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Allow overwriting of File:DOG Football.jpg

The current version looks... outdated, becuz it was last updated in 2011, so I made a newer version of it. Please allow me to replace the current version with the version I made in 2026.

Moving the file and either changing the redirect or deleting it (if you really want the file name) sounds better to me. Abzeronow (talk) 19:42, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello,

As agreed with the original author Mediatus on his user talk page, I would like to overwrite these 7 SVG files with a version where I flattened the deeply nested groups. Some SVG renderers (rsvg) cannot display images with such a deep nesting level. Apart from this change, the files are identical. Aiiike (talk) 11:29, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

slowly doing this request. Abzeronow (talk) 19:29, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Swiss Indoors logo.svg

Hi, I am trying to overwrite our logo since its not allowed to use our logo without the ATP500. Thanks in advance. Swiss Indoors (talk) 15:03, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 21:15, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
@Abzeronow: I thought we kept historical logos.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:42, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
We do. If the ATP 500 is a more recent addition, I'll have to revert or split (and since that seems like an objection, I might have to do that anyway.) Abzeronow (talk) 00:44, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
OK, removed template pending answer from requestor. Abzeronow (talk) 00:47, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
Thank you for checking, just so you understand why we request it: We have several problems reminding everyone to not use our old logo/logo without the ATP logo. So it would be more efficient if it doesn't pop up everywhere. So am I allowed to overwrite? Swiss Indoors (talk) 07:00, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
OK, User:Jeff G. was correct to object. However, I can rename this file so it's clear it's the old logo. I could change or delete the redirect afterwards depending on your preference. Abzeronow (talk) 19:41, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
Yes please rename it and also there shouldn't be written "current" anymore. These are the ones I uploaded already one in black(pos), one white(neg), or do they need to be uploaded as svg?
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SwissIndoors2026_ATP_Basel.png
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Swiss_Indoors_Basel_Logo_negativ.png
They can be named:
Swiss Indoors Logo negativ
Swiss Indoors Logo positiv Swiss Indoors (talk) 08:30, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
File moved. You can upload vector versions of those, yes. Abzeronow (talk) 20:27, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:GA2018CD2BYCOUNTY.svg

I’d like to change the county colors to match with the rest of maps of the article it’s in Ididntknowausername (talk) 02:59, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

A case of downballot colors when it shouldn't be? Abzeronow (talk) 19:43, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
Pretty much Ididntknowausername (talk) 17:33, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:27, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Bombardovanje_Beograda_05.jpg

Picture is uploaded mirrored and i fixed like should be. Snake bgd (talk) 15:54, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

is it mirrored at source? Abzeronow (talk) 22:48, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:3002_Kanji.svg

some textual svg cleanup: repeated style attributes moved out to a separate <style> element (2.07 MB -> 639.7 kB), sorted <text> elements to fix highlighting issues, and changed ids to match. .rokke (talk) 18:04, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 22:50, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Social_mobility_is_lower_in_more_unequal_countries.jpg

To remove the distracting black bars. Winnie Schneider (talk) 22:48, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 22:53, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
Update done. Thanks. Winnie Schneider (talk) 09:11, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of 27 different New York gubernatorial and presidential election maps

These are the maps:

I've corrected borders for all 27 of these maps. There are border changes that occurred in years after some, if not all of these maps, that are incorrectly shown here, specifically involving the counties of Saint Lawrence and Franklin, Hamilton and Essex, Allegany and Livingston, Queens (now Nassau) and Suffolk, and New York and Westchester (now Bronx). Spesh531(talk, contrib., ext) 04:01, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

I'll figure out if I want to very slowly start it or wait until I go back from France to start doing this since I don't have my laptop with me. Abzeronow (talk) 04:38, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
Take your time on this. There's another minor border change (South Brother Island in April 1964 from Queens to the Bronx) that I caught that occurred in 1964 as well as a Queens/Nassau border that was different in 1898 so there's another 81 files that I have ready to update...
Spesh531(talk, contrib., ext) 23:50, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
I'm withdrawing this request due to being granted Autopatrol rights. Spesh531(talk, contrib., ext) 13:23, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Atlantic_hurricane_tracks.jpg

This file has not been updated since 2020 and I have generated one that has the newest version. JasonHo1222 (talk) 13:10, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:32, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Vietnam_location_map.svg

If viewed closely, such as on a graphics editor software like Inkscape, one may notice that the old borders have been altered in a rough and almost rushed manner. (They were altered following the 2025 province merger in Vietnam)

Certain parts of the province borders either have gaps, undershoots/overshoots or some combination of the two. Original editor must've removed parts of the paths without cleaning up the errors.

I went on Inkscape to fix the borders and went to overwrite the new, edited images and only then did I realize I had to receive the autopatrol right to actually do so. Blueconcorde (talk) 17:36, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:35, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Flag of Darfur Liberation Front.svg

I fixed the crescent, reduced file size and optimized its code. Ayisaaach (talk) 19:10, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 19:39, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Siège de Girdkûh.jpeg

Found a far better quality version per https://portail.biblissima.fr/ark:/43093/mdata8197a869f9111cfa29d6f9d755e5f75422641ef8 Browhatwhyamihere (talk) 20:31, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 04:15, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Holanda.svg

Removed unwanted white spots from logo. FireDragonValo (talk) 02:36, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 04:16, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Ola logo.svg

Removed unwanted background around logo. FireDragonValo (talk) 02:59, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 04:17, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Algida.svg

Removed unwanted background around logo. FireDragonValo (talk) 03:04, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 04:19, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Eskimo.svg

Removed unwanted background from logo. FireDragonValo (talk) 03:06, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 04:21, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:HB logo.svg

Removed unwanted background around logo. FireDragonValo (talk) 03:08, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 04:22, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Bresler.svg

Removed unwanted background around logo. FireDragonValo (talk) 03:17, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 04:24, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Vietnam National Route 1.svg

Update the map after 2025 Vietnamese administrative reforms. LOL369YT (talk) 06:32, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:24, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:VungThuDoHaNoi-HanoiMetropolitanArea-(Vietnam).png

Update the map after 2025 Vietnamese administrative reforms. LOL369YT (talk) 09:12, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

 Not done I can move it if needed, a post-2025 reform version should be created. Abzeronow (talk) 20:29, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Vietnam CT.03 Map.png

Update the map after 2025 Vietnamese administrative reforms. LOL369YT (talk) 09:26, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:31, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Vietnam CT.04 Map.png

Update the map after 2025 Vietnamese administrative reforms. LOL369YT (talk) 09:43, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:34, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Please allow overwriting of File:Mole carbon-12 diagram.svg

Decapitalized common noun Nyq (talk) 10:14, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:41, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:2004_Presidential_Election_by_County_Flips.svg

Fixed mistakes in the map.

Skagit, WA; Val Verde,TX are not GOP flips

Tenton, WY is a Dem flip Xaelor (talk) 12:38, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:47, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Vietnam CT.05 Map.png

Update the map after 2025 Vietnamese administrative reforms. LOL369YT (talk) 15:26, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:48, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Coat of Arms of King Amadeo of Spain (1871-1873).svg

In this lesser version of the coat of arms, the mantle descends directly from the crown; it is not a pavilion topped by a dome upon which the crown rests . Flopao (talk) 18:26, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:50, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting for File:Emblem of Somaliland.svg

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:57, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Thanks! Could you actually merge the file histories for File:Emblem of Somaliland 2026.svg into File:Emblem of Somaliland.svg? I don't have the user rights to run a history merge myself.—JoeJohnson2 (talk) 22:14, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
I'd need my laptop to do a history merge, I don't have it with me, so I can't do it for a few more days. Abzeronow (talk) 01:06, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting File:TAP TANAP SCP Schah Denis.png

I want to fix Azerbaijan's border on this map File:TAP TANAP SCP Schah Denis.png. Mastersun25 (talk) 18:45, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:59, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Genevieve_2026-07-27_0850Z.jpg

Saturation, contrast, and other color adjustments ViridLeWiki (talk) 19:30, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 21:00, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Bandeira_do_Amazonas.svg

I want to overwrite this file to a better quality because the current one looks pixelated DanielPietroWiki2022 (talk) 19:41, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 21:02, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Visa policy of North Korea.svg, File:Visa policy of Tonga.svg, File:Visa policy of Chile.svg, File:Visa policy of Peru.svg, File:Visa policy of Argentina.svg

I would like to update the information. Sobac49 (talk) 21:09, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 01:12, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg File:Coat of arms of the Soviet Union (1936–1946).svg

The coat of arms is full of errors and empty spaces, so I created an improved version. As for the flag, I made a more accurate version of the one depicted here: https://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/government/1928/sufds/pictures/flag.jpg Martufellon (talk) 05:19, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 06:33, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Bandeira do Amazonas (verso).svg

The new flag has 62 stars. Hlticgh (talk) 05:47, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

I can't overwrite the new flag to this name. I can move this file and change the target of the redirect or move the other file to this name. Abzeronow (talk) 06:35, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
It's the reverse side of the new flag Hlticgh (talk) 06:49, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Daisies by Justin Bieber.png

I imported the file from Engligh Wikipedia due to its satisfaction of pd-logo, and I want to upload the original quality of the image. Thank you in advance! ALittleButterfly15 (talk) 07:56, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 11:01, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:Swedish and Norwegian merchant flag 1818-1844.svg

Consensus was reached in TALK to slightly change the colors of this flag.

1906 source states darker blue and orange-yellow emerged only mid-1800s, implying earlier flags (such as this one) were lighter. Femfem5 (talk) 09:57, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

✓ Done you can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 11:03, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Allow overwriting of File:NY State Senate 2026 Results.svg

I am updating the map to show new retirements since the last upload and incumbents defeated during the primaries. The 7th, 8th, and 51st districts are now dark red, and the 12th, 13th, 27th, and 61st districts are now dark blue. The 51st district was already dark red in the last edit and only the NYC zoom-in part of the 12th district was already dark blue in the last edit. Thank you! KPOfficial26 (talk) 13:38, 28 July 2026 (UTC)