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TheImaCow

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TheImaCow (talk · contributions (views) · deleted user contributions · deleted uploads · recent activity (talk · project · deletion requests) · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)

Scheduled to end: 10:14, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello! I have been a Commons contributor since 2020 (with breaks), and have since been engaged in various activities on here, such as identifying copyright violations & insufficient file information, patrolling new uploads, create & contribute to deletion requests , categorizing images , help with batch uploads , import files from enwiki , convert raster images to vector images, doing licence reviews & generally working on many of the backlogs.

Now, seeing the ever-growing backlogs at COM:DR and COM:CFD, I would like to help out with those as well. ~TheImaCow (talk) 10:14, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

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  •  Support User with experience, no issue against adminship. Yann (talk) 13:50, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Looks experienced and help is appreciated Herby talk thyme 14:11, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support No concerns, we need all the help we can get. Toadspike [Talk] 15:16, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support good faith contributor with sufficient experience, we have backlogs so additional admin wouldn't be redundant. Evelino Ucelo (talk) 15:55, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support. — ArtSmir (talk) 16:46, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Natuur12 (talk) 22:02, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support as I believe user will be a good admin. Ktkvtsh (talk) 23:38, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support looks good. Jianhui67 T★C 03:31, 10 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support Christian Ferrer (talk) 05:05, 10 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support No concerns, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 06:50, 10 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support A lot of experience. Psittacuso (talk) 08:44, 10 June 2026 (UTC)
  •  Support! Queen of Hearts (talk) 10:08, 10 June 2026 (UTC)

Comments

  • Q: What are you views on what constitutes 'realistic educational' use? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 18:37, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
    For the "educational" part, we have a good description at COM:EDUSE: The material in question can "provide knowledge". It's very broad. The "realistic use" part is the trickier one, and it very often depends case-by case. I interpret it as the material in question not just theoretically being able to provide knowledge, but there also being actual, practical scenarios, where it would make sense to use the material in question to provide knowledge. A good indicator is I think: "Is there a page on any Wikimedia project where the file in question could be used?" (only an indicator, of course not limited to that)
    As example; compare a generic low quality image of a common animal (with no interesting qualities), where we also have a lot of high-quality images of vs. a low quality image of a very rare animal, where we have (almost) no other images of. In the first case, while the low quality image would theoretically provide knowledge about the animal, as in illustrating it, using it as such would not be realistic - as there is no reason to choose a low quality image over a high quality one. In the second case of course, if an illustration of the animal is wanted, the image basically has to be used because there is no alternative - the low quality image is realistically useful then. ~TheImaCow (talk) 21:00, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
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