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# 💭 Title 💬 👥 🙋 Last editor 🕒 (UTC)
1 SVG animations and animateMotion 3 2 Grufo 2024-02-17 17:53
2 Max upload size has increased to 5 GiB 6 4 Bawolff 2024-02-22 22:45
3 Retrieving Image Author and Submission Date for Wiki Loves Monuments UK 2 2 GPSLeo 2024-02-17 15:03
4 Youtube removed CC attributions in Sept 2021 - how to handle verification 2 2 PantheraLeo1359531 2024-02-19 13:29
5 Cat-a-lot 7 3 Reinhard Müller 2024-02-16 14:47
6 Another photo is hidden within revisions of one 3 3 Abzeronow 2024-02-16 20:47
7 Problems with category page. 3 3 From Hill To Shore 2024-02-17 02:23
8 Is https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ OK to upload 3 3 Ooligan 2024-02-20 16:54
9 File overwriting not allowed 3 2 Lambiam 2024-02-19 09:10
10 Can someone merge these two templates per discussion? 3 2 PARAKANYAA 2024-02-20 15:39
11 Deleting redirects 5 4 Jeff G. 2024-02-20 12:10
12 RfC {{User Mentorship}} 1 1 Yug 2024-02-20 08:16
13 TIFF size on LoC 5 3 Yann 2024-02-22 15:33
14 Large but corrupted vs small but good 4 4 TheDJ 2024-02-21 19:12
15 Rename request declined 9 6 Sm faysal 2024-02-23 01:39
16 Why doesn't commons have a mass message sender user right? 2 2 GPSLeo 2024-02-21 20:00
17 Scammers using military pics from Wikipedia to scams women out of their money 2 2 Jarekt 2024-02-22 04:48
18 Photo challenge December results 3 3 Pigsonthewing 2024-02-22 14:37
19 The way to upload images via Flickr is completely broken 3 3 Jmabel 2024-02-22 23:15
20 Update Wikimedia Commons' default markup for 'Use this image' 2 2 Bjh21 2024-02-22 18:58
21 Fusion 1 1 Io Herodotus 2024-02-22 15:26
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February 11[edit]

SVG animations and animateMotion[edit]

Hello! Recently I created Elliptic orbit.svg. If you look at the file history, you will notice that there are two versions of the file. I normally use Firefox, and so only after submitting the first version I noticed that the animation does not work in Chrome. Afterwards I did find a solution to make it work in Chrome (i.e. the current version), however my solution made it no longer work in Firefox. Does anyone know how to make the animation work in every browser? --Grufo (talk) 08:33, 11 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Use CSS animations. The only possible option. Users123tps (talk) 13:28, 17 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I would have no idea how to simulate the acceleration/deceleration using CSS… --Grufo (talk) 17:53, 17 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

February 13[edit]

Max upload size has increased to 5 GiB[edit]

Just a heads up, the maximum upload size is now 5 GiB. This only applies to server side upload and chunked upload including UploadWizard and scripts like User:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js. Chunked upload has a reputation for being flaky for very large uploads, so your mileage may vary if trying to upload a very large file. It does not affect uploads done via Special:Upload which still has a max size of 100MB. Technically the change also applies to upload by url, but I suspect uploads of this size would hit a timeout when using that method. Happy uploading. Bawolff (talk) 08:44, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

And for context on the limits. 4GB was a MediaWiki technical limitation that is now solved. 5GB is a storage layer technical limitation which we cannot surpass without significant reworking of the storage layer, which isn't likely to happen any time soon. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:46, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks to both of you for this update. --Ooligan (talk) 17:02, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Ever for 2GB its just not working. Im very tired of upload wizard, years with the same situation --Wilfredor (talk) 21:56, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Indeed. Chunked upload has been very flaky for large files since basically when it was introduced. I can understand how its pretty frustrating. I've been trying to investigate what's going wrong with it, but no promises. Server side uploads can be an option if you absolutely can't get normal uploads to work. Bawolff (talk) 07:01, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Wilfredor We just deployed a fix that we are hopeful might fix the "The file mwstore://local-swift-codfw/local-temp/... does not exist." errors. [Edit: Looks like i spoke too soon, we are still working on it...] There could still be other errors (Or we might be wrong about the cause of this one), but if you want, consider trying uploading some large files to see if it works better now, and let me know the result. Bawolff (talk) 22:45, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Retrieving Image Author and Submission Date for Wiki Loves Monuments UK[edit]

Hello Wikimedia Commons Community!

Background[edit]

I'm currently working on a project to visualize data from the Wiki Loves Monuments UK contest. My aim is to display the contributions of participants, focusing on the image author and the submission date of each entry from the years 2013 to 2023.

I am reaching out to seek your advice on whether I am retrieving the image author and submission date correctly and if there's a more efficient or accurate method to get all the image submission items for the competition.

Current Method[edit]

I have been using the Wikimedia Commons API to retrieve the image author and submission date. For each image URL obtained from Wikidata, I query the Commons API to extract the artist (image author) and dateTimeOriginal (submission date). Here is a simplified version of my approach:

  1. Query Wikidata for image submissions tagged with specific heritage designations relevant to the Wiki Loves Monuments contest.
  2. For each image URL retrieved, perform a query to the Wikimedia Commons API to fetch metadata, including the image author and submission date.
  3. Filter the images submitted during September of each year from 2013 to 2023, aligning with the contest period.

Below is the code for fetching the image author and submission date for the image item. 

import requests
from urllib.parse import unquote
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import html

def get_wikimedia_commons_data(file_url):
    # Extracting the file name from the URL
    file_name = unquote(file_url.split('/')[-1])

    # Wikimedia Commons API endpoint for fetching file information
    commons_api_url = "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php"
    params = {
        "action": "query",
        "titles": f"File:{file_name}",
        "prop": "imageinfo",
        "iiprop": "extmetadata",
        "format": "json"
    }

    response = requests.get(commons_api_url, params=params)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        data = response.json()
        page = next(iter(data["query"]["pages"].values()))
        if "imageinfo" in page:
            imageinfo = page["imageinfo"][0]["extmetadata"]
            author_html = imageinfo.get("Artist", {}).get("value", "N/A")
            date = imageinfo.get("DateTimeOriginal", {}).get("value", "N/A")
            # Unescaping HTML entities
            author_html = html.unescape(author_html)
            # Using BeautifulSoup to parse HTML and extract text
            soup = BeautifulSoup(author_html, 'html.parser')
            author = soup.get_text()

            return author, date
        
    return "N/A", "N/A"

Challenges[edit]

While I have been able to retrieve a significant amount of data, I am concerned about the accuracy and completeness of the information, especially considering the large scale of submissions to the contest.

Questions[edit]

So my questions are:

  1. Is there a more direct or reliable method to query for image submissions specifically tied to the Wiki Loves Monuments UK contest?
  2. Are there any best practices or tools recommended by the community for handling such data retrieval efficiently?

I would greatly appreciate any insights, suggestions, or examples of how others have approached similar tasks. Your expertise could significantly enhance the accuracy and impact of this project.

Thank you for your time and assistance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by UnChampignon (talk • contribs) 10:49, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

--UnChampignon (talk) 10:49, 13 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

As WLM only has own works uploaded you can simply use ["imageinfo"]["user"]. This parameter will always give the uploader as a string. You therefore do not need any html parsing. Only if you also want the attribution name and not only the account name you need the "extmetadata" property. If you want the attribution name you could use the ["imageinfo"]["user"] as a fallback if there is no "Artist" property for the file. For a single run on all files in the WLM UK category this should be fast enough with a dedicated request for every file. If you want to speed this up you can request the data for up to 50 pages at once. If you want to do this you have to concatenate the stings of the file names with a pipe | between the files. In the results you will get a list with an entry for every requested page. Maybe you are already aware of this but I can try everything at Special:ApiSandbox. GPSLeo (talk) 15:03, 17 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

February 14[edit]

Youtube removed CC attributions in Sept 2021 - how to handle verification[edit]

According to Youtube documentation https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468 the Creative Commons Licesnes were discontinued September 2021 and required updates to video descriptions to indicate copyright if I read this correctly. This seems to imply that inaction would mean CC released videos would no longer have a CC license without the video owner updating their video description. Thus in cases where screenshots for images of individuals like File:Peter_Lawson_Jones_2017-02-09.jpg uploaded before these licenses were revoked may be compliant, but it is unclear since any structured verification was removed. How are the legacy images sourced via Youtube being verified to the licenses applied when they were uploaded? Should these all be marked {{subst:Npd}} or otherwise categorized in some way for a review for evidence of the license being accurate? Or what other considerations and indications should be done with these? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolfgang8741 (talk • contribs) 15:13, 14 February 2024‎ (UTC)Reply[reply]

You're misreading that page. Nothing has changed with regards to video licensing; videos can still be uploaded with a CC-BY license, and that license appears below the video description.
What was removed was an attributions page which was used by the YouTube video editor to automatically provide attribution for videos created from excerpts of other CC videos. This removal has already taken place, and YouTube now recommends that video authors now provide attribution in the description of a video, rather than using this separate page. Omphalographer (talk) 20:58, 14 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Correct, I was able to license my videos with CC still --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 13:29, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Cat-a-lot[edit]

Is it only me or is cat-a-lot also broken for anybody else? I can select the files/categories to move, but when I want to execute the move, the counter hangs at 1... --Reinhard Müller (talk) 11:40, 15 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

i also got stuck sometimes a few days ago when i used it. i was adding a category to category pages (from special:Search results). i looked at the pages' wikitexts that probably got me stuck but didnt seem to see anything unusual. RZuo (talk) 17:20, 15 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Meanwhile I also found out that it is limited to some categories and works for others. Please consider this case closed :-) --Reinhard Müller (talk) 08:43, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
To what categories is it limited? JopkeB (talk) 13:17, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
now today i'm trying again. moving subcats of Category:American diaspora to "american diaspora by country" gets me stuck. this must be a bug. RZuo (talk) 13:25, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I reported it this morning, see Commons:Village_pump/Technical#Cat-a-log_does_not_work_for_categories. JopkeB (talk) 13:26, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'll continue there. Thanks for the pointer. --Reinhard Müller (talk) 14:47, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Another photo is hidden within revisions of one[edit]

In this file File:IlyaLazarenko.jpg I saw that there is actually another photo of the same guy as a different version of the file https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/a/ac/20170114201410%21IlyaLazarenko.jpg can we reupload this as a separate file? I am concerned a bit with the licensing of that version though. Immanuelle ❤️💚💙 (please tag me) 20:05, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

{{Split}} is the tag requesting different versions at the filename be split into separate filenames. But if there is no valid license for the intermediate file, then that revision should instead be rev-deleted. DMacks (talk) 20:25, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I have hidden the intermediate file as it seems like a copyvio. Abzeronow (talk) 20:47, 16 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Problems with category page.[edit]

Today I created Category:Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve entrance signs. At the top of the category, there is a template with links to corresponding categories in other national parks. Why does the national park I created the new category for (Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve) not appear in the list at the top? Also, why is "United States national parks" redlinked? Jeffrey Beall (talk) 01:29, 17 February 2024 (UTC).Reply[reply]

@Jeffrey Beall: Hi, and welcome. Nobody bothered to add Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve to {{US national parks}} or create Category:National parks of the United States entrance signs.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:50, 17 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Great Sand Dunes is in the template. I think the reason it isn't showing up is because the new category includes "National Park and Preserve entrance signs" while the other categories include "National Park entrance signs." The mismatch prevents the template from functioning correctly. From Hill To Shore (talk) 02:23, 17 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Is https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ OK to upload[edit]

This licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ is applied to this picture [1]. I know I should know/understand the answer to this question, but is it OK to upload a picture here with this licence? I have to be absolutely sure I have this correct. ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 22:24, 18 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yes. See COMM:LICENSE. (At least, yes the license is okay, it also needs to meet the rest of our scope, etc.) —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:03, 18 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Here is the link about files being within "scope " here on Commons: COM:Scope --Ooligan (talk) 16:54, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File overwriting not allowed[edit]

I tried to upload an improved version of a file uploaded by another user. This used to be possible; I have done this many times. Now I get the message that this is nor allowed; I need to "request an exception". Commons:Overwriting existing files § Minor improvements says: "✓[OK] As a general rule, use the link "Upload a new version of this file" only for relatively minor improvements." This is not helpful if one also has to request exceptions in all cases, including minor improvements.  --Lambiam 08:26, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sadly there were too many people overwriting files that didn't meet the guidelines. You can also apply for the Autopatrol user right, which circumvents the limit. Sjoerd de Bruin (talk) 09:06, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thx, will do.  --Lambiam 09:10, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Can someone merge these two templates per discussion?[edit]

{{PD-CCTV}} should be merged into {{PD-automated}} per this discussion. Thanks! PARAKANYAA (talk) 13:35, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Deleting redirects[edit]

Hello, I had a few redirects made due to files being renamed. These redirects provide no usefulness as there are no pages linking to these. I would like to have them deleted. Is there any speedy deletion tags for useless redirects? Thank you. Jerium (talk) 23:35, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How long did those files exist under their old names? If they were licensed under Creative Commons, any external users will be obliged to include a link to them. Redirects are a cheap way to maintain the validity of external reusers' content. From Hill To Shore (talk) 23:41, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
All I upload are barnstars for the English Wikipedia. Sometimes, their name will change depending on the criteria changing. Many barnstars the I've made have not been used yet. Jerium (talk) 23:46, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion criterion G2. - Jmabel ! talk 23:54, 19 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jerium: File renamers follow "When in doubt, leave a redirect." per the COM:FR#Leaving redirects guideline.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:10, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

RfC {{User Mentorship}}[edit]

See also Category:Userbox ability templates (statistics), Category:Mentorship, etc.
This user mentors Univòc64 .
This user is mentored by Yug.

Hello all, I noticed the lack of identifiable structure for onboarding, mentorship, apprenticeship on Commons. We do have declarative Category:Userbox ability templates, but the space seemed empty for declarative mentorship (I may have missed existing elements). Also, I would like to announce the creation of {{User Mentorship}}, a template to announce mentorship relationships. This template has been created yesterday and needs community ideas, on proper English (I'm non-native), wording, translations, code, design, merging with existing similar template (?), etc. It allows to declare your mentor or your apprentice (parameter mentoree?). As the template is currently just used twice, every things including name, parameters, can be changed if necessary. Also, with this Request for Comments we welcome your reviews. :) Yug (talk) 08:16, 20 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

February 21[edit]

TIFF size on LoC[edit]

Hi, Does anyone know why the TIFF size on the Library of Congress doesn't always match, i.e. [2] and [3]. The announced size is 237 kB, while the real size is 122.88 MB, i.e. File:Yonkers, New York. Mrs. Garrity hanging the wash LCCN2017833878.tif and here. It would be good to know if higher resolution is available. Yann (talk) 11:03, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Yann: You could ask a librarian here.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:29, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks, done. Yann (talk) 17:51, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Interestingly, the old version of File:Yonkers,_New_York._Mrs._Garrity_hanging_the_wash_LCCN2017833878.tif is exactly 237kb. If i were to guess, maybe they originally had a smaller version, and then updated it to a newer higher resolution version, but failed to update the metadata. Bawolff (talk) 07:07, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes, that's it. I already got an answer. Wow! They are fast! The LoC is in process of "re-scanning images so that those files that actually have the <1MB TIFs will be replaced with large TIFs". Very well! Yann (talk) 15:33, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Large but corrupted vs small but good[edit]

File:Front facade of the Academy of Athens.jpg has a larger resolution but is corrupted.

File:Front Facade of the Academy of Athens.jpg is smaller but no glitch.

what to do? delete the big one? or crop the big one to remove the glitch and then delete the small one? RZuo (talk) 11:03, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

In what way is it corrupted? Both files appear the same (except available resolutions) on my device. From Hill To Shore (talk) 14:13, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@From Hill To Shore: The larger one suffers from significant jpg compression when expanded to full size. Considering the warning label that was applied in 2019, unless someone objects I'll process as CSD:F7. — Huntster (t @ c) 14:27, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I think you mean distorted instead of corrupted. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:12, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
it's corrupted due to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T266903 . RZuo (talk) 08:26, 23 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Rename request declined[edit]

I requested renaming of File:Logo of Kyrgyz Latin Wikipedia SVG.svg but User:Rachmat04 has reverted because does not comply with renaming guidelines. What guideline I broke? Let me know and understand, please! 2001:B07:6442:8903:915:811E:D744:DF76 11:35, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi, and welcome. You did not provide a rationale number (in {{Rename}} required parameter 2, see Template:Rename/doc). Pinging @Rachmat04 as declining renamer, who could have indicated that.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:26, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You've now cited criterion 4, which applies in two cases: when there is a complex template or external site that requires a particular naming convention, and when the file is part of a larger work that should appear together in lists and categories. It's not obvious how either of those applies to this file, so it would help if you could expand the request to indicate why there's a requirement for this file to have its name harmonized with others. --bjh21 (talk) 18:35, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Pinging @Bjh21 if you watch Category:SVG Localized Wikipedia globe logos (2010) you can notice that the standard name is Wikipedia-logo-v2-[language].svg. What else is there to do more than that? 2001:B07:6442:8903:59DC:599A:8D5B:FACB 11:06, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
As the footnote COM:FR#cite_note-4 says: "Just because images share a category does not mean that they are part of a set." So you need to demonstrate why it's necessary for the file to have a particular name. Though actually in this case I notice it's quite a recent upload so maybe the uploader Sm faysal would like to ask for renaming under the much more lenient criterion 1? --bjh21 (talk) 19:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Bjh21: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Wikimedia_trademarks//Word_mark_creation
At section “Preparing files for upload” near the end of page it is wrote: “Name your file like this: "Wikipedia-logo-v2-" + language Code”. I think this should be enough… 95.74.56.170 19:40, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Strictly that only appears in the instructions for making a PNG version, not an SVG version. But I think that combined with its being a very recent upload makes me inclined to move it. --bjh21 (talk) 20:13, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Moved. --bjh21 (talk) 20:16, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Bjh21 I have no issue if it is renamed. Thanks Sm faysal (talk) 01:39, 23 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why doesn't commons have a mass message sender user right?[edit]

On enwiki, there is a user right that allows people to use Special:MassMessage. I've used it to send invitations to Wikimedia New York City events, for example. I'm curious why it doesn't exist on Commons (the massmessage function is restricted to admins)? — Rhododendrites talk |  19:15, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The tool is not used that often that asking an admin for every time it is needed was a problem in the past. GPSLeo (talk) 20:00, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

February 22[edit]

Scammers using military pics from Wikipedia to scams women out of their money[edit]

There's various men or maybe it's the same one and they are using US military men photos of this website and then creating FB profiles impersonating various generals from this site. I did a Google lens search and it brought me here from the pic the guys were using on FB when trying to contact women on FB hoping to establish a friendship/relationship using these men's military profiles from this site. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 104.157.160.175 (talk) 00:50, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

That is a sad story, but scammers can be very crafty. By the way, we pull US military photos from US military websites where they are aviable for everybody, so the scammers could be getting them from there, but they might be easier to find here. --Jarekt (talk) 04:48, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You could ask FaceBook to check, if profile pictures of Facebook profiles are images that have been published online at Flickr, the NASA archives, US Government sites, or thousends of other sites that offer free images. In fact Facebook has downloaded all the files when Facebook created its Llama LLM. And Facebook could then block these profiles. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 04:45, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Photo challenge December results[edit]

Congratulations to Mensch01, Lusi Lindwurm, Kora27, Hgrobe, Горбунова М.С. and Ermell. -- Jarekt (talk) 03:58, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

As an aside, I love fossil fuels as a sort of out of the box challenge category. Concrete enough that the photos are thematically linked, but with enough flexibility that the category can be interpreted in different ways. Bawolff (talk) 07:04, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Templates disabled (see Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - December - Fossil fuel/Winners & Commons:Photo challenge/2023 - December - In a box/Winners). Please find a way to display images (a gallery tag, perhaps) without introducing horizontal scrolling. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:37, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The way to upload images via Flickr is completely broken[edit]

At present, all methods of uploading images through Flickr have been completely damaged, and video content from Flickr cannot be uploaded through V2C, and errors have been reported.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Fumikas Sagisavas (talk • contribs) 06:31, 22 February 2024‎ (UTC)Reply[reply]

Did you try Flickypedia? Pyb en résidence (talk) 08:38, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Flickypedia works for me, but Special:UploadWizard has been failing all day for Flickr uploads, just getting stuck on the Submitting details… spinner with no error message or timeout. Belbury (talk) 15:52, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I've used Flickr2Commons within the last 36 hours or so. Is that now failing? - Jmabel ! talk 23:15, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Update Wikimedia Commons' default markup for 'Use this image'[edit]

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T299064

Nothing has happened with the above ticket, in over a year. How do we get changes made to Commons' default markup for 'Use this image?

Bu way of explanation, the default markup provided by the "Use this file" link on the toolbar, for File:Aris’s_Birmingham_Gazette - 1771-11-11 - p1.jpg for example, is:

[[File:Aris’s Birmingham Gazette - 1771-11-11 - p1.jpg|thumb|Aris’s Birmingham Gazette - 1771-11-11 - p1]]

The right hand part of this ("|Aris’s Birmingham Gazette - 1771-11-11 - p1]]") repeats the filename. It should instead (where available) use the caption from the file's structured data, in the user's preferred language:

[[File:Aris’s Birmingham Gazette - 1771-11-11 - p1.jpg|thumb|front page masthead of Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 11 November 1771 edition]]

This applies to all the applicable markup snippets under each of the "Use this file" links on a file page; for example the non-thumbnail wiki markup and the alt attribute under "Embed this file". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:30, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I've replied to the discussion on MediaWiki talk:Gadget-Stockphoto.js#Default markup for 'Use this image' is suboptimal. --bjh21 (talk) 18:58, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Fusion[edit]

Is is possible to merge File:Capital punishment in the world Zim.svg with File:Capital punishment in the world.svg ? Io Herodotus (talk) 15:26, 22 February 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

February 23[edit]

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