User talk:Yann

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God is busy, may I help you? / Dieu est occupé, puis-je vous aider?

You can leave me a message in English or French, at the bottom. Click here. Yann 22:13, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Block of Someoneinsomeplace

I'm looking at the user's unblock request, and I'm having a bit of trouble identifying the masters/socks here. The reason given at Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard/User_problems#Someoneinsomeplace is that they're obviously not a new user based on their re-creation of Commons:Deletion requests/File:Photoshop-screenshot.JPG, which may be true, but we generally only block socks when they're used to mislead, deceive, disrupt, distort consensus or to evade blocks or other sanctions. I'm having a hard time determining the master, which would be helpful in establishing whether this was block evasion or if this was merely an IP editor who logged in for the first time.

Would you be willing to help point me in that direction? I'm a bit confused here. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 04:43, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi, While I think this file should be deleted, creating an account which main purpose is to file a DR without being identified is an abuse of Commons policies. Yann (talk) 07:42, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

Is it? Wouldn't that require them to have an account that's active on Commons elsewhere for it to be misuse of Commons policies? I can think of plenty of legitimate reasons why one might create an account to file a DR. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 18:06, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

Do you? Well, this is moot at this point, as the DR is closed, with a mention that the nominator is blocked as additional reason. Yann (talk) 20:18, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

The issue is that this is not a new user. This is an old user creating a new account to avoid being identified, and this is an abuse of Commons policies. It may or may not be possible to identify the main account with a CU request, as it is quite easy to escape identification if you know how checkuser requests works (I was myself a checkuser on Commons). I obviously won't give any details here. Yann (talk) 14:14, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Perhaps I'm just not seeing the tells. Very well.

P.S. We could probably use another checkuser if you'd like to become one again. Commons:Checkusers/Statistics indicates to me that we've had a dropoff in CU activity. This might be fine if we've also had a dropoff in abuse that CU tools are useful for, but I'm a bit skeptical of that having occurred. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 01:28, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Your speedy deletion

Hi there Yann. Isn't it usual to give a reason for speedy deletion eg this image. Thanks. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 12:14, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

@Llywelyn2000: Speedy deletion was requested by BigDom because the file is corrupted. Is there any issue with that? Yann (talk) 12:36, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Not at all; just that the reason wasn't given as far as I could see. Thanks. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 06:35, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

September 2023

Hi. Just to let you know that the map that you deleted has again been uploaded by the same editor under a different name. Best, M.Bitton (talk) 16:05, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done Deleted, user warned. Yann (talk) 16:13, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Sarooky1996

Please add the latest uploads to the deletion request Trade (talk) 21:47, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

 Done User blocked from uploading files. Yann (talk) 11:13, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

File move

I made a spelling mistake in the file name, and added a move request. I wish to nominate the file at FPC. Could you please do me a favour and move the file, so that I may nominate the image? UnpetitproleX (Talk) 14:54, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

It seems this was done Richardkiwi. Yann (talk) 16:43, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

De Stijl (magazine)

Hello Yann, I have a question about File:De Stijl, volume 1, octobre 1917 - octobre 1918.djvu. It contains one single volume (of a total of ten volumes) of the Dutch magazine De Stijl. The editor is Theo van Doesburg, who died in 1931. The publisher is a company called X. Harms Tiepen in Delft, the Netherlands. This work is a collective work and contains articles and illustrations by numerous people (both PD authors and non-PD authors). But who is (or was) the copyrightholder? Is it the editor (the magazine being a collective work) or should we look at the contribution of each writer and/or illustrator to establish its copyright status? Thanks, Vincent Steenberg (talk) 16:30, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

@Vincent Steenberg: Hmm. The definition of collective work varies from country to country, but a simple rule is: can the work of each author be identified? If no, then it is a collective work. Of course, it is quite often more compicated than that. In many newspapers, some articles are signed, and some aren't. If it is a collective work, the copyright rests with the publisher. Yann (talk) 16:38, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

The vast majority of the articles and illustrations are signed or captioned with the name of the author. Some articles, for example articles about forthcoming issues, incoming books, etc., are not signed, but they are most likely by the editor. So we have quite a good picture about who wrote what. Vincent Steenberg (talk) 16:46, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

@Vincent Steenberg: Then look for the authors' death date. Yann (talk) 16:58, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. Could you specify this? Is this described anywhere? Vincent Steenberg (talk) 17:39, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Request

Hello Yann. Please delete this file. I will upload a new photo for Ibad Huseynov, with this name. Thank u. Gadir (talk) 03:28, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

@Gadir: What's the rationale for deletion? We accept deletions without a reason for one week after upload, but this is way past this time. Yann (talk) 19:05, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

I told you already, I will upload photo for encyclopedic person with this name. Also, shortly, can be delete per F10. Gadir (talk) 05:52, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

 Done Yann (talk) 10:53, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Category:Alaa Sarhan

Category:Alaa Sarhan is considered to fulfill the criteria for speedy deletion and has been marked on its page. The following reason has been specified: CSD C2 (unuseful empty category) If you believe the content does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion, you may replace the speedy deletion tag with a regular deletion request (if the content has not been deleted) or request undeletion (if the content has already been deleted). All your uploads, including deleted ones, are listed in your upload log. If you need help, please read our frequently asked questions or visit the help desk. Please do not remove this message from your talk page. You may set up archiving instead.

 

Doclys👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️ ^{🩺 • 💉} 11:27, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

COM:AN/B

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--Juan Villalobos (talk) 11:57, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Category:Rishima Roshlani

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Doclys👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️ ^{🩺 • 💉} 05:46, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Deletion of Category:Shamsuddin Azeemi

Hello Yann, since you deleted a category related to Shamsuddin Azeemi, I was wondering why you act to fast. thank you for your time. Lotje (talk) 11:57, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Also Category:Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya Thanks. Lotje (talk) 12:00, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

@Lotje: Category:Shamsuddin Azeemi was empty. I undeleted it. Category:Muhammad Azeem Barkhiya didn't exist. I created it. Yann (talk) 15:32, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Thank you very much Yann. Lotje (talk) 15:34, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Question regarding upload video to commons

Hello Yann, I am keeping message to you as you earlier suggested me usage of ".webm" to upload video on Commons (and I remember you from vital article project on Enwiki BTW:) )

I have question to you. What can I do if I am not able to upload video via ".webm"? I have on my mind video which is 132 MB and slightly over one minute. Unfortunately, I could not upload it to Commons so far. Earlier I successfully uploaded very short video (few seconds) and I am thankful you for an advice but this time something went wrong, not sure what, and I do not know which various attempts I can try to upload longer video. What can I do to find solution? Regards. 19:00, 10 October 2023 (UTC) Dawid2009 (talk) 19:00, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

@Dawid2009: video2commons was broken, and is back again. Yann (talk) 19:32, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

"You may be blocked soon" - NorthTension

Hi, so I finally got around to looking at the talk page messages you sent me, were these all automated or was the message claiming I was uploading files despite requests not to do so, but the only time I got any kind of notification about this was that post alongside 13 other messages.

I uploaded these on behalf of my friend who has since made his own account but is still waiting on confirmation of his COM:CONSENT email for a month now. NorthTension (talk) 08:45, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Misspelling in sheet name

Hi Yann, at File:1223 Échallens.jpg, I fixed the sheet name (compare with the list of sheets and the name as written on the map itself). The spelling appears to differ from the way it would be written if the place was in France. Can you rename the file accordingly? I noticed you removed my request. Enhancing999 (talk) 09:44, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@Enhancing999: No, the proper spelling is Échallens. Yann (talk) 09:46, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

I just noticed your comment on my talk page. I'd think Office fédéral de topographie is the better source for spelling of place names in Switzerland than English Wikipedia. "E/É" is a known difference of spelllings between Suisse and France. In any case, aren't the files named in the way Swisstopo names them? Enhancing999 (talk) 09:50, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@Enhancing999: Accents are often omitted on capitals, and Wikipedia is a valid reference here. I will rename the category. Yann (talk) 09:53, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

It's a place name and you need to provide a valid reference if you want to differ from the reference I provided. Wikipedia can't be a reference unless it provides them. Place names in Switzerland are generally written without accents on capitals. Anything else would be an exonym. Thus, please don't proliferate this further. Enhancing999 (talk) 09:56, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@Enhancing999: "Place names in Switzerland are generally written without accents on capitals." Where did you get that? You request a reference, but you make while claims without any. Yann (talk) 09:59, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

See "Echallens" on File:1223 Échallens.jpg or any other on Swisstopo maps. Enhancing999 (talk) 10:01, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

@Enhancing999: You need to be consistent. Zürich is spelled with a umlaut, not Zurich, so Échallens needs an accent. Yann (talk) 10:05, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

There is no accent placed by French people on the capital "Z".

Swisstopo knows about accents on capital letters for place names in France, such as "Évian", see File:1263_Évian.jpg.

Unless we can find a reference for your planned renames, we need to stick with "Echallens". Enhancing999 (talk) 10:15, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

I could find as many references for Échallens or Echallens, and French Wikipedia says that both spelling exist, yet the article is titled with an accent. I disgree that Wikipedia is not a valid reference. It is certainly more valid than most other sources. Yann (talk) 10:36, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Wikipedia can obviously make their own editorial choices, based on references they prefer. It's unclear how they reference it though. Swisstopo writes "Echallens", "Évian" and "Zürich" and I don't see why we'd differ from that.

Most bibliographies wouldn't spell book titles differently because Paris wouldn't write it the same way. Oddly, French Wikipedia does that. Enhancing999 (talk) 11:09, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

I don't understand why you talk about Paris. This is related to language, not the country. This issue is often encountered on the French Wikisource, where book titles don't write the accents on capitals, often due to technical shortcomings of Typesetting. Yet proper spelling requires an accent on capitals. With digital typesetting, there is no reason to omit the accents. Yann (talk) 11:21, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

According to your commment, French Wikipedia says that both spellings exist, but they don't seem to follow thorough on that conclusion and replace one with the other in their bibliography.

Swisstopo is clearly aware of that and probably also the people from Echallens, yet they spelled it differently than people would in Paris. So I'd rather avoid the exonym and leave it with the official spellings "Echallens", "Évian" and "Zürich". Enhancing999 (talk) 11:48, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

File:JamyJamess2018.jpg

Hi. You recently deleted File:JamyJamess2018.jpg with the reason as "per COM:SPEEDY". The file seems to have been tagged as a copyvio by User:Doclys, who only linked to a Google image search, most results of which were Wikipedia scrapers. Is there any clear evidence as to where the image originated from? --Paul_012 (talk) 14:31, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

OK, converted to a regular DR. Yann (talk) 14:45, 11 October 2023 (UTC)