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Administrators: Please make a note if a report is dealt with, to avoid unnecessary responses by other admins.

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File:Sukkula, Pori.JPG

See Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive_96#Four_files_deleted_in_2014. Could someone please check the file which got skipped last time? --Geohakkeri (talk) 18:16, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

File was {{cc-by-sa-3.0}} by Mchiriku. Abzeronow (talk) 18:24, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! --Geohakkeri (talk) 19:46, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Move category and merge history

Hi!
Please, move the Category:Tammy Snyder Murphy to Category:Tammy Murphy. I tried to do it, however I couldn't because of the history. Minerva97 (talk) 20:15, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done. Taivo (talk) 10:52, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Amonjus Impsoster and Category:Countries

I think the category of Countries should be removed from the User:Amonjus_Impsoster. Dwxn (talk) 20:56, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done. Taivo (talk) 10:49, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Image deletion?

Hello, I have sent 3 emails to oversight since February that never received a response, and opened a deletion request on June 8, what does it take to get anything done around here? - Adolphus79 (talk) 16:55, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Administrators have a backlog of DRs going back to March. And your request is complicated by the fact that the file in use. Abzeronow (talk) 17:32, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

A 3-month backlog at Oversight is... kinda scary... - Adolphus79 (talk) 23:45, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't see the Oversight mention. I don't think there's a backlog there. Abzeronow (talk) 00:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

So, my requests were simply ignored, forcing me to post publicly, adding even more links between myself and the image... awesome... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:19, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done. I closed the request. In my opinion anonymizing is not needed, although if somebody will anonymize the file, I'm not against it. Taivo (talk) 09:36, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Adolphus has been blocked for disruptive behavior, as they called your actions "bullshit", calling me a "poor excuse of an admin", and edit warring on the deletion request. I think it is obvious they are here not to help. Sad coming from an user who has been around for 16 years. Bedivere (talk) 17:34, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

I have received an email from Adolphus requesting help. It was not an unblock request, but they state they walked away after the block, and didn't make the IP edits. (EDIT: I have received a clarification that they felt they could not make an unblock request because their talk page access was blocked. I'll respond to them later today by e-mail.) @Elcobbola: Abzeronow (talk) 20:17, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

I would not mind shortening the block if these other edits weren't indeed theirs. Bedivere (talk) 21:24, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure why I was pinged. If it's related to a CU, I cannot make a check or comment that would have the effect of connecting an IP address to an account. Эlcobbola _talk 17:50, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Fix Template:Partnership-Layout on dark mode

Template:Partnership-Layout is not compatible with Vector 2022 dark mode [1]. The main text is invisible. As an easy fix/workaround, please add the class notheme next to layouttemplate partnershiptemplate of the table element. Thanks! – Simon04 (talk) 13:13, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

I tested it on Template:Partnership-Layout/sandbox and found no visual difference. Also I can't access the screenshot (says "Access Denied: Restricted File", could you please allow access or upload it on an external site such as imgur? —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 18:28, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Closing my own DR

I know there was some recent back-and-forth about when it is and is not appropriate to close your own DR as "delete". I did not find the guidance there terribly clear. Is Commons:Deletion requests/File:Soviet antifascist and anticapitalist poster by Iosif Ganf.jpg clear-cut enough that it would be OK for me to close it as delete, or should I wait for another admin to get to it? (Not asking for someone to act right now on that particular DR, just trying to clarify where other admins draw this line.) - Jmabel ! talk 05:04, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Whereas this is a clear-cut case I would still wait for a week and leave it to another admin. I personally think it is fine to close own deletion nomination as delete only if it is equivalent to a speedy case (for example, a file was nominated as suspicious copyright, and a source was found during the nomination which would make it eligible for speedy). This nomination is not a speedy case as it involves application of a (difficult) copyright law and adding the page to appropriate category. Ymblanter (talk) 05:29, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Hide file history

I accidentally made a mistake in adding a profile URL as source for a VTRS image (permission text has already been sent to VTRS team) and the author has asked to hide the source link. Can an admin please remove the first version of this file: File:2024 Toronto—St. Paul's federal by-election.jpg that has link information, and also adjust the history so the old version of the file and changes is not visible. I'll be more careful for future uploads. Thank you so much! // sikander { talk } 🦖 02:50, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

• @Sikander: I believe I've done what was needed. Please confirm. - Jmabel ! talk 04:16, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

  Yes, that's perfect. Thank you very much. Regards. // sikander { talk } 🦖 10:22, 25 June 2024 (UTC)