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Godfrey Issacs photos

Hi Explicit. I tagged File:Car radio demo early 1920s.jpg, File:Godfrey Issacs with Dane Nellie Melba and Mrs Lea Constance Isaacs.jpg, File:Marconi and Isaacs.jpg and File:Godfrey-isaacs.jpg for speedy deletion per F4 because they lacked a source at the time. The uploader's subsequently added www.marconi-veterans.org/index.php/newsletters/2024-newsletter/172-24a06-godfrey-isaacs-and-the-bbc to each file's page, so I understand why you declined to delete them per F4. I tried working with the uploader to try and sort things out regarding their various uploads at both User talk:Leonard9ca and c:User talk:Leonard9ca, but things never got very far. All of the file related notifications on their Commons user talk page are concerning, and the source website provided for the files doesn't provide much help in terms of provenance. In addition, the "Car radio demo early 1920s.jpg" photo kind of looks like it might've been colorized after the fact since the one on the website isn't exactly the same. Are these OK as licensed in your opinion or should they be discussed furhter at FFD? If they're OK, they probably should be on Commons:c:File:Godfrey Issacs with Dane Nellie Melba and Mrs Lea Constance Isaacs.jpg and c:File:Godfrey-isaacs.jpg in fact, are already on Commons, which means the local versions probably aren't needed per F8. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:20, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Marchjuly: Hi, as you're probably aware, c:COM:PUB requires evidence that a photo was published as defined by the copyright laws listed on that licensing information page. While the source may not completely adequately satisfy publication requirements, it was enough for it to no longer qualify for deletion under F4. If doubts remain about the publication information and copyright status, the files should be discussed at FFD and c:COM:DR, respectively. ✗plicit 13:15, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply. FWIW, I wasn't challenging your decision to not delete the files per F4. I understand and have no problem with that decision. So, my apologies if my OP made it sound like I thought you should've deleted the files instead. I'd just like your opinion (i.e. a second opinion) as to whether you think these should be discussed further either at FFD or COM:DR or whether they're OK as is. I haven't had much success in discussing things with the uploader. They're not trying to evade the question, being dishonest, being rude, or anything like that; they just are so worried of being blocked for doing something wrong that they just end up saying delete everything. -- Marchjuly (talk) 21:40, 25 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Logo

Thank you for adding the logo for Colombo Kaps. If possible, I would like to request that you also add the logo for Galle Marvels. Janeesh 22 (talk) 12:53, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Janeesh 22:

Done, logo uploaded. ✗plicit 14:00, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, Thank you! Janeesh 22 (talk) 14:06, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question about redirect CSD's

Hi Explicit, just a short question, you recently deleted Josh Simons (entrepreneur), but I think there was a problem. The user did some weird moves over a few different edges to make the moves look like ordinary Draftifications while I think that they were just gaming the system to get redirects they didn't like deleted. Primefac gave them a warning to get consensus, so I think the draftifications were improper anyways as they were contested. But there is some page history I can't see so maybe I missed something and they should be deleted? Best, Squawk7700 (talk) 14:16, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Squawk7700: Hi, thanks for bringing this to my attention. The page moves are quite a mess, but I've moved Josh Simons (entrepreneur) and its talk page back to the place they were originally created. Everything should be in order again. I have also warned the mover for disruptive editing. ✗plicit 14:31, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Appreciated, thank you. ~ Squawk7700 (talk) 14:36, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

File:Lacuna_Coil_Enjoy_the_Silence2.jpg

Hi @Explicit. I'm trying to understand the deletion of File:Lacuna_Coil_Enjoy_the_Silence2.jpg. There was no consensus reached and the only response (mine) was to keep it. What am I mising? Thanks! ⚙️ WidgetKid 🙈🙉🙊 15:59, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Widgetkid: Hi, your argument relied entirely on the premise of a hypothetical content fork for this particular cover that does not exist to justify the inclusion in Enjoy the Silence. You cited WP:COVERSONG, which does not address cover art at all, and misrepresented WP:NFC#cite_note-3, which addresses only the first use of a non-free media file. Remember, There is no automatic entitlement to use non-free content in an article or elsewhere on Wikipedia, and even then, we must use as few non-free files as possible. ✗plicit 00:06, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Explicit, thank you for that additional perspective. I'm struggling with how the policy applies to cover art of significant cover versions.
In many cases, the cover version of a song has enough coverage & charting to warrant it's own article (e.g. if it had been an original single), but is included in the original version's article for encyclopedic organization. In those cases, wouldn't the significance of the cover version warrant adding the cover art for identification purposes (like any other single with it's own article)? ⚙️ WidgetKid 🙈🙉🙊 17:37, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Copenhagenization (warfare)

Hello I found this message recently regarding an AfD discussion (which I missed); I cannot now remember all my involvement with the page, but the term has some historical relevance, and the legacy section idea seems reasonable, so would it be possible to have the article restored as a userpage, so I can work on that? One comment says it started as a redirect, which I also don’t remember, so is it possible also to have the edit history and the talk page with the restoration? Thank you in advance, Moonraker12 (talk) 22:42, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Moonraker12: Hi, I have userfied the article and it is now available at User:Moonraker12/Copenhagenization (warfare). ✗plicit 00:06, 28 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion request

Hi. I'm the author for Draft:Mass Jathara. Already a main article is created and I too have contributed in Mass Jathara with the same context and hence I request you to help me get deleted the Draft article as soon as possible. Thanks in advance Gowthamaprabu (talk) 15:02, 29 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free book cover media deletion

Hi there. I saw that you had deleted the image File:Robot City Book 1 Odyssey.jpg earlier this year as it wasn't being used. I would like to restore it for the page Isaac Asimov's Robot City. I've been making improvements to the page and would like to use this image for the infobox. SkyGuySSS (talk) 02:40, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Same request from me for the File:Nuclear War a Scenario - Chinese cover.png. I was not aware of the 7-day inactivity rule. I am now ready to use this image in the article. Thanks. --Alex Zivoder (talk) 19:28, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@SkyGuySSS and Alex Zivoder: Hi, I've restored both files as requested. ✗plicit 02:30, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Alex Zivoder (talk) 09:30, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Next Israeli election" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Next Israeli election has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 October 30 § Next Israeli election redirects until a consensus is reached. Note: Multiple related redirects are bundled in this discussion. —Myceteae‍🍄‍🟫 (talk) 23:24, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guide to temporary accounts

Hello, Explicit. This message is being sent to remind you of significant upcoming changes regarding logged-out editing.

Starting 4 November, logged-out editors will no longer have their IP address publicly displayed. Instead, they will have a temporary account (TA) associated with their edits. Users with some extended rights like administrators and CheckUsers, as well as users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will still be able to reveal temporary users' IP addresses and all contributions made by temporary accounts from a specific IP address or range.

How do temporary accounts work?

Editing from a temporary account

When a logged-out user completes an edit or a logged action for the first time, a cookie will be set in this user's browser and a temporary account tied with this cookie will be automatically created for them. This account's name will follow the pattern: ~2025-12345-67 (a tilde, year of creation, a number split into units of 5).
All subsequent actions by the temporary account user will be attributed to this username. The cookie will expire 90 days after its creation. As long as it exists, all edits made from this device will be attributed to this temporary account. It will be the same account even if the IP address changes, unless the user clears their cookies or uses a different device or web browser.
A record of the IP address used at the time of each edit will be stored for 90 days after the edit. Users with the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right will be able to see the underlying IP addresses.
As a measure against vandalism, there are two limitations on the creation of temporary accounts:
- There has to be a minimum of 10 minutes between subsequent temporary account creations from the same IP (or /64 range in case of IPv6).
- There can be a maximum of 6 temporary accounts created from an IP (or /64 range) within a period of 24 hours.

Temporary account IP viewer user right

How to enable IP Reveal

Administrators may grant the temporary account IP viewer (TAIV) user right to non-administrators who meet the criteria for granting. Importantly, an editor must make an explicit request for the permission (e.g. at WP:PERM/TAIV)—administrators are not permitted to assign the right without a request.
Administrators will automatically be able to see temporary account IP information once they have accepted the Access to Temporary Account IP Addresses Policy via Special:Preferences or via the onboarding dialog which comes up after temporary accounts are deployed.

Impact for administrators

It will be possible to block many abusers by just blocking their temporary accounts. A blocked person won't be able to create new temporary accounts quickly if the admin selects the autoblock option.
It will still be possible to block an IP address or IP range.
Temporary accounts will not be retroactively applied to contributions made before the deployment. On Special:Contributions, you will be able to see existing IP user contributions, but not new contributions made by temporary accounts on that IP address. Instead, you should use Special:IPContributions for this (see a video about IPContributions in a gallery below).

Rules about IP information disclosure

Publicizing an IP address gained through TAIV access is generally not allowed (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 previously edited as 192.0.2.1 or ~2025-12345-67's IP address is 192.0.2.1).
Publicly linking a TA to another TA is allowed if "reasonably believed to be necessary". (e.g. ~2025-12345-67 and ~2025-12345-68 are likely the same person, so I am counting their reverts together toward 3RR, but not Hey ~2025-12345-68, you did some good editing as ~2025-12345-67)
See Wikipedia:Temporary account IP viewer § What can and can't be said for more detailed guidelines.

Useful tools for patrollers

It is possible to view if a user has opted-in to view temporary account IPs via the User Info card, available in Preferences → Appearance → Advanced options → Enable the user info card
- This feature also makes it possible for anyone to see the approximate count of temporary accounts active on the same IP address range.
Special:IPContributions allows viewing all edits and temporary accounts connected to a specific IP address or IP range.
Similarly, Special:GlobalContributions supports global search for a given temporary account's activity.
The auto-reveal feature (see video below) allows users with the right permissions to automatically reveal all IP addresses for a limited time window.

Videos

How to use Special:IPContributions
How automatic IP reveal works
How to use IP Info
How to use User Info

Further information and discussion

For more information and discussion regarding this change, please see the announcement from the Wikimedia Foundation at Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF) § Temporary accounts rollout.

Most of this message was written by Mz7 (source). Thanks, 🎃 SGrabarczuk (WMF) (talk) 02:48, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review for Suicide of Nautica Malone

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Suicide of Nautica Malone. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. GoldenBootWizard276 (talk) 15:31, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Change in CSD policy

Hello, Explicit,

I'm not sure how much you check in on WP:AN but I thought I'd alert you to a change in CSD policy. We have both used WP:CSD U5 when reviewing lists of upcoming stale drafts, CSD G13s, but this criteria has now been replaced by two new CSD criteria, WP:U6 and WP:U7. You can find more detailed information at Wikipedia:Replacement of CSD U5 FAQ. Thank you and I hope you are having a great autumn! Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:38, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]