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Question from Tarapriya (14:19, 5 March 2024)

I'm unable to upload files on Wikimeadia Commons by giving proper credits. As a result, I'm blocked for a month from editing. I struggled a lot to understand the Wikimeadia Commons policies but now I'm disappointed. I don't think I can upload any file by giving proper credits so can you upload the files I want to upload by giving credits properly please? I'll provide the link of the websites from where I got the files. --Tarapriya (talk) 14:19, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, what files were you trying to upload and what credits were you giving? Could you give me an example here. Thanks, Encoded Talk to me! 23:14, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I had uploaded a picture which I had found from here https://www.instagram.com/p/ClOJrq-NiYX/?igsh=bm1wcHExbTFiMW41}}

I had provided the link of this post in the source and author option, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International yet I'm blocked from editing for a month. I'm not understanding why despite of giving credits, this happened. Now please can you upload this image with proper credits which I had wanted to upload in Riya Sharma Wikipedia page. Tarapriya (talk) 10:38, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I can't see any indication on the post that it is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International, please can you tell me where there is proof of this or why you think it is licensed? Thanks, Encoded 💬 12:05, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As much I know, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International licence lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon our work and the image I had uploaded on Wikimeadia Commons is uploaded by an actress on her official Instagram account and

people all over the internet platforms are massively using the contents she shares on her account and she doesn'say anything so anyone is free to use the contents she posts on her account that's why I thought it's licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International but there's no license or proof of it. Honestly I'm not understanding that what kind of images I can upload and how to give proper credits to the owners. Please help as my mentor? Tarapriya (talk) 16:48, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, you can not "pick" a license for an image, the owner of the image (in this case Riya Sharma) has to license it, we cannot use it if it is not licensed. Whilst other places may use it and credit it, officially she (or the photographer) owns the copyright to it, so we cannot use it unless she (or the photographer) explicitly releases it under a license.

Wikimedia Commons is only for free images released under an applicable license, since this image was not released under a license as far as I can tell, it cannot be uploaded there. See the second image at https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/euclid-spacecraft-images for an example of a freely licensed image.

You can upload non-free images to Wikipedia using the file upload wizard however it must meet the criteria in the non-free content policy. Hope this helps, Encoded Talk 💬 14:35, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If i can upload non-free images to Wikipedia using the file upload wizard then can I upload the image of Riya Sharma which Instagram link I had shared previously and you had said that you can't see any indication on the post that it is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International? I've read the c

criteria in the non-free content poy and I think that image Mets with the 10 criteria for uploading non-free content. And if I still can't upload that image then can I upload [[1]] the image which is used in this above article? You gave an example of which are free contents so isn't this one free content too? I'm sorry. I know I'm bothering a lot but I'm very new here and struggling to understand everything properly that's why asking so much. Hope you understand. Thank you for helping since the beginning. Tarapriya (talk) 08:58, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, both the images you've supplied do not meet the non-free content criteria due to "No free equivalent. Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose.", since a free image could be created by a photographer in the future a non-free image cannot be uploaded at this time. (see WP:NFC unacceptable use section).

The image you've supplied in your recent message is not a free image, in the example I provided the image was captioned with "Artist’s impression of the Euclid spacecraft observing the dark Universe. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA. Background galaxies: NASA, ESA, and S. Beckwith (STScI) and the HUDF Team, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO" specifically the CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO is the license, which is required. The article you've linked does not contain any credit for the image and therefore cannot be proven to Wikipedia and cannot be used. Alternatively, the copyright holder for the image can contact the VRT to release the image to Wikipedia.

I did have a quick look around to see if I could find anything and I came across this commons:File:Riya Sharma.jpg. I'm not sure if this is the same person, if it is it can be used.

Hope this helps, Encoded Talk 💬 10:00, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No the file you came across isn't the Riya Sharma whose image I want to upload. Can I upload a screenshot taken from an interview available on a YouTube channel? Otherwise I'm not understanding from where I can find free content of Riya Sharma because she's an actress and as her fan, I only have content which I've found either from Instagram or Google or YouTube. Tarapriya (talk) 13:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, unfortunately this would not be considered free content unless it is released under a license. You can put an image request up for someone to take one. Otherwise, there's not much else you can do apart from wait for one to become available. Encoded Talk 💬 17:51, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bradley Tusk request

Hi Encoded!

Hope you're having a good Monday! I have a new request on the Bradley Tusk Talk Page that I posted a few weeks ago. I thought you might be interested in it, so I wanted to flag here.

The request is about language in the New York subsection. As always, happy to answer questions on the Bradley Tusk article Talk Page.

Thanks, BasilAtTusk (talk) 15:50, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Concern regarding Draft:Taziker

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Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia. FireflyBot (talk) 23:16, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Freeturnity on User:Freeturnity (21:20, 17 March 2024)

Hello!

How do I create a citation? Are there particular codes and such that I need to use?

Thanks. --Freeturnity (talk) 21:20, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there's an excellent guide here: Help:Introduction to referencing with VisualEditor/1 - hope this helps! Thanks, Encoded Talk 💬 11:08, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question from Герман Немов (23:26, 19 March 2024)

Dear sir Lew

Please explain how to determine the reliability of a non-English source on the example of BRE from the site https://bigenc.ru. I also ask you to specify, is it permissible to add of the link to a non-English source in the form of the ordinary link? --Герман Немов (talk) 23:26, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, apologies for taking a few days to get back to you. Using non-english sources is allowed. Unfortunately as I don't speak the language I'm unable to determine reliability, but WP:RS is a good guide for determining general reliability. Please also see WP:RSUE for more information on using non-english sources. Hope this helps, Encoded Talk 💬 09:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for clarification, but do I understand correctly that this source (https://bigenc.ru) is considered reliable (the link to the discussion) for most topics (animated series for example)? I also ask you to give an example of any correct reference to any non-english source.

P. S. I also apologize for incorrectness of the abbrevation (BRE instead GRE). Герман Немов (talk) 17:56, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, no need to apologise it's all good! After having a brief look through the discussion you've linked (thank you for that!) I would say avoid using it on geographic articles, political articles, conflicts, and contentious topics (see WP:CTOP for a list of these) as the general consensus appears to be against that due to bias.

Arts, literature, culture, etc. including the animated series article you've linked appears to be generally regarded as reliable to be used.

With that being said the discussion itself wasn't formal so doesn't explicitly say either way, it's just a collection of opinions. Use of the website as a source is not restricted as far as I'm aware, but it may be reverted if placed on the topics I've listed in the first paragraph if other editors determine it unreliable, I'm suggesting this purely based on what I've seen other editors say and the reliable sources policy, but you can use it where you see fit.

Hope this helps, Encoded Talk 💬 23:09, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the exhaustive answer to my first question. But I didn't understand, is it permissible to add of the reference to a non-English source in the form of the ordinary link? If this is not so, I ask you to give an example of any correct reference to any non-English source, because it would really help me. In this case the source language can be any (Chinese, Ukrainian, Turkish, Swedish, Russian, Romanian, Portuguese, Polish, Dutch, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Hebrew, French, Spanish, German, Arabic).

P. S. I will not write on contentious topics, because I don't want to offend anyone. Герман Немов (talk) 10:51, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, apologies if I misunderstood, non language links are allowed in an 'External Links' section at the end of the article. The link should be tagged with {{In lang}} For example:

[https://bigenc.ru/ BigEnc] {{In lang|ru}}

Shows up as

BigEnc (in Russian)

You can see WP:NONENGEL for more info. Hope this helps, Encoded Talk 💬 14:28, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry but you misunderstood me. Above I wrote about references to the non-English sources. An example of exactly this sort of reference might help me. So the example must be of a kind^[1], but the source should be non-English. Герман Немов (talk) 17:23, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies here's an example: ^[2] Encoded (talk) 17:26, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. That is exactly what I needed. Герман Немов (talk) 17:51, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, sorry for taking so long to get it to you! Encoded (talk) 18:00, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you again for this example. You can delete it because I no longer need it. Герман Немов (talk) 08:06, 24 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Hetherington, Janet L. "As Mainframe's technology reaches adolescence, there's a 'ReBoot' Renaissance". Animation Magazine #59. Vol. 11, Issue #8, September 1997.
^ "坂崎幸之助のももいろフォーク村NEXT - スクリプト - フジテレビNEXT". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-06.

Robert Rubin question

Hi Encoded, you had helped me with a request on the Jim Goetz article in the past, I was wondering if you might also consider taking a look at this one for Robert Rubin? The first half of it related to the book has been answered, but so far no one has responded to the last bit, which is related to updating some "As of" phrasing in the article. I'd really appreciate it if you'd be willing to take a look. Cheers WWB Too (Talk · COI) 14:52, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[animag-1] Hetherington, Janet L. "As Mainframe's technology reaches adolescence, there's a 'ReBoot' Renaissance". Animation Magazine #59. Vol. 11, Issue #8, September 1997.

[2] "坂崎幸之助のももいろフォーク村NEXT - スクリプト - フジテレビNEXT". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-03-06.

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