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Hi Whpq. Are you using a script or bot to search for possible violations of FREER? I used to use ToolForge page created by someone long ago which listed such images in tabular form, but that page stopped working a few months back. Now, I usually only come across some images through random clicking or scrooling through one of the subcategories of Category:All non-free media. It's not a very efficient approach, so I'm wondering if there's a better way. Perhaps a category page for recently updated non-free images? You also seem to be working in this area so thought you might've figured out a better approach. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:03, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing automated. I just look at recent uploads and pick out images that look like they might potentially be a problem. -- Whpq (talk) 11:10, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Is there a particular category page for recent uploads or a category page for date uploaded? -- Marchjuly (talk) 11:21, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just use special:newfiles. -- Whpq (talk) 11:22, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't know about that link. Thanks for that. -- Marchjuly (talk) 18:19, 5 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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You closed Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 July 8#User:UBX/Juve Merda as wrong venue, but you didn't procedurally nominate it at MfD as you should per WP:PROCEDURAL. Can you please do so? Nickps (talk) 18:31, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My bad. Done! Thanks you. -- Whpq (talk) 18:35, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nice. Thanks for the quick response. Nickps (talk) 18:39, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Whpq! I know you deal with a lot of copyright discussions, so I wanted to give you a little checklist for NOAA/NWS-related images. Based on the FFD, as you come across weather-related images in the future, this checklist will probably be fairly helpful.

Is it on a .gov page?

• Yes – Most likely Keep
• No – Delete (Unless it is from a U.S. government social media account on Facebook.com or X.com)

Is it from a branch of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration?

• Yes – Most likely Keep
• No – Delete or follow other applicable U.S. Government copyright guidelines

Is it on a webpage of the National Weather Service (weather.gov)?

• Yes – Most likely Keep
• No – Delete

Does the image caption or webpage directly state a copyright symbol (©) for that image or subsequent image group?

• Yes – Delete (Example – "Tornado Photos" tab)
• No – Keep (Example – "Multimedia" tab)

Does the image itself have a watermark?

• Yes – Most likely Keep (Example 1) {Example 1 webpage "Multimedia" tab} + Example 2) {Commons DR}
• No – Keep

Does the image itself have a watermark specifically with the copyright symbol (©)?

• Yes – Delete (Example + Example webpage "Photos" tab) + Commons DR on that image.
• No – Keep (Example) + {Commons DR on that image}

Hope that helps solve some future weather-image questions you may have or find in the future! Cheers! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 20:17, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please revoke talk page access for a user that you blocked (Accenox)? They've repeatedly spammed on their talk page with no apparent intention of stopping. Thanks. --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 17:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Whpq (talk) 17:13, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Drm310 🍁 (talk) 18:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is there any chance you have some copy of my sandbox page that you deleted? I was planning on rewording and thought it was still private on my page, thanks. -- Nchervitz (talk) 17:39, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violations are not restored. -- Whpq (talk) 17:50, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello. My articles about Hong Kong transport was deleted under U5 but I didn't have a backup for it. Please can you provide the source for the following pages? I am planning to post these on other non-Wiki sites (aka outside Wikipedia).

• User:HingWahStreet/HK Transport Journal/Issue 1
• User:HingWahStreet/HK Transport Journal/Issue 2
• User:HingWahStreet/HK Transport Journal/Issue 3
• User:HingWahStreet/HK Transport Journal/Issue 4
• User:HingWahStreet/HK Transport Journal/Issue 5

My intention is to make a brief Hong Kong transport news that happened recently, but I didn't know Wikipedia is not the place for that. HingWahStreet (talk) 09:59, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• https://pastebin.com/p2VzFitF
• https://pastebin.com/cGesBepL
• https://pastebin.com/jeeSUPJH
• https://pastebin.com/yvjk269d
• https://pastebin.com/E84zCdMf

I've provided you copies at the above URLs. These are valid for 1 week after which they will disappear. -- Whpq (talk) 11:14, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that! HingWahStreet (talk) 12:23, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Global blocks may now target accounts as well as IP's. Administrators may locally unblock when appropriate.
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 You are invited to join the discussion at File talk:Andijan Universal Sports Complex.jpg. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:15, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just posting this as a courtesy in case you've set your user preferences to not receive pings. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:16, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 You are invited to join the discussion at File talk:American drummer Uriel Jones.png § Contested deletion. I contested the speedy deletion request, as fair use is asserted. Beagall (talk) 13:56, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I just tagged a bunch of files uploaded locally by Tnrajab with {{npd}}, but think that many of them (if not all) are the same as the files you and Hoary nominated for deletion at c:Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Tnrajab. Are they the same? My guess is that this might be someone related to Draft:Tareq Al-Sayid Rajab due to the choice of username and just thinks physical possession makes them the copyright holder of the photos. It might be possible that some are now PD for some reason (like the one with Thatcher and the one with Prince Charles), but that's going to take quite a bit of digging to figure out. -- Marchjuly (talk) 19:32, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't remember for sure but the self-portrait certainly rings a bell, and the others certainly have the same issues even if they are not the same images. You may wish to check with the deleting Commons admin to verify. -- Whpq (talk) 19:42, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the ping, Marchjuly. My visual memory is disappointingly vague, but I can say that several, perhaps all, seem very similar to what I listed for deletion. I agree with Whpg. -- Hoary (talk) 22:39, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Whpq and Hoary for taking a look at these. Since I tagged the local files for speedy deletion per F11, things will be resolved one way or the other in a few days. -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:45, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is it better to tag NC files like this for speedy deletion per F3 or F9? -- Marchjuly (talk) 04:42, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Either works. I personally use F3 but it also qualifies as F9. -- Whpq (talk) 04:44, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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