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Unnecessary renames edit

Latest comment: 6 years ago7 comments3 people in discussion

Dear GVarnum-WMF,

A lot off your recent renames seems to be unnecessary and against policy. “ more accurate name” and “more complete name” aren’t valid reasons to rename a file. Our policy clearly states that ‘’ Files should NOT be renamed only because the new name looks a bit better‘’ and a large part of your recent renames seem to fall in this category. After al: ‘’In general, Commons aims to provide stable file names as there might be external file clients and file moving involves significant human and computing resources.’’

I trust that you will take more care when doing renames in the future. We are talking about file which are heavily used which means that one has to take even more care when renaming a file.

Kind regards,

Natuur12 (talk) 15:09, 22 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Natuur12: Thank you for the note - perhaps my edit summaries did not convey very well - but I think they were indeed within policy as they were changes to harmonize the files names of a set of images (Wikimedia Foundation logos), essentially at uploader's request as all but one (WM logo blue - which was both out of harmony with other "Wikimedia logo color" files and very ambiguous) were uploaded on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation, and many of the names were ambiguous - things like "Foundation" instead of "Wikimedia Foundation" whereas Foundation could basically apply to any Foundation - and "Wmf" or "WM" being rather ambiguous as well. Specifically the ambiguous issue is what I was trying to address with "more accurate name" and "more complete name". I apologize if you felt they were out of policy, but I do not agree they were simply to look a bit better. The desire to change them stemmed from the old names being confusing to people at times (exampled by people using the wrong logo and complaining later the names were too ambiguous) and had very poor harmony. We are very aware of their heavy use, which is why we felt less ambiguous and more harmonized names would serve everyone better. I will try to more specifically state which policy the rename relates to, I hope that helps address any concerns about any future renames made. --Gregory Varnum (Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 01:21, 23 May 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Since you did another rename (on which causes mass notification spam) I asked for the removal off your file mover flag. Natuur12 (talk) 17:30, 1 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Natuur12: I am sorry you felt the need to escalade things without giving me the benefit of a response first. Would you be willing to respond to what I posted in reply to your post on this page and clarify what concerns you still have? Do you not believe these provide more harmony, are less ambiguous, and that uploader request applies to staff uploads as well? Thank you. --Gregory Varnum (Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 17:51, 1 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

See my responce. Natuur12 (talk) 18:06, 1 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You clearly don't follow Commons:File renaming. Right removed. Multichill (talk) 19:06, 1 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Multichill: May I ask for clarity on how that policy was not followed, for my own benefit if nothing else? Is it that is that Image:Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical_(2012-2016).svg is not less ambiguous and more harmonious than Image:Wmf_logo_vert_pms.svg and author request did not apply - or that I was not aware of how to disable the Spam aspect in advance? Thank you. --Gregory Varnum (Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 19:17, 1 June 2017 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File tagging File:Grant Ingersoll (e1568826053425).png edit

Latest comment: 4 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

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Patrick Rogel (talk) 09:57, 27 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

File:Grant Ingersoll (e1568826053425).png edit

Latest comment: 4 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

File:Grant Ingersoll (e1568826053425).png has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.

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This file is a copyright violation for the following reason: https://lucidworks.com/post/farewell-grant-ingersoll/

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Patrick Rogel (talk) 09:58, 27 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Patrick Rogel: Thank you for your diligence. I have forwarded permission from Lucidworks to OTRS, ticket# 2019092710006535. They provided permission before the photo was utilized under CC license on Foundation website. --Gregory Varnum (Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 17:08, 27 September 2019 (UTC)Reply[reply]

AL in edit

Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

ALL: in 2001:9E8:4420:D100:D1A3:F205:2B58:3838 05:43, 26 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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