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How can I upload a picture in Wikipedia? Nsudheer324 ( talk) 17:59, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Nsudheer324, the simplest way for most files is Commons:Special:UploadWizard. Just follow the instructions; at the end, it tells you how to use it on Wikipedia. Thank you for uploading images! HLHJ ( talk) 03:26, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Why does the start button do nothing but reload the page? -- Bank: Bank Robbery started a robbery ( notify) 07:23, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
The wizard is a far easier way to upload the non-free logo of a new or remaned school. But I have a chicken and egg type frustration. I build a page in a user sandbox, get it right and then create the article to host it and transfer the text. At some stage in the procedings I download the logo to my desktop and will have to then use the upload wizard to upload the logo to the infobox. Here we have the chicken that is still in the sandbox, and the egg that needs to be uploaded- yes I have worked out that you have to create the chicken first but I can forget. The secret of good software is that it copes well with the task, and also prevents idiots from hurting themselves.
The wizard allows me enter the filename (of the non-existent chicken) and all the other necessary fields and gets to the bottom of the page- and stops me from uploading the egg as it must. Here it goes wrong. I go and create the chicken, and return to this page- it still wont let me upload, I refresh the page. All the data in those fields are lost. This is frustrating and unnecessary. The check comes too late, the message is on the wrong spot on the page and refreshing is counter intuitive.
Better would be to ask the user to browse for the chicken so a page has to be entered. A staic warning could be flagged "Please check that this file exist- or data will be lost", js could catch the refresh and run the page again catching the existance of the new chicken before defaulting to wiping the fields.-- ClemRutter ( talk) 15:44, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
I can't answer the question about whether a list of emails I received is free or fair use. The people on the computing reference desk need to see what I received to answer the question.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:10, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
This wizard and template seem to work fine for the most part, I used it with this page. However, I am unable to edit the "Author or copyright owner" field, at least, not in the same way I did the other fields. Any idea what's going on here?
Also, as an aside: the old Non-free media information template had a field for "Portion used", is there a reason this has been left out of this new template or was it by mistake? Just something I noticed while using this wizard. Ian of Planet Earth ( talk) 20:43, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
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Please copy version from Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard/sandbox to fix Special:LintErrors. Tholme ( talk) 16:54, 19 November 2019 (UTC) Tholme ( talk) 16:54, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
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I did NOT click any Upload button!! I did not mean to upload the image Barbara-Lazaroff_by-John-Hanwell_600 × 901.jpg! I clicked the option to have it go to Wikipedia ONLY and was looking for how to NOT HAVE IT GO TO ANY WIKI COMMONS LICENSE, and suddenly is said uploading. I cannot find an image removal option and want to edit this licence. (Sorry but I am not a fan of fully open licenses - for the protection of any person in a photo.) This uploader has now caused unknown problems going into an undetermined future. PhotoBrit ( talk) 17:15, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
PhotoBrit ( talk) 18:29, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
"Step 3: Provide source and copyright information" When you click "This is a free work" the conditional box opens and says, "Thank you for offering to upload a free work.
Wikipedia loves free files. However, we would love it even more if you uploaded them on our sister project, the Wikimedia Commons. Files uploaded on Commons can be used immediately here on Wikipedia as well as on all its sister projects. Uploading files on Commons works just the same as here. Your Wikipedia account will automatically work on Commons too.
Gtk-dialog-info.svg Please consider uploading your file on Commons.
However, if you prefer to do it here instead, you may go ahead with this form. You can also first use this form to collect the information about your file and then send it to Commons from here." I did that. Then I clicked on "This file is entirely my own work." I then entered more info. I think my problem came with the pop-up menu because it's too unclear. Below that you have 2 choices: 1) Yes, I want this file to be immediately available in all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. I will upload it on the Wikimedia Commons... 2) No, I want to upload this file here on this wiki only. This way it can be used only on the English Wikipedia... I clicked the 2nd choice -- but my license is coming up as the 1st -- and that's why I posted here. See... there appear to be 2 options. Those are what I was just asking about. SO: Issues with the upoader: a) Unclear. Too much learning in order to make an informed choice. Puts me and others off of wanting to provide images. b) Clicking upload should not immediately upload. There should be a review first as there is with Wikipedia uploading. OR an Edit option.
It's hard enough to decide whether to provide the masses with fodder for messing with a photo of a public figure. But on top of that, even within 30 seconds there is no way to review the license that appears and undo it. I get that after the image is used it's too late, but 30 or 60 seconds delay is viable and fair. This current system is creepy.
Also, I know I wrote more info into the fields that didn't make it to the license page. You've told me I can edit that but without being a coding wizard and mind-reader, I (and others) lack the knowlege/tools to do so. Very frustrating. PhotoBrit ( talk) 21:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
The upload wizard currently includes an option that says "It was created and first published before 1923 and is therefore in the Public Domain in the USA." However, Template:PD-US-expired says "This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1925." Should the upload wizard be updated to say "before 1925" rather than "before 1923"? Or if not, why are the years not the same? Dmoore5556 ( talk) 03:53, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
I upload lots of logos - see, for example here. 99% of the time they follow the same pattern. File name = file description. Article used = file description minus "logo". Minimal use rationale = "Minimal extent of use." Is there any way to further streamline the upload process for logo files? Really, the only 3 pieces of information I should be entering are 1) the actual file name 2) page name 3) file source. Is there any way this could be implemented? Faceless Enemy ( talk) 18:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
I've found a workaround that works well for any sort of routine file uploading: use the wizard once, then edit the file page and copy it into Excel or OpenOffice Calc so you can use the concatenate formula to get it working. Faceless Enemy ( talk) 16:45, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
I have a little tweak I would like to suggest. After adding the 50 or so school logos There are a couple of improvements I see. This is after the file has been accepted and uploaded, the user just sees a the blank end of the page. They are left hanging. If they are curious they will find the line in the middle of the page that shows the new file name- which they will want in their buffer to paste in the named target page
I notice that, when you're uploading a free work and get prompted to switch to Commons, it doesn't carry over any of the information you've added so far, and makes you re-upload the image. Would there be any way to rectify that? {{u| Sdkb}} talk 17:31, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
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Please move step 3 to become the first step, per this discussion above. Most users of the wizard should be redirected to Commons, and this helps that happen faster/doesn't make editors fill in information they'll just have to redo. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 02:31, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Presumably, after nearly a decade's worth of testing, we can now say "Thank you for using the File Upload Wizard"?! :) —— SN 54129 14:23, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
I tried uploading the mp3 through the Wizard, but the Wizard wouldn't accept it. Seems that the old upload form currently accepts it, especially since patents of the mp3 format has been expired, making mp3 free to use. Why can't the Wizard? -- George Ho ( talk) 04:01, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
filebox.accept
is a list of MIME types that the upload box will accept, audio/mp3
needs to be added to that list for it to work. --
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04:14, 24 April 2020 (UTC)Whenever I have filled out the form for any other use, the "irreplaceable by text" box doesn't automatically fill out anything. Rather the box doesn't seem to work. That makes the "irreplaceable by text" box unnecessary or unneeded. Can something be done about the "irreplaceable by text" box at the "some other kind of non-free work" option? George Ho ( talk) 02:41, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
(I'm running macOS Catalina 10.15.5 on a MacBook Pro.) In fact, when I click the <choose file> button on this wiki page all my file-types are greyed-out (non-uploadable) except jpg/jpeg and pdf. The glitch is limited to Wikipedia uploads only; for uploads elsewhere on the internet, all my files are accessible. I then recreated my ogg file using Audacity s/w but still no joy. Birdman euston ( talk) 17:06, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Just posted at WP:VPT, but I guess it's more logical to ask here first.
I've been trying to upload an image but the Upload button at the bottom of the Steps 1 to 3 page stays greyed out and inactive. (I'm in the "This is some other kind of non-free work that I believe is legitimate Fair Use" non-FUR option.) No boxes appear either beside the red dots for "Please explain why this purpose could not be served with an alternative, free illustration ..." and "why you are confident that our use of the file will not harm any commercial opportunities ..." – meaning that text can't be entered in these mandatory fields. (Which, naturally, leads to the inactive Upload button.) Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas ...? Thanks, JG66 ( talk) 18:06, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
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Following the deprecation of {{ non-free architectural work}}, MediaWiki:FileUploadWizard.js needs to be updated:
'NF3DLicense' : [ [, 'please select one...'], ['Non-free architectural work', 'Architectural work'], ['Non-free 3D art', 'Other 3-dimensional creative work (sculpture etc.)'] ],
to:
'NF3DLicense' : [ [, 'please select one...'], ['Non-free proposed architecture', 'Architectural proposal (not yet completed)'], ['Non-free destroyed architecture', 'Destroyed (or unrecognizably altered) architecture'], ['Non-free 3D art', 'Other 3-dimensional creative work (sculpture etc.)'] ],
Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:39, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
The thing won’t work. Lynel Yumoto ( talk) 18:50, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
It is possible to provide a cleaner final view of this page. The user clicks //Upload//, this is confirmed by 24 lines of white-space. The message they are looking for is the link to the file they have just uploaded which is there- above a navbox in bold text but not separated from the navbox below. What do I want (apart from a simple life): fewer keystrokes, the link to the file they have just uploaded clearly in the middle of the whitespace, and a return to previous page button five lines below. It would be icing on the cake if the uploaded page link was copied into Cntrl-C buffer, as Cntrl-C/Cntrl-V is almost inevitably the next task for the user. This is a protected page- rightly so- so can I ask the page author to think about this, or another method. -- ClemRutter ( talk) 06:50, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
It’s not working Nicolenicoattodou ( talk) 22:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Why is the link to wizard upload not working? Nicolenicoattodou ( talk) 22:55, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Yep same here. The pic upload wizard is incredibly unreliable. WisDom-UK ( talk) 22:07, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Another day of frustration trying to upload anything on the pic wizard. It is easily the most annoying and unstable part of this site, in fact it probably puts people off uploading anything. WisDom-UK ( talk) 20:51, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Link doesn’t do anything! DavidLaing05 ( talk) 23:01, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Same thing here It's Me200000 ( talk) 16:42, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Nothing happened Chrastopheria ( talk) 19:33, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
Same, it’s not working Nicolenicoattodou ( talk) 22:54, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Yup. Not working for me either. Gluchie ( talk) 03:25, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Jesus christ... not working again. This is the world's most popular encyclopedia yet half the time the pic upload never works. Please for god's sake fix it. WisDom-UK ( talk) 16:35, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
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Please change "his/her biographical article" in line 1315 to "their biographical article". We have many articles on people who identify as non-binary. the wub "?!" 13:46, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
Have you guys ran out of server space and so you're trying to discourage people from uploading anything? I am trying to upload pictures that were deleted by some some robot in error and surprise surprise -the pic upload wizard isn't working. Sometimes I really do wonder why I bother with Wikipedia. WisDom-UK ( talk) 19:12, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
Can I upload and use this image in an the Wikipedia article [ [2]]. Kindly confirm. Thanks RAJIVVASUDEV ( talk) 03:10, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
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Please change The license hasn't yet been forwarded, but I will do so shortly or ask the owner to send it himself.
to The license hasn't yet been forwarded, but I will do so shortly or ask the owner to send it themself.
as not everyone uses he/him pronouns (the text appears by clicking "This is a free work." then "This file was given to me by its owner."). Thanks.
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The license hasn't yet been forwarded, but I will do so shortly or ask the owner to send it.Thank you for your help with this page! P.I. Ellsworth ed. put'r there 09:38, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
So it looks like we don't have anyone at the moment comprehensively redesigning this wizard to better direct the masses to Commons (as we've wanted to), so I put together a new opening page that should at least serve as a decent stopgap. See it at User:Sdkb/sandbox/Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard, with the changes here. Does this look alright? If there's consensus, I'll implement. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 02:42, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
It'd be nice if, instead of having to download files, upload them, and then paste the URL, the wizard could instead just take a URL of an image and fetch it. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 05:54, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
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The text under "Non-free use rationale" -> "This is a logo of an organization, company, brand, etc." should be rewritten to something like this:
This is a logo of an organization, company, brand, etc.
This is an official logo of an entity that is the subject of a Wikipedia article. It will be included as that entity's primary means of visual identification, at the top of the article in question.
Note: many logos consisting only of text and simple geometric shapes are public domain and should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons with the copyright tag {{
pd-textlogo}}.
Note: If you plan to use it for any other purpose than this, please tick the box for "other non-free work" below.
Reasoning: many people incorrectly upload text logos here, when they should be uploaded to commons. It's not made clear that a significant portion of logos are actually public domain, and it'd be a good idea to let people know of it here. Elliot321 ( talk | contribs) 03:04, ≤27 December 2020 (UTC)
This is mainly about Fair use logo for UK schools. I get through the procedure and press the upload button. I now see a blank page. Not particularly helpful. I scroll up the page and there I see the blue linked file name-- so what now. Ok I have done dozens of these uploads, everytime I now copy the new logo into the infobox on its named page. So what I want is an immediate confirmation below the upload button (maybe a fresh page) then two options. 1. Close this window. 2. Go to target page. Here the new file name will be slipped into the Ctrl-V buffer and then the target page will be opened. Have fun! -- ClemRutter ( talk) 11:01, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
The other minor point is preventing me uploading files that are too large for fair use. Could we do a file size check before upload or even resize the image down. Not urgent. -- ClemRutter ( talk) 11:01, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
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From "Picture:File Upload Wizard" to something like "Local file upload for the English Wikipedia." That's just a suggestion though. I'm sure there are better possible short descriptions. Sam-2727 ( talk) 01:33, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Wizard for uploading images and other files for Wikipediawork? I'm not exactly sure in what context the short description for this page might appear. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 04:46, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Wikimedia file upload wizardfor now, @ Sam-2727 and Sdkb: if you (and others) can agree on a better name feel free to reopen the edit request. — xaosflux Talk 12:20, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Wizard for uploading files to Wikipediabecause short description guidelines suggest a short description below 40 characters. I believe the only context this would show up is on mobile search, so not that often. It was just bothering me when visiting the page that the short description was wrong. Sam-2727 ( talk) 17:56, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
When you upload an image and choose the option on the list that it is a book cover, it adds book cover to the Licensing section, but you then have to manually add two things to the Summary. It should automatically make Use = Infobox since there is no possible chance there would be anything else. The other required field is Article, which you could easily see which article it was just placed in, and if none found then have a message reminding people to add one. Covers of albums and video games and such I assume its the same thing. Dream Focus 01:53, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Recent changes to handle deprecated variable of mw seem to have broken the script at tewiki( script accessed through file upload page, script talk page discussion). For uploading fair use files, even after filling the relevant fields, upload button does not turn on. Request help to address the issue. -- Arjunaraoc ( talk) 12:32, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
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As an anon, if you click "Upload a non-free file", On Firefox, the "You are not currently logged in." message appears with 19 pop-up dialogs "Can't find elements: " and "Element not found: ". On Edge the "You are not currently logged in." message does not appear until you've clicked through all the dialogs. These error messages should not appear. Dylsss( talk contribs) 17:22, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
When I tried to move this tool to bs.wp I noticed that it was getting stuck on "Upload in progress". Then I dug a little deeper into it, and it seems like en.wp still has the $wgApiFrameOptions = 'SAMEORIGIN' override, which most wikis do not, and there's a Phabricator task set to remove it (see also T131182). Could the script be reworked to use a different way of checking if the file's been uploaded? – Srđan ( talk) 08:41, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
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On the JS page, ['cc-zero', 'CC-zero Universal Public Domain Dedication']
should be changed to ['self|cc-zero', 'CC-zero Universal Public Domain Dedication']
under 'OwnWorkLicense'
in var licenseLists
. The text The license agreement has been forwarded to Wikimedia's copyright service at "permissions-en@wikimedia.org".
should be changed to The license agreement has been forwarded to Wikimedia's volunteer response team at "permissions-en@wikimedia.org".
under this is a free work > given to me by its owner > evidence. The term is more accurate and sounds less buzzwordy in my opinion. Change This will be stored and displayed as part of the file description page. It is important that other editors be able to understand what this file is about.
to This will be stored and displayed as part of the file description page. It is important that other editors are able to understand what this file is about.
under step 2: describe your file, to fix grammer.
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I haven't got the evidence right now, but I will provide some if requested to do so.should probably be removed, or at least tag the image with {{ Di-no permission}} automatically (though this seems pointless), the user should have emailed or be emailing WP:OTRS when they upload a file from someone else. Having "Evidence: Will be provided on request" added to the file is just wrong, there is no proof that the image is freely licensed from Wikipedia's point of view or as a reuser, what if the person is no longer active on Wikipedia? These should just be tagged with no permission manually so it doesn't make sense to have this as an option and gives the wrong impression to the uploader. Dylsss( talk contribs) 01:26, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
{{#time:Y|now -95 years}}
to autoupdate. USA should be changed to US to be consistent as per the section "This is a free work. > This file is in the Public Domain for some other reason. > It was created by an agency of the US Federal Government." and because we prefer it in
MOS:NOTUSA. Under "It was first published in the USA before 1989, and its copyright expired because it was published without a copyright notice and/or without the necessary copyright registration." "Please look up the exact rules at [2]." should be moved below with <br/>
to be consistent with the option above. In the JS page, the template PD-US-1923 should really be changed to PD-US-expired, while the template is correct, the redirect is essentially wrong since it's not the cutoff date, we should not be applying this to new files and this date will always be changing.
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17:09, 6 March 2021 (UTC)You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content § Is Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard exempt from WP:NFCC?. Dylsss( talk contribs) 16:34, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Image upload. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 April 20#Image upload until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 ( 𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 13:02, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Why were all these changes made? They simplify uploading, but why were they done? Thanks. BeenAroundAWhile ( talk) 16:17, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Third Battle of Nanking 1864 has no picture wikipedia article. But You can find a 19th century drawing of this battle online, but who would I have to ask for permission to upload this image on Wikipedia? TaipingRebellion1850 ( talk) 01:01, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
The wizard closes giving me a thumbnail of what I have just uploaded- and some helpful wiki markup and html. I am talking of fair use logos of organisations. Could we please provide a link to the page that I pledged to use the file during the dialogue- because that is the page I need to edit next in order to complete the action. It would be perfect if the name of the image was in my Ctrl-C buffer when I got there, but the software may not permit it. So here is an example :
Is this a sensible suggestion or have I missed something? -- ClemRutter ( talk) 09:45, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
I've been trying to upload some files locally here to Wikipedia bc some of them are copyrighted. I keep hitting they button but nothing happens. What am I supposed to do? BCuzwhynot ( talk) 02:11, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
The "upload a non free file" button, it doesn't do anything. BCuzwhynot ( talk) 09:53, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
The Upload file link opens the File upload landing page in the current window on a laptop browser (Firefox on Linux). Is it a historical accident that it opens in that window, and does open in a new window? Is this hard wired, or is there a preference I can set to enable a new window by default- Crtl-click opens new possibilities to exercise RSI damage! -- ClemRutter ( talk) 09:57, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
$('#n-upload a').prop('target', '_blank');
I can not upload file 69.142.223.188 ( talk) 14:23, 3 June 2021 (UTC)69.142.223.188
I see that the WebP extension is not listed in the file upload wizard. Is that image type not supported on WP (via the upload wizard at least. It is clearly supported since that article uses a WebP image at commons), or is it just not listed? - 2pou ( talk) 23:33, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
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How can I upload a picture in Wikipedia? Nsudheer324 ( talk) 17:59, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
Nsudheer324, the simplest way for most files is Commons:Special:UploadWizard. Just follow the instructions; at the end, it tells you how to use it on Wikipedia. Thank you for uploading images! HLHJ ( talk) 03:26, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
Why does the start button do nothing but reload the page? -- Bank: Bank Robbery started a robbery ( notify) 07:23, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
The wizard is a far easier way to upload the non-free logo of a new or remaned school. But I have a chicken and egg type frustration. I build a page in a user sandbox, get it right and then create the article to host it and transfer the text. At some stage in the procedings I download the logo to my desktop and will have to then use the upload wizard to upload the logo to the infobox. Here we have the chicken that is still in the sandbox, and the egg that needs to be uploaded- yes I have worked out that you have to create the chicken first but I can forget. The secret of good software is that it copes well with the task, and also prevents idiots from hurting themselves.
The wizard allows me enter the filename (of the non-existent chicken) and all the other necessary fields and gets to the bottom of the page- and stops me from uploading the egg as it must. Here it goes wrong. I go and create the chicken, and return to this page- it still wont let me upload, I refresh the page. All the data in those fields are lost. This is frustrating and unnecessary. The check comes too late, the message is on the wrong spot on the page and refreshing is counter intuitive.
Better would be to ask the user to browse for the chicken so a page has to be entered. A staic warning could be flagged "Please check that this file exist- or data will be lost", js could catch the refresh and run the page again catching the existance of the new chicken before defaulting to wiping the fields.-- ClemRutter ( talk) 15:44, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
I can't answer the question about whether a list of emails I received is free or fair use. The people on the computing reference desk need to see what I received to answer the question.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:10, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
This wizard and template seem to work fine for the most part, I used it with this page. However, I am unable to edit the "Author or copyright owner" field, at least, not in the same way I did the other fields. Any idea what's going on here?
Also, as an aside: the old Non-free media information template had a field for "Portion used", is there a reason this has been left out of this new template or was it by mistake? Just something I noticed while using this wizard. Ian of Planet Earth ( talk) 20:43, 17 November 2019 (UTC)
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Please copy version from Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard/sandbox to fix Special:LintErrors. Tholme ( talk) 16:54, 19 November 2019 (UTC) Tholme ( talk) 16:54, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
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code removed? Why is "cover or dustjacket" changed to "titlepage"? Why are br tags modified? I am happy to make necessary changes, but please limit the changes only to Linter-related changes for this edit. Other cleanup can happen in a subsequent edit. –
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I did NOT click any Upload button!! I did not mean to upload the image Barbara-Lazaroff_by-John-Hanwell_600 × 901.jpg! I clicked the option to have it go to Wikipedia ONLY and was looking for how to NOT HAVE IT GO TO ANY WIKI COMMONS LICENSE, and suddenly is said uploading. I cannot find an image removal option and want to edit this licence. (Sorry but I am not a fan of fully open licenses - for the protection of any person in a photo.) This uploader has now caused unknown problems going into an undetermined future. PhotoBrit ( talk) 17:15, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
PhotoBrit ( talk) 18:29, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
"Step 3: Provide source and copyright information" When you click "This is a free work" the conditional box opens and says, "Thank you for offering to upload a free work.
Wikipedia loves free files. However, we would love it even more if you uploaded them on our sister project, the Wikimedia Commons. Files uploaded on Commons can be used immediately here on Wikipedia as well as on all its sister projects. Uploading files on Commons works just the same as here. Your Wikipedia account will automatically work on Commons too.
Gtk-dialog-info.svg Please consider uploading your file on Commons.
However, if you prefer to do it here instead, you may go ahead with this form. You can also first use this form to collect the information about your file and then send it to Commons from here." I did that. Then I clicked on "This file is entirely my own work." I then entered more info. I think my problem came with the pop-up menu because it's too unclear. Below that you have 2 choices: 1) Yes, I want this file to be immediately available in all Wikimedia projects, in all languages. I will upload it on the Wikimedia Commons... 2) No, I want to upload this file here on this wiki only. This way it can be used only on the English Wikipedia... I clicked the 2nd choice -- but my license is coming up as the 1st -- and that's why I posted here. See... there appear to be 2 options. Those are what I was just asking about. SO: Issues with the upoader: a) Unclear. Too much learning in order to make an informed choice. Puts me and others off of wanting to provide images. b) Clicking upload should not immediately upload. There should be a review first as there is with Wikipedia uploading. OR an Edit option.
It's hard enough to decide whether to provide the masses with fodder for messing with a photo of a public figure. But on top of that, even within 30 seconds there is no way to review the license that appears and undo it. I get that after the image is used it's too late, but 30 or 60 seconds delay is viable and fair. This current system is creepy.
Also, I know I wrote more info into the fields that didn't make it to the license page. You've told me I can edit that but without being a coding wizard and mind-reader, I (and others) lack the knowlege/tools to do so. Very frustrating. PhotoBrit ( talk) 21:43, 1 January 2020 (UTC)
The upload wizard currently includes an option that says "It was created and first published before 1923 and is therefore in the Public Domain in the USA." However, Template:PD-US-expired says "This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1925." Should the upload wizard be updated to say "before 1925" rather than "before 1923"? Or if not, why are the years not the same? Dmoore5556 ( talk) 03:53, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
I upload lots of logos - see, for example here. 99% of the time they follow the same pattern. File name = file description. Article used = file description minus "logo". Minimal use rationale = "Minimal extent of use." Is there any way to further streamline the upload process for logo files? Really, the only 3 pieces of information I should be entering are 1) the actual file name 2) page name 3) file source. Is there any way this could be implemented? Faceless Enemy ( talk) 18:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
I've found a workaround that works well for any sort of routine file uploading: use the wizard once, then edit the file page and copy it into Excel or OpenOffice Calc so you can use the concatenate formula to get it working. Faceless Enemy ( talk) 16:45, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
I have a little tweak I would like to suggest. After adding the 50 or so school logos There are a couple of improvements I see. This is after the file has been accepted and uploaded, the user just sees a the blank end of the page. They are left hanging. If they are curious they will find the line in the middle of the page that shows the new file name- which they will want in their buffer to paste in the named target page
I notice that, when you're uploading a free work and get prompted to switch to Commons, it doesn't carry over any of the information you've added so far, and makes you re-upload the image. Would there be any way to rectify that? {{u| Sdkb}} talk 17:31, 7 April 2020 (UTC)
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Please move step 3 to become the first step, per this discussion above. Most users of the wizard should be redirected to Commons, and this helps that happen faster/doesn't make editors fill in information they'll just have to redo. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 02:31, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
Presumably, after nearly a decade's worth of testing, we can now say "Thank you for using the File Upload Wizard"?! :) —— SN 54129 14:23, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
I tried uploading the mp3 through the Wizard, but the Wizard wouldn't accept it. Seems that the old upload form currently accepts it, especially since patents of the mp3 format has been expired, making mp3 free to use. Why can't the Wizard? -- George Ho ( talk) 04:01, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
filebox.accept
is a list of MIME types that the upload box will accept, audio/mp3
needs to be added to that list for it to work. --
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04:14, 24 April 2020 (UTC)Whenever I have filled out the form for any other use, the "irreplaceable by text" box doesn't automatically fill out anything. Rather the box doesn't seem to work. That makes the "irreplaceable by text" box unnecessary or unneeded. Can something be done about the "irreplaceable by text" box at the "some other kind of non-free work" option? George Ho ( talk) 02:41, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
(I'm running macOS Catalina 10.15.5 on a MacBook Pro.) In fact, when I click the <choose file> button on this wiki page all my file-types are greyed-out (non-uploadable) except jpg/jpeg and pdf. The glitch is limited to Wikipedia uploads only; for uploads elsewhere on the internet, all my files are accessible. I then recreated my ogg file using Audacity s/w but still no joy. Birdman euston ( talk) 17:06, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
Just posted at WP:VPT, but I guess it's more logical to ask here first.
I've been trying to upload an image but the Upload button at the bottom of the Steps 1 to 3 page stays greyed out and inactive. (I'm in the "This is some other kind of non-free work that I believe is legitimate Fair Use" non-FUR option.) No boxes appear either beside the red dots for "Please explain why this purpose could not be served with an alternative, free illustration ..." and "why you are confident that our use of the file will not harm any commercial opportunities ..." – meaning that text can't be entered in these mandatory fields. (Which, naturally, leads to the inactive Upload button.) Has anyone else experienced this? Any ideas ...? Thanks, JG66 ( talk) 18:06, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
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Following the deprecation of {{ non-free architectural work}}, MediaWiki:FileUploadWizard.js needs to be updated:
'NF3DLicense' : [ [, 'please select one...'], ['Non-free architectural work', 'Architectural work'], ['Non-free 3D art', 'Other 3-dimensional creative work (sculpture etc.)'] ],
to:
'NF3DLicense' : [ [, 'please select one...'], ['Non-free proposed architecture', 'Architectural proposal (not yet completed)'], ['Non-free destroyed architecture', 'Destroyed (or unrecognizably altered) architecture'], ['Non-free 3D art', 'Other 3-dimensional creative work (sculpture etc.)'] ],
Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:39, 1 July 2020 (UTC)
The thing won’t work. Lynel Yumoto ( talk) 18:50, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
It is possible to provide a cleaner final view of this page. The user clicks //Upload//, this is confirmed by 24 lines of white-space. The message they are looking for is the link to the file they have just uploaded which is there- above a navbox in bold text but not separated from the navbox below. What do I want (apart from a simple life): fewer keystrokes, the link to the file they have just uploaded clearly in the middle of the whitespace, and a return to previous page button five lines below. It would be icing on the cake if the uploaded page link was copied into Cntrl-C buffer, as Cntrl-C/Cntrl-V is almost inevitably the next task for the user. This is a protected page- rightly so- so can I ask the page author to think about this, or another method. -- ClemRutter ( talk) 06:50, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
It’s not working Nicolenicoattodou ( talk) 22:53, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Why is the link to wizard upload not working? Nicolenicoattodou ( talk) 22:55, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Yep same here. The pic upload wizard is incredibly unreliable. WisDom-UK ( talk) 22:07, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
Another day of frustration trying to upload anything on the pic wizard. It is easily the most annoying and unstable part of this site, in fact it probably puts people off uploading anything. WisDom-UK ( talk) 20:51, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Link doesn’t do anything! DavidLaing05 ( talk) 23:01, 28 June 2020 (UTC)
Same thing here It's Me200000 ( talk) 16:42, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
Nothing happened Chrastopheria ( talk) 19:33, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
Same, it’s not working Nicolenicoattodou ( talk) 22:54, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
Yup. Not working for me either. Gluchie ( talk) 03:25, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
Jesus christ... not working again. This is the world's most popular encyclopedia yet half the time the pic upload never works. Please for god's sake fix it. WisDom-UK ( talk) 16:35, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
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Please change "his/her biographical article" in line 1315 to "their biographical article". We have many articles on people who identify as non-binary. the wub "?!" 13:46, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
Have you guys ran out of server space and so you're trying to discourage people from uploading anything? I am trying to upload pictures that were deleted by some some robot in error and surprise surprise -the pic upload wizard isn't working. Sometimes I really do wonder why I bother with Wikipedia. WisDom-UK ( talk) 19:12, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
Can I upload and use this image in an the Wikipedia article [ [2]]. Kindly confirm. Thanks RAJIVVASUDEV ( talk) 03:10, 10 October 2020 (UTC)
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Please change The license hasn't yet been forwarded, but I will do so shortly or ask the owner to send it himself.
to The license hasn't yet been forwarded, but I will do so shortly or ask the owner to send it themself.
as not everyone uses he/him pronouns (the text appears by clicking "This is a free work." then "This file was given to me by its owner."). Thanks.
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The license hasn't yet been forwarded, but I will do so shortly or ask the owner to send it.Thank you for your help with this page! P.I. Ellsworth ed. put'r there 09:38, 6 November 2020 (UTC)
So it looks like we don't have anyone at the moment comprehensively redesigning this wizard to better direct the masses to Commons (as we've wanted to), so I put together a new opening page that should at least serve as a decent stopgap. See it at User:Sdkb/sandbox/Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard, with the changes here. Does this look alright? If there's consensus, I'll implement. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 02:42, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
It'd be nice if, instead of having to download files, upload them, and then paste the URL, the wizard could instead just take a URL of an image and fetch it. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 05:54, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
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The text under "Non-free use rationale" -> "This is a logo of an organization, company, brand, etc." should be rewritten to something like this:
This is a logo of an organization, company, brand, etc.
This is an official logo of an entity that is the subject of a Wikipedia article. It will be included as that entity's primary means of visual identification, at the top of the article in question.
Note: many logos consisting only of text and simple geometric shapes are public domain and should be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons with the copyright tag {{
pd-textlogo}}.
Note: If you plan to use it for any other purpose than this, please tick the box for "other non-free work" below.
Reasoning: many people incorrectly upload text logos here, when they should be uploaded to commons. It's not made clear that a significant portion of logos are actually public domain, and it'd be a good idea to let people know of it here. Elliot321 ( talk | contribs) 03:04, ≤27 December 2020 (UTC)
This is mainly about Fair use logo for UK schools. I get through the procedure and press the upload button. I now see a blank page. Not particularly helpful. I scroll up the page and there I see the blue linked file name-- so what now. Ok I have done dozens of these uploads, everytime I now copy the new logo into the infobox on its named page. So what I want is an immediate confirmation below the upload button (maybe a fresh page) then two options. 1. Close this window. 2. Go to target page. Here the new file name will be slipped into the Ctrl-V buffer and then the target page will be opened. Have fun! -- ClemRutter ( talk) 11:01, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
The other minor point is preventing me uploading files that are too large for fair use. Could we do a file size check before upload or even resize the image down. Not urgent. -- ClemRutter ( talk) 11:01, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
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From "Picture:File Upload Wizard" to something like "Local file upload for the English Wikipedia." That's just a suggestion though. I'm sure there are better possible short descriptions. Sam-2727 ( talk) 01:33, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Wizard for uploading images and other files for Wikipediawork? I'm not exactly sure in what context the short description for this page might appear. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 04:46, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Wikimedia file upload wizardfor now, @ Sam-2727 and Sdkb: if you (and others) can agree on a better name feel free to reopen the edit request. — xaosflux Talk 12:20, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
Wizard for uploading files to Wikipediabecause short description guidelines suggest a short description below 40 characters. I believe the only context this would show up is on mobile search, so not that often. It was just bothering me when visiting the page that the short description was wrong. Sam-2727 ( talk) 17:56, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
When you upload an image and choose the option on the list that it is a book cover, it adds book cover to the Licensing section, but you then have to manually add two things to the Summary. It should automatically make Use = Infobox since there is no possible chance there would be anything else. The other required field is Article, which you could easily see which article it was just placed in, and if none found then have a message reminding people to add one. Covers of albums and video games and such I assume its the same thing. Dream Focus 01:53, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
Recent changes to handle deprecated variable of mw seem to have broken the script at tewiki( script accessed through file upload page, script talk page discussion). For uploading fair use files, even after filling the relevant fields, upload button does not turn on. Request help to address the issue. -- Arjunaraoc ( talk) 12:32, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
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As an anon, if you click "Upload a non-free file", On Firefox, the "You are not currently logged in." message appears with 19 pop-up dialogs "Can't find elements: " and "Element not found: ". On Edge the "You are not currently logged in." message does not appear until you've clicked through all the dialogs. These error messages should not appear. Dylsss( talk contribs) 17:22, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
When I tried to move this tool to bs.wp I noticed that it was getting stuck on "Upload in progress". Then I dug a little deeper into it, and it seems like en.wp still has the $wgApiFrameOptions = 'SAMEORIGIN' override, which most wikis do not, and there's a Phabricator task set to remove it (see also T131182). Could the script be reworked to use a different way of checking if the file's been uploaded? – Srđan ( talk) 08:41, 15 March 2021 (UTC)
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On the JS page, ['cc-zero', 'CC-zero Universal Public Domain Dedication']
should be changed to ['self|cc-zero', 'CC-zero Universal Public Domain Dedication']
under 'OwnWorkLicense'
in var licenseLists
. The text The license agreement has been forwarded to Wikimedia's copyright service at "permissions-en@wikimedia.org".
should be changed to The license agreement has been forwarded to Wikimedia's volunteer response team at "permissions-en@wikimedia.org".
under this is a free work > given to me by its owner > evidence. The term is more accurate and sounds less buzzwordy in my opinion. Change This will be stored and displayed as part of the file description page. It is important that other editors be able to understand what this file is about.
to This will be stored and displayed as part of the file description page. It is important that other editors are able to understand what this file is about.
under step 2: describe your file, to fix grammer.
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I haven't got the evidence right now, but I will provide some if requested to do so.should probably be removed, or at least tag the image with {{ Di-no permission}} automatically (though this seems pointless), the user should have emailed or be emailing WP:OTRS when they upload a file from someone else. Having "Evidence: Will be provided on request" added to the file is just wrong, there is no proof that the image is freely licensed from Wikipedia's point of view or as a reuser, what if the person is no longer active on Wikipedia? These should just be tagged with no permission manually so it doesn't make sense to have this as an option and gives the wrong impression to the uploader. Dylsss( talk contribs) 01:26, 23 February 2021 (UTC)
{{#time:Y|now -95 years}}
to autoupdate. USA should be changed to US to be consistent as per the section "This is a free work. > This file is in the Public Domain for some other reason. > It was created by an agency of the US Federal Government." and because we prefer it in
MOS:NOTUSA. Under "It was first published in the USA before 1989, and its copyright expired because it was published without a copyright notice and/or without the necessary copyright registration." "Please look up the exact rules at [2]." should be moved below with <br/>
to be consistent with the option above. In the JS page, the template PD-US-1923 should really be changed to PD-US-expired, while the template is correct, the redirect is essentially wrong since it's not the cutoff date, we should not be applying this to new files and this date will always be changing.
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17:09, 6 March 2021 (UTC)You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content § Is Wikipedia:File Upload Wizard exempt from WP:NFCC?. Dylsss( talk contribs) 16:34, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Image upload. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 April 20#Image upload until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 ( 𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 13:02, 20 April 2021 (UTC)
Why were all these changes made? They simplify uploading, but why were they done? Thanks. BeenAroundAWhile ( talk) 16:17, 25 April 2021 (UTC)
Third Battle of Nanking 1864 has no picture wikipedia article. But You can find a 19th century drawing of this battle online, but who would I have to ask for permission to upload this image on Wikipedia? TaipingRebellion1850 ( talk) 01:01, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
The wizard closes giving me a thumbnail of what I have just uploaded- and some helpful wiki markup and html. I am talking of fair use logos of organisations. Could we please provide a link to the page that I pledged to use the file during the dialogue- because that is the page I need to edit next in order to complete the action. It would be perfect if the name of the image was in my Ctrl-C buffer when I got there, but the software may not permit it. So here is an example :
Is this a sensible suggestion or have I missed something? -- ClemRutter ( talk) 09:45, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
I've been trying to upload some files locally here to Wikipedia bc some of them are copyrighted. I keep hitting they button but nothing happens. What am I supposed to do? BCuzwhynot ( talk) 02:11, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
The "upload a non free file" button, it doesn't do anything. BCuzwhynot ( talk) 09:53, 22 May 2021 (UTC)
The Upload file link opens the File upload landing page in the current window on a laptop browser (Firefox on Linux). Is it a historical accident that it opens in that window, and does open in a new window? Is this hard wired, or is there a preference I can set to enable a new window by default- Crtl-click opens new possibilities to exercise RSI damage! -- ClemRutter ( talk) 09:57, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
$('#n-upload a').prop('target', '_blank');
I can not upload file 69.142.223.188 ( talk) 14:23, 3 June 2021 (UTC)69.142.223.188
I see that the WebP extension is not listed in the file upload wizard. Is that image type not supported on WP (via the upload wizard at least. It is clearly supported since that article uses a WebP image at commons), or is it just not listed? - 2pou ( talk) 23:33, 16 June 2021 (UTC)