Hexaware Logo Update Request

Hello,

The current logo used in this file is outdated. Hexaware has adopted a new corporate logo as part of its rebranding.

Current file: File:Hexaware_Logo.svg

Official logo source:

https://hexaware.com

I am part of Hexaware's marketing/brand team and would like to request that the file be updated with the current official logo. I have already uploaded the updated SVG file and can provide any additional information required.

Could an administrator or file editor please assist with updating the logo or advise on the correct process?

link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hexaware_new_logo.svg New Logo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hexaware_Logo.svg

Thank you. Swagexploded (talk) 06:32, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi, we usually keep old and new logos as old logos have historical value (see Category:Microsoft company logos for example). However, you may request renaming the files to reflect when the logos were used (e.g. File:Hexaware logo (YEARHERE-YEARHERE), see instructions at COM:RENAME). HyperAnd [talk] 10:28, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification.

We fully understand the importance of retaining historical logos for archival purposes. Our concern is that the current file name and usage are causing AI search engines and generative AI platforms to frequently surface this older logo as the current Hexaware logo. As a result, users requesting the Hexaware logo are often presented with outdated branding.

We would therefore appreciate renaming the file to clearly indicate that it is a historical logo (for example, including the years of use), while ensuring that the current logo is more prominently identified as the active corporate logo. This would help both Wikipedia readers and AI systems distinguish between the legacy and current brand identities.

Thank you for your guidance and assistance. Swagexploded (talk) 13:44, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

@Swagexploded: what was the date of the change, so we can accurately retitle the old one? - Jmabel ! talk 18:19, 24 June 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel Hexaware logo has been changed on December 2024. You can see the actual website for confirmation https://hexaware.com/ Swagexploded (talk) 11:03, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Old logo now moved to File:Hexaware Logo, retired December 2024.svg. - Jmabel ! talk 21:04, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel That's the wrong one? File:Hexaware new logo.svg is the one that needs to be renamed. HyperAnd [talk] 21:38, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@HyperAnd: That is now free to be renamed. I moved the old logo to clear out the obvious name File:Hexaware_Logo.svg. Since I don't know the date it was adopted, the new name of the old logo indicates the date it was retired. - Jmabel ! talk 00:01, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel: No, I mean that File:Hexaware Logo, retired December 2024.svg is actually the new logo, File:Hexaware new logo.svg is the old logo and the one that should've been renamed. The file names are misleading. HyperAnd [talk] 00:18, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Arrgh! OK, the name was so misleading, I was misled myself. The fact that the one I moved wasn't used anywhere did not help make that clear, I assumed that was because it was outdated. I'll fix it now. - Jmabel ! talk 05:28, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

OK, we now have File:Hexaware logo superseded circa December 2024.svg and File:Hexaware Logo.svg. - Jmabel ! talk 05:36, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Specific picture is missing

After this deletion there seems to be no other picture for the collapse of WTC 2 (South tower) on Commons available. Is there a possibility to make a request for another photography for this event as a substitute? If so, please let me know on my Userpage on de:WP. Thanks in advance, EinBeitrag (talk) 09:07, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

@EinBeitrag: A new photo of the site can't, for obvious reasons, be taken; however, an existing photo could be relicensed by its copyright holder to make it OK for Commons. There are some examples of ways to do this in COM:ET. Another option could be uploading the content and using it under a claim of fair use or fair dealing. This can't be done with respect to Commons per COM:FAIR, but some of the different language Wikipedias do allow such content to be uploaded locally. German Wikipedia does seem to be a project that does allow such "fair use" content per meta:Non-free content, but you're going to need to ask about the specifics of German Wikipedia policy on German Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:19, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

I can't give expert guidance on de Wikipedia but I followed links from meta:Non-free content and found de:Wikipedia:Bildrechte#Fair Use. The first sentence translates as Images that are marked as fair use in other Wikipedias do not comply with the guidelines of the German Wikipedia, which I think gives a clear answer. TSventon (talk) 03:02, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

hCaptcha system broken

Hello. I'm MGeog2022 user. I don't have an email address associated with my account, I have dynamic IP and I don't keep cookies in my browser, so I suppose this makes me more exposed to this type of problem. Until very recently, I was often prompted for a captcha on login; then, I filled it, and everything was right. With the new captcha system, this is a disaster: when prompted for a captcha, even if correctly selecting the right option, I'm not allowed to login. Since this change, I've been able to log in only when not prompted for a captcha (something that, of course, is beyond my control). I want to continue contributing to Commons and Wikipedia, and, at least for now, also to continue using this account. I value the privacy of not having to link my Wikimedia account to a personal email or phone, and I hope this can continue to be so. So I'd like to ask, to whoever can do something, for the captcha system to be fixed. Login being a lottery is just not acceptable. ~2026-37045-87 (talk) 10:24, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

@MGeog2022 i asked for ipbe for you Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard#c-RoyZuo-20260706175300-ipbe. try logging in if you get ipbe. RoyZuo (talk) 17:55, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Ajout d'une photo de Simon Kimbangu Kiangani

J'ai une photo que je veux envoyer afin que je puisse l'utiliser sur mon brouillon une fois il sera validé. La photo n'a pas de licence et appartient à Simon Kimbangu Kiangani. Mujaxio (talk) 10:31, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

When you say «et appartient à Simon Kimbangu Kiangani», are you saying that he owns the intellectual property rights, or simply that he has a copy of the photo? - Jmabel ! talk 17:00, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

c'est pas une copie Mujaxio (talk) 17:03, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

If you can read English, COM:THIRD goes into a lot of detail about using third-party materials, but what matters here is: the only way you are allowed to upload this photo to Commons is if the owner of the copyright (typically the photographer) grants a free license that conforms with COM:L (en français, Commons:À propos des licences). - Jmabel ! talk 21:16, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

@Mujaxio: Note that the above link is a redirect to Commons:Licensing/fr.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 06:15, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

How to put a flag or coat as a brazilluan public domain tag

How do you guys do that? I was wondering, because i want to update pages and help the community improve and update on vexillology. Erick Emanuel 1 (talk) 23:44, 27 June 2026 (UTC)

@Erick Emanuel 1: are you talking about uploading, or about changing/adding a PD tag for a file that is already uploaded? - Jmabel ! talk 00:21, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

Corrupted PDF issue

I recently uploaded File:Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2013).pdf and the PDF thumbnail doesn't display. I've tried using some of the tricks which have helped with this issue in the past (force reload, purging the cache) with no luck. Any help would be appreciated! Kingofthedead (talk) 03:00, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

@Kingofthedead: For https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Socialist_Constitution_of_the_Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Korea_%282013%29.pdf/page1-250px-Socialist_Constitution_of_the_Democratic_People%27s_Republic_of_Korea_%282013%29.pdf.jpg I get "Too many thumbnail requests for failing image". Evidently from phab:T417577 this means that Thumbor is returning a 429 error. See phab:T430431.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 06:33, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

General Houchard is born in Forbach (Moselle)France ..

in commons it says Torbak what a shame just check ..by the way where is the city of Torbak ?..ridiculous and shamful ~2026-37186-52 (talk) 14:31, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

I don't know what that TA means. The Category:Jean Nicolas Houchard displays d:Q1685098 which correctly shows "Forbach". A maybe weird idea: could that person have looked at the data with a dirty or damaged (phone) screen, transforming the F to a T and the CH to a K in the actual "Forbach"? Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:32, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

correct adress for uploading photos ?

I have today tried to upload two photos to Wikimedia commons, using the adress "photosubmission@wikimedia.org", which I found on your "upload wizard" page, but received a note from postmaster that they were unable to deliver the mail to that adress. So what do I do ? Erlingam (talk) 15:24, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

The Upload Wizard is located at Special:UploadWizard. Looking at that page and at its source, I don't see that email address. Can you tell me more about where you are seeing it? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:49, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

New to me, too. @Indopug: I see you referred to this email address at File:Alexander McQueen by FashionWirePress (cropped).jpg, can you explain any of this? - Jmabel ! talk 17:25, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

@Erlingam: I don't know why the Internet was unable to deliver the email. I just tried it myself and it appears to be interchangeable with permissions-commonswikimedia.org. Were you trying to contact the Volunteer Response Team (VRT)? Otherwise, this would not normally be part of the upload process. Did your email have a large attachment? That might explain the bounce. - Jmabel ! talk 17:31, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

File desc

Is it possible to just translate foreign-language file descriptions into the desired language, or does it have to be anything specific? I would make sure it makes sense first, or course. OliviaRigby (talk) 22:28, 28 June 2026 (UTC)

@OliviaRigby: That is too vague for me to answer confidently.

For any file on Commons, in {{Information}} or another similar template, additional, accurate file descriptions in any number of languages are always welcome. Within the "description section", these should typically use the template for the relevant language code (e.g. {{En}} for English). An added description can be (but need not be) a translation of an existing description in a different language. Please do not simply add a machine translation: it is permissible for translators to use machine translation for assistance, but you should almost never attempt translation without a decent understanding of the source language and at least a near-native understanding of the target language.

If that doesn't answer your question, then you'll have to be more specific. - Jmabel ! talk 04:11, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

I'd just like to get this correct: I can use machine-translation, but I must be able to have a understanding of source language and I should make sure it makes sense? Because I understand that bit. OliviaRigby (talk) 04:20, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

@OliviaRigby: yes, if you are competently knowledgeable to judge the machine translation and stand by it, you are allowed to use that tool. - Jmabel ! talk 05:39, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Copyright of sculpture replica in a building pre-1987

Hi! I took some photos today in Clotilde Merlo Park in Stirling City, CA. Some of the photos have unique sculptures that most likely meet copyright infringements and therefore wouldn't hold up for wikimedia. However, in the chapel of the park is a shed with a replica of the Pieta de Michelangelo (attached a photo of the original here). And I mean a photo-realistic replica. Between that and the buildings of the park being placed in 1987 and therefore being eligible for the freedom of panorama, would the photo of the shed be OK to upload along with photos of the nature of the park? Wanted to check in here before uploading anything.

Lexilovescaffeine (talk) 01:25, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

@Lexilovescaffeine: A sufficiently accurate replica of a public-domain work is not copyrightable in its own right. Perhaps ironically, the worse the copy the more likely it is to be eligible for copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 04:13, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

good to know! Thanks so much! Lexilovescaffeine (talk) 04:16, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Can I upload a presentation that was made using a PowerPoint template?

Hello! I recently gave a talk as part of a Wikipedia meet-up and was asked to upload it to Commons. This presentation was made using the default PowerPoint template "Berlin", which I cannot find copyright information for. Can I upload the presentation to Commons or is there some process involved with presentations that use a default theme like this? Thanks! Superraptor123 (talk) 12:32, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

@Superraptor123: There are a lot of PowerPoint templates out there called "Berlin". Can you be more specific (e.g. point to an example online)? Failing that: if it is copyrightable, then it is certainly copyrighted, and if you don't have an appropriate license for it, Commons can't host it. - Jmabel ! talk 05:42, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Is this template one that come provided with the software? If so, in general, if it's part of what came with PowerPoint/Office when you bought it (and it's a legally-licensed copy of Office in the first place), you own your creation and can apply whatever licensing you want to it, even though it uses the templates, clip art, fonts, and such that were provided. You couldn't redistribute the template itself without permission, of course, but just using it for your own work should be fine. It's similar to how your document isn't a "derived work" of Word or PowerPoint or whatever even though you're using those tools to create it. It's hard to find the exact clause laying it out in Microsoft's terms, though finding it isn't helped by there being a bazillion variations of Office depending on exactly what you bought and through whom. Can you say more about what exact version of software you own, and where this "Berlin" comes from in it? PeterCooperJr (talk) 13:20, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Failed uploads for Wiki Loves Earth 2026 in Wales

Three image files all jpgs failed to upload. Essential Views (talk) 15:23, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

The only difference from other similar uploads is the inclusion of location data derived from Google Earth into the file data for each image. Essential Views (talk) 15:32, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

All uploaded now. I failed to turn off the VPN! Essential Views (talk) 16:56, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

Further to my original query, I failed to find my now five image files uploaded to Wiki Loves Earth 2026 in Wales 29 and 30 June. Essential Views (talk) 07:54, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

@Essential Views: are you saying that there is an additional problem (that there are files you cannot now find) or are you just adding detail to a matter already resolved? - Jmabel ! talk 19:55, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Tracing of a photograph in collaboration with the original photographer

I am looking to upload an SVG tracing that I created with a team based on a photograph provided by a collaborator. The original photo is not published but I would like to list the members of the team as authors on the SVG. Am I able to list multiple people as authors on the license? If so, how should I do this? Micbenn (talk) 21:58, 29 June 2026 (UTC)

@Micbenn: Yes, though with multiple authors sharing a copyright it is probably wise to go through the VRT process with all relevant parties CC'd on the email, since no one WMF account can really vouch for everyone having signed off. In terms of attribution, virtually all license templates allow an open-ended indication of attribution. See, for example, File:Utsalady Ladies Aid 02.jpg for an example of this using {{Self}} and File:Alto Horno, Puerto de Sagunto, España, 2015-01-04, DD 91.JPG for an example using a license directly, without {{Self}}. - Jmabel ! talk 05:51, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

So I upload a picture to my account? Why can’t I upload picture Ladiesmanlove (talk) 09:39, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@Ladiesmanlove: is this related to Micbenn's question, or is it a separate question? I don't see any indication of you having even attempted to upload a file. - Jmabel ! talk 21:06, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

העלאת קבצי קול קריאת התורה

בס"ד הנני מנסה להעלות קבצי קול קריאת התורה שלי, ללא הצלחה בגלל זכויות יוצרים, היוצרים זה אני בס"ד. אברהם יוסף זיידה (talk) 13:19, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Google Translate gave this:

Uploading Torah reading audio files

I am trying to upload my Torah reading audio files on the BSD, but without success due to copyright issues. The creators are me on the BSD.

Assuming that you were trying to use MP3 as file format, אברהם יוסף זיידה, the upload block was due to you not having sufficient software rights, see Commons:File types#MP3. Use OGV instead, that should work. And what is "BSD"? You won't be able to directly upload from an URL (same thing: not enough rights), do that from your hard disk on your PC instead.

Machine translation into Hebrew by Google:

בהנחה שניסית להשתמש בפורמט MP3, אברהם יוסף זיידה, חסימת ההעלאה נבעה מכך שלא היו לך הרשאות תוכנה מספקות, ראה Commons:File types#MP3. השתמש ב-OGV במקום זאת, זה אמור לעבוד. ומה זה "BSD"? לא תוכל להעלות ישירות מכתובת URL (אותו דבר: אין מספיק הרשאות), עשה זאת מהדיסק הקשיח במחשב שלך במקום זאת.

Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 13:37, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

לא הבנתי את התשובה, זה יותר מידי מסובך כאן, אני מעוניין לתרום לקהל תרומה חשובה ביותר קריאת התורה באיכות גבוהה, אם תרומתי חשובה לכם בבקשה תאפשרואברהם יוסף זיידה (talk) 14:08, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@אברהם יוסף זיידה: נכון. שלום, וברוך הבא. אני מצטער להודיע ​​לך שהפעלת את Special:AbuseFilter/192 על ידי ניסיון להעלות קובץ או קבצים mp3 ללא זכויות מספיקות. יותר מדי אנשים מנסים להעלות קבצי אודיו שעדיין מוגנים בזכויות יוצרים של המחברים, המעבדים, המבצעים, המקליטים, חברות ההוצאה לאור וכו' ללא רישיונות מתאימים מאותם אנשים. אנא תיעד במלואם את המקורות והרישיונות של העלאות האודיו שלך, ובקש חברות בקבוצה COM:AP/he ב-COM:RFR כשאתה חושב שאתה מוכן (לאחר שביצעת יותר מ-500 עריכות שימושיות שאינן דמויות בוט); זה אמור לאפשר לך להעלות קבצי mp3. בינתיים, אנא קודד מחדש את זה/אותם וקבצי אודיו אחרים לתוך Vorbis או Opus והעלה אותם עם תיעוד מלא כקבצי .ogg.

Right. Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/192 by trying to upload an mp3 file or files with insufficient rights. Too many people try to upload audio files that are still copyrighted by the authors, arrangers, performers, recorders, publishing companies, etc. without proper licenses from those people. Please document fully the sources and licenses of your audio uploads, and request COM:AP group membership at COM:RFR when you think you are ready (once you have made more than 500 useful non-botlike edits); having that should allow you to upload mp3 files. In the meantime, please reencode that/those and other audio into Vorbis or Opus and upload them with full documentation as .ogg files.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:31, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@Ziv: I think that you'll be able as HE-3 user to overcome language barriers that Jeff or I encounter and deal with machine translations. Could you please help, too? The Wikimedian is in danger to get deterred, I fear, so a communication in Hebrew using COM:FS and similar should help. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:07, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@אברהם יוסף זיידה: you and your contributions are very welcome! But it is admittedly complicated to find the way through the jungle of policies, rules and guidelines. Thus, I asked for the help of another user (named Ziv) who is likely able to communicate directly in Hebrew with you - I have to rely upon machine translations. Please wait for that. Kind regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:56, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Machine translation:

@אברהם יוסף זיידה: אתה ותרומותיך יתקבלו בברכה! אבל יש להודות שזה מסובך למצוא את הדרך בג'ונגל של מדיניות, כללים והנחיות. לכן, ביקשתי את עזרתו של משתמש אחר (בשם זיו) שסביר להניח שיכול לתקשר איתך ישירות בעברית - אני צריך להסתמך על תרגומי מכונה. אנא המתן לזה. בברכה, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:56, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

תודה, אני בהמתנה. אברהם יוסף זיידה (talk) 00:33, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

@אברהם יוסף זיידה: Go to https://convert.to.it and upload your file there by clicking "Click to add your file". Pick "OGG" under "Convert to:" and download your file as an OGG file by clicking "Convert". Go to Special:UploadWizard and upload the OGG version and it should work. (By the way, if you have file extensions like "MP3" or "OGG" hidden, you should change your settings on your device to show it, so that you can distinguish which are MP3 or OGG files easily.) HyperAnd [talk] 23:16, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Best for Britain logo

Hello,

My organisation Best for Britain has recently redesigned our logo. Please can you or someone else update our page?

https://bestforbritain.org/ Joshedwicker1 (talk) 15:54, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello and welcome @Joshedwicker1, I assuming you are referring to the English Wikipedia page en:Best for Britain. The logo image is locally uploaded at English Wikipedia, not here in Wikimedia Commons, so you will need to update the file over there.

As a suggestion, since the logo at the website is a SVG file with transparent background, I think the best way is to "screenshot" the logo displayed at the website as a PNG file, and overwrite the current logo image file at English Wikipedia. Feel free to let me know if you still need any help. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 19:46, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

@Joshedwicker1: Your organization's new logo appears to be below the threshold of originality (i.e., it looks to simple too be eligible for copyright protection) not only under US copyright law, where the Commons servers are located, but also under UK copyright law, which is likely the country of first publication; so, it should be OK for you to upload the file to Commons instead of uploading it locally to English Wikipedia as non-free content. Once you've done that, all that needs to be done is to replace the syntax for the old logo with the syntax for the new logo. You can do this yourself if you want, but before you do you should take a close look at en:Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and en:Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure (if you've not already done so). The latter is very important because undisclosed paid editing ("paid" can be rather broadly construed and doesn't just mean monetary payment per se) is considered to be a violation of the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use and could lead to your account being blocked if you try to create/edit content about your organization on English Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:09, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Photo from foreign government website

Are photos published on the Israeli government website free to be used in a Wikipedia entry? The terms on the Israeli site are here: https://gpophoto.gov.il/haetonot/Eng_ShowPage.aspx?id=30; I'm not great at interpreting legalese and could use some help. Hrstruggle (talk) 19:40, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

 Not OK because it prohibits commercial use and derivative works, both of which must be allowed. Subject to the terms of this License, the Licensor hereby grants the User a global, non-exclusive license, without royalties, which is unlimited vis-à-vis time and which is for any purpose – apart from use in the framework of commercial advertising of any kind, […] the User is not given the right to make changes in the Photograph or create derivative works […]. There are also other unacceptable restrictions in the license, like forbidding use for "political activity". See Commons:Licensing#Acceptable licenses for what restrictions can or cannot be accepted. HyperAnd [talk] 22:35, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. This is definitely not for "political activity", although what constitutes that would be another good thing to understand. Hrstruggle (talk) 23:09, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

It doesn't matter whether uploading here constitutes "political activity", because we want people to download our freely-licensed files here and reuse the files for any purpose they wish, including political activity. Other restrictions, like "educational use only" are also unacceptable because again, the whole point of Wikimedia Commons, as stated in the Main Page, is a collection of 143,872,627 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute. HyperAnd [talk] 23:31, 30 June 2026 (UTC)

File rename request

Please rename File:Saint-Paixent Priory Lawsuit and Inventory Pages 1 and 3 (1733).pdf to File:Saint-PaixentPrioryLawsuitInventory1733.pdf. Reason: To provide a clean alphanumeric name for standard web referencing without parser breaking. Thank you! Paul Jennings (talk) 11:28, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

@Paul Jennings: Please just make a normal move/rename request on the file page. (If there is some reason you cannot do that, my apologies, and just say so here.) Also please add categories to your uploads. - Jmabel ! talk 19:58, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi jmable... Apologies, I did find out it was me a little while later. Please excuse me as I am new and trying so hard to figure out how Wikipedia work. I would like to make a new category, but not sure what I am allowed and also... how to set one up. Please do send me a link to the information and I will do my best. Kind regards. Paul Paul Jennings (talk) 18:38, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Paul Jennings: If your systems can't deal with the original name or the URL https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Paixent_Priory_Lawsuit_and_Inventory_Pages_1_and_3_(1733).pdf then they are broken.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:57, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Paul Jennings: all the basics for creating and using categories should be at Commons:Categories. If you read that and still can't work it out, please feel free to come back with a question.

Also, I agree with Jeff that File:Saint-Paixent Priory Lawsuit and Inventory Pages 1 and 3 (1733).pdf is a perfectly normal file name, and if your system has trouble with that, then the problem is probably on your end. - Jmabel ! talk 19:57, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Just to be clear: there is nothing wrong with you not yet knowing where to look things up, but in general I will aim you at resources rather than reproduce the detailed answers that can already be found at those resources, so that you learn your way around the site rather then just learning individual facts. - Jmabel ! talk 19:59, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

なんの動画ファイルが使えますか?

どの種類が使えるか教えてください Idouyou.school.home (talk) 07:45, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

(I'm using Google Translate.) @Idouyou.school.home: there is the page Commons:File types with the section Commons:File types#Video telling what formats are allowed. See also Commons:Video#Video formats, please note that "Commons does not support the more commonly used patent-encumbered video formats such as H.264 and H.265 that are used in MP4 and MOV files, since their use could require royalty payments." Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 08:33, 2 July 2026 (UTC) (Machine translation below)

ページ Commons:File types には、許可される形式を示すセクション Commons:File types#Video があります。 Commons:Video#Video formats も参照してください。Commons は、MP4 やMOV ファイルの使用にはロイヤルティの支払いが必要になる可能性があるためです。」よろしく、Grand-Duc (talk) 08:33, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

See Commons:Project scope/Allowable file types/ja. HyperAnd [talk] 08:36, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Changing the logo of de:Bundesfreiwilligendienst

Dear editors,

I am currently trying to update the logo that is added to the page de:Bundesfreiwilligendienst since I work for the Bundesamt für Familie und zivilgesellschaftliche Aufgaben (BAFzA) that is administring the Bundesfreiwilligendienst. Since the logo is not a creative common I guess I would have to change it over on the actual page, but I don't seem to have the rights to edit or even upload a file there. Could you please help me to find the right way for updating the logo? Thanks in advance! Boss Jonas (talk) 08:45, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

@Boss Jonas: If you can link us to an example of the new logo, we can tell you whether it would be eligible for Commons.

Other than that, though, this sounds like mostly a de-wiki issue, and would better be asked (in German) at de:Wikipedia:Fragen von Neulingen. - Jmabel ! talk 20:08, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks so much already for your answer! You can find the logo on the top right corner on this website https://www.bundesfreiwilligendienst.de/ - since we use our written out slogan in the logo I just presume that it is not eligible for commons? Boss Jonas (talk) 05:08, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Boss Jonas: my non-expert opinion is that the design of the two orange people may be above the Commons:Threshold of originality, so de:Wikipedia is the best route. You have received some advice there, it seems you need to wait until you are an "Automatisch bestätigte Benutzer", which should happen four days after you first logged on to de:Wikipedia. You also have a message on your de user page about disclosing paid editing, which you should look at. TSventon (talk) 16:13, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

como postar

como faço para postar algo sem se tao complicado Mateus Henrique Dos Santos Domingos (talk) 13:30, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Google translation from Portuguese: how to post: how do I post something without it being so complicated TSventon (talk) 15:03, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

@Mateus Henrique Dos Santos Domingos: (Com alguma ajuda do Google Tradutor) A maior dificuldade reside no fato de que tentamos evitar que arquivos neste site violem direitos autorais. Se as fotos forem suas e não retratarem obras protegidas por direitos autorais de terceiros, comece pelo COM:UploadWizard e o processo será bastante simple. No entanto, o envio de obras de terceiros é inerentemente mais complexo. Infelizmente, nossa melhor explicação sobre isso, COM:THIRD, não está disponível em português. Se você lê inglês, achará útil. - Jmabel ! talk 20:13, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Copyright violation/incorrect rationale?

Recently on enwiki, two images (File:Robin Wesman.jpg and File:Sayers mugshot, taken at the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.webp) were uploaded to Commons and linked on enwiki by @Elina Dale. These images were uploaded as "own work" which does not seem possible as they are driver's license photos and therefore state property, and in different states no less. I know in some states these are considered public domain, but either way, the rationale here is incorrect. I'm unsure what the process on commons is for rectifying this issue, so I wanted to leave a message here to request help in following the correct procedures for fixing this. Thanks. Wasianpower (talk) 15:34, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

@Wasianpower: The uploader is still active on en-wiki. If you want to salvage the photos, you might start by contacting them to see if they can help sort this out. Otherwise, I'd start a deletion request for each of these, and say that clearly the licensing is wrong, although you suspect the image may be in the public domain, in which case it would be good if someone could tag it correctly and keep it. - Jmabel ! talk 20:17, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Both Minnesota and California hold that all works created by the their employees are in public domain (See: {{PD-MGS}} and {{PD-CAGov}}). So, you just put those tags on the respective images. Ruslik (talk) 20:24, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

@Ruslik0: I'm not sure {{PD-MGS}} would apply to mugshots; it seems to only apply to works created by employees of the en:Minnesota Geological Survey, not the State of Minnesota itself. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:35, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Ruslik0: See also Commons:Deletion requests/Template:PD-MNGov and Commons:Deletion requests/Template:PD-MNGov (2nd nomination).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:07, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the help, all of you! Wasianpower (talk) 14:17, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Wasianpower: I tagged File:Robin Wesman.jpg as a copyvio, corrected File:Sayers mugshot, taken at the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.webp, and warned the uploader. You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:21, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Remove an image

Hello, I've updload this image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%98%D7%99%D7%95%D7%91.jpg#file but i wasnt aware the original name will be kept and won't be able to change it. coul dyou please remove it so i can upload in again with a proper name? Netanelile (talk) 06:23, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Netanelile: I see the file has now been deleted as a copyright violation. It appears you uploaded someone's profile picture from Instagram. Please make sure you are only uploading files that you have the rights to (e.g. photos you took yourself), or files that are otherwise verifiably freely licensed or public domain files.

In the future, if you upload a file with an incorrect filename, you can request the file simply be renamed instead of deleted. See Commons:File renaming for more details and instructions. ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 10:38, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Netanelile: If you plan to upload content that you did not create yourself, you will probably want to read COM:THIRD. - Jmabel ! talk 20:07, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Issue with Template "Done"

Hello,

I recently described what I thought to be an issue: Template "Done" (discussion "Last documented example doesn't work") Was it right put it onthe Template's discussion page? Or should I better describe the problem here, on the help page? If needed I will transfer the discussion here.

Thanks! Coetledefretdena (talk) 14:38, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Coetledefretdena: Hi, and welcome. You're right, use with an empty parameter doesn't display "without a label" as documented. Pinging @Jarekt, who may know best how to fix this.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:10, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Jeff G. and Coetledefretdena:  Done I think I fixed it now, but I do not think you will see the difference immediately. --Jarekt (talk) 22:55, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Jarekt: Hi Jarekt, I see that {{Done|}} still doesnt't work, but if I put a blank character as parameter, it now works! (I think I tried it before and it didn't work)

For checking, {{Done| }} here:  

Now, either you can check further if you want, or it also could be enough to update the documentation. Coetledefretdena (talk) 22:31, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Suggestion for mass rename

The category at Category:Bell Telephone Magazine by year has 30 subcategories, each for a year of the magazine, such as Category:Bell Telephone Magazine, 1965. The vast majority of images in these subcategories have filenames that start with "Bell telephone magazine (1922)", even though they are not from 1922. The subcategories reflect the correct years for the images, so I'm hoping somebody can mass-rename the files to the correct years. It would be helpful to also mass-correct the "Date" field in the metadata on each image (example showing incorrect "date" metadata).

I see it's possible to file a mass-rename request using the instructions at User:Deltaspace42/mass-rename-request, but I'm not sure that's a good idea for me to do for this many files.

This is similar to the issue I noted at Commons:Help_desk/Archive/2026/03#Metadata issues with AMNH books from Internet Archive, so I'm tagging @Jmabel in case you're up for helping again. (No worries if not!) Dreamyshade (talk) 17:29, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Alexis Jazz: since the tool I had tried for this was apparently a mess, I'm guessing that I should not try that again. I believe you created a new tool rather than fix the old one, right? - Jmabel ! talk 20:11, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel, yes, User:Alexis Jazz/AJSBulkRename (there's a demonstration video now!). There could still be bugs but it seems to work well now. It was originally meant to be a simple quick project, until I found out CommonsDelinker can't replace local uses (which in turn may be a MediaWiki bug) so the script had to grow to accommodate all that. And if I have to handle local replacements anyway, I might as well provide the option for global replacements.. and then I'm like "it should also remove those pesky {{Rename}} templates and load their suggestions" and again more work.
But I'm sure it'll work better than User:Perhelion/massrename.js. 😅 - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 22:23, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

@Alexis Jazz: I have it working (doing Category:Bell Telephone Magazine, 1929 to test it at this moment); three remarks: (1) Basically seems to work. (2) Pretty slow, no? Do you think that's inherently going to be the case? (2) (3) The UI is much less clear than it could be, can we work together on that at some point? In particular, the desired sequence of actions is not obvious, and a few of the names are "cute" in a way that could really confuse anyone who is not a very fluent English speaker. - Jmabel ! talk 00:31, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel, (1) Awesome! (2) Which part? A considerable chunk of time is simply waiting for the API to respond. The "move" action in particular takes a while, I see the API taking 3-4 seconds to respond. Running more operations in parallel might be possible, but then you'd have to start worrying about ratelimiting. And once you've started it, unlike the older script, you can more or less walk away. (2) Why are there two twos? Sure, can you make a mock-up or something? I know the cat emoji is cute. I need to have fun sometimes. This is all I get. 😿 - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 01:02, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

@Alexis Jazz: Two 2's because I belatedly added (1) and only changed one affected number. Fixed.

I ran into enough trouble on 1930 that I think I'm going to ask you to take over, because I can't do much with the errors I'm encountering. I'll do my best to enumerate them here. I know some of this will be familiar, but I suspect some won't:

• First thing is entirely my own stupidity/ineptitude. I know I'm asking you to clean up my error, sorry, and if you like I'll try to fix it myself, but I'm afraid I might compound some of the issues below. What I did wrong: I wrote "1929" instead of "1930" as the replacement, so right now all the 1930 files say "1929" where they should say "1930". Mea maxima culpa.
• fa-wiki won't replace File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569847558).jpg ("abusefilter-warning fa.wikipedia.org) or File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569859438).jpg ("NOT FOUND").
• The following files all show "del" in red rather than green at left. I have no idea what that means.
  • File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569843138).jpg
  • File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14753300151).jpg
  • File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14753300891) (5).jpg
  • File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (18).jpg
• The following filenames continue to have an entry for Commons in the "jittery" state even after giving things over an hour to settle:
  • File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569859438) (cropped).jpg
    • Jittery File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569859438).jpg
  • File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14753300891).jpg
    • A mix of jittery and not; the jittery ones are File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14753300891) (4).jpg and File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14753300891) (6).jpg
• I have several more warnings but as I just discovered when trying to copy one in either Arabic or (more likely) Farsi, if I click on them they vanish, so there is no easy way to copy them.
  • I'm afraid the one I clicked on is simply lost.
  • One says simply "http". (Maybe as against "https"?)
  • Two say simply "internal_API_error_DBQueryError".
  • One says "Edit conflict while trying to edit File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569859438).jpg on commons.wikimedia.org, waiting 30 seconds, do not close"
  • One says "Edit conflict while trying to edit File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14753300891).jpg on commons.wikimedia.org, waiting 30 seconds, do not close"
    • These last two appear to correspond to what stayed "jittery".

FWIW, no clues in the browser console. Jmabel ! talk 02:31, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel, so right now all the 1930 files say "1929" where they should say "1930".
There's a warning at the top that says "AJSBulkRename follows the GIGO philosophy". I'll look, but no promises. I'm still working on Don Ramey.
You didn't happen to screenshot anything, did you?
abusefilter-warning: fawiki hates you, ignore it. (or ask fawiki admins to stop hating you) the script called CommonsDelinker for you.
The following files all show "del" in red rather than green at left. I have no idea what that means. It means wonky CSS, but was nothing else red on those rows? this seems to happen with those http/DBQueryError cases.
http / internal_API_error_DBQueryError: blame the WMF developers: phab:T431156
These last two appear to correspond to what stayed "jittery".: probably a bug with the handling of edit conflicts and rate limiting errors. I'll have to look at that. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 03:07, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

OK, I'll try the 1930 ones again; just worried how double moves will work out on the ones that were wonky the first time. - Jmabel ! talk 04:48, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Also, somehow (possibly for unrelated causes) File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14753300151).jpg seems to have its image messed up. I will leave that one alone for now. - Jmabel ! talk 05:02, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel, I'd wait until WMF uncooks the database. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 05:11, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

@Alexis Jazz: not sure what you mean by "uncooks the database" (fixes something? what?) but I'm definitely not proceeding past the 1930 stuff at this time. I find I can clean some of that by hand.

By the way @Dreamyshade, it looks like there are a lot of wrong dates within the file pages as well (things that say 1922 rather than the correct year). That can presumably be fixed with VFC, which you can presumably do as readily as anyone else. Since you obviously care about this, could you take that part on yourself? - Jmabel ! talk 05:50, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Jmabel and @Alexis Jazz for taking on these file renames! Looks like VFC is Help:VisualFileChange.js. I didn't know about this, looks fun - I'll try it out for the metadata updates. Dreamyshade (talk) 17:25, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Barring things that might be wonky on sister projects, Category:Bell Telephone Magazine, 1930 is now largely done, except for File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14753300151).jpg because it has a broken thumbnail, and I'm not going to try to move it. - Jmabel ! talk 05:55, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel, if a botched move caused File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14753300151).jpg to vanish, the database could be cooked "(slang, chiefly predicative) In trouble; in a hopeless situation." If that's not the case (some files have vanished randomly in the past, see a variety of swift-storage tickets on Phabricator), there still is/was an issue that caused the DBQueryError/"http" (in this context, "http" means the server never answered, so there is no error). If that has already been resolved, okay. I just wouldn't like to try to mass-move (or mass-anything) while the API is regularly failing. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 06:33, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

@Alexis Jazz: is this something you generally follow? If so, can you give me a heads-up when you think it would be safe to try your rename tool again? - Jmabel ! talk 04:15, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

┌──────────────────────────────┘
Jmabel, usually I wait for the Phabricator peoples to say something. So far it's rather quiet. Maybe just try a small amount, like 5 files, if you don't get any http or DBQueryErrors try 10, then 20, etc. If you try, please let me know whether you still got errors. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 06:12, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

FWIW I've tried using it on some categories that probably have fewer files in use on sister projects, and I've done fine there. - Jmabel ! talk 06:34, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

I tried it just now on 5 files in Category:Bell Telephone Magazine, 1932, and the results were quirky enough that I think I'm not going to pursue this at this time. All five files moved, but for File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569732060).jpg (moved 1922->1932) I got "NOT FOUND en.wikipedia.org Portal:Amateur_radio" (no idea why it would be expected to be found there) and "permissiondenied ru.wikinews.org Категория:5G" (in an infobox, and it won't let me edit the page by hand). I've also got a message about an edit conflict moving File:Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14569767169) (cropped).jpg, and again the "jittery" filename; the file appears to have moved successfully. - Jmabel ! talk 01:08, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel, w:en:Portal:Amateur radio contains this code: {{Transclude list item excerpts as random slideshow | files=1 | more=| Portal:Amateur radio/Selected antenna| }} which refers to w:en:Portal:Amateur radio/Selected antenna which contains a link to w:en:Beverage antenna which includes the image in question. So it was listed on GlobalUsage, but it's random and may (dis)appear as the page is purged. CommonsDelinker (if it was running..) would fail the same way.
Wikinews became read-only on May 4 so it's not surprising you can't edit there. I need to exclude wikinews from the globalusage because no edit there will ever succeed.
The edit conflict issue I need to test more thoroughly. It seems however that the default file moving tool doesn't even bother trying to update existing usage and links on Commons, so it's not like that's better. AJSBulkRename is just having some trouble with the "extra credit" section which no other tool even attempts. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 02:11, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

@Alexis Jazz: so do you think I should simply continue? I'm fine with that if you think that's appropriate, but do not wish to keep reporting back each possible anomaly I see so that you can analyze whether it is a real problem or not. - Jmabel ! talk 03:39, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel, it's okay. New somewhat complicated script, it takes a few tries to iron out the wrinkles.
User:Alexis Jazz/AJSBulkRename.js (Diff ~1244618814) resolves the edit conflict hangs and wikinews/foundationwiki/donatewiki are now ignored. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 04:46, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Request for permission.

Hello, I would like to upload two photographs to Wikimedia Commons and I would appreciate some advice regarding its copyright status. The image depicts the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro), Milan, Italy, during the concert held on 8 June 2004. The photograph was found in a publicly accessible Google Photos album entitled “RHCP, 7 giu–3 lug 2004”, but I can’t post the link. I do not know the identity of the photographer, so I would list the author as Unknown. Based on the concert date, the album title, and comparison with publicly available videos of the performance, I am confident that the photograph was taken at the Milan concert on 8 June 2004. As far as I understand, if this is considered a simple photograph under Italian copyright law (rather than a creative photographic work), the related rights have already expired because the photograph was taken before 1 January 2005. For this reason, I believe it may qualify for {{PD-Italy}}. Before uploading the file, I would like to ask whether the available evidence regarding the date, venue, and provenance is considered sufficient to apply {{PD-Italy}}, or whether additional documentation would be required. Thank you very much for your advice. SirPsych0 (talk) 20:30, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure about whether it qualifies for Italian public domain--your reasoning seems sound, but I am not familiar with that law. However, per Commons:Licensing, "uploads of non-U.S. works are normally allowed only if the work is either in the public domain or covered by a valid free license in both the U.S. and the country of origin of the work." U.S. law does not make the same distinction of types of photographic works. SomeoneDreaming (talk) 01:23, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Request to overwrite outdated Monstercat logo

Hello! I'm a representative from Monstercat. Our logo currently hosted at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monstercat_logo_with_text.png is outdated.

Because my account is new, I am receiving a "You cannot overwrite this file." error. Could anybody please assist by overwriting the file with our current official logo?

The new file can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zTkaRdKd2gLDNiB8EQIwOO2SbPuag4fj/view

Thank you for your help! I can also authorize this from a monstercat.com email address if necessary. Manstercot (talk) 21:41, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Manstercot, I've uploaded it to File:Monstercat logo with text (new less rounded font).png but please contact COM:VRT through permissions-commonswikimedia.org as I can't seem to find your logo (with text) on your website, so I can't verify if this new logo is legit. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 22:49, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! Will do. Manstercot (talk) 23:01, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

We also have File:Monstercat vector logo.svg from 2018. TSventon (talk) 01:04, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Public Areas

Can i upload an image of public landmarks, grocery stores, or buildings with no people seen in the image? Loubiandagratina (talk) 21:56, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Loubiandagratina, possibly:

1. Is it a photo? If so, who took the photo?
2. In which country was the photo taken? We can't say anything without that information as laws vary.
3. What do you consider "public landmarks"? Hills, trees, etc: fine. Statues: depends on the country.

The answer is likely yes, but there are exceptions. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 22:29, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

overwritting file problem

Why does the new image appear on the page after overwriting the file, but when clicked to open, it still shows the original image? Please see File:Bohai Economic Rim.pngSeine River (talk) 07:44, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Seine River, w:en:Wikipedia:Bypass your cache#Bypassing cache
But could also be phab:T425216. (which should always resolve itself within 24 hours) - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 09:55, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your help, the problem has been resolved! Seine River (talk) 10:40, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

File doesn't exist but there's a page for it

This is a file page but the file doesn't exist: File:Big Okahukura Peninsula, Kaipara Harbour.jpg. I have never come across this situation before. Anyone know what the story is? Nurg (talk) 09:34, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Nurg, this file was uploaded at 19:32, moved at 19:33 without leaving a redirect to File:Big Ōkahukura Peninsula, Kaipara Harbour.jpg and FlickreviewR 2 also reviewed it at 19:33, unaware of the move that had just happened.
Not sure why FlickreviewR 2 doesn't use nocreate:1 on that API call, but it's an edge case. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 10:00, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. And I see you are getting it tidied up, so double thank you. Nurg (talk) 10:27, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Anonimisering profiel Wikimedia

Beste heer/mevrouw,

Enige tijd geleden heb ik verzocht om mijn gebruikersnaam te wijzigen naar User58264190, met als doel mijn account zo veel mogelijk te anonimiseren. Dat verzoek lijkt (nog) niet te zijn doorgevoerd. Mijn belangrijkste doel is anonimiseren, waardoor mijn identiteit niet meer langer zichtbaar is in mijn account. Het liefste zou ik het account met de foto's verwijderen, maar ik heb begrepen dat dit niet gaat. Vandaar dat ik nu aanstuur op een naamswijziging van mijn account. Kunt u mij aangeven: -hoe ik mijn gebruikersnaam alsnog kan laten wijzigen; -of de voorgestelde gebruikersnaam (User58264190) voldoet en zo niet, waarom dan niet en waar de gebruikersnaam aan moet voldoen; -of er een specifieke procedure of pagina is voor een verzoek tot globale hernoeming; en welke mogelijkheden er bestaan om mijn account verder te anonimiseren;

Ik hoop dat u mij wilt helpen, zodat ik dit vraagstuk op korte termijn kan afronden. Alvast hartelijk dank voor het meedenken.

Met vriendelijke groet, J. Niessen Joepniessen (talk) 16:57, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Joepniessen, w:nl:Speciaal:GlobalVanishRequest. Let op! Als je dit doet en je wilt ooit toch weer iets wil bewerken op een wiki kan je je huidige account niet meer gebruiken. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 21:02, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Een andere mogelijkheid is Commons:Changing username/nl. TSventon (talk) 21:35, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Submission

How many videos and photos are needed to be submitted I had prepared 8 videos and 347 photos as early the wiki website had shown me but now it shows 13 videos and 349 photos Kevonrare (talk) 01:10, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

@Kevonrare: I don't understand what you want to ask. "Prepared 8 videos and 347 photos as early the wiki website had shown me" - what do you want to say? What is "prepared" meant to express? This word doesn't really make sense. Did you perhaps bookmark some categories or gallery pages? If yes, it is easily possible that some editor added new media to them. If you were speaking about some stuff you uploaded somewhere: As of now, your account was registered on 2026-06-23, and you have only ONE edit (the one here above) in any Wikimedia project per Special:CentralAuth/Kevonrare. Please provide more data about your inquiry. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 02:36, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

@Kevonrare: also, if there is another language where you can be clearer than in English, please use it. - Jmabel ! talk 04:17, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

I guess the numbers are from Category:Wiki Loves Earth 2026 in Uganda. @Kevonrare: if this page is where you found your numbers, it is the total number of all images and videos from all participants, and it goes up everytime you or someone else uploads a new file. There is no minimum number of works you need to upload. MKFI (talk) 07:43, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Structured description for photograph of sculpture

I'm trying to edit the description page of File:Budapest3-zsigmond-kiraly-mellszobor-r0.jpg (and two other photos) to include properly structured templates that are easily readable by automated tools, such as those that that put data to Wikidata. I'm stuck about how to use the templates in a few places and I'd appreciate some help. Currently I'm trying to use {{Art Photo}}, but I can change this to a more appropriate template if there's one. Here's what I don't know how to represent:

• The date when the photo was published on a non-Wikimedia website, 2017-07-27. I think {{Original upload date}} is inappropriate because it seems to mean that the photo was published on another Wikimedia site before it was moved to Commons. {{Published on}} might work, but it's not clear how that distinguishes when the sculpture was published from when the photo was published.
• That the material of the bust is limestone. The documentation of {{Art Photo}} points me to Category:Multilingual tags: Techniques, which has a template for bronze as material, but not limestone (or marble for example).
• That the photograph was taken by the same artist who created the sculpture.
• That the bust is approximately life-size, i.e. same size as the person depicted.

– b_jonas 13:05, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

@B jonas:

• I don't know how best to indicate a publication date for the photo, but it seems to me you could add a semicolon and {{Published on}} after the photo date.
• It's great to use multilingual tags for materials and techniques where they exist, but where they don't, just use normal words, possibly inside of {{En}} or whatever other language you prefer. Note that if you create a Wikidata item for the work in question, and then use that in Art Photo, anyone whose language is covered by the Wikidata item for the particular material or technique will see it displayed in their own language by Art Photo.
• Two ways to indicate that the photograph was taken by the same artist who created the sculpture, and they are not mutually exclusive: use exactly the same text to indicate the person as creator of the object and photographer; say so explicitly in the photo description ("Photo by the artist").
• If you can give dimensions, that makes this clear. I'm not sure whether there is a good way to state approximate dimensions. Failing that, you can always say it explicitly in the description of the work.

Jmabel ! talk 02:10, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

info

chci pridat ke svému článku 3 fotá (dva erby a jedno foto) Furujas777 (talk) 13:41, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Google Translate says this is Czech and means: "I want to add 3 photos to my article (two coats of arms and one photo)". That doesn't seem to be a question asking for anything specific, and does not indicate anything about what article this user is talking about. - Jmabel ! talk 02:14, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

my photos keeep getting taken down

Hi - i am a musician and i went through all the correct steps to upload photos to my wikipedia page... the photographer that took the photos of ME when i was on tour wrote the correct email to wikipedia following all protocol and they were still removed by some bot... this is very frustrating... they need to be put back up and it has taken forever to get this happening...my name is Carla Azar - i am a successful working musician and the photos in question are of me - and the photographer gave full permission to use them... Artaudthemadman (talk) 19:14, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi Carla, thanks for posting and I know it can sometimes be frustrating to try to follow the process. Have you seen COM:OTRS and tried to follow the steps there? ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:18, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

It would help a lot to know what files this is about. For example, I see that you asked for several of your uploads to be deleted (oddly, because of file names, which are easily changed). Rather than my try to look through every file you've touched, can you be specific about what you want restored? - Jmabel ! talk 02:26, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Possibly this is about File:Carla Azar - 2025 press photo portrait.jpg and File:Carla Azar - 2024 portrait press photo.jpg which used to be in en:Carla Azar. @Artaudthemadman: both of these files have been deleted with reason "No ticket permission since 20 November 2025" which suggest that the email you sent did not reach the correct recipient or did not have enough information. MKFI (talk) 08:05, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

I wanna publish a alternate Canada from 2041 to my user page as an part of my version of alternate future of the world made inside my user page

Hello. I wanna publish a image of a map of a alternate Canada from 2041 to my user page as an part of my version of alternate future of the world inside my user page, but i'm not sure if I can publish it, because as I read what I can publish in forms of a image, I remember that there wasn't anything about alternate future depictions, so I thought that it isn't allowed in Wikipedia. So that's why i'm asking if I am allowed to use that image inside my user page. Wiktor St Mapping (talk) 11:21, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

@Wiktor St Mapping: Hi, Sorry, but this is out of scope for Commons. Please read COM:SCOPE. Yann (talk) 11:30, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Wiktor St Mapping, w:en:User:Alexis Reggae/Alternate history alternatives. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 20:36, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Upload de arquivos PDF

Qual a exigência para o upload de arquivos PDF de autoria própria? JoseDoCarmoSJ (talk) 15:47, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

(Com a ajuda do Google Tradutor) @JoseDoCarmoSJ: É relativamente incomum que o PDF seja o formato correto para conteúdo criado pelo usuário. Você poderia dizer o que está tentando enviar?

Do ponto de vista técnico, tenho certeza de que sua conta já foi confirmada há muito tempo, então você deve conseguir fazer isso com qualquer uma das ferramentas de upload padrão do Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 19:02, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Permission and guidance for uploading a CC BY research paper

Dear, I am Research Professor Dinh-Huy Nguyen, the author of a peer-reviewed research paper published in the journal Theranostics (Ivyspring International Publisher). I would like to upload the full PDF of my paper and several key figures to Wikimedia Commons to enhance the quality of scientific articles related to "bacteriotherapy" and "cancer immunotherapy." The paper details are as follows: Title: A clinically translatable, irreversibly attenuated Salmonella strain as a next-generation adjuvant for checkpoint immunotherapy Link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13294988/ License: This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which allows for free distribution and reuse with proper attribution. I would like to ask for guidance on the best way to proceed: Should I upload the full PDF as a single file? Is it preferred to upload individual high-resolution figures (PNG/JPG) for use in Wikipedia articles? Are there any specific templates I should use during the Upload Wizard to ensure the CC BY license from Theranostics is correctly recognized? Thank you for your assistance in helping me contribute to the open-access scientific knowledge on Wikipedia. Dinh-Huy Nguyen-1984 (talk) 15:52, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

@Dinh-Huy Nguyen-1984: Please upload both the full PDF and a separate file for each figure. If there are a significant number of figures, then you will probably want to create a category for the paper and place everything in that category.

If you state https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13294988/ as the source, then the license is clear from that source. I'd recommend also tagging (immediately below the license) with {{LicenseReview}}, which should in principle get an admin to confirm that license in case the source ever becomes unavailable, though that process is quite backlogged. - Jmabel ! talk 19:08, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Urgent: Request to delete photo by owner's demand

Hello, I need urgent help to delete a file. The owner/subject of this photo has explicitly requested its permanent removal due to privacy concerns. File link:

File:Aygun-Quliyeva.jpg

Please delete this file as soon as possible. Thank you. Seymurramazanov (talk) 20:54, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

@Seymurramazanov: Hi, and welcome. I see that you have started another section in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Aygun-Quliyeva.jpg, in Azerbaijani. Perhaps an Azerbaijani-speaking Admin will stumble upon it. You might want to supplement that with English, stressing the privacy concerns. Please be patient and stay logged in. Per COM:DR#Latest requests to be closed, "There are 11098 open deletion requests, the oldest being 239 days old."   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:25, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

@Seymurramazanov I deleted the file. ~TheImaCow (talk) 22:37, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Resolved

I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after two days. ~TheImaCow (talk) 22:37, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

What's the line between anatomical nudity and straight up porn?

Ran across a group of images that appear to be a user utilizing Commons to host/show off their...particular interests. Similar images of the same individual are also hosted on other sites specific to that purpose. According to the file data they aren't in use by any pages where they might serve an encyclopedic purpose. Is there any guideline for when images containing adult material are or are not appropriate? ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 04:52, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

COM:PORN has some guidance and links. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:58, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Upon further inspection, the user has already been indeffed for their use of this content, but somehow their (extensive) contributions are still live. It appears a mass deletion request by username is the appropriate procedure? ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 06:36, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Category : videos 2026 wiki loves earth

I submitted 2 videos which appear when I search for my page Kevonrare but the two videos aren’t among the 13 videos that have been so far received under statistics. What does this mean? Kevonrare (talk) 04:56, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

Where are you seeing this "13" number from? HyperAnd [talk] 05:51, 7 July 2026 (UTC)

@Kevonrare: I strongly advise you to read and follow COM:File naming. Filenames like File:Harmonious forests.webm or File:Scattered Serenity.jpg (taken from Special:Contributions/Kevonrare are unsuitable for imagery of nature. While those names certainly are poetic, they are nonsensical from an illustrative standpoint - and won't help you attract the attention of the WLE juries. @HyperAnd: the "13" apparently comes from Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2026 in Uganda#Statistics; that data update may be a bit lagging behind. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 11:29, 7 July 2026 (UTC)