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1 Huge amount of problematic name categories 5 3 StarTrekker 2024-03-13 13:57
2 Picture of building, file renaming 10 years later when owner changes (as "obvious error") 39 11 Enhancing999 2024-03-17 09:30
3 Category:Benjamin Franklin 5 5 Infrogmation 2024-03-13 23:12
4 I need help to understand how to upload images on wikipedia. 9 4 Tuvalkin 2024-03-12 22:40
5 Category:White women of the United States 12 7 Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 2024-03-19 04:48
6 Moving Category:Fort A.P. Hill 3 2 OdinintheNorth 2024-03-13 18:33
7 Scientists CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free 5 2 Koavf 2024-03-12 11:06
8 Feedback needed on proposed changes to Describe step 2 2 Donald Trung 2024-03-13 01:06
9 Russian symbols and flags 11 6 Omphalographer 2024-03-13 20:07
10 Painting or sculpture? 5 4 Herbert Ortner 2024-03-13 09:44
11 Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection 1 1 MPossoupe (WMF) 2024-03-12 19:56
12 PD US Expired 1903? 5 5 Jmabel 2024-03-13 18:05
13 Bias? 7 7 Infrogmation 2024-03-13 23:36
14 Category:People of the United States Department of State 7 4 RZuo 2024-03-16 11:49
15 Template:Search own work 4 2 Jmabel 2024-03-13 20:23
16 Works named after protagonists 6 3 ReneeWrites 2024-03-17 17:28
17 Painting Copy of the British Attack on Bocachica by Luis Gordillo in 1994 2 2 From Hill To Shore 2024-03-13 22:45
18 Old bank notes: Bulk upload opportunity 1 1 Pigsonthewing 2024-03-14 16:11
19 Global ban proposal for Slowking4 1 1 Seawolf35 2024-03-14 19:35
20 Your wiki will be in read-only soon 1 1 Trizek (WMF) 2024-03-15 00:00
21 Amateur drawings 14 7 Jmabel 2024-03-17 17:44
22 Camel? 5 4 Inertia6084 2024-03-16 20:39
23 OpenRefine question 1 1 Pigsonthewing 2024-03-16 14:20
24 Category:Plushies, dolls or toys based on fictional characters 8 4 ReneeWrites 2024-03-17 16:47
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27 Sock tagging prior to blocking 1 1 Aafi 2024-03-18 14:14
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February 24[edit]

Huge amount of problematic name categories[edit]

The user @JuTa seems to have created dozens upon dozens of name categories for names that are not actual names, for example there are tons of categories for "compound" names which are really just a string of given names used by a single person ever, like Category:Johan Marie Jacques Hubert (given name) (and in some cases a couple of given names + a surname treated as a given name such as Category:Marie Therese Nordsletta (given name)), as well as creating surname categories for surnames + initials like Category:Y Goud (surname), and in the case of Category:Yashki(surname) (which I moved to Category:Yashki (surname) 3 years after it was created) I'm not even sure the person who wears it has it as a family name (I'm not overly familiar with how Indian names work). It seems to me like JaTu doesn't understand naming conventions of different cultures and many of the categories they have created are really problematic, but I don't know how to take care of all of them. StarTrekker (talk) 22:39, 24 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

years-old open discussion: Commons:Categories for discussion/2016/08/Category:Robert Falcon (given name). RZuo (talk) 08:23, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
RZuo said that «It seems to me like JaTu doesn't understand naming conventions of different cultures», and indeed is so; I would add that it’s not just JuTa, it’s most people who worked on the matter in Commons and whoever designed the Wikidata module that deals with anthroponyms. And while JuTa is not active anymore, the others are alive and kicking and I just gave up trying to fix the nonsense that plagues our categorization of Portuguese-language onomastics because every time I fixed one, 10 more would spring up. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 16:42, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It’s not only Portuguese, of course: That’s just the one I am most familiar with and on which my “expert” opinion is valued in a CdF. But it’s also Spanish, because it’s the similar to Portuguese, just the other way around plus the whole "y" business — which is the same as Catalan "i", except when it’s not. And all the patronymics — both Slavic and Icelandic, similar but not identical, each needing specific modelling. And the “swapped” anthroponyms with surname first: Hungarian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese…: Not really an oddball case that could be ignored. And yet it is ignored — indeed, anything that doesn’t follow the anglocentric Givenname+Surname paradigm (with the occasional nod to “middle initial”) gets completely confused in our categorization, thanks to clumsy editing and to Wikidata. (Oh, isn’t this a matter for U4C?…) -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 16:52, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yupp. I've wanted to bring up this issue many times on Wikidata but honestly I expect it will be met with a "but that is way too much work to fix!" response.StarTrekker (talk) 13:57, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 02[edit]

Picture of building, file renaming 10 years later when owner changes (as "obvious error")[edit]

If the tenant or the owner of building changes after the photo was taken, this isn't an "obvious error" in the filename. So the rename at [1] doesn't meet our criteria for "obvious errors".

An obvious error would be be a typo in the name, but this isn't the case.

I brought this to the attention of the renaming user (User_talk:Mosbatho#Rewriting_history?), but they don't want to revert it, even they don't seem to check themselves if it is an "obvious error".

What is the suggested course of action?

  • Request a rename in the opposite direction and
  • ask file renaming rights to be removed from the user's account?

Enhancing999 (talk) 13:47, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Namen sind Schall und Rauch. Names are quite meaningless. Edit wars on file names do not enhance the project. As long as the description and categorization and usage is correct, everything is fine. Just my 2 cents. --Herzi Pinki (talk) 14:44, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That doesn't seem to tbe community POV, see Commons:File renaming. Obviously, file description has the same error. "InfraGO" didn't exist in 2012, but only in 2024. Enhancing999 (talk) 19:05, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Files names are very important. They should describe the file contents as well as make it findable and properly indexed in search engines, mainly the WMC search engine. I think this is too much a detailed issue to be discussed here. I don't know why you haven't proposed a file-title change with your rationale. I think it could stay as is if the file-title was correct at the time it was taken. The information about when it was taken should be well-visible in the file-description. Prototyperspective (talk) 14:58, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ich halte das für ein ein sehr grundsätzliches Problem. In allen WMF-Projekten können alle Seiten von allen beliebig hin und her verschoben werden. Ausnahmen sind nur wenn ein Account noch sehr unerfahren ist, wenn ein Account dieses Recht individuell entzogen bekommen hat und wenn eine bestimmte Seite individuell gegen Verschieben geschützt ist. Nur Commons hat ein spezielles User-Recht für das Verschieben von Seiten, das der eine Teil der User hat und der andere nicht. Und das bezieht sich dann auch nicht auf alle Seiten, sondern einzig und allein auf den Namensraum "File:". Das ist eine bedeutende Abweichung vom gesamten sonstigen Brauch bei WMF-Projekten und ich gehe daher davon aus, dass das nicht so ist, weil mal ein Developer eine alberne Wette gegen einen anderen Developer verloren hat, oder weil einige hier glauben, das wäre sowas wie ein wirksamer Regentanz gegen die Dürre in der Sahara.
Ich gehe davon aus, dass es deshalb hier "Filemover" gibt und andere Accounts, die dieses Recht nicht haben, weil das Verschieben eines Files mit einer besonderen Verantwortung verbunden ist. Dass also die Filemover besonders verantwortungsvolle Leute sind, die in der Lage sind alle einschlägigen Regeln zu kennen und jederzeit zu beachten und die, wenn eine ihrer Entscheidungen in Frage gestellt wird, ohne weiteres diese Entscheidung selbst überprüfen, ggf overrulen und auf jeden Fall erklären. Das alles scheint hier nicht der Fall gewesen zu sein und es sollte eine Selbstverständlichkeit sein, dass in so einem Fall, der Filemover von Admins oder anderen Filemovern um eine Stellungnahme gebeten wird und wenn in einer vernünftigen Zeit keine plausible Erklärung erfolgt, das Filemover-Recht entzogen wird. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 15:23, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Zufällig lese ich davon, dass es hierbei um einen Move geht, den ich vollzogen habe. Man hätte mich diesbzgl. informieren sollen, was allerdings nicht erfolgt ist. Lieber C.Suthorn, das stimmt so nicht. Sehr ausführlich habe ich den Filemove erklärt und auch der Antragsteller, welcher den Filemove initiierte und die Ursprungsbegründung geliefert hatte. Also, dass da irgendetwas ohne Erklärung erfolgt sei, ist falsch. Mosbatho (talk) 17:29, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wo hast du den Antragsteller kontaktiert? Auf User talk:Mpns sehe ich keine Diskussion. Aus welchen Gründen siehst du den Grund Nummer 3 hier gegeben? GPSLeo (talk) 18:20, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Das stimmt so nicht. Auf meiner Diskussion erfolgte darüber ein ausgiebiger Austausch, auch User:Mpns hat sich dabei ausführlich geäußert. Das Verschieben von Dateien hat immer mit großer Sorgfalt zu tun, weshalb ich dem Antrag sehr wohl sehr detailliert vor dem Verschieben nachgegangen bin. Dabei gehört natürlich dazu, den Sachverhalt einzuordnen, diesen abzuwägen und natürlich zu überprüfen. Das Verschiebekriterium 3 ("misidentified objects") sah ich als erfüllt: das Unternehmen, das das Gebäude beherbergt, gibt es so nicht mehr, es heißt nun anders; das Gebäude selbst sieht heute genauso aus wie damals und davor - zumindest von diesem Blickwinkel aus. Dies kann einfach - wie vor dem Verschieben geschehen - mit Google Street View verifiziert werden. In der Fotobeschreibung wird diesem Umstand Rechnung getragen und auf DB InfraGO eingegangen. Dem Verschieben steht gemäß Commons:FRNOT nichts entgegen. Mosbatho (talk) 14:13, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mir fehlt jedes Verständnis dafür, warum @Enhancing999 hier ein solches Fass aufmacht. Inhaltlich sehe ich hier auf seiner Seite keinerlei wirklichen Argumente. Was ich zu dem Fall zu sagen habe, habe ich auf der BD von @Mosbatho bereits dazu geäußert und werde mich hier nicht weiter durch diese Aktion von Enhancing belästigen lassen. Sorry, aber das geht mir eindeutig zu Weit! mfG - Martin (Rede gerne mit mir) 14:46, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
criterion 3 is, "To correct obvious errors..."
was there an error in the original filename "File:Frankfurt am Main- Betriebszentrale DB Netz des Regionalbereichs Mitte und Netzleitzentrale DB Netz- Haupteingang 9.1.2012.jpg"?
no.
so the move was improper.
on the contrary, is there an error in the current filename "File:Frankfurt am Main- Betriebszentrale DB InfraGO des Regionalbereichs Mitte und Netzleitzentrale DB InfraGO- Haupteingang 9.1.2012.jpg"?
yes. there's no "InfraGO" on "9.1.2012". RZuo (talk) 15:24, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What's your Problems in here? Does the picture show an building of DB Netz? No, it shows a building of DB InfraGO!!!
Why should the filename containing DB Netz so should be right? Only, cause the picture was taken 2012? It couldn't be the correct name. ...
A filename containing DB Netz isn't correct scince the company never exists anymore. mfG - Martin (Rede gerne mit mir) 16:15, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Deutsche Reichsbahn doesnt exist either. just redirect it to Category:Deutsche Bahn.
does File:01. Saalfeld Bahnhof - DR Deutsche Reichsbahn. (5993111605).jpg show a building of Reichsbahn? no, it shows Category:Bahnhof Saalfeld (Saale) operated by Category:DB Station&Service.
how about that? RZuo (talk) 16:26, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
At the age of 3 or 4 years my parents told me: you couldn't and mustn't excuse your mistakes by other people mistakes. Or, often used at german wikipedia: "Es gibt kein gleiches Recht im Unrecht".
Without looking at Saalfeld: If the station today looks similar like shown at the picture the name could be false.
But now i'm leaving this kindergarten. do what you want.... mfG - Martin (Rede gerne mit mir) 16:34, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
File:Stahlschwelle Thyssen, 1927.jpg
there's no more "Firma Thyssen" but only ThyssenKrupp in 2022. why do you keep a mistake on your filename? RZuo (talk) 16:59, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oha, jetzt fangen wir an, Äpfel mit Birnen zu vergleichen? Die besagte Stahlschwelle wurde ausschließlich von Thyssen Krupp produziert. Es gibt kein Nachfolgeunternehmen, welches genau diese Schwelle mit dieser Inschrift produziert hat. Also ist es auch heute noch eine Schwelle von ThyssenKrupp. Wenn jetzt die Firma Hösch die Schwelle überarbeitet hätte und aus der Aufschrift "Thyssen" eine neue Aufschrift "Hoesch" gemacht hätte, dann würde dein (in meinen Augen lächerlicher) Vergleich nicht so hinken, wie er es so macht.
Außerdem hatte @Mosbatho mit dieser Bearbeitung eine in meinen Augen sehr gute Lösung gefunden: Das Bild zeigt den heutigen Haupteingang der Betriebszentrale der DB InfraGO, zum Zeitpunkt der Erstellung des Bildes war dort noch die DB Netz AG untergebracht, wie man mittlerweile in der Bildbeschreibung lesen kann.
Alles in allem: Ich halte diese Diskussion hier für absolut lächerlich und an jedem sinnvollen Argument gegen eine Umbenennung vorbei geführt. Vor allem merkt hier scheinbar keiner, wie lächerlich eure Argumentation ist.
Aber ich sagte auch: Macht damit doch, was ihr wollt. Und, auch auf die Gefahr, hier auf Commons für solch eine Bemerkung sanktioniert zu werden: Ich komme mir vor, wie im Kindergarten und verliere durch solch lächerliche Aktionen immer mehr die Lust, mich hier konstruktiv zu beteiligen! mfG - Martin (Rede gerne mit mir) 17:58, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nochmal dazu: Es IST (heute) der Haupteingang der DB InfraGO - gleichgültig, wann das Bild aufgenommen wurde. mfG - Martin (Rede gerne mit mir) 18:00, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nach diesem Prinzip müssten wir auch alles in Category:Reichsluftfahrtministerium in Bundesministerium der Finanzen umbenennen. Fotos sollten das so benannt werden wie das was sie zeigen. Wurde etwas umbenannt wird das Foto nicht umbenannt, es zeigt ja einen historischen Stand von etwas. Wir schmeißen auch nicht das Bundeskanzlerin aus dem Titel von Fotos von Merkel aus der Zeit wo sie Bundeskanzlerin war weil sie jetzt keine Bundeskanzlerin mehr ist. GPSLeo (talk) 18:08, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Fotografiere ich heute den Haupteingang noch einmal, aus gleicher Perspektive und mit gleichem Ausschnitt und lade dann das neue Foto als "Haupteingang InfraGO" hoch, wäre demnach der richtige Weg - trotz der entstehenden bildlichen Redundanz?
Vielleicht haben wir hier alle den falschen Ansatz. Das Bild sollte vielleicht noch ein weiteres mal umbenannt werden in "Haupteingang Pfarrer-Perabo-Platz 4" mit der Bildbeschreibung "2012, bei Entstehen des Bildes, Betriebszentrale der DB Netz AG, heute Betriebszentrale der DB InfraGO"?
Dann wäre in meinen Augen alles Stimmig. Und das ich die Umbennenung nicht in genau dieser Form beantragt hatte, dass (!) lasse ich auch zu meinem ursprünglichen Antrag als angemessene Kritik gelten.
Wobei ich aber Bleibe: Das Bild als "Haupteingang der DB Netz AG" zu benennen, ist aus heutiger Sicht vollkommen falsch. Letztendlich stellt das Bild ja auch kein Unternehmen sondern ein Gebäude dar - insofern wäre ja (nach meiner vorstehenden Betrachtung) der ursprüngliche Dateiname ebenfalls falsch gewesen.
Um noch die Parallele zum Bahnhof Saalfeld (siehe oben) zu ziehen: Ein Bild aus der DR-Zeit stellt genauso den Bahnhof dar, wie ein Bild aus heutiger Zeit. Die Datei darf dann auch nur "Bahnhof Saalfeld im Jahr xyz" heißen, dann aber gerne in der Beschreibung darauf verweisen, dass es zur Zeit der DR aufgenommen wurde. Ein anderes Bild "Bahnhof Saalfeld im Jahr 2024" müsste dann in der Beschreibung als "Ein Bahnhof der zum Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme durch die DB InfraGO betrieben wurde" ausgewiesen werden. mfG - Martin (Rede gerne mit mir) 18:33, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ob das obige Bild tatsächlich eine DR-Liegenschaft zeigt, sollte erst einmal geklärt werden. Oftmals waren Bahnhöfen der DR Gebäude anderer VEBs angegliedert, z.B. der Logistik, die nicht mit der DR in Verbindung standen. Msb (talk) 16:10, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons_talk%3AFile_renaming&oldid=857801315#Revisionism
i had made a similar post about this. too many filemovers do not pay enough attention to these problems. RZuo (talk) 15:52, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Initially, I had assumed it was a mere error and the filemover would fix it fairly quickly when I first brought it up, but apparently the requestor's intent is shared. Anyways, I don't think it concerns the requestor much as it's really an issue of the filemover renaming other contributors uploads inappropriately. Enhancing999 (talk) 08:45, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is not true. I request you to stop your harrassment. Msb (talk) 16:07, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Enhancing999 is not harassing you. All discussion contributions of Enhancing999 are in an appropriate manor. GPSLeo (talk) 16:25, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Auch für mich sieht dies hier nach einer persönlichen Fehde aus, in die ich nur zufällig hineingeraten bin. Ich kann mir zwar den Hintergrund dazu nicht erklären, habe aber ganz klar genau diesen Eindruck. mfG - Martin (Rede gerne mit mir) 18:35, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Bis dato hatte ich keine Interaktionen mit diesem Benutzer - just for the records. Msb (talk) 18:38, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Mosbatho&oldid=858485598#Rewriting_history?
User:Mosbatho should be removed as filemover. s/he's tone deaf about the wrong rename despite the long discussion on the user talk page and here, and is now accusing critics of harassment. RZuo (talk) 19:58, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Your tone is quite rude and you keep focussing on stating accusations instead of finding solutions and a clear Modus vivendi for such cases. Msb (talk) 15:07, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please remain civil and avoid personal attacks such as "s/he's tone deaf". —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - contributions} 17:41, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
basically when db rebrands again or another company moves in to that building probably in less than 30 years (db netz was founded in 2007) i expect to see User:Mpns come and ask for a rename of his then erroneous filename again and User:Mosbatho will just do it again. who knows? maybe it's tomorrow. RZuo (talk) 20:11, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would not do that file move again due to this discussion. I now see that there is a broad consensus that name updates of older photographs of buildings are not obvious errors. Msb (talk) 15:14, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I made a request at Commons:Requests_for_rights#Mosbatho_(remove_right). Enhancing999 (talk) 10:41, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This entire discussion has led me to realize that both the original filename "Frankfurt am Main- Betriebszentrale DB Netz des Regionalbereichs Mitte und Netzleitzentrale DB Netz- Haupteingang 9.1.2012.jpg" and the filename that emerged from my renaming request "Frankfurt am Main- Betriebszentrale DB InfraGO des Regionalbereichs Mitte und Netzleitzentrale DB InfraGO- Haupteingang 9.1.2012.jpg" are incorrect.

Essentially, in my view, the file should be renamed once again to "Frankfurt am Main - Pfarrer-Perabo-Platz 4 - Haupteingang - 9.1.2012.jpg," and the file properties should indicate that until December 27, 2023, it housed the "Betriebszentrale DB Netz des Regionalbereichs Mitte und Netzleitzentrale DB Netz," and since the rebranding, it has been home to the "Betriebszentrale DB InfraGO des Regionalbereichs Mitte und Netzleitzentrale DB InfraGO."

This, in my eyes, would be the only correct naming, as it does justice to both states, i.e., the historical condition (DB Netz) and the current situation (DB InfraGO). Furthermore, the filename would still be applicable even if a company named "Welcome-2-World" were housed there the day after tomorrow.

The insistence on adhering to rulesets while accepting content errors, as is the case here, is, to me, in no way understandable, nor is it constructive or beneficial to Wikipedia as a whole. (Translation by ChatGPT). --mfG - Martin (Rede gerne mit mir) 13:43, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Mpns:
  1. you are probably right (now) about what the best name would be, but…
  2. the original name was fine, and should not have been changed.
  3. the current name is fine, and should not be changed.
We should keep filenames stable when possible. We should not be changing good names to get better names. It should not have been moved before, but it also should not be moved now. - Jmabel ! talk 14:33, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jmabel: so you think the images in the category mentioned above could have been named "German Finance ministry building"? Enhancing999 (talk) 16:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Enhancing999:
  1. It would be odd to capitalize "Finance" but not "Minstry".
  2. I think that given that we have subcats for Category:Detlev-Rohwedder-Haus that would be a bit odd.
  3. I don't see anything in the case currently at hand rising to the level of difference between a use of the building by the Nazis and by the Bundesrepublik. - Jmabel ! talk 17:50, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's a ministry of the same country. I don't recall categorization having an impact on filenames. Did you just make that up?
Similar to the name for the file you supported, if you look in google streetview, it may still look the same. In both cases, the filename wouldn't be appropriate given the time the photos were taken. Enhancing999 (talk) 08:47, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Benjamin Franklin[edit]

Category:Benjamin Franklin has got 93 categories (24 of them red, some America-related, some United-States related). Wonder if this is the leading category in the Has-most-categories-competition? --Herzi Pinki (talk) 14:52, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The categories seem to be taken from the English-language Wikipedia. This isn't a bad strategy as they tend to have generally more detailed category trees for people than the Wikimedia Commons, when making those red links blue it's probably also important to connect them with the right Wikidata item. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 15:28, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A lot of those categories seem unlikely to be relevant to Commons, though. For instance, Category:84-year-old deaths, Category:English-language spelling reform advocates, and Category:Respiratory disease deaths in Pennsylvania are all focused on categorizing Franklin as a person, not categorizing the media files associated with him. Commons categories don't need to describe every property of an entity; that's what we have Wikidata and Wikipedia for. Omphalographer (talk) 22:57, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
+ 2 to that. Categories shouldn't take up a whole screen and a lot them should just be deleted. Especially the ones mentioned by Omphalographer. --Adamant1 (talk) 02:45, 8 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 06[edit]

I need help to understand how to upload images on wikipedia.[edit]

I am a new member of wikipedia since 2 days, I made one post but I can't figure out how to upload an image. I've searched, did the official wiki tutorial but nothing works. It keeps saying that the image doesn't corresponde to the termes and conditions of wikipedia, even tho what I tried to post was normall images with nothing wrong on them. Not even text. I also have a bit of truble with tasks like naming the pages and basic things I have to do. Potassium12 (talk) 22:11, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Potassium12: I'm not sure exactly what you are asking, since you are talking about "Wikipedia" (whereas this is Wikimedia Commons where you are asking), but the normal tool for beginners to upload images here on Commons is Special:UploadWizard. You can also have a look at Commons:First steps. If you need further help, could you please say (1) is the image in question your own work? (2) If so, does it include any visible, copyrighted work by anyone else (e.g. a a painting on a wall)? (3) If it is not your own work, whose work is it and where did it come from? (4) Regardless of whether the work is your own or someone else's, what country is the work from? - Jmabel ! talk 22:29, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Potassium12: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/153 by trying to cross-wiki upload png images as a new user, and Special:AbuseFilter/154 by trying to upload content that has appeared elsewhere as a new user. Such uploads of png images are not allowed at all. The following applies to each image. You indicated it's your own work. Usually when someone uploads a png image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web. Please upload the full-size original of it per COM:HR, including any metadata, but if you were not the original image designer or photographer, that person may need to post permission on their official website or social media, or send it via VRT with a carbon copy to you. Also, it will look fuzzy when scaled down (due to design decisions discussed in phab:T192744), so you may want to upload a jpg or svg version, too. If you can't get compliant licenses, the images may still be uploaded to English Wikipedia in compliance with en:WP:F because we don't allow Fair Use here. If you use our Upload Wizard instead, you should be able to avoid filter 153. Who is the copyright holder for the "mod named I HATE FLESH"? Once you have uploaded, you may follow en:H:PIC.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:38, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Jeff G.: «Usually when someone uploads a png image, it's a copyright violation taken from the web.» What!!??… -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 16:12, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
«You may want to upload a jpg» You gotta stop this nonsense, now, and go through Image File Formats 101 a bit more. You should start here. This is terrible, terrible advice. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 16:16, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I just checked Special:AbuseFilter/153: It indeed favours JPEG images over PNG images of the same size. This its utter nonsense: Example: A new user sees this great map in a random webpage and it’s in PNG format because it was exported from SIG or was (gasp!) drawn by hand. So, if this user tries to upload it, it’s held back (and rightly so, but just because new users have no business uploading files, anyway), but if this user saves that PNG as a JPEG file, which completely distroys the reuse potential of said great map, then it’s all peachy and the copyright issue will be spotted much later. With the added issue that the PNG original and the JPEG in Commons will not be the same pixel pattern and therefore not able to be trapped by TinEye or similar tool.
Special:AbuseFilter/153 should be re-evaluated and suspended for now, and Commons should finally develop a culture that is less photography-centered.
-- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 16:32, 7 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging @Steinsplitter as author of that filter, and png sensitivity in this change. I try to interpret the filter rules for the lay person (generally at COM:FILTERT), I can't edit them. See Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 58#AbuseFilter for cross-wiki uploads by Nemo for background.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:58, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The lay person should have drilled in the notion that JPEGs are great for photos and photos alone, and that PNGs are not some demonspawn files only a hacker would use. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 22:40, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Tuvalkin: Pinging you, too. Sorry.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 20:01, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 09[edit]

Category:White women of the United States[edit]

Kinda amazing this cat only have two people in it Trade (talk) 23:19, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

An interesting category tree created two days ago by an IP user. Is any of it useful? From Hill To Shore (talk) 23:46, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Depends what makes someone"white" i suppose Trade (talk) 00:56, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I’ve been wanting to create a cat for White people of Mexico, especially after an interesting debate was brought up in the Wikipedia article (where they were cleaning the over abundance of images in the article). But I’ve been sitting on it for months now. Is it OK to do it? Especially when the Wikipedia article argues the actual article is not the place to fill it up with photos of examples. The same would apply for Black people of Mexico. But since you brought up a similar case, would like to hear opinions before creating it. Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (talk) 03:10, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm generally opposed to "white people" categories. There is no good definition of who is and is not "white", and we normally use ethnic designations only for people who actively so identify. I'll admit that as a Jew born in the U.S. in 1954, I have an interesting angle on this. My grandparents, born circa 1900, were certainly not counted as white in their childhood and youth. That inclusion was borderline for me growing up (there were still many organizations and neighborhoods in the U.S. that excluded Jews on an essentially racial basis; even as late as when I started college in 1972, many leading universities had anti-Jewish quotas); at this point, Jewish Americans (at least the Ashkenazim) are counted as "white" (an inclusion I personally find uncomfortable, but it certainly does grant me the proverbial "white privilege"). But you can't look at a picture of some unknown person in an uncertain context and say that they are "white" in any sense other than phenotype, and even there it can be problematic (light-skinned Arabs in France, for example, or dark-skinned Spaniards in the U.S.).
It's fine if we can call someone "European" or "European American" or something more specific like "Romanian American", but "white" is problematic. - Jmabel ! talk 11:01, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We already have plenty of photos describing subjects as "White Americans" so a category doesn't seem like a huge stretch Trade (talk) 13:42, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Got to agree with Jmabel here. It's not really clear what qualifies someone as a "white person" or not and the designation is rather transitory to begin with. "European" or "European American" seems fine though and I'd probably support the category (or similar ones) in countries where "white people" (or anyone else with a different skin color) are the minority. It just seems weird and pointless to have categories for white people in America when they are around 71% of the population. It's not like there are similar categories either. For instance neither Category:Black women of Africa or Category:Russian women of Russia exist. So what's so special about "white people" or "white women" in the United States that they deserve a special category based on skin color when we don't have them for other groups or countries? --Adamant1 (talk) 13:59, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please read again what I wrote. “a cat of White people of Mexico”. :P I didn’t say anything about the United States. I even mentioned also the intention of mine of a cat for Black people of Mexico. Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (talk) 20:26, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas: My comment had nothing to do with you. The original category was literally called "White women of the United States" though, which is why I brought it up. --Adamant1 (talk) 16:50, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
English Wikipedia learned many painful lessons about categorizing people by race, ethnicity, gender, religion, etc. Along the way, Wikipedia was severely pilloried by the media on multiple occasions, e.g. [2]. I hope we don't make the same mistakes that English Wikipedia made. My suggestion would be to basically emulate English Wikipedia's current guidelines, which are much better polished at this point: en:Wikipedia:Categorizing articles about people#EGRS. One suggestion that is relevant to the specific discussion here: "Do not create categories that intersect a particular topic (such as occupation, place of residence, or other such characteristics), with an ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability, unless these characteristics are relevant to that topic." This seems like sensible guidance. Nosferattus (talk) 02:29, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
From what I remember there use to be a real problem in Wikipedia of users categorizing people based on their religion or some other characteristics when it either wasn't notable or couldn't be verified. Anyway, Commons should probably stay away from doing the same and only add such categories when they are clearly relevant and verifiable. --Adamant1 (talk) 16:54, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Someone a while ago was creating "flat lists" that created a category that contained all the people in the subcategories. It was very useful if you did not know the gender or ethnicity or religion of the person and just wanted to find a name without looking in each subcategory. --RAN (talk) 04:48, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 11[edit]

Moving Category:Fort A.P. Hill[edit]

I'm working on moving Category:Fort A.P. Hill, somewhat belatedly after creating a discussion back in October. The subject of the category has been renamed Fort Walker, but currently Category:Fort Walker is a redirect to a smaller category. Is it appropriate to replace the redirect with this category via a move, and add a note to the category pointing people to the smaller category if they are looking for it? If so, what is the process for this? – OdinintheNorth (talk) 17:56, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience links: Category:Fort A.P. Hill, Category:Fort Walker.
{{Distinguish}} will suffice. Make sure you do this by deleting the current Category:Fort Walker and doing a proper move of Category:Fort A.P. Hill. - Jmabel ! talk 23:00, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for pointing me in the right direction! I believe I've completed all the steps and Category:Fort Walker is now moved and set correctly. – OdinintheNorth (talk) 18:33, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 12[edit]

Scientists CT scanned thousands of natural history specimens, which you can access for free[edit]

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/scientists-ct-scanned-thousands-of-natural-history-specimens-which-you-can-access-for-free/ —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:23, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Poking around their site and uploads (e.g. https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/fossil-banana-uf-paleobotany-15072-bae63df2f35a447686719918b877ee1d and https://www.morphosource.org/concern/media/000606231?locale=en note that at the latter, commercial use is prohibited), it seems like they are not licensed in a way that is acceptable to rehost at Commons, but it's very possible that I'm just missing something. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 08:31, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Koavf: At least some of the oVert files are under Commons-compatible licences. For instance, this search finds 1,319 CC BY 4.0 files in The oVert Thematic Collections Network. --bjh21 (talk) 09:55, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for being much smarter than me. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 09:56, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In case anyone else is playing along: File:Perca flavescens head-000158684.stl —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:06, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback needed on proposed changes to Describe step[edit]

Hi all! As part of our work on improving UploadWizard, we are now collecting feedback on some proposed changes to its "Describe" step. Please, feel free to join our discussion in our project talk page, and share your feedback. We are looking for your opinion to improve further our suggested changes. Thanks in advance to those who will participate! Sannita (WMF) (talk) 11:16, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm happy that you've notified the people who browse the village pump as we'd get to see more feedback. --Donald Trung 『徵國單』 (No Fake News 💬) (WikiProject Numismatics 💴) (Articles 📚) 01:06, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Russian symbols and flags[edit]

Similar that to letter "Z" used by the Russian Armed Forces during the invasion of Ukraine, but I recently tagged {{Russian militarism symbol}} as a symbol used by the Russian Federation and its Armed Forces, an organization closely associated to it, or another party advocating or glorifying wars of aggression or aggressive conduct, for files can affected:

Ferretivo (talk) 11:24, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All kinds of symbols could be used for Russian aggression, so I would be inclined to say that the third file is reasonable to tag, but the first two are so general and broad that I find it hard to believe that in Czechia it would be illegal to even display a Russian flag. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:35, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Koavf: Including the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union flags and symbols as well? Ferretivo (talk) 11:56, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think it depends a lot more on how they are actually used than hypothetically used: is it common that someone displaying [image] is using it to say, "Russia trying to genocide Ukrainians is cool"? If so, then I agree with adding the template. If it's just one of a raft of images that a Russian war apologists is liable to use, then no. In other words, the question is "If you see this image, is it likely that it's being used for aggression apologia?" not "Would a Russian war apologist use this media?" because the latter would apply to File:Владимир Путин (18-06-2023) (cropped).jpg or a million other images. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 11:59, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Yes, as long as most of the mentioned countries still continue to recognize the Moscow regime and to maintain diplomatic relations with it, showcase of Russian flag is surely not illegal there and such a disclaimer is not in place (and if it was, then we had to tag all the images from Category:Photographs of the national flag of Russia and its numerous sub-(sub-...)cats with this; not just the one SVG flag). --A.Savin 12:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@A.Savin: There is no single national symbol which would be banned all over the world, but current Russian and Communist Chinese symbols should be treated as banned symbols of Germany or Soviet Union. Eurohunter (talk) 22:58, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Symbols are also related to these branches of the Russian Armed Forces as a glorification of war in Ukraine. Ferretivo (talk) 04:38, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe they are related, however we shouldn't just broadly tag every Russian flag from every century because of the tragic war that's happening. A09 (talk) 16:08, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Should be such symbols banned because you said so or because current legal situation prohibits them? This is an important difference and I think we should only follow the latter of the two situations I described. A09 (talk) 16:06, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose per Justin, unless proven otherwise. Also please refrain from tagging categories of affected files with this template as it's not the template's scope. A09 (talk) 22:46, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Oppose as well. Non-copyright restriction templates are generally overused, IMO. They should only be used in situations where the media itself constitutes a specific and unusual legal risk to downstream users of the content, e.g. {{Indian boundaries}}, {{ΤΑΠ}}, {{United States emergency alert tones}}, etc. They shouldn't be used simply because a piece of media is simply associated with a legally prohibited expression (e.g. the Russian national flag vs. glorification of Russian military aggression). Omphalographer (talk) 20:07, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Painting or sculpture?[edit]

Smiley.toerist (talk) 15:23, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wood carvings? Wouter (talk) 16:11, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Smiley.toerist: An interesting artwork. Is there any indication of the original creator or the time period it was made? If not, we would need to check compliance with COM:FOP Austria - probably the key point of those rules will be around permanence. Is this engraving always in "The Shakespeare Pub"? From Hill To Shore (talk) 16:58, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I never have been there before, so I cant say if was there permenantly. It looks like any painting hanging on the wal and suppose it could easily be moved elsewhere. I do not have any information about the artwork. I suppose it is locally produced. I could be old. The scene depicted looks 19th century or older. One figure is using a sword. Maybe ask an Austrian art expert? Smiley.toerist (talk) 18:01, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Such carved pictures may be based on old paintings but usually they are modern day productions, mostly tourist kitsch sold at souvenir shops all over the Alps. Another popular version are decorative plates like those [3]. The creators are barely known and in most cases the works are not old enough for PD. Herbert Ortner (talk) 09:44, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees 2024 Selection[edit]

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March 13[edit]

PD US Expired 1903?[edit]

It would appear that many works created in the United States before 1903 have expired copyright and thus are in the public domain [4]. English Wikipedia seems to agree. Shouldn't there be a usage tag for this case? The "PD US expired" tag does not cover this at it only deals with published works. This means some PD works (example) are left improperly tagged. -Indy beetle (talk) 03:25, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Indy beetle: Hi, and welcome. We have one, {{PD-old-assumed}}.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 09:58, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Specifically for US works which remained unpublished before 2003 and were created at least 120 years ago there is also {{PD-US-unpublished}}. Though you should really know the specific works wasn't published before 2003 to use that tag. --Rosenzweig τ 10:20, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Rosenzweig is correct that the section of the chart you are looking at refers to unpublished works, which are {{PD-US-unpublished}}. We don't have a lot of actually old "unpublished" works on Commons, as it is rare for a Commons uploader to have some sort of exclusive/private access to an old work (usually an old work is available to a Commons uploader because someone else previously published it somewhere). By the way, your first link is an out of date reproduction of Peter B. Hirtle's Copyright Term and the Public Domain. I've linked to the location where Hirtle keeps his up-to-date version. Commons also maintains a copy of the Hirtle chart at Commons:Hirtle chart, modified to add the corresponding Commons copyright template for each entry in the chart. —RP88 (talk) 10:48, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, we have a fair number of people with access to old family archives, etc., that contain previously unpublished work. When those are mid-20th-century, we often have a copyright muddle (a lot of orphaned works) but it is very important that 120-year-old works are OK in that context. Also, anything published in 2003 or later is subject to that rule about 120 years from creation (or 70 p.m.a. if the author is known). - Jmabel ! talk 18:05, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bias?[edit]

A video I made with Anthropological rigour (I’m an Anthropologist) was deleted because according to some it was a deemed a “fantasy woman” just because she was nude (like the statue I was portraying). And yet there’s this image File:Aurignacian Woman.jpg and it is accepted by the Wikimedia community. Since during the deletion process no one answered me why it was considered “fantasy”. Can the community explain to me what would fall under the umbrella of being “fantasy”. And what is the red line, sort of speak, of scope in Wikimedia for history knowledge. Since an Anthropological work was deleted but an actual fantastic depictions remain in Wikimedia!Miguel Angel Omaña Rojas (talk) 06:58, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You appear to be referring to Commons:Deletion requests/File:Venus de Tamtoc 2.webm. As the file is deleted, only administrators can look at it, so most readers of this page will have difficulty commenting. I'd suggest asking the people involved in the discussion to explain what they meant. From Hill To Shore (talk) 08:24, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you wish, you can appeal a deletion at Commons:Undeletion requests. —RP88 (talk) 11:11, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
could you please link to 2 of your publications so as to verify your status as an anthropologist? RZuo (talk) 15:46, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think this would be ethical or even legal in this scenario. See COM:PRIVACY. A09 (talk) 18:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Wikimedia privacy policy does not bar users from voluntarily identifying themselves. If a user makes a claim of authority like "I'm an Anthropologist", it isn't out of line for us to ask them to substantiate that claim. Omphalographer (talk) 19:08, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment If there is "bias" I presume it must have been mine, as I nominated the image for deletion discussion. Background: I am interested in anthropology, took graduate level courses in it, and but for rather random life events might have gone into that as a profession myself. I have a great interest in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and have long helped improve Wikimedia coverage of relevant topics. I was slightly familiar with the so called "Venus de Tamtoc" from coverage in online anthropology press articles. I don't recall how I first noticed the video on Commons, but my opinion of what I saw was rather different from what you describe and presumably intended (I had my say on the listing, I see no need to repeat). We apparently had a difference of opinion on how educationally useful the file was, and this particular deletion discussion went against the file. Nudity and anthropological credentials were not issues under consideration for me and don't think were relevant to the deletion discussion. As to the "Aurignacian Woman" file, I suggest you list it for deletion discussion, as an anthropologist perhaps you could do a good job of pointing out the problems - I would agree for deletion if I saw it listed. There are no doubt a great many files on Commons which are of dubious usefulness - describing such files as "accepted by the Wikimedia community" seems to me an inappropriate assumption, as I'd guess most such have generally not been widely noticed. Cheers, and with hopes in the future we can both find ways of improving coverage of Mesoamerican anthropology topics on Commons, -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 23:36, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:People of the United States Department of State[edit]

under Category:People of the United States Department of State are

what's the difference? any example of a person who belongs to only 1 of the 2 cats? RZuo (talk) 10:19, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not an expert on US government structures but "Diplomats" would only cover those empowered to represent their government when speaking to another country. "Officials" would include people in support functions that keep the department running but who don't have direct interaction with foreign governments. From Hill To Shore (talk) 10:53, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
makes sense. like the auditor within the department is not a diplomat.
but is it correct to assume that all Diplomats of the United States‎ are officials of the DOS? so Diplomats of the United States‎ should be a subcat of Officials of the United States Department of State‎? RZuo (talk) 15:44, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No, while it is true that all U.S. diplomats are U.S. officials, not all U.S. diplomats are officials of the Department of State. A classic example is a U.S. military attaché attached to a diplomatic mission. They are U.S. diplomats, however they are usually serving U.S. military officers under the Department of Defense instead of officials of the U.S. Department of State. Another example would be the Indian agents who represented the U.S. to the sovereign American Indian tribes in the 18th-19th century. They were originally officials of the Department of War and later the Department of the Interior. —RP88 (talk) 12:15, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
in that case Diplomats of the United States‎ should be removed from Category:People of the United States Department of State?
i also just remember the United States Special Envoys, which may or may not be under the DOS? RZuo (talk) 13:07, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think Diplomats of the United States‎ is fine in Category:People of the United States Department of State. Being a subcategory is not a strict "is-a" relationship. Categories are meant as an aid for people trying to find things, not as an abstract exercise in ontology, and this is a likely path someone would follow in trying to find something. - Jmabel ! talk 21:01, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
then i'll put Diplomats of the United States‎ under officials of DOS. RZuo (talk) 11:49, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Search own work[edit]

i dont know if something has existed, but i just created Template:Search own work, which you can put on any page to generate an inputbox that helps you search within all own works of a given user. RZuo (talk) 15:52, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I totally don't get this. I see it is intended to be used in all namespaces, so can you give an example right here of using it correctly? - Jmabel ! talk 18:10, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
RZuo (talk) 18:53, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I guess I can use it as a tool to find where people have slapped {{Own}} on my files, which is against my wishes and which I have always reverted when I noticed it! - Jmabel ! talk 20:23, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Works named after protagonists[edit]

When it comes to works named after their protagonist which should have priority when it comes to category titles? Should the category name "Duke Nukem" be reserved for the protagonist of the video game series or the video game series itself? Same with Harry Potter, Johnny Bravo, Serious Sam and similar. --Trade (talk) 19:35, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think that when someone hears "Harry Potter" that person is thinking of the media franchise at large more than the specific character. I'd be inclined to make the media franchise the standard and have a category of "[x] (character)" for the fictional character. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:42, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What about Duke Nukem and Johnny Bravo? Trade (talk) 20:20, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Reckon the same. Particularly since in those cases, there is an actual piece of media called that thing. (I don't think there is a thing that is called "Harry Potter", but I could be wrong.) I think if you say "I like Johnny Bravo", someone will think you mean that you like the program, not the character nine times out of 10. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:37, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'll wager if someone were search for "cosplay of Harry Potter/Duke Nukem/Johnny Bravo" they would be looking for the character itself, not just any character from the work Trade (talk) 10:15, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It depends. Harry Potter is such a broad category with so many items that its main category on Commons refers to the Harry Potter franchise (and it'll redirect to that). Duke Nukem and Johnny Bravo on the other hand are tiny categories where this distinction isn't needed yet. ReneeWrites (talk) 17:28, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Painting Copy of the British Attack on Bocachica by Luis Gordillo in 1994[edit]

Hello, this painting is a copy of a lithograph from "Episodios Marítimos" (Maritime Episodes), published in Madrid in 1849. This painting was made by Luis Fernández Gordillo in 1994 (see Google Arts & Culture). Did the copyright expire? -Artanisen (talk) 21:38, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That is an interesting one. The copyright of the engraving will have expired. However, if this is the 1994 painting, a new derivative work with its own copyright will have been created. The copyright of the 1994 work would still be in place for several decades no matter where it was made/published. Technically, the 1994 painting might not have a new copyright if it is a slavish reproduction of the engraving, but I think the change of medium makes that unlikely. From Hill To Shore (talk) 22:45, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 14[edit]

Old bank notes: Bulk upload opportunity[edit]

Is anyone able to run a bot or script to upload all the images of OOC banknotes from this auction? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:11, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global ban proposal for Slowking4[edit]

Hello. This is to notify the community that there is an ongoing global ban proposal for User:Slowking4 who has been active on this wiki. You are invited to participate at m:Requests for comment/Global ban for Slowking4 (2). Thank you. Seawolf35 (talk) 19:35, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your wiki will be in read-only soon[edit]

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March 16[edit]

Amateur drawings[edit]

Is it fine to upload amateur drawings like these?

In my opinion, the terrible quality of these works not only doesn't help illustrate the content, but in some cases may offend the person who is depicted in such a way. --Quick1984 (talk) 02:44, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unless there is some reason the artist is notable (possibly not related to their art), these would seem to me to be out of scope. - Jmabel ! talk 10:14, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jmabel, I'm afraid some would comment in use = in scope when nominated. --Quick1984 (talk) 10:50, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I looked into that and these are in use solely through edits by two people, User:Hibrideacus (uploader) and User:MHM55, adding the images to Wikidata. Wikidata has then automatically used them in multiple language Wikipedias through the use of Infobox templates. Yes, COM:INUSE is a valid argument but the apparent use on multiple projects is very misleading. If there was consensus to remove each image from a single Wikidata page, they would no longer be in use. Commons should not make that judgement on behalf of Wikidata, so I'll initiate a discussion at Wikidata to see if they can reach consensus separate to any considerations of deletion here. From Hill To Shore (talk) 11:04, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Discussion started at d:Wikidata:Project chat#Check of consensus for use of amateur drawings on items about living people. From Hill To Shore (talk) 12:22, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(after edit conflict) While we can assume good faith by the uploader/creator, these are all amateur depictions of living people. As a bare minimum, we should be considering the moral issues presented in COM:DIGNITY, COM:PHOTOCONSENT (as far as these two sections can be applied to art rather than photography) and WMF resolution on biographies of living people. From Hill To Shore (talk) 10:54, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On my side, it is only a matter of emptying the Category:Les sans images, and harmonizing with the many other portraits made for other women. I understand your point and clearly there should be a kind of decision on the opportunity of sharing those works. I'm happy if other Wikipedians take on and make the necessary changes. For the future, I don't want to judge on the quality of images, therefore we need a kind of procedure… I may stop to add the portraits in Wikidata – but then it will be for all pictures. MHM (talk) 11:35, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@MHM55: At this point we have usage by two editors and concerns from three editors. I wouldn't say there is a clear consensus yet to rule either way on whether use of these images is right or wrong. Your choice of future editing is up to you, but I wouldn't let this single discussion influence you too much. From Hill To Shore (talk) 12:22, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My opinion is that if the drawings of famous people are made by not notable artist, then such stuff should be deleted. And if we have real images of such famous people (drawed by notable artist!), then drawings to be replaced by real images (e.g. in Wikidata or in enwiki). I also know that in etwiki there was a related project, see Category:Tartupedia images from Tartu Art School project. Also notifying @Kruusamägi Estopedist1 (talk) 18:52, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is unreasonable to demand that drawings of famous people have to be made by notable artists. One does not need to be a notable artist to produce excellent quality. Or should we also delete all photos from Commons, that are not made by people who themselves are not notable photographers?
We should expect that some quality standards are met to keep the images, let alone to use them in articles, but if a person is clearly recognizable from the image and the image does not have obvious problems, then it is perfectly fine.
It someone deletes those Tartupedia images or even removes them from articles, then that person should be permanently banned from editing. Kruusamägi (talk) 19:36, 16 March 2024 (UTC) [reply]
High enough quality drawings are welcome, regardless of who drew them. Drawings by famous people are welcome, regardless of our opinion of their quality. Bad drawings by non-notable people are not welcome. These are poor drawings by non-notable people. And, no, the people are basically not recognizable from these drawings. Compare the portrait of Sevidzem Ernestine Leikeki to any picture of her you can find online. The image is somewhere in the range from useless to insulting. - Jmabel ! talk 19:48, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, the Leikeki is identifiably (if poorly) based on a pre-existing image, to the point that it might be considered copyvio. I'll file a DR. DS (talk) 15:45, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
And the Edon is, I'm very confident, based on an image from a BBC interview. I would not be surprised if all of the uploader's handmade illustrations are identifiably based on specific pre-existing images (although I'm not confident enough of that to launch a blanket DR). DS (talk) 17:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Just FWIW: I've done similar things myself (better, I hope), but would not put them on Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 17:44, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Camel?[edit]

Would people agree that that sculpture here (center-left) is intended to represent a camel? - Jmabel ! talk 10:51, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I see a lion (look at the paw) --MHM (talk) 11:38, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I see a turtle. Wouter (talk) 19:14, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like there is enough ambiguity that I should not caption it in this respect unless there is an expert opinion to be had somewhere. - Jmabel ! talk 19:50, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That are lions, probably made around 1700, or later, and given to the church by (rich) visitors. Oak wood, painted thick. (if I'm right) - Regards, - Richardkiwi (talk) (talk) 20:39, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OpenRefine question[edit]

I have a question about OpenRefine. Is there a better place to ask than Commons talk:OpenRefine#Adding files to a category? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:20, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Plushies, dolls or toys based on fictional characters[edit]

Could i get some feedback on this modeling? Trade (talk) 14:28, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why the need for three different topics in one category? It's super redundant. --Adamant1 (talk) 16:01, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Didn't see a need for further splitting Trade (talk) 16:07, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
a figurine (made of plastic) like https://www.pokemon.cn/goods/plush-toys/230414160049_copy.html and a stuffed animal like https://www.reddit.com/r/90s_kid/comments/wjbajj/jumbo_pikachu_plush_1999/ should be in different categories. RZuo (talk) 16:48, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They already are? Trade (talk) 22:41, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dolls and plushies are toys. A category name like "Plushies, dolls or toys" kind of makes it seem like they aren't. And really, why stop there? We could endlessly create "X, Y, or Z" categories once we allow for them. But personally, I don't think we should. -Adamant1 (talk) 16:58, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What are we supposed to do with the subcategories then? Trade (talk) 22:42, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Plushies are a type of doll, and dolls are a type of toy. It should be named either "Toys", "Dolls" or "Plushies based on fictional characters". The subcategories themselves are fine, possible copyright issues they invite notwithstanding. See COM:CATPRI for Commons category naming guidelines - this one violates most of them. ReneeWrites (talk) 16:47, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cross-posting photos to stock image sites?[edit]

I'm wondering if anyone here cross-posts photos they've uploaded here to stock image sites? I'm thinking about doing so for some of my photos, both to increase their usage (since I guess the sites have different audiences than Commons), and to recover some of the costs of my photography equipment and photo expeditions. I don't think there's any conflict with the CC licensing, provided that the stock image sites are non-exclusive ones (which excludes some sites). I'd be interested in any experience people have with this. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 18:33, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If you do, please leave a note on the file pages so that the files aren't misidentified as copyvios of the stock photos in the future. Omphalographer (talk) 02:53, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 17[edit]

Inscription[edit]

Can anyone work out the inscription here? (You will certainly have to click through, not legible in thumbnail.) Seems to be a mix of Old Catalan, maybe some Castillian, and Latin (e.g. "TRASLADA HIC"), using quite a few abbreviations (e.g. "ANO DNI" for "Anno Domini"; "MOASTIO" for "Monasterio") and some unusual forms of certain letters (e.g. "OLZE?O" where "?" represents a letter I can't decipher). Way beyond me in language terms. - Jmabel ! talk 23:19, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jmabel: If nothing else, this page about the monastery has a contact link at the bottom. Maybe they could/would help. -- Auntof6 (talk) 23:26, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If it helps someone decipher this, given that the photo was taken in the Chapter House of the Monastery of Pedralbes, I combined that information with one of the names that appears in the inscription and found Pedralbes Monastery, chapter house which mentions "The chapter house contains the tomb of the first abbess, Sobriana d'Olzet, as well as those of nine other early abbesses and some noblewomen who lived in the convent." —RP88 (talk) 23:56, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is typical medieval Latin with LOTS of abbreviations and sigla. I had a try, but there quite some gaps I am not sure about:

VII K(A)L(ENDA)S MAII AN(N)O D(OMI)NI M CCC XXX VI OBIIT¿S?
VEN(ER)ABILIS SOROR SUBIRAN D'OLIZETO Q' D(E)
MO(N)AST(ER)IO S(AN)C(T)I ANTONII CIVITATIS BARCH(ENO)N(A) AD MONAST(ER)IU(M)
IST()D TRA(N)SLATA FUIT C()A P(O)P(U)LATIO(N)IS EI(US)DE(M) DIE ...
S(AN)C(T)E C(RU)CIS ANN(O) D(OMINI) M CCC XX VII Q()Q(UE) EAD()... DUE P()S()ETIB(US)
EXC(E)LL(E)NTIS(IMM)IS D(OMI)NO REGE IACOBO & D(OMI)NA REGINA
ELICSE(N)D(A) EIUS CO(N)SORTE I() P()M()A AB()AM) D()CI TE
NOBII EL(E)CTA EXTITIT & CONF()MTA CUM A(L)IA RE.....

The first part is about Sobriana d'Olzet, who died on 25 April (=7th calends of May) 1336. If I am not mistaken, it then continues to say her remains were transferred from the monstery of St. Anthony to the current one. Then something about king James II (Iacob) of Aragon and his wife Elisenda and then it becomes rather illegible. It almost feels like the creator ran out of space :D --HyperGaruda (talk) 06:42, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mentioned here I think as Soberana? : https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Saportella —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also mentioned in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisenda_of_Montcada as Sobirana d’Olzet. And this is about here I think https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abadessa_Olzet so wikidata:Q19289368 —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:31, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, excellent findings, these really help understanding the inscription! So she switched monasteries while alive, not after passing away; my bad... With the context in mind, my reading of the inscription is thus:
Inscription Unabbreviated Translation

VII KLS MAII ANO DNI M CCC XXX VI OBIIT
VENABILIS SOROR SUBIRAN D'OLZETO Q D
MOASTIO SCI ANTONII CIVITATIS BARCHN AD MONASTIU
ISTD TRASLATA FUIT CA PPLATIOIS EIDE DIE IVETIOIS
SCE CCIS ANN D M CCC XX VII QQ³ EADE DIE PSETIB
EXCLLNTISIS DNO REGE IACOBO Z DDA REGINA
ELICSED EIUS COSORTE I PMA ABAM DCI CE
NOBII ELCTA EXTITIT Z 9FMTA C AIA REQESCAT I PACE AM

VII kalendas Maii anno Domini MCCCXXXVI obiit
venerabilis soror Subiran d'Olzeto quae de
Monasterio Sancti Antonii civitatis Barchenonae ad monasterium
istud translata fuit causa populationis eiusdem Die Inventionis
Sanctae Crucis Anno Domini MCCCXXVII quoque eadem die praesentibus
excellentissimis Domino Rege Iacobo & Domina Regina
Elicsenda eius consorte in primam abatissam dicti ce-
nobii electa extitit & conformata; cuius anima requiescat in pace, amen.

On the 7th calends of May in the year of the Lord 1336 [= 25 April 1336] passed away
the venerable sister Subirana of Olzet, who was transferred from
the Monastery of Saint Anthony of the City of Barcelona to this monastery
because of the same people. On the Day of the Finding of the
True Cross in the year of the Lord 1327 [= 3 May 1327] - also the same day that were present
the most excellent lord King James & lady Queen
Elisenda, his consort - [Subirana] was elected and formed first abbess of said
convent; may her soul rest in peace, amen.

--HyperGaruda (talk) 21:10, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 18[edit]

Sock tagging prior to blocking[edit]

Hello, your input is welcome at Template talk:Sockpuppet#Tagging suspected accounts prior to blocking. Best regards, ─ Aafī (talk) 14:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Particular location of sculpture[edit]

Is there a name for sculptures in this particular position in a room (at the juncture of wall and ceiling)? Are they considered a type of capital? Do we have a category? - Jmabel ! talk 22:52, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. They are just considered corbels, or to be more precise "corbel figures" since they are representational. - Jmabel ! talk 06:45, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Jmabel ! talk 06:45, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

March 19[edit]

Overlapping map categories[edit]

In many Wikipedia articles about US cities, there is a image in the infobox containing two maps: one highlighting the city within the county, and one highlighting the county within the state. Many of these are in Category:Maps of Incorporated and Unincorporated areas by county in the United States. But many are not. For example, many of the images in subcats of Category:Locator maps of cities in California are in the same style. We ought to have a consistent classification system for these images, but this will require mass categorization changes. Kk.urban (talk) 04:39, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

We should also have a category for dot maps, another common style, such as File:CAMap-doton-Durham.png and File:MAMap-doton-Springfield.PNG. Kk.urban (talk) 04:41, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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