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purge Admin backlog

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Copyright:

• Copyright violations: ~62
• Unfree Flickr files: ~0
• Recent unfree Flickr images: ~878
• No license since 22 January 2022: ~25
• No permission since 22 January 2022: ~107
• No source since 22 January 2022: ~39

Other:

• Duplicates: ~8
• Advertisements/spam: ~0 (bots: 0 • 0)
• Personal photos/selfies: ~0
• Other speedy deletions: ~10
• Categories for discussion: 75 months
• Media requiring a split up: ~2
• Requests for unblock: ~0
• Undeletion requests: ~11

Protected edit requests:

• Full protection: ~37
• Interface admin: ~29
• Technical: ~2
• Template protection: ~1
• Protection level: ~0

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Mass rollback possible?

Is there a tool to easily rollback a selected batch of a user's recent edits? I remember "Smart rollback", however doesn't work properly with me, and is AFAIK only usable for vandal accounts to revert just everything, that's not what I need right now. --A.Savin 15:14, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

@A.Savin w:User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/massRollback.js can do a rollback of only selected edits from a contribs page. m:User:WhitePhosphorus/js/all-in-one.js can do time-limited rollback as well as mass deletion/revdel and is also useful. AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 16:46, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Indeed the Writ Keeper's script is exactly what I sought, thanks AntiCompositeNumber. Regards --A.Savin 18:23, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Ancient stuff

Greetings fellow administrators. Please see Category:Media without a license as of 30 September 2021 wherein there are a lot of pictures of heraldic Shields nominated to be removed as stated to be own work. They have been languishing here for months. Could someone please figure out what to do with these? Yes, the nomination is correct, they're not own work, but I hesitate to remove 100 something images from this project which seem to be based on old enough images, but I am not an expert on heraldry and asking for help. While you're at it, please do some work in No License, No Source and No Permissions. We are backlogged to November in all three. Cheers! Ellin Beltz (talk) 02:36, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Ellin Beltz Several similar ones, uploaded by the same user as far as I looked have been discussed and kept per Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Media without a source as of 14 October 2021. Does this help? Ellywa (talk) 13:39, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Chinese DR's from June 2021

Can perhaps somebody who can understand Chinese make a final decision on the top 4 requests of Commons:Deletion requests/2021/06/21. I am closing old requests, but I cannot finalize these. Ellywa (talk) 13:43, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

@Jusjih, King of Hearts, Minorax, Mys 721tx, and Shizhao: Dear collegues, since I started as an admin I have been busy with closing old DR's. I can understand most Indo-European languages with some help of automatic translation. However, I have severe difficulties closing old DR's of uploads originated in China. Not only due to language gap, but also due to the fact that users refer to regulations from China, which I cannot understand. Could you be of help? The open DR's are today only these 3:

• Commons:Deletion requests/2021/06/21 (nominated by shizhao)
• Commons:Deletion requests/File:W020201225551948738018.pdf

By the way - is there some easy way I can reach you? This noticeboard is perhaps not regularly visited by you all. Thanks, Ellywa (talk) 13:26, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Left some opinions on the respective DRs. --Minorax^«¦talk¦» 13:45, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

Thanks, very helpfull. I might ping you again in this way. I always hope we can find a good reason for keeping images... Ellywa (talk) 14:05, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

I am never sure where to let Commons admins know about en WP sock puppet investigations

One where there are file uploads here is at w:en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Kiambu1 I am also unsure whether this is a circumstance to notify the users concernedTimtrent (talk) 23:09, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Here is a good place. However, Kiambaa1 has never edited on Commons thereby not violated any on our policies (unless they get globally locked). --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 23:47, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Edit war about Honduras' flag

On 25 January UTC, Michaelbaruchpacheco uploaded a new version of File:Flag of Honduras.svg with an awkward turquoise blue colour. He says that turquoise is the correct blue, based on a 1866 decree (modified in 1949 - of course back then there were no digital definitions), and the current government intends to define and standardise such colour, i.e. change the current Honduras flag which has a clearly darker blue. No sources about that information have been provided yet, as far as I know. @Blaixx, Kes47, Oblow14, and SpinnerLaserzthe2nd: have tried to restore the old file, all such attempts have been reverted by Michaelbaruchpacheco.
P/S: While I was typing, the file was restored again, but that change is likely to be reverted later. Centaur271188 (talk) 04:03, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

I already requested the file to be edit-protected (same level of protection of the other files of flags) with the dark blue version. Michaelnamename is acting against consensus. -Kes⁴⁷ [REPORT AN ERROR] 05:40, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

 Done. I fully protected the image against move and upload. Taivo (talk) 09:35, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Doxing

File:CSUSM Karen Lillie License.jpg should be deleted as quickly as possible, even if the uploader is the owner, it creates an opportunity for identity theft. --RAN (talk) 14:38, 28 January 2022 (UTC)