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Santhosh kumar 001 uploads

Hello. Can an admin check the uploads of a certain Santhosh kumar 001 (talk · contribs)? I have tagged for speedy deletion two of their uploads (File:இருசக்கர வாகனம்.jpg and File:குழிப்பணியாரம்.webp) because of being apparent copyvios. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 00:45, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

A lot of these uploaded are copyright violations (I found three more). These all follow the same pattern: taken from marketplaces, with EXIF stripped, generic Tamil file names and little to no information on source. I think it's best to just start a mass deletion request. —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 18:52, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Import Template from enwiki

I guess this is an admin task. Please import:

• w:Template:Resolve category redirect → Template:Resolve category redirect (after deletion of current content)
• w:Module:Template redirect regex → Module:Template redirect regex
• w:Module:Resolve category redirect → Module:Resolve category redirect

This should help solve some of the cases at Commons:Village_pump#Stuck_in_category_redirects. Enhancing999 (talk) 16:33, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Also: w:MediaWiki:Babel-category-override → MediaWiki:Babel-category-override

Then protect Modules/Templates for admin-only/template-editor only. Enhancing999 (talk) 16:37, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

I've imported the first page mentioned at top, but there is clearly a lot more to be done to make this work. No idea how to import a module. - Jmabel ! talk 17:50, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

I have done a lot of module importing and exporting at dcwwiki.org - and ideally there are two ways to do this but Special:Import does the job. Importing all templates included in this module will overrite the templates (if we have them here). ─ Aafī (talk) 18:10, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

I tried importing one but was caught with a database error. [402bfdcf-c194-435b-a77c-6769b9d46e73] 2024-06-03 18:14:10: Fatal exception of type "Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBTransactionStateError" ─ Aafī (talk) 18:14, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into this. There shouldn't be any dependencies other than the ones listed above, if one ignores the documentation subpages. Enhancing999 (talk) 20:24, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

@Enhancing999: I have imported the modules. Please let me know if anything else is required. ─ Aafī (talk) 07:07, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. It seems to work with {{Category redirect}} as expected. The regex still needs some work for all 12 redirects, e.g. Template:Seecat. Some samples at Template:Resolve_category_redirect/doc#Examples don't work yet. Enhancing999 (talk) 07:52, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Enhancing999 (talk) 07:52, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Please send me my own deleted file

I am the author of File:Mosquée Fayçal corrigée.jpg, which cannot be published on Commons because there is no commercial Freedom of Panorama in Guinea. I have not kept a local copy. Could an admin please send it to me at [my username]wp@gmail.com? Thank you! --GrandEscogriffe (talk) 10:26, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

I'll take care of this. - Jmabel ! talk 14:30, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Deletion request for intermediate file

I almost always upload the original JPEG file straight from the camera and then usually one or perhaps more edited and enhanced files: cropped, lightened, sharpened, and so on.

This particular intermediate file added nothing really from the previous version: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/e/e0/20240604193001%21Richard_Cluse_at_press_conference_hunger_strike_Berlin_3_June_2024.jpg and was timestamped: 19:15, 4 June 2024.

If some could delete the above version, that would be helpful. Otherwise it's presence is not really a problem. Just being tidy.

It could also be that the updating process is delayed somewhat on Wikimedia and that I was looking at stale versions and making incorrect assessments ?? Whatever the case, can you proceed as indicated. TIA. RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 19:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

No reason to delete things like this. They take up just as much space on the server either way, and it's a waste of admin time to go around deleting them. - Jmabel ! talk 04:56, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Cheers (and thanks for all your work). RobbieIanMorrison (talk) 06:25, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Insults

Insults in French on this userpage; was blocked earlier indefinitely on fr.wp. Thanks. --d-n-f (talk) 06:52, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

For now, I've justed deleted the attacking words. --Túrelio (talk) 08:19, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Wrong version of a flag

Hi, Crimean Tatar Flag ist wrong, here is the official version. Zolgoyo (talk) 13:08, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

See File talk:Flag of the Crimean Tatar people.svg where this has already been discussed, and edit-warred, at length. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:36, 7 June 2024 (UTC)