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Hallo, when I upload a logo such as File:Logo of National Tax Association (US) 2025.svg, using this wizard, it automatically fills in a certain amount of information about licensing: I just add the one sentence "File will be used once only in one article as a means of visual identification of the association " and put "none" in the "other info" box.

But I find that someone else then comes along and edits the record as in this edit. If this is the desired outcome, could the Upload Wizard please be updated so that it creates it this way? (There were intervening edits to reduce the file size but I don't think they are relevant to my question). This isn't a one-off: I've seen it happen before as here. PamD 20:02, 26 May 2025 (UTC) I once experienced same issue and will love to be updated if this issue is resolved — Preceding unsigned comment added by Simi David (talk • contribs) 14:45, 10 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The wizard worked perfectly for this old duffer, gave no problems despite my occasional stumbles uploading a sizeable batch of images. It would be helpful however if when re-using the form with the refresh button, to provide text boxes with the user's previous entry as a default. Doug butler (talk) 00:55, 6 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Please merge the version at Wikipedia:File upload wizard/sandbox. It features a more modern UI by using Codex tokens, which you can test at [1]. Please also merge Wikipedia:File upload wizard/sandbox/styles.css into MediaWiki:FileUploadWizard.css. Make sure to remove the templatestyles tag at the top, and change

{{Clickable button 2|Upload a non-free file|url={{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|withJS=MediaWiki:FileUploadWizard.js}}|style=border-radius:4px; font-size:1.5em; color:var(--color-progressive, #36c);}}

back to

{{Clickable button 2|Upload a non-free file|url={{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|withJS=MediaWiki:FileUploadWizard.js&withCSS=MediaWiki:FileUploadWizard.css}}|style=border-radius:4px; font-size:1.5em; color:var(--color-progressive, #36c);}}

Thanks, —Matrix _{ping me}^{when u reply} (t? - c) 14:47, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 23:10, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Matrix, Could you, for posterity document what changes were made? Sohom (talk) 12:53, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Sohom Datta: sure:

• Button at front page changed from color: #36c to color:var(--color-progressive, #36c);
• I changed the main upload element with a grey border to var(--background-color-progressive-subtle, #f1f4fd) background colour and var(--border-color-progressive, #6485d1); border
• Red and green border elements were changed so their background/border colours used the Codex equivalent (background-color-destructive-subtle for red, background-color-success-subtle for green)

No changes made to JS. —Matrix _{ping me}^{when u reply} (t? - c) 14:28, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Add a period after "so old its copyright has expired" like so:

JJP_Master (she/they) 13:03, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, {{tl|Keep local}} displays exactly as written, rather than appearing as "{{Keep local}}," when you pick one of the options for copyright status for a free work. JJP_Master (she/they) 13:05, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Done both. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 16:28, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I replaced the photo of a figurine in the infobox with in-game images of the character because:

• This article is about character in a video game.
• The creation of figurine is secondary to that.
• The character, figurine and photo are each covered by copyright, and the figurine also by trademark.
• The game developers decided to produce a 2D game with pixilated characters. The figurine's appearance differs markedly from that of the pixilated character in the game.
• Fair-use limitations are either 1 megapixel in size or low-res enough not to be commercially viable (that slimy guy in the sketchy kiosk can't take the image here and sell it on sticky notes or magnets).

Oona Wikiwalker (talk) 00:42, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Oona Wikiwalker, I don't think you posted this in the right place. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 05:16, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, In the File upload wizard, while filling the form fields, is there any form field to input the image rationale, or it has to be manual as: [2]
--Gandabherunda01 (talk) 09:35, 5 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Gandabherunda01 If you go for example Upload a non-free file > This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use., Non-free use rationale fields/choices appears. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:42, 4 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Gråbergs Gråa Sång:, yes, but in: Template:Non-free biog-pic, where its necessary to add a tag:
|image has rationale=yes (you can see my example above)
can this be achieved in the form-fields of: File upload wizard > 'This is a copyrighted, non-free work, but I believe it is Fair Use' (while filling the fields)..? --Gandabherunda01 (talk) 09:35, 5 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The button to upload non-free images doesn't appear on the mobile website. I'm on Android and I've tried this on iPhone as well and the button also wasn't there. I'm not sure if this is intentional, so I'm adding this topic. Streetr4 (talk) 22:49, 10 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There are cases when the uploader knows that a file will be PD at a point within a foreseeable future, and that's what we have the template {{Copy to Wikimedia Commons in}} for. Would it be possible to add an optional field to the form for adding and populating that template? The label could be something like Do you know when this file will enter the public domain? (optional) and the field takes a YYYY value. Rose Abrams (T C L) 08:31, 16 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]