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Subject: Help with my account (Ali Boubacar)

Hello. I am Ali Boubacar.

My account was unblocked by Yann on February 6, 2026, but I have a problem: I cannot log in. I do not have access to the email address for that account and I don't remember which one it was.

I want to make sure I follow all the rules and don't make any mistakes.

1. Can you help me get back into my old account without the email?
2. Or, should I just create a new account and link it to this discussion so everyone knows it is me?

I want to do this the right way so there is no more confusion. What should I do?

Thank you, ~2026-99879-2 (talk) 04:56, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-99879-2: We don't have an account with that exact name. Have you tried using Special:PasswordReset and checking all your email accounts for the result? See also Commons:Requests for checkuser/Case/ALi BOUBACAR.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:59, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

Pinging @Achim55, The Squirrel Conspiracy as familiar with the case.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:08, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-99879-2: do you not understand that you are permanently disgraced on Commons? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 01:37, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

@ABB-NE: this is in case you abandoned the TA Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 01:38, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

To Jeff G., Achim55, and The Squirrel Conspiracy

I am sorry for any confusion, but I want to be 100% clear: I am Ali Boubacar and the account I need help with is User:ALi BOUBACAR. I cannot use the Password Reset because I do not have access to the email address anymore. I really want to use my original account instead of a new one. Is there any other way to prove my identity to you so I can get back in? Thank you for your patience. ~2026-99879-2 (talk) 19:03, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-99879-2: There would be no point; you are indefinitely blocked for "Spamming | Abuse of multiple accounts". I hope an Admin shows you the door.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:39, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

I am writing to clarify everything so there is no more confusion. I did not personally create the account User:ALi BOUBACAR or the email attached to it; it was set up by others who were trying to help me. This is why I do not have the password or email access.

I have now taken full control of my presence here and I have strictly ordered everyone else to stop. I want to use this specific account because Yann unblocked it on February 6, 2026, after reviewing my case.

My only goal is to follow the rules and contribute correctly as I promised. I am asking for your help to gain access to this one account so I can manage it personally and ensure no more mistakes are made. Please check my Talk Page to see that I have permission from Yann to be here. Thank you. ~2026-99879-2 (talk) 02:12, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-99879-2: Please don't start a new discussion thread each time you want to post about this. The best advice anyone can give you is to read COM:UNBLOCK. If after doing so you still want to request your account be unblocked, you should do so on the user talk page of the blocked account. Posting that you want to be unblocked here is not going to get you anywhere. Please understand, though, accounts blocked for sock puppetry are almost never unblocked except when a Commons administrator really feels there's pretty much no chance of the same behavior being repeated and only usually only after six months or so has passed since the account was blocked. Moreover, if you don't have password access or the ability to reset your account's password by email to the blocked account, there's really no way for Commons to give that to you. You most likely will just need to create a new account and use that instead. You can, if you want, post something on your new account's user talk page connecting the accounts and explaining that you were unable to access the old one. Finally, please understand that blocks and conditions for being unblocked apply to you as a user regardless of which account you use to edit Commons. So, if you're successful in being unblocked but repeat the same behavior as before, you're likely going to end up blocked again without any warning. So, I strongly suggest you make the password of any new account you create is secure and nobody else can access the account. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:37, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, Marchjuly. I really appreciate this clear advice. I want to explain that the reason I sent so many emails and posted on my Talk Page was because I was waiting to hear exactly what you just told me. I was afraid that if I created a new account without permission, it would be seen as another mistake.

Now that I have your guidance, I will stop sending messages here and go create one new official account that I will control personally. Once it is created, I will post a note on my old Talk Page to explain the transition. Thank you for helping me do this the right way.

~2026-99879-2 (talk) 03:57, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

I have now created this account, ABB-NE, as my one official account. I am now in full control of my presence here and will follow all rules. Thank you for the guidance.

~2026-99879-2 (talk) 04:36, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

@ABB-NE: You still need to get unblocked, though, before taking any other activity here. Uploading or editing content will be seen as block evasion. I suggest that you use this new account to ask at User talk:ALi BOUBACAR to be unblocked. It is unusual (to say the least) to set up a new account while blocked, but in the circumstances I can see how it could be reasonable. Feel free to name and quote me on that when requesting an unblock. ALSO: be aware the Commons is not intended for self-promotion. If someone determines that it would be appropriate to remove the block and consider this a valid new single account, rather than block evasion, do not go back to posting files about yourself or you will certainly be blocked again. - Jmabel ! talk 07:02, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

@ABB-NE: From what was posted on your user talk page, I was assuming that your other account had been unblocked because Yann approved your unblock request and you just lost access to it. Your old account still appears to be under the same blocked applied by the The Squirrel Conspiracy back in December 2026. I'm not a Commons administrator and might've given you bad advice about creating a new account. Anyway, I've asked the blocking admin to take a look at this discussion, and perhaps they will clarify what if anything else you might need to do. For the time being, it might be a good idea to do as Jmabel (who is a Commons administrator) suggests and refrain from any activity with your new account until your old one can be sorted out. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:09, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

To the Administrators: I am very frustrated because I have been trying to follow the rules for a month. I sent my National ID card and my explanation by email 30 days ago, but no one replied.

I only created this new account (ABB-NE) because I was told to on this Help Desk. I thought that person was a Minister (Administrator). If I had known they were not, I would have continued to wait for you.

I am not trying to hide or create 'socks.' I am the real Ali Boubacar, and I have already proven it in the emails you have. Please check the email system (VRT) for my ID and help me settle this once and for all. ABB-NE (talk) 12:30, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

Hi, I can't do anything if they lost the password, and do not have email access. Now this user has created 7 socks, so a proper unblock request with a clear commitment is needed. This should happen to the account talk page, not here. Yann (talk) 08:27, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

@Yann: It looks like they did make an unblock request on their user talk page early last month and you granted it. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:37, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

To Yann and Jmabel:

I am back here only because I have not received a reply on my talk page and / want to be sure you see my message.

I want to tell you that 1 am not using the new account I created. I am following the rules and waiting for my original account to be completely unblocked before I start using anything. I am staying patient and waiting for the 'green light from you so that everything is done correctly. Thank you.

ABB-NE (talk) 00:06, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

To @Yann: and @Jmabel:

​I am so sorry for sending more messages, but I wanted to tell you that I received a comment telling me I should not use the new account I created (ABB-NE).

​That is the reason why I have come back to this temporary account to post again. I want to show you that I understand and I agree to follow these rules. I will wait here until you tell me everything is clear. Thank you for your patience with me. ~2026-99879-2 (talk) 00:24, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Archival image use

Hi! I am an Archivist at a large university with a substantial special collections. A researcher has asked for permission to use several images from our Archives from the WWII era, for use on a Wikipedia page, whose creators are unknown. Through the donation process we are the designated caretakers of these images and through fair use and library exemptions, we are allowed to grant usage to media outlets, publishers, and others for use and we do on a regular basis. There are no options through the online image permissions form to reflect this, and after attempting to go through the "We Hold Copyright" option of the Interactive Release Generator, I was met with curt and unhelpful emails from a Wikipedia editor. What is the proper avenue for our patron to use our archival images on Wikipedia? Le lapin gris (talk) 16:21, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

"fair use and library exemptions"

That is not the manner of operations on Wikimedia Commons

"What is the proper avenue for our patron to use our archival images on Wikipedia?"

If you intend to release them under a free licence, talk to the Volunteer Response Team Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 16:40, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Yes, that's what I just asked. I was hoping someone might have some insight or could relate an experience submitting archival images, rather than just be told to "Contact customer support". Le lapin gris (talk) 16:50, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

@Le lapin gris: Hi, The issue is that these images are probably orphan works, and the university is not the copyright holder. Depending on where and by whom they were taken, and where they were first published they may or may not be in the public domain. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:49, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

We should be able to give permission according to this. Le lapin gris (talk) 16:53, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for asking, and for your offer. However, what you suggest is not possible in the Wikimedia universe. That is because one core principle of Wikimedia is to host content that can be reused freely for any use by anyone in the public. The exception under section 108h would not meet this requirement. There are three possibilities for how the images could be hosted by Wikimedia: A) If the images are in the public domain (their copyright has expired), or B) If the images are still in copyright and the copyright holder offers a free license (a license that allows free reuse by the public), or C) If the images are still in copyright and their use meets the exception of fair use in the particular context of an article in Wikipedia. Option A (public domain) requires knowledge of at least when and where the images were first published and the context of that publication, and in some cases the identity of their creators and their death years. Option B (free license) requires the same information to determine if a copyright exists, plus the explicit issuance of a free license by the holders of the copyright, but such licensing seems excluded by the wording of your question. Option C (fair use) is very unlikely, unless the images are used, for example, to illustrate the artistic work of the creators of the images. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:49, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

@Le lapin gris: I'm sorry this is qnnoyingly confusing. As mentioned in the first paragraph of COM:THIRD, "Unfortunately, adding third-party work to Commons is one of the trickiest things a user can do here." The reasons for this are themselves complicated; the short version is that for complicated but valid reasons, Commons is more conservative about the gray areas of copyright than almost anyone else in the world.

I agree with Asclepias about Options A and B being out of the question here. The key point is that if you don't own rights free and clear, then under Commons' rules, we can't accept your permission. As for Option C ("fair use" in an article in the English-language Wikipedia or another sister project) of course everyone breathes easier when a possible or partial rights-holder gives their blessing, but (1) that doesn't involve Commons and (2) the nature of the "fair use" doctrine in the U.S. is that for valid "fair use", overt permission is not required, anyway.

I imagine that may leave things as muddy as they were before, for which again I apologize, but by Commons' standards, these sound like orphan copyrights, which we don't allow. That's not a criticism of other sites' different rules in that respect (on my personal website, I wouldn't think twice before using such content), but it is one of the rules under which this site operates. - Jmabel ! talk 22:16, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

It's unfortunate because there's so much amazing orphaned media out there and it can't be used here. I see how it works now though for uploading to the Commons. Thanks for the clearest description. I'll relay it to the Archivists at my uni's other campuses. It's a good thing to know for future requests from page creators. Le lapin gris (talk) 03:47, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

:) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:59, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

Ummm, but in practice there are many institutions that contribute using the Flickr Commons upload method (for Flickr images labelled 'No known copyright restrictions' by the holding institution) which has some serious background and history to it (can't find the 2013 thread now). To me, it doesn't feel like Flickrwashing in the common sense understanding, but perhaps it is? Anyway. Can of worms? I note recent Flickr to Commons methods (Flickypedia) don't allow NKCR images through though. Others, including upload wizard, apply the relevant template. Ummm, going now. Muddying waters further. Reaching out to @Le lapin gris though as have been in similar. ArthurWilliamJack (talk) 10:05, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

This path works if there is a credible claim for public domain, i.e. US documents without any visible copyright notice, or documents from before 1930 without a known author. Yann (talk) 10:21, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

@ArthurWilliamJack: As the phrase says, there must be no known copyright restrictions. In the present case, the comments by Le lapin gris imply that they know or believe that the images are still in copyright. Still, it would help if they shared the facts and the rationale. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:37, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

@Asclepias: you failed to ping the other user

Hey @ArthurWilliamJack Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 13:38, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

@Le lapin gris: Wikimedia would certainly be happy to host the images if they are in the public domain. I wish you were less secretive about the origin of the images, the context of their publication and the facts surrounding the evaluation of their copyright by the university. The reliance on section 108h seems to imply that the images were legally published by their copyright holders, that publication occurred between circa 1939 and 1950, was made with a copyright notice, and that copyright was renewed between circa 1967 and 1978 (or the equivalent via the URAA if the publication occurred outside the United States). In turn, that sort of means that the copyright holders were known. But they became unknown since then? -- Asclepias (talk) 14:47, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

What are you talking about, "secretive"? They're maritime images belonging to a large collection of the same type, with an unknown creator, donated to a museum, and then donated to our archives with all rights and privileges attached. Just because I'm not giving out every exact detail to avoid doxxing myself on a public forum doesn't suggest anything. Maybe dial it back a little and stop accusing people of things? Le lapin gris (talk) 16:07, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

@Le lapin gris: Another resource for you and your colleagues to consider in reference to the copyright validity and duration is COM:HIRTLE.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:54, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

We're more than familiar with this as professionals, but Wikicommons which doesn't allow fair use is a whole other beast. Le lapin gris (talk) 16:08, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

@Le lapin gris: It would help if you could give more information about these images. Were they taken by military people? In which country? Yann (talk) 12:09, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

I didn't mention anything about the military outside of referencing the second war as the era. Everything you need to know is in the comments outside of them being created in the States. Le lapin gris (talk) 16:09, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

How to automatically add a category to own works?

A lot of people have a hidden category with all the photographs they have taken. I have one too, at Category:Images by Panamitsu. I've been manually adding this category to photos that I upload which is tedious and I often forget to do it. Is there a way to do this automatically for own works? Panamitsu (talk) 05:54, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

@Panamitsu: You could ask for a bot to do this for you at COM:BR, or roll your own using one of the tools mentioned there or your own code.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:00, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

I've similarly wanted something to automate this, but since not everything I've created is a "photograph" (since I've made a few icons and other SVGs) and I want to put different types of things in different user categories, I've settled on just doing it manually for now. But, you can search for any files that link to your user page (and thus probably were taken by you) and aren't in some particular category, with a query like File: linksto:User:Panamitsu -incategory:"Images by Panamitsu". That can at least help one detect possible images that could be in that category but aren't. PeterCooperJr (talk) 21:42, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Categories, standardising, templates on similar or identical media

I recently found a few files on here that depict the same thing, some with a template warning about its factual inaccurate, some without.

these images are all of the same concept, so in my view they should have the same disclaimer and be in the same category/categories. I will explain the situation below.

The files are

File:Palestine flag in Larousse 1934.png

File:Flag of Palestine (1924).svg

File:Flag of Jewish Palestine (1924).png

whereof the first (Larousse) includes an extensive description explaining the likely origin, and states that “all projects that use this file need to make this context clear”

It calls itself “own work” and links itself to the second example, while being a crop of another photograph (of a page in an old book) it references right under the second file.

The second file includes a template stating “the factual accuracy of this description or the file name is disputed” referring to a discussion on the talk page that appears to no longer exist.

This is followed by a template saying the flag is “fictitious, proposed, …” and includes in its description a similar or the same warning as in the first file. Also classed as own work, but acknowledges it includes elements taken from the first image.

It has a different copyright licence. (Public domain rather than CC)

The third firm is a png that appears very similar to the second file.

it however has no extended description, no caption or any templates referencing the potential issues with the file. It is also classed as “own work”.

On top of this divergence in descriptions, they also differ in their categories, which makes little sense to me since they seem to depict the same thing.

the first file is in categories:

Flags with one yellow six-pointed star (centered), Proposed flags of Israel, Proposed flags of Palestine, Zionist flags, Vertical bicolor blue and white flags, Historical flags of Palestine, Historical flags of Israel, Flags with the Star of David.

The second file is ALSO in the categories:

SVG special or fictional flags on top of the SVG flag subcategories corresponding to the four categories of “historical/Proposed flag of” mentioned above as well as the remaining categories mentioned above and “Blue and white flags of Israel”

(And several hidden categories)

Now the third/last flag is only in the category “Historical flags of Israel” when visibly it is almost indistinguishable from the second flag.

(and only in the hidden categories corresponding to its copyright licence/publishing)

In looking at these flags and categories, I also found several other flags in “Historical flags of Palestine” that appear to be the same, almost the same, or the same idea.

It seems to me that this entire thing needs to be reorganised. In general, the subject of Israeli/Palestinian historical flags seems very disorganised and at least somewhat inconsistent.

I am looking for some guidance on the policy here, to help me try to see what must be done/what I can do to make this all a bit better. I think also perhaps there should/could be a gallery on this subject. (If there isn’t already one)

PS: I also have another question related to these kinds of legal templates/notices that I placed yesterday. If someone could also look at that, that would be great.

Slomo666 (talk) 13:04, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

• @Slomo666: The license and (2014) date of File:Palestine flag in Larousse 1934.png are bogus. I'm not sure if anything there is copyrightable, but if it is, and if the 1933 date in the description is accurate, then it would be copyrighted in the U.S. through 31 December 2028 and should not be here. Otherwise, it should be {{PD-ineligible}}.
• File:Flag of Palestine (1924).svg licensing is OK. The basic flag design is certainly below the TOO, and the SVG code is own work.
• File:Flag of Jewish Palestine (1924).png licensing is probably overkill, because a PNG of this is ineligible: unlike the SVG, no code is involved. It could probably be changed to {{PD-ineligible}}.
• As for the descriptions: the only thing really wrong with the descriptions in the first two is, "All projects that use this file need to make this context clear." No, really, they don't. We don't get to tell other projects what they "must" do.
• File:Flag of Palestine (1924).svg has a {{Fact disputed}} tag saying to see the talk page, and nothing on the talk page. That doesn't seem to be of much use. The caveat, "This flag is fictitious, proposed, or unofficial, although it may look similar to an official flag. Such flags should usually not be used in articles, unless they are in widespread unofficial use," is accurate, up to a point, but since clearly this flag was in widespread unofficial use as a de facto flag of the Yishuv, it adds up to nothing.
• The context provided on the first two could, of course, be copied to the third. - Jmabel ! talk 18:21, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

  I don’t really want to get into a Dee discussion on this, but where do you see that this flag was in “widespread unofficial use as a de facto flag of the yishuv” ? Slomo666 (talk) 12:48, 19 March 2026 (UTC).

  • I don't have anything citable. I'm pretty sure that I'd seen pictures of this flag over half a century ago in what were already at the time older magazines, etc., that my paternal grandparents had. I certainly don't have access to them now. Probably a worthwhile research topic for someone. Either way, {{Fact disputed}} with no clear statement of what is at issue is useless. - Jmabel ! talk 20:41, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

    Wow, half a century. I can’t say I have memories going back that far ;). I believe you though. I think a good place to start looking would be the Israeli national library/archives as I think they have the largest collection on the history of the yishuv. Slomo666 (talk) 20:54, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

• Similarly, you can always add more categories to any given file, as appropriate. - Jmabel ! talk 18:22, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

annoyed

I want to contribute to Wikipedia and Commons, but I'm bothered by the permissions and deletion process.

Any advice? Thank you ~2026-15381-26 (talk) 13:22, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

My advice: (1) as far as permissions, either overcome your botheredness or seek a different project. It isn't changing in any large way. (2) In terms of deletion process: only upload content that is within scope and has no rights problems, and it won't get deleted. - Jmabel ! talk 18:26, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel Images are deleted for all users, even experts who know the rules and policies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-15886-03 (talk • contribs) 09:09, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-15886-03: That is a bold statement. Do you have examples?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:40, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-15381-26: Let me just add that, while you may participate in the deletion process even with a temporary account, one has to have and be logged in to a regular account (not a temporary account such as yours) to be allowed to upload, as the message I see in such a situation is "Please log in to upload files."   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:04, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Jeff G. I already had an account, but I stopped using it and retired. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-15886-03 (talk • contribs) 09:11, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-15381-26: So now you're back?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:15, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Jeff G. Can I return while staying away from permissions and deletion process? --~2026-15886-03 (talk) 09:22, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-15381-26: What was your account name?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:39, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

Jeff G. Your questions are not important. --~2026-16005-12 (talk) 12:43, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

They are important who whoever evaluates the question about returning.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

I want to update the Logo of Medpex

The Logo of Medpex on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medpex_logo.svg is outdated. How can i upload the current version? LUDMR (talk) 09:41, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

@LUDMR: Hi, and welcome. I suggest you upload a new file, with such name as File:Medpex logo 2026.svg or File:Medpex logo 2025.svg, as appropriate. We keep old logos to document history. Please use internal links.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:35, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

This presumes, of course, that the new logo is not complex enough to raise copyright issues. - Jmabel ! talk 03:10, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Could the album cover for Thanks for all the Shoes by NOFX be outside of the threshold of originality? I want to upload a higher quality version to commons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Long_and_Thanks_for_All_the_Shoes < Link to the album cover

I know that the neopolitan background and the title at the bottom are considered basic geometry and text, but the NOFX logo is really making me question. Subway572 (talk) 23:50, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

I think for the U.S. that is probably OK. - Jmabel ! talk 03:11, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

How to change username

I want to change username LPGLERC (talk) 10:16, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello, @LPGLERC. See the instructions at m:Changing username on how to change your username. HyperAnd [talk] 10:47, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Which counts as the "Date of creation" for the work.

I have fair bit of material from our family photograph archives spanning ~150 years, however the dates on them are only approximate or totally unknown, at within a decade. Should the date of creation for the work be that when I digitized them, or do I need to figure out the exact date of the photograph? Since metadata information will be skewed by the fact that some will be scanned, while others (such as photonegatives) would need to be taken with a DSLR.

Would in this case the "publishing date" be that which I upload here? Since these photographs - par for few - have not been published officially anywhere. HTHanninen (talk) 10:56, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@HTHanninen: Hi, What count is the date when the pictures were taken, or first published if they were published before being uploaded to Commons. Even an approximate date is better than nothing. Yann (talk) 11:59, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll get as good of an aproximation as I can for those then. HTHanninen (talk) 12:00, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@HTHanninen: Let me refine what Yann said:

• Creation dates and publishing dates are two separate things, and U.S. copyright law takes both into consideration for different purposes. At least for the U.S. (which is always relevant for Commons), if the creation date is before 1978 and the publication date is later, both can matter. See the Hirtle chart if you want that fleshed out.
• The "date" field in {{Information}} is normally creation date. If the publication date is different in a way that affects licensing, and assuming you are using {{Information}}, the best place to explain the situation is the "permission" field of that template. Scanning/rephotographing date is largely irrelevant to copyright issues and therefore to Commons.
• If all you know is a range of dates, you should typically use {{other date|before|DATE}} or, even better, {{other date|between|DATE1|DATE2}}.

These are edge cases, so none of this is handled well by the Upload Wizard. If that is your preferred method of uploading, you will have to edit after uploading. I would recommend that, instead, you first get one of these right, and then use Special:Upload instead of the Wizard; just copy-paste and edit the whole wikitext instead of fighting with the Wizard.

Feel free to get hold of me for further help, I've done a fair amount of this sort of thing. - Jmabel ! talk 18:46, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Fehler in Bild gefunden

Hallo liebe Community,

ich bin ganz neu hier, also ich weiß gar nicht an wen ich mich wenden kann, wenn ich einen Fehler in einem Bild gefunden hab. Es handelt sich um das Bild "File:Sucrose-inkscape.svg" hier auf Wikimedia Commons. Es fehlt ein H unten am C5-Atom der Glucose, da an allen anderen C-Atomen die H-Atome eingezeichnet sind. Man könnte auch alle Wasserstoffe weglassen, aber es ist falsch, wenn alle angezeigt werden, außer das am C5. Ist vielleicht etwas unnötig, aber ich wollte es nur mitteilen :-) (Ich weiß nur nicht, an wen ich mich wenden muss, sorry) Daja.lama (talk) 13:02, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Error Found in Image

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Hello dear community,

I'm completely new here, so I don't really know who to contact if I've found an error in an image. It's the image "File:Sucrose-inkscape.svg" here on Wikimedia Commons. There's a missing hydrogen atom at the bottom of the C5 atom of the glucose, since the hydrogen atoms are shown at all the other carbon atoms. You could also omit all the hydrogens, but it's incorrect to show them all except the one at C5. It might be a bit unnecessary, but I just wanted to let you know :-) (I just don't know who to contact, sorry)

translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:06, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@Daja.lama: Hallo und willkommen. Die Datei File:Sucrose-inkscape.svg wurde von Photohound hochgeladen. Ich habe ihn/sie kontaktiert, aber aufgrund der 12 Jahre seit seinem/ihrem letzten Beitrag ist eine Antwort unwahrscheinlich. Eine ähnliche Beobachtung findet sich auf der Diskussionsseite File talk:Sucrose-inkscape.svg, daher könnten Sie dort ebenfalls einen Beitrag leisten.

Hi, and welcome. File:Sucrose-inkscape.svg was uploaded by Photohound, so I have pinged them, but they probably will not respond given the 12 year gap since their last contribution. A similar observation is noted in File talk:Sucrose-inkscape.svg, so you may want to contribute there.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:06, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

We have a nearly identical file without the error (File:Sucrose structure formula inkscape.svg), so I've nominated this one for deletion/redirection - see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Sucrose-inkscape.svg. -Consigned (talk) 16:18, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

change the picture

I would like to change the picture. How ? Ecoisa (talk) 13:22, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@Ecoisa: Hi, and welcome. To change the picture shown by a page, upload the new one per COM:FS (or find the new one exists), then follow the syntax at en:H:PIC. I sectioned this for you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:42, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Uploading Super Mario 63 enemy sprites to Wikibooks

@Sm63lover:
Moved to Commons:Village pump/Copyright#Uploading Super Mario 63 enemy sprites to Wikibooks - Jmabel ! talk 18:52, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Football kit images not showing properly in Commons

I make and upload football kit images on Commons. Since a few days, all images are not displaying correctly, but only in Commons. If they are displayed at another wikipedia page, everything is ok. It seems Commons is loading a thumbnail version of the images that are only 20px large. Example of a page containing lots of images like this: Sport Club do Recife kits If I right-click one of the images and select "open image in new tab", it shows a 20px version of it, like this link [1], but the original resolution is 38x59, like in this link [2] Any tips on how to fix this? Eduzs (talk) 14:37, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@Eduzs: Hi, and welcome. That looks like a bug, please see mw:How to report a bug.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:45, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Watchlist

Hello, is there a way to see watchlist of over an year ago..? Now its max 30 days/500 results.. --Gpkp (talk) 17:56, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

@Gpkp: sadly, no, there isn't. What are you trying to achieve, there may be another way to do it. - Jmabel ! talk 18:53, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Taxonavigation Ranks

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this. I literally cannot find the latin for “Subterclass” (“Subterclassis” does not work) and was wondering if anyone knew if taxonavigation accepts subterclass as a rank at all. It seems unwise to omit Subterclass Ringipleura in the updates I’m making…should I just leave it at Cladus? Snapplejackalope (talk) 19:00, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Files requiring rename

Need some willing help from fellow filemovers and admins at CAT:RENAME as its backlog has grown big. Agent 007 (talk) 19:36, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

It currenly contains large request by LTAs of Đăng Đàn Cung (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log) block user. Agent 007 (talk) 19:39, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

I have closed requests from the LTA Agent 007 (talk) 17:37, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

NOFX logo

Since the So Long and Thanks for All the Fish album cover is outside of the threshold of originality, would the NOFX logo itself be able to be published to commons? Subway572 (talk) 20:39, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Удаление размещенных мной фотографий Эмиля Гилельса

Без объяснения причин удалены размещенные мной фотографии "Портрет Эмиля Гилельса", "Эмиль Гилельс", "Эмиль Гилельс. 1970-е.Все авторские права указаны, фотография "Эмиль Гилельс" сделана моим отцом и принадлежит лично мне. В результате страница "Эмиль Гилельс" в Википедии осталась без фотографии великого пианиста. Верните фотографии, там нет никакого нарушения авторских прав. Елена Федорович (talk) 07:33, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Removal of Emil Gilels' photographs posted by me

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The photographs I posted, "Portrait of Emil Gilels," "Emil Gilels," and "Emil Gilels. 1970s," have been removed without explanation. All copyrights are indicated; the photograph "Emil Gilels" was taken by my father and is mine. As a result, the "Emil Gilels" Wikipedia page is now missing a photo of the great pianist. Please return the photographs; there is no copyright infringement.

translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:20, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

@Елена Федорович: Здравствуйте и добро пожаловать. Пожалуйста, отправьте разрешение в соответствии с пояснением по адресу VRT/ru.

Hi, and welcome. Please send permission per the explanation at VRT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:20, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

For the record, a large number of files are involved. It looks like some, but not all, were listed at User talk:Елена Федорович. If you need a complete list in order to sort out permissions, the files involved were:

• File:Портрет Эмиля Гилельса.jpg
• File:Э.Г. Гилельс, 1970-е.jpg
• File:Эмиль Гилельс.jpg
• File:Emil Gilels.png
• File:Книга Гордона о Гилельсе.jpg
• File:Эмиль Гилельс в Свердловске.jpg
• File:Эмиль Гилельс, великий пианист.jpg
• File:Эмиль Гилельс за пианино.jpg
• File:Эмиль Гилельс в 1938 году.jpg
• File:Эмиль Гилельс во время телеинтервью.png

I didn't look at all of the reasons for deletions, but File:Портрет Эмиля Гилельса.jpg was sourced from http://emilgilelsfoundation.net/index_en.html, which says, "All rights reserved." It's hard to see how that can be reconciled with a claim of {{CC-BY 4.0}}. File:Emil Gilels.png is sourced from http://archiv.emilgilelsfoundation.net/en/gallery/?category=decade&id=1970#. Again, "All rights reserved" at the source, but a claim of {{CC-BY 4.0}}. - Jmabel ! talk 02:01, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Я специалист по творчеству Гилельса и автор книг о нем. Сайт, с которого взяты фотографии, сделан с моим участием, и владелец фотографий Феликс Готлиб дал мне разрешение на любое использование всех фотографий с этого сайта. Поскольку я не сумела правильно отобразить это, то согласилась с удалением фотографий. Но я точно знаю, что фактически имею право их размещать. Я не ставила целью вводить в заблуждение и не виновата в том, что программа сайта не включает разные ситуации, такие, как ситуация с этими фотографиями. Моей целью была дать более полные материалы, по поводу которых точно не возникнет никаких проблем. Елена Федорович (talk) 17:19, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Восстановление удаленной фотографии

В апреле 2025 года я загрузила фотографию пианиста Эмиля Гилельса. Фотография сделана моим папой дирижером Нариманом Чунихиным в 1966 году. Я единственная наследница моего отца и имею все права на эту фотографию. Но фотографию удалил Komarof. Страница великого пианиста осталась без портрета. Когда я перехожу по ссылке для восстановления, я не нахожу ситуации "единственная наследница правообладателя". Мне предлагают указать, что я автор, но автором был мой отец. Моей ситуации нет. Мне грозят блокировкой, если я снова опишу фотографию неправильно. Я не знаю, как называется моя лицензия и кто должен выдавать лицензию дирижеру, который сделал фотографию пианиста. Но у меня есть единственный бумажный подлинник этой фотографии с автографом самого Гилельса. Я прошу дать мне возможность загрузить снова или восстановить эту фотографию. Елена Федорович (talk) 11:50, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

@Елена Федорович: (Переведено Google Translate) О каком именно файле из приведенного выше списка вы говорите? - Jmabel ! talk 19:45, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Most likely, this one, which is also on this book cover. The problem is that this photo is published before Commons here: [3]/[4] under All Rights reserved. The user has been repeatedly offered the option to send a letter to COM:VRT, but she ignores this. Komarof (talk) 20:05, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Looking at the archive linked above, it's easy to see that Emil Gilels gave his inscribed photographs to many people, including this provincial conductor. But this doesn't mean that the people who received these photographs from Gilels actually took them themselves. Perhaps she simply likes thinking so. Komarof (talk) 20:31, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Форма этой переписки не позволяет мне загрузить материалы, доказывающие, что именно мой отец сделал эту фотографию: программки с именем Гилельса и дирижера - моего отца, Концертографию Гилельса, включающую концерты с моим отцом, а также доказать, что я имею единственный бумажный экземпляр фотографии, как и то, что мой отец имел премии на советских фотовыставках как фотографирующий на профессиональном уровне. Поэтому я также соглашаюсь с удалением этой фотографии и неразмещением фотографии моей книги. Но мне представляется странным, что мои гарантии, профессора и автора многих материалов о Гилельсе (их легко найти в интернете), совершенно игнорируются и все слова подвергаются сомнению, как если бы я была случайным человеком. Я думаю, специалисты по темам Википедии имеют право на уважение. Мне очень жаль, что я не могу по этим причинам улучшить страницу Эмиля Гилельса. Завтра я попытаюсь написать на указанный адрес, как мне советуют. Елена Федорович (talk) 17:28, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Вы "изучили архив" и считаете, что вы лучше меня знаете обстоятельства биографии и фотографий Гилельса. При том, что я доктор наук, профессор и 40 лет изучаю эту тему, написала две книги и много статей, в чем легко убедиться, набрав мое имя. Сайт www.emilgilels.web.de, одним из авторов которого я являюсь, в качестве основы включает биографию Гилельса, написанную мной, что тоже легко проверить. Я знаю происхождение каждой фотографии на этом сайте, я сама отдавала фотографии для этого сайта, в том числе ту, по поводу которой вы обвинили меня в неправде. Оттого, что я отдала принадлежащую мне фотографию для публикации на этом сайте, я не утратила права на нее. И мне предоставлены права для публикации любой фотографии этого сайта, права на которые которой, хорошо известное мне, позволяет это сделать. Вы написали мне "не пытаться учить вас правилам". Я тоже очень рекомендую вам не пытаться учить специалистов тому, в чем вы не специалист. Я делюсь с сайтом информацией и материалами, за законность происхождения которых я ручаюсь моей профессиональной репутацией, подтвержденными званиями и книгами. В ответ я получила такое количество оскорблений, какого не получала за всю свою профессиональную жизнь. Я прошу снять с обсуждения мои файлы, потому что я больше не хочу делиться фотографиями с вашим сайтом. Елена Федорович (talk) 19:43, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

@Елена Федорович: Поразительно, что у вас хватает энергии на всё новые многословные комментарии, демонстрирующие вашу обиду, но никак не хватает решимости после десятка напоминаний сделать единственную простую вещь, которую от вас ждут. Вам недвусмысленно объяснили, какие именно обстоятельства мешают на данный момент загрузке этого фото, и предложили несложный способ решения этой проблемы. Как только вы перестанете демонстрировать комплекс жертвы и пойдёте по предложенному пути, ситуация разрешится благополучно. Komarof (talk) 20:18, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

@Komarof: and it's astonishing that, despite her making a pretty plausible case that what she was offering was legitimately hers to offer, you seem more interested in using the talk page to browbeat her than help work things through. I got out of the way here on the assumption that a Russian-speaker could help her better than I could, not that they would start unnecessary arguments and result in the user probably not coming back. - Jmabel ! talk 23:09, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel, I'd appreciate it if you refrain from using words like "to browbeat" in the future. The only standard template warning on her talk page was left before she even joined the discussion. After that, I dealt with two images that weren't of Gilels, uploaded a new one — a nice portrait by a professional photographer, notified her about moving the file with the FOP issue to the local wiki, and each time suggested to use the VRT permission option. In response, I received arrogance and promises to "appeal to the global community." Unlike you, I'm not playing "rise above the fray" by relying on the emotional statements of only one side, and I hope you'll stop trying to pin labels on me based on a machine translation of the conversation. Komarof (talk) 23:50, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

@Komarof: I misspoke with "the talk page." What I meant was what you wrote here on the help desk. If you want to be "in the fray", this place is generally a poor choice of place to do it. - Jmabel ! talk 05:24, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Не пишите обо мне того, что не было. Я не обещала обратиться к мировому сообществу, я писала о моей обязанности проинформировать музыкантов, что на странице великого пианиста нет его портрета. Я поблагодарила вас за удаление ошибочных фотографий, которые долго были на странице Гилельса, но не увидела благодарности за найденную чью-то грубую ошибку, которой вы не видели. Я также поблагодарила вас за размещение нового портрета, хотя пианист изображен там в молодости, а не в возрасте достижений. Кстати, эта фотография тоже есть на сайте Гилельса, но ее почему-то можно размещать. Вам уже указали, что проще всего было бы показать мне, что именно, какое название лицензии нужно поставить, чтобы было все правильно, но именно вы предпочитаете многословные комментарии, причем оскорбительного характера: "подлог", "подделка", "абсурд" и даже негативные определения в адрес моего покойного отца ("провинциальный дирижер", "любительская фотография") и, наконец, обвинение меня во лжи с предположением, что мой отец всего лишь взял автограф на фотографии, сделанной не им. То есть вы учите меня, специалиста по творчеству Гилельса, его биографии и поправляете. Ваши комментарии недопустимым характером уже обращают внимание. Я обратилась с письмом по указанному вами адресу, я могу сделать только это в созданной вами недопустимой ситуации. Елена Федорович (talk) 07:37, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Central Greece Region logo

Does this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Logo_of_the_Central_Greece_Region.png classify as PD due to originality? Miraitowa963 (talk) 11:16, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

@Jeff G. want pings, right? There's one for you Miraitowa963 (talk) 11:18, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

@Miraitowa963: Pinging @The Quirky Kitty, Dn9ahx as having expressed opinions on the subject. Please use internal links like en:File:Logo of the Central Greece Region.png.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:25, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Oh, sorry, didn't know how they worked... Miraitowa963 (talk) 12:33, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

It's a simple arrangement of geometric shapes, so it would definitely qualify as PD in the US. See the many examples here: Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/United_States#Threshold_of_originality. But it might be copyrightable in Greece: COM:TOO Greece The Quirky Kitty (talk) 16:43, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

@The Quirky Kitty It is, as everything always here, very ambiguous. In my opinion, it's just a stylised sigma, so it doesn't reach the TOO Miraitowa963 (talk) 19:00, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

PD-algorithm

While AI generated images are not original and therefore in the public domain, if some random person AI generated an image of Mario, that would be considered a derivative work without permission. If Nintendo were to AI generate an image of Mario though (not that they will), would that be considered in the public domain? ANOTHERWlKlPEDlAN _{wɑit thɑt’s ɑ typo} 21:20, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

@Anohthterwikipedian: No, Nintendo still own the character copyright on Mario. And, I would guess that their everpresent gaming systems presenting their everpresent games generate copyrighted images of Mario somewhere in the world every second of every day.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:53, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

Uploading Photo of Public Official

Hello,

I'm trying to update the main photo for Francesca Hong. The current photo is oddly cropped with not the best lighting. As Francesca is a current elected official, and she is a public servant, can I not upload her public-facing photo? I don't own the copyright to it... but I believe, as a public official, your public photo is inherently without copyright. Any assistance would be great! Thank you. Fadedfrancis (talk) 01:19, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

@Fadedfrancis:

1. What country are you talking about?
2. I am unaware of any country where the fact that something is an official portrait of a public official would automatically place any image of you in the public domain.
3. There are a few governments (most notably the U.S. federal government) where photos taken by a government employee (though, in that case, not a contractor) as part of their official duties would be automatically in the public domain. Since imaginably something like that might apply, do you know anything about the authorship of the photo?

Jmabel ! talk 02:08, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I'm going to guess this is referring to the person described at w:en:Francesca Hong, the legislator from Wisconsin, USA. As Jmabel notes, a photo taken by a federal government employee as part of their official duties is in the public domain. However, since the subject is a state legislator any official photo would presumably be taken by an employee of the state government. Wisconsin does not appear to be one of the states where government works can be presumed to be in the public domain (further discussion). Anon126 (✉ ⚒) 00:49, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

photo

pourriez-vous m'aider à déposer un autoportrait de moi-même sur la fiche wilipedia s'il vous plaît ? Je suis donc l'auteur de l'image Alain Gelbé (talk) 12:14, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

@Alain Gelbé: (via Google Translate) Le guide en:WP:A picture of you est utile à ce sujet, mais malheureusement il est en anglais et non en français. Pourriez-vous le lire ? Sinon, quelqu'un ici pourra probablement vous donner une brève explication, mais il se peut qu'elle passe à côté de certains points. - Jmabel ! talk 19:57, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Photo upload

Hello! I want to upload a photo of a page's subject. I have permission to use the photo from the subject himself. How do I prove this permission? I don't want to trigger an issue Sophieed8 (talk) 14:06, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

@Sophieed8: the issue isn't permission from the subject, it is permission from the photographer. I strongly recommend reading COM:THIRD. You can skip over the parts about what works would be copyrighted vs. public domain (the picture is almost certainly copyrighted and would need a license), but you probably should read the rest of this if you have any plans of uploading a photo you did not take yourself. - Jmabel ! talk 20:00, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

Do ancient greek collumns fall under TOO/PD?

Self explanatory Miraitowa963 (talk) 16:10, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

@Jeff G. another one for you Miraitowa963 (talk) 16:11, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

@Miraitowa963: Pretty much anything over 120 years old is in the public domain. There are a handful of exceptions, but none of them would go back far enough for Ancient Greece.

However, if someone other than you took a photograph depicting the columns, the usual considerations would apply for their photograph of a three-dimensional work: the photograph would be copyrighted just like any other photograph. Jmabel ! talk 16 March 2026 20:02 UTC

Pinging @Miraitowa963 in case prior ping didn't work due to sig problem. Jmabel ! talk 05:16, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Unable to change format of video

Good afternoon, I am not able to upload video, due to not being able to change the format of video. Please can you kindly assist me? Andrew Rastalionheart (talk) 17:16, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

https://video2commons.toolforge.org/ should deal with most video formats. - Jmabel ! talk 20:03, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

ছবি স্বত্বাধিকার সংক্রান্ত সমস্যা

আমি এই ছবিগুলো আড়ং-এ ঈদ বাজার করতে গিয়ে ধারণ করেছি। এখন আপলোড করলে পরর্বতীতে কোনো আইনগত সমস্যা হবে কি? শিশিমানু ওনিকাওয়া (talk) 22:41, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

I ran this through Google translate, but I don't see a coherent question here. Seems to be asking whether some unspecific set of photos they took will cause problems in the future. They don't have any edits on Commons other than this question (no deleted edits, either). - Jmabel ! talk 05:20, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Typhoon Ragasa on AQUA MODIS requested picture

i want to take a new one of images for Ragasa so I requested that Thanks Francis Russell (talk) 09:12, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

@Francis Russell: Did you personally take all the photos of typhoons that you've uploaded today? You're claiming them to be your COM:Own work, which means you actually took the photos yourself. The photos you've uploaded look, at least to me, like satellite photos of typhoons. -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:12, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

importing tabular data from a spreadsheet

At the bottom of c:Data:Mapping of national parties members of European parties to lower and upper houses.tab are a pair of buttons: Export to CSV and Export to Excel. I can click Export to Excel and save the file on a local drive and then edit the spreadsheet with Libre Office Calc and save the changes. Then back at commons, I click edit and there is a text box that has 'A .csv or .xlsx file to import' and a Select a file button. So I click the button, select my edited spreadsheet and the file name (without drive and path) appears in the text box at commons. Then nothing. I cannot edit that file name to add the drive and path to the filename. And even if I could, there is nothing to suggest what I should do next; no instructions, no load-this-file-into-the-editor button; nothing.

In the editor, there is a dropdown menu called 'Edittools'. Clicking that does nothing (no menu appears).

So the question is: does the spreadsheet-import work? If it does, how do I make it work for me? — Trappist the monk (talk) 14:23, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

I tried this for myself, and when I upload the file, the new data is automatically populated in JSON format in the edit box. I can view my changes by clicking "Show changes" at the bottom. This works for both CSV and Excel, but strangely only a CSV import updates the "sources" field at the top. Anon126 (✉ ⚒) 00:35, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Juan José Florensa Conesa

es:Juan José Florensa Conesa

en este artículo que corresponde a mi persona, he subido tres fotos de mi propiedad pero no se si lo he hecho bien. En cualquier caso son de libre disposición.es que previamente no las di de alta en creative commons y ahora no se como hacerlo.

Piratamolay (talk) 15:01, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

@Piratamolay:

Vea al

Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Piratamolay.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:55, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Uploading my draft article on my user page

How to do it Powelljcb (talk) 17:34, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Not here. You should be asking on a Wikipedia site. Commons isn't Wikipedia. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 17:44, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

cross-posted: @Powelljcb: We do not have articles in Wikimedia Commons; perhaps you are looking for Wikipedia in some language? Also, though, as far as I know, none of our sister projects allow uploading articles. All of them expect you to edit within the system, though of course you can copy-paste content you've already got in a file. - Jmabel ! talk 17:45, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

@Powelljcb: just to let you know, I did a quick Google Lens search through the image you uploaded and found it on https://astreetnearyou.org/person/24757/Lieutenant-Colonel-William-Digby-Oswald, which credited the Imperial War Museum (IWM)

The IWM's copyright policy states, however, that all images, unless specified otherwise, fall under their own licence equivalent to the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence, which we unfortunately do not accept on Commons

You may wish to keep your Wikipedia sandbox image-free for now and only add an image (either free, or, if that is impossible, under the fair use criteria) once it is published in mainspace Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 13:43, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Where did the images I upload and request go?

When I went to add an image to the wikipedia article I was updating, I had to submit some kind of request via a separate link. Where did these requests / images go and how will I know if they are approved to be added? Tlasko (talk) 20:30, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

@Tlasko: no idea about the Wikipedia side of this; you'd have to ask on the relevant Wikipedia (I take it from your global contributions that would be the English-language Wikipedia). Your question here is literally your first edit on Commons, and you have no active or deleted content on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 23:14, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Ah understood. Thank you! Tlasko (talk) 23:51, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Script

Hello, I need to add all files of few categories to my watchlist (after me accidentally clearling all watchlist).. Is there a script to do it..? --Gpkp (talk) 07:03, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@Gpkp: I believe petscan has a method for this, though I've never used it. If that doesn't work for you, please come back here & see if someone else can give a better answer. - Jmabel ! talk 21:32, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Per above, you can use PetScan to generate a list of all images in the category, and you can directly add the list of file names (in plain text) into the watchlist using the "Edit raw watchlist" page. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 22:15, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Jmabel: , @Tvpuppy: . --Gpkp (talk) 07:27, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Bild på den svenska författaren Carolina Angelis

Jag lade in en bild på författaren Carolina Angelis för ca en månad sedan. Den ingick i Wikipedia-artikeln om henne. Nu är bilden borttagen och jag kan inte hitta något spår av den på Commons.

Jag var övertygad om att jag följt alla regler. Var hittar jag motivationen till att den tagits bort?

Hur gör jag för att hitta bilden igen? Kan ni ge mig en länk?

Vad behöver jag göra för att den ska bli godkänd?

BraheKepler BraheKepler (talk) 11:30, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@BraheKepler: Hej och välkommen. Fil:Carolina Angelis3.jpg raderades eftersom du inte följde instruktionerna på VRT/sv helt och hållet.

Hi, and welcome. File:Carolina Angelis3.jpg was deleted because you didn't follow the instructions at VRT completely.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:44, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Can I find the deleted image somewhere, including the information I previously provided or should I start all over again until it is accepted? BraheKepler (talk) 11:58, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@BraheKepler: You may ask in the VRT ticket.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:49, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@BraheKepler: please do not re-upload, go through VRT. It looks like you said permission was pending, but no one sent an email to VRT. You indicated the author as Författaren Carolina Angelis, which would be accurate only if Angelis took the picture herself. If that is the case, that is who needs to send email to VRT; have her cc you so that you are in the loop on the correspondence. - Jmabel ! talk 21:45, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Cannot upload video

Cannot upload video, incorrect file ending Rastalionheart (talk) 14:30, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@Rastalionheart: Hi, and welcome. Please see COM:FT, as well as #Unable to change format of video above.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:40, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

What are the limitations to COM:PCP?

Does COM:PCP apply to tedious tasks, e.g. an entire category of files that may or may not be copyright violations? ~2026-17176-99 (talk) 20:31, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@~2026-17176-99: there is a lot to unpack there for such a short question.

• COM:PCP doesn't apply to tasks, it applies to files. It applies to all files on Commons.
• There is nothing particularly tedious about nominating the contents of an entire category for deletion, if that is what you mean: we have tools for that, and also for deleting all the files in a category. However, assuming you are talking about half a dozen or more files, I would strongly suggest that it would be a lot easier to address this question intelligently if you would say what category and what might be the issue. - Jmabel ! talk 21:52, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

What I meant is if a category that contains a lot of files is discovered that it may contain copyright violations, with the tedious task being combing through every single file one at a time to make user that there isn't one. ~2026-17176-99 (talk) 23:05, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

I presume "make user" => "make sure",

Again: this would be much simpler to address if you would say what category instead of talking in abstractions. - Jmabel ! talk 23:16, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

• Agree with Jmabel, it is better if you can provide an example of what you are referring to.
• Sometimes COM:PCP may apply to multiple images at once if we suspect the uploader is license laundering or it is obvious copvios.
• However, if you nominate or tag images for deletion, at the end of the day someone has to do the "tedious task" of "combing through every single file" anyways, whether it is the nominator, users participating in the DR, or the closing admin.
• So, if you are unwilling to do the tedious task yourself, you are just making other users do the tedious work, and often it is more tedious for others to do (e.g. reverting a invalid copyvio tag).

Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 00:19, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

And yes, even a COM:Mass deletion request is something where the deletion requester is expected to comb through every single file. It may not be a very in-depth probing, but at least a cursory check for e.g. FOP issues is needed for every file that is to be included in a DR. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 02:04, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Correcting a Photograph

There is a Wikipedia page for my grandfather (Tadeusz Czeszejko-Sochacki) which shows an incorrect photogragh of him. I tried to add what I know to be the correct photograph copied from a family album, but was prevented from doing so. I can find no easy way of making the correction and would welcome advise as to how this might be undertaken. Thanks Richard Czeszejko-Sochacki (talk) 06:53, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

@Richard Czeszejko-Sochacki: Please contact the Volunteer Response Team.

I don't see a Tadeusz Czeszejko-Sochacki on English Wikipedia, but I do see him on Polish Wikipedia (d:Q60833199 on Wikidata) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 07:09, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

This seems to about File:Kpt. 14 pp Tadeusz Czeszejko-Sochacki.jpg. @Richard Czeszejko-Sochacki: new user's aren't allowed to overwrite existing images. If you do have an image Tadeusz Czeszejko-Sochacki, please upload it with a different name. @Szczur14pp: uploaded the current file, but has not been active in recent months. Old archival photos fairly often contain misidentifications. MKFI (talk) 07:52, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

If you believe File:Kpt. 14 pp Tadeusz Czeszejko-Sochacki.jpg is misidentified, then you can certainly use {{Fact disputed}} on it and even ask for a {{Rename}}. You should not overwrite it, even if you had the rights to do so. If you have a different file to upload, and it is either in the {{Public domain}} or free-licensed, you can upload it under a different file name. Then the pl-wiki article can be changed to use the correct photo. - Jmabel ! talk 20:45, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Sofiane_Boukadi.jpg

Sofiane_Boukadi.jpg سفيان البوكادي (talk) 15:21, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

At no time have we had a File:Sofiane Boukadi.jpg, if that is what you are asking. - Jmabel ! talk 20:49, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Photo Title Issue

Hello all, I'm on the Wikipedia page for Moche Culture, and there is a figurine listed here described as a seated prisoner. The Walters Art Museum this is sourced from says it's a seated man, or shaman/deity. I've managed to change the title of the work everywhere but the photo page itself to Seated Man Stirrup Vessel. I tried to contact the photographer, but it seems to have been uploaded by a bot, who was operated by someone whose profile page says they've retired from editing. I'm a bit of a edit gnome, I don't usually make huge changes like this (and it's okay if it's not possible!) so any help would be greatly appreciated! File:Moche - Seated Prisoner Stirrup Vessel - Walters 482840 - Left Side.jpg Jellybean213 (talk) 20:38, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

@Jellybean213: It is perfectly reasonable to edit the file page to echo what the source site now says, and to request a move accordingly (either the "move" tool or {{Rename}}). Given the nature of the bot, though, it is almost certain that this means the source site has changed their description, not that the bot was in error at the time it was run, and when editing the file page it might be worth overtly noting that apparent change at the source. - Jmabel ! talk 20:55, 19 March 2026 (UTC)

Files from Gallica have been amended. Who is to take action at Commons?

Category:Pièces de clavecin (Couperin).mixed.books - btv1b10879790h

There was a mix up regarding two books of sheet music by Couperin, "Les Premier et Troisième livres ont été intervertis", as BnF put it in correspondence with me. This resulted in corrupted btv files coming through to Commons. The error has now been corrected at BnF, and the btv file has the appropriate images from Book Three. It would be good to see the Commons files replaced.

• https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10879790h Troisième livre

--Thoughtfortheday (talk) 13:31, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Convenience link: Category:Pièces de clavecin (Couperin).mixed.books - btv1b10879790h. - Jmabel ! talk 19:23, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

User:Gzen92Bot, operated by User:Gzen92 did these uploads, and presumably we could delete the current content and re-run the not. Is it just files that were wrong, or metadata? If the former, it would probably make even more sense to do this as a series of overwrites, and skip the deletion entirely. - Jmabel ! talk 19:27, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello. Sorry, I don't understand the problem. If there are any new files, I can upload them. Otherwise, you'll need to rename the files (and modify their contents?). On Commons, it is impossible to upload the same image twice (even after deletion). Gzen92 (talk) 08:47, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Sorry for not making myself clear.

1. The Commons category I quote for the original files has been renamed by me (as "...mixed books"). These files are of little or no use because they are mixed up.

2. The Gallica url I quote has been recently updated with the correct version of the files, as in the original book (not mixed up).

Does this make sense? Thoughtfortheday (talk) 13:22, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Okay. I looked at the 144 Gallica images and the 144 Commons images, they are the same, in the same order. This hasn't been corrected on Gallica yet? Gzen92 (talk) 14:28, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for looking at this. Gallica has been updated at least as regards the description of these Couperin pieces. However, it has been updated less than I assumed when I first looked at the "new" version of these files. There still seems to be some material from Book One even if Gallica's revised heading (Book Three) is mostly appropriate. For example, an allemande, “Premier Ordre – Allemande L’Auguste”, which does not belong to Book Three, is mentioned in a table of contents towards the beginning of these files. I was told:

Les Premier et Troisième livres ont été intervertis ; vous trouverez le Troisième Livre, sous la description "Premier Livre", à cette adresse : https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10879790h

Nous allons corriger cette incohérence (l'affichage se mettre à jour sur le site Gallica lundi prochain).

As there is still some incoherence and I am rather out of my depth, I am writing to BnF again. I apologise for bothering the Help Desk prematurely.--Thoughtfortheday (talk) 10:58, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

images seem to be broken

I'm into computer programming, and I've heard that wikimedia commons recently archived most of their images, but now none of them show up on my webpages. I don't know how to input images into my HTML code anymore. Dragonstudios36 (talk) 14:24, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

@Dragonstudios36: Do you have any sample URLs that used to work but now do not work? What error message(s) do you get? Please feel free to follow up on COM:VPT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:42, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

@Dragonstudios36: this might be related to mw:Common_thumbnail_sizes where only the listed standard size thumbnails work. If you have a hotlinked image to Commons thumbnail that is not one of the standard sizes it may have stopped working. Note that even non-standard thumbnails seem to work, but it might a few tries before the thumbnail image is generated. MKFI (talk) 07:42, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Is this documentary in the public domain

YouTube url for NOAA. If it is, could someone upload it? Nighfidelity (talk) 19:52, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

• @Nighfidelity: Credits end with "©2024 VisualConcepts, Inc.", so persumably not PD. - Jmabel ! talk 21:08, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Adding Images from Public Report

I want to add images to the Wikipedia page for the PBS Satellite Service that come from a 2015 report from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting regarding implementation of a new public television interconnection system. For examples, see pages 31 and 32 of the report, found here. These are not my own work, so I'm unsure how to proceed. PBS921 (talk) 00:41, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

@PBS921: Hi, and welcome. Please read COM:NETC. This is a report by twhite of Cognizant, which has no free license. Furthermore, for the hosting, I see no free license at https://web.archive.org/web/20260217151725/https://cpb.org/ - therefore, you will have to treat that report as non-free, making fair use of it on enwiki per en:WP:NFC and eschewing use here per COM:FAIR. As “A Private Corporation Funded by the American People”, CPB does not benefit from any copyright exemption. Neither does Congnizant.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:02, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

What about recreating the image (not an exact recreation, maybe a simplified one) in something like Illustrator? PBS921 (talk) 20:50, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

@PBS921: They can't copyright the information, or the topology; they probably can't copyright the layout; they certainly can copyright the particular visual representation of all of those. As long as you don't borrow any specific graphics, you are probably OK. Credit them as a source in the description, but not as the "source" in {{Information}}, which is concerned with the specific image. - Jmabel ! talk 23:21, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Splitting Category:Gold Rush

Category:Gold Rush currently contains images both about the gold rush (as in the event), as well as the Gold Rush roller coaster in the Netherlands. The page's infobox and categories refer to the latter. I believe this category should be split into Category:Gold rush for the event, and Category:Gold Rush (Slagharen) for the roller coaster at that park, but I'm not sure how to do that. Plighting Engineerd (talk) 16:18, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

 Comment, the category for the event already exists, and it is Category:Gold rushes. I agree renaming the category Category:Gold Rush to another name and then turning Category:Gold Rush into a disambiguation page, as it is evident that some users getting confused between the two categories. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 18:41, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

PD‐usgov

What does {{PD-USgov}} apply to? As in, if a government work is a derivative of a non‐free work, e.g. Mario Bros., can it be uploaded here? Also, does stuff created by accounts owned by the government, e.g. @WhiteHouse or @USAGov, also become public domain? ANOTHERWlKlPEDlAN _{wɑit thɑt’s ɑ typo} 21:58, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

No. When a government employee makes a work that derives from a copyrighted work, that in no way abrogates the original copyright. Here on Commons, the same rules apply as to any other derivative work. - Jmabel ! talk 23:23, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Problems with reading notifications

Hello! I received a notification about winning the Wiki Science Competition 2025 in Kazakhstan. However, I am unable to open it. The message is not clickable. Игорь Улитин (talk) 14:21, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Possible copyright violation

It seems that File:Alexander Hamilton (1931).webm wouldn't be public-domain until two years from now, since it was released in 1931, but it's marked as PD because of its authorship, rather than publication date. Seems incorrect. JohnSon12a (talk) 14:38, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

One year from now, actually, but I agree. No indication of any loss of copyright (e.g. through lack of renewal), so it would presumably have a year to go. I'll start a DR. - Jmabel ! talk 17:33, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Where to ask for restoration?

I'm a VRT agent. File:Kwame Baah ......jpg was deleted, but permission from the photographer was received in ticket 2026032210003179. Where do I request that it be restored so the permission can be added? ~Anachronist (talk) 17:26, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

@Anachronist: You could either contact a VRT member who is also an admin, or you could use Commons:Undeletion requests. I happen to be an admin, so I'll undelete it for you right now. Please add the ticket ASAP so that it does not just get deleted again. Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 17:41, 23 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks, I added the permission ticket and removed the deletion tag. ~Anachronist (talk) 18:38, 23 March 2026 (UTC)