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Since August 2023, only users with Autopatrol rights may overwrite files uploaded by other users. You may request autopatrol rights here in the Autopatrol section. 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.

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Tetragrammaton Sefardi

Tetragrammaton Sefardi I would like to replace this image with a scan of the page taken in color. ILikeMultipleThings (talk) 06:25, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

A color scan would usually necessitate uploading as a new file. Abzeronow (talk) 02:12, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

File:Brian Scalabrine of the Boston Celtics at NBA Media Day 2007.png

I made a slight color correction of this file (to reduce the yellow tint) and would like to replace it. ASUKITE 17:03, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done. You can now overwrite this file. S.Marchenko (talk) 17:07, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:A5_Map.jpg

The Patras-Pyrgos section of the A5 Motorway (aka Ionia Odos) in Greece was completed and opened in December 2025, as shown on this update by the construction contractor Olympia Odos S.A. I would like to update the file's map to reflect this (currently the section is still shown as "to be delivered"). GrogmarkMan (talk) 01:25, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 02:25, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Sow stalls us map.svg

New Jersey and Massachusetts have banned gestational crates in recent years as shown here. Additionally the upper peninsula is not marked as being banned on this map. Jg.lamp (talk)

✓ Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 03:35, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Pride_radicale_de_Paris_14_juin_2026_-_le_fleurte.jpg

Upload of an unblurred picture without the consent of the participants. I would overwriting with a picture blurring every face. Médicis (talk) 11:06, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

@Silanoc: I feel like this should be discussed before I approve or deny. This is group of people in a public place doing something of public interest (marching in Pride radicale Paris). We should be fine as far as French law goes. But I also want to think about the participants and what would be best for them as well. Blurring every face makes it have less educational value as it would be the banner and blurred faces as the focus. Abzeronow (talk) 03:20, 4 August 2026 (UTC)
I’m in talk with the group of participants (that’s why I know they didn’t consent to it in the first place), they want their faces to be blurred Médicis (talk) 07:40, 4 August 2026 (UTC)
OK, that makes me inclined to approve. But I'll give it another day or two before I decide. Abzeronow (talk) 02:49, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Cataloniae principatus 1608.jpg

Hello!

I would like to overwrite this map of Catalonia with another copy with the borders well painted and to change the name of the file.

Thank you very much! Joaquim Link (talk) 13:57, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

 Not done. You can upload a new file. S.Marchenko (talk) 14:06, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
Why? Because are they two different copies of the same map? Joaquim Link (talk) 14:26, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
In any case, I would like to change the year of the map because the real year of this one is 1612: https://cartotecadigital.icgc.cat/digital/collection/catalunya/id/1871/rec/3. Joaquim Link (talk) 15:22, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Here's Where The Story Ends.jpg

I found a higher quality version of the single's cover here: https://www.discogs.com/release/1769625-The-Sundays-Heres-Where-The-Story-Ends/image/SW1hZ2U6MzEwOTkyMzU=

The image is ineligible for copyright, as it is simple text. Crafts97 (talk) 16:27, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 03:23, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Vertical_dipole_18_Oct_2020.jpg

Hi! I've edited out the dust spots in this photo and I think that it counts as an uncontroversial improvement? I've made sure to export it using the same compression settings as the original, so that there's no notable increase in JPEG noise.

Username1172 (talk) 17:43, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Yes, that sounds like a minor change. @Hp.Baumeler: as a courtesy. Abzeronow (talk) 03:24, 4 August 2026 (UTC)
Uploader thanked me for the edit, is that a yes to the change? Abzeronow (talk) 02:14, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Visa policy of Niue.svg

Niue - visa on arrival, not visa-free entry. Sobac49 (talk) 18:17, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 03:26, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Red_deer_(Cervus_elaphus)_reconstructed_and_recent.png

I've fixed a few unfinished border lines, fixed a few slight miscolourations, added range in Luxembourg, and removed a weird coloured blotch in Russia. Tomas Guus (talk) 20:10, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

See derivatives File:Cervus elaphus rangemap.png, and File:Cervus hanglu rangemap.png as examples (My version is those two, put together). Tomas Guus (talk) 20:34, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
✓ Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 03:27, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Cairene lady waited upon by a Galla Slave.webp

Since higher resolution is available. Original file: File:Cairene lady waited upon by a Galla Slave. Wellcome L0071552.jpg 3,953 × 5,317. —JoeJohnson2 (talk) 20:31, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 03:30, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File: Master of the Aeneid Legend - The Descent of Aeneas into Hell - Walters 44205.jpg

I am attempting to overwrite this file with the same image with an higher exposure --Skyfall (talk) 21:06, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 03:34, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Rachel_Edri_(facecrop).jpg

I uploaded (and took) the original photo. I have an uncompressed version of the file (the previous version was compressed by mistake), and I would like to replace the file with the updated version. שיפוץ-ניק (talk) 23:57, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 03:36, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Thibaut Giraud.jpg

Hello, I've increased the brightness of the photo, so I'd like to replace this version, which is too dark. Best regards Fourmidable (talk) 17:57, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done Hopefully the brightness adjust is subtle. Abzeronow (talk) 02:52, 5 August 2026 (UTC)
✓ Done What about now? Fourmidable (talk) 08:51, 5 August 2026 (UTC)
Looks fine. Abzeronow (talk) 02:12, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Visa policy of Tuvalu.svg, File:Visa policy of the Solomon Islands.svg

I would like to update the information. Sobac49 (talk) 19:19, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done You can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 02:55, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Binding of isaac logo.png

I'd like to upload the version with no background. LaserMoai (talk) 21:41, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting just the year 1608 of the name of File:Cataloniae principatus 1608.jpg for 1612

Hello again!

As, S.Marchenko said to me, I have uploaded another file File:"Cataloniae Principatus novissima et accurata descriptio" (1608 o 1612).jpg.

I am writing another request just to overreplace the year of the file name 1608 for 1612 (the year of this copy).

You can see the real year in this link: https://cartotecadigital.icgc.cat/digital/collection/catalunya/id/1871/rec/3

Thanks again! Joaquim Link (talk) 21:42, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

I have already asked for the change in the name of the file in the corresponding button, sorry. Joaquim Link (talk) 07:59, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

File:HKSAR visa policy map.svg

I want to fix Azerbaijan's borders on this map. Mastersun25 (talk) 14:17, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 02:05, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Allowing overwriting of File:1837 US Contingent VP Election.svg

To continue the colour adjustments I have been making for the American Whig party, I did all of the presidential elections but forgot this VP contingent election. I would just change the yellow colour to the Whigs' official colour of Buff.

Additionally my previous edits to the US electoral college maps from 1836–1852 are complete and can be closed off again. HGP7 (talk) 20:29, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 02:11, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
It should be done now. HGP7 (talk) 03:06, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:After You've Gone cover.jpg

I'd like to upload a superior version. Nighfidelity (talk) 22:25, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

source? Abzeronow (talk) 02:11, 6 August 2026 (UTC)