Topic on Talk:Growth/2023

Out of scope question, should be posted on Wikimedia Commons' Help desk.

I have uploaded several hundred images, including dozens of original designs (e.g. flowcharts, concept diagrams, etc). Many of my original designs have been rejected on the basis that they are not original which after labouring for hours to produce them, I find extraordinary! But my most perplexing issue relates to a series of artwork images that I uploaded recently - the majority were by Iraqi artists. I searched Commons to ascertain whether the image already existed with an Arabic caption. If so, I provided English information about the work and categorised it by artist, geographic location and other relevant information such as subject matter. Next, I searched for important artworks that might be useful to the collection and uploaded them, with details and where necessary, a rationale for limited use. These were also categorised by artist, geographic location (for sculptures and monuments) and other relevant information such as subject matter. Within 24-48 hours, the majority of the categories had been deleted by an editor, who then created new superordinate categories and assigned them to that. Apparently this editor would only allow ONE category per artwork. Now, this is problematic for several monuments which were started by one sculptor who died before the work was compeleted, requiring a different sulptor to finalise the work. In other cases, the work may have had both and architect or engineer as well as a sculptor working on the project. I had categorised the work according to all principal persons associated with its execution - but apparently this editor would not allow that. The editor in question deleted all the work that had engaged me for almost a week on a full-time basis. It's very easy to press the delete button - but much harder to go through a serious process of researching a work, learning about its history and locating suitable images. At that point, I decided to more or less give up on adding images to Wiki Commons. ~~~~

To upload works of art, the work has to be in the public domain in the United States (either 75 years from the death of the creator for unpublished works, or 95 years for published works). Or if the creator has given permission for their work to be freely distributed. Essentially, this means that you won't be able to upload any work that was created after 1922.

You will have more details if you post that question on Wikimedia Commons' Help desk.