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Pro wrestling photos, Zeke Dane

Hi, I uploaded a couple of photos of pro wrestlers from Flickr which were posted as Public Domain by the account Zeke Dane. But reviewer @Leoboudv noted that the images metadata states "COPYRIGHT 2000&2001 FRED BRIGGS,ALL RIGHTS RESERVED." On their talk page I and Leoboudv discussed the situation. Personally I have a hard time believing that Dane would steal and take credit for images that he has not taken as he is a professional photographer of pro wrestling and has been for many years, it would be very odd for him to do that when he clearly takes photos of shows all the time himself (his photos have been used by several well known publications, including ESPN). I wonder if this is the result of borrowing (or buying) someone elses camera. Another possibility is that "Zeke Dane" is a pseudonym and the camera metadata is under his real name (or vise versa?), which in that case raises questions on if the Flickr posts have been marked "Public Domain" on accident by him (and in that case should we contact him to let him know?) StarTrekker (talk) 01:57, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@StarTrekker We couldn't guess what ZekeDane's intentions are, and it was him who published these photos with this metadata. Currently, these should be presumed to be copyrighted to "Fred Briggs" until further notice. As you have mentioned, I think the best way forward is to just contact him to clarify about this situation. His contact information can be found on his website here. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 13:13, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

I have sent him an email now. Hopefully he responds.StarTrekker (talk) 14:37, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

It's the same camera on the Flickr account and on his website, at least. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 15:45, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

That is interesting. Thank you for that information.StarTrekker (talk) 18:12, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

UPDATE! Mr. Dane replied to my mail and confirmed that he did indeed buy the camera second hand from a Mr. Fred Briggs, and ensured me that all images on his feed are entirely his own work. I think we have good reason to believe him. He also stated that he will look into trying to change the settings on the camera.StarTrekker (talk) 21:03, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Great news, you should forward this information to the pending DRs (e.g. Commons:Deletion requests/File:Raven 2025 5.jpg). Also, I noticed some of them has already been deleted, so you may want to file for an undeletion request at Commons:Undeletion requests. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 21:23, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, I will.StarTrekker (talk) 22:47, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Template:ID-PIB

• This is regarding Template:ID-PIB. All the template parameters {{ID-PIB|idv1=|idv2=|cnr=|dept=|url=}} are working fine except |idv2=. It was ok till a few days ago. I tried fixing it, please see Template:ID-PIB/doc. It looks like PIB has made some changes to the website on their end. For ex- File using |idv1= parameter as source works fine but file using |idv2= parameter as source doesn't. This issue has made reviewing process very long for images after 2017 (i.e. under idv2).
• The other related thing, every file that uses this template goes into Category:Files published by Press Information Bureau or one of its subcat based on |dept= mentioned, like Category:Files from Prime Minister's Office published by Press Information Bureau. It would be great if we can add a new |date= parameter. That would further disperse the files. For example the above mentioned PMO-PIB category has more than 28000 files. We already have its subcats (till 2022) made as can be seen. This would make new uploads go directly in year based subcats. As for the files already uploaded, maybe some bot or a script can do it? The dates are already mentioned in the description box.

I am sure that something can be done about the first issue, but if the second issue can also be dealt with, it would be great. If I need to explain something more, plz let me know. I am watching this. Pinging some admins/template editors I've interacted in the past or whose work great I've seen. @Abzeronow, @Aafi, @Yann, @Krd, @GPSLeo, @Jmabel, @CptViraj, @Kadı, @The Squirrel Conspiracy, @Bedivere, @Pi.1415926535, @Jeff G.. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 08:22, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Mass pings for issues where the people you're pinging haven't previously been involved are generally frowned upon. I am also not the right person to ask for anything remotely complex regarding templates. Every template I've created has been through copying code from other templates and a lot of brute force trial and error testing. Can't help you. Sorry. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 08:25, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

Yup, I know mass ping is not the correct way and I am genuinely very sorry for this. But I'm afraid I have little to do. This is way out of my league. The user who created this, is no longer active. This template is in use in so many files that makes it necessary to protect anyhow. I am once again very sorry for the pings. To everyone pinged who is not able to help, plz ignore for once and forgive me. If this wasn't important I would have never done it. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 08:37, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@@Shaan Sengupta: I don't think we can do much here. The problem is that the way idv2 is structured in the template doesn't follow how the file page urls are constructed on PIB, the link it generates is somewhat like: https://www.pib.gov.in/ShowAlbum.aspx?albumid=211648&reg=3&lang=1; which includes an album ID, and the images in the album offered like a slideshow, unlike how idv-1 (archive) still opens individual file pages such as this, which follows the template structure. _signed, Aafi ^(talk) 09:55, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@Aafi just like the idv1 is opening, the same way idv2 used to open. But the link is now broken (hardly 10-15 days). Either PIB has made some changes on their end or they have taken down that part of the website. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 10:06, 18 December 2025 (UTC)

@Shaan Sengupta: I think it would be a good idea to put this on COM:Bots/Work requests —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 21:37, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

@Matrix, thank you so much for the suggestion. I believe it was for the second part of my request above. I've created the request at COM:BWR accordingly with a link to this thread. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 07:43, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Trouble reverting a batch edit

I am attempting to revert this batch, per the comments here. However, the revert function of EditGroups appears to be broken, something that I find extremely concerning given how much we rely on the ability to revert easily to maintain a balanced BRD process.

Would an admin who possesses mass rollback be able to assist me with completing the revert on my behalf? And are there any actions as a project that we ought to take given the ways this vital-but-broken functionality makes us vulnerable to abuse or just to deleterious edits? Sdkb ^talk 00:07, 19 December 2025 (UTC)

@Sdkb: I gave you rollback per Commons:Rollback#By_personal_request/at_administrator_discretion —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 21:34, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, @Matrix. To undo an entire batch I need to be able to mass rollback, not just rollback. The mass rollback script does not appear to work, though, at least for me. Sdkb ^talk 05:33, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@Sdkb: I had a look at the batch, most of them seem to have been undoed by @999ofreal: already. —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 10:22, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Homophobic vandalism

Hi,

For the record, I just speedy kept Commons:Deletion requests/File:Rainbow Black Madonna of Częstochowa.png and reverted the comments made by the same account on the file File:Rainbow Black Madonna of Częstochowa.png (inluding this homophobic one Special:Diff/1134385139).

I'm not sure if we should block or not this person but I preferred to warn other admins about it.

Cheers, VIGNERON (talk) 10:14, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Blocked and nonsense DR deleted. Revisions are now hidden. GPSLeo (talk) 10:23, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

Foto su W:Niccolò Pisilli

Buongiorno, un utente ha caricato una foto - pare un selfie - su molte voci di diverse lingue di Wikipedia sulla voce del sopracitato calciatore. Mi pare che non esista alcuna somiglianza tra i due. LittleWhites (talk) 06:56, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@LittleWhites: Qual è il problema qui che richiede un amministratore dei Commons? - Jmabel ! talk 20:17, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

bitte oversight

Hallo, unbeabsichtigter Weise enthält dieses Foto in den Metadaten eine Privatadresse - bitte entfernt diese Daten. Vielen Dank! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Hochkuchler_Weihnachtskrippe.jpg Florkner (talk) 10:37, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@Florkner: I don't see the problem item. Which metadata field is it in? -- Auntof6 (talk) 10:43, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

I see gps data published that are showing a private adress. Can you please remove this info so I can add the foto to my article? Florkner (talk) 10:58, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Du musst erst die neue Version mit geänderten Metadaten hochladen, sonst lässt sich die alte Version nicht löschen. GPSLeo (talk) 11:15, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Danke für den Hinweis - erledigt Florkner (talk) 13:25, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Da ist irgendetwas schiefgelaufen. Die neue Datei hat die selben Metadaten. GPSLeo (talk) 13:35, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@GPSLeo, Auntof6 or whoever happens upon that thread: for the most recent version, I removed the location data (with EXIFTool). That should complete the request when the revision 13:58, 22 December 2025 is deleted. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 16:33, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done now hidden. GPSLeo (talk) 16:40, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Backlog at Category:Commons protected edit requests

Hi, there is a backlog at this category. It should be easy to clear, please help in doing so. Thanks, —Matrix(!) _{ping one}^{when replying} {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 12:05, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

COM:Ships by year and COM:Ships by shipyard are supposed to be maintained by a bot that, it appears, has not run in over a decade. Are these 12-year-outdated files worth keeping? If so, is someone interested in reviving/recreating a bot to populate them? Thanks. - Jmabel ! talk 20:40, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Science Photo Competition 2025 in Ukraine: request for MassMessage

Hi! I have a quick request from organizers of the Ukrainian edition of Science Photo Competition 2025 – the contest has just ended, and we'd like to send an update/thank-you note to participants.

• 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)

Thanks! AntonProtsiuk (WMUA) (talk) 12:13, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

I would have done it but unfortunately I am on a mobile until next Monday, which makes it pretty much impossible for me. Ymblanter (talk) 17:17, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

In progress I've got some time now. Ciell (talk) 19:31, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done Ciell (talk) 19:44, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

please remove exif

Nevermind, seems I have been able to resolve it myself by uploading a new version --Wiki-observer (talk) 12:56, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Comment manipulation by Trade

Trade has been aggressively advocating for the deletion of files e.g. here, where they took another user stating that they don't want to go through a huge amount of files as support for their deletion. However, more importantly, Trade edited my Keep vote and changed it into a Delete vote (diff here) with no comment and independently from their other contributions to that discussion. I don't believe that is acceptable behaviour. Cortador (talk) 13:50, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

@Cortador, wrt the alleged "manipulation": he corrected his mis-edit within 1 minute[1]. This was rather clearly an unintended mis-edit, which can happen everybody. Don't forget Commons:AGF, please. I misread his 1:03-edit, sorry.--Túrelio (talk) 14:11, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

No, they didn't. That edit was only corrected more than twelve hours later (see here), and my myself, note Trade. Cortador (talk) 14:32, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

• It's certainly not acceptable as a deliberate act. However it's so obvious an action that I'm happy to accept any claim by Trade that it was simply an accident. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:51, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Category:Epstein_Files&diff=prev&oldid=1134805744

  https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Category:Epstein_Files&diff=prev&oldid=1134813270

  I noticed i messed up my own vote and in my own haste i ended up getting confused between mine and Cortador's comment due to how close they were together. I remember feeling frustrated after seeing my vote was still not fixed not now i realize the reason it did not got fixed initially was because it wasn't even the correct comment template i changed. Terrible sorry to everyone! Especially Cortador! Trade (talk) 00:26, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Mass rollback request

Can somebody please revert my deletion tagging of a large batch of files listed here? I tagged them because the relevant page said that Egypt had no freedom of panorama, but shortly after, it was updated and now says that it does. Passengerpigeon (talk) 00:19, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Currently COM:FOP Egypt has been changed back to  Not OK, so I think it's best to just leave the DR tags in the files until the DR is closed. Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 00:29, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

File:Jeffrey Epstein selling woman to Trump.jpg

The title of this photo possible runs afoul of Commons:PIP given that it explicitly accuses Trump of doing something very unsavory Trade (talk) 01:07, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done moved to File:Jeffrey Epstein allegedly selling woman to Trump.jpg, although this is probably going to get deleted anyway. Abzeronow (talk) 01:28, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Protection request for File:Rainbow Black Madonna of Częstochowa.png

The benefit in allowing IPs to leave comments at the file outweighs the positives--Trade (talk) 01:26, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

 Done Semiprotected for six months. Abzeronow (talk) 01:31, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

Request: suppress indexing of legacy user talk page after global rename

Hello,

I recently completed a global account rename on Wikimedia projects. My account was renamed from User:PeterTepatti to User:QX492.

The legacy talk page at User talk:PeterTepatti now redirects to my current talk page, but it continues to surface in external search results associated with my real name.

This page is an administrative user talk page, not an article or biographical page, and it no longer reflects my current username. I am a private individual, and the continued external indexing of this legacy page is causing name-based misattribution in search engines.

I am not requesting deletion or removal of content. I am only requesting assistance with suppressing external indexing of the legacy talk page (for example via a noindex directive or equivalent administrative measure), so that it does not appear in search results.

Thank you for your time and assistance. QX492 (talk) 19:25, 23 December 2025 (UTC)

•  Done Redirect is now deleted. It will probably take a while to be removed from indexes, and of course we cannot force third parties to remove information they already have. - Jmabel ! talk 19:59, 23 December 2025 (UTC)