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Only users with Autopatrol rights may now overwrite files uploaded by other users. You may request autopatrol rights here. If you are currently ineligible for autopatrol rights, you may request an exception for a particular file on this page. This page is only for requests on the technical permission; proposals for file improvements should be made on the file talk page.

Make sure that your planned overwriting complies with the file overwriting guidelines.

The template that allows overwriting a file ({{Allow Overwriting}}) may be placed by any user with patrol rights.

Allow overwriting of File:Ue2032_newlogo.svg

Original upload has the official name of Turkey misspelled, it should read TÜRKİYE with a dotted capital İ. I'll upload a corrected version. Anlztrk (talk) 08:48, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done I can't find any sources that indicate this is not what the logo looks like. See here, here, and here. ReneeWrites (talk) 14:18, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Red alta capacidad españa.svg

Map intended to be updated as the network grows, original author intended it to be so as stated in the description: «En caso de nueva incorporación de autovía o autopista, siéntete libre de incorporarla o mejorar el archivo» (In case of new freeway incorporation, feel free to add it or improve the file)

I have updated this file myself several times already years ago without any problem, as many users have done too. Ce Ele 415 ¡Hablemos! 10:41, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite the file. ReneeWrites (talk) 14:15, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Football/Sports kit templates

I would like to overwrite File:Kit body sin07a. KoreanDragon (talk) 12:34, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite the file. ReneeWrites (talk) 14:25, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I also would like to obewrite Kit_body_vietnam2021gk2.png. KoreanDragon (talk) 16:37, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Circle Area.svg

I'd like to add a Portuguese translation using the switch tags. Vinickw‍✉ 12:52, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite the file. ReneeWrites (talk) 14:14, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Tenryu-ku_in_Hamamatsu_City.svg, File:政令市区画図 22130.svg

I would like to overwrite these files to reflect the January 1st administrative boundary changes of this city. --Peka (talk) 15:07, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 16:15, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:ROU_HD_Deva_CoA1.png

I would like to overwrite this file with File:ROU HD Deva CoA.png as the latter is of substantially better quality than the file I'm requesting to overwrite and is present on the Romanian version of the same wiki page in English, where the file I want to overwrite is used. MichaelTD2111 (talk) 15:40, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done Visually the two files are different enough in color that an overwrite would be against guidelines. Abzeronow (talk) 16:17, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of two files

I'd like to overwrite the files File:Lizar Begoña idazlea.jpg and File:Lizar Begoña idazlea, poeta.jpg. The uploader appears to have taken the low resolution cache version of the photographs, so I'd like to upload the higher quality versions contained in the sources (image 1, image 2). nicolas _{talkpage★★★} 16:35, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 17:11, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Komi Sélom Klassou 2017.jpg and File:Komi Sélom Klassou 2017-04-26.jpg

These files should be re-cropped from the full size source photo. Joofjoof (talk) 04:08, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file Abzeronow (talk) 16:17, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Deputy Secretary Sherman Participates in the Spain-U.S. Cybersecurity Seminar (51924416445).png

This image is currently encoded as RGBA, despite the fact that it is completely opaque. Correcting the image to RGB with the help of OxiPNG and ZopfliPNG shrinks the file to 873 KB. I would like to replace the image with this corrected version. Obscure2020 (talk) 06:39, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:21, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Ossetia_rus.png

The image has a mistake: part of Vladikavkaz (Zavodkoy) is not a separate village and is located in a different location. Egor (talk) 10:16, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:25, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Lee County 840.svg

I have made an updated image of a county road shield for this file to make it consistent with other shields on List of county roads in Lee County, Florida Sanibel sun (talk) 12:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 16:29, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:AveZaragozaDelicias.jpg

A slightly better more natural retouch that doesn't lead to the bottom right corner looks like something straight out of Matrix: Reloaded. Straighten the tilted image. Blurring out passers-by's faces. 沁水湾 (talk) 12:22, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Not done I don't see a need to retouch this photo. Abzeronow (talk) 16:37, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Maybe I'm not being clear enough. It's simply cropping and rotating the photo so that it's more easy to read (and consistent with other photos in the same article). 沁水湾 (talk) 18:19, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

English Wikipedia is not the only project that uses this. If you want to rotate it, upload your retouched version as a new file, and replace accordingly. Abzeronow (talk) 18:48, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Merindad de Estella-Mapa municipal.svg

En la imagen actual, en la carátula, debajo de "Cabeza de la merindad", exactamente debajo de "merindad", aparece con un tipo más pequeño, la palabra: "Mendavia". He subido una imagen en la que he eliminado esa palabra ("Mendavia"), que deber haber quedado ahí por error. JLVwiki (talk) 17:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Ahora puede sobrescribir este archivo. (via google translate) Abzeronow (talk) 18:08, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Makroskop (Abraham Lincoln).png

This file is currently encoded as RGBA. This is quite dumb, as not only is the image completely opaque, it's also composed entirely of shades of gray. This means that every pixel can be changed from a 32-bit RGBA value to an 8-bit Grayscale value, without changing how the image appears at all. I performed this correction with the help of OxiPNG and ZopfliPNG, and the file size shrank to 18 KB. I would like to replace the file with this corrected version. Obscure2020 (talk) 18:59, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:33, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Colored and monochrome fringes.png

This file is currently encoded as RGBA. This is not necessary, as the image is entirely opaque. I corrected the image to RGB with the help of OxiPNG and ZopfliPNG, and the file size shrank to 124 KB. I would like to replace the file with this corrected version. Obscure2020 (talk) 19:27, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:35, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Ruwiki-logo new.svg

This file needs newly updated colors. Please see this link. Ahri.boy (talk) 20:47, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

@メイド理世: since they're active and can update the file themselves. Abzeronow (talk) 21:27, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

He said he couldn't upload the new version. Ahri.boy (talk) 01:07, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:48, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Basic256 Mandelbrotalgorithmus (Zoomeffekt).png

This image is currently encoded as RGBA. This is not necessary, as not only is this image entirely opaque, but also, because the image was generated in a largely non-antialiased manner, there are actually only 195 distinct colors present in this image. That's few enough colors that we can use Palette mode, where each pixel becomes an 8-bit index into the palette table. I performed this transformation using OxiPNG. The resulting image looks completely identical to the original, and has shrunk to 486 KB. I would like to replace this image with my new version. Obscure2020 (talk) 22:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:49, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Triple-Alpha Process.svg

I would like to add a translation but I was told that I do not have permission for overwriting. Can you please enable me to upload a version with one more translation added? Alternatively I can upload it separately and post it here. As I often translate SVGs I would also like (concise) advise on how to get said permission. Thanks and kind regards, Woudloper (talk) 23:05, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:50, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Fotothek df n-35 0000065 Facharbeiter für Satztechnik.jpg

I would like to replace this image with this version found at the original source mentioned on the page. The version I found is both higher resolution and has no watermark. (There is currently a template on this image's page begging someone to overwrite the file with a version without a watermark.) Obscure2020 (talk) 14:16, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:52, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Horsfield's Tarsier area.png

This image is outdated and missing the range of the subspecies C. b. natunensis of the Natuna islands, it should be shaded red. Envapid (talk) 17:37, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:53, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

File:Inmigrantes europeos in Argentina (1914).svg

The name of a province (Neuquén) is spelled wrongly. I have a replacement file with the correct name. Thanks. --Angus (talk) 18:05, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:55, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, Abzeronow. I have replaced the file, you can make it read only again. --Angus (talk) 19:12, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done Once again, only autopatrollers and above can overwrite this file now. Abzeronow (talk) 19:16, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:2021 Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction primary election results map by county.svg

The file utilizes a partisan electoral color scheme and I have a replacement which utilizes more appropriate colors for a non-partisan election. Talthiel (talk) 21:07, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 21:20, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:2021 Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction election results map by county.svg

The map utilizes a partisan electoral color scheme and I have a replacement which utilizes more appropriate non-partisan colors for a nonpartisan election. Talthiel (talk) 21:09, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 21:21, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Oppegård komm.svg

The file has incorrect colors. I therefore need to change the yellow color of the council arms to a specific gold, in order to follow the official design guidelines from here JonasTisell (talk) 21:13, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 21:23, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. I have now completed the overwrite, and you can make it read-only again. JonasTisell (talk) 21:26, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 Done template removed. Abzeronow (talk) 21:28, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Wisconsin gubernatorial recall Democratic primary county map.svg

The map utilizes a color which, while it works, is very stark, the new map will utilize a softer gradient using colors from Wikipedia:WikiProject Elections and Referendums/USA legend colors#Downballot Talthiel (talk) 22:36, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Semi resonant start circuit.png

I managed to find a PDF source for the portion of the 1972 catalogue in which this diagram appears. It's on the right side of page 10 of this document. I used pdfimages on the command line to extract the bitmap data from the page, imported it into GIMP, used the measure tool to straighten the angled graphic, and then cropped it. Then I ran it through OxiPNG and ZopfliPNG for good measure. The result is a 1048x739 version of the graphic that actually has a smaller filesize than the current version, at only 51 KB. I would like to replace the image with my new and improved version. Obscure2020 (talk) 04:20, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Fluorescent Lamp Inverter.png

I would like to replace this image with a better-cropped version, normalizing the padding to 16 pixels on all sides. Obscure2020 (talk) 04:26, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Fluorescent wear - sputter.png

This image must simply have been originally created by a not-so-great encoder. I ran this one through OxiPNG and ZopfliPNG just to see what would happen, and it shrunk to 542 KB, without suffering any visual changes, and without even changing the pixel format (it's already RGB, which is what it should be). I'd like to upload this better-compressed version. Obscure2020 (talk) 04:30, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:NUTS PT 2013.png

It was brought to my attention that this image was wrong and, after checking this, I can confirm that. I've already prepared a replacement. I just need permission to upload it now. | Petnog (talk) 08:09, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:World map nonbinary gender recognition.svg

Hello, I would like to update this map (Netherlands). Thank you in advance.Thearones (talk) 09:17, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Hassan Yonis Habane.png

Since it has a description that is not neutral, I would like to replace it with a photo-only image with the text cropped out.--Freetrashbox (talk) 13:05, 9 May 2024 (UTC)