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File:Yo decido. El tren de la libertad. Poster español.jpg

Hi! Thank for your flag up this file but it is public domain. Relating File:Yo decido. El tren de la libertad. Poster español.jpg the collective has been contacted and reasured is a public domain poster as it has been created by a collective of activists to be publicly distributed. Regards Filmnewtool (talk) 16:06, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

@Filmnewtool Thanks for reaching out. Due to copyright, we require permission like this to be sent via email. Please have the collective contact COM:VRT, if possible using the text from COM:RELGEN. Have them reference the file name https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Yo_decido._El_tren_de_la_libertad._Poster_espa%C3%B1ol.jpg&action=edit&redlink=1 in their email and the file will be undeleted once permission is accepted. Sorry for any inconvenience. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 17:08, 17 May 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! Filmnewtool (talk) 09:55, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Revdel request

Could you please check my talk page and revdel this? ─ The Aafī (^talk) 09:43, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

@TheAafi Unfortunately, there are enough edits in between where the content was added and when it was removed that I'm uncomfortable revdelling all the in-between edits, basically per the caution at w:en:Wikipedia:Revision deletion#Large-scale use. I think the removal of the information is adequate and revdel not required. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:41, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

@Mdaniels5757, oh, this thing was out of my mind. Thanks for the response. ─ The Aafī (^talk) 16:57, 19 May 2023 (UTC)

Review Request

Hello Mdaniels5757, please check these three removal pages. thank you

• Commons:Deletion requests/File:EisaZarepour.jpg
• Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by S-M-T-AA
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:تجویونگ.jpg

CaesarIran (talk) 10:04, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Andrés Rodríguez

Hi. You recently said that the image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andr%C3%A9s_Rodriguez%27s_official_protrait_(1989).jpg should be deleted, why? It's an official portrait. I'm new to Wikipedia, but as far as I know, official portraits don't have copyright, and should be used on the person's article, that's why Biden has his. I may be wrong, if I am, please tell me. Guyermou (talk) 16:20, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Guyermou! Thanks for reaching out. It's true that works of the United States Federal Government are copyright-free in the United States. But other governments have different rules, and Paraguay has no such law. Therefore, things like official portraits are copyrighted there, and are not allowed on Wikimedia Commons until the copyright expires or the author gives a free license. Best, —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:24, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for the response! Presidential portraits of Paraguay are also made with the intent of being in the public domain, as seen in this Facebook post, by the Presidency, were it says "The Directory of Information communicates that president Horacio Cartes has authorized the use of his official photograph, which will now be part of the gallery of Paraguayan rulers in an official manner, it can be seen and downloaded in the official site" (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=539472596132122&set=a.143238035755582).

Both Cartes' and Rodriguez's portraits are on display in the Palacio de López and Cabildo de Asunción. So, in conclusion, I would say that it is in the public domain, therefore, shouldn't be deleted from WikiCommons. In case I'm wrong, I apologize. Guyermou (talk) 19:36, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

@Guyermou That's not sufficient to place the photo in the "public domain". Something is in the public domain when it is ineligible for copyright or its copyright has expired. Whether it is publicly displayed or distributed is irrelevant. If it is copyrighted and not freely licensed, we cannot host it. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 20:11, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

Commons:Undeletion requests

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Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Commons:Undeletion requests#File:Ny2001historical.jpg. This is in relation to a deletion discussion with which you may have been administratively involved. Thank you.

— Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 02:33, 23 May 2023 (UTC)

Rollback functionality

Hello Mdaniels5757. In recent years I uploaded a large number of files on Wikimedia Commons, and every now and then I notice vandalic edits on my files from anonymous IPs. Usually it is removing captions or stuffing them with bogus random content or altering and deleting descriptions. Often I see the same bot-like vandalism pattern on other files when I look in the history of edits of the associated IPs. As per Rollback guidelines (“By personal request at administrator discretion”) I’m asking you to provide me with the rollback functionality. This way it would be easier for me to revert that vandalism. I could also revert incorrect edits on other files as well whenever I see it from the history of edits and whenever I’m certain it is pure vandalism. Thank you. --Argenberg (talk) 11:31, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

@Argenberg  Done! —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 15:59, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

user SpanishEmpireMCDXCII

Hi. You blocked a few of these. Bavovnyatko might be another. Kwamikagami (talk) 06:26, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

@Kwamikagami Thanks, blocked. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:14, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Review Bot

Hi, What's now? I have asked to get the bot flag for YannBot, and I could use it or set up another bot specifically to review licenses. Thanks, Yann (talk) 12:20, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

@Yann Not sure. I intended to request adoption of Eatcha's bots, but if you want to set up your own that would work too! —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:16, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

Chandel Rajput clan

Hello sir, Why did you remove the Map flag etc of Chandelas of Jejakabhukti? It's all on based on inscriptions and Satish Chandra 's if someone is shockpuppet doesn't mean you can delete real files please undo you deletion request. Veeryasen (talk) 02:09, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

Already blocked. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:06, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

File:Example image in PNG.png

hi, why did you delete this file? - it was part of a request i resolved:

• Commons:Graphic_Lab/Illustration_workshop#Vectorize_a_image_to_SVG
• File:Example image in SVG.svg

--Mrmw (talk) 05:47, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Mrmw! I deleted the file because it was a test file uploaded by a block-evading sockpuppet who was blocked for uploading test files after warnings. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 14:23, 29 May 2023 (UTC)

Review Request

Hello, Please check out the elimination nominations below, some of them have been nominated for months!

• Commons:Deletion requests/File:EisaZarepour.jpg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:تجویونگ.jpg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:حمید رضا.jpg
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:Sasy mankan.jpg
• Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Dicbrat

CaesarIran (talk) 11:17, 3 June 2023 (UTC)

June 2023

	The Cake Barnstar
	You participated in the 2023 Wikimedia Cake Review (totally official event)! Thank you for your contributions to the cake community on Wikimedia, and sorry for forgetting you! Dawnbails (talk) 22:51, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Duplicates

Hi, Mdaniels

I have seen it - a few hours too late. Unfortunately I am not able to fix it myself :( . It was not my intention to uploads the duplicates. It was simply a mistake. I could add the duplicate-teplate if it helps. The duplicate files are simply superfluous and could be safely deleted... Draco flavus (talk) 19:26, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

OK, no worries. Don't bother adding the duplicates template, they will be added automatically. Best, —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 19:27, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

The duplicates are in the category Category:Margrabina Castella from Dziennik dla Wszystkich i Anonsowy by X de Montépin - it is still "red". The files that should be kept are in the category Category:Margrabina Castella from Dziennik dla Wszystkich i Anonsowy by X. de Montépin. Draco flavus (talk) 19:30, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

If you are able to simply delete all files in the category Category:Margrabina Castella from Dziennik dla Wszystkich i Anonsowy by X de Montépin - the problem would be resolved. Draco flavus (talk) 19:31, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

@Draco flavus  Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 19:46, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your help. I've been thinking about how to clean up the crap for two days... I hope I won't need any assistance anytime soon. In case of tricky problems, I take liberty to come back to you. Many, many thanks Draco flavus (talk) 19:50, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

Could you delete the remaining redirects? File:172-Dziennik dla Wszystkich Anonsowy. R. 6, 1888, nr 6-12.png

Thanks in advance Draco flavus (talk) 19:50, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

@Draco flavus  Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Deletion request

You marked this deletion request as keep because the file was still in use, I fixed that problem and now it is no longer in use, can you delete it now? – Treetoes023 (talk) 21:08, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

I will wait to see if [1] is accepted or declined. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Okay, thank you. – Treetoes023 (talk) 22:41, 20 June 2023 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/File:Life Memorial.jpg

Did you not wait for comments? Did you not read my keep vote? This is useful on enwiki, and deleting it prevents anyone from doing that. You're not doing your due diligence in preserving what can be kept. This is constantly frustrating that people don't consider, if it's not actually free, it still holds an important use and can be hosted as nonfree on Wikipedia. ɱ (talk) 15:08, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

And you make your own decision about eligibility? Just because it isn't currently used doesn't mean it can't be. I would have replaced the current image in use. Commons gets so frustrating so often I should really stop contributing. ɱ (talk) 15:09, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

@Ɱ I did wait the required time for comments, and read and considered your keep vote, which I interpreted as wishing to keep it on the Wikipedia-space page. Since you would like to use it on w:en:Celebration of Life (sculpture) in compliance with the w:en:WP:NFCC, I have uploaded it for you at w:en:File:Life_Memorial.jpg, and replaced the image in the article. Best, —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 15:23, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Thank you so much. ɱ (talk) 16:39, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Harpa images

Thank you for closing Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Harpa (concert hall) which for months apparently no one wanted to touch, and doing so in a thoughtful, balanced manner. As you probably noticed, I'm now re-nominating some individual files from this DR with individual reasonings for these particular images, as I think that some still should be deleted. For most of those you kept, however, I think I can understand where you're coming from, as the architecture in photos like File:Harpa (48707513313).jpg looks rather generic. - However, I've now noticed a discrepancy in licensing for several of these images. The photos by Jeff Hitchcock, taken from flickr (like that example), have a verified CC-BY license on flickr; however, in the Exif metadata there's a CC-BY-NC (Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported, see fields "Online copyright statement" and "Usage terms"). How are we handling such cases? Do we assume that the photographer changed his mind when uploading to flickr, as he explicitly chose the more free CC-BY license there, and ignore the contradicting (not Commons-compatible) license in the metadata? Gestumblindi (talk) 11:18, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

@Gestumblindi I think I've seen DRs go both ways on it, but I would ignore it and go with the freer Flickr license (assuming there are no doubts that the uploader is the photographer). —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 15:43, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, I think there are no doubts regarding the flickr uploader, so let's ignore it. Gestumblindi (talk) 15:50, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

tram-cats

Hi colleague, a user has put into Category:Other speedy deletions nearly 100 tram-related categories, in which you recently reverted him (for another edit). Please take a look whether that tagging should be reverted also or they can indeed be deleted. --Túrelio (talk) 15:53, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Túrelio. I think those redirects are plausible, and that COM:CSD G2 (and C1) do not apply (see also COM:CATRED). But I already reverted once, so I want a second opinion from another admin (possibly you). Ultimately this doesn't really matter in my view (in either direction, I think there's no good reason these categories should be deleted and a minimal reason they should be kept). Perhaps it would help if User:Arflhn explains why they think these need to be deleted? —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:15, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

I've invited Arflhn to present his rationale here. --Túrelio (talk) 21:19, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Mdaniels5757and @Túrelio

Those redirects were mainly my work and I'm probably the sole user who was active on these categories when those names were being used, however now I use a more "standardized" name Tram route XX (network), only "Tram line XX (network)" redirects may be kept as they are plausible. Arflhn (talk) 12:52, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

Reupload of a previously deleted file

Hi. If I'm not mistaken, File:Spine Shiver.jpg is the re-upload of a previously deleted file. Actually, it was deleted today by Krd and then re-uploaded in the same day. Kacamata! ^Dimmi!!! 17:40, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

@Kacamata Yes, it was deleted for having no license, but the current one has a (possibly invalid) license, so I asked for VRT permission. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 17:51, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

I see. Due to the fact that the uploader is a en:WP:SPU it's very likely that this image is a copyvio or simply COM:SPAM. Anyway, thanks for addressing my concerns. Kacamata! ^Dimmi!!! 00:49, 6 July 2023 (UTC)

User:Sassette Smuftling

User:Sassette Smuftling 198.199.101.87 03:20, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

What about them? —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:44, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

File:Flag of the Special Security Unit (Saudi Arabia).svg

Hello..I think that the logo on the flag is not protected by copyright, as it follows the Saudi intelligence service and its laws DavidFirst1 (talk) 08:15, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

OK. I have converted the speedy deletion request to a discussion, where more people can provide their input. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 16:46, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

RFR

Hello, sorry to disturb you, but it seems like you are the only admin who is active in RFRs, therefore I am respectfully asking you to check my pending request for AWB or grant it if you like. If not, I will take it to COM:AN instead. 20 upper 19:40, 14 July 2023 (UTC)

Closed, albeit not with the result you were hoping for. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 15:01, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for your time mate, I'm just wondering what the heck I can do to get AWB. I would also like to inform you that the user who opposed was referring to a single edit in which they reverted, so they were trying to make the situation look worse than it really is. Anyways, I appreciate your review, and will seek assistance elsewhere. Hope you have a good day. 20 upper 07:42, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

"[T]he user who opposed was referring to a single edit in which they reverted, so they were trying to make the situation look worse than it really is." – that's a way to not get AWB privileges. SHB2000 (talk) 11:11, 16 July 2023 (UTC)