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How to make a request

  1. First make sure you clicked the correct edit-link and you are actually requesting the right you want.
  2. Copy the following and append it to the text-area: 
    {{subst:rfr|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}|2=reason}} Thank you. ~~~~
  3. Replace reason with a rationale based on the rollback guideline, renaming guideline or the patroller guideline.
  4. Press Publish changes.

Note

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  • If your request has remained unanswered for several days, consider personally asking an administrator.
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If you request the rollback-right, please read the how-to first.

Admins and anyone with global rollback don't need to request rollback. License reviewers don't have to request the patrol flag.


Confirmed edit

 See also: Confirmed users.

Autopatrol edit

 See also: Autopatrolled users.

RiedleroD edit

I often optimize SVG files while making sure they still work with wikimedia's ancient librsvg renderer. See user page. I optimized one of the fediverse logos and would like to upload it (19KB→2KB) Thank you. RiedleroD (talk) 16:10, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On one hand, your edit count is still rather low, but on the other hand, your overwrites seem to be fine. I might need to think about this a little. Abzeronow (talk) 16:17, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to see more activity from this user. They seem to be contributing positively, by the way. Bedivere (talk) 03:18, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, those are my feelings as well. Abzeronow (talk) 15:58, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
unfortunately I'm in my final year of school rn and don't have much time to contribute in general. I'd love to start picking up the pace in a few months when I'm done though RiedleroD (talk) 15:34, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Not done please reapply later. You're on good track :-) Bedivere (talk) 15:44, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
oki. is there a certain number of edits that you would consider an appropriate amount? RiedleroD (talk) 10:17, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
At least 200 (guideline says 500 but I'm willing to be flexible on that). Abzeronow (talk) 17:26, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PancoPinco edit

Hi, I ask permission to continue overwriting public domain art images with others of better quality, or complete and or at higher resolution. Thank you some much. --PancoPinco (talk) 13:04, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@PancoPinco: Significant changes should be uploaded as new files, per COM:OVERWRITE. Files like File:Floriano Pietrocola - Ritratto di Maria Adelaide d'Asburgo Lorena (1822-1855).jpg, File:Marion Graves Anthon Fish.jpg, File:Arabella Huntington.jpg, and File:Juliane Franziska von Hessen-Homburg, Fürstin Nassau-Siegen.jpg, for example, should all have been uploaded as new files. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 21:19, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Not done Applicant has had a month to respond and has not done so, so closing as not done. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 22:14, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

人人生來平等 edit

I optimize or adjust SVG files from time to time. For example, I would like to replace "ROC National Museum of Prehistory Seal.svg" with a new version of background removing. Thank you. --人人生來平等 TALK 07:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Abzeronow (talk) 17:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Macuser edit

Nearing 50000 edits and I found I cannot refer to scientific publications with link. Thank you. Macuser (talk) 11:47, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Bedivere (talk) 17:31, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
User rights log states that this user has been an autopatroller since 2015. Abzeronow (talk) 17:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
oh yeah, they're already an autopatroller. ─ Aafī (talk) 17:47, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Commons_talk:Abuse_filter#Report_by_Macuser here they say I am not. Macuser (talk) 18:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's really weird Bedivere (talk) 18:24, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've pinged the creator of the filter at the link you listed. Abzeronow (talk) 18:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! Macuser (talk) 19:23, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

JustThatNerdyNerd edit

Hi! I'm looking for the autopatrol right to overwrite Cyclone Track maps, which (as you can imagine) need to be updated quite often. Thank you. JustThatNerdyNerd (talk) 06:47, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Abzeronow (talk) 17:59, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rourib.2004 edit

Hello! I need autopatrol rights so that I can overwrite files. I usually replace opaque white background images with transparent background, in articles where it is necessary. I also update images which do not have sufficient image resolution with better quality versions. Please give the rights. I am an extended confirmed user with 1000+ edits since the last 8 years. Thank you. Rourib.2004 (talk) 12:31, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The copyvio notice you received last month on your talk page is concerning to me as far as copyright goes. Otherwise, I have no reason not to grant the flag. Abzeronow (talk) 17:03, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that file should've been deleted. It seems too simple to be copyrighted. And if we take TOO India, it follows the US and it certainly wouldn't have been complex enough to get copyright in the US. Bedivere (talk) 17:12, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, now that I've looked at the file, that should have been a DR not a speedy deletion. I'll start a UDR on it. Abzeronow (talk) 17:32, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your kind consideration. Rourib.2004 (talk) 19:42, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Abzeronow (talk) 17:34, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Patagonier edit

Hi, I am requesting Autopatrol rights to be able to update "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euro_exchange_rate_to_RUB.svg". Thank you. --Patagonier (talk) 21:33, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Abzeronow (talk) 21:47, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jjamesryan edit

I went to overwrite an SVG of a signature with a cleaned up version and realised I couldn't. It would be helpful to be able to, as I anticipate wanting to do similar overwrites in the future. Thanks! Jjamesryan (talk | uploads | contribs) 02:58, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Bedivere (talk) 03:56, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AutoWikiBrowser access edit

Dactylantha edit

I would like to apply a deletion notice in bulk to a category of images that I am appealing to be removed due to incorrect copyright status - Category:Images_from_Auckland_Museum_marked_with_cultural_permissions as per my request at Commons:Deletion_requests/Category:Images_from_Auckland_Museum_marked_with_cultural_permissions. There are ~2500 images requiring this notice as per the deletion request requirements, and OpenRefine seems untenable as a batch editing option as the reconciliation service currently has a bug that has stopped me from doing any editing to that category. Of course, if there is an alternative to AutoWikiBrowser I would be happy to hear it - anything is better than copy and pasting 2500 times! Thank you. Dactylantha (talk) 01:47, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Dactylantha, you could request that job to be done on Commons:Bots/Work requests. --Achim55 (talk) 18:31, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

TheImaCow edit

Category:US National Archives series: "Airscapes" of American and Foreign Areas contains ~10,000 images which have "1917 – 1964" as date=* in their information template - only the general range the images were made in. I would like to change this to the exact date of the image. The exact dates are almost always part of the scanned image. Also, many images are tagged with author=unknown, but the name of the author is stated on the scan. AWB would be perfect for this task. Thank you. TheImaCow (talk) 21:02, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Patroller edit

 See also: Patrol guideline.

Rollback edit

 See also: Rollback guideline.

Rourib.2004 edit

Hello! I need rollback rights so that I can undo ill-faith edits made by random IP addresses and sockpuppet accounts, as well as to combat vandalism. I usually keep monitoring pages related to India, West Bengal and related political, theatrical, and infographic articles, to ensure that no edit wars/vandalisation takes place. It's very difficult and pain-staking to revert vandalised edits one-by-one by the standard undo function. Please give the rights. I am an extended confirmed user as well as an autopatroller with 1000+ edits since the last 8 years. Thank you. Rourib.2004 (talk) 14:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see many reverts in your contribution history on Commons. Your knowledge of Bengali and Hindi could be useful in fighting vandalism, but it's difficult for me to see the need for the flag when I don't see a history of it. Abzeronow (talk) 16:43, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  I withdraw my nomination Rourib.2004 (talk) 17:36, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Not done I'd appreciate if you could just utilise COM:Twinkle and other tools for now and demonstrate the need? You were very recently granted autopatroller and this requests seems to come too early and looks like hat collecting. ─ Aafī (talk) 17:03, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Aristeas edit

Together with W.carter I take care of the Featured pictures (FPs) on Wikimedia Commons, clearing up the galleries and inspecting the FPs for fake entries, wrong entries, missing/wrong categories/links etc. Again and again I also stumble over vandalism and other destructive edits on the FPs and revert these edits. Therefore I want to intensify the search for vandalism on FPs, scanning them systematically especially for edits by IPs, checking these edits one by one and reverting them if necessary. Sometimes there are several consecutive problematic edits; in such cases it would be much easier and cleaner to rollback the data to the last healthy revision. Therefore the rollback right would be very useful for me. Thank you. Aristeas (talk) 10:42, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'll just add that I did this job before Aristeas took over, and I was given rollback rights without even asking for them. I actually declined the right since I often made edits on my phone, and I was afraid to accidentally touch the rollback control. Aristeas is doing this job much better and more thorough than I ever did; he writes programs to find any problematic edits and keeps the 18K FPs in pristine condition. Having rollback rights would make this job much easier for him, and since he's doing his work on a computer, he doesn't have the same problem I did. --Cart (talk) 12:03, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template editor edit

 See also: Template editors.

Filemover edit

 See also: Renaming guideline.

2003 LN6 edit

I would like to apply for the Filemover right to rename file errors in tracks. I have just over 850 contributions, however that is due to greatly increase in the near future because I am attempting to recolor tropical cyclone tracks. I have made around ten file move requests as of the time of this request. Thank you. 2003 LN6 (talk) 17:57, 23 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@2003 LN6: Has there been a discussion about these moves and recolors to determine a consensus for them? If so can you please point us towards it? Thanks, The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 09:16, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
New tracks need new files, under the name "path". I am attempting to synchronize the storm names in each basin, specifically with the depression numbers. The original color change discussions can be found here. There are major inconsistencies within the storm names themselves; for example: File:1-L 1988 track.png and File:03-L 1974 track.png. The current format uses the second example, note the leading 0. In addition, I would like to synchronize old storm images (example: Category:Typhoon Maemi's image formats do not follow the modern format of {storm name} {date in YYYY-MM-DD} {time in XXXXZ}.{file extension}). 2003 LN6 23:38, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Bedivere (talk) 21:37, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

JustThatNerdyNerd edit

Hi! While I'm requesting things, I might as well request Filemover permissions. Again, this will be used for renaming Tropical Cyclone path files when they form into TCs. E.g. when 08U forms, I'd change the name from '08U 2024 path.png' to 'Neville 2024 path.png' Thank you. JustThatNerdyNerd (talk) 06:49, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Oppose edit count too low, and user only joined four months ago. Abzeronow (talk) 17:46, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
When would you suggest that I have sufficient edits. Again, I'd only be using this for renaming TC track maps. JustThatNerdyNerd (talk) 20:32, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Guideline says 1,000. If you show consistent activity over the next 3 to 4 months and ask for a few renaming requests, I'd support a subsequent request in 4 months or so. Abzeronow (talk) 20:45, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upload Wizard campaign editors edit

Translation administrator and Account creator edit

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