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File:Becky Lynch July 2019.jpg

Can the two old versions of the picture (19:41, 1 August 2022 and 19:30, 24 July 2022) that are not actually this picture (and likely not free) be deleted? For some reason, the old version of the picture (19:41, 1 August 2022) is displaying as the current version on my computer screen. Starship.paint (talk) 13:00, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

 Done - Jmabel ! talk 17:31, 11 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you very much Jmabel. Cheers. Starship.paint (talk) 02:32, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Block of User:Yousiphh

Yousiphh (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

FYI I have blocked this user for 6 months. Their editing is disruptive and they are combative when corrected. As this is their 2nd account they should know better. Hopefully they get the message Gbawden (talk) 11:15, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

 Comment is this a sock account or a second account? All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 20:12, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

The old account in question is User:Yusif 7788. Since they haven’t edit on this account since 2017, it is most likely a second account. Tvpuppy (talk) 21:22, 12 June 2025 (UTC)

Request of filemove of protected page

Hello,

I'd like to request a move of File:Pictures of the Zionist regime's attack on Tehran 1 Mehr.jpg to File:Picture of aftermath of Israeli attack on Tehran 1 Mehr.jpg. Rationale: COM:FR#FR5, inappropriate propaganda content per COM:FN#Practical considerations. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 15:36, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

@Grand-Duc Please have a look at Commons:File renaming#How to rename a file and read the guidelines there. Best, ChemSim (talk) 15:42, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

I'm actually a filemover myself, but due to a (cascading) page protection, I'm not able to proceed forth. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 15:45, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

@ChemSim: I certainly do not have enough rights to make the move, that's likely admin-exclusive at the moment. I wrote a template into the file page, but every time I tried to make the filemove myself, I get:

Error while moving the page.

A detailed description of the error is shown below:

API request failed (cascadeprotected): This page has been protected from editing because it is transcluded in the following page, which is protected with the "cascading" option turned on: * Commons:Auto-protected files/wikipedia/he at Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:51:17 GMT served by mw-api-ext.eqiad.main-774bb49688-zdkg4

Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:53, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

@Grand-Duc: You could also wait until it is gone from Hebrew Wikipedia's main page.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:57, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

@Grand-Duc: The renaming request was previously declined by User:Well very well because of an ongoing discussion at the talk page of this file. Best, ChemSim (talk) 17:25, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

It should be noted I've declined another renaming request (about the opposite of this one), but yeah — such a request was twice declined before with the suggestion of a discussion first. Well very well (talk) 17:29, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

• I believe this discussion is worth mentioning here. Also to note, many (if not all) images at Category:June 2025 Israeli strikes in Iran carry the same naming. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 17:28, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  Well, not all images cary "Zionist" in their names, as I renamed already a few. And GPSLeo is apparently sharing my view about these names, as he processed the request about the file subject of this thread. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:05, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  That's why I used the word many (if not all) images. I would join too in carrying out some renamings per GPSLeo's move. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 18:14, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  @Shaan Sengupta You do not need to. I have small script doing it for all files left. GPSLeo (talk) 18:17, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  I am currently renaming all files they still had the "Zionist regime" in the name. GPSLeo (talk) 18:15, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  OK, I'm also leaving the task to @GPSLeo's script, don't wanna interfere anymore. I did also a few renames more, though. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:18, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  Oh! That's great. Thank you for your work. One suggestion, the same wording is there in the descriptions and captions of the files. If there is a way to fix that too with. Otherwise it will need to be done manually one at a time. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 18:19, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  BTW, I saw that Leo's script is (cannot) be perfect... Something like File:Explosions in different areas of Tehran following the attack by Israel Mizan 13 June 23.jpg is not actually depicting explosions, but only their aftermath and a damaged building. Would there be opposition to touch these files again (-> COM:FR#FR2) to make even better names? Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:21, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  My renaming is done, you can now safely perform other renamings. I personally do not really care about the name if the photo at least shows damage of the explosion. GPSLeo (talk) 18:24, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  The files with correctly formatted English description now have a note that the description is the original one form the source. But there are many files without correct language tag in the descption. GPSLeo (talk) 18:37, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  Again I maintain nobody has given any actual reasons these names are inappropriate. They are simple statements of fact.  ${\displaystyle 999}$REAL 💬 ⬆   18:23, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  Would @you care to define what is a "simple statement of fact"? You expect everyone to believe and accept the wordings coming in from Iranian govt sponsored agencies? Even if they violate NPOV naming guidelines? Shaan Sengupta^Talk 18:28, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  Do you really want to discuss why we not name countries after the political orientation of the current government? File names need to be simple and unambiguous. Political orientations are per definition not simple. This would create endless discussions if we should rename File:Official Presidential Portrait of President Donald J. Trump (2025).jpg to File:Official Presidential Portrait of fascist President Donald J. Trump (2025).jpg. GPSLeo (talk) 18:29, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  Personally, I do not want Commons or any other Wikimedia project I'm engaged with to transport and perpetuate propaganda of any actor that is opposing Western values of liberties and freedom. The outreach of these files with "Zionist" (meaning an antisemitic undertone) on Commons has to be diminished, fortunately, our guidelines and policies allow that. That's why I maintain that the original names were clearly inappropriate. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 18:30, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  Can you name a single commercial Western news agency that publishes their content under a free license? Several Iranian news agencies decided to, which is what is in line with the goals of Commons.  ${\displaystyle 999}$REAL 💬 ⬆   18:58, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  I'm not against using this material. But we're not bound to propagate the political messages from these Iranians. I do not understand why you're bringing free licenses up... Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 19:12, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

  They do it because they do not need to make money as they are paid by the government. GPSLeo (talk) 19:59, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

Side remark: really should be the "Israeli" attack, not the "Israel" attack. It's an adjective here. Other than that I agree with the moves made. Jmabel ! talk 22:56, 13 June 2025 (UTC)

@Jmabel: One could even be more specific with "IDF's", assuming that is the case.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 02:06, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

File:Federico II University Logo.svg & File:University Federico II Logo.svg

Hi. The files File:Federico II University Logo.svg & File:University Federico II Logo.svg were deleted because they were not compatible with the licenses used on Wikimedia Commons. Therefore, I wanted to ask if an administrator could help recover and reupload the two images to the Italian Wikipedia (it.wiki). They can be hosted there because they comply with the Exemption Doctrine Policy, as demonstrated by this existing file: it:File:Napoli university seal alfachannel.png.

I had previously asked the user who deleted the files, @Christian Ferrer, to do this, but he refused. It would be very helpful to restore them, especially since the original files have been lost and recreating them as SVGs is not an easy task.

Thank you very much for your time and help! Yeagvr (talk) 20:25, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

@Yeagvr: For future reference, COM:UDR is where you ask for temporary undeletion for fair use transfer to a Wikipedia. User:Christian Ferrer was the deleting admin. I'll also note that listed source was "http://www.unina.it/" so if you got the svg from the site, you don't need me to undelete it. Abzeronow (talk) 23:10, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

The raster file (PNG) came from that website. The SVG image was personally created by a user. It is not available online, which is why I’m requesting it be reuploaded to it.wiki — so that we don’t lose a valuable file.

Thank you! Yeagvr (talk) 23:16, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

@Yeagvr: Let me know when you're ready to do the transfer. Abzeronow (talk) 23:57, 14 June 2025 (UTC)

I’m ready. How can I help? Yeagvr (talk) 00:01, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

I've temporarily undeleted these files. Abzeronow (talk) 00:20, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you so much.

Can I simply reupload them to it.wiki by crediting the original author? Or is there a transfer tool available? Yeagvr (talk) 00:28, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

I believe you can just reupload them. Abzeronow (talk) 00:51, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Fine, I’ve saved them. You can delete them again. Thank you again. Yeagvr (talk) 01:02, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

OK, redeleted. Abzeronow (talk) 01:14, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Uploads by Mheekanong

Mheekanong (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log) is a new account (created on June 10, 2025) that has uploaded several photo from the official website en:Japanese Imperial Household Agency. All of these photo's are licensed as {{CC-by-4.0}} which could be OK per kunaicho.go.jp/e-copyright/ but which is something that probably needs to be assessed given the "No infringement of third party rights" section which specifically makes mention of photographs of the Japanese Imperial family. All of the uploads seems to be sourced to kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/activity/activity03.html, but only File:Prince Hisahito in early summer 2024.jpg seems to be directly taken from that page: this file, by the way, has COM:OVERWRITE issues and probably needs to be split if properly licensed. Most likely these photos come from some inner page of the agency's official website, but a direct link to their source page probably needs to be provided, assuming the "CC-by-4.0" licensing is correct. I think this was a good-faith attempt to upload these files, which is why I'm asking about it here instead of COM:AN/U: however, the licensing claim really should be assessed by more people because if it's OK, then there are lots of photos from the agency's site which could be uploaded and used under similar terms. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:58, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback. I admit I'm new to editing Wikipedia and understanding image copyrights. I've been gradually updating information about the Japanese Imperial Family for a while now and noticed that photos of the family members haven't been updated in many years. That's why I tried to find a way to update them and came across the copyright permissions on the Imperial Household Agency's website.

Regarding "No infringement of third party rights," my understanding is that the Imperial Household Agency's role is to publicize and disseminate the activities of the Imperial Family members (third parties). Naturally, these activities would always present them in a positive light, causing no harm to the individuals.

I also agree that I should update the sources for some of the images I've uploaded. I'll go in and correct the details for those specific photos. Thanks for understanding my intentions. Mheekanong (talk) 07:43, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

@Mheekanong: I'm not sure you got the point. "No infringement of third party rights" is almost certainly not about the personality rights of the royal family, which are non-copyright restrictions in any case, and could be covered (if relevant) with {{Personality rights}}. It presumably refers to the intellectual property rights (copyright) of photographers whose copyrighted work may be reproduced on the site. - Jmabel ! talk 17:25, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

The two examples given by the website are "portrait rights in a photograph, publicity rights". Wouldn't these be personality rights? Dajasj (talk) 20:11, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Ah, then those would be non-copyright restrictions, fully dealt with by {{Personality rights}}. - Jmabel ! talk 23:53, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

I've reviewed the Imperial Household Agency's (IHA) website licensing information again, and it explicitly states: "Matters pertaining to copyrights, images and likenesses of members of the Imperial Family 1. 2). Persons wishing to make use of the above mentioned items, are requested to submit an inquiry to the contact detailed below." (https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-copyright/other-terms.html)

So, I've already sent an inquiry to the IHA regarding these terms on June 16, 2025. However, I have no way of knowing if or when they will reply.

I understand that this file has been nominated for deletion, and I acknowledge that it hasn't yet received formal approval from the source. Nevertheless, I believe this discussion isn't conclusive until we receive a response from the IHA. While I'm willing to agree to the deletion of some less important images, but I request that certain essential images, such as the updated profile pictures of Imperial Family members, should be kept for now. If you see the articles for younger members of the Imperial Family, you'll notice there are currently no photos that fully meet free license requirements. This means if these are deleted, there will be no accompanying images in their articles, which I wish to avoid.

Furthermore, keeping these specific images would help prevent other users from uploading the same images from the same source in the future, which would inevitably lead to repetitive deletion discussions. I believe consolidating this discussion here, with a clear status that we're awaiting official permission, is a more efficient approach than deleting them now.

While awaiting response, I will not upload any new images from the IHA. Should I receive a clear denial of permission, I'm fully prepared to request the immediate deletion of this file without any objections.

Finally, to any fellow members contributing to Japanese Imperial Family articles who are reading this: I encourage you to also send inquiries to the IHA website. More inquiries might lead to a quicker response from the source.

Looking forward to hearing diverse opinions. Thank you. Mheekanong (talk) 13:42, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Edits by an Indian LTA

IPs in the range Special:Contributions/2409:4040:0:0:0:0:0:0/32 have been responsible for adding completely false information or just spamming random Unicode characters to several wikis (example on enwiki). Here on Commons, they keep creating categories about Unicode blocks that don't exist like Category:Unicode 1CB00-1CB6F Box Drawing Supplement and Category:Unicode 1CB70-1CBFF Chess Symbols Supplement. They also add blocks to Category:Characters introduced in Unicode 17.0 even if no characters are being added. For an example of that, see Category:Unicode 1E030-1E08F Cyrillic Extended-D which had this edit done on it even though the official Unicode website says no characters will be added to this block in Unicode 17.0. This is an LTA that has been doing this for years. I request that they be blocked (I'm guessing the /32 is too wide and will catch good editors in the crossfire so just the subrange the LTA is using) and all their changes be rollbacked. Warudo (talk) 15:25, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

 Done I soft-blocked the range for 2 weeks. Hopefully they would create an account, so we can discuss. Yann (talk) 15:44, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

They won't. Ever since I came across this user on enwiki, they haven't used a talk page once. Nor did they engage with the ANI thread. They will just wait for the block to expire and do it again. In any case, thanks for taking care of it. Warudo (talk) 16:20, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Also, they sometimes edit outside the /32. See w:Special:Contributions/2409:4080:8A:3D73:FAC3:1E27:B3E3:20A5 on enwiki for an IP outside that range doing the same things. Warudo (talk) 16:46, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

User:Jonathan le Niska BP

User:Jonathan le Niska BP, a new user, has been adding their username to pages as a French caption. See . Not sure if this is deliberate vandalism or just a new user experimenting, but thought it was worth kicking up the chain, as it were. - The Bushranger (talk) 21:30, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Once is an experiment. If they keep doing it, we can take action. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 04:11, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Block evasion

8diq (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Block evasion by 8bhakt. The user has mentioned this by themselves on their user page. 8diq got active only after 8bhakt was blocked by @Yann a few days before. 8diq is the older account. This too has been previously blocked twice for uploading un-free files even after warnings. Both the Talk pages are full of red notices. They have uploaded a few GODL-India files. I too uploaded the same files from the same source. But 8diq uploaded them first. The problem I wasn't warned while uploading was bcoz they removed the Exifs. So I believe we should be deleting their uploads since they were made while evading block. I will be mentioning them below in a few minutes. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 12:35, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Also to note that these are COM:INUSE but still their versions should be deleted bcoz it was made during evading block. Also my versions carry the Exif, relevant categories and source depiction in the best possible way. The replace can be carried out by the CommonsDelinker by Move & Replace command upon deletion with redirect.
My uploads → Their uploads

• File:Prime Minister of Bharat, Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi is received by the President of Cyprus, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides on his arrival.jpg → File:PM Modi meets President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides in Nicosia, June 2025.jpg
• File:Prime Minister of Bharat, Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi receives ‘The Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III’.jpg → File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded the Grand Collar of the Order of Makarios III by Cyprus.jpg

These are the recent ones that I found. There might be some more. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 12:45, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

They removed this thread once at Revision as of 12:40, 16 June 2025. And they removed the admission at their user page at Revision as of 12:41, 16 June 2025. It can still be found in Revision as of 15:10, 15 June 2025. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 12:50, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

== Response from 8diq == 8diq (talk) 13:10, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Hello @Shaan Sengupta,

I respectfully deny the allegation of block evasion. My account "8diq" is older and independent. It has no connection with the account "8bhakt". If there is a similarity in topics or file uploads, it is likely due to shared interest in documenting official Bharat-related subjects, especially government releases.

The GODL-India files I uploaded are sourced from official Indian government websites such as https://pib.gov.in and https://india.gov.in, which are considered acceptable under Commons policies (GODL license). Any missing EXIF data was not intentionally removed — many images from official government sources come without EXIFs, or they get stripped during compression or sharing.

I am always open to correction if any technical error exists in a file. Please assume good faith and point out any specific concern so I can review and improve it. However, labeling my activity as block evasion without solid evidence is not fair.

Thank you.

– User:8diq== Clarification regarding Block Evasion Allegation ==

Hello @Shaan Sengupta,

I respectfully deny the allegation of block evasion. My account User:8diq is older and completely independent. It has **no connection** with the account 8bhakt. Any similarity in topics or file uploads is purely coincidental due to shared interest in documenting official Bharat (India)-related content — especially material available under government licenses.

All files I uploaded under the GODL-India license are sourced from official Indian government portals such as PIB.gov.in and India.gov.in, which are widely accepted under Commons licensing guidelines. If any file is missing EXIF data, it was not done intentionally. Many official images are released without embedded metadata or may lose it during web compression.

I fully respect Commons guidelines and am always open to constructive feedback or correction if any issue exists. I kindly request that you assume good faith as per our community norms and avoid making strong accusations without concrete evidence.

Thank you.

– User:8diq — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8diq (talk • contribs) 12:47, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

• The exact same way of writing, just like 8bhakt wrote in their unblock requests at their TP. Also both here and at the TP looks AI-generated. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 13:05, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

 Done. I blocked both indefinitely, including 8bhakt without talkpage access. Any unblock request must come under account 8diq without using artificial intelligence and it must refer block reasons (abusing multiple accounts) and lying in administrators' noticeboard. Taivo (talk) 21:04, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Would you support an policy against using AI to communicate? Trade (talk) 23:02, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

@Taivo you seem to have missed the second part of my request, i.e. the duplicates. I have explained everything above about that too. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 03:17, 17 June 2025 (UTC)