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Delete my uploads and delete my account

I have requested speedy deletion of all of my files as I am the author and wish to withdraw them Zaragoza Enamora (talk) 16:11, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

 Done I deleted all files from Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Zaragoza Enamora. Yann (talk) 16:23, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 07:41, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Revert mass split of previously merged categories

A few months ago, I started a project to merge the categories for Boeing aircraft manufacturer serial numbers (msn) and line numbers (ln). For context, see Commons talk:WikiProject Aviation#Boeing_msn/ln categories. Long story short, msn and ln are two systems of serial numbers that Boeing uses to designate individual aircraft. Having separate categories for an aircraft's msn and ln is entirely unnecessary and overly complicated, so I had begun the long process of merging them. However, starting last week, Ardfern began an unexplained effort to revert back to the overcomplicated separate categorization system, undoing months of progress in only a week and severely setting back the project. I'm not asking that any action be taken against Ardfern or anyone else, but I want, if possible, for the speedy deletion of the merged categories be restored and the separate msn/ln categories be redirected back to them. If Ardfern or anyone else believe they should be separate, they should have first attempted to discuss the issue before undoing months of work. - ZLEA _T\^C 18:12, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

It appears the primary admin who speedy deleted the merged categories at Ardfern's request was Yann. There may have been others, but so many pages were deleted and I couldn't possible check them all. - ZLEA _T\^C 18:19, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

The subject in question was put up for discussion but received no support and only an objection from myself. Therefore no consensus was reached on what is a major change and it should not go ahead Ardfern (talk) 18:35, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

The subject in question was put up for discussion but received no support and only an objection from myself. That objection was made 9 minutes ago and offered no explanation. - ZLEA _T\^C 18:39, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

I won't push this further. If a single user can halt months of progress with a single unexplained objection, then so be it. Either way, this will create a lot more work as Template:Boeing msn, which was created specifically for this effort, is still used on 567 categories and will have to be depreciated. - ZLEA _T\^C 18:55, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Ardfern has changed their mind and begun the process of restoring the merged categories. I think we can consider the core issue settled, but if an admin could help by restoring the rest of the deleted categories, that would be great. - ZLEA _T\^C 16:39, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Do you have a list? Yann (talk) 18:33, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

File still missing SDC copyright status and license nearly 2 weeks after upload

Hello. This file is still missing SDC copyright status and license (it was uploaded on October 21). I don't know if this is an isolated problem, or if it affects all files uploaded during a certain period (I uploaded several corrected versions of the file shortly after upload, maybe this has something to do with the problem). Could this be fixed (if there are more files with the same problem, for all the files)? Thanks in advance. MGeog2022 (talk) 10:45, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

These tasks were done by BotMultichill which is still blocked after an unsolved discussion got archived. Sjoerd de Bruin (talk) 10:59, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

So it's a general problem? Well, then its scope is far bigger than I thought. I suppose it will be fixed (sooner or later) in some way for all files uploaded after the bot stopped working (it doesn't make sense that all new files are marked as missing something). Thanks for your response. MGeog2022 (talk) 11:06, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

Fixed by SchlurcherBot now. If this other bot is doing the job, even if it's a bit slower, there is no true problem, then. MGeog2022 (talk) 20:15, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Overwrite video/remove audio

Hello, I have tried, using VideoCutTool, to remove the audio from this video (it's just background noise and bits of not relevant dialogue); I selected the option to overwrite the existing file, and instead it got uploaded as a new file. Is it possible to merge them, or to overwrite the former? Or could anyone removed the audio from the first video and just delete the second, or tell me how to do that? Thanks, Syrio posso aiutare? 22:15, 1 November 2025 (UTC)

I think Túrelio has dealt with this. @Syrio: please indicate here if there is still something further you think needs to happen. - Jmabel ! talk 05:43, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

No thanks, I found out how to do it and it's done :) -- Syrio posso aiutare? 07:40, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Renaming a map

How do I request a map to be renamed such as Data:U.S. Route 63.map to a different title? 2600:1700:6180:6290:1D31:19D8:EE95:2515 00:48, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

The same way you request any other rename. See Commons:File renaming. - Jmabel ! talk 05:44, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Datasets about potential logos - October 2025 uploads

Hi all, we have released a new dataset of potential logos uploaded in October 2025, together with another one of those which have already been deleted as of 2025-11-02. We are sharing them with you for your consideration.

This is part of our current work with the logo detection tool. We hope it will be useful for your moderation activities.

If you encounter issues with the datasets or have comments/requests, please reach out to me or to Sannita (WMF).

Thanks for your attention! –-MFossati (WMF) (talk) 11:22, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Category move request

Hello. Category:Jeff Satur currently redirects to Category:Worakamol Satur, this should be reversed, as Jeff Satur is his stage name, and all wiki articles refer to him as such. We also don't list Category:Lady Gaga as "Category:Stefani Germanotta". Thanks in advance Xia (talk) 11:37, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

Wrong image

Hi, I uploaded the wrong image. How do I delete it? Thank you. Leo ab1981 (talk) 12:05, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

@Leo ab1981: Add the {{Speedydelete}} with a short reason to the image page, and it will get deleted. -- regards, 32X (talk) 13:05, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

See also Template:My bad upload. - Jmabel ! talk 05:51, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Tks!🙏🏼 Leo ab1981 (talk) 07:34, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Removing original research from a map

Hello, I hope I am referring to the correct board. I would like someone to upload the original version of this map: File:Europe in 1328.png, at least in its section regarding Bulgaria. It seems that some users have uploaded completely wrong and misleading versions, containing unsourced original research, regarding the borders of Bulgaria. In 1328 the region of Dobruja was part of Bulgaria, not of Wallachia, as wrongly indicated (it was in fact never part of Wallachia, except for a few years of temporary occupation almost a century later). Furthermore, Bulgaria was not divided between Vidin and Tarnovo in 1328. At the time, it was ruled by Michael Shishman (r. 1323-1330) and the country was fully unified, as the original version of the map suggests. I would be grateful, if someone could correct the mistakes and baseless changes regarding the borders of Bulgaria in particular, that have been accumulated over the years. Thank you in advance. Best regards, Gligan1 (talk) 13:36, 3 November 2025 (UTC)

@Gligan1: At this point, that map is a mess in terms of citation.

I would hesitate to revert to the earliest map, though, because I think some other changes have been correct. I would suggest that you download the latest version, edit as you think it should be, and cite your sources in the edit summary on upload (and/or on the talk page).

I don't think there is an administrative issue here. - Jmabel ! talk 05:58, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Commons used as a file hosting for a business

Have a look: Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Dian Furi -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 14:44, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Template:Cities of Morocco

This is not a complaint against a particular user, only a request for clarification regarding Commons policy concerning disputed regions, especially in regards to Western Sahara conflict. I created Template:Cities of Morocco with the inclusion of cities in Western Sahara, added a note as to their disputed nature, and proceeded to adding the template in the main categories of all cities (still underway as I write this comment) but @Koavf decided to remove references to cities located in Western Sahara (as well as the note) with the comment "Removing cities not in Morocco" (see diff), and also removed the template from categories of cities in Western Sahara where it was included. My question is: which format is more compliant with Commons policy, assuming it does address this issue in general or in particular? If it does not, how should we proceed? Since Western Sahara cities are administered by Morocco (and considered as urban communes of Morocco), it would be expected that they would show up in such a navigation box, and I think adding a note regarding their legal status seems fair, while excluding them completely seems not. Best regards! Ideophagous (talk) 15:18, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

"Since Western Sahara cities are administered by Morocco" This is true of most municipalities in Western Sahara, but not all of them. For those not familiar with the conflict, it is occupied territory, like parts of Palestine and Ukraine. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:20, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

"For those not familiar with the conflict, it is occupied territory" => That's just one viewpoint of the issue. Others would regard it as an integral part of Morocco, hence why it's a conflict. Ideophagous (talk) 15:35, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Anyone can view anything as anything. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 15:48, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Mass copyvio by User:Daniel Siqueira Carvalho

This user has been uploading so many copyright violations, apparently under the belief that fair use (“justified for non-commercial purposes with attribution”), as they put it on their talk page, is welcome in Commons. They have tagged these uploads with CC-BY-3.0, or sometimes CC-BY-SA-3.0.

Rather than me tagging all of the many copyvio uploads, can an administrator look at their uploads and delete all the instances that are obvious? Things like pictures of newspaper covers or pictures extracted from newspaper articles that are tagged with those copyright templates (there are some good uploads that have valid “public domain”-type templates). The source of the image is usually linked in the file description — or otherwise stated, like “redes sociais” (“social media”) — and usually makes it clear that it’s copyvio.

I don’t know if there’s a way to move files over as local ptwiki files (for those that are used in articles there). If there is, that could be a better solution, as they can indeed be hosted for fair use over there. Polomo (talk) 17:41, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

I know nobody ever replies back when I write here, but I'll do it anyway. So, I don't know which images you're specifically referring to, but, In any case, I don't understand how the images I've published violate copyright. I only use the images to illustrate the articles, which I always choose to write without a defamatory tone, not being considered defamatory to mention negative events (e.g., criminal convictions, etc.). Furthermore, the images are always obtained from public sources, such as public archives and news articles. If copyright laws in the US are so strict that what I've done is considered illegal, then there's nothing I can do. The law isn't always reasonable Daniel Siqueira Carvalho (talk) 18:40, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

See Commons:FAIRUSE. Polomo (talk) 18:44, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

@Daniel Siqueira Carvalho: do see the page Polomo linked; you are trying to do something difficult (adding third-party images to Commons), and you need either to take the time to learn how this can be done legally and in keeping with policy, or entirely stop doing it. You might want also to read Commons:Uploading works by a third party. - Jmabel ! talk 06:06, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Info for patrollers on temporary accounts

I think we should send a short information to all active (one edit in the last year) patrollers and license reviewers and inform them that if they need to look at the IP behind temporary accounts they have to request the new Temporary account IP viewer right. We should make this some days before to not have so many requests at the same time. Here is a draft for the message:

Hello User,

On November 12, temporary accounts will be enabled on Commons. The IP of unregistered users will then be hidden for most users. You, as a patroller or license reviewer, are eligible to request the new temporary account IP viewer right, if you need it to continue fighting vandalism and abuse on Commons. If you want to request the right, please file the request here. Please be aware that you also have to accept the Wikimedia Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy in your preferences. For more information about temporary accounts, look at the project page.

Please make changes directly in the text above. I suggest to send this on Friday. GPSLeo (talk) 18:53, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

 Support, I made some minor changes to the message. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 21:53, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Promotional socks?

• Drgidikumar (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) (who just made a promotional / spammy edit on this board) appears to be a sock of
• Dr.Gidikumar.Actor (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions) (who got blocked on enwiki for the exact same promotional / spammy edits)[1]

Both have only few edits (7 and 11, respectively) despite the accounts having been created in 2011, and all of their edits are about inserting information about themselves[2][3][4][5]. Nakonana (talk) 21:17, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

"Uploaded while editing..."

I've noticed a lot of files with this upload detail, saying "Uploaded while editing" an article on one of the wikis. Here's an example: File:Rebello Alvarenga.jpg (CSD F-10 - non-notable writer). Most of the ones I've seen are either copyright violations or spam. Are these people allowed to upload thru another wiki? Whatever this is, the results are tens of thousands of uncategorized, abandoned, and unused files in Category:All media needing categories as of 2025 from driveby uploaders who have no idea what they're doing in regard to copyright or scope and don't know how to actually add the image to the article they were editing. Geoffroi 22:30, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

There's currently a discussion about this: Commons:Village pump/Proposals#Is current limitation of cross-wiki uploads sufficient?. Nakonana (talk) 23:06, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

.webp files

A lot of the .webp files I come across in Category:All media needing categories as of 2025 are copyright violations. Is there any list maintained here that tracks .webp file uploads? I've seen users with pages that track CoA uploads and aircraft uploads, and it would be nice to just be able to patrol new .webp files for copyright violations. Any other way of patrolling just .webp files would be useful as well. Geoffroi 22:38, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

You can just search by webp filetype https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?sort=create_timestamp_desc&search=filemime:image/webp&title=Special:Search&profile=advanced&fulltext=1&advancedSearch-current={"fields":{"filetype":"image/webp"}}&ns6=1 $999$REAL 💬 ⬆   23:18, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Nice. That'll work. Thanks for the help. Geoffroi 00:17, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Request for Review of User Page and Uploaded Media – Md Ariful Islam

Hello Administrators,

I am Md Ariful Islam, Founder of the World Rural Indigence Foundation (WRIF), Bangladesh. I recently created my User Page and uploaded my own photographs and media files to Wikimedia Commons.

All uploaded files are my own work and released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

I kindly request a review of my User Page and uploaded media to ensure that everything complies with Commons guidelines. Any feedback or approval would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

-- Md Ariful Islam MBA (talk) 03:24, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

@Md Ariful Islam MBA: Commons is not the place to promote yourself and your organization. I have blocked your other account and deleted your promotional edits. Any further spamming will result in you being blocked. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 04:53, 6 November 2025 (UTC)

Apology and clarification about my previous edits

Hello Pi.1415926535, I sincerely apologize for my previous edits. I didn’t realize they might appear promotional. I will carefully follow Commons rules from now on and only upload educational or freely licensed media. Thank you for your understanding. — Md Ariful Islam Md Ariful Islam MBA (talk) 05:02, 6 November 2025 (UTC)