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• Other speedy deletions: ~64
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Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago

Please, look at Commons:Featured picture candidates/removal/File:Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago.svg. The file realised by Sodacan, featured on 2012, has been overwritten by HapHaxion: File:Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago (1962-2025).svg. HapHaxion created a copy of it as File:Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago (1962-2025).svg, but in this way the history is lost. Could you please split this: File:Coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago (1962-2025).svg? The last version shoud remain at the current title, while the previous ones should be moved to the title proposed by HapHaxion, overwriting this one. I'm wirting here since the procedure is a bit more complex than split or merge. Thanks. Harlock81 (talk) 10:56, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

@Harlock81: Hi. You could at least mention this section at COM:HMSR using the instructions at COM:MERGE.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:02, 8 March 2025 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Sreejith K (talk) 11:08, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Flickrbot breakdown problem

Dear Users and Admins,

I believe that the FlickrBot here stopped working again almost 2 hours ago today.

• The Flickr backlog is now 600 images. If the flickrbot is not fixed, it will grow to more than 1000-2000+ images sadly. Just to let you know. Best from Canada, --Leoboudv (talk) 22:08, 9 March 2025 (UTC)

Good news, it seems the bot is now working fine, it was not working for about 4 hours. Tvpuppy (talk) 03:25, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

• Yes that is good news indeed. I don't know what is the reason for the flickrbot interruptions. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 07:17, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Bedivere (talk) 16:06, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

File:2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season (SVS5468 - hurr2024 v09 CPC 2025-01-10 1702).webm

Are we sure we should feature this on the Main Page? There are some very noticeable rendering bugs at around 00:16. JayCubby (talk) 00:42, 10 March 2025 (UTC)

Now moot. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:19, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

Request for file deletion: File:Lybia caestifera.png

Hello, I am the original uploader of File:Lybia caestifera.png and I would like to request its deletion.

Reason: The file may not comply with Wikimedia Commons' copyright policies, and I want to ensure proper licensing before re-uploading. Thank you for your assistance. GingerManBread (talk) 00:25, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

 Done by Auntof6. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 05:19, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Tvpuppy (talk) 02:02, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Debugging error

Hey, can anyone fix this?

File:MemPlaqueBrunWarendorp.JPG

Cheers Virum Mundi (talk) 12:32, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

What problem do you have on this page? GPSLeo (talk) 15:27, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

I don't anymore, thanks! Virum Mundi (talk) 16:04, 12 March 2025 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Tvpuppy (talk) 02:02, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

Protected Wikipedia icon needs to be reverted

File:Wikipedia's W.svg needs to be reverted to the 8 April 2016 version. The full explanation is at Commons:Village pump/Archive/2025/02#We are hosting the wrong Wikipedia icon. Thank you. Nosferattus (talk) 19:41, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

@Nosferattus: The explanations make an appeal to me and I have done the revert. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 00:02, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment.  $999$REAL 💬 ⬆   01:55, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

That Vegan Teacher

Hi,

I just send a email to That Vegan Teacher for permission of uploading her photograph for the purpose of add a image to that Wikipedia article.

Previous there is a image of That Vegan Teacher in Commons that was removed due to copyvio

and I also tried to upload a nonfree image on English Wikipedia, that also will be remove tomorrow (see here)

and now I just send a email to That Vegan Teacher for permission.

so what next? If she said yes, should I upload to Commons and send to the permission email (e.g. permissions-commons@wikimedia.org)?

or others???

Thanks for reading and, for context, here this my email to That Vegan Teacher:

To: [redacted]

Dear the Vegan Teacher,

I'm DinhHuy2010 from Wikipedia.

I am editing the That Vegan Teacher (a.k.a. you) article, and I need a free image of your photograph for the purpose of usage of that Wikipedia article.

Can I have permission to upload your photograph to Wikimedia Commons?

If yes, then do this:

• Reply to this email within 2 days.
• Upload any photograph of you (high quality if possible)
• Then after I upload the image to Commons, make sure to also send a email to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org using this email template from Commons:Email_templates (make sure to use exactly this TEMPLATE, or else will be ignored).

I will also post this mail to the Wikimedia Commons discussion page too.

Anyway, thank you for reading this email.

Thanks, DinhHuy2010

DinhHuy2010 (talk) 10:56, 14 March 2025 (UTC)

@DinhHuy2010: You would have done well to ask (or to read up on this) before sending the email. You kind of asked the wrong question. See Commons:Uploading works by a third party#If you need to obtain a license for copyrighted work. - Jmabel ! talk 19:29, 14 March 2025 (UTC)