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Scheduled to end: 12:13, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

Good day everyone

I thought about how I could contribute more here and I've decided to run for administrator.

About me: I'm from Switzerland, already over 50 years old, and have been editing Wikipedia since 2008. My main account is on the German Wikipedia, but since November of last year, I've been primarily active on Commons. Since December, I've been a file mover, having already moved over 11,000 files. My specialty is renaming coats of arms from German-speaking countries, as well as renaming files with meaningless names. I don't shy away from manually editing in all language versions, even if I can't read the language. However, I can converse fluently with anyone in German and Swiss German, and I have knowledge of English, Italian, French, and Hebrew.

I'm active almost every day, and I'm also good at finding copyvios; occasionally, I even submit deletion requests.

This is the first time I've applied for such a position at Wikipedia. Because of my calm and matter-of-fact manner, I've been approached before to become an administrator on the German-language Wikipedia. However, I wasn't particularly interested at the time and didn't know exactly how I could contribute as an administrator to the German-language Wikipedia.

Here at Commons, however, I do see potential where I could contribute.

Where I could certainly help as an admin and where a backlog I can often see:

  • Processing open deletion requests
  • Processing speedy deletion requests

I'll leave any further areas of activity open for now, as I probably need to find my way around first.

Whether the Commons community will place its trust in me remains to be seen now. Of course, it could also be that many of you don't know me that well yet and I still have to prove myself a bit more. But I hope I'm worthy of becoming an administrator.

Thanks to everyone who voted, even if your vote was negative. It shows me that you're taking notice and have gotten to know me a little better.

Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 12:13, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

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  • I am a but unsure if all of your files moves are really covered by the renaming policy. Especially moves es like or . GPSLeo (talk) 14:24, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
    Hi @GPSLeo: The Disney logos represented a harmonization of an entire file set, see Category:Disney Jr. logos, and the example you mentioned was the last one to remain in the requests list for a day or two. However, other Filemovers and admins were also involved in the name changes. Second: The old name File:George Simion cu media 04·05·2025 (6).jpg only mentioned George Simion, but three people are shown. You're right, I certainly could have been more specific, such as adding the first names to the suggestion and including the date. Greetings, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 14:54, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
That is not what the criterion To harmonize the names of a set of images so that only one part of all names differs is intended for. Commons:File renaming says

There are two scenarios that this criterion is designed for. First, certain complex templates (such as those that use BSicons or that display football kits) assume that the images used in them will follow a specific naming convention. Wikisource also uses a specific naming convention for the source files they transcribe. Second, files that form parts of a whole (such as scans from the same book or large images that are divided into smaller portions due to Commons’ upload size restriction) should follow the same naming convention so that they appear together, in order, in categories and lists.

That does not apply to mass renames of coa files. Or Disney logos. --Rosenzweig τ 23:11, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
Okay, I'm not the only one who seems to have completely misinterpreted this criterion in the past. Others seem to have trouble with it, too. Based on your input, I won't be making any further name changes to coats of arms in the future. Best regards. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 06:57, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
  • Ziv you have my support. Just one thing. Though not necessary but why didn't you go for Image reviewer first? I hope you are all good with that. Bcoz that according to me is one of the most important thing for an admin. Thank you. Shaan SenguptaTalk 06:17, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
    Hello @Shaan Sengupta
    Thank you for your support. Yes, why not become a license reviewer first? You're right, as an admin you should be familiar with the different licenses. There are many of them and I certainly don't know them all by heart or in every detail. However, it is a given for me that before I press the delete button somewhere, I first check the license carefully and, if necessary, adjust the license to avoid having to delete an image. If there are any discrepancies I will convert quick deletion requests into regular deletion requests. If I'm unsure, I would also ask an experienced admin for advice or ultimately leave the decision to someone else. And to answer your question: Currently, however, I don't see myself working in the Category:License review needed that much; I'm happy to leave the job to users who specifically apply for it and who actually enjoy doing it. As I mentioned, I'll have to find my way around first, and I'd like to start by limiting myself to just a couple of areas before expanding them over time. Who knows? Maybe license reviewing will be one of them somedays? Greetings, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 07:40, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
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