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Move Category:Political parties in Republic of China[edit]

please move Category:Political parties in Republic of China to Category:Political parties in the Republic of China (1912–1949), in order to preserve page history. (i had wanted to move but created the new cat by mistake.)

you dont need to leave a redirect behind because it's useless.

you can write "separate Republic of China (1912–1949) and Taiwan" as the reason for moving. thx! RZuo (talk) 15:28, 14 January 2023 (UTC)--RZuo (talk) 20:27, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

high-profile Getty-Images-shot gone unnoticed since 1 year[edit]

I am frustrated. This image of w:Klaus Schwab (WEF) File:Herr Schwab.jpg had been on Commons since nearly 1 year, claimed to be own work by uploader (their only edit) and under a free license, when in reality it is a professional shot from 2014 and marketed[1] by Getty Images, who are known for very high claims for damages for unauthorized use of images. Hell, how could this not have been noticed earlier? --Túrelio (talk) 09:46, 16 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

at least 1 user saw it before you but didnt report copyvio.

if User:OgreBot/Uploads by new users can be rebooted... RZuo (talk) 10:35, 16 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

We currently have a backlog of one million unpatrolled edits and this only includes edits from the last 30 days. But how can we get more people doing maintenance stuff like this?

Estimated
1107262+ unpatrolled edits
--SteinsplitterBot 00:01, 21 January 2023 (UTC)
Live count / history graphReply[reply]

GPSLeo (talk) 18:03, 17 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Maybe we should get a list of unpatrolled edits for files in use. That would be probably be about the same as most one-time editors I see upload an image here to use on their home wiki. Also, searching to see if the same image by reverse image search/is on Getty images is not something I would think to do immediately. It's a hard copyright to catch. Ricky81682 (talk) 20:39, 17 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Copyvio in file history[edit]

Hi. Could an admin please remove the 23:13, 15 January 2023 version of Audtor General report Canada1946.pdf from the history. It's an obvious copyright violation, which was reverted by the uploader with the comment "wrong file". TilmannR (talk) 13:07, 16 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done. --Túrelio (talk) 14:15, 16 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Túrelio can you please look into this again and do the needful. Thanks C1K98V ^{(💬 ✒️ 📂)} 17:45, 17 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

C1K98V, could you check whether this is still necessary. When trying to revert the current to the 2nd fileversion, the system tells me they are identical, and the page-history seems to show that "Zindra Lord" reverted his own new upload. --Túrelio (talk) 19:32, 17 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Affuploadsimage and User:AFFAFCUploadsFootball[edit]

The following users are clearly sockpuppet/puppetmaster, as the names are similar and they're uploading similar content, so I don't think we need a checkuser:

Affuploadsimage (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)
AFFAFCUploadsFootball (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Adeletron 3030 (talk) 16:11, 17 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done Sock blocked indef., all files deleted. The main account didn't upload anything new, so warning only for now. Yann (talk) 16:47, 17 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Move protected file[edit]

I can't request the move of a protected file. Can someone rename File:20220511082800 IMG 1681 (2).jpg to File:Yeti Airlines ATR-72 9N-ANC.jpg Reason number 2 (meaningless name). Mbch331 (talk) 11:54, 18 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done Gbawden (talk) 15:10, 18 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

AI upscaling by RaphaelQS[edit]

User:RaphaelQS has recently uploaded new versions of images that have been run through a 2x upscaling AI that also denoises and sharpens images. We had a discussion on their talk page where I pointed out numerous issues with this. These include: turning a subject's eyes green, a subject's left eye getting warped, and introducing lip coloring to monochrome photos (example 1, example 2). Some are more subtle, such as introducing artifacts around the subject's shirt and tie. I'm sure if I took the time to examine each, I'd find artifacts that have been introduced, but the crux of the matter is that these higher resolutions are not based off better scans of the original physical medium. Rather, an AI is interpreting these images, which also can't be compared to a human manually restoring an image using proper judgement. The user has also overwritten featured pictures that have been manually restored (example 1, example 2). I request that this user's recent uploads be mass-reverted, and a moratorium issued on any further replacement of images with AI upscaled versions. Opencooper (talk) 18:00, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Just for the record, I have asked for instances where there were issues with the images I restored and I offered to revert back to a previous version, some glitches may have escaped me and I'm not perfect (see the conversation with this user on my talk page). Also if there is a policy against using tools like this then I will obviously abide by it. --RaphaelQS (talk) 18:16, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@RaphaelQS: Do not do that again, or you will be blocked. All reverted. Yann (talk) 19:03, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Why is that? Please tell me which policy is being infringed, I can give a lot of examples of files that are substituted by higher resolution versions from a restoration process so the very principle isn't in question I suspect, isn't it? So what is the problem, the use of the tool itself? Try to be somewhat specific if possible to avoid any potential misunderstanding, thank you. --RaphaelQS (talk) 19:17, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@RaphaelQS: Those overwrites violate COM:OW guideline and COM:EVID policy. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 19:34, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

LTA, copyvio and out of project scope[edit]

Users:

Pedro Renteria (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)

Osmoniopreda (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)

Salvadormedia1 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)

PeliculasTT2023 (talk · contributions · Move log · block log · uploads · Abuse filter log)

Reasons for reporting: Sockpuppets for filmmaker Ricardo Tavera and Glat Entertainment. All have used the project to store a promotional gallery. Together, they’ve uploaded around 120 files, all production pictures, promotional sessions and PR (red carpet, awards, etc).

MexTDT (talk) 22:23, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@MexTDT: This was aready reported and taken care on another board. No need to do it again. Yann (talk) 22:32, 19 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Yann This was not to report the users but to delete all the files. I’m sorry for not being more specific. Is this the right board to suggest a mass deletion or do I need to do it in some other way? As far as I know, these files have no usage on sister projects, especially in eswiki, which is their main target.--MexTDT (talk) 00:47, 20 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@MexTDT: The proper way is to create a deletion request. Thanks, Yann (talk) 08:26, 20 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Yann: But there are dozens of them, do I have to do it for each? MexTDT (talk) 08:37, 20 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

No, you can create a mass DR with VisualFileChange. Yann (talk) 08:48, 20 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@MexTDT: See also Commons:Deletion requests/Mass deletion request. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ_{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 08:52, 20 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

copy right viloations[edit]

"President.az" is not " Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International "

2010-2023 Official web-site of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. All rights reserved. This website is managed by Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Work and Communication with NGOs Department of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. [2]

all these files and more must be speedy delete: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/File:The_Presidential_Press_and_Information_Office%27s_of_Azerbaijan_(Official_logo).png&limit=500

[[User:Modern Sciences|MSes]] (talk) 01:02, 20 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Did you see that there´s a template in the file description pages, linking to this page which says "All materials on the website are available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license"? Rudolph Buch (talk) 05:34, 20 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]