User talk:Ziv

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Just for copy

Commons deletion (policy)

• Regular deletion (candidates)

(Missing: 0 timestamps • 0 reasons • 1 subpage) • 0 malformed

• Speedy deletion (candidates)

41 copyvios • 39 duplicates • 6 adverts • 8 selfies • 72 others

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• Media without a license
• Media without a source
• Media missing permission
• Orphaned talk pages

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• Deletion log
• Undeletion requests

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Ziv's Admin Statistik:

Admin statistics
Action	Count
Edits	153285
Edits+Deleted	168012
Pages deleted	36164
Revisions deleted	50
Pages restored	393
Pages protected	79
Pages unprotected	2
Pages imported	165
Protections modified	8
Users blocked	97
Users reblocked	3
User rights modified	1
Users created	1

Kategorienkram:

Kategorie riesig, Pflege benötigt: {{Diffuseat}}

Jeweils noch vervollständigen:

Bei Dateien:

• Kennzeichnen von Bildauschnitten:
  • Kleines Bild → {{Extracted from|Name des grossen Bildes inkl. Dateiendung}}
  • Grosses Bild → {{Image extracted|Name des kleinen Bildes inkl. Dateiendung}}
• Einsortierung unter ein bestimmtes Land, Jahr, Monat und Tag:
  • {{Taken on|JJJJ-MM-DD|location=Staat}}

Verschiebungsanträge: Category:Media requiring renaming

• Verschieben ohne Antrag:

Bei der Begründung die passende Nummer von COM:FNC nachschlagen und die Bearbeitungszeile je nachdem mit [[COM:FR#FR1|Criterion 1]], [[COM:FR#FR2|Criterion 2]], [[COM:FR#FR3|Criterion 3]], [[COM:FR#FR4|Criterion 4]], [[COM:FR#FR5|Criterion 5]] oder [[COM:FR#FR6|Criterion 6]] ausfüllen und eine kurze Erklärung dazu.

• Bei offensichtlicher Copyvio oder wenn schon ein Löschantrag drauf ist: [[COM:FRNOT]] dranhängen → COM:FRNOT.

• Global usage: Global usage

Löschkram:

• Löschvorschlag → oft benutzt: [[COM:SPAM]]: out of scope, useless vacation snapshot,
  • bei Bildern, die bei Löschkandidaten hochgeladen wurden und vermutlich nie mehr benutzt werden: COM:NOTUSED
• Keine Lizenz → {{No permission since|month=|day=|year=}}
• Copyvio → Werkzeug benutzen, für einen Link noch |source= einfügen.
• Falsch benannte Kategorie, die nach Verschieben gelöscht werden sollte → {{bad name|richtig benannte Kategorie}}
• Redundant/schlechte Qualität → Templates unter COM:Redundant
  bisher von mir am meisten gebraucht:
  {{Duplicate|Name der zu behaltenden Datei inkl. Dateiendung}}
• Schnelllöschen →
  COM:SPEEDY für den Löschcode →
  {{SD|1=Code: , sowie Allenfalls weitere Erklärungen dazu ~~~~}}
• Wenn Difflinks nötig sind: [[Special:Diff/1234567890]] ← Nummer durch die aktuelle Bearbeitungs-ID ersetzen!

Weitere Codes oder Ergänzungen folgen.

COM:NETCOPYVIO → [[COM:NETCOPYVIO]]

The vast majority of images found on the internet are copyright-protected and may {{notok}} '''not''' be uploaded. The fact that an image has been posted to a publicly-available website does not give you implied permission to re-use it nor to upload it here. Many websites are silent on copyright issues, but images on those sites are just as off-limits as those on sites which explicitly say "''Copyright, all rights reserved''". Works are copyrighted by default in most countries due to their agreement with the [[:en:Berne Convention|Berne Convention]]; a copyright notice or a © sign is not needed.

Greets: זיו「Ziv」

File:Frank McGuigan.png and "fair use"

Hello there. On 25 May this file was speedily deleted as a copyright violation. That's fair enough. However, as I wished to use it (or indeed another one) for the subject's infobox *only [Frank McGuigan], am I able to claim fair use for a copyrighted file? And what tag/rubric do I need to put in the uploading information? When attempting to do so I was unable to use the right "rubric" and, instead, made it clear in the file info. what I was trying to do. Clearly that cut no ice. Any advice would be appreciated. Many thanks Billsmith60 (talk) 12:16, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Billsmith60.

You can use the en:Wikipedia:File upload wizard in the english Wikipedia. Choose „Upload unfree file“. I hope that helps. Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 13:24, 2 June 2026 (UTC)

Brilliant, thanks: done now, so hopefully it gets the nod Billsmith60 (talk) 13:22, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Billsmith60.

Thank you, the upload on enWP looks good for me. Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 06:55, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Wappen Rasch.png

"rename request declined: does not comply with renaming guidelines, nonsense"

warum ist das Nonsense? Sukaq (talk) 21:08, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Weil das Wappen unter hdbg.eu so ausschaut. Und zu File:DEU Rasch (Altdorf b.Nürnberg) COA.svg, warum bittest du nicht Gliwi höflich darum, ein neues Wappen nach Rasch zu zeichnen? Dann kann man das alte Wappen anschl. ersetzen. Besten Dank und Grüsse, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 21:43, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Wappen Pfaffenhausen (Hammelburg).png

Beleg steht in der Diskussion Sukaq (talk) 21:09, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Ja, ein Beleg der niemand nachschlagen kann, wenn er das Buch nicht besitzt. Arbeite bitte mit Onlinequellen oder Webarchiven. Vielen Dank. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 21:20, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

sorry, aber das ist Nonsense!

Wenn es keine Onlinequelle gibt? Darf man heutzutage keine Bücher mehr benützen und referenzieren? Sukaq (talk) 21:25, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Öh, also ich habe ohne Probleme eine Onlinequelle gefunden, siehe hammelburg.de. Was ist jetzt bitteschön daran ein Entwurf, wenn sogar die Gemeinde das Wappen so darstellt? זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 21:52, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

PS, das könnte man ruhig durch eine SVG Variante ersetzen. Ein Job für de:Wikipedia:WikiProjekt Wappen. Dann kann man die Datei austauschen und eine Umbennennung ist dann auch nicht mehr nötig, da so ein altes File eh niemanden mehr interessiert. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 21:57, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Also du sagst:

1. Bücher gelten nicht als Quellen
2. wenn Bücher etwas anderes sagen (obwohl mit viel mehr Details und daher plausibler) als die Onlinequelle, dann hat die Onlinequelle recht.

Verstehe ich das richtig? Sukaq (talk) 22:45, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

Du verstehst mich komplett falsch! Bitte bemerke folgendes an diesem Projekt. Der grosse Teil der Filemover oder Administratoren hier ist nicht deutschsprachig und wenn doch, erwarte nicht, das so einer dieses Buch dann auch tatsächlich vorliegen hat, um deine Behauptungen vor einer Verschiebung überprüfen zu können. In diesem Sinne gammeln die dann tage/wochenlang rum, weil keiner damit recht was anfangen kann, zudem sind deine Vorschläge meist auch nicht wirklich gut, nur so nebenbei. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 23:11, 7 June 2026 (UTC)

danke für die Watschn Sukaq (talk) 06:47, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

Guten Morgen lieber @Sukaq.

Das sollte eigentlich keine sein, aber das ist ein herrliches bayrisches Dialektwort und brachte mich jetzt zum Schmunzeln.

Also nochmals:

• Diese Dateien sind teilweise über 10 Jahre alt (oder noch älter) und der Quelllink nach denen sowas erstellt wurde funktioniert dann auch oft gar nicht mehr. Darum die Aufforderung es zuerst einmal mit https://web.archive.org/ zu versuchen, um festzustellen, warum das damals so hochgeladen wurde. Nützt das nichts wäre anschl. auch ein Bilderabgleich mit Google Lens sehr nützlich. Ich verschiebe also sicherlich eine Datei nicht nach File:Wappenentwurf Pfaffenhausen (Hammelburg).png, wenn ich auf der Gemeindewebsite das gleiche Wappen so anfinde. Ev. nicht exakt identisch, aber immerhin nicht komplett anders und man kann sich auch was da drunter vorstellen.
• Gemeinden arbeiten leider oftmals auch nicht immer nach einem Regelbuch, dies dann einem Hochlader zum Vorwurf zu machen wie z.B. in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Wappen Violau.png von dir geschehen, der 2011 unter COM:GOODFAITH etwas hochlädt, um dem Projekt etwas beitragen zu können, finde ich dann allerdings auch nicht nett.
• Ein weiterer Punkt ist auch, das manche Creators die Wappen auch nach freien Stücken interpretieren, wie z.B. von dir richtig bemerkt bei File:Wappen Vaduz.svg mit der falschen Krone. Das Problem wurde dann 2021, resp. 2022 behoben, doch leider blieb ein kompletter Austausch der alten Datei in den Sprachversionen aus, warum auch immer. Statt jetzt deinem Namensvorschlag File:Wappen Vaduz mit falscher Krone.svg zu folgen (die Umbenennung macht die Datei deswegen nicht besser, so wie ihre Verwendung auch nicht richtiger), habe ich gleich dafür gesorgt das die falsche Datei in den Sprachversionen nicht mehr länger benutzt wird und sie durch die Version von ARK von 2022 ersetzt (File:LIE Vaduz COA HistLex.svg). Eine Umbenennung halte ich in diesem Falle auch nicht mehr für nötig und deswegen hier auch die Ablehnung des Antrags. Bei solchen Fällen kannst du mich sehr gerne jederzeit kontaktieren und ich sorge anschl. für den reibungslosen Austausch.
• Zu den Löschanträgen: Du fragtest welchen genau ich meine. Such dir einen aus, User_talk:Enslin ist voll davon. Anträge auf Wappen die noch nicht ersetzt wurden halte ich für falsch, der abarbeitende Admin entscheidet dann meist auf COM:INUSE. Aber auch dann wenn eine Datei tatsächlich ersetzt wurde braucht eine alte Datei nicht zwingend gelöscht zu werden, siehe dazu Commons talk:Superseded images policy. Bei Commons:Deletion requests/File:Wappen Holzingen.png entschied ich nun auf "Behalten", da Gliwi sie für die Erstellung des anderen Wappens verwendete und auch die Gemeindewebsite das so darstellt. Schlussendlich kommt es aber auch immer auf den Admin an, der den Löschantrag gerade abarbeitet.

Noch eine Anmerkung: Etwas mehr Freundlichkeit wie z.B. ein "Hallo" würde dir nicht schaden, aber das ist man sich ja mittlerweile gewohnt von den deutschsprachigen Wikipedianern, die nur rumpoltern, nur fordern, statt es selbst besser zu machen und gleich mit der Tür ins Haus fallen. Von daher kannst du vielleicht verstehen warum ich auf manche deine Antworten dann im gleicher "Tonlage" meinen Senf dazu abgebe. Ist jetzt aber nur meine persönliche Meinung und ich hoffe du verstehst das nicht falsch. In diesem Sinne einen schönen Tag und beste Grüsse, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 09:34, 8 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Pino_Presti_in_Munich.jpg

Hi Ziv, how much longer are we going to be grilled over a non-existent copyright violation - as you can see on the nomination page https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Pino_Presti_in_Munich.jpg. Thanks CoolJazz5 (talk) 15:07, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello @CoolJazz5:

Deletion discussions are usually open for 7 days, and the case doesn't seem that clear to me, so I would like to leave the discussion open for now. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:22, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello Ziv, I can see the tremendous amount of work you're doing with the files on Commons, but please don't forget this file. Have a beautiful night. --HempKarin (talk) 17:22, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

File:President George W. Bush, Former President Gerald Ford, and Betty Ford.jpg

Hi Ziv. Can you possibly check to see if the file your redirected was of the same quality or higher as File:President George W. Bush, Former President Gerald Ford and Mrs. Betty Ford Greet the Media in Rancho Mirage, California (P042306ED-1123).jpg . If it was the same quality or higher, can you please restore that file (which you redirected as a duplicate), given that this one is older than the file it was redirected to, which should itself be redirected to said older file? Thanks, RandomUserGuy1738 (talk) 18:08, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello @RandomUserGuy1738. The other file was the lower one with 1.000 × 667 (470.008 Bytes), while the new file has 4,992 × 3,328 (7.11 MB). If this hadn't been the case, I certainly wouldn't have deleted the file but tagged it with "other version". Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:16, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

Ichafu and cultural erasure

Hello good morning am new here I don't exactly know who to talk to but am having an issue. So with the permissions of my sister I uploaded an image I took of my sister to this platform wearing a traditional headdress of my ethnic group called ichafu to the platform. But a user by the name Dolpina nominated my picture for deletion (the picture file is File:An igbo woman in Ichafu headdress.jpg) with the reason for the nomination being that the head covering of my ethnic group (Igbo people of Nigeria) isn't ichafu and that it is instead gele. I was so confused because even if the headdress on my sisters head wasn't ichafu a wrongful term isn't the proper reasons for why a picture which I own should be deleted on the platform. I checked out this users contributions and from what I saw I can conclude from the users history that he or she is trying to delete any picture that mentions ichafu on the platform by nominating it all for deletion with the reason for the deletion being that it is all gele (which is a traditional headdress of the Yoruba people) since she is practically deleting any picture with she could find with the word ichafu by terming it gele am assuming she is Yoruba. You can also Google ichafu and gele you would see that they are headdresses in Nigeria with gele being a word to describe a scarf headdress in Nigeria by the Yoruba people of Nigeria and Ichafu being a word also used for a scarf headdress by the Igbo people of Nigeria. The user also seem to be deleting alot of pictures that are igbo related am not too sure for why he or she is trying delete those other none Igbo related pictures. Regardless am bringing this up to you and pleading for you to look into this thank you very much. Bonde maxx (talk) 18:05, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Bonde maxx.

I answered on the deletion discussion. Btw, do you have the file in higher resolution with full exif data? Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:15, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

ok do you want me to upload the full image I don't know much about exifs and resolutions because with transfers and handovers won't the image exif be altered. Anywho the picture was taken on an iphone 11 Pro Max and it was taken sometime in the begining of 2025 January 4th in Nigeria awka. It was cropped with iphone 14 pro max also I should say that since ichafu is what it is called in my culture I really do not understand the point of changing it to the name her culture uses. Doing that is a subtle cultural erasure. Bonde maxx (talk) 20:15, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

Hey @Bonde maxx I support your appeal to keep this file and effort to save this cultural asset.

User:dophina has been flagging every images that has the word "ichafu" in it for deletion. She has be claiming that Ịchafú is gele. Wmbata (talk) 12:11, 13 June 2026 (UTC)

Correction regarding my speedy deletion requests

Hello @Ziv. I have just submitted several speedy deletion requests for files that I uploaded. I apologise, as I made a mistake: I had actually intended to submit regular deletion requests rather than speedy deletion requests. Lilauid (talk) 00:37, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Lilauid.

No problem. I've now converted them all into regular deletion requests. Please provide a reason why the files need to be deleted. But have something in mind: Simply stating that a file has been replaced by another or is no longer up-to-date is not a sufficient reason for deletion. Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 00:53, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the reminder, and I sincerely apologise for the inconvenience I have caused. I will provide the reason for deletion separately in each deletion request. Lilauid (talk) 01:08, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. You have one answer from me on one of the files, but you can add this question to all the others. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 01:16, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

Okay. Thank you. Lilauid (talk) 01:25, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Логотип проекта "Уличный артист".jpg

Hello, I'm a little late to correct the description, cf. File:Ulichnyi 774 artist logo.png, this is a work of the Government of Moscow and originates from {{Mos.ru}}, which has compatible license. Quick1984 (talk) 13:27, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Quick1984:

Currently, I keep getting a timeout error when I try to open files from mos.ru. Perhaps my IP address is simply being blocked. The current file description contains no indication that it was a file from the website. But if it is indeed a mos.ru file and you can change the description accordingly, please do. Thank you. Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 13:35, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Yes, access to this website is not easy outside of Russia. I'll update the description as soon as you restore the file. Quick1984 (talk) 13:38, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

File is restored. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 13:39, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Done. Quick1984 (talk) 13:39, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Perfect, thank you @Quick1984 זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 13:41, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Since I am blocked, I am marking @Well-Informed Optimist: for a second review. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 13:53, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Files to be deleted

Hello. I would like to ask for help in reviewing three files that were nominated for deletion by another user as possible derivative works. I do not question the good faith of that user, and I understand why a concern about derivative work may have arisen. However, in my view, the situation is not obvious and requires a separate assessment for each file. I am the author of the photographs and uploaded them as documentary images of objects/a sign that have encyclopedic value.

Regarding the file with the commemorative tray (File:Commemorative tray of the Second Congress of the World Congress of Tatars.jpg), I would like to ask whether it really should be considered a non-free derivative work. This is not a reproduction of a separate poster, painting, or independent illustration, but a photograph of a physical commemorative object connected with the Second World Congress of Tatars. The image on the tray consists of documentary and recognizable elements: architectural objects of Kazan, a monument, inscriptions, and general souvenir-style design. In my view, before deletion it is important to determine which specific element is considered an independent copyrighted work, who its author is, whether the copyright is still valid, and whether that element is the main reason for deletion. Without such clarification, the file does not seem to be an obvious violation. I ask you to consider the possibility of keeping the file rather than deleting it as an unambiguous derivative work.

Regarding the file with the commemorative medal (File:Commemorative medal of the Second Congress of the World Congress of Tatars 01.jpg), I would also like to ask for a separate assessment. The photograph shows a commemorative object dedicated to the 1997 event — the Second World Congress of Tatars in Kazan. The main elements of the medal are informational, symbolic, and commemorative in nature: the date, place, inscriptions, heraldic/emblematic elements, a ribbon, a geometric grid, and a simple composition. If the issue concerns official symbols, I ask you to take into account that such elements are not always treated as ordinary copyrighted works. If the problem is specifically the overall design of the medal, I would like to ask whether this design reaches a sufficient level of originality to be considered an independent copyrighted work. In my view, the file is valuable as a documentary image of a commemorative medal, not as an attempt to reproduce someone else’s artistic work. Therefore, I ask that the case not be treated as obvious, and that you help determine whether there are real grounds for deletion.

Regarding the file with the mosque sign (File:Mosque, village of Nizhny Begenyash 05.jpg), I especially ask you to consider the possibility of keeping it. This is a photograph of a publicly displayed informational sign, not a reproduction of an independent artistic work. The main content of the sign is factual text with the name of the mosque and district, as well as images of the mosque building itself. If the issue concerns the building, freedom of panorama applies in Russia to architectural objects located in a public place or visible from a public place. If the issue concerns the sign itself, its design appears to be ordinary informational design: plain text, images of the building, and standard decorative elements in the corners. In my view, such a sign does not have a clearly expressed independent artistic originality, and its purpose is primarily informational. Therefore, I ask you to consider the file as an acceptable documentary photograph of a public sign and mosque building, rather than as a non-free derivative work.

I don't understand the deletion of this photo at all (File:Golovkin, Danil Nikolaevich 01.jpg). I'm the author here, and I see no reason at all to delete it. This photo is not a derivative work. Mizgel (talk) 06:32, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Mizgel.

• For the first two, this looks like "Fair use content", because of COM:TOO Russia.
• For the file with the Mosque sign. The way it's attached is a little strange and suggests that this sign isn't permanently affixed, which is absolutely necessary according to COM:FOP Russia.
• I don't know exactly why @Romano1981: thinks this is a derivative work, but one thing I personally notice about many of your uploads that you claim to be your own work. Many of these are simply low-resolution files with completely missing EXIF ​​data. This isn't exactly recommended, and I suggest you only upload high-resolution files that also have valid EXIF ​​data.

Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 12:36, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Hi Ziv, you're quite right. The photo was uploaded at an incredibly low resolution for 2025, lacks an EXIF, and appears to be a downscaled version of a professional studio photo taken using specialized lighting. Since the user's other uploads contain nothing similar that would suggest they possess professional photography skills, I asked the manager of the person depicted by e-mail about the author of this artwork. I'm still awaiting a response. Romano1981 (talk) 13:29, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Further, I believe the user is being pretty disingenuous when claiming copyright on some other files they uploaded. For example, look at File:Софронов, Семен Александрович.webp: no camera generates webp format when creating photos; it is specifically designed for posting on websites to save bandwidth. The user apparently got this photo from one of such websites. Romano1981 (talk) 14:02, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

@Romano1981: Thank you for mentioning the file with the webp extension. I don't want to accuse the uploader of anything, but the presence of other files in different formats also suggests that they were likely found somewhere on the internet and are not the uploader's own work. Many websites compress photos and remove EXIF ​​data entirely to save storage space on their servers. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 16:16, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

I received a response from Danil Golovkin's manager, Karina Chistyakova. Here it is: This is a self-portrait of Danil Golovkin (he's holding the remote control in his right hand). A high-resolution photo can be found here: [1]. So, my suspicions were confirmed: User:Mizgel lied about their authorship of the photo, which I now tagged for a speedy deletion. Romano1981 (talk) 18:03, 16 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello, I'd like to point out that my statement that I'm the author of the photo was initially agreed upon with the person in the photo, and he gave me permission to upload the photo to the warehouse. I contacted him, and he re-uploaded the photo to the website, indicating open licensing. As an administrator, could you please advise whether this formatting was appropriate? If not, this photo can be uploaded to Danil's (the one in the photo) website, with the license indicated. Mizgel (talk) 06:48, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

@Mizgel: Dropbox is not a suitable source. Why don't you resolve this via a ticket? COM:VRT. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 07:11, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Okay, if that's not suitable, then we'll upload the photo to Danil's official website now, indicating the license. I haven't covered the licensing process via COM:VRT yet, as publishing it on the person in the photo's personal website would be quicker. Thank you for your reply. Mizgel (talk) 07:17, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

That would certainly work too; the file can then be checked. If the Dropbox version has a higher resolution and EXIF ​​data, it should perhaps be replaced. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 07:21, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Question for the future: if photos are uploaded to the Flickr website under the required license, is this considered a good license for Wikimedia Commons? Mizgel (talk) 07:52, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Yes of course. Unless it's being done with a Flickr account where the account is not the rights holder. More about that COM:FLICKRWASHING. But that's a different story. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 10:09, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Good afternoon. I'm writing about the photos File:IvanKarelin2025(1).jpg and File:IvanKarelin2025.jpg. I contacted the hockey player, and he posted these photos on Flickr. Please take a look, and if all is well, please remove them from deletion. The first photo and the second photo . Mizgel (talk) 15:39, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Yes, exactly, and that's the crux of the matter. Whether the account actually belongs to Ivan Karelin cannot be definitively verified, and since the pictures show Ivan Karelin, he cannot be the owner of them; rather, it is always the photographer who took the photos of Karelin, for whatever purpose. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 17:03, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

You're presenting both files as your own work. Are they yours or not? Are you the copyright holder or not? If so, please upload the original file in high resolution, including EXIF ​​data. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 17:11, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

I posted the photo under my own name based on a personal verbal agreement with the hockey player himself, but now I've asked him to post it on Flickr to ensure proper licensing. Could you please tell me if this format is appropriate? Mizgel (talk) 17:16, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

No, according to your comment, the true copyright owner of the images remains unknown. Mizgel, you're actually close to me taking a closer look at all your uploads and nuking away anything that seems suspicious. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 17:24, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I honestly don't quite understand what you mean in that last sentence. Regarding the photo, there's another sentence: You can contact the hockey player on Instagram; he'll confirm that he was the one who posted the photo on Flickr and that he owns the rights to the photo. Mizgel (talk) 17:30, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

What a celebrity posts on their Instagram account is irrelevant. I honestly collect pictures of Gal Gadot, for example, but it would never occur to me to upload them all to Commons, let alone claim them as my own work. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:57, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

I meant that Instagram allows you to contact him and find out that he's the copyright holder and that he, as the copyright holder, uploaded the photo to Flickr. Will this option work for verification, or is the last resort—COM:VRT? Mizgel (talk) 03:48, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

A photographer posted a photo on Flickr to clarify the license ( 1 and 2 ). Could you please tell me if everything is OK? I'd also like an answer regarding the hockey player's previously uploaded photos. Should I email him at COM:VRT now? Mizgel (talk) 13:28, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Frage zu „Global/Just Replace“

Hallo, ich bräuchte einen Rat von dir. Ich sehe, du nutzt wie ich auch das JustReplace-Skript. Ich bekomme nur oftmals Fehlermeldungen und muß den Vorgang oftmals wiederholen. Meine Fragen dazu: Hast du auch solche Probleme beobachtet oder nutzt du was völlig anderes? Und welches Skript emphielst du zum Ersetzen von png zu svg-Dateien? DimiDimi (talk) 18:11, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Hallo @DimiDimi.

Vielen Dank für deine Rückmeldung. Gleiches hatte ich auch schon mal @Gliwi: gefragt, der damit oftmals Wappen durch seine neue erstellten Versionen austauscht. Gliwi machte gleiche Efahrungen und das ist so gewollt. Ja, selbst ich als Admina muss das Skript mehrmals starten, wenn ich in sämtlichen Sprachversionen etwas austauschen möchte. Bei vielen Ersetzungen wird nämlich ansonsten bei einer Fileumbenennung ein Befehl an User:CommonsDelinker erstellt. Das Tool funktioniert auf die gleiche Weise. Während das File umbenennen nur Usern zur Verfügung steht, die sich auch tatsächlich dafür beworben haben und das Recht erhalten haben, steht Global/Just Replace allen Nutzern zur Verfügung. Stelle einfach sicher, das der Austausch auch gewünscht ist und öffne besser vor dem Austausch die Links zu den Sprachversionen und checke ab, ob es auch getauscht wurde. Nicht erwünscht ist es z.B. auf irgendwelchen Diskussionseiten, Projekt- oder Userseiten, da dann oftmals der Zusammenhang zur alten Datei fehlt. Du solltest auf solchen Seiten anschl. den Austausch selbst revertieren. Beste Grüsse, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:37, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Addendum: Ansonsten wenn du dir nicht sicher bist, dann kannst du dich auch gerne bei mir melden und ich werde dann einen globalen Austausch vornehmen. Ich editiere in jeder Sprachversion oder setze zurück, da Aussehen von Wikipedia immer gleich, ganz egal ob in Hindi, Arabisch, Hebräisch oder was weiss ich... זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:48, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Ist es auch ein normales Prozedere, daß wenn eine Datei bei Wikinews eingebunden ist, den kompletten Renameprozeß abbricht? Das die Seiten dort geschützt sind, ist mir bekannt. Schön wäre es aber, wenn er dann diese Einbindungen (speziell Wikinews) überspringt, weil ein Tausch nur mit Stewardrechten möglich wäre und den Rest so nicht weiter abgearbeitet wird. DimiDimi (talk) 19:34, 19 June 2026 (UTC)

Ja, das Problem kenne ich nur zu gut. Wenn die Datei tatsächlich auf irgendwelchen Wikinewsseiten eingebunden ist bringt es eigentlich nicht mehr viel das Skript nochmals zu starten, da es genau dort dann weitermachen möchte. Ich selbst gehe dann hin und tausche die Datei dann eben manuell aus. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 02:32, 20 June 2026 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:St. John high school class, St. John, Washington, 1952 - DPLA - ed7c1321cfcf84324824e25c7a66c17c (cropped).jpg

Copyright status: File:St. John high school class, St. John, Washington, 1952 - DPLA - ed7c1321cfcf84324824e25c7a66c17c (cropped).jpg

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File:Blow Down Colapso (España, 2024), Cartel póster oficial. Dir. Roberto F. Canuto y Xu Xiaoxi.jpg

Hi Ziv, you seem to have deleted it incorrectly. The uploader was verified by VRT. JaydenChao (talk) 09:44, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

And also:

• File:Blow Down (Spain, 2024), Official film poster. Dir. Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi.jpg

JaydenChao (talk) 09:45, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello @JaydenChao.

Right! I hadn't actually seen the permission on User:Almostred, I only checked the IMDb link. Thank you for letting me know. Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 09:53, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

File:Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat at the White House 1993-09-13.jpg

File:Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat at the White House 1993-09-13.jpg has been nominated for deletion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Bill Clinton, Yitzhak Rabin, Yasser Arafat at… This is a deletion request for the community to discuss whether the nominated page should be kept or deleted. Please voice your opinion in the linked request above. Thank you very much! If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please see Commons:But it's my own work! for a guide on how to address these issues. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

مهیار کاظمی پناه (talk) 13:31, 25 June 2026 (UTC)

Halaman Perlindungan

Mohon Maaf halaman Alliancecare masih dalam proses perbaikannya, apakah suntingan tersebut dapat dikembalikan seperti semula.

Atas perhatian dan dukungan disampaikan banyak Terima kasih

Alliancecare (talk) 13:44, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Alliancecare.

I hope is okay to answer you in english, since i do not speak or read your language. The page was deleted citing COM:GCSD#U3. Please read COM:USERPAGE carefully before creating a new one. Thank you and best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 13:54, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Sekali lagi maaf, salam kenal tetap doanya agar sehat selalu. Aku akan pelajari bahasanya.

Bisakah dikembalikan suntingan semuanya.saya akan berusaha perbaikannya dikemudian hari

Alliancecare (talk) 14:01, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

At the moment, I see no reason to restore your user page. We have a similar issue with File:ImamBuchori.jpg. It looks like a collage, without precise details on the actual source of the images used; consequently, the copyright status is unclear. Furthermore, you have no other edits globally. Right now, all I see is spam. Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 14:07, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

Permohonan Halaman Baru

Okay, Ziv, I'll study all aspects of personal identity. This will help me understand things better and more clearly.

If you don't mind, I'll try. Thank you. Alliancecare (talk) 14:44, 1 July 2026 (UTC)

There are no more issues with the files.

Hello! Regarding some of the deleted photos, I have already sent messages to COM:VRT. For some of the deleted files, I contacted the individuals who had granted permission for publication, but they have not yet completed the necessary procedures; consequently, I will submit a restoration request later, though the files remain deleted for now. However, there are files for which I attempted to make contact but was unable to reach the person I had originally made arrangements with; therefore, I would like the files File:Vitaly Chernov 02.jpg and File:Vitaly Chernov 01.jpg to be deleted. Also, please delete this file (File:Stanislav Gorshunov Awards.jpg); they just can't seem to get around to posting the photo on their website. I want to emphasize that I will not make such gross errors again. From now on, I will handle files with the utmost care. Mizgel (talk) 14:53, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Mizgel.

Thank you for your work. I will tag the three files for speedy deletion accordingly. Note: If authorization is actually obtained later on, they won't need to be re-uploaded; they can simply be restored. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 14:59, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:St. John high school class, St. John, Washington, 1952 - DPLA - ed7c1321cfcf84324824e25c7a66c17c (cropped).jpg

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Reset your license review

Hi, Ziv! Just now I reset license review reslut you did on File:251015_aespa.png, because it should have tagged as {{YouTube CC-BY 4.0}} but {{YouTube}}. I would appreciate your understanding. T4NeGMp7P4en (talk) 18:20, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello @T4NeGMp7P4en.

Thanks for the fix. Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:23, 8 July 2026 (UTC)

Hoheitszeichen der Gemeinden des Kantons Jura

Ciao Ziv! Vor Jahren wurde im Wikiprojekt Wappen eine Anfrage zu den Hoheitszeichen der Gemeinden des Kantons Jura gestellt. Ich bin endlich dazu gekommen, diese Anfrage fertig zu bearbeiten. Der Anfragesteller hat sich jedoch seit einigen Monaten nicht mehr auf Commons blicken lassen. Kannst du die Sache übernehmen und die globalen Ersetzungen vornehmen? Merci! ARK (talk) 11:53, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Sali @ARK

Aber sehr gerne doch. Ab Morgen habe ich Zeit dafür. Beste Grüsse, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 20:48, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Update: @ARK.

Viel gab es nicht mehr zu tun, SpinnerLaserzthe2nd war schon fleissig dran, obwohl er dann nicht konsequent alles tauscht oder mal was vergisst. Jedenfalls jetzt erledigt. Beste Grüsse, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 09:48, 10 July 2026 (UTC)

@Ziv: Vielen Dank! Kann ich LUX Rëmeleng COA.svg noch global ersetzt haben? Gruss, ARK (talk)

Ping vom Help desk

Hallo Ziv, magst Du eventuell noch mal auf https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Help_desk#h-העלאת_קבצי_קול_קריאת_התורה-20260630131900 vorbeischauen? Deine Sprachkenntnisse wären sehr willkommen bei einer Hilfeanfrage auf Hebräisch. Ich hatte dich dort angepingt, aber das kann untergegangen sein. Grüße, Grand-Duc (talk) 12:52, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Hallo @Grand-Duc.

Das ist bei mir tatsächlich untergegangen. Ich werde später nach der Arbeit antworten. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 14:41, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Vielen Dank nochmals. Beste Grüsse, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 20:47, 9 July 2026 (UTC)

Duplicate discussion

Hi, I think I have the wrong end of the stick, or maybe am looking at the analysis without understanding something flawed about it. A simplistic check for SHA1 duplicates created by the DPLA bot in the last 30 days, shows a backlog of nearly 60,000 files. The most recent was created last night, The Piker.

Could you try to explain why this is okay, as I'm not understanding Dominic's reasoning and it feels pointless repeating the same facts in a loop? Thanks Fæ (talk) 09:22, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Hello @Fæ.

I have no idea why DPLA is producing so many duplicates. Much of it is due to the DPLA ID changing. The goal, however, should be to prevent it from uploading so many duplicates and instead simply change the file description and filename of the files that have already been uploaded to Commons. Best regards, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 09:27, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. Well, having repeated myself several times, I need to back away. Let me know if you need any related analysis, I've dealt with non-identical duplicate detection and so forth several times but do not want to step on Dominic's toes when there's plenty of other issues to focus on. Fæ (talk) 09:31, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

I personally like Dominic. He's solved quite a few problems which I drew his attention to. I think he'll definitely manage to get the duplicate problem under control somehow. I'm a complete programming novice myself and only delete the stuff that DPLA-bot tags as duplicates. If the upload comes from DPLA-bot itself, then I couldn't care less, but I do intervene when it comes to user uploads from very active users like yourself who have uploaded many valuable files to Commons. Frankly, I don't see why a bot upload should be more important in that case. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 09:39, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Dear @Fæ.

I’m not entirely sure if I found all the files from June. Perhaps you could have your bot search to see if "DPLA" appears in the filename of any of your uploads. As for me, I’m really sorry; I thought I was doing the right thing 😢. All the best, זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:02, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Oh goodness. I apologize if you felt bad for this. There's absolutely nothing to feel guilty about! I appreciate your efforts to help out. Fæ (talk) 18:07, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much! Your words mean a lot to me, as someone who has contributed to Commons for much longer and more than I have. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 18:23, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

FYI not sure how complete this is https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/107288. This is where the number of 218 came from. I haven't delved into them as hoping that Dominic might respond to the request. I don't think there were deletions so have not researched that? Fæ (talk) 19:29, 14 July 2026 (UTC)

Re File:.ae domain logo.png

The problem with a copy and paste move is that the file history isn't moved along with the file. Therefore it should be deleted and properly moved with FileImporter. I can't transfer it now since it already exists here, it has to be deleted first, then I can import it correctly. Jonteemil (talk) 00:55, 24 July 2026 (UTC)