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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

  • Please check back periodically so you can respond to any queries.
  • If your request has remained unanswered for several days, consider personally asking an administrator.
  • Administrators, please welcome users granted a new right with an appropriate message.
  • When requesting rights that need support by the community (e.g. administrator) please go to Commons:Requests and votes!

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.

MasterRus21thCentury[edit]

I have been a member of Wikimedia Commons since November 28, 2018, but I became truly active only in the summer of 2021, taking my own photographs and uploading images from free sites. I also replaced low-resolution files with higher resolution ones until the end of October, which corresponds to the interest of the community. In this regard, I am applying for the status of a self-patrolled participant. Thank you. MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 16:22, 7 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@MasterRus21thCentury, why did you get blocked on ruwiki? Kadı Message 16:40, 18 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Kadı This is due to the fact that the quality of translations of articles left much to be desired and the Russian section of Wikipedia sought to grow much more actively (there are about 300 million native Russian speakers in the world). Moreover, until the moment of blocking on Wikipedia, I knew very little about the Foundation’s subsidiary projects.
As a result, I am actively developing Russian topics in Wikidata (the Russia wiki project was also founded) - this is the creation of new properties for various sites in the form of encyclopedias, reference books, etc. I do not lose hope of recovering, given that my range of areas on Wikipedia is extremely diverse - from journalism to history, etc. Moreover, in the spring of this year the application for unlocking was rejected.
On Wikimedia Commons, I have plans to replace photographs with high resolution ones (this applies to Russian government websites, including the website of the President of Russia kremlin.ru, which has subdomains putin.kremlin.ru and 20.kremlin.ru with high-resolution photographs). This is also a check for edits by anonymous participants, if any. MasterRus21thCentury (talk) 17:02, 18 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

源義信[edit]

Hi, I've been working on Commons for years with over 40,000 edits. Recently I found that I need the right to overwrite files uploaded by other users. While I am mainly working on old photographs and sometimes paintings, I need to overwrite many images of low quality (usually from bad sources) with high-quality images from better sources. Thank you. 源義信 (talk) 13:08, 12 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Why did you make this overwrite with a totally different file at File:Vua Tự Đức.jpg. And even if you are the original uploader do not make major changes like you did on File:Painter Lê Thị Lựu and her husband Ngô Thế Tân in Bắc Ninh, 1935.jpg one year after the original upload. GPSLeo (talk) 09:28, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
As for File:Vua Tự Đức.jpg, why do you think its totally different? The previous file was imported by other users from a Flickr page. The Flickr user just downloaded the same file as I uploaded later, cropped it, and made some adjustment. What I did was uploading the higher resolution original image without those improvements. 源義信 (talk) 13:44, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
As for File:Painter Lê Thị Lựu and her husband Ngô Thế Tân in Bắc Ninh, 1935.jpg, firstly, I consider it as a minor change because the two versions are the same photograph while the previous one is cropped (but the subject of the image was not changed). Thus when I found the higher resolution image, I replaced the former with it. I read the guideline and did not found that there is a time limit for minor improvements (as for me it's neither substantial changes or completely unrelated files). Secondly, the file is only used in one article and the update won't affect the use of this file in the article. 源義信 (talk) 13:51, 14 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
 Comment In my opinion this is a bit nitpicky. The user clearly has a large amount of quality edits and has been here long enough to deserve a permission like autopatrolled. —MATRIX! {user - talk? - useless contributions} 17:37, 15 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm slightly concerned about this user's understanding of copyright. They had two videos speedily deleted six months ago for not actually having a Creative Commons license at YouTube. So I'm on the fence about granting autopatrol or not. Abzeronow (talk) 18:00, 10 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

TheFlagandAnthemGuy[edit]

I am currently working on updating SVG flags and maps and I find myself in need of autopatrol rights for quick improvements and correcting mistakes, my own included. Thank you. TheFlagandAnthemGuy (talk) 01:57, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
On File:Standard of Presidents Emeritus of Italy.svg and File:Flag of Albania (1928–1934).svg you made major changes they would need to be uploaded as new files. GPSLeo (talk) 18:53, 20 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Very well, I will act properly. Still I think this permission could be of help for future projects TheFlagandAnthemGuy (talk) 19:39, 21 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

K.Y.K.Z.K.[edit]

I have been a member of Wikimedia Commons for 10 years and have uploaded nearly 800 images and videos, and I hope I can further contribute here. Thanks!K.Y.K.Z.K. (talk) 11:45, 24 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You got lots of content deleted for copyright and and scope reasons. Can we trust that this will not happen again? GPSLeo (talk) 15:24, 13 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
 Not done per above + lack of response. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 10:05, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

NorthTension[edit]

Recently I've just been attempting to resize to selection large files (specific Inkscape command, it shrinks the transparent canvas so an image doesn't have a ton of dead transparent space, cf this file history), harmonizing color schemes of flags (i;e the Soviet flags), and reverting and reporting vandalism issues (reports are on the Wikipedia Discord). While I still do vehemently disagree with the change in rules I would like to ask for autopatrol rights to continue to do the minor tweaks and fixes I've been doing for the past few months. I do recognize that there were multiple copyright violations listed on me but those were a result of uploading on a friend's behalf (actual warnings by Yann) and then resizing some of his files after he ended up uploading them themselves (error on HapHaxion's fault that caused me to accidentally get flagged). Since I've been kind of completely wiped as a result of that rule change and other stuff going on in my life I've been taking time recently to getting an actual proper understanding of COM:L and COM:TOO with the help of Mdaniels5757 and I'd like to be able to continue contributing the way I have for the past few months. Thank you. NorthTension (talk) 02:08, 26 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OfficialURL[edit]

About three years ago, I set out to replace the ugly gray backgrounds on the files in this category. They clashed quite heavily with the infoboxes in which they were used, e.g. w:Uniform polyhedron compound. Later, when I learned how to do it, I started replacing similar files' white backgrounds with transparent backgrounds, such as in this category (the files with Schlegel in their name). Unfortunately, at the time, I didn't have time to continue this change, and now the files are mismashed between transparent and not. I'd like autopatrol so I can complete this change. Thank you. viiii (talk) 23:31, 28 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

SteveLLL[edit]

I need to update (overwrite) all road sign images in China that do not comply with the current standards after the new national standards are released.
@SteveLLL: If the new design is substantially different, you'd need to upload them as new files per Commons:Overwriting existing files. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 08:48, 1 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The difference in the new standard is not significant, mainly due to the use of new fonts. On the other hand, the existing naming convention files are mixed with old and new standards including each user making their own deviations from the standard, so it cannot be considered that the naming is only used for the old standard. If I use a new name I have to create all the corresponding files before I can change the template to display it, and their number is huge (1k+). SteveLLL (talk) 16:40, 4 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

GlowstoneUnknown[edit]

In the past, before the Autopatrol requirement, I have updated and fixed File:Forms of government 2021.svg and I've noticed that the file has an error that needs to be corrected. Because of the Autopatrol requirement I cannot fix this error. A month ago I also wanted to update the election apportionment diagram of the results of the 2023 New Zealand General Election, so I needed to upload a new file and replace File:2023 New Zealand House of Representatives.svg with my own File:2023 NZ House of Representatives.svg as a workaround, since the original uploader hadn't updated it. I do genuinely have a passion for global geopolitics and I would like to be able to ensure that diagrams and maps like these are accurate and up-to-date. Thank you. GlowstoneUnknown (talk) 13:15, 3 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Your edit count is very low and you joined about three months ago. You can make requests to overwrite specific files at COM:OWR until you get some more experience here. Thank you for your contributions. Abzeronow (talk) 16:51, 3 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Alright, thanks, one question: once I have a high enough edit count do I need to make a separate request here or is there some other way I'm supposed to do it? GlowstoneUnknown (talk) 02:49, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You'll probably have to make a separate request. Abzeronow (talk) 15:44, 7 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
 Not done Not yet per above. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 10:06, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

EACC80[edit]

Trustable and friedly user who already made more than 3000 correct edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aschroet (talk • contribs) 13:31, 4 December 2023‎ (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Aschroet: can I ask why you are requesting these rights on behalf of another user? Have they asked for the right and simply cannot find this page? — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 06:30, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It is mainly an appreciation for his work and also i do not want to confirm/review so many edits (which are in my main field of watching). --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk) 07:50, 27 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

SuperSkaterDude45[edit]

I've been uploading images since 2021 and have around 1,156 edits as of writing this. I'm requesting auto patrol rights to upload either higher quality or full resolution historical images that were uploaded by abandoned accounts at Commons. SuperSkaterDude45 (talk) 11:26, 12 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
How do you explain the very high number of photos uploaded by you they are now deleted? GPSLeo (talk) 15:43, 13 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@GPSLeo: Two of them (File:Peter Osgood 1970.jpg and File:West Germany vs Morocco 1970.jpg currently have no known authors but were deleted regardless of that. File:Héctor Pulido.jpg was deleted as a different image under the same name was uploaded by Cementero (despite no known authors nor publication being cited in a reverse image search for my own upload) while File:Celia Cruz 1971.jpg is actually in the public-domain per {{PD-Peru-photo}} although the undeletion request was unusually inactive. A majority of the others that were actually deleted primarily revolved around images relating to football where the links I had found them didn't give explicit authorship until their deletion requests. Regardless as of writing this, there are currently 11 images uploaded by me that were deleted in contrast to the nearly 1,000 other images I have uploaded that have remained here. SuperSkaterDude45 (talk) 03:25, 13 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Even if the photograph in Commons:Deletion requests/File:Peter Osgood 1970.jpg didn't have a known author, it's still very likely under copyright as a British photograph, and therefore also still under copyright in the United States. We delete files when the copyright status is uncertain under COM:PCP. You as the uploader have the burden of showing that they are public domain or freely licensed. COM:EVID. Abzeronow (talk) 16:28, 14 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Abzeronow: Pretty sure anonymous works are exactly in-line with {{PD-Mexico}} given no newspaper publication was cited either with the only known information being its date. Either way, that isn't really the main point for this request. SuperSkaterDude45 (talk) 06:41, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Eothan[edit]

I am a GLAM worker and specialise in historic images. Where possible I update poor quality, unlicenced and unlinked files to original catalogues Thank you. Eothan (talk) 23:50, 12 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Please do not overwrite files if the new version has very different colors like at File:Crossing of Blue Mountains, 1880.jpg and even if the crop is also different like at File:Kate Kelly, sister of Ned Kelly.jpg. GPSLeo (talk) 15:45, 13 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

RuzDD[edit]

While i am not very experienced on there, i made more than 800 edits on the trwiki and i know the importance of copyrights. I am also a white list (it is nearly smilar to autopatrol) on the trwiki for a long time. I want this right to be able to upload MP3's, and i have good reasons to want that. My reasons can be found at the history tab of the help desk. Thank you. RuzDD (talk) 14:26, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Right, that would be current section COM:HD#MP3 Uploading.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:42, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
This topic does not contain my reasons to upload MP3's, and they can be found at the history, but this link also may be useful. Thank you. RuzDD (talk) 18:00, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

AutoWikiBrowser access[edit]

See also: Commons:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPageJSON.

Patroller[edit]

See also: Patrol guideline.

Rollback[edit]

See also: Rollback guideline.

Template editor[edit]

See also: Template editors.

Filemover[edit]

See also: Renaming guideline.

মোহাম্মদ জনি হোসেন[edit]

I want these rights for renaming the images under Project Korikath.I am aware of the renaming guidelines and I will follow the rules during my work as a file remover. Thank you. Md Joni Hossain (talk) 10:47, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

BahYajé e Y4guarEtã[edit]

Contribuo ativamente com recursos de mídia a partir de um projeto da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina em parceria com a SETEC no Brasil, a equipe de cadastro Wiki que ajudo a gerenciar tem mais três pessoas e no trabalho de revisão as vezes é necessário renomear algum arquivo e isso me leva a necessidade do estatuto de movedor de ficheiros. As ações de renomeação não entram em conflito com a política de renomeação e meu trabalho fica restrito apenas às mídias do projeto. Desde já agradeço. Thank you. BahYajé e Y4guarEtã (talk) 17:01, 22 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

User:Emerson Júnior GSF[edit]

Desejo ter o direito de renomear algum arquivo para substituir o nome errôneo do File:Sede da Equatorial Energia Goiás.jpg, tendo ciência das minhas responsabilidades para realizar uma renomeação coerente, necessária e responsável. Emerson Júnior GSF (talk) 00h40min de 13 de dezembro de 2023 (UTC)

Emerson Júnior GSF Para renomear um único arquivo, você não precisa se tornar renomeador, basta pedir a renomeação e um renomeador fará a renomeação.--Kacamata! Dimmi!!! 21:09, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Kacamata Certo. Emerson Júnior GSF (talk) 21:16, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wesha[edit]

Now after my Soviet postcard uploads have been cleared by the community, I'm resuming to upload them. Sometimes I make mistakes in file names, and I would like to be able to correct them myself, without having to wait for renamer. Thank you. Wesha (talk) 06:04, 14 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Nowakki[edit]

I need the right to rename files that start with "Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from". Approval from other interested parties given here. A redirect will be placed for the obsolete files. Thank you. Nowakki (talk) 02:42, 21 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I still need to rename Sanborn maps. Why is this a problem?
All Sanborn Fire Insurance Map files are uniquely identified by: Name of Location, Year, Volume, Plate number
The person previously engaged in uploading them used none of these, but instead used Library of Congress-invented IDs:
shelf number (one per city), shelf volume, sequence number.
The old naming scheme is awkward to use (sequence number is usually not helpful when searching for a plate, a user will
have to click on a few files to narrow down where a plate is) and it is
also not the most natural way to organize the files. The year/volume/plate number scheme is used by the maps internally throughout and it is the indexing scheme one will naturally adopt when using the maps and it is also how Sanborn originally organized their work. I did not invent it.
I have already uploaded 80,000 new plates using the new naming scheme, so this is pretty much a foregone conclusion.
See User:Nowakki/test3, 19th century plates are with the old scheme, 20th century plates with the new scheme.

Thank you. Nowakki (talk) 22:22, 23 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please request a bot flag. See your talk page. I suggest that you request at least a few manual renaming before being granted the right. Yann (talk) 08:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You mean i should actually do what is conveniently displayed in table form at User:Nowakki/test3?
What purpose would that serve? Nowakki (talk) 09:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The criteria include "or a large amount of justified renaming requests at Commons before they will consider granting the filemover right." BTW I merged this with your duplicate request above. Yann (talk) 10:29, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I think that does not apply to a situation where rights are requested to fulfill a particular requirement.
I am not asking to be filemover for anything but this.
Either you want the files renamed or you don't. If i do a couple hundred the old way, you have nothing new to base your decision on. If you don't want it, say so now, not when you then have to repair the test run later. Nowakki (talk) 10:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Actually, it is your insistence to by-pass the requirement which is a problem. Why don't you just fill up a dozen manual requests (I asked for "a few".)? Yann (talk) 11:54, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Nowakki: I strongly suggest that you comply. What are you waiting for?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:00, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
i think the requirement is for a large amount of justified renaming requests.
I only have a single justification. Nowakki (talk) 12:19, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Nowakki: That doesn't matter, you have a large amount of files to rename.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:21, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You really think that a person that moves a hundred files for the same reason becomes by that qualified to move files in general? The important thing is that the judgement is successfully applied repeatedly, not that the procedure is executed. Nowakki (talk) 13:08, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Nowakki: Can you prove that you can successfully use your judgement and apply the procedure once?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:15, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
8 files moved.
c:Category:Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Provo, Utah County, Utah 1888
the category is also one of a few that uses an unusual seperation of jpg and tiff files. i would harmonize that and like in the entire rest of the collection put tiff and jpg side by side in one category. Nowakki (talk) 13:58, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Jeff G.: what else do you need. i have proven that i can click the buttons. lets hope my script has no bug.
i can give you a regexp that all renames will conform to, so that my actions can be limited properly. does wikimedia even have a procedure for that kind of thing? Nowakki (talk) 05:35, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Nowakki: Thank you. Please note that the the "tif" (one "f") extensions you chose to give our RenameLink gadget were changed to "tiff" (two "f"s) by the software as used by Richardkiwi, for instance forming name File:Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Provo, Utah County, Utah, 1888, Plate 0004.tiff. Personally, I prefer "tif" (one "f") extensions for compatibility with three character filename extensions on IBM PCs of 40 years ago too (I'm old school like that), but please use the new "tiff" (two "f"s) extensions.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 06:48, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
i will if you answer my question. Nowakki (talk) 08:22, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Nowakki: You may paste in a regexp here or in your request for a bot flag.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 08:39, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Kano Tchapi[edit]

Mon objectif principal en obtenant et en veillant à l'exactitude des titres de contenus sur Wiki Commons est de faciliter les recherches, le classement et l'organisation des contenus visuels associés à chaque contenus. En tant que leader au sein d'une communauté et facilitateur de plusieurs projets, je m'efforce de garantir que les médias visuels sont facilement accessibles et correctement identifiés. Une structuration précise des titres permet une navigation fluide et une gestion efficace du contenu, ce qui est essentiel pour soutenir un large éventail d'utilisateurs dans la recherche et l'utilisation de ces ressources visuelles.(talk) 13:32, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

20 upper[edit]

I've been requesting file renaming lately, and I just thought, why not move the files myself? I am very familiar with the renaming policy and its six criterion, and moving the files myself will probably take much less time and be really beneficial for my work. Thank you. 20 upper 09:06, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
 Oppose Not going to decline this one because I already declined their last request, but I will oppose per Commons:Requests for rights/Denied/Patroller/2023#20 upper and Commons:Requests for rights/Denied/AutoWikiBrowser access/2023#20 upper. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 10:03, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
That is incredibly biased; you will reject me on the basis of my previous requests. You can despise me all you want, but I promise to always be back and to never give up on pursuing justice. How could I possibly deserve this? You essentially disregarded everything I said about how I needed the tool to help me rename files. I'm not sure what I did wrong, so other administrators should please tell me. 20 upper 10:11, 26 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Upload Wizard campaign editors[edit]

See also: Upload Wizard campaign editors.

Translation administrator and Account creator[edit]

See also: Translation administrators and Account creators.
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