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Oreo cookie

IM trying to use the wikimedia commons to upload a picture of a Oreo cookie but it says there is one already with the same name as the file I was trying to upload. I couldn't change the name since my account is too new. Is there any possible fix for this? (My user is Zakkgamesontwitch) Zakkgamesontwitch (talk) 15:38, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

I do not have anything on here. Its on wikipedia Zakkgamesontwitch (talk) 15:39, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

What exact name? The usual solution is to choose a different target name. Did you take a look at Category:Oreo cookies and subcats? . Regards, --Burkhard (talk) 21:06, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

Like what do you mean? Zakkgamesontwitch (talk) 14:52, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

(cross-posted) @Zakkgamesontwitch: Change the name of the file you are uploading, never the one that is already there on Commons! - Jmabel ! talk 21:09, 10 October 2025 (UTC)

VRT release

Hi, when I'm looking at a file on Commons, how can I tell that the process at Commons:Wikimedia VRT release generator has been followed? For example, if I'm looking at a professional headshot that the uploader claims as own work released CC-BY 4.0, how can I tell that they've provided a representation to that effect via the VRT process? Is there a template or other metadata I can look at? (Is it just the presence of {{PermissionTicket}} specifically?) Thanks for any help, I know this is a basic question. Cheers, Suriname0 (talk) 15:47, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

@Suriname0: Hi, Yes, it is the presence of the template PermissionTicket placed by a VRT member. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:42, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

If you are asking about a particular photo, and Asclepias answer isn't enough for you to work this out yourself, please link the specific photo here so that someone can evaluate it for you. - Jmabel ! talk 05:40, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

Right, although can you give instructions on how to verify that someone was formerly a VRT member? The ticket notices have often been added by a volunteer who is no longer active. For example, what do I check to make sure that User:Mhhossein was VRT? – b_jonas 06:45, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

@B jonas: they are a currently active administrator, so the chance that they would be faking something like that would be close to nil. But you could ask at Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard if you had doubts. - Jmabel ! talk 12:38, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

I don't have doubts about User:Mhhossein in particular, I'd just like to know if there's a simple general procedure how to check when you encounter a VRT ticket template by a user that you don't know yet. – b_jonas 15:40, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

@B jonas: That's a very good question. I don't know the answer but, FWIW, there is at least this. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:40, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Ah! So I have to filter for global rights log instead of user rights log, that's what I hadn't realized. So I go to the Logs on meta, select global rights log, filter for the username with User: prefix in the “target” field, and look for OTRS-member or otrs-member or vrt-permissions. Except this doesn't always seem to work, because https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log?type=gblrights&page=user%3AW.CC doesn't list OTRS/VRT rights for User:W.CC. – b_jonas 20:51, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Well, as I said, I don't have the answer, that was just one thing to try and that happened to sort of work with your example. A probably more simple way that comes to mind now is to look at the date when the VRT template was placed on the relevant file and then look at the history of the page meta:Volunteer Response Team/Users to find if the user was listed on that page near the same date. To continue with your previous example, it can be seen that the name Mhhossein was added to that page on 1 September 2016 [1] and was removed on 1 September 2021 [2]. That may still be a bit complex for readers who are not familiar with Wikimedia, and the updates to the page may not match exactly the dates when the VRT right was actually added or removed, but I suppose that it can work well enough. You could also ask directly to one of the VRT administrators, who might know of a better method. -- Asclepias (talk) 05:54, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

I guess I just assumed the VRT had some kind of backlog or edit filter to automatically find and remove erroneous PermissionTicket templates? Otherwise, if I see PermissionTicket, I'm assuming it's an acceptable "pro" image, and if I don't I'm assuming I should nominate it for deletion. Suriname0 (talk) 15:35, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

In the large majority of cases, the templates "PermissionTicket" are indeed placed by VRT members, as they must be. But it is prudent to check who placed the template and in what circumstances

When the template is placed by a non-VRT member, the corresponding edit in the page history gets tagged automatically with the line "Ticket permission added by non-VRT member". As far as I can tell, the template is not removed automatically.

A proportion of those tagged edits relate to templates that were initially placed by VRT members but something happened. For example, the page was blanked and was restored by a non-VRT user. Or the template was added on a Wikipedia file (not Commons) and later the file was transferred to Commons and the template was modified and translated in English.

Another proportion of tagged edits are templates added by mistake by non-VRT users unaware of the procedure or, rarely, fraudulently.

Sometimes, the template is placed by a bot because the bot "assumes" that a general-purpose VRT permission from an uploader is valid, and also that it is applicable to all their uploads. Such bot edits are apparently not tagged with the non-VRT line. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:40, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

USGS Image Use

I recently made a wikipedia account and would like to know if i could use it for a page about the RFC Munititons Explosion the website i got the image from is https://apps.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ JustANewYorker (talk) 19:35, 16 October 2025 (UTC)

@JustANewYorker: I literally do not understand the question. Could you look at your wording and see if you can say this more clearly? What is it that you want to do? Upload a file to Wikimedia Commons, or something else? - Jmabel ! talk 03:44, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi, i was really tired but this is better worded

I recently made a wikipedia account and would ;ike to know if a map from the USGS website would be usable for my article. JustANewYorker (talk) 21:47, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

@JustANewYorker: obviously on Commons I can't tell you whether Wikipedia in some language would consider the map a good one, but in terms of uploading to Commons I believe that should be fine. Anything that USGS itself creates should be public domain; the issue would be if someone outside of the U.S. federal government had made copyrighted contributions. Use {{PD-USGov-USGS}} in lieu of a license. - Jmabel ! talk 03:17, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

English translation from Latin as requested -How do I upload it?

The article at this address requests a translation from the Latin to English. Here is my offered translation of: Cremato eo (corpore), inimici ... remeanti animae veluti vaginam ademerint. Cremeating the body, the enemies took away the sheath of the soul so to speak from returning. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vagina#Latin Linda Seriously (talk) 20:09, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

@Linda Seriously: you don't seem to be asking for help in using Wikimedia Commons (the purpose of this page) and offhand I don't see any relevance to Wikimedia Commons. It looks to me like what you want to do is to edit the page in question on the English-language Wiktionary, which should be an option on that page if you are logged in. - Jmabel ! talk 20:52, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you Jmabel. I was indeed trying to upload a translation to the Latin page, because there was a request there that indicated that a translation was needed. At the time I didn't have an account. I will try again. Can I come here if I need some help in uploading to that page? Linda Seriously (talk) 22:30, 17 October 2025 (UTC)

@Linda Seriously: questions are generally better asked within the web domain that the questions are about. Each wiki has its own methods and policies. - Jmabel ! talk 03:19, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Can you publish this?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Davidemeador Davidemeador (talk) 01:03, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

@Davidemeador You're on the wrong website now, this is Commons, not Wikipedia. Look at the current version Draft:David E. Meador, there is some guidance with helpful links at the top. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:46, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

But not any longer, because it was deleted. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:19, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Uploading from Flickr & licensing

Hello, I am a new user on Commons and I have a question regarding uploading pictures from Flickr. Actually it's not a question but rather a case - you see, I've been wanting to upload several albums' worth of pictures, all from the same author, that I think would make a great contribution to Commons and especially for some pages I'm editing on Wikipedia. But there's a problem, they've all been uploaded with a (C) "all rights reserved" license. However, in all of these pictures' descriptions, (and by all I mean all, I checked) they say "Reproduction is allowed with a mention of the source." So is it possible for me to upload the pictures, while crediting the author of course? I should mention that I don't have a way of contacting the author (I do not have a Flickr account). Here's an example of one of the pictures I want to upload. The description is in French, so you might need to translate it.

Here's a list of all the albums I'd like to upload:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fototak/albums/72157642708191795

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fototak/albums/72157642540979634/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fototak/albums/72157642612925264/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fototak/albums/72157642439833775/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fototak/albums/72157642554020114/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/fototak/albums/72157642439674515/ Zach1055 (talk) 08:27, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

@Zach1055 Sorry. As the uploader also says, "Commercial use subject to prior special authorization." And stuff on Commons must be ok for commercial use.

Commons:Licensing#Well-known_licenses lists licenses that can be used here. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:40, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Okay, well thanks for the help anyway. Zach1055 (talk) 14:43, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

@Zach1055: Some photos of this flickr account are under free licenses, for example in Category:Files from Fototak Flickr stream. Apparently uploaded to flickr in 2011-2012. Even some of those have the non commercial restriction in their descriptions, and others do not have it, so it can be somewhat confusing. You might find a few other photos that have free licenses but maybe not many and maybe not in the more recent uploads. You will have to look at the license in the flickr page of each photo. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:09, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

@Asclepias Funny thing though, at least two pics in that category, [3][4], are "All rights reserved" now. Not for example [5]. I don't know what to make of that, did the uploader change the tag later or did the flickrbot get it wrong? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:27, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Their license history on flickr shows that those photos were under the free license from 2012 until 2021. The template Change-of-license Flickr-change-of-license can be added to their pages on Commons. An interesting detail is that they were copied to Commons soon after the free license was placed on flickr. That suggests that the user who requested those bot uploads to Commons might have contacted the flickr user and asked the permission of the free license for those particular photos. Notifying User:Arbalete. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:54, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Ahh, you can see license history, never knew that. Still, from the Commons-pov, the "free" license is "no backsies", right? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:05, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Answering my own question, that's what the template you linked says. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:06, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Yes, I did contact him and he agreed to change the license for the upload on Commons. Arbalete (talk) 22:19, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Well done! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:30, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

আমি একটু আগে বিকাশ চন্দ্র রায় নামে একাউন্ট খুললাম

সে একাউন্টে কি তৈরি হয়েছে। এর পরবর্তী ধাপ আমার কি ? বিকাশ চন্দ্র রায় (talk) 10:12, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

The account Bikash Chandra Roy has indeed been created, you just posted this comment with it. I have no idea what you want to do next, perhaps Commons:Welcome will help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:34, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

Photographs from the 1960s in the UK

Besides Crown copyright, is there any way to figure out if a photograph published in the UK during the 1960s is public domain/appropriate to Commons? StarTrekker (talk) 23:05, 18 October 2025 (UTC)

See COM:UK. It's a little complex, but as far as I can tell a photograph is going to get at least 70 years from creation, so they will be in copyright in the UK until the 2030s.--Prosfilaes (talk) 05:00, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Damn, so there is almost no way then.StarTrekker (talk) 21:47, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Hundreds of duplicate files

Hello, Category:RAA images Den Helder 1905-1940 to be categorised contains 183 files which I believe are all already in Wikimedia Commons. I did not check every single file but the dozens that I did check are all already there. For example Category:Bloembollententoonstelling (Den Helder, 1931). The resolutions of the files are the same but the MB size differs a little bit. Last year I asked the uploader User:MichellevL (WMNL) on her discussion page but I got no response, I now see that 3 years ago someone else had already asked her about it and that she inquired at the Village Pump and that there was no problem if it took some time to fix the duplicates. It's been almost four years now? There might be more duplicates in the 1800+ file parent category Category:Media from Regionaal Archief Alkmaar to be categorised.

A couple of years ago I categorized every single file that has to do with Den Helder. If these duplicates were to be deleted I hope the categorized ones stay so I don't have to redo all the categorization. Larshei (talk) 09:04, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

@Larshei: assuming that is an accurate description, you should start a DR for these, proposing that each be turned into a redirect to the better-categorized file. You might do well to use Cat-a-lot to add a maintenance category to the ones you want to delete, so you can characterize them as "all the files in [MAINTENANCE CATEGORY]." - Jmabel ! talk 12:54, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

Logo of a company

Hi, I wanted to upload a logo of a company that is no longer in business singularly. The logo is the one used by the company when it was in activity in the ‘90 wich is different from the one in use now with the new owners of the company. So i wanted to know if i can upload that logo or not. Lunovar (talk) 14:35, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

At Commons, we can accept media if it has an appropriate license and if it fits into an educational scope, broadly speaking (it also needs to be in a proper filetype, which most logos would be). A company's logo is almost always trademarked, meaning that how and when it is reproduced needs to not confuse possible consumers, but it is only sometimes copyrighted, meaning that the logo as a piece of art is sufficiently complex to be eligible for legal protection. So a company's logo could in principle be uploaded here, but not if that company has a logo that is as a piece of art something that is copyrighted and without a license to reproduce it. See Category:Logos, which includes many corporate logos. In case you end up uploading it here, please add {{Trademark}} on the file's page. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 16:55, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

@Lunovar: I will add: none of what you've said here has any bearing on the copyright status of the logo, which is going to be more or less completely about what country it was from, when it was first created, and how visually complex it is. If you can point to a copy of the logo online, it is much more likely someone can give you a meaningful opinion. - Jmabel ! talk 13:13, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

TRING TO LOAD FILE

אני מנסה להעלות קובץ. ניסיתי להעלות את הקובץ בגרירת הקובץ ולא הלך ניסיתי לעשות העתק הדבק וגם לא הלך. איך אני מעלה את החומר? גודלניק (talk) 15:20, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

@גודלניק: I don't read Hebrew, so I am working via Google Translate here, but you don't mention what upload tool you were using. If it is not Special:UploadWizard, please try that, generally the best tool for beginners. If it is Special:UploadWizard, can you please be more specific about what happened when you tried to upload. - Jmabel ! talk 13:22, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

I looked at the logs. It looks like you were trying to do a cross-wiki upload as a new user. That's not possible to do. Special:UploadWizard may solve your problem. - Jmabel ! talk 13:26, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Also, you haven't confirmed your email address. - Jmabel ! talk 13:27, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Can I upload a photo of someone whose name and identity are different?

Can I share the identity of a person whose name and identity is special on social media? That person is not popular on social media but his name is very special. He is a special person because of his name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bilider (talk • contribs) 16:22, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

@Bilider: That is very vague, and sounds a lot like you are asking "can I dox someone here." If that is what you are asking then no, you cannot. - Jmabel ! talk 13:28, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Can't I even show something new through Wikipedia? Bilider (talk) 18:55, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@Bilider: your postings here sadly don't really presage that you're really able to contribute to Commons (or Wikipedia) as of now. Please read: COM:Scope and COM:What Commons is not (and also COM:Licensing).

Commons is:

1. a media repository
2. for media that are, in a broad sense, educational. You can and will find here historical images, photographic and audiovisual documentations of the state of inanimate nature and of living beings, documentations of events, some stock photography, historical and some modern art and similar motifs.

You won't find memes, material like stuff on and from en:4chan, en:Reddit, joke collections, etc. (except for cases where these things have already gained an external recognition in the media and the pop culture, like en:Disaster Girl, en:Pepe the Frog and some en:Lolcats, but then, utmost care must be exerted in regards to the licensing status). There are other sites with user-generated content for this kind of purposes (like sharing a maybe comical name), your idea is most likely not within the purview of Commons and Wikipedia. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 05:55, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Content from Scratch

When uploading a screenshot from https://scratch.mit.edu, what do you put as the author? Because I am very confused and I don't really know how your you're supposed to do it. RailwayEnthusiast2025 (talk) 18:28, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

For context, this is when you have taken the screenshot RailwayEnthusiast2025 (talk) 18:30, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

The creator of the game  $999$REAL 💬 ⬆   03:01, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

No, I meant like scratch blocks or assets made by the Scratch team itself RailwayEnthusiast2025 (talk) 08:31, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

MIT, see File:Scratch 3.0 editor.png for an example. The license would be {{Cc-by-sa-2.0-Scratch}}. Note that some Scratch assets that are trademarks, including Scratch Cat and Gobo are exempt from this CC license and cannot be uploaded here. See the license linked above for more details. HyperAnd (talk) 10:16, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

So, if I took a screenshot of code that I made myself in scratch,would I say 'Screenshot is own work (RailwayEnthusiast2025), scratch is by MIT and other contributors'? RailwayEnthusiast2025 (talk) 16:13, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Yeah. HyperAnd (talk) 20:27, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

My file

Hi, I uploaded a screenshot of the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 because it's published under GFDL license. But then I found information about restrictions of using this license on Commons. Please check if I did it correctly, Thanks. SkоrP²⁴ 20:06, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

@Skorp24: Since the permission claimed there seems to depend on a VRT ticket, this is better asked at Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard. Jmabel ! talk 02:07, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Logo of a game

so, I added a game t o the wiki, there are a logo. Can i add the logo? Animeskujop (talk) 04:33, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@Animeskujop: I'm guessing that by "the wiki" you mean the English-language Wikipedia, or some other WMF wiki, so this would presumably be in scope, and would come down to copyright issues.

Copyright issues are pretty much the same for logos as for anything else. Assuming this is something dating from recent decades, it is almost certainly going to be a matter of whether the logo is below the threshold of originality in its country of origin. If you can link to an online copy of the logo here, someone can probably tell you at a glance. - Jmabel ! talk 13:33, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Logo Upload of page

hello,

I am updating a organization Wikipedia page, and their logo is out of date, i have the new one witch i have downloaded from their branding.

I read somewhere that i can use this just on English Wikipedia for just the page, not the commons how do i do this? and is this allowed under law? SpeedyTrain6000 (talk) 06:40, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@SpeedyTrain6000 Details matter, but assuming this is about an existing en-WP article, and the logo can't be on Commons per COM:TOO, go to WP:FUW, pick Upload a non-free file > This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use. > This is a logo of an organization, company, brand, etc.. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:08, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Request to merge or unify two files for Maria al Qibtiyya

Hello Commons administrators, I would like to request that two image files related to Maria al Qibtiyya be merged or technically unified so that both filenames point to the same image across Wikimedia projects. The files are: The first one file:Maria_Al_Qibtiyya.png and the second one File:ماريا القبطية (تخطيط).png. The second file is an improved version that I created. It presents the name in Thuluth calligraphy with a transparent background, following the traditional Islamic artistic approach often used to express dignity and distinction for historical Islamic figures. In Islamic art, calligraphic renderings of names in Thuluth or similar scripts on decorated backgrounds are a long-established and elegant form of representation. Such designs are often used in Wikimedia projects for historical figures when no authentic portrait or coin is available. By contrast, the older file uses a simple Naskh font on a plain white background, which does not align with this traditional calligraphic style. For this reason, it would be best if both filenames were unified so that they display the same new image everywhere. I have already updated the image in the Wikidata item for Maria al Qibtiyya, and this change successfully appeared across many language versions, but several others still show the older file, so a Commons-level unification is needed. If direct merging is not possible, any alternative technical solution (for example aliasing, redirecting, or replacement under the same filename) would also be appreciated. The goal is simply to ensure that all Wikimedia projects display one consistent and culturally appropriate image. Both files are on Commons and share compatible license information. Thank you for your attention and help. Yosf22ww (talk) 16:01, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@Yosf22ww: I agree that yours is superior, but it is not normally Commons approach to delete a file in this situation. SPQR10, who created the other file, remains moderately active on Wikimedia projects. If they believe your file is enough better that they would like theirs to become a redirect to yours, then that would be fine.

You are of course welcome to edit any of the sister wikis to use your version, and unless they disagree and revert you, that will stick. Also, you can also mark both files with {{Other version}} so that they link to each other on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 23:37, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you@Jmabel. I thought the merger would lead to both of us being related, so if I'm not mistaken, we should contact him directly to reach a compromise? But maybe I'll try to edit it manually.Yosf22ww (talk) 03:02, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

@Yosf22ww: He should see where I mentioned him here. If he does not respond here in a day or so, yes, you should contact him directly. - Jmabel ! talk 14:03, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Foto's van Meise Nationale Plantentuin

Zojuist heb ik een aantal foto's van deze locatie geuplaod en toch word ik verwezen naar een fout die ik gemaakt zou hebben, maar dat is niet juist. Ik heb alle foto's op exact wijze behandeld. Correct dus. Homoarborea (talk) 19:06, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

I am not good in Dutch, but unless I'm very mistaken, "word ik verwezen naar een fout die ik gemaakt zou hebben" is very vague. Can you be more specific as to what you believe is a problem? - Jmabel ! talk 23:39, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Pinging @Homoarborea who has not followed up after 6 days. - Jmabel ! talk 02:08, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Photograph of a public statue

Every statue is art that was created by SOMEONE, even if owned by, and displayed in, a public space. If I photograph a statue in a public setting, can I submit it to a Wikipedia photography contest? 3dphotoguy (talk) 22:06, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@3dphotoguy: First you have to check whether the copyright of the artist has already expired (see Commons:Copyright rules) or, alternatively, if the statue is on permanent public display and located within a country that supports freedom of panorama. --AFBorchert (talk) 22:59, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

If you would say what country you are talking about, we can give you much clearer guidance. Rules about publishing photographs of statues vary widely from country to country. - Jmabel ! talk 23:41, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

United States of America 3dphotoguy (talk) 23:51, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

@3dphotoguy: The trickiest, as it happens. (Pinging @Clindberg to correct me in case I get anything wrong here, but this should at least be very close.) There is no freedom of panorama for sculptures in the United States. However, a lot of statues and other sculptures as late as the 1980s are in the public domain (whereas in most countries nothing is PD from the last 70 years, and little from even 100 years ago).

The main reason for this is that until 1 March 1989, the U.S. did not grant copyright automatically. A very large number of sculptures before 1 January 1978 are in the public domain, along with some from then until 28 February 1989. Also, for works published before 1978, the U.S. determined duration of copyright entirely from the publication date, not the death date of the creator.

Here's a breakdown to cases; much of this information can be found in Commons:Hirtle chart, but that doesn't account for the changed meaning of publication.

Prior to 1978, display of a sculpture in a public place where photography by the general public was possible constituted publication. The only way to retain copyright was to meet both of the following conditions:

1. There needed to be a correctly formed copyright notice on the sculpture itself: either © or the word "copyright", the name of the copyright-holder (typically the sculptor), and the year. If that was missing, then the sculpture can be used on commons under {{PD-US-no notice}}.
2. The initial copyright was good only for 28 years, then copyright had to be renewed. The last year of initial publication for which renewal is relevant is 1963 (because in 1992 the requirement for renewal was dropped). See Copyright renewal in the United States for how to check for renewals. If a work published from 1930 to 1963, inclusive, was initially copyrighted, but not renewed, use {{PD-US-not renewed}}.

All works in the U.S. published before 1930 are now out of copyright. As remarked above, this would include any sculptures erected in public before that date. Use {{PD-US-no notice}}. That 1930 date will be moving year-by-year until 2073, then we will get into issues of author's death dates.

In 1978, the legal meaning of "publishing" a sculpture changed. It's not enough that it was in a place where people could take photos, there had to be authorized photos published in the more obvious sense of "published": e.g. a postcard, a museum catalog, a magazine article, etc. Still, from then until 28 February 1989, the laws did not change a lot in any other respect. The only other large difference is that it became possible to rectify the lack of a copyright notice by registering the work within 5 years. (You check for that the same way you check for renewals.) Works from this period that fail on these formalities can use {{PD-US-1978-89}}.

Everything from 1 March 1989 onward is still in copyright; we can't use photos of these without the permission of the copyright-holder of the sculpture.

As I said: the U.S. is the most complicated case in the world for this.

Jmabel ! talk 14:39, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

@3dphotoguy: You can see the information page on this topic at Commons:Public art and copyrights in the US. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:20, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Yep, that's a good reference. Most public statues put up in the U.S. before 1978 are fine, unless they have a copyright notice on them. You can usually find them in the SIRIS art inventories database to see if a copyright notice is mentioned. Ones put up before 1930 are definitely fine, ones with a notice put up before 1964 also needed a renewal (rare but needs searching). Statues put up since 1978, generally not. You can use your photo of those to the extent of fair use, which is pretty far, but not for commercial use generally. Carl Lindberg (talk) 20:49, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

And, to be clear, Commons does not accept fair use. - Jmabel ! talk 13:54, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Poty results

I found the poty winner for 2024..... Where are the votes received available?.. I tracked my choices. R. Douglas McKay (talk) 23:34, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi @DMc75771: You can view the votes for each image at Commons:Picture of the Year/2024/Gallery/Finalists (click the "View votes" button next to each image). ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 20:28, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

download a pic

Can someone download that picture, or tell me if it's possible ? I don't know much about the right. https://www.meisterdrucke.fr/fine-art-prints/Gerard-ter-Borch/1002795/Femme-lisant-une-lettre.html Io Herodotus (talk) 07:03, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

it's already there Io Herodotus (talk) 10:35, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

@Io Herodotus: I don't understand what specific help you are asking for. - Jmabel ! talk 14:41, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

If you're suggesting adding this image to Commons, we already have a version at File:Gerard ter Borch - Young woman in mourning dress reading a letter.jpg. Belbury (talk) 14:49, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Our version is 860 × 1,000 (70 KB); that wanted by the OP (albeit it would need cropping slightly) is 1077 x 1260 (245 KB). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:42, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

thank you. I have created a page on wikipedia for that painting. I'm now looking for information on this magnificent work, but that's another matter.--Io Herodotus (talk) 06:55, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Possibly public domain images published in book

There is a book titled Port Charlotte by Roxanne Read, and within it there are some old photos pertaining to Port Charlotte High School that were apparently provided "courtesy of Port Charlotte High School" (as well as some other public schools in Port Charlotte, including Charlotte Harbor Center). Public records in Florida are considered public domain, and apparently "public record" has a broad interpretation, so these are potentially public domain images. Would I need to try to hunt down either the author of the book or the school/school district officials that provided these to confirm their public record status (meaning that they were, in fact, government produced vs. a private individual or corporation with copyrights producing them for the government), or is the citation in the book enough to qualify them for inclusion in the Wikimedia Commons and/or Wikipedia? PCHS Pirate Alumnus (talk) 19:21, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

@PCHS Pirate Alumnus: this is probably much more likely to get a good answer at COM:Village pump/Copyright than on the help desk. - Jmabel ! talk

Thanks. PCHS Pirate Alumnus (talk) 18:29, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

uploading a picture of a building

I would like to know if I can upload a picture of a small pavilion building that was installed in a National Park about three years ago. The pavilion is now fairly famous, and has won a half-dozen prestigious design awards. It was designed, fabricated, and installed by faculty and architecture students from a university. I am one of the faculty members involved. I took the photo. I plan to freely give copyright and use of the photo to wikipedia or anyone. There are dozens of webpages that also have content about this award-winning project. Clipperdoug (talk) 21:10, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

Can you tell where is it located in (including the country) and the name of the project? It might be copyrighted depending on the country and if it is, it can't be uploaded here. See Commons:Freedom of panorama. HyperAnd (talk) 05:54, 22 October 2025 (

@Clipperdoug: If this is United States (I'm guessing from your prior uploads), almost any building is covered by U.S. freedom of panorama. The only exception I can think of would be if it were covered by a mural, or was more of a sculpture than a building. - Jmabel ! talk 14:02, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Sekil yukleyirem yazir ki muellif huququ var.amma ozume aiddir sekil

Sekilimi yukleyirem muellif huququ gelir amma sekilin huququ yoxdur oz sekilimdir Sehrbazsehadet (talk) 09:28, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Pinging @Kadı as the most likely to be able to make sense of this. - Jmabel ! talk 14:04, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel, thanks for notifying. I examined the uploaded content, and I see that the uploaded images violate the F10 policy. Therefore, I deleted all of the images that were uploaded by @Sehrbazsehadet and tagged the azwiki article because of spamming.

(Translation and explanation of the request: I am uploading my own photographs, my photos were marked with copyvio tag but these are my own works.) Kadı Message 18:36, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Photo Not Showing on Contest Results Page

I submitted a photo to the July 2025 waterside structures contest. The photo shows on the entries and voting pages, but not the results page. I believe it should be showing there as well?

This is the photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Pearl_Seafood_Restaurant_-_Rockland,_Maine_-_October_4,_2016.jpg David Ratledge (talk) 12:14, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

It seems images without votes aren't included on the result pages. Magnus (talk) 12:51, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Зазрузка фото

Когда фото загружено, а потом есть необходимость скопировать ссылку на него или текст файла на страницу. Как вернуться спустя время назад и скопировать последний этап загрузки? Александр Водолазский (talk) 16:40, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Uploading a photo

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When a photo is uploaded and you need to copy its link or file text to a page, how can you go back and copy the last upload step?

translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:28, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

@Александр Водолазский: Привет и добро пожаловать. Из Special:ListFiles/Александр Водолазский я вижу, что вы загрузили много файлов. Самый последний из них — File:Стара прикраса житлового будинку в Горлівці.jpg. Вы можете отредактировать эту страницу и скопировать/вставить то, что вам нужно, а затем снова выполнить шаги загрузки или создать свою собственную с помощью этой формы.

Hi, and welcome. From Special:ListFiles/Александр Водолазский, I can see that you have uploaded many files. The most recent one is File:Стара прикраса житлового будинку в Горлівці.jpg. You may edit that page and copy/paste what you need, then use the upload steps again or roll your own with this form.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:28, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Indian Government Documents Copyright Law

I know that the US doesn't protect their published governmental documents under copyright law, but does India? If I upload a random tender document will I get Wikimedia sued? Okkirae.temp (talk) 17:27, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Wait I'll ask Village Pump hold on Okkirae.temp (talk) 17:34, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

Never mind I can't smh Okkirae.temp (talk) 17:38, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

@Okkirae.temp: please see Commons:Copyright rules by territory/India. Indian government documents are not in public domain like US, but recent documents are most often published under {{GODL-India}} which is an acceptable license. MKFI (talk) 06:16, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

How do I use this template when uploading? And if it was uploaded in May this year does it count? Okkirae.temp (talk) 12:57, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

@Okkirae.temp: I have no idea on the legal side of your question, but on the technical side, assuming you are using Special:UploadWizard there is a choice when uploading licensed third-party material that should let you specify any licence or PD rationale that we have on Commons, rather than one of the small number of licenses explicitly listed. - Jmabel ! talk 02:12, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Uploading a chart containing information from another work: what options to select when uploading?

I wish to upload a chart/series of charts I made showing the structure of verbs in a certain language. All the information about the structure of the verbs and the forms involved are from a particular thesis, but the layout and design of the chart are not copied from that work, but are from me collocating information about verb structure from throughout an entire chapter to put it in a chart.

What options should I select when uploading it? Both "This work is created entirely by me" and "this work contains the work of others" Don't quite seem to fit. I'm not just copying tables from the thesis, but it would be impossible for me to have made the table without the thesis; it isn't a well known language with lots of descriptions like say, Spanish or Japanese.

I assume it would be "This work is created entirely by me", since if you select "this work contains the work of others", then "the work is copyright protected", it tells you not to upload the image, which would lead it being impossible to upload a chart containing any information only found in copyrighted works, but I wanted to check to be sure, the guidelines are very unclear to me. Aristaeusapiculturist (talk) 19:22, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

@Aristaeusapiculturist: It is "created by you" but the description should cite your source(s). Information cannot be copyrighted, only its expression. - Jmabel ! talk 02:44, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the help! Aristaeusapiculturist (talk) 08:08, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

How can I upload a picture of an old advertising post: the company is out of business

I have a picture of an advertisement proclaiming a world record was set with their equipment. Obviously, it is 'not my own work.' But, it was 'public domain' advertising. I do not have the source document (i.e. the newspaper or folio) it was originally posted in. The company that built the equipment and placed the advertisement has been out of business for some years. It is, to my knowledge, the only citation of the achievement. It would be similar to posting a picture of a newspaper article - but without any knowledge of the actual source document. I also know of no way to verify/document the achievement without this picture of the advertisement. I'm surprised that I can't find an answer for this in these archives - though they are pretty extensive. Antiquetuck (talk) 01:47, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

@Antiquetuck: I strongly suspect you do not correctly understand the term "public domain" which you used: please read at least the initial portion of the Wikipedia article public domain.

The fact that the company is defunct is completely irrelevant to copyright law, except for the fact that it greatly increases the difficulty of determining who owns the copyright. What country would this be from? Roughly what date? - Jmabel ! talk 02:49, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

It is U.S. related. The company went through a couple of changes and has been defunct since about 2014.

The absurdity of my plight is that this advertisement was probably produced by the original company back in the 1930's or so - it is a direct and timely reference to a record their machine set in 1922. If I can't 'use this for verification...' there isn't anything left for verification!

My reference to PD is based on the fact that it was a published advertisement - I have no idea or way to confirm which publication it was published in - and meant for public consumption. It would be like making the statement that Pantyhose Joe Namath wore some one time - there's proof positive out there - and someone saying that the existing sources of proof of that are not usable. A true circle jerk if I ever heard of one.

So, how do I prove what's true, if I can't use the proof that has been published and that it was based on???! Antiquetuck (talk) 03:16, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

@Antiquetuck: Again, you are misusing the term "public domain" and it make the discussion very difficult. Please read at least the leading portion of the article I linked above. If the content is truly in the public domain then it can be uploaded to Commons, but the mere fact that it is "public" does not make it "public domain."

Also: I'm not at all sure what you are talking about when you say you need to "use this for verification". Do you mean citing the content in Wikipedia? Uploading the content to Commons does not make it any more (or less) citable.

"1930s or so" is a bit inconvenient for an upload to Commons. There are several ways that the advertisement could have passed into the public domain.

1. If you can show it was published before 1 January 1930 then it is definitely public-domain in the United States. That date (1 January 1930) will move forward one year on 1 January each year for the next several decades.
2. If you can show that it had an authorized publication without a copyright notice any time before 1978, then it is in the public domain.
3. Failing that, the only way it would have already passed into the public domain—and a quite likely one, I would add—is that they failed to renew the copyright. Unfortunately, without knowing the initial date of publication, that is very hard to determine, because you'd have to go through many years of copyright renewal records (from 27 years after the earliest possible publication date to 28 years after the latest possible publication date) and show that there is no such renewal.

I know that is not the answer you would want to hear. "Orphaned" works toward the end of their period of copyright protection are quite frankly very annoying to deal with, but they exist, and this may be one of them.

I'm going to repeat one more time: read at least the initial portion of en:Public domain. If you are are going to engage in discussions involving this legal term, especially if you are going to use it yourself, it is important that you know what it means. - Jmabel ! talk 03:43, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Jmabel, Thanks again. I laud your time, knowledge and effort to ensure that this meets those specifications. This especially applies in these days of 'false news'.

I suspect that my 'reference material' - the advertisement that publicizes this manufacturers statement, verifying or vouching for the truth and fact of the statement - would pass these musters.

However, I am not going to spend hours playing games looking in every nook and cranny to prove or disprove that something as publicly available as this advertisement is not copyrighted. THAT fact and proof is not THAT important to me.

I know the facts to be true - but I guess no one else will ever get to appreciate that fact in the Wiki, because this techni-legal game is way beyond my enthusiasm. Consider my interest and willingness to share information is sufficiently and unmercifully trashed, and that I'll just sign off on this one - and any others that appear to push on this threshold. Antiquetuck (talk) 05:34, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

New version or new file?

There are currently five SVG files representing "bullet" icons for lines in the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) rail system: File:DART Blue Line bullet.svg, File:DART Green Line bullet.svg, File:DART Red Line bullet.svg, and File:DART Orange Line bullet.svg File:DART Silver Line bullet.svg. These were all uploaded in 2024 (except the Silver Line icon, which was uploaded earlier this month), and they are versions of the icons from previous rail guides.

Earlier this week, DART published a PDF guide for its new Silver Line, and that guide features revised "bullet" icons which use a different font than the previous guides. The font is the only change, but the new letterforms are distinct. (Compare the icons on page 15 of the PDF to the Commons files; the differences are clearest on the Green and Orange bullets.) The new icon font is also used in updated system maps and station layout maps, so it seems these are permanent replacements.

I'd like to upload the new bullets to Commons and replace them on the appropriate Wikipedia pages/templates. Should I upload the new bullets as new versions of the existing files, or should I create new files and mark the old files using Template:superseded? I'm not sure whether the changes are substantial enough to require a new file, and new versions of the exising files would require less work on the Wikipedia side. LazyCat256 (talk) 03:51, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

@LazyCat256: There's some guidance about this given in COM:OVERWRITE. Unlike many of the local Wikipedias which allow non-free (fair use) content to be uploaded, Commons seems to prefer the retaining out-of-date or no-longer-in-use files rather than overwriting them because of the potential historical and encyclopedic value associated with such files. Typically, a minor change like straightening might be an OK reason for overwriting, but anything which might be considered significant (a crop, color change, font change perhaps) probably is best uploaded as a separate file. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:44, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

photo may be deleted

Hello, I receive message that File:Andreas fredegandus hermans.jpg may be deleted. The picture is on my grandfathers death card dating from 1945. The author is anonymous. I supposed the photo is now in the public domain. He is also used (without mention of autorship) in 2 of the books I refer to in the bibliography. How can I prevent deletion of the photo? I am a new contributor. I can't figure which steps to undertake. Thanks for help. Cfreinet (talk) 13:17, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

• Hello and welcome @Cfreinet. If what you stated is true, that the photograph was published in 1945 (assuming in Belgium or Poland) and the author is anonymous. Then, you are correct that the photograph should be in public domain in Belgium or Poland from 2016 (70 years after publish).
• However, per Commons policies, photos must be in public domain (or freely licensed) both in the source country and the United States. According to the Hirtle chart, the photograph is still copyrighted in the U.S. until 2041, as the photograph entered public domain in its source country after the URAA date of 1996.
• Therefore, this photo is likely not allowed on Commons, but you may want to upload locally to nl-wiki instead.

Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 15:19, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for your answer. Sorry for my ignorance, but I suppose that to join the photo at my text, I have to upload it via Commons. Is it possible to do this only for nl-wiki? Cfreinet (talk) 15:57, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

You're correct, sorry I just realised nl-wiki does not allow for local uploads. So, I think unfortunately there isn't a way to keep this. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 16:54, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

When was the photo on the card taken? You might be able to crop to just that. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:42, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for your idea. The photo must have been taken between 1935 and 1942. It is my grandfather, he wore the helmet until he was named police chief in 1942. I suppose that doesn't solve the problem.

The same photo was printed in 2 books I refer to in the bibliography and sources. If I ask permission to the author of the book to use the photo, would that be admitted by commons? Cfreinet (talk) 20:11, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

I'm guessing that the author of the book does not hold the copyright to an 80+-year-old photo, but they may know who does. - Jmabel ! talk 02:15, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. I know the authors of the books. They don't know the author of the photo. The photo must have been taken around 1935. The photographer, if by wonder still alive,should now have the respectable age of around 120. I value the 5 pillars of wikipedia, but I do think wikipedians could pay more attention to the 5th pillar, that talks about the use of common sense... Cfreinet (talk) 15:17, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

I fixed the date and the license. If from 1935, it will be free of URAA in 1931. Yann (talk) 15:29, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

You might want to check those dates... Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:38, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

possibility of overloading files

Good evening, I'm writing to ask you how I can manage to overload the files, because when I try I can't, and I get a warning with the words "Overwriting artwork", and since I heard this would be due to a block, how can I resolve the issue? Sigismondo1996 (talk) 14:27, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello and welcome @Sigismondo1996. Unfortunately, only autopatrolled users are allowed to overwrite files. If you wanted to overwrite a file, please create a request at Commons:Overwriting existing files/Requests. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 15:02, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

Wait, how's that possible? I overwrote a file on 2013-02-24, but I got autopatroller rights later, on 2013-05-22. – b_jonas 10:29, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

@B jonas This procedure was only recently introduced in 2023, see Commons:Village pump/Proposals/Archive/2023/08#Limit file overwriting to users with autopatrol rights. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 11:29, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

How do file information and Summary Description of a file work?

Hello, I have recently added File:(R)-Aporphine.gif to Wikipedia Commons. I want to ask how do file information and Summary Description of a file work? Because I believe that by adding 85 notable languages (those with more than 100000 articles or depth more than 100) to the file, the file will get more and more public and accessible to everyone. Hope anyone can clear the confusion/misunderstanding of this Geoopt1234 (talk) 00:38, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

@Geoopt1234: I'm unaware of anything called a "Summary Description". Where do you see that?

I see you have already correctly added descriptions in three languages. More would be welcome, as long as they are correct. Be very wary of adding a machine translation into a language you cannot even read to check for correctness.

Someone else may have a better suggestion than just adding these in separate templates. I was looking for something like {{Title}} that would be appropriate for the description field, but I don't see it. - Jmabel ! talk 02:26, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Oh it's right below the summary, the summary contains the Description Geoopt1234 (talk) 04:21, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

(FISD) File information and Summary description

Jmabel ! talk 02:26, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Category moving/renaming

Hello everyone! I want to move/rename two categories. Category:Indian Space Research Organisation to Category:ISRO and Category:People associated with the Indian Space Research Organisation to Category:People associated with ISRO. I have placed multiple requests here (1 and 2) and here (1 and 2). It's been 20 days since I have placed first two requests but nothing has changed. On the other hand, I managed to move multiple categories at English Wikipedia related to ISRO (for example Category:ISRO). Is there any procedure I have missed? Please guide me in a simple and understandable way. Thanks! – 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ 🗿 04:01, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

Pinging @Abzeronow: for help! – 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ 🗿 06:42, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Most Wikipedias completely spell out the name Indian Space Research Organisation, only a few including enwiki have the article under the acronym. I'll create a CfD for you. Thanks for the reminder to check category moves, I've helped reduce that backlog. Abzeronow (talk) 23:18, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for your attention to this matter. – 𝙰𝚔𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚟™ 🗿 03:25, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Modify Metadata

I would like to know if it is possible for me to modify the metadata associated with one of my contributions. The contribution in question is the following: File:Drying-pants (2018).jpg

I would like to remove my name from the “Author” field. This is information I wish to delete for privacy reasons. Yo (talk) 12:05, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi Everyone! (I'm sorry, I didn’t greet you...)

Thank you in advance for your help. Yo (talk) 12:07, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

@Toutoclic: the author field is part of the image itself, as embedded EXIF metadata (see Commons:EXIF). You should modify the image to remove the author information and then upload the new version. After you have uploaded the new version you can request that first version is revision deleted. Also note that the author is usually set in the camera, so all the photos you have taken with that camera likely have the same author information. MKFI (talk) 08:04, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

@MKFI Thanks for your feedback, I'll try to do that. Yo (talk) 09:08, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

How to upload my photos in my page correctly?

I need more information about this. Kaenjjostlc399 (talk) 13:02, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

@Kaenjjostlc399: your uploads have been blocked by automated filter since you tried to upload a very low resolution images as a new user, and such images are often copyright violations. Remember that if you upload an image as "own work" it means that you held the camera in your hands when the picture was taken or otherwise created the image yourself. From the file names and descriptions I wonder if they would be in Commons:Project scope. Small number of personal images are allowed but perhaps you could first get some experience editing Wikipedia before worrying about your user page. MKFI (talk) 14:22, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

SVG Image rendering incorrectly

File:Palais de l'Élysée rdc.svg has numbers in the original SVG but the PNG rendering (as used in articles) turned all the numbers into various symbols. 84.40.218.239 18:37, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

Notification à Chatsam pour information. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:33, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

OK --Chatsam (coucou) 20:35, 24 October 2025 (UTC)

Can't access file I uploaded

I just uploaded a file named "File:Freshwater (whereabouts).jpg". Now I cannot access it. In the upload information at the end of the upload, a different name is used in the HTML link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadStash/file/1c6axwh5wo08.hhfksm.1121630.jpg. What is an "UploadStash file", and what happened that is making it inaccessible? Epipelagic (talk) 02:38, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

There seems to be an issue with Upload Wizard. File is at File:Freshwater (whereabouts).jpg. Not sure where the best forum is for Upload Wizard issues. Abzeronow (talk) 02:56, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Yes, the file is now accessible, so it must have been a stash caught in delayed processing.— Epipelagic (talk) 03:47, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I’ve been having the same problem with all of my uploads for the past few days. Not a single one has worked properly. They are uploaded successfully, but the errors cause me some extra work every time, as I want to access the uploaded pictures to add them to a gallery. I use the "Old Vector (2010)" view, if that matters. -- Jakubhal 19:34, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

"Not found" message after upload

I have just uploaded the file "South Australian Railways 600 class diesel locomotive – general arrangement.png". When I clicked the blue underlined filename on the "Thanks for contributing" page, an error page resulted, stating "Not Found Key "1c6bez2tied0.psf37a.4729562.png" not found in stash." Can anybody help to resolve this, please? Cheers, Simon – SCHolar44 🇦🇺 💬 at 06:19, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

@SCHolar44: I don't know what caused the error message but image itself looks fine: File:South Australian Railways 600 class diesel locomotive – general arrangement.png. MKFI (talk) 06:39, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Sometimes the links in the "Thanks for contributing" page (the page after using UploadWizard) will not work like you have mentioned. However, as MKFI mentioned, your uploads should be fine and uploaded correctly. You can check your uploads at Special:ListFiles/SCHolar44. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 14:45, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

送信する際にエラーが発生しました このウィキは、「.docx」という拡張子を持つファイル名を受け入れていません。

このウィキは、「.docx」という拡張子を持つファイル名を受け入れていません。 YUTAN STONE (talk) 08:02, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello and welcome @YUTAN STONE. Unfortunately, Commons does not accept Word documents (.doc or .docx), Commons only accepts documents in PDF or DjVu formats. I assume your have solved your problem as I noticed you have already uploaded your files using PDF format. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 14:52, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Freedom's Journal

Could someone upload these issues of Freedom's Journal here? I'd do it myself but I keep receiving errors when I try to upload them? Nighfidelity (talk) 15:52, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

I have uploaded them  $999$REAL 💬 ⬆   22:41, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Nighfidelity (talk) 22:56, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Reading the full comment section

Is it possible to attain the full edit comment of a long edit summary? Specifically I need the full comment for the first edit made on 16 August 2019.[6] Semsûrî (talk) 22:25, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

No, it is not possible. There is a maximum length for an edit summary, and you exceeded it, so it was truncated. - Jmabel ! talk 02:32, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Cerco un Wikipediano per creare un profilo su Wikipedia

Cerco un Wikipediano per creare un profilo su Wikipedia su un altera che ha tutti i requisiti giusti per rientrare nella creazione di una pagina dedicata a lui 5.91.186.31 17:46, 26 October 2025 (UTC)

Probabilmente dovresti chiedere informazioni a proposito di quello su Wikipedia nella lingua pertinente, non su Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 02:35, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Not duplicate

Currently, with the addition of East Timor, the file Association of Southeast Asian Nations (orthographic projection).svg is near identical with Southeast Asia (orthographic projection).svg. Now, I know that the former file should not be deleted as a duplicate due to it being a constantly updated file, but is there a template I can tag it with to let others know to not tag it? ANOTHERWlKlPEDlAN _{wɑit thɑt’s ɑ typo} 04:35, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

@Anohthterwikipedian: I'd use {{Current}} to tag the file that's intended to be updated. It doesn't directly say that the tagged file shouldn't be deleted as a duplicate, but I think it's implicit, since a file that might change can't really be a duplicate of one that won't. --bjh21 (talk) 16:47, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

Unsure about use rationale on File:Deadmau5 d.jpg

File:Deadmau5 d.jpg appears to have been uploaded by a user impersonating deadmau5 in 2014. Checking global contributions, Joel is not a spanish speaker. I'm not sure how to report something like this! GoatLordServant (talk) 16:28, 27 October 2025 (UTC)

courtesy linkfix. You can use a COM:Deletion request for situations with unclear copyrights. I did so. Thanks for spotting the thing! Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 03:33, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Porque no me deja subir un proyecto creado por mi que esta patentado

Porque no me deja subir un proyecto creado por mi que esta patentado Dr.Antonio Gines Lopez (talk) 07:48, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Suppression de plusieurs photos concernant une propriété privée dont la propriétaire exige le retrait des vues la représentant

Je suis l'auteur de photographies représentant le château de Mollans, (70), ainsi que de sa chapelle castrale. Bien que les vues aient été prises depuis une route publique, la propriétaire a déposé une plainte contre moi. Par souci d'apaisement, je demande la suppression de ces cinq vues. Merci. Espirat Jean E.J (talk) 08:13, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

@Espirat: cette demande est difficilement traitable sans savoir de quels fichiers il s'agit exactement. Quels sont leurs noms ou liens internes? Salutations, Grand-Duc (talk) 08:17, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Merci de la réponse. Il s'agit de deux vues représentant la chapelle castrale de Mollans , ainsi que de trois vues représentant le château de Mollans. Elles se trouvent sur Wiki Commons de Mollans. Mollans étant un village de la Haute-Saône (70). Merci de votre aide. Espirat E.J (talk) 08:27, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Une recherche rapide sur le net aboutit bientôt à la page https://www.murielle-cahen.fr/le-droit-a-limage-quels-sont-vos-droits-et-obligations/ , qui a des références sur le problème du droit (inexistant!) sur l'image de ses biens - section N°II: "Le propriétaire du bien ne dispose plus d’un droit exclusif sur l’image de celui-ci". En principe, je pense qu'une plainte va aboutir nulle part, surtout si les images prises ne sont pas cause a un quelconque trouble anormal... Salutations, Grand-Duc (talk) 08:27, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

@Espirat: dénicher ces vues dans une liste de téléversements très longue, probablement dans les centaines de fichiers, sans indications sur les dates de prises de vues, n'est pas très simple... Est-ce qu'elles sont enregistrées aux alentours du 8 juillet 2024, comme File:Château de Mollans (1).jpg, ces photos? Salutations, Grand-Duc (talk) 08:33, 28 October 2025 (UTC)

Ces vues se trouvent dans wiki Commons, Mollans, château de Mollans et chapelle castrale de Mollans

Je souhaite, ,pour ma tranquillité d'esprit, que ces vues soient retirées. Encore merci. Espirat E.J (talk) 09:22, 28 October 2025 (UTC)