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Spamming request

Is this even allowed or no? A user had recently spamming requests to a user over German coat of arms instead of sending one single message that contains all requests. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 14:00, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

It's allowed, but the person on the receiving end is also allowed to ignore it, or say, "Why don't you do this yourself?" - Jmabel ! talk 18:09, 12 May 2026 (UTC)

If possible, I think he should had used the graphics workshop instead. SpinnerLaserzthe2nd (talk) 15:17, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Apparent bot account?

I'm a bit leery about bot accounts that have no apparent "owner" such as this one. My inclination would be to block it and ask what is going on but my inclinations are not always right . Other views welcome? Herby ^{talk thyme} 12:36, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@Herbythyme: A link to a bot approval would help.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:17, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Single edit only, no bot approval and possibly "none of our business" but again views may vary. Herby ^{talk thyme} 13:43, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

It appears to be a readonly account without bot flags. Could also be done without any declaration. None of our business. Krd 13:21, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

@Krd: "All bots running on Wikimedia Commons must have advance permission to do so. Permission is needed whether or not the bot requires a bot flag." per Commons:Bots.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 18:07, 13 May 2026 (UTC)

Upload new versions of zghwiki logo images

Hi! As part of phab:T426406, I need an admin to upload new versions of some files, because they are fully protected since they are included in Commons:Auto-protected files/misc/logos. The files in question are:

• File:Wikipedia-logo-v2-zgh.svg: Replace with File:Wikipedia Logo zgh v.svg (keep that file when done)
• File:Wikipedia-tagline-zgh.svg: Replace with File:Wikipedia-tagline-zgh-2026-05-15.svg and delete the latter when done
• File:Wikipedia wordmark-zgh.svg: Replace with File:Wikipedia wordmark-zgh-2026-05-15.svg and delete the latter when done

Thanks! Jon Harald Søby (talk) 12:15, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

The cache was misbehaving ;), but it should be all good now. Please check to make sure @Jon Harald Søby. Nux (talk··dyskusja) 14:11, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

@Nux: Thanks! Everything looks correct to me. 👍 Jon Harald Søby (talk) 14:15, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

Please check work of a user

User:Dronebogus is a banned user (indefinitely) in en:WP. Now he may have satisfaction in deletion requests here?. I have seen it in this deletion request - has not read the withdrawn, understood rules, does not argue or answer. I have seen comment of User:Rhododendrites and looked in version history of Dronebogus... Thanks Wortulo (talk) 13:10, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

[responding to ping] We don't typically take action against people here based on what happened on another project, and requests for other people to do the work of checking someone's work are generally less helpful than actually checking someone's work and pulling together evidence. DB has been doing a lot of nominations of AI-generated images for deletion on Commons. Some wind up deleted, and some don't. My objection there is that he does not appear to be putting much effort into the nominations. That one is a good example, since taking a couple seconds either before nomination (to look at the file page) or after nomination (to look at the prior nomination) would've made clear the nomination rationale was incorrect. Regardless, we'll need evidence of a pattern to start a conversation. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  13:28, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Thx, I understand. Im not so familiar with the rules here. But this thoughtless behaviour, which goes clearly against the deletion guidelines, can also cause frustration among authors. Wortulo (talk) 13:34, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I can testify that he blanked a DR, which likely shouldn't occur, even though I later did verify that the DR was bullshit

Another user then tagged it with {{SD|G1}}, and in doing so, accidentally tagged the entirety of Commons:Deletion requests/2026/05/17 for speedy deletion as gibberish; I reverted the DR to its original content Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 15:26, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I had tagged it for speedy deletion because the page was empty, this was wrong, I apologize. I will be much more careful when adding speedy deletion templates from now on. Mathopara (talk) 16:06, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I didn't know that tagging the page would mark the whole deletion requests page for speedy deletion, it happened by accident. Mathopara (talk) 16:25, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I know; don't worry :) Whyiseverythingalreadyused (t · c · he/him) 02:42, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

@Rhondodendrites: I have to go through a ton of AI images and there’s only a maximum amount of effort I will put into any edits involving AI content. Dronebogus (talk) 16:25, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

A scatter gun approach to DR's like this may land you a ban from DR's - I urge you to proceed with caution Gbawden (talk) 16:56, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I have to - No, you do not. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  16:58, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

I closed the DR as speedy keep per w:wp:snow. Obviously false rationale, widely in use (including use I would consider completely legitimate and reasonable for an AI image). Extremely unlikely to be deleted. If anyone objects to the proper closure I’m sorry. Dronebogus (talk) 16:23, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

@Dronebogus: [1] is not how you close a speedy keep. Once a DR is opened it should be explicitly closed; in the event that it is pure vandalism (this wasn't, though I think it was wrong) you might mark it for deletion, but I personally would still close it explicitly as frivolous or vandalistic. If this is news to you that this is not "proper closure" then, yes, there is a problem.

Also: if you don't have the time to put some diligence into starting any given DR, then don't start that DR. Someone is going to have to take time to work out the situation. Insofar as possible, that work should be done by the nominator. - Jmabel ! talk 20:37, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

@Jmabel: That isn’t the speedy keep; the current version is. Dronebogus (talk) 20:39, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

@Wortulo: I’m sorry I nominated your file as an AIIP violation. Given the volume of AI files I review and nominate for deletion there are bound to be a few mistakes, and this is one of them. Dronebogus (talk) 20:48, 17 May 2026 (UTC)

Here is another "mistake" you did https://web.archive.org/web/20260302074021/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_lady_exploding_star.png the file was not AI-generated and it was in use. Typical harassment. VisbyStar (talk) 08:19, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

We need to talk about yesterday's MOTD

Can we talk about this? For 24 hours our main page displayed a video that is nothing other than 40 seconds of a woman being pushed to the ground and brutally beaten by a man with a machete. Who is the woman? Who is the man? Who knows! We have speculation about what it might depict from an account that aggregates a bunch of videos, with claims of repressive forces and officers, but we have absolutely no other context for what we're seeing.

It was furthermore subject of an active deletion request at the time it ran on the main page (and, indeed, the linked release doesn't actually release this video and it's almost certainly not owned by the mass-reposting social media account it's sourced to).

I am not someone who needs the main page to be sanitized, but this betrays a complete abandonment of quality control at MOTD. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  02:58, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Deleted it due to copyright violation (7 days had passed since original nomination, which I also refuted in my close). Abzeronow (talk) 03:09, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Courtesy link to file: File:VahidOnline-70116-brutal attack girl.webm and deletion request: Commons:Deletion requests/File:VahidOnline-70116-brutal attack girl.webm. See also Template:Motd/2026-05-17. This is a pretty big lapse in judgement at best. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:49, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

See also Commons talk:License review#Photos from Mamlekate. - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 10:46, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

In just two days we have another video, with most of the same problems, set to appear on the main page again. Template:Motd/2026-05-20. In this case, the video is more obviously set during civil unrest, so to the extent COM:SCOPE/COM:DIGNITY might have been in question in the previous video, it's not here. However, it's still just as invalid a license and still just as wild a video to put on the main page. This may be useful in the appropriate Wikipedia article, but is not among the highest quality videos we have that's appropriate for the main page. PS: we appear to have 778 videos from the same account. We do need videos of Iranian government abuses during the protests (and in general), but this is not different from just uploading whatever we find on social media directly. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  13:59, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

@Prototyperspective: - Alexis Jazz ^{ping plz} 14:28, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Revdel and file redirect deletion request

File:Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress (1961 printing, with introduction removed).pdf revdel (to remove the intro from the file history) and File:Our Exagmination Round His Factification for Incamination of Work in Progress.pdf delete (in case someone finds a first printing without the intro). ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:47, 18 May 2026 (UTC)

Thanks/sorry. ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 06:47, 18 May 2026 (UTC)