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Desynchronized uploads

Hi! I've been uploading images from a trip of mine. Unfortunately, when I was doing it in Pattypan, I've accidentally desynchronized filenames and descriptions with actual files. As a result, 101 of my uploads, all from today (16th September), are uploaded with wrong filenames and descriptions. I would like to ask you whether you can delete these files so I can re-upload them once I sort the table out. (won't be that hard to sort it). Thank you! Aktron (talk) 19:39, 16 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Aktron: just to be clear: you want to have all of your uploads deleted beginning with 07:35, 16 September 2023 File:Ratibořice, cesta okolo Kuchyňské zahrady 02.jpg and going forward in time, right? - Jmabel ! talk 21:39, 16 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
yes, its 101 files in total. They will be re-uploaded with proper filenames. I am sorry for this error, it happened to me for the first time I joined Commons in 2005. Aktron (talk) 07:30, 17 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Aktron: Server apparently conked out in the middle of the mass delete and gave me an error. I had to resubmit. I hope this went right; I certainly hope I did not wreak havoc. Offhand it looks right to me, but please check closely! - Jmabel ! talk 15:53, 17 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jmabel: Thank you for the deletion. Now the images were re-uploaded with proper filenames so the whole thing is done! Aktron (talk) 06:43, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Undo translations

I need help over at Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments 2023 in Sweden/sv to revert back to September 4, before yesterdays translation of the page. Thanks in advance. /Axel Pettersson (WMSE) (talk) 07:56, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done by Jon Harald Søby. Thanks! /Axel Pettersson (WMSE) (talk) 08:02, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Questionable file licensing

I am a reg at EN WP, but am not sure how things work on the WM Commons side. File:Andy Warhol in 1950.jpg has been challenged at w:Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Campbell's Soup Cans/archive2 as lacking evidence of pre-1977 publication. Where do I go to bring this up to the proper authorities.-TonyTheTiger (talk) 17:27, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This might be a better question for VPC, but we'd need to know the provenance of the photograph to determine if the photograph was considered published according to the Copyright Act of 1909. There is U.S. case law that says that pre-1978, a photograph would be considered published when it left the custody of the original photographer. Abzeronow (talk) 17:47, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
No credit at all at the cited source. I have no idea whether it was published pre-1977; might be worth contacting the source to ask where they got it. - Jmabel ! talk 17:49, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Does the uploader User:Realmaxxver have responsibility for this. It seems that both this and this are presented as sources. Neither seems to be a copyright holder. What am I suppose to do or should this image be deleted?-TonyTheTiger (talk) 18:42, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I just figured that VPC means COM:VPC. Heading over there.-TonyTheTiger (talk) 19:59, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Here's some more info on the photograph: https://web.archive.org/web/20160328113500/https://www.warhol.org/collection/aboutandy/biography/successisajob/1994-22-9-1/ PascalHD (talk) 03:39, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please delete a file version

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U-Bahn-Linien_Berlin.svg – Concerning my version as of today, 14:01.

Thanks to @S. Gollin's well organized work, it was easy to update the now completed U5. But somehow the SVG-text got botched and I haven't found a solution yet.

Please revert the file to its original version. Thx! Affegass (talk) 14:52, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • @Affegass: ✓ Done, but no idea why you couldn't revert this yourself. Are you missing the "revert" buttons in file history (near the bottom of the page)? - Jmabel ! talk 15:20, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Thank you!
    Indeed. The revert buttons didn’t show. Forgot to mention that, but I know them from my test drives on test.svg. Affegass (talk) 21:06, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please revdel File:NetBeans IDE 8.0.2, debugging a Java app.png

Please revdel the previous file revision of this screenshot as it contains non-free elements (Windows taskbar + icons). Matr1x-101 {user - talk? - useless contributions} 15:38, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

✓ Done GMGtalk 16:40, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User re-uploading non-free image under a different account

The image "Roi du Maroc en 2023.jpg" was uploaded by user Wiki4052023 recently and was speedily deleted earlier today/yesterday because the source was explicitly stated as Instagram, which indeed it was (here). Now the image has been re-uploaded as Mohammed 6 in 2023.jpg by a new account, James Richards Thomson (correction: James Richards Thom) and incorrectly labelled as "own work". Looks like an attempt to circumvent Wiki Commons deletion policy. Based on the user's talk page, I suspect it was also previously uploaded and deleted as "King Of Morocco 2023.jpg" on September 4. Moreoever, the user also appears to be socking on the English Wikipedia: Wiki4052023 added the now-deleted image to Mohammed VI of Morocco yesterday ([1]) before it was reverted, and an IP has just re-added the new re-upload to the same article ([2]). R Prazeres (talk) 17:53, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It's James Richards Thom (not "Thomson"). I've moved the user-talk notice. DMacks (talk) 18:01, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Oh, thanks, not sure why I messed that up. R Prazeres (talk) 18:04, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm also pretty sure that Wikilook31278902 is the same user and appears to be uploading more non-free images. Wikilook31278902 uploaded Moulay al hassan 2023.jpg, which is clearly from the web too (see here). And the same IP that is edit-warring on behalf of Wiki4052023 and James Richards Thomson on the English Wikipedia has just added that image to an article there. Same type of content, same type of behaviour. R Prazeres (talk) 18:08, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Stalled category moves

User:CommonsDelinker/commands seems to be stalled out again for category moves. I tried the documented way of kickstarting it, but that seems to believe the bot is already running. - Jmabel ! talk 19:14, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Copyright donation being ignored

I have been trying to get a w:WP:DCM approved. The photographer has sent in the image to VRT. It seems that it is being ignored at VRT hiccup regarding ticket #2023091410010181. No one is responding to our emails. What do I need to do to get the image approved?--TonyTheTiger (talk) 20:00, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@TonyTheTiger: Do you happen to know if the photograph has already been uploaded to Commons? I'd be happy to take a quick look if you can get me that info. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 20:32, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Also: not sure what you meant to link there, but the "VRT hiccup" thing is a link to nowhere. - Jmabel ! talk 20:55, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It's Ticket:2023091410010181. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 21:30, 21 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
User:Jmabel, The final communication from VRT seemed to ignore this image. At first I thought it was ignored by accident, but I am unable to get any responses about the image that the photographer submitted. Thus, I doubt it has been uploaded in commons.-TonyTheTiger (talk) 03:49, 22 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The link is suppose to be to Commons:Volunteer_Response_Team/Noticeboard#VRT_hiccup_regarding_ticket_#2023091410010181.-TonyTheTiger (talk) 03:56, 22 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Uncategorized categories

I've dealt with the first 30 entries at Special:UncategorizedCategories and a larger number of miscellaneous others; there is a ton of work to be done here, if anyone is at all interested in taking it on. - Jmabel ! talk 02:24, 22 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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