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This is the requests and votes page, a centralized place where you can keep track of ongoing user requests, and where you can comment and leave your vote. Any user is welcome to comment on these requests, and any logged in user is welcome to vote.

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Nemoralis

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This is a closed request for license reviewer status. Do not make edits to it.

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 Questions by Alachuckthebuck Hello and thank you for vollenteering! Please answer the following questions:

  • Please explain the Licensing policy in your own words, and how you explain it to a new user (if different)
  • Why might the Wiki Loves Monuments photo campaign be problematic in the US?
  • Please explain why you can't take photos of the Louvre Museum pyramid at night.

Thanks for taking the time to answer! All the Best -- ChuckTalk04:25, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • The Licensing policy ensures that all uploaded media is properly licensed, allowing others to use it while respecting the rights of the original creators. I would explain to a new user that the this policy means they need to make sure any media they upload can be freely used by others. This involves choosing the right license, giving credit to the original creator, and ensuring they have permission to share the content.
  • In the US, you can freely take photos of buildings, but copyrighted artworks and sculptures are restricted. You can photograph permanently installed artworks if they were installed before 1926 or before 1978 without a copyright notice: COM:FOP US and WLM 2024 in US.
  • You can't take photos of the Louvre Museum pyramid at night because the architect has copyright over images of the pyramid, including those with its lighting. This means that taking pictures of the pyramid when it is lit could violate the architect's rights: COM:FRANCE
Nemoralis (talk) 19:55, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Follow up question from Alachuckthebuck
Can you please elaborate on the licensing policy, and why I can't upload photos from the internet to commons and just say "credit to orginal author"?
Regarding FOP France, What factors are at play when determining FOP in France?
All the Best -- ChuckTalk20:05, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Because not every file on the internet is released under a free license. The results in Google are not free files, but files indexed from various sites, regardless of copyright.
  • Whether the artwork, such as buildings or sculptures, is permanently located in public spaces and if the reproduction is done by individuals for non-commercial purposes.
Nemoralis (talk) 14:16, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
cc @AlachuckthebuckQueen of Hearts (talk) 21:53, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

✓ Done. While Chuck hasn't edited in two days, it's been five days, there are two supports, and the answers look fine to me. Cheers, Queen of Hearts (talk) 00:12, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Requests for permission to run a bot

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Wikiwernerbot (talk ·contribs)

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Operator:Wikiwerner(talk ·contributions ·Statistics ·Recent activity ·block log ·User rights log ·uploads ·Global account information)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought:Commons:Bots/Work requests#Monuments database in Russia

Automatic or manually assisted: automatic

Edit type(e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): one time run

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): 12 edits/minute

Bot flag requested:(Y/N): Y

Programming language(s): Python/Pywikibot

Wikiwerner (talk) 14:47, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion
  • Why just not move files from WML categories to real ones? I don't think that redirects are needed. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:09, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The WLM/xxxx categories exist primarily to enable quick generation of photo 'galleries' for cultural heritage objects — a feature particularly useful for custom JS scripts. These categories are automatically added via the {{Cultural Heritage Russia}} template, meaning files can be removed simply by updating the template.
    As I understand it, the original design did not anticipate manual category creation (many remain redlinks). The assumption was that file lists could be fetched via the MediaWiki API. While not an elegant solution, it works.
    Unfortunately, these categories attract well-meaning enthusiasts who create them manually (even when redlinks suffice) and attempt to 'improve' them — for instance, by adding navbars (Template talk:Cultural Heritage Russia#Navigation_bar) — even if marked as technical or hidden.
    The ideal solution would be storing object numbers in Structured Data on Commons (SDC), allowing galleries to be dynamically generated from this metadata. The first step (adding numbers) is straightforward, but the retrieval mechanism remains unclear. If implemented, WLM/xxxx categories would become obsolete.
    Given this potential future improvement, I fail to see the urgency of the current redirect efforts. Olksolo (talk) 16:39, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Why Wikidata could not be used for same purpose? Cultural monuments should have both categories and identifiers. EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:49, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Please, explain your idea, I didn't catch it... Olksolo (talk) 19:08, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    depicts statement provides Wikidata item, Wikidata item - both cultural monument ID and Commons category name (in plain English). Shouldn't these be enough for generating whatever gallery pages? EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:10, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Could you please provide an example of how to generate a gallery page for images depicting e.g. d:Q125067097?
    Another problem is that although cultural monuments SHOULD have categories and WD-items, they mostly still DO NOT have either. Meaningful category names for these monuments cannot be generated automatically — they require manual curation. Today we have over 224000 monuments in our database, but only 75410 have a WD item, and just 51612 have any category assigned. Few years ago, I started exporting data to Wikidata, but there are many obstacles in this process. We still cannot consider our data consistent, thus my bot exports not the entire bulk of data but small portions that volunteers deem reliable. Nevertheless this slow, careful approach still leads to backlash, making the whole effort seem pointless. Olksolo (talk) 19:17, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    So we need another bot that adds the WLM id tot the structured data? Wikiwerner (talk) 17:20, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WOSlinkerBot (talk ·contribs)

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Operator:WOSlinker(talk ·contributions ·Statistics ·Recent activity ·block log ·User rights log ·uploads ·Global account information)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought: Fix tidy-font-bug lint errors.

Automatic or manually assisted: Automatic

Edit type(e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): One time run

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): 20

Bot flag requested:(Y/N): Y

Programming language(s): Javascript

WOSlinker (talk) 20:11, 17 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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CuratorBot (talk ·contribs)

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Operator:DaxServer(talk ·contributions ·Statistics ·Recent activity ·block log ·User rights log ·uploads ·Global account information)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought:Commons:Batch uploading/Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg

Automatic or manually assisted: Automatic

Edit type(e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): One-time run

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): 10

Bot flag requested:(Y/N): N

Programming language(s): OpenRefine

-- DaxServer (talk) 17:36, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion
  • Meaning most files with this tag should be free, but there can be exceptions. To be sure, I checked the collections selected for upload and found these ones where "Copyright undetermined" is used. Rest is marked PD or CC.
    To be sure, we can leave them out from the upload.
    (Note that this distinction between PD/CC/undetermined is only there since a month or so)
copyright undetermined
  • A 25/1 Landgericht Freiburg: Normalia, Generalia, Strafverfahren, Bürgerliche Rechtspflege
    A 47/1 Staatsanwaltschaft beim Sondergericht Freiburg
    B 695/1 Landratsamt Donaueschingen
    B 700/1 Bezirksamt Engen
    B 701/1 Bezirksamt Ettenheim
    B 698/5 Landratsamt Emmendingen
    B 713/1 Landratsamt Kehl
    B 715/1 Landratsamt Konstanz
    B 725/1 Landratsamt Müllheim
    B 726/1 Landratsamt Neustadt
    B 717/2 Landratsamt Lahr
    B 719/1 Landratsamt Lörrach
    B 729/1 Bezirksamt Pfullendorf
    B 728/1 Landratsamt Offenburg
    B 733/1 Landratsamt Säckingen
    B 740/1 Bezirksamt Schopfheim
    B 747/1 Landratsamt Überlingen
    B 748/1 Landratsamt Villingen
    B 750/14 Landratsamt Waldshut
    G 1000/1 Landwirtschaftsämter und landwirtschaftliche Schulungseinrichtungen Kreis Waldshut
    K 345 Karten und Pläne aus Bezirks- und Landratsamtsbeständen
    T 1 (Zugang 1975/0001) T 1 Blankenhorn, Erich
    W 145/2 Sammlung Karl Fritz, Postkarten- und Bildsammlung
    W 251 Kriegsbriefsammlung Badische Zeitung Freiburg
    W 307 Sammlung Karl Fritz
    456 F 11 28. Infanterie-Division: Feld
    456 G Fotosammlung der Offiziere des XIV. Armeekorps
    EL 75 I Landesamt für Straßenwesen Baden-Württemberg
    FL 45/1 Wasserwirtschaftsamt Besigheim
    FAS H 1/1 T 1 Nachlass Albert Waldenspul: Glasplatten, Diapositive und Alben
    FAS H 1/1 T 3 Nachlass Albert Waldenspul: Fotosammlung
    J 151 Sammlung von Maueranschlägen
    J 170 Berichte von Gemeinden über die Kriegsereignisse 1945 und das Ausmaß der Zerstörungen im Zweiten Weltkrieg
    J 320 Sammlung von Fotographien "Aus dem Leben der Herzogin Wera (*1854, +1912)"
    M 700/3 Sammlung von Karten und Planfotografien
    M 703 Militärhistorische Bildersammlung
    M 707 Bildnissammlung I
    M 708 Bildnissammlung II
    M 709 Bildersammlung III
    K-LRA 91 Kreisbildstelle / Kreismedienzentrum Main-Tauber-Kreis

Here are the stats by license:

  • CC-BY 4.0 - 298437
  • CC PDM 1.0 - 76300
  • UND 1.0 - 216695
  • None - 35408 - assumed CC-BY 4.0 as it's the default

Thus the undetermined would be skipped -- DaxServer (talk) 13:29, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CobainBot (talk ·contribs)

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Operator:Coet(talk ·contributions ·Statistics ·Recent activity ·block log ·User rights log ·uploads ·Global account information)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought: This bot primarily uploads public domain images from the Generalitat de Catalunya Press Room to Wikimedia Commons.

Automatic or manually assisted: Automatic with human supervision

Edit type(e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): daily runs, about 30 a day.

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): 6/minute.

Bot flag requested:(Y/N): Y

Programming language(s): Python with Pywikibot, scripts are hosted on Toolforge

  • The bot ensures all uploaded images are in the public domain and comply with Commons' policies.
  • It adds appropriate categories and metadata to each upload.
  • A log of all uploads is maintained for review.


Coet (talk) 01:53, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion
  • Is it possible to deduce from metadata and add meaningful categories and `depicts` statements? --EugeneZelenko (talk) 13:39, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Sorry, I'm not fluent English speaker and I used AI to translate my speech, but I didn't review its translation. Script does not add metadata.
    • My script is a remake from another one that was created by a cawiki-mate. Nowadays, the script is not designed to add metadata, and in principle, I do not intend to implement this feature.
    • Next time, I'll make sure to review more carefully what the AI provides.
    • NOTE: The script is entirely my own work, and it has been thoroughly reviewed and tested. No IA was involved. Coet (talk) 14:32, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      Is AI really needed? :-) File names and descriptions contain names of politicians, this could be used to add proper categories and `depicts` statements in structural data. EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:47, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      Thank you for your message, EugeneZelenko. I appreciate your suggestion and had already considered implementing something similar. However, this requires time, as I would like the process to be dynamic while minimizing false positives. For this reason, I need to proceed cautiously to ensure accuracy and reliability. Coet (talk) 15:11, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      If this task could not be automated in near future, is there project dedicated to politicians, so participants could help with categorization and structured data? EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:49, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      Of course, the community already does this periodically and also uses them in wiki articles. Coet (talk) 14:21, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      It'll be good idea to do this on regular basis, not periodically. EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:36, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Железный капут (talk ·contribs)

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Operator:MBH(talk ·contributions ·Statistics ·Recent activity ·block log ·User rights log ·uploads ·Global account information), Iluvatar(talk ·contributions ·Statistics ·Recent activity ·block log ·User rights log ·uploads ·Global account information), Well very well(talk ·contributions ·Statistics ·Recent activity ·block log ·User rights log ·uploads ·Global account information)

Bot's tasks for which permission is being sought: Hello! As one of the co-maintainers of the bot I request for it bot and rollback flags. The bot detects suspicious potentially vandalous edits (on Commons this also includes copyright issues), streams them onto a Discord server, and trusted users revert/rollback/RfD them through an interface. Bot is already running on Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian Wikipedias and Wikidata.

Automatic or manually assisted: Manually assisted

Edit type(e.g. Continuous, daily, one time run): Continuous

Maximum edit rate (e.g. edits per minute): Few edits per day

Bot flag requested:(Y/N): Y

Programming language(s): C# and Python

Well very well (talk) 06:16, 20 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion
@CptViraj Seems like for some reason here on Commons, when a user is linked in bot edits' descriptions that user gets pinged -- a behaviour that doesn't happen on ru/uk/bewiki or WD... Do you know what it may be caused by and would it be fixed with the bot flag? Well very well (talk) 13:01, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Well very well: Per T189040, notifications aren't sent for edit summary mentions if the edit is marked as bot edit (b), so yeah, this should be fixed with the bot flag. -- CptViraj (talk) 16:00, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It seems from subtasks of that task that just adding : to the start of link should remove the ping. I will go currently with this approach then. Well very well (talk) 17:32, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Edits adding speedy deletion tags should generally not be marked as bot, as they should not be hidden from watchlists. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 19:06, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Currently bot doesn't mark its edits as bot at all, so this shouldn't be a concern. Well very well (talk) 15:34, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have some concerns. The test edits that have been made are mostly speedy deletion nominations, which is outside of the bot task you have described, especially since the majority of the files were tagged for copyright reasons, not vandalism. Please revise the request to accurately describe what the bot is designed for and capable of doing. Additionally, the bot does not notify page creators of the speedy deletion tags. More broadly, this bot task appears to mostly have the effect of removing rollbacks and speedy deletion tags from a user's contributions & deleted contributions, where they can be easily monitored by administrators. This is important both to deal with bad reviewing and to be able to establish a history of accurate copyright tagging when applying for advanced rights. And while rollback-like tools like SWViewer and Twinkle make the Commons rollback right less important than it might have been in the past, this bot gives administrators no control over who may be using it. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 19:05, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@AntiCompositeNumber
Please revise the request to accurately describe what the bot is designed for and capable of doing.
Done.
Additionally, the bot does not notify page creators of the speedy deletion tags.
Ok, will be implemented, thanks!
More broadly, this bot task appears to mostly have the effect of removing rollbacks and speedy deletion tags from a user's contributions & deleted contributions, where they can be easily monitored by administrators. This is important both to deal with bad reviewing and to be able to establish a history of accurate copyright tagging when applying for advanced rights.
Well, you can use tool for searching through user's descriptions — for that reason the bot always includes the type of action (RfD/rollback/undo) and user who did it in its edit description.
And while rollback-like tools like SWViewer and Twinkle make the Commons rollback right less important than it might have been in the past, this bot gives administrators no control over who may be using it.
Hm... @MBH @Iluvatar Maybe we can make the bot take the users list from a wiki page, e.g. a subpage of bot userpage on Meta? In this case everyone could see the list and stewards could also edit it. Well very well (talk) 15:42, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]


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