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It's happened again. No MOTD and a big fat error

Déjà vu?
Someone please create {{Motd/2026-07-08}} with {{Motd filename|1=Чепура велика на льоду.webm|2=2026|3=07|4=08}}
Main Page now says "No media of the day today. The ID "M" is unknown to the system. Please use a valid entity ID. Problems playing the file?" - Alexis Jazz ping plz 06:31, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

@Alexis Jazz There is a template already of a pregnant squirrel eating Gbawden (talk) 09:01, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
Gbawden, @Jmabel created the page exactly 15 minutes after I made this request. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 10:30, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
Checkmark This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. - Alexis Jazz ping plz 10:30, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files found with incategory:Pages using Information template with incorrect parameter insource:/daarsteller/i Vosloo

I would be grateful, if someone could comment or even decide on this DR. --Leyo 13:31, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

@Leyo: I added some thoughts in the DR. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 14:53, 8 July 2026 (UTC)
I added my thoughts, but did not dare to close. Taivo (talk) 19:01, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Hi all! I've marked several images that User:AtlanteanAstorian has uploaded as meeting the License laundering speedy deletion criteria. This is something that the user has done a lot over a long period of time. Could an admin please look at their upload and see if their remaining uploads have clear copyright violations? Thank you. ~2026-36983-09 (talk) 20:14, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

File:Ivrea nuova ICO 1970, linea di montaggio MC 24-CR.png

Please delete this file: [Incolla qui il link completo della tua foto]. I am the original author and uploader (G7 request). The automatic abuse filter blocked my attempts to tag the file page. Thank you. Hnjmk (talk) 09:02, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

@Hnjmk: G7 only works if requested on a page created within the preceding seven days. That file has existed since 2025. Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 09:33, 11 July 2026 (UTC)
@Hnjmk: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/313 by altering or removing the standard page section headings as a new or anonymous user. Please do not do that, as such edits by new and anonymous users are considered to be vandalism. Specifically, you were removing "=={{int:filedesc}}==" (in English, "Summary") and replacing it with various attempts at deletion. Try previewing your changes. Admin GPSLeo saw a need for and wrote that filter named "Protect page section headings" with note "Prevent all not autopatrolled users from altering or removing the standard page section headings." Re the deletion, please see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Ivrea nuova ICO 1970, linea di montaggio MC 24-CR.png, COM:DP, and COM:DR.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:35, 11 July 2026 (UTC)

Please, revdel

File:Men's Football World Cup Reception 2026 at Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in London on 2 June 2026 - 12.jpg - Cropped out older unknown (to me) trophy from the United Kingdom that may be copyrighted. -- Ooligan (talk) 00:52, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ DoneMatrix(!) ping onewhen replying {user - talk? - uselesscontributions} 12:48, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

Is mw:Extension:UserMerge available on wikimedia ?

Hello,

I noticed on our Wikimedia Commons project Lingua Libre an user who had multiple account along the years. I take the opportunity to ask were are we (Commons wiki, or Wikimedia Wikis) on the issue of user account merging (mw:Extension:UserMerge) ? Is this possible somewhere ? Yug (talk) 17:28, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

Oh, finally found it : meta:Steward_requests/Username_changes#Requests_involving_merges,_usurps_or_other_complications says it's not possible at the moment. Yug (talk) 17:34, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
Yes, since CentralAuth, this has been technically impossible to do user merges. signed, Aafi (guesthouse) 18:35, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
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