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Subtitle tool?

Hei hei! Manually assigning initial subtitles is painfully tedious. 😥 Translating them is fine, as the times are already established. Are there any useful tools or ways that will make adding subtitles easier and/or faster? I couldn't really see anything of the sort on the subtitle information page, though maybe I simply didn't look closely enough! EdoAug (talk) 01:41, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately, I don't know. I use the tools on YouTube when I crosspost it there --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 11:21, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@PantheraLeo1359531: Interesting! Do you post it onto YouTube first, add subtitles through YouTube, and then import to Commons? EdoAug (talk) 13:32, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Usually, yes. It depends on my workflow, where I publish it first, but the advantage is that YouTube has speak recognition and adds a (not perfect) transcription with rather accurate timestamps, so you only have to do smaller changes. Once published (video and subtitle), you can download the subtitle with online or offline software :) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:17, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Good questions, this is very much needed and there probably already is a request / code issue for it somewhere. If you post it on Youtube you can indeed just use (download and copy) the generated srt subtitles (or time-matched subtitles if you provide the text but not the timestamps). Prototyperspective (talk) 18:30, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

I get an 'innapropriate content' warning when trying to publish a translation of a medwiki article

I'm currently translating an article from MedWiki, but I've been unable to publish it. I keep getting a message warning me about inappropriate content. The warning reads, 'Automatic editing filters have identified problematic content in your translation. Details: Possible inappropriate content related to the human body'. I'd love to get this issue figured out, please advise. JennyLima (talk) 01:35, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Since Wikmedia Commons doesn't have "articles" other than our own policies, guidelines, help pages etc, pretty much any article would be out of scope for Commons. Is there a chance that you are asking this question on the wrong website? - Jmabel ! talk 01:40, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

@JennyLima: Hi, and welcome. It seems that you hit edit filters on Portuguese Wikipedia, not here. Please ask there, at pt:Ajuda:Tire suas dúvidas in Portuguese, referencing pt:Mediawiki:abusefilter-warning-ofensa and pt:Mediawiki:abusefilter-disallowed (among the over 100 messages you received).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:16, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Update

I need to change my photo and update The news about me. The friend’s of mine that work at The page is dead and I don’t know to update it. thank for you help me alba Donati 80.182.83.202 04:52, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Do you mean in the article Alba Donati at the Wikipedia in Italian? If so, you may be looking for the help page Aiuto:Sportello informazioni there. -- Asclepias (talk) 05:38, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia:A picture of you may be of help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:15, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

Maybe she just wants to replace this photo with this photo. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:05, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

The second photo is much nicer. So naturally, I put a "This file may meet the criteria for speedy deletion." on it. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 22:56, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

@Alba Donati: I have no idea whether you are looking at this, and you didn't create an account so I have no obvious way to reach you, but if you want File:Alba Donati.jpg we are going to need a proper license for it, from the actual copyright-holder. Is there anything you can do to help us get in touch with them? - Jmabel ! talk 02:47, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Globe is the publisher of the French translation of her 2022 book (contact). -- Asclepias (talk) 04:12, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Uploading a Logo

I'm trying to upload a logo to Wikimedia Commons, but this logo has been used within the 150 or so years, so it isn't public domain, the company that owns such logo is a big corporation that can't be easily reached from my knowledge, so how would I go about posting this? Anonimo3000000 (talk) 14:00, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

@Anonimo3000000: "has been used within the 150 or so years" doesn't make a lot of sense. Could you please repeat that in a language in which you are more comfortable, and also be specific about what logo you are talking about and (if this is for an article) what article in what language? - Jmabel ! talk 17:55, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

with "has been used within the 150 or so years" i more specifically has been used recently enough to not be public domain.

the logo im trying to post is the logo for a now defunct italian pay tv channel called "RaiSat 2", its for the italian wikipedia page since it doesnt have the image, i might do the same with 1 and 3 if i can do it for 2, the logo was last used in 1999 before the channel was renamed to just "RaiSat Ragazzi", the division that managed these channels also has been shut down since 2010, the company that owned it is still around though Anonimo3000000 (talk) 01:42, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

@Anonimo3000000: It doesn't matter when they were last used; it may matter when they were first used.

Two things are going to matter: is the logo complex enough to be copyrighted and when was it first published. Given that the station was founded in 1997, I assume it cannot be older than that, and so if it was copyrightable it is presumably still copyrighted. Italy has an unusually short term of copyright (20 years) for government, academies, public bodies, and non-profit cultural organizations, but I assume from that name this had something to do with RAI, so it is none of those apply and it would get 70 years. Still, Italy also has an unusually high threshold of originality for copyright. Can you link a page that shows the logo, so someone can judge its level of complexity?

Also, in the future, complicated copyright questions are better asked at Commons:Village pump/Copyright than on the general help desk. - Jmabel ! talk 02:07, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

yes it has to do with rai in fact it was one of their multiple pay tv channels

here is a link to the logo on logopedia https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/File:Rai_Sat_2-0.png

alternate logo https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/File:20180304_153128.jpg Anonimo3000000 (talk) 10:53, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

@Anonimo3000000: I think that hand puts it over the threshold of originality even for Italy, so it's presumably copyrighted. We can't have it on Commons without a license from RAI, which they are very unlikely to grant. It looks like if you want to use it in the it-wiki article, you can upload it directly to it-wiki, with certain conditions. See it:Wikipedia:File_non_liberi. - Jmabel ! talk 15:57, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

ユーザー名の後ろに「~commonswiki」が付く

10年以上前に私が投稿した写真について 「ファイルの履歴」の「利用者」にユーザー名の後ろに「~commonswiki」と付くのはどういう意味でしょうか？ Bigben1979 (talk) 17:40, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

@Bigben1979: It normally means that when accounts were unified across the WMF wikis 15 or so years ago, someone didn't resolve a name conflict in a timely manner, so this was added to remove ambiguity. Of course, there is nothing stopping someone from just using it in an account name separately from that, but that's vanishingly rare. - Jmabel ! talk 17:58, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

According to Microsoft Copilot:

“What does it mean when ’ ~commonswiki’ is attached after the username? What does it mean when ’ ~commonswiki’ is attached after the username in the ‘User’ of the ‘File History’ for the photos I posted over 10 years ago? Bigben1979 (talk) 17:40, 6 July 2024 (UTC)” James StevensAnderson (talk) 02:39, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

@James StevensAnderson: Yes, and I already answered. - Jmabel ! talk 05:11, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

ありがとうございます Bigben1979 (talk) 13:30, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Uploading photograph from IMDb

Hello,

I'm updating the page of Cara DeLizia and I want to upload a picture of her. Can I use her IMDb photograph?

Best regards. PyroOnFire (talk) 21:02, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

No, IMDB is not freely licensed, and we only would accept freely licensed photographs of actresses post-1989. Please read COM:L Abzeronow (talk) 21:11, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

@Abzeronow, I am curious where you found the "1989" cutoff year, because it is not in COM:L and seems quite arbitrary when copyright tends to rest on the date of death of the author/creator of a work. Does a 1989 cutoff apply to all countries, or one in particular, such as the US for the specific case of DeLizia and IMDb (Amazon)? Elizium23 (talk) 21:54, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

This was a question about an American actress and an American site, so yes, I was just discussing American copyright law in such all photographs (except for U.S. federal government works) are presumed to be copyrighted if published after March 1989. Of course, many American photographs from 1929 to 1989 are still copyrighted too, but because of formalities in copyright law in that period, research has to be done to determine copyright status. As you say, works from outside the U.S. would have different copyright rules, and life of the author plus 70 years is generally the rule of thumb but there are exceptions for simple photographs in some countries. Abzeronow (talk) 03:09, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

@Elizium23: We use the 1 March 1989 date because that's when the US joined the Berne Convention per COM:US.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:01, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

• @PyroOnFire: Only if the photographer has explicitly released the photo under a free license. If information proving that is not provided at the source, no. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 22:16, 6 July 2024 (UTC)

© Nokia

"Uploaded a work by Nokia Mobile from Nokia.com with UploadWizard"

98.248.161.240 01:57, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

•  Done Deleted as COM:CV. For future reference, list such problems at Commons:Deletion requests. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 02:47, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

  Or, more quickly, just put {{Copyvio}} on obvious copyright violations. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:02, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Club Logo - PFC Ludogorets 1945

Hello, I am an employee of PFC Ludogorets 1945 and I have been asked to try to fix the logo used on the Wikipedia page. I would really appreciate any additional information and help regarding this matter, because I am not fully familiar with the whole process. Nikolaykirchev (talk) 12:39, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi Nikolaykirchev. I've responded to your question at en:Talk:PFC Ludogorets Razgrad#Club Logo. Please check there. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:16, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Postar imagem?

Como que eu consigo postar imagem??? Antônio Glauco (talk) 16:32, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Commons:First_steps/pt - Jmabel ! talk 18:20, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

¿puedo subir esta imagen?

estuve viendo la pagina de Wikipedia del grupo NCT 127 y las imágenes que se encuentran ahí son bastante viejas. ¿puedo subir su logo actual de YouTube dando créditos o no esta permitido? Hkkpo (talk) 20:05, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

@Hkkpo: Para logos, Commons solo puede almacenar (1) los que están en el dominio p&ublico; (por ejemplo, demasiado sencillo pare tener derechos de autor) or (2) los que tienen licencia bastante libre (por ejemplo, CC-BY-SA 3.0). El segundo es raro, pero el primero puede ser posible, pero necesitamos poder ver el logo para saber. - Jmabel ! talk 04:29, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Heritage Contest

Do you accept videos or only still photography Artofmedicine (talk) 06:08, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

@Artofmedicine: you'd have to be specific as to what contest, and would almost certainly do better to ask on the talk page of the contest than here on the general help desk. - Jmabel ! talk 16:57, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Can I upload an image found on a site creativecommons.org?

Hello, I am looking for a comic image to illustrate the article 'Lobo DC Comics' and I found a comic photo here: https://openverse.org/image/b080cf6d-48ee-4bd6-8c32-5a53a90ff514?q=lobo%20comics through this site: creativecommons.org. I see that on the site it is specified: "This image was marked with a CC BY 2.0 license: Credit the creator." And that's exactly what I'm going to do by using it for the article. Do I have the right to do so? Thank you very much.

Regards, Sylvain Ketzalcoat (talk) 11:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

@Ketzalcoat: Hello, No, someone who takes photos of his collection of comic books and publishes them on flickr cannot make the comic books free licensed. That is called flickrwashing. See the page Commons:License laundering. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Thank you for your reply! Ketzalcoat (talk) 02:53, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Changement de logo

Bonjour,

Je travaille au service communication de l'Inspection générale des affaires sociales. Nous avons récemment changer de logo et nous souhaiterions le changer sur la page Wikipédia.

Comment faire ? Gaby hls (talk) 12:55, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

@Gaby hls: Bonjour, Le logo étant sur Wikipédia, il faudrait probablement vous adresser directement à Wikipédia. Vous pouvez y demander de l'aide sur la page Wikipédia:Forum des nouveaux ou sur la page Wikipédia:Le Bistro. Par ailleurs, n'oubliez pas de déclarer votre lien d'emploi dans votre page d'utilisateur sur Wikipédia. Voir la page Wikipédia:Contributions rémunérées. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

История фото

Здравствуйте, увидела фотография, но фотографии копия я, даже взгляд мой. Но фотография была сделана 1966 г. Я родилась в 1984 г. Прошу помочь мне найти автора фотографии или того кто выложил фотографию. Хочу узнать судьбу этой женщины, совпадение лица и взгляда 100% . Я даже думала что фотошоп. Моя электронная почта [email suppressed] yandex.ru Мария1209 (talk) 13:56, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

My double in the photo

Hello, I saw a photo, a copy of me is in the photo, even my look. But the photo was taken in 1966. I was born in 1984. Please help me find the author of the photo or the one who posted the photo. I want to find out the fate of this woman, the coincidence of face and gaze is 100% . I even thought it was Photoshop. Please tell me who can say about the photos or the woman, please write down [[:File:Hölgy esernyővel, a Március 15. tér felé nézve, 1966 Budapest. Fortepan Мария1209 (talk) 14:21, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

@Мария1209: Hello, The photo File:Hölgy esernyővel, a Március 15. tér felé nézve, 1966 Budapest. Fortepan 89636.jpg is by Hungarian photographer Urbán Tamás. The photographer is 80 years old. But this photo is a street scene and I doubt that even the photographer could help to know who the woman is. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:56, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much, but there is almost no hope to find out anything, it's a pity, but I'm impressed by the similarity, especially the look. Мария1209 (talk) 15:52, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Большое спасибо! Я буду хранить фотографию с именем девочки в качестве сувенира, так как я верил в близнецов, мои родственники не верят, что это не я, они думают, что Photoshop, потому что фигура другая, но мое лицо и когда-то такая же прическа были. Мария1209 (talk) 16:15, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Blurring parts of a photo to comply with copyright

Anyone have an easy guide for that? Trade (talk) 14:46, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

@Trade: it's almost too simple for a guide. Download the full resolution version of the photo. Open it in GIMP (or another image editor, but that one is free and powerful). Select the portion to be blurred, by whatever selection tool is most convenient. Select Filter | Blur | Gaussian blur... from the menu. Increase "Size X" until it looks sufficiently blurred ("Size Y" should also change unless you actively delink them). Save. Upload as an overwrite.

If there is anything there for which you need more detail, let me know. - Jmabel ! talk 17:06, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Is there a category for partially censored images that i should use? Trade (talk) 17:11, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

@Trade: Category:Gaussian blurs as concealment - Jmabel ! talk 20:21, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

"File extension ".jpg" does not match the detected MIME type of the file (image/x-xcf)" What now? Trade (talk) 22:25, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

@Trade You want "Export" rather than "Save" from Gimp. --bjh21 (talk) 22:33, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

I figured it out. Unfortunately the default level of Gaussian blur is not enough to hide copyrighted elements. Could you tell me how to turn it up without having to redo the lines all over againTrade (talk) 21:59, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Is this Gaussian blurring intended as a courtesy to simply prevent innocent people from seeing a copyrighted image, or is it intended to prevent distribution of that copyrighted image by sites such as Commons? Because we should be mindful of the effects of en:Deconvolution and the ability to, perhaps with favorable circumstances, reconstruct whatever you've chosen to blur.

Perhaps a better choice would be simple erasure. Just black out the offending portions of the image, erase them completely, take them out of the equation. Then, you won't leave any opportunity for reconstruction. Elizium23 (talk) 00:37, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

We usually use a Gaussian blur for this purpose. It's pretty effective if done at a high enough level of blur (the default is a very slight blur, the user has to increase the area used in blurring from 1.5 pixels to usually 15 or more (Trade: you might want to look at the GIMP manual online for how to do that), even higher for a large portion of a high-res image). The advantage to a Gaussian blur over erasure is that it leaves the scene looking pretty "normal" at low-res but only very little more legible (or even less so) at high-res so it doesn't produce a "useful" copy of the copyrighted material. See File:Albanian President Bajram Begaj hosts Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, for a meeting at the Office of the President in Tirana, Albania on June 8, 2023 - 2.jpg for a good example.

I think the issue of deconvolution is a red herring. This overwhelmingly arises for third-party images where we always link back to the source image, so the full, infringing version could be found in any case. It's not about making that impossible to see/find/recreate, it's about keeping the would-be infringement de minimis. - Jmabel ! talk 02:45, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Створеная мною стаття зникла.

Не розумію за що мене заблокували і чому моя стаття "Юрій Вольф-Вурдалак" була видалена? Поверніть будь ласка. Скоріш за все заблокували за те, що я натиснув декілька разів на кнопку "змінити", тому що думав що інформація не збереглася. Прошу вибачення та в майбутньму не буду робити подібне. Прошу розблокувати обліковий запис і тему "Юрій Вольф-Вурдалак" UARock (talk) 09:48, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

@UARock: You have no deleted edits here on Wikimedia Commons.Is this about uk:Юрій Вольф-Вурдалак on the Ukrainian-language Wikipedia? If so, you'd have to take it up there, where it has not yet been deleted, but it has been nominated for deletion as "non-encyclopedic." - Jmabel ! talk 17:21, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

Come caricare le foto

Posso caricare le foto in jpg? Occorre un altro tipo di file Unmarecosiceleste (talk) 12:11, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@Unmarecosiceleste: Sì, JPG è accettabile. Se ho capito bene, stai dicendo che dobbiamo supportare qualche altro tipo di file. Che tipo di file? - Jmabel ! talk 17:28, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Seeking Guidance on Uploading a Key Artwork for Lobo (DC Comics) to Comply with Non-Free Content Policy

Hello, I am planning to upload an image of the original painting for "Lobo #1" from 1990 by Simon Bisley to enhance the related article. Before proceeding, I want to ensure that my approach complies with Wikipedia's non-free content policy. Here's my plan:

1. Justification: The image showcases Simon Bisley's distinctive style that significantly transformed Lobo’s visual representation and popularity.
2. Educational Purpose: I aim to use the image for critical commentary on the artistic evolution of the character Lobo, demonstrating Bisley's impact on comic book artistry.
3. Copyright Info: The image is copyrighted by DC Comics, published in 1990. I intend to use it in low resolution to comply with fair use, discussing its significance in an educational context.
4. Relevance: The image is crucial for the readers to understand the specific aesthetic and cultural shift in the character portrayal introduced by Bisley.

Additionally, I have resized the original image to a resolution of 300x453 pixels to further comply with fair use guidelines. (300x 453 px). My primary motivation is to present the most relevant and popular portrayal of Lobo. Could you please confirm if this approach is in line with the guidelines or suggest any modifications needed?

Thank you! Ketzalcoat (talk) 13:36, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Commons does not allow such media, see Commons:Licensing. Please ask such question directly on projects that allow non-free media. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:57, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@Ketzalcoat: If the question is about the English-language Wikipedia, it can be asked there: Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:05, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you :) Ketzalcoat (talk) 15:25, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

लेख का Rename कैसे करें ?

मैं लेख के नाम से WT:Articles for creation/ हटा कर rename कैसे कर सकता हूँ? Shri Prannath Jyanpeeth (talk) 17:26, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

• @Shri Prannath Jyanpeeth: we don't have articles on Wikimedia Commons, so I believe you are asking on the wrong site. I see you've edited on the Hindi Wikipedia, so that is probably where you want to ask. - Jmabel ! talk 17:30, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

  He's using the WT namespace, which probably means Wiktionary. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 06:33, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

@Shri Prannath Jyanpeeth: ये विकिमीडिया कॉमन्स है, यहां आपको लेख नहीं मिलेंगे। आप विकिपीडिया के चौपाल का उपयोग कीजिए। मुझे शुद्ध हिन्दी अच्छे से नहीं आती हैं, लेकिन मेरी बात आपको समझ में आई हैं। Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 06:40, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Edit file history

I know it's a silly issue, but I accidentally deleted the automatic reversion comment on the latest version of File:Coldplay Glasto24 290624 (73) (53837901483) (cropped).jpg. Is there any way I can solve this? It feels wrong having an empty field. GustavoCza (talk) 19:02, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Edit summaries are immutable, and unless an oversighter redacts them, they will remain as-is. If you really need to place a comment in the article history, you can make some sort of inconsequential edit ("null edit") and supply the edit summary at that point. But typically, I would not recommend this. You could always place a comment on the File talk page, or some other appropriate talk page, as a more normal discussion. Elizium23 (talk) 19:25, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Archive talk page discussions

Can I archive some talk page discussions of commons like Wikipedia? Lahsim Niasoh (talk) 21:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

@Lahsim Niasoh: In general, yes, if there is a pretty extensive talk page, some sections of which are genuinely "stale". On your own user talk page, you can be more aggessive than that, if you like. Don't mess with anyone else's user talk page in this respect, though. - Jmabel ! talk 02:48, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Lahsim Niasoh (talk) 02:51, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Multiple users needing help

User:Commander Keane recently brought it to my attention that no one seems to be monitoring Category:User needing help. I took care of a few, but there is more there than I wish to take on right now. If anyone can help some of these users, great. Remember to mark the "Helpme" template with a {{Tl}} when the issue is sorted out, or if you have begun a dialogue and will be watching the page and taking care of the issue moving forward. When you do that to the template, you effectively remove the category so that no one else is redundantly drawn to the page. - Jmabel ! talk 04:25, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

I just wanted to add: some of these issues have been "hanging" for a very long time. - Jmabel ! talk 04:27, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Thanks for the heads up. I just noticed one question from 2021 somewhere among these. _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 06:01, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Box of switches

Box of switches at the left

This photograph shows a box of switches, which we commonly call a "switchbox". However, I couldn't find the Category:Switchboxes category, so I have created one. Is it the correct term for the box of switches? Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 06:44, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

I've also seen the Category:Switchboards category, which has been seldom misused for boxes of switches. I've categorised them to Category:Switchboxes. Sbb1413 (he) (talk • contribs) 06:48, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Getting infobox title data in a SPARQL query

When I do a query returning https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_handbook_to_the_poetry_of_Rudyard_Kipling_(IA_handbooktopoetry00dura).pdf and others, '?title wikibase:apiOutput mwapi:title' and '?item rdfs:label ?label' both return the filename with the IA stuff at the end, when what I wanted was the Title field in the summary box at the bottom of the page which has template {{Book|title=A handbook to the poetry of Rudyard Kipling}}. More generally, do WM items have clean titles I can request? Vicarage (talk) 09:41, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

copyright of photographs

Hello. If I personally received permission to publish a photo on Wikipedia from the person who owns the copyright, can I do so? Or should it not have copyright in the first place? Arsenysob (talk) 12:45, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

To upload and use copyrighted work on Wikimedia projects, a written permission is needed. More information can be obtained here: Commons:Volunteer Response Team --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 14:07, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Which copyright tag to use?

I want to bring to Commons a image from the MRE (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of Brazil, however they don't use an existing license but instead write that "The content available on our portal can be freely reproduced, as long as due reference is made to the source of the information (accompanied by the link to the publication page and date of access to the content) and credit is given to Itamaraty. The same applies to content published on our social networks.", this text can be read in it's original in portuguese at https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/acesso-a-informacao/perguntas-frequentes/outros-assuntos#portal. Otto Von Heim (talk) 15:20, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Commons : Wiki ama a Terra 2024

Meu nome é Rodrigo Valdez Severo e gostaria de saber se para este concurso referente ao mês de julho/2024 eu posso postar fotos de gemas. Rodrigo Valdez Severo (talk) 17:20, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

@Rodrigo Valdez Severo: Seria melhor você fazer uma pergunta como essa na página de discussão da competição em questão: Commons talk:Wiki Loves Earth 2024 in Brazil. - Jmabel ! talk 20:07, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

Change source link?

Can we edit an existing commons file to fix the source. The source provided in this image is broken and showing 404 error, i have another link which provides reliable source. Redmyname31 (talk) 18:34, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

@Redmyname31: If the "other link" is the updated url of the original source, you can update it in the "source" field of the file. If the "other link" is an alternate source, you cam add it in the "other versions" field, but without removing the mention of what was the actual source. You can indicate that the source link is dead. I added the link to an archived copy [1]. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:57, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

thanx Redmyname31 (talk) 18:59, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

this similar image has same problem, i have alternate link to image but it's heavy. Redmyname31 (talk) 19:02, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

URL2Commons Error

Wanted to upload some files from mil.ru e. g. [2] by URL2Commons. The simulation works well, but when uploadin I just get an error without any further eror message. Avron (talk) 11:21, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

CC-BY-SA 3.0 and 4.0

To confirm: can I upload an image which includes works released under cc by sa 3.0 and works that are cc by sa 4.0? Should I license the image under just 4.0 or both? Cremastra (talk) 11:35, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Just under 4.0. See Commons:Derivative works #Derivatives of Free works: Adapting works licensed under CC BY-SA version 2 or higher can be re-licensed under the same or higher version of CC BY-SA. --Geohakkeri (talk) 12:48, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Cremastra (talk) 23:20, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

demande d'information

BONJOUR je voudrais savoir comme est positionnait le moteur d'un Peugeot 103 de l'année 1973 parce que j'ai achetais un moteur très ancien avec le variateur fixe et je l'ai plaçais sur mon Peugeot 103 vogue de l'année 1988 et la courroie qui n'est pas tendu du tout pourquoi à votre avis est ce que il manque une pièce pour que la courroie reste tendu en vous remerciant John pages  ! 2A01:E0A:9CE:87F0:4D79:B091:CDAE:BB47 13:36, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Bonjour, Je ne sais pas comment vous avez abouti ici, mais ce site web n'a rien à voir avec votre question. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:49, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

request for information

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HELLO I would like to know how the engine of a Peugeot 103 of the year 1973 is positioned because I bought a very old engine with the fixed variator and I placed it on my Peugeot 103 vogue of the year 1988 and the belt which is not stretched at all why in your opinion is a piece missing so that the belt remains taut thanking you John enamel pages <redacted>@gmail.com

translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:56, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Bonjour et bienvenue. Cette question semble n'avoir rien à voir avec Commons, essayez un site d'aide automobile, à la recherche d'un tendeur de courroie. Essayez également de ne pas utiliser de doubles espaces dans les phrases.

Hi, and welcome. This question appears to have nothing to do with Commons, try an automotive help site, looking for a belt tensioner. Also, please try not using double spaces within sentences.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:56, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Updating map svg - file name could not be kept as account too new.

Hello, I updated this map as requested here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Graphic_Lab/Map_workshop#Gender_self-identification_map but could not keep the same file name as my account is too new - the pop up said to post here. For clarity, this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gender_self-identification_around_the_world_1.svg should be changed to an iteration to: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gender_self-identification_around_the_world.svg. Thanks. Arisaie (talk) 17:42, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

I've enabled overwriting on File:Gender self-identification around the world.svg so anyone update that now. Abzeronow (talk) 17:53, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi, it still says "You cannot overwrite this file." for me - is there something I should do to change that? Arisaie (talk) 18:17, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Wait a couple of days. See COM:Autoconfirmed. --Geohakkeri (talk) 18:24, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Some advice though: I'd shade France and Greece a slightly different color based on a court order being required. Abzeronow (talk) 18:31, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

re: Pan AM Logo

re: Pan AM Logo

"This logo image consists only of simple geometric shapes or text. It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pan_Am_Logo.svg#:~:text=This%20logo%20image%20consists%20only,therefore%20in%20the%20public%20domain.

I don't think this is correct. As there are many Trademarked Pan Am Logos registered within the USPTO website. Please see the link below.

"Description of Mark: The mark consists of the outline of a globe with the words "PAN AM" across it." Registration Date: Apr. 19, 2016 https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=77931658&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch 2600:1700:BA80:4060:6CB6:D0FA:59FC:1CD1 05:21, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

"Copyright" and "Trademark" are two different yet interesting things. A simple logo that doesn't pass TOO can be trademarked if functions as a unique identifier for a brand in the marketplace. -- Mrb Rafi (talk) 06:26, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Problem sa slanjem fotografija

Good day. I'm just trying to upload the photos. It is not possible to have more than 60. Is there a possibility, since I would like to apply for the category with the most photos. Also, when I drag the file, it says that there is a problem with the network, but there is no problem. Thank you for your time. Natalija Rosic (talk) 12:09, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

@Natalija Rosic: It looks like, in practice, you are uploading photos with no topical categories. Please do see Commons:Categories#Categorization tips. You would do well to go back and add appropriate categories to the photos you have already uploaded.

As for your technical question: what upload tool are you using (Special:UploadWizard or something else)? UploadWizard does, indeed, have a limit of 50 files at a time, and I doubt that will change in the near future. If you are replicating text content over even more files than that, you can always use a Notepad and copy-paste.

Not sure what you mean by "drag the file" (from where to where). "it says that there is a problem with the network": what is the referent of "it" here? And what exactly does the error message say? - Jmabel ! talk 18:43, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Question about open access illustration

I found this illustration: https://www.pnas.org/cms/10.1073/pnas.1707227114/asset/29eec815-7e9f-48bf-aa27-678e258222c4/assets/graphic/pnas.1707227114fig03.jpeg ... and would really like using it in a Wikipedia article (*ideally including part of the caption too). Since the article is Open Access (and PNAS apparently gives out Creative Commons licenses...), could I simply upload this specific figure to Wikimedia commons (*I suppose, with the exact citation attached) and use it as discussed? Thanks in advance. Biohistorian15 (talk) 14:26, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

doi:10.1073/pnas.1707227114 is published under the PNAS license, whatever that means. As the paper fails to specify, whether it is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY, one must assume it’s not CC licensed at all. So, the figure remains off-limits for Wikimedia Commons. --Geohakkeri (talk) 15:17, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Which one of the two would have been fine? Biohistorian15 (talk) 15:31, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

CC BY. See COM:WKL. --Geohakkeri (talk) 15:37, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Probably this license. Noncommercial use for figures. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:33, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

@Bbb23 & 331dot

Policy reminder

Making legal threats toward other users (and, certainly, filing a lawsuit is beyond just a "legal threat") is sufficient grounds for a block. You basically have a choice: stay here as part of the community, and settle your issues within the community or seek remedies in a court. - Jmabel ! talk 18:47, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Wikipedia

My uploading is not working Jadenengineer (talk) 01:10, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

@Jadenengineer: could you say what upload tool you are using (e.g. Commons:SpecialUploadWizard) and what exactly is happening? "It's not working" doesn't give us a lot to go on. - Jmabel ! talk 18:49, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Questions about submitting media (photos)

Hello ,

I am making edits to a page to improve the quaility and knowledge of said page. it consist of many outdated photos, If i upload pictures from my business that I own to this will other companys in the same industry be able to use these photo and say it is there work? I want to use my photos as examples for people to learn but not for others to advertize their business falsely Ronnie2871 (talk) 06:11, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi Ronnie2871. You might want to take a look at COM:L because only content which meets the licensing requirements set out in that policy page is going to be OK to upload to Commons. You might also want to take a look at COM:Own work, COM:LRV and COM:ENFORCE before uploading any ways and makes sure you understand what it means to do so. Finally, another thing to understand is that Commmons is mainly concerned with the licensing of the content its hosts and whether it falls with COM:SCOPE; it's not too concerned with how such content is being used by the various Wikimedia Foundation projects like English Wikipedia. Whether an image is ultimately considered OK to use often depends on the policies of the project where you want to use it; for example, English Wikipedia's image use policy. There might be some who disagree with replacing what you consider to be "outdated" photo with ones from your own business; so, if you find that to be the case, you might have to establish a consensus in favor of a such a change. Since you appear to be asking about adding images to the English Wikipedia article "en:Sandblasting", the best place for you to discuss changing the images would be at en:Talk:Sandblasting. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:09, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Will other companies be able to say it is their work? No, they won’t. For example, CC BY license explicitly requires that appropriate credit is given. If others claim your photos as theirs, it’s a copyright violation. --Geohakkeri (talk) 08:21, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

borrado de archivos

Hola, subí dos o tres archivos a wiki commons y desearía borrarlo ¿Como hago? Gracias Enrisilve (talk) 12:29, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Puedes ponerlo {{Db-author}}. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 12:33, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

@Enrisilve: Si desea eliminar los archivos suyos, debe pedir la solicitud lo antes posible. Por lo general, aceptaremos que un usuario cambie de opinión sobre una carga dentro de los siete días; después de eso, generalmente no. - Jmabel ! talk 18:54, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

To be clear, I wasn't trying to link to the template, just give him the minimal information necessary to accomplish his goal. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:28, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Muchas gracias! Hay alguna forma de saber en donde se encuentran los archivos que ya subí? Hay alguna especie de sección, directorio o algo? Soy nuevo editando aquí... gracias desde ya por cualquier ayuda! Enrisilve (talk) 12:42, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Enrisilve: Por favor, vease al Special:ListFiles/Enrisilve y su log de upload.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:16, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

muchas gracias! Enrisilve (talk) 13:46, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Enrisilve: De nada. Por favor, usa Ud. un ":" extra con su respuesta.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Sheet Music

Would sheet music be included in copyright? Cyb3rstarzzz (talk) 15:02, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

• Yes, same as any other printed material. (Old sheet music may be out of copyright, depending on the copyright laws of the country of origin.) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 15:43, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Music presents some interesting copyright challenges, because there are multiple creative works involved:

• The notes, melody, harmony, instrumentation and arragement of the music itself, which may be written down as sheet music
• The lyrics/words, which may also be recorded along with the sheet music
• The actual performance of the piece, whether it's a public concert, a recording session, a video up on YouTube, etc.
• Plus, any derivative work that's present, especially sampling or "snippets" of someone else's creative work.

All these separate items can fall under copyright and licensing umbrellas, and even different ones at that. If an artist performs a work that's in the Public Domain, they can still hold a copyright on their performance and recording of it. Likewise, the owner or copyright holder of a work (such as what's on your sheet music) may restrict or license public performances of it.

Anyone releasing or performing an original piece may still face lawsuits over plagiarism or sampling.

You can often pick up sheet music of popular tunes in a store that sells musical instruments or pianos. That music's almost always copyrighted, with restrictions on public performance. Likewise, you can pick up a hymnal in any church, but if your choir wants to sing those songs, licensing may be necessary.

In a nutshell, sheet music is a simpler representation than a performance or recording, and its copyright/licensing issues are likewise simpler, but they still exist, just as any creative work. Elizium23 (talk) 23:33, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Caption syncing

Hi. Is there any way to automatically sync the captions in {{Information}} and mediainfo? Thanks. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 15:18, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Possible to request reopening of an older wiki?

Is it possible to re-open a wiki that was shut down previously? Smtimagine (talk) 19:50, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

This is the Wikimedia Commons. It is a sister site to Wikipedia that hosts freely-licensed and public domain media. We have nothing to do here with opening or closing versions of Wikipedia. Please see m:Langcom. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:52, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Quality Image Nomination

How to nominate this image for Quality Image candidate, because I'm not the creator of the image, I'm only uploader. Redmyname31 (talk) 20:02, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Nope, cannot be nominated. All nominated images should be the work of Commons users. --Geohakkeri (talk) 20:08, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, just wanted to confirm. ~redmyname31~💬 20:20, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum Logo - safe to upload?

I'd like to upload the Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum logo to Wikimedia Commons to add the to Wikipedia page for the Taiwan High Speed Rail Museum. I noticed the logo for the Taiwan High Speed Rail is on here under Fair Use. IngeniousPachyderm (talk) 06:47, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@IngeniousPachyderm: No. The logo is on English Wikipedia, fair use is not allowed on Commons. Yann (talk) 08:41, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, can you please point me to where the logo is?

I know the Taiwan High Speed Rail logo is on Wikipedia, but I haven't been able to find the logo for the Museum itself (which is different). IngeniousPachyderm (talk) 20:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Trouble understanding/using automated tools

Since I'm not a content creator or author, most of my work here on Commons involves finding files to delete/report and filing those reports on them. However, I'm encountering an uphill struggle in finding automated tools that ease those reporting methods. Awhile ago I found several hundred files that needed to be processed, and this could be partially automated with a generalized tool, but not fully automated, much to my dismay.

Now I've got @Yann admonishing me for filing unnecessary deletion requests. I didn't want to file those requests! I only wanted to report licensing errors! But the buttons in your Commons UI forced me to open DRs rather than "report" or merely "fix" the licensing defects.

The "Tools" menu as found in Vector 2022 on Wikimedia Commons

As you can see, Vector 2022 presents plenty of tools for dealing with files, such as "Nominate for deletion, report copyvio, no source, no permission, no license". But Yann doesn't like the way I used them. Should these tools be avoided? Do I need to fall back on manual filing for every task? Because if I need to manually add templates just to report a licensing issue, I'm just gonna stop reporting them altogether.

These tools are evidently optional "Gadgets" which I've enabled in my preferences. If Gadgets here are a bad idea, perhaps that should be addressed before exposing them to ordinary editors.

If you want help patrolling, if you want to reduce backlogs, and if you want editors to do the right thing, you'll need to ensure that ordinary tasks are automated, and that the automation can do the right thing without me having to worry about pissing off admins just because I pressed a button which I assumed was appropriate for the situation. Thanks. Elizium23 (talk) 09:16, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Which templates would you like to see automated? --Geohakkeri (talk) 09:36, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

For starters, "no source/permission/license" should be smarter about fixes and repairing license rather than blindly starting a DR. Any automated process that's going to annoy an admin or work against the accepted processes should not be allowed and shouldn't be condensed to a tempting button.

For a full-blown DR there are several actions which need to be taken: the placing of the template, notifying uploaders and other stakeholders, creating a DR page itself, and transcluding that into the daily log. When I was nominating hundreds of bulk deletions, it seemed that some of the tagging and listing them on the DR page couldn't be automated at all. Elizium23 (talk) 16:26, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Elizium23: Please see Help:VFC. There are also several other gadgets which help creating DRs with minimal work. And please do not create a speedy deletion for a work which is most probably in the public domain. That's what I told you on your talk page. Thanks, Yann (talk) 21:06, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Look I'm not a license or copyright expert. I hit buttons that said "No permission/no license" with no expectation that they would malfunction.

It is also apparent that license templates such as {{Npd}} create a CSD request anyway, so if you're trying to tell me that this is improper, you're barking up the wrong tree. Elizium23 (talk) 21:33, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

I don't know what I'm supposed to do. If there's no license or permission then I should not add the appropriate templates?

If I suspect that an incorrect license is supplied, I will not take initiative to "fix it" because this is a legal issue. I will tag it and defer to a copyright expert in that regard. That is part of the deletion process, I had assumed. Or if you want it instead sent to a License Review rather than a deletion discussion? Is a deletion discussion an improper venue to work out licensing issues? Because this is always how I approached it in the past and nobody's got on my case about it before. I'm sort of surprised that it is now an issue and I have been doing the wrong thing for decades??? Elizium23 (talk) 07:46, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

See Commons:Deletion policy. {{subst:nsd}} if there is no sensible information about the source, {{subst:nld}} if there is no license template, {{subst:npd}} if it isn’t clear that the stated license was actually granted by someone who had the legal right to do so, or {{subst:dw-nsd}} if the file is a derivative work without clear information about the original works. Finally, {{LicenseReview}} is pretty much a routine thing to do when the file is from an external source which might quite well disappear (from internet) any day. --Geohakkeri (talk) 08:06, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Okay I figured out those templates, but that makes no sense if Yann forbids deletion requests, because all of those constitute deletions as a time bomb, so what gives here? Elizium23 (talk) 08:12, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Well, they are not the way to go if the work is most probably in the public domain. But whenever there are reasonable concerns about the copyright situation, one deletion procedure or another is quite quickly on the table. --Geohakkeri (talk) 08:29, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

And if you're specifically referring to File:Nasa--methalox-rocket-launch.jpg (although I have no User talk page record about any comment you've made), this file is emphatically NOT PD and you appear to have erred when you twice declined to delete it and restored its PD status. It was a NASA APOD contribution and we've located the originals and the licensing terms from the authors. And I must say, I'm a bit offended that I've got the reprimand for this issue when the license was clearly falsified by someone you just warned about an indef block for the very issue??? Elizium23 (talk) 07:49, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Having trouble to create categories for different projects on Commons

Hi thereǃ I am a Project Manager working with the Wikimedians of Albanian Language User Group. We are running some projects with the community on Wikimedia Commons. We would like to collect contributors' pictures on different categories, but we are having trouble creating categories on Commons as it considers their creation as articles. Can anyone help us how to resolve it? Thanks in advance. Vyolltsa (talk) 13:31, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Vyolltsa: Hi!, Please explain your problem better. You created a number of categories [3], so obviously your problem is not about how to create categories. What do you mean by "it considers their creation as articles"? -- Asclepias (talk) 15:07, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Vyolltsa: Hi, and welcome. You have the wrong character in use, it needs to be a colon. Our systems are seeing that you are trying to create this in the gallery namespace. Categoryː... is incorrect, it should be Category:...   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:21, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Freedom of Panorama

Hello, I have been recently cropping pictures I find on Commons to serve as images for the embassies of Brazil in Wikipedia, however it has come to my attention that freedom of panorama is something that exists, and that it is something not every country adopts. I frankly have no clue if what I did goes against the censorship in South Africa, R. Congo and Slovenia (the countries I cropped images from, I did it for Australia as well but they have freedom there). I ask that if someone informed about copyright and freedom of panorama in those countries is reading this that the croppings be promptly deleted in case they are actually against the principles of commons. Best regards, Otto Von Heim (talk) 18:15, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Freedom of Panorama is a copyright exemption, it has nothing to do with privacy or public security laws. @JWilz12345: Abzeronow (talk) 18:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes, but the countries I cited don't have this exemption, so I don't know if the croppings I did, that focus on a specific building, are copyright free. Otto Von Heim (talk) 18:23, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Otto Von Heim can you mention what files or deletion requests are you referring to? JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 18:25, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

It would be File:Ljubljana - Trg republike 3.jpg, File:Avenue Amilcar Cabral Nord (cropped).jpg and File:Touchstone House.jpg, I didn't link it because it caused the actual image to appear here instead of just the link, oh well. Otto Von Heim (talk) 18:35, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I think all 3 are too recent to be public domain buildings. First looks like a 1960s building to me so the earliest possible date would be in the 2030s. Abzeronow (talk) 18:42, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Otto Von Heim

Re: File:Ljubljana - Trg republike 3.jpg, I'll refer it to TadejM who is active at reviewing images of Slovenian public buildings and monuments, having nominated many of them in the past (see Category:Slovenian FOP cases/deleted).

Re: File:Touchstone House.jpg, per this site (which does not seem to be of help): The original building on the site was built in 1895 as a warehouse and although this was substantially damaged in a fire the original façade was preserved and has been incorporated into the new building.

The one in Congo-Brazzaville obviously looks recent enough, but per COM:FOP Republic of the Congo, copyrighted public space works can only be freely used in television broadcasts and cinematography (not photography), as per Art.33(4) of their cppyright law. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 18:47, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Some background: copyright exists even in works of architecture (like embassy buildings) and sculptural monuments, nd the copyright holders are usually the designers (architects or sculptors) who authored those works or their heirs if they are already dead. Sometimes, like Korea's King Sejong Monument, the copyright was transferred to the State, and so the Government holds the copyright (SoKor's Ministry of Culture in this case). Usually, these holders have the exclusive right to control any instance of sharing, publication, or distribution of the works' images or appearances in visual media (inclusive of videos and other audio-visual media). Copyrights expire around 50-70-80-95-100 years after the authors' deaths, with the posthumous terms varying by country.

In around 80+ countries, there are copyright limitations that state reproduction of images of architectural works is not an infringement of copyright, and in around 70+ countries this copyright limitation extends to sculptural works permanently found in public spaces (usually outdoors). That is the essence of FoP: the freedom to share, publish, and/or distribute images of such copyrighted works in public spaces without the need of permission or payment of royalties to the work authors or their heirs/copyright holders.

And if you are curious, South Korea is not one of those countries, disallowing commercial uses of copies of such public landmarks (so no commercial FoP =  Not OK for Commons). The only permitted licenses here – CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-zero, and PD-user – mandate unrestricted commercial reuses.

Note that in a no-FoP country like South Korea, once a work fell into public domain, it can be freely licensed under the said commercial licenses even without permissions from the heirs of authors or copyright holder. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 18:37, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

So it appears those 3 images I made via cropping should be deleted after all, I'll have to pay attention to the FoP for future croppings I try to do. Otto Von Heim (talk) 18:46, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Category set by template cannot be changed

Dear all, I have recently edited Template:Gambiayear to reflect a change in the category naming process ("Gambia" → "the Gambia"), see here.

This template is used in Category:1707 in the Gambia.

Now, what my template edit should have done is changing the hardcoded category it gives the 1707 one from Category:Gambia in the 1700s (old category) to Category:The Gambia in the 1700s (new category). It also does show me the new category at the bottom of the page, see fig. 1 However, in cat tree, it is not a subcategory of that new category (see fig. 2), but still filed under the old category (see fig. 3). What needs to be done?

The only explanation I could think of is that the Wikidata-Item is still filed under Category:1707 in Gambia. But I reckon this shouldn't be a problem? Fallen Sheep (talk) 19:05, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

I have the same problem regarding the parent company in Category:The Gambia in the 1700s, template here is Template:Gambia decade. Fallen Sheep (talk) 19:08, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

You can open the edit view and immediately save it without changes. That way the page categories are refreshed. What is nice is that the edit doesn’t even get recorded so the histories don’t get cluttered with null edits. In fact, I already did so for a couple of categories. --Geohakkeri (talk) 19:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Oh, great, yippieh! This was another thought I had, that maybe it would only be a cache problem. If this is correct, it should sort itself out in a matter of (if even) days, no? I was really looking for a way without too many manual edits. Thank you, for your help, too. Greatly appreciated :) Fallen Sheep (talk) 19:43, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello

I have uploaded the image from the original author however the images are not getting uploaded ... is there any way you could help me ASAP. Rashm771 (talk) 23:10, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Rashm771: at Special:ListFiles/Rashm771 I see two files you uploaded a few days ago. Is this about these or something else? Also, in what sense are these your "own work"? If they are your own work, why the credit to Debra L. Zynger? - Jmabel ! talk 04:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

The platform shown in the Picture B...Can anyone tell what this is called so I can find the category?

Picture A

Picture B

There is an outdoor platform with flat roof on almost every campus in Taiwan, but it looks like a platform for overlooking military parades. As shown Picture B, a platform was built in the school yard and served as a podium for teachers to speak to students during morning assembly. And Picture A is a platform for military parades in the military base. From my perspective, they look very similar, with almost no differences in the architectural design. However, I have never been living in English speaking country, so I don't know what you would call the former (which mean the platform shown in the Picture B). Military parade platform? Command platform? Military parade podium? Command podium?--125.230.82.128 01:20, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Category:Reviewing stands? - Jmabel ! talk 04:24, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

These are categorized under Category:Temporary structures. I don't think that really fits... Fallen Sheep (talk) 08:38, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Şəkil yerləşdirmək istəyirəm

Ədliyyə Nazirinin müavini Vilayət Zahirovun bir neçə il bundan qabaq formada şəklini yükləmişdik. indi adını yazanda şəkli çıxmır. xahiş edirəm bunu bərpa edəsiniz. Aftandil Quliyev (talk) 05:12, 17 July 2024 (UTC)