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Sadly this user deceased. Please remove file mover right from this account. Tryvix1509 (talk) 10:14, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. --Túrelio (talk) 11:54, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Túrelio Please add {{Deceased Wikimedian}} to his user page. Thanks! Tryvix1509 (talk) 12:09, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Please complete my request at File_talk:Flag_of_Belarus.svg#please_replace_file. FYI: I added an entry to Commons:Requested updates to protected images a week ago but I don't think anybody monitors that page anymore. MapGrid (talk) 20:48, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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]

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]

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

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]

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

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

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]

 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]

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]

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

Hi, Could someone delete and redirect File:BENNETTS OF GLOUCESTER - Flickr - secret coach park (15).jpg and File:BENNETTS OF GLOUCESTER - Flickr - secret coach park (5).jpg back to File:BENNETTS COACHES GLOUCESTER - Flickr - secret coach park.jpg please,
All 3 files are the exact same - I don't know which ones oldest but figured park.jpg is better than (15).jpg or (5).jpg, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 14:34, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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]

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]