frame

Hello, Many pictures I want to copy has a permanent frame, I want to remove it but the border function is not operating. How to remove the frame (For example it is the case of chemical formula? Randdu (talk) 06:23, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

@Randdu: Hi, and welcome. I find COM:CT easy to use, if I drag the edges properly. You may request COM:AP 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 overwrite.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:12, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

{{ping|Jeff G.}] I'm missing the connection between this and copyright tags. Did you mean Commons:CropTool, which is what I would have suggested? (Took me a few seconds and then I realized the initials are the same, so I'm guessing that is what you meant.) Pinging @Randdu - Jmabel ! talk 17:41, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel: Yes, sorry, COM:CROPTOOL   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:48, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you;

Effectively after registration on wikicommons, some tools appears in the right of the picture and in particular crop but when I activate it, the proposal is only to cut the edges but the frame is still there?

My example is to copy a molecule (heme) on a document, the molecule appear with a frame and I wish to cancel the rectangular frame appearing around the molecule. Sorry I am not familiar with the wiki tools! Jacques Randdu (talk) 15:57, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

@Randdu: can you give a specific example of a file with which you are having an issue? - Jmabel ! talk 20:27, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/DNA-Nucleobases.svg

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A8me#/media/Fichier%3AHeme_b.svg Randdu (talk) 06:27, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

@Randdu: Unless I'm very much confused, the frame is not part of the file on Commons; it is an artifact of how the file is displayed on fr-wiki. You'd have to take up the case there. However, I think it is simply the standard code for how "thumb" works in the wiki. - Jmabel ! talk 19:16, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

finally to copy with iPad is OK, no frame. Thank you for your help. Jacques Randdu (talk) 17:23, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

How to find types of images?

Hi everyone I am looking for upskirt tennis photos. Is there a way I can efficiently search for that here? Thanks Beadmissy (talk) 04:04, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

@Beadmissy: Hi, and welcome. You may find some tame ones in or under Category:Upskirt in tennis or Category:Female tennis players. You may find links to racier ones in COM:DRs related to dignity, as photos themselves may have been deleted because they offended the dignity of the players.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 05:42, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Photo copyright issue

I’ve tried to update the photo on a Wikipedia page. The photo is of me and I was given permission by the photographer to use it however I wanted. What is the license I need to select so it doesn’t get taken down, or what do I need to do? ~2026-25545-00 (talk) 13:35, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

2 guides meant to help on this: COM:THIRD and Wikipedia:A picture of you. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:30, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @~2026-25545-00 - Jmabel ! talk 20:33, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Compare two old versions

The latest version has its blob blobbed. If I blob an older version, I get a comparison of those two versions. As it should be. But I CANNOT un-blob the latest version so that I can select an even older version, to compare two OLD versions !

HELP ! PobClay (talk) 18:05, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

@PobClay: If you would indicate what file you are talking about and what two versions you want to compare, there is a much better chance someone can help you. I have no idea what you mean by having "its blob blobbed". Also, are you talking about versions of wikitext, or of an image? - Jmabel ! talk 20:35, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your response.

If you go to

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dorothea_Gravina&action=history

You will see that the first two entries below the box marked "Compare selected revisions" are both blobbed, but the lower ones are not.

You can click on any of the lower ones, and the blob will move from the second entry to yours - but the blob on the first entry - the latest amendment - CANNOT be removed. Well, *I* can't remove it!

.

I was curious to see what amendments "Babybrew6" and others had made between the entry that I had left on 13 November 2024 and 20 December 2024. PobClay (talk) 23:21, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

I now see what you mean by "blobbed". The following works for me:

• Click the lefthand bubble next to 14:25, November 13, 2024 RobinClay.
• That should let you click any more recent version in the second column of bubbles.
• Click the bubble in that second column next to 11:51, December 20, 2024 Babybrew6 (the last revision you want to see).
• Then go to the top of the page and click "Compare selected revisions".
• That should take you to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dorothea_Gravina&diff=1264149600&oldid=1257233074, and if for some weird reason it won't, the link I just indicated here will.

BTW, in the future, please ask en-wiki questions on en-wiki. - Jmabel ! talk 23:38, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much !

Of course !

I have done that SO often before, but not for some years :-)

Alas ! I'm now 87 and my memory is going . . .

Or maybe NOT "going". PobClay (talk) 10:53, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

I just did not see the second column of bubbles appear !. PobClay (talk) 11:01, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

without any context this is the most hilarious help request I've seen. Wishing you all the success in your endeavors to un-blob Stormh99 (talk) 18:24, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

@Stormh99: I have worked out that the "blobs" are radio buttons, as one would find in old analog car radios and mimicked in "choose one" situations in modern user interfaces like we have here and presets on more modern digital car radios. See en:Radio button for more details.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:50, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

File display issues

In a short while I've been able to stumble upon several Commons images on Wikipedia, whose thumbnails work, but their full-sized version will not display. Are there any reports of this yet? Michael21107 (talk) 19:57, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

@Michael21107: Happens occasionally. Often it is a problem only on certain browsers; occasionally it is a server-side issue. It would be easier to help you if you would be specific about what image or images are giving you a problem. - Jmabel ! talk 20:37, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

These are three examples:

• File:Flag of the United States Merchant Marine Higher Resolution.jpg
• File:US Merchant Marine Cap Insignia.png
• File:CMR Logo Patch.png

Michael21107 (talk) 20:45, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

@Michael21107: For each of those, I can view the full-size versions, but none of them are >800 pixels wide:

• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Flag_of_the_United_States_Merchant_Marine_Higher_Resolution.jpg
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/US_Merchant_Marine_Cap_Insignia.png
• https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/CMR_Logo_Patch.png

  — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 21:26, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

All of the links you provided show the d825246 error ("robot policy"). Michael21107 (talk) 22:52, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

@/Michael21107: do they continue to do that even if you refresh your browser page?

This might have something to do with https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_APIs/Rate_limits; I'm really not sure. It's the second such report I've seen today, and I know they recently implemented part of that initiative. They may not have thought it all through well yet. - Jmabel ! talk 23:44, 27 April 2026 (UTC)

Could be. Not even browser (Chrome) restart fixes it. Michael21107 (talk) 00:35, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Michael21107 are you still having a problem? Apparently, their was a glitch due to trying to fight some aggressive bot. - Jmabel ! talk 19:34, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Seems fixed now. Thanks for the info! Michael21107 (talk) 22:00, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Logo

Good morning, my name is Oran, I am the Graphic Designer at Ulster Rugby. Our logo is wrong on your site and I'm trying to change it. Can you assist? Orankane (talk) 08:52, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

@Orankane: Hi, and welcome. The logo used on English Wikipedia article en:Ulster Rugby is en:File:Ulster Rugby logo.svg, the file description page of which cited fair use and https://www.pro14rugby.org/media-guide-2017-2018/pro14_mediaguide_17_hr_v4/ 04:25, 14 November 2023 (UTC) after it was reduced from the original upload of 512 × 657 (6 KB) 20:21, 5 October 2017 (UTC) to 163 × 209 (6 KB) to comply with en:WP:NFCC. You are welcome to upload a newly named file with a name like en:File:Ulster Rugby logo 2026.svg (with the 2026 subject to change based on when you finalize the design) with a similar default size of <0.1 megapixel and similar citation. You are also welcome to issue a free license compliant with COM:L and upload a similarly named file here instead so it can be shared with many more people. Please understand that we keep old logos for historical purposes, and any upload here would have to be named differently from what English Wikipedia uses to avoid a name conflict.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:49, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

@Orankane: you also might want to at least skim COM:THIRD. It's not exactly your situation (since you are the rights-holder), but it's similar, and may be good at fleshing out the choices of how to handle things like this. Everything Jeff said is accurate, but the COM:THIRD provides more detail. - Jmabel ! talk 19:36, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Linken en bronnen maken

Ik maak een nieuwe Wikipediapagina aan voor Van Loocke Antoine. Ik wil linken leggen in de tekst maar ook onderaan linken en bronnen vermelden. Graag hulp. Kristien Bogaert (talk) 16:07, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

@Kristien Bogaert Help:Inleiding will hopefully be of help. See also Help:Helpdesk. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:45, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Photos you took yourself at concert

I noticed that a wiki article on a band I like doesn't have a photo. Can I Upload a photo I took myself at their concert of them (which includes their band logo behind them), or is the subject of the photo itself copyrighted? The venue itself didn't disclose anything about no photography. My apologies if this has already been explained- having a hard time finding an equitable example in the FAQ Stormh99 (talk) 16:54, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

@Stormh99: Hi, and welcome. Was this directly in person, or on a big screen?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:06, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply - it was directly in person. Their venues are fairly small so it's pretty easy to get a picture from only a few rows back. Mainly I'm worried about their band logo being in it - as this in itself is likely copyrighted. Stormh99 (talk) 18:07, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

@Stormh99: Thanks. The band logo can be blurred if it that prominent in the photo. See also COM:DM.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:42, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Probleem bij het plaatsen van de tekst bij de foto's.

Ik had foto's gedownload en kon op een gegeven moment de tekst niet meer aanpassen. Hoe verder?? Homoarborea (talk) 17:10, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

@Homoarborea: Hi, and welcome. You appear to have hundreds of uploads, would you care to be specific?

Hallo en welkom. Je hebt blijkbaar honderden bestanden geüpload. Zou je dat misschien wat specifieker kunnen maken?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:23, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Uploading a self-made graph of other's research

As part of my assignment I need to include a photo of a graph of information. The graph I generated myself but it was from information found on the UNESCO website. In theory anyone can create this graph but I selected specific nodes and generated it. How would I upload this? Link to the UNESCO database is here: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/browser/EDUCATION/UIS-SDG4Monitoring Mia ravens (talk) 19:49, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

@Mia ravens: Should be fine. You can't copyright information, just the expression of it.

Mention the source of your data in the description; file would be "own work"; I can't think of anything else special about the situation, but feel free to hit me up to have a look after you upload.

Also, you say, "As part of my assignment". Is this for school? If so, you should probably read en:Wikipedia:Student assignments if you haven't already. - Jmabel ! talk 20:06, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Description

Hi,

could anyone please fix the Arabic description for this image? And add one in this image: «جوزيف برانت، لوحة زيتية بريشة گلبرت ستيوارت» Wassim^talk 22:09, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

 Fixed by HyperAnd and me. Wassim^talk 07:07, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Чому не можливо завантажити фото

Чому не можливо завантажити фото Лариса Репетун (talk) 11:34, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

@Лариса Репетун: Привіт і ласкаво просимо. Я бачу, що ви завантажили чотири файли, один з них сьогодні. Що ви зараз робите або використовуєте по-іншому?

Hi, and welcome. I see that you have uploaded four files, one of them today. What are you doing or using differently now?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:24, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

Help with Wikimedia VRTS release generator step 3

I'ved uploaded two photos through the Upload Wizard to Wikimedia Commons twice, and the system keeps telling me those photos have not been uploaded. Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dougmcilhagga (talk • contribs) 20:07, 29 April 2026 (UTC)

@Dougmcilhagga:

• Special:ListFiles/Dougmcilhagga does not show your account as having any uploads.
• The abuse filter log (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Dougmcilhagga&ilshowall=1) does not show you as having had any uploads prevented.
• There are several ways to access the Upload Wizard and they do not all behave identically. Did you use Special:UploadWizard or something else? If it was anything else (cross-wiki upload; something connected to a contest; etc.) please try Special:UploadWizard instead. (If you clicked the link from the VRTS release generator, that is indeed where it would have taken you.)
• Not certain what you mean by "the system keeps telling me", could you be more specific? What is the URL of the page, and what exactly is it saying? Is it in the text of the page, a popup, or what? etc. The more specific, the better chance someone has of helping you.

Jmabel ! talk 02:02, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for trying to help. I'm going through this for the first time and struggling mightily. I'm trying to upload two photos, a standard mug shot and another general photo courtesy of U. of Stanford Athletics passed along to me by family members. When I go through the upload process and end up in the VRTS steps, I list the photos and a pop-up comes up that reads: No file named Leland01_mug.jpg //

Ted_Leland_Sears_Cup.jpg

has been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

I'm stymied. Appreciate any further direction that you can provide. Dougmcilhagga (talk) 17:45, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

@Dougmcilhagga: I'm confused as well. I haven't seen any similar reports, so it is unlikely that some tool is actually broken. I rarely say this on the help desk but: if you have any friends who ever upload to this site, this might best be solved by someone knowledgeable looking over your shoulder. - Jmabel ! talk 22:49, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Comment changer une image d'articles

comment changé une image d'articles Jenny152 (talk) 14:25, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

@Jenny152: by editing the wikitext of the article to refer to a different image.

If you are asking about the French-language Wikipedia, you might do better to ask at fr:Wikipédia:Forum des nouveaux. - Jmabel ! talk 22:52, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

merci de votre réponse Jenny152 (talk) 21:19, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

How to specify timezone in the pictures I uploaded?

This picture I uploaded displays the time of the picture as 16:08:43. Which timezone is that time in? Is it UTC? The picture was taken at that time (16:08:43), but the timezone was Japan Time. How can I specify that? (Ravi Dwivedi (talk) 18:57, 30 April 2026 (UTC))

@Libreravi: the {{Information}} field "date" allows you to put in arbitrary data. The maybe easiest thing to do is to add such time zone information manually by editing the file page (ideally with a wikilink to the actual zone like "Japan Standard Time"). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 00:26, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@Grand-Duc Thank you! Can you give an example of how to add such an info in the "date" field? Ravi Dwivedi (talk) 14:51, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@Libreravi: that's simple. Hit "edit" to edit the page (or the "Information) section) and add the data like this: Special:Diff/1208253416/1208346829. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 15:01, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@Grand-Duc Thank you! That was helpful. Ravi Dwivedi (talk) 15:14, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@Grand-Duc Do I need to edit all the images I would like to add timezone to one by one? Or is it possible to mass edit photos? Ravi Dwivedi (talk) 15:21, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

There could be a way to do this with COM:Visual File Change, but that would likely involve regular expressions, a subject out of my league. It's certainly safe to do this one by one, as it avoids messing up images that may originate from different time zones (including switches between standard and summer / daylight saving times). Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 15:27, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

مشاركة مسابقة٢٠٢٦مشاركة

@ Mhdelyas2026 (talk) 21:04, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

@Mhdelyas2026: (عبر ترجمة جوجل) أي منافسة؟ هناك العشرات منها كل عام. - Jmabel ! talk 23:01, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

[What competition? There are dozens every year.] - Jmabel ! talk 23:01, 30 April 2026 (UTC)

Photo of archway

Is a photo of the beach entryway that I took considered my own work and safe to upload to wikipedia? Elisa22rangel (talk) 00:13, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Elisa22rangel. Assuming the arch you're asking about is the one mentioned in the English Wikipedia article en:North Beach, Corpus Christi, Texas, then whether such a photo could be uploaded to Commons kind of depends on several things. If you take a photo of the arch with your camera, then you would be considered the copyright owner/holder of that photo, and it would be considered your COM:Own work. If the arch is of a fairly utilitarian construction (i.e., just a plain arch with the name of the beach perhaps written on it), you should be OK uploading your photo per COM:FOP US#Originality requirement for architecture since a simple architectural structure is probably not going to be eligible for separate copyright protection under US copyright law. On the other hand, if the arch is something that is fairly ornate or decorative, or contains any type of creative or decorative signage (COM:CB#Noticeboards and signs), then those factors could mean the arch (or signage) would be considered a "creative work" eligible for separate copyright protection on their own; thus, making your photo a derivative work of someone else's creative work. In such a case, you might need to obtain the COM:CONSENT of the creator of this other "work" for it to be OK to upload your photo to Commons. Lastly, "own work" will only work if you took the photo yourself; you can't upload a photo of the arch taken by someone else regardless of the copyright status of the arch. Are there any photos (even ones taken by others) of the arch available online that you could provide a link to so that someone could get a look at the arch and maybe assess whether it could be eligible for copyright status? Is this perhaps the same arch? -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:23, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Several questions regarding uploading screenshots from Youtube video

Hi, I just want to be clear about everything before uploading. I wanted to upload an image screenshot from this Youtube video, the video itself is, according to Youtube is under the "Creative Commons Attribution license" and is uploaded on 21st March 2026. I just wanted to make sure because (which correct me if im wrong) Youtube doesnt mention what versions of "Creative Commons" is on their video (whether its CC 3.0 or 4.0 or another). So according to this page, I assumed it'll fall under the "CC-BY 4.0" category, as per date of when the video is uploaded, is it correct?

And also, although it has the Creative Commons licensing, do I still have to ask for permissions from the uploader themselves before uploading anyway? Thank you. Ahadika9054 (talk) 14:53, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

@Ahadika9054:

1. Yes; as an upload made since August 2025, the video in question is CC BY 4.0
2. No, you do not need to request permission; in fact, you could upload the entire video onto Commons (all Creative Commons licences waive the right of the copyright holder to be notified before their works are used)

Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 15:19, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Deletion

Um Hi! I still am way to little on commons to know the deletion policies and customs well enough so I need a bit of help: while patrolling vandalism on enwiki I encountered File:Lorenz Jakob Lollokauster.png, which obviously is just a misleading hoax. (at least I think so) What policies and guidelines apply here? (haven't been able to locate anything else than to make an out of scope argument) Kind Regards Squawk7700 (talk) 23:27, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Squawk7700, I used COM:Twinkle and selected COM:CSD#G3. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 23:48, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! Squawk7700 (talk) 00:05, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

ما هو اسم عازف العود

ما اسك عازف العود في هذا الموقع ؟؟ شمير (talk) 02:12, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

"What is the name of the oud player on this site?"

? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:30, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

FWIW, to spare anyone else looking, the illustration in the Infobox for Category:Oud players is probably not any particular person. - Jmabel ! talk 04:36, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

ছবি আপলোড

ছবি আপলোড ঝামেলা মনে হচ্ছে। মকছুমুল হক (talk) 10:17, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

According to Google Translate, user is saying, in Bengali, that image upload is a problem, but does not seem to give any indication of the nature of the problem. Can someone who knows Bengali help out here? - Jmabel ! talk 20:35, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

User has two successful uploads, both post-dating their post here. - Jmabel ! talk 20:37, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

They've also hit filters 142 and 332 a few times. - Jmabel ! talk 20:38, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@মকছুমুল হক: judging by the descriptions in your uploads, you write English at a native or near-native level. You are more likely to get help quickly writing in English than in Bengali, and in either case you'd need to say something more specific than "there's a problem." - Jmabel ! talk 20:41, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Overwrite or not?

I uploaded a photo of a bridge, but later found another better exposured photo, both are taken by myself around the sametime, which has nearly identical content. I don't know whether this is a 'minor improvement' under com:OW. So shall I overwrite it or upload under a new filename? Xzkdeng (talk) 11:50, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

I'd say that, as it's your own work, you could overwrite; especially if that image hasn't been used on another project. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:55, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@Xzkdeng: (I'm an admin.) Grand-Duc is wrong here. Please upload under a different filename.

If the other file was uploaded in the last week, feel free to ask for deletion by tagging its file page with {{G7}} and it will certainly be granted. If it's older than that, and you want it deleted, please start a deletion request, indicate the better file you want to have people use instead, and it will probably be granted. - Jmabel ! talk 20:46, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Question about national archives image

Hello! File:Animal Farm strip cartoon.jpg is extracted from a flickr post by The National Archives UK. It is under the "No known copyright restriction" license and, according to their website (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/legal/copyright/creative-commons-and-photo-sharing/) that means "that The National Archives is unaware of any current copyright restrictions on these images, either because they are Crown copyright and the copyright is waived or the term of copyright has expired. All of the images may be subject to other third party rights, such as rights of privacy. You are responsible for obtaining other such necessary permissions for reuse."

Their blog here (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20250613150054/https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/animal-farm-the-cartoon-strip-and-the-cold-war/) has images from that same strip. one image is the full page of the one currently on commons and I believe it to be from the same source as the metadata has the same slicesgroupname of "fo1110-319ii" as the one uploaded to flickr. My question is, do these images, published by and from the same source, fall under the same licensing as the one on flickr and can I upload it to commons? thank you. Paccyd33 (talk) 15:25, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

If something is in public domain, it is in public domain anywhere. Ruslik (talk) 19:59, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Assuming that Ruslik0's "anywhere" means "it doesn't matter on which page on the Internet," then true. But something can (for example) be in the public domain in the U.S. and not the UK, or vice versa. - Jmabel ! talk 20:49, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, though the flickr image is cropped and the blog image is uncropped. I know the work itself is in the public domain but is the uncropped version and the scan of the second page from the archives able to be uploaded to commons? Or is there some kind of copyright owned by the Archives, since they scanned them? Paccyd33 (talk) 07:34, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Hi Paccyd33. I am not a lawyer so to be 100% sure you might want to ask one familiar with copyright law wherever you live. My understanding is that a simple scan of a public domain work would almost certainly be considered a slavish reproduction not eligible for separate copyright protection as explained in COM:2D copying; some people, organizations, groups, etc., however, have tried to argue otherwise by stating the digitalization of a work involves sufficient effort to establish a new copyright but mostly seem to have been rebuffed by the courts whenever their claims are challenged. Such a thing is sometimes referred to as en:copyfraud. though that might imply more of a case of wrongful intent than simply a differing interpretation. From a Commons and copyright standpoint, you probably could upload the cropped image and be OK, but there's no way to say what the NA UK might try to do if you enter into some kind of en:browsewrap agreement (contract) with them when you access their sites. You might want to take a look at en:National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Foundation copyright dispute since it also involves UK copyright law for an example of what has happened before, particularly given that the NPG still seems to assert its copyright ownership over such works even though the UK courts appear to repeatedly have said otherwise. -- Marchjuly (talk) 08:18, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Good to know, I appreciate the response. Probably getting into legal semantics here but if I find a scan not done by the national archive and the website does not assert any rights over it, is that fair game? Sorry to bombard you guys with questions. Paccyd33 (talk) 15:37, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

@Paccyd33: as far as Commons is concerned, it is fair game regardless of who does the scan and what they claim. We do not accept that any intellectual property rights come from scanning a 2-dimensional work. We've stood by that policy for many years now, no one has chosen to challenge it in court, and I'd say that at this point those who said we'd get in trouble this way have been shown to be wrong.

The only time I can think of where we might not want a better/higher-res scan is where we have communication or even a more formal arrangement with a GLAM who have been providing us with reasonably good scans while reserving better ones for paying customers, and we might not want to endanger the relationship, but that is a pragmatic consideration, not a legal consideration. - Jmabel ! talk 20:18, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Cheers, I've added it them File:Animal Farm comic strip, first three.jpg and File:Animal Farm comic strip 3-6.jpg but added the license review template to be sure. Paccyd33 (talk) 03:50, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@Paccyd33: What you've written on the file pages makes no sense to me, on several counts. How can The National Archives (United Kingdom) be author of this comic? If (as I gather elsewhere) it was created by Norman Pett, how could it possibly date from 2020, long after he died? What is the basis for saying Crown Copyright (makes no sense to me; perhaps it would be clearer if there were something there about first publication)?

I could probably ask more, but let's start there. - Jmabel ! talk 04:07, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel: You can read more about it here (https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20250613150054/https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/animal-farm-the-cartoon-strip-and-the-cold-war/) but the short story is that the strip is anti-soviet propaganda created by the Information Research Department. I was under the impression I was meant to add the date and creator for the immediate source of the scan but I'll change it to the original creators of the source. Paccyd33 (talk) 04:47, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Fix name of file?

Can an admin please fix the name of this file? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:It_illustrates_the_Black_Bottom_dance_and_features_Ann_Pennington,_George_White_and_Tom_Patricola,_all_of_whom_are_Wiki,_as_is_GEORGE_WHITE%22S_SCANDALS.jpg#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D

It should be: "Black Bottom" dance (1926) -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:20, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

@Ssilvers, hello! For future reference, you can request file renaming as described in Commons:File renaming. However, if you want to rename the file to "Black Bottom" dance (1926).jpg, then I don't think it falls under any valid criteria (1-6). Current name is not ambiguous and doesn't contain any obvious errors, misspellings, etc. Deltaspace42 (talk) 17:29, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Please delete the older version this File, 1. april 2026, do not know how to do

File:TutorialPaint-01.jpg thanks. HenryBorden (talk) 17:48, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:TutorialPaint-01.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 23:03, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

@HenryBorden: why should that be deleted? We are well past the 7 days where deletion is routinely granted as a courtesy. - Jmabel ! talk 23:05, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

indeed it had different opinions how to make professionally the page skyscraperpage all those 19 years back, since 2007 when started illustrating Dylan Leblanc`s page and how he conduct the system. So made those tutorial, the older version says how to upload in his page also, and after week ago he blocked my IPs in his server and can not access anymore the server with .htaccess code 755 upgraded from him with Geo location even with dynamic VPN, it is almost impossible to acess the forum to see what is happening in requests are, and so with my more than 1900 diagrams active and the 2402 ones deleted by him 2 or 3 times in a nonsense decision, decided to upgrade the wiki skyscraperpage but had discussions about all that with email, tried to convince him his administration is bad and then he complained about wiki and decided in the fights to rollback wiki as he want to version of 1 april 2026, he still like most english speakers in north america hemisphere even after 19 years the complain my 7 years studies of english, no the language is not the best, but among portuguese, german and italian, is still something handable. So the wiki of him is how he wanted, but he did not unblocked my IPs in server, so to not have anymore my gratis work contributions to him here related, please delete the pictures because then none page used it. And sincere expect at SSP as ever half of 186800 entries empty, expect people do not use my tutorials, who was sent to him, trying halping people how to draw good and accurate diagrams. Hope accurate explained to you. Then now if possible decided to delete this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TutorialPaint-01.jpg this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2026GoodDiagramExamples-01.jpg here he deleted drawings of kuala lampur and china my good interpretations, like a singer in a bar interpret a famous music or someone with a violin or saxophone in a underground metro. The number 4 he deleted just because 3 pixels, so the fights were huge. The masts once uploaded and approved he deleted because he does not want wires, so many mimimi of him. I am flexible, tolerant and my huge efforts he was so ungrateful to say the truth. You can delete the Observatory 2 pictures of Bergedorf two, abandoned and just simple, non more sense to keeping, because it was for a wiki contest long gone. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Observatory_Bergerdorf_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Observatory_Bergerdorf_1.jpg the tiger https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiger_In_Zoo_3.jpg you can delete too, to remain only 10 files, if you do not want to do with tiger then 11, it woulde be ok and thanks for comprehension. It spares space in your server too. ~2026-26990-85 (talk) 17:19, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm guessing that ~2026-26990-85 is the same person as HenryBorden, though of course I have no way to know this confidently. To be honest, I only skimmed that wall of text. If someone can explain this briefly, I'm not objecting to a deletion here, but if all that is really all needed to explain why to delete the old version, I'm not getting further involved, sorry. At a skim I see things like "you can delete that too" (no, we are generally not looking for reasons we can delete files, we are looking for reasons we should) and "spares space on your server" is simply not the case, we virtually never do hard deletions for any reason other than CSAM (child sexual abuse material). - Jmabel ! talk 23:08, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

How can i delete my uploaded file?

i have uplpaded some incorrect file, now i want to delete them. Please help me to delete those file Shahadat Husain Arif (talk) 19:08, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

@Shahadat Husain Arif You can request speedy deletion under G7 criterion: Commons:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion. Deltaspace42 (talk) 19:14, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

@Deltaspace42: We tried to make this easier to link with COM:CSD#G7 and easier to implement with {{G7}}.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:11, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

There is also Template:My bad upload. - Jmabel ! talk 23:07, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

The Commons App doesnt like me

I've been a keen user of the commons app on my mobile phone and Ive taken and loaded 100s of photos. I'm an experienced Wikipedian so when my phone asked to confirm my wiki account then I was happy to do so. I typed in my user name of Victuallers and my password ... it doesn't work.... bad password. I try again and again, I change my password and resuse it on my laptop.... but the app doesn't like it. I've tried using a temporary password - no joy!. I've created a new wiki account called Victuallersphotos and it does nt like that either. I have lots of photos I want to load via my phone. Any ideas of what I could try? thanks for listening. Victuallers (talk) 00:26, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Question about PDF copies of photos I took myself

For the article that I'm editing I have uploaded PDF copies of photos I took myself and own. Within source coding I have entered the required codes as {{Own}}{{Cc-zero}} into the applicable file's source code as {{Own}}{{Cc-zero}}. Back in visual editing, everything looks OK except that the listing of citations at the end of the article includes for each of those citations a large box containing all the {{Own}} details even when within Read mode. Have I omitted to include source code that would have suppressed this box until the relevant citation number is actually clicked? JDWylie (talk) 06:32, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@JDWylie: you don't need to add explicit CC image permissions in the Wikipedia article itself. It is enough that the image description contains the permission which is then visible if the reader clicks the image. MKFI (talk) 06:56, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for that, but what I don't get is: I wasn't trying to get explicit CC image permissions within the Wikipedia article itself, but in order that the article includes the permissions, I need to do that within the source code, but when I do so, the citaltion listing at the bottom of the article shows those permissions within large blocks below each of the relevant citation numbers. JDWylie (talk) 08:52, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm done here for the day, but tomorrow I'll try something that I should have thought of long ago: (a) Make a copy of those permissions (b) Delete the applicable source code (c)Post the permissions into a Postscript field within the citation template. Thanks for your help getting me there! JDWylie (talk) 09:01, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@JDWylie: I've shortened the heading of this section since it basically the same question asked in the body of your post. I've also tweaked some of the formatting used for templates in your post because those things are better off displayed as links than as "references". I did these things because it will make it easier for others to respond to your post.

After looking at the images you uploaded, some of them appear to be the works (like buildings and statues) created by a third-party. Whether Commons can host such files sometimes depends on something referred to Commons:Freedom of panorama because the works you photographed might be eligible for copyright protection separate and independent of the copyright of your photos. If they are, then your photos could be considered Commons:Derivative works, meaning that there are multiple copyrights that Commons needs to consider. The more information you can provide about the en:provenace of the works you photographed in the respective file's description, the more helpful it will be to others trying to assess the overall copyright status of what you uploaded. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:00, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@JDWylie: I have removed the CC/Own templates from the article. When you say but in order that the article includes the permissions, I need to do that within the source code you probably mean edits like this, but the "source code" refers to the image description source code and not article source code. Every image has its own description page in Wikicode: File:Main building, S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy , 2014.jpg. Additionally, just adding {{Own}}{{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} is not a magic spell to help if the image is not actually freely licensed: you can't simply invent a free license where none exists. MKFI (talk) 09:14, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very, very much. I had spent a great deal of time in unsuccessfully attempting to get around the issue within the source code. JDWylie (talk) 20:52, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@JDWylie: I've added some information about en:Wikipedia:Conflict-of-interest editing to your English Wikipedia user talk page. Please take the time to look through it. This is not really related to the files you've uploaded to Commons; however, familiarizing yourself with relevant English Wikipedia policies and guidelines could help you avoid problems when editing English Wikipedia. -- Marchjuly (talk) 22:11, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@JDWylie: What is so special about the pdf format for you? This wiki accepts the file types detailed at COM:FT, but not pdf files from new users.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:25, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Why don't image uploads (new version of existing image) increase contribution counter?

I am a bit confused about how Commons project counts user contributions. When I upload a new version of an image, such action is properly reflected in the list of user contributions, but the total count of contributions on top of the same page does not increase. So the list of contributions keeps growing, but the total does not. The only time when total count increases is when I am making any other type of edit, like modify image description. Seems like a bug to me - image uploads either should increase the total contribution counter (more preferable) or should not appear in the contribution list at all (least preferable). Doing neither of these two and still showing both metrics (the list and the total) on the same page is not logical. Am I missing something? Nyq (talk) 11:06, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@Nyq: Hi, and welcome. For me, Special:Contributions/Nyq shows that you have made 422 edits, and that you are "A user with 422 edits", including two for the above section. The ec tool] shows 601 "Total edits" for you (600 live and one deleted). Where are you looking that shows something different, and what does it show?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:41, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Exactly, I see "A user with 422 edits" on top of the Contributions page (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Nyq) and this counter does not include any image uploads, even though all these image uploads are listed in the contributions list on the very same page, which is confusing. Basically a total counter does not reflect a total number of items in the list. I tested that several times by checking the counter before each image upload and after - the result is always the same: the image upload shows up in the contributions list, but the total counter never increments after upload. It only increments if I make non-upload edits like change file descriptions. To further prove the point, I also clicked on "View 500" link on the same page and then grabbed the page content to count the number of lines, and it was 500 contributions in the list (there are more, but obviously only 500 are shown, as requested), yet the top of the page shows "422 edits". Looks like a bug to me. Nyq (talk) 15:35, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Please see mw:Manual:User table#user editcount for the list of actions that count as an "edit" in the edit count. As stated in the page, this count is not an exactly accurate copy as the number of edit revisions you have made. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 16:10, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for explanation and the link, this was useful, at least now I know the reasons for this discrepancy. Nyq (talk) 18:43, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Wie kann ich ein Foto in einen vorhandenen von mir veröffentlichten Text hochladen?

Deutscher Marathonmeister 1952 mit seinem Siegerfahrrad bei den schleswig-holsteinischen Radmeisterschaften 1936 Ludenmarathoni (talk) 14:33, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Siehe Commons:Hochladen. --Túrelio (talk) 14:39, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Sin titulo

Estoy tratando de subir un borrador, pero me informa que "hubo un error en tu envío. Esta wiki no acepta nombres de archivo con extensión <docx>. ¿Como puedo resolver ese problema para subirlo? Gracias Cuba1981 (talk) 16:14, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Esmi primera vez que estoy tratando de subir un documento, pero no me lo permite, me envía un mensaje que dice: "Hubo un error de tu envió" Esta wiki no acepta nombres de archivo con extension <docx>. ¿Como pudiera corregir ese error? Gracias. Cuba1981 (talk) 16:22, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@Cuba1981: Hola y bienvenido. Así es, no aceptamos la extensión .docx; tendrías que convertir el archivo a un tipo que sí aceptemos. Consulta COM:FT/es para obtener más información, especialmente COM:FT/es#Formatos de archivos propietarios.

Hi, and welcome. That is right, we don't accept docx extension, you would have to convert to a file type we do accept; see COM:FT for more information, especially COM:FT#Nonfree file formats   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:51, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Cuba1981: pero, además, no es común que el contenido de una ficha docx está dentro del alcance de Commons. docx es un formato de texto, y pocos textos están dentro de nuestro alcance. - Jmabel ! talk 23:20, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

seems that an unwanted request to remember history has been added

Please help me find a setting that governs a history function. I've noticed that Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons 'remembers' what I've clicked from session to session, including text in the "Edit Summary" window and elsewhere. I'm not sure I like that, and would like to find a setting where I can turn it off if I choose. Thanks in advance. Seauton (talk) 16:45, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm not sure that I understand what you're talking about with remembering clicks. If you start inputting text into an edit summary and see that there's some kind of drop-down or autocomplete that finishes your writing, that is certainly a product of your browser, not the site or its software. This is conventional information for any contemporary browser to store and how you remove it is likely part of deleting the history, but there's no way that the servers here predictively know what you are in the middle of typing until you submit it. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:15, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

On Uploading Media

I was making some minor edits to the Carlo Pittore page, and noticed he does not have a picture on his general info page. I looked online and only found a couple published in an article by the UMVA Maine Arts Journal. If UMVA gave me or anyone else their explicit consent to add said picture(s) to Commons, would that be allowed, or do they have to do the upload process? Caedra (talk) 23:04, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

@Caedra: there is no very short answer to that (too many variables), so I'm going to suggest you take about 10 minutes to at least skim COM:THIRD and see if that gives you what you need. - Jmabel ! talk 23:34, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Can I upload this?

Hello, I wanted to update the logo in the Royal Kennel Club page since it uses an outdated logo. Is it correct for me to upload, or do I need to contact them or something like that? VC223333 (talk) 04:27, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

VC223333, you can't upload it to Commons because it's fair use. I've uploaded the new logo to Wikipedia. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 04:54, 5 May 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. Jmabel ! talk 20:19, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Déposer une photo dans Wikipedia commons

Wikipedia me dit qu'il me faut déposer une photo dans Wikipedia commons.

Je ne suis pas doué en informatique, je suis âgé, comment dois je faire? Tournadour (talk) 09:09, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Links:

• fr:Wikipédia:Forum des nouveaux#inclure une photo dans Paul-Emile_Lafontaine
• fr:Paul-Émile Lafontaine (mort 1887)

Tournadour savez-vous approximativement quand la photo a été prise et qui l'a prise? (via Google translate) TSventon (talk) 16:45, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

(Via Google Translate:) Il n'existe pratiquement aucune situation où une photographie du XIXe siècle posera problème. Si vous connaissez le photographe et sa date de décès, cela nous permet d'être plus précis quant à son statut de droit d'auteur, mais même sans ces informations, {{PD-old-assumed}} ne présente aucun risque.

D'un point de vue technique, Special:UploadWizard devrait vous permettre de télécharger correctement. Si vous rencontrez des difficultés, veuillez nous en informer ici (en fournissant le plus de précisions possible). - Jmabel ! talk 04:30, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

I believe my account was blocked by mistake

• Megaalsaharcargo (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

I believe my account was blocked by mistake. I am trying to create a legitimate business page with proper sources. I kindly request a review of my block Megaalsaharcargo (talk) 09:53, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

You are not blocked on Commons. You are blocked on :en-Wikipedia. --Túrelio (talk) 10:04, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I just tightened their enwiki block for continued abuse there even on their own talkpage after being blocked. And their behavior on commons has been comparable. I forsee a block here if it continues. See deleted edits. DMacks (talk) 13:06, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

@Megaalsaharcargo: You were spamming, and your username is spammy. PhilKnight was right to block you. If there are enough sources that meet en:WP:42 for someone else to write an article about your business, they can do that (but not advertise or promote it). See also en:WP:COI.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:31, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Why aren't my uploaded photos displaying in the NRHP section?

I Uploaded 3 photos about two months ago and they are still not displaying Please Advise. MRobison (talk) 13:51, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

@MRobison: Hi, and welcome. Someone has to edit the appropriate NRHP section and add them using the instructions at en:H:PIC, and others have to accept the additions as better than what came before. The photos don't just organically appear there.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:18, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

There is an image that affects my copyright, what can I do?

I have attempted to remove an image from a Wikipedia page; however, it appears that the image is hosted on Wikimedia Commons. The issue is that the logo is listed under a free fair use license, yet that same logo incorporates my copyrighted work without my authorization. Any assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated. ~2026-27264-40 (talk) 17:21, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

• Linking what particular image you are talking about here may be helpful. (Otherwise you can list the file for deletion discussion with an explanation.) -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 18:44, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
• Also: there is literally no such thing as "a free fair use license", which makes it hard to work out what you are claiming here. - Jmabel ! talk 20:22, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

I can offer a better version of an existing image. How should I go about it?

No doubt this has been asked before but I can't find it.

I can provide a better version of File:Danzatrice.JPG (which is over-exposed and 21 years old). Is there a more convenient (for you) way for me to upload than for me to create a "File:Danzatrice-2026.JPG" as normal and leave it to you to resolve? JMF (talk) 20:37, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

@JMF: Commons is always looking for high quality images that are licensed in accordance with COM:L; so, if you can provide such an image, feel free to upload it as a separate file (i.e., don't COM:OVERWRITE the existing File:Danzatrice.JPG with your image). You can use COM:UPLOAD to upload the file, but your image won't automatically replace the current one being used wherever it's being used; you will need to do that manually. In addition, once you've uploaded your image, you might want to edit its file description to connect it to the other image by using Template:Other versions; this will help make your image known to users of the other image and vice versa. Finally, you might want to take a look at COM:CB#Museum and interior photography for some general advice about photographing museum exhibits. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:45, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

@JMF: just to clarify are you saying you have a better print of that particular photo, or just a different photo of the same statue? "[B]etter version of an existing image" suggests the former, but the rest of what you write suggests the latter. - Jmabel ! talk 00:02, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

I have a newly-taken photo of the work, so doesn't qualify as "a new version of this file". (Actually I have a few new photos from different angles but one specifically from the same or close POV). It is just a pic from a mobile phone, not a professional rostrum-camera gigapixel job, sorry .

I have uploaded it as Danzatrice-2026.jpg

I have also uploaded Danzatrice-2026-B.jpg (Bronze sculpture of a dancer fastening her peplos, showing one side already fastened) JMF (talk) 09:45, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@Marchjuly, when you say "your image won't automatically replace the current one being used wherever it's being used; you will need to do that manually.", do you mean that I would have to go to each of the language Wikipedias and change them to use my image instead of the 2005 one? JMF (talk) 09:50, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@JMF Nice picture! I added Category:Bronze peplophorai from the Villa of the Papyri (Herculaneum) to it. But that's what it means in this case, yes. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:21, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

As it is to be a new file (meaning that old one stays and references to it are to be replaced), I have requested it be renamed as File:Peplophora 10a.jpg . When the dust has settled, I'll start looking at where File:Danzatrice.JPG is used and see if it is appropriate to replace it.

Thank you all. JMF (talk) 16:08, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@JMF: by the way, when referring on Commons to files on Commons, please use internal links, e.g. [[:File:Danzatrice-2026.jpg]] (note the first colon, which is the only tricky part of this), which will display as File:Danzatrice-2026.jpg. It makes it much easier for others to navigate to the page you are talking about. - Jmabel ! talk 04:35, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

How do you make a category???

I wanted to make a category SO BAD. Please teach me. Cute tut (talk) 03:02, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@Cute tut See Commons:Categories#Creating_a_new_category. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:23, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

how to create a wikipedia

w Peachwaveot34ever (talk) 09:30, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@Peachwaveot34ever: Hi, and welcome. What language Wikipedia do you want? The 300+ production Wikipedia wikis are listed at en:Wikipedia, and the ones in development are listed at incubator: (completely at incubator:Incubator:Wikis), which also discusses "Proposals for new projects". If you meant that you want a new MediaWiki wiki that is not Wikipedia, see mw:.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:47, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Or maybe you just mean an article in Wikipedia? Anyway, if you ask your question more clearly, someone can either answer it or tell you where better to ask. - Jmabel ! talk 04:37, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Can I create an alt account for batch uploading?

I want to do a batch upload using Flickr2Commons, but I don't want the batch upload to clog up my user uploads page. Am I allowed to make an alt account (LetmeEditit-BatchUploads) for this purpose? Also this account would need autopatrol rights because of the rate limit, could it automatically be granted because I have autopatrol on this account? Thanks. LetmeEditit (talk) 10:48, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

You definitely can create such an account, as long as the user pages of the two accounts link to each other to make the situation clear, and you never involve both accounts in a single discussion.

As for rights, I have no experience with this particular issue, and I'm not sure how many other admins watch the help desk. If no one answers usefully soon, you might ask that question at COM:AN. - Jmabel ! talk 04:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

загрузка фото

як фото загрузити Іриска Іванова (talk) 12:08, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@Іриска Іванова See Commons:First steps. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:24, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Викисклад:Первые шаги. - Jmabel ! talk 04:44, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Cannot edit own watchlist when IP rangeblocked

As title. I find it a bit surprising that a logged-in user from a blocklisted IP cannot edit even their own private pages. We should consider giving logged-in IP rangeblocked users some edit right, even if only their own (talk) pages. IrisChronomia (talk) 12:28, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@IrisChronomia: I would say you would do better to ask for an IP block exemption. - Jmabel ! talk 04:51, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Uploading a logo

When uploading a new logo of the organization what type of license should I choose in case if the logo belongs to the organization? NESEditor (talk) 13:03, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@NESEditor, if the logo is below the threshold of originality in its country, you can add {{PD-logo}} license (public domain). If the logo is complex, then it depends on country, type of organization, etc. Please tell the name of the organization you are talking about. Deltaspace42 (talk) 13:48, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

I am talking about the New Economic School (Российская экономическая школа), Russian page: nes.ru, and here is the logo NESEditor (talk) 13:57, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@NESEditor I think these logos are below the threshold of originality, because it's just text and two triangles. Deltaspace42 (talk) 20:00, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Absolutely, these are fine for Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 04:53, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

CREZIONE E MODIFICA PAGINA

Ho provato a creare una pagina con il mio nome e la mia attività di giornalista e sociologo autore di studi specialistici. Il Nome registrato dovrebbe essere Pino Rotta ma viene rifiutato e sono stato costretto a registrare Giuseppe Rotta ma sono conosciuto in Italia ed all'estero come Pino Rotta- Come posso risolvere il problema? Giuseppe Rotta (talk) 19:27, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

@Giuseppe Rotta: Ciao e benvenuto. Hai attivato Special:AbuseFilter/335 tentando di caricare un file tra wiki diversi come nuovo utente, contrariamente a proposal; puoi caricare il file qui su Commons utilizzando Special:UploadWizard. Ti preghiamo di evitare di farlo.

Hi, and welcome. You have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/335 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. Please avoid doing that.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:09, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Questions!

I made a new account because I lost my old one but anyways, I have a question about uploading. I have an autopsy report and a preliminary hearing pdf and I am wondering if they are allowed to be uploaded the wikimedia commons. The autopsy report has no pictures nor the prelim hearing pdf.

Many Thanks Xsassx Xsassx (talk) 01:33, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

• @Xsassx: that is not the information that will tell us whether it is appropriate for Commons. Two possible issues here:
  1. If it relates to a notable matter, then it is probably in Commons' Scope. If it's just about the death of some random non-notable person, then it probably is not.
  2. Copyright: you say nothing here about when this dates from, by whom, etc. See COM:THIRD for an overview of the issues involved.

Jmabel ! talk 04:57, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Photo of Samsung Medical Center building in Seoul

I work for Samsung Medical Center, but this was a photograph I personally took in May 2025 of the exterior of Samsung Medical Center, known in Korean as 삼성서울병원, in Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea. I believe I am the photographer/copyright holder of the photograph and am willing to release my rights in the photograph under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Before uploading, I would like to ask whether this type of photograph is acceptable on Commons, given South Korea's freedom of panorama rules. The image primarily shows the exterior of a modern hospital building and its signage.

Would Commons require permission from the building or architectural copyright holder, or can this be uploaded as my own work?

Thank you. MaxLee0121 (talk) 04:53, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

@MaxLee0121: If it is a building in South Korea and the architect is alive or died after 1955, we cannot have the photo on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 04:59, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the clarification. I will not upload the photograph to Commons. MaxLee0121 (talk) 05:33, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Uploading photograph with large file size; TIFF

I want to upload a photograph with a fairly large file size, though well beneath the 100 MB limit for uploading. The photograph is in the TIFF file format.

According to Commons:First steps/Quality and description, "Generally speaking, image quality and resolution should be as high as possible so images can be used in high-quality printouts... and storage space is not restricted, so concerns about download time and size should not keep you from uploading the highest resolution file available." However, later on the page, it reads, "For photographs, use JPEG (file extension .jpg or .jpeg). While TIFF offers higher quality, these files tend to be rather large, especially when they are not compressed... it too produces excessively large file sizes for high-resolution photographs... Please optimize JPEG images (this reduces size at no cost to decoding)."

I feel that these two quotes contradict each other. Can someone clarify, should I upload the photograph in the JPEG or TIFF file format? AquaAlien (talk) 05:39, 7 May 2026 (UTC)