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Recreation of deleted content

Hi. I've come across 3 images which are reuploads of deleted content, but I wanted to post here instead of speedy because they are related to each other and it'd be good to explain the reasoning together.

Delete because (a) recreated deleted content and (b) no OTRS permission confirms them

• File:Tristan Prettyman 5.jpg – en.wiki deletion log
• File:Tristan prettyman 6.jpg – en:File:Tristan Prettyman 6.jpg (en.wiki deletion log)
• File:Tristan Prettyman 9.jpg – en.wiki deletion log
  • The same photograph appears at File:Tristan Prettyman, live at Higher Ground, Burlington, VT, 2014.jpg, with OTRS received, it seems I didn't record this file in the OTRS wiki page and so I missed it when marking the suspect images for deletion. However, the below info still applies to it, so I suggest it should be deleted not as recreated content but as image with a license that can't be verified.

Background

They were the subject of ticket:2017060110005334 and were discussed at otrswiki:2017060110005334. A claim of ownership was made for "Tristan Prettyman 5.jpg" and "9.jpg", but it was found that the claim was not accompanied by sufficient evidence. A request was made to the person to provide formal copyright registration from a regional authority as one of the only trustworthy methods of assuring us of the validity of the free license claim. That has not yet been received and so I don't think the free license claims can be trusted until that time. For "Tristan prettyman 6.jpg", no claims of authorship were made by the person (unlike the others) and no information about their source when asked was provided. This file was also uploaded by the user with "Unknown" in the author field.

Note, the uploader L0gick (talk · contribs) also posted on COM:Undeletion requests/Current requests#File:Tristan Prettyman 1.jpg.

seb26 (talk) 14:07, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

OK guys, TL;DR: 3 images were uploaded to en.wiki/Commons (a mix), were deleted on both sites after OTRS couldn't confirm the license, have been reuploaded by the uploader ignoring what OTRS told them, and should be deleted until some actual evidence is received by us. One file was even specified as having an "unknown" author by the uploader. seb26 (talk) 12:04, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

I added to the discussion there.   — Jeff G. ツ 15:58, 15 July 2017 (UTC)

@Seb26:, your comments would be welcome there.   — Jeff G. ツ 04:55, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Jeff, thanks, I responded. seb26 (talk) 12:41, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Bump: would an admin be able to delete the above files, and the file listed at the above UDR discussion? They should be deleted as recreation of deleted content. If not, please let me know if I should take them to a DR. There remains too much doubt over the claim to ownership contained within the OTRS ticket to keep them. seb26 (talk) 11:27, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

@Seb26: Given the long ticket story and the OTRS investigation on otrs-wiki could you please convert this request (and list the specific files) as a DR (jut or the record, and clarity which files we are talking bout) and I'll (speedy) delete them as copyvios . --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 22:36, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Jonatan Svensson Glad, thanks, I have made the DR here. seb26 (talk) 23:31, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Resolved--Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 00:10, 21 July 2017 (UTC)

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User:Kickmichael

Uploads well-known images of Maria Sharapova from officials photosets falsely claiming copyright ownership. Contributions should be removed, the user – warned (I have already did it on wikipedia–ru where he uses the images). Thanks. --Levg (talk) 08:54, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Copyvios tagged and user temp-blocked. --Túrelio (talk) 08:59, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Delition of a file

User:INeverCry had mentioned that the image has been deleted at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Dunkin'Coffee Barcelona.jpg, But I see the image still exists. User:Andreuvv has many warnings on his talkpage please have a watch on it's uploads. Thanking --✝iѵɛɳ२२४०^{†ลℓк †๏ мэ} 09:11, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

It's not the same image, though similar. However, the new image might be o.k. per Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#Spain. --Túrelio (talk) 09:22, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Juan Pablo Carrizo.jpg

Please delete the differing version (overwritten file, unclear license). Thanks in advance. GermanJoe (talk) 19:25, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done It was a copyvio of Corbis/Getty Images anyway. De728631 (talk) 20:29, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

File:Macaca nigra self-portrait (rotated and cropped).jpg

Category:Tangkoko Nature Reserve >>> Category:Tangkoko Batuangus Nature Reserve thx --Frze ^{> talk} 06:06, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 06:16, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Category name "dispute"

Hey there,

I created a category name and there has been some discussion about it. How do we go about making a decision/renaming the category name and closing the discussion? The discussion is here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Categories_for_discussion/2017/04/Category:World_War_1_Colour_photos#Category%3AWorld_War_1_Colour_photos

I'm fine with renaming it to "Colour images relating to World War I" or even something else as long as the words colour, World War I, and images or pictures is in the category name.

I appreciate your help! (Would you mind emailing me directly to let me know you've replied? I'm not on this site every day. Thanks!)

Ginger Monette <email redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catfishmo (talk • contribs)

MrZimmerman

MrZimmerman (talk · contribs) is trolling categories and uploading copyrighted images. Acroterion (talk) 00:57, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done VOA blocked. Daphne Lantier 02:39, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm keeping an eye on them on enwiki. Acroterion (talk) 02:50, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Mass rename

I don't know where/how to request mass rename (and I obviously don't want to tag every single file manually), so I'm putting it here. Please move to appropriate place if applicable, thank you.

All files Special:PrefixIndex/File:Chlečice should be moved to File:Chelčice … .jpg - please notice the typo (swapped letters) in name which needs to be fixed, the extension is just cosmetic change along.

Thank you.

— Danny B. 13:56, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

I also have a mass rename request: correct spelling for "Muesum" --> Museum. Is that an option here? Thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 15:39, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

@Lotje: Most of these are obviously true mistakes, and I later will try to fix these, but it is nonetheless a bit dangerous to rename automatically. Muesum regularly exists – two fast search results: https://themuesum.org/ and http://www.muesum.org/. — Speravir – 18:49, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

@Speravir: Thank you every so much. In the meantime (when I have a spare minute!) I will go through the list and see if I can do my little bit. Lotje (talk) 19:26, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

BTW, this is apparently intentional: Bristol muesuM.jpg. — Speravir – 20:37, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done as far as I see. — Speravir – 22:17, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

Danny B., since there are only 8 of them, would you mind adding {{rename}} but also with a suggestion of a better, more descriptive name for each? This is because, even with the error correction, the names of the files do not state what the images actually represent, i.e. churches, different buildings. I was about to rename this (as a filemover) but did not know what local names to suggest. seb26 (talk) 16:23, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

@Danny B.: You could ask at the village pump, as well. It needs the file remover right, which have more people than admins. In addition to Seb’s advice an example: Instead of a fixed Chelčice (1).jpg you could request to Church of Saint Martin (Chelčice).jpg or Chelčice - Church of Saint Martin.jpg or, if you want to preserve the numeration, Chelčice (1) - Church of Saint Martin.jpg, or you could chose the Czech name of the church. — Speravir – 18:48, 19 July 2017 (UTC)

WP0 abuse

FYI Zakoiuya zakaria (talk · contribs) uploaded 2 manuals how to game the system, now deleted. Regards, Yann (talk) 16:48, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

@Yann: Thank you for your quick action. I suggest the following revision, though: "Wikipedia Zero abuse: misusing Commons by sharing nonfree files" instead of "Wikipedia Zero abuse: using Commons as a file sharing site". We are all "using Commons as a file sharing site", you see.   — Jeff G. ツ 17:10, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

Hey all, I'm alive and kicking again, and just wanted to see how the WP Zero abuse fight has been going. I am going to be a lot more active so if you need any help, just shoot me a message on my talk page. TJH2018talk 18:23, 20 July 2017 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 20:23, 20 July 2017 (UTC)