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CC... SA?

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Is it possible to upload a work here licensed under CC SA 1.0 license? 90.154.72.148 12:37, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and welcome. See {{Cc-sa-1.0}} and the discussion for using it at Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2020/09#Grandfather CC-SA like GFDL. The file you upload should only use this if you are transferring a file that already uses this license. This shouldn’t be used on newly created files, as the license is retired by Creative Commons. Tvpuppy (talk) 13:06, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There was no consensus to ban the license. Creative Commons only retired it out of lack of use  REAL 💬   16:28, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Right, people may use it if they really want, although it has difficult clauses. Like other version 1.0 CC licenses, it includes a warranty (good for the reusers, potentially dangerous for the licensor) and it does not allow the upgrade of derivatives to other licenses. -- Asclepias (talk) 20:44, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
CC-SA-2.0 JP exists  REAL 💬   20:59, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Fyi this is also retired by CC —Matrix(!) ping onewhen replying {user - talk? - uselesscontributions} 21:53, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I know, I meant this version does not have the warranty problem as the 1.0 licenses  REAL 💬   14:24, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding logo of event

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I'd love to add the logo of the Voice of the People to its Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_of_the_People_(Israel)

What are the rules and what not to do so?

Thank you MaskedSinger (talk) 07:56, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@MaskedSinger, that circle thing at [1]?
Check File:Enhanced Games logo.jpg under "Summary" and "Licensing" and upload yours the same way. If you click [edit] at "Licensing" you can copypaste the code for the templates. Hope this helps. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:05, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gråbergs Gråa Sång thanks for your reply :)
Yes the circle thing. I don't want to make a mistake and would prefer you do it. Is that ok? If not, Ill try and try not to break anything! MaskedSinger (talk) 09:09, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Gråbergs Gråa Sång are you able to take care of this for me?
thank you. MaskedSinger (talk) 14:43, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@MaskedSinger I have uploaded it for you at File:Voice of the People (Israel) logo.png and added it to the article  REAL 💬   14:31, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you @999real but there's an issue with it. It's like see through so nothing appears. This is it https://www.voiceofthepeople.network/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Logo-Color-1.png MaskedSinger (talk) 18:57, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have updated the file with the color version.  REAL 💬   19:21, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures of Stolpersteine

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There are many pictures of Stolpersteine already here in Commons, e. g.: Category:Stolpersteine in Stuttgart-Mitte.
I took pictures of three more such stones. But I am hesitating to upload them because when I use the upload wizard, I am asked "Is this entirely your own work?". I think the correct answer is "This work contains the work of others", because the stones were made by Gunter Demnig.
Since I don't know, whether Mr. Demnig has a copyright protection, the wizard says: Do not upload.
But there are alreay so many pictures of Stolpersteine here.
What is the correct approach?
Tdiet (talk) 21:36, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tdiet, thank you for asking this question.
Commons:Freedom of panorama may apply and each country has their own rules about this.
If the stones are in Germany COM:FOP Germany indicates that if they are in public and permanent then they can be used. {{FoP-Germany}} should be placed on the file page. Also US copyright needs to be considered, but that is beyond my abilities.
The Upload Wizard option "Yes, this work is not protected by copright law" could be used and you can add "{{FoP-Germany}}" at the next step in the "Any other information you want to add" while mentioning it is Demnig's work.
Photos in other countries may need a different evaluation.
Perhaps every file in the category should get tagged if they feature an artwork.
These are my thoughts, my Commons colleagues may correct me. Commander Keane (talk) 04:56, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Stolpersteine are typically below the threshold of originality, though the most verbose ones might raise issues for their texts. - Jmabel ! talk 16:46, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Agree. The Stolpersteine are usually paving stone-formed and have simple text (usually name, where they were deported, date of birth, date of death if murdered, etc.). --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 16:31, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Domenico De Angelis

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Hello,

Somethings go wrong with this subject, because there are two artists with this namen one born 1735 en the other born in 1852. Recently someone changed the name of some of the categories concerning these to painters. See here. All the media files ended up in the main categorie: Domenico De Angelis. Containing works from both artist. To add more to the confusion is that there is also this already existing Category:Domenico De Angelis (19th-century painter).

The recently chosen name for the category for the artist born in 1852 is: Category:Domenico De Angelis (Italo-Brazilian painter). I have some doubts if this is correct because i believe that the artist is born in Italy and did also work in Brasil but i can't find a source that made clear he permanently lived there or gained the Brasilian nationality.

I don't feel confidant about my skills here in commons to try to clean-up this category structure so i hope someone can help me with this.

Kind Regards, Geerestein3 (talk) 17:33, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tagging @Sailko as they were the user who made those changes. Tvpuppy (talk) 18:34, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I just took the definition from Wikidata, if this is incorrect you shoudl fix Wikidata first. Secondly, in Category:Domenico De Angelis we can just put a note for the other category. I think (19th-century painter) and (Italo-Brazilian painter) are just the same person, we should merge them. --Sailko (talk) 18:42, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Sailko: Wikidata has distinct Domenico De Angelis (Q18663487) and Domenico De Angelis (Q15943290); I agree with you on the latter conflation, and that person is certainly Q15943290; [2] at least vouches for Brazilian nationality, but could be wrong; is there anything more you would need to fix this?
Additional remark: [3] (Getty) gives both Italian and Brazilian nationality but says Italian is "preferred." I'd say that even at best, that is enough of a quagmire that it shouldn't be part of a category name. - Jmabel ! talk 23:13, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Tagging @Sailko Thank you for your responses. I don't know how to fix assigning the correct category to media files after changes its name. Like i mentioned. This file now has the wrong painter assigned, and there are more examples. They were originally assigned to category:Domenico De Angelis (artist).

Second problem is that there are now two categories for Domenico De Angelis from 1852-1904. (19th-century painter) and (Italo-Brazilian painter). I think that should be just one. The correct name i do not have a specific preference and i do not no what the standard is here on commons. Personally i would go on the safe side and just use year of birth and year of death for both painters. --Geerestein3 (talk) 10:53, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Geerestein3: Since it sounds like you are out of your depth, I'll set up the categories and Wikidata. However, since you know the subject matter, could you please make sure in the end that everything ends up in the appropriate categories? Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 23:22, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
All the basics are sorted out. I'm not at all sure I agree with having a category for he earlier painter just called Category:Domenico De Angelis, but I left it as it was. @Jarekt and Sailko: Any objection to something less ambiguous, either moving it to Category:Domenico De Angelis (Neoclassical artist) (currently a redirect) or Category:Domenico De Angelis (18th-century painter) (to parallel Category:Domenico De Angelis (19th-century painter))? Also open to other possibilities, but I think Category:Domenico De Angelis should be a disambiguation. - Jmabel ! talk 23:46, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: Thank you so much. I agree with you and i think Category:Domenico De Angelis should be a disambiguation (didn't know that option is here on commons). I also think Category:Domenico De Angelis (18th-century painter) is the better option. After everything is definitive i shall make sure that everything ends up in the appropriate categories. --Geerestein3 (talk) 10:15, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We haven't heard from Jarekt or Sailko, but this doesn't seem likely to be very controversial, and I'm just going to go ahead and do it. - Jmabel ! talk 19:09, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Done, I believe. One glitch, but I think it is just caching. Creator:Domenico De Angelis correctly shows that it is in Category:Domenico De Angelis (18th-century painter), but you can't yet see it on that category page; instead it is still in Category:Domenico De Angelis. Purging didn't fix it, but I imagine time will. - Jmabel ! talk 19:22, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Jmabel I do not fully agree, as he died in 1804, which is already 19th century! It may make some confusion. Neoclassical was more clear to me, as his are is definitely Neoclassical --Sailko (talk) 15:24, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Sailko: If he painted in the 19th Century, he could also be classed as a 19th Century painter.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:06, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I can tell, every piece we have from him is 18th-century, though it is possible that there is later work we do not have, or that something undated that we have could be later. - Jmabel ! talk 02:24, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Flags

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Are flags allowed to be uploaded here? i.e the Lakewood, Ohio flag, or University Heights, Ohio flag? PLBF61371 (talk) 05:48, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PLBF61371: Hi, and welcome. Yes, if they are old enough or freely licensed - please see COM:FLAG.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:52, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Using Wikimedia Images on A Stock Image Website

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Hi, I want to create a stock image section on my extisting website. Can I upload images which I downloaded from Wikimedia Commons to my website? I will obey the licensure rules and will refer to the authors of each image. Also the license information will be shared with my users. Miroslavakya (talk) 10:34, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Miroslavakya: Hi, and welcome. Yes, you are welcome to mirror any of our 112,460,060 files. See also COM:REUSE.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:46, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also see COM:DISCLAIMER, remember Commons is user-generated content. —Matrix(!) ping onewhen replying {user - talk? - uselesscontributions} 21:57, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deposer ma photo

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Bonjour s’il vous plait je voudrais déposer ma photo si vous pouvez m’aider merci d’avance Wassim helal1 (talk) 22:49, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Wassim helal1: Bonjour, Je vois que vous avez déjà importer plusieurs photos. Vous savez donc comment faire. Mais il nous faut l'autorisation du photographe. Voyez COM:VRT/fr pour la procédure. Merci de ne pas recréer de fichiers déjà supprimés. Yann (talk) 23:16, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Two images of "Problem (Symposion)" by Akseli Gallén-Kallela

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These two images are of the exact same painting by Akseli Gallén-Kallela and even their contents are pretty much identical. The latter is at a much better resolution than the former.

Do we need the first images at all, seeing that both images are in Commons and thus usable in all Wikimedia projects? If we don't, should all pages that use the first image be changed to use the second one and the first image then be deleted? JIP (talk) 00:13, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@JIP: I'm guessing that all visual differences are just artifacts in the first one, so I'd say the answer is yes; if you are going to take this on, do be careful to merge all information before making the first one a redirect, because there appears to be some information on the first file page that is missing from the second. - Jmabel ! talk 00:56, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

editor de wikipedia

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¿Dónde estáeleditor? Tennis Race for History (talk) 00:40, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No es "Wikipedia en castellano".
Es "Commons".

Hay ayuda.
Ayuda:Contenidos = Wikipedia en castellano Anatole-berthe (talk) 00:51, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Pero en todo caso, no hay un "editor", a menos que refieras a la Fundación Wikimedia. Los proyectos de Wikimedia son colaboraciones. Hay contribuyentes y administradores, pero no hay un editor individual.
Veo que todos sus preguntas (aquí, en es-wiki, en meta-wiki) son muy imprecisas. Por favor, ¿qué exactamente quieres hacer? Quizás podamos ayudarte, pero no sín saber tus intenciones. - Jmabel ! talk 01:07, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel I believe that the user is looking for editor (text editor as for example the default editor on Wikipedia to edit articles) and not an editor (user). Anatole-berthe (talk) 01:35, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Anatole-berthe: Perhaps. In Spanish "editor" mainly means publisher, not editing software. But look at the user's contributions on the various wikis: there is a pattern of very vague questions. - Jmabel ! talk 01:45, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks you for your answer to me ! I think your answer to @Tennis Race for History will be sufficient. Anatole-berthe (talk) 01:50, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Content Translation new-dashboard.png

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File:Content Translation new-dashboard.png and a few other images were deleted. Why were these considered unlicensed? Weren't they showing screenshots of Wikimedia projects, which is permitted by copyright? 192.83.149.205 21:54, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Undeletion should be requested at COM:UNDEL. Help Desk is not ideally the nice place to ask for this. Only admins have ability to view deleted revisions of files. signed, Aafi (talk) 00:08, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have taken this to Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests#File:Content Translation new-dashboard.png. signed, Aafi (talk) 00:13, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Foto zu WikiDaheim zuordnen

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Hallo. Ich habe ein Foto eines Objekts gemacht, das in der WikiDaheim-Liste kein Bild hat. Wie kann es zugeordnet werden? Es wurde mittels Asistenten hochgeladen, Beschreibung und Koordinaten wurden vergeben. Der Upload ist eine Woche her, in der Liste ist der Platz noch immer leer. Kein Bild. Kann, oder muss es manuell zugeordnet werden, oder dauert es einfach nur etwas länger? Andere Bilder, die ich in den letzten Jahren gemacht und hochgeladen habe sind richtig zugeordnet. Viktor ip (talk) 13:48, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Viktor ip: Entschuldigung, aber was ist die WikiDaheim-Liste? Ist das hier auf Commons oder woanders? (URL oder interner Link wären wünschenswert.) - Jmabel ! talk 16:07, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
https://www.wikidaheim.at/
Wenn du diese Seite nicht kennst, wirst du wahrscheinlich nicht helfen können?
Ich hätte auch gerne einen Screenshot gepostet, aber der Name "Screenshot" war zu bedeutungslos.
Auf dieser Seite sind Bilder, die Objekte zeigen. Für manche Objekte fehlen Bilder, die würde ich gerne anfertigen, hochladen - und somit meinen Beitrag leisten, damit jeder schöne Fotos von schönen Orten sehen kann. Viktor ip (talk) 17:18, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Viktor ip: Es gibt eine Seite Commons:WikiDaheim, aber das ist das erste Mal, dass ich davon höre. @Herzi Pinki: , können Sie dieser Person bitte helfen? - Jmabel ! talk 01:18, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Viktor ip: erstmal danke für das Bild. WikiDaheim funktioniert in dem von dir angesprochenen Aspekt wie folgt:

  • eigenes Foto hochladen (WikiDaheim ist die App, die anzeigt, wo welche Bilder fehlen - dies sind Vorschläge und enzyklopädische Bilder zu Österreich sind auch davon abgesehen willkommen). Damit nimmt das Foto auch am Wettbewerb teil.
  • Foto einbinden an den Stellen, wo es fehlt, wo WikiDaheim es als fehlend betrachtet. Ich habe das eben bei Public library Ottensheim (Q56238285) gemacht. Aber WikiDaheim ist auch ein Wettbewerb um neue Menschen für die WP zu gewinnen, sie zum Mitmachen zu motivieren. Alle rundherum freuen sich also, wenn du passende Bilder an passenden Stellen einbaust (das sind diverse Listen, Artikel mit Bilderwünschen oder eben Wikidata-Einträge, jeweils aus der App entsprechend verlinkt).
  • ist das Foto eingebunden, wird es von WikiDaheim mit einer Verzögerung von rund einem Tag auch in der App angezeigt.

Wenn du das Bild nicht einbindest, dann obliegt es der Community, das Bild wahrzunehmen und einzubinden. Vorzugsweise erfolgt die Wahrnehmung durch Zufall oder durch systematisches Abarbeiten von Category:Media from WikiDaheim 2025 in Austria needing check. @Manfred Werner (WMAT), XanonymusX, and Christian Pirkl: zur Info. lg --Herzi Pinki (talk) 08:56, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hallo. Danke für diese Erklärung. Können wir das schrittweise nochmal durchgehen?
1) Foto hochladen. Das habe ich ganz sicher hinbekommen. Es ist definitiv da.
2) Einbinden. Du hast das eben gemacht? Wo und wie? Das war meine Frage! Kannst du das bitte detailierter beschreiben?
Dazu findet man nämlich keine Anleitung, kein Tutorial, keine Info...
3) Etwa einen Tag Verzögerung. Du hast es am 26. eingebunden, Heute ist der 28. Es ist weiterhin leer...
Aber ich prüfe das gerne morgen nochmal. Es ist auch nicht eilig, ich hätte nur gerne Gewissheit.
Wieso funktioniert das Einbinden nicht automatisch, wenn ich bereits beim entsprechenden leeren Bild auf das "Plus"-Symbol drücke, um etwas hochzuladen?
Wenn eine Sache von der Community lebt, dann muss sie einfach, und für jeden verständlich sein, nur so bleibt die Motivation aufrecht. Niemand möchte Bilder hochladen, wenn man dann wochenlang nach Antworten und Lösungen suchend verzweifelt. Viktor ip (talk) 06:29, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging @Herzi Pinki. - Jmabel ! talk 05:18, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
thanks for pinging, @Viktor ip: if you could ping me, this will call my attention.
den 1. Punkt habe ich nur der Vollständigkeit halber erwähnt.
das Foto ist inzwischen da.
Screenshot
Ich habe dir einen Screenshot gemacht und die Beschreibung des Vorgangs in der Bildbeschreibung eingefügt. Hilft das?
Wir haben die Quelldatenmenge (Anzahl der beachteten Einträge) mit 2025 wesentlich erweitert. Das Backend ist permanent am crawlen, und wenn es mit einem Auslesen fertig ist, fängt es wieder von vorne an. Dabei werden inzwischen neu eingefügte Bilder bemerkt. Kann sein, dass das inzwischen auch mal länger als einen Tag dauert.
lg --Herzi Pinki (talk) 09:17, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@[User:Herzi Pinki|Herzi Pinki]
ok danke, das ist wieder ein kleiner Schritt. Wenn ich nun auf "Wikidata" oder "zum Eintrag" klicke, komme ich zu meinem Bild. Aber es wird nach wie vor nicht angezeigt. In deinem Screenshot wird es angezeigt? Wird es bei dir angezeigt, wie es sein soll? Bei mir ist da ein leeres, hellblaues Kästchen. Wenn ich ein leeres Kästchen sehe, komme ich als 0815-User nicht auf die Idee, Links darunter anzuklicken. So soll es wohl auch nicht sein. Es sollte das Bild angezeigt werden.
Deine Beschreibung erklärt mir jetzt, wie ich ein Bild sehe, das da ist, aber nicht angezeigt wird.
Es ist unter "image", gleich unter "instance of"
Wenn ich zum Vergleich ein anderes Objekt nehme, wo ebenfalls kein Bild angezeigt wird, und dort auf "Wikidata" klicke, dann komme ich zu einer Seite wo es kein Bild gibt, und unter "instance of" folgt "country". Es gibt kein "image". Wo lade ich dann hoch? Viktor ip (talk) 18:58, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Viktor ip: dein Ping hat mich nicht erreicht, Syntaxfehler. Verwende bitte {{Ping|Herzi Pinki}}.
Bei mir wird das Bild in der app angezeigt. So wie im Screenshot zu sehen. Habe jetzt noch auf meinem Android probiert, da ist dasselbe. Was hast du für einen Browser? Versuche mal den Cache zu leeren. https://wikidaheim.at/Q683160 Die Bilder in der Anzeige links werden mit lazy loading beim Scrollen nachgeladen, im ersten Moment ist da eine dem Typ entsprechend eingefärbte Fläche, wird bei mir für kürzer als 1 sec. angezeigt. Hast du irgendwelche adblocker / uMatrix / NoScript aktiviert? Kannst du die Javascript-Console auf Fehlermeldungen prüfen? Mir fehlt ein bisschen die Fantasie. lg --Herzi Pinki (talk) 19:27, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Wenn du in der App auf fehlende Bilder filterst, und der Eintrag für die Bibliothek dadurch verschwindet, dann wäre daran zu erkennen, dass der Grund bei der Anzeige des Bildes zu suchen ist, nicht beim Vorhandensein des Bildes. lg --Herzi Pinki (talk) 15:40, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Butterfly changed genus, linking the wikidata

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butterfly in Category:Burara amara There's basically two alternative name combinations for the same type of butterfly. Hence two different wikidata. trying to connected it to wikidata. I thought it was just annotation in the relevant wikidata, i.e. Multilingual sites /commonswikiCategory:Burara amara

with link in the category //-Wikidata Infobox-//

BUT, it still links to the wrong "older Bibasis amara", i.e Q4998125 and i dont see why!

correct is newer Burara amara (Q133521108) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133521108

wrong is older Bibasis amara (Q4998125) https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4998125 Sjl197 (talk) 19:58, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sjl197: If there is a problem on Wikidata, it has to be solved on Wikidata. You might try wikidata:Project chat if you are not sure what to do. - Jmabel ! talk 01:26, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Video and images released by El Salvador's Government. Fair use? Free use?

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I'm working on the page March 2025 Venezuelan deportations and would like to find a better image to use.

The President of El Salvador posted a video of deportations[4]. Would a screenshot of it count as "fair use" for historical value?

The Presidential Press Office has also released some photos. I think I can only access them 2nd hand like from this AP article.[5] Would that count as either free use or fair use?

Thanks for any advice! Bob drobbs (talk) 22:35, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use is not allowed on Wikimedia Commons, see COM:L. Non-free images and videos may be uploaded locally to English Wikipedia if it follows the guidelines, the photos from El Salvador's government are not free use since they don't automatically put government works in the public domain and if there isn't an explicit free license, then the works are presumed to be non-free. Abzeronow (talk) 23:14, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I want to place the image logo in accordance with the Copyright, how can I do it? I don't have a license but I want to download this file because there is no Azerbaijani poster for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, please help me, thank you

--Orxansukurlu (talk) 12:07, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Orxansukurlu: Please have the copyright holder send permission as explained at VRT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:22, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Orxansukurlu: you probably want to upload that file at azwiki under the Vikipediya:Ədalətli istifadə meyarları policy. For it to stay on Commons using Jeff G.'s method, Eurovision would need to release copyright on their logo which is unlikely. The policy link above mentions resolution, a low resolution version can be obtained at enwiki. Commander Keane (talk) 08:52, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello,

I uploaded several photos to commons.wikimedia.org. The problem is that they were signed Wernain S. (User:Wernain S.)

All these photos link to a page that no longer exists because someone renamed it Wernain S.~commonswiki. Is it possible to change the link for all Wernain S. photos to https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Wernain_Samuel#Petites_contributions or User:Wernain Samuel, whose page already exists?

Thank you, Sincerely,

Samuel Wernain Wernain Samuel (talk) 16:03, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Wernain Samuel: Yes, you should be able to correct those. VFC will probably make the task a lot easier for you. - Jmabel ! talk 16:48, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Wernain Samuel: Bonjour, Vous pouvez faire ce type de remplacement d'un seul coup avec un outil comme par exemple celui-ci. (Le compte «Wernain S.~commonswiki» ne semble avoir qu'une cinquantaire de téléversements. Vous pouvez aussi les modifier un par un tranquillement si vous préférez.) Vous pouvez choisir d'insérer un lien vers une page de votre choix, par exemple Wernain Samuel sur Commons ou Wernain Samuel sur fr.wikipedia (quoique la pertinence de lier spécifiquement vers la section «Petites contributions» ne semble pas évidente). En principe, vous devriez faire ces modifications en utilisant votre compte «Wernain S.~commonswiki», pour qu'il soit clair que ces modifications d'attribution d'auteur sont bien faites par la même personne qui avait téléversé les fichiers. Quoique ce ne serait probablement pas bien grave de les faire en utilisant votre compte «Wernain Samuel», si l'identité est vérifiable par ailleurs ou si vous fusionnez les comptes. Mais avant tout, peut-être pourriez-vous décider si vous souhaitez conserver vos deux comptes distincts ou si vous préféreriez demander aux administrateurs de les fusionner en un seul compte. Il est permis d'avoir plusieurs comptes sur Commons, si vous souhaitez conserver vos deux comptes distincts, ce n'est pas un problème. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:01, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image files

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Hi, I have been granted permission by the band whose page I am updating to upload their single/ album sleeves. I have the written consent. Do I need to send it somewhere?… any help appreciated. Don’t want to get in trouble with anyone! Thanks Holeinthelegparttwo (talk) 17:16, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Holeinthelegparttwo: Hi, and welcome. Please see VRT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:18, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Do note that "permission to upload" is useless. You need a specific license. - Jmabel ! talk 00:28, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can this image be used. I'm getting lost in the verbiage of unacceptable vs. acceptable.

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I'm getting lost in the verbiage of unacceptable vs. acceptable. From what I can tell, yes. But, I want to be sure.

https://openverse.org/image/b2439029-488a-409d-82ce-4b8e281becf5?q=Institut+f%C3%BCr+Sexualwissenschaft&p=9 TruthBandicoot (talk) 20:31, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TruthBendicoot: if I understand correctly from https://berlin.museum-digital.de/object/140197, the photo is by Ludwig Levy-Lenz (though possibly just published by him, with the photographer unknown; Levy-Lenz was a doctor at the institute). If the photo is by Levy-Lenz, who died in 1966, it would be copyrighted in Germany through 2036, so we can't use it. If we can't sort out who photographed it or just when it is taken, that's worse, because we'd have to allow 120 years from the latest possible date (1933 + 120 = 2053, so it could be used in 2054). In both cases, it would presumably be PD in the U.S. before it would in Germany (95 years after publication) so once it it is PD in Germany we could use it.
It's quite possible that authorship and publication info could be tracked down. If it was published before 1930 it would already be OK in the U.S.; if the author died in 1954 or earlier (and, sadly, quite a few of the people involved with the Institute were killed in the camps), it would be PD in Germany. Both of those dates move year by year. - Jmabel ! talk 00:37, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Image using on wikis

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If the image is unused (not used on any wikis), am I allowed to place it on any Wikipedia page if I searched it up here, or do I have to obtain permission from the author? Justjourney (talk) 03:06, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Justjourney: From Commons point of view, there is no problem with any file on Commons being used in any language Wikipedia. Of course, that is no guarantee that the active editors on Wikipedia will want a particular image on a particular page. - Jmabel ! talk 03:59, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipediaアップロード後の正式公開について

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ドラフトをアップロードしてから1週間以上経ったのですが、正式公開の審査にはボランティアの方が対応してくださっているとのことですが、まだしばらく時間がかかるのでしょうか。 渡邉 麗 (talk) 13:38, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@渡邉 麗: I believe this is related to your archived March 14 Help desk question. If this is regarding Japanese Wikipedia, please ask at Wikipedia:利用案内. Commander Keane (talk) 15:25, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
返信ありがとうございます。前回、削除指示のあった自分の画像は削除して、文章のみのWikipedia記事に変更したのですが、画像は削除されてないですか。 渡邉 麗 (talk) 01:15, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Again, I see no relevance to Wikimedia Commons (this site). Is there something on Commons that you need help with? Otherwise, you are asking on the wrong page. - Jmabel ! talk 05:21, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File deletion?

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Is there any quick way to delete all of the pornographic images uploaded by User:Degenbenis11? They were used in vandalism on the English Wikipedia and I think they are being used to against the wishes of the photo's subject, to embarrass them. I see no positive use for these files on the Commons but I don't know how to nominate multiple images. Thanks for any help you can provide. Liz (talk) 00:41, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done, as uploader is globally-locked. --Túrelio (talk) 09:26, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Give a new Commons page a "category"

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Please give this commons page (old photo) a "category" of religious institutions and schools https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Convent_of_the_Infant_Jesus,_Klang_(1928).jpg#%7B%7Bint%3Afiledesc%7D%7D Thanks 115.70.23.77 03:35, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have added some categories to the photo. Tvpuppy (talk) 06:48, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Upload of a photo

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Greetings,

I uploaded a photo of Dr. Haileyesus Getahun and photo is not visible on his bio. It was visible but when I checked now it is not avaialable. What can i do to get this photo up on the profile?

Best, AydaAdmassie (talk) 09:37, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and welcome @AydaAdmassie. I assume you are referring to the article w:en:Haileyesus Getahun. If you want the photo to be visible, you have to insert the image first. Check out this guide on how to insert images into an article. Feel free to reply here if you have anymore questions. Tvpuppy (talk) 09:51, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AydaAdmassie, did you really shoot File:Dr. Haileyesus Getahun.jpg by yourself? Why does it have no camera-data? --Túrelio (talk) 09:59, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Loves Folklore Photo Contest

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At one point I saw where I was able to add a tag either on your site or on my computer. Now, I don’t see tagging. Must it be a tag or can it “Wiki loves folklore 2025” also be a caption? Thank you! Globugs (talk) 11:44, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and welcome @Globugs. As mentioned in the FAQ, if you upload your images using this special upload wizard for the contest, then the “Wiki Loves Folklore 2025” tag will be automatically added to your images. So there won’t be a need to add the tag or caption manually. Tvpuppy (talk) 13:06, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! You saved the day, and it’s appreciated! Globugs (talk) 22:48, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Gadget error

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I keep getting this error:

Gadget user messages: Unable to install link!

Anything I can do about this? Geoffroi 00:52, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Geoffroi: It would be useful to say what you are doing when you get that message. - Jmabel ! talk 05:24, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: I get the message randomly and every time I look at my contributions. The popups gadget and Ajax quick delete aren't working for me. I sort books here, and sometimes I see blank book cover jpgs and some random jpg files of a few loose pages from books that should be deleted. Popups might allow me to see author info for books in my searches of the archive.org uncategorized books. Everything's working on Wikipedia. Geoffroi 18:59, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What are the current requirements for uploading photos under the following condition?

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An amateur photographer friend has some beautiful nature photos, and I encouraged her to create an account and a gallery with her uploaded photos, and submit them to the monthly photo contests. She replied, to go ahead and upload a photo of my choices, she doesn't care about copyright or copyleft. Can I upload them with crediting her name as the photographer?— Ineuw talk 12:49, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it is necessary for her to pick a specific license and either follow the instructions at Commons:Consent, or, if she has an established social media account, write a public message there stating she agrees to release the pictures you upload under the license  REAL 💬   16:14, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
thank you! OxfordCommaNerd (talk) 16:59, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

using a photo of a university professor that I took myself

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I'm still unclear on the guidelines for photos of a living person. Can I upload a photo of a college professor that I took myself? The photo was taken with their knowledge on campus. OxfordCommaNerd (talk) 15:06, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you are the copyright holder  REAL 💬   16:15, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@OxfordCommaNerd yes. see also Commons:First steps/Contributing. RoyZuo (talk) 16:03, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Errors in uploading media

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I tried uploading a bunch of photos using the Upload Wizard as usual, however after adding file names, captions and etc, approximately last 10 images of the same series did not get through at the upload process afterwards. I then clicked "retry failed upload" several times but it showed the same error message which I did not think much of so I clicked "continue" without them uploaded, in order to proceed to reupload those images again since the beginning. However upon reuploading these images fresh, they all returned error message "Could not store upload in the stash (UploadStashFileException): "An unknown error occurred in storage backend "local-swift-eqiad"."." for all files. I tried multiple times and on other browsers, but to the same result.

I then tried resend these images again from my iPhone (via Airdrop) to attempt the reupload, for these photos this time it says: Could not store upload in the stash (UploadStashFileException): "An unknown error occurred in storage backend "local-swift-codfw".". again, with multiple attempts leading to the same result.

The last image of the series that got through was file:Alexandra Hospital, Singapore (2025) - img 36.jpg, files afterwards were lost after file naming and caption upload process.

I could not find any related past inquiries on Commons. Please help pinpoint the problem that I can fix. Thank you! -- Chainwit. (talk) 15:47, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging @Sannita (WMF)
@Chainwit: in the future, questions about the Upload Wizard are better asked at Commons:Upload Wizard feedback, but I've pinged the right person for you. - Jmabel ! talk 22:07, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not just happening with UploadWizard - had some issues uploading earlier using the plain form, and having errors with Move+Replace such as
Error while moving the page. A detailed description of the error is shown below: API request failed (backend-fail-internal): An unknown error occurred in storage backend "local-swift-codfw". at Sun, 30 Mar 2025 02:20:05 GMT served by mw-api-ext.eqiad.main-8674c8fcdf-r6bx9
Also, images on categories and pages are sometimes having some of them not load until refreshing, sometimes multiple times. - The Bushranger (talk) 02:21, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@The Bushranger and Chainwit.: That looks like a bug, please see mw:How to report a bug.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:04, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! -- Chainwit. (talk) 10:23, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Chainwit. You're welcome!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:39, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment, other users seems to have the same problem, as mentioned here: Commons:Village pump#API failures. Tvpuppy (talk) 02:21, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi all, it seems it was a problem affecting all wikis in editing, and not just UploadWizard. I don't have much more details about it, except that it should be fixed by now. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 10:57, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Probably related to phab:T389734. Yann (talk) 11:05, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I typed the wrong year in the title of few images

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Hi I want to change the title that reflects the correct year of when the picture was taken. Those 2 pictures are part of the competition Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 . Instead of 2018 i need to enter 2024 in the title. How can i do it? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Patrick%27s_Day_in_Cork,_2018._Images_from_the_Celebration_02.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Patrick%27s_Day_in_Cork,_2018._Images_from_the_Celebration_01.jpg Oncewerecolours (talk) 16:03, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I requested the rename for you. At the top of the file page, you should see a "More" dropdown menu, hovering it should reveal "Move" and other options  REAL 💬   16:18, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks you for your help. I have done it. Looks good. Oncewerecolours (talk) 20:56, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • thank you
Oncewerecolours (talk) 20:56, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I see images that I authored?

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I upload lots of images, some of which I authored, some of which I didn't. How do I see only the images which I authored? Bloopityboop (talk) 03:15, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Bloopityboop: If you are consistent about some aspect of them (e.g. attributing yourself as author, or indicating yourself consistently for attribution within a licensing template) you can use insource in the search, with an exact string. E.g. in my case, search on insource:"author=[[User:Jmabel|Joe Mabel]]". - Jmabel ! talk 03:43, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]


是我的而對於Zendesk的問題我真的不知道是什麼原因,還是我誤解他們呢?我還有一些證據可參考維基媒體基金會(WMF) 施哲森 (talk) 03:38, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is it my fault and I really don't know what the problem is with Zendesk, or am I misunderstanding them? I have some more evidence to refer to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)
translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:36, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@施哲森: 你好,歡迎光臨。您嘗試向 Zendesk 報告什麼?您在 WMF 專案上使用過哪些其他使用者名稱?

Hi, and welcome. What did you try to report to Zendesk? What other username(s) have you used on WMF projects?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:36, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Convenience link (rather than a mobile link to a sister project): File:Example of an article-title description.png, but I also cannot see any relevance of this file to this user's question. - Jmabel ! talk 01:35, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Also, we don't have a user named Zendesk, and 施哲森's user page claims them to be native Russian-speaker with a professional knowledge of English, so writing here in Chinese seems rather bizarre. They have no significant contributions to Commons. This doesn't smell right. - Jmabel ! talk 01:40, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apple Maps Street view upload

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Is it possible to take a screenshot while using Apple Maps Street view of a location and then upload that onto Wikimedia Commons? Hammydawg17 (talk) 05:43, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Apple Maps street view is undoubtably copyrighted, so no. - The Bushranger (talk) 08:04, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Upload photo of Augustus Complex, Camp Beaumont

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I want to add a photo to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellsworth_Hunt_Augustus of the complex at Camp Beaumont that is named after him. A friend took, provided, and gave me permission to use the photo in that article. He stated:

"Not sure what Wikipedia will need, but this can be included: This work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"

I'm not well versed in such things, but I do not see an option that corresponds to this. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! OA17151104 (talk) 12:08, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@OA17151104 non commercial is not ok. see Commons:Licensing#Forbidden licenses. RoyZuo (talk) 16:01, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Upload Album Artwork?

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Can I upload album artwork? Ethgamero02 (talk) 19:26, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ethgamero02: Almost certainly no. Almost all album artwork would be copyrighted and not free-licensed. I can't say anything definitive without a concrete example.
If this is for use in an English-language Wikipedia article about the album, then this can be done entirely on the English-language Wikipedia and does not involve Commons. For that, see en:Wikipedia:Non-free content and en:Template:Album rationale. - Jmabel ! talk 01:44, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

images

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How do I upload images to a story map? FaithlynTP (talk) 09:22, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and welcome @FaithlynTP, can you elaborate on what “story map” you are referring to? Tvpuppy (talk) 12:57, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Need to update outdated logo. How to replace the outdated logo?

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Hi, I need help with updating two Wikimedia pages that has outdated/old Logo of Tata Consultancy Services that is not in use currently. How do I update the new logo and correct logo of the company? Can someone please help?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TCS_NewLogo_Final_RGB.png https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tata_Consultancy_Services_Logo.svg# Ankimehta (talk) 10:57, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience links (since those were specific to mobile interface): File:TCS NewLogo Final RGB.png, File:Tata Consultancy Services Logo.svg - Jmabel ! talk 22:21, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I am quite confused what is happening here. Pinging @Túrelio, who deleted File:TCS NewLogo Final RGB.png.
Normally, we do not delete logos on Commons for being outdated. We simply note in what time period they were current.
Uploading the new logo should be completely independent of that.
Particular articles on sister projects can be updated to use the new logo (with a different file name) in place of the old one.
Generally, logos are better referred to by year of adoption than as "new" because eventually they will not be "new".
Jmabel ! talk 22:27, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My upload of long ago seems unavailable on Wikipedia Commons or Wikisource

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Here's what I uploaded long ago: "APPENDIX to the CONGRESSIONAL GLOBE


29th Congress 2nd Session THE MEXICAN WAR


SPEECH OF MR. CORWIN OF OHIO In the Senate, February 11, 1847."

Wikissource has the much abridged version copied from Daniel Walker Howe's anthology, and I can find it easily. But the above version, the original and unabridged 1847 version, which I posted years ago, I simply cannot find. Can anyone else? -Bill Everdell wreverdell@gmail.com WREverdell (talk) 14:28, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Here we have Special:ListFiles/WREverdell. File:Corwin-Speech 'On the Mexican War'-1847-Congressional Globe-ed. WRE-Apr11(2015).pdf was deleted per Commons:Deletion requests/File:Corwin-Speech 'On the Mexican War'-1847-Congressional Globe-ed. WRE-Apr11(2015).pdf. --Achim55 (talk) 14:32, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@WREverdell: It was undeleted thanks to Abzeronow.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:39, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can't upload today

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In the last day today, I tried many times but can't upload any photos to the 'Wiki Loves Bangla' project. Sumasa (talk) 14:37, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and welcome @Sumasa. I noticed you have successfully uploaded an image since you posted here, so did you manage to solve your upload problem? Tvpuppy (talk) 12:56, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm clicking on upload file it not working

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I'm clicking on upload file its not going Azzawaady (talk) 20:30, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello and welcome @Azzawaady. I noticed you have uploaded an image since you have posted here, so did you manage to solve your upload problem? Tvpuppy (talk) 12:54, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple deleted photo.

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File:Freddy_Moreira.jpg

This deleted photo is free for use I'm the owner. Gersegast010 (talk) 12:24, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gersegast010: You already posted an undeletion request for the same file. This was copied from the Internet, so we need a formal written permission for a free license from the copyright holder. Please see COM:VRT for the procedure. Yann (talk) 12:37, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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The date of copyright for the image I am using says 1995-2003. Shouldn't I be able to use the image then? Mikaylavance821 (talk) 14:58, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Mikaylavance821: Hi, and welcome. That's when the copyrighted period for the whole site started. The review is dated February 13, 2002. You won't be able to upload here until the copyright expires. Without further info or following VRT, that will be about 2002+120+1=2123.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:08, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
To clarify further: when something says "Copyrighted 1995-2003" that is shorthand for "The material here was copyrighted at various times between 1995 and 2003." There are very few situations in which a copyright extends for anything less than 70 years from the copyright date and, as Jeff G. notes, 120 years is often a better rule of thumb when authorship is unclear. - Jmabel ! talk 22:37, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

quiero encontrar la foto de el abuelo de mi padre que nacio 1866 en Les Cases de Posada (Navès). 139.47.127.95 08:06, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]