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Nymphaea tetragona Georgi images - mass deleting redirects

Hello,
due to the mass uploading of mislabelled images from one user, the search for images of Nymphaea tetragona Georgi has been made absolutely impossible on Wikimedia Commons.
Any person not familiar with this plant will see all these false images and will get a false impression of what this species looks like.
There are very few images of the true species available on Wikimedia Commons, and more than 90% of the search results display plants that are not Nymphaea tetragona Georgi. This is not good, because I believe this impacts the educational use of Wikimedia Commons in this specific case.
A while ago I already got some help with mass renaming the files, but redirects were left in place, and these files still pollute the search results, obscuring the actual subject of the search.
Is there anything that can be done about this issue?
Greetings, Conan Wolff (talk) 09:15, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

@Conan Wolff: Without you even mentioning what user, or linking to any of the problematic files, you are making anyone who wants to comment re-do your research. Please, spell it out if you actually want help here. - Jmabel ! talk 20:37, 31 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Jmabel, thank you for your reply.
I'm not expecting anyone to redo any research.

Simply doing a search for "Nymphaea tetragona" on Wikimedia Commons is enough to see the problem, as the search results are almost entirely wrong.

For instance, on the 7th of April 2023 the user User:Dinkun Chen uploaded 46 photographs of water lilies that he wrongly labelled as Nymphaea tetragona, for example the files File:Nymphaea sp. or hybrid (70).jpg or File:Nymphaea sp. or hybrid (75).jpg. These files represent about 30% of the search results, so it's not a problem specific to this user, and other users made the same mistake.

You had kindly helped me in January 2024 to mass rename the files, however the files were renamed with redirects left in place, so they still show up in the search.

I would like to know how the redirects can be deleted for the files that were already renamed.

Greetings, Conan Wolff (talk) 19:29, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

I don't think there is a quick way to mass-delete redirects (or mass-tag them for deletion), though someone else might know one. Any individual inappropriate redirect can be tagged with {{SD|G2}} and will be deleted subsequently by an admin. Or if some admin wants to take this on, they can skip the tagging step.

I'd love to know a way to do this without it being that tedious, though. - Jmabel ! talk 20:33, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Jmabel

thanks for your help - I appreciate it. I will tag the redirects individually with "SD|G2".

Greetings, Conan Wolff (talk) 20:49, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Which licensing template is?

I'm so nervous uploading files right now, but my uploaded screenshots are removed like Cliff Edward webm., Bernband.jpg, Fistful of Frags jpg., Half-Life 2 demo jpg, and also The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall screenshot too is requested for speedy deletion. But most peoples when uploading files didn't get copyright violation well because they are skilled in noticing copyright policies on wikimedia commons, but what licensing template should i use? CC-BY-4.0 or Non free rationale images? most are in a public domain. Kuyalanz (talk) 13:27, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Kuyalanz, you seem to operate on a misunderstanding. You have to become aware of some fundamentals that aren't apparently known to you. You can't make a copyright violation undone or non-existent by some license choice, so it's not about a template you can or can't use.

• Imagery and data available on websites is (in nearly all cases - exceptions apply, but you have to be knowledgeable about intellectual property rights to spot those) unfit to get copied to Commons. Don't go around and grab images, videos or texts from other sites to upload here, that'll get you blocked.
• Licenses are a usage authorisation that you can grant, but only when you're owning the intellectual property rights to do so. A picture of a flower or zoo animal that was taken by YOURSELF with your own camera is fine, a picture of an advertisement billboard or a modern sculpture that you took yourself in the US isn't.
• The concept of public domain is a legal term that has a distinct definition, your use of it above doesn't conform to it. Screenshots from video games aren't in the public domain, for instance (unless you're speaking about something like en:Pong, which is IANAL too simple for a copyright protection).
• We have several help pages: COM:Licensing, COM:Copyright rules by subject matter (and its subpages!!), COM:Copyright rules by territory (and the subpages available through the navigation box!!) that are a must-read if you want to learn important knowledge on how to contribute to Commons. Furthermore non-free content is not allowed here.
  • Sure, you can get along without this knowledge, but then you're restricted in uploading pictures of nature, without people, that you took yourself. Everything else entails imperatively the appropriation of some more knowledge, available on those pages linked above.

Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 14:16, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

Adding to what Grand-Duc said, take File:Daggerfall2.png as an example. Read the Licensing section carefully. It's not PD, not CC-BY-4.0, and it's not on Commons, it's uploaded locally on English Wikipedia, which does accepted a very limited use of non-free stuff. Commons accepts no non-free stuff. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:22, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

I would also recommend reading Commons:Uploading works by a third party which is intended as an overall introduction to the subject of uploading works that are not entirely your own creations. - Jmabel ! talk 18:52, 3 September 2025 (UTC)

do you mean this File:Daggerfall Sound effects.wav i uploaded this but this time on wikipedia, will you deletion for this? Kuyalanz (talk) 13:18, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Convenience link File:Daggerfall Sound effects.wav. Looks like that has already been deleted.- Jmabel ! talk 19:48, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Not able to get an image that I used to routinely download

I teach a class in which the introductory notebook illustrates deep learning by accessing an image from wikimedia (with urllib.request.urlretrieve) and classifying it by a trained model. After 6 semesters of doing the same, today I got 'HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden'

Have you changed something? Kokaljfilipovic (talk) 03:51, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Kokaljfilipovic: Hard to say since that's a technical issue that most of us probably don't have much visibility into. But as a first step, I'd make sure you're following wmf:Policy:Wikimedia_Foundation_User-Agent_Policy in your requests and are providing a detailed, non-generic user agent (in case you aren't already). Even if your scripts were successfully pulling images before, my guess is that there are periodic changes on Wikimedia's side to prevent excessive use, especially in this era of AI-scrapers hammering the site. ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 05:03, 8 September 2025 (UTC)

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T400119

This is probably about phabricator:T400119 "Block traffic from user-agents not honoring our policy". MKFI (talk) 18:25, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Using the Wikimedia Commons API

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T400119

Hello, my name is Barbara Fischer. I work for the German National Library (DNB). As a former WMDE employee and Wikimedian I ask on behalf of the DNB for support. The data aggregator and connector culturegraph (https://hub.culturegraph.org/page/about) empowered and mantained by the DNB is harvesting images on persons from Wikimedia Commons to illustrate via the application entity facts (https://www.dnb.de/EN/Professionell/Metadatendienste/Datenbezug/Entity-Facts/entityFacts_node.html)the auhtority file research tool GND explorer https://explore.gnd.network/en/. Since some weeks the access is denied. I will copy the corresponding lines here:

20250905-110328.161 INFO [default task-17901] [{}] [Root] Processing requested GND ID: 103247065820250905-110328.255 INFO [default task-17877] [{}] [EnrichmentRepository] Found 13 enrichments. Generating events ...20250905-110328.328 ERROR [default task-17877] [{}] [WikiCommonsApiDepictionGenerator] Wikimedia Commons API

javax.ws.rs.ForbiddenException: HTTP 403 Forbidden         at org.jboss.resteasy.client.jaxrs.internal.ClientInvocation.handleErrorStatus(ClientInvocation.java:221)         at org.jboss.resteasy.client.jaxrs.internal.ClientInvocation.extractResult(ClientInvocation.java:193)         at org.jboss.resteasy.client.jaxrs.internal.ClientInvocation.invoke(ClientInvocation.java:457)         at org.jboss.resteasy.client.jaxrs.internal.ClientInvocationBuilder.get(ClientInvocationBuilder.java:172)         at org.culturegraph.entityfacts.enrichment.WikiCommonsApiDepictionGenerator.askWikidata(WikiCommonsApiDepictionGenerator.java:211)         at org.culturegraph.entityfacts.enrichment.WikiCommonsApiDepictionGenerator.getDepictionEntity(WikiCommonsApiDepictionGenerator.java:91)         at org.culturegraph.entityfacts.enrichment.WikiCommonsApiDepictionGenerator.getDepictionEvents(WikiCommonsApiDepictionGenerator.java:42)         at org.culturegraph.entityfacts.enrichment.EnrichmentRepository.convertToEventList(EnrichmentRepository.java:138)         at org.culturegraph.entityfacts.enrichment.EnrichmentRepository.getAsEventList(EnrichmentRepository.java:78)         at org.culturegraph.entityfacts.usecases.EnrichRecord.enrich(EnrichRecord.java:25)         at org.culturegraph.entityfacts.controller.Root.processEntity(Root.java:197)         at org.culturegraph.entityfacts.controller.Root.getEntity(Root.java:149)

As we have not changed our procedures we would like to ask you for support. Our username for harvesting is: EntityFacts(metadatendienste@dnb.de). Please us know what we have to do in order to be able to harvest again. best regards fischerdata Fischerdata (talk) 12:16, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

@Fischerdata: there was just a similar question, see above: #Not able to get an image that I used to routinely download. No concrete answer yet, but please check wmf:Policy:Wikimedia Foundation User-Agent Policy first. MKFI (talk) 12:45, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

This is probably about phabricator:T400119 "Block traffic from user-agents not honoring our policy". MKFI (talk) 18:26, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

“Non‐copyright”

If a person says that their works are “Non‐copyright”, what would that mean? As in, would it be sufficient permission to upload to Commons, and if so, would it be {{Copyrighted free use}} or {{Cc-zero}}? _{sorry for asking so much} Anohthterwikipedian (talk) 21:51, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

It would mean they know little or nothing about copyright. - Jmabel ! talk 22:51, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

But would it be sufficient permission?

Anohthterwikipedian (talk) 23:42, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

I would say not. Among other things, there is nothing there to make it clear that this is their own work. For all you know, they are putting up someone else's photo and saying falsely that it isn't copyrighted. - Jmabel ! talk 04:04, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

I meant, if a musician previously stated that their works are “non‐copyrighted”, would it be sufficient permission to upload their works on Commons?

Anohthterwikipedian (talk) 07:38, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

I disagree with @Jmabel, and think that this does constitute as {{Copyrighted free use}}. In spirit it is saying that you are free to use it, even if the author is not well informed about proper copyright terminology. QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 13:28, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

@QuickQuokka: how would you know that the content in question is their own work, or that they are even claiming that it is? Think of all the people we deal with who think anything without an explicit copyright notice is copyright-free, or that anything from any government is copyright-free. Wouldn't they be likely to put it on their own site and say it was "non-copyright"? - Jmabel ! talk 19:52, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

In the specific example given after my "I would say not" remark, about a musician: if we have good reason to believe the work is entirely their own (including the composition), sure. But if I put up my own version of a Paul Simon song and say that is "non-copyright" then I'm just wrong. - Jmabel ! talk 19:54, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: The question asks "If a person says that their works are 'Non‐copyright'", emphasis on their.

By saying this I assume they mean the original author of the work. If it's a derivative work (e.g. a Paul Simon cover), then that's a different story. I just assumed that the question refers to entirely original creations. QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 20:01, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

I have seen one YouTube channel which remixes copyrighted video game soundtracks which claims that their music is not copyrighted in the description, if that's what @Anohthterwikipedian was referring to. QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 20:02, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

To stop this pointless argument, yes, I very much meant a musician that solely posts their own original compositions.

Anohthterwikipedian (talk) 20:35, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

@Anohthterwikipedian: In that case I definitely think that's {{Copyrighted free use}} or even {{PD-Author}}. QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 20:43, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Search by year in category

Is there a way to search PDF files within a category by the year of publication (or by other {{Book}} parameters such as publisher)? TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 22:49, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

It depends how well the data for them is structured. No magic is going to work out that a book was published in 1932 unless the templates and/or SDC are properly filled out. The following is all based on using the usual search here; there may be other tools that could be brought to bear.

You can limit to a category (but not its descendants) with incategory:; if you want descendants as well, use deepcategory:. You can specify filetype: to get just PDFs or just DJVUs, and avoid most extracted images (though there might be a stray PDF-as-image). For the year, I'm guessing you are best off with just the number and dealing with the false positives. In theory, you could do something like insource:"Publication date=1932" but I believe that would wouldn't match (for example) Publication date = 1932, so there might be a lot of false negatives.

Also, if the files are already directly or indirectly categorized by year, you can use deepcategory:"1932 books" as a search term, or maybe even deepcategory:"1932".

Also possibly worth knowing: if you specifically want to find ones where the description mentions 1932 but they are not directly or indirectly in Category:1932 books you can use 1932 -deepcategory:"1932 books". - - Jmabel ! talk 23:09, 9 September 2025 (UTC)

• Jmabel: Thanks for that idea! All of the formatting should be the same as all of the works were uploaded by the same user. There are no sub-categories or other categories, either; every book is only in one, 9,000-PDF category. TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 00:57, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

User:Jmabel - thank you for that tip about deepcategory! I didn't know that existed. Very useful. -- Deadstar (msg) 08:52, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Should I revert my BOLDness?

I haven't contributed to Commons in a while and I'm quite rusty, so I noticed a copyvio at File:Caravan Palace - Lone Digger (Official Music Video).webm, so I nominated it for deletion and I com:BOLD​ly added a revision that removes the audio track, as I think that only the video itself is CC BY-SA, and not the audio, so that it could be revdelled instead of deleting the whole file.

I then checked Commons' policy on BOLDness and noticed that it is discourages here unlike on Wikipedia. Should I revert this edit? QuickQuokka ^{[⁠talk • contribs]} 13:25, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

While the discussion is open, it's ok either way, imho. I think that you can leave your version as it is if you want, but if another user believes that they must revert to the previous version, they can do that too. After the DR concludes, the audio version can be kept permanently or deleted permanently. -- Asclepias (talk) 13:57, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

To be clear, I think that in this particular case, it did not seem necessary to publish a new version unless the DR concludes as delete, because it will have to be reverted if the DR concludes as keep. But now that the new version is published, in good faith, it does not seem necessary to republish the other version unless the DR concludes as keep, because it will have to be reverted and deleted if the DR concludes as delete. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:08, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

I think in this case, it’s fine. There is a genuine copyright concern for the video and what you did is easily revertible anyways. Tvpuppy (talk) 14:08, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Uploaded by Category:Burscheid photographs taken on 2025-09-10 , but

On the page Category:North Rhine-Westphalia photographs taken on 2025-09-10 the link to it does not appear. Please help me find and correct my mistake. With respect and gratitude Алексей Потупин дипломированный географ 1974 (talk) 17:38, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

@Velopilger: Category:Burscheid photographs taken on 2025-09-10 attempts to use a template that does not exist (and which I would think should not exist; I can't think of any good reason to slice categories for pictures taken in Burscheid down to a single day). - Jmabel ! talk 19:59, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

I apologize, but I am not a programmer. I was hoping that programmers would help me here to correct my unknown mistake, as it happened once before. Sorry for disturbing the respected community. But this is only the beginning of posting photos on Burscheid. It is a pity that no one can help. By the way, today I posted photos of Dusseldorf and, as usual, everything is fine...Алексей Потупин дипломированный географ 1974 (talk) 20:25, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

@Velopilger Perhaps it got fixed already but it looks fine to me. Sounds like it could be some cache issues, so in the future, maybe try purging or “null edit” the page (edit and submit the page without changing anything) to refresh it. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 20:40, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much, everything worked, my deepest bow.Алексей Потупин дипломированный географ 1974 (talk) 20:46, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Huh, looks like Template:Burscheid photographs taken on navbox had not immediately shown up as existing, no idea why.

I still say, on a non-technical level, this is awfully narrow slicing. To the best of my knowledge we don't break down photographs in, say, California to single-day categories. Do we really need to do this for Burscheid? - Jmabel ! talk 21:52, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

I agree with Jmabel above. I don’t really understand the purpose of this category being so specific, since I don’t think there will be a significant difference between, for example, photographs of Burscheid of 2025-09-10 and 2025-09-11. Tvpuppy (talk) 22:11, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

I will accept your quite reasonable information in the following photographs of Burscheid. Velopilger (talk) 16:09, 11 September 2025 (UTC)

whyd i get a warning and then get instantly blocked

so i made and edit to refried beans as a JOKE, and got completely blocked from editing after getting a warning, which means you arent banned but dont do it again and i cant send an apeal because of how PETTY the mods are. now ik im gonna get even more banned after sending this but pettiness is for losers and i just felt i had to state this LimeSoda1 (talk) 22:09, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

@LimeSoda1: This is not the site where you should ask about your block. Go back to the English Wikipedia and follow the instructions on how to appeal a block, en:Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:17, 10 September 2025 (UTC)

Logos

Can I put logos of firms Nokotiinus (talk) 11:22, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

@Nokotiinus: assuming that by "put" you mean "upload to Commons", the rules are virtually the same as for any other file.

• They must be in scope. We don't want the logo of every insignificant 3-person business or virtually unknown product in the world.
• The file content must be "free" in both its "home" country and in the U.S. That is, it must be either in the public domain or free-licensed. In general, for logos (except for the handful that are free-licensed) this means very old or quite simple (just text, for example).
• The one thing that is different from other files is that, in addition to all other concerns, logos should be tagged with {{Trademarked}}.

Jmabel ! talk 21:58, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

ClimeNews

Megkérdőjelezték, hogy a cikk/jelölt témaválasztása enciklopédiába való-e, azaz hogy megfelel-e a „Nevezetesség” irányelvben leírtaknak. Amiben segíthetsz: kiegészítheted az irányelvnek megfelelő forrásokkal, vagy a tartalmat bedolgozhatod egy a témakört összefoglaló cikkbe. Ha vitatni akarod mindezt, a vitalapon tedd. (2025 júniusából)

A vitalapra nem reagál senki. Mit tehetünk még, hogy a Megkérdőjelezést levegyék? Rampi65 (talk) 20:18, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

@Rampi65: I believe you are on the wrong website. Perhaps you meant to ask this at the Hungarian-language Wikipedia? - Jmabel ! talk 22:00, 12 September 2025 (UTC)

Wny I couldn't submit pictures

When I was sharing pictures on Wekipedia, it failed to upload my picture. It says: There was an error in your submission. You are already uploading the file "FullSizeRender.jpeg".

Honestly, it's my own work, and my first time to upload. No one can upload it before me. Why does it happened? N00800032 (talk) 08:03, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

@N00800032: Hi, Please use another meaningful name. Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:49, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

File names should describe what the file shows. - Jmabel ! talk 20:56, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

How do I post pictures if it's public domain?

Please i need it right now Kampotcitizen (talk) 09:28, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

@Kampotcitizen: Hi, Which pictures? How do you know that they are in the public domain? Please see Special:UploadWizard. Yann (talk) 09:46, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

And also probably see Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 20:57, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

How to tag suspected non-free files

Occasionally I come across an image on Commons with very dubious licensing info. Often these files seem to be taken from other (non-freely-licensed) websites, presumably without permission. Is there a way to tag such files so the community can review their licensing status? 98.170.164.88 10:19, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Yes, use deletion requests, COM:DR. Write a good rationale and include any links to alleged external sources (if applicable) to help with the review. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 12:06, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Picture of a car

Can the image from this page be used here?:

https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/de/bilder/detail/polo-ii-sprint-1983-84837 Ettiwdreg (talk) 13:21, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

No, it can't. It's copyrighted, and the use rights granted by Volkswagen ("Rechte: Verwendung für Pressezwecke honorarfrei" = Rights: press / journalistic use free of charge) aren't compatible with free licenses. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 14:18, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Neeed help in uploading file

Hello, I would like to include a picture of Aleksander Kaufman in a Wikipedia draft article I am working on. The image is available on the SEG website here: https://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Aleksander_Kaufman#/media/File:Alexander_A._Kaufman_headshot.png. According to the site, the image is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). Could someone please help me upload this file to Wikimedia Commons under the correct license so I can use it in my draft article? I suggest using the following file description:

=={{int:filedesc}}==
{{Information
|description = Headshot of Aleksander A. Kaufman
|source      = [https://wiki.seg.org/wiki/Aleksander_Kaufman SEG Wiki]
|author      = Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
|date        = (publication date not specified)
|permission  = 
|other_versions = 
}}

=={{int:license-header}}==
{{CC-BY-SA-4.0}}

[[Category:Aleksander Kaufman]]

Thank you very much for your help! GITSK (talk) 19:05, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

@GITSK: Hi, We need a formal written permission for a license from the copyright holder via COM:VRT. Yann (talk) 19:30, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. But then what does the phrase under the photo on the page mean:"Content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-SA) unless otherwise noted."? GITSK (talk) 22:15, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

It's a claim, but with no source given on and image that is obviously not their own work, it is not a claim we can trust. - Jmabel ! talk 04:01, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Here is the reply from SEG regarding the image:

You;​wiki

Dear Dr. Itskovich,

Thank you for your message and for your interest in including Aleksander Kaufman’s photo on Wikipedia.

The headshot you referenced is currently available on the SEG Wiki under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. This license allows anyone to reuse, share, or upload the image to Wikimedia Commons (or other platforms), provided the proper attribution is maintained.

Because SEG does not maintain an official Wikimedia Commons account at this time, we are not in a position to upload the file directly. However, you are welcome to upload it yourself using the SEG Wiki page as the source and citing the Society of Exploration Geophysicists as the author, consistent with the licensing terms.

If Wikimedia Commons requests confirmation of licensing, the CC BY-SA designation on the SEG Wiki page serves as the licensing statement.

Kind regards,

SEG Wiki Team GITSK (talk) 20:42, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello @GITSK, both the site you linked and the uploader of the image to that site are unlikely to be the copyright holder of the image. As Yann mentioned above, you will need to get permission from the original photographer/copyright holder in order to upload the image here. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 20:05, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Oftentimes when a site (especially wikis) is marked as being being under a Creative Commons license, that typically applies to the text. Images can be sourced from all over the place and may or may not be freely licensed (and generally, the safest bet is to assume the images are not freely licensed unless you have evidence otherwise). ~Kevin Payravi (talk) 23:01, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, I sent the request to SEG. GITSK (talk) 00:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

How to upload MP4 video file

How to upload MP4 video file, We are this issue , we are not uploading mp4 Satyamsc (talk) 03:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

@Satyamsc: Commons does not support MP4 (it's still a proprietary format). See Commons:Video for further information. - Jmabel ! talk 04:03, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

User upload view stats?

Hello! Back in April, Archives of Ontario shared online that their most viewed upload was File:Portrait of a woman holding a baby (I0024828).jpg. I know that Mediaviews Analysis allows you to see viewership for uploads, but is there a way to query across an uploader's images, or across a category? -- Nick Moreau (talk) 14:54, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

How to Properly Create a New Page for a Visual Artist

Hello,

I would like to contribute a new Wikipedia page for a visual artist who I believe meets the notability criteria. Could someone please guide me through the correct and accepted process for creating a new article?

Specifically, I’d like to know:

• What are the notability requirements for visual artists?
• Are there any templates or formats I should follow?
• Should I start in my sandbox or go through Articles for Creation?
• What kinds of sources are considered acceptable for establishing notability?

Thank you for your time and help!

Best regards,

Artmiamimagazine Artmiamimagazine (talk) 21:03, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

The notability etc. questions are only relevant for Wikipedia, not for Commons. Please refer to en:Wikipedia:Notability and its subpages for EN-WP rules. If you happen to be interested in a German article, read de:WP:Relevanzkriterien, you may also consult the de:WP:Relevanzcheck for a tentative opinion about encyclopaedic relevance according to German WP conventions. French people have their page at fr:Wikipédia:Notoriété, Spaniards at es:Wikipedia:Artículos sin relevancia aparente, all other languages are also linked through d:Q4657574. Assumming that only EN-WP is relevant at the moment: other technicalities and knowledge about creating articles can be found through en:Help:Introduction to editing with Wiki Markup/5. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:06, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, Yes, it will be just EN-WP. I will take the best way for mem sandbox, any suggestion or Do I have to make another question? Artmiamimagazine (talk) 12:33, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Take a look at en:Help:Your first article (I missed this page before, it summarise help and guidances) and en:Wikipedia:Article wizard (linked from the introductory page given above) for a step-by-step guidance. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 12:40, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

*me Artmiamimagazine (talk) 12:47, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Como se baja una imagen de mi galeria

como bajo una imagen de mi galería? Jorge Rossi Silva (talk) 03:22, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@Jorge Rossi Silva: Con la sola excepción de archivos SVG, se bajan imágenes de Commons en la manera normal para tu navegadora. En casi todas las navegadoras para ordenador personal:

• Haga clic en la foto en la galería para navigar a la página del archivo
• Haga clic en la foto allí para obtener la resolución completa
• Haga clic derecho y elija "guardar en disco..."

Jmabel ! talk 03:33, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

License issue

i this image(File:Flowers outside mosque, Palmerston North - 2019-03-18.webp) on "National Library of New Zealand" official site.

But unable to find a relavent template lisence for it. 獅眠洞 (talk) 04:56, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello @獅眠洞, at the National Library of New Zealand page, if you visit the indicated source link: https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/dda66756-52ae-4f11-996e-e1c2d79220ce, and under “Object rights”, click the link “By Attribution Alone”, then you can see the image is under {{CC-BY-4.0}}. Also, the original JPG is available to download on the link I mentioned above, so there is no need to upload the lower quality WEBP version. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 05:17, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

I had several images which are permission through social media app but I asked to upload images under CC by Sa lisence can it be also uploaded in this licence. 獅眠洞 (talk) 05:59, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

I asked the legitimate author of the image to upload on commons under cc by Sa licence. They give me permission but I am confused to Upload under CC by 4.0 or not 獅眠洞 (talk) 06:01, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

example :- File:Mezquita-MarDelPlata -Argentina.jpg 獅眠洞 (talk) 06:02, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞, uploading works by a third party is complicated. Make sure you read Commons:Uploading works by a third party#If you need to obtain a license for copyrighted work first. Unfortunately, I don’t think the author’s statement on Instagram for this image is enough as a permission to upload it to Commons.

If you needed help obtaining permission, I recommend using this new page: Commons:Permission requests, where you can request other more experienced users to help you obtain proper permission from the author. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 13:07, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@Tvpuppy, I unable to upload it under different format, does I re-uploaded and then place are duplicate template?? 獅眠洞 (talk) 06:05, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞 Yes, just upload the JPG version separately, and place a {{Duplicate}} template on the WEBP version you already uploaded. Tvpuppy (talk) 12:49, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Can an image taken around 1937 in Egypt be uploaded?

Can this image taken around 1937 in Egypt be uploaded and considered copyright-free? The approximate date is based on the fact that the person appearing in it was reportedly 10 years old at the time, according to sources. Even if this source is not entirely accurate, the subject’s appearance and an estimated age suggest that the image is over 50 years old. The individual was born in 1927, which supports the conclusion that the photo dates to around 1937. Given its age and origin, would this image fall under the public domain according to Egyptian copyright law, which generally protects works for the life of the author plus 50 years? Yoteb (talk) 14:15, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

• Maybe! Some more info would be helpful. When where was it previously published? "For non-creative photographic or audiovisual works copyright has expired in Egypt if published prior to 1987 and copyright has expired in the U.S. if published prior to 1981." Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Egypt -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 14:47, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Yoteb, please link to a source with context, not only to the jpg image. -- Asclepias (talk) 16:17, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

@Asclepias, The image has been uploaded on multiple platforms and websites, including Afkarnews (13 years ago, Mashregnews (13 years ago), Mustafa-Ismailblog (11years ago) and IQNA (9 years ago), where it is described as showing a 10-year-old Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad with his teacher.

The Image has also been upload on many YouTube videos which are even older, such as: 1 (15 years ago) and 2 (12 years ago) Yoteb (talk) 04:14, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

None of which amounts to evidence of publication before 1981. - Jmabel ! talk 17:53, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

How can i request to rename a picture file?

How can I request a file renaming? On an airplane post I accidentally said 777-200ER when it is a 777-200 not an ER Gymrat16 (talk) 19:18, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Gymrat16, you can rename a file by following the instructions at Commons:File renaming#How to rename a file. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 19:31, 15 September 2025 (UTC)

ZoomViewer broken?

I clicked the ZoomViewer button on File:Friedenspalast_Den_Haag.jpg, but got "The URL you have requested, https://zoomviewer.toolforge.org/index.php?f=Friedenspalast_Den_Haag.jpg&flash=no, doesn't seem to actually exist." -- Steven Sun (talk) 02:23, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

It seems to be working now. -- Steven Sun (talk) 14:23, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Radhe Ahirwar

Radhe Ahirwar sironj Attitude girl 840 (talk) 04:24, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Attitude girl 840 It's unclear what you're asking, if you're asking anything. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:40, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Cannot see the description i had written while uploaded pic with UploadWizard

I had uploaded some pics of monuments recently, using the UploadWizard. I had made sure to write a description for each pic while uploading. The uploads were successful but i cannot see any of the descriptions had written.

I am navigating to User UPloads and clicking on the filenames. Under File Information, Captions, the description is the stanard text "Add a one line explanation"

If i need to edit here, why was i requested to add descr while uploading too ? What am i missing here ? (i am a newbie) Biscuit-1729 (talk) 05:46, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

At least one of your files has a description; can you give examples of those that do not? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:31, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Andy. I now realize that i am expecting the "description" i had entered while uploading to automatically appear in the descr field under "Captions".

To answer yr Q, i am yet to figure out where to check for the "Descriptions" captured during upload Biscuit-1729 (talk) 03:19, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Biscuit-1729: Hi, There are the "descriptions" in the "Information" template in the main section of the description pages. And there are the "captions" in the "captions" section. Your files have the descriptions. Some files also have captions when added, as in this example. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:06, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Asclepias, i understood the issue - am expecting the "description" i had entered to be automatically populated in the descr under "Caption". Yes, the first set of uploads has the Caption as i had to request for a filename change (under Move). Hence i had filled in tej captions. During subsequent uploads, i had used descriptive filenames, so did not check the captions. Biscuit-1729 (talk) 03:25, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Subir logos modificados por Gemini AI

Buenas, se puede publicar logos modificados por Gemini AI (via Nano Banana) ,Gemini AI usa watermark pero el logo de Gemini es tipo de estrella pero transparente, por ejemplo si le pido a Gemini que elimina el símbolo del pelicano del logo de Hollister ,es posible publicar logos modificados?? AbchyZa22 (talk) 13:23, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Better refrain from that. As for why: COM:SCOPE, this kind of images, modified logos, is mostly unsuited for Commons. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 14:17, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Speedy delete bot

There was a bot that would automatically add notifications to user talk pages when their images were requested for speedy deletion (SD|F10) (SD|G10). The bot does not seem to be doing that anymore. Does anyone know if the bot was taken offline for some reason? It was a nice work saving feature. Regards, Nv8200pa (talk) 14:53, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

The Deletion Notification Bot has been stopped indefinitely. Anyway, I think it was not meant as a work-saving feature, but as a partial measure in some cases of nominators who forgot to place the required notifications after a certain delay. It is the obligation of the nominator to always immediately notify the uploaders on their talk pages. (Please add the notifications for your recent nominations.) -- Asclepias (talk) 16:48, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Nv8200pa: There is the Deletion Notification Bot 2, which is not blocked but has no contributions in the recent days. Maybe its operator can tell you more about it. -- Asclepias (talk) 19:17, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Asclepias @Nv8200pa Restarted, seems to be working now. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 23:59, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Nv8200pa: Also, Asclepias was right above: you should be notifying people yourself, and the bot just helps if you forget. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 00:01, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Translation admin

Hi there, who can become a translation admin? Giorgx12 (talk) 15:41, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Profile

Hello! , So I got like a welcome cmomment on my talk page, and on my talk page do I write about myself or what? thank you! Eva.Crok (talk) 16:30, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Eva.Crok Your talkpage, User talk:Eva.Crok, is basically where other people will write if they want to tell you something, and any discussion that follows. Your userpage, User:Eva.Crok, is a page where, if you like, you can write a little about who you are and what you do/intend to do on Commons. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:23, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Eva.Crok: Hi, Please note that Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, and we only accept personal pages and images if people contribute somehow. Please read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:46, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Contributions Missing

I have been a monthly contributor to Wikimedia, but I just logged in and nothing is reflected under my User Contributions page. I suspect that maybe two accounts exist and they need to be merged? Chznarles (talk) 16:31, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

I'm immediately realizing that Contributions does not mean Contributions. Chznarles (talk) 16:33, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

@Chznarles Correct! "Contributions" in the sense of [1] and [2] is a record of the edits etc you made. Anything monetary is not public info. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:17, 16 September 2025 (UTC)

Email permissioned image Upload

Hi I have a permission on my email the author of this image,

How did I give it here, It is a conversation.

He stated Hi {my name(not using here due to privacy)},

That is fine, on commons or Wikipedia, I don’t mind. If you can mention the source (website) that would be appreciated, but I’m not fanatic about that. If you can let me know when you have made the article, I would be very interested. I do make a financial contribution every month to Wikipedia and use it myself a lot for information. Great that you are making that article,.

Best wishes,

Ludo Kuipers

Plz tell me process?? 獅眠洞 (talk) 05:04, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@獅眠洞 There are several ways. I see the picture in your link has a caption (The mosque in the town of Khovd: the town has a substantial number of Kazakh people, most of whom are Muslim.). You can ask the author to add this to the caption: "This picture is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Please credit Ludo Kuipers/ozoutback.com.au"

You can also ask the author to mail Commons, he can start with the blue button here: Commons:Volunteer_Response_Team#Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries

More at Commons:Uploading works by a third party. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:56, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Kan dere snu bildet?

Kan dere snu bildet? Kvitrud (talk) 05:30, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Kvitrud If you check under the picture at for example File:Gutt med bukk laget av Stinius Fredriksen i 1925.jpg, there is a link that says "(request rotation)", at least it says that when the page is in English. Does that help? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:05, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Files for deletion

Although I am somewhat of an experienced editor at WP, I am still getting my bearings here at Commons. I've had images deleted at WP due to various copyright issues and incorrect rationale misclassification; however, I've only placed 2 images up for deletion - and I must say: I'm perplexed at the process here. The first (here: Midol Modern Packaging 2023) was put up for deletion on August 17th and nothing has been done. No discussion from other editors, no time frame for review, nothing. At least with AfD at WP there is a definitive process and 7-day period that renders a result. The second one is: U.S. Air Force Sheet Music (2000) and I'm seeing the same non-involvement, non-activity & non-results. What's the point of placing a copyvio image up for deletion if nothing happens at WikiCommons? Any insight on this matter would greatly be appreciated. Thanks. Maineartists (talk) 13:50, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Maineartists: Hi, That is "normal", in the sense that there is a backlog. Although deletion requests can be closed after seven days, that can take much longer. You can see a list of the open deletion requests at Commons:Deletion requests. The number of ordinary deletion requests can be about 200 each day. That is not counting the other types of deletion requests. Some are simple, some are complex. As can be seen, about half of the requests get closed after seven days. The rest are reduced over the following weeks or months. A small number of requests have been open for four months. That is for ordinary requests. A quicker method exists for obvious copright violations and other situations, which can be deleted immediately, i.e. often the same day as the deletion request is made. See Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion. However, in the case of your requests, opening ordinary requests was a good choice. The Midol box may need to be evaluated to tell if it is original enough to be copyrightable or, if it is, if the image can be modified to keep only the likely uncopyrightable logo. Please see Commons:Threshold of originality. The deletion request about the sheet music has not reached the seven days. It makes a good argument, but considering that the image has been there for nine years, it could be said that it can wait a little before an administrator gets to examine it. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:56, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Great, Asclepias. This is very helpful. Thanks! Maineartists (talk) 14:59, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

I am malete Itumeleng and I'm 15 years old so I only give life quoters to all people who they need help

I want to help people.I need to create a page @ Malete Itumeleng (talk) 14:23, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Malete Itumeleng: Hi, Wikimedia Commons is not a social media, but a repository of free documents: pictures, videos, sounds, old books and documents, etc. Please read COM:SCOPE. Thanks, Yann (talk) 16:44, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

can't post my pdf file of my own

Draft message for Wikipedia Help Desk / Teahouse: Hello, I have gathered historical and cultural information from my grandfather about the Harla people, and I wrote it down and converted it into a PDF. I would like to share this document so that it can be preserved and available for others to read and learn from. When I tried to upload it to Wikipedia, it asked me about a license, and I am not sure how to proceed. Could someone please guide me on: How to properly upload a document like this (if it is possible)? What kind of license I would need to apply so that it can be shared publicly? If uploading a PDF is not the right way, what would be the best way to make this information available on Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects? Thank you for your help! Awefeki (talk) 15:39, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

@Awefeki: Hi, Such PDF files are out of scope. We only accept PDF files for old books and historical documents. Yann (talk) 16:42, 17 September 2025 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Bundeliga Tobias Sippel.png

Uploaded a newer and fresher pic of Tobias Sippel from Bundesliga official. Is it not allowed to upload it? Thank you. Trying to figure out the wiki system first baby steps — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sz.Adam74 (talk • contribs) 15:29, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Hello and welcome @Sz.Adam74, please read Commons:First steps and Commons:Licensing. If you want to upload images created by other people, the images must be either freely licensed or in public domain, or you must obtain permission from the copyright holder of those images.

In this case, the website that your image is from, they have stated in their terms of use that “All rights are reserved. The intellectual property contained in the Products as well as their Services and content is protected”. This means the image you uploaded is copyrighted and not freely-licensed. So, unless you have written permission from the copyright holder (the website), unfortunately this image cannot be uploaded and needs to be deleted. Feel free to ask if you still have any questions. Thank you. Tvpuppy (talk) 16:40, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you. I try and find something available. Sz.Adam74 (talk) 17:37, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

@Sz.Adam74: given that you appear to plan to upload existing content that you did not create, please read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 20:10, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, it really helps a lot. Szabenke (talk) 20:12, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Are Screenshots aceptable?

Good day. I'd like to ask if a screenshot of a website - not mine - is acceptable to be used in wikipedia. I was willing to use one to show a how is a certain part of a Website, but I'm curious if that would infract any rule of this site. Bauti12 (talk) 21:59, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for asking beforehand! But sadly, your idea will amount with quite a certainty to a copyright infringement, due to the assumed presence of non-trivial text or imagery (background info about that: COM:Threshold of originality). We have a guideline for screenshots: COM:Screenshot, also relevant: COM:Licensing and COM:Derivative works. Furthermore, you should be aware of COM:Project scope. If the question is about the English Wikipedia, you may fall back onto fair use, the relevant rule is readable at en:Wikipedia:Non-free content. Commons itself forbids it, see COM:Fair use. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:16, 18 September 2025 (UTC)

YouTube thumbnail screenshots

Are YouTube thumbnail screenshots allowed (if they are a part of the Creative Commons?) I am wondering this as I have a video in mind that is Creative Commons but I am not sure if the thumbnail is, how does Wikipedia treat it? WhyIsThisSoHard575483838 (talk) 00:14, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Also the thumbnail that I have in mind I believe was either taken by the channel or by Brandon Aubrey himself, then used as the thumbnail with consent for Creative Commons WhyIsThisSoHard575483838 (talk) 00:20, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O0aLkVjc4n8 this is the video's thumbnail in question by the way WhyIsThisSoHard575483838 (talk) 00:57, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@WhyIsThisSoHard575483838: Presumably there is no creative work involved in making a thumbnail, so nothing new and copyrightable is introduced, and you can use the license offered for the video. - Jmabel ! talk 20:04, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

What makes you "believe (it) was either taken by the channel or by Brandon Aubrey"? He can hardly have taken a photo like this and anyway it can't be assumed that it would be free. It seems likely that it was copied from somewhere else. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:34, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

It depends what is on it, where it comes from, and who owns the copyright. It can be included in the free license when it is extracted from the video and it does not include a non-free work. It can also be used if it is in the public domain or entirely AI-generated without including a non-free image. Otherwise, assume that it is not free, especially when there is no information about the source and the copyright owner and there is no evidence that is is free. -- Asclepias (talk) 00:34, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, I presumed the thumbnail was of a shot from the video. Is that incorrect? I don't get any thumbnail at all when I go to that linked page myself. - Jmabel ! talk 04:11, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

This video is persons speaking in a video conference. The thumbnail is football players on the field. See also in the list of their videos. However, I'm not sure what the questioner refers to. Maybe we're not speaking of the same thing. -- Asclepias (talk) 10:57, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Commons records

I was wondering if there was an equivalent to Wikipedia records on Commons. I was particularly wondering about (1) longest PDF (which can probably be checked automatically) and (2) largest mass deletion nomination (by number of files nominated). TE(æ)A,ea. (talk) 03:01, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Martín de TITANIC ARGENTINA

quiero subir una foto Santerflix (talk) 05:31, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

It seems you did: File:Martín de TITANIC ARGENTINA.jpg. Assuming you took it yourself with your own camera like you say, and not just copied it from FB, all should be well. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:56, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Deleted as advertisement. I'm not sure I agree with that -- it does show a book, but doesn't seem to advertise the book, and the photo on the book cover is old enough that I would imagine it is in the public domain (it certainly is in the U.S., but I don't know who was the photographer). On the other hand, if it is (as it appears) intended as a personal photo, we only accept (a small number of) those from active participants in WMF projects (Commons and its sister projects), and you don't seem to have any other contributions. - Jmabel ! talk 20:12, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Jaguar Mena photo 14592879882 (CF & Euro loco)

Hi, Firstly I make regular donations to wicki as I beleive you are doing great work. I am presently working on a new railway book 'Brush Traction Locomotives'. If possible, I would like to use the photo listed above in the book. Can you help. John Matthews PS, photo is Chris Froome & bike with a EuroShuttle train. LocomotiveJohn (talk) 13:34, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@LocomotiveJohn: I'm guessing you mean File:Chris Froome - The First Man to Cycle through the Eurotunnel (14592879882).jpg. Correct attribution in print would be "Photo by Jaguar MENA, licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)". - Jmabel ! talk 20:18, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

Extracting image from another file

Hello, I would like to extract the image of German concert promoter Ossy Hoppe from the file: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2022-06-22-Ossy_Hoppe_LEA_Live_Entertainment_Award_15_-0059.jpg Ossy Hoppe is the man on the left with white hair, and I would like to use only his photo to put it in a Wikipedia article that I have expanded. I have never done this; it is new to me, and I am worried about damaging the original file. Is anyone with experience extracting part of an image be kind enough to do this? Oroborvs (talk) 19:33, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

 $999$REAL 💬 ⬆   20:10, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@999real: Great! Thank you very much for your help. Oroborvs (talk) 20:53, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@Oroborvs: Heads up that {{Ping}} only works if you also sign your post at the same time, so going back to an old comment and adding {{ping|foo}} will not work unless you also add a new ~~~~ at the end. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:03, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@Koavf: Ok, thanks for the info, I didn't even know. Oroborvs (talk) 21:13, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

For what it's worth, this ping of me worked. Glad I could help, friend: teamwork makes the dream work. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:22, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

How do you guys upload ogg files?

I wanna upload a 30 second ogg file of Sailing. SpongeBobMusicFan123 (talk) 01:47, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

{{ping|SpongeBobMusicFan123} I believe ogg files can be uploaded with any normal Commons upload tool (e.g. UploadWizard, chunked upload) or with video2commons. Did you try something and have it fail? - Jmabel ! talk 04:14, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

Can it be free or not? SpongeBobMusicFan123 (talk) 04:47, 20 September 2025 (UTC)

@SpongeBobMusicFan123, not sure what you meant there. If you mean "can it be fair use", then no, Commons does not accept fair use stuff, only stuff as described at Commons:Licensing. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:52, 20 September 2025 (UTC)