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Only users with Autopatrol rights may now overwrite files uploaded by other users. You may request autopatrol rights here. If you are currently ineligible for autopatrol rights, you may request an exception for a particular file on this page. This page is only for requests on the technical permission; proposals for file improvements should be made on the file talk page.

Make sure that your planned overwriting complies with the file overwriting guidelines.

The template that allows overwriting a file ({{Allow Overwriting}}) may be placed by any user with patrol rights.

In File:Rail density map.png, Lebanon needs to be colored in gray, because since the Lebanese Civil War between 1975-1990, rail transport in Lebanon, not only ceased to exist, the vast majority of the railway network (railway tracks, railway stations and trains) was destroyed, and has never been restored.

Lesotho needs to be colored in light yellow, because 1.6 km of the 26 km long Maseru branch line is on Lesothan territory, which connects its capital Maseru, which lies on the border of South Africa, to the South African railway network.

Haiti and Sierra Leone need to be colored in gray, because rail transport in Haiti ceased to exist in the 1970s and because rail transport in Sierra Leone ceased to exist in 1974.

Moroike (talk) 10:44, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:49, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In File:Railways in Sierra Leone.svg, Sherbro Island, which is the largest island of Sierra Leone, is wrongly, colored differently than the rest of the country. It has been omitted in the map of Sierra Leone, which is used by many Wikipedia articles.

Moroike (talk) 11:24, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:52, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This map is outdated so I want to update this file adding recent events like the handover of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Venezolanito123456 (talk • contribs) 14:30, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:53, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Higher res has been acquired by yours truly. JayCubby (talk) 14:48, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Link please? Abzeronow (talk) 17:55, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Abzeronow whoops. I extracted it from https://www.nehet.fr/NEHET4/07-NEHET%204-SIESSE-p.123-134.pdf JayCubby (talk) 17:57, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done This needs to be uploaded as a new file. It's not the same photograph (same object though). Abzeronow (talk) 18:02, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

whoops,you are right! JayCubby (talk) 18:04, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wanna make a prediction as to why I am requesting this on OWR?

While we're at it, I've got better pics for more or less every file in Category:Photographs from the Imperial War Museum JayCubby (talk) 15:20, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Source? Abzeronow (talk) 17:56, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IWM.org in conjunction with dezoomify! JayCubby (talk) 18:00, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:06, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

. No watermark, even! JayCubby (talk) 19:32, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Someone improperly reduced file size (and quality) JayCubby (talk) 15:29, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm uneasy about overwrites of files of VRT permission (this is not a guidelines thing). Abzeronow (talk) 17:58, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Abzeronow Look at the reupload history, I'm saying someone improperly overwrote it. JayCubby (talk) 18:02, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you want me to revert it to previous version? Abzeronow (talk) 18:08, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Probably JayCubby (talk) 18:09, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at the user's earlier uploads too JayCubby (talk) 18:10, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i haz one with more pixels! JayCubby (talk) 16:03, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Link please? Abzeronow (talk) 18:04, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://cdn.britannica.com/38/24538-050-3ED39CA6/Hannah-Hoch-First-International-Dada-Fair-Berlin-1920.jpg

this is a cropped version, bit it's easy to reintegrate it into the captioned picture JayCubby (talk) 18:06, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but current version is from a document and your version is from a photographic print. @GPSLeo: We tend to like to preserve sources on our files which is why we recommend uploading a new file with a different source. Abzeronow (talk) 18:14, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Found higher res copy at

https://cdnimg.redian.news/mmbiz_png/G0QiclvWlAoNfxTmAzTW4dh6kzDr0UvucWM1DwMIZMs2kwhkZ8wlPw8C6CTN1y2hrCF92r8wXiar6BXGmwdhWMtA/640?wx_fmt=jpg JayCubby (talk) 17:06, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your link is a 404 for me. Abzeronow (talk) 18:16, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Odd, it works just fine for me. I took another look, and it may have simply been gently upscaled and smoothed, not actually a higher res. Scratch this request. JayCubby (talk) 19:22, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK  Not done Withdrawn. Abzeronow (talk) 19:27, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I have found a better-resolution image. Anjo Sozinho (talk) 19:11, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

source please? Abzeronow (talk) 19:16, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The same source as the original uploader. But I have a file with better resolution archived and I would like to be able to replace it. Thank you. Anjo Sozinho (talk) 12:43, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Much, much, much higher res and quality at https://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Arbuckle,%20Roscoe%20'Fatty'/Annex/NRFPT/Annex%20-%20Arbuckle,%20Roscoe%20'Fatty'_NRFPT_05.jpg

It's not exactly the same crop, but I make the argument that the current version was mistakenly cropped JayCubby (talk) 19:49, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Same problem as another request, current version is from a book, proposed version is the print itself. Abzeronow (talk) 19:57, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't we simply update the source and leave it at that? Perhaps I've misunderstood com:OVERWRITE. JayCubby (talk) 20:01, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Increased pixel count and quality at https://blauwbloed-eo.cdn.eo.nl/w_3840/5k8x9erl1wnr-.jpg JayCubby (talk) 21:03, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm unsure about this, it's an upscale. Abzeronow (talk) 17:27, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've not had a lot of experience with upscaled files. On the one hand the details are flat to begin with, making it rather hard to tell. The curves of the higher res version do feel a bit weird. Your call JayCubby (talk) 18:38, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Like for File:2023 Wikipedia Asian Month Barnstar.png, I just want to make it transparent. Z1KA (talk) 21:44, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 21:52, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made a design that more closely matches the flag from the picture, than the uploaded design. I accidentally uploaded it on a sister page created by me, that has a different ratio of sides (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/6/6c/20241125172854%21Flag_of_the_Bektashi_Order_%282-3%29.svg) --FjanaCZ (talk) 17:35, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I made sever small updates to the design, finalizing it in a similar form to that posted. I have slightly edited and resized the wreath in comparison to that image listed. --FjanaCZ (talk) 21:21, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I found an error in the legend. There is a duplicate "A2, A2 Central" line under Slovak. It should be "A1, A2 Central". JCRZ (talk) 13:38, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:31, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Better at https://img.haarets.co.il/bs/0000018f-490b-d17f-adcf-f9ebaf1c0001/70/64/cf6579c04fd29f20644be454e8ba/73705.jpg

Of all the stupid places to find a better source, this is perhaps the weirdest so far JayCubby (talk) 15:52, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done Valued Image. Abzeronow (talk) 17:32, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Abzeronow I took another look. Given File:溥儀, 繪畫肖像.jpg is a possible upscale, I'm now more suspicious of 'higher-resolution' files. There appears to be more detail, but the JPEG artifacts are quite similar, and some of the details appear to have come out of nothing. Thoughts? JayCubby (talk) 18:46, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Norway, Iceland and Ireland should be marked blue, not green, in this file, so I tried uploading a version corrected in this regard. Originally uploaded by @Firdavs Kulolov, it was successfully overwritten by @Whisper of the heart, but for some reason my overwriting is being blocked. André Devecserii (talk) 16:19, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:34, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Better at https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/04/73/20/18068532/7/960x0.webp

Maybe the color is an issue, but there are two different contrast levels floating around. I could always upload as a new file. JayCubby (talk) 16:39, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've been able to adjust the contrast, the photo is more or less identical at this point. JayCubby (talk) 18:54, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Higher resolution from the same source, that is to say my good friend Uncle Sam and his enormous library! JayCubby (talk) 19:55, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:09, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Prussian translation again... Kxeo (talk) 20:36, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 20:39, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The image has a black box visible, which is a part of an error, and I believe I have fixed it by redrawing the blue arrows. Tomscience (talk) 21:14, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 21:29, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The image is wonky and I made a retouched version that undoes the stretch, fixes the coloring, denoises and sharpens the image a bit. Thanks, Yung Doohickey (talk) 22:34, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 22:37, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Higher resolution from the same source. JayCubby (talk) 23:50, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:13, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Higher res at https://haitiwonderland.com/assets/images/upload/blog/haiti_la-dette-de-l-independance-et-l-ingerence-etrangere_1710787271.jpg JayCubby (talk) 02:13, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jospe: in case they want to add overwriting themselves. Abzeronow (talk) 17:15, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The strings on the harp (lower left quadrant on shield) are supposed to be white, not yellow. This is seen absolutely everywhere. Here [1] is one quick example. I have already edited the SVG file to white strings and would like to upload it! Thank you. NotAMonarchist (talk) 02:28, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@NotAMonarchist:  Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:18, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i would like to remove the white background for both PharaohCrab (talk) 04:06, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite these files. Abzeronow (talk) 17:23, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i would like to crop to remove wasted space PharaohCrab (talk) 04:08, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:24, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to update the map as further nations are eliminated from contention (several updates are currently required) Bs1jac (talk) 09:07, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:25, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dominica, Liberia, Samoa and St. Vincent & Grenadines now use km/h and need to be colored accordingly in File:WorldMap-speed limit units on traffic signs.png, as has it been done for its SVG version. Moroike (talk) 09:34, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:27, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On 27 November 2024, Riyadh Metro will open, thus becoming the second metro in Saudi Arabia, and on 30 November 2024, Thessaloniki Metro will open, thus becoming the second metro in Greece, and will need to be colored in red, the color which is depicting metro systems in two or more cities in a country.

Moroike (talk) 10:00, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Saudi Arabia should be changed, but Greece should wait until 30 November. Abzeronow (talk) 17:29, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The 2024 FIBA rules added a new (very minor) change to the court with the addition of throw-in lines on the table side. Would like to upload with the differences. The current version was also authored by me, and perhaps should be reverted the original if it is too dissimilar? Thanks for your help, and sorry to be a bother! Bananalab (talk) 11:00, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 17:31, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

For uploading original version of image from a newspapper (as prove for PD-RO-photo license).--Kun Kipcsak (talk) 13:23, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. (it can be reverted back later if you wish.) Abzeronow (talk) 17:34, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I ripped a version without as much scratching from Alamy: https://downpic.cc/photos/alamy/Downpic.cc-57778201.jpg JayCubby (talk) 17:49, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It should be uploaded as a new file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:02, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The number of red stripes on the flag should be 8, as this is a historically relevant detail. Romero13 (talk) 18:15, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:26, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I need to remove the drawings The New Foxy (talk) 19:56, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@The New Foxy:  Done Please ping me when done so I can revdel the original and close the DR. Abzeronow (talk) 20:11, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Abzeronow Done The New Foxy (talk) 00:22, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@The New Foxy, you seem to have reduced the resolution substantially. JayCubby (talk) 20:33, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to upload a slightly improved version. YFdyh000 (talk) 11:01, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@YFdyh000: from the same video? Abzeronow (talk) 18:38, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. YFdyh000 (talk) 22:33, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 22:40, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I need to overwrite this file to correct the misaligned text, which is skewed to the left and should be featured right at the center. The green line must also be corrected, as it doesn't reach the border on the left and its upper right corner doesn't reach the top. Thanks in advance. MP DDT (talk) 17:18, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:43, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to make it transparent. Z1KA (talk) 18:41, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done You can now overwrite this file. Abzeronow (talk) 18:46, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Current signature is extremely low-res and blurry. Will replace it with a proper scan from an archived website. --Mayimbú (talk) 22:46, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Probably better to upload as a new file. I could use universal replace to replace usage for you though. Abzeronow (talk) 23:05, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, File:Vladimiro Montesinos Signature.jpg has been uploaded!--Mayimbú (talk) 00:27, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Since this RfC is closing in favor of File:Somali Civil War Map on the 5th October 2024.svg, I’ve been planning on putting it on the file that I requested like previous maps before it did. Zabezt (talk) 23:47, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to update the headquarters on the flag, because it has some more details that are missing in the file

On this video [2] at the moment 1:30:09 you can see some lines on the building that are missing in the flag Felipe Fidelis Tobias (talk) 00:43, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to update the headquarters on the flag, because it has some more details that are missing in the file

On this video [3] at the moment 1:30:09 you can see some lines on the building that are missing in the flag Felipe Fidelis Tobias (talk) 00:45, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's a png on the file and i vectorized it, but i cant upload the file Felipe Fidelis Tobias (talk) 00:46, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I cropped the existing image. New image I wanted to upload: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18rC-ZXki2ZZ5pIAMyiVmHfgdYHwk47Zj/view Cheers Adakiko (talk) 00:47, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's a png on the file and i vectorized it, but i cant upload the file Felipe Fidelis Tobias (talk) 00:49, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to update the headquarters on the flag, because it has some more details that are missing in the file On this video [4] at the moment 1:30:09 you can see some lines on the building that are missing in the flag Felipe Fidelis Tobias (talk) 00:50, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to update the headquarters on the flag, because it has some more details that are missing in the file On this video [5] at the moment 1:30:09 you can see some lines on the building that are missing in the flag Felipe Fidelis Tobias (talk) 00:51, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Far better version at https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/humus/758313/55477183/55477183_original.jpg JayCubby (talk) 02:16, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]