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Unclosed deletion request – File: Kamil Art Fine art - Monika Bacardi (cropped).png

Hello,

I would like to kindly request administrative review of the following deletion request, which has been open for over a month without resolution:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Kamil_Art_Fine_art_-_Monika_Bacardi_(cropped).png

The source is no longer verifiable and no evidence of a valid license has been provided.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. LicenseConcern2026 (talk) 11:40, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

@LicenseConcern2026: Why does this one deserve special consideration over the ones which have been open for 202 days per COM:DR?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:46, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

@LicenseConcern2026 adding to what Jeff G. said, one month isn't a long time for a regular DR. We have a lot more older DRs open. Also rather than nominating the cropped version, you should've nominated the main file. This cropped version would have followed the same path instantly. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 12:07, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done

Gbawden (talk) 07:29, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Emergency spam filter

Because of the recent spam attack, I created an abuse filter throttling links added by new accounts Special:AbuseFilter/344. If there is no new spam and complaints from regular users, just disable or change it. GPSLeo (talk) 20:38, 31 March 2026 (UTC)

Speedy decision for a deletion request

Hello, in my opinion Commons:Deletion requests/File:Musical instruments used in Strauss's Second Waltz.webm can be decided by speedy deletion, see my answer there. It needs, though, some cleanup on the file page itself, as well. — Speravir – 01:34, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done by Jmabel. Thank you. — Speravir – 23:29, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Could someone delete all files by user:Europeancreatorsofai?

This is a seemingly abandoned spam account and most of it’s either AI slop or OOS anyway. Dronebogus (talk) 15:46, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

Looks like there's now two separate deletion discussions for perhaps the same files. I didn't check all of them. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions 16:29, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

As of now, their only surviving upload is a coat of arms with {{Fact disputed}}. - Jmabel ! talk 19:25, 1 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done. At first I hesitated, but after I found a sockpuppet, I decided to nuke them all. Taivo (talk) 08:20, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Please nuke Special:Log/upload/Worvandae

Per CentralAuth and m:Special:Permalink/29346267 § Global lock for Worvandae, the user is a verified sock of Đăng Đàn Cung. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 06:57, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Oh yeah Special:Log/upload/Nguyen.Bao.Anh.9321 too Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 07:43, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Before I do something very hard to reverse: is there a place where a clear decision was made to delete all of Đăng Đàn Cung's uploads or all past some date? I see that Special:ListFiles/Đăng_Đàn_Cung is not empty. - Jmabel ! talk 19:34, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Henry_Joseph_Hagger_(1).jpg

The above is one of a set of images from books dated between 1898 and 1912, which I have been photographing, titling, and uploading to Commons (see my contribs). Today I have been blocked (without formal notification on my talk page etc) from uploading the above very dull and respectable image of a 19th-century headmaster and vestry clerk with a beard. I have used the same type of licensing and sourcing for all of this set. Perhaps today my text has included some typo which I cannot identify. I have tried to rewrite the page title and text contents, with no successful upload permission.

The bot message is: "The page title "File:Henry Joseph Hagger (1).jpg" is restricted from editing or creation because it matches the following entry on the local or global blacklist: .*[НH]\W*[AΑΑ]\W*G\W*G\W*[EЕΕ]\W*R(?!(sta|ston|ty)).*, intended to prevent vandalism." I cannot see any parallel between this bot complaint and my page title or page text.

My latest (failed) attempt at a bot-pleasing page text is as follows:

DescriptionAdministrators' noticeboard	Short biography of Henry Joseph Hagger (1828–1911), headmaster and vestry clerk.
Date	1911
Source	Pike, W. T. (1911). Pike, W. T. (ed.). Liverpool and Birkenhead in the Twentieth Century: Contemporary Biographies. Brighton, Sussex: W. T. Pike & Co
Author	William Thomas Pike (died 1924)
Permission (Reusing this file)	This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse The author died in 1924, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1931. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse

Category:Henry Joseph Hagger

All my work is rather dull and inoffensive. I never use AI to compose text or images on WP. I do tidy up images on Gimp, but do not change content or practice deception. I cannot imagine what I could be doing worng. Please could you kindly let me know how I can continue my work without this bot blocking me? Thank you Storye book (talk) 08:43, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Update. I have now realised that the bot does not like the word, "Hagger" (the surname of the subject of the picture). Is that a vulgar or blasphemous word in American English? As an English person, I am not aware that the word is offensive in other versions of English, but maybe it is? For the present, I have changed "Hagger" to "Haggeer" on the filepage, and shall do so for the other pictures of him that I intend to upload. However this is a problem. This man was and still is a well-respected historical character in his town, and it will now be difficult for the people of his town to find his picture and details on Commons. Is there a way to solve this? Thank you. Storye book (talk) 11:20, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Note: the present upload is under the false name of "Haggeer": Henry Joseph Haggeer. Storye book (talk) 12:37, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

@Storye book: Sorry, File:Henry Joseph Hagger (1).jpg is not an allowed title because of inclusion on our title blacklist with last modification Special:Diff/1141128360 and initial modification Special:Diff/9530690 to combat an LTA who has been attacking our project for over 15 years. Of course, any Admin could make an exception for that filename in particular. Do you contemplate any other specific filenames?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:19, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Thank you. The reason why I used that filename is that Henry Joseph Hagger is the man's name. Anyone wanting to write an article about him will need to use the surname "Hagger" as part of the title. As a page title for Wikipedia, or for Commons filename, or Commons category name, we would only need to use the variations "Henry Joseph Hagger", "H. J. Hagger", "H.J. Hagger", and "Hagger (surname)". Surely those exceptions could be permitted in this case? I cannot imagine that your vandal would consider using those variations for their activities? Wikidata already permits "Henry Joseph Hagger" as a Wikidata title, as is currently included on the Commons "Category:Henry Joseph Haggeer" page. So please would you kindly un-ban the variations which I have bolded above? So long as I am alive and working (maybe the next ten years if I am lucky – I am old) I shall be able to notice and report any vandal infractions on those pages. I check my watchlist daily for most of the year. Storye book (talk) 17:45, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

Seems to me we could modify the regex to simply allow "Hagger". It's a real name, and far enough from the word at issue that it ought to be fine. Any objections? - Jmabel ! talk 20:57, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

and, yes, we'd have to make sure there isn't an "N" before the "H". - Jmabel ! talk 20:59, 20 March 2026 (UTC)

END of what was recovered from archive - Jmabel ! talk 03:43, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
Is there someone comfortable with regexes who would like to take this on? It's a little tricky; I'm sure I could do it, but not quickly, and if there is someone for whom this is easy, please take it. - Jmabel ! talk 03:45, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply, Jmabel. I look forward to seeing this issue resolved. Storye book (talk) 09:04, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

I believe this edit should let "Henry Joseph Hagger" through without letting through any other additional string. Someone may want to check my work. - Jmabel ! talk 18:28, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, Jmabel. I'm not sure whether you wanted me to test it, or an admin. Anyway, I tried to move the page title Category:Henry Joseph Haggeer to Category:Henry Joseph Hagger, but as before, the bot would not let me, for the same reason as given above. Storye book (talk) 18:50, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Oh, of course! I tested it on the string "Henry Joseph Hagger", but not with anything before or after that! - Jmabel ! talk 19:13, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

@Storye book: Special:Diff/1187731050 should fix it, but I'm a bit concerned about bad side effects. I suspect that if the string contains "Henry Joseph Hagger" then it can also contain the "bad" content this was meant to prevent, because it will already have passed the test before that is explored.

If someone can craft this better than I can, please do. - Jmabel ! talk 19:18, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you, Jmabel. I appreciate that this isn't easy, and your efforts are much appreciated.

@Zzuuzz: please could you kindly take a look at this problem for us? Thank you. Storye book (talk) 19:29, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Jmabel seems to be doing a fine job, better than this non-commons-admin could do, but the regex seems to be checking for Hagger twice. I would probably try something like: (?<!Henry Joseph|H\. ?J\.) [H]AG.... And in terms of allowing problems, I'd think it would be OK. zzuuzz (talk) 20:07, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

Thank you very much to Jmabel and Zzuuzz for kindly resolving most of the above issue. I have now been able to restore both the category name and filenames from "Henry Joseph Haggeer" to "Henry Joseph Hagger". One issue remains, though. The bot still does not permit the category "Hagger (surname)". It would be lovely if that could also be resolved - although I guess we could live without it unless or until pictures of other historical persons called Hagger turn up on Commons. Thank you both again for your trouble. Storye book (talk) 09:12, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

@Storye book: I've changed the filter and added Category:Hagger (surname). If it needs more parent categories, that is left for you to do. - Jmabel ! talk 19:39, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Jmabel. Much appreciated. Storye book (talk) 19:57, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Datasets about potential logos - March 2026 uploads

Hi all, we have released a new dataset of potential logos uploaded in March 2026, together with another one of those which have already been deleted as of 2026-04-02. We are sharing them with you for your consideration.

This is part of our current work with the logo detection tool. We hope it will be useful for your moderation activities.

If you encounter issues with the datasets or have comments/requests, please reach out to me or to Sannita (WMF).

Thanks for your attention! –-MFossati (WMF) (talk) 11:30, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Picture of the day - 02 Apr 2026

The English caption of the picture of the day has a typo. It should be Poplar hawk-moth (or even better - Poplar hawkmoth), and not Poplar hawk-mot, but can only be edited by an administrator. Loopy30 (talk) 11:44, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done --Lymantria (talk) 14:29, 2 April 2026 (UTC)

Revision deletion of File:Soyjak fell for it.png

First upload is very clearly not a free image--Trade (talk) 00:19, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Already revdelled by Jmabel. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:01, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

(yes, I know I was 5 hours late to the thread) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 05:02, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Request to close

Respectfully requesting to close the discussion posted January 2026 in this category: Category:Feast of the Black Nazarene
For consideration, please. Buszmail (talk) 13:08, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

@Buszmail: I linked the request properly per internal links. The discussion itself is at Commons:Categories for discussion/2026/01/Category:Feast of the Black Nazarene.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:14, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

 Done Now closed. - Jmabel ! talk 19:04, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

User:Εὐθυμένης makes many incorrect deletion tags

Hello admins, I found (User:Εὐθυμένης) tagged my file for (No source) and it was deleted although I add {{own}} template to source section when I uploaded it (own work), As is clear from the file's page this is a false report. I review the user contributions and found a lot of false reports like: 1 - 2 -3 - 4 - 5 -6 all this files has (own work) template! so where are the "missing source"?! , also I found in his talk page a lot of users complaint about his/her false tags, I don't know if these errors are due to the use of tools or what, but these false reports certainly cause many files to be deleted incorrectly, and therefore admins should intervene to prevent this. Thank you. Ibrahim.ID ✪ 14:42, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Courtesy links: User talk:Εὐθυμένης and Special:Contributions/Εὐθυμένης Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 15:52, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

By the way, I am pretty sure that this request, concerning a single user, should be at Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/User problems

I'm gonna sleep now Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 15:53, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

@Whyiseverythingalreadyused: Admins believed the tags.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:01, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: thanks; I was just commenting on the report's location tho Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 01:56, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

File:Ih-portal.png was tagged for not having a source, which was incorrect. It was deleted for not having a license, which was also incorrect. Εὐθυμένης has also tagged File:Άγιος Γερμανός.jpg for not having a source, although it has a source. Ping @Εὐθυμένης: . Thuresson (talk) 18:51, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

@Thuresson: Yes, it says that it's "own work". However, where is the metadata section (the code that is present in there matches, as per what another admin told me at some point in the past, a code usually associated with files coming/downloaded from face book) that usually certifies that? Also, please note the obvious (?) difference both in terms of metadata and size of the file with those uploaded by the same user before and after this one. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ^{ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ} 20:35, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

PS. Also, with the same occasion, I'd also like to say that usually and most of the time it is more common for questions or disagreements to be posted on an active user's talk page instead of (repetitive?) appreciation messages. After all, this is only supposed to be part of the usual things to do, tagging files with problems, changing categories, requesting renamings, uploading files etc. I don't think that there are many users out there expecting (?) to be thanked regularly on their talk page for a correct tagging of a file with issues, a renaming request that got accepted, an uploaded photo of theirs that looks really nice etc. But then again, that is just my mere opinion. 😕 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ^{ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ} 20:43, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Users upload photos without metadata for all sorts of reasons, if something is out of the ordinary it would be better to either tag the image as a copyright violation or nominate the file for deletion. Thuresson (talk) 21:02, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

@Thuresson: If face book is really the source of the previously mentionned file, then, it's almost impossible to trace it back since most pages (especially if we're talking about individual user profiles) are blocked for "outsiders" as long as they don't log in. 😕 PS. I guess, in such cases, maybe the precautionary principle could be possibly applied. 🏺ⲈⲨⲐⲨⲘⲈⲚⲎⲊ🏛️ ^{ⲱⲑⲏⲥⲁⲧⲉ} 21:24, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

See Commons:Deletion requests/File:مركز عين حرودة.jpg, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Düvenc.jpg, and Commons:Deletion requests/File:556 Παναγιώτης-Τσάκος.webp, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Άγιος Γερμανός.jpg.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:31, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Please delete some Unsplash files

Hi admins, can we delete the following two files

• File:American_Hot_Dogs_(Unsplash).jpg - 8 June 2017
• File:Tempelhof,_Berlin,_Germany_(Unsplash).jpg - 7 June 2017

Both the files in question were uploaded onto Unsplash past the June 5th 2017 cutoff date which under their new licence would mean these files are incompatible for Wikimedia Commons. I don't want then for us to get into trouble for hosting non-free content. LuvsMG481 (talk) 15:12, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

No, I'm not really sure about that part Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 15:51, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

I'm no expert. However, if you read the licencing at the bottom it specifies that anything published after June 5th 2017 cannot be hosted. We will wait for an admin because I'm not sure whether its in breach of Commons policies LuvsMG481 (talk) 16:05, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

This image is from Unsplash and was published prior to 5 June 2017 under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Note: On 5 June 2017, Unsplash switched the old sitewide license for all uploads from Creative Commons CC0 to a custom license arrangement which does not meet the free content licensing requirements for Commons. Therefore, media published on Unsplash from 5 June 2017 onwards is not considered to be freely licensed and can't be accepted on Commons. Files uploaded to Commons after this date should be subject to careful license review, verifying that the publication date on Unsplash is prior to 5 June 2017.

This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.

The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.enCC0Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedicationfalsefalse

See above policy -LuvsMG481 (talk) 16:06, 3 April 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Categories for discussion/2025/05/Category:Bangalore

Hello. Can anyone close this? It is very clear that the category should be in Bengaluru. It is now the official name of the city. Per COM:Categories#Category names "some proper names" are exempted from English language rule. This is unlike w:en:WP:COMMONNAME policy. This should have been moved to Bengaluru earlier than the equivalent enWiki article. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 11:59, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

@JWilz12345  Done I have closed the discussion and am in process of doing the post move requirements. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 13:13, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

First line of subcats is done (i.e. subcats to Category:Bengaluru). I will stop here. Anyone interested in digging in and moving more subcats may do so. If any help is needed, plz ping me here until this is archived or come at my talk page. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 15:12, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

That said, I may come in at times and do as much as the time allows. As of now, work in subcats with key "!", "T", "V" & "W" is over except for the two subcats of "V" (and the images inside) of Category:Photographs of Bengaluru from Mapillary which I think is COM:OOS. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 16:42, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

fix the templates

Template:I created it to fill the gaps of commons licensing template Mehuntu (talk) 07:30, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

the template i created has multiple issues. i help in filling license gaps Mehuntu (talk) 07:45, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

What? I'm gonna check OP's contributions Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 07:45, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

i am bad at good template editing Mehuntu (talk) 07:58, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Actually, @Mehuntu, you know what? Perhaps let's have all the templates moved into your userspace so you can work on them

Minus {{Cc-sa-layout}} because that seems to be a botched attempt at redoing {{Cc-by-layout}} Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 07:59, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

cc-sa-layout is atcually created to provide support for 'regional cc sa without by' templates Mehuntu (talk) 08:04, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

I will dissect the base template later, at Commons:Deletion requests/Template:Cc-sa-layout. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:06, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

i agree. retain this template but not in this namespace until completed. its propose is to provide support for templates using cc sa regional Mehuntu (talk) 08:10, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

move all the pages to user space and let admins and template editor edit and finalise it annd move without redirect. i meant to create in user space Mehuntu (talk) 08:14, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Yeah, that's a good idea Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:17, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

@Mehuntu: however, perhaps we should wait for an administrator's attention because there is a massive deletion banner on Template:Cc-sa-layout proper Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 08:18, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

Per COM:L, we don't accept any CC-SA license without BY. Creative Commons doesn't even offer one. Mehuntu appears to be making it up.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:16, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

lol I had a stroke (not the actual kind)

I vote  Delete on the ongoing DR Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 12:25, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

@Mehuntu: Where is 'regional cc sa without by' documented?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:26, 5 April 2026 (UTC)