License Question

Hi there, I'm sorry to ask a copyright question that has definitely been asked before but I read the guidelines and I'm still a bit confused. I uploaded some files:

File:Line Drawing of the Maya Moon Goddess.png
File:Maya Maize God.png
File:Maya Moon Goddess.jpg

and I didn't realize what I was doing yet so all I did was make sure they were public domain and put in the link and specific verbiage the website gives about permissions in the comments box. I'm now going back to fix the license issue, which I was able to do a bit more intuitively for other uploads of ancient artworks taken from museums. However, the above three files comes from here https://www.mayavase.com/ and in the third paragraph of the homepage it says "All photographs in both databases are in the public domain." is it alright to just use the same public domain license I used for the ancient artworks? These files are images of line drawings of artist Linda Schele, so I wasn't sure if this is different.

Thank you, SakAwilix SakAwilix (talk) 03:23, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

@SakAwilix: I fear that the permission on that website is not sufficient. The usual standard is, as far as I'm aware, to basically understand any permission in the most restrictive way that is possible - the authorisation to any activity that is not explicitly covered by any given permission, license or the law remains as the prerogative of the work author. Here, we've got the issue that the website author first states "The photographs in Mayavase.com were created with few exceptions by Justin Kerr over a period of thirty years.", declaring himself copyright owner (all good), and then "All photographs in both databases are in the public domain. They may be published for any scholarly or lawful purpose." (emphasis mine) The image at http://research.mayavase.com/kerrmaya_list.php?_allSearch=&hold_search=&x=31&y=5&vase_number=2733&date_added=&ms_number=&site= , an actual photograph, is different from the drawing from https://www.mayavase.com/2733/com2733.html you uploaded. Drawings made after photographs are often derivative works which are partly entitled to their own copyright, depending on the amount of creative work involved (see COM:TOO for details). But basically, you can't in my opinion rely upon the website's authorisation for photographs when dealing with drawings that were made by third parties. An explicit clearance from the actual copyright owners would be needed - something like {{Copyrighted free use}} would be sufficient, though. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 03:53, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Hmmm, okay thank you for this. I'll go ahead and edit the articles I implemented these into so that I use alternate photos instead. Also if I may ask one more question:

File:Ceramic figure of moon goddess and rabbit.jpg

This file above was also missing a license because I didn't know what I was doing when I uploaded it, but I went in and added the public domain license that is explicitly given by Princeton Museum https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/18122 when you go to download the image. However the original warning of "This media file does not have sufficient information on its copyright status." hasn't gone away yet even though it is now listed as public domain. Is this just because it's pending approval and the license was just added, or is there anything else I need to do?

Thanks again for your help,

Brian SakAwilix (talk) 04:12, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Also sorry one more thing. As I intend to use photographs from https://www.mayavase.com/2733/com2733.html, would I then just use a public domain license like normal? SakAwilix (talk) 04:20, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

@SakAwilix: going by the wording alone on the website, {{PD-Author}} appears to be fine. But it's a "non-standard" release where the author may have misunderstood the implications of such a release. I would suggest doing the same as courts do in the regard of the law, interpreting Mr. Kerr's intention but erring on the side of caution, and go for a {{CC-by-4.0}} license. That way, the authorship of Justin Kerr gets acknowledged. My reason for that idea: stating sources is the norm when doing scholarly work, and CC-by is somewhat more restrictive than a true PD-Author. It's not sure enough that he intended to release all control on his files; naming him as author is a good thing to do. The code would be: {{CC-by-4.0|Justin Kerr}}. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 19:20, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Even better would be to ask Justin Kerr directly for an agreement, he's publishing his e-mail on his website. If he would directly accept the CC-By 4.0 (if you're writing him, SakAwilix, point him to the similarities between his wording and the CC-By!), then we'd get the most hassle-free outcome. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 20:17, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

@Grand-Duc and SakAwilix: You absolutely do not want to say that someone offered a specific CC license that they did not, in fact, offer. Please do not do that. Accounts have been blocked for less.

If you want to rely on the author's statement cited above, and you want to be cautious about the attribution side of it, {{Attribution only license}} is a tremendously better choice. - Jmabel ! talk 23:58, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Ok I recently uploaded an image a used a PD-Author license as I figured his stating that all images taken by him are public domain if on the database, that this was a fitting license. Im sorry if that was an ill-fitting choice. Should I go in and change it to an attribution only license? SakAwilix (talk) 00:05, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Soviet General Staff military maps

Are Soviet General Staff military maps in the public domain? Can they be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons? S. Mochar (talk) 18:23, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

@S. Mochar see Commons:CRT/Soviet Union if it addresses your question. RoyZuo (talk) 17:10, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Sizes of uploads in pixels growing

I upload some files with specific pixel sizes like 2025 Pixels across, but when I look at the files sizes, they are now much bigger, like 3,840 pixels wide. Why is that? can I stop if from happening? Molly.Farr (talk) 14:30, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Do you have one or two examples? I looked at some files from your contributions (Special:ListFiles/Molly.Farr) but didn't spot anything related to the issue you're asking about. File:Charlemagne 2 lg.jpg for instance has that pixel count of 2025 on the long side. Please elaborate! Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 15:17, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1895_Lithograph_of_the_Conversion_of_the_Saxons.jpg. On this page, my upload is 1,335 × 751 as shown at the bottom and just under the picture is shows the largest size being 1,920 × 1,080 pixels. Molly.Farr (talk) 15:56, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

@Molly.Farr: Very strange. Do you still have the original JPEG that you uploaded and, if so, what are its dimensions? - Jmabel ! talk 00:16, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

The original jpeg is the 1,335 × 751 size that I uploaded Molly.Farr (talk) 09:32, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Clicking the 1920x1080px link actually shows the full resolution 1335x751 image, not an upscaled version. MKFI (talk) 06:11, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Okay then. I know upscaling some pics too much causes them to pixelate badly and reduce the quality. Which I do not want to happen. Molly.Farr (talk) 09:43, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Another page: File:CorusSteelworks.jpg is 800px wide but shows 960px thumbnail link. @Krinkle: is this related to the thumbnail size changes? MKFI (talk) 06:38, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

This sounds like it's possibly related to phab:T432193. Sam Wilson 01:47, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Biogram

Zamierzam opublikować swój biogram na Wikipedia. Znam zasady przygotowania pliku biogramu. W jaki sposób przekazać go do Redakcji Wikipedii czy jako "prześlij plik" ? Prof.J.Grzesiak (talk) 16:43, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Cześć, to Wikimedia Commons, siostrzany projekt Wikipedii, który hostuje obrazy, a nie artykuły. Jeśli masz pytania dotyczące pisania i publikowania artykułu na Wikipedii, możesz skontaktować się z działem pomocy pl:Wikipedia:Pytania nowicjuszy. (Via Google translate) TSventon (talk) 18:53, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

National Library of Scotland Map Upload

This is my first time uploading an image to wikimedia commons, what domain tags do I add for this? Here’s the URL: https://maps.nls.uk/view/101567990 TheAnomynousEditor (talk) 16:45, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

@TheAnomynousEditor: I have no idea what you mean by a "domain tag". Can you give an example? - Jmabel ! talk 00:18, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

e.g. OldOS and OS OpenData {{OS OpenData}} TheAnomynousEditor (talk) 05:42, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Those are license tags. What's a "domain tag"? - Jmabel ! talk 20:06, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

I uploaded 2 photos of nature, but I can't find that where I uploaded this picture. Which side I can see my uploaded picture?

To finding my uploaded picture Tanjinaa (talk) 22:06, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

Your files will appear on Special:ListFiles/Tanjinaa. There are none, so you did not complete any upload yet. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:15, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

No deleted uploads or other edits, either. - Jmabel ! talk 00:21, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

@Tanjinaa: You have no edits on other WMF projects either, under that username. Were you perhaps using a different username?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:36, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Submit photos for challenge Disaster

Hello I tried to submit two photos for the Disaster challenge but it's impossible. I have a red advertisment "Dacă nu furnizaţi informaţii corecte şi complete despre sursa şi despre licenţa fişierului, acesta va fi şters fără alte avertismente. Vă mulţumim pentru înţelegere." meaning that I have to complete the source - it's my work and I have to specify the license. But I own the copyright and I would like to keep it that way. Also I don't know in which category I should insert. Photos, challenges... it's not simple. thank you. Marina ANC (talk) 13:10, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

@Marina ANC: Hi, and welcome. Your files are not used, so they were not properly submitted. Please read Commons:Photo challenge/2026 - July - Disaster rephotography#2026 – July – Disaster Rephotography more thoroughly, including the HTML comment. Which license(s) did you choose from COM:L?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:42, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

This is my question: Which license(s) did you choose from COM:L they are either public or copyleft and some other options but none to keep my copyright. So I'm stuck with the mention above in red. Marina ANC (talk) 14:18, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

@Marina ANC: Even if you choose a public domain license, you still keep your copyright, just license the media for certain purposes.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:24, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

{{Information

|Description= A couple taking pictures of the Seine during the flood May 2016

|Source= I am the photographer

|Date= May 2016

|Author= Marina Anca

|Permission= Copyright

|other_versions= no

}} and below License: The Commons accepts only media that either

are explicitly licensed under a free license such as the GFDL, the Creative Commons licenses {{Cc-by-4.0}} or {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}, or similar free licenses, or

are in the public domain both in the U.S. and in the source country of the work.

The most common license and copyright status descriptions are listed in this drop-down menu. Choose the one that applies to your file, if you haven't already placed a copyright tag in the "Permission" field above. See also Commons:Licensing.

(a traduce)

And there is a sentence written in red (in Romanian) If you do not provide complete and accurate information regarding the file’s source and licensing, the file will be deleted without further notice. Thank you for your understanding.

Thea is no "continue" button Marina ANC (talk) 14:37, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

@Marina ANC: So you have chosen the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license AKA {{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}. That is an appropriate license. I defanged your templates.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:58, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Título para imagen de Wikimedia

Buenas tardes. Intento publicar un título para una imagen de Wikimedia, pero no lo aceptan incluso aunque cumple todas las condiciones. El título en cuestión es "Sala de la colección principal de la Biblioteca Popular Solidaridad Social, Rosario, Argentina. Julio de 2026.jpg" ¿Hay algo inadecuado en él? Santiago Brra. (talk) 16:39, 18 July 2026 (UTC) {translated|1=Wikimedia Image Title

Good afternoon. I'm trying to submit a title for a Wikimedia image, but it's not being accepted even though it meets all the requirements. The title in question is "Main Collection Room of the Biblioteca Popular Solidaridad Social, Rosario, Argentina. July 2026.jpg" Is there something wrong with it?|2=Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:04, 18 July 2026 (UTC)}}

@Santiago Brra.: Hola y bienvenido. No veo ningún problema. ¿Qué mensaje de error o comportamiento experimentaste?

Hi, and welcome. I don't see anything wrong with it. What error message or behavior did you experience?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:04, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Just this: "Please write a more informative title". Santiago Brra. (talk) 22:09, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Bizarre. If anything, it is unusually verbose. That sounds like a glitch. - Jmabel ! talk 22:24, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

@Santiago Brra.: empecé una sección nueva en otro página, Commons:Village pump/Technical#Inappropriate "Please write a more informative title". Es más probable que alguién allí sabría como pudiera pasar. - Jmabel ! talk 22:33, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Es un poco largo, pero bastante normal. ¿Cual "página especial" o herramiento utilizaba para subirlo? Y, como preguntó Jeff, ¿Qué exactamente pasaba? - Jmabel ! talk 20:16, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

En sucesivo: "Insertar", "Imágenes y multimedia", "Subir", "Selecciona un archivo" ("Esto es mi propio trabajo"), "Subir", subo mi imagen, me piden que escriba una descripción, yo la escribo (la de mi primer mensaje, por ahora), "Guardar", y aparece un cartel: "Algo salió mal: El nombre de archivo que estabas intentando subir ha sido incluido en la lista negra...". Santiago Brra. (talk) 22:48, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

@Santiago Brra.: entonces, ¿empezó en la wikipedia en español, no aquí en Commons? No conozco bién esta herramiento (es distinto de Special:UploadWizard en Commons), pero lo más importante es que el mensaje de error que Vd. describe ahora está enteramente diferente. Una lista negra no está semejante a "Please write a more informative title". Yo cambiaré lo que escribí en Commons:Village pump/Technical#Inappropriate "Please write a more informative title". - Jmabel ! talk 06:41, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Sí. Lo que estoy intentando hacer es reemplazar la imagen principal, ya anticuada, por otra nueva. Para eso, debo primero, según entiendo, almacenar esa imagen nueva en Commons. Santiago Brra. (talk) 14:53, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

@Santiago Brra.: Es posible que hayas activado Special:AbuseFilter/335 u otra medida en tu wiki local al intentar subir un archivo entre wikis como un nuevo usuario según proposal; puedes subir el archivo aquí en Commons con Special:UploadWizard en su lugar, si cumple con las normas.

You may have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/335 or another measure on your local wiki by trying to cross-wiki upload a file as a new user per proposal; you may upload the file here on Commons with Special:UploadWizard instead, if it is in compliance.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:08, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: possibly, but if that's the case he certainly should not have received a message telling him that the problem was a blacklisted file name. - Jmabel ! talk 20:05, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

i created File:Sala de la colección principal de la Biblioteca Popular Solidaridad Social, Rosario, Argentina. Julio de 2026.jpg without hitting MediaWiki:Titleblacklist. i can only say issue cannot be reproduced.

not sure if com:autoconfirmed matters. RoyZuo (talk) 17:00, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

a possible problem is the blacklist of unusual whitespaces or any such characters. maybe there was such a disallowed character in the filename the user gave to uploadwizard, but when they filed this report that character was not copied over. RoyZuo (talk) 17:06, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Personalbogen Heinz Mollenhauer, März 1952.pdf

Ich habe diesen Personalbogen, aber keinen Autor. Der Bogen ist im Archiv meines Großvaters. Was ist zu tun? Gib alle Informationen an, die du über diese Datei hast, beispielsweise die Quelle (wo hast du die Datei her? Welche Internetseite? Welches Buch?), wenn du sie nicht schon beim Hochladen für die Dateibeschreibungsseite angegeben hast. Du wirst hier eine Antwort bekommen - schau also wieder hier nach. --Kristian Lüders (talk) 19:56, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

@Kristian Lüders: Die Quelle ist das Archiv.

(mit ein wenig Hilfe von Google Translate) Wollen Sie damit sagen, dass Sie glauben, dass Sie das Urheberrecht dafür besitzen (auf welcher Grundlage?) oder dass es gemeinfrei ist (wieder, auf welcher Grundlage)? Ob Sie hat kein Urheberecht, und es ist nicht gemeinfrei, nur ur der Inhaber des Urheberrechts konnte es lizenzieren. - Jmabel ! talk 20:27, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

ich glaube, es ist gemeinfrei, weil es sich in dem einen Fall um einen rechtsverbindlichen, öffentlichen Bescheid handelt und in dem anderen Fall um ein öffentliches Personalblatt. Als Besitzer des Familienarchivs bin ich Sachwalter der Archivalien, die meinen Großvater betreffen. Als Enkel habe ich ein Interesse, dass die Lebensgeschichte, insbesondere seine Haltung zum III. Reich zutreffend dargestellt wird. ~2026-40553-95 (talk) 20:55, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

(wieder mit ein wenig Hilfe von Google Translate) Letztendlich kommt es darauf an, ob es urheberrechtlich geschützt ist oder nicht, und ich kenne mich mit dem deutschen Urheberrecht nicht gut genug aus, um dazu etwas sagen zu können. Ich schlage vor, auf Commons:Village pump/Copyright nachzufragen. - Jmabel ! talk 22:37, 18 July 2026 (UTC)

Danke schön, das werde ich versuchen ~2026-40553-95 (talk) 14:28, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Two semi-related questions on White House photographs

I am working on en:Draft:Michael S. Berman, and I have found a photo of him in File:Departure of Gen Obass anya of Nigeria. 12-14 Hugh Carter, Mike Berman, Vice President, Bill Cable - DPLA - 8b1abf8387aece73e7b69b95d869e7a8.jpg, but it is undeveloped. Is there some developed version that exists, or some way to have these photos be developed. I also found four other undeveloped photographs on external cites that seem to indicate they were made by White House photographers in the course of their duties and thus fine for Commons, but they aren't on commons for the best of my knowledge. I know most of these photos were posted here en masse by a bot, is there a reason these weren't? And same for the last question, on whether it is possible to get these developed somehow or if some such version exists. 1brianm7 (talk) 03:25, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Clearly that is "developed": that's a contact sheet. It may not be enlarged.

The contact sheet is at (barely) high enough resolution that you could crop out the photo you want and use it in an article. There might be prints somewhere, but I have no idea how you would find them if regular searching hasn't turned them up. - Jmabel ! talk 06:54, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Apologies. I am not particularly familiar with photography. 1brianm7 (talk) 07:00, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

And how about that. In the 10 months since I searched and discovered these photos, a bot did in fact go around and upload them. Ha! 1brianm7 (talk) 08:01, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Additional License Question

Hi there,

I want to upload an image of an ancient piece of artwork that is housed at the Princeton Museum. Princeton Museum says, "Princeton University Art Museum supports free access to images of works in the Public Domain. You are welcome to download this image for your use." but there is not obvious choice for public domain tag. Which should I use, the image is located here: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/18122 SakAwilix (talk) 05:01, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

You don't describe the nature of the artwork in question. If the piece is 2-dimensional, then no new copyright is created by making a faithful copy; you can use use {{PD-art|PD-old-100-expired}}. However, if the piece is 3-dimensional, then any photo of it would carry its own copyright, and all the usual considerations for using a third-party photo would apply. - Jmabel ! talk 07:00, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Kylian Mbappe

Hi,
File:Kylian Mbappe - France v Norway - 26 June 2026 (cropped).jpg is cropped by another user from File:Kylian Mbappe France v Norway 26 June 26-041.jpg and has a derivative work of blurring the background.
Is {{self|cc-by-sa-4.0}} valid, or it should be {{cc-by-sa-4.0|original creator}}? _Dgw|Talk 14:55, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Cropping does not normally give you a copyright, so it needs to attribute to the original creator. "Self" can be kept, as long as the "author=" parameter is added to {{Self}} with the appropriate value. - Jmabel ! talk 20:07, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. Is it fine? _Dgw|Talk 15:25, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

There are additional images. I also edited it. I did not understand the source={{Own}}. Should the user be notified? I do not know exactly how to notify, and cannot follow their edits either. It is a whole Mondial. _Dgw|Talk 15:56, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

@Dorian Gray Wild: I usually just fix these when I see them, but if the uploader who did the crop seems to be doing a substantial number of crops of other people's photos, it's probably worth reminding them of this. Also, I really recommend that when people use {{Self}} they would do well to use the "author" parameter so that this is not set up to happen when somebody crops. Pinging @Bryan Berlin: you might want to do in the future that when you upload using {{Self}}, so that your work does not end up accidentally credited to someone else. - Jmabel ! talk 19:02, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

• oops, user name is not what was visible as a credit. Pinging @Berlination for the above. - Jmabel ! talk 02:34, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the useful assistance. I fixed the @ping, and they would care about their rights. In any case, source={{Own}} was misused by the other uploader. I really thank the author for going to the stadiums (New Jersey, Boston, Arlington and many others) and producing these excellent images. It seemed that they were on the grass. _Dgw|Talk 20:31, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

WEST PAPUA NIGUNI

Peta west papua niguni adalah bagian dari negara berdaulat 1961 yang mutlak bebas dari belanda.

Tahun 2026 menjadi mengakui perserikatan bangsa bangsa mutlak melalui prosedur hak asasi manusia sesuai perjanjian belanda Indonesia 1962 bagi West Papua Niguni. Papuawest1 (talk) 06:09, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

Kamu minta bantuan apa mengenai Wikimedia Commons? HyperAnd [talk] 09:32, 20 July 2026 (UTC)

3GPP logos from logos.fandom.com

Is it possible to upload 3GPP logos, e.g. LTE Advanced Pro logo from https://logos.fandom.com/ to Wikimedia Commons and use it in the articles like cs:LTE Advanced? Kolarp (talk) 06:23, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

@Kolarp: Hi, and welcome. We would need licensing for them that is free enough for us per COM:L. The same goes for cswiki Admins per cs:WP:Licenční politika u souborů.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:41, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Artikel mit Bild ausstatten

Ich bin in der deutschen Wikipedia gesperrt. Man hat mir Socken-Missbrauch vorgeworfen, obwohl das nicht der Fall war. Jetzt habe ich einen Artikel gefunden, den ich als IP noch ergänzte und mich um ein Bildrecht kümmerte. Diese Erlaubnis habe ich heute erhalten. Daraufhin habe ich das Bild auf Commons hochgeladen und wollte es in besagten Artikel einfügen... IP GESPERRT! Könnte jemand der hier mitlesenden Usern das Bild einpflegen? Oder werde ich jetzt hier auch gesperrt? Abrape (talk) 16:14, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Unter der Prämisse, dass File:Ek-yams-3defa47d-404f-41a9-8812-726a07de99d8-FEF6C153-6AA3-43C6-96B0-17F06281EB00.jpg, als jüngster Upload in Special:ListFiles/Abrape das Thema de:Krippnermühle (Arzberg) bezeichnet und die "IP-Ergänzung" den Bezug auf das in der dortigen History sichtbare temporäre Konto (kurz: TK oder TA) de:Spezial:Beiträge/~2026-40485-23 herstellt: das TK ist nicht gesperrt, in den Logs steht nichts. Und, @Abrape: wenn Du keine Konflikte, die in de:Spezial:Diff/205313062/205313997 und in vorangegangenen CUA thematisiert wurden, nach Commons importierst, wirst Du hier nicht gesperrt.

Zum Bild: ich würde das Ergebnis der VRT-Prüfung abwarten, bevor das Bild in den Artikel kommt. Die deutschsprachige Queue ist hoffentlich nicht so voll, so dass das nicht zu sehr verzögert. Fragen wir mal Krd: Was ist aktuell die durchschnittliche Bearbeitungszeit für deutsche Freigaben? Grüße, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:36, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

My photo keeps getting removed

I have uploaded my own image of actress Yali Topol Margalith numerous times and it gets removed, can anyone help me ? Jemimashoots (talk) 21:08, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

@Jemimashoots: How can other people see that this image, File:Yali Topol Margalith.jpg, is indeed yours, meaning it was photographed by you? Does it have meaningful and intact EXIF? Was it published somewhere else beforehand? If you do not have the original source file, meaning a JPEG as produced by your camera (be it a phone camera or a DSLR or similar), then I fear that it's not possible to demonstrate your authorship. @Didym: You deleted the file, what was the EXIF situation at that point? Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 21:27, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Ok I understand, strange that iPhones do not state it was taken by me as my phone is in my name. Also strange that the original image of Yali somehow screenshotted from a random and not very flattering picture of hers was put up without her permission and was not removed? Jemimashoots (talk) 06:26, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

@Jemimashoots: there are a couple of things going on here.

1. If a file you uploaded is deleted please do not upload that file again. In the future if one of your files is inappropriately deleted, either contact the administrator who deleted it so that the two of you can discuss the matter, or start an undeletion request. If you simply re-upload the file after it has been deleted, it is likely that your account will be blocked.
2. It looks like at time of deletion the EXIF data in the file consisted of just date and size (nothing about device it was photographed with or about exposure length, for example.) Assuming you did take it with an iPhone, that means some EXIF was stripped. There are a few ways that files can be uploaded from an iPhone. I gather that some of them keep EXIF data and others strip it. (I don't us an iPhone myself, so I don't know the details. Someone who does may want to weigh in.) I do know that if you also have a laptop or desktop computer, connecting the two, using a normal file copy to copy the image file to the computer, and then uploading from there should consistently preserve EXIF data.
3. At this point, given what's already happened, if you want the file restored, your best bet is to go the COM:VRT route. You can carry on a confidential correspondence with the Volunteer Response Team to establish to their satisfaction that you took the photograph in question and that the upload was legitimate. Assuming you still have the original file on your iPhone, with the EXIF, that should be pretty easy. If not, it may be a more complicated process. - Jmabel ! talk 07:01, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

charger un portrait de + 100 ans issu d’archives

nouvelle sur wiki et âgée je ne veux oas faire de bêtise . merci d’expliquer comment la télécharger Concerto2 (talk) 21:59, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Il nous faudrait un peu plus d'infos, @Concerto2. Spécialement: qui est l'auteur du portrait? Pour assumer une œuvre libres de droits, la date de publication doit être d'avant 120 ans; ceci est une règle pragmatique unique à Commons. Si toutefois l'auteur de l'œuvre est connu, et est mort en 1955 ou avant, le téléversement est habituellement (cave: fr:Editio princeps) possible sans problèmes. Un texte qui couvre la plupart des questions reliés aux téléversements d'images de tierces parties est disponible sous Commons:Uploading works by a third party/fr. Salutations, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:44, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

How do i opload my file so that everybody that uses Wikipedia can se my fiel?

Habs haut Habs Haut (talk) 01:07, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

@Habs Haut: Could you please be more specific about what you are trying to do? I'm sure there is literally no photo that has been seen by everyone who uses Wikipedia. - Jmabel ! talk 07:04, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Question about freedom of panorama in relation to country

COM:Scope dictates that all files must "be freely licensed or public domain according to both the law of the United States and according to the law of the source country" but images of artwork/sculptures etc created after 198 taken with COM:Freedom of panorama are not public domain in the US. However, everything from Category:Wax figures in the Madame Tussauds London is still up despite not being "freely licensed or public domain according to [...] the law of the United States". I would appreciate some clarification on this matter, thanks! Paccyd33 (talk) 01:42, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

@Paccyd33: No idea what you mean by "after 198" (I'm guessing you meant some year, but it still doesn't make sense for any law I know).

In general, our FOP policy is that if a photo is taken in a manner that follows Freedom of Panorama for the source country, we do not separately apply the more restrictive U.S. FOP rules. Yes, this is somewhat inconsistent with how we generally do things, but it is the policy we've adopted, and neither the Wikimedia Foundation as such (the "umbrella organization" under which Commons sits) nor WMF's legal department have expressed concerns about that policy, which has been in place as long as I remember (certainly well over a decade, probably more like two decades). - Jmabel ! talk 07:10, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

laden van een persoonsbeschrijving van een niet gekende kunstschilder

kan ik een curruculum vitae van een inbekende vlaamse kustschilder laden? Bruno Bogaert (talk) 14:52, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

@Bruno Bogaert: Hi, No. Commons is not the place to upload resumes, whether the people being famous or unknown. Thanks, Yann (talk) 15:41, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Process for verifying and submitting a licenced photograph

I have a photo that I want to use with an edit I want to submit for publication. The Photographer is releasing it to me for use. Does Wikipedia provide an application to submit to the photographer? What paperwork must I submit? TenTalNet (talk) 16:26, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

@TenTalNet: Thank you for asking and your intent to strictly observe copyrights! In a nutshell: you have to demonstrate an agreement that the actual copyright holder consents to a free license. It is also OK to prove that you're actually owning any copy- and neighbouring intellectual property rights if applicable, so that you can make the licensing. A release "For Wikipedia" is not enough. There's a comprehensive guide at COM:THIRD dealing with such questions. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:32, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Wikipedia:A picture of you may also be of help, and it's shorter. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:24, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Upload signature to a biography

Hello! I’m not sure if the signature of anthropologist Berta Ribeiro — which I found on a copy of a document she authored here — meets the necessary criteria to be uploaded to Commons, because she lived in Brazil. Could an editor evaluate whether it can be used? And if so, could upload the image, please. It seems difficult for me to do on my current smartphone... Thanks in advance! Cristalima (talk) 22:38, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

@Cristalima: should be fine. Use {{PD-signature}}. - Jmabel ! talk 01:45, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Welcoming

Hi dear fellows, in my opinion is not a good idea to welcome all users, vandals and spammers especially, I think welcoming should not be an automatic process, it would be done manually only to users who demonstrate good intentions, as occurs on other wikis. ~2026-41030-80 (talk) 00:23, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Deleting my content

Hi, my name is BoltonArt. Some years ago I created a page for a living person based on the biography he wrote for himself as a uni project. I meant to practice this not leaving it on wiki for years but I recently have realized that this person has been misusing the publicity he thinks he’s gained from this wiki page. As the author and creator of the page “Houmayoun Mahmoudi” I wish to request deletion of this page. Please can you help many thanks 🙏 Boltonart (talk) 11:51, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

@Boltonart: I assume you are referring to Houmayoun Mahmoudi on en-wiki. There is nothing Commons can do to get a page deleted on another project. - Jmabel ! talk 20:47, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Proper use of wikimedia commons content on https://web.locusmap.app ?

Hello,

I came across this website that "hot links" content from wikimedia commons.

There is no mentions of the author or licence, just a link to the content file page one you have clicked on the image thumbnail (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chateau-de-Gisors.jpg).

Is this a proper user of wikimedia content or some attribution is missing ?

Thanks Sebourg (talk) 13:41, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

That looks like they are violating User:Nitot's copyright. The seem to be recently active on fr-wiki, though not on Commons. They may or may not see this here; @Sebourg, feel free to contact them more directly to let them know. - Jmabel ! talk 20:51, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Uploading a photograph of a child's drawing

I wanted to upload this photo of a child's drawing, I have permission from the Reddit user who took the photo but obviously it would be impossible to track down the kid who drew it. Can I still upload it? Would the Reddit user be able to submit a license email? Would they even have to? https://www.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/comments/1v4jf7c/found_this_note_posted_outside_a_hiking_trail/ Moonliner72 (talk) 18:07, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

You will still need a permission form the author (the child). Ruslik (talk) 20:41, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Or, more likely, their parent or guardian. - Jmabel ! talk 20:52, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Though, according to this answer by Creative Commons, we do need permission from the child, at least in the United States. HyperAnd [talk] 05:59, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

The problem is, since the guy who took the photo doesn't know the kid, the author is unknown. So there's no way to get permission. I found this file: File:"Perigo!" (15461815780).jpg which might fall under the same thing. The photographer gave permission to use the photo, but the person who made the sign is unknown. Would it be allowed under US law, or is it different because it's in Brazil? Moonliner72 (talk) 18:10, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

This would not be allowed under any law. Ruslik (talk) 19:09, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

No. That's just the harsh reality when dealing with orphan works. HyperAnd [talk] 07:45, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Astro photography

This sounds ridiculous but ... do we have (or would anyone object to) a Space photographs taken on 19xx-xx-xx category? Moon photographs taken on 19xx-xx-xx etc? Parent could be a subcategory of Photographs taken on xxxx as individual country ones are. No Swan So Fine (talk) 11:59, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

@No Swan So Fine, don't fall into the tarpit of COM:OVERCAT and the one with categories replacing descriptions, always think about re-users who might want to browse fitting categories. It's a pain in the bum to search through overly precise categories, and standard people searching for illustrations don't use Deepcat to display the contents of several categories at once. I don't think that it should go deeper than years fundamentally, only when the amount of files becomes too high (more than 50-100) for a year category, break it down to months, and only if a month gets over-filled, break it down to weeks or days. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 06:06, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Could someone rename the file LPA 07b 2026-07-14 0514 to LPA 07b 2026-07-14 0514Z?

I accidentally named the file "LPA 07b 2026-07-14 0514" instead of "LPA 07b 2026-07-14 0514Z"; could someone please rename it for me? Tkin VN014 (talk) 12:22, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

@Tkin VN014: could you please request this as explained in Commons:File renaming, instead of here on th Help desk? - Jmabel ! talk 20:08, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Oh okay, thanks! Tkin VN014 (talk) 04:40, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Need help!

Hi! I am working on a university draft on english Wikipedia, I want to add logo of that university on its draft, but it is non-free, and I am not getting the way to upload non-free images on commons, can someone tell me the way to do it, or can do it for me? The name of the university is "Raja Mahendra Pratap Singh University" 𝙒𝙞𝙠𝙞.𝙘𝙤𝙬𝙗𝙤𝙮𝙮𝙮 🦬 12:32, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

On wikipedia some images which are non-free can be used out of the fact that theyre fair use, but only on wikipedia itself. This includes passports, and often logos. I'm not sure, but if there is no help here, you could ask there aswell. Tomas Guus (talk) 13:28, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

@Wiki.cowboy: Let me see if I can make that clearer. I'm assuming you are talking about the English-language Wikipedia, if not then the following may not be exactly correct.

Under no circumstances does Commons allow non-free images. However, the English-language Wikipedia makes limited allowance for non-free content. See en:Wikipedia:Logos#Uploading non-free logos. - Jmabel ! talk 20:12, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

File wont update.

I've uploaded a new version of a file, but it wont update. It does show when just looking at the main file, but when downloading or clicking on it, it still shows the old file. I've done the same to my textless version, and there it has updated. Any ideas on why this happens or is it just a waiting game? Tomas Guus (talk) 13:25, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

@Tomas Guus: caching problem. There are a few places along the way that caching can occur. If it is on your own computer, you may be able to fix it just by refreshing the page or, for now, you may have to try a different browser or a different device. If it is on the server side, you can often solve it by adding "?action=purge" to the end of the URL (or, if there is already a query string in the URl, "&action=purge"). That will typically produce a page asking if you want to purge. You can try that on the file page and/or on the page where the file is used, either can separately be at issue. Doesn't always work (sometimes it's just a waiting game), but it works more often than not. - Jmabel ! talk 20:17, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you (: Problem is fixed. Tomas Guus (talk) 21:10, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

I want to add a photo I took and own.

How do I do that? Wendy Moira Darling (talk) 03:56, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

@Wendy Moira Darling: Did you look at your talk page, User talk:Wendy Moira Darling? There, you will find some useful link, including, among others, the tutorial Commons:First steps. The actual "entry point" for uploads is the Special:UploadWizard, please follow its guiding if you decide to immediately jump into uploading. It would be wise to pay close attention to the license choices (reference: COM:Licensing), a decent thing is to take the license {{CC-by-SA 4.0}}. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 04:08, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Gorgosaurus libratus

Need Help. Is this OK to publish? I found this - first Gorgosaur for BC, it is my cast, but image was sent to me during process of transferring the cast to me after I gave the fossil to a BC museum. Image of a fossil cast, a cast I own and fossil I found. Laserrick (talk) 05:02, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

No, the copyright would belong to the photographer or someone they assigned it to. You could quite likely get them to offer a free license; COM:VRT probably tells you all you need on that front, though COM:THIRD is a broader discussion of uploading third-party content. Or you could take another picture yourself and upload that. - Jmabel ! talk 05:33, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

File:American Speech 1925-1926 volume 1.pdf

I downloaded a Google Books file consisting of the entire first year of the journal American Speech from a Google Books archive, so I could scan-back it on the English Wikisource. However, there is a problem. Only the first 84 pages display, and then the rest disappears. I'm not sure if I should retry downloading it, or if I should use another way of downloading this copy. CitationsFreak (talk) 09:55, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

issues with account

Hello, I am an American Professor and I am trying to contact some of the authors of images in Wikimedia in order to get from them the authorization to include them properly in my new book. It seems that it is mandatory to create an account in order to proceed, so I tried but with no success. When I create a new username and password my IP is blocked and I cannot move forward.. Why? I am not in US right now and I am traveling so I have no control on the local wifi. Can you please help me to solve this issue? Or is there an alternative way to contacts the authors of specific images? Many thanks! best Maurizio ~2026-41351-89 (talk) 09:55, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Dear Maurizio, if the account creation does not end in a usable state for whatever reason at this moment, you can still use the user talk pages to leave a message. Mine for instance is at User talk:Grand-Duc, the pattern is uniformly: "User talk:INSERT USER NAME". Those pages are exactly for the purpose you're describing: contacting Wikimedians. Bear in mind that anybody can read messages posted there, though. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 10:55, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-41351-89: Have you also tried using quota/roaming to make an account yet? If that fails, you can try requesting an account by following the instructions at en:Wikipedia:Request an account. (Note that although the page linked above is for Wikipedia, you can use the same credentials to log into Wikimedia Commons after getting a Wikipedia account.) HyperAnd [talk] 12:51, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Permission

Hi, i just got permission from photographer to upload here, i understand how VRT works. But i feel impossible to advice the photographer contact VRT or shows the statement of permission granted despite i received from Gmail instead Thebaldball (talk) 16:33, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

@Thebaldball: It is likely that you will succeed by making the request yourself using reply-all including the photographer's original message and requesting to be kept in the loop.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:50, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Error when trying to upload Flickr images

Hi, I've been uploading some Flickr images with Special:UploadWizard. It stopped uploading images a few minutes ago and is giving me the error: "There was a problem during the HTTP request: 429 Too Many Requests". I've tried refreshing the page and resubmitting the Flickr URLs, but the error persists. Is this a problem on my end or is the UploadWizard Flickr function down? Pingnova (talk) 21:54, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

@Pingnova: Hi, and welcome. Sadly, this tends to happen when WMF systems are under attack; it is a subtle reminder to stop, smell the roses, prepare your drink of choice, or do something else that makes you happy.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:10, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

دانلود و آپلود

از کجا فیلم مورد نظرم را دانلود بکنم Masoudferi (talk) 04:42, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Via Google Translate, this appears to be a question about downloading a movie. Not sure whether it has anything to do with Commons or not. Could someone who reads and writes Persian/Farsi please respond? - Jmabel ! talk 06:20, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Do fine art prints count as faithful reproductions in regards to overwriting?

Hello, I really enjoy this piece of art by Gustave Moreau: File:Helen Moreau.jpg. Unfortunately, the upload on commons is not very high quality. I've found this image of fine-art print which appears to be accurate. Does this fall under the bit of COM:PD which states "Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional works of art, such as paintings, which are in the public domain [...] are accepted as public domain regardless of country of origin"? Furthermore, can I request to overwrite the original on COM:OWR, or should this be uploaded seperately? Thank you. Paccyd33 (talk) 09:46, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

@Paccyd33: Yes. Upload separately, since the source info will be completely different. - Jmabel ! talk 18:37, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Чому удалили всю статтю?

Я не розумію чому видалили статттю, ок якщо тільки фото, але не всю статтю ж? Катерина Неділько (talk) 19:11, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

@Катерина Неділько: I have no idea what article you are talking about. Unless I've misunderstood the word "статттю": we don't have articles on Commons, so you are probably asking on the wrong website. Might this have been something on the Russian Wikipedia? - Jmabel ! talk 02:47, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:2015 Registration and 2016 Inspection Sticker.jpg

Heghway

--Heghway (talk) 22:46, 26 July 2026 (UTC) I was unsure about if Texas still held the inspection sticker copyrights and I think it’s on public domain please help me. —-Heghway (talk) 22:46, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

If, as indicated, the photo was taken by "Texas department of public safety and TXDOT" then it is certainly copyrighted and should be deleted. The copyright status of the stickers would not matter.

The stickers may or may not be complex enough to copyright; they are pretty close to the U.S. threshold of originality for copyright. My guess is that they are just under (not copyrightable).

"Still" in you question is confusing: U.S. copyrights for works since 1 March 1989 last a minimum of 70 years from creation (basically, the only way it's ever that short is that a known author dies the same year as the work was created), and it doesn't look like anything here is older than 1989. - Jmabel ! talk 02:55, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Search query

How would I find all files that start with BSicon and contain the strings .LL, .RR or ..? (The Special:PrefixIndex page can't do it.) Useddenim (talk) 23:26, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

@Useddenim: search, respectively for intitle:/^BSicon.*\.LL/, intitle:/^BSicon.*\.RR/, and intitle:/^BSicon.*\.\./. And, yes, you can get that into a single search query, but I'm fighting wikisyntax to write it: intitle:/^BSicon.*(\.LL\|\.RR|\.\.)/ - Jmabel ! talk 03:05, 27 July 2026 (UTC)