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Deletion of self promoting user pages

There are currently many deletion requests for user pages where new users introduce themself is relatively long texts. The users made no other contributions to Commons. I would suggest that we wait one week before deleting the user page to give the user time to contribute to Commons in a way that justifies such a user page. GPSLeo (talk) 05:25, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi, In many cases, it is quite obvious that the user only interest is self-promotion. Unfortunately, Commons and Wikipedia are victims of their success. Everybody now wants to have they name and their picture on our projects. Yann (talk) 06:49, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

If they are active on another WMF wiki I'd cut them a lot of slack. If not, no. - Jmabel ! talk 17:24, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Identity confused

This image has been confused with Hassan Sabry Pasha, it actually belongs to Hussein Sabri Pasha. I already changed the caption to "Hussein sabri" instead and edited its sources that clearly shows it's Hussein Sabri and not Hassan.

• Alexandria Sporting club
• Alexandria Governorate official Site
• Al Musawr Magazine here where the original picture comes from, in the caption it says "His Sa'ada Hussein Sabri, governor of Alexandria"

Caesarion8 (talk) 15:22, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Caesarion8, thanks for reporting the error. I have renamed the file. _Regards, Aafi ^(talk) 16:13, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Please delete every page I created today

I tried something and it didn't work. Please delete every page I created today, except my user page. Un assiolo (talk) 16:31, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

•  Done. Эlcobbola _talk 16:35, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Please undelete

• Category:November 2001 in Portugal

(Not empty anymore, and apparenyly so for some time already.) -- Tuválkin ✉ ✇ 21:45, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

 Undeleted. Please use COM:UDEL from next time. -- CptViraj (talk) 01:23, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Request for Massmessages | Questionnaire for photographers

Hello! I have a request from the Heritage Guard Network project team. We'd like to send an invitation to participants of WLE and WLM photocontests to fill out the form about the safety of the photographers.

Here's text of the message, and here's the list of receivers. Thanks a lot! OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA) (talk) 15:51, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Working. @OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA): Your signature should be used, meaning the message should be in your name, right? -- CptViraj (talk) 15:56, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

Do I understand correctly from the radio buttons at the bottom of the survey that this questionnaire is not open to people who routinely do this sort of photography but are not inclined to enter contests? There is no option to say that you have not participated in either WLE or WLM. - Jmabel ! talk 18:09, 25 August 2024 (UTC)

The survey is mostly targeted for WLE\WLM participants. But your point is also make sense, so I added another option in the form. Thanks! OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA) (talk) 12:10, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Yes, my signature can be used. OlesiaLukaniuk (WMUA) (talk) 12:09, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

 Sent. -- CptViraj (talk) 15:34, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Loves Monuments in Sweden 2024 mass message

Dear administrators,

on behalf of Wikimedia Sverige, I would like to ask you to send a mass message about the upcoming Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 in Sweden: Commons:Wiki Loves Monuments in Sweden/Mass message. The targets are contributors to the previous Swedish editions of WLM and WLE.

Many thanks, Alicia Fagerving (WMSE) (talk) 07:34, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

 Doing… -- CptViraj (talk) 07:53, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

 Sent. -- CptViraj (talk) 08:01, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Request for IP-block-exempt

I need IP-block-exempt for me and Arielaortizb (talk · contribs) for 10 days that we can upload pictures from the press office of the Venice Film Festival. Harald Krichel (talk) 09:50, 29 August 2024 (UTC)