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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. 한국어: 문서 훼손을 저지른 사용자를 신고하는 곳입니다. 다른 이유로 인한 차단 요청은 차단 및 보호 요청 문서에 남겨주세요. Svenska: Rapportera användare för tydliga tecken på vandalism. Begäran av blockering för någon annan anledning ska rapporteras på anslagstavlan för blockeringar och skydd.	English: Report disputes with users that require administrator assistance. Use of the disputes noticeboard if no admin assistance is required is strongly recommended. 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. Svenska: Rapportera tvister med användare som kräver hjälp av en administratör. Använd anslagstavlan för användarproblem om ingen administratörshjälp behövs.	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. 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行为布告栏的报告。这里亦可以请求页面保护/解除保护。	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. 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.
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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. 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. 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. 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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Close RfC?

I'd appreciate it if a sufficiently uninvolved admin could close Commons:Requests for comment/offsite discussions, which is likely at this point to generate more heat than light, in light of the intense feelings and long feuds surrounding Wikipedia Review and Wikipediocracy. There is most likely no action to take, since the original addition of the sites to the blacklist has already been reverted as lacking clear consensus. Please have a look. Thanks! Dcoetzee (talk) 05:07, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

I havent commented in the RFC as I've been travelling I'm willing to close it but there is discussion on the talk page Commons_talk:Requests_for_comment/offsite_discussions#Can_we_wrap_this_up_now.3F about waiting until 7 days after the site notice was post which is the 17th May. Gnangarra 05:19, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Update I closed a number of proposals where discussion has gone stagnent, there are a couple of proposals that are active or have only been up for less than 7 days these I left open and will continue to monitor until they too go quiet.Gnangarra 12:33, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Proposal for involved administrators to be transparent about their actions

With Commons sysops queuing up to tell me to push off and grow up, I'm not sure my opinion counts for much on this noticeboard, however, I am glad that Dcoetzee understands why an independent administrator needs to close the RFC on offsite discussions, in particular not those with a track record supporting or contributing to Wikipedia Review or Wikipediocracy. I propose the following to make this clearer in the future.

I propose that an effective behavioural guideline apply to all Commons trusted users, equivalent to WP:INVOLVED, that no trusted user should use tools or apply sanctions where they may be seen to have a direct conflict of interest by the Commons community. If such behaviour is already expected, could someone point me in its direction? Thanks --Fæ (talk) 10:27, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

I'd say it's common sense and if someone is trusted, the community should have assessed the person's ability to distance themselves when making decisions before considering the person trusted in the first place. – Adrignola talk 12:57, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

I agree it ought to be common sense. I'm not sure it is, and going through the painful de-sysop process for several administrators, just to provide sufficient case history, seems a brutal way to clarify policy. --Fæ (talk) 13:01, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

I agree also. Can't see what could be painful though about status adjusting folks if they're obviously not trustworthy. SergeWoodzing (talk) 13:04, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

•  Oppose At this time, since the location of the proposal, the thread title, and Fae being the proposer makes it crystal clear that the proposal is nothing more than a furtherance of his attempt to prevent anyone who has ever posted on certain websites from expressing an opinion on Commons. He is also evidently incapable of understanding what "conflict of interest" and "involved" means, so I'm not about to endorse putting that cudgel in his hands. Yes, there should be a discussion about some of "involved" guideline (has there never been one? I don't recall one, though I've mentioned the lack of a guideline a couple of times), but here and now is not the time. Rd232 (talk) 13:12, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
•  Comment – en:Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive234#Requirement_for_declaring_an_interest_after_off-wiki_canvassing – There was a similar discussion on enwiki. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 14:51, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
  • Thanks for pointing that out. It's worth noting that (i) the en.wp proposal was also from Fae (ii) it was only 2 weeks ago (iii) the outcome was at best "no consensus", and could be considered "oppose". Rd232 (talk) 15:35, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
    • Rd232, I think that in the past, it was you that pointed out that Commons is not Wikipedia. Please keep it in mind. Thanks --Fæ (talk) 16:02, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
      • Fae, it's well established that actions of users on other projects may be taken into account when it speaks to a pattern of behaviour. Rd232 (talk) 16:21, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose The problem here is that you've reworded the key phrase at en:WP:INVOLVED from "have been involved" to "have a direct conflict of interest." This supports your well-known view that anyone who edits certain other websites has a conflict of interest to acting on pages/behavior discussed on that site, even if they have not been involved in, or expressed an opinion on, a given image/page on that site. MBisanz ^talk 15:03, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
•  Oppose and I reject the fundamental premise of your suggestion, that it is impossible for individuals to act in anything but a self serving/self interested manner. Many things go into making a community and one of those is trust, all the guidelines, directives, and committees in the world are as nothing if we begin from the premise that no one can be trusted. I trust our community to make a good choice with those we give the buttons to, I trust our admins to show the good judgement either stay away from things they cannot be impartial on, or to act as impartially guided by policy and consensus, and I trust that our community will call to account those who betray their trust without the need for second guessing every possible decision--KTo288 (talk) 18:14, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

File:Poincare.jpg

I think this image deserves a standard "deletion request". Please restore it (and then propose it to deletion, but please let the discussion occur). --Aʁsenjyʁdəgaljɔm¹¹⁶⁷¹ 17:31, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

→ Commons:Undeletion requests/Current requests#File:Poincare.jpg. -- RE rillke questions? 18:30, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Restored. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return fire)} 18:32, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Deletion request started. -- RE rillke questions? 18:48, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. --Aʁsenjyʁdəgaljɔm¹¹⁶⁷¹ 22:01, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm getting a [77d23781] 2012-05-17 08:57:49: Fatal exception of type MWException each time I try to comment this DR. Not that it will change the face of the DR, but it's annoying :) --PierreSelim (talk) 08:59, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Hama demonstration pictures

Hello all. This administrator insists to delete my files [1] [2], with the reason: "no permission". What I told him and he ignores totally again and again that there is a valid permission and right source provided for both of the pictures, but it is all that some people have disputed it without a good or obvious reason, but he simply deleted the files, and you can check the history to see the creative commons permission and the source provided for pictures. Thank you --Abbad_Dira (talk) 19:23, 14 May 2012 (UTC).

The image has a watermark. We can't be reasonably sure that the photograph taken from Flickr actually belongs to the user who uploaded on Flickr itself. See here for further details. -- SERGIO ^{(aka the Blackcat)} 06:58, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes we can, and this is the point which Mr. Fastily is not answering at all. Look here please [3], this is a search with google tool for the image in question. With the current exceptional conditions in Syria it is not possible to get any pictures for the protests from any way other than the internet, and the news agencies itself is very hardly getting pictures for the demonstrations, so how on earth could I get such a picture with this resolution in the current conditions if I didn't get it from its real author? --Abbad_Dira (talk) 10:30, 18 May 2012 (UTC).

Fry1989 and Kacnepcku-Cp6uja

These two user continue with edit warring here and on the other projects despite the previous blocks. As I can be seen as involved as a Serbian user and admin, maybe somebody else can take a look and make a final decision. I don't know which version is correct and I believe that we can keep both of them and let people to decide which one they want to use. But, let's hear more opinions. micki 22:19, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Having both versions was the consensus the last time this came up, sorry I didn't mean to second guess you, but I've closed the DR as they are not exact duplicates. I've protected the files again, and asked Fry to try and work on something else.--KTo288 (talk) 17:19, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. This is not the first time that we have the situation like this. I tried to resolve it, but as we often have edit warring between Serbian, Croatian and other users about flags, maps, images and so on, I feel that it is better that some non-Serbian admin make a final decision. So thanks for help :) micki 17:28, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

Copyright status of Japanese Yen bank notes

Back in February, an editor queried about the use of {{PD-Japan-exempt}} on Yen bank notes (thread). He received no response. Does this copyright tag also apply to currency? Based on a reading of the template, I'd say no. Thoughts? --Hammersoft (talk) 15:14, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

COM:VPC is probably a better place for this discussion. I'd say that {{PD-Japan-exempt}} doesn't apply to currency. However, I'd assume that {{PD-Japan-organization}} does apply to works made by the Bank of Japan, meaning that notes and coins issued before 1946 are free in both Japan and the United States. Thus, I suppose that lots of files in Category:PD-Japan-exempt need to be deleted, although one could argue around COM:TOO for some of the coins, e.g. File:100 Yen Vorderseite.jpg. The texts "100" and "昭和42年" can hardly be copyrightable. --Stefan4 (talk) 17:06, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

I also agree that it doesn't apply to currency. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return fire)} 17:27, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Dinosaur extinction across wikis

See User_talk:Fastily#Dinosaurs - thousandshundreds of images were deleted from Commons and then from dozens of wikis by CommonsDelinker. As I understand, the uploader revoked CC license, and this triggered deletion. This does need resolution. For now, I've blocked CommonsDelinker on en.wiki and reverted some of its edits. Materialscientist (talk) 01:52, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Images have been restored, Delinker has stopped image replacement on all projects until this problem is fixed and the licensing has been fixed (since the uploader cannot revoke his license). User:Zscout370 ^{(Return fire)} 02:09, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Matanya restored the images (log). It is unclear to me whether all images were restored, on Commons and local projects. I'm checking en.wiki and am not sure whether I should unblock Delinker there. I've tried not to block it at all, but got the impression it won't stop. Materialscientist (talk) 03:09, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

It won't perform any image replacing because of a template added on, but not sure if it affects local projects or not. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return fire)} 03:28, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I've tried to unblock on en.wiki and failed - someone needs to reset the tasklist, or the bot keeps removing images deleted long ago. For the same reason, CommonsDelinker is currently blocked on it and nl wikis, which is quite bad - people want to move files on Commons, not knowing that they won't be replaced on these 3 wikis. Materialscientist (talk) 06:20, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I checked some other wikis (de, ru, ja and fr) and Delinker isn't blocked. However, it has a template on the commands page where it stops any kind of image replacement until the tag is removed. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return fire)} 06:27, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

FYI see also User_talk:Siebrand#Commons_Delinker_is_deleting_links_to_existing_files_on_it.wiki -- Limulus (talk) 06:13, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

I requested from Fastily repairing this situation on plwiki Bulwersator (talk) 07:26, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

It looks like the images are restored on Commons, and the Delinker is stopped from replacing them, thus I would recommend editors from local wikis to go and revert dinosaur replacements by user:CommonsDelinker ASAP, before someone edits those pages - it took me minutes on en.wiki. Materialscientist (talk) 08:51, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

It's a bit disappointing that after an administrator hastily deleted these, they let others clean up after them. --  Docu  at 07:40, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

There seem to be more problematic deletions by the same administrator. I made an undeletion request at Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests#Speedy_deletions_for_invalid_reasons. --  Docu  at 08:03, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

From looking at some of the deletions that have been asked for review, many of those Docu brought up have been renamed, had SVG issues or have questionable copyright claims. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return fire)} 08:22, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Reverts will not work on Arabic Wikipedia, because we have currently an active bot for categorizing articles, so checking here [4] there is a revert button for only 18 out of 50 edits --Abbad_Dira (talk) 13:12, 17 May 2012 (UTC).

Ok, since number of images used on Arabic Wikipedia is small I have done it by myself, everything there have been reverted now, but I am also annoyed because that I had to clean by myself behind those who made the mistake --Abbad_Dira (talk) 13:24, 17 May 2012 (UTC).

I have blocked it in Wikispecies until this is fully resolved. Our project got hit pretty badly by this (over 150 pages were affected). Now rolling back all the damages caused. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 17:32, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Restarted the delinker so the queue should be empty. Please lift your blocks. Multichill (talk) 21:37, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Old nominations

Would someone please deal with these old noms as appropriate.

• Commons:Deletion requests/File:LWE Commemorative Stamp.jpg, should have been speedied a long time ago as a clear copyvio.
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Frcadu.jpg which lacks permission.
• File:Nele Lijnen foto.jpg lacks a licence since February.
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:RoselaGjylbeguKM2009.jpg likely a copyvio for more than 2 months.
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:SriGNBala.jpg licence appear s false since February.

Thanks Ww2censor (talk) 18:32, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Vero1984 uploads artist portraits with unclear permissions

Vero1984 (talk · contribs) has uploaded five portraits of Dutch artists with unclear permission. All were uploaded on top of pre-existing photos that had proper permissions. All of them have since been reverted, and one has been deleted. The remaining four should probably also be deleted: File:Jon Karthaus.jpg, File:Ewout Genemans.jpg, File:Vivienne-van-den-assem-en-froukje-jansen.jpg, File:Gordon 2009.jpg. AxelBoldt (talk) 03:28, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

 Done Files deleted, and user warned. Thanks for reporting. Jafeluv (talk) 09:03, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Change file name

Hi, I uploaded a file with a typo in the file name. I am unable to change it. Could you please move File:AUNE Buidling Front.png to File:AUNE Building Front.png ? Thanks so much!

 Done. --Túrelio (talk) 16:19, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Status change for a user

Hello all,

I'm new to adminship and on of my goals with this status is to manage the event Wikipedia takes Quebec. I work on this event with Benoit Rochon. For the event, we have created an upload wizard to simplify things with participants. It is accessible here. I created the page, but Benoit is the best with web tools and programming. I would like to update his user status to add Upload Wizard campaign editor. Can I do this unilateraly? If not, is this the right place to ask for this user status update? Thank you all for your help! Have a nice day, Letartean (talk) 17:28, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

While admins are reading this, I have a question concerning the upload wizard. I did some tests on commons.prototype.wikimedia, and I was able to upload 14 pictures at the same time. I was under the impression there was a limit of 10 pictures at the same time. Is anyone knows how many pictures the wizard is limited to? Thanks for your help! Benoit Rochon (talk) 18:02, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

(UploadWizardConfig.maxUploads === 50) === true; go to the wizard and examine window.UploadWizardConfig yourself, there is a lot if interesting stuff. -- RE rillke questions? 18:20, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

I don't think this would be a problem. ;-) -- RE rillke questions? 18:20, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the answer, and also for accepting me as a "Wizard campaign editor". On the top of the upload campaign Wikipedia takes Quebec next June, I'm also the organiser of Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 Canada next September. So I'll have to work on the Wizard campaign form every years! Being able to have access to this Special page, that's awesome. Thank you again. Benoit Rochon (talk) 18:35, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

I am not sure whether this is a good place to ask, please feel free to move to the appropriate location. The Wrong Man appears to be blocked in 2006 (at least this is the only block I see), and he claims he can not currently login. However, he edited in 2008 from this very account. Could somebody pls have a look, I do not understand how this is possible.--Ymblanter (talk) 19:27, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

+1 - I don't understand either... The account did edit in 2008, yet the indefinite block from 2006 appears never to have been lifted. What the ??? Rd232 (talk) 00:00, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Some wikimedia software bug related to renaming accounts. Clues: the block is from 2006, yet there are no edits earlier than 2007 from this account. It was created in 2007 as TWM and moved to The Wrong Man shortly after creation [5] (thus we see the contribution of the renamed user TWM, overwriting the past contribs from The Wrong Man). This is also a bit odd. Anyway, I've removed the block. Materialscientist (talk) 00:32, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:31, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

• Thanks a lot. --the wrong man (talk) 11:44, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Jhayron2620 and socks

Jhayron2620 (talk · contribs) was recently confirmed to operate sockpuppets on the English Wikipedia. Those sockpuppets also extend here: Rodale2216 (talk · contribs), Themark18 (talk · contribs) and Superluvteentop (talk · contribs). These should also be blocked here. Regards. — ξ^xplicit 09:59, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Blocked all, thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 10:49, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

File:Moje.jpg

Could an admin please delete the latest revision of File:Moje.jpg (uploaded by Mysacka)? It is completely unrelated to the original version, the file description, and the Czech Wikipedia user page on which it is used. There is also no source, authorship or licensing information for the new version. —LX (talk, contribs) 15:44, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Instead of history splitting, I've deleted the cover-up image because indeed there was "no source, authorship or licensing information for the new version". I also moved the file because it's name simply means "mine" :-) in the (original) Czech, and many other languages. Thanks for notifying. Materialscientist (talk) 23:06, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

FPC bot error

FPCbot is adding File:¿Qué es Wikipedia?.ogv to the category FP/Animated but not removing it from FPC resulting in it being added multiple times.--Gauravjuvekar (talk) 18:52, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Abuse filter change

Anyone here who knows why +default was added to "abusefilter-edit-group" here as I have no idea how that's possible. Thanks in advance. Trijnstel_talk 21:45, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

The Abuse Filter is now grouped somehow because en.wp needed this (if I remember correctly to prevent interferences with article feedback or the like) The purpose of this change is to allow AFTv5 developers to run a separate list of filters against article feedback actions without issues of cross-contamination and bumping up against the condition limit. (Gerrit:6726)

BTW, you can't check the Wikitext while uploading (it's empty). Read Special:AbuseFilter/81 and the associated links (bugzilla:19565). Thank you. -- RE rillke questions? 11:02, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

The same happened here. -- RE rillke questions? 11:05, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

If anyone can help me sort that last one out (Special:AbuseFilter/95 it would be appreciated :) ? --Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:13, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Why excluding .com? Special:AbuseLog/233696 shows, there are many valid links ;-) perhaps simply disallowing plain links? But IPs are prompted anyway when inserting a link for a captcha ... -- RE rillke questions? 22:25, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

CommonsDelinker protection breach?

ResolvedHoo man is a global interface editor.

How is this possible [6]? Hoo man is not an admin [7]. Materialscientist (talk) 22:59, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

He is a global sysop according his userpage, but I think it is turned off here? I also checked the page and there was no change in protection? User:Zscout370 ^{(Return fire)} 23:14, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Right, so the question is why Commons is bundled with small wikis in user rights? Edits on commons affect all projects. Isn't it a security breach? Materialscientist (talk) 23:33, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

I am not sure if it is, maybe just a server hickup. But the projection was placed in 2007, so maybe just a quick reset? User:Zscout370 ^{(Return fire)} 23:35, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

• He can also apparently move files and leave the redirects suppressed, which only admins can do. -Nard (Hablemonos)(Let's talk) 23:36, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

  The point is not about Hoo man (no slight to him at all) and particular pages/operations, but about global sysop rights in general. Materialscientist (talk) 23:41, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

  Yes I know. I was just pointing out the system is in fact broken. -Nard (Hablemonos)(Let's talk) 23:47, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

  Leaving redirects suppressed comes from the global rollback group, and Hoo man has a locally assigned file mover bit which explains the file moving part. Jafeluv (talk) 06:05, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

(after ec) Hoo man is, besides a global sysop, also one of the few (global) interface editors, which means he can edit all protected pages on all projects. Trijnstel_talk 23:49, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Yep, that's the reason. Global sysops have no extra rights on Commons, of course. That said, the linked edit does seem out of scope for interface editors (who have the rights for fixing the site interface) and probably should have gone through an ordinary edit request. Jafeluv (talk) 06:11, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

The script, which I guess was used, does not ask "are you a global interface editor?". But I wonder why the script has recognized a sysop in wgUserGroups. -- RE rillke questions? 13:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

declined file move

See File talk:Silberner Grünrüssler (Phyllobius argentatus).jpg. I declined the file move for lack of a positive id of the subject. Can someone else check on this and see if it should or shouldn't be moved. Thanks. The user requesting the move has re-requested the move and seems upset about the situation. INeverCry 21:47, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Had a look for pics of Phyllobius argentatus with google image search and two ghits in particular http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/insectinfocusphyllobiusargentatus.htm and http://www.pbase.com/hvr_oosterzele/image/79980009&gcmd=add_comment sure look like our bug.--KTo288 (talk) 13:43, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

The eakringbirds guys did well and found an good looking Phyllobius argentatus (see fine hair, relativly short snout without black line from antennas, color of antennae all brownish/orange), while the pbase looked it up in wikipedia WERE WE DELIVER THEM FALSE IDENTIFIED BEETLES AND IGNORE THE CORRECTIONS. Why can't you just rename it?? It is 100% Polydrusus - see also Image discussion from 2006 by Siga a beetle experienced user.

--Aiwok (talk) 14:31, 22 May 2012 (UTC)