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Incorrect map on YouTube Premium page

File:Availability of Youtube Music in the World.svg

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

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

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

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

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

Would it be possible to:

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

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

similar to how other Wikimedia maps display disputed territories?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Агентство по гарантии качества в сфере образования EdNet

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

Screenshot a website?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It seems that:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is completely incompatible; it restricts modification.

Anohthterwikipedian (talk) 11:44, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

F8 exception

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

Pinging @Abzeronow - Jmabel ! talk 20:08, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Still used in Hausa Wikipedia, I have no objection if someone wants to handle it as a duplicate though. Abzeronow (talk) 22:39, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

The usage on Hausa Wikipedia appears to be… uhh… What’s happening with this self redirect?

Anohthterwikipedian (talk) 02:26, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

@Abzeronow: Still though, does usage change the fact that the file is a duplicate and thus should be deleted?

Anohthterwikipedian (talk) 07:43, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

IRMA SZINGER

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

@THEO SZINGER Afaict, Commons have no pictures of anyone called IRMA SZINGER you can download. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:28, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Using tool to mass edit

I used a tool Find and Replace to change category in one click. Do i need a seperate account to run this in future because right now (18:52, 24 September 2025 (UTC)) it did 118 edit in one click and it might not possible always due to abuse filter and cluttering recent change page.—KEmel49(📝,📤) 19:15, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Doesn't really seem any different from using Cat-a-lot or VFC. - Jmabel ! talk 20:11, 24 September 2025 (UTC)

Sumitting a photo to wikimedia

How does one submit an image of a group photo where one handed the camera to someone to take a group photo (13 years ago)? It is the only photo with all members of our the West Lothian Archaeological Trust. Can I class it as my image? Dr John Wells (talk) 06:12, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

If you set up the camera before handing it over, yes, it's considered your work. You might mention that in the image description. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:52, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Statement or wikitext for "Dauerleihgabe" (Permanent loan)

Hi. I am preparing an upload to Wiki Commons via openrefine and have a question for the Wikimedians regarding the content. We have a collection of photographs by Ludwig Bickell, which was a permanent loan from the State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments in Hesse (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1528326) to the Foto Marburg image archive. Although this is stated on our own website which is stated as source, I would like to add this information to the wikitext or as structured data on Commons. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to do this? I already uploaded an example here, which refers to bildindex: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaiserpfalz_Wasserburg,_Torhalle_fm811024.jpg so you can see how it looks now. Thanks and greetings, Hanna Hanna Meiners DDK Bildarchiv Foto Marburg (talk) 16:13, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

@Hanna Meiners DDK Bildarchiv Foto Marburg: Are you saying you want this as an attribution when these materials are reused, or just that you want to mention it on the File page on Commons? The more you can say (independent of technical issues) about what you want to do for what purpose, the more likely someone can give you a good technical solution. - Jmabel ! talk 19:14, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi. I just want to mention it on the File page on commons. The licence is public domain anyway but I think it is just nice to mention it and link to the associated Wikidata-Item of the State Office in the structured data. I couldn´t find an appropriate Statement for this until now. The other option we thought about is just add a sentence in the description, but I think this is not the right place for this. o this is not a technical question, but rather one of content and structure. Thank´s:) Hanna Meiners DDK Bildarchiv Foto Marburg (talk) 05:51, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

@Hanna Meiners DDK Bildarchiv Foto Marburg: Probably best done with a custom property, something like :

|Other fields = {{Infi|Institution|{{en|Foto Marburg image archive, on permanent loan from State Office for the Preservation of Historical Monuments in Hesse.}}{{de|Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, als Dauerleihgabe von das Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen.}}}}

That could be improved by creating {{Institution}} templates for the two institutions.

There are probably other ways to approach this, and others may have suggestions. - Jmabel ! talk 17:56, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Hanna Meiners DDK Bildarchiv Foto Marburg (talk) 08:00, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Poster isn't copyrighted but have a question about this

Hello, I've uploaded a poster here. I know that the poster itself isn't copyrighted in the US because it doesn't contain an explicit copyright notice on it. However I want to be extra safe and I want to know if the logo the poster has on it which is rather small is copyrighted or not. No explicit copyright message can be seen on the uploaded file nor on the source itself about whether the logo is copyrighted. I think I'm probably safe as there is no explicit copyright sign near the logo or on the poster for that matter and the poster was published in 1948 and anything from 1931 to 1977 (as of now) needs to have a copyright sign on it to be eligible for copyright. Skim127 (talk) 18:38, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

• License status looks fine to me. As to the logo included, I've added {{Trademark}} notice (which is a non-copyright issue). Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 18:42, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

  Thanks for clarifying with me. I’ll add that to some of the other posters I’ve uploaded which contain any logos of sorts that are for entities which are non-governmental. @Skim127 Skim127 (talk) 18:51, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

  Okay just to clarify, so for the logo it needs to also have a copyright symbol on it as well if it's from between 1931 to 1977 for copyright to matter? Skim127 (talk) 19:37, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

  Never mind. I looked a little more into the template and the poster is covered along with the logo on it as being not technically copyrighted due to the fact it doesn't have a copyright sign on it and it's from 1931 to 1977 (which are as of now where the rules apply) which required a copyright signal on it for it to be copyrighted. Skim127 (talk) 20:04, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

djvu 'may contain malicious code'?

I uploaded The adolescent period - statistics.djvu, and all seemed to be well. But now it says

The_adolescent_period_-_statistics.djvu (0 × 0 pixels, file size: 60.12 MB, MIME type: image/vnd.djvu)

Warning: This file type may contain malicious code. By executing it, your system may be compromised.

Did I do something wrong? How may I fix it? FrankShuttleworth (talk) 19:05, 25 September 2025 (UTC)

Bhudda MaAllowance from-katlehong

HIS NAME IS:🏆*Mpumelelo Mhlanga🇿🇦🐯*✅(from-katlehong)🏆 Mpumelelo Mhlanga (talk) 05:08, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

If this is a request for help using Commons, I cannot work out what page or pages it relates to, or what your question is. - Jmabel ! talk 18:05, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Who is this really?

Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Humanities#Popular_picture, if you have an opinion. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:45, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Upload image

I can’t find where to upload an image to my Wikipedia page Gar Hugo (talk) 08:20, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

through here, and here. and check: en:Wikipedia:Editing policy @Gar Hugo modern_primat ^{ඞඞඞ ----TALK} 09:54, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

كيف ارفع فيديو على المنصه

اريد ان ارفع فيديو على المنصه ولكني لا اعرف الطريقه Mamdouh20001 (talk) 13:47, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

(Via Google Translate, asking how to upload video to Commons.)

Commons:Video, but unfortunately no one has translated that into Arabic. If an Arabic-speaker would like to help out here, that would be great. - Jmabel ! talk 18:22, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Foro

Que no se puede agregar Deinerb (talk) 16:53, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

@Deinerb: ¿Qué no puedes agregar a qué? - Jmabel ! talk 18:26, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

ZoomViewer

Wondering if it is possible to download the directory folder for an image with Zoom Viewer? I am trying to create a StoryMap with an image, but need to link to this and having a tough time with this. Patrick.mcgee58 (talk) 17:36, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

@Patrick.mcgee58: I'm not sure what you mean by the "directory folder for an image". Commons really doesn't have "folders". - Jmabel ! talk 18:28, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

It would be something on the server that stores the tiles that Zoom Viewer is pulling from. It may not be possible/I may be misunderstanding something. Patrick.mcgee58 (talk) 18:37, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Does Help:Gadget-ZoomViewer provide insights for you? Maybe when looking at the actual script code in MediaWiki:Gadget-ZoomViewer.js? You may also want to have a look at Toolserver things, how stuff is coded for caching, for instance. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:00, 26 September 2025 (UTC)

Page protection setting interfering with edit gadget

Moved to Commons:Village pump/Technical#Page protection setting interfering with edit gadget. - Jmabel ! talk 06:08, 27 September 2025 (UTC)

Album covers

So, an album I LOVE, "Some Rap Songs" has an extremely blurred cover, is it right for me to used the unblurred cover? Because i took in a lot of effort unblurring it but I found others have done the same. Can I still use the original cover? Rupert likes music (talk) 08:44, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

No. The cover was produced as such: blurred (I checked the offerings on Amazon), so the blurring is a deliberate creative choice and part of the original publication. It can't be hosted on Commons, see COM:ALBUM. Trying to undo the blur will create a derivative of a protected piece of art and thus infringe upon the copyright of the original creator. Furthermore, it will most likely not serve an educational purpose, contravening COM:Project scope. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 08:58, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

However, if there is an article about it in the English-language Wikipedia (en-wiki), a low-resolution image of the cover can be hosted on en-wiki (not Commons) and used in the article, under en-wiki's policy for non-free content. - Jmabel ! talk 18:29, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Uploading an alternate print of a negative?

Moved to Commons:Village pump/Copyright#Uploading an alternate print of a negative? - Jmabel ! talk 18:48, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Merging information about a portrait by the artist Modigliani

On 21 September, I uploaded File:L'Amazone.jpg and put it in Category:Portrait paintings of women by Amedeo Modigliani, and it appears now in the thumbnail gallery. Nothing uses it.

There is also an existing, much smaller, version of the same painting in Commons: File:Amedeo Modigliani - The Amazon.jpg.

So question: should I delete my contribution and re-upload it as a new version of File:Amedeo Modigliani - The Amazon.jpg? I see that both images have incomplete but complementary metadata and merging these will be advantageous.

If my surmise (delete & re-upload) is correct, how do I keep it discoverable for French users? JMF (talk) 15:17, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

@JMF: No, do not do this. These are not exact duplicates, they are two different photographs of the painting.

Certainly link the two files with {{Other version}}.

Feel free to add descriptions to either or both in any number of languages using {{En}}, {{Fr}}, etc., and/or use templates like {{Title}} that make it clearer that you are presenting the a particular piece of information in multiple languages.

Also, since yours is almost certainly the better version, I think it would be entirely reasonable to replace the usage on any sister project; if you want to replace them all, I suggest making a request at [[User talk:CommonsDelinker/commands#Other requests].

Also, you might want to edit your page to use {{Art Photo}} instead of {{Information}}. - Jmabel ! talk 18:44, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, that makes sense. Obviously I have no idea where my source got it but it looks very like the version published by Taschen and the timing seems very coincidental with the original painting being offered for sale. So yes, I think it is probably a new photo rather than just a digital rescale.

I'll have to research how all the metadata was created for the original file, to see if I can replicate it. I suspect I'll be back for more advice!

Thank you again. JMF (talk) 19:11, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

I'm not clear what advantage, to anyone, there is in keeping the original in this case. It's low resolution; and poor quality in comparison to the new one. The old one is not even in focus. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:58, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

It could be nominated for deletion on that basis, but it has much better filled-out metadata, so we'd want to be careful how we did this. - Jmabel ! talk 20:09, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Uploading as a new version of the same image would simplify updating a the pages that use it. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:26, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

@Pigsonthewing: No objection as long as source is updated accordingly. I see File:L'Amazone.jpg is now the better-described of the two, so there would be a few other things to bring over, and there should probably be a redirect kept. - Jmabel ! talk 21:19, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel, @Pigsonthewing: where are we with this? It seems that Andy has merged the metadata, so what is left to do? Do you need me to do anything (bearing in mind that, from a standing start, I would probably generate more work than I would save.

(I'm back again because I was trying to apply {{Otherversion}} and had begun to question where it would go. The template doc seems to suggest that it is for use in infoboxes, not in the metadata for the file. But if the 2007 version is imminently to be consigned to the bonfire, it would make more sense for me to drop it.) JMF (talk) 20:00, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

@JMF: I don't think anything further is needed from you. I did the {{Other version}} thing, if you want to take a look at how it's done.

@Pigsonthewing: looking more closely at the two images, while File:L'Amazone.jpg is generally superior, and I think we should do a universal replace, nonethelss File:Amedeo Modigliani - The Amazon.jpg is lighter, so it shows details of the background that are not readily seen in File:L'Amazone.jpg. I think Commons should keep it. Is that OK with you? - Jmabel ! talk 20:16, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Request expert advice

Hello. Recently, I had a desire to upload some images of old historical coins from some sites. I want to choose a suitable license so that I attribute the entire work to its original owner and link it to him without any connection to me (just upload it here so that it can be used in future articles and edits on Wikipedia). The problem is that I don’t know what the appropriate license is exactly for this that I should use, or I don’t know if it is allowed at all, but this possibility is unlikely because I have seen many people uploading many images of them here. I would like to ask for help from an expert so that I can know the best and appropriate choice. The sites that i was talking about is .( The first here) ( The second here) ( the third here) Yosf22ww (talk) 17:27, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

@Yosf22ww: you cannot offer a license to use someone else's copyrighted work. Some of these photos may be in the public domain (because they may not be copyrightable) as uncreative reproductions of what are essentially two-dimensional works that are themselves old enough to be in the public domain, but that's a subtle copyright question (coins are right on the edge between being considered 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional), better asked at COM:Village pump/Copyright.

For the general issues involved in uploading third-party works, see Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 18:55, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Copying a picture

Hello, I’m new to this site and I wanted to get a picture of Bucks County map and I was wondering can I just download and reprint it or is that not allowed? I’ve tried to read through all the rules and stuff, but I thought it would be easier to ask here would appreciate any help. Thank you. Myprecious58! (talk) 20:57, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

@Myprecious58: it would help a lot if you would refer to a specific file. I'm guessing you mean Bucks County, Pennsylvania, but there are a lot of files in Category:Maps of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and they do not all have the same licensing. - Jmabel ! talk 03:54, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Find my article

I can not find the article that I submitted Earl Peanutt Monggomery. I'm new at this and not sure where to find it to check if it has been approved. Thank You. GreenJD75 (talk) 23:02, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

@GreenJD75: please do not confuse Wikimedia Commons, the media repository, with a Wikipedia edition (the sites for articles). The projects are separated content-wise, Commons is serving as image provider for Wikipedia etc. That said, your text is found among your contributions on the English Wikipedia, see: en:Special:Contributions/GreenJD75. For anything that is related to articles there, go for the relevant help pages. Look at the top of the page here, there's a link to the English Wikipedia Teahouse. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 23:27, 28 September 2025 (UTC)

Kenapa conten saya di hapus

Mohon cara agar tetap tayang bagimana https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Konsultasi_Pembuatan_Gambar,RAB,Survey_PT.LADANG_JIWA_KREASI_jpg.jpg#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D D1d1tsuprianto (talk) 08:14, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Berkas itu dihapus karena dianggap hanya untuk periklanan dan di luar cakupan proyek kita sebagai kumpulan media edukasi. Kita melarang keras menggunakan Commons hanya untuk memperiklankan atau mempromosikan diri tanpa adanya nilai edukasi apapun. HyperAnd (talk) 13:17, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Can i upload NASA images

I want to upload the image in one of the NASA article from 2016. https://www.nasa.gov/universe/nasas-fermi-finds-record-breaking-binary-in-galaxy-next-door/ Abdullah1099 (talk) 10:00, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

NASA has published guidelines about re-use of their images:

• NASA Images and Media Usage Guidelines
• JPL Image Use Policy

Images uploaded to Commons can be tagged with Template:NASA-image with various optional parameters.

In a nutshell, most NASA images are in the Public Domain (unless otherwise specified) because NASA is part of the US Government. Images featuring the NASA logo and identifiable individual people have restrictions for commercial use. -=# Amos E Wolfe ^talk #=- 10:30, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Already uploaded the images and gave credit to all of them

File:LMC P3 Within Remnant DEM L241.jpg and please tell me if i am lacking or violating any thing now Sir Abdullah1099 (talk) 11:17, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

As discussed in Wikipedia Teahouse (linked below) and indicated in the source article, this image is by “NOAO/CTIO/MCELS, DSS”, so {{PD-USGov-NASA}} doesn’t apply to this image, and should be deleted. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 20:11, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Ok, Then Delete it Abdullah1099 (talk) 01:40, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Bro This is a NASA image but they gave credit to these four and i also gave credit to them. How this much problem when i gave you the link of the article Abdullah1099 (talk) 01:50, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

No here also in this image File:Hardy Star Survives Supernova Blast (deml241).jpg they gave credit NASA/CXC/SAO/F.Seward et al; Optical: NOAO/CTIO/MCELS, DSS and i also gave similar but in that case how it became NASA thing while not my image is not NASA thing when simply derived from their article Abdullah1099 (talk) 02:02, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Bro, I had gave you the Nasa Image id and detailed. Now what you want as a proof Abdullah1099 (talk) 02:10, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Also discussed at en:Wikipedia:Teahouse#Uploading NASA image. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:53, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

School logo

Hi, I would like to ask if uploading a school logo to the Commons Upload Wizard that isn't my own work but I do study under the educational institution is ok? The original creator of the work is uncertain and I'm not sure if it's copyrighted or not. Is there any way I can upload it as a logo of an institution without it being my own personal work? Thanks. Aaven Tan (talk) 11:24, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

• @Aaven Tan: Your studying at the institution is completely irrelevant to the rights issues.
• It sounds like you don't know enough about the copyright status of this particular image to have any chance of uploading it to Commons. Presumably someone in the administration of your institution has a better idea, and you could research to find that out.
• In general, Commons:Uploading works by a third party is probably worth a read. - Jmabel ! talk 20:14, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Logo and threshold of originality

My beloved Indianapolis Indians just released new branding and several of the logos are {{PD-text}}: Category:Indianapolis Indians logos, but the primary logo is a little more complicated and I wonder if anyone could weigh in on if it's appropriate for Commons. Direct link: https://indysoriginalhometeam.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Indians-circle-logo.png and link to general site: https://indysoriginalhometeam.com/

My suspicion is that it's sufficiently complex to be covered by copyright, but it would be nice to get someone else's take. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:13, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Request from Annaz21

dovrei fare piccole correzioni, perché si scriva meglio in italiano; ma non solo, sono esterrefatta: chi ha suggerito il nome di "pompa"? in italiano è idraulica, ma viene usata come esplicito riferim. ad un atto sessuale da marciapiede, ecco perché sono molto perplessa; ogni volta che un italiano e, peggio ancora, chi lo parla poco o da poco, è molto probabile faccia il collegamento! mi mandate qualcosa? perché purtroppo non ricordo più i passi per la normale correzione; 'sulla pompa', vedete voi , ma mi preoccupa molto!

d Annaz21 (talk) 14:28, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

@Annaz21: Hi, Which page are you talking about? Are you sure this concerns Wikimedia Commons? Thanks, Yann (talk) 14:49, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

<Google Translate>Ciao, di quale pagina stai parlando? Sei sicuro che riguardi Wikimedia Commons? Grazie. </>

- dovrei fare delle piccole, ma significative correzioni, però non ricordo più come fare, mi aiutate, SVP? con un memo di come procedere passo passo, percortesia?

● ho letto svariate volte, la parola "pompa" ad indicare suppongo, una spinta, una nuova linfa che arriva...; purtroppo, in italiano, specie per chi lo parla da poco, ha ANCHE un significato del tutto diverso, diciamo da "marciapiede", infatti sono stupefatta... ma noo! di certo NON posso mica essere l'UNICA, ad averlo notato; oltretutto, c'è un'altra parola similare, e che SICURAMENTE non può essere fraintesa: "autoclave", che è in effetti una piccola pompa, che porta acqua dal basso verso l'alto, in abitazioni al massimo bifamigliari, con dislivelli del terreno, tipici da noi, in liguria [ma suppongo in tutt'italia], da un piano a quello superiore, quindi da un minimo di due mt e 1/2 ad anche più di 3 mt; 'c'est bientôt moins évidente', detta 'en' FR, ma almeno qui, in ITA, si possono evitare brutti malintesi; grazie per la vs. pazienza e scusatemi la poca memoria! az21 Annaz21 (talk) 15:36, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

• @Annaz21: Abbiamo oltre 100 milioni di immagini su questo sito. Potresti per favore linkare la pagina o le pagine specifiche di cui parli? - Jmabel ! talk 20:18, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

Ошибка в загрузке фотографий

Я загрузил фотографии ошибившись вы адресе. Т.е. на заданные координатами объектами я загрузил помимо нужных несколько фото дома по другому адресу. По улице Полярной дивизии, 1, я загрузил несколько домов с адреса Ленина, 29. Как мне удалить лишние фото с ресурса. Они сейчас не отображаются ещё в списках. KotVasia (talk) 22:08, 29 September 2025 (UTC)

@KotVasia: I assume you are talking about:

• File:Полярной дивизии, 1, 29.09.2025, 01.jpg
• File:Полярной дивизии, 1, 29.09.2025, 02.jpg
• File:Полярной дивизии, 1, 29.09.2025, 03.jpg
• File:Полярной дивизии, 1, 29.09.2025, 04.jpg

You can request a rename for each using {{Rename}} on the respective file pages. - Jmabel ! talk 04:58, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

My username

Hello, as y'all can see that my username is "Camilasdandelions", but when I upload files, the username is set to "agschoco". (ex: File:Zara Larsson - Midnight Sun logo.png#Metadata ) Do y'all know how to fix this? I tried to fix my settings in both Commons and Wikidata, but I couldn't change that name to Camilasdandelions. Camilasdandelions (talk) 00:20, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

That's not the uploader's name, this "agschoco". You're currently operating as Camilasdandelions, see Special:ListFiles/Camilasdandelions or Special:Contributions/Camilasdandelions, everything is OK there. BUT: "agschoco" is a mention in the en:EXIF data, in the author field (see also COM:EXIF). If you want to change that, you have to look on your device(s) for a fitting setting. You may compare the data in File:Anas platyrhynchos ♀ Portrait.jpg as example. That was uploaded by me, it's linked to my account. But the EXIF data hold my real name (I configured my DSLR to do so); that's similar to your case with "agschoco". Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 00:33, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

@Grand-Duc If you want to change that, you have to look on your device(s) for a fitting setting. Could you please explain more detailed information about this? I can't understand this sentence well, thank you. Camilasdandelions (talk) 02:04, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

The EXIF are metadata written by image processing software. That may be something like Photoshop or en:IrfanView, the firmware of an actual camera or the content managing system of a Service like Facebook. In your case, I think that the "culprit" was an image editing software, either on a PC or a smartphone, which you knowingly or unknowingly set up to include this "agschoco" into the EXIF author field of processed images. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 02:10, 30 September 2025 (UTC) PS. May I ask what your mother tongue is? I'm currently using EN-WP links for references to software or the like, but often, the articles are also available in other languages. The knowledge about your language proficiencies would help in communicating - see also COM:Babel, by the way.

Fred Daniels

l uploaded a jpg file of photographer Fred Daniels 1892-1959 to Commons but it is no showing on his wiki page.Please advise. Stillsforever (talk) 05:40, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Stillsforever, I’m assuming you are referring to File:Fred Daniels Empire Studio 1945.jpg. The licensing information on the page is unclear to me, but if the photograph is indeed a self portrait by Fred Daniels, then it will still be copyrighted in the UK until 2030 (copyright term is author’s life + 70 years, 1959+70+1=2030). Please see Commons:Copyright rules by territory/United Kingdom for more details. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 13:13, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Separately, just uploading to Commons does not place a photo on a Wikipedia page. Probably only about 10% of the files that are on Commons are on any Wikipedia page at all. To place a photo on a Wikipedia page, you have to explicitly edit that page. - Jmabel ! talk 19:23, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

I am creating a company page. I want to know if its possible to upload the company logo here on Wikimedia

I want to create a company page on Wikipedia. I want to know if its possible to upload the company logo on Wikimedia. How to ensure I can easily upload company logo on Wikipedia through Infobox company template? Acceldata (talk) 09:48, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Could you please point to logo itself? Please note that complex logos may be copyrighted and not accepted by Commons. See Commons:Licensing. Another factor is company notability, applicable for both Commons and Wikipedia. See Commons:Project scope. EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:24, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Also, mention what country, copyright laws differ.

Assuming you mean the English-language Wikipedia (en-wiki), you might find it simpler to leave Commons entirely out of the picture and upload directly to en-wiki. See en:Wikipedia:Non-free content and en:Wikipedia:Logos. - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Request by Pénzes Éva

Üdvözöllek!

Szeretnék segítséget kérni. Pontról pontra, lépésről lépésre leírnád nekem, hogyan tudok szerkeszteni lapot ami ki kerül a Wikipédiára, képpel együtt. Segítségedet előre is köszönöm

Üdvözlettel Éva Pénzes Éva (talk) 13:28, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi, Do not publish your email address online, for your own security. Yann (talk) 13:44, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Questions about Wikipedia are better asked on Wikipedia. This page is part of Wikimedia Commons, a sister project to Wikipedia, but a separate project. - Jmabel ! talk 19:31, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Seeking advice on image upload

Hi, I am a new user and currently working on a translation work. I also happen to be completely uneducated on legal/copyright issues, and was wondering if someone could help me determine whether I could upload an image to my article. The image at the centre of my concern is figure 101 (metapage 258) of this book uploaded online. The book was published in 1934.

RefutedHuman (talk) 15:32, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

@RefutedHuman: as it happens, you are asking about a very tricky case. It will certainly be out of copyright in the U.S. in 2030 (1934 + 95 + 1, see Commons:Hirtle chart), but its current status would depend on whether the copyright was renewed (which would have had to have happened in either 1961 or 1962). Harcourt Brace was a major publisher, so they are likely to have renewed it, even though 85% of copyrights from this era were not renewed. Copyright renewal in the United States#Determining whether a US copyright was renewed discusses how you can look that up. It's tractable, but not trivial, to do so.

Basically, it sounds like as a new user you are trying to do one of the most difficult things there is to do on Commons, at least as an uploader. If you are going to be doing a fair amount of uploading of third-party materials, you might want to read Commons:Uploading works by a third party, but for this particular one, the two links I mention in the prior paragraph are all you'll need. - Jmabel ! talk 19:45, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Much thanks! Will do. RefutedHuman (talk) 20:39, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Update: so looking through the Stanford database for copyright renewals it doesn't seem like the first edition published by Harcourt Brace & company in 1934 had its copyright renewed at all. However, it appears that the book was reprinted in 1951 by Duell Sloan & Pearce and had its copyright renewed in 1979 (renewal ID RE037120), which means that if I were to abide by the copyright pertained by the second edition, I would not be able to upload the image until 2046. Therefore I have to ask: can I use {{PD-US-not renewed}} on the first edition which wasn't renewed, or does it not matter because of the existence of the second edition which was validly renewed? RefutedHuman (talk) 21:08, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

@RefutedHuman: It would seem to me that nothing about a later edition could possibly affect the copyright of the first edition. The 1951 copyright could only affect material that differed from the 1934 edition (might have been different if someone had registered copyright on unpublished material, but publication is publication. I'm pretty certain that when 1962 went by without renewal, it passed into the public domain and there was no way for it to regain copyright. @Clindberg: would you agree? - Jmabel ! talk 02:34, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Sooo... can I screenshot the image I need and upload it onto wikimedia to use in my article? RefutedHuman (talk) 07:33, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Photos of Right Livelihood Laureates – copyright

Hi all, I came across this description Commons:Batch uploading/Right Livelihood Award that photos found on a certain section of "the Right Livelihood Award Foundation in the respective license files can be used free upon attribution of the photographer and the Foundation." Considering that the links are not moot, I believe that RL's "resource space" fills the same function, e.g. here https://rightlivelihood.resourcespace.com/pages/search.php?search=%21collection1503&k=ed2ec3e691# by provided photos of Laureates free to use. Please let me know if this is correct, as this has been my understanding. Haywaneh (talk) 15:41, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

@Haywaneh: I can't readily tell by looking at the site. Would you mind if I move this question to COM:VP/C where it is more likely to be seen by copyright experts? - Jmabel ! talk 19:51, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Unable to upload replacement

I wish to replace Four_nucleobase_pairs_of_DNA.svg by my update, but I get the error message "Setting event-handler attributes onmouseover="" is not allowed in SVG files." FYI, the replacement is at https://www.dropbox.com/home/ABC%20book?is_backup=False&preview=DNA.svg Geometry guy (talk) 15:50, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Business Uploading Images to Wikipedia

Hi, I am new to using Wikipedia so I'm sorry if this has been answered previously or in the terms of service. The company I currently work for is interested in displaying some of their instruments on relevant pages for educational purposes. I was wondering if this is allowed on Wikipedia as we noticed a competitor is currently displayed on every single relevant Wiki page. We previously had images displayed on these pages, but they were removed as they were never released under a creative commons license. So, if I were to release all of our images under a creative commons license, am I then allowed to upload the images of our instruments so long as I credit our graphic designer and demonstrate how they are valuable additions to each page? Here is an example of an image I uploaded to commons as a test for reference. Other images I plan on uploading demonstrate some more advanced features of modern laboratory instrumentation, but I wanted to see if this was allowed before uploading them. File:RRA Refractometer j257.jpg Giuls617 (talk) 15:58, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

@Giuls617: Hi, We welcome images made by companies, but we need a confirmation of the license by email for any content not created directed by you (or if made by you, but the copyright is owned by the company). Please see COM:VRT for the procedure for confirming the license. If the copyright is held by the company, a legal representative has to send the email. Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:52, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Understood. Our graphic designer has created a Wikimedia account to upload the images themselves since they are the original creator. Is there any other verification or follow up that they will need to complete to ensure that their work is not deleted? I am already seeing that the image I uploaded is flagged for deletion. Thank you for your help with this. Giuls617 (talk) 19:28, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

As Yann wrote, for images from a company we generally need the you to go through the COM:VRT process (but see below for another alternative). Until someone sends email from a domain associated with your company, we have no way to know the uploader is really associated with the company.

As for how best to upload these, see Commons:Uploading works by a third party#Help them choose a license and the section that follows. In this particular case, it's not technically a "third party", but the issues are the same.

The other alternative is that you can first publish these images on your company's own site, and mark them there with the licenses under which they are offered and any preferred attribution. Then anyone, including your designer, can upload them to Commons citing that as a source. That process is described at Commons:Uploading works by a third party#Content that is already free-licensed or in the public domain. - Jmabel ! talk 19:59, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Logos of Swiss agencies

Hi, I recently noticed that the current logo of a Swiss agency was missing and wanted to upload it. After extracting it from the website, I went over the applying policies and laws again and need some help. The specific logo would be the one of the Swiss Federal Audit Office (https://www.efk.admin.ch/en/) and I would like to add the logo with the text. As far as I know two laws could be applying, first Art. 5 of the Swiss copyright act (https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/1993/1798_1798_1798/en#a5) as well as the Threshold of originality. I am insecure about the copyright act as it does not mention any logos or insignias directly but e.g the logo seems to be covered under it. I think the TOA would be applying but I am very inexperienced with the Swiss interpretation which is why I'd value some advice by someone who has dealt with similar situations in the past. Kind Regards Squawk7700 (talk) 20:21, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

Received a Speedy Deletion Request for Photo of "Group of Four Trees" by Jean Dubuffet

Hi! I received a message about a Speedy Deletion request for a photograph I took of "Group of Four Trees" by Jean Dubuffet and uploaded to Wikimedia. Here is the link: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Group_of_Four_Trees_by_Jean_Dubuffet_on_a_Cloudy_September_Afternoon.jpg. I think there is confusion around the copyright I used, so my apologies. I realize the photograph is of an artwork that is not my own, I wasn't trying to take credit, just wanted to post the photo. If this photo goes against Wikimedia's standards, I'm more than glad to have it deleted. I posted another photo of the same art piece that can also be deleted. Thanks and sorry for any trouble! Gswaggy23 (talk) 21:34, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

@Gswaggy23: No big harm done, but for the future if you are considering uploading photos of other people's potentially copyrighted work you should probably read Commons:Uploading works by a third party and follow up links there to any topics with which you are unfamiliar. - Jmabel ! talk 02:37, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Found a more appropriate photograph for a page & wish to change it

I've been using wikipedia for 20 years but I've never made any edits. I apologize if I'm going about this wrong but I hope to get some help. I was browsing through and saw this page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-faced_pocket_gopher) and I agree with everything said on the talk page, I don't believe this is the appropriate image that should be displayed for this animal. I believe I don't have the correct permissions on Wikipedia to make the edit/changes. I searched on the internet for a while and finally found an image of this animal with an acceptable liscence, I uploaded it here (File:Yellow faced gopher peaking his head out.jpg). I was wondering and hoping if we could make this the image for this page. I feel this image is a much more appropriate photo to identify this animal. I'm sorry if I did anything incorrectly, I'm new to all this. Thanks! VirulentHives (talk) 02:03, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

@VirulentHives: I reviewed the license and added a category. I leave it to you to deal with the Wikipedia side of this, which is not something Commons decides. - Jmabel ! talk 02:52, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

A category to become a subcategory

Hello,
My intention is for the Category:Maps of regions 11-16 to become a subcategory of category:Maps of Protected Areas Regional Offices of Thailand.
Perhaps someone would like to help make this happen. SietsL (talk) 03:39, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Taylor Swift album covers

Can I use pictures released by the record company, via email, to registered fans? Ab2146 (talk) 06:19, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello, see COM:ALBUM. Short answer: certainly not on Commons due to copyright. Maybe on EN-WP under the en-wiki's policy for non-free content.

Long answer: that the record company is using album covers as advertising material doesn't remove their copyright on the material. They are only granting an authorisation for the recipient personally to look at the image, to show it to relatives and maybe to use in on personal stuff like as smartphone or PC screen background. It doesn't cover the permission to grant a free license. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 06:27, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

Upload Failure

Hi, I'm trying to upload pictures to Commons using the Upload Wizard, but I keep getting the following error: Could not store upload in the stash (UploadStashFileException): "An unknown error occurred in storage backend "local-swift-codfw".". I tried to visit Special:UploadStash, and got this "Server timed out" error: [94ef1e02-0855-453f-9e7b-a428fd566a9f] 2025-10-01 12:22:57: Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\RequestTimeout\RequestTimeoutException". Is there a problem with the server, or it's my browser's problem? 4084470 0.smil (talk) 12:24, 1 October 2025 (UTC)

There seems to be indeed a server-problem currently, see also Commons:Administrators' noticeboard#deletions halted - server-crash?. --Túrelio (talk) 12:52, 1 October 2025 (UTC)