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Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 in Ukraine: MassMessage request

Hello! I have a quick request from the organizers of Wiki Loves Folklore 2024 in Ukraine - we would like to invite people who have participated in this context in the past to join this year's edition.

List of receivers

Text of the message (first line is the subject, everything else is the body of the message; I've already accounted for having a correct signature & timestamp) OlenaVinsent (WMUA) (talk) 21:42, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

@OlenaVinsent (WMUA): The Etherpad link doesn't come up with any substantial information? I can only see default text there. The list of receivers link appears broken. Could you please take a look again? ─ Aafī (talk) 20:25, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@Aafi it was my mistake, I fixed it, now everything works OlenaVinsent (WMUA) (talk) 16:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi @OlenaVinsent (WMUA): The Etherpad link is still not up-dated, and it reflects the default text only. Could you just paste the text of the message on a sub-page of your userpage. It'd better and easier. ─ Aafī (talk) 17:01, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@OlenaVinsent (WMUA) and Aafi I fixed the second link for you by removing the extraneous vertical bar.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:29, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks @Jeff G.. This is  Done: @OlenaVinsent (WMUA). Best regards, ─ Aafī (talk) 22:47, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@Aafi and @OlenaVinsent (WMUA): Thanks!   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:01, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Merge needed

Can somebody merge File:Fatimid court scene (alledged).jpg into File:Fatimid Ms court scene-large.jpg as a better version? Both the photos are of the same manuscript and have been sourced - directly and indirectly - from the Werner Forman Archives. Thanks, TrangaBellam (talk) 13:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@TrangaBellam:  Done Is there a better name for the file though? ─ Aafī (talk) 14:20, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

Iamjosemon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

The near-identical username and identical editing pattern indicate that this user is a sockpuppet of Iamjosemom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log), which was previously blocked as a sockpuppet on enwiki. See en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TronFactor which also indicates that there may be cross-wiki abuse. --Sable232 (talk) 21:46, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done Blocked. Yann (talk) 21:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. Is it usual practice to delete the uploads of sockpuppets, or not? --Sable232 (talk) 23:09, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

It is not automatic. It depends on the socks' behavior and how these files fit within COM:SCOPE. Yann (talk) 08:25, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Category:Nesrine Slaoui

Hi

Nesrine Slaoui asks for the deletion of files uploaded in Commons in 02/2024. Panam2014 (talk) 12:10, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Honestly these 2 pictures are OK. I won't support public personalities who do not assume their performances, and the pictures taken during them. Yann (talk) 14:04, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

 Not done. No valid reason for deletion. Taivo (talk) 08:12, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Remove protection

Hi! Could someone please change the protection settings for my user page from sysop only to autoconfirmed only? Thanks! Trijnstel_talk 16:22, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

@Trijnstel:  Done per request. Abzeronow (talk) 16:29, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

File:The Sounds of Earth Record Cover - GPN-2000-001978.jpg

Dear admins, File:The Sounds of Earth Record Cover - GPN-2000-001978.jpg seems to attract destructive edits by IPs (anonymous users); cf. the history of the page. Please consider to protect the file so that only logged in users can edit it. Thank you very much! – Aristeas (talk) 19:51, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done —‍Mdaniels5757 (talk • contribs) 20:06, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Request to roll back a reviewed template

Can somebody with review privileges please roll back the file page content on File:Sonarika Bhadoria.jpg to this December 2023 version? A user vandalised a reviewed Bollywood Hungama licence, and the Commons interface is preventing me from restoring the original (and the source URL is dead now, so restoring it as needing a fresh review would risk it being rejected). Belbury (talk) 12:05, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

@Belbury:  Done thanks to 0x0a.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 13:21, 22 March 2024 (UTC)