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What does it mean this work was created by me

i took the picture only Bimshure (talk) 03:42, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi there. When you take a photo, e.g., the one you took recently, publishing the image as your own work does not assert that you own copyright on the boat depicted.

When you take a photo of many types of outdoor, permanent thing in many countries, Freedom of Panorama applies. If it's art, that may or may not complicate it. EnjoyLightEnjoyTruth (talk) 00:59, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@EnjoyLightEnjoyTruth: I think that answer is more confusing than helpful.

@Bimshure: Assuming you are talking about uploading a photo with the Upload Wizard, there are two separate questions, neither one worded exactly that way. First, you choose "This work was created by me and anyone is free to use it." That means you took the photo. Then if you choose "This work was entirely created by me" it means that the photo does not show any copyrighted work created by someone else.

For what it's worth, the Upload Wizard does not do a great job of dealing with the issue of Freedom of Panorama that EnjoyLightEnjoyTruth mentions. If someone else's copyrighted work is alright to show based on Freedom of Panorama, you would do best to choose "Yes, the work is not protected by any copyright law," even though that is not strictly true. If relevant (I don't think it is needed for the particular photo cited by EnjoyLightEnjoyTruth), you can add a template from Category:FoP templates by hand after uploading; unfortunately, the Wizard does not walk you through this. - Jmabel ! talk 05:20, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Question

How does work can you take me throw Tseoge Setswaneng (talk) 06:28, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

@Tseoge Setswaneng: Perhaps you are looking for COM:First steps. If not, you will need to ask a more specific question. - Jmabel ! talk 05:21, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

How do I just use this

I need to upload some pictures Tseoge Setswaneng (talk) 06:36, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Please read COM:First Steps Abzeronow (talk) 06:38, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Uploading photos

can the photos contain nudity ? Briank1600 (talk) 01:01, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Briank1600, Wikimedia Commons is not censored, so technically yes. We do have Category:Naturism for example. However, photos must be educationally usable. At least a part of the community is extra strict when it comes to nudity. Blurry dick pics absolutely won't fly. Also consider personality rights which are extra important when nudity is involved.
What are you looking to upload? - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 01:48, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Nudity § Significantly different from existing files says: "If a file depicts some phenomenon or circumstance which we do not already have representations of (for example, diseases or body modifications) then it should be kept, as it adds to the educational content of Commons." Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 01:35, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Also, see Commons:Nudity. - Jmabel ! talk 20:40, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Ok to submit a preliminary image of a recent election, and has a Share Alike license?

I created a preliminary map of the recent general election in Thailand. Basically, I filled in the winners of the respective constituencies. I do understand that the results are not official, and I am using a file that is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

Nonetheless, I was wondering if it was even possible to do so, and what are the proper procedures of adding such files. The last thing I want to do is to do things incorrectly. Kindly let me know. Rogerjamesdsouza (talk) 01:27, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

@Rogerjamesdsouza: It is impossible for anyone to tell whether you are doing everything correctly in a file we haven't seen. - Jmabel ! talk 01:46, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

I can attach it if that helps. Is there any way I can do so on this help desk? Or, do I have to go somewhere else? Rogerjamesdsouza (talk) 01:53, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

On second thought, here is the link: File:2026 Thai general election electoral map (preliminary results).svg Rogerjamesdsouza (talk) 01:56, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

@Rogerjamesdsouza: I fixed the link to NELLA32.

I presume that the coloring is your work, and you should credit yourself explicitly for that as an author. After all, NELLA32 should not be held responsible by anyone for anything you might not have gotten right.

This needs categories.

Is this a map you intend to update over time, or is it intended to reflect permanently the state of the election results as of 9 February?

Looks otherwise OK to me. - Jmabel ! talk 06:11, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

The coloring is indeed my work, and I do not intend to hold NELLA32 responsible, so I will credit myself for this.

How do I include categories?

Yes, this is a map I intend to update over time, especially when the official results become known. Rogerjamesdsouza (talk) 14:45, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

@Rogerjamesdsouza: You do categories here just like on any other file: Commons:Categories#Categorizing pages. - Jmabel ! talk 00:59, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

If you intend it to be kept current, please mark it with {{Current}}. - Jmabel ! talk 00:59, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Ok! Rogerjamesdsouza (talk) 04:28, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Где найти загруженные фотографии?

Я загрузил скриншот двух онегинских строф: Пушкина и Ивлеева и две фотографии Ивлеева Николая. Скриншот на месте, а фотографий нет. Как найти? Alison 1936 (talk) 17:06, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Where can I find uploaded photos?

I uploaded a screenshot of two Onegin stanzas: Pushkin's and Ivleev's, and two photographs of Nikolai Ivleev. The screenshot is there, but the photographs are missing. How can I find them?

translator: Google Translate, used by Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) -- 00:47, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

The account Alison 1936 has uploaded only one file here on Commons, see Special:Log/Alison 1936. Maybe you uploaded other files with another account or to another website? -- Asclepias (talk) 17:21, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

Спасибо за помощь. Я поищу! Alison 1936 (talk) 07:44, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I'll look for it!

translator: Google Translate, again used by Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 11:29, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Importing to Commons

Hi, how do I import a file to Commons if "Can't import file because at least one of its file revisions is hidden." Wlaak (talk) 22:02, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

@Wlaak: You'll probably have to download-and-upload. Someone might be able to give you a better answer, or do it for you, if you ask about a particular file rather than asking abstractly. - Jmabel ! talk 00:02, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks @Jmabel . I was referring to this one specifically [1] Wlaak (talk) 08:59, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Wlaak: en:File:Syrianska.svg is marked as non-free, presumably copyrighted 1 July 1977 (48 years ago) by Suryoyo SK. What makes you think it's free enough for us? If you do find out that that or another file which is actually free enough for us but gives the same error, the easiest solution for Admins on both wikis is to unhide the revisions on the other wiki, import, and then optionally rehide them.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:44, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

CC BY 3.0 Images from UT Health archive for upload (138 files)

Stumbled across an image from a collection of apparently freely licensed photos while researching Hurricane Beluah for enwiki. The institutional archive they're on asserts that they are CC BY in the "Access Rights and Restrictions" field on each image's page. No results on Commons show up for the author Tuley, George F. These photos are not already present in Category:University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Here's their brief description for the collection

Is there an efficient way to upload them all? EnjoyLightEnjoyTruth (talk) 01:13, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@EnjoyLightEnjoyTruth: "In the second step, the user can select one or multiple files (up to 50 files at the time) and begin uploading." – Commons:Upload Wizard

I think a few/several batches of 50 files (and one batch of less than 50) on Special:UploadWizard should suffice Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 12:23, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Cancel subscription to Washington Post

How do do this? ~2026-95367-0 (talk) 01:47, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

This page is for asking help about Wikimedia Commons, not about Washington Post. Sorry. HyperAnd [talk] 02:22, 12 February 2026 (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 two days. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:16, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Video Folklore Competition

Hello i am trying to upload a video for the folklore competition in the correct format and i keep getting an error message is there a link you can send me for to try the upload there? Thankyou Grass tree truth (talk) 03:55, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

We are not your personal free web host. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 04:05, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Hold on there pilgrim youre running a competition and you cant upload any videos and try and lose the attitude...Theres quite a bit of prize money involved here fro the winners and you have a glitch on your site im sure those in charge of Wiki would like to know this thankyou Grass tree truth (talk) 04:20, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

So I am running the competition? Hardly Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 04:46, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Whyiseverythingalreadyused: please don't give unhelpful answers on the help desk. Do you have some specific reason to think this user's intended upload is out of scope for the contest in question? - Jmabel ! talk 05:26, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

I think I misunderstood them; I have Wikimedia banners globally turned off because I got frustrated at closing them all the time Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:37, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel ↑ Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:11, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Whyiseverythingalreadyused: There is almost always at least one contest going on here. Sometimes, if you want to help someone, you may have to ask which contest, but if someone is asking about a contest, and you haven't a clue, and you don't want to help them, please just stay out of it. - Jmabel ! talk 18:01, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Grass tree truth: Hi, and welcome. What format are you trying? Video2Commons is having problems right now, but some alternatives are on Commons talk:Video2commons and Special:Diff/1164024705. Details of what you are trying to upload and how, and the errors you are getting, will help us to troubleshoot.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 04:30, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Thankyou Jeff the upload worked Grass Tree Truth Grass tree truth (talk) 04:48, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Grass tree truth: You're welcome, but: it's very blurry and hard to make out; and is there a script, transcript, or set of subtitles you are willing to share? We use Timed Text pursuant to en:SubRip for our subtitles. Also, what is the subject matter, a poem? Who is speaking? Why is the filename in all uppercase?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 05:02, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

I dont know i just did it in uppercase...could you walk me through subtitling it Jeff id really appreciate it thankyou Grass tree truth (talk) 08:18, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Grass tree truth: did you read en:SubRip, which Jeff linked? It is reasonable to come back here with specific questions if there is something you don't follow. It is not reasonable to say, "I'm not willing to read the documentation, someone else needs to walk through my particular case step by step." - Jmabel ! talk 18:04, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Help sorting out Estonian Air Force flags

I noticed there is some mix-up with several images of the flags of the Estonian Air Force. Namely, images with "(reverse)" in the name actually contain the obverse (front side) of the flag, and vice versa. This has led to confusion and errors in articles, with some cases going by the name of the file and others by the contents.

In an attempt to fix this, I have uploaded the current, correct version of the obverse of the flag as File:Flag of the Estonian Air Force (obverse).png. I have also fixed the flag in a number of articles, mostly on enwiki, but several images still remain that are in use on various wikis:

• File:Flag of the Estonian Air Force (reverse).png - shows the obverse, seems to be in use as such.
• File:Flag of the Estonia Air Force (reverse).png - crop of the previous.
• File:State Flag of the Estonian Air Force (obverse).png - shows the reverse*, also incorrectly named as a state flag. Seems to be mostly in use as the obverse.
• File:Flag of the Estonia Air Force.png - probably a crop of the previous, also seems to be in use as the obverse.

(* Actually this appears to be a generic reverse used by a number of Estonian military flags, not specific to the Air Force.)

What would be the best way to sort these out, considering that most uses of all four files seem to be as the obverse of the flag?

• Go through and edit each individual article? Seems a daunting task, especially since many are on wikis in languages and scripts I don't understand. Is there a bot for this?
• Request (speedy?) deletion of the images and re-create as redirects to the correct image?
• Directly change the images into redirects? Not sure if this is even possible.
• Upload new versions to make the filenames match the image contents? AFAIK uploading duplicate images is not allowed.
• Something else I'm not thinking of?

I appreciate any advice. Indrek (talk) 08:49, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Indrek: the best course is probably to indicate here what filenames should be changed to what other filenames, even if it means that some names need to be swapped with each other. An admin can do the necessary moves, but if there are names to be swapped, no one else can. - Jmabel ! talk 18:09, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Well, based on the contents of the files, I might suggest the following filename swaps:

• File:Flag of the Estonian Air Force (reverse).png ↔ File:State Flag of the Estonian Air Force (obverse).png
• File:Flag of the Estonia Air Force (reverse).png ↔ File:Flag of the Estonia Air Force.png

But this would create the issue that articles using the "(reverse)" images to show the obverse of the flag would now show the reverse of the flag instead and require updating to use the correct image. In which case they might as well be edited to use the one I uploaded (which is higher-res and contains the current version of the flag).

Also, this would still leave files of multiple versions of the flag, and one image with the incorrect word "State" in the filename, which I would prefer to avoid. Indrek (talk) 19:51, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Username

how to change username Copenhagen8thGenBernstorff (talk) 15:29, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Copenhagen8thGenBernstorff: See Changing your username. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:41, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Revisions (.png of naval message to USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723)

I want to upload a .png of a naval message sent by Commander, Submarines, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, VADM George Emery, USN,to me (Commanding Officer, USS Oklahoma City (SSN 7123)) on 27 April 1995. The message is important to the submarine's participation in supporting the people of Oklahoma City following the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building the week before. I also have numbers of pictures taken by the crew and others on the waterfront which would help flesh out this historically important time. SoonerCO (talk) 20:59, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Hmm. Your descriptions sounds like being about an official USN document, made under the responsibility of a member of that service branch. That's within the purview of {{PD-USNavy}}. Furthermore, most military messages follow a strict, nearly algorithmic pattern, where there's no place for individual creativity, so they would be unprotected anyway.

But for pictures taken by crew members, you will have to differentiate between pictures taken as and during military duty and pictures taken as private mementos. The former are welcome (again: PD-USNavy), the latter need individual rights releases.

Last but not least: keep COM:SCOPE and COM:PERSONAL in mind, but that's only a small hurdle if you already have a use case on Wikipedia ready. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 21:24, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Exactly. All things I'm interested in using to illustrate this history are the same: naval messages, memos, etc., and photos. SoonerCO (talk) 21:32, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

Is there any issue left? So, as long as any media was produced as official duty by a member of the armed forces of the USA, the it's in the public domain. If private mementos are to be included, then a rights release through COM:VRT is necessary, see COM:THIRD. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:08, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

The only issue for me is the mechanics of uploading what I want to insert.

Oh, and apparently another: I just checked the USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723) wikipedia article and it has unexplainably reverted overnight to what it was before I revised it extensively. I am still in the process of compiling proper citations. Guess I'll just paste back in what I wrote. SoonerCO (talk) 14:50, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

mechanics of uploading Special:UploadWizard is pretty self-explanatory; as noted, you will want to use {{PD-USNavy}} in lieu of a license, there's a place in the wizard sequence where you can fill that in. As for using some of the images in an article in en-wiki, probably the easiest way to see how to do that is to look at the source wikitext and see how other images are inserted (yes, there is documentation, but it's probably quicker to look at a model). - Jmabel ! talk 19:20, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Question about Publishing the Estate of Paintings of an Artist Friend, Charles Swank

A good friend before he died this past October gave me as his agent and friend all his remaining paintings and photocopies of his lifetime of work. He told me they were mine to sell or give away or burn. I would like to publish some of the best ones here on Wikimedia Commons. His widow has confirmed his wishes to have me publish them. There is nothing in writing to prove this arrangement. It was made with a hug and a handshake.

Any guidance as to whether I can proceed here...? Charles Swank - Artist (talk) 22:51, 12 February 2026 (UTC)

@Charles Swank - Artist: tell the widow to contact the Volunteer Response Team

If that doesn't work, I'm not confident about your probability of getting them onto Commons Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:07, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Image in public domain?

I found this image of Dan Helmer, which seems to be an Army photo and thus, as far as I understand, public domain, but the only source is his website. Not sure if it would still be allowed, or if there would be any way to find the original? (I've tried Google, reverse-image search.) Edit: same question for this photo of David Reid. JohnSon12a (talk) 00:34, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi JohnSon12a. Just going to clarify that an army photo would only be {{PD-USGov-Army}} if it was taken by an employee of the US federal government (e.g., an official US army photographer) as part of their official duties; photos taken by third-parties (i.e., someone who's not an "employee" of the US Army) could still be eligible for copyright protection. The photo you've linked to above for Helmer does look rather official and like the ones taken of US Army members, but the source you've provided isn't really an official government source per se; so, it's kind of hard to say with 100% certainly that this photo is OK for Commons. If the source, for example, attributes the photo to the US Army or some other US governmental department, then that could really clear things up. Given that the photo seems to come from a site controlled by the subject themselves, you could try contacting them and asking where the photo came from, I guess. I can't see the Reid photo you also mentioned because of the PC I'm using at the moment, but what I posted above would, in principle, also apply to it. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:29, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you! I figured it would run into that tricky territory. I tried finding it elsewhere, but couldn't. I could try reaching out. JohnSon12a (talk) 01:33, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Message re: Photo Upload

Hi, I received a message that I need to verify with Commons that I have proper permission to upload a photo I uploaded. I do have permission. To verify, I can have the owner of the photo email Commons and say that she releases the photo under a free license. Would this satisfy the requirement to demonstrate permission? Thank you. ~2026-97827-1 (talk) 08:05, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

~2026-97827-1, please read COM:VRT for instructions. She can use the Commons:Wikimedia VRT release generator. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 08:27, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Use of figure from old journal article

I would like to add the figure (i.e. plot) on Page 173 of this 1902 article (https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1902PAIKH...1..125W) to the Coma Cluster page. Given the age of the publication, is it acceptable to reproduce the figure? Arobotham (talk) 09:47, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

I would say so; Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Germany states that standard copyright persists for 70 years after lifelong protection, and the Max Wolf on the cover page appears to be this one, who died in 1932 (his postmortem copyright expired in 2002) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 12:16, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

(Slight inaccuracy, his copyright expired in the beginning of 2003. He would still have copyright until 31 December 2002, since copyright terms round up to a full year.) HyperAnd [talk] 12:42, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

So {{PD-auto-expired|1932}}. - Jmabel ! talk 19:22, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

статья смирнов борис иванович

добавила в статью фото, добавила ссылку на отца , исправила данные по жене , а внизу статьи появилась запись:на эту статью не ссылаются другие статьи Википедии. Это делает её менее доступной для читателей. Пожалуйста, установите ссылки, используя инструмент с подсказками для облегчения поиска. (12 февраля 2026) Darty23 (talk) 22:45, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Article by Boris Ivanovich Smirnov

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I added a photo to the article, added a link to my father, corrected my wife's information, and at the bottom of the article, a note appeared: This article is not referenced by other Wikipedia articles.

This makes it less accessible to readers. Please install links using the tool with suggestions to make searching easier. (February 12, 2026)

translator: Google Translate via   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:42, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

@Darty23: Привет и добро пожаловать. Этот тег был добавлен в ru:special:diff/151688007 пользователем KrBot, управляемым Ivan A. Krestinin.

Hi, and welcome. That tag was added in ru:special:diff/151688007 by KrBot, run by Ivan A. Krestinin.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:42, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

Request for Division-wise Highlighted Maps (Chhattisgarh 2026)

Thesurajsahu (talk) 14:21, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

@Thesurajsahu: you asked the same question at User talk:C1MM Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 03:55, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

yes, but I want images as early as possible. Thesurajsahu (talk) 05:15, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

File:Roman Legions camps - AD 80.png does not show

does not show at any resolution lower than 400px. What is wrong? - Erik Baas (talk) 15:25, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Error - Too Many Requests. bdijkstra (overleg) 15:28, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

@Bdijkstra and @Erik Baas: This is a problem for me too. The diagnostic information just included "Request served via cp1107 cp1107, Varnish XID 593343876

Upstream caches: cp1107 int

Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:30:21 GMT". Please file a bug report via mw:How to report a bug.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:31, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Going back to the old parser works, either via the sidebar or via the preferences. Or you can use a parameter in the url: replace &action=history with &useparsoid=0:

https://nl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Legio_V_Alaudae&useparsoid=0   → bertux 16:19, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

That doesn't work for me. bdijkstra (overleg) 16:26, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Rechecked, it does work for me. My settings cause a large width, perhaps ≥ 400px; and indeed, specifying 200px or 250px makes the content disappear → bertux 17:07, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

Fixed it. Don't ask how. ;-) - Erik Baas (talk) 17:30, 14 February 2026 (UTC)

My files were renamed as I uploaded

I am confused, this has never happened to me before. I uploaded two large batches of files using the upload wizard. Hundreds of photos in each batch. The first batch worked as always, the filenames were the ones I had on my files. The second batch did this very weird thing where the files were all renamed. My filenames were for example raffi̙-kojiaɲ-AM2000-0500.jpg, but the uploaded file was named Raffi_kojian-AM2000-0999_01.jpg for some reason, and then from 01 the numbers just go up.

This is very annoying for me because I can no longer match them up with the files on my computer, the file descriptions I have on my computer that I want to slowly add over time, and I can never match them to my original files by filename. It's a mess for me and I am wondering if there is a way to automatically fix this, or just delete them all and I try again, because this is not a helpful situation whatsoever. Also of course any tips on what could have caused it that I can avoid would be lovely.

Thanks RaffiKojian (talk) 04:54, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

@RaffiKojian: Is it that you can't reconstruct the original filenames and do this as a series of moves? Because that would certainly be preferred delete and re-upload. Also though, those are really poor filenames, not conforming at all to Commons:File naming. - Jmabel ! talk 07:02, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

I can offer to go through Special:ListFiles/RaffiKojian and request moves Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:59, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

... oh no I don't have the time Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 09:00, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

It would take so much more time to move hundreds of files than it would to just re-upload them. I would have uploaded tens of thousands more photos to commons by now if the entire process didn't take so long, and if I could get uploading software like vicuna or commonist to work on my computer again. It's really a waste just having these sitting on my hard drive instead of here on commons. RaffiKojian (talk) 14:53, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Apparently all of my files were renamed in the last step of the process, and the only way I can see to stop it is to hand renumber/name thousands of files. I don't know why the site has decided to start renaming and renumbering files, but it's really annoying and pointless. It's already causing me problems finding specific photos I need to in order to add info to them, but I'm plowing ahead with uploading since I don't see a way around it... RaffiKojian (talk) 17:44, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

I can't post a picture.

I can't post a picture. Great turk (talk) 11:13, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

I was going to ask what picture until I checked your talk page and saw that your user page had been nominated for speedy deletion as an abuse of user pages

You need to read Commons:What Commons is not Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 13:34, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Pinging Yann because he notified OP that we are not a free personal web host Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 13:35, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

OP is not responding; closing section Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 09:16, 20 February 2026 (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 two days. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 09:17, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

How to support a challenge topic suggestion on wikipedia as a reply?

I didn't find how to support any challenge topic suggestion appear on wikimedia as I see many do the same with no issues. Need the guide as a beginner. Girlmath (talk) 15:01, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

@Girlmath: You mean polling templates like  Support,  Oppose,  Delete,  Keep, etc.? If so, you need to type {{Support}}, {{Oppose}}, etc. when typing in your reply (when replying, make sure in the dropdown of the button, Source editing is selected). See Commons:Polling templates for a complete list of polling templates.

If you meant something else, please clarify your question. HyperAnd [talk] 11:52, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Lien Diaphonème.

J'aimerais savoir comment transférer le fichier Diaphonème de l'utilisateur Diafonemus vers l'utilisateur Diaphonémus-Galaxie Diaphonème.Gif,Merci. Diaphonémus-Galaxie (talk) 16:06, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

@Diaphonémus-Galaxie: did you mean File:Diaphonème.Gif? Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:16, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

I would like to know how to transfer the Diaphoneme file from the Diafonemus user to the Diaphonème.Gif. Thank you.

translator: Google Translate via HurricaneZeta (talk) 16:17, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

WhatsApp

Saya ingin masuk ke whatsApp saya yang dulu ~2026-10299-27 (talk) 16:44, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Hello @~2026-10299-27, this is the help desk for Wikimedia Commons, a media repository. We can't help you with your whatsapp account, you'll have to contact them for that. HurricaneZeta^C 16:48, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Helo @~2026-10299-27, ini ialah meja bantuan untuk Wikimedia Commons, sebuah repositori media. Kami tidak dapat membantu anda dengan akaun whatsapp anda, anda perlu menghubungi mereka untuk itu.

translator: Google Translate via HurricaneZeta^C 16:48, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Maaf, ini meja bantuan khusus untuk Wikimedia Commons, sebuah repositori media. Kami tidak bisa membantumu dalam masalah akun WhatsApp, itu perlu bantuan dari mereka, bukan kami. HyperAnd [talk] 21:44, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Apakah kontribusi di sini dapan royalti ?

apakah setiap kontribusi di sini dapat royalti Gautsgeelani (talk) 14:45, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

does every contribution here get royalties?

translator: machine translation

Gautsgeelani, see w:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia pay rates#Pay tables for rates - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 15:38, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

@Alexis Jazz: that's an overly cute answer to give to someone with whom you don't have a common language.

@Gautsgeelani: no, this is an entirely volunteer project. Any content you post here can be used by anyone for any legal purpose, as long as they conform to the license you offer. - Jmabel ! talk 20:49, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel: I'm sorry, I struck it. This question seems to get asked so often, it's almost like we should answer it in the edit notice or something. Is there a more serious resource (preferably with translations) you can think of that could be linked instead? There's https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2018/08/22/dont-pay-for-wikipedia-articles/ but that's not from an editor's POV and only in English.

@Gautsgeelani: no, regular users don't get paid by the WikiMedia Foundation to contribute. Some developers and lawyers are paid if employed by the WMF. Some people are paid by third parties to be a Wikimedian in residence, but if you have to ask, that's not you. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 04:12, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

@Alexis Jazz: maybe Commons:How to#How does Commons run as a project? (which I wrote). But that's a bit lengthy and just in English. - Jmabel ! talk 03:01, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

@Gautsgeelani: Tidak. Wikimedia Commons adalah proyek sukarelawan. Semua konten yang kamu menerbitkan di sini bisa digunakan oleh semua orang dengan tujuan hukum apapun, selama mereka mematuhi lisensi bebas yang kamu memberikan. HyperAnd [talk] 21:14, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

No all his free it is my own video and I give all the rights Tristan91170 (talk) 18:26, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

upload an originale vidéo of bacteries

Hi, I want to upload an original vidéo of bacterias product by myself but it is refused Tristan91170 (talk) 18:23, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

Tristan91170, File:Bactéries.ogg seems to work. If you are (also) trying to upload a video a non-supported format (e.g. a .mp4 file), try Commons:Video2commons. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 19:01, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

replace an existing image in existing Wiki. Tried to upload diferent image . Replace B&W with color

Tried uploading but seems to have failed. Need some help please Nestadog (talk) 23:14, 16 February 2026 (UTC)

@Nestadog: Looks like you hit a filter for trying to do an upload when you haven't yet supplied and confirmed an email address. - Jmabel ! talk 03:27, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

That is a filter with no action. It does not prevent uploads. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:15, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

@Nestadog: If you mean "File:John Langeloth Loeb Jr.jpg", then look at your talk page and at the deletion comment, which basically are to the effect that you did not provide evidence for the claims that you are the photographer and the holder of the copyright of this photo that is found elsewhere on the internet. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:15, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

I am supplying the original file. There is no copyright persay the photo is the property of Amb John Loeb and

was supplied by him to me for use in WIKI. Also how do I find the link to his WIKI? Nestadog (talk) 15:52, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

@Nestadog This is a common misconception. You can release files just for use in Wikipedia, but we won't accept them. They must be free to use by anyone, anywhere, for any purpose. See COM:L. Creative Commons licenses are the easiest way to do this on Commons, and you can go through the UploadWizard for that. Since the image is widely used across the internet, you should also email VRT (read the page for information) proving that the image has truly been released by the copyright holder. HurricaneZeta^C 16:01, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

First time uploading. Made a mess and I'm not sure how to fix it

The file Viossa Flag.png had a notice to create an SVG for it, which I did. However, I made two versions of the flag. One was an exact recreation of the original file (which due to a mistake (not by a Wikimedia user, but the external source) had a ratio of 593:398), while the other one was a one with a restored ratio of 3:2. The community the flag represents voted to upload the 3:2 version to replace the old one and keep the old ratio as an alternate version. The problem is that since I uploaded this fixed version, I uploaded an image that was NOT an exact SVG recreation of the old file. Later, we came to the conclusion that we should've uploaded the fixed ratio version as something like Viossa Flag (3-2).svg. Right now, the flags have already been marked for deletion, since the fixed version doesn't have any external sources yet to confirm it's actually being used. I'm currently waiting for a file mover to rename the files to hopefully fix the issue. Please let me know how we should proceed. Thanks a lot in advance for your time and help. JanLisaki (talk) 01:26, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Convenience links: File:Viossa Flag.svg, File:Traditional Viossa Flag.svg. - Jmabel ! talk 03:29, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

And also: File:Viossa Flag.png.

@JanLisaki: I've commented on the deletion request. I believe these will probably be kept.

The community the flag represents: that is rather confusing. Meaning that the speakers of this pidgin dialect had a formal vote? Or meaning something else?

fixed ratio aren't all SVG files "fixed ratio"? How would you make a variable-ratio SVG? Or do you just mean "preferred ratio"?

It would be much easier to help you if you were clear what you want done. Is there a file you are asking to have renamed? If so, as a non-filemover, for you the "move" tool on the file page will simply allow you to make a request to have the file renamed. - Jmabel ! talk 03:41, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the response.

The community is built around the central Discord server, with probably 99% of speakers being part of it. I held an informal poll in this server for which the handful of eldest community members were notified (though anyone was able to vote). This poll asked whether the 3:2 or botched 593:398 should be uploaded on Wikimedia, with the other one being considered an alternate version. This poll turned out 25 to 11 in favour of the 3:2 flag.

Yes, I meant "fixed" in the sense of "repaired, restored". Sorry if that was confusing.

What I am planning to do now is rename the 3:2 flag to Viossa Flag (3-2).svg, and then rename the 593:398 flag to Viossa Flag.svg. I already requested a file mover. I can't request the second renaming yet because currently the 3:2 flag is still "occupying" the name Viossa Flag.svg.

I was mainly wondering if this is a stupid way to go about things/if there is a better way to fix the mess this created. JanLisaki (talk) 10:12, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Just dropping a small note to vouch for this user and the situation in general. I am a moderator of the Discord server in question, called simply "Viossa Diskordserver," which has over 6,000 members at this time, hundreds of which message regularly. We did indeed have an informal poll about this (relatively minor) aspect ratio file problem, and this change is part of our group efforts to work on the Viossa article on Wikipedia [2] to remove the issues since it's a high importance article.

Many thanks in advance to anyone on the helpdesk volunteer team who is able to assist with this small task!

💚💚💚

JezzaHehn (talk) 17:20, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

No, this is not "a stupid way to go about things."

If you cannot make the move requests in the normal manner, spell out here what file(s) you want moved to what new filename(s), but please do that explicitly in terms of file names, not circumlocutions like " the 3:2 flag". - Jmabel ! talk 03:11, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Apologies for the prior language barrier confusion. The requests were indeed made by User JanLisaki using the normal manner of the "move" tool. This help desk post is to confirm that the procedure was being followed correctly. I will rephrase the request here.

This is the original file: File:Viossa Flag.png

User JanLisaki is requesting that File:Viossa Flag.svg be renamed, and I personally suggst "Viossa Flag 3x2.svg" based on other files in this page: Category:SVG flags with an aspect ratio of 3:2

Following this, the flag File:Traditional Viossa Flag.svg is requested to be renamed "Viossa Flag.svg" to match the original PNG version of the file (linked above).

Again thanks for your time. Looks like you are a veteran of Commons and I salute you for your years of service 🫡 JezzaHehn (talk) 03:30, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

It looks like ChiK declined the move, most likely because the request gave no indication of the discussion here (e.g. via a permalink). @ChiK: do you still feel that the move was wrong after reading this? - Jmabel ! talk 07:46, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

I kindly confirm that you may go ahead with the proposed rename. ChiK (talk) 08:10, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Moves done. You will probably want to edit the descriptions further. DR is still open, and there may be more you should say there. - Jmabel ! talk 20:04, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so, so much for your time and help! I'm glad this situation could be resolved.

Do you have any advice on what I should do regarding the DR? JanLisaki (talk) 20:54, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

@JanLisaki: I think you've already said your piece, although some of it had no relation to why the files should be kept. That part of my comment was really addressed to those who have not commented on the DR. - Jmabel ! talk 22:05, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Patrolling question

Whne patrolling new files, should I mark a file as patrolled after I tagged it for deletion? The COM:PATROL page says you should, but that's generalized for all new pages. HurricaneZeta^C 02:03, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes. If you've marked it for deletion, it doesn't need another patroller to take a look at it. - Jmabel ! talk 03:53, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

HurricaneZeta, I think so, but if you tagged it for speedy deletion it may not matter if gets deleted before any other patroller would look at it. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 04:23, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Creating cropped version of existing image

Hello! How do I create/upload a cropped version of this existing image? OrdinaryOtter (talk) 05:55, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

This is very helpful: Commons:CropTool. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:05, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! OrdinaryOtter (talk) 23:00, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Updating Logo on my Company's Page

Hi there I'm a digital marketing/communications/brand manager at ASUG and I want to update the logo on my brand's page. The new logo has been taken down before for licensing issues (uploaded by the Communications Director at the time) and I want to avoid that happening again. The logo on the page is currently 6 years out of date.

Any help would be appreciated. KatieatASUG (talk) 15:43, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Does this refer to en:Americas' SAP Users' Group?

Where can we see the new logo? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:49, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Yes, thank you! That is the correct page. We don't currently have a media page but I can grab a link to the logo from one of our subdomains.

I have a link to the new logo here: https://info.asug.com/hubfs/ASUG_Orange_021_logo.svg KatieatASUG (talk) 16:01, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. I have made the change. The logo is at File:Americas' SAP Users' Group logo as of 2026.png and is too simple to be copyrightable.

Please be aware of Wikipedia's policy en:WP:PAID and avoid the temptation to edit the article yourself. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:27, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help with this! KatieatASUG (talk) 16:56, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

KatieatASUG, while editing the article would be ill-advised, you could provide sources that establish notability on w:en:Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Americas' SAP Users' Group. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 17:40, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Could you tell me what I'm doing wrong here?

Category:Walter John Mathams. Krok6kola (talk) 16:40, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

There is no obvious error. How is it different to what you were expecting? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:11, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

Thanks so much for replying. It looks fine now, so I don't know what was going on at the time. Krok6kola (talk) 00:00, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Regarding free CC license

Hello, I like to add resources provided in this website related to ISKCON, but I am not clear as I didnt find any free-license provided in the website. Can somebody verify that the resources available in the website is free for reuse in Commons..? --Gpkp (talk) 10:14, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

I see no evidence of a free licence. What makes you think there might be one? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:35, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

As a rule of thumb, assume that anything you see on the internet is copyrighted until proven otherwise by an explicit confirmation of a free license or a release compatible with Commons. HurricaneZeta^C 14:23, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

@Gpkp: Hi, and welcome. In addition to the above, please see COM:NETC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:14, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

And possibly COM:THIRD if you plan to do any significant amount of uploading third-party materials. - Jmabel ! talk 19:50, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

US federal government PD X post

Hello, the "DOW Rapid Response" X account, affiliated with DOD, recently posted images which could be useful for commons (currently, there are no decent pictures of Douglas Wilson on Commons). Since it's posted on an official account, can it be uploaded to commons as PD? Or would we need further info on the author? Likewise, would a screengrab from the official stream of Wilson's sermon be fair game? Theodore Christopher (talk) 15:19, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

@Theodore Christopher: Do you have a reference for "affiliated with DOD"?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:29, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Besides the fact that it's an officially verified govt' account, it is treated as such by war.gov. Theodore Christopher (talk) 15:55, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

VRT

The author provided their permisson of this picture through VRT email. It says it can be read in here, but this site requires me to log in, so I just put my username and password, but it says the password or username is wrong. There's no "sign in" like thing button either. What should I do to check this permission? Camilasdandelions (talk) 02:08, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

@Camilasdandelions: ask on Commons:Volunteer Response Team/Noticeboard, the VRT tickets themselves can only be accessed by VRT agents for data protection reasons. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 02:20, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

@Camilasdandelions: VRT exists precisely to handle confidential correspondence, so of course only their conclusions, not their process, can be shared publicly. - Jmabel ! talk 04:41, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel Noting that the Zara Larsson + WP thing is in the media [3] (there's more) and there may be some shenanigans:[4] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 06:36, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

It's really too bad that Mike Hadreas (Perfume Genius) didn't like the picture I took of him in 2017. I think it captured him a lot better than the rather generic could-be-any-musician-in-concert photo he seems to prefer. - Jmabel ! talk 06:55, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Everyone's a critic. But I don't know if he actually said he likes the other one better. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 12:08, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel More:[5] Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:05, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

It's correct advice. It just saddens me that he prefers a generic photo that captures nothing of him. - Jmabel ! talk 07:35, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

It's quite good info-wise, and he links WP:PICYOU twice, so we know he found the manual. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:01, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Deceased fathers' art photos

My father died in 1989 and gave me, (his son) the artwork he painted. I promised him that I would get his story and art out to the world. Can I post photos of his work on the site? I am new to Wikipedia. Thank you. A.R. Loomis (talk) 01:08, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

• Yes. Presuming no other relative has claim to have inherited the copyright, you have rights to license and share your father's work. Commons even has license templates for such situations, eg {{Cc-zero-heirs}} (for basically releasing to public domain) or {{Cc-by-sa-4.0-heirs}} (for requiring attribution). Cheers, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 02:06, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
• If the main thing you are going to be doing here is uploading his work, I recommend explaining that (and your relation) on your user page. Also: Infrogmation's response presumes that your father's work is in scope for Commons. If he was at all a notable artist, it would be. Otherwise, it might not be: works by the average person who paints, even the average person with an art degree, would not be in scope. - Jmabel ! talk 06:59, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Nancy Ajram Wikipedia Article Picture

Hi, I noticed on Nancy Ajram's page that her old photo was taken down for some reason when someone else was editing her page. I want to reupload it, it's the same photo as her previous wikipedia page picture and I saved the image from images from Wikipedia under google images. Please let me know what I need to do. Thank you. Factsaudi (talk) 02:53, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

•  Comment Unsure what photo you're talking about. Images of Nancy Ajram are at Category:Nancy Ajram. If it's not an image there, you need to be positive that it is explicitly free licensed by the original photographer. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 03:32, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

  Her old photo is in Category:Nancy Ajram, unfortunately her page photo had become an error code, I was wondering if there would be a way I could upload it or be able to fix the error. Factsaudi (talk) 05:28, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

  I checked w:Special:History/Nancy Ajram and turns out it's just file name vandalism by temporary accounts; nothing to see here (I reverted the vandalism) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:48, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

  Pinging both original participants in the thread for good measure: @Factsaudi @Infrogmation Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:49, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

  @Whyiseverythingalreadyused: Thanks. I warned them.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:10, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

  @Jeff G.: You did not warn the account who vandalized. You warned the account who made legitimate edits to partly revert the vandalism. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:08, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

  @Asclepias: Sorry about that, I was in a rush.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:20, 20 February 2026 (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 two days. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:50, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Copyright help regarding File:Kaader filmist "põld".jpg

I submitted a scene from the film "Põld" which was made in the USSR, 1978. It is not affiliated with the USA in any way (I have checked). According to the Estonian film institute every audio-visual work (film) shown for business or distributed is under copyright. It does not mention only visual works nor does it remark that scenes are under copyright. Should I take the image down, or?

--Koidutar (talk) 09:32, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

@Koidutar: It is still under a copyright in Russia (and in most of the world), which is the successor country. Yann (talk) 09:56, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

jakie rozszerzenie ma mieć plik tekstowy przesyłany do WIKI

jakie rozszerzenie ma mieć plik tekstowy przesyłany do WIK Andrzej Bochnacki (talk) 21:46, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

@Andrzej Bochnacki: Hi, You do not send text with an extension. You post the plain text in the relevant project, which is certainly not Wikimedia Commons. For the Polish language Wikipedia, please see pl:. Yann (talk) 22:03, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Removal of Images Posted in Exchange for Replacements

Hello, I would like to kindly request the removal of my contributions from:

• 23:10, 20 February 2026
• 21:17, 12 February 2026

Unfortunately, these images are unprofessional and I would like to have them replaced with the owner's professional images as seen in Muck Rack and Medium (their journalistic pages).

Please let me know if this is possible for this is needed as soon as possible.

Thank you. Reclaim Project Global (talk) 23:15, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

@Reclaim Project Global: Hi, In such cases, please just add {{SD|G7}} in the file description. Thanks, Yann (talk) 23:32, 20 February 2026 (UTC)

Request for collaboration

I am currently in the process of vectorising File:Colour 18-col PT with labels.png. I have reached the stage where I start filling out all the cells with their atomic numbers and chemical symbols. Is anybody who is experienced with writing S.V.G. code by hand willing to help me out with a few parts? All alone this would take a while!

Best regards, Lekritz (talk) 11:35, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

@Lekritz: possibly better asked at Commons:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop. - Jmabel ! talk 19:21, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Кугаевский Александр Федорович

Здравствуйте, пожалуйста разблокируйте, фотографию которую я загрузил. Вероятно я неправильно указал дату фотографии. Но авторские права на нее принадлежат мне. Так как это семейное фото, а я внук и владелец не посредственно этой фотографии и прав на нее. На фото изображен мой дед. Я пишу про него страницу в википедии. 545пятьчетырепять (talk) 12:17, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi, It looks like you already found the page Undeletion requests. -- Asclepias (talk) 12:31, 21 February 2026 (UTC)

fotos hechas de ia por personas

hola se puede agregar los articulos con imagenes hechas con ia pero creadas por mi o solo imagenes normales de dominio publico MARS23434 (talk) 22:57, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

"ia" significa https://archive.org/ ? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:34, 23 February 2026 (UTC)