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Alleged?

Is there any reasopn to doubt that the three men in the picture are Sadhhus? If yes, then why include the picture? If no then why say "alleged"?~~

Racism

There are a lot of anti-Semitic picturs here, pls do something with this--Haya831 (talk) 19:51, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

You should be ashamed putting the photo of the Tannery in Marrakech up in your "Tanning" wiki. It is thought in this part of the world that to have your photograph taken diminishes your soul. It is evident that the boy on the left is trying to hide his face and yet you still put this up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.147.168.155 (talk • contribs) 2012-01-12T10:55:05‎ (UTC)

It is thought in some parts of the world that women should not expose even their ankles. Should we refrain from uploading any images of a woman's body apart from her eyes? Many people think many things. I understand cultural sensitivity, but if the boy's soul has been stolen by the photo, the deed has been done and uploading it to Commons won't make a difference. Lukys (talk) 22:34, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

It is of course unethical to upload pictures of living subjects who are not public figures and who have not given permission, or who are clearly opposed to having their pictures taken.Maunus (talk) 02:37, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Is it against the law in the country in question? If not, I don't believe it breaks any rules on Commons, depending on your interpretation of "demean" and "ridicule". Lukys (talk) 00:40, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

Whats legal and what's ethical are two very different things. I personally have the first as the ideal as the second as the minimal standard.Maunus (talk) 17:29, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

No media of the day today

Where is today's media? --Meno25 (talk) 15:11, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

• [1]--Ymblanter (talk) 15:24, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Просьба удалить файлы

Прошу администраторов по желанию автора удалить все мои файлы. Я был заморожен, а теперь обошёл заморозку и прошу удалить все мои и участника:Unknown russian composer (тоже виртуала с моего адреса) Adagio molto II (talk) 17:52, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Lyrics

Dear Wikimedia Personnel,

I propose that we use this wiki has a sister project for searching lyrics of songs, with the words and phrases being lead to their Wikitionary pages. That way it is easier to understand whether or not songs are appropriate, because the songs might have inappropriate lyrics some parents would not understand. I suggest the name to be Wikirics.

Sincerely,

Largerthanlife147 (talk) 16:22, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Bypass redirect

{{editprotected}} The link to Category:Pictures and images at the top of the Main Page (link-text: Images, shown alongside Sounds and Videos) now leads to a category-redirect page, since the target category has been moved (after this discussion) to Category:Images. This is not a very attractive thing for a new user to come across right off the Main Page. An admin needs to change the link to point directly to Category:Images. Same for the other protected pages that link there (not all the pages in this list are protected, but I'm not going to make any changes to the unprotected pages until an admin acknowledges the necessity of the change by editing the protected pages). TIA. - dcljr (talk) 10:18, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

 Done --Jarekt (talk) 19:38, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

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Oops... There's another link to Category:Pictures and images under "By type" in the "Content" section. This, too, should point to Category:Images. - dcljr (talk) 22:51, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

 Done —David Levy 07:18, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, I've changed all the editable Main Pages (and a few other relevant pages) that link to Category:Pictures and images. The rest need to be edited by an admin. In particular, I found the Main Pages Hauptseite and Pagina principale; the system messages MediaWiki:Searchresulttext, MediaWiki:Searchresulttext/fr, MediaWiki:Searchresulttext/bg, and MediaWiki:Searchresulttext/ko; and the subpages Main Page/std, Main Page/std2, Main Page/pano, and Main Page/pano2 [which don't appear to be used anywhere "important", but might need changing just "for consistency"]. (Not using the {editprotected} template yet again because I'm assuming someone will read this soon and want to act on it without the blaring warning...) - dcljr (talk) 10:00, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

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 Done (I hope.) --Mormegil (talk) 16:21, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it looks like we're done here... Thanks, everyone. - dcljr (talk) 21:58, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit request?

{{editprotected}} —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guest Kashapov (talk • contribs) 13:10, 27 March 2012‎ (UTC)

You need to explain what edits are needed. - dcljr (talk) 21:58, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

POTD caption

{{editprotected}} A minor point, but the caption of today's POTD in some languages says the date the wedding happened (19 June 2010), and in others doesn't. The English description is locked by cascading protection, so an admin needs to change this one: Template:Potd/2012-03-27 (en). I've changed the others myself (why aren't they also protected?), but since I don't know the respective languages, I've just tacked "2010-06-19" onto the end of each; if anyone can do better, please do: es, ja, hu, ka, nl, eo, ko, and pt. - dcljr (talk) 22:24, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Nevermind. It's off the Main Page now. - dcljr (talk) 03:32, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Upload time

I've been uploading a 120 MB TIFF for the past 24 hours. How long should it take to upload a file to Wikimedia Commons with high speed DSL? I need to know if I've made a mistake or something. 184.36.92.83 23:55, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I noticed you posted this on Commons talk:FAQ, too. I've moved it to COM:HD#Upload time. In the future, the best places for these types of questions are COM:VP or COM:HD. Have a great day and hope your question is answers soon! Killiondude (talk) 00:36, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you kindly. 184.36.92.83 03:30, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Pic of the day

The caption is rather weird. I still don't get the context, and I doubt whether most other people will. Any mention of Hitler can offend, so best to be cautious. Tony1 (talk) 10:02, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

 Done thanks. --99of9 (talk) 11:49, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

there is a problem in upload picture ? we want to take care ?--Dileman (talk) 14:54, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

How to add photos?

Can somebody tell me how to upload photos please? Thanks! GARNERshiqian (talk) 07:23, 13 May 2012 (UTC)GARNERshiqian

Hello. Just click on "Upload file" and follow the instructions. It is very easy these days! LynwoodF (talk) 08:27, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

May I ask

Is there a list of ALL pictures by name (ABC) so I can choose one regardless to its category? sometimes i don't know what is the category. I am looking for a picture of a well known Angel in the Jewish tradition, named Metatron, but I don't know how to search it. thanks! SegevAfriat (talk) 09:39, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

See https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AAllPages&from=&to=&namespace=6 Ruslik (talk) 10:40, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

You might want to use Special:Search. Jean-Fred (talk) 11:05, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Blue background?

Why has the background gone blue? It's really hard to see Tetrisforaliens (talk) 20:30, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm assuming you're using Chrome? Anyone using Chrome (and the vector skin) that has (accidentally or purposefully) the zoom set at a different level than 100% will experience this bug: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=113711. Just reset the zoom to 100% and it will "fix" it (fix is relative, here). Killiondude (talk) 22:21, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

POTD caption

Hello,

Could someone change "brazilian">"Brazilian"? Thanks. InverseHypercube 01:37, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. Needs adressing, pronto. -- Mattinbgn (talk) 04:12, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Just came to ask about the same thing myself. Seraphimblade (talk) 04:25, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

 Done --99of9 (talk) 05:06, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

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Could somebody please get rid of the awful term "native"? We wouldn't use it for an inhabitant of a village in a Western country. "Resident" or something similar would be more appropriate. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:40, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. InverseHypercube 17:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to fix it at Template:Potd/2012-05-21 (en). --Mormegil (talk) 15:00, 22 May 2012 (UTC)