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Changes to Special:Tags

Latest comment: 2 days ago7 comments3 people in discussion

Could an administrator please change the tag for "computer-aided-tagging-revert" such that it can also be "Applied manually by users and bots". Background is that I'm planning to use that tag for this: User:SchlurcherBot/Mass revert computer-aided tagging (further details are also availible on this page). Thanks Schlurcher (talk) 13:45, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I would suggest to use a new tag for this for easier differentiation between manual and bot revert. GPSLeo (talk) 15:57, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
That would of course work as well. Could you set this up and let me know the tag name? Schlurcher (talk) 16:27, 30 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Could someone please generate a tag and set up the corresponding messages?
Thank you. --Schlurcher (talk) 21:35, 2 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Multichill: Can you help, it seems we lack admins with experience generating tags? Thanks --Schlurcher (talk) 16:44, 7 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Schlurcher:   Created. Let me know once you are finished so I can disable it for future use. Thanks! -- CptViraj (talk) 17:11, 12 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@CptViraj: Thanks. I hope to remember to ping you once this is finished so it can be deactivated again. --Schlurcher (talk) 20:54, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Cleanup needed, mop and CU tool

Latest comment: 5 days ago7 comments4 people in discussion

Please see Commons:Deletion requests/File:Former pharma executive Richard Waygood, posing with swastika armband in Las Vegas.jpg. I left a note there on socking, and just now I confirmed that the "other" contributor on that page, Jolenko1, is now also confirmed and blocked on en-wiki. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 02:42, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Drmies: Please post evidence via COM:RFCU.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:54, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jeff G.: To what end? User:Jolenko1 is already globally indef-blocked as a sock. - Jmabel ! talk 18:39, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
In fairness, Jolenko1 and NutcrackerMoench were not blocked on the Commons at the time Jeff G. made that comment. Jmabel's underlying concern, however, remains correct: both accounts were already blocked on en.wiki wiki (02:38, 9 January 2024 and 02:34, 9 January 2024, respectively) and indeed with rationales including "{{checkuserblock-account}}". This is exactly where Drmies should have posted (per COM:RFCU: "Checkuser is a last resort for difficult cases; pursue other options first, such as posting on the administrator's noticeboard" (link in original)). The (terse) referral to RFCU was not appropriate for this case. Эlcobbola talk 18:58, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Эlcobbola: Drmies asked for [use of the] "CU tool" and did not mention having already CU'd and blocked the users on enwiki. I'm sorry I took them at face value. Now, I see that their enwiki user page is categorized in en:Category:Wikipedians who should probably stop screwing around with categories, lest they draw unwanted attention from the Categories Police.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:58, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
And? You give more weight to a section header than COM:RFCU guidance? You give more weight to en.wiki user page categorization than user rights? (Drmies is a CU (!!!)) How do you reconcile "I confirmed that the 'other' contributor on that page, Jolenko1, is now also confirmed and blocked on en-wiki" (underline added) with your purport "Drmies [...] did not mention having already CU'd and blocked the users on enwiki"? Did you even read the comment, or just hastily and mechanically refer them to RFCU? 16:10, 10 January 2024 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by elcobbola (talk • contribs)
@Эlcobbola: I'm sorry, I didn't check their credentials on enwiki before making my initial reply. It looked like they were a regular enwiki user who had checked that two users we share with enwiki were blocked there and wanted Admins and Checkusers here to do something about it. They did not write that they had done the CU and blocking themselves. I read things literally and take things at face value until evidence convinces me otherwise.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:45, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jmabel: Sorry, I don't see them as being "globally indef-blocked as a sock." (whatever that means), or locked, either.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:02, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hiding history/File History edit

Latest comment: 5 days ago6 comments2 people in discussion

Hello there, as per request on my discussion at Slovak Wikipedia, I would like to ask, if it is possible to hide the original author's name on this file. This information is supposedly not correct and the author does not wish for their name to appear in there. (If necessary, I can ask the person to write it to us through OTRS.) The information appears correctly in the Summary, but lists the original author's name in the Comment in File History. Thank you for the response. (Also please if possible, @ me, just in case.) KormiSK (talk) 11:36, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@KormiSK: Do I understand correctly that what you are asking for is to suppress the early portion of the history, up to and including 8 October 2015‎? - Jmabel ! talk 18:18, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jmabel: Precisely. Will this also disappear in the File History portion of the page? KormiSK (talk) 18:22, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@KormiSK: Not automatically, but I can suppress it there as well. Thanks for clarifying. - Jmabel ! talk 18:32, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jmabel: Then yes, that is exactly what I am requesting. :) KormiSK (talk) 18:40, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  Done - Jmabel ! talk 18:49, 10 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Đại Việt quốc

Latest comment: 4 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Pls revoke all of his rights because he's globally locked from logging in all Wikimedia projects, this also mean he can't even use the right he has on this project on January 1. DefenderTienMinh07 (talk) 06:24, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done. Taivo (talk) 15:16, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Contest score review

Latest comment: 4 days ago2 comments1 person in discussion

Hi, I opened a topic in the scores discussion page named "Ai images?" For the monthly photo challenge of November named "Bicycle". I ask the review of a picture posted..this is one picture that was placed in of the winning ones, that imho could be considered maybe a computer generated image. I am not sure 100% so I won't cast any finger until you tell me if it's fair what I am asking here. Is in my rights to ask the review of a picture for checking if it's really a photo or a Ai image? What can we do if one of us has this doubt? And if it's a Ai, why has not been identified as Ai picture ? And let win? I apologise in advance if this comes as inappropriate but after all our previous discussion I believe it makes sense. The pic looks not a picture taken by a human, hence I am sure I have at least the right to ask for a review. Thanks Oncewerecolours (talk) 06:28, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I read here https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bicycle_at_evening_sunset.jpg that the image has been already nominated for deletion. I think it's fair. I am fine with that , sorry i didnt see that post. However I hope that real "photos" only will be allowed in the photography contests for the future. AI images can compete in their own contests as discussed Here Oncewerecolours (talk) 06:49, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:GabrielCQX002

Latest comment: 1 day ago3 comments2 people in discussion

Multiple uploads from copyrighted website after multiple notifications regarding copyvio warnings. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 14:47, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Done. I warned the user – (s)he was not warned previously. Taivo (talk) 15:21, 11 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  Done. Now one week block after uploading next copyvio. Taivo (talk) 10:43, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Request to update upload wizard

Latest comment: 1 day ago5 comments2 people in discussion

Hi there, the second session of Wiki Loves Birds is going to start on February 1, 2024. So, I need help updating categories in the upload wizard of Wiki Loves Birds. - Nirmal Dulal (talk) 09:44, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Nirmal Dulal: Do you want to change 2019 to 2024 in campaign? Additionally, do you have {{Wiki Loves Birds 2024}} ready to be created? ─ The Aafī (talk) 10:05, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@TheAafi: Yes I want to change 2019 to 2024. I created {{Wiki Loves Birds 2024}} plz check and correct the error too. - Nirmal Dulal (talk) 10:33, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Nirmal Dulal: I changed 2019 to 2024, and disabled the wizard until it starts. I have asked @Romaine to check if there are any other things to be taken care of. They are a master in this. ─ The Aafī (talk) 10:05, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@TheAafi Thank you. @Romaine is the creator of that wizard, hope he will take care. --Nirmal Dulal (talk) 13:28, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Possible POTD error

Latest comment: 2 days ago6 comments2 people in discussion

This how it looks on my end - FlightTime (open channel) 17:11, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@FlightTime: It's the picture, see File:Caracas building.jpg. -- CptViraj (talk) 17:19, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
OMG lol, now I see that its a bunch of windows :P Thanx. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:21, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@CptViraj: Can you delete the screenshot please. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:21, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Done. No problem :D -- CptViraj (talk) 17:24, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you for what you do! - FlightTime (open channel) 17:37, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Inscrutable revisions by a user

Latest comment: 1 day ago5 comments4 people in discussion

I have no clue why, but Fry1989 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)  keeps on changing a sort key from the useful "Variations" to just "V" for no discernible reason. E.g. https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category%3ASVG_variations_on_flags_of_Western_Sahara&diff=841185764&oldid=823447654 Is there something I'm missing here? Do we have a local policy that we should only use a single letter for sort keys or something? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 21:53, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Koavf I have no clue why this is being done either. I see no need to jump to AN; asking on their talk page should have been sufficient. But since we're already here, I've notified Fry on their talk page for you, as is required. —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I apologize: you're correct that escalating here is skipping a step or two and I also didn't post about this thread as well. I thought I had post to his talk several weeks ago when this nonsense started, but I was mistaken. Pardon me. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:46, 13 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Do we have a policy of using a single letter? No. Do we have a policy of using a full word either? Also no. The question should not be why I shortened it. I did so as part of a much wider categorisation drive affecting hundreds of related categories. The question should be why Koavf is so insistent that a single letter is insufficient. Except where very specific sortkeying is required, a single letter is generally sufficient and that remains my position. Category:SVG flags of Western Sahara only has the one subcategory, the sortkey does not need to be so precise. The letter V accurately sorts Category:SVG variations on flags of Western Sahara under the letter V. Maybe if it had to compete with several other categories and V alone caused them to fall out of alphabetical order, using a full sortkey would make more sense, but it does not as of now. There is also the case of Koavf having insulted me. Fry1989 eh? 17:14, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
if i understand mediawiki correctly, the two ways of sorting here are essentially:
  • VariationsSVG variations on flags of Western Sahara
  • VSVG variations on flags of Western Sahara
as this user has pointed out, "Maybe if it had to compete with several other categories and V alone caused them to fall out of alphabetical order..."
it's more natural to sort with the full word. any benefit a single letter has, the full word has, but the single letter cannot pre-empt potential future confusion. RZuo (talk) 17:22, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Protected edit requests is backlogged

Latest comment: 6 hours ago10 comments7 people in discussion

Category:Commons protected edit requests is significantly backlogged, to the extent that a request I made to correct a factual error in the caption of File:JAPAN AIRLINES A350-941 JA13XJ HND 30-APR-2022.jpg (which was protected due to appearing on the main page of multiple Wikipedias) went unanswered for over 11 days. The protection has since expired so I've made the change myself, and luckily the error wasn't particularly consequential, but this is not always going to be the case. Picking one request at random, File talk:PL road sign T-34.svg has been awaiting administrator attention for nearly five years. Either this needs to improve or the system needs to be marked as historical and people directed to request changes by some other method that admins actually pay attention to. Thryduulf (talk) 10:37, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This sometimes turns out to be a huge headache. This should have a simple solution. Several edit-requests happen to be now in archives such as this, for example, Talk:Main Page/Archive 4#Images Sounds Videos ... and? ─ The Aafī (talk) 19:34, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
There are several what seem to be uncontroversial flag requests that were made a while ago (some for modifications to the file, some to the description page) as well that have gone unanswered for more than a year. HapHaxion (talk / contribs) 15:17, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Any idea why {{Qfi}} doesn't get expanded at Commons talk:Questionable Flickr images#hans castorp2010 (and other places on that page)? User:LX, you were the last to edit that template so you may have a clue. - Jmabel ! talk 21:15, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I did a few of these, but it is very hard sometimes to tell which are controversial and which aren't. @HapHaxion: , I realize you aren't an admin, but if you can point at which requests you think are uncontroversial, you might more easily get admin attention for those. - Jmabel ! talk 21:20, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Based on what I can see off a preliminary search there are a some files that just need the description page edited (Flag of Poland, Flag of Peru, X logo 2023) while others seem to have suggested coding changes (Flag of Somaliland, Emblem of Vietnam and the Olympic rings without rims), both of which either with consensus or without opposition. HapHaxion (talk / contribs) 21:33, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Flag of Poland, Flag of Peru and X logo 2023 have been   Done. Abzeronow (talk) 21:50, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
please also edit MediaWiki_talk:Gadget-HotCat.js#Could_a_warning_popup_appear_when_adding_a_DAB_cat_while_using_HotCat?. RZuo (talk) 22:06, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I believe that takes some higher (or at least different) level of permission even than being an admin, because I cannot edit that page. - Jmabel ! talk 22:31, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I try to peck away at these when I can, but most of them require comfort working with SVGs or complex templates and that's not me. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 23:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hoping to get a different admin to follow up on a discussion

Latest comment: 1 day ago2 comments2 people in discussion

In the discussion at User talk:Björn Söderlund, Sw3dPix#Category:Photo challenge of Björn Söderlund, Sw3dPix, 2023, User:Björn Söderlund, Sw3dPix seems to think I've done something wrong and harmful to Category:Photo challenge of Björn Söderlund, Sw3dPix, 2023. I totally fail to see the problem. Clearly I'm not the one to follow this up further. Would someone else please take this on? - Jmabel ! talk 17:44, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

They were missing their rainbows which are apparently in this category that they themselves created. ─ The Aafī (talk) 19:27, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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