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October 25
Migration of Lingua Libre project pages to Commons
- See also Category:Lingua Libre pronunciation (+286 languages, +1.4M files).
Hello everyone,
I’m writing on behalf of the Lingua Libre community — a Wikimedia-affiliated project led by Wikimedians and supported by chapters such as Wikimedia France and the Wikimedia Foundation (see meta:Lingua Libre/Supports).
Over the past years, Lingua Libre has contributed significantly to Commons:
- We have uploaded around 1.4 million audio recordings, mainly used across Wiktionaries, Wikipedias, Wikidata and Wikidata Lexemes.
- For the past 8 years, we have documented our work and maintained our infrastructure on our own wiki (
https://lingualibre.org/wiki/).
However, as with many open source and Wikimedia-related initiatives, our volunteer and technical resources are limited. Maintaining a stand alone MediaWiki installation and its servers have been difficult and resources-eating. Resources we would prefer to direct toward events, trainings and contributions.
To ensure long-term sustainability and better integration with Wikimedia projects, we would like to remigrate our project documentation and resources to Commons and close down our stand alone wiki.
- This migration would include about 100 documentation and project pages and about 1,000 resource pages.
- I have prepared a hosting space at Commons:Lingua Libre for this purpose and plan to carefully use Special:Import to bring over the relevant wikipages.
- Since these wikipages are rarely edited I usually handle their maintenance myself, so hosting them on Commons would not add any significant maintenance work on Commons users. Lingua Libre wikimedians just move back here and continue to maintain those pages.
Before proceeding, we've been asked to confirm explicit support from Commons community. So we would like to ask:
👉 Is the Commons community comfortable with hosting the Lingua Libre project pages under Commons:Lingua Libre ?
While we are ourselves wikimedians, Commons users, and sometimes administrators, I would like to ensure this move is ok with the community. Your feedback and guidance would be very welcome.
Yug (talk) 22:51, 25 October 2025 (UTC) --on behalf of the Lingua Libre project.
- @Yug: Hi, It looks OK on principle. Could you please give an example of the documentation and project pages, and of the resource pages you would like to move to Commons? Thanks, Yann (talk) 09:34, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hello Yann, you can see part of our documentation page on lingualibre:Category:Lingua_Libre:Help, lingualibre:Help:Lists, lingualibre:LinguaLibre:Roles, etc (web archives). For our internal resources pages those are mostly lists, which are under open license and have been discussed earlier. It looks like this lingualibre:List:Fra/Swadesh, lingualibre:List:Cmn/Swadesh, etc, (web archives) and we want to keep them editable by the community.
- Please note the site is currently under regular AI queries overload and therefore out of reach. This causes bugs in the app. It's also why we need to migrate. Yug (talk) 10:21, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- I see. Indeed the pages at Lingua Libre take a long time to load. This is an additional good reason to move them here. So
Support. Yann (talk) 10:27, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- I see. Indeed the pages at Lingua Libre take a long time to load. This is an additional good reason to move them here. So
- Support considering that all of the files are already on Commons and are [at least in general] in scope, I don't see any problem with bringing over the documentation. Heck, I'm not sure why the documentation and the files themselves were split to begin with. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 09:36, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support, looks good to me.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:37, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support. welcome back, friends! Juwan (talk) 12:07, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support Yes because of free knowledge --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 15:05, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- PS: And thank you for your work :) --PantheraLeo1359531 😺 (talk) 15:26, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support Clearly of great educational value. --benlisquareTalk•Contribs 15:13, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support per above. Tvpuppy (talk) 17:19, 26 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support, Great initiative. Akbarali (talk)
- Support per Yann and TSC. Abzeronow (talk) 00:06, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support Nemoralis (talk) 21:48, 28 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support Yes, that seems like a good idea. Just note that once the pages are hosted on Commons, all content will be subject to Commons policies (including copyright), and the Lingua Libre team won’t have any special editorial control beyond normal community processes. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 22:07, 28 October 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, it s quite ok, most of us are more Wikimedians & Commons users than Lingua libre editors anyway. And our community rules and COC are WM compliant already. We wont have administrators anymore, but such need was light. Also, thank for your support. Yug (talk) 10:28, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support--Una tantum (talk) 10:32, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
- Support. —— Eric Liu（Talk） 07:06, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- Decision: I would close the vote as approved with clear consensus. You can request the right and perform the import. I keep this discussion open for potential questions during the import. GPSLeo (talk) 08:39, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- FYI, we are finalizing this over at meta:Steward_requests/Permissions#User:Yug@commonswiki_(importer) — xaosflux Talk 13:23, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
October 27
These are mostly categorised by templates, and the results do not fit into our category structure. Could someone please sort out the templates? Rathfelder (talk) 15:40, 27 October 2025 (UTC)
and the results do not fit into our category structure
What do you mean?please sort out the templates
What do you mean? Prototyperspective (talk) 18:40, 30 October 2025 (UTC)- For example Category:Zhurnal Ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniya, 1849 is put by the template into Category:1849 scientific journals, not in Category:Scientific journals of Russia, 1849. Rathfelder (talk) 17:09, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- Is this solved now? The example category now is in that category. If not, please explain what is missing. Prototyperspective (talk) 13:46, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Its still in Category:1849 scientific journals as well. Rathfelder (talk) 17:06, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Not anymore. Is it solved now? Also if you got more issues with templates, see #Commons:Template requests. Prototyperspective (talk) 23:47, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you very much. Very pleased to see a place where I can make requests about templates. Rathfelder (talk) 17:59, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
- Not anymore. Is it solved now? Also if you got more issues with templates, see #Commons:Template requests. Prototyperspective (talk) 23:47, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Its still in Category:1849 scientific journals as well. Rathfelder (talk) 17:06, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Is this solved now? The example category now is in that category. If not, please explain what is missing. Prototyperspective (talk) 13:46, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- For example Category:Zhurnal Ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniya, 1849 is put by the template into Category:1849 scientific journals, not in Category:Scientific journals of Russia, 1849. Rathfelder (talk) 17:09, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
October 29
Beautiful photos and videos by USA govt staff(?)
this photographer has many very impressive videos and photos of tropical cyclones. would be great if s/he can be convinced to publish some freely so that they can be hosted on commons.
there're a few other similar twitter accounts by other people who also seem to be usa govt staff. RoyZuo (talk) 06:59, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
- I'd suggest to move this request to Commons:Permission requests. Prototyperspective (talk) 08:42, 29 October 2025 (UTC)
- This really is a permission request case so please create it (or multiple if you know of further such accounts and prefer filing separate requests for each) there. I'll check back after a while and file the request if you forgot to do it or anything. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:06, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- Third time: could you please move it to the page dedicated to permission requests where this request belongs? Or are you asking whether it's public domain as the media were created by a US government employee? If so, this is not in your post or comment. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:22, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- This really is a permission request case so please create it (or multiple if you know of further such accounts and prefer filing separate requests for each) there. I'll check back after a while and file the request if you forgot to do it or anything. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:06, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- supposedly a member of "USAF Hurricane Hunter".--RoyZuo (talk) 06:09, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
October 30
Image not replaced at Wikidata
When I changed the name of the image it did not substitute at Q16029247, was I supposed to leave a redirect behind? RAN (talk) 02:33, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- I changed it manually at Henry M. Sage (Q16029247). However, I'm not sure if a bot would have been able to identify the file move without a redirect. From Hill To Shore (talk) 02:40, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- (That's d:Special:Diff/2423530085) RAN, did you use the "Move & Replace" button under Tools to rename the file and if so did you check "Try to replace usage immediately using your user account"? Because if so it seems like a bug in the file replace function that should be reported for the Move & Replace tool. FHTS, the prior image link is a redirect; I think a bot does replace redirect file titles with the new file titles on Wikidata after a short while. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:14, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Prototyperspective: The redirect was created after I made my previous comment. Without the redirect, some bots would treat the dead link like a deleted image and remove the entry at Wikidata, rather than update it. From Hill To Shore (talk) 20:43, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- RAN is blocked on Wikidata, so the tool cannot edit properties on that site. Omphalographer (talk) 16:56, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
- (That's d:Special:Diff/2423530085) RAN, did you use the "Move & Replace" button under Tools to rename the file and if so did you check "Try to replace usage immediately using your user account"? Because if so it seems like a bug in the file replace function that should be reported for the Move & Replace tool. FHTS, the prior image link is a redirect; I think a bot does replace redirect file titles with the new file titles on Wikidata after a short while. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:14, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
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- Ahh, that makes sense, I was permabanned without any warning after opposing the deletion of a group of entries. Then the rationale for the permaban was my complaining about the initial out-of-process ban. --RAN (talk) 01:52, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for explaining. If this is accurate here is some info from your WD talk page if anybody here would like to request an unblock which if true seems adequate:
A third party may relay such a request, but only if that request is civil and clearly in understanding of why their conduct wasn't acceptable.
- Thanks for explaining. If this is accurate here is some info from your WD talk page if anybody here would like to request an unblock which if true seems adequate:
Prototyperspective (talk) 12:07, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- I easily find a dozen errors a day at Wikidata but they go unfixed since the permaban. See: Q124851845, a simple spelling error left unfixed. Birth year only entries can be off by a year, but I have access to the WWI and WWII draft registration which has full birth dates and birth locations. I also had to stop working on finding missing middle names based on only a middle initial in Wikidata. I add them to Commons but they do not get fixed at Wikidata. I have a search I used to perform looking for year only birth dates and fill them out as full birthdates. I also can no long create entries for the Library of Congress project to identify people in the Bain Collection. See: File:AnakSociety1908.jpg It also put an end to the Mayors project. See Talk:Q106370185 for just one example. --RAN (talk) 14:37, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for elaborating further. It looks like wikidata user "Jasper Deng" disabled your ability to email admins but doing so is required because
WD:AN is the only venue where [an unblock] can be decided and the user themselves must initiate the process by first emailing an admin to request restoration of talk page access
meaningA third party may relay such a request
. I'm willing to do so but it seems like this requires you to write the request somewhere (I suggest simply as a reply here but you could also mail me) and I just relay it. Please do so and I think it can be as short as "Please ask a Wikidata admin to restore my talk page access" for example but I don't know much about all of this (and would prefer if somebody else did all this if somebody here has more experience in that). Prototyperspective (talk) 12:04, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for elaborating further. It looks like wikidata user "Jasper Deng" disabled your ability to email admins but doing so is required because
- I easily find a dozen errors a day at Wikidata but they go unfixed since the permaban. See: Q124851845, a simple spelling error left unfixed. Birth year only entries can be off by a year, but I have access to the WWI and WWII draft registration which has full birth dates and birth locations. I also had to stop working on finding missing middle names based on only a middle initial in Wikidata. I add them to Commons but they do not get fixed at Wikidata. I have a search I used to perform looking for year only birth dates and fill them out as full birthdates. I also can no long create entries for the Library of Congress project to identify people in the Bain Collection. See: File:AnakSociety1908.jpg It also put an end to the Mayors project. See Talk:Q106370185 for just one example. --RAN (talk) 14:37, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks, next time I will leave the redirect, and delete after I see that the pic has been moved. --RAN (talk) 15:55, 30 October 2025 (UTC)
October 31
Category:Publishing companies by country: inconsistent subcategories "Publishing houses from/Publishing companies of" should be renamed
Templates inside the subcategories should also be updated to reflect the new names. --Iketsi (talk) 15:42, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- Shouldn't this be moved to a CfD? Commons:Categories for discussion. Prototyperspective (talk) 13:26, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
Display of cover of book
Is there a way to get this to display the cover, rather than the Google logo without downloading and deleting the Google logo? File:Views from the Mosquito Reservation, Nicaragua C.A.pdf RAN (talk) 18:23, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, Only this way, AFAIK. Yann (talk) 18:56, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- mw:Help:Images#Syntax page={number} – Renders the specified page number (currently only applicable when showing a .djvu or .pdf file). RoyZuo (talk) 19:13, 31 October 2025 (UTC)
- As far as I'm aware, image thumbnails will always display the first page of a PDF or DjVu. I'm not aware of any way to override that. (And it's a pity - there's a ton of scanned books where it'd be nice if we could point the thumbnail to a title page.) Omphalographer (talk) 03:18, 1 November 2025 (UTC)
- Enabling to specify the page for the preview image via editing the file page would be a good wish for the m:Community Wishlist. Probably it would also be useful to have this for videos (specifying the timing of the thumbnail displayed). Prototyperspective (talk) 11:51, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
November 02
New category Speeches by presidents of countries by country
Please help populating the new Category:Speeches by presidents of countries by country – I think it's missing many files and that the contents and this criteria for organizing them are relatively notable. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:07, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
COM:DIGNITY and attack ads
Is it okay to host media that goes against COM:DIGNITY if the media is an w:attack ad made by a political opponent as part of their political campaign? Trade (talk) 14:16, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- This totally depends on the individual case. A campaign against Trump is likely okay, the same against the mayor of a small town is not. GPSLeo (talk) 14:41, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- As that guidance says, you need to weigh up the educational merit of retaining the image, so it is impossible to make an ironclad ruling on a mere hypothetical situation. The issue will also be complicated if the subject is a living person. We host a large amount of historical propaganda that would struggle to pass COM:DIGNITY if made today. From Hill To Shore (talk) 14:42, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Feel free to take a look at Category:Attack ads and tell me if it passes Trade (talk) 15:09, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- In this case, I'd say the educational use of an example of what a flailing campaign like Andrew Cuomo's would use against a political opponent expected to win would outweigh COM:DIGNITY issue from Mamdani's side but I am biased towards Mamdami. I'd certainly welcome other points of view on that though. Abzeronow (talk) 00:19, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
- Feel free to take a look at Category:Attack ads and tell me if it passes Trade (talk) 15:09, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
On the new page Commons:Template requests, Commons users can request edits to templates, the addition of complex templates to pages, and the creation of new templates. Users experienced with templates can find tasks to work on.
So far, such requests could only be made on dispersed talk pages unlikely to be watched by users experienced with templates (and just very few if any users) and at Commons:Village pump/Technical which Template editors may not watch either and which is more broadly about any kind of technical problems. Moreover, on both of these pages, requests may have gotten archived without gotten implemented.
If you are skilled in editing templates, please help out there.
--Prototyperspective (talk) 14:44, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Is there a way to display stats like these (these current stats)?:
- 3 solved requests, 5 open requests (8 total)
- Prototyperspective (talk) 13:42, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
November 03
Question about categorization
I have a question about COM:OVERCAT and how it applies to categories for Quality, Valued, or Featured images. Since these are hidden categories, are they considered a separate kind of category from mainspace ones? Specifically, if a quality image belongs to category X, can it be included in both "X" and "Quality images of X", or should it only be placed in "Quality images of X"? ReneeWrites (talk) 08:30, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
- A problem of the overcat policy is that when files are located in one subcategory of a category but also belong into a or multiple other subcategories, they're gone from the category. For example, if people categorize files by say year but the files are then missing in the by subject subcategories. I think the same issue exists here – afaik so far no exceptions are made and when categorizing one needs to go through many or all subcategories, e.g. using the deepcategory search operator. Here, one could for example use deepcategory on the quality images of X category and -deepcategory for the subcategory the file should also be located in to find files still awaiting categorization into the latter subcategory branch. Furthermore, maybe these categories shouldn't be hidden to begin with. Prototyperspective (talk) 15:56, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
- Personally, I'd place them in both categories, exactly because one is hidden. Being hidden is one of the reasons mentioned for why user categories are exempted from this rule, so I'd think the same applies to other hidden categories by that analogy. --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:33, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hidden categories are considered non-topical; OVERCAT with topical categories does not apply. - Jmabel ! talk 03:26, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you, that's what I wanted to know :) ReneeWrites (talk) 09:49, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Hidden categories are considered non-topical; OVERCAT with topical categories does not apply. - Jmabel ! talk 03:26, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Personally, I'd place them in both categories, exactly because one is hidden. Being hidden is one of the reasons mentioned for why user categories are exempted from this rule, so I'd think the same applies to other hidden categories by that analogy. --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:33, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Hi there, I noticed File:Flag of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.svg got deleted, with rationale a broken redirect. When trying to fix this on an article where this was used, I found File:Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.png which has the description "English: Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.svg". Something messed up has happened here, my guess is that a few people had good intentions and now many wikis have broken links. (The file is a png, not a svg, and there was a redirect that pointed the svg filename to the png file. The redirect got removed, and now there's an issue. Can someone look into this? Milliped (talk) 11:27, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
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- Hang on a minute. The SVG was deleted for copyright reasons; see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.svg. Surely those reasons apply to the raster versions as well? Omphalographer (talk) 19:09, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
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Is this image public domain?
I believe it to be PD, because it was made by AI and published by the White House (although I can’t find the link). Does anyone want to migrate it to commons? https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115158096026629509 Victorgrigas (talk) 13:35, 3 November 2025 (UTC)
- Meh. Geoffroi 00:54, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- I don't think it is clear that this is PD. The image was posted by Donald Trump, not the White House, and there are no indications that this is AI-generated. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 01:54, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
November 04
Merging categories
There should be a guideline on how to merge categories. The Candlelight Master and Maestro del Lume di Candela should be merged, but small font text in {{Move}} doesn't make it clear what I'm expected to do. Qbli2mHd (talk) 16:50, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
- Not an answer to your question, but should these two categories not also be merged with Category:Trophime Bigot? --HyperGaruda (talk) 20:14, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
- As I see it, the identification of the Candlelight Master with Bigot is contentious; Master Jacomo is another candidate, and all three are viewed as separate identities. Qbli2mHd (talk) 23:06, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- Depending on the case, people create a category for discussion. Especially because it can take years until these CfDs get closed and because still only few people provide input / contribute to CfDs, it can often be better to directly implement things yourself. There merging can be replacing one category's content with {{Category redirect}} and letting a bot after a short time automatically move the files and subcategories accordingly or to also also move these yourself as well using the cat-a-lot tool. If the target category doesn't already exist, one would use Tools->Move where one can also uncheck keeping a redirect. Prototyperspective (talk) 13:38, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
Adding footage
I'm not an expert, but is there any way to see if this footage is out of copyright? Looking for an image to illustrate the wikipedia:1949 PGA Championship page. Thank you,
Packer1028 (talk) 19:36, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
- Their website says it's copyrighted [1]. Such claims aren't always true though, but with footage from 1949 from a British (?) source it's likely that the copyright claim is true, I'd say. The footage is rather recent and most countries have copyright durations of "70 years after the death of the author", so, if the author died in 1949, then it would have been PD in 2019 (or 2020). But how likely is it that the author died in the same year as the footage was created? If they only lived 6-7 years longer, until 1955/1956, then it wouldn't be PD yet. Nakonana (talk) 23:19, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
Category naming help
I'm doing some cleanup of Speedcubing, and I'd like to make separate categories for different events (Speedcubing by event). However, many of the names of the events clash with the names of the puzzles. For example, I'd like to make a category for Pyraminx to hold Pyraminx, Estonian Open 2011.jpg, Speedcubing2.jpg, and similar. Pyraminx already exists for the puzzle itself, which makes sense, but media of the competition category is a distinct concept (on Wikidata: Q1322820 versus Q107065322). I'm not that familiar with category naming rules. Should this be a parenthetical, like "Pyraminx (event)", or maybe something like "Pyraminx speedcubing"? Eiim (talk) 23:12, 4 November 2025 (UTC)
- Thinking about it more, perhaps "Speedcubing by event" isn't the right supercategory, and it should be "Speedcubing events"? Not sure. Eiim (talk) 00:40, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Eiim: I'd name it "Pyraminx competitions". As for whether it's "Speedcubing events" or "Speedcubing by event", I would pick the latter. It sounds like speedcubing is inherently an event/competition, but "by event" clearly denotes a metacat. ReneeWrites (talk) 08:31, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
November 05
File error
I uploaded this file to Commons, however it says "The media playback was aborted due to a corruption problem or because the media used features your browser did not support." How can this be fixed? PublicDomainFan08 (talk) 19:43, 5 November 2025 (UTC)
- On Firefox, I hear the audio fine, but see only black. - Jmabel ! talk 03:30, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- I'm not entirely sure how to fix it. If an admin knows how to fix it, I'll be more than happy to help them. PublicDomainFan08 (talk) 03:32, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- yeah broken file. ffmpeg reports
- —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:32, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
:[vp9 @ 0x91f0b8380] zero_bit out of range: 1, but must be in [0,0]. :[vp9 @ 0x91f0b8380] Failed to read unit 0 (type 0). :[vp9 @ 0x91f0b8380] Failed to read frame header. :[vp9 @ 0x91f0b8380] Not all references are available :[matroska,webm @ 0x91ec1c000] decoding for stream 0 failed :[matroska,webm @ 0x91ec1c000] Could not find codec parameters for stream 0 (Video: vp9 (Profile 0), none(tv, gbr/bt709/bt709, progressive), 1280x720): unspecified pixel format :Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' (0) and 'probesize' (5000000) options :
- Can it be fixed by any chance? PublicDomainFan08 (talk) 09:33, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Took quite a bit, but with some help (AI) noticed that the original file uses a pretty unconventional colorspace (gbr) and apparently this confuses the encoder. Made it work by specifying the transcode as:
ffmpeg -i "(Clip_1.1)_MEDIA_REDACTED_91_I_95_N.mp4" -c:v libvpx-vp9 -pix_fmt yuv420p -colorspace bt709 -color_primaries bt709 -color_trc bt709 -c:a libopus output.webm—TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:18, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Took quite a bit, but with some help (AI) noticed that the original file uses a pretty unconventional colorspace (gbr) and apparently this confuses the encoder. Made it work by specifying the transcode as:
- Can it be fixed by any chance? PublicDomainFan08 (talk) 09:33, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Should have been asked / moved to Commons:Village pump/Technical. This is the wrong place. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:03, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
November 06
Categorization missing on Special:Upload
Has anyone else noticed the option to add categories to a file is no longer on Special:Upload today? - The Bushranger (talk) 00:17, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Yes. The three files I just uploaded a few minutes ago had to be categorized after upload. I use the basic upload form. Geoffroi 01:48, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- The problem is reported. GPSLeo (talk) 08:57, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
- Should have been asked / moved to Commons:Village pump/Technical. This is the wrong place. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:04, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Cat-a-lot not showing in "Media search"
A few hours ago, the Cat-a-lot gadget stopped appearing in "Media Search," but it works in "Special:Search" and other situations. Is anyone else having the same problem? Thanks.
- OK, it is working normal again, sorry and thank--JotaCartas (talk) 10:18, 6 November 2025 (UTC)s
- Should have been asked Commons:Village pump/Technical. This is the wrong place. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:04, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Prototyperspective (talk) 12:05, 6 November 2025 (UTC) Data graphic resources?
Commons:Free media resources/Datagraphics is a relatively new page for databases with free data graphics like charts that could be uploaded to Commons.
It still only has few sites – do you know of any further ones?
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Recently added this resource but it's mostly just German-language data graphics. It would be great if somebody could upload the graphics from there that aren't yet on Commons. Until now, doing so was just in my private todos but I may never get to uploading more of these. For an example, see Category:Meat Atlas which contains charts and maps about meat consumption (not just in Germany but also worldwide; translatable).
--Prototyperspective (talk) 23:22, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
November 07
Category for WP bugs
I wanted to show an irritating bug in a screenshot, and I couldn't find an appropriate category for it, in the drop-down, then in the list of cats beginning with "Wikipedia...". It's self-evident I suppose, that an illustration of a bug speaks clearer than an awkward description. "Wikipedia [e.g.: – screenshots of bugs]" would be the most promising, intuitively most obvious beginning of a name for this sort of internal problems. MenkinAlRire (talk) 10:24, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
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- Added Category:Screenshots of Wikipedia bugs. Bidgee (talk) 10:27, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- yeah, it's the name, there is no possible auto-complete, if you expect "Wikipedia" would be the leading word in the category title (since there have to be other internal cats that document internal affairs and may be affiliated to screenshots of WP [and] bugs) – and I think I searched for "Screenshots", too. But, ok, I am not sure, so anyway, thank you very much for the immediate response. I hope, not to forget again. MenkinAlRire (talk) 10:39, 7 November 2025 (UTC)