User talk:Rehman

Deletion of redirect?

Hi, why did you delete[1] File:Taeniopoda maxima.jpg which was presumably still a redirect to the renamed version File:Taeniopoda reticulata.jpg, it is normal to leave redirects to renamed files unless there is a good reason to delete. It doesn't appear to come within "Unused and implausible, broken, or cross-namespace". Thanks. --Tony Wills (talk) 22:12, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi Tony. The the deletion was requested by User:Taxocat. Nevertheless, I restored the redirect, as it seem to cause no harm. Regards. Rehman 05:00, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. :-) --Tony Wills (talk) 11:19, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

No worries :-) Rehman 11:36, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Just to be sure

Hi Rehman, thanks for looking at File:IMG 0189.JPG. You deleted the file. The deletion reason leaves me with a question. The file had two different images by two different uploads. Was it intentional to delete them both? Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 08:12, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi Taketa. That was unintentional; thanks for letting me know. :) Rehman 08:34, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

Infection and Immunity cover image you deleted

Hello Rehman-

I updated the Infection and Immunity wikipedia page weeks ago, and added a low resolution cover image to the page. You removed this image almost immediately after I put it up, and I am writing to ask you to restore it.

I am an editor at Infection and Immunity, responsible for academic content and other things like wikipedia pages relevant to the journal, and I have permission from the publisher to put this cover image up in wikipedia. On that basis I wonder if you would restore the image that I uploaded to wikimedia commons and put it back on the page. Similar cover images appear for other ASM journal pages in wikipedia (see Journal of Virology), and the publisher is in favor of having these images out there (ASM press is the publisher).

Thanks, microbe67

SCRATCH THAT REQUEST- I figured out how to upload it the proper way for 'fair use' material via wikipedia.

Hi Microbe. If you have permission, you could still upload that file to Commons via COM:OTRS. That way, many other projects including the English Wikipedia, could use the file... Regards. Rehman 02:39, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Image from facsimile

Hey Rehman, if you look at File:Harley ms 2253 66v.pdf, you'll see it's two pages. The first page may be the best, but it needs to be cropped--the manuscript with all its edges must be visible, but the pagination at the bottom should go. Can you take care of that for me? Thanks in advance, Drmies (talk) 01:36, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi. Okay, both the images in that PDF are the same. So I uploaded both here and here, let me know which one you would like deleted, and whether you would like the PDF deleted as well. Please update the descriptions of the PNGs... Regards. Rehman 02:01, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Hey Rehman, that looks great. If you could move one of them to the original filename (without the (1)) and delete everything else--you can do that right, as a Commons admin?--that would be great. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 01:47, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Okay, done. The file can be found here. Regards. Rehman 01:52, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

File:Butterfly 02.JPG

Can you please split this image page into two as per {{Split}} guidelines. I was actually thinking of using the second image for a purpose and so was in a hurry. Hope you don't mind. --Sreejith K (talk) 13:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I don't mind, but please post here next time :) Rehman 16:24, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. --Sreejith K (talk) 14:49, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Rehman 14:50, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

User:BogenBastler

Hi Rehman, just FYI, I've undeleted User:BogenBastler/Bastelbögen für Kinder as the "speedy by user" was an unintended result of a page move, which I had recommended to the user earlier to "clean" his userpage. --Túrelio (talk) 18:16, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for letting me know :) Rehman 00:02, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

FYI

Klick. Cheers, --Yikrazuul (talk) 19:41, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Roger. :) Rehman 01:43, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Commons talk:Criteria for speedy deletion

Hello my friend. I noticed you adjusted the deletion drop-down reasons according to "consensus" at Commons talk:Criteria for speedy deletion. Speaking from experience, I wouldn't have done that if I were you. I see not consensus, but rather a fragmented discussion; FWIW, the community has not taken a vote/RfC on this matter (Commons:Criteria for speedy deletion still bears the proposed policy/guideline template). Once more users realize what has happened, there is going to be a slow and very nasty backlash; you may want to revert yourself before you have to deal with that. If you like, I'll help you start and advertise a community-wide RfC so we can obtain a real consensus. Please consider. All the best, FASTILY ^(TALK) 23:11, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi there. Thanks for the heads-up. I'm stuck with some very urgent real-life work; will get back to the discussions soon :) I'll start (or you can, whichever comes first) a consensus poll on that change when I get back. Thanks again. Best regards. Rehman 02:49, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, was stuck with a lot of RL work. Please see MediaWiki talk:Deletereason-dropdown. Kind regards. Rehman 03:59, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

File:Example of a pig carcass in the fresh strage of decompostion.jpg

Hi, I was wondering about the deletion of this redirect. I realise that there is a problem with that filename (mis-spelt) but that was the only way to access that file since October 2010, so anyone who references that file would have to be using that filename - it is normal to retain all redirects unless very recent, misleading, or insulting. Am I missing something ? :-) --Tony Wills (talk) 08:53, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi there. My bad, the deletion was requested by User:DerBorg; though that was an author requested deletion of a recently uploaded file. Thanks :-) Rehman 09:02, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks :-) --Tony Wills (talk) 20:22, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Please see

You have been misinformed, please see this post --WhiteWriter ^speaks 12:36, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Looking into it... Thanks for the post. 14:07, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Just see the same page one more time. Thanks! --WhiteWriter ^speaks 19:53, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Don't worry, I'm watching it :) Rehman 03:25, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Wrong image

Details and image removal from it.wiki article are here. --M7 (talk) 13:04, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Okay :) Rehman 13:59, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! --M7 (talk) 14:47, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

No problem :) Rehman 03:24, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

How to add Non-free media use rationale - non-free logo

I have searched around for the same issue but didn't get anything which can help to upload non-free logo of the company. can you please help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChiragAParekh (talk • contribs) 05:06 (UTC)

Hi. Commons doesn't allow uploading non-free/fair-use content, see Commons:Fair use. You may of course, upload them to the local wiki where you intend to host it. Kind regards. Rehman 05:11, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

Bild Heinrich Konlechner

Hallo Rehmann. Habe nach dem Hochladen zwar d. Problem gesehen, aber warum wird man nicht über die Löschung verständigt. Warum ist in der Liste noch solche eine Lizenz angegeben. Da habe ich endlich eine Zustimmung und trotzdem wurde die Datei gleich gelöscht. Welche Lösung schlägst du vor? Das Bild eine ehemaligen Dir. einer Lehranstalt, welcher schon längst verstorben ist, wird nicht komerziell genutzt. Die Zustimmung habe ich aber nur von vom Bildarchiv d. NB - nicht für komerzielle Nutzung - erhalten. Sicher hat die NB die Bildrechte von aufgelassenen Fotostudio Simonis gekauft, d. haben die die Hand darauf. Bitte dich um eine Lösung. HG Karl - --Bauer Karl (talk) 12:34, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Hallo. Verzeiht mir, ich spreche kein Deutsch. Das Folgende ist aus maschinellen Übersetzung. (Hi. Pardon me, I don't speak German. The following is from machine translation.) Könnten Sie bitte die Datei führt Sie sprechen? Dann darf ich in der Lage sein, einen genaueren Blick auf das Thema zu nehmen. Auch, wenn du eine nicht-kommerzielle Lizenz, ist es nicht auf Commons erlaubt. :) Rehman 13:52, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Rehman, I guess it is about File:Heinrich Konlechner.jpg which was deleted by you with comment "Uploader requested deletion of unused file". Could you please paste the file description's content here? I will explain it to user:Bauer Karl then (he asked me to). Thanks. :-) Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 20:16, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Saibo. I have restored the file. Seems like I have mistaken "uploader requested deletion" with this edit of Bauer Karl. For some reason, I cannot access OTRS (will post a note somewhere). Correct me if I'm wrong, but AFAIK, NC licences aren't permitted, even via OTRS... Rehman 01:44, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Rehman, thanks! template:cc-by-nc-3.0 is a redir (kind of) to a prefilled speedy. Action is required - but I do not think this really should be treated as speedy. Yes, you're absolutely right: Non-commercial licenses are not allowed at Commons (at least if they are the only license) as each image must be useable by anybody ("Media licensed under non-commercial only licenses also are not accepted." COM:L).

If have tagged it {{subst:OP}} since he already has a (insufficient) permission and is in contact with someone (maybe copyright holder) and will explain Bauer Karl later today. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 03:07, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! :) Rehman 17:36, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

File:Kanthari Mulaku.JPG → File:Kanthari Mulaku (2).JPG

When you split the history of this file, you copied the entire contents as well. Now the second image has the license tags and author info from the first image which is incorrect. Can you please fix this as well? Thank you. --182.71.254.46 08:45, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

 Done. Rehman 09:22, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Duplicates

Hi Rehman, why did you upload duplicates from pictures (Soyuz TMA-20 flyaround) that i've uploaded yet? Your copies suffered generation loss and color subsampling and lost almost all metadata as well as the ICC color profile. Commons prefers the best available version. Kind regards --Ras67 (talk) 12:57, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi. Uh Ras, no one likes uploading duplicates. And in my case, I also work on COM:CSD, and I know how to deal with dupes. So yeah, you guessed it, that was unintentional (mere hours apart, lol). :) The IP somewhat has a point (on the usage part); I would delete 'em myself if you could replace it usages? Kind regards. Rehman 13:23, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Of course, I thought that you have an unlinker change link tool as administrator? --Ras67 (talk) 13:39, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Nope, just got to file a request manually at the Delinker. Besides we don't want to unlink it, but to replace the file name with your file. Delinker takes unnecessary time to process these few links, compared to a manual job... Rehman 13:43, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Ok, I will make it :-) --Ras67 (talk) 13:46, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Ok, deleted 'em all. :) Rehman 14:13, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you --Ras67 (talk) 14:15, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

No worries. Rehman 14:16, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for deleting my portrait, and so quickly! Wacomshera (talk) 17:29, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

No problem, glad to help :) Rehman 17:31, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Deletion of non-exact duplicates

Hi Rehman, you've recently deleted several versions of images that are not exact or scaled-down duplicates. In particular, you deleted File:Las Meninas 01.jpg which, besides being from a different source with different colours, contains a number of image notes that the image it was replaced by does not (yet) contain. Please be more careful in the future. I'll try to include notes like "(Do not delete original)" in the replacer description to discourage this. Dcoetzee (talk) 12:59, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks. Rehman 13:08, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Your assistance please

Sorry, I didn't mean to request deletion of User:Geo Swan/wl/Guantanamo captives still in custody. Could you please restore it? Thanks!

Sure. :) Rehman 15:25, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Speedy policy

Hi, I know you originally only wanted to separate out the speedy policy onto its own page, so that speedy deletion reasons could be easily referred to. But as it developed into a long over due review, I think we have to follow the whole process through. I trust that there wasn't an urgent reason to close off the discussion and vote on it. Thanks for your patience :-) --Tony Wills (talk) 20:09, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Tony. Before I get on to the topic, I owe you an apology; I was a bit rude on that page. Per the review process, yeah I think there are no urgent reasons to close; but IMO the faster the better, for the community. We could always do further changes later after the policy is official. Perhaps sum it up by the end of next week (26th). Best regards. Rehman 03:40, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Vandal

Have a look at this..Commons_talk:Deletion_requests/Commons:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion--...Captain......Tälk tö me.. 06:19, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Good catch. Now we can clearly see that this is vandalism. I'll revert his actions and delete that DR. Rehman 06:21, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Splitting question

Hi Rehman, as you have obvious experience in splitting files: yesterday a user has uploaded a different image over deleted file File:Stasi-2.1-zensursula.png, which is very bad because the original image is highly disputed and currently filed for UR. On my request the "overwriter" has now uploaded a duplicate (File:Zensursula21beta.png) of his "bad" upload, so that the latest version of File:Stasi-2.1-zensursula.png could be removed. In this special case (no need to save the latest version), would it be enough if I deleted the bad (overwriting) version or would a splitting procedure still be recommended to get the history of the overwritten file clean? --Túrelio (talk) 10:29, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Hi Túrelio. If the file in the original UR file name is expected to be deleted/restored/deleted/restored in the future, then it is more convenient to actually split the history so that the new accidental upload doesnt confuse everyone all the time. Otherwise, it shouldn't be a problem buried in there. :) Let me know if you need any help. Kind regards, Rehman 11:50, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I've filed at Commons:History merging and splitting/Requests now. --Túrelio (talk) 12:14, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Category:Unidentified buildings in Brazil

Hallo Rehman, do you think deleting categories like Category:Unidentified buildings in Brazil is useful? What if someone needs it again but does not know what cats are created? Deleting just because it is empty does not seem to be a good idea. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 03:28, 6 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Saibo. Sorry for the delayed reply. As far as I can remember, empty categories are almost always deleted if there were no significant objections. Normally, if someone wants it recreated, s/he can either contact the deleting admin and have it restored hassle-free, or s/he could simply recreate it. As for the above case, the deletion was requested by User:Ephraim33. Do you want me to restore it? But I am pretty sure it'll be deleted again by another admin, if it remains empty. Kind regards. Rehman 03:17, 7 August 2011 (UTC)

Duplicates

Hi. Thanks for your work. Please note that regarding "duplicate" files, please be sure to check usage, and do not delete duplicates until all usage in Wikimedia projects has been replaced. Thanks much. Cheers, Infrogmation (talk) 19:50, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi. I haven't done much work lately, may I know what file you are referring to? Rehman 00:40, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Transwiki migration drive

So for the English wikipedia, I have organized an drive witch is a collaborative work to mass-move eligible files to the commons. Seeing that you're a memeber of the WikiProject on commons, I wondered if you would like to participate. Its at w:Wikipedia:WikiProject Images and Media/Commons/Drives/Jan 2012. Ebe123 (talk) 00:45, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi Ebe! Thanks for the invite. But I'm afraid if I enrol now, I wont be much active, per my notice at en.wiki. If there is anything urgent that I can help with (admin help, technical transferring help, etc) feel free to ask; I'll be glad to help out. Best regards, Rehman 14:34, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

Docu reported you on COM:AN/U

For reverting COM:DR, you were brought to COM:AN/U. I think the best for restoring peace is if you state that you regret this revert. I don't linke buerocracy myself but since Docu wants a discussion on a policy change, this has to be granded, I think. And the currently running discussion shows that he/she wasn't wrong. Regards -- RE rillke questions? 21:39, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the ping Rillke! Usual year-end routines kicking up a little early here; couldn't keep track of things happening around here. :) Kind regards, Rehman 03:01, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Restoration of File:Thunderbolt logo.svg

Hey there, you once deleted File:Thunderbolt logo.svg and I can't reupload. I would like to have the file restored since it seems to be quite clearly a case for Template:PD-textlogo to me: The only thing special in there is the flash symbol and that one is a widely used symbol, that hasn't got any fancy customisations to its shape.--Flugaal (talk) 13:50, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Sure, but before I restore, may I ask how you figured out what the content was? Were you the same uploader? Rehman 13:53, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of redirect?

Hi Rehman, you deleted this and I was wondering why? You stated in a conversation above that a redirect could remain because it "seem[ed] to cause no harm"... and the Jackie Evancho redirect would most likely be turned from a redirect into an actual gallery at some point in the future, once we get enough photos lined up. I'm simply curious; I've seen other redirects to categories at the Commons, so I didn't think there was anything wrong with doing this. Thanks so much! – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 07:33, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Hi Keraunoscopia. Thanks for discussing. Unfortunately for me, I could not find a strong policy on Commons which says cross-namespace redirects should be deleted, except for the still-in-progress COM:CSD. The discussion above was referring to redirects of the same namespace (File:), and hence wasn't really an issue...

In my personal opinion, if we keep on redirecting every title in the Gallery-space to its Category (with the intention of someday creating that gallery), things will be in quite a mess. My suggestion would be to create the Gallery, when there is actual content to add to it. But then again, I don't seem to be able to find a strong policy to support my words, so it's no use me making my own rules... :)

In situations like these, I do what I feel is right (in this case, deletion), and if someone objects to any degree (in this case, you), I normally undo all my actions and restore all work (which I have done). :) Kind regards, Rehman 08:18, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Rehman! I'm not too familiar with policies on Commons, so I wasn't sure if I'd done anything. The page will become a gallery soon at any rate. : ) – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 05:58, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Hakuna matata. Do let me know if you need any help with anything though. I don't look much active these days, but am sure online just as before... :) Take care. Rehman 12:12, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Will do, thanks :) – Kerαunoςcopia^◁galaxies 18:19, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

SDs etc

Please see here thanks --~~

Thanks Herby. Will keep an eye. Rehman 15:39, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

File:Al Fateh Grand Mosque.jpg

File:Al Fateh Grand Mosque.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

russavia (talk) 14:18, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

File tagging File:Up Town Project, Bahrain, 001.jpg

This media was probably deleted.

Thanks for uploading File:Up Town Project, Bahrain, 001.jpg. This media is missing permission information. A source is given, but there is no proof that the author or copyright holder agreed to license the file under the given license. Please provide a link to an appropriate webpage with license information, or send an email with copy of a written permission to OTRS (permissions-commons@wikimedia.org). This also applies if you are the author yourself. Please see this page for more information on how to confirm permission, and Commons:Permission if you would like to understand why we ask for permission when uploading work that is not your own. The file probably has been deleted. If you sent a permission, try to send it again after 14 days. Do not re-upload. When the OTRS-member processes your mail, the file can be undeleted. Additionally you can request undeletion here, providing a link to the File-page on Commons where it was uploaded ([[:File:Up Town Project, Bahrain, 001.jpg]]) and the above demanded information in your request.

 

russavia (talk) 14:35, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

Hi, Russavia. Thanks for that, I must've missed that file when reviewing my older uploads. It indeed didn't have permission, and was uploaded a long time ago. I have deleted it. Kind regards, Rehman 05:07, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

... for having speedy deleted File:Wiki picture.jpg. Best, --MathsPoetry (talk) 18:06, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome :) Rehman 18:24, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

File:MountSharp-MarsCuriosity.jpg

Sorry about that. I normally keep the older image, but in this case the age difference in the images was negligible and the newer image was already in use in about a dozen articles. I didn't notice the discussion. I certainly would have skipped the images if I had known there was a controversy. My apologies. Kaldari (talk) 17:17, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

No worries. Thank you for replying :) Rehman 23:26, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the input

Hi Rehman, thanks for the insightful comments. I've made fresh appeal on the requests for rights - this time by pointing to my very own edit using "undo" to combat what was termed as "blatant vandalism" on the user problem's noticeboard. Trijnstel asked for an example where I've used "undo" to combat vandalism. I could not trace my edit in time so used his edit example. But now my own input along with other info should satisfy our concerned admins, hopefully. Hindustanilanguage (talk) 00:28, 12 August 2012 (UTC).

Wikimania 2012 by Rehman category cleanup

I noticed that you asked a couple of users about removing Category:Files by User:Rehman from all files that are also in Category:Wikimania 2012 by Rehman. (Questions were at User talk:Morning Sunshine#Removing a category from a group of files and User talk:Foroa#Removing a category from a group of files.) There are two tools on Commons that I use for this:

• The "safe" but manual-selection way: Commons:Cat-a-lot can do this. If you go into Category:Files by User:Rehman, then use Cat-a-lot on the category, and select just the files that you wanted to affect, then click "Move" next to Category:Wikimania 2012 by Rehman, it will work: If the file is already in Category:Wikimania 2012 by Rehman, then it will simply remove Category:Files by User:Rehman for you. This requires you to manually select the files, though.
• The advanced way: Help:VisualFileChange.js lets a user do mass actions on files. Among them is the ability to replace text with other text, without having to figure out beforehand if that text is in any particular file description. I've been able to write regex patterns to remove text (e.g. category tags), combine categories, or do categories based on the text in the description. Do you want me to do that? And if so, are there any other edits that need to be made to a lot of those files? (Rillke (talk · contribs) might also know how to do this, since he's the one who writes VisualFileChange itself, but I don't know if he has time to actually do user requests.) --Closeapple (talk) 21:10, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Rehman 02:17, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Request for your intervention

Hi Rehman. Sometime back, I posted a request but could not inch its way to the destination because it lacked a concrete evidence of the "need" factor, even with your kind consent. I've once again posted a similar request here, and request your kind intervention. Hindustanilanguage (talk) 10:53, 28 February 2013 (UTC).

 Thank you Rehman for your esteemed message. In the light of your message, I've found something interesting with regard to the granting of rights across Wikis, and I've posted it here. Regards, Hindustanilanguage (talk) 14:36, 3 March 2013 (UTC).

No worries. Happy editing! :) Rehman 15:52, 7 March 2013 (UTC)