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English: Report users for clear cases of vandalism. Block requests for any other reason should be reported to the blocks and protections noticeboard. Suomi: Raportoi ilmeisistä vandalismitapauksista. Muut estopyynnöt jätettäköön estojen ja suojauksen ilmoitustaululle. Italiano: Segnala qui le utenze responsabili di vandalismi palesi. Richieste di blocco per qualsiasi altra ragione vanno effettuate nella sezione Politiche di blocco e protezione. 日本語: 明白な荒らし利用者の報告所。それ以外を理由とするブロック依頼はブロックと保護へ。 한국어: 문서 훼손을 저지른 사용자를 신고하는 곳입니다. 다른 이유로 인한 차단 요청은 차단 및 보호 요청 문서에 남겨주세요. മലയാളം: ഉപയോക്താക്കളുടെ ഉറപ്പായ വാൻഡലിസത്തിനെക്കുറിച്ച് ഇവിടെ അറിയിക്കുക. മറ്റ് കാരണങ്ങൾക്ക് ഉപയോക്താക്കളെ തടയാനുള്ള അപേക്ഷകൾ തടയലുകളും സംരക്ഷണങ്ങളും എന്ന താളിലാണ് അറിയിക്കേണ്ടത്. Svenska: Rapportera användare för tydliga tecken på vandalism. Begäran av blockering för någon annan anledning ska rapporteras på anslagstavlan för blockeringar och skydd. Українська: Повідомляйте про користувачів, що явно займаються вандалізмом. Запити щодо блокування з будь-якої іншої причини повинні бути повідомлені на дошку для оголошень щодо блокування та захисту. 中文（简体）‎: 报告有明显破坏的用户。任何其他原因的封禁请求应该在封禁与保护通知栏报告。	English: Report disputes with users that require administrator assistance. Further steps are listed at resolve disputes. Suomi: Raportoi ylläpitäjän väliintulon vaativa käyttäjän ongelmallinen toiminta. Käytä käyttäjäongelmien ilmoitustaulua jollei ylläpitäjää tarvita. Italiano: Segnala qui eventuali conflitti con altri utenti che richiedano l'intervento di un amministratore. In caso un amministratore non sia necessario si consiglia di utilizzare la sezione Risoluzione dei conflitti. 한국어: 관리자의 개입이 필요한 분쟁을 해결하는 곳입니다. 관리자의 개입이 필요하지 않다면 분쟁 해결 게시판을 이용하시기 바랍니다. മലയാളം: മറ്റൊരു ഉപയോക്താവുമായുള്ള തർക്കത്തിൽ കാര്യനിർവ്വാഹകർ ഇടപെടണമെങ്കിൽ ഇവിടെ അറിയിക്കുക. കാര്യനിർവാഹകരുടെ സഹായം ആവശ്യമില്ലെങ്കിൽ തർക്കങ്ങളുടെ നോട്ടീസ് ബോർഡിൽ ആണ് ഇക്കാര്യം അറിയിക്കേണ്ടത്. Svenska: Rapportera tvister med användare som kräver hjälp av en administratör. Använd anslagstavlan för användarproblem om ingen administratörshjälp behövs. Українська: Повідомляйте про суперечки з користувачами, котрі потребують допомоги адміністратора. Подальші кроки показані на сторінці щодо вирішення суперечок. 中文（简体）‎: 报告需要管理员协助的用户争端。更多步骤列于争端解决。	English: Reports that do not suit the vandalism noticeboard may be reported here. Requests for page protection/unprotection could also be requested here. Italiano: Utilizza questa sezione per segnalare problemi non riferibili al vandalismo. Qui vanno anche le richieste di protezione e sprotezione pagine. 한국어: 문서 훼손 관련 관리자 요청에 맞지 않는 차단 요청이나 문서의 보호/보호 해제 요청을 이곳에서 할 수 있습니다. മലയാളം: വാൻഡലിസം നോട്ടീസ്ബോർഡിൽ അനുചിതമായ അപേക്ഷകൾ ഇവിടെ നൽകാം. ഒരു താളിന്റെ സംരക്ഷിക്കാനുള്ള/സംരക്ഷണം മാറ്റാനുള്ള അപേക്ഷകളും ഇവിടെ നൽകാവുന്നതാണ്. Svenska: Rapporteringar som inte passar anslagstavlan för vandalism kan rapporteras här. Begäran för sidskydd eller borttagning av sidskydd kan också begäras här. Suomi: Tällä sivulla voit kuuluttaa vandalismin ilmoitustaululle sopimattomat ilmoitukset. Tällä ilmoitustaululla voit myös pyytää sivun suojaamista tai suojauksen purkua. 中文（简体）‎: 这里可以报告不适合破坏通知栏的报告。这里也可以请求页面保护/解除保护。 Українська: Повідомлення, що не підходять для дошки для оголошень щодо вандалізму можна залишити тут. Запити щодо встановлення чи зняття захисту зі сторінок також можна запитати тут.	English: Other reports that require administrator assistance (i.e. requested moves/renames) which do not fit in any of the previous three noticeboards may be reported here. Requests for history merging or splitting should be filed here. Suomi: Tällä ilmoitustaulla voit kuuluttaa muille ilmoitustauluille sopimattomat ylläpitäjän huomion vaativat tehtävät ja ilmoitukset, esimerkiksi suojattujen sivujen siirrot. Pyynnöt sivuhistorian yhdistämisestä tai jakamisesta tulee tehdä täällä. Italiano: Segnalazioni varie, non ricomprese tra le precedenti, che richiedano l'intervento di un amministratore (spostamenti, ridenominazioni, etc.); Se il tuo problema riguarda l'unione o la separazione delle cronologie pagine, allora puoi rivolgerti qui. 한국어: 다른 관리자 요청 문서에 맞지 않는 일반적인 관리에 대해 관리자의 도움을 요청하는 곳입니다. മലയാളം: മറ്റ് മൂന്ന് നോട്ടീസ് ബോർഡുകളിലും ചേരാത്ത അപേക്ഷകൾ (പേര് മാറ്റൽ തുടങ്ങിയവ) ഇവിടെ നൽകാം. നാൾവഴിയിൽ മാറ്റം വരുത്തി നാൾവഴി ഭാഗിക്കാനോ യോജിപ്പിക്കാനോ ഉള്ള അപേക്ഷകൾ നൽകാൻ ഇവിടെ ഞെക്കുക. Svenska: Andra rapporteringar som kräver administratörshjälp (t.ex. begärda flyttningar/namnbyten) som inte passar i någon av de föregående anslagstavlorna kan rapporteras här. Begäran för sammanslagning eller delning av historik ska lämnas in här. Українська: Інші повідомлення, що потребують допомоги адміністратора (наприклад, запити на переміщення/перейменування), які не підходять до жодної з трьох попередніх дощок оголошень можуть бути залишені тут. Запити щодо об'єднання або роз'єднання історії мають бути зроблені тут. 中文（简体）‎: 这里可以报告不适合前三个通知栏的需要管理员协助（例如移动/重命名）的其他报告。历史合并或拆分请求应该在这里填写。
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English: This is a place where users can communicate with administrators, or administrators with one another. You can report vandalism, problematic users, or anything else that needs an administrator's intervention. If reporting possible child pornography also email legal-reportswikimedia.org. If reporting threatened harm to self or others also email emergencywikimedia.org. العربية: هذا هو المكان حيث يمكن للمستخدمين التواصل مع الإداريين، أو الإداريين مع بعضهم البعض. يمكنك الإبلاغ عنه التخريب، المستخدمين الذين يسببون مشاكل، أو أي شيء آخر يحتاج للتدخل من قبل إداري. Azərbaycanca: Bu bölüm istifadəçilərin idarəçilərlə ünsiyyət qura biləcəklər bir yerdir. Bir idarəçiyə vandalizmle müdaxilə ehtiyacı, problemli istifadəçilər ya da başqa bir şey ifadə edəbilərsiniz. Català: Aquest és el lloc destinat a que els usuaris puguin comunicar-se amb els administradors, o viceversa. Podeu notificar edicions vandàliques, reclamar l'atenció sobre usuaris problemàtics, o indicar qualsevol altre assumpte que requereixi la intervenció d'un administrador. Česky: Tato stránka slouží uživatelům ke komunikaci se správci zde na Commons, nebo ke komunikaci správců mezi sebou. Můžete zde nahlásit vandalismus, problematické uživatele nebo další záležitosti, které mohou díky svým pravomocem vyřešit jen správci. Deutsch: Diese Seite ist für Gespräche mit Administratoren. Du kannst hier Probleme melden, die den Eingriff eines Administrators nötig machen, zum Beispiel Vandalismus oder Probleme mit anderen Benutzern. Ελληνικά: Αυτή είναι μια σελίδα στην οποία οι χρήστες μπορούν να επικοινωνήσουν με διαχειριστές, ή οι διαχειριστές με κάποιον άλλο. Μπορείτε να αναφέρετε βανδαλισμούς, χρήστες που προκαλούν προβλήματα, ή οτιδήποτε άλλο χρειάζεται την παρέμβαση ενός διαχειριστή. Esperanto: Ĉi tie estas loko kie uzantoj povas interkomunikiĝi kun administrantoj, aŭ administrantoj unu kun la alia. Vi povas raporti pri vandalismo, problemaj uzantoj, kaj ĉio alia, kio bezonas intervenon de administranto. Español: Este es el sitio destinado a que los usuarios puedan comunicarse con los administradores, o viceversa. Puede notificar un vandalismo, reclamar atención sobre usuarios problemáticos, o indicar cualquier otro asunto que requiera la intervención de un administrador. فارسی: این جا مکانیست که کاربران با مدیران، یا مدیران با یکدیگر می‌توانند ارتباط برقرار کنند. شما می‌توانید خرابکاری، کاربران مشکل‌ساز، یا هر آن چیز دیگری که نیاز به اقدام مدیران داشته باشد را گزارش کنید. Français: Cette page est destinée à permettre aux utilisateurs et aux administrateurs de communiquer entre eux. Vous pouvez utiliser cette page pour signaler des actes de vandalisme, des utilisateurs au comportement problématique, ou tout autre fait nécessitant l'intervention d'un administrateur. Si vous ne maîtrisez que le français, la page Commons:Bistro reste cependant utilisable et vous y trouverez des administrateurs francophones. Frysk: Op dizze side kinne meidoggers oerlizze mei behearders, of behearders mei inoar. Jo kinne hjir fandalisme, problematyske meidoggers en oare saken dy't oandacht fan in behearder freegje melde. हिन्दी: यह वह स्थान है जहाँ सदस्य प्रबंधकों से, तथा प्रबंधक एक दूसरे से संवाद कर सकते हैं। आप बर्बरता, समस्याग्रस्त सदस्य या कोई और विषय जिसके लिए एक प्रबंधक के हस्तक्षेप की ज़रूरत हो, यहाँ बयान कर सकते हैं। 日本語: このページは、管理者同士、あるいは、利用者ユーザがJA:管理者,EN：administratorsと連絡を取るための場所です。問題のあるユーザを報告したり、荒らしユーザを通報したり、管理者の協力や仲介を必要とする事項などにご利用ください。 한국어: 이 문서는 사용자가 관리자, 혹은 관리자가 다른 관리자와 의견을 교환하는 곳입니다. 문서를 훼손하거나 문제가 있는 사용자를 보고하거나, 관리자의 중재가 필요한 사항이 있으면 이곳을 이용해주십시오. Македонски: Ова е место каде што корисниците можат да комуницираат со администраторите, или пак администраторите меѓусебно. Тука можете да пријавувате вандализам, проблематични корисници, или било што друго кога има потреба од администраторска интервенција. മലയാളം: കാര്യനിർവ്വാഹകരുമായി ആശയവിനിമയം ചെയ്യാനുള്ള വേദിയാണിത്, കാര്യനിർവ്വാഹകർക്ക് തമ്മിൽ തമ്മിൽ ചർച്ച ചെയ്യാനും ഈ താൾ ഉപയോഗിക്കാം. നശീകരണ പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചോ, പ്രശ്നകാരികളായ ഉപയോക്താക്കളെക്കുറിച്ചോ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ കാര്യനിർവ്വാഹകരുടെ ഇടപെടൽ ആവശ്യമായ മറ്റെന്തെങ്കിലും വിഷയങ്ങളെക്കുറിച്ചോ താങ്കൾക്ക് ഇവിടെ അറിയിക്കാവുന്നതാണ്. Bân-lâm-gú: 遮是予用者佮管理員、抑管理員佮管理員咧講代誌的所在，你會當報告破壞、製造問題的用者抑其他需要管理員處理的代誌。 Norsk bokmål: Dette er en side for å kommunisere med administratorer. Her kan du melde fra om problemer som krever administratorers inngripen; for eksempel vandalisme eller problemer med andre brukere. Polski: Jest to miejsce, gdzie użytkownicy mogą kontaktować się z administratorami lub administratorzy ze sobą nawzajem. Możesz zgłosić tu akt wandalizmu, problematycznego użytkownika albo cokolwiek, do czego potrzebna jest interwencji administratora. Italiano: Questa è la pagina in cui gli utenti possono comunicare con gli amministratori, o questi ultimi tra loro. Puoi segnalare qui vandalismi, utenti problematici, e qualsiasi altra cosa richieda l'intervento di un amministratore. Magyar: Ezen a helyen üzenhetnek a szerkesztők az adminisztrátoroknak, vagy az adminisztrátorok egymásnak. Itt jelentheted a vandalizmust, a problémás szerkesztőket, vagy bármi más olyat, amihez adminisztrátori közreműködésre van szükség. Português: Este é o local no qual os usuários podem se comunicar com os administradores, ou onde os administradores podem conversar uns com os outros. Aqui você pode relatar casos de vandalismo, usuários problemáticos ou tratar de qualquer outro assunto que requeira a atenção de um administrador. Română: Această pagină este destinată comunicării dintre utilizatori şi administratori sau între administratori. Aici poţi semnala cazuri de vandalism, utilizatori cu comportament problematic, precum şi alte situaţii care necesită intervenţia unui administrator. Русский: Это место, где участники могут обратиться к администраторам, а администраторы обсудить вопросы друг с другом. Вы можете сообщить о вандализме, некорректных действиях участников и всём прочем, что, по вашему мнению, нуждается во вмешательстве администраторов. Suomi: Tällä sivulla voit keskustella ylläpitäjien kanssa. Voit esimerkiksi ilmoittaa meneillään olevasta vandalismista, ongelmakäyttäjistä tai mistä tahansa muusta joka tarvitsee ylläpitäjien huomiota. Nederlands: Op deze plaats kunnen gebruikers communiceren met de beheerders, of de beheerders met elkaar. U kunt hier vandalen, of probleemgebruikers melden, of andere dingen die de aandacht van een beheerder nodig hebben. Slovenčina: Táto stránka slúži používateľom na komunikáciu so správcami tu na Commons, alebo na komunikáciu správcov navzájom. Môžete tu nahlásiť vandalizmus, problematických používateľov alebo ďalšie záležitosti, ktoré môžu vďaka svojím právomociam vyriešiť len správcovia. Српски / srpski: Ово је место где корисници могу да комуницирају са администраторима, или администратори са другима. Овде можете пријавити вандализам, проблематичне кориснике, или било шта друго што тражи интервенцију администратора. Svenska: Det här är en sida där användare kan prata med administratörer, eller där administratörer kan prata med varandra. Du kan rapportera vandalism, problematiska användare eller någonting som behöver en administratörs ingripande. Türkçe: Bu bölüm kullanıcıların yöneticilerle iletişim kurabilecekleri bir yerdir. Bir yöneticiye vandalizmle müdahale ihtiyacı, sorunlu kullanıcılar ya da başka bir şey bildirebilirsiniz. Tiếng Việt: Đây là nơi người dùng có thể liên lạc với bảo quản viên, hoặc giữa những bảo quản viên với nhau. Bạn có thể báo cáo phá hoại, thành viên có vấn đề, hoặc bất cứ điều gì khác cần đến sự can thiệp của một bảo quản viên. 中文（简体）‎: 这里是用户能够与管理员或与管理员及另一个人沟通的地方。你可以报告破坏行为、问题用户或其他需要管理员干预的事情。 中文（繁體）‎: 這裡是用戶與管理員或管理員之間進行通訊的地方。您可以在此回報破壞、有問題的用戶，或其他需要管理員介入的事情。 Shqip: Ky është një vend ku përdoruesit mund të komunikojnë me administruesit, ose administruesit me njëri-tjetrin. Mund të raportosh vandalizëm, përdorues problematik dhe gjithçka tjetër ku ka nevojë për ndërhyrje të administruesve.

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Requested Move File:Vlad_Tepes_002_(joke_version_-_eyes_move).gif -> File:Vlad_Tepes_002.gif

Originally Vlad_Tepes_002.gif contained an image considered out of scope as it was an adaptation of file:Vlad_Tepes_002.jpg with moving eyes to frighten the user and existed solely as part of a practical joke. Despite three comments suggesting it should be kept as an example of images designed to frighten people it was deleted. After a recent off-wiki discussion about the image, I opted to create a similar image for use on my userpage and on any articles where it would make an example of moving eyes or images designed to scare the user with unexpected movement. Since then User:Beyond My Ken has been edit warring due to his dislike of this image, firstly nominating for deletion despite the current scope being allowed by project scope, twice he has edit warred in attempting to remove the animation from the image (history). This was an action he also took with the original image clearly in an attempt to obfuscate the deletion discussion by presenting a different image from that being discussed. In neither edit did he attempt to gain consensus for the changes he intended to make. Now he has moved the file out-with renaming policy and again with no consensus through discussion. Ideally I'd like the image returned to its previous location at least for the remainder of the deletion request and should BMK still want it moved he should discuss such a move in a constructive manner once the deletion request is resolved. --Woden.Ragnarok (talk) 09:06, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

The image in question has been deleted once already as being out of scope, but was recreated by WR with minor changes. The image takes an existing historical image and turns it into a joke by making the eyes move. The editor claims he did this so that he can use the image on his user pages here and on en.wiki, but he also added it to an article on en.wiki, en:Intenet Screamer, and rewrote the article to make it match the image, changing the meaning of the article. My move of the image came after WR edit-warred to keep his version from being replaced by a non-joke version. The change of title -- with the addition of "(joke version - eyes move)" -- makes the nature of the image more explicit, and thus is justified under #3 of the renaming policy, which allows moving images to make the name more accurate. The only reason I can see that WR would object to the name is that his intention is to fool unsuspecting users into using the image, thinking it is an historical image, and not knowing that the eyes are going to move. We are not in the business, as far as I understand, of fooling or scaring the people who come to us for images to use, which is why I still believe that the image is out of scope, but if it is to stay, the new name seems to me to be a reasonable compromise. Beyond My Ken (talk) 09:33, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm thinking this image shouldn't have the word joke in it, or any hint at that sort of thing. Possibly, possibly it can be catted that way, but what makes an artist 100 years ago drawing this guy any better than an artist today ?

The image is supposed to portray the scariest person who ever lived short of Barney the Dinosaur. This is supposed to be Vlad the Impaler, and when a kid reads the article and looks at this picture he is more likely to burst out laughing at that ridiculous moustache. It's like who is this guy ? Willie Wonka or the actual historical person that was dracula ?

It's no joke, if a person was serious about drawing Dracula, then they wouldn't make him look so god-damn loveable. Make the kid who is reading the article wet his pants is all I'm saying. I think that the eyes shouldn't just go back and forward like that, I'd make them turn much, much, much slower towards the reader, so slow that 'maybe-it-moves' or 'maybe-it-doesn't' kind of thing and you have to really concentrate, and then like after they end up looking at you, then they oscillate between staring at you and opening even wider and like REALLY staring into you, yeah I'd be going for that kind of look. But as for Joke in the title ? what a crock of shit, pardon my language. Y'all wouldn't say that if he was hiding under your bed, I'm telling you now.

(disclosure, Beyond My Ken and I had some head-butting or butt-heading or whatever it was here and then like, next day he's over on en.wikipedia here trying to get me even more blocked in the ass than I already was/am.. I don't give a care about it, actually I thought it was funny actually, but I mention it just in case people think I'm biased about good old loveable vlad the impaler and saying he shouldn't be such a warm and fuzzy John Cleesey moustached kind of guy) Penyulap ☏ 10:48, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

I would much prefer Penyulap's proposed compromise of putting it in something like Category:Joke items to either labelling it as a joke in the filename (which denigrates it) or giving away it's userpage intent by mouseover and seeing the difference in the filename (although again I'm happy to make this explicit on the image page - once people visit it) - in articlespace it should be added with a caption explaining the eyes move as I did at en:Internet Screamer . The original file location also preserves the original Feb 10th diff of en:Vlad Tepes on enwiki for discussion purposes such as the external Reddit thread discussing the previous change, so readers who are interested can look it up. BMK you should look up the definition of edit warring, it's the second revert - yours in this case - that turns it into a war as the original editor is forced again to restore the status quo, in this case you were changing it to a different type of image without explaining what was the additional value gained by keeping the static gif over the animation. Would you believe it to be acceptable if I took your last upload File:Robert_Morris_Hotel_entrance_closeup.jpg cropped it down to just the sign above the door and then uploaded it as a "new version" of your picture, as opposed to a "New Picture"? I don't believe you would find that acceptable and have yet to see why you think editing my picture down to a single frame when it is intended to be multiple frames is any better, labelling it as a joke does not excuse that behaviour - it's just plain rude. Do I think the image should be should be used to " to fool unsuspecting users into using the image, thinking it is an historical image, and not knowing that the eyes are going to move." only in the context of restoring the Feb 10th diff of Vlad Tepes as a separate article on Meta in its "Humor" category, and for that the file could be under any name. --Woden.Ragnarok (talk) 12:08, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

Let the image live (for user pages and the like), but label it clearly as a joke. Version .02 is too likely to be reused in article, perhaps even by mistake.TCO (talk) 20:27, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

I think catting is the proper way to label it at most. What demands that people say one old artists work is proper and all modern artists work is trivial ? The modern artist has an idea about portraying dracula and it's just as valid as anyone else's. I think we should take into account how the modern artist wants to describe the image, there is the view that an image of Dracula should be 'spooky', it's a valid viewpoint. Moving eyes doesn't absolutely define a joke, images in Harry potter are animated, but not all of them are jokes. We can make many images animated, but they are not all jokes. Maybe it was a april fools-day kind of joke, maybe it was serious. The discussion here and the discussion at DR should be linked to or copied onto the file talkpage. Penyulap ☏ 23:05, 7 June 2013 (UTC)`

I think the discussion should go on the file talkpage to make it easy to find in future. I might move it there later on. Penyulap ☏ 08:54, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Image:Kaltenbrunner.jpg

I noticed Image:Kaltenbrunner.jpg has been uploaded again. See this previous discussion on this same board. Can an admin check if it's the same photo and perhaps delete it again? If it's indeed the same photo and previous reasons for deletion are still valid. Garion96 (talk) 18:11, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

No, the deleted versions are different from the current one. --A.Savin 18:19, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

That's good. Thanks! Garion96 (talk) 18:30, 10 June 2013 (UTC)

Not good, lacks a valid primary source. Without this the chosen license is invalid (most like not of finnish origin anyway). --Denniss (talk) 21:55, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Didn't even looked at that yet. Garion96 (talk) 12:10, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Urgent!Upload a new version of this file

I want to upload a new version of this file because we have a special logo tomorrow.But i can't upload:"This page is currently protected from editing because it is transcluded in the following pages, which are protected with the "cascading" option enabled:".who can help me before tomorrow?--DannyChan (talk) 14:34, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Did anything happen here? I can imagine that there was an easy work around (such as uploading a new derivative image rather than over-writing this one) but it would be nice to know the outcome. --Fæ (talk) 11:34, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

As of the edit-history and the logs of the file in question, nothing has happened. The image wasn't individually protected, but is listed on page Commons:Auto-protected files/global/logos. Anyway, now it's too late. The poster had also opened the thread Commons:Village_pump#Upload_a_new_version_of_this_file, but had no further edits after the above one. --Túrelio (talk) 11:59, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Chase Masterson - Comic-Con 2010.jpg

At this deletion discussion we've got a new account Chasemasterson (talk • contribs • recent activity • count • block log • rights log • upload log • SUL) claiming to be said person. I think this needs either an OTRS ticket or a block for inappropriate usernames. De728631 (talk) 23:45, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

License review backlog

There is some serious backlog in marking images from Category:License review needed (600+ images, some are a couple of months old). A bit of assistance would be appreciated. Kind regards, Lymantria (talk) 05:27, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Unable to proceed

http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:G%C3%BC%C2%81nter_W%C2%84%C3%B6ller&action=edit

please add Woller

• Nachweise: Der gehörlose Günter Wö„ller war DDR-Meister 1952 im 5000 m-Lauf und 1953 im Waldlauf, vgl. http://einheit-berliner-baer.de/Chronik50.pdf . 1992 bekam er die Heinrich-Siepmann-Plakette des Deutschen Gehörlosen-Sportverbandes, vgl. http://www.berliner-gsv1900.de/ehrentafel.html 91.66.63.117 07:03, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Done: Category:Günter Wöller --тнояsтеn ⇔ 07:21, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. btw: this file File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-15312-0012, Ingrid Preibisch.jpg should be moved to Elfriede Preibisch (to stop confusion: 01.11.2001 – ...einstige Studentenweltmeisterin im 100-Meter-Lauf von 1951, Elfriede Preibisch, wurde 75 Jahre und der Vereinsvorsitzende des LSV Pirna,.. Quelle: http://www.pirna.de/downloads/November2001.pdf .Regards 91.66.63.117 08:29, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Continuing in German... Sicher, dass es nicht auch eine Ingrid Preibisch gab? Die Bildbeschreibung wurde hier geändert. Sollte eigentlich auf Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports thematisiert werden. --тнояsтеn ⇔ 09:00, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Jetzt auf Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports#June 2013. --тнояsтеn ⇔ 11:17, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

I think that this discussion is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, don't hesitate to replace this template with your comment. тнояsтеn ⇔ 11:17, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Delete

Can administrators delete all the files that I've uploaded in the commons? Because I do not want to liberate my property files to be used by the public for free. Aldo samulo (talk) 07:43, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Aldo, why would you want to do this? Are you angry about any conflict here or on your home-project or about anything else? When you uploaded your images to Commons, you released them under a free license. Such licenses are not revokeable. One might compare it to a gift you had given somebody and now you want to get it back. So, even if we would remove those images, which are in use on any project, from Commons, anybody who had downloaded the image already, could still use it under the original license. --Túrelio (talk) 08:55, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Global Replace Tool

Commons:GlobalReplace

Hi everyone, I have created a new tool to assist filemovers in the field of cross-wiki renames. Please help me test it!  :) -FASTILY 23:47, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

delete temp cats please

Please delete Category:De re metallica scan by Mining Heritage and the subordinate subcategories. They are empty. (I changed my mind about the hierarchy I want for a bulk upload).

04:47, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

So, I have deleted "Category:De re metallica scan by Mining Heritage", "Category:GIF files" and "Category:JPG files". Please use different category names in future. Especially "Category:GIF files" and "Category:JPG files" may cause interferences with official Commons categories. Regards, High Contrast (talk) 10:31, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Request for Checkuser rights

This is to inform the community that there is a nomination for Checkuser rights here. It was agreed a couple of years ago that such requests and for Oversight (which are quite rare) should be publicised due to the high level of trust required in users with these rights. Trijnstel_talk 20:38, 15 June 2013 (UTC)

Ownership issues may hinder input at Commons:We miss you

Tired of this shit. Blocked user Penyulap 3 days for trolling and being a pain in the ass. Multichill (talk) 21:40, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

I sympathize. I know some people don't care to look at how enwp does things, but a history of tedious edits and behavior is definitely blockable there and I believe it should be as well here. Killiondude (talk) 22:16, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

No need to refer to other projects, Commons recognizes actions which disrupt its collegial atmosphere and has disruptive editing and creating a hostile environment in the handy list of how to use blocks in Blocking policy. Short, simple and does not require alternative policy pages to explain it. --Fæ (talk) 22:22, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Why did you feel the need to tell me "no need to refer to other projects"? I'm not a Commons newbie. The reason why I linked to enwp is because the page there is more fleshed out than anything here. Killiondude (talk) 22:47, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

(On a tangent to the original thread) Why? I'm glad you asked ... Well I believe that Commons policy is sufficient and adds necessary distinctive value to Wikimedia by having policy focused on media and licencing rather than encyclopaedia articles; indeed Commons is seen by many as a key understandable reference on interpretation of international copyright. There are serious problems associated with Commons sysops frequently referring to en.wp policies rather than leveraging existing policy and guidelines on Commons which are written from a multi-lingual and certainly more multicultural viewpoint (one of the reasons policy here stays more simply expressed and shorter). Where Commons has no specific policy, another project may be a useful starting point to reach consensus on actions here, but there are many areas, such as "encyclopaedic value" and the many associated en.wp guidelines on "notability", which detract and confuse away from the focused educational and public benefit policy of scope and the underpinning logic of Licensing. I see the same patterns of misinterpretation constantly being raised in Commons Deletion requests, which undermine and damage this project's distinctive value to the global open knowledge movement.

I am aware you are not a newbie, and though numbers are not a good guide to much, just as an indicator I am aware you have several times as many edits to en.wp than Commons. I happen to now have a magnitude more edits on this project compared to en.wp, though on both projects my level of editing would probably be considered significant. On both projects I would say I am well versed in policy and their common interpretations, and know enough about other language projects to be aware of how different policies, even with what are on the surface very similar projects like de.wp and en.wp, can make a huge difference to their communities, and consequently in what actions should or can be made by sysops and other trusted users. --Fæ (talk) 05:17, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

The above seems moot for now as Fastily has promptly unblocked Penyulap. --Fæ (talk) 10:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

A reminder to Administrators about following the Blocking policy

I am sure all readers here are familiar with it, but could administrators please take a moment to refresh their minds as to the steps detailed in Instructions for administrators in the Blocking policy. Informing the blocked contributor on the their talk page of any administrator actions on their account is a requirement. In Penyulap's case this has neither happened for the block, nor the unblock, as can be verified by checking their talk page history. I am not an administrator, so if anyone is aware of an existing consensus, or "norm", to not follow these instructions in certain circumstances, I would be happy to be enlightened. --Fæ (talk) 10:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

holey crap I got blocked and didn't even know about it ? well where's the fun in that.

Meh, never mind, no need to get over-excited about it Fae, I can pretty much guess what the message would have been, no diffs, no policy, just lots of name-calling. I'll consider myself impressed. Penyulap ☏ 16:40, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Hmm, some admins act like the bodyguards of other admins. :( JKadavoor Jee 16:56, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure most admins think independently, otherwise, like, if one couldn't think of any policy or find a diff, then it would be a bit embarrassing if the next one said the same thing and couldn't think of a reason either. Penyulap ☏ 17:45, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/Medialuka

Please block user Special:Contributions/Medialuka because this user uploads copyvio picturesa after warnings.--Motopark (talk) 03:24, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done Alan ^(talk) 04:30, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

File:Pierre bouvet.jpg

I managed to do 2 edits to File:Pierre bouvet.jpg today, but I seem to be blocked from doing 3rd edit to add missing }} bracket on the end of {{LangSwitch}} block. There is a message from Spam protection filter about the source link which we have in the file. I do not know how come some edits of such files work and some do not, and I am not sure how to tag the file that this link seem to be OK, so it can be edited. --Jarekt (talk) 13:50, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Due to the missing brackets the weblink could not be properly tracked/traced I assume and as soon as this was fixed the Spamfilter snapped-in. File is fixed now. --Denniss (talk) 22:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks --Jarekt (talk) 11:41, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Unblock request by Thekohser

The following discussion is archived. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Rather than "giving" thekosher "enough rope" it seems more like giving a tutorial and practical demonstration on how misbehaviour is done. Odder asked for the discussion, did not like the outcome, and then overturned the resulting unblock. Odder should allow another uninvolved admin make any reblock, he refuses to unblock and invites wheel-warring instead. Penyulap ☏ 23:07, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Seems to have been settled in a manner that simply extends the kosher's blocklog considerably. Penyulap ☏ 23:12, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Odder has been very nice about it and apologised to the editor. Penyulap ☏ 06:45, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

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Deletion Request

Could you please delete this blurry picture File:KawitChurchjf1500 02.JPG. It was uploaded by a user who uploads a lot of pictures, but do not check the quality of some of his pictures (Not me!). Thanks. Briarfallen (talk) 04:20, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

You can use the link "Nominate for deletion" which you can find in the left hand of your screen when you are viewing the image page. A rationale like "This image is too blurry to be of educational use." would be sufficient. Anyone can raise deletion requests like this, just make sure you take a look at scope before doing lots of them. The deletion process is described in more detail at Deletion requests. --Fæ (talk) 04:30, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

@Briarfallen, with such deletion-rationales against uploads from good-standing contributors, I've always found it more collegial and productive to first contact the uploader and explain your rationale to him/her in order to get his/her understanding and eventually to get them requesting it for deletion by themselves. It usually works well and provides the advantage of a potential learning effect. --Túrelio (talk) 09:17, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

wow, I'd love to have my own project right now, if there was funding enough, I'd send that saint a better quality camera. Penyulap ☏ 05:50, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

User rights of User:BrandonBigheart

I'll admit I should have had BrandonBigheart (BBH) ask for rights at Commons:Requests for rights, but I didn't. I gave him some lower-level rights. He had asked for them here. At 22:08 on 17 Jun User:Odder unilaterally removed those rights without any prior discussion nor inquiry and without notifying the user. At 22:12, 17 Jun he did notify me and we ended up in a "heated" discussion. BBH is a valued and trusted user on en and commons. Rather than myself or someone else wheel warring here, let's not hurt this user and the community and give him his rights back. See full thread at User_talk:PumpkinSky#BrandonBigheart. I was hoping this would settle down overnight but today I see it's still raging, so I bring the issue here for discussion. PumpkinSky talk 20:26, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

I agree. BrandonBigheart is an editor who has done one thing: upload professional grade coin images. He does that very well and clearly knows his way around a camera and software so when he needed help with an image move, I suggested he asks PumpkinSky for it. Now let me make one thing clear. The numismatics project, which generates a large numbers of FA on en.wi, is basically him and me right now. I do NOT need Odder acting so precipitously and risking driving him off. I can't write the articles without the images, and he has both access to coins and skill with a camera that I lack. So would someone mind restoring the user rights? They are not very powerful, and he can be trusted to look before he leaps.--Wehwalt (talk) 20:35, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, but 53 edits in my mind is way too low. There is no reason that he can't just use {{rename}} template like all other new editors. I appreciate that you guys obviously know him (off-wiki too I am guessing due to his overall low edit count), but we have long-term editors who still do not yet have that right. Plus with Commons delinker currently down, I'd rather he simply stick to using the rename template. There is no requirement that people need the rename tool to upload. Also, I think both sides need to step back, just calm down a little, and perhaps remind BBH of COM:MELLOW. russavia (talk) 20:41, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Remind BBH of MELLOW? Odder is the one who has been over the top for two days now, not anyone else; not to mention him twice not following policy himself, something he refuses to acknowledge himself, why is everyone ignoring that?PumpkinSky talk 20:56, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

I had a good look through both projects at the related conversations, contributions, the guidelines here, what Brandon is up to and why, and it all looked just fine to me. Thing is, it doesn't come down to a simple matter of the number of edits somebody does, it's how well they will handle the rights, what they'll do with them. From that perspective, I think it was a good call to give Brandon filemover, less things for everyone else to do in a specialist area where fights are really unlikely. Penyulap ☏ 20:44, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

actually Russavia, I do lots of moves and requests and don't have the filemover right, but that is totally irrelevant to Brandon. Seriously, he should complain that I'm interfering with his request if your reason made any sense. Penyulap ☏ 20:50, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

per russavia, 53 edits in my mind is way too low.--Steinsplitter (talk) 20:52, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm fast seeing that people want to make a two second judgement, a twitter sized summary and everything is TLDR. Appalling results for the project. Whatever the 'usual number of edits' required is, that in itself is still not enough to give out the filemover (can destroy the world) bit. Other things, like the potential for trouble, edit warring, competence, basically all the stuff that can go wrong is taken into account. THAT is, when people actually DO THE JOB of working it out. Not a moron. No SVG nazis to deal with. Coins are a specialised area of conflict free work. Lots of friends to help and support with advice. I'd talk about objective and subjective, but I'd be talking to myself. Penyulap ☏ 21:09, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

File:Four Provinces Flag2.svg and File:Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg

Hi, I'm someone who contributes to the Dutch Wikipedia, and I saw that Caomhan27 has been updating these two flags for over ten times in the last few weeks. I'm really astonished, because he's making a mess of these flags and nobody does anything. I don't have an account on Commons, so I can't intervene. I asked on his Users Talk to stop doing this, but he just deleted my reaction, as he did with several others. So my question is: can you stop him, can you change the hockey flag back into this one (you can check www.fih.ch, where you can see this is the only correct flag), or if not, who should I contact to do so? 87.64.182.28 (talk) 18:14, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

from: klick. I think this is the better place (@admins: just want a little guidance on how to proceed). Thank you--Steinsplitter (talk) 19:15, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Requesting Move/Delete for a misnamed image.

Apologize for the mess I created and to make a long story short, File:PSM V57 D270 William Walton Rogers.png is with the wrong middle name and should be named File:PSM V57 D270 William Barton Rogers.png which is an empty page. I have move privileges,but couldn't correct the error. Could someone please move the image and delete the "Walton" page? Thank you in advance. — Ineuw 07:40, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done --Alan ^(talk) 08:52, 20 June 2013 (UTC)