Commons:Administrators

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This page explains the role of administrators (sometimes called admins or sysops) on Wikimedia Commons. Note that details of the role, and the way in which administrators are appointed, may differ from other sites.

If you want to request administrator help, please post at Administrators' noticeboard.

There are currently 205 administrators on Commons.

What is an administrator?

Administrators as of December 2021 [+/−] Listing by language • Listing by date • Listing by activity

Number of Admins: 205 -revi, ko, en-3 (steward) 1Veertje, nl, en-4, de-1, fr-1 32X, de, en-2, hsb-1, ru-1 4nn1l2, fa, en-3, ar-1 99of9, en (bureaucrat) A.Savin, ru, de-4, en-2 Achim55, de, en-3, nds-3, la-2 AFBorchert, de, en-3 Ahmad252, fa, en-3, ar-1 Ahonc, uk, ru-4, en-2, de-1 Aka, de, en-3 Alan, es, eu-3, en-2 Alno, fr, en-3, es-2, pt-1 Amada44, de, en-3, fr-1 Andre Carrotflower, en, es-3, fr-3, de-2 Андрей Романенко, ru, en-3, uk-3, be-2, fr-2, lv-2 Ankry, pl, en-2, ru-1 AnRo0002, de, en-2, fr-2, es-1 Anthere, fr, en-3 AntiCompositeNumber, en, fr-2 Arthur Crbz, fr, en-4, es-3 Aude, en, ar-2, de-2, es-3 Benoît Prieur,fr, en-3, pt-2, es-1, it-1, hy-1 Billinghurst, en Blackcat, it, en-3, fr BrightRaven, fr, en-3, nl-2, es-2, zh-1 Butko, ru, uk-2, en-1 Captain-tucker, en Christian Ferrer, fr, en-2, es-2 Ciell, nl, en-2, de-1 clpo13, en Common Good, en Cookie, es, en-2 CptViraj, gu, hi-4, en-3 Cromium, en, de-1, fr-1 (steward) Czar, en DaB., de, en-1 DarwIn, pt, en-3, es-2, fr-2, gl-2, 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Infrogmation, en, es-1 IronGargoyle, en, de-1 Jameslwoodward, en, fr-1 (bureaucrat, checkuser) Jaqen, it, en-2 Jarekt, pl, en JarrahTree, en, id-1 Jcornelius, de, lt-2, la-2, en-2, pt-2, fr-1 Jdforrester, en Jean-Frédéric, fr, en-4, es-1 Jianhui67, en, zh-4, ja-2, ms-1 Jmabel, en, es-3, ro-2, de-1, ca-1, it-1, pt-1, fr-1 Joergens.mi, de, en-3 JoKalliauer, de, en-3 Jon Kolbert, en, fr-4, de-2 (steward) Josve05a, sv, en-3 Julo, pl, en-2, de-1, ru-1 JuTa, de, en-2, fr-1 (bureaucrat) Jusjih, zh, en-3, fr-2, ko-1 Kaldari, en Kallerna, fi, en-3, sv-2, de-1 King of Hearts, en, zh-3, es-2, ja-1 Klemen Kocjancic, sl, en-3, de-2, hr-1, bs-1 Krd, de, en-3 (bureaucrat, checkuser) Krinkle, nl, en-3, de-2 Kwj2772, ko, en-3 Leit, de, en-3, fr-1 Léna, fr, en-3, es-1 Leyo, gsw, de, en-3, fr-3, es-1, la-1 Lofty abyss, en, mt, it-2 Lymantria, nl, en-3, de-2, fy-2, fr-1, zea-1 Magog the Ogre, en, es-2 Mahagaja, en, de-4, fr-2, ga-2, la-2, cy-1 Maire, pl, en-4, es-2, fr-2, de-2, ru-1 Marcus Cyron, de, en-2 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fr-1 Poco a poco, es, de-4, en-3, fr-2, it-2, pl-2, pt-1 Podzemnik, cs, en-2 Polarlys, de, en-2, fr-1, no-1 Putnik, ru, en-2 Pyb, fr, en-2 Pymouss, fr, en-3, de-2, it-2, he-1 Racconish, fr, en-4 Ragesoss, en, de-1, fr-1 Ra'ike, de, en-2 Rama, fr, en-3, de-2, la-2, es-1, it-1, ja-1 (oversighter) Rastrojo, es, en-3, fr-2, eo-1 Raymond, de, en-3, nl-1 (oversighter) Regasterios, hu, en-1 Rehman, en, si-1 Reinhard Kraasch, de, en-3 Rimshot, de, en-4, fr-2, it-1 Romaine, nl, en-3, de-2, af-1, fr-1 Rosenzweig, de, en-3, fr-1, la-1 Royalbroil, en, es-1 RP88, en, de-1 Rubin16, ru, tt, en-4 Rudolphous, nl, en-3, de-2 Ruthven, it, fr, en-4, es-4, nap-4, ca-2, de-1 Sanandros, als, de, en-3, fr-1 Shizhao, zh, en-1, ru-1 Spiritia, bg, en-3, ru-2, mk-2, de-1 Sreejithk2000, ml, en-3, hi-3, ta-1, kn-1 Srittau, de, en-3 Steinsplitter, bar, de-4, it-3, en-1 Stifle, en, ga, fr-2, de-1 Storkk, en, fr-3, de-2, eo-2 Strakhov, es, en-2 TadejM, sl, en-3, de-2, fr-2 Taivo, et, en-3, ru-3, de-1 Tarawneh, en, ar, de-1 Themightyquill, en, fr-2, de-1, hu-1 The Squirrel Conspiracy, en Thibaut120094, fr, en-2, ja-2 Thuresson, sv, en-3, no-2 Tomer T, he, en-3 Trijnstel, nl, en-4, de-1, fr-1 (checkuser, steward) Tulsi Bhagat, ne, mai, en-3, hi-2, bh-2, hif-2 Túrelio, de, en-3, es-1 VIGNERON, fr, de-2, en-2, zh-1 Wdwd, de, en-2 Well-Informed Optimist, ru, uk-4, en-3 Wikitanvir, bn, en-3, de-2, as-2, bpy-1 Wutsje, fy, nl, en-3, de-2, fr-1 Yann, fr, en-4, hi-2, gu-1 Yasu, ja, en-2, de-1 Ymblanter, ru, en-3, de-2, fr-2, nl-2, it-1, es-1 Yuval CT, he, en-3 Zzyzx11, en, es-1, fr-1 علاء, ar, en-4, he-1, es-1 (steward) Abuse filter, (automated account) CommonsDelinker, (bot) see request CommonsMaintenanceBot, (bot) see request KrinkleBot, (bot) see request The system currently recognizes 205 administrators. If that is not the last number in the scrollable list above, there is an error in the list.

Technical

Administrators are users with the technical ability on Wikimedia Commons to:

• delete and undelete images and other uploaded files, and to view and restore deleted versions
• delete and undelete pages, and to view and restore deleted revisions
• protect and unprotect pages, and to edit admin-protected pages
• block and unblock users, individual IP addresses and IP address ranges
• edit less-restricted interface messages (see also Commons:Interface administrators)
• rename files
• add and remove user groups
• configure Upload Wizard campaigns
• delete and undelete specific log entries and revisions of pages
• import pages from other wikis
• merge the history of pages
• modify abuse filters
• not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
• override the spoofing checks and title or username blacklist
• send a message to multiple users at once (massmessage)
• use higher limits in API queries

These are collectively known as the admin tools.

Community role

Administrators are experienced and trusted members of the Commons community who have taken on additional maintenance work and have been entrusted with the admin tools by public consensus/vote. Different admins have different areas of interest and expertise, but typical admin tasks include determining and closing deletion requests, deleting copyright violations, undeleting files where necessary, protecting Commons against vandalism, and working on templates and other protected pages. Of course, some of these tasks can be done by non-admins as well.

Administrators are expected to understand the goals of this project, and be prepared to work constructively with others towards those ends. Administrators should also understand and follow Commons' policies, and where appropriate, respect community consensus.

Apart from roles which require use of the admin tools, administrators have no special editorial authority by virtue of their position, and in discussions and public votes their contributions are treated in the same way as any ordinary editor. Some admins may become more influential, not due to their position as such, but from the personal trust they may have gained from the community.

Suggestions for administrators

Please read Commons:Guide to adminship.

Removal of administrator rights

Under the de-admin policy, administrator rights may be revoked due to inactivity or misuse of sysop tools. In an de-admin request, normal standards for determining consensus in an RfA do not apply. Instead, "majority consensus" should be used, whereby any consensus to demote of higher than 50% is sufficient to remove the admin.

Apply to become an administrator

All intending administrators must go through this process and submit themselves to RFA, including all ex-administrators who are seeking to return to their previous role.

First, go to Commons:Administrators/Howto and read the information there. Then come back here and make your request in the section below.

• After clicking the appropriate button and creating the subpage, copy the link to the subpage, e.g. "Commons:Administrators/Requests/Username", edit Commons:Administrators/Requests and paste it in at the top of the section, then put it in double curly brackets (e.g. {{Commons:Administrators/Requests/Username}}) to transclude it. Request a watchlist notice at MediaWiki talk:WatchlistNotice, or edit MediaWiki:WatchlistNotice to put up one if you are an administrator.

• If someone else nominated you, please accept the nomination by stating "I accept" or something similar, and signing below the nomination itself. The subpage will still need to be transcluded by you or your nominator.

Use the box below, replacing Username with your username:

Voting

Any registered user may vote here although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted. It is preferable you give reasons for both Support and Oppose votes as this will help the closing bureaucrat in their decision. Greater weight is given to an argument, with supporting evidence if needed, than to a simple vote.

Promotion normally requires at least 75% in favour, with a minimum of 8 support votes. Votes from unregistered users are not counted. However, the closing bureaucrat has discretion in judging community consensus, and the decision will not necessarily be based on the raw numbers. Bureaucrats may, at their discretion, extend the period of an RfA if they feel that it will be helpful in better determining community consensus.

 Neutral comments are not counted in the vote totals for the purposes of calculating pass/fail percentages. However, such comments are part of the discussion, may persuade others, and contribute to the closing bureaucrat's understanding of community consensus.

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Requests for adminship

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When complete, pages listed here should be archived to Commons:Administrators/Archive.

• Please read Commons:Administrators before voting here. Any logged in user may vote although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted.

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Vote

1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)

Scheduled to end: 00:34, 26 December 2021 (UTC)

Hello everyone! After becoming familiarised with the global Wikimedia community earlier this year, I got increasingly involved with Commons administration, first through encountering uploads out of project scope or violating copyrights while patrolling on other wikis, later by actively searching for such content, and would now like to request adminship. As a sysop, I plan to concentrate my work on the backlogs at speedy deletions and DRs, primarily focussing on uncontroversial ones of the latter, as a big part of the logs consists of files likely satisfying CSD (I, too, had initially been following this trend with my nominations!), but could also be of help with regards to translation administration and AbuseFilter, with which I have experience from already being a Meta admin and global AFH.

Since I am expecting this to be brought up in this discussion anyway, as far as User talk:1234qwer1234qwer4#File:Lindt Excellence 50% Zartbitter.jpg is concerned, my understanding of copyright has vastly improved since I uploaded the files in May 2020 so I am fully aware of my error, but I also appear to have misidentified the nature of the Flickr uploader, which, in fact, I later reminded myself to re-check, but ended up forgetting, resulting in a speedy deletion request being filed by a different user. Hence, I guarantee that misjudgement like this is not going to happen again, and can present proper attribution on uploads such as File:Barnstar of ping.svg and File:TeTeX.svg as an example.

With this, I am happy to hear your thoughts on my candidacy! 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 00:34, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Votes

•  Oppose The only sysop-relevant judgement I know from this user so far was on the anti-Rodhullandemu campaign and that was quite a poor judgement. --A.Savin 02:24, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose not capable in my impression.--RZuo (talk) 14:08, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Sounds and looks like he knows what he can do and where he needs more experience/judgement. Worth a try, since he's a very experienced user in other projects. --Mirer (talk) 14:21, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support No objection. Experienced and active. Yann (talk) 14:49, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  weak oppose mostly per A.Savin. --Bedivere (talk) 15:15, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support After going through some of their edits in commons namespace, I think they will make fine use of the tools. The issue mentioned above seems to be the one where they are expressing their opinion, and I believe everyone is free to do so. No other concerns.-BRP ^ever 15:47, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support trusted user --Ameisenigel (talk) 16:01, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support 1989 (talk) 16:17, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Neutral--SD hehua (talk) 16:37, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose Of course, we need (I mean — Commons) Russian-speaking admins, but I'm not trust to this user cause I don't know him nor in Russian-language Wikimedia projects (such as Russian Wikipedia and others) nor in Wikimedia Commons. Maybe I'm wrong...--Brateevsky {talk} 18:02, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Lol at your username, <3 that you speak Russian and learn from your mistakes. Raquel Baranow (talk) 04:13, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Pimpinellus((D)) • WikiMUC • 11:47, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
•  SupportI think he is a trusted user and able to be an admin.--SD hehua (talk) 15:20, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose per A.Savin. --Daphne mesereum (talk) 15:24, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support - No concerns and lots of experience. - Richardkiwi (talk) (talk) 16:57, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose – as A.Savin Andy Dingley (talk) 21:06, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Excellent crosswiki activity. Taivo (talk) 21:46, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Nice work on meta (and also here) Stang^★ 22:32, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support. Everything seems fine to me: very good activity, lots of experience, no drama I know of & sysop elswhere too. So far (most of) the opposing votes seem to refer to some personal issues with this user's opinions, on which I cannot really comment. Meiræ 22:40, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

  Most of opposing votes refer to phrase "per A.Savin". =) As for me, I don't really know this user and don't see his "good activity" on Commons, Ru-Wiki or En-wiki. Other users, like A1Cafel, wrote the same. BTW, the main information of the user I found here - ru:User:1234qwer1234qwer4/Юзербоксы (warning: huge amount of Userboxes!) =) Brateevsky {talk} 11:15, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Support. -- Geagea (talk) 22:51, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose This, on their user page, does not indicate the proper attitude for an admin: "Actually Wikipedia has lots of stupid rules like this one, that no one knows how they came to be. Around here, we call that sort of thing "consensus"." Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:13, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

  The quote is humourous, an exaggeration not to be taken seriously. I assumed this to be obvious, but added a clarification now. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 00:26, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Support, will be good addition to the team. Kind regards, — Tulsi Bhagat ^{[ contribs | talk ]} 04:20, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support No objections from me. Jianhui67 ^T★C 05:28, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose for now. I don't know much about this user, but I think this user should gain more experience on handling Commons work. --A1Cafel (talk) 09:21, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Pppery (talk) 21:19, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose I have not seen any nominations or actions by this user over the past year, and if one is working in deletions, I recognize the name at least - not so here. Cheers. Ellin Beltz (talk) 22:12, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support per cross-wiki activity. --C1K98V ^{(💬 ✒️ 📂)} 05:31, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support: Clearly capable editor with cross-wiki experience which translates well to Commons, and the oppose from A.Savin appears to be little more than a personal retaliation (not really conduct befitting an admin!) - y'all should remember adminship is no big deal. ~TNT (she/they • talk) 17:02, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Support. —Hasley 21:40, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support we need more admins and this editor seems like they meet the minimum qualification for the role. Buidhe (talk) 01:12, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support. Bridget (talk) 01:22, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support LGTM. Has the experience both on DRs and sysop tools (they're an admin in meta), and they're active enough. Oh, and also has a good sense of humor. ;) --pandakekok9 02:48, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Even as a not-very-frequent Commons contributor I have experienced the backlogs (indeed I only noticed this A/R when checking my watchlist to see if a DR I started had been processed.) I trust the user based on the fact that they were nearly unanimously appointed Meta sysop and the history of CSDs/DRs in their contributions (as well as the judgement of more experienced users above and below), and I'm not too swayed by the opposes. eviolite (talk) 04:53, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Knows what they are doing from what I have observed from their contributions to numerous DR's. 07:53, 23 December 2021 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Gbawden (talk • contribs)
•  Support because I see no reason not too Herby ^{talk thyme} 16:40, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support I dunno...If they're a big dummy then we can take it away as easily as it is given. GMG^talk 18:24, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support competent admin (current meta sysop) willing to tackle backlogs. Yes please. firefly ( t · c ) 18:46, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support. Established and trusted user. Among other things, he's been extremely helpful to me in the development of my tool – his productivity is just extraordinary. Haven't seen problems with his judgement as well. Jack who built the house (talk) 19:07, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support I cant see any red flags. Thank you for volunteering. --- FitIndia ^{Talk ✉} 19:26, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
• Leaning towards  Support. Via three questions I hurled towards him (two FOP-related and one about a logo), his reasonable responses makes him an eligible candidate for admin. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 01:47, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support —MdsShakil (talk) 05:28, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose, at least not yet. While it is good that this user made a more mistakes in 2019 than in 2020, granted, that’s not enough to give them the critical responsibility of being an admin. -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 15:42, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Strong record of admin activity on other projects. Has clue, not a jerk. Wholly unconvinced by the spurious opposes based on the RHAE case. Litigating that issue in unrelated locations is not helping anything. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 23:26, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
•  Oppose Ankry (talk) 01:50, 25 December 2021 (UTC)

Comments

•  Question What's the problem with your block last Sunday, on 12th of December? Taivo (talk) 17:07, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

  That seems more like a question for @Yann, who immediately unblocked me and reverted the talk page notification, but since I was also placing deletion requests on some translation units, it might have been related to the previous block discussed on my talk page. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 18:30, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

  Yes, that was an error. Yann (talk) 22:09, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

 Question You have more than 2000 edits in Abkhazian Wikipedia. Do you speak Abkhazian? Taivo (talk) 21:46, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

Indeed I do not, and the fact that it appears relatively high on CentralAuth if you sort by edit count might be misleading (though I do use Babel boxes on my global userpage), but since I had a user talk page on my watchlist where an issue about a category was brought up (in a language I speak), for the lack of a proper local community (and bot operators etc.) I decided to fix it myself using a tool. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 22:02, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

• A comment above (BMK's oppose) was refuted as "an exaggeration not to be taken seriously." Isn't that what Rod Hull has just been banned for (and that you advocated for)? Andy Dingley (talk) 08:56, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

• IMO, this is obviously a joke. And nobody is attacked here. Yann (talk) 09:10, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

• But editors are now being perma-banned for jokes. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:35, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

• Don't be daft, unlike the now foundation banned editor, 1234qwer did not threaten to kill someone ~TNT (she/they • talk) 17:04, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

• Of course not, but neither did Rod Hull make anything that was any credible sort of threat. Yet 1234qwer1234qwer4 advocated very strongly that Rod Hull should be (and was) banned on that basis, and that's why I don't want anyone with 1234qwer1234qwer4's judgement (let alone someone who themself makes the same exaggerated jokes) becoming an admin, and certainly not getting anywhere near a block button. Andy Dingley (talk) 14:34, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

• Oh for goodness sake. Must we be completely humorless? The things behind these names are people, and in case you've never tried to talk about a Wikimedia project at a cocktail party, it doesn't go over well. We are the only ones we have that we can joke about this with. It's not a cardinal sin. GMG^talk 17:01, 23 December 2021 (UTC)
• Ah, so we're going to equate a harmless joke about Wikipedia consensus (which, let's be honest, can really be ridiculous sometimes), to a death threat? You're correct that Rod's threat wasn't credible at all; but are we supposed to normalize such behaviour? Think carefully about the logic in your brain before spouting nonsensical opinions, please. pandakekok9 03:35, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

• ^There is a difference between a personal attack and a generic statement on a broad matter. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 11:12, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Question Per COM:CRT/United Arab Emirates#Freedom of panorama, the Middle Eastern country does not have suitable freedom of panorama (limited only to broadcasting media like radio, television, and film media). Thus images of recent architectural artistic works like Burj Khalifa are being deleted every now and then (DR). Do you see any architectural copyright issues for File:Dubai Skylines Alex Azabache (Pexels 3214995).jpg? JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 11:26, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

  While the Burj Khalifa could be considered borderline de minimis in the context of the bigger skyline (though already relatively prominent), it looks like the other major/key buildings in this image are very recent too, so I would consider it to be a non-free derivative work under UAE law. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 13:02, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

  • Well explained. You may have some issues that are being raised above (hence I will not make a !vote above), though I can see your sufficient understanding on FOP and de minimis. This is similar to the closure at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Burj Khalifa (Pexels-1537493).jpg. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 04:34, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

•  Question Both South Africa and the Philippines have no FOP as of today. In these countries, there are moves to introduce FOP, with amendments now at legislative levels. For South Africa, see meta:Wikimedia South Africa/Copyright Amendment Bill. For the Philippines, see both User talk:JWilz12345/Archive 2#On pending Philippine FOP (my userpage) and this Philippine Star article. But, there are several still-open deletion requests, like Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Skyscrapers in the Philippines and Commons:Deletion requests/File:Katipunan Rev monument 20200820.jpg. Assume you are the new admin, how will you act on these still-open DR's? JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 17:59, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

  Not familiar with the specific governments, but given how long the bills have been being under consideration, I suppose the it is not a matter of a couple weeks (about how long a DR stays open), so current law should be applied and the files deleted. Diligently sorting into the respective subcategory of Category:FOP-related deletion requests would be very helpful to be able to easily restore files in case the amendments pass, though, since these photographs would no longer infringe any copyrights. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 18:27, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

  • Nice answer. :) JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 03:04, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

 Question Are there any problems on File:PTV4-LOGO-1995.png (a Philippine television channel logo from 1995)? JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 03:04, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

There is no evidence of the claimed CC-BY-SA (and I don't know anything about TOO in the Philippines); however, since this is a government-owned broadcaster, {{PD-PhilippinesGov}} should apply 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 14:41, 23 December 2021 (UTC)

• Very well said. File details are now corrected. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 01:47, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

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