see: COM:FOP Japan) would allow their depiction and a hosting on Commons, as long as these manholes are on public streets and the like. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 04:31, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Error 4914820

Hi! I've used a Python application to upload images for years, and now the API returns the following message:

If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below.

Request served via cp6016 cp6016, Varnish XID 578202189

Upstream caches: cp6016 int

Error: 429, 4914820 at Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:45:23 GMT

I've tried multiple times for the past few days. Any help appreciated.

Thanks, Romainbehar (talk) 17:24, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

@Romainbehar: more likely to be useful to report this at Commons:Village pump/Technical. - Jmabel ! talk 18:20, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Done! Thank you. Romainbehar (talk) 19:27, 20 July 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. Auntof6 (talk) 00:29, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Modification de l'information présentée sur la page qui me concerne et insertion d'image

Mamipé (talk) 20:20, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Modification of the information presented on the page that concerns me and insertion of an image

translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:58, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

@Mamipé: Bonjour et bienvenue. Vous semblez avoir réussi à modifier ces informations. Le meilleur guide que j'ai trouvé pour insérer une image est en:H:PIC (malheureusement non traduit).

Hi, and welcome. You seem to have sucessfully modified such information. The best guide I have found for insertion of an image is en:H:PIC (unfortunately not translated).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:58, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Screenshot Upload

I wish to upload a screenshot from the video game deltarune in order to illustrate the game's explanation of its "Dark World" setting and how it incorporates pareidolia for use in editing the Pareidolia article on Wikipedia. Is this acceptable? https://files.catbox.moe/mqu8h0.jpeg Ty'Rell Robertson (talk) 22:27, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

@Ty'Rell Robertson: It may be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:26, 20 July 2025 (UTC)

Satellite Imagery Loop I created

Hello, I recently created a loop of the 1991 West Virginia Derecho using GOES 7 Imagery I stitched together. Due to the Imagery being from NOAA, would this fall under PD? What template should I use when I upload the Imagery? MidnightFractal (talk) 00:17, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

@MidnightFractal: Hi, and welcome. I think you should use {{PD-USGov-NASA}} per COM:US.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:49, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: I assume you mean "NOAA", not "NASA", right? - Jmabel ! talk 18:23, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Or is this from NASA satellite photos? I don't see the content in question. - Jmabel ! talk 18:24, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Fotos

ola? Eu posso tirar fotos em qualquer lugar do Brasil, e enviar para o concurso? Ou só de um estado específico? Luciano pqdt22 (talk) 10:27, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello?

Can I take photos anywhere in Brazil and submit them to the contest?

Or just from a specific state?

translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:50, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

@Luciano pqdt22: Olá, e bem-vindos. Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Brazil aceita fotos de todo o Brasil. Você pode tirar dúvidas mais detalhadas em Commons talk:Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Brazil, enquanto perguntas aqui geralmente precisam de mais detalhes.

Hi, and welcome. Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Brazil accepts photos from all over Brazil. You may ask further at Commons talk:Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Brazil, while questions here generally need more specifics.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:50, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Betty Webb photo

hi, i have a question. Im doing article about Betty Webb on polish wiki. Is it allow to upload this photo in infobox or it is only for english wiki?

en:File:Betty_Webb_ATS.png

OzzyFromTheOuterSpace (talk) 21:47, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

• Sorry. On en:w as "Non-free use" so not allowed here on Commons, as Commons is for free licensed media only. Thanks for asking. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:39, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

  thanks for answer OzzyFromTheOuterSpace (talk) 23:36, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

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Unable to Download PD images

Hello, I am looking for en:Cham people historical images and Found it here, now wanted to upload on commons but unable to Download these images. Can plz someone help me?? 獅眠洞 (talk) 08:46, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Now at File:Type of Cham woman.jpg. Please check and if necessary correct the description, date, source etc. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:15, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Can add more images from which are in below. 獅眠洞 (talk) 15:55, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞: the images there have an explicit "Download" button at lower left. Click it. - Jmabel ! talk 17:41, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

That option is not showing on my device. 獅眠洞 (talk) 18:48, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Looks like the download button is blending in with the white background, try pressing Ctrl+F (or open "find in page" in the menu, or some other option depending on your browser if you are on mobile), then type "download" HyperAnd (talk) 23:10, 22 July 2025 (UTC)

Category removal

Could please somebody remove this category? I've just created it with a capitalization mistake. It was never used for any file. Thanks in advance. MGeog2022 (talk) 12:37, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

•  Done -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:39, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

  Thank you very much :-) MGeog2022 (talk) 14:54, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

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jessica alba

I am informing that it is wrong information that Danny Ramirez is a Partner/boyfriend/ in a relationship with Jessica Alba. She has 3 kids and it hurts them to read about something like that on a serious place like Wikipedia. I assume you change the fault information or "Fake Rumors" that is only based on Rumors. They are just friends and also working on future film projects. Oyvind olav (talk) 14:01, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

@Oyvind olav This is not Wikipedia, but a related website. If your complaint is about English Wikipedia, Talk:Jessica Alba is the right place to write. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:30, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

BZZZT!! You should really take a look at Category:Jessica Alba, it's right there. That is rooted in Wikidata, not Wikipedia. It seems there's always silence whenever I mention how Commons is serving the purposes of Wikidata rather than the purposes of Commons these days, so I don't have a good answer for you. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 02:49, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Ah, that is indeed (visible) on Commons. Well, apparently there are some sources [1][2], I'm not saying they are good. I checked WikiData [3], and fwiw, the statement has a note saying that it should have a reference. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:52, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

"Casually dating" does not make a "partner". I'll fix this on Wikidata. - Jmabel ! talk 19:16, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Birthdate error

Having already endured inordinate conflict attempting to correct the Wikipedia page for the individual in question, I have now discovered even more inexplicable misinformation at commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Larry_Charles. Specifically the birthdate indicated 20 February 1956 is not only incorrect but also apparently sourced from the Russian Wikipedia site which is certainly not reliable nor a permissible source. Upon further checking https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722115 I also discovered a second reference for birthdate December 1, 1956 attributed to IMDb which was categorically rejected by Wikipedia when I first submitted that date myself recently. As the February 1956 error still appears in the Wikimedia Commons page sidebar, however, since I'm informed that can only be changed by a sysop, I am submitting this request to modify the sidebar accordingly. RRawpower (talk) 22:18, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Hello @RRawpower, if you mean the “Wikidata Infobox” when you said “Wikimedia Commons page sidebar” of Category:Larry Charles, the information on there are sourced directly from Wikidata. To change it, you just have to change the information at its respective Wikidata item accordingly. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 22:50, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

I not only specifically noted that Wikidata LINK, but made the very point that I DID change the birthdate details in question which did NOT change the Infobox I called the sidebar. Only when I proceeded to Google HOW to make such a change did the result suggest that can only be executed by a sysop. Notwithstanding taking any Google result with a huge shaker of salt, or my experience as a former Apple computer tech to know what a sysop is fwiw, seeing no change in the Infobox I resorted to this request. I also knew enough to empty my caches before refreshing the page.

Yet upon checking that page again now I see the Date of birth has been corrected to just the year, 1956. While I have always found such edits implemented throughout Wikipedia immediately in almost 20 years submitting contributions to the site, this is the first time I cannot account for the inordinate lag. RRawpower (talk) 00:23, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

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This this copyright

Im just asking because I want to use this on 2025 Virginia 11th district special election page.

For what image I want to use ------> https://fairfaxgop.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-9.jpg Fad8229 (talk) 03:44, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

@Fad8229 Since there is nothing visible that clearly states otherwise (COM:LICENSE), the default assumption is copyrighted so we can't use it here. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:07, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

sad Fad8229 (talk) 06:36, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

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)

Video upload

can I upload video captured with my vivo phone, if so which format Benzmary (talk) 05:12, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Yes. However, we only accept WebM (recommended), MPEG, and OGG files because the popular file formats like MP4 and MOV are proprietary and patent-encumbered. See Commons:Video and Commons:File types#Video for more details. If it's not already one of those free formats, you need to convert it into a free format first before uploading. HyperAnd (talk) 08:51, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Source of a photo leads to a completely different photo

File in question is File:Vrt-bulk (40).jpg

Is there a template i can use to mark this? Trade (talk) 09:53, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

For several photos included in the same large set, the uploader linked to the same photo. Very minor problem, since the other photos of the set can be accessed from there. Not sure what use a template would be for this. A practical thing may be to simply ask the uploader to adjust more precisely the links for each photo. I adjusted the link for the file linked above. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:35, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Notifying the uploader Magicmorz. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:43, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

seems ok to me, please link the exact problematic files @Asclepias@Trade Magicmorz (talk) 11:00, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

The four uploads at 14:32 (UTC) 18 July 2025 linked to the same photo. -- Asclepias (talk) 11:19, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Whoops, wrong file (generic file names does not make it easy)

• File:Vrt-bulk (39).jpg
• File:Vrt-bulk (41).jpg

--Trade (talk) 11:05, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

I wanted to ask about my earnings

Can we get a chance to earn money by uploading photos of historical places Shanoor 0 (talk) 12:23, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Wikimedia Commons is not a microstock site, so the answer to your question is: no. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 12:52, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

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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)

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)

Creator:Alexandre Dumas

Can somebody please change the commons category on wikidata for this from Category:Alexandre Dumas (père) to Category:Alexandre Dumas? The Dumas wikidata item (Q38337) is protected. Thank you. Geoffroi 23:24, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

@Geoffroi:  Done -- Auntof6 (talk) 00:16, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

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File extraction problem

Hello, File:Andy Kelly.jpg indicates it is extracted from File:Kruise Leeming.jpg. The problem is that the extract took place from an earlier version of the file and not the current version of the file. How do we show this or does it not matter? Keith D (talk) 23:26, 24 July 2025 (UTC)

Pinging the uploader @Fleets: Geoffroi 01:02, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

So {{Extracted from}} won't readily capture what is going on here, but it doesn't seem to me like there should be any difficulty describing the source, and the licensing is necessarily the same. - Jmabel ! talk 03:51, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

Sounds like a good example of why COM:OVERWRITE proscribes substantive change of content. The situation appears to be one wide-view image and two cropped portions of it, so the easiest solution to solve this mess (and enhance our content collection) is to have each of them at a separate filename rather than one of the cropped portions overwriting the wie-view. The only mitigating factor is that all of these are by the same uploader, who is the license-holder, so by license they are just uploading their own work in different ways not DW of someone else's that requires attribution/provenance-tracking. DMacks (talk) 04:08, 25 July 2025 (UTC)

This was a user overwriting their own upload with a new version. That is pretty much always allowed. For many situations, it is actually a best practice: e.g. File:Seattle - Floating homes and shanties on Portage Bay from the water - 2025-07-09 - 04.jpg, File:Nicolae Vermont - Sala de așteptare - 1916.jpg. But, yes, it would probably be a good idea here to make the original version a separate file since it has multiple derivatives. - Jmabel ! talk 18:53, 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)

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 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)

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:

File:An Untitled Love Story (2025) - Olivia.jpg

File:An Untitled Love Story (2025) - Logan.jpg

File:An Untitled Love Story Poster 2025.jpg

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)