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Baikal seal

Dear MPF,

If I understand correctly, the removal of Baikal seal 200507 hakone japan is just temporary. Unfortunately, the CommonsDelinker bot seems to remove the picture from nl.wiktionary forever. I suppose this is an unintended consequence, but could you please restore the picture on nl.wiktionary after undeleting it? MarcoSwart (talk) 10:15, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

@MarcoSwart yes, the removal of the filename is temporary, until the CommonsDelinker bot has cleared all the 50+ incorrect uses of the file, which is misidentified (it showed Erignathus barbatus, not Pusa sibirica). It should be replaced not with the same misidentified file, but with another one from Category:Pusa sibirica. This is a problem that Commons does not have a good process for dealing with misidentified images used on a very large number of pages. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 10:50, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
Thanks, this is a very helpful answer. I will add an appropriate picture to our page. MarcoSwart (talk) 21:10, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Gallinula

Hi, on Dec 19 you renamed File:Gallinula chloropus Humber Bay Park East Toronto.jpg to File:Gallinula galeata, Humber Bay Park, East Toronto.jpg, and you are probably right concerning the name of the species. But the place is Humber Bay Park East. There is a difference because there is also Humber Bay Park West (both in Toronto, and both not at East end). This is very minor flaw, so your rename can stay with all these commas. Just in case... Anyway, have a wonderful Year 2025. All the best --Mykola Swarnyk (talk) 00:59, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know! I can easily rename it with the comma in the right place if you like, let me know - MPF (talk) 14:13, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

_not albifrons

Thanks for your clarification. It stimulates to find the real one :-) Mykola Swarnyk (talk) 00:49, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! Good luck with finding some! Domesticated geese often have white feathers around the bill like this; the easiest way to tell a real one is that wild geese do not have that big heavy fat rear end, that farmers have bred into domesticated geese for the table :-) MPF (talk) 00:54, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

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Yours sincerely, Ketil3 (talk) 00:45, 24 January 2025 (UTC)

@Ketil3 - thanks for the note and checking; this file was confirmed to be freely licensed by the FlickreviewR bot at upload, so it can be retained. I'll tag it with {{Flickr-change-of-license}} to indicate that the license holder has changed the license subsequently; this does not affect the validity of the original license, as noted by this tag - MPF (talk) 01:59, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
@Ketil3 - ooops, missed the license laundering aspect; I've replaced all the uses with safe pics and deleted it now - MPF (talk) 17:40, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

Category:Birds with other animals

Hello MPF (please excuse me in advance for my level of English). You may have noticed, but for the past few days, I have undertaken the task of creating a new category tree for "birds with other species", of which you have created a large number.

There are now dedicated categories for each taxonomic order, as well as for the most well-known species. This has been done as far as possible, of course, since I haven't yet found similar images for certain specific taxonomic groups: kiwis, nightjars, sandgrouses, trogons, or tinamous.

It’s very likely that there are still missing categories that I haven't linked to their respective taxonomic orders. Also, I have significant gaps when it comes to identifying certain species groups, mainly Anatidae, Laridae, Corvidae, and herons. Given your contributions, you likely have the expertise to correct these potential errors.

Apart from perhaps the parrots, where there are still many images of mixed species in captivity, I believe I have covered the majority of these "interspecific avian categories." If you wish, you can continue or correct this category structure. Having titled some categories with common names (as is the case on the Wiki.en), I now realize in hindsight that I probably should have used the scientific names for simplicity (we'll see if that will be a problem).

Yours sincerely, Ellicrum {bablute [...]} 14:44, 25 January 2025 (UTC)

@Ellicrum many thanks! I see two main purposes for these categories, first, the 'negative' one, to remove photos from the lead species category as there are places (e.g. for taxoboxes on a wikipedia) that users would not want two species in a photo, and second, the 'positive' one, to make mixed species photos easy to find for uses where you do want them (e.g. for identification comparisons, or to illustrate species mixing behaviour, and things like small birds mobbing raptors).
Birds in captivity, I would leave out of this category tree altogether (perhaps make a separate category tree 'mixed captive animals'?), as it isn't good to put files with captive birds, and files with wild birds, together in the same category (obviously difficult, if there is a zoo prisoner with another bird 'just visiting' in the same photo!).
I'll check the ones you flagged up with identifications needed. On a quick first look, I noticed one file File:Gannet approaching main colony.jpg: with this, and any other photos like it, where the second species is very much secondary in the frame (distant / blurred / insignificant / not interacting / doubtfully identifiable at all), I would not add the 'with other' categories at all, just ignore the second species completely :-) Of the Kiwi, Sandgrouse, etc., I guess they rarely mix with other species! And finally, yes, it is best to use scientific names, not vernacular: if you can't rename them yourself, I can do so; let me know if there are any you need help with. - MPF (talk) 15:38, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Thanks MPF for your detailed response. To address a few points:
  • I was hesitating about whether to keep the "main category of the species" for the files in question. Keeping both categories could be justified, I suppose, for species with fewer than a hundred files, so asn't to scatter the iconographic resources too much.
  • I understand the idea of separating captive bird mixes from those in the wild, but this deserves a dedicated discussion (the title of these categories is quite permissive). If I compare it to similar categories for mammals, as well as the categories that already existed (domestic species for example), this type of mix was common practice.
    • I suppose that a category like "X (captive) with other species" could be justified for Anatidae (mallard and greylag goose for examples), parrots, Columbidae, and numerous waterbirds, where there’s potential for categories to have more than a hundred files. For categories with fewer than fifty images, as is the case for most of them, it may be less problematic.
  • Thanks for your identifications. Feel free to remove categories if you feel the birds aren't sufficiently visible or identifiable in the images. Personally, I tend to be quite lenient about this.
  • I'll take note of the suggestion to use scientific names for category titles. I will do some renaming of categories later.
Yours sincerely, Ellicrum {bablute [...]} 17:13, 26 January 2025 (UTC)

File:Mule deer eating pine cones.png

Regarding your move, I titled the image based on the caption from the original post from National Park Service, not my own opinion of what they might be doing: ",,,Do deer eat pinecones? Deer are known to consume cones and pine needles, especially when there is a scarcity of other food sources during the winter. Is it their favorite? Meh. Deer get less picky when they are hungry...". So, I went with what the experts and NPS said and I'm not thrilled that you just declared that isn't what they are doing and moved it based on your opinion. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:04, 12 February 2025 (UTC)

@Beeblebrox You can see that one of the deer has been eating the needles, they're visibly cropped just left of the lower cone. And zero signs of any browse damage to the cones. Yes, deer may eat the cones when they are green and soft in the spring before ripening, but not mature open cones like these, which are nothing more than wood, and very hard wood at that. - MPF (talk) 20:56, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
You seem to be missing my point that I went with what the national park staff that created the image said. You seem to be asserting that your own observations override that. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:05, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
@Beeblebrox I'm going by empirical scientific evidence, which is very clear: cropped needles, and untouched cones. If you can find published documentation that deer eat mature cones after seed dispersal (and not on a social media post, least of all on farcebook), I'll reconsider. Find me the original of the photo in the NPS archive, and see what it says there (I tried a tineye reverse image search and couldn't find it anywhere). But until then, what is visible and identifiable is what matters, not an unknown person's unverified social media speculation. Who posted the comment? Really an experienced NPS staff member, or a social media posts volunteer with possibly minimal training? Remember the farcebook is inaccessible to anyone not on farcebook. Oh, and BTW, deer are not keen on pine needles, either, they're 'famine food', due to toughness and the resin contained; but unlike mature cones, they are edible, if necessary. - MPF (talk) 21:24, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
That was the whole point if the post, that they will eat things they otherwise wouldn't in winter when other food sources aren't available.
However, I can see that you have decreed that this is the new title and description of the image and I as a lowly mortal must submit to your superior judgement. Throwing in "Farcebook" not one but three times was very special of you. Really upping the bar for admin behavior here. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:42, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
😂 it's what I've always called it for years! It's just second nature now . . . - MPF (talk) 22:05, 12 February 2025 (UTC)
Beeblebrox, after I read your user page, I happened to notice this comment. Can you please not bring your particular brand of en.wikipedia incivility to commons? There was absolutely no need for the response you gave to MPF, this is not en.wikipedia and we try not to make unsubstantiated comments about admins here. If you could not import en.Wikipedia drama to commons, it would be appreciated. - Chris.sherlock2 (talk) 22:38, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

Captive species mix

Hello MPF (sorry once again for my English),

As I told you in a previous discussion, I wanted to highlight again your important contributions for what concerns the avian themed files. The standardization of category names is also part of this important work, and I wanted to thank you for this.

Nevertheless, as I told you a few weeks ago, I believe that the interspecies relationships that can be found in captivity have their place in these types of categories. Once again, in a category labeled "X with other species", nothing seems to exclude with this formulation the presence of these photos in captivity.

Unless there has been a concerted discussion on this topic in the past and several contributors have agreed on it, I would be of the contrary opinion to keep these files in these categories. If you feel that this is confusing with "wildlife" photos, which is completely legitimate, I invite you in this case to create a category "X (captive) with other species". This "mixture" in some way is nevertheless extremely common among the categories of mammals.

As I saw your contributions for "Category:Melopsittacus undulatus with other species" (and many other species), where I spent several days searching for files that were not even identified/categories, I thought it would be a shame to delete everything. To quote as an example the categories with the Psittacidae, you can be sure that there will be nothing left of all that I have collected (where it counts in several hundreds of files). Before proceeding with this, I propose that there is a consensus of several contributors on this subject. Ellicrum {bablute [...]} 17:02, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the note! I believe very strongly, that wild and captive birds should not be placed together in the same (sub)category, just as one would not put wolves and dogs together in the same (sub)category. As for mixing of captive species with other captive species, they have no options over their choice of which inmates they mix with; people put them in the same cage whether they like it or not. So it is an artificial (man-made) association, not a meaningful one, in the way that associating wild birds often is meaningful. I would say, don't waste time looking through subcategories of captive birds, treat them as junk, to be ignored :-) But if you really want a "Category:Domesticated Budgerigars with other cagebirds", it should be a subcategory only of "Category:Domesticated Budgerigars", and not of "Category:Melopsittacus undulatus with other species". Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 18:14, 12 March 2025 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. But to try to make my point once again, these captive groupings of species, however artificial they may be, I cannot disagree with you on that point, aren't without meaning in my humble opinion. Even if it's simply to demonstrate the docility or tolerance of these animals towards other animals with more or less similar/complementary behavior, to show that they can coexist together in a small space (this isn't insignificant from an ethological point of view). "Artificially" grouping different species is, after all, a practice as old as the very existence of domestication and the very diverse forms of captivity in the broadest sense (depicted in sculptures, paintings, ancient circus games, menageries, etc.).
To return to the example of our birds, while there are some fifty files on Commons showing cohabitation between cockatiels and budgerigars, this is well beyond anecdotal practice. Rather than diluting this into the generic "Domesticated buedgerigars" category, our categories by species provide a more direct way to highlight this. Since there is ultimately only a single mixed species file (in the wild), it's not as if this would lead to confusion between avian populations with different life situations.
As I intend to expand this type of category to mammals (including those in captivity), I once again invite you to wait a little while until I raise this topic with other contributors in the relevant discussion projects and there is a consensus on how to proceed. As you can imagine, I will find it rather regrettable if everything I have very patiently collected for Psittacidae (among other taxa) is wiped out with a stroke of the pen. Ellicrum {bablute [...]} 21:47, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Einladung zu Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Deutschland

Hallo MPF,

auch in diesem Jahr beginnt am 1. Mai wieder der regionale Wettbewerb von Wiki Loves Earth (WLE) in Deutschland und läuft bis zum 30. Juni. Dabei können wie immer Nationalparks, Naturschutzgebiete, Landschaftsschutzgebiete und Naturdenkmäler oder andere Schutzgebiete fotografiert und die Fotos hochgeladen werden. Du hast an einem der vergangenen Fotowettbewerbe teilgenommen. Deshalb laden wir dich ein, auch dieses Jahr wieder mitzumachen. Wir freuen uns auf deine Fotos!

Der Wettbewerb ist zweigeteilt, das heißt, wir unterscheiden zwischen den beiden Wettbewerbskategorien Landschaft und Detail/Makro. Zur Wettbewerbskategorie Landschaft zählen auch geschützte Einzelbäume. In der Wettbewerbskategorie Detail/Makro werden Pflanzen, Tiere und Pilze in den Schutzgebieten bewertet.

Es sind wie immer viele spannende Motive überall in Deutschland zu finden. Neben als Naturdenkmal geschützten alten Bäumen oder den großen Nationalparks der Mittelgebirge und am Meer können auch kleine städtische Landschaftsschutzgebiete dokumentiert werden. Zu über 16.000 Naturdenkmalen und mehreren tausend Schutzgebieten haben wir noch keine Fotos. Wo noch Fotos fehlen, kannst du über die Karte oder die umfangreichen Listen in Wikipedia herausfinden.

In diesem Jahr wollen wir auch einen Fokus auf Geotope, wie Findlinge, Quellen oder Aufschlüsse, legen. Hierfür gibt es drei Sonderpreise zum Thema Geodiversität.

Damit es ab 1. Mai mit dem Upload schnell geht:

Außerdem laden wir dich ein, vom 15. Mai bis voraussichtlich Ende Juli an der Vorjury teilzunehmen. Damit bewertest du die hochgeladenen Bilder und ermittelst so gemeinsam mit der Jury, die Ende August tagen wird, die Sieger von Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Deutschland.


Für Fragen steht das Organisationsteam gerne auf der Support-Seite zur Verfügung. Falls du im nächsten Jahr keine Einladung für Wiki Loves Earth in Deutschland haben möchtest, trag dich bitte hier ein. Wir würden das natürlich schade finden, da wir uns auf deine Fotos freuen.

Viel Spaß und Erfolg beim Fotowettbewerb 2025 wünscht dir im Namen des Organisationsteams GPSLeo (talk) MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 10:03, 18 April 2025 (UTC)

File:Sirex noctilio damage on Pinus.jpg

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Leoboudv (talk) 03:38, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

Agree  Delete, thanks for the ping! - MPF (talk) 09:04, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
@Leoboudv - well spotted on the status of this pic. I've removed it from all its uses on various wikipedias - MPF (talk) 09:15, 4 May 2025 (UTC)

Category:Insectimages.org needing review

Dear Admin MPF,

If you can, please review this image below which I uploaded.

Secondly, I have concluded via checks on Internet Archive and the current source that Commons cannot keep these excellent images below because they were likely not reviewed in time. The license today is CC BY NC 3.0:

Please feel free to deal with them as you see fit...in a mass DR or speedy delete. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 06:03, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

Category:Insectimages.org needing review

Dear Admin MPF,

These images below cannot be kept as their license was likely changed to Non-Commercial before Internet Archive could record the change:

Secondly, I am 100% sure this image cannot be kept because it was likely given the wrong species name and Bugwood deleted the source...as someone on the image talkpage also commented:

Please deal with the second image as you wish. Best Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 09:02, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

@Leoboudv - Thanks! They've all gone now. Some of the Connecticut images had older pre-creative commons archive versions, and even on those (e.g. here), there is a statement "This image may be copied and used, in whole or in part, for any non-profit, educational purpose provided that all reproductions bear an appropriate credit" (my emphasis), so they were always noncommercial licenses even when first uploaded here. The "Adonis" seeds I've deleted as license indeterminable; as an USDA photo it was most likely pd-usgov, but we can't prove it with no traceable source - MPF (talk) 09:56, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
  • Thanks for the 2004 Connecticut Internet link..and for deleting the last image. However, I find it a bit difficult that Rocket000--a former Admin--and Raeky in this image: File:Adelges tsugae 3225077.jpg would make license mistakes. Shockingly! The second image is indeed licensed as CC BY 3.0 Generic which suggests that Connecticut images may have decided since this image was passed to not do change the license. See here
  • PS: This are two images I missed: File:Coleotechnites laricis 1178009.jpg & File:Coleotechnites 1178014.jpg Sadly, they cannot be saved today. Goodnight from Vancouver where it is 3 AM. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 10:05, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
    @Leoboudv Thanks again! Interesting that the Adelges tsugae photo is a valid license even though from the same Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station; presumably they decide their image licenses on a case-by-case basis, rather than as a bulk decision like most do. That of course makes it very easy for the odd noncommercial photo to slip through unrealised when uploading. I've occasionally run into the same problem with inaturalist photos too - only a few days ago I was very lucky I spotted that the middle photo of this set of 3 pics was cc-by-nc before attempting upload (so stopped in time!), when the other two were both valid cc-by-sa. - MPF (talk) 10:47, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

File:Navajo woman.jpg

Dear Admin MPF,

As an Admin, perhaps you have more experience dealing with this image. It has a given flickr source which is deleted but the openverse source says the image is CC BY. I assume the image is PD...but I don't know the source of the image. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 07:30, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

@Leoboudv A strange case! The flickr owner must have removed it very quickly after it was added to Commons. I really don't know what to do with it! With it being from 1907, I would think there is a high likelihood it will be PD-OLD license, but not an absolute guarantee. Can the Openverse statement be taken as a guarantee of a valid license? Perhaps best to nominate it for deletion with a comment "presume to keep, but other opinions sought, please" and let the wider community give their thoughts? - MPF (talk) 13:20, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
  • Please act as you see fit as you as more experienced here. Goodnight. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 13:27, 16 May 2025 (UTC)
    OK! - MPF (talk) 13:31, 16 May 2025 (UTC)

File:Macaria granitata 1178044.jpg & File:Sirex noctilio larva.jpg

Dear Admin MPF,

Can you delete these two now unfree images please? I had passed the first since Rocket000 was an Admin when he was an uploaded it in 2010 but the license was CC BY NC 3.0 today. 15 years have passed...too long to detect a license change. I reverted my pass now and uploaded two replacement images here: File:Macaria granitata 2023.jpg and here: File:Macaria granitata 2024.jpg Apparently, only inaturalist is the only possible place to get free replacement images.

The second image is not used. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:24, 20 May 2025 (UTC)

  • Finally, neither MGA73 or I know what to do with this image: File:Erynnis icelus 2196069.jpg where the source was deleted or no longer exists on insectimages. Perhaps the species was misidentified? Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:34, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
  • Thanks for making a decision MPF and have a great day. Goodnight from Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 11:13, 21 May 2025 (UTC)

Update request

Hello, MPF.

Can you add the border of South Sudan in File:Turdus merula distribution map.png? The map and its title has no fixed date, and is used across Wikipedia. That is why it needs to show current-day borders.

When you upload animal distribution maps which show country maps in the future, can you make sure that they include current-day borders, including South Sudan?

Yours sincerely, Oratas (talk) 08:21, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

@Oratas Done! Not sure where the South Sudan border is or how to add it, but as there's no Blackbirds there it isn't needed on this map, so I just plonked Australia on top of it 😂 Hope that's OK! - MPF (talk) 14:05, 10 June 2025 (UTC)
Thank you very much. :))) Oratas (talk) 16:55, 10 June 2025 (UTC)

My Thank topic

Hello, MPF. Thank you for re-categorizing my photo of Bhama Chicken. I confused "Bird" and "Chicken" due to my thought that they were in the similar class, I may be stupid for that... :( . * Cryssandra * . (talk) 11:33, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

No problem! I am recategorising dozens to hundreds of photos every day 😄 - MPF (talk) 12:41, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Quick question

Hi MPF! I forgot to ask for my bot flag back when I got my AWB back. Could you please add my bot account HiW-Bot (talk · contribs) to the AWB check page and add the bot flag back? Krd removed it two years ago, due to my inactivity. If needed, I go through the whole application procedure again. Thanks for your time! --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 22:08, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

@Hedwig in Washington Ooouf! I fear I can't remember how to do that! Best to ask on the Administrators Noticeboard, there'll be someone there who knows better than me ;-) MPF (talk) 22:12, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
No problem at all, I just noticed you being around. Your my first victim today mm --Hedwig in Washington (mail?) 22:14, 22 June 2025 (UTC)
Thanks, and good luck! - MPF (talk) 22:16, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Earth 2025 – Deutschland – Vielen Dank für deine Teilnahme

Beitrag aus dem letzten Jahr der erstmals die Art Lamproderma splendens für Wikipedia dokumentierte.

Hallo MPF/archive18,

der Wettbewerb Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Deutschland ist beendet. Im Rahmen der Kampagne haben 350 Teilnehmende 13.497 Fotos hochgeladen, die bereits über 1.000 Artikel in über 40 Wikipedia-Sprachversionen und Einträge auf Wikidata bebildern. Sämtliche Ergebnisse kannst du hier ansehen.

Um aus diesen Beiträgen die besten Fotos zu finden, läuft bis zum 16. August die Vorjury. Über Unterstützung bei dieser würden wir uns sehr freuen.

Die Siegerfotos werden voraussichtlich am 1. September verkündet.

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Update request

Hello, MPF.

Can you add the border of South Sudan in File:Juniperus communis range map.png? The map and its title has no fixed date, and is used across Wikipedia. That is why it needs to show current-day borders.

When you upload animal distribution maps which show country maps in the future, can you make sure that they include current-day borders, including South Sudan?

Your maps are great. I know it may sound trivial, but when there are maps of countries, even in animal and plant distribution maps, obsolete borders do stick out.

Yours sincerely, Oratas (talk) 11:42, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

@Oratas - thanks for the note! I can't add it as I don't know where the border is well enough to add it accurately. But the species concerned doesn't occur anywhere near that far south, so cropping the map to further north avoids the problem, and I've done that :-) MPF (talk) 11:53, 19 July 2025 (UTC)
Thank you very much. Yes, cropping maps is easier than having to redraw the border in PNG maps, unless it requires the removal of a border, which is easy and which I can do too. But it is always best to ask the original uploader of a map for an update or a correction. :) Oratas (talk) 12:02, 19 July 2025 (UTC)

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@Consigned - thanks! Yes, does indeed look like Flickr license-washing, agree delete - MPF (talk) 13:09, 24 August 2025 (UTC)

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You renamed File:Waldkiefer mit Knospen im FFH-Gebiet Heideflächen und Lohwälder nördlich von München.jpg. The file is a winning photo of WLE in Germany and used on over 300 pages. The Jury checked the name and saw no need for changing it. Now without prior discussion you changed the description from a bud of a flower to the on of the foliage. Why did you not discuss this first. Are you really sure that this is a foliage bud? Additionally you made a mistake in the renaming resulting in a second rename by @Tkarcher. GPSLeo (talk) 07:06, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

@GPSLeo Yes, definitely a foliage bud, and not young female cones; therefore it qualifies for renaming under criterion 3 "To correct obvious errors in filenames, including misspelled proper nouns, incorrect dates, and misidentified objects or organisms". Compare e.g. File:Pinus sylvestris TK 2023-05-21 2.jpg for young (under 1 month old) female cones, and File:Pinus-sylvestris-10-fws.jpg for an older (~11 months old) female cone, and foliage buds. The bud scales in your photo are dried out, which is why they are splayed out instead of connate. Apologies for getting the spelling of 'Knospen' wrong; I don't know how that happened, probably I was typing too quickly. - MPF (talk) 13:49, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
If you are sure about this I trust you with the identification. I also tried to find some botanical illustration but did not find anything. But I would prefer a notification on the file talk page about the intended move in such cases. GPSLeo (talk) 14:40, 19 September 2025 (UTC)
@GPSLeo Thanks! Yes, absolutely sure; I've been studying conifers for decades. Notifying on file talk pages is tricky; if this always had to be done, Commons would very soon grind to a halt and nothing would ever get done while waiting for replies that, in the vast majority of cases, never come (how may file uploaders look for requests like this? I certainly don't!). Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 15:03, 19 September 2025 (UTC)

File renaming

What on earth gives you the right to rename my horned grebe files to Slavonian grebe? Please revert these changes immediately. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:27, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

  • You've also messed up my VIC by your interference. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:43, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
    Because they're Slavonian Grebes (Podiceps auritus auritus), not Horned Grebes (Podiceps auritus cornutus), which does not occur in Iceland. If it has "messed up the VIC", then there is a fault in the VIC system, it should be able to cope with redirects; if it can't, then it's the VIC system that's at fault, not me. File names are frequently changed to improve filenames or correct errors - MPF (talk) 10:54, 30 September 2025 (UTC)
  • 1. You are talking complete nonsense. Horned grebe and Slavonian grebe are both used for birds in Iceland.
    2. Even if I had made a mistake it is not for you to change my file names without consultation.
    3. I now see you know nothing about VIC, so had no idea that you cannot change a file name during a live nomination. You have to move the nomination page.
    4. Please do not do this again. "A user repeatedly renaming files under invalid reasons can be stripped of the filemover privilege." Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:37, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
1 - No. It makes good sense, to cover against any potential future species split. Just the same as the English names Black Scoter (now Melanitta americana, formerly M. nigra americana) and Common Scoter (now M. nigra sensu stricto, formerly M. nigra nigra) had "both been used for birds in Iceland". A file named "File:Black Scoter Melanitta nigra.jpg" would, whether named before or after the split, be very unhelpful and would similarly get renamed. This is a reality that happens, and needs to be dealt with; this is just one example, there are plenty of others where the vernacular name of one taxon had been combined with the scientific name of a different taxon in a filename. This is a valid criterion for file renaming (Criteria #2 'ambiguous', #3).
2 - Insisting on no change without consultation is in breach of the Creative Commons licenses, which is contrary to the ethos of the whole of Wikimedia that edits can be made, by anyone.
3 - I don't enter all my photos for VIC, so it is true I don't look in there much; I don't have the time for it. If it really is that restrictive, it needs to be changed. What happens with other VIC entries which are clearly incorrectly named? - MPF (talk) 10:00, 2 October 2025 (UTC)

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Update request

Hello, MPF.

In File:Rangifer tarandus map.png, can you add the borders of Montenegro, which became independent in 2006, Kosovo, which became independent in 2008, and South Sudan, which became independent in 2011 (they are present in its duplicate File:Reindeer map.png); as well as add the border of South Sudan in File:Cypron-Range Rangifer tarandus.svg?

Yours sincerely, 2A00:1D36:1011:5701:EC81:1FAF:4094:B426 12:54, 25 October 2025 (UTC)

Hello, MPF.
I withdraw the request, because the maps have been updated.
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Deletion of category Sitta himalayensis in Lava

Hi, you have deleted a category named Sitta himalayensis in Lava. Will you kindly explain what was wrong with it? I am trying to understand this as all of my images are categorized that way. The reason for that, if you see this we can find a list of species that were photographed in this place. From this (parent category of Sitta himalayensis in Lava) we can have a list of bird species photographed in this state. From this list of bird species photographed in this country. All of these are interlinked. Tisha Mukherjee (talk) 10:23, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

Because there are only 19 photos of Sitta himalayensis in grand total. Splitting almost all of them into multiple tiny subcategories which you have to click through multiple further intermediate subcategories makes it very hard for people to find them. It was as if you didn't want anyone to know about the existence of most of the photos of the species. For location subcategories, it is better to stick to Order, or Family, rather than species, unless there are well over 200 photos of the species. Hope this helps! - MPF (talk) 10:38, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
Thank you, I understand your point. For my new uploads I will follow the same but do you recommend to do that for all my previous uploads also? Tisha Mukherjee (talk) 11:45, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
Thanks! Yes, a good idea, if you want people to be able to find your pictures easily; the more important for rarer species like this one where there are very few photos. Where there are thousands of photos (like e.g. Category:Cygnus olor!), then species by individual site is reasonable. - MPF (talk) 11:54, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
Ok thanks, I will do that. Since I have got a lot of previous uploads it is going to take quite some time. Tisha Mukherjee (talk) 12:18, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
Many thanks! Take your time, no need to feel rushed 👍 - MPF (talk) 14:05, 16 November 2025 (UTC)
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on my wife's behalf I am working on her files. Will you please look at this file and give your valuable feedback so I can proceed with the rest. Paramanu Sarkar (talk) 08:05, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
@Paramanu Sarkar Thanks! The only point I can add is that it is now classified (IOC; scroll about ⅔ down the list) in Cettiidae, not Scotocercidae, so the family category it is in need adjusting. Nice bird to see and get such a good photo! - MPF (talk) 10:07, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
Yes, It is updated in ebird also. I will change them. Thank you so much for your help. Tisha Mukherjee (talk) 10:59, 18 November 2025 (UTC)

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Tibetan sand plover

Hi, For Tibetan sand plover the Binomial name is Anarhynchus atrifrons but in commons it is Charadrius mongolus, is there something needs to be done? Paramanu Sarkar (talk) 13:34, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

@Paramanu Sarkar thanks! Yes, it needs splitting out; Commons is getting rather out-of-date because the proceedures for updating are so complicated that nobody wants to do it. I'll see if I can get it done in the next day or two - MPF (talk) 13:51, 2 December 2025 (UTC)
Here are some more categories I came across earlier and I thought should bring in to your notice.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Paramanu Sarkar (talk) 09:18, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
@Paramanu Sarkar Those, and hundreds of others, unfortunately! It's a huge task, sadly - MPF (talk) 20:16, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
Sorry to hear that, yes it's too complicated and not many are capable of doing such as well. If I could I would have done those by myself rather than pointing out them to you. Paramanu Sarkar (talk) 11:29, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

File:Les Glénans - 34.jpg

Do the above look like Phalacrocorax carbo, as they are filed? JMK (talk) 13:13, 30 December 2025 (UTC)

@JMK Merci! Well spotted; definitely not, they are Gulosus aristotelis (formerly Phalacrocorax aristotelis; the subcategory hasn't been updated yet). I have corrected the categories - MPF (talk) 14:34, 30 December 2025 (UTC)