T Cells

T Cells is taking a short wikibreak and will be back on Commons soon.

Hi! I am Olatunde Isaac and one of the users here on Wikimedia Commons. If I can help, please leave a message on my talk page or use the email this user option in the toolbar on the left of this page to send me an email.

I work in a spirit of COM:AGF with Commons images for deletion, as well as categorizing and sourcing images.

Please do not be offended if your images were nominated for deletion or even deleted. There are processes to provide copyright permission and undelete even images which have already been removed. If you need a really fast response to a general question, please write at the Village Pump. To contact me, please leave your message on my User Talk page.

Contact & info

For Commons ... Please leave your message on my user talk page. For general concerns about content on Wikipedia or matters related to Wikipedia, please use my Yoruba Wikipedia talk page or contact info@wikimedia.org. For questions about the Wikimedia Foundation, see Answers. I also have account on Wikimedia Foundation's website but I don't use it for general discussion about Common or Wikipedia.

This user believes in assuming good faith and civility.

This user is a member of Wikimedia UserGroup Nigeria.

This user has been on Wikimedia Commons for
10 years, 5 months and 4 days

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Please scroll down for more information about images for deletion, what the acronyms mean and what do to if your images were nominated or deleted.

How to upload images

Commons:First steps tutorial!

Questions about why your image is nominated for deletion?

Read image first! ... Then read COM:L

Reply on the deletion nomination page, not a discussion page.

Replies left here have no effect on deletion nominations.

Please note that none of the following claims are valid license justifications:

I own the copyrighted © website from which the image/s was/were copied but can't file an OTRS;
I have the same user name as a copyrighted website, but I can't send an email from that address.
I am the official representative of the owner of a website whether personal or corporate;
I own entire pages, or clippings from, newspapers and periodicals;
I own/or was given a print/or electronic version of the image;
I own this original piece of art;
I paid for this image or portrait so I own the copyright;
I am one of many heirs of the subject of an image;
I think I am the owner via a long shaggy-dog story;
I have permission to use this photograph from family album or other private source;
I am putting up publicity photos;
I think this picture really belongs on the project - without it the article won't be the same;
I have permission to use this photograph from the web regardless of © or no © on the pages;
I am the creator of professional images up to and including Getty and Reuters files labeled ©;
I have really long arms and can take selfies from 100 feet away;
I only copied part of this image from somewhere else;
I don't remember where I got the image;
I have no idea who created the image;
I was given permission to use this picture on Wikipedia;

However, ... if you think you really do have permission despite the above, there are ways to work within the system to discuss it. Please leave a message on my talk page, including the file name of the image which was nominated or deleted.

You uploaded what to where? Oh mai!

Can I help you fix it?

Don't worry... Whatever it is, we can handle it!

Maintenance stats

Keep an eye on...		Missing legal information		Backlogs are fun
Protected edit requests (5)	40	Disputed copyright status (2)	21185	Copyright violations (9)	9
Requests for unblock (1)	3	Images with poor sources	400	Duplicate (5)	4
Malformed deletion requests	0	No source (4)	42670	Other speedy deletions (7)	4
Incomplete deletion requests - missing reason	0	Own work claimed	0	Non-free logos	1
Deletion requests - No timestamp given	0	PD images without reason	16	Unsourced reviewed Flickr images	0
Requested moves (all) (337)	0	PD tag needs updating (6)	72	Recent unfree Flickr images	0
		© Free Use w/o Rationale	0	Possibly unfree Flickr images reviewed by FlickreviewR	0
		No VRTS permission	3	Flickr images needing human review (9)	259
		Items missing VRTS ticket ID	27	Possibly unfree Flickr images (2)	0
		Consent queried	183	Derivative works with broken file links	0
		License review needed (55)	76248	Extracted images with broken file links	2536

Acronyms & locations

Cuteness is no excuse!

{{Vd}} = Delete
{{Vk}} = Keep
{{Question}} = Question
{{Cmt}} = Comment
{{Withdraw}} = I withdraw my nomination

Remember, cuteness is no excuse!

{{Done}} = Done

Read COM:L

AGF = Assume good faith, see COM:AGF
Blocks = You don't want one of these, see COM:BP
CALM = Commons settling issues with other users, see COM:DISPUTE
COPYVIO = Commons Copyright Violation, see COM:L
DELBUG = Deletion tool failed to remove, use {{DELBUG}} when found
DN = Deletion Nomination, see Commons:Deletion requests
DW = Derivative Work of another artwork, photo etc., see COM:DW
FOP = Freedom of Panorama, the U.S. doesn't have any, see COM:FOP
Jerk = Please don't be one! See this article
Link = Help with wiki linking
no permission = image permission is not compatible with Commons, or none at all
no source = image has no source, cannot be found at source, or source is irrational
OTRS = process for copyright holder to formally declare copyright on image/s, see COM:OTRS
PRP = Precautionary principle - "where there is significant doubt about the freedom of a particular file it should be deleted." see COM:PRP
SCOPE = Commons scope, also called scope, see COM:SCOPE
Sock = Sockpuppet, get help at Commons:Requests for checkuser & Commons:Sockpuppet investigations
speedy = copyvio with proof, can be removed immediately
SVG = Scaleable vector graphics, see Help:SVG
User Names = fall under certain guidelines, see COM:UPOLICY

Need more? Try Commons:Editor's index to Commons aka COM:EIC

{{drfop|Nepal}}

Helpful hints from Hedwig

Please sign your posts on talk pages by adding: --~~~~ at the end. Thanks!
You can't claim own work when you didn't take the photograph yourself. That is called copyright infringement.
If you don't know the author you have to check how old the photo is. It may be public domain because its copyright has expired.
If you know the author, please ask for permission and send the permission to our OTRS Team. Instructions here: OTRS
In order to source properly, state where you got the picture from. Websites or books. Maybe an archive? Given to you by the copyright owner?
Please read about the licenses and essential information here: Com:L and Com:Essential information.

Thanks to Hedwig in Washington for this lovely list.

This is an example of the process

Please see the discussions and outcome at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Johann Spielmann.jpg.

Please read the appropriate message for your situation

New users sometimes make mistakes...

Here is the cutest possible kitten for you

Hi there, and welcome to Commons! Yes, really, Welcome! it may not look like I'm very welcoming to you, nominating your pictures for deletion, but I think you may have made some mistakes. You can read more about copyright at the section for Copyright violations & Deletion guidelines. Sorry to be the one to nominate your pictures for deletion, but you need to read the instructions on what is ok to upload here and what isn't ok. I hope you follow the instructions and add some more photos of your own - of interesting things in the world around you!

Copyright Violations

Copyright violations will be removed.

Please read "COM:L" Copyright violations. If you did not take the picture yourself, please ask for help at the Village Pump before uploading. Copyright violations will be removed. Don't get upset if you don't understand all the ins and outs and a photo gets nominated. Stay calm, ask questions!

Out of scope

only what is within scope is desired

Please read "COM:SCOPE" the Scope of the Project for a full list of images which are out of the scope of the project.

Screenshots

computer screen

Not all screenshots can be uploaded to Commons, please read Screenshot

For software note: If the screenshot shows any work that is not a direct result of the program code itself, such as a text or graphics that are not part of the program, the license for that work must be indicated separately. For example {{Free screenshot|{{Apache|The Android Open Source Project}}

Personal photos...

a personal photo album

Commons is not a personal photo album! Please read COM:SCOPE to find out more about what is and what isn't a file which can be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. In general, this includes images more suited for social media: images of some guy/girl/babies/families/pets doing various guy/girl/baby/family/pet things. Please see COM:NOTSOCIAL to read up on holiday and family snaps.

Old Personal photos

Old baby pictures are sometimes in scope

COM:NOTSOCIAL Commons is not a social network for old family pictures and the contents of scrapbooks.

COM:PS#Must be realistically useful for an educational purpose. Uploading pictures from family albums requires the name of the photographer and the date of the picture; not all album pictures are within scope, and many may also be COM:COPYVIOs.

Selfies

This selfie is in scope

Please see COM:SELFIE. Not all selfies are within scope, although if you're an astronaut in outer space, one or two would be in scope.

Admin apply {{autotranslate|1=|base=No selfies}} for friendly autowarning box.

Biographies, resumes, solicitations of friendship/marriage, motivational posters, personal holiday cards, etc.

No resumes, personal biographies or promotion

Please read COM:NOTSOCIAL. Resumes, personal biographies, solicitations of marriage or friendship, notifications of starting new business, uploading the first painting you did at age three, personal holiday cards, children's hand and foot prints, whether text or laid over photographs are out of COM:SCOPE.

Pron

Crummy pron knows no era

COM:PORN Commons is not an amateur porn site, please refrain from uploading images so personal as to defy polite description,
COM:OMGAPENIS aka COM:NOTCENSORED "If the images are of demonstrably inferior quality, or add nothing educationally distinct to the stock of such images we hold already, they may fail the test of being realistically useful for an educational purpose."

Out of project scope

Facepalm

This picture fails COM:SCOPE due to COM:PS#Must be realistically useful for an educational purpose.

Blurry and poor quality

Blurry and/or really poor quality images. Note while there is a [[:Category:Intentionally blurred images]], generally blurred images are out of scope.

Advertising

COM:SCOPE & COM:ADVERT: Commons is not a place to advertise.

Advertising, promotional or self-promotional images, see also COM:PENIS and COM:NOTSOCIAL

Educational Use

Educational use

Please read COM:EDUSE for full discussion of which images are not realistically useful for educational purposes. You may also see:

COM:PS#Must be realistically useful for an educational purpose including:

Images that are impossible to tell what they are and/or have little to no description to help the user decide the educational content,
Images uploaded as test edits, out of boredom, or to test a new phone,
Uncategorized images or those categorized to [[Category:NonexistantPages]] and
Unused, poor quality, low resolution and lacking metadata images.

Freedom of Panorama

Eiffel Tower at Night

Freedom of Panorama "FOP" refers to whether nations permit photography on the public way or not. Click on that link and locate the nation in question.

{{drfop|Country Name}} generates a statement about FOP in country named

When to speedy

Delete vs. speedy delete..

A message for you

Hi! It isn't necessary to start a deletion "discussion" if it is your own uploads that you want deleted. You can use "{{speedydelete|Reason}}" and an administrator will delete the image if the "Reason" is sensible. See COM:CSD for more info. Thank you again for your contributions to the project!

How to ask for undeletion

See the procedure at Commons:Undeletion requests to request review. You may need to use Commons:OTRS to provide a license for the file. If OTRS is pending, use {{subst:OP}} as placeholder.

From here down is for my reference, although you may find it of interest

Commons policies, guidelines & licensing help

Editing help

Editor Handbook for Wikimedia Commons. HTML in Wikitext help page is very useful because it has links to the other help pages at the bottom.

Evidence

See Commons:Project_scope/Evidence, because it is up to the uploader to provide information about the image, not other editors or admins.

Image Guidelines

See COM:I for guidelines for featured pictures and for new quality images.

See Commons:First steps/Quality and description for a handy description of how to make better images.

Categorizing

See Commons:First steps/Sorting for an overview on what categories are, how to use them and how to find the categories into which to put your images, shortcut COM:FS/S

Identifiable people

See COM:IDENT regarding images of identifiable people

Username Policy

See Username policy for guidelines about permitted and non-permitted names.

What Commons is Not

See COM:NOT for enlightenment about nominations for COM:SCOPE.

Licences

Read Licences for a complete understanding.

License & copyright tags

About PD files - general information

- PD-self tag
  - {{PD-self}} - images made entirely by the user, not derivative works.
- PD-government tags
  - {{PD-USGov}} - U.S. Government images
  - {{PD-US-patent-no notice}} - PD U.S. Patent Images (read the specifics)
  - All the rest can be seen at Category:PD-USGov license tags
  - {{PD-CAGov}} - California government images
  - {{PD-UN-doc}} The new UN tag.
- COM:ART = PD tags for Art.
  - COM:PACUSA prior to 1978... etc. read whole page, also {{PD-US-no notice}}}}
  - Template:PD-Art all the tags in one place, also see Category:PD Art
  - Template:PD-ineligible for 2D old art
  - Template:PD-scan for scans of 2D old art (Bridgeman) |Permission={{PD-scan|PD-US}}
    - For photographs of old works taken by yourself, use the appropriate one of the following …
    - {{PD-old-100}} - for works by authors who died more than 100 years ago.
    - {{PD-old-80}} - for works by authors who died more than 80 years ago.
    - {{PD-old-75}} - for works by authors who died more than 75 years ago.
    - {{PD-old-70}} - for works by authors who died more than 70 years ago.
    - {{PD-old-auto-1923|deathyear=xxxx}} - for works in PD with author of known death year.
    - {{PD-US}} - for U.S. works published before 1 January 1923
    - {{PD-1923}} - for non-U.S. works published before 1 January 1923.
    - {{PD-1996}} - for works that are in the public domain in their source countries on 1 January 1996.
    - See COM:ART for discussion of art tags. Use for old art and published works with caution.
    - See Category:PD-Art_(PD-old_default) for all images with the old PD-ART tag... You can help fix these!
  - Template:PD-textlogo for PD logo images that are all text. Page is helpful because it links to other PD-tags.

COM:CB - copyright rules by subject matter
- COM:CUR - currency
- Commons:Stamps/Public domain - stamps
- COM:URAA - Complicated US law that restored copyrights in the U.S. on foreign works if that work was still copyrighted in the foreign source country on the URAA date

Additional references
- COM:TAG and/or COM:HIRTLE - all tags.
- COM:LL regarding license laundering (aka Flickrwashing)
- COM:PRP, precautionary principle for all uploads.

Missing license, source or permission

Read Commons:Essential information about license and source.

For simple license missing cases - date fields autofill from these templates.

{{subst:nsd}}, which gives {{no source since|month=__|day=__|year=__}}
{{subst:nld}}, which gives {{no license|month=__|day=__|year=__}}
{{subst:npd}}, which gives {{no permission since|month=__|day=__|year=__}}
Put {{subst:image permission|File:filename.jpg}} template on user page.

See here for admin housekeeping lists.

Speedy deletion

Request COM:SD, "speedy deletion" with reason... example

{{speedy|1=The image in this deletion request is a serious privacy violation.}}

Freedom of Panorama

It's complicated, read all about it here COM:FOP.

Use Template:Drfop if nominating an image for FOP.

Formatting

{{w|Name of Wiki Page Exactly}} alternate format [[:en:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, California]]. Use this at top of commons pages to indicate page they go with on the English language Wikipedia.
{{NRHP|0000034}} to identify National Register Properties by NRHP number.
{{en|1=[[:Category:Locator maps of cities|Locator '''maps of cities''']] — within '''[[:Category:Orange County, California|Orange County]]'''}} and example for for Locator Maps of Cities Headers
[[Category:Name| ]] Category sorting - blank puts in separate section
[[Category:Name|Name]] Category sorting - blank puts in "N" section
{{DEFAULTSORT:What gets sorted}} Category sorting - use for Defaultsort

Drama detector & Buzzword bingo card

Drop the stick

There comes a point in every debate where the debate itself has come to a natural end. You may have won the debate, you may have lost the debate, or you may have found yourself in a draw. drop the stick and back slowly away from the horse carcass

If a debate, discussion, or general exchange of views has come to a natural end through one party having "won" or (more likely) the community having lost interest in the entire thing, then no matter which side you were on, you should walk away.

If you don't, if you continue to [flog the poor old debate, if you try to reopen it, if you continually refer to old news, if you parade your triumph in the faces of others... you're not really winning friends and influencing people. Instead, you are annoying everyone nearby.

If you have "won" - good for you. Now go about your business; don't keep reminding us that your "opponent" didn't "win".
If you have "lost" - sorry, hard luck. Now go about your business; don't keep reminding us that your "opponent" didn't actually "win" because of... whatever.
If the debate died a natural death - let it remain dead. It is over, let it go. Nobody cares anymore. Hard to stomach, but you're going to have to live with it.

So, the next time you find yourself standing over the body of a clearly-deceased horse: please don't beat it. It won't help. There is no way to beat a dead horse back to life. Let the poor animal rest in peace.

Templates

... are hard to find !

Commons:Message templates & Category:Message_templates & Category:User block templates

Category:Barnstar award templates

Saving this one here, because unfortunately it gets used frequently.

{{warning|Please do not upload images taken from the Internet to Commons. Please read [[COM:L]] before making more uploads. ~~~~ }}

If you are the copyright holder, please email our permissions verification team (VRT).

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Statistics & abilities

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Click here and add file name [1].

Oh and by the way

{{unsigned|UserName}} will apply their unsig.

This page shows who can do what.

Somedays you're the dog, others you're the car

My user page is available to be used without attribution by anyone else for deletion nomination/speedy purposes. 'Cuz really how many ways can you say some of this stuff?? Cheers!

Comment The naked truth and willful blindness do not surpass threshold of originality. Taivo 12:26, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Oh gee... Commons:Deletion requests/File:Dictionary through lens.JPG
False negatives caused by keeping copyright violations are worse than deleting files which could have been hosted - because deletion is reversible. It is not a bad thing to err on the side of caution. If you disagree, at least convert speedies into Deletion Requests/Nominations and vote {{Vk}}.

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