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Neeed help in uploading file

Hello, I would like to include a picture of Aleksander Kaufman in a Wikipedia draft article I am working on. The image is available on the SEG website here: https://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Aleksander_Kaufman#/media/File:Alexander_A._Kaufman_headshot.png. According to the site, the image is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). Could someone please help me upload this file to Wikimedia Commons under the correct license so I can use it in my draft article? I suggest using the following file description:

=={{int:filedesc}}==
{{Information
|description = Headshot of Aleksander A. Kaufman
|source      = [https://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Aleksander_Kaufman SEG Wiki]
|author      = Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
|date        = (publication date not specified)
|permission  = 
|other_versions = 
}}

=={{int:license-header}}==
{{CC-BY-SA-4.0}}

[[Category:Aleksander Kaufman]]

Thank you very much for your help! GITSK (talk) 19:05, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

@GITSK: Hi, We need a formal written permission for a license from the copyright holder via COM:VRT. Yann (talk) 19:30, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. But then what does the phrase under the photo on the page mean:"Content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-SA) unless otherwise noted."? GITSK (talk) 22:15, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

It's a claim, but with no source given on and image that is obviously not their own work, it is not a claim we can trust. - Jmabel ! talk 04:01, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Here is the reply from SEG regarding the image:

You;​wiki

Dear Dr. Itskovich,

Thank you for your message and for your interest in including Aleksander Kaufman’s photo on Wikipedia.

The headshot you referenced is currently available on the SEG Wiki under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. This license allows anyone to reuse, share, or upload the image to Wikimedia Commons (or other platforms), provided the proper attribution is maintained.

Because SEG does not maintain an official Wikimedia Commons account at this time, we are not in a position to upload the file directly. However, you are welcome to upload it yourself using the SEG Wiki page as the source and citing the Society of Exploration Geophysicists as the author, consistent with the licensing terms.

If Wikimedia Commons requests confirmation of licensing, the CC BY-SA designation on the SEG Wiki page serves as the licensing statement.

Kind regards,

SEG Wiki Team GITSK (talk) 20:42, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello @GITSK, both the site you linked and the uploader of the image to that site are unlikely to be the copyright holder of the image. As Yann mentioned above, you will need to get permission from the original photographer/copyright holder in order to upload the image here. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 20:05, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Oftentimes when a site (especially wikis) is marked as being being under a Creative Commons license, that typically applies to the text. Images can be sourced from all over the place and may or may not be freely licensed (and generally, the safest bet is to assume the images are not freely licensed unless you have evidence otherwise). ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 23:01, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, I sent the request to SEG. GITSK (talk) 00:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

How to upload MP4 video file

How to upload MP4 video file, We are this issue , we are not uploading mp4 Satyamsc (talk) 03:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

@Satyamsc: Commons does not support MP4 (it's still a proprietary format). See Commons:Video for further information. - Jmabel ! talk 04:03, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

User upload view stats?

Hello! Back in April, Archives of Ontario shared online that their most viewed upload was File:Portrait of a woman holding a baby (I0024828).jpg. I know that Mediaviews Analysis allows you to see viewership for uploads, but is there a way to query across an uploader's images, or across a category? -- Nick Moreau (talk) 14:54, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

How to Properly Create a New Page for a Visual Artist

Hello,

I would like to contribute a new Wikipedia page for a visual artist who I believe meets the notability criteria. Could someone please guide me through the correct and accepted process for creating a new article?

Specifically, I’d like to know:

• What are the notability requirements for visual artists?
• Are there any templates or formats I should follow?
• Should I start in my sandbox or go through Articles for Creation?
• What kinds of sources are considered acceptable for establishing notability?

Thank you for your time and help!

Best regards,

Artmiamimagazine Artmiamimagazine (talk) 21:03, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

The notability etc. questions are only relevant for Wikipedia, not for Commons. Please refer to en:Wikipedia:Notability and its subpages for EN-WP rules. If you happen to be interested in a German article, read de:WP:Relevanzkriterien, you may also consult the de:WP:Relevanzcheck for a tentative opinion about encyclopaedic relevance according to German WP conventions. French people have their page at fr:Wikipédia:Notoriété, Spaniards at es:Wikipedia:Artículos sin relevancia aparente, all other languages are also linked through d:Q4657574. Assumming that only EN-WP is relevant at the moment: other technicalities and knowledge about creating articles can be found through en:Help:Introduction to editing with Wiki Markup/5. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, Yes, it will be just EN-WP. I will take the best way for mem sandbox, any suggestion or Do I have to make another question? Artmiamimagazine (talk) 12:33, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Take a look at en:Help:Your first article (I missed this page before, it summarise help and guidances) and en:Wikipedia:Article wizard (linked from the introductory page given above) for a step-by-step guidance. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 12:40, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

*me Artmiamimagazine (talk) 12:47, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Como se baja una imagen de mi galeria

como bajo una imagen de mi galería? Jorge Rossi Silva (talk) 03:22, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@Jorge Rossi Silva: Con la sola excepción de archivos SVG, se bajan imágenes de Commons en la manera normal para tu navegadora. En casi todas las navegadoras para ordenador personal:

• Haga clic en la foto en la galería para navigar a la página del archivo
• Haga clic en la foto allí para obtener la resolución completa
• Haga clic derecho y elija "guardar en disco..."

Jmabel ! talk 03:33, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

License issue

i this image(File:Flowers outside mosque, Palmerston North - 2019-03-18.webp) on "National Library of New Zealand" official site.

But unable to find a relavent template lisence for it. 獅眠洞 (talk) 04:56, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello @獅眠洞, at the National Library of New Zealand page, if you visit the indicated source link: https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/dda66756-52ae-4f11-996e-e1c2d79220ce, and under “Object rights”, click the link “By Attribution Alone”, then you can see the image is under {{CC-BY-4.0}}. Also, the original JPG is available to download on the link I mentioned above, so there is no need to upload the lower quality WEBP version. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 05:17, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

I had several images which are permission through social media app but I asked to upload images under CC by Sa lisence can it be also uploaded in this licence. 獅眠洞 (talk) 05:59, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

I asked the legitimate author of the image to upload on commons under cc by Sa licence. They give me permission but I am confused to Upload under CC by 4.0 or not 獅眠洞 (talk) 06:01, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

example :- File:Mezquita-MarDelPlata -Argentina.jpg 獅眠洞 (talk) 06:02, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞, uploading works by a third party is complicated. Make sure you read Commons:Uploading works by a third party#If you need to obtain a license for copyrighted work first. Unfortunately, I don’t think the author’s statement on Instagram for this image is enough as a permission to upload it to Commons.

If you needed help obtaining permission, I recommend using this new page: Commons:Permission requests, where you can request other more experienced users to help you obtain proper permission from the author. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 13:07, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@Tvpuppy, I unable to upload it under different format, does I re-uploaded and then place are duplicate template?? 獅眠洞 (talk) 06:05, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞 Yes, just upload the JPG version separately, and place a {{Duplicate}} template on the WEBP version you already uploaded. Tvpuppy (talk) 12:49, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Can an image taken around 1937 in Egypt be uploaded?

Can this image taken around 1937 in Egypt be uploaded and considered copyright-free? The approximate date is based on the fact that the person appearing in it was reportedly 10 years old at the time, according to sources. Even if this source is not entirely accurate, the subject’s appearance and an estimated age suggest that the image is over 50 years old. The individual was born in 1927, which supports the conclusion that the photo dates to around 1937. Given its age and origin, would this image fall under the public domain according to Egyptian copyright law, which generally protects works for the life of the author plus 50 years? Yoteb (talk) 14:15, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

• Maybe! Some more info would be helpful. When where was it previously published? "For non-creative photographic or audiovisual works copyright has expired in Egypt if published prior to 1987 and copyright has expired in the U.S. if published prior to 1981." Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Egypt -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:47, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Yoteb, please link to a source with context, not only to the jpg image. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:17, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@Asclepias, The image has been uploaded on multiple platforms and websites, including Afkarnews (13 years ago, Mashregnews (13 years ago), Mustafa-Ismailblog (11years ago) and IQNA (9 years ago), where it is described as showing a 10-year-old Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad with his teacher.

The Image has also been upload on many YouTube videos which are even older, such as: 1 (15 years ago) and 2 (12 years ago) Yoteb (talk) 04:14, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

None of which amounts to evidence of publication before 1981. - Jmabel ! talk 17:53, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

How can i request to rename a picture file?

How can I request a file renaming? On an airplane post I accidentally said 777-200ER when it is a 777-200 not an ER Gymrat16 (talk) 19:18, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Gymrat16, you can rename a file by following the instructions at Commons:File renaming#How to rename a file. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 19:31, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

ZoomViewer broken?

I clicked the ZoomViewer button on File:Friedenspalast_Den_Haag.jpg, but got "The URL you have requested, https://zoomviewer.toolforge.org/index.php?f=Friedenspalast_Den_Haag.jpg&flash=no, doesn't seem to actually exist." -- Steven Sun (talk) 02:23, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

It seems to be working now. -- Steven Sun (talk) 14:23, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Radhe Ahirwar

Radhe Ahirwar sironj Attitude girl 840 (talk) 04:24, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Attitude girl 840 It's unclear what you're asking, if you're asking anything. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:40, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Cannot see the description i had written while uploaded pic with UploadWizard

I had uploaded some pics of monuments recently, using the UploadWizard. I had made sure to write a description for each pic while uploading. The uploads were successful but i cannot see any of the descriptions had written.

I am navigating to User UPloads and clicking on the filenames. Under File Information, Captions, the description is the stanard text "Add a one line explanation"

If i need to edit here, why was i requested to add descr while uploading too ? What am i missing here ? (i am a newbie) Biscuit-1729 (talk) 05:46, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

At least one of your files has a description; can you give examples of those that do not? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:31, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Andy. I now realize that i am expecting the "description" i had entered while uploading to automatically appear in the descr field under "Captions".

To answer yr Q, i am yet to figure out where to check for the "Descriptions" captured during upload Biscuit-1729 (talk) 03:19, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Biscuit-1729: Hi, There are the "descriptions" in the "Information" template in the main section of the description pages. And there are the "captions" in the "captions" section. Your files have the descriptions. Some files also have captions when added, as in this example. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:06, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Asclepias, i understood the issue - am expecting the "description" i had entered to be automatically populated in the descr under "Caption". Yes, the first set of uploads has the Caption as i had to request for a filename change (under Move). Hence i had filled in tej captions. During subsequent uploads, i had used descriptive filenames, so did not check the captions. Biscuit-1729 (talk) 03:25, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Subir logos modificados por Gemini AI

Buenas, se puede publicar logos modificados por Gemini AI (via Nano Banana) ,Gemini AI usa watermark pero el logo de Gemini es tipo de estrella pero transparente, por ejemplo si le pido a Gemini que elimina el símbolo del pelicano del logo de Hollister ,es posible publicar logos modificados?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 13:23, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Better refrain from that. As for why: COM:SCOPE, this kind of images, modified logos, is mostly unsuited for Commons. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 14:17, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Speedy delete bot

There was a bot that would automatically add notifications to user talk pages when their images were requested for speedy deletion (SD|F10) (SD|G10). The bot does not seem to be doing that anymore. Does anyone know if the bot was taken offline for some reason? It was a nice work saving feature. Regards, Nv8200pa (talk) 14:53, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

The Deletion Notification Bot has been stopped indefinitely. Anyway, I think it was not meant as a work-saving feature, but as a partial measure in some cases of nominators who forgot to place the required notifications after a certain delay. It is the obligation of the nominator to always immediately notify the uploaders on their talk pages. (Please add the notifications for your recent nominations.) -- Asclepias (talk) 16:48, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Nv8200pa: There is the Deletion Notification Bot 2, which is not blocked but has no contributions in the recent days. Maybe its operator can tell you more about it. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:17, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Asclepias @Nv8200pa Restarted, seems to be working now. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 23:59, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Nv8200pa: Also, Asclepias was right above: you should be notifying people yourself, and the bot just helps if you forget. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 00:01, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Translation admin

Hi there, who can become a translation admin? Giorgx12 (talk) 15:41, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Profile

Hello! , So I got like a welcome cmomment on my talk page, and on my talk page do I write about myself or what? thank you! Eva.Crok (talk) 16:30, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Eva.Crok Your talkpage, User talk:Eva.Crok, is basically where other people will write if they want to tell you something, and any discussion that follows. Your userpage, User:Eva.Crok, is a page where, if you like, you can write a little about who you are and what you do/intend to do on Commons. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:23, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Eva.Crok: Hi, Please note that Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, and we only accept personal pages and images if people contribute somehow. Please read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:46, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Contributions Missing

I have been a monthly contributor to Wikimedia, but I just logged in and nothing is reflected under my User Contributions page. I suspect that maybe two accounts exist and they need to be merged? Chznarles (talk) 16:31, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

I'm immediately realizing that Contributions does not mean Contributions. Chznarles (talk) 16:33, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Chznarles Correct! "Contributions" in the sense of [1] and [2] is a record of the edits etc you made. Anything monetary is not public info. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:17, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Email permissioned image Upload

Hi I have a permission on my email the author of this image,

How did I give it here, It is a conversation.

He stated Hi {my name(not using here due to privacy)},

That is fine, on commons or Wikipedia, I don’t mind. If you can mention the source (website) that would be appreciated, but I’m not fanatic about that. If you can let me know when you have made the article, I would be very interested. I do make a financial contribution every month to Wikipedia and use it myself a lot for information. Great that you are making that article,.

Best wishes,

Ludo Kuipers

Plz tell me process?? 獅眠洞 (talk) 05:04, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞 There are several ways. I see the picture in your link has a caption (The mosque in the town of Khovd: the town has a substantial number of Kazakh people, most of whom are Muslim.). You can ask the author to add this to the caption: "This picture is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Please credit Ludo Kuipers/ozoutback.com.au"

You can also ask the author to mail Commons, he can start with the blue button here: Commons:Volunteer_Response_Team#Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries

More at Commons:Uploading works by a third party. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:56, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Kan dere snu bildet?

Kan dere snu bildet? Kvitrud (talk) 05:30, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Kvitrud If you check under the picture at for example File:Gutt med bukk laget av Stinius Fredriksen i 1925.jpg, there is a link that says "(request rotation)", at least it says that when the page is in English. Does that help? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:05, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Files for deletion

Although I am somewhat of an experienced editor at WP, I am still getting my bearings here at Commons. I've had images deleted at WP due to various copyright issues and incorrect rationale misclassification; however, I've only placed 2 images up for deletion - and I must say: I'm perplexed at the process here. The first (here: Midol Modern Packaging 2023) was put up for deletion on August 17th and nothing has been done. No discussion from other editors, no time frame for review, nothing. At least with AfD at WP there is a definitive process and 7-day period that renders a result. The second one is: U.S. Air Force Sheet Music (2000) and I'm seeing the same non-involvement, non-activity & non-results. What's the point of placing a copyvio image up for deletion if nothing happens at WikiCommons? Any insight on this matter would greatly be appreciated. Thanks. Maineartists (talk) 13:50, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Maineartists: Hi, That is "normal", in the sense that there is a backlog. Although deletion requests can be closed after seven days, that can take much longer. You can see a list of the open deletion requests at Commons:Deletion requests. The number of ordinary deletion requests can be about 200 each day. That is not counting the other types of deletion requests. Some are simple, some are complex. As can be seen, about half of the requests get closed after seven days. The rest are reduced over the following weeks or months. A small number of requests have been open for four months. That is for ordinary requests. A quicker method exists for obvious copright violations and other situations, which can be deleted immediately, i.e. often the same day as the deletion request is made. See Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion. However, in the case of your requests, opening ordinary requests was a good choice. The Midol box may need to be evaluated to tell if it is original enough to be copyrightable or, if it is, if the image can be modified to keep only the likely uncopyrightable logo. Please see Commons:Threshold of originality. The deletion request about the sheet music has not reached the seven days. It makes a good argument, but considering that the image has been there for nine years, it could be said that it can wait a little before an administrator gets to examine it. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:56, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Great, Asclepias. This is very helpful. Thanks! Maineartists (talk) 14:59, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

I am malete Itumeleng and I'm 15 years old so I only give life quoters to all people who they need help

I want to help people.I need to create a page @ Malete Itumeleng (talk) 14:23, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Malete Itumeleng: Hi, Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, but a repository of free documents: pictures, videos, sounds, old books and documents, etc. Please read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:44, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

can't post my pdf file of my own

Draft message for Wikipedia Help Desk / Teahouse: Hello, I have gathered historical and cultural information from my grandfather about the Harla people, and I wrote it down and converted it into a PDF. I would like to share this document so that it can be preserved and available for others to read and learn from. When I tried to upload it to Wikipedia, it asked me about a license, and I am not sure how to proceed. Could someone please guide me on: How to properly upload a document like this (if it is possible)? What kind of license I would need to apply so that it can be shared publicly? If uploading a PDF is not the right way, what would be the best way to make this information available on Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects? Thank you for your help! Awefeki (talk) 15:39, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Awefeki: Hi, Such PDF files are out of scope. We only accept PDF files for old books and historical documents. Yann (talk) 16:42, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Bundeliga Tobias Sippel.png

Uploaded a newer and fresher pic of Tobias Sippel from Bundesliga official. Is it not allowed to upload it? Thank you. Trying to figure out the wiki system first baby steps — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sz.Adam74 (talk • contribs) 15:29, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello and welcome @Sz.Adam74, please read Commons:First steps and Commons:Licensing. If you want to upload images created by other people, the images must be either freely licensed or in public domain, or you must obtain permission from the copyright holder of those images.

In this case, the website that your image is from, they have stated in their terms of use that “All rights are reserved. The intellectual property contained in the Products as well as their Services and content is protected”. This means the image you uploaded is copyrighted and not freely-licensed. So, unless you have written permission from the copyright holder (the website), unfortunately this image cannot be uploaded and needs to be deleted. Feel free to ask if you still have any questions. Thank you. Tvpuppy (talk) 16:40, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. I try and find something available. Sz.Adam74 (talk) 17:37, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

@Sz.Adam74: given that you appear to plan to upload existing content that you did not create, please read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 20:10, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, it really helps a lot. Szabenke (talk) 20:12, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Are Screenshots aceptable?

Good day. I'd like to ask if a screenshot of a website - not mine - is acceptable to be used in wikipedia. I was willing to use one to show a how is a certain part of a Website, but I'm curious if that would infract any rule of this site. Bauti12 (talk) 21:59, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for asking beforehand! But sadly, your idea will amount with quite a certainty to a copyright infringement, due to the assumed presence of non-trivial text or imagery (background info about that: COM:Threshold of originality). We have a guideline for screenshots: COM:Screenshot, also relevant: COM:Licensing and COM:Derivative works. Furthermore, you should be aware of COM:Project scope. If the question is about the English Wikipedia, you may fall back onto fair use, the relevant rule is readable at en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. Commons itself forbids it, see COM:Fair use. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:16, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

YouTube thumbnail screenshots

Are YouTube thumbnail screenshots allowed (if they are a part of the Creative Commons?) I am wondering this as I have a video in mind that is Creative Commons but I am not sure if the thumbnail is, how does Wikipedia treat it? WhyIsThisSoHard575483838 (talk) 00:14, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Also the thumbnail that I have in mind I believe was either taken by the channel or by Brandon Aubrey himself, then used as the thumbnail with consent for Creative Commons WhyIsThisSoHard575483838 (talk) 00:20, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O0aLkVjc4n8 this is the video's thumbnail in question by the way WhyIsThisSoHard575483838 (talk) 00:57, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@WhyIsThisSoHard575483838: Presumably there is no creative work involved in making a thumbnail, so nothing new and copyrightable is introduced, and you can use the license offered for the video. - Jmabel ! talk 20:04, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

What makes you "believe (it) was either taken by the channel or by Brandon Aubrey"? He can hardly have taken a photo like this and anyway it can't be assumed that it would be free. It seems likely that it was copied from somewhere else. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:34, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

It depends what is on it, where it comes from, and who owns the copyright. It can be included in the free license when it is extracted from the video and it does not include a non-free work. It can also be used if it is in the public domain or entirely AI-generated without including a non-free image. Otherwise, assume that it is not free, especially when there is no information about the source and the copyright owner and there is no evidence that is is free. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:34, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I presumed the thumbnail was of a shot from the video. Is that incorrect? I don't get any thumbnail at all when I go to that linked page myself. - Jmabel ! talk 04:11, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

This video is persons speaking in a video conference. The thumbnail is football players on the field. See also in the list of their videos. However, I'm not sure what the questioner refers to. Maybe we're not speaking of the same thing. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:57, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Commons records

I was wondering if there was an equivalent to Wikipedia records on Commons. I was particularly wondering about (1) longest PDF (which can probably be checked automatically) and (2) largest mass deletion nomination (by number of files nominated). TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 03:01, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Martín de TITANIC ARGENTINA

quiero subir una foto Santerflix (talk) 05:31, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

It seems you did: File:Martín de TITANIC ARGENTINA.jpg. Assuming you took it yourself with your own camera like you say, and not just copied it from FB, all should be well. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:56, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Deleted as advertisement. I'm not sure I agree with that -- it does show a book, but doesn't seem to advertise the book, and the photo on the book cover is old enough that I would imagine it is in the public domain (it certainly is in the U.S., but I don't know who was the photographer). On the other hand, if it is (as it appears) intended as a personal photo, we only accept (a small number of) those from active participants in WMF projects (Commons and its sister projects), and you don't seem to have any other contributions. - Jmabel ! talk 20:12, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Jaguar Mena photo 14592879882 (CF & Euro loco)

Hi, Firstly I make regular donations to wicki as I beleive you are doing great work. I am presently working on a new railway book 'Brush Traction Locomotives'. If possible, I would like to use the photo listed above in the book. Can you help. John Matthews PS, photo is Chris Froome & bike with a EuroShuttle train. LocomotiveJohn (talk) 13:34, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@LocomotiveJohn: I'm guessing you mean File:Chris Froome - The First Man to Cycle through the Eurotunnel (14592879882).jpg. Correct attribution in print would be "Photo by Jaguar MENA, licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)". - Jmabel ! talk 20:18, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Extracting image from another file

Hello, I would like to extract the image of German concert promoter Ossy Hoppe from the file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2022-06-22-Ossy_Hoppe_LEA_Live_Entertainment_Award_15_-0059.jpg Ossy Hoppe is the man on the left with white hair, and I would like to use only his photo to put it in a Wikipedia article that I have expanded. I have never done this; it is new to me, and I am worried about damaging the original file. Is anyone with experience extracting part of an image be kind enough to do this? Oroborvs (talk) 19:33, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

 $999$REAL 💬 ⬆   20:10, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@999real: Great! Thank you very much for your help. Oroborvs (talk) 20:53, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@Oroborvs: Heads up that {{Ping}} only works if you also sign your post at the same time, so going back to an old comment and adding {{ping|foo}} will not work unless you also add a new ~~~~ at the end. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:03, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@Koavf: Ok, thanks for the info, I didn't even know. Oroborvs (talk) 21:13, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

For what it's worth, this ping of me worked. Glad I could help, friend: teamwork makes the dream work. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:22, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

How do you guys upload ogg files?

I wanna upload a 30 second ogg file of Sailing. SpongeBobMusicFan123 (talk) 01:47, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

{{ping|SpongeBobMusicFan123} I believe ogg files can be uploaded with any normal Commons upload tool (e.g. UploadWizard, chunked upload) or with video2commons. Did you try something and have it fail? - Jmabel ! talk 04:14, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Can it be free or not? SpongeBobMusicFan123 (talk) 04:47, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

@SpongeBobMusicFan123, not sure what you meant there. If you mean "can it be fair use", then no, Commons does not accept fair use stuff, only stuff as described at Commons:Licensing. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:52, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Incorrect map on YouTube Premium page

File:Availability of Youtube Music in the World.svg

The map incorrectly shows Crimea as part of Russia. According to the UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 and international consensus, Crimea is internationally recognized as part of Ukraine. Please update the map to reflect this. Sireric1986 (talk) 19:46, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

As its title and description say, this map "shows where in the world users can subscribe to music streaming service Youtube Music". It's not a map of the boundaries of countries according to a resolution or anything else. -- Asclepias (talk) 22:53, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

The map currently uses solid borders that show Crimea as fully part of Russia.

I understand the purpose of this map is to show YouTube Premium availability, not political borders.

However, Wikimedia projects typically apply neutral hatching or dotted borders for disputed areas (e.g., Crimea, Western Sahara, Golan Heights, Kashmir).

Would it be possible to:

keep the availability shading (to indicate YouTube coverage), but

draw Crimea’s outer border with a dashed or dotted line, or add a neutral note in the legend,

similar to how other Wikimedia maps display disputed territories?

This would preserve the informational intent of the map while following Commons’ neutral point-of-view practices. Sireric1986 (talk) 00:35, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

You can draw Crimea's outer border with a dashed or dotted line and keep the shading. I've enabled overwriting so that change could be made. Abzeronow (talk) 01:08, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Yes, that sounds ok. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:17, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

¿Es aceptable un logo con el fondo transparente puesto por mi?

Encontré una imagen de un escudo (o logo) de un club de fútbol en una página web. Esa imagen no tenía un fondo transparente entonces se lo borré. ¿Puedo subirlo o infringe alguna norma? Necpk1 (talk) 21:11, 21 September 2025 (UTC)

No hay ningún problema en borrar el fondo, pero la imágen necesita ser de dominio público o estar bajo una licencia libre. No es común, que el escudo o logo de un club de fútbol sea de dominio público o esté bajo una licencia libre. Esto sería el problema más probable. - Jmabel ! talk

Агентство по гарантии качества в сфере образования EdNet

мой аккаунт можете разблокировать пожалуйста, ednetednet хочу закончить статью и пожалуйста помогите мне я 1 раз не понимаю много чего, спасибо 212.112.123.12 04:42, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Screenshot a website?

Is it illegal to screenshot a website and upload it to Wikipedia? StarCinnamon232 (talk) 05:27, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

@StarCinnamon232: I assume that by "illegal" you don't mean "Could I be criminally convicted for this?" but that you are asking about the rules either of Wikipedia in some unspecified language or of Wikimedia Commons (the site you are on). If the question is really about one of the Wikipedias, you'll have to ask there, not here. If it is about Commons, you'll have to be much more specific about what website, what the screenshot shows, etc. Keep in mind that at least 95% of what is on the web is copyrighted and not free-licensed, and cannot be uploaded to Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 06:02, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

File:Probable mechanism of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus (SFTSV) pathogenesis.webp

Buenas,tengo un problema un usuario @Prototyperspective agregó esta imagen a la nueva categoría (Category:Files using BioRender.com icons to be deleted or modified) pero si el sitio web Nature aparece la licencia libre CC-BY-4.0 (https://www.nature.com/articles/s12276-021-00610-1). AbchyZa22 (talk) 12:23, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Those files aren't yet nominated for deletion but I will nominate them at a later point. The Nature study text and images are all CCBY except for the images that contain BioRender images. Those images have to be either deleted or get their BioRender icons replaced and I hope somebody will do the latter. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:25, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

@Prototyperspective:But you have to talk to Nature because they added a free license if those image were created by BioRender (in my opinion it seems that Nature secretly asked BioRender for permission for Nature to publish photographs created by BioRender), regarding those images it has a free license but there must be some mistake. (Google translator) AbchyZa22 (talk) 12:35, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

They can't license BioRender images under CCBY; they can just use them as far as I understand it and this could be discussed in the DR(s). Prototyperspective (talk) 12:37, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

@Prototyperspective:In the website (https://www.nature.com/articles/s12276-021-00610-1) upside down section Rights and permissions says:Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. (Google translator) AbchyZa22 (talk) 12:46, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Pinging @Jmabel dime una opinión? AbchyZa22 (talk) 12:49, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

I know; see my previous comment (and also If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license[…]). Prototyperspective (talk) 12:49, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

@Prototyperspective:look (https://www.biorender.com/) in the down says Recently published in,but i see the logo of Nature... AbchyZa22 (talk) 17:26, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

Yes Prototyperspective (talk) 17:45, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

The Nature article does say that the image is under CC BY 4.0 license, because it is not indicated otherwise. There is a credit to Biorender, but there is no indication excluding the CC license.

The email quoted in the category does not seem to address that. The email is not of much use without the question that was asked. It sort of says that Commons could not directly use their icons. At least not without contracting a plan with them. Other than that, it does not address the reuse of icons included in images publihed under CC BY 4.0 by people who are actually authorized by BioRender to do so under a BioRender plan.

The terms of use of BioRender are complex and comprise various different plans. For example, if we assume that the authors of the article contracted an "academic plan" with BioRender, part of the terms are stated in the page www.biorender.com/academic-license. It states "With a paid Academic License, you can publish a figure in an Open Access journal, including under CC-BY 4.0 licensing without having to contact the BioRender team. Just generate the Publication License (details above) for the figure and use the included citation in the figure caption, footnote, or credits when publishing your figure." and "If you are publishing your figure in an Open Access journal that is under an open-source licensing arrangement (e.g. CC-BY 4.0 license), please make sure you follow our Publication License and citation requirements noted in Section 2 above and our Help Center page.". The help page to generate the citation is there.

There might be a problem if the authors of the Nature article violated the terms of their BioRender plan, because some aspect of their BioRender plan is not met or because the citation was not generated and worded as it should have been. Maybe the wording could have included something saying that icons could not be extracted from the image. One question is how the citation must be worded and was it correctly worded. If it was correctly worded, in conformity of the BioRender plan that allows publication under CC BY 4.0, reusers can legitimately believe that the icons may be reused under CC BY 4.0. -- Asclepias (talk) 18:35, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

It seems that:

A) Images made and published under CC BY 4.0 by legitimate BioRender customers who use BioRender icons in those images are validly under CC BY 4.0 because BioRender explicitly allows it. That would mean, at least, that the whole image (which includes the BioRender icons) can be reused under CC BY 4.0, and also that a part of the image (which includes the BioRender icons that happen to be included in that part) can be reused under CC BY 4.0, with the possible caveat in C) below.

B) If it is not used in an image made in conformity with A), a BioRender icon cannot be reproduced in isolation directly from the BioRender collection.

C) BioRender expects that its icons used in a CC BY 4.0 image in conformity with A) will not be extracted and reproduced in isolation exactly as they are in the BioRender collection. One difficulty is how a good-faith reuser of a CC BY 4.0 image is supposed to know or to guess which parts exactly of the image are BioRender icons.

-- Asclepias (talk) 13:18, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

@Asclepias:(https://www.nature.com/articles/s12276-021-00610-1) in the figure number 2 says in the upside down says:Created with BioRender.com. (Google translator) AbchyZa22 (talk) 13:56, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

Does the presence of that credit necessarily mean that every element in an image is from BioRender? How does the reader know what constitutes a designated icon that is excluded from the license? When an element is separated from other elements by some white space? And as soon as two or more elements are grouped by the author of the image, it is ok to reuse the group under the license? -- Asclepias (talk) 15:05, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

At: https://help.biorender.com/hc/en-gb/articles/21283116932765-CC-BY-publishing-and-reader-permissions it is clear that BioRender (BR) users can use a CC-BY license for images created with BR. Since the subject article does not have any indication that the images are not included with the rest of the article under the CC-BY license, I think we are safe in assuming that the authors have the necessary license from BR. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 18:40, 22 September 2025 (UTC)

 Question, I noticed the page also mentions, “BioRender icons are BioRender’s proprietary property and we need to preserve our rights to maintain a thriving business, we reserve the right to restrict anyone from extracting the icons and distributing them by themselves”. Is this restriction compatible with Commons? Tvpuppy (talk) 16:24, 23 September 2025 (UTC)

F8 exception

I originally tagged Ambox move.svg as a duplicate of File:Merge-split-transwiki default.svg, but it was marked Keep due to being in use. Does this mean that files under F8 are not deleted if in use? If so, why isn’t this reflected on the policy page? Anohthterwikipedian (talk) 07:28, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

IRMA SZINGER

WOULD LIKE TO DOWN LOAD FOR IRMA SZINGER OWN PHOTOS HOW CAN I DO THAT? THEO SZINGER (talk) 09:56, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Abuse Filter blocking valid CC BY 3.0 edit

Hello, I uploaded an image of Tzuyu from the Hanam Starfield Fan Signing Event (July 22, 2018), derived from a YouTube video by the ODS channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIAn-vxNqUY The video is marked with a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 3.0), and I attempted to update the file page for File:Tzuyu-07-22-2018.png with proper source, author, and license information using the standard Information and Cc-by-3.0 templates. However, the Abuse Filter flagged my edit as “potentially unconstructive” and disallowed it. I believe this is a false positive. Could someone please help me bypass the filter or confirm the correct way to format this edit? Thank you! Chewies614 (talk) 10:27, 24 September 2025 (UTC)