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I am uploading a webm movie file and the longer it says it is uploading the more the time keeps increasing instead of decreasing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edseeman (talk • contribs) 22:34, 22 March 2013‎ (UTC)

Please help to add to commons

Please can anyone help to put this picture on Commons ? This is a candidate to be copied to Wikimedia Commons, but i don´t get it how... I would like too use it on the Swedish Wiki....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Luthertombstoneunderaltar.jpg

File:Luthertombstoneunderaltar.jpg

Luther's tombstone in the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Hafspajen (talk • contribs) 10:32, 17 April 2013‎ (UTC)

Trying to upload a Megloid Transmigration musical composition pdf

I tried to load a pdf (maybe you need a jpeg) with the following text under the following category The license is described by the following wikitext (must contain a valid copyright tag): It wouldn't let me enter the text - what am I missing? Thank-you

Copyright 2013. I, Joseph Glantz, the appointed representative of Douglas Cornish and Andrei Beleuta, hereby affirm that Douglas Cornish and Andrei Beleuta are the creators and sole owners of the exclusive copyright of the image of this musical composition created through their Megloid Transmigration computer program and that the composition/image was created in April, 2013.

Douglas Cornish and Andrei Beleuta agree to publish that work under the free license "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0" (unported) and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts)

Douglas Cornish and Andrei Beleuta acknowledges that by doing so they grant anyone the right to use the image in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.

Douglas Cornish and Andrei Beleuta acknowledge that they are aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites.

Douglas Cornish and Andrei Beleuta are aware that they always retain copyright of this work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me or them..

Douglas Cornish and Andrei Beleuta and I acknowledge that we cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.

Joseph Glantz. [email protected] 215.791.4988. Levittown, PA.

> I am the appointed representative of Douglas Cornish and Andrei Beleuta.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jglantz (talk • contribs) 14:57, 17 April 2013‎ (UTC)

Video được đề xuất Nhận xét

Video được đề xuất Nhận xét - —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.71.26.69 (talk • contribs)

لماذا تم حذف صفحتي ؟ تعب لما خلصتها ؟

لماذا حذف صفحتي —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amerassi (talk • contribs) 06:05, 30 April 2013‎ (UTC)

This editor asks why his (or her) file was deleted. WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:11, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Amerassi has not uploaded any files to Commons; Special:Log/Amerassi contains no entries apart from the account creation. —LX (talk, contribs) 20:57, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Search and Go to

Sometimes Search is activated for me and sometimes Go to. I haven't figured out any reason. I want Go to always to be default, so I can reach the pages I want just by hitting enter. Anybody knowing how to do that?

Also, when I've performed a search, the cursor is in the search-field, and then I can't navigate with arrows without first clicking outside the field. Can I change that? --Jonund (talk) 19:05, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

I can't help you with the first, but I want to add my sympathy for the second. I search for something and want to hit the space bar to page down, but it only inserts a space in the search string. WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:15, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

You can Tab ⇆ out of the search control or use the Page up and Page down keys. If you are using Monobook, the default button is Search per MediaWiki:Monobook.js (see line importScript('MediaWiki:DefaultSearch.js');). Now you have written GoButton=true; to User:Jonund/monobook.js. MediaWiki:DefaultSearch.js looks if this variable is set and if it is, it does not change anything.

Since 2 years, scripts are asynchronously loaded. This means that your user script may be loaded after MediaWiki:DefaultSearch.js which will then change the default because it doesn't know about the preference in your custom JavaScript file.

To solve this issue, I wrapped a "stop until the user's personal javascript is loaded" around the call to MediaWiki:DefaultSearch.js. I hope this solves the issue.

In future, please use window.globalSetting = value; instead of globalSetting = value; in your personal JavaScript file.

Best -- Rillke^(q?) 21:02, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but it still uses Search as default. After I have clicked Go to and the page is being loaded, that button is briefly displayed as default, but then the Search button is switched on. I don't remember whether that was so before. --Jonund (talk) 09:19, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

You don't have to be sorry, just purge your client's cache. -- Rillke^(q?) 16:54, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! --Jonund (talk) 07:36, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

As for tabbing out of the search control, it's an option, but a disadvantage is that if I click an image in the list and go back, I'm taken back to the top of the page and the search field, so I have to scroll down again if I want to look at the rest of the images. If there are many images, it becomes quite annoying. --Jonund (talk) 07:42, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

derivativeFx not recognizing license

Is User:Luxo the only person who maintains derivativeFX? For some reason it no longer recognizes {{PD-USGov-Military-Air Force}} as a valid license. Kelly (talk) 15:14, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

Just had the same problem with {{PD-USGov-Military-National Guard}}. Kelly (talk) 19:52, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Searching for images by the date they were created?

Is there any way to search or browse for images by the date they were created or first published?

I couldn't find anything related to this in the help section.

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Presuki (talk • contribs) 20:30, 4. May 2013 (UTC)

Robert Joseph Greene Press phto

Hi, i emailed wikicommons the permission by Ben Odynski and I "believe" I added both source (Source is Odynski Studios photographer is Ben Odynski) yet someone keeps sayings this information is missing. What am I missing for my two recent photo uploads? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Desaderal (talk • contribs) 23:39, 4 May 2013‎ (UTC)

Nothing is missing. {{OTRS pending}} simply states that the permission from the copyright holder has not yet been verified. You don't need to do anything else. –⁠moogsi (blah) 10:36, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Maharishi Shiv.jpg File:DataDayalShiv.jpg

Hi, these images

Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal Maharaj

Maharishi Shiv Brat Lal Maharaj

are from monthly free booklets distributed by Manavta Mandir, Hoshiarpur, India. They were published in the booklets over 50 years ago. I had these booklets and scanned the images. These images cannot be found anywhere else on the internet and are rare images of this author. These images are not available in their original any more. The copyright status of these images is not known given the original images are not available. I am not sure if this is enough information to publish these images on wikipedia. If it is not, please feel free to remove the images as I understand that the fair use is not accepted. Thank you. --Shivbratlal (talk) 00:39, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Template:PD-India seems to suggest that the pictures enter the public domain (free of copyright) 60 years after publication. Do you have an exact year for publication? If so, add 61 and they will be public domain on 1st January that year. -mattbuck (Talk) 00:58, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! The image titled 'DataDayalShiv' is from 1942 publication and 'Maharishi Shiv' from 1929. How do I tag these to reflect their public domain status? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shivbratlal (talk • contribs) 01:12, 5 May 2013‎ (UTC)

{{PD-India}}, as Mattbuck referred to. - Jmabel ! talk 15:52, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Attribution lines for printed, but modified images

I uploaded an image which is to be published in a magazine. The original image is an image of musical notation, a clef in D major. This file was in a second version converted to SVG, and I took this file SVG-file and added another cross, so it is now an image of a clef in A Major. My first question now would be: How could a reasonable printed attribution line look? I know the credit should go to the original author, but I'm confused, since on the page there would be an image that the original author didn't "produce" (D Major bmp vs. A Major svg). My second question would be: What data would my publisher need? Regards Christian —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yellowhenry (talk • contribs) 07:50, 5 May 2013‎ (UTC)

Very likely a musical notation this simple would be Public Domain ineligible (PD-simple). If so no attribution is needed. For this sort of thing you can credit the original saying that yours is a derivative of the other image. You can give a link to the other image. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:01, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Can't upload an SVG version of a PNG

This bug is still causing me lots of problems. How do I get it some more attention? --Slashme (talk) 16:07, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Image Approval

Hi, I am a webmaster for Fran Hauser. I created a record in sandbox, so far. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Agringaus/sandbox for Fran Hauser, President of Style & Entertainment of Time Inc. The image in the record causes me a problem http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/President%2C_Digital_for_Time_Inc.%E2%80%99s_Style_and_Entertainment_Group.jpg/220px-President%2C_Digital_for_Time_Inc.%E2%80%99s_Style_and_Entertainment_Group.jpg. Joseph Moran, is the photographer who made the shot.

http://www.josephmoran.com/

I don't understand what I need to do to claim the rights for this picture, before it got deleted from Wikipedia.

PLEASE HELP.

Thank you, Alla Gringaus, [email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agringaus (talk • contribs) 17:08, 5 May 2013‎ (UTC)

Hi Alla! You've uploaded three photos so far:

• File:Jess-Cagle-Editor.jpg
• File:President, Digital for Time Inc.’s Style and Entertainment Group.jpg
• File:Fran Hauser, President, Digital of Time Inc.'s Style & Entertainment Group.jpg

You've claimed that you personally created the first photo. Is that correct? I found a previously published higher-resolution version at https://www.charitybuzz.com/catalog_items/303625. If you actually took this photograph yourself, please provide the full resolution version with intact metadata.

File:President, Digital for Time Inc.’s Style and Entertainment Group.jpg and File:Fran Hauser, President, Digital of Time Inc.'s Style & Entertainment Group.jpg differ only in resolution. Please note that there is no reason to upload low-resolution duplicates; all files can be automatically scaled to the suitable resolution. The first time you uploaded the file, you claimed that the photograph was created by Fran Hauser, and the second time you claimed that it was created by Joseph Moran. As Fran Hauser appears to be the subject of the photograph, and it does not appear to be a self portrait, I'm more inclined to believe the latter. Indeed, the file's metadata states that Joseph Moran is the author and copyright holder. If that's the case, Fran Hauser has no legal authority to release the file into the public domain, as you have claimed that she has.

The metadata also states that "Images may not be reproduced, copied, or used in any way without (a) express written permission on our invoice stating the rights granted and the terms thereof, and (b) payment of said invoice. All images and rights relating to them, including copyright and ownership rights in the media in which the Images are stored, remain the sole and exclusive property of Photographer. Any use or additional uses not specifically stated herein require the prior written agreement of Photographer on terms to be negotiated." According to our licensing policy, we can only accept content that can be used by anyone for any purpose. Please read Commons:Project scope/Summary, part of our first steps guide, to understand what you can and cannot upload to Commons. If you think that Joseph Moran is willing to release his work under a license that allows anyone to use it for any purpose, please see Commons:OTRS for how to obtain and submit evidence of such a release. —LX (talk, contribs) 17:58, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Minor clarification: "If you actually took this photograph yourself, please provide the full resolution version with intact metadata."

You're not required to release the original version or to provide metadata (which might contain personal information). We recommend it because that's a fast and simple way to prove that you have the original picture, from which we infer that your fingers were the ones pushing buttons on the camera. If you don't want to provide the original image, then you can follow the directions at Commons:OTRS. Of course, if the image is "your own work" only in the sense that you copied it from another website (and perhaps changed the resolution or color balance or something), then we can't accept it at all. WhatamIdoing (talk) 14:45, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Adding file descriptions in another language

How do I add a description in a second language to an image that already has an english descripton? Passengerpigeon (talk) 08:17, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

It's very easy: You just type in the description.

If you want to label them (recommended), then you wrap each language in the template for that language. So the English description gets wrapped in {{en}}, and a French description (for example) gets wrapped in {{fr}}. Here's an example:

{{en|An apple and an orange}}

{{fr|Une pomme et une orange}}

which produces this:

English: An apple and an orange

Français : Une pomme et une orange

(It's not necessary to put each language on a separate line, but I prefer it. The |description= item in the usual template handles multiple paragraphs easily.) Good luck, WhatamIdoing (talk) 14:51, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Yuri Olkhovsky Circa 1990s.jpg

I am trying to tag this article as an heir of this photograph and releasing any copyright claims. I am having trouble finding the template to create and tag this photo. My intent is to permit the free use of this photo without restrictions. Can you assist? --Polkhovsky (talk) 14:16, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

--Polkhovsky (talk) 14:16, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

• Sounds like you are looking for {{PD-heirs}}. - Jmabel ! talk 15:40, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
• But you say the photographer is unknown. How can you be the photographer's heir and not know who the photographer was? - Jmabel ! talk 15:41, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

PKS 1127-145

Where does the proper motion of the quasar points at [=the direction of the quasar's own velocity] relative to the direction of the jet? Thanks for the feedback K Zioutas —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.64.251.21 (talk • contribs) 15:46, 6. May 2013‎ (UTC)

That's not known as probably nobody tried to estimate the different redshifts.--Sanandros (talk) 21:40, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

http://cosmoquest.org/forum/forum.php may have the wisest in the world to help with answers. https://twitter.com/badastronomer is usually good at answering his twitter and may help as well.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:47, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Picture for Haralson County High School Page on Wikipedia

Hi! I am new to all of this, and I have a question about the copyright/license on a picture. The picture is of the Main Building of Haralson County High School and was posted on the schools public Facebook page as a cover photo. If I want to post this picture onto the Commons, what steps should I take to make sure that it is all legal? The picture is located at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=146582878813542&set=a.146582862146877.29982.144777812327382&type=3&theater. Thanks! Username2016 (talk) 17:20, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

I didn't find anything at the facebook site wich would indicate that one can use this photo under a free license. I am concerned, you have to ask for written permission. -- Rillke^(q?) 17:27, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Okay. Another quick question. If I take a picture of the building myself, can I upload and release that picture? Thanks! Username2016 (talk) 17:46, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

This is a good idea. However, please confer to Commons:FOP#United_States. It explains under which conditions you can take a photo of architecture and publish it freely. -- Rillke^(q?) 19:49, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:JSR 039 (2).jpg

How do I add the licence (Own work, copyleft, attribution required (Multi-license GFDL, all CC-BY-SA) to this image? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JSR_039_(2).jpg --ChupacabraUK (talk) 19:45, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

It would be better if you send an e-mail to our OTRS-Team-Sanandros (talk) 21:46, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Download got cut on big files

Hello. I'm experiencing problems trying to download big files like this one:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Van_Gogh_-_Starry_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

For some reason download stops after 2 or 3 mb. Even uding a download manager, the same situation.

I´d appreciatte any help with this issue.

BR

Martin Ruta

If you are using the upload wizard then try Special:Upload or Commons:Commonist. There are others but these are my main two.--Canoe1967 (talk) 02:37, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Try using a downloader that supports the "Range" header, like wget. (@Canoe, his problem is with DOWNloading.) Palosirkka (talk) 19:27, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:灝府千歲 Wao Royal Lords.jpg

--黃才耀 (talk) 03:09, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:灝府千歲 Wao Royal Lords.jpg

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading File:灝府千歲 Wao Royal Lords.jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear. If you created this file yourself, then you must provide a valid copyright tag. For example, you can tag it with {{self|GFDL|cc-by-sa-all}} to release it under the multi-license GFDL plus Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike All-version license or you can tag it with {{PD-self}} to release it into the public domain. (See Commons:Copyright tags for the full list of license tags that you can use.) If you did not create the file yourself or if it is a derivative of another work that is possibly subject to copyright protection, then you must specify where you found it (e.g. usually a link to the web page where you got it), you must provide proof that it has a license that is acceptable for Commons (e.g. usually a link to the terms of use for content from that page), and you must add an appropriate license tag. If you did not create the file yourself and the specific source and license information is not available on the web, you must obtain permission through the OTRS system and follow the procedure described there. Note that any unsourced or improperly licensed files will be deleted one week after they have been marked as lacking proper information, as described in criteria for speedy deletion. If you have uploaded other files, please confirm that you have provided the proper information for those files, too. (You can get a list of all your uploaded files using the Gallery tool.) Thank you.

黃才耀 (talk) 03:09, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Well there was a misplaced license, fixed, but the source is unspecified. Did you take the photo yourself? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 09:57, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:José María Quijano Wallis Canciller.jpg

--137.111.13.167 03:49, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi I want to publish the Jose Maria Quijano Wallis picture but always someone delete, I supply all the information but the author died 100 years ago,

please contacte me arcosarcos86

Assuming you have that information, add the full author name (google offers several "Gaitan") and the author's year of death to the image summary. If the author died 100 years ago and you can verify that information, simply delete the warning tag and add "PD-old-100" as template (you always need atleast 1 valid Commons license tag for the image) in the licensing section of the image description. GermanJoe (talk) 07:54, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Lake Phoksundo in Dolpo, Nepal.jpg

Hi, How can I add a valid licence for this image as I have got permission from the author.

--Ashishlohorung (talk) 06:56, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

You will need verification of this permission via mail. See COM:OTRS and COM:email templates for more info about that process. Make sure the permission is free for all users for all kinds of usage, including commercial (see COM:licensing). Or as alternative solution: Get the Flickr uploader to change their license on Flickr to a free version (and add that license as template to the image summary). GermanJoe (talk) 07:41, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Labtech Data.gif

hey I uploaded a Image but i choose the wrong copyright status, how do i change it? --Ninjaen (talk) 11:43, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

• You remove the line where it says {{Remove this line and insert a license instead|year=2013|month=05|day=07}} and replace it with a legitimate license tag. In this case, I suspect the logo is ineligible for copyright, so {{PD-ineligible}} would be appropriate, but I'm not sure it's quite simple enough for that. If not, you'd need to go through the COM:OTRS process to get permission from the copyright holder. - Jmabel ! talk 15:11, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

• I would recommend using {{PD-ineligible}} - I do think that the logo is simple enough –⁠moogsi (blah) 15:32, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:The Alloy Valve Stockist logo.jpg

With reference to the following logo uploaded to Wikimedia Commons:

This is a corporate logo, all rights reserved. How should this be tagged??? Specifically, what code should I insert into the Wikimedia page containing the logo?

Sorry, newbie teething problems.... =(

--JohnLockeLost (talk)

If it's really "All rights reserved", then it cannot be posted at Commons. WhatamIdoing (talk) 15:16, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

• A mere claim of "all rights reserved" doesn't create copyright on a logo that is not eligible for copyright. This is right on the edge of being complex enough to be eligible for copyright. If it's not, it just needs to be tagged with {{PD-ineligible}}. Otherwise, you'd need to go through the COM:OTRS process to get permission from the copyright holder, which probably we wouldn't get: people don't tend to free-license their logos. - Jmabel ! talk 15:11, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

uploading a photo

Hi, I'm creating a wikipedia page for author Sarah Stonich, and I'm having difficulty uploading a photo of her for the page. The page is in draft form on my account page at the moment.

I requested the photo from her and she sent it to me via email. When I followed the uploading a photo prompts, however, I wasn't able to select "upload" although I thought I had satisfactorily answered the prompts. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks, Elaine Kenny (username: lieutkenny) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lieutkenny (talk • contribs) 21:09, 7 May 2013‎ (UTC)

• There are quite a few ways to upload a photo. Could you be more specific about what you are trying to do (e.g. which upload tool you are using). Also, if a third party provided a photo, we'll need you to go through the process described at COM:OTRS (or that third party can upload the image herself). - Jmabel ! talk 05:04, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:New cpfc crest.PNG.jpg

[1] New Crystal Palace badge. Could someone please help me add the correct licencse. Please see source new crystal palace badge --Rockybiggs (talk) 08:50, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

--Rockybiggs (talk) 08:50, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

I doubt that either {{PD-shape}} or {{PD-textlogo}} are applicable. The image IMHO meets the threshold of originality requirement. So, it can not be hosted on Commons without a permission. Ruslik (talk) 14:48, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

I would agree with Ruslik. Palosirkka (talk) 19:20, 8 May 2013 (UTC)

hello onu

Hi my name is charle i have a question about bresil —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.101.116.3 (talk • contribs) 14:12, 9 May 2013‎ (UTC)

• Probably not the right place to ask it. This is a page to ask for help using Wikimedia Commons (this site). - Jmabel ! talk 16:58, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Ottavio and Rosita Missoni.jpg

This file is owned by the Missoni family, Missoni spa. They would like to donate this picture in order to see it on the wikipage dedicated to Ottavio Missoni, recently deceased. It's royalty free. The picture was taken in 1984 by the photographer Giuseppe Pino.

--Lanleony (talk) 14:20, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

The copyright is Giuseppe Pino's. Unless we get a release of this photo under a free license from Giuseppe Pino, we'll have to remove it. ("Royalty free" is not a free license.) Lupo 09:38, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Генерал Рослый Одесса март1965.jpg

I have uploaded this photo from my family archive. (The author is unknown, date is certainly March 1965, digitized by myself.) I want to keep it on Wikimedia Commons for it is needed on a page about my grandfather. Please, help me to obey the formalities required. Thank you.

--Aliosha.en (talk) 14:27, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

The same as below. Ruslik (talk) 16:36, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Dear Ruslik0, This photo cannot be copyrighted. Please, give me a solution to my problem, which, I guess, should be a very frequent and typical. What should one do with family photos? Thanks. --Aliosha.en (talk) 00:09, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Please, have a look at "Copyright help regarding File:RoslyIvPav 1.JPG" --Aliosha.en (talk) 02:19, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Every photograph can be copyrighted, and unless we can prove for certain that it is not copyrighted or that the copyright has expired (usually 70 years after the photographer died, no matter when the photo was taken), then we assume that the copyright is valid. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:08, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I have finally understood that there is no way to post such photos. It was only yours reply, which explained this. Thank you once again, for the previous answers sounded like mockery: find the author from 1940, if he died check if he did not sign out the copyright to this particular photo to his heirs, then, according to the time passed, I would likely be directed to the heirs of heirs... -Aliosha.en (talk) 23:36, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:RoslyIvPav 1.JPG

I have uploaded this photo from an url (http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1391), but I also have a similar, but worse in quality copy in my family archive. (The author is unknown, year 1940.) I want to keep it on Wikimedia Commons for it is needed on a page about my grandfather. Please, help me to obey the formalities required. Thank you.

--Aliosha.en (talk) 14:33, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Likely copyrighted. You need a permission from the copyright owner or his heirs. Ruslik (talk) 16:36, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Dear Ruslik0, Do you really think the photo of 1940, made in Soviet Union, could be copyrighted? What should I really do? Thanks. --Aliosha.en (talk) 00:13, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

My personal opinion: I don't understand why you question the answer that you received. Feel free to read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_Soviet_Union ? --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 01:16, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Dear everybody, I am not going to discuss the copyright laws, I am asking for help: what should I do if I take a photo from my family archive, digitize it and want to place on Wikimedia? You, experts must know the answer, finding which would take weeks for me. There is a small difference in origin between the present file and the file Генерал_Рослый_Одесса_март1965.jpg, as I explained in some detail. Please help! Saying "Find the author of the photo from 1940 or 1965" is no help! --Aliosha.en (talk) 02:18, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

The answer was already provided: get a permission from the author (copyright owner) or his heirs. Ruslik (talk) 08:52, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

As far as I could find out, the expiration time for copyright in Russia is 70 years. The photo File:RoslyIvPav 1.JPG was made in Russia in 1940. What should I do then to keep it on Wikimedia? Please, answer me in practical terms. --Aliosha.en (talk) 02:06, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

It is 70 years from the death of the creator, not from the day the photo was taken. The first step would be to find out when the photographer died.--Ymblanter (talk) 15:23, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you very much! I've got it: my business is hopeless. --Aliosha.en (talk) 23:38, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:OTTAVIO MISSONI.jpg

This file is owned by the Missoni family, Missoni spa. They would like to donate this picture in order to see it on the wikipage dedicated to Ottavio Missoni, recently deceased. It's royalty free. The picture was taken in 1990 by the photographer Giuseppe Pino.

--Lanleony (talk) 14:38, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Please, specify source and/or author. Ruslik (talk) 16:33, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

The copyright is Giuseppe Pino's. Unless we get a release of this photo under a free license from Giuseppe Pino, we'll have to remove it. ("Royalty free" is not a free license.) Lupo 09:40, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:زیرگذر.jpg

منبع:پورتال شهرداری تنکابن استفاده از عکس با ذکر منبع بلا مانع است. چه مطلبی ذیگر باید اضافه شود؟

--Cougar1123 (talk) 15:38, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Likely copyrighted. You need a permission from copyright owner. Ruslik (talk) 16:33, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Cannot create category

I just attempted to create Category:Meals on Wheels, but for some strange reason the title is on the blacklist. Could an administrator please create this page for me? Thanks! Kelly (talk) 02:01, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

• You'll have to indicate what content you want the page created with. - Jmabel ! talk 04:16, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

• If someone simply creates the page and adds Category:Charities I'll be happy to add the rest of the links/content, etc. I have it on my watchlist. I suspect the filter is blacklisting the title because of the old vandal (Willy on Wheels?) Kelly (talk) 04:23, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

• Yeah, I did some digging, the creation is being blocked by the expression ".*? on wheels" in the local blacklist, undoubtedly due to WoW. In any case, Meals on Wheels is indeed a legit encyclopedic topic, with articles on several projects. Kelly (talk) 14:32, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
  • DONE - Jmabel ! talk 15:08, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Resolved

I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after four days. Jmabel ! talk 15:08, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Local Business

Hello

I live just south of Hillsdale and am looking for a massage therapist just inside of Hillsdale. Can you give me the telephone or email address of Therapeutic Massage located on Hillsdale Road?

Regards, Barb Shamberg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.241.51.155 (talk • contribs) 11:58, 10 May 2013‎ (UTC)

You seem to be on the wrong site. This is Wikimedia Commons, a repository of freely-licensed images and other works. --MichaelMaggs (talk) 13:04, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Yep, definitely the wrong site. Though you might find this map helpful - assuming you mean Hillsdale in NJ, USA. --Fæ (talk) 13:28, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Resolved

I think that this question was replied to adequately based on the supplied information. If you have anything to add or a follow-up question please feel free to replace this box with your comment. This section will be archived after four days. –⁠moogsi (blah) 14:47, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

Categories for scanned books

Hi! I uploaded some scanned books to Commons so that we can use them in Wikisource and I am going to upload more. But I wonder what is a proper category for them. I found several categories that may apply. For instance, for books in English: Category:Scanned English texts, Category:Scanned English books, Category:Books in English, Category:English Wikisource books. Could anybody explain what should be proper categorization? --DixonD (talk) 11:05, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

hmm i would spontaiously put that in the Wikisource English Book category. But it looks like that these cats need to be tidied up.--Sanandros (talk) 14:39, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

License/Copyright question File:Hana M Herodes a Herodias.jpg

• 

I received notification that the file can be deleted because it doesn't have a "source" or copyright information.

The photo is one of many of my mother's aunt and was scanned from mother's family album. It is dated 1937 in the album and I have no way of verifying who actually took the picture as it was taken years before I was born and my parents are both deceased and I can't ask them.

My father was a photographer and the picture is dated from about the time he met mother so one could presume he is the author but that can't be verified. I have donated other unique photos of mother's aunt to the Slovak National Library archives but chose that one as representative of her work to publish, at mother's request, before she passed away.

At the time I posted the photo I was contacted by a Slovak administrator and explained this. The editor added “Hana Melickova, z osobnej zbierky Sula Vancova, (rod. Mitrovska)” (Hana Melickova, from personal collection of Sula Vancova, (nee Mitrovska)) to clarify the source.

I would appreciate any help as to how to license it as this is the only “representative” picture of her that I have and would hate to have it being deleted just because I can't verify if father actually took the it. --Mvanco (talk) 14:03, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

As source you can state that it is your own collection. But it's more instresting when it was first published. Cause we have severel gudlines and it is eventually PD:

• Commons:Anonymous works
• {{PD-EU-no author disclosure}}
• {{Anonymous-EU}}

But if you are pretty sure that your grandfather is the photographer and copyright holder you and all the ancetors of your grandfather have to agree to publish it under a free license which you can choose from here. I would advise you to choose {{cc-by-sa-3.0}}. The best would be also then afterwards to send an E-Mail with all the agreements of your ancestors to the OTRS-Team. I know that sounds very compicated but copyright and law is unfortunatly a very complicated field.--Sanandros (talk) 15:07, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the hints. Since in no way I can find out for sure who took that picture in 1937 and it is obvious I was the first one to post in anywhere since then, by scanning it from mother's family album, I will opt to go with *{{PD-EU-no author disclosure}} to honor her aunt's memory and to portray her in a picture representative of her career. I would appreciate feedback about my corrections applied to the file. Thanks --Mvanco (talk) 19:54, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I don't think we can host this file unless you know that it was published before 1926. I am assuming this is a previously unpublished picture taken in Czechoslovakia in 1937 by an unknown author, in which case we cannot host it at Commons. There are a few of things you can do:

• If there are any pictures you do know the authorship of, then you can use one of those. For example, pictures that you know were taken by your grandfather, which his heirs own the rights to, can be released by the heirs at Commons using {{PD-heirs}}. You can do this with the pictures you donated to the Slovak National Library, as the heirs of the photographer still own the copyright.
• A photo of her anonymously published more than 70 years ago would be eligible for upload at Slovak Wikipedia (if Slovak Wikipedia allows local uploads, Czech Wikipedia doesn't)
• You can upload the picture as fair use at wikis which allow such uploads. This means that the copyright status can be ignored for illustrative purposes, as long as no other free pictures of the subject exist. (A partial list of Wikimedia projects which allow fair use is at meta:Non-free content, again, cs.wiki does not, I do not know about sk.wiki)
• Boldly assume that your grandfather is the author, and use {{PD-heirs}} on the photo, as above. However, I would not recommend this as Commons operates on a precautionary principle when it comes to copyrighted works.

There are options other than {{PD-heirs}} if you are uploading an old photo and you wish to retain the copyright for some reason, but judging by what you are saying I don't think you intend to do this. You can't use {{PD-EU-no author disclosure}}, as that is for works published in the EU more than 70 years ago. It seems as though this photo has not been published before.

Hope this is helpful in some way, sorry we can't host this file –⁠moogsi (talk) 17:05, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

TOC failures

I just tried three different templates on Category:Images from the Canadian Copyright Collection at the British Library to try and get an alphabetical table of contents for searching images. All failed and would not return any images. Is it because it is a hidden cat or other reasons?--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:36, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

The problem is that {{Picturing Canada image}} which adds this category also adds a sort key based on photograph id number. Every image in this category is sorted between 1 and 9; if you add a table of contents and select "C", it will not find any images with this sort key. For example File:Dorothy (HS85-10-11625) original.tif is sorted at 11625, not in D. MKFI (talk) 16:16, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I will see if the uploader has a reason to sort by number.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:17, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Why you people delete my pictures/Images ?

I never violated any Copyright and never do it in future but you people are deleting all my pictures saying that I violated copyright . Does any one complained to you people about my pictures ? . I am uploading pictures which I have taken personally or pictures of free sites. Some of pictures are not new and i have uploaded them to many sites . Please understand , I am not violating any copyright. This is crazy , when I am uploading images taken by my camera are removed by stating that i violated copyrights. If you people don't want us to upload pictures just say that but removing our pictures on name of copyrights is non sense . —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnieee (talk • contribs) 19:02, 11 May 2013‎ (UTC)

The ones you take with your camera should be ok. The ones you find on the net probably have copyright for 50 to 120 years depending. For pictures you take see: Commons:Copyright rules by subject matter.--Canoe1967 (talk) 20:59, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Pay attention to the notices left on your talk page:

File:Actor Nani.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here.

The text is different depending on the language you view it in, but the bold part is important. Most things you find on the internet are copyrighted by the creator. The file mentioned above, for example, is found uncropped here. If you took this photo, then you probably need to direct your anger at indiaglitz.com because they are stealing your work without crediting you (and somehow got hold of the original uncropped version of the photo). Do you have the original photo as it came from your camera? Without the watermarks? –⁠moogsi (blah) 21:24, 11 May 2013 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Генерал Рослый Одесса март1965.jpg

? --158.255.179.140 02:21, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I assume you query is about the tag that has been applied to the above image? If so, please note that all images uploaded here must state a source, and there must be sufficient information to prove that the picture is freely licensed by the photographer or is in the public domain. If that's not done, the picture will eventually be deleted. If you need specific help, please post a query here. Regards, --MichaelMaggs (talk) 08:31, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

This is quite a nice high resolution scan from a printed document, probably a book (looking at the marks left from the printing process), which has been immediately included in the Russian article on Lieutenant-General Ivan Pavlovich. As the photograph was taken in 1965, there is quite a high probability that any copyright that applied then, has yet to expire. The Precautionary principle (a policy) applies in these cases. --Fæ (talk) 11:02, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Permission of people depicted

If I take a photograph of someone I am clearly the copyright owner so can presumably upload it to Wikimedia Commons. But I seem to recall from somewhere that I ought also to have the permission of the person(s) depicted. Certainly when using photographs for publicity purposes for other organisations I've been required to get the models to sign a release form. What's the situation with the Commons in this respect? If it makes a difference, I'm resident in the United Kingdom. --Ross Burgess (talk) 11:14, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi. Please see COM:PEOPLE. In the UK, you should be OK if you have taken a photo of a person in a public place, where there is no expectation of privacy. The UK is easier in that respect than some other countries. --MichaelMaggs (talk) 12:00, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Classic marginal examples are someone notable speaking at an event open to the public would have no expectation of privacy, even if the location were not a "public" place and even if members of the public needed a ticket, but someone notable sitting in an outdoor cafe eating a pile of pie and mash, might be considered to have an expectation of privacy, and not expect to be photographed by someone walking by on the street using a zoom lens. In the latter case, if you shouted "Hi Elvis!" at the notable person, and they smiled or waved back with their fork as you took the photo, one might reasonably assume that there was a form of tacit consent; certainly no judge would be likely to consider that photograph intrusive given a demonstrable rationale/context of consent. --Fæ (talk) 12:45, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

I created File:Visual consent image.jpg to make it a little easier to show consent. This may be better than OTRS which has a backlog and should be accepted by the community as a form of consent.--Canoe1967 (talk) 18:12, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Problem with my gallery

When I want to see my gallery I get a message like this:

Database Error: User 'daniel_www' has exceeded the 'max_user_connections' resource (current value: 15) on sql-s4/commonswiki_p Fatal error: Call to a member function addQuotes() on a non-object in /home/daniel/public_html/WikiSense-live/web/common/WikiQuery.php on line 940

Could someone tell me what I should do to get it fixed? Thank you for your help Dinkum (talk) 16:00, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

It looks like a temporary problem. I can see your uploads okay on this page. What tool or special page are you using? By the way, you could always consider having a user upload category, similar to mine, which then does not rely on special queries. --Fæ (talk) 16:13, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

MY photo which *I* took has been deleted.

Greetings,

My photo of William G. Swank has been deleted.

Here is the photo: http://blog.hisnameistimmy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/William_G_Swank.jpg

I TOOK this damn photo. And I took it with the subject's permission (which I DO NOT NEED to post a photo here).

Since I took the photo, it has become his official photo for newspapers, articles, the dust jackets on his books; it's fine for everyone but WikiCommons.

WHAT GIVES? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ‎Timwayne (talk • contribs)

For clarity, the image in question is File:William G Swank.jpg, which was deleted on 17 October 2011 by Courcelles, having been tagged as lacking permission 8 days previous.

Tim,

I'm very sorry this has happened, but I hope that you can understand the reason it was deleted: when something is a publicity photo, we tend to assume that the copyright rests with the author, and further tend to assume that that author is not the uploader - we get so many photos of celebrities which are clearly promotional works but are claimed as own work by anonymous accounts, and 99.99% of those will be simple copyright violations - people falsely claiming others' work as their own. We try and avoid this happening, and so when we see such a work we ask for more evidence of authorship, as we did in this case. You contacted MissVain, the person who originally tagged the file, who informed you that the file description actually states that the license is Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0), and then you have CC-BY-SA listed as well. Your Flickr account also states it is CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. It also appears as if you took the photograph, but I guess you did not? We need the direct website link to where the image came from.

While we do not disallow a mix of free and unfree licensing, it does tend to make us suspicious, especially when the given source states it is not free (in no uncertain terms). The simplest way to resolve this would be for you to simply relicense it on flickr to CC-BY-SA - that way there's no ambiguity about licence. Alternatively you can contact our OTRS team.

We take your copyright seriously - there's nothing to stop a random person having signed up with the name Tim Wayne in order to claim that they have the rights to the photo. We deleted it because we wanted to make sure we weren't infringing copyright. -mattbuck (Talk) 17:20, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

1927~1927年の論文

ヘルプデスク御中

最近入手した昭和初期の音楽研究家（祖父）の論文をアップしようと思っています。入手を手伝ってくれた大阪大学の図書館の方からは以下のコメントを頂いています。 『論文なので譲渡していない限り、通常は著作権は著者にあるはずです。ただし、Webにあげるには著作権の一種である公衆送信権も必要ですが、いずれも保護期間を超えています。公表後50年、死後50年　いずれも経っていますので、許諾を得る必要はないかと思います。』

アップしても問題無いでしょうか？

--Migikura (talk) 01:21, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Photograph I took of a commemorative plaque in public place ? copyright

I took a photo of Plaque on Stratford Broadway in London UK that commemorates Gerard Manley Hopkins' birth and early life in Stratford, including part of his poem 'The Wreck of the Deutschland'. Would there be a problem uploading this to Commons? --15:28, 13 May 2013 (UTC)~~

Most likely that would not be allowed. Assuming that the plaque has some textual or artistic copyright in itself (and most do) we would need the copyright owner's permission. In the UK the level of originality needed for copyright to subsist is very small. The fact that the plaque is displayed in public does not help, unfortunately. Sorry. --MichaelMaggs (talk) 16:04, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

I'm not sure about the specific case, because it depends on the exact details, but I don't believe that a plaque normally counts under the otherwise Commons-friendly Commons:Freedom of panorama#United Kingdom rules. They want a "work of artistic craftsmanship", which doesn't include "graphic works" like most posters and signs. WhatamIdoing (talk) 16:21, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Protest signs with photos of unknown copyright status

I have a various photos taken at public protests in the United States of people holding signs with one or more photos whose origin and copyright is unknown; all have some sort of hand written or printed text on or about them making it clear they are protest signs. Can my photos of these signs be used here? (I see others have been put up on commons. Mine are likely to be challenged on some articles where I might want to use them, so at least I can cover the copyright base in advance.) Thanks. Carolmooredc (talk) 18:28, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

• A bit of a gray zone, but in general for contemporary US photos (since the US adopted the Berne Convention), if the sign raises to the level of originality to be copyrightable, and the photo is primarily or exclusively of the sign, we'd need permission from the person who designed the sign. Conversely: (1) if the sign is just a small amount of uncopyrightable text (e.g. "No War" or "No new taxes") written in a manner that did not rise to the level of significant graphic design, then there would be no copyright issue (2) if the sign was primarily of a person and they happen to be carrying a sign, that's probably OK on a de minimis basis, much like the person's clothes. - Jmabel ! talk 01:05, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Of course, in real life people at political protests (as opposed perhaps to commercial artist protests, for example) usually want their signs to be photographed to get their message out. In any case, it seems if there is a proper mix of photo of unknown copyright status, non-remarkable text and person carrying sign it should not be a problem. Or is the photo always a problem unless one can prove it's copyright status OK?? Carolmooredc (talk) 02:37, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Royal Greenland

Hello my name is Shane and I'm from England .could I request an application form please for possible vacancies on board the royal Greenland .thankyou - unsigned

• I'm not sure where you intended to post this, but you've posted it to the help desk for the site http://commons.wikimedia.org (for people with difficulties using the site). No one here is likely to be able to help you with this question. - Jmabel ! talk 00:59, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Neue Version einer GIF-Datei hochgeladen, es wird aber weiterhin die alte Version in der Dateivorschau und im Wiki-Beitrag angezeigt.

Hallo, ich habe eine neue Version der Datei http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZyklischerBlattumlauf.gif hochgeladen. In den Ansicht Dateiversionen wird auch die richtige Datei (Rotorblattanstellungen unter über der Erklärung) angezeigt. In der großen Vorschau und im Wiki-Beitrag ist aber weiterhin die alte Version zu sehen. Ich habe die Aktualisierung der Datei ein zweitesmal probiert. Das Ergebnis ist allerdings unverändert. Was ist hier falsch gelaufen? Kann jemand eine Version der Dateiaktualisierung löschen?

I uploaded a new version of the file http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ZyklischerBlattumlauf.gif. Although no errors were reported, the large preview of this file and the picture within the wiki article show the old version. So I repeated the upload without any success. What went wrong? Can anyone delte one of the uploades new version?--UlrichHeither (talk) 19:02, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Lokales Cache-Problem, vermutlich im Browser. Bei mir wird nur die aktuelle Version angezeigt. --Denniss (talk) 20:03, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Please purge your browser’s cache or enable JavaScript in your Browser's settings. (You only need to do it once.)

Internet Explorer: press Ctrl+F5, Firefox: hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking Reload (or press STRG+⇧ Shift+R), Opera/Konqueror: press F5, Safari: hold down ⇧ Shift+alt while clicking Reload, Chrome: hold down ⇧ Shift while clicking Reload --McZusatz (talk) 20:23, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Danke für die schnelle Hilfe. Es lag tatsächlich an den alten Daten im Cache.--UlrichHeither (talk) 20:42, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Help - Speedy-Delete Corrupted Image File Needed.

Please Speedy-Delete the following corrupted image file => File:Mc6 mola.pdf regarding the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casius_quadrangle article - to make room for a newer, better version - Thank You in advance for your help with this - Enjoy! :) Drbogdan (talk) 01:09, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Easy admin help with free Flickr image

Apologies in advance because this looks like a scary mess, but it's not. In regards to File:Girl Sitting in Chair.jpg, I uploaded a free image from Flickr. I then noticed the metadata was incorrect because it stated "All Rights Reserved", which is no longer true (it was true up until recently). So I changed the metadata, and reuploaded the image. This would "break" the FlickreviewR bot since it hadn't gotten the chance to swing by yet. I then went ahead and tagged the image with a very specific speedy deletion request to remove the original image tagged as "All Rights Reserved", simply because this is neither true nor is it correct. But I'm worried the speedy delete tag may frighten off volunteers swinging by to clean up after the FlickreviewR. Can I have someone help me with this? I only need:

1. Confirm the Flickr image is free to use.
2. Delete original upload and remove that record.

I'm just housekeeping here, and I appreciate it. (I don't want to revert to the original image upload, reset the FlickreviewR tag, and then revert back to the correct upload, and then request an admin to delete three records.) Hope this makes sense, thanks so much! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 04:22, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Is it possible for an uploader to insist that larger images be deleted leaving only low-res versions?

My question applies to the image File:EPSON009.jpg, which was uploaded by User:アオイソラ ("Aoisora"), who appears to be the subject portrayed in the photo. The uploader replaced the original 1,808 x 1,216 file with a much smaller (326 x 220) version, and has recently nominated the entire file for deletion on the grounds that it compromises his personality rights. I'm not experienced enough to comment on whether this is a valid reason for deletion, but my secondary question applies to a copy of the same image recently uploaded by the same user at File:個展「饗宴」後藤 仁（GOTO JIN）.jpg. This is also a small (326 x 220) image, and includes an unnecessary watermark. I would like to ask whether it is permissible for other editors (e.g. me) to upload the large 1,808 x 1,216 version of File:EPSON009.jpg as a new version of File:個展「饗宴」後藤 仁（GOTO JIN）.jpg? This would make it a usable photo that could then actually be used on Wikipedia articles (such as en:Jin Goto). --DAJF (talk) 04:39, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Placing photograph of person on Wikipedia page from Commons

I have uploaded photo, how do I place it on Wikipedia page

I added it to the article on en:wp. You can see the syntax I used there for future reference.--Canoe1967 (talk) 05:30, 14 May 2013 (UTC)